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A Magnolia man is behind bars, after Montgomery County deputies say he hit a Pct. 4 Constable car while driving drunk.
Court records state that Jacob Tyler Sweeten, 20, was traveling at a high rate of speed on Crocket-Martin Road, in East Montgomery County, Sept. 30. Deputy Skero, with the Constable’s Office, was conducting a traffic stop on the side of the road, near a railroad crossing.
After flying over the railroad tracks, Sweeten then slammed into the back of the deputy’s patrol car, according to deputies.
Sweeten was suspected by police of being under the influence and was arrested. He refused a breath test, however deputies obtained a search warrant for a mandatory blood draw. He was booked into jail on charges of Driving While Intoxicated.
According to a report from the Montgomery County Police Reporter, Sweeten is a senior at The Woodlands High School and was arrested last May for the same offense, but charges were dismissed. | <urn:uuid:652a65b8-b8a0-478c-9213-ddbc07e9f78f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tribunenews.com/index.php/k2/edition-categories/events/itemlist/tag/car%20crash | 2013-05-23T04:54:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.971541 | 206 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Reports: Hewlett-Packard May Tap Meg Whitman To Be Its CEO
Meg Whitman, the former eBay CEO and 2010 Republican candidate for governor of California, may be Hewlett-Packard's next CEO.
The Wall Street Journal's All Things D blog and Bloomberg News are reporting they've been told by sources familiar with the H-P board's thinking that directors are meeting to talk about whether to move current CEO Leo Apotheker aside and install Whitman (possibly on an interim basis, Bloomberg says) in the chief executive's office.
Apotheker became CEO last November, as the San Jose Mercury News reminds us. He replaced Mark Hurd, "who was ousted ... after being accused of falsifying expense reports in a controversy that started with an allegation of sexual harassment by an HP contract employee."
The Mercury News writes that "H-P has been the world's leading PC-maker for the past five years, after buying one major rival, Compaq, and overtaking another competitor, Dell, in the race for market share. But its business has been under increasing pressure, both from the introduction of such alternatives as the iPad and from competition with low-cost manufacturers that have forced HP to keep its prices and profits down. Since taking over the top job, Apotheker has announced that HP will spin off its core personal-computer business, end its foray into the tablet business and purchase British software company Autonomy for more than $10 billion."
Bloomberg notes that Whitman, "who joined Hewlett-Packard's board in January after a failed bid to become California's governor last year, had a mixed record at EBay. As CEO for a decade, she took the company public and pioneered online commerce for small businesses. Yet she also failed to halt a slowdown in revenue growth and overpaid for Skype Technologies SA after a three-way bidding war with Google Inc. and Yahoo! Inc." | <urn:uuid:7fee3617-3cfb-42ee-87ce-7c7b97fe8ee7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.wemu.org/post/reports-hewlett-packard-may-tap-meg-whitman-be-its-ceo | 2013-05-23T05:03:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965377 | 477 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Excel Dashboards — A How-to for Compensation Professionals
A Skill-building Seminar with Excel Expert Dianne Auld
Do you work with a tremendous amount of compensation data, making it difficult to perform analysis and draw conclusions and insights? Do you feel you overload team members and managers with cumbersome, confusing and intimidating Excel spreadsheets? Leveraging Excel dashboards is a powerful way to consolidate vast amounts of data, findings and analysis into a condensed, executive summary view that will facilitate sound business decisions.
In this course, learn how to create an Excel dashboard that will illustrate how pay structures compare competitively to the market. Begin with an introduction to the concept of Excel dashboards, why they are useful and the basics needed to get started. Then, get hands-on experience in Excel as you follow along with the instructor to create the interactive executive dashboard. Hands-on tactical learning, relevant compensation scenarios, job aids and sample spreadsheets ensure you can use what you learn immediately at the office.
Create a streamlined Excel dashboard using a real-world scenario that illustrates how pay structures compare competitively to the market
Transform vast amounts of data and display analysis and key findings in a condensed space where it is easy to access, interact with and understand
Learn how to gain critical information and insights from dashboards in order to make quick and effective business decisions
Ask questions and interact with a subject matter expert and other course attendees via interactive discussion boards*
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WebChat with a WorldatWork Customer Relationship Services Advisor. Monday – Thursday (7:00 am – 4:30 p.m. MST), Friday (7:00 am – 1:30 p.m.)
Enhance your learning experience! 24/7 Blended Learning provides you with the flexibility and convenience of e-learning AND interaction with colleagues and subject matter experts as you'd experience in a traditional classroom.
Covers what is a dashboard; why it is useful; basics about what you need to do to get started
Creating the Framework and Customizing the Quick Access Toolbar
Customize the framework; set the print area and page layout; customize the quick access toolbar to include useful tools for creating dashboards
Dashboards Functionality and Data Overview
Illustrates sample dashboard’s layout and functionality (multiple areas and regions, various pay scales, ability to age market data to specific dates such as salary survey dates); describes data included in this dashboard and shows where the source data is for populating the dashboard
Name areas and regions to use with data validation; create interactive fields with data validation; customize the data validation using the INDIRECT and SUBSTITUTE formulas
Bring in pay scales using the OFFSET and MATCH formula; hide any error references using the IFERROR formulas
Age market data for survey date and current date using the DATEDIF formula; extend the formula to find the aging factor; age company data using the aging factor; bring in market data using the AVERAGEIFS formula with named ranges
Compa Ratios and Conditional Formatting
Calculate comparative ratio pay scale midpoint to the market median; add conditional formatting icons to indicate if the pay scale is above the market, close to the market, or below the market
Create and customize compa ratio charts
Camera Tool and Protecting the Dashboard
Move data into dashboard using the camera tool; hide development sheets; set protection preferences
About Excel Dashboards
Excel dashboard functionality has many benefits. Watch this introduction to the course and learn how dashboards can boost your efficiencies and enable more sound business decisions. Be sure your volume is turned on to hear the video.
This seminar is designed for compensation/HR professionals such as compensation analysts, managers, directors or anyone who works with large amounts of data and wants to create Excel Dashboards. This course is for those with intermediate Excel skills. Microsoft Excel 2007 is used in the demonstrations. Please note that Excel functionality varies by software version. Some formulas used in this course are: IF Formulas, Data Validation and Protection Functions, ARRAY Formulas, LOOKUP and Reference Formulas.
For traditional classroom courses, a print binder will be available for pickup on site the day of the seminar. E-learning and blended learning course materials can be found online within the product. To download course material amendments, view class rosters and find out what to bring to your class, please visit www.worldatwork.org/prep.
Access to the e-learning product lasts for the specified amount of time (30, 60 or 120 days). Your e-learning product begins the day you purchase it, not the day you start it. Be sure to download any class materials prior to product expiration.
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Dianne Auld, GRP, CCP, CSCP
Dianne Auld, GRP, CCP, owns a consulting practice, Auld Compensation Consulting, in Cape Town, South Africa. She consults a wide range of organizations across Africa and the Middle East in all areas of total rewards. She has developed and taught courses in Africa, the Middle East, Europe, and the United States.
Dianne is also a faculty member at WorldatWork and a reviewer for the WorldatWork Journal. Well respected and known as an expert in the compensation field and Excel, Dianne’s skills and expertise are in high demand. In fact, her Excel Dashboards session at the WorldatWork Total Rewards 2012 Conference and Exhibition was “sold out” with a waiting list. Diane has partnered with WorldatWork to develop several new educational products to assist compensation professionals with their day-to-day tasks in Excel, including “Pay Structures – Develop a Framework from Start to Finish”, “Excel Skills for Compensation Professionals”, “Excel Tips for Compensation Professionals” and “Excel Dashboards: A How-to for Compensation Professionals”. These Excel courses include sleek visual and audio demonstrations of tasks compensation professionals need to perform in their job function. | <urn:uuid:897dc9c9-8763-43fb-94d3-ebd0c6529ced> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.worldatwork.org/waw/adimLink?id=65341 | 2013-05-23T04:26:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.895932 | 1,276 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Survey of Energy Resources 2007
Geothermal Country Notes
Poland has substantial resources of geothermal energy, but not at high temperatures. The available resource ranges from reservoir temperatures of 30°C to 130°C at depths of 1 to 4 km.
Although thermal water has been used for balneological purposes for many centuries, development of geothermal power for heating has only taken place during the past 15 years or so. Both the Strategy of Renewable Energy Resources Development which came into effect in 2000 and Polish membership of the European Union in 2004 have helped to encourage the growth of renewable energy use in general, but greater promotion of geothermal energy is needed.
Three heating plants were installed in the period 1992-1999 in the Podhale region (near Zakopane), in Pyrzyce (near Szczecin) and in Mszczonów (near Skierniewice). Two further heating plants came into operation in 2001 (Uniejow) and 2002 (Slomniki). Some of the geothermal units work in conjunction with heat pumps and/or fossil-fuelled boilers.
Geothermal water is mainly used for heating purposes. The bulk of the capacity installed for direct heating is utilised for district heating, with much smaller amounts for bathing and swimming, greenhouse heating, fish farming and wood drying. The number of ground-source heat pumps has grown steadily and capacity now stands at about 53 MWt.
At the present time it is not foreseen that geothermal heat will be utilised for traditional electricity generation. However, there is an interest in studying binary plants which would be based on 90+°C water. | <urn:uuid:c5a93d8f-bea9-4ce4-ad2b-d9e9c8869518> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.worldenergy.org/publications/survey_of_energy_resources_2007/geothermal_energy/country_notes/2182.asp?textsize=3 | 2013-05-23T04:34:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368702810651/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516111330-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.938081 | 340 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Creating a World where Animal Welfare Matters and Animal Cruelty has Ended
Jun 11, 2009From Sunday, WSPA will accompany a group of orphaned bonobos on a historic journey back to the wild. This is the first ever attempt to reintroduce our closest ape relation to their natural habitat.
Jun 8, 2009WSPA, the world’s largest alliance of animal welfare organizations, has grown to a total of 1,012 member societies. Together we are changing animals’ lives.
Jun 3, 2009More than 28,000 people from over 120 countries joined WSPA in speaking out against the brutal treatment of pigs in Egypt. Sadly, the cull is now complete, but our work on animal welfare in Egypt continues.
May 27, 2009Information from Cairo suggests that more than half the pig population has been culled, despite there being no proven link between pigs and swine flu transmission. WSPA fears that brutal culling methods continue.
May 21, 2009As the summer travel season kicks into high gear and families begin making trips to watch performances by dolphins, orcas (killer whales), seals and sea lions in marine parks, the World Society for the Protection of Animals (WSPA) and the Humane Society of the United States (HSUS) have issued the fourth edition of their in-depth report, The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity to educate tourists about the suffering that goes on behind the scenes.
May 19, 2009Egyptian authorities are undertaking an unacceptably cruel assault on the pig population in Cairo. WSPA has written a strong letter to the Prime Minister of Egypt, calling for an end to the mass cull. Learn how you too can take action.
May 18, 2009On June 22 over 80 governments will meet to decide the future of the world’s whales. More than 25 years after the global ban on commercial whaling was passed, these intelligent mammals are in danger once more.
May 13, 2009Egypt is still culling pigs despite there being no known link between the recent outbreak of swine flu and pigs. News on the spread of swine flu continues to develop, but there have been no significant discoveries that directly concern pigs, pig farming or pork products.
May 8, 2009Negotiations to resume New Zealand’s live sheep trade with Saudi Arabia are underway following a ban on live exports for more than five years.
Apr 22, 2009In an unprecedented move, WSPA has been invited by the International Halal Integrity Alliance to produce draft animal welfare guidelines.
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Laura Kubzansky, MPH '97, promoted to tenure
Please join the HSPH community in warmly congratulating Laura Kubzansky on her promotion to professor of social and behavioral sciences.
Over the course of her career, Dr. Kubzansky’s interests have evolved from the effect of emotions on performance—the subject of her doctoral studies, reflecting her background in music—to the role of stress and emotion in cardiovascular disease and healthy aging. Her ground-breaking research rests at the intersection of epidemiology, psychology, and health, and she has provided some of the strongest evidence to date that stress and emotion contribute to disease development and should be considered viable targets for interventions. Further, she has provided novel approaches to assessing the extent to which stress and other psychological factors can explain social disparities in health. More recently, her work has emphasized the molecular processes that underlie the link between social and emotional factors and health, uniquely bridging experimental and observational research within the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences. In addition, Dr. Kubzansky has conducted innovative work that seeks to understand protective factors that promote resilience and thus reduce the risk of chronic disease. Widely recognized as a leading scholar in this area, she serves as an advisor to organizations like the Centers for Disease Control and the American Heart Association in monitoring and assessing the impact of resilience and positive psychological functioning on physical health. Her ongoing work also examines the role of early childhood in setting up trajectories of risk or resilience and the interplay between social stress and toxic environmental exposures.
After receiving her PhD in social psychology from the University of Michigan in 1995, Dr. Kubzansky came to HSPH to carry out postdoctoral work on the psychosocial determinants of health. During this time, she also earned an MPH in public management and community health. In 1998, she became an instructor of health and social behavior and the associate director of the Harvard Center for Society and Health. Since joining the faculty in 2000, she has distinguished herself not only as an accomplished and innovative researcher, but as an exceptional teacher and mentor. Her talent for teaching and mentoring has been recognized by students, who selected her for the 2010 Roger L. Nichols Excellence in Teaching Award, as well as postdoctoral fellows, who presented her with the 2011 Outstanding Mentor Award.
On behalf of the school and the faculty, I am pleased to congratulate Dr. Kubzansky on her promotion and wish her continued success in her career at HSPH.
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I spent a week in London at the beginning of this month. This contributed to lack of updates here and a few other things being pushed temporarily aside. But I’m back, I took a lot of photos, and I had a very good time. I never left the confines of London, so I don’t consider England “done” by any stretch of the imagination, but this was the first time I’d ever travelled over the Atlantic, and it was an excellent first step.
I was in London to present a speech about Wikipedia. Being flown to London and put up in a hotel is not something I normally have happen to me, so I jumped at the opportunity. The event was called the STM Innovations Seminar. STM stands for “Scientific, Technical and Medical”, as in publishing. So what we have here was me being able to punch Wikipedia in the face for a little under an hour, while visiting another country. Who could resist? I was also the lead-in to Ted Nelson, he of Xanadu and pioneering work in hypertext, and who could resist that. So all around, a great way to spend a week.
I’ve now put a copy of the speech, “Mythapedia”, on archive.org. If you’ve already heard The Great Failure of Wikipedia the tone and approach will be somewhat similar, although this one is focused more towards addressing Wikipedia from the point of view of a publisher and a number of my beliefs of what a Wikipedia-like entity needs to sustain quality work.
Ernest Adams was particularly friendly and helpful when I plugged my power strip into the wall and blew it up (turns out it was cut-rate; now it’s a plastic paperweight). I also discovered that while my lamps are 120-240v, the bulbs were definitely not; we had to go on a quick shopping spree to buy new halogen bulbs. A minor annoyance, but Mr. Adams was very nice about the whole delay, and ultimately we got a great interview down.
I got a lot of flack for not having more non-North American interviews for the BBS Documentary, and this is why: all the little issues of power, of transiting equipment, of getting transport when in a country… at the time I was working on BBS, it was just too much to pile on to everything else. I think I made the right choice, although it does sting a bit when the insults come in about making it.
Between taking my trips in double decker busses and the tube, eating bangers and mash, and walking miles and miles just taking in the place, I got to go to the GAME ON exhibit at the Science Museum. The thing is, I have a lot of what they have in my basement, with the usual exceptions of a PDP-1 and those first really funky Computer Space arcade machines. It was nice to see they had a exhibit running a text adventure (Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Infocom, 1984). ot a jazzed-up one, just the good ol’ text and prompt, waiting for the next move. And people were checking it out!
Life, in other words, is good.
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The Violet blouse from Colette is one of my all-time favorite patterns. I’ve already made it several times as-is from the pattern with no adjustments. I love it in dotted swiss and cotton voile. As per Colette’s usual M.O., Violet has a sweet vintage flair with it’s peter pan collar and gathered sleeves. However, calling on the latest spring trends for inspirations, I wanted to transform this classically styled pattern into something particularly on-trend for the coming season. This look was achieved by a few easy alterations that you can do too with minimal sewing experience.
First the fabric choice: If there’s one thing that I’m seeing everywhere right now, it’s chiffon! The baroque floral polyester chiffon that I chose also reminds me of all of the graphic prints that have been popping up in boutiques and major retailers alike.
Making this blouse in chiffon meant that I ditched doing any of the facings that this pattern called for, even the front placket facings since I thought that it would look awkward in the sheer fabric. Instead I did a wide double-roll hem for the button placket to give it stability.
I also decided to make this variation sleeveless for the warm months ahead so I finished the arm holes with double fold bias tape stitched to the inside instead of sleeves.
I also wanted to show off the beautiful chiffon I chose,so I added a few inches of width to the lower back pattern piece to create more ruffles at the yolk.
And while one of my favorite aspects of the original Violet is the peter-pan collar, I decided to ditch it for a big ol’ neck bow; another feature I love on tops. I made this by cutting a strip of fabric about 5″ wide from selvage to selvage, folding it in half, and attaching it to where the collar would normally go. I then pressed and top-stitched the ends closed.
I also decided to create a high-low effect (another trend that’s absolutely everywhere) by cutting the back longer than the front and curving the hem.
I finished all of my seams with French seams (my preferred method when working with chiffon; it’s easy and looks clean) and hemmed it all with a narrow double rolled hem.
That’s it! These are easy alterations that anyone can do!
-remove facings from the equation
-replace sleeves with bias tape
-add fullness to back piece
-replace collar with long strip
-taper the hem line
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Three steps to get into the $100K Challenge
Read the rules.
Get everybody on board.
At the very least, you’ll need the signed consent of two people with legal signing authority for your agency, but you’ll be most successful if your entire team is 100% game for this endeavor. Share this brochure with your team and get everyone pumped!
Applications open at 3:00p.m. ET on Thursday, January 3. We will accept 10 qualified applicants in each of the five divisions on a first-come, first-served basis. And we will accept one additional qualified applicant for the waiting list in each division. Judging from past years, these spaces will fill up fast so get ready now by previewing the application. We’ll call you to confirm the information on your application and we’ll send you an email as soon as you’re approved as an official 2013 contestant.
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Black joins panel on Iranian threat
TORONTO — Three political pundits, including Conrad Black, recently spoke about what Israel and the United States should do to fight the Iranian nuclear threat.
Black, a former Canadian newspaper publisher, Mark Dubowitz, the executive director of a U.S. foundation, and Bret Stephens, an American newspaper columnist, shared their views to a full house at Beth Tzedec Congregation. The Nov. 19 event was sponsored by Torah in Motion.
Stephens, a columnist for the Wall Street Journal, said stopping Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons is effectively an attempt to stop World War III.
Dubowitz, executive director of the U.S.-based Foundation for Defense of Democracies, said that he and the other speakers had similar views about the situation – that there was no debate on whether something needed to be done about the Iranian nuclear threat.
Where the panellists differed, however, was in determining how it should be done, and, in particular, the efficacy of sanctions.
Black said he’s not convinced sanctions work very well. “[Sanctions are] more than likely to produce an appetite for compromise and even concession,” he said, explaining that he shares former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher’s view on sanctions. They “punish all of the people, and not all of the people are responsible.”
Dubowitz agreed that implementing sanctions isn’t a “silver bullet.” They’re not going to stop Iran from building nuclear weapons, he said, but they have worked in placing the Iranian regime into the “penalty box.”
“Sanctions have had a profound moral impact on the Iranian regime,” he said, adding sanctions may accomplish the necessary preconditions for a military strike against Iran.
Stephens said it’s not only important to get rid of Iran’s nuclear facilities, but also to implement a long-term plan to rid the country of the current regime.
“It is hard to imagine unintended consequences that could possibly be worse than the foreseeable consequences of Iran being equipped with nuclear weapons,” he said, adding that the possibility that Iran could actually use the weapons once they have them should not be discounted.
Black said countries such as the United States should be doing more to prevent a nuclear Iran, which includes the use of a military strike if the country does not yield to ultimatums.
While Dubowitz agreed that there are already enough justifications to take a military strike, he said the United States has an obligation to exhaust every peaceful method first, since a strike would put the lives of too many Americans and Israelis on the line.
“Even if we do resort to military strikes, it doesn’t hurt to try to weaken them first with sanctions,” he said, adding that sanctions are surely collapsing Iran’s economy, but it isn’t doing so fast enough.
Black contested that he wasn’t suggesting a full-blown war with Iran. “We’re just talking about blowing up a laboratory or a group of laboratories,” he said. “If they don’t stop it, then we are going to incite steadily more irresponsible and dangerous behaviour.”
Dubowitz, despite his positive view of sanctions, doesn’t believe diplomacy or sanctions will counter the Iranian threat. We know where these facilities are, and if we don’t stop them by summer 2013, it will be too late, he said.
He said he’s worried that U.S. President Barack Obama’s administration will try to negotiate with Iran, and the United States will make a “stupid agreement” that might give Iran the right to enrichment.
All three speakers expressed worry that the Obama administration will not take strong enough action.
The sooner a military action is taken against Iran, the better, said Stephens. Maybe targeted bombing doesn’t always work, and maybe some civilians will be killed, he said. But the governments cannot tremble in fear at the idea of some kind of military action against Iran.
“We are not, or ought not to be in the business of making sure that all of our actions can be justified in light of history or current circumstances,” he said. “We are in the business of making sure that we, as Jews, and the State of the Israel, will survive for generations.” | <urn:uuid:14497f20-0b9d-4ddf-94e7-be71742d232a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://cjnews.com/israel/palestinians-begin-exhuming-arafat%E2%80%99s-body?q=node/98037 | 2013-05-25T12:38:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963732 | 928 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Originally Posted by Cajuncowboy
Real class mentioning Brent in their statement as well.
It sure is. If the family is behind him, so should others be.
I realize not all can, and I understand why. But holding on to old pain only makes it linger and makes it worse.
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Everyone loves a surprise from out of the blue.
For more than 170 years, Tiffany & Co. has lit up the season with glittering gifts for friends and family. When loved ones gather and anticipation hangs in the air, there’s nothing like a blue box benefaction to bring extra sparkle to the night — and joy to the year to come.
This holiday season, here’s hoping your good tidings arrive in the shape of a little blue box.
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Wouldn’t it be awesome if full-coverage wet suits were this summer’s go-to beach style?
Maybe not. But it’s that kind of logic that led us to film three exercise videos with Will Torres, the handsome, muscled trainer behind the new private gym Willspace, in the West Village.
We’ll tell you right now: They’re pretty tough (our out-of-shape editor had to lie down between takes).
But they’re easier than trying to figure out how to wear Spanx under a bathing suit.
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It has been a banner year at Disney’s Vero Beach Resort as far as sea-turtle nesting goes. The nesting season begins in March and this is the first time in the resort’s history that we have had 380 loggerhead sea turtles nests by June along our 7-km stretch of beach that includes Disney’s Vero Beach Resort.
Families can get in on the fun and learn more about the amazing creatures during the Animal Programs’ Meet-a-Turtle-Expert event that happens at 7 a.m. daily down on the beach.
A turtle researcher takes guests on a fun-filled adventure as they look for clues about sea turtle activity, mark nests and collect data. Kids can join Turtle Troop, a fun and educational experience that combines crafts and a walk on the beach to see a sea turtle nest up close. There’s also evening presentations for resort guests that explain Disney’s overall commitment to sea turtle conservation. Aren’t they too cute?! | <urn:uuid:1d8e22f0-be77-4c32-a258-292b2deb8709> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://disneyparks.disney.go.com/blog/2011/06/sea-turtles-find-sanctuary-for-nesting-at-disneys-vero-beach-resort/ | 2013-05-25T12:35:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.949903 | 211 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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I've been out of residency 2 years, passed my boards, and my hands no longer tremble when I have to intubate someone. My heart doesn't skip beats (as often) when I hear the MICN on the box taking a full arrest run. And, I'm more-or-less comfortable sending well babies home without worrying (too much) about whether or not they'll develop meningitis in the next week or two...
I've developed a (usually) polite, yet firm, way about me and my practice...in order to get things done. Both patients and ancillary staff typically respond better to a physician who is decisive and confident. But, I know how to listen and take advice (i.e. hear the subtle, or not so subtle, inflections in the voices of family and nurses when I should consider rethinking my disposition). I know how to ask for help without feeling incompetent. I can explain myself to the second-guessers...and feel even more validated in doing so. And, interestingly, I'm not at all shy about admitting what I don't know.
I'm actually enjoying myself most of the time.
Of course I still have times where I'm nervous, overwhelmed, or simply just not feeling up to the task. Since it's difficult to take 'a sick day'...we doctors (and nurses) often come to work regardless of how we're feeling - and probably when we shouldn't. But I digress....
The biggest thing however is my new-found *balance*. I have found the perfect number of shifts...types of shifts...and places to do said shifts. This, my friend is key. I believe that being rich means having choices, period. Money certainly allows for more choices (to a point), and is therefore a necessary part of the equation. But, choosing how you spend your time, where you spend your time, who you spend your time with, etc...for me actually defines "rich." If I'm working 25 shifts/month, I may have a $30,000+ bring home salary/month, but really, I'm not rich if I have to go to work frikin 25 days/month!!
I realize that working about 10 shifts/month allows me to bring home more than enough money to cover our expenses plus savings...AND I get to spend the rest of my time (get this)...doing other things!! Additionally, I realize that I actually enjoy working at 2 different EDs, each with their own flavor. Working in two different EDs allows me to not get all caught up with the politics of a place. My residency program was the *most* political program ever (I'm sure). Every word, every action...political. Very stressful.
I also realize that I actually *enjoy* working at an urgent care center/walk-in clinic. It offers a completely different perspective. It's nice to have time to sit here and update my blog (finally), and see patients intermittently while doing so. It's nice to take a lunch break (imagine that, a lunch break!!)...and its nice to visit the toilet from time to time when necessary.
Also, it's nice to refer patients that you don't wanna see (for whatever reason) to the ER. Shortness of breath? Hmmm...you need to go to the ER. Pregnant vag bleed...yep, ER for you. I see why so many clinic docs
Sometimes I get asked by folks when I tell 'em I only work 10-12 days a month:...what else do you do with all your time?"
You know what I do? I cook healthy meals because this non-organic/fast food shit is killing us. I read for pleasure (for the first time since college). I keep my babies out of daycare from time to time so I can take them to the park, then to the ice-cream shop...and maybe even to the mall. I manage the business that is a household (which is a full-time job). I make sure the bills are paid on time; I negotiate online payments, allocate funds for various usages, manage half of our accounts, and basically (since it is my strength) manage the finances. I am the historian of our family - blogging, documenting, video-taping, photographing, and scrapbooking our lives...so we won't forget, and so the children will have a sense of what their childhood was like.
If not me, who will go thru my kids drawers and determine what fits and what doesn't, what I adore and will save for them vs. give to a shelter? If not me, who will decide where I want things to go in my home...how to decorate...and how to organize? If not me, who will take inventory of what we have, and what we need as a family? There are some things a house-keeper can help you with...other things, I'd rather do myself. If I don't change my own kids diapers, how will I be able to tell the pediatrician that their poop is consistent with prior poops? If I don't bathe them, how will I know that my little guy likes to play submarine with his Thomas the Tank Engine train set? Or even more importantly, how long would it take me to notice an injury or a rash if someone else (or various someone elses) are doing the parental tasks? If I don't read to my kindergartener, how will I know she's progressing as she should in school...and in life? If I don't find time to really talk to her, how will I know who her friends are, and what they're like? I wonder if my colleague knows how much fun she's missing when she leaves the house before having had the opportunity to dress up her cute little girl in almost-as-cute clothing...and spend time fixing her hair just so? Isn't this why we dream of having daughters? Why would you want to delegate all the fun stuff? And...if I don't have sex with my husband, and listen to his hopes and dreams, how can we stay connected in this partnership that is raising our family...and enhancing our lives? I waited almost 30 years to be 'mommy/wife'...and I want to be intimately involved!!
You know what I do? I walk my (often neglected, despite all my "free time") dogs, and train them to obey me. I do yoga so my back won't be sore after my shifts. I get massages and facials...and my eyebrows threaded. I do my hair, my nails, and read fashion magazines. I have like 4 blogs in progress...and enjoy being 'in the world' in this way. I'm (still planning to) write a great book (but there isn't quite enough time).
I've discovered that I actually love photography...and it is not my style to do things half-assed so I actually devote a bit of time to this hobby. I am in a Sorority, and like many sororities, our membership doesn't end upon college graduation...and there are time commitments involved as we serve as mentors, organizers, advocates, and community activists in my Sorority as a graduate. I plan awesome trips for our family (that we have time to take because I don't work all the time). And not huge extravagant/over-compensatory (i.e. I work all the time so when we go 'on vacation' it has to be big so our friends will be impressed, and my working all the time seems justified) 3 week European-type trips...but rather Disneyland Resort trips...Legoland trips...Vegas trips...Tahoe trips. Frequent trips. Easy trips.
You know what I do? I can attend school field trips with my daughter. I can keep the laundry done (most of the time). I can be mentally and physically available and present for my husband. I can unwind and tend to my needs so I can be patient and understanding with my kindergartener and toddler without yelling all the time over spilled milk, literally. And without sitting them in front of TiVo'ed Little Einsteins cartoon for days on end (hours? maybe. days? no).
I can have 2 hour conversations on the phone with my parents...and/or my girlfriends. And I have the time/energy to spend a weekend or two a month (or at least every other month) socializing with good friends as a family (their kids, our kids, red wine, good food, background jazz playing, with the BBQ grill going, or tandori chicken and naan waiting for us in the family room...OR maybe an exciting night out at the bowling alley - the one with bumper guards to keep the bowling ball in the middle of the lane). And I have flexibility, and enough 'extra' time off that I can actually pick up shifts quite easily from other partners who need/want days off...but the schedule is already printed.
Above all...I just have time to think. You know, be bored...like a child in the summer, back in the day ('cause these days, kids are overextended and never have the pure luxury of just being bored). To just think. Think about investments, think about purchasing property, think about our next trip...and just let the creative energy flow. Think about ways to be more fully involved and engaged in this life I've been blessed with. Think about life. Think about my purpose...expanding my spirituality.
And, of course...time to *not* think...and just be.
There are so many things to do when not cooped up at work...running around crazy, neglecting your own needs. There are so many places I'd rather be, despite the fact I love being a doctor. Actually, I love being a doctor *because* I have plenty of time to *not* be a doctor.
I've said it before...and Dr. Leap repeated it here:
It's so important to realize that we are so much more than doctors. We are mothers, wives, daughters, spiritual beings, individuals, pet-owners, aunties, girlfriends, sisters, mentors, community activists, here to serve a Divine purpose. We have other loves and interests. And life marches forward.
Balance is so important...
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Funny that with all the big names moving before the deadline, the number of primo prospects was actually pretty low. I was particularly unimpressed with what the Indians got for Cliff Lee (and Ben Francisco) although I am only about ten percent insufficiently skeptical to address the Lee deal as I did the McLouth one – that the trading team was selling a guy, if not at peak value, then at the last moment he would be seriously overvalued, and were doing well to get anything hopeful back.
Having said that, if you still consider Justin Masterson a prospect and not a full-fledged major leaguer, he was clearly the most gifted of all the players given up for “the names.” A year from now, when Brad Penny and John Smoltz and who knows who else are Red Sox memories, Boston would not have parted with him, and not just because of his pitching gifts. The Sox are astounded by his quiet leadership, an almost unheard-of quality for a pitcher. He doesn’t rant, he doesn’t yell, he doesn’t slap his glove against his thigh, and nothing bleeds from his sock. He just inspires his teammates to feel more secure about their talents and accomplishments, and their prospects for winning the game. Terry Francona will miss him, maybe not today, maybe not tomorrow, but soon, and for the rest of his life.
And ironically, given how they are howling in Pittsburgh over the exiling of McLouth, then Jack Wilson, then Freddie Sanchez, the head-and-shoulders pick for the top pure-prospect traded against the deadline was the guy the Bucs got for Sanchez, pitcher Tim Alderson. Harkening back to the Johan Santana/Yankees post here, the rule of thumb is that half of all pitching prospects fail. That would ordinarily discourage the ever-discouraged Pirate faithful. However, Alderson and Charlie Morton are both front-of-rotation, ace-of-staff prospects. If one makes it and the other turns merely into a righty Jarrod Washburn, they’ve done awfully well – and this assumes that very little else from the McLouth or Wilson trades bears great fruit, which is not necessarily a correct assumption.
One more deadline note. The amazement at the Adam LaRoche/Casey Kotchman trade itself amazes me. The Red Sox made a similar acquisition in 2004, a glove-first, low-power starting first baseman, about whom everyone said “where they gonna play him?” His name was Doug Mientkiewicz and the point was, his window as a starting player was pretty much over, as is Kotchman’s. He will never hit enough. So you keep the defensive whiz as your back-up and pay for it by spending the middling slugger with the middling glove. The only complication this time is that the Boston backup on those days when Victor Martinez is playing first, is a fellow named Youkilis, and he’s no slouch.
BRIEF UPDATE NOT WORTHY OF ITS OWN POST
The Rangers sent Frank Francisco out on rehab to AAA. To Frisco of the Texas League. Making him Frank Francisco of Frisco.
Nearly as good as Johnny Podres of the Padres, Jim York of New York, or Ted Cox of the Red Sox.
READ – IN FACT, YOU’RE DOING IT NOW!
Three books to endorse with high praise and the caveat that I’m mentioned in one, and two of them are written by friends. I write as a guy who was once the country’s only nationally-published reviewer of baseball books (who once gave the second edition of The Baseball Encyclopedia a panning for some awful typos) so finding three I like at one time is quite a feat.
First there’s Marty Appel’s Munson: The Life And Death Of A Yankee Captain.
When a book reveals details of a man’s life to his own family, it’s a pretty good book. I am duly impressed both with the research effort and the clarity of Marty’s work, and the attempt to recreate that sad day 30 years ago tomorrow when Munson’s death shocked baseball. It is not happy reading, but it is worthwhile reading.
I think Ron Darling
may have written (let’s broaden it out to all of them who didn’t go to Yale; even co-written)
the best book by a pitcher since Kirby Higbe’s HIgh And Inside. Ron’s is called The Complete Game
and it takes a novel approach: a pitch-by-pitch, thought-by-thought recitation of key innings of key games, nearly all of them his own, throughout his long span in college and major league ball. Apart from taking you inside an entire team’s thinking as the pitches succeed each other, Ronnie also underscores what is to me the most underrated skill among elite athletes: Memory. Nearly all of the microscopic detail (what he was thinking between the third and fourth pitches, to the third hitter, in the fifth inning, of his thirteenth start, etc) was pulled from his recall and simply verified in the record books. He rolls the details out the way Gordie Howe once rolled out each shot he took in a Detroit Red Wings-New York Rangers game, 27 years after he played it. A great read, and very well written.
Almost not at all written is the third suggestion: Chris Epting’s The Early Polo Grounds
. This is 181 pre-1925 photos taken at the legendary home of The New York Giants and it borders on time travel, even if the captions aren’t always complete (a date of an October, 1910, photo is disputed by the author because the Giants didn’t play in that year’s World Series; he seems not to have known that in those days the Giants and Yankees regularly played post-season series for the “Championship of New York”). Having just spent hours in the photo vaults of Cooperstown looking at all the photos of the fabled ballpark, I can say that this collection rivals that part of the Hall’s from the 20th Century – plus, they won’t arrest you if you try to take it home. | <urn:uuid:053eadb1-98f6-43f5-99a2-a2e0ae15817d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://keitholbermann.mlblogs.com/tag/red-sox/ | 2013-05-25T13:01:42Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.973935 | 1,334 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The Best Tacos in Town? You Tell us! [POLL]
This morning I was trolling the internet and saw a website rating the best tacos in America. It listed restaurants in Austin, Chicago, San Diago, yadda yadda yadda. Yeah whatever, but it did get me thinking about the best tacos around Texarkana.
We have some great Mexican restaurants around here! Take our poll and tell us where the best taco are!
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Nde' North American Newswire
September 7, 2012
(Vernon, British Columbia, Canada)
Indigenous Peoples' Truth & Memory must be Explored in Depth and through a Formal Mechanism
On September 24, 2012, Margo Tamez will be joining a select group of internationally recognized experts in the Fourth Intensive Course on Truth Commissions, to be held in Barcelona, Spain.
Founded by the International Center for Transitional Justice (ICTJ) and the Barcelona International Peace Resource Center (BIPRC), this 4th Intensive Course on Truth Commissions will focus this year on the challenge of recognizing the experiences of vulnerable populations in the work of truth commissions.
Key to the work this year are the following questions:
This course is intended to provide practitioners with an opportunity to reflect on these and related questions under the guidance of leading experts in the field of transitional justice.
Margo Tamez, an Nde' ('Lipan Apache') human rights defender, educator, researcher, poet, critic, and advocate for Indigenous peoples, emphasizes the significance of organizing a Truth Commission alongside Indigenous peoples in the Texas-Mexico region as a collective and community-based process based upon traditional and academic knowledge systems. "This process is based on a research partnership created between Nde' knowledge experts and myself over many years."
In 2007, a significant number of Indigenous peoples were violently dispossessed of their traditional lands when the U.S. government and a number of powerful corporations and independent military contractors coordinated the construction of the border wall. Since 2009, many families and communities lives have been shattered by the destructive process which unfolded, often in secrecy, and which denied them the right to Free Prior and Informed Consent, the right to meaningful consultation, and opened the path for the escalation of militarization, severance and containment into militarized and policed zones, and further deterioration of Indigenous livelihoods, ownership of lands, access and decision-making relative to traditional food and water sources, and the rights to self-determination as enshrined in the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, endorsed on December 15, 2010 by the United States.
Tamez is enthusiastic about the opportunity to learn among an international group of high-level human rights advocates and experts, and is looking forward to infuse her process with Indigenous research perspectives and the first-hand knowledge and experiences of Nde' and related Texas-Mexico indigenous peoples. "It is a great honor to be selected by ICTJ to participate in this work session and training, as there are many qualified individuals who apply from around the world, and only a few are selected to participate. This course is a logical 'next step' in an organized process to expose truth, memory, and experience from the perspective of Indigenous Peoples in the Texas-Mexico region at the international level. At the same time, it affords me the chance to learn about organizing and implementing a Truth Commission on the 'ground' in the United States in order to transform normative practices which naturalize discrimination and violence against Indigenous peoples."
A recent study submitted to the United Nations conducted by the University of Texas School of Law Human Rights Clinic, the Human Rights Clinic Director, Ariel Dulitzky, and Tamez has demonstrated that Indigenous peoples' realities of this large region have been instrumentally marginalized, and systematically obscured in the every day legal, social, economic and political institutions of Texas and the U.S. As evidenced by the 2008 study on the human rights violations of the Texas-Mexico border wall submitted to the Organization of American States by faculty of the University of Texas School of Law more critical tools and methods have been required to interrogate the states' practices which demand closer scrutiny. Truth Commissions have contributed significantly to exposing root problems and structuring the transformation in the everyday practices of the state and society. For Tamez, Texas, the U.S. and Mexico are equally culpable in obstructing Indigenous people's inherent rights to a traditional land-base and to self-determination. According to Tamez, this includes the rights to Free Prior and Informed Consent, consultation, participation in decision-making, benefits sharing, and redress for historical dispossession from the spiritual, cultural, social and economic benefits of their traditional land-base.
"Indigenous peoples' sovereign status in our home lands and inherent rights to self-determination in our home lands predated the occupation and colonization of our spirits, minds, bodies, lands and resources by foreign Crowns. Our inherent rights to all of these were never extinguished by full consent; tactics of coercion, force, deceit and manipulation underlie the colonial system called 'democracy' and 'rights'. Unfortunately, within those systems is very little room for Indigenous law principles: Respect, Reciprocity, Responsibility and Redress. Today, the fact still remains, regardless of the colonial court opinions and rulings and that is that Nde' peoples never ceded inherent rights to Aboriginal lands title, nor to self-determination. The investigation into human rights violations related to the issues of the border wall-- being myriad and wide-scale-- require more in-depth attention and study into Indigenous people's memory, knowledge, and dispossession with regard to treaties, other constructive arrangements, and 3rd party treaties."
For Tamez, who comes from a traditional background, and who is working to revitalize Indigenous knowledge systems in everyday life, the Truth Commission is an opportunity to interweave traditional Indigenous knowledge with critical human rights analysis. "I am seeking to learn how the Doctrine of Discovery, and subsequent systems of dispossession and genocide denial laid the ground for state and nation impunity and how this area is known and defined by Indigenous peoples across the inter-generational memory and as evidenced in the primary sources existing in Indigenous communities, in oral history and oral testimony studies. The official obfuscation of these forms of evidence in settler institutions have created, in my mind, a fertile environment for the escalation of extreme violence and impunity exercised by powerful interest groups throughout the region. Documented genocide and current-day human rights violations in the Texas-Mexico border region will continue to be trivialized if a Truth Commission is not developed. This effort to become formally educated in this legal instrument deserves the serious attention of a collective and I seek to be a path breaker alongside Indigenous knowledge keepers to hold responsible parties and entities to account. The truth is in the public's and greater society's best interest."
Since the U.S. government constructed the border wall on the Texas-Mexico border in 2009, Tamez' research has shed light on the severity of impacts suffered by Indigenous Peoples. Her journey has opened up much obscured documents, archives, and collected facts related to a very large Indigenous population residing in many counties along the Texas-Mexico border. Tamez has sought to educate the public about Indigenous peoples' struggles, challenges, aspirations, knowledge systems, and to "unpack" how Indigenous peoples' identities have been severely distorted and "mangled" through the state's administrative procedures to assimilate Native Americans, seeking to terminate Indigenous culture and world view systems hand-in-glove with stealing Indigenous property. "The average person in U.S. and Mexico society is bombarded with biased misinformation about Indigenous peoples that is highly suspect, in other words, full of ideology, fantasy, and fiction, not the diverse and complex reality. Unfortunately, less-than-critical thinking abounds in U.S. and Mexico society, as a direct result of discriminatory education systems and false media portrayals which tied to corporate development interests. This behavior pattern is deeply ingrained in the dominant culture, and fuels each generations' learned ignorance and biases against Indigenous peoples' and society's best interests. In turn, this serves to deny Indigenous peoples the rights to practice our cultures--which are interdependent with our traditional lands, territories and resources. The ongoing denial of these fundamental needs persists as a colonial form of domination, and Indigenous peoples' resistances against genocidal violence--at every institutional level--is largely framed as 'domestic terrorism' and 'illegal' rather than anti-oppression and in the society's best interest. There is a huge communication divide and violence permeates this space and fills it to such an extent that many people have difficulty 'reading' the root of the problem without significant processes of re-education. A Truth Commission serves the broader public need for diverse and alternative versions of a profound truth being repressed in an organized manner."
"A Truth Commission could serve an instrumental purpose in the United States and Mexico border region in light of the militarization programs and unresolved jury trials related to forced and armed dispossession exercised by the Department of Homeland Security against certain communities. These issues obviously were repressed by the Bush administration, and have been severely peripheralized by the Obama administration, costing the affected Indigenous peoples and taxpayers enormous resources better applied toward improving social relations and systems with the consent of the peoples. Unfortunately, the border wall--and each preceding system which worked to obstruct Indigenous self-determination in Texas--has been built on historical patterns of ignorance and genocide denial. The border wall fed societies' frenzied zeal to build a physical barricade across Indigenous-owned lands, as Chertoff said, "by any means possible." This battle cry against vulnerable peoples on the Texas border--considered a severely structured poverty zone on global scale--fed a negation of an major reality. That reality is this--the Indigenous peoples' presence and social movements for recognition at all levels are decolonizing North America. This reality is unsettling (calling into question) the settler society's and elites' domination and supremacy over knowledge, truth, land, and resources."
Tamez emphasizes the importance of historical and social contexts of a shared history between colonizers and colonized, and the crucial role of state, private, and powerful interest groups who constructed "edited versions" of history. Tamez argues that a state's education "disciplines" the state's subjects into ingesting a dominant version of "one and only one truth."
"The history of history writing in Texas, Mexico and the U.S. about Lipan Apaches is a sad example of anti-Indigenous racism as core to the project of colonization of the land's resources for and by the few; the region is a complex one, and involves many shared histories between sovereigns, settlers, colonizers and the colonized Indigenous peoples--over many complicated and detrimental processes which have continued to be an open wound for the current generation who live out this violent power relationship every day."
One major significance of a Truth Commission is that it can enable and empower vulnerable peoples to frame collective rights and to be deeply involved in the creation of alternative justice and tribunal spaces. This is key to raising participation and decision-making in geopolitical areas where the states' juridical system fails to redress and to restitute the rights of Indigenous peoples in its everyday procedures. "The reality we must confront in the Texas-Mexico border is that it is a site of severe human rights violations, a zone of normalized impunity, a 'no constitution' zone, where the State and nation have protected perpetrators and not protected the rights of vulnerable Indigenous peoples. This is an embedded pattern that has failed to serve the rights of Indigenous peoples for many generations and must be disrupted."
According to ICTJ, the program examines truth-seeking as part of a comprehensive approach to deal with massive human rights violations, with the aim of building sustainable peace, strengthening the rule of law, and contributing to reconciliation in divided societies.
For Tamez, the road to a Truth Commission has been without question one indebted to recovering Nde' knowledge and relationships which require the enactment of the "4 R's" of Indigenous principles, laws and protocols: Respect, Reciprocity, Responsibility and Relevance. "I am deeply grateful to the Nde' Elders, Traditional Chiefs, Council Members, and the many Nde' Clan leaders, family heads, and traditional leaders, as well as our Nde' families, youth, and workers who have been my teachers. As an Nde' researcher and advocate for the human rights of Indigenous peoples, I have been most impacted by the severe barriers and obstructions to justice that Nde' and numerous related Indigenous groups experience in their daily struggle in Texas and the U.S. for their most elemental, fundamental rights to be recognized: as Indigenous Peoples and title holders of the traditional territory of Konitsaii Gokiyaa--and as core decision-makers on all aspects affecting them in the Lipan home lands. My education is for the Peoples."
Since 2008, Tamez and Elders of El Calaboz Rancheria with their many partners across civil society have worked diligently to educate the broader public in Texas, Mexico, the United States, and the international community about the serious human rights violations which occurred at each stage of the process of the U.S. border wall construction. However, for Tamez, what has been most disturbing is the Indigenous peoples' revelations through oral testimony and oral history of a penetrating pattern of a grim situation between the state of Texas, its founding families and the broader settler society--and Indigenous Nde' peoples affiliated with many treaties, Crown land grants, and other sovereign to sovereign agreements made with European colonizers. The ongoing denial of Lipan Apache formal and constitutional recognition by Texas, Mexico, and the United States is an open wound that will not heal until formally redressed, according to Tamez. A key flash point requiring immediate attention is Indigenous peoples' documented challenges to Mexico, Texas and the U.S. treaties which constructed a border and a wall through the middle of Lipan Apache traditional homeland and territory. This barrier to Nde' self-determination and international recognition underlies Nde' peoples' calls for a Truth Commission.
"I will be responding closely to the official mandate of the Lipan Apache Band of Texas, the traditional authorities of Hereditary Chiefs and Elders, as well as the Traditional Societies who in 2011 at the El Calaboz Gathering on Nde' Knowledge, Lands, Territories and Human Rights called for the development of a Truth Commission and an alternative justice space through which truth, memory and justice could be advanced on the many human rights violations associated with the U.S. border wall, militarization, land dispossession, structured poverty, and non-recognition that is endemic to administrative genocide to Lipan Apache peoples and cultural survival. At the very root of all these issues is a most disturbing history and pattern of genocidal violence, dispossession, and extreme marginalization of Nde' peoples by the Texas settler society, Mexico, and the U.S. federal government which positions Nde' title holders as 'in-betweens' in terms of political status. Recognized as an 'enemy Nation' by all three governments in their historical documentation of their treaties with Lipan Apaches, none of them officially resolved their obligations and duties to Nde' sovereigns after 1848. Rather, each constructed legal practices --formal and informal -- that normalized extermination policies. By 1872, after the Remolino Massacre on the Texas-Mexico border, extermination became the institutionalized form of dominating Nde' into submission and assimilation. Lynching, murdering, starving, and imprisonment became institutionalized norms to repress uprisings and rebellion. State and Catholic education were used to institutionalize physical, spiritual, and psychological abuse which disciplined generations of Nde'.
A key element which is extremely relevant and consistent is the depth of organized violence across Nde' generations in South Texas and along both sides of the Rio Grande. Nde' peoples' documented resistances and defenses of Lipan Apache home lands and objections to being assimilated as a 'minority group' or 'ethnic group' of Mexico, Texas or U.S. demands re-thinking. " The fictive narrative of the 'extinction' or 'disappearance' of the anthropological construction of 'Lipan Apaches' is a total construct of the colonizer and its key functionaries--militarized anthropologists, archaeologists and geologists. These paved the way very early for the lands to be occupied and put into so-called 'private property'. In my mind, the national parks systems are killing fields, emptied of the 'house owners' for the benefit of the burglars. Studying the primary sources from an Indigenous viewpoint helps us grapple in a serious way, using more refined tools, with a research program on Nde' memory and knowledge systems."
Beneath the border wall are layers of dispossession issues and issues of incarceration of Nde' that are unresolved and enduring. The situation of the illegal obstructions by Texas, the United States, and Mexico, of the reality of Nde' Aboriginal Title-- to more than 6.5 million acres is at stake. "We are fundamentally talking about a Lipan Apache home land and self-determination understood in a radically different model than the normative U.S. paradigm of so-called 'recognized Tribes' as demi-sovereign wards with diminished 'minority' rights."
According to Tamez, the mandate which arose from the El Calaboz 2011 summit is a significant assertion by Indigenous Peoples of the Texas-Mexico border region to establish an alternative justice space which can coordinate an international effort to interrogate historical truth and memory from the unique perspectives of Indigenous Peoples in the Texas-Mexico region. Tamez will be researching the Truth Commission as a legal instrument to implement the rights of victims of wide-scale human rights violations. In Barcelona, Spain, Tamez will learn how and why truth commissions have emerged as accountability mechanisms, and assess their potentials and limitations. The course balances academic reflection with concrete considerations relevant to practitioners. On the practical side, Tamez will be learning political and practical challenges around the design, implementation, and follow-up of a truth commission.
Tamez feels very certain that if a Truth Commission is coordinated from its earliest initiatives by, with, for, and alongside Indigenous Peoples there is a greater chance for it to be effective at infusing each step of the process with and through Indigenous methodologies and the 4Rs. "A Truth Commission on the Texas-Mexico border will contribute substantially to being a mechanism of lasting peace and empowerment for the region's Indigenous peoples and broader implications for improving society. It could lay down foundations for building capacity to transform normative institutions for the betterment of all humanity, biodiversity, and the Earth. | <urn:uuid:5b34bb42-13aa-4e00-b6c6-68b6f888a4c8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://lipanapachecommunitydefense.blogspot.com/2012/09/nde-woman-selected-to-participate-in.html | 2013-05-25T12:55:22Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.943353 | 3,793 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Translated from Japanese:
Myojin-door hot spring museum.
In kersplash wine last night (; _ ;)
Self-timer shooting fuss in the morning (laughs)
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For more than a decade Lance Armstrong vehemently denied his use of performance enhancing drugs.
Even after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency said Armstrong had used steroids, and the International Cycling Union stripped him of his seven Tour de France titles in 2012, Armstrong continued to deny the allegations.
So why did he decide to admit the truth in an interview now?
"I think he was just ready, I think the velocity of everything that has come at him in the past several months, in particular in the past several weeks he was just ready, " said Oprah Winfrey on CBS "This Morning".
Winfrey says that she was mesmerized by Armstrong's interview, but said she was leaving it up to viewers to decide if Armstrong was "contrite".
Can he be forgiven...and redeemed?
OutFront tonight: CNN Legal Contributor Paul Callan is a criminal attorney and Mike Paul is a reputation management consultant.
The Obama administration has expressed that it maybe go at reducing gun violence on its own through executive action. By going at it alone on
gun control - President Obama is opening himself up to increased political attacks by gun owners and groups like the National Rifle Association.
The NRA announced Tuesday what it calls an "unprecedented" spike in new members. According to the group, 250,000 people have signed up in just the past month.
And it's that kind of support that helped transform what was an organization to just improve the marksmanship of soldiers into one of the most powerful and feared lobbying organizations in the nation's capital.
CNN's Jim Acosta has the story of the secrets behind NRA's success.
Members of the House of Representatives voted today on a relief package for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. $50 billion in aid is at stake.
It seemed like it would have been an easy choice, but nothing is easy in Washington.
"$16 billion is to quintuple the size of the Community Development Block Grant program. That's the slush fund that pays for such dubious projects as doggy day care centers and it doesn't even have to be spent in the hurricane area."
Rep Tom McClintock (R-CA) said, "Two billion dollars is for highway repairs anywhere in the country including up to $20 million each for Guam, American Samoa and the Mariana Islands that aren't even in the same ocean as hurricane Sandy."
OutFront tonight: Congressman Tim Huelskamp (R-KS).
France ramping up its offensive against Islamist militants tonight, tripling its troops on the ground to 800 and getting support from another 1,700 French soldiers in the region.
The offensive against al-Qaeda linked militants trying to take over the country got full support from the White House today.
"We share the French goal of denying terrorists a safe haven in the region, and we support the French operation. We are supporting the French by sharing information and we are considering requests for logistical support," said Jay Carney, White House Press Secretary.
But is the offensive working and will the U.S. have to get more involved?
Erin Burnett spoke to ITN's Lindsey Hilsum, who is in the capital, Bamako and she asked her how the French are doing in the fight against the militants.
Birth tourism is a booming business in America. Chinese companies operating in the shadows lure pregnant women to the United States to give birth - all in the hopes of getting U.S. citizenship.
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Walt Disney World has a second history of abandoned hotel concepts. By far the most famous of these is the long-deferred Asian Hotel, which never did materialize on its rectangular plot of land...
Recognizing, however, that the public will always prefer to stay within the "Vacation Kingdom" site, the Company will soon begin architectural work on the third theme resort, the 500-room Asian Hotel. Construction is planned for 1974, with the formal opening date to take place that year. (1972 Annual Report)...and its' sister hotel concepts, the Venetian and the Persian, appear to have never come half as close to actual realization.
Or we can talk about Cypress Point Lodge, which eventually evolved into Wilderness Lodge and was planned for the same plot of land (incidentally the original Campground site). Progress City, USA has already covered Cypress Point very well.
Other planned developments exist in only frustratingly vague details. The northern end of Fort Wilderness has always been called "Settlement" despite having no buildings beyond Pioneer Hall and the Trading Post, but there were plans for a fully-realized Western township of shopping and dining as early as 1972....
....And for a lodge-like traditional hotel as early as 1971!
There are currently plans for a Vacation Club property at Fort Wilderness, making a traditional hotel expansion of the Campground possibly the longest-delayed concept in all of Walt Disney World that still has a chance of getting built... going on four decades now.
One thing for which I never had any leads worth tracking down was the second concept for Phase 2 of the successful Walt Disney World Village. In the mid 70's there was a very real and very probable concept for expanding Lake Buena Vista with monorails, Peoplemovers, and an urban mass transit station linking Walt Disney World with planned state transit from Tampa to Orlando to Daytona Beach.
This would be concurrent with an expansion of the Village past the Empress Lilly, then the westward terminus of the complex, along with an office plaza of thirteen buildings (of which only one was actually built, the SunBank building) and a complex of condominiums and spaces for small businesses.
Had all this gone forward, the result would have been, allowing for changing taste, a more or less successful realization of Walt Disney's EPCOT city. The problem is that Disney had branded the whole thing Lake Buena Vista and it looked nothing like that Herb Ryman painting everyone in the state of Florida had seen back in 1967.
This quote, from Orlando Magazine in 1982 and brilliantly written by Edward L. Prizer, captures Disney's EPCOT dilemma, and their response to it, perfectly:
"I kept thinking about what Dick Nunis had said that afternoon on the promenade at World Showcase:Lake Buena Vista's full realization ended up being delayed in early 1976 as Disney made a commitment to move forward on what was then known as the EPCOT Theme Center and World Showcase projects, which resulted in a massive effort all across the country and around the world, with a new base on Washington DC, as Disney went about getting into bed with multinational corporations and international governments. Disney was, at the time, still very much an intimate family-run business with a single satellite in Florida. This was probably the most complex and ambitious project that the company ever had or would ever embark on.
"We are still haunted by a painting." Mr. Nunis, who is responsible for all of Disney's theme parks and resorts, was talking about the rendering you see on these pages. He was talking about the Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow as it was first depicted to the public: a city under a vast dome [ed: we now know this is incorrect] with rings extending outward: shopping areas, offices, apartments, homes.
What did Walt Disney say?
His words were vague and open to many interpretations: "...an experimental prototype community that will always be in a state of becoming. It will never cease to be a living blueprint of the future, where people will actually live a life they can't find anywhere else today. Everything in EPCOT will be dedicated to the happiness of the people who will work, live, and play here..."
On the promenade that day, Dick Nunis told me:
"It was really just a case of Walt saying, "Herbie, draw me something I can talk about..""
When the dust settled in 1982, Disney was in a precarious financial situation. The final result of this huge effort was EPCOT Center, a massively expensive World's Fair which was a bigger success with the public than the press. The Studio division had hardly released a successful film in years and corporate raiders were starting to close in. Disney was in a more conservative mood than they had been six years earlier and the Lake Buena Vista project still sat incomplete.
In mid 1982, ideas began to swirl about a new direction for the Village's expansion. How about something reliable, something Disney had already tested, like... New Orleans? New Orleans Square at Disneyland is still the most beautiful area of that park, and even if they had let the opportunity to duplicate that success in Florida slip by in 1971, the presence of a huge Mississippi riverboat on the outskirts of the Village proved too great a temptation to allow it to slip by again.
For years, the only empirical proof I had that this idea was an actual possibility was a snippet of this May 1982 interview with Nunis:
“But what [Walt Disney] really wanted to do [in Florida] was develop an area where all types of corporations, governments, and academia could come together to really try and solve some of the problems that exist in the world today. We started with the recreation area, and then began the community, which is Walt Disney World Village, and now we’re building the center … Epcot Center, and we’re going to connect it all with the monorail system. […] In addition, we have some dreams for the Walt Disney World Village. From the Empress Lilly, we’re going into a New Orleans street, and you’ll walk right into a beautiful New Orleans hotel.”This was the sole tantalizing clue at the end of a cold trail. Thankfully, luck was on my side, and years later I have happened upon a number of renderings of the Lake Buena Vista New Orleans Square.
These are extremely poor quality, probably third generation photocopies, and I've done my best to make them viewable with digital manipulation. This is why they are in sepia instead of black and white, as I've found it makes them much easier to appreciate.
So, for the first time, let's take a stroll down Nunis' New Orleans street as it was conceived over thirty years ago.
This is the entrance area, and the Empress Lilly and her original circular drop-off area is still visible there in the back. In the extreme foreground the natural water line and water taxi dock is apparent. This heavily forested area would make use of Florida's natural resources - chiefly, being swampy and very heavily vegetated. Those who know Walt Disney World well will recognize this as the area which was later carved up and paved over for Pleasure Island.
On the extreme right is the northernmost verandas of what appears to have been called the "Garden Restaurant":
Probably aptly named, this restaurant overlooking the Village Lagoon would have been quite the showplace. This would have been the facade on the lagoon side, and here's another view, probably as seen approaching it from the Empress Lilly side:
Continuing along the waterfront, the outskirts of the city come into view. This is labeled "Cafe Orleans" and probably would have been a duplicate of Disneyand's wonderful informal cafe:
Shops along the bottom floor of all the buildings:
In the center of the activity, the Royale Circle:
And yes, that is the facade of the Disneyland Pirates of the Caribbean back there. No points for guessing what's inside:
Up above the streets, here's a view of the proposed accommodations on Level Two:
Yes, that's right, WED was prepared to recycle Dorthea Redmond's Disney family suite designs into actual guest accommodations in Florida.
Probably near the back of the complex, guests could explore the Rue Royale and Crafts Alley:
And the tantalizing prospect of the Preservation Hall Jazz Lounge:
Remember that this was an era when Disney was very successfully booking top-flight jazz acts to appear in the lounge of the Village Restaurant, a gambit which was so successful that they had to institute a cover charge to deter music students from around the state from descending en masse. This New Orleans area was cleverly conceived to take advantage of the Empress Lilly, the popular jazz acts, the natural Florida environment and lake, and introduce some traditional, identifiably "Disney" texture and atmosphere into a complex which was often cited for lacking it - the Village.
Sometimes, things never happen for good reasons. EPCOT's Space Pavilion would have been a hugely costly undertaking even by that park's standards and I don't think I need to elaborate on why EPCOT's Israel pavilion never materialized. Cypress Point Lodge would have been vastly inferior to Wilderness Lodge, and so in that way we can say that the project evolved into something better. The only thing we can say the New Orleans area evolved into is the Dixie Landings / Port Orleans hotels in 1992, which is such an obvious downgrade that we run the risk of undervaluing what is good about those resorts as they were built.
I admit that I've got nothing on this one. The space was partially used for Pleasure Island, an Eisnerian attempt to compete with Orlando-area nightclub district Church Street Station, and the rest of the area eventually became West Side, which, if it can be believed, is even uglier than Pleasure Island.
But Lake Buena Vista's New Orleans area is such an obviously good idea that I'm amazed it never made it off the drawing board, at least in part. Pleasure Island had burned itself out in less than a decade; had this area been built it would be one of the major "crown jewels" of the Florida property.
Pleasure Island, West Side, and what was once the Village are currently being eyed for a large redevelopment project. I don't know about you, but I'd readily give four Pleasure Islands for something with the taste, elegance, and classic appeal of these long-dead expansion plans, from the very tail end of the era when Disney's themed design efforts didn't come with ten-year expiration dates. | <urn:uuid:816d9a72-1514-4da4-9a26-aee5de56e60e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://passport2dreams.blogspot.co.uk/2012/07/lake-buena-vistas-lost-crescent-city.html | 2013-05-25T12:48:19Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.974469 | 2,206 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The answer is in decoherence. for classical systems, if a subsystem breaks a symmetry, the system as a whole also breaks the symmetry. not so in quantum mechanics because of entanglement. here lies the complication.
think of zurek's pointer states. there lies the clue. i may give you a many body quantum state which literally is invariant under the symmetry in question, but if it decomposes into decoherent pointer states which aren't invariant, feel free to say the symmetry is spontaneously broken? but zurek's analysis only works for open systems.
can this work for finite closed systems? unfortunately no because of poincare recurrences. we might naively think a symmetry is spontaneously broken, but wait long enough and the slight (or not so slight) energy differences between the various energy eigenvalues corresponding to different irreps will lead to a washout in phase differences in energy eigenstates carry info on symmetry breaking.
what are zurek's pointer states? those which preserve information longest in time while minimizing dynamical generation of entanglement with the environment. sometimes, a pointer state invariant under a symmetry will generate more entanglement with the environment than one not invariant.
complications abound. take a collection of helium-4 atoms at a low temperature. superfluid phase. u(1) symmetry corresponding to number of he-4 atoms. put the atoms in a very sealed box where not even a single he-4 atom can pass but info can pass. idealized, yes, but bear with me. quantum state with a fixed specific value for number of he-4 atoms. invariant under u(1)? what are the pointer states? unfortunately, not condensate states with a superposition in number of he-4 atoms? but the dynamical generation of enviroentanglement remains small in either case anyway: fixed atom num and condensate. just that over very long periods of time, fixed atom num has slightly more entanglement. because dynamical processes sensitive to total num of he-4 atoms will dominate but only because of absolute suppression of permeability. unrealistic, no?
but loosen up. make box slightly permeable. just let only one or two he-4 atoms pass after relatively long time. voila? pointer state changes favoring condensates? confused yet? the number of he-4 atoms in the environment is in a superposition entangled with the num of he-4 atoms in the box. THE ENVIRONMENT!!! the symmetry has to be broken in the environment, not the system.
but what about the universe as a whole? it has no external environment. aah, but there are no global symmetries in quantum gravity. ok, what about gauge symmetries then. oh boy, another huge can of worms. What is spontaneous symmetry breaking in QUANTUM GAUGE systems? that is worth another s.e. question. | <urn:uuid:1dcbdc0d-b8ba-425c-b7b7-aaeea947082c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/29311/what-is-spontaneous-symmetry-breaking-in-quantum-systems/38229 | 2013-05-25T13:09:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90616 | 606 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Why are there fewer women working in science than men?
Things have certainly improved, with participation in many branches of science at undergraduate and graduate levels now broadly balanced between the sexes.
And yet by mid-career – as people progress into their 30s – a serious gender gap starts to appear. Climb the ladder to senior research positions and the disparity deepens.
Why is this the case? Shouldn’t we be trying to address this issue? And, if so, how?
The Conversation spoke with five leading scientists to get their views.
Cathy Foley (CSIRO): Chief of material science and engineering division.
Why is there a gender gap in science?
Only about 30% of people working in science are women and that can go down to 5% in certain areas – engineering in particular.
There’s no single reason for this.
Firstly, there are practical reasons. Quite often women have children and leave the workforce for a while. There are currently no programs that allow female scientists to re-enter the workforce where their skills are brought up to speed.
Science and technology is a field that changes all the time, so if you’re out of the workforce it takes quite a bit to catch up.
Women also often have a different career path to men – until their 30s there’s a very similar career path, and then they split. Women tend to plateau or go backwards for about 15 years.
But I’ve noticed that women’s careers kick off again in their late 40s and early 50s. So if they can hang in there, women tend to do really, really well.
What we’ve found is that many women don’t realise this, and get frustrated that their career is going backwards. So they leave the workforce or get jobs in other sectors.
There’s also frustration when women don’t feel welcome. Science can be a very blokey environment, very competitive. I’m generalising here, but women aren’t normally as competitive in the workplace as men.
All this means women don’t get the same kinds of accolades and awards, don’t apply for the same jobs, grants, prizes and can’t progress in the same way.
Why is having fewer women than men in science a problem?
This is a recipe for disaster. Women make up half the population, so we’re losing half of the brightest people to solve the world’s major problems.
We’re chopping ourselves off at the knees as a society if we’re not embracing our full human potential.
Also, the best work is done when teams are diverse. A lot of research coming out now says you’ll get better results if you have teams with different genders, different personality types, different racial backgrounds, indigenous, and people with disabilities.
They all bring a different perspective and a different way of problem solving – you don’t get the “group think”.
What can be done to redress the gender balance?
There’s no silver bullet. You need to have people at the highest level, from the prime minister to heads of industries, saying this is important and making a commitment to solving the problem. We’ve got to even up the playing field in some way.
There are some basic things that can be done. To be successful, researchers need to go to international conferences and be connected to networks. Having funding to help with childcare during these times is really important.
Also a clear path for re-entry into the workforce is crucial.
Some solutions cost money but many don’t. It’s about cultural change, and changing cultures is very difficult.
Suzanne Cory (Australian Academy of Science): Australian Academy of Science President
Why are there fewer women in science?
In the life sciences, we train as many women as we do men. At the graduate and doctoral levels, at least half the graduates are women. But then there’s a precipitous drop off.
It starts when women reach their early 30s, which often coincides with childbearing. That’s the major problem – how do you get women through that very difficult period when they are trying to juggle family and career?
Science demands long hours, great focus, and great competitiveness to be successful.
I don’t think there are barriers to women to have careers in science – I think it’s up to women to take the challenge. The door is open and they need to walk through it.
We have made considerable progress over the past decades – we’ve got a woman [Dr Megan Clark] heading CSIRO, a woman heading the Australian Research Council, the chancellors of several universities are women.
But we are still losing too many women along the way. We need to do even better.
What will happen if we don’t address this issue?
The low participation of women in career-long science is an international problem.
If Australia is to have a vibrant future, we need be extremely innovative and we need all the best brains we have.
When I entered science there were incredibly few women continuing careers in science, and that’s definitely improved.
We’ve done a lot by changing attitudes in schools and that’s reflected in the steady increase in the number of women who study science at university. But it hasn’t improved nearly as fast as I expected. In fact, I think it has plateaued.
What should be done?
We need to focus on this “drop-off” point. It’s quite simple really – women need a lot more support during that period of their lives.
The key way to help would be to have more high-quality and affordable childcare. From my own experience, that’s critical.
Secondly, I think we need to increase awareness and capabilities of young men, so that as partners they’re more willing and capable of sharing the load during that key point of child bearing.
Thirdly, funding bodies need to look very carefully at how they assess performance during the period when, inevitably, productivity is lower for women.
I don’t think it’s appropriate to tell female scientists, “We’ll keep you on no matter what” – that’s not realistic. But we do need to help them to be high performers.
We also need to encourage our young women to believe in themselves more, and encourage their drive and their willingness to take risks.
Lastly, and this is not just to help women, we need to continue working at enhancing the image of science.
Having a world where we’re as proud of our scientists as we are our sportspeople will encourage more of our best young people to take up careers in science and technology.
Mahananda Dasgupta (Australian National University): Professor, Department of Nuclear Physics, Research School of Physics and Engineering
Why do you think there are fewer women in science than men?
I think it’s because of time pressures in a fast-moving field. If you drop the ball for a year, it’s very hard to catch up and there’s a perception that feeds off that, which discourages women further.
Science is also an international playing field and it’s very competitive. If you’re trying to develop quantum memories for fast and secure information processing, it’s not just you – the whole world is trying to develop that in competition.
Early in your career, you might want to work part-time when you’re raising a family but the highly competitive nature of science is not very forgiving of that.
Why is the relative lack of women in science an important issue?
We are now a technologically-driven society and if we are losing roughly half of our trained workforce and not utilising their expertise, then it is a loss to our society and its competitiveness.
I understand mining companies are putting a lot of effort into keeping women, in fact anyone they have trained, as it’s simply smart business practice.
And that’s a good point. If we didn’t refer to this as something about women, but a workforce issue – that we’re losing half of our workforce – it would raise a lot more questions.
The case is even stronger now that we are facing skills shortages in Australia.
How do we retain that female workforce?
By strong and meaningful mentoring, which doesn’t just mean a quick meeting once a month or web-based mentoring, but real mentors who encourage women or younger people to devise strategies about how best to use their time, and what roles to apply for to advance their career.
Every person at that early stage needs support. We need to champion women scientifically – not “she’s a good person”, but “she’s an excellent physicist who’s done this great work”.
Once younger people get that reassurance that they’re good, they’re wanted in the field and their expertise is valued internationally, they will stick to it.
Equally, the employers' responsibility to provide childcare is very important.
If we are expanding and building infrastructure – why are we not building childcare facilities?
I was educated in India where, if a student is sharp, they’re encouraged to show it through participating in discussions or taking on extra-educational activities.
Teachers, family and society are proud of the achievements of the individual. This is very good for the development of the individual and society.
It does strike me that in Australia we give a lot of kudos to those who excel in sports, but if you excel in studies you are a dork, particularly among other students.
Sometimes, following talks I give in schools, students come to the carpark to ask me science questions, rather than asking them in front of the class.
How do we get away from that? I believe that to make real long-term progress we must respect and encourage intellectual achievements.
How you make society do that is difficult to know.
Maybe the media have a role in terms of highlighting intellectual and technical endeavours and achievements. I also hope it might arise naturally with the realisation the regions around us are investing heavily to lift the educational levels of their population.
Tanya Monro (University of Adelaide): Inaugural chair of photonics
Why are there fewer women in science?
There are so many complex reasons for this disparity, especially in the more senior roles. One is that senior people are looking for those that have taken similar pathways and achieved similar things to them.
That’s disadvantageous to women who have sometimes taken a different, more circuitous path.
Sometimes it’s not overt barriers but institutional cultures as well. I was really struck by the male culture during my first meeting here at the university with other physics academics.
It was really confrontational and that could discourage many women.
Job security is another big issue in retaining women. There’s a profound difference in the way women think about their career prospects at key points.
They leave academia because they can’t see any certainty. Guys generally tend to have a more relaxed attitude, and wait to see what opportunities open up.
I think we also have a tall poppy issue in Australia and perhaps women are more sensitive to that, as we often don’t want to stand out.
Why should there be more women in science?
The heart of this problem is just loss of talent. It’s increasingly obvious to me that we’re now choosing from a smaller talent pool.
Women often bring a broader set of skills to science, especially the physical sciences, and to leadership. They are often more team focused – something that’s increasingly important.
How do we achieve a better balance?
Recent moves by the Australian Research Council and their Laureate Fellowship scheme were very positive – the rules changed to give a named fellowship with extra resources to the best female scientists.
This is better than a quota. I know I’d never feel comfortable getting a position just because I was a woman.
But giving the best woman an extra opportunity – that’s a better way to do it.
One vital ingredient in supporting women is high-quality on-site childcare. This is hugely important for mums trying to come back into the workforce, and it should be a minimum requirement.
Amanda Barnard (CSIRO): Theoretical condensed matter physicist, working in theoretical and computational nanotechnology.
What’s your view on the gender imbalance in science?
In physics, the gender disparity is much starker in than the health and life sciences sector.
This is well documented, and has been measured statistically many times, but it’s all the more real when you attend an international meeting and find yourself the only female in the auditorium.
The truth is that men and women do have different skills, and different ways of approaching scientific problems, and this is something to be celebrated, not dismissed or trivialised.
Why should there be more women in science?
Without gender balance, we are like a boat with only one oar. No matter how strong the right oar is, unless we have the left oar to complement it, we’ll always be paddling in circles.
Talented female scientists are going to waste, whether they are currently employed in science or not.
Female scientists that are currently employed are often sidelined, ignored or simply dismissed as irrelevant.
More often than not I’m assumed to be a graduate student, and one of my male postdocs is assumed to be my boss.
What can be done to get more women into science, especially into senior roles?
At the undergraduate and graduate levels, participation is already reasonably balanced. It’s in mid career that gender gaps appear.
We need greater flexibility to maintain both career and family, and an acceptance from employers and colleagues that we can still be productive and successful when our work style is non-traditional or (dare I say) off site.
In terms of more senior roles, there’s the issue of corporate culture, and whether or not leadership positions are considered hospitable environments for female scientists.
Many of my female colleagues, who’ve already decided to remain in science, are not interested in pursuing senior positions.
There’s a perception that various obstacles and issues we have endured to get where we are will be amplified at senior levels.
The incentives are just not enough to make this worth while. With so few women in leadership positions now, it seems this is a self-fulfilling prophecy.
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It is day three already of Spellbinders Abilities and Beyond Blog Frenzy! Since it is the weekend, and we have lots of gorgeous dies to show you, we will get right to it!
We’ll begin with some fun flowers! Introducing the S4-355 Layered Flowers Shapeabilities. You receive four different flowers that can stand alone or be layered for a really great dimensional look!
Lines: 1 7/8″
Swirls: 1 7/8″
Pattern: 1 7/8″
Shadow: 2 1/8″
We’ll continue with the flower theme with this 4 1/4 x 5 1/2″ ES-004 M-Bossabilities Whimsy. You’ll love both of the designs on this one. It just makes you think of springtime!
These projects from designer Shanna Vineyard show us how much fun we can have with these products! Thanks Shanna!
In keeping up with their outstanding elegance in design, Spellbinders S5-353 Labels Twenty-Four offers five four-sided labels whose edges come to a point. Layer with other shapes or labels for exquisite design options!
2. 1 7/8″
3. 2 7/8″
5. 5 1/4″
I think we all have gone crazy over Edgeabilities and E8-008 Classic Edges Two is no exception! I guarantee you will want these beautiful triple edges in your collection to go with all the others!
Classic Bracket Edge: 1/4 x 8″
Classic Triple Scallop Edge: 1/4 x 8″
Classic Petal Edge: 1/4 x 8″
E8-011 Classic Decorative Inserts Three is also a must have. These inserts will coordinate with any of the Edges in the Edgeabilitiese collection!
Six Petal Flower: 1 x 8″
Pointed Edge: 1 x 8″
Triple Scallop: 7/8 x 8″
Designer Kazan Clark has done an amazing job showing us different ways to use these products on her projects! Love the wall sconce Kazan!
Our final designer for the day is Tonya Dirk, who shows us more creative views on how to use the Edgeabilities and Decorative inserts with the following:
E8-007 Classic Edges One:
Classic Ric Rac Edge: 1/4 x 8″
Classic Scallop Edge: 1/4 x 8″
Classic Postage Edge: 1/4 x 8″
E8-009 Classic Decorative Inserts One:
Beads: 3/8 x 8″
Hearts: 3/4 x 8″
Tulips: 7/8 x 8″
We have been really inspired today with such fun examples! We want to let these three ladies know how very much we appreciate their talent! Thanks a bunch for sharing your amazing projects with us!
You can click on each designer to view detailed instructions on their projects. Now that’s a treat!
Hope you all have a great weekend, and we will be back with more Blog Frenzy on Monday!
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Before wearing the ihram, it is sunnah to trim one's nails, remove unwanted hair and rinse your mouth and nose, then you wash your entire body with water. If wash is not possible then wudu will be sufficient. Wearing of ihram should be done before entering Meeqaat. One piece of ihram is tied around the waist and the other thrown over the shoulders. Head covering (for males), shoes, socks, underwear are not permitted. Beach thongs or similar footwear that do not cover the arch of the foot (above the toes) and ankles are permissible.
After wearing the ihram, perform two rakaat sunnatul ihram. In the first rakaah read: Surah Kafiroon In the second rakaah read Surah Ikhlaas. After the completion of this salah, make the niyath (intention) of umrah, and recite the talbiyah thrice (Loudly for males, and softly for females).
Intention for Umrah
Recite the following dua (with raised hands):
"Allahumma inni uridil umrahta fa-yassisra le wa taqabbalah minni"
Thereafter, recite the talbiyah thrice:
Labbaik allahumma labbaik. Labbaik la sharika laka labbaik. Innal hamda wanaimat laka wal mulk.La sharika lak (Here I am, O Allah here I am -- here I am, you have no partner, here I am -- Surely all praise, favor and authority belongs to you. You have no partner.)
After the talbiyah, the following dua was recited by Rasulullah (SAW)
Allah I seek your pleasure and jannah (paradise) and seek protection in you.
En-route to Makkah read talbiyah as much as possible and zikr. On reaching Makkah one should find accommodation. It is mustahab to perform wash (ghusl). (Do not shave ,do not use soap and do not rub the body and head to avoid any hair falling off you. Thereafter enter the Masjidul Haram, preferably through the door named "babus salaam".
When entering the Masjid area:
Enter with the right foot
Make intention for I'tikaaf ( O' Allah I am making intention for I'tikaaf while I am in the Masjid
And say: O' Allah, open for me the door of your mercies, and make easy for me the means of livelihood. Then recite: O' Allah you are peace and from you comes peace. So keep us alive, our lord in peace. O' Allah increase this house in dignity, honour, nobility and awe; and increase him who performs hajj or umrah in dignity, honour, and piety.
You can make any other duaa to suit your needs as well
If salaah time is at hand, do not start with your tawaf until after salaah. Remember that salaah will be performed bareheaded by males.
Tawaf of Umrah
Before commencing with tawaf, make a slight change in the top piece of ihram. Cover the left shoulder with one end of the ihram and pass the other end under the right arm, thus baring the right arm and shoulder and covering the left shoulder. This is called idtiba. Now reciting the talbiyah, proceed to the hajr-e-aswad, (black stone) which is at the corner of the Ka'bah closest to the door of the Ka'bah.
A darkish brown line runs from the hajr-e-aswad till the end of the mataf (mataf is the open area for tawaf). It is easily visible as the mataf is of white marble. Above the line on the wall at the edge of the mataf is a green light which is directly in line with the hajr-e-aswad. The starting point of your tawaf is on this line, as close as possible to the hajr-e-aswad. Before starting the tawaf, stand facing the Ka'bah with the brownish line on your right.
Stop reciting the talbiyah and make your intention:
O' Allah I intend performing tawaf of your sacred house, (seven rounds)
so make my tawaf easy for me and O' Allah accept it from me.
Now stand on the darkish brown line and face the hajr-e-aswad. Standing with the face and chest in line with the hajr-e -aswad, raise both hands as in salaah and recite the following:
Bismilah allahu akbar, la ilaha illallah was lillahil hamd
In the name of Allah - Allah is the greatest. There is none worthy of worship besides Allah and all praise belongs to Allah.
Thereafter, proceed towards the hajr-e-aswad and kiss it without harming anyone, provided there is no it on the hajr-e-aswad. If a large crowd is nearby and you are unable to kiss the hajr-e-aswad, you have the following options:
Place both hands or the right hand on the hajr-e-aswad and kiss the inner sides of the palms of both hands, or that of the right hand.
While standing on the brown line, stretch your arms with the palms facing the hajr-e-aswad and then kiss your palms ( as a substitute ). [To kiss or touch the hajr-e-aswad is called istilam] If it is on the hajr-e-aswad do not kiss or touch the hajr-e-aswad while in ihram .To kiss the stone is sunnah but not to cause inconvenience and injury to others.
Start moving towards your right and your tawaf has begun. For males the first three shawts (rounds) are to be done at a brisk pace with the chest out (this gesture is called ramal).
The last four rounds at a normal walking pace. Engross yourself in dua and the third kalima while making tawaf. (Note: during tawaf do not face the Ka'bah with your chest. The Ka'bah should be on your left during tawaf. You will face the Ka'bah only when you are standing on the brown line to make istilam). The hatim has to be encircled as well. The tawaf will be incomplete.
If one passes through the hatim. (The hatim is the area with a low, half circle shaped marble wall close to the Ka'bah. Every time you circle the Ka'bah touch the rukn-yamani (the yamani corner) with your hands or the right hand, as this is mustahab. Do not kiss or place your forehead against it. If you are unable to touch it, move on (without raising the hands). Every time you reach the hajr-aswad, if possible kiss it, otherwise while standing on the brown line raise your right hand with palm facing the hajr-e-aswad. RECITE: BISMILLAHI ALLAHU-AKBAR and kiss your palm. Complete your seven rounds in this manner.
Duaa should be recited softly, keeping the meanings in mind. Loud recital of duaa is makrooh. Remember it is better to read a dua in the language you understand.
There are no fixed duaa for each round. You are at liberty to recite anything to suit your personal needs. We include certain selected duaa rasullah (SAW) and the sahabah (RA)
Subhanallahi wal hamdu lillahi wa lailahi illallah wallahu akbar wa la hawla wa la quwwata ilala billahil aliyyil azim (Glory be to Allah. All praise be to Allah. Allah is the greatest. There is no power and might except from Allah, the most high, the great).
Dua between rukn-Yamni and Hajr-e-Aswad
This was the most recited duaa in tawaf by Rasulullah (SAW) and the sahabah (RA)
Rabbana Aatina fiddunya Hasanah wa fil akhirathi hasanah wa qina azaban naar. (Our lord grant us good in the world and in the hereafter and save us from the fire hell).
Your tawaf will be completed after seven rounds (you have made istilam 8 times). When directly in line with the mizab (a water drain from roof) recite:
O' Allah I ask you for forgiveness and safety in the world and in the hereafter . Our lord, grant us good in the world and in the hereafter and save us from the fire (hell)
Go to multazim (an area between the Ka'bah door and hajr-e-aswad) and make dua to your hearts desire seeking Allah's grace and mercy. Thereafter, if it is not makrooh time for salaah, go behind the maqam ibrahim. If there is no space behind the maqam ibrahim then any other place in the haram will suffice. Cover both shoulders and perform 2 rakaat salaah. These 2 rakaat are wajib (wajibut-tawaf) and themustahab suras are kafiroon and ikhlaas . Next go downstairs to the well of zam-zam and drink to your fill. Before drinking say: "bismillah" and after drinking say " alhamdulillah". Duaa near the zam-zam well are accepted so make dua there as well. The well is visible with a glass partition blocking entry to it (in the male section).
The dua of rasulullah (SAW) at the time of drinking zam-zam is as follows:
O' Allah I am asking you for beneficial knowledge and extensive sustenance and a cure from all ills.
Safa Marwah (S’aee)
Stand on Mount Safa (a rocky hill, a portion of which has been included in the present building), face the Ka'bah, make dua then read:
La ilaha illalah and Allahu akbar and then read durood sharif (softly).
Descend from the slope and proceed towards Marwah staying to your right side of the area. About 230 feet (70 meters) from Safa are two sets of green fluorescent lights indicating the milain akhdarain. Males have to break out into a slow jog between these lights, a distance of about 160 feet (50 metres). It is sunnah to jog or run this short distance. Engage yourself with dua and zikr and repeatedly recite.
On reaching marwah, climb the slope, face the Ka'bah and do the same as you had done at safa. (The Ka'bah is not visible from Marwah). One shawt has now been completed. Commence your return to Safa .On reaching the green light breaks out into a slow jog again till you reach the other green light. On reaching Safa, the same procedure of reciting the duaa is carried out.
The second shawt has now been completed. In this manner complete seven shawts ending at Marwah .After completing the seven rounds, return to the mataf area of the haram (i.e. the open area around the Ka'bah ) and perform two rakaat salaah (mustahab). Thereafter, go to the barber and have your hair shaven off (male only). Women will trim the end of the hair (approx: 1 inch or 2.5 cm) The best way is for her mahram (after he has shaven off his hair) to wrap the end of her hair once around his finger and snip off the amount mentioned above. | <urn:uuid:25871f05-196f-46ca-9123-79a22889e239> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.al-abrartravels.com/umrahadvice.php | 2013-05-25T13:08:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904083 | 2,633 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
A Minority Pastime 2012
18th July, Cardiff
20th July, Windsor Ontario
7th June, Bristol
16th May, Dorchester
20th April Chard,Somerset
Anybody who wants to attend screenings can email firstname.lastname@example.org or send a message to 07527527603.
A Minority Pastime 2011
4th December, The Lansdown Hall, Stroud at 7.30 p.m.
Sixty people attended and all were riveted by the film. The post film discussion was electric and very moving, with personal accounts from members of the audience and comments from councillors of all political parties.
Jo Woolley, who works at the Lansdown Gallery where the film was screened was so shocked and angered by the film that she wrote about it. She sent her letter to the MP, to David Cameron and to the Stroud News and Journal, who printed it in full. A transcription will be on the testimonials page soon. | <urn:uuid:8e2f9009-677a-4740-a0a5-76b322a7255f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.aminoritypastime.net/screenings | 2013-05-25T13:02:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967529 | 207 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
After the first episode of Love & Hip Hop aired most of us non green people walked away from the show noting that it’s obviously scripted.
But according to the woman in the middle of the the shows golden drama the drama is very real and unscripted.
Actually, Mona is a genius. Because this was not scripted and she picked people; and during the course, she never knew that any of this would have transpired. Ever. None of the producers did. They were like, ‘we couldn’t have made this stuff up if someone paid a million dollars,’ so all Mona did was have the cameras shoot, and what transpired, transpired. It just happened to be a ridiculous, way-out-there situation, and that’s just what it was. This is a real life situation, so I can’t fault Mona or VH1 or whoever. It wasn’t their fault that what was going on with us was so off the wall. That’s really what it was. They were just capturing the moment.
MiMi also claims she only found out about Joseline while filming the show:
“I had no idea who Joseline was, I had no idea she was his artist, I had no idea they were even working together… What everybody else was seeing, I wasn’t privy to. All I knew is he was going to work. The first time I knew she existed was about two weeks before we started the show. It was all brand new to me, this was the first time I found out about her, her name, and all of that… I was living through it as we were taping.”
I still don’t believe she didn’t know..
MImi said she felt absolutely disrespected Stevie J showed up in the club with Joseline:
I thought it was absolutely ridiculous, I thought it was disrespectful. The realm of emotions that ran through me watching it; it was incredible.
Stevie J was highly critisized for allowing his side-piece to not only disrespect the mother of his child, but do it on national tv. The record producer explained to V103 that his supposed love triangle is nothing more than him teaching Joseline how to get this money.
“It’s my lifestyle and I live it how I live it. Everybody got something to say and every man can honestly say they’ve been in a situation. It’s full of ups and downs. I just want the ladies to understand a man in this lifestyle. I love Mimi, thats my baby and I would never let things get too crazy. I let Mimi know that I’ll never be in love with her or be with her (Joseline) but Joseline is my artist and I’m tryna show her how to get this money.”
MiMi also claims that when Stevie was with other women there were not together, as their relationship has always been on and off again.. Meaning when ish didn’t work out with Stevie’s other chicks he went running back to his old STOMPING grounds…
I would call MiMi pathetic, but ALL of her bills are getting paid and she could be with a broke man that does the same thing…. And maybe she’s in serious denial.. I’m sooo curious as to how this season will end.
P.S. If you don’t like watching the show Mona Scott Young Has A Message For You
“CHANGE THE DAMN CHANNEL!!!” Holla
For a sneak peek of Episode 2, airing tomorrow click here.
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MEXICO CITY — It was all caught on video: Five heavily armed policemen barge into a hotel in western Mexico before dawn and march out with three handcuffed men in underwear.
But police weren't making an arrest; they were apparently taking orders from a drug gang. Just hours after the three were seized, they were found asphyxiated and beaten to death.
Mexicans have become inured to lurid tales of police collaboration with narcotics gangs during 5½ years of a drug war that has cost more than 47,500 lives. But seldom can they actually see it occur, and the video broadcast on national television was a shocker.
"One assumes that in some cities ... the municipal police work for the drug cartels," said Jorge Chabat an expert on security and drug trafficking at the Center for Economic Research and Teaching. "But what is different here is that there is a video. It's not the same thing to imagine that this going on, and to see it."
The Jan. 20 video released by prosecutors Wednesday shows a police truck pulling up to the hotel in the city of Lagos de Moreno, quickly followed by a pickup carrying four armed civilians. A city police officer carrying an assault rifle runs over to their truck and is given what appears to be a list. Then he and his fellow officers trot into the hotel and present the list at the reception desk, apparently asking what rooms the men are staying in.
In the next segment of the video, the victims are trotted out of the hotel in their underwear with their hands cuffed behind their backs. One is being hustled along by a civilian gunman, who stuffs him into a patrol car. The gunmen — police are investigating whether they belong to the Jalisco New Generation drug gang — appear to be calling the shots throughout, with the police officers serving as gofers.
The police then watch and wait in front of the hotel while the men's luggage and vehicle are stolen. Finally, the police truck carrying the victims follows the gunmen as they drive away in their own pickup and the stolen vehicle.
While the kidnapping and murder occurred in January and the faces of several officers were clearly seen on the videos, the officers were not detained until June 6, when soldiers and state police raided a local police station. And they still have not been formally charged with any crime.
There are still mysteries surrounding the case, including whether the gunmen thought the victims were members of a rival drug cartel.
The video "is cause for despair," Chabat said. "It gives rise to the feeling that this is not going to be solved in the short term." | <urn:uuid:432b69d4-12ff-4b1b-b4fa-39cc6acb6d02> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.denverpost.com/nationworld/ci_20861202/video-shows-mexican-police-hauling-men-later-found | 2013-05-25T12:57:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983951 | 536 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
In the summer of 1944, at the height of World War Two, a treacherous stretch of water in the Philippines claimed the lives of more than 150 American sailors, lost when the U.S.S. Flier and the U.S.S. Robalo sank. Neither sub has been found, and the exact cause of their sinking is unclear. Can the Dive Detectives unlock the mysteries?
Whether you're watching this episode from your home or hotel room (http://www.britanniahotels.com/hotels/manchester) you'll get caught up in the Dive Detectives adventure. Even if you're not a diver, this daring team will inspire you to become one.
Their search leads the Dive Detectives into dangerous waters—the territory of sharks and ruthless pirates. But the Team is protected by armed Coast Guard officers and assisted by dramatic clues. The deathbed revelations of a retired member of the U.S. Navy help launch the search for the Robalo. The Team is intrigued by leads that include a mysterious sketch appearing to pinpoint that sub’s location.
The hunt for the Flier is driven by an eyewitness account from a survivor, Al Jacobsen, committed to tape before he died. Al’s son joins the Team in the hope of fulfilling his father’s life-long mission—locating the lost vessel.
Cross-referencing Al’s information with U.S. Navy inquiries and the results of cutting-edge side-scan sonar, the Dive Detectives investigate the locations of the downed subs. Their quest unites them with local “hookah” divers, who dive deep using only a hose and air compressor. They also get a taste of what it was like for the sub’s handful of survivors, who escaped their downed sub and fled the enemy via an 18-hour swim and a 5-day journey across tiny islands to safety.
It’s a journey of discovery as the Dive Detectives follow the clues across a remote and beautiful area of the Philippines, and what the Team discovers in the bone-crushing depths of the Balabac Strait ranks among the greatest find of their careers. | <urn:uuid:0af6959c-398f-4529-a425-a2679d59297a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.divedetectives.com/submarine-graveyard.php | 2013-05-25T12:40:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.934687 | 453 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
We provide a supportive learning environment for our students through a variety of services and facilities.
As an ECU student, you will be able to access a range of resources - from career guidance to academic support; free referencing software to computer access. These services are available to all of our students with many services assisting off-campus (online) students by email, fax or phone.
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Our learning advisors offer workshops, downloadable support materials and one-on-one consultation on things like referencing, note-taking, assignment & exam preparation, time management, using the library, report writing and more.
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We offer several bridging programs aimed at students who will be enrolling into an undergraduate course which assumes they have a working knowledge of a particular subject area.
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Sofrito is one of the many foods or food ingredients that identify us and set us apart as Puerto Ricans. But many of us don't know that sofrito is used widely in the Caribbean and often goes by the same name. The term 'sofrito' was brought to the island by Spanish colonizers who prepare it in a tomato base with paprika. Sofrito is an Italian term and it means the same thing, except Italian sofrito has a few different ingredients than our own.
In the New World, traditional sofrito mutated under the influence of new ingredients. The biggest change was the color, from reddish to deep yellow, thanks to achiote seeds - which were commonly used by the native Taínos. Achiote, or annatto, gives margarine its distinctive golden hue and is a common commercial coloring.
Most homemade sofrito today is completed in a food processor or blender. In the old days our abuelas sofrito looked much like the picture above. It was chopped by hand and you could see, identify, and taste the ingredients. Of course it was a much better sofrito back then. But how easy it is to make it now - I won't go back. I like to add olives and capers to the blender - just in case we find a finicky eater who refuses to eat them. I also add whole olives and capers after the blender just for show.
The aroma of fresh, homemade sofrito, is intoxicating.
Sometimes I like to use fresh sofrito ingredients in my dishes and mix it with readymade. I especially do this with bacalao guisao, which I like to serve with boiled yuca and white rice - Yum! Sometimes I take left over white rice and I add fresh diced sofrito - whatever I have on hand, stir fry it and then I plop a fried egg on top. It is what they call 'comfort' food - and it is great with tostones.
When making sofrito, make plenty, and freeze it in ice cube trays - once frozen dump into a large freezer bag and freeze (I like to double bag mine and squeeze out as much air as possible). That way you can have a stash in the freezer and only use what you need without any spoilage. Sofrito can be be refrigerated up to a week but then must be frozen. Even with store bought sofrito, if the entire jar won't be used anytime soon - freeze it.
We find it hard in the states to find the right peppers - Italian cubanelle peppers, so we settle for a bit extra bell pepper. I also like to sprinkle cheyenne pepper - just a bit, for that 'kick'. It is also hard to find recao - use cilantro instead.
Cook a roast in the crock-pot with sofrito, olives, EVOO (extra virgin olive oil) and tomato sauce. This gives you a fantastic criollo aroma and flavor. Serve with rice.
Sofrito is the 'base' for Puerto Rican cuisine. Traditionally, sofrito is made by sauteing achiote seeds in rendered pork fat. For special occasions I cook bacon pieces and use the fat and the bacon too - this of course, gives the meal a much better flavor. But today we try to stay away from pork fat so start with ½ cup vegetable oil, add approximately 1 tbsp. annatto seeds and cook over medium heat for a few minutes until the oil turns red. At this point you need to remove the achiote seeds, if the seeds are cooked too high they will turn the oil bitter and you will have to toss both seeds and oil and start again. Once the seeds are removed add the sofrito (defrosted) and bring to a medium-low simmer. The pan will begin to sizzle - cover it. Cook this over low heat for about 10 minutes until mixture begins to thicken. Now add the rest of the ingredients per your recipe. This is how you start any yellow rice, beans, soups, and meats for stuffing pasteles, alcapurrias, etc.
What special uses do you have for your sofrito?
Here's a recipe you can start with. . . .
1 bunch Cilantro
Prepare the ingredients - peel, wash, seed and coarsely chop, what needs to be and just dump it all in the blender or food processor, in batches. Dump in a bowl and mix well. Freeze in ice-cube trays, then dump in a double freezer bag. That's all!
* Note that thyme, rosemary, celery and tomato or tomato sauce are not a traditional ingredient in sofrito. Tomatoes might be called for in a recipe but are a separate ingredient. I always have canned Italian Style tomatoes to use in rice and beans.
You might not find all the ingredients, just use what you have, onions, garlic, and bell pepper are a must. Even though this recipe includes olives and capers I always add whole olives and capers to the dish. | <urn:uuid:3debf318-de27-4ff3-a1a9-27d257e76a7d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.elboricua.com/recipes_SofritoSecrets.html | 2013-05-25T13:08:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94299 | 1,068 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Feb. 28, 2004
NCAA MEN'S BASKETBALL
February 28, 2004
GW Coach Karl Hobbs
"[The loss] was a combination of a couple of things. One, our defense wasn't very good; two, we couldn't make shots. I just think we lost to a better, more experienced basketball team today."
[Was the team to tight coming into the game.]
"Actually, I think they might have been too loose. I wish they were a little tight, a little scared. We did some things you can't do to win this kind of a game. We had the opportunity to make a couple of layups, and we didn't finish them off. That's part of the learning process...This is the first game we've played all year where the pressure was on us to win. We've never been in that situation before."
[on the play of Richmond freshmen Daon Merritt and Gaston Moliva]
"Those two guys made plays for them, and that was the difference. The kid Merritt makes the big 3, which was a huge play. If that shot doesn't go in--we might have been plus 5 or 9 at the time--that was a huge play."
[on the crowd support]
"It was second to none. The crowd was absolutely fantastic. To come out here at 12 o'clock and see a line around the building, I just never dreamed of it getting to this point. I can't begin to express my gratitude to the students."
[What do you take from this loss]
"As I told the team, sometimes you get knocked down, but you're responsible for getting back up. We lost to a good basketball team. I can't take anything away from them. Obviously, we've got to work on our defense, we've got to get in the gym and get some shots up, and we've got to find a way to win one basketball game."
"I don't want to get carried away [with analyzing the loss]...I don't want to make this out to be more than it needs to be. We lost a basketball game, we need to shore up our defense, we've got to play better against the zone, and we've got to do things better on the basketball court. That's as simple as it is."
GW junior T.J. Thompson
"I felt like I was in a rhythm, but the shots just didn't go in. They felt good when they left, but some of them rattled in and out."
"There was pressure to win, but like Coach said, I think we did come in a little too loose. We usually play better when we're the underdog and scared of the opponent. We just came in lackadaisical."
"We have to never get satisfied with winning. We're only as good as our last game. We can't go into every game thinking that teams are just going to fold for us. We have to come prepared and ready to play for every game...You can tell we weren't focused because we got a technical before the game. That's never happened to us. That right there should have showed that our focus wasn't really about winning today."
GW freshman J.R. Pinnock
"We warmed up like we knew what we were going to do. We played bad, but we were still right there. Like Coach said, the better team won today. They're more experienced, and their seniors dominated."
Richmond Coach Jerry Wainwright
"With due respect to Phil Martelli, who has a veteran team, Karl [Hobbs] has demonstrated all year that he is the Coach of the Year in our league. He's done a wonderful job with the team he's got....There's no nicer kid in the country than Pops Mensah-Bonsu. He's really got a good group of kids. They play really hard. They're very versatile and difficult to play against."
"We withstood the early knockout punch, hung in there, and got a late spurt, which is what you have to do on the road. We were able in the last few minutes to make free throws, which is something else you have to do. A very hard-fought game. They're obviously a team that's going to not only going to be a factor in the A-10 tournament, but also a factor in post-season play. My hat's off to them."
[on Richmond's ability to win in difficult venues such as Smith Center]
"I think it's our style. We're not as high-octane as a lot of teams. This was a high-turnover game for both teams because of the speed of play. It was a very physical game. But we have a veteran team. Our three ball handlers-Dobbins, Brown, and Skrocki-are what GW's players will be when they're seniors. We were able to withstand the pressure and we're a pretty decent free-throw shooting season, though we weren't great today, and that usually helps on the road."
[on shutting down GW's perimeter game]
"We're not a real big team, but our perimeter kids are all pretty long...They're all pretty angular, so you can switch and do some things with them that allow you to get out on shooters. We left our inside guys alone early on and obviously Pops really hurt us inside.
"I thought we did a pretty good job contesting their shots, but you give something else away. They hurt us on the glass in the zone. But we felt we had to stop their 3-point shooting and their transition 3s...They're a very hard team to guard. We just kept reaching in a hat to make up stuff, but finally got in a rhythm of something we can do."
"Again, I think [GW] will play for the title. They have a big game coming up with Xavier. I think they'll bounce right back I think they're one of the best teams in our league. We said that after we played them the first time. We're very fortunate to win here." | <urn:uuid:14fe63e0-8fe6-43ff-9f37-d48f5a44b08e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gwsports.com/sports/m-baskbl/recaps/022804aaa.html | 2013-05-25T12:36:00Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.990983 | 1,281 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Brazil's Smoking Population Reduced by Half
Antismoking policies helped prevent 420,000 smoking-related deaths in the country.
-- by Jenara Nerenberg
The GistGetting people to stop smoking is hard work, especially with the prevalence of cigarette advertising and smoking on television. Despite these kinds of difficulties, Brazil has managed to drastically reduce its population of smokers in a short amount of time with some hard-hitting policies. New research released today in PLOS Medicine shows that smoking rates in Brazil have been reduced by half over the past twenty years. The most effective policy was a tobacco price increase, followed by smoke-free air laws, restrictions on tobacco marketing, tobacco health warnings, antismoking mass media campaigns, and particular treatment programs to help get people to stop smoking. And all of the above helped prevent 420,000 smoking-related deaths, a number that is projected to increase to 7 million by 2050.
The Expert Take"The lesson learned from Brazil is that you need a strong combination of policies, including taxes, marketing restrictions, and media campaigns," said lead author David Levy of Georgetown University in an interview with Healthline. "The Framework Convention for Tobacco Control has set out the policies, and Brazil shows that if they are followed, there will be success in saving lives."
But Levy indicates that even stricter tobacco laws, such as an increase in tobacco taxes, would save an additional 1.3 million lives by 2050.
"Brazil provides one of the outstanding public health success stories in reducing deaths due to smoking, and serves as a model for other low and middle income nations," said Levy. "However, a set of stricter policies could further reduce smoking and save many additional lives."
Levy adds that "most of the measures that Brazil has undertaken cost the government limited resources and, in the case of taxes, generate revenue." This fact should help incentivize other nations to follow Brazil's model.
Source and MethodResearchers from Lombardi Comprehensive Cancer Center of Georgetown University in Washington D.C. and the Brazilian National Cancer Institute in Rio de Janeiro used a simulation model called Brazil SimSmoke to assess smoking rates before and after antismoking measures—such as cigarette package warnings, advertising restrictions, and smoke-free air laws—were implemented in the country. In 1989, 34.8 percent of Brazilian adults smoked, and in 2008, that percentage dropped to 18.5 percent of adults in Brazil.
The TakeawayBrazil's dynamic, multipronged approach to reducing smoking rates has proven exceptionally effective and has helped prevent early deaths due to smoking. The results of this study indicate that it is in the interest of the global public's health for other countries to attempt the same. Professionals in government, media, advertising, and merchant associations can all help implement antismoking measures and, as a result, reduce early deaths.
“Brazil’s accomplishments demonstrate that, even for a middle income nation, reducing tobacco use is a 'winnable battle' that carries huge dividends in terms of reducing mortality and morbidity," said Levy.
And, in particular, "the one policy that Brazil has used with special effectiveness appears to be health warnings on cigarette packages," said Levy. "These can be targeted at young as well as older smokers."
Other ResearchA case study by the American Journal of Public Health examining California's efforts at reducing smoking presents similar findings—namely, that both antismoking media campaigns and increased tobacco taxes are effective at discouraging smoking. The study concludes that the scale of effectiveness depends on the amount of media output and amount of tax increase.
Additionally, a different study by Tobacco Control looking at support for banning smoking from movies indicates that antismoking advertising influences viewers to support banning smoking from movies.
And another Tobacco Control study supports the conclusion from the Brazil study that increased taxation and consumer education help prevent smoking, especially in young people.
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The Who, Mohegan Sun Arena, Uncasville, CT -12/9
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With many of the pioneers of modern rock and roll fast approaching their 50th year in music, a few are putting together tours to celebrate the landmark. The Who’s 2012/2013 Quadrophenia and More Tour is an intelligent, inventive, and well-executed example. Roger Daltrey brilliantly chose The Who’s ambitious 1973 rock opera Quadrophenia as a vehicle to put together a dynamic retrospective of the band. Fellow original Who member, Pete Townshend, credits Daltrey with the concept and staging of the production. Three large, circular screens take the audience along on a fast-paced visual journey in the form of photos and concert footage of The Who’s earlier years, along with a cultural slice of life of the era.
The double album Quadrophenia tells the story of the protagonist Jimmy, a West London art school mod, in search of his identity and self. Jimmy’s fragmented personality manifests itself in four part themes, each representing the different personalities of The Who. But the story, this time around, focuses more on The Who, not Jimmy. Composed entirely by Townshend, the album is timeless and universal in nature and has a real lyrical power and beauty. Townshend’s ideas and albums were usually thematic and high-concept with a spiritual thread running throughout. But in a yin-yang manner, his songs mostly took the form of visceral, volatile rock epics that are considered some of the best ever written, and have influenced generations of loyal fans and musicians. Roger Daltrey still possesses one of the most iconic, expressive, and ferocious voices and it’s unimaginable to think of anyone else bringing the vocals to life except him. Quadrophenia is a vocal and instrumental mountain to climb. Could Daltrey and Townshend pull it off forty years later and still keep their legacy intact?
The question was laid to rest from the get go when “The Real Me” kicked in. Staying true to the original composition, the backing band had an edge with drummer Zak Starkey, guitarist Simon Townshend, and bassist Dino Palladino, each having toured with The Who multiple times, including previous productions of Quadrophenia. Three keyboardists and two brass players rounded out the sound and ushered in some of the gentler interludes, as well as augmenting the explosive, thunderous moments. Starkey, the real workhorse of the group, was mesmerizing. Keith Moon gave Starkey his first professional drum set and was an obvious influence, but he has his own powerful style and feel.
Townshend’s guitar playing was monumental, both acoustic and electric, and yes, he still windmills. He sang solo on “I’m One” and “Drowned” with a deeper voice, but was still quite good. The highlight of the night no doubt was “5:15.” Video of John Entwistle’s rapturous fret-flying solo played off Starkey’s drumbeats to a posthumous standing ovation. “5:15” also had an blistering blues jam by Townshend that brought down the house. Keith Moon was featured in an interactive video of “Bell Boy,” which conveyed his boyish charm and humor. As the set came to a close, a video montage, set to the instrumental “The Rock,” asked the timely question through graphic images “Have you had enough of violence, war, and conflict?” and offered the solution with a surrender to love with the show’s life-affirming peak of “Love, Reign O’er Me.” Daltrey imparted a passionate and moving performance and gave it his all. The shimmering sea washed over the background screens, clearing the energy. The only break in the evening was the long standing ovation before the encore began with epic classic rock favorites “Who Are You,” “Behind Blue Eyes,” “Pinball Wizard,” “Baba O’Riley,” and “Won’t Get Fooled Again.” Daltrey’s vocal stamina was amazing and he shined bright.
The concert ended with the two surviving original members in the spotlight for the heartfelt song “Tea & Theatre” from the 2006 album Endless Wire. Daltrey raised a Union Jack mug of tea and sang while Townshend played acoustic guitar. Regardless of the ups and downs, triumphs and tragedies, this is one most enduring and well-matched creative partnerships in rock history. Who else, but Townshend, can write a song to complement Daltrey’s voice. | <urn:uuid:cb28fbc5-f294-4de0-b3f8-98e2effb7b8b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.jambands.com/reviews/shows/2012/12/26/the-who-mohegan-sun-arena-uncasville-ct-12-9 | 2013-05-25T13:01:11Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.957056 | 1,020 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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My husband is the one who had the gun pulled on him. He is a geltleman. Would give the shirt off his back. He was driving our mini van at the time. He was waiting for a lady to put her stuff in her car and take that space. The man who pulled the gun was in a truck behind my husband. As my husband pulled into a parking space, the man drove by and told my husband that he better not get out of his car. Completely clueless, he got out and was headed into the store. That is when they man confronted my husband and pulled his gun and pointed it right at my husband.There was no argument or anything. The man claimed my husband assaulted him, but we dont know the man, have never seen him, and surely have never even come close enough to talk to him. My husband instantly grabbed his phone to call 911. The man then proceeded to put his gun away and go the the side of his truck and grab a small little girl out and go in the store. My husband didnt have a weapon, never approached them man, and was clueless as to why he pulled a gun on him. Perhaps he was taking too long waiting for a parking space and that irritated them man in the truck behind him. We dont know. But I am thankful. It could have been so much worse. My husband is home safe with us and our 6 children who are blessed to have their daddy alive. I am also thankful that this man didnt pull his gun out on someome who was actually armed. Because if you carry a gun for self defense and someone pulls a gun out on you, most likely you are going to shoot to protect yourself. And...I am thankful that the little girl involved still has her daddy, even if he did a serious crime yesterday. I feel for the child and wife of this man. It has to be a difficult situation. But it is no easy situation for my husband either who has to keep reliving a gun pointed directly at him. He didnt sleep well last night. Who would?!?! We have many unanswered questions. But more than anything, we are thankful to have our husband and daddy alive and home safe.
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Women are finding their way back into the workforce.
The economic upswing had until recently been a "hecovery," but the revival is now becoming more balanced between the genders. The number of women employees has jumped by 300,000 in the past six months, nearly the same amount as men. And in September, men and women each saw a job gain of 57,000.
"The recovery has definitely picked up for women in the last year," said Joan Entmacher, vice president of family economic security at the National Women's Law Center.
Women's financial well-being over the past four years is a hot topic in this year's election, as President Barack Obama and challenger Mitt Romney each court their vote.
In Tuesday's debate, Obama hailed his signing of the Lily Ledbetter law, which lengthened the time women could sue employers for pay discrimination. Romney, meanwhile, attacked the president's economic record by saying that 580,000 women have lost jobs and 3.5 million more women fell into poverty in the past four years.
Romney would have been right about the jobs figures had it still been spring. Women were hit hard by job losses in the public sector -- particularly in schools -- which accelerated in 2011 after stimulus funds ran out. Governments continued to shed jobs well after the private sector started reviving, delaying women's recovery since they make up 59 percent of the state and local workforce.
And as governments looked to tighten their financial belts, they reduced funding for job support initiatives -- particularly subsidized child care programs that allow poor women to seek and retain jobs.
But governments have finally begun to stem job losses over the past year. Local school districts added 79,000 jobs between July and September, the strongest summer hiring since 2006.
At this point, women have recovered 32 percent of the jobs lost in the recession, while men have gained back 43 percent, according to Entmacher.
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I think it might be a little silly that we did an outfit post two days after surgery, but today I was really itching to get outside after being stuck in the house this weekend. The surgery went really well. I didn’t know how nervous I was until Friday morning when we were on our way to the outpatient center, and I was jumpy and felt nauseous. I pretty much felt the same way in the waiting room; they were playing those terrible doctor-related show that really are all about plastic surgery, so that didn’t help any. Once I was in the pre-op room and got my iv I was feeling better. All the nurses were extra nice and joke-y, and once they start putting stuff in your iv to calm you down there’s not much on earth that could worry you. The anesthesia was just as wonderful as I remembered–just a drop of it (that I can remember at least) and I was out under the warm lights, with a bunch of reassuringly happy nurses making jokes around me.
Waking up is scarier–especially after I had my bed pushed to the post-op room and felt so hot all of a sudden that I tried to take all my blankets and my funny surgery socks off. The pain in my arm was pretty terrible too, but as soon as the nurse started giving me more medications I started feeling a lot calmer, and it was so hard keeping my eyes open. But soon enough the nurse was pushing me in a wheelchair out to Drew’s car, and even with Atlanta stop and go traffic the ride home wasn’t that bad.
I spent this whole weekend resting–probably mostly sleeping. I’ve been getting pretty bad headaches that a lot of times hurt more than my elbow, so when they come along I drink Coke for the caffeine (I love coffee more but it’s hard to drink when I don’t feel well) and take one of the giant Ibuprofens the doctor gave me. The I go downstairs and sleep. Also I’ve totally been watching lots of Netflix like you all told me too–it’s kind of fun to have all the time in the world to get lost in a series, and right now I’m watching Downton Abbey and am four episodes in, with plenty of time to finish. I’ve been reading a little and also have been going online, even though the internet world just makes me wish I were up and at it again. I miss thrift stores and Silent Sundays planning, though hopefully Jamie and I can get back into it soon.
Today was nice though, so Drew and I made a quick trip to get frozen yogurt at Yoforia. I figure that as long as my bones are on the mend I’ll be needing lots of calcium, right? After that we walked around Westside Provisions. I wore this new Dear Creatures dress I got from Modcloth a few weeks ago, that I’ll definitely be wearing on my blog again since it’s a perfect summer dress and since my funny sling and scary swollen hand don’t do it justice at all. | <urn:uuid:a509f36f-b933-430f-b1fb-eb3b829411b9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.liebemarlene.com/2011/06/post-surgery-weekend/ | 2013-05-25T12:49:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.983919 | 660 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The inaugural Adrenaline show, the result of the collapse of M1 Global and subsequent reorganization by president Monte Cox, is set for Chicago on June 14th. At this point, the fight card looks like this according to the Adrenaline website.
Jeff Monson (23-7) vs. Mike Russow (9-1)
Daiju Takase (7-11) vs. Terry Martin (16-4)
Alberto Crane (8-2) vs. Clay French (14-2)
Tony Fryklund (14-9) vs. Brian Gassaway (25-17-1)
Jeff Cox (9-6) vs. Bart Palaszewski (28-11)
Taiwan Howard (6-1) vs. Rory Markham (14-4)
James Giboo (11-2) vs. Mark Miller (9-3)
Herc Hayes (7-5) vs. Kerry Schall (22-9)
Rob Kimmons (15-3) vs. Hector Urbina (11-3)
Aaron Rosa (10-2) vs. Ron Fields (18-24-1)
Dom O’Grady (4-0) vs. Mike Stumpf (8-1)
Joe Jordan (40-11) vs. Ryan Williams (6-1)
Christian Reynosa (6-2) vs. Josh Hosman (7-3-1)
The event will take place at the Sears Center in Chicago. Plans have already been announced for the second Adrenaline show, to take place in September in Iowa and featuring heavyweights Tim Sylvia and Ben Rothwell.
Tim Sylvia weighs-in for UFC 77: Hostile Territory. Photo property of the Ultimate Fighting Championship.
Monte Cox promised a new promotion to come out of the now defunct M-1 Global project and he delivered by signing former UFC heavyweight champion Tim Sylvia and IFL star Ben Rothwelll to multi-fight deals with Cox’s recently created Adrenaline MMA organization.
The news comes one day after rumors started to circulate concerning Sylvia’s potential departure from the Ultimate Fighting Championship. The Miletich Fighting Systems product made it official on last night’s episode of HDNet’s Inside MMA.
“Adrenaline is a new promotion, but it allows fighters to fight for other organizations… that’s huge,” Sylvia said. “I’ve got 3 to 4 years left and want to fight as much as possible, so this is the perfect choice for me at this time.”
Sylvia’s parting ways with the UFC, the organization in which he fought exclusively in since 2002, was mutual on both sides according to the Maine native, who still had one fight remaining on his current contract with the promotion. However Sylvia has maintained that he would like to return to the UFC to finish out his career.
Sylvia is coming off of his second straight loss in yet another bid to regain his heavyweight title. He was submitted by interim champion Antonio Rodrigo Nogueira at UFC 81: Breaking Point in February.
Rothwell, who has not fought since winning a unanimous decision over Ricco Rodriguez in September of last year, was most recently embroiled in a controversial end of his relationship with the International Fight League, where Rothwell has won his last nine fights.
“Adrenaline will give me the chance to take things to the next level,” Rothwell said. “I’m ready to see how I fare against the best heavyweights in the world.”
Cox and company will hold their first show on June 14th at the Sears Centre in Chicago. One bout has been made official already: Jeff Monson and Mike Russow will clash in a heavyweight bout.
We will be going live at 6:00 AM EST with live results of Yarennoka!, which is taking place at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
Yarennoka! features the return of Fedor Emelianenko as he takes on K-1 kickboxer Hong Man Choi. The undercard includes Gilbert Melendez going up against Mitsuhiro Ishida and Kazuo Misaki battling with Yoshihiro Akiyama. Shinya Aoki, Hayato Sakurai, and Murlio Bustamante will also be competing.
For those that are interested, the event is being shown live on HDNet starting at 6 AM EST.
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Live results and commentary are shown after the jump.
John Chandler here again, breaking down Yarennoka! and K-1 Premium 2007 Dynamite!! fight-by-fight, including detailed predictions along the way.
Yarennoka! features the return of Fedor Emelianenko as he takes on K-1 kickboxer Hong Man Choi. The undercard includes Gilbert Melendez going up against Mitsuhiro Ishida and Kazuo Misaki battling with Yoshihiro Akiyama.
K-1 Premium 2007 Dynamite!! features an astounding total of 13 fights - 7 MMA bouts and 6 kickboxing matches. (I’ll only be previewing the MMA fights) The event is headlined by a main event between long-time Japanese veterans Kazushi Sakuraba and Masakatsu Funaki. Bob Sapp, “Kid” Yamamoto, Kiyoshi Tamura, Melvin Manhoef, and Ikuhisa Minowa will all be in action.
Roman Zentsov and Mike Russow will be added to the final bout on the card for New Year’s Eve’s Yarennoka! according to a report by Sam Caplan.
Zentsov has won twice and lost once in ‘07, defeating Sang Su Lee and Kristof Midoux along the way. His last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Brandon Lee Hinkle in July. All of the fights were under the BodogFight banner.
Russow is currently riding a three-fight winning streak, submitting Demian Decorah, Steve Campbell, and Scott Harper in consecutive Xtreme Fighting events. Russow’s most notable fight was a submission loss to Sergei Kharitonov at PRIDE 33 earlier this year.
On a side note, no word yet on whether or not a replacement opponent will be found for Shinya Aoki.
Just some random thoughts from this past weekend’s Pride 33: The Second Coming show.
It was a great show put on by DSE, which is great considering the amount of mismatches that most thought plagued the fight card. Stunning KO upsets (Lil’ Nog especially), an absolute war between Nick Diaz and the Fireball Kid Takanori Gomi that saw the UFC vet Diaz choke out Gomi with a gogoplata, and another highlight KO of Wanderlei Silva by Dan Henderson highlighted the event. While the production style of Pride may take some getting used to in the American market, the event was a much better representation of Pride than their first foray into the US this past October.
PRIDE 33 FULL RESULTS
Dan Henderson def. Wanderlei Silva by KO at 2:08, Round 3
Nick Diaz def. Takanori Gomi by Gogoplata at 1:46, Round 2
Mauricio “Shogun” Rua def. Alistair Overeem by TKO at 3:37, Round 1
Sergei Kharitonov def. Mike Russow by Armbar at 3:46, Round 1
Hayato “Mach” Sakurai def. Mac Danzig by TKO at 4:01, Round 2
Rameau Thierry Sokoudjou def. Antonio Rogerio Nogueira by TKO at 0:23, Round 1
James Lee def. Travis Wiuff by Guillotine Choke at 0:39, Round 1
Frank Trigg def. Kazuo Misaki by Unanimous Decision (30-27, 30-27, 30-27)
Joachim Hansen def. Jason Ireland by Armbar at 2:33, Round 3
That being said, there are some stories out there that claim the results of Pride 33 will hurt the promotion in the long run. The first one by Zach Arnold was first printed on BoxingScene.com.
PRIDE 33 will go down as an event that, on paper, had a fight card line-up that looked like a turkey but produced some exciting fights. Short-term, the event was successful. Long-term, however, major damage was done to several of PRIDE’s key Japanese assets.
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Arnold goes on to intricately detail how the surprising results will hurt Pride, especially in their stronghold of Japan itself.
A few days later, Al Yu, a Japanese columnist for MMAWeekly who specializies in covering the Far East MMA scene for the site, offered very similar setiments to Arnold. He even called it a disaster, the same as Arnold.
Operating under financial turmoil, DSE continued forward with their second U.S. show in hopes to make a further impact in a market currently dominated by the UFC. Pride 33: The Second Coming produced many exciting fights and was easily one of the best events of the year. Of the nine scheduled fights, only one went to a decision. So why was it a disaster?
What makes an organization is its stable of fighters. Pride’s large roster consists of some of the best fighters in the world. Any time a marquee fighter loses, it can have an adverse affect on an organization. In this case, four of Pride’s stars faltered on a crucial night for the Japanese organization.
There is no question that the event itself was a huge success, especially fight wise. The key will be where the PPV buy numbers end up, especially considering how poor the PPV numbers for the October event turned out. Let’s hope for the best.
Finally, for the first time ever, Pride CEO Nobuyuki Sakakibara made a comment that did not deny that Pride may be up for sale. In the past, he has always firmly denied the sales rumors. From Loretta Hunt’s article on the Fight Network…
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Ndamukong Suh will soon take his game to a different playing field.
The Detroit Lions defensive tackle is signed up to join a celebrity dating show that will debut on Fox next month – “The Choice.”
According to Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press, the show will feature B-list type stars, along with Suh and New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. Also on the show will be “Jersey Shore” stars Pauly D and Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino. Rob Kardashian is also reported to have a part.
Suh has been very active off the field with national endorsement deals. Last offseason, during the lockout, he participated in the Gumball 3000 road race in Europe.
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What makes humans so special? The obvious answer is our amazing brains. The body barely gets a mention.
Yet it should. Our bodies are extraordinary: hairless, upright and with many peculiar features related to intelligence, including an oversized head. And that is just the start.
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“Today’s number would have easily been over 200,000 (jobs) if not for the impact of the hurricane across a wide array of industries,” said Mark Zandi, chief economist for Moody’s Analytics, which co-authors the monthly report with ADP. “On the flip side, 200,000 is a pretty big number, considering it’s higher than the job growth we’ve been getting over the recovery.”
According to Zandi, Hurricane Sandy cost the U.S. private-sector economy 86,000 jobs in November, mostly on the small-business side, as companies with fewer than 50 employees “were more likely not to have the financial resources to pay their workers for the week of the storm, whereas for big companies — even if their workers didn’t work that week — their workers probably did get paid. And if you get paid, then you get counted in the employment data.”
Zandi said storm-related job losses more than offset the roughly 65,000 jobs businesses added in response to an earlier Thanksgiving — or kickoff to Christmas shopping — compared to past years. But that holiday job boost will “come out of the December number” with seasonal adjustment, Zandi said, which suggests next month’s ADP jobs data also will be on the soft side.
Though companies continue to exhibit angst regarding looming tax increases and steep spending cuts at the national level, Zandi said he doesn’t sense from any employment data that “businesses have pulled back on hiring or increased layoffs around fiscal uncertainty. But they have pulled back on investment and advertising, since it’s easy for a CEO of a company to delay an investment purchase … and going to the human resources head is more difficult.”
“We’re facing more like a bunny slope than a (fiscal) cliff in the early part of January, and I don’t think businesses will respond to that,” Zandi said. “If (Washington) won’t get it together going into February, then I think we’d see some big impact in the February data. Businesses wouldn’t increase layoffs until they saw demand declined, but they would stop hiring.”
The modest payroll increase was driven by corporations with more than 1,000 employees, which added 62,000 jobs in November, according to the ADP report. Small businesses added 19,000 jobs last month.
According to the report, the construction and utilities sectors added a combined 45,000 jobs, while the manufacturing sector shed 16,000 jobs. Zandi said manufacturing employment would have declined last month regardless of Hurricane Sandy, but the decrease would have been smaller. | <urn:uuid:e1bf5ef3-e2c1-4cff-ae72-2d7882e85b9b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.njbiz.com/article/20121205/NJBIZ01/121209928/0/Straight-Arming-the-Environmentalists/Weak-jobs-report-blamed-on-Sandy's-devastation | 2013-05-25T13:09:33Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966636 | 569 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
It’s funny the kind of things you can spot at large tradeshows and it appears that Lenovo has unveiled its upcoming ThinkPad Edge E125 a tad early at Computex.
It was hiding among a set of other AMD Brazos powered notebooks at the AMD press conference, but no-one seemed to pay all that much attention to it, except us of course.
We don’t have too many details about the Edge E125 as we only had a few minutes to play with it before the press conference started. The good news for ThinkPad fans is that it has retained the “nipple” while the bad news is that it has a fairly small clickpad, much in the same way as the ThinkPad Edge E220s. The keyboard is Lenovo’s new Chiclet model with a half-height top row of keys, which might not be to everyone’s taste, but it’s pretty decent to type on, even on this size notebook.
The connectivity options are somewhat sparse with a D-sub and HDMI port for using external monitors, three USB 2.0 ports, of which the yellow one will charge your devices even if the notebook is switched off, an Ethernet port, a single headset jack and finally a memory card slot. There’s of course also a built in webcam of some kind as well as Wi-Fi and Bluetooth.
The 11.6-inch screen might be on the small side for some, but a bigger concern in our mind was how glossy it was. Lenovo hasn’t done a great job with the screen bezel either, as it’s rather thick, even compared to the X120e. The selling point it size and weight though and this is where the Edge E125 delivers. We’re not sure about the battery life, but we’d imagine we’re looking at a 4-cell battery here which isn’t going to rock most people’s world in terms of untethered usage, but on the other hand, AMD’s Brazos platform is reasonably power frugal so it’s possible that we’ll see up towards 5-6h of usable battery life.
We don’t know when Lenovo is going to launch the ThinkPad Edge E125 and we don’t even know if it will be using the current E-350 processor or the upcoming E-450 model from AMD. We wouldn’t expect that we’ll have to wait too long to find out though, as the model on display appeared to be a final production unit. | <urn:uuid:da9cfa5a-764d-458d-a4ab-c7f397234287> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/110336-lenovo-thinkpad-edge-e125-amd-laptop | 2013-05-25T12:42:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.945091 | 543 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Turn off your computer and unplug the power cable from the wall. Open the PC and look for an empty PCI slot. Before touching the HDTV card, be sure to discharge static electricity by touching a metal surface. Seat the card into the PCI slot and screw down the retaining bracket. Close the computer. (Don't plug it in just yet.)
Different tuner cards offer different connections, but for HD, you'll want to plug your new antenna into the DTV input on the back of the card. Since cable and satellite providers scramble their broadcast streams, no PC tuner card can fully replace a cable box yet. Most tuner cards also have an analog coaxial input jack for cable.
Attach the other end of the wire to the HDTV indoor antenna. Placement of the antenna is essential for a good signal. Place the antenna as high and as close to a window as possible. For optimum accuracy, check what direction the HD signal is coming from in your area. A good Web site for this is antennaweb.org.
Once everything is hooked up, plug the computer back in, boot up and install the supplied software. (Check your HDTV card manufacturer's Web site for the latest drivers and software updates.) If your card ships with a remote control, be sure to hook up the USB receiver. The DTV software should automatically scan for channels.
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When I am bored I pick up my laptop and the websites I go to are:
I love going to Vevo when I want to find some new music or if I am bored and want to watch a music video. It is a great website to go to when you are looking for some new songs to put on your ipod.
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Baccarat Opaline Chandelier
- Item No.
This exceptional chandelier by Baccarat features opaline glass, cut crystal and ornate doré bronze
- This exceptional chandelier by Baccarat features opaline glass, cut crystal and ornate doré bronze
- This highly ornate chandelier is undoubtedly the work of Baccarat's most talented masters
- Opaline glass by Baccarat, in such an innovative and artistic form, is unmatched in quality
- Circa 1850
- 29" wide x 34" high
Baccarat chandeliers of the 19th century are among the finest ever made. During the mid-19th century, their chandeliers and tableware were favored by European royalty, with the Russian aristocracy proving to be some of their most loyal clientele. At one point, one-third of Baccarat's workforce (over 2,000 employees) was assigned solely to fulfill the orders for the Russian court. In addition to producing crystal, Baccarat was one of the foremost producers of opaline glass in France. Produced in France from 1800 to the 1890s, authentic opaline glass reached its peak of popularity during the reign of Napoleon III in the 1850s and 1860s. Opaline glass by Baccarat, in such an innovative and artistic form, is unmatched in quality.
29" wide x 34" high
About the MakerBaccarat Glass of Kings
In response to a wealthy landowners request to make the best use of the natural resources of the infertile Baccarat region of France, King Louis XV created "Compagnie des Cristalleries de Baccarat" in 1765 by royal decree.
The renowned company was the first French glassworks firm established to directly compete with imported Bohemian counterparts. The Baccarat firm also made a large contribution to the nation's economy by providing work for the local wood cutters and accelerating the region's recovery following the destruction of the Seven Years War. The creation of Baccarat generated revenue for the community while creating a product that was in high demand.
Following the French Revolution, the Empire Wars and the fall of Napoleon, the economy in the region faltered. Over time, the Baccarat firm was sold numerous times as operating expenses tripled. The new owners sought to perfect the quality and craftsmanship of all the wares. Exceptional raw materials were imported from throughout the world, including America. Glassworkers underwent lengthy and meticulous training. The quest for perfection increased the quality and reputation of Baccarat glassware. Coupled with technological innovations and improved working conditions, the glassware firm was able to increase production, without sacrificing quality.
The tremendous popularity of Baccarat glass ware was evident in the numerous top awards and honors the firm has had been given in the last two centuries. Baccarat has long been internationally recognized for their magnificent creations. Most notably, at the 1823 Exposition Nationale in Paris, where they received international praise and acclaim from all in attendance. Even Louis XVIII, admired and appreciated the quality of craftsmanship and modest prices of the wares. The popularity of Baccarat flourished and became vogue among European royalty and elite.
During the mid-19th century Baccarat chandeliers and tableware were favored by European royalty, with the Russian aristocracy proving to be some of their most loyal clientele. At one point, one-third of Baccarat's workforce (over 2,000 employees), were assigned solely to fulfill the orders for the Russian court. In addition to the extravagant pieces, Baccarat created scores of stemware for the Russian market. A custom initiated by the first tsars mandated that no one should drink from a glass touched by their own lips, and many grand dukes and nobleman followed suit. Consequently, many a Baccarat crystal goblet was immediately smashed after only a single use!
The international acclaim, the royal patronage and the quantity and quality of the awards won at expositions throughout Paris and Europe have garnered a magnificent reputation for the French firm. Prized for its clarity, detail and beauty of form, Baccarat crystal is the perfect accompaniment to any dinner service. | <urn:uuid:f0426ece-d313-48d0-8b33-a8a97100cb56> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.rauantiques.com/item/Baccarat-Opaline-Chandelier.29-2986.html?sort=score+desc%2CPrice+desc&start=0&facet.query=Price%3A%5B0+TO+5000%5D&q=*%3A*&fq=PRI_CAT%3AWEB.ANTIQUES.LIGHTING&activeNav=antiques&rows=99999&follownutch=no | 2013-05-25T12:56:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.94984 | 867 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Hello Fellow Scrappers,
It's nice to be here because it's been a long time since I've done any scrapping. I'm trying to download the trial version but I'm obviously doing something wrong and I hope to fix it on Monday.
I've done many albums the old fashioned way for my grandchildren and need to start up again as the photos are ganging up on me.
Here's where the fun begins! | <urn:uuid:d7095042-8c06-46ae-bc11-88dbbf7b0575> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.scrapbookmax.com/forums/threads/19673-New-from-Illinois?mode=hybrid | 2013-05-25T12:35:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97745 | 89 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Thursday 23rd June 2011, 16:00 CET www.simalliance.orgAjit Jaokar, CEO, Futuretext and Chief Blogger
Amedeo Veneroso, Chairman of the SIMalliance Interop Workgroup
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These casual men's trousers give you a modern look thanks to their slimline cut and side and back pockets with zip fasteners. They are 100% wool, guaranteeing you comfort and warmth. We recommend wearing them in a relaxed style with a sweater.
Cut : casual
Darts : none
Pockets : insert and one zipped side pocket
Bottom leg : 19,5cm
Composition : 100% wool
Machine wash is not recommended, but may be done at lukewarm temperature. Ironing of the trousers is complex and requires an ease and a high mastering of the iron. Make sure that seams and permanent darts are aligned before ironing
Express delivery to France – 15€ : Your parcel will be carefully delivered in hand and signed-for, through an Express 24hr to 48hr service to France, as soon as your items are available to ship. If you are not present when delivery is attempted, your parcel will be available for pickup at the post office closest to your home.
Same day delivery to France – 25€ : Your order placed before midday will be delivered in the evening between 5.00pm and 9.00pm, at the destination of your choice, by courier driving an electric vehicle.
Delivery to the euro zone - 15 € : Your parcel will be delivered in hand signed-for within 5 days, as soon as your items are available to ship. A note will be left in your letterbox and a second delivery will be attempted if you are not present the first time, in order to ensure the good reception of your goods. Deliveries are carried out Monday to Friday.
Return conditions : You may return any Smalto item that does not suit you, within 7 days of receiving your order by request by email to the customer service. Items must be returned in their original packaging and unworn. Postage costs are at the charge of the customer, however if your order is refunded, initial delivery costs will be refunded.
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16 Representatives from Six Nordic Special Olympics Programs in attendance.
Unified Football Nordic Countries Seminar
Stockholm, Sweden: Sixteen representatives from the six Nordic Special Olympics Programs gathered for the first Special Olympics Nordic Countries Unified Football Seminar in Stockholm, Sweden from November 23rd to 25th. The event was hosted by Special Olympics Sweden. Coaches and representatives from Faroe Islands, Iceland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Finland attended. In addition a representative from the National Football Association of each country also participated.
Andre Peeters, Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Sport Advisor (Football) lead the general introduction to Unified Sports and the technical and practical sessions. Sabine Menke, Special Olympics Europe Eurasia Director Unified Sports, conducted the background sessions on Unified Sports in Special Olympics. She introduced the new three-options-model - Sports Rules, Article 1, Section M
There was also an introduction session covering the valuable partnership with UEFA and related activities. Jonatan Sandberg, Sports Director Special Olympics Sweden, supported the facilitation of the sessions.
Valuable insights gained from listening to experiences of similar countries
The Group identified three main outcomes of the Seminar:
• The new three-options-Unified model is significantly valuable to strengthen and develop Unified Sports in Nordic countries.
• Valuable insight gained from engagement with similar countries.
• Future co-operation planned between the involved Programs such as invitational events, invitations to National Games, future seminars.
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1. Many Camps are now collecting dues for the new year. Others will begin collection on another fiscal year date. Recruiting members is one of our most difficult and time consuming duties. It is essential that everyone in the Camp and Department structure exert himself to retain the members now on the rolls. I ask Department Commanders to urge camps to devote their best efforts to the retention process. I urge camp officers to diligently contact each member who gives any indication of non-renewal. I urge each Brother to prevail upon other Brothers to continue in the ranks. It used to be the practice of each good First Sergeant to remind his men that “everything will be better next enlistment.” I ask all Brothers to take on the role of the good First Sergeant and keep our Brothers in the ranks of the SUVCW.
2. I congratulate Brother Dean Speaks who serves as our Member-at-Large (MAL) Coordinator for executing the transfer of National MAL members who are eligible for Camp membership to their Departments of residence. This reassignment is required by our Constitution and Regulation. Each Department which has received a transfer list must find a camp for these Brothers. If the newly transferred Brothers cannot be placed in a Camp near their residence, please assign them to your Department Camp-at-Large. Any large transfer of members carries the risk of Brothers dropping through holes in the net. I recommend that Department officers personally contact each transferred Brother to be certain that he has been made at home in his new Camp.
3. Two new Camps have been chartered in the Maryland Department. Congratulations to the 7th West Virginia Volunteers Camp No. 7 near Franklin, WV and the Overland Camp No. 98 at Charlottesville, VA. The Pennsylvania Department has added the Jerome Gennari Camp No. 90. I send the thanks of the Order to the Organizing Officers of these camps, respectively, Robert E Williams, John F Kirk, Jr and Bud Atkinson. Our Order grows best and most rapidly by the formation of new camps.
4. The Council of Administration has approved expenses for an attorney to handle our the case of Gettysburg Camp No. 112 versus Historic Gettysburg Adams County in the matter of the GAR hall deed dispute. I have hired an attorney to represent the Order as voted by the Harrisburg Encampment. Since this matter may go to court, I ask all Brothers to maintain an attitude of quiet watchfulness until the matter is settled.
5. The case concerning a contemplated sale of a cannon from a GAR monument in Griswold, IA is in court. All Brothers should feel free to contact the Iowa Department Commander with offers of assistance. While the threat is real and seemingly widespread, most communities and cemeteries by nature do the right thing. Most would not consider dismantling a Civil War monument in which they take community pride. I have instituted a program to award a Certificate of Merit to communities, posts, cemeteries, and persons who do the right thing in protecting and, where necessary, renovating monuments. The first of these certificates goes to PC-IN-C David R. Medert for his leadership in the restoration of the Chillicothe Veterans Monument in that city. I urge all Brothers to advise me of others who have “done the right thing” sending me a brief description of the qualifying action, the complete name of the person or organization and the US Mail address to which it is to be sent. This is our way of saying thanks to good people who show pride in their heritage.
6. I have, at the request of the Rhode Island Department Commander, sent a letter of support to the Rhode Island Historical Society supporting the Department’s rightful ownership of GAR and SUV items taken from the Benefit Street Armory. The Rhode Island Department is working diligently to protect the heritage of the SUVCW and deserves the support of the Order.
7. The sale of GAR grave markers has been a long standing matter of concern. I have appointed Brother George Powell as our agent to watch over electronic auctions and to advise persons offering veterans grave markers for sale that in many states they are dealing in stolen materials. Each department and camp should use the media contact information provided earlier by Senior Vice Commander-in-Chief Wheeler to publicize our opposition to the resale of GAR grave markers. Brothers aware of proposed sale of grave markers should immediately contact George Powell.
8. The Council of Administration will meet on March 13, 1999 beginning at 9:00 AM at Harrisburg, PA. All Ddepartment Commanders and all Past Commanders-in-Chief are encouraged to attend. Contact the National Secretary for the address of the facility.
By Order of
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TAMPA — A veteran teacher was suspended Thursday for rejecting the evaluator chosen for him under a Gates-funded initiative that is revolutionizing the way the Hillsborough County School District assesses its teachers.
School and union officials believe this is the first such act of defiance under Empowering Effective Teachers, a complex system of mentoring and evaluation funded by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
The district's action comes just one day after the couple themselves, Bill and Melinda Gates, toured Jefferson High School, where the computer mogul hailed the program as a national model and called its success "phenomenal."
Joseph Thomas, 43, a social studies teacher at Newsome High School, said he refused to schedule a peer observation because he feels the evaluator, Justin Youmans, is not qualified to judge him.
Youmans, 29, has his experience teaching elementary school and sixth grade, according to his school district biography. "He thinks like an elementary school teacher," said Thomas, a teacher for 18 years.
Officials in the school district and the Hillsborough Classroom Teachers Association said the evaluators undergo extensive training. What's more, they said, it is not unusual for a principal to evaluate someone even if their experience is in different age groups or subjects.
The school district also issued this statement:
"The district has an evaluation process and he has refused to comply with that process. That is insubordinate conduct under the Teacher Tenure Act. Until the district can look into the circumstances thoroughly, he has been removed from the classroom."
Until now, Thomas has had a clean disciplinary record, the district confirmed.
But he has been troubled by the new system for some time. "It's absolutely demoralizing," he said. "We're being treated unfairly, and it's extremely subjective."
He has been trading emails with union and school district officials about their choice of evaluators since early October. On Wednesday, he shared his concerns with the St. Petersburg Times. On Thursday, the district's Professional Standards office told him he was to be suspended, with pay, pending an investigation.
Thomas said he is not allowed contact with his students. He can visit the campus, where his son is a sophomore, only in his role as a parent.
The Gates system, funded in part by a $100 million grant from the foundation, replaces the old method of evaluating teachers, a somewhat informal process in which the principal or assistant principal filled out a checklist.
Under the new system, teachers are assessed in three ways; highly structured evaluations by the principal and peer, and a numerical component based on test scores and other data.
The idea is to retain, promote and pay teachers according to their value rather than seniority. A new state law requires all districts to move to similar methods of performance-based pay.
Thomas said he has not been told how long the investigation might take.
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> From: Joe Curry [mailto:email@example.com]
> Sent: Friday, August 14, 1998 2:10 PM
> Andy Mace has a chart on the VTR site that gives the
> etc associated with the different Spitfire models. This data should
> answer any question you have about that.
Below is an excerpt from a post I made a while ago concerning Laycock OD's.
It might give more info on the topic:
Here is a little nugget I gleaned off the Healy list recently. It might be
of interest to those with Laycock O/Ds on their cars.
If you look underneath the car at the O/D unit, you will see an ID plate
with a bunch of text on it (sort of like the commission plate on the body).
Part of this plate text is a number. For example mine is 25/115876 002757.
Apparently the number at the start of the sequence (25 in my case)
represents the percentage by which the engine speed is reduced by the O/D.
So for mine, when the O/D is engaged the engine RPMs decrease by 25% from
the direct drive RPMs (in the same gear of course).
The last number sequence (002757 for mine) is the unit serial number. I
don't know what the middle number (115876) represents.
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Where to now for football and the Gold Coast?
Gold Coast United FC owner Clive Palmer watching his United A-league team's first training session. AAP Image/Tony Phillips
With a decision on Gold Coast United’s future likely in the coming weeks, the biggest question for Football Federation Australia is how to ensure a region is not lost to the game if the club no longer exists.
The demise of a football club is never likely to endear fans to the sport.
Having dedicated their time to support Gold Coast United through an up and down three seasons, fans are likely to feel some bitterness towards the sport they have invested much in if the worst case scenario happens.
Whilst there is little that will soften the blow of the club’s demise for fans, it is important that everything possible is done to ensure that the club’s failure does not result in the death of football in the region.
The FFA holds the key to making sure this does not happen.
If the club does fold, it is vital that elite football has a presence on the Gold Coast. The best way of ensuring this, short of saving the club, is by maintaining the club’s participation in the National Youth League.
This would ensure that the region’s best young player’s still have a pathway right up until the A-League to progress to.
But perhaps more importantly it would be an investment by the FFA in the region and a visual presence in the local sporting market. With the governing body keen for the A-League to forge greater links with grassroots football, this would allow Gold Coast clubs to be tied to the next best thing.
The issue of cost would be an obvious hurdle, but with Football Queensland having previously indicated a willingness to entirely fund a North Queensland NYL team they may be keen to do the same on the Gold Coast.
The preservation of the NYL team may also pave the way for a future A-League franchise as it could act as a testing ground. It could also aid in expansion elsewhere as there would be more players involved in elite youth development, improving the standard of players available to clubs.
There is also the need to ensure that top level football is taken to the Gold Coast if the club no longer exists, be it in the shape of Socceroos matches or other A-League games.
Since the death of the Fury, North Queensland has seen no top level football and it would be surprising if fans did not feel as if they have been locked out of the game.
This cannot happen again as the competition will not fulfil its potential if any more fans feel let down and unwanted.
Gold Coast’s captain Michael Thwaite has spoken of the need to find out why the club has failed. The need for an in-depth examination of its struggles is vital if the same mistakes are not to be made again.
It would also allow players, fans and administrators the opportunity to express their views and utilise their experiences, perhaps going some way to ensuring that some good comes out of the club’s likely demise.
The FFA was right to focus on the need to forge greater links with grassroots football and they now have the chance to back up those sentiments with action. If they choose not to take up the opportunity, the chances of football becoming Australia’s national game will have taken a hit.
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GUSTINE, TEXAS. Gustine, in southeastern Comanche County, was settled about 1873 by H. H. Blankenship and M. B. Odell. The first settlement, which was called Old Evergreen, was about three-quarters of a mile northeast of the present site. The post office was established on January 6, 1888, with Samuel Gustine, for whom the town is named, as first postmaster. Religious services were held under a tree until a union church was built. The first store was built in 1889. In the early 1890s the town was moved to its present site to take advantage of a newly opened road between Comanche and Hamilton. By 1895 the town had eight or ten residences, a school, a cotton gin, a corn mill, and a general store. Aided by the arrival of the Cotton Belt line (officially known as the St. Louis Southwestern Railway of Texas) in 1911, Gustine thrived; its three churches, two banks, one newspaper, and other businesses served a population of 900 in 1914. The next year Gustine was incorporated. In 1940 its population was only 409, but it remained at roughly that level through the mid-1960s. The community's population reached a low of 324 in 1980, but by 1986 a population of 416, a bank, eight other businesses, and a post office were reported there. In the 1980s Gustine was an agricultural community with an economy based on cattle, goats, hogs, grain, peanuts, pecans, and fruits. In 1990 the population was 430, and in 2000 it was 457.
Comanche County Bicentennial Committee, Patchwork of Memories: Historical Sketches of Comanche County, Texas (Brownwood, Texas: Banner Printing, 1976). Kathleen E. and Clifton R. St. Clair, eds., Little Towns of Texas (Jacksonville, Texas: Jayroe Graphic Arts, 1982).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Tracey L. Compton, "GUSTINE, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlg40), accessed May 25, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association. | <urn:uuid:ffc96e41-2a32-4415-b4e2-190c0f18c466> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/hlg40 | 2013-05-25T12:44:50Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368705953421/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516120553-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.978774 | 477 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Crown Heights, New York Apartments and Rentals on Walk Score
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Crown Heights has a population of 127,648 and an average Walk Score of 87. Crown Heights is the #89 most walkable neighborhood in New York.
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Dunkin' Donuts in Town of Waukesha to be considered at Thursday's board meeting
One in the City of Waukesha just opened last fall
Four months after the City of Waukesha opened a Dunkin’ Donuts, the Town of Waukesha could be getting the donut shop as well.
The Town's Plan Commission and Town Board will discuss the new Dunkin’ Donuts, S30 W24836 Sunset Drive, by the St. Vincent de Paul building at a joint meeting beginning at 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Town Hall.
The Plan Commission will make a recommendation on a conditional use permit to the Town Board before it could take action on it.
Before the Plan Commission and Town make their decisions, there will be a public hearing.
The proposed 5,040 square-foot building would have a drive-through lane.
The City of Waukesha's Dunkin' Dounts is located at 2450 N. Grandview Blvd.
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- Town of Waukesha wants in water service area, sends letter to city
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- Waukesha Memorial Day parade is Monday
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- More than 342 acres of town land could be annexed into the city
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Every year a Middlesboro fishing club raises enough money in a spring tournament to make sure children who are less fortunate have something to smile about in December.
Christmas morning was Tuesday morning for dozens of kids.
Darrein Williams is on a shopping spree like never before and number one on his list, "A hat because that is the only hat I will have," Darrein said.
To these kids fun things are nice, but the simplest of items mean everything.
Dozens of children in the tri-state area get to spend over a hundred dollars thanks to a big annual fundraiser by Middlesboro's ROHO Fishing Club.
"If it wasn't for this they wouldn't have Christmas," Allison Cupp said.
In return, ROHO members and volunteers who help the kids shop get a reward of their own, "This makes Christmas!" Cupp said.
For these volunteers, Christmas morning perhaps came early too.
For children like Darrein Williams, he's just glad he'll have a new hat for the holiday.
Some Perry County firefighters took another special group of shoppers to Wal-Mart on Tuesday.
Kids from Walkertown Elementary School were teamed with firefighters and together took over Wal-Mart for a few hours Tuesday morning!
Each child had 125 dollars to spend on coats, gloves, and hats and then they were allowed to pick up a few toys!
"Just getting to see the smiles on their face is thanks enough for us," Tim Caudill said.
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June 23, 2010
Volume 6 Issue 66
OIL FALLS TOWARD $75 WEDNESDAY
Oil fell by more than $2 toward $75 a barrel Wednesday after US industry data showed a surprise jump in crude and gasoline stocks, Reuters reports. API said US crude stocks rose by 3.7 million barrels last week, contrary to analysts' expectations for a drop of 800k barrels.
VENTURE CAPITALIST INVESTMENT FOR BIOFUEL FALLS IN 2009
Although 2009 saw venture capitalists invest $877mln across 51 deals for bio-based fuel and materials production, that level of funding represents a 26% drop from 2008. However, the drop may signal a regrouping rather than a retreat from the industry as many VCs rethink their investment strategies after the 2008 economic collapse, according to a new report from Lux Research.
EPA PUTS E15 DESCISION OFF TILL FALL
Two days after President Obama’s Oval Office address summoning Americans to “a national mission” to end our dependence on oil, in its second delay in seven months, EPA deferred a decision until the fall on whether to increase the level of ethanol in gasoline to 15%, The Hill reports.
USDA TO RELEASE RENEWABLE FUELS REPORT
Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack announced that USDA will be releasing a report this week outlining both the current state of renewable transportation fuels efforts in America and a plan to develop regional strategies to increase the production, marketing and distribution of biofuels. Read more
RFS2 REQUIREMENTS BEGIN JULY 1
On July 1, RFS2 will go into effect, meaning RFS2 RINs may only be generated once a party’s registration has been accepted by EPA. Registration includes an EPA assigned Corporate ID, and access to the EMTS. RIN generators whose fuel is used as motor vehicle fuel must also be registered with the Fuels and Fuel Additives Registration System (FFARS).
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CAP-AND-TRADE MAY BE SCALED BACK IN US CLIMATE BILL
The co-author of draft Senate climate legislation today signaled a willingness to scale back the cap-and-trade component of the proposal in an effort to win the 60 votes needed to ensure passage, Argus reports. Sen. John Kerry said he and several colleagues are looking at alternatives that may include a “smaller” program for pricing carbon.
SOYBEANS DECLINE ON WARM WEATHER
Soybeans and corn declined in Chicago as warmer weather in US growing regions may aid crops. Nov.-delivery soybeans fell 0.5% to $9.3175 a bushel and corn for Dec. delivery dropped 0.3% - to $3.7075 a bushel, the third consecutive decline, Bloomberg reports Wednesday.
GERMANY TO DOUBLE ETHANOL IN GASOLINE THIS YEAR
Germany aims to double the amount of ethanol allowed in gasoline to 10% by the end of the year, an agriculture ministry official said, a change that may boost domestic biofuel producers, Bloomberg reports. Biofuel and biodiesel made up 5.4% of transportation fuels last year in Germany.
TOTAL TO BUY STAKE IN AMYRIS
Total said Wednesday it will buy a 17% stake in US biofuels producer Amyris to expand its reach in renewable fuels. Under the deal, whose financial terms were not disclosed, Total will have one representative on the board of Amyris. Read more
Asia / Pacific
PALM OIL CLIMBS AFTER 7-MONTH LOW
Palm oil climbed to $737/mt Wednesday, rallying from the lowest closing price in almost seven months, as the Malaysian ringgit weakened for a second day, making the oil more attractive for refiners. Read more
AUSTRALIA PROBES BIODIESEL DUMPING
The Australian Customs and Border Protection Service said it was looking into a complaint by local firm, Biodiesel Producers, that US biodiesel was being dumped onto the Australian market, undercutting domestic producers, Reuters reports. The customs agency said it could not make any immediate comment on the case.
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Let the Zoo Come to You!
We are now taking reservations for Spring 2013.
Schools - The Zoo will visit your school in one of our Zoomobiles full of exciting live animals and biofacts for an interactive presentation. Outreach programs can be conducted in classroom settings for preschool and after-school, or assembly programs for grades K-12.
Adult / Senior Groups - This program is designed to visit nursing and assisted living homes, retirement homes, senior centers, adult club meetings and adult social groups.
Summer Camps and Youth Groups - The Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium is pleased to offer an outreach program to summer camps and youth groups of all ages. This flexible 45 minute program can be tailored to meet the needs of your students, and it provides the opportunity to view animals up close. This program is only available to camps and youth groups located in Allegheny County.
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Office politics, and for that matter the word "politics", tend to conger up a less than positive image for most people. Pictures of unfair deals, bad decisions and icky people are many of the thoughts that come to mind when we speak of anything with a political orientation to it. It's understandable, especially this year as we are hit with a daily barrage of political ads and news.
However, it's important to understand what office politics really consists of before drawing those judgments, because office politics is how things work. You can ignore it and suffer the consequences, do it the slimy way where a body count is taken, or do it well which benefits you and others. In its simplest form, office politics is about building relationships in order to achieve some kind of end result. It's how things get done and it's done 100% of the time on all jobs. For those who think engaging in office politics is something they simply won't stoop to, they're already wrong; because you can't avoid it so long as you work with others.
Here is the ingredient list for office politics:
Who's who. When you start your job the first thing you do is figure out who everyone is and what their role is. The reason you do this is because your job is a daily assembly line of giving and taking information with a variety of people. Your ability to be successful is dependent on others in a very big way.
Who knows what. This is where office politics start. You eventually learn that there are certain people who not only know work things at a detailed level, but are keen observers of human behavior. They know how things really work. Understand that we picked this up as cavemen as a survival technique. Who you know does matter to your survival.
Goals. Every job has various goals, and on top of that we have our own goals we'd like to accomplish within the framework of our job. Perhaps we want to be successful, to earn a great pay increase or to get a promotion. It could be that this job is simply a stop over to other things; but you still want to be perceived as getting the job done. We all have goals.
Who wields the power & influence. Power is an interesting thing. We can be given position power like managing a group, but power also comes from other more informal sources within any group. You can have power based on the information you posses, charismatic power because people like you and support you, or prominence power like a celebrity. Power and influence emerge in groups in order to get people to take action toward some goal.
It is at this point where politics can be negative, because of people who are using power and influence to selfishly advance their own goals, largely at the exclusion of others. This exclusion is what becomes unfair and noticeable. On the other hand, when power and influence are exercised and it benefits the business and those in a work group, it can be a seriously positive thing. It is usually this type of outcome that isn't seen as office politics because we tend to think of office politics in negative terms. Yet, it is the very same mechanics that was put into play.
Office politics, whether for positive or negative outcomes, is how things get done in businesses. Politics exist wherever you have any number of people pulled together in a group, because we are constantly working with people to achieve some end result. Your ultimate career success depends on how well you can make office politics work for you. Hopefully you'll succeed with "Positive Office Politics".
Thanks to Dorothy Tannahill-Moran / Career Rocketeer
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Patriots Player's Home Searched in Murder Investigation
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It seems like a very strange time of year to be talking about anything else other than CES right now but, the Wireless Association are already laying out plans for their shows in 2014. For a long time now CTIA has been hosted in the Spring and MobileCon rounding out the year in the Fall. With CTIA being the show that follows after both CES and Mobile World Congress it’s a show that doesn’t really bring with it too many surprises, and is more for the U.S. side of things. Both CTIA and MobileCon are going to be held as they always have been throughout this year, with CTIA dated for May 21st through May 23rd and MobileCon will be hosted October 9th to October 11th.
The Wireless Association have announced today that the two shows will be merging into one “super mobile show” – their words, not ours – and will try its best to pack two shows worth of mobile fun into just one three day sitting. I’m not really sure if this is a good idea or not – having never gone to either of them – but, it always seems that MobileCon doesn’t really bring much to it in the fall. Interestingly enough, the new mega-event will be held in September, with the first merged show taking place during September 9th through September 11th. this new event will simply be called, CTIA.
Having the event at the beginning of the Fall is an interesting time of year as it should help manufacturers and carriers roll out devices from CES and MWC in time to show off something new. We all know that the carriers like to have something fresh on their shelves for the start of the holiday buying season and getting the word nice and early might help with that. With manufacturers like HTC looking to refresh product lines around fall time, having the one event to prepare for might take some of the pressure off.
With CES literally just around the proverbial corner and MWC not too far away in February, 2013 looks set to be an action packed year for mobile and we’re hoping for a big showing for Android, will we get it? What do you think?
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Meanwhile, in the free-market utopia of Ukraine
More troubling news from the regime that we were so assured would bring all good things to Ukraine. So that’s 3 for 3: corruption, Socialism , bankruptcy.
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NAACP President Kweisi Mfume may be saying publicly that he will not be a candidate for mayor of Baltimore, but he told several Democratic officials in Annapolis yesterday that he is still considering a run.
Although he stopped short of saying he plans to jump into the wide-open mayoral race, Mfume left the clear impression that he is leaning that way, according to sources who discussed it with him yesterday.
"I think he clearly has an open mind to it," said one prominent legislator, who asked not to be identified. "He's fascinated by the idea. By no means is he ruling it out."
Said another official who raised the issue with Mfume: "He didn't say he was not going to run. I got the feeling he's really thinking about it."
Mfume, who in his public statements has said that he will not be a candidate, could not be reached for comment late yesterday.
Earlier, Mfume was in Annapolis to deliver a speech during the inauguration of Gov. Parris N. Glendening, who was sworn in for a second four-year term.
Speaking after Glendening, Mfume delivered a stirring speech celebrating Maryland and calling for social change.
"Scab labor, unbridled poverty, second-class citizenship and violent crime chip away at that sense of community," Mfume said. "We celebrate our Maryland because of our diversity."
The politically tinged speech and Mfume's prominent role in the inauguration fueled speculation that he is nearing a run for mayor.
But Ray Feldmann, a spokesman for Glendening, downplayed any political meaning in the decision to invite Mfume, saying he was an appropriate speaker on a day when the governor was delivering a speech that focused in part on civil rights.
`A great tie-in'
"It was the governor's personal decision to ask Kweisi to speak because he thought thematically it would be a great tie-in to what he was talking about," Feldmann said. "There was no political message."
Several people have declared their candidacies to succeed Mayor Kurt L. Schmoke, who is not seeking a fourth four-year term in the November election.
Among them are former City Council member Carl Stokes, Register of Wills Mary W. Conaway and three community activists. Baltimore City Council President Lawrence A. Bell III is also expected to run.
But key Democrats say Mfume, a dynamic speaker with a strong resume and wide name recognition, would instantly become the front-runner should he run.
Mfume served on the Baltimore City Council for eight years and in the House of Representatives from 1987 to 1995, representing a district that included West Baltimore and part of Baltimore County.
He unexpectedly left Congress in late 1995 to become president of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the nation's best-known civil rights organization.
Mfume suggested to officials in the State House yesterday that he plans to return to Annapolis to discuss his political plans with ranking state lawmakers.
A key hurdle for Mfume is the fact that he has lived outside Baltimore -- in Catonsville -- for several years. Under current law, a mayoral candidate must reside in the city for at least one year before the election.
But several Baltimore lawmakers are prepared to push for legislation in the General Assembly that would change the city's residency requirements for mayoral candidates.
The bill being prepared would change the law to require only a six-month residency. Mfume is reportedly intending to buy property in Baltimore. The proposal has the support of House Speaker Casper R. Taylor Jr., legislators said.
`Wouldn't let us do this'
Key lawmakers said yesterday that Mfume has done nothing to cool the legislative effort to rewrite the residency requirements -- another sign, they said, that he may be inclined to run this fall.
"He wouldn't let us do this for nothing," said one ranking senator.
If Mfume decides to run, he would have to leave his position at the NAACP. The organization has had a policy since 1994 that requires its officers to step down if they seek political office. The policy is designed to prevent conflicts of interest, NAACP officials have said.
Two members of the NAACP's Baltimore chapter were forced last summer to leave their posts while running for the Maryland House of Delegates, including the chapter's president, Rodney A. Orange, a candidate in West Baltimore's 44th District.
After Orange was defeated in the September primary, the NAACP allowed him to return to his position. Orange lost the post in a local NAACP election in November.
Sun staff writer Ivan Penn contributed to this article.
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Ghostwriter David Ritz in his Los Angeles home. (Gary Friedman, Los Angeles…)
There are hundreds of spirited musical tales in "When I Left Home," Buddy Guy's new autobiography, which offers a colorful account of his 50-year-long tenure as perhaps the most influential guitar slinger in Chicago blues. One of the best comes when the young Guy, having recently headed north from Louisiana in the late 1950s to make his fortune, meets Muddy Waters, the reigning pasha of Chicago's blues scene, sitting in a red Chevy wagon parked behind a club, eating cold cuts.
"His dark skin had a glow," Guy recalls. "His big eyes sparkled and showed me his mood. On this night his mood was happy. His hair, worked up in a doo, was shiny and piled high on his head. He was something to see. First thing he said was, 'You like salami?'"
The two share stories about their favorite guitar players while Waters makes Guy a sandwich, boasting that its ingredients come from a Jewish deli where the salami is "cut special" for him. The conversation has its own vibrant rhythm, as if taken from an old blues song. Some of that comes from Guy, who has always been a wonderful storyteller. But much of the credit for the razor-sharp dialogue and descriptions goes to David Ritz, Guy's ghostwriter.
Since first cajoling Ray Charles into telling his life story nearly 35 years ago, Ritz has collaborated with generations of musicians, athletes and talk show hosts, including Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin, B.B. King, Janet Jackson, Gary Sheffield and Tavis Smiley, putting their life stories on the printed page. At 68, Ritz shows no signs of slowing. In fact, he's outlandishly prolific, with five books coming out this year alone.
In addition to Guy's autobiography, Ritz ghosted "Soulacoaster" with R Kelly; "Sinner's Creed" with Creed lead vocalist Scott Stapp; "A Woman Like Me" with R&B singer Bettye LaVette; and "Trouble and Triumph," a novel co-written with the rapperT.I.The reviews for Ritz's collaboration with Guy have largely been upbeat, with the Seattle Post-Intelligencer calling the book "a perfect blend of insights, observations and behind-the-scenes looks into a seminal place and time in American music."
"Every book is a completely different experience," Ritz said recently, discussing his craft over lunch. "Buddy is very disciplined and organized, so we did about 40 hours in interviews over 10 days in Chicago and were done. But with R Kelly, it took a couple of years because he'd be somewhere and then he'd be gone. Marvin Gaye would say, 'Come to Hawaii,' and then he wouldn't be there. I'd go to England and he'd be in Belgium. And when I'd find him, sometimes he'd want to jog on the beach for five days before he'd even talk."
Most ghosts are easily overshadowed by the subjects of their books. Not Ritz, who with his shaved head and rainbow-hued assortment of tattoos has almost as much style and plumage as any artist. In person, with his hipster patois and wide range of intellectual references, he comes off like a cross between Paul Shaffer and Cornel West — both as it happens, whose books were ghosted by Ritz.
What makes Ritz especially intriguing is the arc of his own life. As a boy in Borough Park, Brooklyn, he was raised to appreciate the arts by his father, whom he describes as an "Irving Howe-style Jewish intellectual." But Ritz's deepest connection is with African American musical culture, something indelibly stamped on his own body: He has a tattoo reading "R&B" on his right shoulder, "Jazz" on his left.
Nearly all of the people whose books Ritz has ghosted are either black cultural figures or music pioneers like Atlantic Records guru Jerry Wexler and songwriters Jerry Lieber and Mike Stoller, who were nurtured by a love for black music. Although Ritz's wife and two grown daughters are Jewish, the writer converted to Christianity in 2004 and now attends services at the City of Refuge, an African American Pentecostal church in Gardena.
As a child, Ritz's heroes were African American musicians and baseball players, notably Lester Young, Duke Ellington and Jackie Robinson. "My debt to black music and style is unbelievably deep — it's the nutrient in my life," he says. "When I was a kid, my dad was a hat salesman. But after JFK didn't wear a hat at his inauguration, the only hat trade was in the black community, so those were the shops I'd always go to. I soaked up a lot of that culture at a very young age."
Ritz never had much of a feel for rock 'n' roll. He preferred listening to jazz crooners and blues shouters. As a grad student at SUNY Buffalo, he studied with the flamboyant literary critic Leslie Fiedler, who planted the seed with Ritz that being a critic was not incompatible with being an artist. Ritz was no ivory-tower academic anyway. He taught a class in contemporary R&B with historian Charles Keil, author of "Urban Blues," where the duo would analyze the message of songs the week they hit the charts. | <urn:uuid:7b12402a-7457-4679-8b2d-bceb571c25d4> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://articles.latimes.com/2012/jun/10/entertainment/la-ca-ghostwriter-20120610 | 2013-06-20T02:11:54Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984997 | 1,139 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
July 9, 2012 |
From wild child to with child The entire world collectively gasped with horror when Snooki revealed she was pregnant with her first child (well... maybe not the entire world, but the significantly large "Jersey Shore"audience"). Her low IQ apart, what could the this pint-sized borderline alcoholic, tan-obsessed guidette, with pals like Pauly D and " The Situation ", even know about motherhood? As she nears her delivery date we take solace by remembering similar such train wrecks who turned...
July 2, 2012
Ra Ra Loud, the girl band is back with another fiesty slice Kiss Miss after the success of their debut single Lala Liar- a Top 10 hit on the Urban and Pop club chart which remained there for 9 weeks. Now Kiss Miss is receiving appreciation by Dj's across UK. The track is currently being played across all networks on Capital FM. The track will also feature two hot remixes, one of which featuring UK Urban artist Twissman and the other with a Latino twist with hot artist Genuino who is...
May 24, 2012 |
She's a party gal, alright, and quite tipsy with her success, too. A good 'mix' of roles is just what she needs. Like her upcoming film, Cocktail , where Ms. Dee's made the right choice. zoOm's sources recently learnt that Deepika was given a choice to play either of the roles - Meera, the coy girl, or Veronica - the wild child, and she chose to go 'bad' for her own good. She apparently realised that the party animal's role was more challenging - with all the bikinis, boys and bars and...
March 29, 2012 |
British model Hazel Crowney, who debuted in Bollywood in the light-hearted comedy Mera Pehla Pehla Pyar (MP3), has decided to shun the south. The model-turned actor, who will soon be seen in the Bollywood potboiler " Jeena Hai Toh Thok Daal" alongside Ravi Kissan, confesses that she is not cut out for south films. "I am not particularly interested and I don't think I will fit in with my looks," says the actor, who shimmied her way into B-town with the hit item number Leke Pehla Pehla Pyaar.
February 16, 2012 |
Talk about the V-Day effect! With couples swooning over each other, another actress is off the market. Aishwarya Sakhuja aka Toasty from Sony's Saas Bina Sasural has found her match and declares its one of the best things to happen to her. "I'm in love with him," says Aishwarya. "It's time I came out in the open about it. In fact, I think even Rohit doesn't know that I'm now talking about it," she giggles. BT learns the mystery man is a line director and... | <urn:uuid:8ed70f74-aa45-476c-87e4-5d1e24f5230e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/keyword/wild-child | 2013-06-20T01:59:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.969498 | 626 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Looking for an internship or job can be a difficult task. With all of the online tools available to you as a job seeker—job boards, niche industry websites, social media networks, online resume sites—where should you begin your search?
It can be overwhelming to start from scratch, but that’s where a target comes in handy. A target is defined as: “a person, object, or place selected as the aim of an attack.” While you’re obviously not attacking anyone in your job search, you should be aiming your job search efforts toward something specific during your job hunt.
Here are a few ways to target your search:
Search for companies instead of jobs. Although it can be easy to fall into the trap of simply searching for any job in your field, you should instead focus on specific companies for which you’d like to work. You’ll be able to determine if their cultures and values meet your expectations at the beginning of the application process.
Follow your targeted companies on social media. Learn more about a potential employer by reading the organization’s blog, Twitter feed, Facebook page updates and other online (and offline) content. Look for key individuals who already work at the company with whom you can connect via social media channels. Leave thoughtful comments or ask great questions on their Web content to help current employees get to know you before you apply. Building these relationships first can help give you a great advantage when applying for an open job.
Create a job search plan. How much time do you plan to spend each day on job searching? What about on social networks, creating a portfolio, or blogging? Decide how you’ll spend your hours in the day to land your job or internship. Consider each task and set the amount of time you’ll spend on it so your efforts are as focused as possible. It can be easy to get sucked into the “Internet black hole” when searching for job openings; having a plan minimizes these distractions. And don’t forget the value of offline job hunting—attend networking functions and career fairs, stop into offices and ask for information in person, and ask your friends and acquaintances to keep an ear out for you. Although a job search can easily be a full-time job, you also need to factor in time for your hobbies, exercising, or for any other activity you enjoy.
Keep your network informed about your job search efforts and goals. Someone you already know may know someone at one of your dream companies. But you’ll never know until you interact with those people already in your network. Talk with these individuals about your search, update them on organizations for which you’ve applied, and make time for people in your network that you can help in some way. Networking is often the tactic that leads to a new job opportunity.
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At the quarter-pole, NFL placekickers have been successful on 89% of their field-goal attempts. Combined, they’re 233-of-261.
Half the kickers in the league (16) are perfect, including Pittsburgh’s Shaun Suisham (left, my photo from camp), the pride of Wallaceburg, Ont.
Only four kickers have missed more than two field goals – Washington’s Billy Cundiff (4), New England’s Stephen Gostkowski (3), Miami’s Dan Carpenter (3) and San Francisco’s David Akers (3).
It’s pretty much only the long attempts that kickers miss anymore. And not many of them.
For example, they’re all a combined 68-of-72 (94%) from 30 to 39 yards out. A generation ago, that was a good extra-point percentage.
Some additional perspective:
- Fifty years ago, the Hall of Fame Browns kicker Lou (The Toe) Groza made 45% of his field goals, and was 58% in his 18-year career.
- Twenty-five years ago, the great Gary Anderson made 82% of his kicks for the Steelers.
This year, NFL PKs have a better percentage on field goals of 50+ yards (76%, 25-of-33) than Matt Bahr (1979-95) had from all distances in his career (72%).
There’s almost no drama to the field goal anymore. Everybody is Mr. Automatic. To quote the great Snagglepuss: it’s become ridickle-ickle-icklous.
Time for the rules committee to do something about it. Namely, narrow the goalposts from the current to 18 feet, six inches.
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Here are all the details and information about how you can help from the CIMS Grassroots Advocates Committee:
The Birth Survey Now Available Nationwide!
For years, consumers have enthusiastically shared online reviews of movies, restaurants, products and services, but readily available information about maternity care providers and birth settings was nearly unattainable--but no longer. The Birth Survey is now available to all women in the US who have given birth in the last three years. Women can now give consumer reviews of doctors, midwives, hospitals, and birth centers, learn about the choices and birth experiences of others, and view data on hospital and birth center standard practices and intervention rates.
Thank you to all the tireless volunteers who have worked so hard since 2006 to make this project a reality. And thank you to all our new project ambassadors and friends who are helping to make the Transparency in Maternity Care Project: The Birth Survey a reality.
To help spread the word about The Birth Survey, please:
- Send E-mails out to your contacts encouraging them to take thesurvey (e-mail text provided at end of this message). Suggested language is provided below. An automated “Invite a Friend” email tool can be accessed here. Invite your friends with a personalized message!
- Post the downloadable web banners and buttons to The Birth Survey on your personal or organizational websites. Download these here.
- Add a link to The Birth Survey Project in your email signature and on your website.
- Distribute postcards inviting women to take The Birth Survey. These cards can be downloaded here and printed as needed or preprinted cards can be ordered from CIMS here. Preprinted materials are currently being printed and will be mailed out in about two weeks.
- Send Press Releases to local press outlets. Press releases will be sent out nationally on Monday morning 8/18. A pdf press release that can be used for distribution by anyone will be available here on Monday. We encourage those of you who have been trained as a Marketing Ambassador and have signed a MOU to request a customizable press release by e-mailing email@example.com. We will provide these ambassadors with a customizable press release in which their personal contact information can be added if they plan to act as a local press contact.
Language for Distribution Below:
Longer Project Description for Distribution:
For years, consumers have enthusiastically shared online reviews of movies, restaurants, products and services, but readily available information about maternity care services was nearly unattainable—but no longer. The Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) has developed www.TheBirthSurvey.com, a consumer feedback website where women provide information about the maternity care they received from specific doctors, midwives, hospitals, and birth centers. Families choosing where and with whom to birth can utilize this consumer feedback, along with data on hospital and birth center standard practices and intervention rates, to make more informed health care choices.
Have You Given Birth in the Last Three Years?
If so, take The Birth Survey and provide feedback on your doctor, midwife, birth center or hospital at www.TheBirthSurvey.com.
Help Spread the Word About The Birth Survey!
Forward this e-mail and download buttons, banners, and promo cards at www.thebirthsurvey.com. Are you interested in helping to get the word out about The Birth Survey in your community or working to obtain official facility level intervention rates? To get involved, contact us at firstname.lastname@example.org.
Support this non-profit project by the Coalition for Improving Maternity Services (CIMS) by donating or becoming a member here and sign up for e-cims newsletter here.
For information visit www.thebirthsurvey.com or email email@example.com.
Short Email Template for distribution:
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The Birth Survey works by asking birthing women nationwide to provide feedback about their doctor, midwife, hospital, birth center or homebirth service. Responses are made available online free to other women who are deciding where and with whom to birth.
The Birth Survey is…
- Available to women who have given birth in the US in the last three years
- Accessible online 24/7 at www.thebirthsurvey.com
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Oh man. My toddler son is dabbling in entomology. Also ichthyology. And if you’ll indulge me, he’s quite the budding primatologist. Normally I’m quick to take credit for any and all of our son’s cognitive flourishes. (Did you hear him say “stethoscope”? I taught him that.)
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eBay Classifieds offers you a large number of business & industrial items for different purposes. There is a large selection of value for money business furniture on sale, such as office desks, swivel chairs and complete home offices. There is also a large variety of other industrial items such as shelf units, vending machines, bulletproof glass and storage bins. These will vary in terms of design and style, but the range on offer means that finding business and industrial items in Dallas is easier than ever before. Perhaps you are looking for a sturdy shelf to store all your business files, or an elegant coffee table for your business meetings. | <urn:uuid:f734fef3-83b4-4fa0-8055-b02aa5fa2925> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://dallas.ebayclassifieds.com/business-industrial/?q=used+restaurant+equipment&catId=100145&output=gallery | 2013-06-20T01:45:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.951091 | 127 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
KAYSVILLE – The Davis Darts boys’ basketball team took home the Energy Classic Tournament title last weekend.
Whether battling rivals close to home or taking on out-of-state opponents, the team has remained undefeated.
The Davis Darts travelled to the Energy Classic Tournament riding a six-game winning streak. In those games, they scored an average of 64.8 points.
The Darts topped that in the Wyoming tournament, earning at least 68 points in all three games. They tookg down Battle Ground, Wash., Century, N.D. and Campbell County, Wyo. for the Energy Classic title.
Davis hammered Battle Ground to start the tournament, taking away a 68-29 victory. Jesse Wade score a game-high 22 points with four 3-pointers. Cole Hally finished with 11 points and six rebounds, and Alex Morrell and Braden Koelliker combined for 10 points and 10 rebounds in the easy victory.
Against Century, N.D. in the semi-finals, the Darts held a 63-30 lead after three quarters and played most of their reserves in the final frame.
Wade again led all scorers with 25 points, and also had four assists, four steals and five 3-pointers. Morrell and Koelliker each finished with eight points and nine rebounds, and Hally scored nine points.
In Saturday’s final, the team from Campbell County, Wyo. gave Davis snagged a hard-fought 74-70 victory.
The Darts held a 39-32 halftime advantage, and they kept up the scoring pace by adding 17 points in the third quarter for a double-digit lead.
However, Campbell County’s offense started to wake up in the fourth quarter, quickly gaining on the deficit. The Darts fought back and kept up their scoring pace, but were outscored 25-18.
That only made ultimate victory sweeter.
Porter once again led all scorers with 28 points and four rebounds, three assists and two steals. Wade and Koelliker scored 15 and 12 points, respectively, and Hally scored six points with seven rebounds in the win.
Wildcats see defeat
While the Darts were smashing their opponents out of state, the Woods Cross Wildcats fell against Mountain Crest at home, 58-49. They were coming off a 5-1 stretch.
The 58-49 loss was the last time the Wildcats hit the court in 2012.
They kept the game close despite their 10-point halftime deficit, and outscored Mountain Crest 16-7 in the third quarter to trail by just one point.
However, the Wildcats were outscored 23-15 in the final frame, marking their second loss in three games.
The Wildcats only shot 3-for-8 at the free-throw line.
Hayden Grant led Woods Cross with 17 points and Mike Jacobson added 13 points in the loss. Grant and Jacobson each had three 3-pointers.
Four local boys’ basketball teams return to the floor this week. Rivals Viewmont and Davis will battle on Friday night at Davis High School. Bountiful will host Layton that night as well, and Woods Cross will host West in non region action. All games will tip off at 7 p.m. | <urn:uuid:ebc8d25f-c04f-4b54-874c-c848fc0a945f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://davisclipper.com/pages/full_story/push?article-Darts+dominate+weekend+tourney-%20&id=21303729 | 2013-06-20T01:59:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963573 | 680 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Don't get up. So how are you? What happened, eh? Let me guess, Stefano told you that you could fly,and you jumped off a building. HeHe It's funny right, no I'm sorry Bad EJ, I should'nt be that cruel!
Although I like Eric, his character is far from fascinating and his story does not seem all that great. It sounds good but is it something that I will tune in for? No.|
I was hoping that the writers will go for him and Nicole, just cannot buy him as a priest dating Nicole.
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Creator: Kim, Julie
Description: Balkan cooperation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) in The Hague remains an issues of ongoing U.S. and international concern. Full cooperation with ICTY has long been a key prerequisite to advancing the shared goal of closer association with and eventual membership in the European Union and NATO for the western Balkan countries. This policy of conditionality has affected Serbia the most, but also other western Balkan countries to varying degrees.
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This girl LOVES to see herself in print. Never gets old.
If you've never seen an issue of Scrapbook and Cards Today, you're missing out on a wonderful magazine. It's beautifully designed, and the projects they feature are so fresh and fun and always inspiring.
Disclaimer: It's not easy to find...I've never seen it at Hobby Lobby or Barnes and Noble or any of the other places I normally find scrapbook mags. But do yourself a favor and hunt it down because it's truly my favorite of all the scrapbooking publications right now. I'm so honored they published one of my layouts.
On to today's FRAK...
Imaginisce -- paper, die-cuts, chipboard and a few stamps.
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Ramos W17 PRO Slate as Google Nexus Tablet Killer?
For anything that has their firsts always gets the attention from almost everybody. Thus, it is of no wonder as to why the new Ramos W17 PRO running on its ever first time AML27926-MX processor to get the spotlight of being the next Google Nexus tablet killer.
Aside from the first time and first heard features Ramos W17 PRO has is another fact that it comes in a very affordable price. This gets another fuss pushing other reasonably priced Android power driven tablets aside and into the corner. That is for a price of $200 enough of murdering Google Nexus tablet.
But gadgets are not all about that as what’s within it is what truly matters. For hardware specifications single-handedly could not equate to a powerful user experience. Other than that, 7″ IPS display at 1024 x 600p resolution, 1GB of DDR3 RAM and 16 GB internal memory are yet another specifications one could get from other tablets.
No matter how it sounds too good or looks too good to be true, as long as it works the way it should be then one could say that truly Ramos W17 PRO could be the Google Nexus tablet killer. | <urn:uuid:554c6db7-47df-4575-820b-ec347cfd3030> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://eeepc.net/ramos-w17-pro-slate-as-google-nexus-tablet-killer/ | 2013-06-20T02:16:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.946485 | 246 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Mozy Backup for Mac
I have been using Carbonite to back up my 100 GIG collection of images to remote servers from my Windows box. Now I need a simple and easy solution to back up from my Macs instead.
Mozy just released a limited beta of their backup client for Mac OSX. Limited, because it has only been communicated to the people that have specifically asked to be updated about the Mozy client for Mac.
I have tested Mozy on one of my windows boxes for a while and it works very well. Set it up, choose the folders and file types to back up ... | <urn:uuid:b924b7e6-7461-4389-8ebd-82192c0ebedf> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://eirikso.com/category/apple/page/2/ | 2013-06-20T01:44:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950023 | 125 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
IND Side Marker Installation Procedure
Similar to the E9X M3, BMW gave enthusiasts a head start with the elimination of the chrome window trim in favor of their gloss black "shadow line" trim. Unfortunately, BMW did not address the chrome side grills.
With BMW leaving off at the window trim we decided to pick up the pieces and offer a high quality painted solution for the F10 M5 community. All IND side markers utilize the OEM part as a base to ensure a 100% fit. The original BMW chrome base does require a touch more preparation than if we had used an equivalent aftermarket part, but the end result is a product with perfect fitment.
This side marker can be installed by anyone with a couple simple body tools and some time.
1.) Step one is to ensure you provide yourself with the most comfortable installation environment. Our technicians are accustom to working with body tools around paint so in the installation photos you will notice no painters tape was used. With that being said we do recommend the DIY installer uses painters tape to frame the side marker. Framing the side marker with painters tape will protect your paint in the event that the hand gripping the nylon pry tool accidentally slips from the side marker.
2.) With the use of a flexible bondo spreader begin to separate the side marker from the fender. The F10 M5 side marker is held in by plastic tabs so the purpose of the bondo spreader is to create room for the nylon prybar to do its job.
3.) With the bondo spreader creating a view of the mounting tabs, please take note of these tabs. There are 3 tabs on the top portion of the side marker, 1 toward the front of the vehicle, and 3 more tabs on the underside. The best option is to work from the top down as a loose top will allow you to simply wiggle the bottom of the side marker free.
4.) with the bondo spreader in one hand and the nylon pry bar in the other, carefully pull the bondo spreader toward your body. This action will result in exposing the mounting tab. With the tab exposed press the nylon pry bar down on the tab with light pressure. The pressure from the pry bar will release the tab from the
5.) Repeat step 4 across the top portion of the side marker all the way to the side tab located in the direction of the front bumper.
Do not pull the side marker out of the vehicle without first removing the clip from LED power cable.
7.) Now that the side marker is free from the LED power cable you are now able to install the IND Painted Side Marker. The side marker will simply snap into place. First, reposition the LED power cable into the male connector on the LED. Similar to the removal place the top clips into the fender housing and carefully push into the fender.
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Jute Natural Rug - White
Style ID 32217
OTHER SIZES OR COLORS ARE LIKELY TO BE AVAILABLE AT THE RETAILER
Classic, Shabby-Chic Inspired Furniture And Decor From Soft Surroundings
By Soft Surroundings. Softened natural jute is intricately hand woven with highs and lows for subtle textural interest. A striking accent for any home dcor style, this undyed, unbleached, reversible jute rug is finished at both ends with natural loom fringe. Artisan quality construction provides years of dependable wear. Available in a wide variety of sizes(including 6' and 8' round and 8' square). Each piece ships directly from the manufacturer. Please allow 1 to 2 weeks for delivery.
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Heck Yeah Disney Screencaps!
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Looking for random Disney music? Take a look in our music posts!... or would you rather dance with us? Yes, we accept music requests, too. | <urn:uuid:d6aa3bcf-2889-4b53-98d4-09d1f341b9fc> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://heckyeahdisneyscreencaps.tumblr.com/post/19326630733 | 2013-06-20T02:08:41Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.912811 | 133 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
(Makes about 8 cups)
This delicious salad is also a visual feast. It may be made in advance and keeps well for several days. The cilantro may be omitted if you prefer.
- 2 15-ounce cans black beans, drained and rinsed
- 1/2 cup finely chopped red onion
- 1 green bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 red or yellow bell pepper, seeded and diced
- 1 15-ounce can corn kernels, drained, or 1 10-ounce bag frozen corn, thawed, or 2 cups fresh corn
- 2-3 tomatoes, diced
- 3/4 cup chopped fresh cilantro (optional)
- 3 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
- 2 tablespoons apple cider or distilled vinegar
- 1 lemon or lime, juiced
- 2 garlic cloves, pressed or finely minced
- 2 teaspoons ground cumin
- 1 teaspoon coriander
- 1/2 teaspoon red pepper flakes or a pinch of cayenne
- 1 chipotle chili, canned in adobo sauce, diced
In a large bowl, combine beans, onion, bell peppers, corn, tomatoes, and cilantro.
In a small bowl, whisk together vinegars, lemon juice, garlic, cumin, coriander, red pepper flakes, and chipotle. Pour over salad and toss gently to mix.
Per 1/2-cup serving: 70 calories; 4 g protein; 14 g carbohydrate; 0.7 g fat; 4 g fiber; 235 mg sodium; calories from protein: 20%; calories from carbohydrates: 71%; calories from fats: 9%
Adapted slightly from Healthy Eating for Life to Prevent and Treat Diabetes by Patricia Bertron, R.D.
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Questions about issues in the news for students 13 and older.
Do you make decisions quickly based on incomplete information? Do you lose your temper quickly? Are you easily bored? Do you thrive in conditions that seem chaotic to others, or do you like everything well organized? Read what a Science Times article says about new research showing how novelty-seeking, a personality trait long associated with trouble, can now be a predictor of well-being.
In “What’s New? Exuberance for Novelty Has Benefits,” John Tierney writes:
As researchers analyzed its genetic roots and relations to the brain’s dopamine system, they linked this [novelty-seeking] with problems like attention deficit disorder, compulsive spending and gambling, alcoholism, drug abuse and criminal behavior.
Now, though, after extensively tracking novelty-seekers, researchers are seeing the upside. In the right combination with other traits, it’s a crucial predictor of well-being.
“Novelty-seeking is one of the traits that keeps you healthy and happy and fosters personality growth as you age,” says C. Robert Cloninger, the psychiatrist who developed personality tests for measuring this trait. The problems with novelty-seeking showed up in his early research in the 1990s; the advantages have become apparent after he and his colleagues tested and tracked thousands of people in the United States, Israel and Finland.
“It can lead to antisocial behavior,” he says, “but if you combine this adventurousness and curiosity with persistence and a sense that it’s not all about you, then you get the kind of creativity that benefits society as a whole.”
Fans of this trait are calling it “neophilia” and pointing to genetic evidence of its importance as humans migrated throughout the world. In her survey of the recent research, “New: Understanding Our Need for Novelty and Change,” the journalist Winifred Gallagher argues that neophilia has always been the quintessential human survival skill, whether adapting to climate change on the ancestral African savanna or coping with the latest digital toy from Silicon Valley.
Students: Tell us where you rank on the novelty-seeking, or “neophilia,” scale. Do you thrive in chaos, and embrace change? Do these traits get you into trouble sometimes? Do you agree with those scientists who consider novelty-seeking to be an essential survival skill in a world where new information comes at us faster all the time? Do you also have persistence and “self-transcendence,” or the capacity to “get lost in the moment”? If you do, scientists think you have an especially high chance of life satisfaction, since the three traits can balance each other. If you’re not a novelty-seeker, tell us what traits you have that help you flourish, whether that means feeling happy, having close friends, achieving what you set out to do, or anything else that gives you satisfaction. | <urn:uuid:87dd15a7-60c8-44d4-907e-af8c883e3af6> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://learning.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/15/are-you-a-novelty-seeker/?apage=2 | 2013-06-20T02:15:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.932827 | 625 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
The Town of Jonesboro’s Alderman-at-Large LaStevic Cottonham last week suggested that if the town can’t get its act together, that perhaps there shouldn’t be a town. The comments came at the end of last Tuesday night’s meeting of the board of aldermen, and were in reference to the town’s financial plight and spending priorities.
Said Cottonham, “If we don’t attend to the (water tank), and the water gets contaminated, and we start losing people of the town, then what’s the purpose of even having one?” He added, “What’s the purpose of having a Police Department if no one is here. What’s the purpose of having a council if no one is here, and the water’s contaminated?”
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What Not To Use
Do not use hisn for HIS; hern for HERS;
ourn for OURS; yourn for YOURS;
theirn for THEIRS; who's for WHOSE.
These possessive forms do not take the apostrophe.
I think that most of us would consider such usage particular to parts of the deep south. It may even sound ignorant to certain (northern) ears. But it must, at one time, have been more widespread before our hard-working school-marms stamped it out. | <urn:uuid:7b76b061-dec0-42ce-b5c4-de42934b2b5e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://modernenglishusage.blogspot.com/2006_07_02_archive.html | 2013-06-20T01:57:31Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.955116 | 113 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Bird Precision Celebrates 100 Years of Precision Excellence 1913-2013
1 Spruce St., P.O. Box 569
Waltham, MA, 02454
Press release date: December 13, 2012
Bird Precision began operations in 1913.
We will be celebration 100 years of design excellence during 2013. Bird precision began by supplying ruby and sapphire jeweled bearings for the Waltham Watch factory in 1913.
Many of these watches, just like Bird precision are still ticking after 100 years.
Bird precision has developed their unique set of capabilities and equipment to become a world leader in jewel bearing design as well as Micro sapphire and ruby flow devices fro the control of liquid and gas.
We provide orifices in 5 micron increments starting at 10 microns,.0004" id sizes Stainless filtration is available from 5 microns and up.
We also provide jewel bearings system blocks, both fixed and spring loaded. | <urn:uuid:f4b1fbaf-95ca-459f-97a4-ddafca317301> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://news.thomasnet.com/companystory/Bird-Precision-Celebrates-100-Years-of-Precision-Excellence-1913-2013-20000922 | 2013-06-20T02:16:30Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.90835 | 195 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
A jury in Oklahoma County deliberated less than two hours Friday before acquitting a man of murder in the fatal shooting of his cousin during an attempted robbery.
Geary Lynn Birdine, 34, of Oklahoma City, was charged with first-degree murder in the March 30, 2011, death of Christopher Bryan Robinson, 25, outside a residence in the 2600 block of SW 38.
Prosecutors alleged Robinson, Birdine and a third man intended to rob Mexican drug dealers of a kilogram of cocaine valued at $28,000 when Robinson was killed during a gunfight.
Birdine was accused of firing at least 11 shots from an assault rifle toward a duplex on SW 38, near the corner of Villa Place. Witnesses, however, could not identify him as the shooter.
Robinson died behind the wheel of a car parked in the driveway of the residence. Prosecutors allege co-defendant Willie Jerome Boyd fired shots from the same car then fled the scene and was picked up by Birdine a short time later in the 2500 block of SW 36.
Boyd, 35, refused to testify against Birdine. Boyd is awaiting trial. | <urn:uuid:7e01b9a2-e9c7-445b-986d-e5871131ac9e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://newsok.com/jury-acquits-oklahoma-city-man-of-murder-in-cousins-death-during-robbery/article/3747095 | 2013-06-20T02:01:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.97979 | 231 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Sometimes sequences of numbers are defined recursively, so that given the previous terms of the sequence we can find the next term. A classic example of this is the sequence of Fibonacci numbers, where every two consecutive terms determine the next term, and so if we are given the first two terms, we can calculate the whole sequence. However, if we wanted to, say, calculated the 1000th Fibonacci number, we’d have to start out with the first two, add them to compute the 3rd, add the second and third to compute the 4th, and so on, to slowly build up every single Fibonacci number before the 1000th in order to get there. It’d be much nicer if we had a formula for the Fibonacci sequence. That way, if we wanted the 1000th Fibonacci number, all we’d have to do is plug 1000 into the formula to compute it. Of course, the formula is only useful if it takes less time to crunch it out than it does to do it the brute-force way. A method of finding closed formulas for sequences defined by recurrences is the use of generating functions. Generating functions are functions which “encapsulate” all the information about a sequence, except you can define it without knowing the actual terms of the sequence. The power of generating functions comes from the fact that you can do things like add and multiply them together to create generating functions of other sequences, or write them in terms of themselves to find an explicit formula. Once you have an explicit form for a generating function, you can use some algebra to “extract” the information from the function, which usually means you can find a formula for the sequence in question. | <urn:uuid:6cd7ff11-4326-4fa1-9a67-4b6c632dcf70> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://nolaymanleftbehind.wordpress.com/category/mathematics/combinatorics/ | 2013-06-20T02:22:49Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368710006682/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516131326-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.93114 | 379 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |