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Walking holiday in China, History and Culture
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Your holiday will help support local people and conservation. We must also reduce CO2. Learn about the CO2 emissions of this holiday and how to reduce them.
Whereas the major cities of China are now well developed for the tourism market, rural China is far removed from them and remains relatively unexplored by people travelling from outside the country. These rural areas have vastly contrasting environments, from deserts to glaciers, high mountains to long flowing rivers, and pretty much any other ecosystem you can think of.
Our local Chinese guides have expert knowledge in their country and environment as we use only regional guides supplied by small, developing private Travel businesses something relatively new to Chinese industry. These small business, who do not participate in the countrywide mass tourism market within China, are able to offer a higher level of service through their own contact with local suppliers of accommodation, restaurants, boat and transfer companies. These guides explain the landscapes and vastly interesting and diverse Chinese culture offering our clients a far greater insight into the local environment and peoples. We only sell holidays in China on a guided basis for client assurance and necessity in coping with language difficulties, considerable cultural differences as well as supporting the local economy.
Having been to China, experiencing our trips first hand and talking to the guides which we use we are able to give advice to our clients about protecting the environment which they shall be entering. This includes following their guides instructions for staying on the paths so as to minimize their effect on the environment which they pass through, and ensuring that any litter that they create is carried with them until they find a bin to place it in.
Where it is possible we recommend using trains to move around the country as opposed to flying. The use of trains dramatically reduces the carbon footprint of transportation. It also adds a new and different experience to the journey which cannot be experienced though air travel and it gives a chance to see more of this fascinating country.
We work in conjunction with small independent businesses within China which help us to operate our tours across the country. This enables travellers to benefit immensely from their superb local knowledge as they are specialists in their area and this in turn enables greater contact with the local peoples during the trip. It also gives travellers greater flexibility in creating a tailor made trip relating to all aspects of their visit and is something which is not possible for travellers taking group holidays. Our focus is on walking in China and we have selected the very best regions from East to West across this vast country where new experiences may be reaped from the little known but fantastically majestic hiking areas such as little know Szechuan.
Where possible our clients stay in small Chinese family run homestays and eat in local family run restaurants away from the standard tourist trail. This enables us to support the local communities where our treks pass though as well as giving the travellers an authentic experience of rural China.
Whilst staying in the major cities we encourage clients to take a city tour and a cultural dinner, which both enhance any stay in the city and at the same time making further use of reputable local services.
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Reunited, and It Feels So Good…
On July 10, 2013, volume one of Governor John Milton's letterbooks returned to Tallahassee. The mostly dis-bound, fire-damaged letterbook resided in Florida's capital city on at least two separate occasions prior to this year when the Florida Historical Society lent it to the State Archives for digitization.
The State Archives holds part two of Milton's letterbooks, which covers the period from 1863 to 1865, but this is the first time in a long time that both volumes have been in the same location. The story of how these two letterbooks were reunited in Tallahassee reveals the often circuitous route taken by historical documents, from the time of their creation until they find a permanent home.
The most obvious distinguishing feature about volume one of Milton's letterbook is the fire-damaged pages. The fire in question occurred at the residence of William Hall Milton, grandson of John Milton, in Marianna, Florida, in about 1912. According to W.H. Milton, the fire burned many family papers, but a tin box preserved the letterbook and a few other documents tucked safely inside.
In 1937, W.H. Milton came into contact with Daisy Parker, a student at the Florida State College for Women in Tallahassee (FSCW). Parker was in the process of writing a senior paper on John Milton and somehow became aware of the singed papers in Marianna.
Kathryn Abbey, a professor at FSCW, wrote to Watt Marchman, a professor at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, about Parker's discovery. Marchman, a member of the Florida Historical Society (FHS), contacted W.H. Milton about adding the letterbook to their collections. Milton agreed to the proposal, and promised to have the letterbook forwarded to Jacksonville (then the home of the FHS) upon the completion of Parker's research.
The letterbook arrived in Jacksonville on July 1, 1937. It is not known whether Parker consulted volume two of Milton's letterbooks, which at the time resided at the State Library in Tallahassee, or if she ever submitted her senior paper.
And so it was that one Milton letterbook left Tallahassee for the second time since its creation during the early years of the Civil War.
By 1979, the FHS collection, including volume one of Milton's letterbooks, had been transferred to the University of South Florida in Tampa. Archivists overseeing the FHS collections contacted the Bureau of Archives and Records Management (BARM) in Tallahassee about exchanging copies of the letterbooks to aid researchers at both institutions. In the summer of 1979, an agreement was made and the two repositories swapped photocopies of their Milton letterbooks.
Since the exchange of photocopies in 1979, researchers at both institutions (FHS later moved to Cocoa, Florida) have enjoyed access to the complete John Milton letterbooks, though with one volume at both sites being in the form of photocopies.
Because of the fragile nature of the fire-damaged portions of the letterbook, few researchers have had access to the volume one originals. This will remain the case, but through digitization researchers can now see the originals online, burnt edges and all.
Careful high-resolution scanning of the originals will ensure the continued integrity of the documents as well as make them available online via the Florida Memory website. The digitization of this project is ongoing and should be completed in the summer of 2014.
Stay tuned for future posts on interesting finds in the charred pages of John Milton's first letterbook…

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Please turn your attention to this focus group about the latest Twilight movie and women's level of horniness in relation to said movie. Survey says that horniness goes up and down depending on whatever, and that women don't like Jacob? Let's take a gander:
Unrelated to the video, because it's hilarious and a joke and I love the word horny, it is both the grossest and funniest word there is. So yes, ignoring all of that, but focusing on the Twilight phenomenon, and how it's marketed at women, in general. There's this interesting undercurrent in Twilight (and 50 Shades of Grey, for that matter) where somehow because some women get off to these books/movies, they're made ridiculous. I mean obviously porn is ridiculous as well, and masturbation in general is hilarious, but there's a weird undercurrent of agression to the jokes — and maybe a hint of shaming, in general. Like, "ho ho ho, it is SO crazy that sad sex-starved women think this goofy garbage is sexy. Everyone knows the only sexy thing is parts humping on corresponding parts!"
Am I right about this? Or maybe I'm going crazy, I just think they're often dismissed as ludicrous because they're easy to make fun of for other reasons — poorly written, moral judgment, etc. — but you know what, if they turn you on, it's just as valid as any other bit of erotic stimulation (sorry). This same sort of judgy mcjudgerson gets thrown at romance novels but hell, I defy anyone to read about Victorian lady undercarriage yearnings and remain wooden. Or, er, not wooden, as it were (so sorry). Women can get off to all sorts of stuff, from butts rubbing on penises, to talk of heaving breasts in corsets. If you stop to think about it, it's all absurd, but we're sexual beings, so maybe just live and let live? If a werewolf fucking a human who then gives birth to a bat is what gets the juices flowing (I'm really so very sorry), then so be it. No shame in any sexual game, that's what I
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The European arm of SMC, the world's leading provider of pneumatics, is continuing to grow its market share and invest in its people and infrastructure.
The company, acknowledged as one of the most innovative by leading business magazine Forbes, has more than 2500 employees in 32 countries throughout Europe. And now its German operation in Egelsbach has acquired 800 m² in new office space, 3,000 m² in additional storage space and 12,500 m² of land to accommodate growing demand and 70 new employees, over the last 12 months.
Ralf Laber, Managing Director of SMC Pneumatik GmbH in Germany said: "Last year, we saw strong sales growth together with a corresponding growth in the number of our employees to 571. To cope with this increased demand we have identified additional land and space to further develop our German facilities in Egelsbach."
Confident about future growth, SMC Germany has acquired an additional 12,500 m² of land for development within the immediate vicinity of its Egelsbach headquarters.
"This continued investment builds on the work that we have carried out to modernise our facilities, creating a first class, high-tech working environment. Combined, these investments strengthen the position of the Egelsbach site even further," explained Ralf.
From its Egelsbach base, SMC also carries out production operations for numerous pneumatic products and is home to the German Technical Centre (GTC), one of two European based technology centres, the other being located in Milton Keynes, England.
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Tessa Hadley is the author of five highly praised novels: Accidents in the Home, which was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award; Everything Will Be All Right; The Master Bedroom; The London Train, which was a New York Times Notable Book; and Clever Girl. She is also the author of two short story collections, Sunstroke and Married Love, which were New York Times Notable Books as well. Her stories appear regularly in the New Yorker. She lives in London.


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There is a fine line between love and hate. That is what Yoo Eun Jae (Lee Si Young), a female bodyguard, discovers when she is forced to defend Park Moo Yeul (Lee Dong Wook), the bad-boy shortstop of the Red Dreamers baseball team. Eun Jae, a die-hard fan of a rival team, can think of no bigger punishment than having to work for the man she believes is responsible for her team losing the national championships. Can the duo control their tempers long enough to investigate a real stalker who is trying to end Moo Yeul's career?
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MiracleInternet needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 73 designs submitted by 27 freelance designers.
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We are a a young web design firm, been established for only a few months and are wanting to change our logo before we really start ramping up the business. Our current logo was also created in a design contest here at Sitepoint a few months ago, but now we have decided it's not the style we are after, so we need something NEW and FRESH.
I've seen some great quality of work in the contests recently, which is why I've come back here. I need something very nice as I don't want to be changing logo's again.
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Barbs over baby spark a big fuss / Eye of a storm: Even in the tolerant Bay Area, nontraditional parenting can cause a stir. KGO's Pete Wilson feels the heat after criticizing a gay-lesbian couple for having a child together.
Longtime Bay Area television news anchorman Pete Wilson has found himself in the headlines this week after criticizing a San Francisco city official for joining a phenomenon flourishing in the region: the nontraditional family.
Controversy over Wilson's on-air comments about Supervisor Bevan Dufty and his newborn daughter shot to the highest reaches of city government as Mayor Gavin Newsom weighed in and several members of the Board of Supervisors called for Wilson's head.
Wilson did not apologize for his comments, which he made Tuesday afternoon during a talk radio show he hosts on KGO-AM before anchoring the local news each night on ABC 7. But he did say Thursday that his language was "inappropriate."
"I let some of my argument move toward the personal. Some of it was inappropriate, some was talk radio sarcastic cheap-shotting, and I did it several times. That was wrong and unfortunate," Wilson said in an interview. "I still believe the argument is a perfectly appropriate argument. I think the argument needs to take place about the number of directions we have gone with parenting and children."
Wilson said he supports same-sex marriage and adoption for same-sex couples and single parents. His problem with the decision by Dufty, who is gay, to have a baby with a friend who is a lesbian is that the couple have no romantic attachment.
"It may be perfectly fine in Bevan Dufty's case, but is this the direction we want to go?" he said.
Dufty's friend, Rebecca Goldfader, gave birth to their daughter, Sidney, last week. Goldfader and Dufty plan to move in together after the November election, in which Dufty is running to retain his board seat.
"The Dufty-Goldfader baby is, in my mind, a travesty. Or a potential travesty. Perhaps that's a better way of saying it," Wilson said during the first hour of his Tuesday radio program.
"At some point, there is a limit to how far we stretch the self-indulgent search for the alternative that we have been involved in the last 30 or 40 years in this country," he said later in the show.
Wilson said he had criticized celebrities having children without a romantic partner, though he had not devoted a show to the topic of platonic co-parenting. His argument seemed like a personal attack to many people, though, and four city supervisors called for his resignation from the top of the City Hall steps.
Board President Aaron Peskin said it is Wilson's job as a journalist to cover politicians and point out their mistakes, but "it is also our job to tell you and the public when your industry makes a mistake and abuses your power."
Also demanding that Wilson quit were Supervisors Tom Ammiano, Ross Mirkarimi and Chris Daly.
Wilson having both a talk show and an anchor position creates a conflict of interest, Peskin said.
"KGO has a responsibility to deal with that conflict, and I think the way you deal with that is a resignation," Peskin said.
Dufty did not attend the press conference but later sent an e-mail to Wilson.
"In no way do I want to see you resign or lose your position over this incident," Dufty wrote in the e-mail, which he forwarded to The Chronicle. "It troubles me that we live in a time of disposability. In other words, that people in public life, press, etc., make a mistake and then have no choice but to resign. I make mistakes and will undoubtedly make them in the future. I try to admit to them and learn from them."
Wilson said he might lose his job over the incident.
"I've been in the TV news business 35 years; I watch how things happen," he said. "All you've got to do is look at the Foley case, and you know how stuff becomes larger than life. It's entirely up to ABC 7 if they want me to resign; KGO will not ask me to resign."
Wilson's 6 p.m. newscast had the most viewers of all Bay Area TV news shows at that hour in the last major ratings period, reaching about 78,000 households in May.
The controversy even elicited a response from Newsom, who said he respects Wilson.
"I'm not demanding an apology -- he has a right to his opinion. I respect his opinion of their relationship. But he should give some real thought and consideration to the pain he has caused to the parents of Sidney," Newsom said.
Wilson should extend that sympathy to many parents in the Bay Area, said Judith Appel, executive director of Our Family Coalition, a San Francisco organization that promotes families headed by gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Appel was one of the first to speak at the press conference.
"We are in an exciting, exciting moment in our families, because we have a whole diverse range of families developing," Appel said.
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Pete Wilson, Bay Area TV news anchor and radio talk-show host, devoted much of the first hour of his radio show Tuesday afternoon to commentary on the decision by San Francisco Supervisor Bevan Dufty, who is gay, to have and raise a child with a friend who is a lesbian.
"I do not now nor have I ever accepted the idea that a baby is a toy, that it is a social science project or a possession. A baby is a human being, a delicate thing, our past, present and future. It is not an experiment. It is not an opportunity to see how far you can carry your views on parenting, alternative lifestyles or diversity in family structures."
"Look around you, folks. You think the high divorce rate in this country has been, generally speaking, good for kids? So, why not start out divorced? See if that'll work."
"Here's an idea: We'll have a 49er impregnate a team cheerleader, and they can raise a mascot. No, it's better not to be in love. You'll be much better parents if all that silly emotional stuff doesn't get in the way ...."
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Edward Furlong and Christian Slater finally in a movie together? Sign me up! Alright this may have happened before, I just can't remember. But this time it's called "The Awakened" and is about a young woman who returns to her home town to find her mother's killer. Apparently there's some sort of Jekyll & Hyde tie in also. Who cares though. Furter! Or Slatlong. I don't know, we'll work on it.
If there's one complaint I get about my news it's that there's not enough coverage of what's going on over at the Lifetime network. Well today is your lucky day bed burners because the good lady folk over there have decided to move forward with a new series based on Melissa de la Cruz's novel "The Witches of East End". For those of you who have never had your monthly visitor the story focuses on a mother and her two daughters who just so happen to be next in the long line of witches. Queue Sarah McLachlan.
Looks like Jackie Earle Haley is the latest name to be added to the cast of the upcoming "Robocop" remake. Rumor has it that Haley will be playing the role of Maddox, the main man who trains Robocop with his new skills. I can't even think of something stupid to say here. This seems like a perfectly reasonable casting selection. Well done, Hollywood people.
There's more horror themed shows coming to the little screen in the near future then you can shake a stick at and today we've got word there's one more. "Sleepy Hollow", based on the classic headless horseman tale, is being put together by Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the same cats that brought you "Fringe". The project is still being pitched to the big wigs so it's not 100% locked in but if no one wants it I'm willing to toss a ten spot in and they can act it out in my living room.
A New Hampshire lab tech is in hot water after it was discovered he had been stealing a powerful anesthetic from his job and replacing it with saline. The kicker here? Apparently he had been using the needles and has given more than 30 people Hep C.
Here's a heartwarming story about a California man who is under arrest after he shot his own son. Why did he shoot his son you might ask? Well because he chose a Kenny Chesney song at karaoke. Seams reasonable enough.


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Heather Mills Gossip
Heather Mills gossip, latest news, photos, and video.
Flying with The Rossum
Seriously…how many sick bags would you need if you found yourself on an airplane flying next to Emmy Rossum? Fortunately for Angela H, she was able to hold back her nausea. Unfortunately for Angela H, The Rossum ended up destroying her magazine. Here's how it went it down: Angela was a on a flight last week from Houston to Orange County browsing through the latest issue of Elle. Full Story
More Golddigger Bitch Slaps
For those of you too busy or lazy to read through the entire judgment… more gems from the judge's written decision on the McCartney Mills divorce. More incriminating details about Heather's character, or lack thereof. Greedy, lying, conniving c-bomb. Thanks again C! You will note – for all her pontificating about her charity work… turns out she can't produce any receipts. Full Story
Golddigger Slap in the Face
Is there any wonder why Heather Mills is universally despised? Heather Mills threw water on Fiona Shackleton in court yesterday. Shackleton is Paul McCartney's divorce attorney. WATER. She threw water. In court. And she finds it hard to believe she's hard to believe??? Still…it was Shackleton and of course Sir Paul who had the last laugh. Full Story
Golddigger Pay Day
Well…she got paid, Heather Mills did. But significantly less than what she's been angling for. "Only" £25 million, roughly US$50 million which is major cash for people like us… but really not so much for people who live the luxe life. And for someone who was originally asking for over £100, it's obviously not exactly an ideal settlement – on her terms. Full Story
One-Legged When Convenient: Worst of 2007
When she's accusing Paul McCartney of beating and abusing her, Heather Mills never hesitates to remind us that she's only got one leg and is the most tragic victim ever. Remember…in her divorce filings she alleges that Sir Paul made her crawl up the stairs and refused to let her use a bed pan, obliging her instead to walk her ass by herself to the loo. Full Story
One Legged When Convenient
When she's playing the victim, Golddigger Heather Mills always pulls out her one leg and starts crying. Last week she accused Sir Paul and Stella of calling her a one legged bitch during secret taped phone conversations. But here's the question – and stop reading now if you huff and puff easily as I'm about to offend you: In this case, in the case of Heather Mills, is the term "one legged" really an insult…or is simply an attribute? Example – Paris Hilton is a blonde twat. Full Story
Heather Fired!
Love it. Heather Mills's legal team has fired the golddigging slag because they can no longer keep up with her unpredictable mood swings and her refusal to heed their counsel. Word is, her attorneys had pleaded with her NOT to go on television spewing lies about Paul McCartney, warning that the effort would not only backfire but that it would be detrimental to her side of the divorce proceedings. Full Story
Hello Fromage!
New issue of Hello Canada on newsstands tomorrow with an exclusive interview with French Canadian Cheese Celine Dion on leaving Vegas behind and going on the road with her beloved Rene and her precious Rene Charles. Every other word is "beautiful" and "happiness" and "singing" and "hearts". Full Story
Dear Gossips,
When did it become OK to go "ho" for Halloween? What once was "scary" has now become "skanky" with Ebola and Chicken Fried leading the way. All class.
And then there's Heather Mills. Just a day after her media blitz, during which she again proclaimed victim status and likened herself to Princess Diana, comes word that she's in possession of an audio tape that proves Sir Paul abused his first wife Linda.
Stella McCartney is going to lose her sh-t.
The existence of the alleged tape was leaked several months ago – just one in a series of leaks coming out of Heather's court filings, miraculously landing in the hands of the British press. Conveniently enough, "unnamed witnesses" claim that Heather played the tape (recorded secretly mid-argument with her ex husband) yesterday when the cameras weren't rolling during one of her interviews…
In other words, she was at a tv or radio station, with dozens of journalists present, and she played a tape incriminating Paul as a wife beater, and somehow only "unnamed witnesses" were present for the hearing?
Every reporter lives for the big get, the big story, the big kill. And yet none of them seized the chance to break this sh-t open? Because British journalists don't love scandal?
And how about the hypocrisy? Phil Hall was former editor of a tabloid called News of the World – you may have heard of it? One of the tabloids at which she raged yesterday for slandering her name? How conveniently hypocritical.
The thing is, that slag is so crazy not even a former tabloid editor will work with her now. Mr Hall resigned from her team over Heather's decision to go postal on television explaining "We are still mates but I am not working with her any more. Yesterday she said she wanted to do this TV campaign attacking newspapers, but I have a good relationship with newspapers and my business depends on feeding that good relationship. She wanted me to orchestrate this campaign and make calls to newspapers but I have got friends and mates in national newspapers and it didn"t seem right to make those calls and attack them".
So Heather Mills was repped by a dude whose job it was to "feed good relationships" to the papers…coincidence or conspiracy?
Bitch… please!
Thursday, blogging all day, check back often for fresh smut…and a cute couple goes trick or treating. Details coming up.
Yours in gossip,
PS. To Kim – 40 is the new 30. Happy Birthday and let'er rip in Miami!
PPS. Quick programming note: there will be no column tomorrow (Friday November 2nd). As a reporter for eTalk, I have only once begged for an assignment – to cover the Harry Potter Order of the Phoenix junket in June. I begged again and again it was for Harry – am off to London for the Harry Potter 5 DVD junket (it comes out in December) and will be interviewing the kids ON THE SET of the sixth movie! Flying out late tonight Vancouver time, will not arrive til afternoon Friday in London. As such, won't have a chance to post. However, a full report is coming Monday. Sorry for the inconvenience… Only Harry Potter could take me away from gossip. Please forgive? Thank you, love you, owe you…
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"They"ve called me a whore, a gold digger, a fantasist, a liar, the most unbelievably hurtful things, and I"ve stayed quiet for my daughter." Ummmm…really? Does a tearful appearance on GMTV constitute as quiet? And how about the legal leaks? How did details of her baseless allegations against Paul McCartney manage to make their way into the papers? And still Heather Mills is complaining that she's been vilified and nearly destroyed by the press, even while she uses the press to achieve her objective. Full Story
Golddigging makes you delusional – see Kevin Federline's recording career. This time, the Golddigging Delusions have hit the Master. And hard. Still at an impasse with Sir Paul on their divorce settlement, Heather Mills is now in America apparently negotiating a Hollywood film about her life. Full Story


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In Afghanistan, the most misleading thing about using the term "the Taliban" is the word "the."
Using the word "the" suggests that there is a single entity called the Taliban, with a unified group of leaders who share common goals, devise strategies to reach those goals, and who recruit and manage a core of individual foot soldiers who implement those strategies.
Not to diminish the dangers faced by NATO and Afghan troops, but the entire point of guerrilla warfare is that small, loosely affiliated groups of insurgents can strike quickly, and then melt away into the countryside. If one group is neutralized, the rest of the "organization" continues.
"The Taliban," like "the Mujahideen" who fought the Soviet occupation, are often simply a collection of village militias of varying levels of training, discipline, and commitment. Many of them share common belief in the role of Sharia, or Islamic law, in daily life, and in theory, all may show their allegiance to a common leadership: the Quetta shura, including Taliban supreme leader Mullah Muhammad Omar, for instance. But all too often, that is where their common mission ends. Once an American or Afghan army unit leaves this valley for another one, many Taliban units go back to their day jobs of farming, herding sheep, and keeping shops in the local bazaar.
Mission accomplished, right?
It is with this in mind that I read excerpts of an interview with a Taliban commander, conducted by the noted diplomat and Afghan expert Michael Semple. Mr. Semple, who has maintained backchannel contacts with Taliban leaders for more than a decade, published his interview in The New Statesman magazine.
One quote, attributed to a senior Taliban commander, identified by Semple as "Mawlvi," has attracted the most attention:
"It is in the nature of war that both sides dream of victory. But the balance of power in the Afghan conflict is obvious. It would take some kind of divine intervention for the Taliban to win this war. The Taliban capturing Kabul is a very distant prospect. Any Taliban leader expecting to be able to capture Kabul is making a grave mistake. Nevertheless, the leadership also knows that it cannot afford to acknowledge this weakness. To do so would undermine the morale of Taliban personnel. The leadership knows the truth – that they cannot prevail over the power they confront."
This is a remarkable statement, a rare sign of doubt or realism from a group that is generally given to boasting.
Knowing Semple, I am certain that the person he is quoting is who Semple says he is, a senior Taliban commander, and probably a man with considerable influence. It is entirely likely that this commander represents a significant faction of opinion within the Taliban, a group that may be persuaded that their best course of action in furthering their political goals would be to lay down their weapons, start talking with the Karzai government, and reintegrate into Afghan politics.
Yet one of the challenges that both the Americans and Afghan governments have faced is the problem of knowing who they are dealing with. When the Obama administration announced this year that it would be willing to open talks with the Taliban, and the emirate of Qatar agreed to allow the Taliban to open an office in Doha, it was with the understanding that a certain number of known Taliban leaders would represent the organization. Some Taliban leaders welcomed the idea of talks, while others publicly denied talking with the Americans.
The truth is that there are several competing factions within the Taliban movement – just as there are different interest groups, ideologies, and egos in the Republican and Democratic parties of the US. Talking with a senior leader from one particular faction does not guarantee compliance by the organization as a whole.
That is why on the same day that you read about Taliban admitting they can't win the war, you can also read a story about Taliban claiming responsibility for a roadside bombing that may have killed six US troops, and a separate story about how Afghan security forces killed a Taliban commander and bombmaker who had been disguised as a woman.
It may also be why you can hear the distinctly non-pacifist comments of Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid, this week, who denied rumors of talks with "the powerless and puppet government of Karzai" as ''a wave of enemy propaganda … by some officials of the stooge Kabul regime."
Which of these contradictory viewpoints – pragmatic negotiation or stubborn vows of warfare – truly represent "the Taliban?"
They both do.
And while these various factions debate, or even fight amongst themselves for dominance, the war in Afghanistan is likely to drag on, guaranteeing that America's decade of intervention in Afghanistan ends with a costly flourish.


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While I had the chance to attend E3 this year, I stayed home. I didn't know what to expect from this next generation. I was pretty sure my hopes and concerns were all tied up in graphics and hardware, because no one really knew what we were supposed to expect from the next gen. What was too little? What was too big of a risk? We had a long wait, and it was almost guaranteed that whatever was paraded across that stage, short of personalized mech suits, would be a disappointment. I didn't want to contribute to that somber droning of press headlines. And I didn't want to be that one person who decided to be optimistic and look like a sellout, either. So this year, while I sat at home instead of in L.A., I found myself paying attention to other things in each presentation. I wasn't alone.
What I noticed first was the total neglect on Microsoft's part to feature games that showed women as a protagonist. We had one man of color, and one dragon. The basic theme here being that you're expected to play as a white man with brown hair and a five-o-clock shadow for 90% of games. Oh, but you can also decide to be a dragon, just not a woman. Microsoft is not the root of this issue, but they played a role, just as we all do. I'm not going to mention the Killer Instinct segment, because I already have a million words of an article in draft for that. I also want to touch on race and other representation issues, but this article is focusing on women, because each issue deserves in depth analysis.
So I'm coming back to my point, which is the representation of women in gaming. Later glimpses at games during press conferences included not only women protagonists, but women of color. This is praiseworthy, but it doesn't mean the struggle is over. For every Faith, there's a swarm of marketing and publishing executives who push out roughly thirty times as many male protagonists. Not to mention, there are far more white women than women of color as protagonists. When I bring this up, people have told me that I have to understand, it's a business move. Surely I understand, this isn't about women being fairly represented, this is about making money. Because don't I know, most gamers are men, and no man wants to play as a female character! Females sell more as sexual objects! MARKETING. BUSINESS. SYNERGY.
First, I want to say that there's a fundamental flaw with using business decisions as reasons to marginalize anyone. You wouldn't find it an okay reason for a business to deny appropriate safety standards that could harm people, and you wouldn't find it an okay reason for a business to violate environmental laws and cause harm to people. Harm is caused when people are excluded or poorly portrayed in forms of media, but there are no laws or standards put forth regarding people from under-represented groups in gaming. As a result, we tend to look the other way when it happens over and over again. Issues of racism and sexism extend beyond gaming, but by excusing them and allowing them to persist in our culture, we have become complicit in normalizing these behaviors. This isn't saying that because someone uses a gun to kill someone in a game, they will use a gun to kill someone in real life. Clearly physical violence on that level needs many more variables to occur. Gaming escalates ideas that are molded by the institutions of racism and sexism in our everyday lives. These ideas can then be exhibited in daily life, worn on t-shirts, and screamed on Xbox live with little to no recourse. This simple access to the abundance of negativity in gaming, and the fear or apathy of people to speak against it, is instilling the notion that the worst attitudes of gaming are simply the fabric of normal life.
Games with male-only lead options sell 75 percent better than games with female-only leads. So yes, some of the fear that exists on the publishing side is founded. But you also need to consider the fact that this is a sort of self-fulfilling prophecy, given that games with only female protagonists were merely given close to 40 percent of the marketing budget as the male only games. That's right, not even half. And they wonder why those sales are not as good? The game industry is stifling advancement by using outdated, "safe" formulas. When I hear people complain about the other ways that gaming companies play it safe- not enough diversity in shooters, too many sequels that play the same way, decreased difficulty levels in modern games, the dreaded DRM we saw Xbox One further embracing- I do NOT hear the argument, "It's good business. It's what makes game companies money, so deal with it." And furthermore, if someone did reply like this, it shows that they are far from being "rational" about the issue, they are just being plain dismissive.
Now let's move to the next step of why people think games with women don't sell: because gamers are men. If we are to believe most game marketing and the bastions of game culture such as the former G4, we could further define that to include boys and young men. There is our key demographic. That is the typical portrayal of a "gamer." And yet, according to my womandom, and also this article in US Today, which I guess is important, too... women CAN be gamers! In fact, there are more female gamers than male gamers under 17 (our established media demographic). 70 percent of women between 12 and 24 play games! In terms of total gamers, women make up 45 percent. So gaming numbers are pretty close to showing the actual population, both of which are NOT majorly comprised of white males. And yet we are still carrying on as if white males are the only people worth acknowledging, even knowing that men only make up 55 percent of gamers, and the US population only consists of roughly 30 percent white, non-Hispanic males.
So we now know that men are roughly half of the gaming population, but they still don't want to play as women, right? A study in Sweden showed that most of the men polled there had no issue playing as women. In fact, of the men questioned, 90 percent reported choosing to play a female character at some point, and a whopping 46 percent of them claimed to do so at least half of the time they play games. None of them had any negative views on more women in games, with 71 percent of them feeling more women protagonists who were not sexual objects was either "Good" or "Very Good" for gaming. Have YOU ever decided to not purchase a game because the protagonist was a woman? Was it because you couldn't relate, or you didn't want to be a woman? Is it because you only view women in a sexual light? Was it for other reasons, like the game just wasn't good, or maybe you never even heard of the game due to poor marketing? By holding the industry and gamers accountable for the portrayal of women in games, we help discredit the reasons that people support this discrimination.


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The new rasch "Cosy White" wallcovering style focuses on naturally beautiful designs in gleaming shades of white. White creates distance, often gives rooms a severe and sometimes rather sterile look, loves black and other strong accent colours and needs accessories to make it feel cosy. The Cosy White range from rasch reveals a completely different side to the colour white and how it can look.White is the new black. Far from it, because white always stands alone and does so in all its simplicity and beauty. But the new Cosy White style collection from rasch sheds a completely new light on the colour white. These wallcovering designs from the "Nature" collection are a total departure from aloof room design and the often clinical feel of a room decorated in white. Instead, this versatile non-colour is made to look warm and cosy – showing off all its shades and nuances. With cream, mother of pearl, champagne, light grey and various light sandy shades, Cosy White lets walls shine out naturally. And this is particularly true of the light shades – they flatter corners and angles, and make rooms appear significantly bigger. When combined with delicate metallic effects, everything takes on a glamorous and radiant look. The result is a gleaming upmarket and modern look, but without seeming obtrusive or cold – like sunlight shining through branches and creating the reflection of shapes. Leaf tendrils, branches, catkins and birds play out the individual drama of the natural world in your home and lend a cosy radiance to all different kinds of rooms. The patterns are highlighted by impressions of fabrics such as angora, cashmere and silk, which make the non-woven wallcoverings feel soft to the touch. As well as the nature motifs, the Cosy White range also focuses on lush patterns, such as curved ornaments and large block stripes. In various different shades of white , these evoke a timelessly elegant mood on your walls. To go with them there are solid colours in white, silver, beige-gold or pearl, and these are easy to combine with all the designs in the range – as is the case with virtually any style of decoration, because the many white wallcoverings in this wide range from rasch are true design partners, suiting both a rustic country look and classically designed minimalist furnishings. And they also make way for strong colours and materials, so a little dash of colour becomes really eye-catching. The light-coloured designs make it easy for you to give rooms a subtle yet personal touch and brighten them up – even when there are grey skies outside. source: rasch


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BERWICK, Maine — A fire that destroyed a home on Old Sanford Road Tuesday night is still under investigation, according to Fire Chief Dennis Plante.
On Wednesday, Plante said officials were still working to determine the cause and origin of the fire, which struck the unoccupied building at approximately 9:17 p.m. Tuesday.
Plante said police were working to determine the building's homeowner. The 217 Old Sanford Road home is believed to be abandoned and a regular destination for vagrants.
Plante said although it took first responders only about ten minutes to knock the fire out, the building had already sustained heavy damage. "When the first units arrived the house was fully involved," Plante said Tuesday night just after 10 p.m. "It's probably destroyed."
The home, which is located down a small dirt road about 30 yards off Old Sanford Road, sustained the heaviest damage in the middle of the structure. A large section of the home's roof and several walls collapsed as a result of the blaze.
Along with Berwick, other departments responding to Tuesday's fire included North Berwick, Lebanon, and Somersworth, N.H.
Old Sanford Road remained closed past 10:30 p.m. as fire trucks and ambulances lined the roadway in the aftermath of the blaze.


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Build Your Business with Balance
Forever isn't just a business based on helping people find balance in their lives, it's a business that proves with harmony, they can rise to great success. When we sought to initiate the Eagle Manager incentive in 2011, we knew it needed to help our FBOs in every area of their business. It needed to encourage them to find a rhythm and a balance that could create momentum and generate success.
Our Eagle Managers are proof that balance yields attainment. By achieving each of the core requirements of the incentive, Eagle Managers are in an equilibrium that moves their business forward. These core requirements are: accumulate at least 720 total case credits, of which at least 100 are new, plus, personally sponsor and develop two new Supervisor lines during the incentive qualification period, remain Active and qualify for Leadership Bonus. These core requirements are built around Forever's 4 CORE principles: recruitment, retention, development and productivity, which are how as a company and as individuals, we can measure balance.
Recruitment: We measure it by how many people you welcome into the Forever opportunity that make a first order. In the Eagle requirements, it is quantified through developing two new Supervisors.
Retention: The number of repeat orders coming in through your downline tell us how you're doing with retention. In the Eagle requirements, it is calculated through the 720 cases required for the incentive.
Productivity: Use more products and share more products is a way to describe this area of 4 CORE. It is measured by the wholesale value of all orders in your business divided by the number of people ordering. In the Eagle requirements, it can be assessed by achieving 100 new cases as you build and grow your business.
Development: This is the measurement of how well your Forever business is developing. Are FBOs in your downline moving through the marketing plan and achieving incentives? Are you building new Eagles in your downline?
As you can probably guess, focusing too much on one aspect of 4 CORE or not giving another area enough attention will throw your Forever business out of balance. Nurturing each area of the 4 CORE equally will help you keep a better eye on the health of your business and offer opportunities for growth and improvement.
If you didn't qualify for Eagle Manger this year, don't get discouraged. Instead, think hard about which areas of the 4 CORE you can improve on. What can you do to put your Forever business into balance? I can't wait to see you soar!
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Nordic racing | Farm Team athletes sweep Paco's Valentine's Race
On a cold day that made for ideal snow conditions, nearly 100 people participated in the Paco's Valentine's Race at Tahoe Donner Cross Country this past Sunday. Far West Farm Team racers dominated the competition, sweeping the men's race and taking top honors in the women's race. Wyatt Fereday won the 15-kilometer event with a time of 37:55, while Gus Johnson was second in 38:28 and Noah Brautigam was third in 38:56. Rick Reynolds (40:54) came in fourth and was followed by Donatas Ereminas (41:05).In the women's event, Holly Whitney took the win and placed ninth overall with a time of 43:22, Cathy Howard was second in 44:30 and former Farm Team racer Kara LaPoint was third in 45:35. Julie Young was fourth in 46:10 and Ellie Phillips fifth in 47:00.Raylene Chew won the 7K junior/novice race, posting a time of 29:03, while Claire Lang-Ree was second in 29:16 and Bri Parker third in 29:39.Alexandra Tinsley claimed victory in the 3K youth race, finishing in 9:34. Rowan Davis was second in 10:22 and Natalie Lang-Ree third in 10:29.Find a photo gallery from the race at http://macbethgraphics.smugmug.com/NORDIC-RACING/Nordic-Races-2013/TDXC-VALENTINES-RACE-2013/27954173_kNTcHD#!i=2359897847&k=RXr8nbL.


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After a Service of Thanksgiving at St Paul's cathedral and lunch at Westminster Hall, the Queen has travelled back to Buckingham Palace in the 1902 State landau, the carriage used by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge on their wedding day.
The carriage procession began in Parliament Square at 2.20pm, turning right along Whitehall to Trafalgar Square before entering The Mall via Admiralty Arch, reaching Buckingham Palace at 2.40pm.
Shortly before 3.30pm the six members of the Royal family who took part in the carriage procession will appear on the balcony of Buckingham Palace, where they will receive a feu de joie, or fire of joy, in which the Queen's Guard will rapidly fire their rifles down a line and back again, while the Band of the Irish Guards plays the National Anthem.
The Jubilee weekend will be rounded off with an RAF flypast including the Lancaster bomber, Hurricane and Spitfires of the Battle of Britain Memorial Flight.


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Delicate lines, soft shading and slightly washed-out tones give our printed pillow cover the look of a vintage work of art. It's sewn of fine linen with a woven jute back and jute piping. Designed in collaboration with lifestyle expert Aerin Lauder, the flower and butterfly design brings natural elegance and sumptuous texture to the home.
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Welcome to the Division of Curriculum & Instruction. Northside offers a broad selection of academic courses and electives. In addition to the core academic coursework,electives allow students to grow in foreign languages, the arts, and in other subjects. A comprehensive special education program is available for students who need additional assistance, and ESL (English as a Second Language) and bilingual programs are in place to help students for whom English is not the primary language.
STAAR Information
The State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness will replace the TAKS test. Click here for more information.
TEKS Information
The Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS), comprise the state-mandated curriculum guidelines that establish what every student, from elementary school through high school, should know and be able to do. They were developed to comply with §28.002(c) and (d) of the Texas Education Code.
TAKS Information
The Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) is a standardized test used to assess students' attainment of skills in the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) TAKS has been developed to better reflect good instructional practice and more accurately measure student learning.
Texas high school seniors cannot graduate unless they pass exit-level TAKS tests in English language arts, social studies, math, and science.
End of Course Exams
With Senate Bill 1031 in spring 2007, Texas legislators repealed TAKS in favor of End of Course exams in high school; however, this change will happen gradually. Students who enter ninth grade in the 2011-2012 school year will have to take end-of-course exams in core subjects. Students who entered ninth grade before 2011 will still have to pass the exit-level TAKS to graduate.
Online resources
- Northside Educational Improvement Council
The NEIC is the district decision-making committee established to involve professional staff, parents, and community members in establishing and reviewing the district's and campuses' educational plans, goals, performance objectives, and major classroom instructional programs.
- Planning for graduation
Course sequences, sample plans, and answers to common questions about requirements for graduation.
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Executive Director for Elementary Instruction
Patricia Sanchez
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Mop up from winter storm begins
Heaviest snows fell in southern viewing area
The storm has moved east and will merge with another low pressure system to create a monster Nor'Easter for New England this weekend. Our weather stays quiet for today and tonight as we dig out from 4" to 8" of wet snow.
Mitchell International reports 5.5" snow with 6-8" on the books for much of Racine and Kenosha counties. Elsewhere storm totals between 3 and 6".
Not much cold air in the wake of this system, highs today reach the low 30s. On the breezy side with north winds 12-22. Drier air gradually works its way in with our skies becoming partly sunny. Dry for tonight and Saturday. Great weather for Saturday with lighter winds, sunshine and highs in the low 30s.
Low pressure approaches again Sunday with mild air. Early Sunday morning there is a chance for a light, frozen mix. Sleet or freezing drizzle possible before 11am as temps will be below freezing. By late morning temps rise well into the 30s and any frozen mix will change to light rain. Highs later Sunday reach to near 40. Breezy and chilly for Monday
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Even with the additional third day of exhibit hall hours, foot traffic was pretty good - on a Friday no less. I heard from several exhibitors saying it was their best ITEXPO ever.
TMC's next show, ITEXPO West 2012, is scheduled to take place on October 1-4, 2012, in Austin, Texas, (the 'new' Telecom Corridor) which will be the second time in Austin after moving from Los Angeles.
"ITEXPO has enjoyed a long and successful run in South Florida since TMC first brought its event there in 2001. The impressive turnout we saw this week validates the content we've offered, and the comprehensiveness of the solutions showcased on the expo floor," said Rich Tehrani, TMC CEO and Conference Chairman. "Today – more than ever – ITEXPO is the world's leading B2B communications and technology event, and we're looking forward to carrying this momentum over to Austin this fall."
You can check out the attendee demographics for ITEXPO Miami by reading the full news release.


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Friday, December 6th, 7:00 pm
Iron Horse Music Hall
(20 Center Street, Northampton MA 01060)
20 Center Street
The Boxcar Lilies have made a name for themselves with their signature mix of folk, country, and bluegrass-tinged Americana music featuring spine-tingling, innovative harmonies and great songwriting. Accompanying themselves on guitar, clawhammer banjo, electric bass, and washboard, they a uniquely warm sound and charming stage presence. They were selected for an official showcase at the 2012 International Folk Alliance Conference and perfored at the 2014 Falcon Ridge Folk Festival as the #1 Most Wanted Emerging Artist. This September, The Lilies' released their newest album, Knockout Rose, a seamless collection of 12 songs spanning folk, blues, bluegrass, and Celtic influences. Produced by Lorne Entress, the album combines the band's trademark lush harmonies with the raw and rootsy sounds of a crew of renowned backing musicians including Mark Erelli (Lori McKenna, Josh Ritter) and Jim Henry (Mary Chapin Carpenter, Eliza Gilkinson) on an assortment of guitars and mandolins; Marco Giovino (Robert Plant's Band of Joy) on drums and found-object percussion, and upright bass player Jesse Williams (John Hammond, Maria Muldaur)


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Colorado River fishing and boating will get a boost this weekend from Shoshone water call
After months of historically low runoff in the upper Colorado River basin, fishermen and recreational boaters can finally expect to see some water in the channel. The Colorado River District, Denver Water and the Bureau of Reclamation began addiing flows Thursday to the Colorado River through the Shoshone Outage Protocol. The eagerly anticipated flow increase should benefit fish, rafting and crop irrigation from Parshall in Grand County to Grand Junction in Mesa County.
The Shoshone Outage Protocol is part of the nearly ratified Colorado River Cooperative Agreement and is designed to add water to the river when the Shoshone Hydro Plant in Glenwood Canyon is down for maintenanec and not using its senior water right of about 1,250 cfs. Currently, the plant is running at about half capacity, requiring only about 700 cfs of water while Xcel Energy performs repair work that could last until September.
After hovering around 300 cfs for weeks, the upstream gauging station for the Colorado River at Kremmling crept upward on Thursday as the three operators of Wolford Mountain Reservoir, Williams Fork Reservoir and Green Mountain Reservoir worked toward increasing river flows by about 450 cfs. Through the weekend and early next week, flows in Glenwood Canyon should settle around 1,100 cfs, to improve rafting and to aid farmers and ranchers in the Grand Valley.
Equally significant, the flows are helping to lower water temperature levels in the river through the Pumphouse Recreation Area in Grand County to help trout survive.
"This makes a real difference in the river," said Colorado River District General Manager Eric Kuhn. "Since we started, you can see by the gage that the temperature of the water has come down 4 degrees Fahrenheit."
The abrupt shift could briefly impact the aquatic insect activity as well as the fishing. Most likely, any significant impacts will be for the better.


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Background: World leaders have failed to deliver commitments made in 2002 to reduce the global rate of biodiversity loss by 2010, and have instead overseen alarming biodiversity declines. These findings are the result of a new paper published in the journal Science and represent the first comprehensive assessment of how the targets made through the 2002 Convention on Biological Diversity have not been met.
The study used more than 30 indicators, measuring different aspects of biodiversity, including species' populations and risk of extinction, habitat extent and community composition. The indicators included in the study were developed through the 2010 Biodiversity Indicators Partnership, a collaboration of more than 40 international organizations and agencies, including IUCN. The results form part of the Global Biodiversity Outlook 3, the flagship publication of the Convention on Biological Diversity, to be released on May 10th in Nairobi, when government representatives from around the world meet to discuss the 2010 target and how to address the biodiversity crisis.
Key Issues:
• "We can no longer use the excuse that we don't know enough about the loss of diversity of life on our planet. Last year the analysis of the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ showed that biodiversity was still declining at an alarming rate. This much broader study confirms those findings," says Jean-Christophe Vié, Deputy Head of IUCN's Species Programme and co-author of the Science paper. "The role of governments is paramount but the magnitude and rate of loss of biodiversity means that everyone, from individuals to businesses, must act now to save all life on earth before we reach breaking point."
• "We now know that the 2010 target to reduce the rate of biodiversity loss hasn't been met. It can no longer be 'business as usual' without their being serious consequences for all life on earth," says Simon Stuart, chair IUCN's Species Survival Commission and co-author of the Science paper. "We need governments and all of society to understand that the biodiversity crisis is real and is happening now. World leaders faced the economic crisis head on. We need that same level of investment and commitment for the environment."
For more information:
Journal article: Butchart S et al (2010) "Global Biodiversity: Indicators of Recent Declines" Science
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About the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ (or the IUCN Red List) is the world's most comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of plant and animal species. It is based on an objective system for assessing the risk of extinction of a species should no conservation action be taken.
Species are assigned to one of eight categories of threat based on whether they meet criteria linked to population trend, population size and structure and geographic range. Species listed as Critically Endangered, Endangered or Vulnerable are collectively described as 'Threatened'.
The IUCN Red List is not just a register of names and associated threat categories. It is a rich compendium of information on the threats to the species, their ecological requirements, where they live, and information on conservation actions that can be used to reduce or prevent extinctions.
The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species™ is a joint effort between IUCN and its Species Survival Commission, working with its Red List partners BirdLife International, Conservation International's Center for Applied Biodiversity Science, NatureServe, and the Zoological Society of London.


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10 things you may not know about Colorado State vs. Cal Poly
Here are 10 things that you may not know about Colorado State's home opener Saturday against Cal Poly:
1. Recently inducted College Football Hall of Famer Greg Myers, a Colorado State defensive back from 1992-95, will be honored with his No. 3 being hung on the press box.
2. Second-year CSU defensive line coach Greg Lupfer served as Cal Poly's defensive coordinator from 2009-11.
3. Cal Poly's most famous football alumnus: John Madden, class of 1959. Madden also was a catcher on Cal Poly's baseball team.
4. Cal Poly enters its 95th season of college football but has only been FCS or I-AA for the past two decades.
5. In 1960, Cal Poly suffered one of the first team tragedies in college football when a team plane crashed at the Toledo, Ohio, airport following a game at Bowling Green. The crash claimed 22 lives, including 16 players.
6. Although Colorado State is 0-2 to start the 2013 season, the Rams are riding a three-game home winning streak dating to last year.
7. CSU has played five true freshmen: DL Austin Berk, LB Deonte Clyburn, WR Rashard Higgins, S Jake Schlager and DB Tyree Simmons. With injuries to several veteran wide receivers, there is a chance that Higgins may be joined by another newbie wideout or two on Saturday.
8. CSU head coach Jim McElwain made two stops in California while climbing the career ladder, but only for a year each — as quarterbacks coach of the NFL's Oakland Raiders in 2006 and as offensive coordinator and quarterbacks coach at Fresno State in 2007.
9. The Cal Poly roster lists no player from Colorado, but CSU has 19 Californians.
10. This is the first meeting in football between the two schools.


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Dropbox Sees Mobile as Next Frontier
The U.S.-based company is expanding into Europe, opening an office in Dublin. It sees mobile as the next frontier. WSJ's Ben Rooney spoke to Dropbox Head of Operations Ruchi Sanghvi at Le Web in Paris. Photo: Bloomberg
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2014 Big Dawg Invitational Information
BALTIMORE – The 2014 Big Dawg Invitational, which will be hosted by the UMBC track and field program on Saturday, March 29 at UMBC Stadium, will be streamed live, free-of-charge on UMBCRetrievers.tv, courtesy of the America East Digital Network. The coverage, which will feature commentary, multiple camera angles, and replay, will begin at 10:30 a.m. and wrap up at 2:30 p.m.
All events held at UMBC stadium will be broadcast live, while the field events held adjacent to the UMBC Softball Stadium will be filmed and added to a highlights package.
The 2014 Big Dawg Invitational is scheduled to begin at 10:00 a.m. with the women's hammer throw. The first event held on the track at UMBC Stadium will be the 3000m steeplechase at 10:45 a.m.