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Canadians get to play “guess the picture” June 19 and 20 through a new marketing initiative from Telus that promotes Samsung Galaxy Note, a device that allows the user to sketch and create with the precision of a real pen.
Telus teamed up with Taxi, its AOR of 16 years, to create a national online marketing campaign called “Big Picture Contest.” Three Canadian artists are being showcased live at Telus House Toronto as they draw images using Samsung Galaxy Notes. A camera is capturing the action and broadcasting it on TelusBigPicture.com.
In the live streaming event, contestants watch the artists drawing onscreen, guess what their “Big Picture” is, and choose their answer from the Telus onscreen word bank. The first person to correctly guess the Big Picture wins a Samsung Galaxy Note.
There will be nine rounds and nine winners during each of the two days of the contest.
“At Telus, our overall intent is to inspire conversation. Trying to merge the online and offline worlds works really well for us,” said Anne-Marie LaBerge, vice-president of consumer marketing communications at Telus. “I would say our intent is a simple strategy: inspiring conversation and creating meaningful relationships.”
The company’s ‘Merry under the Mistletoe’ campaign offered a Samsung Galaxy phone and a Samsung Galaxy tablet as prizes last December. The campaign generated 70,000 cell phone calls and 6,000 new Facebook friends in two days.
Telus is promoting the initiative via its social media – Facebook, Twitter and YouTube – as well as web banners.
In addition, in keeping with its commitment to the arts, Telus is contributing $20,000 to the Royal Conservatory of Music’s Learning Through the Arts program. | http://www.marketingmag.ca/news/marketer-news/art-meets-technology-with-new-telus-contest-55165 | 2013-05-18T10:11:31 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
As a follow up to its pilot Footcounter measurement project which took place last year, TLC Unlimited; a Primedia Unlimited company, has completed a broader study in cinemas and gyms.
When the economy nosedived,the price of grocery items rocketed, and consumers had reason to be frightened. They became more wary of their spending habits and budgets, resulting in a more resourceful approach to spending.
The Times Press Challenge, in association with the Loeries, is tasking South Africa’s creative community to think on their feet and develop rapid-response press ads for their clients, based on The Times news stories of the day.
Powertech selected PocketMedia® Solutions’ Pop Up marketing application to utilise as a ...
Putting together the first ever Portfolio Night for Southern Africa is a tall order, but industry and sponsor support will make it all possible for the host, McCann Johannesburg. Portfolio Night will take place on Wednesday, 22 May.
Recently established mobile spray tanning company, Ispray Tanning, which offers sunless tanning with added convenience to customers in the Gauteng area, have introduced their concept as a franchising option to entrepreneurs looking to make a mark in the beauty market.
Target Media is a web-based media directory, which provides accurate and up-to-date information about the media in South Africa | http://www.marketingupdate.co.za/?IDStory=47881 | 2013-05-18T10:21:19 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
EE 4G launch slow out of starting blocks
EE has reported less than stellar financial results for the fourth quarter in which it launched its new corporate brand and 4G network, suggesting the company is not yet making the most of its monopoly position in the UK super-fast mobile internet market.
Kevin Bacon explains the ‘six degrees of Bacon’ in EE launch TV ad.
The company, which also includes the Orange and T-Mobile networks, added 201,000 contract - or postpaid - customers in the three months to 31 December, although this was fewer than the 250,000 additions it posted in the previous quarter and the 313,000 additions in the same quarter the previous year. It also did not break out how many of these new customers were taking the new EE 4G tariffs.
EE became the first to launch a 4G mobile service in the UK on 30 October. It launched a multi-million pound marketing campaign starring actor Kevin Bacon to raise awareness of the new brand and service offering.
The company says its spontaneous consumer brand awareness reached “43 per cent” just two months after its launch, based on an online Ipsos Mori poll of 800 people conducted in December.
About 52 per cent of its customers are now postpaid, up from 47 per cent in the same quarter in 2011. It says 78 per cent of those are using smartphones, up 9 percentage points year on year.
Turnover was down 2.8 per cent year on year to £1.7bn, while service revenue was down 3.9 per cent to £1.5bn in the period. The mobile industry has been impacted by government regulated price cuts to mobile termination rates - calls to other providers - and lower roaming fees.
The disappointing year end dragged down full year revenue by 1.9 per cent to £6.7bn - excluding regulatory impacts, it was up 2.7 per cent year on year. The company more than doubled its losses before tax to £249m for the year as it invested in its brand and rolling out the infrastructure for the new network, which reached 18 cities and 43 per cent of the population by the end of 2012.
On the positive side, EE said it has successfully upgraded existing Orange and T-Mobile customers to higher value plans and EE 4G price plans where coverage is available. Early migrations to 4G on EE are showing increases of approximately 10 per cent in average revenue per user - although consumers have previously aired their concerns about the “expense” of the 4G tariffs.
EE says it is also seeing early 4G momentum with business customers, with more than 10 per cent of its corporate clients - including Microsoft, Morrisons, Saatchi & Saatchi Fallon Group, Sony Music and Kier - either trialling or using 4G.
Olaf Swantee, EE chief executive, says: .”
Steven Hartley, principal analyst at Ovum, says the latest results show the company is still facing huge challenges - and its decision not to report how many 4G customers it has added is “most telling”.
He adds: “Phrases such as ‘solid early 4G momentum’ cover all manner of sins. Or to put it another way: if customer uptake was far ahead of expectation, then we would hear about it. We therefore have to conclude that uptake has not been spectacular. That doesn’t make it a disaster, just not necessarily fully optimising its monopoly position.”
EE is reported to be the target of a £10bn private equity takeover bid that would see it become more independent from owners France Telecom and Deutsche Telekom, although they are still expected to retain small stakes in the business.
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Anonymous | Tue, 19 Feb 2013 1:08 pm
Hardly surprising given the complete disdain for loyal customers; a beautiful example of stupid marketing 101 the holey bucket syndrome, focusing on acquisitions whilst your churn rate spirals.
If they were smart they would have targeted existing high worth/early adopter customers with a better than new users deal to transfer to EE. The small loss in providing newer 4G compatible handsets mid existing contract would have been outweighed by the impact of all those brand ambassadors screaming about how fantastic EE was/is from launch day.
Unfortunately the opposite is what happened with disgruntled customers frequently voicing their annoyance via social media responded to by less than sympathetic and ill informed t-mobile/orange/EE staff. They didn't even have the nous to contact existing customers regarding the upgrade to EE for £99 offer when it was eventually rolled out. No wonder new customers are waiting for the other networks to launch.
On a final note. I'm sure the Kevin Bacon concept seemed a hoot and uber clever but how many people are aware of the six degrees of Kevin Bacon concept? Focusing your whole launch on a geeky movie buff game does not drive home to the ordinary man why he should bother paying a hell of a lot more for his mobile phone then he currently does.
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Belfast makes the most of its Titanic connection
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Hungry for business, Belfast in Northern Ireland is trying to cash in on its role as the city where the ill-fated ship was built.
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We're running out of room to store natural gas
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Natural gas is housed in underground salt caverns, depleted oil fields and aquifers. And the glut of gas means they are filling up too fast.
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Federal job retraining programs are running out of money
Posted In: Jobs, Unemployment, employee training
The economy's doing better, but unemployment is still at over 8 percent. Lots of jobless workers have turned to federally-funded retraining programs, but as New York Times reporter Motoko Rich reports, funding is running dry.
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Gambling on cancer treatments
Posted In: cancer, medical costs, treatment, health insurance
A new study shows that cancer patients prefer riskier approaches with very low odds of success , over more successful ones that wouldn't extend their lives as long.
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Facebook to pay one billion for Instagram
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The company's photo-sharing app and social network will be Facebook's biggest acquisition yet
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Every day is tax time
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Taxes are all around, but we may not realize it.
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AT&T finally sells its Yellow Pages unit
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AT&T said it is selling its Yellow Pages unit to private equity firm Cerberus. One a powerhouse, the Yellow Pages is losing to online rivals.
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The social networking deal
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A quick look at the social media landscape, and not everyone is happy about the Facebook-Instagram deal.
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'Taxes are a fraud!'
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Commentator P. J. O'Rourke says the sheer complexity of the tax code makes it one giant con. | http://www.marketplace.org/shows/marketplace/marketplace-monday-april-9-2012?date=2012-12 | 2013-05-18T10:33:03 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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LONDON, March 13, 2013 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- The Supreme Court last year upheld President Obama's Affordable Care Act (ACA). The ACA is the biggest overhaul of the healthcare industry in decades. Healthcare companies are assessing the impact of the healthcare reform on their businesses. While proponents of the reform say that the increase in the number of insured individuals will ultimately benefit the healthcare industry, those opposed to it such as medical devices companies say that it will increase costs and hurt innovation. Perhaps, the biggest beneficiary of the healthcare reform will be hospitals such as HCA Holdings Inc. /quotes/zigman/1545475/quotes/nls/hca HCA -1.01% and Tenet Healthcare Corp. /quotes/zigman/12231717/quotes/nls/thc THC -2.63% , and long-term care facilities provider Brookdale Senior Living Inc. /quotes/zigman/387464/quotes/nls/bkd BKD +0.91% . The reform is also likely to have an impact on companies such as Herbalife Ltd. /quotes/zigman/361145/quotes/nls/hlf HLF +0.68% . On Tuesday, healthcare stocks ended on a mixed note as the broad market struggled for direction. StockCall has posted free technical research reports on HLF, HCA, THC, and BKD and these can be accessed by signing up at
Shares of Herbalife Ltd. fell sharply in Tuesday's trading session. The stock closed 2.13% lower at $40.38 after hitting an intra-day low of $40.33. In the last three sessions, Herbalife's shares have fallen nearly 4%. Despite pressure from short-sellers, the company's shares have rallied in 2013. Year-to-date, the stock has gained more than 22%, easily outperforming the broad market. The stock is currently facing stiff resistance at around $42.50. It is trading well above its 50-day moving average. Download the free report on HLF upon registration at
Shares of HCA Holdings Inc. edged higher in Tuesday's trading session; however, the gains were limited. The stock closed 0.61% higher at $38.02 after touching an intra-day high of $38.27. HCA's shares have gained more than 2% in the last three trading sessions. The stock has outperformed the broad market in 2013, gaining more than 26%. The hospital's shares have just broken through $38 resistance level, which is a bullish signal. The positive trend is further confirmed by the MACD chart. The stock's MACD has just crossed above the signal line. Recent volume activity also suggests that market sentiment is bullish on the stock. HCA technical report can be accessed for free by signing up at
Shares of Tenet Healthcare Corp. rose sharply in Tuesday's trading session. The stock closed 1.04% higher at $43.65 after touching a 52-week high of $43.87. The stock has gained more than 4.50% in the last three sessions. Tenet's shares have had an excellent run in 2013 so far. Year-to-date, the stock has gained more than 34%, compared to a gain of more than 8.80% for the S&P 500. The hospital's shares have seen a series of higher highs in the last few trading sessions, which is a strong upbeat signal. The bullish trend is further confirmed by recent volume activity and the stock's MACD chart. The free report on THC can be downloaded by signing up now at
Shares of Brookdale Senior Living Inc. fell sharply in Tuesday's trading session, closing 1.25% lower at $29.21. The stock is currently trading close to its 52-week high of $29.92. Recent volume activity suggests that market sentiment has turned bearish on the stock. Free report on BKD<< | http://www.marketwatch.com/story/morning-research-on-herbalife-hca-holdings-tenet-healthcare-and-brookdale-senior-living-2013-03-13?siteid=bigcharts&dist=bigcharts | 2013-05-18T10:25:46 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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I thought id start a thread with photos for kids lunch ideas, since i've seen a few people ask lately.
I too would love more ideas. I did forget to take a photo this morning of my sons lunch box for his first day of school, but will start doing it tomorrow.
Today I sent with him:
Apple
Banana
Cheddar cheese sticks (just cheddar cheese) wrapped in slices of ham
Lamb meatballs (my butcher makes these with just ground lamb and herbs and spices)
Carrot sticks
Sliced cucumber
I suspect lots will come home, as he will be too busy having fun with his new friends, but I guess eventually ill get the amount right.
Unfortunately its a nut free zone, so lots of things I would give him at home, I can't send to school. I get that kids have allergies, but it bugs me, as all of those muesli bars, and chip packets say they have come in contact with nuts etc, but yet they are still allowed, I wish they banned that garbage, but oh well.
Thankfully he is happy to eat cold meat.
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Image Keith Hiscock - Steep bedrock shore with Corallina officinalis (ELR.Coff). Image width ca 1 m.
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Volunteering
There are many opportunities to get involved in Council's sustainability projects. This may include helping to deliver community education workshops at the Green Living Centre, tree planting and bush regeneration for one of the biodiversity programs, or getting involved in Bagbusters, Council's plastic bag reduction.
Volunteering Opportunities
There are a number of environmental projects that provide opportunities for volunteers. Please click on the links below to learn more about these.
- Bagbusters
Marrickville Council's award-winning plastic bag reduction program, Bagbusters, aims to reduce the number of plastic shopping bags used in the local government area. For more information on the Bagbusters program, contact Council's Resource Management Officer at wpo@marrickville.nsw.gov.au or phone 9335 2131.
- Green Living Centre by e-mail or phone 9519 6366.
- Clean Up Australia Day
Clean Up Australia Day is the nation's largest community-based environmental event where volunteers come together to collect and remove litter from the local environment.
Biodiversity Volunteering:
- gaining practical skills in bush regeneration;
- learning about native plant and weed identification;
- learning about our local natural environment;
- being outdoors in a friendly environment; and
- meeting new people who share similar interests.
For more information on projects currently running, please click on the links below or contact Council's Team Leader – Biodiversity on biocoord@marrickville.nsw.gov.au or phone 9335 2254.
Friends of Camperdown Cemetery
Volunteer group that meets monthly to maintain a patch of threatened native bushland near St Stephen's Church in Newtown, adjacent to Camperdown Memorial Rest Park. Working bee dates for 2013 are:
- Saturday 16 February;
- Saturday 16 March;
- Saturday 20 April;
- Saturday 18 May; and
- Saturday 15 June.
Marrickville Landcare Group
Volunteer group that run monthly working-bees to regenerate and restore a key project site in the Marrickville area. Working bee dates for 2013 are:
- Wednesday 27 February;
- Sunday 24 March;
- Wednesday 24 April;
- Sunday 26 May;
- Wednesday 26 June; and
- Sunday 28 July.
Marrickville Community Nursery
Council's community nursery, aiming to promote biodiversity of the local area through growing and selling plants native to the Lower Cooks River Valley.
- National Tree Day
An annual Australia-wide tree planting initiative supported by Marrickville Council. This year National Tree Day will be held on Sunday 28 July 2013 from 10.30am to 1.00pm. The planting site is at Wave Rock on Marrickville Golf Course.
- Friends of the Cooks River Valley Garden (no longer active)
Volunteers have worked in the past on this native garden at Tempe Reserve, carrying out planting, weeding and mulching.
Other Opportunities
Council also works closely with local residents and businesses in other sustainability projects. Please click on the following links for more information:
- Subcatchment Planning
Working with residents to develop local strategies and actions for managing water.
- Target Sustainability @ Marrickville
Council's free and voluntary sustainability program for businesses and organisations.
- Streamwatch
Streamwatch is a program where school and community groups test the health of their local waterways for variables such as temperature, pH, conductivity, turbidity and faecal coliforms.
Environmental Volunteers Newsletter
Marrickville Council produces a quarterly Environmental Volunteers Newsletter. It is filled with news, events and activities that celebrate our local environment and the hard work of our volunteers. If you would like to receive the Environmental Volunteers Newsletter, please contact the Biodiversity Coordinator at biocoord@marrickville.nsw.gov.au.
Links
- Events calendar
Find out about upcoming volunteer opportunities.
- Community gardens
Find out about community gardens in the Marrickville area | http://www.marrickville.nsw.gov.au/action/NOTEMPLATE?s=0,pURL=volunteering, | 2013-05-18T11:03:14 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Clover Meadows
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This wonderfully restored barn is uniquely positioned in an elevated position within an area of outstanding natural beauty, surrounded by meadowland with stunning far reaching views and sea glimpses. It lies at the end of a narrow track, tucked away in a peaceful location with ponies and horses in surrounding fields and in adjacent stables. The popular and lively seaside resort of Ilfracombe is just a few minutes drive. Amazingly spacious and arranged over three floors, rustic beams and vaulted ceilings retain the character while modern touches provide comfort and style. The comfortable living room has a sweet little balcony, perfect for a glass of wine on balmy summer evenings and the enormous kitchen/dining room open onto the garden at ground level for leisurely alfresco dining, barbecues or just relaxation! There are four attractive bedrooms, the master double with ensuite bathroom on the ground floor and three further bedrooms upstairs, all served by a family bathroom. Guests are welcome to roam the open areas and there may occasionally be ponies and horses in a nearby meadow - a bonus for the children. The unique setting of Clover Meadows offers family groups extensive informal outdoor space ideal for active children to explore. Ilfracombe's attractive harbour area with a selection of restaurants, shops, galleries and the ferry to Lundy Island is just a few minutes away, with stunning award winning beaches, dramatic coastline and the rolling Tarka countryside within easy reach
Accommodation: Ground floor: Hall. Living room with gas wood burner effect stove, TV with freeview, DVD and stereo. Bedroom 1 with Double and ensuite bathroom with bath with mixer handset over bath, WC and basin. Lower ground floor: Kitchen/dining room with dual fuel range style cooker, microwave, fridge and dishwasher. Utility room with chest freezer, washing machine and tumble dryer. Cloakroom with WC and basin. First floor: Bedroom 2 with Double. Bedroom 3 with Twin. Bedroom 4 with Twin. Bathroom with bath and fitted shower over bath, WC and basin.
Facilities and Services: Linen and towels. Gas CH. Wi-Fi Broadband. No smoking. 2 pets welcome. No cot is provided, please bring your own travel cot. Stairgate available. Garden furniture. Private parking for 6 cars. Short breaks available. 4pm arrival time. Arr/Dep for weekly bookings is Saturday.
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TORONTO -- Police have charged the tour manager of the Black Eyed Peas with assault after he allegedly punched celebrity blogger Perez Hilton."
Hilton, who is openly gay, said in interview with The Associated Press that he called will.i.am a "faggot," a gay slur, inside the club after the musician told the blogger not to write about his band on his Web site.
"He was like .'"
Will.i.am said in a video posting on dipdive.com that he came to Hilton with respect and was called a "faggot."
Hilton, who was at the club with Lady Gaga, said he then left the club and was punched from behind. The pop stars and the blogger were among celebrities in Toronto for the MuchMusic Video Awards on Sunday night.
A spokeswoman for the Black Eyed Peas declined comment. | http://www.masslive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2009/06/perez_hilton_says_he_was_punch.html | 2013-05-18T10:23:19 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Thursday was a terrific night on the WMass sports scene. There was high school tournament action from one end of the Pioneer Valley to the other, and Westfield's Kasey Bellamy took the ice in Vancouver with her US Olympic teammates.
Here's a look at some of the sights and sounds that made news last night around the Western Massachusetts.
Now tonight in and around Western Mass there is a lot more high school tournament action scheduled. It's boys night out tonight, highlighted by WMass Basketball Tournament games in Division 1, Division 2, and Division 3.
I'll have extended highlights and postgame reaction tonight on ABC40's Above the Rim, tonight at 11:15pm. | http://www.masslive.com/mywideworld/index.ssf/2010/02/the_olympic_gold_medal_final_and_wmass_tournament_action_highlight_a_busy_night_on_the_local_sports.html | 2013-05-18T10:24:49 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
This an update of a story posted at 9: 52 p.m.
By JEANETTE DeFORGE
jdeforge@repub.com
SPRINGFIELD - One man was killed and nine others were stabbed or shot in what police described as "a very violent weekend."
Some victims sustained minor injuries but at least two of the stabbings left victims with serious injuries.
One man who was shot in the head during a robbery was lucky that the bullet only grazed his skull, said Capt. Robert T. McFarlin, head of the police criminal investigations bureau.
"We cannot connect any of the incidents, there was no pattern we can identify," McFarlin said today. "It has been a very violent weekend."
Police have already made three arrests in the incidents, including the murder, and have identified suspects in three others, he said.
The shootings and stabbings occurred across the city in neighborhoods such as Indian Orchard, the South End, the North End and downtown, he said.
The spate of violence began at about 1 a.m. Saturday and continued until 10 a.m. yesterday with the fatal stabbing that resulted when an argument that started on Saturday was rekindled in the parking lot of the victim's apartment.
Edward R. Caldwell, 40, of 36 Arthur Picard Circle died after being stabbed in the neck and chest with a knife, McFarlin said.
At about 6:45 p.m. today police arrested Muchael J. Ruiz, 22, of 37 Newhall St. on a court warrant charging him with murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. He had been hiding in a relative's home at 46 Kensington Ave., McFarlin said.
Caldwell, who was unemployed and also lived at 56 Montrose St., knew the suspect. The two had been arguing about a girl they both knew, he said.
"It was a spontaneous incident which escalated to a homicide," McFarlin said.
The other stabbings and shootings are:
- A city man was shot in the head at about 1:15 a.m. Saturday on Main Street near Jefferson Avenue. The bullet grazed the 38-year-old's skull and he was treated and released from Baystate Medical Center, McFarlin said.
Police believe the shooting was a botched robbery. The man was with his girlfriend, who was uninjured.
- A 23-year-old woman and a 22-year-old man were shot at about 2:30 a.m. Saturday when a man shot into the crowd standing in the parking lot of a fast food restaurant on Walnut Street, McFarlin said.
The man was shot in the stomach and calf and the woman was shot in the thigh. Both were brought to Baystate Medical Center with injuries that were not life-threatening.
Using witness descriptions, police have identified a suspect and are searching for him, McFarlin said.
- A man arguing with a 21-year-old West Springfield resident about a woman stabbed him in the arm at about 5:30 p.m. Saturday at 47 Beech St.
The victim did not have life-threatening injuries. Police identified a suspect and are hoping to make an arrest soon, McFarlin said.
- A 39-year-old city man was stabbed multiple times in the arm at about 9 p.m. Saturday on Saratoga Street. He was treated at Baystate Medical Center but the injuries were not life-threatening, McFarlin said.
Police are continuing to investigate the motive and have no suspects.
- A 29-year-old man was arrested at about 10:40 p.m. Saturday and charged with stabbing his roommate in their home at 405 Eastern Ave. Ronny Lopez was charged with armed assault with intent to murder and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
His 32-year-old roommate was stabbed in the neck and throat and received serious injuries. He is being treated at Baystate Medical Center, McFarlin said.
- A man was seriously injured after he was stabbed in the neck and throat. Police officers found the man at about 1:10 a.m. yesterday near 265 Dwight St., said Police Capt. Charles A. Arpin
The 20-year-old Springfield resident was badly hurt, possibly with the edge of a broken bottle, and unable to describe his attacker. He was taken to Baystate Medical Center and underwent emergency surgery, Arpin said.
- A 24-year-old man was arrested at about 1:25 a.m. today on charges that he shot a second man at Stearns Square within sight of police, Arpin said.
Patrolmen Eric Podgurski and Aiden Cruz, were on routine patrol on Worthington Street near Stearns Square when they saw a 22-year-old Springfield man shot in the arm, McFarlin said.
The two were joined by six other officers and a sergeant, who were working security at several area nightclubs who chased and apprehended the man. They also retrieved the 9 millimeter semi-automatic gun the suspect is believed to have thrown away while running.
Yuri Y. Rankin, 24, of 52 Biddle St., Springfield was charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and with a number of firearms violations, Arpin said.
The victim was taken to Baystate Medical Center with injuries that are not serious, he said.
- A city teenager was shot in the mouth in a drive-by shooting at about 2:25 a.m. today near 728 Carew St. The 17-year-old was not seriously injured and Arpin said the weapon may have been a pellet gun.
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Reports around the Web have BC athletic director Gene DeFilippo interviewing three possible replacements Wednesday. And while the Eagles certainly aren't the sexiest job in the ACC, the post sure does seem a high-enough profile to command some big names, doesn't it?Fan enthusiasm has started to swirl around Tennessee’s Bruce Pearl, DeFilippo stated on WEEI in no uncertain terms Wednesday that Pearl is not at candidate at this time.
“We’re going to pay what we have to pay to get the right person. We just really are. This is an important hire for us.” However, DeFelippo said he has had no contact with Pearl and does not consider him a candidate. “At this point, no, he’s not,” DeFilippo said. “That doesn’t mean he couldn’t be at another time.”There were, reportedly, three interviews conducted Wednesday, with two of the identities confirmed. Those candidates are:
Cornell’s Steve Donahue – On the BCInterruption blog, there’s an interesting post breaking down Donahue’s resume and candidacy. And there’s interesting evidence to support and detract from his potential on The Hill.
On the positive: “Young, energetic coach who turned around the Cornell basketball program, winning three straight Ivy League titles and dismantling Wisconsin to make the program's first ever Sweet 16 appearance”
The negative: “Donahue's family has strong ties to the Philadelphia area and it's no secret that they would like to return to city life. Donahue also turned down overtures from Boston University a few years back, a position that would have tripled his current salary. The BU and BC jobs are clearly in different leagues but I thought that was certainly interesting. “
Fairfield’s Ed Cooley – Not exactly a marquee name, but Cooley has found moderate success in the MAAC, posting a 66-59 record over four seasons. Strangely, the major factor in his candidacy is the fact that Cooley is a disciple of Skinner – the person whose hoop culture they are trying to purge. According to the Greenwich Time:
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Solutions to Supplemental Exercises for Math 10: Introductory Statistics
Answers to the homework sets from the textbook (those labeled with letters) may be found in the book's appendix. In consideration of others who wish to use the textbook without the answers to the review exercises available, I will not post those. Here are answers to the exercises I wrote to supplement the book.
Jump to solutions for: Part IV: Probability ◊ Part II: Descriptive Statistics ◊ Midterm 1 Extra Review ◊ Part III: Correlation and Regression ◊ Midterm 2 Extra Review ◊ Part VI: Sampling ◊ Part VIII: Tests of Significance ◊ Final Exam Extra Review
Chapter 13: What are the chances?
Chapter 14: More about chance
Chapter 15: The binomial formula
Chapter 3: The histogram
Chapter 4: The average and standard deviation
Chapter 5: The normal approximation for data
Chapter 8: Correlation
Chapter 10: Regression
After giving a large group of people two tests, time to win a video game and time to assemble a puzzle, the summary data is as follows.
video game mean: 4 minutes video game SD: 1.5 minutes
puzzle mean: 3 minutes puzzle SD: 1 minute
r = 0.7
Chapter 21: The accuracy of percentages
Chapter 26: Tests of significance
Chapter 28: The chi-square test
Special Review (temporary):
Chapter 29 Section 8, p 565: #5 Since this is different people for each age we cannot conclude anything about changing lifestyles; it is most likely to be the result of people with healthier lifestyles living longer and thus being a larger percentage of the older population. #6 The mean is so much larger than the median you know the top 50% covers a much larger spread than the lower 50%; it is possible that this is concentrated at the top 10%, but far more likely that the distance between the 90th and 50th percentiles is much larger than the distance between the 50th and 10th percentiles. #7 Looks fine: strong positive correlation, a few outliers, all dots on whole numbers because grownups don't usually say "I'm 47 and a half". #8 r=2/3. #9b D is using an ecological correlation, which usually (though not always) increases the strength of correlation. #10 (iii). #11 65.5. #13 just about (provided the data is homoscedastic); this is the rms error. #14 29935. #15 (a) 1/5525 = 0.02%; (b) 4324/5525 = 78.3%; (c) 38/85 = 44.7%; (d) 47/85 = 55.3%. #16 5/11664 = 0.043%. #20 80.64% (the sample average and SD are red herrings). #21 (i) - the correction factors are both extremely close to 1. #25 (a) (i); (b) (ii); (c) (iii), (ii). #26 (a) T; (b) T; (c) F; (d) unknown; (e) unknown but likely; (f) F (square root of 2). #34 (a) T (generously rounded); (b) F; (c) F. #37 (a) (i) no, our techniques only apply to sample random samples; (ii) we simply can't answer this based on data alone; (b) (i) P < 1%; conclude there is a difference.
Supplemental Review Exercises:
Examples from Class: (fully worked out)
A simple random sample of 400 people from a population of 100,000 is surveyed in the fall, and another sample the following spring. The fall sample showed 41% of people in favor of repaving downtown; the average time per week spent downtown was 4 hours with a standard deviation of 2 hours. In the spring, 45% were in favor of repaving and the average weekly time spent downtown was 3.5 hours with a standard deviation of 1.75 hours. For each of the two things measured, find (a) a 95% confidence interval for the population parameter for the fall survey, and (b) whether it appears there was a real change from the fall to the spring. Repaving: (a) 36.1-45.9%, (b) no; P = 12.5%. Time spent downtown: (a) 3.8-4.2 hours/week, (b) yes; P = 0.009%.
1. Roll a die five times. What is the probability of getting a 1 first, and then half even numbers and half odd numbers? 6.25%
2. Deal four cards from a well-shuffled deck. What is the probability of getting exactly one heart and exactly one face card? 19%
3. Roll six dice. What is the probability of getting at least one 3 or 4? 91.2%
A person claiming to have invented a new source of energy releases data from successive trial runs of the machine. The data, converted into standard units via the average power produced and the standard deviation of the values, is presented in terms of unit intervals below. One would expect the amounts to be normally distributed; at this level of detail do they appear to be? Yes, a little too well: P is just under 99%.
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(quick post. I’m doing the write fast thing to get me back in the blogging habit.)
I had some wonderful teachers in high school. One of them, my English teacher, used the acronym MEGO to stand for My Eyes Glaze Over. MEGO applies to something so technical that most people don’t care. But it’s my blog, so if you don’t want some MEGO, go elsewhere.
The hardest part of getting technical feedback from folks outside Google is deciding which stuff to dig into; there’s only 24 hours in a day. Plus you also don’t want to burn cred by bugging someone only to find out that it’s a non-issue. An SEO that I would trust (well, not trust exactly.
listen to, maybe
) complained about something, so I took it to the crawl team, and they dug into it enough to produce the raw docs as they were fetched by Googlebot, and it looked like Google was doing the right thing. I mentioned that to the SEO, who dug into it more on their side. It turns out that the SEO was looking for Googlebot’s old user-agent string instead of the newer user-agent string, so it was on the SEO’s side. Not an issue on Google’s side, and the SEO knows who they are.
Another example that happened this week was when I read Graywolf’s post about Google showing content from domain A on domain B. Graywolf gave three examples of sites getting confounded, with screenshots (always a helpful idea), but every example was from the same IP address. Now if you’re an experienced search person, two sites on the same IP getting confounded makes you think of one explanation: the webhost configured virtual hosting wrong. Right? Can I get a “w00t” from the back there? Cool, thanks.
So I was all set to dismiss this. But then I noticed that the confounding happened over a long period of time (usually virtual hosting errors don’t last long, because people notice and complain to the webhost), and none of Yahoo!/MSN/Ask were showing confounded domains for the example Graywolf. That wasn’t good, so I reported it to the crawl/index team.
Have I mentioned how much I respect our crawl/index team? They do a lot of heavy lifting everyday and they do it so well that few people notice how much is getting done. So that team checked it out and they were able to reproduce a bug on the webserver using only telnet. That means it wasn’t Google’s fault, but last I saw in the discussion, people were talking about ways to make Googlebot even smarter to work around that bug when they can tell the webserver might be affected.
Ah, heavy MEGO. Why didn’t Y/M/A see confounded domains? Well, Googlebot is pretty smart. It can utilize something called persistent connections to a webserver via a Keep-Alive header. If mattcutts.com and shadyseo.com are both on the same IP address, Googlebot can open up a connection and request a page from mattcutts.com, then on the same connection ask for a page from shadyseo.com. That’s more polite on the webserver because you don’t have to break down and set up a whole new connection for every page. As the Apache docs mention, “These long-lived HTTP sessions allow multiple requests to be send over the same TCP connection, and in some cases have been shown to result in an almost 50% speedup in latency times … .” As far as I can tell, bots from other engines probably open and close a connection for every page; that’s why they didn’t see this particular behavior in the webserver.
Interestingly enough, this bug was first mentioned in 1997: ” When using keepalives and name-based virtual hosts, requests on a keptalive connection can get a response from the wrong virtual host.” I guess that there’s some pretty old webservers out there; like I said, the crawl team was last seen talking about workarounds for ancient servers that have this bug.
So that’s two examples in the last week where I asked someone to dig deeper and it was an issue outside of Google. That said, it’s essential to keep reading feedback from forums and the blogosphere. For example, we’ve been refreshing some of our supplemental results, and the feedback that we’ve gotten has helped us find a couple different ways that we could make the site: operator more accurate with the newer supplemental results. GoogleGuy put out a call for feedback about that particular issue on WebmasterWorld, and someone on my team has been reviewing the feedback to find any other issues to pass on.
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Hi Matt,
The ‘confounded domains’ issue that you resolved on Graywolf’s blog also solved an identical issue I had recently emailed to Brian. The issue I emailed to Brian was actually the same diagnosis.
I’ve emailed the hosting company with your advice.
>>Can I get a “w00t” from the back there?
Here’s a “w00t”s from down under, Sydney Australia
Nice post. Props to Graywolf
Matt,
Thanks for the feedback. It is encouraging to know that you guys are digging into feedback from the community. I have read a lot of accusations and guesses recently on message boards about Google, and it is reassuring to know that you guys take the problems us little guys are having seriously. Keep fighting the good fight, and I hope you get to the bottom of any actual bugs in the recent rollout.
But those two examples each came from one observation from one person. The page dropping issue is being noticed by tons of people. I would think this is when you should really start bugging someone – when something is noticeably widespread. Just a thought.
I had someone complain about this too.
His website, was shown in these two searches as well.
I directed him to ask his host about this (probably some vhost screw-up, or some weird 301 redirects), and i am 99% sure that G is out of the question.
Everybody’s pissed on the indexed pages thing Matt, too.
Can the same team give us some answers on this issue, yet ?
Dazzlindonna,
My take on the non-mention of all of the chatter from people saying that 99% of their site has been de-indexed, is that it was intended that way, and the new algo is working as they had hoped. I doubt we will get confirmation on that as its really not in google’s interest to comment on particular sites or pages and their position or even existance in the index.
GoogleGuys’s comments on WMW also mirror this response. They completly ignore the comments on page losses and only address the crawling issues.
I believe we are hearing the company line, and like I said earlier we can now take from it that if your site lost pages, those pages need to be fixed some how, more unique content, better content, less of something, more of another, yada yada…
Google dropped millions of pages last year and took a couple of months to recrawl everything and rebuild the index. While we may be seeing an extensive lack of URLs this year, at least the SERPs are not flooded with bare URLs. People were screaming about lack of titles and descriptive snippets more than they seem to be screaming about the dropped pages.
The effect was virtually the same thing. A bare URL in the SERPs means Google doesn’t have any data on the URL, except that it exists. It sounds to me like Big Daddy just doesn’t list all the known-but-uncrawled-URLs.
Matt, is that the case?
Me going to spend more time obsessing over all that Vanessa Fox and the sitemaps team are sayin’. All this talk of spam is just not my thing, I do not spam, I bitch and whine but I do not spam.
Do a search in the sitemaps group for “no crawl stats” and see all the people complaining that it is broken, if you folks there spent more time doing searches in “groups” you could find and fix all kind of things before you get webmasters like me bitchin’ at you!
If people are searching or posting using a common phrase often it either means. 1.) There could be a flaw 2.) The people are flawed and you need to educate them.
And yes, observe that 99.9 percent of the time it is in fact not Google’s fault but I would start searching your groups today, I warned you about canonical issues in 2003 but I just couldn’t describe what it was back then because I do not speak MEGO-OGLE.
Good morning Matt
And welcome back to Matt Cutt’s blog
Very nice informative post naswering few important questions. Thanks.
I recall GoogelGuy mentioning last year on WMW that summer months are good months for the folks at the plex to look at and resolve issues. Can you tell us what the friends at the plex have in mind to do this summer?
Have a great day.
Dazzlindonna, believe me, lots of different people at Google have been reading that feedback. The Sitemaps team was reading it to make sure that Sitemaps has nothing to do with the issue. The crawl/index team checked into several reports and each time came up with other reasons why the site wouldn’t be crawled as much (e.g. the ‘next page’ url on one site wasn’t short; it was a total hairball with like 200 chars of params), and some supplemental results folks have been through the raw emails, which is how one of the site: changes was noticed.. But don’t get me wrong; we’re still going through the feedback to see if there’s anything else to be identified and improved.
Michael Martinez, this lately round of feedback is (I’m pretty sure) nothing to do with Bigdaddy. Bigdaddy was live 100% weeks (months?) ago. In BD, we still return url references where we saw the url but haven’t crawled it.
Aaron Pratt, very few people speak MEGO, but we keep our eyes peeled for trends in both MEGO-speak and regular English.
Harith, it’s true that summer is a great time to work on new infrastructure.
Hi Matt,
Please explain more on this
>>so a site that had more pages indexed by the earlier Googlebot won’t necessarily have as many pages indexed in the future
>>
Ecommerce companies that employ both organic and campaign methods might not like to hear that.
Just a thought…
Thanks
I’ve missed your blogs – nice to have you back.
One question re supplemental pages – why doesn’t GG simply delete ‘obsolete’ pages when requested by the webmaster using the ‘removal tool’ – instead of only removing them for 6 months or so?
Just had to remove a whole batch of resurrected supplemental pages from old domains that caused a massive duplicate pages penalty back in Autumn 2004 – only thought to look for them – using site:wwwmydomain – when I noticed I was slowly losing postion again.
cheers
Matt,
Great MEGO post – keep those coming – some of us love the technical nitty-gritty. How ’bout a Matt Cutts/Google MEGO perspective on the (in)famous V7ndotcom Elursrebmem SEO contest that wraps up this Monday? Holy outa-control back-links Batman going on over there!
alek
P.S. Repeating an earlier minor nit for the Vanessa/Sitemaps folks (who probably missed it since it was buried 50 comments down), but they still have copyright 2005 at the bottom of their blog. Also recommend they consider turning on commenting to compliment the Google Groups stuff.
Um, considering the bug was only in Apache 1.2b10 and was fixed in 1.2b11, and that there have been a number of security fixes and many new versions in the meantime, why is anyone running 1.2b10 any more?
As for the fix, I assume you can just simply disable persistent connections on Apache 1.2b10, or am I missing something?
Ok so on Graywolf’s blog you say they have it with Apache 1.3.7 – could you please post to let us know which versions have this bug and which ones don’t? Otherwise, even if you fix it, if another search engine implements persistent connections they may also end up with this bug.
>>.
I don’t know how many times it can be mentioned without somebody hearing it: This is not a crawling issue. Our 7000 missing pages, for example, are crawled regularly, they are just not making it into the index (unless linked to from our Home page).
Of the various theories I have read about the cause of the problem, my current favorite is that it is a Backlink/PR issue. It looks like our backlinks, as reported by the flaky “site:” search, reflect the state of our Backlinks around August 2005 (i.e. when the BD index was seeded). Maybe the internal/real Backlinks just need to be refreshed. Missing backlinks = lower PR = less deep indexing = 95% of a sites pages dropped.
Also, if some of these sites have “spam penalties”:
1. Can a spam penalty cause a site to lose 95% of it’s pages? Previously we’ve been told that any kind of ban will result in 100% page loss. So has this changed?
2. Shouldn’t these sites with a spam penalty be contacted? Isn’t it very possible, likely even, that these Spam penalties are part of the missing pages bug? Why would a “spammer” be dumb enough to send an email to Google complaining about missing spammy pages?
Matt. what was the reason for:
massive amounts of pages being dropped from indexes
pages that do show in the index are years old and non-existent
there has seen to be massive fluctuations in the last couple of weeks
I have 2 pages left from over 400
traffic before:
google 35%
msn 25%
yahoo 25%
traffic now
msn 30%
yahoo 30%
google 20% and dropping
It’s frustrating because I advertise Google all over my pages: search google on every page, adwords, adsense, analytics, sitemap, gmail etc.
Why should I continue pushing Google when most of traffic is starting to come from MSN and Yahoo?
sorry to whine… I will stop now
Hi Matt,
many thanks first of all for yours trouble.
You wrote “several sites have spam penalties”.
It is possible to get an exact feedback about my domain (posted in the form)?
We suspect that our domain have a spam penalty. We implemented
here numerous measures to correspond to the Google Guidelines. We
did already a reinclusion request with lots of informations. We think that
our pages does not violate the Google guidelines and ist one of the consumer and shopping portals with the highest quality (unique content!) in Germany!
None of our direct competitors has got approaching problems like us with almost identical page techniques.
Should our pages are not confirm to the Google Guidlines for any reason anyway, I ask for an exact notification. We would immediately remove this unintentional fault.
Many thanks!
A buddy and me have a old site that once held 100′s of duplicate articles (people submit articles to many places, doh!) that is only showing 6 indexed pages, it is the spammiest thing I have ever done and it is very obvious why the site has only 6 pages currently indexed. What’s in your wallet?
Matt. Do you still want feedback about sites that are having their pages dropped? It’s still happening, and for no apparent reason – and it’s a very big problem.
It sounds like you didn’t get many example sites, and it also sounds like there were good reasons to account for most of them, but it’s not typical of what’s happening. I don’t believe it’s about crawling. Sites are having the number of pages in the index drop on a daily basis, and we all know that Google takes a very long time to drop pages that no longer exist. People report that the crawling is fine, but their pages are being dropped daily.
I have such a site myself if you are still interested (not the one from last year) – down from an unrealistic 50-60 thousand pages in the index to 155 pages in the index yesterday (today it may have turned the corner, but time will tell). I didn’t use the published email address because, like most people, I didn’t see it, and I only noticed it happening a week ago.?
Insightful as ever Aaron. I guess your one example proves something really significant…I just can’t think what that might be. How did your spammy site fair before Big Daddy?
If it’s the spammiest thing you’ve ever done. How are your less spammy, but spammy none-the-less, sites doing?
One more site:domain.com search thing that has changed very recently.
A site that has shown “1 to 100 of about 150″ and then “101 to 120 of about 150″ pages on a site:domain.com search for a very long time, with the snippet showing different text for every page (taken from the meta description), now shows just “1 to 2 of about 150″ in that search (and the second result is a Word doc).
When you click the “repeat this search with the omitted results included” link (can we abbreviate that to “RTSWTORI” here in the blog?
) you can see that the Google snippet is identical for every page, as it is now ignoring the meta description and just taking the first 20 words of the on-page content (from the nav-bar in this case) instead. These are all normal results. Nothing is Supplemental here.
The site:domain search is (errr, *was*) a great way to sanity check a site for duplicated title tags and/or meta description information, but no longer is any help in going that… and that is a shame.
hi matt, everyone,
since traffic on my sites dropped massively, i have to make the decision to discontinue the site or not. maybe you (or someone else) could give me some infos/thoughts of what to expect for my site in the near future.
here is what i get from the different dcs for a ‘site:’ search:
64.233.183.147 -> #found: 217, one page (index) is up-to-date w/ recent cache, the rest are supplemental result (new and really old pages)
64.233.185.104 -> #found: 24, one page (page) has recent cache but shows title, description from dmoz, the the rest are supplemental result (just really old pages)
72.14.207.99 -> #found: 1, the page has recent cache and shows the sites title and description
can anyone make any sense from these infos? will my site recover?
thx in advance.
cu
frank
Nice explanation. In Germany we have an expression along the lines of, “do good things, and talk about them.”
Hi Matt,
My site has the pages dropping problem and I was told I was penalised, indicating buying/selling text links.
I dont do that, but asked for a reinclusion request mentioning a few things that might have looked that way.
My question is IF the request fails and I truely have not been buying or selling links – what is the next step for me?
Is there some way I can get someone to manually help me?
Thanks
Pete
Matt, I am getting plenty of crawling….but loads of the crawled pages never make it into the index…please help!
Google knows there’s a problem, but they’re putting a spin on things.
Spam free sites losing pages, and some unique content pages turning supplemental is happening to many sites. And if you haven’t lost pages yet, don’t get bigheaded and think it wont happen. One of my sites which was fine until three days ago, has lost 40 pages and then another 100 yesterday.
Matt,
I don’t want to reopen the “confounded domain” issue, however I do have a question.
When keepalive is used the location that resolved the request is returned by server
This uri has two valid forms absolute and relative, the relative form requires that the client (in the case the bot) keep request state to determine the correct absolute uri.
The problem may or may not be on the part of the server.
I have seen “confounded domains” in the past and tried to get the party with the problem to contact you folks. They opted instead to obtain a dedicated ip addresses for the affected sites that they had control of.
Others have mentioned that their traffic and serp positions improved aftwr going to dedicated ip addresses.
Forgot the question.
Do you have any particular versions of servers that cause problems in this regard?
I’m still part of the group that gets crawled, but 90% of the pages that are crawled never make the index. I setup sitemaps as suggested, and there is no penalty listed there.
Can you ask the crawl/index team why this would happen? I guess it could be an issue with 301′s, but I see it on regular pages to.
I use to use url’s like “/foo/1/” and now I use “/foo/bar.html”. It seems like the old url’s are supplemental and maybe they are getting a duplicate content penalty, even though the old url’s all Redirect to the new ones. I even see Google bot visit the old one, and immediatly hit the new one.
64.233.183.147 is what I have called BigDaddy “B” over at WMW. These seem to be older results, have lots of old Supplemental Results going back to 2004 January, show lots of pages for each site, but the index is very slow to update with changes. I suspect this one will be phased out.
64.233.185.104 and 72.14.207.99 seem to be the cleaned up version of the “experiment” that I have been talking about for weeks. These DCs seems to have thrown away most (all?) Supplemental pages before 2005 June. These DCs seem to be quick to update the changes that occur on existing sites, but most sites have less pages indexed in these DCs than in other DCs. I don’t see any major differences betwwen these two DCs at the moment.
There are two other “versions” of the Google Index out there if you look around a bit more.
I noticed this same issue this week with two sites, which are hosted on the same dedicated server. Google’s cache of the first site is the content of the second site. Very strange. I have contacted my hosting company, but so far no results. My first thought was DNS issue, but now I am not so sure.Thanks for bringing this up.:)
Hi Matt,
Great post, and glad to see you back to blogging. I just wanted to comment on the crawl/index issue since I’m pretty confident we’re the ones with the ‘hairball’ URLs…
First, let me say I’m glad to see you guys dig into the issue even though 99.9999% of the issues reported to you probably are not issues on your end. And I’m sure lots of the problems can be explained away with stupid things like ‘hairball’ URLs.
However, I still think there is a real issue somewhere. My site went from 400,000+ pages indexed, to just a few hundred, back up to 30,000, back down to 900, and then this weekend, back up to 35,000. All the while, 10,000s of pages were being crawled daily. (btw, all stats are from across multiple datacenters)
What else could explain the extreme variability in results?
And this really is a scary statement:
>>a site that had more pages indexed by the earlier Googlebot won’t necessarily have as many pages indexed in the future
Why would you index fewer pages? I understand the crawl priorities, and it makes sense from a business perspective, but in the long run, shouldn’t the new index include all of the (legitimate) pages in the old index?
–Jarid
P.S. I can confirm the behavior that g1smd is seeing. When clicking the RTSWTORI link, all of the results show the same snippet (which is the text from my navigation). Granted, the search term is only in the page title, but I would expect to see the text from the meta description tag then.
Note that when you really do have two identical sites on the same IP address under different domains, Google will often canonicalize those to only domain. Site and cache searches on the second domain will return references to the first domain in the SERPs.?
I think that Schmidt was just defending the amount of spending they did on new computers. I also think that if you put together everything that we have heard from Matt that you get a pretty good idea of why pages are disappearing from Google. My take is at
How about some cold hard facts (for a change):
1. It is impossible for Google to know for certain that they have not introduced some serious bugs that are causing the problems that lots of sites are seeing (e.g. 95% of their site suddenly being thrown out of the Google index – for “suddenly” read “post Big Daddy”).
2. Google’s intense secrecy means that only a very small handful of Google employees have any kind of reasonable understanding of exactly what changes were introduced with Big Daddy. It is more than likely that no one individual has the entire picture.
3. Some of us out here in Web-land are in a position to know for certain that one of the following two statements are true:
a: Google have introduced some serious bugs that, unbeknownst to them, are causing the gradual disintetgration of their index. High-quality, non-spam, sites are being de-indexed by the thousands due to one or more of these bugs.
or
b: Google have lost the plot, and are now deliberately de-indexing high-quality, non-spam websites by the thousands.
At the moment, Matt, you seem to be suggesting that Google are gunning for option (c). Namely, that all of the websites having problems are having problems of their own making. Presumably it is mere coincidence that these problems only appeared with the introduction of Big Daddy, and that they do not reveal themselves on any other search engine.
Matt,
you mention spam penalties. What does that mean to Google? Is the site banned, as in no results from site:www.–.com, or just demoted severely in the rankings? I know that one can ask for an reinclusion, but is there such a thing for demotions?
Can you please clarify.
thanks
To add: for some reason Googlebot is visiting me a lot more lately, and pages are being added every day, so whatever changes you guys made worked, at least for my site.
Hello Matt
Why did you remove my earlier comment that politley posited the theory that the current missing pages problems were due to an out-of-date or buggy Backlink index?
Missing/Faulty Backlinks => Artificially Low PRs => Shallower Indexing => Loads of Missing/Removed Pages
I’ll be very interested to see if you now remove this one as well. I don’t mind if you remove it, but could you please at least pass on the suggestion to someone? From what I can see, the current backlink index dates back to mid 2005. This alone could explain why some sites have been devasted while others have not.
Oops. Sorry…just spotted the original comment above…sorry.
I guess watching my life’s work go down the toilet for reasons beyond my control is finally getting to me.
Hi Matt
A few days ago I sent also an issue about Googlebot’s use of persistent connection to Google. If you use mod_diffprivs for Apache, a security module that can run each VirtualHost under a different user, Google often gets 503s. I contacted the current developer and he made some suggestions which I forwarded to Google. All I got after a few days was that standard email reply…
Andy
I think people need to cut Matt some slack. This is his personal blog and he has stated that unless otherwise noted in a post, anything he says here is a personal communication and not necessarily a formal response from Google.
Furthermore, given the size of Google’s organization and operation, it’s not always possible for subtle technical flaws to show themselves immediately. While I agree there appears to be something wrong, it could be that what is wrong is more our frame of reference — based on Google’s past behavior — than anything specifically going on under the hood. It may just mean we have to wait a little longer than we have gotten used to.
And keep in mind that Matt isn’t always at liberty to disclose everything he knows. Most technical companies do have pretty strict guidelines about disclosing details of their latest technology.
I’d love to know more, but I’m only seeing sporadic problems with my own sites. Some directories on my principal domain have been partially indexed (after being fully indexed prior to Big Daddy) and other directories are completely indexed. I’m getting strong referral traffic from Google, almost as good as I’ve ever gotten from them.
I cannot speak for anyone else, but I find it hard to complain about a few dozen missing URLs when I know I’m still getting almost 20,000 referrals a month. But it just looks weird. This is very different from pre-Big Daddy. And my gut instinct tells me something needs fixing, but it may not be easy to find.
Matt thanks for the explanation and the info.
Now not to sound like an ungrateful putz, but I’m of the opinion that a more effiecient crawl that gets tripped up by improperly configured hosts and causes “problems” and “issues” like this might not be the right solution. I bet there are lots of other hosts out there who have similar mistakes and even more web publishers who are not able to figure out the problem or who have access to helpful people like yourself to set them on the right course.
Just my 2 drachmas.
Hallo Armi, das Problem haben wir auch vielleicht kannst Du dich ja mal melden …. Grüsse aus Germany
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thanks a lot Matt. your veryvery long post got all the information I need for the day.
weary, the url removal tool was always intended to give a few months so that a webmaster could clear things up on their own site. If we get around to redoing that tool in the next few months, I’ll mention that though.
Ian, certainly upgrading would have fixed this, but turning off persistent connections would have worked too.
I intend to circle back around to this thread soon, but it’s after 1 a.m. and I gotta get some sleep.
Surely persistent connections, if they are done right, are a good thing, no? It would be better not to turn them off if upgrading would work. The Apache changelog is pretty hard to read to find out what versions this affects – if the guys there have an idea, would you mind poking them to let us know?
Absolutely right, Ian. I’d recommend upgrading Apache 10 times before turning off persistent connections. I was under the impression that the Apache in question was 1.3.7, but I’m not sure.
Wow… Pretty amazing stuff. Sounds like GoogleBot has got crawling ethics figured out. Would be nice if the other engines would ‘step it up’
Yes Googlebot is the smartest of them all. I don’t think any of the other search engines will ever win the market
Thanks for posting, Matt
There is _still_ no formal, offical, and supported method of reporting bugs to Google.
I have found four replicable bugs in Google software and there is no reporting mechanism for me to share them and have them fixed.
This would be expected if Google was two college kids in a garage, but this behavior from a major multinational public company which is supposed to know something about IT it is a complete embarassment.
Hi Matt and happy new year
I got the same problem than reported in Graywolf’s post for web sites I manage – won’t say the names to respect comment policy
The differences are:
1 – they don’t have the same ip address (but they share the same ip net range and are in the same physical servers even with same root).
2 – they run on IIS
I don’t ask you to look at my particular problem but if you could answer some of my questions – that may be interesting for other people – would be really appreciated:
1 – you said in your post that your crawl/index team was able to reproduce the bug using only telnet: could you post the command used so we can repro?
2 – is this kind of problem could have a negative impact on our sites SERPs or even worse could lead to a spam penalty?
Thanks for your blog
Jerome
The Fonz, I wa affected with the same unability to report those bugs! They are not a bunch of kids anymore, but looks like habit is just habit!
Thanks for the post.
I’ll need to keep that in mind when I switch to new host (which shouldn’t be too much of a problem).
Thanks for a great post. Very intersting to know which command they used to reproduce the bug usin telnet?
Telnet was one of the first methods devised to allow system administrators to remotely monitor their networks and my favoriteI read this blog article and about bug and I am wonder are there any your recomendation about the webservers, and which kind of webservers should we avoid ?
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Byloos Exhibition History and Resume
Matty Byloos Resume
b. 1974; Resides in Los Angeles, CA
Education
2001 M.F.A. (Painting), Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
1996 B.A. English (Creative Writing), Santa Clara University, Santa Clara, CA
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Rebus Reconstructuring, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA. Curated by John O’Brien and Cielo Pessione. February 20 – March 25, 2010. Link to Event Page.
2009
Rant, Pacific Design Center, West Hollywood, CA. Curated by Dan Callis and Ryan Callis for “Design Loves Art,” organized by the PDC. Link to Photos.
Rebus: 25 Artisti da Los Angeles, Museo Archeologico, Piazza Augusto Vera, Amelia, Italy. Curated by John O’Brien. Link to Photos..
Curated by Peter Bartlett, Hayworth Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Bibliography
2009
Byloos, Matty. “PORTFOLIO: Condemned to Memory: The Mental Alchemy of Remembering,” ORION Magazine, Vol. 28, No. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2009 Issue, pgs. 26-31.
2008
Myers, Holly. “Ghostly Tribute to Neighborhoods, Exhibition Review,” Los Angeles
Times, Friday, July 18, 2008.
Simay, Doug. “Best Picks for July,” Art Academy of San Diego Academy Newsletter, July 12, 2008.
2007
Tessmer, Jeremy. “The Urban Myth: Visions of the City.” The Urban Myth: Visions of the City. Catalogue essay for the exhibition at Sullivan Goss Gallery, Santa Barbara, CA, curated by Jeremy Tessmer. Exhibition from September – October.
Woodard, Josef. “’Urban’ Outfitted-Perspectives Range in the Impressive ‘Visions of the
City,’” Santa Barbara News-Press, Tuesday, September 11, 2007.
Biel, Kim. “The Urban Myth: Visions of the City, Exhibition Review” Art Ltd. (West
Coast Art + Design), September 2007.
2006
“Pick of the Week,” Las Vegas City Life, Thursday, March 30, 2006.
Anania, Katie. “The Density of Sprawl,” Las Vegas City Life, Thursday, April 13, 2006.
Review for the exhibition at Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, March 30-April 30, 2006.
Twardy, Chuck. “Matty Byloos Deconstructs the Domestic,” Las Vegas Weekly, Thursday,
April 13, 2006. Review for the exhibition at Dust Gallery, Las Vegas, March 30-
April 30, 2006.
2005
Wood, Eve. ArtUS, Issue #11, Dec. ’05 – Feb. ‘06. Review for the exhibition at
SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2005.
New American Paintings, Pacific Coast Edition, Volume # 61, Juried by Connie Butler
“Continuing and Recommended,” Art Scene. Vol. 25, No. 2. October, 2005. Pg. 27.
Kraus, Chris. “Icons and Puzzles.” ReMake/ReModel. Catalogue essay for the exhibition
at SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2005.
Valentine, Christina. “Myopic Dreams: The Elusiveness of Sight.” ReMake/ReModel. Catalogue
essay for the exhibition at SolwayJones Gallery, Los Angeles, Sept. 10-Oct. 15, 2005.
2003
Scott, Carolyn Patricia. “Sunday Pick,” Los Angeles Times Sunday Calendar, Nov. 23.
Green, Tyler. “ModernArts Notes Blog,” ArtsJournal.com, Dec.
Awards and Residency Programs
2009
Finalist, Richard C. Diebenkorn Teaching Fellowship @ San Francisco Art Institute
2008
Finalist, METRO Art Commission for Culver City Light Rail Aerial Station
2007
Las Vegas Art Museum, Juror, 56th Annual Art Roundup, Las Vegas, NV
2004
Stichting Kaus Australis (Residency), Rotterdam, Holland
2001
Yvonne Segerstrom Graduate Fine Art Fund, Project Grant (Art Center)
2000
Fletcher Jones Scholarship, Art Center College of Design
Long Beach Arts Competition, Long Beach, CA
Corporate and Private
University Lectures / Public Speaking
Biola University, Santa Ana, CA (Spring 2002)
UCLA / Hammer Museum New American Writing Series (Summer 2004)
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When to see a doctor
Consult your doctor if you have:
- Disabling joint pain
- Pain for more than one to two weeks
- Excessive swelling, redness, bruising or a rash in the affected area
- Sharp or shooting pain, especially when you exercise or exert yourself
- A fever
Causes
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The most common causes of bursitis are repetitive motions or positions that irritate the bursae around a joint. Examples include:
- Throwing a baseball or lifting something over your head repeatedly
- Leaning on your elbows for long periods of time
- Extensive kneeling, for tasks such as laying carpet or scrubbing floors
- Prolonged sitting, particularly on hard surfaces
Some bursae at the knee and elbow lie just below the skin, so they are at higher risk of puncture injuries that can lead to infection of the bursae (septic bursitis).
Risk factors
Anyone can develop bursitis, but certain factors may increase your risk:
- Age. The occurrence of bursitis becomes more common with aging.
- Occupations or hobbies. If you work in a profession or have a hobby that requires repetitive motion or pressure on particular bursae, you're at an increased risk of developing bursitis. Examples include carpet laying, tile setting, gardening, painting and playing a musical instrument.
- Other medical conditions. Certain systemic diseases and conditions — such as rheumatoid arthritis, gout and diabetes — increase your risk of developing bursitis.
Preparing for your appointment
While you may initially bring your concerns to your family physician, he or she may refer you to a doctor who specializes in joint disorders (rheumatologist). burs?
Tests and diagnosis magnetic resonance imaging .
Treatments and drugs
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Bursitis treatment usually involves conservative measures, such as rest, ice and taking a pain reliever, as a first step. If conservative measures don't work, treatment may include:
- Medication. If the inflammation in your bursa is caused by an infection, your doctor will prescribe an antibiotic medication.
- Therapy. Your doctor may recommend physical therapy or exercises to strengthen the muscles in the affected area to ease pain and prevent recurrence.
- Injections. Your doctor may inject a corticosteroid drug into the bursa to relieve inflammation. This treatment generally brings rapid pain relief and, in many cases, one injection is all you'll need.
- Surgery. Sometimes an inflamed bursa must be surgically drained, but only rarely is surgical removal of the affected bursa necessary.
Lifestyle and home remedies
Measures you can take at home to relieve the pain of bursitis include:
- Rest and immobilize the affected area
- Apply ice to reduce swelling
- Take an over-the-counter medication, such as ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin, others) or naproxen (Aleve, others), to relieve pain and reduce inflammation
- Cushion your knees if you sleep on your side, by placing a small pillow between your legs
- Avoid elbow pressure, by not leaning or placing your weight on your elbows to rise from a lying position
Prevention
While not all types of bursitis can be prevented, you can reduce your risk and reduce the severity of flare-ups by changing the way you perform certain tasks. Examples include:
- Use kneeling pads. Use some type of padding to reduce the pressure on your knees if your job or hobby requires a lot of kneeling.
- Lift properly. Bend your knees when you lift. Failing to do so puts extra stress on the bursae in your hips.
- Wheel heavy loads. Carrying heavy loads puts stress on the bursae in your shoulders. Use a dolly or a wheeled cart instead.
- Take frequent breaks. Alternate repetitive tasks with rest or other activities.
- Walk around. Try not to sit in one position for too long, especially on hard surfaces, because that puts pressure on the bursae in your hips and buttocks.
- Maintain a healthy weight. Being overweight places more stress on your joints.
- Exercise. Strengthening your muscles can help protect your affected joint.
- Warm up and stretch before strenuous activities to protect your joints from injury.
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Early signs and symptoms of systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS) can be similar to those of a common cold, involving nasal congestion, runny nose or a cough. This may progress to lightheadedness, weakness, fatigue, nausea, and sudden swelling (edema) of the arms, legs and other parts of the body. Fluid may collect around the heart, lungs and muscles, causing a potentially dangerous situation. Fainting can occur due to a rapid drop in blood pressure from fluid leakage.
SCLS doesn't appear to be inherited. The causes are unknown, but one possibility includes the presence of a chemical that damages or temporarily separates the cells lining the capillary walls, making them leak fluid. Treatment may control the disorder for weeks or even years, but primary SCLS is unlikely to be completely cured. A long-term (chronic), less intense form of SCLS can cause frequent symptoms.
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If you haven't tried it yet, check out the new google earth link on your profile page. Wow. This makes it so much more simple to plan caches along a route or at a destination. Especially if you are unfamiliar with the area. Everything is linked back to gc.com for the descriptions,etc.
Make sure you have google earth installed first. You can get it here.
Have fun.
You can track a travel bugs progress by first going to the travel bug page and then click on the View in Google Earth link on the top right hand side of the page. When I just tried it now though, the caches didn't come up, just the Google waypoints, but I thought they had when I tried it before.
Can't you get satelite internet access? Or is it prohibitively expensive? You've heard of satelites before, right? They are orbiting the earth a few miles up. Bouncing signals around the globe...some people even use these for a sport called geocaching. ;)
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) - which include increases to income, parking and telecommunication taxes - would generate enough revenue to prevent the layoffs of hundreds of police and firefighters, the permanent closures of fire companies and the loss of the police helicopter, cuts that were detailed in a doomsday budget to close the city's $121 million shortfall without raising taxes.The votes bring city officials one step closer to closing one of the most arduous budget seasons in recent memory. Council members and Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake's administration have been engaged in a months-long tug-of-war on the mix of cuts and new revenues needed to close the gap.
Rawlings-Blake proposed a $50 million package of new or increased taxes to mitigate many trims to cherished programs - including rec centers, senior activities and bulk trash pickups. But council members, whose approval is required to raise taxes, chafed at some of the proposals - notably a four-cent tax on bottled beverages. They have drafted several new taxes and fees in an effort to avoid the bottle tax.
Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young (pictured) called the votes "a major step in the right direction" toward resolving the budget struggle. And he vowed that the council would move quickly on other proposed taxes to beat the June 30 deadline.
"This process has never been an easy process," said Young. "We have a job to do, and we're going to do that job. We're not rushing anything, but we're on time and on target."
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The team ultimately lost to Japan, but the international visibility the players received was priceless for Baltimore-based Under Armour, which has endorsement deals with three of them: Heather Mitts, Lauren Cheney and Becky Sauerbrunn.
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really did bring in the kind of underrated building block that helps cement the foundation of a contending team. For two years, Redding was a stout run defender who sometimes contributed as an interior pass rusher and always represented the team well whenever a microphone was shoved in his face. But this offseason, the Ravens let Redding sign with Indianapolis, where he joined Chuck Pagano's Colts. The Ravens were strapped for salary cap space, but they also let him walk because they felt it was time that young defenders Pernell McPhee and Arthur Jones were ready to step into the starting lineup.
McPhee, who was second on the team with six sacks last season, has been one of the season's biggest disappointments. He has struggled to shed weight and blockers, totaling just half a sack and missing four games with injuries to his right knee and right thigh. But Jones has shined over the past six weeks, and he made another handful of impact plays in the fourth quarter of Sunday's 31-28 overtime loss to the Washington Redskins. Early in the quarter, he single-handedly short-circuited a Redskins drive when he knifed into the backfield to tackle running back Alfred Morris for a 3-yard loss on first down, then hit quarterback Robert Griffin III hard on second-down sack. Backed up near the goal line, the Redskins were forced to run a draw play to give their punter a little breathing room. Then, on Washington's crazy game-tying drive in the final minutes, he and outside linebacker Paul Kruger -- another recent Ravens bright spot -- teamed up to sack Griffin, who would be knocked out of the game moments later by an awkward hit by defensive tackle Haloti Ngata. Jones has had a sack in three straight games and 4.5 over that span.
Jones is still splitting snaps with McPhee and others along the defensive line, but he is giving the Ravens meaningful minutes, finally flashing the pass-rushing potential that he displayed at Syracuse. He was on Mel Kiper's Big Board at the start of his senior season, but he dropped to the fifth round of the 2010 NFL draft because of injuries. He has literally worked his butt off the past two summers with his brother, UFC superstar Jon "Bones" Jones, but his coaches say that improved technique is the reason for his recent breakout. And you can't help but pull for one of the good guys in the locker room. Jones is always quick to flash a smile, shake your hand or provide a sound bite whenever you pop by his locker, which is right next to the loquacious Terrell Suggs. I guess you could say Jones is also similar to Redding in that regard. But most importantly, Jones has been playing like Redding, too, and the Ravens really need him to keep it up.
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D.C. Superior Court Judge Gerald Fisher sentenced Ingmar Guandique to 60 years on each of the two counts he was convicted on, but ordered that they be served concurrently. The result, Fisher said, is still likely to be a life sentence for what the judge characterized as a chillingly unusual murder.
"The nature of the conduct was predatory," Fisher said. He added that there was "something different and worse" about Guandique's actions that wasn't often seen in Washington murders.
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A jury convicted him of one count of murder with kidnapping and a second count of murder with attempted robbery in November, after 11 days of trial and three days of deliberations.
During the trial, prosecutors argued that Guandique, a reputed member of the Salvadoran gang Mara Salvatrucha, attacked Levy while she was jogging in Washington's Rock Creek Park. After her skull was found, a search turned up other remains, as well as clothing later identified as hers strewn down the side of a ravine. Her running shoes were unlaced, and her clothes were turned inside out. Her pants were knotted in tight restraints around her legs.
Fisher's sentence came after a tense moment between Guandique and Levy's mother, Susan, who read letters from her husband and son before reading her own victim impact statement.
During her reading, she consistently looked at Guandique, at one point asking, "Did you really take her? Look me in the eye? Did you?"
Guandique looked at her, shook his head and mouthed, "No."
At the end of her statement, Susan Levy stood, turned to Guandique and loudly addressed him with an expletive before telling the judge, "That is all. Thank you."
Guandique addressed the court as well. Speaking in Spanish through an interpreter, he said, "I am sorry. I am sorry for what happened to your daughter. But I had nothing to do with it."
Fisher denied a motion for a new trial filed by Guandique's attorneys. The defense argued prosecutors had engaged in misconduct during closing arguments and that jurors had ignored Fisher's instructions to them by sharing notes.
Fisher said such actions, which were reported in the Washington Post at the end of the trial, would not have impacted deliberations or changed the verdict.
Guandique faced a maximum sentence of life in prison without parole.
Regardless of the sentence, "I have a lifetime sentence of a lost limb missing from our family tree," Susan Levy said in November after the verdict. "It's painful. I live with it every day. ... There's always going to be a feeling of sadness."
Prosecutor Amanda Haines, during her closing argument, cited what she portrayed as confessions that Guandique allegedly made to a cellmate as he served time for other attacks, as well as remarks he allegedly made to a female pen pal.
Defense attorney Santha Sonenberg emphasized the largely circumstantial nature of the case, including what prosecutors have acknowledged was a lack of DNA evidence, a lack of witnesses and only secondhand accounts of Guandique's alleged confessions.
Both of the other women whom Guandique was convicted of attacking in the park -- including one on the same day Levy went missing -- spoke at the trial, providing testimony that juror Susan Kelly called "powerful." Guandique had pleaded guilty in those attacks, and was set to be released in September 2010.
The disappearance of Levy drew national attention after her parents discovered a connection with Gary Condit, who was then a congressman from California. Condit was never a suspect in the case, but he was questioned intensively for details about Levy's whereabouts.
He testified in the trial, but refused to address a question about whether he had sex with Levy. An FBI forensic expert later confirmed Condit's semen had been found in underwear retrieved from Levy's apartment in the days after her parents reported her missing.
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WASHINGTON - President Obama's decrees Thursday on the detention and interrogation of accused terrorists increase the likelihood that some detainees now held at the U.S. military prison in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba will be moved to South Carolina in a year or less.
On his second full day in office, Obama directed that the controversial Guantanamo detention facility be closed "no later than one year from the date of the (executive) order."
Senior Pentagon sources in November identified the Naval Consolidated Brig in North Charleston as a possible home for detainees transferred from Guantanamo Bay, along with Fort Leavenworth in Kansas and Camp Pendleton in California.
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Rep. Henry Brown, whose 1st Congressional District includes the North Charleston naval brig, gave a more tempered response to Obama's decree.
"It is essential that these individuals - some of the most dangerous terrorists captured during the war on terror - only be moved after a full evaluation of all available and appropriate locations," Brown said.
The Hanahan Republican added that his "first duty is to the people of South Carolina and the 1st District." He said he "must ensure that these extremely dangerous individuals don't present an unnecessary threat to the Lowcountry."
Obama set up a task force led by the U.S. attorney general to review all detention policies and recommend other changes.
"The review shall identify and consider legal, logistical and security issues relating to the potential transfer of individuals currently detained at Guantanamo to facilities within the United States," Obama's executive order said.
The order added that "the review participants shall work with Congress on any legislation that may be appropriate."
House Majority Whip Jim Clyburn, a Columbia Democrat, dismissed as media speculation claims that some of the Guantanamo detainees might end up in South Carolina.
"No one in the Obama administration -- and no one from Charleston, for that matter - has contacted me regarding the future of the detainees," Clyburn said.
Clyburn cheered Obama's executive orders closing the Guantanamo prison, effectively banning torture in interrogations and shutting the CIA's network of secret jails.
"I applaud President Obama's decision to close Guantanamo," Clyburn said. "The facility has become synonymous with things that do not reflect American ideals or the policies of our new commander-in-chief."
Accompanying newly confirmed Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to the State Department headquarters in Washington, Obama told applauding diplomatic staffers:
"Our actions in defense of liberty will be as just as our cause, and we the people will uphold our fundamental values as much as we protect our security."
In a separate presidential memorandum Thursday, Obama instructed the attorney general and the secretaries of defense, state and homeland security to review the case of Ali al-Marri, an accused al Qaeda sleeper agent who has been held in isolation for more than 5 ½ years at the North Charleston brig.
John Radsan, who served as a CIA deputy counsel under President George W. Bush, said Obama's actions appeared to be too radical of an answer to Bush's controversial detention and interrogation policies.
"Sure, the Bush program needed more checks and balances," said Radsan, now director of the National Security Forum at the William Mitchell College of Law in Minnesota. "Bush went too far to the dark side. Now it seems Obama is going too far the other way."
Obama's sweeping executive orders followed his decision Tuesday to suspend for 120 days the terror trials underway at Guantanamo Bay.
Taken together, Obama's steps - which he had pledged to take during his White House campaign - undo much of the handiwork of Sen. Lindsey Graham.
It was Graham and Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee defeated by Obama in the Nov. 4 election, who crafted much of the 2006 Military Commissions Act.
That law set up the current system of trying accused terrorists, after the Supreme Court struck down as unconstitutional military tribunals that Bush had created without consulting Congress.
Graham responded to Obama's orders in a joint statement with McCain, a close friend with whom Graham often campaigned during the White House race.
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Saying "numerous difficult issues remain," Graham and McCain said some Guantanamo detainees have been cleared for release, but no foreign country is willing to accept them.
Other detainees "have been deemed too dangerous to release, but the sensitive nature of the evidence makes prosecution difficult," the senators said.
Graham and McCain criticized Obama's decision to suspend operation of the military commissions that they helped to establish.
"Also unresolved is the type of judicial process that would replace the military commissions," they said. "We believe the military commissions should have been allowed to continue their work."
Rep. Joe Wilson, a Lexington Republican, gave a more direct and critical response.
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| Dean of Arts Carman Miller and Vice-Principal (Research) and Dean of Graduate Studies Pierre Bélanger have been reappointed to their positions, the former until June 31, 2003, the latter until June 30, 2002.| Dean of Arts Carman Miller and Vice-Principal (Research) and Dean of Graduate Studies Pierre Bélanger have been reappointed to their positions, the former until June 31, 2003, the latter until June 30, 2002.
Bélanger, who will retire when he hangs up his dean's hat, will continue until the end of his mandate to work to get McGill researchers in a better position in the competitions for both CFI (Canada Foundation for Innovation) grants and involvement in the budding Canadian Institutes for Clinical Research.
"With CFI, we've tried to be more proactive, putting heads together and making money available to hire consultants to help with the application process," say Bélanger. "We've asked for $90 million this year out of a total number of one billion dollars."
Bélanger is optimistic that McGill will be involved in the CICR. Associate dean (graduate studies and research) of medicine Robert Mackenzie, for instance, is on the provisional governing board, "We've got people in the right places," says Bélanger.
On the provincial front, Bélanger will continue to encourage the establishment of more FCAR (Formation des chercheurs et aide à la recherche) centres, which are research centres both within universities and shared among Quebec universities. McGill has six to date, including the Centre for Intelligent Machines and the Centre for Climate and Global Change Research.
"In general, there's a lot of movement in research. I'm sure those government opportunities won't be the last and I hope to see McGill gets its share."
Beyond helping McGill researchers to be well positioned to receive government grants, Bélanger wants to see the development of more spin-off businesses resulting from McGill discoveries in which the University would have equity.
He sees such a development as a way of staving off the brain drain. "In the past two years, 16 companies have been set up and no one has quit yet," he says, explaining that a researcher may take a leave of absence to get the company established, but usually returns to McGill while maintaining an advisory role in the company.
"It's a way of tying people down if they have both academic involvement and commercial activity here," says Bélanger. "It's also great for creating jobs for graduating PhDs."
Dean Miller, for his part, agreed largely to prolong his five years as head of the Faculty of Arts in order to provide for some continuity over the next three years. In June 2002, Bernard Shapiro ends his term as principal and Miller believes it will be helpful to the new principal to have an experienced dean of arts in place during the transition period.
At the same time, he says, the next few years will give his faculty members time to consider whom to put forward as the next dean. "The idea is to maintain continuity during a period of transition."
Uppermost in Miller's priorities for the next three years is the question of "renewal," With a staff/student ratio of 1:26 in his faculty — higher than the University average of 1:18 — Miller wants to see improvement. "We have 40 professors fewer now than we had five years ago," he says.
"The thing I'd really like to do in the next few years is to work on getting the resources back in the Faculty of Arts so we can do better what we're already doing exceptionally well," says Miller.
He cites health, environment, Canadian studies, cross-cultural studies and language and literature as areas of study in which his faculty have particular strengths and where there are strategic government monies available.
He maintains, however, that the rejuvenation of the faculty cannot be driven only by particular government priorities. "We also want to put resources into internal, imaginative projects because we have an obligation to lead and not just follow.
"We have to reserve the right to support the individual researcher, even if society does not immediately appreciate the importance," he continues, citing the work of medievalists and Shakespearean scholars.
Borrowing from the economic historian Harold Innis, Miller says "the university should be proud of being an ivory tower in the sense that the tower enables you to see farther than what you see from the ground; we are given a responsibility to view society from a different perspective."
In practical terms, Miller's aspirations will involve the continued reform of curriculum, which has already resulted in the creation of the multi-track program, and will see an overhaul of the honours program. It also means the creation of two more state-of-the-art language labs. Finally, it means the continuation of the cyclical review of the entire faculty.
"We're looking to see where we can share which entails an internal debate that goes beyond departmental barriers," says Miller. "The idea is to see what we can add — through interdepartmental, interfaculty or interuniversity cooperation — not take away."
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Slump in job market will rebound
If your industry seems to be in decline or subject to more
swings in demand than in the past perhaps you want to consider a career change.
Perhaps you have a real passion that lies elsewhere to give you a greater sense
of personal achievement or satisfaction. Perhaps you want a less stressful
environment.
If you are uncertain what direction to aim for you might want
to try LiveCareer.com, a free online personal assessment tool that only takes 15
minutes. It helps you identify your unknown talents and skills and then match
them to careers that you may be well suited for.
If you've found yourself out of work, or you simply haven't enjoyed your last
few jobs, you might want to try LiveCareer.com, a free-and informative online
personal assessment tool that takes only 15 minutes.
LiveCareer helps you identify your
unknown talents and skills, and then matches them to jobs and careers you may
not know you're well suited for.
Many people change careers several times in their lives. Look for opportunities
nearer home, there might be scope in your current position. Take courses that
relate to your new field. Search through the job advertisements for the career
you plan to change to and note which of your current skills are a match. Write a
resume that highlights the skills you already have.and match them to the "wish
list" of recruiters for those jobs. Get a feel for the industry you plan to join
by working on a part time or volunteer basis. Join trade groups, go to
conferences, participate in online chat rooms. However, before you move make
sure you are financially set up and can fund the change and take care of your
bills if it does not work out as you hope.
Changing careers is easier in earlier life. You may have to go
into a junior position, on lower pay, and work your way up. Employers may doubt
your resolve to build up and lack of experience. Passion and commit can over
come these obstacles. Your work experiences are more than just a chronology of
the positions you have held. Tell what you accomplished in each role and
demonstrate how you solved problems.
If your chosen new career requires particular skills and qualifications you have
to research training and educational options to bridge the gap. There are many
online courses available even to degree and master level - just make sure that
it is accredited.
-The local job centre may advise on what funding there is for certain
training, although if you are well qualified in one field it may not be possible
to get grants to train up in an unrelated field. If you don't ask you wont find
out.
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NGames, a leading online publisher of anime inspired games, has revealed more details on the latest expansion for free-to-play pirate MMO, Pockie Pirates.
Chapter 3 – The Royal Seven promises more challenging adventures than ever before, pitting pirates against powerful new foes as they sail the seas on a mission to become the King of Pirates.
Schibukai Tournaments
The most significant gameplay addition of Chapter 3 is the Shichibukai – a collective of seven powerful pirates acknowledged as the World Government of Pockie Pirates. Each of the seven seats of the Shichibukai will be owned by players, granting massive rewards and gameplay benefits to those who prove themselves worthy enough to be one of the chosen leaders.
Players can fight each other to become one of the Shichibukai through a brand new Shichibukai Tournament gameplay mode, which will be added to the arena when the "Pockie Pirates Chapter 3 – The Royal Seven" update launches in the coming weeks.
Through the Shichibukai Tournament, players can challenge any other player currently part of the The Royal Seven. If they win, they take their place.
After becoming a member of the Shichibukai, players who prove they can defend the status for at least 12 hours will be granted access to a huge jackpot of prizes. They will also receive enviable gameplay benefits, along with an official title that will be exclusively theirs for as long as they remain part of the Shichibukai collective.
Only the most powerful Pockie Pirates need apply. Shichibukai players must defend their status if they wish to remain in the seat. This is no mean feat – be prepared to face constant challenges from players far and wide.
Chapter 3 – The Royal Seven will also usher in anticipated changes to the Arena System, optimizing the display of arena chests, challenger targets, rankings and battle details, making information easier for players to follow.
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Guildford, UK.– 9th Oct 2009 - (PlayStation®Portable) system.
Rock Band DLC Additions for Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 System and Wii
“Brütal Legend Pack” is being released day-and-date with Double Fine Productions’ Brütal Legend on Rocktober 13. The pack features“(We Are) The Road Crew.
Available on Xbox 360 and Wii (Oct. 13) and PlayStation 3 system (Oct. 15):
• Motörhead–“(We Are) The Road Crew‘08”
• Tenacious D–“The Metal”
• Testament–“More Than Meets the Eye”
• Black Tide–“Show Me the Way”
• Blink-182–“What’s My Age Again?”
• Joe Satriani–“Satch Boogie”
• Joe Satriani–“Surfing with the Alien”
• Kansas–“Icarus (Borne on the Wings of Steel)” (Live from Two for the Show)
• Kansas–“Point of Know Return” (Live from Two for the Show)
• L7–“Andres”
(All tracks are original master recordings)
These tracks will be available for purchase as“Brütal Legend Pack” and as individual tracks on Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 system and as individual tracks on Wii.
Price:£.99 UK (160 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) per track
£2.49 UK (440 Microsoft Points for Xbox 360) for“Brütal Legend Pack”):
• Pearl Jam–“Jeremy”
• Foreigner–“Headknocker”
Price:£.99 UK per track on the PSP system
** Dates for Rock Band game tracks are tentative and subject to change. **
Website Links:
For more information, please visit:
Rock Band Website
Brutal Legend. | http://www.mcvuk.com/index.php/press-releases/read/rock-band-media-alert-br-uuml-tal-legend-three-pack-comes-to-rock-band-plus-tracks-from-joe-satriani-kansas-and-more/079376 | 2013-05-18T11:01:49 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
UK studio Rare is at the centre of conflicting accounts of layoffs across its art department.
An individual, said to be an inside studio source, has claimed that Rare’s entire art team – apparently 42 staff – have been told their jobs are at risk.
The anonymous source, speaking to Edge, added that affected workers at the Twycross studio have been urged to apply for a job at Rare’s other studio in Birmingham.
The individual claimed there are 23 “managerial” vacancies at Rare Birmingham looking to be filled.
Microsoft, Rare’s owning company, has implied the source’s claims are exaggerated, but wouldn’t deny them with definitive figures.
For all the details, visit our sister site Develop.
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Clement J. Zablocki VA Medical Center,a major hospital affiliate of the College since 1946. The VA Medical Center provides 168 acute care hospital beds. Annually, it admits more than 8,000 patients and records more than 600,000 outpatient visits. It is one of the busiest and most comprehensive centers operated by the Department of Veterans Affairs. Approximately $10.8 million in research (funded primarily by the VA and the NIH) is conducted by College faculty at the Zablocki VA Medical Center. See information at. | http://www.mcw.edu/portal/shared/patientcarelink/hospitalsclinics.htm | 2013-05-18T11:03:14 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
State's Attorney Candidate, Printer Spar Over '06 Debt
lawsuit in small claims court last
week over the $5,700 Oglesby owes his business from the 2006 state's attorney
campaign.
Oglesby's claims
printing and mailing work done on his 2006 campaign by Ace Printing and Mailing
was actually an in-kind campaign donation.
that's
untrue.
'If anyone's going to
have a $6,000 campaign contribution from me, I'm going to give it to my mother
first,' said Gulyas, son of Worcester County Commissioner Louise Gulyas.
Maryland state campaign
finance records filed by Oglesby show that in 2006 Oglesby reported donations
from Gulyas, the $4,000 maximum donation, and $2,000 from Thom's wife, Belinda,
for in-kind services, on Nov. 4, 2006.
Gulyas supported Oglesby
in the 2006 campaign, but says he never donated services or money to the
candidate.
Further, Gulyas said,
his wife Belinda is not legally part of Ace Printing and Mailing and has no
authority to make donations on the company's behalf.
In a statement released
this week, Oglesby, who acknowledges not having seen the lawsuit, contends
that, in 2006, 'Gulyas insisted on expanding the coverage of the mailing,
agreeing that the estimated $6,000 in additional printing and mailing cost
would be viewed as a campaign contribution from his wife and him.'
Oglesby also contends
that Gulyas did not ask for a payment on the printing services provided until a
year after the election.
Statements have been
sent out on the debt every month since December 2006, Gulyas said, which
contradicts Oglesby's claim that Gulyas made the donation and only began asking
for payment a year after the election.
'I didn't wait a year to
get back to him,' Gulyas said.
Gulyas has had several
conversations with Oglesby over the last four years regarding the debt, he said,
and was told numerous times that Oglesby would pay for the work.
At one time, Gulyas
said, he had to track Oglesby down through the Internet to where he was working
in Rockville, Md., in order to contact him about paying the long outstanding
debt.
During the last
conversation he had with Oglesby on the matter, on May 18, Gulyas gave him an
ultimatum - he had 90 days to make full restitution or Gulyas would take the
matter to small claims court.
Gulyas then received a
check from Oglesby in July 2010 for $2,000, but has received no further
payments, he said.
Gulyas filed a claim in
small claims court on Aug. 19, seeking the $5,700 that he says Oglesby has owed
him for the last four years.
On why he waited four
years to file a claim, Gulyas said, 'He kept promising me he was going to pay
me.'
The claim reads, in
part, 'Defendant Oglesby breached the parties' contract by failing and refusing
to pay for the printing and mailing services as promised.'
The claim also states,
'Defendant has acknowledged his contractual duty to pay plaintiff for the
printing and mailing services rendered to him.'
The trial date has been
set for Oct. 27, the Wednesday before the general election, which will be held
on Tuesday, Nov. 2.
Oglesby charges that
politics, not money, is the motivating factor in the lawsuit.
'Now that Thom has
publicly endorsed my opponent, the timing of this frivolous lawsuit just two
months before the election, a lawsuit he knows is barred by the statute of
limitations, speaks for itself,' Oglesby wrote in the statement.
The lawsuit is not
politically motivated, Gulyas said.
'We're both Republicans.
It can't be political,' said Gulyas. 'I strongly believe law enforcement is
non-partisan. It is for the best man or woman to hold that position.'
Gulyas acknowledged that
he has switched his support to incumbent Todd in this year's election.
'This is all about
business and all about someone paying their bills. I've got to pay mine. People
have to pay theirs. He should pay his,' Gulyas said.
Oglesby contends the
lawsuit has little merit, vowing to focus on his campaign bid to unseat Todd,
who he lost to by 14 votes in 2006. It was an election that drew out weeks
after the polls closed in November with provisional and overseas ballots
deciding the eventual victor.
'When all of the facts
are made known, I believe the lawsuit will be dismissed whenever it goes to
court. In the meantime, I will continue to focus my campaign in a positive
direction,' Oglesby said.
Gulyas feels the
paperwork trail will prove his case.
'I didn't want it to go
this way. I'm not here to ruin anybody. I just want to be paid,' said Gulyas.
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Let’s get started – Maximilian Media Group website updated – more to come! Happy new rebirth mdepict.com
dailys
where have you been
i!
sure
i am alive – on the plate: ISBN relaunch, a3layouts/tripict relaunch, day to day business + major project scheduled for 2013. Make sure to follow my Instagram @themmg . New work will be presented shortly again.
10 days again…?
it just feels like time is flying. posting a blog update, then motivated about it and wanting to post every day for the next 12 years then and… woosh, 10 days over again. thankful for the filled schedule right now, mdepict/mdmotions projects, tripict/a3layouts relaunch and also the ISBN system is currently getting the full facelift done by the coding dpt. however, make sure to follow on instagram (->themmg) for almost daily snapshots, facebook for regular updates and of course this site for project updates. good night.
no instagram?
no problem… check out all update right here.
hedo
New project added – this one launched last month. Click here.
PCP Presentation
Currently redesigning the PCP Soundclick so I thought I can present the current one which launched earlier this year. Portfolio updated.
Instagram -> themmg
rolling rolling
cooking
#getbettergraphicsnow
thrill
coming soon – don’t forget: “Weekend is the time when you can get more work done because no one calls” – Hans Zimmer
murda murda
full collection coming soon
AYOO!
instagram -> themmg
redhooknoodles
Soundclick portfolio updated – click here.
Dreamdyed Music
instagram = themmg
follow me on instagram. still looking for the right instagram integration for the site here.
surreal
sounds! – Brought to you by Smittee. Cover portfolio was updated.
hello
move is done.
I am hanging on to dear life to keep up with all orders so the presentation frequency is… low. I know. Call it how you want, themmg will be moving offices this month, ain’t it exciting? Yesssss.
tellingbeatzzzz
Ok, let the presentation marathon begin – we start with one of my favorite layouts for @tellingbeatzz – launched last month. Full presentation sheet in the updated Soundclick portfolio section.
1000!
J.Smitty
Website portfolio updated. J.Smitty website – little mix of everything.
AD Tapes
Recently updated the Anno Domini Soundclick with a new Tapes and Credits section. Download the SC Invasion Mixtapes for free!
Gold, gold, gold
Not so much in presentation mood recently. My desktop is cluttered with screenshots, previews and projects so I will definitely have a little marathon coming up (42 days, 42 project presentations?) – For now an appetizer for the new Dansonn layout. | http://www.mdepict.com/page/2/ | 2013-05-18T10:53:01 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The effect of pimecrolimus on innate immunity in atopic dermatitis subjects: a double-blind, randomized, vehicle-controlled study
British Journal of Dermatology, 05/15/2012
Clinical Article
Afshar M et al. – Atopic dermatitis (AD) subjects respond to inflammation with lower amounts of the antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) cathelicidin (LL–37) and human beta defensin (HBD)–3. | http://www.mdlinx.com/physician-assistant/news-article.cfm/4069136/0/dermatitis-atopic/next/75?source=scroller | 2013-05-18T10:54:41 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Environmental Exposure and Health of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom Veterans
Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 06/15/2012
McAndrew LM et al. – Operation Enduring Freedom (Afghanistan) (OEF) and Operation Iraqi Freedom (Iraq) (OIF) veterans seeking treatment at a VA clinic reported a high prevalence of environmental exposures and exposure concerns. Both negatively impacted health outcomes. | http://www.mdlinx.com/physician-assistant/news-article.cfm/4104115/0/health/next/293?source=scroller | 2013-05-18T11:03:35 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
23 Mar 2010
Profs Matthew Yuen and Z G Li’s collaborative work featured in JCP as a highlight
The collaborative work between Profs Yuen and Li’s groups, entitled "Flow dependence of interfacial thermal resistance in nanochannels" have been chosen as a research highlight featured on the Journal of Chemical Physics website home page. | http://www.me.ust.hk/news_n_events/faculty_details.html?uid=bfb8cc4e-b7ff-11e0-9e13-001cc47a7474 | 2013-05-18T10:53:18 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Analyth ICD 20x-40x
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The new Analyth ICD is a modern incident/transmitted light microscope with 360° rotatable microscope head, turnable zoom objective for different magnifications and two independently dimmable illuminations. A blue color filter can be installed. It is very suitable for viewing coins, stamps, minerals and much more.
The incident light source in the upper part of the microscope is for viewing opaque objects, the transmission light source is for translucent objects like preparation slides.
By the big working distance of 70mm and the wide focus range, also bigger objects can be viewed comfortable. The electronic eyepiece (optional accessory) allows viewing and saving the objects on your PC! An integrated illumination (12V / 20W Halogen) gives bright and even light onto the object.
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Why Meadowmount?
…A letter from the Director
Dear Students and Parents;
In the summer of 1991 Mrs. Galamian, the wife of Meadowmount's founder Ivan Galamian, asked me to begin a piano program. My first, totally unchecked response was "Why Meadowmount?" Looking me straight in the eye and shaking her famous index finger at me, she said, "Not until you recognize what a demanding school year has forced you to become will you realize what must be done to rejuvenate yourself". So I began Meadowmount's Piano Program and now each summer both my students and I rejuvenate ourselves, entering each new season stronger and better prepared. To this day I credit my intense Meadowmount summers with the many international successes I've had on stage and in the recording studio.
Judith and Ivan Galamian conceived Meadowmount in 1944 as a retreat for their students. Recognizing the toll academic classes, orchestra playing, part-time jobs and the stress of daily life in a big city took on the students, they chose an environment of stunning beauty in the Adirondack Mountains where students were offered housing, meals, even laundry service, with unlimited time to practice, study with renowned teachers, play chamber music and collaborate with a world class accompanying staff. Sixty-seven years later we continue their mission. One of my favorite sayings about Meadowmount is: one can accomplish in a week what one will accomplish in a month at home. Visit our YouTube site to hear our chamber music performances - all new projects for the students when they arrive.
We are living in difficult times and the question "Why Meadowmount" is both reasonable and expected. There are many stops along the road to professional success. For the younger student it may be auditioning for a new school, youth symphony or regional competition; for the older student it may be an audition for graduate studies, an important competition, orchestra job, chamber music ensemble, or an interview for a teaching position. With the current cost of education, a substantial college scholarship is extremely valuable, even necessary; with an orchestra or teaching job comes a certain amount of economic stability; with a competition win, more credibility in the profession. Attaining any one of these career goals requires one important thing - intense practice and preparation to the point at which it is obvious to all that you should be the winner.
With our dedicated artist faculty and staff, our offerings and accomplishments are unrivaled in the world. Let a Meadowmount summer give you the edge you need to win that scholarship, job or competition.
Sincerely,
Eric Larsen, Director
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Johnston Award for Excellence in Teaching
Professor Lorraine Cramer received the 2009 Johnston Award for Excellence in Teaching. The Awards Committee found "abundant evidence" for Dr. Cramer's outstanding contributions to undergraduate teaching on campus. Dr. Cramer was recognized by her students and faculty colleagues for her continued commitment to the highest standards of teaching. Dr. Cramer was recognized on Saturday, February 18th during the half-time ceremony at the UNC-NC State men's basketball game. In addition, Dr. Cramer will attend an awards banquet on April 9th where she will receive an award certificate and a cash prize. | http://www.med.unc.edu/microimm/news/johnston-award-for-excellence-in-teaching | 2013-05-18T10:13:23 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
January 2011 - Highlights & Honors
- Contents
-
Honors & Awards
Dr. Amy Bryant has been appointed as the Family Planning Expert for the Malawian Ministry of Health's Guidelines for antiretroviral therapy and prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV (ART/PMTCT).
Dr. David Grimes was voted "Doctor of the Month" by the staff at the ACC Day-Op.
Dr. Ursula Balthazar was awarded the SGI President's Presenter Award for her research entitled "Periconceptional Changes in Thyroid Function". She and Dr. Anne Steiner were the project authors.
Dr. M. Kathryn Menard (PI) and Sarah Verbiest were awarded a grant through NICHD entitled: Academic-Community Partnership to Reduce Health Disparities in Infant Mortality.
The goal of this project will be to engage a diverse group of community-based health care providers, practice organization leaders, infant mortality prevention coalitions, and community public health opinion leaders in dialogue about shared concerns, research goals, and practice improvements. These meetings will create a forum to solidify discussions into a long-term Community-Based Participatory Research agenda with a supporting network. By improving the outreach to and information dissemination of evidence-based approaches among community-based health care providers and organizations across the state, we hope to make significant strides towards reducing maternal and infant morbidity and mortality.
From Our Blog
UNC's Dr. Nicholson on task force that just released new screening recommendations for osteoporosis
Home fertility test may be inaccurate according to study by UNC's Dr. Steiner
VIDEO: Prenatal testing can easily overwhelm parents. UNC's Dr. Goodnight helps to demystify these tests
VIDEO: UNC's Dr. Goodnight talks about what moms-to-be can do to prevent preterm birth
UNC's Dr. Chescheir's book on pregnancy is quoted in #WebMD pregnancy myths
UNC's Dr. Clarke-Pearson co-author on research in innovative therapy for gyn cancers
VIDEO: Pelvic Floor Prolapse: You don't have to live with it. UNC's Dr. Jannelli shares options
VIDEO: IVF with UNC Fertility: One couple's story. The highs and lows of IVF.
VIDEO: UNC's Dr. John Boggess talks about the new Cancer Center at Rex
Research on Institute of Med 5/09 guidelines for pregnancy weight gain co-authored by UNC's Dr. Alison Stuebe
Making the most of your annual exam. UNC's Dr. Schlegel helps us prepare for our annual visit with our gyn.
UNC Ctr for Maternal & Infant Health celebrated 10 yrs in' 10. To commemorate we have the "Family Voice" video series
Birth control pill side effects, is it the power of suggestion? UNC's Dr. Grimes' recent research investigates
UNC OB/GYN launches YouTube site with videos for everyone from providers to patients. Check it out
Sacrocolpopexy is a surgery for vaginal prolapse. Watch as UNC's Dr. Matthews performs a robotic sacrocolpopexy
RT @greenjrnl UNC's Dr. Grimes co-author: Electronic Fetal Monitoring as a Public Health Screening Program.
Presentations
Dr. Alice Chuang participated in the Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics (APGO) Faculty Development Seminar in Amelia Island, FL from Jan 8 -11, 2011.
- Chuang A, Zite N. Achieving the 40-Hour Work Week: Practical Tools for Reclaiming Time and Energy.
- Chuang A, Nuthulapaty F, McLean M. The Teacher Learner Contract: Negotiating an Optimal Relationship between Educator and Student.
- Chuang A, Using the Role Analysis to Negotiate your Perfect Job.
- Program Co-Chair, Association of Professors of Gynecology and Obstetrics, Clerkship Directors’ School, Parts 101 and 201.
- Nuthalapaty F, Chuang A. Nuts and Bolts: Anatomy of a Clerkship. New Clerkship Director’s Workshop,
- Fundamentals and Assessment and Grading. New Clerkship Director’s Workshop..
Fritz MA, Speroff L.
Clinical Gynecologic Endocrinology and Infertility, 8th ed.,
Philadelphia:Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010
Grimes DA, Schulz KF.
Nonspecific side effects of oral contraceptives: nocebo or noise?
Contraception. 2011 Jan;83(1):5-9. Epub 2010 Aug 5.
Harper M, Zheng SL, Thom E, Klebanoff MA, Thorp J Jr, Sorokin Y, Varner MW, Iams JD, Dinsmoor M, Mercer BM, Rouse DJ, Ramin SM, Anderson GD; Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) Maternal-Fetal Medicine Units Network (MFMU).
Cytokine gene polymorphisms and length of gestation.
Obstet Gynecol. 2011 Jan;117(1):125-30.
Higginson DS, Morris DE, Jones EL, Clarke-Pearson D, Varia MA.
Stereotactic body radiotherapy (SBRT): Technological innovation and application in gynecologic oncology.
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4 Questions For Media Panel Moderator Extraordinaire Sara Benincasa
At mediabistro.com’s Dessert and Discourse event for women’s magazine editors earlier this month, moderator Sara Benincasa guided the conversation about digital content creation with humor and an expert command of the issues at hand.
At one point she warned all of the women in attendance that “the cattiness” was about to come out as she asked panelists to talk about specific Web sites that were doing things wrong.
Benincasa, a stand up comedienne known for her side-splitting impressions of Sarah Palin during the election last year, has more moderating duties on tap. This week, she’ll lead a panel at Mediabistro’s UGCX conference in New York on entertainment media on the Web, featuring blip.tv’s co-founder Justin Day and director of content development Eric Mortensen.
Benincasa took time out of her busy work schedule to talk to FishbowlNY about her career, her life as a media panel moderator and where you can find her beyond the mediabistro.com stage.
FishbowlNY: How did you get into stand up comedy?
Sara Benincasa: I was doing my masters degree in education at Teachers College at Columbia, and I felt confused and scared because I didn’t have the passion for teaching that my classmates and professors displayed. I remember crying in a seminar one day and admitting, “I just don’t know if I belong here.” It’s a wonderful community, but I knew I couldn’t live up to its legacy and to the aptitude of my peers. One of my peers happened to have just quit her job at Comedy Central, and she pulled me aside after class one day and suggested I try stand-up comedy. I guess she thought I had funny comments about No Child Left Behind and lesson plan design. Which I did, because both of those things are inherently HILARIOUS. So my first gig was opening for two professional comics at an event sponsored by the United Nations and the Rockefeller Foundation during International Women’s Week 2006. I got paid $40 and thought that meant you got paid for every set you did in stand-up. Oh, how wrong I was.
I did jokes about the differences between Hindi, Urdu and Farsi, and I killed with the Middle Eastern and subcontinental Asian grad students in the crowd. And when you’ve got that crowd on your side, you can take over the world.
FBNY: After UGCX you will have moderated two media panels in just a few short weeks. What have you learned and what do you hope to learn at UGCX?
SB: I’ve learned that Mediabistro throws a helluva party. I hope to learn a lot more about the current state of journalism, in all its wild and multifaceted glory. I began college as a print journalism major, and I’ve never shaken my fascination with the way news is consumed and delivered. I’m very psyched to see the speakers from NPR and Wired. I’m a huge NPR geek and have always dreamed of having my own NPR show one day, where I can say amusing things to celebrated thinkers and then they can chuckle gently and then we can talk about geopolitics. Or something.
FBNY: What can we expect from your panel at UGCX?
SB: A great deal of magic involving the gentlemen of blip.tv. Also, I’m going to ask some hard-hitting questions about the Six Point Ale they’ve got on tap at their office, i.e., “Did you bring any with you today?” and “Can I have some?” and “Why are you running away from me?”
FBNY: Where else can we see your work?
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Although the corporate media have covered secession movements by political conservatives in Texas and other states following President Obama’s November re-election, they ignored Russell Means’ declaration, in September 2012, that the Lakota Sioux Nation had left America. Speaking less than a month before his death, the long-time Native American radical leader Means declared, “We are no longer citizens of the United States of America and all those who live in the five-state area that encompasses our country are free to join us.” The five states identified by Means were Nebraska, South Dakota, North Dakota, Montana and Wyoming.
Since the 1973 siege at Wounded Knee, South Dakota, Means had consistently pushed for Sioux independence. The Lakota declared independence in 2007, as well, with Means proclaiming: “United States colonial rule is at its end!”
Means’ September 2012 declaration detailed reasons for secession including unemployment, inadequate healthcare, and shortened life expectancies for Native peoples.
In a Daily Censored article prompted by Means’ declaration of Lakota independence, Stephen Lendman chronicles the historic and ongoing destruction of Native land, culture and resources, and the United States’ history of unfulfilled treaty agreements with First Nations peoples.
Sources
American Patriot, “Secession! Lakota Sioux Nation Leaves The Union! (Again),” Liberty.com, September 29, 2012,
Stephen Lendman, “Lakota Sioux Nation Leaves America,” Daily Censored, October 1, 2012,
Student Researcher: Nichelle Lyster (College of Marin)
Faculty Evaluator: Susan Rahman (College of Marin)
Note on Sources, by Andy Lee Roth, Associate Director, Project Censored: At the time of posting (December 1, 2012) the primary sources for this story, attributed to CSNNews and La Voz de Aztlan are unfortunately not accessible, making a full evaluation of the story problematic. The Liberty.com link does include video of Means’ declaration. Since publication, the Liberty.com link no longer works.
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Strain Name: Brazilian Amazonian
From: Patient’s Choice of Colorado
Grade: A
Type: Indica
Looks: This is a deceivingly dense little bud. It is coated with long thin trichomes, and has dark red hair coming out everywhere.
Smell: Initially this bud smelled slightly of incense or perfume, but upon grinding that changed to more of a sweet scent, along the lines of strawberry licorice.
Taste: Contrary to the scent, this bud tastes much like a cold lemonade: the kind that the flavor is so sweet and sour that it kind of sticks around in your mouth. I am also getting a slight undertone of a kind of earthy plant flavor.
Effects: Instant pain relief. I do feel a bit hazy in my head, but my thoughts seem to cut through the cloud, and movements seem un-slowed. That all being said, it has a very nice body buzz that, when combined with the cloudy headed feeling, makes for an incredibly comfortable overall buzz. Just sitting back and feeling the buzz, is like sitting next to a nice warm fireplace on a cold night.
Potency: The comedown started at hour two and lasted until about hour five, so I’d give this one an 8 out of 10 on potency.
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Good Strain For: Great medical bud for night time use or to wind down and relax for a couple of hours.
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Correction to the minutes from 8/05/99 - Dr. Innes would like
to have a broad plan established by November 1999 and begin
implementation of this plan by the year 2000 (not 2001).
Minutes will be distributed entirely via e-mail in the future (no
paper).
The meeting was opened with a discussion of goals for medical
education.
Goals for medical education:
Evaluation of the curriculum: Extensive course evaluations,
feedback from residency program coordinators, the Mulholland report,
and the Looking Back questionnaire are already performed. The real
issue is how to use this information to effectively manage the
curriculum. It was reported that at Case Western, there is a committee
to which course directors present their plan for each course for
approval and receive feedback. It was indicated that the Preclinical
and Clerkship committees would be reorganized, changing their function
to take a more active role in developing, appraising and maintaining
the curriculum under the guidance of the Curriculum Committee. See
following attached statement.
In 1998, data was collected on how our medical students performed
during their first year of residency. Dr. Short will provide this
report to the committee, but recalled that a recurring theme was that
our medical students are not as assertive as others.
Benchmarking: A suggestion was made to select 5-10 medical
schools with similar board scores and rankings and determine how they
teach medical students. However, board scores for other schools are not
available to us. We have sent our board scores to other institutions in
the past along with a request for an information exchange, but no
responses were received. There has been some recent collaboration with
Case Western and UNC. We must find other ways to benchmark.
Benchmarking or "learning from others" has been described as a search
to identify best practice organizations, but includes study of one's
own practice. An analysis of site visits and interviews should lead to
recommendations and execution as appropriate.
Miscellaneous: It will require courage to make changes in the
curriculum and then wait for the results.
NEXT MEETING: At the 08.19.99 meeting, Dr. Eugene Corbett will
review the "Twelve Objectives of Medical education" and the Medical
Student Objectives report (you have copies and may wish to bring
them).
Committee members are asked to think about possible mechanisms to
monitor the curriculum. Please consider the following statement.
Modifications and alternatives are solicited.
Attachment: This committee is responsible
for management and evaluation of the curriculum in accordance with
accreditation requirements. Specifically this means monitoring and
regular evaluation of the objectives, content, and methods of pedagogy
utilized for each segment of the curriculum, as well as for the entire
curriculum. The effectiveness of the educational program should be
measured by assessment of learning outcomes in the domains of
knowledge, skills, and behaviors. The growth curve of our educational
program improvement and innovation must be monitored and adjusted as
appropriate. The Curriculum Committee is responsible for coordinating
the institutionally integrated design and management of a coherent and
coordinated curriculum.
The committee is responsible for development of a strategy,
timetable, benchmarks, and endpoints to achieve horizontal and vertical
integration of the curriculum throughout the four-year program.
The Curriculum Committee must be aware of educational space
requirements, especially for small group conferences, standardized
patient evaluations, and computerized learning and testing. The
committee must also evaluate the adequacy of faculty personnel numbers
and of the teaching time required of faculty. Importantly, the
committee must gauge the time demands on the student such that time
demands are intense and demanding, but not unrealistic. [See LCME
letter, February 5.1999]. -DJI
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smallermediumlarger Synribo Approved to Treat Rare Leukemia, Oct. 26 (HealthDay News) -- Synribo (omacetaxine mepesuccinate) has been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Admnistration to treat a rare blood and bone marrow disease called chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML).Some 5,430 people will be diagnosed with CML this year, the U.S. National Institutes of Health estimates. Synribo has been sanctioned to treat cases in which two other specific anti-cancer drugs have failed to stop CML's progression, the FDA said Friday in a news release.Synribo is designed to be injected twice daily in different regimens for a number of consecutive days until white blood cell counts normalize, the agency said.The most common adverse reactions observed during clinical testing included anemia, a drop in infection-fighting white blood cells, nausea, weakness, fatigue and injection-site reaction.Synribo is marketed by the Israeli drug maker Teva Pharmaceuticals, with U.S. headquarters in Frazer, Pa. -- Scott RobertsCopyright © 2012 HealthDay. All rights reserved. News Articles 1 2 3 4 5 Next Article: FDA Approves Drug for Advanced Prostate Cancer » Share this Article: Facebook Twitter Email Print Stay Informed! Get the latest health and medical information delivered direct to your inbox FREE! | http://www.medicinenet.com/script/main/art.asp?articlekey=164425 | 2013-05-18T11:03:49 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
FDA Panel Turns Down CF Drug
SILVER SPRING, Md. -- An FDA advisory committee voted unanimously, 14-0, on Wednesday against approval of inhaled mannitol (Bronchitol) for cystic fibrosis (CF), citing safety and efficacy concerns, particularly in pediatric patients.
Panelists on the Pulmonary-Allergy Drugs Advisory Committee were troubled by a lack of statistical evidence of efficacy from two trials and by an increased risk of hemoptysis in children.
"I wish I could vote yes because I think there is a place for a drug like this, but further studies are necessary," panelist Mary Cataletto, MD, of Winthrop University Hospital in Mineola, N.Y., said during the meeting.
In separate votes on efficacy and safety, panelists came down against both 11-3. With regard to efficacy, committee members expressed concern about the fact that the first study, although it showed a significant effect, was plagued by missing data, and a second study with full data turned up a nonsignificant effect on FEV1.
Some panelists said the data appeared to show that the drug may have significant effects in adults but not in children, arguing that they would support an indication for CF patients ages 18 and up.
There were also questions about whether the drug might have benefits in a specific subpopulation, which hasn't yet been investigated.
"There's no doubt in my mind that a subset of individuals would benefit greatly; we just don't know who they are," panelist James Tracy, DO, of Creighton University in Omaha, said.
Chief among the safety concerns were an increased risk of hemoptysis in children and high dropout rates in both studies.
Panelist Paul Greenberger, MD, of Northwestern University in Chicago, noted that the wrong dose may have been used in these studies, as earlier dose-response trials may have given misleading results.
"They may have led to too high of a dose," he said. "You may get more benefit with a dose lower than 400 mg [twice daily]."
Australian drugmaker Pharmaxis was seeking an indication for improved pulmonary function for CF patients ages 6 and up.
The company had conducted two 26-week trials in 600 patients. One met its primary endpoint of increasing FEV1 by an average of 83 mL by the end of the trial compared with placebo (P<0.001). The second trial resulted in a mean FEV1 increase of 54 mL, which wasn't significant (P=0.059).
Both studies also had high dropout rates, with 34% of 177 drug-treated patients dropping out of one of the studies, compared with 23% of controls. In the second trial, 85% of 184 drug-treated patients finished the 6-month trial compared with 92% of controls.
Mannitol bears little resemblance to ivacaftor (Kalydeco), the most recent drug approved for CF. That drug targets an underlying cause of the disease -- abnormal chloride trafficking -- in a subset of CF patients (4% to 5%) who have the G551D-CFTR mutation.
Most CF drugs only work to alleviate symptoms and treat complications rather than on the disease itself.
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Thanks mum.
I feel like I'm finding myself. You know that feeling when you realise what makes you tick and all that jazz. I was looking at some of my old posts and videos (from 2 years ago..) and was thinking about how different a person I was compared to who I am now. Growth.
I initialy just needed a trim and decided (spur of the moment) to get a little bit more off. I like it. ;)
Off to see Michelle later in the city, I'll probably shoot my outfit then too! ..xo
Lipstick : Morange (MAC)
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Pretty! It looks like it will be cooler and easier to manage this summer!
Gorgeous - love your hair (and that lipstick!)
Looks great! I'm trying to grow my hair out for the summer maybe I should do something different.
Yay for mum hairdressers! My mums the only person who I allow to cut my hair, including hair stylists, they will never put scissors to my hair!
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Love it! Really suits you! xx
It looks really lovely :).
Sarah
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Love the hair!! I wish I could be that brave hehe xx
Your hair looks absolutely gorgeous that length - perfect summer length! XX
très jolies photos, tu est superbe
It looks really good!
You're stunning just like always :)
It looks great on you!
xx Seph
Totally unrelated to your hair cut but what lipstick are you wearing?
beautiful!!
Your haircut is absolutely lovely, you look gorgeous ! :) your makeup is great by the way !
Lovely hair!!
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I really like your new haircut, it suits you!
Gorgeous! :)
Really suits you!
xx
i love it its very cute!
i think you've come a long way as well...i was going through your videos the other time and i've noticed you've grown up quite a lot....I know the growing up feeling,you make sure you make wise decisions after here alright:D...take care:)
Lovely haircut. x
Very sleek, do love it x
I always thought u'd look nice with some type of "bob"..its pretttyyy :D
you look so pretty and the haircut is very nice =]
love it.
The cut is fierce, great summer style. I could picture you with super long hair as well, would love to see that look on you :)
Dorcas
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Being content with your qualities as well as your flaws when finding yourself is an incredible feeling!
Also your hair looks lovely. The edgy cut really suits your face x
mad nice!
suits you a LOT.
Lx
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Your hair is amaziiiiing, well jealous of how long it is :)
I recently stumbled accross your blog and its quickly becoming my fav, loving all your outfit posts! :)
x
ALso! such a coincidence your studying in Notts, Im from there too :) x
I love this haircut on you, it looks amazing! I'm always tempted to just chop off all my hair and go for something completely different, but I'm too scared to.
your hair looks healthy! I love seeing healthy hair!
So stylish! Really suits you :)
xxx
Cute & chic for spring/summer!
its beautiful!
u look so beautiful as always Shirl-loooooooove ur hair=gorgeous
wow lovely new hair "did"
i love your blog - been following for a couple of weeks now.
I think you have a glow that comes across in your writing and your pictures.
Hope you are enjoying the sunny weather we are having.
xxx
It looks great!!!
Love it!
Your hair looks stunning! Its always nice to e daring and go for a bit of a change ever now and again xx
Aw it looks really nice! x
I like your hair, you look beautiful!
Which lipstick are you wearing in these pics?
beautiful summer look :)
i like it, frames your face nicely :)
xx
wows. looks stunning on you sweetie. Really accentuates your features. i love it you pretty thing. Have fun with Michelle. Say hi from me :) xx
i've been thinking of getting a cut as well, so cute. there is nothing like finding yourself it is a great feeling.
I love the new cut, looks lovely on you. Love Sia x
love the lipstick! u are gorg
That looks soooo stunning, really suits you
x
ooo! So chic ^^ xxx
wow so pretty, I wanted to ask you what kind of lens do you use? I hope u dont me asking!
I loovveee your hair, it looks great!! oh and whats on your lips? the color is very suitable for the season =)
Looks good, really suits you!
I love it!
you look gorgeous :)
Fab haircut :)
It looks gorgeous on you! Love it :)
Shifa
x
I LOVE it, love your lip colour too! :D
Gorgeous! xx
It looks GREAT! I love it! Gorgeous haircut and so perfect for the hot summer weather!
gorgeous! love the cut :)
xx
I love it :) Really suits you!
I only let me mom relax/trim my hair also hehe x
Loving the cut and style Shirls! Looks fab on you!
~M
beautiful! i've always loved shoulder length hair. Not too long, not too short. Just perfect. Love it! Rocking twists right now....i'm hoping to do a pixie look or something edgy for the summer. Trying to work up the courage.
Lovely hair cut, you look very beautiful as usual!!
Quick question, do you do your own eyebrows? If so, could you do a tutorial.
Wowzers!! Thanks guys!!!
To those who asked...
Lipstick : Morange by MAC
Eyebrows : Thread them myself, will do a tutorial soon! :D
Shirley
xoxo
Beautiful ! I just recently went in the same direction as you since my last post ;-) You're gorgeous !
Love this look on you :)
Very pretty!!!
kiss from brazil! =D
ok i was wondering how did you create your blog header or if possibly i could pay you to design one for me? I hope that i have not insulted you but i really did enjoy your blog love all the makeup tutorials and one day hope that my blog will be as good as your.
Thank you ladies!
@Snow Black : ooo yay! Can't wait to see it! :)
@HnCRnP : Answer to your question can be found in my FAQ page! xo
Nice haircut!! You always look pretty anyways :)
Kiss for Spain,
H.
Your hair is amazing! x
You look beautiful!!!
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Eee, one word: fierce.
Great photos, great post!
love it!
so adorable! as always!
xo
such a nice cut. it frames your face perfectly!
it so suits you! just got a new cut myself, feels great :)
Oh wow, it's gorgeous. You look stunning bb!
This suits you so well <3 You look lovely as always x
Liking it...got a haircut last week too. A tad more dramatic but I think you will relate on the thrill you feel when getting a new look too. x
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What is your favorite Stuffed Mushrooms recipe?
Ingredients:
- 12 large button mushrooms, scrubbed clean, stems separated from the caps
- 1 Tbsp butter
- 1 small onion, minced
- 1 large garlic clove, minced
- 2 cups spinach, chopped
- 5 Tbsp chopped and toasted walnuts
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 1 tsp thyme
- 2 Tbsp breadcrumbs
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 3 Tbsp grated cheese
- bread for serving
Directions:
Scrub the mushrooms well first, then just snap out the stems. They'll come out easily, no need to use a knife. Finely chop the mushroom stems. Heat 1 tablespoon butter in a small frying pan over medium-high heat. Sauté the chopped mushroom stems and onions for 4-5 minutes, stirring often. Add spinach and garlic and sprinkle with salt. Stir well and sauté 2 more minutes.
In the large bowl mix together mushrooms mixture, toasted walnuts, breadcrumbs, thyme and a little seasoning.
Heat the oven to 400F. Line a large baking sheet with foil and brush over with a little olive oil. Place the mushrooms, cap side down, on the baking sheet. Sprinkle with a small pinch each of salt and pepper.
Spread a teaspoonful of the mixture on the top of each mushroom, then drizzle over a little olive oil and grated cheese of your desire. Bake for 10-15 minutes until the mushrooms are tender.
Lightly toast the bread in the meantime. Place a couple of slices on each warm serving plate and arrange the mushrooms on top. Serve warm. Equally good on a leafy salad as an appetizer.
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It looks like we got the memo: both have mushrooms on the menu today! :) Perfect meal and beautiful presentation!
That is a delightful meal! Love the colours. Such tempting clicks!!
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It’s a story shared by so many. I hope you continue to find all those things and more
Good for you, Mel.
I am glad for your find, and hope your continue to be blessed by a community of understanding.
You deserve tremendous credit for sharing your story with others. It’s a really common situation, and I am sure that more people than you know were grateful to read your piece.
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“No one has to get dressed up. You don’t have to drive. It’s easy and fun. But don’t get too carried away and forget the call to action,” she cautions. “It is all about giving and inspiring your guests to give. Be sure to drive people to your donate page.” Get started by clicking the “Create Event” button.
While the time for crafting a traditional email appeal has passed there is still time to craft and send an emotionally compelling email appeal. Keep it short and sweet. Be specific about how funds raised will be used, and how much you are seeking to raise. If you can secure a matching gift, that can add appeal. Remember, year-end nonprofit online giving tends to be impulsive, so appeal to your donors’ desires to make an impact and share some of the joy they are experiencing. As with all email, use a catchy subject. Include links to a special year-end giving page on your site if you have one. If not, link to your donate page. Tweet your appeal. And post on Facebook.
As a best practice we suggest you also take the time to open a free account with Guidestar (). Donors and funders check Guidestar to learn details about nonprofits and to ensure their legitimacy – you want to be listed there.
Holiday greetings are another form of year-end giving. Two local examples are MIFA and the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis. MIFA offers Christmas, Hanukkah and Happy Holiday cards. The Women’s Foundation offers Tribute Holiday Cards. Both will send out beautiful, custom-designed and personalized cards to those on your list. Visit MIFA.org or WFGM.org.
Nationally, the United Negro College Fund has rolled out a “Gift Catalog” at. This online store lets donors imagine they are purchasing a text book ($125) or school supplies ($10) for an undergraduate; a dissection kit ($50) or scientific calculator ($150) for a pre-med, biology or chemistry student; or a T Square ($15), drafting pen ($15) for an engineering student. All funds are pooled and used to support students at UNCF colleges.
Finally, don’t forget to personally reach out to individuals who have supported your organization throughout the year. The gift of appreciation is a great gift to give.
Next week: can we skip year-end giving?
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Beyond the recipes, Gimme Some Sugar includes "The Secret Lexicon of Southerness" and "One Old Bride's Guide to Cooking Southern" What's the origin of these sections?
When we moved to Oxford from Charlotte, we built a house. Hunting season and the iron man just about drove me into the gin bottle. I found myself describing the overt craziness of my new life to friends back in North Carolina — mostly during calls from the Walmart parking lot. I wanted to reflect all of this in the new cookbook, from an aging, bossy voyeur’s point of view. It was not a stretch.
The “guide” component stemmed from the need to provide culinary CliffsNotes for my children, who came along when my friends were starting to have grandchildren! The Lexicon grew out of my love of the quirky people across the South, encountered during many years of driving all over the region. My children still kid me for what they used to roll their eyes and call “Mom’s little adventures” OFF the interstate.
But come on. Scalawag? Who ever says that in earnest any more?
Scalawag. Scalawag. Scalawag. It’s a spectacularly quirky and musical word that speaks to my inner poet. It reflects the cultured South’s love of the English language. And Honey, we Southerners are NOTHING without our deft turns of phrasing.
What Southern dish took you the longest to master?
Biscuits. So simple, eh? I’m too intense, and you just have to relax and sort of slap ‘em out without working the dough to death. Of course, it helps to have really high quality Southern flour made from winter red wheat. And buttermilk. And lard … or Crisco in a pinch.
What's the best tool, cooking or otherwise, every Southerner should have?
I’m really torn over this one. Assuming one has measuring tools, I could not function without a really sharp knife or a sieve. The sieve is useful for many things, from sifting flour and rinsing raspberries, to preventing frying-pan splatter, or cleaning out the fountain and the fish tank. The knife, of course, is for slicing, dicing, and cutting up stuff. And yes, I have been known to ruin a boning knife cutting up cardboard when packing art. And then there’s the threat factor of being a woman holding a knife. So handy. It used to give me little chills to watch my darling, sweet mother-in-law sharpen her carving knife on the concrete steps out back.
Gimme Some Sugar, Darlin' is $28.95 and available at the Booksellers at Laurelwood and the Cotton Museum.
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Ford's last public appearance in his erstwhile home was on August 18, when he addressed an audience at Davis-Kidd Booksellers and signed copies of his book. On that occasion Ford told his attentive audience that his political days were not over — though presumably they will have to continue in New York, both as candidate (earlier this year, Ford briefly considered a run for the Senate there) and as voter.
Ford was until this week a registered voter in both Tennessee, where for some time in 2008-9 he considered a run for governor, and the Empire State, where Ford now lives with his wife and which he considers his residence.
The circumstance of dual registration had been brought to the attention of Tennessee Secretary of State Tre Hargett by a complainant, with the result that Ford will likely be purged from the ranks of Tennessee voters. Or so Blake Fontenay, a spokesperson for Hargett, has indicated.
The status of Harold Ford Sr., also a former Memphis congressman, had been questioned as well but is regarded differently. Ford Sr., who like his son maintains a Memphis address, has apparently not registered to vote in Florida; therefore, his Tennessee registration is still good.
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Even as candidates and advocates and party organizations start ratcheting up for the races and issues to be disposed of on the forthcoming November ballot, the August 5th election refuses to go away.
Last week the Shelby County Election Commission formally certified the August 5th election and issued a report chalking up a now infamous election-day glitch to “human error” without effect on any final outcome. But this week the number of litigants seeking to overturn that election has swelled from two to ten, as the entire slate of Democratic candidates defeated in races for countywide positions has joined in a revamped lawsuit which contends that the election results are “incurably uncertain.”
The suit, filed in Chancery Court Tuesday, will probably be combined with an earlier one which sought injunctive relief on behalf of two litigants, Regina Morrison Newman, the incumbent Trustee who had sought reelection, and Minerva Johnican, candidate for Criminal Court clerk. Or so said Newman, who is functioning as a lawyer for herself and other litigants, at a Wednesday morning press conference outside the Shelby County courthouse. ( Not present was the litigants’ other attorney, Van Turner, who is chairman of the Shelby County Democratic Party.)
A handout issued at the press conference to media representatives itemized 12 different lapses or suspicious circumstances in the election. One of them involved the well-publicized fact, acknowledged in the Election Commission’s report, that early-voting data from the May countywide primary election was incorrectly entered into the electronic poll books (EPBs) used for August 5th voting — an error potentially affecting 5390 voters, many of whom were in fact originally told they had already voted and could not do so again on August 5.
Newman, who was flanked at the press conference by such other litigants as Sheriff’s candidate Randy Wade, Johnican, and Juvenile Court clerk candidate Shep Wilbun, suggested that the number of voters affected by the data-base error could have been even larger, citing accounts of voters who said they were held back from voting who had not early-voted in May.
In that regard, the handout made reference to alleged obstacles experienced by Bev Harris and Susan Pynchon, consultants from the advocacy group BlackBoxVoting: “Candidate inspection teams have thus far been denied sufficient data or documentation to even verify that …SCEC used the May 2010 early voter database rather than a larger early voter database which would have affected more voters, as some voter statements would indicate.”
Numerous other problems were listed as having been uncovered by the litigants and their consultants in a post-election investigation. Allegedly, for example, there was a discrepancy between the “Participating Voters List” of 176,119 voters and the SCEC’s “Certified Statement of Votes Cast,” showing 182,921 votes — a difference of “6,802 more votes…cast than individuals who participated.”
Also referred to in the handout were problems in the handling of provisional ballots for those voters who were turned away and who asked for such ballots; improperly discarded poll tapes; inconsistencies in poll-by-poll turnout reports; improperly sealed or unsecured “voting machines, tabulators, memory cards, and other voting apparatuses;” and even a “ghost race,” i.e., a voting-machine category hidden to voters but capable of being “used to transfer, delete, or temporarily store votes.”
And there was the issue of a “manual override” function in the Diebold Corporation machines, one which Election Commission officials acknowledge was used during the election period and which the litigants allege can be used to change vote totals — something which has been explicitly denied by Election Commission chairman Bill Giannini.
Wilbun, who, until earlier this year, when he began his candidacy, was a Democratic member of the Election Commission, said the very existence of such a function had not previously been disclosed.
Newman, who had once been quoted as saying her aim in pursuing the post-election challenge was not meant as a dispute of the results per se, said on Wednesday that her perspective and that of the other litigants had been changed by the volume of irregularities discovered and by legal requirements for moving forward with the amended lawsuit.
An extended section of the handout speaks further to the purposes of the litigants:
“This lawsuit is intended to assure that the.”
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Goins had responded to a call for a state investigation made last week by State Representative G.A. Hardaway of Memphis.
Finally, representatives of the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation, virtually unnoticed, have been conducting a systematic investigation at the Operations Center and other relevant sites, and the TBI’s report could also come relatively soon, Giannini said. The TBI had been invited in by District Attorney Bill Gibbons, who had been asked to investigate by the Election Commission.
And the chief litigants in a pending lawsuit in Chancery Court — Trustee Regina Morrison Newman and Minerva Johnican, the defeated Democratic candidate for Criminal Court Clerk — are preparing to file an amended version of the suit seeking the overturn of the election. The filing will occur on or before Tuesday, five days after certification, thereby meeting the statutory deadline for the filing of such a challenge.
Van Turner, chairman of the Shelby County Democratic Party and attorney for the litigants, said that others of the defeated candidates in the August 5th election might join the suit. “We’re waging two contests — one in the courtroom and another in the court of public opinion,” he said.
Investigators who have been looking into the circumstances of the election at the behest of the litigants will resume their activity at the Operations Center site on Monday, Turner said.
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It may not be the final chapter in the “glitch” election of August 2010, but four members of the Shelby County Election Commission — two Democrats and two Republicans — formally underwrote and presented to the media on Wednesday their conclusion as to the cause of that glitch: human error, not political conspiracy or machine malfunction.
The report seemed to clear the way for formal certification of the August 5 election results on Thursday.
Present at the press conference at the commission’s Operations Center at Shelby Farms were Democratic commissioners Myra Stiles and James Johnson and Republicans Robert Meyers and chairman Bill Giannini. Absent was Republican commissioner Brian Stephens..
Boyce had been asked to investigate the circumstances of complaints the commission had received from voters in several precincts that they were wrongly recorded as having participated during July’s early-voting period.
What happened, says the report, was that, in the crush of having only a weekend after the conclusion of early voting on July 31 to ready the EPM for election day, Boyce failed to alter the code for early-voting data that had been used prior to final voting in the May 4 countywide primary and inadvertently “left the election data file identification number for the May election, 921, in the script.”
The error “potentially affected” 5,390 voters who had early-voted before the May election but not before the August election. Of those, the report says that 1.952 were allowed to cast regular ballots via the Diebold voting machines after signing “fail-safe” affidavits asserting their right to do so. Another 210 cast “provisional ballots,” of which 136 were later deemed valid.
Doing the math would indicate that the outcome of no election race could have been affected even if all the remaining voters, some 3000-odd, had been prevented from voting but would have voted unanimously for a losing candidate. But in fact, the commissioners agreed, the likelihood was that a substantial number of those unaccounted-for voters had not presented themselves at a polling place on election day.
Chairman Giannini accepted responsibility for the error and for the fact that no system of “checks and balances” was in place to prevent or detect an error of the sort committed by Boyce, who was identified in the report as “an employee with an exemplary record.” Giannini estimated that Boyce’s service at the Election Commission dated back at least nine years — which meant that he was hired during a period of Democratic control of the commission.
But, said Giannini, he did not know what Boyce’s personal politics were, nor was it “any concern’ of his or the commission.
As for preventing such an error from being repeated in the future, the report contained four recommendations.: mandating that a second employee verify that the correct sets of data are loaded into the election-day EPBs, exploring the possibility of “automating this process;” evolving the commission’s existing “Logic and Accuracy” (L&A) testing “to encompass testing for this issue;” further training election officials “on the use of failsafe voting and the use of provisional ballots;” and further educating the voting public on the use of such alternative voting means.
Giannini ruled out the possibility that innate defects in the Diebold machines used for the election might have been a factor, saying that the glitch that happened preceded the use of the machines on election day and could have affected any vote-counting system, even the opti-scan system touted by advocates of voting-machine reform and currently scheduled to be employed in Tennessee in the 2012 election cycle.
(An irony of the post-election crisis is that the issue of proprietary software — often cited by Election Commission spokespersons to explain their reluctance to part with certain requested data — relates not to the Diebold Corporation, original suppliers of the voting machinery and software used by Shelby County, but to ESS, which in 2006, when the machines and software were purchased, was a rival company engaged in intense competition with Diebold for the county’s business. As it happens, ESS has since acquired from Diebold the ownership of record for the kinds of technology in use in Shelby County — a fact complicating the proprietary issue.)
Representatives of the state Election Coordinator's office will be at the Operations Center on Friday to conduct a separate audit.
Another of several indications that the post-election controversy is far from over, regardless of Wednesday’s report or Thursday’s pending certification, was a press conference called Wednesday by the local chapter of the National Action Network, an organization presided over nationally by noted activist Al Sharpton.
At the press conference, held on the steps outside the Election Commission’s downtown offices, Greg Grant, president of the Memphis chapter, announced that Sharpton had been invited to Memphis to intervene in the case “in support of the Federal Voting Rights Act of 1965.”
The invitation was not coordinated with the plaintiffs in the case, said Grant, who indicated he expected to receive a reply from Sharpton “within 24 hours.”
Included in materials passed out by Grant was a lengthy list of "records we have been unable to obtain," including several items relating specifically to the functioning of the Diebold machinery and software.
Still to be accounted for in any official explanation is the functioning of a "manual override" capability in the Diebold software -- one which Giannini has conceded was employed for adjustment purposes during the August 4 election process, but not, he insists, to alter voting results.
And a statement from a spokesperson for District Attorney Bill Gibbons served as a reminder that further inquiries into possible election irregularities remain to be completed:
Regarding the announcement Wednesday by the Shelby County Election Commission, the District Attorney wanted to clarify that the TBI criminal investigation into the problems at the polls on election day has not concluded and is ongoing. The DA has not made a determination on whether there was criminal intent in this case. That determination will be made after the TBI has finished the investigation.
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That much principals representing both sides in the post-election dispute agree on.
But spokespersons for the Shelby County Election Commission present Settle’s action in the context of the inspectors’ breaching of an agreement not to videotape Commission employees at work. And from the litigants’ side comes a different explanation: That they voluntarily acquiesced in a six-day’ suspension to permit Election Commission employees to prepare for Thursday’s planned certification of election results, so long as files they were interested in were downloaded and made available to them.
Both sides agree in the aftermath that Election Commission employees needed to have unimpeded access to their workspace between now and Thursday’s certification — and that Friday needed to be set aside for an audit by a team from the state Election Coordinator’s office.
But Election Commission chairman Bill Giannini, who has kept his silence to this point on attorneys’ advice, said he was empowered to speak on this issue, and he said unequivocally that activities of the inspection team had caused several kinds of disruptions, prompting Danny Presley of the Commission’s legal team to appeal to Settle to temporarily suspend the inspection.
Elaborating, both Giannini and John Ryder, another Commission lawyer, said that videotaping of Election Commission personnel had gone on in breach of an agreement between the two sides. County trustee Regina Newman, a litigant who is doubling as a lawyer for her side, said inspection team members had not videotaped employees since agreeing not to at the beginning of the week but had videotaped some of the voting machines and other paraphernalia.
“We were not ‘thrown out,’” Newman said. “Well, they certainly didn’t want to have to stop,” said Giannini.
The Flyer has learned meanwhile that speculation has focused in on Dennis Boyce, the Election Commission’s IT director, as the employee responsible for the election-day glitch that caused the post-election squabble.
Boyce, a civil servant hired by a previous Democratic management team at the Election Commission, apparently oversaw the feeding of early-voting data into the August 5 electronic voting roll. It is believed that a list of early voters from this May’s countywide preferential primary was fed into the records instead of the July early-voting list, a circumstance that presented obstacles a number of would-be election-day voters.
“But we’re not even certain if that was the main problem,” said Newman. She said there were other irregularities, including the fact that for two hours last Thursday, when members of the litigants’ inspection team first arrived at the Commission’s Shelby Farms Operations Center, “they kept us outside for two hours while the poster logs were altered eight times.”
The “poster logs,” she explained, were records of machine activity, specifically of “manual overrides” conducted on them. She said it was her understanding that such overrides could possibly include “alternation of a vote total for a candidate.”
Giannini hotly denied that any alterations of voting results had occurred and said that reality would be attested to by successive audits of the machines in the next few days, by two local firms regularly engaged by the Commission, by the state Election Coordinator, and conceivably by the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Department of Justice.
In any case, the litigants’ direct inspection of Commission facilities has been halted until Monday by order of Settle, who was named acting special Chancellor for the case on Monday by Chancellor Walter Evans.
At a previous hearing in Chancellor Evans’ courtroom, the litigants and representatives of the Election Commission reached voluntary agreement about the need for sharing information about the actual voting results.
But disagreements arose early on when a group representing the litigants, joined by consultants from BlackBoxVoting, an advocacy group, arrived to download election data last Thursday at the Commission’s Operations Center. Commission officials charged the inspectors with disruption and were charged in turn with stonewalling.
Monday’s hearing, which resulted in Settle’s appointment, represented an effort to get beyond the stalemate — based in part on what Ryder said were proprietary matters involving the Diebold Corporation, makers of the voting machines in use in the county. “We have already provided them with more material than the law requires,” Ryder said.
Indeed, some of the material in dispute has been handed over, though Newman is disturbed that parts of it have been redacted. And of the voters potentially disadvantaged by the election-day glitch — some 5300, by her reckoning — she said, ““Based on our analysis of those numbers, there’s a disproportionate number of African Americans and ‘others’ in that number.”
Given the fact that questions were raised about vote-counting in the 2006 county election, in which several Democrats were narrowly defeated, there are bound to be lingering questions about the authenticity of this year’s outcome, even after all the evidence is sifted.
Ryder and Giannini concede that the persistence of conspiracy theories is inevitable, if unwarranted, and that asking for a temporary cessation of on-site inspection might provide additional fuel. “But we had no choice if we were to make the certification deadline,” Giannini said.
The litigants will have an opportunity to challenge the results for a period of five days following the certification procedure.
UPDATE: According to a report on WMC-TV Wednesday morning, activist Al Sharpton will appear with plaintiffs in the voting dispute at an 11 a.m. press conference at Election Commission headquarters.
More details as they are known.
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Even the most naïve advocates of city/county counsolidation are aware that sentiment for the changeover in the part of Shelby County outside the City of Memphis is minimal to non-existent. What is not so well known is that the outlook for a favorable vote in Memphis itself is also dimming.
A sign of this was a largely unnoticed vote taken in the last month by the steering committee of the Shelby County Democratic Party to oppose the Charter resolution. While this vote is by no means reflective of the opinion of city residents as a whole, it does represent — by definition — the conviction of the leadership corps of the political party which has most traction in Memphis’ inner city.
The steering committee’s vote was taken to the membership at large of the party’s executive committee last Thursday night at a meeting which otherwise was dominated by post mortems of the just-concluded countywide election and by the continuing controversy over the consequences of an election-day voting-machine glitch.
As much because of the time and energy devoted to these other matters as for any reason, the executive committee voted to postpone any final action on repudiating the Metro Charter until its next monthly meeting when all the members will have been presented detailed copies of the Charter proposal to consider.
During a brief discussion of the Charter proposal, members of the party’s steering committee explained that one of their chief objections to accepting the consolidation resolution was a sense that it keeps the local governments of other county municipalities intact — with their mayors and legislative bodies continuing — while dissolving the existing structure of Memphis city government.
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At this point, it is nigh on to impossible to imagine what happens next in the saga of the famous FUBAR election of August 2010.
Officials at the Election Commission are still trying to maintain, with all the inflexibility and certitude and desperate determination of single-bullet theorists, that what happened Thursday of last week was a simple minor-league glitch that inconvenienced at most a few hundred potential voters, few if any of them permanently, and was quickly corrected.
And they hold in reserve a trump card which I’m about to reveal: The perpetrator of the presumed offense — that of dumping the wrong set of early-voting data (from May of this year, allegedly) into the electronic voting book for the August 5 election — was a Democratic hire from years back, a civil servant type, as it were.
That revelation, which is just around the corner, will, the EC officials hope, have two ancillary consequences — absolving Republicans per se of any culpability in a hypothetical vote-suppression plot; and simultaneously insulating the current management from charges of inexperience and incompetence.
Meanwhile, an ad hoc confederation of Democratic activists, done-wrong candidates, consultants, conspiracy theorists, public service lobbyists, and pro bono legal helpers has descended upon the Election Commission’s places of operation determined to ferret out the secrets of this misadventure, even as the EC’s own personnel and attorneys have responded with maddening delaying tactics that may be designed to safeguard proprieties but look more like stalling or stonewalling to the seekers.
The army of the avengers has been buttressed on-site at various times by out-of-town newcomers such as Bev Harris of Seattle and Floridian Susan Pynchon, both consultants with BlackBoxVoting a consumer organization, and Mary Mancini of Nashville, the newly named head of Tennessee Citizen Action (TNCA). There has also come into being a new Facebook site entitled “I want a New Shelby County Election on Paper Ballots.”
And in the background the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is supposedly concluding its preliminary inquiry into the election mess while the Department of Justice in Washington is presumably mulling over 9th District congressman Steve Cohen’s request for a formal federal investigation.
As the indefatigable Regina Newman, as of now still the Trustee and a plaintiff in the case, has explained via Twitter, a group including herself, Cardell Orrin, Del Gill, George Monger, Shep Wilbun, Harris, Pynchon, and ad hoc attorney David Cocke spent hours at the Election Commission’s Mullins Station Operations Center on Thursday.
This group kept trying to access the election-day files they thought they were free to inspect as a result of the compact reached earlier in the week between Shelby County Democratic chairman Van Turner and the GOP’s John Ryder, lawyer in this case for the EC.
Turner and Ryder had done their deal in the courtroom of Chancellor Walter Evans, who had seen no need to make any further ruling. Problem was: For various reasons, neither Turner nor Ryder were available for consultation at Mullins Station on Thursday afternoon. (Turner, who presided over a meeting of the local Democratic executive committee that night, would turn up later.)
So Cocke, subbing for Turner, was left to deal with Gene Gaerig, the assistant county attorney subbing for Ryder, at EC East. EC director Rich Holden was in the building but taking no part in the negotiations and mainly just staying out of the way and standing ready if needed. Also present was Dewun Settle, Chancery Court clerk and master, prepared to authorize and oversee whatever actions ended up being taken.
Gaerig, while being personally agreeable up to a point, came up pit bull-hard against any suggestion that the group of Democrats and their supporters should access the facility’s central computer or any of the stored files or voting consoles that pertained to the case.
The machines and their data were “intellectual property” and subject to a contract between the county and the Diebold Corporation, said Gaerig, and, without a release of some sort from the latter, were not to be tampered with.
Harris and Pynchon were sure this was stalling and nothing but and insisted that Diebold had long since sold its interests to a successor organization and that, in any case, only Microsoft files were at stake. No matter. The stalemate went on for hours until Cocke suggested, and got approved, a compromise whereby the plaintiffs’ group would be able to download a list of relevant files contained on the voting machines and/or the central computer.
While all of this was going on, Turner was conducting a balls-out meeting of the Democratic Executive Committee at the AFSCME/MLK Center on Beale that, impressively enough, concerned itself less with accusations that the election had been stolen and more with some serious probing into how and why it may have been lost honestly.
All of the prevalent theories — the Herenton-Cohen fizzle, turnout from the GOP gubernatorial whiz-bang, etc. — were considered, along with one or two striking new ones: e.g., that the Democrats had signally failed to engage the interest and participation of Generation X-ers.
Turner, whose conduct of the party during election season had been challenged by Commercial Appeal opinion editor Otis Sanford, got an informal vote of confidence and something of a standing-O, and those speakers (like State Rep. G.A. Hardaway) who defiantly rejected published suggestions that the Democratic slate of candidates had been sub-standard were not refuted by anyone.
Meanwhile, back at Election Commission East, right up ‘til the approach of midnight, the petitioners, assisted by Orrin’s IT know-how, were going through the time-consuming process of downloading the file list. (At some point, according to Newman, Gaerig apparently objected to the “Yankee rudeness” of one of the visiting consultants, who were kept at bay both then and on Friday.).
On Friday the action shifted back and forth between the EC’s Operations Center East and the EC’s downtown office as the petitioners continued to request downloads from servers at both locations, the process interrupted by long delays due to continued legal sparring.
Tweet from EC apropos one of the standoffs: “Our silence is us protecting your votes & voting rights while following strong advice from attorneys.”
It is somewhat unclear exactly what data was finally downloaded, though three identical copies were supposedly made of it — one disc each for the petitioners, the Election Commission, and the Court. More information will undoubtedly be sought.
At some near point all the participating parties will presumably prepare analyses of what they have. When and how the rest of us become acquainted with it — whether through monitored legal process or some other means — remains to be seen.
Meanwhile, the second called meeting of Democrats and others interested in challenging the August 5 election outcome was convened at the AFSCME/MLK Center on Friday afternoon but was essentially only a rump session, quickly adjourned, in light of the simultaneous activities going on in the Election Commission’s spheres.
All of this, you may be sure, will be continued in the new week.
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All of that made good campaign sense. The primary season is over, and McWherter, who had no opponent on the August 5 Democratic primary ballot and was, as he acknowledges, less than omnipresent in these parts, now faces a general election contest with well-heeled Republican nominee Bill Haslam.
That fact should bring McWherter around more often, and, as the Jackson businessman pointed out, his home is a short driving distance from Memphis, which will also facilitate the frequency of his presence here. But there is yet another compelling reason for him to spend more time in Shelby County, beginning with yesterday’s visit.
McWherter has a son, Walker, who is entering Rhodes College this fall and one major reason his candidate father was in town on Thursday was to help Walker get settled into his dorm. And as McWherter has explained several times of late, home football games in Memphis are sure to bring both himself and wife Mary Jane around.
McWherter was asked about the increasingly obvious fact that Democrats running for office in Tennessee don’t tend to feature the word “Democrat” much or at all in their advertising and other campaign materials. His own first series of ads, which present him as a problem-solver and stay clear of ideological matters, don’t use the label.
Nor are the words “Democrat” or “Democratic” likely to be seen coupled with his name in future campaign presentations, he acknowledged, in a way reminiscent of the vow of U.S. Senate candidate Harold Ford Jr. in 2006 not to “go yelling ‘Democrat, Democrat, Democrat!”
“Well, I’m running now in a general election, and I’m hoping to get the votes of Democrats, Republicans, and independents,” McWherter said by way of accounting for the absence of the party signifier.
That doesn’t necessarily mean he buys into the prevalent notion that Tennessee, once upon a time a reliable part of the old Democratic Solid South and in more recent years a bellwether state, shifting back and forth from Democratic to Republican control, is now permanently Republican — a Red State, in the current lexicon.
He recalls that in the early ‘70s Tennessee seemed to be trending Republican but in the elections of 1974 and 1976 voted Democrats into the governorship and the state’s two U.S. Senate seats, where Republicans had been before.
And there was another case — 1986, when there was a governor’s race, featuring former Republican governor Winfield Dunn, who was favored, versus a vanilla-wafer-eating Democrat who was Speaker of the state House of Representatives at the time.
The Democrat — one Ned Ray McWherter, Mike’s father — won, of course, and, after serving two terms in office, became something of a state institution in his own right. As Mike McWherter, widely regarded as a serious underdog in the 2010 race for governor, recalls, “The networks were calling that an upset,” and he suggests that another one may be in the offing this year.
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amen :)
Thank you for the reminder to use our time in a goodly fashion. Our life is short, so we need to use our time wisely, not wasting any of it. Like Nicolas said, the last part hit quite hard. Many times, that is what I should do. We should want to do this, since having a deeper relationship with God is much better than spending time on things that won't profit us. Thanks again for the wonderful reminder!
Off to Bible memorization....
How important is a personal relationship with God it is the life and breath of the Christian. To rise up early before it is day and to spend time in prayer should be the life and breath of every Christian person. Although I am a firm believer in Memorizing Scripture I am becoming convinced that prayer may even be more important. Also to spend time with family is vitally important save time for your family Christ wants Him and His words to be present with us but that does not mean to be always memorizing.
This has nothing to do with any of this, but one of my cousins signed up but he hasn't received an e-mail to activate his account. Is there anything we can do?
vburk - I've activated your cousin's account. The email address was misspelled so I corrected it and activated the account. Hopefully that sorts it out.
@God's little child--Absolutely right. Memorization of God's Word is vital, but a personal relationship with the One who wrote it is even more important. But for anyone who is having trouble comprehending the challenge of memorizing the whole Bible, I just did some calculations today...
If you take 2.5 hours every day to memorize verses (which is only a little more than one-sixth of daylight hours alone), you can spend a whopping 3.125 days per month memorizing Scripture! 2 hours would be 2.5 days, 1.5 hours=1.875 days, 1 hour=1.25 days, and a mere 30 minutes per day would equal .625 days per month. These may seem like a lot, but when would you plan to do this? In a mere hour and a half this morning (at 6:00 to 7:30) I memorized roughly twelve verses. Add thirty to this (one month) and I could memorize 360 verses in a month! Would anyone (who doesn't already, that is) be willing to wake up at 6:00 every day or earlier? Funnily enough, this would be the normal weekday latest for me to get up--I usually get up at 4:30 or so. You may not be able to memorize a whole lot in an hour, but how much could you memorize in 1.25 days?
There is absolutely no need for anyone to do this (this is probably just another one of my crazy ideas), but anyone who is willing to take up yet another SavedByGrace challenge can do this. But even if you don't get up early, isn't there time somewhere in your schedule for an hour of memorization, along with time with God in His Word? Just another crazy thought for any crazy people like me...but how else are we supposed to "turn the world upside-down"? :)
P.S.You could also just follow Dakota's advice and merely set your alarm for 20 minutes earlier every day--any extra time at all can be spent in God's Word!
Nicolas...where do you get all this time??? LOL Just kidding
I know this is off topic but here it goes...can we have 2 or 3 Bible Bee quizzes in these last two weeks? And if we do a 1 PETER quiz, we should have multiple choice to pick from.
think I have 28 verses left....please pray I'll get them done this week so I can spend week 12 reviewing etc.
Rachel Crosswhite--I find the time! :) I try to remind myself that this is of eternal importance, not just something that I should feel obligated to do. Plus, getting up early helps... ;)
I think it's a great idea to have a few extra quizzes soon. There are only a few verses left to memorize for those of us on track, so a few big review days would be helpful. I agree with the 1 Peter quiz suggestion as well.
I'll pray for you and everyone else as we draw nearer to the local Bible Bee. A lot of pressure starts to come when you start to realize you have a short time limit. Also, I still have 83 verses left, so I could use some prayer here as well... :)
P.S.Congratulations for memorizing your twentieth verse and reaching Level 5!
I will definitely be praying for you, SBG...
thanks Nicolas for the congrats on 20th verse and level 5! :) It seemed like a big accomplishment =D
I'll pray for you as well :) And I was joking about finding the time... :) And I know what you mean about the pressure...I felt so pressured the other day and today I do...You realize..."Oh NO! only 2 weeks till contest day, And I'm so behind!!!" Did you have trouble memorizing Ezra 7:27-28, Jeremiah 17:7-8, and the ones from Isaiah and the Epistles ??? I'm still working on Ezra and Jere...simply awful.
Rachel Crosswhite--Strangely enough, those ones weren't very hard for me. ;) But I definitely have had some hard ones--especially Psalm 106:4-5, Romans 6:4-7, and many of the verses in the gospels. The verses in the prophetic books are hard to keep track of as well, though. And for some reason, I keep thinking Ezra and Nehemiah are in the prophets...
P.S. Memverse has now memorized 76,000 verses!
P.P.S. Never mind, it just went down. But I'm sure it will go back up soon!
P.P.P.S. It's back up! Let's see if we can get to 100,000 soon...
EDITED--You can call me either Nicolas or SavedByGrace--whichever is more comfortable to say. Also, I didn't get the Bible Bee CD, so I guess I don't have the same problem. And yes, we certainly are all very different. :)
Nicolas... (do you want me to call you Nicolas?!) We are all different...for some odd reason my brain won't grasp hold of them as easily as the others :( The verses I am having the most difficultly with are the ones that are not on the Bible Bee CD
Perhaps unsurprisingly, most of the comments here are with regard to memorisation, but I would like to take up the point made by God's little child about the importance of prayer. In my home group we are working our way through J C Ryle's Walking with God and in chapter 4 he is most insistent that the most important activity for any disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ is prayer (I can highly recommend the book) In the UK we have suffered some violent unrest recently as many of you will be aware, but many of our brothers and sisters around the world live with much worse on a daily and ongoing basis. May I encourage all to make private prayer a priority, there is a great need and we have a great and gracious God who will always listen. (I can recommend the Barnabas Fund website for several good prayer resources.)
Mr Walker...if you see this can you tell me...your website () were the events for this year or for 2009?
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HI guys! Have ya missed me? Sorry I haven't been able to get on for a while but I was stuck in bed with a "stomach virus" (but it wasn't, we just thought it was) from Sunday night to Wednesday morning. I still wasn't feeling good so my family took me to the doctor. They did an X-ray and sent me to Tanner Hospital. They did a CT scan and found out i had ruptured appendicitis and it was really bad. They sent me in an ambulance to Scottish Rite and did surgery. So now I'm stuck in bed for about a week with tubes stuck everywhere in me...sorry I missed the Friday Bible Bee Quizzes...I probably won't even be able to compete in the Local Bee this year. I am SO disappointed!
@Rachel Crosswhite - your brother is SO cute!!
@BibleBeeJunior11, I am so glad you have been diagnosed and will pray for you. I pray wisdom for your Drs. as well! I hope you are feeling better real soon! I am sure you will have lots of Mermory Verse Practice time! Get Better Soon! God Bless You!
Wow, BBJ11, I will defiantly be praying for you too! Hope you feel better and can come to Locals.
BibleBeeJunior11 - We have missed you and will pray for you to be feeling better. My brother had has appendix rupture a few years ago too... I hope you feel better soon and that the verses would be an encouragement to you.
I'll be praying for you, BBJ11! I've never had an injury quite like that, but I think I might be able to sympathize anyway. May God be with you as you go through this! I hope you can make it to the locals... but even if you don't, give God glory in everything! (It'll probably be a lot easier to memorize verses if you're sitting in bed all day, though...;) )
Oh, BibleBeeJunior11....how awful!!! A ruptured appendicitis!!! although I've never had to be in the hospital for anything...I feel for you!! I'm praying for you ... I hope SO bad you make it to the Locals...
And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to his purpose.
Romans 8:28
Now the Lord of peace himself give you peace always by all means. The Lord be with you all.
2 Thess. 3:16
BibleBeeJunior11, I'll certainly be praying for you! I have had appendicitis, it's not fun at all. My appendix didn't rupture though. If I would have waited 6-12 more hours it would have. SO SORRY. I will be praying that you will be able to compete in the locals anyway. I will also pray for a speedy recovery. I was going to say something, but it would probably make you laugh, and that wouldn't be good. So remind me when you get better and I'll tell you.
Thanks to all who are praying! :)
@Rachel Crosswhite - amen! I would soooo love to be able to go to locals but...
@vburk - ruptured appendicitis is sooo not fun...:) haha, yeah, 2 clowns visited me yesterday and made me laugh sooooooooooo hard that my stomach hurt so bad! Then we watched Little Rascals and I laughed even harder! Aghhh...and then this morning I dropped a book on my stomach. Bummer.
Thanks again for praying!
I will be praying for you BibleBeeJunior11!!
God's Word will never return void.
Even if you dont make it to locals you have already won the greater prize, memorizing God's Word and presevering through trials. The Lord be with you and encourage your heart by His grace!!
Oh I'm sorry BBJ11 I will DEFINITELY be praying. This is probablly for the best and remember your in God's hands. If you come to the local bee maybe God's preventing a car accident you never know. God bless you
Thank you so much for praying guys! Hopefully I'll be on MemVerse.com soon...more often...:)
Soooo sorry, BBJ11! Will be praying!!
That's so terrible, BBJ11! Just remember God's sovereignty. He's in control. He had this happen for a reason. Probably, in a few months, you'll look back and see the big picture, and know that what God did was best. But even if it remains a mystery all the rest of your life, you'll just have to trust Romans 8:28--that He's doing it for your good and for His glory.
I'll be praying that you get better soon! I so hope you can recover by Saturday! I could tell you were working very hard. Keep studying, just in case! ;)
BBJ11, Jacky and I prayed for you and will continue to pray for you. We hope you can participate on Saturday. I love Christian's thoughts and reminding all of us of the truth and comfort of a ROMANS 8:28 All-Loving, All-Knowing, All-Powerful, good God.
UPDATE: Hi guys! We get to go home today! 7 days in a hospital is enough for me! But I do feel sorry for all those kids who have to stay here for weeks, months...my mom met a woman whose little sister (???) has been here for like 5 years or something...:( So sad. Thanks for praying! And for all those who are wondering, no, my dad decided not to let me do the contest Saturday (I wouldn't have been able to make it to the church, the lady was going to call the headquarters and see if they could send someone to my house or wherever I am and test me there) because he was afraid that I would get too stressed and it might mess up whatever they did in my stomach for the appendicitis...oh well, there's always next year! :)
so sorry BBJ11!!
@ BBJ11: Oh, I so hope that works out, so you can still participate. Maybe then you'd make it to Nationals and be able to participate there. There's a Junior contestant at our NE Ohio church who got to Nationals last year, but currently he has cancer and is always at the hospital, and most likely he won't make it either.
I'm praying for you!
@BBJ11, so sorry!! Remember though that it is not the Bible Bee contest that is important. It is what you learned and memorized over the summer that is important. And by the way, you're right. Seven days in the hospital is way to long!!!!!!!!!! I was only in two days and one night, but that was plenty! Hope you get to feeling better soon! So glad you get to go home! Hope your bedroom isn't upstairs!
@BBJ11- That's too bad! Well, you can at least know that all the hard work you put into it won't go to waste, eh? I'm sure all that BB memorization has brought you closer to God! Hopefully, they can test you privately- who knows? Maybe you'd do even better that way!
I also wanted to say that this post has inspired me to be more aggressive with my Bible memorization! Thanks a lot everyone! An interesting note: According to my numbers, Memverse users have memorized the entire Bible 2.5 times! Of course, that's not every single verse (probably...), but it's still pretty cool!
P.S. BBJ11- I'll still be praying for your continued recovery and that God would use this time to draw you even closer to Himself. God Bless!
Thank you guys for praying! We got to come home yesterday afternoon (as posted on the other blog comments) and it is so nice to be home. Everyone is happier here now that the whole family is back together again. :)
BbJ11 is someone going to quiz you at ur house?
@Rachel Crosswhite - no, Mrs. Williams (host) said she would call and see if they could but my dad said it would probably stress me out too much so, no, they didn't come...:(
Thanks, Dakota! That last part--the "close your web browser after reading this post and go implement what you've just read" hit quite hard. The only time I spend on the computer is on Memverse, but I still usually spend way too much time on it--and usually not memorizing verses. I'm definitely going to be re-prioritizing my schedule. Thanks for the encouragement to keep living only for God! | http://www.memverse.com/blog/main/Prioritizing_Your_Schedule | 2013-05-18T10:53:17 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [
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Cupertino, Sunnyvale students reach regional finals in Siemens Competition
Nov 22, 2012 (Menafn - Sunnyvale Sun - McClatchy-Tribune Information Services via COMTEX) --Three local high school students may have come up just short in the regional finals for the 2012 Siemens Competition in Math, Science and Technology, but their research and work is nonetheless astounding and ranks among an elite few in California.
Two students from Cupertino and one from Sunnyvale competed on the final the weekend Nov. 9-10 at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena. All three students attend The Harker School in San Jose. In total, Northern California sent nine students to the regional finals for one of the nation's most prestigious contests for teenage scientists.
Senior Ashvin Swaminathan of Cupertino competed with a mathematics project that analyzes surreal numbers. Ashvin is mentored by Simon Rubinstein-Salzedo, a member of the mathematics department at Dartmouth College.
According to his Siemens biography, Ashvin first took AP calculus in the eighth grade and became fascinated by notions of continuity and limits. He is captain of his school Science Bowl team, plays the violin in the San Francisco Symphony Youth Orchestra, tutors pre-calculus and calculus at De Anza College, and volunteers with Resource Area for Teachers in San Jose.
His mentor suggested he study surreal numbers, which Ashvin believes possess a rich numerical structure of their own and share many arithmetic and algebraic properties with real numbers. Ashvin's work developed an analog of real analysis, which could
potentially help find solutions to currently unsolvable differential equations that arise in science and engineering, according to Siemens.
Paulomi Bhattacharya, another Cupertino resident, worked on a project that used a structure-based approach to design a novel drug lead for a blood cancer called multiple myeloma. Paulomi was mentored by Matt Jacobson from the University of California at San Francisco.
She is co-editor-in-chief of the first high school chapter of The Triple Helix, an international science-in-society commentary journal. She has 13 years of training in classical piano, plays volleyball and tutors math for students from underprivileged communities. Her passion for chemistry has her planning to study chemical or biomedical engineering in college.
Zareen Choudhury of Sunnyvale, a junior, competed in the team category along with Caroline Debs of Monte Sereno, a junior attending Castilleja School in Palo Alto. Their project focused on an astrophysics project that could advance understanding of star formation by determining whether distant stars formed in clusters or in isolation.
The team was mentored by Raja Guhathakurta of Lick Observatory. The team's study proposed an innovative velocity test to statistically determine whether six seemingly isolated stars in Andromeda are runaway stars.
Their results suggest that all six super-giants have the velocities to be runaways. Siemens officials state the team's work offers a new tool for future investigation of isolated stars beyond the Milky Way galaxy and further advance understanding of star formation. The team plans to continue its research together, according to Siemens.
Rohan Chandra of Fremont, also a Harker School student, competed with a research project that measures the effects of Beethoven's music on the brain.
In the end, Raghav Tripathi of Portland is advancing in the individual category and Thomas Luh of San Jose and Joy Jin of Palo Alto are advancing in the team division. The three will advance to the national finals at George Washington University in Washington, D.C., Dec. 1-4. The contest will see 500,000 in total scholarships awarded, including two top prizes of 100,000.
The winners will follow in the scientific footsteps of Angela Zhang, the Monta Vista High School student from Cupertino who won a 100,000 scholarship for her cancer research in the 2011 competition.
More than 2,250 students nationwide registered to enter the Siemens Competition this year for a total 1,504 projects submitted, according to contest officials.
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The permutation associated with the decimal expression of the binary reflected Gray code with N bits is considered. Its cycle structure is studied. Considered as a set of points, its self-similarity is pointed out. As a fractal, it is shown to be the attractor of a IFS. For large values of N the set is examined from the point of view of time series analysis
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- 2 cups chick peas soaked in water for 24 hours or 1 19oz can of chick peas
- 1/2 spanish onion chopped into fine pieces
- 1 tbsp finely chopped parsley (fresh if possible)
- 1 tsp lemon juice
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- 2 cloves garlic, peeled and crushed
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- salt
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Roll into small balls about 1 inch in diameter and flatten into patties. Let them 'rest' for about 15 minutes and then deep fry them in batches in hot oil turning them over once they are a dark brown. Drain them on paper towels and serve with humus and/or tzatziki (recipe under dips).
Wow Trish another interesting recipe..can I make this without garlic and onions?? (smirk:)
Hmmmm.....well....the essence of the recipe may be removed then. I shall have to find a recipe for you which is still mid-eastern but without the garlic/onions...I wonder...is that possible?
bettyr.......you should just take the bite and try it with the onions and garlic, you maybe pleasantly surprised...the are really tasty, but you know me, i'll eat anything...smirk=}
trish i am glad you posted this. it is something i will add to my weekend menu next week....the kids have so many tournaments that this will be a good send along snack.
These look fabulous Trish!
Thanks for this, I am seeking to add more vegeterian dishes into my diet. Ideally I would like to do the raw vegan thing for health reasons, but baby steps.... ;-)
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If you know anything about goalkeepers in football, then Petr Čech needs no introduction.
He is a Czech international who plays club football for Chelsea. ‘Big Pete’ as he is affectionately known for his 6 ft. 5 in. frame, can easily lay claim to one of the best goalkeepers in the world.
The early days
Čech was born a triplet, with sister Sarka and a brother Michal, who died at the age of two. He also has an older sister. Čech has a slightly weaker skull as a result of being a triplet. In his early days, Petr Čech played as a striker, although he later turned goalkeeper. He began his career at Chmel Blšany in 1999, after which he moved to Sparta Prague and then to Rennes. He then made a high profile move to Chelsea in the summer of 2004 for an estimated £7 million, becoming their most expensive goalkeeper ever.
Debut with a bang
In his very first season, Čech won the Premier league title with Chelsea, setting a few records along the way. Čech went 1,025 minutes without conceding a goal, which was then broken by Manchester United’s Edwin van der Sar in the 2008-09 season. Čech also holds a Czech league record of going 855 minutes without conceding a goal. At the end of the 2004-05 season, Čech was awarded the Golden Glove for keeping a record 21 clean sheets. Chelsea conceded only 15 league goals in the entire season, which was also a record.
Injury
In his next season too, Čech retained the league title with Chelsea. Čech began the 2006-07 season on a positive note, but a nasty accident was on the cards. Čech and Reading midfielder Stephen Hunt challenged for the same common ball inside the Chelsea 18 yard box. Hunt’s right knee smashed through Čech’s skull, leaving him with a fractured skull. Doctors say that Čech nearly lost his life as a result of the collision. Čech made his comeback after 3 months of recovery, wearing a rugby style head-guard, which has become his trademark. Čech has continued to wear the scrum cap to protect his skull. He also has a metal plate in his head, above his left ear.
Czech Čech
Čech has always been an integral part of the Czech national team since 2002. Some fantastic keeping from him helped the team progress to the semis of Euro 2004. He was also named in the tournament’s all-star team. His skills will prove essential, if the team is to progress further at the ongoing Euro 2012.
Accolades
Frankly speaking, it would do injustice to Petr Čech to speak only of his accolades, even though they are numerous. The Barclays Golden Glove (2 times), Czech Footballer of the Year (5 times), UEFA Club Football Awards (3 times) are but few of the many individual awards he has received. He also has one UEFA Champions League runners-up medal and one winner’s medal.
Personal Life
Čech is a student of history and psychology; and speaks fluent English, Portuguese and Spanish, on top of his native language Czech. He is married to Martina Dolejšová. They have a daughter Adéla and a son Damián. There is a large cardboard box in one corner of the spare room at Petr Čech’s Weybridge home. It holds hundreds of cards, letters and even a few football shirts. Most of them are from fans, but a few are also from fellow goalkeepers. They are all get-well soon messages, a reminder of the time when Čech almost lost his life in that collision with Stephen Hunt. 'I've kept everything,' he says. 'It was very touching at the time, a real help to me in a difficult period.’
Bravery and mental strength are two things that every keeper must have in his arsenal; and it suffices to say, Big Pete is well blessed with them.
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Mentor Graphics DO-254 Platform Adopted by the Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC)
WILSONVILLE, Ore., September 13, 2010 - Mentor Graphics Corp. (NASDAQ: MENT), a leading electronic design automation (EDA) solutions provider, today announced that the Civil Aviation University of China (CAUC) has adopted an advanced verification flow based on Mentor’s DO-254 verification platform, and has opened a new Mentor-CAUC joint laboratory for DO-254 applications, which is run by the Civil Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Research Center of CAUC. As part of a mutual agreement, Mentor has donated EDA software and support through its Higher Education Program to enable the students of CAUC to graduate with in-depth knowledge of leading-edge design methodologies.
CAUC (located in Tianjin, PRC) was established in 1951 and is affiliated with the Civil Aviation Administration of PRC. CAUC is a teaching and research intensive university. The university cultivates high-level talent in engineering and management, and has recently added the unique specialties of civil aviation and the ability to integrate aeronautic science technology with traffic and transportation engineering. It also has 29 research institutes, covering almost all the disciplines, which focus extensively on civil aircraft airworthiness certification, flight safety, aircraft and engine failure diagnosis, economics for the civil aviation industry, air transport management, information engineering, and computer science. The Civil Aircraft Airworthiness Certification Research Center is one of the professional research organizations in CAUC, which is engaged in the research of certification of civil aircraft, technical communications, and airworthiness training in China.
“We firmly believe that this cooperation between CAUC and Mentor will greatly enhance the development and verification capability in airborne hardware,” said BAI Jie, vice president of CAUC. “The support of Mentor will educate us in modern methods of integrated circuit (IC) design. And through our cooperation, Mentor will certainly have a bigger influence in the aviation field in China.”
“Mentor uniquely offers a comprehensive set of chip to system design and analysis solutions for the aviation industry, including our DO-254 platform. We take the needs of the DO-254 market very seriously and have been investing in, and enhancing, our DO-254 solutions for several years,” said Michelle Lange, DO-254 program manager at Mentor Graphics. “We are pleased to partner with the CAUC, to support training the next generation of aeronautics engineers on modern methods using the best tools available.”
About Mentor’s DO-254 Platform
The Mentor platform of tools supporting DO-254 compliance for FPGAs and ASICs includes: the ReqTracer™ tool, which manages and traces device requirements through development and verification activities; the Vista™ tool, which delivers a platform for conceptual design; the HDL Designer™; and the 0-In® Clock-Domain Crossing (CDC) tool for analysis. Formal methods tools include: the 0-In Formal Verification tool for formal model checking; for DO-254 compliance at higher levels of design. Mentor’s expansive DO-254 offering is unique in the industry.
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October 13, 20075.0
When planning on attending Tru, think of it as an experience. I wasn’t sure what to prepare for when going, and it was perfect from beginning to end. I strongly suggest spending the extra money and ordering from the left-side of the menu or the tastings. This will allow you to taste b/w 5-9 dishes rather than 2-3 and you will be quite full at the end. The service is outstanding from their knowledge of the menu/wines to walking you to the bathroom. At the end of the meal they offer you complimentary chocolates/lollipops that I couldn’t pass up eventhough my stomach was quite full. Just an amazing experience that is worth a trip once in your life.
June 11, 20075.0
Overall, this is the finest dining experience I have ever had. The food, of course, was exquisite – no surprise there. However, in addition to the incredible taste, you can actually feel that everyone working in the kitchen is a master at his/her craft. Every detail, from arrangment and presentation, to timing, to wine pairing is done with love for the art of cooking, and deep respect for the fact that most people visit such restaurants for a special occasion. The servers look like perfectly synchronized dancers as they place the plates for everyone at the table at EXACTLY the same time. Something they clearly practice. There is also the comfort of knowing that pretty much any request – even if it’s not explicitly stated on the menu, will be fulfilled.
As a quick example – I actually forgot to bring enough cash to tip the valet. Very absentminded of me, but there was nothing I could do about it in the middle of dinner. So, feeling very foolish, I nervously asked our waiter if I could include the valet tip on my credit card. He calmly nodded his head with a smile, and immediatly put me at ease. These little things are just part of what sets a 5-star establishment apart from any other run of the mill eatery. Nobody had to go “check with the manager”, my request was their pleasure to fulfill.
TRU is the kind of place that shows us how grand life can really be. It should be almost a religious experience for those of us caught up in the muck and toil that can overpower our lives sometimes. Thus, TRU gets my highest recommendation as a place you simply can’t afford to miss.
August 22, 20073.0
We decided to have the full tasting menu with the wine pairing. It was incredibly filling. I can’t say that it was one of our favorite dining experiences. Sadly, nothing was really noteworthy other than the dessert and les mignardises. The little pedestal for my purse was a nice touch!
June 13, 20075.0
This was my wife’s and my splurge dinner out when we were in Chicago last January.
Fantastic meal from beginning to end. Taste and presentation are world class. The pumpkin soup served in an ornate esperesso cup with some sort of foam was the pinnacle of the evening.
My wife took the Vegetarian tasting menu and I did the Tramonto collection. I couldn’t possibly have eaten another bite even though the taste buds were more than willing.
Chicago has a few elite fine dining locales and unfortunately we have only been able to make it to one of them. But the one we did was absolutely stellar.
June 12, 20075.0
tru is definitely my favorite restaurant in Chicago. My wife and I have been going for years now – probably 10 times in total. I’ve been in a group of two, and I’ve been in a group of seven, and the service is always top notch.
The food is fantastic, but one of my favorite aspects of the tru dining experience is that no matter what the group size, everyone at the table will have a different dish (e.g., different “salad”, different soup, different preparation of foie gras… before our city council screwed that up).
I’ve only had one disappointing evening at tru, and strangely enough that came when I was at the kitchen table. This is the only time where each dish was not personalized – there were five of us, and we got two variations for each course. The food we did receive was still fantastic, as was the wine – Scott is fantastic with the wine list.
March 28, 20084.0
Great Food, but none the less overpriced. I felt the service wasnt at the level of the prices on the menu!
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thanks for the nice review…i hope to make it out to tru one day. | http://www.menuism.com/restaurants/tru-chicago-62168 | 2013-05-18T10:40:38 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
You Won't Miss Me
Drama, Comedy
"You Won't Miss Me" is a kaleidoscopic film portrait of Shelly Brown, a 23-year-old, alienated urban misfit going through a hard time. The film gives pathos to the frenzy of the youthful desire for acceptance.
Cast: Zachary Tucker, Stella Schnabel, Carlen Altman, Simon O'Connor, Borden Capalino
Produced by:
Directed by: Ry Russo-Young
Written by: Ry Russo-Young, Stella Schnabel
Running time: 1hr 21min
Opens: Dec 10, 2010 NY | http://www.mercedsunstar.com/movies/movie/24041.html?date=01/23/13&movie=24041 | 2013-05-18T10:13:32 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Life As We Know It
Drama, Comedy
Opposite singles that have a strong mutual dislike for each other, are unexpectedly thrust together when their best friends die and leave their one-year-old daughter in their guardianship.
Cast: Katherine Heigl
Produced by:
Directed by: Gary Berlanti
Written by:
Running time: 1hr 52min
Opens: Oct 08, 2010 Nationwide | http://www.mercedsunstar.com/movies/movie/33170.html?date=03/25/13&movie=33170 | 2013-05-18T10:45:15 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
Bears Survive 3-2 Extra Inning Marathon Over Jacksonville
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Despite blowing a lead in the bottom of the ninth inning, the Mercer baseball team kept grinding and almost four hours later pulled out a huge 3-2 series opening win over Jacksonville on Friday evening at John Sessions Stadium.
Mercer (27-18, 8-11 A-Sun) used six pitchers to end a two-game Atlantic Sun Conference losing streak and remain just percentage points behind Florida Gulf Coast for sixth place in the league standings with the win.
After starting pitchers Brandon Love and Chris Anderson matched zeros on the mound over the first three innings of play, Mercer broke into the scoring column first in the top of the fourth. Back-to-back singles by juniors Travis Benn and Logan Gaines and a wild pitch by Anderson allowed Benn to score and give the Bears a 1-0 lead.
The Orange and Black added to their lead in the top of the fifth when redshirt sophomore Austin Barrett lined a sacrifice fly out to left field to bring in junior Evan Boyd and make the score 2-0.
Jacksonville closed the gap to 2-1 in the bottom of the seventh thanks to RBI single by junior Dan Gulbransen. The Dolphins threatened for more, but junior David Teasley come on in relief of Love and got his man to pop up with runners on second and third to end the threat.
The Dolphins wouldn't go down easily, however, coming all the way back to tie the game up at 2-2. An RBI single by junior Adam Brett Walker brought in the tying run. Jacksonville had a chance to win it in regulation, but senior Jacob Matthews came on and retired the final two batters of the inning to send the contest into extra innings.
After both teams failed to score in the 10th and 11th innings, Mercer finally broke through with a run in the top of the 12th. Sophomore Nate Moorhouse reached with a single and came all the way around after a sacrifice bunt and a Dolphins error to give the Bears a 3-2 lead.
There would be no comeback for Jacksonville this time around, as freshman Eric Nyquist finished off his relief appearance by pitching a one-two-three bottom of the 12th inning to pick up his second win of the season.
Love took home a tough no decision in the contest after allowing one earned run on eight hits in 6.2 innings pitched.
Barrett, Gaines, redshirt sophomore Nick Backlund and sophomore Derrick Workman all had two hits apiece in the win.
Mercer continues its three-game weekend series with Jacksonville tomorrow afternoon. Game time is scheduled for 2 p.m. at John Sessions Stadium. | http://www.mercerbears.com/sports/bsb/2011-12/releases/201204271hya8i | 2013-05-18T10:12:30 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The median price for new and existing houses and condominiums was $291,000, up 19.3 percent from $244,000 in the same period last year, DataQuick said. The median price jumped $6,000 from October.
There were 37,481 homes sold in November, up 14.7 percent from last year, the San Diego-based firm reported.
The numbers provide the latest evidence of a recovery in California's housing market as a limited supply of homes for sale has buyers bidding up prices.
The California Association of Realtors' index of unsold houses was 3.1 months in October—the latest period available—compared with 5.5 months a year earlier. The figure represents how long it would take to sell all existing single-family homes on the market at the current pace. Supply in a normal market is considered to be six to seven months.
Foreclosed properties made up a smaller part of the sales mix in November, which lifted the overall median price because those properties tend to sell at steep discounts. DataQuick said properties that were foreclosed upon during the previous year accounted for 16.6 percent of existing homes sold, compared with 32.9 percent a year earlier and 58.5 percent in February 2009.
Fears of a new wave of foreclosures have continued to fade. The Mortgage
The median home price in the San Francisco Bay area was $291,000 in November, up 19.3 percent from $244,000 a year earlier, DataQuick said. The median price climbed $6,000 from October.
There were 7,296 homes sold in the nine-county region, up 15.5 percent from November 2011. It was the Bay area's highest November tally in six years.
DataQuick reported Wednesday that Southern California's median home price was $321,000, up $6,000 from the previous month and up 16.7 percent from $275,000 last year. There were 19,285 homes sold in the six-county region, up 14.2 percent from November 2011.
MediaNews Group - Bay Area News Group | http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_22185350/san-francisco-area-home-prices-rise-november | 2013-05-18T10:43:22 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
By George AvalosOakland Tribune
OAKLAND -- Shares of Pandora Media plunged in after-hours trading on Tuesday after the Internet radio service warned it expects a worse-than-expected full-year loss.
The ominous outlook for Pandora overshadowed a third-quarter report for which Pandora posted results that were better than what Wall Street had predicted.
Oakland-based Pandora earned $2.1 million, or 1 cent a share, on revenue of $120 million. Compared to the year-ago third quarter, profits more than tripled and rose 221 percent. Revenue soared 60 percent higher.
Excluding one-time items, Pandora earned 5 cents a share, compared with Wall Street's expectation of 1 cent a share for the third quarter.
Analysts, though, focused on Pandora's prediction of a full-year loss that would range from 9 cents a 22 cents for fiscal 2013. Wall Street had predicted a loss of 6 cents a share for the fiscal year that is due to conclude at the end of January.
Pandora's shares have struggled in recent months, partly because of fears over potential competition from Cupertino-based Apple (AAPL).
The gloomy guidance triggered the latest stock dive for Pandora, which has also come under pressure at times this year due to concerns about potential competition from Apple.
In extended-session trades, Pandora was down
Contact George Avalos at 925-977-8477. Follow him at twitter.com/george_avalos.
MediaNews Group - Bay Area News Group | http://www.mercurynews.com/business/ci_22123186/pandora-stock-nosedives-after-worse-earnings-bleak-forecast | 2013-05-18T10:55:22 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
By Alex Pavlovic
apavlovic@mercurynews.com
SAN take only one full day off over the final nine games.
"I think it's a feel thing, and I think every guy is different," said Posey, who often plays first base on his days off from catching.
MediaNews Group - Bay Area News Group | http://www.mercurynews.com/giants/ci_21614935/san-francisco-giants-fall-san-diego-padres-6 | 2013-05-18T10:54:20 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
One was the 2006 capture of an Israeli soldier in a complex cross-border raid that killed two other soldiers.
Ahmed Jabari, a former history student who spent 13 years in Israeli prisons, also commanded Hamas fighters during a 2007 takeover of Gaza in which they drove out forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
During nine years as leader of the Hamas Izzedine al Qassam Brigades, Jabari largely stayed out of the public eye. His highest profile appearance came in October 2011, when he escorted the captured Israeli soldier, Sgt. Gilad Schalit, out of Gaza in a swap for about 1,000 Palestinian prisoners held by Israel.
In a public appearance late Wednesday, Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak called Jabari "the military chief of staff of Hamas."
Jabari was born in 1960 in Gaza City. He began as a member of Abbas' Fatah movement, but switched his allegiance to Hamas during his time in Israeli prisons.
After Israel released him in 1995, he worked for a Hamas-run support group for prisoners. In 1998, he was jailed by Palestinian security forces in Gaza for his involvement with the Hamas military wing. Jabari was released two years later, after Israel shelled Gaza prisons as part of its crackdown on a Palestinian uprising.
In 2003, Jabari became the de facto commander of the Hamas military wing after then-chief Mohammed Deif was seriously wounded in an Israeli attack. Jabari survived four attempts by Israel to kill him. In 2004, an air strike on Jabari's house killed his son, Mohammed, a brother and three other relatives.
Israel withdrew from Gaza in 2005 but still controls its airspace, seacoast and all but one of its land crossings.
Hamas has ruled Gaza with an iron hand since the 2007 takeover, deepening the political split with Abbas. Repeated attempts at reconciliation have failed.
The takeover deepened the isolation of Hamas and prompted the group to rely increasingly on Iran and Syria. Jabari was instrumental in developing the Hamas military arsenal and the group's networks in Iran, Sudan and Lebanon.
The Hamas founding charter calls for the destruction of Israel, though the group has been grappling with its political direction in recent years.
Founded in Gaza in 1987, Hamas carried out scores of suicide bombings in Israel, killing hundreds of Israelis, but halted most such attacks several years ago. Gaza militants, including those from Hamas, have fired thousands of mortars and rockets at Israel in the past decade, drawing Israeli retaliation.."
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Mercury News Editorial
Barack Obama deserves a second term as president. Mitt Romney does not come close to measuring up to him as an honest, forthright and compassionate leader.
Obama inherited a mess -- George W. Bush's legacy, which got us into two wars and the worst economic crisis in 80 years. The president has repaired some of the damage; 5 million private-sector jobs have been created since 2008. And he has the best chance of restoring prosperity, certainly better than Romney, whose economic platitudes and foreign policy bluster portend a return to the Bush era.
Obama has kept many of his promises, including passing desperately needed health care and financial reforms, repealing the demeaning don't ask, don't tell policy, winding down the wars and hunting down Osama bin Laden. And he's been straight with us. He said all along that it would take time to undo years of erosion of the middle class and, with it, the consumer base that fuels our economy. Americans prefer bold proclamations from their leaders, but we'll take straight talk every time.
Romney has been dishonest. It's not just his changing positions on so many issues; that almost doesn't matter, since we know his actions will be guided by right-wing ideologues to whom he is beholden. It's the calculated deception that's alarming.
His jobs and deficit-reduction plans are pure fantasy. He refuses to detail the deductions he'd eliminate to offset $4.6 trillion in business and personal
This election is about values. The person in the Oval Office must be trustworthy, and he must care about the needs of all Americans. We fear that under Romney -- who could appoint two new Supreme Court justices -- the rights of women to control their own medical care would be seriously limited. We fear that many disabled and elderly citizens who worked hard all their lives would be left to fend for themselves, to the great detriment of us all.. But better cool than reckless. Better understated compassion than overt disregard for 47 percent of Americans. And better to push breakthroughs in green technology and the novel concept of diplomacy to defuse world hot spots than to pretend that repeating the word "terrorism" over and over will eliminate it.
We know everyone will need to pay for the nation's recent history of reckless spending. But who can be trusted to strike a fair balance? The candidate who pledged not to impose even a dollar of new taxes, even in exchange for $10 in spending cuts? Or the one who recognizes that some new revenue -- in addition to entitlement reform -- will be needed to pay down the debt and chart a saner fiscal.
Look at who these men are, what they stand for and who stands with them. Barack Obama is the leader for these times. If he wins a second term, then maybe, just maybe, Republicans will return to putting country before party and recall the value of compromise. That is and always has been how America moves forward.
MediaNews Group - Bay Area News Group | http://www.mercurynews.com/opinion/ci_21862899/mercury-news-editorial-president-obama | 2013-05-18T10:14:05 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
The Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction — Day 5 June 19, 2009
Today, at the last day of the Platform, I took advantage of a fascinating early session to understand what is being done about legal frameworks for disaster response.
DR Congo: A stove to save lives June 18, 2009
For 59-year-old Dafroza Baleberaho, building improved cookstoves isn’t just about preventing climate change, it’s about saving women’s lives..
Kyrgyzstan: Kyrgyzstan: A confluence of crisis June 16, 2009
The paradox of development is when our work meets a need, but that need has arisen from an unforeseen event or conditions.
Pakistan: Questions for Holden Basch June 12, 2009. | http://www.mercycorps.org/emergency-response?page=59&title=Emergency%20Response&summary=&source=Mercy | 2013-05-18T10:45:58 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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Fatigue
Definition
Fatigue is a feeling of weariness, tiredness, or lack of energy.
Alternative Names
Tiredness; Weariness; Exhaustion; Lethargy the following illnesses:
- Addison's disease
- Anorexia your stressors, if possible. For example, switch jobs, take a vacation, and deal with relationship problems.
- Take a multivitamin. Talk to your doctor about what is best for you.
- Avoid alcohol, nicotine, and drug use.. | http://www.mercydesmoines.org/health_questions/HIE%20Multimedia/1/003088.cfm | 2013-05-18T10:12:16 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
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The Group endeavours to fulfill its social responsibility by serving the causes of Conservation, Education and Healthcare. As a concerned organization, we believe our duty is in giving back to the society, the nation and the world through our sustained projects.
While in Conservation, we are working to reduce pressure on natural resources and in projects to protect them; in healthcare, we are involved in fighting Tuberculosis by:
We empower the education movements in India through:
We are proud of our initiative Annapoorna, which is our participation in the "Swami Vivekananda" Mid-day, Meal Program:: * | http://www.merinoindia.com/ | 2013-05-18T11:02:42 | CC-MAIN-2013-20 | 1368696382261 | [] |
approximate
1ap·prox·i·mateadjective \ə-ˈpräk-sə-mət\
Definition of APPROXIMATE
1
: located close together <approximate leaves>
2
: nearly correct or exact <an approximate solution>
— ap·prox·i·mate·ly adverb
Examples of APPROXIMATE
- This is the approximate location of the ancient city.
- Can you give me the approximate cost of the repair?
Origin of APPROXIMATE
Related to APPROXIMATE
- Synonyms
- almost, comparative, near, relative
- Antonyms
- absolute, complete, downright, out-and-out, outright, perfect, pure, unqualified
2ap·prox·i·mateverb \-ˌmāt\
ap·prox·i·mat·edap·prox·i·mat·ing
Definition of APPROXIMATE
transitive verb
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klepht
klephtnoun, often capitalized \ˈkleft\
Definition of KLEPHT
: a Greek belonging to any of several independent guerrilla communities formed after the Turkish conquest of Greece
— kleph·tic \ˈklef-tik\ adjective often capitalized
Origin of KLEPHT
Modern Greek klephtēs, literally, robber, from Greek kleptēs, from kleptein
First Known Use: 1820
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sacroiliac
1sa·cro·il·i·acadjective \ˌsa-krō-ˈi-lē-ˌak, ˌsā-\
Definition of SACROILIAC
Origin of SACROILIAC
probably from French sacro-iliaque, from New Latin sacrum + French iliaque iliac
First Known Use: 1831
Rhymes with SACROILIAC
2sacroiliacnoun
Definition of SACROILIAC
: the sacroiliac region; also : its firm fibrous cartilage
First Known Use of SACROILIAC
1936
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Instructional Leadership
Technology: Are you a 21st century principal?
Amy Galatz, principal
Amy Galatz, principal
King Elementary, Deer River
Are you a 21st
century principal?
Collaboration, critical thinking, and creativity
In recent years there has been much emphasis on developing 21st Century Skills in our students. There are many definitions of 21st century skills. For me, 21st century skills can be simply summarized by 3 Cs: Collaboration, Critical Thinking, and Creativity. Developing 21st Century skills in our students requires a paradigm shift in our education systems. As principals, we know systematic change can be a challenge. However, developing 21st century skills in our students is more important than ever.
Today’s learners have grown up in a digital world. They have cell phones, computers, multi-dimensional video entertainment, iPods, the Internet, and they have never seen a TV without a remote control. Our children are hyper-communicators, goal planners, multi-taskers, experts at figuring out and using technology, and they are active learners. Engaging these students and making education relevant is critical. We must continue to effectively prepare our students to be the leaders of tomorrow.
We want our students to regularly use technology to solve real-world problems, collaborate and commutate globally, and analyze information in order to improve learning. As a result, it is important to model for staff, students, and parents these same skills ourselves. So, how do you know if you are a 21st century principal? Ask yourself the following questions.
Do you regularly integrate technology into your communication and presentations with staff (beyond email and a simple Powerpoint)?
Do you promote on-line collaborative work?
Do you promote the use of blogs, wikis, podcasts, digital storytelling, etc.?
Do you encourage students to bring their devices to school (i.e. cell phones, iPods, iPads, laptops, etc.) and are they turned ON?
Do you conduct classroom walkthroughs via GoogleDocs?
Do you use Twitter to find and share resources, engage in global conversation about education, and connect with other educators in order to keep current with latest education trends and topics?
Do you use Facebook, your school website, texting, etc. to regularly communicate with parents and students?
It is more critical then ever before that we encourage our teachers to foster 21st century skills in our students. Schools where this is implemented best are those with strong instructional leaders. It is imperative we model these practices for our staff, families, and students. For more information about 21st century skills, some of my favorite sites include:
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
International Society for Technology in Education
theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com
The Connected Classroom
thefischbowl.blogspot.com
The Fischbowl
Contact Amy at
agalatz@isd317.org
(Published in the
MESPA Advocate
, May 2012)
"Developing 21st Century skills in our students requires a paradigm shift in our education systems."
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- Amy Galatz
For more information about 21st century skills, some of my favorite sites include:
The Partnership for 21st Century Skills
International Society for Technology in Education
theconnectedclassroom.wikispaces.com
The Connected Classroom
thefischbowl.blogspot.com
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