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The Global Services Forum will gather together prominent players in the services sector, from governments, the business world, and academia.
It is a unique opportunity for sharing best practices and forming partnerships that promote growth in trade in services, and foster sustainable development.
Organized by UNCTAD together with the Ministry of Commerce of the People's Republic of China and The People's Government of Beijing Municipality
On the occasion of the China International Fair for Trade in Services (CIFTIS), 28 May-1 June 2013, Beijing, China
Ministers or vice ministers from over 19 countries have confirmed their participation at the 28-29 May Global Services Forum (GSF).
More than 90 tourism experts have met to debate how this economic sector can carry out its activities sustainably and can add to economic growth in developing countries.


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Reds non-tendered OF Denis Phipps and INF-OF Kristopher Negron.
Two expendable players. Phipps has a little pop and enough range to handle center on a part-time basis, but he just isnt good enough in any one area to carve out a career. The 26-year-old Negron is very versatile, but hes posted OPSs of .607 and .628 in two years in Triple-A.


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Keys to Artistry Piano Camp Held at Mount Union College
July 08, 2009
The inaugural Keys to Artistry piano
camp, co-founded by piano faculty members Dr. Maira
Liliestedt and Ms. Janelle Phinney, was recently held at Mount Union College.
The week-long event provided musical and social events for intermediate to advanced pianists ages 10 to 18.
Liliestedt and Phinney were both piano camp counselors in college and wanted to combine their experiences and offer something similar to younger pianists.
"We were trying to fill a need for such an event in the area," Phinney said. "There are almost no such camps for young piano enthusiasts in our vicinity."
Also on staff during the week was Dr. Jerome Miskell, associate professor of music, who taught music technology, and Dr. James Perone, professor of music, who taught music theory. Camp counselors were pianists Laura Jurasko, a 2009 Mount Union College graduate, and Abigail Sevcik, a senior music performance major at the College.
The week included daily piano lessons, music theory classes and music technology classes as well as special sessions on piano wellness and legendary pianists.
Optional activities also included a trip for high school students to Blossom Music Center for a performance at Porthouse Theatre of Something Funny Happened on the Way to the Forum.
Next year's Keys to Artistry will be held at Mount Union College June 14-19, 2010. For more information, call Maira Liliestedt at (330) 823-2195 or Janelle Phinney at (330) 224-1429.


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The old system wasn't broken why update it? Are their systems in the field digital or is it maps and tabletops and pencils?
It also seems that this would change the learning styles for the agents. Having physical tabletop models is going to engage your eyes and your senses differently than the computer will. You're going to interact with your peers differently too. If it matches whats in the field it is better/
The old system wasn't broken why update it?
You say that but this is slashdot. Search for "Office Ribbon" or "Awesomebar" to see the sheer force of "The old system wasn't broken why update it?" or more accurately "I refuse to learn anything new" around here
Not to mention in the old system the agents could take the little dolls and act out scenes from their favorite chick movies.
"Did you see anything?"
"No Lord Helmet, I didn't see you playing with your dolls again!"
You owe me a new keyboard...
Tabletop exercises are great for leadership. Get them all in a room, drop in an event, and see how they respond. Who they call and how fast they can accomplish the action gets figured into the exercise being a success or failure.
But where it gets hard is for the guys that will actually do the action items. Data center is flooded; how long to bring the warm site online? It's great that the NOC manager knows that activating a warm site should take X hours, but what will the actual NOC techs be doing?
By mo
Because it's not real. YOu dont enter a situation with a 50,000 foot view and the hand of god.
Honestly, when they point at the other side of the town and say, "the terrorists are over here copying DVD's" any fool can plot a plan of action with a 50,000 foot view of the whole town.
Having NO view of the town other than what you can pull up on your resources that are offline and plan from a non-live 2D view of a reasource is far more difficult and matches reality far better.
Put them in a situation where it is far more realistic than standing over a war model.
The hand of god isn't exactly an option (as far as we know), but helicopters with cameras are a good possibility, so the aerial view stuff isn't too far fetched.
Forget Helicopters a couple of UAV's. before and during an event can give you a lot of that information.
Add in gps tracking for select units(not the package but some of the guards) and you effectively have command and conquor Real Life edition.
The big trick is to not control your guys to tightly as unlike game AI's these units can actually think.
"YOu dont enter a situation with a 50,000 foot view and the hand of god."
THAT is why UAV tech is being pushed so hard.
http://www.defensereview.com/general-atomics-mq-9-reaper-uasuav-retrofitted-with-gorgon-stare-electro-opticalinfrared-eoir-multi-camera-system-the-all-seeing-eye-in-the-sky-you-look-at-it-you-die/ [defensereview.com]
I don't know. The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit has ruled that games in which there is a leader who gives details about a setting and situation and asks the players how they would react have been determined to lead to the development of gangs. [foxnews.com] I don't know about you, but I do not want our Secret Service members organizing or joining gangs. Perhaps they should scrap this whole system.
Mod points, where is thy sting?
The old system wasn't broken why update it?
The Secret Serviceâ(TM)s James J. Rowley Training Center near Washington, D.C., sought to take these scenarios beyond a static environment to encompass the dynamic threat spectrum that exists today, while taking full advantage of the latest computer software technology.
So, do more and do it better.
It also seems that this would change the learning styles for the agents.
Yeah, from TFA
Both third- and first-person viewing perspectives for overhead site evaluation and for a virtual âoewalk-throughâ of the site, reflecting how it would be performed in the field.
You can't do a walk-through in a table-top model. This is more like the real thing. Seriously, The Fine Article actually explains this stuff. They get a lot of new capability they don't have now.
They wouldn't have sought this out if they didn't think it would be to their benefit. Hell, I suspect if they built this right, they could input real locations and do some of their preliminary work on the computer, so they start out with more information.
You can't do a walk-through in a table-top model. This is more like the real thing. Seriously, The Fine Article actually explains this stuff. They get a lot of new capability they don't have now.
They also lose one benefit - instant transportation. You have to at a minimum pan out, slew, zoom in, and quite often also reorient, in a much more confusing and slower operation than just leaning over to look at a different part.
Obligatory quote: "Gentlemen. You canâ(TM)t fight in here. This is the War Room!"
As someone else pointed out, in a real scenario you don't have the luxury of having perfect information of everything that's going on from the entire scenario. Much of the time the person making command decisions is going to have to gather their information from actual people on the ground, e.g. via radios. This would be much more realistic in forcing people to communicate and efficiently relay information up/down the chain of command.
And if they wanted to, I'm sure they could pause the simulation's timelin
Why spend $50 on a model when you can spend $50 million on a model?
Well, if you bump up the cost of the first by an order of magnitude or two (we're not talking about a lego set here), and drop the price of the latter by an order of magnitude (let's face it, 3D virtualization has come down in price)
If it makes for a more effective training tool, and allows them to run better scenarios, then it actually seems like a good investment. This is kinda what they do in terms of job function.
Well, if you bump up the cost of the first by an order of magnitude or two... and drop the price of the latter by an order of magnitude
Yeah, but "$50" to "$50 million" reads better...
Why spend $50 on a model when you can spend $50 million on a model?
No one wants to see the pr0n made with the $50 model
No one wants to see the pr0n made with the $50 model
You'd be surprised.
No one wants to see the pr0n made with the $50 model
I'm afraid I'm gonna have to invoke Rule 34 on that one.
Because you just saved $49,999,950 towards paying the war deficit.
Because this will let them easily go from a bird's eye view to a street level view instantly and even let them run various scenarios based on the student's plan?
Imagine you have a flat computer table like that MSFT Surface demo shown awhile back with the tiny town running on it. The students cook up their route and the security measures required and when finished their plan can be ran at a street level view complete with simulated bad guys to show where the gaps are if any in their security plan, kind of li
Because this brings limitless possibilities! For example, in a simulation of a nuke explosion, you could save yourself by hiding in an old fridge! That's the kind of thinking you can only come up with when you have sufficiently sophisticated computer graphics at your disposal.
What are they going to be doing with their old table top models? Because I would like them for a pretty sweet Warhammer campaign.
One of the scenarios have a title that alludes to that classic movie, _The Terror of Tiny Town_.
Does it have a vice-mayor [qwantz.com]?
Secret Service Agent 1 - President Obama will be walking down Ave B surrounded by six agents in standard formation.
Secret Service Agent trainee - Rolls six-sided die. My Terminators will teleport on top of your Suburban and my Imperial Guard will move south on Ave A.
Secret Service Agent 2 - That's impossible.. stick to the rules.
Secret Service Agent 1 - Exactly, we're dealing with reality here. Everyone knows Terminators can't teleport on top of vehicles and your Imperial Guard won't have line of sight to the President.
Secret Service Agent trainee - Takes out a yard stick, lines it up with the President and his figures... I do have line of sight, cry more noob.
True dat.
Ain't no wall-hacking in a physical model.
Well, since this system is based on VBS2, I hope they'll just import some Operation Flashpoint mods. [youtube.com] You know, for realism. Video game technology is developed in discrete versions and milestones, but new terrorist weaponry/techniques and urban hazards just keep appearing all the time. It's up to the modders to continuously keep the simulations abreast with the new strange things in real world.
They should read Fred Pohl's "Tunnel under the world"
http://free.sbooks.net/Fredrick_Pohl/The_Tunnel_Under_the_World/index.html [sbooks.net]?
[In a Tiny Town 3D Kiosk, confronted with numerous menacing-looking targets, Edwards shoots a cardboard little girl]
Zed: May I ask why you felt little Tiffany deserved to die?
James Edwards: Well, she was the only one that actually seemed dangerous at the time, sir.
Zed: How'd you come to that conclusion?
James Edwards: Well, first I was gonna pop this guy hanging from the street light, and I realized, y'know, he's just working out. I mean, how would I feel if somebody come runnin' in the gym and bust me in my ass while I'm on the treadmill? Then I saw this snarling beast guy, and I noticed he had a tissue in his hand, and I'm realizing, y'know, he's not snarling, he's sneezing. Y'know, ain't no real threat there. Then I saw little Tiffany. I'm thinking, y'know, eight-year-old white girl, middle of the ghetto, bunch of monsters, this time of night with quantum physics books? She about to start some shit, Zed. She's about eight years old, those books are WAY too advanced for her. If you ask me, I'd say she's up to something. And to be honest, I'd appreciate it if you eased up off my back about it.
James Edwards: Or do I owe her an apology?
James Edwards: That's a good shot though...
I was going to go with a Beverly Hills Cop reference (for the whole "tiny town" thing) but this works too...
The US military has had practice towns for years. They use the term "MOUT" (Military Operations in Urban Terrain) sites. There's even a VRML file [sri.com] for the one at Fort Benning. There's a bigger one at Fort Irwin, and most major infantry bases have at least a modest mockup town.
The FBI has an elaborate one at Quantico, VA. The Secret Service, though, doesn't seem to have one at their training center. They do, though, have a really big skid pad, for driving practice.
It's not clear from the article whether "Tiny Town" is a planning aid or a training aid. That is, do they match real-world areas where they plan to operate, or just use it for training exercises?
Couldn't we just have the president just tell the FBI and Fort Benning to let the Secret Service use their training areas?
The physical one would be purely for academic training. Far too hard to reconfigure to match many real-world scenarios.
The virtual one could be infinitely variable. And with physics processors you could get wind patterns involved. They should open this up to modders on the web.
Killhouses and MOUT towns and the like are probably more useful for live fire or MILES practice. For planning they're not so great because it takes longer to physically reconfigure them and change the layouts.
I'm sure the Secret Service has their own killhouses, if not they'll surely be using the FBI's.
Gotta secure the pres in a town that's right for me
Town to keep me movin' keep me shootin' with some energy.
Well, I talk about it
Talk about it (x3)
Talk about, Talk about
Talk about movin'
Gotta move on (x3)
Won't you take me to
Tiny Town. (x4)
I always thought a good training model for exercises would be FPS games like Call of Duty.
Obviously not the actual missions, but you have two sides. The good guys and the bad guys. Both sides are controlled by real people. The enemies controlled by instructors and the good guys controlled by recruits, etc.
Now, you have a leadership role commanding the good guys, telling the team what to do. Of course there would be dozens of spectators assessing the situation. You could have simulated phone calls with so ca
Use ARMA? that seems like it could just about fit your idea from what I understand (I don't own the game personally)
According to the article, this system uses VBS2 [wikipedia.org], which is actually based on the OpFlashpoint/ArmA engine. And I guess it's a good engine for simulations like this. (I haven't played ArmA but I've played OpFlashpoint.)
If only I could draw more than stick people.....
Bart: You can't protect them every second. Sooner or later, you'll let your guard down, and then flush! It's toilet time for Tinytown!
You can measure a programmer's perspective by noting his attitude on the continuing viability of FORTRAN. -- Alan Perlis


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McHENRY – The McHenry Parks and Recreation Department is offering free fitness classes Monday through Jan. 12.
Classes include fitness, yoga and aqua aerobics.
The free week gives fitness lovers the opportunity to find a new workout for the new year. These classes aim to help build muscles, strengthen the core and burn calories. With a variety of classes, participants can find the classes to meet their fitness needs.
For information and class schedules. visit www.ci.mchenry.il.us or call the McHenry Parks and Recreation Department at 815-363-2160.


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1. Welcome!
2. Preview of LXF 85
3. In the news...
4. This month on the forum
5. Special newsletter feature
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7. Receiving this Newsletter
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1. Welcome!
I'd just like to thank all of those who took our online survey,
following the redesign issue of LXF (84). Your feedback has been
very valuable, and will help us to keep LXF the best mag possible!
Now issue 85 is on sale -- see below for more info on the contents.
Meanwhile, we're heading towards 'new distro season', with loads of
tempting releases just around the corner. New versions of Ubuntu,
Slackware, Mandriva and Fedora are due within a month, so it's time
to get those CD-Rs ready! Naturally, we'll cram them all onto LXF
DVDs, giving them some multi-boot love wherever possible.
Anyway, enjoy this month's Newsletter. We've got some info on the
current LXF issue, a roundup of the biggest news and forum
discussions, plus a special feature on the Linux boot sequence.
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Newsletter Editor
2. Preview of LXF 85
LXF issue 85 has just hit the shop shelves: with Novell's new range
of enterprise Linux products now available, we've been looking at
how the company can challenge Red Hat for corporate supremacy in our
main feature. Just what are SLED and SLES? How did Novell get into
Linux? What does the road ahead look like? Find out all in our
eight-page analysis.
Meanwhile, we met up with Kristian Van Der Vliet, the lead developer
of Syllable. 'Vanders' tells us why he's heading up an alternative
open source OS -- what he sees are problems with Linux, and how a
fresh new start can overcome them. In a separate article, our very
own Paul Hudson also asks why Linux still hasn't made a massive
impact on the desktop market, pinpointing certain programs that just
can't seem to 'get' ease-of-use.
We've got the ultimate lowdown on Ulteo, the new project from the
mind of Gael Duval, Mandriva founder. Just what is it? Surely not
'yet another distro'? No, there's a lot more to it than that -- read
our feature for all the juicy details.
On the reviews front, we look at Xandros Desktop 4, Cairo 1.2,
Blender 2.42a, Gnome 2.16, VMware Server 1.0, and a big roundup of
Java IDEs. Our tutorials section explains how to lock-down your
machine, hack Compiz for ubercool graphic effects, create Base forms
in OpenOffice.org, master Inkscape 0.44's new features, and program
3D games. Our regular HotPicks section, which looks at the latest
new releases, includes a review of top-notch puzzle game Pengupop:
# Pengupop -- http://www.junoplay.com/pengupop
Quick show of hands please: who here has played Frozen Bubble? If
you've been using Linux for a while, chances are you'll have come
across it - it's one of the most popular and celebrated open
source games, combining slick professional presentation with a
classic gameplay idea. Frozen Bubble is a respin of the classic
Puzzle Bobble (and Bust-a-Move), and Pengupop takes the same game
mechanics and adds a few twists of its own.
Nutshellised, Pengupop is a puzzle game in which you have to fire
spheres to the top of the screen, and match them with similarly
coloured spheres. Join three together and they disappear -
possibly bringing down any 'hangers on' underneath. It's a bit
tricky to explain in text, but look at the screenshot and you'll
get an idea how it works if you've never played this type of game
before. Pengupop is an online multiplayer game - you battle
against other players around the world, adding spheres to their
playing area when you clear yours.
Thumbs-up to the developers for avoiding dependency hassles and
installation trickiness; Pengupop is supplied as a single
executable file which contains all relevant code and data. The
only thing you'll need is SDL (included as standard in almost
every distro), so you can just run the pengupop-linux-ia32.bin
file and get started.
Even better, Pengupop doesn't faff around with game servers or IP
addresses - you just start a game, and Pengupop finds a waiting
player to join you. It's absolutely seamless and a whole lungful
of fresh air if you're used to messy connection hassles. Even
though the game isn't widely known yet, we never failed to find an
online opponent at various times of the day, never having to wait
more than a few seconds.
In play, Pengupop is much as you'd expect: the game mechanics and
collision detection are well coded, it looks very smart, and
sphere-shooting is accompanied by appropriate sound effects. Like
Tetris, you can't really go wrong with a solid formula unless you
try to add pointless frills, so we're glad that Pengupop's coders
have focused on the trusty game concept. If you like Puzzle Bobble
games and fancy challenging other players on the net, this is just
about perfect.
You'll find five-and-a-half more pages of HotPicky goodness in
LXF 85, including a look at promising finance manager Eqonomize.
3. In the news...
Forking, benchmarking and debating aplenty this month...
# Compiz forked
http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.ph ... le&sid=404
Compiz, part of the slick XGL 3D desktop effects system, has been
forked with the name Beryl. Following on from the compiz-quinnstorm
branch, as used by many Ubuntu users, this fork has come about
because of communication issues with the main Compiz developers. See
more in this OSNews discussion: http://tinyurl.com/kefkz
# Desktop Environment benchmarks
http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.ph ... le&sid=401
Many people claim Gnome and KDE are too resource heavy, but are
they? Someone has finally done some benchmarking on them plus Xfce
and Window Maker for comparison. Lubos Lunak, who is a KDE developer
for OpenSUSE, has done some testing. He has found some interesting
results too. Gnome applications that may use less resources when
running on KDE? Yes. There are many more interesting findings:
# Shuttleworth: Ubuntu needs Debian
http://www.linuxformat.co.uk/modules.ph ... le&sid=397
There's a lot of commotion and discussion about Ubuntu's
relationship with the Debian project. On his blog, Mark Shuttleworth
has posted an explanation of his views on the subject, stating that
"Ubuntu could not exist without Debian". He also hopes that the
Debian developers continue to build on the strengths of the distro,
rather than becoming divided through in-fighting. See:
4. This month on the forum
Getting certain media formats to play back on Linux machines can be
a chore, due to legal issues when distributing some codecs. baasivan
asked the forum how to go about getting MP3 playback working on SUSE
10.1, and there followed various suggestions and discussions about
the issue. Well worth a read if you've struggled with media playback
on your Linux machine and want to read more about the issue. [1]
What did readers make of the LXF redesign? A big thread started up
when issue 84 went out to subscribers -- the feedback was largely
very positive (thankfully! ). If you're an overseas reader and
have just got your copy, please do chip in with your thoughts in
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5. Special newsletter feature
If you've been running Linux for several years, you'll recall the
masses of text that scrolls by when the OS boots up. Today, most
desktop distros shield this information from the user with graphical
boot splash screens -- great in terms of presentation, but can leave
you befuddled as to what's going on. Here I'll give an overview of
the various phases of the Linux boot sequence.
1. Boot loader
Normally GRUB on most systems, or occasionally LILO, this small
program is the first step in the process, loading the Linux kernel
or letting you start other operating systems. It also lets you set
kernel options for booting.
2. Kernel
The boot loader copies the kernel image file into RAM, and begins
executing it. Then the kernel gets the OS foundations set up: it
detects essential hardware such as keyboard and text-mode video,
organises memory for applications, and launches 'init'.
3. Init
'init', which normally lives in /sbin, is the single most important
program in the boot sequence. It always has the process ID (PID) 1,
and spawns everything else. Usually, init looks for boot scripts and
begins executing them, although if there's a major problem (eg
certain boot files missing), it can drop you to a shell prompt.
4. Boot scripts
These vary from distro to distro, but are typically stored in
/etc/init.d. One of the most important files here is /etc/init.d/rc,
which determines which programs to start on boot, depending on your
runlevel (basically a bootup profile). Some boot scripts, such as
those in InitNG, operate in parallel, so you get lots more done and
a quicker boot than running them all one-at-a-time.
5. Login manager
Unless you're running purely in text mode, one of the boot scripts
will start a login manager -- typically GDM for Gnome-based distros,
and KDM for KDE. (There's also XDM, a very bare and vanilla display
manager that's rarely used thesedays.) Some distros are making the
login manager start up early in the boot scripts, which means other
scripts are running as you log in, thereby making for a slightly
faster boot.
So that's an overview of how modern Linux distros boot up. Here's
some links with further info:
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# http://tinyurl.com/jsodz
6. Coming up next issue
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# 15 years and counting -- yes, Linux really is that old.
Join us for the ultimate nostalgia trip into the past of
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DELAND — Festival organizers hope residents from Spring Hill and around the city will turn out in the hundreds once again for the annual Spring Hill TURN Festival, which will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Now in its 11th year, the festival — which stands for "To Unite, Rebuild and Network" — was established to break through divisions within the community on DeLand's southwestern edge, according to Shilretha Dixon, director of the Spring Hill Resource Center and one of the event's organizers.
"The initial spark was just trying to revive the Spring Hill area and just get us into unity," Dixon said. "In order for the community to be self-sustainable, we have to bring unity. There was such a big division here," between members of different churches and other social groups, she pointed out.
The gathering is designed for neighbors to meet neighbors, for residents to familiarize themselves with services available to them, and to have a bit of fun.
Events include a best sweet potato pie contest, a "Battle of the Mimes," as well as "Spring Hill's Sunday Best," a talent competition based on the BET network show "Sunday Best."
A live DJ will play music all day, and a tent will be available for nonprofit groups to share information about their resources with residents.
The Spring Hill Neighborhood Association, Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority and Organizing for America plan to attend, along with Rising Against All Odds, an HIV prevention group.
Stewart-Marchman Act's Prevention on the Move truck will also offer free confidential HIV testing and counseling.
"We help sponsor it, but Shilretha (Dixon) does most of the legwork, and the Spring Hill Neighborhood Association," said Mike Grebosz, administrator of the Spring Hill CRA and special events coordinator for DeLand.
While Spring Hill is one of the poorest neighborhoods in the state, the festival provides its residents a chance to come together and unite, in an effort to address the area's challenges.
For years, the largely black neighborhood has struggled with high crime rates and a general lack of economic opportunity.
The TURN festival provides a respite from its challenges, however, as the area tries to turn a corner of its own.
The festival will be at Spring Hill Park, on the corner of West Beresford and South Adelle avenues.
Spring Hill festival seeks to build unity
DELAND — Festival organizers hope residents from Spring Hill and around the city will turn out in the hundreds once again for the annual Spring Hill TURN Festival, which will be Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.


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Socialism easily accepts despotism. It requires the strongest execution of power--power sufficient to interfere with property. --Lord Acton
It is a fact that certain ideas die hard, suffering a long senescence before passing forever into "the ash heap of history." And no set of ideas, especially for those of religious persuasion, seems to be suffering a longer decline than the idea that "Christianity is the religion of which socialism is the practice." While most "Christian socialists" these days are reluctant to make such an argument in its most brazen form, the World Council of Churches (WCC) continues to serve as a clearinghouse for assertions that facts have long since led most people to discard as false.
In a recent edition of the WCC's Ecumenical Review, Ulrich Duchrow, a professor of systematic theology at Heidelberg University and author of Alternatives to Global Capitalism: Drawn from Biblical History, Designed for Political Action, writes a lengthy article exploring many of the themes contained in his book. If one was expecting a careful articulation and highly nuanced presentation of neo-liberal (really, paleo-Marxist) thought, disappointment is in order.
The opening lines of the article are shocking; such a bald assertion of a demonstrably false proposition strikes one as a historical artifact of the ideological battles of former days. "Since the breakdown of historic socialism," Professor Duchrow writes, "the category of private property has practically disappeared from the discussion of economic justice." Perhaps news arrives slowly in Germany, but "since the breakdown of historic socialism," the issue of private property has been at the center of most discussions of economic justice.
Even a cursory glance at the world scene shows this to be true. Failure to take into account the work of internationally acclaimed scholar Hernando de Soto in Peru and Egypt is the most glaring omission in Professor Duchrow's article. De Soto's efforts, especially over the last decade, have brought to the attention of the international community the intrinsic connection between private property rights, economic development, the alleviation of poverty, and the development of the institutions of civil society. As a result of de Soto's intellectual activism, such ideas have even gained some currency with the United Nations.
Unfortunately, Professor Duchrow sees the United Nations as a vehicle for promoting ideas contrary to de Soto's. Even though Professor Duchrow thinks little of private property rights, he believes property rights could accomplish a great deal more by "linking private productive property to strict criteria of social usefulness as determined by democratic institutions in the framework of the U.N., which needs to be reformed accordingly."
Of course, this idea is the exact opposite of de Soto's thesis and is probably even a little too ambitious for the U.N.'s global engineers. Apparently Professor Duchrow has failed to read the U.N.'s recent Arab Human Development Report, a report examining the many issues confronting a region that has been politically and economically intractable, despite its great wealth. The report, authored by Arab intellectuals commissioned by the U.N., clearly acknowledges that the lack of political freedom, corruption-free governance, and the necessary means to form capital are at the heart of poverty in the Arab world. As a result, it seems even the hard-edged global socialism of the U.N. will retreat in the presence of sound analysis.
Nearly every statistic measuring global poverty, including the U.N.'s own studies, indicates that poverty is on the decline, especially in those nations that have moved toward increased international trade and have adopted systems of the rule of law and private property protections. Those nations showing the greatest success in economic development and in the alleviation of poverty are the ones that have embraced and protected property rights. Many African nations, such as Kenya, are illustrative of the move toward the institutions of the rule of law and property protections in the formation of their government--with the lead in developing such institutions taken by religious leaders. Nations that fail to offer such protections continue to experience degrading poverty. Nowhere is the failure of historic socialism more apparent than in places like Cuba and Iraq.
Reports and statistics aside, is there really an "alternative to global capitalism" now that "historic socialism" has failed? Not likely. While many Christians protest what they understand to be the pernicious effects of global capitalism, the market system itself is a source of hope and prosperity for the world's developing nations. Increased global trade has opened new markets, and with it, new opportunities for the products of the poorest nations. What Professor Duchrow and his colleagues would likely call exploitation, the poor people of the world are more apt to call employment, opportunity, and development.
The "alternative" offered by Professor Duchrow under the guise of neo-liberalism is really no alternative at all, at least not a new alternative. Rather, it is the very same "historic socialism" that is acknowledged to have failed. It's high time socialism's advocates, Christian and otherwise, confront the causes of that failure.
Phillip W. De Vous is the public policy manager of the Acton Institute. Contact Mr. De Vous at email@example.com
Copyright © Acton Institute 2003 Reprinted with permission.
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Men Tell Us: Why Men Keep Telling Women To "Smile"
Raise your hand if you hate it when strange men on the street tell you to smile. Everyone, yes? All our hands are raised? Perhaps because it's always distracting to be interrupted when you're thinking seriously about something (and hence, not smiling). Perhaps it's because it's rude to demand that a total stranger do anything for you (though I frequently go up to men and say "do the Charleston! Now a two-step! It makes you look prettier to me!"). Perhaps because it immediately makes you feel guilty for not walking around lighting the world up with your smile, because, again, you were thinking about serious stuff.
And surely men know that women don't like this, right? No one likes the smile police! But it happens all the time. So why do men keep doing it? I turned the question over to our man-panel:
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PHILADELPHIA — While he wasn't wearing any Ohio State apparel Sunday, Evan Turner's been known to throw on some threads with the Buckeyes' trademark scarlet and gray color schemes.
His three-year career at Ohio State was full of achievement — like winning the Big Ten Conference tournament as a junior, the same year he later declared himself eligible for the 2010 NBA draft.
Those fond memories are sure to flood Turner's thoughts Monday, when he returns to his roots in Columbus, Ohio, for the 76ers' preseason game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The 7 p.m. game will be played at Ohio State's home, the Schottenstein Center.
"It just felt, like, ecstatic, you know? Felt like big things were coming," Turner said, of playing for the Buckeyes. "Coach (Thad) Matta was so excited about the future. He had a path and a plan. You kind of see that with (first-year Sixers coach) Brett Brown. It got you really excited, you know?"
Turner said he's gotten "a bunch" of ticket requests for the game. He said he wasn't nearly as sure of who would attend the game as he was of who would visit his house in Columbus.
"I'm going to have the team over (Sunday after the flight)," Turner said. "I have a house in Ohio, and my mom is cooking dinner now. I will allow them to come over and be freeloaders."
Turner turned his success at Ohio State, including the second-seeded Buckeyes reaching the Sweet 16 of the NCAA Tournament before bowing out in his junior (and final) season, into personal accolades. He was named the consensus national player of the year and was taken second overall in the NBA draft by the Sixers.
Part of Turner wishes he could go back to those days.
"Money's not really involved (in college). It's more carefree," he said. "Sometimes you miss the innocence of it. It was cool every now and then not having any money and finding $10 on the ground, you know? Now, you take it for granted with what you've been blessed with. … I know everything comes to an end, but I was grateful to attend, grateful to meet the people I did and grateful to be coached by the people I was coached by."
For those who are curious, Turner is making $6.7 million this season, the final year of his contract.
NOTES: Guard-forward Rodney Williams, a coach's decision DNP for the Sixers' first five preseason games, will see the court Monday, according to Brown. Williams, an undrafted rookie out of Minnesota, has a partially guaranteed deal with the Sixers. … Though he has until Oct. 28 to make his final roster cuts, Brown said he'll make those moves sooner rather than later. "Yes is the answer," he said. … For those hoping Andrew Bynum makes his Cleveland Cavaliers debut against his former team, it doesn't seem likely. But word out of the Cavs' camp is that he's down to his playing weight and progressed enough that he might — might — play in their opener Oct. 30. Probably sounds all too familiar to Sixers fans.


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Although I find that HOT as hell; why should anyone need to strip NAKED for a boxing or wrestling weigh-in...Especially with a lot of people gawking/looking on??
He he!! Thanks, I do enjoy it but it must be more to attract attention than anything else. They COULD weigh him in his underwear, then he could go ahead and get dressed and give them that underwear and subract the difference!!
Oh well!???!
Have you gone to one of those weigh-ins Joe??
NICE! Love to see that in person.
While the pics are sexy, it seems awfully unfair to the boxers. I don't understand why they have to strip in front of a crowd of people, including photographers. Why can't they go into a private room with a doctor or other medical professional and get weighed?
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glad you like. it would be good if you could post some pictures of a weigh-in you have been to.
bellow is one i went too a few months ago. unfortunatly they didnt have to strip.
this guy certainly doesnt mind getting naked as he does it for everyone of his weigh-ins!! he is Argentinian boxer hugo hernan Garry.
These are some of my favorite pics.
i started this post elsewhere but thought it better here.
hope you like and plaease post pics!!
just to let you guys who have viewed or posted thanks, i have now moved this to the hot men and gay porn thread where i will be be posting more pics soon. see you there!!
OK Joe, cool! Those pics got me hard. Can;t imaging being naked in front of all those people!!
glad you like sportyj keep the pics coming
as promised here are some more
this is from a weigh-in i went to, british boxer john fewkes
this is marco antonio barrera weighing-in naked in a shopping centre!!
2 off Brian Rose
found this one the other day, dont know who it is but he is hot as hell
i will post more, and let me know what type of photos you like the best
glad you like as much as me sweetcar, sportyj and paleface
please see the other pics iv added in the new thread in hot men gay porn and post your comments, pics they are apretiated. i find weigh-ins so sexy. let me know your favorites and i will keep posting!!
will do Joe!
Yeah Joe, that one with the young guy getting weighed and NOT covering or cupping it is HOT on several levels.
Interesting, a NAKED boxing weigh-in at a shopping center!! I also love the one's where the guys kinda 'square off' in skimpy underwear or jocks////!
Thanks Joe, I'm lovin' those! To bad I don't have anything to post as far as pics are concerned...but, anyone who has them...Thanks!
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haha hot thread. i find it funny how they bare right down to nothing for the weigh-in. is this really necessary? i think it's just a way to get these hot boys naked and for the old judges to get a major cock show! haha.
it is real. i saw the video a long time ago.
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Irvington students present powerful anti-bullying message
By Miriam G. Mazliach
April 16, 2013
These days, the familiar nursery rhyme verse, Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words will never harm me, is not regarded in the same light. A lot has changed since it was first written in the 1870s. People now recognize that you should not ignore bullying or turn the other cheek, because there is power in words and harmful repercussions result when used in a reckless or callous manner. In particular, with the easy access to social media, it is almost impossible for teens to escape negative comments, especially if targeted at them by others.
So, to focus on the serious and increasing issue of bullying and cyber-bullying, several students at Irvington High School in Fremont decided to confront this issue head-on for their Quest project. Quest is a program that Irvington senior year students are required to complete. They must select a learning project in an area of their own choosing, and then research, explore and experience all aspects of their topic in order to gain a fuller understanding of the subject. One of the components to be completed is that of Service, wherein students need to create an activity and share their newly gained knowledge with others.
Thats how Irvington students Robert R. Ritchie, Britlee Cox and Tina Huynh came to create the anti-bullying program and skits. All three had the idea to do an anti-bullying program and write a play about it. Sharing 6th period Advanced Theater/Drama 2 class, things came together pretty quickly. It only took about eight hours to input their ideas and write it out. They created three skits, connected to the central theme, which were presented in assemblies throughout the school day on April 9.
Providing guidance and assistance to the students as needed during this entire process were teachers Nancy Kirk and Scott DiLorenzo. For the performances, student Charlotte Chen handled the theatrical lighting.
In the first skit, a boy watches his girlfriend being bullied by a group of cheerleaders, who call her ugly and trip her, but the boy doesnt intercede on her behalf. The girl continues to be picked on and cyber-bullied; she eventually leaves school and moves away. The boy voices his sadness in losing his best friend and realizes too late that he should have spoken up.
The second skit focuses on a young boy Michael who idolizes his older brother Billy, who is gay. Billy is set up and beaten up by a bully who continues to threaten him. Michael suspects something when his brother appears bruised and over time notices Billy becoming more and more withdrawn. But Michael doesnt say anything and when Billy commits suicide, he is distraught and realizes that he should have told his parents.
The final skit tells the story of a sporty girl who loves to play football. She has a shy friend who doesnt quite get why her friend wants to play such a rough sport. Other students harass the sporty girl, and continue to pick on her, even stealing and damaging her football equipment. The shy girl doesnt stick up for her but learns too late that she should have told someone when her friend moves away to go to another school where she can be accepted.
After each skit, the student writers come on stage to address the audience and talk about what to do about bullying. Bystanders must tell someone [if they see bullying or worse] and speak up. Talk to a teacher, counselor, vice principal, principal or parent.
In addition, interspersed with the skits, are two powerful monologues related to other bullying experiences.
Adds teacher and coordinator Nancy Kirk, People dont know the effect that bullying has on others. This project [the students skits] is meant to bring the subject to light.


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|2013-07-10, 19:44
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Seishu's Ace
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Kobe, Japan
I actually disagree with that quite fundamentally. I think you have to be open to the possibility that the ending could be quite different from what you originally intended. As you get to know the characters better, you may find out that they take the story in a different direction than you originally thought they would (that may in fact have happened with TT).
The danger, I think, is quite the opposite: if you have a specific ending in mind and you're hell-bent on getting there, you'll twist the characters and make them behave as props subservient to the needs of the story rather than organically to their own development.
|2013-07-10, 21:19
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Bittersweet Distractor
Join Date: Nov 2007
Age: 26
That reminds me a lot of what I hated about Evangelion 3.0 with Shinji's character. It didn't matter to Anno that his development in the film was hella contrived and irrational, he was hell bent on making the character reach a certain conclusion. That sort of storytelling can be toxic. A creator has to be able to logically develop the character to reach a certain conclusion, not force it. Although you may disagree Enzo, knowing your blog comments, I actually feel this is why Gen is one of the industry's top writers. His characters might not provoke the most emotion out of anyone, but he is able to make them develop in logical manners. There's no TEH TWEEST for the hell of it.
And as it pertains to Okada... I wish she practiced what she preaches because I hardly believe much of what she is saying in her interviews.
|2013-07-11, 05:38
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Senior Member
Of course, the considerable benefit for fanfic writers is that we're working with well-established characters with set goals and personalities. So that can provide good guidelines for what are believable endings for a fanfic.
It's interesting (and a bit ironic) that Reckoner raised Gen, because my impression of Gen's works is that Gen usually has his endings plotted out long before he gets to them, and in some cases from the very beginning. Clearly, this was the case with Madoka Magica, just based on certain plot elements in it. Fate/Zero is another obvious case of where the ending is known long in advance (in this case, it's because Fate/Zero is a prequel). With Gargantia, I definitely think Gen had that ending planned out from the beginning. The only recent Gen anime I can think of where the ending might not have been settled on until near the end is Psycho-Pass... and Psycho-Pass arguably had the least satisfying ending of all of these Gen works.
So I respectfully disagree with Guardian Enzo and Reckoner on anything plot heavy. For anything plot heavy, it's probably good for the writer to have the ending determined long in advance, ideally from the very beginning if possible. But for something light on plot, for something more character-based (like Slice of Life), it's probably better to let the characters take you wherever they want to.
As for Okada, my take is that she let the characters take her wherever they wanted to in Hanasaku Iroha, but that she probably had the ending to AnoHana planned out long in advance. That's something Guardian Enzo might want to consider.
|2013-07-11, 10:29
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I don't especially think it matters whether something is "plot-heavy" or not. if you're so determined to get to a specific place that you twist everything to fit, you lose a good deal of any natural feel your characters have. I think it's normally pretty obvious when an author does this. And trying to blame the mess that HanaIro was on putting character first is like blaming Bill Clinton for the extinction of the dinosaurs. Even worse, in fact, because more than simply being unrelated, I think HanaIro is full of evidence of Okada doing exactly what you're advocating.
|2013-07-11, 12:26
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And interestingly enough....
|2013-07-11, 12:40
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Senior Member
Now, in a show light on plot, the importance of the plot is obviously diminished, so there's less risk in just letting the characters take the plot wherever. But with a plot-heavy show the strength or weakness of the plot will factor in considerably to the overall quality of the show.
If you let characters just take the plot wherever, in a show that's plot-heavy, then you risk having a boring or silly plot. You're also more likely to end up with an anti-climatic ending, or an ending that's dissatisfying in being very inconclusive, imo. And all of the above will hurt a plot-heavy show where people do in fact care about it.
|2013-07-11, 14:28
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Join Date: Apr 2006
Plot synopsis, character outlines, plot, and plot per episode, is all designed before scripting, and compiled in a file called the "Bible" (at least that's how they call it in my country). All the screenplay writers working on the series will look into the Bible as main guidelines.
On that topic, here's a typical character outline:
Pretty detailed, right? TV production would be impossible without that level of detail.
I doubt it. Maybe the particular situation wasn't planned, but the core idea of the ending is almost always planned since the beginning. I'm pretty sure even Okada does this when she's in charge of series' composition (plot outlining). If I remember correctly, ¡n the case of True Tears, the script writers deviated from Okada's composition on their own. Basically, Okada planned the ending from the beginning, but the writers changed it. I think she accepted those changes because almost the whole team wanted to go in that direction... or something like that. It's all in one of those interviews posted in this thread, if I'm not mistaken.
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|2013-07-12, 15:24
|Link #388
Join Date: Jan 2009
Age: 28
So guys, mind giving me some light on this?
I saw the manga first chapter and it was... ugh.... how to put it:
It has a nice setting and good designs (and will have a pretty animation, music and voice acting with PAW for sure, the exception will be the designs) but with a very awful female main character and a very cliché plot development and a repetitive character interacion you can find on any below average cheap romantic manga. The female mc reminded me of Mikono from Aquarion Evol except Mikoto started aceptable as character(and then went downhills) but here Manaka isn't. A crybaby, dense, insecure and klutz character like her is seriously giving me a headache. Meanwhile Hikari, the male mc, is doomed to the friend-zone since despite his feelings for Manaka she is more interested on a boy she just met yet doesn't knows well. Why make a character like him(Hikari) protagonist? For suffering?
Is this the style Okada usually does? I wasn't too much into original scripts and more into directors and animation but after trying I got seriously worried about how she handles her writing after TT which was more or less okay for me.
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|2013-07-12, 16:27
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|2013-07-12, 20:17
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I read it as okada as the original creator and the manga is an adaptation. It does say so manga adaptation in the quote instead of anime adaption so ill still consider it an anime original. Even if the manga got serialized first remember the anime has been in production for at least a year.
As for okada and the plot/characters... I saw this coming from miles away. I always predicted nagi no asu Kara to be a pandering bawfest show using cliches and overly moe characters to gawk a reaction to otakus much like menma from anohana was. Though I dunno how much of that goes to okada liking to write stuff like that or how much of it goes to her being pigeonholed into doing so because thats what the audience wants and is what sells.
I mean that atx trailer of her with emo.ripe playing the background. She's being advertised as some sappy teen drama idol writer and commercialized like hell and it made me lol and facepalm.
It's frustrating because she's been involved in great drama series such as true tears and wandering son but they both (at least in TTs initial case) sold like shit.
|2013-07-13, 05:12
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Me at work
But regarding her writing, I figure this quote from another panel recap is pretty relevant
|2013-07-13, 18:26
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|2013-08-17, 13:11
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Aha, I guess that was pretty funny.
Humans are interesting, and apparently Okada loves people.
I couldn't stop thinking of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zowaECLKYI4
|2013-08-17, 13:26
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Me at work
From the same channel: cute Okada doing cute things
Just wondering, crunchyroll said they were going to interview Okada, even asked people to send in their questions,whatever happened to that?
|2013-08-17, 13:57
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Working Hard
Join Date: Sep 2012
Well, anyway just realize that much of my favourites anime are written by her.
|2013-08-17, 17:07
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Despite my rampant bashing, I do respect Okada for doing some serious reevaluations of gender roles and she seems to like to shake up the expectations of it-- you have to admit at least for many of the female characters she does, it's quite inspired and creative (when going good-- let's just ignore all the crybaby and irrelevant characters). Under normal circumstances, I most likely would have hated characters such as Ohana and Noe as they are far out of my character tastes. HOW she does (it insert male character joke here), is of course where the problem comes in.
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|2013-08-21, 12:10
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Graphic Designer
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Age: 26
Kinda late, but I met Okada at AX this year. Got to get two autographs from her and actually ask her some questions about stuff she's worked on.
Spoiler for Photo:
Seems Okada is a cat lover. When I asked her about her personal investments on Sakurasou, she mentioned the cats leading Kanda to Sakurasou in the first place were inspired by her own kitties.
Also, in the words of Okada, when I posed this question to her:
"The series you work on often seems to deal with slice-of-life, but much more focused on the drama than regular titles do. Is drama your favourite genre to write for?"
"Drama and people's relationships with each other are interesting to me. I believe a series that has no drama to begin with is missing something. In that essence, I suppose it is my favourite genre to write for."
Super friendly, she was easily my favourite guest of honour there this year, even if tons of other awesome people showed up.
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Davien Payne, a former University of Colorado running back who was kicked off the team this summer, was sentenced to one year of work release for car theft and assault in Boulder District Court today.
Payne, 20, pleaded guilty in November to one count of first-degree aggravated motor vehicle theft, a Class 3 felony, and second-degree assault on a police officer, a Class 4 felony.
In exchange for the plea, prosecutors dropped two second-degree assault counts as well as misdemeanor counts of obstructing a police officer and resisting arrest.
In addition to the work release sentence, Payne was also sentenced to one year of probation.
According to a police report, a woman called police in the early morning hours of Aug. 17 after she and her friend saw a car stopped in the street that appeared to be her Jetta being driven by Payne.
The woman and her male friend began yelling at Payne and a woman in the front seat, and the car owner's friend climbed into the vehicle through the passenger window, according to the report. At this point, the victim said Payne started driving and punched him in the face 20 times and threatened to shoot him before eventually stopping the car near 17th Street and Cascade Avenue, according to police.
According to the report, a police officer arrived and ordered Payne to the ground at gunpoint. Payne kept screaming, "They're chasing me! They're chasing me!," and ran off.
The officer caught up to Payne in a nearby alley, and, along with another officer, was able to bring him to the ground, according to the report. The officers reported Payne continued to resist arrest, and one of the officers was struck in the face by Payne, according to Boulder police.
Payne told officers he was at some parties on University Hill when he called his friend Gina Larson for a ride. He said an unknown male drove with Larson to pick him up and that was when they got into the confrontation with the victims, according to the report.
Payne was part of CU's 2012 recruiting class but never saw the field. He was suspended from the team as a redshirt freshman in March for violating team rules, and the Buffs announced in June that he had been ruled academically ineligible for the fall semester and was no longer part of the program.
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Can someone explain how a transmitter can
Virtually all home wireless routers run way too hot. Feel the underside after it's been on for an hour. Hot. Open it up and put your fingers on the chips after its been running for an hour. Burn your fingers.
My only thought is that it may not be signal strength but interference from other, nearby routers on the same channel.
Or voltage sag as you plug more things into your wall sockets?
I've found that the Linksys BEFSR41 routers and WRT54G wireless routers work much better with little 12V fans installed, so you might experiment with greater external airflow to see if "blowing the heat out" is of any help.
The party adjourned to a hot tub, yes. Fully clothed, I might add. -- IBM employee, testifying in California State Supreme Court


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Dowdy named East Ridge Teacher of the Year
LeAnn Dowdy was recently announced as the 2011-2012 Teacher of the Year at East Ridge Elementary for Sweetwater ISD (Independent School District).She is a second grade teacher at the school and has been with the district for two years. Dowdy has been teaching for a total of fifteen years; she earned her Bachelor of Science degree through Abilene Christian University and Texas A&M University-Commerce.Since 1997, Dowdy has joined a number of associations. She was a member of the Texas Classroom Teachers Association for three years and has been a member of the Parent Teacher Organization for the past fifteen years. In 2000, she joined the Association of Texas Professional Educators, where she continues her involvement. Last year in 2011, she joined the Texas Section of American Association of Physics Teachers.Her involvement in community activities is also varied. For three years starting in 1994, she was a director and establisher of a free Christian preschool. From 1996 to 2000, she was also the director of the Community Ballpark concession stand, and until 2010 she participated in various fundraisers for a decade.In 2004, she became a high school church youth leader through 2010. She was a Little Dribblers girls' basketball coach in 2005; that same year she also became a 21st Century tutor for Communities in Schools and was involved with the program for five years.Dowdy was also a youth leader for a mission trip to Mexico in 2008. Since 2011, she has been a sponsor for ACU Education students who attend the Conference for the Advancement of Science Teaching.In 2012, she became a member of the Highland Church of Christ. Her professional awards include the Golden Apple Teacher award for Outstanding Teaching Excellence in 2010.Dowdy says that she became a teacher because of the joy that comes from "making a difference in the lives of children". "I also wanted the added benefit of not only spending time with the community's young children," added Dowdy, "but with my own three children when they were growing up."She understands the high responsibility she has upon walking into her classroom daily, noting the "moral obligation" of helping each student solely meet their "highest possible outcome"."My function as a teacher encompasses obtaining the most out of each student every day. Thus, I maximize the positive benefits that naturally come along with any self-fulfilling prophecy; with dedication, consistency, and diligence, my students rise to the occasion."She notes that each day, she raises the bar in bringing "an open mind, a positive attitude, and high expectations" to her classroom. Not only will her students benefit, she says, but also the community as she brings "consistency, perseverance, and compassion" to her profession.And at the end of each school day, Dowdy hopes that she has inspired and encouraged strong character qualities in her students."It is incredibly fulfilling to know that I may have or will teach a future educator, president, doctor, or lawyer," Dowdy expressed. "I truly feel that teachers build the future by enabling students to face the real world in a practical way."


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Barcelona director of football Andoni Zubizarreta has ruled out letting David Villa leave the Nou Camp in January.
Villa has been regualrly left on the bench this season and has been linked with a move away from the Catalan club, either in January or at the end of the season.
According to reports in Spain, Barcelona were willing to let Villa go for around €15 million during the winter window, with north London rivals Tottenham and Arsenal said to be interested.
Both Spurs and Arsenal appear short of attacking options and could move to bring in reinforcements in January, with Villa a potential target should he indicate that he is willing to leave.
The Gunners in particular are said to be keen on landing a striker in January, and could make a move for Villa after it was announced that reported target Klaas-Jan Huntelaar had signed a contract extension with Schalke.
However Zubizarreta has poured cold water on claims that Villa, who only returned from a prolonged spell on the sidelines with a broken leg recently, could be let go in the winter window.
"In January we will keep Villa and it is important to remember that Barcelona is a club that habitually does not accept offers for star players in January," Zubizarreta told Canal Plus.
"David is a player that brings goals and intensity to the team. Now he has recovered from a serious injury I believe that he is offering a good level on the field.
"It is normal that big players desire to play and this is perfect for the competition in the squad."
Villa was once more on the bench last night as Barcelona ended 2012 on a high with a 3-1 victory over Valladolid to establish a 9 point lead at the top of La Liga.
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Frank O'Connell vowed he'd always be there for his son, Nick. Keeping the vow was tough, because in 1985, O'Connell was convicted for killing a man in Pasadena, Calif. Frank O'Connell swears he was innocent.
"You watch TV and you say, 'That doesn't happen.' Well, it does happen," O'Connell says on 48 HOURS: "Presumed Guilty," to be broadcast Nov. 24, 2012 (10:00 PM ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. "It happened to me, it can happen to anybody."
"He's been in prison since I was 4," Nick O'Connell tells 48 HOURS Correspondent Troy Roberts. "He was convicted of first-degree murder and he maintained his innocence since day one."
Frank O'Connell was a former high school football star and local hero who had lost his way when was convicted of killing Jay French, the ex-husband of a woman he had dated for a short time months before. French was shot dead outside of his Pasadena home. French and his ex-wife, Jeanne, had a bitter custody dispute over their son. Police maintained O'Connell shot French to help Jeanne. O'Connell said he was 30 miles away and had witnesses to prove it. On his attorney's advice, O'Connell waived his right to a jury trial and put his fate in the hands of a judge. He gambled wrong and was sentenced to 25 years-to-life in prison.
Nick never gave up on the father he never really knew. When he was 15, he began digging through files of his father's conviction. "For my own security, I need to know whether my father did this or not," Nick says.
"Everyone says they're innocent when they're in prison," Jolene Cordova, Jay French's sister, tells 48 HOURS. "My brother was murdered just like he meant nothing, shot down like an animal. I think Frank O'Connell shot my brother."
Troy Roberts and the 48 HOURS team piece together the emotional and powerful story of a loving son and his imprisoned dad through interviews with Nick and Frank, Jay French's sister, police investigators, a key witness and others. Roberts also talks to Kate Germond, the director of Centurion Ministries, an organization that investigates claims of wrongful convictions. Centurion took on O'Connell's case 13 years after he entered prison.
"Presumed Guilty" was produced by Judy Rybak. Doug Longhini is the investigative producer. Lauren Clark is the field producer. Al Briganti is the executive editor. Susan Zirinsky is the senior executive producer.
"Presumed Guilty" is part of 48 HOURS' 25th full season. It is the third-longest running primetime series and has been the #1 non-sports program on Saturday nights for six consecutive seasons.
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Submission + - Former Microsoft Privacy Chief Doesn't Trust Company, Uses Open Source Software (hothardware.com) 1
MojoKid writes: Microsoft's onetime Chief Privacy Advisor, Caspar Bowden, has come out with a vote of no-confidence in the company's long-term privacy measures and ability or interest to secure user data in the wake of the NSA's PRISM program. From 2002 — 2011, Bowden was in charge of privacy at Microsoft, and oversaw the company's efforts in that area in more than 40 countries, but claims to have been unaware of the PRISM program's existence while he worked at the company. In the two years since leaving Microsoft, Bowden has ceased carrying a cell phone and become a staunch open source user, claiming that he no longer trusts a program unless he can see the source.


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Linked by Thom Holwerda on Tue 14th May 2013 21:34 UTC
"Following reports, Nokia's own teaser campaign, and a last-minute leaked image, the Lumia 925 is official today. The Finnish smartphone maker is taking the wraps off its latest flagship Windows Phone, and there's a slight twist: it's made from aluminum. Nokia's latest smartphone is trading a full polycarbonate unibody for an aluminum casing. It's not fully metal - the rear of the device will be polycarbonate, and the front is naturally made of glass - but it marks a new shift for Nokia's Windows Phone design." This will be the Lumia that turns it all... Nevermind.
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by tylerdurden on Tue 14th May 2013 22:23 UTC in reply to "Uncertainty"
I guess the silly aluminum band didn't fool anyone. Their stock went down over 5% after the announcement.
I've a feeling that both blackberry and nokia's "turnarounds" may end as case studies in business schools, in a not so near future. But not for the reasons their CEOs may think...
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Saturday, October 06, 2012
Keeneland Barn Notes Thursday, October 4, 2012
• TEN FILLIES ACCEPT INVITATIONS TO 29th QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHALLENGE CUP
Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence's Balance the Books, winner of Saratoga's With Anticipation (G2) in his most recent start, tops an overflow field of 12 juveniles and two also-eligibles for Sunday's 22nd running of the $150,000 Bourbon (G3) at 1 1/16 miles on the turf.
The Bourbon, a "Win and You're In" race for the $500,000 Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf (G1) to be held November 3 at Santa Anita, will go as the seventh race on Sunday's nine-race program with a 4:17 p.m. (ET) post time. First post Sunday is 1:05 p.m.
Trained by Chad Brown, Balance the Books also is entered in Saturday's $400,000 Dixiana Breeders' Futurity (G1). For the Bourbon, Balance the Books drew post position six and would be ridden by Julien Leparoux, who was aboard for the victory at Saratoga.
Bluegrass Equine Bloodstock's Joha, who finished a head behind Balance the Books in the With Anticipation, is entered in both the Bourbon and Dixiana Breeders' Futurity. Trained by Mike Maker, Joha drew post position one for both races and would be ridden in the Bourbon by Ramon Dominguez.
The field for the Bourbon, from the inside out, is as follows: Joha (Ramon Dominguez, 118 pounds), Ruler of Love (Corey Lanerie, 118), Really Sharp (Elvis Trujillo, 118), Strike the Note (Brian Hernandez Jr., 118), Fredericksburg (Jose Lezcano, 118), Balance the Books (Julien Leparoux, 122), Summit County (Shaun Bridgmohan, 118), Brown Almighty (Francisco Torres, 118), Sonofasamurai (David Cohen, 118), Roman's Avenue (Miguel Mena, 118), Slamarama (Rosie Napravnik, 118) and Craving Carats (Kent Desormeaux, 118). Also Eligibles: Road Agent (Leandro Goncalves, 118) and Army Hero (James Graham, 118).
TEN FILLIES ACCEPT INVITATIONS TO 29th QUEEN ELIZABETH II CHALLENGE CUP
Grade 1 winners Lady of Shamrock, Samitar (GB) and Stephanie's Kitten are among 10 fillies whose connections have accepted invitations to participate in the 29th running of the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1) to be held Saturday, October 13.
The race for 3-year-old fillies, won last year by Together (IRE), is contested at 1 1/8 miles on the turf. Of the 10 invitees, nine are graded or group stakes winners.
Hronis Racing's Lady of Shamrock, trained by John Sadler, has won the Del Mar Oaks (G1) and the American Oaks (G1) in her past two starts and earlier in the year won the Providencia (G3).
Martin Schwartz's Samitar won the Garden City (G1) at Belmont Park in her most recent start and prior to coming to the United States won the Irish One Thousand Guineas (Group 1) at the Curragh. Chad Brown now trains Samitar.
Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Stephanie's Kitten, winner of the Lake Placid (G2) in her most recent start, won the Darley Alcibiades (G1) on Keeneland's main track last fall prior to winning the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf (G2) at Churchill Downs. Wayne Catalano trains Stephanie's Kitten.
Other invitees are Darley Stable's Better Lucky, winner of the Sands Point (G2); G. Watts Humphrey Jr. and the Louise Ireland Humphrey Revocable Trust-2008's Centre Court, winner of the Lake George (G2) and Regret (G3); Jerry Frankel, Ronald Frankel, Steve Laymon and Bradley Thoroughbreds' Dayatthespa, winner of the Herecomesthebride (G3) and Appalachian (G3); Team Block's Leading Astray, winner of the Pucker Up (G3); Southern Equine Stable and Mike Smith's Open Water; Caroline Forgason's Somali Lemonade, winner of the JPMorgan Chase Jessamine (G3); and Richard Santulli's Tannery (IRE), a Group 3 winner in Ireland.
Entries for the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup will be taken Wednesday.
Tiz Miz Sue has been keeping company this summer with the top fillies on the East Coast, but when she arrived at Keeneland Wednesday morning after vanning from Monmouth Park there was no Royal Delta or Love and Pride in sight.
"She has always been matched up tough, so I guess that has been kind of mean of me," trainer Steve Hobby said with a laugh after bringing Tiz Miz Sue back to Barn 22 after jogging a mile early Thursday morning.
"When she was 2, the horse that beat her in the Arlington-Washington Lassie (G3) (She Be Wild) won the Breeders' Cup (Juvenile Fillies, G1) and last year, she ran against (Horse of the Year) Havre de Grace."
In her most recent start, Tiz Miz Sue finished fourth behind Love and Pride and champion Royal Delta, beaten just two lengths, in the Personal Ensign (G1) at Saratoga. Prior to that, she was beaten just a neck by Royal Delta in the Delaware Oaks (G2) and was second to Love and Pride in the Obeah (G3).
Hobby bypassed last Saturday's Beldame (G1) at Belmont Park to take a shot in Sunday's 57th running of the $500,000 Juddmonte Spinster (G1) at 1 1/8 miles on the main track.
"I am kind of glad I didn't run in the Beldame with the way Royal Delta ran," Hobby said, referring to that filly's 9½-length victory. "And then Love and Pride won that race at Santa Anita (the Grade 1 Zenyatta by 3¼ lengths) and that validated her form."
The Juddmonte Spinster will mark a return to Polytrack for Tiz Miz Sue, who posted a victory and two seconds in three starts over the surface as a 2-year-old at Arlington Park in 2009.
"Today was the first day she had been on Polytrack since Arlington," Hobby said. "That was part of the reason in running here because I knew she would handle it. I don't know if I would have run her here had she not run on it before."
Tiz Miz Sue, who has compiled a record of 27-6-9-3 for earnings of $674,709 for owner-breeder Carol Ricks of Cresran, LLC, has lived up to her potential for Hobby.
"She was impressive from the beginning and I thought she was special," Hobby said of the mare, who will be ridden Sunday by Joe Rocco Jr.
Trainer Todd Pletcher has not maintained a full barn at Keeneland since the 2010 Spring Meet, but that all changed this fall with Pletcher assistant Michael Dilger overseeing horses in Barn 26 and part of Barn 27.
Fall Stars Weekend provided the impetus for the Pletcher invasion with the stable slated to send out runners in eight of the nine graded stakes, beginning Friday with two runners in each of the Darley Alcibiades (G1) and the Stoll Keenon Ogden Phoenix (G3).
"We looked at the stakes program and we felt like it would be easier to bring a whole string rather than keep shipping in and out," Pletcher said. "For a lot of these horses, it will be their first time on Polytrack, so we are cautiously optimistic. We looked at the pedigrees to see who we thought might fit."
Pletcher has runners in all seven races this weekend that are "Win and You're In" races for the Breeders' Cup World Championships to be contested November 2-3 at Santa Anita. To date, Pletcher has four horses that have earned Breeders' Cup berths: Shanghai Bobby (Grey Goose Juvenile), Love and Pride (Ladies' Classic), Turbo Compressor (Turf) and Turbulent Descent (Filly & Mare Sprint).
Traditionally strong with 2-year-olds, Pletcher won the Saratoga training title in part because of 22 juveniles that won races.
"We felt good going into the meet," Pletcher said. "It was a nice group of horses."
Three of those 22 juvenile winners run this weekend, starting Friday with Glencrest Farm's Skyfall in the Darley Alcibiades (G1). The other Saratoga juvenile winners entered this weekend are Ken and Sarah Ramsey's Charming Kitten (Dixiana Breeders' Futurity, G1, on Saturday) and Dogwood Stable's Slamarama (Bourbon, G3, on Sunday).
Centre Court, an invitee to the Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup (G1), worked five furlongs around the "dogs" in 1:01.60 over a turf course labeled firm. … Great Attack, entered in Saturday's Woodford Stakes presented by Keeneland Select, worked five furlongs on the turf in 1:01.20.
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Kaminario: Fourth-generation Scale-Out Architecture Flash Array
Kaminario, a Newton, Mass.-based developer of scale-out flash storage technology, in April released its fourth-generation K2 all-flash storage array.
New to the Kaminario K2 v4 is 400 percent more read/write bandwidth than previous versions, with low latency of about 120 microseconds for data writes. The array also provides a 500-percent density increase over previous versions at half the price.
Also new are non-disruptive upgrades, guaranteed performance under any failure with minimal impact, hot-swappable SAS drives, and new high-performance snapshots. The arrays also support virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI), OpenStack cloud computing, and RESTful APIs, along with a choice of iSCSI and Fibre Channel connections.


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Liverpool target Eriksen declines to sign new contract
Christian Eriksen is stalling over a new contract at Ajax amid reported interest from Liverpool.
Denmark international Eriksen, who turns 21 this month, has long been linked with a move to the Premier League for many months, with a number of top European clubs also having reportedly expressed an interest.
Liverpool would appear to be leading the race and are said to be readying a bid for the summer.
Ajax technical director Marc Overmars has confirmed Eriksen has declined to sign an extension to his current deal, which expires in the summer of 2014, as he is considering his future with the Eredivisie giants.
"Christian has informed us that he doesn't want to sign a new contract right now," Overmars told sporten.dk. "I think he and his agent want to see what opportunities present themselves this summer."
He added: "We want him to stay here for at least two more years, but the day he leaves us, he will be ready to play for the very best. He's a player even the biggest clubs in the world could do with having in their squad."
Eriksen's agent, Martin Schoots, said in BNB: "Anything Marc or Christian have said about it is correct, but we've agreed that we don't want to talk about the speculation too much. Christian wants to focus solely on football and not so much on his future."
In October, Eriksen had said he was flattered by links with Liverpool but remained focused on Ajax.
Sporten.dk adds that Tottenham Hotspur and Newcastle United are also considering a move for Eriksen, but Manchester United's interest has cooled.


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Tigers improved to 15-1 on the season
TAUNTON — Taunton's Aimee Kistner showed why she's ranked among the top hitters in the Hockomock League.
Kistner broke open a close game in third inning with a grand slam home run as the Tigers went on to beat league opponent Mansfield, 11-1, on a picture perfect, spring day at Jack Tripp Field.
"There were people on base and I felt I had to get them home," Kistner said about her grand slam. "The first pitch was kind of bad and the third one, I felt I had to hit it."
Taunton ace Jesse Aleixo pitched the first five innings for her 13th victory of the season — most in the Hockomock League. She fanned five and induced eight ground ball outs in 54 pitches. Kistner came on in relief to pitch the final two innings.
"She has been keeping her pitch count down," Tigers head coach Dave Lewry said. "Jesse is going to be throwing a lot over the next month and half. Any rest I can give her, it is helpful."
Kelly Reading led the offense for Taunton (15-1; 12-1 in Hockomock) with three hits and a run scored. Kailey March, Kya Enos and Kistner each contributed a pair of hits in the victory.
With the score 1-0 in favor of the Tigers, Mansfield starter Maddie Letendre was looking at trouble in the bottom of the third. March and Reading each singled then MacKenzie Navarro was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Letendre got the first out on a force play at the plate but then Kistner blasted a 1-1 pitch high and deep over the second fence in left field for a grand slam to give Taunton a 5-0 lead.
"That's exactly what we needed," Lewry said. "We were struggling to score some runs. For her to hit a grand slam like that, everyone just focused, relaxed and went from there."
Enos capped a 10-batter inning with a bloop hit to right that drove in Giovanna Diminico and Meghan Navarro to make the score 7-0.
The Hornets (7-8) — who lost five games by three runs or less this season — committed four errors in Monday's game, leading to five unearned runs.
"They're good," Hornets head coach Jinneane Sperrazza said about Taunton. "They can hit but we did not help ourselves either. We came unglued a couple of times where one error turned into two runs. Taunton can hit the ball and they will go far in the tournament. That grand slam was a momentum changer. I felt we got a little deflated. As a team, we get a little rattled."
Taunton added two runs in the fifth and sixth innings sandwiched around Mansfield's lone run for the final outcome.
The Tigers have six batters who are in the top 10 in batting for the Hockomock League this year before the Hornets matchup. Those batters combined for seven of Taunton's 13 hits on the afternoon.
"We have been hitting one through nine," Lewry said. "That makes a difference. There is no automatic out on our team."
Kistner, who began the day hitting .444, had this to say after the game.
"We're just a good hitting team," she said. "It's exciting."


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State Police, Hamburg, report that a Lenhartsville man crashed his pickup truck into a tree, boulders and a farmhouse on Krumsville Road, Greenwich Township, on Nov. 10.
The driver sustained minor injury. The farmhouse suffered heavy structural damage.
According to the police report, Jason Wengert, 33, was driving his Ford F-250 northbound on Krumsville Road in the area of Wiltrout Road at about 7:36 p.m. when he lost control and collided with a roadside tree, boulders and a farmhouse at 1097 Krumsville Road. Wenger sustained minor injuries as a result of the crash. His vehicle was disabled and was towed from the scene.
Upon police arriving at the scene, State Police Investigator William Spayd reports that �Wengert was observed to have indicators of alcoholic intoxication and was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence.�
Wengert was transported from the scene to St. Joseph Medical Center for a draw of blood, according to the report. Charges are pending test results.


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HAPPY SEA HORSE DAY and Happy Mother's Day!
Published by Mx. Anunnaki Ray
Mx. Anunnaki Ray Gender/INTERSEX Activist: Anunnaki is a survivor, a parent, a spouse, a musician, artist and a pirate performer. He is also a person born intersex whose social activist work and educational work focuses on an individual's right to bodily autonomy and the right to express their true gender. Through personal narrative and education, Anunnaki works to build bridges of understanding so that all people, no matter how they label themselves, may experience the wholeness that is a basic human right in a socially just world. That the self-determination of gender is every human's human right. He is currently the Director of Gender/Intersex Education for PFLAG Jacksonville, and also helps to educate emerging physicians at UF Medical School, here in Florida. View all posts by Mx. Anunnaki Ray


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The Friends of The Rocky - FOR, will present a Community Forum titled: "EPIC and The Rocky Mountain Performing Arts Center: Realities and Rumors" at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 19, in the MacGregor Room of the Stanley Hotel.
The focus of the evening will be a question and answer format to offer an opportunity for the community at large to more fully understand the choices and decisions made by EPIC for the project, as placed before the town Trustees for their consideration.
This event promises to inform and communicate. Whether you are already a supporter, need further clarification on a particular point, haven't made up your mind, or you want answers to questions about the rumors you've heard, you won't want to miss it. This will be an opportune moment to have a direct and frank dialogue with the representatives of EPIC.
For more information please call: TeresaMaria Widawski at 586-4707 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
Note: FOR (Friends of The Rocky) has no connection to and does not endorse the recall effort.


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EASTERN MA COUNCIL NEWS: With the Girl Scout year underway, volunteers are hard at work providing quality programs.
Take a moment to help Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts and the Service Unit recognize volunteers who go above and beyond the job description by nominating volunteers for the adult recognition awards.
At the Council level volunteers can earn the Appreciation Pin, Honor Pin, Thanks Badge, and Thanks Badge II, while Service Units can be awarded the President's Award. Service Units can award the Outstanding Volunteer and Outstanding Leader awards.
This year GSEM has created 3 new recognitions:
* Green and Growing - for outstanding new volunteers;
* Sustained Service Award - for volunteers who continue to provide the same excellent service year after year
* Make New Friends Certificate – a recognition to give thanks to community organizations that support local Girl Scouts.
More information will be available on the Eastern Massachusetts Council Web site soon.
In the meantime the nomination forms are available in the Resources and Forms library on the website under Awards, Volunteer Recognition Nomination and Volunteer Recognition Endorsement.
The deadline for nominations is January 8, 2010.
Green and Growing Pin Design Contest
The Green & Growing Pin will be awarded to adults who have been troop volunteers for less than 2 years and have already exemplified the qualities of an outstanding troop volunteer.
The contest is open to all registered adults in Girl Scouts of Eastern Massachusetts.
The design can include up to three colors and will be reproduced on a 1" enamel pin.
Entries should be received electronically and in full color.
Entries are due by Tuesday December 1, 2009 to firstname.lastname@example.com in order to be considered by our Adult Recognitions Committee.
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Today's special guest is Jade from Boone Brux's Kiss of the Betrayer! After the interview, check out how to enter for a chance to win a copy of Kiss of the Betrayer!
Character Interview with Jade
Manga Maniac Café: Today we have Jade Kendal with us, heroine of Boone Brux's new release, Kiss of the Betrayer. Thank you for joining us, Jade.
Jade: I'm happy to be here.
Manga Maniac Café: So Jade, let's cut to the quick. Why did you try to kill Luc?
Jade: Kill is such a strong word.
Manga Maniac Café: You stabbed him.
Jade: Yes, but it was just a misunderstanding.
Manga Maniac Café: So, you didn't mean to stab him?
Jade: No, I did, but that was before we worked out our differences. We're fine now.
Manga Maniac Café: I'd say you're fine. Tell me what went through your head when Luc stripped down to his naked goodness and entered the hot pools.
Jade: Nothing went through my head. Nor could I breathe, nor speak, nor look away. *Telling pause* He's very—pleasing to look at.
Manga Maniac Café: Agreed! Let's talk about your sister. She used to date Luc, didn't she?
Jade: He did court her when they were younger, but that was a long time ago.
Manga Maniac Café: No sisterly rivalry?
Jade: A bit, but only because Rell was angry that I wouldn't kill Luc.
Manga Maniac Café: Yes, I can see where that would put a strain on your relationship with her. Can I be blunt?
Jade: *nods*
Manga Maniac Café: : Your sister has a few—emotional issues.
Jade: That is an understatement. But to be fair, she had gotten a raw deal for most of her adult life. You'll have to read the book to find out exactly why, but once you do, you'll see she's had cause to be a little snippy.
Manga Maniac Café: I don't want to give away any of the exciting points in the story, but your sister had her own agenda, didn't she?
Jade: I guess so. Her whole existence has been geared toward killing Luc. I'm fairly certain she never thought beyond that goal. It really wasn't healthy.
Manga Maniac Café: Let's talk about something more pleasant. Are there wedding bells in your future?
Jade: I can't really say. We've got a lot going on right now—an epic battle with the Demon Bane—healing my sister—finding a very important person that could change the course of our struggle—rescuing all the frozen Bringers from the Shadow World. Getting married is at the bottom of our list. There's no guarantee that either Luc or I will come out of this alive.
Manga Maniac Café: You're tough and wily, I'm fairly certain you'll be just fine. One final question. What do you think of the author, Boone Brux?
Jade: *Silently contemplates the question* Well, I'm a little miffed about the whole torture incident in the Shadow World, but she made up for it in the end. I like her—but I don't trust her.
Manga Maniac Café: Words to live by. Thank you for joining us and Merry Christmas to you and the rest of the Bringers.
Jade: Merry Christmas to you too and all the wonderful readers out there.
Manga Maniac Café: Thank you!
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For fifteen years Luc Le Daun has blamed himself for the death of the woman he loved. His secret guilt has led him into a life of danger, risking all and committing to none.
Killing Luc Le Daun has been all Jade Kendell has thought about for years. But when her plan goes awry and she's brought into the Bringers' fold, her own dark secret threatens to be revealed. Desire for a better life wars with a promise made long before she understood the ramifications.
In a deadly mission, Jade and Luc embark on a journey into the Shadow World. As they attempt the impossible, ignoring the attraction growing between them becomes harder to deny. The slightest misstep could mean the loss of their souls and give the Demon King exactly what he needs to open the Abyss of Souls and annihilate the Bringers.
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As a multi-published and an award-winning author, Boone's writing drips with experiences from real life. Addicted to anything that might make a good story, she weaves tales that range from dark fantasy to humorous romance. Settled in the icy regions of Alaska with the love of her life and twin daughters, it's not uncommon to find her tapping away on her iPad on a windy beach or the barren tundra. Be warned, anyone and every event is fodder for one of Boone's novels.
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