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Today's letter image found on Zazzle I love the sounds of a baseball game in the late innings. It brings to mind muggy summer nights, peanut litter crunching under my feet, and the other-worldly glow of the lights on the field. While my husband and most of America enjoy a game on television, I can almost always be found with my little radio listening intently to every moment. A good baseball announcer knows what to describe to make the baseball game come alive. A great baseball announcer knows when not to talk. Ernie Harwell (Detroit Tigers radio voice from 1960 to 2002) knew when to let the sounds of the crowd carry the broadcast. He was as famous for that as for letting us know the hometown of the lucky dog that took home a foul ball, a feat that absolutely amazed me for the longest time, until Husband spoiled that particular piece of magic for me. Harwell was picking random towns in Michigan and northern Ohio. I prefer to think there was a network of walkie-talkie-equipped spies in the stands, relaying the information to Ernie as the catches were made. But maybe that’s just me. In a movie theater, the sound of an audience member speaking breaks the illusion of the magic on the screen. A single voice disturbs like a guffaw at a funeral. At a baseball game, there exists a constant hum of conversation and activity, punctuated by the cheers of the crowd. In a radio broadcast, I can hear one dedicated fan trying to get the crowd fired up with a “Let’s go, Tigers, let’s go!” The sounds of the vendors in the section below the radio booth carry to the airwaves at the same time they are reaching their customers in the paying seats. All of the pleasure and none of the calories. The cheers of the crowd rise and fall like the swell of surf on a beach. The leisurely pace of the game of baseball guarantees an occasional lull in the hum of the fans, and it’s not easy to predict what will induce it to rise, rise, rise to crescendo. The appearance of a crowd favorite at the plate, encouragement for a batter at full count (or a pitcher defending one), and, on at least one memorable occasion, a shout of approval for an outfielder chasing a pigeon off the field. But nothing compares to sudden outburst of joy for the long ball. When the ball comes off the bat at just the right trajectory to clear the outfield fence, listeners can feel the home crowd rise out of their seats as if to add momentum to the ball that might be on its way out. It might be cut short, by a catch on the warning track, but a successful trip beyond the fence means the high note will continue for a full, delirious minute. High-fives, hugs, and hearty whistles drown out even the voices of the men paid to bring us the story. In the 2007 season, Tigers baseball finally came to FM radio in metro Detroit. The clarity of what some of our outstate brethren had been hearing for years, now came to those of us in the big city. I hated it. That hollow, echo-y sound I had grown up with listening to ball games on AM radio seemed sacred to me. How could I switch to the pre-fab, manufactured sound of FM radio? I took a few weeks, and some cajoling from my husband, but I have switched. I feel a bit like a traitor, until I drive under a bridge and the traditional AM signal is uninterrupted. I can be dragged into the future with the best of them. And who knows what that future will bring? Satellite radio, digital broadcasts, radio-tagged baseballs, so the guy in the stands who’s lucky enough to shag one will be able to announce his own hometown while recovering from the sting of the catch? Just one thing: if they ever do hire those walkie-talkie-equipped spies to be in the stands? I want to fill out a job application.
Alexander is a 1975 graduate of South Dakota State University with a B.S. in Agricultural Economics. While at SDSU, he was a member of the Jackrabbit football team from 1971 to 1974, and served as Captain in 1974. Between 1975 and 1984, Alexander held two positions with FMC Corporation Ag Chemicals Division: he was a Sales Representative in North Dakota, South Dakota, Minnesota and Nebraska from 1975 to 1980, and he was a Sales Manager in Wisconsin, Illinois and Indiana from 1980 to 1984. The 1990's was a busy decade for Alexander. He participated in NCA's Young Cattlemen's Conference in 1991; served on the Cattlemen's Beef Promotion and Research Board from 1992 to 1998; served on the Domestic Marketing Subcommittee from 1993 to 1994; was Administrative Subcommittee Vice Chairman in 1995 and Administrative Subcommittee Chairman from 1996 to 1998. He also served on the Executive Committee from 1996 to 1998, as well as the Joint Beef Industry Nominating Committee in 1998. Alexander served as President of the Nebraska Cattlemen in 2001, and was a member of the National Beef Industry Planning Group from 2000 to 2001. In addition, he has participated in several foreign trade missions, as well as foreign study travel seminars in Belgium, East and West Germany, Russia and Poland with the Nebraska LEAD program. He is Past President of the Wisner-Pilger Community Schools Foundation, Past Executive Board member of the Nebraska Cattlemen Board of Directors, and has served on numerous NCBA Committees as well. He is currently serving as NCBA Vice-President and he serves on the Nebraska Beef Council. In addition, he serves as Bank Director for both Midwest Banks in Pierce, Nebraska and United Republic Bank in Omaha. In 2001 J.D. was elected to the Nebraska Hall of Agricultural Achievement. Alexander and his wife, Debra, have two children: Joshua and Kesa. Like their parents, they are both graduates of South Dakota State University. Joshua and his family recently returned to Nebraska to be part of the cattle operation. Kesa resides in Omaha. Also, as VP of the National Cattlemens Associaition, see here as you read down once you open this link, what they want to do with our Nations Wild Equines; http://www.beefusa.org/NEWSCattlemensCapitolConcerns-February4201040147.aspx
HisScrivener, who has come up with many ways to twist my chosen and sainted name (Polycarp), has bestowed upon me the knightly (and French sounding) award to the left. He lists the rules for this away, as: Now, on with the show: honorees of this endowment should post the logo [check], nominate and link up to nine people worthy of the same [check below] and show the person who nominated you some love [check aforementioned]. HiScrivener’s choices are some mad taggers on the Wall, and lovely blog artists of their own So, I reckon it’s my turn to nominate and link up to 9 of my favorite bloggers: In no particular order: - Wickle – I found him during the election cycle, and found that we are of like minds - Dr. Gayle – Dr. Gayle has been a true inspiration in my own biblical studies, going beyond the mere sounding of words to what is truly being said – or, at least that’s how I hear him. - Dr. West -Besides his lack luster response to a certain Hollywood production, Dr. West is dead on in many areas, and a true delight to read. - Hyperekperissou -This author has helped to fuel my hunger for Patristics - The Scripture Zealot -Jeff is an excellent example of a Christian blogger. - Wb Moore – He has become a friend as well, and I hope that he continues blogging. He has offered, offline and online, help and is consistently biblical in his answers - Are you Pondering… – Yes, I usually am pondering what he is pondering, even if I didn’t know I was pondering what he was pondering. - Ben Byerly – Has a heart of a missionary, serving in Africa, and brings to us the insight of that land - Joe Carr – Recently found Joe, and have grown to like his style. He pays attention to small things, and has a heart for big things. No, I am not going into detail on each and everyone. I am just not that good of a writer to do so. I encourage you to go and read them, subscribe to them, and enjoy them.
At the dawn of the 17th Century, the glassmakers of Murano are revered as master artisans, enjoying privileges far beyond their station, but they are forced to live in virtual imprisonment, contained by the greedy Venetian government who fears other countries will learn the intricacies of the craft…and reap the rewards.*** Sophia Fiolario, the comely daughter of a glass making maestro, has no desire for marriage, finding her serenity in the love of her family and the beauty of the glass. She learns of its secrets at her father's side, where a woman has no right to be. The life Sophia loves is threatened by the poor health of her father and the determined attentions of a nobleman who could and would never love her but seeks to possess her wealth and the privilege it affords. Thrust into the opulent world of the Venice court, Sophia becomes embroiled in the scheming machinations of the courtiers' lives. The beauty of Venice, the magnificence of the Doge's Palace, are rivaled only by the intrigue and danger that festers behind their splendid facades. As she searches for an escape, she finds the arms of another, a man whose own desperate situation is yet another obstacle in their path. Amidst political and religious intrigue, the scientific furor ignited by Galileo, and even murder, Sophia must do anything to protect herself, her family…and the secret of the glass. "The latest inspiring historical from Morin celebrates the eternal charms of Venice, Murano glass, and Galileo, with the story of a courageous 17th Century woman glassmaker. Morin conjures an unlikely upbeat destiny...making for a decidedly dulce ending." ~ Publishers Weekly "One of the best written novels of Venice I have ever read." ~ Historical Novel Review "Five Stars. Outstanding Pick for 2010. Absolutely superb!" ~ Book Illuminations "Five Stars. A beautiful story by master storyteller" ~ Catanetwork Reviews "Elegant prose, alluring style." ~ Historical-fiction.com "Four Stars. History comes to life as Morin recreates the lush and dangerous world of the Murano glassmakers. Like the brilliant glass, her story swirls together colors of political and religious intrigue, murder, and romance. Readers will be enmeshed in the lives of her fascinating characters." ~ RT Book Reviews Tell us more about yourself, your writer's journey, and maybe some things people may not know about you. I started writing as a child, when numbers that were in love and animals that wanted to run for president filled my mind. I obtained two degrees from the University of Rhode Island and worked in the advertising and marketing fields for years. And though my short fiction has appeared in critically acclaimed anthologies and I have more than twenty-five non-fiction articles and more than sixty published books reviews in newspapers nationwide, my writing always took a backseat to my responsibilities. I fit it in between working the day job, caring for a home and my two children. Then in 2004, after two and a half years of a mysterious illness, I was diagnosed with Lyme disease. A few weeks later, my father passed away from cancer. The landscape of life had changed, my vision cleared, and I asked myself...if not now, when? Within the next two years, I had written THE COURTIER'S SECRET (Feb. 2009), landed an agent, and sold to Kensington Publishing. Some fun stuff about me not found on a resume...I am a FANatical football fan; my allegiance belongs wholeheartedly to the New England Patriots. I am equally passionate about video games (The Legend of Zelda rules!) and rock and roll. You've chosen a very interesting title. What inspired the title? What inspired the book? Like so much of life, the story and the title really came to me in the most unexpected way. When Katie Couric became anchor of the CBS Evening News, I decided to watch to support her, even though I'm not a great fan of television news programs. Within that broadcast was a two-minute feature story on the glassmakers of Murano. One point in particular caught and captured my imagination: for hundreds of years the glassmakers of Venice were virtual prisoners in their own land, captives of a government determined to keep the prestige and profit produced by the glass industry. Within a half hour of viewing that story, I had a two page synopsis written, a plot that mapped out a story about a young Murano woman who must somehow save herself while protecting 'the secret of the glass.' What makes this book special to you? As a second generation Italian American and a writer of European historicals, I really wanted to set a book in the land I consider my second country. Then, when I started my research, I found Galileo. I was unaware of how much time he had spent in the magical city of Venice. I knew nothing of the symbiotic relationship between him and this wonderful land. But I was astounded when I learned the professor suffered from a chronic illness. I found kinship in his tale of determination, one echoed in the story of the land itself and the people that had made it so unique. What kind of research did you do for this book? Unlike my first book, I was unable to travel to the setting (the trip to Versailles after the first draft of THE COURTIER'S SECRET was amazing and I long desperately to travel to Venice). However, I did learn to do what my character was doing. For the first book (basically a female Musketeer adventure), I took fencing lessons. For THE SECRET OF THE GLASS, I learned to make glass. I have to emphasize the word 'learn'; while I took lessons, I was less than successful in creating a viable piece (it exploded actually...too many air bubbles). This is, of course, in addition to months of academic research. For next year's release, TO SERVE A KING, I learned to shoot a bow and arrow and a crossbow. In addition to her website, you can find Donna at her blog and on Facebook. Would you like the chance to win a signed copy of THE SECRET OF GLASS? Just leave a comment or question for Donna. Perhaps you'd like to know more about Italy, glassmaking, or her travels? I'll draw a winner at random next Sunday. Void where prohibited. US addresses only. Best of luck!
In late January, Martin Ely Director General, Civil Aviation at Transport Canada signed the exemption to allow Ultralight access to Class E airspace. This is the third time this exemption .. read more UPAC.ca is the offical website for the Ultralight Pilots Association of Canada. Here you will find a wealth of information on Canadian Ultralight regulations, general information, the annual UPAC Convention in August and much more! UPAC Convention Information Mark your calendar! The 2013 UPAC Ultralight Convention dates are August 16, 17 and 18! Check out the 2012 Convention information page and report to get an idea of what to expect. More information will follow in the coming months on the plans for the 2013 convention. Check out our active discussion forums full of useful information, tips, tricks, events and much more. Join today, membership is free! Our vast free online ultralight-related classifieds are extremely popular. From aircraft, to engines, parts, training, swaps and much more. We offer a good range of ultralight-related airwear such as t-shirts, hoodies, caps and pins. UPAC publications such as the official ground school manual.
Sunday, March 3, 2013 Lots of Upper St. Clair restaurants, shops and other great places can be found in our directory. Review them here! This week's restaurant spotlight is Cinco, located on Painters Run Road in Upper St. Clair. This Mexican restaurant opened in October and serves lunch and dinner. The menu features traditional dishes, such as burritos, enchiladas and quesadillas, and margaritas and other cocktails also are available. Have you been there? Review this restaurant on the Cinco directory listing. What's your favorite dish on Cinco's menu? Like Patch on Facebook. \| Follow Patch on Twitter. \| Sign up for the daily email newsletter. Thursday, October 25, 2012 The new Mexican restaurant is located on Painters Run Road. After two delays, Cinco Mexican Restaurant is officially open. The restaurant is located at 1600 Painters Run Road in Upper St. Clair. The hours are 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Friday; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday; and 12 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Click here to look at the lunch and dinner menus. Owners had been working with township officials on a few issues before they were allowed to open their doors for business. The following is an excerpt from restaurant review left on Yelp: A Mexican restaurant with some very traditional meals. The menu has Especiales Monterrey (Tex Mex) meals; burritos, tacos, chimichanga. Our waiter was great. He stopped by many times. He let us know that the liquor license should be available in a few days. A … Thursday, October 18, 2012 Cinco owners hope to officially open on Oct. 25. Owners of a new Mexican restaurant on Painters Run Road are delaying its official opening one more week. Cinco's manager, Hugo Montanez, said the restaurant doesn't yet have its liquor license. The owners are also working out a few issues with Upper St. Clair Township officials. Montanez said the restaurant may open its doors for customers for a soft opening earlier than Oct. 25, but he wasn't yet sure. Cinco is located at 1600 Painters Run Road. Hours of operation will be 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 12 to 9 p.m. Sunday. The owners also own a Mexican restaurant in Market Square called Las Velas. Thursday, October 4, 2012 Cinco will not be open today, as originally planned. Owners hoped to open Cinco today, but have been forced to delay the official opening until Oct. 18. The owners said they have a couple things to work out with Upper St. Clair Township officials. Cinco is a new Mexican restaurant located at 1600 Painters Run Road. The owners also own a Mexican restaurant in Market Square called Las Velas, however the menu at Cinco will be different. Hours of operation will be 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 12 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Owners are still looking for people to work at the restaurant. If you're interested, stop by the restaurant between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. Sunday, September 16, 2012 Stop by to apply for a job. After four months of hard work, the doors will finally open at a new Mexican restaurant on Painters Run Road in Upper St. Clair. Cinco will welcome customers on Oct. 4. A variety of traditional Mexican items will be available for purchase, including alcoholic beverages like margaritas. Hours of operation will be 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. Monday through Thursday, 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday and Saturday, and 12 to 9 p.m. Sunday. Restaurant Manager Hugo Montanez, of Crafton, is opening the restaurant with his sister and brother-in-law. He said they were attracted to the nice area and realized there were very few nearby Mexican options for customers. Montanez is still looking for restaurant employees. If you're interested, stop by the restaurant at …
The Upper Thames Branch is involved in many conservation activities, most of which are organised by our Conservation and Recording Team (CART). We manage Butterfly Conservation's reserve at Holtspur Bottom in Bucks which is an area of chalk grassland, carefully restored over a number of years by a small team of volunteers. If you can spare some time to get involved in our conservation efforts, then your help at one of our scheduled work parties (see the Events section), recording butterflies and moths (see Your Records section), or transect walking will be greatly appreciated. You don't need to be a member to join in with the Branch activities but we hope that, once you've found out more about what we do, you will want to join Butterfly Conservation! The Conservation and Recording Team (CART) Members will be pleased to learn that the Upper Thames Branch's largest Committee, the Conservation and Recording Team (CART) exists to ensure that the efforts of our branch lead to a greater number of better managed spaces for butterflies and moths and therefore to more As its name suggests this Committee concerns itself primarily with two functions: seeing that the sites we believe are most important are being properly managed (conserved) and that local changes are being recorded. In the execution of the first we act both directly, for instance on our own excellent (dare we say showpiece?) reserve at Holtspur Bottom, and through the advice we give to various partner conservation bodies and private owners of key habitats. Right: Members 'plug' planting nectar plants into UTB's Holtspur Bottom reserve in the peaceful Holtspur Valley. Our recording effort is equally important and immensely successful. No other local recording scheme achieves comparable results. Not only do we collect data about all the species flying in each 10km square within the UTB area but we also monitor species' abundance through transects. Left: Transect Recorder (Stuart Hodges) recording in a private woodland. CART members make site visits to assess habitat quality and suggest methods to improve conditions for a range of butterfly and moth species. Conservation tasks often involve removing plants, but this Striped Lychnis larva is feeding on a flowerhead of one the of many planted Dark Mulleins. These plantings have been helpful in maintaining Striped Lychnis numbers. Recording also feeds back information about the condition of the site to allow managers to fine tune their work to be Chalk flora at a closely monitored and recorded BBOWT site where advice is sought and management tweaked accordingly. CART considers all manner of opportunities and threats to our butterflies and moths. We respond to planning applications and advise on regional conservation initiatives such as the ONCF's Landscape Scale Conservation Strategies. Here a group of CART members meet with National BC staff in Bernwood Forest to discuss future management. The Marsh Fritillary, our most threatened species, has been the subject of immense amounts of effort in consultations to improve its situation locally. Here is as good a place as any to give a strongly felt 'thank you' to those of you who lend a hand with our essential conservation work and a reminder that you might have records we could use and that we are always glad of any offer of If you ever feel that you would like to attend a meeting of CART or learn more about its work, please contact the Branch [Photos © Nick Bowles & Dave Wilton] \|Copyright Butterfly Conservation © 2007-2013 Upper Thames Branch\| \|Privacy and Copyright Statement and Cookies Policy\| \|Butterfly Conservation: Company limited by guarantee, registered in England (2206468)\| \|Registered Office: Manor Yard, East Lulworth, Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5QP\| \|Charity registered in England & Wales (254937) and in Scotland (SCO39268)\|
News from Upstate Darryl Geddes 315 464-4828 Upstate celebrates nursing excellence SYRACUSE, N.Y.— Upstate University Hospital will host its annual Nursing Excellence Celebration on Thursday, Oct. 25 to honor the outstanding work and commitment of its nursing staff. The Nursing Excellence Celebration is a 26-year tradition at Upstate. The awards are given in recognition of the nurses’ devotion and commitment to patient care and staff, but also community involvement, leadership skills and other examples of excellence in practice. “This is the special night when we shine the spotlight on our nurses and honor their contributions,” said Katie Mooney, Upstate’s chief nursing officer. “Our nurses do just about everything. Whether it’s providing care at the bedside, developing new programs to enhance patient care, training future nurses, or even giving back to the community through their volunteer efforts, our nurses are committed to making lives better for others every day. In their work they exemplify Upstate’s mission, vision and values.” This year, the awards will honor 62 recipients and recognize a range of achievements. Patient Service Leader Kim Spinelli, RN, winner of the William Painter Award for her clinical work, is passionate about improving the knowledge base of her peers. Spinelli trained her staff how to do thorough and complete neurological exams and understand complex diagnoses. But even small actions like taking time to get to know patients go a long way in making their stay at the hospital easier. Cyndy Carr is one of 2012 Excellence Award recipients for showing true devotion to her patients. She has been known to sing happy birthday to patients on their “new birthday,” the day of their stem cell reinfusion, and even provided medical information in both English and Turkish, when she learned one of her patient’s families was from Turkey. Jodie Purdy, director of nursing recruitment and retention, who helps coordinate the event, said the celebration is dedicated to nurses recognizing the outstanding work of their colleagues. “The celebration is a way for the nursing staff to nominate their peers that they feel go above and beyond in providing excellence in patient care,” Purdy said. According to Purdy, this is the first year that the celebration is for both Upstate’s downtown and community campus nurses. “It’s a great opportunity for the staff of the two campuses to come together as one big nursing department,” said Purdy. The program will include an invocation, followed by remarks from Upstate Medical University President David R. Smith, MD; Upstate University Hospital CEO John McCabe, MD; Chief Administrative Officer Meredith Price, and Chief Nursing Officer Katie Mooney. The proceeds from the event, which will include a reception and dinner before the award presentation, will benefit Upstate University Health System: Nursing Recruitment, Recognition and Retention Professional Nursing. Caption: Kim Spinelli, a registered nurse who is the patient service leader on 9E, the Neuro Intensive Care Unit, will receive the William J. Painter Award at the Nursing Recognition Dinner Oct. 25. The award is named for William J. Painter, RN, who worked at Upstate University Hospital from 1981 to 1993, and was known for his excellence in the areas of clinical practice, nursing management. Search Upstate News Upstate in the News - SEFCU donates $250,000 to Upstate Medical University Central New York Business Journal - State to fund $21 million energy efficiency upgrade at SUNY Upstate Medical University in Syracuse - Doctors explain injuries, treatment and rehab of marathon victims News 10 Now - What is ricin? News 10 Now - On Health Care Decisions Day, talk to your loved ones about end-of-life care Syracuse Post Standard - Legislation introduces to increase physician residency programs News 10 Now
Directions & Map Grad Rates & ASR Hall of Fame Self-Study Web Site Spartan Street Team Visiting Team Guide USC Upstate Home Michael Massey is USCS' most accomplished cross country runner. The only cross country runner to have achieved All-District Six honors four times, he was named USCS' Senior Athlete of the Year in 1981. He also served as the school's Senior Class President. Massey went on to coach at USCS from 1990-95. He led the Rifles to three Peach Belt championships and three Top 10 Southeast Region finishes during his stint. He was named the Peach Belt Athletic Conference Coach of the Year three times (1991, 1992, and 1993). Massey has also enjoyed success as a coach on the high school level. In 15 years as a track coach, he has earned five Region Coach of the Year awards and is a two-time State Coach of the Year recipient. His teams have won seven region and two state championships. Massey is currently a teacher and coach at Union High School in Union, SC. Four of his Region Coach of the Year selections have come as the cross country coach at Union and has led his girls' and boys' squads to four combined Region Championships.
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A powerful, emotional memoir and an extraordinary portrait of three generations of Tibetan women whose lives are forever changed when Chairman Mao’s Red Army crushes Tibetan independence, sending a young mother and her six-year-old daughter on a treacherous journey across the snowy Himalayas toward freedom Kunsang thought she would never leave Tibet. One of the country's youngest Buddhist nuns, she grew up in a remote mountain village where, as a teenager, she entered the local nunnery. Though simple, Kunsang's life gave her all she needed: a oneness with nature and a sense of the spiritual in all things. She married a monk, had two children, and lived in peace and prayer. But not for long. There was a saying in Tibet: "When the iron bird flies and horses run on wheels, the Tibetan people will be scattered like ants across the face of the earth." The Chinese invasion of Tibet in 1950 changed everything. When soldiers arrived at her mountain monastery, destroying everything in their path, Kunsang and her family fled across the Himalayas only to spend years in Indian refugee camps. She lost both her husband and her youngest child on that journey, but the future held an extraordinary turn of events that would forever change her life--the arrival in the refugee camps of a cultured young Swiss man long fascinated with Tibet. Martin Brauen will fall instantly in love with Kunsang's young daughter, Sonam, eventually winning her heart and hand, and taking mother and daughter with him to Switzerland, where Yangzom will be born. Many stories lie hidden until the right person arrives to tell them. In rescuing the story of her now 90-year-old inspirational grandmother and her mother, Yangzom Brauen has given us a book full of love, courage, and triumph,as well as allowing us a rare and vivid glimpse of life in rural Tibet before the arrival of the Chinese. Most importantly, though, ACROSS MANY MOUNTAINS is a testament to three strong, determined women who are linked by an unbreakable family bond.
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'Energy and ambition' attract young Americans Updated: 2011-08-22 08:40 By He Wei (China Daily) SHANGHAI - China has captivated the imagination of Hunter Levan for as long as he can remember. Levan, 29, came to China in 2009, but the US citizen has been interested in the country since his childhood, when he was a fan of kungfu movies and started to practice martial arts. Driven by a desire to learn Chinese, Levan quit his job as a government clerk in Washington and moved to Suzhou in East China to spend a year studying the language. "I realized if I ever wanted to learn Chinese, I would have to move here and 'do as the Romans do'," he said. After overcoming the language barrier, Levan turned his attention to finding a practical use for his new skill. "I sent out e-mails and resumes in Chinese, and got feedback in less than five days," said Levan, who now works as a consultant for Spring Airlines in Shanghai. Unlike Levan, Alison Watts, 28, knew little about China before coming to the country. "But all my friends who have been here said it was incredibly fantastic, so I decided to take the big step forward," she said. Watts' experiences of journalism in New York helped her land her current job, in which she hosts a show for an English-language television channel in Shanghai. "Living and working here is like an adventure, where amazing opportunities keep popping up," she said. "Some of the emerging sectors such as advertising, media, architecture, public relations, etc, are quickly gaining momentum," said Watts. The "energy and ambition" in China is like "the pioneering spirit in a bygone age of the United States", she added. Levan echoed this sentiment, saying that it was very "exciting" to work in China's rapidly growing aviation sector. Compared with these newcomers, Ted Hornbein, a US businessman, has a deeper understanding of how things have changed in China. When he first celebrated US Independence Day in China in the early 1990s, he was one of a handful of people invited to the party at the US embassy in Beijing. But this year, as a board member of the American Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, he and his colleagues organized an Independence Day celebration for around 2,000 guests. "Today you have local and Western restaurants and your whole family here with you for the important holiday. I have seen a 180-degree shift from my first July 4 party in China," Hornbein said. According to Watts, China-related news coverage in the US has surged only in the past two years. "I think that indicates how much attention the US has attached to this relationship." Levan said that one thing he has learned in China is that you should never use one standard and apply it everywhere. "We should learn more and understand more about each other," Levan said. And that is why he smiled after learning that US Vice-President Joe Biden had tipped in a restaurant in Beijing during his current visit to the country. "If you live in China, you'd know we don't do tipping here." US Vice-President Joe Biden visits China August 17-22. Li Xing, China Daily's assistant editor-in-chief and veteran columnist, died of a cerebral hemorrhage on Aug 7 in Washington DC, US. Tea-making treasures catch the fancy of connoisseurs as record prices brew up interest
The 'big four' concerns of Chinese Updated: 2012-09-25 08:09 By Robert Lawrence Kuhn (China Daily) An ancient Chinese philosopher described the perfect society as "living in harmony, treating others as family... there is love and caring for the elderly ... nourishment and education for children ... kindness and compassion for widows, orphans, the disabled and the sick". Historically, such harmony is the standard of happiness. But now, after vast economic development, are the Chinese people happy? What I hear are the "big four" social concerns: education, healthcare, housing and retirement. These challenges are what China's new leaders face. For over two decades, I've witnessed the astonishing growth of China's economy. At the same time, I've watched burgeoning economic disparity and social inequality between rich and poor, urban and rural, become China's most severe and alarming problem. I've wondered, could equality in education be a partial solution? If I'm a poor migrant worker, but if my child has an equal opportunity for a good education, and thus has an equal opportunity for a good life, I'd be more willing to endure my own hardships. How to provide equality in education? I visit the Jin Ding elementary school in Shanghai, where all the students are children of migrant workers. Sure, they're better off here than they'd be in their rural hometowns, but how will they feel when they realize that they're not like the children of Shanghai residents? There are more than 200 million migrant workers in China. In Shanghai alone, there are about half a million children of migrant workers. Over 40 percent of students in Beijing and Shanghai are non-residents. At best they are second-class citizens. Migrant workers built these cities, and through education they expect to change their children's fate. But even for successful migrant families, their children cannot overcome structural barriers. They may dream of going to college, but they cannot. According to current policy, migrant workers' children receive compulsory education from elementary through middle school, but if they do not return to their hometowns when they reach 9th grade, they can apply only to vocational schools. This means their careers will be similar to that of their parents' - construction workers, hotel attendants, maids, cooks. And if they do return, the education is so inferior they will not pass the rigorous college entrance exams. Worse are the "left-behind children", the multitudes of rural kids, 60 million of them, who have not moved with their parents to the big cities. Their parents return home generally only once a year, and then only for a short visit. "Left-behind children" are a national heartbreak. Disparities in education cripple the capacity of education to make opportunities equal, to level the playing fields of life and career. For many, the "Chinese Dream" can never come true. In 2012, Premier Wen Jiabao promised that educational funding would grow to 4 percent of China's GDP, a major commitment to China's future. Healthcare affects everyone and China's system suffered in the transition from a planned to a market economy. No one is satisfied, not patients, not doctors, not society. At 7:30 am I arrive at Ren Ji Hospital, one of Shanghai's best. The lobby is packed with people, many already waiting for hours. Ren Ji was built to treat 2,000 patients a day; it now handles 8,500. Something has to give : care, costs, service, time. The system is overburdened: hospitals are besieged and doctors overwhelmed. So an underground economy, insidious and illegal, has spawned. Scalpers exploit the vulnerabilities of patients frustrated by long waiting times. They arrive at a top, in-demand hospital early, register, and then resell their short-wait positions to desperate, real patients who arrive later. Scalpers charge up to 500 yuan. Another odious practice is hong bao, the "red envelopes" stuffed with cash that patients must all too often use to bribe doctors. Imagine a system in which you must wait for hours, your doctors are overworked and underpaid, you may have to pay scalpers or offer bribes, and you only get five minutes of care. Moreover, healthcare in China is wildly uneven. In some rural areas, medical services are dangerously scarce, and when available, decades behind. In 2009, China launched healthcare system reform. In three years, basic medical insurance covered 1.3 billion people, about 95 percent of China's population. And a rural cooperative medical service system provides basic medical care. When I ask young adults in China's big cities, "What's your biggest problem?", they do not hesitate. "Housing," they often exclaim, "Housing prices." Those who move to Beijing are called "Beijing Dream Pursuers" - to own a home in Beijing is the ultimate goal. But "the sandwich class" are people caught between having too much money to qualify for public housing and not enough to buy private housing - at least not in the areas they'd like. The housing price problem is severe, and the din of complaints, especially among young adults, is intense. This gives the government a major housing headache: How to control housing prices, but without harming the real estate market? Because while escalating housing prices aggravates urban buyers, China's entire economy is rooted in real estate. China's leaders tell me that they need to stimulate the domestic economy by increasing consumption. But the Chinese people resist spending. They prefer to save. Why? They worry about retirement. Chinese society has become an aging society; each year the elderly population increases by 8 million. In Shanghai, people aged 60 and above constitute about 25 percent of the population. In downtown Shanghai, it's now hard to find a nursing home vacancy. In response, the municipality proposed that 90 percent of the elderly stay at home and only 10 percent go to nursing homes. But with one-child families and careers demanding more work and travel, if the elderly stay at home, who can care for them? (In traditional Chinese society when large families lived together caring for seniors was shared.) Responding to the aging society, Shanghai is the first city in China to extend the retirement age. The new "flexible retirement policy" enables some males to retire at age 65 and females at age 60. To provide income for retirement, Shanghai will test the first "personal, tax-deferred pension insurance system". China's overarching goal is to become a "moderately well-off society". To achieve this, China must solve the "big four" social problems - education, healthcare, housing, retirement. China's leaders recognize it. China's people demand it. A personal note. Commentating about China invites critique, and one of the criticisms leveled against me has been that much of my work focuses on State leaders, not common people. China's Challenges brings me to China's grassroots. To know China, one needs to know both leaders and people. The author is an international corporate strategist and investment banker. He is the author of The Man Who Changed China: The Life and Legacy of Jiang Zemin and How China's Leaders Think. (China Daily 09/25/2012 page9)
The article by David Travis is written from the perspective of a usability consultant explaining to a client key concepts about usability research but I think it's a piece we can all benefit from. Even if you're just an enthusiastic amateur, or dipping your toe in the water, and need to justify to the boss why you're wanting to do some research it's a worthwhile read. Something to keep up your sleeve. - Market research uses hundreds of people. How come you can get answers with just 5? - Our product is aimed at everyone, so we can use ourselves as users - Users don’t know what they want - Apple doesn’t do user research so why should we? How to tell managers they’re wrong about UX research and still get hired - article by David Travis for User Focus
- Results: All-Around \| Events - Women's Olympic Team named - Video highlights from NBCOlympics.com - More Olympic Trials information SAN JOSE, Calif., July 1, 2012 – Gabrielle Douglas of Virginia Beach, Va./Chow's Gymnastics and Dance, earned an automatic berth to the 2012 Olympic Games in London after posting the highest two-day total in the all-around, 123.450, at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials in front of a sold-out crowd of 17,526 fans at the HP Pavilion at San Jose (Calif.). The complete women's U.S. Olympic team is comprised of: Douglas; McKayla Maroney of Long Beach, Calif./AOGC; Alexandra Raisman of Needham, Mass./Brestyan's American Gymnastics; Kyla Ross of Aliso Viejo, Calif./Gym-Max; and Jordyn Wieber of DeWitt, Mich./Gedderts' Twistars USA. Three replacement athletes were also selected: Sarah Finnegan of St. Louis, Mo./Great American Gymnastics Express; Anna Li of Aurora, Ill./Legacy Elite Gymnastics; and Elizabeth Price of Coopersburg, Pa./Parkettes. Douglas, Wieber (123.350), and Raisman (120.950) took the top three spots in the all-around standings. "All of this hard work has definitely paid off," Douglas said. "I just can't wait to wear those red, white and blue stripes down my back. It felt like a dream come true." "It feels amazing to be an Olympian," Wieber said. "This is definitely the best day of my life and knowing that all of my hard work has paid off is amazing. I'm just so proud of each and every girl who competed here today." Douglas and Wieber came down to the wire. Wieber performed first in the final rotation, performing a solid Amanar vault to score 15.800. Douglas took to the floor exercise needing to post better than 15.200 to win the Olympic Trials and secure the automatic Olympic berth. She delivered a 15.300 after executing a one-and-a-half through to triple full mount. In the first rotation, Douglas wasted no time as the night's first competitor, performing a nearly flawless Amanar to score a 16.000. On the uneven bars, Douglas kept her calm as her hand slipped on her Pak salto, not missing a beat to score 15.900. Douglas posted a 14.850 on the balance beam. Wieber started competition on the uneven bars with a 15.350, sticking her full-twisting double-layout dismount. Wieber executed a front aerial to one-arm back handspring to layout stepout on the balance beam in the second rotation, posting a 14.900. Wieber's energetic floor routine brought the house down and scored a 15.600. Steady throughout every routine, Raisman received her highest score on the floor exercise, 15.500, where she performed her signature opening pass, a one-and-a-half through to Arabian double, punch layout. "I don't even know what to say – I'm so speechless right now," Raisman said. "I feel so honored and so excited. I didn't think I would get this emotional about it, but I'm thinking about all of the hard work it has taken to get to this." Raisman also received scores of 14.450, uneven bars; 15.400, balance beam; and 15.300, vault. Completing the American squad for the London Olympics, Ross and Maroney posted combined all-around totals of 120.000 and 117.650, respectively. "This is the most surreal feeling," said an emotional Ross. "Hearing my name called, I couldn't even believe it." Ross dazzled on the uneven bars where her opening combination, a toe-on Shaposhnikova to Pak salto, helped her earn her highest score of the night, a 15.650. She also earned scores of 15.150, vault; 15.050, balance beam; and 14.750, floor. Maroney's incredible height on her Amanar vault captivated the crowd and scored a 16.150. Nearly sticking her second vault, a Mustafina, she earned a 15.750 and a 15.950 two-vault average. Maroney also scored 13.700, uneven bars; 15.000, balance beam; and 14.500, floor. "This is the best feeling – it's just so amazing," said Maroney. "I'm in shock right now. I think this will be the happiest I'll ever be in my life." All athletes named to the Olympic Team are subject to the approval of the U.S. Olympic Committee's Board of Directors. HP Pavilion. HP Pavilion at San Jose, managed by Sharks Sports & Entertainment, hosts nearly 100 sporting events annually including more than 40 San Jose Sharks regular season home games and the SAP Open men's professional tennis tournament. The building hosts approximately 170 events every year -- including Olympic athletes, Grammy award-winners and a variety of family and children's favorites that account for more than 200 event days. Pollstar, the leading concert industry trade magazine, nominated HP Pavilion at San Jose as "Arena of the Year" for 2005 and 2007. In 2007, Pollstar also recognized HP Pavilion at San Jose based on non-sports attendance as fourth in North America, top 10 in the world. Over the past 10 years, HP Pavilion at San Jose has consistently been in the Top 5 in North America and top 10 in the world. San Jose Sports Authority. The San Jose Sports Authority is a non-profit organization whose mission is to increase the City of San Jose's economic development, visibility and civic pride through sports. Serving as the City's sports commission since its inception in 1991, the Sports Authority has provided leadership and support to attract and host hundreds of sporting events in San Jose and the South Bay. The Sports Authority also supports and operates community, youth and amateur sports programs, including the San Jose Sports Hall of Fame, The First Tee of San Jose, and the REACH Youth Scholarship Program. To learn more, visit www.sjsa.org. City of San Jose. From its founding in 1777 as California's first city, San Jose has been a leader, driven by its spirit of innovation. Today, San Jose stands as the largest city in Northern California and the Capital of Silicon Valley—the world's leading center of innovation. The city, the 10th largest in the United States, is committed to remaining a top-ranked place to do business, to work and to live. For more information, visit www.sanjoseca.gov. San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau (SJCVB). The San Jose Convention & Visitors Bureau (SJCVB), a 25 year old organization focused on enhancing the image and economic well being of San Jose, is managed by Team San Jose, a unique customer service model that works in partnership with local hoteliers, organized labor, local arts leadership and business community to provide a one-team approach to all event-planning needs. Team San Jose manages the San Jose Convention Center and multiple theaters in Downtown San Jose, including the San Jose Civic, Parkside Hall, Center for the Performing Arts, California Theatre and Montgomery Theater. For more information, visit www.sanjose.org. San Jose Hotels Inc. (SJHI). San Jose Hotels Inc., is a hotels-led, non-profit business improvement district representing 35 San Jose-based hotels. SJHI leverages destination investment focused on event sponsorship, marketing and public relations to attract conventions, events and meetings to San Jose through a unique partnership with Team San Jose and the SJCVB.
DRUMMOND, Judith (Holmes) Judi Drummond, a former long-time member of the USAO adjunct faculty in drama, died Saturday following a sudden illness. Services are scheduled Wednesday Nov. 12th, at 10:30 a.m. at the First Christian Church of Chickasha. Interment is scheduled at the Oaklawn Cemetery in Wynnewood at 3 p.m. Wednesday. Judith Holmes Drummond was born Sept. 3, 1949, in Wynnewood to Rex W. and Martha Jane Jackson Holmes. She died Nov. 8, 2003, and the age of 54. She was preceded in death by her father in 1987 and her mother in 2003. Judi graduated from Wynnewood High School, then earned a bachelor of arts degree from Oklahoma City University. She also received a master of arts degree in English and a doctorate degree from OU. She was a member of Zeta Phi Eta and Psi Omega Sororities, and participated in a USO Tour through Korea in 1970. At the time of her death, Judi was director of the Writing Center at OU. Previously she taught writing at the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma, and served various responsibilities in the drama department. Prior to that, she taught high school English at Cyril. Judi was serving as co-vice president of the Chickasha Community Theater, where she previously had served as president, director, publicity and membership chair, and costumer. She was a past board member of the Oklahoma Community Theatre Association. Judi performed in numerous USAO drama department productions, including "South Pacific," "The Fantastics," "Once Upon a Mattress," and "Two By Two." She performed in CCT's "Spoon River Anthology," "Mame," "Oliver!," "Nunsense," "Nunsense II", and "Williams Window." Judi was an accomplished director for CCT, having directed "Cheaper by the Dozen," "Echoes from the Chisholm Trail," which she co-authored, "Scrooge's Christmas Carol," "Oliver!," "The Best Christmas Pageant Ever," "Miracle on 34th Street," and "The Wizard of Oz." She was currently directing "Babes in Toyland." Judy was instrumental in establishing the CCT/CHS Scholarship Program, and served on the Grant Writing and Publicity committees for the Washita Theatre purchase and renovation project. Survivors include three counsins: Susan Elizabeth Randall of Oklahoma City; Carolyn Eblers of Katy, Texas; Brad Long of Oklahoma City and one uncle E. Ray Long of Oklahoma City. She was previously married to David McElroy and Roger B. Drummond. Judi was blessed with a large extended family consisting of her colleagues, present and former students at OU and USAO, and the many CCT members and participants. Due to Judi's commitment and love for CCT, in lieu of flowers, memorials may be sent to Chickasha Community Theatre in her name, at CCT, 1717 Carolina Ave., Chickasha OK 73018. Besides the funeral in Chickasha, a memorial service is scheduled from 2-4 p.m. Nov. 16 in the University of Oklahoma Memorial Union's University Club in Norman. Information about that service is available from the OU Writing Center, 405-325-2936. All arrangements are under the direction of Ferguson Funeral Home in Chickasha.
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By Richard Wolf and Richard Willing, USA TODAY WASHINGTON A new intelligence estimate that reverses previous U.S. claims that Iran is developing nuclear weapons will not change the Bush administration's policy of tough sanctions and diplomacy. "That was our policy … and that's our policy going forward," said Stephen Hadley, the president's national security adviser. "We have the right strategy." REPORT SUMMARY: Read the NIE assessment PHOTOS PLAY ROLE: Pictures contributed to reassessment Iran ceased its secret nuclear weapons program in 2003 and has not resumed work toward building nuclear arms, a National Intelligence Estimate released Monday says. The estimate reverses claims the intelligence community made two years ago that Iran appeared "determined to develop" a nuclear weapons program. The new estimate did not explain why the intelligence community did not know Iran had stopped its weapons program before the 2005 estimate was released. The estimate, reflecting the collective judgment of the nation's 16 intelligence agencies, also concludes that Tehran probably is "keeping open the option to develop nuclear weapons" by continuing to build missiles and pursue a civilian nuclear power program. Iran, intelligence analysts concluded, halted weapons development in response to international scrutiny and the threat of increased sanctions. U.S. officials are still trying to enlist more nations to bring sanctions against Iran. On Monday, Undersecretary of State Nicholas Burns said he met with Chinese officials to agree on key issues involved in imposing a third set of United Nations sanctions on Iran for continuing a nuclear weapons program. Shortly after Burns' comments in Singapore, the intelligence community released its estimate saying Iran had stopped its nuclear weapons program in 2003. Despite the differences from the 2005 analysis, intelligence officials thought it was important to set the record straight by making public that "our understanding of Iran's capabilities have changed," said Donald Kerr, deputy director of national intelligence. Monday's estimate was a double "good news story," said Sen. Kit Bond of Missouri, the ranking Republican on the Senate Intelligence Committee. "The intelligence community was willing to reconsider an important intelligence judgment," Bond said. "Iran doesn't appear to be currently working on a bomb." Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., who chairs the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, said the estimate undercuts the administration's "obsession with regime change and irresponsible talk of World War III." Last month, President Bush said the U.S. policy toward Iran was aimed at avoiding "World War III." "The NIE makes clear that the right combination of pressure and positive incentives could prompt Tehran to extend the current halt to its nuclear weapons program," said Biden, a Democratic candidate for president. Mordechai Kedar, who served in Israel's military intelligence for 25 years and is a researcher at the Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies in Tel Aviv, said Israel's intelligence community disagrees with the latest estimate. "This is a matter of interpretation of data. I do believe that the U.S. and Israel share the same data, but the dispute is about interpreting the data. … Only a blind man cannot see their efforts to put a hand on a nuclear weapon. They are threatening the world." Contributing: Charles Levinson Conversation guidelines: USA TODAY welcomes your thoughts, stories and information related to this article. Please stay on topic and be respectful of others. Keep the conversation appropriate for interested readers across the map.
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Here are some women-related email lists that focus on business, work, and/or finance. If the instructions say "send usual subscription message," the message to send is SUBSCRIBE [listname] Your Name (e.g., SUBSCRIBE GENDERCB Jane Doe). The Business List, formerly BizWomen, is a list for discussing networking, lead generation, mentoring, and business building opportunities for women in business. To subscribe, see the The Business List web page. BWEntrepreneur is a list for Black women in business or starting a new venture. The list offers advice, networking, discussion on ways to promote business, and announcements. For more information, see the BWEntrepreneur web site. You can subscribe from the web site or by sending an email message to BWEntrepreneuremail@example.com. CEW (Canadian Entrepreneurial Women) is a list for Canadian women in business, women entrepreneurs in Canada, or women in Canada who might want to start a business. 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Sarin was developed in 1938 in Germany as a pesticide. Its name is derived from the names of the chemists involved in its creation: Schrader, Ambros, Rudriger and van der Linde. Sarin is a colorless non-persistent liquid. The vapor is slightly heavier than air, so it hovers close to the ground. Under wet and humid weather conditions, Sarin degrades swiftly, but as the temperature rises up to a certain point, Sarin’s lethal duration increases, despite the humidity. Sarin is a lethal cholinesterase inhibitor. Doses which are potentially life threatening may be only slightly larger than those producing least effects. Signs and Symptoms overexposure may occur within minutes or hours, depending upon the dose. They include: miosis (constriction of pupils) and visual effects, headaches and pressure sensation, runny nose and nasal congestion, salivation, tightness in the chest, nausea, vomiting, giddiness, anxiety, difficulty in thinking, difficulty sleeping, nightmares, muscle twitches, tremors, weakness, abdominal cramps, diarrhea, involuntary urination and defecation, with severe exposure symptoms progressing to convulsions and respiratory failure. breath until respiratory protective mask is donned. If severe signs of agent exposure appear (chest tightens, pupil constriction, in coordination, etc.), immediately administer, in rapid succession, all three Nerve Agent Antidote Kit(s), Mark I injectors (or atropine if directed by a physician). Injections using the Mark I kit injectors may be repeated at 5 to 20 minute intervals if signs and symptoms are progressing until three series of injections have been administered. No more injections will be given unless directed by medical personnel. In addition, a record will be maintained of all injections given. If breathing has stopped, give artificial respiration. Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation should be used when mask-bag or oxygen delivery systems are not available. Do not use mouth-to-mouth resuscitation when facial contamination exists. If breathing is difficult, administer oxygen. Seek medical attention Immediately. Contact: Immediately flush eyes with water for 10-15 minutes, then don respiratory protective mask. Although miosis (pinpointing of the pupils) may be an early sign of agent exposure, an injection will not be administered when miosis is the only sign present. Instead, the individual will be taken Immediately to a medical treatment facility for observation. Contact: Don respiratory protective mask and remove contaminated clothing. Immediately wash contaminated skin with copious amounts of soap and water, 10% sodium carbonate solution, or 5% liquid household bleach. Rinse well with water to remove excess decontaminant. Administer nerve agent antidote kit, Mark I, only if local sweating and muscular twitching symptoms are observed. Seek medical attention Immediately. not induce vomiting. First symptoms are likely to be gastrointestinal. Immediately administer Nerve Agent Antidote Kit, Mark I. Seek medical Above Information Courtesy of United States Army
View more videos at: http://nbcnewyork.com. SHIRLEY, N.Y. -- A tractor-trailer hauling debris from superstorm Sandy triggered a deadly 35-vehicle pileup on the Long Island Expressway in New York on Wednesday afternoon, police said. The truck struck several cars near exit 68 in the town of Shirley, which is located about 70 miles east of New York City. The collision set off a chain-reaction crash that left the tractor-trailer and two additional vehicles ablaze. A 68-year-old woman driving a Toyota Camry was killed, police said. An additional 33 people were injured, including a 57-year-old man who is in serious condition. A car involved in the initial collision with the tractor-trailer was incinerated beyond recognition, with its tires punctured and paint burned off its body. Some SUVs and cars suffered extensive damage while others appeared to have barely a scratch; all were haphazardly stopped across the highway, which is up to six lanes in parts. 'It sounded like thunder' One driver described the crash unfolding next to him while he was on the freeway. "All we heard was crashing behind us, it sounded like thunder," said Jimmy Batjley. "Looking back, all I saw was glass and metal, and they went right past us, at least 40 miles per hour." "If you can imagine all the cars were lined up, and [the tractor-trailer] just came right in and just pushed that entire line," said Batjley. He said the tractor-trailer driver was pulled out before the truck burst into flames. Aerial footage provided by News12 Long Island showed the trailer partly incinerated at dusk, alongside at least two cars that appeared to be blackened and burned. Multiple other vehicles, including a box truck, were scattered nearby, apparently having collided into one another or the guardrail. The tractor-trailer was driven by 42-year-old Raymond Simoneau of Rockingham, Vt. Police told The Associated Press that Simoneau wasn't injured. The tractor-trailer and several of the vehicles involved in the crash were impounded for safety checks. Five fire departments responded to the scene as well as 19 Emergency Medical Services agencies, police said. The weather was clear at the time of the crash, according to Reuters. "Anybody rolling up on this scene you would think there would be definitely more than just one fatality," said John Mirando, chief of the Ridge Fire Department. "It's just lucky that it's only one, but it could have been a lot worse." NBCNewYork.com, Reuters and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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It was a sad day when i got the phone call from my mother that she had stopped by the restaurant that I have been eating at since cellular mitosis was closed. Grecian Gardens was the BEST Greek restaurant in the state of Utah. Most people think the Greek Souvlaki is, but that's Greek fast food, and not really the way I have been raised for Greek food to taste. But now my restaurant is gone, and the only other place to go is "the other place" Grecian Gardens was the very best most authentic restaurant/entertainment location in Utah!. I grew up in Grecian gardens; I learned to belly dance through Kismet when I was just 5 years old, and the 1st place my tribe of sisters and our mom danced at besides the Liberty park was here at Grecian Gardens. Jimmy used to always offer me free candy. He took care of us, the staff was great, the musicians were very talented. I looooo~ved the lemon rice, the vegi's were good! the desert was awesome. They were a warm & friendly "staff" they weren't just staff, they were friends. My mom Linda Aullman, your old time friend (Rex Aullmans) daughter,and I ( Amanda...A.K.A. Princess iina, and Nolena , & from now on, CHIRAYA) were very dissapointed to find that you guys closed down the restaurant! I miss the whole concept and feeling of this environment. But you guys were in business for very many years, longer than I have been alive! It had to come to an end some time I guess.. Well, if you read this, thank you for being such a huge influence in my life. This is a massive reason I am a belly dancer today and I am taking my career to the next level, I sing, I am now signed through a record label, and I have you guys to thank for being an inspiration in my life. I want to invite your whole entire family to my wedding to spice up the event, I will keep you posted. I don't know how to get ahold of you, so visit my email at ( rythmbaby16@gmail... ) I will give you my phone #!!! you have so much energy Jimmy! i know you'll show the young crowd what it is to be ALIVE! The best of luck and blessings to you, Mary & your whole family ;) Love~ Amanda A.K.A Chiraya Grecian is now closed:(. Sadly, Jimmy and Mary decided to close the doors on the Grecian and retire. It happened quite abruptly a couple weeks ago in the middle of June. I didn't particularly care for the food, especially the canned vegetables they served with the entree, but it was one of the most fun places to go. I only danced there a handful of times, but I know I'm not alone in saying a lot of local belly dancers did their first solos or troupe dances at the Grecian and it was a memorable experience. Thanks for the wonderful times, Jimmy and Mary. You'll be missed, not only by the belly dance community but by everyone who came in to your restaurant. Have a wonderful and well deserved retirement! Best Gyro in town and the music makes it even better.. I have tried every greek restaurant I can get my lips on and if you are in Salt Lake City and looking for an authentic greek experience, Grecian Gardens is the place to be! If you can make it on Saturday night there is usually semi-live music (a background track with three live musicians) with a true Greek flair. The lemon rice soup is probably the tastiest thing I can think of. It is a taste that is strange at first so give it more than one spoonful and you will love it. It's a little tart with a great texture. Excellent! If you're new to Grecian Gardens the Liga Apa Olla (greek for "a little bit of everything" or so I'm told) is a great deal about 8 bucks and you get to try a salad (greek dressing highly recommended if you like vinagrettes), the lemon rice soup, bread, the best gyro in town, good souvlaki (kind of like a kabob), a dolmadakia (corned beef hash wrapped in a grape leaf and covered in lemon sauce), lemon rice, and some sort of vegetable. It's tons of food. Saturday night also usually has dancing (either belly dancing or traditional greek) and makes for a great cultural experience. Even if you don't dance, if they invite you to dance with them GO! they will teach you and it is a lot of fun and very easy! This place is a little rough around the edges--but where else can you get a hip swivel with your spanakopita?. Like something out of a David Lynch movie. There is vinyl everywhere--tablecloths, chairs, booths--and a small stage where you'll often find a man keyboarding anything from Sinatra to Zorba. Greek paintings and photographs hang on the walls and there are plenty of plastic flowers. But the main attraction is the entertainment--belly dancers perform nightly on the dance floor in the center of the dining room. Inexpensive Greek fare that is hit and miss. The appetizers are good bets--try the fried calamari (squid) or the spanakopita (spinach pie wrapped in phyllo). The avgolemono (lemon and rice soup) is tasty, too. As for entrees, the gyro (an open-face lamb sandwich served on pita bread) and the souvlaki (marinated pork or chicken on a stick) are excellent. Skip the pastitsio and the moussaka--the bechamel sauce is unnaturally yellow and unappetizing. Sign in with Facebook Sign in with Facebook to see what your friends are up to!
Interagency Coordinating Council "The mission of the Utah Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs is to assure that each infant and young child with special needs will have the opportunity to achieve optimal health and development within the context of the family." Introduction to ICC: Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and their Families What is Early Intervention? Baby Watch Early Intervention is a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, interagency, multidisciplinary system, which provides early intervention services to infants and toddlers, younger than three years of age, with developmental delay or disability, and their families. Early intervention is the "baby" piece of Special Education. The program is authorized through the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), Part C, (Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities). In 1987, Utah's Governor designated the Department of Health (DOH) as the "Lead Agency" for the early intervention program. Utah was one of the very first states in the nation to fully implement its early intervention program after securing the approval of the State Legislature. At present, there are 16 early intervention programs that serve more than 2,000 children per month in the state. It is anticipated that the demand for these services will continually increase. What is an Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC)? The creation of an ICC was established with the passage of federal law P.L. 99-457 in October 1986. Developers of the legislation recognized the need for a group outside of the Lead Agency to "advise and assist" in the development of such a system. The independent nature of the ICC is one feature that gives the group the potential for making a contribution to the development of the service system. Another feature of the regulations is the multidisciplinary and the multi-constituency representation on the ICC. By specifying what types of members should be included on the ICC, the legislation enables states to bring together consumer, clinical, political, and administrative communities. This merging of a variety of communities facilitates the building of bridges between the involved agencies. In addition, the committee has provided a broader vision of the service system based upon the participation and contributions of all relevant providers and consumers. The ICC, a body required by statute to be appointed by each state's Governor, is to be an important participant in the development of a well-coordinated service system (Federal Interagency Coordinating Council, June, 1989). Each state ICC determines, in conjunction with the Lead Agency, the nature of the roles and tasks it chooses to perform at various policy stages. The Utah ICC is an interagency group whose membership represents the statewide early childhood services community. It is comprised of up to 25 members. The purpose of the Utah ICC is to advise and assist the lead agency in the Division of Community and Family Health Services, Bureau of Children with Special Health Care Needs in the UDOH. Much of the work of the ICC is accomplished in standing committees and ad hoc task force meetings that perform long range planning, study specific issues and make appropriate actions. A member of the ICC chairs each committee. What role does the ICC play? The Council functions as a planning body at the systems level and advocates for children birth to three years of age and their families with or at-risk for a developmental disability. The Council acts in three major roles: (1) ADVISOR: Providing advice to the Lead Agency, Governor and the state legislature on issues related to the development of a coordinated system of early intervention services for children with or at-risk for a developmental disability and their families. The federal law defines the Council membership and the program in order to give it a unique view of the "service systems". The parent component of the Council gives it a perspective which may be different from that presented by state agencies which are represented on the Council. The Council can use its special vantage point to be recognized as a source of information for the Lead Agency, Governor, and legislators, as well as other key decision makers in the state. (2) NEGOTIATOR: Working as an advocate to encourage a particular course of action by the state. A major activity of the Council is to "review and comment on the annual state plan for services for children birth to three years" as part of its overall responsibility to assess the service system as it exists in the state. This information as well as interagency coordination is another important goal of the program and puts the Council in a position to be effective in making changes in how services are provided in the state. With agency and provider representatives on the Council, communication can more easily be effected and gaps between agencies can hopefully be bridged. (3) CAPACITY BUILDER: Enhancing the ability of the overall service system to address service needs. In this role, the Council works to increase the quality and quantity of desired supports and services from the public and private sectors, to ensure that all needy children and families will be provided early intervention services.
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Stacey has recently departed the column for various reasons, including, apparently, to write a hell of a lot more features. I think she has one somewhere nearly every other day. Here's one from today's CA. And, of course, she still keeps up with her blog, which was her gateway drug into "Because I Said So." Speaking of "Because I Said So," it's only every other Thursday now, so on the off Thursdays, I'll replay some classics. Today, though, I'm pulling out an old Urf!. I have a counter on this site and it shows me how many hits I get, how people got to the site and where they are. It's fascinating to see the many different locations around the globe where people are slacking off work or school by searching the internet; to see at just what corporations, colleges and hospitals around Memphis employees are snatching a little "me" time. And, to see what they search for to get to Urf!. Far and away, one of the most searched terms that gets y'all to the site is "family motto." Lot of genealogy enthusiasts out there. It so happens that I had a post on May 22, 2006 (only six days before the birth of GK!), titled with that exact search term: Family Motto. It would have made an excellent column, and is still a good post, a classic even. So here it is for your enjoyment. I was recently reading a touching piece by Calvin Trillin in The New Yorker on his late wife, Alice. In the article, he mentions a family motto that he, his daughters and Alice had: "Pull Up Your Socks." Trillin recalls Alice lamenting that this motto may have been too "flippant." It got me to thinking that maybe we need a family motto. I found it odd, in fact, that we didn't have one in place already. My family, my little fiefdom, should have a motto to look to for inspiration. A few came to mind right away: "We're Out Of Milk," "Where Is The Remote?," "Your Shoes Are On The Wrong Feet." It will need to be a motto The Trio can take pride in, something they can shout from the top step and one day tattoo across themselves, or at least write it in their own dust. I believe any of the aforementioned mottos are a nice enough fit. Other possibilities include: "I Want," "Where's Mommy?" and "Don't Touch Daddy's Drink." Once we come up with a decent motto, though, we may need a coat of arms - something that really strikes fear, or confusion, in the hearts of the other families at the park. Coats of arms have really fallen out of style in the 21st Century. In fact, I don't think I know one family with a coat of arms; nothing they're willing to display with pride, anyway. So what would our coat of arms look like? Perhaps a shield with a Pop Tart emblazoned on it, or a sippy cup full of curdled milk or maybe just a likeness of me looking addled. Or maybe it won't be a shield at all, we rarely use them around here. Maybe it will be a TV screen or a trash can or a refrigerator door left standing open. Other coat of arms design possibilities include: a silhouette of bedhead, a toothpaste-caked toothbrush and a pile of laundry, possibly clean, possibly not. Once we start thinking of a motto and coat of arms, then we naturally have to consider a family song, a battle anthem. Currently, on the way to school, The Trio is enjoying "Shake Your Rump" by The Beastie Boys off the album Paul's Boutique, and "People Watching" by Jack Johnson off the Curious George soundtrack. Neither of these seem appropriate. I would have to nominate "Goon Squad" by Elvis Costello off Armed Forces, "Fly Me To The Moon" by Frank Sinatra, the version on Sinatra at the Sands, and "Run Run Run" by The Velvet Underground from The Velvet Underground & Nico. Well, we have a lot to work on around here, so I better go. But rest assured and beware, The Trio will soon be coming to a park near you to take over your swings and your slide and your plastic tube they like to crawl through. You'll know them right away, they'll be the ones marching up with a banner reading "No Shoes On The Couch!" and wearing shirts printed with stylized pictures of a half-eaten waffle while singing "Shake Your Rump" at the top of their lungs.
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Fourteen years ago, in my first job where my title was “Information Architect,” I clashed with a designer. We were working at a large advertising agency that was known for stunning design work. The art directors wielded a level of power at the agency that I have never seen anywhere else, and the result over the decades was a portfolio of gorgeous print and TV ads. The design-first method had worked well for this agency, winning them awards and a long roster of Fortune 500 clients, so they naturally decided to use this approach in their newly launched web department, too. Things went well for a while, until I attended a kickoff meeting for a new website project. The designer came to the meeting with an already completed graphic design, before any information had been provided about who the site was for or what it would do. This designer had been at the company longer than me, and she had been happily designing sites without an information architect for several months. As far as she was concerned, this was a process that worked well for her, and why shouldn’t it? She had complete control of the site, her designs looked lovely, and they were not in any way influenced by user needs, site goals, or reality. What followed was a long, drawn-out battle for control of the site between me and the designer. This battle usually sounded something like this, played out again and again: Me: And when you click on this button where does it take you? Designer: I haven’t worked that out yet, but it’ll be fine. At the time, I thought I had encountered a particularly obstinate designer, but in fact I had just bulldozed my way into the biggest challenge in information architecture (IA): navigating the line between beautiful design and usable IA. Because this was early in the web world, the agency had yet to learn about this balance between usability and design, and I hadn’t either. And in the intervening years, things haven’t changed much. Designers still want to make things beautiful, UXers still want to make things usable, and those two goals are frequently at odds. What has changed for me, though, is the approach I now take to working with designers. 1. Get the Right Designer on the Project We don’t always have the luxury of selecting the designer who will bring our wireframes and prototypes to life, but on occasion this happens. All UXers should have a roster of designers who are UX-friendly who they can call when the opportunity arises. More and more frequently, I have clients who either ask us to handle design or ask for designer referrals. When this happens I always feel like I’ve won the lottery. I have a collection of designers I’ve met over the years who are great at working with highly functional sites; if you have the opportunity to influence the designer selection, you need to be ready to jump in with names and portfolios. 2. Don’t Just Throw Wireframes over the Fence Last year, I worked on an unusual project where the timeframe was so compressed that there was no time for wireframes. Instead I spent many, many hours each day on the phone with the designer discussing the interface, working out where each element should go and exactly how it should function. While I wouldn’t recommend this process as a rule, the end result was a beautiful working relationship and an interface that we were both thrilled with. Many agencies are structured such that designers are just handed a stack of wireframes and told to execute on them. The end result tends to be either a site that looks like a very pretty version of the wireframes, or one that is only very loosely based on the UX design. To strike the right balance that prevents designers from either taking an overly literal interpretation of wireframes or from developing their own new interaction models, designers need to be involved early and often. As soon as you’ve got a few wireframes done, pull your designer in to start mocking up a visual design so you can work together through anything that needs to be rethought. 3. Give Designers Space to Do Their Thing People go into design because they want to express their creativity, to play with shapes and color, and to have fun doing it. In some ways, information architects just come in and rain on designers’ parades by imposing structure and preferring the obvious over the unique. But there are designers out there—more and more all the time—who look forward to working with information architects because working off of wireframes makes their jobs easier. These designers still want to play and have fun, and (in the right place and time) new and interesting designs and interactions can make people happy, so it’s a good idea to include a design-centric section on sites that warrant it, where the information architecture takes a back seat to the design. This works for areas of a site that needs to provide a visceral feel for a brand, or portfolio sections of sites that need to showcase work or case studies. If you respect the designers’ need to create something beautiful, they are more likely to respect your need to create something usable. 4. Don’t Discount the Importance of Design It’s important to remember, as Don Norman has famously said and Dana Chisnell recently reiterated, that beautiful design makes people happy. Good UX design is the backbone of good visual design, and one cannot exist without the other. Back when I was engaging the designer at my first IA job in thermonuclear warfare, I did it because I only barely registered design as something that mattered to the user experience. But the joy inherent in beautiful design is important as well, so sometimes when a designer overrides your UX design on aesthetic grounds, the designer is right. UXers need to weigh the pros and cons of all design decisions very carefully in order to determine where visual design should triumph over UX design, and vice versa. There are still struggles, of course, and there are projects where designers want to go one direction and the UX team wants to go another. But I do seem to encounter fewer and fewer all-out wars between design and UX teams. When designers and UXers work well together, the ultimate winners are the users, who get a product that is not only easy to use but lovely to interact with.
Died on November 19 , age 74. Married to Jack for 51 good years, dear mother of Carole (Eric Johnson) and the late Michael, devoted grandmother of Tess. She was the daughter of the late Percy and Harriet Hitchcock of Sunbury, ON and is survived by her siblings Ken Hitchcock and Carol Saari. At Elaine's request, there will be no service. Cremation has occurred. Friends are invited to call at 52 St Andrews Gdns. on Saturday, November 24 , from 2 to 5 pm. No flowers please. With thanks to Marie Faughnan, MD, and Rose Pantalone, RN, memorial donations to the St Michael's Hospital Foundation, 30 Bond St., Toronto M5B 1W8, marked 'for HHT research' will be put to good use. Wednesday November 21, 2012 © Copyright 2013 The Globe and Mail Inc. All Rights Reserved. The Globe and Mail, 444 Front St. W., Toronto, ON Canada M5V 2S9 Phillip Crawley, Publisher
Virginia Beach Nightlife Heats Up After Sunset the beaches and the mini-golf and the great attractions like the Aquarium make Virginia Beach a great family vacation stop, but when the sun goes down Virginia Beach nightlife really heats up! After spending a day working on your tan and tackling the waves, why not go first class at any of VB's hottest bars, clubs, and late-night hangouts? Enjoy amazing live music and top-shelf drinks, and let The Vacation Channel hook you up with information on food and cover charge discounts. Whether you want to dance, taste some regional wine, or simply relax to your favorite music, we know you'll embrace Virginia Beach nightlife during your vacation. If you're staying on the Oceanfront, you're just steps away from some of the more popular dance clubs, or else it's just a quick trip to Town Center for some sophisticated revelry. We'll tell you where to go for Happy Hour specials on drinks, wings, and raw bar. - Martinis by the Mile: Virginia Beach is home to a number of upscale martini lounges, serving impressively shaken and stirred cocktails after hours. Try Pacifica on the Oceanfront, 7 Martinis and Tapas in Red Mill, and Central 111 in Great Neck to name three. - Live Music: Catch the legendary Jewish Mother in Hilltop on a good night and you may enjoy some incredible rock, rhythm and blues, or jazz. Other great spots for checking out local and touring bands include Havana Nights in near Town Center, H2O Beach Bar and Grill in Chick's Beach, and Abbey Road at the Oceanfront. Swirl, Suds: Wine and beer lovers definitely need to check out the great restaurants in Town Center for the best vintages from around the world as well as local brews. Sonoma Wine Bar, Gordon Birsch's, The Yard House...the list goes on. Closer to the Oceanfront, try PJ Baggan and Eurasia, and Lubo Wine Tasting Room near Chick's Beach. Night: Keep up with your favorite teams and night food/drink specials at our favorite Virginia Beach sports bars. Just George's in Hilltop, CP Shucker's and Shorebreak Pizza in Chick's Beach, and Buffalo Wild Wings offer hungry patrons cold beer, hot eats, and multiple TVs that capture all the action. If you're looking for Virginia Beach nightlife action, there's no shortage of fun and excitement. Keep up with The Vacation Channel for the best in nightly entertainment, exotic drinks, and live music. Virginia Beach Hotels Find a perfect place to stay while in Virginia Beach. Search the best hotels of Virginia Beach. Virginia Beach Home Rentals Find a perfect beach rental home in Virginia Beach. Search numerous beach rental properties for your perfect beach vacation. Dine at the finest restaurants of Virginia Beach. Search a great selection of Italian, Chinese, Indian, Korean, Mexican, Seafood, and other restaurants in Virginia Beach. Enjoy the Nightlife in Virginia Beach. Browse bars, pubs, and dance clubs on the Oceanfront, or visit the Town Center for some sophisticated revelry. Find the finest Virginia Beach attractions to enjoy your Virginia Beach vacation to the fullest! Transportation Learn more about transportation in Virginia Beach and surrounding areas. Looking for a professional? Browse the listings of local dry cleaners, retail agents, real estate agents, and other professional services in the area. Virginia Beach is famous for its parks and outdoor attractions. Enjoy the beautiful weather in one of Virginia Beach parks. Check for upcoming events in Virginia Beach. Mark your calendar and have the best time all year round! Shopping Enjoy shopping while in Virginia Beach. The city offers a variety of department stores, gift shops, electronic, hobby, home décor shops, and so much more! Looking for a grocery store in Virginia Beach? Find the one that is closest to you. Search and compare grocery stores, oriental shops, gourmet, organic, and specialty food stores.
Wednesday, February 22, 2006 The process of electrifying the village of Gouria in Cameroon is now all but completed. Valencia Property made a large donation of some 15000 Euros for the project which will allow tourism to be attracted to the area and make the school set up by Judith Burnett even more useful as a community resource. Here at Valencia Property we believe that it is essential to help others, good Karma being more important than excessive material goods of course!, and our drive to that end has now helped to build a new classroom at the school in Gouria and now the electrification of the village. We hope to help in constructing a permanent borehole for the next project to make the gathering of water less arduous of a task. If any companies or individuals would like to help out in whatever way they can then feel free to get in touch with us through the website and we will pass the details onto Judith and those responsible for this remarkable project. Also check out the link for sponsoring a child at the Malima site Graham meanwhile has been in Argentina, expanding our horizons with a business trip to look at a set of plots and opportunities in Patagonia. It went extremely well and we now have information available on the first new and exciting opportunity for investment. Graham will be going back in April to oversee the transfer of the properties to all of those who have already reserved and hopefully many more of you will be enticed to look at these excellent opportunities. Alongside this we shall be participating in an investment fund for the region based here in Spain for accountability purposes with guaranteed returns on investments. Mail Graham for more information at firstname.lastname@example.org Posted by Valencia Property at 10:10 AM
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Friday, August 31, 2012 Valpo Athletics announces the launch of a new social media fan engagement program where Crusader fans can show their support for Valpo Athletics and each individual team through a combination of in-game social media campaigns, engaging teams on social networks and earning rewards through our new Valpo Crusader Social Rewards program. Fans can visit ValpoRewards.com to start playing! Developed in partnership with Lodestone Sports, the leader in social media programs for college sports, fans receive points for participating in social media activities such as ‘liking’ Facebook posts, commenting, sharing, tweeting hashtags, re-tweeting, watching a Youtube video, checking in on Foursquare or Facebook, scanning student cards or posting photos and taking in-game polls with Social Stadium Twitter promotions. Fans can also gain points by taking polls, signing up for promotions, printing coupons and more on Valpo Athletics team Facebook pages. The program tracks overall point leaders, athletics leaders and individual team leaders from football to golf. In addition, fans can sign up for special promotions, coupons or become the Fan of the Week on team Facebook pages. This will allow Valpo to create a unique experience and promotion for each team, drive awareness and reward their super fans. There will be grand prizes, giveaways and special fan experiences Valpo Athletics supporters can earn through their social media activity. Mark Drosos, President of Lodestone Sports, commented “We are proud to have such a prestigious program like Valpo as a partner. Their commitment to social media will prove to create an even stronger bond between the school and their fans while creating new relationships with local sports fans.” In addition, Mark added “With the shift in consumer attention to social media and the ‘second screen’ experience, this program will allow Valpo to develop great new in-game social media promotions, extend traditional marketing programs into social networks like Facebook and reward fans for their social media support of Valpo teams.” This is just the beginning as Valpo Athletics will be adding new social platforms, additional ways to earn points and engage with teams and friends before, during and after games. \|Copyright ©2013 Valparaiso University Athletics. All Rights Reserved.\|\|www.ValpoAthletics.com\|
Archive for the tag "anarchy" With enormous respect to the genius who created the original, here is a joke for the sophisticated (i.e. the middle classes) and Sir Roger’s inelegant mash-ups Posted: 23 November, 2010 in Australian Values, comedy/humour, Culture, Economics, fun, Iran, Sport, values. Tags: 20-20, anarchy, arms, ashes, australia, Australian sporting values, Australian Values, cartoon, comedy, cricket, cultural stereotypes, Economics, Eire, financial crisis, global conflict, humor, humour, IMF, Iran, Ireland, Oz, politics, sporting values, tea, values, weapons
Yeah, it’s the weekend! That means it’s time for our regular end of the week news round-up and open topic discussion thread, here are a few recent links to kick off the chat: -18k Inventory party! -Updated inventory graph -Taxpayers victims of ‘hot money’ -Welcome to Effluent Richmond -1 month later Telus still not sold out -special offer, $510,000 off -CMHC dismisses bubble talk -The CMHC board of directors -Silver linings of slow growth economy -Condo craze gets crazier -Wolverine moves down under -Huge drop in Chinese immigrants -Building permits rise, just not here -Pastrick thinks prices might fall -Buying with 5% down? -Time to cash out? -Condo owner, why so glum? So what are you seeing out there? Post your news links, thoughts and anecdotes here and have an excellent weekend!
“Hope” springs eternal, or at least for a second season, at Fox.Network announced Tuesday morning that it had renewed breakout comedy “Raising Hope” for a second season. Early renewal came a day after ABC picked up its signature comedies for fall. “‘Raising Hope’ has emerged as a comedic standout: wickedly smart, hilarious and full of heart,” said Fox Entertainment prexy Kevin Reilly. Greg Garcia created and exec produces “Hope,” which comes from 20th Century Fox TV. Lucas Neff, Martha Plimpton, Garret Dillahunt, Shannon Woodward and Cloris Leachman star. Also on Tuesday, Fox kicked off its portion of the TV Critics Assn. press tour by announcing — as expected — a firm “preview” date for new epic prehistoric series “Terra Nova.” Show will get a two-night launch on Monday, May 23 at 9 p.m. and Tuesday, May 24 at 9 p.m. (behind the penultimate “American Idol”). The show then returns officially in the fall (following a similar air pattern to the launch of “Glee” in 2009). And the network announced that its new sketch comedy series from Jamie Foxx, along with comedian Affion Crockett, will get a sneak preview on Thursday, March 31 at 9 p.m., behind “Idol.” Show will regularly air this summer on Thursdays at 9 p.m. starting June 9. The as-yet untitled show comes from Fox TV Studios, Foxx/King Ent. and Tanatmount. Foxx, Todd Yasui, Marcus King, Jaime Rucker King, Eric Tannenbaum, Kim Tannenbaum and Mitch Hurwitz are exec producers. Also, Fox announced that former “So You Think You Can Dance” judge Mary Murphy will return to the show, along side Nigel Lythgoe, this summer. Data provided by:Nielsen Media Research (Preliminary Results)
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In the old days (or pre-commercialization of the Internet), the idea of buying clothes, particularly pants, without the tactile experience of trying them on probably seemed a tough concept to grasp. But that's slowly changing. Bonobos, a two-year-old Manhattan-based designer and retailer of casual and dress trousers for men is proving that buying pants online is something men really enjoy doing. After all, they're not exactly the type that like to go to malls. The trick was coming up with trousers with a great fit. The pants have been selling so well (12,000 in the first year of operation), the company this week is launching its new Polo line of shirts selling for $69. But the signature items at Bonobos are the fabulously-fitted pants for men that price between $80 and $200. The average price is $113. Bonobos, with 15,000 customers and $3 million in venture funding, believes it has come up with a secret sauce for making mens' trousers look better on the average man. "The magic is in the fit," said Andy Dunn, Bonobos CEO, in a recent three-part interview with me. Andy founded Bonobos with Brian Spaly, both Stanford M.B.A.s. The Bonobos pant is angled at the waist, which, according to Andy, has never been done before. The result is a nice-looking backside for men. The idea behind Bonobos was to create a new line of pants between the lower-end price points of Banana Republic and J. Crew and the upper-end price points of Paul Smith. Despite the downturn in the economy, the pants are selling well. Andy said the company is track to generate up to $5 to $6 million in net sales, up from $1.6 million last year. (Net sales excludes returns). In this interview, Andy also talks about the company's current gross margins and where he sees that going. He also touches on the company's generous refund policy, which is to to accept any returns. "Zappos has 360-day returns," said Andy. "[At Bonobos], you can return whenever you want. You can wash it, dry it, hem it and run a muddy-buddy in it. The power is in your hands." With that policy, Andy and his team are focusing on becoming super focused on customer service, much like Zappos, which incidentally is one of Andy's role model online retailers. Zappos, the online footwear retailer, sold to Amazon in July 2009 for $850 million. Watch this first-part interview for more about Bonobos.
So we have a review board. The board has 64 things we can change. A lot of these are common sense and should have been done. But the question is, it’s a failure of leadership that they weren’t done in advance and four lives were lost because of this. I’m glad that you’re accepting responsibility. I think ultimately with your leaving you accept the culpability of the worst tragedy since 9/11″ And, I really mean that. Had I been president at the time and I found that you did not read the cables from Benghazi, you did not read the cables from Ambassador Stevens, I would have relieved you of your post.
"This was meant to be a game against intolerance and against the one-way Islamophobic satire of the Danish Muhammad cartoons," Molleindustria said in an e-mail message. "So if a respectable organization didn't understand the irony and the message, we failed." Islamic law generally opposes physical depictions of the prophet. Although the game has been around for some time, the controversy kicked up over a recent newspaper article. The authors of the game offer a censor option which blocked out the face of Muhammad but that didn't fly. Other games designed by Molleindustria include Operation: Pedopriest, Queer Power and Oiligarchy, satirizing the Catholic Church, sexual orientation and the oil industry. /Ack. Since the big take down, Faith Fighter 2 has replaced the original Faith Fighter. This new non-violent game is said to be an educational title that teaches universal values of tolerance and respect. I can only wonder what these same groups would think of South Park!
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 EXPERIMENTING WITH COCOA NIBS (AND A SOUP RECIPE) I've been intrigued by cocoa nibs lately. They are in vogue right now, but many are at a loss as how to use them (me, too!). Loving almost all things chocolate, I bought some at my natural foods store and began researching. They are not sweetened, so they have a deep, slightly bitter flavor, and a crunchy texture. In my research, I found an article about cocoa nibs by Alice Medrich on the Scharffen Berger Chocolate website (I did have a link to this, but they seem to have removed the article and I can't find it online anymore), a cookbook writer of great renown in the chocolate world and beyond. She writes: "Cocoa nibs are the purest, most elemental form of chocolate available. Curious chocolate lovers and cooks should be excited. Nibs are tiny nuggets of roasted cocoa beans, not yet crushed or ground to homogeneity, not yet transformed into unsweetened chocolate or processed into smoother or more refined forms of sweetened chocolate. In short, nibs are cocoa beans on the brink of becoming chocolate and, as such, they are a unique and fascinating new ingredient." She ends the article: "Over the last several months, I have tried nibs in almost everything, from hors d'oeuvres to dessert. Lesson No. 1 is: Do not expect nibs to act like chocolate chips; they are neither sweet, smooth nor soft. With the idea of exploring the nut-like qualities of nibs, I started my experiments by baking all kinds of cookies. Butter cookies are an especially good medium. The nutty-but-chocolatey flavors in the nibs infuse the rich cookie gradually, getting more pronounced over a few days, during which time the flavor and texture of a butter cookie always improves anyway. The cookie is crunchy and the nibs are, delightfully, even crunchier; a happy union. I've found that nibs work best in cookies that bake for a relatively short time. Long baking, or twice baking as for biscotti, often results in excessive bitterness. A few sweet and savory ideas Here are some ideas for using cocoa nibs in your home. Grind some nibs with coffee beans before making coffee Sprinkle nibs, as you would toasted nuts, on a simple salad of field greens dressed with good olive oil and red wine vinegar Add nibs to Bolognese sauce (vegan, of course! BCG) Make your favorite chocolate chip cookie recipe but omit the chocolate chips. Add 2/3 cup of coarsely chopped nibs and 1 cup each currants (or raisins) and walnuts. Make the cookies small and dainty. Sprinkle nibs on bread and butter; sprinkle with sugar if desired. Sprinkle nibs over ice cream" I wasn't too impressed with them in the chocolate chip cookie, but thought they might have possibilities in a savory dish. I think she's right in her assessment that they shine in a simple cookie, such as a "butter" cookie. I've always loved Mexican dishes containing chocolate, but there are some savory Italian dishes that could handle some chocolate, as well. I am working on some ideas! In the meantime, I got Alice's book Bittersweet out of the library and found that she had some interesting savory dishes in it. The following soup intrigued me, and I happened to have roasted two large squash the day before, so I decided to veganize it. Despite some remarks by reviewers that this recipe sounded "weird" or "strange", we loved it! When you stir the cocoa creme into your portion of the soup, it adds such a depth of flavor! BRYANNA'S VEGAN VERSION OF ALICE MEDRICH'S ROASTED SQUASH SOUP WITH COCOA BEAN CREAM Servings: 6 (Gluten-Free and can be Soy-Free) "A perfectly delicious fall soup with the added delight of drizzled cream infused with crushed cocoa beans." The original recipe is from Alice Medrich's book "Bittersweet: Recipes and Tales from a Life in Chocolate" (Artisan, NY, 2003). It IS perfectly delicious! I veganized this, used a slightly-different cooking method, and added a few minor touches of my own. It just seemed to need a little boost when I tasted it in the pot, which is why I added the agave and sherry. 1 3/4 lb oven-roasted , peeled butternut squash 1 medium yellow onion, chopped 2 Tbs olive oil 6 cups chicken-style vegetarian bouillon (the original recipe called for only 4 cups, but I added 2 cups more because my soup was too thick) 1/4 cup dry sherry (my addition- BCG) 1 Tbs chopped fresh sage leaves (or 1 tsp dried-- but NOT powdered- BCG) 1 Tbs agave nectar (my addition- BCG) 1/2 tsp salt freshly-ground white pepper Vegan Cocoa Creme: 3 Tbs cocoa nibs (crushed as directed in recipe below) 2 Tbs full-fat soymilk or nut milk 2 Tbs vegan coffee creamer (plain-- the least sweet one you can find-- MimicCreme Creamer Substitute, Unsweetened, in tetrapack, would be a good choice and is soy-free, if that's a concern) 6 Tbs vegan sour creme, commercial or homemade (my tofu sour creme and my cashew sour creme) In the original recipe: 2 1/2 to 3 lbs. butternut squash was called for, quartered, peeled and seeded and cut into chunks, then roasted with the onions (cut into 8ths), olive oil and salt at 450°F for 25 minutes or until tender. In my version of the recipe: I had already roasted a whole bunch of squash the same way, minus the salt, so I used 1 3/4 lb. pre-roasted, peeled squash, and I sauteed the onion, chopped, in the olive oil right in the pot, and added the salt to the soup. So, here's what I did: In a large soup pot, heat the olive oil and saute the onions over medium-high heat until tender and a little browned. Add the squash, bouillon, sherry, agave, sage, and salt. Simmer briefly while you prepare the Creme. Crush the cocoa nibs with a rolling pin between sheets of cooking parchment. Mix the cocoa nibs with the soy or nut milk in a small pitcher and microwave at half power for 1 minute, or bring to a simmer in a small saucepan, to infuse the milk with the cocoa flavor. Mix together the creamer and sour creme with a small whisk. Mix in the cocoa/milk mixture. Set aside. Puree the soup in the pot with a hand immersion blender untl very smooth. Add the pepper and taste for salt. Divide between 6 soup bowls. Drizzle the cocoa creme over each bowl and serve. Nutrition (per serving): 134.7 calories; 33% calories from fat; 5.2g total fat; 0.0mg cholesterol; 218.3mg sodium; 331.8mg potassium; 19.2g carbohydrates; 1.3g fiber; 4.3g sugar; 17.9g net carbs; 2.7g protein; 2.9 points.
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Did you watch the Vice Presidential debate last night? Lord have mercy. Paul Ryan of the republican party took a beating, and it was not cute. You know the look you have on your face when someone has just told it to you? No comeback. No smart comment. Only you and the silence. Do you know what that face looks like? Wait, I took a screen shot on my phone. While Joe Biden did not say it exactly, his actions and tone did. And the words they said were, “Ryan chile, you need to take several seats. I gat this one, bitch.” Yup. That’s what he said. And while Ryan was speaking, Biden was laughing most of the time. If Biden said nothing else during the debate and all he did was laugh, that would have been enough to screw Ryan. Meanwhile, Ryan took several sips of water. It was a thirsty night. In fact, just watch the video from MSNBC.
Recent Lawsuits Allege Illegal Downloading of X-Rated Films and Sexploitation “B” Movies: Will Their Claims Against Large Groups of Individual Consumers Succeed? Imagine receiving notice of a lawsuit alleging that you, or a family member, had illegally downloaded an adult movie, or a “sexploitation” “B” movie with an explicit title. Would you fight the case in court, or quietly settle to avoid embarrassment? That is the quandary in which thousands of consumers have found themselves recently. Just last week, for instance, a Florida newspaper reported that a Palm Beach County grandmother whose teenage grandson had set up her Wi-Fi network is one of thousands of individuals who have been named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by an adult film studio. Adult filmmakers and makers of “B” movies – low-budget and typically low-quality films — have potentially found a way to make additional money, by suing consumers for allegedly illegally downloading copyrighted films without paying for the right to do so. The recently-filed Broward County and Miami-Dade County cases, alone, name more than 1,300 alleged illegal movie viewers. (The alleged viewers live in various locations throughout Florida). And the Florida lawsuits are part of a growing trend. To date, reportedly, over 130,000 individuals have been sued for allegedly downloading adult or “B” movies illegally via BitTorrent, a peer-to-peer file-sharing application. Critics of this new tactic say that these moviemakers are just out to make a quick buck by engaging in high-volume litigation – and that they are using the embarrassing nature of the allegations to get individuals to quickly and quietly settle. When one multiplies the number of defendants in these suits by a modest sum, the profits quickly add up. Of course, it was the recording industry that started the trend of suing Internet users for downloading illegal copies of songs from the Internet. The main differences between those suits and the suits based on X-rated or “B” movies are: (1) the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) sued far fewer people; and (2) the RIAA sued consumers in local courts close to where they resided, while the current wave of lawsuits from X-rated and “B” moviemakers seeks to bring consumers into court in states far from where they live. In this column, I will describe the nature of these recent lawsuits; outline the criticism of this approach; and discuss why the suits, as they are currently constructed, may be open to challenge. The Trend: Suing Over Alleged Illegal Downloads of the Naughtier Kind of Pirated Films Studios that produce adult films, or so-called “B” movies, say that they are losing millions in revenues due to online piracy. And no one reasonably disputes that downloading an unauthorized copy of a copyrighted work is illegal. Moreover, there is a reason that movie companies are pursuing downloaders, and not intermediary websites that enable downloads: Such sites are often offshore, and thus difficult or impossible to sue successfully in a U.S. court. Unlike the RIAA’s former litigation campaign, which targeted only a handful of defendants at a time, the lawsuits based on the downloads of numerous films via BitTorrent are targeting thousands of potential defendants solely by the IP address from which the illegal downloading reportedly transpired. Once the suit is filed, the plaintiff then asks a federal judge to order ISPs to identify Internet subscribers by name, connecting a name with each IP address. For instance, this March, Camelot Studio sued thousands of Internet users – identified only by IP address — for allegedly illegally downloading its “B” movie revenge film Nude Nuns with Big Guns. (The case was further complicated when one of Camelot Studio’s creditors, Incentive Capital, claimed that it had legal ownership over Nude Nuns, and filed its own civil suit lawsuit, listing the same 5,865 IP addresses.) The company then sought an order from a judge requiring various ISPs to search their subscriber records and match IP addresses with customer names. Similarly, a February 2 lawsuit filed in Illinois, Openmind Solutions, Inc. v. Does 1-2925, targeted those whom the company says downloaded improperly various adult titles in its collection. This strategy was pioneered last year by the U.S. Copyright Group, a business which represents independent-film producers and which was formed explicitly to make money by suing downloaders. It works for a number of independent film makers and has handled high-profile films such as the The Hurt Locker and The Expendables. The group uses software to monitor illegal downloading activity. The group’s strategy – of listing only IP addresses in litigation, but then seeking names and street addresses in court — is now being mimicked by individual production companies, as well. (Courts may, however, give customers some time to fight the release of their personal subscriber data when it is sought from an ISP.) Once the film distributor gets the names, it typically mails letters to the alleged downloaders, seeking settlements. Some letters threaten legal penalties of up to $150,000, but actual reported settlements are much smaller – ranging from $1,000 to $3,000. Multiply that figure by hundreds, or even thousands, of viewers and the potential for profit swiftly balloons. The Contrast Between the X-Rated Movie and “B” Movie Companies’ Approach and the RIAA’s Prior Approach – and Why the Movie Companies’ Approach Is Wrong According to estimates by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), as of eight months ago, a total of 136,000 viewers had been sued in mass lawsuits based on allegations of illegal movie downloading, and today, the EFF’s estimate already tops 150,000. In contrast, by the time the Recording Industry Association of America abandoned its own Napster-inspired mass lawsuit strategy in 2008, estimates indicate that the RIAA had sued somewhere between 20,000 and 35,000 downloaders over the course of six years. Moreover, in contrast to the RIAA’s suit, the movie lawsuits appear to have been designed from the start as for-profit ventures, not as a deterrent to piracy. The RIAA generally targeted dozens of defendants in each suit, not thousands, and it filed each case in the jurisdiction of the users’ ISP. The RIAA reportedly lost millions of dollars with this strategy. The organization had to pay individual $350 filing fees for each case, and sometimes engage local counsel. But the strategy was much more fair to alleged downloaders than what the X-rated and “B” movie companies are doing now. It allowed alleged downloaders to litigate where they lived, and it gave them at least the hope of a judge’s focusing on the specific context of their individual cases (say, illegal downloading by an immature minor, or only a scant few instances of illegal downloading). But the X-rated and “B” movie companies’ lawsuits are different from the RIAA’s. Critics say that the filmmakers have turned these suits into a revenue-generation scheme, rather than an enforcement mechanism to get people to comply with copyright laws. They say that the suits offer the inducement of a fast buck for producers who may, in the end, make more money through the courts than they do from selling, and selling the right to view, their films. Faced with the threat of a $150,000 copyright-infringement judgment — and the embarrassment of being publicly identified as having not only watched an X-rated film, but also having watched it as a freeloader – viewers of pirated films may pony up several thousand dollars to settle a lawsuit based on their allegedly viewing a film that would have sold for only $20, had they bought it. Of course, filmmakers are legally entitled to sue for copyright infringement, no matter what kind of films they make; they are the copyright holders. But these lawsuits are often filed hundreds, or even thousands, of miles from where the viewer lives — meaning that he or she could have to repeatedly travel to another state to defend the case. This entails huge inconvenience; potentially large travel costs; and the need to locate and retain an out-of-state attorney. For instance, the very recent Miami-Dade County lawsuit lists IP addresses from places as far-flung as Hawaii. Moreover, these lawsuits group thousands of defendants together, when they may have nothing in common other than having allegedly downloaded the same film. If movie producers want to sue, defense attorneys say, they should do it the old-fashioned way: one case at a time. Certain federal judges have sided with the movie viewers on some of these procedural issues. For example, U.S. District Judge Dean Pregerson, in Los Angeles, recently asked the producer of a “B” movie to explain to the court its tactic of joining numerous defendants, and questioned whether the court had personal jurisdiction over all of them, given their remoteness of from the forum. The judge also appointed the EFF to defend the rights of the unknown persons behind the 5,865 IP addresses listed in the complaint. This June, in response to the court’s request, Incentive Capital dropped its copyright-infringement lawsuit against the 5,865 BitTorrent users who had allegedly downloaded the movie Nude Nuns. Camelot distribution also had voluntarily dismissed its mirror lawsuit three weeks previously. As companies file more of these lawsuits, judges may require plaintiffs to demonstrate more clearly the link between the forum and the defendant. They may also require that there be more procedural safeguards built into the process, to avoid excessive costs and time-consuming travel for defendants. Companies may find, in the end, that they need to file multiple suits – with each suit close to defendants’ residences. It seems absurd to use ISPs’ locations, rather than defendants’, in these suits. Courts may also mandate, for example, as they have done in RIAA lawsuits, that before ISPs divulge their customer’s names, they must first alert the subscribers; explain what has happened; and explain how they may contest the charges against them. A court may also require a model notice to be used by the ISP — one that includes a resource list of attorneys and organizations that assist individuals whose ISPs have received this kind of subpoena. Still, even though these suits may be on their way to becoming procedurally fairer, that may take a while, and the smart approach is simply not to download movies illegally in the first place; to make clear to others that your computer is not to be used for that purpose; and to keep your wireless service locked. Otherwise, you may find that a neighbor, babysitter, or even one of your own kids may be triggering monetary liability that will be associated with you via your IP address. Remember the plight of the Palm Beach County grandmother, and of a condo association that reportedly offered free wireless Internet access to its members. After someone downloaded a film, the association secretary, whose name was on the monthly Internet bill, received a letter demanding $3,000. In the end, the criticism of these lawsuits is really about their means, not their ends. The quarrel is with the sheer number of defendants, the remote venues, the push for Draconian settlements from viewers that are far higher than the cost of watching or even buying the movie, and the sense that the movie companies might use the viewers’ embarrassment against them — even though the viewers (if of age) would have had a First Amendment right to watch the movies had they paid for them. A word to the wise: Especially as these cases wind their way through the court system, users would be well-advised to take a cautious approach and to avoid these kinds of films if the copy is pirated – no matter how strong the temptation may be.
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Some might consider it over the top. But an affluent client base made high-end, luxury design a must for the owners of Calusa Veterinary Center in Boca Raton, Fla. Crammed into a 2,100- square-foot leasehold, Drs. Andrew Turkell and Anthony Krawitz knew they needed to ditch their digs of 12 years to provide the level of care they wanted for their patients. Soon after this realization, they began a search for the perfect piece of property. "It was definitely a dream that I wasn't sure we'd realize," Dr. Turkell says, "but it came to fruition one step at a time." The duo finally broke ground on their dream facility two years later. The result: A design inspired by the Florida Keys at sunset. And the new facility has been so successful that they're working on a plan for a second phase that includes an emergency and referral center. Main entrance: The pergola will offer protection from the sun once the leafy vines grow in. Just beachy. The lobby is central to the three facility components—the general practice, the holistic practice, and the boarding and daycare wing—so it needed a distinctive look. As clients enter the Calusa Veterinary Center, they're greeted with a serene, beachlike atmosphere. Materials used in the hospital were chosen for their likeness to all things beachlike. The porcelain tile in the client areas was chosen for its sandy look, and all of the solid-surface countertops are a pale oyster white. Each exam room was painted a different color: water blue, mango, conch shell pink, coral, and oyster. The strategically placed reception station is papered with pearlized blue beaded wallpaper to give the illusion of water. Covered porch: The veranda gives clients and team members a view of the lush, tropical landscaping. The relaxing color palette provides warm and calm feelings in the waiting and reception areas, where visibility and lines of sight are also key design elements. The reception station sits in a direct line with the main entry to promote eye contact between receptionists and entering clients. This way, Dr. Turkell says, "clients immediately know where to go. There's no confusion and that puts them and their pets at ease." Just behind the reception wall, several checkout stations are directly visible from each exam room. Keep on swimming: The hydrotherapy pool is located at the back of the facility. Behind closed doors. Functionality and efficiency in the clinical areas was a priority for Drs. Turkell and Krawitz. And those two elements were the starting point for developing the building's footprint. Keeping those elements in mind, the floor plan was created to incorporate multiple veterinary centers under one roof—which may sound like a headache to plan. And while Dr. Turkell knew what he wanted, the whole design and building process didn't come easily. "There were times when I said, 'What did we get into?' But I could always see the light at the end of the tunnel," he says. "And I'd do it all over again." Three main areas of the hospital
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Senator Thomas Duane says he intends to introduce legislation calling for a statewide ban on use of furosemide for any horse participating in a state-sanctioned horse race. Duane made the statement on Sept. 21, the opening day of the fall season at Belmont Park. At presstime, the senator had not yet made good on his promise to introduce the legislation. The diuretic furosemide was found to prevent bleeding in horses in the early 1970s and has since been used in racehorses to prevent nosebleeds or blood in the lungs. Critics of the use of furosemide in competition argue that the drug has weakened the racing breed and "causes irreparable harm to horses, which in turn has hurt the industry with horses burning out before they can enter major races," he says. New York banned the drug for nearly two decades. In 1995, the New York State Racing and Wagering Board lifted the ban. In 2010, the New York Racing Association (NYRA) began its own in-house drug testing program for illegal performance-enhancing drugs, and in January 2011 NYRA began the practice of having its veterinarians be the only ones permitted to administer furosemide on race day. NYRA said at the time that this practice would eliminate the need for private veterinarians to enter a horse's stall on race day. New York already bans other performance-enhancing drugs in racehorses. Duane contends that those actions are still not enough. "We ban all other athletes in every other sport from taking performance-enhancing drugs both for their safety and to maintain the integrity of their sports," Duane says. "Yet we embrace the idea of dispensing Lasix to horses so they won't have a nosebleed or develop blood in their lungs during a big race. This is unacceptable." Duane says his legislation will be based on a federal model currently pending in the U.S. Senate. It would require the New York State Racing and Wagering Board to establish regulations and enforcement for the ban, and prohibit all performance-enhancing drugs, except those used to treat infection, on any horse entering a race in New York. An accredited third-party testing laboratory would be responsible for random testing of all competing horses. And it would require mandatory testing for any horse finishing first in a race. Under the legislation, anyone who provides a horse with performance-enhancing drugs will be subject to a fine of $5,000 and a 180-event suspension for a first offense, a $20,000 fine and one-year suspension for a second offense, and fines of $50,000 and permanent banishment from New York horse-racing activities for third offenses. Horses given performance-enhancing drugs or racing in violation of the law would result in a 180-event suspension from racing in New York for a first offense, a one-year suspension for a second offense, and a two-year ban for subsequent offenses. Partial owners and horse-racing staff who know about performance-enhancing drug use and make "good faith efforts" to try to stop it will be given legal protections under the law, if passed. "New York has been the gold standard in horse racing for close to 150 years. It was not until 1995 that we allowed the shameful practice of pumping horses with these drugs, and for very little gain. New York can do better than this, and I am confident this legislation will guarantee an end to this practice."
Cheats, codes, and secrets for the PC game The Neverhood. Notes: Enter the following at the options menu. Cheat code: jumpahead Notes: Jump off the balcony in the venus fly trap room. Then, press the keys after landing in the venus fly trap's mouth. Cheat code: [Enter] 179 [Up] [Down] [Left] [Right] Exit first room Notes: When in the first room of the game, enter the following keys. Cheat code: [Enter] type happybirthdayklaymen and press [Enter] again Notes: Press the key while playing the game, type fastforward and press [Enter] again. REMEMBER: Repeat this code to disable its effect. Cheat code: [Enter] Have another cheat, code, hint or tip for The Neverhood? Just post a comment with the details using the form below. TIP: You can quickly find more PC game cheats in the PC Cheats index.
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I've been assigned some reading for my workshops, and what better place to read and feel connected then a local cafe. A quick google search, and a short bike ride later, I had found it. Coffee Commissary is located on Fairfax, North of Melrose in West Hollywood; about a five minute bike ride from where I'm staying. The patio is lovely and spacious, the shop is airy and cool with a set of tables and a bar rail facing the street for people watching. I ordered a mint tea and it came in the most gorgeous glass press-pot. The servers were very accommodating when I asked for a refill of hot water. Speaking of the servers, SO CUTE! They all wear collard shirts with either a tie, bow tie or suspenders. Very hipster. I have three books that I am reading for different workshops. The first is Truth by Susan Batson - she thanks my coach Greg Braun, now of The New Collective in her introduction. The next book is The Drama of the Gifted Child by Alice Miller, as a psychologically introspective appendix to the acting work, and the third is Eight Characters of Comedy by Scott Sedita. I will be attending his Sitcom Acting Intensive workshop on Sunday. Back to work, not that I'm complaining! Wednesday, February 29, 2012 Today I found out that I was accepted into the performance track of the Groundlings school. FUN! That means that if I'm able to come to LA for longer next year, I can enroll in a class! Also fun today was my first on-camera class at The New Collective LA. I got some tips on books to read from my coach so this evening I biked down to the local Barns and Noble at The Grove and this is what I found: That's all for now folks. Goodnight East Coast! \|On the way, I happened to pass the CBS studio. There were gaggles of girls running down the street with American Idol stickers on their pant legs. I think they were contestants?\| \|The Grove's movie theatre. Classy!\| \|I felt like such a dorky tourist taking pics of the fountain, but it really was striking at night, and you had to be there, but the water jets were actually timed to Lional Ritchie's "All Night Long". Ummmmm....amazing.\| \|The Grove has its own streetcar! (it goes about 200 feet, but its still very pretty!)\| Monday, February 27, 2012 Groundlings Comedy School and if I'm able to come to LA for a longer period next time, I can take a session of classes. The audition was a lot of fun. It took the form of activities and scene work that we might do if we were training there; I performed two improvised scenes with a partner and got some positive and constructive feedback. The instructor was the super-cool former marine, actor and writer for MAD TV Guy Stevenson. Tomorrow I'm headed to an on-camera audition class at a different studio. I picked up my scene today, I've practiced it a few times, and now its time to unwind. \|Actor/Comedian Phil Hartman was a Groundlings Alumnai. This was mounted over the door of the theatre.\| The weather here in LA today is partially cloudy and about 15'C. I looked ahead to the weekend, and it looks like sunny and 24 degrees is on the way!!! I've added a weather widget to the side bar, and kept it in Celsius for my Canadian homies. I'm staying in a rented room in a first floor of an apartment in West Hollywood that I found through airbnb (great site, highly recommend!). I'm off to make some lunch before my Groundlings Comedy audition, but here's a little peek at my room: Sunday, February 26, 2012 \|Up, up, and away! No, that's not my flash, that's that thing called the "Sun". That thing that us northerners tend to forget about around this time of year. I've gone on a sun quest, and I've FOUND IT!!!\| \|Touching down at LAX, I was once again surprised at how flat and wide the city is!\| \|I took a Super Shuttle from the airport to the place I'm staying. I HIGHLY recommend it, reasonable fare, flat rate. And even being stuck in infamous LA traffic, you don't have to worry about the meter running high.\| \|I was still miles from "home", on a Sunday evening as the sun was setting, in a city I've never been to, alone! When I stopped at a crosswalk, and happened to look over my shoulder, I saw the Oasis! Spokes 'N Stuff Bike Shop was being barred up for the night by two technicians. I ran across the street to ask the men what time they were opening tomorrow morning. I have an audition for the Goundlings Comedy Training Program, and I was planning on riding the bike to the call time. The man looked at the bike and replied simply, "I can do it now, takes 5 minutes." I thanked him as much as I could while I sheepishly followed him into the sore. The man at the counter chatted with me while my bike was being healed. He was originally from Montreal and could tell immediately that I was a "nice Canadian girl". Something about how my attitude was nice, and I didn't have that "superficial look". In the afterglow of a genuine compliment, my bike up and running, groceries in my basket, and the sun fully set, I was ready to call it a day.\| \|I guess you can take the girl out of Canada, but you can't take Canada out of the girl.\| It's shortly after 7am, Sunday morning, and I'm sitting somewhat comfortably in the beautifully spacious new terminal at Toronto Pearson Airport, waiting patiently for the boarding call for flight AC 791. Its a vacation, but also a work retreat. I've never taken a vacation alone before, and I though to myself, "self, where would you like to go to feel rejuvenated, renewed, and rewarded" and the answer came quickly. Los Angeles, California. Why would a city girl want to visit another bustling city for a va-cay? I'm treating this as a 'creative retreat' of sorts, and taking a number of acting classes and workshops, as well as auditioning for the Groundlings comedy training program and scouting theatre venues. In my over-scheduled version of life, I'm actually taking at least one class almost every day! I'm hoping to use some of the studio time to develop the character for my upcoming one-woman show, Dairy Free Love while re-charging my batteries with some warmer weather towards the end of depression season (winter!). If any of you happened to catch the sunrise over Toronto this morning, you got a real treat. I give you, 'Toronto at Dawn'. Next stop, LAX. Thursday, February 2, 2012 I was on set today for a super-fun commercial project and I can share a quick peek behind the camera and at the location for the shoot. More details and footage coming soon!
The "Channel Mixer" command lets you adjust an image by re-mixing its color channels. To use it efficiently, bear in mind the three sets of complementary colors: "Cyan - Red", "Magenta - Green", and "Yellow - Blue". - In the Effects palette, double-click the "Channel Mixer" thumbnail. Tip. If the Shortcuts+ set is loaded, you can call the "Channel Mixer" dialog by pressing [Shift+Ctrl+M] keys. - In the dialog box, choose the proper color channel from the "Output Channel" menu. For example, to alter the blue-to-yellow ratio, you select the "Blue" channel. - Try to adjust color with the "Source Channels" sliders, keeping your eye on "Total" percentage. For example, to fix a blue cast, you reduce this value; to remove yellow, you push it over 100%. - In the Layers palette, select the front (uppermost) layer. - Press [Alt+Ctrl+Shift+E] to merge all visible layers to a new layer. - Edit the created layer with "Channel Mixer". NB Using the Channel Mixer for B&W conversion is explained here.
Robin of Locksley returns home from the Holy Land to find a changed Nottingham. The Sheriff is now in charge, crippling the poor with taxes and severely punishing them. Robin and his manservant Much are determined to fight for the good of these people. Aided by a gang of outlaws including Will Scarlett, the ingenious engineer; Little John, the man-mountain who can destroy all; and Jack, master of trickery and disguise. Will they succeed in thwarting injustice to relieve the people of Locksley?
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' The Village in the City of Mississauga ’ It’s a new year in the village we are looking forward to an exciting 2013! There’s a lot going on in Streetsville this year so please check back often to find out what’s happening right now in the village. Don’t forget to sign up for our Monthly Newsletter, for all the details of what’s happening this month in Streetsville! Mississauga-Streetsville M.P. Brad Butt (seen in front with Mayor Hazel McCallion and Ward 11 Councillor George Carlson) presented the City of Mississauga with a cheque for $990,000.00 from the Federal Government for the Streetsville Main St. Square Redevelopment Project. Check out these pictures of the beautiful holiday décor the film used around Streetsville, they even used the exterior of our BIA offices in the movie!
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Virgin America's Reservations Fiasco Since last November when Virgin America switched to the new Sabre Airline Solutions reservation system, my experience with Virgin America has been awful. I've made reservations and receive no confirmations via email. Imagine having to recall your reservation without the benefit of a confirmation, or a ticket or reservation number. That requires passengers to phone Virgin America only to be told that wait times are 58 minutes to 1 hour and 14 minutes. What kind of moron is running this show? For an airline that prides itself on class, style, and efficiency, this brand's equity is being squandered in technology that not only fails, but causes immense inconvenience to business travelers like myself. Thanks for the 5,000 miles you guys sent Elevate members to compensate for the inconvenience. It's not enough -- especially when I need to call and wait an hour just to receive a simple flight confirmation. How about doubling or tripling the numbers of reservations staff to compensate for the failures of the reservation system? And cancelling the penalties for booking online. The cool music in your airline restrooms and purple lighting are no compensation for poor management. Virgin America and its executive team get a giant FAIL for this rank stupidity, and for failing to adequately solve these problems. The situation for me is no better than it was three months ago when the complaints first started. Posted by S Neil Vineberg at 11:41 AM
Confused by some of the terms? Our Merchant Glossary provides concise and easy-to-understand definitions of many of the terms you need to know Debts your business owes to creditors. Debts owed to your business. Account Information Security is a standards-based compliance validation program designed to protect Visa Account and Transaction Information. It helps anyone who stores, transmits or processes Visa account data — financial institutions, merchants, Acquirers and Payment Processors — to assess whether cardholder data is secure within their organization. The financial institution that initiates and maintains contractual agreements with merchants for accepting and processing Visa card transactions. AVS matches the billing address of the purchaser against the address that the Visa card issuer has on file. This helps ensure the person making the purchase with their Visa card online, by mail or by phone is the correct card holder. 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The terms or conditions for refunds, cancellations, or modifications made to reservations, etc. A record (usually paper) used to document that a good or service was purchased. Any organization that provides financial services to merchants or individuals, including commercial banks, credit card banks, savings banks and credit unions. A specific dollar limit used to determine which Visa card transactions you must authorize. If your business has a floor limit of $100, you must obtain authorization for any transaction over that amount. The physical impression made from a customer's card on a sales draft, proving that the card was present when the sale was made. Electronic imprints can be made with a magnetic-stripe-reading terminal that includes the correct point-of-sale (POS) entry code. Provides a standard Internet connection for merchants and merchant aggregators (businesses that provide hosting and other e-commerce processing services for multiple merchants) to securely and reliably send and receive payment transaction messages. An online entity that contracts with an Acquirer/Payment Processor to provide payment-related services to Sponsored Merchants. The IPSP interfaces with an Acquirer/Payment Processor on behalf of its Sponsored Merchants and must ensure that its Sponsored Merchants are contractually obligated to operate in accordance with Visa requirements. A financial institution that issues Visa cards and maintains a contract with cardholders for repayment. An authorized acceptor of Visa cards for the payment of goods and services. A financial institution that helps the merchant fulfill Visa card payments from customers. The number a financial institution assigns to a merchant to identify their business. Short for mail order (MO) or telephone order (TO). A short-range, high frequency wireless communication technology that enables the exchange of data between devices over about a decimetre’s distance. Business expenses such as property taxes, utilities, and insurance that are not directly connected to the goods or services you produce. Our contactless payment solution. Your customers wave their Visa card with the Visa payWave feature in front of a secure contactless reader at checkout and the transaction is completed in less than a second. With no signature to check or PIN to enter and cardholder receipt optional, expect faster transactions, shorter lines and happier customers. Learn more about the Visa payWave payment solution. A computerized point-of-sale terminal that processes payment cards and is connected to other systems in a network. A payment card containing a preset amount of funds that can be used anywhere in the world Visa cards are accepted. Learn more about Visa Prepaid cards. An automatic identification method that relies on storing and remotely retrieving data using devices called RFID tags or transponders. An RFID tag is an object that can be applied to or incorporated into a product for the purpose of identification using radiowaves. Some tags can be read from several meters away, beyond the line of sight of the reader. This technology has a variety of potential uses in the payment industry including payment via mobile phones. A security standard that many merchants use to keep their Web sites secure – and to protect the safety, privacy, and reliability of payment data traveling over the Internet. SSL encrypts the channel between browser and Web server so only the intended parties can read certain data, such as payment or customer information. An online business that contracts with an IPSP to perform some or all of its payment-related operations on its behalf. Verified by Visa (VbV) is a global online authentication service that makes online shopping more secure for both Visa merchants and cardholders. VbV provides your business with added protection against fraudulent transactions and chargebacks for online sales, while providing your customers with added confidence when shopping online – helping to turn “browsers” into “purchasers.” Learn more about Verified by Visa. A global network that acts as an Authorization service for Visa transactions, as well as a Clearing and Settlement service to transfer payment information between parties. A Visa policy that protects cardholders from unauthorized use of their Visa cards†. † Visa cardholders must establish that the transaction is not their responsibility as per all applicable agreements of the issuing financial institution. Commercial cards are excluded from the program.
On August 9, 2011, the Canadian Ice Service (CIS) reported that the Petermann Ice Island-A (PII-A) appeared to be grounded off the east coast of Newfoundland, east of the city of St. Anthony. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA’s Terra satellite captured this natural-color image of the ice island and its surroundings on August 14, 2011. Clouds hide much of the region, and white lines delineate coasts and borders. PII-A appears as an irregularly shaped white body east of St. Anthony. What look like small fragments of ice appear immediately west and north of the ice island. The CIS had reported for weeks that the ice island was losing mass due to melting and calving, so a continued loss of ice is consistent with CIS reports. PII-A is a remnant of a much larger ice island that calved off the Petermann Glacier in northwestern Greenland on August 5, 2010. Over the course of the following year, that ice island fragmented into smaller pieces, which continued drifting. Other fragments of the original ice island were in Baffin Bay and Lancaster Sound as of August 9, according to the CIS. - Canadian Ice Service (2011, August 9). Petermann Ice Island Updates. Accessed August 15, 2011.
Windows Phone SDK could be already included in VS Pro or higher I've installed already the VS 2012 RC and noticed that Windows Phone SDK isn't already included. And that is because it isn't avalable yet. To avoid the bad experience that Windows Phone 7.1 SDK causes to developers that are using VS 2010 Pro and Higher, because that installs a bunch of stuff already installed in VS 2010 Pro and it installs VS 2010 express for phone. Why the **** I need the express over VS Pro??? After 30 days it reminds to register the express edition, really Microsoft??? I'm using the Pro edition!!! Sam Blowes commented So true... Its awfull having to re-download Visual Studio just for the SDK.
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Baldwin, James Mark. 1905. Dictionary of philosophy and psychology including many of the principal conceptions of ethics, logics, aesthetics ... and giving a terminology in English, French, German and Italian, vol. 1 [a-laws]. New York: Macmillan – All related Volumes – see also: Ebbinghaus. 1902 [download as PDF file] Some blank pages may have been removed from the source display. ISSN 1866-4784: reference - Max Planck Institute for the History of Science, Berlin
Ouch. Really a case where a poet would be so much better off getting someone else to read their poems for them. A recitation, not a reading – very nicely done in my view. A reading. I find it a tiny bit overdone, and would have wanted to have less emphasis on the outbreath in many places, but still, he definitely has what it takes. We talked a while back about people who, while they read, appear to hear a music which both guides and manifests itself in their reading. Cin Salach and Carl Sandburg are my favorite examples of this phenomenon. (NB: They do it well, and engagingly, but I have also heard it done excruciatingly badly.) Here we have it again, in the voices of two Norwegian poets who do the readings for these two delightful videopoems by Kristian Pedersen (via Moving Poems): (And just in case you think all Norwegian poets read like this, you can check out more Kristian Pedersen filmpoems at Moving Poems – Norway definitely has its fair share of non-singing poets.) This is great. Please skip directly to minute 34 for Paley reading her poems. Before that, she reads a couple of short stories, and before that, there’s a lot of intro stuff (Pinsky) and another reader. After that, you get about 30 minutes of Grace Paley reading Grace Paley poems (with some sweet/funny pauses while she gets absorbed in looking for the exact poem she wants among her sheaves of paper). This reading took place in April 2007, when she was 84. She died in August 2007. I’m a big fan of Grace Paley’s poetry, as various Very Like A Whale posts have shown. Sadly, though, liking a poet’s poems is never any guarantee that one will like that poet’s reading of his or her poems. In this case, however, we are definitely lucky. So what do we have in this You Tube video? A short, elderly lady with big glasses, a red hat, a gravelly old-lady voice and a pronounced New York accent. She doesn’t look up at the audience much while she reads. She uses no hand gestures or body movements. And she looks tiny and unprepossessing behind the big lectern at which she stands. She clearly has a wicked sense of humor and is just plain wise, but it’s not just that that makes her completely engaging. The first big thing she has in her favor from my perspective is that she reads the poems as if she’s talking to you – conversationally. No rising inflections or declamation, no plaintive lingering on the last word/syllable of a line, no self-conscious ahem, I am reading a poem voice. She is obviously a natural story-teller, which helps – lots of convincing variation in tone, pitch, pace. Clear delivery. Appropriation of the material. She is in the poem as she reads. To repeat what I said of a couple of different poets in a recent post: what you feel when Grace Paley reads is not: Here I am, reading my poem. What you feel is just: Here is my poem. (Cross-posted from Very Like A Whale) Interesting reading from the folks at Commercial Poetry: … poetry sales figures make it abundantly clear that no one buys poetry without performance of that poem, of that poet’s work or of poetry in general. Aside from the paltry numbers involved, the model of publishing a tome and then doing readings for a few dozen friends and fellow poets fails for two reasons: - it must be a performance, not a reading; and, - it is ass-backwards: live, film or theatrical production comes before any expectation of profitable text publication. This was true even in poetry’s heyday. Shakespeare’s plays were not collected and published until well after he retired. How many copies would his scripts have sold without production? Just as you don’t buy MP3s of songs/artists you’ve never heard, interest in individual poets usually began with seeing their work performed, not necessarily by the poet. If enough of that writer’s work caught your fancy you might buy the book or catch the author on tour. Contrast that to poetry’s status quo: to no one’s surprise, people who have never encountered a contemporary poem being performed competently are not enthused about reading any particular poem or poetry in general. How many Superbowl tickets are purchased by those who have never seen a football game? I especially love the footnote corresponding to the asterisk above: The notion that anyone other than the author would want to perform a contemporary poem seems utterly foreign to today’s poets. As long as this is the case there is no hope for poetry’s reanimation. Cross-posting a portion of a post I wrote at Very Like A Whale on Maya Angelou. I wrote in part: As for Angelou’s poems, they did not work at all well on the page for me. The tradecraft was less noteworthy and I found her work lacked subtlety – was indeed often fairly raw, heavy-handed and sometimes even clunky. It’s easy to see where her considerable reputation comes from, though, if you do an internet search for her reciting her own work… She has a great, super-sensitive relationship with her words, a terrific voice and amazing delivery, which make her poems-as-voice much more formidable than her poems-as-text. There aren’t that many recordings of her reading her own work online, but here are two videos that really do showcase her amazing delivery: Attending reading series with the devotion of a zealot has not only enabled me to construct the supportive network my writing life so lacked, it has also—and I never saw this coming—improved my work. Whether a writer steps behind a microphone to brave a cheapo sound system and a sea of empty chairs, or alights before a standing-room-only crowd; something important happens when a writer shares his work out loud. There are lessons to be learned from attending reading series. Here’s what I’ve learned so far:
The deal between Baoding Tianwei Group, the parent company of Hoku Corp. and Wells Fargo that came in the wake of Chinese President Hu Jintao’s visit to the United States will tell a lot about both Chinese investment and the future of alternative energy businesses in the U.S. The agreement includes potential financial support for Hoku, which is building a polysilicon manufacturing plant in Pocatello. The plant is expected to eventually create 500 jobs in the United States and will ship its polysilicon to China. Tianwei has already invested $270 million in Hoku's plant, said Scott Paul, Hoku's CEO. Already the relationship means American jobs and exports to China. "This should be the poster project on how to bring investment to the United States and balance our relationship with China," Paul told me. But at the same time this is happening, solar companies in China are selling so many panels at low prices that American manufacturers are having a hard time competing. In the Treasure Valley Transform Solar, the start-up formed by Micron Technology and Origin Energy of Australia has yet to go into production. In addition, Hoku Solar, a subsidiary of Hoku, is developing photovoltaic projects in the U.S. How it and other Chinese-backed ventures in the U.S. supply themselves will give us some idea what kind of a model Hoku will be for balancing trade with China. Ding Qiang, vice chairman and president of Tianwei is expected to tour the Pocatello plant this week. Ding also serves in the Chinese government and attended Hu's business lunch Thursday in Washington D.C. He said the agreement with Wells Fargo will benefit the U.S. “Together, we will continue to bring more clean energy to life and create more jobs in the U.S.,” said Ding.
Reform Effort Puts Obama Back on the Trail By Ben Pershing President Obama's poll numbers have been dropping almost since the day he took office. So as he works to sell his signature initiative, Obama plans a brief return to the place where he has achieved the most success -- the campaign trail. Obama "will take the baton" on health care this week, according to the Washington Post, planning "an aggressive public and private schedule" of events to promote reform, including a roundtable discussion in Washington today, Wednesday's prime-time press conference and a trip to Cleveland to pitch reform. Of course, Obama won't be selling a specific plan -- he doesn't have one -- so instead his message will be focused on the urgency of the issue and the importance of a few general principles. Organizing for America, Obama's former campaign operation, will be holding events in all 50 states for this "health care reform week of action." The effort comes, the Wall Street Journal writes, as Democrats "are facing new resistance on Capitol Hill to rapid movement on health-care legislation amid concerns about the cost, the political price for raising taxes -- and even an emerging dispute about whether abortions should be covered." Mickey Kaus asks, "When was the last time a president's campaign-style attempt to sell a policy has actually succeeded in selling the policy?" George W. Bush did a reasonably good job convincing the public that Social Security needed fixing, but was never able to sell a plan to fix it. Ditto on immigration. And while Obama has yet to endorse a specific health-care fix, do Republicans need to settle on a coherent reform plan of their own? No, Kaus argues , since the GOP can simply say to Democrats: "The status quo would be better than your plans. Vote no." Posted by: JackSmith1 \| July 20, 2009 3:09 PM \| Report abuse Posted by: ProfElwood \| July 20, 2009 2:53 PM \| Report abuse Posted by: lclifton \| July 20, 2009 9:25 AM \| Report abuse Posted by: CTLangis \| July 20, 2009 9:06 AM \| Report abuse The comments to this entry are closed.
When Will Companies Learn? Another day, another disclosure that some nationwide company has improperly secured or otherwise lost control of data about their customers. What day is it, Tuesday? Oh, then it must be Large Chain Drugstore Disclosure Day. I'm sure I'm not alone in feeling a tad uneasy and angry when I read stories like this one: Apparently, the good people at CVS have been recording what consumers buy on their Web site and then making that data available to anyone with the right information at their fingertips. From the story: "Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering, or CASPIAN, said Monday that people could learn what items a customer had purchased with a [CVS] ExtraCare card by logging on to a company Web site with the card number, the customer's Zip code and first three letters of the customer's last name." "The Woonsocket-based drugstore chain said it was creating additional security hurdles to the information. Fifty million ExtraCare cards have been issued, CVS said." Fifty million cards sent through the mail? That's an expensive "oops," in more ways than one. Unlike the lady who runs CASPIAN, I don't have anything against the notion of trading some information about what I buy in the store for some savings in the checkout line, but I would prefer that the data wasn't shared with the entire world. Granted, it appears you still need a fair amount of information to pull off this hack, but didn't it occur to anyone at CVS that maybe they should require the user to supply a password or something? Certainly they have a right to it, but it's not really clear to me why CVS customers need to be able to view that data. According to the story, CVS said it has taken the site down while it works on doing just that. But what is it going to take to convince companies that it's in everyone's best interests to be a bit more careful and proactive with their customers' data? Apparently, many more incidents like this, and maybe a whole bunch of new state data privacy and breach notification laws. Still, maybe the critics of the data breach notification laws are right: If the disclosures keep up at this pace, pretty soon they'll become nothing but background noise that elicits from the public little more than a collective shrug. Sigh. Posted by: Tina Q \| June 22, 2005 4:37 PM \| Report abuse Posted by: JDS \| June 23, 2005 1:05 PM \| Report abuse Posted by: Renard \| June 23, 2005 4:20 PM \| Report abuse The comments to this entry are closed.
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By Carol Felsenthal Representative Joe Walsh and Tammy Duckworth are scheduled to face off tonight in their first debate in the battle for the 8th District. The race, which pits Tea Party favorite Walsh against the Democrat and Iraq war vet Duckworth, is expected to be one of the most watched of the congressional races this year. I sat down with Duckworth last week for a wide-ranging interview in which she talked about the campaign, her family, her friendship with Bob Dole, and more. The former director of the Illinois Department of Veterans' Affairs--who lost both of her legs and tissue from the back of her right arm when the Black Hawk helicopter she was copiloting was hit by a rocket-propelled grenade--also told me about November 12, 2004, the day of her horrific injuries. After months of rehab and being fit with two titanium legs, the Purple Heart recipient can get around, and after surgeries, her arm is partially usable. When she met me at the Chicago offices last Friday, she was using a wheelchair and accompanied by her campaign manager, her spirit and contagious laughter intact. Below is an edited transcript of our conversation. [Disclosure: My husband has contributed to Tammy Duckworth's campaigns.] CF: As a youngster and young woman, you lived in both Hawaii and Indonesia. Your life is oddly similar to President Obama's. TD: I lived in Hawaii from age 16 through graduation from the University of Hawaii. I also lived in Indonesia as a child for seven years. I speak fluent Indonesian. I think the connection really that we share is an understanding of international cultures. Having grown up overseas as an American, I saw a lot of the privileges I had as opposed to the people around me who didn't have those privileges. I also lived in Cambodia until two weeks before the Khmer Rouge took over because my dad was working for the UN. I saw some devastating things. Some of my earliest childhood memories are of that. CF: Your mother is a native of Thailand and your father a descendant of Mayflower people. TD: Yes. I spoke Thai before I spoke English. [Duckworth was born in Bangkok.] CF: Was your family politically liberal? TD: No, very conservative. My dad [whose military service spanned World War II to Vietnam] was from Virginia--lifetime member of the NRA, a marksman. My brother is also a lifetime member of the NRA [signed up by their father when he was a child]. My dad loved Ronald Reagan. My brother lives in Nevada. He is a Harley Davidson motorcycle mechanic. He's a Coast Guard vet; did eight years as a navigator on C-130s rescuing fishing boats and iceberg patrol. When he got out he had a really hard time finding a job. He did pest control for years trying to find a job and finally he took the GI bill to go back to school to become a mechanic. So he's living the dream. My father is no longer alive. My mom lives with me in Hoffman Estates about six to eight months of the year to save costs. She lives part of the year in Hawaii. CF: Your dad didn't sign you up for the NRA? TD: No, but I grew up shooting guns. I've never been a member of the NRA. CF: Your husband? TD: He's from Maryland. I met him [Bryan Bowlsbey] in D.C.; we were both ROTC cadets. He's on active duty [an Army Major] and he's stationed at Fort Levenworth, Kansas. CF: Will he campaign for you? TD: No, no; because he's active duty, he can't. When he gets a pass, say for Memorial Day weekend or the 4th of July, he gets to come home. If he's there [say, at a parade] it's more to support me physically with my wheelchair and stand next to me. He was there on election night standing with me as a family member. CF: You talk about how much you love the Midwest. How did you end up here--specifically in graduate school at Northern Illinois University? TD: I was working at the Smithsonian Institution in D.C. while getting a master's in international affairs at George Washington University. I wanted to take the foreign service exam, but then I got this wonderful job working for the Smithsonian curator for Asian history and started working on anthropological exhibits on Asia, and I decided I might think about doing my PhD. [The curator] said if you want to specialize in Southeast Asia, you need to go to NIU. And I said, "Go where?" I had applied to Georgetown, George Washington, University of Virginia, Johns Hopkins, and he said, `No, no, the best in the country is Berkeley, Cornell, and NIU." So he gave me a week off of work and said, "You will go to DeKalb and check out NIU." I went and fell in love. I did not know I was a Midwesterner until I got there. I just fell in love with the people. It was the summertime; I'd not seen the snow yet. I was writing my proposal [for my dissertation] on international political economy--I'm very interested in how political decision making affects economic development--when I was deployed. CF: Later, after your war injuries, the university granted you an honorary degree? TD: They did. When I came back, I said, "One of the greatest disappointments in my life is that I ran out of time; I just didn't finish," and they said, "Well you have a good excuse." So I applied to re-certify. Now I need to write a new proposal and try to work on my dissertation again. The PhD would be in political science, but I am now going to switch my topic, and I'm very much interested in how disenfranchised groups are able to use social media. Amazonian tribes are getting law firms to provide pro bono services [to] fight logging companies. In Haiti a lot of local groups after the earthquake were able to use social media to access American prosthetics companies and get free artificial limbs mailed to them. I also started a PhD in health and human services [while she was Assistant Secretary of Veterans Affairs] at Capella University, which is on-line. CF: What are you going to do differently in this campaign than you did six years ago? [Duckworth ran for Congress in the 6th District and lost to Peter Roskam.] TD: I'm a different candidate because I have a lot more experience. And I've learned that I can be effective by just being myself. In 2006 I spent a lot of time reacting to the dynamics that were going on at the national level, a lot of the fights that were going on. This time I'm just going to stick to the issues. I'm going to talk to the constituents, and I'm not going to jump on any carnivals or crazy trains. Like last night, talking to voters about Medicare in somebody's living room in Schaumburg. She invited all of her neighbors. I sat and listened to all of the neighbors in a particular cul-de-sac. I'm going to do a lot more of that and not focus on a lot of a craziness. CF: Have you ever met Joe Walsh? TD: Not officially on the campaign trail, but if I had been home last night I would have met him. He door-knocked my house. I have a neighbor who's a state trooper who watched him for a while and came over and [Walsh] said, "Hi, I'm Joe Walsh," and handed [my neighbor] a flyer. My neighbor said, "You know this is Tammy Duckworth's cul-de-sac right here, and you're very nice but I'll give you back your brochure. I'm going to just throw it away." Joe Walsh said, "Will you take a picture with me?" And my neighbor said no. CF: Joe Walsh told me he challenged you to a debate a month, but you agreed to four? TD: Yes, there are five months left of the campaign. I agreed to four debates. First one [this Friday] on [CLTV's] Politics Tonight, Paul Lisnek and [Tribune reporter] Rick Pearson. CF: Joe Walsh has said that you're the handpicked candidate of David Axelrod and Rahm Emanuel. For starters, how important was Rahm in your decision? TD: Not much, actually it was Senator [Dick] Durbin. I was in the hospital. I was injured on November 12, 2004. I woke up in the hospital on November 22 or 23. They had kept me in a medically induced coma because I was so badly wounded, for 11 days. Senator Durbin was the only member of Congress, House or Senate, that year, 2005, to invite wounded warriors to attend the State of the Union address. He called Walter Reed and said, "Do you have any Illinois wounded warriors there who are physically capable of attending the SOTU address?" It was my first trip out of the hospital after I'd been wounded. That's when I met Senator Durbin. I got the cards of some of his constituent services staff members, and he gave me his personal contact information. I went back to the hospital, from January through June. I started getting into a different role in the hospital. I was the highest-ranking amputee there, and a lot of the other service members were having problems with different things, administrative things; the care was fantastic. They were having trouble negotiating the system. These 24-year-olds started coming to my husband and me, saying, "Can you help me with this?" Patients took care of each other, and I started calling some of the Durbin staffers and started emailing him and said, "Look I've got another guy, hasn't been paid in months, what's going on?" The one that broke my heart: the wife, 19 or 20, came to my husband. Her husband had been unconscious for I don't know how many months, and at some point, the Army had been paying him just combat pay, realized that they had erroneously been paying him combat pay and took it all back, and she was sitting there in Washington D.C. with no money. The senator called me and said, "Tammy, if you feel strongly as you have demonstrated for the last [several] months that veterans are not being taken care of properly, then you should think about running for Congress, and there's an open seat in your hometown, Hoffman Estates--Henry Hyde's seat." It took my husband and me about four months to decide to do it. CF: I've always heard that it was Bob Dole who inspired you to seek elective office. TD: This whole time when I was thinking about whether or not I was going to run, [Dole] was a patient at Walter Reed as well. He had fallen and had dislocated his shoulder; he was coming down to the therapy room and sitting next to all of us fellow vets and going through his therapy. He would talk to the young kids. I had no idea who he was. It was Lieutenant Dole, World War II vet who had wounded his arm in Italy and was going through the crappiness of having to recover, and he would just talk to the kids and bond with them, and they were like, "Man, if this 80-year-old guy can do this, therapy then I'm going to do the therapy." I started chatting with with Bob Dole. A lot of the conversation was, "You know my friend Dan and I . He served in World War II and he recovered, and we did this and we did that." And after a while I realized he was talking about [Democratic Hawaii] Sen. Dan Inouye. I felt just so inspired by Senator Dole's life, and he was sitting on a hospital bed next to everyone else going through therapy, and so I think for me that was the clincher. I saw in him a path. At the time I couldn't use my right arm at all. I had the one arm that I could work and I'm learning to walk and trying to figure out what to do with my life. I've been asked to consider running for Congress and I'm talking to a gentleman that I admired so deeply who had lived his entire life of service. I talked to him a lot about the bills that he passed. He co-authored the Americans with Disability Act with Teddy Kennedy. We developed a little bit of a friendship. I don't talk politics when I'm in a military setting . I just talked to him about serving. I see him from time to time. Every time I see, him he says, "If you told me you were running I would have made sure you run as a Republican, Tammy." CF: Did you feel bad when Dole endorsed Peter Roskam in 2006? CF: Do you think he'll endorse Joe Walsh? TD: I don't know. He's gotta do what he's gotta do. It doesn't change how I feel about him. It doesn't change my admiration for the amazing service that he continues to provide for his country. He is the embodiment of these guys, the Greatest Generation, and the fact that if he did nothing else than what he did in Italy and came home and went on with his life, he would have done more for his country than so many other people ever done. He lived an entire 60 more years of nothing but selfless sacrifice for his country. CF: Back to Axelrod. How important is he this time? And Rahm last time? TD: He's a little busy with the presidential campaign right now. He was not a factor in my decision, but he is certainly someone whose counsel I seek. If I have a question about something, I'm free to email him. Rahm Emanuel in 2006 didn't call to push me to run, but once I decided to run he did push me to be the best candidate I could be. I got a lot of phone calls about, "What are you doing for field strategy? What's your fundraising plan?" I got very frequent calls from Rahm about the structure of running, but my decision to run was really Senator Durbin. CF: In 2006 the Tea Party wasn't a factor. Will it be a factor this time? TD: The impact I'm expecting is the money that's going to come from all sides. Joe, in his last filing, reported contributions from both the Koch brothers and Citizens United. I offered a pledge [to put conditions on accepting Super PAC money] three times, and he said no. Elizabeth Warren and Scott Brown have a pledge in Massachusetts. My pledge is based on theirs. If Liz Warren and Scott Brown can do this [in a Senate race], c'mon, we can do this in a little congressional race. CF: Is there somebody currently serving in Congress who you see as a role model? TD: Obviously on the Senate side, Durbin and Olympia Snow; unfortunately she's leaving. I worked a lot with [Republican] Senator [Johnny] Isakson from Georgia on veterans' issues. He's a guy who has really done amazing things. [Republican] Senator [Lisa] Murkowski in Alaska has been fantastic as well. I'm now talking a lot to Mike Quigley; our districts neighbor each other. When we talk about businesses, I think a lot of time Democrats spend way too much time talking about punishing companies that send jobs overseas, we and don't spend enough time talking about rewarding companies that keep jobs here. In my district we have a lot of small manufacturers who can't manufacture here, but they do have jobs here and they need to be rewarded for those jobs they keep here and investments they continue to make in the district. There's the understanding that if they have to do some manufacturing in China or India, that's part of their being competitive, but what are we doing to encourage and reward them for keeping jobs here? CF: Why do you want to go to Congress anyway? It seems more acrimonious and rigid than ever. TD: I've got nothing to lose. I was sitting in my office last spring when we were about to shut down government because we couldn't agree on a continuing resolution. I literally was in the VA at midnight, and I had this great office that looked over the White House; getting ready to send out communications to VA hospitals across the country and to veterans, "You're not going to get these benefits and services," and it just made me mad. It made me mad that I was in a place where [government was going to shut down] because of a manufactured political crisis. That's when I started thinking about what was happening. Joe Walsh was my congressman then. All this was sort of percolating over time, and then when Melissa Bean said she wasn't going to run, I just thought it is so bad in Washington we need to just do something different. I had successes at the VA. I had successes here in Illinois, where we did a lot of bipartisan things at a time when Rod [Blagojevich] and Mike Madigan were arguing about all sorts of stuff. I was working with all these folks in a bipartisan way to pass legislation, first in the nation programs for veterans. We passed the post 9/11 GI bill--the largest increase in veterans benefits in 30 years. That was done in a bipartisan manner. Maybe we can come together. CF: Do you worry that if you do make it to Washington you'll be disappointed and disillusioned? TD: This is a bonus time in my life I never received a tourniquet; I never received first aid. They started evacuating everyone and then they came back to pull my body out mainly because they wanted my family to have something to bury, and it was only when I was transferred to a MedEvac helicopter at the insistence of my crew chief that he thought I may still be alive. I finally got lifted out 20 minutes after having my legs blown off; my arm was essentially detached, severed, and I happened to still be alive. So, for me, everything that I do now has to be in honor of that. So as bad as it's going to be in Washington, I don't owe those people anything. Joe Walsh can come knocking on my door all he wants, and the craziness can happen, but it's never going to be as bad as getting blown up. And at the end of the day what I owe isn't to Barack Obama, isn't to [House Speaker John] Boehner, isn't to anyone. It's to the guys who I see once a year to thank them for saving my life. Every year on November 12, we get together, and every year I have to look at these men and say, "This is what I've done with my life this year; this is what I've done with what you've given me." CF: You lost to Roskam in November 2006. Did you get together with your crew that year? TD: Eight days after losing the election, I crawled out of the bathtub where I had been crying for three days and flew to St. Louis and met with my crew and had a reunion there. The last two years, we met in D.C., and I was able to treat them the first year to a tour of the White House. I was so proud. CF: How many casualties on that crew? TD: Three casualties and one with burns. So I was the worst. My crew chief almost lost his life; he was sitting directly behind me, so the same explosion. He's having a really difficult time right now. They were able to save his legs. The other pilot in command--the real hero of the mission who really landed the aircraft--he was scorched with a fireball, but the fireball was on me and it scorched him a little bit. CF: Were you right-handed? TD: I am right handed. My arm is stuck in this position, and I cannot turn it so I cannot eat with this arm. I had to learn to use chopsticks with my left hand, talk about traumatic. When you write you know how you turn; I can't do that. I can control my left hand just enough to be able to write. I have always had very poor handwriting, but now I have a really good excuse. Correction: After a complaint from Tammy Duckworth's campaign manager, Kaitlin Fahey, I re-listened to the tape of our interview in two places and agree that I mis-heard the following: About Bob Dole, the sentence should read: They had no idea who he was. About Duckworth's crew chief the answer should read: My crew chief almost lost his leg; he was sitting directly behind me, so the same explosion. He's having a really difficult time right now. They were able to save his leg.
The U.S. Senate has passed, by voice vote, U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance's "Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act," which would coordinate research of the forms of cancer that have the lowest survival rates. The bipartisan cancer research measure was added an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act of 2012, which could gain approval in the U.S. Senate as early as next week. The U.S. House passed a free-standing version of the Lance legislation in September. "I am very pleased that the U.S. Senate has passed this important legislation which seeks to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancers with high mortality rates," said Lance. "I applaud the efforts of U.S. Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, who shepherded the measure through the Senate, and my friend and colleague Congresswoman Anna Eshoo for joining me as strong advocates for cancer research." The Recalcitrant Cancer Research Act would help the National Cancer Institute's efforts to improve prevention, diagnosis and treatment of cancers with high mortality rates. Research advancements in the fight against pancreatic, lung, liver, and ovarian cancers have lagged behind gains made in fighting all other cancers, which have improved from 50 to 67 percent in the last 40 years. Congressman Leonard Lance has been one of these leading advocates in Congress in the fight against pancreatic cancer -- currently the fourth leading cause of cancer death in the United States with a five-year survival rate of only six percent.
Guns & Terrorism America's lax gun laws allow foreign and domestic terrorists as well as extremists easy access to all types of weaponry. Just one example is the increasingly popular 50 caliber sniper rifle. Originally designed for military use, and currently used by U.S. and other military personnel around the world, these anti-armor rifles can penetrate the armor plating of armored vehicles, turn commercial jetliners into bombs on the ground, knock helicopters out of the air, and ignite railcars and stationary tank farms containing extremely hazardous, volatile, and explosive chemicals. Violence Policy Center research revealed that Al Qaeda acquired 25 of these rifles soon after they became available on the U.S. civilian market. In addition to the 50 caliber sniper rifle, all stripes of extremists have access to a plethora of assault weapons, high-capacity ammunition magazines, loosely regulated black and smokeless powder explosive materials, body armor, explosive devices lacking the powder charge, and other materiel. In short, virtually everything needed to arm and equip a small army is available legally in the United States because of our lax laws.
St. Simon & St. Jude Church The church of St. Simon & St. Jude is a thing of beauty. It's construction began to be in the works in 1857, and it was built between the years of 1859-1860. The entire build was guided by Rev. Peter McIntyre. There were 300 families living in Tignish at this time. The St. Simon & St. Jude Church can be seen from around the community; it being 100 feet long by 62 feet high, and it's magnificent steeple of 185 feet high was used as a beacon for the fishermen and to reach towards the heavens. The church is made of 500,000.00 bricks that came from Hughes` Brickyard, making it the first major brick building built in Prince Edward Island. The architect of the church was Patrick C. Kielly. Patrick designed the church in a Gothic Design. The twelve pillars located inside consist of one large tree that was cut down from "Virgin Forest" located on the Centre Line Road. Each of these pillars were shaped by hand. In 1885 the stations of the cross were erected in the church. These are very unique, as there are only three others like it in all of Canada. In 1888 a famous artist from Montreal; Francois Xavier Edouard Meloche, painted the twelve life size murals of the Apostles located along the walls, between the stained glass windows. In this same year the church was decorated dark blue with stars. In 1997 the church was once again painted, in creams, greys and a replica of the same blue sky. The following are the pastors of St. Simon & St. Jude Parish: - 1799-1803 L`Abbe de Calonne. - 1799-1803 Amable Pichard. - 1803-1812 Angus MacEachern (1st Bishop of Charlottetown). - 1812-1818 Jean-Louis Beaubien. - 1818-1822 Joseph Etienne Cecile. - 1822-1828 Bernard MacDonald (2nd Bishop of Charlottetown). - 1828-1843 Sylvain Emphrem Perrey. - 1843-1860 Peter McIntyre (1st Resident Pastor of Tignish & 3rd Bishop of Charlottetown). - 1860-1861 Andre Roy. - 1861-1863 Dougald M. MacDonald. - 1863-1867 Dougald MacIsaac. - 1867-1923 Dougald M. MacDonald. - 1923-1931 Gregory MacLellan. - 1931-1956 John Archie MacDonald. - 1956-1971 Michael Rooney. - 1971-1975 Austin Bradley. - 1975-1977 Arthur Pendergast. - 1977-1980 Walter Reid. - 1980-1983 Edouard Cormier. - 1983-1990 Claude Shea. - 1990 Albin Arsenault.
VZD’s is Oklahoma City’s Best Live Music Venue & Neighborhood Restaurant & Club Located at 4200 North Western, VZD’s has been a favorite lunch, happy hour and dinner destination in Oklahoma City for over 30 years. Everything from our award winning burgers to our housemade soups, salads and entrees have long been favorites in Oklahoma City. Established in 1976 in the site of store #21 of the historic Veazey Drug chain. VZD’s has been a mainstay for live music hosting the finest in local, national and regional musical acts. Previous bands include “Flaming Lips”, “Dixie Chicks”, “Michele Shocked”, “Bo Diddley”, “Rev. Horton Heat”, “Junior Brown”, “Bela Fleck”, “Red Hot Chili Pepper’s” and many more.
Regulating Wall Street Co-Editor Ingo Walter presented a live webinar on March 31, 2011, titled "Inside Job: Reputational Risk and Conflicts of Interest in Banking and Finance." Recently in Other Finance Regulatory Topics Category Get the Flash Player to see this video. As Greece gets ready to default or restructure its debt, and several other Eurozone countries deal with their rating downgrades, it is useful to keep things in perspective. Here are ten interesting facts based on reports from IMF, Morgan Stanley, Citigroup and my ongoing research with colleagues Itamar Drechsler and Philipp Schnabl ("A Pyrrhic Victory? The Ultimate Cost of Bank Bailouts"): 1. Sovereign credit default swap and bond spreads started rising in the Fall of 2008, especially following the collapse of the global financial system (failures of Lehman Brothers and A.I.G.). 2. In most cases, the widening of sovereign spreads was initiated by announcement of massive rescue packages for the financial sector and in some cases equally large fiscal stimulus packages. For instance, the immediate cost of UK's rescue package was in excess of 20% of its GDP. 3. As sovereign spreads widened with announcement of rescue and stimulus packages, in the short run bank and financial firm spreads in fact fell. But within a few weeks of the announcement, both sovereign and financial sector spreads started moving in tandem. There was effectively a "merger", a transfer of the "bad bank" assets of the financial sector into the government. Or you could say, we passed on the buck to the governments! 4. But it is not all about the additional debt and risks taken on by governments through the rescue packages. Countries that have experienced the greatest widening of their spreads are those that have also had high levels of debt relative to GDP and relatively low levels of labor productivity and global competitiveness. 5. Most developed countries are now running debt to GDP levels in the range of 50-120%. Typical emerging market defaults on external debt have in fact been at lower debt to GDP levels of 40-80%. The financial crisis of 2007-09 is metamorphosing as a potential sovereign crisis of 2010. 6. The US debt to GDP level is now at the same level as that after World War II. That should help put in perspective the crisis we have just witnessed (and the fiscal imprudence in the period leading up to it). 7. With all this credit deterioration of sovereigns, the interest in their credit default swaps (CDS) - a way of buying protection against default on sovereign's debt - has increased dramatically. While there were hardly any trades happening in sovereign CDS prior to the crisis (and in fact, until Summer of 2008), these are among the most widely traded CDS now. 8. The financial sectors of various countries are buying massive protections against sovereign credit risk. Net dealer exposures to Western countries has been rising dramatically since the Fall of 2008. Gross exposures in SovX, the Eurozone CDS index, now exceed exposures to financial CDS. 9. Since November 2009, the rapid widening of Eurozone sovereign CDS has been accompanied with little widening, if any, of global, investment grade corporations and financials of these countries. Now, it is the "bad countries" of the world that are partially getting merged with safer countries' balance-sheets (Think of Greece and Germany!). 10. The ratio of CDS traded to debt for sovereigns is the highest for Eurozone countries at the current moment, reflecting both their credit risk problems as well as their monetary inflexibility given the currency union. In contrast, CDS to debt ratios for the UK and the US are tiny. Moral of the story: At least two. 1. Bailing out banks or countries does not mean the credit risk of their bad assets just vanishes in thin air. It simply gets transferred to (other) sovereign balance-sheets. But these sovereign balance-sheets, like corporations, also have limited debt capacity. 2. It may be time for most countries, including the United States, to exercise fiscal restraint and devise a clear strategy to reduce government debt over next 3-5 years. Those who do not act now put at risk any economic recovery witnessed since the Fall of 2008. Sometimes, less is more!
Joined Stern 2009 Leonard N. Stern School of Business Kaufman Management Center 44 West Fourth Street, New York, NY 10012 Kim Schoenholtz joined New York University Stern School of Business in 2009. He is a Professor of Management Practice in the Economics Department and teaches courses on money, banking and financial markets, and on macroeconomics. He also directs the Stern Center for Global Economy and Business. Previously, he was managing director and senior advisor in Citigroup's Economic and Market Analysis (EMA) department. Schoenholtz served as Citigroup’s global chief economist from 1997 until 2005. Schoenholtz started his career at Salomon Brothers in 1986. He worked in Bond Market Research in New York before moving to Tokyo in 1988. As director of EMA in Tokyo, he shared responsibility for Salomon’s view on the Japanese economy and markets. In 1992, he transferred to London to serve as the head of EMA in Europe. He was named Salomon's chief economist in 1997, and subsequently became chief economist at Salomon Smith Barney and at Citigroup. Schoenholtz returned to New York in this role in 1999. Schoenholtz was a visiting scholar at the Bank of Japan's Institute for Monetary and Economic Studies from 1983 to 1985. He received an M.Phil. in economics from Yale University in 1982 and an A.B. from Brown University in 1977. He also studied for one year in Marburg, Germany (1978-79) and completed a one-year intensive Japanese language program at Cornell (1979-80). He has served as a member of the Executive Committee of the Centre for Economic Policy Research in London and is currently a panel member of the U.S. Monetary Policy Forum. He is the co-author of a textbook on money, banking and financial markets. M.Phil., Economics, 1982
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- Emerging Approaches to Inquiry Conference - Leading Large Scale Change - Albany - Leading Large Scale Change - NYC - GrantCraft Inquiry Series Ideas \| Dialogues RCLA provides spaces for reflection and action learning where social scientists, practitioners, and others active in community and public service leadership, both nationally and internationally, can work together on challenging and often provocative issues in the field. Convenings may occur in the form of roundtable discussions, meetings using a participatory methodology, such as cooperative inquiry or narrative inquiry, or as conferences, breakfast series, and similar structures organized around central strategic and managerial questions.
The Sea-Doo Pro Wakeskate Series visited the Twin Cities as the second stop of the 2006 season made its mark in Minnesota. Shoreview was certainly an appropriately named venue for the event as thousands of wake fans lined the event site shoreline to see the world’s best wake athletes compete. The Wakeskate event saw a talented field take to the water behind the Sea-Doo WAKE watercraft in what has become the fastest growing activity in watersports. Brian Grubb and George Daniels proved to be the class of the weekend with both athletes winning their respective qualifying heats to advance to the afternoon Pro Wakeskate finals. Daniels took heat one narrowly beating Ben Kaiser and Brandon Thomas with a solid run of wake tricks and smooth sliders scoring 75.67 out of a possible 100. Grubb had an easier time collecting a heat two win scoring a 73.33 to heat runner up Ryan Doyle’s 56.33. In the final both riders landed solid tricks and entertained the crowd behind the Sea-Doo WAKE watercraft. Grubb simply landed more and with more style, edging Daniels for the Twin Cities win. The athletes have nearly a month to hone their runs for rough water as the next stop of the tour will take place at the popular Kelowna, British Columbia venue on July 7th -9th. The Sea-Doo WAKE(tm) will be on-site pulling these athletes who will go head-to-head in the elimination format to see who will be the king of Kelowna for the weekend. For more information on the Sea-Doo Pro Wakeskate Series, visit prowakeboardtour.com and to see the official tow vehicle of the Sea-Doo Pro Wakeskate Series, check out the Sea-Doo WAKE, the only watercraft specifically designed for towing. Sea-Doo Professional WakeSkate – Semi Finals Heat 01 1 George Daniels USA 75.67 2 Ben Kaiser 70.00 3 Brandon Thomas USA 69.33 4 Drew McGuckin USA 65.00 Sea-Doo Professional WakeSkate – Semi Finals Heat 02 1 Brian Grubb USA 73.33 2 Ryan Doyle 56.33 3 Kyle Hyams USA 50.00 4 Matthew Manzari 6.67 Pro Wakeskate FINALS 1st – Brian Grubb 2nd – George Daniels
Free Chair Yoga for Seniors class Waldo County General Hospital’s Journey to Health program is offering a free Chair Yoga for Seniors class taught by David Erickson on Thursdays from 9-10 a.m. from Nov 8 through Dec 27 (no class on Thanksgiving). The class will be held at Belfast United Methodist Church in East Belfast. This class is open to seniors who are unable to get up and down off the floor and would like a very gentle chair yoga class. We still have spaces left. Call 338-9359 to reserve a spot!
MOUSE-OVER the images to reveal filenames and dates which will appear at bottom of the screen.CLICK ON THE IMAGES TO ENLARGE THEM. The BYGONE WALLA WALLA Project is a local non-profit, non-commercial effort to build and share a visual history of Walla Walla. WANTED! If you have old snapshots (pre-1990)of Walla Walla area places and events that you would like to share in this project, please contact me to get them scanned in. CONTACT link in My Profile. Copyright 2013. All rights reserved.
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For A Crocodile, He's Awfully Orange An 8-foot-long crocodile in Australia decided to eat the filter in his water tank. Then things got weird. The animal turned bright orange. Tracey Sandstrom, owner of Roaming Reptiles, says she thinks the filter changed Snappy's pH levels — but that he's fine, save for his new look.
Waking up is hard to do, but it's easier with NPR's Morning Edition. Hosts Renée Montagne and Steve Inskeep bring the day's stories and news to radio listeners on the go. Morning Edition provides news in context, airs thoughtful ideas and commentary, and reviews important new music, books, and events in the arts. All with voices and sounds that invite listeners to experience the stories. On Inauguration Day, WAMU's Matt McCleskey will be hosting live from the Capitol for the second inauguration of President Barack Obama. He'll have reports from WAMU reporters all morning on this historic occasion.
It is a gorgeous day, and I spent a lovely time at a festival in Mt Vic, and ate something that gave me a spell of feeling like death. I'm on the mend now, but eek, moments like that make me determined to stay healthy forever, because illness is AWFUL. 5. Hitch up your tits, whether they're beanbags or hackysacks. Wear decent, properly fitted bras.
Monday, January 31, 2011 This was my first time so bear with me during my learning experience. ;-) I used my friend's Cricut machine at our church craft night and cut out our church initials and some phrases out of freezer paper. I was not careful enough and lost some pieces (the inside of the Os, etc.) and it made my options limited. Saturday, January 29, 2011 1 can cr chicken soup 1 can green enchilada sauce 1 can diced tomatoes & chilis (my hubby doesn’t eat tomatoes so we usually use 1 can gr chilis & 1 can pimentos) 2-3 cups shredded cheese 1 cup sour cream (another thing my hubby won’t eat so I usually replace with Velveeta cubes) 1 pkg frozen chopped spinach 2-4 cups diced chicken or turkey Mix together and let it chill on high in the crockpot for a couple of hours until bubbly. Serve with tortilla chips. YUM!! **I can never remember to take a pix when I make my favorite foods - hhmmm... I think I'm usually too busy stuffing my face! ;-) The photo above I found online - it looks very similar to Chicken Fiesta - its from this Kraft recipe. Joining in the fun at Show and Tell Saturday: Sunday, January 23, 2011 So, after all my worry and stress trying to get things sorted out I actually was able to get in touch with First Steps and arrange for an evaluation without having to wait for the insurance situation to be resolved. Thank you God! I am relieved but also feel a little sheepish because I found out that I do not have to have a doctor's referral to get a FS eval for Christine. I must have misunderstood when our old coordinator said I needed a referral. I think I just assumed that the referral had to be from a doc. So, the First Steps intake coordinator is coming next week and then we'll schedule the eval. I'm having mixed feelings about it all. I had hoped to never have to deal with First Steps again. And while I am eager to get Christine help I am dreading confirmation that she has problems. At least its just been suspicions until now. I am not sure if this is easier or harder because we have been through it all already. Not something that we wanted to repeat. But like it or not, here we are again. Saturday, January 22, 2011 We have had a lot of snow around here this winter already. One those blustery, snowy days you just want to curl up with a good book and a bowl of hearty hot soup. Just the other night I made this yummy stoup (according to Rachael Ray its a cross between a soup and a stew). I was going for a tortilla soup but improvised with the ingredients I had on hand and this is what I came up with. Mexican Rice Soup 3 cups cooked rice (I like to use brown) 1 can cr. Chicken soup 1 can black beans drained 1 can corn drained 1-2 cup shredded cooked chicken 1 can diced gr chilis (I'd have loved to put a can of diced tomatoes and chilis but my boys, er husband, won't eat tomatoes) 2 cups broth/stock 2-3 cups water (depends on how thick/thin you want your soup) 1 taco or chili seasoning packet (or season to taste with chili powder, garlic powder, etc) Mix all together in a big pot and bring to a steady simmer or until warm and toasty. Serve with shredded cheese, sour cream, avocado, etc. YUM-O!! ;-) By the way... we used the leftovers to make enchiladas the next night! I love it when one meal can double as two! So good! Thursday, January 20, 2011 Here are details from Nate's first sewing project. We started out with a rocket template I found HERE, a plain white Tshirt, fusible webbing and some felt (not pictured here). Then we cut out the shapes for the rocket and ironed the fusible webbing onto them. I used small scraps of webbing I had leftover from a previous project. We placed the various pieces onto the t-shirt in position and ironed them on (mostly to hold them in place while we sewed them into place.We just did a straight stitch around each piece. Nate even helped with some of it. He was pretty excited.And boy was he excited to wear it! He actually kept telling me he wanted to add Saturn and the moon, etc. But I had to stop him before he got carried away. It was fun to do it together. I'm looking forward to more projects with Nate and I know he is too. Tuesday, January 18, 2011 1. What’s your favorite color to paint your nails? I like to have a basic clear or cream coat on my fingernails (and the occasional french tip) but I like to play with different colors on my toes. 2. Do you like to sneeze? Not that I can think of. Never really thought about it much. 3. How often do you fill up your car with gas? Whenever the tank is almost empty. 4. Were you named after anyone? My mom got my name from a friend in high school. Apparently this girl had beautiful penmanship and my mom loved how she wrote her name. I on the other hand have mediocre hand writing and do not do it justice. ;-) 5. Have you made any good recipes lately? I made these yummy oatmeal banana bread/muffins last week... yum! I had them for breakfast nearly every day! 6. What’s an easy money-saving tip that you use regularly? One thing that I think we do well is wait on big purchases. Prayerfully consider large purchases with your spouse before making them. And then save up and make those purchases with cash. 7. Would you rather have a sore throat or an ear ache? 8. Do you have any scars? What are they from? I have one on my knee from falling off a bridge in San Francisco. I have one from chicken pox. I have a couple of kitchen scars from burning myself getting stuff out of the oven. And of course my c-section scar. yuck. 9. What are you “known for” in your circle of friends/family? I’m the mothering one. I am a typical oldest child and try to take care of everyone. 10. How do you like to eat your pancakes? I love peanut butter on my pancakes! And a little butter and syrup on the side. Oh and also with a side of sausage links. I love breakfast!! Saturday, January 15, 2011 I share her story because it really hit home with me - brought me to tears. I feel like seeing Christine's delays is like watching my basement flood. We've been through all this with Joe and I know how hard it is. I just want to crawl in bed and not deal with it. And right now I just cannot see what good could come of this. Why is this happening? How does any of it glorify Him? And I just found out that because of insurance issues I cannot even get Christine in to see a doctor (which needs to happen before First Steps will come and evaluate her for services) until next month probably. The doctors that I am interested in seeing are not under the plan that Christine was under and the process to get her switched to another plan takes a ridiculous 2-4weeks. I am so tired and frustrated. But in spite of all that is going on that is causing me to worry and stress out Christine is a bright ray of sunshine in my day. Her smiles and giggles never cease to make me smile. She is good natured and is a great sleeper. I could not ask for a better baby. Even now she is laying on the floor next to me batting at her toys and jabbering away. I can only hope and pray that her delays will be just a minor thing and that she will catch up in time and that it will not be a lifelong struggle for her and for me. Friday, January 14, 2011 So I decided to share with you five posts on pom-pom projects. They are so cute! I can't wait to try them. Check 'em out! First: Domestifluff shows us how to make a basic yarn pom-pom and then turn it into an elegant and adorable flower. Ok, this is so simple but I am so tickled by how much this looks like a dandelion! I love it! Little Miss Momma made an awesome Anthropology inspired pom-pom necklace that I'm dying to try to make. Its so cute! Check out her tutorial here. If you want to go Martha Stewart style when decorating for a party check out her tutorial on making tissue paper pom-poms. Craftaholics Anonymous creatively used some simple t-shirts and a picture frame to create this great Valentine wreath. Check out the cute Tulle Pom-Pom headband tutorial at mommy creations. I might have to make one for my baby girl! There you go... that's my FridayFaveFive. Let me know if you have any other great pom-pom projects! ;-) Monday, January 10, 2011 I'm a part of an online prayer/accountability group. It started with the Good Morning Girls website that my friend Toni suggested to all her facebook friends. I sent out a message looking for a few girls to join together with and our little group was formed. It is a small group of three - but that works for us. We message one another daily(ish) and share what we have been reading and learning in the bible as well as any prayer requests that we have. While we got a little out of the groove over the holidays we are eager to get back on track together. We decided to read a book together. I got Lysa TerKeurst's book Made to Crave for Christmas and thought it would be a good one to read and discuss together. Then we found out that Lysa will be doing a webcast every Monday through February 14th. I've struggled with a love-hate relationship with food basically my entire life. I like to cook, I love to eat, but I hate the scale!! Food issues are not like smoking or drinking - those things you can cut out completely. But we need food to sustain us... so we have to eat... but what do we eat? And why do we choose the things we eat? Am I eating because I am hungry or because I am bored? There are so many questions I have asked myself about my food choices and what I can or should be doing to become a healthier person - both for myself and for my husband and children. I have lots of examples around me in friends and family members - both good and bad examples. In Lysa's book she talks about how for so many of us its more of a heart issue than a food issue. Instead of turning to God for comfort and strength we turn to food to meet those needs. But it is a vicious cycle to be on because my eating often hurts my body, causing me to be lethargic, tired, and eventually overweight and unhappy. I hope that through reading this book with my girlfriends I can regain control of my eating habits, refocus my attention on Him and build my relationship first with God and then with my Good Morning Girls as well. Once again Mamarazzi is hosting a sweet swap! I have had fun with the swaps I have participated in before and I'm excited to do another one! Especially since the swap will be taking place in February - a.k.a. near my birthday. :-) Besides, who doesn't love getting goodies in the mail? Tuesday, January 04, 2011 Irish Wedding Song He is now to be among you at the calling of your hearts, rest assured this troubadour is acting on His part. The union of your spirits here has caused you to remain, for wherever two or more of you are gathered in His name, there is love. Well a man shall leave his mother and a woman leave her home, then shall travel on to where the two shall be as one. Well then what's to be the reason for becoming man and wife, Is it love that brings you here, or love that brings you life? For if loving is the answer, then who's the giving force? Do you believe in something you've never seen before, there is love. The marriage of your spirits here has caused Him to remain, for wherever two or more of you are gathered in His name, there is love ~ yes, there is love. Based on Genesis 2:22-24 You are my best friend, my husband, father to our beautiful children. I love you and can't think of anyone I would rather share this life with. Happy Anniversary. Saturday, January 01, 2011 It seems like every year my MIL says that things are tight and she didn't get to buy as much as she wanted to and I always think there was more than enough. I will never be able to figure her out. She is still trying to "make up for" the fact that they were not able to do big gifts and stuff when their boys were young. My family has never been "wealthy" in the monetary sense. But we never felt deprived. Even though Isaac and I are financially comfortable we choose not to overspend for Christmas and birthdays. Sometimes during our over-commercialized culture we need to be reminded that there are more important things in life than things! Jesus is the reason for the season, people! ;-) Nate got lots of fun new toys of course. He loved going to all the family gatherings and spending time with friends and cousins. Nate got to be Joseph in a pageant at a friends' party. He was so cute! Nate especially enjoyed our advent activity calendar. He reminded me nearly every day to open the envelope and find out what activity we got to do each day. He was very interested in doing crafts and wrapping gifts with me. He really got into the Christmas spirit. Joe was very social over the holidays. He has gotten more brave about bouncing around and exploring when we are at other people's houses. We've had to keep a closer eye on him than we had to in the past. We had several people comment on how much progress they noticed since the last time they saw Joe. It is good for us to be reminded how far he has come. Christine was the belle of the ball wherever we went. She has been all smiles lately which is such a fun stage! She enjoyed playing with paper and watching everyone else tear into their gifts. She was soaking in all the Christmas merriment. I enjoyed helping her open all her "girly" gifts! And her Christmas dress!! So adorable! I got it on clearance for under $4! Can't beat that! ;-) Isaac and are happy to have celebrated another Christmas season together. We have had some ups and downs but I am thankful that we have been in a good place recently and were really able to enjoy one another during the holidays. Isaac got some nice gifts but all were overshadowed by the custom guitar that he got. He had been saving for it for awhile now and was very excited that it was completed just before Christmas. I got several books on crafts and sewing that I am eager to put to good use very soon. :-) Coming up for us in 2011: Isaac and I are looking forward to celebrating our 8th anniversary in a few days. Its hard to believe its been 8 years! We are discussing a family road trip in the spring. We have never done a long trip like this together at all, much less with three kids and possibly some extra family members. I am praying that all the planning and executing of this trip goes smoothly! ;-) I will be starting a new curriculum with Nate and we will be continuing to be a part of our homeschool group. He is so smart - sometimes I am not sure if I should be doing kindergarten with him or 3rd grade! Joe is going to be getting sized for a new wheelchair. We are definitely working on getting him to walk but in order for him to ride the bus he has to have a wheelchair. Praying for that process to go smoothly. Christine is developmentally behind where she "should" be. We've been trying to be patient and hoping that she would catch up on her own. But we are going to be arranging to have First Steps come out soon and do a developmental evaluation and see what therapy services she qualifies for. I am hoping that we will be able to use the same coordinator and therapists that we had with Joe. We are praying that she is just a little delayed, she will benefit from some therapy, catch up and it will not be a serious issue like it is with Joe. I have really been enjoying sewing and the other crafts that I have been able to tinker with. I am considering creating an Etsy store online to sell some handcrafted wares to make a little money on the side... basically to fund my hobbies! ;-)

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