text: The voting is in and it is time to announce the 2011 winner of the Pliny for Volcanic Event of the Year. Over 200 votes were cast for the award and this year's winner was a slam-dunk, but it was a tight race for spots 2 through 4. My method for tallying the score was as follows: 6 pts for each 1st place vote, 5 pts for 2nd, 4 pts for 3rd, 3 pts for 4th, 2 pts for 5th and 1 pt for 6th. The tally for each volcano is listed in parentheses next to the volcano's name. Honorable Mention Erta Ale, Ethiopia (5); Cleveland, Alaska (8); Tungurahua, Ecuador (8); Kizimen/Kamchatka, Russia (11) A few volcanoes just miss the cut for the top 10 - including Cleveland in the Aleutian islands of Alaska (see above). The volcano made a too-little, too-late run in late December by producing a 15,000 foot plume that prompted air traffic warnings and diversions. During much of the late summer, a dome grew within the summit crater of Cleveland, prompting fears of an explosive eruption thanks to the dome plug. Many of the rest of our honorable mentions were consistent performers throughout the year including the volcanoes of the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia and Ecuador's Tungurahua, who saw its largest explosive period in over a decade. Image: The crater area at Cleveland seen on August 8, 2011, courtesy of AVO/USGS by Kym Yano (NOAA) Katla, Iceland (12) We start the top ten with a volcano that was likely more famous for stubbornly not erupting* rather than any dramatic event. Sure, Katla has seen an increase in seismic activity over the past 5 years (see above) and has produced a few small jokulhlaups (glacial outburst floods) likely generated by small eruptions under the Mýrdalsjökull ice cap that covers the volcano. However, much of the media attention poured on the volcano was for the perceived "doomsday" threat that the volcano supposedly posed - more "disaster hype" than real danger. Just don't look for the hype to end as 2012 rings in. * One Eruptions reader suggested an award for the volcanoes that didn't erupt but were repeatedly brought up in the news on their potential danger if they were to erupt - a Hype of the Year Award, if you will. Candidates included the aforementioned Katla, along with Yellowstone, the Auckland Volcanic Field and Fuji. Image: Plots of seismicity at Katla in Iceland over the last 13 years, showing the increasing in number of earthquakes at the caldera since 2006. Data and figure courtesy of the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Sakurajima, Japan (16) If anything, Sakurajima is consistent. The Japanese volcano produces thousands of small explosions per year (see above) - meaning that you rarely get a large explosion but on any given day, if you turn on one of the many webcams pointed at the volcano, you're likely to see something. Sakurajima begun the year as part of a duo of volcanoes erupting in Japan - starting a very active (and tragic) geologic year for the island nation. Sakurajima erupting in early 2011. Image courtesy of James Reynolds - check out his year end video with shots from Sakurajima erupting. Kilauea, Hawai'i (39) Another consistent performer, Kilauea not only kept up its act at the Halemaumau summit crater and the east rift's Puu Oo crater, but added a new move. In March, the summit and Puu Oo craters dramatically drained and a new fissure opened on the volcano - the quickly named Kamoamoa fissure (see above). The fissure was only active for a few weeks, but it marked the first dramatic change in the style of activity at Kilauea in a few years. Activity returned to the summit and Puu Oo later in the year and the volcano started its first ocean entry within the National Park as 2011 closed. The Kamoamoa Fissure seen on March 6, 2011. Image courtesy of HVO/USGS. Nyamuragira, DR Congo (50) One of the top most active volcanoes in Africa (along with its nearby neighbor Nyiragongo) saw its biggest explosive eruption in decades when a new flank fissure vent opened in November on the volcano. The Congolese government saw the eruption as a chance to lure tourists, offering camping trips with armed guards to visit the eruption, which was producing some spectacular fire fountains (see above). Image: The coalesced fissure eruption from Nyamuragira seen on November 14, 2011. Kirishima, Japan (51) Sometimes being early in the year will hurt when it comes to the year-end voting and I think that the January/February eruption from the Shimnoedake cone at Kirishima might have felt just that. One of the first big volcanic events of 2011 saw some amazing ash plumes (see above) from one of the more active volcanoes in Japan when the Shinmoedake crater produced its first major eruption since 1991 (it had experienced a few smaller, steam-driven explosions in 2008-10). During the course of the activity, Kirishima was joined by nearby Sakurajima to produce two major ash plumes simultaneous in southern Japan. Image: The ash plume from Kirishima in Japan seen in early February 2011. Image courtesy of James Reynolds - check out his year end video with shots from Kirishima erupting. Grímsvötn, Iceland (60) Since last year's Eyjafjallajökull eruption (the 2010 Pliny winner) that brought air traffic over Europe to its knees, nothing gets the media's attention like an eruption in Iceland. Eyjafjallajökull and Katla both stayed quiet, but Grímsvötn, another active volcano on the island nation, did see its first major eruption since 2004. The eruption started as a subglacial event that was highly explosive - producing a plume that reached 15-20 km / 55,000-60,000 feet, one of the tallest Icelandic plumes of the last century. An eruption of this magnitude did cause a few minor flight disruptions due to ash from the eruption, but overall, Grímsvotn did not produce major issues. Within a week of the start of the eruption on May 21, it was deemed as over. Image: The eruptive plume from Grímsvötn seen on May 21, 2011. Image by Ólafur Sigurjónsson courtesy of the Icelandic Meteorological Office. Etna, Italy (133) If Grímsvötn was the "one hit wonder" for 2011, then Etna was the Beatles. The Italian volcano had 18 paroxysms over the course of the year, some of which produced lava flows, towering ash plumes and/or strombolian explosions. Thanks to Etna's location, each of these events were closely monitored by the likes of Dr. Boris Behncke at the Osservatario Etneo - along with many Eruptions readers who could catch the action of one of the many webcams pointed at the volcano. Image: An explosion at Etna on August 29, 2011 as part of the 12th paroxysm of the year. Image courtesy of Dr. Boris Behncke. Nabro, Eritrea (134) The eruption of Nabro in Eritrea was the opposite of many of the eruptions that could be watched live via webcams from the comfort of your home. The little-known caldera erupted in June and was first spotted via satellite and most, if not all, of the monitoring done after Nabro was identified as the culprit was down from eyes in the sky (see above). The eruption itself threw a plume over northern Africa and parts of the Middle East but more spectacularly erupted a long lava flow that stretch out of the caldera down into the flatlands surrounding Nabro. Even into late November, the lava flow and vent area showed signs of magmatic heat and a layer of dark volcanic ash marked the landscape south of the volcano. The lava flow and ash fall from the Nabro eruption as seen on September 28, 2011. Image courtesy of the NASA Earth Observatory. El Hierro, Canary Islands (194) We might not have had much warning when it came to Nabro, but the eruption to the south of El Hierro in the Canary Islands had months of precursory seismicity that had many watching the island closely to see if and when an eruption might occur. As early as the end of July and the beginning of August, thousands of small earthquakes had occurred under the island that had not seen an eruption in potentially 2,500 years. By late August, deformation was observed at the volcano, a sure sign of magma intrusion and by October, a submarine eruption had started to the south of El Hierro. As the eruption continued, the submarine eruption produced "jacuzzis" (see above) and strange "coconuts" were found on the surface, likely the product of mixing magmas, but by December, it appeared that the eruption was ending with most of the activity occurring beneath hundreds of meter of seawater. Image: A "jacuzzi" formed by submarine eruptions to the south of El Hierro as seen on November 23, 2011. Image courtesy of INVOLCAN. Puyehue-Cordón Caulle, Chile (308) The winner of the 2011 Pliny for Volcanic Event of the Year - and by a longshot - was the stunning and long-lived eruption of Puyehue-Cordón Caulle near the Chilean-Argentine border. In early May, the volcano was placed on "Yellow Alert" status by the SERNAGEOMIN but a strong increase in seismicity was observed starting in late April. Almost exactly one month later, Puyehue-Cordón Caulle showed that it meant business, producing a giant explosive eruption that reached 10 km / 35,000 feet and was spotted from space punching through the cloud deck. Eventually, a lava flow was spotted coming from the fissure vent on Cordón Caulle as well. For the rest of the winter and into the spring and summer the volcano caused periodic air traffic closures and brought towns near the volcano, like Bariloche, to a standstill. Lakes and land around Puyehue-Cordón Caulle were choked with pumice and ash from the eruption and ash continues to fall even as 2011 draws to a close. Look for the Volcanic Year in Review at the beginning of next week! Image: The ash plume from Puyehue-Cordón Caulle captured via webcam on June 13, 2011.


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Membership Pavilion, Booth # 3034
Please plan to come by the ALA Membership Pavilion, to learn more about ways that membership can enhance your career, connect you with colleagues from around the world, and improve library services to your community.
ALA Ambassadors will staff the Welcome Desk in the Pavilion. If you have questions, they have answers about programs, places, and connecting with other people. Members of the New Members Round Table will be on hand throughout to help you find ways to get more involved in supporting libraries and the profession through membership.
Pavilion Sessions
The Membership Pavilion also includes offerings from each division, round table and office of the association and will feature a series of Pavilion Sessions in our mini-auditorium. Come and learn in 15-minute segments throughout the conference about what the wider association is up to. Scheduled sessions are as follows:
Saturday July 11
10:00 am - ALA-ALA Mini 101
10:30 am - ALSC's Born to Read - The joy of sharing books is a gift you can give children from the time they are born, and ALSC can help you to share that with your patrons. Come learn about all of the new things ALSC is doing with our Born to Read initiative!
11:00 am - APALA 101: Introduction to Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association
11:30 am - The Long Reach of OLOS, ALA's Office of Literacy and Outreach Services - How OLOS communities make a difference in under-served, under-represented library communities! Special resources & conference programs
12:00 pm - FAFLRT: Federal and Armed Forces Libraries Round Table Mini 101
12:30 pm - LSSIRT 101: Library Support Staff and ALA - Introduction to the Library Support Staff Interests Round Table
1:00 pm - ERT Presents Exhibits 101
1:30 pm - ALA accreditation: How you can help ensure quality in LIS education - The process for accrediting master's programs in library and information studies is rigorous and comprehensive. Learn how you can be a part of it. The Office for Accreditation is seeking librarians and information professionals with a minimum of seven years experience to serve as external review panelists. This is a great opportunity for professional development and service to the profession.
2:00 pm - ALSC: Kids! @ your library®: Free resources for promoting your library to kids! - An overview of ALSC's @ your library® Campaign and the free resources available in our online tool kit.
2:30 pm - LLAMA Mini 101
3:00 pm - Live! with LIRT - Wondering what LIRT is? Want to know what you can do in LIRT and what LIRT can do for you? Then join us for a fun interview-style look at how LIRT works and all that we have to offer!
3:30 pm - AASL: Learning4Life - Think
4:00 pm - ALA-APA: Library Support Staff Certification Program
Sunday July 12
9:30 am - VRT 101 - The Video Round Table provides leadership within the American Library Association on all issues related to video collections, programs, and services in libraries. This brief presentation will cover the various professional development opportunities that VRT offers at ALA conferences and will outline the numerous projects that VRT and its committees are now engaged in. We will also give a few pointers about how to get involved this small but mighty group.
10:00 am - ERT Presents Exhibits 101
10:30 am - Job-seeking in U.S. public libraries – co-presented with ALA Office for Research & Statistics and ALA Editions
11:00 am - ALA Office for Research & Statistics 101
11:30 am - CLENERT Mini 101
12:00 pm - ALA Publishing - demos of TechSource Online, Guide to Reference, and Booklist Online (1 hour)
1:00 pm - ERT Presents Exhibits 101
1:30 pm - ALCTS: Save Your Memories: Preservation Week 2010 - Ever wonder how to store your old baseball cards? Or maybe that photo of great uncle Victor, or your quilt collection? Everyone who saves things that have sentimental value has the same questions. Preservation Week aims to connect collectors with preservation resources at their local libraries. Libraries care for their vast and varied collections every day and are perfect places for learning about preservation. The inaugural Preservation Week will be held March 7-13, 2010 and is sponsored by the Preservation and Reformatting Section (PARS) of the Association for Library Collections and Technical Services (ALCTS).
2:00 pm - Broadband Stimulus Program (1 hour)
3:00 pm - Mini ALSC 101 - If you're new to the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) or if this is your first conference as a children's librarian, we'll provide you with information about the perks of ALSC membership and how to get involved at this abbreviated version of our ALSC 101 program taking place on Friday.
3:30 pm - AASL: Learning4Life - Create
4:00 pm - VRT 101 - The Video Round Table provides leadership within the American Library Association on all issues related to video collections, programs, and services in libraries. This brief presentation will cover the various professional development opportunities that VRT offers at ALA conferences and will outline the numerous projects that VRT and its committees are now engaged in. We will also give a few pointers about how to get involved this small but mighty group.
Monday July 13
9:30 pm - ERT Presents Exhibits 101
10:00 am - Broadband Stimulus Program (1 hour)
11:00 am - LLAMA Mini 101
11:30 am - CLENERT Mini 101
12:00 pm - ASCLA – membership 101
12:30 pm - ALCTS: RDA: Top 10 Things to Know - - If you immediately think of vitamins when you hear "RDA," you should stop by the Pavilion to take in a quick dose of information about the new cataloging rules: Resource Description and Access. If you work in a library or use one, chances are that these rules affect you. So take a break and get your RDA.
1:00 pm - ERT Presents Exhibits 101
1:30 pm - Public Programs: Introduction to ProgrammingLibrarian.org - Learn more about a new, free resource from the ALA Public Programs Office to assist librarians in bringing community programs to their libraries, including literature discussion series and author appearances. ProgrammingLibrarian.org includes a resource library, live learning opportunities and a blog to keep librarians informed of upcoming opportunities and provide inspiration for new library programs.
2:00 pm - Broadband Stimulus Program (1 hour)
3:00 pm - ALA-APA: Library Support Staff Certification Program
3:30 pm - AASL: Learning4Life - Participate
4:00 pm - GLBTRT Mini 101
Tuesday, July 14
10:00 am - ALA Connect Demo
10:30 am - MAGERT Mini 101
11:30 am - ALA Connect Demo
1:00 pm - AASL: Learning4Life - Grow

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William's cousin and rugby player Mike Tindall will tie the knot in Scotland Saturday
Her last time at a royal wedding, the Duchess of Cambridge was the bride. On Saturday, she'll be a guest at Zara Phillips's nuptials.
Prince William's cousin is marrying rugby player Mike Tindall in Edinburgh, Scotland. The ceremony begins at 3 p.m.
Friday night – which happens to be the 30th anniversary of the day William's parents, Lady Diana Spencer and Prince Charles, married – guests are gathering, with younger members expected to party on the Windsor's retired vessel, the Royal Yacht Britannia, now moored in Leith docks.
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Among the last-minute preparations at Canongate Kirk, in the Scottish capital: the installation of white roses and beech tree branches, and the delivery of other white blooms, such as carnations and stargazer lilies. And, Zara, Mike and Princess Anne were spotted arriving Friday evening for the rehearsal.
The wedding of Phillips, 30, and Tindall, 32, whose engagement was announced last December, will mark the first time William and Kate have been seen together since their tour of Canada and Los Angeles earlier this month.
While in Edinburgh, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge will be called by their titles in Scotland, the Earl and Countess of Strathearn.
The Phillips-Tindall wedding will be much different from William and Kate's April festivities. Although the new bride and groom will party in a palace – Holyroodhouse, the family's seat in Edinburgh – there will be no TV cameras, little memorabilia for sale and no crowds lining the streets.
There will also be no horse-drawn carriages, either. Phillips and her attendants will leave Holyroodhouse by car and return in a fleet of luxury vehicles after the service.
Phillips, who is Queen Elizabeth's eldest granddaughter, is said to be wearing Stuart Parvin, something her reps won't confirm. Similarly, there is no word on who'll form the bridal party
What is known: the couple have dispensed with a honeymoon. Equestrian Phillips has commitments in her career as a show-jumper, while Tindall is due back at the England rugby training camp on Monday.


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Photograph of Michael Brogan, Canada and Calais, Maine
Photograph of a young man identified on reverse as Michael Brogan of Calais, Maine; the photograph was taken by Piper of Manchester, New Hampshire.
From online research, hopefully correct:
Michael Alexander Brogan was born 25 January 1877 in New Brunswick, Canada, the son of Daniel and Catherine (Finnigan) Brogan. I believe his paternal grandparents were Alexander and Ann Agnes (Dolan) Brogan. His maternal grandparents were Michael and Mary (Gillan) Finnigan.
Michael came to live in the US about 1895. In 1912, he married Elizabeth Theresa Conboy , who was born about 1882 in Maine, the daughter of John and Mary (possibly Craugh). The couple resided in Calais, Maine. In the 1930 Census, Michael gave his occupation as restaurant proprietor.
Note: See the comment below in which a reader gives Michael's year of death as 1948.
If you have any corrections, additions or insights regarding the information presented above, please leave a comment or contact me directly. Thanks!
Click here for the Michael Alexander Brogan and Elizabeth Theresa Conboy page at Maine and Maritime Canada Genealogy network.
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CESS publishes on a regular basis:
- Greenwood Papers: Books and book-size reports (formerly called Harmonie Papers)
- Occasionals: Incidental publications
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The Man behind the Greenwood Papers
Resting his fists on the lectern, David Greenwood would fix his audience with a glare and pronounce: "REVEAL, EXPLAIN AND JUSTIFY." It was his golden rule of democratic governance.
David Greenwood was born in England in 1937 and died in 2009 in Scotland. He first worked for the British Ministry of Defence, then went on to teach political economy at Aberdeen University, where he later became the director of the Centre for Defence Studies. In 1997, he joined the Centre for European Security Studies in the Netherlands as its Research Director. For 10 years, he was the principal researcher and teacher at CESS, and a friend and mentor to his colleagues.
To borrow a phrase of his own, David Greenwood was a construction worker on the building site of democracy.
This series of research reports, formerly called the Harmonie Papers, is affectionately dedicated to him.


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How VOD Changes The Whole Film Landscape/
It a big question (how VOD is changing the film landscape), but we already see the answers starting to unfold. As the lovers of cinema recognize they can access anything anywhere anytime, and the captains of industry in the culture strands accept their business is one of infinite choice, everyone becomes more desperate for the curators and filters that help connect us with what we will enjoy most.
Film culture diversifies further into various event programing that includes both blockbusters and traditional geo-specific festivals, and all the various forms of electronic transmission, both in a solitary passive viewing mode, and in a more social active form.
This all access world of super-abundance will increase the value of alternative forms, beyond the feature film, whether they are to maintain engagement or deliver a more immersive experience. I think it can't help but lead artists and those who support them to recognize the value in maintaining ownership of their work and opting for short term licenses to specific platforms.
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Sorbets are always a nice way to finish a meal if you don't want anything too heavy. They can also be used as palate cleansers between courses. Either way, a sorbet is pretty much always made the same way — a fruit purée is mixed with a little sugar syrup in the right quantity to make it freeze. It will become really shiny and soft to scoop.
This particular recipe for pear and grappa sorbet is a wicked combo and one of my favorites, so give it a go. It's great served in a bowl with lovely soft fruits scattered over the top. A good-quality vodka instead of grappa would be quite interesting, and without wanting to sound like a nutcase, absinthe would be nice, too. Most good supermarkets and liquor stores sell grappa these days. Nardini is a particularly good brand.
This recipe will make enough for six people to have a couple of scoops each: but for four, you can make this amount and keep the rest in the freezer for another day. I suggest you use a fairly shallow earthenware or thick porcelain dish that you can put in the freezer beforehand — this speeds up the freezing process for the sorbet.
Try to get really ripe pears — even the ones they sell cheaply in the market. If they're really, really ripe and soft to the touch, simply remove the skin and put the flesh into a bowl — you won't need to cook them at all. This is how I did it in Italy when the fruit guy, called Pippo, at the weekly Terranuova Bracciolini market near Montevarchi gave me a whole tray of pears for free. Go and say hello and he might do the same for you!–Jamie Oliver
Jamie Oliver's Pear Sorbet
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- Makes enough for 6
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- 3/4 cup sugar
- 1 cup water
- 2 1/2 pounds pears, peeled, quartered, and cores removed
- Juice and zest of 1 lemon
- 1/2 cup grappa, or to taste
- 1. Put the sugar and water into a pan on the stovetop. Bring to a boil, then reduce the heat and simmer for 3 minutes. Add your quartered pears and, unless they're super soft, continue to simmer for 5 minutes. Remove from the heat, leave to one side for 5 minutes, then add the lemon juice (minus the seeds) and zest. Pour everything into a food processor and whiz to a purée, then push the mixture through a coarse sieve into the dish in which you want to serve it.
- 2. Add the grappa, give it a good stir, and taste. The grappa shouldn't be overbearing or too powerful — it should be subtle and should work well with the pears. However, different brands do vary in strength and flavor, so add to taste. (This isn't an excuse to add the whole bottle, though, because if you use too much alcohol the sorbet won't freeze.)
- 3. Put the dish into the freezer and whisk it up with a fork every half hour — you'll see it becoming pale in color. After a couple of hours it will be ready. The texture should be nice and scoopable. Delicious served with ventagli or other delicate crunchy biscuits.
- This sorbet will last in the freezer for a couple of days — after that it will crystallize.
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Trade Deal Negotiators Secretly Meet - We'll Be There
Don't forget: This weekend CWA is rallying against NAFTA on steroids.
On Sept. 9, the latest round of negotiations on the Trans Pacific Partnership — the biggest Free Trade Agreement in U.S. history — is heading to Leesburg, Va. CWA activists will be rallying with labor, environmental, public health, Internet freedom, consumer, Occupy and other social justice organizations at 3 p.m. outside the negotiation site at the Lansdowne Resort at 44050 Woodridge Parkway in Leesburg.
Right now, the TPP is being negotiated behind closed doors. Only a handful of corporate lobbyists and trade officials have been able to see the details of the trade pact. This exclusive group includes lobbyists from Verizon, who want to make sure that the TPP makes it even easier to offshore call center and tech support jobs. It would create even more incentives for corporations to offshore manufacturing and service sector jobs and put even more pressure on workers' wages, benefits and collective bargaining rights.
The deal now includes Chile, Peru, Australia, New Zealand, Malaysia, Brunei, Vietnam, Singapore, Canada and Mexico, but Japan has also indicated that it wants to join. To learn more visit www.citizenstrade.org.
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There will be a free shuttle bus to "TPP: Out of the Shadows! Rally for Good Jobs, Affordable Medicine and a Healthy Environment" from downtown Washington, DC. It's is scheduled to leave from the Verizon Center at 12:30 p.m. Click here for more information and to RSVP.


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The Construction Leadership Institute (CLI) kicked off its tenth year when it convened the program's 2013 session on January 11. The CLI is a joint program of Southern Illinois University Edwardsville's (SIUE) School of Business and the Department of Construction in SIUE's School of Engineering.
The curriculum is designed to develop and hone leadership and communication skills as well as critical professional skills. In addition to an emphasis on leadership and effective communication, segments of the program include training on relationship building, business development, finance, construction contracts, insurance and bonding, human resource issues, conflict resolution, and legislative issues impacting the industry.
The 27 individuals in the class of 2013 represent a broad cross section of the St. Louis-area building community. "Our participants greatly benefit from the diverse perspectives of their peers from across the Illinois and Missouri building industry," said Chris Gordon, co-director of the CLI and chair of the Department of Construction.
Companies represented in this year's program include Alberici Constructors, Ameren Missouri, Byrne & Jones, Cardinal Painting & Drywall, Contegra, Foresight Services, Inc., Icon Mechanical, IMPACT Strategies, J.F. Electric, Johnson Controls, Korte & Luitjohan Contractors, Inc., Kwame Building Group, MC Industrial, McCarthy Building Companies, Nooter Construction, Northstar Management, Plocher Construction, RCS Construction, S.M. Wilson & Co., Scales Plumbing Co., Subsurface Constructors and The Korte Company.
The class of 2013 brings the number of building industry professionals that have attended the program during its 10 year history to 235. "Business success in the highly competitive building industry requires exceptional leadership, management, and people skills," said Sandra Hindelang, co-director of the CLI and director of Executive Education in SIUE's School of Business. "In the CLI, we've packaged those skills into a convenient, accelerated program using both faculty and industry professionals as instructors. Professionals, who have participated in the CLI, now serve in leadership roles for St. Louis area contractors, facility owners and professional services firms."
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Case against former New Orleans Mayor Ray Nagin summed up by prosecutors
NEW ORLEANS >> Federal prosecutors Monday summed up their case for convicting former Mayor Ray Nagin of corruption during his two terms as mayor, a period that included the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
"You saw how a mayor on the take operates," Assistant U.S. Attorney Richard Pickens told jurors in closing arguments, recapping testimony and evidence presented over seven days of testimony that ended Friday.
Behind him on a large white screen flashed pictures of emails, city documents, pages from Nagin's appointment calendar and newspaper articles — all used to back up testimony from more than two dozen prosecution witnesses, including five who said they were involved in bribing Nagin.
A 21-count indictment alleges Nagin sought and accepted hundreds of thousands of dollars' worth of bribes from people doing business with the city. The bribes were allegedly in the form of money, free travel that included vacations in Hawaii and Jamaica and free slabs of granite for a foundering business, Stone Age LLC that Nagin and his sons own.
Jury deliberations were expected to begin as early as this afternoon, after the defense's final argument, which was set for late in the morning.
Nagin, a Democrat who served 2002-2010, testified last week that key witnesses lied and prosecutors misinterpreted the documentary evidence He insisted that he bribed no one.
Throughout the trial, the defense repeatedly made the case that prosecutors overstated Nagin's authority to approve contracts. His lawyer attacked the credibility of key witnesses who testified after plea deals with prosecutors. There is no proof, he said, that money and material given to the granite business owned by Nagin and his sons was tied to city business.
The charges against Nagin include one overarching conspiracy count along with six counts of bribery, nine counts of wire fraud, one count of money laundering conspiracy and four counts of filing false tax returns.
The charges resulted from a City Hall corruption investigation that had resulted in several convictions or guilty pleas by former Nagin associates by the time trial started, with jury selection, Jan. 27.
Businessmen Frank Fradella and Rodney Williams, both awaiting sentencing for their roles in separate bribery schemes alleged in the case, each testified that they bribed Nagin.
Nagin's former technology chief, Greg Meffert, who also is awaiting sentencing after a plea deal, told jurors he helped another businessman, Mark St. Pierre, bribe Nagin with lavish vacation trips. St. Pierre did not testify. He was convicted in the case in 2011.
Nagin said he did not to know his vacation trips to Jamaica and Hawaii were paid for by St. Pierre. He also said he wasn't told that a family trip to New York was paid for by a movie theater owner who, prosecutors said, received help with a city tax issue after Katrina wiped out the theater.


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In a significant move for a major lender, GE Commercial Distribution Finance (CDF) has shelved a previously announced higher interest rate on RV dealers' curtailment payments that are more than 30 days past due. A default rate of 8% per annum was to have been phased in starting today (July 1).
"We are pleased to report that CDF has decided to eliminate this higher default rate and will implement the standard 'default rate' as defined in your current inventory finance agreements," the company said in a letter received today by dealers utilizing GE Capital for floorplan financing. "This new program also eliminates the 12 month due-in-full payoff requirement as an additional means of helping dealers preserve cash during this difficult economic period."
Today's announcement also included a modest new curtailment program schedule effective for invoices purchased by CDF on or after July 1. The new curtailments range from a payment of 1% of the original invoice amount due monthly beginning on day 180 and step up as the unit gets older, escalating to a payment of 3% of the original invoice amount due monthly for units aged at least 450 days. None of the revised curtailment payments under the new schedule will be assessed interest.
Pete K. Lannon, managing director and president of GE Capital's Motorsports and RV Group, said the previously announced hike in overdue curtailment rates was misperceived by dealers and it therefore detracted from the company's desire to refocus its clients on "the importance of making curtailment payments going forward."
"It was just a means of raising that (curtailments) on the attention scale of something that needs to be addressed," Lannon said in a wide-ranging June 30 interview with RVBusiness. "Some of the misperception of what happened in the industry is that people were taking it and then saying that we were now charging it on the entire invoice amount, which is wrong. Further statements we read said that we were going to apply it to the entire account balance, which was also wrong.
"The whole theory around making the curtailment payment itself was being lost in the 'theorization' that was being bandied about about the 8% rate," he added. "So, instead of raising attention on the importance of making the curtailment payments, all the attention was being focused on a rate – which people were erroneously assuming was going to be applied much broader than it was … As we listened to questions from the dealers and as we listened to comments in various media that were being raised on behalf of dealers, we realized that the main part of our message was being lost."
As Lannon noted, the use of curtailments – small incremental payments intended to reduce the ceiling of the unpaid loan as aged inventory declines in value – have always been present in the RV industry. At times when consumers were flush with disposable income, however, they were oftentimes overlooked.
"They were frequently waived, and not enforced," Lannon noted. "That's because the product was turning very rapidly, so dealers were in fact able to sell it for more than they invested in the product. When the retail marketplace slowed down – as it started to do dramatically in late '07, and certainly we saw that through all of 2008 – the dealers' aged inventory grew to such an extent that they were no longer able to sell product because it had aged into the next model year and beyond.
"So those sales that were actually consummated were made at a much lower price point," he continued, "and dealers were not able to generate enough on the sale in order to pay off the unit. Or, if they stuck to their guns, they wound up foregoing sales that could have helped the dealers generate positive cash flow."
All this, Lannon emphasized, underscored the need to regain focus on curtailments as a means of managing risk. "After a certain point, if the unit remains unsold, we want to see some progress made towards paying down the principal balance in line with what looks to be the declining value of the unit," he explained. "We want to make sure that the dealer is investing in the unit so that when they can make a retail sale they are not 'upside down,' meaning coming up short on the amount they have to pay off versus what they could actually sell it to a retail customer for.
"When you have a discussion with a dealer, face-to-face, or a manufacturer, they all agree that, as a product ages out, they are faced with this dilemma," Lannon added. "They understand that principal reductions are a healthy mechanism to help reduce the amount that's invested in a unit."
Curtailments on invoices purchased prior to July 1 will revert to previously agreed-upon plans "unless they've been modified – and in many cases, they have," as the company worked with dealers in the soft market. "We've had to modify (some dealer's agreements) because of their current circumstance," he said. "They were so far deep into missed curtailments that they could not effectively catch up. So we've had to make some individual arrangements with them. It's one of the areas we've been working on the hardest with our dealers since February and March."


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...I'd like to welcome each and everyone of you to our pledge drive today, and I want to take a few moments to ask you to reach into your pockets give, today as well.
Organizations like ours can't survive without without people like you.
You, understand that orgainzations like ours perform a very vital function in our [[community, and without what we do, well, you and I and the neighbor down the street who depends on our organization wouldn't have the benefits that we provide.
Thats why its so important that you give, today.[edit]
I'm not going to stand before you, and tell you that I know what its like in your household, because only you know that for sure. Each of you faces unique challenges in your day to day life. Each of you have to find that corner to cut, or that special something that you've had to give up and do without. I know its hard - our household goes through the same thing. We wonder where will it end, and we ask when will things get better. But somehow we manage to find one thing that we do that we can still do, but less often.
That means I can stand up here and ask you to do what I have done: give, today.[edit]
You see our organization is facing the same challenegs that you are in your own home. Income is down, but expenses are up. Why, we're even looking at ways to recycle tape, and straighten out old paper clips so that we can make new paper clips from the old straightened out paperclips. Trash bags, hand towels, and rubber bands have all been pushed into lives of second service, all in the name of making sure that we are careful with the things that your money buys for us. And yet we know that all good things must come to an end. We all know that washing out Kleenix takes time, that hanging up those Kleenix's after they are carefully washed out, to dry, all takes time.
That's why it so important for you to give, not tomorrow, or the [[Saturdayday after, but today.
But what, you asking, do we do for you? Well look around - it is all around you after all. We bring you the intangible sense of seeing the joy on the faces of other people that we touch every day.
You know I think it was our Founder who once said that:
- "Where there is a need we will find it. Where there is a call for help, we will heed it. And where there are people who ask for our help, we will give it - even if it means the shirt off our backs, its theirs. We are there for you. But wwithout your help, we may not be able to keep being there for you."
Can you imagine needing us - being at the point in your life when you say to your self:
If only I had understood the importance of giving to them that day, I would not be here asking myself what would have been if I had been there for them that day.
But if it comes to this scenario, then you know that you didn't dig down deep, beyond what you thought you had to have, and you didn't give. And that would be shame, because you and I and everyone in this knows that the possibility of you needing us is slim. But folks I'm here to tell you that if the base isn't strong - that if its cracked or chipped - why even the slightest of gap could cause a leak that could result in all of what we have built to coming spilling down upon us, and what would be left, but the shattered remains of what could have been.
Why, you know last week I saw a child without shoes, and I thanked God because while she was barefoot she had feet. And what if she had had shoes, but no feet? Would she have been rich with possessions, or weighed down by objects that she could never use. That would be cruel, funny, but I am sure you will agree it would be cruel.
Thats why its so important that you give, today.
In closing, if we take from the well what we feel we need, there will be nothing for the person who truly needs it most.
Is this a burden you wish to live with?[edit]
Well, by giving to us today, you won't be denying those poor children of Central America faces with which they can smile. And you won't be denying a child in the Republic of Vera Hurba Ralston a meal that they need. Why? Because that place doesn't exist! Did you know that? It does not exist. So how can these people suffer. They can't. But you will and your [[Union of Stupid Aristocrats |neighbors]] who are too proud to tell you will. Do you love thy neighbor as you love yourself? I thought so. You've been loving yourself a bit more than healthy well-adjusted person should.
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With the economy showing signs of improvement, the Federal Reserve started its stimulus pullback and Wall Street investors went crazy, pushing up the Dow Jones industrial average nearly 300 points Dec. 18.
The Fed will trim its $85 billion monthly bond purchases by $10 billion beginning in January and keep long-term rates down. By keeping rates down, the Fed indicates its support of stocks that pay a much larger yield than bonds, including utilities and telecoms.
The stock market has enjoyed a wonderful 2013, fueled by the Fed's low rate policy. Keeping rates low through bond purchases helps maintain low interest rates, which encourages borrowing and spending.
In his recent press conference, Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke said he could foresee the bond-purchasing program coming to an end altogether by late next year. However, we are hopeful the economy will continue to show progress. In an effort to keep market rates stable, the Fed will be in no hurry to raise short-term interest rates.
Two Town Crier "50" stocks made news recently.
• Intel Corp. (INTC; $25.18) was included in Barron's "10 Favorite Stocks for 2014." Barron's reasoned that the chip giant could surprise Wall Street next year as concerns about personal computers begin to fade.
There are signs the PC market is bottoming, and Intel is moving aggressively into tablets and smartphone chips. Its manufacturing shift might pay off with chips that have faster processing speeds and lower power needs.
At $24, Intel stock trades for 13 times projected 2014 earnings of $1.90 a share and yields a dividend of 3.7 percent. Numerous analysts view Intel as a buy. Credit Suisse analyst John Pitzer sees Intel earning $2.50 in a few years, with a $30 price target.
• Safeway Inc. (SWY; $32.86) will get competition from Amazon, as the world's largest online retailer plans to expand its grocery delivery business in Safeway's backyard.
Safeway – a Fortune 100 company and one of the largest food and drug retailers in North America based on sales – operated 1,406 stores in the U.S. with annual sales of $37.5 billion in 2012.
Earlier this year, Safeway announced its decision to exit the Chicago market and redouble its efforts in operating areas where business is stronger. In November, Safeway reported that the company had completed the sale of assets of Canada Safeway to a wholly owned subsidiary of Empire Co. Ltd.
The Pleasanton-based company's board of directors met recently and declared a regular cash dividend of 20 cents per share payable Jan. 9 for stockholders who owned the stock Dec. 19.
Deutsche Bank in September upgraded Safeway stock to a buy after a prior hold. The majority of analysts suggest a hold. The median target price for Safeway stock is $35, with a high of $45.
Clyde Noel is a Los Altos Hills resident and longtime investor in stocks.


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Much has changed since 2000 Centre College debate
Much has changed since the last vice presidential debate at Centre College in 2000 — and much hasn't.
The word terrorism was spoken only once in the Danville meeting between then-former Defense Secretary Dick Cheney and Sen. Joe Lieberman.
Eleven months later — and for years afterward, in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks — an American could barely go through his or her day without hearing that word or experiencing the changes it brought, from tighter airport security to massive government spending for homeland security.
A review of the transcript and video of the 2000 Danville debate is chock-full of irony in light of what we now know. For example, the first question from moderator Bernard Shaw seems prescient in light of the 2008 collapse of the economy.
Shaw asked Lieberman: "Why do you, and you, Secretary Cheney, predict surpluses you cannot possibly guarantee to pay for your proposed programs?"
When the federal government closed the books on the fiscal year 2000 budget, the United States government was flush with a surplus of more than $230 billion. That's right, a surplus.
Projections forecast more of the same. On June 26, 2000, more than three months before the Centre debate, the Clinton administration estimated total projected surpluses at $1.87 trillion over the next 10 years — more than double the $746 billion forecast just four months earlier. In July 2000, the Congressional Budget Office predicted an even bigger surplus over the next decade: $2.2 trillion.
During the debate, Lieberman said he and presidential candidate Al Gore were committed to balancing the budget every year and "paying off the debt by the year 2012."
Fast forward to today: The deficit for the first 10 months of the 2012 budget year totaled $974 billion, the Treasury Department said on Aug. 10. The federal deficit was on track to top $1 trillion for the fourth straight year.
In their Wednesday night debate, President Barack Obama and Republican challenger Mitt Romney praised a 2010 deficit-reduction plan that proposed a combination of spending cuts and tax increases to reduce the federal deficit, but neither appeared ready to embrace its specifics. Romney said he "absolutely" does not back raising taxes to reduce the deficit, and Obama has not adopted the plan's recommendations, which were made by a bipartisan commission headed by Republican Alan Simpson and Democrat Erskine Bowles.
The Iraq war — the one where the U.S. had a military presence for eight years — also was foreshadowed in the Cheney-Lieberman debate. The phrase "weapons of mass destruction" was used five times.
When the 2000 debate turned to foreign policy, Shaw asked Cheney: "If Iraq's Saddam Hussein were found to be developing weapons of mass destruction, Gov. Bush has said he would, quote, 'Take him out.' Would you agree with such a deadly policy?"
"We might have no other choice," Cheney answered. "We'll have to see if that happens."
Two years later, in a speech before the United Nations, President George W. Bush accused Iraq of repeatedly violating UN resolutions to eliminate weapons of mass destruction. On March 19, 2003, a U.S.-led coalition invaded Iraq.
Fast forward to today: No U.S. troops remain in Iraq. The last 13,000 troops were withdrawn in December 2011. More than 4,400 troops died, and more than 32,000 were wounded. The Iraqi civilian death toll is unknown, but estimates have ranged from 50,000 to 100,000 or more. The war cost $800 billion. No weapons of mass destruction were found in Iraq.
In his response to Shaw's Iraq question, Lieberman said: "The fact is that we will not enjoy real stability in the Middle East until Saddam Hussein is gone."
Hussein was hanged in 2006, but the Middle East has continued in turmoil, especially as the "Arab spring" arrived in early 2011 and Libya, Egypt and Tunisia cast off their dictators.
But there were much different outcomes elsewhere. The tiny kingdom of Bahrain crushed pro-democracy efforts, and Syria has used tanks, artillery and war planes to pound citizens seeking change.
When discussing social policy, Cheney raised hackles among some conservatives when he and Lieberman were asked whether gays and lesbians should "have all the constitutional rights enjoyed by every American citizen."
Cheney said, "People should be free to enter into any kind of relationship they want to enter into." But he added that whether those relationships "should be treated the same as a traditional marriage" is "a tougher problem."
"I think different states are likely to come to different conclusions, and that's appropriate," Cheney said. "I don't think there should necessarily be a federal policy in this area."
In his 2011 autobiography, In My Time, Cheney wrote that he was thinking about his daughter, Mary, and her partner, "but I was also thinking about what's right for all of us as Americans if we truly believe in freedom."
Lieberman said he was open to some action that would address legal rights to inheritance, visitation when one partner is ill, and health-care benefits, "while respecting the traditional religious and civil institution of marriage."
Fast forward to today: The Democrats included same-sex marriage as part of their platform for the 2012 convention in August. In May, President Obama became the first sitting president to declare that gays and lesbians should be able to marry.
Mitt Romney has publicly opposed gay marriages and civil unions, but he supports domestic partnership benefits. Romney also supports a federal constitutional amendment defining marriage as between one man and one woman.
Courts or lawmakers have declared gay marriage legal in six states and the District of Columbia, but backers of such measures have never succeeded at the ballot box. Same-sex initiatives will be on the November ballot in Maine, Maryland and Washington, and Minnesota voters will decide whether to disallow same-sex marriage with a state constitutional ban.
Meanwhile, federal challenges to Proposition 8 (California's voter-approved gay-marriage ban) and the Defense of Marriage Act (the U.S. law that blocks government benefits for same-sex couples) are headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.
One thing that hasn't changed in the past 12 years is that Congress and the country remain sharply divided politically.
When Shaw asked how the candidates would "elevate the political discourse and purpose," Cheney said: "I think you have to be able to reach out and work together and build coalitions."
Lieberman said he had tried to "work with colleagues on both sides of the aisle to get things done," and he specified how he had worked with various Republicans.
"If I go on much longer, I'll get in trouble with my own party," Lieberman said.
Fast forward to today: Lieberman did get in trouble with his own party. His support for the Iraq war led to his defeat in Connecticut's 2006 Senate Democratic primary. He then ran as an independent and won the general election with a majority of the Republican vote.
In the 2008 presidential campaign, Lieberman campaigned hard for Republican nominee Sen. John McCain against Obama. Senate Democrats later stripped him of chairmanship of a minor subcommittee, but they allowed him to keep chairmanship of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Lieberman, 70, did not run for re-election this year.


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Just Brahmin Things
David is 27 years old, fresh out of Yale Med. With his grades, he could've had any residency he wanted. His father pushed him toward cardiothoracic surgery, but money wasn't what David cared about. He settled on family medicine after a wonderful volunteer experience in Mexico.
"It's my calling," he told his date a few minutes ago. "For as long as I can remember I've wanted to be a family doctor. I do it for the patients."
His date's dress is tasteful and in-style. You don't know it, but she spent most of her morning at her desk, deciding whether she should wear statement earrings or a statement necklace. She spies some lawyer bitch wearing the same necklace she was planning to wear, and is thankful she chose the earrings.
"You just have to find your calling," she says. "That's what's important." She brushes her hair back over her ear. Her name is Meegan.
That lawyer bitch -- Katheryn -- is talking to a black woman with an untidy afro named Malany, who is grimacing and not saying much. Katheryn shifts a little bit and keeps talking about Donald Trump. A few seconds pass. The PoC is still silent. She feels bile rising in her throat. Did she say something?
In a display of allyship that she will blog about later, she stops talking.
The woman of color finally speaks. "You know," she says, "I think those shrimp might be off."
At the shrimp table, a gorgeous brunette is chatting up a guy who works at a Doctors Without Borders call center. He studied anthropology, and wrote articles for the school newspaper on who is, and who is not sexist. He opened the conversation by saying that he works for "Médecins Sans Frontières," or MSF for short.
She takes another shrimp and says, "It's just that, like, it's not okay to say that all lives matter, when everyone knows that, except that there are specific injustices that only happen to black people, and those are what they're trying to fight."
He nods and laments that her dress isn't more revealing.
"Now that Trump is president I'm not sure what will happen," she finishes.
Across the room, in the darkest corner of the ball room, the people who hope that they're misfits are trying to stand out. Karly snorts at something she doesn't like. She wonders whether events like this would be allowed, if the world were exactly as she wanted it to be.
She hears the very end of the conversation next to her. "--because we're killing the planet."
Everyone is quiet. Mercifully, Karly realizes that she has a personal stake in this story.
She smiles and says, "Have you guys gotten into composting yet? I just started." She spent a semester at St Andrew's in the UK; she dropped the accent she "picked up", but still puts an upward inflection on every question she asks. Do you prefer keeping the compost in your gar-den?
You tell her that you haven't started yet, but you hear it's a really good thing. You have to be concerned about your carbon footprint now that Trump is in office.
You wonder why you ever thought about moving to the suburbs to raise kids. Everything is turning out exactly the way you wanted.
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Layia platyglossa "Tidy Tips"
Welcome Spring with the sweet scent and sunny innocence of our California native "Tidy Tips." Easy and quick, you'll be rewarded with a profusion of those bouncy, 2" blooms with their super clear, lemon-yellow and pure white scalloped petals I'm so fond of, March through June. Adorable with Nemophila menziesii "Baby Blue Eyes", both will self-sow for a harmonious show next Spring. Nice in pots too! In California, it's an important nectar source for the Checkerspot butterfly. To 14" x 18". Rich soil is best.
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If you didn't have enough with my video at the Dubai Air Show, here is another view at how huge an Antonov AN-124—one the largest mass-produced plane in the world—is.
Yes, it's big enough to gobble not one, but two F/A-18 airplanes. TWO fighter jets, people. It happened in Mirabel, where those two aircraft were modified for the Royal Australian Air Force by Canadian company L3 MAS. [Flight Global]


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David Bowie's Long-Lost 'Top Of The Pops' Video Footage Discovered
David Bowie's long lost performance of 'Jean Genie' on England's 'Top Of The Pops' television show has surfaced 38 years after its original broadcast, thanks to a retired cameraman.
69 year old John Henshall has retained a copy of this rarer than rare video performance for all these years and BBC news reported that "I just couldn't believe that I was the only one with it. I just thought you wouldn't be mad enough to wipe a tape like that," says Henshall.
Yet, that's exactly what happened. The BBC were notorious for wiping many tapes back in the day, and given it only aired once in January of 1973, fans have often hoped of finding someone who pointed an 8mm home movie camera at the screen to catch it, as there was no VHS in those days.
This outcome however is far better, as Henshall filmed the performance using Telefex Fisheye lenses which he designed himself. Wanting a copy for his own show-reel, he asked the producers for a personal copy.
Now, nearly four decades later he realized that he possessed a piece of television history. Henshell went to Westpoint Television in London to view the footage and amazingly, there it was, in full broadcast quality.
The footage was unveiled on Sunday (Dec. 11) at an event held by the British Film Institute. As for those of us who couldn't attend the screening, plans for a BBC4 documentary called 'Tales Of Television Centre' will broadcast in the new year. The anticipation of seeing a crystal clear performance of Bowie and The Spiders From Mars performing 'Jean Genie' during the height of their careers, certainly gives the "loves to be loved" lyric a brand new meaning.


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The "Born This Way" singer shared her excitement over a pride of lions on Twitter
As if Lady Gaga could get any more wild, she recently embarked on a safari while touring in South Africa.
Gaga – who surprised fans in Rio de Janeiro by playing soccer with neighborhood children earlier this month – took to Twitter to share her excitement over a pride of lions.
"SAFARI PICTURE: in this photo I'm about 10 feet from 13 lions, 2 cubs. I spent about 30 minutes w them and took a nap!" she Tweeted on Saturday, revealing a hat modified to fit her high ponytail.
RELATED: Lady Gaga Hangs With Locals in Rio
"& yes I cut a hole in my bush hat so my pony could stick out," she later told her followers. "#SafariBarbie #Glambi my scarf was a gift from the Princess of Monaco, thanku!"
The singer, 26, is scheduled to perform at the Cape Town Stadium on Monday and raved about her experience in South Africa.
"Johannesburg was so wonderful, I can't really put it into words. Im so happy, I haven't slept yet. Laying in bed dreaming of the next tour," she Tweeted on Sunday.
Gaga is touring through March 2013.


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Politics & Government
People lying about military service face new peril
Pretend military heroes could face up to a year in prison under the latest version of the Stolen Valor Act, which President Barack Obama signed into law Monday. It's a bill nearly identical to one the Supreme Court deemed unconstitutional just last year.
Congress passed the original version in 2005, making it illegal to falsely claim certain military awards or honors, such as the Congressional Medal of Honor, in any setting. The U.S. Supreme Court struck it down on First Amendment grounds, saying lies were a protected form of free speech.
The Stolen Valor Act of 2013, however, has one key difference that sets it apart from the 2005 version: It likens the lie to fraud and makes it illegal to falsely claim military honors for the purpose of obtaining "money, property or other tangible benefit."
"I'm pleased that the valor and integrity of our military awards, along with the men and women who have earned them, are once again protected by law," said Rep. Joe Heck, R-Nev.
Ken Paulson, president of the First Amendment Center, said the distinction between the two versions is important.
"The 2005 Stolen Valor Act could've been used to punish a braggart in a bar," said Paulson. "The 2013 version can't do that."
Xavier Alvarez was one such braggart, though he didn't do his boasting in a bar.
After being elected to the board of the Three Valleys Municipal Water District in California, Alvarez lied while introducing himself at a board meeting by saying he had received the Medal of Honor. In 2007, he was charged under the Stolen Valor Act, pleaded guilty and then challenged the law on First Amendment grounds; he ultimately won a 6-3 decision from the U.S. Supreme Court.
The newly signed law probably would survive judicial scrutiny, according to First Amendment experts. But they're still leery of the bill, saying it is unnecessary and therefore disruptive to freedom of speech.
"The 2013 version is better than the one that was struck down, but it's still not necessary," said Gabe Rottman, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union. "Fraud is already illegal."
Both Rottman and Paulson expressed concern that the phrase "tangible benefit" was ambiguous and could mean problems later in defining what tangible benefits include. They would have preferred the bill stick to more easily defined language such as money and property.
Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, who authored the majority opinion in U.S. v. Alvarez, said the 2005 Act was unconstitutional because of its chilling effect on freedom of speech. He also said the public ridicule and contempt Alvarez suffered after lying about receiving the Medal of Honor was an appropriate form of punishment.
"Once his lie was made public he was ridiculed online, his actions were reported in the press and a fellow board member called for his resignation," Kennedy wrote. "There is good reason to believe that a similar fate would befall other false claimants."
Justice Samuel Alito, who authored the dissent, wrote that in the past, limits to free speech included lies that caused harm and served no legitimate interest. He also pointed out that it's a federal offense for anyone to wear, manufacture or sell certain military decorations and military uniforms without authorization.
Rottman said that while it's hard to say for sure because of the phrase "tangible benefit," he doesn't think Alvarez could've been charged under the 2013 version. He believes judges will apply the law in a similar way they do fraud, which means the tangible benefit would have to be something material or something that helped the guilty party win some sort of elected position.
The Senate unanimously approved the 2013 version, and only three members of the House voted against it: Reps. Paul Broun, R-Ga.; Thomas Massie, R-Ky.; and Justin Amash, R-Mich.
Veterans' interest groups, such as Veterans of Foreign Wars and AMVETS, strongly supported the legislation. VFW chief John E. Hamilton, a Purple Heart recipient, said veterans are "very pleased" with the legislation.
"We want all con artists to pay a very severe penalty – and a very public price – for daring to steal the valor of those too few who survived and of the great many who did not," Hamilton said.
Jay Agg, national communications director at AMVETS, said he believes it "answers the Supreme Court's issue with the First Amendment question on lying being a form of speech." AMVETS also supported the 2005 version.
Violators of the newly passed law could face fines and up to a year in prison.


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And duh, we HAD to have dessert, right? So we headed into Bellevue Square to stop at Red Mango for some froyo. I'm obsessed with the original tart flavor topped with strawberries and mini-chocolate chips.
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And here is the whole group of us! Seriously, every few months or so I get the opportunity to meet MORE awesome PNW bloggers. They come out of the woodwork around here, I swear. I love all of these ladies.What an honor to be amoung such an awesome/funny/gorgeous group of gals!
Oh & let's have a closer look at how Amy is totally groping my belly. I kinda liked it, is that weird? ;)
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|{chelsea, chelsey, emily, melissa, me. picture taken by amy}
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Loved seeing these ladies again, and having the opportunity to meet a few more bloggers! Can't wait till the next time!


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Underdogs Again
Here we go again. Underdogs, unappreciated, no respect. Call it whatever you want.
Vegas has the Rays winning. ESPN.com poll, same results, 60-40 percent against us. That's not even close.
That's OK. We do well under the radar.
Whatever the media buzz, the Phillies don't appear to be bothered. They are hungry, focused and committed and odds makers/experts can't factor that into predictions. Difficult to measure heart.
Gillick chaired a meeting of his staff, the five scouts who followed the Rays and Charlie and his staff at the hotel today. Meeting started in the a.m. and spilled over until the 2 o'clock bus.
We worked out again at Tropicana Field this afternoon (3-5) with Charlie and Cole doing the interview room prior to the workout.
Tonight, MLB is hosting a huge Gala for both organizations, sponsors and baseball executives. The same event will take place Friday evening in Philadelphia.
World Wide
Through Major League Baseball International, the World Series will be broadcast in 13 different languages covering 229 countries and territories. Plus, all men and women serving in the Armed Forces. Imagine how thrilling that must be for a Phillies fan serving this country to be able to see or hear his/her team in the big dance.
Philly Media
27 writers from seven different papers, six photographers and 32 crew members from 5 different TV stations are here from the Philadelphia market.
MLB requests 600 seats for media and 75 still photo locations.
FOX has several hundred people credentialed.
Don't forget, Shane Victorino and the Phillies Ballgirls have blogs on this site. Carlos Pena does on rays.com.
This Date
28 years ago tonight we won the World Championship. Time to replace those heroes with new ones.


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The question is still open with a bounty, but I am no longer able to test the suggestions people are giving me.
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OK! Back to pictures . . .
Just one more. An adobe church in Riudoso, TX
OK! Back to pictures . . .
Just one more. An adobe church in Riudoso, TX
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Some people find the game of cricket difficult to understand. Perhaps the following will help:
The game is played by two groups.
The first group is in and the second group goes out.
Some of the group which is in, go out.
The group that is out, tries to get the group that is in, out.
When one of the group that is in, is out, he goes in and the next one goes out.
Then when all of the first group (except one) that is in, is out, the second group that is out goes in.
The first group now goes out and tries to get the second group, who now are in, out.
Only when both groups have been in and out twice is there a conclusion.
Now I think this makes perfect sense, but I'm struggling with focal length, depth and apertures, how come?
I shot all week and then found out what the assignment was today...
While in Vegas this past week we ran into a mob of Brits attending the Hatton-Mayweather fight. It was quite interesting.
Snapped a pic of this punter at the MGM Grand...
I'm sure this photo would be more balance without the bright light on the right side. I had the urge to crop but resisted. No critique needed.
Had a great week. I won over $400 at black jack over 3 days. Then at the airport found $15 worth of chips in my pocket. ARggh!..
dlearl can you cash them in for me? I'll give you $5?
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A mob, isn't the normal collective noun for a gathering of Brits. It's usually a "colonisation", or a "administrative middle-class infrastructure" of Brits.
Wait a minute though, Hatton is from Manchester, so a collection of Mancs and boxing fans t'boot. I stand corrected, they probably were a mob. Just be glad they weren't scousers, otherwise you'd not have found those $15 of chips in your pocket, they'd have nicked 'em. Probably had your trousers off you as well.
Seems Hatton got badly outclassed.
.. for which I apologize minimally. Question: Is it possible that we all might meet in Gillette for some photo-ops? I have enjoyed and learned from all and think that a wee gathering might be in order. Of course, Tom pays for no beer. -Bob (tasting ample samplings of his 60 litres of Christmas wine)
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Larry's River, Nova Scotia, CANADA
If I can't make it, I'll send a picture with Hodag.
Here is my pattern.
19 BMWMOA Nationals under my belt, and I have no idea what I am doing.
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