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Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association
The Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association (SIFMA) is a United States industry trade group[1] representing securities firms, banks, and asset management companies. SIFMA was formed on November 1, 2006, from the merger of the Bond Market Association and the Securities Industry Association.[2] It has offices in New York City and Washington, D.C.
The combined businesses of SIFMA's bank, broker-dealer and asset management members represent 75% of the U.S. broker-dealer sector by revenue and 50% of the asset management sector by assets under management.[3]
Mission, members, and offices[edit]
US operation[edit]
In January 2010, SIFMA announced that it had hired the law firm Sidley Austin to consider filing a lawsuit challenging the Obama administration's banking levy. But an attorney familiar with the matter said: "I suspect SIFMA got out ahead of its key members." One person with a large bank said SIFMA had not consulted the bank about its position, and that it was "wildly premature" to pursue legal action.[4]
In October 2010, CEO Tim Ryan announced the organization's opposition in the residential real estate market to a "system wide moratorium on all foreclosures," reacting to problems and pullbacks in the market by a number of SIFMA members, saying a moratorium "would be catastrophic."[5] Financial writer Felix Salmon drew attention to the position, terming it "unhelpful," detailing it as "bizarre" and "sad, ... an inchoate and unhelpful blast of opposition ... [without] constructive solutions" proposed.[6]
Political giving and lobbying[edit]
"SIFMA's political action committees (PACs) gave more than $1 million during the 2006 election season, putting the organization in the top 25 of all PACs. Its combined $8.5 million in spending on federal lobbying last year placed it in the top 30. The financial-services industry is the biggest corporate player in national politics. Only organized labor donates more money to candidates for federal offices."[7]
Senior management[edit]
Kenneth E. Bentson, a former U.S. Congressman, is SIFMA's CEO & President.[8] In 2014, he also replaced Simon Lewis, CEO of the Association of Financial Markets in Europe (AFME), as the CEO of Global Financial Markets Association (GFMA), the umbrella group for AFME, ASIFMA, and SIFMA. ASIFMA is the Asian Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association.[9]
T. Timothy Ryan, Jr., was previously SIFMA's CEO & President. He took the position after pulling his name from consideration for a United States Treasury Department international policy advisor position in April 2007, after problems were noted concerning Ryan's financial portfolio, and Ryan refused to take certain steps demanded by the Treasury Department's ethics lawyers.[10][11] SIFMA's other senior management consists of Kenneth E. Bentsen (EVP, Public Policy and Advocacy), Ileane F. Rosenthal (EVP, Global Communications & Member Engagement), Randy Snook (EVP), and Ira Hammerman (Senior Managing Director & General Counsel).,[12]
In August 2008, SIFMA hired Michael Paese, former Deputy Staff Director of the Committee on Financial Services of the House of Representatives, as EVP, Global Advocacy;[13] eight months later Paese left SIFMA to become director of government affairs at Goldman Sachs.[14] Scott DeFife, who had reported to Paese, left SIFMA in December 2009.[15]
After the 2006 merger which created SIFMA, the organization had a co-CEO structure, with the SIA's Marc E. Lackritz and BMA's Micah S. Green filling the positions. As a 2007 report summarized it, "Lackritz [then 60] ha[d] been a friend, colleague and mentor of Green's [then 49] for two decades." However, with slower-than-hoped-for integration of the merged organization's operations, and with questions about the handling of executive loans by BMA, Green resigned abruptly that year and Lackritz assumed the role of sole CEO.[7][16] Nine months later, Lackritz retired and Ryan was named CEO.[17]
Board of directors[edit]
SIFMA's Chairman of the Board is Blythe Masters (Head of Global Commodities, JPMorgan Chase), and Vice Chair is Bernard Beal (CEO of M.R. Beal & Company). Other directors include Samir Assaf (HSBC Bank plc), Shigesuki Kashiwagi (Nomura Holdings America Inc.) and Sallie Krawcheck (former Chairman and CEO, Citi Global Wealth Management), among others.[18]
Peter Madoff, brother of fraudster and "money manager" Bernard L. Madoff, and chief compliance officer and senior managing director of the Madoff investment advisor and broker dealer businesses,[19] stepped down from the SIFMA Board of Directors in December 2008.[20] On June 29, 2012, Peter Madoff pleaded guilty to conspiracy and falsifying records and agreed to serve 10 years in prison.[21]
The Madoff family had long-standing ties to SIFMA. Bernard Madoff served on the Board of Directors of the Securities Industry Association, a precursor of SIFMA, and Peter Madoff served two terms as a member of SIFMA's Board of Directors. From 2000 until 2008, the Madoffs brothers donated $56,000 directly to SIFMA, and paid additional money as sponsors of industry meetings.[22][23] Bernard Madoff's niece Shana Madoff was a member of the Executive Committee of SIFMA's Compliance and Legal Division, but resigned shortly after Madoff's arrest.[19][24][25][26]
In 2007 SIFMA had $105 million in both revenues and expenses. SIFMA's highest-paid officers that year were Donald Kittel (then CFO), $2.1 million, Marc Lackritz (then president & CEO), $1.5 million, and Randolph Snook (SMD), $1.1 million.[27]
SIFMA's highest-paid officer in 2008 was its new president and CEO Tim Ryan (at approximately $2 million, for January–October).[28] Ryan had been hired to replace Lackritz in January 2008, at a 43% ($600,000) higher level of compensation, for less than a full year.[28] In related news,Ryan wrote in a USA Today editorial in August 2009 that compensation practices at financial services firms should align with long-term, not short-term, performance.[29]
SIFMA's top-three highest-paid officers in the fiscal year ending October 31, 2009 were CEO Tim Ryan at $2.43 million, Executive Vice President Randolph Snook at $1.04 million, and General Counsel Ira Hammerman at $777,000. SIFMA received total revenue that year of $75 million, had total expenses of $82 million, and finished the year with a fund balance of $40 million.[30] In 2011, Ryan's compensation was the highest among the leaders of 22 self-regulatory, dealer, governmental, and other groups in the municipal bond market, at $3.0 million.[31]
CEO Tim Ryan earned $2.51 million base compensation (and $2.89 million total compensation) for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2012, more than the compensation of any of the officials heading the other 20 self-regulatory, industry, government, and other municipal securities-related groups.[32] His compensation was far higher than that of the Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Mary Jo White, who earned $165,300.[32] Executive Vice President Ken Bentsen received a total of $1.12 million, and Randy Snook received $1.04 million.[32]
- ^ Ackerman, Andrew (October 30, 2008). "SIFMA Lays Off 40 Amid Turmoil". On Wall Street. Retrieved November 3, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ *Birnbaum, Jeffrey (June 27, 2006). "Merger of Wall Street Groups Creates a Lobbying Powerhouse". The Washington Post. Retrieved October 4, 2008.
- ^ https://www.sifma.org/about/
- ^ Kirchgaessner, Stephanie "US investment banks split about possible lawsuit over industry levy" Financial Times, January 19 2010
- ^ "SIFMA Calls System Wide Moratorium on All Foreclosures 'Catastrophic'" Archived 2010-10-15 at the Wayback Machine, SIFMA press release, October 11, 2010. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
- ^ Salmon, Felix, "Sifma's unhelpful take on the foreclosure mess", Reuters blog, October 11, 2010 13:37 EDT. Retrieved October 11, 2010.
- ^ a b Birnbaum, Jeffrey (May 7, 2007). "Lobby's Co-CEO Quit After Probe". Washington Post. Retrieved October 4, 2008.
- ^ "HSBC's Samir Assaf Replaces Blythe Masters Atop Lobbying Group", May 14, 2014.
- ^ ASIFMA web home page. Retrieved 2015-09-21.
- ^ Aaron, Siegel (April 20, 2007), "Ryan withdraws from Treasury nomination", Investment News, retrieved January 18, 2010
- ^ Solomon, Deborah (April 20, 2007), "Treasury Nominee Withdraws", The Wall Street Journal, retrieved January 18, 2010
- ^ "Ken Bentsen Joins SIFMA as Head of Washington Office" (Press release). SIFMA. August 4, 2009. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved January 18, 2010.
- ^ "Michael M. Paese Joins SIFMA as Executive Vice President, Global Advocacy" (Press release). Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. August 21, 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved June 28, 2009.
- ^ Carney, Timothy (April 28, 2009). "Former Barney Frank Staffer Now Top Goldman Sachs Lobbyist". Washington Examiner. Archived from the original on January 17, 2010. Retrieved June 27, 2009.
- ^ "Nat'l. Restaurant Association Names Scott DeFife EVP, Policy & Government Affairs" (Press release). National Restaurant Association. December 14, 2009. Archived from the original on June 19, 2010. Retrieved June 2, 2010.
- ^ "Marc Lackritz Appointed CEO of SIFMA" (Press release). SIFMA. March 29, 2007. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
- ^ "Tim Ryan Appointed CEO of SIFMA" (Press release). SIFMA. January 16, 2008. Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved October 18, 2010.
- ^ "SIFMA's Board of Directors and Newly Elected Officers Announced" (Press release). Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. October 28, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-12-23. Retrieved November 3, 2008.
- ^ a b Barlyn, Suzanne (December 23, 2008). "Madoff Case Raises Compliance Questions". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 1, 2008.
- ^ Williamson, Elizabeth; Scannell, Kara (December 18, 2008). "Family Filled Posts at Industry Groups". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ "NY stage set for a second Madoff to face prison". Wall Street Journal. Associated Press. June 29, 2012. Archived from the original on June 30, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2012.
- ^ Lerer, Lisa (December 18, 2008). "Peter Madoff resigns". Politico. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ Williamson, Elizabeth (December 22, 2008). "Shana Madoff's Ties to Uncle Probed". Wall Street Journal. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ Javers, Eamon; Lerer, Lisa (December 16, 2008). "Madoff bought influence in Washington". Politico. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ Wenzel, Robert (December 22, 2008). "Madoff Family Members Had Exclusive Briefings from Treasury Secretary Paulson on the Financial Crisis". Economic Policy Journal. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ Madoff, Shana. "San Francisco Topical Breakfast". Compliance and Legal Division of the Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association. Archived from the original on May 1, 2009. Retrieved March 1, 2009.
- ^ The Bond Buyer. "Where the Money Goes" (PDF). Retrieved March 1, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ a b Ackerman, Andrew (August 26, 2009). "Making Millions in Muniland:". The Bond Buyer. Retrieved August 26, 2009.[dead link]
- ^ "SIFMA's Ryan says pay should align with long-term performance, risk management," SmartBrief, 2009-08-96, accessed August 26, 2009
- ^ Temple-West, Patrick (October 19, 2010). "FINRA Leads the Pack in Hefty Payouts". The Bond Buyer. SourceMedia. Retrieved January 8, 2011.
- ^ Hume, Lynn (October 10, 2012). "SIFMA s Ryan is Highest Paid Among Leaders of 22 Muni-Related Groups". The Bond Buyer. Retrieved March 31, 2014.
- ^ a b c Hume, Lynn (September 3, 2013). "SEC Chair s Salary Far Below Group Execs Representing Firms, Individuals Overseen". The Bond Buyer. Retrieved March 31, 2014.


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German Cockroach Pest Identification in Rolling Meadows, IL
Roaches. The word alone makes most people feel a shiver of disgust. But not all roaches are the same, nor do they behave in exactly the same way.
Take the German cockroach. Pest control services stay busy year round when German roaches are present. This type of roach is the most common worldwide, and it's no stranger to Chicago, IL homes and businesses either.
But before you call your pest management specialists, take a few moments to learn more about this common pest.
Appearance and Behavior
If you open the cupboard door at night and see a small, brown roach dart out, chances are that you've seen a German cockroach. Pest control specialists further distinguish German cockroaches by their size (usually just under an inch) and their appearance (dark tan or sometimes black, with darker streaks from the underside of the head to just behind the wings' base).
Likewise, young cockroaches, or nymphs, appear much smaller (usually no bigger than 3/8 inches), with darker brown or black coloring.
Unlike Asian cockroaches, German cockroaches cannot fly. Instead, they generally scuttle or glide quickly across surfaces. You'll also notice them at night, not during the day. While Asian roaches come out in daylight, German cockroaches prefer the dark.
Hiding Places
German cockroaches are equal-opportunity pests. They can as easily infest a home in Rolling Meadows, IL as a business in Berwyn, IL. What attracts them? Basically, three things: dampness, warmth, and food.
Due to these motivators, Chicago area residents may find German cockroaches in the following areas:
- Pipes and holes near pipes (particularly by sinks, garbage disposals, and dishwashers)
- Cupboards and appliances (in pantry shelves, near the refrigerator, and by other food sources)
- Heating sources (radiators, ovens, furnaces, and other warm areas)
- Light fixtures (especially those that put out heat)
- Books and papers (shelter and food sources)
- Pet food containers (inside bags or pet bowls)
- Paneling (above ceiling panels or behind walls)
Treatment Strategies
In some cases, home and business owners may reduce infestations by installing de-humidifiers near pipes and other damp areas. Roaches will die after two weeks if denied moisture. However, roaches can live up to a month without food.
For German cockroach extermination to work, your pest professionals combine environmentally safe strategies with your efforts.
For example, residents should make every effort to eliminate waste and clutter. Regularly clean cupboards and appliances. Seal off gaps next to pipes. By doing so, you can make professional treatments even more effective.
Contact Chem-Wise today for German cockroach pest control services in the greater Chicago, IL area.

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Eight Grad Students to Compete for $5,000 Fellowship at Inaugural GradSlam
Finalists from a field of 48 will vie to see who can concisely discuss their research
Jennifer Kavetsky, graduate student in English, presents her research on robots in literature in the fourth preliminary round of GradSlam at UC Riverside on Tuesday, May 6, 2014. Photo by Ross French
RIVERSIDE, Calif. — Eight graduate students from the University of California, Riverside will go head-to-head to see who does the best job of summarizing their research in just three minutes to a panel of judges and an audience of laypeople in the final round of the inaugural GradSlam on Monday, May 12, 2014, with a $5,000 fellowship going to the winner.
Sponsored by the UCR Graduate Student Resource Center, the finals of the inaugural event will take place between 4 to 5:30 p.m. in HUB 302 North. The event is free and open to the public, and light refreshments will be served. For more information, visit: http://gsrc.ucr.edu/gradslam/.
"GradSlam is a contest that challenges our graduate students to demonstrate their amazing research to the community," said Maggie Gover, director for Graduate Student Academic and Professional Development. "It is an opportunity for them to practice explaining their research to non-academics."
A total of 48 contestants from across the academic disciplines participated in one of four preliminary rounds. Contestants were judged on several categories, including clarity and delivery, the intellectual significance and appeal of the presentation, and whether they were able to provide context and connect with a non-specialist audience. (An example of a presentation from the preliminary rounds can be seen at the end of this article.)
"In a nutshell we are looking for students who can make their research seem understandable, interesting, and important to a panel of community members who may or may not be academics," Gover said.
Michael Prather, a graduate student in political science studying the evolving boundaries between international humanitarian and military missions, said that GradSlam was "exciting and a bit unnerving," and that condensing his work into a three-minute presentation was "very difficult."
"GrandSlam turned out to be a tremendous challenge," he said. "I sought to focus on the elements of my research that appealed to the largest audience, but it was a struggle to select specific elements from a topic that I find so important."
Krista Lukas, who is pursuing her MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts, used the GradSlam to create a pitch for her memoir.
"The preliminary round was an opportunity to refine the pitch for a live audience. I really had to think about the difference between prose and a speech–what a live audience would need in order to be interested and anchored in the story," she said. "A friend who attended one of the preliminary rounds said that the experience confirmed for her that her attention span for this kind of information is about three minutes–and that makes sense. We can't assume others want to listen to us for three hours. However, three minutes is not too much to ask."
Prather said that he benefited from hearing about the research work of his fellow competitors.
"As a political scientist it was fascinating to hear about the work of sociologists, biomedical scientists, and music theorists among many other scholars," he said. "Participating in GrandSlam helped me understand the high level of research across disciplines at UCR. I left motivated to better my own work and become more aware of what other graduate students are producing."
Susan Allen-Ortega, assistant vice chancellor for Health and Wellness, served as a judge for one of the preliminary rounds and said that she thoroughly enjoyed the experience.
"The presentations were excellent, inspiring and extraordinarily interesting. They left me feeling very proud of the great research underway at UCR," Allen-Ortega said, adding that she is encouraging undergraduates with an interest in graduate school to attend the finals.
In addition to the $5,000 first place prize, the first-runner-up will receive $2,000, the second-runner-up and audience's choice $1,000 each. Four honorable mentions will receive $100 each.
The finalists are:
- Glen Svenningsen, Chemical & Environmental Engineering
- Steven Herrera, Materials Science & Engineering
- Aviva Goldmann, Entomology
- Michael Prather, Political Science
- Megan Stotts, Philosophy
- Amber Qureshi Urrutia, Economics
- Oleg Martynov, Physics
- Krista Lukas, Creative Writing
Judges for the finals are:
- Frank Ramirez, assistant director of Counseling & Career Development in UCR Career Center.
- Jay Goth, founder of Redtail Capital, senior business consultant at Tritech SBDC, and communications director at Capital Market Relations.
- Dallas Holmes, Riverside Superior Court judge (retired).
- Connie Ransom, member of Citizens University Committee Board, president of Board of Directors for Sam and Alfreda Maloof Foundation for the Arts and Crafts, and broker associate for Coldwell Banker Armstrong Properties).
UCR is the third University of California campus to host a GradSlam, following UC Santa Barbara and UC Irvine.
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It's always more fun to DIY. Every week, we'll spare you a trip to the grocery store and show you how to make small batches of great foods at home.
Today: Laura Wright from The First Mess walks us through the ins and outs of homemade sweet potato chips.
Sweet potato chips are one of those things that we always have around because my mother will always, always pick me up a bag when she's in some health food store or alternative grocery shop (or is it shoppe?). I love sweet potatoes, but most sweet potato chips are just okay. Considering that these snacks are generally deep fried and heavily salted, I guess I'm just expecting a little something more. Making them myself seemed like a viable way to solve some issues. Here are some of my findings:
Commercial chips are too thick for my taste and often still have the peel on, which I find distracting in a textural sense. I peel mine and slice them on a mandolin to a thickness that is somewhere between 1/8 inch and "paper thin." The slices should be slightly translucent and flop over easily when held up.
Use both fine and flaky salt for proper seasoning and textural contrast. A chef I once worked for applied this principle to french fry making, and it has grown on me for all crispy and salty homemade endeavors. The fine salt seasons the sweet potatoes and the sprinkle of flaky salt right before they hit the oven enhances the crunch of the finished chip.
More: Another crispy chip you can bake at home, made from kale.
Use high heat and naked baking sheets. I had previously tried a slow-baked method for homemade chips, only to find the end results erring on the side of fruit leather. And they took over an hour! It made sense to try higher heat for ramped-up crunch. You have to watch the chips a bit more, because after a midway flip the little rounds can go from utterly delicious to devastatingly burnt within 30 seconds. They're essentially searing themselves on the hot baking sheet.
Lastly, a neutral and high heat-tolerant oil makes a huge difference. The big brands tent to utilize canola oil for frying, which seems to make for an "oily" tasting chip to me. I want the purity of the sweet potato and whatever spices I'm using (full disclosure: I used taco seasoning) to come through; grapeseed oil is my first choice for this. A cinnamon or chai-spiced chip might benefit from a splash of coconut oil.
Sweet Potato Chips
Makes 4 to 5 cups of chips
1 medium-large sweet potato1 tablespoon grapeseed oil (plus extra for greasing)1 teaspoon spices of your choice1 teaspoon flaky sea salt, such as Maldon
Preheat the oven to 400° F. Lightly grease two large baking sheets with grapeseed oil and set aside. Peel the sweet potato and slice it on a mandolin into thin coins.
Toss the sweet potato slices with the tablespoon of grapeseed oil, fine sea salt, and spices. Make sure all slices are evenly coated.
Place slices on the baking sheets in a single layer, ensuring that there is no overlap. Sprinkle the flaky sea salt on top of the slices and slide the baking sheets into the oven. Bake the chips for 18 minutes, flipping them over with tongs at the halfway point. Remove chips when they appear lightly golden brown with a tiny bit of give in the center (they will firm up).
Enjoy your chips as soon as possible, or within the next day.
See the full recipe (and save and print it) here.
Photos by Laura M. Wright
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Oconee County Georgia Real Estate
Like most other communities in the vicinity of the University of Georgia, Oconee County is directly affected and influenced by whatever comes out of this respected academic institution, whether it's a new innovation or a new policy shift. A tangible illustration of Oconee County's connection to UGA is the fact that more than a thousand Oconee County residents hold down jobs at the university. What's more, it's also doubtless partly due to UGA's being so close that Oconee County, Georgia real estate has been steadily rising in value.
The benefits of having a renowned research university close at hand are immeasurable. Universities attract and produce an educated, highly skilled workforce, which in turn attracts businesses and industries that bring in jobs and broaden a community's tax base, among other things. It has a cultural and entertainment benefit, as well – witness Athens' numerous artistic events and happenings, as well they're swinging music scene and, of course, the abundance of exciting sporting events care of the Georgia Bulldogs.
Another main draw for those interested in Oconee County, GA homes are the region's exceptional public schools. The Oconee County Public School System is highly regarded and there are also a host of options when it comes to private schooling.
Apart from UGA, there are also several higher education institutes in the area, among them a campus of Gainesville College, the Athens Area Technical College, and Piedmont College. Clearly, folks here take their education seriously and that's not a bad kind of setting to raise your kids in.
If you'd like to know more about Oconee and what it has to offer, please contact me, your Oconee County, Georgia real estate professional.


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I was at a hockey game. The pre-season Hawks game was pretty full when I sat down with my fries. There were two fights that broke out during the game. One of those fights took place close to the goal. I imagined the Black Hawks player punching the Blue Jackets goalie and landing on the goalie net. Would he break it? Is that legal? Has that ever happened? I guess it wouldn't matter because the puck would be long gone by now. This is how I entertain myself with sports.
Goals for the day can sometimes feel like we are caught up in a net. We know we should have goals and we go kicking and screaming. Here are a few of my goals this fall. Some feel a little out of reach for me.
1. Start producing a podcast or recording a podcast
2. Consistently VLOG again.
3. Pray and spend time reading and reflecting once a day.
4. Collaborate with one other blogger.
5. Pay off one credit card. (Wish me good luck)
6. Get to sleep earlier.
7. See improvement with my on air personality.
8. Eat healthier.
Goals help me focus. I have about ten to-do lists for each day and I still forget emails I have to write or that phone call I have to make. Another reason I have goals is because I can get discouraged really quickly. When I have goal I can look behind me and see amazing growth. There's a reason athletic trainers have their trainees write a journal. It's good to reflect on your progress
Another thing that has helped me this year so far is taking a break by walking. I have been walking a half an hour a day. This helps me clear my head without having to exert a lot of energy. I can walk that long even on days when I have had three hours of sleep.
Maybe goals are accomplished by a balance between taking breaks to rest and striving towards the goal with everything you have in you. And not so much a punch that lands you tangled in a net of unmet goals. It takes both that to-do list and that walk on your lunch break to achieve all that you need in a day. Don't be afraid to rest as hard as you work.
What are your goals and how do you accomplish them?
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Tommy Robinson Exits the Field
The glee is palpable in mainstream news reports over Tommy Robinson's defection, along with co-founder Kevin Carroll and twelve other senior members, from the English Defence League, the organization he created to combat the Islamization of Britain. Robinson had led the EDL from 2009, turning it into the voice of Middle England. Now he claims the organization has been infiltrated by neo-Nazis.
"EDL leader Tommy Robinson turns his back on his own party over 'dangers of far-right extremism,'" trumpeted The Independent. BBC News reported that Robinson still aims to "counter Islamist ideology," but "not with violence but with better, democratic ideas." Sky News reported that "in order to solve what he sees as the problem of Islamist extremism in Britain, he needs to work with Muslims, not against them." Home Affairs Select Committee chair Keith Vaz, a notable pro-Islam advocate and Labour MP, went on record that "any resignation from the EDL is welcome. Mr. Robinson and Mr. Carroll have previously engaged, promoted, and expounded extreme views. Leaving the organization is an acceptance that their opinions incite hatred and their previous actions have unnecessarily cost the taxpayer thousands of pounds." The Tommy of the EDL would surely have been quick to point out that what incites hatred in England is Islamist violence and contempt for British institutions, not EDL resistance -- but the Tommy Robinson who is now dissing his former organization hardly sounds like the person he once was.
Robinson didn't quit the EDL in the way most politicians leave parties or organizations, citing personal reasons, overwork, or the desire to pursue other worthy initiatives. He could easily have done so. As someone who has become the public face of the EDL -- unable to walk down the street without verbal harassment, arrested on numerous occasions on thin grounds, constantly defamed by Britain's politically correct media, and the victim of death threats and threats against his family -- he could legitimately have cited exhaustion and the need to rebuild his life.
Instead, though, he has made a devastating attack on the EDL, claiming that it has become "increasingly influenced by extreme elements that did not represent what he stood for." His words confirm the charges of white-power fanaticism that critics have leveled at the EDL for years, and which Robinson always claimed to be vigorously combatting. His departure effectively cripples the organization, leaving thousands of non-fascist Britons who worked at his side without a viable base of anti-jihad activism, and with nothing more substantial for the future than the vague nostrum that securing Britain from extremists will require working with Muslims and that "from day one we've wanted to embrace everyone; all colours and creeds."
Even more disturbing, perhaps, than Robinson's denunciation of his former organization is his new alliance with the much-lauded Quilliam Foundation, a think tank that aims to "challenge extremism," according to its sleek website, by targeting those social factors that lead to "radicalization." In other words, this is an anti-extremist group that locates the source of extremism mainly in British society rather than in Islamic ideology. Quilliam, whose political affiliation is suggested by its friendly relations with the far-left anti-British Hope Not Hate group, is precisely the kind of organization -- with its concern for "grievances felt every day by young Muslims" and its accommodationist stance on issues such as terrorist profiling that may "alienate and stigmatize" -- about which the former Robinson would have been rightly suspicious. It is worth noting that Quilliam was named for William Abdullah Quilliam, a nineteenth-century British convert to Islam who dreamed, according to research by Andrew Bostom, of a pan-Islamic caliphate.


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Our students are guided by qualified teachers and scholars who in their own way are also counsellors and an inspiration. At VIBGYOR High, education is designed on a broad-based curriculum with the goal to ignite our nation's young minds. We believe in creating an environment where students also learn from their peers and through friendship.
To sum up, we Enthuse, Enlighten and Empower: The three strong pillars that define who we are, our beliefs and our commitment towards growth and focus.
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Empower: We understand a school is a place for imbibing knowledge and learning through fascinating experiences. We provide opportunities for our students, which are a perfect blend of curricular and co-curricular studies such as cultural and sports education. We have developed first-of-its-kind SPA (Sports and Performing Arts) initiative that gives every child a chance to outperform, explore and grow.
Our team consists of experienced and dynamic individuals, who drive the institution with a passion to impart quality education and are committed to the overall development of the students at VIBGYOR.


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Healthcare Industry News: YONDELIS
News Release - October 5, 2006
Array BioPharma Appoints April H. Teitelbaum, MD, MS, FACP Vice President of Clinical Development - OncologyBOULDER, Colo., Oct. 5 (HSMN NewsFeed) -- Array BioPharma Inc. (Nasdaq: ARRY ) today announced the appointment of April H. Teitelbaum, MD, MS, FACP, to the newly created position of Vice President of Clinical Development - Oncology, effective October 4, 2006. Dr. Teitelbaum will oversee the medical strategy and clinical development of Array's oncology drug pipeline and will report to the company's Chief Executive Officer, Robert E. Conway.
Over the last 16 years, Dr. Teitelbaum has held positions of increasing responsibility for clinical and strategic development of oncology therapeutics at several pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies including Amgen, Sequus Pharmaceuticals, Ligand, the Johnson and Johnson family of companies, and Kyowa Pharmaceuticals, Inc. She has been involved in clinical development, including registration strategies and expansion of label, for multiple oncology therapeutics including Neupogen, Doxil (for the treatment of relapsed ovarian cancer and multiple myeloma), and YONDELIS, which is currently in clinical trials for the treatment of recurrent soft tissue sarcoma as well as other malignancies. Dr. Teitelbaum also headed her own consulting company and has served as a consultant to several companies for development of novel oncology therapeutics. Before embarking on a career in pharmaceutical drug development, Dr. Teitelbaum was engaged in private practice, specializing in Hematology and Medical Oncology. While in practice, she served as an Investigator for several clinical trials and maintained academic appointments through both UCLA and USC.
Dr. Teitelbaum received her M.D. from Rush Medical College and an M.S. degree in erythropoietin physiology from New York University. She completed subspecialty training in both Hematology and Medical Oncology at USC Medical Center and UCLA School of Medicine and is a diplomat of the American Board of Internal Medicine, Hematology, and Medical Oncology.
About Array BioPharma:
Array BioPharma Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development and commercialization of targeted small molecule drugs to treat life threatening and debilitating diseases. Our proprietary drug development pipeline is focused on the treatment of cancer and inflammatory disease and includes clinical candidates that are designed to regulate therapeutically important targets. In addition, leading pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies collaborate with Array to discover and develop drug candidates across a broad range of therapeutic areas. For more information on Array, please go to www.arraybiopharma.com.
Array BioPharma Forward-Looking Statement:
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 that involve significant risks and uncertainties, including those discussed in our annual report filed on form 10-K for the year ended June 30, 2006, and in other reports filed by Array with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Because these statements reflect our current expectations concerning future events, our actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements as a result of many factors. These factors include, but are not limited to, our ability to continue to fund and successfully progress internal research efforts and to create effective, commercially viable drugs, our ability to achieve and maintain profitability, the extent to which the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries are willing to in-license drug candidates for their product pipelines and to collaborate with and fund third parties for their drug discovery activities, our ability to out-license our proprietary candidates on favorable terms, risks associated with our dependence on our collaborators for the clinical development and commercialization of our out-licensed drug candidates, the ability of our collaborators and of Array to meet drug objectives, including clinical trials, tied to milestones and royalties, and our ability to attract and retain experienced scientists and management. We are providing this information as of October 5, 2006. We undertake no duty to update any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of events or circumstances after the date of such statements or of anticipated or unanticipated events that alter any assumptions underlying such statements.
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Rafeif Ismail
Rafeif Ismail is a refugee and third culture youth of the Sudanese diaspora. A multilingual writer, Rafeif was the winner of the 2017 Deborah Cass Prize for Writing, the 2018 Convocation of UWA Graduates Bryant Stokes Matilda Award for Cultural Excellence (Literature) and a finalist for the 2018 WA Youth Awards Cultural Endeavours category. She is a contributor to anthologies Meet Me At the Intersection and Growing Up African in Australia and has been published by Margaret River Press, Mascara Literary Review, Kill Your Darlings, Meanjin and Djed Press.


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Several features exist in CellHawk which were designed to make your job much easier. One such example is the right-click feature. When working on a mapped record, hover over the target number and right-click. You will see several options:
The Edit option allows you to make changes to the phone settings such as display, color and filter values. With display settings you can identify a specific description for the target phone, change the sector antenna radius or switch to edge lines, and adjust the styles (e.g. line opacity, fill opacity and line width). You can also change the color of all records or change the color based on a date range. This helps to highlight specific data.
Adding filters is also easy. You can hide certain records (voice, SMS/MMS, data, other), or show either outgoing, incoming routing or unknown records. This is helpful if only interested in seeing specific data.
Another great feature to help narrow your search is the date range filter. You can set the range to tighten in on the specific date and time of the crime, or based on known date and time ranges of interest.
The Reports option produces nicely organized and easy-to-read, graphical reports: Phone Summary; Record Detail; and, Upload Report.
The Phone Summary Report provides you with phone and upload details, top inbound and outbound calls, and most frequently used cell locations by tower number, and cell locations for the first and last calls each day, providing you with a good indicator where your bad guy lays their head at night. Nice looking graphical maps are also provided.
The Record Detail Report provides you with phone and upload details, top inbound and outbound calls, and a detailed list of all CDRs.
The Upload Report provides you with a summary of the upload process. Provided are the file details, cell site details, any time adjustments made by you, a summary of calls with invalid dates and times and with or without locations data, and any warning and/or error information.
If you want to print any of these reports simply right-click again to print. These reports are great to attach to a crime report, provide to the prosecutor, show your bosses, and display in Court for all to see. Some of these reports could be many pages long so be forewarned if you print.
The Export option allows you to export the record to either Excel or Google Earth. Did you receive an AT&T SCAMP record in text and PDF format? No problem – this feature allows you to transform the CDR into an Excel spreadsheet with ease, giving you even more flexibility.
The Google Earth export option allows you to create a KML file that can be shared with others that don't have access to CellHawk, providing them with visualization of the CDR.
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Diocese: Diocese of the Midwest
Deanery: Indianapolis Deanery
802 Whitlock Ave
Crawfordsville, Indiana 47933
Mailing address:
210 Morgan St
Crawfordsville, IN 47933
Office: 765-267-1410
Parish Contacts
From interstate 74 heading east
Go South on 43 and 231 to 32. Turn left (east) on 32. Go thru 3 stop lights, over a railroad crossing, go 2 more blocks and turn right (north) on Whitlock Ave. Go 5 blocks. St. Stephen
Church is located on the corner of Whitlock Ave and 8th street.
From interstate 74 heading east
Exit to 32 west and follow to town. Go thru one stop light, over one railroad crossing, to a stop sign. Turn right at stop sign and go 3 blocks and turn right (north) on Whitlock Ave. St. Stephen Church is located on the corner of Whitlock Ave and 8th street.
From Route 231
43 heading north - Go thru town until you come to Market St. and turn right. Go thru 3 stop lights, over a railroad crossing, go 2 more blocks and turn right (north) on Whitlock Ave. Go 5 blocks. St. Stephen Church is located on the corner of Whitlock Ave and 8th street
Schedule of Services
7:00 PM Vespers
Saturday Evening
9:30 AM Divine Liturgy followed by coffee hour.
Sunday Morning
7:00 AM Matins
Monday Morning
7:00 PM Small Compline and Adult Education Class
Wednesday Evening
6:00 PM Liturgy of the Presanctified Gifts
Wednesday & Friday Evenings During Great Lent
Please check our website at www.sstfm.org for a schedule of other services and activities.
Parish Background
We began our journey into Orthodoxy in 1983 as Protestants. We were encouraged along the way by a thirst for truth and a mysterious knowledge that the Church was real and is physically manifest now. What nourished us on our trek were the many English-speaking Orthodox writers who could speak to the Western culture.
We entered the Evangelical Orthodox Church and began doing liturgical services, using Justin Martyr, John Chrysostom and others. Over time, authenticity issues became increasingly apparent. We were mentored by the monks of New Skete Monastery. "Friends" in the canonical church advised us, Orthodox books informed us, but, ultimately, the services formed us. There were opportunities to 'go canonical' but, from our perspective, they involved a degree of acculturaton with attendant loss of our Western identity. This attitude was naÃÂve; Orthodoxy transcends culture. Again, the services taught us this. How can one read the Fathers, venerate icons, lead the hymns and not be in communion with the Orthodox Church?
We experienced a growing desire to be under authority, to be accountable, to have a sense of authenticity. We needed a real Bishop.
The climax of our journey was the jurisdictional maze called American Orthodoxy. God is good, in that He provided us with a guide - a man who led us to a pastoral bishop who simply loved us into the Church and, grace upon grace, provided us with a pastoral Dean who helped illumine the real Church.


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About this book
This book was inspired by the general observation that the great theories of modern physics are based on simple and transparent underlying mathematical structures – a fact not usually emphasized in standard physics textbooks – which makes it easy for mathematicians to understand their basic features. It is a textbook on quantum theory intended for advanced undergraduate or graduate students: mathematics students interested in modern physics, and physics students who are interested in the mathematical background of physics and are dissatisfied with the level of rigor in standard physics courses. More generally, it offers a valuable resource for all mathematicians interested in modern physics, and all physicists looking for a higher degree of mathematical precision with regard to the basic concepts in their field.
Bibliographic information
- DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-09561-5
- Copyright Information Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
- Publisher Name Springer, Cham
- eBook Packages Physics and Astronomy
- Print ISBN 978-3-319-09560-8
- Online ISBN 978-3-319-09561-5
- Buy this book on publisher's site
- Industry Sectors
- Electronics
- IT & Software
- Energy, Utilities & Environment


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S: Heather & Aaron August 20, 2011 Estes Park, CO
FC: Heather & Aaron August 20, 2011 Sprague Lake, Estes Park, CO
2: Friday, August 19, 2011 The Journey to get our Marriage License in Denver, CO | On the shuttle to get our car. So hungry! | The County Clerk's Office at the Webb Municipal Building | Downtown Denver | Construction everywhere! | We got it! | It was not easy finding the Clerk's office. First we had to find our way out of the airport...then took 2 hours to get our Kia Sportage...then driving through downtown Denver in work day traffic...and finding parking! But, we got our license from a hilarious clerk who made our day...whew!
3: The Sheraton Downtown Denver | Probably the most confusing hotel we've ever been to. We parked in the plaza side, but stayed on the tower side.
4: Exploring Denver | Downtown Denver Square | We used the Magellan to try to find a restaurant but ended up back at the hotel at Kate Mulligan's. | Black & white Reuben; Corned beef cheesesteak; Bread pudding; Red wine | We ended up outside listening to the live band (a long-bearded hillbilly band that was really entertaining)
5: En route to Estes Park, we saw the Mile High Stadium and then through Boulder, a lot of pretty country. | We got breakfast at Peet's and were on the road by 9am! | To Estes Park in the Rocky Mountain National Park
6: "There is only one happiness in life, to love and to be loved."
12: With this ring...
16: "This day I will marry my friend, the one I laugh with, live for, dream with, love."
20: "Man & wife, being two, are one in love." -William Shakespeare
27: Our journey begins...
28: Post-nuptials, we drove to Mary's Lake Lodge in Estes Park and had a nice, hearty lunch. Then, found a tattoo parlor using the Magellan where Aaron got a new tat. (Now, he better not forget our anniversary.)
29: Our last meal in Colorado was at the airport, a chicken sandwich and fries & a portobello sandwich and coleslaw. Plus, glass of red wine each helped to pass the time since our plane was delayed and we got to the airport early. | When we finally got home, we found a nice surprise in the fridge the next morning - a cake, card and bottle of sparkling cider from our favorite dog-sitter, Tiff. Cake for breakfast! | Good Bye Colorado!
30: Family Dinner at Red Hen Cantina in Napa


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Everybody is creative, to some degree, in one way or another. The degree is often determined by the level of creativity attained as a child and the positive feedback you had during those formative years drawing ponies for your mom's refrigerator.
In fact, 98% of children measure as divergent thinkers – people who can generate a volume of ideas in a short amount of time. Yet only 2% of adults score as divergent thinkers.
So, the question poses itself, what happened to their creativity?
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Get Paper and A Pen
You'll each need a few pieces of blank paper and a pen or pencil. When everyone is ready, click "play" on the video to experience the presentation for the first time just like the audience at TEDx.
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On Thursday, the world will go to battle over a second.
In Geneva, 700 delegates from about 70 nations attending a meeting of a United Nations telecommunications agency will decide whether to abolish the leap second.
Unlike the better-known leap year, which adds a day to February in a familiar four-year cycle (with a few well-defined exceptions), the leap second is tacked on once every few years to synchronize atomic clocks — the world's scientific timekeepers — with Earth's rotational cycle, which, sadly, does not run quite like clockwork. The next one is scheduled for June 30 (do not bother to adjust your watch).
The United States is the primary proponent for doing away with the leap second, arguing that the sporadic adjustments, if botched or overlooked, could lead to major foul-ups if electronic systems that depend on the precise time — including computer and cellphone networks, air traffic control and financial trading markets — do not agree on the time.
Abolishing the leap second "removes one potential source of catastrophic failure for the world's computer networks," said Geoff Chester, a spokesman for the United States Naval Observatory, the nation's primary timekeeper. "That one second becomes a problem if you don't take it into account."
But Britain, along with Canada and China, would like to keep the current keeping system, arguing that, in the 40 years that leap seconds have been gracefully inserted in our midst — most recently in 2008 — there have been no problems to speak of, and the worriers have greatly exaggerated the potential for havoc. Remember Y2K?
"It's the devil we know," said Robert Seaman, a software engineer at the National Optical Astronomy Observatory. While he is an American, he is also a member of another group leery of the change: astronomers. If a software-guided telescope is not pointed in the right direction, it may not capture the right image, and updating software could be a sizable task.
Defenders of the leap second would like to retain the quaint notion that the definition of a day has something to do with the rising and setting of the sun.
Since the 1950s, the world has run on two sets of clocks. One is the ticking of atomic clocks, defined by the precise frequency that electrons jump around in atoms. The other is based on the traditional notion of a spinning Earth.
If the leap second is stamped out, the astronomical definition of time will diverge from what is dictated by the atomic clocks, about a couple of thousandths of a second a day, growing to a minute over the course of a century, and someday — thousands of years from now — noon will strike at sunrise instead of when the sun is overhead.
The problem is a distinctly modern one. Only a few centuries ago, people set their watches by the clock in the town square, and the time in each town was different from the next. That mattered little, since there was no need or ability to communicate with anyone elsewhere in the world. Railroads changed the situation, creating the need to set cross-country schedules. This in turn led to the creation of time zones, synchronizing time across large swaths. But the length of a day and a second remained tied to the rotation of Earth.
In 1967, the nations of the world changed things around, creating a new definition of a second based on atomic clocks and pegged to the length of an astronomical day in 1900. But Earth, like any spinning top, has slowed down since 1900, and the time between sunrise and sunset has grown longer. Atomic clocks now run slightly ahead of what is defined in the sky, and, starting in 1972, leap seconds have been added to keep the two sets of clocks synchronized.
A panel of experts at the International Telecommunication Union, an arm of the United Nations, began discussions eight years ago, but could not come to a consensus to keep or get rid of them. The United States and Britain have been butting heads over the issue over most of that time.
"What it decided was to give the baby to the higher levels," said François Rancy, director of the union's radio communication bureau.
Discussions are continuing between the United States and Britain, and Mr. Rancy said he hoped the two could finally come to a consensus in the hours before that agenda item is reached.
But if necessary, the proposal to eliminate leap seconds would be put to a vote of the delegates. In a poll conducted by the union last year, only 16 nations expressed an opinion. Thirteen would abolish leap seconds. Three wanted to keep them. If approved, the recommendation would still have to be ratified by a larger meeting next month.
Regardless, there will be one extra second to enjoy this summer. The change would not take effect until 2018.


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Three Boca Raton firefighters were injured by a lightning strike this afternoon after responding to a fire in a backyard that was sparked by lightning.
All of the firefighters were knocked off their feet. One flew 15 feet into the air, and started having a seizure, said Michael LaSalle, assistant chief of Boca Raton Fire Rescue Services.
The three firefighters were taken to Delray Medical Center. Two sustained minor injuries and are suffering hearing problems, LaSalle said. The third is conscious and is undergoing medical tests.
"They don't remember anything," LaSalle said. "They were underneath an overhang and the bolt just came down."
The lightning struck at a home in the 3100 block of NW 27th Avenue. It's unclear if the lightning hit nearby, or if there was a direct strike.
"There were a million calls going on around the city and it's very, very scary when you hear on the radio that firefighters are down," LaSalle said. "We're thankful right now that it looks like they're going to be OK."


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نوع مقاله: مقاله پژوهشی
1 دانشجوی دکترای علم اطلاعات و دانششناسی، دانشگاه شیراز
2 استاد گروه علم اطلاعات و دانششناسی، دانشگاه شیراز
عنوان مقاله [English]
نویسندگان [English]
Purpose: Investigating the Information Quality dimensions of Information Science articles in English Wikipedia and exploring the relationship between ranking of the Wikipedia articles in search engines and the quality of the articles.
Methodology: Using a descriptive- survey method and based on the identified framework, different indices related to the quality dimensions including credibility, completeness, complexity, awareness, stability, timeliness, and volatility are computed for the selected sample.
Findings: The examined article showed a relatively favorable situation in terms of complexity and volatility but they did not have a very proper situation in terms of completeness, complexity and awareness.
It was shown that although the Bing performed a better job in terms of retrieving Wikipedia articles in the top ten results compared to the other examined search engines
there was no significant difference in the ranking of the articles among the evaluated search engines. There is no significant relation between the rank of a retrieved article in a search engine and the information quality dimensions except for the timeliness.
Conclusion: Wikipedia authors should try to improve the other dimensions of the information quality including completeness, complexity and awareness by enhancing their writing skills. The lack of a relationship between some components of the Information Quality and the rank of Wikipedia articles in the search engines may be related to the financial and commercial actions behind the scene of the information retrieval systems which have restricted them not to reveal their ranking algorithms.
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What Cuba Didn't Have to Do: Christie Wants Tupac's Godmother Extradited
Cuban officials can't figure out what's up with Gov. Chris Christie's (R-N.J.) opposition to re-opening relations between their nation and his, and Christie can't imagine why President Obama ever considered doing a deal with Cuba without demanding more in return.
Well, maybe he can.
"It is typical of this president, unfortunately, in negotiations. The Iranian nuclear deals extended six months at a time over and over and over again while they continue to move toward a nuclear capability," Christie told New Jersey Public Television.
"Now we normalize relations with Cuba without getting anything in return? We have a hostage exchange and that's what we get in return?" he added.
Ever the shrewd negotiator, and possible GOP presidential primary candidate, Christie knows what he would have wanted from Cuba if he was in the Oval Office.
"We for 50 years have demanded that they have free elections, that they open the Internet, that they allow political prisoners to be released," Christie said. "None of those things happened."
But that is not all. For Gov. Christie, this is more than an unwillingness to put aside Cold War animosity.
Christie also wants the late rapper Tupac Shakur's godmother and aunt.
That's right. Christie wants Tupac Shakur's godmother, Joanne Chesimard, who goes by the name Assata Shakur.
She is more than the living ancestor of an American music industry icon. Ms. Shakur is also living in political asylum in Cuba.
Shakur broke out of prison and fled to Cuba after being convicted of murdering New Jersey State Trooper Werner Foerster.
Christie wants her back. U.S. officials do, too; she's on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list. They have been trying to get Shakur extradited for decades to no avail.
Christie said Obama must have known about that, and should have made Shakur's return to the United States part of his grand bargain with the Castro regime.
"Joanne Chesimard, a cold-blooded cop-killer, convicted by a jury of her peers, in what is without question the fairest and most just criminal justice system in the world – certainly much more just than anything that's happened in Cuba under the Castro brothers – she is now, according to an official of the Cuban government, persecuted," Christie said.
A representative of the Cuban government, Josefina Vidal, confirmed for the Associated Press that the Obama administration did not ask for the return of the convicted cop killer. Vidal also said she doesn't understand why Christie is pressing so hard for the extradition.
Governors Bobby Jindal (R) of Louisiana and Rick Scott (R) of Florida have also trashed Obama's executive action regarding Cuba.
Jindal said he was "happy" that Alan Gross — a contractor from the U.S. whose release was at the center of the agreement — was freed.
However, like Christie, Jindal doesn't think the U.S. got enough because Obama didn't ask or demand enough.
"This is just one more sign that shows the president has no strategy for leading on an international stage. His policy of appeasement toward Cuba and other threats is endangering national security and the American people," Jindal said in a written statement.


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- Complimentary hotel pickup and drop off in a limousine
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Writing Home: Literatures of Place and Belonging, 1300-1600
The University of Liverpool
What makes a home? Is it our four walls and families, neighbours and neighbourhoods? Our parishes, towns, cities, and countries? Our values, cultural practices and experiences? Join us in July at the University of Liverpool for a two-day conference exploring how home took shape in the literatures of the late medieval and early modern periods. We will consider the physical and conceptual parameters of home, and how these parameters changed over time in response to religious, political, and economic upheaval, civil unrest, and human and cultural migration. Topics may include, though not limited to, the following:
- Literary representations of domesticity and the household.
- The relationship between smaller and larger units of home & belonging (e.g. the household and the parish; the parish and the city; the city and the country, etc.).
- How the physical and/or conceptual parameters of home shifted in translation & redaction.
- Migrant experiences & home-building practices.
- Writing home abroad or in exile.
- Sensing home: somatic experiences of belonging.
- Reading homes in miscellanies (patronage, organising principles, signs of readership, and manuscript culture).
- The 'beginnings' of home in origin narratives, foundation myths, and genealogies.
- Legendaria and folktales: literatures that enrich the history of home.
- Theatrical representations of home.
We welcome proposals for 20-minute papers related to the themes outlined above. Please send abstracts ofno more than 300 words and a short biographical note to firstname.lastname@example.com. The deadline for submissions is 28th May 2019.
Thanks to the generous support of the Society of Renaissance Studies and the Liverpool Centre of Medieval and Renaissance Studies, we have a limited number of £80 bursaries available for PGR/ECR delegates to contribute to travel and accommodation costs. If you wish to be considered for a bursary, please put a note in your bio. Applicants must not have access to institutional funding.


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We all hear about unconditional love, especially when talking about how parents feel about their children. However, unconditional love can be worn out — used up. Even though today's podcast focuses on healthy, "good enough" parents and self-destructive and manipulative children, you can apply this to any relationship, so listen in! (This dynamic can obviously be reversed, where parents do a poor job of providing safety and nurturance for their kids…) What are the things that use up a parent's love? What are the things parents can do and how can they save their own relationship, when it's threatened by differences about how to respond — when there often is no magic answer.
The listener email today is about taking psychotropic meds. Is it necessary to continue to take medication for years? I'm a psychologist, not a medical doctor, but I'll respond using my own clinical experience. Always consult your medical provider concerning medication issues.
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Police have issued a CCTV appeal after a popular city-centre gym was targeted by a thief.
Two lockers in the changing rooms of the Real Gym in Ormskirk Road were broken into and a number of personal items were stolen, say police.
The victims lost an i-Phone, a Boss Watch, approximately £100 cash, a quantity of sports clothing and keys in the incident which happened between 3.30 and 4.30pm on 19 of January.
Police are now keen to speak to the man pictured in connection with the incident.
Anybody with information can contact police via email email@example.com or call 101 quoting SA1700903.


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Tuesday, July 21, 2009
Recipe: Tuna Stuffed Avocados
Today I thought I'd devote my lunch hour to working on the little surprise I have for you all (it's coming next month!). Since I knew I'd have the whole hour at my disposal, I decided it would also be a fine day for making something different to eat for lunch. As usual, it's quick, easy to prepare, and falls under the Look-I'm-Eating-Healthy-During-Regular-Business-Hours category. A slight twist on my Shrimp & Avocado Stuffed Tomatoes, these stuffed avocados pack a big protein & health fat punch that costs about the same as a mini-meal at McDonald's but is so much better for you. Naturally, if you can find a great deal on avocados ($0.99/each or the killer TJ's deal of 4 for $3.49), your cost goes way down. Serve these on their own or on a bed of lettuce or fresh spinach, and you have the perfect summer work lunch. Prefer creamier tuna with your avocado? Instead of the Italian dressing alone, combine one tablespoon of nonfat plain yogurt with some of the dressing, whisk well, and voila! Creamy, but healthy tuna.
Tuna Stuffed Avocados (serves 1-2; cost per serving: $2.99)
1 large avocado
1 can of chunk light tuna in water
1/2 medium tomato
2 green onions, chopped
2 T Italian dressing
Chop the tomato and green onions and place in a bowl. Drain the tuna and add it to the chopped veggies. Add the Italian dressing and mix together well. Slice the avocado in half, peel, and seed. Place a couple generous spoonfuls of tuna in the hole left by the seed, drizzle with a bit of extra dressing if you like, and enjoy!
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- Anonymous7/22/2009 08:18:00 AM
Good for you for posting an easy, healthful lunch. THIS is a meal that many (most?) people do poorly on. Suggest you consider more lunch examples. (Including suggesting leftovers).ReplyDelete
BTW, if you're just measuring your "success" working out on the scale, you're missing something essential. You weight may not be changing, but your body composition is. You may have lost several pounds of fat that have been replaced by muscle. Try measuring inches around key areas.
Anon, I know it's not all about the scale! Several years ago I lost 68 lbs and was able to keep it off for 5 years until my car accident. Now I'm just working on whittling away the pesky weight I gained after not being active for awhile. I'm just a little snarky that the results are not coming as quickly as they did in my 20's. I'm making great progress and you're right that I've probably replaced a lot of fat w/muscle, I just need to remember to be patient. :)ReplyDelete
- Anonymous7/22/2009 10:38:00 AM
After a workout it is really important to eat a protein packed meal/snack about an hour afterwards. I forget the scientific reason for this but protein = goodness, and ever since I have started to watch my protein intake, I definitely see more results. Ask a trainer about what techniques they think would work for you as well.ReplyDelete
Looks like a great recipe ... so nice to follow a local blogger ! And don't forget muscle weighs more than fat ... throw away that scale and go by how the clothes fit. XOLReplyDelete
- Anonymous7/25/2009 12:40:00 PM
This recipe is great! I tried it at home but my husband can't stand canned tuna so I sliced up some fresh tuna steak (on sale) instead. I didn't have Italian dressing on hand so I tossed the mixture with some olive oil, rice vinegar, soy sauce, salt and pepper. It was delicious! Thanks PG!ReplyDelete
This is my new favorite go-to lunch recipe! And I never really cared much for canned tuna. Now if only I can make myself cut back on the Italian dressing 0:)ReplyDelete
I absolutely love your site. It's so hard to find recipes that are healthy and simple without a lot of unusual ingredients. I can't wait for more!
- Anonymous11/29/2010 02:35:00 PM
I didn't think I liked avacado but this recipe changed my mind. It's so yummy, and it's really quick and easy to make too. I have a lot of filling left over so I'm going to use it in some pitas for a snack!ReplyDelete


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White House Calls on Senate Dems to Nix Proposed $50B Fund for Bank Failures
The Obama administration told Senate Democrats Friday to drop a proposed $50 billion fund designed to finance the liquidation of a big financial institution facing collapse, a victory for Senate Republicans opposed to government-supervised and government-funded corporate bailouts.
"The fund was not in our original proposal we announced almost a year ago and we don't feel it is an essential part of final legislation," a senior administration source told Fox. "The President will only sign a bill if it passes the test of putting an end to bailouts."
President Obama also issued a veto threat on regulatory reform, saying he will reject legislation that "does not bring the derivatives market under control in some sort of regulatory framework."
The Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, offered mute praise for the administration's formal dismissal of a so-called bailout fund.
"I appreciate the Obama administration's recognition of the need to substantively improve this bill," McConnell said from Louisville. "And I hope we can work with them to close the remaining bailout loopholes that put American taxpayers on the hook for financial institutions that become 'too big to fail.'"
The administration has never been a fan of the bailout reserve fund, a mechanism in both the House-passed bill and legislation passed out of the Senate Banking Committee. The House passed it as a populist move to tax big financial firms up front in case there is a need to finance a liquidation. Sen. Chris Dodd, D-Conn., included a version of the fund in the Senate bill.
Treasury Secretary Geithner testified before the House Financial Services Committee on Oct. 26, 2009, that big Wall Street firms should finance liquidations after they happen (through what's called an ex-post fund), not build up a rainy day fund (known as an ex-ante fund) in case a failure occurs.
"Such an ex-post funding mechanism has several advantages over an ex-ante fund," Geithner said. "Most notably, it would generate less moral hazard because a standing fund would create expectations that the government would step in to protect shareholders and creditors from losses. In essence, a standing fund would be viewed as a form of insurance for those stakeholders."
The Senate is moving toward floor debate on its massive regulation bill, but many of its components remain subject to negotiation and the administration's call to drop a pre-set bailout fund changes the political dynamic.
The move takes away a key Republican line of criticism and may improve prospects for a bipartisan compromise.
In fact, opposition to that fund served as the basis of a letter all 41 Senate Republicans sent to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today appealing for bipartisan negotiations and implying a GOP-led filibuster if Democrats press ahead on their own.
"We are confident that the Senate can overcome political tensions and provide a bipartisan approach to financial reform this year," the letter said.
Reid's spokesman, Jim Manley, had no reaction to administration's opposition to Dodd's bailout fund or it's possible influence on future regulatory reform negotiations.
Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner met today with GOP Sens. Richard Shelby of Alabama, ranking member of the Banking Committee, Richard Lugar of Indiana and Orrin Hatch of Utah as part of his member-by-member negotiating push. Geithner met Thursday with Senate Republicans Judd Gregg of New Hampshire and newly minted Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown. He meets with Sen. Susan Collins of Maine on Monday.
Obama issued his veto threat over derivatives during a meeting with his President's Economic Recovery Advisory Board (PERAB).
"The derivatives market where a lot of big, risky financial bets by companies like AIG (American International Group) took place, there are literally trillions of dollars sloshing around this market that basically changes hands under the cover of darkness," Obama said. "When things go wrong, as they did at AIG, they can bring down the entire economy and that's why we've got to bring more transparency and oversight when it comes to derivatives and bring them into a framework in which everybody knows exactly what's going on because we can't afford another AIG."
Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., introduced new legislation calling for tougher regulation of derivatives trade than the Banking Committee bill. Lincoln, chair of the Agriculture Committee, said a committee vote will occur next week. Her legislation has no Republican support.
Over-the-counter derivatives -- contracts between two parties on the future price of another financial instrument such as swaps or forward rate agreements -- are traded with no regulation and little or no visibility. The market is estimated to be $605 trillion per year.
European nations have called on Obama to toughen regulation of derivatives, seeing them as a significant cause of the global financial meltdown.
Under Lincoln's legislation, Wall Street firms that are registered and act as banks (such as Goldman Sachs or JPMorgan Chase) would need to separate derivatives trading from bank operations in order to remain eligible for federal bank protections. Lincoln also wants the vast majority of derivatives trades to move through a capital clearinghouse that requires both buyer and seller to prove they have enough capital to cover potential loses.
Jamie Dimon, chief executive of JPMorgan, told analysts on a conference call Thursday that existing regulatory proposals -- less aggressive than Lincoln's bill -- would cost his firm "$700 million to a couple billion dollars."
Lincoln's approach is also tougher than White House recommendations. The White House declined to comment on Lincoln's bill.


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It's not unusual to find people milling about the lobby, but this was the first time an AD was shouting at them to listen up so they can get started.
They were shooting a TV show I've never seen (but have heard of) called "Rescue Me." I imagine the show has a killer horn section.
This weekend, NO PARKING signs went up for a three block radius with my building as the epicenter.
This morning they were shooting a TV show I've never seen (but have heard of) called "Life on Mars."
I wonder if a location scout lives in my building and saw me getting stopped by the police for walking across the street and thought, "take a look at the law man beating up the wrong guy..."
Fontella Bass, David Bowie -gives me hope that my TV show "Accidents Will Happen" will get a network green light.
This was the first animation that I found interesting as a kid. I didn't like cartoons, but I loved Elvis Costello. When I saw this on a VHS tape at the age of 11 or 12 it was like kissing a girl for the first time (which I wouldn't experience for a couple years -so I guess necking with Dr. Brady was like watching a music video).
This video was directed by Annabelle Jankel and Rocky Morton. Apologies for the video quality -I didn't upload it!
Seeing it again now, after working in animation for 15 years -it's even better than I remember it.
Interesting how the style borrows heavily from artists who's work I would later discover and love.
I guess this is why some people grow up watching "Tiny Toons" and draw peanut-headed cartoons and others are drawn to the work of George Griffin and Jeff Scher and Robert Breer.
Mickey Mouse has grown up a cow, indeed.


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Resident statto @splstats looks at some of the numbers behind the weekend games in the SPFL and Scottish Cup semi-finals…
1 – St Mirren secured the Ladbrokes Championship title thanks to a 0-0 draw with Livingston at the Paisley 2021 Stadium. Saints will return to the Premiership next season after spending three years in the Championship. This is the fifth time the Buddies have won the second-tier title – they also won it in 1967/68, 1976/77, 1999/00 and 2005/06. Jack Ross and his side have built their success on a strong home record – they have picked up 13 wins out of 16 in Paisley, where their only defeat was 1-0 to Dumbarton in December. Tom Walsh's goal that day was the last time Craig Samson and his defence conceded a league goal at home - they set a club record on Saturday by recording an eighth consecutive home clean sheet.
6 – Kilmarnock remain in the hunt for a Europa League place after beating Hamilton Academical 2-1 on Saturday. Steve Clarke's side have now recorded six consecutive wins in the Ladbrokes Premiership and sit four points behind fourth-placed Hibernian with five matches remaining. Killie were defending league champions the last time they managed six top-flight victories in a row – that was between January and February 1966. That run ended with a home defeat to Aberdeen and the Dons will again be Killie's opponents at Rugby Park this weekend.
2 – Motherwell made it to their second cup final of the season after thumping Aberdeen 3-0 at Hampden in Saturday's Scottish Cup semi-final. Stephen Robinson's side were beaten by Celtic in the Betfred Cup final but will have the chance for revenge at Hampden next month. This is the second time the Steelmen have reached both cup finals in the same season – they also did so in 1950/51, when they beat Hibs 3-0 in the League Cup but lost the Scottish Cup 1-0 to Celtic. Motherwell last won the Scottish Cup in 1990/91 and this will be their first final in the competition since they lost 3-0 to Celtic in 2010/11.
57 – Celtic thrashed Rangers 4-0 at Hampden in Sunday's second Scottish Cup semi-final to set up another clash with Motherwell in May. The Hoops will be playing in the final for a record 57th time and will be looking to win the trophy for the 38th time. Brendan Rodgers remains on course to lead Celtic to back-to-back trebles, something which has never previously been achieved by any Scottish club. Rodgers continued his unbeaten record against Rangers – he has overseen eight wins and two draws in 10 matches against the Light Blues.
23 – Raith Rovers beat Queen's Park 2-0 at Stark's Park to close the gap on Ladbrokes League 1 leaders Ayr United to two points, with two matches remaining. Rovers have the best home record in the SPFL this season – they have earned 15 wins and two draws from their 17 league matches in Kirkcaldy. Their last home league defeat came against Morton way back in February 2017; since then they have gone 23 league matches without a home defeat. Barry Smith's men are closing in on the club record of 29 unbeaten home league matches, originally set from 1907-1910 and equalled from 1992-1993.
4 – Montrose moved one step closer to securing the Ladbrokes League 2 title thanks to a 1-0 victory over Berwick Rangers at Links Park. The Gable Endies are three points clear of Peterhead and know that four points from their final two matches will secure just the second league title in the club's history. Stewart Petrie's side have recorded four wins and four clean sheets in a row but Peterhead have also won four on the trot to set up a thrilling finale.


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How it works
The World AeroPress Championship is a global coffee-making competition, designed to find the world's best cup of AeroPress coffee.
Each season is comprised of a series regional and national competitions, run by independent hosts across 60 countries, which culminates with the World AeroPress Championship final.
The competition itself is a multi-round elimination tournament. In each round, three competitors will face off against each other, simultaneously brewing a single cup of coffee using the AeroPress brewer.
Competitors have 8 minutes in which to prepare, brew, and present their coffee to a panel of three judges. Drinks are presented in identical vessels, so judges can't know who brewed which cup.
The judges evaluate each coffee and make their own assessment as to which is the best. No scoresheets or discussion, it's 100% personal preference. On the count of three, the judges simultaneously point to their favourite coffee, moving the winner on to the next round while eliminating the losers.
At it's heart, the World AeroPress Championship exists to bring coffee-loving people together in an open, inclusive, and fun environment.
Surrounding the competition itself you can expect beer, music, street food, and good times. Yes, it's serious... It's just not that serious.


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Joyce Marie visited STA last Friday to perform her one-woman show about Sojourner Truth. She captivated the students with her dynamic portrayal of our school's heroic namesake. She was so convincing that the end of the performance, a goup of students gathered around her in awe and said, "Are you really Sojourner Truth? I thought you were dead.
Joyce Marie will also be performing at the 2010 STA Black History Celebration. Join us on Thursday, February 18th and watch her tell the story of Sojourner Truth.
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