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Students arrested in kidnap syndicate
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By Cyrus Ombati
Police have arrested three university students suspected to be behind a kidnap syndicate in Nairobi.
Among those arrested are two students at the United States International University and the third, a female student at Kiambu Institute of Science and Technology.
Detectives pursuing the case say they are looking for more students named in the saga and claim they could be using their hostels to hold their hostages as they wait for ransom to be paid.
The three students were arrested following the kidnapping of a female student at the weekend from Roysambu area.
The student who is yet to be found is believed to be held captive in Kiambu area.
The kidnappers had called her parents and demanded a ransom of Sh100,000.
Head of Flying Squad Munga Nyale said the three are believed to be behind the syndicate and targeting their colleagues at the university.
“One of them was behind an earlier kidnapping where we rescued another student in Kiambu and we believe they are working with other students from other universities,” he said.
Nyale said they hope to rescue the kidnapped student and that a team of detectives is on the ground pursuing various leads.
In the earlier kidnapping incident, a female student was rescued from a house she had been held captive for days last month.
The kidnappers escaped before the raid.
The family of the missing student said she was walking to college on Saturday when gunmen kidnapped her.
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One of the immediate goals of the USC consortium, said Haile, is to begin looking at a set of genes known as the mismatch repair genes. The mismatch repair genes are responsible for the repair of DNA when they are in their normal form; when they're mutated, they seem to predispose the person carrying them to develop colon cancer. "The mismatch repair genes are sort of the parallel story to the BRCA breast cancer genes," said Haile. "As with BRCA mutations, we don't know the penetrance of mutations in these genes-what the lifetime risk of getting colon cancer is for carriers of these mutated genes. Finally, we want to figure out what affects that risk: Do exercise, diet or other lifestyle choices lower the risk? Do smoking, diet or other lifestyle choices raise the risk?"
The decision to go after the mismatch repair genes was by no means random: Deficiencies in the mismatch repair genes are the underlying cause of what is known as microsatellite instability, the result of an error in DNA replication. And high levels of microsatellite instability are found in 20 percent of all colorectal cancer cases.
Haile notes, however, that not all of this microsatellite instability is the result of mutated mismatch genes. Indeed, he said, there are "lots of families" in whom the gene is somehow silenced rather than mutated-most likely due to a process known as DNA methylation, in which methyl groups are tacked onto critical stretches of a gene, preventing it from being replicated or turned on. One of the questions the registry's researchers will be addressing in the next few years, said Haile, is how many of the 20 percent of colon cancers with microsatellite instability are the result of ge
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Norway pulls plug on electricity from Kola Nuclear Power Plant’s ageing reactors
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Norway has given the cold shoulder to plans to buy energy from the Murmansk region to power gas recovery operations at the northerly Melkøya field until the two oldest reactors at the Kola Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) are taken out of service in 2018 or 2019.
Anna Kireeva, Charles Digges, 13/08-2012
Norway’s Ministry of Petroleum and Energy sent an official letter to Norwegian grid operator Statnett in which it said that planned imports of electricity via links between Norwegian and Russian energy networks were not to proceed until Kola NPPs reactor Nos 1 and 2 are taken offline.
The letter is a matter of public record, Statnett spokesman Kristian Pladsen told Bellona over the phone. It was first published in this week edition of Norway’s Teknisk Ukeblad.
“The Department assumes that the two oldest reactors on the Kola Peninsula will be closed as planned before a possible connection to the Russian power system can occur,” the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy wrote
As such, Stanett will have to change its plans for supplying extra power to the Melkøya field. According to Audun Hustoft, a director at Statnett’s, there is no sense in building an extra interface to the Russian power grid until 2018 or 2019 when the reactors are switched off, the paper reported.
“It is a good thing that the Norwegian government has banned imports of electricity from the oldest reactors, which are inherently more dangerous and problematic,” said Nils Bøhmer, Bellona’s general director and nuclear physicist. “But the biggest problem that Russia has is a lack of an independent oversight body for nuclear power, which is as big a problem as the condition of the old reactors.”
Bøhmer added that, “Until Russia has upgraded to modern safety designs and developed a system within which nuclear regulation has integrity, Norway should abstain from importing electricity from Russia.”
Statnett and the Russian energy company Inter RAO had planned to complete the first phase of a power transmission line between Skogfoss in Norway’s northerly Finnmark county and the village of Nikel on the Kola Peninsula between 2014 and 2015. The power transmission line between the Russian and Norwegian grids is necessary for direct transmission of electricity from Kola NPP to Norway.
The Norwegian side had use the extra power from Russia to feed the energy-starved Melkøya gas field on Melkøya Island, as well as guarantee that other energy needs in northern Norway were met.
The project was meant to come in two stages. The first would have been a 100 -150 megawatt transmission line and the second, an additional 100-150 megawatt transmission line for a total of some 250-300 megawatts.
According to Teknisk Ukeblad, Statnett is currently trying to arrange talks with Inter RAO to establish whether the Russian company would still be interested in pursuing the project in six years.
“The Russians were interested in establishing stage one relatively quickly, in 2014-2015. If this fails, the Russians might not be so interested anymore. We are waiting for feedback from them now,” Hustoft told the paper.
Current energy imports
The Murmansk Region has long imported energy to Norway and Finland – but not energy derived from nuclear power plants.
According to the official “Schematics and Programs of Development of Electrical Energy of the Murmansk Region for the 2012-2016 period” prepared by the Murmansk regional administration and its housing and public utilities department in 2011, the energy exports are isolated to power produced by the the area’s hydroelectric plants – and this is the power that Norway receives.
Statnett spokeswoman Irene Meldal confirmed that in an email to Bellona.
“[...] We today only import hydro power from Russia, via the Boris Gleb [hydroelectric[ power plant. There will be no further connections to the Russian power system until the two old reactors are shut down," she wrote. "New interconnectors improve the security of supply in Finnmark, as any new connection will imply an additional source of power."
In 2010, power exports to Norway totaled 27 megawatts. Currently, the Murmansk Region may be exporting as much as 56 megawatts to its northern neighbor.
Will the Kola reactors actually be shut down?
Energy exports via a power transmission line between the Russian and Norwegian grids cannot begin until 2018 or 2019, the years officially announced by Russian state nuclear corporation as the possible end for Kola NPPs reactor Nos 1 and 2. However the process of taking the two reactors offline remains a question mark.
“The license for the first reactor was extended to 2018. We are working through a program of further extending the use of the No 1 and 2 reactors that will be safe,” Vasily Omelchuk, director of Kola NPP told the Murmansk Gorodskoe Vremya newspaper.
And Rosatom is considering building the so-called Kola NPP-2 – however there is currently scarce information about the project or what kinds of reactors the new plant would employ. According to Omelchuk, the current Kola NPP could not sustain a load of 1000-1200 megawatts as its maximum output in 800 megawatts. But there are at present no projects afoot to sustain that kind of power.
“If we are successful in realizing the ‘energy bridge’ to Finland and Norway, then our energy system could sustain loads of 1200 megawatts.
According to Vladimir Volskiy, deputy engineer at Kola NPP for engineering support and modernization, Kola NPP-2 would not be completed before 2022 to 2023 – five years later than the first two reactors at Kola NPP are to be taken offline. It is therefore likely, he told Bellona, that those two reactors would receive yet further engineered lifespan extensions until they could be substituted by power production from Kola NPP-2
“The technical possibilities to extend their operational deadlines is there – we need only the political will,” said Volskiy in February during a seminar of environmental organizations discussing issues surrounding shutting Kola NPP down.
Anna Kireeva reported from Murmansk and Charles Digges reported from Oslo.
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Ever since I read The Replacement by Yovanoff, I became a fan of her. Unfortunately, Paper Valentine didn't work for me.
Thinking about it, I suspect it must be the ghost part of the story that I didn't dig.
In a town where a serial killer is on the loose, Hannah and the ghost of her best friend, Lillian (and of course, love interest Finn) team up to find out who is killing all these girls.
Once again, I didn't get it. Don't get me wrong, the story is beautifully written. I really liked the way Yovanoff get with words. She writes a lot without being annoying (like in Amelia Anne is Dead and Gone), and at the same time she writes just enough.
Other than not liking the ghost in the story, everything else was great... yet, it didn't touch my heart.
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A few preorders piled up again and today I will tell you about my latest orders, because of an unexpected figure it got more expensive than I planned. April seems to be a cursed month.
Even more if the Bath Time - Hinako won’t face any more delays. On the one hand Im looking forward to photograph her on the other hand I’m slightly embarrassed by her level of nudity.
At the end of this post I will show you the updated Preorder Roadmap and other appealing figures that are already up for preordering or the ones which were just announced recently.
Treasure hunt preorder
Tamaki Kousaka from Max Factory was released in June 2010 and is long sold out. I’ve actually seen her one or a few years ago, I really liked her cute and innocent appearance but her boobs appeared a little too big to me at that time so I forgot about her. A few weeks ago I’ve seen her again on a certain website and I initially thought that I had to get her no matter what.
Ebay prices were horrible and there was nothing on Mandarake, after a lot of whining on Twitter and MFC I somehow gave up Luckily a week later my friend MastraCustom sent me a note that he spotted this certain Tamaki at Mandarake for 12,000 Yen, a quite fair price so he didn’t had to tell me twice and I took my chance. The additional shipping cost of 3,250 Yen where a kick in the nuts, but I badly wanted this Tamaki. She’s scaled 1/6 and has a kneeing height of 180 mm.
Last Minute preorder
Sandaime Muramasa from Max Factory is already released and I ordered her at the german shop Figuya who still had her up for preordering. As friend of a classic short maid attire I was very interested as this figure was announced, I don’t know much about her origin and even less about Sandaime herself, but oh well the figure already was convincing enough on her own. This figure is scaled 1/7 which will be the same scale as of the Kurono Kurumu maid figure from Orchid Seed that I will probably receive in June. You can never have too many Maids :p
Anyway I actually gave this purchase a lot of thought, I wasn’t sure how her skintone would turn out in the final product and I wanted to see at least one review of her before my final decision. The reviews of Nightmare and Exilehero convinced me to order her, I guess it wasn’t wrong to place another order for April. Nowadays you rarely have the luxury to wait for a review of a figure to decide about a purchase, you have to trust the promo shots or the figure will be sold out.
Maria Takayama from Max Factory will be released in July, so far she’s my only preorder in that month. Maria can be combined with a Kobato figure which comes in a similar dress, you can get her seperately. Both have their own base, but each is big enough to provide space for these two.
Ahaha oh god the dress is so wrong for a young girl like Maria, anyway I like the cuteness of her face and that she resembles the artwork of Buriki very well, unlike GSC’s Yozora (1st bash).
I can’t help myself, but Kobato Hasegawa appears even more illegal and the somewhat horny face expression doesn’t make it any better. These two figures are ought to stay together, but I guess Maria must stay alone. Well, I have enough 1/7 scaled figures which can be her big sister.
Kan’u Unchou from Daiki Kougyou will be released in August, since I paid upfront for Miku & Nagisa which will be released in the same month, I can afford this 12000 Yen figure without worries. Kanu is scaled 1/6 and has a height of 280 mm not considering the length of her spear.
I know about the flaws of the Ikki Tousen animes, but I became a fan after I marathoned the first three seasons one after another, Hakufu and the other characters kind of grow on me.
There have been a few more appealing Ikki Tousen figures, but this Kanu will be my first figure of that franchise since Orchid Seed hasn’t started to finish their long time on prototype status figure Chouhi Ekitoku. Finally get this figure done Orchid Seed and take my money! (2nd bash).
In general I prefer figures with a cute or friendly face expression, but with her piercing angry look Kanu hit my buttons, she looks so badass and sexy in this figure incarnation. In history there have been bad and very good figures from Daiki Kougyou, I hope this Kanu is one of the first.
Blanc Neige from Orchid Seed will be released in September, surprisingly this one is not castoff able unlike most of Orchid Seed’s figures. On her ice base she has a quite elegant appearance.
Her clothes are also very appealing with the tight light purple suit and the over knee boots.
The face looks a little empty without a slightly trace of blush, I hope this will change in the final product otherwise I would consider to cancel my order for her in case something more appealing will be announced. The figure is scaled 1/7 and has a sitting height of 185 mm. Blanc Neige is sculpted by Arai Kyousuke who also made this Seena Kanon figure in 2009 for Orchid Seed.
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- Figures I’m interested in, but not sure about the purchase at the moment.
Alisa Amiella - scale: 1/7 – manufacturer: PLUM – release date: July
After I made a good experience with a previous figure from PLUM Im positive about the quality of this up coming figure. Alisa has a good bodysculpt and design, I really like the outfit with the red and black color tone. The face also leaves a good impression, maybe I’ll order her as well.
Nanako – scale: non scale – manufacturer: Orchid Seed - release date: August
Unfortunately I’ve passed on the first color version of this figure, recently a new color version of Nanako went up for preordering, I prefer the texture of the blue school swimsuit and the contrast of the white stockings. The loli figure itself is very appealing and cute, I really consider to get her.
Honma Meiko – scale: 1/7 – manufacturer: Max Factory - release date: August
Max Factory created a very nice and appealing figure of Menma, her style is a little different from the anime, but she’s still Menma. I like the tropical flair of her outfit and it looks great how she nibbles on her popcicle. I have no problems with buying loli figures, but I can’t help myself, this petite and slender Menma looks kind of illegal, something says too young and somethings say time for getting laid XD Wahh! what am I saying I better pass before I get any weird ideas.
Stocking Anarchy – scale: 1/8 - manufacturer: ALTER - release date: September
My impression on the anime were kinda mixed, but unlike Panty, Stocking always was the character I liked. The wicked angel comes in a super sweet outfit and a vivid blue pink hair color. There is also her big busom and the friendly face expression. Everything about her quite tempting
Bikini Nanoha – scale: 1/7 – manufacturer: Ques q – release date: October
I actually planned to get this 1/4 scaled loli Nanoha from Gift, but in the meantime Ques q colored their prototype from last Wonfes. Nanoha is also wearing a bikini, but I prefer the cute and innocent design of this one from Ques q. I also prefer the adorable face expression and the 1/7 scale fits better into my collection. Preorders weren’t opened so far, maybe soon.
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MILWAUKEE- The Brewers are hosting a Postseason shopping extravaganza at the Brewers Team Store by Majestic located in the Miller Park Hot Corner.
The store opened immediately following the clinch and will remain open all night through 3 p.m Saturday.
The Postseason store event will include many activities throughout the all-day, all-night bash including a gift-with-purchase lunch, hourly drawings, mascot visits, merchandise giveaways and much, much more. Below is a schedule of activities set to take place:
Starting when the doors open until 3 p.m. Saturday, fans/customers can enter an hourly drawing for a prize.
At the end of the event a grand prize of a $1,000 shopping spree will be awarded. Hourly prizes include game-used items, apparel and store gift certificates.
Brewers merchandise is also available at Brewers.com.
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- 3 days: 15 €
Travel with your petFrom now, at the abba Acteón hotel we accept pets. From this moment, you can travel with it to our hotel without worrying about anything, we will care it as one more client! Travel to Valencia accompanied by your dog or cat will be very easy if you do it with us.
For 15 euros supplement (taxes included) in addition to the room price.
- Price: 15 euros
- We accept dogs and cats with a maximum weight limit of 10 kg
Buffet BreakfastThe most important meal of the day is breakfast, so our breakfast buffet will provide everything you need to get your day off to a flying start: typical products for a Mediterranean diet, pure olive oil from a number of different regions, several types of bread, top quality jamón serrano, seasonal fruit, cereals and products for special diets. Because we want you to feel at home.
- Price: 10 euros
Welcome drinkWe want to welcome you as best as possible with a valencian style. Upon arrival at abba Acteon Hotel, enjoy a welcome drink in our reception. Take with us a Valencia orange juice or a glass of cava D.O. Valencia.
PicnicWe offer you the choice to order a picnic on your excursions.
Very useful for going to the beach or by visiting the City of Arts and Sciences.
The Picnic includes: Spanish ham baguette, chips, piece of fruit, mineral water and napkin.
Furthermore we give you a convenient special case to take it with you to anywhere.
- Price: 10 euros
ParkingThe abba Acteón hotel offers its guests parking located in the hotel.
- Price: 14 euros per day
Fitness CenterYou can do sport at any time of day in the hotel gym, which has all the equipment you need to do your usual work-out.
SquashEnjoy an intense game of squash in our court located in the Attic of the hotel, next to the gym.
SaunaA sauna is available to you every day from 9:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. so that you can simply relax.
Room ServiceIf you feel tired and you feel like to stay in your room, for your comfort we offer you room service.
- From Monday to Sunday (11.00 – 23.00 h.)
Business centerConnect to the Internet, check e-mails, make arrangements, print reports ... Our business center is designed for your business trips.
Bike rentalVisit Valencia in an alternative way and explore the hidden corners and streets that the city offers. Stay with us and visit Valencia by bike.
- 4 hours price: 10 euros
- 24 hours Price: 15 euros
Audioguide rentalThe abba Acteon Hotel **** S offers its customers a new service, now you can rent an audio guide in the hotel.
The headsets provide information in five languages (spanish, english, french, german and italian), of the most important monuments of the historic center of Valencia as the Torre de Santa Catalina, the Plaza de la Virgen, Miguelete or the Town Hall Square.
- Price: 10 €
Personal ShopperDiscover how much Valencia combines with you. To get to know Valencia it is essential to go shopping, discovering the hidden streets full of styling and exclusivity. But sometimes it's hard to find time, to know what trends are moving in the city and make the most of our money.
abba Acteon Hotel****S, propose a service that combines sightseeing, shopping and leisure. With the latest trends and best combined with you. All image advice and purchasing, thanks to our professionals in fashion, decoration and styling.
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Trade, climate on agenda for Pacific leaders talks
Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard has arrived in Cook Islands to join Pacific Island leaders for discussions on trade, climate change and ocean protection at the Pacific Islands Forum.
Ms Gillard will use her trip to announce a major aid initiative designed to improve gender equity by increasing female participation in politics.
The Pacific has extremely low female representation in its parliaments, and high levels of domestic violence.
Ms Gillard will also try to finalise plans for offshore processing centres with Nauru and Papua New Guinea.
Nauru is insisting that asylum seekers be dealt with quickly and says they could be sent to Australia if their application is successful.
Ms Gillard says there is no contradiction between the two positions.
"I think we're on the same page," she said.
"Our intention is for people to be processed to then wait the same amount of time that they would had they not got on the boat, and then to obviously be resettled as quickly as possible."
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will fly in for post-forum discussions later this week.
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“Now assume the cat position. Go down on all fours and then arch your back up like a cat getting electrocuted.”
I’m glad he’s demonstrating, because at my age I keep forgetting what a cat looks like when it’s getting electrocuted.
He arches his back into the air just like an electrocuted cat and I follow suit. Then he starts bending back slowly keeping his front hands planted squarely in front of him while the rest of his body travels in the opposite direction. Me? I try to do the same, but generally my body only goes in one direction at a time, and is soon feeling like its being stretched over a medieval torture rack. Sinews, ligaments, tendons, and the kitchen sink are all crying out to me to stop this “stretching technique.” But like the electrocuted cat, I’m not really thinking much right now. I’m just arching.
I miss the benign “How did that make you feel,” which is replaced by an almost menacing, “How does that feel now, champ?
Why do they call this physical “therapy”? Therapy is best done while lying on a comfortable couch blaming all your problems on other people. But physical therapy is different; it’s not over until you are hurting. I miss the benign “How did that make you feel,” which is replaced by an almost menacing, “How does that feel now, champ?” And if your answer is anything less than a whimper, they keep on stretching you out.
I soon find myself on my back with one leg extended upward but slowly being bent back into itself in the strong capable hands of my therapist. The pain is extreme, with just a few movements of reprieve when I switch from contracting to relaxing, only to be followed by a few more inches of “progress.” When I begin tasting shoe, I tap out. I think I’m limber enough. I can’t say for sure because I can’t get up, but the world does feel distinctly limber from my perch on the therapy table…
But I did come away with a gem from my physical therapist, one of the nicest people I know (he has to be in order to get away with giving people such intense pain) and a super talent in his field. As we were twisting and manipulating various limbs on the floor he said, “When you can be comfortable while still in an uncomfortable position, you know you are in good shape.”
The highest success is not in simply finding comfort, but rather in finding it in the most uncomfortable of positions. Because to get to that level, you have to stretch every one of your muscles to its limit. Being in good shape is only possible when we are working on ourselves strenuously, pushing ourselves through uncomfortable realities to get to where we want to go.
Stretched to the Max
In a biography of Rav Eliezer Menachem Man Shach, of blessed memory, (1899-2001, Lithuania – Israel), one of the greatest Torah giants of the 20th century, there is a description of the great deprivation Rav Shach endured in order to stay in the famed Slabodka yeshiva as a young teenager. Owning only one set of clothing, barely eating anything, and unable to afford lodging other than the benches in the back of the yeshiva, Rav Shach thrived. He looked back at those years with great fondness, at the full immersion he had in his Talmudic study and spiritual pursuit, both of which were entirely unhampered by any material concerns or distractions. He may have been stretched to the max, he may have been in a very uncomfortable position, but he found his comfort zone and flourished.
Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzatto, (1707-1746, Italy- Acco) in his seminal mussar masterpiece The Path of the Just (Mesilas Yesharim), states that the desire and tendency to find comfort zones in our lives where we can just sit back and relax is one of the greatest obstacles to personal growth. It is the biggest detractor from alacrity, which is the enthusiasm and drive we need to tap into our potential. He recommends that a person live by the maxim, “For man was created for toil” (Job 5:7) and says that when we look at life through that prism, we can embrace the work we need to do to get to where we have to go. When we are used to stretching and pulling, every further inch is not agony, but anticipated growth.
When we are used to stretching and pulling, every further inch is not agony, but anticipated growth.
It is interesting to note the strange blessing Jacob our forefather gave to his son Yissachar just before he died. Despite blessing all his children, it is the only blessing in which the word “good” is found: “Yissachar is a strong boned donkey, it rests between the boundaries. He saw tranquility that it was good and the land that it was pleasant, yet he bent his shoulder to bear and he became an indentured laborer” (Genesis 49:14,15). The only one of Jacob’s children that is blessed with tranquility and goodness is the one who understands that in order to get that goodness he needs to bend his shoulder to bear the load; he needs to stretch himself till he’s uncomfortable.
If any of us were to look back at what we consider to be the best time in our lives, I doubt it would be a time we just lounged around playing video games or reading a good novel. Chances are it would be a time we were stretching ourselves to the max. It would be the times we found a way to be comfortable despite being in an uncomfortable position.
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Gritters keep Sussex roads clear after heavy snowfall
Gritters are continuing to work around the clock to ensure the main routes across East and West Sussex are kept clear following heavy snowfall.
Further snow flurries are possible on Saturday but more significant snow is forecast for Sunday.
Air passengers, motorists and rail travellers faced disruption on Friday, while 275 Sussex schools were closed because of the snow.
Gatwick Airport said disruption was minimal due to snow clearance vehicles.Match postponed
However, it has advised passengers to check the status of their flight with the airline before travelling to the airport, and to allow extra time for their journey.
Southern Rail has been running an amended timetable and fewer services, but it said a normal Saturday service would operate although some routes would be affected by "major improvement works".
End Quote Kaddy Lee-Preston BBC South East weather presenter
On Sunday, there is a weather system... which could [bring] large amounts of snow”
Services on First Capital Connect were also disrupted on Friday, and passengers were urged to check its live train updates page before travelling and allow extra time for their journey
The weather has also lead to the postponement on Saturday of the League One football match between Crawley Town and Carlisle United at the Broadfield Stadium because of problems with the pitch.
BBC South East weather presenter Kaddy Lee-Preston said freezing temperatures would remain across the weekend "with many places struggling to reach even 1C and feeling bitter in the strong winds".
She said temperatures would fall on Friday night to -3C.
Many places will not see any snow on Saturday, although there is a chance of a few flurries which could amount to a further 2cm.
She added: "Ice is also a concern and surfaces will be prone to ice throughout the weekend
"On Sunday, there is a weather system moving up from the continent which could give large amounts of snow.
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A Northern invasion of Virginia and of Kentucky, if necessary, carrying along with it the Canadian line of African freedom, as it must do from the very nature of civil war, will produce a powerful Union reaction. The slave population of the border States will be moved in two directions. One branch of it, without the masters, will be moved Northward, and the other branch, with the masters, will be moved Southward, so that, by the time the Northern army will have penetrated to the centre of the border slave States, they will be relieved of the substance and abstract rights of slave property for all time to come.
Finally, the revolted States having appealed to the sword of revolution to redress their wrongs, may soon have to choose between submission to the Union or the bloody extinction of slavery, from the absence of any law, any wish, any power for its protection.— Ibid, April 20.
By land and water, if she places herself in the attitude of rebellion, Maryland may be overrun and subdued in a single week, including the extinction of slavery within her own borders; for war makes its own laws.
We are less concerned about Washington than about Maryland. Loyal to the Union, she is perfectly safe, negroes and all; disloyal to the Union, she may be crushed, including her institution of slavery. Let her stand by the Union, and the Union will protect and respect her— slavery and all.—Ibid, April 21.
Virginia, next to Maryland, will be subjected to this test. She has seceded, and hence she will probably risk the breaking of every bone in her body. If so, we fear that every bone in her body will be broken, including her backbone of slavery. The day is not far off when the Union men of the revolted States will be asked to come to the relief of their misguided brethren, for, otherwise, the war which they have chosen to secure their institution of slavery may result in wiping it out of existence.—Ibid, April 23.
In advance of this movement, President Lincoln should issue his proclamation, guaranteeing the complete protection of all loyal Union men and their property, but warning the enemies of the Government of the dangers of confiscation, negroes included.
If Virginia resists, the contest cannot last very long, considering her large slave population, which will either become fugitives or take up arms against their masters.—Ibid, April 24.
That we are to have a fight, that Virginia and Maryland will form the battle-ground, that the Northern roughs will sweep those States with fire and sword, is beyond peradventure. They have already been excited to the boiling point by the rich prospect of plunder held out by some of their leaders, and will not be satisfied unless they have a farm and a nigger each. There is no sort of exaggeration about these statements, as the people of the border States will shortly ascertain to their cost. The character of the coming campaign will be vindictive, fierce, bloody, and merciless beyond parallel in ancient or modern history.—Ibid, April 28. | <urn:uuid:a4ee706a-ec7c-4562-b243-380c915decc1> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.bookrags.com/ebooks/17971/12.html | 2013-05-22T07:57:52Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701508530/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105148-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.961308 | 629 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Book Description: How can a flat page have pictures that actually seem to move? That's what these 90 action illusions--the largest such compilation ever assembled--succeed in doing. Through the magic of visual effects, including the careful use of color and brightness, static images become animated and solid shapes deform right before your eyes. Some of the illusions appear to hover in the air; others produce afterimages of bright color or produce a sensation of swirling. In a number of cases, it's necessary to shift the entire page to get the trick, or to use peripheral vision for the full effect. You'll be stunned as perfect squares appear out of nowhere, patterns pulse, and yellow dots flash. | <urn:uuid:34d3f59d-be15-48b4-99fe-c33743e37a64> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.campusbooks.com/books/childrens-books/reference-nonfiction/9781417807550_AL-Seckel_Supervisions.html | 2013-05-22T08:15:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701508530/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105148-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.923507 | 140 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Slackware was my first Linux distribution. Slackware version 12.0 has been released. It has many improvements as compare to old version. Slackware was one of the earliest distributions, and the oldest currently being maintained. Slackware has a reputation of stable releases of applications, standing mainly for design for stability and simplicity.
From the announcement:
This first Slackware edition of the year combines Slackware's legendary simplicity (and close tracking of original sources), stability, and
security with some of the latest advances in Linux technology. Expect no less than the best Slackware yet. Among the many program updates and distribution enhancements, you'll find two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.4.1, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment, and KDE 3.5.7, the latest version of the award-winning K Desktop Environment. We have added to Slackware support for HAL (the Hardware Abstraction Layer) which allows the system administrator to add users to the cdrom and plugdev groups. Then they will be able to use items such as USB flash sticks, USB cameras that appear like USB storage, portable hard drives, CD and DVD media, MP3 players, and more, all without requiring sudo, the mount or umount command. Just plug and play. Properly set up, Slackware's desktop should be suitable for any level of Linux experience.
Download link - ( Download Slackware Linux )
The full version of Slackware Linux 12.0 is available for download from the central Slackware FTP sites:
If the sites are busy, see the list of official mirror sites here. Slackware team will be setting up BitTorrent downloads for the official ISO images soon.
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Got Nikon SB-800? Lucky You.
Here's a bounce flash diffuser for low bucks that you make yourself from anything white, silver, gold or platinum.
Kidding about the platinum.
Warning: Cost will be possibly over $0.50!
I want my flash to be... I dunno... softer.
Sure, you can put that little diffusion dome on top of your SB-800 and drive out the harsh lighting effect of direct flash, somewhat, but how about something closer to bounce flash, even at night in the upper 40? (Acres, that is, implying outside where the ceiling is apparently 13.8 billion light years away, and isn't very reflective.)
We see a number of photographers with some ready-made $49.96 white card mounted on their flash units, and the pictures look pretty good, but golly, for that money, you could get an eBook about your Nikon and have the tiniest amount of change left over. The eBook might well do you a lot more good in all of your pictures, including the flash shots with your SB-800.
Fellow photographer, Snook, whose images are often gathered in the rough and tumble environment of the mosh pit at rock concerts and nightclubs all over Los Angeles, got his SB-800 last year and hasn't looked back. Of course, he looks back at his images, that's not what I meant.
Anyhow, someone on DP Review showed a flash diffuser made from white board (we can't find it in their archives) and he said (typical), "Why, I can make a better one than that!" So he did, and here it is as a Holiday Gift to all you SB-800 owners who can afford it. In spite of the coincidental price, rapper 50 cent does not endorse this product. But may have already been shot with it.
Download this pattern and print it out at 300 ppi. Click on the image and tell your browser to display the picture on a new page, then download that to your clipboard or desktop, or wherever is convenient. It's full size, actual size at 300 ppi.
Like a dress pattern, lay it on top of a sheet of that flat, rubbery white foam board (if that term applies) sold in Art Supply or Craft Supply stores. The gray lines are for scoring only. Don't use a knife on those. You just want to dent the stuff.
Fiber-Craft Foam Sheet (product #15200-01) is the stuff I use, and recommend. Michael's Arts and Crafts Supply near me sells it in 12 x 18 inch (30 x 45 cm) sheets for a buck. With a little judicious cutting (Xacto), one sheet will make five reflectors with this pattern. That makes me a headline liar.
Actual cost per each, just under $0.20 if you cut well. Score the gray lines just enough to let the thing take shape when you wrap it around the head of your upward-pointing flash.
A rubber band holds it onto the flash, and these Foam Sheet versions take mosh pit activity well.
Snook's design embodies several refinements. Scores allow the natural spring of the foam sheet to tip forward, bending the side panels only, trapping much of the flash blast. The ever-so-slightly-wider base also helps tip the upper panel forward. The prototype, in the picture up top, was not quite so refined. But do get one of those fat, sassy rubber bands to hold it in place.
Some of the flash goes off into the ceiling where it bounces environmentally. Most of it spreads from the diffuser making nice eye-highlights and very soft shadows. If a raging rocker grabs for the camera (it's been known to happen) all he gets is 20¢ worth of fluff. Keep another one under your shirt for moshtography.
He tried several other materials. embossed silver and gold plastic sheets of stiffer stuff. Heavy white craft paper. You can experiment with anything that wraps.
* Because it bounces. If we had meant the lexible foam sheeting, we would have worked out some pun-filled reference to the quantum foam basis of space/time at the Planke scale, through which photons must negotiate their appointed rounds. But we didn't out of respect for your holiday mood.
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Bacon And Tequila At Mezcal! (Downtown Sj)
Enjoy 5 courses of bacon and tequila at Mezcal!
A perfect pairing for a hot summer night in Downtown San Jose. Price of your ticket includes pairing and food.
Creamy Potato Leek and Bacon Soup Potato, leek, bacon, garlic and cream
Champagne Cocktail Herradura Blanco, Champagne and Chambord Liqueur
Roasted Peaches and Crispy Bacon on Mixed Greens Mix greens, roasted peaches, crispy bacon, candied pecans with balsamic dressing
La Paloma Don Julio Reposado, Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice and Squirt Soda
Grilled Sea Bass with Corn and Bacon Sea bass over a bed of spinach, rice, corn, green beans and bacon
Pomegranate Martini Corzo Blanco, Mezcal Reposado, Pomegranate and Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice
Bacon Wrapped Stuffed Breast of Chicken Chicken breast stuffed with, ham and cheese wrapped in bacon with mango pico de gallo
The Perfect Margarita Don Julio Reposado, Organic Agave Nectar, Fresh Squeezed Lime Juice and Grand Marnier
Bacon Cup Cake with Bacon Milk Shake Orange flavor cup cake infused with bacon and a bacon milk shake shooter
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The summary for the 2010 Community Solutions Program Federal Grant is detailed below.
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Professional and Cultural Exchange Programs - Citizen Exchanges
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Apr 23, 2010
Apr 23, 2010
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Jun 04, 2010
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Public and State controlled institutions of higher education - Nonprofits having a 501(c)(3) status with the IRS, other than institutions of higher education - Private institutions of higher education - Others (see text field entitled "Additional Information on Eligibility" for clarification)
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The Office of Citizen Exchanges of the Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs invites proposal submissions for the Community Solutions Program in Africa, East Asia and the Pacific, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, South and Central Asia and the Western Hemisphere. Public and private non-profit organizations meeting the provisions described in Internal Revenue Code section 26 USC 501(c)(3) may submit proposals to conduct this professional fellowship program. The Community Solutions Program serves as a mechanism to support and encourage initiatives organized by young civic and community leaders, ages 25-38, currently working to address the economic, environmental, political, and social challenges confronting their respective local communities. Through professional fellowships with a specific leadership component, Community Solutions will provide opportunities for eligible individuals to more effectively address issues of concern in their own towns, cities and regions.
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Why hire KC Puppetree?
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Twenty years in marketing has shown me that creative design without a solid strategy may entertain, but design based upon brand strategy can cause action.
Delivering action is the driving force in my work. And that is a marketeer's mark on creative design.™
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Limo Hire Derby
Derby is a vibrant and diverse city situated in the Midlands offering plenty to amuse young and old visitors. There are many historic sites, which will undoubtedly appeal to children’s imagination and there are also a number of excellent attractions specifically targeted to entertain children and young people. Limo Hire Derby can add some luxury or excitement to your day. You could hire a Range Rover Sport Limo, stretched Hummer, BMW X5 Limo, stretched Chrysler C300 (a.k.a Baby Bentley) or a Lincoln town car. Whatever your preference, it will be a spectacular experience being driven from one venue to another.
Whichever limo you choose and whoever you are with, we are sure you will enjoy your journey with Limo Hire Derby . Renowned for our first class service, let us make your event or celebration memorable. We can cater for weddings, birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, prom nights, Hen and Stag nights or any other occasion you’re celebrating. We hope an experience with Limo Hire Derby is one that you will never forget by travelling in one of our limousines.
Wherever you choose to go and whoever you are with, we are sure you will enjoy your journey with our Limo Hire Derby , Hummer Limo Hire Derby, Pink limo hire Derby or Limousine hire Derby. Our limousines appeal to young and old – they are so much fun!
Whatever your preference, it will be a spectacular experience being driven from one venue to another. Limo Hire Derby can add some luxury or excitement to your event or celebration. You can lie back, relax your weary legs in the back of the limousine listening to music whilst you enjoy drinking a glass of champagne or soft drink for those under 18’s. So get your friends or family together and treat yourselves to a limousine experience. We can help you create an itinerary to suit your needs whilst driving you in elegance and style in and around the region. Limo Hire Derby will collect from any address in the Midlands twenty four hours a day, seven days a week and chauffeur you and your guests to any destination of your choice.
Our entire fleet of limousines have all the essential tools to provide that extra special atmosphere ensuring you and your guests have some fun and enjoyment on your journey to your venue. The DVD player, CD player, Disco lighting system, Flat screen TV and refreshments from the complimentary bar of soft drinks or glass of champagne.
We provide the highest quality of chauffeur service, which is why our customers come back to us time after time and occasion after occasion. Our uniformed professional chauffeurs are highly trained and very courteous. They will ensure your limousine experience will be very safe and extremely enjoyable for both you and your guests.Hiring one of our lavish and luxurious vehicles may not be as expensive as you may think, so give us a call for a no obligation competitive price and you could look forward to the very best limousine experience with Limo Hire Derby .
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Sheetmetal design is a critical part of the product development process because the quality of the design greatly impacts everything — manufacturability, product quality, price, styling and speed-to-market. Once that sheetmetal is cut, there’s no turning back, which puts a great deal of pressure on design engineers to get the design right the first time.
For consumer products that feature metal enclosures or components — such as computers, metal office furniture, and virtually any product that houses electronics — the sheetmetal design can literally mean the difference between profit and loss. Perhaps the greatest impact is seen with downstream manufacturing efficiency; higher quality designs flow smoothly through manufacturing, while flawed designs usually become an expensive bottleneck in the product’s path to manufacturing, assembly — and ultimately, sales.
For today’s design engineers, the challenge is not only to create high-quality, highly accurate sheetmetal designs, but to do so quickly, so that the new products get to market in the shortest timeframe possible.
From 13 to two. In response to the need for greater speed and quality of design, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 sheetmetal design has added intelligence. Now, you can use one or two features to create the same geometry that previously required as many as thirteen features. This new sheetmetal design capability gives you unprecedented control over key aspects of the application.
Consider, for instance, the modeling of a simple sheet metal box. Your design intent might be to have small gaps along the seams to allow for tolerance stack up, with some walls overlapping others so that the final design — after the welds are ground smooth — can look like a single, continuous wall.
In previous versions of Pro/ENGINEER, you might have started out with a rounded solid box, which would then have been converted into a sheet metal box using the “shell” option. After the conversion, rips along all four vertical edges and corner reliefs in all four corners would be added. You would have then created a series of small cuts for the desired gaps — in the flat pattern — and a series of wall extensions for the desired overlap at each corner. That’s 13 features — the box, the rounds, the conversion, the rips, the corner reliefs, four wall extensions and four gaps — to make a simple box.
In Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0, you need only start with a flat unattached wall at the desired thickness. With a single feature, you can create the four sides of the box, define the corner relief geometry, and define how the edges at adjacent walls behave to create the desired overlap and gap.
Smarter walls and flanges. With the new enhancements, Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 flange tool employs a smart geometry engine that understands complex intersections and can propose miter cuts.
Suppose you want to close off the sheet metal enclosure of your personal computer design. In previous releases of Pro/ENGINEER, several walls would have needed to be created along each individual edge of the enclosure, followed by a sheet metal cut at each corner for mitering. In Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0, all of this functionality is controlled by a single, highly intelligent swept flange wall. This single feature sweeps from one end of the base sheet metal enclosure edge to the other, traversing multiple tangent edge segments, automatically creating miter cuts in those corners where the walls would intersect. A dashboard window controls the position and the width of the miter cut. This saves significant time over the previous method, which would have required many more features — taking 10 minutes or more — now, using one feature, it takes about a minute.
Browser-based sheetmetal reports. A single interactive HTML report now replaces the multiple reports previously required to see the K-factor, Y-factor, bend tables, relation table, feature list reference parts and design rules violations. The new report features hotlinks that let you explore the model detail.
In some cases, these links will simply highlight the associated geometry in the adjacent window. In others, you can browse to additional detailed feature information. In the case of design rules, the hyperlink is the name of the rule that has been violated. Selecting the rule shows you exactly where the violation occurs on the model.
Suppose you placed a sheet metal cut too close to a bend line. The built-in sheet metal design rules will detect this potential problem, and simply selecting the hyperlink in the browser will highlight the area of the model where the problem exists and graphically shows you the dimension value.
UI shortcuts. Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 has also consolidated the frequently-used Cut command, so the sheetmetal command is now able to anticipate the designer’s intent, as it does in the 3D model.
More time for creativity. These new enhancements will save you considerable time, most notably in two key areas: by cutting the number of mouse clicks; and by shortening or eliminating learning curves for certain operations.
“Pro/ENGINEER Wildfire 3.0 gives engineers more time to think creatively, and that’s especially important today, when many products are becoming more stylized and much smaller,” says Brian Thompson, PTC Product Manager.
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It’s been just 24 hours since we’ve launched the eBook and we’ve already sold over 100 copies. There’s a few questions that have been popping up, so I thought this would be a great place to answer them all. Question 1: Is it possible to buy a hard copy? Currently, the London Cyclist Handbook [...]
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A persistent squeak, creek or click can be a torturous experience for a cyclist. All bikes suffer from them, from time to time and they are a good wake up call that something isn’t quite right. Today, I’ll be sharing part of the maintenance section of the new London Cyclist Handbook. Whilst there are cyclists [...]
The launch date for the new London Cyclist eBook is set: 17th of July 2012. But if you want to get your hands on a copy before everyone else (for Kindle, iPad, Google Nexus, laptop or pretty much any digital device) then help me come up with a strapline! The handbook has six distinct sections: [...]
While the Queen celebrates her Diamond Jubilee, we’ve got our own two big reasons to celebrate on London Cyclist Blog. The first is that we have just surpassed 10,000 followers on Twitter. That’s almost double what we had this time last year and it makes London Cyclist one of the most popular cycling Twitter accounts [...]
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Guide to waterproof cycling jackets
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This wristwatch was invented in 1920 and allowed drivers to navigate around the UK. The watch used paper maps wound around wooden rollers. However because there were so few cars around the watch failed to take off. If you are in London you can check out the watch at the Weird and Wonderful Inventions exhibition at the British Library (until November).
Take the Road Through the Lake
When you ask Google for driving directions from Gamètì/Rae Lakes Airport to Rae/Edzo Airport you are told to drive through the middle of a number lakes. The walking directions state you should "Use caution – This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths", which is a slight understatement when its -40 and and 197 km of only ice ahead. When do we get sledge directions?
The reason that the roads go across a number of lakes is because these are ice roads that are built every year across the ice. Check out the Ice Road Truckers website for more information.
The Last Guy
The Last Guy is a game from Sony that is built on top of satellite imagery that looks very similar to Google Maps / Earth imagery (but presumably isn't). The game itself seems to be a 2D shooter.
Via: Very Spatial
The Street View Boat?
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Hu, L.M.; Wroblewski, J.S. (2009). Conserving a subpopulation of the northern Atlantic cod metapopulation with a marine protected area. Aquatic Conservation-marine And Freshwater Ecosystems. 19 (2) 178-193.
1. Marine reserves can play an important role in the conservation of subpopulations of marine fish metapopulations. The population spatial structure of northern Atlantic cod of Newfoundland and Labrador has characteristics of a metapopulation. Subpopulations of northern Atlantic cod on the continental shelf were decimated by decades of overfishing, and have not recovered. The remaining northern cod are concentrated in coastal areas.
2. A Marine Protected Area (MPA) was established in Gilbert Bay, Labrador by the Government of Canada in 2005 to protect the bay's resident subpopulation of northern Atlantic cod. Conservation of Gilbert Bay cod will help protect the genetic diversity of the northern cod metapopulation.
3. Unlike some other MPAs, Gilbert Bay is not a harvest refugium or 'no-take' reserve. Aboriginal Subsistence fisheries for salmonids with a bycatch of cod are allowed in designated areas of the MPA. A recreational fishery for Atlantic cod by angling open to all people is under consideration. Management of the MPA must ensure that fishing activities do not endanger the local cod population.
4. The population dynamics of Gilbert Bay cod were simulated using an age-structured Leslie matrix model to estimate the total mortality under various recreational fishing scenarios. The level of sustainable harvest by a recreational fishery depends on the natural mortality of the Gilbert Bay cod population, which is unknown. Therefore, there is risk in permitting a recreational fishery in the MPA.
5. There may be benefits to the northern cod metapopulation, if the Gilbert Bay subpopulation is allowed to rebuild to the carrying capacity of the bay. If the abundance of Gilbert Bay cod exceeds the level which the local marine ecosystem can support, some cod may emigrate from the bay and recolonize adjacent coastal areas. The potential for Gilbert Bay cod to recolonize continental shelf areas is less certain. Copyright (C) 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. | <urn:uuid:bf216b9a-fb22-4235-9f7c-2f3a55fdcd01> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.osc.mun.ca/research/pubs/abstract.php?ID=16395 | 2013-05-22T08:34:04Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701508530/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105148-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.911113 | 457 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Personal and special services offered by Pineview:
* Bathing, showering, shaving etc.
* Oral Care
* Medical Practitioner / Dental
* Pharmacuetical Services
* Aids and Appliances
* Special Dietary Needs
* Religious Services
* Activities Programme
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With 365 days in a year, I can't believe each day in the year 2013 is going to be unlucky. As a matter of fact, it's the perfect year for a new attitude and a new you.
As a fitness professional for more than 30 years, I know a majority of you have vowed to lose weight this year. As a matter of fact, how many of you said the same thing last year and the year before that? Well, I'm going to help you not only meet this goal this year, but enable you to not have to make weight loss a future goal.
Achieving a goal of losing weight is not only a good starting goal but one of the healthiest goals you can make. Excess weight has been proved to be tied to a variety of medical problems, including Type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure and even some cancers. Each of you has the power to get those unhealthy pounds off your body and thus lessen your chance of developing any of these problems.
How, you ask, since you have been unsuccessful in years past?
In a word - attitude. Success in achieving any goal starts and ends with one's state of mind. The more you truly embrace the belief that you will be
The next step is setting a realistic goal for your loss, which actually is more about fat loss and not just weight. You can lose a couple pounds of weight in a day if you somehow forget to drink water all day and became dehydrated. As soon as you started hydrating again, your weight will rebound. Fat loss requires you to expend more energy than you consume.
This is where people get into trouble. They want to lose too much too soon, which generally is unrealistic and therefore sets them up to fail.
I tell people to think about how long it took them to put on the excess fat and then give themselves that time to lose it. For example, if a person gained 36 pounds of fat over the course of three years, then that person should give himself or herself three years to lose it. It probably won't take you that long, but give yourself permission to take three years.
You're probably thinking, "What? I can't wait three years to lose 36 pounds; I need to lose it by the summer" or something of that sort, right? Well, you better change that attitude, because if you continue doing what you have been doing, you will probably gain 36 more pounds over the next three years and then where will you be? I'll tell you: You will be up 72 pounds.
So what is a healthy, sensible amount of fat loss to expect? Depending upon how much you need to lose, a general realistic goal averages one to two pounds a month, or a quarter to half a pound a week. A pound equates to 3,500 calories, so to lose a quarter pound a week, you would need to modify your eating and exercise by only 125 calories a day. That's assuming you don't increase your food intake.
Thus, if you walked a mile (100 calories) and then cut out 25 calories from you diet, you should lose one pound in 28 days or a lucky 13 pounds in a year. By making adjustments to the frequency, intensity, time and type of exercise (FITT), along with food choices and consumption, you could lower your body fat even more in a healthy manner.
Of course, you would have to keep a positive attitude while also being patient. Time goes by quickly and before you know it, you will feel like a new you.
However, once you achieve your goal and have adopted a healthy lifestyle, you must maintain that lifestyle. Otherwise, if you go back to your old ways, you will gain the fat back and the old you.
So, if you are serious about getting healthier and more fit in 2013, start by adopting a new attitude toward weight/fat loss.
Happy New Year, new attitude and new you!
Patty Peoples is an ISSA-certified fitness nutrition specialist/personal trainer, fitness educator at Chaffey College and Team USA Multisport Athlete. She has won more than 70 races since 2000, including being crowned 2012 USAT Sprint Duathlon National Champion and USAT Athlete of the Year. Peoples can be reached at email@example.com. | <urn:uuid:fc93c41c-1ac5-4142-aac2-8902ed9c998b> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.redlandsdailyfacts.com/ci_22302124 | 2013-05-22T07:55:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701508530/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105148-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972104 | 886 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
I am in the process of conducting a study about enrichment at my school. We are due to write a school policy statement about how students are identified as being gifted and talented and how they are supported. We believe that all students have strengths that need to be identified and nourished.
For this phase of the study I have been focusing on the students in Year 4 to determine what students' strengths are and whether they are accessing the programs we currently run to develop their skills. The Strengths Analysis has been a very lengthy process and to manage all the data I created a spreadsheet. The spreadsheet has helped me to see the information and sort it in different ways. I can now identify students' areas of strength and see which programs they have accessed in the past year.
While I don't think that all teachers need to do such an in-depth analysis of their students, I DO think that teachers need to determine students' strengths early in the year. While we quickly notice the students who are performing below their peers and put actions in place to assist them, I don't know that we do as good a job on the top end.
It is important to determine students' areas of strength in order to provide them with experiences to extend them throughout the year. This can be done with a simple spreadsheet using data from the previous year:
- Put your class list in the first column (with surname first to allow an easy sort by name)
- Put students previous grades in additional columns under subject headings
- Copy and past the data into additional sheets - one per subject
- Select the data on each page (including names) and sort by grades in the subject
So then what? Firstly, keep this data in mind as you plan and teach - make sure that you are giving these students opportunities to develop their strengths and interests in class. Then, find out what enrichment/extension programs are available in your school to meet students' needs in these areas and recommend that your students join these programs. If there are no programs, bring it up in a staff meeting and see if anyone has any ideas. | <urn:uuid:7db40c99-56e3-4dc7-9340-3221e4a163b8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.teachingchallenges.com/2009/09/tech-tips-tuesday_22.html | 2013-05-22T07:55:43Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701508530/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105148-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977027 | 426 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
New Delhi, April 11: A fortnight before 669 Bru (Reang) refugees are to repatriate from Tripura to Mizoram on April 26, the Centre is keeping its ear to the ground to get a sense of the political climate.
The bone of contention is Mizo NGOs’ proposal to have 1995 as the cut-off year.
Political parties and NGOs like the Young Mizo Association (YMA) are insisting that only those refugees whose names appear in the 1995 electoral rolls should be allowed to return.
“There will be no violence and we will welcome those refugees whose names are there in the 1995 rolls and their children,” former YMA president Lalchununga said over phone from Aizawl.
“They are not our enemies after all, but the Union home ministry should agree to this cut-off date,” he added.
Union home minister P. Chidambaram personally visited re-settled villages Tuipuibari and Damdiai in Mamit district of western Mizoram last Thursday.
These 800 families arrived in Mizoram between November 2010 and May 2011 from refugee camps in North Tripura where they lived since their eviction from Mizoram in 1997.
But agreeing on the cut-off date of 1995 is difficult for the Reangs because 15 years ago, they charged the Mizoram government with removing over 20,000 Bru names from the state electoral rolls.
Chief minister Lalthanhawla now is on the same page as Tripura chief minister Manik Sarkar as both have done their bit in the rehabilitation process.
However, the government is keeping its fingers crossed, fearing tension in the peaceful state if ethnic violence erupts again.
A seemingly simple demand of an additional district collector headquarters by Reangs sparked a conflict in 1997. In October 1997, ethnic violence following the killing of a forest official in Mizoram had forced over 40,000 Reangs to seek refuge in six camps in North Tripura.
The government push has resulted in the second round of repatriation. Yet, over 3,000 families will still be in Tripura and their repatriation will continue, a source said.
The process was stalled last year as refugees refused to return without a written assurance from Mizoram government. Now, there is not only a commitment from Mizoram, Chidambaram himself has visited the resettled villagers in Mizoram.
The Centre is chipping in. It gives Rs 38,000 for building a house and Rs 40,000 cash assistance to the returning refugees. New Delhi will also give free ration for a year, though Reang leaders want it to be increased to two years.
“We have also ensured free transportation and the Mizoram government will provide security,” said a home ministry source, adding there were problems of power supply and drinking water for the families.
A YMA meeting was held in Aizawl today to discuss the repatriation and the likely repercussions it could have in the state, a source said.
In the same region, the rehabilitation of the Chakma refugees in Arunachal Pradesh also remains a problem. | <urn:uuid:538fcc62-da1c-4b49-9607-18c19c9409a0> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.telegraphindia.com/1120412/jsp/northeast/story_15362020.jsp | 2013-05-22T08:20:53Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701508530/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105148-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.965241 | 656 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Prita to file for judicial review upon court's annulment: Lawyer
Prita Mulyasari, the defendant in a widely publicized online defamation case raised against her by Omni International Hospital, will be filing for a judicial review to the Supreme Court in the matter. This followed the Banten High Court's decision to overrule her acquittal in the case.
"We will file a judicial review. We want to seek justice", commented OC Kaligis, one of Prita's lawyers, as quoted by kompas.com, on Tuesday.
Last week, Banten High Court ordered the Tangerang District court to reopen the case on the grounds that its verdict failed to examine and explicate the substantive material of the case.
Prita, a mother of two, was charged with defamation by Omni Hospital after she emailed her friends with complaints and criticisms of the subpar treatment she received while a patient there.
Prosecutors arrested her in May after the hospital found that her email had circulated across various mailing lists. (dre) | <urn:uuid:454cc22c-8c7d-4a4c-998a-c7513c1c4292> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/08/04/prita-file-judicial-review-upon-court039s-annulment-lawyer.html | 2013-05-22T07:56:12Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368701508530/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516105148-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.968806 | 220 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Oz pair in blow-up sex doll whitewater ride
'Not recognised flotation devices', police warn
Police Down Under are less than impressed with a couple of jokers who decided it would be a wizard wheeze to ride inflatable sex dolls down a swollen Yarra River, prompting emergency service intervention to haul them from the torrent.
The male and female joyriders, both 19, mounted their blow-up transportation in the Melbourne suburb of Warrandyte North yesterday, The Age explains.
The woman's rubbery companion quickly gave her the slip, and she "clung to a floating tree, calling for help while the man stayed with her".
Mercifully, a kayaker was on hand to provide the pair with lifejackets, while a passerby called in the professionals. Cops and State Emergency Service operatives "hauled the water-logged thrill-seekers to safety".
Unsurprisingly, "with Queensland in the grip of a deadly emergency and 50 rescues from flood waters around Victoria in the past week", police were a bit ticked off at such reckless behaviour.
Senior Constable Wayne Wilson said: "We've got people busy with rescues and to have to divert resources to that sort of thing is not ideal.
"Most rescue organisations would frown on people behaving in such a manner because there are people out there who are in genuine need of assistance."
To stress that while inflatable sex dolls have their uses, navigating Oz waterways isn't one of them, the powers that be warned latex ladies are "not recognised flotation devices". ®
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013
Tuesday Giveaway: Bartinki
We here at The Short and the Sweet of It love a gorgeous accessory (especially cute clutches), which is why we nearly fell over when we saw the stunning leather bags at the sweet Etsy shop, Bartinki. What a perfect little pouch for a night out on the town! Just slip in your credit card, some red lipstick and your iPhone and you're ready to wow your girlfriends with the loveliest touch to your outfit. We especially love that all of products featured reclaimed materials, which are then crafted into the most stunning items.
Today, Martina, the owner and creative genius at Bartinki is offering one lucky ready the above clutch to add to her wardrobe. Don't you love the fringe?! In order to win it please visit Bartinki and tell us your favorite item (she also has pretty leggings, skirts, tops and other accessories) in a comment below.
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Join the movement! Pledge an Act of Green to commemorate Earth Day 2013!
A BILLION ACTS OF GREEN
An international movement of the Earth Day Network to protect the planet and secure a sustainable future
What commitment will you make to help protect the earth?
Submit your Act of Green at http://act.earthday.org/index.html
Please do your part at TU to keep our planet healthy. When you eat at the Hawk’s Nest, PLEASE ask for the reusable green baskets and NOT the take-out Styrofoam boxes. Eat your food there and then the basket is cleaned and used again. If you do not finish your food, then ask for a small, take away box. However, I have seen too many students asking for take away boxes and then eating their food in the cafeteria. Take the time to be green. The Earth appreciates it. You will feel good about it, too.
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The Bureau of Labor Statistics came out with its recent report of the U.S CPI for January 2013. Based on the latest report, the consumer price index remained flat for the second consecutive month; in annual terms the US CPI increased by 1.6%. The consumer price index sans food and energy rose by 0.3% during January and by 1.9% in the last twelve months.
The prime reason for the stagnation in the U.S. consumer price index was related to the stagnation in the food prices: the food index remained unchanged; on the other hand, the energy index declined by 1.7% (M-2-M) during January; in annual terms the energy index decreased by 1%; among the energy products, the gasoline led the fall with a 3% tumble during last month. During the past twelve months, the food index rose by 1.6%.
The core U.S inflation (CPI sans energy and food) increased by 0.3% during January and by 1.9% during the past 12 months. These figures coincided with the recent U.S PPI report, in which the core PPI increased by 0.2% during last month.
In the previous monthly report for December 2012 CPI also remained unchanged and the core CPI inched up by 0.1% (M-2-M).
The chart below presents the percent shifts (M-O-M) of the U.S. CPI during the past couple of years (up to date).
Since the core CPI continues to rise, it could mean the U.S economy is still slowly progressing. This news doesn’t seem to have much of an effect on the path of the U.S dollar against other currencies or commodities rates.
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In 2009, Northwestern had yet again—for the 26th year in a row—been named America’s Most Admired insurance company by Fortune magazine. Ranked No. 118 on 2009’s Fortune 500, it has $155 billion in assets and a long, storied history. (When 13 of its clients died in the sinking of the Titanic, Northwestern dished out a total of $500,000 for the policies—more than any other insurer.) Even today, Northwestern pays out more in total individual life insurance dividends than any other company in its industry.
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Poverty and health
Approximately 1.2 billion people in the world live in extreme poverty (less than one dollar per day). Poverty creates ill-health because it forces people to live in environments that make them sick, without decent shelter, clean water or adequate sanitation.
WHO supports countries to design and implement 'pro-poor' health policies, that is, health policies which prioritize and respond to the needs of poor people. This work includes global advocacy, regional initiatives and direct support to ministries of health in developing countries.
At global level, this experience is synthesized to form recommendations on best practice. Health and poverty issues differ markedly from country to country contexts, with countries emerging from and affected by conflicts presenting a particular challenge.
WHO ensures that the health perspective is reflected in poverty reduction strategies, medium term expenditure frameworks, and helps to develop sector-wide approaches.
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“How to express the whole of Rei Kawakubo’s vision?” asks Marsha Miro, founding director of Detroit’s Museum of Contemporary Art, in her introduction to this collection on the formidable designer. Published as a complement to MOCAD’s 2008 exhibit of Kawakubo’s work, ReFUSING Fashion includes reflections on her immense contribution to the fashion industry, as well as edicts on the idea of “fashionable.”
So, how does one express the vision of Kawakubo, the woman behind the elusive, innovative, and occasionally—okay, often—mind-boggling Comme des Garçons label? To express it is to, at least to some extent, understand it, and understanding doesn’t come easy, least of all to me. I opened this book with limited exposure to Kawakubo’s work. After finishing ReFUSING, I still consider her one of the most esoteric designers today. Her conceptual, avant-garde pieces deconstruct and destroy the conventional standards of beauty and fashion, giving the most qualified of editors an intellectual workout and leaving fashion philistines utterly confounded. Miro continues, “She has re-formed and re-thought [fashion] from the widest of perspectives, combining ideas from the fashion and cultural histories of Asia, Africa, and the West in assembled garments, or by tearing things apart to transform inherited ideas and make something very new.”
Throughout are photos from selected CDG fashion shows and, at the back, a chronology of Kawakubo’s life and work. It is the essays, though, that comprise the bulk of it. Written by the MET’s Costume Institute curator Harold Koda, architect Sylvia Lavin, New Yorker contributor Judith Thurman, and art historian Michael Stone-Richards, the essays attempt to delve into the consciousness of the notoriously guarded designer. They discuss her work, the history of CDG, and the ways in which she posits “alternatives to received notions of good taste, conventional ideas of beauty and the defining characteristics of the status quo.” I say “attempt” because, aside from the fact that Kawakubo is intensely private about her process, the clothing themselves are challenging, down to every fold, drape, and seam.
By creating garments that are ripped, crooked, ill-fitting, wrinkled, and stained, Kawakubo bucks trends and confronts the tenets of the fashion industry. Inside-out sweaters, broken zippers, coats that look like skirts, pants with loose threads or extra legs, jackets with the collars torn off—all of this and more is sent down the runway. Pictures of her “Lumps and Bumps” SS ’97 collection are particularly head-scratching, but a great example of her aesthetic and practice. Through these dresses (with their built-in pads that deform and inflate the stomach, hips, and shoulders—parts of the body that most women spend their lives trying to form and deflate) Kawakubo challenges how we think about dress and asks us to consider an alternative.
I am now a Kawakubo convert. While I may not be rushing out to buy three-legged pants anytime soon (I also don’t have $2,000), what I love about her clothing is that it gets you thinking about the concepts she puts forth and the questions she raises. Though it’s certainly no light read, ReFUSING Fashion is a critical look at Kawakubo’s significance (for which she was recently honoured with the CFDA International Designer Award) and a thoughtful, penetrative analysis of a designer that consistently eludes analysis (she didn’t even show up to accept it). While the book may not express the entirety of her vision—it’s likely nothing ever will—it does come very close.
further reading // ReFUSING Fashion: Rei Kawakubo by Marsha Miro, Harold Koda, Sylvia Lavin, Judith Thurman, Michael Stone-Richards // Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit // 2008
report // Lindsay Tapscott
images // Allison Staton
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“One guy told me it smells like a red deer in rut,” chuckles Bob Townsend, his hands planted on the bar as his towering frame leans forward to gauge his customer’s reaction to the dram of single-malt Scotch whisky he’s just poured.
“Reminds me of a caterpillar soaked in ethyl alcohol,” answers John Mionczynski irreverently, as he sniffs the golden liquid in his glass.
“I wouldn’t know. I’ve never tried that,” Bob answers.
Mionczynski sips and nods. Satisfied, Bob leans back and scans the small bar to see who might be holding up the next wooden nickel, ready for another taste.
Words of compliment float up from each sipped glass: “Spectacular.” “Complex.” “Full throttle.”
And the names of the Scotches drift around the room: Bunnahabhain, Cragganmore, Dalwhinnie, Glenmorangie.
It’s the monthly Second Saturday Scotch Sipping at Six at the Two-Bit Cowboy Saloon in the Miner’s Delight Inn Bed and Breakfast, Atlantic City, Wyo. Nowhere else in Wyoming — or perhaps even in the U.S. — will you find such a collection of Scotches in such an unlikely venue. As he has on the second Saturday of every month since July 2008, Bob’s selected three expressions to feature from among the carefully curated collection of 77 neatly lined up before mirrors on the back bar. The tasting is a treat for both the experienced Scotch drinker who’s looking for rarities and someone to discuss them with, as well as for the first-time taster who wants to learn to appreciate the drink. But as much as it focuses on this highly regarded beverage, the evening is also about meeting strangers and interacting with the assortment of folks who come from all over Wyoming and the West to taste. “There isn’t a stereotypical tasting,” says Bob, who never knows whether one or twenty people will show up.
“Our dress code is clean blue jeans,” adds Barbara Townsend, Bob’s “Sweetie.” The congenial, laid-back atmosphere distinguishes this from more formal, classroom style tastings. She’s arranged palate cleansers — homemade sourdough baguettes and miniature chocolate chip cookies — on trays in the dining room, and she greets guests at the door, stokes the fire in the fireplace and pours tastes at the bar.
The local snowplow driver and his wife, who works for the historical society, share the rocking love seat near the fire. Three visitors from Thermopolis perch on barstools, jotting notes after each whiff or sip. One taster, recently home from a deployment to Afghanistan with the Colorado National Guard, has driven five hours to treat herself to this relaxing evening.
“It’s like the whole world slows down,” says Barbara.
The featured malts of the evening are a floral Glen Moray from Speyside, followed by lightly smoky Kilchoman winter 2010 release from Islay, and then the pungent Ian MacLeod Smokehead. The fourth taste requires rolling a die and choosing a Scotch from within the region of Scotland corresponding to the number rolled. Bob presents a laminated map showing the distilleries. Finally comes the real fun: connoisseur’s choice. Bob asks a few questions about preferences, purses his lips behind his white handlebar moustache, turns and plucks a bottle from the shelf.
The Path to Atlantic City
Barbara, petite with sparkling eyes and a tidy haircut, grew up in Kansas and served in electronic maintenance and as a first sergeant for the U.S. Air Force. Bob, raised in Riverton, Wyo., entered the Air Force as an air traffic controller. They met one another at Kunsan Air Base, South Korea, but several years passed before they started communicating back in the U.S. They were married in 1997, and after serving an impressive 52 cumulative years of service, both retired in 2000 and moved to Laramie to get their bachelors degrees from the University of Wyoming.
On a trip to Riverton to visit high school friends, Bob took Barbara to see historic Atlantic City. A for-sale-by-owner sign was tacked to the buck-and-rail fence in front of the Miner’s Delight. They’d never planned to run a bed and breakfast, but were enchanted by the town’s dirt streets and history, so agreed to give it a shot. Shortly after graduating in December of 2005, they bought the building, moved in and started making renovations to restore some of the historic quality to the rooms.
The inn was built in 1904 by the Carpenter family, who’d come west in a covered wagon. A daughter, Ellen, hosted guests and served meals there until 1961. Bob remembers coming to Sunday brunch at the Carpenter Hotel as a kid with his grandmother. In 1963 a couple from New York purchased the building, renamed it the Miner’s Delight, and opened a gourmet restaurant that served meals for 35 years. Barbara and Bob, the fourth owners, elected to keep the name Miner’s Delight, but not the 60s décor. They’ve exposed original handmade bricks and log walls in the kitchen and maintained the old wood stove and rough plank dining room table while fixing up guest rooms with local art, antique furniture, and quilts made in Lander.
Bob, who’s “always” been a Scotch drinker and started enjoying single-malt Scotches in the 80s, got the idea to host a tasting after a Scottish geologist stayed with them for eight days in 2007. Each evening, the geologist came to the saloon for a couple of “wee drams.” At the end of his stay, he gave Bob a list of recommended Scotches. Bob ordered each one. The first tasting was such a success — 24 people bought tickets and everyone “had a blast” — that he and Barbara decided to make it a regular event.
Whiskies with Stories
Heads turn as nine young men in shaggy haircuts and plaid, button-up shirts stroll through the door. Barbara collects $20 and hands out five wooden nickels to each of them. Employees of the National Outdoor Leadership School, they’re here from Lander to celebrate a buddy’s 32nd birthday. Another couple is celebrating their 19th wedding anniversary.
In one corner of the saloon stands an unassuming piano. Most likely built in the 1880s, this instrument was rescued from women’s suffragist Esther Hobart Morris’s cabin in nearby South Pass City in the 1960s. Barbara, Bob and Mionczynski transported the instrument — now on loan to the Miner’s Delight from the Atlantic City Historical Society — to Atlantic City from Laramie, where it was without a home.
Mionczynski’s fingers skitter over the keys and the notes of a lively ragtime tune mingle with the conversation. Gloria and Clemeth Skiles, who will drive nearly two hours home to Rock Springs later tonight, sit in easy chairs near the piano and make requests. Mionczynski has been known to play until keys fly off the piano, and Barbara keeps track of them so they can be glued back on.
Talk at the bar ranges from how much money the best calf-roping horses are winning at the National Finals Rodeo to tales of NOLS students canoeing whitewater rivers in the Arctic. In a break between songs, Barbara jangles the triangle that hangs behind the bar and holds up a basket. Inside are slips of paper with the first name of each guest. One of the men from Lander reaches in, selects a strip, unfolds it, and reads aloud, “Scott… That’s me!” He’s won a Laphroaig keychain, one of tonight’s many door prizes.
“People like whiskies with a story,” Bob says. Nearly half at the Two-Bit are limited editions or hard to come by. Take the Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky, the only blended Scotch at the bar, a limited edition replica of the drink chipped out of the ice below Ernest Shackleton’s Antarctic hut in 2010. Or the Sherry Cask 1996 from the Arran distillery. Only 165 bottles were made, and Bob got 12 of them. Acquiring such rare Scotches requires negotiating with importers who control the number of bottles that come to the U.S. and to which states they go.
Bob started with just a few Scotches on the back bar and told Barbara he’d never have more than 30. When he got to 30, he said he’d never have more than 40. “I’ve reconfigured the shelves to accommodate the bottles,” he says. “I will not reconfigure again. We won’t grow beyond 77, but we rotate. Once we sell out of a limited edition, there is no way to replace it, so we always keep it fresh. There’s always something new on the bar.”
He and Barbara anticipate serving locally made Wyoming Whiskey at the Two-Bit at some future date; the distiller has told them, “It’ll be good and ready when it’s good and ready.” In the meantime, they are planning a trip to the Victoria Whisky Festival in British Columbia this January, by special invitation of the festival president who appreciated the uniqueness of their monthly tasting when he heard about it online. There, they’ll meet distillers and attend classes and tastings.
“This is the best thing that’s happened to Atlantic City,” gushes a local, one of the twenty-odd year-round residents in the remote town. The word whisky comes from the Gaelic usequebaugh, which means “water of life,” and maybe the Scotch tastings are just what is needed to bring new life to this quiet spot on the map.
(Banner photo by Brad Christensen/WyoFile)
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Redskins Park, headquarters and the practice facility for the NFL's Washington Redskins, is located along Loudoun County Parkway. Each season, the team opens its training camp to the public for a few days so fans can assess players and maybe even get an autograph. The Redskins have become an integral part of the Ashburn community and the park has become a popular destination for residents. Games are played at FexEx Field in Landover, Md.
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Such a delay would give officials more time to review a proposal submitted late Wednesday by the county's creditors to settle the long-running sewer debt crisis. That proposal was a response to a settlement plan that the county submitted to creditors two weeks ago.
"It is my understanding the governor wants us to consider a request to delay the meeting to give us more time and give the state more time to respond to the counterproposal," Commissioner George Bowman said.
Most commissioners said they still haven't seen the numbers being proposed by the creditors. The key questions in the negotiations are how much of the county's debt the creditors will write off and how much the rates paid by county sewer customers will increase.
"Waiting for more time to make a good decision should not be a problem," Bowman said. "We should not rush to judgment."
He said the creditors' decision to respond to the county's plan with a counterproposal "shows some movement. Hopefully it means we can come up with a settlement."
It is unclear where the other commissioners stand on the request to delay today's scheduled decision. The commission is scheduled to meet at 1 p.m. to consider whether to file a bankruptcy petition when a 30-day standstill period ends Friday at midnight.
The decision whether to file what would be the largest government bankruptcy in U.S. history has been hanging over Jefferson County for three years.
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With a stay at Cochin Heritage Hotel in Cochin (Ernakulam), you'll be close to Hill Palace.
This hotel is within the vicinity of Mattancherry Synagogue and Spice Market.
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Another mistrial has been called in the case of a man charged with incest and sexually assaulting his daughter.
The jury was sequestered Thursday afternoon. Hours later, at 9 p.m., the lawyer for the accused, Charles Davison, says the jury announced that they were unable to come to a unanimous decision.
The jury said trying again on Friday would be of no use.
This is the second mistrial for the 46-year-old accused. He cannot be named to protect the identity of the alleged victim.
It was in November 2011 that he first stood trial on the charges of sexually assaulting his daughter.
At that trial, the judge received a note from a juror who believed that the accused pointed his finger in the shape of a gun in the direction of the jury and moved his thumb, as if pulling a trigger.
A mistrial was declared.
This week in court, the man denied ever having sexual contact with his daughter.
On Wednesday, the accused took the stand in his own defence. He admitted to crack cocaine and alcohol addictions but said he never did it in front of his kids.
He also denied his daughter’s statement that he gave her alcohol and drugs.
The now 18-year-old told the court Tuesday that her father sexually assaulted her on four separate occasions.
She said her father forced her to have sex after they travelled on a boat together.
The 46-year-old man testified Wednesday that he doesn't own a boat, and was never on a boat with his daughter.
The daughter said another incident took place in her aunt's van, where she said her father touched her between her legs.
The aunt testified that that didn't happen. She said she never drove her brother — the accused — or his kids and she doesn't own a van.
Lawyers then wrapped up their final arguments in the trial.
The defence lawyer admitted that the accused has his faults but said the assaults simply never happened. He said there was no evidence to support the daughter's claims.
The Crown questioned why the daughter would make up four separate allegations. She also pointed to the accused's criminal record — including a sexual assault conviction in 2000 — as well as the daughter's unwavering, emotional testimony.
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New York -- As plus-size apparel retailer Avenue Stores emerges from bankruptcy under new ownership, it will do so with a much streamlined store presence.
Paul Halpern, chief investment officer of Versa Capital Management, which bought the chain out of Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February for $32 million, said the current store count of 415 to 420 will be reduced to about 300 to assure profitability.
According to a Tuesday report in the Wall Street Journal, Halpern said that a portion of the store closings were completed at the deal’s close, and the balance of the closings are underway.
Under prior ownership by United Retail Group, Avenue put itself up for sale in February. New owner Versa is working to right the ship; in addition to cutting stores it is completing a management transition led by CEO Elizabeth Williams – former president of Fashion Bug -- and a retooling of information and cash management systems. Jim Smith has been named the retailer’s new CFO.
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I have been tangled in the web of words for a very long time. I remember being a child and riding my bike to the local library, only needing help getting home because I had checked out so many books.~~
My love of the written word has grown over the years. I recently left my dream job at Barnes & Noble to marry the man of my dreams. I am writing this blog to share with you the books I have read throughout the years. Please feel free to comment and discuss.
So here we have the second installment in the "Life as We Knew It" series. Instead of picking up with Miranda, we meet Alex Morales and his family in New York City. We meet Alex right as the moon and the asteroid collide and we follow them after the "crash".
Alex is a high school junior on scholarship at a prestigious Catholic High School. His Puerto Rican family are very devout and very traditional in every sense of the word. His mother is on the Subway on her way to work when the tidal waves flood the subway and his father is back in Puerto Rico for his Grandmother's funeral. With his older brother, Carlos, in the Marines, Alex is left to be the "man of the house" and care for his younger sisters, Julie and Bri. A lot of responsibility for a teenage boy.
We follow Alex, Bri, & Julie for the next year as they struggle to survive and the things that they have to do in order to survive. From sending Bri off to live with the Nuns to "body shopping" the deceased for trade-able items, Alex will do whatever it takes to keep his family alive. We watch Alex struggle to keep them fed and struggle with his faith in the God that would cause such death and destruction. What will become of the three siblings as their world further disintegrates into chaos?
The Dead & The Gone is a lot different from Life As We Knew It.Alex's situation seemed more dire to me than Miranda's for many reasons. The lack of adult supervision and planning being the main reason. In the first book I got a strong anti-religion vibe from the characters, specifically Miranda. Yet the strong faith of the Morales family is a major part of this book. It is their faith that carries them through, specifically Bri. Alex and Julie both struggle with their faith as the book go on, but ultimately they let their faith carry them through the hard times in an admirable way.
The Dead & The Gone is also a bit more - um - graphic. The body-shopping is a bit tough to read, as are other things that take place later in the book. I would say that this is NOT one that I would let my 12 year old read, without some serious prepping. I would let her know about some of the subject matter and maybe let her choose, but I could see where it would be tough for some kids to read.
Bottom line, for the second book in a series, it was pretty good. Almost a stand alone novel because the only thing in common with the first book is the asteroid colliding with the moon. I enjoyed the NYC aspect of the story, because I always wondered about the "What ifs..." for apartment dwellers. Needless to say I enjoyed it enough to read the third book in the installment. Check back tomorrow for my thoughts on that one. | <urn:uuid:bae1211c-1c37-4872-9bbf-aafddf1f3531> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://charlotteswebofbooks.blogspot.com/2012/04/52the-dead-gone-by-susan-beth-pfeffer.html | 2013-05-24T16:44:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98173 | 688 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
In the Place of Justice
Throughout history, prisoners have chronicled their experience behind bars, striving to illuminate society’s darkest
and most forgotten places through their own tales of struggle and suffering. But none has approached the task with the
courage, compassion and literary grace of Wilbert Rideau. Many inmates, confronted by the injustices that Rideau was
forced to endure over 44 years in the Louisiana State Penitentiary, would have simply railed against “the system” or
lashed out against their captors. Rideau, by contrast, sets out on a dangerous and deeply moving journey of transformation,
determined to atone for his crime in the only way that matters: by leading a life committed to both personal redemption
and institutional reform.
A ninth-grade dropout who kills a woman during a botched bank holdup, Rideau uses his years in solitary confinement on
death row to confront his own crime and educate himself about the broader world that has banished him. Then, as editor
of The Angolite, he uses his newfound knowledge on behalf of others, forging what would become not only the best
prison newspaper in America, but a model for journalists everywhere. Rather than succumbing to bitterness and hatred –
or slavishly siding with prison officials to better his own chances for release – Rideau turns the paper into a crusading
voice for fairness and justice. He takes readers deep inside the American penal system, repeatedly exposing its brutality,
racial bias and corruption through honest and determined reporting. At the same time, he uses the tale of his own case –
one fraught with the racial politics of the Deep South – to lay bare the separate and unequal legal system that has
outlasted Jim Crow.
For his reporting alone, Rideau has made a critical and lasting contribution to our understanding of a prison system that
long ago gave up on the notion of rehabilitation. But his memoir goes far beyond the limitations of journalism. He brings
to his story a deep devotion to the power of literature, drawing on traditions as diverse as St. Augustine and Frederick
Douglass to craft a dramatic and moving tale that is both deeply felt and richly observed. In refusing to be cast as a
cold-blooded murderer, Rideau never presents himself as a saint – only as a man who, with all his flaws, manages to come
through the trials of life, including those he has inflicted on himself and others, and achieve something beyond his
personal freedom, something rare and wondrous: true salvation.
A heaviness settled on me, as it has before and will again – a sense of death. My chest feels tight; I feel
cramped and smothered. I literally ache from despair. Long ago, a cruel world that regarded by ambitions as
insolence and my claim to equality as blasphemy ignited in me fires of frustration fueled by ignorance. I stand
in the ominous silence of this steel tomb and contemplate the utter destruction of life that followed – my
victim’s, my family’s, my own. I agonize for what has been lost, what could have been. From this wreckage, I
will save something yet, though I cannot see how. I look at the books on my bunk. I know they are the keys to
keeping my sanity, and they are also my salvation. If I die here, I am not going to die an ignorant man. I am
going to learn something about the world and taste something of life before I leave it, if only through books.
And if I somehow survive this experience, I am going to need all the education I can milk from these books.
-Eric Bates, 2011 finalist judge
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I fell in love with the band Gloriana a few months ago when I heard their first single Wild At Heart and now there song The Way It Goes has a video.
They are more country pop than real country. Great harmonies and really good voices too.
Take a look at the new video. BTW the blonde in the band is Cheyenne Kimball who had a show on Mtv a few years back. She's much better at country than she is at Rock N' Roll. Go figure.
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[html4all] the alt attribute debate
faulkner.steve at gmail.com
Tue Sep 25 08:35:24 PDT 2007
>Those who add a bogus alt for validation are a subset of people who
>include a bogus alt.
and what size is this subset (who knows) why not develop a validator that
looks for and fails the page if it has bogus alt? using heauristics, that
shouldn't be so hard should it? I would say that it is easy to catch bogus
stuff at the producer than the consumer end.
On 25/09/2007, Henri Sivonen <hsivonen at iki.fi> wrote:
> On Sep 25, 2007, at 18:14, Steven Faulkner wrote:
> > can you speculate as to why if there care so much about the spec
> > and validation to add an alt text why do they not bother to fix up
> > the many other errors that appear in their code?
> Those who add a bogus alt for validation are a subset of people who
> include a bogus alt.
> But as far as deciding what's valid in HTML5, that's the subset that
> we should consider. Those who don't care about validation won't be
> affected either way.
> Henri Sivonen
> hsivonen at iki.fi
Technical Director - TPG Europe
Director - Web Accessibility Tools Consortium
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Due to a greater response to this conference than we anticipated, the host hotel (the Marriott) is sold out. We have therefore reserved a block of rooms at the Hilton Marco Island Beach Resort, which is about half a mile to the south of the Marriott. It is an easy walk on a sidewalk with no intervening streets to cross.
The rate we negotiated with the Hilton is $149 per night, so long as reservations are made by June 4 (extended from May 27). Please note that this is a non-refundable rate, and that you will be required to pay for your entire stay at the time you make your reservation. The conference rate will be available only until June 4 or until the Hilton is sold out.
You can book rooms at the Hilton either by telephone (1-800-HILTONS or 239-394-5000), or online at www.hilton.com. In either case, please refer to the group code “LWI” in order to get the conference rate.
Original Hotel Info (SOLD OUT)
LWI has reserved a block of rooms at the Marco Island Marriott Beach Resort. The rate for the conference is $159 (exclusive of applicable taxes). This rate is available three days prior and three days after your conference dates based upon availability. So if you want to combine your conference with some vacation time, and if rooms are available, you can book rooms at the group rate anytime from June 24 through July 3. Currently there are rooms available for all of those nights but this is, of course, subject to change.
If you book by telephone, be sure to use the group rate code LWRLWRA. Or, click on the link below to go directly to the online reservation system, where the group code is already inserted:
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Here are your Apple rumors and AAPL news items for Thursday:
Apple Confronted by Department of Justice: The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and five U.S. publishing houses are being directly threatened with antitrust litigation over allegations they colluded to raise the price of e-books. While Apple has declined to comment, the Justice Department is making explicit claims that Apple collaborated to raise the industry-wide price of e-books. In anticipation of the 2010 iPad debut, Apple allegedly met with its publishing partners, including News Corp. (NASDAQ:NWSA) and CBS (NYSE:CBS) subsidiaries, to change syndication methods to a format clearly advantageous to its own sale model. The most damning claims hinge on details that Apple shifted the e-book sale paradigm toward an “agency model” that was unfavorable to competitor Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) — and then coerced the Kindle designer into signing an agency contract.
New Apple TV On Sale March 16: While Apple unveiled a renovated iPad at yesterday’s conference, changes to its tablet weren’t the only revelations. As the Huffington Post reports, CEO Tim Cook revealed a rash of new details about Apple TV. The new Apple TV will feature 1,080p hi-def display and a redesigned icon-based interface. Apple’s venture into the streaming content market also will be further integrated with the iCloud — allowing access to movies in addition to TV shows and music. The new Apple TV will go on sale for $99 next Friday.
iPad Renovated for Video Games?: CNN reports there is mounting speculation that the iPad might be gearing up to run CPU-demanding video games. Anticipation that the new iPad would feature a display overhaul were confirmed yesterday when Tim Cook revealed the updated tablet as a “graphics powerhouse.” However, graphics overhaul and performance speed augmentation may have a greater goal — turning Apple’s tablet into a gaming device able to host much more serious titles than simpler programs like Rovio’s Angry Birds.
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Kuala Lumpur: A Malaysian court has ordered a senior ethnic Indian journalist to pay about 86 lakh rupees in damages to a businessman for defaming him on Twitter. This is believed to be the first such case in the country, where damages were awarded for defamatory tweets.
Judge Amelia Tee Hong Geok ordered R Nadeswaran, popularly known as "Citizen Nades", to pay Mohamad Salim Fateh Din RM 300,000 in general damages and RM 200,000 in aggravated damages.
The court granted a total of RM 500,000 (about 86 Lakh rupees) in damages to Salim. The judge also granted an injunction to stop Nadeswaran from repeating the defamatory tweets.
She said that since there was no defence filed, there was no dispute that defamatory statements were made which damaged Salim's reputation.
The judge also noted that the defendant's column had a large following and that his Twitter account, with more than 4,000 followers and any number of casual drop-ins, would naturally attract heavy traffic.
She ruled that the defendant should have exercised greater care over his tweets knowing that they could and would be seen by many.
Salim, who heads property development firm Gapurna Group of Companies, filed his RM 17 million suit in January last year, alleging that Nadeswaran had defamed him in a tweet on July 2010, implying that he concealed his heritage.
The plaintiff, in his claim, alleged that another defamatory tweet was posted in December 2010, where Nadeswaran had allegedly implied that he was a land thief and that he was involved in illegal land deals. Nadeswaran's counsel said he will appeal the ruling. | <urn:uuid:75079ad7-4f91-4147-b008-8c922b82efab> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://m.ibnlive.com/news/malaysian-journalist-fined-rs-86-lakh-over-tweets/252825-2.html | 2013-05-24T16:24:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.988834 | 356 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Loulouthi Giveaway Winner!
I've decided from now on I'll be announcing any giveaway winner in a little post just like this. So, lets get to it!
Mr. Random says the winner of the voile and flannel fabrics from Modern Fabric Studio is # 28 -- BeeSewSweet, who said...Lovely scarves! Thanks for the tutorial and the giveaway. :)
Congratulations!!! I will be in touch shortly!
p.s. I'll be back a little later with my handmade post for the day and I'll be having a new giveaway sponsored by Skye Reve Fabrics this weekend! Be sure to stop back!! | <urn:uuid:e631a58e-731f-4f0b-82fe-71358797130a> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://maureencracknellhandmade.blogspot.com/2012/02/loulouthi-giveaway-winner.html?showComment=1328621994474 | 2013-05-24T16:30:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.950768 | 142 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Gloria M. Petersen, Ph.D., Consultant and Professor of Epidemiology, holds the Purvis and Roberta Tabor Professorship. Dr. Petersen is an American Board of Medical Genetics certified Ph.D. Geneticist and a Founding Fellow of the American College of Medical Genetics. Her research grant (R01 CA97075) for a Pancreatic Cancer Genetic Epidemiology (PACGENE) Consortium has a gene discovery goal. It is multicenter, encompassing six sites in the United States and Canada. She is a key leadership team member of the Pancreatic Cancer Case-Control Consortium (PANC4), and serves on the Scientific Advisory Panel for the Pancreatic Cancer Action Network (PanCAN). She is also Principal Investigator of the Mayo Clinic SPORE in Pancreatic Cancer (CA102701). Her team has developed the largest, state-of-the-art patient and tissue registry in pancreatic cancer. Over 2,300 patients are enrolled, of which over 1,450 have histologically proven primary pancreatic adenocarcinoma, the most common and deadliest form of pancreatic cancer. This registry has facilitated numerous research projects that have heretofore not been possible (because patients are rapidly ascertained and their data and biospecimens are integrated for study).
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We're excited to announce that RFSL is sponsoring the stage at The Armory for the Arts at this year's Make Music Pasadena festival, which includes inviting some of our favorite local bands to come out and rock the stage. We're also sponsoring a photo exhibition on the current music scene, which coincides with the festival on Saturday, June 1. We're reaching out to music photographers to submit their work for the show: Here are the deets:
Ain't a Scene 2013," a showcase of photographs depicting the vibrant
indie music community of Los Angeles, features a curated collection of
images from live shows at performances at music festivals and venues
such as The Echo, Pehrspace, The Silverlake Lounge, and The Satellite;
band portraits, album covers, and intimate, behind-the-scenes photos
taken with the subject unaware on the tour van, in the dressing room,
during rehearsal, by photographers who are as much music devotees as
they are shutterbugs.
Sponsored by The Armory Center for the Arts and Radio Free Silver Lake This Ain't a Scene 2013 lends the spotlight on the local music scene, and on the bands and the photographers who have immersed themselves for their love of music. In conjunction with the exhibit there will be related programming throughout the month of June such as workshops, panels, screenings, and a special live performance on Saturday, June 1, 2013 for the Make Music Pasadena Festival featuring local performers.
A continuation of a show by the same name that originally ran at 1650 Gallery (past exhibition may be viewed here) in the spring 2012, This Ain't a Scene 2013 will focus on music photography from the past few years. It will run from Saturday, June 1-Sunday, June 30, 2013, and will feature approximately 40 works.
How to Submit
In the email, please also include your basic contact information, and if you would like to request use of the frames available from the Armory's inventory (more info in the attached FAQ).
Images must be:
- 300 dpi
- jpg (no tiff, eps, PSD, gif)
- Please include metadata for each image
- Please save as the highest-quality setting (12)
Name your files with the title of the work, and your initials.
Please include the following metadata in each file:
- Your name as you would like it to appear in the exhibit and in publicity materials
- Title of the work
- Additional caption information such as name of band, band members, venue, year, location, and album
Submission Deadline: Friday, April 12, 2013
Works will be chosen and photographers notified by Friday, April 26th.
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Author Spotlight: William D. Rezak
William D. Rezak was president of Alfred State College from 1993 until his retirement in 2003. He was also formerly the dean of the School of Technology at Southern Polytechnic State University in Marietta, Georgia. Before his tenure in higher education, Rezak was a mechanical engineer and spent eighteen years in the design and construction of power plants. He has now channeled his attention to writing and his new title, The Arab and the Brit: The Last of the Welcome Immigrants, comes out this December.
Tell us about your upcoming book.
“For years when asked my nationality I responded that my father was Palestinian, my mother was British and that I am American. My father came to the US as a small child. My mother’s parents were destitute children in Victorian England and were sent to Canada separately alone into indentured servitude at the ages of 10 and 16. They met and married and moved to upstate New York. The stories of the adventures of my ancestors as they found their way to the New World are fascinating. With immigration such a controversial subject today, my family’s story may not be unique, but it is uniquely American.”
What was your favorite chapter to write?
“Writing about my paternal grandfather’s life in Palestine and the chain of events that led to his and my grandmother’s decision to flee from Ottoman rule to the US has always captivated me. My maternal grandparents’ challenges in servitude in Canada were no less harrowing. My maternal grandfather, after who I am named, came to the New World all alone at age 10 to live with strangers. His is a compelling experience, as well.”
Did you encounter any struggles along your writing process? If so, what were they?
“Writing about my family’s journey to America was the proverbial labor of love. As the reader will learn, it required extensive research about the Middle East, Victorian England, Canada and Syracuse.”
Is there a lesson that can be learned from your novel of trial and triumph?
“American policy (or lack thereof) today seems to lose sight of the fact that this country was built upon the labor and entrepreneurial spirit of foreigners who have always flocked to our shores of opportunity. Today we have become paranoid about the intent and attitudes of those who wish to be part of the American success story. People from all over the world wish to come to America to work hard and build wealth for their families. Without their contributions we would not have food on our tables or be able to construct our homes and buildings or care for our infrastructure. America needs to remember how immigrants have built our country as it gropes for answers to today’s immigration challenges.”
How would you describe your writing style?
“I am a minimalist writer. I enjoy presenting a compelling story succinctly and cogently with little flowery language. I want the reader to be captivated without being burdened. I want to learn things in my own reading without a lot of superfluous information. This informs my writing.”
Name one of your role models? How have they influenced your life?
“Winston Churchill is one of my heroes. He suffered great successes in his life of leadership after experiencing great failures. And yet, he kept striving for his goals and for positive outcomes. He was a source of inspiration to me during the roller coaster years of my college presidency.”
Are you planning to write another novel in the future?
“The Arab and the Brit ends in 1951 when I was a child. I intend to write about my own life, about my years as a college president and about the Arab-Israeli conflict.”
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As Vietnam moves towards urbanisation, the country's agricultural labour force faces losing its land to urban projects - and its way of life. The country's growing population is reducing the availability of farming land and rural families, no longer able to sustain themselves from the land, are turning to the creation of various products. These 'craft' villages have become the meeting place between rural and urban, agriculture and industry. During the last decade, along with rapid national economic development many craft villages have increased production up to five fold through small-scale industrial development. However, the consequence of this shift is increased waste and environmental pollution with the resources of the landscape becoming overused. Tessa Bunney spent two six month periods in Vietnam and visited many of these villages. The traditional village house is typically single storey and consists of three rooms. The large central room is a multi-purpose living, sleeping and working area and it is in this room where many of Tessa's images are taken, the mix of work and everyday objects fascinating her visually. Interspersed with images from daily life in the rice fields and in the villages, these photographs depict 'working from home' in an unromanticized sense, where their subjects, mostly women, balance childcare with the routine work necessary for survival. | <urn:uuid:12047b22-c489-4766-af44-c2482b9c8431> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.amazon.co.uk/Home-Work-Domestic-Suburbs-Villages/dp/1904587909 | 2013-05-24T16:27:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.963928 | 258 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
It has been two years since I have written about Adelaide so there is a need to update information for the visiting tourist, in particular the budget traveller.
Although the CBD is prolific with backpacker hotels (more than 20) a new one has appeared that excels all, notably the Blue Galah located upstairs at 62 King William St., and what could be more central than that! It has 130 beds and costs, dorms $22/night, singles $50 and twin share $25 to $33 per person per night. Here you can have a beer or vino on the balcony overlooking busy King William Street. Also the SA Youth Hostel offers a range of accommodation in new premises at 135 Waymouth St adjacent to Light Square. I always use their travel agency which provides excellent service.
For easy movement around the city make use of the free buses. The Bee Line buses shuttle between the Central Railway Station and Victoria Square, from where you can catch an antique tram to the seaside resort of Glenelg. Also there are the City Loop buses that have a more extensive route traversing North Terrace, go briefly on East and West Terraces, and south as far as the Central Market and Victoria Square. These buses have about a 20 minute schedule and are a distinctive jazzy yellow colour.
There is now a free minibus service on an hourly schedule that takes in North Adelaide Village, the Zoo, North Terrace, Lights Square, Central Market and Victoria Square. For all transport details consult the Adelaide Metro website.
Adelaide’s Old Pubs
Adelaide abounds in lovely old pubs, many being built over a 100 years ago when customers arrived in horse-drawn cabs and coaches. They are compact 2 or 3 storey establishments with ornate Victorian architecture, often retaining the original decor inside as well. Some were our first 4 and 5 star hotels but faded later when the modern, high-rise, Hilton-type hotels were built.
There are over 60 such pubs in the CBD. Typically at street level are two or more bar areas with tables for eating snacks and lunches, a main restaurant and a gaming room (pokies). Some places have the main restaurant upstairs and a smaller breakfast dining area for guests.
Accommodation is on the upper floors.
Space permitting, some have sidewalk tables and/or a secluded beer garden (al fresco) which are popular in summertime. Cash flow comes from liquor sales, pokies, meals and accommodation, probably in that order of importance.
My Favourite Pubs and Eateries
When visiting the CBD I am always attracted to a few old favourites. On King William Street in the two blocks north of Victoria Square are two beauties. The Criterion Hotel maintains its Victoriana facade but is modernised inside. It does a roaring trade with office workers and professional yuppies for lunches and dinners but is closed at the weekends. Early morning I like to stop here for a quiet cappuccino and toast and so plan my day.
Next block north is the wonderful Heritage-listed The Ambassadors Hotel built in 1841 as the City Arms Hotel. It has been remodelled once since then and renamed, successively the Lloyds Coffee House (1873), United Services Hotel (1881) and The Ambassadors Hotel in 1931.
The ground floor Marble Bar retains the original dark wood furniture and panelling and glitzy chandeliers. In wintertime there is welcoming open log fire with a stack of mallee roots nearby. Clientele is different too. Upstairs and extending onto a balcony overlooking King William Street is the main restaurant which I like to frequent prior to attending a function at the Town Hall nearby.
Monday to Friday the Marble Bar offers a daily special light lunch (e.g. steak and kidney with mashed potato topping and salad) with a West End draught beer all for A$4.50 (One Australian dollar = 71 cents US). Main menu is served upstairs (smokeless) or downstairs. Happy Hours are 12 – 2 pm and 5 to 8 pm when beer is $2.20 a schooner (285 mls) and house wine and sparkling $2.50 a glass. Accommodation at the Amabassadors costs $60 single, $80 double with breakfast. The 3rd floor special backpacker rates are $50 single or $25 share a room.
To the south on Grote Street opposite the Central Market and next door to Her Majesty’s Theatre is the oldy Metropolitan Hotel with friendly staff and popular restaurant. Accommodation here is $50 double/$30 single without breakfast. At the bar you will hear "A schooner of pale, please" …. "That will be $3.10."
Adelaide’s world famous Coopers Brewery supplies many pubs with draught and bottled beer and exports home brewing kits. The unique flavour is partly due to a final fermentation in the bottle giving the beer a slight cloudiness. Coopers Pale Ale and Lager are 4.5% alcohol and Coopers Stout at 6.3% are all worth trying.
South Australia is the country’s largest wine producing region so it is essential to test the local produce. The house wines are good value. The reds are usually bulk Shiraz blends made by Kaisler Stuhl or Red Stripe which normally sell at $2.50 a glass, but also splash out on a Jacob’s Creek Shiraz or Taylor’s Cab-Sauv at $5 to $6 a glass from the bottle. Anything more prized you will have to buy a bottle.
Next door to the Metropolitan Hotel is located Tunney’s Tobacconist established in 1911, worth visiting for a step into the past and free sniff of a multitude of aromas. Here you can choose from dozens of tobaccos and ask to have your favourite blend of pipe tobacco made up or buy any of many Dutch and Cuban cigars and cigarillos.
Finally, if you are roaming the East End of the CBD, I must recommend the Mansions Tavern and restaurant which is very popular, being a modern and below street level establishment at 21 Poultney Street, and also the German Club at 223 Flinders Street. You don’t have to be a member to have a German-style meal of exotic sausages, meat loaf and sauerkraut. They open at noon and have friendly activities until late. I like to have dinner here and then progress to the nearby Arts Theatre to see a play.
A Day and Evening at the Beach
There are innumerable regional tours available and to find out about these go to the SA Visitor & Travel Centre at 18 King William St or their Info Kiosk at the start of the Rundle Mall. For something different and at little cost try the following. First go to the Metro Transport Info Centre, corner of King William and Currie St and buy a day trip ticket costing $6.20 and also get the Metro Guide Book and Metro Train Timetable for the Noarlunga Line, which runs south past the beaches at Brighton, Seacliff, Marino and Hallett Cove.
For a unique leap back into the past and free trip to Antarctica I suggest an afternoon roaming the Hallett Cover Conservation Park which is adjacent to the beach at Hallett Cove. Hop on the train at the Central Station and about 45 minutes later get off at Hallett Cove station, then walk north and downhill to enter the Conservation Park. There are several pathways overlooking the coastal cliffs with many sign posts explaining what to look at.
Adelaide in the Ice Age
The Park is a geological reserve where ancient rocks are exposed, smoothed and striated by the movement of a glacier that existed in Permian times before dinosaurs existed, some 270 million years ago! No kidding! In those days Australia was near the South Pole and part of a huge continent called Gondwanaland. About 60 million years ago this continent split up and the sub-continents of South America, Africa, India and Australia all drifted northwards at the rate of 5 to 7 cms per year, to arrive at their present position on the globe, and we are still moving! Weird, you may say, but the rocks speak!
If you are familiar with present day glacial features, such as seen in the Southern Alps of New Zealand, you will find much the same at Hallett Cove, also at Glacier Rock in the Inman Valley near Victor Harbour some 50 kms south. Glaciers contain much rock debris and that along the base grinds away the bed rock leaving distinctive grooves and pock marks. When they extend over water as ice shelves, or icebergs, and eventually melt the enclosed rock debris drops to the sea or lake floor making a disturbance in the sediment below and are preserved as " dropstones". All this can be seen at Hallett Cove.
If you wish to be more informed on this phenomenon then I suggest you purchase a "A Field Guide to the Geology of Hallett Cove" produced by the Field Geology Club of South Australia, Inc of which I am a committee member. Let me know by email; also there are other useful South Australia geology field guide booklets available.
Besides studying the rocks you can fraternise with the seabirds, admire the plant life and watch frolicking seals and dolphins and the odd whale or passing yachtie. Later in the day you will have to struggle up the hill to the railway station and catch a train back towards the city, but there is more to come for the intrepid explorer!
Back Home in an Erratic Manner
On the way back get off at Seacliff station and head downhill to the beach and arrive exhausted at the remodelled Seacliff Hotel which is the most popular of Adelaide’s seaside venues. Superb eating and drinking here but no space to elaborate. After a suitable rest hit the beach and paddle in the sands northwards a km or so admiring the sunset to arrive refreshed at Brighton jetty and the Esplanade Hotel, which excels at indoor/outdoor eating, and the quaffing of cold beers and vino. And then on to Jetty Road (Brighton) where you can sample the exotic fares of Parisian-style restaurants that spill onto the sidewalk, notably Cafe del Mare, Hortas, a cafe etc and Medusa’s as you go up the hill. But remember, the last train into the city leaves Brighton at 11.12 pm every night and the station is up Jetty Road to the railway line and south a little ways.
That’s all for now. Enjoy Adelaide!
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Harassing Phone Calls
*57 Telephone Service
*57 is service of Verizon Communications used to trace the last incoming telephone of a harassing, threatening, obscene nature. This service provides authorities with information should an investigation be required. Here at Brown University, *57 is active on student telephone numbers ONLY. Listed below are the procedures for a student to follow should he/she receive any of the aforementioned call types:
- Hang up with the unwanted caller.
- Before any other calls come in, pick up the telephone and dial *57, the activation code to generate a trace. The recording states whether or not the call trace was successful and gives you further instructions.
- Call DPS at x3-3322 and report the incident and the *57 activation, even if the trace was unsuccessful. An unsuccessful trace may be an indication that the call originated from another telephone within the University.
What happens next?
The report is routed to the DPS Detectives for investigation. If warranted, the Detectives will contact the Verizon Annoyance Bureau for trace results. Such information is only provided for an authorized official.
What about administrative telephones?
If a University employee receives harassing phone calls on an administrative line, she/he should contact DPS to document the incident. These telephones are not programmed for the *57 function. However, other means of tracing may be employed. | <urn:uuid:17a00971-78c7-4f3c-bcfc-f559fefe55c7> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.brown.edu/Administration/Public_Safety/safety/phonecalls.html | 2013-05-24T16:38:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.904928 | 280 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Wans Cantonese is probably one of Chorley's best Chinese restaurants, the food tastes fantastic and decore inside is very nicely done, the space makes you feel very comfortable.
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AT COLORADO: Career Notes: He finished seventh in punt return yards (647), fifth in punt returns (79), seventh in kickoff return yards (867), tied for fourth in kickoff returns (49) and fifth in combined kick return yards (1,514). He had 1,668 all-purpose yards for his career.
2007 (Sr.)—He played in 12 games, including the Independence Bowl, making two starts (at Arizona State, at Iowa State), seeing action on both offense and special teams. He caught five passes for 65 yards, with the longest play of his collegiate career on offense coming in the regular season finale against Nebraska when he had a 35-yard reception. He returned kicks on occasion (4 punt, 1 kickoff), with his top effort a 42-yard return at Baylor. In the bowl game against Alabama, he caught two passes for 12 yards. He returned to his dangerous ways during spring ball when it came to fielding kicks, with four punt returns for a 33.5 average in main spring scrimmage action, including a 70-yard burst for a score.
2006 (Jr.)—He saw action in all 12 games, including two starts (Arizona State, Missouri). He averaged 17.4 yards for 15 kickoff returns (long of 26), while averaging 5.1 yards for 15 punt returns (long of 36). On offense, he caught two passes for one yard, and ran three reverses for a net minus-13 yards. He uncharacteristically had trouble hanging on to the football, as he had six fumbles in his 35 touches. He was selected a preseason honorable mention All-American by Nationalchamps.net, with CBS SportsLine.com naming him to its first-team All-Big 12 squad (he was a second-team choice by Athlon and The Sporting News, the latter ranking him as the No. 9 return specialist in the nation).
2005 (Soph.)—He played in all 13 games including the Champs Sports Bowl, in every one on special teams and in seven on offense, as he moved from cornerback back to wide receiver in practice prior to the Miami game in a move designed to get a little more speed at the position. He earned second-team all-Big 12 honors from the league coaches at kick returner, as they had more appreciation for what he did in the return game than the casual observer. While his punt return average was 9.9 yards for 25 returns, and he did return one 81 yards against Kansas for a touchdown, the Buffs called the unit the “punt block” team and seldom set up for a return, leaving him to often fend for himself along with those times when he would snare a ball in traffic rather than letting it hit and bounce, salvaging better field position. He also returned 18 kickoffs for an 18.2 average, ran three reverses for 35 yards and caught six passes for 61 yards (the bulk of those came against Missouri, when he caught five for 50 yards). In the bowl game versus Clemson, he returned two punts for 20 yards and three kickoffs for 44 yards, including a 25-yard effort that was CU’s second longest play of the game (all phases). He was CU’s special teams player of the week on two occasions, versus New Mexico State and Kansas, also being selected as CU’s athlete of the week for all sports for the latter, when he had 124 total yards on just three returns. He also earned honorable mention All-Colorado team honors at kick returner from the state’s chapter of the National Football Foundation.
2004 (Fr.-RS)—He earned second-team all-Big 12 honors at kick return specialist from the league coaches, as he was eighth in the conference in punt returns and 10th in kickoff returns. He played in all 13 games on special teams and in two on defense (seven snaps, recording a solo tackle and a pass deflection). He returned 35 punts for 269 yards for a 7.7 average and a touchdown; however, the average was misleading as he often caught balls in traffic without signaling for a fair catch just so he could pickup even a single yard to help with field position (14 of his returns were in this fashion for a net 13 yards; he averaged 12.2 yards on the other 21 returns). The 35 returns were the third most punt returns for a single-season in school history and the most since 1992. He also had 15 kickoff returns for 269 yards (a 17.9 average) with a long of 27. He tied for sixth in special team points with eight on the strength of three solo tackles, two fumble recoveries, a forced fumble, a touchdown save and a first downfield credit. He was the Big 12 Special Teams Player of the Week (as well as CU’s) for the Kansas game, when he had 98 return yards, including his first career punt return for a touchdown; his 48-yard sprint for a score put CU ahead for good late in the third quarter in the 30-21 win. He had two returns (for 2 yards) in the bowl win over UTEP. He moved from wide receiver to cornerback during fall camp to bolster the depth in the secondary. He missed most of spring practice after suffering a hamstring pull the third day of drills.
2003 (Fr.)—Redshirted; practiced all season at wide receiver and returned kicks on scout team duty. He was the Scout Team Offense Award winner for the Kansas State game.
HIGH SCHOOL—As a senior, he earned all-Midlands honors from PrepStar, Prep Football Report and SuperPrep, as PFR ranked him as the No. 18 player in the region (the second receiver), and SuperPrep tabbing him No. 36 regionally (and as the third WR). Rivals.com ranked him as the No. 27 receiver in the nation, and called him “arguably the top prospect in Colorado.” He also garnered all-Colorado (all classes) and all-state (5A) honors from both the Denver Post and Rocky Mountain News. A two-time first-team all-Centennial League pick, he was also first team all-Colorado and all-state as a junior. A four-year starter at wide receiver, as a senior, he caught 35 passes for 896 yards and eight scores, averaging 25.6 yards per catch, and including his kick return yardage, he accounted for over 1,600 all-purpose yards despite missing the better part of four games with a sprained ankle. As a junior, he led the state in receiving with 73 catches for 1,230 yards and 10 touchdowns, while returning four kicks (two punts, two kickoffs) for touchdowns. He averaged over 18 yards per punt return and 30-plus yards on kickoff returns. He caught 20 passes his sophomore year, six for scores, and he had 19 receptions as a freshman. He saw some brief time on defense as a junior (safety/cornerback), making around 25 tackles in four games. Mullen posted a 40-11 record during his time there; the Mustangs were 10-2 his senior year and 9-4 his junior season under coach Jay Madden, and were 11-2 his sophomore year (reaching the state semis) and 10-3 his freshman year under Mick McCall. He also lettered two years in basketball (guard) and twice in track (sprints and relays).
ACADEMICS—He is earning a double major in Business and Sociology at Colorado, and is on schedule to graduate this coming May (’08). He was a member of the French Honor Society in high school, when he owned a 3.57 grade point average and was one of 11 statewide honorees to receive the prestigious National Football Foundation/College Football Hall of Fame Scholar-Athlete Award.
PERSONAL—He was born December 31, 1984 in Denver. His hobbies include playing basketball, listening to music and lifting weights. His younger sister (Kira) is a hurdler on the track team at the University of Texas. An uncle (Thadus Swazer) played college football, starting out at Colorado in 1992 and finishing up at Kansas State. (First name is pronounced “steph-on”.) | <urn:uuid:5be450d0-d6f1-4e32-b22c-90d70b75d43d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cubuffs.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPID=255&DB_OEM_ID=600&ATCLID=23116&Q_SEASON=2006 | 2013-05-24T16:31:02Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.984986 | 1,709 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Pictorial Histories has been publishing noteworthy heavily illustrated books since the late seventies, but their output, at least that segment dealing with the Civil War, appears to have ceased. Over the past few years (as long as I've known of its existence) the website catalog of Civil War books hasn't included any new additions -- in fact, the site doesn't appear to have been updated since 2004.
However, there are some interesting out-of-print volumes to discover or rediscover. I recently picked up James W. Hagy's To Take Charleston: The Civil War on Folly Island [Pictorial Histories, rep. 1997]. It's an oversize 8 1/2 x 11 paperback* that is chock full of maps, illustrations, tables, and photographs in addition to the text narrative.
The book follows the initial Union occupation of Folly Island on through its use as a fortified jumping off point for the assault on Morris Island. The author also includes a long chapter detailing the rigors of camp life on the island. Some information about the Federal units serving there is also included. To Take Charleston is a documented and worthwhile volume to add to the collection of readers interested in the lengthy, difficult coastal operations around Charleston. As of this writing, the few copies I've seen on the secondary market can be obtained inexpensively.
* = The first edition is staple bound with wraps (1993) and the reprint is a better quality adhesive bound paperback (1997). I've read both at different times, and while the page numbers vary (87 vs. 91), the content appears unchanged if memory serves me correctly. Whether the length difference is indeed due to additional content or simply format changes, I cannot say as I don't have current access to the 1st edition. | <urn:uuid:a1543144-17aa-41f5-b32e-642906fca66d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.cwba.blogspot.com/2007/12/briefly-to-take-charleston-civil-war-on.html | 2013-05-24T16:37:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.964322 | 360 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
I've been wanting to get to know my readers a little better lately, so I am going to start posting questions every now-and-then relating to art, and how it affects your lives. So, my first question to you is - who is your favorite artist? This can be any artist alive or dead, well-known or not. Post a comment telling me who your favorite artist is and why. If your favorite artist is a friend or family member, leave a link to their website or any of their work, (if they have anything online), so that I and the rest of the readers can check them out.
P.S. My favorite artist is Leonardo da Vinci. He was a genius, an old master, and far ahead of his time. | <urn:uuid:c496bac0-fa46-470d-a8ac-06e20df2c81e> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.drawcentral.com/2011/03/question-who-is-your-favorite-artist.html | 2013-05-24T16:17:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.977328 | 157 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Sheevaa: I can understand...I got peed on for the first time and got all excited about it:P
DamagedGoods: mm... my meat smells damned tasty, it's a shame I've got another few hours to wait for it.
newstarshipsmell :Sorry, DG, but the Laerma nuts only grow on trees on the world of Dezoris in the Algol star system so unless you have a spaceship...
That is great! I love it! I love the kids imagination and enthusasim. He is destined for great things!
The test of the morality of a society is what it does for its children." Dietrich Bonhoeffer
He's so smart. Half the things he thought of wouldn't have occurred to me.
Dakota Valkyrie : You don't have FBI in Canada. It would probably be the Royal Mounted Child Porn Cadets or some other gang dressed up with cool hats that came in shooting up your pussy | <urn:uuid:ffda4ec1-c70f-45a5-aca5-5ac0430e9567> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.dreamindemon.com/forums/showthread.php?55349-Caine-s-Arcade | 2013-05-24T16:11:24Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.929092 | 205 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Kat Lady wrote:How sad and how true! But the mending heart has a joyous sound!
hmmm... yes.. lots of giggling involved there, I should think.
Perhaps that should be my sequel.
I know it seemed a little sad for an Eisteddfod competition entry but I feel that sorrow is as great an inspiration for the arts, as love. How could we appreciate the heights to which we can fly if we haven't experienced the depths from which to rise?! | <urn:uuid:14024ecb-61a4-4b36-ba04-d5cc10156a5c> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.druidry.org/board/dhp/viewtopic.php?f=93&t=7389 | 2013-05-24T16:31:17Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.975015 | 103 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Iceland is the only country that has actually expanded commercial whaling in recent years, with the killing of 273 endangered fin whales in 2009-10. More than 1,200 tonnes of fin whale meat and blubber, worth an estimated US$17 million, has been shipped to Japan since 2008. Several thousand tonnes remain in Iceland, awaiting shipment.
EIA investigations have shown that Kristján Loftsson, the multi-millionaire whaling king whose company Hvalur has carried out the endangered fin whale hunt, was instrumental in setting up the whale import company in Japan and is charging artificially low prices for fin whale meat in order to secure a new market for the product.
Although the Hvalur company has announced it will not carry out a fin whale hunt this year, due to uncertainties in the market situation in Japan following the earthquake and tsunami in March, CEO Loftsson has made it clear this is only a temporary reprieve for the fin whales; in fact, we’ve just learnt that a 133 tonne shipment of whale product was sent to Japan in July, some four months after the tsunami, so clearly there is still some market demand.
The only way to ensure lasting protection for Iceland’s endangered fin whales is to make certain that Iceland understands the worldwide opposition to commercial whaling, particularly in key trading partners such as the US and European Union countries.
In response to a petition by US NGOs, US Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke has certified under the Pelly Amendment that Iceland is diminishing the effectiveness of the IWC and has recommended a range of actions against Iceland, including the possibility of trade sanctions.
The decision now rests with President Barack Obama, and he has to decide soon. Help stop Iceland’s renegade whaling by writing to President Obama today, urging him to impose trade sanctions against Iceland’s fishing interests linked to whaling.
SAMPLE LETTER / EMAIL
Dear President Obama,
Iceland is a truly renegade whaling nation which is undermining both the International Whaling Commission (IWC) and the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species through the hunting and international trade of endangered fin whales.
I urge you to follow up Secretary of Commerce Locke’s certification that Iceland is diminishing the effectiveness of the IWC by taking the strongest possible action against Iceland, including trade sanctions against fishing interests linked to whaling.
Diplomatic efforts within the IWC have failed. Iceland has so far got away with resuming a large-scale whale hunt of an endangered species which should be fully protected by a worldwide ban on commercial whaling.
We look to you to fulfil your promises and achieve the level of protection from hunting that whales urgently need as they cope with an increasingly degraded marine environment.
Thank you for your consideration
TWEET THE PRESIDENT
@BarackObamaUSA Please protect endangered fin whales by imposing trade sanctions against Icelandic fishing interests linked to whaling
SEND A WEB MESSAGE TO THE PRESIDENT
TELEPHONE OR WRITE TO THE PRESIDENT
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
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degrassifanclub101 on 6/13/2010 6:07:17 PM
AHH Anthony left again! =O
That was depressing...the Circus thing was pretty cool, though. I beginning to not like Emilio at all though; he's getting super cocky. Who do you want to make it to Fashion Week: Mila or Jay?
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Hey fashionistas, this is a special shout out for you from your GL fash team.
*GL Buzz on 4/7/2010 11:37:51 AM
Oh my hair isnt longs its shoulder length. How am i growing it out? i use the right shampoos and conditioners and i dont flatten or curl my hair daily. It takes a lot of patience!!
bluehair on 4/6/2010 8:32:35 AM
Thursday's show was a one-hour "Ohmaigawd" moment for me. Maya left, Anthony came back, Seth had that thing with his model...d'you think they planned it all? It seemed so much more dramatic than usual! But I'm totally glad Anthony's back. If he doesn't win this season, they should bring him back as a judge for the next one because he is waayy too funny!
MadiBird on 4/4/2010 6:54:59 PM
I would love to be ur buddy
! I really wana get rid of my belly for swimsuit season so i can wear a 2 peice this year!! Id really love a partner so if u want ill be with u!! We can come up with a schedule and like every Sunday see if were stickin to it? Thanks Lots of love!!!
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I've been in search of a workout buddy too! I have just started this book called "Toning for teens" that got really good reviews and I could deff use a buddy XD Lemme know please!
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Hey! I saw that you wanted a new workout buddy. I'll be your buddy if you want
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I really want to see the Blind Side - it looks like such a good movie! Sandra Bullock is just an amazing actress.
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ginaxluver on 3/28/2010 10:49:35 AM
Yeah, it's actually Madison, but I like Madi better. =) So you watch Project Runway? Who are your fave designers for this season?
MadiBird on 3/27/2010 11:21:55 AM
I saw you comment on my profile and I don't think I replied yet! Not much! Whats up?
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rushchick on 3/10/2010 6:23:16 PM
Hey girl! u asked me to share my workout plan with you.. so here it is! Sunday - Rest, Monday - Strength: Crunches:30 , Pushups:30, Stair Steppers:50, and Lundges:20.. Do that in a rotation.. go through the rotation 4 times. Tuesday: Cardio (jog,bike,swim,or do a cardio machine for 30 to 45 min) Wendsday: Strength (see Monday)Thursday: Rest, Saturday: Cardio (do intervals! Sprint for 30 seconds, Then rest for 60. Do that 5 Times then rest for 2 minutes.
Jasper_rox12 on 1/18/2010 1:11:42 PM
cool profile, my name is Danielle. what's yours?
how old are you? when's your birthday? and do you love laptops?
sixteengirl93 on 1/10/2010 3:42:39 PM
oops sorry, wrong account! (for my last comment)
oh and you got the job!
are you willing to share it with someone if they come alon? /do you want an assistant/helper/co head? and do you wanna be the advice or blogger or both?
club fashionistas on 1/9/2010 2:34:29 PM
oh sorry a few more qs:
1. which job do you want? you gotta pick one.
2. do you give a lot of advice?
club fashionistas on 1/9/2010 2:31:52 PM
My friend sent it to me on email.
jackim1615 on 1/8/2010 3:43:18 PM
(To answer your question) Here are some good work out tips to a awesome bikini bod and a flat belly.
* Drink LOTS of water
*Eat every thing in moderation
* Get OBSESSED with high fiber foods, a good amout is 4 grams at the least.(check the nutrition facts)
* Do Crutchs, Run, and eat (if you can) protein bars.
If you ever need more advice or this is not enough, ask me on my profile i will be happy to help!
blackrose800 on 1/6/2010 12:23:32 PM
hey! so cool ur a veggie too! i have been a veggie since i was about 3.. aka when i found out meat was animal! so how r u doin??
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Sure! All you gotta do is answer this:
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2. Whats your style?
3. Help! I'm going to a dance, and dont know what to wear. I've got long brown hair thats straight. Hazel eyes: I h8 dresses and skirts btw. im almost tan, lol, and pretty tall. thx! (this is my friend and its warm here in socal.)
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Okay, here's the Taylor Swift story. A few years ago my choir teacher had to take her to sound check before a concert. He said when he met her she had a really bubbly, sweet personality. She told him how excited she was because this was her first concert. (keep in mind she wasn't famous yet.) She told him they had to go get her band and once they did she was very bossy and rude to them. So now my choir teacher hates her and can't enjoy her music because whenever he hears her he thinks about what a disrespectful person she was. So yeah, that's the Taylor Swift story. I know, it sounds nothing like her at all! But she was only like 16 then so it's possible she has become more mature since she has gotten older. Yeah, this story is kinda wacky but interesting.
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pageantprincess411 on 12/31/2009 12:24:19 PM
Sorry my last comment made no sense. I meant to say I love Viva la Vida too we are playing it in my schools orchestra. I am really excited for the concert
tennis1997 on 12/28/2009 7:11:09 PM
I love Viva la Vida too we are playing in our middle schools orchestra I am sooo excited or the concert
tennis1997 on 12/27/2009 10:19:08 AM
Hey thanks for posting on my profile. I play the violin we have a lot in common
tennis1997 on 12/26/2009 3:36:40 PM
how do you pronounce your name?
Hola! I asked the same question to her. She told me you pronounce it Mill-EE-On-A.
For more advice post a comment on my profile!
laurkat on 12/22/2009 3:18:06 PM
I just checked out "Hunger Games" from the library, so I am glad people say it's a good book.
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A letter from GTRI’s executive team
In 1998, we launched our business as a three-man operation out of a home office. Today, GTRI is a 200-person firm with a national footprint, clients across multiple industries, and annual revenues exceeding $300 million. We have evolved from simply selling computer hardware to delivering strategic IT solutions, which have recently included:
- Improving the speed and efficiency of the nation’s 911 emergency response capabilities
- Safeguarding a national gas pipeline in accordance with evolving security requirements
- Enhancing the quality of patient care in a cutting-edge healthcare facility
- Managing and securing data used in next-generation military, transportation and space exploration projects.
Early on, we dedicated ourselves to one principle – customer loyalty. Companies often mention customer satisfaction as a core value, but concrete actions are less common. Over the years, GTRI has taken hundreds of iterative steps to improve service delivery, including:
- Developing a dedicated customer support model spanning account executives, inside sales representatives, and consulting engineers
- Customizing, automating and adopting our proprietary service delivery model
- Building an automated quality tracking system for project delivery and product fulfillment
- Receiving ISO 9001:2008 quality management certification
We wouldn’t be where we are today without our customers’ continued support and constructive feedback along the way. We look forward to finding out how we can help your organization achieve its business goals, and to earning your loyalty.
A sincere THANK YOU from all of us at GTRI,
Greg C. Byles
GTRI’s Chief Executive Officer and co-founder has over 25 years of experience in the IT industry, spanning various sales and business leadership roles. Greg oversees the entire client-facing portfolio of the organization including account management and sales, sales engineering, consulting, professional services, and marketing. With executive experience in IT manufacturing, distribution, and solutions integration, Greg delivers expert leadership in business design, partner strategies, and shareholder value. Under Greg’s guidance, GTRI consistently demonstrates operational excellence, visionary technical direction, business integrity, and relentless client satisfaction. Throughout a decade of industry and economic shifts, Greg has guided GTRI on a steady growth path to create the stable, innovative company it is today.
Greg has a bachelor’s degree from the University of Northern Arizona and is currently completing a 3-year program with a private executive leadership group. Greg is a member of Colorado Technology Association, and is a senior board member with the Denver chapter of Big Brothers Big Sisters.
Glenn B. Smith
President and co-founder of GTRI, Glenn has over 20 years of experience leading strategic operations in finance, marketing, professional services, quality control, and human resources. Glenn has performed extensive work in financial modeling, HR strategy, professional services delivery, vendor management, and quality systems. Glenn strives to continually build corporate and employee growth through team and individual accountability, operational excellence, process improvement, and employee morale. Glenn is responsible for corporate strategy and planning, marketing, vendor management, human resources and legal.
Glenn has a Bachelor of Science degree with an emphasis in Finance and Information Systems from the University of Colorado. He is a member of the Colorado Technology Association, and serves on the board for Colorado Youth for a Change, a Denver non-profit organization promoting high-school dropout prevention and recovery services.
In his role as Chief Operating Officer, Steve is responsible for the day-to-day operations of the organization, sales, sales operations, federal program management, business development, professional services and IT. He has over 28 years of executive and operational leadership experience that combines enterprise Governance, Risk & Compliance expertise, and skilled knowledge regarding convergence of security and technology as well as top level consulting, investigations and training in EEO/Internal Controls related to employee misconduct.
Steve’s most recent role was President and CEO of Colorado Technology Association (CTA). In that role, CTA has become a key partner in implementing Colorado Blueprint, a statewide work plan to spur Colorado’s economy, help businesses grow and attract new jobs and accelerate the advancement of the technology industry. Prior to his role with CTA, Steve was President and CEO of Business Controls, Inc. Mr. Foster currently is a Board Member, Founders Seat, on the Board of Directors.
As Chief Financial Officer of GTRI, Eric is responsible for all financial operations of the company, including all financial, accounting, budgeting, banking, corporate governance and M&A activities. Joining GTRI from T3Media, Eric’s management and financial expertise covers the full range of hands-on operation execution to board-level strategic direction and spans over seventeen years. Add to this his entrepreneurial spirit and his skill at building companies to scale, optimizing operations, raising capital, and executing both M&A and internal strategic transactions; Eric is a leader adept at spanning all levels of an organization.
Eric has an M.B.A. from the University of Michigan and did his undergraduate work at Dartmouth College.
Chief Technolgy Officer, brings 19 years of hands-on experience to GTRI in Information Technology, Security, Compliance, Database Marketing, and CRM. The combination of Tim’s skill in process re-engineering and project management allows him to evaluate a client’s process, determine any opportunities, and document/manage a project plan to get the process to where it meets the client’s expectations. As both a member of senior management within companies, and as the president of Rod Consulting Group, Tim is recognized in the industry for his knowledge, skill, and experience. He is widely respected for his breadth of knowledge in all aspects of IT, as well as other aspects of operations. Tim has a B.A. degree in International Relations and his M.B.A. in Information Technology and Finance from Tulane University. | <urn:uuid:cc59788d-0bdb-4478-b98a-11b0d69def1d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.gtri.com/information/executive-team.html | 2013-05-24T16:24:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.952235 | 1,218 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Anna Faris: Quick Caffeine Fix!
Anna Faris is her usual smiley self as she heads to Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf to grab some morning coffee on Saturday (October 27) in Hollywood.
The 35-year-old actress waved to onlookers as she made her way inside to get her pick-me-up!
Anna‘s next movie to hit theaters is Movie 43, which is packed with a ton of celeb stars!
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April 8, 2010
In between running projects for work, your community service and cheering for those you love, it’s hard to know when to be in manager-mode and when to be yourself. We know you’ve found some Life/Work balance, but what about balancing your authentic self and your professional self when it comes to work?
“Research shows that women who behave in too masculine a way are respected but not very well liked by their colleagues, while women who are too feminine are well liked but not well respected,” says Robin Ely, Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School.
However, as women find themselves in positions of increasing authority, we can start to feel more comfortable in our roles and in being fully ourselves. Ely adds that, “If we focus on what we want to accomplish and contribute, we end up in a place where we can feel quite authentic.”
Ready to be your amazing, authentic self?
Microsoft.com, Psychology Today and the CEO game encourage you to embrace your femininity and bring back feminine value into the workplace, including body language and goal-setting.
Still can’t find the balance? Monster.com and WomenMedia.com weigh in and explain why being authentic is so difficult, from being labeled as “too nice” to having past bad experiences push femininity and core values to the background.
Need more? The pressures to conform to family, religion, politics and the media can sometimes lead to self-criticism and fear. Be Yourself, Everyone Else is Already Taken suggests exercising self-awareness and embracing your faults to stay authentic.
Bonus PINK Link: Here’s how to find your authentic self.
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Some of our doctors don’t help us when they use insulin as a threat: “Unless you reduce your blood glucose, I am going to have to put you on insulin.”
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PORTLAND, Ore. -- Damian Lillard sparked a late comeback, and the Portland Trail Blazers beat the Houston Rockets 119-117 in overtime Friday night.
Lillard, the rookie point guard from Oakland High and Weber State, scored 16 of the Trail Blazers' last 21 points and finished with a career-high 27.
"He played great," LaMarcus Aldridge said of Lillard, the 6-foot-3 point guard who was the sixth overall pick in this year's draft. "He had ice in his veins. Took big shots, made big shots."
Lillard is averaging 19.3 points, 6.4 assists and looks like a candidate for NBA Rookie of the Year.
The 6-foot-3 point guard hit six free throws, a 3-pointer, a driving layup and then put the Blazers up 111-108 with a jumper after faking Jeremy Lin up in the air.
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Diane Hochman has been a stay at home mom and marketer for the past 9 years.
Starting from scratch with homemade how-to booklets and brochures she built a mail order business in the health and nutrition industry.
Since then Diane has expanded into affiliate marketing, coaching, information marketing and training.
Diane has been personally taught and mentored by Marketing Legend Joe Schroeder and she is proud to be involved with him at his unique coaching community
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I write this a few moments after watching President-Elect Barack Obama's first news conference. Folks, we have a very special man here. As he did all through his campaign for president, he was on-target, comfortable, intelligent, and the man exudes a presidential aura. As I reflect back over the last 60 years, I realize how limited, and in some cases inept, have been our presidents. The possible exception was John F. Kennedy. There was great hope with JFK, let us hope that nothing that terrible befalls our current president-elect.
Yes, we all know there are kooks on the right and on the left. But the dangers surrounding the first elected African American president are tremendous. And make no mistake about it, there are people in important roles in our society, people from the extreme right-wing, for example, who absolutely cannot accept such a president.
Barack Obama is a very exceptional man. We are on the dawn of a marvelous era in America. But first we must get over and out of the immense hole that has been dug in America, beginning back in 1981 and festering to the present day. This includes economic, racial, international, military, and local matters, and we have lost our way as a people. Our values have been distorted by a greed and bigotry that has pervaded our society.
I apologize if I have over-stated my concern. What is important now is that we "bind up the nation's wounds," and pull together. We have an incoming president that has untold potential for good. Let us join hands in allowing him to do as much for all of us and our nation that his amazing talents offers us. The rest of the world knows what America is now capable of with this man. Let us be a part of the hopes offered, and not expect too much too soon. Thank God, America has made the right decision. I am proud to be an American. | <urn:uuid:a9a8e39f-c902-4404-a88f-283eb6cb0672> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.myfoxpointnow.com/blogs/communityblogs/43777807.html | 2013-05-24T16:23:44Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.972172 | 397 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
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Go over the cliff. Give Obama his economy to further wreck. I recently heard a recording of that socialist POS stating he believes in redistribution of wealth. lets start with the clintons 100+ MILLION they made since leaving office. Once over over the cliff we can start dealing with the next fiasco..the ceiling. Nobody is talking about that yet. Let's suppose you could shut down all the government agencies... fire everyone, right down to the last Secret Service agent... and even down to every last toll-booth collector. In all, that would mean putting 4 million government employees out of work. According to the Wall Street Journal, that would only save you $435 billion! So I'll tell you what, let's go ahead and erase ALL the negotiable costs - every last one of them -- and just add up the stuff we have to pay for, no matter what. In the fiscal year 2012, which just ended this past September 30, the MUST-PAY bills totaled $2.477 trillion. Remember these are just the mandatory "must-pay" stuff on the bill. Now take a look .When you add up all the tax revenue our gov collected over the same fiscal year, the total was only $2.469 trillion. Notice anything? The money government takes in isn't just less than all the money they spend...It's LESS than just the "mandatory" money they HAVE to spend. In other words, for the first time ever...It's Now Officially Impossible to Balance the Federal Budget! Starting with the coming year, we will no longer take in enough money just to cover bills we have pay. And we're just getting started. The CBO says we'll owe $4 trillion a year by 2022. That’s double what we owe today. Those show our government will owe more than 100% of our entire economy. Admiral Michael Mullen - our Chairman of the Joint Chiefs - is already warning that our soaring debt is so high, it now threatens our national security. I am sure these facts are more complicated than what the liberal loon potty can understand. Maybe "WE ARE BROKE" is comprehensible? I doubt it. The typical left wing nut case is too busy spreading idiotic posts from the dailykook about Obama being put on mt rushmore LOL! These idiots are worse than stupid! They ACTAULLY believe that garbage. I am fully in agreement we shold see the socialist piece of trash on Mt rushmore...hung from it with a 100 foot rope! FYI...I didn't vote for the socialist piece of trash. Nor did I vote for romney. Voting is a waste of time. ALL of the current and previous crooks in washington have bankrupted the usa. It is mathematically impossible to balance the budget. How do you spell socialist? Obamahow do you spell crook? Obamahow do you spell broke? usasig heil comrades...your best hope is to move to a foreign country while the gates are open...start a business in the new country, and spend every dime in any retirement plan FAST before government thugs try to hijack it like they have in other countries that were broke...
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SOLON– The annual Spaghetti Supper For Scholarships will be held along with the 2011 Homecoming Parade on Wednesday, Sept. 7. The spaghetti supper will be held at Solon American Legion Club, serving from 5-7 p.m. Adults are $7, children ages 6-12, $4, and children under five eat free.
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Originally Posted by Hamrob
Luck, RG III, and Freeman have the upside of being great. The guys that I listed on the fringe...are very good QB's, but not great.....they are not going to win Super Bowls for their teams. If they get a ring....it will be because of the rest of the team. Go ahead and try to make an argument that Schaub is a franchise QB....good luck! Take a way Johson, and Foster.........DONE. Plug PM in with any of the AFC West teams and they would be a playoff team. Luck has the potential....these others guys have already shown who they are.
They have the POTENTIAL to be great, they aren't great now. Take Wayne away from Luck and he looks like Blaine Gabbert. Take Jackson from Freeman and he looks like the QB that people weren't sute he could be a franchise guy.
Potential is a funny thing. Quinn, Russell, Akili, Harrington, Carr are all guys who had potential but for whatever reason flamed out. Now I'm not saying that Luck, RGIII, and Freeman will go that way, but it is still to soon to put them ahead of a guy like Schaub or Flacco that have won games and played more than half a season. | <urn:uuid:5b7c67ab-9991-4cc3-85d3-4d5946817d4f> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.orangemane.com/BB/showpost.php?p=3734065&postcount=27 | 2013-05-24T16:19:35Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.982117 | 269 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Party Lanterns - Turquoise
Laterns were the color depicted by the picture. Sturdy frame. Will be great decorations for the wedding
August 18, 2011
Surprised by the color
I was surprised that the teal colored lantern turned out to be much brighter and lighter a color than it looks like on my machine.
February 9, 2011
Perfect decorative touch
Loved the bright colors and sturdiness of these lanterns. I'd definitely buy them again. They added the perfect decorative touch to my party.
October 14, 2010
Lanterns were really nice!
I bought these teal lanterns for my wedding and they were great. They are very similar to the "oasis" color at David's Bridal. They come folded up so they take up very little space. The paper isn't super thin so they aren't as easy to rip as you would think. Good quality!
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I know that this FanPost may not make sense to some, and it may be out of left field. I've kind of had this opinion for a while now, and I've yet to get it down on paper/laptop screen. If anyone has heard some of my comments so far on threads, I'm clearly not Daisuke's biggest fan. The news and rumor mills over spring training had a lot of rumors debating the possibility of a Daisuke trade, and I'm just wondering if Matsuzaka is really our fifth best starting pitcher. It's not just a bias anymore, but in my opinion a blatant waste of money. Sure, he could go out tomorrow and pitch a gem and win in a hell of a way. I, however, think that this team should have shopped him harder over the spring. At the very least there should have been a competition for the #5 spot between Wakefield, Dice, Aceves(preferred in the pen), and Doubront (still not ready for him yet). All four of these pitchers have proven strengths and weaknesses, and at the end of the day I would think that Wakefield, above all others, should have the #5 spot. Before you crucify me, let me explain.
Yes, Wake had a very, very, very bad year last year. No, his "stuff" did not change. We're not seeing his 70 mph Fastball changing at all, and the knuckler still dances all over the place when the time is right. What I'm saying is a pitcher with a 4.37 career ERA, a devastating knuckler (when it's on) and an innings eater seems to be what Wake guarantees. I also would make the argument that an average of 6/7 innings per start from Wake, with limited walks and around four runs, would be preferable to one eight inning start from Dice-K, with 0-2 runs, followed by three starts where he fails to get out of the fourth or fifth inning and gets pounded. Also, Wake has 193 wins, and 179 with the Sox. Clemens and Young had 192 while they were here. I would rather shout and curse at a bad Wake start that would give the old man a chance to get that last fourteen, than watch Dice-KK run up a 3-2 count on every batter 1-9.
I also think money would be key in this decision. If Dice was shopped and traded, or is traded, then money would clearly be saved. Daisuke has a salary of 10.3 million in 2011, and IMO that money could be used towards a solid righty bench bat, or yet another BP arm. Wake's 2011 salary for comparison is two million. What happened to wake from his All Star campaign, to last year, seems to be more than an injury. His back did seem to give him trouble, but if he is over it and given consistency he could be very serviceable. With consistency, and a shot at the rotation, I think there's no doubt he can bring 180-200 innings, 9-15 wins, and an ERA hovering 4. With Aceves in the bullpen (where he belongs) and Daisuke in the NL somewhere, this team could support Wake as he rides off in the sunset. I'd really prefer that than having to watch Matsuzaka walk five guys per start. The two pitchers are really comparable in their career stats, even with Matsuzaka's moster (lucky) 2008 18-3 campaign.
Some of Wake's career #'s : 4.37 ERA, 1.35 WHIP, 172 IP averaged (deflated from BP years), 36 GP per season (slightly inflated from BP years), K/BB 1.78**
Some of Dices's career #'s : 4.19 ERA (heavily helped by 08), 1.40 WHIP, 144 IP (there's the killer....), 25 GP per season K/BB 1.94**
**I'd trade K's for IP and some cash in pocket.
All numbers came from ESPN's stat trackers and screwed a bit because of this years stats (so I averaged out the GP per season and IP myself) Might be slightly off but they're close enough to explain my point.
Once again, this is just my opinion. I know that people will call Daisuke the best #5 starter in baseball, but I really don't see what he provides that is eight million more than what Wake provides. I also don't think there's a single Red Sox fan out there that openly supports Matsuzaka over Wakefield. I think that what is true for Wake is true for Dice. One bad season (last year, Wake) does not a career make, and neither does one good season(08, Dice-K). At this point we have to stick with it, but I would like to see what Red Sox Nation's opinion on this is. First fanpost, something I wanted to get off the chest, go easy on me! | <urn:uuid:f2e481fa-22db-4cfd-91ab-f6d62b5faa7d> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.overthemonster.com/2011/4/11/2103422/the-fifth-starter-possibility | 2013-05-24T16:30:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.98105 | 1,038 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Making Room for Choice
According to industry surveys, more than two-thirds of larger organizations have said that they would let users select a Mac as their work system. While Mac has always been a part of certain departments, such as advertising and design, and a key platform in vertical industries, corporate buying a Mac has increased in recent years. In many cases, they are becoming a standard option for organizations and the enterprise.
So, what’s driving organizations to offer Mac as a platform choice? The concept of “bring your own computer” is taking hold, where field teams and remote workers are buying their own computers, and many are choosing Mac. Mobility is another reason, with the popularity of the iPhone and iPad driving Mac growth. And, virtualization is also major driver, with Apple proving to be a key platform for virtualization, allowing IT run to Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X on a Mac.
But the most compelling driver is linked to the consumerization of IT. Today’s up and coming workforce has always had access to technology and is quite knowledgeable. Organizations must consider that their future employees are today’s students. A large majority of these students have selected Mac as their platform. When these students enter the workforce, organizations will have to decide if they want to teach their new employees how to use a “new to them” OS—or if it will be simpler to offer them choice in the platform they use to do their jobs.
Evaluating the Technical Merits
The combination of these factors may be driving you to consider Mac, but you may still be unsure how well they will work for your organization. However, there are many technical reasons to support offering the choice of Mac. Mac OS X is renowned for its great ease of use, giving users a stable work environment. It includes out-of-the-box support for Microsoft Exchange 2007 and 2010, built in Mail, Address Book, and iCal, and many more organization-friendly features, making it a first-class equal partner on the network.
Access to the Best of Both Worlds
If your users want to run Mac OS X, but still need to run key applications that are dependent on Windows, there are options. Third party apps, from Parallels and VMware for example, allow for full virtualization. And a Mac can boot into Windows natively using Boot Camp. This gives you the ability to switch to a Mac even if you are uncertain about leaving your previous platform behind. | <urn:uuid:026af556-72e8-4815-800c-0e85b9f66556> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.pcconnection.com/IPA/PM/Info/Lifecycle/IntegratingMac.htm | 2013-05-24T16:39:47Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.967309 | 511 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
09:38 AM EDT 05/22/2013
Originally posted 05/20/2013 04:30PM
Jessica Simpson is almost ready for baby no. 2!
With her due date quickly approaching, the Fashion Star mentor, 32, kept it casual for a Sunday lunch date at King's Fish House with fiancé Eric Johnson and their daughter Maxwell, who turned 1 earlier this month.
Wearing fitted workout gear, Simpson's burgeoning bump led the way while Johnson, 33, toted their tot.
Maxwell may be young, but she has an idea that a baby brother is on his way, the singer says.
Originally posted 05/20/2013 07:45AM
Donald Faison and new wife CaCee Cobb sure know how to party.
Though the couple tied the knot in December of last year, their Southern-style Los Angeles wedding is now featured in the summer issue of Martha Stewart Weddings (on stands June 3).
Until then, videographer Wade of Shark Pig has released a fun sneak peek at the wedding full of music, dancing and some very famous friends – such as Jessica Simpson and Zach Braff.
Originally posted 05/11/2013 08:00AM
Model-in-the-making Danielynn Birkhead, the late Anna Nicole Smith's 6½-year-old daughter, prompted an outpouring of oohs and ahs this week when she dressed up like a favorite Disney heroine for the Kentucky Derby, while the gasps were strictly reserved for the amazing tale of the man who served as a hippo's dinner – and then survived to tell his tale.
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Originally posted 05/08/2013 11:45AM
It seems like decades ago that Nick Lachey and Jessica Simpson were the first couple of reality TV – but on Tuesday's Watch What Happens Live, host Andy Cohen couldn't seem to forget!
When Lachey, 39, and the rest of 98 Degrees visited Cohen's talk show, the singer's ex-wife and her family were hot topics.
During "Plead the Fifth," a question-and-answer game Cohen plays with celebrity guests, who can stay silent rather than answer an uncomfortable question, the subject of Simpson's father, Joe, came up.
Originally posted 04/29/2013 10:55AM
The Fashion Star mentor's daughter turns 1 with a weekend birthday bash
Originally posted 04/25/2013 01:30PM
Joe and Tina Simpson's 34-year marriage is officially over.
A source confirms to PEOPLE that Jessica Simpson and Ashlee Simpson's parents' divorce has been finalized. Tina, 53, filed for divorce in October and cited "discord or conflict of personalities" in court papers.
"It's an amicable split and there is no third party involved. Any other related allegations are completely false," a family rep told PEOPLE last fall amid rumors that Joe, 55, had come out to his family.
Originally posted 04/18/2013 03:00PM
We wonder if the expectant Fashion Star mentor has a case of baby brain...
Originally posted 04/17/2013 11:20AM
"I didn't grow up with a brother and the unknown is really exciting," she tells PEOPLE at her weekend baby shower
Originally posted 04/14/2013 07:30PM
Break out the blue confetti!
Jessica Simpson's friends and family – including sister Ashlee Simpson, close pal Jessica Alba (below) and hairstylist Ken Paves – fêted the Fashion Star mentor, 32, with a country bash to celebrate the impending arrival of her son.
On Sunday afternoon at an L.A. hotel, Simpson's nearest and dearest (including her 11-month-old daughter Maxwell), gathered at a Tom Sawyer-themed affair, complete with vintage tables, tin pitchers, and a wooden boat alongside the nearby pond.
Originally posted 04/07/2013 05:50PM
It was mommy and daughter day for Jessica Simpson and her baby girl, Maxwell, on Sunday.
The six-months' pregnant starlet and her adorable little one lunched in Calabasas, Calif., where Simpson, 32 – clad in a long, leopard print skirt and a black, cleavage-baring top – showed off her very visible baby bump.
With Maxwell in her arms, the Fashion Star mentor, who also wore dark shades, held her stomach.
Jessica's little sis, Ashlee, recently praised her older sibling, telling PEOPLE, "She's a great mom and a great pregnant lady."
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To help consumers better understand the true value, reliability and high quality of generics, Mylan Inc. has launched an educational website about generics drugs, www.ChoosingGenerics.com
, reports PRNewswire. ChoosingGenerics.com calls on people to Learn, Choose and Act. Learn more about generics drugs; Choose affordable medicine; and Act now, start talking with physicians and pharmacists about generic drugs. There are also other helpful resources available on www.ChoosingGenerics.com, such as, printer-friendly resources, including; a one-page fact sheet about generic drugs; a personal medication tracker; a visual aid on how to read a prescription drug label and questions for patients to ask their pharmacist. | <urn:uuid:695e64b6-9ffc-4f97-975c-b8b45b4ba228> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.processingmagazine.com/articles/print/mylan-introduces-educational-website-about-generic-drugs-2 | 2013-05-24T16:31:32Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.869097 | 152 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Apple supplier Foxconn boosts worker wages by 25% after inspections
One of the big procurement stories from this year continued to rumble on this week as Foxconn, supplier to technology companies such as Apple and Dell announced that it would be raising staff wages and decreasing working hours after the Fair Labor Association (FLA) carried out its inspections at factories in Apple’s supply chain.
With the FLA continuing its inspections of factories it could be a while yet until Apple gets itself out of the headlines.
Tesco fines suppliers for late deliveries
Waitrose accused of ‘abuse of power’ in supermarket supplier rows
News from the UK emerged that two supermarkets, Tesco and Waitrose, had begun imposing fines on supplies for late deliveries. Suppliers to both companies were outraged by the situation calling the moves an “abuse of power”.
Hardline on new hardware
On the analysis front, Steve Hall took a look at the rise of personal technology devices at work based on a piece of research by Tom Seal of the Procurement Intelligence Unit. He found that the number of employees using personal devices is rising and there are a number of challenges surrounding security of these devices.
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Quadrant materials are commonly used in processing equipment and products requiring various types of regulatory compliance, whether it is with respect to procedures for
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From the early stages of product development through the industrial manufacture of its stock shapes and finished products, Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products - in close co-operation with its raw material suppliers - routinely checks and works to assure its products meet regulatory requirements as much as possible. In this way, we can offer designers the broadest range of candidate materials.
This table gives the compliance of the raw materials used for the manufacture of the Quadrant Engineering Plastic Products' stock shapes with respect to their composition, as set out in the regulations that apply in the United States of America for plastic materials used for the fabrication of finished articles intended to come into contact with foodstuffs.
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|PE 500 natural||Ertalon® 6SA natural||Ketron® 1000 PEEK natural|
|PE 500 blue 7020||Ertalon® 66SA natural||Ketron® 1000 PEEK black|
|TIVAR® 1000 natural||Ertalon® 6PLA natural||Ketron® TX PEEK|
|TIVAR® 1000 blue 7020||Ertalon® 6PLA blue||Techtron® HPV PPS|
|TIVAR® CleanStat black||Nylatron® LFG natural||Techtron® 1000 PPS|
|TIVAR® DS grey||Nylatron® LFG blue||Quadrant® PPSU black|
|TIVAR® DS yellow||Nylatron® MD||Duratron® U1000 PEI natural|
|TIVAR® H.O.T.||Ertacetal® C natural||Quadrant® 1000 PSU natural|
|TIVAR® MD||Ertacetal® C black||Symalit® 1000 PVDF natural|
|TIVAR® Oil Filled||Ertacetal® C black 90||Fluorosint® 207|
|TIVAR® SurfaceProtect||Ertacetal® C blue 50||Ketron® 1000 PEEK SP natural|
|Quadrant® 1000 PC natural|
Statements concerning the European Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 (REACH)
This database includes the Product Handling Information Sheets (PHIS) for the engineering plastics marketed by Quadrant EPP.
According to the “REACH” Regulation (EC) No 1907/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council dated 18 December 2006, a Safety Data Sheet shall be provided by the supplier of a substance or a preparation to the recipient of the substance or preparation (as stipulated in article 31 of the said regulation). Our semi-finished and finished products, however, are under REACH not considered as substances or preparations but as “articles” for which a Safety Data Sheet is not required. However, as a basic rule we want to continue supplying our customers with adequate information on the handling of our semi-finished and finished products and have therefore developed ‘Product Handling Information Sheets’ (PHIS) for our different materials.
|Polyethylene Plastic Products||General Engineering Plastic Products||Advanced/ Extreme Plastic Products||Life Science Grades||Symalit® Products|
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This database includes a copy of the Declarations of Compliance (DOC) for the "Food Grade" engineering plastics marketed by Quadrant EPP.
Within its portfolio of "Food Grade" engineering plastics, specifically developed for applications in the food processing industries, Quadrant offers a wide range of stock shapes for machining with Declaration of Compliance according to Regulations (EC) 1935/2004 and (EU) 10/2011.
Polyethylene Plastic Products
General Engineering Plastic Products
Advanced Engineering Plastic Products
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White Soul from the Black Hills: Whatever Happened to Jim Ford?
Barney Hoskyns, Oxford American, The, Fall 2005
TWENTY YEARS AGO I drove around the American South in pursuit of something I called "country soul." By that term I meant the late '60s/early '70s music of black and white southerners, a sound that blended Memphis and Nashville, Delta and Appalachia, gospel and hillbilly. Country soul's holy grail was Muscle Shoals, Alabama, but its domain stretched from Macon, Georgia, to Shreveport, Louisiana. So did I. When my book Say It One Time for the Brokenhearted was reissued in 1998 it bore the new subtitle Country Soul in the American South.
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Power Box 360 by Bosch
Power Box 360 by Bosch
This tricked-out jobsite boom box puts your paint-splattered clock radio to shame. "Gear Up" from our September 15, 2010, SW eNewsletter
To call the Bosch Power Box 360 overkill would be an understatement. This 26-watt jobsite radio features four-way speakers, a subwoofer, a digital media bay for connecting your iPod or even an SD card filled with MP3s, and an array of auxiliary inputs and power outlets. When it's plugged into the wall, the Power Box 360 will charge a Bosch battery pack; unplug the radio, and it runs off the rechargeable battery.
Do you really need all these features in a radio that's just going to get covered in bottom paint? Maybe not. But once you get used to the luxury of listening to your iPod on the job and having four extra power outlets at the ready, you won't want to part with your Power Box 360. And you won't have to—this stereo is built to last. All of the buttons and knobs are sealed to lock out dust and moisture, and an aluminum/rubber roll cage protects the unit from all sorts of accidents. Bosch is so confident in the durability of the Power Box 360, the company even released this video showing a construction worker dropping the unit down a flight of stairs.
What really got me excited about the Power Box 360 was its potential for portability. Sailing World's 26-foot sailboat, AO, doesn't have an electrical system. In the past, if we wanted tunes aboard, we either had to bring along a battery-powered iPod dock, crank the hand-powered lantern/radio—which provides about 30 seconds of radio static for every 1,000 revolutions—or bust out the ukulele. With the Power Box 360 running off its rechargeable battery, we can listen to music for hours on end at high volume. Now, everyone in the mooring field can share in my newfound appreciation for Warren Zevon!
I have three complaints about the Power Box 360, and none of them is very fair. First, the unit weighs 25 pounds, which is way too heavy for me to hoist atop my shoulder when I'm rolling with my homeboys. Second, the sound is only okay. With five speakers crammed onto a box the size of a milk crate, the "stereo" doesn't offer much in the way of stereo sound. And the 26-watt amplifier isn't all that loud, especially when the sound is competing with all the power tools buzzing around the boatyard. But I do like the fact that you can adjust the bass and treble settings manually; you're not a slave to the equalization presets.
My third complaint is actually more of a wish. I wish the 120-volt AC outlets worked off battery power. As it is, the outlets only work when the unit is plugged into a power source. If the outlets could run off battery power, the Power Box 360 would become an infinitely handy portable power source, a mini generator of sorts. On a stripped-down boat like AO, you could use the Power Box 360 to charge cell phones, power laptops, even watch TV. Now that's sailing! | <urn:uuid:13a4f106-3ccb-47d8-b275-9fb58e4703a9> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.sailingworld.com/gear/power-box-360-by-bosch | 2013-05-24T16:16:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.933037 | 678 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
Well, I swear it’s not an obsession, I’m showing today some more Japanese creations!
AIR Winx for “Argrace” offers us these brand new interesting hoodies plus complementary down jacket in two packs, “Black” and “Gray&White”, each including a tucked (shirt layer and underpants layer) and untucked version (jacket layer) of the hoodie, two presized hoods, and two versions of the down jacket on the jacket layer, alone and including the hoodie under it.
Everything is moddable and no copy-transfer. You will see on the second composite the many possibilities you have with each pack.
The jeans shown are a freebie you can get in the shop, with a cap and a sweater!
Soon more stuff from this promising designer!
To go along with this hoodie and jacket, I chose the very good “Akeyo” Sneakers from Arto Magneto and Akemi Yoshikawa, in their colored version this time, and some cool hair from Tag Mulligan for “Color Me Couture.” Enjoy!
Style, Photography: Ben Vanguard
• Veste à capuche, surveste, Jean / Hodie, Down Jacket, Pants:
*ARGRACE Hoodie* “Gray&White” and “Black” (300 Lindens/color, Perms: M/NC/T),
Argrace-Jeans Black (FREE, Perms: M/C/NT)
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Society is decaying right on schedule. Now that marriage has been redefined to include same-sex couples, it was only a matter of time before polygamy would start to be normalized. I just didn’t expect it would start with school kids. As you can see on the poster to the right, which is being plastered across schools in the Toronto District School Board, they show couples made up of two men or two women, as well as two women with one man (at the top) and two men with one woman (bottom-right corner).
I think these activists should man-up and promote their depravities themselves, to other adults, rather than hiding behind posters and targeting kids. Pick on someone your own size.
Of course, women are the big losers here. While polygamy can theoretically involve several men for one woman, the reality is that it’s almost always various women for one man, harem-style. This sends the message that one woman isn’t enough to satisfy one man, so he needs several to match him. Polygamy is really about inequality and the degradation of women. I can’t believe the feminists refuse to see it. | <urn:uuid:2efafdaa-b0e4-43b8-bf51-e3d9522facf8> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.socon.ca/toronto-school-board-poster-promotes-polygamy/ | 2013-05-24T16:16:38Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.981623 | 244 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |
It used to be good when I first got it and now its super slow and sometimes it doesnt even download anything.
ares is the worst software that is out there dont even try it or face ur doom ,it totally screwed up my laptop im so darn angry at it i hate it i could just curse to release my anger from it i will never in my life download that mess again it belongs in the trash and it should stay there curse those people that programmed ares i will get computer formnatted and i might have to but a new hard drive since mine is messed up with a virus its totally done for this will be my 3rd time fomatting the freaking hard drive !!!!
I got away from Ares as quickly as possible because of the leeches who insert passwords and other crap in the movies that prevents you from watching them until you pay their price.
Are is definetely the best downloader around. Fast, vast searches and a nice look. Ares rules.
ares is getting on my nerves it will not download any music,movies,etc. im really mad can anyone help me and tell me how i can fix this problem?
file transfering is too slow.. (as slow as 1kb/sec..) takes weeks to download a movie.. can u teach me how to speed up transfering files using ares?
I have been using Ares for about a year... i have 2 say .. it was the best program ever!! but now... it doesnt connect anymore... the search is good but no connection..!!
i have used the original ares 2.0 and ares lite for a long time. both are awesome file sharing programs. but, at first they might have trouble connecting to the network. but u have to be patient. check all ur settings and when u connect it is really fast and worth it.
Ares is best P2P Program easy to use, fast and has Tones of files. GET RID OF YOUR OTHER JUNK P2PS ARES IT BOSSSSS.
I've been using Ares for a while now, and it just suddenly won't let me download anymore. If you can help me with this problem, please do.
I've had Ares for a while and love it, But mine sometimes quits connecting. I just got a new computer and downloaded I think the regular. It said test failed now it says passed but won't connect still. I went to Nortons and chose to Allow this program and I went to Windows Firewall and allowed. I have Windows Vista. How do I make this connect. I may uninstall it and try the lite. People at work use LimeWire but I like Ares. I used to use Kazza Lite ++ before someone told me about Ares.
love ares except i had it for like 5 months and it was nice!! and now it never connects anymore .. i need help! can someone please try to help me to ...pleaseeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee
Ok my ares is ok but when i go to download songs it takes forever any advice?
ares is the best p2p program ever...its not gnutella witch is good, but its on its own network, The AresGalaxy Network!!its da best network..and its fast + freeof virus
i had ares for 5 months and it was AMAZING!! and now it never connects anymore .. i need help! can someone please try to help me to get my connection back or tell me whats wrong?!?
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It's always heartwarming to meet people who have turned their lives around. I recently got a chance to visit a clinic in Milwaukee that is helping clients beat their addictions
It's refreshing to see adults who discover a new spark and a new reason to live. You can see it in their eyes, and you can feel their spirit. They have changed for the better and have essentially been reborn.
I got to witness such individuals recently when I visited the Empowerment Clinic at 6001 W. Center in Milwaukee. I talked to three men who are strong reminders of one of life's truisms. No matter how far we stumble, we can find our way back.
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Photo of the Week
Dr. Arcelia Johnson-Fannin rides along in the Feik School of Pharmacy’s golf cart during the Cardinal Carnival Golf Cart Parade on Tuesday, which was Incarnate Word Day.
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The Student Government Association is asking students, faculty, administration and staff to avoid buying or drinking bottled water for the month of April in an effort to stand in solidarity with the 1.1 billion people in the world who do not have access to water, as well as bring home the point about recycling. Visit the sign-up table between 9 a.m.-5 p.m. outside Marion Hall on Monday and Tuesday and pledge not to drink bottled water. Everyone who pledges receives a Nalgene-type bottle.
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Dr. Agnese poses with the 2008 CCVI Spirit Award winner, Dr. Denise Doyle, the vice president for academic and student affairs, and her husband, Dr. Joseph Lazor, after a ceremony on Incarnate Word Day.
Extended Run Players Present Two Plays
The Extended Run Players will present The Diary of Adam & Eve by Mark Twain and adapted by Henry Holloway and I’m Herbert by Robert Anderson. All performances will be in the Cheever Downstage II Theatre at UIW. Tickets cost $10 for adults, $8 for non-UIW students and $9 for seniors. Group rates are available. UIW students, faculty and staff receive one free ticket with ID. For reservations or additional information, call the UIW theatre box office at 829-3800. Performance dates and times:
- Friday, March 28 and Saturday, March 29: 7 p.m.
- Sunday, March 30 (Sunday): 2 p.m.
Mulch Madness is a community service project at the Villages of Incarnate Word. Meet in the Student Center at 9 a.m. today. Free breakfast and lunch!
River Cleanup event
Encourage students to take advantage of this opportunity for community service hours! Join the Headwaters Coalition for the 2008 Basura Bash River Cleanup from 9 a.m.-noon, Saturday, March 29. Lunch and T-shirts from noon – 1 p.m. Meet by the picnic tables near the Agnese Bridge (the red bridge east of the Barshop Natatorium). RSVP to the Headwaters Coalition at (210) 822-5358 or email@example.com.
Community Service Lecture
State Rep. Ruth Jones McClendon will present “Community Service, the Challenge and the Opportunity” from noon to 1 p.m. Monday, March 31 in Marian Hall Ballroom. UIW requires each student to do 45 hours of community service. How does one develop a more joyful and meaningful life as one serves the community? Ask yourself, “am I helping or hurting?” Bring your lunch, and desserts and lemonade will be provided. Co-sponsored by the Black Student Association, Campus Ministry, Political Science, and the Women’s History Month Committee.
To close the Women's History Month celebration, Dr. Le Coeur will read from her book of poems written in honor of her mother.She will read from Medicine Woods, her latest book of poetry, at 6:30 p.m. Monday, March31 in the Special Collections Room of the Mabee Library. There will be a reception afterward.
Earth Month Celebration Kicks Off with Donation Drive
UIW is celebrating Earth Month, which runs from March 20 until April 22, Earth Day. The first event to celebrate the month is a donation drive for the Animal Defense League sponsored by the UIW Biology Club. The drive will run from Wednesday, March 26 – Friday, April 4. There is a drop-off box on the first floor of the AT&T building.If you have items that your pets do not use anymore, you can donate them.New items are also welcome. For more information, contact Biology Club co-president Pamela Barajas at firstname.lastname@example.org. The event is part of UIW’s celebration of Earth Month. Find the rest of the schedule at www.uiw.edu/Earth. Here are some of the items needed by the Animal Defense League:
- Baby blankets
- Copy paper
- Hand sanitizer
- Heavy duty water hoses
- Laundry detergent
- Paper towels
- Trash bags (13 and 33 gallon)
- Window cleaner
- Dog and cat treats
- Newspaper and shredded paper
- Cage dryers
- Fatigue mats for surgery
- Gerber baby food (chicken or beef only)
- Heating pads
- PetSmart gift certificates
- PetCo gift certificates
- Surgical scrubs (all sizes)
Cutting Edge Fashion Show Fiesta Medals
UIW is proud to present the 2008 Cutting Edge Fashion Show Fiesta Medal. Medals are only $7 and can be purchased through the Development Office at (210) 829-6091. Trading Fiesta medals is an important part of Fiesta fun! Buy your UIW medal today! Tickets are available now! Tickets to the event include a runway style fashion show, silent auction and luncheon. Tables of 10 are available for $1,500 (premier runway seating), $1,000 (second row), $750 (third and fourth row), and individual seats may be purchased for $75 each. The Cutting Edge Fiesta Fashion Show will be at 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 21 at the Marriott Rivercenter, 101 Bowie Street. There will be a silent auction, fashion show and luncheon. For more information, call (210) 829-6013 or visit www.uiw.edu/cuttingedge08/index.htm.
Join the Iron Chef Competition!
An Iron Chef competition will be held at 11:30 a.m. April 9 in Marian Hall dining room, and all are invited to participate. The event is a mini version of the popular food network TV show Iron Chef.At least one representative from the student body, faculty and staff are wanted. The event should be a fun experience in which each competitor will create a dish using exactly the same ingredients as the other competitors. All cooking equipment and set up will be provided, and there will be prizes for everyone. For more information, contact Richard Morgan at (210) 805-3563 or email@example.com.
Adopt a Turtle Now for Spring Fling
You’re invited to the 3rd annual Spring Fling and Turtle Race from noon – 5 p.m. Saturday, April 12. The event is an annual fundraiser for the UIW softball team to help cover the costs of travel and competition.Come out for food booths, music and games. Theturtle race is the highlightof thedayas3,000 rubber turtles will be racing down the San Antonio River, all with a chance of winning 20 different prizes and $20,000! Turtles are now up for adoption for $5. Check outthe website, www.uiwspringfling.com,for more detailed information about the event. Admission is free, and the event is in the UIW Natatorium parking lot and at the headwaters of the San Antonio River. You can sign up for a booth by contacting Jan Taveirne at firstname.lastname@example.org or Leah Bowen at email@example.com.
Sign Up Now for the Run for Brainpower 5K fundraiser
The track and field program is holding its annual Run for Brainpower 5K fundraiser at 8 a.m. Sunday, April 13 on the UIW campus. All proceeds go directly to the UIW track program. Register with Derek Riedel in Natatorium office 103 or online at www.active.com. The cost is $20 until April 7 and includes a t-shirt for the first 200 entries. UIW students can register for $10 with a student ID.
Children's Day/Book Day
The theme of Children’s Day/Book Day will be Social Justice: God's Green Earth. The celebration will be from 1-4 p.m. Saturday, April 19 at the Convocation Center. Local writers and illustrators of children's books will display their work and read to children. The winners of the literature contests in English and Spanish at the four Brainpower preparatory schools will read their work, and the winners of the art contest will be displayed. Also, each preparatory school, and the departments of Foreign Languages and English will have tables promoting the schools/departments. Books will be available for sale. Children’s Day is free and is sponsored by the four Brainpower preparatory schools, the Department of Foreign Languages, English and the Society of Writers and Illustrators of Children's Books. For more information, call Dr. Amalia Mondriguez at 829-3894 or Dan Ochoa at 829-2707.
Dr. Renee Moore was joined by her parents at the Associates Dinner on Tuesday evening.
The Rev. Anne Helmke, the director of the peaceCENTER in San Antonio, spoke on Women’s Issues – Challenges and Perspectives on Thursday as part of the URGE (Under-Represented Groups and Education) annual forum.
Martha A. Ojeda, the executive director of the Coalition for Justice in the Maquiladoras, spoke on NAFTA, Gender, Labor and Migration on Thursday as part of the URGE (Under-Represented Groups and Education) annual forum.
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UIW is considering the adoption of an online software tool for faculty evaluations. A committee that includes representatives of all UIW schools and the Institutional Research Department has reviewed the commercial software available for faculty evaluations and has identified three finalists for your consideration. Each of the three finalists will demonstrate its offering in an open forum as scheduled below (click the link to see more information):
- OnlineCourseEvaluations.com demonstration is over, but you can still click the link if you missed the demonstration.
- Scantron Class Climate software demonstration from 2-3:30 p.m. Friday, March 28 in the Library Auditorium
- CoursEval software demonstration from 2-3:30 p.m. Friday, April 11 in the Library Auditorium
Music Scholarship Auditions
The auditions will be Saturday, March 29 in Palestrina Hall. Call 829-6022 to schedule an appointment.
SMARRT Scholarships Deadline is Tuesday
The SMARRT Project will be awarding scholarships toward the completion of Texas Teacher Certification and 18 hours toward a Master of Arts in teaching in: Math 8-12, Life Science 8-12, or Elementary EC-4. The deadline to apply is April 1. For more information, contact Laura Resendez at (210) 805-3019 or firstname.lastname@example.org. For more information, visit www.uiw.edu/smarrt/index.htm. Eligible scholarship candidates must meet the following requirements:
- Hold a bachelor’s degree
- Have a GPA of 2.75 or above
- Secondary applicants must have completed 18-24 hours of college-level math courses or 18-24 hours biology/science
- Elementary applicants must have completed a total of 9-12 hours of college-level math and/or science courses
- Meet all admissions requirements for the Dreeben School of Education’s Teacher Certification Program
- Be a United States citizen or have permanent residence status
- Agree to teach in a high-need school in the areas of math, science, or elementary, for a specified period of time
Online Blackboard Training
The Department of Instructional Technology will be offing two instructor-led, online Blackboard training courses for novice and advanced users. All UIW full-time, part-time and adjunct faculty members are invited take part in these courses. For more information, go to http://support.uiwtx.edu/Announcements/index.html or e-mail Training Coordinator Terry Peak at email@example.com.
The novice course is designed to provide the basic principles of using Blackboard:
- Navigate, create and revise the course shell
- Develop and manage student groups
- Learn how to plan, integrate and revise a course plan
- Understand how to use different types of course content to engage students
The advanced course will provide the opportunity to take advantage of additional Blackboard features:
- Create, import, revise and implement tests and other assessment tools
- Use the Gradebook to store and analyze grades
- The Blackboard communication tools, including chat, discussion boards, wikis, blogs and podcasting
2008 Financial Assistance Saturday Sessions
Please encourage students to attend one of the 2008 Financial Assistance Saturday Sessions. Students will have the opportunity to pick up 2008-2009 financial aid application forms, find out about resources like scholarships, loans, work and grants, complete the free application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA), and review costs for the academic year. A general presentation will be given during the first hour and the remaining time will be open for specific questions. All sessions will be held in the Conference Hall at the ICC
- April 5 from 1-3 p.m.
- May 17 from 1-3 p.m.
Friday, March 28, 10 a.m.
Library, Special Collections Room
Dissertation Chair: Sr. Dorothy Ettling
Dissertation Title: African American Female Persisters in Higher Education: The Lived Experience
Friday, March 28, 1 p.m.
Gorman Bldg., Room 212
Dissertation Chair: Dr. Francis Musa Boakari
Dissertation Title: A Study of At-risk Students’ Experiences in a Residential Alternative Girls’ School in Southern Taiwan
KUIW Staff Positions Open
Encourage students to apply for jobs! There are seven staff positions open at the campus radio station, KUIW. These positions will be for the 2008-2009 school year. The positions are: Operations Manager, Program Director, Music Director, Underwriting/Promotions Manager, Webmaster, Production Coordinator and Sports Director. These are all paid positions. Contact Hank McDonnell for job descriptions and salaries at firstname.lastname@example.org. The deadline to apply is April 25.
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UIW in the News
3 More Colleges Join Tuition Rewards Consortium; 110,131 Students Now Enrolled
Weekender - Exhibits calendar for March 28-April 3
Southwest football star plans to stay close to home
Video of UIW Swimmer
UIW swimmer winning the national championship
Congratulations to the new Dean of the Virtual University!
Please join me in congratulating Rita Russ on her promotion to dean of the Virtual University effective June 1.She was the successful candidate after a national search.The search committee reviewed candidates and made their recommendations between the top two candidates. I am very happy to say that Rita accepted and will move the Virtual University forward in the upcoming years!
Rita joined the Virtual University in fall 2007 as the director of external operations. In that position she has been responsible for finding new opportunities for us in this highly competitive adult market. In this short time she has been responsible for coordinating our inclusion as a provider school in an online consortium, as well as applying and working through the process for us to begin as partners in both the Navy and the Air Force.
Rita is a native of San Antonio, where she and her husband are raising two children.Rita holds an MBA with a concentration in management, and is working on her Ph.D. Rita comes to us with a wealth of experience in management of adult programs, as well as being an experienced online teacher. The Virtual University will flourish under Rita’s guidance.
Recognizing All Valuable Employees – RAVE!
Has someone at UIW, Incarnate Word High School or St. Anthony Catholic High School had a positive influence on you? Let them know they’ve done a good job! Completing a RAVE! card is one way to recognize administrators, faculty, staff and student workers for living the core values of the Incarnate Word Mission. The core values are Education, Faith, Innovation, Service and Truth. Your comments will be shared directly with employees and their supervisors at a special RAVE! luncheon, date is TBA. Find a RAVE! card at the following locations:
Administration Building: Basement; 1st Floor - Business Office; HASS and Registrar’s Office; 2nd Floor: Learning Assistance Center
Science Hall: 1st Floor
Income Tax help for Low Income Taxpayers
Low income taxpayers are invited to come to UIW for help with their tax returns. Volunteers in Income Tax (VITA) will be doing free tax returns and free e-filing for low income taxpayers (approximately $40,000). Visit the Administration Building Basement, Room 62 from 10 a.m.-noon every Saturday starting Feb. 2 until April 12. To e-file, both spouses must be present to sign the IRS form. For more information, call Tracie Edmond at (210) 283-5004 or Theresa Tiggeman at (210) 829-6018.
What to bring:
- Social Security cards for taxpayers and dependents
- Driver’s License
- Copy of last year’s tax return
- Checkbook for direct deposit of the refund
- The IRS is requiring the VITA sites to make copies of Social Security cards for taxpayers and dependents.
- The IRS is requiring us to make copies of the driver’s licenses.
- We are no longer allowed to do returns for Married Filing Separately or for Nonresident Aliens.
Dr. Arcelia Johnson-Fannin (from left), founding dean of the Feik School of Pharmacy; Dr. Kathi Light, BSN ’70, dean of the School of Nursing and Health Professions; Brig. Gen. USAF Ret. Sue Ellen Turner, BSN ’73 and Alumna of Distinction; and Professor Emerita Maureen Halligan, DHL 2005 (not pictured), were honored Wednesday at the university’s San Antonio Women’s Hall of Fame reception.
Message from Dr. Tison
Dr. Dianna Tison extends her sincere thanks for the outpouring of support and prayers by the UIW community on the loss of her husband just prior to Spring Break. The UIW community demonstrates caring concern for each individual member. May we continue to be blessed in our work here with each other.
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Two Selected for Seminar
Dr. Jessica Kimmel and Sr. Martha Ann Kirk were selected as fundedparticipantsfor a seminar led by Lamin Sanneh of Yale University called “Being Muslim in the United States.” The seminar will be from July 14 – Aug. 1 and is sponsored by the Louisville Institute and the Seminars in Christian Scholarship program at Calvin College.
Great News for Professor Matthias Schubnell
The Cather Project at the University of Nebraska received a request from Cengage Learning to reproduce one of Dr. Matthias Schubnell’s articles about Willa Cather in their publication Short Story Criticism, Vol. 114. The article they requested was one that appeared in a Cather Project publication The Mowers' Tree spring/summer 2004: "Willa Cather's Quarrel with Urbanism." Permission was granted by the Cather Project. The volume of Short Story Criticism is due to be released September 2008.
Article to be Published
Religious Studies Associate Professor Dr. Glenn Ambrose’s article “Great Faith Abounds” will be published in the upcoming May issue of New Theology Review.
Chapter Published in New Book
Dr. Pat Gower’s chapter on the Buffalo Soldiers and relations to the town of San Angelo was published as a chapter in a new book published by Texas A&M press called Slavery to Integration: Black Americans in West Texas.
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St. Anthony Catholic High School Events
- April 5 (tentative date): Alumni Spring Fest
- April 18: Fiesta St. Anthony – Fiesta St. Anthony will start at 7 p.m. Friday, April 18 in the UIW Rosenberg Sky Room. Tickets cost $30 per person and include dinner, drinks, dancing, silent auction, wheel barrel and fun. Tickets including the $5,000 gift card reverse raffle cost $100 for two guests. Adult guests 21 and over only. Fiesta St. Anthony is sponsored by St. Anthony Catholic High School. For information, call Blanca Leal at (210) 832-5611, Katherine Villarreal at (210) 844-8044 or Stella Mallard at (210) 829-2708.
Incarnate Word High School Events
- April 4: Incarnate Word High School will celebrate Incarnate Word Day on Friday, April 4.The day will begin with a special liturgy followed by a celebratory field day for the girls. Students will compete in a wide variety of fun games, indoors and out ending in a tug of war with faculty at the end of the day.
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Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas
The Hispanic Women’s Network of Texas, San Antonio Chapter has now opened its scholarship application process for 2008. Visit http://hwnt.org/sanantonio/ for the requirements, criteria, process, schedule and application form. For more information, contact Ivalis Gonzalez, Scholarships Committee Chair, at email@example.com or call (210) 302-3282.
theFund Giving Campaign
UIW is conducting a university-wide workplace-giving campaign called theFund at UIW, IWHS and SACHS. theFund was created to help financially strengthen qualified nonprofit arts and cultural organizations. The campaign at UIW will run through April 15. All employees received information and a form in the UIW mail. Donors contributing more than $60 per year will receive theFUNdiscount card, which provides discounts on admissions and purchases at participating arts and cultural organizations. All donations are tax deductible. Dr. Donna Aronson, dean of the College of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences, represents UIW on theFund Board of Directors. She has appointed campaign captains from a variety of areas at UIW who will be conducting presentations throughout the campaign. If you are interested in scheduling a presentation for your group, if you need a form to contribute or if you have any other questions, contact Lorraine Ewers at 829-6070 or firstname.lastname@example.org. Please return your completed form to: Lorraine Ewers, CPO # 94 or to Tom Duckworth, Director of Payroll, CPO# 110.
Upcoming Athletics Events
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Slideshow | 'Super School' in Snoqualmie welcomes back Seahawk John Carlson
October 11, 2011 · Updated 1:41 PM
Tuesday's assembly at Snoqualmie Elementary School had everything -- singing, a parade, a visit from Seattle Seahawk John Carlson, and to top it off, a big unveiling of the school's new playground equipment.
The parade was of the fifth grade students' state projects, hand-made floats, and one radio-controlled entry, that showcased the hallmarks of each state.
Next, the assembly put the spotlight on Carlson, sidelined for the season with a shoulder injury, but as eager as the students to see the new exercise equipment. Last year, he awarded the school an NFL Play 60 grant when SES was named a Play 60 "Super School" used in conjunction with some PTSA funds to buy the equipment.
His question, "Remember last year when I came?" was answered with deafening screams. "I had a great time, and I was just impressed with the way you guys have your priorities set, to work out and eat right, and that's why I wanted to come back," he said.
Play 60 encourages children to be active for 60 minutes every day, and rewards "super schools" like SES with grants for fitness equipment. Teacher Jim McEldowny's plans to create an exercise tracking program at the school also were part of the award consideration.
When Carlson and McEldowny pulled the covers off two new pieces of exercise equipment, there were even more excited cheers.
"We're the first school to ever have it installed," McEldowny said after the assembly. It wasn't completely ready to use yet that day, but McEldowny demonstrated how each piece had three stations, one each to work legs, arms and abdominal muscles, with resistance provided by rubber bands, and on one station, by a student's own weight.
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Two men were in court on sexual assault charges Tuesday in Marion County.
Matthew Cottingham, 27, was previously indicted for second degree sexual assault.
Cottingham pleaded not guilty before Judge Michael Aloi.
His new indictment includes multiple counts of first degree sexual assault and sexual abuse by a parent, guardian or custodian.
Cottingham's trial is set for April 17.
William Grayson also appeared before Judge Aloi.
He pleaded not guilty to 20 counts of sexual assault in the first degree.
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Senior Pastor | email me
It has been my joy to serve here at Winnetka Covenant Church since the spring of 2001. Previously I have served Covenant Churches in Seattle and Minneapolis. I am a Chicago native, and a graduate of Covenant Bible College, the University of North Dakota, and North Park Theological Seminary. I enjoy books (especially historical fiction), music, sports, and coffee. My wife Bonnie and I are parents to Hannah, Sarah, and Kristina, who fill our lives with laughter.
I am invigorated by the work of ministry in the local Church context. I enjoy the relationships we share together as staff and congregation, and the constant re-visioning process that's at the heart of mutual ministry. I love to worship God in the context of this community of friends. I am blessed in the call from God to preach and pastor.
And I believe that the days ahead will be full of new opportunities for us to engage the life of discipleship and the call to reach out with the love of Christ in our community. These will be our priorities moving ahead. We seek to be an authentic spiritual community of growing Christians who witness to the Grace of God in Jesus. I hope you might join us on this journey.
Welcome to Winnetka Covenant Church!
Pastor of Discipleship and Outreach | email me
Serving as Pastor of Discipleship and Outreach at Winnetka Covenant Church is a joy and a privilege. I grew up in Minneapolis, Minnesota, graduated from North Park College in Chicago, and received my Master of Divinity from Luther Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota, in 2004. After seminary I served as a chaplain resident at a hospital and long term care facility in Burnsville, Minnesota, for two years. I have been serving at Winnetka Covenant since July, 2006 and was ordained in the Evangelical Covenant denomination in June, 2007.
I enjoy art, music, reading, running, biking, tennis, and spending time with my husband, Tom, and my son, Micah.
I am passionate about equipping and encouraging the church to:
I have been a Covenant Pastor and Administrator for over 50 years. Now officially "retired," I am honored to serve Winnetka Covenant for the second time in my career - this time as a Parish Associate. I was Senior Pastor at Winnetka Covenant from 1967-1986. In the intervening years, I held Pastorates at LaSalle Street Church in Chicago, IL and North Park Covenant on Chicago's north side. I have also held leadership positions in administration and faculty appointments at North Park University and Theological Seminary, the national church, as well as pastorates on Long Island, NY, Waltham, MA, and Seattle, WA.
Currently, I am involved as chair of the board of Ministry Mentors, coaching ministers across the country. I am fortunate to be married to Laurel, my wife of 55 years. We have been blessed with three children and eight grandchildren, all living in the Chicago area.
Art is the author of the book, "Prayers: Public and Personal," an invaluable resource for pastors as they minister to individuals in times of pain and grief, and in times of significance and celebration. This small volume is designed to be carried during visitation to hospital and home, and includes prayers for a multitude of unique pastoral situations, Scripture passages, and selected services from The Covenant Book of Worship.
Before arriving in Chicago, New England was home. I grew up just outside of Boston, enjoyed my undergraduate experience at Bates College in Maine, and served as the Director of Youth and Discipleship at Trinity Covenant Church in Lexington, Massachusetts. Then North Park Theological Seminary beckoned to me, and I came and completed my Master of Divinity degree in 2012.
I hope my life and ministry proclaim the faithfulness of Christ. My call to ministry arrived through a variety of channels: big events (like CHIC) along with small Bible study groups with Intervarsity. I heard about God on Sunday mornings, vacationing at Pilgrim Pines, and sitting at our family dinner table for Advent devotions.
Walking through life with teenagers creates many opportunities for conversation, laughter, questions, and friendship. The Church is a richer place with them, and I am grateful to be welcomed into their lives. If I’m not at my desk, you might find me listening to Stevie Wonder, eating a Chicago hot dog, enjoying tea and conversation, Skyping with my family, reading poetry with friends, or exploring the city on a bicycle built for two.
Director of Music | email me
I found Winnetka Covenant when we happened to move nearby in 2004. As the hymn says: "What a fellowship! What a joy divine. Leaning on the everlasting arms." I've been blessed to find WCC a thriving community committed to serving Christ together with a strong heritage and practice of excellent music.
Growing up with parents as church musicians and frequent family gatherings centered on making music together, I pursued musical training in voice, receiving a BA at Morningside College in Sioux City, Iowa and MM at the University of Cincinnati - College Conservatory of Music. I've taught preschool music for Baldwin piano & Organ. I'm a Licensed Kindermusik Educator. I taught private voice for 16 years at Oral Roberts University. I've been a soloist in oratorio and recital through the years and was a member of Signature Chorale in Tulsa and Chicago Symphony Chorus. I like a diversity of musics from choral and symphonic, a capella and jazz. I love singing and moving with children and always need to have a good spiritual going through my head and heart.
I married Jon Pegis, Chicago Symphony cellist in 2003. I have 3 sons, Philip, Peter and Stephen; 2 step sons, Michael and Jason, and one granddaughter, Izzy- born 2008. Besides following my kids living in Tulsa, Amsterdam and Seattle via facebook, I pursue organic gardening, home improvements and hope to get back to quilting soon.
I love lifting praise to our Creator and Savior in music and leading others to find their place in music ministry too.
Organist | email me
I have been privileged to be the organist for Winnetka Covenant Church since 2003. Having taken private piano lessons since the age of five, in 2001 I began studying organ under Devon Hollingsworth - organist/music director at Christ Church of Oakbrook. After a year of study, I began substituting at different churches, as well as playing for weddings and funerals throughout the Chicago area. After being referred by a member of the congregation, I began subbing at WCC while they were without an organist. Not long afterward began my relationship with the church as organist. Working here has helped me grow greatly as a musician and it has been a joy working with the staff. WCC and the church family have blessed me in so many ways during my time here. The love and support shown by this church community is both astounding and humbling.
Administrative Assistant | email me
I have been blessed to serve Winnetka Covenant Church for 12 years, following many years in the Department of Christian Formation of the Evangelical Covenant Church. Our staff works well together and going to work is a pleasure. I have also been a member at Winnetka Covenant for close to thirty years and treasure friendships made along the way. I grew up in Michigan and have two daughters who are my biggest joy. I enjoy a lot of different things, particularly gardening, sports, needlework and time with family.
Office Secretary | email me
I have enjoyed working in the office of Winnetka Covenant since the
spring of 2000. A fourth-generation Covenanter, I grew up in Rockford,
IL and lived for a few years in Phoenix, AZ but have lived in
the northern suburbs of Chicago for over 30 years. I have been a member
of Winnetka Covenant since 1979 and have participated in many different
activities and ministries at Winnetka Covenant over the years, but the most consistent has been singing in the choir.
My husband and I are now empty nesters, with three grown and married
daughters and a son soon to finish college. We thoroughly enjoy spending
time together as a family, especially enjoying our five grandchildren.
In my spare time I enjoy gardening and any type of needlework.
It has been my pleasure to work at Winnetka Covenant Church since 1984. I have been a member of North Park Covenant Church in Chicago all of my life and still worship there when I can. My wife Ann and I have two grown sons, Eric living and working in California, and Peter who works along with me here at Winnetka Covenant Church. I enjoy fishing and time away at my cottage in Michigan. | <urn:uuid:834236ae-2577-4743-bfeb-65c298bce7ff> | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | http://www.winnetkacovenant.org/about-wcc/staff/?view=mobile | 2013-05-24T16:46:39Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2013-20/segments/1368704752145/warc/CC-MAIN-20130516114552-00000-ip-10-60-113-184.ec2.internal.warc.gz | en | 0.966624 | 1,824 | null | null | HuggingFaceFW/fineweb |