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Reading an attack on Taylor Swift and Katy Perry by feminist author Camille Paglia over the weekend made me despair. By the time I'd ingested all 2000 words of crazy, I wanted to throw my cup of coffee at the computer screen.
In a story for the Hollywood Reporter, Paglia suggests that Perry and Swift are ruining women by sending our personae and values back to the 1950s. Wait? What? That's right. Two young girls and their guitars are single-handedly destroying four decades of feminist achievement.
Her description of Taylor - who made over $US57 million last year - is unequivocal: "In TV interviews, Swift affects a 'golly, gee whiz' persona of cultivated blandness and self-deprecation, which is completely at odds with her shrewd glam dress sense", she wrote.
Meaning what, Camille? You can't be polite and show your legs at the same time? The article goes on to praise pop princess Rihanna for having an "an elemental erotic intensity, a sensuality inspired by the beauty of the Caribbean sun and sea". The same Rihanna who this week posed nude on Twitter and had the name of her ex-boyfriend – the one who beat her up – tattooed on her body. Swift, 'insincere and sinister', is damaging to women while Rihanna's behaviour is 'powerful'.
She doesn't leave it there. Next on the guillotine is Katy Perry - not for singing songs about kissing girls and partying, but for being a desperate "cyborg cheerleader".
"Although now 28, Katy Perry is still stuck in wide-eyed teen-queen mode", Paglia wrote. "Especially after the train wreck of her brief marriage to epicene roué Russell Brand, her dazzling smiles are starting to look as artificial as those of the ageing, hard-bitten Joan Crawford. Perry's prolific hit songs, saturating mainstream radio, hammer and yammer mercilessly".
These are songs that earned Perry $US45million last year. Songs that made her the only female artist to have five number one hits from one album. Why are they so bad? Because she sang them in a dress made out of fairy floss? If she'd sung about drugs instead of dreams, would she be powerful, too?
Paglia's ultimate question is this: "How is it possible that such monumental fortunes could be accumulated by performers whose songs have barely escaped the hackneyed teenybopper genre?"
Perhaps their success highlights the fact that said 'teenyboppers' are enjoying a change from the proliferation of misogynist messaging in songs. Maybe all the 'lock my girlfriend up in the trunk while I set the house on fire after tying you up because chains and whips excite you' schtick is getting a little old? It's possible that some young women are finding security in a safer, less confronting voice? Singing about Romeo and Juliet when you're sixteen years old is bad because...?
The article touched a nerve because I have two daughters and yes, at the moment, this week, they like Taylor Swift and Katy Perry. I did not put them on a boat and row them to the island - they discovered the music themselves. Their albums sit in the iTunes library alongside The Beatles, Beyonce and (God help me!), One Direction. As a mother, Perry and Swift's more innocent message has, frankly, been a delightful respite from the songs I mentioned earlier. Finally some lyrics I could explain, if asked, and video clips that I could let them watch - catchy, sugary, commercial, harmless pop. I struggle with why Paglia needs to turn it into a pile of negativity? There's no celebration of innocence in her message. We condemn it and question its authenticity - and, honestly, I find that desperately sad.
Paglia summarised with: "Middle-class white girls will never escape the cookie-cutter tyranny of their airless ghettos until the entertainment industry looks into its soul and starts giving them powerful models of mature womanliness".
Airless ghettos? There is nothing wrong with cookie-cutter. Just as there is nothing wrong with different. Or bland. Or raunchy. Or sexy. If Swift and Perry were the only influences in young women's lives, then perhaps we'd have an issue but Paglia has to give young women more credit. Just because they like a pop star and her music doesn't mean they're going to be abandon all other significant influences. It's because of women like Paglia that young girls now have freedom and choice - and it's not fair for her to wrestle it from them.
In 2013, feminism should not be about bullying other women. Surely it's more about tolerance, acceptance and inspiration... not Taylor Swift and Katy Perry's wardrobes.
Paula Joye has spent the last twenty years working in the fashion industry. She is the former editor of Cleo, Shop Til You Drop and Madison magazines.


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Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration (2002-2003)
Admission | Courses | Program | Requirements
Department Chairperson: B. Nick DiGrino
Graduate Faculty
Associate Graduate Faculty
The Department of Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration offers a program in graduate study leading to the Master of Science degree. Advanced course work is available in recreation administration and programming, park planning and management, outdoor/adventure recreation, therapeutic recreation, college leisure services programming, tourism, resort recreation, and youth services programming.
The Master of Science program with a major in Recreation, Park and Tourism Administration prepares persons to assume major responsibilities for delivery of leisure services. An individualized curriculum approach is utilized to help each student develop problem-solving and integrative thinking skills through core competencies deemed necessary for all graduates and career competencies relating to individual goals.
The program will: a) enlarge the student's concepts of the role and significance that leisure plays in promoting the quality of life for all Americans; b) help each each student develop an understanding and appreciation of the purpose and function to research as it relates to the planning, programming, and administration of leisure services; c) encourage each student to develop higher level academic and practical skills to be able to plan, program, and manage leisure services more efficiently and effectively; and d) assist students in their quest to become more proficient and effective professionals in their career interests.
Students who qualify may be assigned to staff positions with local agencies as departmental graduate assistants. Present assignments facilitate interests in student services, outdoor recreation and education, recreation administration and programming, therapeutic recreation, tourism, and research. Approximately twenty-five students receive graduate assistantships during the academic year.
To complete application, the following is required by the department:
The program requires a minimum of 34 semester hours including a minimum six semester hour culmination option.
422G Advanced Administration of Leisure Services. (3) Investigates advanced concepts and processes related to the administration of leisure services, including marketing applications and the management of human resources. Prerequisites: RPTA 322, permission of the instructor.
424G Fund Raising in Leisure Services. (2) A study of the principles and practices associated with fund raising in public as well as private nonprofit leisure service organizations. Prerequisites: RPTA 322 or consent of instructor.
425G Utilization of Volunteers in Leisure Services. (2) A study of the primary factors in the effective use of volunteers in leisure service agencies. Field project. Prerequisite: RPTA 322, graduate standing.
428G Youth and Leisure Services. (3) A study of the theories, principles, and practices related to youth and leisure, including social trends and issues, youth development, youth services agencies, program planning and evaluation, behavior management, leadership, and public relations. Field Project. Prerequisites: RPTA 230 and RPTA 332 or consent of the instructor.
446G Wilderness Leadership. (3) Prepares students to become qualified wilderness trip leaders. Expedition behavior, emergency procedures, and wilderness leadership responsibilities will be examined during a five-week expedition. Lab cost. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
448G Interpretation of Cultural and Environmental Resources. (3) Develops a basic understanding for interpretation of natural, environmental and cultural resources. Includes philosophy and techniques. Field trip. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
449G Management of Outdoor Adventure Recreation. (3) Management of outdoor adventure recreation in both intensity and wilderness/dispersed recreation environments is examined. Prerequisites: Permission of the instructor.
450G Traveling Workshop. (1–3) Opportunity for students to observe the operations of a variety of leisure service agencies and to discuss on location the trends, problems, and techniques in leisure service delivery. Lab cost. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
451G Principles of Therapeutic Recreation. (3) Principles of program planning for people with disabilities in clinical, residential, and community-based settings. Prerequisite: RPTA 251, permission of the instructor.
452G Leisure Services for the Elderly. (3) Examines theories and concepts related to leisure and aging; includes field experiences with the elderly. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
453G Clinical Therapeutic Recreation Processes. (3) Applies related clinical processes in therapeutic recreation service for persons with developmental, mental, emotional, social, physical, and chemical disabilities or impairments. Field project. Prerequisites: PSY 251 and RPTA 251, permission of the instructor.
454G Management of Therapeutic Recreation. (3) Management of therapeutic recreation services including organizational dynamics of healthcare institutions, finance and reimbursement, budgeting, risk management, accreditation standards, certification, professional ethics. Field trip. Prerequisites: RPTA 251, 351, and 451; permission of the instructor.
460G Community Tourism Development. (3) Provides essentials for successful development of a local tourism economy including organizing, planning, developing, and operation. Prerequisites: RPTA 362, permission of the instructor.
461G Conference and Convention Planning and Management. (3) Prepares students for positions as planners and managers of conferences and conventions at resorts, hotels, cruise ships, camps, universities, or other private or municipal convention centers. Graduate students will be expected to plan and carry out a conference. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
462G International Tourism. (3) Analysis of contemporary leisure travel behavior emphasizing world tourism markets, products, attractions, sales and industry trends. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
464G Group Tour Planning and Management. (3) Examines the history, structure, and mechanics of creating and selling packaged tours and the role of the group tour designer in an expanding travel and tourism industry. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
465G Tourism Destination Promotion. (3) A comprehensive study of the funcitons of community tourism promotion. Examines management strategies and methods to fund and operate a promotional agency and fulfill responsibilities to community, local service providers, and potential visitors. Prerequisite: RPTA 362.
466G Resort Management. (3) Principles and practices to plan, develop, manage and operate resort properties, with emphasis on leisure-based facilities and services. Prerequisite: RPTA 362 or Permission of the instructor.
467G Special Event Planning and Management. (3) The application of methods and techniques to plan, implement and evaluate successful community special events. Content includes selection of event themes and coordination of set up, staff, finance, promotion, partnerships, operations and evaluation. Prerequisite: RPTA 332.
482G Facility Management. (3) Explores problems, principles, and techniques of management, design, and operation of selected park and recreation facilities. Special emphasis on swimming pools, tennis, racquetball, golf, ice skating, and community center activities. Consideration given to factors affecting energy conservation and reducing operational costs. Field trip. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
483G Trail and Landscape Construction. (3) Includes field layout and construction methods for outdoor recreation facilities (trails, boat ramps, campsites, etc.). Stresses site analysis, measurement, landscape suitabilities/limitations and construction requirements. Real park development projects used as labs. Lab cost for field trips and materials. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
488G Park Open Space Planning. (3) Investigates theory, principles, and methods of planning recreation land systems. Explores procedures to preserve, acquire, and develop recreation lands and green space throughout a district or urban area. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
489G Park Maintenance and Operations Management. (3) Explores procedures and problems of recreation area operation with emphasis on planning and management for maintenance efficiency. Topics include planning, scheduling, standards, cost control, vandalism, etc. Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor.
490G Independent Study. (1–3, repeatable to 8) Research projects or independent study not covered in other courses. Credit assigned according to the nature and scope of project. Prerequisite: Written description of proposal including justification, objectives, and procedures must be submitted to the department chairperson prior to enrollment; permission of department chairperson required.
511 Measurement and Statistical Analysis. (3) Statistics and experimental designs that are necessary to evaluate data collected from measurement commonly obtained in recreation and park administration.
515 Philosophy of Leisure. (3) Examination of professional ethics in leisure service delivery based upon exploration of classical and contemporary thought.
522 Seminar in Administration of Leisure Services. (3) An in-depth study of specific selected administrative problems relating to such topics as legislative and legal problems, finance, budgeting, personnel policies, land acquisition, agency relationships, etc.
526 Fiscal Management in Leisure Services. (3) This course examines the fiscal process in leisure service organizations, analyzes revenue production and expenditure alternatives, and identifies internal and external control mechanisms.
530 Program Development and Supervision. (3) A seminar in the administration and management of leisure programs in a variety of agency and organizational settings. Techniques in needs assessment, as well as development, implementation, and evaluation of leisure programs, are studied.
540 Camp Administration. (2) The administration of resident and day camps including personnel training and supervision, program development and evaluation, finance, food operation and housing, maintenance and site development in the natural environment. A two- to three-day field trip is included. Lab cost.
544 The Administration of Outdoor Education. (2) The administration of outdoor education programs. The study of local, state, and national trends in outdoor education. A 2-3 day field trip included. Lab cost.
560 College Union Administration. (3) A study of special administrative aspects specific to the development and advising of college union programs including the place of student unions in higher education.
580 Skills in Community Development. (3) This course emphasizes the practical skills required to be an effective community developer, including conflict resolution, leadership, comunication, and community capacity-building. The focus is on skill-building, as students are provided opportunities to practice new techniques. Topics will be modified as new technologies and other external factors impact the practice of community development. Graded S/U. Prerequisite: Graduate standing.
590 Research in Leisure Services. (1–3, repeatable)
599 Research Methods in Leisure Services. (3) Research methods used in scholarly studies to solve problems common to recreation and park and tourism administration.
600 Seminar in Leisure Services. (1–3, repeatable) Course content in response to needs and approved programs of graduate students. Utilization of specialists, consultants, visiting professors. Course may be repeated with permission.
601 Thesis. (6)
603 Professional Internship. (6) Direct assignment on a three-month to 12-month basis to a leisure services agency or organization under the specific direction of a qualified agency administrator and supervision of a recreation faculty member. Involvements focus on practical and uniquely necessary competencies best developed in the work setting. Prerequisite: Graduate Committee approval.


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Telecommunications and Informatics specialization provides knowledge and skills required for contribution to the design and implementation of networks, systems and services, especially identification, formulation and solution of intermediate engineering problems in the area of communication networks and information services.
Besides general computing topics, information representation, logic and languages for specification and modelling are studied, as well as architecture of telecommunication networks and systems, and multimedia services.
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PS 94:19 "In the multitude of my anxieties within me, Your comforts delight my soul." A place for Scriptural quotes, words of upliftment and mutual encouragement. Share how a particular Scripture or word has uplifted your soul, as a light to others.
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MILLEDGEVILLE, Ga. – The Georgia College softball team and head coach Jamie Madewell-Grodecki have postponed their scheduled doubleheader with No. 22 Armstrong Atlantic at the Peeler Complex. Originally slotted for Monday, March 28, the double-dip has been moved to Tuesday, April 5 at 3 p.m.
The 'Cats will be back in action Wednesday, March 30 at 2 p.m. when they take on Columbus State University at the Peeler Complex.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, back-to-back winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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How to Use the Kindle Fire Carousel
You may have fond memories of riding a carousel at the fair as a kid. The Kindle Fire Carousel may not bring the same thrill, but it does have its charms as you swipe through it to see a revolving display of recent books, music, videos, websites, docs, and apps.
If you've used an Android device, such as a smartphone, you've probably encountered the Carousel concept. On Kindle Fire, items you've used recently are displayed here chronologically, with the most recent item you used on top.
You can swipe your finger to the right or left to flick through the Carousel contents. When you find an item you want to view or play, tap to open it.
Whatever you tap opens in the associated player or reader. Music will open in the Amazon MP3 music player; video in the Amazon Video player; and docs, books, and magazines in the Kindle e-reader.
When you first begin using Kindle Fire, before you've accessed any content, by default the Carousel contains the Amazon Kindle User Guide and the absolutely free New Oxford American Dictionary. It may also contain recently used content from your Amazon Cloud library.


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"There's nothing like driving to avoid jail." That timeless bit of wisdom from Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby proved to be true in real life this week after ex-NASCAR driver Tyler Walker was arrested after he led police on a high-speed chase through three states.
According to this report in USA Today, Walker, 33, faces a litany of drug and alcohol charges after police chased him through Nevada, Arizona and Utah.
Walker, who raced in the Nationwide and Camping World Truck series, was booted out of NASCAR in 2007 for violating their drug policy. In recent years, he has been active in racing Sprint Cars.
And those skills were certainly put to use earlier this week when he failed to stop for Nevada state troopers. The chase continued through Arizona and into Utah, until state troopers there deployed spike strips, which took out the tires on his 2007 BMW 750Li.
Walker got out of the car and attempted to flee on foot before he was taken down by police, according to news reports. When they searched his car, officers found meth, marijuana, drug paraphernalia and booze inside. Walker now faces a laundry list of charges, including possession, evading police and driving with an open container. His passenger, 30-year-old Raelie Hann McDonald, was also arrested.
Once considered one of NASCAR's rising stars until getting kicked out for substance abuse, Walker and his crew were also involved in a much-publicized fight with track security at the Williams Grove Speedway last year.
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Valery Velez Cuevas, a 20-year old student of Advertising, will represent Puerto Rico at the Miss Supranational 2011 pageant to be held in Plock, Poland, on August 27th. Valery, who is also a model stands 175cm in height and competed in the last edition of Miss Universe Puerto Rico contest held in November.
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Looks like something out of T2.....interesting how Naim has always designed gear to primarily fit smaller British spaces, perhaps these amps are now targeted for the new wealthy oligrachs living on Moscow on the Thames or the new wealth coming out of Asia or the American hedge funders. Either way very beautiful, and can say the build quality looks amazing, dare I say matches the price. Would love to hear them one of these days. But Wow!
Naim's Statement Amplifier
The Statement is the result of three years' work by a team led by the company's Electronic Design Director, Steve Sells. Steve showed me the interior of the power amplifier (above) to emphasize that the topology is based on a vertical layout, with the power supply in the base of each unit suspended on an A-frame and coupled to the floor using spikes. The audio signal paths are kept as short as possible, with a three-dimensional layout minimizing electromagnetic interference and eliminating parasitics. Even the output devices are made especially for Naim, and mount the transistor die directly to the heatsink to lower the thermal impedance and shunt heat away from the transistor as fast as possible. The circuit was described as an error-correction type and Steve said that the amplifier was so stable that you could clip it continually at high frequencies without breaking anything.
The class-A preamplifier also features vertical layout and disconnects unused inputs to lower the noise floor. It has a unique dual-action volume control: volume is established by a resistor divider; however, this is only when the volume is set; when the volume control is turned, reed relays disconnect the resistor ladder and the new level is set by a Cirrus Logic volume-control chip; as soon as the volume control is released, the Cirrus chip is disconnected and the better-sounding resistor ladder immediately assumes the new setting. I tried this out and could not detect any glitches that might result from this process. It was seamless.
One more photo of the Naim Statement, this time from Jason Serinus, to emphasize the gorgeous industrial design, which sculpts the heatsinks with a wave motif. The sound in this room, with the Statement driving Focal Stella Utopia speakers, was one of the best I experienced at the 2014 CES, with an enormous dynamic range and the feeling that you could follow reverberation tails on a recording like John Rutter's Requiem down for ever into the ultimate silence. Amplifiers that can play very loudly are plentiful; Naim's Statement is the rare amplifier that simultaneously plays extraordinarily quietly without the music becoming submerged.
One should not speak ill of the dead, I suppose, but it does seem that Julian Hirsch, former editor-at-large of Stereo Review, obeyed his thoughts far more than his ears.
I've always liked the Naim sound, this should be very interesting, but if they went for a name like Statement I would have prefered to see many more smaller power supply caps for even lower esr than two baked bean can caps.
Cheers George
One could say the same, Timenlex, of an SUV or a large boat, both of which are common enough and tend to escape criticism most of the time. Have you seen the way luxury yachts are appointed?
Perhaps you should get out more often.
Should every manufacture make humble, modest appliances - underspecified even, in order to satisfy the tastes and priorities of those with modest means? If anybody won the lottery tomorrow, this Naim amp, and the new house to put it in, would be on several audiophiles shortlist.
One thing i'll perhaps never understand is why after a nice and informative article, especially one about something new or innovative, there is always a bench of people waiting to take down the author, the equipment, or both. I think of the line from Elenor Rigby...


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Gang,I am currently in Samoa, and they are filming now in Samoa. The crew is staying at a hotel called Aggie Grey's Resort and Spa. This must be 24 as I believe 23 may have already wrapped. I flew to Fiji yesterday for the day and on the plane were five of the cast members -- must have already been booted off. They were not Coach or Ozzie. It included a tall clean cut blond guy; a tattooed white girl with short, dark hair; a white girl with long dark hair; a slightly bearded short white guy with dark hair, and a black guy hair that was froish. These folks were all young (under 40) and "actor looking." They were accompanied on the trip to Fiji by a minder with an Australian accent (producer?). Americans are hard to come by in this part of the world, so an American accent stands out. This was not a group of friends travelling together. I hired a driver in Fiji and he took me to a semi-secluded resort called "First Landing," where I ran across these Americans there. They were the only folks in the place other than moi, who went to the spa. The resort while I was there added security. The staff were cagey about who these Americans were. (There is also heavy security at Aggie Gray's). I'm fairly certain these were booted castmates. Your thoughts?
Thanks for bringing that back up. The black guy sounds like Bill, the white female with long dark hair could be Monica, the "slightly bearded short white guy with dark hair" could be Leif, the blond guy must be Greg, and I can't find a tattooed white girl.
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Drive by shooting
The types of Drive-By[edit]
Drive-byes come in many different varieties. There is the Water Ballooning type, which is quite self-explanatory. There is also the pieing type, in which the subject is pied, and the fruiting type, made famous by Mrs. Doubtfire. Then there is the more well-known drive-by shooting. However, the type that is commonly regarded as most deadly is the drive-by uraniumizing, in which the target is subject to lethal radioactive poisoning, as are the drivers. Therefore, it is also one of the only suicidal drive-byes. Jesus H. Christ is widely regarded as the only person to ever survive a drive-by uraniumizing.
The drive by may seem frustrating to accomplish at first, it can be easily done and repeated. Many have tried and failed, but also many have mastered the grand art of drive-bys. Here are some instructions for beginners.
1. Get an item to use as drive-by material.
2. Get a bite to eat.
3. Get in the car.
4. Pick a victim and/or house (preferably Jackson Griffith)
5. Throw, shoot, or radiationalize your victim.
6. join Al Qaida
7. do your mum!!!!!
8. Then go to a pub and get drunk.
9. You know what happens next......
Those are the basics of the drive-by. One huge technique of master drive-byers is to spice up what you throw. Here is a list of things to throw that might spark the mind of the amateur.
1. Toilet bowl lids
2. Cats
3. Money
4. Leftovers
The history of the Drive-by[edit]
The term "Drive by shooting" originally denoted a method of driving an automobile by means of controlling the speed of the vehicle through use of the feet on the clutch and brake pedals and the steering by skilfully shooting the steering wheel with a pistol or shotgun rather than controlling it with the hands. This technique became quite the fashion for young men about town in the 1890's, hoping to impress eligible young ladies with their skill and ability in keeping the car moving in a straight line while bleeding heavily from the legs and groin.
It was only in 1976 that gangsters realised that going up to a rival and shooting him in the street was an inefficient and messy method of settling territorial disputes. They eventually reasoned that leaning out of a car window and spraying their target with hot lead, then driving away before the suddenly bullet riddled cadaver had even hit the paving stones was a far more satisfactory method. Thus the term "Drive by shooting" subtly changed its meaning.
How to choose a victim[edit]
The choosing of a victim is simple. Simply pick someone that you strongly dislike, normaly dislike, weakly dislike, neutrally like, or like some what. In history, mobsters have simply picked people who looked at them funny. However, the best victims are people who don't know you, or do not own any cars. Planning is equally as important. A good resource is a hired stalker, a.k.a. a private eye. Once you know the victim's daily routine, you begin the second stage of planning.
How to choose a weapon/driver[edit]
The weapon in the drive-by is equally important as the driver himself. Unfortunately, some of the most talented and gifted drive-by drivers of this day and age have either been shot or put in jail. The weapons, too, aren't allowed out, as many are rabid animals. In one of the most famous drive-bies in modern history, a philosopher was attacked with rational thinking. The man has supposedlybeen put into the wacky shack, also known as the insane asylum. Every target has a weapon that suits him/her best, but please, never use a machine gun or handgun. That's far too blunt. Instead, do something more artistic.


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Salaam and Greetings of Peace:
Monday, January 20, 2014 is the National Holiday to celebrate the 85th birthday of Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, (born January 15, 1929). I do not have the words to do justice to his life and work, and so I will quote only two paragraphs that may help explain why he is one of this nation's exemplary heroes.
"The gospel at its best deals with the whole man, not only his soul but his body, not only his spiritual well-being, but his material well being. Any religion that professes to be concerned about the souls of men and is not concerned about the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them and the social conditions that cripple them is a spiritually moribund religion awaiting burial." – Pilgrimage to Non-Violence, 1960
"Nonviolence is the answer to the crucial political and moral questions of our time: the need for man to overcome oppression and violence without resorting to oppression and violence. Man must evolve for all human conflict a method which rejects revenge, aggression and retaliation. The foundation of such a method is love." – Nobel Prize acceptance speech, Stockholm, Sweden, December 11, 1964.
God bless his soul and memory, and may we as a people learn from his example. Amen!
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Hoops is responsible for the performance of numerous subsidiary companies providing top-tier services to the government and executive staff functions supporting Chugach's federal government enterprise. He provides executive management in the planning, programming, budgeting, marketing, and execution of all federal government contracting business for Chugach Alaska Corporation.
Hoops has over 40 years' experience working for the government as an Air Force Officer and as a government services contractor. He has extensive experience in aviation, facility maintenance and management, technical services, construction, and education and training. He started with Chugach as the president of Chugach Industries, Inc., at the time a new subsidiary—and grew it from its infancy, as an 8(a) company, to a large business entity.
He became the Senior Vice President of Business Development in 2009, before assuming his current role in 2017. As the SVP Business Development, he was responsible for all aspects of government relations, strategy development, marketing, bid and proposal compliance and strategies, as well as contract startups and transitions.
He obtained his bachelor's degree from the United States Air Force Academy and earned his master's degree in Systems Management from the University of Southern California. He also attended the Air War College and the Armed Forces Joint Staff College. Since Hoops retirement from the military, he has stayed highly involved with the young airmen at Nellis Air Force Base by being an active supporter of the Nellis AFB Support Team (NST).
Hoops and his wife, Mary Ann Hopper, have two married daughters and a granddaughter.


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Speaking at the AFL-CIO's quadrennial conference last week, U.S. Labor Secretary Tom Perez referred to his agency as the "Department of Opportunity" for its efforts to restore the middle class through its policy initiatives and enforcement of wage and workplace safety laws.
According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, Perez promised he would not hesitate to aggressively use the department's regulatory authority to accomplish his goals.
Because he's relatively new to the job — he took over on July 23 — Perez may not be aware that farmers, ranchers and processors have long been subjected to the aggressive use of the Obama Department of Opportunity's regulatory authority and enforcement powers.
Opportunity isn't always a good thing.
Last year several Oregon blueberry growers had the opportunity to have their due process rights subverted and submit to state-sponsored extortion.
The department threatened to declare the growers' berries "hot goods," grown, harvested and packed in violation of the Fair Labor Standards Act. Even the threat of the designation would keep customers from accepting the berries, putting millions of dollars worth of perishable product at risk.
That's when the growers were given the opportunity to admit their guilt, pay a hefty fine and have their "hot goods" trouble go away without watching their crop rot as they awaited months for an administrative hearing.
The department extended the same opportunity in Washington state this season, but were stymied by an uncooperative grower and an unsympathetic federal judge.
Early in the president's first term, growers and processors who use the H-2A visa program to ensure they have a legal workforce had the opportunity to work under rewritten rules that made it far more difficult to get needed workers.
Those using the program had to prove they made extensive efforts to hire domestic workers, which included placing help wanted ads within a four-state radius. At the height of the recession, Growers and processors report getting plenty of applicants, but only a small number who were qualified. Few of those actually hired lasted more than a few days.
Additionally, the new rules required extensive new paperwork for each worker hired.
In 2011 the Department of Opportunity floated a reinterpretation of accepted regulations to "increase the parity between the agricultural and nonagricultural child labor provisions" of federal law.
In plain language, the department sought to deprive all but the oldest teens the opportunity to work on their family farms and learn the business from parents, grandparents and other extended family members. Bipartisan outrage at the proposal, and the administration's desire to keep from offending voters during the re-election campaign, caused the department to back off.
We take Perez at his word, and expect he will vigorously wield his regulatory and enforcement authority in the remaining years of the president's term.
We await with bated breath the new opportunities his tenure will provide the agricultural community.


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Is there a solution to worrying besides "don't worry"? Certainly, the usual platitudes abound: Lighten up. You can't control the world. Everything happens for a reason. They seldom help -- so we set out to find out what does.
We asked Buddhist psychotherapist Stephen Cope and cognitive psychologist Robert Leahy, Ph.D., to share their insights on coping with worry. Chances are you'll see yourself in more than one of the following six profiles -- and that's okay. The goal is to better understand where your worries come from, and to start changing the ways they affect your life.
You're as likely to worry about whether the waiter will mess up your order as you are about getting to the bank before it closes. Sometimes you even worry to fill time.
To change this, learn to distinguish between productive and unproductive worry, says Leahy. "Ask yourself what you're getting out of worrying." Does it help you get more prepared or more anxious? Does it hone your attention or scatter it?
Worrying about a speech you're giving may motivate you to plan carefully -- which Leahy calls productive worry. But dwelling on "What if no one shows up?" is unproductive and provokes anxiety (especially since you can't do anything about it).
Jot down every worry that's buzzing through your mind right now. Don't think; just write for two minutes straight. Then review your list. Which worries have a corresponding action? For those, write down the action (confirm the tickets, call the doctor). Your unproductive worries are those without a corresponding action. They represent nothing but a waste of time and energy, so cross them off.
Try this a few times throughout the week and analyze your findings. What percentage of your worries are unproductive? When you become more aware of how much time you spend on unproductive worries, you'll get better at refocusing that time elsewhere.
Consciously or not, you believe you can control the universe through your thoughts. If you worry about it enough, you'll make that good thing happen (or prevent a bad thing from happening). Consumed by uncertainty and fearful of change, you feel you could stop worrying if only you had the one thing that forever eludes you: total control.
Since you don't know what will happen in the future, you use worry to protect yourself from the unknown -- with mixed results. "Life is profoundly impermanent and constantly changing," says Cope, "and it's best to let go of attempts to control experiences and outcomes."
Get absorbed in the present. "Give yourself something delightful and compelling to focus on right now," says Cope. When you walk your dog, focus on the swing and rhythm of your legs. When you eat an orange, allow the whole of your attention to be absorbed by it -- the scent, the texture, the weight of it in your hand.
If your attention starts to wander, gently bring it back. The more in tune you are with this central, observing part of yourself, the easier it is to embrace the flow of life without feeling threatened -- and the fewer opportunities you give worry to creep in.
You believe your worry is a barometer or sign of future catastrophe. If it's on your radar as a cause for concern, it must, therefore, be a true threat. Your problem, says Denise Marek, author of "CALM*: A Proven Four-Step Process Designed Specifically for Women Who Worry," is an inability to tell the difference between worry and intuition. The two share trademark signs: a sense of impending doom, a change in physical sensation (nagging headache, nervous stomach). But there's one key differentiating factor. "Intuition starts as a feeling," says Marek. "Worry starts as a thought."
To tell the difference, tune in to what comes first. You may get the heebies when you're introduced to a new colleague. It could be your intuition telling you he can't be trusted. But if you're already worried about your job security, the unsettled feeling may really reflect worry, not intuition.
Take the intuition test. "Worry breeds anxiety, but intuition breeds calm," says Marek. If your worrying worsens, reducing your ability to focus, chances are it's stemming from anxiety. Intuition, on the other hand, often brings clarity, insight, and sound decision-making; you feel more sure, not less, of what you need to do.
Pay close attention not just to the physical sensations you experience, but to how and when you began to feel them. If you experience a gut feeling, take a closer look at what may be the source of it. If it resulted from an interaction or a fleeting insight, ask yourself what might have caused it. If it came as a result of thoughts, chalk it up to worry-induced anxiety, and let it go.
You're haunted by larger, looming questions: "What is the point of life?" and "What does it all mean?" It feels trivial to go about your day without pondering the big-picture implications of everything. It may seem that you're doing the big thinking for the rest of us, but you may just be adding to your worries. A little intellectual discourse will make for compelling conversation, but when you prioritize metaphysical worry over more urgent matters (your job, relationships, finances), you may be adding to your despair.
Many contemplative traditions like Buddhism and yoga recommend against vast and fruitless philosophical deliberations, says Cope. "They teach you to focus on the present and what's in front of you right now." He adds that getting caught up in big, airy topics can signify a kind of denial. "It's much more beneficial to bring your awareness, energy, and attention closer to home."
Drill down. Just as smaller worries tend to mask larger issues centering on self-image and social acceptance, bigger fears also often belie the issue at hand.
First, identify what bigger-issue worries consume you and how often (every morning when you awake? after the news?). What are those worries distracting you from?
Second, give yourself space to engage in your own intellectual curiosity -- minus the accompanying fearful emotions -- by channeling it more beneficially. Take an adult-education class on Nietzsche at a local college, for instance, or start a book club where you can read and discuss the bigger issues together. That way you feed your zest for inquiry without letting it overwhelm you.
You ruminate over past conversations and actions ad infinitum. You believe that if you revisit the past enough times, you'll somehow feel better about it. By worrying, you somehow hope to turn off the "Regret" switch. But it never seems to work, so you keep at it.
What's done is done -- and she who tries to change or fix past events by worrying about them will find little relief. Part of the problem may lie in the way you talk to yourself: Negative self-talk can stir up regret, guilt, and self-doubt -- all of which only feeds those ruminations.
Do you editorialize your decisions? Do you condemn or chastise, thinking things like "I always say stupid things like that" or "I should never have gone to that party in the first place"? If so, you may want to turn the spotlight on your inner dialogue, which may be the source of worry.
Close the book. Rather than go over and over past events or conversations, Marek suggests writing down what happened, how you acted, and what you'll do differently next time. Note your use of "worry words" -- should, can't, no one, everyone, always, never -- and commit to replacing those words with more realistic terms in the future: could, prefer, can, choose not to, some people, sometimes.
The most valuable thing you gain from experience -- good or bad -- is the wisdom to handle things more wisely when that situation arises again. When you're done, close the book on it, once and for all.
You're concerned about the fate of the planet at large, and burdened with thoughts of war, hunger, and greenhouse-gas emissions. You feel it's your duty to keep these issues on your worry radar, and that, by doing so, you are somehow helping improve the situation.
Similar to the Existentialist, the Worldwide Worrier concerns herself with the big issues -- minus the metaphysical slant. We should all be concerned with others' safety and well-being and the health of our environment. But when these concerns overshadow all else, you create no end of guilt ("How can I worry about replacing the washer/dryer when there's a war going on, the planet's heating up, and sea levels are rising?").
It's time to pull back on the reins a bit. Although your vision and compassion are admirable, they're also getting in the way of your ability to do your best on any front.
Align actions with values. Support the causes you hold dear -- without committing to a life fraught with unproductive worry. Rather than exert energy worrying about the problem, transform those unproductive frets into actions that support the causes close to your heart.
If you're concerned with climate change (and who isn't?), devise a plan for making a difference -- whether it's by changing your buying habits, writing to your mayor, or participating in local activist groups. Worrying alone is not enough to save the planet, prevent disease, or feed hungry children. Actions, even small ones, are the worry antidote.
Not sure which type of worrier you are? Take our quiz to get your diagnosis and coping strategies.


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- Grease with small amount of cooking oil or use nonstick cooking oil spray on a 10-inch round pan (at least 2 ½ inches high). Powder pan with flour. Tap out excess flour.
- Sift together flour and baking powder.
- In a separate bowl, beat together margarine and sugar until soft and creamy.
- Beat in eggs, vanilla, and orange peel.
- Gradually add the flour mixture alternating with the milk, beginning and ending with flour.
- Pour the mixture into the pan. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until done.
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My Adobo: Making Environmentalism Kids' Stuff
Here's a neat little site that we found, via eHub. My Adobo is a UK-based site designed to teach kids (and, one supposes, bored adults, as well) how to make their homes a more earth-friendly place.
The site is designed around a very slick interface, which let's kids choose different options, for different aspects of their home, from the type of car sitting in the parking lot, to the kind of light bulbs in all of the lamps. For ever decision made by the user, a tip is offered to help become a bit more environmentally friendly. Some of the statistics offered are UK-only, but the tips are pretty universal, none the less.
Once you've finished customizing your home, you can submit it. My Adobo will offer you code to embed in your Web site or blog [see above]. The site will also place your home on a virtual street, where you can explore the houses of other users.
It may not be the most exciting Flash-based experience on the Web, but My Adobo is a clever and well-designed way to help kids get interested in the small steps that it takes to make our planet a better place.


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Like who? While I'm leery of straying too far off the well tread internet commerce path, I'm willing to at least start looking.Sketchpad wrote:Oh I know how distribution works. And unfortunately, it's been so many more than just one CS person at Amazon. Honestly, that's why I deal with other online stores more for my gaming and comic needs.
It's unfortunate that (as far as I'm aware) there isn't a brick and mortar game store within an hour of me. Tons of comic stores, but no game stores.


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WEST DES MOINES, Iowa -- Mike Goodes opened the Principal Charity Classic by sticking all of his approaches next to the cup and tapping in for easy birdies.
Knowing such good fortune was unlikely to last, Goodes put it out of his mind and finished Friday's opening round of the Principal Charity Classic nearly as well as he started it.
Goodes shot a 7-under 64 to take a two-shot lead at Glen Oaks Country Club. Jay Haas, who won in Iowa in 2007 and 2008, leads a group at 5-under 66 that includes South African David Frost and former Masters champion Larry Mize.
Goodes opened his round with four straight birdies. He nearly had two more on Nos. 5 and 6 and he closed with back-to-back birdies on the 17th and 18th holes. Goodes shot a 30 on the front nine and matched his lowest overall score on the Champions Tour.
"Just tried to play after that because you know you don't want to start thinking about how good you are after four (holes)," Goodes said. "You're not going to finish too good then."
Goodes, whose only Champions Tour win came at the Allianz Championship in 2009, stumbled to a bogey on No. 7 before racking up back-to-back birdies.
Goodes and Larry Nelson, who were playing in the same group, went to No. 18 tied at 6 under. But Goodes watched Nelson hit a strong putt that shot past the hole en route to a bogey, which helped him judge his try well enough to sink it from above the hole at just under 20 feet.
"It's like a great shooter in basketball. It's my day, and you just keep shooting and think you're going to make everything," Goodes said. "You're seeing putts go in the hole, there's no reason to think the next one's not going to go."
Haas struggled in his previous two tournaments, tying for 29th at last week's Senior PGA Championship. But he had a 69 in his last round at Harbor Shores in Michigan and he carried it over into Friday.
Haas needed just 23 putts in the opening round, a welcome change of pace after struggling recently on the greens.
"Kind of a product of just working at it a little bit. Hit more solid putts and made some nice mid-range putts," Haas said. "My pace was good on my putts."
Graham Marsh, 68, scored the tournament's first hole-in-one since 2006 when he aced the 203-yard second hole. Marsh, who also had a hole-in-one on a different hole during a pro-am earlier in the week, blew his good fortune with three bogeys and a double bogey on the final seven holes and finished at 2 over.
"That's an amazing thing when you think about it," Marsh said. "I don't know if I've ever heard of three in one week, but I've still got three days to achieve it haven't I?"
Fuzzy Zoeller and John Harris both aced the 16th hole back in 2006.
Defending champion Bob Gilder opened with a 70. Gilder won at Glen Oaks for the second time in 2011 with a 30-foot birdie putt on the final hole as Mark Brooks three-putted for bogey.
Brooks, whose bogey on the notoriously difficult par-4 17th hole precipitated his downfall last year, made par on that one Friday en route to a solid 67.
Tom Lehman, Mark Calcavecchia and Kenny Perry were part of an impressive group at 3 under.


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The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) presented Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) with its Land Stewardship Award during the 38th annual NWTF National Convention and Sport Show in Nashville, Tenn. MidwayUSA was the official show sponsor.
The NWTF has given the Land Stewardship Award each year since 1994 to forestry and utility companies and organizations for excellence in land management, partnerships and NWTF project support. The award recognizes those who have done outstanding work to benefit natural resources through land stewardship and partnerships. This year's award winner was chosen based on how their work strengthens the NWTF's new Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative and habitat restoration within four focal landscapes in Texas.
"I'm honored to accept this award on behalf of the men and women who work for Texas Parks and Wildlife Department," said Ross Melinchuk, deputy executive director for natural resources with TPWD. "It symbolizes the strong partnership between and among Texas landowners, our department, state and federal agencies, research institutions and NWTF's staff and volunteers. I want to applaud NWTF for launching Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. The initiative aligns very closely TPWD's goals of trying to conserve habitat, recruit new hunters into the fold and increase access for hunters."
The state agency operates 95 state parks and natural areas, 49 wildlife management areas and eight fish hatcheries that comprise 1.4 million acres that are managed in the public trust for recreation and conservation. Texas has 12 distinct regions covering 268,000 square miles, which present unprecedented conservation and land-management challenges. TPWD's support of NWTF programs has been vital in the Lone Star State.
TPWD has provided $350,000 since 2007 to support two cooperative biologist positions that have fostered $4.5 million of habitat work on public and private land. In addition to other financial commitments, the TPWD awarded the NWTF $1.4 million in Game Bird Stamp Funds to help create early successional habitat to benefit wild turkeys, quail, grassland birds and other wildlife on public and private land.
This commitment includes partnering with the Oaks and Prairies Joint Venture in Texas to administer $410,000 for habitat work that will benefit upland wildlife species. TPWD continues their four-year commitment to infuse $50,000 of Game Bird Stamp Funds annually to assist landowners in removing invasive plant species on the Canadian River.
"Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is a national leader in effectively conserving natural resources and promoting outdoor recreation," said Becky Humphries, NWTF executive vice president of conservation. "The agency's contributions to the NWTF, to conserving habitat and preserving our nation's hunting traditions, are too generous to measure."
The NWTF's Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt. initiative is a charge that mobilizes science, fundraising and devoted volunteers to give the NWTF more energy and purpose than ever. Through this national initiative, NWTF has committed to raising $1.2 billion to conserve and enhance more than 4 million acres of essential upland wildlife habitat, create at least 1.5 million new hunters and open access to 500,000 new acres for hunting, shooting and outdoor enjoyment. Without hunters, there will be no wildlife or habitat. The NWTF is determined to Save the Habitat. Save the Hunt.
For more information about the Land Stewardship Award or other convention highlights, contact Melanie Swearingen at [email protected] or (803) 637-7634.
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New England Regional Genealogical Conference. Over the course of three days I got to listen to some of the best genealogical speakers in the United States.
While watching Craig Roberts Scott give a talk called "The Impact of Bounty Land on Migration Within and Out of New England," I realized that I could learn a thing or two from watching his style. Craig uses a very interactive technique with his audience. In a way it's almost like a teacher presenting to students except more fun. Craig asks the audience loads of questions during his talk. Sometimes he's looking for real answers and sometimes he's just being silly and having fun. But the effect is to keep the audience engaged and participating.
Craig and keynote speaker, Paul Milner, shared a different interactive trait in common. Both speakers engaged the audience in a fifteen minute question and answer session BEFORE the sessions started. This allowed the speakers to build a rapport with the audience, get them engaged in the topic that was about to be discussed and allowed them to gage the audience's knowledge of the topic. I had never seen a speaker do a Q&A before a talk but I really liked it.
I quickly realized that one of the best ways to become a better speaker yourself is to watch other speakers, especially very experienced ones. From then on my attendance at talks was more focused on watching the speakers' presentation styles that it was on the content.
For instance, Lucie Lewis showed skills as a seasoned story teller while interweaving the tale of a family history. I don't think I could become that kind of story teller but I can appreciate the technique and try to weave a little more storytelling into my talks.
In the opening session D. Joshua Taylor did an amazing job of captivating, enlightening and engaging the audience. He makes public speaking look effortless. I'm just going to have to attribute his speaking ability to a natural gift. No one makes it look quite so easy as he does.
During his talk on Federal Court Records, John Philip Coletta used repetition to help teach the audience exactly how to request the records themselves. With such a complicated topic, I found the technique to be very helpful.
The Keynote speakers during their banquet talks really demonstrated their abilities to captivate an audience. Paul Milner displayed a flair for the dramatic that was unexpected and powerful. John Philip Coletta, meanwhile, educated his audience while being humorous and engaging in a good-natured banter with an otherwise potentially tough audience.
The best place to watch other speakers is at a large regional or national conference. The speakers are providing their best performances at the larger venues. And the advantage for you is that you have the chance to see many different styles and techniques all in one place.
So the next time you go to a conference, don't just listen to the content, learn from how the speakers are presenting. It will do wonders for your own speaking ability.
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Top: John Philip Colletta giving the Saturday night banquet talk at the 11th New England Regional Genealogical Conference.
Bottom: Speakers Paul Milner and Pamela Boyer Sayre.
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Wednesday, April 13, 2011
Speaker Tip: An Easy Way to Become a Better Speaker
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Great post. Spot on, too. Some great speakers to model on. It seems to be a combination of content, flow, interaction with audience, and humor. Each of these speakers excels in all of these areas. A pleasure to watch them work.ReplyDelete
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Great posting. I had similar experiences during the presentations that I attended. As a "newbee" speaking, some things were confirmed, one or two point out what not to do, but I was aware of presentation styles.
The best, for me, was Cinderella and "you know you are a genealogist when ...." talk.
Excellent discussion of presenter styles - yes, it is like a journal article! We can all learn from each new experience. Thanks for this one! ;-)
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Written and directed by Dominik Moll and based on the novel by author Matthew Lewis, 2011's The Monk is set in the 1700s begins with a scene in which an orphaned infant boy with a birthmark shaped like a hand is left on the doorstep of a monastery. The monks take him in and raise him, naming him Ambrosio (Vincent Cassel). As he grows up he becomes one of the more influential men in the order, delivering sermons powerful enough to send young women in the congregation into an unusual state. One such example is a beautiful lady named Antonia (Joséphine Japy) who, along with her mother, Elvire (Catherine Mouchet), witness one such sermon.
Ambrosio's life takes some strange turns when he gives confession to a young nun (Roxanne Duran). When a note falls out of her pocket indicating that she's been meeting clandestinely with a young man in the garden and committing sins of the flesh, he lets the prioress (Geraldine Chaplin) punish her accordingly. Despite the fact that she is pregnant, she is put in solitary confinement and passes away. Around the same time, a young man named Valerio (Déborah François) arrives at the monastery. Ambrosio is told that his face is deformed and so sensitive to the light that he must wear a mask to avoid the pain. He requests to join the order and though some of his fellow monks don't feel he is fit to serve, Ambrosio insists Valerio be given the chance to serve God. From here on out, Ambrosio's faith, previously seeming unbreakable, is tested as Valerio's true identity is revealed and Ambrosio meets Antonia face to face.
Beautifully shot and making excellent use of some great location photography, The Monk is a very well made film. The cinematography is excellent, using Catholic symbolism to foreshadow events to come in interesting ways, and the use of color particularly impressive. Likewise, the cast are all in fine form here. The supporting players to a great job across the board, there's not a weak link anywhere to levy any criticism against, while Cassel performs admirably in the lead. He brings to Ambrosia a believable sense of conflict and inner turmoil and as he's gained a reputation for doing, he really gives his all here. Had the movie had anyone else in the lead role, it would not have been nearly successful, this is one of those parts that Cassel really is perfect for.
As far as the story itself goes, it's interesting if a bit obvious at times. The twist, or twists really, is pretty easy to see coming if you even halfway pay attention to the movie. Without wanting to spoil it here, some of the symbolism used makes it painfully obvious who Valerio is and some of the early scenes also make clear the truth about Ambrosio's connection to some of the other players. Had there been a bit more mystery here, it would have better served to help build tension and suspense. As it stands, though the movie is marketed as a 'gothic thriller' it's more of a drama with some dark overtones. Some effective suspense is generated in the last half hour or so, but before then, the movie is more effective as a character study than any sort of cinematic thrill ride.
Though it is a bit on the slow side in terms of pacing, the story itself makes some interesting and particularly barbed observations about the Roman Catholic Church of the time, some of which are still pretty valid today. Thinly veiled commentary on the pros and cons of the 'vow of celibacy' mandatory for monks and nuns (and by default priests) give the movie some political and theological leanings and so too does it comment in interesting ways on the power of temptation and lust. There are also jabs made about the value or lack thereof in regards to the class system so prevalent at the time, and the grey areas that exist between traditional interpretations of good and evil. As it stands, The Monk, though far from a perfect film, definitely has enough going for it that fans of period films and theologically themed dark dramas should absolutely consider it. Though slow and sometimes obvious, the performances alone make it worth a look.
The Monk is presented in 2.35.1 anamorphic widescreen in a transfer that was obviously taken from some pretty pristine source material. There are, however, some minor compression artifacts evident here and there as well as some instances of aliasing and banding that can be hard to ignore. These issues don't plague the entire movie nor do they ruin the viewing experience but they are there. On the plus side, colors look great, black levels are solid and detail is good save for a few scenes that are just a little bit murky when it comes to shadow detail. Skin tones look fine and contrast, save for a few scenes where it's been manipulated for artistic effect, also looks good. Not a perfect transfer, but more than watchable.
French language options are available in Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound and Dolby Digital 2.0 Stereo with forced (though not burned in) subtitles in English only. The 5.1 track is the way to go here, as it spreads out the score very effectively and uses the surround channels rather well in a few key scenes to help build mood and atmosphere. Both tracks feature properly balanced levels and clear dialogue. There are no issues with any hiss or distortion and all in all, the audio here is very good.
Aside from a trailer for the feature we get a half hour long Making Of Featurette that is made up primarily of random bits and pieces of behind the scenes footage presented without a whole lot of context. Interspersed in between these segments are interviews with the cast and crew, including Cassel and director Dominik Moll. It's not the most gripping piece ever made on the making of a movie but it does offer some insight into the creative process of those involved in the production and a look behind the camera at what it was like on set. Menus and chapter selection are also included.
The Monk is a little bit on the slow side and its twist isn't as much of a surprise as it could have been but the movie is very well made. The performances are excellent, the camera work and art direction consistently impressive and the imagery often powerful. The DVD isn't reference quality but despite some issues with the transfer it doesn't look bad and sometimes it sounds quite good. Throw in a moderately interesting featurette and this one winds up worthwhile for Cassel fans or those interested in this type of content. Recommended.
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The purpose of the Alice Lloyd College Intramural Sports Program is to provide students, faculty, and staff with the opportunity to participate in a wide variety of activities to meet the recreational and competitive needs of Alice Lloyd College.
ALC Intramurals offers numerous sports for both men and women throughout the fall and spring semesters. A core group of sports are featured, such as (3-on-3 and 5-on-5) Basketball, Flag Football, Volleyball; however, feedback from the student body may result in the addition of other sports if enough requests are made.
The number of teams involved in a particular sport will determine the length of the season. At the conclusion of each sports season, a tournament will be held in order to crown a championship team. Each team or individual will receive a t-shirt or other award.
Schedules of games, announcements, special events, and rosters will be posted on the information boards located in the Davis Student Center, Grady Nutt Athletic Center Gymnasium, McGaw Library, Computer Lab, The June Buchanan Alumni Center (JBAC), and all dormitories on campus.
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David Hatfield – Director of Intramurals & Student Activities Phone: (606) 368-6012 or (606) 368-6445 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com
Alice Lloyd College Intramurals Schedule 2015-16
- Turn in rosters for Flag Football
- Start Flag Football
- Turn in rosters for Corn Hole
- Start Corn Hole
- Turn in rosters for 5 on 5 Basketball
- Start 5 on 5 Basketball
- Turn in rosters for Dodgeball
- Start Dodgeball
- 5 on 5 Basketball Tournament
- Turn in rosters for 5 on 5 Basketball
- Start 5 on 5 Basketball Season
- Turn in rosters for Co-Ed Volleyball
- Start Co-Ed Volleyball
- 5 on 5 Basketball All-Star Game
- Turn in rosters for Co-Ed Slow-Pitch Softball
- Start Co-Ed Slow-Pitch Softball
- Turn in rosters for Co-Ed Soccer
- Start Co-ed Soccer
- 5 on 5 Basketball Tournament
- Ultimate Frisbee
*Roster forms can be printed off the ALC Website or can be picked up in the Student Lounge.
*Dates and Times are subject to change. Changes will be posted on the ALC Website and all message boards in each building on campus.
Intramural Activities and Rules
1. Slam Dunk, 3-Point, and Free Throw Contest (pdf)
2. Cornhole (pdf)
3. Flag Football (pdf)
4. Co-Ed Flag Football (pdf)
5. 3-On-3 Basketball (pdf)
6. 5-On-5 Basketball (pdf)
7. Co-Ed Volleyball (pdf)
8. Ultimate Frisbee (pdf)
*More activities and rules will be posted as they become available.


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I'm doing a school project where we are building a simple web server in C. To implement this I read the first line of the request (all I need for my purposes) and parse the middle string as the file name using
strtok. So a typical request would be something like:
and my response code would be something like this:
// first token is request type
token = strtok(buffer, " \n\r");
if(strcmp(token, "GET") != 0) {
// sendResponse just sends a response to the client
// with the appropriate headers
sendResponse(connection, -1, HTTP_11_400, strlen(HTTP_11_400), NULL);
char *request_type = token;
// second token is url
token = strtok(NULL, " \n\r");
if(strstr(token, "../") != NULL) {
sendResponse(connection, -1, HTTP_11_403, strlen(HTTP_11_403), NULL);
char *request_url = token;
// third token is HTTP protocol
token = strtok(NULL, " \n\r");
if(strcmp(token, "HTTP/1.0") != 0 && strcmp(token, "HTTP/1.1") != 0) {
sendResponse(connection, -1, HTTP_11_400, strlen(HTTP_11_400), NULL);
char *protocol = token;
printf("filename: %s\n", request_url);
if(strcmp(request_url, "/") == 0) {
request_url = "index.html";
if(*request_url == '/') {
request_url = request_url++;
char* fileType = strrchr(request_url, '.') + sizeof(char);
fd = open(request_url, O_RDONLY);
As you can see I already check to make sure the client is not able to go up a directory. Looking at my code, I'm basically putting a user-inputted string and trusting the user with it, are there other security features that I should take into account? (I also have to write a paper on this implementation and I think it would be nice to write about security).


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Village by the Sea is an intimate gated enclave in a private South Beach setting on a barrier island. Located just steps from charming shops, eateries and the sparkling Atlantic Ocean, this is the ultimate setting for tropical living.
Real Estate: Village by the Sea features a small collection of exquisite villas, inspired by the Italian Mediterranean seaside. The architecture radiates Old World charm, magnified by the natural beauty of the area. Village by the Sea residences are surrounded by elegant gardens and fountains, and two beautiful pool patios, one of which is located directly along the ocean. Village of the Sea has residences on both the east and west side of Ocean Drive, all of which enjoy the privacy and seclusion of unmanned gates.
Lifestyle: Residents of Village by the Sea take advantage of the community's proximity to the beach, where they may sunbathe, swim or take a stroll along the water's edge. In addition to private beach access, they may take a dip in either of the community's pools with outdoor fireplaces. Village by the Sea is located steps from a variety of boutique shops and eclectic eateries along Ocean Drive, in addition to the many attractions in Vero Beach a short drive away.
Education: Families in Village by the Sea are located near area public schools, including Beachland Elementary School, Gifford Middle School and Vero Beach High School. Nearby private schools include Saint Edward's School and Tabernacle Christian School.
Water Access: Village by the Sea residents enjoy immediate beach access and are located near a variety of Intracoastal marinas and coves on the opposite side of the barrier island.


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When Italy surpassed France in wine production for the first time two years ago, the news was not greeted as a welcome achievement.
Aside from bragging rights, Italian vintners were faced with having to sell more wine than ever at a time when regional consumption was dropping.
It meant more Italian wine would be dumped into the so-called Wine Lake, a surplus of wine produced within the European Union, which buys the stuff and turns it into industrial alcohol.
In a European market of increasing supply and falling demand, that is not a winning scenario. Fortunately, however, Italian wineries are having their "Duh!" moment: by offering more well-made regional wines at reasonable prices, they can sell more wine.
For too many years, many Italian vintners suffered from a hubris built on the international success of very high-end wines like barolos and barbarescos and Super Tuscans. Buoyed by industry bureaucrats eager to award the prestigious D.O.C.G. appellation (a denomination of guaranteed high quality wine) to wines of little regional distinction, wineries tried to stick high price tags on wines of no real excellence.
Importers tried to convince wine drinkers that a bottle of unfamiliar verdicchio was worth $50 or a Santa Margherita pinot grigio $60 in a restaurant. As a result, wine lovers began moaning that Italian wines were pricing themselves out of the market.
Now, with sales sputtering and the Wine Lake brimming over, some very fine Italian vintners are getting into the market with delicious wines at prices right on the money. And it's happening at the retail level more than in restaurants, which continue to hike up margins three and four times above retail.
Happy about what was happening, I visited San Pietro Wine and Spirits in the Manhattan suburb of Tuckahoe, N.Y., one of the best Italian wine stores in the U.S., which carries bottlings you won't easily find in larger emporiums.
It's run by Gerardo and Lucia Bruno, who search out a broad range of the best old and new wineries in Italy, from legendary makers like Bruno Ceretto of Piedmont to small estates like Flaminio in Brindisi. They proudly carry seven wines from the region of Campania, where the Brunos come from.
"Nowadays the economy is what it is," Lucia said at the store, "and the Italians realize that people who want to enjoy wine more often are looking for affordable value. People will still pay a lot for a great wine, but they don't want to feel cheated with a lesser one at a high price."
I rounded up a slew of bottles recommended by Lucia and drank them over the next few weeks with a wide range of dishes, from pastas to chicken burgers. What delighted me most, beyond the very reasonable prices, none above $29, was that they all had a typical Italian balance of fruit and acid, with alcohol levels below 14 percent, and, whether robust or mellow, not one was an overripe fruit bomb or overpowering, tannic blockbuster.
Here are some I thoroughly enjoyed, all available from their store, and elsewhere.
Dorigo Cabernet Franc 2009 ($22) — Cabernet franc is not widely propagated outside of Colli Orientali del Friuli in northern Italy, but this fine example can stand with the best examples from France, where it is more usually a blending grape. With 12.5 percent alcohol, it is as easy to drink with poultry, as it would be with a strong fish like salmon.
Agricola Querciabella Mongrana 2009 ($20) — Such a terrific price for a wonderful small estate wine in Tuscany's Maremma region. It has the same blend as some of the Super Tuscans that sell for three times the price made with 50 percent sangiovese, 25 percent cabernet sauvignon, and 25 percent merlot, making for a well-structured complex red wine perfect with bistecca alla fiorentina.
Agricole Vallone Vigna Flaminio Brindisi Riserva 2007 ($15) — Five years of age have brought maturity to this Apulian blend of malvasia nera, montepulciano, and negroamaro, grapes only now being recognized for their regional excellence, with the power of the last varietal melding with the silkiness of the first and softness of the second.
Vinicola del Sannio Barbera Vitigno 2011 ($14) — An unusual barbera, the principal grape of Piedmont, in this case a clone planted south of Naples in Castelvenere in the region of Campania, where the varietal has had this name since the mid- 1800s. It has vegetal notes in the background of sturdy tannins, and is a young red wine that is both very versatile, and extremely well priced.
John Mariani writes about wine for Muse, the arts and culture section of Bloomberg News.


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Occupy A New Conversation
Occupy Wall Street announced itself to the world September 17, 2011, when a thousand people gathered in New York's famed Wall Street financial district. Modest by the standards of mass protest, it was largely ignored by media.
Within a month the protest—inspired in part by the Egyptian occupation of Tahrir Square and other protests of the "Arab Spring"—involved hundreds of thousands of people in hundreds of encampments in the United States and around the world. It had become a major media event, and attracted hundreds of millions of sympathizers. An October 11 poll found that 54 percent of Americans had a favorable opinion of the protest and overwhelmingly agreed that:
- Wall Street and lobbyists have too much influence in Washington (86 percent)
- The gap between the rich and poor in the United States is too large (79 percent)
- Executives of financial institutions responsible for the financial meltdown in 2008 should be prosecuted (71 percent)
- The rich should pay more in taxes (68 percent).
Wall Street is the symbolic center of an economic system that works for the richest 1% at the expense of the other 99% and uses its outsized financial and media muscle to corrupt government and deepen the divide.
Occupy Wall Street protesters want a future for themselves and their children. They want an economic system that works for everyone. They want a government that answers to everyone. Do they have a clear plan? No. But they have a deep faith in our ability as a nation to work it out through democratic dialogue. Their accomplishment is already monumental.
They have forced the corporate media machine to focus national attention on Wall Street banks and corporations as the primary threat to U.S. prosperity and security. This opens the window for a much-needed national conversation on the economy's purpose, values, and structure.
After the Eviction: What's Next?
What does the Occupy movement do when its flagship occupation is, at least for now, gone?
America is a tale of two economies. The Wall Street economy answers only to faceless financial markets and is devoted to financial deception, manipulation, and speculation to maximize financial returns to its most powerful players. The Main Street economy is directly accountable to real people who have a natural interest in building healthy communities with thriving local economies and natural environments.
After the Wall Street economy drove the nation into the Great Depression of the 1930s, Americans put in place rules to constrain Wall Street and strengthen Main Street. This shifted economic power from Wall Street financiers to Main Street entrepreneurs who view the creation of jobs as essential to their business success and have a natural interest in contributing to the health and prosperity of their communities.
America went on to build a strong middle class, lead the world in industry and technology, and make the American Dream of a secure and comfortable life in return for hard work and playing by the rules a reality for a substantial majority of Americans.
Wall Street interests mobilized in the 1970s to dismantle the restrictions on their power. It was class war and Wall Street won. The Forbes Magazine list of the world's billionaires set two records in 2011: total number (1,210) and combined wealth ($4.5 trillion—equal to the German GDP).
The America envisioned in the Declaration of Independence is still a work in progress. It is time to declare our national independence from Wall Street and change the rules to shift power from the 1% Wall Street economy to Main Street economies that work for all.
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Now's the time to challenge economic orthodoxy—but only a massive social movement can turn things around.


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Opinion Columns & Blogs
Stimulus is on the slow track
When Democratic senators and representatives voted to approve the $787 billion stimulus package nearly two years ago, the ones who came from swing states and districts knew they were taking a political risk. What they didn't know was that the economic benefits of the stimulus would become so entangled in red tape that even today, much of that money remains unspent.
The Los Angeles Times estimated that only a quarter of the $630 million in federal funds allotted to the city of Los Angeles had been spent. Los Angeles is in no way exceptional. California Inspector General Laura Chick, who was appointed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to monitor the state's stimulus spending, estimates that only about half of California's federal funds have been spent.
Some parts of the stimulus — those that go to defray the states' Medicaid costs, for example, or for extended unemployment insurance — get disbursed immediately. Funds devoted to preserving ongoing governmental operations have been spent at a steady clip as well. By the end of September, California, Texas and New York City had spent 63, 58 and 61 percent, respectively, of the federal funds targeted toward public schools — and each is on track to use up what was designed as a two-year allocation by the end of this school year.
The funds that went to existing government services and benefits, in short, were spent as intended. Their effect on the larger economy was to keep things from getting worse by preserving the status quo — just as this month's tax deal, by forestalling tax increases, avoided diminishing the level of money in circulation. But much of the money devoted to boosting private-sector hiring, above all in construction, remains stubbornly unspent, nearly two years after President Obama signed the stimulus into law.
At September's end, just one-third of the $4.5 billion allocated to California for transportation projects had been spent, the state's Web site shows. In Texas, just 5 percent of the funds allocated to the largest energy project had been expended, while in New York City, only 27 percent of the funds allocated for infrastructure and 3 percent of those targeted for improving energy efficiency had been spent. Some of this money is for long-term projects, but most of it isn't.
When it comes to building things, the stimulus, as Lincoln said of Gen. George McClellan, has the slows. Ironically, when we think of our iconic stimulus programs — the Works Progress Administration and other New Deal public employment programs — we think of the things they built: the Bonneville and Boulder (now Hoover) dams; the Triborough and San-Francisco-Oakland Bay bridges; the aircraft carriers Enterprise and Yorktown; LaGuardia and National (now Reagan) airports; and thousands of schools, post offices and roads.
What's more, the New Deal built them at a pace that seems almost incomprehensible today. When the winter of 1933-34 loomed, President Franklin Roosevelt wanted to forestall a wave of starvation in a nation that didn't yet have unemployment insurance or food stamps. He authorized Harry Hopkins, his jobs wizard, to create a four-month-long project (the Civil Works Administration) that would employ 4 million people. Beginning operations on Nov. 9, Hopkins had 2.6 million Americans on the job by Christmas and 4.3 million by February — this in a nation of 125 million. In their four months on the jobs, they built or improved 40,000 schools and 998 airports.
So what happened? How have we gone from a nation that could put millions productively to work in two months to a nation that still struggles to restart our construction sector two years after the stimulus passed?
Part of the answer is technological: Most WPA and CWA workers were employed on pick-and-shovel jobs long since replaced by labor-saving (and job-reducing) machines. Part of the answer is that big government (the stimulus) was slowed by good-government requirements (environmental impact reports, competitive bidding and the like) that didn't exist in the '30s. Also, strapped state and local governments laid off many of the workers needed to approve the stimulus projects. Layoffs and furloughs in California's Office of Historic Preservation, the state's inspector general told me this summer, created a 60-day bottleneck for even routine structural improvements.
Infrastructure projects remain among the most stimulative forms of anti-recessionary activity — so long as the projects actually happen. That's one reason liberals like me have enthusiastically supported them. It's now clear, however, that unless presidents, governors and mayors appoint their own Harry Hopkinses and create fast-track procedures for construction, stimulus projects will be no more than a pale ghost of their 1930s predecessors, unemployment will remain outrageously high and the politicians who backed the stimulus will be left scrambling for explanations. These are among the grim lessons of our mega-recession, as many of those swing-district Democrats can sadly attest.


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Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell could face a challenge from none other than actress and humanitarian Ashley Judd when he runs for re-election in 2014.
Shortly after November's election, there were rumblings about Judd, a native of Kentucky, possibly throwing her hat in the 2014 ring. Now, according to Politico, Judd is taking the first steps to "seriously explore" the possibility of running for McConnell's seat.
Judd has chatted with New York Democrat Sen. Kirsten Gillbrand for advice, spoken with a pollster and begun conducting opposition research to feel out her vulnerabilities, Politico reports. She is also reportedly considering waiting until 2016 to run against junior Sen. Rand Paul.
"She is doing all the things that a serious candidate exploring a race should do," Rep. John Yarmuth (D-Ky.) told POLITICO after speaking with her. "I think there are a lot of people, and I was one of them, who wanted to let her know that her candidacy would be an exciting prospect for us. That's what I wanted her to know. A lot of the labor unions, they were telling me that too."
McConnell is certain to be a difficult opponent to any Democrat who enters the race. Since he narrowly defeated incumbent Walter Huddleston in 1984, McConnell has won all his reelection bids by comfortable margins of no less than four points.
"It's going to sting," Jesse Benton, McConnell's campaign manager, told Politico. "We're going to make sure that you don't come out with your nose clean. We're going to drive your negatives up and very aggressively and publicly litigate your record before the citizens of Kentucky."
Judd was a staunch supporter of President Barack Obama's reelection bid, going so far as to film a spot explaining her support for his campaign. She is an eighth-generation Kentuckian (although she has lived in Tennessee on an historic farm for nearly two decades), and addressed rumors that she would run in the days after the election.
"I cherish Kentucky, heart and soul, and while I'm very honored by the consideration, we have just finished an election, so let's focus on coming together to keep moving America's families, and especially our kids, forward," she said in a statement November 9.
Although Judd is best known for her roles in Double Jeopardy and Kiss The Girls, she has dedicated significant time to working as a global ambassador for YouthAIDS and as a member of the leadership council for the International Center for Reasearch on Women. She's also involved in a number of other organizations including Women for Women International, Equality Now and Defenders of Wildlife.


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A prestigious waterfront community, perfect for the dedicated yachter, Golden Harbour offers a quiet setting on finger isles on the Intracoastal Waterway yet is conveniently located only about a mile from beautiful Mizner Park, the centerpiece of downtown Boca Raton, renowned for its world-class shops, restaurants, and cultural center. Adding to its tranquil atmosphere, Golden Harbor sits just south of Lake Wyman Park and James A. Rutherford Park. Just across the Intracoastal is Red Reef Park which spans a mile of exquisite ocean beachfront and is also home to the Gumbo Limbo Nature Center.
Golden Harbor luxury real estate features excellent yacht dockage on the Intracoastal Waterway and deepwater canals, all just minutes away from the Boca Raton Inlet. Scenic water views stage the scene for the impressive indoor and outdoor living spaces of Golden Harbor luxury homes for sale, and some also overlook the lush surrounding parklands. Well situated only a 12±-minute drive from the internationally renowned Boca Raton Resort & Club, Golden Harbour homes for sale are an easy 10±-minute commute from Boca Raton's executive airport. Golden Harbour real estate offers many advantages for the discerning waterfront purchaser.