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By DAVE GUSSOW, Times Technology Editor
© St. Petersburg Times, published March 13, 2000
First, he wants to learn all he can about editing digital video on his new iMac DV computer.
"It was designed for novices, and that's me," said Brand, 54, of Tampa. "I need to start at ground zero and work up."
Brand chose a good time to start. Digital video is heading to the home market in a big way. While video editing on a PC has been possible for several years, it has become easier and less expensive for the home user to tackle without elaborate or expensive equipment. No longer will home computer users have to endure postage stamp-size images, nor will home videophiles need to suffer through shots of walls, floors or a wildly gyrating camera.
Jim Workman, publisher of Mac Today magazine in Dunedin, says seven years ago only a handful of people were interested in, or could afford, digital video editing. He estimates systems then cost $20,000 for the speed, power and storage necessary to handle video.
It is creating a new battlefront for Apple and Microsoft. Apple leads with its new iMac DV and iMovie software for digital video editing, which the resurgent underdog of computing has been heavily promoting in its advertising. One commercial shows computer-screen-filling images of exuberant children jumping on a bed to a backdrop of Bob Dylan's ballad Forever Young.
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates has been demonstrating video editing software that will be part of the new consumer version of the Windows operating system.
And Sony's Vaio line of Windows-based computers has video editing similar to the iMac.
Nor are makers of camcorders ready to see their products reduced to "peripherals" for computers, and they're promoting alternatives. An ad for Sony's new MiniDisc Handyman, a digital camera that records on discs rather than tape, boasts that users can change the order of scenes and add graphics "without computers or costly accessories."
But Apple is getting the early attention.
"The most powerful aspect of iMovie is that it lets you do something with your computer that you haven't been able to do in the past," said Jon Bass, chief of video software at Apple. "I describe it as opening doors."
Bass emphasizes ease of use, an Apple hallmark, particularly compared to previous technology for digital editing.
"In the past, working with video has just been very difficult, very cumbersome," Bass said. "And the reason it was so difficult is because the amount of data required to work with video was so great."
Three things make video easier to do on computers than previously, Bass said: The DV file format, which compresses the video to take up less space for faster transmission. A 30-megabyte clip, for example, can be reduced to 3.6 MB.
Second, connections to transfer video from a camcorder to a computer and back again are easier to use and faster. The new connection method goes by such names as FireWire (by Apple), IEEE 1394 or Sony's iLink.
Third is the latest version of Apple's QuickTime software, which makes working with video and other media easier.
Then there's the affordable price. Digital camcorders are available for less than $1,000. (A regular VHS camera requires extra equipment to connect and convert video to digital format, available for $250 and up.)
As for the iMac DV computer, it comes in two models, at $1,299 and $1,499. Compare that with the cheapest iMac, which is not designed for video and costs about $900.
Brand, who first heard about digital video editing about a year ago, waited until the iMac DV came out and bought one in early February. A week later, he bought a Canon ZR digital camcorder on closeout for $749.
His approach to his new hobby is methodical. He's going through the iMovie tutorial a lesson at a time -- and in order. He praises Apple for keeping it simple and including a glossary of terms.
To use the iMovie software, a user clicks an icon. The opening screen includes a large window on the top left for viewing a selected clip. To its right are thumbnail-size photos showing the first frame of various video clips that are stored in the computer. At the bottom is a row where the user simply drags the clips, lining them up in order to make the video. The order can be rearranged just by clicking on the clip and dragging it.
Mac, camera, action
To use Apples iMovie software, a user clicks an icon on the iMac. The opening screen, above, includes a large window on the left for viewing a selected clip. To its right are thumbnail-size photos showing the first frame of various video clips that are stored in the computer. Along the bottom is a row where the user simply drags the clips, lining them up in order to make the video. The order can be rearranged just by clicking on the clip and dragging it to a new position. Users can view the video frame by frame in the big window, clipping as they go to edit out what they dont want. In addition, users can add transitions such as fade-in or fade-out simply by dragging an icon between the thumbnail photos, as well as titles and music.
DAVE GUSSOW, Times Technology editor
Users can view the video frame by frame in the big window, clipping as they go to edit out what they don't want. In addition, users can use transitions such as fade-in or fade-out simply by dragging an icon between the thumbnail photos, as well as add titles and music.
Brand shot test video at a favorite sandwich shop and at a condo he owns in Crystal Beach. To transfer a video clip, he simply connected the camcorder to the computer using the FireWire connector.
The only glitch during the recent practice run came when the screen went blank as Brand tried to clip some frames. He had to reboot the computer.
"I'm feeling more comfortable every time I use it," said Brand, a former CSX railroad worker now on permanent disability.
Although the movies are edited and produced on a computer, it's not practical to store the finished product there. A 5-minute video clip takes up about 1 gigabyte on a hard drive. The $1,299 iMac DV comes with a 10-gigabyte hard drive; the $1,499 model, with 13 gigabytes.
Instead, the user can transfer the finished video back to the camera over the same FireWire connector used to send the video to the computer and then to a videocassette recorder for later playback. Or the user can e-mail video to a friend, put it on a Web site to share or burn a CD to save it.
All of this is available for people starting fresh and digitally. But there's a large market for people who have collected tapes over the years.
But moving from analog tapes to digital editing takes more equipment and costs more money.
Bass recommends that those who want to edit existing analog tapes buy a digital camcorder with an input jack that allows it to copy video through a connection to the video-out jack of a VCR or an older camcorder. Such digital camcorders, Bass said, are a step above basic models and thus more expensive. For those who have 8mm tapes, Sony has a digital 8mm camcorder that can handle those. Sony also has a converter box, which lists for about $500, for transferring video between a VCR and computer.
As Apple tries to exploit the new computer video phenomenon, it has even given it a name: video publishing. It predicts the trend will have a major impact on the Internet as more people get fast connections that allow easier video streaming.
"I absolutely believe that we're going to see the same revolution with video publishing that we saw with desktop publishing," Bass said. "Right now, the only sort of prepared and packaged programs are what I see on TV. People are going to be creating their own movies, their own documentaries, their own stories."
-- Information from Times wires was used in this report.
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History, success entwine goalies Patrick Roy and Martin Brodeur.
By DAMIAN CRISTODERO
© St. Petersburg Times, published May 26, 2001
DENVER -- Patrick Roy said too much is made of goaltending matchups and how much they mean during the playoffs.
It is fine to stop pucks, the Avalanche goaltender said, but it is not done in a vacuum. The rest of the team must get into the act.
"You can stop all the shots except one, and you could lose 1-0, and big deal," Roy said after Friday's practice at the Pepsi Center. "As a goalie, what you want is winning games. It doesn't matter how, as long as you win."
That is fine and dandy except when juicy storylines collide, like the one coming together tonight when Roy faces the defending champion Devils and goaltender Martin Brodeur in the first game of the best-of-seven Stanley Cup final.
It is not only that the game's best goaltenders are leading the best teams. It is that the torch, even if only symbolically, could be passed from Roy, whom many consider the game's greatest goalie, to Brodeur, who one day may be.
All Brodeur has to do is beat his childhood hero.
"For young goaltenders throughout North America, this final should be a delight for them," Colorado coach Bob Hartley said. "These guys have two things in common: The red light does not go on."
How could Brodeur not have worshiped Roy as he led the Canadiens to the 1985-86 Cup? The 14-year-old Brodeur -- who grew up in Montreal and whose father, Denis, was the Canadiens team photographer -- hung Roy's pictures in his room.
They met two years later when Brodeur helped his father on a photo shoot.
"It wasn't like I was in awe of him or anything," Brodeur remembered Friday. "I was intrigued just to meet him and see how he was. Meeting him in person was fun."
Roy seemed larger than life.
"He came at a time when there wasn't much to the Montreal Canadiens, and he did so well, I think it blew everyone's mind," Brodeur said.
Roy's 484 regular-season and 133 playoff victories are NHL records. The 35-year-old also leads in playoff games (212) and playoff shutouts (17).
After his first 40-win regular season, he is 12-4 in the playoffs with two shutouts and a 1.74 goals-against average. He is trying for his fourth Stanley Cup, having led the Canadiens to the title twice and the Avalanche once.
Brodeur, 29, has won two Cups, his first with the Devils in 1994-95. His 286 regular-season victories, including three 40-win seasons, are 61 more than Roy had after eight seasons. His 62 victories in his first eight playoff seasons, including this one, are five fewer.
He is 12-6 in the playoffs with four shutouts, which ties a season record, and a 1.84 goals-against average. "It's going to be fun playing him," Brodeur said, "not because he's a guy I looked up to but because he's a clutch player. It's a great challenge to beat him."
If Brodeur's feelings are warm and fuzzy, Roy seems cool and distant when discussing his rival. Roy said he doesn't remember meeting Brodeur in Montreal. He was asked if the two are friends.
"Well, it depends what you mean by the word friends," Roy said. "We always have a lot of fun when we play like the All-Star Game and stuff," he said. "I'm not going to call him on a Tuesday night and see how he is feeling. But, I mean, I have a lot of respect for him and for what he does, and that's it."
Brodeur may have the edge. Roy sometimes goes to his knees too quickly, which means he is vulnerable high, and his puck-handling is average. Brodeur stands so upright, it is hard to find a place to put the puck. No NHL goalie handles the puck better.
Avalanche left wing Shjon Podein said the best way to beat Brodeur is to distract him.
"I think we have to get in front of him, for sure," he said. "The less he can see the less stops he can make."
Same for Roy.
"On a straight shot, you really can't beat him," Devils right wing Alexander Mogilny said. "If he sees the shot, he's pretty much 100 percent going to stop it."
Roy knows nothing is going to stop the comparisons between he and Brodeur. And if the Devils win the Cup, Brodeur will likely become the new measure of an NHL goaltender.
It's a measurement Roy has taken.
"I think Marty is the best in the league to handle the puck," he said. "There is no doubt in my mind he is playing the puck superb. He has been consistent throughout his career. A lot of people said he was protected by a great defense, but you still have to make the saves. And that's what he has done every year, and you have to appreciate that."
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By Times staff writer
© St. Petersburg Times, published September 10, 2000
That's our song, sort of
Not every school can say it has a theme song by a bona fide country music star. Kentucky can. Following UK touchdowns, Tracy Byrd can be heard on the public address system singing a song with the chorus: "We know how to work and we know how to play. We're from Kentucky and we like it that way." For the record, the song is a remake, the brainchild of the UK marketing department. The original Byrd song said: "I'm from the country and I like it that way."
The new SEC rule prohibiting fans from re-entering the stadium if they leave during the game came into effect. It obviously isn't going over well with Kentucky fans. The announcement at halftime reminding fans of the rule was met by a loud chorus of boos.
There was no sign of Ashley Judd, but two other famous faces were spotted in the stands. Two members of the pop group The Backstreet Boys were in attendance. With no teenagers among the UK or USF sports information staffs, there was no one to identify just which two of the Boys were there.
"Devin (Sanderson) did an outstanding job punting and Ryan (Benjamin) had to snap on the money all night, but the bottom line is we didn't get it done as a team." -- USF kicker Bill Gramatica, on the impressive play of the special teams unit, which included his 38-yard field goal.
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Independent Phone Spy Software Review!
In a world of advance technologies and inventions where diplomacy is not considered a misdeed, it’s imperative to spy sometimes. Hence the needs of a phone spy software today. The feature of the software or how it works is as necessary to know as the need to be persistent. Phone spy software is an advance device for mobile monitoring of the activities regarding information or behavior and it is simple enough to be used by non tech background people too.
After installation of the spy phone software on a mobile, it sends a message to your phone and you can make a call and the target phone creates a conference and enables you to listen to the conversation in progress from both the sides. You can listen to the surrounding sounds with the help of the intelligent software from anywhere and there will be no indication of any sort of connectivity. You receive a text alert if there is an incoming or outgoing massage from the phone and even a copy of them. The sms spy software has a status command that assures you if the software is working properly and gives you the information of the features activated. The best feature of phone spy software is that you can activate or deactivate or change or uninstall any of the features remotely on SMS commands. With the help of the phone spy software you can get the notification at once even if the sim card is changed and you get the new number used on the phone.
And if you are still worried that your number can be seen in the call log list, phone spy software gives you this freedom too as after the call is disconnected, the phone stays in standby mode and nothing can be uncovered. And if the phone is called by somebody else, it rings and functions as a regular phone.
Phone spy software is completely hidden software that is untraceable and has an intelligent auto delete feature too which represents a future proof technology. The phone spy software is a revolutionary step in the market of mobile surveillance. The only thing that should be kept in the mind while using such a necessary evil is that it should not cross the limit and is not used for any illegal activity whatsoever. Also the phone spy software should be used for the monitoring of your own family and should be made mandatory not to be misused in any circumstance. The phone spy software is meant for those responsible people who comprehend the state law and are aware that it is with the sole purpose anticipated to save your own people from something malevolent.
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Professional Experience - Resume
Since becoming an independent consultant in 2004, I've worked with a number of clients, taken on a number of projects, and written a number of articles.
Snippets from my Resume
The following snippets from my resume help highlight some of the experience I've gained over the years - before becoming a consultant.
Coldwater Creek
• Evangelized and implemented granular SQL Server security for users, applications, and websites.
• Designed and implemented Transactional SQL Server Replication Topology in an environment where Microsoft consultants said it couldn’t be done. Achieved 99.99%+ uptime, and saved numerous production hours.
• Specified, designed, created, configured, and managed several clustered (and non-clustered) SQL Servers. Ensured correct and optimal utilization of hardware, file systems, and physical storage on all systems.
• Fixed lingering SQL Server implementation problem that hindered peak sales by correctly utilizing processor affinity, and AWE memory usage. Continuously monitored, tuned and improved scalability, reliability, and performance. Monitoring and tuning on one peak sales day saved over $.7 million in sales.
• Production DBA for 250GB+ of databases on 10+ servers. Oversaw performance, recoverability, scalability, and security; responsible for production changes. Mentored developers in SQL Server and ADO.NET best practices.
Altiris (acquired by Symantec)
• Architected and directed development of an enterprise level content management system
(with multiple servers spanning the globe) built on SQL Server, XML, and ASP.NET.
• Specified, designed, implemented, and maintained co-located web farm for Altiris.com and affiliated sites. Farm served over 22 million hits/month (300,000 individual user sessions) from 3.2GB of web sites with 5.6 GB of supporting SQL Server Databases.
• Engineered and implemented secure credit card portals that did over $6.2 million in transactions.
Independent Contractor
• Reconstructed failed Oracle 8i and VB/XML Enterprise-Level project for Bonneville Communications.
Implemented triggers, stored procedures, indexes, and keys to repair slow data tier. Debugged
and repaired XML middle tier, and revamped faulty and non-user friendly VB and VBA Front End.
Frogbody Interactive
• Built numerous and complex SQL Server Stored Procedures as well as Schemas.
• Managed database operations and ADO interaction of databases and ASP applications.
MyComputer.com
Collaborated in dramatically increasing OLTP transactions on systems handling several
billion transactions weekly (in a cluster of 20+ dedicated MySQL Servers) through the implementation of
advanced database techniques such as join optimization, table structure and fragmentation analysis, bulk
inserts, indexing and lock optimization, creation of custom timers to detect bottlenecks, and the optimization
of existing PHP and C++ Code.
Organized, led, and implemented a solution to convert existing and incoming MySQL data to an Oracle test environment and provided comprehensive test results showing the pros and cons of a MySQL versus Oracle solution for MyComputer.com.
US Synthetic
Created multi-department Access/VBA databases providing labor analysis and inventory usage rates.
Used ADO , ODBC, and other data retrieval methods for interacting with legacy systems.
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I don’t have pricing information on these yet, but I’m guessing its like a Ferrari, if you have to ask you probably can’t afford it.
hi there, i want to know sir if you've used this and encountered any problem with this because alot of new technology comes with drawbacks or cons. not every new technlogy that comes in the market is or will be flawless. i appreciate any feedback.
Thanks.
I have. I wrote a review here and if you look through my blog I've written quite a bit about SSD's as well.
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Back in May I kicked off a survey about prevalent latches on SQL Server instances across the world (see here). It's taken me quite a while to get around to collating and blogging about the results, but here they are at last! I got information back for almost 600 servers, and if you remember, I [...]
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SIGGRAPH 2010
We had fun at this year’s SIGGRAPH in Downtown LA. We showed Glowing Pathfinder Bugs in the Art Gallery – it was interesting to present a sandpit at a heavily tech-led event, and seemed to go down well. We also presented a conference paper on the project, published in a special issue of Leonardo (vol 43, issue 4). And we did an artists’ talk.
More images here, and the project was also covered here by Core77.
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The ideal flow will save energy
Various ESDs can be applied; however some requirements have to be fulfilled in order to make a device practically applicable. Thus, it should be:
- simple
- relatively inexpensive to install
- easy to maintain
- and the design should have a solid scientific background
One successful example is the so called pre-swirl stator, a device mounted close to the propeller. An approximate 5–6 percent power gain can be achieved.
The PSS is a device mounted on the boss end of the hull in front of the propeller and is designed to generate pre-swirl flow in order to improve the propulsive efficiency and thus result in power reduction.
The stator configuration that has been selected from the optimisation has four blades with a diameter equal to the propeller diameter. This has become the standard configuration for a wide range of hull types including VLCCs, tankers, bulkers, Ro-Ro ships and containerships.
The design of ESDs in general requires knowledge of flow mechanisms around ESD and highly advanced Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) computations, coupled to accurate physical model testing. In the PSS case a wide range of design parameter variation studies was first performed with SHIPFLOW computation. The most promising configurations were then selected for the final confirmation by model tests.
SHIPFLOW computations has proved to be a sufficiently complete and accurate approach for predicting the thrust, torque and rotation rate for the propeller in order to achieve the correct ranking between different design alternatives.
The model tests confirmed the relative ranking for all PSS configurations tested. Thus, CFD simulation coupled to model testing can be a cost effective approach to develop an ideal configuration of ESDs in the future.
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For the past three years, the fish fry has been held to offset office costs as part of a budget crunch, said Jeff House, agronomy specialist and county program director.
"We've since overcome that and have the chance to help get a 4-H youth assistant in this county," House said.
Clara Green, 4-H youth specialist, currently coordinates the organizations in four counties, including New Madrid.
"The organization itself is stretched to the limit and I just can't do it all," Green said. "I need an assistant to maintain the local program -- I can't be there all the time."
An assistant would be more available to take and answer questions from members, Green said. Plus, having a close-to-home representative may encourage more membership.
"Just to have a face there in the county will spur interest, I think," Green said.
The Columbia 4-H office will allocate money for the assistant, House said. "We just need to come up with some matching funds," he said. "The more people we get to come through, the more we can tell if we've got support for a 4-H program in this county."
Green said she'd like to see a big crowd, too, especially former 4-H members. "It would be kind of nice for everybody to come in and talk about the old times," she said.
Extension council member Robert Henry and one of his friends will fry the fish. "We did over 150 pounds last year," House noted.
And 4-H members from the four-county area will serve the food. "That's what we're all about -- helping out each other," Green said.
On its Web site, 4-H describes itself as "a community of young people across America who are learning leadership, citizenship and life skills."
While the club still does traditional activities, such as cooking and advanced classes, it's also keeping up with the pace of technology to keep interest amongst youth. "It ain't all cows and cooking anymore," Green said, adding new courses include those dealing with GPA and robotic. "We're just moving right along with the rest of the world."
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Showjumpers Melissa Julius (left), of Hawkesdale, and Kristy Haworth, of Mortlake, are off to New Zealand.
SOUTH-WEST Victorian showjumpers Melissa Julius and Kristy Haworth will take on some of the best young riders in New Zealand.
Hawkesdale’s Julius and Mortlake’s Haworth are part of a four-rider Victorian squad which will contest the Victoria-South Island exchange next weekend.
The pair leave for Waimate, south of Christchurch, next week for the January 26 and 27 competition.
Julius, 21, will represent Victoria for the fifth time while Haworth will saddle up for her second state role.
The pair have grown up together, with their friendship strengthened by a shared interest in horses.
“I think I rode before I walked,” said Julius, a stable hand for Warrnambool trainers Bill and Symon Wilde.
“The whole family, they do clerking at the racecourse so I’ve known horses my whole life.
“I can’t imagine life without them. It’s quite funny if you think about what other people do. I can’t imagine not working with horses.”
Haworth, 21, has likewise grown up around horses.
She received her first pony aged 18 months and has followed in the footsteps of her parents.
“I’ve grown up with horses my whole life. My mum and dad both showjumped,” she said. “I’m off a farm at Mortlake. Dad used to train racehorses. Both my mum and dad did.”
Julius, Haworth and their teammates, Birregurra’s Jonathon Smith and Sale’s Zoe Boulton, will ride borrowed horses at the competition.
They will have two attempts at the course on day one before swapping horses with their New Zealand counterparts on day two.
The scores of each rider contribute to an overall team score. The winning team takes home the Juliet Scott Trophy.
Victoria enters the competition — which is part of the South Canterbury North Otago Area Show — as the defending champion.
Julius said being able to succeed on an unfamiliar horse would be crucial to Victoria’s chances.
“You have to find a happy medium in how you ride and how they go,” she said.
“You’re only on them for two rounds. You’ve got to get the best result without trying to fight them.”
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ALLANSFORD skipper Tim McDonald described Saturday’s upset victory over then WDCA division one ladder-leader Dennington as bittersweet.
Chasing Dennington’s 193, the 10th-placed Gators, despite the efforts of Brad Sheen (55) and Matt Brophy (41), were facing their seventh loss in 10 matches at 9-168.
But number seven Rowan Ault (33 not out) and number 11 Tom Loughnan (30) combined for a match-winning 51-run stand as the Gators finished with 219.
While they enjoyed making a splash so deep in the season, McDonald said his side had almost thrown away a good launching pad of 3-120.
“It was an entertaining game,” he said.
“It was a great win but it also shows what we are capable of, which is a bit disappointing. Our best cricket is good enough to beat anyone but we haven’t produced it for long enough.
“We haven’t made any excuses. We have been disappointed with the way we’ve played.
“It shows what can happen if you apply yourselves.”
Dennington skipper Dustin Drew said the result — his side’s first loss of the season — was no cause for panic despite slipping to second.
“I much rather than it now than in two weeks,” he said referring to the semi-finals.
“If you had said at the start of the season we would finish in the top four and have our first loss in round 10, I would have said you were kidding.
“It was disappointing to lose but you can take a few things out of a loss.”
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By DANNY P. SMITH
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One of the hottest college baseball teams in the country is headed to the warmth of the Sunshine State.
The Mississippi State Bulldogs, under fourth-year head coach John Cohen, will participate in the Tallahassee (Fla.) Regional, which will be hosted by the No. 3 nationally-seeded Florida State Seminoles.
“We’re excited to be playing in a great atmosphere like Florida State,” Cohen said. “Mississippi State has had success there in the past. We feel like this is one of the best fields in the country.”
MSU swept through the Tallahassee Regional in 2007 and defeated Clemson in a super regional in Starkville to make the school’s eighth appearance at the College World Series.
This year’s field once again consists of 16 regionals featuring four teams that play a double-elimination format from Friday through Monday if necessary.
The second-seeded Bulldogs meet No. 3 Samford first in Tallahassee on Friday at 11 a.m., while the No. 1 Seminoles take on another Birmingham-based school in UAB.
Even though his team is hosting and has a high national seed, it does not keep Florida State head coach Mike Martin from being a little bit nervous knowing that Mississippi State is in the field.
“We know how hot Mississippi State is in winning (eight of its last nine) games,” Martin said on ESPNU during its NCAA Selection Show Monday afternoon.
The Bulldogs (39-22) won the Southeastern Conference Tournament championship on Sunday by shutting out Vanderbilt 3-0. Along the way MSU knocked off three ranked opponents in No. 14 Arkansas 9-1, No. 2 LSU twice 3-2 and 4-3, and No. 11 Kentucky 2-1.
“It’s been a fun week and a wild ride,” said Bulldog shortstop and SEC Tournament MVP Adam Frazier. “We know it’s going to be a tough regional at Florida State; and we’ve got our work cut out for us.”
The Seminoles (43-15) are making their 35th-straight appearance in the NCAA Tournament, which stands second all-time. Florida State won the regular season Atlantic Coast championship, but was eliminated early in the ACC Tournament.
Samford brings a mark of 39-21 to Tallahassee, while UAB stands 32-28.
The Blazers, which is coached by former MSU assistant Brian Shoop and volunteer assistant Ron Polk, face the Seminoles in the other first-round matchup. Samford, another set of Bulldogs out of the Southern Conference, makes its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
The SEC led the nation with the number of teams making the tournament with eight, while the ACC was next with seven.
The winners of the 16 regionals advance to eight super regionals. Those hosts will be announced on [3] on Monday at approximately 10 p.m. after the conclusion of all regional action.
With the way the bracket is set up, the winner of the Tallahassee Regional advances to the super regional round against the survivor of the Palo Alto, Calif. Regional, hosted by Stanford.
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We found out I was pregnant on Valentine's Day. We always thought it would be difficult for me to get pregnant, since I was diagnosed with PCOS when I was 21. We weren't trying, so it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be.
My pregnancy was relatively easy and trouble-free. At every appointment, everything measured exactly right - no morning sickness, no high blood pressure, no gestational diabetes, only gained 18 pounds. All the genetic testing came back clear - less than 1/40,000 chance of Down Syndrome, despite family history. We had a small scare in July; I started having cramps, so they brought me in for monitoring. A short time later, they told me I was just dehydrated, so to drink more water.
The baby was very inset in my abdomen, so I barely looked pregnant, though I felt it. Unless I told people, they could not really tell I was pregnant until around 8 months. I still wore many of my regular clothes and could never make maternity clothes fit properly.
We heard a perfect heartbeat at 10 weeks. We saw our first glimpse on ultrasound at 12 weeks; a little bug bouncing up and down and all around. At 20 weeks, we learned we would have a daughter, though I had felt sure for weeks that we would. No boy names ever felt right, blue clothes never looked right. I was always meant to have a girl.
In June, we chose her name: Scarlett Grace. No special reason, we just loved the sound of it. Chris was adament that we choose a name that was less common than his; he did not want our child to always have to use her last initial as he had - "Chris W."
As my due date approached, I slowed down a lot. I stopped working on September 29, when my sister was admitted to the hospital. Once maternity leave began, I was not sure what to do with myself. I puttered around the house, folding clothes and blankets over and over to make them just right. I walked the dog around the block every day to try to jumpstart labor.
At 37 weeks, I was 1 cm dilated. At 38 weeks, still 1 cm, my OB/GYN told us that we were looking at a big baby, at least 8-8.5 pounds. She suggested we could induce as early as 39 weeks if we wanted to. At my 39 week appointment, after my sister lost her baby, we asked to please induce just to have a plan. We didn't think we could stand the stress of waiting and rushing around, and wanted the family to be prepared and calm. The midwife told me again I was carrying a big baby.
On Friday, October 15, I was scheduled to induce, planning for delivery the next day, right on my due date. That day, as I waited impatiently, trying to rest, I talked to my sister on the phone. We were discussing contractions, and then I suddenly had one. It was pretty mellow, so I just took a nap and waited. At 7pm, I called the hospital to see if they were ready to induce me. I expected them to say no, it's too busy, just stay home. Wrong! They said, "Come on in, we're ready for you." We checked in, got settled and prepared to meet our dream girl.
I was 3 cm when I was admitted. They began Cervadil at 9pm and told me to rest, that they would monitor contractions I was already having and reevaluate in the morning. At 9am, I was 4 cm, so they broke my water and began Pitocin. There was meconium (baby poop) in the amniotic fluid, so the doctor said it was lucky I was there already. As soon as my water was broken, the pain began. I got an epidural shortly after; the first try didn't work, so I got a second.
The baby started to show signs of distress. They put an oxygen mask on me and made me lay on my side, turning me every hour; my legs were too numb to turn myself. By 2pm, I was barely 5 cm, and the doctor was getting worried. We learned later that she had begun preparing for a C-Section just in case.
Suddenly, there was progress. I was 8 cm, then 9. The doctor said it could still take a few hours to be ready; I refused to believe that. Contractions were tolerable but painful and I was tired and anxious. I started to push on my own during contractions to get the baby moving. It worked - the next check, I was 10 and ready to push. Again, the doctor said, since it was my first baby, I might have to push for a few hours. She suggested a "test push" to see how I did...as soon as I pushed, she flew, grabbing all the nurses, throwing on scrubs and prepping the room for delivery.
20 minutes later, Scarlett made her debut. They were worried about the meconium, so they did not let her cry right away. They laid her on my chest, but the blanket covered my face, so I didn't see her. Chris cut the cord, even though he swore he wouldn't want to. As soon as they cleaned her up, she let out a cry. It was a huge relief to hear. My sister took pictures of her as they cleared her lungs so I could see her.
When they got her on the scale, she was only 6 pounds 7 ounces; what happened to that big baby I was supposed to have? We laughed that we had been so ready for her to be big, we never considered she would be small. She was finally placed in Chris' arms, as tears rolled down his face. Just days before, he was sure he wouldn't cry, that he was prepared and knew how he would feel. She was just that beautiful.
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Where is it you live? I was born at Washington hospital and lived in Fremont most of my life till I moved to Livermore. Our babies are so close in age. Maybe we can schedule us some play dates when she's up for it :)
Oh and when I say play dates I mean mommy play dates! Coffee.. wine... haha.
What a beautiful story!.
We're always praying for you and baby Scarlett,
The Clawsons (in Denver, CO)
Oh Brandi, thanks so much for sharing that part of your story - it is just beautiful. Really tugs on a Mama's heart. Give that beautiful little fighter a big hug from all of us.
Such a lovely story. Scarlett is lucky to have such a devoted set of parents.
That story is so so sweet.
I think that your little girl is a wonderful, strong little fighter and you and your husbaand as her parents is just a sign that she is meant to be.
God Bless you all : )
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Stock indexes drifted around the break-even mark in light trading Monday, one day before the U.S. presidential election.
Uncertainty surrounding the election kept investors reluctant to make big moves, said Randy Frederick, managing director of active trading and derivatives at the brokerage Charles Schwab.
National polls show President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney."
Shortly after noon, the Dow Jones industrial average was down 12 points to 13,081.
Frederick said he believes that no matter who wins, the stock market will likely surge once it's over for the sole reason that investors will know the name of the next president.
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TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) -- Vice President Joe Biden made an aggressive entry into the 2012 campaign Thursday, calling out Mitt Romney and the other Republican presidential hopefuls by name for their failure to support the auto bailout.
In his first major campaign address, Biden cast President Barack Obama as an advocate for the middle class, while labeling Romney, Newt Gingrich and Rick Santorum as protectors of the privileged.
"If you give any one of these guys the keys to the White House, they will bankrupt the middle class," Biden said at a United Auto Workers hall in Toledo in the politically important state of Ohio.
Biden directed much of his fire at Romney, the GOP front-runner. He singled out the former Massachusetts governor, a native of the U.S. auto industry's home base of Michigan, for saying the government should let the auto industry go bankrupt and that a bailout would turn the car companies into the "living dead."
"Gov. Romney's predictions of a living dead? We have now living proof: a million jobs saved, 200,000 new jobs created," Biden said as the crowd of about 500 erupted in cheers.
Seeking to draw a direct contrast between Romney and Obama, Biden said: "The president didn't flinch. This is a man with steel in his spine."
Thursday's speech marked the first of four general election events Biden will hold in the coming weeks as the Obama campaign takes sharper aim at the Republican field.
"Mitt Romney, Rick Santorum and Newt Gingrich have a fundamentally different vision," Biden said. "We're about promoting the private sector. They're about protecting the privileged sector."
Biden was greeted at the union hall with chants of "Go Joe, Go!" and "Four More Years." The crowd behind him held Obama-Biden 2012 signs.
"I'm back. You're back," Biden said as he revved up the crowd. to stay above the political fray for as long as possible.
While the three campaign principals -- Obama, Biden and first lady Michelle Obama -- have been headlining campaign fundraisers for several months, officials say the president won't hold campaign-sanctioned public events until after Republicans pick their nominee.
But many of the events Obama has held in recent months, which the White House has said are "official," have sounded like campaign events, including nameless references to the GOP candidates vying to replace him. That goes for a speech Obama delivered Thursday in Maryland, fighting back against Republican criticism of his energy record.
The first lady's campaign strategy is still being crafted, though she is expected to play an active role in the general election.
Biden's campaign strategy has been in the works for several months, and its early rollout underscores his importance to the Democratic ticket.
Heading in to the November election, Biden is expected to target the big three political battlegrounds -- Ohio, Pennsylvania and Florida. Obama carried all three in 2008, but will face an uphill climb in each come November given the toll the recession has taken on those states.)
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BILBAO, Spain (AP) -- Athletic Bilbao dominated Manchester United again and showed it is certainly a favorite to win the Europa League after a 2-1 victory that put it into the quarterfinals on Thursday.
The young Basque side picked up right from where it left off in the 3-2 first-leg win as Fernando Llorente and Oscar de Marcos scored either side of halftime in another thrilling, up-tempo game.
Wayne Rooney scored in the 81st for United to complete the Spanish league club's 5-3 aggregate victory, which should have been by a bigger margin.
United's forgettable European campaign saw the English Premier League leader follow up an unexpected Champions League exit by dropping out of the continent's second-tier tournament, which Bilbao must be regarded as one of the favorites to win after reaching the last eight of a European competition for the first time since 1977.
"This has been incredible," De Marcos said at San Mames Stadium.
Alex Ferguson's team failed to respond to counterpart Marcelo Bielsa's tactics, and against another Spanish opponent that thrives off possession and quick touches as Barcelona did in beating the Red Devils in two of the past three Champions League finals.
"I don't think we can complain of the result," Ferguson said.
Lanky striker Llorente powered home the 23rd-minute opener as he volleyed Fernando Amorebieta's cross from the left past United goalkeeper David de Gea.
De Marcos was rewarded for his game-long efforts in leading Bilbao's attack when his shot from a step inside the area took a friendly deflection to leave De Gea helpless and United dejected after 65 minutes.
While Rooney secured some dignity for the visitors with an impressive strike, United was lucky to escape complete humiliation only because of Bilbao's lack of finishing in a second half where it could have added a handful of goals to the final tally.
"When you have to quantify a result and the rival is Manchester, you can't ignore those circumstances," Bielsa said. "This was a matchup that deserved to be enjoyed."
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(2002):age children. Literacy--85%.
Health: Infant mortality rate--63/1,000 live births. Life expectancy at birth--men 60 years, women 64 years.
Work force (1997, 90 million): Agriculture--41.2%; trade and restaurants--19.8%; public services--13.7%; manufacturing--12.9%.
Government
Type: Independent republic.
Independence: August 17, 1945 proclaimed.
Constitution: 1945. Embodies five principles of the state philosophy, called Pancasila, namely, monotheism, humanitarianism, national unity, representative democracy by consensus, and social justice.
Branches: Executive--president (head of government and chief of state) chosen for a 5-year term by the 700-member People's Consultative Assembly (MPR). The president will be chosen by direct election beginning in 2004. Legislative--500-member House of Representatives (DPR) elected for a 5-year term. Judicial--Supreme Court.
Suffrage: 17 years of age universal and married persons regardless of age.
Economy
GDP (2001): $144.8 billion.
Annual growth rate (2001): 3.3%.
Per capita income (2001): $683.
Natural resources (13.6% of GDP): Oil and gas, bauxite, silver, tin, copper, gold, coal.
Agriculture (16.4% of GDP): Products--timber, rubber, rice, palm oil, coffee. Land--17% cultivated.
Manufacturing (26.1% of GDP): Garments, footwear, electronic goods, furniture, paper products.
Trade: Exports (2001)--$56.3 billion, including oil, natural gas, plywood, manufactured goods. Major markets--Japan, Singapore, Taiwan, Korea, EU, and U.S. Imports (2001)--$31.0 billion, including food, chemicals, capital goods, consumer goods. Major suppliers--Japan, U.S., Thailand., 3scale guerrilla activity in the years following Jakarta's assumption of control. In the more open atmosphere since 1998,-76. Smallscale guerrilla activity persisted after Indonesia declared East Timor its 27th province in 1976, following a petition by a provisional government for incorporation into Indonesia. The United Nations in a wave of violence and destruction after the announcement of the pro-independence vote. In October 1999, the People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) revoked the 1978 decree that annexed East Timor, and the UN Transitional Authority in East Timor (UNTAET) assumed responsibility for administering East Timor until it became independent on May 20, 2002.; initated investigations into the unrest; and lifted controls on the press, political parties, and labor unions. A special session of the MPR held in November 1998 advanced the date of parliamentary elections to June 1999, and the House of Representatives (DPR) rewrote the laws governing the elections.
Elections for the national, provincial, and subprovincial Nadhlatul Ulama, headed by Abdurrachman Wahid) 10%. Parliamentary seats were to be allocated according to new regulations and the 200 additional members of the MPR chosen. As described below, the MPR selected Abdurrahman Wahid as Indonesia's fourth President in November 1999 and replaced him with Megawati Soekarnoputri in July 2001.
GOVERNMENT AND POLITICAL CONDITIONS
Indonesia is a republic based on the 1945 constitution providing for a limited separation of executive, legislative, and judicial power. Substantial restructuring has occurred since President Soeharto's resignation and the short, transitional Habibie administration which followed. Each year from 1999 up to and including 2002, the MPR adopted significant amendments to the 1945 constitution. The Second Amendment (2000) included provisions guaranteeing a wide range of human rights. The Third (2001) and Fourth Amendments (2002) entailed a major restructuring of the government, providing for direct election of the president and vice president by the citizenry, as well as the creation in 2004 of a new house of Congress made up of regional representatives (the DPD). Starting in 2004, the MPR will consist solely of the DPR and the DPD. The Third and Fourth Amendments also made the executive branch no longer subordinate to the MPR, thereby creating further checks and balances in the Indonesian Government system.
The president, elected for a 5-year term (and limited to two terms in office), is the dominant government and political figure. In June 1999, the MPR elected Abdurrahman Wahid, also known as Gus Dur, as Indonesia's fourth president. Wahid proved unable to govern effectively, and the MPR impeached him in July 2001, immediately appointing then-Vice President Megawati Soekarnoputri as the fifth and current president. Although Megawati is the daughter of Indonesia's first president, Soekarno, and owes her early political prominence to him, she has achieved her own political power base. The president, assisted by a cabinet that she appoints, has the authority to conduct the administration of the government. Although President Megawati's PDI-P party is the largest in Parliament, she does not have a majority. She has formed a coalition government; her vice president, Hamzah Haz, for instance, represents an Islamist party.
Under the political laws enacted in January 1999, the House of Representatives (DPR) has 500 members, of which 462 are elected and 38 appointed seats are reserved for the armed forces (TNI). The TNI seats are to be phased out. The People's Consultative Assembly (MPR) has 695 members, consisting of the 500 members of the DPR, 130 provincial representatives selected by provincial assemblies, and 65 representatives appointed by social and community groups. sociopolitical.
Indonesia embarked on an ambitious decentralization program in January 2001 that devolves substantial authority to the provincial and district levels. While the ongoing decentralization program is intended to bring government closer to the people, it also has raised questions of efficiency and national cohesion.
Principal Government Officials
President--Megawati Soekarnoputri
Vice President--Hamzah Haz
Minister of Foreign Affairs--Noer Hassan Wirajuda
Ambassador to the United States--Soemadi Djoko Moerdjono Brotodiningrat
Ambassador to the United Nations--Makmur Widodo more than 164 state-owned enterprises and administers prices on several basic goods, including fuel, rice, and electricity. In the aftermath of the 1997-98 financial crisis, the government took custody of a significant portion of private sector assets through acquisition of nonperforming bank loans and corporate assets through the debt restructuring process.. The Asian financial crisis of 1997 altered Indonesia's political and economic landscape. Since 1997, Indonesia has had three presidents and as of mid-2002, its economy is only just recovering to pre-1997 levels. Seven percent GDP growth is the level most economists consider necessary just to absorb new job seekers, but the government estimates growth in 2002 of 4% and in 2003 of less than 5%. The number of unemployed and underemployed (working less than 15 hrs/week) is currently estimated at 40 million.
President Megawati Soekarnoputri has made important strides in her first year in reducing political instability, strengthening Indonesia's relationship with the IMF, and reinvigorating the country's economic reform program. The government has completed four quarterly IMF reviews since September 2001. However, a sharp rise in anti-IMF sentiment among Jakarta politicians and commentators in mid-2002 has called into question the degree of political support for further reforms. Megawati's administration spawned a sustained increase in market sentiment during the first half of 2002, with both the rupiah and Jakarta Stock Exchange performing strongly. Consumer confidence and exports have begun to rise from their very low levels of late 2001.
The rupiah has stabilized significantly from trading at the Rp 11,440/U.S.$ level in July 2001 when President Megawati took office. After an initial surge following Megawati's election, the rupiah weakened again in the last half of 2001. Since then it has strengthened slowly to the Rp 8,800/U.S.$ level, an increase of 23%. Previously, the value of the Rupiah was very volatile ranging from Rp 2,500/U.S.$ prior to the Asian financial crisis to a low of Rp 17,000/U.S.$ after President Soeharto resigned in June 1998. Although the stability of the rupiah has returned, the approach of elections in 2004 and slower economic growth combined with high levels of debt have made exchange rate risk a major concern of investors.
The Megawati administration has made much less progress in improving Indonesia's troubled investment climate, and several adverse court rulings against foreign companies brought investment issues to the forefront of government policymaking in 2002. Besides the lack of legal certainty, existing and potential investors cite a number of concerns with respect to Indonesia's investment climate, including security, confusion over regional autonomy policies and fiscal decentralization, uneven implementation of economic reform commitments, and tax and labor issues.
Indonesia's public sector external debt rose from $54.2 billion in March 1998 to about $76 billion by the end of 2001. Private sector external debt stood at about $60 billion. The large amount of nonperforming corporate debt, estimated in late 2000 at U.S.$65 billion, is a major factor limiting capital markets growth in Indonesia. Although debtors and creditors have reached agreement on a substantial number of restructuring terms sheets through IBRA and the Jakarta Initiative Task Force, most of these agreements have yet to reach legal closing. As a result, few of Indonesia's largest corporations are creditworthy.
Oil and Minerals Sector
Indonesia, the only Asian member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), ranks 17th among world oil producers, with about 1.9% of world production. Crude and condensate output averaged 1.4 million barrels per day (b/d) in 2001. In the 2001 calendar year the oil and gas sector, including refining, contributed about 13.7% to GDP and provided 35% to domestic revenues. The sector's share of export earnings was 22.4% in 2001, a greater percentage than recent years due to high world oil prices. U.S. companies have invested heavily in the petroleum sector. With domestic demand for petroleum fuels expanding, Indonesia will become a net importer of oil by the next decade unless new reserves are found. In 2001, Indonesian imports of crude oil and petroleum products totaled $5.4 billion while Indonesian exports of crude oil, and oil products and LNG totaled $12 and makes no procedural distinction between foreign and domestic oil and gas companies. Pertamina's responsibility to manage Production Sharing Contracts (PSCs), which authorize investors to produce oil and gas, will shift to the central government. 92.5 million metric tons in 2001, including exports of 66 2001, the value of Indonesian mining exports generated $3.6 billion, with receipts from copper and coal accounting for 89.7%. Other major foreign investors included Japan, the United Kingdom, Singapore, the Netherlands, Hong Kong, Taiwan, and South Korea.
Despite improvements in political stability, incomplete reform in other sectors has slowed foreign investment growth. New foreign investment approvals for the first 5 months of 2002 fell by 58% to U.S.$1.67 billion from U.S.$3.97 billion over the same period in 2001. From a record high of U.S.$33.8 billion in 1997, approvals fell 73% to roughly $9 billion in 2001. (Note: The data does not include investments in oil and gas, finance, banking, non-bank finance, insurance, and leasing. Indonesian Government approval reports should be treated cautiously and used as no more than an indicator of possible trends, because they represent applications to invest and not actual projects or money.) The recent commercial court Manulife bankruptcy ruling brought to light serious weaknesses in the judicial system. Foreign businessmen have expressed reluctance to increase investments. Investors in the manufacturing sector also are concerned by rapidly rising wages, which threaten Indonesia's competitiveness in labor-intensive industries.. Preoccupation with domestic problems has not prevented President Wahid from frequently traveling abroad and continuing to participate vigorously, though peripatetically, in many international fora. United States. has pursued better relations with Israel, and in August 2000 he met with former Israeli Prime Minister Peres.. Problems in Timor and Indonesia's reluctance to implement economic reform, have complicated Indonesia's relationship with donors. 150,000 personnel, the police form a much smaller portion of the population than in most nations. United States are good. The United States is committed to assisting Indonesia's democratic transition and supports the territorial integrity of the country. There are, nonetheless, friction points in the bilateral political relationship. These have centered primarily on East Timor and human rights, as well as on differences in the countries' respective foreign policy orientations. The U.S. Congress cut off grant military training assistance . Indonesia continues to align itself with Non-Aligned Movement and. Continuing economic malaise has increased difficulties for workers and caused an increase in child labor (10-14 years old).
Economic Relations with the United States 2000 CGI meeting is to be held October 17-18 in Tokyo. also is providing technical advisers to help the Indonesian Government implement economic reforms and fiscal decentralization and is supporting democratization and civil society development activities through non-governmental organizations.
Principal U.S. Embassy Officials
Ambassador--Ralph L. Boyce
Deputy Chief of Mission--Lewis Amselem
Political Affairs--Brian A. Nichols
Economic Affairs--Shari S. Villarosa
Administrative Affairs--J. Patrick Truhn
USAID Director--Desaix Myers, III
Defense Attache--Col. Joseph H. Daves
Consul General--Youngen H. Anderson
Public Affairs--Charles N. Silver
Agricultural Counselor--Charles T. Alexander
Commercial Counselor--Margaret Keshishian
The U.S. Embassy in Indonesia is located at Jalan Medan Merdeka Selatan 3-5, Jakarta (tel. (62-021) 344-2211). U.S. mail to the embassy may be addressed to FPO AP 96520.
The U.S. Consulate General in Surabaya is located at Jalan Dr. Sutomo 33, Surabaya East Java (tel. (62-31) 568-2287).
Principal Officer--Philip L. Antweiler
The U.S. Consular Agency in Bali is located at Jalan Hayam Wuruk 188, Bali (tel. (62-361) 233-605.
Consular Agent--(vacant)
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“And the United States remains committed to helping the Mexican Government go after the cartels and organized crime and the corruption they generate... And we will continue, through the Merida Initiative, to provide significant support.” – Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Under the Merida Initiative, the United States has forged strong partnerships to improve citizen safety in affected areas to fight drug trafficking, organized crime, corruption, illicit arms trafficking, money-laundering, and demand for drugs on both sides of the border.
Bilateral efforts are being accelerated to support Mexico’s institutions, especially police and justice systems at both the federal and state level; to expand our border focus beyond interdiction of contraband to include facilitation of legitimate trade and travel; and to build strong and resilient communities able to withstand the pressures of crime and violence.
The U.S. Congress has appropriated $1.6 billion since the Merida Initiative began in Fiscal Year 2008. Under the partnership:
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Thank you, Mike, for organizing this important look back on these three transformational periods in U.S. foreign policy. At a moment when our values and interests are so deeply entwined, from the Nile to the Irrawaddy, I want to thank Mike Posner and all of DRL for your irreplaceable contribution to U.S. national security and human dignity throughout the world. Under Mike’s leadership, DRL has refined and redefined our human rights agenda for the 21st century.
I also want to thank our panelists for their unique perspectives on the evolution of human rights policy. Over the past 30 years, I have had the privilege of working with virtually every panelist here today – Tom Pickering, Elliott Abrams, Harold Koh, Lorne Craner, Tex Harris, Tammy Wittes, and many other remarkable friends and colleagues. I know it is much easier to reflect from the safe vantage point of hindsight upon issues that caused gray hairs and sleepless nights. All of us are grateful for your service, your sacrifice, and your superb contributions to the cause of universal human rights.
All of us also believe that America is best off in a world of successful and stable nations, where individual rights are respected. We know that ideals and interests don’t always mesh as seamlessly as we might like. And for the tough cases, it takes judgment, persistence, and an ability to see both the forest and the trees in order to move our policy forward. Each of you faced decisions like these, and each left the State Department, and our world, a richer place.
By the time I joined the Foreign Service in 1982, DRL was already well established in its offices on the 7th floor, publishing the human rights reports under the leadership of Elliott Abrams. The Cold War dominated U.S. global security interests, including authoritarian regimes in Latin America that were critical U.S. partners. Elliott argued that if the United States was to be credible in denouncing human rights violations by Communist dictators, we had to call out violations by anti-Communist dictators as well. It meant speaking out about Augusto Pinochet as well as Daniel Ortega. That was not a popular policy, but it was an important attempt to put us on the right side of history. Only a couple of decades later, most people in the Americas live under leaders they elected, with increased respect for their rights and freedoms, greater inclusion for populations too long overlooked, and a middle class that now numbers 275 million.
Today, DRL reports on the status of human rights in 199 countries and territories, but the goal is not to chastise—it is to change behavior. During the Clinton Administration, we established the Human Rights Dialogue with China. Today, we hold these dialogues with many countries with which we have important relationships but deep differences on issues of rights and freedoms, such as Russia and Vietnam, as well as with countries whose views on these issues are closer to our own, like Colombia and Mexico. We have frank conversations grounded in our principles, and we help elements within governments put in place better practices, solve problems within their own societies, and become more accountable and more open to their citizens. And thanks to DRL, a surprising number of these difficult but essential conversations delivered results.
In 1998, DRL began funding programs to help human rights activists, including journalists, women, and other vulnerable groups, improve their own advocacy and reach. After 9/11—when our government recognized that conflict, instability, and terrorism were in many ways the byproducts of the failures of authoritarian states to modernize and advance human dignity— these efforts also gave rise to the Middle East Partnership Initiative (MEPI), founded in 2002 to strengthen civil society and the rule of law, empower women and youth, improve and expand education, encourage economic reform, and increase political participation.
Globally, DRL has translated our human rights aspirations into action. Since 2008, DRL has trained and assisted more than 30,000 print, media, and online journalists.
In the Philippines, DRL grantees went on to produce groundbreaking reports about human trafficking, enforced disappearances, and summary executions.
In Pakistan, they launched the first women’s radio program focusing on gender issues and got the country’s first nongovernmental radio stations on the air.
One of my favorite DRL war stories is how Lorne Craner and Pat Davis, who now runs the Global Programming Office in DRL, helped to get Kyrgyzstan its first independent printing press in 2003. At the time, the country’s only printing press was owned by then-president Akayev’s family. Lorne and Pat managed to set up an international board of directors for an independent newspaper, buy a printing press, and launch it with enough fanfare that it was actually able to report the news. Seven years later, Kyrgyzstan witnessed the first-ever democratic transfer of power in Central Asia.
I am not suggesting that one printing press turned the tide of history. As is often the case, we can never precisely measure the impact of U.S. engagement. Here’s what we do know: when we work to put ourselves on the right side of history, when we support citizens working to resolve conflict peacefully, to bring change to their societies, to create economic opportunities, and to claim universal rights—we enhance our country’s interests, we enhance our country’s security, we enhance our country’s leadership, and we reflect the values and the generous spirit of the American people.
I have had the great honor and privilege of serving in government during the fall of the Berlin Wall, the uprisings in Tunis and Tahrir Square, and the new opening in Burma. The changes that have swept the world – from Bishkek to Cairo, from Seoul to Sana’a – not just in the past two years but over the past 20 years – may be about ideals we hold dear and may have had our support, but, in the end, they are not about us. They are about thousands of individual decisions made by the citizens and governments of sovereign nations. They are about the thirst for dignity of proud people in every corner of the world. They are about fundamental truths and universal human aspirations from which no society and no region is immune.
We rightly approach our engagement with a large dose of humility. And yet, looking back on the decades of DRL—a time when, through wave after wave, democracy has moved forward, in Latin America, in Eastern Europe, in Africa, and in the Middle East—it is clear that the world is a better place today because you took the long arc of American foreign policy and bent it toward justice.
DRL has lived by the motto, “don’t make a point, make a difference.” And when we look back at the story of American diplomacy – as we do today—it is clear just what a difference you have made. You help us to be the nation we aspire to be. And you help us exercise leadership in a more peaceful and a more secure world.
But our work is far from done, and with the growing voice of civil society around the world, we need DRL now more than ever. All of us understand the tough work ahead—from stopping the horrific shelling of civilians in Syria to rebuking incitement against LGBT persons around the world; from standing up against honor killing to ending forced labor; from nurturing new democracies to making sure that, while a government may throw prisoners of conscience in jail, no government can make the world forget about them.
Fortunately, we have one of the most passionate advocates I know as our Secretary of State. Through her words and her deeds, Secretary Clinton has used her unique stature, her frankness, her courage, and her conscience to fight for and win a place on the world stage for so many who had been relegated to the shadows: from women, to LGBT persons, to religious minorities, to youth, to the disabled. And by helping so many people live up, as she would say, “to their God-given potential,” she has helped this Department and this country live up to our potential.
We look forward to continuing down the road of history with you. Thank you and keep up the great work.
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IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 5, 2013
Contact: Lawrence Ragonese (609) 292-2994
Lawrence Hajna (609) 984-1795
Bob Considine (609) 984-1795
EAST ORANGE WATER COMMISSION FINED $402,000 FOR VIOLATING STATE
WATER QUALITY REGULATIONS
Independent State Sampling Shows Water Quality is Safe for Consumption
(13/P17) TRENTON – The Department of Environmental Protection has issued two Administrative Orders that include penalties of $402,000 against the East Orange Water Commission (EOWC), alleging the water purveyor in 2010, 2011 and 2012 manipulated water samples and test results so that required reports sent to the state minimized the levels of contaminants in the water supply, DEP Commissioner Bob Martin announced today.
The Administrative Orders allege that the EOWC violated numerous state regulations regarding record keeping, accurate reporting of required water sampling, public notification of water quality violations, water quality remediation, and access by state inspectors to water system records and documents. EOWC also is alleged to have discharged water with elevated levels of a contaminant into the Passaic River.
“We have a high standard of accountability in this state when it comes to the safety and reliability of drinking water,’’ said Commissioner Martin. “It is imperative that water providers maintain and provide to us accurate records of water system operations. Any deviation from those standards is a violation of the public trust.
“Thankfully, independent tests by the DEP find the water quality for residents of East Orange and South Orange to be safe. We will continue to closely monitor this water supply.’’
A state grand jury this month indicted East Orange Water Commission Executive Director Harry L. Mansmann, 58, of Lawrenceville, and the system’s licensed operator and Assistant Executive Director William Mowell, 51, of Wyckoff for allegedly conspiring to manipulate the agency’s water supply by shutting down contaminated wells prior to monthly water tests to falsify test results and report lower levels of a regulated contaminant in the drinking water supplied to customers.
Mansmann and Mowell were charged with conspiracy, official misconduct, unlawful release of a toxic pollutant, multiple counts of violating the New Jersey Safe Drinking Water Act, violating the New Jersey Water Pollution Control Act and tampering with public records or information.
The indictment stems from an investigation by the Environmental Crimes Unit of the Division of Criminal Justice Specialized Crimes Bureau, which resulted from a referral by the DEP’s Compliance & Enforcement Program. Mansmann and Mowell allegedly conspired to falsify mandatory testing of the EOWC’s water supply to hide elevated levels of the contaminant tetrachloroethylene (PERC), an industrial solvent used for dry cleaning and other purposes.
Prior to the indictment, the DEP had issued administrative orders to the EOWC for violating terms of water allocation permits and inhibiting access of DEP inspectors to commission documents, which prompted an order suspending Mowell’s license to operate a potable water system. That license suspension was pending an administrative hearing at the time of the indictment.
The EOWC supplies water to about 75,000 residents in East Orange and 17,000 customers in South Orange from 18 wells located in Millburn, Livingston and Florham Park. has encountered problems in several wells with elevated levels of PERC, which is commonly found in groundwater in urban areas.
The DEP’s Administrative Orders allege that water with an elevated content of PERC was pumped from a Florham Park well into the Passaic River, from March 24 to April 11, 2011.
DEP also alleges that EOWC:
The DEP has done independent testing of the East Orange water system. The results of the most recent samples in February show PERC levels below state acceptable standards of one part per billion, and far lower than the federal standards of five parts per billion. The DEP is continuing to monitor the water system.
For a copy of the DEP’s Administrative orders, please visit:
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Does the HMO help members stay healthy and avoid illness?
A comparison of each HMO’s performance to the New Jersey HMO average shows how effective the HMOs are in working with doctors to provide important preventive services that help members stay healthy.
Higher than average scores mean better performance.
Due to differences in sample size, HMOs with the same or similar scores can have different circle ratings.
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SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly is expecting another physical game when No. 17 Stanford visits the undefeated Irish on Saturday.
After watching his team get pushed around by the Cardinal (4-1) the past two seasons, Kelly says he is expecting a backyard brawl-style game. The Cardinal had never won two straight in the long-running series against the Irish (5-0) until taking the last three games, including Notre Dame's most lopsided loss under Kelly two years ago.
This will be Stanford's second road game of the season, following a 17-13 loss at Washington on Sept. 27. The Cardinal are just 3-10 all-time at Notre Dame Stadium.
Stanford coach David Shaw says the challenge for the Cardinal is to play their best game on the road.
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Italy visa requirements
If you hold a valid US passport then you don’t need a tourist visa to enter Italy, and you may stay upto 90 days, however your passport must be valid when returning from Italy.
Working Visa
Want to soak up the true culture of Italy, how about working there? US nationals must be sponsored by a company in order to apply for a work permit.
What about studying in Italy?
You could do anItalian language course while immersing yourself in the local culture – the best way to learn. STA Travel can hook you up with language courses that are all about choice…choose your destination, choose your course type, and choose the best accommodation option. . .
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Auckland rent data: too hard basket
Juha Saarinen, on Twitter, asks for data addresses the Auckland rent shock headlines.
Detailed data on new rentals are available from the ‘market rent’ pages at MoBIE, but there doesn’t seem to be any way to download the whole thing, just individual neighbourhoods. And it’s a long weekend.
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Alas it is true, you have to undertake an extensive point-and-click exercise to get the numbers and historical data isn’t available. Goodness knows why this is the case, as the data is really only useful once seen in a historical context. And certainly, historical data is the only way to determine whether the trend is slow and steady or a “shock”.
111 days ago
Not true at all. For people looking to rent (either as landlord or tenant), this is a very useful resource.
110 days ago
Exactly: it’s quite useful for what it’s designed for (though you could imagine improvements, like an interactive map — I must suggest this to Paul Murrell in case he has a student looking for examples).
It’s useless for a lot of other purposes, and it’s a pity MoBIE don’t make more information available in bulk. They do have to be a bit careful about disaggregation — rental prices are not public information — but it would still not be too hard.
110 days ago
It’s a fair point, but I’d still argue that knowing the relative changes in the rent over time is important to a new renter, particularly in places such as Christchurch where the changes in rent are (how can I put this kindly?) somewhat chaotic. In this respect, the media does not help since they use phrases such as “sharp” or “shock” rises to describe changes, using data that the rest of us doesn’t have access to. I’d also like to know the effect that true rents differ from these statistics, given that the statistics are based on bond returns. Again, Christchurch peculiarities apply here…
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Trail Detail
Mecham Hollow Intermediate ATV-Motorbike Loop
Know Before You Go!
Check weather and trail conditions before you head out. Contact information here.
Just northwest of Montpelier lies an extensive network of singletrack motorbike trails, ATV trails and forest roads that create loops of varying length and difficulty for OHV riders and other users. It'd be easy to spend an entire day getting lost in this fishnet of routes. This 8-mile ride is intended to provide an introduction to the area for ATV/motorbike riders. See the Mecham Hollow-Sherman Peak Loop or the Paris Canyon-Highline Trail Loop for longer rides in the vicinity.
To reach the Mecham Hollow trailhead, take U.S. Highway 89 west out of Montpelier and head for Ovid. Turn right on State Highway 36 in Ovid and drive into the mountains. Just before you reach the Caribou-Targhee National Forest boundary, turn right on Forest Road 401. Go past the North Canyon trailhead, and follow Road 401 about 3 miles to the Mecham Hollow Trailhead. Park. The ride starts here. There is some primitive camping at the trailhead, but there are no services such as water or a toilet.
To begin the ride, go west on Road 401 for less than a mile, then turn right on Road 951. In less than a mile, turn right on Trail 442 and ride some twisty trail. Bear right on Trail 442A at the next junction. In a little over a mile, turn right on Road 404 and follow that to Road 401. Go left on Road 401, then peel right on Trail 344, then right again on Trail 345. Follow that for about two miles to a junction at Road 402 and Road 439. Follow Road 439 to Road 425. In a half-mile, go right on Trail 316 at the next junction, and follow it back to the trailhead.
These trails and roads are open for the summer season. In most years, snow will prevent access to this ride until mid-June.
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Expansion on drawing board
Administrators seek options for middle school
Wednesday, November 6, 2002
Steamboat Springs The Steamboat Springs Educational Fund Board approved funding for the architectural drawings of an expansion to Steamboat Springs Middle School.
The middle school has been in need of extra classrooms to accommodate the growing number of students, said Rick Denney, district facilities director. To account for the immediate need for extra classrooms, the middle school's gym was remodeled last summer into a two-story room that added two additional classrooms and a mat room for wrestling practice.
However, this addition was only a temporary solution to the growing problem.
Denney said the options for adding classrooms to the existing middle school were explored for cost effectiveness. He said adding an expansion to the back of the building would be the most cost effective because building within the school's infrastructure would require replacing portions of the ventilation system.
The $75,000 gift from the fund board will allow Denney to get architectural drawings of the expansion and determine its cost.
He said getting funds for the design work is only the beginning and hopes he will receive funding for the expansion as well.
Denney said if funding is not approved, the district will have to find other funding options that may include trying to pass a bond during the next election. Ideally, he said, he would like the construction to begin this summer so the expansion could be completed by the 2003-04 school year.
In addition to the middle school expansion, the fund board heard the first reading of a proposal request for three aides in the third grade at Strawberry Park Elementary.
"We are trying to give students more time with a teacher or aide we're hoping it will result in an increase in education," Strawberry Park Principal John DeVincentis said.
DeVincentis said the ideal situation would be to have an additional teacher in the third grade to reduce the class size of 23, which is the current number of students in third-grade classes at Strawberry Park. He said with the school year in progress, adding a new teacher would not be the best option.
With new aides, who will receive training and be integrated into the classrooms, DeVincentis said he hopes students will have the same benefit of having a smaller class size.
The current third-grade class has had a larger class size since the students' first-grade year, DeVincentis said.
He said parents have addressed their concerns about having a continually higher class size because of evidence showing the benefit of small classes from the kindergarten through third-grade years.
The fund board will be issuing a proxy vote on the issue in the next couple of days to ensure aides will be added to the classrooms as quickly as possible if the proposal passes.
"We have never not been responsive to a commission who needs a quick answer," said Jim Gill, fund board chairman.
DeVincentis said he approached the Educational Excellence Commission in the spring with the idea of hiring an additional teacher, but at that time, the class sizes were 21, 22 and 23 students in the third grade at Strawberry Park, and educational excellence commission members did not feel an additional teacher was necessary.
But with the addition of more students than projected at the school, the educational excellence commission supported the addition of three aides not to exceed the cost of $40,000.
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Board fights for offender-program funds
Tuesday, March 16, 2004
Proposed cuts in state-funded programs to help youth offenders could do more harm than good, financially and socially, officials say.
The cuts could mean more youths are put in jail, more money is spent on juvenile detention facilities, and dangerous youths are released to the community without surveillance. Kelly Weimer, Senate Bill 94 coordinator for the 14th Judicial District, and District Judge Michael O'Hara expressed concern about the cuts to Routt County commissioners Tuesday. Representatives from probation and human services echoed those concerns.
Programs outlined by Senate Bill 94, passed in 1991 to keep youths out of expensive detention facilities, could face drastic changes if the Joint Budget Committee succeeds in decreasing the program budget from $9 million to $3 million.
"This is going to cause the elimination of the most basic services in our area," Weimer said. "We're pretty much down to case management, and that's it."
The program serves the 20 percent of juvenile offenders who are the highest risk and most dangerous, O'Hara said. With proposed cuts, the number served would decrease by 90 percent.
Routt County commissioners agreed the cuts would be detrimental and said they would write the state and encourage that cuts not be made. County commissioners said they would emphasize that the cuts would cause more costs because more detention facilities would be needed.
In the 14th Judicial District, funds are divided among Routt, Moffat and Grand counties; last year, the district received $84,000. Counties fund their own Community Evaluation Teams, which each has a case manager.
The teams work with young offenders before they are sentenced to help keep them out of jail, if possible, and pay for services such as monitoring, drug testing and psychological evaluations.
The teams, which include representatives from schools, human services, attorneys, mental health and probation, then give the ruling judge a recommendation on how each youth would be punished most effectively.
"I think time has shown that it works better than locking children up," O'Hara said. "This whole program was set up to avoid the huge expenses of building new juvenile detention facilities."
Between 20 and 40 youths are served each year in the 14th Judicial District, Weimer said.
Since other rules and the size of detention facilities cap the number of children who can be put in jail, cuts to Senate Bill 94 programs could mean children are released to the community.
"These are the kids, again, that are going to be running around the community with no supervision if the beds are full," Weimer said.
If the entire program is left with only $3 million, O'Hara said he feared the 14th Judicial District would receive no funding, as all of the dollars would go to Denver and other high-density areas.
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On the Market: Colorado Group adds design talent to staff
Sunday, May 16, 2010
On the Market
Steamboat Homefinder
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Colorado Group Realty has hired Jessica Leon-Guerrero to oversee design, art work and brand identity for the firm.
Leon-Guerrero has been a resident of Steamboat Springs since 2006 and is a graduate of the University of Arizona, with a bachelor of fine arts degree in editorial illustration and visual communications.
She has worked in advertising and design for a broad range of clients and most recently was a member of an award-winning in-house marketing team for one of Colorado’s top financial companies.
“We are pleased to be able to bring a design and art director of Jessica’s caliber to the CGR team,” owner Shelley Stanford said. “We are excited about integrating Jessica’s creativity and past experience into the CGR brand.”
Tormey says demand is outpacing local supply
Bruce Tormey, of Ski Town Realty, reports that he sees signs that Steamboat’s real state market is on the road to recovery, barring negative influence form the national economy.
Historical data shows that “supply peaked about a year ago and since then the number of properties on the market has fallen and the number of pending (under contract) properties has increased,” Tormey wrote in a recent blog entry. “The ratio now is about 5 percent and needs to be between 10 to 15 percent for the market to be stable.
“This movement can come very fast; look at the January 2008 jump with the Intrawest purchase. The fastest it will probably happen now is within four to five months and could take a year plus. Demand has been outpacing supply for a year now, and we are slowly digging ourselves out of inventory abundance. Our slow real estate recovery began a year ago and at this pace in one year from now market demand and supply will be at the price equilibrium point and prices will go up from there.
“The national market is on the mend and shouldn’t slow down the Steamboat Springs’ real estate recovery. It is possible that Steamboat will reach a price stable point by year-end but more likely it will be next spring. The chance of the market stagnating through 2011 is very small.”
The rest of Tormey’s market analysis can be found at:
greenwash 3 years ago
Im laughing at this.
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Live on Set in Paris with Stephan Caras!
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Stephan Caras has energetically come off his recent European tour in which he had the chance to show his Fall/Winter 2012-13 collection titled, “Lush Sensuality”. Stephan stayed true to his philosophy of design in presenting yet another invigorating collection filled …
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The month of March was one of fashion and excitement for designer Stephan Caras. As part of his European tour, Stephan debuted the collection during Paris Fashion Week, followed by his presentation at the 11th Athens Xclusive Designer’s Week in …
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I love pancake day!
I love pancake day!
It looks like Jake takes the day pretty seriously.
"One pixel can change everything."
Ooh very cool Brian.
I just had to change my settings over to view it, think I will stay on this one for today.
We are having pancakes later, with golden syrup. Mmm, pancakes, ha.
Great job...Jake is utterly adorable! Mmm Pancakes!! ( having a hard time not making a batch of pancakes LOL)
Ohhhh, I get it. Today is International Women's Day. I thought this was some sexist statement how women should just shut up and stay in the kitchen making fluffy buttermilk pancakes. My bad.
Party on, Wayne.
"You've been here before, but things are about to change. I know it. I feel it. There's a storm on the way." -- Stephen King
Great....now I'm a HUNGRY!
Thankee kindly, Brian. Lots of yum for the tum. Jake be special!
Shrove Tuesday is a term used in English-speaking countries, especially the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia,[1] New Zealand, Philippines, and parts of the United States[2] for the day preceding Ash Wednesday, the first day of the season of fasting and prayer called Lent.
WAY COOL, Brian!!! THANKS!!
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Christopher Mathew Tibbitt, Systems Engineering Graduate with L-3 Communications Passes
6/1/2012
Christopher Mathew Tibbitt, 39, a Master's student with the School of Systems & Enterprises passed away on May 27, 2012. Chris was part of the onsite Master's in Systems Engineering program at L-3 Communications, Greenville TX and graduated last week with his Master's in Systems Engineering..
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Dr. Sven K. Esche
Associate Professor & Graduate Program Director:.”
Experience
Industrial Experience
- Mercedes Benz AG, Stuttgart, Germany, Development Engineer, 1990--1992;
- Community College, Mosbach, Germany, Staff Engineer, 1990;
- Institute for Light-Weight Design, Dresden, Germany, Research Engineer, 1989;
Professional Activities/Services
Professional Development Activities & Services :
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Research Projects InterestsResearch activities in the areas of manufacturing, integrated product and process design, metal forming, prediction of microstructure development in metals, remote sensing and control, remote experimentation, numerical methods, FEM.
Publications
(2009) "Monte Carlo simulation of grain growth of single-phase systems with anisotropic boundary energies", International J. of Mechanical Sciences, Vol. 51( 6), p. 434-442.
(2009) "Scaling of Monte Carlo simulations of grain growth in metals", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. 17( 2), p. 13.
(2009) "Content-rich, interactive online laboratory systems", Computer Applications in Engineering Education J., Vol. 17( 1), p. 61-79.
(2008) "A paradox of decreasing entropy in multiscale Monte Carlo grain growth simulations", Entropy, Vol. 10, p. 49-54.
(2008) "Multiscale effects in crystal grain growth and physical properties of metals", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, Vol. 10, p. 5192-5195.
(2008) "On the accuracy of Monte Carlo Potts models for grain growth", J. of Computational Methods in Sciences and Engineering, Vol. 8( 4-6), p. 227-243.
(2008) "Piloting a game-based virtual learning environment", Computers in Education J., Vol. 18( 4), p. 82-91.
(2007) "Constructing reality: a study of remote, hands-on and simulated laboratories", ACM Trans. on Computer-Human Interaction, Vol. 14( 2), p. Article 7, 27.
(2007) "Immersive collaborative laboratory simulations using a game engine", Computers in Education J., Vol. 17( 3), p. 85-92.
(2007) "Immersive collaborative laboratory simulations using a game engine.", Computers in Education Journal, Vol. Vol. 17, No. 3, p. pp. 85-92.
(2007) "A model for evaluating the effectiveness of remote engineering laboratories and simulations in education", Computers & Education - An International Journal, Vol. Vol. 49, No. 3,, p. pp. 708-725.
(2006) "A scalable platform for remote and virtual laboratories", World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, Vol. Vol. 5. No. 3, p. pp. 445-448.
(2006) "On the integration of remote experimentation into undergraduate laboratories - technical implementation", International Journal of Instructional Media, Vol. Vol. 33, No. 1, p. pp. 43-53.
(2005) "Modeling of grain growth characteristics in three-dimensional domains and two-dimensional cross sections", Metallurgical and Materials Transactions A, Vol. Vol. 36A, p. pp. 1661-1666.
(2005) "A multi-scale approach for microstructure prediction in thermo-mechanical processing of metals", Journal of Materials Processing Technology, Vol. Vol. 169, No. 3, p. pp. 493-502.
(2005) "On the integration of remote experimentation into undergraduate laboratories - pedagogical approach", International Journal of Instructional Media, Vol. Vol. 32, No. 4, p. pp. 397-407.
(2004) "Mesoscopic computer modeling of microstructure evolution within an object-oriented simulation framework.", International Journal of Computational Engineering Science, Vol. Vol. 5, No. 3, p. pp. 451-469.
(2003) "On the integration of remote experimentation into undergraduate laboratories".
(2003) "Three-dimensional grain growth modeling with a Monte Carlo algorithm", Materials Letters, Vol. Vol. 57, No. 30, p. pp. 4622-4626.
(2003) "A new perspective on the normal grain growth exponent obtained in two-dimensional Monte Carlo simulations", Modelling and Simulation in Materials Science and Engineering, Vol. Vol. 11, No. 6, p. pp. 859-862.
(2003) "An Architecture for Multi-user Remote Laboratories", World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education., Vol. 2( 1), p. 7-11.
(2002) "A Monte Carlo algorithm for single phase normal grain growth with improved accuracy and efficiency", Computational Materials Science, Vol. 27( 3), p. 259-270.
(2002) "Project-based learning in a course on mechanisms and machine dynamics", World Transactions on Engineering and Technology Education, Vol. 1( 2), p. 201-204.
(2002) "Modeling of grain growth kinetics with Read-Shockley grain boundary energy by a modified Monte Carlo algorithm", Materials Letters, Vol. 56( 1-2), p. 47-52.
(2001) "Concurrent product and process design in hot forging", Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications, Vol. 9( 1), p. 48-54.
(2000) "Knowledge-based part and process design for metal forging.", Vol. 108( 5), p. 92-99.
(2000) "Numerical and experimental investigation of redrawing of sheet metals.", Vol. 98( 1), p. 17-24.
(1999) "The effect of modeling parameters and bending on two-dimensional sheet metal forming simulation.", Vol. 107( 5), p. 74-85.
(1999) "An axisymmetric membrane element with bending stiffness for static implicit sheet metal forming simulations.", Vol. 66( 1), p. 153-164.
(1998) "A consistent criterion for diffuse necking in sheet metals using Hill's 1979 yield surface.", Vol. 120( 2), p. 177-182.
(1997) "Issues in convergence improvements for nonlinear finite element programs.", Vol. 40( 24), p. 4577-4594.
(1996) "Process and die design for multi-step forming of round parts from sheet metal.", Vol. 59( 1-2), p. 24-33.
Professional Organizations and Societies
- Faculty Advisor, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE) Student Chapter at Stevens, 1998 - Present
- Member, American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE), 1998 - Present
- Associate Member, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), 1997 - Present
- Member, Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE), 1997 - Present
Patents/Inventions
- Chassapis, C., Esche, S., Nazalewicz, J. W. & Hromin, D. J. (2003). Multi-user, multi-device remote access system. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/442,637, Pending
- Esche, S. & Nazalewicz, J. W. (2002). Adaptive shock and vibration attenuation using adaptive isolators. Patent Application No. 09/954,994, Pending
- Esche, S. & Lekuch, H. (2002). Adaptive shock and vibration isolation systems. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/323,868, Pending
Academic Activities/Services
University Committees:
- Institute Graduate Curriculum Committee, 2006--Present;
- Academic Planning and Resources Committee, 2005--2008;
- Library Committee, 2004--2008;
- Undergraduate Promotions Committee, 1999--2006;
- Academic Information Technology Committee, Learning Sub-Committee, 1999--2002;
- Academic Information Technology Committee, Classroom/Laboratory Sub-Committee, 1998--1999
School Committees:
- Assessment Committee, 1998--2000;
- Course Development Committee “Dynamical Systems / Design IV,” Chair, 1997--2000
Department Committees:
- Program Director, ME Graduate Program, 2007--Present;
- Graduate Curriculum Committee, Chair, 2004--Present;
- ABET Preparation Committee, 2002--2003;
- Course Development Committee “Mechanisms and Machine Dynamics,” 1999--2000;
- Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, 1998--2004
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Do Labour’s facts really add up? (From St Helens Star)
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Can we trust Labour with fiscal policy for the town?
9:17am Thursday 3rd May 2012 in News By Reader letter
Is there no penalty when politicians publish dubious information to tempt or frighten sections of the electorate into voting for them?
I cite the recent ‘Labour literature’ which states that a family earning £20,000 per annum loses £450 per annum because of the 2.5 per cent increase in VAT.
Simple mental arithmetic shows that they would have to spend £18,450 on 20 per cent VAT items, leaving only £1,550, which would just cover electric and gas, with nothing left to spend on food, rates, etc.
Can we really trust people with such arithmetical ability to run a tight fiscal policy for our town?
DG
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Requirements for Shelf-ready Packaging
Retailers look for packaging that is simple and easy to open without a knife, demonstrates a high degree of shelf impact and is easy to dispose of once empty.
I. Right size
Optimised packaging format in terms of logistics, module dimensions and unit count for most effective sell-through.
II. Simple product identification and visibility
The information on the shelf-ready packaging must allow the POS staff to identify where the product belongs quickly and easily.
III. Simple to open
The packaging must be easy to open at the POS yet be robust enough to survive intact the entire logistics chain from manufacturer to retailer.
IV. Simple placement and restocking
Retailers look for shelf packaging that makes it possible to stock and restock the entire shipment of goods onto the shelves in one step.
V. Simple purchasing / quick orientation
Shelf placement and packaging design help consumers find the goods they desire more quickly.
VI. Simple disposal / return
Lowest possible material consumption for the shelf packaging. Ideally with use of durable transport containers.
Studies by the
ECR Europe
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- Inefficient shelf stocking
- Poor identification of goods
- Difficult-to-open external cartons
Shelf Ready Packaging (SRP) is a suitable solution for those problems.
SRP evolved from the basic requirements for disposable transit packaging as recommended by GS1 Germany:
- Protecting goods against damages
- Modularity in the logistics chain
- Marketing and sales-oriented requirements
- Consideration of product and manufacturer liability issues
- Process considerations for transport, warehousing and picking
- Adherence to packaging ordinances
- Consideration of cost aspects
SRP packaging also fulfils other so-called functional requirements. SRP represents a more effective application of resources than the exclusive use of disposable transit packaging:
- Lower out-of-stock rates at the POS
- Attractive product presentation
- Easier purchasing process for customers
- Increased planned and spontaneous purchases
- Increase in revenues
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Thomas Boston
BOSTON, THOMAS
(1676–1732)
Scottish theologian
Born in Berwickshire, Boston graduated at Edinburgh in 1694 and thereafter taught school while he studied theology. He became minister of Ettrick in 1707. About 1700 he had discovered an old Puritan work entitled The Marrow of Modern Divinity, originally published by Edward Fisher in 1645. Quoting lengthy extracts from Reformed and Puritan writers (including Luther, Calvin, Beza, Goodwin, and Sibbes), the book made a great impression on Boston and on his preaching. Reprinted in 1718 with a preface by James Hogg of Carnock, it was condemned by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland because of its Arminian statements. For opposing that decision, Boston and eleven other “Marrow–Men” were formally admonished and rebuked, but no further action was taken against them. The controversy died down and did not revive even when Boston’s new edition of The Marrow with copious and learned notes was published in 1726, the outcome of four years’ work in the Ettrick manse. For Boston The Marrow cleared away certain problems that until then, he said, had prevented his offering the gospel freely and fully.
He was a faithful and conscientious pastor in his rural parishes as well as being a notable scholar. Thomas Boston’s other works included his Memoirs, Human Nature in Its Fourfold Estate (1720), and A View of the Covenant of Grace (1734). J. D. Douglas
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The Evening Students Association (ESA) is pleased to host a
conversation with former evening student and current Farrell Fritz,
PC partner James M. Wicks ‘89. He will share his experience as an
evening student, offer advice on succeeding as an evening student
and answer your questions.
Refreshments will be served.
Date
Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Time
5:30 - 6:15 p.m.
Location
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St. John’s University and its surrounding community will host
St. Baldrick’s and Locks of Love’s benefit for children with cancer
on Thursday March 14, 2013 on its Queens and Staten Island campuses
at 1:45 p.m.
This year’s event will also be honoring a
child, Gabrielle, who has benefitted from the research of St.
Baldrick’s and is now cancer free. She, along with her family, will
be presented with a signed St. John’s basketball jersey from the
men’s and women’s teams in honor of her courageous battle.
Several St. John’s students and employees will
have their heads shaved in front of a crowd of their peers for St.
Baldrick’s including: University Provost Dr. Robert A.
Mangione, Head Men’s Lacrosse Coach Jason Miller,
Associate VP and Dean of Students Daniel Trujillo, Associate
Director of Development Rino Grzinic, and Administrative Assistant
(Pharmaceutical Sciences) Suzette Weiss, among
others. In addition, Professor of
Management Dr. Andrea Licari will cut off approximately
eight inches for “Locks of Love.”
Participants are
asked to raise money for childhood cancer research with 100% of the
proceeds going directly to the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, and as
part of the effort, donating participants are asked to shave their
heads in solidarity with the children who suffer from cancer. Along
with this wonderful event, contributors also can participate in
Locks of Love, a non-for-profit organization, that donates “locks”
(hair 10 inches or longer) to be used to make wigs for children
suffering from hair-loss diseases.
For media inquiries, please contact the Office
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The Annual Benefits Open Enrollment period is
upon us. It runs from October 25 to
December 14, 2012 and any changes that employees
make to their benefit coverage will take effect January 1,
2013. All full-time staff, administrators and faculty
should review the Open Enrollment material they receive from the
Employee Benefits Department. The time to make benefits changes for
2013 is now.
St. John's University is proud to offer full-time employees a
comprehensive benefits program that is very competitive and highly
regarded by our peers in higher education and among employers
everywhere. The rich array of benefits are part of what makes St.
John's University a great place to work; and employee benefits make
up a significant part of our employees' total compensation package.
Standard benefits such as medical, dental, disability and life
insurance; combined with St. John's tuition remission, tuition
exchange, pension programs, and generous time off all add up to an
employee benefit program of which the University community can be
very proud.
As a reminder, we ask all our benefit eligible employees to take an
active role in reviewing their coverage during each year's Annual
Benefits Open Enrollment period. Questions concerning the St.
John's benefit offerings or Open Enrollment can be directed to the
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The Office.
Saint Andrew’s Society of NY Scholarship for Graduate Study in
Scotland
Visit Office of Student
Financial Services for application
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Branch
Must attend a college/university on Staten
Island – submit a letter of request and a bio to Mrs. Theresa
Cantarella on the Staten Island Campus
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. “I always like to start with the stones,” said designer Brandi Hagen, ASID, of Eminent Interior Design of Golden Valley, MN, who collaborated on the project with architect Taunya Nelson, AIA, ASID, of Vujovich, Inc. of Minneapolis, MN, a residential design/build firm. “You can always choose the paint colors later, and there are always fabrics and custom vanities. You need to start with the stone so that you are not so limited.”
According to Hagen, the first material she discovered was a Pistachio onyx slab, which was employed for the vanity tops with an eased edge. “I fell in love with it,” she said, adding that the stone was also used in 6- x 6-inch tiles for a strip through the shower. “It just made sense. It’s gorgeous.”
The designer explained that the color of the onyx is what first caught her eye. “I felt like the onyx really pulled off the Asian look,” said Hagen. “I really wanted all the attention to go there, and keep the other stones more simple.”
In terms of flooring, Golden Sienna Patika travertine was used in “wet zones” where stone needed to serve a practical purpose. “We built up the tub deck and steps in the tub as well as the shower and outside shower area,” she said. “We really wanted a warm bathroom feel. The travertine is subtler [than the onyx]. We wanted something with a lot of movement, and we needed depth. The porous nature of the travertine really played off the onyx.” “Chrysalis Award for Remodeling Excellence: Best Bath Remodel Over $50,000” to honor the firm for its work on the project.
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I've been net surfing and saw your web site. I have always loved
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Can you find any Dickel where you are? Or is your Dickel coming up short? I think we all know how uncomfortable that can be.
I spoke to Gene Song, brand manager at Diageo for Dickel and Bulleit. He said the shortage of Dickel No. 8 has not abated. They're still waiting for whiskey to be ready. surprising part is that it is not export-driven. Dickel is sold only in the USA.
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Suu Kyi urges Indian support in democracy push
NEW DELHI (AFP) - Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi urged the people of India to help her country achieve democracy as she paid a landmark visit to New Delhi on Wednesday.
"We have not yet achieved the goal of democracy and we are still trying and we hope that ... the people of India will stand by us and walk by us as we proceed along the path that they were able to proceed down many years before us," said Ms Suu Kyi on her first visit in 25 years to Myanmar's giant neighbour.
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For starters, Dave Bell came to the pages of Street Rodder through the attention of Tex Smith (SR founder along with Tom McMullen). We were doing Street Chopper at the time and Smith decided it was time to do a hot rod, or street rod if you wish, magazine-it would be called Street Rod (more on that in a later editorial). Smith thought it would be cool to have a monthly cartoon that catered to hot rodders but more importantly it had to have current topics to keep rodders thoroughly interested. Smith told me he was aware of a young rodder (in his '30s and to me that was old!) that just might be what our fledgling title needed.
His artwork was first rate; it was humorous and entertaining but once you got past the initial chuckle you began to notice all of the subtitles that made his work standout. He was a hot rodder and sure as heck knew what was going on-both in front and behind the scenes.
I remember looking at the first Henry HiRise and being totally fascinated. At first the sheer volume of the multiple topics handled in the art was mind boggling. It took me a while but I finally "learned" how to look at Dave's artwork-in small bits. I learned that you had to look at his work as a book broken into many chapters. To try and absorb it all at once meant you would miss many of the subtitles or in some cases the point of the entire piece. Over time I learned to start in the middle and work my way out realizing there were many topics worthy of my attention. His artwork was always humorous but often times I learned a surprising amount about what was going on in our hobby and I worked in it daily. The manner in which he drew the cars was distinctive but so was the way he handled the many upon many of rodders who likeness appeared in Henry HiRise over the years.
I can't even begin to tell you how many car types (builders, owners, and promoters) would call or write and see if I could put in a good word for them with Dave. My response was always the same, "Next month's cartoon will be as much a surprise to me as it will be to you!" Dave would call from time to time, he wasn't much on emails, and we would talk. Every now and then he would ask for a picture or two on a car that he had heard about but hadn't seen nor could find a photo. He would take this input and file it away for a future Henry HiRise.
I would always ask Dave, "Will this be in this month's cartoon?" He would always respond, "We will see." And we did. We were never disappointed. I can't begin to tell you how many times I would look at his monthly effort and try and find his phone number which he cleverly hid from month to month. Every now and then it wouldn't be in the cartoon and I would ask Dave where it was. He would respond thinking I was nuts saying, "Brian, it isn't can't you see that?" Oh well.
I always knew Dave was special as his first hot rod was a Model A coupe. (We Model A champions have to stick together against the Dark Side that's absorbed with the '32 thingy!)
Smith and I were emailing each other (as he lives in Australia) upon Dave's passing and he commented that he hoped Dave wasn't underappreciated. All of us know that it's oftentimes when you no longer have something that you finally fully appreciate what you have lost. I always thought that I appreciated Dave's efforts but I am afraid I am going to really feel the loss after a few issues of SR go by. I will miss a good friend. There's no one who can replace Dave nor would we want to. A glorious lifetime with a noteworthy career is now over- for the kid from southern Minnesota it's the end of an era. SRM
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TALK ASIA
Interview with Ratan Tata
Aired April 13, 2011 - 06:32:00 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
(BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) SARA SIDNER, ANCHOR (voice-over): It's a surname synonymous with business in India. Almost everywhere you look you can see the name that has become one of the country's biggest conglomerate companies. It's humble beginning in 1868, the Tata Company has been responsible for India's first steel plant, first luxury hotel and first domestic airline. Since then, it continues to pioneer different markets and made a name for itself around the world. The man currently at the helm of this growing business empire with $67 billion in revenue last year is Ratan Tata, the great grandson of the company's founder. He's further globalized operation and secured some big named international acquisition including Jaguar, Land Rover and Hetley Tea. But unlike many other Indian business power houses, the Tata is feared, but majority owned by its chairman. Ratan Tata holds just 1 percent of the company while more than 66 percent is controlled by Trust, a charitable organizations that support a wide range of educational and cultural institutions across India. This week on TALK ASIA, we're in Mumbai where a rare interview with the media shy never married business baron as he opened up about succession, the aftermath of the Mumbai attacks and share some very surprising stories about his private life. (END VIDEOTAPE) SIDNER: You and your family have a fascinating history. What is it about the Tata family that has brought so much success in a country of more than a billion people? RATAN TATA, CHAIRMAN, TATA GROUP: Well, I guess, success is to be judge by others, but I think the one thing the family has done is that it created a lot of industries in the early days prior to independence, which were national industries infrastructure in the form of power, steel, et cetera. And then gave also with the way in philanthropic grants and that's been something that's been carried on by their successors through peers. SIDNER: And you're one of the successors - TATA: And I'm one of the successors, but I've done very little compared to what they did. SIDNER: You really believed that? You've grown the Tata conglomerate 12 fold? TATA: Yes, but - you know, they - they did much more sort of earth breaking and missionary things, which today is a different - more difficult to do something that's really out in time. But I've tried to do whatever I could and I have I think more importantly tried to do - unfolding values and the ethics that they've set. SIDNER: Your company - you have about 98 companies in your conglomerate, 395,000 employees across the world. TATA: Yes. SIDNER: You've bought Hetley Tea, Core Steel, Jaguar, Land Rover, how do you keep up with all of these? TATA: I would say that I'm blessed with a very - very good executive team that - that operates reasonably autonomously each of the companies. We have a review. SIDNER: Where do you get the strength and the stamina to deal with all these different entities that you have to make sure do well? People are looking at you. They're watching you. TATA: I think that's the excitement of the job. That's been part of the adrenalin that gives you. SIDNER: Are you an adrenalin junky? TATA: No. SIDNER: But you like a little bit of kick? TATA: Yes, I do. Yes. One needs it once in the way and one needs to be able to get away from it also. SIDNER: I've been in India for just three years so I'm a new be, but if you ask the average Indian about corruption, they will complain to you that it touches their lives every day. Do you think in order to do business here that you have to play this game, give tip, kickbacks, bribe? TATA: No, we have succeeded in growing in the manner we have without in fact partaking in this. We have also been -- I would say that we could have grown faster and could have prospered more as a group. But we have never - we have never in fact partake in this kind of activity. SIDNER: There have been things sad recently because of this bandwidths scandal. TATA: Yes. SIDNER: About you, about one of the Tata companies. Did you - anyone in your company or any lobbyist for the company do anything inappropriate or illegal? TATA: I could say with my hand to my heart that we have not in fact partake in any - like (Kleinstein) activity. I am hopeful that the investigations that are underway will - will truthfully bring out the position and that the truth will be on the table before - before too long. SIDNER: When it comes to corruption, do you think the government has been doing the right thing? Have they done what needs to be done? TATA: I think what's happening now - in terms of things being before the court say I hope will put things in the right perspective. I hope that it doesn't become a nation of scandals and allegations as they are. I think more importantly, the media has to be more circumspect and be careful that they malign or allege or convict people before they have had a fair trial. SIDNER: Is it hard to be an honest businessman in India? TATA: I think there are many honest businessmen. There are many that have been and happy that I have not been (inaudible) dishonest because I have not been. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SIDNER (voice-over): Coming up, we get a guided tour of Ratan Tata's rebuilt Taj Hotel. The scene of Mumbai's terror attacks in 2008. (END VIDEO CLIP) (COMMERCIAL BREAK) (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) SIDNER: This close to an - 16 hours, 20 hours later - UNIDENTIFIED MALE: All in all it was just a horrible event that I never thought we would ever see in India. (END VIDEO CLIP) SIDNER: This hotel has a special place in a lot of people's hearts after what happened in 2008. I was standing just - just outside with a lot of other journalist from around the world. TATA: Yes. SIDNER: Listening to the sound of grenades. Listening to the gun fire, seeing the fire, what was your first thought? How did you find out about what was happening inside this hotel? TATA: Somebody called my home and said that there were shootings here. I called the exchange in obviously, but there is no reply. So - I was also outside that first night and - I knew quite fast that it would - the police came and said it was a gang war. And it became quite clear with grenades and automatic gunfire that it was not and then it became clear that we were under some kind of attack not necessarily - that we were under terrorists attack not where they came from or who they were. That picture emerged the next day. SIDNER: During that 60 hours or so, what were you doing? What were your frustrations? TATA: We're not allowed to enter here because it was taken over by the commandos. So - actually it was a difficult time because the next day I thought it was all over because there were low periods. The first night was - and then the commandos came in and I issued a press statement basically saying that, you know, this would break us down. But then it went on for two more - two more days or three more days. SIDNER: You were able and gracious enough, you spoke with our Fareed Zakaria - TATA: Yes. SIDNER: During that time and you said some things to him about law enforcement. You were very upset. TATA: Yes. SIDNER: Have things change any since then? TATA: I don't know enough to answer that honestly. It's not - one thing I do know is they're better equipped today than they were then in terms of arms and in terms of logistics, et cetera. But training is an important part of being prepared and being trained to deal with these - these situations is an important part of total preparedness and I don't know whether that is happening or not. And I have no way to know. I hope - I hope I don't need another way to know. SIDNER: Do you have any regrets either from before, the days before the attacks happened? Do you have any regrets about how you or your company handled it? TATA: No, I feel very proud of the way the staff dealt with the situation. To me, it has meant more than anything else because if you were a group of independent people, some waiters, some chefs, some porters, all of whom put their own lives, you know, after that of the guests and the well being of the guests and - And in many cases lost their lives to - to the bullets of these terrorists, but succeeded in - in serving their - their guests with pride and a great cause to themselves. SIDNER: How much time, effort and money has it taken to restore this since the attack? TATA: It took over a year because we had to rebuild some of the floors. We have to go through most of the structure because of water damage through the fire department. And we really did more to undertake a renovation that presumably skin deep. So we really did a total renovation and ironically a few years after we had renovated this whole wing. SIDNER: It must been heart breaking to see what has happened to your hotel? TATA: It was. We're very lucky that it wasn't more. There's a great pride in the place and - and in some ways I'm glad we re-did this plot better than what it was. That the other places like the restaurants, et cetera, walled and repaired this differently so you don't walk into restaurant and say, I remember it's different. SIDNER: I have to say, I remembered the scene from the security cameras. TATA: Yes. This is the same. It hasn't been changed and our intention was to rebuild it the same way. I mean, the rooms are better that what they were and the restaurants are different. They are - they don't give you the sense of nostalgia. SIDNER: Both (inaudible) though - do you ever hear from your guests that it also gives them a bit of sadness just knowing what happened? TATA: Yes. We do have some very grateful for how they survived in the - were supported in those hours of crisis. Muslims were sad that what happened, happened and - SIDNER: Are you proud of this? I mean, the restoration is impeccable? TATA: I am proud of what they did and really proud to have been a part of - of the hotel as it was in the spirit that existed. The day we reopened, this whole staircase was full of employees. The whole staircase was employees (inaudible) shouting with great spirit on - on the fact that we were reopening again. SIDNER: This is a difficult question. This is one of the ones that my mother would be a little worried about me asking. TATA: Yes. (COMMERCIAL BREAK) SIDNER: Your family has been likened to the Rockefeller's in America. Do you think you would have been as successful has you not been born into this dynasty? TATA: I think there are similarities in the sense the Rockefeller's had given so much to - to the United States and done so much for the poor segments and done so much for the arts and - and the sciences. That there are great in similarities in terms of what we believe we should support. The - the early Rockefellers made their wealth from being in certain businesses and - and remained personally very wealthy. Tata's were different in the sense the future generations were not so wealthy. They - they were involved in the business, but most of the family wealth is put into trust and the family did not in fact enjoy enormous wealth. SIDNER: I have to ask you this and I know you've been asked this a million times. TATA: Yes. SIDNER: Who will succeed you? Because you have no heir and a lot of people are used to companies especially family-run companies in India having the heir take over the company? TATA: There's a committee that's been established. That committee is mandated with looking at internal candidates, external candidates, Indian expatriates and they have a short list of people that they're examining today and meeting. And I've stayed away from that committee because I think that committee should operate independently without the force of someone who is looking over their shoulder and I hope that by first of half of this year, we'll be able to define a suitable candidate with whom one can overlap a short period of time before I move away. SIDNER: What are the chances that that person does not have the last name Tata? TATA: See I'd have to say that that's something I wouldn't like to comment on. My stepbrothers, one of the - one of the candidates that is being considered and I don't think it's my lot to say whether - it's 50 percent, 90 percent or 10 percent so - SIDNER: Will that cost them the strife? Do you guys talk about this? TATA: No, I don't think - it may - I have no way to know. SIDNER: What do you want your legacy to be? How do you want to be remembered? TATA: What I would like to do is to leave behind a sustainable entity of a set of companies that operate in an exemplary manner in terms of ethics, values and continue what our ancestors left behind. Not my legacy alone, but a continuation of the legacy that extends through the last over 100 years and I hope my successor will - will be as committed to that as I have tried to be. My only regret is that I am not 20 years younger because I think India's going through very exciting period in its history. SIDNER: This is a difficult question. This is one of the ones that my mother would be a little worried about me asking. Have you even been in love? TATA: Yes. SIDNER: How many times? TATA: Seriously, four times. SIDNER: Can you tell us anything about that? TATA: Well, you know, one that was probably the most serious was when I was - working in the U.S. and the only reason we didn't get married was when I came back to India and she was to follow me and that was the year of the - if you might - the Indo-Chinese conflict. And in true American fashion this conflict in the Himalayas and the snowy uninhabited part of the Himalayas was seen in the United States as a major war between India and China. And so she didn't come and finally got married in the U.S. thereafter. SIDNER: So now I have to ask you since you did bring up the word married. TATA: Yes. SIDNER: Why have you never gotten married? TATA: I - when you ask whether - love - I came seriously close to getting married four times and each time, it got close to the air and I guess, I backed up in fear or one reason or another. Each of the occasions was different. But in the hindsight, when I looked at the people involved maybe it wasn't a bad thing that I - I did it. I think it may have been more complex had the marriage taken place. SIDNER: Were any of the people that you were in love with here or are they still here in the city? TATA: Yes. SIDNER: Yes? TATA: Yes. SIDNER: You're being very coy. Are you going to tell us? TATA: Well, certainly - because of the people that are in here and of course, this may be aired in the U.S. so I'll be in trouble with whatever I do. So I think I better stop here. SIDNER: OK, thank you so much. TATA: Thank you. END
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Nelson-based fishing company Sealord has been fined $63,400 and ordered to pay reparations of $12,500 after a fisherman fell through a hatch, rupturing his spleen.
On October 2 last year, factory hand James Billingham was helping prepare Sealord vessel Ocean Dawn to sail from Nelson. While trying to remove bungs under the hatch cover, he overbalanced and fell five metres into the ship's hold.
He was taken to hospital where he was diagnosed with a sprained thumb. Later that day he suffered severe abdominal pain and returned to hospital where he underwent emergency surgery to remove his spleen.
In September Sealord pleaded guilty to one Health and Safety in Employment Act charge of failing to ensure the safety of an employee. Nelson District Court Judge Tony Zohrab said Sealord had failed to take all practicable steps to ensure the safety of employees on board.
Maritime New Zealand director Keith Manch said the sentence sent a clear message to operators that health and safety," he said.
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A woman raped by the adult son she adopted out as a child has asked the courts to reveal his name, even though it could identify her.
The 29-year-old man, who was sentenced to five years and nine months in prison on Tuesday, was convicted of assaulting and raping his biological mother some months after he tracked her down to ask questions about his parentage last year.
But rather than multiple rapes, he was convicted on nine counts of incest after the jury found the sexual relationship they embarked on was consensual to begin with..
His adoptive mother made a plea to the court, saying her son was ''a good man'', and naming him would serve no purpose.
She said there was some self-interest attached.
''I don't want to see our good name out there.'' But she also said family members would be affected.
Judge Claire Ryan adjourned the request for permanent suppression so more information on the effect on the convicted man's mental state could be presented.
The man's trial in Auckland District Court in May was harrowing. Jurors were shown evidence, and the woman broke down repeatedly giving her testimony, and at times ran from the court.
She said she was ''doing what she was told to do'', which included ''performing like a porn star''.
Adopted family squared off against biological family, with the man's adoptive mother telling the court the woman had told her the relationship was consensual. The jury did not accept the woman was being forced, and found the man guilty of incest rather than rape.
While he was found guilty of one representative charge of rape later in their relationship, he was found not guilty of all the specific-incident rape charges and other representative sex charges.
The defence has indicated it will appeal on the inconsistency of the verdicts.
The violence charges included kicking and punching the woman in the face.
Judge Ryan said the woman remained in fear of her son and still suffered from flashbacks. She said both parties were vulnerable - the son from distress about his heritage, and the woman from guilt over adopting him out.
''Unfortunately these were matters you resolved by entering into a relationship.''
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We’d just opened our mouths to ask whether JVC planned to offer a ‘proper’ hard-drive Everio as opposed to the Microdrive-equipped MC-series when it thrust just such a device into our gaping maw.
Sore of mouth but warm of heart, we saw that this new Everio had a 30GB hard drive – good for seven hours of footage on the highest quality setting. The GZ-MG50 is the most senior of a family of three, sharing a bed with two 800k-pixel-sensor siblings: one 20GB and one 30GB.
For a number of reasons other than gadget lust, we deemed this range-topper to be the one to choose. As well as the larger drive, and the 1.3megapixel sensor, it also has an F1.2 lens, which voraciously sucks in light to provide decent pictures, even in murky shooting conditions.
The MGs all use MPEG-2 compression that, while not as economical as MP4, provides a good mating of image quality and file size. And though seven hours of continuous shooting might not sound like a technological revolution, it’s seven times more than a MiniDV tape.
We were worried that the hard disk would be slow to start up and store images but, in practice, recording begins almost instantly, and start-up takes a manageable six seconds.
The Everio uses a standard 1.8-inch hard drive, so it’s blessedly light and compact compared to DVD or MiniDV camcorders, and a special sensor automatically shuts down the device if you drop it.
Tech Specs
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- Megapixels
- 1.3
- Memory card type
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In October 2012 the letters “S.O.S.” were carved into the ground of Western Sahara/Algeria near the Saharaui refugee camp Smara in collaboration with Artifariti and the Frente Polisario. The graffiti measures 5 km x 1,7 km, which makes it the largest graffiti in the world. The piece refers to the Saharaui peoples struggle for independence from Moroccan rule in the almost forgotten West Saharan conflict.
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The Best Car Dealer in Manahawkin
IF you are looking for the best car dealer in Manahawkin, then you have found the right place. The top rated, most well-loved car dealership is Manahawkin Chrysler Jeep Dodge Ram located on Route 72 just minutes from Atlantic City, Central NJ, and all of Ocean County.
The Best Car Dealer in Manahawkin
The Best Car Dealer in Manahawkin features not only the best car prices out there, but a full selection of pricing options. When you go to this dealership, make sure to ask for A.J. Russo, who helps the dealership live up to it’s reputation.
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No One Does More To Ease The Pain Of Poverty
Than Catholic Charities Of Northern Nevada.
Whoever, wherever, whenever…Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada assists the poor and under-served in our community, whether they are children, families, seniors, homeless, or the working poor. Through our eight human-services programs, Catholic Charities of Northern Nevada is able to:
- Provide services and support to nearly 350,000 human beings in our community every year.
- Serve more than 600 meals each day to men, women, and children who are hungry in our midst.
- Provide a leg up for people in need from every faith, race, and walk of life with food, clothing, and shelter.
Thank you for visiting our web site. If you are so moved, we welcome your generous donation to help ease the pain of poverty in the communities we serve.
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No Ordinary Fashion Show
Marina Larroudé's Pregnancy Picks
Beauty Icon: David Beckham
New York Highlights: Fall 2013 Ready-to-Wear
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2013 Spring Shopping Guide
On the Rocks With Lindeberg and Sevigny
Dior at the Met
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Frozen Dinners: Parties for Frieze
"it's like a chanel wedding!"
Joseph Altuzarra's NYCB Costumes in the Spotlight
Alexis Dahan Celebrates "The Sky Is Shaped by Its City Buildings"
Reed Krakoff Is Under the Influence
Designers Within Reach
Partying After Hours With the Met Set
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THE ZOE REPORT: Bath Time
Um, a Balenciaga bubble bath? Yes please! And no I do not mean jump in the tub dressed in Balenciaga—or any of your designer clothes (ever) for that matter—but do get down to your birthday suit and de-stress with the French fashion house’s new luxe shower gel.
A bubble bath version of Balenciaga’s recent and popular perfume, Paris, this concoction is true to its origin with a violet-base that is mixed with woody tones. Heaven. Whenever you need a mini timeout from life, indulge in a long hot bath or shower with this blissful blend and you will immediately feel rejuvenated. Oh, and while you are at it, don’t forget to pamper yourself with a few of my other bath time essentials: Kate Somerville’s ExfoliKate and Omorovicza’s Gold Shimmer Oil! xoRZ
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Golden Globe Best Picture Nominees: A Sartorial Perspective
Yes, dear readers, film awards season is upon us! You can expect day-of preshow liveblogging and morning-after red carpet roundups in the months to come, but for now we will satisfy your cinematic style needs with an analysis of the fashion found in your favorite Golden Globe Best Picture nominees.
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The filter foam is impregnated with highly active carbon powder, granulate or pellets. This impregnation of the open-cell filter foam with carbon increases the effective surface to a maximum whilst maintaining the volume. Approx. 80 - 100 grammes of activated carbon are impregnated per millimetre of material thickness and square metre of foam. The carbon achieves a surface of approx. 1.300 m² per gramme. In addition, the open-cell structure of the filter foam reduces the differential pressure to a minimum. This achieves the best possible air circulation and thus utilization of the carbon powder at a minimum of energy. Typical fields of application are air filtration and water filtration. Poret® -Carbon is available in rolls, sheets, cuttings, stamp parts.
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> If you use xsl:key then (separate) key tables are made for that match in
> _every_ document processed (conceptually, the system probably has
> optimisations so it doesn't produce tables that are never used).
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> when you use key('foo','bar') it looks up bar in the foo table
> associated with the current document. So you just need to make sure you
> are
> in the document that you want, so
Umm, all fine and good, but how do you generate the key table in the first
place? I don't want the keys on the main document, I want them on the
document processed by document() (or in some cases on the data produced by
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jps wrote:I can see a few options for how it could work, none of which would result is the user losing any work:
#1: Changing sessions is like changing profiles: sessions contain the complete state of the editor (open files and their modifications, as well as open windows and their positions), and changing session will close all open files and switch entirely to the new one. This would work behind the scenes just like 'File/Exit and preserve session': state, such as unsaved changes to open files, would be saved in the session.
#2: Sessions apply to a window at a time only. Opening a new session will open a new window with that session. It allows multiple sessions to be open at the same time, but perhaps doesn't make sense if you want one session to span multiple windows.
#3: Making sessions a bit 'softer': Opening a session closes all opened but un-modified files, while leaving modified files alone. Files that were open in the session are then opened. Window state, layout, find history etc aren't touched.
I feel safe using sublime text, I know my stuff is always going to be there! lol
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By Bonifacio Taban Kuich
October 19, 2012 (BENTIU) - Thousands expired commodities have been confiscated according to Unity Authorities finance Ministry, and traders from Ethiopia and Sudan being investigated for selling the goods after their sell-by-date.
Niemeri Mayual Garkek, the Unity State director for industry and quality promotion, told Sudan Tribune on Friday that the expired goods are being stored by the government after they were found on sale in Bentiu’s markets.
The expired goods are allowed to enter the state as there asre "no clear check points" to inspect imported commodities”, Garkek said.
South Sudan depends on imported goods from the neighboring countries Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. The country has vast areas of fertile land but insecurity and inefficiency in agricultural production mean that South Sudan still depends largely on imports, especially for manufactured goods.
Garkek says over reliance on imports is a big challenge for the young nation, making Unity State "a zoo of the expired commodities".
The expired commodities came through Rubkotna and Guit ports on the White Nile river which are used by traders to import goods to the state. Most storage facilities for consumable goods are not well ventilated resulting in some goods going bad even before their expiry dates.
The expired goods include medicine, maize flour, alcoholic drinks, powered juices, biscuits, and sodas. Authorities say will take to court traders suspected of bringing expired goods into the state.
“Before the demolition in that place we have apply what is so call legal procedures, in the present of legal advisor at the Ministry level or even there is no legal advisor we use to cooperate with those prosecution and attorney or legal administration, the legal procedure we have to use we do with what we call not comply form”, Garkek added.
Garkek says the government is working hard to stop such practices from reoccurring within the state, adding that traders should respect the role of the South Sudan National Bureau of Standards.
In the state capital Bentiu, consumers complain that many bakers sell bread with insects inside their bread and that rotten goods are sold in markets.
Joseph Gatluak Jal, 21, a bread seller in Kalibalek Market told Sudan Tribune that some goods are rotten when they are sold to them by wholesalers.
“It is true that some wheat flour carry some insects", he said, adding that "when we go and buy the wheat flour we could not know whether such wheat flour has spoiled”.
Jal who has made his living selling bread seller since 2007 earns between 15 to 20 South Sudanese Pounds (SSP) a day. He blames the government for not properly controlling imports and the consequent potential health consequences.
South Sudan lacks the equipment or laboratories to properly examine the import goods to the country.
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Has Rennen Built The Perfect #BMX Racing Training Device?
George Costa, team manager of Answer-Rennen and owner of Rennen design group did a new interview with me for an update on his new products! Rennen is an innovator in progressive BMX products like their decimal gears and hi tech training devices like the G-Cog but George might out done himself with the development of [...]
2011 Hurley Trails Last Episode, George Costa Gets Busy (BMX)
So this is my last edit from Hurley trails in Upstate NY. I got some more jumping action from the step up and George Costa was getting busy and the jumps. I have a few shots from that long rhythm section and Evan AKA “TB2″ was flowing through them nice. Of Course there was more [...]
George and Joey Talk About The Twitter Drama (explicit language)
While I was at Hurley Trails George Costa and Joey Albright put me on the Twitter Drama that goes on in the BMX World, it’s pretty crazy lol! Check out he clip See more BMX interviews on our BMX HOOD channel!
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2010 NBL Grands: George Costa Watching The Teams Motos
George Costa(Rennen Designs) Was in the infield during the semis to watch his team riders motos. George had ten riders up for titles and he was also up for the team title, pretty exciting to watch, check out the clip! Follow Rennen-Intense Team at:
Austin Lobe And Gorge Costa Packing The Truck Trumbull
I kicked it with Austin Lobe at the Rennen-Intense tent and got some insight on how he started racing, the Intense Podium and growing the sport of BMX. And look out for that special cameo apperance by George Costa lol.
George Costa At The 2009 NBL Grands
I kicked it with George Costa(Rennen Designs) about the Rennen-Intense team, team sheets, new Rennen products plus we had a good conversation about improving the sport of BMX and more!
George Costa At The First State Nationals
George Costa(Rennen Designs) was down at the First State Nationals with a new chain ring for the kids! Rennen has a lot of new things poppin in 09, Check out the clip!
What Does Rennen Mean??
When I went to the First State Nationals in Delaware I interviewed George Costa from Rennen Designs. Since I like to do trivia I Decided to see if anyone from the Rennen-Intense Team knew what the word Rennen means. I got some pretty funny answers Check out the clip!
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From the daily archives: Friday, July 29, 2011
Let’s Make Cupcakes
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Friiiiiiiiiiiiday. Yes.
Thursday Catch-Up brought to you by: 3 1/2 hours of sleep!
Yesterday I was saved by my iPod + Kindle app at the gym when I forgot headphones. No headphones = no music/no Food Network = yay, reading!!
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Wordless: Great America Theme Park
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One of the Best Apartment Communities in West Kalamazoo
Summer Ridge is conveniently located four miles west of Western Michigan University, one mile from US-131, and five miles, basketball court, and outdoor spa. The apartments include features such as ceramic tile, built-in shelving, utility room with full-size washer and dryer, wood-burning fireplace, and large deck or patio. Summer Ridge is Kalamazoo Promise-Qualified.
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To provide a container for storing bones which is easily handled and by which the decedent is easily discriminated and which exhibits excellent airtightness.
A top projection 11 which is to be a grip is provided on the top part 12 of a container for facilitating taking-out and by screw-fitting the bottom part 13 of the container with screws 15 and 16, airtightness is high and, even when the container falls down, there exists no possibility of scattering easily the content and a picture, or the like, can be decorated in the recessed part 17 provided on the bottom face of the bottom part of the container and, as a projection 21 provided on the top end part of the top projection 11 is freely removably changed, it is possible to easily discriminate whose bones they are.
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Next Patent: THIGN MUSCLE TRAINING APPARATUS
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PURPOSE: To ensure that the center of a mold is accurately opened by causing the mold to be opened while it is completely clamped in between the platens of an injection molding machine.
CONSTITUTION: A molten material is passed through the passage 11 of a hot spool assembled in such a manner as to be incorporated in the nozzle of an injection molding machine and allowed to reach its end. A bottomed hollow plus 12 having a plurality of through holes has been screwed into that end. The molten material is allowed to join together after it passes through the holes once while forming a disc storage 13 before being injected into a cavity 6. A bar heater 14 is buried in this hot spool and a nozzle sleeve 15 is attached on the periphery thereof. The heater moves forward together with the hot spool 10 by means of a circular projection 17 at the injection position (a), whereas it moves backward up to a horizontal projection 9 by means of a spring 18 at the cooling position (b), so that heat radiation toward the hot spool 10 may be prevented.
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Pawsitive Park, also... - Pawsitive Park -Estelle Cohn Memorial Dog Park - South Florida Sun-Sentinel.com
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Pawsitive Park, also known as the Estelle Cohn Memorial Dog Park on behalf a generous donation made by her husband, opened in Norwich in 2005. Here dogs can run and play among its acre of fenced land or walk alongside their owners among the additional 2 acres of scenic trails.
261 Asylum Street
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But static as his situation may seem on the surface, Barden points to a different outlook going into his second pro season.
"There's plenty of things that are different," Barden says on a recent August night following his second training camp practice of the day. "Last year was more of an introduction; this year is more of a fine-tuning experience.
"Whereas I've had a year to learn and grow and watch and now I'm starting to apply some of the things I was able to observe into my own game and try and grow and earn the confidence of the coaches and our quarterbacks."
Barden appeared in just three games, sparingly, at that, and finished with one catch on the 2009 season. Never having been given the chance to really succeed or fail on the field, there would appear to be an air of curiosity even within the Giants surrounding his 2010 potential, but also a strong vote of confidence.
"Last year he didn't get a whole lot of playing time, when he did get in he made some things happen," Giants quarterback Eli Manning told reporters in comments reprinted on the team's website. "But he had a really good spring, he's a smart guy, he understands the offense and what's going on, especially for a guy who hasn't had much playing experience. So it'll be good to get him in the preseason games and other games and see how he does. But he's a big target with big hands and he's excited about what he can do and how he can help improve our offense."
Generally speaking, Barden's minimal involvement in the offense last season isn't really uncommon for a first-year wide receiver, but expectations were probably inflated somewhat by his draft position – he was taken as the 85th overall pick in April 2009 and signed a four-year, $2.48 million contract that June – and the Giants' apparent need for depth at receiver at the time.
Add to that Barden's NFL-ready build -- one that many compared to former star wideout Plaxico Burress, whom the Giants had lost to a two-year prison sentence earlier that year -- and the aptitude he showed at minicamps and training camp coming on the heels of a breakout senior year at Cal Poly and it wasn't implausible to think that Barden might see the field sooner rather than later.
But he wasn't included in the receivers rotation to begin the season, a season that the team opened on a tear with five straight wins.
And, while the Giants eventually faded, losing eight of their last 11 to finish 8-8 and miss the playoffs, it was a good year for Giants receivers, with Steve Smith putting up career numbers (107 catches for 1,220 yards and seven touchdowns) and Mario Manningham (822 receiving yards) starting out hot before being supplanted by Hakeem Nicks, who tied for the lead among NFL rookies in 2009 with 790 yards receiving.
"I really don't like to make excuses for myself, saying it's a numbers game and things like that," Barden says. "I imagine that played a part in it, but at the end of the day, I control my own destiny and if I wasn't on the field, I guess I didn't do enough. The whole idea is to use that as motivation and do more.
"The main thing is gonna be taking advantage of opportunities when they come — get a play here, get a play there, make a play — those are things that build credit, so to speak, and show my value. The more I can do that, the more encouraged the coaches will be to give me more roles and more opportunities."
For Barden, the conclusion of the Giants' 2009 season was frustrating on more than one level.
Powerless to alter the Giant's monumental collapse from his position on the sideline, it was hard for him not to get restless.
"Whether you're winning or losing, you're always gonna feel like you could be out there doing something productive to help the team," Barden says.
And, while Barden will likely always remember his first catch, a 16-yard reception in the season finale at Minnesota on Jan. 3, the setting, a 44-7 blowout loss, is one no one on the team cares to recall.
"We feel like we had a very talented group last year and we came up short in several areas," Barden says. "We're looking to seize the opportunity this season and jump on our competition from the get-go and not let up. [We want] to be a dominating team, be a physical team and get back to Giant football."
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Although Carbon's economy managed to post employment gains in July, the county experienced a climbing jobless rate last month.
The latest data compiled by the Utah Department of Workforce Services indicate Carbon's unemployment rate increased to 4.6 percent last month from the 4.5 percent level reported in June 2008.
By comparison, Carbon's unemployment rate measured at 3.6 percent in July 2007.
On the positive side of the economic spectrum, Carbon County posted a 1.6 percent employment expansion rate, with the local labor force totalling 9,242 last month and 9,097 in July 2007.
At the state level, Utah's non-farm wage and salaried job growth for July 2008, as compared against July 2007, is estimated at 0.6 percent. This is lower than last month's 0.9 percent and represents more downward movement in Utah's employment picture.
Approximately 7,300 jobs have been created in the Utah economy within the past year, raising total wage and salary employment to 1,250,100.
Utah's second primary indicator of labor market conditions - the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate - jumped to 3.5 percent in July. Last July, the state's rate was 2.7 percent.
Approximately 48,900 Utahns were considered unemployed in July compared to 37,000 last year.
At the national level, the United States unemployment rate rose to 5.7 percent in July, exceeding last year's nationwide jobless level by one full percentage point.
"The housing construction picture keeps getting worse and it really has no chance of improving until next year at the earliest. Even next year carries its own questions," commented Mark Knold, department of workforce services economist. "Is Utah in a recession? Probably a psychological recession, given rising energy and food prices plus an onslaught of negative media highlights. But Utah's remaining industries taken together don't support a recession. In fact, if we removed the construction industry from the picture, Utah's employment growth rate across the remaining industries is almost 2 percent."
"Online job listings are down a bit for July, but not significantly," pointed out the DWS economist. "The health care industry continues to aggressively expand employment and I recently attended a meeting composed of information technology and life science human resource personnel who bemoaned the lack of engineers and other available technicians. They would hire workers and expand if they could find willing and available labor. We also observe that, even in slow economic times, there are still vast amounts of churning and job changing that occur. Job opportunities still present themselves."
The education and health care sectors added approximately 6,500 employment opportunities in the last 12 months.
Health care accounted for the majority of the job growth, expanding employment by nearly 6 percent. Health care responds to population growth and demographic change and can breeze through slowing economic times with minimal or no adverse impact, indicated Knold.
Education is a second industry somewhat immune to the ups and downs of the economic cycle.
At the kindergarten to 12th grade level, the sector is almost completely immune to economic impacts.
Utah's surging elementary age population drives up the demand for additional teachers. As the student population climbs to higher grade levels, teaching employment expands statewide.
"We also observe that slower economies put more demand upon higher education. When job access and opportunities slow, many working-age adults choose to return to the education system as a means of riding out a slow economy and furthering their knowledge and skill base, thus increasing their attractiveness for future employment," noted Knold.
Industries like life sciences, information technology and computer software remained fairly vibrant in July. Life sciences encompass biotechnology, medical devices, research and development, pharmaceuticals and most areas related to the environment.
Occupations in the sector demand specialized education or training.
Energy or natural resources represents another robust area in Utah, particularly oil and natural gas development in the Uintah Basin, Carbon and Duchesne counties.
Coal is also a major player in the central Utah economy, but mining activity has slowed. However, few alternatives to coal currently exist and mining remains a key part of America's energy matrix.
Several industries are struggling in Utah.
Construction remains the most visible and the picture continues to darken. The industry follows a pattern of low employment in winter and peak labor force numbers in summer. But last December's construction employment exceeded the July level employment.
The situation does not appear poised to reverse, pointed out the DWS economist. With changed mortgage rates and borrowing requirements, home prices are overvalued and unaffordable for many Utahns. It will take time for the adjustments needed to correct the imbalance.
In addition, all activities in the finance industry have scaled back and the sector has shed 800 jobs statewide on a year-over-year basis. Most national analysts continue seeing banking and finance struggling to maintain solvency.
Utah's manufacturing environment is also succumbing to the national downturn. On a year-over basis, the industry added 200 jobs statewide, but has been trending downward all year, and is expected to soon move to the negative side of the ledger, maybe as soon as next month.
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In looking towards the immediate city and county general elections on Nov. 3, the Carbon County Chamber of Commerce board of directors would like to invite all voters to participate in a "Meet the Candidates" nights scheduled for Oct. 26 at the Helper City Rio Theatre located at 210 South Main Street in Helper from 5:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Session one begins at 5:30 p.m. and runs until 5:50 p.m. and is for candidates running for Price City, mayor and city council. In attendance will be Joe Piccolo, who is running for mayor, and Jeanne McEvoy for city council. Both candidates are running unopposed but have been invited to participate so that Price City residents have an opportunity to ask questions of their candidates. Kathy Hanna-Smith is also running unopposed for city council but is unable to participate due to several prior commitments.
Session two starts at 6 p.m. and runs until 6:20 p.m. for all candidates running for Wellington City mayor and city council. Those who chose to participate are mayoral candidate Ed Chavez and city council candidate Amber Adair.
Session three begins at 6:30 p.m. and ends at 7 p.m. This session will be for both candidates vying for a position on the Price River Water Improvement District board, including incumbent Keith Cox and opposing candidate Tom Matthews.
Session four will run from 7:10 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. and will include all eight candidates from Helper City. Contenders for mayor are Dean Armstrong and Kirk Mascaro. Competing for the four year city council spots are Gary Harwood, Orlando Ochoa and Chris Pugliese. For the two year city council, candidates included that evening are Robert Bradley, Donald Mortensen and Brandon Wise..
A meet the candidates night for Sunnyside and East Carbon was also scheduled on another evening but due to lack of participation by all but one candidate from Sunnyside, it has been cancelled.
"The Chamber's goal is to introduce the candidates to citizens in order to find out what their platform and goals are so that voters can make an informed decision on Nov. 3," said Chamber executive director Ann Evans. "There are no other elections where local citizens' votes count more or where they can be more involved than in city, county and state appointments. We want everyone to be part of the process."
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The Online Learning Center allows you to click on a topic to learn more about it. You can then register for the course directly and download all course materials ahead of time for reference.
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Recycled.
SAVED isn’t a one-off effort, though: a part of the site’s All-Consuming campaign, it’s just the latest entry into Green Thing’s efforts to get users to participate in “the art of wasting nothing and using up everything.” A previous effort aimed at used clothing, Glove Love, paired together single donated gloves (the other half of the pair had gone missing). The campaign also features a ton of professional and user-generated content on ideas for getting the most use out of items most of us consider appropriate only for the trash can.
Know of other efforts to go beyond the “vintage” designation for used clothing, and actually re-create it? Let us know about it…
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I always use this recipe when making chocolate chip cookies because they turn out every single time for me. The cookies stay chewy and thick and the best part is that you can basically add anything you want to them.
This makes about 8 dozen:
This makes about 8 dozen:
Pudding Cookies
Ingredients:
( like chocolate/butterscotch/peanut butter/white chocolate chips, candy bars, m&m's, nuts, etc.)
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Stir together flour and baking soda in seperate bowl and set aside; in a large bowl, cream butter, brown and white sugar. Beat in pudding mix until well blended. Stir in the eggs and vanilla. When smooth, slowly add in the flour mixture. This can take a little while, but make sure it's well incorporated into mix.
Finally, add the "fillers". This time I split the dough in half and used chopped up snickers bars in one:
And a combination of butterscotch and chocolate chips in the other:
I use my small melon ball scoop to make 1 " balls so the cookies are all uniform in size and bake evenly. When using the snickers, make sure you smooth the balls or the snickers part will ooze all over your pan.
Line your cookie sheets with parchment paper and bake for 8-12 minutes or until golden. I like mine slightly underdone, just a tiny bit golden.
These are just the perfect size and keep so nice all week long, if they last that long! I store them in ice cream gallon containers. So good!
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Ok, you must delete this post immediately! Or I will make these and eat them all. These look heavenly!
I love the picture of Sophie. She is the cutest puppy!
Sheri and I have the same idea, those look freakin' awesome.
Oooooh Sophie is {{cute}}
Can you use the sugar free instant pudding in this, or does it need to be the regular kind?
Wendy, good question. I've never tried the sugar-free(because sugar-free products do some not-so-good things to my body!) but I don't see why it wouldn't work.
I am on a quest for "the perfect, no-fail chocolate chip cookie recipe." I'm beginning to think it doesn't exist...
I will DEFINITELY try these next time the baking mood strikes!
Thanks for stopping by my blog! It's always fun to "meet" new bloggers. I look forward to getting to know you better!
Jen
Jennifer, let me know if these hit the spot for you. I know that everyone likes their cookies different. These stay somewhat soft and chewy and that's how I love them!
Ok... I am sooooooooooo TRYING these!!! YUM!! thank you.. last me a week... never!! LOL LOL.. not with the "camp" of kids I have
Hi Tanya, a question from another Wendy! *grin* We're about to try these and I have a question!! Is it "4 cups of water *and* add-ins you want" or "4 cups of *whatever* add-ins you want"? That could make a big difference! Thanks!
Oh gosh, lol. It's whatever, not water! I need to fix that! Sorry, I didn't spellcheck!
I have seen this recipe arounf the internet. We love chocolate chip cookies at our house - I will hve to give the recipe a try.
I've been looking at this recipe for a week and I finally got to make them today. Delicious!
I tried a batch with Andes Mint bits. A new favorite.
These will have to be tried! i love soft cookies.
I was wondering about 4 cups water too!
Sophie is SOO cute. I am trying this recipe today because I have 2 packets of chocolate pudding mix that need to be used up. I wonder if it will work? Love your blog Tanya!
Do you think they would be ok with margarine instead of butter?
I have a very similar recipe that is the family favourite.
When I am short on time I make them into bars! We have named these Chocolate Chip Cookie Bars!
Love your blog!
Reader from Ontario Canada
Oh yum. I am going to make a batch of these and bring them to work...everyone will love me! LOL
These look and sound amazing! Please do not delete this post! I have it bookmarked!! :)
I made these and the fudge puddles before Christmas and just blogged about them today. I linked to you, thanks for the recipes!
I am sending my daughter to the store right now for pudding and snicker bars!
Yum these look and sound so good!
Thanks for sharing the recipe.
Our little hamster Sofie says hello to Sophie.
OMG! it s sooo good! my kids and my fiance love it!! I cant wait to do all your recipes :P
Yum! These cookies are to die for! I've been looking for a great cookie recipe and this one is a winner. They are even better the second day! TFS!!!
Beautiful,darling dog and to die for cookies? What else does a person need in life? Well, maybe a little self control. I would probably hug on that sweet thing way too much and I know I would eat too many of those cookies. Thanks for the recipe. Just what I need for Christmas. I am going to put Kumquat zest in some of them.
Hi Tanya, I blogged about the pudding cookies on todays post. I cant wait to see your new little guy. Here is the link.
Mommy's Kitchen:
I found your blog and recipe from 2peas. I had this recipe a long, long time ago and in a move I think my handwritten recipe book fell into the garbage my mistake. :( I've been able to replace all the recipes I wanted EXCEPT this one. Now I have it! I made the recipe a bit ago and have cookies baking in the oven. You truly can not know how happy I was when I tasted that first cookie and told my husband, "THIS IS IT! THIS IS THE RECIPE I LOST!" Thank you, thank you, from the bottom of my heart!
Just made my first batch and they are so good. This is the first time I've ever made chocolate chip cookies from scratch. We used mini chocolate chips and health bar toffee bits. I am going to have to freeze some of these or I am going to be in trouble. Thanks for the recipe <3
just got finished making them!.. i liked them but i added a bit of salt to them after the first batch came outta the oven (:
i just made these tonight but gluten free! they were incredible! i halved the recipe and substituted the flour for 1 cup brown rice flour, 1 1/4 cups potato starch and added 1/2 teaspoon of xanthan gum to the flour mixture. everything else i kept the same and they were perfect. chewy and delicious. thanks for the great recipe!
My grandma passed away 20 years ago and always put pudding in her cookies. I am smiling so much today remembering and am so glad you shared this.
These look DELICIOUS. This may be a silly question, but does "t" mean tablespoon or teaspooon?
Well, I made these tonight.... I 'made SURE' I had all the ingredients prior to us heading to Walmart, so I could pick up anything needed..... Thought I had a bag of Flour at home just in a ziploc.... when I started pouring it into my flour container, it ended up being pancake mix... UGH! I needed 1 more cup of flour.... Soooo.... Some quick thinking, I found some instant oats, measured out a cup and away I went to my Magic Bullet.... 10 seconds later, a nice flour like powder was ready to mix in with the rest of the flour.... I haven't ever made these, so I'm not sure if they taste any different.... but they're delicious either way! :)
I am working on my Masters Degree in Speech Language Pathology, and am doing an Internship at a hospital, I plan to take some in to my co-workers for our pot-luck tomorrow :).
Thanks for posting! Even if it was in 2008! :)
I make something like this, but I usually add butterscotch pudding to my cookie mix, then add white chocolate chips, so I flavor the batter and the white chips stand out a bit more.
Saw this on Pinterest and had to come to read the instructions. I'll be trying this - I usually make my chocolate chip cookies into bars by using a jelly roll pan, so we'll see if they work that way. And Heath Bar bits would be AWESOME in here! :)
Ive been using this recipe for years! Its truely THE BEST chocolate chip cookie recipe EVER! I get asked to make these all the time, I like the idea of using different types of bits! Ill try chopped snickers next! Thanks for sharing
Found you on Pinterest...these look awesome! Can anyone tell me how many cookies this makes (I use a regular sized cookie scoop). This looks perfect - I love thick and fluffy cookies.
hello there....I had these at a friends house the other day when she made them!!! OMG they are the BEST EVER!!! LOVE them.
I have a ? can you freeze some of the batter so I don't have to make so many at once?? I'm making them tonight but would love to know so I can always have them on hand to throw in the oven.
Thanks for the post!!! :)
I made these tonight and they were wonderful! I've been looking for a great chocolate chip cookie recipe and I've finally found one. I only made half a batch, and I used one cup semi-sweet chocolate and one cup walnuts, and they were divine. The only thing I noticed is that they were a little too thick and dome-like for my taste, so I flattened them just a bit with the bottom of a glass before baking. I also used an insulated cookie sheet and baked for the full 12 minutes. Using a 1-1/2 inch scoop, 1/2 batch made 36 cookies. Thanks so much for sharing!
Just made these and they were delicious. Thank you for sharing your recipe! I'm thinking of adding chocolate pudding the next time I make them and see how that tastes. Mmmmm!
I made these this past weekend! I divided the batter and did half Reese's Pieces/oat and half toffee bits/pecan. Made closer to 10 dozen, oh darn!
I found this recipe/your blog from Pinterest about a month ago and I have made these 4 times...I have some in the oven right now! Thanks for sharing! Love them!
Delicious!! Thank you for sharing this recipe. They came out so soft and chewy with just the right amount of crisp on the edges!
I halved the recipe and made them gluten free, for the flour I subbed: 2C rice flour + cornstarch (put 1Tbs cornstarch in 1 cup measure and fill the rest with rice flour for each cup) and 1/4 C tapioca flour and 1 tsp Xanthan gum.
Sooooo Good! :D
What brand/type of butter has everyone used for these cookies?
call me silly, do you mix the pudding as it says on the box or just put the powder mix in?
Love reading your comments on these. I'm actually making 16 dozen right now for a fundraiser! I use unsalted butter. You just pour the powder of the pudding in the mix and make sure it's instant! I've tried so many different combos and they are wonderful. Our favorites are regular CC, white chocolate/cranberry, and reese's peanut butter cup. Thanks again everyone!
I made this recipe exactly and yeah, they do look good and taste pretty good, but I think the recipe needs salt. Also, put them in an airtight container as soon as they are done cooling. I left some out for a day and they are hard as rocks.
Anonymous-I must disagree. I've never added salt and everyone RAVES about these. Also, I've accidentally left these out overnight and they have never hardened on me....not sure why yours did!
Also-you use instant pudding mix, just out of the box. As for butter brand, I use whatever is on sale, salted or unsalted.
This will be my third time making these cookies and everyone LOVES them! Our favorite thing to do is freeze a portion of them and then we just grab one out of the freezer and let it thaw on the counter for a few minutes. They are delish!
Just wanted to let you know that the Fabulous Sin City Rollergirls LOVE your recipe. I made these yesterday and brought a gallon ziploc bag full of them to practice with me...they were gone in like two minutes.
Do you have this recipe for 1 dozen. I absolutely do not want to make 4 dozen for only my husband and I!! LoL! We do not need that many cookies!!!!
So is that really two 3.4 ounce packages of pudding mix? The biggest package I have is a 1.5 ounce.
I just made these... and they were good... but they didn't look anything like yours? they were dense and they didn't spread at all while they were baking. wondering what I did wrong??
Hi Tanya,
I just re-pinned these on Pinterest and can't wait to try them out. I have be seeing pudding cookies everywhere lately. I would love to invite you to share these on my Creative Thursday Link Party at. Have a great week.
Michelle
These look amazing!! I can't wait to try them. Does t. Stand for tablespoon or teaspoon??
t.= teaspoon
T.= tablespoon
Just got done making these and they are awesome. Best Chocolate Chip Cookie recipe EVER!! Will definitely be making these again, and again and again. Thanks so much for sharing.
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sorry to ask but they look amazing and im in england so i dont know what instant punnding is or where i can get it, are there any substitutes?
thanks
ani.
If you happen to check this, Ani - we get instant pudding in small boxes at the grocery store. The box is probably 2x4 inches, and it contains a package full of a sugary powder. Usually you mix it with milk and refrigerate to make pudding. I have no idea where you would get it in England, but perhaps check the bigger grocery stores there?
I just made these and they are delicious! For the first batch, I just dropped them on the cookie sheet and they didn't spread out much but the second batch I flattened them out a bit and they look much better.
Will definitely keep this recipe.
Thanks!
Loved these! Made these tonight and halved the recipe. Made 17 Large cookies (used 2" overfilled scoop). I flattened them slightly before baking. They were fantastic right out of the oven as well as cooled. Great recipe, Thanks!
Rez
I didn't have vanilla pudding, so I used chocolate. This was wonderful. Sinfully delicious.
Just made these tonight and they turned out yummy. I halved the recipe because I didn't need 8 dz cookies and it worked fine. I also had to flatten them out a bit before baking because the first batch didn't spread much. I am thinking I will try making these with chocolate pudding next, for an extra chocolate "kick". :) I bet they will be delicious! Thanks for the recipe!
This chocolate cookie recipe is the best! The only exception that I made was to add a teaspoon of salt. Also, I added a couple flakes of sea salt to the top and they were great. I brought them into my high school students and they raved about them. From now on this will be my go to chocolate chip cookie recipe! Thanks so much for the post.
I made these cookies last year for Christmas and I was super impressed with how easy and how awesome they turned out! Gathering ingredients to make this year's batches!!?
So id like to make these its 4 cups of whatever that's kind of alot is that right? :D
Just looking on your blog AGAIN for the recipe since this is my fourth time making them and I can't live without them. :) You should know that when I click the link from Pinterest, it comes up and says that it is a suspicious link, and your blog may link to spam or inappropriate content. Just an FYI! :) Thank you, thank you for our new family favorite!
Hi! These are AMAZING! I tried a combination if white chocolate chips and crushed peppermint - quite the hit at work! I want to try making a chocolate cookie - do you think it would work if I just use chocolate pudding instead of vanilla?
How many cookies do these make??
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The president is wrong to support Gay marriage. His whole argument is based on false information....
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Mr. Seaman, great letter, couldn't agree with your more. The problem in this country is that movies have gays in them so kids think it is a normal lifestyle when it is not. What a shame that in the future when my son has children, they will not know what is normal or if they should have two parents who are female, or two parents who are male, or if they are truly dating a female or a male or has that person had surgery. It is becoming a sickk society to say the least.
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It's nice that God can forgive those that repent and call upon Him.
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Jesus admonished many of those He healed, "Go, and sin no more." NOTICE, that's NOT, "Go, and continue whatever behavior you engaged in before." "SIN NO MORE!" A change of behavior is required. A changed life is the hallmark of a relationship with the risen Lord, Jesus Christ.
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I highly doubt Mr. S. is qualified to affirm or condemn, bless or curse, the love that exists between two individuals. Do you see yourself in some exulted seat of power over mankind, sir? What is wrong with Love? - What is your issue with marriage? Should every adult considering marriage check with YOU first? What's next, an uneducated tirade on inter-racial marriage? OOPS, the government beat you to the punch on THAT one!! Sounds like people in Love, need protection from YOUR TYPE also!!
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Good post nobud at 12:21 pm. I agree with you.
Bufftrev1-"I'd be willing to wager that you're are good citizen, husband and father. My hope for you and your family would be that you do not create a bias against science for your kids.")." - mikekerstetter
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Try some adult-logic, instead.
See:
God is Impossible
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"I believe in heaven and in hell. I want everyone to go to heaven. It's not about condemning them, it's about telling them the truth of salvation."
So? Belief has nothing to do with truth and proof. I believe we all got to Planet X after we die. You see, the problem with your failed logic is your assumption you know what happens after we die. You don't. What happens if God is pro-gay and doesn't appreciate anti-gay sentiment? You may be on your way to the lakes of fires.
"The proof just isn't there."
Yes, one thing is certain. There is zero proof for the existence of your god. Zero. Zero. Zero.
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"Evolution is one. While everything evolves, we just don't have scientific proof that we came from monkey's and apes."
Wrong. We have overwhelming proof we evolved from primates, including DNA, our molecular makeup, etc. etc. Of course Christians will do anything to refute this because it shows the Bible is a myth. Science also proves that people don't rise from the dead, the Earth is @ 4.5 billion years old, snakes can't talk, virgins can't get pregnant from space gods, and on and on and on...).
So, while science is important and certainly has it's place, it's not fail proof.
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"Yes, a wonderful, wonderful book." - Class144
No doubt...and, all about "love".
Murder in the Bible
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"Class, as I've suspected all along, you have no desire to learn anything from the Bible or about the Bible." - mikekerstetter
It's quit possible that Class isn't bi-polar...pretty-much a REQUIREMENT, to digest The Bible.
Biblical Contradictions
"Class, as the saying goes, I can explain it to you but I can't understand it for you. That applies here.
There is a huge difference between 'reporting' what went on at the time and what was being condoned. Likewise, you've got to realize that there were three kinds of laws given in the Bible; moral, ceremonial and civil. The latter two were fulfilled with Jesus' crucifixion and Resurrection, the moral laws were not. Eating shellfish was a Ceremonial law. Homosexuality is a Moral law. Therein lies the difference." - mikekerstetter
It truly is amazing, that...in this-day-and-age...someone still allows such tribal-based crap to "guide" their Life...and, absolves them of any-and-all (actual) thought.
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"If it is true that homosexuals have more health issues, it should be investigated to determine the cause." - eriklatranyi
IF "..it is true.."??????
You Glenn beck fans are toooooooooo obvious.." - mikekerstetter
Careful what you ask-for.
Biblical Intolerance." - mikekerstetter
Than, we need to SERIOUSLY RECONSIDER what constitutes a "Good Book"!!!!
"Homosexuality is not normal and not healthy in the human soul. The facts are clear. Even the U.S. government's own statistics support this." - Tom Seaman
Hmmmmm...the "government" is maintaining data that evaluates what's "not healthy in the human soul"???
Which department would that be??
John 14:6 Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me."
Pretty clear that being "a good person" isn't good enough. We must know, as in have a personal relationship with, Jesus.
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HIV/AIDS - straight people have it too. Even nuns.
Marriage? Well Liz Taylor made a joke of that didn't she!
Like it or not, people are different.
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Hi mike.. despite our differences of opinion regarding politics and religion, I'd be willing to wager that you're are good citizen, husband and father. My hope for you and your family would be that you do not create a bias against science for your kids. It is through the window of science that we continue to learn more about who we are, where we've come from and the wondrous innermost workings of our planet and our universe. Religious teachings sometimes work in opposition to the awe and the truths revealed through learning and understanding. I would hope that you find a way, if that paradox exists, to find a way to make it work. That is my hope for you..
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nobud, I get the impression that you believe anything said would be confrontational. I know it is a lost art here on these boards, but there can be civil and loving disagreement.
Mike, there is the problem. I want my kids to be happy and healthy. If they find their way to a religion that gives them peace and strength, that is a bonus. To that end I would err on the side of being open and allowing them to come to me rather than me voicing my opposition to their choice. They know full well what you believe and how you feel. You don't have to reinforce it.
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nobud, I want my children to go to heaven, and living a sinful life is detrimental to them. To me, it's that simple. I believe in heaven and in hell. I want everyone to go to heaven. It's not about condemning them, it's about telling them the truth of salvation.
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USA, in order to be forgiven you must first repent of your sin..
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MUNCY - A newly-formed Muncy Borough Council, being made complete with the addition of a new member named Tuesday, will be mulling a fire tax.
Borough council unanimously agreed accepting Muncy native Jonathan Ort as one of its own, which will be official when he's sworn in by Mayor Edward Dannemann later this week.
Ort's appointment is needed to fill the remaining nine months of former Councilwoman Virginia Gardner's term.
A 1994 graduate of Muncy High School, Ort lives on Quarry Road.
He has a business administration degree from Pennsylvania College of Technology, and is employed as a salesman for Cysco Central Pennsylvania Food Service.
One of the matters he likely will be voting on in the coming weeks includes the implementation of a fire tax.
Council President Elaine McAleer described the fire tax as a borough tool in case its implementation ever be needed.
"It's just to put it on the books, it does not mean we're enacting it," McAleer said of the tax. "When council does the budget next year or councils after us, it's there for them."
Council instructed borough solicitor Wilfred Knecht to draft tax details expected to be considered soon.
Keystone Hook & Ladder fire Chief Jamie Brelsford said his department's merger with the Muncy Creek fire department is reaching a monumental occurrence Saturday, when the joined forces will begin referring to themselves as members of the Muncy Area Vol. Fire Co.
"We will be (together) as a new entity as of this weekend," said Brelsford, who will be deputy chief of the new department, which will continue to form.
Scott Delany will be fire chief.
Charlie Lockart, local insurance professional, said there will be substantial savings for fire department workers' compensation.
Instead of the insurance premium being based on a limited population in the borough, he said savings will occur from combining it with the township area.
Councilwoman Linda Stein said two grants are being put to use for community improvement.
She said residents will be meeting this week for downtown site masterplanning recommendations.
Stein said the other grant will be instrumental in ensuring streets and sidewalks are safe as traffic changes with the influx of industrial trucks traveling through.
In other business, council:
Agreed upon the borough's zoning hearing board to serve as the appeals authority on local storm water management.
Agreed upon the borough removing snow and ice when it accumulates at least 2 inches on the streets or when it's obviously considered plowable.
Agreed to wait until May 3 for its next regular meeting, allowing state Rep. Garth Everett, R-Muncy, to speak on Chesapeake Bay Watershed issues, April 21 at a 7 p.m. public meeting at the local high school.
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James wrote: > I'll stick with the ones in Atlanta. I think I fell in love at least 20 > times in one night. Except they CLOSED the Gold Club. Places of note: o Diamond Cabaret (Denver)... owned by the same people that own PTs, but it's much more upscale. o The Men's Club of Dallas (which is also quite upscale, has a great lunch buffet and shows up as "TMC Restaurant" making expense reports much more explainable.) o Sensations (Grand Rapids, MI.) In a town with nothing to do this is one of the few places worth the cover. That's not saying a whole lot, tho. -Jon
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Basic Sanitation (O Filme Saneamento Básico)
Comedy
A small community of descendants of Italian immigrants in the interior of the state of Rio Grande do Sul resorts to making a video to try to solve the problems of basic sanitation that plague their village.
Cast: Fernanda Torres, Wagner Moura, Camila Pitanga, Janaína Kremer Motta, Bruno Garcia
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Directed by: Jorge Furtado
Written by: Jorge Furtado
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HAMPDEN — There was no history of domestic violence problems at the home that Katherine Hunt and her killer, Lawrence Beaute, had shared since July of last year before last week’s murder-suicide, according to police.
“We’ve never been involved with either of them,” Hampden police Chief Joe Rogers said Monday.
He also said that to his knowledge, no protection order had been put into place, adding that even if Hunt had obtained a protection order from another community, Hampden police would have received a copy.
On Monday, the series of events that led to last Friday’s shootings on Marina Road remained unclear.
Hunt was a welder at General Electric in Bangor and Beaute was a medical technician at the Maine Veterans Home, also in Bangor.
Hunt reportedly was in the process of breaking up with Beaute when he shot her with a 9 mm handgun early Friday morning in the kitchen of Hunt’s home, where he had been living since moving to Maine from Jacksonville, Fla., Maine State Police spokesman Stephen McCausland said Friday.
Beaute then used the gun to kill himself, McCausland said, adding that state police detectives are calling Hunt’s death a domestic violence homicide.
According to detectives, Hunt left work early Friday morning to return home and likely was shot a short time after she arrived at the house. Beaute called the Maine State Police dispatch center in Orono at 7 a.m. to say there had been a homicide at the house and that he intended to kill himself.
The two bodies were found on the kitchen floor by the state police tactical team when they entered the two-story house at noontime. The bodies later were taken to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in Augusta for examination.
The deaths shocked many residents of Hampden.
Though neighbors said they heard the couple arguing earlier this year, both Hunt and Beaute “seemed happy” and were friendly, often waving at people passing by on their way to Turtle Head Marina, a popular boat launch facility on the Penobscot River.
The incident also caused a six-hour standoff that closed two miles of Main Road North, forcing several business to temporarily close until the matter was resolved.
On Monday, Rogers said while much remains unknown about the circumstances leading to the shootings, he recommended that anyone who believes they may be heading into a tense, emotional or otherwise stressful situation not do so alone.
“Bring someone with you. It doesn’t have to be a police officer, but don’t go alone,” he said.
McCausland said last week that Hunt’s death was the ninth homicide so far this year and not the first attributed to domestic violence.
BDN photographer Kevin Bennett, reporter Nok-Noi Ricker and The Associated Press contributed to this:
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Interest in Buying Property in France Surges
Interest in Buying Property in France Surges as Pound v Euro Exchange Rate Reaches Four Year High.
This week saw the pound strengthen further against the euro and reach a high not seen since October 2008.
(PRWEB) July 18, 2012
This week saw the pound strengthen further against the euro and reach a high not seen since October 2008.
£1.00 will currently buy around €1.274 which is a significant increase if you are thinking of buying property in France.
As an example, if you have a budget of £250,000 you would have had €282,500 to spend in Autumn 2008 while you would now have a healthy €318,500. At the higher end of the market some recent clients of ours with £800,000 to spend on a property in France were over €115,000 better off than they would have been four years ago. This additional purchasing power enabled them to trade up in terms of location which also helps long term investment value.
Allied to this there are still many excellent deals to be had in the French mortgage market. You can currently get a variable rate from 2.8% with an 80% maximum loan to value. 20 year term, fixed rate French mortgages are available from 3.3%, again with an 80% maximum loan to value ratio. Indeed a maximum loan to value of 90% is available - this can include estate agent’s fees but not Notaire’s fees.
As an approximate guide, your current monthly outgoings (including the monthly repayment on your new French mortgage) should not exceed one third of your gross monthly income. A percentage of any rental income you receive on your house in France can be considered.
Trevor Leggett, Managing Director of Leggett Immobilier, comments:
"We have seen a significant rise in sales of French property this year to UK buyers wishing to take advantage of the surge in value created by the strengthening pound. Recent research from BNP Paribas showed that property in France is seen as something of a safe haven in these turbulent times, indeed 97% of respondents said that they saw the long term investment potential for houses in France as very good. We have a listing of over 7,000 houses for sale throughout France and we firmly believe that there are still plenty of bargains to be had. We have seen particularly strong activity at the higher end of the market with prestige property proving especially popular, we have excellent teams in the Alps and on the Riviera, both of which are traditional destinations for UK buyers.
Last year Leggett Immobilier saw our sales increase by around a third throughout France and, thanks to the excellent exchange rate and availability of some terrific mortgage deals, this year we are certainly heading for more of the same"..
Joanna Leggett
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US Virgin Islands Real Esate and Economics News
All Reverse Mortgage Company becomes only active lender offering reverse mortgages in the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Garden Grove, CA (PRWEB) August 24, 2012
The U.S. Virgin Islands will now have dedicated access to reverse mortgages, now that Garden Grove, Calif.-based lender All Reverse Mortgage Company has expanded its business to the U.S. territory.
All Reverse Mortgage Company is the only lender actively offering the federally-insured Home Equity Conversion Mortgage (HECM) program to consumers in the Virgin Islands.
"We had a flurry of activity in the territory, so we started looking into getting licensed and found that no one was serving the area," said Michael Branson, CEO of All Reverse Mortgage Company.
The company serves the St. Croix, St. Thomas, and St. John areas of the region.
While the overall market may be small relative to the U.S., All Reverse Mortgage Company still sees value in expanding into the region.
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