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CALGARY, Alta. – Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that three-time Olympic gold medallist Cherie Piper, who also won one women’s world championship, has officially retired from international competition.
“On behalf of Hockey Canada and fans across the country, we thank Cherie for her dedication to Canada’s National Women’s Program, and contributions not only to the team, but to female hockey overall,” Hockey Canada president and CEO Bob Nicholson said. “We wish Cherie all the best in her future endeavours. ”
CHERIE PIPER, 31, joined Canada’s National Women’s Program in 2001, making her major event debut at the 2002 Olympic Winter Games, going on to win three Olympic gold medals and one women’s world championship. Overall, Piper appeared in 111 games for Canada over 12 seasons, amassing 40 goals, 78 assists and 118 points, ranking her as the eighth all-time scorer in the National Women’s program. The Scarborough, Ont. native was also a graduate of the Under-22 program, where she amassed 20 goals in only 16 games.
“I want to take this time to thank everyone that has helped me along the way, from my first minor hockey coaches to the coaches and staff who helped at the national level,” Piper said. “I will definitely miss the camaraderie and competition that came with playing for Team Canada, but I am also excited about the challenges ahead of me, as I embark on a career in teaching.”
CAN’T THEY SPREAD OUT THESE RETIREMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS?! We need time to recover!
Kim St-Pierre announces retirement from Canada’s National Women’s Team
KIM ST-PIERRE, 34, joined Canada’s National Women’s Program in 1998, and went on to win three Olympic gold medals and four women’s world championship gold medals. She appeared in a record 83 games for Canada, amassing 64 wins, another Team Canada record, and only 10 losses. Her career goals against average for Team Canada stands at 1.17, with a 0.939 save percentage and 29 career shutouts, also a Team Canada record. St-Pierre also had a storied Canadian Interuniversity Sport career with the McGill University Martlets, playing four seasons with the women’s team, and one season for the men’s team, to become only the second woman to play for a men’s university team in Canada. The Châteauguay, Que., native also played with the Canadian Women’s Hockey League’s Montreal Stars, winning two Clarkson Cups.
Real talk time, everyone. Kim St-Pierre is probably the greatest female goalie in all of hockey as we know it. She has statistics that make NHL goalies jealous. She said she counts as one of her favourite memories the practice she did with the Montreal Canadiens in 2008 replacing Carey Price who was ill because, as she said, it was the closest she ever came to her childhood dream of playing in the NHL. Women don’t get to play in the NHL but she came pretty close. It might not sound like a big deal but when you’re a woman playing hockey, it actually is an unattainable goal.
She also said the greatest moment of her career was when Team Canada won the 2002 Olympic Gold. I remember I was 12 and I watched every game to see the Canadian women play, I had never seen hockey like it before in my life. They were amazing; they were skilled, they were fast. In hockey with “no checking” you have to be physical but you have to win through sheer skill. Want the puck? Can’t just knock over the player with possession, you have to be faster and stronger than her.
So why has the news of Kim St-Pierre’s retirement got me writing a whole speech about women’s hockey? Because I saw Kim St-Pierre and the Canadian team and all the other women’s teams in the 2002 Olympics doing something I’d never seen before. They were doing what was in my eyes the single most hardcore, badass, intense thing you can do; play hockey and play it well. The next year I decided I better try it myself; I had wanted to play hockey for a while but never had much opportunity or courage to go and do it because I was already too old to start but I started anyway. It was hard but I’m glad I did. Seeing these women directly inspired me to go and take up my favourite sport and feel really good about doing so. Sure I’ll never play as well as any of them but I still feel inspired to play a better technical game, to skate faster, to be stronger.
So if you’re a lady and you want to play some hockey, go and do it! You’re never too old! I’ve played with women in their 60s who’ve played their whole lives and I’ve played with women in their 50s who only just started. Hockey is for everyone (no matter the people who’ve told me I’m stealing boys’ ice time, those people don’t know what hockey’s about) it’s about team solidarity and having fun and getting sweaty and drinking beer in the locker room and adventuring to the middle of nowhere to play a game against a stronger team but you do it to get better and have fun.
Michael Jordan rises up for a buzzer-beater to defeat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 1989 playoffs. Jordan hit a jumper with six seconds remaining to give the Bulls a lead, only for the Cavaliers to take it right back with a layup by Craig Ehlo with three seconds left. Jordan, double-teamed on the inbounds play, got just enough separation to receive the ball and get the shot off over Ehlo to win the first-round series in five games. (Manny Millan/SI)
GALLERY: SI’s 100 Best Michael Jordan Photos
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I finally bit. In mid December UK gaming retailer Gamestation offered Sonic Unleashed at half price for one week only as part of their Christmas sale. So the price was only £20. I had money and I’d actually heard good things about Sonic’s latest adventure. I’d also heard some bad things but at £20 I was thinking that It’s probably worth it at half it’s normal price just to experience these high points I’d been told about. So I bought it and sat down ready for at least half of a good time. And for the first hour or two it was fun. I couldn’t believe it. But that fun eventually died out and revealed just how bad a game Sonic Unleashed is. Hit the jump for the review/why I won’t be buying a Sonic game ever again.
So it starts off well enough. You have Sonic attacking Eggman’s battleships with explosions and robots and all kinds of awesome. Eventually Sonic battles Eggman himself before turning into Super Sonic and destroying Eggman’s battleships before stopping Eggman himself. Eggman begins to beg for mercy before trapping Sonic in whatever contraption he decided to call it. Then Eggman takes the power of Chaos Emeralds or something (it’s not explained) and uses it to awaken “Dark Gaia” a Final Fantasy esque demon who had been dormant in the game’s planet for thousands of years. Sonic is also turned into …ughh…. a werehog and is shot off towards the planet. That’s when we hit our first problem.
Werehog Sonic lands and finds a really annoying twat called…well I can’t even remember what he’s called. Maybe it’s my conscience telling me to erase the character from my mind. Anyway unfortunately for my sanity Sonic makes friends with this prat, who has amnesia. They decide to go off together and find out just what is going on. I also forgot to mention that it this point, due to it being daytime, Sonic returns to normal, luckily for us. So begins the first stage. And what’s this, I’m having fun!? What the hell! Yes, I had actually had a fun time. The fun only lasts for 1-2 minutes though and then we come to our first hub world. These are annoying little towns with annoying little people and the only purpose they serve is to get to the next stage. And even then you have to actually explore the bloody places before you can even get to a stage. AND EVEN THEN I have to have enough sun or moon medals to progress. These are tokens you have to find enough of in each level and if you don’t, there’s no way to finish the game. It’s a piss poor way of lengthening the game and serves no purpose other than to frustrate the fuck out of you as you search in every little nook and cranny of a level just to find enough of these medals so you can torture yourself by playing another werehog level. What happened to the days when all I had to actually do was complete the previous stage to progress Sonic Team?
And that brings me on to yet another problem. There’s more werehog levels than Sonic levels. What…the..fuck. I’m sorry Sonic Team, I guess I expected to play as normal Sonic for at least half the game but no, I have to play a load of repetitive levels as a poor man’s (hog’s?) Kratos/Prince Of Persia clone. How silly of me. Maybe it would help if these werehog were slightly fun, but I just can’t believe how goddamn repetitive they are. I can tell you what a level would be like without even playing it. Just use any combination of puzzles, Prince Of Persia style platforming and God Of War style fighting and you get the idea.
To be fair when the game is fun, it is fun. But that fun just can’t justify how terrible the bad points are. Well known critic Yahtzee of Zero Punctuation nailed it perfectly when he reviewed Sonic Unleashed a few weeks back. Sonic needs to be put down. He’s had his chance. We’ve let him get away with his dastardly deeds for too long. We never gave the likes of similar failures Crash and Spyro the chances we’ve given Sonic because Sonic has always been a sweet memory of our childhoods. And I will keep those memories. But I’m sorry Sonic Team and SEGA, but you just can’t keep me around like an abused wife anymore. Unless you can make something that is absolutely amazing, I’m not coming back.
(original image from JustinGreene.net)
I mean Nintendo, even though they’re dicks right now, have always made consistently fun Mario games and the like. Why is it? People may like to complain that a new proper Mario game takes too long to make but at least when one does come out, it’s great and you know it. Just look at the statistics. I’m not a big fan of averages but all you need to do is take a look at Metacritic. Not counting spinoffs, Sonic’s had 8 main titles in the last 5 years with an average score of 70.75%. On the other hand there’s only been 2 main Mario titles in the last 5 years with an average score of 93%. I think that speaks for itself.
Of course when all has been said, Sonic is still going to sell. Like I said earlier, Sonic has a strong nostalgia factor and people are still going to buy his games, whether they are good or not. But I just had to get this off my chest, even if I have already ranted on this subject before. But Sonic Team and SEGA, you’ve lost someone who has tried to stand up for your mistakes long enough. Rest in peace, Sonic The Hedgehog.
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
East Men’s League Premier A title chasers St Albans proved too strong for a depleted Dereham, winning 6-0.
The result saw the Norfolk club drop to fifth in the table while St Albans moved to the top of the league with a game in hand following Harleston Magpies’ scoreless draw away to third-placed Bedford.
Dereham were missing three key players – Mark Braybrook and Mark Timm due to work commitments and playmaker Andy Lawrence through a knee injury.
Despite their weakened line-up Dereham performed admirably in the first half and were unlucky to find themselves 2-0 down at the break. Both goals were of the highest quality – a perfectly-placed penalty corner flick and a superb counter attacking goal.
Dereham’s chances took a big blow towards the end of the first half when central defender Mark Hunter questioned a decision made by respected former national league umpire Tarsem Chagger and was deservedly sent to the sin-bin for ten minutes.
Despite this, they continued to fight hard and came close to reducing the deficit when a shanked penalty corner strike from Mike Timm was deflected fractionally over the bar by man of the match Matt Stainthorpe. However, the ten men were eventually exposed as the impressive St Albans strikers scored twice in as many minutes to double their advantage.
The final ten minutes were packed full of incident with a disallowed goal, a yellow card and two superb strikes for the title favourites.
A neat deflected goal from Dereham captain Rich Stainthorpe was ruled out due to an infringement outside the circle before a show of dissent from Mike Timm earned him a yellow card suspension. St Albans immediately took advantage with two more goals.
The final score was a little harsh on the visitors, but St Albans were certainly worthy winners of the contest and will take some stopping in their quest to win the title.
In Premier Division B, Norwich City’s visit to Harleston 2nds hinged on a controversial incident early in the second half.
With the score at 1-1, City’s Charlie Horn had beaten the last defender when he was brought down from behind by the Magpies keeper.
The offending player was fortunate to receive only a yellow card, but more importantly the chance was lost – and soon afterwards Magpies gained and converted a short corner.
City became frustrated, lost discipline with two temporary suspensions of their own and conceded two further goals as they chased the game to lose 3-1.
Magpies had taken the lead from a short corner early in the first half finding a gap in the City defence. City had fought back equalising when Jez Elliots free hit found Pete Morgan who turned the ball in at the post.
In Division Two North Norwich Dragons lost 4-3 at Spalding. They started the game well but were not able to turn their dominance into goals and found themselves 2-0 down before fighting back with two goals from Alex Browne – one smashed home from a well worked penalty corner, the other calmly slotted through the legs of the goalkeeper.
The second half became increasingly fractious as both teams tried to find the goals to guarantee the points which are so precious in such a tight league.
Dragons created a number of good chances in open play and from corners, but could not find a way past the in-form Spalding keeper.
They weren’t helped when they had two men sin-binned. Spalding went back ahead when a ball hit into the circle was judged to have been touched by the Dragons keeper as it passed by him into the net.
Back to full strength, Dragons equalised through Rupert Snelling from a penalty corner but as time ran out Spalding converted the last of a series of penalty corners.
Norwich City 2nds remain clear and unbeaten at the top of Division Three NE after winning 6-2 at Lowestoft Railway.
City went in front when Freddy Hooper and Matt Brine combined to set up Jack Ingham for the opening goal and virtually made the game safe during a purple patch of 15 minutes before the interval in which they scored four more goals through Ingram again, Brine (two) and Adie Land.
Lowestoft clawed a goal back at the start of the second half but Brine completed his hat-trick with a straight strike from a short corner before Railway grabbed a second late consolation.
Holt Harlequins kept the pressure on with a 3-2 win at Ipswich Cranes.
Norwich Dragons 2nds remain three points behind Division 4NE’s 100pc team Ipswich & East Suffolk 2nds after beating Dereham 1-0 with a late first half goal from Mark Flatman scoring with a well placed shot. The leaders won 8-1 at UEA 2nds.
In Division 6NE Norwich Dragons 4ths maintained their unbeaten home record with a 4-1 win over Bury St Edmunds 5ths – Mike Banham, Ollie King, Paul Keating and Ben Harvey scoring the goals – in the process replacing their opponents in third place behind Ipswich 3rds and Norwich Exiles.
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CONFLICTING INTERESTIf an individual, tax-paying citizen seeks an injunction against the individual members of the Commissioners' Court of the county in which he resides in order to prohibit their making illegal expenditures of county funds and if the County itself is made a party defendant, it would be unethical for the same attorneys who represent the individual commissioners to represent the County.
An individual, tax-paying citizen seeks an injunction against the individual members of the Commissioners' Court of the county in which he resides in order to prohibit them from making illegal expenditures of county funds. By Plea in Abatement, filed by attorneys of record for the individual defendants, the County is made a party defendant. Is it unethical for the same attorneys representing the individual members of the Commissioners' Court to represent the County?
The propriety of the same attorneys representing the individual commissioners as well as the County in a lawsuit of this nature depends, of course, upon whether or not there is a possibility of a conflict of interest between the individual commissioners and the County. In determining the existence of a conflict of interest, or the possibility thereof, the material issue is that of whether or not the individual commissioners have, in fact, in the past spent county funds improperly. If they have not, there is no conflict of interest between the individual defendants and the County; but, if funds were spent improperly, there is a conflict in that the County may be entitled to reimbursement by the individuals. Also, there may be problems of estoppel by judgment arising from the lawsuit so that the County's interest in this litigation may conflict with the interests of the individuals.
The committee believes that there is a potential conflict existing in the situation presented in the inquiry and that the potential conflict is so great that it would be improper under Canon 6 for the same attorneys or the same firm of attorneys to represent both the County and the individual commissioners. It has been held that an attorney may be disqualified under Canon 6 even though the conflicting issues are not presently being litigated. Wilson v. Wahl, 182 Kan. 532, 322 P. 2d 804 (1958).
There might be involved a question of consent for, with consent, an attorney may sometimes represent conflicting interests. However, the committee does not see how the County could consent when it must act through the same individuals who have the potentially conflicting interests. (9-0.)
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External hard drives are a must for backing up computer data. And for most users, the best portable external hard drives work just as well as their desktop cousins, with the added versatility of travel-readiness. Storage capacity is important, but it’s definitely not the only factor to consider. Here are a couple of the other criteria we looked at for our “Best Of” list:
Speed: Drives that manage a disk speed of at least 5,400rpm with an 8MB buffer give faster performance. When it comes to transfer rates, high-speed connections like Firewire 800 are great – but the tried-and-true USB 2.0 is universally available, and in truth, it works fine for most users.
Reliability & Durability: The most feature-rich drive is useless if you can’t get at what’s stored inside, so a portable drive needs to be able to stand up to the realities of day-to-day use and travel.
Convenience & Value: Well-designed drives are user-friendly, easily portable, and let you get the job done with a minimum of fuss and expense.
Western Digital 1TB Elements SE Portable Hard Drive
A terrabyte for under 100 bucks? Who would’ve thunk it. But here we are, and Western Digital offers simple and straightforward performance as well as space in the Elements SE. Simple plug-and-play design with power via its USB 2.0 connection means no separate power cord is needed (a bonus for travel), and the Western Digital still manages data transfer speeds up to 480 MB/sec. The drive is formatted for Windows 7/XP/Vista, but can also be reformatted for Mac users.
The simplicity of the Elements SE is one of the factors that earned it 4.8 out of 5 stars on Dell’s website, and 4 out of 5 on Amazon (from 76 reviewers). Users love the lack of complicated “bloatware” and the sheer volume of storage space. Its tiny footprint is also a hit for those who need to take it on the road (it measures just 4.4″x3″). All in all, the Western Digital is a great choice for those who simply don’t need (or want) a myriad of software bells and hardware whistles.
The Western Digital 1TB Elements SE Portable Hard Drive is available for $99.99 at Amazon.
Iomega eGo Helium 500GB Portable Hard Drive
The Iomega eGo Helium has actually been out for a little while now, but when 500GB is enough space it’s still one of our favorites. It’s super thin and light (0.7″ thick and weighs under 6 ounces), and Iomega’s “Drop Guard” design protects it from falls up to 51 inches. A USB 2.0 port provides power as well as data connection, and although the Helium is designed for Mac users, it includes instructions for Windows reformatting.
The Iomega eGo Helium earned 4.3 out of 5 stars at Amazon thanks to its reliability and sleek, durable design. Reviewers at the Apple Store gave it 4.5/5, praising its dependable performance as well as quiet operation. Disk speed is a respectable 5,400 rpm, and a couple users gratefully vouched for the durability of the Iomega drives when they were accidentally dropped.
It’s available at Amazon for about $109.
Toshiba Canvio 1TB Portable Hard Drive
The Toshiba Canvio is a 1TB, bus-powered USB 2.0 drive that protects its contents with an internal shock sensor and a rubberized casing. Disk performance is solid with a 5,400 rpm spindle speed and 8MB buffer, and users like the Canvio’s slim 4.7″x3″ design and quiet performance.
The Toshiba Canvio is available in either Mac or Windows versions. Either one can be reformatted to change operating systems, but it’s worth noting that Amazon reviewers gave the Mac version a perfect 5 out of 5 stars, while the Windows edition only scored 4/5 due to a few complaints about reliability and hassles with the included software. B&H users had no complaints about the Windows Canvio though, and it received perfect scores from nearly 30 reviewers.
ioSafe Rugged 512GB Portable Hard Drive (Titanium Case)
Ever need to back up some files in the middle of a Michael Bay action movie? No problem. So if your portable hard drive takes a shotgun blast which knocks it into a raging fire, then it plummets 20 feet and bounces into the deep end of a swimming pool where it soaks for three days, then gets run over by a 5,000-pound truck, your vacation photos and expense spreadsheets should be fine. No joke – these are all things that the ioSafe Rugged Titanium has survived in testing.
Oh yeah, this solid-state drive also connects to your computer to save files and stuff. It was just released last month, so first-hand reviews are hard to come by. But ioSafe has earned a stellar reputation with some of its earlier external drives, and the Rugged Portable has some impressive specs that earned it a “Best of 2011 CES” award from CNET: USB 2.0/3.0/Firewire 800 connections that allow data transfer speeds up to 5Gb per second, plus both Windows and Mac compatibility. And as a bonus, ioSafe offers users $5,000 for data recovery if one of their drives suffers some real abuse.
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You are mobile. You employees are mobile. If you’re a forward-thinking company, you realize that by enabling a mobile workforce, you get more out of your employees. Rightly or wrongly, they are “switched on” and likely accessible anywhere, anytime. Perhaps your employees take their laptops home or use a virtual machine to “telnet” into their work desktop? More likely, they have mobile web devices like iPhones, Blackberries or other smartphones. One nagging issue the mobile workforce faces is accessing information. In this Tech Tip we’ll look at a few ways to access the World Wide Web consistently and easily independent of the system you’re using or the location you’re at. More specifically, we’ll look at how to maintain your favorite and most-used bookmarks…
Every web surfer has their preferred web browser & favorite websites they use on a regular basis. Most users today are savvy enough to bookmark their “favorites” whether they are on Internet Explorer, Firefox, Google Chrome or Safari browsers (and believe us, people are very loyal to their preferred browser…) But when you’re mobile, how do you keep your bookmarked favorites on your home system or laptop in sync with your desktop back at the office? After recently being faced with this task in preparation for wiping a hard-drive (and preserving the bookmarks) the question was “what is the best way to go about this?”
The first & most obvious thing you can do, is export your bookmarks from one system and then import them to the other. This is NOT ideal as you will likely have a great deal of overlap already which leaves you faced with duplicate records and file folders that may be similar but not exactly the same…basically, a lot of clean-up to do and then anytime afterwards that you add or subtract a bookmark from one system, you need to do it again to keep them “in sync”.
Wouldn’t it make more sense to save your favorites somewhere “in the cloud” and then access them from anywhere, any platform? But how do you go about this? Let’s look at two popular services or add-ons out there to do just that…
According to Xmarks own description, it “is the #1 bookmarking add-on. Keep your bookmarks, passwords and open tabs backed up and synchronized across computers and browsers. Search smarter with website ratings and reviews displayed with your search results.”
They also claim that “it takes only a moment to get up and running with Xmarks. After you install the add-on, click on the notification to set up Xmarks and start backing up and synchronizing your bookmarks. Install Xmarks on each computer you use, and it seamlessly integrates with your web browser and keeps your bookmarks safely backed up and in sync.” Unlike our next example, Xmarks also claims to “work seamlessly across browsers. Today we support Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari (MacOS only), and Google Chrome.
Speaking of Google Chrome, if you happen to be a Chrome user, or game to try it, one of its built-in features is a setting called Sync. According to their description you can “keep your bookmarks, browser preferences, and browser theme synchronized on multiple computers, using your Google Account. This can be handy if you often switch between different computers (say, your home computer as well as your work laptop) and want the same Google Chrome settings across your computers.”
If you’re wondering how it works, Google explains “Your settings are saved in your Google Account.
When you enable sync on a computer, your Google Chrome settings on that computer are saved in your Google Account. When you enable sync on another computer by signing in to the same Google Account, Google Chrome copies the settings you’ve selected to sync from your Google Account to the computer. Bookmarks from this second computer are merged with the existing bookmarks in your Google Account.
Changes you make to your settings on one computer are automatically reflected on the other computers where you've enabled the sync feature. Your bookmarks appear in a new folder called "Google Chrome." So if you ever need to access your bookmarks on a different browser or computer, you can just visit Google Docs.
Next Tech Tip we’ll examine a different type of bookmarking that you can do “in the cloud” – social bookmarking – or using crowd-sourcing to expand your surfing or researching options based on your likes and dislikes compared to those of the masses…
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Cave of the Mounds - National Natural Landmark
2975 Cave of the Mounds Road
P. O. Box 148
Blue Mounds, WI 53517
Region: Outlying Metro Milwaukee
Phone: (608) 437-3038
Fax: (608) 437-4181
Cave of the Mounds - National Natural Landmark: Discover Buried Treasure - Discover Fun. This natural limestone cave is open year 'round with guided tours daily on paved and lighted walkways. Tours pass a stunning array of colorful crystal formations including stalactites, stalagmites, and columns. Enjoy the constant 50 degree year round temperature. While on the grounds, have a picnic and enjoy the New Gemstone Mine & Fossil Dig, Amazing Gift Shop, Butterfly and Prairie Gardens. Cave of the Mounds is located just 20 minutes west of Madison, off U.S. Highways 18/151.
♦ Open Year 'Round
♦ New Gemstone Mine and Fossil Dig
♦ Extended programs available for Schools, Scouts and other Groups
♦ Ample Free Motor Coach parking available
To find out more, visit the Cave of the Mounds website at www.caveofthemounds.com, email firstname.lastname@example.org, phone 608/437-3038, fax 608/437-3038.
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Our October 2008 Blitz
November 1, 2008
This past October was a busy, exciting month for the AIA’s Outreach and Education Department. October is Massachusetts Archaeology Month and we helped kick it off by joining Boston’s Museum of Science, Boston City Archaeologist Ellen Berkland (see "Digging Under Beantown"), the Massachusetts Historical Commission, and Charles and Rosalie Baker of Dig and Calliope magazines to present an archaeology activity area at the inaugural celebrations of the Rose Kennedy Greenway in Boston on October 4, 2008. The Greenway occupies the stretch of land that once supported the elevated roadways that were relocated underground by Boston’s infamous “Big Dig.” The Greenway celebrations attracted thousands of people, many of whom visited our activity area prominently located next to the historic North End district and near the City Archaeology Lab.
The AIA presented a display of posters and hand-outs that discussed archaeology and “what archaeologists do.” The table was staffed by Outreach and Education Assistants, Jessica MacLellan and Samantha Stein along with volunteers from Boston University’s Archaeology Club. Boston’s City Archaeologist, Ellen Berkland, and the Massachusetts Historical Commission brought in a reconstruction of a 17th-century privy excavated in the area during the Big Dig and featured a historical re-enactor who answered questions dressed as Katherine Nanny Naylor, the privy’s original owner. Michael Adams from the Museum of Science and other museum educators highlighted a millstone excavated in the area by creating a hands-on demonstration of the science behind millstones. Participants were able to see how ancient mills worked and even grind their own corn. Charles and Rosalie Baker of Dig and Calliope magazines presented two popular hands-on activities: “Making Mosaics” and “A Dig in Your Backyard.” (See our lesson plans for other activities and simulated excavations.) In conjunction with these activities, an open house was held at the nearby City Archaeology Lab. More than 1,000 people, including families with children, visited the archaeology presentations. Click here for a pdf version of the flyer for this event.
A week after the Greenway celebrations we hosted the Second Annual AIA-MOS Archaeology Fair at Boston’s Museum of Science on October 10 and 11, 2008. The Fair was sponsored in part by a grant from the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities. On Friday, October 10, the fair was open mainly to school groups. More than 2,000 students, teachers, and chaperones attended the program on that day. The majority of the students were middle schoolers. In an effort to increase the age and grade diversity of the students attending the Fair, the Massachusetts Foundation for the Humanities and the AIA jointly covered the cost of attendance for 400 Boston-area elementary and high-school students. On Saturday, the fair was open to the general public and the MOS estimated that around 2,500 people attended the fair on that day giving us a total of approximately 4,500 people over the two-day period.
The two-day fair built on the success of last year’s event. This year we had more presenters and more activities. Most of last year’s presenters returned and we welcomed several new organizations to the fair and hope that they will all become regular presenters at this event. Archaeologists and museum educators from around New England presented 22 different activities--eight more than in 2007. Popular programs included: “Make a Colonial-Era Toy” by the American Textile History Museum, an activity on Maya hieroglyphic writing by Harvard’s Peabody Museum, and “Clues to the Native American Past” by the Massachusetts Archaeological Society & Robbins Museum. A complete list of presenters and their activities is included below. Click here for a pdf version of the flyer for this event.
This year’s fair was preceded by a week of archaeological programs at the Museum of Science that included hands-on activities and live presentations. A popular addition to the first day of the fair was a special evening program on ancient astronomy designed by Mike Adams and the MOS staff and presented at the museum’s planetarium. The show was followed by a session of star-gazing through telescopes set up on the museum’s roof.
Special thanks to Mike Adams of the Museum of Science for making the 2007 and 2008 fairs possible. We look forward to the Third Annual AIA-MOS fair next October!
AIA co-sponsored the Second Annual Maya at the Playa conference with American Foreign Academic Research, October 2-5, in Palm Coast Florida. The brainchild of Mat Saunders, AIA’s VP of Outreach and Education, Maya at the Playa is a celebration of all things Maya. A public outreach event, the conference brings together leading Maya scholars for four days of lectures and workshops. This years event included presentations on the Maya calendar, the significance of 2012, workshops on Maya writing, music, folklore, stone tool production, talks on various aspects of ancient Maya culture (including sacrifice, Maya queens, and cave archaeology) and a demonstration of the Mesoamerican ballgame.
The majority of the people attending the conference were local teachers and students. Several members of the public also attended the meeting and we even had a few international visitors. Presenters included leading Mesoamerican archaeologists and other experts. The program also featured Maya musicians (playing traditional instruments) and storytellers. The event was a fantastic opportunity for attendees to learn about Maya culture and traditions from experts. As part of our co-sponsorship, the AIA offered free membership for a year to all attendees and presenters at the event.
Several months of planning culminated in a fantastic Archaeology Festival held in Santa Fe, New Mexico, on November 1st in conjunction with the AIA’s Governing Board Meeting. This was the first time that such a meeting featured a public outreach event. The festival was free to the public and drew about 250 visitors. Archaeologists and museum educators from New Mexico and around the country presented 20 different activities. Highlights included historic re-enactors from Roman Legion XIV, Boston Museum of Science’s “Ancient Astronomers of the Southwest,” demonstrations of traditional Native American pottery-making and yucca sandal-making by the New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies, a presentation on medieval archaeology by Michael Fuller of St. Louis Community College, and a dendrochronology (tree-ring dating) activity by Cibola National Forest educators. A complete list of presenters is included below. Click here for a pdf version of the flyer for this event.
The presentations were exceptionally diverse and the range of topics presented at the event was outstanding. By all accounts, the Santa Fe Archaeology Festival was a rousing success. Fair attendees were happy with the variety of the presentations and all were thrilled with the hands-on. Several parents with young children in tow commented on the engaging nature of the presentations and spent several hours at the fair moving from one to the next. Our presenters enjoyed meeting members of the public as well as visiting their fellow presenters’ tables. The AIA Board members and trustees who attended the event were excited about the event and thrilled that they were able to participate and meet the presenters.
Special thanks to Sidney Barteau and the Santa Fe society of the AIA who were helpful in providing us with contacts at the newspapers and even got us a front-page article in the Albuquerque Journal on the day of the fair. Thanks also to our hosts at the La Fonda Hotel who were helpful and accommodating. Their staff was always ready and willing to find an extra chair for a presenter.
Second Annual AIA-MOS Archaeology Fair Presenters
American Textile History Museum--Make a Colonial Era Toy!
Assoc. for Gravestone Studies--Etching on Slate and Making Gravestone Rubbings
Board of Underwater Arch Resources--Underwater Archaeology
Boston Childrens Museum--Exploring Colonial New England
Boston's City Archaeology Program--I Want to be an Archaeologist
Dig and Calliope Magazines--Mosaic Magic, A Dig in Your Backyard, Canine Archaeology
Discovery Museums--Pound Like an Egyptian: Papyrus Papermaking
Franklin Pierce Anthropology Club--Understanding Atlatls
Harvard Peabody Museum--Magnificent Maya
Joe McKendy-MAS/Robbins Museum--Clues to the Native American Past
Old Sturbridge Village-From the Ground Up
Plimoth Plantation--Exploring Stratigraphy
Public Archaeology Lab (PAL)--Time Scene Investigations
Robert S. Peabody Museum of Archaeology--Pseudomorphs
Robert S. Peabody/Brandeis--Bones, Stones, & Spears: Evolution of the Early Human Body & Mind
Semitic Museum--Near Eastern Archaeology
Strawbery Banke Museum--Solving the Mysteries of Strawbery Banke
UMASS Archaeological Services--Public Archaeology in New England
UMass Boston--Under Our Feet: Using Geophysics to Read the Record of History in Rocks and Sand
Santa Fe Archaeology Festival Presenters
Archaeological Institute of America--Mesoamerican Ballgame, Ancient Writing Systems, AIA Info Table
Archaeology Magazine--Adolph Bandelier: The Proper Person
Archeological Records Management Section (ARMS) Historic Preservation Division, Dept. of Cultural Affairs--Prehistoric Rocks and Roles
Cibola National Forest--Hands On Dendrochronology
Friends of Tijeras Pueblo--Tijeras Pueblo Archaeological Site
Local Fiber Friend--Fiber Spinning
Maxwell Museum of Anthropology--Southwest Archaeology, Ancient Tools, and Technology
Milwaukee Public Museum--Obelisks and Rulers
Museum of Indian Arts and Culture & Laboratory of Anthropology--A Treasure for Researchers and the Public
Museum of New Mexico--Treasure Trunks and Cuneiform
Museum of Science--Ancient Astronomers of the Southwest
New Mexico Office of Archaeological Studies--New Mexico Archaeology and Lifeways
OAS - Native American Pottery--Replication of Rio Grande Glaze Ware Pottery
Passport in Time Clearinghouse, SRI Foundation--The Archaeology Laboratory
Roman Legion XIV--Ancient Roman Life
Santa Fe Society of the AIA--Santa Fe Archaeological Society
School for Advanced Research (SAR)--Archaeological Outreach at SAR
Southwest Archaeological Consultants, Inc.--GIS: An Educational/Research Tool for Archaeology and History
St. Louis Community College--Archaeology of Medieval Knights and Castles
Texas A&M Nautical Archaeology--Drawing the Bow in Antiquity
University of New Mexico--Be a Junior Archaeologist
The Site Preservation Program is funding the San Bartolo Mural Project thanks to a special gala pledge drive.
Three of the AIA’s professional members were awarded fellowships from the American Council of Learned Societies at the 2013 ACLS Annual Meeting.
Read the Program's 2013 Annual Report to learn about its many activities this past year.
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Too Many Cooks Spoil the Broth: How the tragedy of the anticommons emerges in organizations
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Thomas Turk and
Candace Ybarra Additional contact information Shirli Kopelman: University of Michigan
Thomas Turk: Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, USA
Candace Ybarra: Argyros School of Business and Economics, Chapman University, USA
In organizations, conflict often revolves around commons resources because they are critical for influence, performance, and organizational survival. Research on property rights, territoriality, and social dilemmas suggests that to reduce such conflict, organizations should facilitate the (psychological) privatization of commons resources. We complement these three literatures by drawing from the legal, organizational, and social psychology literatures to model how psychologically privatizing organizational commons resources – to prevent a tragedy of the commons (an overuse problem) – can lead to the emergence of equivalently problematic tragedy in organizations: the tragedy of the anticommons (an underuse problem). Our model contributes to these literatures by conceptualizing a bottom-up behavioral process (in contrast to institutional allocation) of property distribution that leads to the emergence of the tragedy of the anticommons. The implications of this bottom-up behavioral process for property rights theory, territoriality theory, and the social dilemma paradigm are discussed.
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How to Hold a Post-Screening Discussion
Moderating a discussion after a screening of Peaceable Kingdom: The Journey Home or The Witness can be a very positive experience -- one that can literally change lives. This guide offers some general suggestions as well as a number of specific discussion techniques to help you foster a dialogue that is engaging and rewarding for all. Every community is different and every discussion moderator has his or her own style. Hopefully this guide will open up new possibilities and stimulate your own creativity in adapting what is here to suit the specific needs of your audience.
Much of what follows was informed by feedback from people all over the world who have screened our films. We encourage you to send us your suggestions as well, so we can continue to enhance and improve this guide.
Your role as moderator
Watching a Tribe of Heart film is a powerful experience that takes the audience on a compelling journey of strong feelings and introspection. After seeing one of these films, many viewers may feel quite emotional and a bit vulnerable, as well as inspired. More than any specific information that you could possibly share with your audience at this time, what will help people the most is your unwavering respect and kindness as you invite them to discuss their viewing experience.
Your primary role as discussion moderator is to assist people in sharing their experiences with one another. Such sharing is comfortable for some but challenging for others, and your most important task is to set the tone for how audience members should listen and respond to each other. Being a model of kindness and respect at all times toward each individual, no matter what they say or how they say it, will make more of a difference than you might expect.
Never feel that you have to be the "expert" in these after-film discussions or that it is up to you to respond to each comment. If the audience speaks only to you and not to one another, an opportunity for creating community is missed. Therefore, it can be helpful to first acknowledge a comment or question, and then send it back out to the audience for discussion. Remember, you are best serving the audience members when you are fostering dialogue amongst them and not simply between each of them and you. That said, it is certainly fine to answer direct questions on topics about which you are knowledgeable, and to respond to someone’s reaction by sharing your own thoughts or feelings.
Post-film discussion, step by step
After the credits have finished rolling and the lights have been turned on, thank everyone for sharing the screening experience. Acknowledge that it is a powerful and thought-provoking film which evokes a multitude of responses. Tell them that you will now be handing out comment cards (find them here and here) for them to fill out, and that the purpose of having a discussion after the film is to give people a chance to explore and share their experience and hear how the film affected others. If you are using surveys, give the group five minutes or so to focus on writing their responses, and then begin the discussion. If you are using comment cards, which call for much briefer responses and questions, you can begin the discussion as soon as you notice that many in the room have stopped writing down their thoughts.
Invite the group to share any comments, questions, or reactions to the film that they had. If no one speaks up right away, wait 15 seconds or so. If still no one is ready to start, you can get the ball rolling by briefly sharing something about your own experience with the film. Topics might include your reaction to the film when you first saw it, or what people have shared with you from other screenings of the film, the latest news about the film from the Tribe of Heart website, etc. Generally speaking, people become less shy about asking questions or making comments once the discussion is underway.
When you are a few minutes into the discussion, you can ask people who have finished with their comment cards to hold them up, and have your volunteers collect them and bring them down to the front. You can then quickly scan through them, pausing to share an insightful or heartfelt comment, to answer a question, or pose a question to the group.
When the discussion has run its course and begins to lose momentum, thank everyone for their sharing. If possible, tell them one thing that you will honestly, genuinely take from the discussion, such as, "I feel honored to be among such compassionate, open-minded people," or, "Some of these questions that you posed were so interesting and I am going to take them with me and give them much more thoughtthank you."
Point out that many people may want to learn more about the issues and what they can do to help, and direct them to the Tribe of Heart screening handout and Peaceable Journey web resource for more information.
Thank everyone again for coming and tell them where to go for vegan refreshments if you are serving them.
1. Pre-film exercise
In some settings, creating a sense of connection amongst audience members before the film begins can be helpful. Since people are likely to feel emotional while watching the film, connections made to other audience members ahead of time can deepen the shared experience and enhance the feeling of community afterwards.
An easy and effective way to get audience members connecting before the film is to ask each person to partner up with someone near to them that they don’t know, introduce themselves with first name only, and take 1-2 minutes to talk about an animal who has been important to them in their life. Explain to them that many people have had positive and meaningful experiences with a companion animal, an animal on a farm, a wild animal, or even an animal portrayed in a book, movie or television show, and that we are often not aware of how important these experiences are in our lives. Ask them to reflect for a moment on this question, and then to tell their partner about this animal and how the experience made an impact on their life. After 1-2 minutes, have them switch and let the other person do the same. You may well find that it is hard to get people to stop talking at the end of the allotted time!
This is a variation of the standard post-film discussion in which pairs of people discuss their experience as a prelude to a large group discussion. It is a good strategy for medium and larger size groups in which some people might not have a chance, or the sense of comfort, to immediately share their reactions with the whole group. Ask each person to pair up with a partner. If chairs are moveable, they can sit facing their partner. Explain that first one person in the pair will share their thoughts, feelings, and questions about the film for two minutes. During this time, the partner's role is just to listen and make no comments. What is said is to be kept confidential between the two. You will tell the pairs when to start sharing and at the end of two minutes, you will let them know that it is time to switch roles. During the second sharing, they are not to comment on what the other person said, but rather to share their own thoughts, feelings, and questions.
As an extension, after both sharing sessions have occurred, you can suggest a 3-minute session for the partners to dialogue. Or you can skip this step. Then, have everyone come together again as a whole group and ask people to share their own comments or questions, but not their partner’s.
3. "And the survey says..."
Younger audiences or those not accustomed to sharing personal experiences in groups can be helped by writing out their reactions first. Writing allows them to organize and process their thoughts before they move on to a discussion. Hand out printed copies of the survey (Peaceable Kingdom survey here, Witness survey here), and a pen for all participants. Give them about 5-7 minutes to write out their reactions.
After they finish writing, start out the discussion by inviting participants to share their experience of the film. Validate their comments, and ask if others had similar or different reactions. When you notice similar reactions, point out that some reactions are widely experienced by audiences; when you notice very different reactions, point out that the film can evoke diverse responses from viewers, that each response is valid and valued, and that it is fascinating and important to learn from one another.
If the open-ended format does not result in spontaneous comments, or if the discussion "dies out," then ask a specific question from the survey and invite people to share what they wrote. You can simply move down the survey asking each question and then asking people to share their responses. Be sure to validate responses that are offered. You can do this by saying, (as long as it is true for you) "yes," "I understand what you're saying," "that makes sense," "thank you for sharing that," "yes, I felt that also," "do others share that feeling?" and "I see why you would feel that way," for example. These small comments can really help people to open up more.
4. Sacred object circle
This technique is most suited for a classroom, workshop, or religious/spiritual group. It is best for groups of 30 or smaller.
Everyone sits in a circle, either in chairs or on the floor. Choose an object that can be easily held and passed around among group members, and one that has some special significance. Among Native American groups, a sacred "talking stick" is often the object of choice. The special object is passed around, and each person speaks his or her truth while holding it. The special object can start in the center, be picked up by each person as they decide to speak, and then returned to the center for whomever will speak next, or it can be given to one person to start and then passed around the circle from person to person. No one speaks unless it is their turn to hold the sacred object. Those who choose not to speak in the moment can simply pass the sacred object to the next person -- with smaller groups, they will have a second or even third opportunity to speak when the object comes around again.
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Table of Contents
- Your role as moderator
- Post-film discussion
- Creative variations
Lulls: When there is a lull, wait 30 seconds or so. Respect the silence, even though it can be challenging. Silences are not empty spaces, but fertile gaps that allow people to gather their thoughts and the courage to speak
Off-track comment: If someone begins a subject that seems quite off track, note that it is an interesting point/question, and invite them to discuss it with you in greater detail afterwards. Don’t lose the attention of the group by being too polite to address someone who is shutting down open dialogue.
Challenging question: If you are asked a question about the film or an animal issue that you don’t know the answer to, be willing to say, "I don’t know -- does anyone else have thoughts?" The ethical issues of the human-animal relationship are complex, and the implications and details of how our society exploits animals are vast. No one of us has all the answers, and each of us has an important piece of the solution. It is the mark of a good moderator to turn questions back to the group for discussion when appropriate. You don't have to be an expert on all the issues to do a good job as moderator.
BUT WHAT IF THIS HAPPENS?!
Moderators tend to imagine three "worst case scenarios" that they fear will occur at their screening. The first is that no one will speak, and you will have to just stand there looking awkward. The second is that someone will be distraught and you won’t know what to do in response. The third is that an audience member will be "difficult" or confrontational.
The most important thing to know is that these scenarios rarely occur at screenings of Tribe of Heart films. But just in case, here are some strategies for those who wish to be prepared.
Challenging scenario #1:
No one will talk
If folks are having a hard time talking, it is likely due to one of two reasons: either they need a little time to process the film and will be able to talk in a few minutes, or they feel uncomfortable sharing personal reactions with people they don’t know.
This is where comment cards or surveys will save the day. After people have had some time to collect their thoughts and express them in writing, they are usually ready to talk. And if things are still quiet, you can simply collect their comments and questions, and read selected parts to the group to stimulate dialogue.
It can be helpful to acknowledge to your audience that the film is emotionally powerful and that groups often need a few minutes to take in the experience and collect their thoughts before a dialogue can begin. Ask them if that is what is needed. If you get some nods, or some "yes" responses, validate that need by telling them that you also needed some time to process the film after you first saw it, and then give them a moment.
If, however, you ask them if they need some time and they just stare at you blankly or shake their heads "no," then assume that there is some hesitance to share deep feelings in front of others.
Challenging scenario #2:
An audience member is distraught
The thing to remember here is that the expression of strong emotions is not in itself dangerous or problematic, though in our society we are often given the message that it is. Strong emotions naturally arise when people feel deeply moved and when their beliefs are challenged.
It's not your responsibility to "fix the situation" or make the person feel something different than they are feeling. The best thing that you can offer is patient listening and an attitude of, "Yes, it makes sense that you would be feeling those feelings." It can also be good to point out that there are so many issues in the world that are hard to take on as an individual, and that’s why we need to share these experiences and give each other support in a community setting.
If the distressed person wants to share their feelings, let them do so, and then ask if anyone else feels similarly or would like to comment on what has been said. If they prefer not to talk, respect that, let them know that talking in public isn’t for everyone but that talking about their experience with someone is essential, and suggest that they might like to do so later with a friend or family member in private.
Challenging scenario #3:
Difficult or confrontational audience member
Very rarely, an audience member will ask a long, complex question that is impossible to address, offer comments that seem to ramble on and go off topic, direct an inappropriate level of anger or irritation at the moderator or another audience member, or use the forum as an opportunity to lobby for their personal agenda in a way that stops discussion of viewers’ experience of the film.
Options for dealing with this include:
a. Thank them for their contribution and offer to continue discussing their point afterwards. If need be, explain that there are others who might like to speak, and since there is limited time for group discussion you will be moving on.
b. Suggest that the person hang around after the discussion so that interested folks can speak to them about this issue further.
c. Acknowledge that the film explores difficult, controversial issues, and it is natural for the viewing experience to bring up strong feelings -- that even people who have been studying the ethics of the human-animal relationship for many years struggle to find answers to some of the questions being raised.
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“The authorities said the changes, the monitoring, banning and regulations, were for the greater good. But good isn’t the same as right.”
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Though she lives in a totalitarian society where deviance is brutally punished, Faith is anything but complacent. She works as a “runner,” someone who uses their parkour skills for good to transport information over the rooftops and keep it from being intercepted. As if that weren’t enough, she soon finds herself caught in a web of intrigue and dedicates herself to discovering the truth.
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The family of missing Bend woman Sandra Meyer is still trying to make sense of the possibility their stepfather killed their mother. Sandra Meyer has been missing three weeks. Her husband, John killed himself a couple weeks ago. Investigators believe he had something to do with her disappearance. Sandra's son, Dave Conde just moved to Bend to be near his mother: “It's a complete shock, whatever was going on wasn't something anyone expected or could see signs of.” Detectives found a substantial amount of Sandra's blood in a Meyer home heating duct. Our news partner, News Channel 21 talked with Sandra Meyer's son.
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On this date in our family history . . . the 1st day of April . . . in the year 1148 . . . Count Amadeus III of Savoy dies in Nicosia after falling ill on Cyprus . . . this Amadeus is a 24th great-grandpa to Josephine Wingfield Henry nee Davis (1842-1899) . . . who is a 2nd great-grandma to the Keeper of this blog . . .
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No, you can't. It's a volunteer position. You are raising money for the program. It may feel like a second job, but it's not.
This is not true. Board members may be compensated for their actions but not in the way that it was presented in the original post.
I will assume you are out of CA.
However, board members working without compensation in the state of California are given protection by the state for operating on a volunteer basis. For the specific protection you would be giving up, you may consult CA Corporations Code section 5047.5.
If you are not yet incorporated, you may want to look into incorporating in Delaware or Nevada and registering with CA as what’s called a "foreign corporation." These states have the least amount of restrictions on what you can and can not do and is a common practice among many corporations. There is a lot of information on this and a google search will tell you what you need to know.
For legal information about the rules and regulations you must observe when compensating a board of directors and general operations of running a Nonprofit Public Benefit Corporation consult Part 2. of the CA Corporations Code.
has the codes in its entirety…hope this helps.
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|FROM:||Lowell G. Hancock, Internal Revenue Service|
|TO:||All Subscribers Aliens-L Listserv|
For your information, in February, 2004 the Office of IRS Chief Counsel issued the statement below with respect to ITIN's for NRA Recipients of Honoraria.
Lowell G. Hancock
Badge # 50-24286
IRS SB/SE TEC Area 3 (International)
Academic Honorarium for B Nonimmigrant Aliens and the New Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) Process
Generally, a citizen of a foreign country who wishes to enter the United States must first obtain a visa, either a nonimmigrant visa for temporary stay or an immigrant visa for permanent residence. The visitor visa is a nonimmigrant visa for persons desiring to enter the United States temporarily for business (B-1) or for pleasure or medical treatment (B-2). Colleges and universities frequently make honorarium payments to individuals for academic activities not involving employment. Most honorarium recipients enter the United States in an immigration category which does not allow employment. Consequently, the visitors are not entitled to Social Security Numbers and, therefore, must obtain an Individual Taxpayer Identification Number (ITIN) for U.S. tax purposes. Individuals in B status will not be required to obtain a rejection letter for a Social Security Number from the Social Security Administration.
B visa holders can enter the United States in one of the following immigration categories:
- B-1, Visitor for Business
- B-2, Visitor for Pleasure
- Visa Waiver for Business - VWB
- Visa Waiver as a Tourist - VWT
- Canadian entering without inspection
B-1 and B-2 visitors enter on a Visa that is a travel document which is inserted into the individual's passport. The U.S. has agreements with approximately 24 countries that allow foreign visitors to enter the U.S. on a 90-day card under the Visa Waiver Program. The Form I-94, Arrival/Departure Record, describes the terms and conditions of the individual's stay in the United States. The length of stay is recorded on an I-94 card put into the visitor's passport and can vary in length from a few days to six months.
B-1 and VWB visitors may be reimbursed for travel expenses under the immigration rules. In addition, B visitors in the above categories, who satisfy the B honorarium rules, may be paid an honorarium and reimbursed for incidental expenses. Generally, B visitors are typically nonresident aliens under the section 7701(b) rules on substantial presence because of the limited amount of time they spend in the United States.
Visitors holding B visas and individuals qualifying for admission under the Visa Waiver Program may accept honoraria and payment of associated expenses. However, if the academic activity is arranged before the visitor travels to the
U. S., the visitor must seek admission under the B-1 visa or the corresponding WB (Visa Waiver/Business), rather than under the B-2 visa or its corresponding WT (Visa Waiver/Tourist). In contrast, if the academic activity is arranged while a B-2 or WT visitor is already in the United States, she/he may accept the honorarium under the existing B-2 or the WT.
Professor/Lecturer/Speaker: Members of the academic profession coming to the United States to engage in usual academic activities such as lecturing, may travel on a B-1 visa provided there is no remuneration from a U.S. source, other than expenses incidental to the visit.
Conference: Participants in scientific, educational, professional, or business conventions, conference or seminars may travel to the United States on a B-1 visa. The B-1 visa is also the appropriate visa classification to present a paper at the conference, provided there is no remuneration from a U.S. source other than expenses incidental to the stay. Anyone who will receive an honorarium in addition to incidental expenses may still be eligible for the B-1 visa.
Researcher: A person traveling to the United States to engage in independent research will require a B-1 visa provided there is no remuneration from a U.S. source and the results of the research will not benefit the American institution. Those who will receive payment from a U.S. source and/or the U.S. institution will benefit from the results of the research.
Those who will receive an honorarium in addition to incidental expenses may still be eligible for the B-1 visa provided all of the following are met:
- the activities will last no longer than nine days at a single institution;
- the institution is a nonprofit research organization or a governmental research organization, or an institution of higher education, or a related or affiliated nonprofit entity;
- such activities are conducted for the benefit of the institution or entity; and
- the researcher has not accepted such payment or expenses from five such institutions during the previous six month period;
- If the proposed activities are not exactly as described, an exchange visitor (J-1) or temporary work (H-1) visa will be required.
Visitors admitted to the U.S. under B visas and the Visa Waiver Program may accept honoraria and payment of associated incidental expenses for usual academic activity for the benefit of the paying entity. The honorarium-paying entity must be an institution of higher education, a nonprofit research organization or a Government research organization. The academic activity may not last longer than nine (9) days at any single institution. Additionally, honoraria and associated expenses may not be accepted from more than five (5) institutions or organizations during a 6-month period. Thus, the visitor is limited to a maximum of 45 possible days of academic activity during a 6-month period. Finally, the visitor must not have accepted honoraria or payment for expenses from more than five (5) institutions or organizations in the previous 6-month period.
The INS (now the United States Citizenship and Immigration Service) has recently proposed new rules to implement these provisions (Federal Register, May 30, 2002) as summarized below:
What is an "honorarium"?
Under the proposed rule, an honorarium is defined as a payment of money or other thing of value to a person for her/his participation in a usual academic activity for which no fee is required. The value of an honorarium may be any dollar amount with no minimum or maximum. An honorarium is not a salary or any other compensation for services rendered on a continuing basis. "Associated expenses" mean reimbursements or payments for travel costs, lodging, meals, uniforms, or supplies.
"Usual academic activity" means activity conducted for the benefit of the honorarium-paying institution and includes lecturing, teaching, consulting, conducting research, attending meetings, symposia or seminars, or otherwise sharing knowledge. Readings and performances are included academic activities, so long as the activity is open without charge to the public and/or students.
What constitutes a "single institution"?
The term "single institution" applies to an entity that has branches or campuses in more than one location. For purposes of applying the 9-day limit, if the visitor is providing an identical service at more than one location of the institution during the 9-day period and is given one honorarium payment, this will be considered one activity. In contrast, if the visitor is providing different activities at different branches or campuses and the different branches or campuses are paying separate honorarium payments for the visits, then each visit to each branch or campus will be considered a separate visit, calculated against the maximum of five allowed activities within the 6-month period.
What is the taxation of honorarium payments?
An honorarium paid to or on behalf of a nonresident alien is subject to a 30 percent withholding tax on the gross amount. All taxable U.S. source income and withheld taxes and/or withholding allowance for deductions, if any, are reportable on Form 1042-S, Foreign Persons US Source Income Subject to Withholding.
An honorarium payment is a payment for non-employee services performed in the United States. As such it is treated as income effectively connected to a U.S. trade or business on the individual's Form 1040NR tax return and taxed at graduated rates. Such income is reduced by the personal exemption amount on the tax return under Section 873(b) (3).
What are the new ITIN procedures for honorarium recipients?
Under the Social Security Administration regulations governing social security numbers (SSNs), only individuals authorized to work in the United States under the immigration laws are authorized to obtain an SSN. Individuals in B status are not authorized to work and, therefore, cannot obtain a SSN, and must obtain an ITIN.
|Application for IRS Individual Taxpayer Identification Number||PDF format||103KB, 4 Pages|
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Hi,guys,try set low video bit rata and video frame rate:)
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Otherwise, Free iPod Video Converter provides an easy and completed way to convert all popular video formats to iPod video. You can enjoy DVD/VCD and AVI, MPEG, WMV, RM, RMVB, DivX, ASF, VOB video files in your iPod with few clicks.
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2/23 3:09 AM Hey dude, sorry this took so long to reply to, I honestly didnt scroll down to see my comments. I was in 525MI for two years with 319th. I actually hung out with several F Co guys. Peter Delgado, Greg Mullins, Mike Shoe...Nah, dont recognize Chaisson or Dave.
2/2 12:35 PM I purchased 15 acres up around there and while visiting I heard a friend of mine from Fort Bragg was a coach at Walhalla High. I hope to end this contract and move soon...regardless I look forward to my next visit
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That file type is not supported!
Supported formats: JPEG, GIF, PNG, APNG, TIFF, BMP, PDF, XCF
Imgur is used to share photos with social networks and online
communities, and has the funniest pictures from all over the Internet.
Sorry WHAT? Can't buy/rent HD movies from iTunes on latest 15" macbook pros?
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An interesting development within Cartoon Network was overshadowed by the slew of other announcements unveiled at the cabler's upfront presentation last week.
Rob Sorcher, Cartoon Net's newly appointed chief content officer, is spearheading a development initiative they've dubbed the "Cartoonstitute." Sorcher (pictured left) wants to get a bunch of original development in the works pronto (insert a Hanna-Barbera zoink and pat-a-pat-a-pat-a-pat sound of running bare feet here), and so he's carving out a space with the Burbank-based Cartoon Studios facility for an artists colony that he hopes will harvest funny fruit in the near future.
Cartoonstitute will be run by two veteran Cartoon Net producers, Craig McCracken, of "Powerpuff Girls" and 'Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends" fame, and Rob Renzetti ("My Life as a Teenage Robot"). Sorcher aims to put six artists to work full-time on pilots and short segments for the channel immediately, under the guidance of McCracken and Renzetti. As many as 30 more artists -- some already in-house at Cartoon, some new to the toon net tent -- will be brought in to pitch in and/or develop their own ideas at any given time, particularly when they're on production hiatus from other Cartoon Net shows.
Sorcher was part of the early Cartoon Net exec team in the mid-1990s and rejoined the channel in January after six years at AMC. He wants to generate 150 bits of programming for Cartoon Net during the next 20 months. It's an ambitious target, and a sign of how eager the new programming chief is to inject new characters and fresh yuks into Cartoon. The mission, as Sorcher sees it, is to create a "think tank" for animators. A productive think tank.
"I wanted to put a swift development track together," he says, "but the other side of it is thinking about long-term development and what it takes to get a successful cartoon series. I know that a lot of it comes from setting out the conditions where artists and writers can really succeed at doing that. We started thinking about how to create an environment where this kind of creative thinking can happen."
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(Login tonez76) VRF Member from IP address 188.8.131.52
Beautiful Vintage Leather Watch Straps Handmade in Italy
These craftsmen created designs are individually tooled by artisans out of the finest leathers available in Tuscany, created to suit the finer watches and perfect for the Vintage Rolex !
Sizes available from 16mm to 20mm
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70 euro for all the suede
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85 euro for the Saffiano leather (Hermes Style-high quality england leather )
100 euro for coccodrile , lizard and elephant
money back if not as described, like always.
Payment with bank wire or paypal(add 4%)
shipping not included.
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|Dating | Join Us | Log In | Men's Gallery | Women's Gallery | Search | Chat(0) | Rate Photos|
Copyright © 2013 WayDate.com - 100% Free Online Dating Service!
Some of the women profiles you see here might be scams to collect money.
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Be careful, don`t send the money to anybody!
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"Business Professional Looking to Positively Impact your Studies"
...I know both sides of the ball and have the ability to teach, train and educate to the College Level Basketball - I have worked for Palace Sports & Entertainment enjoying NBA basketball at it's best during the 2003-04 title run. I Played and Assistant Coached high school teams. I am familiar with each position, and multiple "systems," however prefer...
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you work online and are looking for a supervisor, this is the page
for you. All the supervisors in our Directory offer online supervision.
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you first of all decide what factors are important to you in a supervisor.
Would you prefer someone whose orientation is the same as yours?
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work a requirement? How much can you afford to pay? Once you know
what you are looking for in your ideal supervisor, work your way
through the Register making a note of people who meet your criteria.
the brief descriptions given in the Register you can follow a link
to each supervisor's website, find out more about them and get a
feel for what they might be like to work with. Then choose three
or four and send them an email enquiry. Choose the person whose
response you like the best and ask for an initial meeting. Have
some client material ready to present so that you can see how they
respond to what you say. Do you find them easy to understand? Do
you feel they would offer adequate support in a tricky client situation?
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you're not entirely comfortable with the first one, try someone
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The information contained in the ACTO Directories is, to the best of our knowledge, true and accurate. All members are requested to notify us of any changes to ensure the information is up to date and the ACTO Directories may be updated with amendments periodically. However we do not assume any liability whatsoever for the accuracy and completeness of the information. If you are having difficulty navigating our website, want to report a broken link, or have other questions, please email firstname.lastname@example.org
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By Geert Lovink and Ned Rossiter
During the first decade of the 21st century the academic discipline of media studies failed to develop a compelling agenda. Media turned out to be empty containers, individualizing people rather than imagining collective agendas. The growth of ‘media’ could lead to its ultimate implosion. If ‘media’ have gone digital and become the network glue between devices, there is a danger of defining the boundaries of media studies purely for the sake of the discipline itself. Media studies then becomes self-referential, defined solely in terms of its self-defense against predatory competitors. For instance, if media cannot be distinguished anymore from urban life, geography and location-based services, then what is the task of media studies? Public Relations is a trap here: to study media is not identical to its promotion. We need media researchers to reflect on how they use their object of study in the research methodology itself. In a media society of compulsive immersion, this is no easy task. Indeed, many would charge such a call as regressive, harking back to the Cartesian myth of critical detachment. But as we will argue, we consider the work of reflexive mediation – of concept production – necessary if such a thing as media critique is to exist at all.
For the past decade media studies has struggled to keep up with the pace of techno-cultural change. The methodologies and concepts of the broadcast era of ‘mass media’ are of little use when analyzing networked digital cultures. The globalization of higher education and the increasing competition between disciplines over diminishing funds and international students has further exacerbated the unconscious crisis of media studies. With a push towards vocational training, stagnating cultural studies and a distaste for theory in general, film and television studies can only make defensive gestures towards the ever-expanding digital realm.
The future of media studies rests on its capacity to avoid forced synergies towards ‘screen cultures’ or ‘visual studies’ and instead to invent new institutional forms that connect with the trans-media, collaborative and self-organizational culture of teaching and research networks. Unless media studies makes such a move, it will join the vanishing objects it assumes as constitutive of media in society. In this essay we want to go beyond an inventory on the state of the art and use the example of organizing networks as a concept in development that might revitalize education and research in this field. The work of organizing networks, a concept proposed by us in 2005, involves the invention of new institutional forms immanent to communications media.1 Such a collaborative process mediated through network culture conditions the possibility of disciplinary transmutation.
Read full essay: http://nedrossiter.org/?p=242
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Cashner, Wells to start throwing Friday
Cubs pitchers improving in rehab, will be re-evaluated April 27
CHICAGO -- Cubs pitchers Andrew Cashner and Randy Wells both have shown improvement in their rehab programs and each will begin a throwing program on Friday.
The two pitchers have been on the disabled list since April 6. Cashner has a strained right rotator cuff, which he felt after his first Major League start, while Wells has a strained right forearm.
The two pitchers will be re-evaluated again at the end of the current homestand, April 27.
"I've never been through this before," Wells said. "I know I'm not a patient guy. I'm going to try to push it. One thing I'm not going to do is force anything that's not there yet. I'll be a little careful. If I'm feeling good, I'll try to get back into it as quick as I can."
The two pitchers had been told to not pick up a baseball when they were placed on the disabled list. On Monday, Wells got to play catch.
"It felt good to be a baseball player again," Wells said. "I've been a cheerleader for the last two weeks. It's nice to put the spikes on and get out there."
Carrie Muskat is a reporter for MLB.com. She writes a blog, Muskat Ramblings, and you can follow her on Twitter@CarrieMuskat. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
So I finally broke down and took a few photos. I was mostly hesitating because I don't really have the right set up to take some decent photos. But I figured I'd try and show people what it looks like. So here they are:
Unfortunately I didn't have the time to finish everything how I wanted and of course now that I am back in Canada I don't have the tools/workshop to do what I need. So it's not quite working how it's supposed to but the basic time function works just fine.
As always all comments and opinions welcome. Would love to know what people think of the design and finish. I'm also wondering if there are any people interested in buying something like this and if so, what would you think it's worth? Anyways, let me know and I'll try to respond to any questions.
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Siberian tigers. [File photo]
China is planning to let artificially-bred next-generation Siberian tigers to breed in the wild, a leading breeding center for the endangered species announced Tuesday.
A seven-year-old tiger gave birth to a female cub on July 25, 2011, which was the first successful breeding of a Siberian tiger in the wild in China.
"This cub, now one and a half years old, will play the leading role in the wild breeding plan of the next-generation tigers," said Liu Dan, chief engineer of the Heilongjiang Siberian Tiger Garden.
The center is the world's largest breeding facility for Siberian tigers.
The cub is currently more than 70 cm long and 50 kg in weight. Its physical agility and cold resistance ability is superior to its peers due to wild training, Liu said.
The park has found a male Siberian tiger, which is one meter long and 60 kg in weight, that will live with the female tiger in the free-roaming area, Liu said.
Breeding and living in the wild is key for the tigers to go back to the mountains, he said.
The wild breeding of the next-generation Siberian tigers is another attempt to restore the tigers' wild nature and is crucial in protecting the species, he added.
Siberian tigers are one of the world's rarest animal species. Only 300 are believed to be living in the wild, with 20 in northeast China.
The country has been trying to save the species through active breeding programs. The Heilongjiang center has bred more than 1,000 Siberian tigers since its establishment in 1986, when it had just eight of the large cats.
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This week Cher criticized presidential candidate Mitt Romney on Twitter, then deleted her tweet. Donald Trump responded by lashing out at Rosie O'Donnell. Sure, that doesn't really make sense, but apparently attacking O'Donnell is Trump's answer for everything.
It all started when Cher wrote, "If ROMNEY gets elected I don't know if I can breathe same air as Him & his Right Wing Racist Homophobic Women Hating Tea Bagger Masters." She quickly deleted the tweet and apologized to her followers, writing on Thursday, "Sorry 4 bringing Wrath of Kahn Lovelies ... Feelings [are one] thing but no right 2 let mean spirit run free! Anger in heart made me turn back on Luv."
The incident should have ended there, but then the Trump decided to weigh in. "@Cher attacked @MittRomney. She is an average talent who is out of touch with reality," Trump said. "Like @Rosie O'Donnell, a total loser!"
Cher has yet to respond to Trump's comments, but O'Donnell took the opportunity express her thoughts. "He returns - like a raging herpes rash," she tweeted. "He wants me … He needs me - he is obsessed … like a grandpa stalker."
So did why did Trump provoke O'Donnell? "[Out of the] total blue - when he needs publicity - he calls me names - fat - loser - 'degenerate' - low class - Such a special guy," she explained.
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Now it can be told. Seems German Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI's prayers worked better than Argentinean Pope Francis. And sourgraping Brazil is very much elated that archrival Argentina didn't win the coveted World Cup 2014 title.
"They have the best pope, a wonderful pope. That's enough," Barbara Dias, who watched the final game with her husband Diego, told AFP.
Seems Brazilians will never forgive themselves if Argentina had won the international football match against Germany.
"Thank God, thank God that Germany won," Brazilian Caio Ferraz said. "If Argentina had won, they would have made fun of us for years," he added. Ferraz wore the jersey of Rio club Flamengo, which perfectly matches the red and black stripes of Germany's jersey, on Sunday.
Sunday's match was the second most-attended in World Cup history, FIFA said on Twitter.
— FIFAWorldCup (@FIFAWorldCup) July 13, 2014
Before the Germany blasted Argentina by 1-0 to clinch the World Cup 2014 title, Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff had symbolically handed over the World Cup to Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin in ceremonies inside the Maracana Stadium. Russia will host the 2018 tournament.
"Brazil is very proud for once again having staged the biggest football celebration in the world. In the last 30 days the world has been connected to Brazil, celebrating goals with a lot of emotion in the 12 host cities and making this the World Cup of World Cups," Rousseff said.
But it's a different take, as it has always been, between Argentina and Brazil.
"We never want Argentina to win here in Brazil. Never," Cassio Conceicao said. "Germany respected us even though they thrashed us," he said.
For the Argentineans, seeing the Brazilians supporting the now four-time world champion Germans was perhaps more painful than losing the title crown itself.
"It was a very good game but I'm very sad. Depressed. It was sure they would win and Brazilians wanted us to lose," Diana Rochman, who wore a jersey of with Argentine star Lionel Messi's face plastered on it, said.
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EAST LANSING -- Comprised of fatigue, injuries and barely visible depth, the hump pushed the Michigan State basketball team back something fierce last season.
But now that a group of freshman hump-busters has arrived, Spartan coach Tom Izzo reclaimed MSU's rightful place among Big Ten contenders and Final Four pursuers at the annual Media Day at the Breslin Center on Wednesday afternoon.
"Last year the lower expectations, as I've said 100 times, was OK for a year, and it would be OK once every eight or nine years," Izzo said. "But I'm happy that we're (again) regarded as a top-echelon team, not only in the Big Ten but in the country.
"Those expectations are almost as lofty as our internal expectations and goals."
The source of Izzo's joyful optimism is the fact that 90 percent or better of everything -- scoring, rebounding, assists and minutes -- that got MSU to the second round of the NCAA Tournament returns in the form of a solid and experienced core.
In preseason All-American Drew Neitzel and junior point guard Travis Walton, Izzo has one of the top nation's top backcourts.
Forward Raymar Morgan is coming off a freshman debut that was at times outstanding despite a lingering shin injury. Senior center Drew Naymick's surge in the second half of the season was instrumental to the Spartans' run to a 10th straight NCAA appearance.
Junior power forwards Marquise Gray and Goran Suton inched ever closer to the breakout performances Izzo expects to come this season, and the sooner the better. Tom Herzog, the 7-foot redshirt freshman, will finally get a chance to unveil the skills he's been honing while imitating some of the nation's top post players for a year in practice.
Sophomore wing Isaiah Dahlman got critical game experience as did junior shot-blocker Idong Ibok.
But it's the addition of MSU's Top-5 recruit class that has Izzo expecting the Spartans to not just get over the hump, but to soar over it.
Guards Chris Allen, Kalin Lucas, Durrell Summers and Austin Thornton are the fresh supply of jet fuel Izzo knew was a year away while operating out of necessity the walk-it-up, halfcourt game he despises.
The addition of those four superb athletes, who also possess impressive individual skills, means the Spartans will return to the wilting up-tempo, fast-breaking assault that brought them four Big Ten titles, a quartet of Final Fours and a national championship under Izzo.
Allen is a lights-out shooter Izzo dared to compare to former Spartan sharpshooter Shawn Respert. Lucas brings quickness to point MSU hasn't had since Sam Vincent.
Summers is a "poor man's Jason Richardson" who likes to play above the rim and Thornton, a former preferred walk-on, "is tough as rock," according to Izzo.
"We're going to take some lumps early probably, but I'm gonna play them," Izzo said. "They're going to make their mistakes and I've got keep reminding myself of that because when you watch them play, they're as talented as guys we've ever had in ways."
The sudden addition of quality depth means Neitzel and Walton won't have to average 36 and 33 minutes per game, respectively, as they until they were running on fumes at the end of last season.
"I can honestly say every single returning player has major improvements," Neitzel said. "So I don't think we have to put a ton of pressure on the freshmen early, but they definitely can develop into some pretty key components of this team."
Allen, whose shooting range extends comfortably to 25 feet, is looking forward to Izzo's break-in period.
"It's a kind of pressure, but some people live for pressure and like those kind of situations," Allen said. "From my standpoint, all the freshmen are doing well in practice.
"The thing I can see with all of us is we have to work on our defense because that's what's going to win games."
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Marco Gerazounis, Senior Vice President, Middle East North Africa & Turkey, Software AG
Software AG has recently announced a significantly increased customer demand for its Business Process Excellence BPE products with license revenue up by 46 per cent to €45.6 million in the second quarter of 2012, 2011: €31.3 million.The company’s Enterprise Transaction Systems, ETS business line reported license revenue growth of 20 per cent to €30.1 million, 2011: €25.1 million. With ETS maintenance stable at €47.6 million and BPE maintenance significantly up to €48.1 million, Software AG is reporting a total product revenue increase of 16 per cent to €175.5 million, 2011: €151.5 million. Software AG also reported total revenue of €258.6 million, 2011: €257.1 million.
Group revenue for Q2 2012
Software AG cited significantly increasing demand across its product portfolio with total license sales up by 32 per cent to €76.0 million (2011: €57.7 million). The BPE license growth was primarily driven by dynamic development in Europe, South Africa and the Americas. The North America organization benefited from the implementation of reorganizational measures and is back to double digit BPE license growth. A further major contributor to the revenue growth was Software AG’s subsidiary Terracotta, based in Silicon Valley, and its technology for the management of Big Data.
Marco Gerazounis, Senior VP Middle East North Africa & Turkey, Software AG, said: “The strong growth performance clearly reflects the impact of Software AG’s Business Process Excellence products in successfully achieving the strategic objectives of enterprises worldwide. This is particularly evident in the Middle East region, which has witnessed a significant increase in adoption of Software AG’s product suite across industries. We will capitalize on this growing awareness to further grow in key regional markets.”
Software AG CEO, Karl-Heinz Streibich commented on the results: “It is clear that there is a growing global demand for integration and process management software that increases business efficiency and competitiveness. Business Process Excellence is playing a strategic role in customers achieving their growth targets.”
Software AG generated services revenues of €82.7 million, 2011: €104.8 million in the second quarter. Thereof, the SAP consulting business delivered €27.3 million, 2011: €40.2 million, as Software AG continued to exit from unprofitable markets. The remaining €55.4 million, 2011: €64.6 million was generated in the BPE and ETS services area. Whereas ETS service revenue showed a modest increase, BPE services revenues were down due to the lower level of BPE license sales in previous quarters.
Group results for Q2 2012
Total Group turnover was slightly up to €258.6 million, 2011: €257.1 million. The company reported an EBIT of €57.1 million and a margin of 22.1 per cent, €58.9 million and 22.9 per cent in Q2, 2011. Software AG invested in BPE sales and marketing in the US and other key markets. Investment in Research and Development is also higher than in the previous year. As a result, with the tax rate unchanged, net income was €37.5 million for the quarter, 2011: €38.7 million.
Arnd Zinnhardt, Chief Financial Officer of Software AG added: "Our investment in sales and marketing is driving sustainable growth and showing the first successes in North America. Therefore, we will continue our investment in sales and marketing activities in the coming quarters."
First half of 2012
Product revenue for the first six months also grew, by 7 per cent to €337.1 million, 2011: €315.8 million. Revenues from the services business during the reporting period were €175.4 million, 2011: €211.1 million. Group revenue amounted to €513.2 million, 2011: €529.7 million during the first six months of the current fiscal year.
The EBIT in the first half of 2012, reflecting increased investments in BPE business development, was €111.9 million, (2011: €119.1 million. The EBIT margin was 21.8 per cent compared to 22.5 in 2011. Net income was €73.3 million, 2011: €78.7 million. Cash and cash equivalents increased by €53.5 million to €270.0 million, and the equity ratio climbed to 58 per cent (2011: 49 percent).
Business Lines Development
The Business Process Excellence business line, which includes the product groups webMethods IT integration, ARIS business process software and Terracotta products Big Data, achieved total revenue of €256.6 million in the first half of 2012, an increase of 4 per cent, 2011: €245.6 million. Product revenues for Business Process Excellence grew by 14 per cent to €174.3 million (2011: €152.3 million. Service revenues were €82.1 million, 2011: 92.4 million in the first half of 2012.
The Enterprise Transaction Systems business line (high-transaction database software) was up in the first half of 2012 with reported revenue of €189.3 million, 2011: €186.4 million. The ETS product revenue rose to €154.0 million, 2011: €152.3 million. This increase is primarily due to increased demand in the EMEA region.
The SAP consulting business line contributed €67.3 million (2011: €97.7 million) to Software AG’s revenues in the first six months of this fiscal year.
More Employees in Research & Development
As of June 30, 2012, Software AG had 5,461 (2011: 5,478) full-time employees, of which 896 (2011: 845) work in Research and Development (R&D). Employees in Germany numbered 1,803 (2011: 1,946).
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Archive | September, 2009
new print in the shop!
Jan and Earl over at Poppytalk have a fun fall theme going on this week. It is autumn color week over there, today is yellow. Here is my contribution which also happens to be a new print in the shop! I have a few new pieces that are going in this week (and for real this time, several originals!).
‘A Moment of Hesitation’
this tape holder from DWR
How we spent the last days of summer…horses, favorite urban park (with the cutest couple getting wedding shots taken, her dress and hair just killed me), watched the swifts, yummy lazy breakfasts, soccer and more soccer…
Now I’m ready for fall, are you?
For Seattleites, I now have some select prints and several originals available at Blue Bottle Gallery, an art gallery and boutique in the Capitol Hill district. It is owned by the husband and wife team, Adrea and Mathew Porter and its focus is handmade art, craft and design. If you’re in the area check it out!
Thank you to everyone who has posted about my work lately! It really does make my day. Also, another giveaway over at Crooked Smooked that includes my Pink Day print.
Can you guess what we will be eating a lot of? Happy weekend!
popptalk - be sure to take a look at the poppytalk handmade market while you’re there!
I’m just popping in to let you know about a great giveaway happening over at poppytalk. Two winners will win a Plywerk Bamboo Artist Panel each of their choice from fawn and forest. You have until Sunday to leave a comment to enter, good luck!
I’ll be back later today with a another post.
The last few mornings have had a very fallish feel to them here. I really love the cooler temps (and even the rain). I love turning on lots of lamps, a few candles and getting to work. With the kids in school, I have tons of projects running around my brain waiting to get out. Thinking these are warmers are going to be my uniform once the cooler temps hit for good.
at sock dreams
First day back at school for the kids and I am basking in the quiet of the house. I am giddy having an entire day to work. The kids were super excited to get back, as well (first day nerves aside). Currently catching up on shipments, listening to music and smelling my favorite new candle, must go stock up.available here
Monday is my new favorite day of the week. After years, and years, and years of dreaming of getting back to my first passion (some may say childhood obsession) I am once again riding horses (and maybe when I get my legs back under me, jumping). It took years of begging when I was a kid to get my parents to agree to let me take lessons. I rode for years and can’t really remember why I stopped, but it has always been there. The thing that someday, when the time is right I will do again. And now I am! And my legs hurt, like really hurt. I love it! What makes it even more exciting is that my daughter has started as well, so now we can bond over riding.image via jaytatone
Wow, September! The last few weeks I’ve been finishing up a few things, making a much anticipated return to a past passion (more on that soon) and enjoying the last days of summer before the kids go back to school. Also, I’ve been working with fawn&forest to plywerk some of my paintings. They are now available there along with some great selections from many other artists.Happy weekend!
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Part of a series of illustrations where each letter of the alphabet is displayed as an object.
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USA TODAY Green Statement
Since its founding more than 30 years ago, USA TODAY has long been a pioneer and industry leader in environmental stewardship. Together with our parent company, Gannett, USA TODAY is recognized for its strong commitment as an environmentally responsible corporate citizen in the national and international communities in which we operate and serve. Our commitment is to ensure company facilities and operations are in full compliance with federal, state and local environmental standards.
Our commitment to environmental stewardship is reflected in the opinions and actions of our readers. Among USA TODAY's daily print and online audience of more than 6 million, more than 3.7 million readers think preserving the environment is extremely important, and more than 3.8 million readers recycle.
Two million USA TODAY readers are now eating organic foods regularly. More than 2.5 million USA TODAY readers say they are willing to give up convenience in exchange for products that are environmentally safe, and 3 million are willing to pay more for a product that is environmentally safe, compared to one that is not. (Source: Gfk MRI Doublebase 2012)
In April 2008, USA TODAY was the first national daily newspaper in the country to start converting to a 44-inch web width, reducing the amount of newsprint consumption for both our national and international editions.
In fact, since the late 1990s, USA TODAY has reduced its dimensions by 11%, resulting in a substantive decline in annualized newsprint purchases and therefore the associative carbon footprint.
As of September 2012, 60% of USA TODAY's newsprint contains recycled fiber. Demand for recycled newsprint still greatly outpaces supply. USA TODAY is currently using light-weight (45 gram) newsprint on 36 of our presses and two workplace conform to the law and our policies.
The use of light-weight newsprint reduces the amount of virgin fiber used in the paper manufacturing process.
USA TODAY began using only soy-based color inks (inks made with soybean oils mixed with petroleum) more than 26 years ago. Use of soy-based ink reduces the amount of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) released into the air as the ink dries.
USA TODAY is currently reviewing new ink optimization software in efforts to reduce ink consumption.
USA TODAY was one of the first in the industry to use neutral fountain solutions to reduce corrosion and environmental impact. As other problems arose in toning and tinting, we have changed to a mild acid solution at some sites. The use of a mild acid solution has reduced water settings by as much as 30% and resulted in reduced printed waste.
Consumables In The Production Process
USA TODAY requests information of its major vendors and suppliers so as to evaluate the impact their products and production processes may have on the environment. We have rejected product changes by manufacturers that would have increased the negative impact on the environment.
Headquarters And Facilities
Gannett retains a corporate environmental consultant to coordinate the company's environmental compliance and sustainability program to ensure our facilities operate in an environmentally sound manner. Company operations are monitored through audits and other means to assure such practices in the workplace conform to the law and our policies.
When USA TODAY and Gannett moved into their new McLean, Virginia headquarters in 2001, the site was a virtual model for all other Gannett sites as it met credit requirements for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEEDS) EB certification.
Environmentally sound features for the McLean headquarters include:
- Monitoring system to consistently monitor CO2, temperature and humidity
- Potable water fixtures in compliance with the Energy Policy Act of 1992 for maximum water efficiency
- A comprehensive building operation plan that addresses the heating/cooling system, lighting, safety, building automation controls and verification that building systems are performing as intended
- Variable Frequency Drive (soft start) operations on equipment
- Reduction in the need for municipal water by utilizing a retention pond for irrigation, with the retention pond also providing storm water management
- 2%-plus daylight factor for occupied areas, with lighting and temperature controls for at least 50% of occupants
- Lutron lighting control program for hallways and common areas
- Outdoor air ventilation distribution system which meets ASHRAE 62.1- 2004 standards
- Automatic water control systems with auto flushers on all restroom fixtures
- No CFC refrigeration requiring any Freon
- Recycling of surplus food by donating leftovers on a weeklybasis to D.C. Central Kitchen to feed the homeless
USA TODAY promotes and maintains a vigorous recycling program at all of its offices throughout the U.S. and the world, ensuring the reduction of waste of all office paper, computer, electronics and Mercury-containing light bulbs, and recycling containers for plastic bottles and cans all made readily accessible to employees. In addition, conservation and recycling of raw materials, such as inks, has become standard for USA TODAY facilities, which results in a reduction in the amount of waste generated by production processes.
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With the move of U.S. GC manufacturing overseas, Custom Solutions Group was formed in April 2004 to provide U.S.-based gas chromatographers with the highest quality, customized solutions in gas chromatography. In conjunction with our business partners, Custom Solutions Group designs, builds, and commissions new and used gas chromatographs, customized to meet the needs and the specific analytical challenges of scientists, chemists, engineers, and technicians in a variety of industries, including: petroleum and petrochemicals, specialty gas, chemicals, research, biofuels, and the semi-conductor gas industries.
Custom Solutions Group develops working methods for a variety of industry standards, including ASTM, GPA, ISO, IP, and ARI methods. We provide customized on-site and off-site training in basic gas chromatography, GC troubleshooting and maintenance, GC valving and system design, and advanced gas chromatography. We also provide on-site analytical troubleshooting and repair. Because we re-build and re-commission used GCs, the useful service life of older assets can be greatly extended for pennies-on-the-dollar. Also, because we are highly proficient in a variety of chromatography hardware and software, we are able to adapt to any lab environment.
Our team combines decades of experience in customized gas chromatography. We are made in the U.S.A. on the Gulf Coast, and because our operations heavily emphasize continuous quality improvement and just-in-time manufacturing, we can provide fast, flexible solutions at the highest value in the least amount of time, saving time and money for inexperienced, understaffed, and overburdened laboratories. For more information, contact us at email@example.com, or call Kerry Kreiling at 281-507-9569. We hope to serve you.
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Welcome to the world of Soukenberi
Personal fragrance for you and your space. From clean, refreshing, and invigorating Eucalyptus Tea to light and lifting Lemon Sandalwood; let Soukenberi fragrances captivate your senses.
The Soukenberi line takes it's inspiration from everyday life; from the change in season to the smell in the air right before a thunderstorm, to the people who appreciate the special and unique things. Not only do our products smell and feel wonderful, they are beneficial too.
Let us elevate your space and lavish your body.
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All I did was make a backup of my phone right before I received the replacement. It is the exact same model so I figured it would be ok to just use the restore function to put the data onto the new phone. All of the data is in the right fields. I have checked that already. I'm really confused.
~Your life is your own, rise up and live it.
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If Rush Limbaugh thought that bullying would bury Sandra Fluke, then, hmmm, that plan kind of backfired.
Back in February, Limbaugh called Fluke a “slut” and a “prostitute” after she spoke before members of Congress, arguing that insurers (not taxpayers!) should fully cover birth control. A day later, Limbaugh said that, in exchange for contraception, Fluke should post videos of herself having sex online “so we can all watch.”
He eventually apologized, but not before he had turned Fluke into an accidental superstar. This fall, she has become a Democratic mascot; her full-time job has been to travel the country, campaigning for President Obama and a range of congressional candidates. Last Tuesday, she was stumping for Elizabeth Warren.
Fluke’s speech at Warren’s Somerville campaign headquarters was brief, but her presence was what mattered. She is a walking embodiment of a certain right-wing attitude — a view that’s enhanced, fairly or not, when certain people make references to “binders full of women.” And she’s a symbol of the unusual chance the Democrats have to win the women’s vote, and even to change the conversation on abortion.
It’s mind-boggling how much Republicans have harmed themselves by over-shooting on reproductive health. For a while, anti-abortion forces seemed to be winning the public debate; they chipped away at abortion from the edges, making gains on parental notification, focusing on rare late-term procedures, tapping into people’s understandable reservations. Meanwhile, on the abortion-rights side, a sense of urgency had faded.
Then came Fluke and Limbaugh, efforts to defund Planned Parenthood, and state legislatures that took up “personhood” amendments and voted to mandate ultrasounds, and suddenly, the argument became less about abortion and more about that old-school feminist argument that control over women’s bodies equals control over their lives.
If your TV hasn’t exploded yet, you know that the Warren and Brown campaigns are waging a feverish battle for women’s support. Warren’s campaign has honed in on a few Brown votes, which isn’t entirely fair. Brown has made pro-choice votes over the years. He has a long record, in the Senate and the State House, of promoting women in combat and protecting female victims of violence.
More to the point, there’s a difference between a position and a bill. When he voted against the Paycheck Fairness Act in 2010, Brown didn’t deny that a pay gap is a problem. He argued that this wasn’t the right solution.
But Brown is still accountable for his vote, last winter, in favor of the Blunt Amendment, which would have allowed employers to refuse to cover any mandated health service, for almost any reason. Brown says he wanted to protect religion freedom. But if he’s basing his decisions on the specifics of a bill — as he says he did with Paycheck Fairness — then this would have been a great place to draw the line.
Fluke’s most compelling argument for Warren, though, involves the prospect of Republican control of the Senate, and what it could mean for women’s health. Brown makes a good case for the virtues of bipartisanship, but Fluke points out that the Senate has been a backstop against some of the most retrograde measures from the House. In February, Fluke almost didn’t address Congress at all, because House Republicans blocked her from speaking at a hearing on religion and birth control. (She spoke, instead, at an unofficial hearing called by Democrats.)
When I talked to Fluke on Tuesday, she told me she was motivated by that congressional snub, more than the need to fight back against the Limbaughs of the world. “That, for me, really illustrates how powerful party control is,” she said. “By having control of that committee, they were able to shut out women’s voices.”
Still it works out rather well that, thanks to Rush Limbaugh, her argument is being heard, loud and clear.Joanna Weiss can be reached at email@example.com. Follow her on Twitter
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The creative talents within the film business have always had a bit of a love/hate relationship with the machinations of the industry itself. Many films have been made about just how sordid, perverse and stupid the film business really is, and one of the most enjoyable of those will return to home video October 8th: Christopher Guest's THE BIG PICTURE. Guest has been one of the guiding hands behind gems like SPINAL TAP, BEST IN SHOW and WAITING FOR GUFFMAN, all of which lampoon "Show Business" in one way or another. 1989's THE BIG PICTURE tells the story of a young, na´ve filmmaker (Kevin Bacon) whose student film makes him an overnight sensation in Hollyweird. Guest's film features Fran Drescher, Teri Hatcher, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Elliot Gould, Martin Short, John Cleese, Guest's frequent collaborator Michael McKean, and many more. The DVD will feature a commentary track with Guest and star Bacon along with deleted scenes, production notes and a theatrical trailer. Personally, I hope somebody answers the question of whatever happened to the film's female lead, the lovely and talented Emily Longstreth.
A recent news item on the IMDB.COM website reported what many of us have long suspected: that if it weren't for the popcorn, movie theaters would be out of business. Citing figures from SCREEN INTERNATIONAL and trade analyst Screen Digest, the article pointed out that anywhere from fifty to one hundred percent of most theaters' profit comes from concession sales. In fact, concession sales account for over $4.5 billion dollars in revenue on a worldwide basis. That's a lot of Raisinettes folks.
October 15th will find Warner Brothers releasing one of the better, but lesser seen, thrillers of recent years: Christopher Nolan's INSOMNIA. Based on the Norwegian thriller of the same name, the film tells the story of a veteran cop (Al Pacino) and his partner who travel to Alaska to help an old friend with the investigation of the brutal murder of a young girl in a small town. There's lots of thrills and suspense here, but the film is really a character study with Pacino in top form and Robin Williams delivering prime support as a prime suspect. The film's title refers to the sleep deprivation Pacino experiences while visiting the land of the midnight sun. The film's DVD release will offer a commentary track, behind-the-scenes footage, a photo gallery, trailer and several documentaries. This will make great Halloween viewing for the more intellectual of our readers. Surely there's got to be at least one of you.
THIS WEEK'S NOTABLE NEW RELEASES
BIRTHDAY GIRL [IMG2R]is the movie that made it clear that Nicole Kidman is a star of the highest order. Not that the movie - which is about a guy who gets a mail-order bride from Russia and winds up with a lot more than he bargained for is all that great. It's not. It sets up a good premise, and then does too little with it and most of the characters are sketchy at best. But Kidman, even sans her trademark red hair and playing a character of questionable morality, is impossible to not watch. She is a visual magnet, a cinematic force of nature and an engine of pure charisma and a damn good actress to boot. BIRTHDAY GIRL won't be remembered as long as Kidman's other recent star vehicles, MOULIN ROUGE and THE OTHERS, but if she can make this mediocre a film worth watching, then old Tommy-tooth-polish dumped the wrong girl.
THE BROTHERHOOD OF SATAN [IMG3L]is a largely forgotten low budget film from 1971 about a group of devil worshippers who must inhabit new, younger, bodies every fifty years or so. The coven isolates a small town until they can acquire enough children, murdering their parents, to extend their lives once again. The film suffers from some pacing problems, but director Bernard McEveety stages several memorable set pieces, many involving children's toys, and a gem of a nightmare sequence. Plus, the witches are led by the marvelous character actor Strother (you'll know him when you see him) Martin, who steals every scene he's in. This one is deserving of rediscovery.
COCKTAIL was kind of the COYOTE UGLY of 1988, a movie about beautiful people who work in a beautiful club where beautiful people hang out. It was a huge hit at the time, and it's hard to figure out why now. Tom Cruise and Elizabeth Shue are, well, beautiful. Bryan Brown is charming and handsome, Gina Gershon and Kelly Lynch provide back-up eye candy and that's about it. Oh yeah, the Beach Boys got their first hit record in years, "Kokomo," out of it. A justly forgotten relic of its time.
CROCODILE 2: DEATH SWAMP is yet another big critter in the water feature with a no-name cast (unless Martin Kove is a name) and mediocre CGI effects. It's from the same people who turned out SPIDERS, OCTOPUS, OCTOPUS 2: RIVER OF DEATH (which was just released last week) and, of course, CROCODILE. A gang of bank robbers hijack a plane, then crash in the aptly named "Devil's Swamp," leaving only the robbers and a handful of passengers alive. Now, there might be a good action-adventure film in that premise, but robbers, a swamp and a plane crash aren't enough plot elements for these filmmakers. Nope, the swamp has to be home to a giant, prehistoric crocodile. Who writes this crap? And who watches it? Oh yeah, me.
CURSE OF THE DEMON / NIGHT OF THE DEMON [IMG4R]is a dream come true for fans of classic horror cinema. 1957's CURSE OF THE DEMON is widely acknowledged as a classic tale of the supernatural which finds an American, who spends his time debunking the supernatural, suddenly the target of a British warlock who commands a fearsome demon to do his bidding. Directed by Jacques Tourneur, who learned a thing or twelve about horror from the great Val Lewton, the movie has long had a well-deserved cult status. Now, fans will also have a chance to see the often discussed British version of the film, which was known as NIGHT OF THE DEMON. It's sad to say, but I can hardly wait.
THE DAY IT CAME TO EARTH [IMG5L]is a sign that things might be getting tough over at Image, the fine purveyors of lesser-known DVD gems from the past and from overseas. At least, a shortage of other titles to distribute is the only reason I can think of for them to release this colossal turkey of a space invader movie. None but the most hardy of genre completists should waste precious moments of their lives watching this dud, which stars fondly forgotten deadpan comedian George Gobel, and nobody else.
DEADLY SCAVENGERS is about a team of paramilitary rescuers who encounter a monster while trying to rescue two genetic researchers in a remote mountain lab. That's what the box says anyway. What it's really about is a way for writer/director/producer Ron Ford to kill a weekend with his friends and somebody's video camera. Operating with a budget that might buy a case of beer, which it would have been better spent on, auteur Ford offers here a tale of killer cockroaches and amateur acting, directing, writing, editing and photography which will kill ninety minutes of your life and more brain cells than anybody reading this column is likely to have to spare.
THE GIANT GILA MONSTER [IMG6R]has been covered here before, but I'm guessing the 1959 title's copyright may have slipped into public domain, as I think more than one company is now distributing it. Even for a '50s era big monster title, this is cheesy stuff. There's no special effects on display here, only a normal Gila lizard in miniature sets, all the "teens' look to be pushing 30 and there's a couple of dreadful musical numbers from the film's "star" Don Sullivan. It's a bad movie, but it might have some merit for use by participants in the home version of MST3K.
HEADHUNTER is an apparent slasher/serial killer tale that I'll confess I know nothing about beyond that "assumed" genre label. There's a possibility that it's a re-release of a late '80s cops and voodoo tale starring Kay Lenz and Wayne Crawford. Hopefully I'll find a copy soon and will pass more info your way.
976-EVIL [IMG8R]is an oddity from the '80s, an era when those title digits designated a "for profit" phone line, often offering conversation of a naughty nature. This is a fairly well-executed story of a put-upon teen whose penchant for these phone services leads him to one with a supernatural connection, giving him power to act against those who have humiliated him, but also claiming his soul in the process. The film was successful enough to merit a sequel a few years later, 976-EVIL: THE ASTRAL FACTOR, but its main claim to fame is as the only film, thus far, directed by Freddy Krueger himself, Robert Englund. It's also worth noting that top-drawer screenwriter Brian (L.A. CONFIDENTIAL) Helgeland got an early credit here. Lead Stephen Geoffreys who at the time seemed on the brink of stardom thanks to his work here and as "Evil Ed" in FRIGHT NIGHT - turned his "talents" to the world of gay porn shortly after this, making a number of films with titles like BUTT BLAZER and LATIN CROTCH ROCKETS. No criticism of his lifestyle choice is meant, but he was a charismatic and talented performer and it's a shame mainstream cinema lost his presence.
RACHEL'S ATTIC is an unknown, regionally (Detroit) produced horror film about a young woman who discovers her younger sister is missing, then sees her in a snuff film where she appears to be killed. Determined to find out the truth, she journeys into an underground world of pornography and perversion, where she learns her sister was working as a dominatrix. I know very little more about this movie beyond this synopsis, which is largely lifted from IMDB.com, but I like the premise. If I can find a copy I'll get back to you with a review.
RETURN OF THE VAMPIRE is another delayed release, which we covered a few weeks ago. In many ways, it's the best Dracula film Bela Lugosi ever made, even though he's, technically, not Dracula in it. It all takes place in war torn London and also features a werewolf. Well worth checking out for fans of classic era horror.
SHOWTIME has [IMG9L]a great cast Robert DeNiro, Eddie Murphy, Rene Russo, and a great idea a media shy, veteran detective gets teamed up with a hotshot, showboating street cop as part of a new reality TV series. It's a shame it's not a great movie, or even a particularly good one. The problem seems to be that everyone connected with the film was so convinced they had a sure-fire hit that nobody worried too much about actually making it fun. Russo is, as usual, excellent and William Shatner earns some laughs playing himself, instructing DeNiro and Murphy in how to act like a "reel" T.J. HOOKER style cop. But the leads are coasting, often seeming disinterested in the proceedings, and the story is as formulaic and predictable as any episode of Shatner's old cop show. It's not unwatchable, but what waste!
THE REVENGE OF FRANKENSTEIN was the second film of Hammer Studios' revival of the all-time classic of mad-scientist and monster tales. The bad doctor has escaped his certain doom in the first film and journeyed to Germany where he's using the name Dr. Stein and runs a charitable medical care facility for the poor - a perfect cover for his need for human body parts to renew his experiments. Peter Cushing is on hand again as the doctor and Terence Fisher's direction is crisp, moody and often chilling.
TERROR TOONS is a gleefully offensive, relatively incoherent and perversely creative little no-budget tale. While far from being a good movie, this tale of a house full of (over-age) teens under attack by a maniacal pair of cartoon characters who've escaped from a DVD has enough standout moments and clever sequences to merit a look for the adventuresome. There's little plot, the acting is generally pretty bad, the film's pace alternates between lethargic and hyper, and the gore is plentiful and purposefully unconvincing. But, there's also cartoon laboratories, a giant-sized pizza cutter, mock-Danny Elfman music, a house that seems like Bettlejuice's guest house and a real spirit of fun, in spite of the brain eating and spinal cord removals being depicted. I sorta, kinda, maybe in a manner of speaking, liked this. I think. Possibly.
THE WOLFEN was covered in last week's column, but the distributor ended up pushing its release back a week at the last minute. This is an intelligent and original take on the werewolf concept, and very well acted. Check it out.
HELLS'S GATE is one of several Jack the Ripper inspired productions (another being THE RIPPER: LETTERS FROM HELL) which were rushed into production with the hopes of riding the "hit" coattails of the Johnny Depp "Ripper" tale FROM HELL. Originally entitled BAD KARMA, and written by a screenwriter who got his start as a scribe for Don G. Jackson (ROLLERBLADE), it's easy to see why this one crept anonymously into video stores with zero fanfare a couple of weeks ago. The movie gives every indication of being an uncompleted film patched into semi-releasable form in post-production and, with the exception of pretty Patsy Kensit, the performances are dreadful, despite a veteran cast. Kensit plays a mental patient who thinks she is the reincarnation of the paramour of Jack the Ripper and that her doctor (Patrick Muldoon) is the Ripper himself reborn. When the doc goes on a vacation with his family, in an attempt to salvage an ailing marriage, Kensit escapes the asylum with the goal of eliminating all the present day vestiges of Muldoon's life so that he can recall his past existence and rejoin her in their murderous ways. It's an O.K. premise, and Kensit is pretty effective in her role, but the film is a mess. Many scenes play out in master shots, with no cutaways or close-ups. There appears to be some missing footage and the film's opening is clearly an add on, and pretty distasteful - involving the electro-shock torture of a nude young woman tied to a metal bed - as well. The woman's ordeal somehow causes her to remember that she is the reincarnation of the Ripper's female partner, wherein she escapes, flashes-forward ten years, and has supposedly (according to one line of dialogue) altered her image via plastic surgery and now looks like Kensit. This, in spite of the fact that, outside of both being blonde and beautiful, the women bear no physical similarity at all.
Killer critters make up the theme for next week as vampire dogs and a double dose of pets who shouldn't eat late at night come your way. Plus, Mad Max goes to war and a trio of cinematic cuties. Next time, in Vidiocy.
Vidiocy is our weekly Video & DVD column.Questions? Comments? Let us know what you think at email@example.com.
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The Importance of the Process: Student project working with local Community Kitchen
Nov 25, 2013
Walking into a classroom on the first day, Lauren Reed, an Operations Management and Marketing Major had no unusual expectations for P355 Lean Six Sigma last spring.
“I don’t think any of us really knew what we were getting ourselves into when we signed up for this class. We certainly understood that it wasn’t going to be easy, but we knew that it was going to help in some way,” remembers Reed.
P355 Lean Six Sigma
Lean Six Sigma has two parts. Six Sigma, a manufacturing methodology made famous from its use by General Electric, is a set of strategies to improve processes. Lean describes the philosophy of how to proceed with Six Sigma. Practicing a lean production ensures that all expenditures for process improvements add value for the end customer.
Clinical Associate Professor Carl Briggs and Lecturer Scott Dobos, both faculty in the Department of Operations and Decision Technology, teach the P355 Lean Six Sigma course at the Kelley School of Business. Coursework and exams provide training and certification for students in Lean Six Sigma.
The last project in the class pushes students to use the tools of Lean Six Sigma to improve a process at a local company. Briggs contacted companies and asked for them to evaluate a program that the students may work to improve. The Community Kitchen of Monroe County accepted this offer.
Nate Delong, Operations Manager at the Community Kitchen of Monroe County and a Kelley supply chain alumnus, appreciates the ways in which hands-on coursework enable supply chain students to grow and organizations to improve.
“The supply chain coursework at Kelley is infinitely scalable to the scope of any organization’s operations. Small businesses and organizations have great opportunities for improvement through the creative use of this coursework,” says Delong. “I enjoy the challenge and excitement in the application of industry’s best practices to small organizations like ours.”
Students analyzed Community Kitchen’s “Backpack Buddies” program that provides food for children from low-income families on the weekend. School social workers select grade-school students in need based on a variety of factors, including the inability of students to focus in the classroom.
“One of the main reasons why we chose the Community Kitchen of Monroe County wasn’t because we saw a big problem, but because we wanted to do something in which we could actually see our work making some sort of difference in the local community. We wanted it to mean more than a grade on a page,” said Reed.
Packing the backpacks requires multiple volunteers for a few hours one morning a week. Constraints of the packing process include uncertain attendance of volunteers, ability to communicate the process effectively to volunteers, and limited space. Reed and her group decided the packing process could move quicker, opening up more volunteer time for other projects. The group members observed the current process at the Community Kitchen and systematically reconstructed the elements theoretically and physically.
“Not only was the project a great way to utilize… skills we were learning in class, but to also understand how the business of the process works and what Nate deals with in terms of supply, volunteers, logistics on a regular basis,” commented Reed.
Their imperative was to save the Community Kitchen fifteen minutes with their improved process. Fifteen minutes doesn’t seem like much, but for four volunteers, a whole hour can be reassigned to other projects.
The Extra Mile
In Six Sigma, levels of proficiency are rated in belt colors. Students in P355 earn “Greenbelt” certification at the end of the course, but Reed’s group decided to go a step further.
“In terms of the project itself, I know I was certainly lucky to work with such a great group of people. We did way more than was required of us and at any point people could have drug their feet in the dirt and said, ‘but the directions only say we have to do the first three steps of the DMAIC framework,’ but no one ever did,” states Reed. “We were receiving Greenbelt training in class, but ended up with nearly a black belt level project because of our design of experiment and statistics.”
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2014 Outdoor Track and Field
Competed in two meets and four events for the Wolfpack
Finished a season-best 15th place in the 100m at the Carolina Relays, while registering his top time in the 100m in the Tiger Track Classic (11.41).
2013-2014 Indoor Track and Field
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place finish in the 60m dash at the High Point Invitational with a time of 7.20.
Garnered a 10thplace showing in the 200m at the High Point Invitational with a time of 24.46.
Also competed in the Bob Pollock Invitational and the Virginia Tech Elite Meet during the indoor season.
Placed 2nd in 2013 Johnston County Championships in the 100 meter dash...Played football for Clayton High School...Son of former NC State football great Anthony Barbour
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Researchers around the world are working in a joint effort to create an international research tool for understanding and combating headaches. Led by researchers from the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, the group has developed a new questionnaire designed to provide comparable results across nations and cultures.
"There are huge differences in the prevalence of headaches worldwide, but we don't know if this is due to genetic, cultural or economic differences," says Lars Jacob Stovner, head of the Norwegian Advisory Unit on Headaches at St. Olavs Hospital and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) in Trondheim.
Researchers need results that are as exact and comparable as possible to answer questions about the prevalence of headaches and their causes. This has proven to be difficult, however.
Research results about headaches have been collected from all over the world. But because the questions vary or they are asked in different ways, the results are not comparable. Also, the results must be interpreted in the context of each country. Researchers have now addressed this issue with the publication of a questionnaire in the Journal of Headache and Pain.
"The purpose of this project was to develop a standardized and better approach than what is currently used," says Dr Timothy J. Steiner at Imperial College in London. He is also a professor at the Department of Neuroscience at NTNU.
Patients answer questions about their family situation, health, perception of the quality of life and a variety of other matters. The answers are designed so that researchers can compare results regardless of the countries surveyed.
Common social problem
Headaches affect people everywhere. In addition to causing severe pain for some sufferers, they represent an economic burden. Headaches can lead to reduced work capacity, work absenteeism, a reduced ability to study and a variety of other effects that have consequences for society.
Migraine alone is probably the seventh most common cause of disability, according to the latest figures in the WHO report "Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2010 study", where Stovner and Steiner provided data for the section on headaches. The GBD 2010 results were recenlty presented in a whole issue of the renowned medical research magazine the Lancet.
The project is part of a global campaign against headaches, led by the non-profit foundation "Lifting the Burden", which has an official connection to the World Health Organization (WHO).
Culturally neutral is impossible
The purpose has been to develop approaches that provide results that are as comparable as possible.
But Steiner says it is impossible to create a completely culturally neutral method for evaluating headache prevalence.
There is simply too much variation between the conditions in countries such as Norway and Ethiopia.
If you ask someone in Norway if they have been absent from work because of headaches, you will probably get far more yes answers than in Ethiopia.
"As one colleague put it: If you have to plow the fields, then you have to plow the fields," says Steiner.
In Norway, you get paid sick leave if you are away from work, which means the threshold for staying at home is low. In Ethiopia, you go to work in the fields because you have to.
But the researchers have come a long way in their efforts to make the procedure as uniform and culturally neutral as possible. Thus they are likely to get far more comparable results than using other methods.
A question is not a question
The way you ask a question is also crucial. If you ask a Norwegian whether headaches have affected family planning, this would be perceived as a more or less voluntary choice. But the same question might be perceived differently if asked in a country where female fetuses might be aborted for cultural reasons, or in a country where contraception is not allowed.
Thus the new questionnaire is supplemented by a series of recommended approaches to be used in the survey. There are many factors that have to be considered.
If you go canvassing and ask people directly how they feel, you may get completely different results than if you phone them. In some countries it is impossible to contact people by knocking on doors. When you use the phone, you only get in touch with people with phones and those who are able to answer them.
If you ask someone if they have a headache on a Saturday morning, you may get very different answers than on a normal working day. A phone survey in the morning in some countries may give you answers from the mothers who are staying at home, but you will not contact the men who are at work.
There are many factors to consider.
The questionnaire and the recommended approaches are the result of reviewing many other surveys and available literature. While the researchers are very experienced, there has been a lot of trial and error. In 2011 they held a 3-day conference in Trondheim with an international group of experts where they discussed the earlier versions of the questionnaire. They then developed an improved version.
"Representatives from all six regions of the World Health Organization have participated," says Stovner.
Steiner and Stovner have worked together on the project for ten years. They have projects in 30 countries that will continue for three to four years. "It has been a learning process," says Steiner.
The international tool will be used by all of the research groups involved, but the goal is for the questionnaire and the recommended approaches to be used throughout the world so that it is possible to obtain comparable results.
The questionnaire has been translated from English into a number of different languages, Urdu (for a study in Pakistan), Arabic (Saudi Arabia and Morocco) , Mandarin (China), Kannada (Southern India), Spanish (Spain, Peru and Guatemala), Amharic (Ethiopia), Tonga, Bemba and Nyanja (Zambia), Nepalese (Nepal), Russian (Russia), German (Germany and Austria), Lithuanian (Lithuania), Dutch (Netherlands), French (France) and Italian (Italy).
The answers will be useful for both specialists and epidemiologists, but most of all, for headache sufferers.
More information: "Diagnosis, prevalence estimation and burden measurement in population surveys of headache: presenting the HARDSHIP questionnaire." Timothy J. Steiner et al. Journal of Headache and Pain 2014, 15:3 DOI: 10.1186/1129-2377-15-3
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Average Rating 4.7/5
Review by oubliette
MAC's evil marketing plan has worked! Because now I, a non-lipstick type of girl, am now quite enamoured with the MAC lustre range. I am even planning to BUY the next two limited edition lustres because I have not enough B2M items yet. Damn you, MAC, damn you!
I'm not all rants and raves - I've got practical advice too. You may in fact be able to return pro eye shadow pans for recycling. My local pro store has made a point of telling me you could the last two times I bought pro pan shadow. They have also accepted the regular shadow containers with the pan missing from depotting.
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“Two threes,” Lemondrop said defiantly, placing her two cards facedown atop the growing pile. Her round skunk Aisha face was smooth and set in a blank expression with not even a wrinkle of guilt or doubt to give her away.
“Slide,” Candy, my pretty faerie Lenny, said without a moment’s hesitation. She was the youngest of my four pets, and very mischievous one at that... although ironically enough, she was a very tentative Cheat! player.
“Yeah, me too,” I agreed, glancing down at the three of spades in my hand. With only six cards to discard, I wasn’t planning on taking any risks. I preferred to play it safe. “What about you, Sugardrop?”
“Cheat,” the island Ixi said sharply. She was perhaps the most experienced player of Cheat! sitting before me and she had several lovely trophies stowed away in her closet to prove it. With the tip of her brown hoof, she lightly pushed the heap of cards towards her Aisha sister, who frowned and added them all to her hand with great difficulty.
“Is it my turn?” Candy asked excitedly. She buried her head behind her wide fan of cards, and subsequently drew four out. “Four--”
Suddenly, there was a noisy slamming of the front door, some scuffling, and then heavy stomps down the hall, and I knew the oldest of my four pets, Gumdrop, had come home. Judging by his entrance, I figured he wasn’t very happy at the moment.
“How did it go?” I asked, as he appeared at the den’s threshold.
“Did you win this time?” Candy perked up.
“What do you think?”
Gumdrop glared at no one in particular, his stubby fingers balled tight into fists. There was something in his tone that told me not to probe any further into the matter, but there was no doubt in my mind as to what had happened. He had lost a game of Cheat! to Spectre.
“That’s eleven losses in a row now,” he complained, plopping himself down beside me on a cushion. I was obliged to cradle him like a baby, something he would have resisted had he been in his usual state of mind.
“Maybe you’re just not Cheat! material,” Sugardrop offered her theory. I immediately sent an evil-eye glare in her direction, which she responded to by blowing a raspberry.
“Spectre’s a gifted player, you know,” I said, ignoring Sugardrop as I gently ruffled my Christmas Kyrii’s poofy hair. “Nobody said beating him was a piece of cake. And besides, you’re well beyond stressed-out right now. Why don’t you give your little Cheat! endeavor a rest for a few weeks?”
Gumdrop frowned and didn’t respond.
“Think it over, alright?” I said, patting him on the shoulder. “And meanwhile, we can all go get a cup of coffee. Who’s up for it?”
My enthusiastic offer was met with an uncomfortable silence.
“I’ll come,” Gumdrop said rather drily and followed me slowly and slightly reluctantly to the front door.
The door chimes tinkled softly as Gumdrop and I entered the Coffee Cave. It was a warm, cozy cafe-like store, despite its heavy stone walls, dimly lit with an array of candles. The yellow Shoyru greeted us with a smile, her blue eye shadow glittering in the candlelight.
“A Golden Juppie Delight please,” I said.
“Of course. Coming right up. And for you, sweetie?”
“I guess I’ll take a Pinanna Cappucino.” Gumdrop shrugged and moodily shuffled away towards a table, where he slumped into a mass of red and green hair on one of the wooden chairs.
“What’s wrong with the dear?” The Shoyru inclined her head in the Gumdrop’s direction, as she busied herself over the coffees.
“Cheat!,” I explained. “He’s struggling to defeat that Spectre character.”
“Ahh.” The Shoyru nodded her head, understanding. “Well, I’m not going to lie. There’s a reason they have him in the last round.”
She paused as she moved to fetch another cup for Gumdrop’s cappucino.
“Perhaps, then, may I recommend a book? It’s called Cheat by Capara and if I’m not mistaken, I hear it received several lovely reviews from the critics. Either way, it wouldn’t hurt to give it a try.”
“That sounds excellent,” I said pleasantly. “Many thanks, ma’am.”
I handed her a bulbous bag of neopoints, and maneuvered my way towards Gumdrop. I explained the storekeeper’s kind suggestion, and I had no more than put my lips to my cup when Gumdrop leaped to his feet and began hauling me across Neopia Central towards the book shop.
The week passed rather uneventfully save for the one morning I found Gumdrop with Cheat by Capara in one hand and a dying flashlight in the other. He had become so obsessed, I felt as if I was clearly steering him down the wrong path.
That Saturday, he was up and ready for another round with Spectre. After guzzling a carton of Kau Kau Farm Milk and squeezing in a last-minute reading (or skimming, rather) of Cheat by Capara, Gumdrop was set to leave.
“Now listen closely, Gumdrop, whether you win that trophy or not, you don’t have my permission to be depressed or sulky anymore, you hear?” I told him as I unlocked the front door. “You have the rest of your life to beat Spectre. This is just another game.”
“Mmhmm.” Gumdrop nodded, his blue eyes fixed unmoving on something outside in the yard. I knew everything I had just said had gone in one ear and stampeded out the other. He was dying to go.
“Yes, well, good luck,” I called, watching him traipse out onto the sidewalk, a noticeable spring in each of his steps, and a soft whistling upon his lips.
I spent the rest of the day reading a thick, leather-bound novel about neopet psychology, although I was quite distracted a good portion of the time as my mind endlessly wandered to Gumdrop and his seemingly hopeless Cheat! endeavor. Perhaps Sugardrop was right. Perhaps Gumdrop just wasn’t Cheat! material. It was after all, a reasonable explanation.
“He isn’t home yet?” Candy asked, interrupting my lengthy train of thought.
Slightly startled, I shook my head no.
“He just doesn’t give up, does he?” Lemondrop remarked.
“Admirable, isn’t it?” I said.
“Crazy,” Sugardrop replied.
Several minutes later, we heard the creaking of the front door hinges and the soft pattering of feet of a Kyrii we knew so well. Elated to finally have him home, I rushed to the hall, the three girls close behind.
“Gumdrop!” I called. “Hey, Gumdrop!”
By the time I had reached the foyer, he was already halfway up the first flight of stairs.
“How did you do? Did you win?” I asked excitedly. His back was turned toward me, and I pushed my glasses farther up the bridge of my nose to search for a glint of gold among his bulk of Christmas Kyrii fur.
Gumdrop turned on the spot to face me,
“No, I didn’t. I actually lost rather pathetically with thirty-eight cards in the end. You should have seen the look on Spectre’s face. It was horrible.”
“Oh, I’m sorry to hear that,” I said quietly. “I guess Capara’s tactics and strategies weren’t very useful, huh?”
“No... they weren’t,” Gumdrop said, looking thoughtful, and then his voice dropped to a soft whisper laced with evident solemnity, “but it did make me stop wondering why she’s in the first round.”
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The Mathematical Contest in Modeling Turns 20October 26, 2004
Early in February, 613 three-student teams assembled on their home campuses for the 20th annual Mathematical Contest in Modeling. As usual, the students had the choice of two problems, one discrete and the other continuous. The problems were posted on the Web on the evening of Thursday, February 5, and solutions were due by Monday evening, February 9.
Slightly more than a third of the teams elected to work on problem A, the continuous problem. The judges rated three of the problem A solutions outstanding and 24 meritorious; 50 received honorable mention. The other 401 teams chose to work on problem B, the discrete alternative. Of the problem B papers, four were deemed outstanding, 38 were designated meritorious, and 109 received honorable mention.
The A problem concerned the commonly held belief that the thumbprints of all humans who have ever lived are distinguishable from one another. The students were asked to develop and analyze a model that would enable them to assess the probability that the foregoing belief is correct, and then to compare the odds of misidentification by fingerprinting against the odds of misidentification by DNA analysis.
Problem B grew from the observation that customers at amusement parks are often obliged to wait in line for two hours or more before embarking on the most popular rides, and that many such parks have begun to implement express pass systems to shorten their waiting lines. Such passes are typically dispensed by machines, which issue tickets entitling the bearer to embark on a designated ride at or before time T, provided only that he or she arrive at the point of departure no later than time t < T. Since t typically precedes T by no more than an hour, such tickets can save park goers substantial amounts of time and aggravation.
The sheer variety of express pass systems in use at different parks, and the number of parks that still don't offer them, suggest a lack of consensus as to the magnitude of the associated costs and potential benefits, not to mention confusion as to the most effective mode(s) of operation. The teams were asked to design a model that could be used to address such questions. In their solutions, the students raised a bewildering variety of related questions, of which the following are only a few: How many rides should be included in the express pass system? Should the tickets be sold or given away? How long should the [t,T] intervals be? How many such intervals should be available to a given customer? How many such tickets should a customer be allowed to hold simultaneously? Should the park be allowed to overbook popular time slots? Under what circumstances should customers be compensated for non-performance on the part of the park?
The outstanding papers on the A problem were from teams at the University of Colorado at Boulder, which also received the MAA award; Harvey Mudd College, which also received both the INFORMS and the SIAM awards; and University College, Cork. For the B problem, the outstanding papers were from Harvard (the MAA winner), the University of Washington at Seattle, the University of Colorado at Boulder (the SIAM winner), and Merton College, Oxford (the INFORMS winner).
Both of the SIAM winners presented their prize-winning papers in a special session at the 2004 SIAM Annual Meeting in Portland.
This year, for the first time, an additional prize was awarded. The Ben Fusaro award-named for the contest founder-recognizes the papers, one for each problem, that best exemplify the following characteristics:
- The paper presents a high-quality application of the complete modeling process.
- The team has demonstrated noteworthy originality and creativity in their modeling effort to solve the problem as given.
- The paper is well written, in a clear expository style, and is a pleasure to read.
The first recipients of the Fusaro award were a team from Central Washington University for the A problem and a team from MIT for the B problem.
James Case writes from Baltimore, Maryland.
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Melchiorre Delfico (caricaturist)
Baron Melchiorre De Filippis Delfico (1825 in Teramo, Italy – 22 December 1895 in Portsmouth, England) was an artist, composer, singer, conductor, writer, librettist and a master of the Neapolitan art of caricature who inspired, among others, Carlo Pellegrini.
Melchiorre Delfico, the 'Prince of Caricaturists', is best remembered today for his caricatures of notable personalities, both in his native Italy and later in England, where he worked under the name 'Delfico' for Vanity Fair, a society magazine. Among the many characters portrayed by Delfico's agile and ironic pen were emperors, nobles and prelates, artists and critics from the world of opera and theatre, and above all his great friend Giuseppe Verdi, who knew him as a musician but who also enjoyed his caricatures.
One of nine children born to Gregorio and Marina De Filippis Delfico, the Delficos were an aristocratic family from Teramo in Italy. In his autobiography, Delfico says that as a child he was taught the Liberal Arts, learning Music from the age of seven. Also according to the autobiography, in 1835, then 10 years, he discovered a "penchant for caricature." In 1839, at age 14, he commenced the formal study of Art in Teramo under Pasquale Della Monica.
In 1841, aged 16, Delfico moved to Naples to commence his studies in the Humanities under the guidance of the renowned professor and Latin poet Antonio Mirabelli. At this time the young Delfico began writing poetry and painting, but his great love was music. In 1844 he composed his first musical work, The Jailer of 1793, to a libretto by Domenico Bolognese. In the summer of 1845 this was staged at the Teatro Nuovo. In 1847 Delfico's father died.
According to his autobiography, from 1847 Delfico had already begun to sell his cartoons, often receiving a request from a client who wished to be caricatured. But at this time caricature was still a hobby for Delfico, and probably the idea of turning it into an opportunity to earn a living pulled against his aristocratic upbringing, despite the fact that he actually needed the money to support himself. He published his first printed caricature in 1855 in an Italian pictorial publication named Omnibus, founded by the journalist and critic Vincenzo Torelli. Delfico composed and staged two further plays at this time, The Husband of One Hour in 1850, and The Board of Recruiters of 1853.
Delfico first met the composer Giuseppe Verdi in 1857 when he visited Naples for the staging of Simon Boccanegra. Delfico's uncle, Baron Genovese, was a passionate music lover, a good singer and a great friend of Verdi's, and he presented his nephew to the composer; from that meeting onwards Delfico became a close friend of Verdi's, immortalizing him in cartoons and caricatures. The 1860s and 1870s were a period of great artistic creativity for Delfico, who published many caricatures and albums of caricatures. It is claimed that in the 1860s he moved to London and worked for Punch magazine, but no evidence has been found to support this claim.
Delfico produced caricatures for Vanity Fair, a British society magazine, in the early 1870s. However, later in the 1870s his interest in caricature decreased, and he returned to a professional career in music as a conductor, and at one time appeared as a tenor to save a musical season that had been threatened with ruin. During this period he wrote the libretto and score for two comic operas, The Master Bombardone (1870) and The Return to Paris After the War (1872), as well as two musicals, The Fair and The Lightning (1876), his last musical work.
Delfico's biographers tell us that during his later years his life was marked by a deep melancholy and infinite sadness following the death in September 1884 of his eldest son John in his early twenties, and his daughter Bianca aged just eight years, both to the cholera which scourged Naples at that time. In December 1889 his young wife Concetta Sposito also died, leaving him with a brood of children, some of whom were still quite young. A document of the Royal Confraternity of the Immaculate Conception in Portsmouth dated 22 November 1891 shows that Melchiorre Delfico contributed £150 to the cost of the construction of niches in the chapel for the future burial of himself and his family.
Albums of caricatures
- Il Carnevale del 1861
- Mondo vecchio. Mondo nuovo, Album di caricature in 24 tavole, litografie a colori, 1861
- Album Per Ridere, 1869
- Strenna dello Stenterello, 1874
- Pompei, 1891
- Andrea Sessa, Il Melodramma Italiano 1861-1900. Dizionario bio-bibliografico dei compositori, Firenze, Olschki, 2003, p. 158 - ISBN 88-222-5213-6
- Raffaele Aurini, De Filippis Dèlfico Melchiorre, in Dizionario bibliografico della gente d'Abruzzo, vol.I, Teramo, Ars et Labor, 1952 e Nuova edizione ampliata, Colledara, Teramo, Andromeda editrice, 2002, vol.II, pp. 282–286;
- Fabia Borroni, Melchiorre Dèlfico Caricaturista, Milano, Sansoni antiquariato, 1957;
- Mostra Retrospettiva del Caricaturista e Musicista Melchiorre De Filippis Dèlfico (1825-1895), Teramo, Edigrafital, 1971;
- C. Garzya Romano e M. Bucarelli, De Filippis Dèlfico Melchiorre, in Dizionario biografico degli italiani, Roma, Treccani, vol. 33, 1987, pp. 761–762;
- Fernando Aurini, Melchiorre De Filippis Dèlfico. Grande maestro della caricatura ed originale caricatura di musicista al di fuori di ogni schematismo, in "Notizie dell'economia teramana", Teramo, a. XLV, settembre-dicembre 1993, pp. 81–88;
- E. Panetta, Melchiorre De Filippis Dèlfico e la Caricatura Napoletana del XIX secolo nella collezione Lucchesi Palli di Napoli, Tesi di laurea, Facoltà di lettere. Conservazione dei beni culturali, Istituto Universitario Suor Orsola Benincasa di Napoli, 12 marzo 2003.
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- Melchiorre De Filippis Delfico: Album di caricature, 1860
- Melchiorre De Filippis Delfico and the Neapolitan Caricature in the XIX Century from Collection Lucchesi-Palli of Naples
- Melchiorre De Filippis Delfico, da "Ars et Labor", 1906 - The Defilippis-Delfico Family website
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After catching wind of the Kardashian soon-to-be baby girl, BabyAge.com did a little investigation to find out what the expectant mommy asked for in her registry.
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1. I got Lego:Batman about 2 days ago. I have been playing it with my brother. While I don't think the games are well liked in the gaming "world", I really enjoy the games. Its been a long time since I have played Lego Star Wars. Lego Batman is pretty much almost exactly like Lego:Star Wars, but with Batman Characters. And you hit shit and coins pop out. Almost done. All I need is to get some more minikits, and save all the hostages.
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MANHATTAN - Kansas State's bench had become a popular place in the first half Wednesday night.
ELLINWOOD - LaDonna Marie Hatcher, 80, died Jan. 30 at Country Living in Ellinwood after a lengthy illness.
WICHITA - Rosalie J. Clothier, 83, died Jan. 29, 2013 at Meridian Nursing and Rehabilitation Center in Wichita.
HAYS - Jeanne H. Baczkowski, 85, died Jan. 25, 2013 at Good Samaritan Society in Hays.
It's not every day that someone can see something first hand that was signed by George Washington, but through the month of February patrons of Barton Community College's Shafer Art Gallery can see not only Washington's signature, but those of other famous historical figures such as Martin Van Buren and Zachary Taylor.
The Touched by Cancer Support Group will meet at 2 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 5, at the Heartland Cancer Center, 204 Cleveland St. HCC Director Jamie Hutchinson will be the speaker, with a 2013 welcome.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Nominations for the 55th Annual Grammy Awards were announced in December and the Kansas City Chorale, under the direction of Artistic Director Charles Bruffy, has been nominated for two of the honors Awards for its recording: Life & Breath: Choral Works by René Clausen.
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NORWICH - It was a nice rebound on Tuesday night after losing its first game this season for the St. John-Hudson High School girls' basketball team.
LAMAR, Colo. - Margaret Louise (Brown) Klein, 95, died on Jan. 25 in Lamar, Colo. Born July 21, 1917 in Offerle, she was the daughter of Leonard and Mary (Nesbitt) Brown.
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Senator Bob Menendez will soon be indicted on corruption and obstruction of justice charges stemming from his relationship with Salomon Melgen, a West Palm Beach eye doctor. Melgen thought he could get away with Medicare fraud because he gave Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid's Super PAC $700,000 and lavished Menendez with private jet flights to his luxury resort. Given the known public facts, Harry Reid should return Melgen's money to the taxpayers he stole it from and should ask Menendez to resign.
I was a fairly intense child, passionate in my love (Bobby Sherman, white chocolate,) and my hatred (the Dallas Cowboys, mayonnaise.)
Great Bend Kids Wrestling Club traveled to Pratt on Saturday to compete against other western Kansas teams. The kids battled all day long at the Sub-Districts tournament and finished 3rd place out of 23 teams.
Ahmad Walker established himself as one of the top players in the Jayhawk West during a terrific sophomore season. The coaches in the conference felt he was the best, selecting the Barton Community College guard as the Most Valuable Player in the conference this season.
The Great Bend Recreation Commission will be hosting a free Stop 'N Learn Session titled "Cooking With Gloria" from noon to 1 p.m. today at the Great Bend Recreation Center, 1214 Stone St. During this class, Gloria Hernandez, will be teaching how to prepare a few healthy dishes for your family. For more information, call the Recreation Commission office at 793-3755 ext. 2 or e-mail at email@example.com.
A pair of standout seasons ended with a second team All Jayhawk West selection for Phikala Anthony. The Memphis sophomore just missed a first team selection as the highest vote total on the second team. She was the lone Barton Community College Cougars to earn recognition.
An internet video depicting two Great Bend High School students fighting in the lunch room has been featured on several websites over the weekend, prompting readers to contact the Great Bend Tribune with questions concerning the safety of students at the school.
Nationwide, people involved with museums, archives, nature preserves, homeless shelters, battered women shelters and similar endeavors are nervous.
Hillary Clinton's cruise-control candidacy is beginning to leak oil - and that's without any meaningful challengers among Democrats, let alone a formal Republican nominee to worry about.
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As we usher in 2013, the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) is preparing for a series of bills at the state and federal levels dealing with invasive species, as well as regulations on international trade with regard to potentially endangered or threatened species.
The State Level
Several states will revisit their laws and regulations covering invasive species this session. Some states will address animals that are deemed “inherently” dangerous and will look for ways to ensure public health and safety. States such as New York will be publishing a regulatory package designed to implement a 2012 law calling for the establishment of a regulatory process to identify invasive species and create processes for keeping them out of the state.
PIJAC has been advised by an environmental non-governmental organization that legislation similar to Senate 3606 and House 4864 will be reintroduced early in the new Congress. Companion bills SB 3606 and HR 4864 were ostensibly designed to establish an improved regulatory process for injurious wildlife, thereby preventing the introduction and establishment of non-native wildlife and wild animal pathogens and parasites that are likely to cause harm in the United States. These bills were modified versions of HR 669, which was introduced several years ago and, in essence, banned all non-native species as “injurious” until each species was proven to be harmless.
As part of a federal initiative, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) is currently conducting risk-screening assessment on some 3,000 species, many of which are in the pet trade, to determine if the species are invasive or potentially invasive. The publication of these screening reports will likely lead to state and federal proposals to ban certain “hot” species. PIJAC, along with organizations representing zoos/aquariums, food aquaculture, sport fishing and all of the 50 states, are collaborating with USFWS to discourage the introduction of invasive species not already in the United States.
A third and ever-increasing area of activity involves proposals to add large groups of species as endangered/threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). During the next 12 months, PIJAC expects to be embroiled in a number of proceedings involving the listing of marine fish (clownfish and damsel fish), corals, parrots, reptiles and amphibians. Once listed under the ESA, international and interstate movement of listed species is prohibited except under very narrow exceptions. For example, if clownfish are listed as “endangered,” all interstate and international trade in captive raised, as well as wild harvested, specimens would be prohibited.
Preparations are underway for the 2013 meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Thailand. PIJAC has attended the CITES Conference of the Parties (COP) since 1979 and actively participates in a number of working groups. During the upcoming 16th Annual CITES COP, the parties will be asked to consider a number of resolutions dealing with transport of live specimens, combating illegal trade, regulating e-commerce, standards for issuing export/import permits, criteria for regulating captive breeding, the impacts of CITES on the livelihoods of the rural poor, and a special review of the snake, tortoise and freshwater turtle trades. PIJAC is currently reviewing 17 species proposals in preparation for the meeting and is monitoring other species proposals. If the listed species is in the CITES Appendices, it will affect the ability of people in the pet industry to engage in trade of that species. A related issue is the lack of population data for U.S. native species. The absence of reliable data in the U.S. means export permits cannot be issued, therefore international trade in listed species will be effectively banned. An increasingly important discussion involves the sustainable use of wildlife and the importance of wildlife trade in the livelihoods of indigenous peoples, especially in developing countries. Currently, CITES covers many species in the pet trade, including 1,295 birds (virtually all Pssitacines), 695 reptile/amphibian species, several fish species and many corals.
PIJAC will continue to work with state legislators, Congress and governmental agencies to assure the viability of pet ownership.
Cathy Calliotte is vice president of marketing and communications for the Washington, D.C.–based Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council. PIJAC provides its members a voice in state and national legislative issues through advocacy and timely information regarding upcoming policy issues that affect the pet industry, pet owners and the animals they care for. For more information, visit www.pijac.org.
On the Docket
Published: January 1, 2013
There are a number of legislative and regulatory issues on the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council’s radar for 2013.
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Red Herring Names Neuronetics as One of the Top 100 North American Companies for 2013
MALVERN, Pa., May 29, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Neuronetics, Inc., a privately-held medical device company committed to the development of innovative, non-invasive therapies to treat psychiatric conditions, announced today that it is the recipient of Red Herring's Top 100 North America Award, a prestigious accolade honoring the year's most promising private technology ventures from North America.
Neuronetics manufactures and markets the NeuroStar TMS (Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation) Therapy® System, which is a non-invasive, non-drug treatment for patients living with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) who have not benefitted from antidepressant medication. It delivers magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-strength, pulsed magnetic fields to stimulate nerve cells in the part of the brain thought to control mood. NeuroStar TMS Therapy has treated more than 12,000 patients since clearance by the U.S. Food & Drug Administration in late 2008.
"In 2013, selecting the Top 100 achievers was by no means a small feat," said Alex Vieux, publisher and CEO of Red Herring. "In fact, we had the toughest time in years because so many entrepreneurs have crossed significant milestones so early. But after much thought, rigorous contemplation and discussion, we narrowed our list down from hundreds of candidates from across North America to the Top 100 Winners. We believe Neuronetics embodies the vision, drive and innovation that define a successful entrepreneurial venture. Neuronetics should be proud of its accomplishment, as the competition was very strong."
Hundreds of companies in the fields of security, Web 2.0, software, hardware, life sciences, cloud, mobile and others completed submissions to qualify for the award. Red Herring's editorial staff evaluated the companies on both quantitative and qualitative criteria, such as technological innovation, management strength, market size, investor record, customer acquisition and financial health. This assessment of potential is complemented by a review of the track record and standing of startups relative to their sector peers, allowing Red Herring to acknowledge the most promising new business models in in North America.
"On behalf of the entire team at Neuronetics, I am honored to accept Red Herring's Top 100 North America Award and greatly appreciate the recognition for our company's commitment to helping the millions of patients suffering with depression," said Bruce Shook, President and CEO, Neuronetics, Inc. "With our NeuroStar TMS Therapy System, we created an entirely new therapeutic option that is giving depression patients across the globe new hope that they can get well without the side effects of antidepressant medication."
About Red Herring
Red Herring is a global media company, which unites the world's best high technology innovators, venture investors and business decision makers in a variety of forums: a leading innovation magazine, an online daily technology news service, technology newsletters and major events for technology leaders around the globe. Red Herring provides an insider's access to the global innovation economy, featuring unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving the economy. For more information, visit www.redherring.com.
About NeuroStar TMS Therapy®
Neuronetics' NeuroStar TMS Therapy System was cleared by the FDA in October 2008 for the treatment of MDD. NeuroStar TMS Therapy is indicated for the treatment of MDD in adult patients who have failed to achieve satisfactory improvement from one prior antidepressant medication at or above the minimal effective dose and duration in the current episode. NeuroStar TMS Therapy is a non-systemic (does not circulate in the bloodstream throughout the body) and non-invasive (does not involve surgery) form of neuromodulation. It stimulates nerve cells in an area of the brain that has been linked to depression by delivering highly-focused MRI-strength magnetic field pulses. The most common adverse event related to TMS is localized pain or discomfort at or near the treatment site. The treatment is available by prescription and typically administered daily for 4-6 weeks. For full safety and prescribing information, visit www.NeuroStar.com.
About Neuronetics, Inc.
Neuronetics, Inc., is a privately-held medical device company focused on developing non-invasive therapies for psychiatric and neurological disorders using MRI-strength magnetic field pulses. Based in Malvern, PA, Neuronetics is the leader in the development of NeuroStar TMS Therapy, a non-invasive form of neuromodulation. Neuronetics was created as a spin-out of The Innovation Factory, a medical device incubator in Duluth, GA. For more information, please visit www.neuronetics.com and www.neurostar.com.
SOURCE Neuronetics, Inc.
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U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
(For more detailed information, see the FOIA Reference Guide at http://www.eeoc.gov/foia/handbook.html.)
1. What is the FOIA ?
The FOIA is a federal law that requires federal agencies to disclose agency records to the public, except to the extent that either the record, or a portion of it, is protected from disclosure by one of FOIA’s nine exemptions. The Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) administers the FOIA within EEOC.
2. What are agency records?
EEOC agency records are records that were created by EEOC and/or in the possession or under the control of the EEOC at the time the request is received.
3. Who can make a FOIA request?
Any person may make a FOIA request. This includes any corporation, organization, association, or foreign/state/local government.
4. How do I request records?
A FOIA request must be made in writing and reasonably describe the requested records. You should provide as much information as possible regarding the record, such as the date, location, subject, names, and charge or complaint numbers.
A FOIA request for information must be clearly and prominently identified as a FOIA request. This means that the word “FOIA” should be on the envelope or other cover and in the text of the correspondence making the request.
5. Where do I submit a FOIA request?
You may submit your request for records concerning the four areas immediately below to the District Director responsible for the district, field, area or local office where you believe the records are located. 29 C.F.R. § 1610.7(a):
(See District Directors at http://www.eeoc.gov/foia/contacts.html.)
Submit all other FOIA requests to: Stephanie D. Garner, Assistant Legal Counsel, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, Office of Legal Counsel, FOIA Programs, 131 M Street, N.E., Suite 5NW02E, Washington, D.C. 20507; or by fax to 202-663-4679; or by e-mail to email@example.com.
6. When can I make a FOIA request for a copy of my charge file?
A charging party may gain access to his/her charge file after EEOC has completed its investigation and issues a Notice of Right to Sue letter (NRTS). After receiving a NRTS, a charging party has 90 days in which to request a copy of the charge file.
7. Can I make a FOIA request for a copy of my charge file after making a request for the same file under Section 83 of the EEOC Compliance Manual?
Yes. A request for a copy of your charge file under Section 83 does not preclude you from making a request for the same file under the FOIA.
8. How do I check the status of my FOIA request?
You can check the status of the FOIA request by contacting the Requester Service Center (RSC) by telephone at 202-663-4500, or by fax at 202-663-4679, or by contacting the FOIA Programs staff member identified in the acknowledgement letter at the telephone number indicated.
The FOIA RSC is the first place that a FOIA requester should contact to seek information concerning the status of a FOIA request or questions about a FOIA.
9. What is the cost of making a FOIA request?
There is no charge associated with submitting a FOIA request. However, if you are an “other” category requester, as most requesters seeking charge files are, and locating the specific records requested takes more than two hours, a fee for search time beyond the two hours will be charged. A copy of the first 100 pages of records is provided without charge. However, after the 100 “free” pages, you will be charged 15 cents per page.
10. By what format are records disclosed?
Generally, records are disclosed in hard copy by mail. However, requesters may request that records be disclosed in alternate formats, for example, on a CD or by fax or by email, if a CD, fax number or e-mail address is provided. Records will be disclosed in alternate formats if the records are readily reproducible in the requested format.
11. Who duplicates the records for a FOIA request?
Disclosed records are either duplicated in-house by EEOC or sent to a contractor for duplication. Whether your request is sent to a private contractor to copy depends upon the workload of the office, the volume of the request, and your agreement to have the records to be disclosed to you processed by a contractor retained by EEOC.
12. Who can grant or deny a FOIA request?
The District Director or designee in each district office has authority to grant or deny a FOIA request within his/her District.
The Legal Counsel or designees, i.e., the Assistant Legal Counsel, FOIA Programs and the Assistant Legal Counsel, Advice and External Litigation Division, have authority to grant or deny FOIA requests and appeals.
13. How long does EEOC have to respond to a FOIA request?
The FOIA specifies that agencies have 20 working days, excluding Saturdays, Sundays, and federal holidays after receipt of the FOIA request to issue a determination. The 20 working day period does not begin until the FOIA request is received by a FOIA component, an office authorized by the agency to process FOIA requests. A FOIA component has 10 working days to forward a misdirected FOIA request to the correct office.
EEOC may also toll the 20-day response time to obtain clarifying or fee information from the requester. When unusual circumstances prevent EEOC from issuing the determination on your request within the 20 working days, the FOIA permits EEOC to take a 10 working day extension. EEOC will notify you in writing before the expiration of the 20 working days expire should it becomes necessary to toll or extend our response time. If it is not possible to issue a determination within the 10 working day extension period, EEOC will contact you and attempt to negotiate a new due date or to refine the request.
14. What type of records can I inspect and duplicate at EEOC without a FOIA request?
You may view and duplicate EEOC records available in the Public Reading Room located in the library at EEOC Headquarters, 131 M. Street, N.E., Suite 5NW02E, Washington, D.C. 20507 or at any EEOC District Office. (See http://www.eeoc.gov/offices.html for a list of EEOC District Offices). Documents such as the following are available to the public for inspection and copying:
15. What types of EEOC records are not disclosed to the public?
EEOC will not disclose to the public charges of employment discrimination, charge conciliation information and unaggregated EEO survey data. Federal sector complaint files are not discloseable to third parties. Records containing inter or intra agency pre-decisional deliberations, recommendations, analyses and opinions, attorney-client, attorney work-product, information given to EEOC by confidential sources and matters involving the personal privacy and personnel or medical records of a third party will not be disclosed. As examples, EEOC does not disclose the Investigative Memorandum; categorization codes; or the name, telephone number, address, social security number or other personal information concerning a third party.
16. Are there any other requirements for disclosure that must be followed?
A request for EEO-1 data of a particular employer or EEO-4 data of particular state or local government must be accompanied by a copy of a court complaint stamped “Filed,” indicating that the charging party has filed suit under Title VII and/or the ADA against the named respondent.
17. What action can I take if I am dissatisfied with a FOIA determination?
When a request for records has been denied completely or partially, the requester may appeal to the Legal Counsel or designee within 30 calendar days of receipt of the District Director or Assistant Legal Counsel FOIA Programs’ determination letter. The following procedure must be followed:
The appeal must be:
Failure to follow EEOC regulations will delay the time within which the appeal will be reviewed and a determination issued.
If you are dissatisfied with the determination on appeal, you have the right to file a civil suit in Federal District Court.
18. Must a FOIA request be made in English?
No, a FOIA request may be made in any language.
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If you visited the New York Times website last week, you may have been surprised to have your browsing interrupted by one of those scammy “we’re scanning your computer for viruses OH NO YOU HAVE A VIRUS!” ads that overtake your window. Now Microsoft has filed 5 lawsuits in an attempt to fight back against the jerks who may have been responsible for it, and certainly for other ads like it all over the web.
A Consumerist reader has pretty much reached the limit of poor AT&T customer and technical service over his shoddy Elite DSL account, which for two years now drops to speeds of around 10k every four months. Check out this letter and included chat log for some stunning examples of all the ways AT&T fails at providing a service it charges lots of money for.
The FBI has opened an investigation into Countrywide for suspected securities fraud, reports the New York Times. The Justice Department and FBI “are looking at whether officials at Countrywide, the nation’s largest mortgage lender, misrepresented its financial condition and the soundness of its loans in security filings.” So far everything is unofficial because nobody has been authorized to discuss the case, and a Countrywide spokeswoman says, “”We are not aware of any such investigation.”
On Tuesday, the city of Los Angeles and the FDA charged the heads of two U.S. importing companies with 14 counts each of “receiving, selling and delivering an adulterated drug,” for their roles in importing and distributing over 70,000 tubes of toothpaste containing diethylene glycol (DEG) instead of glycerin. “Each count carries a maximum penalty of one year in jail and a $1,000 fine.”
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Buy my music! Though
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To show my appreciation you can hear works in progress, upcoming releases, and get some free downloads here:
Out on vinyl and digitally – Remixes by MGUN, Space DJz and Mr. O, and Gareth Whitehead
Available everywhere now!
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The Division of Psychoanalysis (39) of the American Psychological Association (APA) was established in the early 1980s by several psychologists, principal among them were Ruben Fine, Ph.D., Robert C. Lane.Ph.D., Max Rosenbaum, Ph.D. Nathan Stockhamer, Ph.D, Helen Block Lewis,Ph.D. and George Goldman, Ph.D.
Until the establishment of the Division of Psychoanalysis, psychologists who had trained in independent institutes had no national organization. The Division of Psychoanalysis now has approximately 4,000 members and approximately thirty local chapters in the United States.
The Division of Psychoanalysis holds two annual meetings/conferences and offers continuing education in theory, research and clinical technique, as do their affiliated local chapters. The European Psychoanalytical Federation (EPF) is the scientific organization that consolidates all European psychoanalytic societies. This organization is affiliated with the IPA. In 2002 there were approximately 3900 individual members in twenty-two countries, speaking eighteen different languages. There are also twenty-five psychoanalytic societies.
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Muriel Louise Cox Nestor, 88, a former resident of Smokey Hollow, Parsons, and for the past four years, a resident of Colonial Place in Elkins, passed from this life Wednesday, Aug. 13, 2014, in Colonial Place.
Muriel was born Oct. 19, 1925 in Smokey Hollow, Parsons, a daughter of the late Irving M. Cox and Straudie E. Harsh Cox.
On Aug. 19, 1942, she married Harold "Hen" Nestor, who preceded her in death March 10, 1998.
She was also preceded in death by two sons, Charles H. Nestor and an infant son, three brothers, one sister and two great-grandchildren, Payton and Price Nestor. She was the last surviving member of her immediate family.
Left to cherish her memory are two sons, David E. Nestor and wife, Barbara, of Lexington, Ky., and Dr. Patrick I. Nestor and wife, Ann, of Cox's Mills; three grandchildren, Travis J. Nestor and companion, Dawn Riggie of Phoenix, Ariz., Andrea J. Falk and husband, Michael, of Jacksonville, Fla., and Paul A. Nestor and wife, Liza, of Zanesville, Ohio, five great-grandchildren, Meghan N. Riggie of Phoenix, Ariz., Wesley H. Nestor of Zanesville, Ohio, Connor M. Falk of Jacksonville, Fla., Mathew D. Nestor of Phoenix, Ariz., and Joshua C. Nestor of Zanesville, Ohio; and several nieces and nephews.
Muriel was a graduate of Parsons High School with the class of 1944. She was a Distinguished Parsons High School Alumnus who helped organize many class reunions where she enjoyed visiting with her former classmates. In addition to being a housewife, she had worked for Dorman Mills and the Tucker County Board of Education. She also enjoyed farming with her husband. She was a member of Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church, the Holly Meadows Community Educational Outreach Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, Farm Bureau, Parsons High School Alumni Association and a lifetime member of the Tucker County Fair Committee.
A visitation will be conducted at the funeral home on Friday from 6-8 p.m. Father Timothy Grassi will conduct a Rosary Service at 8 p.m. On Saturday, Aug. 16, at 11 a.m., Muriel will be moved to Our Lady of Mercy Catholic Church where the Liturgy of Christian Burial will be celebrated. Father Timothy Grassi will be the Celebrant, and interment will follow in Bethel Cemetery at Holly Meadows.
Summerfield Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements for Muriel Louise Cox Nestor. Send online condolences to the family at www.summerfieldfuneralhome.com.
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Robert 'Bob' Jalloian
Robert "Bob" Jalloian, 79, of Anna Maria, died June 26.
Born in Worcester, Mass., Mr. Jalloian came to Manatee County from Charlton, Mass., 18 years ago. He worked for George Meyer Co. in Worcester. He served in the U.S. Army during World War II. He was a graduate of Columbia University.
There were no memorial services. Griffith-Cline Funeral Home, Island Chapel, was in charge of arrangements.
He is survived by sister Mary Daniels of Walpole, Mass., and nieces Nancy Carr, Janet Botzos and Ruth Daniels.
Dorothy Jean Martin
Dorothy Jean Martin, 79, of Bradenton and formerly Holmes Beach, died June 26.
Born in Munhall, Pa., Mrs. Martin moved to Manatee County 44 years ago. She was a graduate of the University of Pittsburg. She was a translator for the Aurora Foundation until her retirement in 1994. She was a flight attendant for Eastern Airlines, secretary to the publicity director of St. Petersburg and a secretary with Westinghouse. She was a volunteer with the Anna Maria Island Historical Society and the American Red Cross.
Memorial services were July 1.
She is survived by son William E. "Bill" of Bradenton; brother Leonard E. Palmer of Bethel Park, Pa.; sisters Barbara P. Benner of Pittsburgh and Betty L. Johnson of St. Petersburg; and five grandchildren.
Allene Jackson Pournelle
Allene Jackson Pournelle, of Sugar Land, Texas, and Holmes Beach, died July 3.
Mrs. Pournelle and her late husband W.B. moved to Holmes Beach in 1973, where she taught at the Episcopal Church of the Annunciation for 17 years. She was a member of the Episcopal Church Women and a charter member of the Daughters of the King. She was a graduate of Shorter College in Rome, Ga., and did graduate work at John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Md., majoring in protozoalogy. She worked for the Georgia State Department of Public Health and worked in their laboratories in Atlanta and Albany.
Private memorial services were held in Atlanta, Ga.
She is survived by daughters Mrs. Alvin Moses of Decatur, Ga., and Mrs. Roy Steadham of Sugar Land; brother Dr. Calvin Jackson of Manchester, Ga.; grandsons Jim and Matt Moses and Mark Steadham; granddaughter Amanda Steadham Ryan; great-grandsons Mitchell and Kenneth Moses; and great-granddaughters Sarah Steadham and Chloe Ryan.
David D. Young
David D. Young, 77, of Seekonk, Mass., and formerly Holmes Beach, died June 30.
Born in Newport, R.I., Mr. Young was a graduate of Fisher Business School. He served in the U.S. Army, and worked for the Tidewater Oil Co. He also owned and operated two service stations in Seekonk. He was elected to the school committee in 1962, where he served for 16 years, six as its chair. He was a member of the George R. Martin Elementary School and Seekonk High School, and served on the Seekonk Housing Authority from 1985-88. He was elected to the Seekonk Board of Selectmen in 1989 and retired from political office in 1992. He served on the Seaside Gardens Association Board of Directors, Holmes Beach.
Memorial contributions may be made to the David D. Young Memorial Fund, Slade's Ferry Bank, 1400 Fall River Ave., Seekonk MA 02771, with donations made to benefit the Anna Maria Island Branch Library.
He is survived by wife of 53 years Alice "Betty;" daughters Betty Martin of Danvers, Mass., Jody Amaral of Bend, Ore., and Jeanne Potter of Somerset, Mass.; son Doug of Mansfield, Mass.; and eight grandchildren.
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DENVER (AP) – Denver parks managers who recently gassed hundreds of prairie dogs near Central Park in the Stapleton neighborhood are trying a different tack to protect city green spaces.
They’ll erect “raptor poles” above problem prairie-dog colonies – perches for red-tailed, Swainson’s and ferruginous hawks and other sharp-taloned predators.
The idea is to encourage natural predators to rein in animals that are damaging the landscaping and evading nonlethal control methods.
The morphing of traditional square bluegrass parks into vast connected corrid ors in urban areas is widely welcomed by people who love open space. But the animals – prairie dogs, deer, geese, raccoons, coyotes, skunks and foxes – use it as habitat. They find water, food and protection.
“The better the natural predation, the better it is for the ecosystems at large,” said Scott Gilmore, deputy manager of Denver Parks and Recreation and a wildlife biologist.
Gilmore is overseeing the installation of wooden poles north of the Stapleton neighborhood, near the Northfield mall, where expanding prairie- dog colonies are devouring wider and wider swaths of grass, he said.
Parks crews first tried luring prairie dogs with molasses-laced traps and relocating them. This is complicated because a state law requires approval by county commissioners before prairie dogs can be moved to a different county – assuming prairie dogs take the bait.
“They’re not going into the traps anymore,” Gilmore said.
Then, parks managers killed problem populations and donated carcasses to recovery centers for raptors and ferrets. But colonies in east Denver, along the border with Aurora, still were expanding last summer. Prairie dogs don’t drink. They get the water they need by eating vegetation.
So parks crews this fall resorted to poison gas, dropping Fumitoxin pellets into burrows, killing hundreds. Residents who saw warning signs posted during the operation objected.
“I’m taking this on. It’s a safety issue,” Gilmore said, noting that prairie dogs can spread disease, including plague, to pets. “In parks like what we have in Denver, there’s no easy way to coexist with prairie dogs when we have kids and pets in the area.”
Other experiments in managing urban wildlife target coyotes.
Nearly 30 have been collared recently in a federal-government-run tracking project to develop “hazing” methods that could help keep urban coyotes wild.
Coyote conflicts with pets and people – 16 bites reported in four years around metro Denver – prompted the project. Coyotes are hassled using air horns, pop cans filled with coins, and bright lights in attempts to condition bolder coyotes to use parks but avoid people.
Colorado wildlife officials increasingly receive calls from urban residents reporting sightings and conflicts with wildlife. They’re unable to dispatch biologists unless an animal is sick or injured. They encourage city officials to develop local plans for how best to protect people and also help animals, said Liza Hunholz, Denver-area wildlife manager for Colorado Parks and Wildlife.
Historically, wildlife conflicts in Colorado have been handled by homeowners. State law, rooted in rural traditions, lets property owners kill coyotes, skunks, raccoons and foxes at any time of year without a hunting license if the animal is causing damage.
But options for urban residents to take action are limited.
Yet urban landscaping for better recreation favors more wildlife, Hunholz said.
“If a piece of habitat is contiguous to another one, or connected in some way, it tends to have more value for different wildlife species,” she said. “It gives them more room to move, more habitat features, and the ability to find more habitat.”
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FOX Sports Exclusive
Weidman retains middleweight belt as Silva breaks leg at UFC 168
All of the hype, all of the buildup, and none of the satisfaction of a conclusive finish.
In a terribly unfortunate ending to an anticipated rematch, Anderson Silva broke his leg on a checked kick, bringing the UFC 168 main event to a finish at 1:16 of the second round. The official ruling was a TKO win for the champion Chris Weidman.
If there was to be any kind of conclusion drawn from what we saw in the brief time the fight took place, it was that Weidman didn’t necessarily beat Silva, but he did beat him up.
Weidman easily took the first round, dropping Silva with a right hand behind the ear from Silva’s favored position, the clinch. The champion spent the rest of the round beating up Silva (33-6) on the ground with punches and elbows, landing 19 significant strikes in the frame, but was unable to finish the former champ.
“I’ll be honest, I want to say that no matter what happened with the result now or after, he’s still known as the greatest of all time,” Weidman said. “I wish him the best and God bless him.”
The leg break was no sheer accident, however. Leg kicks were Silva’s most important and effective weapon in the first fight between them, and Weidman said he spent a large portion of his training camp working on checking kicks. Silva’s full power strike caught Weidman just above the shin and Silva’s left leg snapped below the knee in a scene that was eerily reminiscent of Corey Hill’s horrific leg break in 2008.
That broken leg kept Hill out of action for well over a year. Silva, who at 38 years old, has already speculated about retirement in the recent past, may again revisit the idea.
Silva left the cage on a stretcher and was transported to the hospital, where he immediately had surgery performed by Dr. Steven Sanders.
UFC president Dana White called it the worst injury he’d seen during his tenure running the promotion.
“I don’t think it was accidental when you try to check a kick and it works,” Weidman said. “Otherwise if I didn’t check the kick, I’d have a big, bruised leg right now, and he would have picked me apart with leg kicks. So, you try to check leg kicks, and that happened.”
Weidman is likely to move on to a matchup with No. 1 contender Vitor Belfort, who was cageside watching at the MGM Grand, though a timeframe for the bout is unknown.
“What I want is in the hands of the guy named Chris Weidman,” Belfort said afterward. “It belongs to me.”
“He’s a completely different fighter from Anderson,” Weidman said of the matchup with Belfort. “He’s very explosive, he’s strong, he’s good on the ground and his feet. He’s going to be a great challenge for me. I’m excited for the fight.”
Weidman, now 11-0, has been an underdog in each of his last two fights, only to emerge the division’s elite fighter. In parts of four rounds against Silva, Weidman out-landed him, took Silva down twice, and walked away with the gold both times.
“People can’t fathom that I’m coming in here beating these guys,” he said. “But slowly but surely, people will start believing in me.”
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July 28, 2010
Tide of offshore spill legislation washes around Washington
If you throw enough stuff at the wall, some of it will stick. In the wake of the Deepwater Horizon tragedy, members of Congress have generated many pages of legislation in response. How much of it will ever make it into law remains to be seen. But it seems clear that something will emerge that will do for offshore drilling what OPA 90 did for tankers after the Exxon Valdez disaster.
One measure already signed by President Obama is S. 3473 to permit the Coast Guard to obtain one or more advances from the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund, to underwrite federal response activities related to the BP/Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill. Previously, the Coast Guard could only withdraw up to $100 million from the fund to finance emergency response efforts after an accident and that money is about to run out. BP is required to repay these funds. The trust fund, created by the Oil Pollution Act of 1990, is funded by an 8-cent fee paid by the oil companies on each barrel of oil.
Much more legislation is in the hopper.
Speaker Nancy Pelosi yesterday released a statement yesterday on the House introduction of the oil spill response package, which will be considered on the floor later this week.
The package includes: the revised Consolidated Land, Energy, and Aquatic Resources (CLEAR) Act, estimated by the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office to reduce the deficit by $5.3 billion over the next five years; and the Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act:
"In the wake of the BP disaster, Congress must act on its commitment to protect America's families and businesses, rebuild the Gulf Coast, hold oil companies accountable, and work to ensure that a spill of this kind never happens again. This week, the House will vote on an oil spill response package to achieve these goals and keep our promise to the American people," said the Speaker.
"The updated CLEAR Act includes strong new safety measures, restores the Gulf Coast, protects local residents and taxpayers, reforms the agency charged with overseeing oil drilling, and holds the oil industry responsible for cleanup costs and recovery. This is good for our families, our environment, and the health of our natural resources. And today, the independent CBO told us that it's good for our budget - saving taxpayers more than $5 billion in the next five years.
"The other piece of this package - the Offshore Oil and Gas Worker Whistleblower Protection Act - protects workers who put the people's interest first, speak up, and inform state and federal government authorities of violations or practices that endanger the public.
"This package, along with the other measure the House has passed, forms a powerful response to the tragedy in the Gulf. We look forward to working with Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to enact this package and do right by the people of the Gulf Coast."
Last week, the House passed two bills from the Science and Technology Committee:
H.R. 2693, the Oil Pollution Research and Development Program Reauthorization Act, which will modify oil drilling research, development to further innovation technologies and methods to prevent, detect, recover and mitigate oil discharges.
H.R. 5716, the Safer Oil and Natural Gas Drilling Technology Research and Development Program, which makes safety and accident prevention and mitigation a key priority in deepwater drilling research and development.
Last month, the House passed H.R. 5503, the SPILL Act , to reform maritime liability laws - Death on the High Seas Act (1920), Jones Act (1920) and the Limitation on Liability Act (1851) - to ensure that the families of those killed or injured in the BP Spill and other such tragedies are justly compensated for their losses.
The House has also passed legislation (H.R. 5481) to give subpoena power to the National Commission on the BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling.
The American Jobs and Closing Tax Loopholes Act, passed by the House will protect coastal economies by making oil companies pay to strengthen the solvency of the Oil Spill Liability Trust Fund--instead of passing the bill on to taxpayers. That measure will raise the fee oil companies pay per barrel and increase the current $1 billion cap on individual claims against the fund to $5 billion, and increase the $500 million cap on natural resource damage assessments to $2.5 billion. Currently, the trust fund has a balance of roughly $1.6 billion.
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We thoroughly enjoyed our helicopter ride to the Grand Canyon. Our mid-morning tour preference was booked, so we went early in the morning - but that meant the Skywalk was pretty much deserted and we were able to spend quite a bit of time taking in the view. Phenomenal. Alex, our pilot, was incredibly nice and extremely capable. Great experience.
This trip is a trip of a lifetime. If you have limited time but want to see everything the Grand Canyon has to offer, this is the trip for you! We chose the optional helicopter ride and Skywalk tours and they were well worth the extra money. Everyone was extremely nice and accomodating. We thought we were a little rushed so we got our lunch to go. Turns out either way we had enough time at each stop, although we skipped the indian village at the recommendation of the pilot, to afford more time at the Skywalk and Guano Point. He was right! Each facet of the tour was amazing, from the plane ride, to the helicopter ride to the beautiful scenery. I would highly recommend this tour.
Grand Canyon was amazing. Skywalk was fascinating and not as scary as I thought it would be. Driver Thomas was very knowledgable and entertaining during the entire ride
Awesome and amazing trip! The tour company was excellent and had a smooth operation and check-in process. Taking their luxury bus to the Grand Canyon Skywalk was an easy and smart idea. Our driver and tour guide, Mr. Felix, made the trip informative and exceptional!
This tour was great! The plane ride was about 35 minutes so we had more time to spend at the Grand Canyon. Grand Canyon was beautiful and breath taking. The Skywalk was great. I totally recommend this tour.
Picked up at 06:30 on time in a very comfortable bus. A short bus ride of 30 minutes to the Heliport. Excellent services at tour company centre with shop and food facilities. We took the plane ride to the Grand Canyon which was comfortable and smooth flying past the Hoover dam. If you dont have a great zoom on the camera you will not get any close photos but we still sene it.. Then a helicopter journey into the Grand Canyon which was superb with excellent photo opportunites. Amazing views of the Grand Canyon but very cold in January so wear something warm. We then returned to the same small heliport and caught a bus. Bus run every 10 or so minutes on a round trip to the Sky walk and stopping at a couple of view points and a made up ranch. We had to be back for 11:30 from the bus tour which your left to your own devices. Wrist band gets you on the bus and skywalk and a meal. We missed the ranch out and had a very quick stop at the view point and Sky walk and just made it back for 11:30. The views are amazing. Bit disappointed you have to leave you phones, bags and cameras in lockers before going on the skywalk but its to protect the glass from damage from dropped objects. All in all a great trip with a very reliable company with some terrific memories.
From the moment our stretch limo picked us up from the hotel, we knew this was going to be a great day. Free wifi as you wait before takeoff from McCarrran airport helipad helped fill the time. We were lucky enough to have Fred as our pilot, who was both well versed in knowing every bit of the landscape but also had a great sense of humour. Around 45 minute flight covering the Hoover Dam and Grand Canyon, before been dropped off at Skywalk drop off. 5 minute shuttle bus and before you know it your "floating" 600m above the Canyon on the Skywalk bridge, however personal cameras not allowed. Surreal that beside the bridge there are some incredible photo opportunities, but no safety barriers so be careful!!! Flight back takes a slightly different route finishing with a spectacular flyover of the strip. Finally a stretch limo ride back to your hotel. Not a cheap experience, but well worth the money.
It was an amazing experience! Grand Canyon and the Skywalk are spectacular. A must see!
We thoroughly enjoyed the Grand Canyon trip. Steven was our pilot and he was excellent. We did do the Skywalk my husband was very impressed that I managed it as I don't normally like heights, it was well worth it. I would recommend this trip.
We had a wonderful time and the Grand Canyon is awesome. We also went out on the skywalk which is worth the price.
Also enjoyed the Hoover Dam.
George and Connie
What a great way to see Hoover Dam and the Grand Canyon West Rim and not have to worry about driving!! This was such a wonderful way to relax and get away from the Las Vegas strip for the day and explore the great outdoors. The Hoover Dam stop even though it was only about 15 to 20 minutes long was so much easier to enjoy on the new pedestrian walkway they built instead of having to travel down the winding steep road to the bottom and then head back up. You could see just how majestic this man made wonder truly is. From there we headed to the West Rim of the Grand Canyon which was too long of a bus ride, only about 90 minutes after leaving Hoover Dam. Once you arrive at the Grand Canyon the first thing you see is the helicopters and it makes you really kick yourself in the behind for not buying the helicopter ride...lol...we then headed on the bus to take us over to Eagle Point where if you look really hard, the rock formation looks just like an Eagle with its wings spread. There were different vendors there so if you got hungry or thirsty there was a place to purchase items. At Eagle Point you are also able to go on the Skywalk (if you are brave enough) and look down to the bottom of the canyon. For me I just prefer to stand a ways back from the edge and simply admire from a distance. We then got back on the bus and headed to Guano Point which was really cool because there wasn't one place you could turn where you didn't see the amazing colors of the canyon and if you looked down you saw the Colorado River and the helicopter flying in between looked so tiny that it made you realize just how vast the canyon is. We climbed up this pyramid shape rock formation that reminded me of the tower of Babel when we first got there. The climb looked easy but however was a little difficult when you first got started. We then ate lunch and enjoyed the views a little longer, before heading back to our motorcoach to enjoy the journey back to our hotel in Las Vegas. All in all it was a wonderful way to spend the day.
What an amazing, spectacular trip!!! For those of you who are not a huge fan of flying to the Grand Canyon West Rim, this bus trip is wonderful. It was a long journey but so worth the time. We started out the morning by being picked up at our hotel by a bright eyed and bushy tailed bus driver, who by the way was a real enjoyment and very knowledgeable about Las Vegas. From the hotel we headed over to the terminal to join others traveling to the West Rim. Our first stop on our journey was to Hoover Dam and such a beautiful sight to see. The time and hard work that went into making this enormous structure is just amazing. Absolutely stunning!! We walked up the staircase to the pedestrian walkway on the new bridge they built connecting Nevada and Arizona. From there the view of the entire dam was awe inspiring. After a short 15-20 minute stop we then boarded the bus and continued our journey to the West Rim. We made a short pit stop to pick up water and snacks and to stretch our legs. This is the most perfect time of year I feel to visit the canyon. The fact that the weather there is very similar to the weather in Vegas made it in the mid 60's (not too hot and not too cold) PERFECT!! Plus the fact that the major travel season to the canyon was much less than in the summer, made this the best part because there wasn't many tourist. Once at the canyon there are 3 different areas you can visit and see all by way of a bus that takes you from each point and runs about every 15 minutes. From the main location the 1st stop on the buses route is Hualapai Ranch and even though you can't see the canyon from that location, it is a very enjoyable stop. The 2nd stop is Eagle Point where you will find the Skywalk which doesn't look as scary when you're standing on the ground next to it....however, if you are afraid of heights then that would be a different story. The 3rd stop is Guano Point which was my absolute favorite place and I felt was the most beautiful vantage point of the canyon. From there you get a 360 degree view of the whole enchilada. Breathtaking, mesmerizing and a must see for anyone who is visiting Las Vegas. My suggestion is however if you are taking this fabulous trip you might as well take advantage of the tour options and select the helicopter/boat/skywalk option because with 4 hours of free time at the canyon and for many people this being their one time only trip to the Grand Canyon West Rim, my suggestion is go big or go home. The trip back was just as relaxing and we did make 1 stop to stretch our legs and pick up some drinks and snacks as we made our way back to the hotel. The whole trip from pickup time at hotel to drop off time back at the hotel was exactly 12 hours. Another special thanks to the bus driver for getting us there and back safely and in good humor.
Amazing day at the Grand Canyon and Hoover Dam, brilliant coach driver called Bruce, who made the day fun and very well organised. The Skywalk is amazing if a little scary but well worth doing for the experience. Everyone should do this trip at least once whilst in Vegas, the Arizona desert is stunning.
"Like Clockwork" ..... From being picked up at our hotel, The Venetian, to boarding our helicopter for the flight down into the base of the canyon everything was timed to precision. This trip will always be regarded by both myself and my wife as the best trip we have ever been on. The views are breathtaking and our decision to fly from Boulder City to the canyon as opposed to taking the "losing the will to live" three and a half hours coach route was money well spent and you should all do the same.
The Hualapai Indians administer 1,000,000 acres of the rim and the amenities provided by them are second to none, all for your pleasure and comfort. Tarmac roads, landscaped areas, all for your benefit.
They funded and contracted the building of the "Skywalk", the glass platform you can walk out on but your view from this tourist attraction is no different from the adjacent flat areas of rock next to the same area of the canyon. Also, the banning of photographic equipment and mobile phones on this glassed area also defeats the object of paying extra to walk out onto it. So, in essence, save your money. My wife and I were able to take lots of photos and videos of the decent into and out of the canyon by helicopter and also the flight to and from the canyon from Boulder City Airport. Our 16 year old daughter is studying the Grand Canyon rock structure, flora and fauna at college so we were able to assist her with lots of photo images of the same.
A truly breathtaking trip made perfect by the organisers at Viator.
David and Kerry Hodgson
TOTAL ENJOYMENT FROM START TO FINISH. EASY PROCESS . I SUPPOSE THE MAIN GRIPE I HAVE IS THE COLLECTION FROM HOTEL AT 5.50 AM TO GO AND COLLECT OTHER PASSENGERS FOR THE TRIP. IT JUST MAKES THE DAY SO LONG AS DROP OFF WAS 7ISH THAT EVENING.
THAT ASIDE I WAS DELIGHTED WITH THE SERVICE OF THE CREW AND OUR BUSDRIVER "THOMAS" WAS ENJOYABLE IF NOT A BIT CRACKED!!! VERY KNOWLEDGEABLE FELLA.
HOOVER DAM WAS INTERESTING BUT NOT A MAJOR TOURIST ATTRACTION BUT ENJOYED THE HISTORY AROUND IT.
THE GRAND CANYON WAS SIMPLY SUPERB. THE VIEWS WERE OUTSTANDING AND THE MEET AND GREET PEOPLE AND SHUTTLE BUS DRIVERS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN MORE HELPFUL.
THE SKY WALK WAS A BIT OF A MONEY SPINNER......... 35 DOLLARS EACH TO WALK ACCROSS THE SKYWALK. THE WALK DOESNT ENHANCE THE BEAUTY OF THE PLACE OR ADD TO THE TRIP SO IF YOU DONT DO IT, ITS NOT A DEAL BREAKER. ONCE I GOT THERE I WAS DISGUSTED THAT I DIDNT DO THE HELICOPTER RIDE. BUT I SUPPOSE IT IS MORE COSTLY THAN THE NORMAL METHOD OF VIEWING...... IE BYFOOT. FOOT WAS BASIC BUT EDIBLE AND THAT IS INCLUDED IN THE PRICE. REALLY ENJOYED THE DAY AND WOULD DO IT ALL AGAIN.
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- 06-06-2012 #1
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Question for the ladies or any guys with long term relationships...
Have you ever had something you liked, sexually, when you were younger (certain position, being fingered, etc) that you eventually grew to not care if you ever did again? Me personally, anything I've enjoyed sexually from the time I was first sexually active, I still enjoy. And if I didn't really enjoy it much then, I still haven't changed my mind. And maybe it's just me. But has anyone found that their sexual preferences changed significantly over the years?
I want to clarify that this isn't about loss of libido. I'm talking your still as horny as ever...just some of things you liked or loved to do before just doesn't do it for you anymore.Starting size - 8/27/2011
BPEL - 6"
NBPEL - 5"
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BPEL - 6.2"
NBPEL - 5.5"
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- 06-06-2012 #2
I think it does change for women and men over time. In the beginning its about the physical fulfillment. Over time as you mature and the relationship grows it begins to include the emotions in addition to the physical contact. As you two learn more and hopefully open up more to each other. You will find out more about each other and things that the you two perfer and will spend more time in those areas. So naturally there will be activities or positions you may not do as much
- 06-06-2012 #3
yes, my wife seems to like completely different things now or maybe she just replaces old styles? not sure
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There are a few women in my office of whom I've had the pleasure of engaging in very lengthy and informative conversations on various topics of sex. To a woman, each one says that they enjoy sex a whole lot more now in their "old age" (they range between 45 and 55) than they ever did when they were younger. They say that they are much more in tune with their bodies, know exactly what they want, and can achieve orgasm much easier than they could when they were younger. I know it's not the case with all women (of course). And I was a bit surprised that they were more open to new things and had gotten "kinkier" as they've aged.
More closer to home, with my GF, she's said she's become much more emboldened in bed than she was when she was younger (she's 42). She's horny all the time and loves doing things now that she said she would have never done when younger, i.e. she loves doing/giving oral throughout the whole sex act, not just during foreplay. She's said she wasn't that thrilled about that in the past.Starting Stats: 7.5 x 6 ---> Current: 8.2 x 6.7 ---> Goal: 9+ x 7
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Ten Unforgettable Moments From International Hockey
If you’re a hockey fan, the Olympics are the one sporting event that can bring out your inner seven-year old. Before NHL players were allowed to participate in the Olympic Games, hockey fans had to get their International fix from World Championships, World Junior, and the occasional Canada Cup or World Cup. Below we have a list of some of the most unforgettable moments from International hockey play. Some are moments of celebration that will be ingrained in our memories forever, others being enormous upsets or acts of violence that can be swept under the rug but certainly not forgotten.
Editor’s Note : In honor of the World Junior Championships currently being contested, we wanted to revisit this article from 2010… which obviously doesn’t include any moments since it was originally written.
10) Belarus Upsets Sweden
Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics
When Vladimir Korpat scored the eventual game winner on a 70-foot clapper it not only signaled the arrival of Belarus on the International hockey scene, but it launched Sweden’s poor Tommy Salo into a downward spiral that saw him out of the NHL less than three seasons later. Belarus went on to place fourth in 2002 after notching their first Olympic win in what is considered one of the greatest upsets in Olympic history.
9) Broad Street Bullies Topple Red Army
Super Series 1976
Not International competition per se, but when HC CSKA Moscow (a.ka. “The Red Army”) and the Soviet Wings visited North America over New Years ’76 several NHL clubs treated the games with no less intensity than a communist invasion. The Red Army had already taken two out of three contests versus the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins, while managing a tie against the great Montreal Canadiens. Hell would freeze over before Bobby Clarke and the goonish Stanley Cup champion Philadelphia Flyers were going to fall to the hated Russians.
8) Pavel Bure’s Five Goal Game
Nagano 1998 Olympics
The “Russian Rocket” Pavel Bure was one of the NHL’s most prolific scorers and arguable its most exciting player before a series of knee injuries cut his career short. During the 1998 Olympics in Nagano, Bure piled up nine goals in six games including his incredible five-goal performance to lead Russia 7-4 over Finland in semi-final play. Russia would later fall to Dominik Hasek and the Czechs in the gold medal game, but Bure’s performance against Finland stands as one of the most dominant displays in the history of International play.
7) Canada vs. Russia Super Brawl
World Junior Championship 1987
This infamous bench-clearing brawl would cost Canada a shot at the gold medal (although leading the Russians 4-2 at the time, the Canadians need to win by five goals to claim gold). At the center of the melee was Theoren Fleury, but everyone on both sides would become involved before this one cleared. Both Canada and Russia were disqualified from the tournament, and this epic, epic brawl stands as a testament that shutting off the lights is no way to break up a ruckus.
6) Bobby Clarke’s Campaign of Terror
Summit Series/International “Friendly” 1972
If you thought Bobby Clarke was a hothead as a general manager then you probably haven’t seen much from his playing days. Although Clarke was a part of Canada’s best line with Paul Henderson and Ron Ellis, there is one play in particular that Clarke is best remembered for from the ’72 Summit Series. His slash of superstar Valeri Kharlamov broke the Russian’s ankle and eventually eliminated him from competing. Just one day after claiming victory in the Summit Series, Clarke and his Canadian teammates played a “friendly” versus Czechoslovakia in Prague. You’d think Clarke would be looking to repair his International image, but the feisty Flyer threw a butt-end right into the kisser of a defenseless Frantisek Pospisil.
5) Hasek’s Dominance
Nagano 1998 Olympics
Hasek’s brilliant play against Canada, and shootout shutdown was just the beginning for the 1998 Czech machine. They would later shutout the Russians 1-0 to be the first country to claim Olympic gold with the help of professional hockey players.
4) Gretzky & Lemieux Seal It For Canada
Canada Cup 1987
Some call the 1987 Canada Cup the greatest hockey tournament ever played. Mario Lemieux’s go-ahead goal versus the Russians is arguable Canada’s second most famous goal ever scored, but a look at the replay shows a missed call on Hawerchuk for hooking on the play. Was it missed, or simply ignored as Wayne Gretzky fed the puck to an open 66 in the high slot?
3) Canada Ends Olympic Gold Drought
Salt Lake City 2002 Olympics
Canada wasn’t just carrying the burden of 50-years without gold, but they also had the weight of crumbling under expectations in Nagano on their shoulders. Looking to match the Canadian women’s hockey team’s gold medal performance, the men had no other option than to win. Backstopped by Martin Brodeur and led by the play of Joe Sakic and Jarome Iginla, Canada would put the their critics to rest with a win over the United States in the gold medal game.
2) Peter Forsberg’s Shootout Dominance
Lillehammer 1994 Olympics
The Lillehammer games became Peter Forsberg’s stage. Forberg scored twice in the gold medal deciding shootout, including his winner which might be one of the prettiest goals of all-time. Lillehammer was the first sign that the Flyers may have got the wrong man after acquiring Eric Lindros from the Quebec Nordiques for a plethora of players, including Peter Forsberg.
1) The Miracle On Ice
Lake Placid 1980 Olympics
There’s not much to be said about “The Miracle On Ice” that hasn’t already been said. It’s possibly the greatest upset in the history of sport, and this clip of the final seconds is exhilarating.
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Miles Funeral Home in Hazlehurst announces the memorial service for Stanley Keith Rowell, 53, of Baxley, formerly of Hazlehurst, who passed away at his residence Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. Rowell was born in Appling County and was the son of the late Raymond Rowell. He was a former employee of Hazlehurst Mills and was currently employed with J. Hiers Construction Incorporated.
Survivors include two sons, Brandon Keith Rowell and Trent Naaman Rowell, both of Hazlehurst; his mother and step-father, Elene and Paul Jackson of Vidalia; mother of his children, Brenda Rowell of Hazlehurst; one brother, Mike Rowell of Graham; and several aunts, uncles and cousins also survive.
Services were held at 2:00 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 15 in the Miles Funeral Home Chapel with the Rev. Natahan Smith and Joey Hiers officiating.
Musical selections were rendered by Justin Smith.
Miles Funeral Home in Hazlehurst was in charge of the arrangements.
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Sabrage is the name given to the art of slicing open Champagne with a sabre.The practise dates from the Napoleonic wars when French cavalry officers too impatient to fiddle with Champagne’s wire cages and corks swung their sabres and lifted the top off foaming bottles. It was their Emperor Napoleon who said “in victory, you deserve Champagne, in defeat, you need it.”
Today there are several societies that will induct you into the mystery of sabrage – for a fee. Wineries making sparkling wines are increasingly ending their cellar tours with impressive demonstrations of sabrage.
In fact anyone can do it, and you do not need a sword. Sabrage is impressive because of the showmanship involved; who would not be awed by the sight of a shining silver sword being waved over a bottle of Champagne?
Because it is actually a trick. Swords are not necessary because the bottle is not cut. There is a weak spot in the neck of the bottle. Tap that weak spot and the intense pressure inside the bottle does the rest, cracking the glass at the neck and shooting the cork, still enclosed in glass, many feet into the air.
To sabrage a bottle you need three things
- A bottle of Champange, Cava or other bottle fermented sparkling wine.
- A straight edge such as a kitchen or butter knife, or ruler
- Plenty of empty space ahead of you.
IMPORTANT: The pressure in a Champagne bottle is around 4 to 6 atmospheres or between 60 to 90 pounds per square inch. That is around three times the pressure in a car tyre and about the same as in tyres on a double-decker bus. A Champagne cork will shoot out the bottle a high speed for more than 20 feet and if it hits a person can kill and would certainly blind someone if it hits an eye. It will break household ornaments, dent furniture and smash windows.
For right handed people (reverse if left handed)
- Take a Champagne bottle and feel for a seam along its length where the two halves of the bottle were joined.
- Remove the foil along one seam.
- Untwist the wire cage and pull it away from the neck ridge. There is no need to remove the cage..
- Hold the bottle in your left hand at a slope with the seam facing upwards and the cork pointing to a large people-free open area.
- Hold the knife or ruler in your right hand and slide it swiftly in one smooth sweeping motion up the bottle along the seam. Focus on a spot a foot ahead of the bottle and intend to slide the knife all the way up the bottle to that point ahead of the bottle.
When the knife hits the lip at the bottle neck the top of the bottle will separate and shoot forward.
Have you tried sabrage? Any questions? Share your thoughts on our forum here.
Peter F May is the author of Marilyn Merlot and the Naked Grape: Odd Wines from Around the World which features more than 100 wine labels and the stories behind them, and PINOTAGE: Behind the Legends of South Africa’s Own Wine which tells the story behind the Pinotage wine and grape.
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The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, publisher of IEEE Spectrum magazine, has agreed to take over production of IBM’s online Journal of Research and Development, beginning in 2010. In addition, an archive containing all of the papers ever published in IBM’s journals will be accessible on IEEE’s Xplore digital library.
IBM will continue to handle content acquisition and peer review for the Journal of Research and Development—which also includes the IBM Systems Journal—while IEEE will be responsible for copy production, including copy editing, data conversion and graphic conversion. IEEE also will handle hosting, marketing and sales for the journals.
Copy production will be led by Fran Zappulla, IEEE’s staff director of publishing operations. Marketing will be handled by IEEE’s product marketing team, which is led by director Michael Spada. IEEE’s international sales forces will be responsible for selling the IBM journals globally.
According to IEEE online services product manager Naveen Maddali, “IEEE has a vision of becoming a leading resource of technology and innovation, and growing our portfolio of content will lead that," she told FOLIO:. "The IBM journals directly fit into this plan. Additionally, the high quality content in these journals represents a nice revenue opportunity for both IEEE and IBM."
The association’s print and digital magazine, IEEE Spectrum, is sent monthly to its more than 380,000 members.
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1. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Observation of discussions of ENUM in various forums and contexts has convinced the IAB that there is considerable confusion about the underlying technology and the reasons for, and implications of, some of the decisions that have been made. At the same time, we have observed two things happening: (i) the confusion, and delays caused by it, are creating a fertile environment for those who are anxious to deploy products and who would prefer to do so with few, or no, controls to ensure that the circumstances of ENUM deployment within, or corresponding to, a country’s components of the E.164 numbering system are consistent with that country’s policy decisions. And (ii) some countries, who are anxious to move forward, at least with pre-commercial trials, have begun to become frustrated that it is proving difficult to do so. This liaison statement reviews several of the points of confusion and puts them in context. It also proposes a set of procedures that should permit those countries who wish to begin ENUM development an opportunity to do so while providing protections for countries that wish to move at a more deliberate pace.
2.INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND
The proposal to develop and deploy ENUM originated within the IETF process, with significant input from active participants in the SG 2 process. The mechanisms for mapping telephone numbers, derived from the E.164 system in form and content, is just part of an integrated collection of protocols to provide for so-called “Internet telephony”. ENUM itself is, from a narrow technical point of view, just a set of conventions for representing these numbers as identifiers in the Internet’s standard, and widely-deployed, Domain Name System (DNS). That collection of protocols, and its possible applications, is very broad: the potential use of a reference to a Uniform Resource Identifier (URI, essentially, a generalization of what is popularly called a “web address”) as the target of a registered name creates the opportunity for a very broad range of applications, not just internet telephony. Characteristically with the Internet and its “innovation at the edges” character (Note 2), we would expect that, over time, many of these applications (most of which cannot be anticipated today) will be developed and tried. Some will find favor with users and the marketplace, succeed, and survive for the long term; others will fail and disappear. While other applications are possible, ENUM was, and remains, basically an Internet protocol. It is needed when connections are originated on the Internet that are intended to terminate on resources people perceive as “telephone numbers”, a perception that some of its authors and advocates believe will broaden over time. It is not required –although it might be useful given some applications ideas as mentioned above– for connections originating on the Internet and terminating on the Internet. For those purposes, domain names that have no mappings into the E.164 space are quite adequate technically. At the same time, if something is perceived of as a “telephone number”, it has always seemed obvious to us that the set of DNS records associated with that number should be under the control –to the extent that each of them think wise– of national Administrations and their departments and agencies responsible for national and regional E.164 number spaces. To have an ENUM identifier resolve to resources completely independent of the resolution of the corresponding E.164 number strikes us as an opportunity for vast mischief. Again, we have always believed that how (or if) that principle should be implemented is a National Matter on which the IETF should not attempt to take a position. Traditionally, a domain name tree of this type would have been handled entirely within the Internet infrastructure and administrative arrangements. But domains that appear to match E.164 numbers deserve extraordinary treatment, especially when they are expected to be used for telephony-like purposes. >From previous experience, we understood there was a risk of unauthorized parties claiming to be national Administrations with the intent of obtaining authority over subdomains corresponding to the associated country codes. Our desire to involve ITU in this matter was precisely to insert an authoritative mechanism to verify that registration requests, at the level corresponding to country codes, came from authorized parties. Because of this combination of factors, the IAB, and the relevant [working] groups within the IETF, concluded that the needs of all of the communities involved would be best served if, at least until the operational details were worked out in practice, the technical and operational domain name system infrastructure aspects of ENUM were operated by a trusted party under the general supervision of the IAB and that questions of authority, authorization, and authentication of requests that could have impact on national decisions and the use of ENUM within specific countries should be referred to the relevant National Administrations through the ITU. In the subsequent months, two things have happened, the combination of which has largely prevented ENUM trials and deployment from occurring in those countries who believe that they are ready to move forward with it. First, considerable confusion and doubt has arisen about the proposed initial operational procedures and their implications, causing delays for those who want to move ahead and increasing concerns for those who want to take a more carefully managed approach. Second, there has been an unanticipated level of interest from those who want to use ENUM to mount non-conventional services in non-conventional ways, typically without any restrictions or coordination with existing E.164 systems or infrastructure. The IAB wishes to offer its perspective to SG2 on these sets of events and to propose a procedure for removing one of them as a roadblock for those countries who wish to move forward while preserving the rights and perogatives of those who do not.
3. THE ISSUE AREAS
In the ENUM area, there has been a great deal of confusion and misunderstanding: of what has been proposed, of what its implications might be, of the intended boundary between National Matters and decisions and the procedures laid out in the protocols and previously agreed to, in principle, by SG2. There has been an almost equal level of misunderstanding about the range of possible alternatives and their implications. Unfortunately, it appears that some small fraction of these misunderstandings have been deliberately spread by parties whom, we surmise, have concluded that they are unlikely to be able to accomplish their narrow goals by more reasoned and open forms of argument. This type of approach is well-enough known in parts of the Internet and software marketing communities to have been given a name: it is known as the creation of “fear, uncertainty, and doubt”, or FUD. The FUD in the ENUM area has been considerable; we hope to dispel some of it with this liaison statement.
3.1. The Requirement for a Single, Hierarchical System
As with the E.164 system itself (and the DNS more broadly), if users are to have confidence that a particular number will reach the intended party or resource, independent of who is asking the question or where they are asking from, it is necessary to have only one way to access and interpret that number. This does not imply that all E.164 numbers will be accessible from the Internet: the question of whether a given number should be accessible is ultimately a National Matter, as discussed below. While there have been a number of proposals for independent schemes with no central authority or coordination, those schemes either deny the obvious linkage between ENUM identifiers and E.164 numbers (claiming that the former just “look like” telephone numbers and are easy to remember, but that they are completely independent and no one will confuse the two) or assume a different structure in the Domain Name System than it actually uses, based on coordinated national databases, and that would add little or no value for the user of the anticipated services. It is worth noting that ENUM service, and the DNS more generally, only provides a set of mechanisms for translating between an identifier (in the ENUM case, an E.164 number) and Internet address and protocol information. Actual routing of traffic between hosts uses separate mechanisms that are dependent only upon the hosts involved, the ISPs to which they are connected, and the paths and policies available among those ISPs. At the same time, it is important for SG2, and other interested parties, to note that the structure of the Internet provides no practical technical or engineering mechanism that could prevent some company or other entity from creating a domain populated by names formed similarly to ENUM identifiers but in some other part of the DNS tree such as within .com or a specific country code TLD. The references from such names could be set in whatever fashion they find attractive (or profitable). They could create client software that references their piece of the DNS or databases rather than the standardized set of identifiers, and market the whole as an ENUM or “Internet Telephony” system. Any Member State which concludes that such situations would be undesirable should pursue the issue through its own regulatory and legal mechanisms, rather than looking to the IETF, or SG2, for a solution. We note, however, that delays in deployment of ENUM tend to play into the hands of such companies and other entities, since they can promise immediate availability while we deliberate.
3.2. The Boundary Between National Matters and a DNS Top-level Tree.
The intrinsic structure of the DNS provides that an identifier (“DNS name”) consists of a sequence of “labels”, with the top (broadest)-level rightmost. From a technical standpoint, administrative responsibility can be changed at any label boundary (but need not be). In other words, if one has a domain a.b.c.d.e, “e” could be under the direct control of one administrator, “d” under the direct control of another, “b.c” (and hence “c” itself) under the direct control of yet another, and so on. And, of course, other combinations are possible. The administrators in this mechanism are referred to as “registries” in some more recent terminology. And, using that example, the technical DNS term used to describe the boundary between, e.g., “e” and “d” is “delegation from [the administrator of] e to [the administrator of] d”. That terminology is long-entrenched, but has caused additional confusion when people have assumed the term has the same meaning and implications it would in, e.g., an ITU context. This distributed registry system permits the ENUM identifier structure to largely parallel the operational mechanisms associated with E.164. An exact match is not possible without violating the uniqueness principle outlined in section 2.1: in the telephony system, countries can make local decisions about the access and routing codes to be used to reach specific other countries (or numbering plans). Since the DNS can’t tell where, in any geopolitical sense, a query originates from, there is no obvious parallel in ENUM. But the ENUM specfication is organized so that the top-level registry (i.e., the registry for E164.ARPA) will contain _only_ the equivalents of country codes (and only for those countries whose administrations have authorized their inclusion) and the “delegation records” that point to registries designated by those countries and administrations. Under the system as specified, no records that identify either a telephone number, or even a city (area) code, will be held by any entity not under the control of the relevant National Administration. Further, while the IETF has encouraged the development of informational statements about how ENUM might be implemented in the circumstances of different countries, these are not standards or even recommendations. They are merely written demonstrations that there are at least some ways of handling different national arrangements. Whether to select one of those arrangements, or to develop an entirely different one locally, or to decline to participate in ENUM at all, are strictly National Matters.
3.3 The Status of the ARPA Top Level Domain (TLD) and other TLDs
The ARPA domain has been used exclusively for Internet infrastructure purposes since the transition to the domain name system from the earlier ARPANET “host table” system. At the beginning of that transition, all of the ARPANET host names were transferred into that domain and then gradually removed as the organizations that operated them set up their own domains. It still holds other infrastructure, specifically the subdomain structure that permits mapping Internet addresses back into names. Its special role was noted in the original TLD naming system: all of the generic and US government domain names consist of three letters, all of the country code domains are two letters, and ARPA is unique as a four-letter name. The identifer for the TLD was derived from “ARPANET”, not that of the sponsoring US Department of Defense agency. And neither the Department of Defense, nor any of its agencies, have ever used the domain for their internal purposes, e.g., registration of their hosts. They historically controlled the domain only to the extent that they controlled all other TLDs: as sponsor and operator of the early network, they could, in principle, have removed or redesignated the purpose of any top-level domain. The current relationship with the US Government is much the same: the registry for the domain is the IANA, operating under IAB supervision. The Defense Department has formally relinquished any claims on it that they might have had (and that few, even on their staff, believed that they did have). And the domain itself has the same relationship with the US Department of Commerce that any other TLD, including country code TLDs and TLDs which are not country-specific such as .INT, has: in principle, the US Government could order the root operator to make changes against the will of the users of that domain. In the hope of avoiding future confusion and to further identify the infrastructure purpose of the domain, we have begun to identify the domain name as an acronym for “Address and Routing Parameter Area”. Of course, this does not change any of the underlying relationships, which are described above. Just as the ARPA TLD is expected to be reserved for Internet infrastructure, the INT TLD is expected to be used for International treaty organizations, with names of those organizations comprising the second level of the domain. Historically, some infrastructure and experimental second-level domains have been placed into INT, but that practice has stopped, partially at the urging of the ITU General Secretariat, whose staff have argued for many years that use by treaty organizations should be the exclusive use of INT. INT is managed by the IANA, just as ARPA is. But, unlike ARPA, which is formally under IAB supervision, INT management is under close technical supervision by the US Department of Commerce. Many people do not believe that the situation in which the US Government can, in principle, take control of any TLD is an attractive one. But we would encourage SG 2 to avoid taking actions that block deployment of ENUM until that problem is resolved, just as we would encourage countries not to avoid use of the Internet until there was no risk of the US Government capturing their country code domains. In particular, proposals that ENUM be placed as a second-level domain of a TLD under the control of the ITU are, effectively, proposals to delay ENUM deployment for an indefinite period, as there are no TLDs that meet that criterion. And even such a TLD would be, in principle, subject to US Government intervention, just as all other TLDs are.
4. A PROPOSAL
The next steps with ENUM deployment should facilitate the decisions of those countries who want to move forward, while carefully protecting the interests of those who want to adopt a more conservative approach. The RIPE NCC (the IAB-designated Registry) has received a significant number of registration inquiries, from countries around the world. Action on those inquiries has, of necessity, been deferred because ITU has not designated a procedure for handling them. This has been frustrating for countries who want to launch experimental or production applications (i.e., pre-commercial tests and trials, perhaps rapidly transitioning to commercial efforts). We suggest that SG2 consider the following model as a means of going forward:
(i) For the reasons discussed in 2.3 above, reinforced by the concerns about delays mentioned at the end of 2.1, CONCUR in the decision to use E164.ARPA. (ii) ADOPT a procedure in which requests for entry of a country code, and designation of an appropriate registrar entity for that country code, should go to the designated Registry, from the government or Administration involved, using a form to be specified by the Registry. (iii) SPECIFY that, the under that procedure, the Registry would query the ITU (using a mechanism and to an address specified by the ITU, with the TSB acting in this role until and unless other arrangements are made) as to whether the request in fact came from an appropriate authority and whether any other objections can be determined to exist. (iv) Further SPECIFY that, if objections or alternate directions are received from the ITU, or from the relevant country or Administration via the ITU, the request would be frozen until the Registry is notified by the ITU that any issues had been resolved or specifying the corrected registration request information. (v) If no objections are received within a sixty-day period, or if the relevant country, through the ITU, notifies the Registry that it approved of the registration, DIRECT the Registry to complete the registration as approved.
There has been considerable confusion about the ENUM service and its implications. While the initiation of any new service that might have telephony implications should receive due consideration by potentially-impacted parties, the confusion has been exploited by parties variously opposed to deployment of any internet telephony service, to cooperation between IETF and ITU, or to any involvement in these services by governments, Administrations, or numbering plans. Those actions have, in turn, encouraged those who wish to bypass all of these mechanisms in favor of private arrangements subject only to their own, usually corporate, control. This liaison statement proposes a streamlined procedure to SG 2 that permits countries who want to begin working with ENUM within a unified international context to do so, while providing safeguards for both those countries, and those who prefer to delay or adopt other arrangements, against abusive or preemptive behavior by third parties.
Contact: John C Klensin, Chair email@example.com; +1 617 513 7285.
For a discussion of this principle and its importance, see Committee on the Internet in the Evolving Information Infrastructure, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, National Research Council. _The Internet’s Coming of Age_, Washington, DC, USA: National Academy Press, 2001. Also available online at http://books.nap.edu/books/0309069920/html/index.html.
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Fabric Ribbon 4-Channel Wire - 1 yard
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Senior guard Eddie Floyd had 14 points and six assists for the host Beavers (8-5), who outscored the Warriors, 17-8, in the third quarter to pull away from a one-point halftime lead. Junior guard Jake Ramos had 12 points and six rebounds and senior forward Dan Avery 10 points and nine boards for Valley Tech. Senior forward Derek Moore led Nipmuc (5-10) with eight points.
Blackstone Valley 49, Nipmuc 39
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Crafter’s Cut tile is pre-cut, irregularly shaped glass mosaic tile. Each individual tile is hand-cut by expert glassmen, and don’t require any nipping. These mirrors can be used as an accent or used on their own.
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Australian Sightseeing and Photography Tours - Campbelltown
International award winning photographer Kenneth Hall has many years of experience in the bush, coastal and mountain regions of NSW and absolutely loves the locations he has chosen for his tours.
Sydney based Australian Photography Tours specialises in the great outdoors. They provide overnight, one day and half day sightseeing tours with photography support in high quality multiple locations including Narooma; the World Heritage Blue Mountains; South Pacific coastline; State Forests and Rainforests of NSW.
Sightsee and enjoy high value photography situations and settings with an emphasis on nature and wildlife with Ken.
Ken offers organised and private dawn, daytime, and twilight tours and workshops.
Join Ken on the stunning beaches, bush tracks, rainforests and heritage locations available in New South Wales.
Watch the migrating whales near Narooma, Montague Island and Eurobodalla National Park or join a Yuin guide on an Aboriginal culture tour.
You will never forget it!
Blue Mountains Day TourView the three Sisters, Jamison Valley, waterfalls, and panoramas. Walk through the rainforest.
This Blue Mountains photography tour is perfect in summer with its cooler temperatures, so you can take your time as a photographer or simply admire the rainforest as a walker. Walk on approved tracks and follow the cliff line viewing Mount Solitary, the Ruined Castle, and incredible vistas of the Blue Mountains.
You may see waratah, mountain devil , banksia and drumstick flowers - these are just a few of the many hardy mountain species. Listen for the black cockatoo's and look for the crimson rosella's and the amazingly beautiful red king parrots as they fly through the trees. This is Ken's favourite tour and photography location.
|Start Location||Leura Cascades, Leura|
|Highlights||Leura Cascades, Leura|
|Travel by||Car, Walk|
|Duration||Extended, Half Day or less, Tailored.|
|Price||$635.00 Price Range Park entry included|
Sydney Coastal Photography TourSydney to Wollongong via the Royal National Park.
Journey south into the Royal National Park visiting Bundeena on Port Hacking on your way through to the 'Royal'. Stand on cliff tops with views along the ancient coastline before moving south through the park, visiting its beaches and lookouts. Lunch on the beach at Stanwell Park's kiosk. The tour then visits rock platforms and beaches on the South Pacific coastline before moving to the picturesque harbour city of Wollongong with its small fishing fleet.
This tour ticks all the boxes with is magnificent panoramas. The ancient cliffs are composed of sandstone formed by volcanoes along the coast 250 million years ago. With luck you may see a variety of fauna, including migrating whales in season.
|Start Location||Audley, Otford|
|Travel by||Car, Walk|
|Duration||Half Day or less, Tailored.|
|Price||$632.00 Price Range Day tour, entry to the Royal National Park and photography tuition.|
NSW South Coast - Narooma and Montague Island Photography TourThis 4.6 billion year old planet has the most fantastic story to tell, and a part of that story is here in the Eurobodalla National Park. It's been said 'if only these walls could talk'. Well the rock walls and cliffs along this beautiful coastline, and inland in the Great Dividing Range, are full of chatter - of ice ages, sea level rises, ancient continents, volcanic eruptions, early life, and inland seas.
You will be able to gently drift amongst fur seals as they float on their sides, cooling themselves by raising their flippers in the air. Sea birds are always circling around the Narooma coastline and the island no matter what the season.
Photograph humpback whales with calves, migrating south to Antarctica in season.
|Start Location||Macarthur Railway Station, Campbelltown|
|Highlights||Horizon Apartments, Narooma|
|Travel by||Car, Four Wheel Drive, Walk|
|Price||$1320.00 Price Range Price is per person and based on a maximum of six participants, request quote for smaller groups. Four day three night tour.|
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Back when the beta of HotMail first came out in 1995 (long before it was a part of Microsoft), I was working for PC Week (now eWeek) writing a column called Reality Check and I remember analyzing its revolutionary ad-based model as a potential new way for businesses to cover the cost of their email systems. I wondered whether or not businesses might go along with the idea of having HotMail handle all their email service provision if the only cost of going that route was the display of online advertising in front of employees. Google already has an identity management system.I took it a step further and wondered whether or not HotMail might even pay money to businesses for the right to run their email systems and force employees to look at ads. Why not? Email systems are not cheap to run. Are ads that intrusive? Some IT managers scoffed at the idea. Others thought it was a pretty cool concept that could make sense given the potential savings (or earnings). There is perhaps no better candidate for outsourcing than your email system. In fact, I'm willing to bet that better than 90 percent of the businesses currently insourcing their email can't legitimately justify the practice. Are you one of them?
This week, Google's GMail product manager Stephanie Hannon blogged that the company was piloting email provision for organizations under their own domain name (as opposed to gmail.com). As a part of its pilot initiative, Google is working with San Jose City College. At the end of her post, she offers organizations and opportunity to apply to be a part of Google's beta testing of the service. I immediately signed up one of my domains but I have to wait to see if I get approved for inclusion in the program or not. Other Internet behemoths offer this service as well. Yahoo has its free email system. But, if you want Yahoo to host email under your company's domain name, it will for a fee as a part of its small business offerings.
So, when Google suddenly starts dropping hints that it could be entering the hosted email market, the first question (naturally) is, under what business model? Will Google charge for the privilege or, might there be an Ad Sense-based model where Google's contextual advertising delivery system basically subsdizes the cost of corporate email? I contacted Google to find out where it might be heading and so far, mum is the word. According to company officials, its plan is to use the beta test to answer questions just like that one. When I signed my domain up, I was asked if Google could contact me to get more insight regarding my needs (yes, by the way). But as a regular user of GMail (I use it for email threads that I want to keep separate from my job), there are other questions that Google must be prepared to address should it go big time with its service (questions which the company says it isn't ready to answer). Here are a few but perhaps you have some too:
- GMail has some APIs that are available to third party develpers. Once those APIs are essentially behind a corporate firewall (virtually as it may be), from a mashup/API perspective, that raises the possibility that all sorts of other messaging-system reliant applications (eg: CRM systems) might be built on top of GMail. Does Google have any such applications in mind or does it know of third party developers that might be considering the opportunity? Theoretically, with a few more task-specific API-enabled back end systems added to its portfolio, Google could make a huge thrust into the corporate market taking on the likes of Microsoft or even Salesforce.com.
- Going out the door, once GMail enables multiple people under one domain, the opportunity for other collaborative features (eg: group calendaring, shared project space, storage, etc.) comes up. Think Microsoft's Groove. Might Google ship such features once it comes out of the beta for email hosting?
- Working with Internet users is one thing when providing a free email system. For example, even though GMail offers information on how to access an inbox with Eudora, it doesn't work very well. But the email service -- including POP3-based access to it is free-- and the information on how to access a GMail inbox with third-party POP3 clients (Outlook, Eudora, etc.) is provided more as a courtesy. Google really isn't on the hook to officially support integration with a bunch of third party products. But, hosting business email systems is a whole 'nother beast. Business will demand better support. What sort of support will Google be prepared to give the business market and how much, if anything will it cost?
- GMail doesn't offer folders the way traditional email systems do. Instead, it uses a lableling and archiving system that essentially performs the same role that folders perform from an organizational perspective. In some ways, it's more powerful because a single item can be filed under multiple labels. The POP3 email retrieval protocol has no notion of folders or other organizational principles (like labels). But the IMAP protocol does. Will the business version of GMail offer IMAP support and if so, will it find a way to tie it into its unique labeling system?
- When driven by the same identity management system, behind the firewall instant messenging and VoIP services go hand in glove with e-mail. Google already has an identity management system. Oh, and it's already blending its GoogleTalk with its email systems. Will that integration follow domain-independent GMail into businesses and how disruptive will that be to everyone from IBM to Cisco?
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Difference between revisions of "De Hoop Nature Reserve"
Revision as of 09:23, 17 November 2011
You can get in only by car or 4x4 if wet. The best road to take is the one from Swellendam. Note that there are only gravel roads from Swellendam to the De Hoop, so you will not be able to drive at very high speeds.
By car or by foot.
De Hoop is one of the less-known Nature Reserves and not very crowded. Although relatively small, you can come close to a number of rare animals. Near the camp are normally big herds of Bontebok (which can also be seen at nearby Bontebok National Park). These white and brown antelopes are only known in the Cape Region. There are also ostriches and elands and other antelopes, baboons and a vast number of birds (be sure to bring a book about the local birds to identify them). Some smaller mammals and reptiles, tortoises and snakes and occasional leopards can be seen. The main attraction however are the whales. The Southern Right Whales have to pass here during the whale season for their breeding grounds. Ten or more wales can sometimes be seen at a time from the beach.
De Hoop is also home to approximately 1500 species of plant life. 108 of these are threatened and 34 only occur in De Hoop. 14 species were recently discovered (!) and are still undescibed.
You can drive around in your car, looking for some of the antelopes. This is however not very interesting, as most animals will be near the camp. The better option is to go hiking. There are some wonderful hiking trails starting at the camp. The trail along the dam is highly recommended. Even more beautiful are the trails at the beach. Drive towards the beach (Lekkerwater residents are already located there) and leave you car at the bus stop, next to the toilets and information point. From here, either go left along the beach. There are some steep dunes, but all in all this trail is quite easy. Whales and water birds can be seen best from the top of the dunes and cliffs.
What to bring
You should buy a book about local wild and plant life before you arrive. Important is also that you bring enough food and water (see below), esepcially when staying overnight. Some warm clothes should comfort you in colder nights or when the wind blows. Binoculars and a camera are some of the most important things, if you want to show pictures of this beautiful place to friends and family at home.
Eat & Drink
There is no shop in De Hoop itself. So be sure to bring something to eat, especially when staying overnight. The shops in Swellendam will offer you everything you will need.
There is also an outpost near the camp, which caters for some basic needs. Please note that it is closed most of the time.
When leaving the De Hoop Gate, turn left immediatly and follow the road for a minute or two. You will end up at a private camp, which also has a restaurant (very good food). If, you want to go there in the evening, tell the staff at the reception, so they can arrange that someone lets you in, once the gates are closed (normally at dusk).
There is a camp in De Hoop called the Opstal. You can book accommodation in different chalets and bungalows. There are twenty eight self-catering cottages and houses, all of which are fully equiped. There are also seven campsites and each can accommodate up to six people in tents or caravans.
Near the beach are two houses, called Koppie Alleen and Lekkerwater, which is great for groups.
No matter if you booked in advance or not, make sure to be at the camp by 16h00 or only shortly later!
Reservations can be made at email@example.com or view the website at www.dehoopcollection.co.za
Go to Bredasdorp and visit the famous Kapula Candle factory and shop . The candles are have very nice African motives and are sold allover the world. Further on is the Cape Agulhas, the most southern tip of Africa! From De Hoop it will take you up to an hour, because of the gravel roads. However, it is a beautiful drive, along the fields and ostrich farms. If you like gravel road, you can continue past the moravion mission village of Elim and rural Baardskeerdersbos to Gansbaai on Danger Point Peninsula.
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Jon-Paul Gilhooley from Liverpool was Steven Gerrard’s cousin and, aged 10, was the youngest to die at Hillsborough in 1989.
A pen portrait of Jon-Paul was read out by family members saying that he "was our world."
Read on her behalf by his cousins Paula Kadiri and Donna Ridland, the pen portrait by his mother Jacqueline said:
"Jon-Paul loved all his family. When he was 8 he went to a jumble sale and bought small bottles of perfume for me, his two aunties and three cousins.
"He was very loving and affectionate."
Mrs Gilhooley told the jury that after hearing about the Hillsborough Disaster she knew her son wouldn't be coming back:
"I knew before 3.30 on the day of Hillsborough that Jon-Paul was gone.
"Jon-Paul had his life taken away at just 10 years old. He had been denied a chance at fulfilling his life, meeting new friends, getting married, carving out a career and having children.
"To the world Jon-Paul was a football fan, but to us he was our world."
Simon Bell was a talented cricketer who played for The Northern Club and also for Lancashire Schools.
Relatives of the 96 Hillsborough victims have read a series of biographies about their loved ones to the inquest jury.
Jurors at the Hillsborough inquests were shown diagrams and images of the Sheffield stadium where a fatal crush occurred in April 1989.
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Fantastic Friday - it is fantastic to know that you are a friend and that you have a friend.
Every Fantastic Friday post throughout the month of August have all been about friendship. I have written about listening, leaning, being frank and helping. Today, in the last of the August Fantastic Friday friendship posts, I am writing about being a friend. One of my favorite television theme songs from my youth is the theme from Golden Girls. The song is one friend thanking another friend… Continue
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16-year-old claims to have cracked Windows Phone 8
0. phoneArena 16 Nov 2012, 08:53 posted on
Shantanu Gawde is a 16-year-old wunderkind that became a Microsoft Certified Application Developer at the age of 7. He lives in India, where some refer to him as the nation's "youngest ethical hacker". Last year, he hacked a Kinect to take photos without the user's knowledge using malware running on a Windows 7 PC. Simply put, the guy is an über nerd with some mad skills...
This is a discussion for a news. To read the whole news, click here
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- Large juice can (V-8 can works well)
- Twelve inch wooden ruler
- Duct tape
- 4"x5" index card
- Coin (a quarter works well) or large steel washer
The limitations are:
- Construct the device pictured below by duct taping the ruler to the side of the large
can and placing a coin or washer on an index card on top of the can.
- With the following limitations, get the coin/washer into the can without touching the
coin/washer or the card.
- The can cannot be moved.
- Wind or moving air cannot be used.
Page last modified: March 12, 2009 10:43:21 AM EDT
This page was originally published at: https://www.faa.gov/education/student_resources/kids_corner/ages_13/quarter_drop/
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(CTV here. Yes, the story made it across the pond)
Dear Liam: You're fired!
British army apologizes to troops fired by e-mail
Date: Tuesday Feb. 15, 2011 6:22 AM ET
LONDON — Britain's military apologized Tuesday for using e-mails to tell several dozen long-serving soldiers that they were being laid off.
The army said an "administrative error" meant the soldiers were not told in person that their contracts would be ended because of cutbacks.
Defence Secretary Liam Fox said he was "furious that such a situation should occur."[emphasis mine]
"This is no way to treat our armed forces personnel," he said. "I want to know how this was allowed to happen and what measures will be put in place to prevent this from happening again."
British media reported that the soldiers were 38 warrant officers with more than 20 years' service who are on rolling short-term contracts. The Sun newspaper said one received the news while serving in Afghanistan.
The army apologized for the distress caused and said the soldiers had since been spoken to by their commanding officers.
Jim Murphy, defence spokesman for the opposition Labour Party, said they had been treated in a "callous, cold-hearted, soulless" way.
The British army is shrinking by some 17,000 troops and the military is scrapping a fleet of fighter planes and an aircraft carrier as part of the government's deficit-slashing spending cuts...
From the MoD:
Defence Secretary responds to e-mail error
A Defence Policy and Business news article
15 Feb 11
Defence Secretary Dr Liam Fox has spoken of his 'fury' that 38 soldiers learned by e-mail that their contracts on the long-service list would not be renewed.
There is widespread coverage in the media this morning that 38 serving Warrant Officers on the long-service list learned from the Army by e-mail that their long-service contracts would come to an end in twelve months' time.
Responding, Dr Fox said:
"I am furious that such a situation should occur. This is no way to treat our Armed Forces personnel. I want to know how this was allowed to happen and what measures will be put in place to prevent this from happening again."
An Army spokesman said commanding officers had apologised to those concerned and will also ensure they get advice and support.
Armed Forces Minister Nick Harvey has also apologised and said that all appropriate steps would be taken to ensure that this does not happen again.
Mr Harvey said a 'serious administrative error' had been made by the Army Personnel Centre:
"People should have been seen individually and then an e-mail would follow with the details," he said.
"Unfortunately in this case, it's happened the other way around. That's very regrettable and we will make sure it does not happen again."
For members of the Armed Forces who are made redundant, appropriate support will be provided for transition to civilian life. All Service personnel are able to consult a Resettlement Advice Officer at any time in their career for advice on transition....
There is more here at the MoD site.
Doesn't really inspire much confidence in those supposedly running the shop, does it? Thank goodness our troops have more of a clue, especially in a time of war. I am guessing that this disgraceful episode will have taught Liam Fox et al a very valuable lesson - or two - about how to treat our fighting men and women.
If the lesson remains unlearned by the pols, maybe Dr Fox can himself be 'resettled' out of office. Just a thought.
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As many of you know, Duke had a large group of recruits on campus for their win over UNC on Saturday night. Along with 2014 commits, Jahlil Okafor and Justise Winslow, Duke hosted three Official Visits, Myles Turner, Chase Jeter and Luke Kennard, as well as four Unofficial Visits, Josh Langford, Dennis Smith Jr, Brandon Ingram and Harry Giles. The game was considered a major success, as it was a huge Duke win and many of the recruits had a great time. I was able to talk to four of the recruits at the game who gave me their thoughts on Duke, their visit, and the game.
Luke Kennard has recently cut his list to seven schools (Ohio St, Duke, Kentucky, UNC, Louisville, Michigan and Florida) , but many believe he will ultimately choose between Duke, Kentucky, and Ohio St. He has taken many visits to Kentucky, but last weekend was his first Official Visit. When I asked him about his visit, he told me "I loved every moment that I spent down there. It's such a great place to be and it's a place where you can develop not only as a player but as a person." Whenever I talk with Luke, he always talks about Duke's ability to develop well-rounded people. Kennard's great character and basketball ability make him a great fit for Duke. I believe Duke's emphasis on character, as well as basketball, could definitely be an influence in his decision.
Speaking about the visit, he loved being around the other top recruits, "I really enjoyed being around the other recruits and hearing their perspectives about Duke. ALL of them are great guys and they would be a joy to play with." From his quote, it appears Jahlil and Justise were doing their best to convince him to choose Duke. With many potential teammates at the game, it was great to see that Luke had a good time with them. Right now, I think it is 50-50 that Luke commits to Duke, but I think he will be a great fit for the Duke basketball program. Luke will likely take a few more Official Visits before he makes his decision, which he hopes to do before his senior year.
Chase was the other 2015 recruit on an Official Visit at the game. I was extremely glad to hear that Chase enjoyed his time at Duke. When I asked him about it, he told me "The visit was great. Cameron Indoor is a great atmosphere and the game itself was unbelievable. The players were all really cool, genuine guys along with the whole staff." Just like with Luke, Chase usually stresses the character usually associated with Duke players and coaches. As a great person himself, I also see Chase as a great fit for the Duke basketball program. While the saying "Duke kid" may be cliché, Chase embodies all of the qualities.
Chase also talked about all the other players at Duke for the game, "It was awesome. I'm cool with all those guys and there people I can rely on to tell me what Duke is like while they are there (Jahlil and Justise) and guys I see myself keeping in touch with." Again, Okafor and Winslow prove that they are great people for the Duke basketball program. As you can probably tell, I really like both Kennard and Jeter and I believe that they could be a great duo in the 2015 class. Both are top notch basketball players and people, who could be very valuable for Duke if they ultimately decide to attend. Time will tell where they both go but Duke is in good shape for both.
Dennis Smith Jr. has been to many Duke games this season and had a great time on Saturday. On the game, he told me "It was loud, energetic, and exciting the whole game. I think the toughest thing would be having to play against Duke." While Smith does not have a Duke offer yet, this athletic guard has shown a lot of interest in Duke. With Duke's need for a point guard in 2016, I expect him to be a real option for Duke. He is an incredibly athletic guard who will be able to play well with an up-tempo style. He is definitely a player I will have my eye on as the 2016 class begins to form.
Langford was not on the radar for me, or many other Duke fans, until it was announced that he would be at the game. He is currently ranked 13th by ESPN in the 2016 class and is one of the top shooting guards in the class. Like all the other recruits at the game, Josh was very impressed by the game "It was a great experience to see two of the greatest rivals go head to head. It was a great atmosphere at the game and it was awesome to be in the locker room and listen to Coach K. It was just a great experience." I got the sense that Josh was beginning his search to find where he will best fit. It is too early to say how much interest there will be between both sides, but there appears to be a potential fit.
When I asked Langford about the other recruits at the game, his humility really came out "I already knew Harry Giles and Chase Jeter. I've seen Myles Turner, Justice Winslow, and Jahlil Okafor play before. They are all great players and it's always a great and humbling feeling to be in that type of company." Josh does not act conceited because of his high ranking and he is very humble. There is still a long time left in Josh Langford's recruitment but he is someone to definitely keep an eye on.
I will end with a question from @Josh48623, who asked me "Where does Duke stand after the Myles Turner visit? What are their chances?" I believe the visit went well for Duke and they are definitely an option. Unfortunately, I do not believe Duke will be the team that Turner ultimately chooses. If Turner chooses to go to a top school with good NCAA Championship chances, I expect that he would choose Kansas. I also think Texas and Oklahoma St are options, as he would be the star of the programs. Turner has kept his recruitment very private so it is hard to get a good read on him. I believe Duke has a chance to land the top rated big man, but I do not believe they will ultimately land him.
If you missed last week’s update, make sure you check it out here. Also, make sure you havent missed a recruiting interview by checking them out here. I hope you enjoyed and there will be another recruiting update coming next week.
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love that the plane was simply a way of guiding the action versus the end result. Fantastic in each detail you bastard.
oh man...thanks! how are you? taking time out from bringing up the next generation to leave me a comment- i am honoured. and yeah ...the plane was a white herring. that's twice i've used that gag. make the audience tense for a couple of days:)
i've been hornswoggled!
laika? laika loves it!
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Simple, beautiful color. A hint of green, red and white stripes. I tip my hat to you, good sir.
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This is wonderful, I love the composition of this and the colours used - would look great as a poster :)
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Amazing. You've inspired me... Thanks
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Praful Patel wants sops for commonly-used SUVs
NEW DELHI: Finance minister P Chidambaram's cabinet colleague, heavy industries minister Praful Patel has sought exemption for utility vehicles such as Mahindra Bolero and Tata Sumo from the 3% additional excise duty proposed in the Budget.
In a letter to the finance minister, Patel has said that the proposal to levy additional duty on sports utility vehicles has led to classification of utility vehicles commonly used in rural and semi-urban areas under this category.
"Needless to say neither are these vehicles high-end nor luxurious. In fact, they are a necessity and a compulsion for vehicle owners given the poor rural road network and their lower price band," Patel said in his letter to the finance minster.
The heavy industry ministry has noted that there is no specific definition of SUVs and all such vehicles that have an assessable value of up to 10 lakh should be exempted if imposition of the additional excise duty is entirely unavoidable on account of revenue and subsidised diesel prices.
Patel has also argued that in the light of the negative growth in the auto industry in the current year there is a case for complete withdrawal of the 3% additional excise duty.
According to the Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers (SIAM), car sales in February saw the steepest monthly decline in 12 years. Car sales declined by 25.71% to 158,513 units, compared with 213,362 units in the year-ago period.
Patel in his letter noted that the auto sector accounts for 22% of manufacturing GDP and is one of the largest employers in the country. "Overall it is expected that the auto industry may have a flat or even negative growth for the current year, which shall be very discouraging and a big setback for achievement of targets set under the Auto Mission plan 2006-16," the minister noted.
The ministry wants the finance minister to announce that the 3% extra excise duty on SUVs will be removed next year given that the diesel rates are being progressively increased and will scale up to market pricing.
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In this paper we consider the design of a robust timing synchronization algorithm for pilot-aided OFDM systems in high-mobility fading environments. We first analyze the impact of both mobility and timing errors on the performance of a pilot-aided OFDM system for frequency selective fading channels, by deriving an expression for channel estimation error variance. The analysis will show that, even for high levels of mobility, a pilot-aided channel estimator is considerably sensitive to timing errors, due to the impact of rotations in different bases. We then show how this sensitivity can be utilized to design a robust timing synchronization algorithm for mobile OFDM systems, without relying on synchronization training information. Theoretical results are then confirmed by simulating the performance of an OFDM system in high delay and Doppler spread fading environments. Finally, we show how the proposed mathematical framework and algorithm can be used to address timing synchronization in the presence of a frequency offset as well. The analysis of this paper is the extension of the derivations of Part I , the accompanying paper on the design of a robust timing synchronizer for low-mobility OFDM systems.
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Whatever the tongue (or the galaxy), language provides a doorway into new worlds. For Michael Adams, invented languages open up even more possibilities for adventure.
In an evening that’s sure to get people talking, Adams takes a look at how and why invented languages come about, from the lunar language of Francis Goodwin’s The Man in the Moone (1638) to that of Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings trilogy and MMPORGs (mass multiplayer online role-playing games). Joining him is linguist Marc Okrand, inventor of the Klingon language and a contributor to Adams’ volume. Actors Andrew Shull-Miller and Chuck Young, a company member of WSC Avant Bard, will demonstrate an invented language in action.
Adams is an associate professor of English and director of undergraduate studies at Indiana University, Bloomington, and editor of From Elvish to Klingon: Exploring Invented Languages (Oxford University Press). Okrand has coached actors in the Klingon, Vulcan, and Romulan languages in several Star Trek films.
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Entry LE 2.72
Test the security and robustness of your servers, via remote brute-force attack.
- Compatible with HTTP, FTP, and POP3 servers
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- Automatic save and filtering functions
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CW announced the start date for the premiere of Whose Line is it Anyway, along with the debut of two new shows and the return of another:
Tuesday, July 16
8:00-8:30 PM WHOSE LINE IS IT ANYWAY? (Series Premiere)
9:00-9:30 PM PERFECT SCORE (Series Premiere)
Monday, July 29
9:00-10:00 PM BREAKING POINTE (Season Premiere)
Wednesday July 31
9:00-10:00 PM THE HUNT (Series Premiere)
Whose Line is it Anyway? will be hosted by Aisha Tyler and will also feature the return of cast members Ryan Stiles, Wayne Brady and Colin Mochrie, who along with a special guest each episode, must put their comedic skills to the test through a series of spontaneous improv games, prompted only by random ideas supplied by the studio audience.
Perfect Score, hosted by Arielle Kebbel (The Vampire Diaries), puts a unique twist on dating game shows by not only giving players a chance to win a date, but also the opportunity to win cold hard cash – IF they can successfully identify their perfect match. In each half-hour episode, two friends compete to see who can pick their ideal mate from a group of 12 prospective singles, after both the players and the contestants have taken compatibility tests. These tests are used to assign cash values to each possible match, and the player who selects the most compatible single – with the highest cash value – wins the cash prize and the date.
The Hunt is a new wilderness competition featuring 12 teams of 2 who will enter “The Arena,” a fenced-in enclosure in the middle of the wild, where they must live for one month and compete against each other for scarce resources. With $250,000 on the line, it’s a winner-take-all battle in which the teams must hunt each other down to survive.
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DHA OPS Chief vows relief from surprise TRICARE lab fees
February 6, 2014
By Tom Philpott
Army Maj. Gen. Richard W. Thomas, newly assigned as chief medical officer and director of healthcare operations for the new Defense Health Agency (DHA), acknowledges that some TRICARE patients and their civilian physicians face lab fee challenges that the DHA needs to address.
A year ago TRICARE, the military’s health insurance program, quietly stopped reimbursing civilian laboratories for more than 100 genetic or laboratory-developed tests (LDTs). Some of the tests are critical for patient care and, in fact, routinely are still ordered by military physicians.
Among patients frustrated by disparity of coverage is
retired Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Prouhet who is fighting a blood cell
cancer called acute promyelocytic leukemia. His civilian
His oncologist, Prouhet said, told him he would consider “it malpractice if he did not use this test to monitor and treat my cancer.”
Prouhet felt the financial string of lost TRICARE coverage last summer when the laboratory sent him a bill for $1148 for the blood test his oncologist ordered in May. While appealing the charge to TRICARE, Prouhet learned he could avoid additional out-of-pockets costs by asking the hospital at nearby Peterson Air Force base to request the lab test for his oncologist. That’s because military treatment facilities don’t face the same restriction on LDTs.
“We’re got a situation where we are doing some of these in some of the MTFs and [yet] won’t pay for them in the [purchased care] network. That is a disparity [and] we don’t want to be there,” Maj. Gen. Thomas explained in a phone interview.
It’s also true, he said, that some of the LDTs that TRICARE no longer covers represent “standard of care in medication.”
The DHA, he said, is working on solutions.
As reported here a month ago, TRICARE stop reimbursing for many of these tests a year after the American Medical Association revised Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) codes for genetic tests. The new codes gave greater transparency on the kinds of testing TRICARE was paying for.
With hundreds of genetic tests developed every year, Defense health officials decided to use an existing regulation to tighten coverage and force labs to have tests screened for safety and effectiveness through the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).
Absent FDA approval, Thomas affirmed, “by law…we can’t pay for these tests” even if they’ve become a standard for care and despite military physicians still being allowed to order tests “not fully FDA approved.”
“The good news is this change in the law has helped us to identify that there is a lag in FDA approval for some of these more commonly-used tests in many cases,” Thomas said.
In rejecting Prouhet’s final appeal for payment Dec. 24, a lawyer for the Department of Defense cited not a law but a TRICARE regulation that bans coverage of “unproven” medical devices and procedures. LDTs are deemed unproven now by TRICARE because they cannot be lawfully marketed across state lines without approval of the FDA.
Laboratories that developed the tests haven’t sought FDA approval in part because they haven’t had to do so. Civilian insurance companies, Medicaid and even, for some tests, Medicare haven’t required it.
Thomas, an ear, nose and throat surgeon who served for
a time as surgeon general for
The new Defense Health Agency, an operational level command with greater authority than the TRICARE Management Activity it replaced, is “perfectly designed to address some of these issues, including these disparities,” Thomas said.
Step one, already begun, is to gather information on each LDT not covered by TRICARE including frequency of use, how much TRICARE previously paid for it and military physicians ordered it. That will allow DHA, he said, “to identify the nifty 50 or top couple of dozen, understanding that many of these things have become the standard of practice on medications.”
For those tests DHA will seek expedited review by FDA.
TRICARE did set up a limited demonstration project on LDTs in 2011, inviting manufacturers of certain tests not approved by FDA, but covered by Medicare or Medicaid, to submit them for special review. Two were found significant for clinical decision-making on cancer treatments and were approved quickly by FDA to allow continued TRICARE coverage.
DHA wants something like that process revived and expanded, Thomas said, to expedite FDA approval of LDTs that are beneficial to care management, while protecting beneficiaries from tests that lack sufficient evidence of clinical validity and usefulness.
The American Clinical Laboratory Association (ACLA), which lobbies on behalf of laboratories being impacted by tightened TRICARE coverage, has opposed subjecting genetic testing to new hurdles of review.
“The FDA does not require LDTs to go through FDA approval. So why would laboratories submit their LDTs for approval to an agency that does not require them to do so,” said Julie Khani, a vice president for the ACLA.
“We are also concerned that TRICARE is imposing standards that are outside of industry norms,” said Karen Ruedisueli, a health care advocate for National Military Family Association. She called TRICARE worries over the safety of these tests “a red herring” given that FDA has not moved to strengthen its oversight and commercial insurers and Medicaid cover them.
But giving all LDTs “a free wave is not the answer,” Thomas said. “What we have to do is just push [the best of] them to the front and hope we get the FDA to approve these for us in an expedited manner.”
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The United Front Multicultural Center (UFMC) engages the University of San Diego community in exploring and affirming the unique identity of each person. The Center fosters an environment where student leaders feel empowered to become change agents for social justice and builds relationships with faculty, staff, students, and community members to develop a foundation that honors and values diversity. The UFMC serves as an educational resource, working to contest the dominance of prejudice and intolerance, and works to enact the values of the University as "a welcoming, inclusive and collaborative community...marked by protection of the rights and dignity of the individual."
In 1993, the five core organizations of the United Front: Aikane O Hawaii, the Asian Student Association, the Black Student Union, Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano/a de Aztlán, and PRIDE (The Student Alliance Embracing Sexual Orientation-changed in 1998) submitted a proposal to create a multicultural center to the Dean of Students. Their purpose was to: "Have a center that would allow the micro-cultures of the University of San Diego thrive to celebrate their own individuality while allowing others to learn and accept them as well. We hope to that the University will recognize our plight and help us breakdown the walls of discrimination."
Since their request, the United Front Multicultural Center has enhanced and expanded services and programs, as well as supports USD's 18 multicultural student organizations. Today, the UFMC staff includes 3 staff members, 2 graduate assistants, and 10 student interns. Our work focuses on social justice, identity development and student leadership.
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Chamberlain and Durant join the host Eagles in advancing at the "Beat the Streak" tournament.
By TERRY JONES, Times Correspondent
Published January 8, 2005
BRANDON - In some very intense competition, Brandon, Chamberlain, Durant and Ft. Lauderdale Cardinal Gibbons all won two matches in the first day of the Jim Graves "Beat The Streak" dual tournament. Chamberlain faces Brandon today at noon in the semifinals.
Durant came from behind to defeat Venice 29-20 and faces Cardinal Gibbons in the second semifinal.
In their first two matches the Eagles shutout Wharton 75-0, then knocked off Ft. Lauderdale Douglas 62-12.
Brandon sophomore Sean Joyce, a two-time state champion, scored a technical fall in his Wharton opponent and practiced his takedowns for a while before pinning his Douglas foe. He lulled his opponent with three fast takedowns followed by quick releases. Then he scored a fourth takedown and immediately rolled his surprised opponent over for a pin.
"I needed some work on my takedowns and got in some good practice," Sean said. "It wasn't really a plan for the pin; I need some hard work before the state tournament this year. We should have some very hard matches tomorrow."
Brandon coach Russ Cozart was pleased overall.
"I think the tournament is going well," Cozart said. "We got through the first day with no incidents and (today) promises some very exciting wrestling."
Chamberlain's first opponent, Clearwater, pulled out of the tournament at the last minute, giving the Chiefs a bye. Chiefs coach Jeff Duncan was not pleased with the lull.
"Missing a first round left our kids cold and we went into a match cold, against a very tough team," Duncan said. "St. Thomas Aquinas has a class program and places high each year at the state tournament. We had to come from behind to win, but I am pleased with our effort."
The Chiefs trailed St. Thomas 33-24 going into the final three bouts. In those matches Alberto Santiago (125) and Ricardo Topham (135) scored pins and Ian Garland (130) recorded a major decision for a total of 15 team points, giving Chamberlain a 40-33 victory.
Durant defeated Sickles 57-9 and struggled to beat Venice 29-20.
Individual matches all started at 140 pounds, which matched the Cougars with the toughest part of the Venice lineup early. Venice jumped to an 18-3 lead and Durant came back to win seven of the final eight.
"We didn't match up well with them up top, but I knew, if we could keep it close, we could come back in the lower weights," Durant coach Dennis Kitko said. "The good news is the kids didn't panic when they got down."
Round two of consolations starts at 10 a.m. today. Semifinals are scheduled to begin at noon. Losers bracket matches will be at 2 and 4, consolations for third through sixth will start at 6 and the finals are set for 7.
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I was introduced (by Ravelry, where else) to the designs of a lady called Patricia Kristoffersen (PK is often how she's referred to) via the group 'PK Doilies'. I have since collected several, OK well the majority of her booklets with her designs apart from 'Wonderful Doilies' (ASN 1277) & 'Elegant Coasters (LA 2923) and am on a mission to find reasonably priced copies of these.... anyway rather than wax lyrical about the designs it's just easier to give you a photo heavy post of some of her designs I've worked recently and I'll let you make your mind up about her designs... However, I must warn you the photos may not show up her clever use of surface stitches such as post stitches which feature heavily in her work...
From her book - 'Coasters by the Dozen' (LA 3081) all worked in Coats Puppets 'Eldorado' Tkt 10 with a 1.5mm hook
From 'The Big Book of Little Doilies' (LA 2874)
From 'Doilies with Charm' (LA 3161) - Spellbinding worked with Coats Mercer Crochet #20 and .25mm hook
From 'Absolutely Gorgeous Doilies' (LA 2879) - Sunflower Bloom worked with Coats Mercer Crochet #20 and 1.25mm hook
From 'Coffee 'n' Cream' (LA 3073) - Café Latte worked in Coats Freccia #16 and 1.25mm hook
Now for a little of my own engineering - reverse that is ;o) This mat below (cream) has sat on my dressing table for years along with it's partner and the traditional larger centre mat. It was made by maternal grandmother pre 1966 (that's when she died) so I have no idea how old it is. Anyway just for the hell of it a few weeks back a random thought just wandered across my mind (as they do) if I could possibly reverse engineer a piece of crochet (only simple) - I'd heard other people talking about it and I just thought can I do it?
I grabbed the nearest and only thing in the house I could 'copy' - the above mat and the nearest thread that was hanging around - hence why it's pink when I can hear you saying 'Ann doesn't do pink!' and my hook. I came up with the mat below. I have to say I am more than a little pleased with myself :o)))) I wrote down the instructions I worked as I went along and at some point I will write them up and work the larger mat which starts off the same then changes to form a much more decorative centre piece, but it won't be in pink!
Next up was a free pattern from Coats Crafts UK - A Round Doily I used the stated thread but decided to have a go with multiple colours after seeing the work by the talented TheShrone on Ravelry. Am fairly pleased with the results and am just in the process of looking for a frame to mount it as a picture!
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(KSDK) Finishing last never felt so good for a set of twins from Trenton, Illinois.
Chloe and Claire Gruenke were running in the state track meet when Chloe fell to the track in pain. And as you'd expect, her twin came to her rescue and their photo finish had the crowd on their feet and in tears.
"I was running my 800 and I was trying to stay up with the pack," Chloe said. "And then I opened up my stride too much and I felt something in my quad move and pull."
Chloe Gruenke tried to keep running, but by the time she hit the first curve of her second lap, she says it hurt too much and she fell to the track.
"I thought oh my goodness what just happened," said Claire Gruenke. "I went up to her and I said 'Chloe are you okay?' and she was like 'I don't know. Something just pulled in my leg.'"
So Claire did what came natural.
"I put her on my back, and then I started to jog. I got really tired, so I walked the rest and the crowd was just blaring in my ears. That gave me energy to at least finish it," she said.
Copyright 2014 Nexstar Broadcasting, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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SSE 827 – Issues in Security Management
Survey of salient issues and concerns confronting security managers. Examines the application and contribution of various management concepts and philosophies to assets protection issues such as information security, personnel protection, threat analysis, technological adaptation, and resource allocation.
Click below to view videos from this course.
SSE 827 – Operations
What comes to mind when you think of security in an organization?
SSE 827 – Initiating New Programs
Learn how to implement a security management system.
SSE 827 – Staffing
Discuss staffing from an operational perspective and identify what resources you need.
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Dec. 8, 2004
Poem: "Poetics" by Howard Nemerov, from Inside the Onion © University of Chicago Press, 1984. Reprinted with permission.
You know the old story Ann Landers tells
About the housewife in her basement doing the wash?
She's wearing her nightie, and she thinks, "Well hell,
I might's well put this in as well," and then
Being dripped on by a leaky pipe puts on
Her son's football helmet; whereupon
The meter reader happens to walk through
And "Lady," he gravely says, "I sure hope your team wins."
A story many times told in many ways,
The set of random accidents redeemed
By one more accident, as though chaos
Were the order that was before creation came.
That is the way things happen in the world,
A joke, a disappointment satisfied,
As we walk through doing our daily round,
Reading the meter, making things add up.
Literary and Historical Notes:
It's the birthday of the novelist Ron Hansen, born in Omaha, Nebraska (1947). He's the author of novels on a wide variety of subjects, including Mariette in Ecstasy (1991), about nuns in a convent, and Hitler's Niece (1999) about a woman Hitler may have murdered before he became a dictator. His most recent novel, Isn't It Romantic, came out last year.
Ron Hansen said, "Stories give us access to otherwise hidden, censored, unsayable thoughts and feelings now shiftily disclosed in the guise of plot and character...The hungers of our spirits are fed by sharing in the glimpsed interiority of others."
It's the birthday of Delmore Schwartz, born in Brooklyn, New York (1913). He's remembered mainly for a story he published when he was twenty-three years old: "In Dreams Begin Responsibilities," (1938) about a Jewish man who goes to a movie theater and sees the lives of his own immigrant parents projected on the screen.
That story made him famous, but Schwartz never fulfilled his own early potential. On his thirtieth birthday, he wrote in his diary, "Too late, already too late." He suffered from alcoholism and mental illness. His life was a long slow decline and he eventually died in a Times Square hotel. But that one short story influenced all the major Jewish American writers of the twentieth century, including Saul Bellow, Philip Roth and Bernard Malamud.
Delmore Schwartz wrote, "Time is the school in which we learn, time is the fire in which we burn."
It's the birthday of the novelist Mary Gordon, born in Far Rockaway, New York (1949). One of the first books she read as a child was Peter Pan, but she was terribly afraid of Captain Hook. So her father took a pair of scissors and cut out every reference to the evil pirate. When they read the book after that, her father invented new characters and stories to take the place of the missing parts. He taught her to write poems and stories and took her to the New York City Public Library every Saturday.
Her father had a heart attack in the main reading room of that same library when Mary Gordon was seven years old. She grew up in a house with her mother and grandmother, neither of whom supported her creativity. She said, "When my father died, it was like all lights went out."
After college, Gordon published several novels, including Final Payments (1978) and Men and Angels (1985), and in each one there was usually a character based on her father. After years of writing about him in her fiction, she decided to write a nonfiction book about his life. But once she began to do some research, she realized that she hadn't known anything about him at all.
She had grown up thinking he was a Harvard graduate, but in fact he'd never passed 10th grade. She'd always thought he was a writer, but in fact he was a publisher of pornography magazines. And though he'd grown up Jewish, he'd converted to Catholicism and become an anti-Semite. She remembered him going to work in the city every day, but in fact her mother had supported the family.
Gordon wrote about the experience of investigating her father in the memoir The Shadow Man: A Daughter's Search for Her Father (1996). She said, "Writing the book made me realize...I'm more self-invented than I thought. She said that she resents the lies her father told her about his life, but she believes that if she hadn't believed his lies, she would probably never have become a writer. She said, "The myth of my father gave me courage."
Mary Gordon's novel Pearl comes out next month.
It's the birthday of the great humorist James Thurber, born in Columbus, Ohio (1894). He was one of the most important early staff writers for the New Yorker magazine, but he had a lot of trouble getting started there. He started submitting humor pieces to the New Yorker in 1926, when the magazine was barely a year old. He said, "My pieces came back so fast I began to believe the New Yorker must have a rejection machine."
He took a job at the New York Evening Post, but he knew he wanted to write humor, so he kept at it. He was living in a basement apartment with his first wife. She thought that after twenty of his humor pieces had failed to find a publisher he should probably give up. But one night, he set his alarm clock to go off forty five minutes after he'd fallen asleep, and he woke up in sleepy daze and wrote the first thing that came to mind: a story about a man going round and round in a revolving door, attracting crowds and the police and eventually setting the world record for revolving door laps. It was the first piece of his published in the New Yorker.
After Thurber published a few more pieces in the magazine, the editor Harold Ross asked him to come down to the office. Thurber was hoping he'd get a job as a staff writer, but Ross hired him instead as an administrative editor. For the first two months on the job, Thurber worked seven days a week, editing factual copy for all the most boring parts of the magazine. He hated the job, so he started making mistakes on purpose, hoping that Ross would demote him to working on "Talk of the Town," the humor section of the magazine. When that didn't work, he started submitting his own pieces without Ross's knowledge.
One day Ross barged into his office and said he'd found out Thurber had been writing for the magazine in secret. Ross said, "I don't know how in the hell you found time to write. I admit I didn't want you to. I could hit a dozen writers from here with this ashtray. They're undependable...[but] if you're a writer, write! Maybe you've got something to say." So Thurber became a staff writer, and began sharing an office with E. B. White.
In addition to writing, Thurber was constantly doodling on pieces of paper and throwing them away, and he liked to fill up all the pages of office memo pads with sketches and then put them back on the shelf, in hopes of driving someone crazy. He said, "It was E. B. White who got the mad impetuous idea that my scrawls should be published and, what is more, paid for with money." His first cartoon was rejected because the art editor said seal's whiskers didn't look like that. E. B. White defended the drawing and said that it wasn't a seal in the drawing but a "Thurber seal."
Thurber went on to write for the magazine for more than thirty years, and his style of writing and sense of humor helped set the tone for the magazine as a whole. William Shawn said, "There will never be an issue of the New Yorker of which Thurber is not a part." He became famous for writing stories and drawing cartoons about a certain type of exasperated man. E. B. White said, "These 'Thurber men'...are frustrated, fugitive beings; at times they seem vaguely striving to get out of something without being seen (a room, a situation, a state of mind), at other times they are merely perplexed and too humble, or weak, to move."
Thurber is best known for his short story "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty" (1944), about a man who imagines he is a soldier, a deadly marksman, a world famous surgeon, and a condemned man facing a firing squad, all while running errands for his overbearing wife. The word "Mitty" has entered the lexicon, defined as a perpetual daydreamer.
Thurber had poor eyesight for most of his life, which made him terribly clumsy. He said, "I once tried to feed a nut to a faucet, thinking it was a squirrel." He went completely blind later in life, but he said, "At least, I have been spared the sight of television."
He published more than thirty books of short pieces. Most of his work is collected in Writings & Drawings (1996).
James Thurber said, "There is no substitute for the delight of writing...If I couldn't write, I couldn't breathe."
And, "The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself."
It's the birthday of the novelist John Banville, born in Wexford, Ireland. He's the author of many novels, including The Book of Evidence (1989), Ghosts (1993), and Shroud (2002).
He's one of the most experimental of contemporary Irish novelists. He said, "I don't think any novelist is happy being just a novelist...We should be poets. We should be composers. We should be painters. We should be making language do things that the novel won't allow you to do. This is what I've been trying to do for a long time."
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"There is a gazette notification after the (Congress-led) Delhi government approved the policy. It is notified. We are not a banana republic. India has never seen such policy reversals," he said.
The minister said the decision of the new government, which is in a minority, is "irresponsible, ill-considered, abrupt and arbitrary. It is a regressive decision. Responsible governments can ill-afford to take arbitrary decisions and knee-jerk reactions."
In a major policy reversal, the AAP government wrote to the Centre to withdraw the approval given by the previous Sheila Dikshit government for FDI in multi-brand retailing in Delhi, saying the entry of global chains such as Walmart and Tesco in India would result in large-scale job losses.
Sharma, however, said the Centre had formulated the policy after wide consultations with all stakeholders, including farmer unions, MSMEs and state governments.
"The question is whether the farmers, consumers and small entrepreneurs are part of the lexicon of Aam Aadmi or are excluded. The view that it may lead to job losses has neither any merit nor any logic," he added.
Sharma said the communication received by the ministry of commerce and industry does not give any reasons for the withdrawal of the policy.
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