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Scout Willis defends topless protest
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's daughter Scout Willis has defended her decision to walk the streets of New York City topless, insisting her "high-profile family" gives her a platform to protest.
Last week, the 22-year-old stripped down to campaign against Instagram's no nudity policy, and came under fire for posting pictures of the protest online.
On Monday, Willis posted an article on XOJane.co.uk, in which she explains why she decided to take such a scandalous risk.
She writes, "I understand that people don't want to take me seriously. Or would rather just write me off as an attention-seeking, over-privileged, ignorant, white girl. I am white and I was born to a high profile and financially privileged family. I didn't choose my public life, but it did give me this platform. A platform that helps make body politics newsworthy."
Willis continues, "I walked around New York topless and documented it on Twitter, pointing out that what is legal by New York state law is not allowed on Instagram. … What I am arguing for is a woman's right to choose how she represents her body. … No woman should be made to feel ashamed of her body.
"I never claimed to believe that my actions … would solve anything – far from it. But what they did achieve was to provoke conversations about gender equality and body positivity that are both necessary and sorely lacking. …"
She concluded, "I call out to every person moved by this to take physical – as well as digital – action, and help transform what started out as a casual topless stroll into something resembling true change. While in the meantime, my breasts and I return to a more casual form of a protest beneath my favorite sheer tank top."
Scout Willis walks topless in NYC in Instagram nudity protest
"@ELLEmagazine: .@Scout_Willis launches the best topless protest of all time: http://t.co/OCqjIkr7sP pic.twitter.com/IsRSgSXYAz" thank you
— Scout LaRue Willis (@Scout_Willis) May 28, 2014
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's daughter Scout has stripped down to protest Instagram.com's no nudity policy.
The 22 year old took to the streets of New York City in just a floral skirt on Wednesday to show her objection to the social networking site's policy of banning female nudity in any context.
In a post on Twitter.com, she writes, "Legal in NYC but not on @instagram. What @instagram won't let you see FreeTheNipple."
She adds, "My comfort with my body should not be dictated by how others perceive me. However, I don't wish to force this view on anyone. If you don't like what you see, simply unfollow me."
Bruce Willis cheers on daughter Scout at New York gig
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's singer daughter Scout took to the stage to perform with her band in New York on Monday night.
The former Hollywood couple's second daughter sang several tracks with her band, Gus + Scout, at the Mercury Lounge in the Big Apple, while dad Bruce and sisters Tallulah and Rumer cheered from the crowd. Her bandmate, Gus Wenner, is the son of Rolling Stone founder Jann Wenner.
Moore was not present at the gig.
Scout Willis handed community service sentence
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's daughter Scout has avoided jail following her arrest on suspicion of underage drinking.
A New York judge has ordered Scout Willis, the Hollywood stars' second daughter, to complete two days of community service and keep out of trouble for six months, according to TMZ.com.
Scout was 20 years old when she was detained by cops in June after allegedly drinking beer in New York's Union Square and handing over a fake identity card.
She turned 21 years old on July 20.
Scout Willis' lawyer: 'Arrest was ridiculous'
Bruce Willis and Demi Moore's daughter Scout has turned down an offer to plead guilty after she was arrested on suspicion of underage drinking.
The 20-year-old was picked up by cops after allegedly drinking beer at New York's Union Square on Monday and handing police a fake ID card.
She was charged with two misdemeanors on Tuesday but turned down the state's offer to enter a guilty plea, as it would land her a permanent criminal record.
Scout's lawyer Stacey Richman tells People.com, "It would be outrageous to mar a person that's clearly going places – clearly seeking to have a career … with a criminal record. The goal is clearly a non-criminal offer."
Richman went on to describe her client as "clearly intelligent" and "devoted to her studies" and branded the arrest "ridiculous," adding, "Seriously, you were underage once … who wasn't looking to get into a bar?"
Willis was released without bail on Tuesday and is due back in Manhattan Criminal Court on July 31.


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I find it fairly accurate. If you select a date or time in the future, it will say "..forecasted for.." at the top, so they're just estimating snow depth. I try to stay away from this. Usually you need to pick a time a few hours earlier than the current time to allow for an update to avoid that.
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A Retford thief stole parts from a bike so that he could sell them to fund his drug addiction, a court heard.
Steven Hobson, 38, of Chapelgate, who admitted the offence, was identified on CCTV by a drug worker who recognised him.
The court heard that on the afternoon of 12th July 2014, Hobson noticed that one of the bikes in the shelter of the Retford Health Centre, 'looked expensive' so he dismantled some parts, including the handlebar grips, totalling £150.
In mitigation, David Verity said that Hobson's Methadone prescription had stopped so he needed some money to 'top himself up' with heroin.
The case was adjourned until 28th August.


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Renninger looked like trouble.
Of course, they're all trouble, or they wouldn't be coming to me. By definition.
But it's a sliding scale.
My office was at the end of what most people would consider an excessively long and narrow corridor. It had no door, affording me a clear view of the entire passageway; a necessary concession to my unique brand of paranoia. I need to see them coming, and from as far away as possible.
Renninger strode down the corridor with his hands planted firmly in the pockets of his tailored gray slacks, affecting a nonchalance he didn't feel. His silk shirt was the kind purchased by people who unwaveringly equate "expensive" with "tasteful," but it had the virtue of distracting the eye from his open-toed shoes. The egregious condition of his toenails would have put me off my breakfast, if it hadn't been years since I'd taken that meal.
I made a show of consulting my watch, though this was the sole appointment of the day—of the month, in fact. "Nine o'clock," I said. "You would be Mr. Renninger?"
"Wally Kim sent me," said Renninger.
"Wally's a good customer. Do you have anything else to say for yourself?"
"Huh? Oh. Yeah." His brow furrowed as he struggled to recall the security phrase he'd been given. He hadn't been told it was a security phrase, so it was going to take an intuitive leap. By my reckoning, he had about thirty seconds to make the connection.
Suddenly his eyes brightened. "Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of the—" and his lips and tongue were poised to utter what is known to linguists as the voiceless velar plosive, and to the rest of us as the "k" sound. He was going to say "country." The word hung unspoken in the air for a second, during which I could sense Renninger's mental tires spinning. Finally, they found purchase, and he concluded the sentence correctly: "party," not "country."
"Very good," I said. "Now we're in business."
Renninger wiped his sweaty palms on his shirt, leaving broad damp tracks across the silk. "I wondered why Wally kept going on about that. He didn't say it was a password."
"A password is easily compromised; it's best if you don't realize you know it."
"What if I hadn't said it?"
"The entire section of floor you're standing on, and its analogues on the lower stories, would have teleported away, and you and the area rug would have enjoyed an express trip to the basement. Triggered automatically, even if I were incapacitated."
"Can't be too careful, I guess."
"I think it's this teleporting business I came to see you about. Wally Kim wouldn't come out and say it—he kept skating around it—but he managed to imply pretty heavily that your shipping services work by—"
"Yeah, magic. Wizardry. Sorcery. Voodoo."
"Well, voodoo is something entirely different."
"But you—"
"Yes, I use magic. Conjuration. Sometimes called abjuration, but the only difference is point of view. 'Magic' will suffice, between us."
"And your services—"
"I will move your cargo, instantaneously, from anywhere in the world, to anywhere in the world, using only my mind. Tell me, what is your stock-in-trade?"
Renninger wiped off his palms again. His slacks now sported streaks of perspiration to match his shirt. "Well, it's—does it matter? I was told—"
"If you were a saint, you wouldn't be here, Mr. Renninger. What do you deal in?"
"Um. Pharmaceuticals."
"Fine. Then the advantages of my service must be immediately apparent to you. In exchange for my fee, I eliminate all of your risk and most of your overhead. No more bribes; no more border crossings; no more transoceanic shipments. No more flying the stuff in at night in a disused airliner with the running lights off. No more entrusting a million dollars' worth of merchandise to a lead-footed flunky who can't drive from here to there without getting pulled over for speeding."
"Would it be presumptuous if I were to ask—"
"For a demonstration? Of course." I didn't know to what degree my finishing Renninger's sentences actually intimidated him, but it took negligible effort on my part. They always ask the same things.
I backed away from the desk and turned slightly in my chair, glancing out the window behind me. "Is that your yellow convertible parked on the street out front?"
"Hold out your hand." I closed my eyes, opened my mind to allow the formation, and release, of a particular thought. It was done. For one of my faculties, such a simple conjuration over so short a distance requires no gestures or verbal incantation. I heard Renninger gasp as the sport coat that he'd left in his back seat suddenly appeared, draped over his outstretched arm.
The rest was negotiation.
When it was over, I handed him a folder containing a set of blueprints and drawings. Taken together, they delineated the twin chambers Renninger would have to construct, one at the point of manufacture—somewhere in Thailand—and one here in the States. And ugly chambers they were, with floors whose tile pattern was a deliberately-chosen dog's breakfast of clashing hues, and walls painted in swirls of avocado, burnt orange, and harvest gold that would make Peter Max reach for Dramamine.
"Their uniqueness," I explained, "eliminates the possibility of misdirected shipments caused by my accidentally visualizing a similar, but incorrect, location during the procedure. And having an identical origin and destination eases the stress of sending such a large mass."
"Can I ask you something, one non-saint to another?"
"Go ahead."
"This power you have, you just use it to make money?"
"If there's a better way of keeping score in this life than money, I haven't found it."
"But you could do anything…teleport a tumor out of someone's brain, or place a Green Beret squad in the middle of an al-Qaeda den—"
"No living matter. It's the main shortcoming of my discipline, I'm afraid."
"Nothing alive at all?"
"At all. But, like Microsoft, I can repurpose a bug into a feature. In this case, I can offer all my clients free decontamination of each shipment."
On that jovial note, we parted company—briefly. Renninger only got as far as the doorway before turning back. He gave a nervous little laugh. "Say, what happens if I renege? I go blind? Turn into a toad? Get struck down by blue bolts from the heavens?"
"Not at all. You can terminate our arrangement at any time. In any case, the punishments you mention are beyond my capability. A magical discipline, such as teleportation, takes a lifetime to master. Dabbling gets one nowhere."
To reiterate a prior point, Renninger was trouble. It would be some time, however, before I would appreciate just how much greater than the ordinary allotment his particular brand of trouble extended.
At the outset, everything went normally. Renninger paid his fees promptly and in the agreed-upon manner, and I moved his cargo; he quickly became just another client. At the time, I didn't have any reason to think I wasn't teleporting enormous quantities of "pharmaceuticals" from southeast Asia to the USA, just as he'd claimed. All I knew was that he'd set up the chambers just as he'd been instructed, and I was moving large masses between the two on a regular basis. Beyond that, I didn't want to know anyway. Ignorance, in particular instances, really is bliss.
If I'd made a habit of watching the news, I might have gotten wise to the situation sooner. Instead, I didn't find out anything was amiss until I came home one evening, having earlier facilitated one of Renninger's shipments, to find the police waiting.
That in itself didn't bother me very much. The chances of any of my clients' misdeeds being pinned on me are miniscule. Even if I confessed, no one would believe me. For that matter, even if everything went wrong and I ended up taking the fall for my part in a particular act of smuggling, a few years spent out of circulation in some correctional institution wouldn't be any great shakes for someone like me.
But they bundled me into the car, not to haul me in for questioning, but to take me downtown to the smoldering remains of the office building whose top floor I had occupied until a few hours prior.
It was a Hiroshima in miniature; all the material of an eight-story building condensed into a single story's worth of refuse. The surrounding structures hadn't fared so well either; each had lost about a quarter of its mass and would likely have to be pulled down altogether.
As we threaded our way through the conglomeration of emergency vehicles clogging the street, they reassured me that I wasn't a suspect, but that I had the longest tenure of any tenant in the building and was therefore their best prospect for a witness.
Had I noticed any suspicious characters lurking around? I had not. Did I have any enemies? Not that I knew of. What did I know about any of the more recently-arrived tenants? Not a thing. In this economy, people moved in and out of the building faster than they could change the names in the directory: lawyers, tax accountants, one-or-two-man design firms, would-be entrepreneurs of all sorts. The entire building turned over every two years or so, except for my own eighth floor (and the seven offices directly beneath mine, which I rented under various names and kept vacant to facilitate my aforementioned booby trap; needless to say, I wasn't telling them that).
My first thought, I must confess, was that it had been magic and that I had been the target. Unlikely; we practitioners of the arcane arts were not in competition, and we generally kept out of one another's way. In fact, I didn't think I could even locate more than a few of my colleagues off the top of my head.
And no, it wasn't magic—not that I suggested this possibility to the constabulary—just a whole lot of TNT, which had filled the largest of the first-floor offices from floor to ceiling, and had I noticed any tenants keeping odd hours or taking strange deliveries? Again, no. And had I noticed any sudden increase in nearby drug activity, because they were trying to connect this to the other bombings…
Yes, other bombings. All over the country, various highly-placed figures in the drug-trafficking game had died early deaths after having some piece of real estate—an office, apartment, or warehouse—blown out from under them by astonishing quantities of dynamite concealed nearby. Apparently everyone knew about this except me.
I told the police what I knew, which was nothing, and we dutifully stood and shook our heads for a moment, and they dropped me back at my house with instructions to call if I thought of anything helpful.
By the following dawn, the fact that I recalled no suspicious activity of the mundane variety had convinced me that the explosion had to be related to me. I made my way back to the site; the street was taped off, but otherwise deserted this early in the morning. The air was thick with the stink of smoke and ash.
At first, I saw nothing. There's little useful difference between a pile of rubble at night and a pile of rubble in broad daylight. But as I scanned the wreckage, my eye settled on some very familiar sights.
Anyone else would have had to clamber through the treacherous ruins to investigate. For me, of course, it was the work of a moment to reach out with my mind and retrieve the artifacts in question. They appeared at my feet.
Several floor tiles of wildly mismatched colors. And a section of drywall, painted in a hideous pattern of avocado, burnt orange, and harvest gold.
It all fell into place.
For some weeks, I'd been teleporting TNT for Renninger instead of drugs. How would I have known? Not being clairvoyant, I can't see the stuff; I can only feel the mass with my mind. Renninger had selected a target, built his receiving chamber nearby, loaded up his origin chamber with dynamite connected to timed detonators, and contacted me. In each case, I'd been the one to pull the trigger, placing the bomb—utterly untraceable—at ground zero with my mind. And as long as only one receiving chamber existed at a time, I'd never know the difference. I orient on the pattern, not the physical location.
So Renninger had knocked off his top competitors one at a time, presumably intending to expand his business to occupy the resultant vacuum, and for a coup de grâce, he'd meant to tie up the solitary loose end by tricking the assassin into assassinating himself.
He couldn't know that I do all my work in an apartment I maintain specifically for that purpose, whose layout and decoration are conducive to the massive degree of concentration required. The office is only for meeting prospective clients; my net losses from the explosion were the desk, chair, and rug. I'd have to find another one before I resume taking new clients.
But I had outstanding business to attend to first.
There are those who would argue that I brought this on myself; that I should have maintained the proper wizardly air of mystery instead of explaining my work to Renninger in such detail. That it was my fault for exposing the weakness he turned to his advantage. That may be. But Renninger isn't the only one who can mislead.
I told him that a single magical discipline takes a lifetime to master. That is true.
That's why I learned necromancy first. Once I'd learned that, I had all the time in the world to acquire the others, of which teleportation was only one.
I told him that living matter can't be teleported. That, also, is true.
Unfortunately for Renninger, I haven't been alive for decades.
I'm going to find out where Renninger sleeps. I'll appear from thin air at his bedside, wake him, and wait until I see that precise instant of recognition in his eyes. And then I'll exact my revenge, bit by bit, bringing to bear every wizardly discipline known to humanity and some that are not.
"Blue bolts from the heavens," Renninger had said. I don't know where he got such a florid turn of phrase.
But it'll do for a start.
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7 Rules for Non-Parent Etiquette
I've had a hellish week these the last seven days, so figured I'd post something that might get me some hate mail. Truth be told, I saw another dad blogger getting a lot of heat for a post he wrote and became very jealous of him getting all the negative attention.
EDITOR'S NOTE:Charlie is obviously a little amped up. Let him rant.
1. Strollers have the right-of-way. Always.
You're a bi-ped. We're a sex-ped. I know there are plenty of righteous, snooty stroller drivers making life tough for you civilians with their walls of kid vehicles, but it's tough having wheels and no turning radius. You have feet. We don't.
Kindly move your ass out of the way.
Unless you're a wheelchair…
Then, um, we can arm wrestle over who goes first…
2. Drive near me & you'll get a dirty look.
While my son and I are walking or I'm pushing him in his stroller, use caution when:
• Driving too fast
• Revving your flamboyant little engine
• Creeping forward into the crosswalk
• Blaring your music while my son is sleeping
• Looking at me with pity
I will explode your retinas with my death-ray vision. As a former iPodestrian, I walked unaware with earbuds affixed to my audio canals. You had wholesale license to hit me with your car for that. But, guess what? Now, it's about sleep and stress. Gimme a break, you gashole.
3. Don't rush me.
Don't confuse my patience for feebleness. Don't confuse my inability for senility. Imagine that I am disarming a bomb or figuring out how much sand to put in a bag so I don't set off a trap like an under-slept Indiana Jones. That will help you begin to understand the kind of quantum-mechanics-level thinking I have to go through in order to get my son from here to there.
Not to toot my own horn, but I've got an S on my chest from the stuff I've endured. You try it.
4. Don't try to kill my child.
If you put steak knives or forks or flaming plates of food near my son, he will grab at them and then I will kill you. I will use the steak knife or the fork or the flaming bananas foster you just served us to do it. Or maybe all three. Like the chefs from Benihana's.
Also, don't put your fungus-ridden hand in my child's mouth. Don't use non-sanctioned spit to wipe my son's face. Don't give my son your herpes-ridden water bottle to drink out of… Just don't do it.
5. Smoke near my kid and I will smoke you.
Downwind or otherwise, if I smell smoke, your cigarette terrorism will not stand. Smoke all you want in front of me or people my age. Go for it. I'm not gonna get on a soapbox about smoking (even though my dad died of lung cancer), but I'm talking about giving kids a break since they almost never have a choice. Give 'em a chance.
More to the point: smoke near my son's pristine lungs and we have a problem. Your life choice and my sperm-creation don't mix well. I'll put you in a blender.
6. Screaming kids aren't our favorite either.
Restaurants aren't just for people without kids. This goes for stores, cafes and parks too. Deal with it. We do. And we usually dread every minute of it.
Some parents actually get embarrassed by their kids' outbursts. I try not to. But I will admit, I used to be one of you: a slightly judgmental, childless dude who thought 'parenting: you're doing it wrong' when I'd see child terrorists throwing a tantrum. But I've learned there are many kinds of kids with many kinds of idiosyncrasies. I get it now. Sometimes, Finn just needs to rage for a minute or 25.
7. None of this is really that important.
I'm really tired and grumpy. If you decide to have kids, you'll probably be griping about one or all of the statements above too. But for the time being, just go back to complaining about how watery your Frappuccino tastes or that you still feel tired after only 11 hours of sleep. I'll still be here, covered in someone else's feces, sleeping with my eyes open. You go ahead and finish up your quarter life crisis.
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There is a huge body of research literature on gender issues, a considerable proportion of which is devoted to understanding the role of gender in science, but this knowledge is scattered across many different journals and reports. We have created an essential collection of recent empirical studies as part of the genSET project, and these examples can be easily accessed in the Downloads section of the genSET website. Our collection keeps on growing, and the plan is that it will become accommodated within the new portal that will be created as part of the new genPORT project, where Portia is a member of the Consortium. Below we highlight key summary reports that Portia has been involved in, which provide an entry points for non-experts in the field, whose work may be affected by or benefit from being aware of the impact that gender issues can have in science.
Gender in Science and innovation as component of inclusive socioeconomic growth
The purpose of this report is to show how and why scientific understanding of biological and sociocultural (sex-gender) differences between women and men can enhance success of innovation policies that seek to promote socioeconomic advancements through science and technology. The report introduces the concept of gendered innovation and shows how it relates to innovation conceived as a process of creating improvements over current practice, achieved through the exploitation of advances in knowledge, and resulting in new goods and services, and new ways of supplying existing goods and services.The report introduces the concept of gendered innovation and shows how it relates to innovation conceived as a process of creating improvements over current practice, achieved through the exploitation of advances in knowledge, and resulting in new goods and services, and new ways of supplying existing goods and services.
The Role of Gender-based Innovations for the UN Sustainable Development Goals: Toward 2030: Better Science and Technology for All
This report points to gender-based scientific solutions for all 17 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But what is a "gender-based innovation", and how can it help a country develop? A gendered innovation is any product or knowledge created with sex and gender taken into consideration. Bearing in mind the female half of the population when conducting research may seem obvious. But, astoundingly, "male" has too often been considered the norm in STEMM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Medicine) to date. Think of using only male mice for drug laboratory testing; think of using only male proportions for car safety crash test dummies; or think of using the "model man" for setting radiation exposure standards. These are just some examples where women have suffered because of gender bias in research. Unfortunately science for development – or "sustainability science" is no exception.
Creating Futures In Science A scenario-building workshop for early career stage female researchers
Creating Futures in Science takes a holistic approach by bringing together four key areas of a scientist's career: the institution that employs them and any job-specific issues; the research output and impact they are expected to produce; the engagement and recognition by the scientific community; and personal belief, attitudes and circumstances. Institutions use the workshop to help women scientists navigate the complex relationships between events and decisions that shape a scientist's professional development through the doctoral and postdoc stages. This approach moves beyond traditional mentorship to provide an innovative new strategy for improving the career success of female scientists and engineers.
From Ideas to Markets: the Gender Factor
In this, first-of-a-kind report, you will find a selection of examples from science and engineering showing how the gender dimension can be integrated in research and in innovation, and become a source of new applications for science knowledge, promoting economic growth and social advancement. Past policies have often excluded women from scientific studies and, consequently, the 'male' as the norm has dominated research content until very recently. Many examples of gender bias in research process and in engineering have now been identified, and we are much more aware what the consequences for the reliability of science knowledge base are when there is far less evidence available for women than there is for men. For example, our understanding of environmental toxic effects is based mostly on studies that excluded females, producing gaps in toxicokinetic models relating to the exposure and susceptibility to chemical risk for women throughout their lives. It is perhaps not surprising that of the 10 prescription drugs withdrawn from the market in the US during 1997-2000, eight were more dangerous to women than to men, with four significantly so.
Examples of effective interventions addressing common barriers to women's advancement in STEM careers
This table compiles example of recent interventions addressing common barriers to women's full participation in STEM across different areas. Included are examples of what really works in academic promotion, in participation in innovation, in returning to labour markets, in making excellent women visible, in supporting early stage career decisions, in changing organisational structures, and how leaders can drive transformative change.
Diversity Fueling Excellence in Research and Innovation: A Roadmap for Action for North America
This Roadmap for Action for North America, which emerged from the participation of a diverse group of national and international experts and stakeholders at the Gender Summit, demonstrates through evidence the need for action, lays out what actions to take with commitment shared among the relevant sectors and organizations to implement them, and serves as a model for developing similar roadmaps in other regions. It is hoped that this roadmap will result in positive and lasting change towards greater diversity in the STEM workforce and leadership and greater inclusion of the "gender dimension" in research content and process.
Manifesto for Integrated Action on the Gender Dimension in Research and Innovation
This Manifesto represents views of individuals working in the European science system on the actions needed to enhance research and innovation by addressing gender equality issues. Each action distils the collective responses to questions asked in the online public consultation conducted by genSET in conjunction with the 1st European Gender Summit.
A - Z of Why Gender Matters in R&DThis two page documents gives examples ranging from A - Z of how gender interacts with R&D. This myriad of examples give an excellent overview, supported by empirical evidence, of how gender impacts excellence. The examples cover a range of levels from participation to subjects of research. A - Z of Why Gender Matters in R&D. *UPDATE*:The second edition of the A-Z guide is now available for download here.
The Consensus Report: Recommendations for Action on the Gender Dimension in ScienceBetween March and June 2010, three genSET Consensus Seminars brought together 14 European science leaders to share knowledge and experience and arrive at a consensus view on the gender dimension in science and on the priorities for gender action in scientific institutions. This document contains the Consensus Report of 13 recommendations of the Science Leaders Panel, information on genSET and detail on the Consensus Seminar Process and how this differs from traditional Consensus Conferences. You can download all the references of the Report from the genSET website.
Briefing Notes 1 How can European science benefit from integrated action on gender?
The Science Leaders Panel were provided with this document before the first Consensus Seminar. The aim of this Briefing Note is to provide a summary compilation of the recent gender research findings and recommendations as an overview of the wide range of issues that contribute to the gender dimension in science. The purpose is to help spark-off the discussion and provide a starting point for reflection. You can download all the references of the Notes from the genSET website.
Briefing Notes Supplement
The Science Leaders Panel were given this Briefing Notes Supplement before the second Consensus Seminar. It provides additional research evidence in support of the themes and questions emerging from the 1st Consensus Seminar. Like the original Briefing Notes, it is meant to foster discussion and reflection, rather than give a comprehensive critical review of the field of research into gender questions within the science knowledge production. You can download all the references of the Notes from the genSET website.
Special Issue of Interdisciplinary Science Reviews on Gender and Science
A special issue of the Interdisciplinary Science Review, "Gender in Science" is available from Maney Publishing. You can read the editorial and Table of Contents here. Contributors to the Special Issue included members of the genSET Science Leaders Panel and genSET Gender Experts. You can preview the content and read the editorial here.
Structural change in research institutions: Enhancing excellence, gender equality and efficiency in research and innovation
Dr Elizabeth Pollitzer, was a member of the panel of experts that produced, Expert Report to the European Commission "Structural change in research institutions: enhancing excellence, gender equality and efficiency in research and innovation". Based on recent scientific findings and research practices, this report provides the analysis needed to take action and points to good practices in research institutions which attract and promote women in research and innovation. You can download the report here.
genSET documents and referencesOver 100 references about gender and STEM R&D&I are available on the genSET website, along with project publications, presentations from workshops and conferences and more.
External Publications
There is important work taking place across the world. Here are some key resources we recommend and give an insight into the current policy environment with regards to gender and sceince.
She Figures 2015She Figures publication is the main source of pan‑European, comparable statistics on the state of gender equality in research and innovation. It covers a wide range of themes, including the proportions of women and men amongst top‑level graduates, academic staff and research boards, the working conditions for women and men researchers, the integration of the gender dimension in the content of peer‑reviewed scientific articles, and various indicators measuring gender gaps in the scientific and innovation outputs. Released every three years since 2003, the report provides a key evidence base for policies in this area. It is recommended reading for policy‑makers, researchers and anybody with a general interest in these issues.
NO MORE EXCUSES! Leading women in science
In the last years, the AcademiaNet database has grown considerably: now you will find the profiles of more than 2000 excellent female researchers from all parts of Europe, and beyond. In 2014, the Robert Bosch Stiftung (foundation) published the brochure "No more excuses!", meaning that there are no more excuses not to invite female keynote speakers to a conference, for instance, because nobody can claim "I didn't know there were female researchers in this field" anymore.
Gendered research and innovation: intergrating sex and Gender analysis into the research process
The League of European Research Universities (LERU) analyses the role of gender and sex analysis in research and innovation (R&I), arguing that it needs to be better integrated into R&I funding, content and implementation process. Gendered research and innovation (GRI) is an under-recognised issue: it is unfamiliar, not practiced, or not well integrated into the design of the research, save some significant exceptions, for example in biomedical research. Universities need to hear this: the university leadership needs to put this on the agenda within the university and with others outside the university with whom they interact. Researchers, who may or may not be aware of this issue, need to be informed so they can assess whether or not GRI is important in their research and act accordingly. The paper shows how LERU universities and researchers are dealing with GRI.
Vademecum on Gender Equality in Horizon 2020
The purpose of this Vademecum is to provide the Commission/ Agency staff , potential applicants, the Hels inki Group, NCPs, as well as experts' evaluators and other actors involved in the implementation of Horizon 2020 with practical guidance on the effective application of the new Gender Equality provisions. This means integrating Gender Equality issues at each stage of the research cycle: from programming through implementation, monitoring and programme evaluation. This document, and the policy direction it describes, was a critical progress step into fully utilising the European Commission's research funding programme, Horizon 2020, capability to addect change.


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Im starting out in 1st and shifting towards 5th. Inbetween shifting and driving in the gears normal speeds my car sputters out. Like im pressing the gas but it will go in and out as im trying to climb hills or if I want to just drive in 3rd, 4th, and 5th gear. Its like its missing or something. I went to 2 autoshops and they didnt fix the problem. I've spent a numerous amount of money towards this problem. What is my problem if you understand what im trying to say.
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I've just run pkg_chk -N and received the following output. p5-Socket6: p5-Socket6-0.20 p5-INET6: p5-INET6-2.54 python24: python24-2.4.5 libtool-base: libtool-base-2.2 rsync: rsync-3.0.0 (probably better to wait for at least 3.0.1) wget: wget-1.11.1There are a few things I expect to appear in the above list and a few things I don't.
calculon:~> pkg_info -e wget wget-1.11 calculon:~> pkg_info -e python24 python24-2.4.5my PKGSRCDIR=/usr/2008Q1 and the system is NetBSD-4 running mostly 2007Q4 packages (with some exceptions where updates to 2008Q1 packages have already been done).
I was hoping this would answer the question of "what packages have i got installed that are from 2007Q4 that have an equivalent or newer version in 2008Q1?". So that I could finish updating the rest and discard any 2007Q4 things I've been keeping.
the /usr/2008Q1/doc/TODO lists wget-1.11, python24-2.4.5 but if I already have these versions installed why is pkg_chk -N telling me they are candidates for update?
I'm probably just not understanding what the tool is supposed to do could someone please educate me. Or if there is a better way to do what I'm trying to do I'm happy to hear it.


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It was a great move to trade Monta. This team needed to establish Curry as THE guy and get bigger in the backcourt. Monta was fun to watch but the Warriors were simply never going to win with him and Steph together.
Without a doubt.
Curry's ceiling isn't even established yet. If he stay's healthy, he's an All-NBA Second Team talent.


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I chaired my second meeting of the residents forum with over 18 residents/patients plus several relatives in attendence at work today and the interaction along with the involvement was superb!
Our residents (without going into detail) have to live with varying degrees/levels of a cornucopia of diagnosis of dementia waiting for a therapeutic intervention/assistance in keeping their minds, bodies and most importantly their emotions stimulated and active.
What is important here is that the residents well being must be holistic and not narrowed to an aspect of their dementia being limited to their disability.
A therapeutic approach is the one that is very important to relatives and specifically to the person coping with dementia.
This means activity and engagement.
As our population generation lives much longer than previous centuries before, due to medical and nutritional knowledge, we seem to have a generalised switch off point/degrading in our ability in a small way (as in numbers, statistics. percentages of the demographic) to lose our ability to maintain a fully functioning cognizant functioning of self awareness and social interaction as we get older.
It reminds me of "Blade Runner" actually, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8VpG_M4Ksw, the limit of life.
The most important thing here is to recognize the emotional state that the person living with dementia is locked into. It is all too easy to dismiss a person based on what is now the previously discredited model no longer allowed within medical circles of the of the patient in the bed as, 'Cancer, Gout, Renal Failure, Screamer (dementia), etc,' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWlNVyFn4qA
We must progress beyond these mistaken narratives that are all too prevalent in today's society through fear stories and the perceived loss of hope for our loved ones who still have the emotion of a human being - even though their awareness of their cognizance may be diminished, we love them because of why and what the reason is that they remain so important to us.
We/us are important to them, they might not have the awareness to say so - but when a devoted husband pops in to see his wife at 10:30hrs out of the blue a dear lady lights up and grabs his hands (he is 83 years young) and kissses him on his lips and she smiles without pause, happiness ~ well being.
Many of us, including myself, have had to experience the stress and the love of a loved one with dementia.
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Discussion in 'Landscape & Cityscape' started by Xmetal, Sep 18, 2005.
Is where the colour is at...
Not with us any longer, so thanks for some spring pics in autumn .
Is it my bright monitor or is the second a bit bright? It seems to be very intense!
Might be your monitor but then again it was midday and the intensity of the sun was pretty high.
These are pretty intense, darn ol' aussie sun!
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There have been a lot of features added to WoW off late and many of these have been a source of contention. So with eyes on next expansion which wow features would you have removed/reworked? My list is below:
1) LFR needs to be removed all together
Sure in short term blizzard would lose some people but most of these people would be the one's who already make no effort and do not wish to play the game lest they are carried. In my opinion, LFR is the cancer of community and it's removal would be very welcome.There is nothing positive that LFR brings to the table.
2) Talent trees need to be trees
Many games have talent trees and even other MMOs like Rift, GW2 have much better systems than the current WoW system. Blizz need to stop with all the balancing excuses and give people the choices back. Sure some people say, old trees were cookie cutter but there will always be best builds in every system. It is the developer's job to put two equally interesting talents to make people having to pick and chose. All blizzard do is blame players and cry about balance and make the game lack any meaningful choices. Picking talents was the best part of leveling and now even that is gone.
3) Two raid difficulty levels balanced properly
I think WoW only needs two raid tiers; Flex and Heroic, where flex replaces normal but still allows you to be flexible with raid numbers. Also, the two should not share lock out. Flex difficulty should scale from 10 man ICC level difficulty to 25 man ICC level difficulty on the basis of how many players one takes.
4) Classes need to feel distinct
WoW classes are way too homogenised. The distinctions and signature abilities of classes were what made them special. By making everything same, blizzard killed off immersion big time and made all classes feel pretty much the same. Blizz need to do classes like back in BC, Wotlk..where druids were HoT healers, pallies were tank heal specialists etc.
5) Eliminate all the useless currency types introduced in mists
Lucky coins, numerous tokens, it's just not needed and adds more grind. The game was working fine with two types of PvE badges and two types of PvP currency.


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A week or two ran by, and now again it was March. Never an earlier twelvemonth had the women of New Orleans—nor of any town or time—the gentlewomen—spent in more unselfish or arduous toil.
At any rate so were flutteringly construed the crisp declarations of our pale friend of old, Doctor Sevier, as in Callender House he stood (with Anna seated half behind him as near as flounced crinoline would allow) beside a small table whose fragile beauty shared with hers the enthralled contemplation of every member of a numerous flock that nevertheless hung upon the Doctor's words; such a knack have women of giving their undivided attention to several things at once. Flora was getting her share.
This, he said, was a women's—a gentlewomen's—war.
"Ah!" A stir of assent ran through all the gathering. The long married, the newly wed, the affianced, the suspected, the debutantes, the post-marriageable, every one approved. Yes, a gentlewomen's war—for the salvation of society!
Hardly had this utterance thrilled round, however, when the speaker fell into an error which compelled Anna softly to interrupt, her amazed eyes and protesting smile causing a general hum of amusement and quickening of fans. "No-o!" she whispered to him, "she was not chairman of the L.S.C.A., but only one small secretary of that vast body, and chairman pro tem.—nothing more!—of this mere contingent of it, these 'Sisters of Kincaid's Battery.'"
Pro tem., nothing more! But that is how—silly little Victorine leading the hue and cry which suddenly overwhelmed all counter-suggestion as a levee crevasse sweeps away sand-bags—that is how the permanent and combined chairmanship of Sisters and Bazaar came to be forcibly thrust upon Anna instead of Flora.
Experienced after Odd-Fellows' Hall and St. Louis Hotel, the ladies were able to take up this affair as experts. Especially they had learned how to use men; to make them as handy as—"as hairpins," prompted Miranda, to whom Anna had whispered it; and of men they needed all they could rally, to catch the first impact of the vast and chaotic miscellany of things which would be poured into their laps, so to speak, and upon their heads: bronzes, cutlery, blankets, watches, thousands of brick (orders on the brick-yards for them, that is), engravings, pianos, paintings, books, cosmetics, marbles, building lots (their titles), laces, porcelain, glass, alabaster, bales of cotton, big bank checks, hair flowers, barouches, bonds, shawls, carvings, shell-work boxes, jewellery, silks, ancestral relics, curios from half round the world, wax fruits, tapestries, and loose sapphires, diamonds, rubies, and pearls. The Callenders and Valcours could see, in fancy, all the first chaos of it and all the fair creation that was to arise from it.


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Apple looks to upgrade sound quality of music downloadsby Shalu Pillai
Apple and various other digital music retailers are looking to improve the quality of the song files they sell, at a premium. This means online music stores could eventually offer songs that sound truer to their original recordings. Albums are generally captured in a studio recordings in a 24-bit, high-fidelity audio format but they are downgraded to 16-bit files before transferring onto CDs or distributed to digital sellers. Some of these are further compressed in order to minimize their download time or to allow for easy streaming over the internet. Jimmy Iovine, the chairman of Universal Music Group's Interscope-Geffen-A&M record label is now discussing the topic of improving the caliber of music offered by download services onstage to change to 24 bit, during a two-hour HP news conference unveiling the TouchPad and other products. Iovine also has a venture with hip hop artist Dr. Dre called Beats Audio, designing high-end headphones and other audio equipment. Many models of Mac computers can play 24-bit sound, and the iTunes program is capable of handling such files. But most portable electronics, and many computers, don't support 24-bit audio. To make the shift attractive for Apple, the Cupertino, California, company would have to retool future versions of iPods and iPhones so they can play higher-quality files.
Apple went through an upgrade on the quality of its music catalog once before. In January 2009, the iTunes Store began offering most tracks in a bit-rate twice as high as its previous standard and free of copy-protection. One must salute their efforts to uphold the quality of music which seems to have been degraded over time with piracy issues. After all as Friedrich Nietzsche said, "Without music, life would be a mistake." and we definitely don't want poor quality mistakes.


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Red eye or blood shot eye means inflammation of conjunctiva which is called conjunctivitis or it may be due to subconjuctival hemorrhage. Common reason is viral conjunctivitis in which case one eye followed by other one occurs.It is accompanied by irritation in eye and watering. Usually goes away within few to 10 days. common cause is allergy to pollens or molds.
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Imagine the sun on your face, the crisp air all around you, and the smell of fresh ice -- and now imagine gliding along on skates without being forced to go around and around in a tiny oval rink. Instead, you can experience the great outdoors on one of these naturally frozen skating spots: Just you, the ice, and your skates.
The spots we've chosen here let you skate from the middle of cities to secluded rural spaces -- and even in your own backyard. These are professionally maintained, and while you may find a frozen lake, pond, or river in your local park, you should always check with officials and take proper safety precautions before setting out.


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We will be honored to make widely available our hospitality training programs and educational courses to one of the largest hospitality industries in the world.
Orlando, Florida (PRWEB) April 05, 2013
While the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute (EI) has sold its training programs and professional certifications in China for several years, it has recently restructured its representation and distribution by contracting provincial partners throughout the country and is reestablishing direct relationships with academic and industry institutions.
Leon Shi, CHE, has been hired as EI's country manager of operations for greater China. He holds the Certified Hospitality Educator professional certification from the Educational Institute and has both hospitality industry and academic experience. He was the food and beverage outlets manager for Raffles Beijing Hotel from 2007 to 2009, and pre-opening general manager of the Jade Hotel, Wuhan. He also served as a hospitality instructor for CIBT from 2009 to 2010.
As country manager, Mr. Shi, based in Beijing, will seek out new partners in China's provinces, provide technical assistance to partners and customers, and oversee the growth and development of EI's presence to China's hospitality industry. New Regional Partners and Global Academic Partner (GAP) schools include:
- Hangzhou Meihang Education Advisory Service (MEAS), ZheJiang Province
- Dalian Mei Ge Culture Communication, Liaoning Province
- Yamay Hotel Management Co., Shanghai Province
- International Education & Culture Alliance, Sichuan Province
- Colgate Holmes Academy, Suzhou
- Zhejiang Yuexiu University of Foreign Languages College of Hospitality
"A well-trained workforce is the key to employee retention, guest satisfaction, and profitability," said Robert L. Steele III, CHA, EI's president and chief operating officer. "We will be honored to make widely available our hospitality training programs and educational courses to one of the largest hospitality industries in the world: with over 8000 three and above star rated hotels, 1750 hospitality and tourism institutions, and an industry employing 1.5 million workers at large, EI is proud to help the hospitality industry in China achieve its goals."
The Educational Institute offers ten of its professional certifications, including the Certified Guest Service Professional (CGSP), and 19 academic textbooks in Chinese to help meeting the education and professional development needs of the Chinese hospitality industry.
About the American Hotel & Lodging Educational Institute
Established in 1953 as a nonprofit educational foundation of the American Hotel & Lodging Association, the Educational Institute's mission is to continue being the preferred provider to the lodging industry, hospitality schools, and related hospitality industries by developing and providing quality resources to train, educate, and certify hospitality professionals worldwide.


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Magic is real and spells do work. But magic isn't as Hollywood portrays it, it is far more subtle than that. Magic works along with the Laws of the Universe, but it does not overturn them.
Many of the spells on this site will work. However, there are a lot of spells on here that are simply nonsense and that will never work no matter how hard you try. For instance, none of the spells in the Fantasy and Trick sections will ever work. Spells for invisibility, teleportation, any form of Kinesis, any to turn you into something other than human, spells to make the weather do things that violate natural process, etc. are among the fake spells on this site. And I see that you've already used your common sense and seen that some of these spells aren't possible.
That being said, there are plenty of spells here that will work if the person using them understands how and why magic works in the first place and has mastered the skills necessary to perform a spell successfully. And even then, no spells are quaranteed to work 100% of the time.
Many spells work with the belief and intent of the practitioner, but there are some spells that will not work at all, as said above, spells that portray hollywood films will not work, spells on fiction books will not work, spells that require the change or alteration of DNA will not work.
Spells that require the tearing of cells, atoms, or other molicules will not work.


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May you find comfort and joy in these encouraging quotes about Holding.
Holding on to anger is like grasping a hot coal
with the intent of throwing it at someone else;
you are the one who gets burned.
- The Buddha
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Hold on... Joyfully.
Holding-on does not have to be
a desperate teeth-gritting kind of holding-on.
Holding-on can be a joyful
"this is just the nature of Life,
so I may as well enjoy it"
kind of holding-on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Stop holding on to the past.
Release your regrets about whatever you may have done
or failed to do that turned out poorly.
Forgive others for whatever they may have done
or failed to do that cause you harm.
Declare today to be a new beginning.
Let go of the past and move on with creating
a joyful new future for yourself.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Holding-on does not have to be a desperate
teeth-gritting kind of holding-on.
Holding-on can be a joyful
"this is just the nature of Life,
so I may as well enjoy it"
kind of holding-on.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
When they see me holding fish, they can see that I
am comfortable with kings as well as with paupers.
- Imelda Marcos
Identify your assumptions (what you believe).
Question how you feel when you hold those assumptions.
Visualize holding different assumptions.
Ask yourself how it feels to hold a different world-view.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
Love is always open arms.
If you close your arms about love you will find that
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- Leo Buscaglia
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Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you hold well.
- Josh Billings
Our favorite holding period is forever.
- Warren Buffett
Humor is richly rewarding to the person who employs it.
It has some value in gaining and holding attention,
but it has no persuasive value at all.
- John Kenneth Galbraith
Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident,
a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket or a holding pattern over Philadelphia.
- Judith Viorst
One cannot subdue a man by holding back his hands.
Lasting peace comes not from force.
- David Borenstein
Photography takes an instant out of time,
altering life by holding it still.
- Dorothea Lange
All the art of living lies in a fine mingling of letting go and holding on.
- Henry Ellis
Success in life comes not from holding a good hand,
but in playing a poor hand well.
- Denis Waitley
When he was young, I told Dale Jr. that hunting and racing are a lot alike.
Holding that steering wheel and holding that rifle
both mean you better be responsible.
- Dale Earnhardt
When the ball dropped in 1999, I was holding dough
and champagne in my hands and holding my kids.
- Method Man
A boy is holding a girl so very tight in his arms tonight.
- Edward VIII
I started out as a young Ninja and killed all of the Shoguns.
I am a Shogun now and I'm holding my spot.
There probably won't be another Shogun after this.
- Shaquille O'Neal
It's mostly Mars Bars and peanuts and cheese and you
go to the fridge and there's Red Bull and Beer.
It's not like people are holding me down and pouring beer in my face.
- Graham Coxon
Up North you are holding your own.
Everyone considers themselves a comedian.
- Johnny Vegas
That strange feeling we had in the war.
Have you found anything in your lives since to equal
it in strength? A sort of splendid carelessness it was,
holding us together.
- Noel Coward
I was obliged to stand there, holding the leash of
this creature for their welcoming publicity shots,
implying that this was some kind of image the decided to have of me.
- Barbara Steele
You're not drunk if you can lie on the floor without holding on.
- Dean Martin
What I wanted to do was to get that sense of being
in touch with this lost world while holding onto what
draws readers and audiences there in the first place.
- Stephen Greenblatt
A holding company is a thing where you hand an accomplice
the goods while the policeman searches you.
- Will Rogers
An Englishman's never so natural as when he's holding his tongue.
- Henry James
Valor grows by daring, fear by holding back.
- Publilius Syrus
It is time for the government of China to stop holding
innocent religious figures in captivity merely for
peacefully protesting China's occupation of Tibet.
- Sam Brownback
Ideas aren't magical; the only tricky part is holding
on to one long enough to get it written down.
- Lynn Abbey
The people of our city are holding on by a thread.
Time has run out.
Can we survive another night? And who can we depend on? Only God knows.
- Ray Nagin
I will make a general statement that we have not had
anything like the policy of holding people in high
office responsible for their acts that I think we should.
- William Odom
We're traditional and don't do cutting-edge styles,
but after 17 years we're holding our own.
- Jaclyn Smith
And the attitude of faith is the very opposite of clinging to belief,
of holding on.
- Alan Watts
I wasn't interested in holding onto the evidence of things.
- Jim Hodges
I plan less and less.
It's a great benefit of writing lots,
that you get good at holding long narratives in your
head like a virtual space.
- Jonathan Lethem
If you wish to be brothers, let the arms fall from your hands.
One cannot love while holding offensive arms.
- Gerald Brenan
I will undoubtedly have to seek what is happily known as gainful employment,
which I am glad to say does not describe holding public office.
- Dean Acheson
People aren't always themselves.
They're always holding back something.
- Garth Brooks
Once you have seen the truth
you must make the decision to let go
of the pain, anger, and resentment you have been holding on to.
This requires you to take action.
If you are attached to your pain, resentment,
and self-righteousness, and addicted to your emotional reactions,
this will be a difficult step for you.
Taking action requires letting go of the very thing
you have been holding on to for so many years.
There is comfort in what we find familiar,
even if we are experiencing pain and suffering.
The pain and suffering itself becomes the familiarity we seek.
It takes absolute faith in yourself
plus courage, will, and discipline to let go.
But once you let go, it will be as if
the weight of the world has been taken off your shoulders.
In this process it is important to forgive
not just the others in our lives, but also ourselves.
For most people, giving ourselves
the gift of forgiveness is very challenging.
- Jonathan Lockwood Huie
I like being scared every now and then,
I like the suspense and the thrills.
Nothing like taking a girlfriend to a movie and holding
her hand while she jumps.
- Scott Foley
A man is never drunk if he can lay on the floor without holding on.
- Joe E. Lewis
We have to give value to authority.
We have to give value to office, being in office,
holding office.
- James Hillman
No collection of people who are all waiting for the
same thing are capable of holding a natural conversation.
Even if the thing they are waiting for is only a taxi.
- Ben Elton
I'm not prepared for holding office any more than I think Arnold is.
- Edward James Olmos
Managing is like holding a dove in your hand.
Squeeze too hard and you kill it, not hard enough and it flies away.
- Tommy Lasorda
I can zero in on subtle things because I'm holding the camera.
- Patrice Leconte
I loved Mal Evans holding one note down on You Won't See Me from Rubber Soul.
- Benmont Tench
My mom and dad are both in stand-up comedy,
so that's where I started, that's where I got everything.
My roots are holding the mic.
- Pauly Shore
I didn't do the marching down the streets,
jumping in front of the lines and holding hands...
that wasn't me.
- Solomon Burke
The woman who does not choose to love should cut the matter short at once,
by holding out no hopes to her suitor.
- Marguerite de Valois
Courage is fear holding on a minute longer.
- George S. Patton
You can only milk a cow so long, then you're left holding the pail.
- Hank Aaron
You have to keep your sanity as well as know how to
distance yourself from it while still holding onto the reins tightly.
That is a very difficult thing to do,
but I'm learning.
- Diahann Carroll
What is inherently wrong with the word 'politician'
if the fellow has devoted his life to holding public
office and trying to do something for his people?
- Richard J. Daley
I was working at the store on the Sony studios in Culver City.
And I was literally holding a shirt when they came
in and told me I'd got the part!
It just shows dreams do come true.
- Derek Luke
I was holding a reserve inside all along.
When you're with someone as powerful as Donald,
you have no choice.
You can get lost within that power if you're not careful.
- Marla Maples
The least productive people are usually the ones who
are most in favor of holding meetings.
- Thomas Sowell
Meat consumption is just as dangerous to public health as tobacco use...
It's time we looked into holding the meat producers
and fast-food outlets legally accountable.
- Neal Barnard
Religion is the belief in an ever-living God,
that is, in a Divine Mind and Will ruling the Universe
and holding moral relations with mankind.
- James Martineau
We really feel happier when things look bleak.
Hope is endurance.
Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.
- Michael Novak
It is easier to rob by setting up a bank than by holding up a bank clerk.
- Bertolt Brecht
If I hold back, I'm no good.
I'm no good.
I'd rather be good sometimes, than holding back all the time.
- Janis Joplin
My father described this tall lady who stands in the
middle of the New York harbor,
holding high a torch to welcome people seeking freedom in America.
I instantly fell in love.
- Yakov Smirnoff
I was hurting.
I had some ailments I was dealing with.
It's not like I was holding out.
- Alonzo Mourning
It's rare that you cut out something that is really good.
You screen all of it, and when the audience doesn't respond,
you cut out whatever is holding the story down.
- Keenen Ivory Wayans
The mere holding of slaves, therefore,
is a condition having per se nothing of moral character in it,
any more than the being a parent, or employer,
or ruler.
- Samuel Morse
Even when you are not playing you are holding me back.
- Eugene Ormandy
Some of us think holding on makes us strong;
but sometimes it is letting go.
- Hermann Hesse
I've become impossible, holding on to when everything seemed to matter more.
- Trent Reznor
I have often repented speaking, but never of holding my tongue.
- Xenocrates
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Rookie MarShon Brooks has been taking summer classes
Brooks, like the three Nets who have signed with teams overseas, hasn't wasted away the prolonged offseason. He enrolled in four classes at Providence College to attain his degree. He also played in various summer leagues, wowing the crowd at Baruch College in July by scoring 48 points in his NYC Pro-Am debut.
Brooks gets updates on the lockout from his agent, Seth Cohen.
"We're just going to stand behind each other until we come to a fair deal," said Brooks, the second-leading scorer in the NCAA last season out of Providence, adding that he's gunning for Rookie of the Year. "I'm a scorer, I have to have a sense of confidence."
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Mas du Martinet, Mazan, Avignons, France, sleeps 10-18 in 9 bedrooms.
Sleeps 4 to 18 in the farmhouse and 2 cottages
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Large gite sleeps 4
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Mas du Martinet is a self contained, secluded property with magnificent views over Mont Ventoux, the Dentelle mountains, vineyards, olive and cherry trees.
A case of 12 bottles of the best local rose and red is included in the rental price to get your holiday started.
The farmhouse, its origins in the 17th Century, and the two cottages are set in an acre of grounds which include a large lawn, outdoor pool and patio, perfect for lunch or barbecues. It is a haven of tranquillity for a family or groups of friends looking to sleep peacefully at night and who don't want to worry about the amount of noise they may create!
The property as a whole can accommodate up to 18 people comfortably in a mixture of double or twin bedrooms, but each of the 3 buildings can be rented separately, depending on the size of your group.
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Niall Horan from the famous boy band One Direction, has a younger, 13 year old sister. Austin isn't super happy that her brother if famous. They use to sit at the piano, and make up songs together, but now he's always off on tour. There Mom passed away in a car crash about two years after Niall joined One Direction, and now there Dad is so depressed, he drinks the rest of his life away. Austin can barely stand her life, and decides to take some of her Dad's money, and fly to London, where Niall is living in a mansion with the rest of the boys. This is the story of Austin's life, and how she struggles to survive it.
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While General Motors keeps saying all answers will be given after an internal investigation is completed, even though the US federal regulator NHTSA is fining the company each day, lawmakers are now turning to Delphi Automotive.
The auto parts supplier is the maker of the defective ignition switch, and the probe investigators are now turning their attention towards the company in order to find more answers to why General Motors continued to use the defective part – in a recall that spans 2.6 million cars and linked to at least 30 crashes and 13 deaths.
In a letter from a group of US senators Delphi's Chief Executive Officer Rodney O'Neal, was asked to provide information on the fact the supplier proposed a fix that GM did not accept.
"It is our understanding that a fix was proposed by Delphi regarding the ignition switch in 2005 but GM did not adopt the change," the letter said. "As we continue evaluating the GM recall it is critically important that we understand the decisions made by Delphi and the company's interaction with GM."
The congressional investigation has so far been on a fixed focus on General Motors and the US federal safety regulator – the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, both being probed in regards to the very late response to the defect – which was known for years.
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On Monday evening, six Columbia County candidates will square off in a public forum, giving voters a chance to hear their views on an array of local issues.
The forum, sponsored by the Columbia County Chamber of Commerce and The Columbia County News-Times will be held 6 p.m. Monday, at the Evans government complex auditorium.
Candidates for two commission seats and one school board district will answer questions from the Chamber and the News-Times, and also field written questions taken from the audience.
Those who have agreed to attend the forum include incumbent county ComÂmisÂsion Chairman Ron Cross and his opponent Jim Bartley, a local builder and political activist.
Also, both candidates who qualified to replace outgoing District 1 Commissioner Ron Thigpen have agreed to attend. Doug Duncan, a vice president with Augusta staffing firm MAU Inc., will face Hafeez Chaudhry, a Martinez businessman and hotel developer.
The only contested race for the county Board of Education is in District 3, represented by incumbent Mike Sleeper. He will face a political newcomer, Staten Heard, a retired logistics executive who worked for General Motors and EZ-GO Textron.
Both have agreed to attend the forum.
Seating is limited, but for those who cannot attend, the News-Times will post a video of the forum on the newspaper Web site later this week.


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Valley dad holds Ballapalooza to remember son
PHOENIX (KSAZ) - In an emergency room in Phoenix back in 2012, Justin Muriett got the news that would drastically change and eventually take his life.
"At that age, he was 19, you're not prepared to hear that word," said Mike Muriett, Justin's father.
Testicular cancer had already spread throughout his body and his father saw only one warning sign.
"He had pretty bad back pain for about two weeks, but he had helped his mom move, thought he pulled a muscle," he said.
The diagnosis left the family in shock and confused, that a cancer like this would pick someone so young.
"The people you're heard who have had it, you know, Lance Armstrong or whoever it is, are older, but once we started looking more into it, it's actually the most common cancer for men age 15 to 35," he said.
After one last trip to Disneyland, living out his dream of meeting the band Linkin Park and a final Diamondbacks baseball game with his family, cancer took Justin's life a month before he would've turned 20-years-old.
"Never knew that that was the age group until it happened to us," he said.
But music has helped Justin's father cope and heal and after years of working up to it, this weekend, a big, charitable production is happening.
"You hear the Lollapalooza music festival, and I'm like 'It's for testicular cancer, so why not Ballapalooza,'" he said.
This Saturday it's happening, with 18 performances and every dime will go to the Testicular Cancer Awareness Foundation. Although Mike says his son wouldn't want the spotlight, it's not only to honor Justin, but to fight to find a cure.
"He would think that the attention didn't need to be about him," he said.
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25 Pictogram Music Posters by Viktor Hertz
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- Mar 23rd, 2012
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Viktor Hertz is a freelance design artist and photographer, located in Uppsala, Sweden. Previously we showcased his project called: 30 Honest Corporate Logos. His current obsession is designing custom movie & music posters, and that obsession is paying off.
Today we will showcase pictogram based music posters. With minimalism in mind, the following posters showcase some of the most popular song of all time (depends on your generation). The overall goal is to illustrate the meaning of the song with a pictogram, Viktor does this task very creatively. Some of the posters are so simple, yet intelligent, you'll be kicking yourself for not coming up with it first.


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Reading, boba dates, and a message.
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wow! i'm so sorry to hear about them! i will go check that out for sure.ReplyDelete
and almond boba tea! i'm going to have to see about getting some of that! yum!
i'm sorry to hear about your friends!ReplyDelete
keeping them in my thoughts.
Super sad :( FYI, your paypal link is acting funky.ReplyDelete
I tried avocado boba...not a fan, weirdly! It was super rich for me. But almond coconut sounds fab.
Mmm boba tea!ReplyDelete
I am sorry to hear about your boyfriend's bandmates. All my thoughts go out to them to get better.
Oh, I recognize that anthology. Are you an English major?ReplyDelete
They're in my prayers :(ReplyDelete
Biscuit- You definitely should try some!ReplyDelete
Lydia- Thanks so much love!
Kara- Avocado is a little different. Sorry that you didn't like it :/
Folkstories- Thank you so much! That means a lot to me.
Sierra- I am not, I'm actually a Journalism major but I'm taking at least 12 credit hours of English Lit for my degree. Are you an English Lit major?
Nicole- Thank you<3
Neat! I'm about to graduate with a B.A. in English (mostly lit, with a little bit of writing, criticism, and grammar) in May. I'm taking a low level sophomore journalism class this semester and the deadlines are killing me! haha. I respect people who can adhere to strict deadlines because I certainly cannot. :)ReplyDelete
(P.S. Your site makes me very happy! I keep wanting to start a blog like this but I'm lazy.)
Congratulations on graduating! I just figured out that I'll be graduating next May and I couldn't be any happier!ReplyDelete
I think it's so neat that you're taking a journalism course. Deadlines can definitely be tough, especially when people won't call you back, but I think that they definitely help keep me on my toes and I'm thankful for that!
Thank you so much for your sweet comment! <3


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