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Trust in police damaged by controversies - Vaz
Public confidence in the police has been hurt by a "dangerous cocktail" of controversies including the critical Hillsborough report and Andrew Mitchell "plebgate" row, a senior MP has warned.
Labour's Keith Vaz, who chairs the Commons Home Affairs Committee, also said government restructuring of the service had undermined police morale.
He called for talks between government and police at this "defining moment".
The Home Office said public confidence in the police remained high.
Mr Vaz's committee begins an inquiry into police practices next month.
This will look into issues of training, accountability and integrity, and the effectiveness of processes for dealing with internal corruption and malpractice.
Last year former rail regulator Tom Winsor wrote a controversial report into changing police pay and conditions and in June he was appointed Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales, despite criticism by the Police Federation.
Mr Vaz told the BBC: "I believe we have the best police force in the world and the work that is being done up and down the country is cherished by local people.
"But recent events, the Andrew Mitchell issue, the results of the Hillsborough inquiry and the fact that 26 out of the 43 police forces do not have a permanent chief constable - all these factors come together and become a dangerous cocktail.
"We have confidence in the police not being as high as it should be, we have police having little confidence in their jobs, we have half of those surveyed who want to do another job.
"Taken together, this is an important moment and I feel we need to start a dialogue and be very clear over what the police's responsibilities are in the 21st century."
'Too rapid'
Tory MP Andrew Mitchell resigned as chief whip following an accusation that, during an argument while leaving Downing Street on his bicycle in September, he had called police officers "plebs" - a claim he has always denied.
CCTV footage has since emerged appearing to cast doubt on officers' version of events, and a serving Met police constable has been arrested on suspicion of misconduct in a public office and suspended from duty.
While Mr Vaz acknowledged that some restructuring of policing was needed, he said the government's changes had been "too rapid and too far-reaching".
Currently, almost half of officers questioned said they would prefer a different job, Mr Vaz suggested, and more than 90% felt the force lacked government support.
"As any management would tell you, you've got to make sure you carry the workforce with you. Unfortunately that is not happening and that is why police morale is at an all-time low.
"I think the government is wrong to be retrospectively changing pension conditions, as the previous Labour government was wrong to stop the annual pay rise they were entitled to a few years ago."
What was wanted now, he said, was "cool heads, strong leadership" and a proper discussion between the prime minister, force leaders, and the police association the Police Federation.
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Following Mr Vaz's remarks, a Home Office spokesman said surveys regularly showed that public confidence in the police remained high.
He told the BBC: "Police reform is working and crime is falling. The police budget is £14bn a year and it's only right that they should make a contribution to reducing the budget deficit.
"Chief constables are rising to the challenge of making efficiency savings and providing greater value for money.
"We have swept away central targets and reduced police bureaucracy. How the police are deployed, rather than their absolute numbers, is what is key to cutting crime."
Mr Vaz's comments come as the Sunday Times reports that the government has released new figures suggesting crime has fallen by 10% in 19 out of 43 police forces in England and Wales, despite budget cuts.
Police minister Damian Green told the paper: "These statistics prove what we have said all along. It is possible to reduce spending while maintaining and even improving the service given to the public."
The Police Federation's new chairman Steve Williams was quoted as saying: "These figures, whilst a snapshot, are testament to the hard work and dedication displayed by police officers who, when faced with challenges, rise deftly to meet them."
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Creating Stories
The creating digital case stories section is designed to provide relevant resources to assist you with the various stages of creating a digital case story.
The creating digital case stories section is designed to provide relevant resources to assist you with the various stages of creating a digital case story.
Do you want to add a case story to MERLOT ELIXR's website? If so, the ELIXR team has established acceptance criteria. Read more about the criteria and review process.
The elements of each case should have some consistency to support easy consumption by the user. Within this case story structure, the uniqueness of your story will still come through via your personal voice as story teller and the personal impact for you and your students, as well as engaging visual examples from your course.
You can use this default Case Story Structure as is, or you can work with your local digital media specialists to adapt the default structure to your needs.
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This document visually summarizes the steps in creating a Digital Case Story.
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Barbara Reich is the author of Secrets of an Organized Mom. She formed Resourceful Consultants, LLC in 1999 and lives with her husband and their twins in Manhattan. Barbara has appeared on the Today show and has been featured in The New York Times, iVillage, and Real Simple, among other publications. Visit Barbara at her Website or on Facebook.
Unless you have a closet that rivals the size of a small bedroom, changing of the seasons means reorganizing for the appropriate attire. Changing from summer to winter is always the most challenging. Lightweight clothing to puffy coats can make any closet look smaller and cluttered.
It doesn't have to be that way though! Your closet can look organized for any season – even winter. Follow these tips and surprise yourself at how easy winterizing your closet can be.
• Take out all of your summer dresses, shorts, and beach clothes
• Take out all of your summer sandals and flip flops
• Give away any clothes/shoes that you haven't worn in the past two summers, are in poor condition, will never fit, or are hopelessly outdated.
• Assess whether any maintenance is needed on clothing or shoes. Do buttons need to be tightened, do shoes need new heels?
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• Move summer dresses and other summer clothes to the back of the closet.
• Make piles to donate, discard, take to the cleaners, wash.
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SAN FRANCISCO — Joining large, angry demonstrations in Asia, Chinese-Americans from throughout the Bay Area massed in this city's Chinatown on Saturday to denounce Japan's purchase of an island chain that has long been the focus of a bitter dispute between that nation and China.
A few thousand people crammed into Portsmouth Square at the base of Chinatown to clap, chant and cheer as a series of speakers decried Japan's announcement Tuesday that it had bought the three uninhabited East China Sea islands, called Diaoyu in China and Senkaku in Japan.
Hoisting banners and signs reviling Japan's action as well as its bloody occupation of China during World War II, the protesters paraded down nearby streets.
Japan's Kyodo News agency said more than 60,000 people also protested in at least 28 Chinese cities, making the anti-Japanese demonstrations the largest since the two countries normalized diplomatic relations in 1972.
For many people of Chinese descent, Japan's announcement regarding the islands has brought to a boil intense animosities that have simmered for decades.
"Of course we are angered," said 72-year-old Ying-Ying Chang of San Jose, whose late daughter, Iris Chang, wrote the best-selling book "The Rape of Nanking," which detailed Japan's mistreatment of the Chinese during the war.
Noting that she was born in China during the Japanese occupation, she added: "My parents went through such difficulties — all Chinese did — to resist the Japanese aggression. … That's the kind of thing that people can never forget."
Protester Thomas Chu, a 55-year-old health-care provider from Oakland who was born in Hong Kong, agreed.
"I'm very upset," he said of Japan's decision to buy the islands. "It's just like somebody comes to occupy your house. It's the same feeling. … This is basically a very wrongful act by the Japanese government."
But a high-ranking diplomat at the Japanese Consulate in San Francisco, who asked not to be identified, insisted the islands "have been an integral part of Japan's territory for a long time, and we don't see any reason for the Chinese claim."
He added that he hoped the dispute can be resolved amicably. "There are many Japanese living and working in China and many companies investing in China," he said. "So it would be for the mutual benefit of both of us to calm down."
China and Japan long have been at odds over ownership of the islands between Okinawa and Taiwan, which also claims them. Although the dispute dates back hundreds of years, Japan first took control of them when it defeated China in an 1895 war. After the World War II, the United States retained jurisdiction over them for a while, but eventually put them back under Japanese control in 1972.
In August, anti-Japanese protests broke out in a number of Chinese cities after a group of Japanese nationalists landed on the disputed islands and waved Japanese flags.
The most recent protests were set off by Japan's announcement Tuesday that it had purchased the islands from private Japanese owners. China responded by sending several surveillance ships into the disputed waters. And by Saturday, protests spread throughout China and violence broke out in a number of places, according to the Associated Press.
When thousands of demonstrators gathered in front of the Japanese Embassy in Beijing, hundreds reportedly tried to storm a police barricade, hurling rocks, bottles, eggs and traffic cones. Elsewhere in China, protesters set fire to Japanese factories, sabotaged assembly lines and looted department stores.
In response, the Japanese Embassy issued a statement imploring the Chinese government to "ensure the safety of Japanese citizens and businesses."
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In a hearing held on Thusrday, US Magistrate Judge Brooke C. Wells handed IBM another significant victory in its fight against SCO. Groklaw's eyewitness reports indicate that it was a rough day for SCO, with Judge Wells ruling that the company would not be able to add any further claims to its case beyond what it revealed in its final disclosure. According to one eyewitness, IBM's counsel accused SCO of "sandbagging" when it came to complying with court orders. The judge agreed, directing IBM to draft her order on the case.
The end result is that SCO is left with the evidence generated prior to the close of the discovery period. The company will be unable to introduce new evidence via expert reports, making it difficultif not downright impossibleto introduce baseless new allegations or further change its story.
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On Wednesday, US District Court Judge Dale Kimball upheld a magistrate's ruling that tore the heart out of SCO's case against IBM while also swapping IBM and Novell's places in line when it comes trying the cases.
In July, Magistrate Judge Brooke C. Wells dismissed the evidence supporting 182 of the 294 claims SCO had made against IBM. Predictably, SCO appealed, and Judge Kimball conducted a de novo review (i.e., staring from scratch) that reaffirmed Judge Wells' finding. Judge Kimball has harsh words for SCO in his order: "The court finds that SCO failed to comply with the court's previous discovery-related Orders and Rule 26(e), that SCO acted willfully, that SCO's conduct has resulted in prejudice to IBM, and that this resultthe inability of SCO to use the evidence at issue to prove its claimsshould come as no surprise to SCO."
Judge Kimball also reshuffled SCO's trial dates, moving SCO v. Novell to the front of the line and delaying SCO v. IBM until the Novell case has wrapped up. The reasoning is simple: Novell is claiming ownership of the copyrights related to Unix. If the courts agree with Novell, then what little is left of SCO's case against IBM will collapse, followed shortly thereafter by the collapse of SCO itself.
Novell asserts that when Santa Cruz Operations, the forerunner to the SCO Group, purchased UnixWare back in 1995, Novell retained the copyrights related to the operating system. As the owner of all "patents, copyrights, and trademarks" related to Unix, Novell believes that it is "entitled at its sole discretion, to waive its purported claims against IBM" and other licensees, giving it veto power over any enforcement actions SCO might undertake.
Both rulings are bad news for SCO. Not only has most of what evidence the company has managed to muster in its case against IBM been relegated to the big circular file in the corner, but SCO will now be forced to prove that it has the right to even bring litigation against IBM. If Novell winsand the evidence produced so far appears to strongly support Novell's version of the UnixWare salethere's no basis for SCO v. IBM to go forward. If it does for some reason, SCO will be left to argue a gutted case.
The fat lady may not be singing yet, but she's in the green room practicing her scales. SCO v. Novell is currently scheduled for trial beginning September 17, 2007.


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Cape Neddick, Maine
A fisherman's shack in Cape Neddick provides a resting place for local lobster trap markers.
A visiting schooner from the United Kingdom finds safe anchor in Portsmouth Harbor, New Hampshire.
A lone sailor enjoying an afternoon sail.
Perkins Cove
Fishing boats eagerly await the day's fishing
Harvest Moon
Moonrise over Rye Harbor, NewHampshire
Picture Sunrise
An artist seems to paint the perfect sunrise
Harvest Moon over Rye Harbor
Birds settle in for the night aboard a sleepy fishing boat
Great Bay Sunset
A sunset over the Great Bay peaks through the clouds to create a spectacular sight.
Rye Harbor
A beautiful sunset falls over the harbor
Strawberry Banke
Reflections of a day gone by
Seaview Lobster Company
Falls settles along the Kittery, Maine shoreline as lobster boats are moored in the nearby waters.
Sunset over Great Bay
A fireball sunset dips into the Great Bay.
Lobster Shack
Lobster markers decorate a lobster shack on Badger's island in Maine.
Chauncey Creek
Fall foliage provides a gorgeous background to the creek.
Salmon Falls River
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Canucks drop Blackhawks to clinch fifth straight division title
VANCOUVER (AP) — Daniel Sedin had a goal and an assist to help the Vancouver Canucks lock up their fifth straight Northwest Division title with a 3-1 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday night.
Jannik Hansen and Zack Kassian also scored for the Canucks, who won their eighth in a row at home and are guaranteed of home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs.
Henrik Sedin added two assists and Cory Schneider made 24 saves for the Canucks, who have put some distance between themselves and slumping Minnesota in the past few weeks.
BOX SCORE:Canucks 3, Blackhawks 1
STANDINGS:Playoff races down to the wire
Daniel Carcillo scored for Chicago, which trailed 1-0 after the first period and 3-0 after the second. Cory Crawford made 29 saves as the NHL-leading Blackhawks made clinching first place overall a bit more difficult with a second straight loss.
The Blackhawks are trying to win their first Presidents' Trophy since 1991, when Mike Keenan was coach. Chicago has 73 points with three games remaining, while Pittsburgh has 70 with three games also left on its schedule.
Canucks winger Chris Higgins returned to the lineup after missing six games with a knee injury, and did not take long to make his presence felt. Crawford stopped Higgins early in the first, getting his blocker on the puck as Higgins tried to finish a perfectly executed three-way passing play with Derek Roy and Ryan Kesler.
Shortly after the eight-minute mark, Crawford snared a hard Roy shot with his catching glove.
Hansen opened the scoring on a power play at 14:28 when Jason Garrison's slap shot went in off his skate. The puck also hit Chicago defenseman Johnny Oduya's stick on the way to the net.
Kassian gave the Canucks a 2-0 lead at 11:37 of the second period, burying Daniel Sedin's pass from behind the net.
The goal ended Kassian's scoring drought at eight games dating to April 4 against Edmonton.
Daniel Sedin put the Canucks ahead 3-0 in the final minute of the period after taking a long pass off the boards to score on a breakaway.
Schneider kept his shutout bid alive in the third by stopping Chicago rookie Brandon Saad on a short-handed breakaway, but the Canucks goaltender lost it at 11:50 of third on a fluke play.
Canucks winger Tom Sestito tried to rim the puck around the end boards, but it hit referee Tom Kowal's skate and caromed right to Carcillo in front of the net, who fired a backhand for his second goal of the season.
Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville pulled Crawford for an extra attacker twice in the last two minutes, but the visitors could not get any closer.
The Canucks play their final home game Thursday against Anaheim before closing out the regular season in Edmonton on Saturday.
The Blackhawks have three more games to secure top spot overall — Wednesday in Edmonton, Saturday at home against Calgary and Sunday in St. Louis.
NOTES: Vancouver was 1-for-5 on the power play, while Chicago was scoreless on two chances. ... D Frank Corrado, 20, made his NHL debut for Vancouver after being called up earlier in the day from Chicago of the AHL. Corrado spent most of this season in juniors with the OHL's Sudbury Wolves and Kitchener Rangers. Canucks coach Alain Vigneault showed confidence by starting him in the top defensive pair with Alex Edler. ... Chicago F Patrick Sharp and D Michal Rozsival sat out with undisclosed upper-body injuries, while C Michal Handzus was sidelined with an undisclosed injury. ... Chicago G Ray Emery dressed as Crawford's backup after missing two games with a lower-body injury. ... The game was the Canucks' 430th consecutive sellout.


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| January 10, 2013, 3:22 pm
Did you get engaged over the holidays and are ready to move fast? Embassy Suites- Downtown Denver is giving away a $30,000 wedding May 18 to one lucky couple.
The contest calls for couples to submit a paragraph or video through Win a Wedding that describes why they think they should win the grand prize. Several area vendors have partnered with the hotel to offer wedding day additions including a bridal gown, tuxedo rental, flowers, entertainment, photography, ice carving, linens and a wedding cake.


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No Impact Week Photo Awards
Food, energy, giving back, and more: The winning entries from January's No Impact Week participants.
In January, more than 3,000 of you joined us for No Impact Week, a one-week carbon cleanse that challenged participants to examine their impact on the planet—from transportation to food to energy and beyond—and help one another find better ways to live.
We combed through the many blog, photo, and video submissions to come up with winning entries for our No Impact Week photo and video awards, but it was so hard to choose from all the compelling stories and images that we included extras!
Click here to view the top photos in categories like Best Overall Slideshow, Exemplary Effort and Spirit, and Notable No Impact Fail.
Check out the winning videos below:
Winner for Best Video Documentation: Cooper Bates, Los Angeles, California.
Winner for Best Inspirational Piece: Ashe Jaafaru, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
For more information on No Impact Week, check out the No Impact Project.
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benvolio needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 153 designs submitted by 51 freelance designers.
We need a bold, sharp logo designed for a new and innovative real estate agency with twin arms called "Bold Real Estate" and "Sharp Real Estate".
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The business has two arms called "Bold Real Estate" and "Sharp Real Estate" that perform slightly different functions. The logo needs to work with either text substituted. We would love some kind of icon that can be re-used independently of the text (like a "For Sale" or "Sold" sign or a wee house etc) as a branding element.
Other than this – the brief is completely open. We have no colour preferences (but the logo should work in black+white) or font preferences
The target audience for this site is both real estate agents and prospective buyers.
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After messing with a stuck button on the ESC, I was running again. Happily went full throttle down my driveway, hit a rock, which steered me so i clipped my garbage box with just one front wheel. Shattered the A-arm. The stub axle looks ok. RPM arms going on it today.
Broke my pro kit today. Front left A arm. Had it two weeks, ran it three times and now broke. Sent email to pro line to see if they will replace. Broke at seam on back of arm
"Nothing is meant to be stock very long"
Ya they where solid, after a day of playing I go through and check it
"Nothing is meant to be stock very long"
My will power to continue to mess with nitro engines. Just about ready to put 15 rounds of .40 caliber ammo through my Tmaxx
Yea why would you put camber links to the arms like that
Man i need more than 50 characters.
Buy locking out the suspension you have moved all the force of impacts to the a-arm hinge pin.
Just make sure not to send any of the photo's to proline when you try to warranty them because they will most likely tell you to 'Pound Sand"
O.S.21 Nitro Revo, Stampede 4x4, 2 Axial Honcho's
Broke a rear driveshaft the other day. . . . Not because of normal use but because a branch of a tree got stuck in the spokes of the wheels and well the wood was stronger then the U-join area of the shaft :P
1 Slash 3 Rustys & visits with my old P4de/SC8
Speed run in a parking lot and a curb popped out in front of my p4de
I'll be that was exciting, WOW! ! !
O.S.21 Nitro Revo, Stampede 4x4, 2 Axial Honcho's
Rounded one of my Traxxas aluminum hexes. It stripped one of my desperados
Got it boiled off and glued back up to one of my spare desperado wheels
I broke the stub axle like 2 weeks ago and lhs still his not got it in
Yep still not fast enough. :)
I was jumpin a set of 15' doubles (2' high jumps) that some kids built for BMXing...i gave it a little too much throttle off the lip so the nose was almost straight up once i was airborne...tapped the brakes, which immediately flipped it on it's lid right before impact! Both rear body post slammed right thru the body.
Found some fiberglass tape i uses to use on my planes. Thinking of using it and some CA or something else to reinforce it in the mean time. Maybe shoe goo.
Today I seized another velineon motor. Yay for downtime
ERBE, Summit, Sl4sh MT, P4de, 1/16 GD 4x4
A little while ago I landed a decent size jump upside down and some how managed to snap the metal battery post in half leaving the threaded end inside of my chassis. I decided to just cut a small gap in the chassis just under the battery post and slip a zip tie in to hold the battery down. Up until today it has worked well but once again gravity one and the zip tie snapped the chassis to free itself. Now nearly the whole battery post end is gone.
Note to self. I need a new chassis and battery extension kit and a single zip tie is stronger than a plastic chassis.
PRE STORYGot my Stampede on Thursday, charged up the batteries Thursday night, drove it Friday (my Bday). The Girlfriend wanted one, but not the same one, after playing with mine, so we went and bought her a Mini E-revo. Bashed them all day between 3 people. My dad really enjoyed it, and wanted me to pick him up this used E-maxx at the LHS, which was a piece of poo. So me and my brother went halfsies and bought him a new Stampede, same as mine just different color. Bought him 2 2s LiPo's and a charger, and bashed them all day saturday.
DAMAGEEnded up snapping the front upper A arm on the mini E-Revo on saturday and then toasting the servo on Sunday and again on Sunday I busted the rear stub axle of my Stampede. The body is also completely toast. Also the charge that was supposed to be oh so good charged one battery and the fan came on and lights went out.
Partially spun hex and broke an ear off the stub axle while popping it up and over curbs. Lucky me, Tower sent me a $20 off $50 coupon the same day. Tekno's for $26!
If it counts as breaking something, I bent the screw closest to the bulkhead on my left front shock guard.
Havent broke anything in a week or so, too busy spending all my dough upgrading! My truck sits half assembled from Sat. / Early Sunday morning.Thanks to me losing a alum. tiebar to mount the front bumper and new RPM wide frnt bumper! Of course my LHS doesnt have it in stock! I think the last thing i broke was a rear axle stub, doing a test run at nite and ran over tree moss, only to get tangled in the rear axle to break off where it connects, Other than that im golden!!
how do you like those tekno driveshafts??? Ive been debating weather to upgrade to steel Tekno or MIPs, Really pricey compard to $9 for a heavy duty plastic Traxxas driveshaft, that ive never broke so far! Knock on wood!
I'll let you know when I get them. My driveshafts twisted on the first pack, that is $18, plus the stub axle $5. If that happens twice, you could have paid for Teknos/MIP. Trenchers, 2950kv motor and 3S will do that though. Upgrading to Teknos/MIP is not only about the shaft, it the complete setup back there and the warranty.
I broke my drive shaft and ordered some mip cvd's for e-bay
I blame it all on speedpede09
Yesterday I was jumping a hill into an empty concrete pond down the street and I landed my truck at 3/4 speed from 4ft high right into a groove where asphalt meets concrete. The front bumper hit this groove square on the front bumper and came to one heck of an abrupt stop. I broke the front diff input spline drive, my lipo hard case pack broke in 2 places, and the mounting tabs broke off my ESC. It was a pretty unlucky crash. I'm mostly just amazed that the chassis didn't crack at all.
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My daughter had my truck out back jumping a small jump I threw together. I broke a 6837 Steering block. I am not sure what happened. She came off the ramp what appeared to be fine. Drove it around a little bit. Then brought it to a stop a few feet from us. When she tried to move it again it kinda lurched and fell over. It was kinda sad to see... Any way, I guess now I can get those blue aluminum ones I have been eyeing =)
Actually it was 6832 I broke. Oh well, might be time to upgrade them both.
Today I found out if you have a small tear in a trencher and don't have any CA glue with you, it's a bad idea to run the truck with a 3s and castle 2400. I almost ripped the trencher off the wheel. At least I had one good one left from the last ruined set
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JAIPUR, India, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- Indian Muslims want the Jaipur Literary Festival to withdraw an invitation to Salman Rushdie, a writer who has angered many fellow Muslims.
The vice chancellor of Darul Uloom seminary in Deoband, India, said many Muslims have been "hurt" by Rushdie's novel, "The Satanic Verses," The Daily Telegraph of London reported. Rushdie spent several years in hiding after the novel was published in 1988 because the Ayatollah Khomeini, then the leader of Iran, pronounced a fatwa calling for his death.
The book is regarded as blasphemous because the narrator says the Archangel Gabriel has revealed verses to the Koran.
Darul Uloom officials called for Rushdie's visa to be canceled. But Rushdie, born in Mumbai, carries an Indian passport.
"Re: my Indian visit, for the record, I don't need a visa," he said on Twitter.
William Dalrymple, the organizer of the festival, said Rushdie is a "major contributor to multiculturalism."
"He's one of the greatest artists India has created, one of the greatest figures to come out of the Indian Muslim community and people should be proud of what he's achieved," Dalrymple said.
Rushdie was knighted by Britain's Queen Elizabeth II in 2007 for his contributions to literature.


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Bob Ross, one of the most iconic figures in public television, seems deeply familiar to viewers but fundamental information about him has never been revealed. What is Bob Ross' story as a man and an artist? How did The Joy of Painting get started? And what was it about Bob himself that made him such a compelling figure?
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got gremlins in your blood cells and monsters in your bed. They're haunting you again. Oh, it must be this place-at least that's what you say. You don't love you anymore. Cast your demons aside, keep them close enough to know what you're running from. Soon you won't feel this anymore. Cast your demons aside, keep them close enough to know that you're moving on. A fire used to burn in your heart and in your eyes. You used to dream, you used to care. You used to love, you used to fight…for anything at all. You cover up your bedroom walls with who you want to be. You're afraid to be yourself and you search the malls for something else. You read magazines and watch MTV. You practiced it and everything. Oh you're dressed to impress
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TORONTO — I understand that the Toronto fan base loves Reed Johnson. He's the type of player fans tend to love and, that being the case, I'm all for giving the guy a warm welcome this weekend in his first trip north since being released by the Jays and signed by the Cubs.
All that being said, the timing of his standing ovation by the Jays' fans at Rogers Centre on Friday night was a little unsettling. With Toronto leading 3-2 in the ninth, Johnson came on as a pinch hitter and received a loud, prolonged standing o. In that situation, why were the fans cheering so loudly for a visiting player?
"You don't see that too often," Blue Jays manager John Gibbons said. "But hey, I'm happy for him, man. He did a great job here for this organization and was a fan favorite."
Still, root for the man in a situation like this afternoon, when he'll lead off the game for the Cubs. I'm not saying the fans should've booed him on Friday, but shouldn't the cheers be reserved for the home team in that critical situation, especially when closer B.J. Ryan had been struggling some of late?
"I think we all think that he deserves it. No question," said A.J. Burnett, downplaying the crowd's ill-timed cheers.
But what if Johnson had homered to tie the game instead of groudning out to second? Would the crowd have gone nuts for Johnson then?
"That would be different," Burnett said with a grin. "Good thing he hit it hard. Better for us he hit it right at somebody."
On another note, talked to second baseman Aaron Hill this morning and he's still fighting symptoms from the concussion he suffered on May 29. That being the case, a Minor League rehab stint this week seems unlikely. Hill said he's still running into issues after light drills — not good. You can read the full story when it's up on bluejays.com
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CHICAGO (43-25) at TORONTO (35-34)
at 1:07 p.m. ET at the Rogers Centre
Reed Johnson, LF
Kosuke Fukudome, RF
Derrek Lee, 1B
Aramis Ramirez, DH
Jim Edmonds, CF
Mark DeRosa, 3B
Mike Fontenot, 2B
Henry Blanco, C
Ronny Cedeno, SS
PITCHING: RHP Jason Marquis (4-3, 4.54)
Alex Rios, RF
Matt Stairs, DH
Scott Rolen, 3B
Vernon Wells, CF
Lyle Overbay, 1B
Rod Barajas, C
Brad Wilkerson, LF
David Eckstein, SS
Joe Inglett, 2B
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I'll tell you what's Reediculous it's this offense. Bases loaded with nobody out and they can't get a run in with a hit. Pathetic.
Anyway Jordan, in defense of the fans they don't know what the line-up will look like the next day so how would they know whether or not Reed will play the next day ? Some of them too, might only attend the one game of the series and thus never see Reed live again this year. The Jays have no lefty in the starting rotation so their is no ideal day that Reed would get the start against them. Thus, they cheered the first opportunity they got.
Good for the Jays fans to give the standing O that Johnson deserves. A bad move by J.P. to get rid of Johnson and go with the aging Stewart. If you get rid of Johnson at least go with a younger player not a player like Stewart. Stewart's best years are way behind him.
I totally agree with Enigma, the Jays offense is Reediculous. Also again I agree with Enigma, some fans might have been just going to 1 game during this series. Johnson was obviously a fan favorite and he should be. If I owned a team, I would love to have a guy like Reed Johnson. He brings it every game, those are the kind of players you keep, you don't get rid of. Also great too see Johnson go deep yesterday.


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Frank Myers was born in Cleves, Ohio in 1899. He was a well known marine and landscape painter, muralist, and teacher. He visited the Monterey Peninsula for the first time in 1926; painted in Provincetown, 1927; Cape Ann, 1931; Santa Fe, 1932-33; Rockport, 1937; finally settling in Pacific Grove, Monterey Peninsula in 1940. He taught at the Art Academy of Cincinnati from 1921-1941. He also taught studio classes at the University of Cincinnati.
Art Academy of Cincinnati with Duveneck, H. Wessel, J.E. Weiss; PAFA summer school with Garber, Breckenridge, Pearson; Am. School at Fontainebleau, France with Despujols, Gourguet, 1923
Cincinnati AC; Carmel AA; Cincinnati Assn. Prof. Artists; PAFA, 1928; CM, 1923-40; Chicago Gal. Assn
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Mural, Children's Hospital, Cincinnati; landscape, Cincinnati Women's Club; Univ. Cincinnati; Hughes H.S., Cincinnati; Miami Univ., OH; Mus. New Mexico
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Mexican mayor caught on video taking orders from crime boss
A surreptitiously taped video clip that surfaced Tuesday shows the mayor of Mexico's busiest cargo port seemingly receiving instructions from the chief of the Knights Templar crime group, underscoring how deeply the organization has co-opted politicians in troubled Michoacan state and what a difficult task it will be for authorities to restore the rule of law there.
Arquimedes Oseguera, the mayor of the port of Lazaro Cardenas, was arrested Monday, and a federally appointed overseer of security in the state of Michoacan said it was because of his links to Servando Gomez, a crime boss often called by his nickname, "La Tuta," or "professor."
It wasn't until Tuesday, though, that the extent of those links became apparent. The video clip, posted on YouTube, shows Oseguera at an open-air table with Gomez. At least five other men are present, including, according to the Quadratin news portal, Jose Guadalupe Jaimes Valladares, a former mayor of Apatzingan, an agricultural hub in Michoacan that served as a Knights Templar stronghold before federal forces took over the state earlier this year.
Oseguera is the third mayor federal forces have arrested this month.
"I support you, you bastard, in whatever you want," Gomez is heard telling Oseguera, a politician of the leftist Party of the Democratic Revolution.
In other moments, Gomez stands over Oseguera and appears to give him instructions, although the dialogue is not clear.
Lazaro Cardenas, a port city of 160,000 people on Mexico's Pacific coast, is the busiest port in Mexico and one of the biggest along the Pacific coast of the Americas, handling 25 million tons of cargo annually. Controlling it allows the Knights Templar to ramp up traffic in narcotics and synthetic drugs.
Fighting to halt the slide of Michoacan into lawlessness, President Enrique Pena Nieto sent federal police and soldiers into the state in mid-January. Since then, federal forces backed by armed vigilante militias have killed or arrested three of the four most prominent Knights Templar bosses, leaving only Gomez on the lam.
The Knights Templar's presence in Michoacan became so pervasive that vigilante groups rose up in anger, beginning in February 2013, to halt its extensive extortion demands on business owners, transport companies and mining interests.
The vigilante groups have grown dramatically over the past year and now present a problem themselves. The Pena Nieto government walks a tightrope in dealing with them, using their on-the-ground knowledge to root out Knights Templar drug lords while worrying that hundreds, if not thousands, of the vigilantes might turn to crime themselves.
Last Friday, militia leaders signed an agreement with Alfredo Castillo Cervantes, the Pena Nieto-appointed security chief for Michoacan, that obligates vigilantes to register their weapons with the army by May 10. An undetermined number will be allowed to keep rifles but not to carry them in public.
More than 500 militia members have signed up for a new Rural Defense Corps under the control of the army.


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The many faces of immigration reform
I am the grandson of illegal immigrants. My father's parents came here as Paper Son and Paper Daughter. The "Paper" system involved buying real U.S. identities, sold by international agents, and then assumed, in this case, by my grandparents when they arrived in California. My real last name is Wong, not the name they bought - Lui.
They were "illegals," and they weren't Latinos.
Lui Lee (grandpa) and Quock Yuen Jow (grandma) took their illegal immigration secret to their grave. Their tombstone was the only place with their real name. They were scared their children would face the threat modern-day Dream-ers did - being sent back because of their illegal immigrant path.
Judy Yung, co-author of "Angel Island - Immigrant Gateway to America," says my background is not uncommon. She estimates 1 million Chinese Americans either came here illegally or are descendants of illegal immigrants. The Pew Research Center more broadly estimates up to 15 percent of Asian American immigrants could be illegal. Of those 1.3 million illegal Asian immigrants, more than 100,000 are Dream-ers, says the Asian American Justice Center.
The point - despite immigration reform often being framed as a Latino issue, it's also an Asian issue. And most importantly, it's a uniting, American issue. For instance, the data shows Latino and Asian American communities share a surprising simpatico.
The controversial immigration laws around Latinos are well known and have been debated on Capitol Hill. They are as new as they are old. Asian Americans are their doppelganger.
The World War II internment seared disillusionment into the minds of generations of Japanese Americans about what it meant to be American. And the only law ever to ban a single country from immigration, the Exclusion Act of 1882, did the same for Chinese Americans. (Congress issued a formal apology last year.)
Today a majority of Latino and Asian American adults are foreign-born: 53 and 74 percent respectively; English as a second language - even more alike - 76 percent and 80 percent in this election, says the Census Bureau and Northwestern University Research.
In addition, the two groups' collective psyches share a common struggle: to feel equal, to feel a sense of having arrived. Generalizations remind them: "Illegal immigrants are Latinos," a common false equivalence; and "Asian Americans are foreign," despite a 230-year history of Asians in the United States.
Let's go further.
Irish Americans have also had waves of illegal or unauthorized immigration going back to the 1800s. Today, the Irish American community has as many as 50,000 unauthorized immigrants. In 2006, Sen. Ted Kennedy, who regularly met with illegal Irish immigrant groups, said on a Senate panel that existing immigration law he helped pass needed to change. He said it "worked in a very dramatic and significant way against the Irish."
As generations have passed, these groups have assimilated. Regardless of generation, immigration is a defining experience for these groups.
Immigration reform therefore resonates with large portions of the 50 million Latino Americans, 35 million Irish Americans and 17 million Asian Americans nationwide. And with only 4.7 million votes deciding 2012's presidential winner, today's decisions on immigration reform could swing votes for years to come.
But let's consider for a second immigration not as winning or losing, but as pioneering. Does the United States have the brains to propel it forward? Is immigration reform about new groups, or all roots? What does immigration law say about us?
It says everything. Illegally or legally, we have grown our country like no other. And in the process we have become the globe's largest and most powerful economy. We must remember how we all got here - not one group, but all groups. If we forget, we will be forgetting how America is unlike any other nation in the world.
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So, Another: the season's horror series. Let me put a fair warning out first, because for the past months I have seen a few people unpleasantly surprised by its true nature: this show is brutal. If you don't want to watch gore, then stay as far away from this show as possible, because it contains a number of very graphic death scenes. This is particularly nasty, because it takes a while for it to reveal this nature.
A lot of the airtime in this series is spent on building up. It's nowhere as extreme as with Blood-C, but still this show really puts emphasis on creating an atmosphere to draw the viewer in, only to toy with this in a gruesome manner. This is also what makes this show great: the contrast between surprisingly relatable characters, and the really dark and intense scenes.
With a lot of the bad horror flicks, the creators spend little time on the characters themselves, however this series avoids this very well. This goes in particular through a very solid lead couple: the two of them have creative backgrounds, they're well fleshed out, and this series also allows the two of them to play off each other really well whenever they are together. There really is a lot of detail in their acting and dialogue.
The show also rocks in terms of mystery. The show evolves quite nicely as we learn more and more about what's going on and the characters. The series loves to drop random hints and red herrings everywhere, which really spice up its scenario. This isn't the series that answers everything, but the closure it gives at the end does wrap things up.
However, this series also is far from perfect. By far the biggest flaw is that it's trying too hard at times. This series really wants to be atmospheric and haunting, but the twists it pulls at times are just to forced or obvious to take serious. Think of being in an art class, with one of the students suddenly painting "The Scream" of all things. I like symbolism, but there is a line for everything. What also seems to plague this series, especially in its second half, is that it tends to pull very convenient plot twists, just for the sake of wrapping everything up.
It's understandable that this series wanted to get everything done in just 12 episodes, but that comes with a sacrifice. The cast of this series is huge, and unfortunately it just doesn't have the time to flesh every single character out, even though this really could have improved this series considering the nature of the story. The same goes with the plot: with more episodes it could have wrapped things up more naturally, but that would have been at the expense of a few boring episodes. And really: the way Another is now, it's a quick bite-sized horror show that despite its quiet moment never has a part that drags.
|8/10 – Excellent mystery, build-up and turns into very intense horror. Tries too hard at other times, though.
|8,5/10 – Very well acted main couple, but some of the side-characters could have been better fleshed out.
|8/10 – This isn't as good as the standard that we're used to from PA works, but this series still has its moment of very life-like animation.
|9/10 – I must say that the story behind everything is very creative, and this series knows it.
Yes, I'm also trying to experiment a bit with refining the ratings of these reviews a bit, because Another was a perfect example of a series that I liked better than most series I'd rate 82,5/100, but not as much as the series that I'd rate 85/100). Doing so would lead to a rating of 83,75/100, which is getting a bit ridiculously specific, so rounded a bit more sensibly this lead to the rating of 84/100. For me, this rating means a series with a lot of reasons to be worth watching and something I really enjoyed, which has something that holds it back from being really excellent, which describes Another perfectly for me.
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Bernie Madoff's personal secretary has been tracked down in Boca Raton living high on the hog in a $1 million home in a posh gated community, but her luxurious lifestyle may soon bring the law down on her.
Annette Bongiorno, a longtime associate of Madoff who has worked for him for over four decades, has been keeping a low profile in the Sunshine State as Madoff's world crumbles, but Fox 5 New York's cameras managed to track her down.
When confronted, Bongiorno refused to comment.
Aside from her Boca mansion, it appears Bongiorno did pretty well for herself while a member of Madoff's firm. She also owns a $2.6 million mansion on Long Island, two Mercedes and a Bentley.
Not bad for a secretary, but those pricey items may have gotten her in hot water.
"Annette Bongiorno has millions of dollars of assets that the prosecutors have viewed as a red flag," Robert Heim, a former prosecutor, told Fox 5. "Her luxury homes, her luxury cars are certainly going to be an item for close scrutiny by the prosecutors because she was a secretary and she's going to have to answer why she was making so much money from the Madoff firm and how she could not have known it was a criminal fraud."
While Madoff and his accountant have been busted for their part in the massive Ponzi scheme, Bongiorno has yet to be charged, though that could change soon.
"The evidence that's lined up so far shows Annette Bongiorno was a key participant in the whole operation of Bernie Madoff," Heim said. "The key for prosecutors is showing she knew that she was involved in a criminal fraud," Heim said.
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Monday, May 9, 2016
8 Amazing Books for the Summer Giveaway
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I love light and fun chick-lit during the hot summer months, the Shopaholic books by Sophie Kinsella for example.ReplyDelete
I love any easy going chick lit to chill out with in the garden. I love a good read.ReplyDelete
I don't have a favorite summer read. I read whatever book sounds good.ReplyDelete
Betul E.
I read everything summer, fall, winter or spring.ReplyDelete
I don't have a favorite summer read I like reading any booksReplyDelete
I love fantasy ♡ I will be continuing The Throne of Glass series by Sarah J Mass over the summer. I just finished book 1 and am waiting for book 2 in the mail. Thank youReplyDelete
I don't have any favorites but I like reading fun rom-coms in the summerReplyDelete
i don't have any summer favourite, except for christmas novel time of the year matters little to me in my reading choiceReplyDelete
thank you a lot for this generous giveaway
I've just finished Summer at Rose Island by Holly Martin and absolutely loved it, it makes a great summer read!ReplyDelete
Love to read anytime, anywhere, all the time xReplyDelete
Love to read anytime, anywhere, all the time xReplyDelete
I usually read contemporaries romances during the summer, such as To all the boys I've loved before by Jenny Jan because they're quick, light and funny. In other words they're just what I need on a hot summer day.ReplyDelete
I love a good romance to read for summer.ReplyDelete
I love to get my teeth into any book, as long as the author is a good story teller, i can get lost in any novelReplyDelete
I don't have special summer reads . I love to read anything that sounds good . Thank you for the chance .ReplyDelete
It makes me think about Karin Slaughter as her new books usually arrive in June and then I read them in summer!ReplyDelete
I guess I don't have a favorite summer read, I usually just read contemporary because they are good easy reads ��ReplyDelete
Any chick-lit comedy is great for summer. I would say Lucy in the Sky by Paige Toon is the perfect summer read.ReplyDelete
The Truth About Forever by Sarah DessenReplyDelete
I love to read all types of books and enjoying Christine Feehan and Karin Slaughter Marian KeyesReplyDelete
Thank you for this opportunity.ReplyDelete
I love "Since you've been gone" by Morgan Matson :]ReplyDelete
- Joana BentoMay 11, 2016 at 12:45 AM
My favorite summer read is always a chick lit, specially to read on the beach because it is easy to read in those disctracting placesReplyDelete
What a beautiful collection of books, and the weather seems to be heading that way too :):):)ReplyDelete
Tone Deaf by Olivia Rivers because the story line is intriguing.ReplyDelete
Always like Katie Fford books so look forward to getting this one (if I don't win it, of course)ReplyDelete
I've never really been into "summer reads". I read whatever I feel like no matter the season, but I guess trying to read something like these books in summer would be interesting.ReplyDelete
Anything by Elin Hilderbrand. I often get to see her and get a signed copy of her latest at a bookstore on our beach vacation.ReplyDelete
Tana French! yes heavy but oh so good!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 12, 2016 at 7:03 PM
Oh I don't have a favourite but it should be long, fast paced and exciting xReplyDelete
Read Wild Swans by Jessica Spotswood this year, and that's my favorite so far. Recommended!ReplyDelete
Love beachy books since I don't go often!ReplyDelete
no favReplyDelete
I love the romances.....the beach ones are always fun in the summer, but I also love the small town romances!ReplyDelete
Ooh...I don't have one favorite per se, but I do find myself gravitating towards lighter reads. Something to brighten my day.ReplyDelete
I love reading fairy tales to my little grandson and I think this is my favorite summer read.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 14, 2016 at 6:53 PM
I don't have a specific one, but I tend to like m/m and hockey books!ReplyDelete
Light and fun booksReplyDelete
Light and fluffy contemporary, chic lit books. :)ReplyDelete
Sya @ Bookish Sya
A middsummer's nightmare, I don't know why I just love it!!ReplyDelete
I don't really have a particular favorite summer read. I read a lot of everything!ReplyDelete
I usually stick to my favourite cozy mysteries.ReplyDelete
I primarily read romance, and summer is a great time for love.ReplyDelete
I primarily read romance, and summer is a great time for love.ReplyDelete
I'm reading Stephen King's. "The Dark Tower" books this summer but I love reading any genreReplyDelete
Wanderlove by Kirsten Hubbard. It's such a great book.ReplyDelete
- HelenaMay 15, 2016 at 6:32 PM
crime fiction without too much gore - MC Beaton is a favourite.ReplyDelete
I like to read biographies, some can be quite amusing :)ReplyDelete
Anything fantasy, sci-fi, or historical :)ReplyDelete
Any good book is a favourite summer read! I like fiction, historical fiction and fantasy novels better ;-)ReplyDelete
I do love my chick lit for summer especially the holiday romance ones. :) Although Katie Fforde is a good read whatever the season/weather etc. Thanks for the chance.ReplyDelete
Chic lit, always. Esp ones like Cat which is full of sun, sex, and lashings of lycra!ReplyDelete
A light hearted romance or comedy set abroadReplyDelete
I like Lucy Diamond books especially The Beach CafeReplyDelete
I find autobiographies are great to read in the sunshine!ReplyDelete
Romantic books (the weather makes you want love!) or suspense/crime dramas: as the days go longer, the tension feels a lot less scary! :)ReplyDelete
I love easy reading for when I'm lying on the beach!!!ReplyDelete
A good paranormal romance, especially vampire booksReplyDelete
I love YA reads when I'm on the beach.ReplyDelete
no trealy sure what a summer read isReplyDelete
- helen tovellMay 16, 2016 at 11:26 AM
a light hearted romantic comedy is my type of read in the summerReplyDelete
I like comedies or light romanceReplyDelete
I like to read a fun adventure story with a little romance and mystery thrown in to the mix.ReplyDelete
- SolangeMay 17, 2016 at 5:04 AM
I love a good romance book to read in the summer.ReplyDelete
i love all kinds of books but at the moment it has to be mary jane staples :)ReplyDelete
- Lucy IMay 17, 2016 at 3:25 PM
I love anything by Jenny ColganReplyDelete
My favourite summer read is Operation Sunshine by Jenny Colgan :)ReplyDelete
My favorite summer read is anna and the french kiss by stephanie perkinsReplyDelete
I love anything by Katie Fforde, they are such good stories and perfect for summerReplyDelete
Something funny and light heartedReplyDelete
Something I can pick up and get into straight away.ReplyDelete
Something light that I can read fast and that puts me in a good mood :)ReplyDelete
- Ana M
A great giveaway, those books look really good. I have just finished reading 'The Comfort Food Cafe' which is a lovely summer read. I saw your review on it. I think the other Debbie Johnson book in this giveaway will be really good too.ReplyDelete
I love getting to know new-to-me authors.ReplyDelete
- Karen M.May 23, 2016 at 1:02 AM
I like romance novels any time of the year. We all need a little romance in our lives, even if it's only in a book.ReplyDelete
I enjoy ya paranormal books - let's my mind float away... :)ReplyDelete
It would be great to win eight wonderful summer books.ReplyDelete
In response to your question of
What's your favorite summer read and why?
I don't have a favorite summer read.
I enjoy reading all kinds of books
and it all depends if the book catches my attention.
Thank you for having this giveaway.
For me, it has to be anything I can get lost in. Whether it's a heart warming romance, a gripping thriller or even just a new cookery book, I love curling up with a book and enjoying every page!ReplyDelete
I love crime and action type books. Authors such as Roberta Kray, Chris Ryan and Tom Clancy.ReplyDelete
IM from Argentina and I will love read those kind of book in the summer! Good luck everyoneReplyDelete
Any thing contemporary. Contemporary books are my go to in the summer.ReplyDelete
Megan @ reading away the days
The Harry Potter series - they just get better each time I read them!ReplyDelete
I love a good James Patterson thriller :)ReplyDelete
I usually read new ones and it varies as I get through 7+ book when on holiday. Great comp, thank you.ReplyDelete
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I love a good easy read chick flick book in summer... i read constantly though and these books are exactly what I go for... Ive read some of jenny Colgans books and some of kate Ffordes too... Fab bundle thanks for the chance to win. It would definately sort my summer holiday reading list :-) xxReplyDelete
Chick Flick books, I usually love reading Marian Keyes or Jenny Colgan books.ReplyDelete
Once I have a book in my hand, that's the holiday started for me :-)
That's a hard choice. I don't really have a favourite I think Katie fford usually does great summer books although I also enjoy Jenny CoganReplyDelete
That's a hard choice. I don't really have a favourite I think Katie fford usually does great summer books although I also enjoy Jenny CoganReplyDelete
I don't have a favorite "Summer Read". My reading doesn't tend to change due to the seasons. My all-time favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird though. :)ReplyDelete
Any book by Sarah Dessen. They always give me a summer feeling.ReplyDelete
I read any type of books. :)ReplyDelete
Love reading.ReplyDelete
Let's see… The book I read last summer was I've Got Your Number by Sophie Kinsella, and I'm not even sure that's summer-themed, but it was such a good read! LOVED it.ReplyDelete
I dont have a fave summer read - I tend to just pick up a couple of random books and hope for the bestReplyDelete
I absolutely LOVED 'The Story of You' Katy Regan. Beautifully written book xReplyDelete
So hard to choose, i just love reading and discovering new books and authors!ReplyDelete
- amy bondocMay 29, 2016 at 9:58 AM
i couldnt choose just one favourite i will literally read anything just as long as its a book ill read it !ReplyDelete
I don't really read books but this competition has just inspired me to start!ReplyDelete
i am a book worm i cannot choose a favouriteReplyDelete
Can't beat a good summer romanceReplyDelete
A romance that makes you feel happy xxReplyDelete
I do love a Lisa Jewell book for a Summer light read.ReplyDelete
Anything by Dilly Court, I love books set back in that era.ReplyDelete
Jeffery Archer The Clifton Chronicles - It's quite a big book but something you can get your teeth into and coming from the area great for social history xReplyDelete
- Helen CraigsMay 29, 2016 at 9:58 PM
Anything by my favourite authors, JoJo Moyes, Susan Lewis, Lisa Jewell, Jenny Colgan, Jill Mansell and Katie Fforde so this selection of books is perfect!ReplyDelete
I like light hearted chick lit like Katie FfordReplyDelete


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Jan. 23, 2009
SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The West Coast Conference announced its 2008 Fall All-Academic Team today. Santa Clara led with 15 student-athletes representing the five fall sports.
Men's and women's cross country led the way for the Broncos with four players each. Junior John Laughlin and sophomores Christopher Mosier, Robert Reid and Chris Sampson earned a spot on the team on the men's side, while seniors Noelle Lopez and Whitney Porter, and juniors Annie Murphy-Hagan and Stephanie Wilson earned a spot on the women's side.
Men's soccer juniors Jeff Cosgriff and Ross Smith, along with senior Brian Martin were also named to the team. Senior Anna Cmaylo and junior Lindsy Davigeadono represented the volleyball team, and junior Kiki Bosio and Katherine Reynolds from women's soccer rounded out the honorees.
It was a first time honor for Laughlin, Mosier, Reid, and Sampson. The quartet was a part of the team that finished fourth at the WCC Championship in November. Reid was also a All-WCC first team recipient.
Murphy-Hagan earned the honor for the second time this year, while teammates Lopez, Porter and Wilson all earn their first spot on the prestigious list. Wilson also received All-WCC first team honors from the league. In November, Lopez was recently named Santa Clara's first female Rhodes Scholar. They all contributed to the third place finish at the WCC championships last November.
Cosgriff, Martin and Smith each make their first appearance on the All-Academic list. The trio also earned NSCAA/adidas All-Far West Scholar Athlete honors, while Cosgriff was an All-WCC Honorable Mention and Martin was named to ESPN the Magazine's Academic All-District VIII first team.
Cmaylo and Davigeadono were also first-time recipients. A three-time All-American, Cmaylo was also named to the ESPN the Magazine's Academic All-District VIII third team and Davigeadono earned All-WCC Honorable Mention honors this past season.
Bosio earned her second consecutive appearance on the list while also earning a spot on the All-WCC first team. Reynolds' made her first appearance on the all-academic team while also being named to the All-WCC second team.
Men's Cross Country
John Laughlin - Jr. - 3.34 GPA - Music
Christopher Mosier - So. - 3.85 GPA - Political Science
Robert Reid - So. - 3.25 GPA - Business
Chris Sampson - So. 3.45 GPA - Civil Engineering
Women's Cross Country
Noelle Lopez - Sr. - 3.99 GPA - Philosophy
Annie Murphy-Hagan - Jr. - 3.71 GPA - International Studies
Whitney Porter - Sr. - 3.51 GPA - Biology
Stephanie Wilson - Jr. - 3.85 GPA - English
Men's Soccer
Jeff Cosgriff - Jr. - 3.48 GPA - Economics
Brian Martin - Sr. - 3.90 GPA - Finance
Ross Smith - Jr. - 3.90 GPA - Accounting
Women's Volleyball
Anna Cmaylo - Sr. - 3.44 GPA - Political Science
Lindsy Davigeadano - Jr. - 3.33 GPA - Liberal Studies
Women's Soccer
Kiki Bosio - Jr. - 3.87 GPA - Accounting
Katherine Reynolds - Jr. - 3.24 GPA - Political Science


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Why J/105? A SAILING WORLD Magazine Review
"Less Is More Again"
The evolution of boat design works on a cross fertilization of ideas between the worlds of racing and cruising, monohulls and multihills, planing hulls and displacement hulls, ancient and modern. New ideas are rare, but new combinations of proven ideas are common. Even so, once in a while a boat exhibits a combination of proven ideas in such a way that it deserves to be called unique. The J/105 is such a boat - it's a return to the notion that a simple sailplan, clean deck layout, practical interior, and high performance are the best ingredients for both racing and cruising. It's a return also to the idea that a boat's looks can be as tangibly important as its interior volume.
mistakes, and will make a big difference to buyers who have never raced planing dinghies and who may have sailed auxiliaries at six knots all their lives.
The basic sailplan is powerful and straightforward - a tall, double-spreader fractional rig with a big main and roller-furling jib. There's a bit of latitude in the J/105 one-design rules regarding choice of sailcloth, mainsail batten locations and lengths, roller-battens in the jib, and so forth, but the idea is to keep things simple. The deck layout reflects that idea - it's empty, except for a couple of very short jib-lead tracks.
The 105 makes one of its main points when it sails off the wind. J-Boats, figuring that by now everyone knows enough to tack downwind, fitted the 105 with an asymmetrical spinnaker in a snuffer, and a carbon-fiber bow pole that is launched through a tube out of the forepeak. The boat will race one-design with the main, jib and asymmetrical spinnaker, but in fact these three sails are all that 98 percent of J/105 owners will ever need. The arrangement is simple and it allows maximum VMG off the wind almost al the time. If fact, if this becomes a trend we may eventually see the demise of the pole-stabilized symmetrical chute, except on those few grand prix boats that have to carry sails for every possible angle. And good riddance.
The J/105 is completely optimized for shorthanded sailing; it can be raced easily with three or four, and cruised easily by two. "Anyone who has sailed a variety of so-called racer/cruisers in the last 10 or 15 years will be able to confirm that statement. The J/105 is exactly the boat many sailors would have bought in the 80's, even if they could have afforded something much more expensive. That's one reason it won the Racer/Cruiser category in SW's 1991 Boat of the Year Awards (Jan 1992) - it made a unified promise to a large cadre of sailors who haven't been able to find their idea of a true racer/cruiser. These are sailors who love racing fast auxiliaries but hate the complications - the rating hassles, the requisite heaps of gear and sails, and the problems of finding crew. They're the same sailors who like to sneak off for long weekends with their families once in a while, but either have to set and douse their chutes shorthanded or sit and grumble if their destinations are downwind. When they get where they are going, the don't want to live in pipe berths down below, but on the other hand they don't care for the weight and clutter of furnishings that are supposed to make them feel at home. All they really want is a light, fast boat that is easy to sail shorthanded, and maybe a cockpit where they can stretch out under the stars.