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"Taking that year off and focusing more on that other side and that teaching and coaching aspect of myself, I found that I get as much satisfaction from that as from fighting itself." - Antoni Hardonk
It must be something in the air. First Ricardo Almeida, then Randy Couture, and now Antoni Hardonk. They've all announced their retirement from the sport of mixed martial arts as active participants, but as the Dutch striker insists with a smile, there was no meeting of the trio before these announcements.
"I don't know what their reason was and I can't compare myself with them," said the 35 year old former heavyweight standout. "They're great athletes, great champions, and they have a different story than I do. For me, it wasn't really something that I planned, like 'oh, I'm at a certain age, I'm going to retire.'"
For Hardonk, who leaves the game with an 8-6 MMA record as well as a 10-5 slate in pro kickboxing, it all came down to a choice between his first love – fighting – and a new one – coaching – in the aftermath of back-to-back losses to Cheick Kongo and Pat Barry in 2009.
"My last two fights in 2009, I wasn't really happy with the way I prepared myself leading up to the fights, my living situation, or the results of the fights," he said. "So at the end of 2009, I wanted to make some changes."
The first was to relocate from his home in the Netherlands to Los Angeles so he wouldn't have to commute back and forth to get his wrestling and jiu-jitsu training in the States while going home for striking training and a teaching gig.
Next step, to open his own school, Dynamix Martial Arts, in Santa Monica.
"I decided to settle in California and open up my own studio," he said. "I had my own space where I could train the way I wanted to with the people I wanted to. I always had an interest in teaching so I thought I could start teaching and build a team around me, and that's what I did. I took a hiatus in 2010, I opened up my gym in spring of 2010, started teaching and started building a team, both for recreational practitioners that love the sport, and for some of the guys that I always trained with like Vladimir Matyushenko, Jared Hamman, and some other fighters that joined us. And I got more into the role of trainer / coach. I still had fighting in my head because I was still young and I love competing, but I got so busy that going into 2011, I felt that I was really motivated in teaching and coaching and I wasn't really training myself as much."
So as the weeks turned into months, it was clear that Hardonk's passions had shifted. He still loved the sport, but if he couldn't prepare the way he wanted to and still give a hundred percent to his coaching and his gym, he wasn't going to fight.
"Fighting is a full-time job," he said. "It's not something you can do on the side, and I didn't want to do things halfway. I didn't want to run my gym halfway and I didn't want to train for a fight halfway. If I go into the Octagon, I want to be the best Antoni Hardonk ever and I want to surprise people with my new skills and I want to show a better version of me. And I felt that that was going to be difficult, so I thought about it for a while, and then I pulled the trigger and decided that I love teaching and coaching. It's something that I'd like to focus on now and in the future."
So far, it looks like he's made the right choice. Hamman is coming off a 2010 campaign where he's earned back-to-back Fight of the Night awards, occasional gym member Stefan Struve continues to impress, and Matyushenko has become a veritable knockout artist, knocking out both Alexandre Ferreira and Jason Brilz in his last two bouts, the latter finish coming in just 20 seconds.
"Not bad for a 40 year old wrestler," smiles Hardonk, who admits that he gets more joy watching his fighters do well than he ever felt in competition.
"It's amazing and I can enjoy seeing somebody that I've been working with compete and succeed than competing for myself because I'm my worst critic, and even when I win, I still see mistakes."
A UFC vet since 2006, when he debuted at UFC 65 with a knockout of Sherman Pendergarst, Hardonk finished up with a 4-4 slate in the Octagon, but even though he left on a losing note with a TKO loss against Pat Barry at UFC 104 in October of 2009, it was a Fight of the Night performance that saw him go out with guns blazing. In other words, if you have to go out on a loss, that was the kind of last impression you want to leave fight fans.
"I never saw that fight," said Hardonk of the Barry bout. "I was so disappointed in myself, I couldn't watch it. Maybe I should watch it one of these days."
He should, because it was a good one. That won't be the fight in his personal time capsule though. Instead, he refers to his 2008 bout with Eddie Sanchez as the one he will remember the most.
"One fight that I think about a lot is when I fought back in London at UFC 85," said Hardonk. "I fought Eddie Sanchez and I got really hurt in that fight. At one point he hit me right in the eye and it broke my orbital bone. I was dizzy, I fell to the floor, and he jumped on me to finish the fight, but I used my ground skills to survive and weather the storm. Then I came back and I knocked him out. That was definitely one of the fights that I think about a lot because I overcame myself that time. There are some guys that are extremely gifted. They have physical talent, they're super fast, they're strong, and sometimes have great technique. But it's easy to be tough or look great when things go your way. But it's hard to look tough and put on a great fight when you're being dominated. It's completely different."
Hardonk showed he had the heart to compete in this game that night, and the Sanchez win was one of three in a row that saw him closing in on the elite of the game entering 2009. But after his back-to-back defeats, he decided that it was time for a new look in his life, and that's where he's at today – at peace.
"At the end of 2009, I wasn't happy with the way things were going, but I didn't want to give up on fighting," he said. "I love fighting and I love competing. I love to go out there and test myself against the best in the world, and it's a great lifestyle. You only have to worry about yourself, you can be pretty selfish at times (Laughs), and I'm very passionate about the sport. So at first, it wasn't on my mind to quit fighting. But I also always loved teaching and I think I have a natural ability for it and I'm always trying to help people. And if there's something I'm good at, like fighting, I love to share and help people accomplish their goals. I think it's something I always had in me, but I put it away because I put myself first and I wanted to enjoy this lifestyle and fight and compete and test myself. But taking that year off and focusing more on that other side and that teaching and coaching aspect of myself, I found that I get as much satisfaction from that as from fighting itself."


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Yhe is a command-line style tool in the vein of Ghci and Hugs. It consists of a command-line tool, yhe, and a GUI, Gyhe, written using Gtk2hs. It was mostly written by Mike Dodds.
Features of Gyhe:
- Single and multi-line input
- Cross-platform gui (works on Linux, Windows and MacOS)
- Syntax-highlighting of input with gtksourceview widget
Trying Gyhe
Gyhe is still very much alpha software - if you need a stable haskell gui, I'd suggest you use WinHugs. That said, if you want to try Gyhe:
- Ensure that you have the development version of Gtk2hs installed.
- Get the yhc-devel branch of Yhc from darcs, and install it. Please see Yhc/Introduction for details on how to do this.
- Change your working directory to yhc-devel/src/interactive/
- Run 'make gui', and the gyhe executable should be created in yhc-devel/inst/bin/.
Mac OSX users will have to run an X server to run Gyhe.
Any comments or patches you have would be welcome.
Todo List
Sensible short-term aims:
- Add lazy evaluation - currently we only get a result after the program terminates
- Add file URI support to link to a file and load a text editor. Currently waiting for parsable error messages from the Yhc developers.
- Fix the makefile to detect the sourceview widget - at the moment it is always off at compile-time
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ATLANTA (AP) — Unemployed veterans may be heading back to school in mass under a federal program to get out-of-work veterans trained and back in the job market.
Officials at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs say there has been an enormous response to a new skills-based program that pays for up to a year of education toward an associate degree or a non-college-degree or certificate.
In fewer than seven weeks since the VA began accepting applications for the Veteran Retraining Assistance Program (VRAP), 27,080 unemployed veterans have applied. That's more than half the maximum amount the VRAP program will allow in its first year, VA spokesman Randal Noller said this week.
The VA introduced the program on May 15 and received 12,000 applications within the first two weeks of the announcement. But while the response is encouraging, Noller said they will continue to promote the program until every slot is filled.
"We are hopeful that we leverage all 45,000 'slots' for FY (fiscal year) 2012 but are not letting up on our outreach efforts until all 99,000 slots through the end of the program are approved," Noller said in an e-mail.
The program is first-come, first-serve for qualifying veterans between the ages of 35 and 60 who are unemployed at the time of the application. Veterans who are currently receiving unemployment benefits or are enrolled in a federal or state job training program do not qualify.
This clause disqualifies most veterans who recently returned from Iraq and Afghanistan because they qualify for other forms of relief including the Post-9/11 GI Bill, Montgomery GI Bill, Vocational Rehabilitation and Employment Assistance that can provide similar assistance, Noller said.
Veterans who do qualify can receive up to 12 months of education assistance in high demand areas including health care, management and legal services. The VA will approve up to 45,000 veterans through September 30 of this year and up to 54,000 veterans in the next fiscal year beginning October 1. The program runs through March 2014.
"It's a very new and very fast-moving program that we're getting out there to help veterans as quickly as possible," Noller said.
So far, 13,083 applications have been approved and thousands more pour in every week. The VA approves batches of applications every 15 to 25 days. While it's likely that the program will reach its max by summer, Noller said it's too early to determine an exact date and veterans should continue to apply.
One recent applicant was Chester Dixon, who served in the Army's 82nd Airborne Division in the 1970s.
Dixon, 60, barely made the cutoff age. The veteran, just a month shy of his 61st birthday, said age isn't a factor when it comes to returning to school, especially when it could result in full-time work —something he hasn't had in five years.
Dixon lost his job in 2007 and said things have been tough. Despite spotty part-time work in warehousing, finances have been strained and his wife has had to carry the burden of supporting them. A few weeks ago, she retired after 42 years in teaching.
A full-time job would make all the difference, he said.
"It will take some pressure off my wife," Dixon added. "Right now I'm doing the minimum and I would like to do more."
Dixon applied for VRAP at the North Metro Career Center in Atlanta, one of 68 centers in Georgia that can help veterans apply for the program.
Steve Jennings, state veterans program coordinator for the Georgia Department of Labor, said they act as facilitators at organizations like the one Dixon visited.
"We'll sit with a veteran customer and help them navigate the process. In the very end, once they complete their schooling we come in on the back end of it and provide job services and of course help them find employment," Jennings said.
If approved for VRAP, Dixon said he plans to study "water waste" or "sales," two categories listed as high-demand fields.
The program is funded through the VA. The amount is equal to the monthly full-time payment rate under the Montgomery GI Bill-Active Duty program, $1423 a month. In two years, The VA will spend a little above $76 million to fund the program. The total is about $17,000 for every veteran, of the 99,000 set to be in the program. The amount will skew lower if some veterans opt for programs for that take less than a year to complete, Noller said.
Dixon said he knows he's not alone. At job fairs across the country he said he's seen unemployed veterans from all eras.
It's a challenge but he encourages himself to stay optimistic.
"I stay positive because I need to be." Dixon said about employment. "You have to continue to search and not give up."
The unemployment rate for veterans 18 and older was an average of 7.7 percent as of May 2012, one tenth of a percent below the national rate for non-veterans at 7.8 percent according to the data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.


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Nicole Zangara, CAS/BA '06, Has New Book Analyzing Female Friendships
"I truly hope that after reading this book, a student or alumna walks away with validation and adopts the 'it's not just me' mentality when finding/managing her friendships."
So says alumna Nicole Zangara, CAS/BA '06, about her book, Surviving Female Friendships: The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly, an analysis of how to find and keep female friendships in the age of new technology and social media. Nicole is a licensed clinical social worker and provides psychotherapy in Arizona, where she moved to be closer to family.
Nicole decided to write the book because she felt that "there wasn't enough information out there for women who have experienced complicated friendships – from how we meet and make friends to the long-lasting friendship that ends without any explanation, to having to let go of an unhealthy friendship."
In this book, Nicole not only recalls her own experiences but also includes stories from women ranging in age from 20 to over 60. "Regardless of age, every woman has a story," she says. "Another reason for the book is that, as women grow older, we tend to focus on our family and career, and sometimes friendships take a backseat in our lives; it's not good or bad, it simply is, and I want to acknowledge the shifts that so often happen in female friendships."
The book examines what Nicole calls a popular myth about female friendships —that they will last. "Friendships take work. They take both parties putting in time and effort to keep the friendship going. Oftentimes, friendships lose steam if both people are not reaching out in some way," she says.
The longest friendship that Nicole herself has consistently maintained has lasted seven years (and counting). "This friendship has lasted so long because we both put in time and effort to make it last. And the kicker is that we don't live in the same state, so it takes even more time and effort – calls , emails, and text messages to maintain the friendship," she says.
According to Nicole, one of the best parts of writing the book was "asking various women for their incredible stories, thoughts, and experiences and being able to give them a voice." She says also enjoyed the "journey" of making a book.
Nicole also maintains a blog.
When sharing aspects of her AU experience that have stuck with her since graduation, Nicole says, "I learned a great deal about friendships during my time at AU and even write about some of these experiences in the book. College allowed me to grow as a person, yet also provided insight into how friendships can change."


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We're now just over two days away from the confirmed Apple notebook event and wouldn't you know, more leaked images of Apple laptops have emerged. We've got to say that despite being the clearest shots to date, this new round is also the least Photoshop-ish yet. Sure, they may still be fake but if they're not we're in for a pretty tasty refresh on Tuesday. Hit the jump for all the images you can handle. What do you guys think – fake or real deal?
Update: Note that the image above is a Photoshop job done by a MacRumors forum member and republished along with the original images (read link). The original images below however, are still thought to be authentic.
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Good Wednesday morning, here are our early stories:
Sometimes 'The Lord Seemed To Sleep,' Pope Says In Farewell.
Reports: U.S. Eyeing 'Direct' Aid to Syrian Rebels, Though Not Weapons.
And here are more early headlines:
Americans Assign Political Blame For Looming Budget Cuts. (ABC)
Winter Storms Bring Midwest Flooding, Northeast Snow. (NBC)
Iran Agrees To More Nuclear Talks With Six Nations. (New York Times)
Deadly Shooting At Switzerland Factory. (BBC)
Car Bomb Strikes Northern Mali Town, Killing Several People. (Reuters)
Taliban Militants Poison Afghan Police, Civilians, Then Fire On Them. (AP)
Ill. Candidates Picked For Election To Fill Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr.'s Seat. (Chicago Tribune)
IKEA Now Pulling Sausages From European Stores After 'Indications' Of Horsemeat. (AP)
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Empathy is a term that connotes the touchy-feely notion of getting in touch with someone else's feelings or perspective. That's what psychotherapists and social workers do. It obviously has no place in the hard-knocks world of foreign affairs and national security. Or does it?
In world history, the best generals are experts in empathy. They know that to get the advantage, you have to put yourself in your adversary's shoes, look at things from that perceived perspective, and try to predict what he or she would do under specific circumstances.
So why does the United States have trouble exhibiting empathy? It's probably because the United States has been the globe's most powerful nation since 1945 and is the most dominant military power in world history, both absolutely and relative to its contemporaries. In other words, empires don't need empathy. Empathy is for sissies or, at least, lesser nations.
In reality, a lack of empathy toward potential adversaries is as dangerous for a superpower as it is for any other country. The United States found that out during Vietnam, but hasn't seemed to retain the lesson very well. The North Vietnamese and Viet Cong were outnumbered 5 to 1 by the Americans alone (excluding the South Vietnamese), but they fought tenaciously because they were fighting to reunite their divided nation. They regarded the U.S. as reneging on an implicit pledge to have elections in a reunited Vietnam, which the communist Ho Chi Minh would have won. U.S. president Lyndon B. Johnson had the vague idea that communist dominos had to be stopped, feared he would get involved in an unwinnable quagmire, but nonetheless prosecuted the war anyway to avoid being accused by the Republican right-wing of "losing Vietnam," as Harry Truman was accused of "losing China." But LBJ only escalated the war after his Great Society domestic agenda had passed. (Any parallels to Barack Obama's current situation in Afghanistan are purely coincidental.)
LBJ has been criticized for not letting the U.S. military win the war – in other words, putting too many restrictions on its operations. Yet LBJ's micromanagement of the military made more sense when his real goals are unearthed. He did not believe the war was winnable; he merely wanted to put military pressure on the North Vietnamese to get a negotiated settlement, and he wanted to avoid provoking a military intervention by China, as occurred in the Korean conflict. Where LBJ made his mistake was in a lack of empathy for North Vietnamese persistence in throwing off foreign invaders and reunifying their country. They negotiated, but not seriously, and merely waited until U.S. popular opinion tired of the war. (Any similarity to the doggedness of the Taliban resistance in Afghanistan and their willingness to wait out the already tenuous U.S. resolve is merely happenstance.)
The U.S. also has lacked empathy with Iran. Iran is a theocratic, authoritarian country (but not entirely, as we've seen recently). Its president does make unnerving statements denying the Holocaust, but he doesn't really have much of a say in national security issues. But even autocratic countries have legitimate security concerns. Iran lives in a rough neighborhood of hostile nations – the Sunni Arab states and Israel. That's why any democratic revolution in Iran probably wouldn't attenuate Iran's desire for a nuclear program. Thus, the U.S. policy of trying to negotiate away Iran's nuclear capabilities lacks empathy and is naïve. And since the Iranians are fairly sophisticated in their foreign policy and know that Israel or the United States could attempt a military strike against their nuclear facilities, they have probably hardened or buried many of them (if secret facilities even exist). Therefore, U.S. policy should shift to managing a nuclear Iran instead of trying to prevent what is probably inevitable.
For many of the same reasons, it is Pollyannaish and unempathetic to try to negotiate away North Korea's existing nuclear capability. U.S. policy should take the same approach with the hermit kingdom.
The lack of U.S. empathy in Afghanistan has been covered. In Iraq, a lack of U.S. understanding that ethno-sectarian loyalties will always trump those to an artificial central state did not improve with a change in U.S. administration. Recognizing the existing partition and devolving more power to local and regional governments, rather than perpetuating the non-viable central government, is probably the only way to avoid a massive civil war.
The most flagrant U.S. denial of reality occurred during the recent Russo-Georgian war. The U.S. government and media focused on the autocratic Russian government's "nefarious" intentions of maintaining security in its sphere of influence (after 25 million Russians died in an invasion by a foreign power in World War II, this is hardly a surprise) and ignored the Georgian shelling of a South Ossetian town (what many could call a war crime) to start the war.
The worst and most dangerous case of non-empathy, however, has been the lack of U.S. introspection after the heinous 9/11 attacks. Instead of reading Osama bin Laden's clear writings to glean his motives for attacking, the American public, to its future peril, simply bought George W. Bush's demagoguery that the U.S. was attacked because it was an economically and politically free country. That bin Laden specifically denied this accusation was lost in the drive to do more of exactly what bin Laden was mad about in the first place – U.S. forces invading and occupying Muslim soil, thus making things worse by aiding the recruitment of the anti-U.S. Islamists worldwide.
There are notorious dictatorships and terrorists in the world, but their threat to the United States has been exaggerated as an excuse to fulfill the foreign policy agendas of certain politicians, bureaucracies, or interest groups. Instead, the U.S. should realize that even these outlaws have security fears and are not just hostile to the United States because it is a relatively free country.


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This volume in the Instrumental Play-Along series features solo arrangements of 10 favourite selections from the blockbuster movie Star Wars - The Force Awakens. The price of this book for Flute includes access to online audio demonstration and backing tracks that allow instrumentalists to slow down the audio without changing pitch, loop for challenging parts and more.
This book includes: Farewell and the Trip, Finn's Confession, Han and Leia, The Jedi Steps and Finale, Kylo Ren Arrives at the Battle, Main Title and the Attack on the Jakku Village, March of the Resistance, Rey's Theme, The Scavenger and Scherzo for X-Wings.


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The Stack Exchange Team has recently unveiled Blogoverflow, the new blogging platform for SE sites and users. The Super User Blog has been running for almost 8 months now, and we're starting to have some issues with writers "burning out", where writers seem to either get too busy, or no longer have an interest due to overwhelming in writing for the blog. I foresee that this issue will also arise for many of the other blogs that have already started, or may start soon.
I'm looking for suggestions/ideas of how to raise more attention and participation on the blogs. How do we get more writers to start blogging for us so that we don't have any writers burn out on us? How can we keep current writers involved and interested?
Here's what we've done thus far:
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Rule 701 was amended, effective March 1, 1990; March 1, 2014.
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Rule 701 was amended, effective March 1, 1990. The amendments are technical in nature and no substantive change is intended.
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SOURCES: Joint Procedure Committee Minutes of April 26-27, 2012, pages 29-30; March 24-25, 1988, page 12; December 3, 1987, pages 15-16; June 3, 1976, page 6; Fed.R.Ev. 701; Rule 701, SBAND proposal.


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Django Unchained
Waxing excitedly about a Quentin Tarantino movie is almost starting to feel like a knee-jerk reaction. As a writer, I've been here, done it before. Tarantino makes it pretty easy, though. It probably doesn't hurt that he only makes a feature film every couple of years, but when he does, they are insanely easy to like. He represents the filmmaker as a showman, the cineaste who entertains first and foremost, but with a flair all his own. There is a scene in his latest, Django Unchained, where Christoph Waltz, playing the bounty hunter Dr. King Schultz, is talking about buying a slave to put in the fight ring, and he expresses his desire to have a gimmick to sell the warrior. The man he is going to buy from, Leonardo DiCaprio's Calvin Candie, corrects him and says first he should find a fighter that wins, then turn him into a spectacle.
My feeling is this exchange could just as easily sum up Tarantino's creative process: first find a winner, then make sure it really is a winner, check again, and then put on your show.
Django Unchained continues the writer/director's tour of different genres, taking him back even further in time than his WWII picture, the superb Inglourious Basterds. This cowboy picture--the auteur calls it a "Southern" instead of a "Western"--is set in the American South two years prior to the Civil War. Waltz plays Schultz, a clever freelance lawman with a gift for gab only rivaled by his sharpshooting. The hunter is on the trail of three bad men, who so far have been hard to identify. He has heard tell of a slave named Django (Jamie Foxx) who was sold after a run-in with these crooks. Waltz goes out to find Django, offering the man freedom and some cash once the deed is done. By the end of their mission, however, Schultz realizes that he has found himself an able-bodied partner. Knowing that Django has a mind to find the wife who was sold away from him and buy her freedom, the good Dr. proposes a continued partnership: work through the winter collecting bounties, and then work together to wrest Broomhilda (Kerry Washington) from Candie's clutches.
This is the short version of the plot, and excepting a few surprising episodic detours, the long of it, too. As fans of recent Tarantino know, he doesn't trim down his movies, or his scenes, not even when the basic outline can be described that easily and that quickly. Django Unchained is over 2-and-a-half hours long, and yet it never strays from its single-minded mission. Hell, I could have stood another couple of hours of this. Outside of the anachronistic hiphop songs and the director's predictably terrible cameo, I can't think of anything I'd cut; at the same time, I can think of a bunch of characters that I wouldn't have minded spending more time with.
The cast roster is a long one. Don Johnson, Jonah Hill, Bruce Dern, Samuel L. Jackson, Tom Wopat, Michael Parks, Walton Goggins, and others all have roles of varying sizes; Zoe Bell and Robert Carradine make appearances, but good luck spotting them; and yes, that is Amber Tamblyn who peeks out a window in the first act and is never seen again. There is a sprawling nature to Django Unchained. Tarantino's script covers narrative ground as wide as the open plains his characters travel. Not surprisingly, many scenes of dialogue go on for long minutes, growing more tense, laying the groundwork for explosive violence and bloodshed.
There's plenty of both in Django Unchained. The shootouts grow larger with each skirmish, and human beings are little more than bags of blood. Bullets rend flesh, and red goo sprays everywhere. Tarantino is exploiting every trick of the exploitation genre, both dancing in the crimson rain and subverting some of the more unctuous tropes (for instance, there is thankfully no threat of rape here, no salaciously lingering on a naked body of a woman in peril). Moviegoers who are sensitive to racially based humor or epithets may find the abundance of both a little difficult, but at the same time, were the film to shy away from the truth of the matter, the villains wouldn't be nearly so deserving of the gunfighter's revenge.
Admittedly, I am a pretty big Tarantino supporter, even though I am not really a cult member who hangs on his every utterance. (Seeing him introduce the Django trailer attached to Killing Them Softly caused me to audibly groan.) That said, I understand the detractors. I have a friend that just can't get into his movies who found herself intrigued by the early Django Unchained teasers. I am not quite sure how to answer her question of whether or not this motion picture is different than his others. It is, and it isn't. Django Unchained is still a film that is steeped in cinema history, that gives nods and shout-outs to the nerds who might recognize what the director is referencing. He still foregoes commissioning his own musical score and lifts tracks from other films. If you thought that Death Proof or Inglourious Basterds were too talky, strap in, there's plenty more chatter.
At the same time, the more distance Tarantino puts between himself and the modern era, the more his pop culture fanaticism is toned down and the more clever his writing gets. There is no Civil War equivalent of McDonald's for the guys to talk about, no movies for them to dissect for their gay subtext. The closest we get is Christoph Waltz relating the German tale of Brunhilde and Siegfried, providing a classical basis for Django's own scaling of an impossible mountain (Candieland!) to rescue the fair maiden. I don't know if Quentin has really made any great strides as a filmmaker, but he definitely is stretching himself as a writer. Impulse control will always be an issue, but all the macabre jokes land, so even that might not be such a problem.
What struck me most about Django Unchained, even more than the gore or the gags or the impressive embarrassment of riches that is this ensemble cast, was the friendship between Dr. Schultz and Django. In most of Tarantino's movies, excepting maybe Death Proof or the romance in Jackie Brown, the drama consists of tenuous personal connections between the cast at large. Jules and Vincent in Pulp Fiction are colleagues, but they aren't pals, we don't really engage with them, nor they with each other, on a deeper level. This is not so for Django Unchained. The two main characters form a strong bond over the course of the movie. They swap stories about their respective pasts and also share their plans for the future. They respect and help one another. There is also the added element that they do so across a rather large divide. Theirs is a relationship that is more meaningful because of the race issues attached, and more uplifting for how that divide closes, how the barriers between them dissolve (to slightly mix my metaphors). This, at least to my eye, is far more meaningful interpersonal territory than Quentin Tarantino has ever attempted prior.
Don't get me wrong. There's not a lot of hugging and crying. This is still primarily a shoot-'em-up. Go for the guns and bullets, consider the rest a bonus. Foxx and Tarantino have created a kick-ass new hero together, and one I wouldn't be against seeing in the director's first ever sequel, should he decide to go that route. The multiplex has room for a black action hero franchise. Django Reloaded, anyone?
Jamie S. Rich is a novelist and comic book writer. He is best known for his collaborations with Joelle Jones, including the hardboiled crime comic book You Have Killed Me, the challenging romance 12 Reasons Why I Love Her, and the 2007 prose novel Have You Seen the Horizon Lately?, for which Jones did the cover. All three were published by Oni Press. His most recent projects include the futuristic romance A Boy and a Girl with Natalie Nourigat; Archer Coe and the Thousand Natural Shocks, a loopy crime tale drawn by Dan Christensen; and the horror miniseries Madame Frankenstein, a collaboration with Megan Levens. Follow Rich's blog at Confessions123.com.
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We've finally reached the end of 2012 and there have been quite a few excellent Hip-Hop/Rap albums released throughout the past 365 days that both the listening audience and music journalists might have possibly missed. Given that multiple indie Rap albums drop every Tuesday and it's pretty hard to keep up with everything that dropped in this era of Bandcamp and iTunes releases, there are several projects that drop each year the fans tend to miss.
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The Ruth Garvey Fink Convocation Hall can accommodate 175 to 200 at seated round tables.
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No. The Alumni Center staff plans around your contracted time and other events held in the building. We will have the facility ready when you arrive. All decorating, deliveries, cleanup and other activities must be done during contracted time. It is the renter's responsibility to schedule appropriately with their caterer, florist and other service providers. Access to the facility is for contracted time only. Caterers usually require at least an hour of preparation before an event and at least an hour after for cleanup and removal.
Contact the university scheduling office. Before paying a deposit, we recommend that you contact an insurance provider. Once you select a date, we will send you a contract with an invoice for deposit. Both are due within 30 days of booking the facility. All remaining fees, an alcohol approval form and certificate of insurance are due 30 days before your event. Failure to provide all the documents will result in cancelation of the contract without notice and loss of the deposit. All cancelations result in loss of deposit. Contact University Scheduling online or by calling 785.670.1725 or 785.670.1707.
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Alcohol may be served in the Alumni Center, subject to the policies of the university, Alcoholic Beverages Control regulations and the laws of the State of Kansas, Shawnee County and the City of Topeka. Alcohol must be purchased and provided by Washburn Dining Services. The approval to serve alcohol form is part of the contract. Violations will result in loss of the deposit. Under-age drinking is prohibited. An application for approval to serve alcoholic liquor/cereal malt beverages is required to serve alcohol in the Alumni Center at any event. This form must be filed at least 30 days before the events and can be obtained from the coordinator. Non-university groups or individuals serving alcohol in any Alumni Center space must procure and have a comprehensive general liability insurance policy and a liquor policy. You must submit proof of both to the university. Alcoholic liquor/cereal malt liquor beverages may be served and/or consumed at an event inside the Alumni Center and on Alumni Center garden and grounds. Guests found drinking in restricted areas, such as the east side of the building or in the parking lot, are subject to arrest.
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We have 5-foot round tables that seat up to eight people.
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The deposit and contract are due 30 days after you book the facility. A certificate of insurance, application to serve alcohol and all remaining fees are due no later than 30 days before your event.
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I stitched a length of ribbon along all four sides to permanently adhere them to the fabric.
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Before we left on our trip I filled 2 biodegradable egg cartons with some seed starter discs, planted a lavender seed in each, watered them well and sat them covered in the refrigerator where (finger's crossed) they will sprout in about 6-8 weeks time. (Those are my basil sprouts in the foreground.)
Here's the finished duvet cover in our guest bedroom. I used the same ribbon at the top to secure the comforter inside.
Before leaving on our trip, I watched the video found here to learn the chain stitch that I used on all 9 of the embroidered squares.
And the really exciting part for me was that 2 of our 7 grand kids now know how to do this too! This is our 10 year old grandson Michael working on a peace sign. The other one that learned is our 8 year old granddaughter Grace. I had so much fun spending time with them doing this.
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Orlando, Florida, June 17, 2009: Electro-Voice is pleased to announce the latest addition to the IRIS-Net and NetMax tool kit – the FIR-Drive Array controller. IRIS-Net has proven itself time and again as an industry-leading tool for configuration, control, and supervision of live concert sound systems. NetMax, with the release of the N8000-1500, has become the most powerful live audio processor on the market and has been used in some of the world's largest shows, including the Houston Rodeo and Kenny Chesney's most recent tour.
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When the camera first panned to Michelle Obama sitting next to Sgt. 1st Class Cory Remsburg, a wounded warrior, during President Obama's State of the Union message last month, my breath caught in my throat. This proud noncommissioned officer was a guest of the first lady, and his presence alone was forcing all who saw him to remember that America remains a nation at war.
Later, the president told the story of meeting Remsburg shortly before he was injured on his 10th combat deployment, and of the long and grueling path to recovery he still travels. My family knows that road all too well. My husband, Brian, sustained a penetrating traumatic brain injury from a roadside bomb in Iraq in October 2003, long before many of today's systems and services available to support wounded troops and military families existed. He "slipped through the cracks," and we both spent time on unemployment while waiting for his benefits to start after he was medically retired from the Army. He received no rehabilitation for his brain injury and got only sporadic mental-health care for his debilitating post-traumatic stress disorder.
And yet, we persevered, forming a supportive network of fellow veterans and gradually finding a new place in our community, with new ways to serve. It took six years before Brian could read a book again, but last month, he began using the GI Bill to attend college. Like Remsburg, we never quit.
My biggest fear is that the American people will forget us — their veterans. I worry that as the visible reminders of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan fade from popular consciousness, so will the attention paid to troops, military families, and veterans. Yet the needs of US veterans will not end when the war does; they will just be beginning. Though over a lifetime veterans are more highly educated, employed, and paid than their civilian counterparts, the period of reintegration can be challenging.
Coming home to a nation distracted by celebrity gossip and seemingly oblivious to the experiences of deployed troops was jarring and disconcerting. As a woman veteran, I felt particularly invisible. Many people had no idea that women were serving in combat alongside men, despite what the regulations said about keeping us out of direct ground combat jobs and units. Reentering the workforce was challenging. It was tough to translate military skills and experiences into civilian terms, and to adjust to a less hierarchical, more collaborative environment. Attending college classes with people fresh out of high school can feel like being in a war-tested version of the Adam Sandler movie "Billy Madison."
Brian and I are very fortunate: Over the years, he has enjoyed tremendous cognitive and psychological improvement, we have been able to access mental-health care when needed, and we have both used benefits we earned from the Department of Veterans Affairs. Today, we are contributing community members, solid employees, proud parents, and a strong married couple.
As today's troops come home, become veterans, and reenter civilian society, communities across the country should come together to ensure they have a smoother transition than we did. The military gave them superb practical and leadership skills they can put to good use here at home; give them the chance to use them. We never forgot about you while we were deployed. Don't forget about us when we come home.
Kayla Williams is a project associate at the RAND Corp. and author of the recently released "Plenty of Time When We Get Home: Love and Recovery in the Aftermath of War."
This commentary originally appeared on Christian Science Monitor on February 18, 2014. Commentary gives RAND researchers a platform to convey insights based on their professional expertise and often on their peer-reviewed research and analysis.


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LONDON (AP) — Irreverent musical "The Book of Mormon" and hit geopolitical drama "Chimerica" were the big winners Sunday at Britain's Olivier stage awards, on a night when London's small theaters flexed their substantial muscle.
"The Book of Mormon" — which stormed London just as it earlier wowed New York — won four prizes, including best new musical and best actor in a musical, for Gavin Creel.
Choreographer and co-director Casey Nicholaw said the success of the show — written by "South Park" creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone — came down to its blend of "good contemporary satire and good old-fashioned entertainment."
Lucy Kirkwood's "Chimerica," a play about the entwined fates of China and the United States that opens with a search for the protester photographed standing in front of a tank in Tiananmen Square in 1989, won five trophies including best new play and best director, for Lyndsey Turner.
It was one of several winners to start life in state-subsidized off-West End venues. "Chimerica" opened at north London's 300-seat Almeida Theatre before transferring to a bigger commercial playhouse.
The same path was followed by an acclaimed revival of Henrik Ibsen's "Ghosts," which took prizes for best revival, best actress, for Lesley Manville, and best supporting actor, for Jack Lowden.
"Oh, Larry, where have you been all my life?" said a delighted Manville, clutching her statuette — a bust of acting legend Laurence Olivier.
Director Richard Eyre adapted the play, distilling Ibsen's 19th-century script down to an intense, audience-draining 90 minutes.
"Suicide, euthanasia, feminism, syphilis, morality — you name it, it's in the play," Eyre said, proclaiming Ibsen a "genius."
Lowden — a rising star who will soon be seen in the BBC's television adaptation of Tudor saga "Wolf Hall" — said he was thrilled to win for his performance as the syphilitic son of a troubled family in the intense Norwegian family tragedy.
"Any chance you get to play an arrogant, rash ... drunk, take it," Lowden advised his fellow actors.
Sharon D. Clarke was another winner from the subsidized sector, taking the best-actress trophy for "The Amen Corner" at the National Theatre.
The victories are a boost for state-funded arts groups at a time when Britain's Conservative-led government is cutting all forms of public spending in a bid to reduce the country's huge deficit.
Eyre said subsidized and commercial theater "feed each other."
"You can't have one without the other. ... For all the successes, you have to be able to fail, and that is what subsidy gives you."
Busker romance "Once" won the prize for outstanding achievement in music, and its Croatian co-star, Zrinka Cvitesic, was named best actress in a musical.
"I don't know if you guys are aware of this, but you just changed Croatian history," she said.
The awards, Britain's equivalent of Broadway's Tonys, honor achievements in London theater, musicals, dance and opera.
Founded in 1976, the Oliviers have been laying on the glitz in recent years, with glossy ceremonies modeled on the Tonys.
This year's hosts were actors Gemma Arterton and Stephen Mangan, and performers included tenor Joseph Calleja, Broadway legend Bernadette Peters and ABBA's Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus, who reunited onstage to celebrate the 15-year West End run of "Mamma Mia."
Winners in most categories were chosen by a panel of stage professionals and theatergoers. The Audience Award, decided by public vote, went to "Les Miserables."
There were special achievement awards for impresario Michael White — who was behind taboo-breaking shows such as "Oh! Calcutta!" and "The Rocky Horror Show" — and to Nicholas Hytner and Nick Starr, the National Theatre's outgoing management team.
Screen stars Jude Law, Tom Hiddleston and Judi Dench were among the big-name nominees who missed out on acting prizes — Dench to Manville and the men to Rory Kinnear, one of Britain's leading stage actors, awarded for his scheming Iago in "Othello" at the National Theatre.
Kinnear said the fact that in-demand movie actors like Dench, Hiddleston and Law kept returning to the London stage "shows how addictive it is."
"We as actors basically have to do the same job no matter where it is," said Kinnear, who appeared in the James Bond thriller "Skyfall."
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Text description provided by the architects. When commissioned to design the Bank of China Tower on an intricate inland site, I.M. Pei was requested to create an unavoidably tall unique headquarters in a typhoon-prone region that would represent the aspirations of the Chinese people yet also symbolize good will toward the British Colony.
The solution assimilates architecture and engineering simultaneously, involving an asymmetrical tower that informs both skyline and street. The Bank of China Tower stands 70 stories tall, reaching a height of 1,209 feet. At the time of its opening in May 1990, it was the tallest building in Asia and still remains one of the tallest in Hong Kong.
Comprised of four vertical shafts, the tower emerges from a 52-meter cube and reduces its mass, quadrant by quadrant, until a single triangular prism resides. The faceted prism is clad in reflective glass that mirrors the changing sky, anchoring the expansive business district and providing a characteristic vertical axis to Hong Kong's towering skyline.
The four shafts that from the building produce a modern composite structural system that not only resists high-velocity winds, but eliminates the need for many internal vertical supports. As a result, the Bank of China uses less steel than typical for a building its size.
A key issue for I.M. Pei was the symbolism of the structure for the Chinese people and the British Colony. Original plans included an x-shaped cross-brace. However, in China the "X" shape is seen as a symbol of death. As an alternative, Pei chose to use less menacing diamond forms.
The bamboo plant was also a significant inspiration for this unique building. The trunk of this massive structure is representative of the growth patterns of bamboo, the symbol of hope and revitalization in the Chinese culture.
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William "Bill" Shaddock's childhood on the Gulf Coast shaped many of his ideas about business, his career, and the way he built three companies rooted in the often-turbulent world of Texas real estate.
Discussing his business philosophy and one of its dominant themes—how to go head-to-head with much larger concerns—the 60-year-old partner in Shaddock Development Co. and owner and CEO of Capital Title of Texas and Willow Bend Mortgage Co. returns time and again to his formative years in Orange, a small Texas town on the Sabine River in the southeast corner of the state.
"My dad was a doctor, and the phone would be ringing off the wall at all hours," Shaddock recalls. "My friends' dads were engineers, and they carpooled to the office and got back from work at 3:30 in the afternoon.
"My friends' dads did fine, but somehow a career as an assistant valve engineer for some big oil company didn't seem to be me to be that interesting. My dad would be delivering babies and saving lives and working for himself, and that struck me as more significant.
"One of the big things that happened that shaped my thinking came when one of my friends was crying at school," Shaddock goes on. "When I asked what was wrong, she told me her parents were moving to Saudi Arabia and she was going to have to go. I decided right there I didn't want anyone moving me to Saudi Arabia. They took my friend, so I started not to like big business."
Bigger businesses, with their greater access to capital and market dominance, can hardly be avoided as competitors, Shaddock realizes. "They're in the businesses you want to be in. You're going to run into Mr. Big. But, how do you go into the appliance business against a Best Buy, or into the department-store business against Dillard's?"
Or, in Shaddock's case: How do you take on major financial institutions in the mortgage business, or national insurance companies in the title insurance business?
"People think real estate is a money business, but it isn't," says Shaddock, referring to his development, title, and mortgage companies, which together employ about 350. "It's a relationship business. People do business with people, not with Worldwide Title Co."
Despite turbulence in the capital markets over the last three years, and with real estate in a historic funk, Shaddock's Capital Title has continued to expand and is now the largest independent title company in Texas. Shaddock Development, where Shaddock has overseen the residential development and land-investment division, has put up some of the highest-quality custom-residential communities in North
And, from 2002 to 2007, Shaddock's mortgage company was among the 100 fastest-growing private concerns in the Dallas area, and honored as such by Southern Methodist University's Caruth Institute for Entrepreneurship. It sidestepped the fate of many competitors by avoiding the subprime market, which imploded in 2008, and was tenacious enough to survive the ensuing capital crisis that shuttered three out of every five Texas mortgage lenders.
"We use our relationship skills and try to make people more comfortable with us than larger concerns," says Shaddock, who can get so animated that he pops up from his desk chair to make a point. "That's how we compete with Fortune 500 companies that would like nothing more than to put us out of business."
After a couple of semesters in pre-med math and science classes at Texas Christian University, it became clear that his "good but not excellent" grades made following in his father's footsteps as a doctor unlikely, Shaddock remembers. Business attracted him as an alternative.
After graduating from TCU with a degree in finance, "I went to SMU and met C. Jackson Grayson, who was then the dean of the business school, and he talked about learning to make deals," Shaddock says. "That's what I wanted to do. SMU was one of the few schools in those days that was training people to become real estate or oil and gas entrepreneurs."
Facing few job prospects when he graduated with an MBA in the middle of the 1973-1975 recession, Shaddock decided to stay in school and get a law degree from Baylor University. After graduation he went to see Mack Strother, a partner in what was then Strother, Davis and Hill, a 15-lawyer firm in Dallas.
"I told him I didn't have a job for him," Strother recalls. "He came back with the same pitch two weeks later and I said, 'Okay, I'll hire you.' I figured I'd be seeing him every two weeks if I didn't."
After a few years in the practice, Shaddock made some basic work-reward calculations about all the late nights he was putting in, and how big some of his former SMU classmates were getting in real estate development as Dallas heated up in the early 1980s.
"These guys were going places, making a ton of money, while I was thinking, `Here comes another ten years of grinding it out," Shaddock says.
So, in 1983, he decided to go to work for his brother, Peter Shaddock, a homebuilder who wanted to ramp up the development side of the business. Peter offered Bill twice the salary he was earning at the law office.
"At the time, real estate development was a glamorous business," Shaddock recalls. "Texas Monthly called it the most glamorous occupation in Texas. People were building wealth. You had people like Roger Staubach, who was a broker, showing you stuff and inviting you over to the house to hang out with the Cowboys. I was like, `Cool. I'll invite my girlfriend.'"
But what everyone would learn by the end of the decade was that Texas real estate was inflating into a bubble, made possible by loose lending and an upward price spiral that, as Shaddock recalls, "just heated and heated and heated."
"I was just in it six months when I flipped a piece of property and made half a million dollars," he says.
The end came painfully, with federal regulators shuttering savings-and-loans and banks and liquidating property for dimes on the dollar.
"You looked up and guess what? Everybody is dead," Shaddock says. "The banks are all dead. The real estate people are dead. I'd been
through it but I didn't get killed. I had no skin in the game. So there I was, a clean borrower who had learned the business.
"People were still moving to town, getting jobs, buying houses. What had been a hugely congested field with a lot of high-toned, illustrious people just went away. The bust gave me the opportunity to build my career."
Shaddock Development, which remains a family partnership, eventually developed communities in Willow Bend, the Villages of Stonelake, Shaddock Creek Estates, and the Stonebriar Country Club area. "It was just the general trend to work up Preston Road, from Legacy Business Park to Stonebriar," says Shaddock, describing areas in West Plano and Frisco. "There was opportunity and we figured it out."
Jimmy Jackson, president of Jackson Clayborn Inc., a real estate consulting and appraisal company, says Shaddock made bold moves and developed attractive communities such as Willow Bend, where Shaddock lives today.


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In Ohio it is the County Recorder who has the important and indispensable task of keeping the vital records pertaining to ownership in real estate (land) and to all encumbrances or liens upon it.
Without the work of the County Recorder in recording, safekeeping and organizing all documents in a competent and logical manner, it would be nearly impossible to purchase land and be assured of a clear title or to lend money with land as security.
Origins of the Role
The practice of recording real estate documents is based on law in England which traveled to the New World with the colonists. Public land registrars were appointed in colonial America to keep accurate records. A system of registration was necessary to prove the rights of persons who first made claims to property.
In 1787 the northwest territory was formed, encompassing all lands north and west of the Ohio River. A Recorder's Office was established in each county. Ohio became a state in 1803 and although the state constitution did not provide for a Recorder's office, the first state legislature mandated that a Recorder be appointed in each county by the Judges of the Court of Common Pleas. In 1829 the Recorder's Office became an elective position and in 1936 the term was established at 4 years.
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Today the County Recorder keeps and maintains accurate land records that are current, legible and easily accessible. An important aspect of the Recorder's work is to index each document so it may be readily located. Accurate indexing makes it possible for persons searching land records to find the documents necessary to establish a "chain of title" (history of ownership) and ensures that any debts or encumbrances against the property are evident.
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The case of brothers Avi and Eliyahu Werdesheim (pictured left and right, respectively), who were accused of assaulting a Black teen in an orthodox Jewish neighborhood while on Neighborhood Watch, has taken a new turn. Instead of facing a jury in the 2010 beating of the then-15-year-old boy, the attorneys for the Werdesheim brothers were granted a bench trial on Tuesday, citing the public Trayvon Martin case as an impetus for the request, reports NBC affiliate WBAL-TV 11.
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A bench trial in a case of this magnitude is a plus for the Werdesheims and their attorneys, as it signifies that only the judge will hear evidence from both sides regarding the case. With such an explosive racial component, a trial with a jury in predominately Black Baltimore would certainly place the brothers under tougher scrutiny and place the case on the the national stage, a development their attorneys wanted to avoid.
On Monday, the Werdesheims' attorneys argued in written statements against having a jury trial because they believe their defendants wouldn't be able to receive a fair trial:
Both [this case and Trayvon Martin's case] involve young African-American males walking along on public thoroughfares, who supposedly were accosted by one or more Caucasian members of citizen patrol groups who felt they didn't belong in the area, and allegedly subjected to unprovoked attacks," the motion said. The Werdesheims can't get a fair trial in Baltimore amid all the publicity.
At the time, defense attorneys asked for the trial to be delayed or moved. The following day, they were granted a bench trial.
According to documents, the Werdesheims claim they acted in self-defense, after encountering the teen. The reports conflict from there, though, as charges state the brothers surrounded the teen, threw him to the ground, and struck the boy in the head with a two-way radio. A third man was said to have held the teen down as he was searched for contraband. Eliyahu, 24, said in an interview with a Jewish Baltimore publication that the boy brandished a wooden plank, prompting him and his 21-year-old brother to take action.
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The trial is heating up as the judge has begun to allow evidence to be presented in the case. So far, only the Jewish Baltimore Times interview has been entered as evidence, as the article links the men to the scene of the crime. Further in the report, supporters of the teen were outside the courthouse and vocalized their disdain of the brothers.
"We represent every young person in this city who has experienced these kinds of atrocities in this city every single day," said the supporter of the racially charged case.
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As the nation has discovered in the Trayvon Martin murder, America is not the post-racial utopia it portrays itself to be. This case highlights that race and proper justice are reluctant bedfellows, and a pair of Jewish boys of privilege are exhibiting the clear distinctions between Black and White crime. The Werdesheims should be tried publicly and endure the same invasive media tactics Blacks face across the nation in so-called courts of law.
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Founded in 1892, Seattle Yacht Club is one of our country's most active and long-established yacht clubs. With facilities ranging from the historic mainstation on Portage Bay, to 10 Outstations located along the shores of Washington and British Columbia, the Club offers an outstanding group of properties for use by our members.
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The history of the Club is tied in with the history of pleasure boating and yacht racing in the Pacific Northwest. Starting from early sites along Elliott Bay and West Seattle, the Club attracted a broad mix of racers and cruisers and grew rapidly as region developed in the early 1900's. The current home on Portage Bay was built in 1920 and is today listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Activities at the Club have flourished along with the growing membership, and today, more than 50 committees sponsor events as diverse as aviation, dance, and book clubs, along with a broad range of boating interests. While opportunities abound, the true highlight of the Club is the strong community and lasting friendships developed among members. Few things surpass the chance to explore our world-renown cruising grounds among the company of good friends.
The Club hosts a world-class junior sailing program, which has given a start to numerous Olympians and generations of Northwest sailors. Opening Day, the Club's annual spring celebration, is the region's premier on-the-water party. Seattle Yacht Club maintains reciprocity with more than 400 other boating groups around the world and enjoys membership in the Pacific International Yachting Association and the International Powerboat Association. SYC is recognized among the leading yacht clubs of the world, and members can take pride in both its prestige and its vibrant community.
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With ads off the air, Tiger takes leave from golf
Golfer remains on TV as a subject of public scrutiny, but his commercials have not appeared since Nov. 29.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- Tiger Woods is all over the TV, but his ads haven't been.
Commercials featuring the golfer were virtually constant until late last month, when his involvement in an auto accident outside his home led to a swirl of controversy involving his marital life.
On Friday, a notice on the golfer's Web site, tigerwoods.com, said he will be taking "an indefinite break from professional golf." He also, for the first time, said he was "aware of the disappointment and hurt that my infidelity has caused to so many people, most of all my wife and children."
"I need to focus my attention on being a better husband, father and person," the statement said. (CNN.com: Tiger Woods taking 'indefinite break')
Two days later, Accenture became the first major sponsor to drop Woods.
"Given the circumstances of the last two weeks, after careful consideration and analysis, the company has determined that he is no longer the right representative for its advertising," Accenture said Sunday in a statement posted on its Web site.
Another major sponsor, Gillette, said Saturday it was "limiting" Woods' role in its marketing programs to give him the privacy to work on family relationships.
According to media tracker Nielsen, the last time a commercial featuring Woods appeared on television was Nov. 29. The 30-second Gillette ad aired during NBC's "Football Night in America," the pre-game show that broadcast prior to the Sunday night football game.
The ad featured Woods, New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, Spanish basketball phenom Ricky Rubio and an announcer who says, "Here's to confidence," and aired eight times during November, according to Aaron Lewis, a spokesman for Nielsen.
Since then, no Woods commercials have aired, not even last weekend during the Chevron World Challenge, the golf tournament hosted by Woods since 2001.
The move to pull Tiger ads was not unexpected. CNNMoney.com reported last week that sponsors have opted to continue their business relationships with Tiger but would hold back their commercials for several weeks.
"Brands that planned to use Tiger in any meaningful way in the next few weeks would be looking to perhaps do something else, both out of respect for Tiger and because now isn't the best time to have him out there peddling their product," Paul Swangard, managing director of the Warsaw Sports Marketing Center at the University of Oregon, told CNNMoney.com on Nov. 30.
Prior to Friday's announcement, Tiger's sponsors, which include Nike (NKE, Fortune 500), Gatorade and Electronic Arts (ERTS), had pledged their support of Woods and opted to retain the golfer as their spokesman, despite allegations of extramarital affairs and Woods' recent admission of undisclosed "transgressions."
On Friday, after the disclosure of the leave, a Nike spokeswoman issued a statement supporting Woods. "We look forward to his return to golf," said Beth Gast, public relations manager. "He and his family have Nike's full support."
Electronic Arts also expressed support, saying "At this time, the strategy for our 'Tiger Woods PGA Tour' (video game) business remains unchanged."
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Like millions of baby boomers, I've always thought I'd stay active into my later years. That's unlike many in my parents' generation who gave up hiking, biking, running, kayaking and other strenuous pursuits (if they ever did these things in the first place) when they developed aches and pains.
So the last six months have been discouraging. First, there was a painful left Achilles tendon. That was brought on by a gentle two-mile run — after not running for a long time due to bone spur pain that took a year to go away.
A visit to orthopedic specialist Bridget Quinn at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston gave me heart.
"We're going to get you running again," she said. (I loved her use of the first-person plural.)
A Slippery Slope To Knee Replacement?
Quinn wrote a prescription for two months of physical therapy. That worked. No more Achilles pain. So with the coming of spring, I was all set to get out there again — carefully, this time.
And then the knee pains started. Suddenly, going up and down stairs hurt. So did the simple act of sitting down and standing up.
Serious bummer. Hard not to think, "Is this the beginning of old age? A slide down the slope toward knee replacement?"
Not necessarily, Quinn says.
"One thing about your history that's very telling," Quinn says, "is this all started after a period of inactivity. Your tissues, when you're not active, get tight and weak. And this can predispose you to this condition, called chondromalacia of the patella."
Basically, it means irritation of the cartilage lining the kneecap. My kneecaps weren't tracking in their grooves the way they're supposed to.
Quinn says it's the most common knee problem she sees. It can result from either overuse or underuse. In my case, it's clearly the latter.
"The good news is you don't need surgery for this," Quinn says. "This is something you can help manage."
A Prescription For 'Aggressive Flexibility'
Once again, she prescribes physical therapy. It will focus not on the knee itself but on the hip, the abdomen, the back, the glutes and the quadriceps muscles. All are important in getting the kneecap to track properly.
Flexibility is key, she says. I'll need what she calls a "really aggressive flexibility program" to loosen up my leg muscles.
And the prognosis? "I would suspect that in the next six to eight weeks, you're going to be back on a good running program," Quinn predicts.
This is great news. I never thought I'd be able to run again.
Next stop is a physical therapy clinic and an appointment with a peppy, can-do therapist named Popi Gianakouras. When I met her, she was working with a 45-year-old bank employee named Bob Rothaker.
Like many of Gianakouras' patients, Rothaker spends hours at his desk, staring at a computer screen. His terrible posture, she says, was causing him a lot of problems.
"By the afternoon, it was really painful," Rothaker says. "From the upper back it would migrate to the chest area and then the shoulder area." He had tension headaches, too.
Making Over The Muscles
But seven weeks of physical therapy have made a big difference. "It's great! I'm almost symptom-free now," he reports. "It's been a tremendous help."
Gianakouras examines me and agrees with Quinn that my problem is not just in my knees.
"It's actually the mechanics of the entire lower extremities, from your core all the way down to your feet," she pronounces. "And you have to address all of those things in order to correct the problem."
"Major makeover?" I say. "Major makeover," she affirms.
She prescribes a program of exercises designed to stretch and strengthen half the muscles in my body, it seems.
It's actually not as bad as it sounds. The routine takes about an hour a day — not necessarily all at once. But I've got to be faithful about it, and so far, I have been. In only a week, it's making a difference. Going downstairs doesn't hurt so much.
Gianakouras says a lot of her patients are like me. We're pretty sedentary in our everyday lives, but nevertheless expect to stay active.
As my knees can tell you, that doesn't work.
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A Condition Assessment Manual (also Condition Rating Assessment Manual) is a document that specifies how asset condition inspections on a particular class of asset should be carried out, and how to determine the appropriate condition score for a given asset.
Visual Condition Assessment
If the assessment is to be made on the basis of a Visual Condition Inspection it is often useful to include a series of photos showing the asset in various conditions in the manual.
The examples below have been extracted from the Bundaberg Regional Council Pavement Condition Assessment Manual.
National Asset Management Assessment Framework
The National Asset Management Assessment Framework suggests that Councils should have documented repeatable methodologies to carry out consistent asset condition surveys and defect identification assessments, and that these should be documented in a Condition Rating Assessment Manual for applicable asset classes."
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- A guide to the Visual Assessment of Pavement Condition (Austroads)
- BRC Pavement Condition Assessment Manual
- Guidelines for Measuring and Reporting the Condition of Road Assets (Local Government Victoria)
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Tsunami Warning Lifted After Strong Earthquake Strikes Near Japan
The strong quake struck off the coast of Miyagi prefecture.
TOKYO, Dec. 7, 2012— -- A powerful 7.3 magnitude earthquake off the coast of Japan triggered a tsunami warning and evacuation orders in seven cities today, but the warning was lifted a short time later with few injuries and little damage.
The earthquake struck 150 miles off the coast of Miyagi prefecture just after 5 p.m. local time, followed by several aftershocks. Tsunami waves were recorded in at least five different locations, with the largest in Ishinomaki measuring at 3 feet, according to the Japan Meteorological Agency.
There was never a risk of widespread tsunami warnings, according to the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center, and the alert was lifted about two hours after the quake struck.
All flights were grounded at the Sendai airport, and travelers were moved to the second and third floors in the terminal, according to an official.
The earthquake measured a 5 on the Japanese seismic scale of 1-7. By comparison, the historic March 2011 earthquake measured a 6.
No damage has been reported at monitoring posts and water treatment facilities at the reactors at the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, the nuclear facility that was devastated by tsunami waters after the 2011 quake, according to the Tokyo Electric Power Company. All the workers were moved to higher ground on the site and told to stay inside after the tsunami warning.
Buildings in Tokyo swayed for at least several minutes after the earthquake.
Evacuations were ordered in seven cities in Iwate Prefecture, including Rikuzentakata and Kamaishi. As many as 4,000 people fled low lying areas in those cities.
Ten people were taken to hospitals, including a 75-year-old woman in Ishinomaki who fell while trying to evacuate, Japan's NHK news reported.
In the city of Natori, a 2-year-old boy was taken to the hospital after he hit his head during the quake. In the city of Tsuchiura, in the Ibaraki Prefecture, a 36-year-old woman was injured when a dresser fell on her.
The northeast region of Japan was hit with a magnitude-9.0 earthquake and ensuing tsunami March 11, 2011, that killed or left about 19,000 people missing.
All but two of Japan's nuclear plants were shut down for checks after the earthquake and tsunami caused meltdowns at the Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant.
The Associated Press contributed to this report.