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Sale veteran defends ethics from detractor
I feel obligated to reply to the retired Wall Street trader who was so critical of the 2-year-old sales in his April 2 letter to the editor, "Potential buyer more than wary of sale tactics." I find his opinions the height of irony, coming from a man who worked in the most corrupt arena in the history of American business. Common sense, however, tells us not all traders are bad. So why should every agent or consignor in the horse business be painted with the same brush?
In response to his questions, which are rhetorical in nature and expose his true lack of knowledge:
1. The same agents buying the expensive horses every year do so because they have more money and bigger budgets than everyone else. Mind-boggling, isn't it?
2. The insinuation that 2-year-old consignors take turns to have the big horse and "share the wealth" is ludicrous and insulting. The majority of pinhookers are smart, talented, hard-working people who compete in a high-risk, all-or-nothing environment. We take a lot of lumps with the gravy.
3. Ocala-based pinhooks bring the most profit simply because 90 percent of consignors and 2-year-olds presented for sale train in Ocala and are based there all winter for prospective buyers to inspect.
4. Nobody promotes "covert bidding." Some people have big egos and like to be seen bidding, while others prefer to be less conspicuous. It's not practical to have hundreds of bidders at horse auctions carry placards like they do at Sotheby's and Christie's. Surely somebody would get hit over the head, probably on purpose!
May I suggest that the letter-writer attend one of the many educational seminars for prospective owners held by the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association at racetracks and auction companies around the country? Obviously, the writer has been successful in business. As such, I am surprised by the lack of due diligence shown in investigating thoroughly the sport he would so much like to invest in.
Over the past 25 years, I have been privileged to travel the world working with Thoroughbred racehorses and meeting wonderful people, and I can state emphatically that this is the greatest game on Earth. We are blessed to be around these magnificent animals, and for anyone representing "new money" not to get involved and "pursue dreams" is undoubtedly their loss.
Niall Brennan
Ocala, Fla.
Fan senses conflict in battle for New york
Well, here we go again. Just when I thought I had heard the last of Friends of New York Racing, here comes Empire Racing Associates ("Friends official has ties to Empire," March 19). Haven't these folks ever heard of a conflict of interest, or a possible platform for corruption, if only in the minds of the horseplayers who pump billions of dollars through the wagering machines?
Let me put it this way: How would you like to be a heavyweight contender, and for your championship bout, your opponent's trainer is the referee? Or, taking it outside of sports, how about the police commissioner being the only avenue to crack down on abuse and corruption on the police force? Ever hear of the Knapp Commission?
Now, don't get me wrong. Should any of these owners, breeders, or trainers wish to run the industry, they should simply drop off affidavits that they will no longer maintain any proprietary interest in the game. We'll be waiting.
Well, how about the New York Racing Association? As I approach my 60th birthday this year, I realize that NYRA has always been running the show during my involvement. What has that gotten me? Only the most consistent, respected, high-quality racing, year-in and year-out. Sheikhs and princes would give truckloads of cash to approach what we take for granted. Even our Kentucky horse friends know that what we have here is lights-out the best. Yes, they have the Kentucky Derby, the Keeneland sales, and the bluegrass, but we have what everyone watches and bets on. Come on, you know it's true.
So, lets make a few adjustments with NYRA. Combine the offtrack betting companies with NYRA and sprinkle in the slots. Keep some of those great American industry leaders and add a few regular folk with real-life racing experience. Sorry, I can't join - I'm not willing to give up my breeding and racing interests.
Frank J. Cipriano
Saratoga Springs, N.Y.
Baze admiration society not universal
I take issue with the Russell Baze fan who praised the efforts and the effectiveness of the Hall of Fame jockey in the April 2 letter "Baze fan can't tolerate disrespect of top rider."
Once again, Baze proved that he could not ride with the class jockeys when, in the 2005 Breeders' Cup, he rode the 3-5 chalk, Lost in the Fog, and finished seventh. I am relatively new to horse racing, but I have heard tales about Baze getting whipped when he went to Southern California some years ago. Now Baze has met his match in Martin Garcia and may no longer wear the northern California crown. Baze is a great fair and "cheap horse" jockey, but he cannot come close to the best.
Joe Puccinelli
Carmel, Calif.
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The art of handicapping has two components: (1) Selecting the probable winner, and (2) determining whether the probability of winning justifies a wager at certain odds. In short, I like "Blueboy" at 3-1, but not at 4-5.
Ontrack bettors at small tracks like Finger Lakes and Penn National have become increasingly demoralized and cynical because the value component of handicapping has virtually been eliminated by large post-time wagers from off-site simulcast venues. As a result, "Blueboy" often leaves the gate at 3-1 but may find himself turning for home at 4-5.
Why do tracks waste electricity flashing probable odds for 23 minutes before post when the actual odds will be determined after a race is half-finished? This is clearly unfair on a very fundamental level and must be rectified.
My suggestion? Tracks should be persuaded or required to install software that will enable the mutuel machines to mimic old-time bookmakers. Under such a system, the player would be paid off at the odds extant at the time of his bet, not the final odds. If I make a successful $10 bet with eight minutes to post on a horse then quoted at 5-1, I will be paid off at 5-1 whether the horse's final odds are 15-1 or 2-1. To avoid abuse, large bets would automatically be recalculated to take into account their own impact on the mutuel pool.
This solution would not only eliminate the present scandalous problem but also would interject some new fun and excitement into betting by adding the timing of a bet to the overall handicapping strategy.
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The Astounding Complexity of incredible eyes
Perhaps the most complicated and incredible feat of biological engineering in the natural world, the organ which allows creatures the ability to make visual sense of their surroundings is a wondrous and amazingly beautiful thing, but rarely given the accolades it deserves. One only sees nature's most wonderful creations in your mirror-image, the reflection of the eye, a feat of biological technology more complex than any engineer could ever produce artificially. Human fascination with the eye is so powerful that defective eyes have traditionally been viewed as harbingers of bad luck or evil.
19th century people would customarily spit three times on making eye contact with someone who had a squint, cross-eyed people were seen as ill omens, and those rare women with double pupil eyes were automatically witches. The eye is loaded with powerful symbolism such as the Masonic All Seeing Eye on U.S. one dollar bills. Representative, we are told, of God's constant vigilance, yet full eye contact with others is something people tend to avoid, the mirrors to the soul, so-called often giving far too much away for comfort.
Staring at someone is rude and aggressive, by far the most threatening thing in nature, and certain species even display false eyes to frighten off attackers, yet eyes are never still, the focus changing many times a second, keeping visual signals to the brain fresh and immediate. REM, or rapid eye movement occurs several times during sleep, eyes moving wildly beneath closed lids, probably as a direct result of the brain purging itself, which could account for strange dreams as well, but no one really knows, though our continued mental good health can depend on REM
The most sophisticated camera cannot possibly ever emulate what the eye makes seem simple, a lens focusing an image on light sensitive cells in the retina which convert these to electrical signals sent for interpretation by the brain, but do not be deceived by first appearances. With thousands of different types highly specialized cells within the eye, over 150 million of them hard at work the complexity is staggering. An eye lens is flexible and constantly in motion, the retina unlike any photographic plate. with an astonishing 10 layers of nerve cells, interconnected with mind-boggling complexity. These cells switch each other on and off, edit visual signals into categories like color, shape and movement so that messages get more quickly and easily dealt with.
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The eye outer chamber is full of clear, watery fluid, the crystalline lens concealing a larger chamber full of a soft jelly like albumen. The retina is not black at all, the secret being in the structure of the retina covering cells and the pigments they contain, basically reflecting very little light and appearing black to observers. That incredible complexity gives the eye such a universal appeal, any medical diagram of it looking very much like an astronomer's map of some alien world, and the component names seem equally alien, such as Descemet's membrane, the Zonule of Zinn, the Hyalocytes of Balzacs and the Canal of Sclemm.
Perhaps not surprisingly, the fastest human body reflex is that of the cornea at a mere tenth of a second, reflecting vital extreme sensitivity, humans unconsciously blinking every 2 to 10 seconds to keep the surface of the eye clean and moist. and clean. research has now made it possible to bounce light off the cornea and monitor the reflections via computer, very useful in helping create devices enabling severely handicapped people to control appliances and even synthesize speech.
Eye tracking, as this technology is called, also enables jet fighters pilots the hands-free capability to target and fire weapons.. Technology and research are working hard at developing artificial eyes able to be directly connected to optic nerves, meaning that within a century, blindness could easily become a thing of the past. Evolution has provided the creatures of earth amazing ability to make sense of their surroundings, , but surely the most wondrous and valuable gift of them all was the utterly incredible eye.
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Upon entering the galleries of El Museo del Barrio's current show, Luis Camnitzer, visitors come face to face with the following lines, handwritten on the wall in loose script:
If I draw a dot on one sheet of paper
I am a doodler.
If a draw a dot on one hundred sheets of paper
I am a philosopher.
If a draw a dot on one thousand sheets of paper
I am a mystic.
If I draw a dot on ten thousand sheets of paper
I am a modern conceptual artist and may become
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Social values are a matter of accumulation.
Part statement and part poetry, these words provide an apt introduction to both the artist and exhibition on view. Witty, wry, and with a hint of self-deprecation (Camnitzer IS a modern conceptual artist, after all), the piece introduces the viewer to the type of insightful reflection that is characteristic of the artist, whose work often confronts issues related to politics, the art world, and society at large, through oblique, yet cutting critique. Further, written in pencil and only faintly hovering against the gallery's white wall, the work requires close inspection, thus presaging the type of intimate looking (and thinking) required of visitors throughout the show.
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My cake roll ( Brazo Gitano) is delicious, moist and creamy with a beautiful presentation including a bow. It is wrapped in printed or clear cellophane paper, according to the season or occasion, such as Easter, Mother's Day, Father's Day, Birthdays, Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, or Valentine. It can also be used as a gift to take to a gathering or to give as a yummy thank you gift for your doctor or his employees, office managers for employees or clients etc.
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I am so honored to be a part of this year's National Park Foundation's #FindYourPark Expedition (#FYPx). In two days I fly to San Francisco! We are to spend a few days days in the bay area touring Alcatraz, Ghirardelli Square, John Muir Historic Site and even the San Francisco Maritime Museum. I'm particularly excited to shoot photos near the Golden Gate Bridge.
Later on in the week we head towards Yosemite! This photos was taken from Tunnel View and is one of my favorite places in the entire world. I visited it first with my family when I was fourteen and then went back last summer on a cross-country road trip. I am so excited to go back!
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Sound the Horns Makes Music
Sound the Horns made music over the weekend, breaking his maiden by a widening five lengths at Laurel Park. West Point CMO Dawn Lenert stood in the winner's circle alongside number of happy Partners who made the trip to the Maryland oval for the race.
The 4-year-old son of Include won like a 2/5 shot should under Feargal Lynch for trainer Graham Motion. "He's still a baby and figuring it out and wants to go longer," said Lynch. "He was loping along, and when we turned for home, he took off."
Watch the race and notice the monster stride this gelding has. He's got great reach and is smooth as silk.
"We've always liked this horse," said Motion. "He had a few issues that prevented him from getting to the races until the end of his three-year-old year, but he's grown up and has a
bright future."
"Based on his strong debut, I expected him to win next time out, but it's horse racing, so it's never a sure thing," said Lenert. "When he was slammed coming out of the gate, my stomach dropped, but he recovered nicely and settled into stalking mode. Around the turn, he gained ground easily, and once he struck the front and switched leads he said, "See ya"! It was a lovely day at Laurel, and our Partners had the best seats in the house at TIPS Restaurant. This horse had quite a cheering section of Partners, friends of Partners, and members of the West Point family. Everyone is pumped to see where Sound the Horns takes us."
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Competitive Day care centers - Characteristics of an Excellent PreSchool
Preschool education has actually been fixed as a structure to effective education and even success in grownup life. However not all day care centers are developed equal, not even the most costly ones. Listed here are qualities and includes an excellent preschool ought to have:.
Clean and secure area. This is a non-negotiable for day care centers. We are discussing little ones younger compared to 6 years old that will certainly be regularly going to classes. It is vital that even heading to college they feel safe and secure. No health and protection threats ought to be anywhere near the college. A great preschool should not only attend to the psychological health of a child yet also his/her bodily well-being. Kids need to have the ability to associate positive feelings and pictures with the school.
Full and safe facilities. Establishing a space will not be enough if we wish quality public kindergartens. There are basic centers children require night and day and facilities that are called for to keep the college kid-friendly and hazard-free. Put simply, a preschool have to have a lavatory room, a hygienic location for eating, a different area for junk, a facility or medicine cupboard, a no-slip flooring and closets for playthings and other resources. Furniture and any tools needs to have no sharp sides. Electric outlets needs to have covers and anything else that posture damage to little ones ought to be kept out of their scope and eyesight.
Feel-good ambience. A preschool must have an ambience welcoming to children. It needs to not appear uninteresting, thorough or harmful. The class ought to be well-ventilated and well-lit. Good and vivid images and creations should be visible for kids. People and teachers need to be beneficial, friendly and fitting. Kids needs to be able to see that they are visiting have fun in class and that the institution is a location where they can both play and discover.
Educated and caring educators. It is no joke caring for youthful children, what more to instruct them. A significant endeavor into preschool education and learning should be accompanied with willingness to buy instructor training or re-training. If kids are educated the wrong things in preschool, it defeats the entire purpose of the program. Preschool instructors needs to understand the best ways to teach the alphabet and checking, ways to read tales and sing tunes, how to motivate little ones through games, and how to take care of a class of children. They need to be caring and supporting, and must never resort to browbeating or bodily punishment.
Low teacher-student proportion. Studies on the effects off preschool education on scholastic and life success all point out the very same point regarding its strength. Preschool education can not obtain its target if it is of reduced quality, and a look into top quality is the teacher-student ratio. Ideally, one instructor must only handle seven to ten students. The maximum for each course is twenty. Sometimes, having teacher assistants or assistants likewise assists in managing a big class. Young students require a great deal of direction and individual interaction. If the federal government is severe with installing public preschools, the existing teacher-student proportion in public grade schools ought to not be endured in the Lexington MA Preschool degree.
Alternative method and curriculum. A preschool have to not only prepare a child intellectually for entry in to the large school. It must also assist children create their other facets. Day care center could not be as well focused on academic subjects. It should also address the development of social capabilities to ready little ones for a bigger team or course. As early as preschool, high quality and worths like self-image and passion of nation could already be presented. Ingenuity and self-expression ought to likewise be a top priority in the curriculum, keeping little ones motivated and fascinated in education. In the words of Dr. Barbara Willer of the National Organization for the Education and learning of Young Children, "Your 3- or 4-year-old will certainly find out the fundamental foundation of reading, writing, mathematics, and science, along with ways to communicate with instructors and schoolmates ... [but] the overarching goal of any sort of preschool should be to assist a youngster feel excellent concerning himself as a learner and to feel comfy in a school-like setting.".
Some structure or program. Exactly what distinguishes a preschool from a childcare center is that it has actually a much more defined structure. A good preschool has a set schedule for tasks, from creating sessions to play time to nap time. It also needs regular attendance-it is not simple childcare. In the class, routine chores could be done to inspire in little ones a feeling of capability and duty. These could be as simple as assisting in distributing products or in cleaning the area. This organized quality of a preschool ascertains that the little ones are not losing time however are learning on a daily basis.
Range of Instructional Materials. Kids need a great deal of stimulation-their intellectual stimulation is strongly based on physical excitement. An excellent preschool needs to have a vast selection of educational assistants. Pictures, storybooks, recorded tracks and designs or realia are a few of these. Little ones are also extremely tactile learners. Manipulatives such as puzzles and peg-boards assist kids create their fine motor abilities and hand-eye coordination vital for composing and people tasks. Buttons or marbles are more economical items which could be utilized for teaching counting. The concept is for children to have fun while discovering how.
Play area and materials. It is yet natural for kids to play. There need to be a location or time for play. Apart from the common playthings, blocks must be available. These help develop spatial and analytical capabilities in addition to imagination. Play can also come in the type of art (kids adore to attract). The school needs to never ever run out of paper, crayons and clay-based. The tip is for youngsters to discover how while having fun.
Exercise. You heard it! An excellent preschool is not worried to get bodily. Children need to have the opportunity-everyday-to step around and play, whether indoors or outdoors. This assists them practice their electric motor and people physical skills.
Language-sensitive, language-rich. Because little ones will certainly learn more concerning language-and learn a new one, at that-in preschool, they must be as exposed to it as feasible. Whether the brand-new language is Filipino or English, there must be products offered all over. Placards on the walls, classified items and storybooks should be staples in class. On the other hand, the preschool have to additionally be sensitive to the area's mom tongue. Many countries have multi-lingual education and learning, and day care centers have to care not to ban kids from using their mother tongue. Additionally, teachers should not wait to use the mom tongue in discussing and training.
A good preschool must not just attend to the psychological welfare of a kid yet additionally his or her physical well-being. If little ones are instructed the incorrect things in preschool, it defeats the whole purpose of the program. Preschool instructors should know exactly how to show the alphabet and counting, exactly how to review tales and vocalize tunes, how to encourage children through games, and how to manage a course of young kids. If the government is significant with placing up public kindergartens, the existing teacher-student proportion in public primary colleges ought to not be tolerated in the preschool level.
Given that children will find out much more concerning language-and find out a new one, at that-in preschool, they needs to be as exposed to it as feasible.


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Between 10.30 am and 12.30 pm every day, government-run elementary school headmasters in Uttar Pradesh receive an automated phone call from state headquarters asking them to report on the number of mid-day meals served to school children. In response, school headmasters punch in the appropriate number. This data is uploaded into a software program that generates daily monitoring reports, allowing senior officers to monitor the program, in real time, across the state.
This is Uttar Pradeshs effort at introducing a tech-savvy method to infuse accountability in the mid-day meal programme. Uttar Pradesh is not alone in this endeavour to use technology to improve government monitoring and strengthen accountability for delivering public services. Governments across India have been experimenting with ways to use technology to increase transparency and ensure that programmes for the poor actually help the poor. This meme has become so successful that in many ways technology has become synonymous with transparency and accountability in India. It is, to borrow a phrase coined by my colleague Salimah Samji, the era of E-Raj.
The E-Raj is everywhere. To increase accountability in the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Bihar has experimented with creating a cadre of mobile inspectors. These inspectors are supplied with smartphones and are expected to upload data and photographs of work-sites on their monitoring visits. This allows the district magistrate to track progress of government programmes across the district and, at the same time, ensure that inspectors are doing their job. Andhra Pradesh has introduced a similar system. Chhattisgarh has been using global positioning system to monitor the movement of vehicles delivering subsidised foodgrain under the public distribution system, to ensure that wheat and rice are not diverted to the black market along the way. Once a vehicle starts moving from the warehouse, an SMS alert is sent to the designated store-owner. Another set of messages are sent to a randomly selected group of 10 local beneficiaries announcing the arrival of the grain at the store. Another celebrated example of E-Raj is the Bhoomi project in Karnataka that sought to computerise land records. More recently, the government of India launched the Open Government Platform or www.india.gov.in, a software platform aimed at placing government data and documents online. And, of course, the most widely publicised instance of E-Raj, Aadhar, that is being viewed by many as a tool that can be used for monitoring public services.
E-Raj has many obvious virtues. For one, it enhances transparency by creating real-time information databases that allow officials, at the click of a button, to identify glitchesleakages, delays, inefficienciesin delivery of services. Where these data-bases are public, citizens can use them to scrutinise government and pressure the system to perform better.
Virtues apart, often E-Raj is also the only available option for reformists within the government. Technology solutions are difficult to oppose. They do not openly challenge vested interests. Importantly, they are markers of modernisation and tie in neatly with the India shining narrative.
But this emphasis on E-Raj raises an important question: has technology become a crutch, that has obscured the real issuethe need for fundamentally reforming day-to-day government functioning That we even need to use technology to monitor the day-to-day movements of staff who deliver basic services is a sign of deep structural problems in the organisation of the Indian bureaucracy today. It is a sign of a broken bureaucratic system riddled with perverse incentives that de-motivates staff, encourages corruption and even rewards under-performance. While more data through E-Raj solutions can certainly help improve scrutiny, it seems unlikely that scrutiny alone will address these structural failures. Resolving these failures requires an administrative re-haul where staff capability is built through a system of training and professional development; where performance is incentivised through a system of rewards and sanctions; and where accountability is ensured through greater local government and community involvement and not merely through increased scrutiny.
In fact, anecdotes from the front line suggest that in some cases the emphasis on scrutiny through E-Raj obscures and exacerbates the structural problems. The headmasters of Uttar Pradesh are a good example. Last year, an Accountability Initiative researcher set out to interview school principals in one district about the text message system. They were quick to point out that while the automated calls held them accountable for delivering mid-day meals, often there was no meal to serve because food supplies or money to buy them took too long to arrive, something over which they had no control. This problem could be better resolved by improving coordination across line departments than merely scrutinising headmasters.
Even increased citizen scrutiny in the absence of reforms has its limitations. We are beginning to see this in places like Andhra Pradesh where social audits have been conducted regularly on the MGNREGA. These audits have successfully increased citizen scrutiny and highlighted corruption and implementation failures. But when it comes to redressal, they have been less successful precisely because redressal requires line departments to talk to each other, changing incentives at the front line and addressing structural problems related to hiring and firing officials.
Of course, there is a counter-argument: collecting information through technology increases transparency, which is the first step to addressing these implementation failures and can, in fact, facilitate administrative reforms. We see this happening in some parts of India. Chhattisgarh, for instance, introduced its technology interventions alongside an administrative revamp that included measures to change the incentive system for running PDS stores by changing ownership patterns and handing over control to local governments and community institutions. But these efforts are few and far between. Much of the E-Raj solutions that proliferate in India today are limited to introducing the technology intervention without any focus on the need for larger structural reforms. If this gap is not addressed soon, we will lose the opportunity that E-Raj offers us.
The author is director, Accountability Initiative, and senior research fellow, Centre for Policy Research


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Notre Dame 33, North Carolina 10
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. -- Notre Dame didn't need all its weapons in full force and that might have made Saturday's outcome even more rewarding for the 21st-ranked Fighting Irish.
Even without its starting quarterback, Notre Dame showcased other offensive components and a stingy defense to subdue North Carolina 33-10 at rainy Kenan Stadium.
"We needed some resolve and some mental toughness and we showed that," Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly said.
Deon McIntosh ran for 124 yards and two touchdowns while Josh Adams added 118 yards and one long touchdown run for the Irish.
Notre Dame (5-1) used backup quarterback Ian Book, a sophomore, in place of injured starter Brandon Wimbush, and it still had enough firepower to overwhelm the Tar Heels (1-5).
"He's a very confident kid," Kelly said of Book. "There were no jitters with him. ... For a first start, I was really pleased with what he did. To win on the road is hard to do. The ideal situation is to start at home in a more comfortable environment, but I thought he did a lot of really good things."
Book, who had thrown a total of eight college passes prior to the game, completed 17 of 31 passes for 146 yards, with a touchdown and two interceptions.
Wimbush missed the game with a strained right foot that apparently was suffered a week earlier during a romp past Miami of Ohio.
Adams and Book had help because McIntosh ran for 35- and 24-yard touchdowns in the second half. McIntosh did his damage on 12 carries. Adams, whose 73-yard touchdown run in the second quarter was the longest play of the game, had only two of his 13 carries in the second half.
North Carolina quarterback Chazz Surratt was 19 of 42 for 179 yards. He threw for one touchdown and was picked off once.
"We were able to be really disruptive," Kelly said. "We were pressuring the quarterback most of the day."
Irish defensive lineman Julian Okwara batted a Surratt pass and made the interception, returning the ball to the North Carolina 14 on the first snap of the second half. That resulted in Justin Yoon's 29-yard field goal as Notre Dame boosted its lead to 19-7.
Earlier, the Tar Heels didn't pick up a first down until less than 8 1/2 minutes remained in the second quarter. North Carolina reached the Notre Dame 19 on the drive, but a fumble curtailed that scoring chance.
"Just little stuff that adds up," Surratt said. "We can't have that as an offense. ... It hurts. Our defense was playing well there."
North Carolina only had to go 47 yards for its first points after Book was intercepted by safety Myles Dorn. Surratt threw 25 yards to Anthony Ratliff-Williams for the touchdown on third down with 1:50 remaining in the first half.
The Irish then punted, but came up with a safety when defensive lineman Jay Hayes tackled running back Jordon Brown in the end zone with 28 seconds left in the half.
"We weren't prepared for a line stunt," Tar Heels center Cam Dillard said of the breakdown that allowed the Irish into the backfield.
Notre Dame scored on the first play of the second quarter, with Book throwing 6 yards to tight end Cam Smith to complete an 80-yard drive after the Irish punted twice and were stopped on a fourth-and-1 in the first quarter.
"Be patient," Kelly said of the approach, "because we are going to wear you down."
NOTES: Notre Dame RB Josh Adams has nine touchdown runs of at least 35 yards in his career. ... Notre Dame holds an 18-2 lead in the series, with the only losses coming in Chapel Hill in 1960 and 2008. ... Notre Dame has converted for 73 points off its opponents' 14 turnovers this season. ... The Tar Heels dropped to 0-4 in home games this year. ... North Carolina was in danger of being shut out in the first half for the second week in a row; it failed to score in the opening 30 minutes at Georgia Tech. ... North Carolina is home again next week against Virginia. ... Notre Dame has next week off before an Oct. 21 home game with Southern California.


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Sisters in Floral Fever- Natalie Bridges for Sisters & Co
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Super gorgeous sisters Danni and Kylie Minogue grace the cover of December 2014 Harper's Bazaar.
Released just in the last week, the editors must have known botanical beauty was trending, just in time as we celebrate the New Zealand Garden and Art Festival in Tauranga this week.
The cover, a cascade of floral fancy, translates to the pretty shoot inside and an interview with the famous singing siblings. Danni says, "As sisters, you know, you do have your moments."
The at once cheeky and loving pose on the cover says it all. They still have the x-factor, that's for sure. Blooming marvellous.
Talking of floral fever, it really still is all the rage on the fashion scene it seems (those intense floral prints aren't going anywhere). This image from Elle Russia is alluring with its rich autumnal backdrop that draws you in like a rich red wine. Canadian model Heather Marks cuts a romantic figure in embellished dress and gowns.


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|Mo Cooper
|The Clergyman: the Widow and the Milkman
|13 February 2018
|Adrian Henstock
|House Detectives – Smaller buildings in Nottinghamshire
|13 March 2018
|Graham Tavner
|Gedling Colliery
|10 April 2018
|John Fisher
|The 6th Earl of Chesterfield and his Nottinghamshire Estates
|8 May 2018
|Tim O'Brien
|RAF Syerston
Outings in 2017 – Visits may be arranged in May / June, to be advised.


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Managing Change: Fear to LOOSE EVERYTHING vs. fear to NOT win?
Thanks to my dear participants for the wonderful change workshop last week.
Just a little reminder for you about an interesting concept.
In many change projects you have to deal with so called resistance or emotions. One emotion that often comes into play is fear. In organizations you find very often behavior, that is driven by fear. The question is: Is there "good" or helpful fear or "bad" fear? I guess there is. In some organizations management behavior is driven by fear of loosing everything. You see it typically in very conservative management behavior with slow or no innovation efforts. It is very much about protecting everything not driving new things or taking risk. Because you have so much that is at stake.
How about exchanging that for fear to NOT WIN? This would mean to have a constant market and outside perspective? It would mean that you would not rely on everything that is given (and you don't take everything for granted). You look constantly for new opportunities and try to win them. Think about it for a moment…


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Here is a quick tip for all of you sales reps out there that use Internet Explorer 7 or later.
One of the newer innovations that Microsoft put into it's browser is the tab feature that essentially allows you to have different web pages in a single browser window. As a sales rep, you're probably saying to yourself, "Yeah, It looks good. There are plenty of bells and whistles in IE7. The techie guys are either drooling over it or they are busy tearing it apart along with Microsoft. But what does it do for me?"
There are a few things that you can do with this feature that may make your life a little bit easier.
Let's say that you, the sales rep, are out in the field and you use a lot of the hosted applications out there, like SalesForce.com, browser-based email, any Google apps or maybe even GrandCentral internet phone setup.
Using the old method of opening each app in a separate browser, you would end up with a number of different browsers windows cluttering up your desktop. You would spend a lot of time minimizing and maximizing browser windows and trying to figure out which browser held the application you were looking for at the time. It's a recipe for disorganization.
Using the tabs, you can open one browser window and use the tabs to navigate to your different applications.
For example, let's say you use a mail application such as the web version of Lotus Notes. While reading your email, you come across a note from one of you clients over at Steris Corporation (just as an example) and you need to check them out in Salesforce.com.
Instead of clicking on the browser icon and bringing up another browser window, all I have to do is click on that little square next to your current tab as pictured below:
and it will bring up a new tab with a blank page:
From that page, you can then use your favorite method to navigate to your new destination page on SalesForce.com. You'll end up with something that looks like this:
Now you have access to your email and your SalesForce.com account.
Let's say that in addition to this, you also need to have the client's website available, your company's website available, the Google search engine up and Google traffic maps up just in case you want to check on traffic before driving out to see the client.
After performing the same function used above, you end up with a browser environment that looks like this:
Now here is where the fun starts. You have the ability to rearrange the tabs to best suite your working environment merely by dragging and dropping them. For instance, using the right mouse button, I can grab and move the Steris tab from the middle position:
to the first position:
The other thing we can do is to use the quick tab button, located right next to the star and plus sign (or the "add favorites" icon). The quick tab feature gives you a thumbnail view of everything that you might have open, like this:
From this view, you can quickly navigate to the tab you need simply by clicking on the thumbnail.
If you use a lot of hosted applications and access them through your browser, using tabbed browsing in this fashion will add some organization to your daily activities and increase your overall effectiveness.


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On Saturday 12th September, Islington North MP Jeremy Corbyn, was elected as the new Leader of the Labour Party.
Cllr Richard Watts, Leader of Islington Council, welcomed Jeremy Corbyn MP's election, saying:
"I want to wish Jeremy my sincere congratulations on his election as Leader of the Labour Party. Jeremy's victory was stunning and is good news for Islington.
"Jeremy has been a friend and colleague for many years, working closely with the council as we work to make a difference for ordinary working people in Islington.
"The Labour Party has voted for a new kind of politics, and for urgent action on the issues that really matter like building more genuinely affordable homes, helping people into work, and tackling the cost of living; all issues we have been working with Jeremy on for years.
"I look forward to continuing to work with Jeremy to deliver for Islington, and to getting rid of this Tory Government."


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The Moscow summit between the U.S. and USSR in Moscow, Russia. Wyeth family artwork being packed in boxes for a visit to the Soviet Union. Various paintings being packed up. In exchange, some Russian paintings and artwork seen that will be displayed in America. General Secretary of the Communist Party of Soviet Union Mikhail Gorbachev visits the United States during Glasnost efforts. People on the streets in what appears to be New York or possibly Washington DC are surprised when he exits his motorcade to shake hands directly with American citizens gathered on the sidewalks.The U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz and his wife visiting Soviet Georgia and being greeted by Soviet citizens. Gorbachev and U.S. President Ronald Reagan side by side at a summit in Washington DC. They stand together on the White House lawn as a band plays. Animation depicts the sharing of cultures between the two nations and the exchange of magazines. View of American rock star Billy Joel and his band performing at a concert in the Soviet Union on New Year's eve. A Moiseyev Dance Company folk troupe from Russia performing a dance in the United States. Cultural exchange between the two countries includes views of a piano performance by Vladimir Horowitz in Moscow and a ballet performance in the United States by the Bolshoi Ballet. Several Russian school children pose for pictures on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Soviet teenage children enjoy a elevated ropes course in an outdoor program. People sit in an amphitheater with officials at a Chautaqua Talk in 1987. A group of Soviet citizens view a touring "Information USA" exhibit in the Soviet Union that presents American culture. They view the program on an array of television monitors. A young Russian boy speaks in Russian about his interest in learning about American culture. People watch a science exhibition. Astronauts of the USA and Soviet Union in a spacecraft. The astronauts open a connecting hatch and shake hands. Narrator describes collaboration of the two nations to monitor and study the depleting ozone layer of the earth and how to protect it. A man is shown sunbathing. Officials of the America and the Soviet Union sign an agreement relating to sharing information about safety of nuclear power plants. Soviet representatives and George Shultz, the U.S. secretary of State, inaugurate a new communication system that communicates nuclear dangers between the two countries. A woman in the communication room. Food grain pouring from a harvester, part of what is supplied to the Soviets. Soviet Union tanks and soldiers in Afghanistan. Soviet soldiers walking on a street in Afghanistan in front of a shop. Arrested American journalist Nicholas Daniloff disembarks an aircraft after his release. View of the exterior of the American Embassy in Russia. U.S. marine Sgt. Clayton J. Lonetree being escorted under guard after having been accused of collaborating in a Soviet spy mission at the U.S. embassy in Moscow. Scene inside a Voice of America radio broadcast studio. Sign indicates it is broadcasting in Russian. Close up of meter moving on a radio instrument during the broadcast. Dancers from the Dance Theatre of Harlem performing before their visit to the Soviet Union. A group of Soviet citizens including men, women and children walking outdoors. Mikhail Gorbachev with U.S. President Ronald Reagan at a ceremony on the White House grounds on December 8, 1987.
The Soviet Russian Red Army units during maneuvers in the Soviet Union in World War 2. The Soviet Army soldiers beside a water body. The soldiers remove vegetation and form a bridge by laying logs. Soviet tanks moving on the wooden log bridge. Soldiers cross over water to land. A few Soviet biplane aircraft in flight (Polikarpov I-15). Aerial views of the region from a Polikarpov I-15. Camera mounted on front of biplane shows close-up view of Soviet pilot in cockpit of a Polikarpov I-15 biplane aircraft. Horse carts carrying equipment and artillery and few horsemen cross the river and reach the bank. A tank crossing a body of water. The Soviet soldiers holding rifles run through the water. Aerial view of a formation of Soviet Polikarpov I-16 aircraft in flight. A line of horse drawn carts and trucks moving across the river.
Images taken by military and news cameramen during World War II. The North African Campaign, 1940: British tanks and infantry advance over the Libyan Desert. British soldiers fire artillery. Masses of Italian prisoners marched by British soldiers. Next shown is campaign on the Eastern Front, 1941, as Germany attacks Russia: Nazi tanks advance under Luftwaffe air cover into the Soviet Union. Aerial view of German Junker Ju 87 aircraft in flight. German tanks and armored vehicles rolling. Wide view of many German tanks rolling east. German soldiers leaping down from a hill with smoke all around as they battle in a Russian town. Russian Pe-2 bomber aircraft in flight. Interior view of pilot and crew in Soviet Pe-2 bomber while in flight. Soviet soldiers on tanks during a battle. Burning tanks. Soviet soldiers run toward battle front and pass a dead German soldier on the battlefield.
German attacks on other nations during World War 2. A sign reads 'Belgique' near a building. Germans in Denmark, Belgium, Luxembourg, Holland and France. German soldiers on tanks and other military vehicles as they advance in blitzkrieg (lightning war). They advance through the Dutch farmlands. German Ju-52 planes fly in formation and drop paratroopers. The destruction of Rottterdam by heavy German bombardment. People bury their dead at cemetery.. French refugees leave their cities. Adolf Hitler looks at the Eiffel tower in Paris, with other German officials, during occupation of France. Aerial view of the city. German bombers attack London, England (the blitz). Shattered equipment on the ground and destroyed buildings in London, England. Hitler observes the German Western Wall defenses. The battle and Allied evacuation of Dunkirk. White cliffs of Dover Sea shore in view. Map depicts German positions. The Battle of Britain. British spitfire planes attack German bombers. Children being evacuated from London and Paris. Fires and aerial bombardment at night by German aircraft during blitzkrieg. Rubble being cleared by British. British men and women working in munitions and aircraft factories. Hitler and Goering with others in the railroad carriage where French authorities surrender at Compiegne in June, 1940. German forces attacking the Soviet Union, with tanks, infantry and warplanes, in Operation Barbarossa, on June 22, 1941.The mobilization of Soviet defense forces.
Soviet army units during maneuvers in the Soviet Union during World War II. A few Russian aircraft in flight. The aircraft in low flight over a wooded region. A soldier with a gun perched on a tree. A few soldiers beside artillery on a field. Two soldiers in prone position. A soldier holding gun runs on a field. The soldiers advance and fire guns. The artillery fired by the soldiers. Aerial view of formation of Soviet Polikarpov I-16 aircraft in flight. The artillery on the field aimed at the aircraft for practice. Several Russian soldiers beside the artillery watch the aircraft. A tractor pulling a log setting off planted mines. Smoke spread over the area. Soviet soldiers under cover of smoke. The region filled with trees. Soldiers in prone position beside a fence. A soldier cutting the wires of a fence with a plier. The soldiers advancing on the field. Soldiers in prone position moving towards a fence. A soldier with an equipment looks for planted mines. The soldiers advancing through the wooded region. Several soldiers aiming rifles lying in prone position. Soviet Maxim heavy machine guns on wheels being maneuvered and fired by the soldiers lying among the bushes. Artillery aimed upwards. The aircraft in flight. View of the soldiers on the field. Soldiers moving under cover on the field. Russian soldiers moving through a dugout. Three soldiers in a dugout firing guns.
Series 'Why We Fight' episode "Prelude to War" depicts the battles during World War II. United States soldiers parade on street lead by a band. Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.December 7, 1941. The London Blitz with buildings destroyed and burning. The Eiffel Tower in Paris with Nazi flag flying atop it. German troops marching into Paris, through the Arch of Triumph. Japanese warplanes bombing shanghai, China, in 1937. Chinese residents running for shelter. Glimpse of German "Schwerer Gustav" 80 cmrailway gun firing during German offensive against Soviet Union in 1941. German forces entering Czechoslovakia in 1938. German mounted troops entering France in 1940. Heavy guns firing. German ships en route to Norway 1940. German Ju-52 aircraft flying low over trees. Montage showing rapid succession of war scenes, including heavy guns firing, smoke rising, explosions, an aircraft shot down and crashing straight down, German armor on the move, German Ju-52 aircraft dropping paratroopers into Holland and one flying over Athens, Greece, with Mount Lykabettus in the background. More of the same with Narrator mentioning Belgium, Albania, Yugoslavia, and Russia (where citizens are seen digging anti-tank trenches and fortifications). Cavalry charging across a field. A German tank rolling forward. A German Dornier Do-17 bomber taking off, and bombs falling.


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Bakersfield officially out of drought conditions
BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KBAK/KBFX) —
The drought has officially ended in Bakersfield, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor.
The National Drought Mitigation Center released its weekly update Thursday, which shows Bakersfield classified as "abnormally dry." Parts of Kern County are still considered in a "moderate drought."
This is the first time Bakersfield hasn't been in a drought status since Christmas 2011.
"Our drought lasted five years, one month and two weeks. I am amazed we went from 'exceptional drought' to no drought in only six weeks," Eyewitness News Chief Meteorologist Miles Muzio said.
Muzio warned it's still prudent to conserve to help recharge water resources, even through the "crisis" has ended.


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The standard method for finding out what classes are being used on a page in SharePoint is to use Firebug or IE Developer Tollbar. SharePoint Designer 2010 has a few new features that can also help in finding this information.
Skewer Click
In SharePoint Designer, open a page or masterpage and make sure that you are in Design or Split view. Click the Skewer Click button from the Home tab on the ribbon and then click on an object on the page:
A list will then display with all of the classes that affect the object.
When you select a class, its properties will display in the CSS Properties panel.
Copy Styles
An easy way to make a copy of a style that is applied to an object is to select the object, view the list of styles in the CSS Properties panel, and then right-click on a style and select New Style Copy:
A dialog box will display. To copy the style into your custom css stylesheet, under Define in, select Existing Stylesheet. Then Browse for your custom stylesheet. You can then make changes to the css through the dialog box or you can keep it as is. Click OK.
Your custom stylesheet will then open in Designer with the selected style copied into it.
You can also choose to add the copy directly into your page by selecting Current Page from Define In and then clicking the box next to Apply new style to document selection.
Designer will add the word Copy to the style, insert it into the page, and update the reference to the style within the HTML. Obviously, adding a bunch of styles directly to a page is not a best practice, but it is a possibility.