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If you're tired of the bootylicious babble that Destiny's Child has inspired, you may want to try the new solo effort from multi-platinum recording artist Beyonce Knowles. "Dangerously in Love" blends influences from hip-hop to... (more »)
Dil' Bow Wow has made another greatCD with "Doggy Bag." This is his second album, and you can really heara difference between this and his first album. He has grown up right before oureyes both lyrically and physically. He is even... (more »)
This hip-hop group debuted in 1998 and has made three albums since then. Even so, many haven't recognized their talents until recently. The 2003 album "Elephunk" topped the charts with the hit "Where is the Love?" This song is... (more »)
A friend introduced me to the hit Broadway musical "Wicked" and I immediately fell in love with its soundtrack. The show describes the life and times of the Wizard of Oz's Wicked Witch of the West. Even if one is unfamiliar with the... (more »)
Pink returns to the charts with "Missundaztood," an album with a different sound and style from "Can't Take Me Home." Here, Pink moves from an urban pop sound to a more sincere, dark sound. She sings about growing up, becoming a star... (more »)
If you're into Latino rap and don't have this CD, you should go out and buy it. Roberto Flores - Lil' Rob - has some great songs on this album with lyrics about what he's done or what he is up to. He comes from San Diego,... (more »)
California-based Incubus' fifth album, "Morning View," is one of the best, most refreshing displays of musical and lyrical ability. Radio gems such as "Wish You Were Here" and "Nice To Know You" lead the album, and the songs, mostly... (more »)
The Offspring: "Americana"One might refer to The Offspring's new "Americana" as a great CD simply from Frank Kozik's beautiful artwork and the CD-ROM music videos and Karaoke Room because this is an enhanced CD. However, an album is... (more »)
Doyou enjoy the beats of P. Diddy? The soft sounds of LFO? If either catches yourattention, you should be interested in "Totally Hits 2001."
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John Mayer's "Heavier Things" hits an all-time high in music.
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Peering into the alcoves from which Mesa Verde's puebloan cliff dwellings seem to seep upward is oddly reminiscent of peering into treasures encased within a Faberge Egg. Both are unexpected, intricate, oddly out of place and yet perfectly at home.
The story of the Anasazi, or "Ancient Ones," who inhabited these dwellings remains steeped in uncertainties and lends to the mystique that has made this ancient civilization so fascinating. The only things archaeologists know for certain is that the Anasazi originally inhabited the mesa top, and in A.D. 1200, began colonizing the alcoves and shelves of the mesa only to abruptly leave again in A.D. 1300. All that remains are artifacts and intricately built dwellings -- sort of a land-bound, and discovered, Atlantis. Visitors to Mesa Verde can explore the dwellings only via guided tour. Touring the Balcony House, the largest of the dwellings, requires a 100-ft. descent into the canyon, climbing over 70 feet of ladders and stairs, and crawling through a 12-ft. tunnel - but the rewards are stupendous!
Of course, Mesa Verde is more than mere cliff dwellings: of the 4,000 known archaeological sites in the park, only 600 are dwellings. Mesa-top pithouses and pueblos are also accessible to explore, and the park's museum has a cultural collection of over 2 million historical objects. Hiking trails abound: Point Lookout Trail takes hikers up the looming Point Lookout Sandstone Formation, and the Spruce Canyon Loop lets visitors experience the canyon bottom.
Sixty-five million years ago, a vast inland sea covered this entire region. Over time, sandstone, mud, shale and limestone were deposited. Streams from the surrounding areas also deposited into this region, and helped create many of the shale and sandstone formations, including the Point Lookout Sandstone Formation. As the years passed, the rocks eroded into niches and alcoves that eventually became the famed cliff dwellings.
Mesa Verde is best known for the cliff dwellings of the Anasazi that are perched so precariously in alcoves of rock walls. The Cliff Palace Loop Drive takes visitors past mesa-top sites and overlooks that face the cliff dwellings. A guided tour of the Cliff Palace or Balcony House dwellings is available for visitors hoping to get up close and personal with the ancient structures, though the tours are somewhat strenuous and recommended for people in good physical condition.
Where to Stay
Mesa Verde is already home to the famous cliff dwellings, so why not make it your dwelling, too? Spending a night at Morefield Campground will allow visitors easy access to spectacular hikes around the valleys and mountains. A mouthwatering pancake feast greets guests each morning in the full-service village, where they will also encounter a gas station, RV dumping station, laundry, gift shop, hot showers and grocery store. Open late April through mid-October.
Nearby Sights/Side Trips
Mesa Verde's cliff dwellings never cease to amaze visitors, and it's possible to learn even more about the fascinating world of the Anasazi people at the Anasazi Heritage Center. This Museum of Ancestral Puebloan Culture features exhibits on the archaeology, history and culture of the Anasazi, as well a collection of over 3 million artifacts garnered from digs in the region. The museum even allows visitors to weave on a pueblo-style loom and grind corn into meal using ancient tools like the metate. | <urn:uuid:f8293dbc-1899-4902-bbd1-c753c0648b83> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.travelchannel.com/interests/road-trips/articles/mesa-verde-national-park-colorado | 2013-05-25T05:32:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705559639/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516115919-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.930777 | 742 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Jewish / Judaism : When Was the Messiah Expected?, part 1 of 7
Jesus may have been rejected yet, the Talmud makes some very interesting statements that we ought to seriously consider because it is beyond question that something happened that changed the Jewish religion and thus, changed the world of Judaism forever.
What was this occurrence? This event occurred 40 years before the destruction of the Second Temple which was destroyed in 70 AD; forty years prior is 30 AD. What is it that happened in 30 AD that had such a profound impact on Judaism? It just so happens that this was when Jesus died. It just so happens that He said that He was dying for sin. It just so happens that this is when the most well known and respected Rabbis of all time said that the sacrificial system was no longer effective. And it just so happens that Jesus said "I came not to destroy the law, but to fulfill" (Matthew 5:17).
What is astonishing is that before the birth of Jesus and before Christianity existed there existed Jewish concepts about when the Messiah would come. So certain were the ancient sages that when the expected time came and went they wept because the Messiah did not come. However, Jesus did come within that time frame. We will see from authoritative Rabbinic writings that the Messiah should have come already and he should have done so right around the time of Jesus.
Targum Onkelos on Genesis 49:10,
"The transmission of dominion shall not cease from the house of Judah, nor the scribe from his children's children, forever, until the Messiah comes, to whom the Kingdom belongs, and whom nations shall obey."
Targum Pseudo-Jonathan on Genesis 49:10,
"Kings and rulers shall not cease from the house of Judah, nor scribes who teach the Torah from his seed, until the time when the King Messiah shall come, the youngest of his sons, and because of him nations shall melt away."
Fragmentary Targum Genesis 49:10-12,
"Kings shall not cease from the house of Judah, nor scribes who teach the Torah from his children's children, until the time of the coming of King Messiah, to whom belongs the Kingdom, and to whom all dominions of the earth shall become subservient... How beautiful is he, King Messiah, who is destined to arise from the house of Judah....How beautiful to behold are they, the eyes of the King Messiah..."
Talmud-Sanhedrin 98b on Genesis 49:10,
"What is his [the Messiah's] name?-The School of R. Shila said: His name is Shiloh, for it is written, until Shiloh come. Others say: His name is Menahem the son of Hezekiah, for it is written, Because Menahem ['the comforter], that would relieve my soul, is far. [Lam. 1:16] The Rabbis said: His name is 'the leper scholar,' as it is written, Surely he hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows: yet we did esteem him a leper, smitten of God and afflicted [Isa. 53:4]."
The above quotes are explained and tied in together in this one from Talmud-Sanhedrin 97b,
"Rab said: All the predestined dates [for redemption] have passed, and the mater [now] depends only on repentance and good deeds."
A discussion ensues as to whether or not repentance is really necessary for redemption. Employing Daniel 12:7 as the proof text a conclusion is reached: "Messiah's coming is dependent only upon the utter prostration of Israel, not his repentance."1
Midrash Rabbah, Genesis XCVIII. 8,
"UNTIL SHILOH COMETH: this alludes to the royal Messiah. AND UNTO HIM SHALL THE OBEDIENCE (YIKHATH) OF THE PEOPLE BE: he [the Messiah] will come and set on edge (makheth) the teeth of the nations of the world."
What we see here is a sort of desperation in realizing that the Messiah should have already come. This desperation makes the ancient Rabbis to go as far as proclaiming that "good deeds" are a means of bringing about redemption, something which goes against the Old Testament. For example, consider the following text:
"The righteousness of the righteous man will not save him when he disobeys, and the wickedness of the wicked man will not cause him to fall when he turns from it_ If I tell the righteous man that he will surely live, but then he trusts in his righteousness and does evil, none of the righteous things he has done will be remembered_And if I say to the wicked man, 'You will surely die,' but he then turns away from his sin and does what is just and right_he will surely live; he will not die. None of the sins he has committed will be remembered against him" (Ezekiel 33:12-15).
One wonders how many Jews know that they now believe in doing good deeds for forgiveness and in order to "bring the Messiah" because the ancient sages knew that the Messiah should have come already but did not.
Tzvi M. Rabinowicz points out that Rabbi Moses ben Maimon (aka Maimonides or the Rambam) claimed that "it is a fundamental dogma to believe in the coming of the Messiah, even if he delays. But no one should attempt to guess or fix the time."2
1. See Sanhedrin 98a, footnote 5, p. 661 of the Soncino Babylonian Talmud
2. Tzvi M. Rabinowicz, The Encyclopedia of Hasidism (Jasona Ronson, Inc. Northdale, New Jersey, 1996), p. 400
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#17 Michigan Runs Past UMass 63-13
Sept. 15, 2012
ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A 32-yard interception return for a touchdown by Christian Birt and a pair of field goals by Brendon Levengood highlighted UMass' scoring in a 63-13 loss at No. 17 Michigan on Saturday afternoon. Denard Robinson showed why he was one of the most prolific players in college football with 291 yards passing and 106 yards rushing with four total touchdowns. The game was a homecoming of sorts for UMass tailback Michael Cox who rushed for a season-high 76 yards against his former teammates. Cox played four years at Michigan before enrolling in graduate school at UMass.
Along with Cox's performance, Mike Wegzyn led the offense going 14-of-29 for 141 yards. Receivers Alan Williams and Deion Walker each had season-best performances. Williams had a career-high six catches for 38 yards, while Walker had four catches for a team-best 63 yards.
Fitzgerald Toussaint rushed for 85 yards and two touchdowns in leading Michigan's run game behind Robinson. Drew Dileo had 3 catches for 91 yards to lead the Wolverines wide receivers.
Michigan jumped out to a 14-0 lead after the first quarter thanks to a 26 yard touchdown pass from Robinson to Devin Funchess and an 11-yard run by Fitzgerald Toussaint.
The Minutemen punted on their first two possessions but were able get momentum going late in the quarter. Facing 3rd and 11 at the UMass 35 yard line, Wegzyn picked up a key first down with a 16-yard run. Cox followed that up with a 14-yard run getting UMass to the Michigan 49-yard line.
Wegzyn then hit Sharpe along the right sideline for a 22-yard pick-up to the Michigan 13 yard line. The drive fizzled after a holding penalty, however, and Brendan Levengood converted a 25-yard field goal with 13:44 left in the second quarter.
The Wolverines responded with a two-play 39-second drive that consisted of a 66-yard Robinson pass to Drew Dileo to set-up a five-yard touchdown run from Vincent Smtih putting Michigan back up 21-3.
After UMass punted on its next possession, Michigan took over at its own 12-yard line. After a four-yard run, Robinson threw an interception to Christian Birt who jumped the route and returned the pick for a touchdown with 9:49 left in the half.
Robinson added two more touchdowns for Michigan in the half with a 42-yard pass to Devin Gardner and a 36-yard keeper putting the Wolverines up 35-10 with 4:00 remaining.
Levengood hit his second field goal of the half with a 32-yarder to cap a 57 yard drive making the score 42-13. The drive was highlighted by a 33-yard pass from Wegzyn to Deion Walker which carried UMass to the Michigan 15-yard line.
Michigan put together one last scoring drive in the half going 83 yards in nine plays. Robinson hit four-of-five passes to start the drive combined with a UMass personal foul put the Wolverines in the red zone with just under a minute left in the half. A 16-yard run by Robinson advanced the ball to the two-yard line. UMass stuffed Toussaint on the next play and forced Robinson to fumble on a quarterback sweep to the left. Robinson's fumble, however, was recovered by left tackle Taylor Lewan for the touchdown making it 42-13 at the intermission.
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A season after finishing one game shy of the Super Bowl, the San Diego Chargers are only one game better than the Oakland Raiders.
That's as good a reason as any for why some of the buzz is missing heading into Thursday night's renewal of the Raiders-Chargers rivalry, which dates to the birth of the AFL in 1960.
The Chargers have beaten the Raiders 10 straight times and LaDainian Tomlinson dominates Oakland like no other team. Still, there's a gloom around the Chargers.
Once considered Super Bowl favorites, the Chargers (4-8) have lost three straight and five of six. Their lifeless 22-16 loss to the Atlanta Falcons on Sunday all but eliminated them from postseason contention, leaving them three games behind the Denver Broncos in the AFC West with four to play.
This will be a showdown of teams closer to the bottom of the heap than the top. The Raiders (3-9) can catch the Chargers if they can pull off an upset.
Maybe that's why talk of Raider Week doesn't have the same edge as usual.
"In this situation, we are both two struggling teams, so it's not even fair to talk about a rivalry because we are struggling," Tomlinson said.
Tomlinson addressed his teammates right after the debilitating loss to the Falcons, imploring them not to give up.
"For us we need to make sure we finish in the right way – we continue to stay disciplined coming in here and working hard at practice and being prepared to win a game," Tomlinson said a few days later.
The Chargers haven't won since barely holding off the last-place Kansas City Chiefs at home on Nov. 9. Since then, they've lost at Pittsburgh and at home to Indianapolis and Atlanta.
Along the way, Tomlinson has looked mortal. Running behind a line that's had a startling dropoff, Tomlinson was held to 24 yards by the Falcons, the second-lowest total in his brilliant eight-year career. The two-time defending NFL rushing champion and 2006 league MVP, Tomlinson has only 794 yards and six touchdowns on the ground three-quarters of the way through the season.
The Chargers have become a finesse passing team, with Philip Rivers flashing a 100.5 passer rating, second in the NFL, while throwing 23 TD passes.
"I said that a while ago, it hasn't been a run-first mentality," Tomlinson said. "I think we're in a transformation because we have so many weapons at the receiving positions that we are throwing the ball a lot more, so I really do think we're pretty much a pass-first offense."
Maybe another game with the Raiders will perk up things, even though the Chargers' playoff chances are likely extinguished.
L.T. has only two 100-yard games this season. The first, naturally, was at Oakland on Sept. 28, when he had 106 yards and two touchdowns as the Chargers rallied from a 15-0 halftime deficit to beat the Raiders 28-18.
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Updated: Tuesday, 12 Mar 2013, 8:26 PM EDT
Published : Tuesday, 12 Mar 2013, 6:35 PM EDT
The Indianapolis Colts have agreed in principle with the following players: tackle Gosder Cherilus, linebacker Lawrence Sidbury, guard Donald Thomas, cornerback Greg Toler and linebacker Erik Walden. All deals will be completed pending a physical.
“Chuck and I have a vision and we want players who love the game, play snap-to-whistle and do all of the little things to achieve greatness,” said General Manager Ryan Grigson. “Those traits are prevalent in all of the players we signed today. They love the game and play at a high level. They are team players and their focus is to dominate the person across from them every snap. That showed in the film and we agreed as a staff that these guys fit the mold of what we are trying to accomplish here. At the end of the day, we wanted players who would mesh well with our current roster and with one another. We feel these guys undoubtedly fit that style.”
Cherilus, 6-7, 325 pounds, started 71-of-74 games at right tackle for the Detroit Lions after being selected by the team in the first round (17th overall) of the 2008 NFL Draft. Last season, he started all 16 games and helped pave the way for an offense that ranked second in the NFL in passing yards (4,927), third in overall net yards (6,540) and ninth in sacks allowed (29).
In 2011, Cherilus started 15-of-16 games and blocked for a Lions offense that ranked fourth in the league in points scored, passing yards and red zone percentage and fifth in overall yards. In 2010, he started all 12 games he appeared in and was part of an offensive line that finished fifth in the NFL in sacks allowed per pass play, giving up just 27.0 sacks on 660 passing plays.
Sidbury, 6-3, 261 pounds, appeared in 48 games with the Atlanta Falcons, totaling 17 tackles (14 solo), 5.0 sacks and one fumble recovery. In 2011, he played in all 16 games and recorded career highs of 11 tackles (nine solo) and 4.0 sacks. As a rookie in 2009, Sidbury competed in all 16 games and registered five solo tackles, 1.0 sack and a fumble recovery that he returned for a touchdown.
Thomas, 6-4, 305 pounds, played in 43 games (21 starts) with the Miami Dolphins (2008-2009) and New England Patriots (2011-2012) over the past five years. Last season, he played in all 16 games (seven starts) and helped blocked for an offense that ranked first in the NFL in points (557), net yards (6,846), first downs (444), third down percentage (48.7) and red zone percentage (70.0). In 2011, he appeared in 10 games (one start), playing mainly on special teams and in short-yardage situations. With the Dolphins, Thomas started 13-of-17 games played.
Toler, 6-0, 192 pounds, competed in 38 games (15 starts) for the Arizona Cardinals after being selected in the fourth round (131st overall) of the 2009 NFL Draft. For his career, he has tallied 128 tackles (118 solo), 19 passes defensed, five interceptions, including two returned for touchdowns, and 1.0 sack.
Last year, he saw action in 11 games (two starts) and totaled 27 tackles (26 solo), eight passes defensed and two interceptions, including a career-long 102-yard return for a touchdown. In 2010, Toler started 13-of-14 games and recorded a career-high 90 tackles (82 solo), nine passes defensed, two forced fumbles and two interceptions, including a 66-yard return for a touchdown.
Walden, 6-2, 250 pounds, has played in 68 games (26 starts) with the Kansas City Chiefs (2008), Miami Dolphins (2008-2010) and Green Bay Packers (2010-2012) over the last five seasons and has notched 163 tackles (96 solo), 9.0 sacks, seven passes defensed, two interceptions, one forced fumble and one fumble recovery.
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Artwork frameworks are not limited in real objects. Professional designers may use some different art patterns or coloring for the designs. So this tutorial will guide you to produce a framework using artwork.
Abstract Effects Tutorials
You can produce an abstract image by combining different shapes and different sorts of images together. You have to spent some times to produce the desired conclusion.
You can produce a Green Plant in a surrealistic way by following this tutorial. This effect can be manipulated in whatever plant you need. So play with the tutorial.
The images can be transformed to some kind of abstract sceneries instead of adding objects to adjust colors or lighting. Play with this tutorial.
Designs of a framework or an object can not be limited. As the foundation of your design you can improve some kinds of abstracts. And finally your image can be produced as a high level one by adding some Photoshop effects.
Abstract material is one of the creation which is ideal than the others. Though this blue combination looks irregular, it’s the style of art. In this type of creations you have to come from the top to the bottom before implementing.
This tutorial will guide you to create a Galactic Abstract Lighting Effect for texts. Galactic space scenes are packed with textures and vibrant color. So have fun by playing with the tutorial.
This tutorial will guide you to create a dramaic Northern Light Scene. Though it’s look perplex, it’s easy. The color of light can be changed as your wish.
This tutorial will guide you to create some Water Color Effects for images in Photoshop. Your ideas can be applied in this creation. So le’s begin the process!
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Tiny Tales is a 15-20 minute program featuring stories, nursery rhymes, songs and finger plays. Our program gives caregivers and babies the opportunity to share, listen and enjoy stories together.
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'Les Mis' cast has a laugh at pre-Oscar party
Posted February 22, 2013
Pre-Oscar party fun was in full swing Wednesday at another Vanity Fair L.A. soiree.
The mag, which has bashes planned all week until its biggie on Sunday night after the Academy Awards, teamed with Chrysler to throw a twinkly, more intimate charity cocktail party in honor of the cast of Les Miserables.
With chilly weather prompting the need for free-standing heaters inside and out, several of the film's stars, including Amanda Seyfried, Anne Hathaway, Eddie Redmayne and Sacha Baron Cohen, ducked quickly inside Eveleigh restaurant. (Russell Crowe and Hugh Jackman were no-shows.)
Tucked into one corner in the back, the gang laughed and chatted, mostly with each other. Hathaway was offered many well-wishes for her best-supporting-actress nomination. She smiled and graciously said, "Thanks." But she seemed to have the most fun when talking to her co-stars.
While journalists were allowed to mingle at the party, stars didn't do a red carpet line and didn't want to be interviewed.
Director Tom Hooper didn't mind chatting, however. He said he had just arrived in town. "This is pretty much the first party."
And how's he feeling? "I'm excited the cast is going to perform on the Oscars. It's a great honor to the film." Show producers Craig Zadan and Neil Meron announced Wednesday that Hathaway, Redmayne, Seyfried, Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Helena Bonham Carter, Samantha Barks, Aaron Tveit, Jennifer Hudson and Catherine Zeta-Jones will be singing as part of a celebration honoring movie musicals of the last decade.
And speaking of singing, what did Hooper think about the criticism of Russell Crowe's singing? "What's interesting is there are many critics who singled him out as loving it. I personally think he's great in the film. He anchors it in a brilliant way. And I know who else I could have cast - and I still stand by him."
So, what's next for Hooper? "No idea."
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From Corral to Cul de Sac in the Southern California Home
I just saw “Carefree California: Cliff May and the Romance of the Ranch House” in the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at the University of California, Santa Barbara, curated by Jocelyn Gibbs and Nicholas Olsberg. It’s the first scholarly exhibition on the history of the suburban ranch house at UCSB since the late architectural historian David Gebhard founded the museum’s design archive in the 1970s and collected the Cliff May papers along with those of many other influential Southern California architects and designers (catalog to be published in April). The fence on the intro wall aptly expresses both the ranch house idea
and the intent of the show: to corral the many facets of ranch house history into a coherent narrative while showing off holdings from the museum’s extensive architectural drawings collections. It’s mostly about ranch house designer, developer, and popularizer Cliff May, who began his career in San Diego in the early 1930s with courtyard designs like this one, which cloaked functional planning and space for the automobile in the romance of history.
They were inspired by early California ranchos with their covered “corredors” or porches. In 1934 he moved to Los Angeles and soon began developing Riviera Ranch, an equestrian-oriented subdivision off Sunset Boulevard near Brentwood. With larger lots his plans could “sprawl” across the site.
This house — for his own family — became his best sales tool and a laboratory for trying out new ideas like residential incinerators and walk-in refrigerators. In the 1950s he and his architect partner Chris Choate developed their “low cost ranch house” concept using standardized, pre-cut elements.
(Image courtesy AD&A Museum.) Window walls and shallow gable roofs were signature features, as shown in the brochure plan and the supergraphic of another May design that dominates a section of the exhibit (below).
May’s designs resemble Eichler tract house plans of the same era — the ranch house concept was everywhere at that time and very malleable. The tract ranch house became popular for developers, which is when the word sprawl took on
a less positive meaning; this is an aerial view of Lakewood Rancho Estates, in Long Beach, California (image courtesy AD&A Museum). Meanwhile May was still designing larger and more lavish custom homes for people like the inventor of
the Lear jet and the composer of the theme song for the TV show Bonanza. The typical pool and patio example above — one of many in the exhibit — became synonymous with California living (image courtesy AD&A Museum).
By the early 1960s Cliff May ranch houses had spread across the country as this wonderful pin map — which I remember seeing in Cliff May’s last office — demonstrates. Some of the pins represent subdivisions of more than 25 houses — his designs are in almost every state as well as as Canada and Mexico.
The show includes ranch house designs by other Southern California architects, from John Byers to Rudolph Schindler, proving that Cliff’s wasn’t the only game in town. As Jocelyn Gibbs, who is the curator of the museum’s Architectural Drawings Collection, told me: the intent was “to suggest that the ranch house and modernist ideas are not incompatible.” Indeed, the ranch house idea was stylistically very loose — simply a one story house with a modern open plan and strong outdoor connections. It had little theoretical baggage.
The need to exhibit only work from the museum’s collections is understandable but I wish there had been a way to include the wider architectural context, from William Wurster’s Butler house at Santa Cruz, California of 1935
(image courtesy Modern in Melbourne), to John Yeon’s Watzek house in
Portland, Oregon, of 1937 (photo courtesy Inside Oregon), to Frank Lloyd
Wright’s Herbert Jacobs Usonian House in Madison, Wisconsin of 1936 (image courtesy GreatBuildings.com) to Walter Gropius’s Arnold Wolfers house in
Brooklin, Maine of 1947 (image courtesy The Downeast Dilletante). Most architects took the ranch house in a more strictly modern direction and didn’t acknowledge Cliff May’s contribution. Nor did most of the design critics of the day. But though Cliff May was left out of architectural debates at the Museum of Modern Art and elsewhere, it’s clear, as this exhibition vividly demonstrates, that Southern California had a richly experimental residential design tradition and that Cliff had the last laugh. The show remains on view through June 17, 2012; museum hours are Wednesday through Sunday, noon to 5; free. | <urn:uuid:269f9016-c0c2-4cd2-9453-1f878088421d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.houseplans.com/tag/gropius/ | 2013-06-19T18:58:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.954483 | 986 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Orya Maqbool Jan is a renowned columnist, poet and CSS officer from Pakistan, who writes Urdu columns for Daily Express, Pakistan. He has received numerous national awards, including the best Urdu columnist in 2004. One collection of poetry has been published.
He has a Masters degree in social work from Punjab University, Lahore. He was the deputy commissioner and district magistrate of three districts for about five years and assistant commissioner and sub divisional magistrate of three sub divisions for about three years. This involves an overall responsibility of law and order, monitoring of development activities, welfare of people, revenue collection personnel management and public relationship of a very sensitive nature. He has contributed to various researche papers including one titled “Comprehensive plan for Improvement of Quetta water Supply and Sewerage System”. He worked as a managing director of Baluchistan water & sanitation authority.
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Since am getting my energy back am so excited to move to the next bigger room of our apartment. Right now am obsessed with white. White walls, white fluffy beddings or a pinch of color so it won't be boring, light curtains. Cos white creates the illusion of space and we need a lot of space now that we're having a baby. The huge white closet on the last photo looks exactly like our closet, only in oak brown, so all I have to do is paint the room white and everything in it and bring in some colorful paintings and hang photographs. It's gonna be a lot of work but am going for it.
Sometimes am overwhelmed by the changes in our lives. Honestly am very excited but at the same time am a little scared too. After all , this little person inside me, I haven't even met yet, is already turning my life upside down, (for the last couple of months, making my stomach upside down,) making unexpected demands on me, both physically and emotionally. Every aspect of our lifesyle - from how we spend our evenings, our money to what to eat and drink and where to go is already changing. Everything's changing. My body is changing. But one thing is for sure, this is a life changing experience that's likely to bring change for the better.
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February 9, 2005The recruiting timeline is growing longer at the beginning end.
Each year a growing number of offers are sent out in advance throughout the country and the class of 2006 is no exception. That's why it's never too early to develop a national list of players that should stand out. The Rivals100 signifies the top 100 players in the nation, and this early pre-evaluation period list will be updated again after May, when the college coaches complete spring assessments of the top players.
The players are listed in alphabetical order by position and not ranked numerically.
As expected, the big three talent pools of Florida, Texas and California are well represented on the list and appear to be stacked again. Eleven Sunshine State players made the list, followed by California with nine and Texas with eight.
After a somewhat down year for quarterbacks in 2005, it appears to be a slightly better crop in 2006.
There are 10 quarterbacks that made the initial list, led by two super stars from Texas and two super stars from Pennsylvania. Sherrod Harris of Arlington (Texas) Bowie and Matthew Stafford of Highland Park, Texas, are the Texas gunslingers and the Keystone State is represented by Pat Devlin of Exton (Pa.) Downington East and Jeremy Ricker of Harrisburgh (Pa.) Bishop McDevitt.
So who's the top quarterback for next season?
That's a tough question to answer early on. Stafford got the nod on the Rivals.com junior All-American team, but great cases could be made for all of the quarterbacks that made the list and more film and personal observations will need to be made.
There are also a few familiar last names on the list.
Marcus Sims of Tallahassee (Fla.) North Florida Christian is the younger brother of former Rivals.com national top prospect Ernie Sims. Immokalee, Fla., running back Javarris James is the is the cousin of current Indianapolis Colts and former Miami Hurricane running back Edgerrin James. Carvers Bay, S.C., two-way lineman Clifton Geathers is the younger brother of Robert Geathers, a four-star recruit by Rivals.com in 2001 before he starred in college at UGA.
And don't forget about Darian Hagan Jr., the son of former Colorado Buffalo superstar Darian Hagan. The 6-foot-1, 175-pound safety from Los Angeles Crenshaw led the nation in interceptions this past year with 13.
Virginia and the Carolinas continue to show that they're some of the deepest talent pools in the nation with numerous representatives on the initial list.
Virginia, highlighted by Rivals.com junior of the year Percy Harvin, placed five players on the list, and North Carolina had three and South Carolina put four on the team. Some local observers have called this crop in South Carolina the best in the last five years and defensive backs Byron Maxwell and Prince Miller are already attracting national attention.
Missouri also bounced back after not placing any players on last year's top 100 list. The first list is highlighted by Kansas City (Mo.) Rockhurst defensive back Phillip Strozier, who's already picked up offers from Kansas and Missouri, quarterback Josh Freeman and defensive tackle Adrian Clayborn.
Freeman, of Grandview, Mo., picked up offers from Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri and Iowa before he finished his junior season. Clayborn will be an elite national recruit that will have offers from all the big boys.
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Originally Posted by Lorre
For christ's sake people, should lighten up!
It's not so bad here, but on a lot of other website people ar whining about SL to no end.
1) We don't know how much Apple will charge for Snow Leopard, IF ANYTHING.
i think that it is safe to say that it will be the same $129 as the last few times. that seems to be the standard price.
what we don't know is what we'll get for that price. the release was guessed at a year from now. and while the focus is performance and trimming the fat (according to Steve and gang) that doesn't mean that that is all they are going to do. if someone has a brilliant idea between now and then that will add value to the package, it's not likely to be offhandedly disregarded because they aren't going to add any features at all no matter what.
that said, a major overhaul is not nothing. think of it like flipping a house. yes you can just window dress it and make it look pretty but tearing down the walls and replacing poor insulation, or fixing poorly done wiring or old pipes, those things add real value. you don't see the value until you get the bills for less electricity used etc but it is there.
2) If the under the hood changes are really as big as they appear to be, they'd just have to add an updated UIand then they might've just called this OS11 and nobody would whine but would just be super excited.
3) If they will charge and you don't like the price, DON'T BUY, it's not like your Leopard machine will suddenly stop working. Most apps still work fine on 10.4 now, a lot even still work on 10.3. If you feel you're missing out on something with 10.6, then I guess IT IS worth the upgrade price...[/QUOTE] | <urn:uuid:95a5d153-02ad-482c-bd0f-cb85ce6e041e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://forums.appleinsider.com/t/88126/first-shots-of-mac-os-x-snow-leopard-show-desktop-web-apps/40 | 2013-06-19T19:07:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978714 | 400 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Vitaliy S. wrote:Here is the procedure you should follow:
1. Configure a backup job for the VM you want to perform initial seeding for.
2. Create and choose any local repository for the backup files.
3. Once you have backup files created, move them to a DR site and place them on the DR site repository (you should create it beforehand).
4. Scan DR site repository to populate backup files in the backup console.
5. After that just create a replication job with "Low connection bandwidth" checkbox enabled.
6. On the "Seeding" step of the replication job wizard specify DR site repository where you've placed VM backup files.
7. Finish configuration of replication job wizard and start replication job.
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Pak Lah once said there wont be anymore 'direct nego' for government contracts, and that all available jobs should be tendered out accordingly.
Is this what is being practiced of late?
Reading open tenders in the newspapers only suggest that projects valued at RM30 million and above are not included. Most tenders only call for projects valued at between RM200,000 and RM28 million.
Not many Kelas A tenders were advertised, except for those costing between RM10 million and RM20 million, usually to build schools and additional buildings to existing government's offices nationwide.
In some instances, government projects costing between RM50 million and RM180 million were completed without any tender being called.
What's the actual meaning of 'invited tender', 'selective tender' and 'special tender' in determining who should get these big projects and who usually decides on it, is still blurr.
Even some 'selective' companies doing supply job for a few government agencies were allowed to continue their 2 plus 1 (2 year plus 1 year contract) upon completing their agreement, for another 'term' of 2 plus 1, although their services were not satisfactory.
This has deprived others of equal opportunity to bid for it.
These are normal complaints but it might affect the government's credibility in many aspects. We need to be more transparent in disbursing contracts to local contractors. If only a bunch of businessmen got it, may as well dont call for open tenders at all. | <urn:uuid:9b032fc7-0a15-4939-ac75-4607ac68feb0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://justread-whatever.blogspot.com/2008/12/of-invited-selective-and-open-tenders.html?showComment=1230622920000 | 2013-06-19T19:25:45Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973613 | 306 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Thu December 13, 2012
Fiscal Cliff Cuts Could Hit Health Care Providers
Originally published on Thu December 13, 2012 7:01 pm
ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST:
Well, even if Americans largely agree on addressing the deficit with a combination of tax hikes and spending cuts, the consensus falls apart when you get specific about those spending cuts. And that may be why politicians have been wary of discussing cuts in too much detail. We're going to try to remedy that now with NPR's Scott Horsley. Hi, Scott.
SCOTT HORSLEY, BYLINE: Good to be with you, Robert.
SIEGEL: Congressional Republicans have said they want to hear specific proposals about spending cuts from the White House. How is the Obama administration responding?
HORSLEY: Well, the White House insists that President Obama is fully prepared to cut spending if the congressional Republicans will budge on the tax rates for the highest earners in America. If you go back to the fall of last year when the deficit cutting super committee was meeting, the president put out a fairly detailed proposal that called for spending cuts and White House spokesman Jay Carney says most of those proposals are still on the table.
JAY CARNEY: The president, unlike any other party to these negotiations, has put forward detailed spending cuts, as well as detailed revenue proposals.
HORSLEY: All together, that plan calls for about $600 billion worth of spending cuts over the next decade. About half of that would come from health care programs and about half from other parts of the federal budget.
SIEGEL: Okay. What kind of cuts is the president actually talking about?
HORSLEY: Well, it runs the gamut, Robert. About $30 billion in cuts to agricultural subsidies, cuts to federal retirement benefits, a $4 billion cut to flood insurance. Medicare, of course, is the big enchilada, although most of the cuts the White House is proposing here don't affect the benefits that Medicare beneficiaries receive, but would instead affect the payments to health care providers.
For example, reduced payments to teaching hospitals. One big cut would be demanding bigger discounts on prescription drugs. That alone would total about $135 billion over a decade. And also, the White House wants to strengthen the so-called IPAD, that's the expert panel that's been set up to make recommendations to try to curb healthcare inflation in the Medicare program.
Now, one thing the White House is not touching is Medicaid, the health care program for the poor. Remember, under the new health care law, states have the option of expanding their Medicaid programs to cover more of the poor and the White House doesn't want to do anything that would discourage states from exercising that option.
SIEGEL: Well, Republicans say they want to see bigger cuts in spending proposed by the Democrats or at least agreed to. What are they proposing?
HORSLEY: Yeah, they're calling for about twice the level of cuts that the Democrats have called for - $1.2 trillion, of which they'd like about half to come from the government's health care programs. Now, they haven't provided a lot of details, or really any details, of what those cuts might be. However, in the past, congressional Republicans have talked about things like raising the eligibility age for Medicare up to 67.
Now right away, but over a period of time. That alone would save about $148 billion from the Medicare budget, although it's possible the government would have to pay some of that out again in subsidies to private health insurance because those folks between 65 and 67 would now perhaps be in the government health care exchanges. Republicans have also talked about cutting subsidies for private insurance under the new health care law and doing things like paying out Medicaid to states in block grants, which would grow more slowly.
SIEGEL: Now, one of the most complicated, but I gather one of the more important ideas in all of this is revising how we measure inflation. What does that mean?
HORSLEY: Right. There's something you might have heard talked about, the chain CPI, which is it's a technical adjustment to the way inflation is measured. And so inflation would grow more slowly. This would, over time, save the government money because, for example, Social Security cost of living adjustments would grow more slowly. It would also bring in more revenue because things like tax brackets would ratchet up more slowly.
And over a decade, you're talking real money, something on the order of 250 to $300 billion. This is not without some controversy, but it's probably one of the easier changes to make.
SIEGEL: So when we look at the proposals that are out there, the Republicans and the Democrats are pretty far apart on spending cuts.
HORSLEY: Well, in dollars and cents, it's about $600 billion, obviously in terms of priorities the gap is perhaps even bigger.
SIEGEL: Okay. NPR's Scott Horsley, thanks.
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The pond bottom and shoreline rocks below Rick Karney and Dave Grunden as they sit, discussing the reasons for this week's closure of Sengekontacket Pond to shellfishing, are green with weedy marine growth.
Nearby a duck, which has been feeding on the weed, raises its tail and drops another little contribution of fecal matter into the water. Right on cue, as if to underline the point that Mr. Grunden, the Oak Bluffs shellfish constable, has just made.
His point is that the increasing number of birds feeding and nesting on the pond are responsible for the bacterial contamination which forced state fisheries managers to decide, for the first time in Island history, to close Sengekontacket until the end of September. Sengekontacket will be closed to shellfishing for four months, from June through September the future.
The decision was an unfortunate one, for those who formerly enjoyed summer shellfishing, for the economies of Edgartown and Oak Bluffs, which share the pond and for the reputation of the Island as a pristine place. But it had to be made, given the declining water quality of the pond in the warmer months over recent years and two closures over the past six weeks, when testing showed fecal coliform counts far above the safe level.
The birds are the immediate cause of the problem; on that much all the experts - Mr. Grunden, and his counterpart in Edgartown, Paul Bagnall, and Mr. Karney, shellfish biologist and director for the Martha's Vineyard Shellfish Group, among others - agree.
But behind that are much harder questions. Why are there are so many birds and what to do about them? Why is the pond is not able to clean itself and what to do about that?
Could the bacterial problem be related to higher water temperatures as a result of climate change? Warmer water encourages bacterial reproduction. Could it be related to the other major water quality problem on the Island: higher nitrogen loads in the water as a result of human activity, which encourages the growth of algae and other marine weed?
There is plenty to speculate about, and, at the moment at least, not a lot of science to back any theory.
Mr. Grunden and Mr. Bagnall are pinning their hopes of rehabilitating the pond on dredging, to increase the rate at which Sengekontacket flushes into the sea. But they are frustrated by the slowness of the process of getting the various permits necessary.
Mr. Bagnall estimates it will take at least 18 months to obtain the necessary approvals, complete an environmental impact statement and begin the dredging itself. And possibly longer. Plus it will cost upwards of a million dollars.
But the water resource planner for the Martha's Vineyard Commission, Bill Wilcox, is not so sure. He suggests the pond flushes pretty well now, and says there is no guarantee dredging will greatly improve water quality.
"I've heard that in other areas where they've looked at dredging projects to improve the flushing of a pond, it was found to be only a small factor," he said, adding:
"In the case of Sengekontacket we just don't have the data to know whether dredging will help."
Like others, Mr. Wilcox is frustrated by the long delays in releasing the results of the Massachusetts Estuaries Project, a sophisticated scientific study on water quality in six of the Island's ponds, including Sengekontacket, which could provide the tools for better estimating the effects of dredging.
Mr. Grunden also acknowledged doubts.
"It's going to be very difficult to address the source of the bacterial contamination, so that forces us to treat the symptom as opposed to the cause," he said.
But you cannot just kill the birds, Mr. Grunden said. Most of the species are in some way protected, although he said there has been talk of disrupting the nesting of the cormorants.
"But," said Mr. Grunden, "even if it was legal I think it would be very difficult because the islands [in Sengekontacket] belong to Mass Audubon or Felix Neck. There would be controversy there."
Said Mr. Wilcox: "I was out on the pond the day after the last tests were taken that resulted in the closure. There were well over 100 Canada geese on Major's Cove and at least 200 cormorants on Sarsen's island.
Mr. Karney said: "It's almost unnatural the way the things have reproduced. You talk to some of the older fishermen, they don't remember cormorants."
The fact is, cormorants did not used to live here in significant numbers and Canada geese, once migratory, have become permanent residents. Habitat change must have something to do with it.
"The silent threat, the bigger threat I think, is the nitrogen input," said Mr. Karney, sitting on the dock on Lagoon Pond in front of the solar shellfish hatchery that he has managed for more than 20 years. "It may be aggravating the bacterial count. Watch the ducks along here. They're in here grazing on this algae. The more algae there is, the more ducks there are in here grazing on it."
As more weed grows, more of it washed up on shore, making increasingly thick wrack lines, Mr. Karney said.
"If you have a heavy wrack line because of heavy macrophyte growth, that will store bacteria and keep it alive longer. The light can't penetrate. Sunlight will kill a lot of bacteria," he said.
Mr. Wilcox, endorsing Mr. Karney's speculation, said he has seen studies suggesting bacteria could reproduce in the wrack.
And if further study shows a link between the nitrogen problem and the bacterial problem, other ponds could also be in trouble in the future.
Said Mr. Grunden: "It [nitrogen pollution] is in all the ponds. There really is no pristine water left on Martha's Vineyard. All of it is detrimentally impacted to some degree or other. So we've got our work cut out for us to slow or improve the direction things are going."
Other shellfishing areas on the Island remain safe at the moment, and Sengekontacket is still safe for swimming and boating.
But the future looks complex and difficult, particularly for Sengekontacket where previously, on a good day in summer, 100 or more people could be seen clamming.
There may be one small, silver lining for year-round residents, if not for summer visitors. In the fall, when some of the birds move on and the water temperature falls, along with the bacterial count, there is likely to be some very good shellfishing to be done on the pond. | <urn:uuid:5e1c1763-d519-4e5d-a181-d6002d1e90b1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://mailto:library@mvgazette.com/news/2007/07/20/closed-shellfishing-sengekontacket-pond-discussion-begins-ernest | 2013-06-19T18:59:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.958092 | 1,442 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Secretary Linda Carlisle today spoke at a Congressional briefing for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) concerning how libraries support the workforce. State Librarian Cal Shepard was also in attendance. Sec. Carlisle was introduced by Sen. Kay Hagan. Following are excerpts of Sec. Carlisle’s remarks.
In January of 2009, I was appointed Secretary of the N.C. Department of Cultural Resources by Gov. Bev Perdue. Her number one priority, given the state of the economy, was of course, jobs. She encouraged all of her Cabinet to “think jobs” and to look for meaningful ways to collaborate.
Sec. Linda Carlisle with Sen. Kay Hagan at today’s IMLS Congressional briefing.
In one of my first meetings with our State Librarian of North Carolina, I heard reports of increased demand from job seekers at public libraries across our state. One of the best examples is rural Duplin County in eastern North Carolina.
The local employment security commission in Duplin County did not have enough workstations to accommodate the demand so they turned to the public libraries and encouraged people to use their resources. As a result, patron computer use increased dramatically from October 2008 to February 2009 compared to the previous year, with an average increase across the five system libraries of 117.4%. The main branch in Kenansville saw a 409% increase in computer usage over that same time period.
Those numbers, and others like them around the state and indeed around the nation, spurred us to ask ourselves how our libraries could be part of the solution, helping our citizens at a significant time of need, as a workforce development tool. This included helping folks create resumes, giving assistance in navigating job searches online, even showing people, many of whom had never used a computer, how to fill out an online application.
Cultural Resources and the State Library of North Carolina worked with our state’s Employment Security Commission, and the N.C. Department of Commerce – all three agencies shared in funding for the project, with the State Library providing the training resources.
Our State Library Development section organized 9 Job Search workshops around the state for public library staff, co-presented by state library staff and local partner organizations. Nearly 300 librarians were trained statewide.
The project became a national model. Following our success in North Carolina , the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) requested that our State Library work with WebJunction to develop a national project based on the work we had done in North Carolina. The result was Project Compass, linking libraries nationwide in order to share strategies for helping unemployed patrons find work.
Project Compass featured regional summits where state library officers could share best practices on meeting the workforce needs of their communities, developed a national “Job Search Toolkit,” and provided training and training resources to public library staff across the United States. More than 2,000 library staffers were trained through in-person workshops in 38 states. There were also two online workshops for staffers from 22 states.
Our public libraries have always been an important part of their communities, providing a wide range of programs and support. However, one of the important things learned during this time has been that our libraries continue to play a critical role in the lives of our citizens – including assistance with meeting basis human needs, such as getting a job!
The wonderful North Carolina writer Robert Morgan once wrote, “A library is richer than Fort Knox and everybody has the key.” Not only do citizens have that key to our public libraries, but we also believe in giving job seekers the key to their future.
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Congratulations to my friends Scott & John on being praised by noted drug magazine Rolling Stone! And congratulations to me for having somehow wormed my way into Scott’s writeup, a moment I will treasure! - Paul
The Pod F. Tompkast, Episode 17: Who’s Worse, Our One Listener or All Birds? The Great Undiscovered Project Has Gone Fishin’. “Sounds Fun!” with John Hodgman (recorded live at San Francisco SketchFest 2012). Are You Ready To Go Back To Fake Titanic, Jen?
See? This is what I’m talking about. The garbagey Skype chat between me and David Rees. How many cans and string make up my side of the video? The one with John Hodgman sounds like it was recorded at Skywalker Ranch in comparison.
I swear to God, I spent MONEY on my home setup. Rees is using the built-in laptop mic. Like a damned grandma. What is this sabotage? Is this what I can expect on that so-called “boat?” | <urn:uuid:c01b064e-3c49-4d0d-9ebc-1452f9df6127> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://paulftompkins.com/tagged/john+hodgman/page/2 | 2013-06-19T19:27:27Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.877823 | 224 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
It’s taken me a little while to upload my latest photos from this week, sorry about that. It’s the end of the semester, and I’m busy with school. I’m feeling pretty good about myself. I’ve done a lot in these last few days and I feel that my mathematical intuition has returned almost in its entirety.
In Analysis I, I’ve worked hard and spent a lot of time on problem sets. Since we’ve started with the study of mathematical series, I’m confident that I’ll do well in the last exam. I think that I’m maintaining a B+ average this semester. It’s not fantastic, but it’s a lot better than when I was in school the last time.
Also, I’ve had to reconsider my note taking system. I bought two 300 page spiral notebooks for my four courses at the university. The system isn’t working out. My notebooks are disintegrating. I’ve bought a compact accordion folder with 13 subjects. I’ve started taking notes on ruled sheets of paper instead. It makes things more compact and ergonomic.
At the same time, I’ve bought a Blueline A91 Lab notes book. It’s got 200 pages and has a solid binding. I’m using this as my research notebook, noting interesting things in mathematics. I’ve started out by writing review sheets for my Linear Numerical Algebra class. I plan on working with one of the professors on a little project during the summer.
It’s taken me a while to find the right writing pens. I’ve settled on a Staedtler triplus fineliner for the moment. I’ve used a set to write for most of the semester, but find that the tip recesses after a while due to my writing. The tip isn’t rigid enough. I bought a Pilot V10 Grip and was disappointed with it. Since I find that felt tip pens write a lot better, I’ll get a few Pilot V Razor Point Marker Pens next week. They should to the trick.
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For when I look like magnifying glass at the gray strand invasion and watch my aunt, Alopecia bald, walk beauty out of the bathroom,
For when I wonder how to send my daughter to Jamaica and checks come in the mail with the message, “We are honored to give and we’ll cover the rest,”
For words said wrong in the midst of blurry moments and the way they humble, open doors for healing conversations,
For the story told in my living room this week, of a teenage girl who gave up her son and the couple who adopted him. The way they find each other, embrace tearful, calm the wonderings of twenty-eight years,
For the way a family member said these words fifteen years ago, “We wondered if you would be a good mother,” and how they stick ugly; the declaration of an uncle to me this week, “We are so glad you are in our family.”
For the years of living under the uncertain cloud of alcoholism in a parent and the way a friend says, “You are the only one I know that understands how I feel, thank you.”
For when guilt looms for not doing enough for my man and he texts to say he wishes to spend the day with me.
For when I question the message at the click of publish and someone on the other side of the world responds, “This is just what I needed today.”
For the way He takes our grit and redeems it for His purposes.
Our grit: granules of exposed beauty in the spoken and silent words of collected experience. Because redemption looks beautiful on everyone and for this, I am thankful for the grit.
Finally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is honorable, whatever is just, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is commendable, if there is any excellence, if there is anything worthy of praise, think about these things. What you have learned and received and heard and seen in me—practice these things, and the God of peace will be with you. (Philippians 4:8-9 ESV)
How has He redeemed your grit this week?
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Only two years ago Corey Patterson was playing ball for Harrison High in Kennesaw, Ga., which is why the cautious Cubs didn't intend to invite him to spring training this year—until manager Don Baylor requested it. Though he looks like a leadoff man—he's 5'10" with superior speed—the lefthanded hitting Patterson has the kind of power to be Chicago's No. 3 hitter for years to come. The only question is how long the Cubs can resist keeping him out of the big leagues, especially when the only centerfielder on their roster is journeyman Damon Buford. According to one member of the Chicago hierarchy, you can bet Patterson will be at Wrigley before his 21st birthday in August. | <urn:uuid:242060bc-6794-483b-bb40-097a01bd9708> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1018747/index.htm | 2013-06-19T19:12:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974805 | 151 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Thank you soooo much for all the congratulatory comments on my new 5k PR!!! They made the smile on my face even bigger :D Don’t get too excited though. It’s gonna get beat again :P
I was pretty spent last night. I think it was a culmination of my early mornings at work and the hard effort in the race. I conked out at 9:20-ish and woke up to the sound of my alarm at 5:30 am. That never happens.
I was actually pretty pumped when my alarm went off though, because I was getting up for spin class! I was nervous my legs may be a little too stiff for it, but it was actually my heart that was having the trouble! I find with cycling, my weak leg muscles are what always hold me back. Conversely, with running, it’s my cardiovascular ability that limits me. So it was odd to have that reversed today.
Or the RPM class at my new gym just kicks my butt :P
I came home sweaty and endorphin-ated, and whipped up a homestyle breakfast.
Two eggs on whole wheat toast, with pan-fried purple potatoes and onions.
I never do sunny-side up. Instead, I keep the yolk intact, but flip it over in the pan so the whites cook through. Then I pierce the yolk on my toast…
…spread it around like buttah…
…put the egg back on top…
It makes my belly happy :)
Work was uneventful, with pretty standard eats. I spent the day in a courtroom. My butt does not like the pew-like benches in there. Would it kill them to put in some cushions??
Dinner was fabulous, despite some electricity malfunctioning. Apparently, one wall cannot handle having a light, microwave, and plug-in kettle going all at once. Duly noted. Shout-out to Ellie who helped me figure out how to fix a blown fuse via Twitter!
Spring rolls filled with tofu strips sautéed (not microwaved) in Braggs and sesame oil with raw zucchini. Plum sauce for dipping, and some not-so-purple purple green beans in more Braggs. Luuurrrved it!
Many of you probably know that this is my first September not returning to school. I graduated in journalism/communications last May. I’ve been up on my old campus a few times since school started last week selling old textbooks. I have to say, I loved university. I went to a small liberal arts school, filled with inspiring professors and a wonderful community atmosphere. Being back up on that campus really makes my heart hurt.
I try to be strong and pretend like I’ve enjoyed the transition from school to full-time work. But it’s been hard. I have no desire to return to school right away, but it has been a huge life change for me.
I started my full-time job two weeks after my last exam. So I really had no transition period. It’s just weird to be at work every day, and having to dedicate all my efforts to just one job. Of course, now that I’m in my new place, living all by myself, this change in lifestyle has only been magnified.
Part of my difficulty in transitioning has also been that the majority of my friends moved away when school finished. I work in an office where I am sometimes the youngest person by decades. So my social life has taken a bit of a hit as well.
I keep telling myself that I’ll adjust. I’ll eventually find my own group of people, settle into my new solo apartment, and become more comfortable with my work schedule. I just never expected it to be this difficult. I guess there’s no point to this story. I just had to be honest and get it off my chest! It’s something I’ve been thinking about a lot lately ever since school started again. Change is hard!
Question of the day: Did you go to university? What did you study? If not, what would you study? I’ve been debating going back for law, but I know a lot of law students who are trying to talk me out of it :P
Bonus question: What’s your favourite way to eat eggs?
I guess the upside of not being a student is that I have no school work to do. So I’m off to go be lazy and read magazines in bed ;) Lator gators! | <urn:uuid:a4b5a89c-c4d6-4f72-ad02-d05aabe92076> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://thegreatbalancingact.com/2009/09/14/ch-ch-changes/ | 2013-06-19T19:05:13Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974758 | 957 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Dr. Manny: Don't jump to hasty conclusions
Dr. Manny Alvarez on mental health in America
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- Date Dec 18, 2012
Dr. Manny Alvarez on mental health in America
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Manny now who's been kind enough to join us in the studio here we've been talking a lot of bad to.
The question the question -- -- did this happen.
There were media reports stoked to Manny early on that Adam lands of the twenty year old shooter.
May have suffered from a -- that is cinnamon but -- was it was just saying to one of our guests that.
There are millions of kids -- -- that is they don't do this.
You can get it may have been a contributing factor I guess -- we shouldn't point the finger at that we should put the finger at anyone -- I guess well you.
Do you noted that diagnosis is a much burgers came in the in the news as hearsay.
Apparently the father said that he had been diagnosed with -- But the funny part of it is an analogy is looking at their latest reports and there's really -- medical records available but part of -- He was not in any medication that they could find.
And and it's very funny because when a child is in the spectrum very early in the game.
You know they get proper.
You know they get proper classification they get intervention they get.
A slew of different things even had the school system.
And I haven't seen any evidence to suggest that you know -- that kid was withdrawn.
From school -- back into the home of the age of eleven I believe so since the age of eleven he's been sequestered at home.
You don't -- being taught in school that to me is never than normal pattern.
All somebody who -- in the spectrum and again I keep and I wrote an article about this yesterday.
That you know would too early to jump the gun -- Asperger's syndrome it is very well defined.
These are very high functioning individuals with high -- They tend to have -- and communication problem.
They're a little shy.
But they're very loving and once you orchestrated plan to behavior.
That allows them to open up.
That behavior changes and then you know -- the fully get integrated.
Into our society.
There are a lot of people properly that you know that have signs and symptoms -- of Asperger's syndrome.
So I'd -- -- -- yesterday -- to be very cautious about jumping the gun.
That is what this is spectrum disease.
There -- of precipitating factor because we still don't know so many things about this killer.
Yup very good very good point I did get asked that is -- become the comes within the spectrum of autism is that right it.
It was just recently he was removed from the from the book that is utilized -- the latest revision that that really looks -- the classification in the spectrum.
You know Asperger's -- -- very close to.
Pervasive developmental disorders.
This is where there's a delay in the cognitive communication aspect of that behavior.
As of recent they have removed that -- early.
And it's no longer in the spectrum.
You know it's a you could tell very early on you know and let's say a year and a half.
You know my son is -- this thing you know by year and a -- I knew that.
There was something fought through so by a almost close to -- -- -- we really had made a diagnosis that he was that he had autism.
And very early on you know we started with -- early intervention.
-- -- tends to be a diagnosis that many kids do not show up.
And only when they get to being that middle school age when they now have to be in the classroom -- that or they have to go from one class in a classroom to the other.
You see that the shy -- -- come into play and they get withdrawn because they they don't feel comfortable.
And sometimes that diagnosis is made right -- and there.
But he's a big and that pattern of this killer and it doesn't fit -- mold to me.
Things that we have read in regards to his lack of pain and lack insensitivity.
We know that there's a lot of autistic children.
That through the expression of touch you know -- many kids with autism have hyper sensitivity.
Saw the beginning when you get diagnosed you know the have difficulty for instance was certain -- in their mouth.
With food and sometimes you have to -- -- the food.
You know that's a sense of this nation type of problem.
It's not become a problem that is being described.
On this killer that you know he you know he would cut himself and not feel any pain.
That talks to me about a different tied.
Of maybe psychiatric disorder that is not part of -- -- this.
Being a lot of talk in the wake of this that we need to do aside from autism fast food is the -- -- question of mental health that we need to do more in this country.
To help those with mental health issues what's your view on that.
My view is that we have created this epidemic.
Who America and around the world we have dropped the ball big time when it comes to mental health you know back in the days in the 1970s.
Mental health was a big of a big issue there -- hospitals dedicated to it they were floors and hospitals.
And because of the financial downturn and healthy over the last fifteen years.
That every hospital in this country has cut out from his budget mental health services.
Calgary -- almost every hospital so you basically have.
Now hospitals and say look we cannot afford to have in the -- of psychiatry.
So they have centralized in other words you can go you know you may be taken to the emergency room within an anxiety attack -- deciding to tackle.
And they are allowed to keep you in the emergency room for maybe 1218 hours.
But then if you need admission you have to be -- off to another.
And therefore it you know everything gets lost in translation.
And did the talk therapy which is very important.
You know I I see a psychiatrist because I believe that talk therapy is important.
In allowing me to communicate especially feels like myself that I know -- I'm -- very complex deal of high risk obstetrics work.
You see pain and suffering every day he gets do you have to awhile.
Talk therapy has been eliminated.
Again it it becomes an economic challenge the doctors say you know what I'm I'm not I can't spend an hour talking to a patient about their feelings and their emotion.
-- -- will you know get my 32 dollars and write a prescription for prozac that does not help parental -- out.
That is what -- over prescribing in terms -- hope it's a number.
Prozac all of these medications basically.
It's that the number one millions of prescriptions annually when he comes to things like -- -- all off.
Anti anxiety medication that's basically what we -- the mental health is much deeper than that.
Because you have to get some times to the root of the problem and we have eliminated and therefore that's what you have a lot of these wandering people around there.
With with incredible -- debilitating personalities it's.
-- -- -- Do we can only hope that if any good can come out of this perhaps it's a renewed focus on the admin -- -- to Manny Alvarez senior managing health editor of -- -- dot com.
And -- -- article on.
Not jumping to any conclusions about any of this and in particular.
With regard to Asperger's.
Is that foxnews.com.
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Size Matters? An Insecure Croc's 'Tail of the Tape'
Poor, poor Croc. It's tough enough to be a domesticated reptile trying to date and mate with the wet dudettes of your swampy species. But it's quite another, apparently, to be saddled with insecurities about, um, "tail size."
PEARLS BEFORE SWINE's Stephan Pastis has been swimming in these edgy waters all week, and somewhat to my surprise, I've heard not even a whiff of complaint or consternation among oft-easily spooked newspaper comics editors. These are typically a breed, you understand (and by "breed," I refer to editors, not crocs, though both can be cantankerous), who must worry when a cartoonist invokes a playground word such as "sucks." Or who must get itchy "kill" fingers whenever a strip shows anything less chaste than twin beds and a conjugal foot on the floor at all times.
Then again, as such cartoonists as Pastis and Jeff Corriveau ("Deflocked") have told Comic Riffs: Set your edgy action among animals and cartoonists can seemingly get away with a lot more. So there it is: Croc's dorsal doubts are the stuff of a "G" rating. As in: Go right ahead, Dinkytail!
And speaking of amorous animals taking measure of their manhood: I'm reminded of this laff-worthy (and award-winning) animated short about nimble water shrews in heat, titled "Our Wonderful Nature," from the good folks at Aniboom.
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CANDORVILLE: Darrin Bell has told 'Riffs that the character of Susan is inspired, at least somewhat, by his wife. That would explain why in today's third panel, Susan is drawn with such elegant detail and graceful line that it feels as if a real-life physical model was at work -- or at least firm in Darrin's mind's-eye while at the table.
MARK TRAIL: So Mark Trail barrels into one of the camera thieves. This body blow, if memory serves, is mighty reminiscent of when Ken recently was barreled into by the Rogue Pet Deer of Marital Jealousy. Wethinks this pose must be on an autopilot -- if not "auto-plot." (You can view the earlier RPDOMJ image here.)
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Are you ready for the giant leap?
Help the crew of the Helios mission to land safely on the Moon. Test your skill in landing the lunar module in the steepest craters or on the most impervious mountains in this great tribute to the original Atari Games' Lunar Lander. The more you land in safe areas, the better score you get, but if you make the lunar module crash, your score will be halved... and remember: pay close attention to the fuel indicator!
- Vector graphics, like good ol' games!
- 8-bit sounds, like good ol' games!
- Sadistic difficulty, like good ol' games!
- Beat your friends' highscore, like good ol' games!
... and much more:
- Many types of randomly-generated terrain.
- Simple and accurate touch controls.
- Tutorial with navigation in endless space!
That's one small step for man...
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April 01, 2013 New version 1.3
March 31, 2013 New version 1.2
March 31, 2013 New version 1.3
March 27, 2013 New version 1.2
February 15, 2013 New version 1.1
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APK Engineering is a complete electronics system design
house, specializing in microprocessors and embedded processors,
with expert designers in architecture, integrated circuits, analog,
digital and software. APK's strengths are in the ability to define
and specify a system, perform the detailed design, construct and test
the prototype and deliver a system ready for maufacturing. This way
we cover all sub tasks and design types.
Delivering working hardware is APK's botton line. The success
of APK Engineering is based on a project philosophy that combines
meticulous engineering, solid planning, precise project execution,
an experienced design team, and in-house quality assurance programs.
Being an IBM Microelectronics' Design Center for Southern California
is a testament to APK's ability.
That's why APK Engineering produces state-of-the-art electronic solutions at a cost-effective price.
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Daily News Archive
From October 20, 2005
Ruling on Pesticide Warning Labels More Strict
The original ruling also required that stores selling the pesticides put signs up so that consumers are aware of the potential hazards. The notification process was originally the responsibility of a pesticide industry group, CropLife, however it soon became apparent that there was little compliance. In July, a review of local retailers, including Home Depot and Wal-Mart, was conducted. The review found that only one out of eight stores in the area had posted the signs.
In response to the poor execution of the rulings, Judge Coughenour has stiffened the requirements. According to an article in Oregon Based Paper The Register-Guard, the Judge is now requiring the EPA itself to “send letters about the policy to retailers in urban areas with more than 50,000 people, and to provide the stores with a list of the chemicals and the products that contain them.”
The new ruling also requires the EPA to post off of the information on their website. Previously this job was also given to the pesticide industry, which posted the information on a website that was difficult to navigate and directed visitors to the information through a path of promotional materials.
The court ordered warning applies to all stores in urban areas of 50,000 people or more in Washington, Oregon, and California. Additionally, the EPA must consult with the plaintiffs (the Washington Toxics Coalition, the Northwest Coalition for Alternatives to Pesticides (NCAP), and the Pacific Coast Federation of Fishermen's Associations and the Institute for Fisheries Resources), regarding the development of notices to retailers. The EPA is then required to file a status report with the court within 60 days.
NCAP fully supports
the decision to stiffen the ruling, commenting that it will educate consumers
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news & events
Bon Secours Virginia Health System response to Sisters’ Accident
Bon Secours Virginia Health System and the Sisters of Bon Secours join the Benedictine Sisters in asking for prayers for all those involved in Sunday's tragic accident.
Our own Sister Charlotte Lange was recently involved in the serious car accident. On Sunday August 1st, Sr. Charlotte, along with Sr. Denise Mosier and Sr. Connie Ruth Lupton were struck in a head-on collision. Sadly, Sr. Denise lost her life at the scene of the accident. Sr. Charlotte and Sr. Connie Ruth remain in critical yet stable condition in a northern Virginia hospital.
Those who know Sr. Charlotte know her as a compassionate being; someone whose very presence lifts spirits. Sr. Charlotte is well-known around St. Mary's Hospital, the entire Bon Secours Virginia Health System and the Richmond community as an upbeat ray of sunshine. We know her enduring faith and warm heart will provide her strength in the coming days.
At this time, we invite our community to visit our Facebook page and offer healing thoughts and prayers as well as stories that honor Sr. Charlotte and Sr. Connie Ruth. We also invite comments of remembrance for Sr. Denise. | <urn:uuid:857932e6-7006-4b2b-9d6d-d8fbbe41f2bd> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bonsecours.com/news-and-events.html?newsID=2546AD2B-561C-4806-A364-0BEB082396F1 | 2013-06-19T19:04:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944811 | 250 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The companies that are Active C2C-CC Members are required to pay yearly C2C-CC Financial Contributions and special rates to provide the necessary financial funding of the CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium. Small and medium enterprises (< 250 employees, annual sales < 50 Mio. Euro, yearly total assets < 43 Mio. Euro) have to pay a reduced special rate fixed by the Steering Committee. Furthermore all Active C2C-CC Members actively support the C2C-CC Activities, nominate experts for Committees if applicable and nominate experts for at least one of the Working Groups providing a working contribution towards reaching the C2C-CC Objectives.
Every Active C2C-CC Member is required to
- support the mission and objectives of the CAR 2 CAR Communication Consortium actively.
- be an outstanding company/organisation in the European market:
- either a European company or European division of an international company that is active in road vehicle production.
- or a subcontractor of the above developing and producing safety and efficiency relevant systems based on ad-hoc communication.
- or a European research organisation doing research and development in the field of road transport related ad-hoc communication systems and related vehicle or infrastructure electronics and/or doing research and development of active road safety and driver assistance systems.
- provide self-financed expert manpower to the Working Groups.
- support and contribute to the planned C2C-CC Demonstrators and events.
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IMSAI Score update/Spare BYTEs/Got an Altair too
ard at p850ug1.demon.co.uk
Sat Jun 4 16:50:44 CDT 2005
> By the way, the power supply, so far, has tested fine. I'm going to look
> for any ripple with the scope later today. I've never done that test --
> should I DC or AC couple the scope for that test?
AC coupled. That's really what AC coupling is for -- you want to ignore
the steady DC level (of several volts) and look at the (hopefully) much
smaller AC ripple on top of it. To do that you need to turn up the Y
sensitivity on your 'scope, and unless you have a differential comparator
input or something, you won't be able to keep the trace on-screen with DC
Don't worry too much about ripple on an S100 supply. The S100 supply is
not regulated -- the regulators are on each of the boards (the 8V input
is designed to be regulated down to 5V, etc). The regulators should take
care of small amounts of ripple on the backplane supply lines.
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Bad Habit: Not sticking to a budget.
How to Break It: Creating a budget may sound like a drag, but its actually super easy, says Alexa von Tobel, CEO & Founder of LearnVest.com just follow the 50-30-20 rule: 50% of your money goes to necessities (rent, utilities, health care, groceries, etc.), 30% is for fun indulgences (a new motorcycle jacket, tapas and mojitos with the girls, a weekend trip with your man), and 20% is put towards savings and debt repayment (if you have no debt, save the entire amount). Then, sign up for Mint.com, a free website that automatically and securely connects to all your bank accounts and shows you how much youre spending in each category, recommends Catey Hill, author of Shoo, Jimmy Choo! The Modern Girls Guide to Spending Less and Saving More. Bonus: Mint also sends you reminders when its time to pay a bill.
Bad Habit: Splurging on stuff you dont need.
How To Break It: The good news: You found the perfect pair of sexy summer wedges. The bad news: They cost half a months rent. When youre faced with a temptation, put it to the need vs. want test. Ask yourself, Do I need a new blouse for work?, Do I need to take a cab home, or is there a cheaper safe option? or in this case, Do I really need sandals this expensive? If the answers no, then step away from the shoe rack! Were not trying to be a buzzkill here, so if youre pining for it a few days later, reconsider whether you can make it work into the 30% of your budget set aside for guilty pleasures by sacrificing something elselike dinners outfor a bit.
Think you still wont be able to resist? Try going on a cash diet, says Hill. Every week, take out just enough money to last you the next seven days, leave your credit cards at home, and only use cash. (But dont carry massive amounts of money in your pursetake what you need for the day and put the rest somewhere safe at home.) It forces you to regulate your spending so you can make it through until the next withdrawal.
Bad Habit: Overdrafting on your checking account.
How to Break It: Theres nothing more annoying than being hit with a ridiculous overdraft feethe median charge is $27, even if youre only pennies over your balance. You have two options to avoid this: a) Tell your bank to turn off the overdraft capability on your account, so its impossible for you to spend money you dont have. b) Check out FindaBetterBank.comit matches you with a bank with the lowest fees around, and you can set up text and e-mail alerts that let you know when youre in the danger zone.
Bad Habit: Not saving enough money.
How to Break It: No one likes to think about it, but the reality is, bad luck can strike every once in a whilelike losing your job or getting in a car accident. Protect yourself by setting up an emergency savings account. Stash at least 6-9 months of your overall expenses in there so you have a buffer just in case, recommends von Tobel. That way, if something happens, youll have a good amount of time to get back on your feet without scrambling for cash.
Bad Habit: Forgetting about your 401K.
How to Break It: Retirement seems so far away, but putting money aside for it now is one of the most important things you can do to set yourself up for later. Find out if your employer matches any contributions to your 401K (an employer-sponsored retirement account that comes from your pre-taxed paycheck) and contribute at least that muchits like getting free money! If your employer doesnt, consider an Individual Retirement Account (similar to a 401K, but not employer-sponsored) or Roth IRA (retirement account thats already taxed).
Heres why its so key to sign up in your 20s: if you put in $1,000 a year starting at age 25, youd be sitting pretty on more than $300,000 by the time youre 65. But if you start at 30, youd have $200,000, and starting at age 35 lowers that number even more to $130,000, which is serious money to lose out on, says von Tobel.
Bad Habit: Ignoring your credit score.
How to Break It: Your credit rating is the only grade that matters after you graduatethat number affects whether you get loans, hired, approved to live somewhere, and more. It should ideally be above 760, and you build your credit by never missing a payment on anything. Head to CreditKarma.com to get your free credit score in under 2 minutes, says von Tobel.
Sources: Alexa von Tobel, Founder & CEO of LearnVest.com; Catey Hill, Author of Shoo, Jimmy Choo! The Modern Girls Guide to Spending Less and Saving More
These days theres more than one way to feed your Cosmo fix. You can get your subscription to the print magazine as you always have, or if youd prefer to get it sent to you as a digital edition to read on your iPad, tablet, or Nook, weve got you covered. And, when you just cant get enough Cosmo, well give you even morecheck out our Sex Position of the Day app for your iPhone or Android-enabled device. Now hows that for a turn-on?
Whether you've just met your man or are long-term loves, this guide deciphers the meanings behind his actions. | <urn:uuid:75ecb6f2-4146-4df8-bc8f-91c537488d3e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cosmopolitan.com/advice/work-money/money-mistakes-women-make | 2013-06-19T19:05:56Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.922501 | 1,197 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
A man claiming to be an airline employee has been arrested after attempting to scam holiday travelers into purchasing travel credits, Hermosa Beach police said Monday.
Jian "David" Huang, 39, of San Ramon was arrested on Nov. 29 by undercover Hermosa Beach police detectives after allegedly attempting to con a victim into purchasing airline credits purchased on stolen credit card information.
Huang obtained the stolen credit card information while working at a property management company, Hermosa Beach police Detective Mick Gaglia said in a statement.
Police were first contacted on Nov. 17 by a victim in Hermosa Beach claiming he had contacted Huang through a classified advertisement placed on a website.
Huang, who used a posting headlined "Unrestricted airline credit for half off," claimed to be an airline employee selling unused credits.
The victim met with Huang at a coffee shop and paid $900 for the credits.
Police said Huang admitted to detectives he used stolen credit card numbers in the scam.
The suspect would meet with potential victims at coffee shops with Wi-Fi access,
Victims were given a confirmation number. But after the owner of the stolen credit would report fraudulent charges, the payment would be canceled.
It appears Huang targeted victims beyond the South Bay area, Gaglia said.
"He was all over the place," Gaglia said. "He wasn't just targeting the beach cities."
The victims typically were unaware the flight had not been paid for until they arrived at the airport, Gaglia said in the statement.
Huang typically referred to himself as David Huang or Jim Lee, police said.
Huang has been released by Hermosa Beach police and charged with identity theft and using a stolen credit card, Gaglia said.
Victims of Huang are encouraged to contact Hermosa Beach police Detective Michael Frilot at 310-318-0332 or email@example.com.
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The second birthday cake last weekend was for a soccer player turning 7. I have never made a ball-shaped cake, so I was a little worried it might end up not quite looking like a ball, but it was surprisingly very easy and took little time to put together. I used the wilton soccer pan and found a template online for cutting out the white/black fondant shapes to piece over the ball. The stitches were made using a toothpick. I think it turned out pretty good and I'm ready to make another one of these!
The ball pan can be used to make cakes other than sports balls - check out some of the fun ideas from Wilton. | <urn:uuid:037abd96-f9b6-439c-a202-6658d28d3269> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.deliciousmeliscious.com/2009/08/soccer-cake.html?showComment=1251441602613 | 2013-06-19T18:53:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978594 | 136 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Chamber of Commerce to install new Board of Directors
BARSTOW • The Barstow Area Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau will install its Board of Directors at a breakfast meeting today at the Hampton Inn.
The board’s three new members include, Caroll Randall as Vice President, Councilman Rich Harpole as a liaison to the City, and Sheena Delgado as a new board member.
Changes were due to term expirations according to spokesman Joseph Hisquierdo.
Chamber members were nominated and listed on a voter ballot, Hisquierdo said. Randall was appointed Vice President after receiving the highest number of votes and has previously served as the Chamber President twice before.
DeeDe Crigler, who was last year’s Board Vice President was appointed as president. She also serves in the community as the Executive Director of the United Way.
“I truly believe a better Barstow starts with me and that’s why I do what I do,” Crigler said. “I’m looking forward to an exciting year with our Chamber and Board. I think it’s going to be an incredible year.”
The remaining Board members are: Jeff Eason Sr., Andi Flores, Louise Miller, Robert Harroldsson and Gene Lowe.
The Chamber of Commerce and Visitors Bureau is a voluntary organization of businesses and professionals with interests in promoting commerce and tourism in the region. They currently have over 360 members including BNSF Railway Company, Alaska USA Federal Credit Union, Anytime Fitness, A Joyful Sound Music Store and Barstow High School to name a few.
The Chamber also works to connect the community and the military population at the Marine Corps Logistics Base and Fort Irwin.
“The chamber’s strength is in its membership, accomplishing together what no one business could do alone,” its website reads.
The Chamber of Commerce general membership meeting is held the third Tuesday of each month at 8 a.m. at the Hampton Inn and Suites in Lenwood and is open to the public. | <urn:uuid:e27b757b-3d79-454a-9ce5-a5c0d3a38f81> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.desertdispatch.com/news/directors-13917-install-barstow.html | 2013-06-19T19:20:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968237 | 437 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Liam Hemsworth Spotted Running Errands In Studio City, California
Miley Cyrus’ fiance Liam Hemsworth was spotted running errands in Studio City, California on February 10, 2013. Do you like Liam’s relaxed style, or do you prefer when he dresses up for premieres and other events he and Miley attend together?
Even though both Miley and Liam have been spotted with rings on their wedding fingers, Liam’s rep has released a statement that the couple are NOT married yet. We’ve also heard that Miley and Liam have picked a wedding date, but they aren’t ready to share it with the world yet! | <urn:uuid:8b8ab599-99fb-47ff-9d26-10df87282529> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.disneydreaming.com/2013/02/11/liam-hemsworth-spotted-running-errands-in-studio-city-california/ | 2013-06-19T19:19:48Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.960607 | 138 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
With its ill-fated love affairs, comic mishaps and shock
exits, the second series of lesbian drama Lip Service made for
must-see TV for many of us when it aired earlier this year. A
testament to its popularity, several hundred fans gathered in
Glasgow recently for the show's first official fan event and, as
you might expect, DIVA was there
As DIVA goes to press at the very end of July, the future of Lip
Service remains uncertain. Despite the evident popularity of the
show's first two seasons, there's been no news about the
commissioning of a third. "We haven't actually been told anything
by the BBC," says the show's creator, writer and executive producer
Harriet Braun, "although we do know that there are big cuts to the
budget at the BBC and particularly BBC Three and drama, so that
means it's very precarious. I can't say for sure but it certainly
hangs in the balance".
If the enthusiasm of the fans who made the journey to the show's
first official fan event in Glasgow is anything to go by, there is
certainly an appetite for a third series of the show's appealing
brand of lesbian-centric tragicomedy. Organised by Lee and Sarah of
Wire Media, and featuring Heather Peace (Sam), James Anthony
Pearson (Ed), Fiona Button (Tess) and Anna Skellern (Lexy) in its
line-up, along with show creator Harriet, the 15 July event was
attended by close to 300 fans, including some who made the trip
from lands as distant as Russia, Israel and Italy (and through the
rain from Edinburgh, someone later quips).
Needless to say, the show's future is foremost in the minds of
many - in one form or another. In the Q&A sessions that kick
off the event at the Glasgow Film Theatre, there are a number of
speculative "what if...?" questions both for Harriet and for the
four members of the cast in attendance, some of which elicit some
interesting narrative possibilities. What would happen were Frankie
to return from self-imposed exile in New York and bump into Sam,
for example? "I think they'd batter each other and have sex,"
Heather Peace offers, with typical candour. "They'd totally,
totally regret it, do you know what I mean, but I think it'd be one
of those." Food for thought, perhaps.
Read the rest of this feature in DIVA's September 2012
issue, on sale August 16.
Buy the new issue here at divadirect.co.uk
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Car guys are making a comeback and that's good news for the North American auto industry, said Bob Lutz, perhaps the industry's ultimate design guru.
"There's no question there's been a major change in direction in the past three years or so," said Lutz, who has worked for all of the Detroit Three automakers and now heads up his own communications company.
"Today, the most exciting designs and wonderful execution are coming out of the (Detroit Three) and that's because car guys are regaining control," he said Tuesday while at the North American International Auto Show press preview.
Lutz, who was largely responsible for such vehicles as the Dodge Viper, Pontiac GTO, Ford Sierra and Explorer, Chevy Malibu and Cadillac XTS among many others, said the three automakers are back to "putting value back into their vehicles and not simply taking out costs."
"You can't always make money by saving money, especially when there's so much competition in the marketplace," said Lutz, a longtime fan of vehicle designs which appeal to a driver's heart, not just the pocketbook. Lutz said he's encouraged by what he has seen at this year's show and that a general air of optimism is returning for perhaps the first time since the industry meltdown in 2008.
A greater emphasis on fuelefficient vehicles and alternative drivetrains is good news, said Lutz, but "whether or not consumers embrace these alternatives is almost beside the point. "They're largely being forced on the industry by government-mandated mileage standards, which is why we're seeing a vast range of combustion-engine alternatives. But ultimately, electrification of the industry is inevitable." | <urn:uuid:f27d08d0-ea07-410b-ab79-bc40d08fc12b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.driving.ca/calgary/research-car/news/Lutz+guys+regaining+control/5980110/story.html | 2013-06-19T19:29:36Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973197 | 344 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
As everyone knows, in our federal system of government most laws are enacted and enforced by the individual states. Burglary, murder, rape, larceny — all are defined, enforced and prosecuted by the state or local governments. Until recently…
The laws, evidence and procedures concerning drunk driving are increasingly coming under the control of the federal government. Over recent years, for example, the Feds have used the threat of withholding highway funds from states to force them to pass legislation championed by MADD. Thus, for example, South Carolina recently became the last state to cave in and adopt per se laws – driving with .08% blood-alcohol, even if sober. All states have also now adopted Automatic License Suspension (ALS) laws, the immediate confiscation by police of driver's licenses of those suspected – not convicted – of having over .08%. Again under federal/MADD pressure, almost all have passed zero tolerance laws lowering the blood-alcohol level to .01 or .02% for drivers under 21. And so on…
Even the evidence in DUI cases is increasingly being dictated by the federal government. Federal standardized field sobriety tests are being adopted across the country, and breath testing machines are now selected by state agencies from a list of federally-approved devices.
Eventually, as I've predicted in past posts (The Future of DUI), the federal government will simply federalize all state drunk driving laws, penalties and procedures — but, without the necessary law enforcement, court and jail facilities, they will still require the state to enforce those laws.
Consider a couple of news stories just within the past five days:
State DUI Policies Criticized
Seattle, WA. Nov. 24 – As Thanksgiving approaches, state law enforcement is preparing for a less-than-loved holiday tradition — drunken driving. But, according to the National Transportation Safety Board, the state's laws aren't up to the challenge.
An NTSB review puts Washington among the 25 states that have not made changes to combat drunken driving that the federal safety board has recommended.
Acting board Chairman Mark Rosenker was expected to chastise the states during a meeting Tuesday morning in Washington, D.C.
Chief among the NTSB complaints against Washington is the state's reluctance to allow police to conduct sobriety checkpoints.
Washington's checkpoint law was struck down as unconstitutional in the late 1980s, and the state does not use them…
The NTSB also faulted the state for allowing plea bargains for first-time DUI defendants, not impounding cars driven by all drunken-driving suspects and failing to create a statewide system of DUI courts aimed at repeat offenders.
NTSB: R.I. Not Doing Enough to Fight Drunken Driving
Providence, RI. Nov. 28 – Federal transportation officials say Rhode Island’s efforts to curb drunken driving are falling short.
The National Transportation Safety Board this week said that Rhode Island is one of the bottom three states in the nation when it comes to following agency recommendations to address drunken driving accidents and deaths.
The safety board developed 11 recommendations in 2000 for how states could reduce alcohol-related crashes and fatalities. Rhode Island has enacted just two of them. Only Michigan and Montana have enacted so few.
Gabrielle Abbate, executive director of the state chapter of Mothers Against Drunk Driving, said Rhode Island lacks legislative leadership when it comes to cracking down on drunken driving.
In the past, the federal government left the states to enact criminal laws, limiting its own jursidiction to those involving federal interests such as counterfeiting, espionage and civil rights. So, why the gradual takeover of DUI offenses?
MADD, with annual revenues of about $52 million, continues to apply media and lobbying pressure — but has moved beyond their state legislatures to Congress and federal agencies. And beaurocrats and elected representatives in Washington are just as frightened of MADD's witch-hunt as those in Sacramento or Albany. | <urn:uuid:70269d52-8a6f-4287-8aa7-fc88756bac64> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.duiblog.com/2008/11/28/here-come-the-feds/ | 2013-06-19T19:06:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.944443 | 809 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Description from Flora of China
Heleochloa Host ex Roemer.
Annuals, low growing. Culms ascending or prostrate, much branched. Leaf blades short, linear to lanceolate, flat or involute; ligule a line of hairs. Inflorescence a very dense panicle, spicate and cylindrical, or ovoid to capitate and then usually subtended by 1 or 2 inflated spathelike leaf sheaths with a reduced blade. Spikelets with 1 floret, strongly laterally compressed, disarticulating below the floret or rarely falling entire; glumes narrow, slightly shorter than lemmas, unequal to subequal, membranous, 1-veined, scabrid or ciliate along keel, acute or with a short awn-point; lemma lanceolate, membranous, 1-veined, awnless; palea similar to lemma, 1–2-veined, splitting at maturity. Lodicules absent. Stamens 2–3. Grain ellipsoid, pericarp free and sometimes swelling when wet.
Crypsis species occur mainly on periodically wet, often saline soils in semi-arid areas.
Nine to twelve species:centered on the Mediterranean region and SW Asia, but extending to C Africa and from Europe to China; introduced elsewhere; two species in China.
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This energy efficient desk lamp features a patterned canvas drum shade and a sleek brushed steel finish. An adjustable swing arm and an on/off switch on the base offer convenience. A diffuser at the top of the drum shade prevents glare. Printed with a special giclee process which allows for rich color and intricate detail, the canvas shade of this desk lamp features a striking pattern. This shade is custom made-to-order. U.S. Patent # 7,347,593.
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MALLORCA COUNTRY HOUSES : FINCA WITH SPECTACULAR COUNTRYSIDE & MOUNTAIN VIEWS ON 18,000 M2 OF LAND
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A country finca built to very high standards in an elevated position enjoying spectacular countryside and mountain views.
The 4 bedroom, 4 bathroom property sits on 18,000 m2 of land. It has a total constructed area of about 1,140 m2 including covered terraces of about 180 m2 and a large basement measuring about 480 m2, which is currently used as a garage and storage. There is an existing building of 50 m2 on the land that could be converted into an independent guesthouse.
Additional features include a garage for 12 cars and two wells.
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My first gaming expierience was Starfox 64 on the N64. Needless to say the N64 has been my favorite console. Mostly because it was the first console I ever owned, but also because of great games like Mario 64, Mario Kart, Starfox 64, Banjo Kazooie, Banjo Twooie, and Goldeneye.
To be honest I was never a zelda fan until I played Windwaker in 2004, since then I've played ( in order of which I fully completed) Twilight Princess, OOT. Majora's Mask, Phantom Hourglass, Spirit Tracks, Oracle of Seasons, the Original NES Zellda, Zelda 2, Links awakening, and I've just finished a link to the past. | <urn:uuid:7241816d-35c2-49e7-ae37-468ee8e57834> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gameinformer.com/members/trogdor915/default.aspx | 2013-06-19T19:12:34Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955641 | 173 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
| Global Times | 2012-7-31 23:20:03
By Yan Shuang
The iconic liquor served at the nation's official banquets, Moutai, has taken a blow as its retail prices reached a new low amid campaigns to tighten restrictions on government consumption of high-end commodities.
The drastic price drop coincided with weakened market demand for luxury items following an announced plan to publicize civil servants' personal assets, in what analysts say is a display of official determination to boost transparency and enhance government credibility.
A bottle of 53-degree Feitian Moutai is priced at 1,519 yuan ($238) by the Guizhou-based brewer but was sold for as high as 2,700 yuan in December last year in some major cities, due to robust demand and relatively low availability in the market. The product, however, could be bought at 1,300 yuan for bulk purchase in Beijing last month.
"Moutai has previously been a must-serve liquor at official receptions for higher level visiting officials but it's been removed from the table during the past few months," said a government employee surnamed Ma, who is in charge of official receptions at a government agency.
Ma said his organization purchases more than 100 bottles of Moutai each year for official banquets at a price of 600 to 700 yuan per bottle from designated suppliers.
Different liquors are served at receptions depending on the level of the visiting officials, he said, ranging from Moutai to cheaper local brews that are priced as low as 200 yuan per bottle.
A regulation passed by the State Council on June 13 that will take effect on October 1 stipulates that government departments are not allowed to purchase luxury goods or services that exceed the outlined standards.
The regulation, aimed at cutting government operational costs and deterring corruption, outlined restrictions regarding the "three public expenses," which refer to spending on official receptions, vehicles and overseas travel.
Officials who breach the regulation could face penalties or even be dismissed from office.
Analysts say the restrictions on government spending have had a significant impact on the high-end commodity market in China, with most of the costly liquors used in official receptions and other commodities often being purchased as gifts for officials.
"Serving Moutai seemed to be a tradition in official and commercial receptions, as its high price indicates social status," said Yang Qingshan, an expert on liquor and wine. Government agencies and the military are the major consumers of Moutai, he said.
The company said in an online statement that it has designated a total of 19,800 tons of varying types of Moutai liquors for distribution by other retailers throughout the country this year, which does not include Moutai's own sales networks.
Figures indicate that sales to the general public via retail outlets only account for a tiny fraction of Moutai's annual sales.
A Moutai wholesaler in Beijing told the Global Times that the price has been decreasing, and currently they sell a bottle of 53-degree Feitian Moutai for 1,480 yuan, a few hundred yuan cheaper than a few months ago.
The restrictions on the three public expenses have led to declining market demand, not only for high-end liquors but also for many other luxury commodities such as cars and clothing, Yang noted.
An Economic Observer report in June said that purchasing data showed a declining trend in luxury goods consumption on the Chinese mainland during the first quarter of this year.
Many luxury brands reported sales decreases or slower increases in the Chinese market compared to the same period last year.
Although government spending restrictions have resulted in declining market demand to some extent, experts say the overall economic situation, which is undergoing a slowdown, could be another reason for the decreasing appetite for luxury goods in China.
"People or companies who buy pricey goods as gifts to please officials or for business needs account for 40 percent of the overall luxury commodity consumers. High-end liquor and tobacco will be the most affected commodities, while luxury gifts might not be as seriously affected," said Zhao Zhongxiu, vice president of the University of International Business and Economics, who is also a consultant with the university's luxury goods research center.
He added that currently it is an "off-season" for both the purchase of Moutai and luxury gifts, and these commodities might see a slight increase in prices in September and October, when official visits become more frequent and people are busy procuring gifts.
"Overall, luxury goods consumption may not be affected by the restrictions in the long run," he said, "as detailed procurement records of Moutai and other luxuries are less likely to be publicized."
Zhang Yubiao, a National People's Congress deputy, said early this year that official receptions should avoid serving liquor or tobacco that costs more than 500 yuan, and expensive or rare food such as shark fins and bird's nests should also be banned from the table, the Beijing News reported.
A regulation released by the city government in Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, in July stipulated in detail that expensive foods, liquors and cigarettes were to be banned from official receptions. It added that government employees were entitled to a 60 yuan budget for each meal or reception, which could not be held in a star-rated hotel.
However, a detailed national regulation regarding government public spending has yet to be established. More than 90 central government agencies disclosed their "three public expenses" budgets in 2011 on July 19 by releasing data online, in a move that was hailed by many although some still claimed that the level of disclosure was insufficient.
"There's still a lot of government spending that is not included in their budget, which has been kept from public supervision," said Zhu Lijia, director of Public Administration Studies at the Chinese Academy of Governance.
A more detailed national regulation is urgently needed, he said, which should specify requirements such as the cost per person for official receptions.
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With just a week remaining to secure a vitally needed, strong and robust Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the negotiations hang in the balance. The ATT, as it is commonly known, was launched in 2006 when 153 governments voted at the United Nations to start work on developing a global arms deal to regulate the trade and transfer of conventional weapons.
In 2009, the UN General Assembly launched a time frame for the negotiations of the ATT, and we are now at the final negotiating conference, where a treaty will be created. Hopefully.
The Control Arms coalition, which includes Oxfam and dozens of other NGOs, is calling on the member states to deliver a strong and effective ATT to help save lives, prevent human rights abuses and protect the livelihoods of people around the world.
We are calling for a Treaty to be an international, legally binding instrument based on States' existing obligations under international law. It must establish binding criteria for analyzing international arms transfers on a case-by-case basis, and clearly determine when an arms transfer is prohibited. In practice, this should mean that a transfer of weapons will be stopped if there is evidence that the weapons are likely to be used for grave violations of international human rights, humanitarian law or will adversely affect sustainable development.
With less than one week to go, a number of progressive States are leading the charge, but a small minority are still trying to hamper things at every turn. A vast majority of States, such as Norway, Mexico and Kenya, are striving alongside campaigners and NGOs to secure the strongest possible Treaty, with a strong humanitarian dimension. But there are a smaller group of States who, whilst mildly supportive of a Treaty, are attempting to make damaging changes that would weaken the Treaty, such as removing ammunition or strong language on denying exports under certain criteria.
Finally there are States which, whilst unlikely to sign themselves up to any finished product, are trying to weaken any deal as much as they are able to.
Despite the enormous challenges being faced, optimism remains. In the last week we have seen some significant improvements in proposed sections, such as on the scope of a future ATT (what would the treaty cover), which as it stands covers everything from tanks to ammunition.
Even so, there are still significant omissions, such as consistent language that States "shall not" transfer weapons under the most serious criteria under the Treaty, or language on preventing corruption. In other areas language has been much too weak and much too flimsy for anyone to take seriously.
As the final date of the Conference on July 27 gets ever closer, there is an increasing willingness by States to aim at compromise to achieve a treaty. What is certain, though, is that States must not use the 'spectre' of consensus to conclude the conference with a weak treaty. At the moment, some are pushing 'compromise' or 'flexible' positions that are 'take or leave it', not allowing for much further negotiation. At the same time, a number of other States have demanded that the treaty not enter into force without the "major exporters and importers" (without giving a definition), or proposing a very high number of ratifications.
This merely serves to enhance the power of a select few States to decide on the final text of the treaty. Although a treaty with all 193 Member States signed up would be preferable, this must not be at the expense of a worthwhile treaty. A strong treaty can always achieve more signatures; a weak treaty will rarely be strengthened.
The ATT was never thought of as a just a 'trade' treaty, but a treaty whose objective must be to help prevent human suffering by preventing transfers including leading to serious violations of International Humanitarian Law and International Human Rights Law.
As the negotiations approach their final week, States must be bold and brave in pushing for a strong treaty including these components.
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MOUNT PLEASANT – Olivia Macfarlane (Delta, British Columbia) recently signed with the Iowa Wesleyan College women’s soccer program, Head Coach Ed Heberling has announced.
Macfarlane comes to IWC from Little Flower Academy in Vancouver, B.C., where she played five years of soccer for the Angels. A defensive player, Macfarlane also was the first recruit to sign with the Tiger women’s soccer program for 2009-10.
“The first reason I chose IWC was the way the team plays, the way (Coach Heberling) gives the freedom of the outside backs to move up, that suits my game perfectly,” Macfarlane said. “Also (the direction in which he) wants the team to go, what he expects of the players, and how team success not only happens on the field, but off as well.”
“Olivia will be a great addition to our program,” Heberling said. “She comes from a wonderful soccer background and enjoys being on the pitch. Her work-ethic and desire to play will lead her to success. I look forward to Olivia joining our team and give us some more talent and depth to better compete in the 2009 season.”
Recruiting continues for the 2009 women’s soccer season, and a full list of recruits joining the program will be made available later in the summer. The Tigers finished 4-14-1 last year.
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THE Open Championship proved a frustrating week for me on the golf course as I feel I played well enough to contend for the championship.
Unfortunately, my putting touch deserted me all week and missing from three feet at the last on Sunday to finish on +9 summed up my tournament.
In general though, it was still a good week and it was just a shame not to see Tom Watson finish it off, which would have made the week very special.
However, my game seems to be moving in the right direction, which I'm pleased about but still feel my results aren't reflecting how I have been playing.
I think I should have been closer to winning than I have, so there is still a lot to work on for the run-in to the season.
There haven't been any real highlights in recent weeks apart from shooting some low scores and getting my name on the leaderboards every week, which has been pleasing.
It was great to score three top 20 finishes in succession, starting with 4th place at the BMW Invitation in Germany.
Then, it was off to Paris the following week for the French Open, which is always going to be one of my favourite tournaments after my win there two years ago.
Again, I was fairly consistent and so quite disappointed to finish down in 13th place.
After that, it was off to Loch Lomond for the Scottish Open. A poor second round let me down and so I was fairly content to finish in 20th place in the end.
Overall, I'm still working hard on improving my fitness and fine-tuning my golf swing, which will hopefully all click together by the end of the season and stand me in good stead for the beginning of next season. | <urn:uuid:fcd0f937-4b46-4138-afad-e58077325c75> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.journallive.co.uk/newcastle-sports/golf-news/golf-north-east-aug-2009/2009/08/13/the-graeme-storm-column-61634-24435226/ | 2013-06-19T19:26:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.985772 | 355 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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|Mako Fall Invitational Results|| |
Oct 4, 2010
Congratulations to the following MAKO swimmers who won the Shark Award at our Fall Invitational!
|8 & Under Female||Shelby Cleal|
|8 & Under Male||Ben Nethery|
|9-10 Male:||Vincent Cleal|
|11-12 Female||Emily Grant|
|11-12 Male||Noah Carpenter|
|15-18 Male||Andrew Smith|
Let's all congratulate these swimmers. They will be receiving an engraved plaque next week.
The results have been added ot the team database and an HTML version is available in the results folder.
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Ethionamide Oral tablet
What is this medicine?
ETHIONAMIDE (e thye ON am ide) is an antibiotic. It is used to treat tuberculosis (TB). This medicine is used with other medicines and should never be used alone. It will not work for colds, flu, or other viral infections.
This medicine may be used for other purposes; ask your health care provider or pharmacist if you have questions.
What should I tell my health care provider before I take this medicine?
They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
an unusual or allergic reaction to ethionamide, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives
pregnant or trying to get pregnant
How should I use this medicine?
Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Follow the directions on the prescription label. Take this medicine with or without food. If this medicine upsets your stomach, take with food. Take your medicine at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed. Take all of your medicine as directed even if you think you are better. Do not skip doses or stop your medicine early.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. While this drug may be prescribed for selected conditions, precautions do apply.
Overdosage: If you think you have taken too much of this medicine contact a poison control center or emergency room at once.
NOTE: This medicine is only for you. Do not share this medicine with others.
What if I miss a dose?
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses. Tell your health care professional about all missed doses.
What may interact with this medicine?
This list may not describe all possible interactions. Give your health care provider a list of all the medicines, herbs, non-prescription drugs, or dietary supplements you use. Also tell them if you smoke, drink alcohol, or use illegal drugs. Some items may interact with your medicine.
What should I watch for while using this medicine?
Visit your doctor or health care professional for regular check ups. You will need blood work done regularly. Have your eyes examined as directed by your doctor.
If you have stomach upset, talk with your doctor. Do not stop taking this medicine. The side effects may get better with time.
You may get drowsy or dizzy. Do not drive, use machinery, or do anything that needs mental alertness until you know how this medicine affects you. Do not stand or sit up quickly, especially if you are an older patient. This reduces the risk of dizzy or fainting spells. Alcohol may interfere with the effect of this medicine. Avoid alcoholic drinks.
If you are diabetic check your blood sugar as directed. This medicine may lower you blood sugar levels. Talk to your doctor about what your blood sugar should be and when to contact them.
What side effects may I notice from receiving this medicine?
Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue
bruising or pinpoint red spots on the skin
changes in vision, with or without eye pain
confused, depressed, forgetful, restless
low blood sugar
tingling, pain, or numbness in the hands or feet
unusually sensitive to the sun
unusually weak ot tired
yellowing of the eyes or skin
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
change in sex drive or performance
loss of appetite
stomach upset, nausea, vomiting
swollen or tender breasts
This list may not describe all possible side effects. Call your doctor for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Where should I keep my medicine?
Keep out of the reach of children.
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13-18 Jun 12
We stayed at Short Stay, 13-18 Jun 12 in campground spot 6 in a Fifth Wheel. We have stayed here several times. Totally enjoy the area easy to take day trip into Charleston. The campground could use some updating but not totally non-enjoybale. There seems to be several rigs that are extended stay and has a lot of items stored outside that makes for unsightly campsite. The same Camphost is there and we have been going for two years now at least 10 stays total. She has not once came to greet us and ask if we need anything. We asked this past stay about getting assistance with the fire pit clean out. She stated go to the front office and ask them. What is the Camphost suppose to do if not assist and greet campers? We have stayed at several FM's and by far this is the WORST Camphost ever.
27-29 May 11
We spent two nights at Wateree this past weekend (27-29 May 11). We have stayed here several times in our 5th wheel Toy Hauler. We had spot 21 on the top, as always we were not disappointed. The entire staff here is awesome.
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The New York Giants will be going for their fifth straight win Sunday when they host the Pittsburgh Steelers at Metlife Stadium. New York is 12-2 SU and 10-4 ATS over its last 14 games.
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Pittsburgh's last 14 games and in 11 of New York's last 15 games.
Pittsburgh is just 1-7 ATS in its last eight games on the road and a monet-losing 1-5 ATS in its past six games as an underdog. [ Follow line updates and injury reports on Twitter ]
Those siding with the visitors in this matchup saw the Steelers listed as 4.5-point underdogs at shops such as . Meanwhile, the over under line for the matchup was at 47 over at Sportsbook.ag.
Power Rankings / Prediction:
The Power Rankings at OddsShark have the No. 4-rated Steelers taking on the No. 8-rated Giants in this contest. Handicapping models indicate a 33-27 win for the Giants on Sunday.
How They Match Up:
The game also pits New York's No. 3-ranked offense, averaging 29.2 PPG, against a Steelers defense that ranks No. 9 this week at 20.6 PPG. The Giants aerial game is averaging 282.1 yards per game, more than the Steelers secondary allows through the air, 182.6 YPG per game.
Defensively, the Steelers feature the league's No. 13-rated road run defense, allowing 96.8 yards per game. New York, meanwhile, ranks No. 10 in rushing offense at home.
Pittsburgh was a 27-12 winner in its last match at home against the Redskins. They covered the 4.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 39 sent UNDER bettors to the payout window. Pittsburgh comes off a game where it received a 3-TD performance from Ben Roethlisberger in defeating the Redskins 27-12.
The Giants were a 29-24 winner in their most recent outing on the road against the Cowboys. They covered the 2.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score (53) made winners of OVER bettors. The Giants grabbed a Week 8 victory over the Cowboys in their last game, winning 29-24 at Cowboys Stadium.
Pittsburgh Steelers Trends:
When playing in November are 5-5
When playing on turf are 6-4
After outgaining opponent are 6-4
When playing outside the division are 5-5
New York Giants Trends:
When playing in November are 4-6
When playing on turf are 8-2
After being outgained are 6-4
When playing outside the division are 9-1
A few Steelers at Giants trends to consider:
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Pittsburgh's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone UNDER in 10 of Pittsburgh's last 14 games
Pittsburgh is 14-6 SU in its last 20 games
Pittsburgh is 3-6 ATS in its last 9 games
NY Giants are 6-1 SU in their last 7 games
NY Giants are 5-1 SU in their last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 11 of the NY Giants last 15 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of the NY Giants last 7 games at home
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Garlic is a fundamental ingredient in international cuisine. With its characteristic pungent, spicy flavor that mellows and sweetens when cooked, garlic adds a distinctive aroma to a variety of dishes. It is also thought to have a number of medicinal properties. This article examines garlic’s interesting history, its cultivation and usage in the essential oil industry.
A species of the onion family, Alliaceae, garlic’s (Allium sativum L.) close relatives include the onion, shallot, leek and chive. A bulb of garlic, the most commonly used part of the plant, is divided into numerous fleshy sections called cloves enclosed in a thin, white, mauve or purple skin. Garlic has been used as both food and medicine in many cultures for thousands of years, but its origins continue to cause debate among horticulturists. While Allium sativum is thought to have descended from the species Allium longicuspis, which grows in south-west Asia, one theory suggests that wild garlic was first domesticated in the Kirgiz desert of southern Siberia.
Furthermore, there is evidence that garlic was placed in ancient Egyptian tombs as early as 5,000 years ago—King Tutenkhamen’s tomb was found to contain garlic. It also formed part of the diet of the Israelites in Egypt and of the laborers employed by Khufu to construct the pyramids. The builders were often paid in fresh garlic, in part to maintain their strength and stamina. Egyptian men were even reputed to chew on a clove after a night with a mistress so their wives would not smell a rival’s perfume. Meanwhile, numerous references are made to garlic in Chinese literature dating back to 2000 BC. Chinese sacrificial lambs were spiced with garlic to make them more appealing to the gods. It is also praised in ancient Sanskrit writings. Clearly, by 1500 BC, garlic was prevalent, having spread to virtually every civilization in Europe, Asia and North Africa.
Garlic is perceived as a warm weather plant. Indeed, it is easy to grow and can be cultivated all year round in mild climates. In cold climates, however, cloves can still be planted in the ground about six weeks before the soil freezes and harvested in late spring. Interestingly, many varieties will not succeed unless they experience a cold winter. This characteristic proved useful for Siberians during the last century as they could grow garlic and use it to pay their taxes. Today, garlic is grown globally, but China is by far the largest producer, with approximately 10.5 billion kilograms annually, accounting for over 77% of world output.
Over 450 strains of garlic have been identified, including many different subspecies, most notably hardneck garlic and softneck garlic. It is crucial to select the right kind of garlic for each country’s latitude as garlic can be day-length sensitive. Hardneck garlic is generally grown in cooler climates whereas the softneck variety is usually grown closer to the equator.
Garlic’s recognizable, powerful flavor is caused by phytochemicals which are produced when the plant’s cells are damaged. When a cell is broken by chopping, chewing or crushing, enzymes stored in cell vacuoles trigger the breakdown of several sulphur-containing compounds contained in the cell fluids. The resultant compounds create garlic’s sharp or hot taste and strong smell. Some of these compounds are unstable and continue to evolve over time. Among the members of the onion family, garlic has, by far, the highest concentrations of initial reaction products. This makes it much more potent than onions, shallots or leeks.
Garlic is widely used as a seasoning or condiment in many dishes around the world, including eastern Asia, south Asia, southern Europe and parts of Central and South America. The flavor, however, varies in intensity and aroma with the different cooking methods. It is also consumed directly in some cuisines. For example, in Eastern Europe, the shoots are picked and eaten as an appetizer, and elsewhere the young bulbs are pickled for three to six weeks in a mixture of sugar, salt and spices.
To produce garlic essential oil, the crude garlic bulbs are cut into pieces and undergo a distillation process. After this process, the oil, with its higher density, partially separates automatically from the water. A centrifuge is applied to remove any further water present within the oil. The oil is then cleaned and filtered to achieve the required quality. Table 1 and the GLC trace (Figure 1) highlight the varying levels of the main components of Chinese garlic oil. It can be seen that the oil contains particularly high levels of diallyl disulphide and diallyl trisulphide. These components give the oil its characteristic pungent garlic aroma.
With its distinct aroma, garlic is considered one of the most essential ingredients in international cooking. Its popularity has even led to dedicated garlic festivals in the United Kingdom and the United States. Clearly, these little bulbs, with their much debated and unusual history, offer a myriad of flavor opportunity and add an extra taste dimension to a wide range of food and beverage applications. | <urn:uuid:350fabef-c516-40e3-9fda-6828a98f20e3> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.perfumerflavorist.com/flavor/application/savory/85205602.html?mobi=y | 2013-06-19T19:13:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.948197 | 1,219 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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JEDDAH – A Saudi expert in food trade feels that Saudi Arabia will experience a decline in various commodity prices during the next two years as a result of the return of agricultural production to its previous status, the increase of the stock of agricultural crops, livestock and the recovery of the global market.
Marwan Hilmi, president of Marwan Global Trade and Import, said that the prices will decline significantly because of a wide range of factors, but it will not go back to what they were in the past, noting that the real hike of prices began in late 2008 and kept on rising.
Hilmi attributed the causes of high food prices to natural disasters that have occurred in the past years, such as rain, floods, hurricanes, earthquakes and forest fires, noting that these natural disasters have affected agricultural and livestock production very badly and in turn led to high wages of labor and the rise of oil prices which led to the high costs of transportation and also insurance costs.?“The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia imported 870,000 tons of meat and frozen and chilled viscera in 2011 from countries such as New Zealand, Australia, South America, North America, India and some European countries with an estimated value of SR7.63 billion. There are some challenges facing Saudi importers like the tough competition in the local market and a lack of resources resulting from natural disasters,” Helmi added.
During the Gulfood 2012, which was held recently in Dubai, Hilmi assured the Arab and international media that the Kingdom was not affected by the global financial crisis.“We were the first to import the meat of deer from New Zealand to Kingdom and other Gulf states. The deer meat is in high demand.” | <urn:uuid:5216c59c-9c82-49ce-b79c-9aaf258c9741> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.saudigazette.com.sa/index.cfm?method=home.regcon&contentid=20120326120398 | 2013-06-19T19:21:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368709037764/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516125717-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966826 | 356 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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For a patron of the La Plata Chick-fil-A, service did not stop once she left the restaurant.
Autumn McMahan was traveling from her North Carolina home to visit family in Delaware on Nov. 20 the Tuesday before Thanksgiving when she stopped at the restaurant with her two children. At the time, McMahan’s youngest child was sick, and while in the restaurant became fussy. In a rush to leave, McMahan left a diaper bag with her wallet in it dangling on a chair and proceeded on her trip north unaware until she discovered it was missing Wednesday evening.
“I had looked everywhere for it. I went through the whole car, and then I distinctly remembered last seeing it on the chair at Chick-fil-A,” McMahan said. “I called the restaurant, and the person I spoke with immediately offered to deliver it. I said, ‘Oh, you don’t want to do that, I’m in Delaware now,’ and so I gave my address and they said they would FedEx it. I didn’t expect to have it back until Monday.”
Wednesday evening, McMahan spent several hours in the emergency room at a local hospital with her son. The next morning, Thanksgiving Day, an exhausted McMahan was preparing to spend the day with family when there was a knock at the door.
“I was at my sister-in-law’s house, and we just looked at each other and said, ‘Who could that possibly be?’ and I just expected it to be a deliveryman,” McMahan said.
The reality was much different: McMahan opened the door to see John Flatley, the owner of the La Plata Chick-fil-A, standing on the doorstep with her diaper bag in his hand.
“I was absolutely just dumbfounded,” McMahan said. “I mean, what sort of person does that? It just so exceeded my expectations that someone would go above and beyond in that way. He had to have driven four hours, over toll roads and bridges, just to get it to me. I just thought it was nice that they had offered to even FedEx it.”
A week later, McMahan posted her story on the restaurant’s Facebook fan page, not expecting it to receive much publicity and simply wanting to share the story of a good deed.
The response was overwhelming.
As of Thursday morning, the post had received 5,209 likes, more than twice the amount of fans of the page, and 378 comments.
“I didn’t think it would get that much attention,” McMahan said. “I don’t use Facebook very often, and I think that was probably the first thing I’ve ever posted on a fan page wall. I was so glad to see how many people read it, and how many people want to just pay this good deed forward.”
Despite going above and beyond in this way, Flatley is modest and even deferential about his actions.
“This was a mom and her children, and she needed that bag. It just made sense,” Flatley said. “It’s just the way that we think here. It’s just what people do. I think any of my friends would have done the same thing. I’d do it again.”
Flatley said he is equally surprised by the attention that McMahan’s story has received.
“I’m reading the comments, and I’m encouraged by the people who say that they would do the same thing, or that this has inspired them to want to do something similar,” Flatley said.
McMahan’s story struck a personal chord with Flatley, who recalled a time when he was traveling to Philadelphia with his girlfriend at the time, and had car troubles along the way. A stranger from New Jersey and his family picked them up and drove them home, three hours out of their way.
“I remember asking him, ‘What can I do to repay you?,’” Flatley said. “He told me to just pay it forward one day and do the same thing for someone else in need when given the chance. I think God puts you in places where people need you.”
Another Chick-fil-A of La Plata employee, manager Ben Hanson, said he was not surprised by Flatley’s actions.
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I want to spin two ply yarn like Black Water Abbey yarn. Rather coarse - for Aran sweaters. I cannot seem to find the right fiber to begin my projects. All the wool fibers I have spun have been too soft and smooth. What can I do??
You probably will want to spin a harder yarn.
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Impz did three things well: establish a damn successful episodic blog operation, put together a still-thriving multiple author site, and catch too many people with his trap charms.
Today he will talk about the first success and those who want to take a plunge in this anime blogging hobby. The majority of the readers still enjoy blog posts on individual episodes of ongoing anime, and many new bloggers start with this format first, very few last. If you can learn the things Impz talks about here, you won’t fall into the trap of blogging into an abyss of no readers and no conversation. You’ll fall into a different trap altogether.
I had an old article previously about how to be popular in the anime blogosphere, and found myself being overly “politically correct.” The truth is that it is not as simple as that, and there are things that are more “unethical” or perhaps more deliberate than simply writing and praying for readers to flow in. It doesn’t work that way on the Internet, a capricious place for new bloggers to settle.
In all honestly, one has to understand that the hardest thing to do in order to climb the blogging ladder is to break through the ceiling to reach the critical mass of readers. Usually, most blogs don’t reach this critical mass. Rather than giving you a rehash of what I wrote (you can read it yourself), I rather mention what you need to do in the early days of the blog. I hope it will be useful, and there will be things that might turn some bloggers off. If you do, I apologize ahead of time. I will only discuss pertaining to Episodic blogs, because that is what THAT essentially is, and is my domain of expertise. I will leave the editorial part to Ghostlightning. This is hence a chronological list of things I will do before thinking about any blogging fame or even write anything.
DON’T go into episodic blogging without research
In an anime blogosphere where it is pretty much growing as we speak, it only makes sense for you to search out what are the top and most commented/frequent blogs out there. No one charges straight into a business without knowing their market, and it is the same as a blogger. You need to identify the strengths and niche of the episode summary blogs out there, and find out what is different from the top blogs and the ones that are not. What do they cover? What are they doing to make themselves relevant all the time? What are the features beyond the writing? What are the blog designs? How is the interaction between the reader and the blogger? If you never thought about all these things and went headstrong into it, you will most likely end up disappointed that your blog is not being frequently accessed despite all your efforts.
DON’T be a social recluse
Blog aggregators such as Ab.net’s personal antenna and Animenano are all good and dainty, but the truth is that you got to make yourself known to your target audience. No matter how you position yourself, you can always use some advertising and a hell lot if you are writing. I will say something first: I don’t believe anyone who is writing an anime blog can say that they don’t care about their readers. Everyone does; you can go write in your personal diary if you don’t. You got to build a personal relationship with the established bloggers, either through comments or even better through collaborations in order for people to know who you are or the esteemed blogroll. Twitter or MAL are also good ways of expanding your network.
That will, by the way, push you higher when people google search for certain anime. Do SEO as well, as your primary audience are not likely to be bloggers, but semi-casual anime viewers who find you through google or some other search engines. Learn to use proper keywords that will bring your readers to you and read what are the likely factors to push your blog up the search engine. Some bloggers consider this a sell-out. I say, do whatever you can, and let the writing be the determining factor and not because you didn’t do enough to tell people that your blog is existent in this world wide web.
I will say something that might not go well with some anime bloggers out there. There are many good writers there, way better than me. That is clearly without any doubt. However, there are very few good administrators who know how to take care of the technical and PR side of things. That is the missing link toward success and failure.
I am not advocating that you should orientate yourself toward a “numbers first” strategy. That is definitely the best way to screw up your blog, because you become a writer without a distinct voice. I am simply telling you to lay down the foundation that will facilitate the maximum number of visitors to your blog, so that your writing can take the hull. Without good writing, nothing works. However, without a solid foundation, an episodic blog will die off.
DON’T be the same 3356th episodic blogger
It’s always good to alert yourself or leech yourself onto certain blogs, and deliberately discuss something different from the established bloggers. All in all, you have to distinguish yourself. However, I will admit that only a small number of episodic blogs will succeed, simply because there are only a few permutations you can go about while writing a summary and your impressions every episode. Hence, this process of whoring becomes increasingly important simply because it will take some time, coupled with impressive writings and insights, for you to hit the critical mass. That is because episodic blogs in nature do not elicit many comments, and you usually see a big fat zero.
More importantly, you have to note what is missing that you can provide. I can give you three key points, “Speed”, “Niche” and “Engagement.” It’s either you write fast with the ability to watch raws so that those impatient viewers who want to know everything will visit your blog immediately. You really have to blog fast, quick and have great screen capture skills. Usually, it burns out 90% of raw watchers within a month. You can also identify a niche that you can position yourself, that you might find missing in the current episodic blogs.
Lastly, remember that you have to write with a personality. No one cares about writing professionally. I am not saying that you screw all resemblance of grammar. I am simply saying your writing must reflect a personality that allows people to join you in a conversation. I am not asking you to be a douchebag and force your views down your throat [might work in editorials though!]. This is a blog, not an essay writing contest. No one cares if you use superfluous English, but they do care about your views… in an engaging and simple way.
DON’T burn out.
Will you visit a blog daily that updates once per day or a blog that visits once per week? The answer is clear. That said, pace yourself. If you think you can afford the time to write 1 post per day, make it 1 post per 2 days. Usually, you have a healthy balance of things to write, and not suffering from burn out.
The activeness can be reduced when you get a good amount of viewership, which is particularly important for a blog which is solely focused on episodic entries. Editorial blogs have more leeway when it comes to posting frequencies. Also, don’t give 8 paragraphs of summary and 1 paragraph of thought. Remember what I said earlier, you have to think why people are likely to visit your blog. I doubt they are there to read your summary unless you are a raw viewer. If you can’t handle the momentum, recruit others, particularly those with a differing view.
DON’T be TL;DR
One of the major issues I find is the huge text dump by many writers without nice formatting in between. This is not an editorial blog where you can just keep writing and discussing everything without any concern for the formatting of the post. People come into episodic blogs with the likely expectation of a quick fix. I want to know what happens, I perhaps want to hear something I missed, and a lot of images to refresh my mind. I am not in here to read long discussions of stuff. That’s what editorial blogs do.
ghostlightning: How important are images in episodic posts? I find that the massive dumps provided by almost every blog superfluous, and at worst (as in the case of THAT) ruinous. It makes the blog posts here nigh unreadable to me. Is this really how you intended it?
I will say that it is not a game breaker whether to have massive image dumps or not for an episodic summary blog. At least I don’t think so, because it is up to each individual’s blogging style. Don’t be too shy about whoring yourself for readers. All in all, if I need to conclude with just one statement that will benefit you: In a blogging world where readers don’t stay long, it does not hurt to do some advertising around. However, you should never let the numbers bear you down, because episodic summary blogs can be a very lonely experience at times.
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After the wreck is removed, there seems to be no reason for the traffic
jam to persist. Yet it does. The reason for this is sensible: if I am
stuck behind a car that is stopped, then I have to stop too, and so does
the car behind me. All the cars in the jam are in this situation. Even
though the wreck is gone, they remain locked at standstill because if they
want to move, they ALL have to move at once. They never do, because each
driver is waiting for the car ahead to move. If I am in the traffic jam,
I'm not going to move forward because I have no room to do so. I'd bump
the car ahead of me. We all think like this, so none of us can move.
When the car in front of me leaves, I still cannot accelerate
instantly, so I will remain stopped for a moment. I must delay leaving
for a moment. If I started up instantly, I'd stay too close to the car
ahead of me, and that would not be safe. Each departing car must delay in
the same way, and this causes the jam to "evaporate" starting from the
forward downstream end. It evaporates in a wave which begins at the
forward end of the jam, (near the wreck). The wave eats into the jam from
right to left, yet new cars are piling onto the back end of the jam.
Starting at figure 2A, the cars depart from the jam in sequence. In 2B
the wave of "evaporation" has moved away from the wreck site, and in 2C
and 2D it is far from the wreck. But notice an interesting thing: even
though the CARS THEMSELVES are moving from left to right, the "wave of
evaporation" moves in the opposite direction. It moves leftwards as it
eats into the traffic jam.
There is a second important thing to notice. While some cars are still
jammed, more cars are piling up behind them at the trailing end of the
jam. Even after the wreck is removed, more cars are still "condensing"
onto the back of the jam. The traffic jam is like a solid object whose
front end is evaporating and whose back end is growing like a crystal.
Cars move left to right, yet look at the the group of stopped cars. The
stoppage is creeping slowly upstream, in the opposite direction to the
moving cars. The accident is gone, but a "moving wave" of stopped cars
remains behind. It's not a traffic jam, it's a shock wave which
propagates through the "automotive material". It's a traffic-clot in the
blood vessel. It's a travelling wave of traffic-condensation.
These sorts of travelling waves are common during heavy traffic
conditions. An accident isn't needed to create them, sometimes they are
caused by near-misses, by people cutting each other off, by merging
lanes at a construction site, or simply by extra cars entering from an
on-ramp. In traffic engineering lingo, they can be caused by "incidents"
the highway. A single "rubbernecker" could cause one by momentarily
stopping to look at something interesting. Whenever you slow way down in
order to merge across a lane to get to your upcoming exit, YOU could
Sometimes the traffic waves have have no real cause at all. They
appear because tiny random motions can trigger large results. They are
like sand ripples and sand dunes, and they just build up for no clear
reason. They are like ocean waves caused by the steady breeze, or like
the waves which move along a flapping flag. They just "emerge"
spontaneously from the writheing lines of traffic. In the science of
Nonlinear Dynamics this is called an EMERGENT PHENOMENON."
How long will the "traffic wave" last after the accident is cleared?
Its lifetime depends upon the amount of traffic, and on the number of cars
trapped in the jam, but sometimes these things can persist for many hours.
When traffic is slight, the jam might shrink rapidly to nothing.
But if traffic remains heavy, then there's no reason for the travelling
wave to ever dissipate at all. Also, if the conditions are just right (if
the "condensation" happens faster than the "evaporation",) then even a
tiny wave could grow large and larger. Sort of like dropping a tiny seed
crystal into a supersaturated solution. When traffic is heavy and
unstable, slight braking by any driver can cause the traffic
to freeze into a gigantic
crystal. Like Kurt Vonnegut's end of the world story
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A Win-Win Situation
Heather Cardin holds degrees in Arts and Education from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada, and a Master’s degree in English from Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. She has published three books and has another forthcoming. She and her husband Bernie have settled in rural Saskatchewan, Canada after living for lengthy periods in British Columbia and Quebec. Their three children are now grown up.
Mitra: First I’d like to thank you for agreeing to give this interview. Congratulations on the recent publication of Mind, Heart, & Spirit: Educators Speak, an interesting read. Let me start by asking what was the motivation to write this book?
Heather: You are more than welcome. Thank you for asking me! Honestly, for the book, I thought that in many societies, I hear teachers being blamed for a lot of the problems of the world, or the children’s problems, and my experience with working in several schools was that most of the teachers I knew were completely committed to excellence in their work. So I thought that to showcase some of that work would perhaps help the people who read the stories to see what excellent work most teachers were doing, often in very challenging conditions, and to counteract some of the teacher blame.
Mitra: In 1900 education was for elite class of the world and, now in 2010, it is free for twelve years and universal in most countries. Do you think this is a remarkable achievement of our modern time?
Heather: Yes and no. Certainly we have come a long way, but there are serious problems with using the industrial model of education in what some people think of as a post-industrial age. The needs of education are very different from those in the past, and there are still injustices regarding access to education for all children, a fact underscored by remarkable books like Three Cups of Tea. Sir Ken Robinson says that we don’t really have a clue, yet, about educational needs in the coming century, and I tend to agree with him, given the pace of global change. What most educators recognize now, however, is that there is a crying need for education to address the deepest core needs of a person, not only at obvious levels such as literacy and numeracy, but at profound levels of connection and spirit. This growing awareness could be considered a remarkable achievement, if indeed it is occurring.
Mitra: Is there a difference between learning and education?
Heather: Sure. There are lots of people in systems who are being “educated” but who aren’t learning much. I won’t go into that critique here since much of the ground is covered in my book, as well as theorists I have cited.
Mitra: Very good answer. Most of us think education happens in classrooms, but according to your book, it starts from the moment a mother holds a newly born in her lap. How unique is this kind of education?
Heather: Well, if education starts from the moment of birth, it’s not unique because it happens to all of us, regardless of demographic. I started from mothers because that’s where it starts. I believe that educators, and the public, and students, which is really everybody from a different vantage point, are beginning to understand that education is a universal with many facets, and that in order to educate well we have to embrace the concept, fundamental to my faith, of “unity in diversity.” We are united, in the world, in principle at least, in recognizing the right for every human to participate in an educational process. This is in fact part of the major purpose of our lives. So there is a unity of concept, but not necessarily a unity of vision, and certainly not a unity of method. I prefer diversity in methodology, as well, which I think comes clear in my book.
Mitra: It seems we have much to do. Does society underestimate the value of fathers as educators given that some social ills can be partly attributed to fathers missing in action?
Heather: I don’t know if I’m qualified to answer such a sweeping question. I haven’t done particular research in this area. However, I tend to be wary of viewpoints that apportion some general attitude to “society” since that term itself is nebulous. Our societies, globally, are diverse, and I suspect that you would find differences within various cultures regarding this particular social problem. Having said this, no one with any background in psychology, family systems, or spiritual teaching would deny the critical role of a loving father in a child’s development, so if such a father is not available, this could have implications for education, most probably.
Mitra: Let’s move on to another kind of educators. The character of a teacher can make or break the learning experience of a student. You mention in the book enthusiasm and warmth as two needed capacities. Are any other qualities educators must have as part of their qualifications?
Heather: Well, it was Marilee Rhody who cited the research about those qualities in particular. I have a mild academic bias towards an eclectic knowledge base, but I recognize that it’s my own bias. I think that teachers should be constantly learning, themselves. I think that a teacher who can show that s/he cares about students will be more successful with the material. In the school in which I am working now, for example, our senior math and science teacher is a young woman whose caring is evident, and she makes subjects which could otherwise appear difficult, for some students, look easier. Accordingly, they care for her and they care for their work. It’s a win-win situation. I also think that teachers need to have some level of openness or honesty. Kids know when they’re being misled by insincerity, and they will not put their best effort forward with someone who is playing a role. Perhaps some level of passion is important; someone who has lost their passion for education will probably not be able to inculcate a love of learning in the people within their purview. Yet I think it’s important to note that teachers are not meant to be perfect paragons, or to toe a party line respecting curriculum. Teachers can get so caught up in the politics of schools that they forget, or are distracted from, the fundamental reasons why they chose to be educators in the first place. I think that education is a synchronous process of sharing and developing capacities in each other: learning to learn together, if you will. It is a shared enterprise which empowers all participants. When the teacher is warm, enthusiastic, caring, knowledgeable, passionate…well, then the students will reflect and mirror these qualities. All of them become more “whole”, if you will. Oh, and by the way, a sense of humor really helps, too.
Mitra: Many students would love to see these qualities in their teachers. Some think that parents and teachers are custodians of God’s children. If this true how can we become more accountable to God in educating children?
Heather: As a practitioner of the Baha’i Faith, I am personally deeply aware of the importance of enlisting God’s aid. Every mistake I’ve ever made as a teacher is, in the twenty-twenty vision of hindsight, directly attributable to my letting my spiritual beliefs be subsumed to something else that seemed more expedient at the time. Because of this, I am now in a greater habit of prayer. I don’t say this as a kind of a confession, but for me, keeping connected with God is the only way I have, personally, of feeling that genuine spiritual love is the underpinning of my role as an educator. So, for me, better teachers are people who are connected to spiritual practice. This is not necessarily religious, and is certainly not meant to be dogmatic, but it’s what I have come to believe and why I felt it was important to write Mind, Heart, & Spirit.
I also believe that the more parents are involved in communicating with those teaching their children, the more we are all accountable. I don’t like to phrase it exactly like this, because it can seem like a criticism of parents and as a parent, that’s not my purpose, but I think that some parents abjure their responsibility to connect with schools and their children’s education unless there’s a problem. Then these parents can fly in full of anger, blame, and self-justification when they themselves have not been paying attention to their children’s needs, and have been treating school like a free daily babysitting institution rather than a place in partnership with them to offer the best possibilities for their children’s futures. Parents and teachers are custodians, yes, but they are themselves God’s children. This field of education needs to be a holistic and united endeavor between all segments. Why do we not have elders in schools to assist the children? We should have schools in old-age facilities. We should have children singing every day for the community’s grandparents, not just for special occasions but every day. Think of how the children would feel. Think of how the elders would feel. We simply don’t have systems in place that allow for the whole development of home and school in synchrony with each other. Yet.
But to get back to your question more directly: I think that to be accountable to God for the work we are doing we have to practice our spiritual beliefs, and that this will reflect in the practice of our lives.
Mitra: Unlike mathematics, physics and economics, moral values differ from one group to another. What are some of the challenges of teaching children character building in a multicultural society?
Heather: I am not sure that I would support the premise of your question, with all due respect. I think it is a bit of a myth that the “hard sciences” are that hard, for example. There’s a lot of controversy, for example, about quantum physics, and economists come from all kinds of different moral standpoints. Maybe math is less flexible, that is either it’s right or it’s wrong, but I am a bit doubtful even of this. I’m not enough of a mathematician to know, but I suspect that even math can be open to some interpretation.
I also believe that there are some universal and fundamental moral values which transcend culture. You can work with these in any venue. Most societies value the importance of love, kindness, respect, forgiveness, charity, helpfulness, patience, and those qualities or, if you will, virtues, which characterize people regardless of culture. Perhaps the best story in my book which illustrates this is Joseph Sheppherd’s. So I think that educational systems that work from such foundations will actually work fairly universally.
However, I do take your point that it is challenging. I think education, regardless of subject or cultural background, is challenging. It is not for the faint of heart. It does require caring, and patience, and commitment. And as for character building, I am a great believer in the power of modeling. You can’t expect honest children with dishonest parents or teachers. You can’t expect children to be generous with one another if they are watching the adults around them be stingy. We have to be the light in order to see the light. Greater minds than mine have pointed out that we have to be the change we want to see in the world. Children recognize hypocrisy; they also recognize love.
Mitra: In Baha’i communities, what can parents and institutions do more to improve the quality of education?
Heather: Goodness! Be responsible, be participatory, be lifelong learners, set up systems which do not isolate children from elders, utilize a diversity of resources, model prayerfulness, use the arts. I think for me that the last part has been truly astonishing in its power to move mind, heart, and spirit together. The arts can be applied to every subject, and they offer a real reason for that synthesis. They make people happy, and they help to develop a much more whole approach to education. Music, painting, dance, drama: they are noble pursuits and a way of teaching that really works.
Mitra: Heather, these are excellent ideas. In many parts of the world getting an education is a privilege, something many cherish. In western societies, students don’t seem to share the same enthusiasm. Is this true?
Heather: There’s actually been some research into this to find out if the widespread public perception of this is true. Andrew Nikiforuk cites some of this research in his book. I think the answer is that the generalization was true but is rapidly shifting as technology shrinks the world. Students in some cultures definitely still recognize that education is a privilege, but as the world gets more connected through Facebook, YouTube, cell phones and other technologies, the perception gap seems to be shrinking. I don’t think we have grasped yet how significantly these technologies are causing shifts in both the methods and the rationales for education.
Mitra: How can parents be encouraged to get more involved in education rather than leaving this important task to teachers and governments?
Heather: Well, if I were being somewhat dictatorial about it, I might tie it to taxation and rebates. The more you do for your school and community, the less a percentage of tax you have to pay. But I don’t really believing in commanding a mandate in this way. I think the key is listening to parents. I don’t think there are enough opportunities for the free and respectful exchange of dialogue. For example, on an average parent-teacher night, the turnout of parents is often very small. Open meetings with school boards, that is to say most of them, since few are closed to the public, are almost never attended by parents unless there’s a compelling concern. I think people get encouraged when they feel like you have listened to them. So how can teachers, administrators and governments convince parents they are being listened to? First, solicit the conversation. Pick up the telephone. Use e-mail. And when the parent has expressed him or herself, take positive action. The listening itself may be enough. I had one parent call me earlier this year with a question. It was a good question, and in answering, and then chatting with the parent, which took me about fifteen minutes, I was informed and the parent was informed, and the immediate educational needs of a particular child were addressed in a very positive way for all concerned. I listened, she listened, we were respectful, and the kid was much happier. I think it’s sometimes as easy as that. Not always, but sometimes. I think we all need to listen to each other much better. We need to pay attention.
Mitra: Becoming a ‘virtues’ school is a new trend of this decade. How promising does it look?
Heather: I have mixed feelings about this. I think it’s helpful to name the virtues and to develop a virtues vocabulary. It’s easier for a human being to practice something he or she understands and can put a finger on. But I think it’s possible to be a little facile with the concept. For example, I have heard stories of awarding a child a certificate in “humility”, and then the child himself asking, “How would you know I am humble?” It’s a very good question, and demonstrates that the child is querying both the judgment process and the sincerity of the movement. So it’s a fine line between trendmaking and hypocrisy. It’s promising if it brings a greater consciousness to people of the need for integrating virtues as part of our broader social values, but I think it takes more than a surface quick fix to do that.
Mitra: Moral education is the central theme of this book. Education also means acquiring employment skills. In the Baha’i Faith, begging is prohibited and work is considered worship to God. To serve oneself, the family, community and the world, one needs both. What do you think?
Heather: There are sections of the book that deal with the idea of a “calling”. I believe that as we develop as global societies, we will begin to really understand that work is not a painful chore but a deep value and a way of fulfilling the heart. I am fortunate to work in education. It brings me a very fair pay cheque, for which I am grateful, but it also brings a daily opportunity to know some wonderful young people, to be a part of their dreams and goals, to celebrate and commiserate with them at a very human level, and to share in the educational enterprise with them and with my colleagues. It’s a very rich and blessed place to be, and if I don’t feel like that about it, I won’t do it anymore.
I think that as people find their niches, we will discover more and more the rich feeling of being needed, wanted for our skills, and collaborating with others from a deep place of satisfaction with work and skills. Doing our best and being happy with that. And our societies will evolve to allow for our diverse human skills to sustain us. It will take time, but this I believe to be both true and possible.
I have a student in grade eight. He has discovered that he loves to work with metal, and is setting that as his career goal. I have seen some of the tools he is making. He is already a master craftsman of knives. They are exquisitely beautiful, functional, and skilled work. He is justifiably proud of them, and he is serving a purpose. He sells his work, and because of the intense effort and love he has put into them, people are very happy to buy it. I hope for every person to find that kind of calling, and a society which supports it.
Mitra: Many were not lucky enough to be schooled and found life itself as an educator. Any comment?
Heather: Life itself is an education, but the principle of universal education is not only a spiritual one, it is a legal and moral one, upheld by important global concerns such as the United Nations. To be well schooled and to be educated beyond school are both a part of a fulfilling life. Neither is enough without the other. They are light upon light. We all need both.
Mitra: Baha’u’llah, the prophet of the Baha’i Faith, establishes Himself and other prophets as the Divine Educators. Unfortunately, teaching religion has become a contentious issue in public schools. What can be done?
Heather: This is probably more true in the United States than it is for us here in Canada. We have excellent programs of moral education in a variety of jurisdictions which educate people very broadly in all the religious traditions and in the importance of having a spiritual component of their lives. Certainly teacher training needs to be sensitive to nuance in these areas, but it is completely possible to teach the moral foundations of religious belief without advocating a particular dogma. Places which seem to fear such education, such as is my impression of many U.S. jurisdictions, would do well to study successful models, where religion is well taught, and to reinstate such programs. It is short sighted to throw the baby out with the bathwater, if you will forgive the cliché.
A lot can be done and is, in fact, being done.
Mitra: Well rounded education is the foundation for prosperity for individuals, society, nations and the world. In fact, the success of any industrialized country depends on a sound education system. Any thoughts on that?
Heather: We have a lot of work to do.
Mitra: However, in the last few decades, the progress in education systems have been lagging behind other human concerns such as information technology, medical sciences, team work management, to name just a few, which are going through revolutions every decade.
Heather: Well, I have a few thoughts on that which you will not find in this particular book because it was not the slant of the work. I don’t think it’s just about money, although surely better minds than mine have done excellent critique of the vast sums given to bombs over books. I do see redundancy; for example, in each province in Canada there is a different system which, if federalized, would reduce some of the overlaps in curriculum change. For example, I now work in Saskatchewan after several years in BC and Quebec. Quebec is way ahead in its moral education, and the insights in that province could inform and shorten the process of curriculum revision in Saskatchewan, but the two areas seem somewhat unaware of each other’s work. BC has been implementing, for many years, some of the research around career education through pilot programs like CAPP, or Career and Personal Planning, derived from the work and research coming out of Harvard. These programs are not without their glitches but could inform Saskatchewan’s curricular development teams; again, there is not a lot of cross-border collaboration. This is a limitation, I suppose, of living in a large country. I don’t know whether the United States is also dogged by such inefficiencies.
The internet revolution is also changing teaching practice. I now routinely use YouTube in my classes, and innovations such as the Smart Board. The implications for connectedness are only beginning to be understood by educators. The entire playing field has shifted. I think an educational revolution is on the immediate horizon. Maybe we’re already in it, but don’t know it. There are still some teachers who seem stuck in 1950s mentality, but for the most part, we are willing to learn and to learn with and through the changes. I just don’t believe that the technology should drive the curriculum; I believe that we should be working from a deep philosophical foundational vision about what we believe is right, in education, and then using the tools to drive the vision. That’s not happening yet, that I know of, but I could be very mistaken. I also think that as we reintegrate the consciousness of a whole person as having a spirit, and that their spirit is very important to their learning, that we will see necessary educational change. Education is, perhaps, more than most other fields, about philosophy.
Mitra: Tell us briefly about your upcoming book.
Heather: It’s a companion book to my second work. The second book was published by George Ronald, and is entitled A Warm Place in My Heart: Young Voices on Faith. I collected and edited; I didn’t really write it. The young people wrote it. It’s quite lovely, listening to their voices. One young man liked it so much that he has translated it into Persian, so that the Baha’is in Iran, who continue to live under persecution, might be encouraged. I’m proud of that. So after I did that book, I realized that I wanted to collect elder voices. There are more, and they have more to say, so it looks like there may be several volumes. But the first one will come out soon. It’s called The Bright Glass of the Heart: Elder Voices on Faith, and it consists of amazing and inspiring stories of people who have found the Baha’i teachings, either generationally or through investigation at some point in their adult lives, and the implications of this practice in their lives. I’ll tell you honestly, many of the stories, as they came in, had me weeping. It’s very powerful.
Mitra: And your passion for poetry.
Heather: I have always loved poetry but didn’t train in it particularly until my Master’s work, and it was while reading poetry rather eclectically that I decided to write it. I should say, more accurately, that poetry began to invade me and I just scribed what came, and then learned the editing process. It’s a gift, and it’s absolutely blissful to play with the language to communicate the deepest responses of your soul. So I have a couple of poetry manuscripts ready for publication, but also have been published in several compilations in literary magazines and so on. I also have developed the habit of reading poetry, everywhere I can, and have new favorites, one being Tim Lilburn, who won our Governor General’s award for his book Kill-Site, another Lorna Crozier. Perhaps it’s not coincidental that some of my favorites are from the Canadian prairies; there’s a home-sense about them.
Interview with educator/author/poet Heather Cardin, by V. Mitra Gopaul of BW.
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Moving Forward: The Continuing Work of the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status
The President’s visit to Puerto Rico in June 2011 is one of many demonstrations of the Administration’s strong commitment to the Island. The historic visit built on the strong foundation of the work of the President’s Task Force on Puerto Rico’s Status, which has developed a comprehensive approach to addressing critical issues of importance to the people of Puerto Rico. Moving forward, the Task Force is closely monitoring the implementation of the recommendations laid out in its report and is planning at least one more summit later this year and several others next year.
The Task Force’s report issued in March 2011 addressed both political status and economic development in Puerto Rico. The Task Force’s recommendations regarding status provided a meaningful way forward so that the residents of the Island can determine their own future. In his arrival address, the President reiterated this commitment, stating that “when the people of Puerto Rico make a clear decision, my administration will stand by you.”
The President also raised other challenges facing Puerto Rico, including unemployment, education, health care, and energy. The Task Force’s report outlines some of the tools available through the Administration’s economic plan: health care reform, broadband expansion, and investments in education and clean energy that help address these challenges in Puerto Rico. As the President made clear, “Those are the kinds of steps it will take for Puerto Rico to win the future and for America to win the future.”
Members of the Task Force have visited Puerto Rico on numerous occasions, and conducted important work related to the report’s recommendations. The U.S. Department of Commerce led a White House Business Council roundtable discussion on the same day as the President’s visit, which was followed the next day by an economic summit with Puerto Rican leaders to continue the dialogue about how the federal government can work with Puerto Rico to bolster the economic recovery of the Island. Earlier, in April 2011, the Environmental Protection Agency initiated the Vieques Sustainability Task Force. Working with other Federal partners, key stakeholders in the Puerto Rican government, and community leaders, EPA has already begun to explore and execute some of the recommendations.
The Task Force is committed to realizing the ambitious goals reflected in its report as vehicles for real progress, to advance the President’s vision and commitment to the people of Puerto Rico.
Cecilia Muñoz and Thomas J. Perrelli are Co-Charis of the President's Task Force on Puerto Rico's Status
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For UCLA economics professor Sebastian Edwards, 35, the financial crisis in Latin America has personal meaning because he was raised in Chile and educated there until he came to the University of Chicago to earn his Ph.D. As a consultant for the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund, he now visits Central and South America to help shape policies. Edwards, whose new book about currency devaluation is due in March, is an expert on Third World debt. Despite the more than $300-billion total owed to foreign lenders by just Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Venezuela and Chile, he sees "some room for hope" in efforts by the World Bank to encourage reforms and export growth in Latin America.
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Los Angeles Times Sunday January 1, 1989 Home Edition Part 1 Page 3 Column 5 Advance Desk 9 inches; 307 words Type of Material: Correction
Because of a mistake by a pre-print production house supplying The Times, three photographs in today's Los Angeles Times Magazine were incorrectly paired with profiles in the "89 for '89" special issue. The correct versions: STEVEN CORBIN, Novelist When Corbin, 35, was growing up, his grandmother captivated him with stories about Harlem of the 1920s--the glamour, the elegance, the clubs. His first novel, "No Easy Place to Be," pays tribute to the Harlem Renaissance era. Simon & Schuster will publish the historical epic next month. A selection of the Literary Guild, the book also seems a likely prospect for the movies. Corbin, who teaches fiction writing at UCLA, did a reading in New York six weeks ago with Joan Didion and John Gregory Dunne. In the audience was E.L. Doctorow--with whom Corbin has been critically compared.
HUGH M. DAVIES, museum director When Davies became director of the La Jolla Museum of Contemporary Art five years ago, it was, in his words, "insular and doctrinaire" with "the appearance of elitism." But Davies, 40, buried that image with a far-ranging exhibit schedule and a downtown exhibition annex that plopped the museum in the midst of San Diego's gritty arts district--and the museum's annual attendance rate tripled. Now on his second five-year contract, Davies is about to oversee an expansion program that will include an $11-million Robert Venturi-designed overhaul of the bluff-side La Jolla facility and the addition of several thousand square feet to the downtown space. STEVEN EHRLICH, architect Ehrlich can stand in the middle of Windward Circle in Venice with a sense of accomplishment. Soon to be completed there is the last of three exuberantly high-tech buildings that he designed to energize the historic traffic circle. In addition to this ambitious mix of shops, offices and studios, Ehrlich's flashy design for a deli is taking form in downtown Santa Monica and, later this year, the construction of a fanciful gymnasium and community center in the Mid-Wilshire District's Shatto Park is scheduled to begin. Throw in commissions for residences, and it's easy to see why this 42-year-old architect's career has moved into high gear.
PHOTO: STEVEN CORBIN
PHOTO: HUGH M. DAVIES
PHOTO: STEVEN EHRLICH
LEO CHAVEZ, anthropologist
Hoping to finally attain a footing on the path to the American dream, 1.5 million undocumented immigrants applied for amnesty last year. Their lives and struggles were examined in the 1987 PBS documentary "In the Shadow of the Law," based on the research of Leo Chavez, assistant professor of anthropology at UC Irvine. Now, Chavez, 37, plans to focus his research and writing on the people who remain in the United States even though they don't qualify for amnesty. His goal, he explains, is to promote tolerance, especially in the ethnic potpourri Southern California has become. "We have such diversity here," he says. "That's what is so great about this place."
STEVEN LAVINE, CalArts president
The new leader of California Institute of the Arts has his sights set beyond the confines of its Valencia campus. Vowing to "change the cultural geography of Los Angeles," Lavine, 40, has begun his tenure by bringing artists from different cultures to teach at CalArts and to share their work with Southern California. In his six months as president, he has also met with a wide range of local artists and arts supporters--urging them to work together. Says MOCA Director Richard Koshalek: "I think the result of his appointment is going to be very important to the city."
DENNIS M. SMITH, school superintendent
People in Laguna Beach are used to seeing their energetic superintendent of schools running around. Literally. "I like to run because it's healthy and reduces stress," says Dennis M. Smith, 37. "And I'm usually timing myself, trying to better my time." Since taking over Laguna Beach Unified School District in June 1986, Smith has steered it to higher test scores and a National Distinguished School Award. This year, he says, the 10-year decline in the district's enrollment is expected to reverse as new subdivisions are built--"and our challenge is to keep the small-town atmosphere of our education as we get bigger."
C. CHRISTOPHER COX, Congressman
National conservatives are expecting big things from Cox, a 36-year-old attorney elected last fall to replace retiring Orange County Republican Rep. Robert E. Badham. With a seat seemingly safe from serious challenge, demonstrated fund-raising ability, sharply articulated hard-line views on domestic and foreign policy issues and good ties to national conservatives (he worked in the White House counsel's office for Ronald Reagan and brought out Oliver North to campaign for him), Cox could quickly emerge as one of the GOP's young stars in Congress.
KATHY GARMEZY, political organizer
A former community organizer who has directed the Los Angeles office of the AFL-CIO's Labor Institute of Public Affairs since 1985 , Garmezy, 39 , is well respected locally as a savvy political operative. During the presidential campaign last fall, she took a giant step forward as executive director of the $5.3-million "California Campaign '88"--the largest voter-registration campaign organization that state Democrats have ever assembled. Now she is looking for ways to use the media skills she's been honing at the institute to help sustain the unprecedented grass-roots organization of 40,000 volunteers that the Democrats built during the campaign.
MARIA L. HSIA, political fund-raiser
Hsia, 37, is at the center of a predominantly Asian group of fund-raisers rapidly emerging as a major force in Los Angeles' hotly competitive political money scene. Last fall, the group raised substantial sums for, among others, the Dukakis and McCarthy campaigns. Throughout 1989, it's leading delegations of senators and congressmen on tours of the Far East. Hsia, who came to Los Angeles from Taiwan 18 years ago and now works as the administrative director of an immigration law office, believes that the days of Asian immigrants shying away from political involvement are over--and that raising money is the best way for them to present their views for consideration.
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|East Mississippi Lions to tee off spring golf campaign at The Oaks in Pass Christian|
SCOOBA – The East Mississippi Community College men’s golf team is set to tee off the spring season Sunday in the Mississippi Association of Community and Junior College’s first event of the 2011 campaign to be held at The Oaks Golf Club in Pass Christian.
In the first of four MACJC regular-season events scheduled for this spring, EMCC head golf coach Dale Peay’s EMCC Lions will join other in-state schools during the two-day tournament hosted by Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College.
Beginning his sixth season at EMCC’s golf helm, Peay fields an eight-man roster with three sophomores and five freshmen to start the year. Sophomore Jackson Bryant, of Natchez, is back for his second season with the Lions after earning a berth in last year’s NJCAA Region 23 Golf Championship. Also returning for East Mississippi is former Madison Central standout Ian McAdams.
A pair of freshmen helped lead the way for the Lions during the fall, as former Northwest Rankin High School teammates Weston Wallace and Bobby Bowlin maintained team-leading stroke averages of 74.8 and 75, respectively, during fall competition. Bowlin capped his fall campaign by earning the Henry W. “Buddy” Faulkner Excellence in Golf Award during EMCC’s World Class Fall Golf Tour. During the highly competitive fall team event, named in honor of the late EMCC alumnus Buddy Faulkner, Bowlin shot a final-round 73 on the last day of the tour to secure the coveted individual award.
This year’s EMCC squad also features former Caledonia High School teammates Zack Bailey, a sophomore, and freshman Zac Taylor. Rounding out the Lions’ 2011 golf roster will be freshman Tyler Slocum, of DeSoto Central High School, and fellow frosh Andrew Spiers. A product of Pearl River Central High School, Spiers will be unable to compete during the early portion of the spring schedule after sustaining a broken arm.
The remaining portion of the MACJC’s 2011 spring golf schedule will include tournaments at Wesson/Brookhaven (March 6-7), Southaven/Olive Branch (March 21-22) and Starkville (April 3-4). The MACJC’s fourth event of the regular season will be hosted by East Mississippi Community College at the Mississippi State University Golf Course during the first weekend of April. The 2011 MACJC State Championship, hosted by Holmes CC, will be held April 11-12 at the Deerfield Golf Course in Canton.
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Two weeks ago, we had a blast organising the Firefox OS Open Apps Day here in Barcelona. With more than 60 participants, we spent the day having conversations, thinking about fantastic apps you can build for Firefox OS and last but not least, a few hours of intense hacking.
Here is how the day developed:
After participants presented themselves quickly, we kicked off with an interactive session, igniting a conversation about different aspects of current state of Apps.
Central statements for this conversation were: The current state of Apps offers equal opportunity to both developers and store providers; I have remorse when I use WhatsApp; In a near future, a mobile App will substitute my GP doctor.
This conversation setted-up the ground for a round of brainstorming and thinking at which kind of webapps could we build for Firefox OS. And there were dozens of ideas, from to-do lists, event managers to local social networks.
Presentations – keep it short, 5 minutes! This time I tried to adopt the speedgeek model for presentations. The reason: give more hours to the actual hack and less to the yack, keep it short and focused. Here are the presentations:
And there was the 4 hours hacking session:
Prototyping webapps. Hacking doesn’t mean mean only writing code, but thinking, iterating and designing scenarios. Some of the participants spent some time paper prototyping.
The RESTfull hackerspace. During the event we had a special room for people interested in physical webmaking. Thanks to Casey who set-up everything, participants had an access to a cluster of Arduinos, sensors and just focus on building webapps. And, as I heard, there were interesting conversations around energy consumption to local storage.
And thanks goes to: Cecilia and David at MOB – who hosted us and helped with logistics! Casey for supporting with the event and made the makerspace happen; Toni for spending all day giving p2p support and helping participants with technical issues related to Marketplace and HTML5 apps! Jordi and Eduard for joining during the day to help with logistics and registration.
And of course to the presenters and Havi from Mozilla DevEngagement (for the great resources she shared with us)!
Feedback and what to make better next time:
Feedback is always welcome to make events better. Indeed there could be next Open Apps events (that depends on a series of factors). So, my thoughts for an eventual series of Open Apps events are:
Demos and more photos are coming up in the next days!
2012 was an interesting and reflective year. I spent lot of time learning about the social initiatives and education here in Barcelona, doing some institutional outreach, organise a few events (as Design Jam 2, #mozparty, Popcorn workshop) and getting to know the data journalism community. I’ve also been invited to participate in some Government initiatives as the Barcelona the Lab and Open Data Catalunya.
During Campus Party this summer and MozFest I’ve also experimented with a Web and Science Design Jam session, exploring the intersection between web native technology and science. Lots of new patterns discovered during those sessions, especially for building tools (web apps) that could open up scientific research to citizens.
By the end of 2012 I presented the idea of Webmaker club and I’ve joined a small working group (Catalunya CodiClub), that hopefully will grow a community of people and teachers who want to advance coding literacies here in Catalonia (I’ll update on this more)
But here are, shortly, a few of the things I want to do this year:
* Hive Barcelona. The point bellow I think that’s the core of a Hive Barcelona network. But as a fellow from HiveNYC, Leah Gilliam, mentioned in a recent community call, Hives are built by people and organisations that want to work together, share and innovate. That’s it, bottom-up movement. So something that will start small and take time. Something that doesn’t depend on me 100%, but on local organisations that wants to level-up, adopt the open source way of thinking.
I received an initial support for my ideas and activities from local public initiatives on this, so I’ll commit part of my time in 2013 to work with those community organisations, public libraries or schools who want to take a next step into teaching coding, developing web apps to solve their problems, build their maker/hackerspace corner and bring open source thinking in their activities. But that’s part of another next post.
* Host a @mozpub monthly: the last @mozpub I hosted one year and so ago was amazing, I got to know lots of people and helped to start some new initiatives like Design Jam Barcelona.
* Move to work from a co-working space (and that’ll happen this January). I was thinking that’s worth the investment. And not because the space, but because the people you meet there. The space I’ll be working from has a lot in common with my thinking: doing things for social good, growing community, the culture of collaboration.
* Focus on (financial) sustainability. A few years ago I took the risk of focusing on community building, social technology and using technology and open source for social innovation – which is great because I learned a lot, I’m doing things I love is a very challenging (and always changing) environment which I like. But that’s twice harder to really find support. So the next months my principal focus would be to make my work sustainable and learn a bit more about local philanthropy (to help initiatives I’m involved in to find support). | <urn:uuid:4e5cdc8f-313c-49c7-b5fe-3076eeb1dab1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://blog.alinamierlus.com/page/2/ | 2013-05-20T12:02:03Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951518 | 1,190 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Nokia: Messy geeks (like me) kill the environment!
Asked during the Reuters Global Technology, Media and Telecom Summit what he’s doing at home about the environment, Simonson joked, “One of my daughters has just gone vegan. I haven’t figured out what’s the carbon footprint of that.”
As it turns out, three out of his five kids are vegetarians. His son, however, jokingly calls himself a “Meatatarian,” said Simonson. “Maybe it’s just to get out of eating vegetables he doesn’t like.”
On a more serious note, Simonson told Reuters that one of the biggest enemies to the environment is actually those who are also most likely to boost sales — consumers who have a hard time letting go of old devices. (I think he’s talking about me. I have separation issues when it comes to old tech.)
We’re a little bit frustrated … People tend to have their old devices sitting in the drawer, sitting in the closet, sitting on their desk, rather than recycling them. They’re not even throwing most of it away, which is the worse possibility. They’re just sitting there, building up on their desks, in the closet. And if you can get those back and get them recycled, then you can do a lot, both for sustainability and for the environment.
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We’ve just released huge update to the iOS app! Now, access all your favorite text and photo sites like Anti-Joke, DIYLOL! A few things didn’t make the original cut (like comments) but they’ll be back soon. Best of all, the app is now FREE! Get it here. | <urn:uuid:4ce00a68-27b3-4bda-b86b-1f9833279044> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cantbeunseen.com/popular/what-has-been-seen/5 | 2013-05-20T11:29:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.935074 | 71 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Just burn my bods and pop me in a box and spread me out of the wide blue ocean.
I just can't see myself placed in the ground in some fancy ornate box that will bust apart in 5 years.
Keep your money and have a heck of a party in my honor.
Invite strippers and there must be a minimum of 3 kegs drank.
Sorry Hos..I know your not a drinker. It will be a boring funeral for you.
I've got a prayer on my desk. It says, "Dear Lord, I pray that my place will never be with the cold, timid souls who do not compete yet criticize, for they never know or feel success or failure."
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Black history, our history, American history is a complicated matter riddled with facts that make us proud and others that make us cringe. It is a story of a nation built by men and women who sacrificed their lives to force America to live up to its promise. These men and women were also full of contradictions. Frederick Douglass was one of those contradictions. He is remembered as a writer, abolitionist and orator. He was a human rights activist before the label existed. Yet, he also vehemently opposed the Great Migration of black from the South to the North to escape the crippling shackles of Jim Crow
Read Douglass’ bio.
Douglass was born in February 1800s in Tuckahoe, MD. In his autobiography, “Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, An American Slave,” he wrote that he did not know his exact birthdate. Most of references to Douglass focuses on Douglass’ post-slavery life as an influential abolitionist and a human rights activist. Before he became the great statesman, and the first African American to be nominated for vice-president, Douglass was an educator.
He secretly taught himself to read and write and then he taught fellow slaves. He was traded to several different slave owners in Maryland, including a brutal farmer known as a “slave breaker.” Douglass finally escaped to New York. It is ironic that Douglass who so believed in equality and who himself escaped North lamented the black exodus from the South in the late 1800s during the early years of Jim Crow. He urged blacks to tough it out.
Below are a few quotes from Douglass quotes, compiled by the Gilder Lehrman Center of the Study of Slavery, Resistance & Abolition, regarding the black exodus North.
The Negro, long deemed to be too indolent and stupid to discover and adopt any rational measure to secure and defend his rights as a man…. He has, discovered and adopted a measure which may assist very materially in, the solution of some of the vital problems involved in his sudden elevation: from slavery to freedom, and from chattelhood to manhood, and citizenship . . . he has adopted a simple, lawful and peaceable measure. It is emigration—the quiet withdrawal of his valuable bones and muscles from a condition of things which he considers no longer tolerable.
This exodus has revealed to southern men the humiliating fact that the prosperity and civilization of the South are at the mercy of the despised and hated Negro . . . .
We have the story of the emigrants themselves, and if any can reveal the true cause of this Exodus they can . . . They tell us with great unanimity that they are very badly treated at the South . . .
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... simply bring up the IDE then click on: [File]->[Preferences] ...Interesting ...
I did that and I found that for my 64-bit Windows 7 installation it pointed to: C:\Users\Don\Documents\ArduinoWhen I got there I found that the 'libraries' folder was already present. Inside the libraries folder I found readme.txt and the contents of that file said "For information on installing libraries, see: http://arduino.cc/en/Guide/Libraries".
Now that looks awfully familiar....
Note that depending on your (Microsoft) operating system version the Documents folder may be called My Documents.
Anyway - my recommendation still stands, this is just a different way of finding out that it is no longer recommended to put your 'extra' libraries in the same location as those supplied with the IDE.
I completely agree with you that for normal situations, putting your libraries under your own sketchbook directory is much better
and I highly recommend doing that as well.
There are a few situations like when wanting to develop or test with specific IDE versions where
this method can't be used, but that is by far not the norm.
With repsect to locating the users personal sketchbook directory,
I think your exercise further demonstrates why the method I described for locating the sketchbook directory
is better. It works for ALL the operating systems, including linux which is what I use.
There is no need to have describe specific directories or operating systems as Limor has done.
(She somewhat punted on the path for linux)
My rule of thumb is less is more, and so if you can come up with a simpler way to describe something
that works in the general case rather than have to describe each individual specific case, then
the simpler way is "better",
and that is why, in my view, the best method for locating the sketchbook directory
(which is where the libraries subdirectory will live)
is to have the IDE tell you where it is looking because that is what really matters
and when the IDE tell's you, it is always correct no matter which OS or OS version you are using.
BTW, the support of a separate user "libraries" under the user "sketchbook" directory
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Agency investigating improper use of driver's license databy Jessica Mador, Minnesota Public Radio
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety is disciplining two employees for improperly viewing information in the state driver's license database. The department says the employees looked at the records of about 400 people, including some well-known Minnesotans. The department is mailing letters of apology to those affected.
St. Paul, Minn. — The employees who looked at the records have not been identified. So far, there is no proof that they were involved in identity theft or had other criminal intent.
Public Safety Commissioner Michael Campion says the agency takes the issue of violating driver privacy seriously and will not tolerate it. He says agency employees have received communications making that clear.
"We sent out another one again today to all employees citing our disappointment with the people who have done this and and to underscore the fact that we take this very seriously and employees will be dealt with swiftly and immediately in the event that this is identified again," Campion says.
The department launched an investigation last July, after hearing allegations an employee was improperly viewing information in the state drivers database after work hours.
The employees use the database during the day for work, but are barred from viewing the data after-hours. The second employee was caught during a routine audit of the computer system. The information they accessed did not include social security numbers but did include home addresses and other personal information.
Both employees immediately lost access to the database and were put on unpaid leave. Commissioner Campion says the evidence appears to indicate the employees were looking at the records for their own entertainment. The records viewed included information on about a dozen well-known Minnesotans.
Campion told reporters that all of the nearly 600 employees who can access the data sign confidentiality agreements when they are hired.
An official with the American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators say there are no numbers showing how widespread the problem of privacy breaches by government employees is. But he says he can recall no major incidents in more than a decade of outsiders hacking into motor vehicle databases.
Marc Rotenberg of the Electronic Privacy Information Center says such snooping in records is probably relatively common, but typically occurs during work hours and goes unreported. He says such breaches are likely to become more common as state and federal government agencies collect more and more personal information and that the Internet has raised the stakes on the need for governments to protect the privacy of citizen records.
"The reality of course is -- if you give up on protecting privacy -- the consequences are quite serious as anyone who has experienced identity theft can attest," Rotenberg says, "the real question is whether the states are doing enough to safeguard the information that they collect and maybe even starting to draw some lines and deciding certain types of information shouldn't be collected." Privacy issues will likely continue to be a hot topic as the federal government begins working out the details of implementing the Real ID act. The law will require all Americans to carry identification containing sensitive personal data. Congress is expected to issue details on how the IDs will work later this month or next.
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Power rankings: LI/NYC hockey (1/17/12)
1. St. Anthony’s (CHSHL 11-0)
The Friars had their first scare of the season by just edging out NYC’s Fordham Prep, 4-3 on Saturday night. This coming two days after an easy 8-0 defeat of Chaminade, its second in as many meetings with the Flyers.
Next: Monsignor Farrell at Abe Stark Rink (Friday, 8:45 p.m.)
2. Connetquot/Sayville (15-1)
The T-Birds are flying high after their big 5-3 win over Smithtown/Hauppauge last Monday night. Brian Fenster’s two goals and big goaltending from the duo of Brett Ficken and Trevor Von Kampen assured the Connetquot/Sayville club of holding every tiebreaker in its favor should both teams end up deadlocked at the end of the regular season.
Next: Ward Melville at The Rinx (Wednesday, 9:00 p.m.)
3. Smithtown/Hauppauge (17-1)
The Bulls temporarily moved back into sole possession of first place with an easy 14-2 win over winless Ward Melville, and followed it up with a victory over Middle Country. They’ll travel north next to face off with Orange County West from the Hudson Valley League in a must-win contest.
Next: Orange County West at Ice Time Sports Complex – Newburgh (Saturday, 6:00 p.m.)
4. Syosset (11-3)
The Braves have turned it on at just the right time and have won their last four games at a combined score of 45-9. Jake Esposito netted four goals in their most recent win over Great Neck. Sophomore Corey Hoffman still leads all of Long Island in scoring with 34 goals, 41 assists and 75 points.
Next: Bellmore-Merrick at Newbridge Ice Rink (Monday, 9:00 p.m.)
5. Massapequa (10-3)
The Chiefs completed a two-game sweep of Jericho last week, defeating the Jayhawks easily in a 17-0 win. Brenden Cummings led the Chiefs scoring with a hat trick and an assist. All but two skaters on the ice found its way onto the scoresheet.
Next: Garden City @ Bethpage Ice Rink (Tuesday, 9:15 p.m.)
6. Long Beach (10-3)
The Marines split a weekend series of games, falling to Cold Spring Harbor 2-1 on Sunday, but got back on the winning track to top Bellmore-Merrick, 3-1. They'll look to avenge Sunday's loss in a rematch with CSH on Monday in their home rink.
Next: Cold Spring Harbor at Long Beach Ice Rink (Monday, 8:00 p.m.)
7. St. Joseph by the Sea (4-5-2)
The Vikings were surging, that is, until they met Fordham Prep, which handed them a 9-2 defeat Friday night at Abe Stark Rink. Sea is now tied with archrival Monsignor Farrell for the fourth and final playoff sport in the CHSHL ‘A’ Division, just three points in front of Fordham Prep.
Next: St. Anthony’s at Abe Stark Rink (Saturday, 7:15 p.m.)
8. Monsignor Farrell (4-4-2)
Sean Gargin scored a pair of first-period goals and Pallis Priola and Rocco Papapietro also found the back of the net for the Lions in a 4-4 tie with Chaminade Monday night at World Ice Arena in Flushing.
Next: St. Anthony’s at Abe Stark Rink (Friday, 8:45 p.m.)
9. Oceanside (10-4-1)
Chalk it up to a long layoff, but the Sailors had a tough time with Bellmore-Merrick, falling to the Bulldogs 6-3 Sunday night. Oceanside has to look forward to a meeting with East Williston in a game that could determine leadership of the Liberty Division going forward.
Next: East Williston at Iceworks (Saturday, 1:30 p.m.)
10. Fordham Prep (3-7-1)
After opening the season with six losses, including a few one-goal defeats, the Rams have caught fire. Fordham Prep is 3-1-1 in its last five, which includes a 9-2 victory against St. Joseph by the Sea. The lone loss? A 4-3 defeat to top-ranked St. Anthony’s on Saturday.
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Earning his scholarship offer following the Badgers’ summer camp, Gault, who had Wisconsin out in front for some time, made it official during a campus visit Saturday.
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These caterpillars have 16 parts. What different shapes do they make if each part lies in the small squares of a 4 by 4 square?
Use the interactivities to fill in these Carroll diagrams. How do you know where to place the numbers?
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How have the numbers been placed in this Carroll diagram? Which
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Investigate the different ways these aliens count in this
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write our number 7.
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solution to this problem.
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872 F.2d 208
101 A.L.R.Fed. 159, 57 USLW 2659,
10 Employee Benefits Ca 2576
TRUSTEES OF IRON WORKERS LOCAL 473 PENSION TRUST, Plaintiff-Appellee,
ALLIED PRODUCTS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellant.
United States Court of Appeals,
Argued Jan. 7, 1989.
Decided April 13, 1989.
Stephen P. Bedell, Gardner Carton & Douglas, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellant.
Charles B. Wolf, Vedder Price Kaufman & Kammholz, Chicago, Ill., James J. Armbruster, Pension Benefit Guar. Corp., Washington, D.C., for plaintiff-appellee.
Before FLAUM, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.
MANION, Circuit Judge.
Allied Products Corporation ("Allied") appeals the district court's decision granting summary judgment in favor of the Trustees ("Trustees") of Iron Workers Local 473 Pension Trust ("the Plan"). The Trustees sought to vacate or modify a withdrawal liability arbitration award and to collect withdrawal liability payments under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended by the Multiemployer Pension Plan Amendments Act of 1980. The arbitrator had held that Allied completely withdrew from the Plan in the plan year ending June 30, 1984, while the Trustees claimed that Allied completely withdrew from the Plan in the plan year ending June 30, 1983. (Depending on the date of Allied's withdrawal, there is a swing of nearly $200,000 in the amount owed in withdrawal liability.) The district court vacated the arbitrator's award. For the reasons stated below, we reverse the district court's judgment, but hold that it properly reviewed the arbitrator's legal determinations de novo.
The facts are straightforward and undisputed.1 Since May 1, 1959, Allied and Shopmen's Local Union No. 473 of the International Association of Bridge, Structural and Ornamental Iron Workers, AFL-CIO ("Union") were parties to collective bargaining agreements covering production and maintenance employees at Allied's plant in Bedford Park, Illinois. These agreements required, among other things, contributions by Allied to the Plan based on each hour worked by covered employees. The Plan was most recently amended and restated as of May 1, 1979.
The pension plan year ("plan year") runs from July 1 through June 30. On June 16, 1982, Allied informed the Union that it would permanently shut down its Bedford Park plant operations. On July 2, 1982, Allied and the Union executed a Shutdown and Severance Pay Agreement which stated in part: "[t]he terms and conditions as set forth in the collective bargaining agreement ... as amended, shall continue in full force and effect, except as hereinafter modified by this Severance Agreement, as long as any bargaining unit member remains employed."
In the plan year ending June 30, 1982, Allied contributed $79,669.91 for 111,573 participant hours. For the plan year ending June 30, 1983, Allied's contributions declined to $10,338.56 for 13,854.75 participant hours. From July 1, 1983, through December 1983, Allied's contributions fell to $1,432.50 for 1,910 participant hours.
There were 48 employees working for Allied for the payroll week ending July 4, 1982. Five employees remained at the plant by the end of August 1982. Of these five, two were terminated in September and two more in December 1983. One employee, Donald Steele, a maintenance man, worked continuously at the Bedford Park plant and was still on the payroll at the end of December 1983. Two of the five remaining employees, Charles Hearod, a forklift operator, and Lester Banks, a fitter/welder, were recalled by Allied in February 1983. Banks subsequently was terminated in April 1983, while Hearod worked at the plant continuously from the date of his recall through December 1983.
Banks was called back to work for the purpose of welding and finishing certain heat exchangers which were preassembled but not finished. Hearod and Steele assisted in the finishing work as well, and also worked the shear press and brake press to machine certain seal retainers in August and/or September 1983 for approximately ten hours each. In June 1983, these employees also performed 16 hours of welding on exhaust duct assembly units. All other work performed by these employees included cleaning and maintenance work and the identification, weighing and shipment of parts, scrap, raw materials and fixtures in inventory. These activities, it was stipulated, all constituted bargaining unit work.
Although Allied informed the Union in June 1982 of its intent to permanently shut down its Bedford Park plant operations, Allied still received, processed and filled seven purchase orders during 1983, the last one in September 1983. In addition, after July 1, 1982, Allied identified, loaded and shipped numerous items of scrap, parts, and fixtures to its other divisions.
On November 15, 1982, the Trustees sent Allied a notice of multiemployer plan withdrawal liability, a demand for payment of $559,108.57, and stated that the entire amount was due by January 1, 1983. Alternatively, the Trustees permitted Allied to make 27 monthly installment payments of $23,791.33 with a 28th payment of $7,495.81, beginning January 1, 1983. The amount of withdrawal liability was determined by the Trustees as of June 30, 1982, based on the Trustees' conclusion that a complete withdrawal had occurred during the plan year ending June 30, 1983.
On February 14, 1983, Allied submitted to the Trustees a request for review. On June 17, 1983, the Trustees responded to Allied's request, refusing to alter its November 15, 1982 notice and demand. Allied then initiated arbitration proceedings on August 10, 1983, seeking review of the Trustees' determination under 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1401(a).
The arbitrator concluded that "the Plan's determination that [Allied] withdrew from the Plan during the plan year ending June 30, 1983 and that [Allied's] withdrawal liability should therefore be determined based on the Fund's unfunded vested benefits as of June 30, 1982 is clearly erroneous and must be set aside." The arbitrator further concluded that a complete withdrawal had occurred during the plan year ending June 30, 1984, and that the Plan should immediately determine Allied's withdrawal liability based on the Fund's unfunded vested benefits as of June 30, 1983.
The district court referred the Trustees' suit to vacate the arbitration award to a magistrate. Reviewing the arbitrator's decision de novo, the magistrate held that the arbitrator misinterpreted 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1383(a)(2) (withdrawal occurs when an employer permanently ceases all covered operations), and thus vacated the award. The arbitrator read Sec. 1383(a)(2) literally (all means all), while the magistrate, relying on a single passage of legislative history, held that all meant "virtually all." Under the latter interpretation, the magistrate held that Allied completely withdrew from the Plan in the plan year ending June 30, 1983, as the Trustees claimed. The district court adopted the magistrate's report and recommendation, writing separately to emphasize the court's authority to review de novo the arbitrator's decision.
We confront two issues on appeal:2 the proper standard of review of an arbitrator's award, and the interpretation to be given 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1383(a)(2).
A. Statutory Background
ERISA subjects employers who withdraw from multiemployer pension plans to so-called withdrawal liability in an amount equal to their statutory share of the plan's unfunded vested liabilities. 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1381. A "complete withdrawal" occurs when an employer "(1) permanently ceases to have an obligation to contribute under the plan, or (2) permanently ceases all covered operations under the plan." 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1383(a).3 "[T]he date of a complete withdrawal is the date of the cessation of the obligation to contribute or the cessation of covered operations." 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1383(e).
Following an employer's withdrawal from a multiemployer pension plan, the plan sponsor is required to determine the amount of withdrawal liability owed, notify the employer of this amount, and demand payment. 29 U.S.C. Secs. 1382, 1399(b)(1). The amount of an employer's withdrawal liability is determined as of the last day of the plan year preceding the plan year in which the withdrawal occurs.4 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1391(b)(2)(A). Within 90 days after notice and demand have been made, the withdrawing employer may request that the Plan review its determination. 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1399(b)(2)(A). The Plan must notify the employer of its decision after its review. 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1399(b)(2)(B). An employer may then initiate arbitration within the 60-day period after the earlier of (1) the date of notification to the employer of the Plan's decision on review, or (2) 120 days after the date of the employer's request for review. 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1401.
Any party to the arbitration may appeal to an appropriate federal district court to "enforce, vacate, or modify the arbitrator's award." 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1401(b)(2). "[T]o the extent consistent with [Title IV of ERISA]," arbitration proceedings "shall ... be conducted in the same manner, subject to the same limitations, carried out with the same powers (including subpoena power), and enforced in United States courts as an arbitration proceeding carried out under Title 9 [ (Federal Arbitration Act) ]." 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1401(b)(3). On review, "there shall be a presumption, rebuttable only by a clear preponderance of the evidence, that the findings of fact made by the arbitrator were correct." 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1401(c).
B. Arbitrator's Award; Standard of Review
Like every other federal appellate court which has addressed this question, we hold that district courts may fully review the arbitrator's legal determinations. Union Asphalts and Roadoils, Inc. v. Mo-Kan Teamsters Pension Fund, 857 F.2d 1230, 1233-34 (8th Cir.1988); Trustees of Amalgamated Ins. Fund v. Geltman Industries, Inc., 784 F.2d 926, 928-29 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 822, 107 S.Ct. 90, 93 L.Ed.2d 42 (1986); Board of Trustees of the Western Conference of Teamsters Pension Fund v. Thompson Bldg. Materials, Inc., 749 F.2d 1396, 1405-06 (9th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1054, 105 S.Ct. 2116, 85 L.Ed.2d 481 (1985); Int'l Ass'n of Machinists Nat'l Pension Fund Benefit Plan C v. Stockton Tri Industries, 727 F.2d 1204, 1207 n. 7 (D.C.Cir.1984); Republic Industries, Inc. v. Teamster Joint Council No. 83 of Virginia Pension Fund, 718 F.2d 628, 641 (4th Cir.1983), cert. denied, 467 U.S. 1259, 104 S.Ct. 3553, 82 L.Ed.2d 855 (1984).
We also agree with the Eighth Circuit that neither United Retail & Wholesale Employees Teamsters Union Local No. 115 Pension Plan v. Yahn & McDonnell, Inc., 787 F.2d 128 (3d Cir.1986), aff'd by an equally divided court, 481 U.S. 735, 107 S.Ct. 2171, 95 L.Ed.2d 692 (1987) (per curiam) nor Washington Star Co. v. Int'l Typographical Union Negotiated Pension Plan, 729 F.2d 1502 (D.C.Cir.1984) are to the contrary. As that court explained:
In United Retail and Washington Star Co., the courts did not review an arbitrator's legal determinations; instead, the courts dealt with constitutional issues involving MPPAA. See United Retail, 787 F.2d at 129; Washington Star Co., 729 F.2d at 1503. We do not believe either decision can be characterized as designating a standard for review of the arbitrator's legal determinations. See United Retail, 787 F.2d at 135 n. 9 (passing remark in a footnote); Washington Star Co., 729 F.2d at 1505 (introductory outline of section 1401 that did not mention Stockton Tri Industries, 727 F.2d at 1207 n. 7). Thus, although UA looks to United Retail and Washington Star Co. for support, the courts in those cases did not decide the current issue.
Union Asphalts, 857 F.2d at 1233-34. Moreover, we reject Allied's argument that Washington Star, supra, overruled Stockton Tri Industries, supra. These cases were decided only a few weeks apart, Washington Star (the latter of the two) made no mention of Stockton Tri Industries, let alone claimed to overrule it, and Judge Edwards, the author of Washington Star, was on both panels.5
We also find United Retail unpersuasive (on the standard of review issue) for another reason. There, the Third Circuit refused to read Sec. 1401(c)'s omission of any standard of review regarding arbitral legal determinations as "suggesting that the district court has plenary review over the arbitrator's findings of law." United Retail, 787 F.2d at 135 n. 9. In support of its conclusion, the court relied on its "settled policy of extreme deference to an arbitrator's legal as well as factual determinations," citing United Steelworkers of America, District 36 v. Adbill Management Corp., 754 F.2d 138 (3d Cir.1985). United Retail, 787 F.2d at 135 n. 9. The court's reliance on Adbill, however, was misplaced. Adbill involved the review of a labor arbitrator's award issued pursuant to the parties' collective bargaining agreement. In that situation, judicial deference is "mandated by Congress' preference that this contractually agreed upon vehicle for dispute resolution be the 'final' method of adjustment among parties." Stockton Tri Industries, 727 F.2d at 1207 n. 7. By contrast, withdrawal liability arbitration is a statutorily required proceeding (29 U.S.C. Sec. 1401(a)(1)), the matters of which are to be determined by Congress' intent, not the parties'. See Teamsters Pension Trust Fund v. Allyn Transportation Co., 832 F.2d 502, 505 (9th Cir.1987); see also Stockton Tri Industries, 727 F.2d at 1207 n. 7.
Allied also contends that the extremely limited power of review provided for by the Federal Arbitration Act, 9 U.S.C. Secs. 1-14, controls here. We disagree. While it is true that Sec. 1401(b)(3) (which concerns withdrawal liability arbitration proceedings) incorporates the Federal Arbitration Act,6 it does so only to the extent it is consistent with 29 U.S.C. Secs. 1301-1461. As have the Fourth and Eighth Circuits, we hold that the limited review permitted by Sec. 10 of the Arbitration Act (9 U.S.C. Sec. 10) is inconsistent with Sec. 1401(b)(2)'s broad mandate allowing courts to "enforce, vacate, or modify the arbitrator's award." Union Asphalts, 857 F.2d at 1234; Republic Industries, 718 F.2d at 641. Thus, we conclude that courts may fully review an arbitrator's legal determinations.
C. Section 1383(a)(2)'s Interpretation.
So far as is relevant here, a complete withdrawal occurs when an employer "permanently ceases all covered operations under the plan." 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1383(a)(2). But in spite of the clear language requiring that "all covered operations" cease before a complete withdrawal occurs, the district court held it was sufficient if "virtually all" (as opposed to "all") covered operations came to a halt in order to trigger withdrawal liability. It did so, as have other district courts,7 by relying on a passage from the relevant legislative history. H.R.Rep. No. 896 Part I, 96th Cong., 2d Sess. 73, reprinted in 1980 U.S.Code Cong. & Admin.News 2918, 2941.8 The resort to legislative history was unnecessary, however, because the statute is clear and unambiguous. See Blum v. Stenson, 465 U.S. 886, 896, 104 S.Ct. 1541, 1547, 79 L.Ed.2d 891 (1984) (where "resolution of a question of federal law turns on a statute and the intention of Congress, we look first to the statutory language and then to the legislative history if the statutory language is unclear"). Legislative history may be consulted in rare and exceptional circumstances even when the statute is clear, or if the application of the statute's plain language produces absurd or unjust results. Meredith v. Bowen, 833 F.2d 650, 654 (7th Cir.1987); Wilson v. Harris Trust & Savings Bank, 777 F.2d 1246, 1249 (7th Cir.1985) (per curiam); Pullman-Standard v. Interstate Commerce Commission, 705 F.2d 875, 879 (7th Cir.1983). But where, as here, none of these factors are present, the clear language should be the guide to congressional intent. Discarding the plain language of a statute in favor of committee reports or other legislative history ignores the realities of the legislative process. The crafting of specific language often reflects legislative compromise reached after hard fought battles over the means to reach even common goals. Courts should only reluctantly turn to legislative history for fear of upsetting the delicate balance reflected in a finally worded piece of legislation.9 Cf. Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Bellmont Trucking Co., Inc., 788 F.2d 428, 433-34 (7th Cir.1986) (quoting Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System v. Dimension Financial Corporation, 474 U.S. 361, 373-74, 106 S.Ct. 681, 688, 88 L.Ed.2d 691 (1986)). In this case "the plain language" of the statute "is the best evidence of [its] meaning." Meredith, 833 F.2d at 654.
Section 1383(a)(2) says that "all covered operations" must permanently cease for a complete withdrawal to occur. 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1383(a)(2). "It is a maxim of statutory construction that, unless otherwise defined, words should be given their ordinary, common meaning." Ulane v. Eastern Airlines, Inc., 742 F.2d 1081, 1085 (7th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 471 U.S. 1017, 105 S.Ct. 2023, 85 L.Ed.2d 304 (1985). The common meaning of "all" is 100 percent. Central States Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund v. Bellmont Trucking Co., Inc., 610 F.Supp. 1505, 1510 (N.D. Ind.1985), aff'd, 788 F.2d 428 (7th Cir.1986). That Congress meant 100 percent when it said "all" is buttressed by the fact that in several other places, the statute qualifies "all" by using the phrase "substantially all." 29 U.S.C. Secs. 1383(b)(1)(A), 1384(a)(3)(A), 1389(c), and 1405(a)(1). Plainly, Congress knew the difference between "all," "substantially all," and "virtually all"; and it opted for the unqualified "all" in 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1383(a)(2). As we read Sec. 1383(a)(2), then, there simply is no other way to remain faithful to Congress' intent, as expressed by the statute's clear and unambiguous language, other than to hold that all (100 percent) of the covered operations must permanently cease before finding an employer has completely withdrawn from a multiemployer plan. We therefore agree with Allied and the PBGC, and respectfully decline to follow the lead of those district courts (see supra n. 7) which have relied on the legislative history to reach a different result.
The Trustees argue, though, that our reading of Sec. 1383(a)(2) may invite manipulation and abuse by scheming employers who will retain skeleton crews to avoid (delay) the imposition of withdrawal liability. We are not persuaded. First, there is no allegation of such manipulation or abuse on the part of Allied, so we do not face that situation here. But, more important, a remedy already exists for such a case. Under 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1392(c), "[i]f a principal purpose of any transaction is to evade or avoid liability ... [the withdrawal liability provisions] shall be applied (and liability shall be determined and collected) without regard to such transaction." Id. Had Allied recalled its employees or kept them on the payroll merely to "evade or avoid liability," the Trustees could have pursued Allied under Sec. 1392(c) regardless of the number of employees remaining or the continuation of covered operations. Thus, there is no need for us to take the drastic--indeed impermissible--step of rewriting the statute as the Trustees invite us to do.
Having interpreted Sec. 1383(a)(2), we must now decide when Allied completely withdrew from the Plan. Allied announced in June 1982, its decision to close its Bedford Park plant. Allied and the Union negotiated a Shutdown Agreement to facilitate the closing and agreed to continue their collective bargaining agreement in effect for as long as any bargaining unit member was employed. The bargaining unit included all of Allied's production and maintenance employees engaged in the fabrication of iron, steel, metal and other products, or in maintenance work in or about the plant.
All the work performed at Allied's Bedford Park plant since June 30, 1983, was production and maintenance work within the meaning of the collective bargaining agreement,10 and was performed by bargaining unit members. Allied's employees produced and shipped products to some of its primary customers even after June 30, 1983 (the end of the 1983 plan year). Allied also received several purchase orders after June 30, 1983. Finally, throughout this period Allied continued to contribute to the Plan as provided for by the collective bargaining agreement.
On this record, we agree with the arbitrator that the Plan's determination that Allied completely withdrew during the plan year ending June 30, 1983 (and that its withdrawal liability should be determined based on unfunded vested benefits as of June 30, 1982) was clearly erroneous. As the arbitrator found, a complete withdrawal occurred during the plan year ending June 30, 1984; thus, Allied's withdrawal liability should be based on unfunded vested benefits as of June 30, 1983.
In sum, we hold that the district court properly reviewed the arbitrator's award under the de novo standard of review. But the district court misinterpreted 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1383(a)(2), finding a complete withdrawal occurred before all of Allied's covered operations permanently ceased. Section 1383(a)(2)'s plain language requires a finding that all covered operations permanently stop before a complete withdrawal occurs. Therefore, we reverse the district court and reinstate the arbitrator's award.
With slight modification we have lifted the magistrate's recitation of the facts, and note that the parties stipulated to the facts before the arbitrator
We are aided by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's ("PBGC") amicus curiae brief. The PBGC's views are entitled to deference because of its responsibility to enforce Title IV of ERISA, 29 U.S.C. Secs. 1301-1461 (which includes ERISA's withdrawal liability provisions). Robbins v. McNicholas Transportation Co., 819 F.2d 682, 686 (7th Cir.1987)
On appeal, the Trustees have abandoned their claim that Allied ceased to have an obligation to contribute under the Plan. 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1383(a)(1)
This is what this dispute really is all about. If Allied's withdrawal is said to have occurred in the plan year ending June 30, 1984, as Allied urges, the alleged withdrawal liability equals $364,000. If, on the other hand, the Trustees are correct and a complete withdrawal occurred in the plan year ending June 30, 1983, the alleged withdrawal liability jumps to $559,108.57. (Given our resolution of this case, we need not consider whether the Trustees are correct in asserting that the district court made a clerical error and that this amount should be $599,108.57.)
It is true, though, as Allied points out, that the D.C. Circuit, in stating that the arbitrator's decision is "fully reviewable to determine whether applicable statutory law has correctly been applied and whether the findings comport with the evidence," incorrectly cited to Sec. 1401(a)(3)(A) (plan sponsor's determinations presumed correct) for that proposition, and not to Sec. 1401(c) (rebuttable presumption that arbitrator's findings of fact were correct). Stockton Tri Industries, 727 F.2d at 1207-08 n. 7. But given that court's parenthetical explanation (which refers to the arbitrator's decision) we don't believe it misread or misunderstood ERISA, as the Trustees believe
Actually, Sec. 1401(b)(3) does not expressly incorporate Sec. 10 of the Federal Arbitration Act. Section 10 lists the various grounds for which an arbitrator's award may be vacated (fraud, bias, arbitral misconduct, etc.). Section 1401(b)(3), though, does not speak of suits to vacate arbitration awards, but rather, says the Federal Arbitration Act will, to the extent it is consistent with ERISA, govern "arbitration proceedings" and the "enforce[ment]" of the arbitrator's award. Thus, Sec. 10's limited grounds for review arguably have no application to suits to vacate withdrawal liability awards. We need not decide this issue, though, because of our holding that, even if Sec. 10 does apply, it would be inconsistent with Sec. 1401(b)(2)
These cases include: Combs v. Leishman, 691 F.Supp. 424, 430-31 (D.D.C.1988); Connors v. Economy Building Systems, Inc., 651 F.Supp. 849, 853-54 (D.D.C.1986); ILGWU National Retirement Fund v. Weatherall Fashions, Inc., No. 84 Civ. 9772, slip op., 1986 WL 2757 (S.D.N.Y.1986); F.H. Cobb Company v. New York State Teamsters Conference Pension and Retirement Fund, 584 F.Supp. 1181, 1183 (N.D.N.Y.1984); Speckman v. Barford Chevrolet Co., 535 F.Supp. 488, 491 (E.D.Mo.1982). None of these cases concluded Sec. 1383(a)(2) was ambiguous, unclear, or would lead to absurd or unjust results if the plain language were followed before turning to the legislative history
That passage states:
The bill would treat an employer as withdrawing from a multiemployer plan when the employer (1) permanently ceases to have an obligation to contribute under the plan, or (2) permanently ceases all covered operations under the plan. Current law does not define a withdrawal. As under current law, a virtually complete cessation of contributions, e.g., a 98-percent reduction, that has the same effect on the plan as a complete cessation of contributions, is a complete withdrawal.
At oral argument, the Trustees also brought to our attention a portion of the report drafted by the Senate's Labor and Human Resources Committee. But that section has to do with whether a particular withdrawal was permanent, not with whether all or only some covered operations ceased. Thus, the Report states "[a] plan sponsor need only make a reasonable determination based on the evidence available that the cessation of covered operations or obligation to contribute is not merely temporary. The Committee intends that covered operations be treated as having permanently ceased when business activity substantially ceases or when it continues but no longer gives rise to contributions to the plan." S.Rep. 1076, 96th Cong., 2d Sess. at 12, 13. Here, the question is not whether Allied's cessation of business activity was permanent or merely temporary (everyone agrees it was permanent); rather, the question is when "all covered operations" came to a halt. The Report hardly clarifies the issue here; but even if it was consistent with the House Report, there was no need to resort to legislative history because the statute itself is clear.
Relying on legislative history, especially where, as here, the statute is clear, can produce odd results and even encourage potential abuse. "Committee reports that contradict statutory language or purport to explicate the meaning or applicability of particular statutory provisions can short-circuit the legislative process, leading to results never approved by Congress or the President." Wallace v. Christensen, 802 F.2d 1539, 1560 (9th Cir.1986) (Kozinski, J., concurring); see also Hirschey v. FERC, 777 F.2d 1, 7-8 (D.C.Cir.1985) (Scalia, J., concurring)
The district court equated "covered operations" under 29 U.S.C. Sec. 1383(a)(2) with what it termed "normal business operations" or with production work only. Section 1383(a)(2), however, speaks of "all covered operations under the plan," not production work. We think "covered operations" refers to those operations which are covered by the collective bargaining agreement (through the relevant bargaining unit definition) for which the employer must contribute to pension plan. Cf. Speckman, 535 F.Supp. at 491 (employer ceases "covered operations" if it ceases the business activity that gave rise to contributions to the plan). The business activity giving rise to contributions is the performance of bargaining unit work. Thus, the issue is whether bargaining unit work is being performed for which contributions are made, not simply whether production work is being performed. Here the Trustees stipulated that bargaining unit work was performed after June 1983 | <urn:uuid:5bae177b-fe7d-43b9-8273-562da959a58c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://openjurist.org/872/f2d/208 | 2013-05-20T12:09:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.940006 | 6,666 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Microsoft today has announced that an upcoming add-on for Windows XP will enable the handling of Canon and Nikon RAW formats directly within Windows.
Called the Microsoft RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer PowerToy, it's comprised of two parts: a shell extension and RAW image viewing application.
The shell extension will add support for rendering of RAW thumbnails, display of metadata and printing from within Windows Explorer.
RAW Image Viewer, which will resemble the current Picture and Fax Viewer, will display high-resolution previews, slide shows and allow printing also.
Both the shell extension and the RAW Image Viewer utilize software development kits provided by Canon and Nikon for their respective cameras' RAW files. Therefore, the colour appearance of RAW photos within Windows Explorer or the RAW Image Viewer will be similar to that of the camera makers' RAW conversion software.
The PowerToy will be available as a free download from the Microsoft web site. A precise release date has not been set, though it's expected to ship in June 2005.
The shell extension in action, displaying RAW CR2 (and JPEG) files from an EOS-1D Mark II
Previewing a RAW CR2 file in RAW Image Viewer
RAW in Longhorn
The software giant has also revealed that the next major release of Windows, dubbed Longhorn and due out in 2006, will include the necessary infrastructure so that RAW files can be supported directly in the operating system. Camera makers and other RAW format vendors will be able to produce codecs that plug into Longhorn and allow the operating system, as well any application running on Longhorn, to view and process RAW files. Canon, Nikon, Fujifilm and Adobe have agreed to produce RAW format codecs for Longhorn. (Nikon put out their own press release announcing their intention to work with Microsoft on RAW support in Longhorn.)
Plus, a future version of Digital Image Suite, Microsoft's consumer-level image editing and image management application, will incorporate the ability to view and process RAW files from Canon and Nikon digital cameras.
At trade shows over the past several months, Microsoft has shown a pre-release version of a PowerToy designed to streamline the link-up between certain FTP-based camera wireless transmitters and Windows XP, a dedicated colour management settings control panel and the RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer. All have been developed by the company's Rich Media Group. The RAW Image Thumbnailer and Viewer appears poised to be the first of these products to ship.
• Numerous details have been added to the story after its initial publication (June 1, 2005)
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Basically, it involved hitching four prime horses to a carriage or coach and heading off to an attractive destination along the coast or going backcountry with a group of family members or friends. Picnic lunches and refreshments accompanied the outing of the day and one arrived for the adventure decorously “dressed-up.”
The tally-hos were fashionably recorded in the social columns of the time:
“Mr. and Mrs. Fred Jackson of San Diego, who have been spending summers at La Jolla, were host and hostess to a tally-ho party to the famed Torrey pines Sunday last.”
— The San Diego Union, Sunday morning, Aug. 26, 1900, in a column headlined “Gay Season at La Jolla.”
“A large tally-ho party from Pine Valley, Flinn Valley and San Diego spent Wednesday at La Jolla visiting Mrs. Walters at the Sea Side Inn”
— The San Diego Union Sunday morning, Sept. 5, 1900, in a column headlined “Witnessed at La Jolla.”
“The children of the Sisters convent in San Diego, accompanied by several of the Sisters, picnicked at La Jolla yesterday. The trip from town was made by tally-ho and the little folks had a good time on the trip as well as on the beaches.”
— The San Diego Union Sunday morning, Sept. 30, 1900 in a column entitled “Big Fish at La Jolla” (also heralding the taking of a 250-pound fish)
Many of La Jolla’s early prominent citizens, such as Wheeler Bailey and Anna Held, were recorded as organizing and participating in the popular tally-hos into the first of the 20th century when the arrival of the automobile no longer made them as popular. The automobile, in fact, replaced the carriage for its own sort of “tally-ho,” but the nomenclature turned to “a pleasure drive” or “Sunday afternoon spin” as Anson Mills later recorded a similar activity behind the wheel of his new Ford tooling around the dusty roadways.
Today, old photographs in the La Jolla Historical Society’s archival collection attest to the romance of the tally-ho in carriages. One from the 1870s shows a tally-ho group in Scripps Park enjoying a picnic while their horses and carriages stand waiting for a return trip, most probably to San Diego. In another, dated about a decade later, the fashion of the tally-ho is particularly evident as the carriage is bedecked by a fringed canopy and vines and flowers attached to its supports while the tally-hoers themselves wear their “Sunday best” couture of the day. A photo dated 1905 shows Philadelphia transplant Walter Lieber driving a handsome team of four horses with a carriage containing about a dozen men and women. The group is parked along a hillside of desolate landscape — perhaps, they are looking at real estate?
A mid-1890s photo depicts horses and a carriage with U.S. Grant Jr., his wife and Anna Held arriving to La Jolla by tally-ho. They came to see the lots on the cliffs (now by Cave Street) that Held had just purchased to create the Green Dragon Colony. Soon the artists, writers, musicians and theater performers that Held gathered around her would be enjoying more tally-hos.
Now, the past of the tally-ho is evoked here and there by tourist and travel groups who rent horse-and-carriage services for rides through historic neighborhoods or for special party occasions or weddings — still an alternative to that ever expedient stretch limo!
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It is always interesting to observe a different culture and I have had the opportunity a couple of times when I have taught in Thailand. The overtness of Buddhist devotion was something new to me. It was not uncommon to encounter a shrine to Buddha where people were praying, offering incense or rubbing gold leaf onto an image.
Buddhist temples are colourful and interesting cultural icons, standing out in the landscape. My Thai friends would often tell me about the various activities, and I soon learned that the Buddhist equivalent of prayer was one of the major activities. I was interested to note that many of the prayers were about receiving good luck. The worshipers wanted to win the lottery, or win the heart of a young man/lady, or be successful in business and so on.
I was a bit shocked at first and put it down to heathen greed, but on reflection (eight hours on a plane back to Australia) I wondered if we Christians were all that different. Now I would not pray to win the lottery – that would indeed be a sin – but some of my prayers really are a bit self-centered.
I have thought a lot about prayer during my life – prayers that were important to me, but seemingly went unanswered; prayers that were nothing more than a ritual of recitation before falling into bed, or after falling out of bed; prayers for reassurance when I learned that I had to have emergency surgery on Sabbath morning during the time of the church service, and so on. I thought what did they really achieve, what did I get out of them?
My moment of revelation came one day when I was at a group prayer where everyone around the group was supposed to pray. As usual I was trying to think up something really smart to say so that the group would remember my prayer as a contribution to their Christian experience, when someone’s prayer cut right across my thoughts. They had prayed for something where I knew I could help. And then it hit me right where it mattered. You have got to use your ears when you pray. I knew that I could help someone, and I had learned that while I was praying. How often my whole attitude to prayer was about what to say, when it should have been what can I hear?
Jacob found that out. He wrestled a whole night with an angel but it was only in the morning when he was in pain that he was prepared to listen. The promise of prayer is not about thinking about the smart question for God to answer, but about being the answer that God wants you to be. | <urn:uuid:820dd9ca-2e03-4c31-b694-df46ac413352> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://ssnet.org/blog/2012/03/prayer-give-me-or-take-me/ | 2013-05-20T12:09:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368698924319/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516100844-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.992294 | 522 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The Kaspersky 7 Volcanoes Expedition: Second Summit Conquered
Woburn, MA – March 1, 2013 - Kaspersky Lab continues to support and inspire Olga Rumyantseva, a Russian mountaineer committed to ascending the highest volcano in each of the world’s seven continents within just one year.
Today, Olga successfully finished her solo climb of the second volcano, Kilimanjaro (preceded by Mount Sidley in Antarctica). It took her just four days to reach the top of the highest peak in Africa (5895 meters) despite unfavorable weather conditions with high humidity and a temperature of about 0º Celsius. Olga reached the summit on February 28, at 8am Moscow time.
Olga has already shared her first impressions of the climb: “I completed this task even faster than I had planned, though it was more challenging than the first volcano. The Kaspersky 7 Volcanoes Expedition schedule is very tight and I don’t have much time to recover in between. But I’m as determined as ever, and with the support, inspiration and values of Kaspersky Lab behind me, I know I can overcome any obstacles.”
Kaspersky Lab is providing Olga with everything she needs for the expedition and also invites her followers to track her progress on Facebook and take part in a contest to win a dream trip for two by checking in at one of the 7 Summits which Olga is set to climb in 2013. Participants simply need to describe their dream trip and explain why it would mean so much to them. Olga will select the winners, who will receive tickets to their dream destination.
With its passion for discovery and its determination to break new ground, Kaspersky Lab has a long-standing tradition of supporting geographic expeditions. Eugene Kaspersky himself is a keen traveler who has explored several remote and uninhabited regions of the world.
About The Kaspersky 7 Volcanoes Expedition
The Kaspersky 7 Volcanoes Expedition sees mountaineer Olga Rumyantseva become the first woman to make a solo ascent of the Seven Volcanic Summits, the highest volcanoes on each of the seven continents, within one year.
Supported by Kaspersky Lab, Olga will solo climb Mt. Sidley (Antarctica), Kilimanjaro (Tanzania), Mt. Giluwe (Papua New Guinea), Damavand (Iran), Elbrus (Russia), Pico de Orizaba (Mexico) and Ojos del Salado (Chile/Argentina). Summiting these volcanoes is considered one of the toughest mountaineering feats in the world, and the fact that Olga will be the first in history to ascend them alone in less than 12 months merely adds to the challenge.
The Kaspersky 7 Volcanoes Expedition is the brand’s latest collaboration with explorers. At the beginning of 2012, with the support of Kaspersky Lab, renowned British explorer Felicity Aston became the first woman in history to cross Antarctica alone, having set a new world record. Another expedition dating back to November 2009 saw the company sponsor the Kaspersky Commonwealth Antarctic Expedition. This project brought together women from Brunei, Cyprus, Ghana, India, Jamaica, New Zealand, Singapore and the United Kingdom who skied more than 900 km from the coast of Antarctica to the South Pole to mark the 60th anniversary of the Commonwealth.
About Olga Rumyantseva
Olga Rumyantseva was born in the Russian city of Tver. From an early age she had a keen interest in mountain trekking and mountaineering. What started out as a hobby scaling peaks in the Caucasus, the Khibiny Mountains and mountains in Central Asia later turned into a lifestyle. She received a first grade in mountaineering and became director of the Moscow State University alpinism club. In 2008 Olga started her dream job when she became a mountaineering guide. Throughout her climbing career she has ascended numerous mountains on every continent.
About Kaspersky Lab
Kaspersky Lab is the world’s largest privately held vendor of endpoint protection solutions. The company is ranked among the world’s top four vendors of security solutions for endpoint users*. Throughout its 15-year history Kaspersky Lab has remained an innovator in IT security and provides effective digital security solutions for consumers, SMBs and enterprises. The company currently operates in almost 200 countries and territories across the globe, providing protection for over 300 million users worldwide. Learn more at www. www.kaspersky.com.
* The company was rated fourth in the IDC rating Worldwide Endpoint Security Revenue by Vendor, 2011. The rating was published in the IDC report "Worldwide Endpoint Security 2012–2016 Forecast and 2011 Vendor Shares (IDC #235930, July 2012). The report ranked software vendors according to earnings from sales of endpoint security solutions in 2011.
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