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Hot Springs, AR – Western Kentucky completed another improbable run to the NCAA Tournament on Monday, as George Fant's 17-point, 13-rebound effort led the Hilltoppers past the FIU Golden Panthers, 65-63, in the finals of the Sun Belt Conference Tournament.
A year after winning the conference tourney as a No. 7 seed, the Hilltoppers captured the crown seeded sixth, winning four games in four days to earn the program's 23rd trip to the NCAA Tournament and fourth in the past six years.
Jamal Crook also scored 17 points for Western Kentucky (20-15) and made critical free throws down the stretch to seal the win. Brandon Harris added 12 points -- all on 3-pointers -- for the victors.
"It was a heck of a game; we knew it was going to be that way," Western Kentucky coach Ray Harper said. "But our guys, they continued to believe, they continued to fight and once again made plays down the stretch."
FIU (18-14), which took down a 28-win Middle Tennessee squad in the semis as the No. 4 seed, was vying for its second NCAA Tournament bid and first since 1995. But the Panthers shot just 39 percent from the floor to fall short in Richard Pitino's first year as their head coach.
"We were probably a little tired; we had such a war last night," Pitino said of his team upending Middle Tennessee in the semis. "Certainly, it hurts pretty bad right now."
Cameron Bell led the Panthers with 15 points, Malik Smith chipped in 14 and Jerome Frink checked in with 13 in the loss.
The Hilltoppers never trailed in the second half, though FIU was within one, 49-48, with eight minutes to play.
After Deric Hill missed a potential go-ahead jumper, Western Kentucky went on an 8-2 run, with Harris' corner 3-pointer yielding a 57-50 cushion with under five minutes remaining.
Buckets by Bell and Hill cut the deficit to three, but Bell's finger roll the next time down fell off the rim. After Fant bullied his way inside for a deuce, Bell was off the mark on a rushed 3-point try.
Crook went 1-for-2 at the foul line for a six-point lead, then drove in for a tough runner following Bell's miss on the front end of a 1-and-1.
Four free throws from Bell, a pair of offensive fouls from Crook and Frink's mid-range jumper made it a two-point game in the final stages.
Crook sank two at the foul line with 23.6 seconds showing, and Hill missed from long range to end FIU's comeback.
Western Kentucky was ahead 9-2 three minutes in, then watched FIU score 17 of the next 19 points. The Hilltoppers countered with an 11-0 run of their own and went into the break with a slim 31-29 lead.
Game Notes
The Hilltoppers earned the program's 41st 20-win season, which is the sixth- most in NCAA history ... Western Kentucky, which has won this conference tourney nine times, is 6-0 against FIU in SBC Tournament play ... FIU was searching for its first-ever SBC Tournament championship ... Tymell Murphy contributed 11 points and 10 rebounds for FIU.


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Islamists or Freedom Heroes?
At first glance it might seem that, this time at least, Arab and Western media had pretty much the same view: both were shocked that people had died, both agreed that it had all happened in international waters, both reported on the world-wide protests against the Israeli operation.
So far, so similar. But behind the apparent agreement two very different stories are being told. The division, however, is no longer simply between Arab media on one side and Western media on the other. The media war's front line often runs between different media of the same country – and sometimes it cuts straight through a single newsroom.
Still, there are narratives which are dominant in the West, but much more frequent in the Arab world – and vice versa. For example, the question of who attacked whom on the ship: for Western journalists, it's crucial; for Arab journalists it's secondary. Their view of the attack usually begins somewhere else – at the very latest with the start of Israel's blockade of the Gaza strip. Disagreements among the Arab media become obvious only when it comes to the geo-political analysis: pro-Iranian media then have a very different view than those close to the Saudi or Egyptian government.
Facts! Facts?
Concerning the moral judgment of the Israel attack, there is a pan-Arab consensus going beyond the usual political divisions: Newspapers and TV reports abound with terms like "massacre," "piracy" or "crime against humanity". While German papers still point out that it's "not yet clear what exactly happened", the fact are pretty straightforward for Arab journalists – at least since the release of the passengers.
It may well be a result of their generally more critical attitude towards Israel. But there's also a fundamental difference in the way journalists deal with eye-witness reports. In Germany, the passengers on the Mavi Marmara are considered "anti-Israeli" by definition, and their account of what happened is seen as less valid than that of a neutral observer. Despite their differences in tone, both the right-wing daily "Die Welt" and the left-wing "taz" both argue that "the passengers were being used by Hamas".
The German politicians among the passengers thus find themselves put in a category from which they cannot escape easily. The same happens to Henning Mankell: In the German press the Swedish novelist comes across as an eccentric ideologue whose point of view does not need to be taken very seriously. In the Arab media, however, personal stories of the passengers are taken very seriously indeed – oddly enough, the report of Inge Höger, one of the German members of parliament, is more thoroughly covered in Arabic than it is in German.
For Arab journalists, it's not the activists who are biased, it's the Israeli government spokespersons. That Israeli officials will do their best to cover-up the truth is one of the very basic assumptions of almost any Arab journalist. As a consequence, the reader or viewer is more frequently reminded that it's the Israeli army which confiscated independent footage and controls the pictures: without the army's captions on the footage, no-one could possibly tell which of the black dots on the screen were soldiers and which one were activists.
Shady passengers on the Mavi Marmara?
It's a simple fact that among 700 passengers, one can find a wide variety of people – ranging from conservative Islamists to anti-Zionist Jews and anarchist atheists. However, this variety is seldom mentioned, as it suits neither the Western nor the Arab dominant narrative. Arab commentators tend to describe all passengers on the Mavi Marmara as selfless heroes, regardless of their individual motivation and background. Western media distort the situation in a different way: any journalist wanting to be seen as "critical" has to look for "Islamist ties" and should describe the organisers of the flotilla as "shady" and "dubious" at the very least.
Strangely enough, hardly anyone asks the one question that ensues: Do the political opinions of the passengers make any difference for the moral judgment of the attack?
Judicially speaking, they don't. In terms of public opinion, however, few aspects matter more. Thus, even within a single newsroom, there can be fierce battles over who defines the terms of debate. Sometimes this can even be visible for the viewer, most strikingly for those switching from Al Jazeera Arabic to Al Jazeera English.
Al Jazeera had eight staff members on board, but the two sister channels dealt very differently with the accounts of their own journalists. On the Arabic channel, the journalists are given the opportunity to speak about their personal experiences on the ship and in Israeli detention: A Lebanese cameraman tells his stories with his daughter sitting on his lap, a Mauritanian colleague recalls his encounter with an old and helpless Gazan in his prison cell.
The English channel takes an entirely different approach. There are few personal stories, and the presenters, most of them with a western background, ask mainly technical questions: How did the raid happen? Were there any weapons on board?
Al Jazeera English tries to walk a tightrope. Calling it an "Arab channel" does hardly make sense; its reporting resembles that of some left-wing media in Europe. Israeli military spokespersons get considerably more airtime than they would on any other Middle Eastern channel outside Israel. The effect may well be that Western viewers critical of Israel simply move on to Press TV from Tehran, a channel that currently promotes itself as the English-speaking voice of the pro-Palestinian scene.
Israel damages... itself?
The more pro-Palestinian a channel, the more it tends to report on the world-wide protests against the Israeli blockade of Gaza. But even in Western media, there seems to be an unusually high level of interest in the demonstrations in Paris, Vienna or London.
But yet again, the shared interest conceals very different points of view. Arab commentators like Abdelbari Atwan, editor of the London-based newspaper Al-Quds al-Arabi, or the journalists of Hisbollah channel Al-Manar, see the protests as a turning point and believe that the world has come over to their view.
Sometimes it seems like the tragedy has turned into a triumph after the release of the passengers. From Hamas-friendly media to the Saudi-funded Sharq Al-Awsat there's a consensus that "Israel has lost the PR war," in that it has – as the Egyptian Sayed Yassin put in Al Hayat – "not only put itself up against the Palestinians, but also against humanity."
Perhaps Arab commentators haven't had a very close look at the Western press. Most of the Western media may agree that Israel is becoming increasingly isolated, but the underlying assumption is: "Israel is damaging itself." They then quickly conclude, as did Peter Münch in the Süddeutsche Zeitung: "A country which has so many enemies on all sides is urgently in need of friends." Hardly anyone talks of actual political pressure on Israel – the website of the Welt newspaper simply suggests that "Israel should blockade Gaza more intelligently."
The logic of Arab victimisation
Mainstream media in the West is busy trying to figure out their balance between soft criticism and the self-imposed commitment of not being too tough on Israel. Meanwhile, many Arab media go overboard with emotion, lose perspective in a logic of victimisation, and celebrate where there is nothing much to celebrate.
On both sides, important questions are ignored. How did it come about that, on the first day, the number of victims was reported worldwide as "at least fifteen", while the following day the number had fallen to nine? And why is there no debate in the Arab media, for all the passionate support for Gaza, about which kinds of protest make sense and which ones do not?
Hamas representatives say that it's thanks to the "martyrs" that world attention has been drawn to the blockade. That could well be true. Had there been no dead, the world would have continued to have as little interest in Gaza as it had before. And yet, it's a cynical thought which should make both Arab and Western journalists think.
Stephanie Doetzer
© Qantara.de 2010
Stephanie Doetzer is a free-lance writer based in Qatar. Until recently she worked for Al Jazeera television. Before that she was a reporter with the German public broadcaster SWR.
Editor: Lewis Gropp/Qantara.de
Commentary on the Attack on the "Free Gaza" Convoy
Israel Barricades Itself against the World
With its attack on the "Free Gaza" aid convoy, Israel chose to take a dangerous solitary stance. This kind of "splendid isolation" could give rise to a "wagon barricade" mentality that would prevent the Israelis from shaping their country's future as a democratic nation. By Bettina Marx
Turkey and the Gaza Flotilla Conflict
An Opportunity for Erdogan
The Turkish Prime Minister rages against Israel – instead of making his mark as a broker for peace, Kai Strittmatter writes in his commentary
Commentary by Amos Oz
The Gaza Flotilla and the Limits of Force
According to the internationally renowned author Amos Oz, Israel has to quickly reach an agreement with the Palestinians on the establishment of an independent state in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, because Israel's problems cannot be solved by military force

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Jimmie Johnson Captures Sixth Sprint Cup Title
Jimmie Johnson added another title to his dominant NASCAR career by clinching the Sprint Cup Series championship with a ninth-place finish at the season-ending Ford EcoBoost 400 on Sunday.
For Johnson, who only needed to finish 23rd or better at Homestead-Miami Speedway to win the Cup, it marked his sixth championship in eight years as he finished 19 points ahead of Matt Kenseth in the final standings.
"I'm so happy to win this sixth championship," Johnson told reporters after winning his first series title since 2010. "I'm so thankful. I'm at a loss for words."
The victory puts Johnson in rare company as he joins Richard Petty and Dale Earnhardt as the only drivers to win at least six NASCAR series championships.
Johnson delivered five in a row from 2006-2010.
His latest win did not come without a little drama as Johnson and Kenseth made contact with one another during a restart late in the race. The incident caused a little damage but could not slow Johnson's run.
"I had contact from behind. I didn't know what to think," Johnson said. "It made the last 50 laps kind of interesting."
Kenseth was the pole-sitter and led most of the way in the season finale but he would have needed Johnson to slip up along the way.
Kenseth finished second behind winner Denny Hamlin, who snagged his 23rd career victory. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished third in the race and fifth in the final standings.
Kevin Harvick and Kyle Busch were third and fourth, respectively, in the overall Sprint Cup results.
(Writing by Jahmal Corner in Los Angeles; Editing by Frank Pingue)
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"So you're spinning off from Time Warner, and you want to update your image. Hmmm... Oh! [snaps fingers] I've got it! How about lowercasing the 'o' and the 'l' and adding a period to the end of it? That makes it credible and inspirational!"
And voila, "Aol." is formed.
Perfection! Give those image consultants a year's worth of dial-up and a few thousand AOL CDs packed away in the Dulles campus boiler room.
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Ah, cooking school in France! Juila works in Paris in the fashion industry, which makes her transformation a bit more logical but who would just absorb fashion and poise living in Paris!
Post-Paris in a sharp 90s suit and hat!
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Hepburn and Bogart backstage. I love candid shots. I made a version of this dress.


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TOKYO (AFP) - A Japanese mayor whose city is set to be the site of a relocated US military base pleaded on Thursday for the plan to be dropped, as Tokyo and Washington push ahead with the move.
Mr Susumu Inamine, who has just been re-elected on a fiercely anti-base platform as the mayor of Nago, Okinawa, said the burden of hosting the 47,000 United States personnel based in Japan should be spread across the country.
"For 68 years since the end of the World War II, Okinawa, as the frontline prefecture of the Japan-US alliance, has been forced" to bear the bulk of responsibility, including the accidents and crimes that come with having the bases, he told reporters in Tokyo.
"This situation reflects (the Japanese government's) discrimination against Okinawa," he said.
His call came as the long-stalled plan to move the US Marines' Futenma Air Station from a crowded urban area of Okinawa to sparsely populated Nago bay has begun to bear fruit, with an agreement in principle from the governor of the prefecture.
Japan and the United States originally agreed on the plan in 1996, but the deal never went ahead because of opposition from Okinawan residents, who were demanding the base be moved out of Okinawa altogether.
But in December, the prefectural government consented to a landfill scheme that will enable new facilities to be built in Nago, in exchange for a huge development package to boost a local economy that is over-reliant on tourism.
Mr Inamine said he had discussed his opposition to the move during a meeting with new US ambassador Caroline Kennedy on the island.
"I did most of the talking and explained to her the issue related to nature, the environment, accidents and crimes. She seemed to be particularly interested in the environmental issues," Mr Inamine said.
Ms Kennedy met also with local governor Hirokazu Nakaima but reportedly avoided discussing details of the base realignment.
Mr Inamine fended off an election challenge last month from a candidate who supported the move and who received support from the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which had offered a lavish spending plan if their man had won.
Mr Inamine does not have power to stop the base construction, although the city in theory can refuse the use of local roads and other facilities necessary for building works.
He said he was hoping to persuade the Japanese public to back his objections.
"If they (Japanese public) acknowledge the issue as their own, not just an Okinawan local issue, then I think we can move the government," he said.


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What are Chris Riddell's qualifications to talk about technology? What are the awards that Chris Riddell has won? I cannot seem to find ...
Apple, Samsung nearly neck-and-neck in smartphone customer retention
But Apple did a better job of stealing Samsung's customers than vice versa
Apple and Samsung were almost equally able to keep customers in their respective smartphone folds over the last 12 months, an analyst said Monday.
"Apple has built one of the world's most successful brands, and it's well known for the loyalty of its customers," said Michael Levin, co-founder of Chicago-based Consumer Intelligence Research Partners (CIRP). But Samsung's not that much different.
"You can hate each other as much as you want, but you're the same," said Levin of the two groups.
According to CIRP, 42% of iPhone buyers over the last year had upgraded from an older iPhone, a sign of customer loyalty.
But Samsung's ties were nearly as strong: 38% of Samsung smartphone buyers had come from an older Samsung smartphone.
The nearly identical statistics for Apple and Samsung were unexpected. "It really surprised us, that Samsung's brand loyalty was nearly equal Apple's," Levin said.
For those figures and others Levin cited, CIRP had tallied four quarterly surveys conducted between July 2012 and June 2013; each survey polled 500 Americans who had bought a smartphone in the preceding 90 days.
Levin attributed Samsung customer loyalty to its aggressive brand marketing, including in-store placements and a strong string of television ads. "Samsung threw a lot of money at [brand awareness] and to a large extent they succeeded," he said.
There were differences between the two companies' ability to woo each other's customers, however. Among people who switched brands, Apple was able to pilfer three times as many Samsung customers (33%) as Samsung was able to steal from Apple (11%), Levin said.
Meanwhile, Samsung had the advantage over Apple in drawing customers from so-called "feature" phones, the basic models whose sales were eclipsed by smartphones for the first time in the quarter that ended June 30. CIRP's data said that 37% of Samsung smartphone owners had upgraded from a feature phone, while only 26% of Apple customers had dumped a basic model for an iPhone.
Levin credited Samsung's broader smartphone portfolio -- it has many more models than does Apple, with a wider range of prices -- for the company's ability to attract feature phone owners.
Other data collected by CIRP included PC and Mac ownership -- as expected, iPhone owners were more likely to own an Apple Mac, while Samsung customers were more likely to own a Windows PC -- age, income and education.
Generally speaking, Apple smartphone owners were slightly younger than Samsung's customers, and more likely to have an annual income over $75,000 and a college or advanced degree.
Apple and Samsung are nearly neck-and-neck in their ability to hang onto customers. (Image: Consumer Intelligence Research Partners.)
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Monday, November 13, 2006
Long before the Europeans settlers arrived, this corn staple was made by the Native Americans. The very fists cornbreads were called "Pone", a name deriving from the Algonquin word "Apan".
There are as many recipes as there are people baking this bread, but nobody knows why the recipes from the Southern States differ so much from the ones that can be found in the Northern States. In the north, "Cornbreads" contain significant amounts of sugar and flour, yet the ones in the south use only very little amounts of both. Another difference resides in the fact that the North will rather use yellow cornmeal and the Southern afficianados will prefer to use white cornmeal. In fact, a wide range of influences are at the origin of the different "Cornbreads" that abound in the US; endless variations and countless recipes can be found...
"Cornbread" can be baked, fried and very rarely steamed. It is eaten as an accompaniment to chili, alone with milk or as a popular side dish with soups.
This all-American staple even has it's own yearly festival during which a "National Cornbread Cook-Off Champion" is nominated (see recipes)! The "National Cornbread Festival" is held every year in South Pittsburgh, Tennessee.
The basic recipe for this bread comes from Eric Treuille and Ursula Ferrigo's "Ultimate Bread" book, but was adapted by myself. I took their classic "Cornbread" recipe and added some spices in order to make it a "Tex Mex Cornbread" which would remind us of scrummy foods like picadillo, burritos, chilli con carne, etc....
This "Tex Mex Cornbread" is marvelously flavorful and it's punchy taste will make you travel like no other "Cornbread" you've eaten so far! It is airy, moist and fluffy, but the slightly crunchy aspect of it's crust adds a pleasant texture contrast. Abso-lute-tely wonderful!!!
Serves 4
30g Unsalted butter, melted
150g Fine yellow cornmeal
150g Plain white flour
2 Tsp Baking powder
1/2 Tsp Baking soda
1 Tbs Castor sugar
1/2 Tsp Garlic powder (optional)
1/2 Tsp Onion powder (optional)
1/2 Tsp Paprika powder (optional)
1/2 Tsp Ground cumin (optional)
1/2 Tsp Ground coriander (optional)
1 Tsp Dried oregano (optional)
1 1/2-2 Tsp Salt
Pepper, to taste
2 Eggs (~50g), beaten
150ml Buttermilk
150ml Milk
130g Cheddar cheese, grated
50g Cheddar cheese, grated, for the topping (optional)
2 Jalapeno chillies, deseeded and chopped (optional)
1. Preheat oven to 220°C (425°F).
2. Grease a 23cm (9 inches) round, deep metal tin with melted butter.
3. Stir the cornmeal, flour, baking powder, baking soda, sugar, garlic powder, onion powder, paprika, cumin, coriander, oregano, salt and pepper together in a large bowl, until thouroughly combined.
4. Make a well in the center.
5. Whisk the eggs, buttermilk and milk together in a separate bowl and stir in the melted butter (30g).
6. Pour the mixture into the well, then use a spatula to gently fold all the ingredients together to form a wet batter.
7. Add the grated cheese and chopped chillies. Fold in very gently.
8. Place the metal tin in the preheated oven until very hot.
9. Spoon the batter into the hot, buttered tin and sprinkle with the 50g grated cheese.
10. Bake in the preheated oven for 20-25 minutes, until golden and well-risen or when a metal skewer inserted in the centre comes out clean.
11. Turn out of the tin and leave to cool slightly on a wire rack.
12. Cut into wedges and serve warm.
If you want to bake a classic cornbread, then don't add any of the ingredients that are "optional".
You can replace the Jalapeño chillies by any other red and/or green chillies.
If you don't have any cheddar cheese, use parmesan cheese as a replacement.
Don't over mix, otherwise your bread will be heavy.
You can also bake that cornbread in a heavy cast-iron skillet.
The cornbread is ready when the edges shrink from the sides of the tin/skillet.
Eat your cornbread straight away or keep it in the fridge, wrapped in foil, for no longer than a day, because this bread tends to dry very quickly.
Serving suggestions:
Eat warm with salted or unsalted butter. It is also fine when eaten cold.
This cornbread is also very fine when served as an accompaniment to "Chilli Con Carne", stews or soups (Gazpacho).
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- Anonymous5:06 PM, November 13, 2006
Hi Rosa, just discovered your blog looking for "Swiss food blogs" -- I'm researching a bread made for St. Martin's Day -- Martinsbrot? -- which I found on SwissWorld. Might you happen to have information, or perhaps even a recipe, for this bread? I would be ever so grateful. stef at stefoodie.net, noodlesandrice.com and bakingdelights.com
ReplyDelete - Anonymous9:59 PM, November 13, 2006
comme d'habitude, je me contenterai de la première photo qui est très belle !
ReplyDelete - Anonymous4:48 AM, November 14, 2006
Bravo pour ce bel exposé sur le "cornbread". Nous adorons ce "pain" mais je dois maintenant l'adapter à la condition céliaque de mon mari, donc sans gluten. J'y arrive en remplaçant la farine de blé par de la farine de riz ou de pommes de terre. J'ajoute parfois au mélange du maïs en grain, ce qui le rend absolument divin.
ReplyDelete - Anonymous9:19 AM, November 14, 2006
Dis, la recette en français, c'est possible ? Steuplééé...
ReplyDelete - Anonymous8:30 PM, November 14, 2006
hey rosa -- that's a coincidence, i made cornbread just the other day. there are MANY a recipe & variation for this particular american invention. i like the more savoury way also. ;p
ReplyDelete - Anonymous2:47 AM, November 16, 2006
Interesting background history. Your cornbread looks great!
Paz TATYVAL: Merci!
CONFITUREMAISON: Thanks, ;-D! Did you eat your Chili with the bread?...
MISS DIANE: Oui, c'est vraiment un bon "pain"! Il faudrait que j'essaie de le faire sans gluten pour voir comment c'est... Tu m'as donné envie de tester ta recette!
TEXMEX: Je ne l'ai jamais fait avec de la farine de maïs blanc, mais ça viendra. J'ai aussi trouvé cette farine blanche (masa harina) dans une épicerie orientale, mais tu peux aussi en trouver (de même que les piments anchos ou le pozole) à l'adresse suivante: www.legoutdumonde.ch/.
BUREKABOY: Yes, I've not tested them all yet ;-P!!! Which recipe is your favorite?
PAZ: Thanks for your kind comment, Paz :-D!


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by Steve Graham • June 19, 2000 Some material reprinted with permission from the Scripps Institute of Oceanography Archives.Once described by the New York Times as "one of the world's most articulate spokesmen for science" and "an early predictor of global warming," Roger Revelle was a giant in American science who accomplished enough during his eighty-two years to distinguish several lifetimes. Revelle first made his mark in oceanographyas a scientist, explorer, and administratorand went on to become a senior spokesman for science, giving counsel in areas ranging from the environment and education to agriculture and world population. He was one of the first scientists to recognize the effects of rising levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide on the Earth's surface temperature. Born in Seattle, Washington, on March 7, 1909, Revelle was raised in Pasadena, California, and was identified as a gifted student early in his academic career. In 1925, Revelle entered Pomona College with an interest in journalism, but later turned to geology as his major field of study. In 1928, Revelle met Ellen Virginia Clark, a student at the neighboring Scripps College and a grandniece of Scripps College founder Ellen Browning Scripps. They were married in 1931. next: Early Career |
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Two late goals led the Portland Timbers to a 2-0 victory of the Houston Dynamo in a preseason scrimmage on Wednesday evening at the Kino Sports Complex in Tucson, Ariz.
After the clubs were scoreless for the first 80 minutes, the Timbers broke through for the opening goal. Max Urruti collected the ball in midfield and combined with Gaston Fernandez before Will Johnson charged into the penalty area and finished his chance for a 1-0 lead.
Three minute later, the Timbers struck again. With the Dynamo pressing in the attacking half, Portland counterattacked, with Fernandez eventually threading a pass to Urruti, who beat Dynamo goalkeeper Tyler Deric for a 2-0 advantage.
The 90-minute contest was divided into three 30-minute periods. The Dynamo mostly controlled the run of play in the first 60 minutes but couldn't seize the lead. In the first minute, midfielder Brian Ownby broke down the right wing and into the penalty area, but couldn't connect with a teammate.
After several corner kicks, the Dynamo gained a free kick 30 yards from goal in the 42nd minute. Midfielder Alex López curled a well-placed delivery near the penalty spot and David Horst won the header but steered it wide of goal.
After 45 minutes, the Dynamo changed nine of 11 players, with Mike Chabala and Tally Hall the only holdovers from the starting group.
Portland began to threaten early in the second half, with Hall forced to make a save on a shot from Frederic Piquionne before denying Kalif Alhassan a minute later.
Houston responded with two chances of its own. First, Tony Cascio slipped his defender and fed Omar Cummings, who fired wide of the near post from 12 yards. Two minutes later, Will Bruin was provider for Cummings, but the Jamaican fired over the bar.
Shortly before the 60th minute, Dynamo defenders Anthony Arena and Eric Brunner collided, forcing Arena to exit the match.
The start of the third period included wholesale changes to the Portland lineup. Urruti was part of the new group and came close to scoring in the 71st minute, firing a shot that hit the far post and bounced out.
A minute before the Portland opener, Deric made a sturdy save on a firm shot from Schillo Tshuma from 20 yards out.
Houston threatened in second-half stoppage time, with Cummings forcing a sliding save from Portland goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts.
The Dynamo continue their stretch of three preseason scrimmages in Tucson on Saturday at 4:00 p.m. CT, when they meet the San Jose Earthquakes at Kino Sports Complex. The match will be streamed live at www.HoustonDynamo.com.
Houston Dynamo vs. Portland Timbers
February 5, 2014 – Kino Sports Complex
Preseason Scrimmage
Scoring Summary:
POR: Will Johnson (Max Urruti, Gaston Fernández), 80
POR: Max Urruti (Gaston Fernández), 83
Houston Dynamo – Tally Hall (Tyler Deric 60); Mike Chabala, David Horst (Eric Brunner, 45), AJ Cochran (Anthony Arena, 45) (AJ Cochran 60), Euan Holden^ (Corey Ashe 45); Alexander López (Boniek García 45), Servando Carrasco (Ricardo Clark 45), Sito Seoane* (Giles Barnes 45); Brian Ownby (Tony Cascio 45), Mark Sherrod (Omar Cummings 45), Jason Johnson (Will Bruin 45)
Portland Timbers – Andrew Weber (Donovan Ricketts 60), Jorge Villafaña (Michael Harrington 60), Futty Danso (Norberto Paparatto 60), Rauwshan McKenzie (Pa Modou Kah 60), Alvas Powell (Bryan Gallego 45) (Jack Jewsbury 60), Aaron Long (George Fochive 45) (Diego Chara 60), Ben Zemanski (Gastón Fernández 60), Kalif Alhassan (Will Johnson 60), Michael Nanchoff (Darlington Nagbe 60), Frederic Piquionne (Maximiliano Urruti 60), Victor Chavez (Taylor Peay, 30) (Schillo Tshuma, 60)
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5232.0.55.001 - Assets and Liabilities of Australian Securitisers, September 2009
ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 25/11/2009
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INQUIRIES For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Philip Beresford on Canberra (02) 6252 6052. SUMMARY COMMENTARY KEY FIGURES
Assets of Securitisers At the end of the September quarter 2009, total assets of Australian securitisers were $174.2b, down $19.1b (9.9%) on the June quarter 2009 total. This is the ninth consecutive quarterly fall for the assets of Australian securitisers. Mortgage assets, which accounted for 77.4% of total assets, were $134.8b at 30 September 2009, a decrease of $8.5b (6.0%) during the quarter. During the September quarter 2009, the decrease in total assets was due primarily to decreases in residential mortgages (down $7.4b, 5.4%), the holdings of cash and deposits (down $3.5b, 42.8%), the holdings of other assets (down $3.5b, 45.5%) and the holdings of long term securities, asset backed bonds (down $2.1b, 13.4%). Liabilities of Securitisers The decrease of $19.1b in total liabilities during the September quarter 2009 was due primarily to decreases in long term asset backed securities issued in Australia (down $10.4b, 10.5%) and asset backed securities issued overseas (down $8.6b, 14.8%). In September quarter 2009 new issues of debt securities have remained low and some securitisers have exited the industry. Asset backed securities issued overseas as a proportion of total liabilities decreased to 28.4% in the September quarter 2009, down 1.6 percentage points on the June quarter 2009 total. Asset backed securities issued domestically as a proportion of total liabilities increased to 64.3% in the September quarter 2009, up 0.4 percentage points on the June quarter 2009 total. Document Selection These documents will be presented in a new window. |


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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
Greetings. The Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation (HCEF) invites you to join us in our efforts to preserve the Mother Church and her living stones, the indigenous Christians of the Holy Land.
Social, economic, and political concerns threaten the continued Christian presence in the Holy Land. Closures imposed on the community limit movement between Palestinian towns, making the transport of goods and people difficult. Food staples are scarce. Homes and land are often confiscated. Faced with the burden of finding work in a crippled economy and fearing for the safety of their loved ones, many Christian families are being forced to emigrate. The Christian population of the Holy Land, the living roots of the faith, has been reduced to a mere 2%, down from 18% in 1948.
HCEF is a nonprofit organization that works to preserve the Christian presence in the Holy Land by providing financial, moral, and spiritual support for the Christian community. We seek to replace despair with hope, fear with security, and humiliation with human dignity. The foundation has developed a number of outreach programs to foster solidarity between Western and Holy Land Christians and provide relief in difficult conditions through the Holy Land Christian Support Network (HCSN).
You will find information on the foundation and its programs at this site. We hope that you might take a look at the information and contact us to discuss the ways in which we could work together to sustain the Christian presence in the Holy Land and preserve our common Christian heritage.
In Christ,
Rateb Y. Rabie, KCHS
Holy Land Christian Ecumenical Foundation


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"For his research contributions in condensed matter physics, including defect production and atomic mixing in ion-irradiated metals, and diffusion controlled nucleation, and for his role in engaging undergraduate students in the research process through projects leading to publications and conference presentations."
Background:David Peak is the Frank and Marie Louise Bailey Professor of Physics at Union College in Schenectady, NY. During the 1995 - 1996 school year he is on leave as Visiting Professor of Physics at Utah State University.
Dr. Peak hold a BS degree from SUNY New Paltz (Physics, 1965) and a Ph.D from SUNY Albany (Physics, 1969). He has been an Instructor of Physics at SUNYA, 1971-1975, Assistant through Full Professor of Physics at Union College, 1975 - Present, and E. Clairborne Robins Distinguished University Professor of Science at the University of Richmond, 1993. He has held research appointments at Princeton University (1978 - 1979), Argonne National Laboratory (1983 - 1984) and NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (1986 - 1988).
Dr. Peak's research has resulted in numerous publications (many with undergraduate co-authors) and invited presentations. He is co-author (with Michael Frame) of the book, Chaos Under Control). He was a founding member (1984) of the present Council on Undergraduate Research and, since 1987, has been a Governor of the National Conferences on Undergraduate Research. Peak has served as a department chair, member of the Boards of Trustees of Union College and Dudley Observatory, and on the Sigma Xi National Committee on Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Education.
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We didn't think it could get any hotter in New Orleans, but Essence Fest will bring up the heat July 1-3, 2011. The annual music festival celebrates contemporary African-American music and culture and is the largest of its kind. In the past, award-winning artists include Beyonce, Alicia Keys, Janet Jackson, Chris Rock, and Mary J. Blige have taken the stage in the New Orleans Superdome.
This year, New Orleans is excited to welcome Usher, Charlie Wilson, Jennifer Hudson, Fantasia, Boyz II Men, and Nephew Tommy as they headline at the 2011 Essence Music Festival.
After the festival, join the Big Easy in celebrating Independence Day. The Crescent City always puts on a firework show off of the Mississippi. Get a close-up view of this spectacle on New Orleans' Paddlewheeler Creole Queen or the Steamboat Natchez. Just a streetcar ride from all this excitement is the Grand Victorian, which can provide you and your family and friends the perfect place to stay while in New Orleans.


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Last night, when I heard my roommate say "Robin Williams," following the words "did you hear about," my brain summoned the same image of Robin Williams it always does whenever I hear his name: Robin performing stand-up, yet, for some reason, he's in the audience, up in the balcony, straddling the ledge, fiercely alive. The iconography of the moment, mixed with my nostalgia for the time when I first saw that image, resulted in me not actually remembering where it was from. I Googled around and couldn't find the image or the clip, but I saw that five of his stand-up specials are currently on YouTube in their entirety. I watched them all. So should you.
My search for the memory didn't last long. There, in the first few minutes of his 1978 HBO special Off the Wall (titled "Live at the Roxy 1978" on YouTube), Williams heads out into the audience, and then — just like that — pops himself up onto the balcony's railing. It's pretty fucking awesome, deserving of its placement in my memory. And then you realize this was his first televised solo showcase, a place where, to this day, stand-ups usually trot out their best, most polished stuff. Not Robin. He essentially spends the first nine minutes of the hour performing amid the audience, at one point even stopping planned material before he starts it just so he can go play in the crowd some more.
My favorite parts of his specials are his intros, where he just riffs on the space he's in. You see him look around, take in the venue and the crowd, and then quickly filter it all into a hilarious joke about what he's looking at, so we can see the moment through his eyes. If you watch the five specials below in chronological order, you'll notice the material getting tighter and more focused as he gets older — with 1986's polished yet still spontaneous Live at the Met probably being his best hour — but no matter what, he never loses this sense of wonder and fun.
Watching them each back to back, I'll can pinpoint my absolute favorite moment of the five. In Off the Wall, about 45 minutes in, it appears as if Williams has finished his set. He leaves the stage and a solo piano plays what can only be described as music to close down a bar to. But the audience is still clapping, so Williams comes back onstage to oblige. He points at someone in the audience. "I want to improvise with this motherfucker right here," he says, and up walks a young John Ritter. Before the two do a couple of pretty funny improv games, they just play around onstage like two young kids, dancing, touching each other, and doing particularly dumb bits. No one has ever had more fun filming an hour of comedy for television, and no one ever will. You can feel how Robin just wants to live in this moment forever. For me, he will.


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In a press release the Hamburg court informs that it decided that a 16 year old file-sharer was only liable to pay damages of 15 Euros for each title he had illegally shared online. In this case the overall damages amounted to 30 Euros for two songs he had offered illegally on an Internet file sharing site. The claimant, who owned the distribution rights for these songs, had asked for damages of 300 Euros per title, which appears to be a fairly common amount usually awarded for such damages.
The Hamburg court further held that the father of the 16 year old was not liable for copyright infringement. While he had allowed his son to use the Internet access and was to regarded a "disturber" ("Störer") and had a duty of care ("Überwachungspflicht") concerning the Internet access that was used to commit the copyright infringing acts under the German principle of disturber liability. However, the father had not himself committed copyright infringement and as such was not liable for damages.
This Kat will certainly not go as far as to say that copyright infringement in German has just become a little bit cheaper, since every case very much will turn on its specific facts, but this decision by the Hamburg court nonetheless gives a good indication that the German courts appear to adopt a rather pragmatic real life approach when assessing the level of damages to be awarded.


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Field studies, Central California
Becca Walker, Earth Sciences and Astronomy, Mt. San Antonio College
Field studies of Central California is an introductory field geology course for community college students. Students meet for 3 hours per week of lecture, take one 4-day field trip to the Eastern Sierras to study volcanic and glacial processes, and take one 3-day field trip to Morro Bay to study coastal processes. Major topics include plate tectonics, rock identification, outcrop analysis, map interpretation, volcanic processes, glacial processes, marine taxonomy, and coastal geology, all with an emphasis on Central California.
Course Type: Intro Level:Physical Geology Intro Level
Course Size:
Course Format:
Lecture and lab
Institution Type:
Two Year College
Course Context:
This is an introductory course with no pre-requisites and does not serve as a pre-requisite for other courses. Some science majors enroll, but most students are non-science majors. It is a 4-unit course, with 3 units of lecture and 1 unit of lab (field trips).
Course Goals:
- Determine the dominant features of regions visited on field trips and demonstrate knowledge of primary geological principles through annotations in a written field notebook.
- Evaluate and classify major rock types. Identify the types of rocks collected on field trips.
- Create a photographic essay of the geologic features from selected Central California geologic provinces.
- Describe the principal geologic features and make interpretations about the geologic history of selected Central California geologic provinces.
- Identify geologic structures and processes from selected field stops.
- Apply critical thinking skills to scientific problems and become comfortable making detailed qualitative and quantitative observations.
Course Features:
This course has two field trips (7 total field days) during which students apply their knowledge of the geologic history of Central California to observe and interpret outcrops. They keep a field notebook and create a geologic photo journal and sample collection.
- 30% exams;
- 25% field portfolio;
- 30% field notebook;
- 10% lab exercises;
- 5% quizzes.
syllabus for field studies of Central California (Microsoft Word 2007 (.docx) 106kB May14 12)
References and Notes:
Hill, Geology of the Sierra Nevada. Griggs, Living with the changing California coast.


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Later this month, Gov. Hassan and I will accompany representatives of seven New Hampshire companies on a trade mission to Turkey, the first in several years. We are excited about the prospect of making connections in a country whose economy is vibrant and eager to do business with us.
International trade plays a vital role in our state's economy and the legislature recognized this when it passed the bipartisan budget, which included funding for the state to resume trade missions. The International Trade Resource Center has organized trade missions over the past 15 years, to countries including Brazil, Chile, England, France, India, Ireland, Italy and the Netherlands. The cumulative result of these trips was tens of millions in contracts to businesses and manufacturers right here at home and relationships that helped to keep our state strong in challenging times.
A key to growth and prosperity for any company is the ability to find new customers. Securing global markets diversifies their bottom line. Trade missions offer connections and opportunities for our companies, which typically don't have the means to hire export specialists. With a trade mission, we can offer resources to open many doors in a short time, such as partnering with the U.S. Department of Commerce and local business organizations in the host country to find potential partners.
Having the governor lead the mission elevates our companies as they meet with business and government organizations. This would not happen for a business going it alone.
When New Hampshire, and the nation, suffered through the recession a few years ago, we weathered it far better than some of our neighbors. This was, in large part, because our businesses sought out overseas markets to diversify their customer base, gain more orders and, most importantly, keep their employees working. That's why in 2010, we set a record for exporting, sending $4.4 billion worth of goods around the world.
In 2013, New Hampshire led the nation in export growth, increasing its merchandise exports by more than 22 percent, to $4.3 billion. This demonstrates that our businesses and manufacturers can design, create and make products and components that are in demand around the world.
The momentum continues into 2014. Planning began months ago for the state's first overseas trade mission since 2011 and included months of research, discussion about the needs of our businesses and where the demand is for their products and services.
Turkey quickly emerged as an important market for several reasons: It's our 12th largest trading partner – last year, we sent $79 million in goods and services there. Its geographical location, at the crossroads of Europe, Asia, Africa and the Middle East, makes it an attractive hub and there are increasing opportunities for our businesses, especially in areas such as aerospace and defense, health and medical technologies, education and construction machinery.
With the assistance of the Turkish Cultural Center in Manchester and the partnership with TUSKON (representing seven business federations, 202 business associations and over 50,000 entrepreneurs), we have arranged five full days of introductions, meetings and networking for our businesses in Istanbul and Ankara, as well as a news conference providing even wider exposure for the state.
In March, the state was running $25 million ahead of its revenue plan for the year, a solid fiscal position. April revenues fell significantly short of the previous year, although the state continues to run $3.9 million over its projections.
As a precaution in case revenues continue to fall, Gov. Hassan issued an executive order that includes a freeze on out-of-state travel. At that time, the governor and I, our businesses and our partners had discussions about whether to cancel the trade mission.
But the state, the participating companies and our partners in Turkey had already made significant financial investments into this trade mission, months before revenues dropped and the freeze was enacted.
I cannot overstate the value of international trade to New Hampshire's economy and how eager our businesses are to explore exporting and to send their goods to global markets. The legislature agreed.
To cancel this trade mission would result in significant losses not only to our businesses, but in potential economic growth for New Hampshire.
Jeffrey Rose is the commissioner of the New Hampshire Department of Resources and Economic Development.
Tags: Commissioner Jeffrey Rose, international trade, International Trade Resource Center, New Hampshire Department of Resources & Economic Development, New Hampshire Division of Economic Development, Turkey trade mission


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Under Armour Recalls Chin Straps for Football Helmets Due to Laceration Hazard
Under Armour Recalls Chin Straps for Football Helmets Due to Laceration Hazard
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, in cooperation with the retailer named below, today announced a voluntary recall of the following consumer product. Consumers should stop using recalled product immediately unless otherwise instructed. It is illegal to resell or attempt to resell a recalled consumer product.
Name of Product: UA Defender Chin Straps
Units: About 541,000
Retailer: Under Armour, Inc., of Baltimore, Md.
Importer: JR286, Inc., of Redondo Beach, Calif.
Hazard: The metal snap that connects the chin strap to the helmet has sharp edges, posing a laceration hazard when the users metal snap comes into contact with another player.
Incidents/Injuries: Under Armour has received six reports of injuries that required stitches.
Description: This recall involves all UA Defender Chin Straps. They were sold in the following colors: white and black, red, midnight, navy and royal and have a hard nylon shell, a padded chin area and a plastic strap with Under Armour printed on it. The chin straps have metal clasps that tighten the straps and attach them to the helmet.
Sold at: Sporting goods stores and Under Armour outlet stores nationwide and at www.underarmour.com from January 2008 through September 2011 for about $20.
Manufactured in: China
Remedy: Consumers should immediately stop using the recalled chin straps and contact Under Armour for a free replacement chin strap.
Consumer Contact: For additional information, contact Under Armour toll-free at (888) 823-0343 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET Monday through Friday, or visit the firms website at www.underarmour.com


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Manziel starts as backup QB
Published 2:08 am Tuesday, May 13, 2014
CANTON (AP) — As the crowd of football fans bowed their heads before Browns owner Jimmy Haslam spoke, a priest delivering the invocation asked for a special blessing for new quarterback Johnny Manziel.
He may need more than divine intervention.
"Father, I don't think I've ever heard a prayer like that," Haslam told the clergy man. "I'm not sure what Brian Hoyer thought of that either."
Speaking for the first time since the Browns landed Manziel, Texas A&M's playmaking quarterback in the NFL draft, Haslam made it clear that Johnny Football will have to earn everything he gets and won't jump Brian Hoyer on the depth chart just because he has a Heisman Trophy, celebrity friends or fame.
"He's not the starter," Haslam said of Manziel.
Haslam spoke Monday to a packed room of 500 — most of them hardcore Cleveland fans, who wanted to know how the Browns' boss felt the team did in the three-day draft.
Cleveland's biggest move was picking the polarizing Manziel with the No. 22 overall pick in the first round. His selection has brought a buzz to the Browns and sparked sales of season tickets and No. 2 jerseys.
And while Haslam is thrilled at the pick, he said the Browns — starting with first-year coach Mike Pettine — have told Manziel not to expect any preferential treatment.
"We were very frank with him that 'You're the backup quarterback. This is a hardworking, blue-collar town. This isn't Hollywood,"' Haslam said.
"We want you to come in here, work hard and work as hard as anybody on the team. He's not the starter. Brian Hoyer is our starting quarterback. Johnny is the backup."
Haslam called Manziel "ultra-competitive" and feels the 21-year-old will come to training camp with the right attitude. He knows Manziel wants to prove he can succeed in the pros.
"I think you'll find a guy that's really hard-working, a serious guy that doesn't want to be a three-year-in-the-league flash-and-out who makes a lot of money on endorsements," Haslam said.
"He's a football player. He was a little upset he went 22. He was a little upset he was the second quarterback picked. I think he comes in with a little bit of a chip on his shoulder and wants to show the people he's about winning games and not about all the other 'stuff,' if you will."
Following the speech, Haslam also denounced a report that the Browns originally submitted Lousiville quarterback Teddy Bridgewater's name on the draft card at No. 22 before changing it to Manziel's.
"That's crazy. That's nuts," Haslam told The Associated Press.
Earlier, Pettine shot down the same report at the team's charity golf outing in Aurora.
"It's absolutely false," Pettine said. "I heard that story too. It's beyond laughable."
Haslam also tried to clear up any misconceptions that he was the one who orchestrated the pick of Manziel. Haslam complimented general manager Ray Farmer for staying "unbelievably disciplined" during the draft and said it was the GM's choice — not his — to move up and take Manziel.
"I thought it was very important we take a quarterback this year, because Brian Hoyer — great guy, great leader — hasn't played that much and is coming off an injury.
"So I thought it was important to take a quarterback. We picked the top-rated quarterback on our board when he was available. That was solely Ray's call, not my call. Soley Ray's call, not my call. OK?"
Haslam was careful not to comment directly on the fluid situation involving Pro Bowl wide receiver Josh Gordon. ESPN reported on Friday that Gordon is facing a one-year ban from the league for failing another drug test. Gordon was suspended two games last season for violating the league's substance abuse policy but still led the league in yards receiving.
Haslam said Gordon is making strides, and the third-year player has the Browns' support.
"Josh is 22 years old, OK?" he said, "and all of us need to think back to when we were 22 or think back to when our kids were 22, OK? Josh is learning and growing and improving as a person. He's learning how to work hard. He's learning how to be a professional. Josh is a smart young man.
"All of us have made mistakes when we were that age. We're counting on Josh being a good football player for the Browns for a long time to come. We have all spent a lot of time talking to Josh and I'm not going to comment on the situation, but I'll say this, I've been very pleased with his professional growth over the last year and the way he handles himself."
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Magnet School
by JAY NORDLINGER May 27, 2015 2:36 PM
My Impromptus today is kind of unusual. (I know, no different from the norm.) What are the least overrated places you know? In other words, places about which the hype is true. And what are the most overrated? I brought up this topic a couple of weeks ago, and, today, I report reader responses. One of those responses is this: Least overrated: Mount Vernon. Warm, approachable, understandable. Most overrated: Monticello. As much as I love Jefferson, his home leaves me cold, especially when compared with Mount Vernon.
I brought this opinion — this pairing — to the attention of Myron Magnet. Why? Well, Myron knows about everything. But he is especially knowledgeable in this area, as the author of The Founders at Home: The Building of America, 1735-1817. He was good enough to write a comment, which I'm so pleased to share with you.
The "reader's comparison surprised me," he begins. "In truth, both houses are profoundly moving to visit, haunted as they are by spirits of the great statesmen and amateur architects who, as a lifetime hobby, spent years planning, building up, repairing, perfecting these outward embodiments of their inner vision of the kind of domestic life they were building a nation to make possible. By contrast with your correspondent, in politics I love Washington, while the only Jeffersonian political principle I agree with is that all men are created equal. So I like the Burkean approach Washington took to enlarging and improving Mount Vernon, not altering structures that worked fine as he added new and improved sections of the house. The result is a house that, for all its attempts to look classically symmetrical, is endearingly lopsided, with the rooftop lantern 18 inches off center, and a different number of windows under each half of the pediment over the entrance portico. Jefferson, by contrast, is a rationalist's rationalist, with the plan of Monticello an endlessly interesting, complex, but always symmetrical puzzle of abstract geometrical shapes forming a brilliantly harmonious whole. Well, I like rationalism — in architecture, if not in politics, where it led Jefferson to his monstrous views on the French Revolution. There is however one truly disturbing thing about Monticello, and that's the care and trouble Jefferson took to hide the economic reality of slavery that supported the whole operation, putting the service wings half-underground and devising ways to bring food and wine into the dining room without a human being having to carry it in. I suppose one should give him credit at least for being ashamed of slavery. As Dr. Johnson said of that proto-Darwinian, the Scotch judge Lord Monboddo, who believed that men were descended from monkeys, If one has a tail, one should take pains to conceal it; but Monboddo flaunts his with pride."
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Google in crusade against neckties
Global privacy counsel obsessed with male physique
A brief summation of Google's new privacy policies. One: Your search data will be made anonymous after it sits on the company's servers for 18 months. Two: Your Google browser cookies will expire if you don't visit the site for two years. And three: a man should not be allowed to hide his "shrinking shoulders" and "protruding paunch" behind a business suit and necktie.
Last week, after The Financial Times asked whether the necktie still has a future, Google's global privacy counsel fired off a letter to the venerable paper that clarifies the company's stance on the matter.
Following harsh criticism from privacy watchdogs, Google data retention guru Peter Fleischer recently unveiled changes to the company's server log and cookie policies, but he refuses to endorse the necktie, claiming that any privacy it affords is outweighed by its threat to physical health.
"It constricts circulation to the brain," he explained. "And it acts as decorative camouflage for the business suit, designed to shield the middle-aged male physique, with its shrinking shoulders and protruding paunch, from feeling sufficiently self-conscious to hit the gym."
He went on say that, in the long run, traditional business attire actually undermines trust between co-workers. "Men should lose their 'business attire' and wear T-shirts to work," he told The FT. "Wouldn't you like to know whether your business partners are fit? Why should you trust a man in business if he abuses his own body? And heaven knows what waves of creativity might be unleashed, when men are freed from conformist garb."
After The FT questioned whether alternative garb is a proper representation of male virility, Fleischer pointed to Google as proof that T-Shirt-wearing men can still have high testosterone levels: "If your fashion editor can hardly imagine a better garment for men to exhibit their personality, power and masculinity than wearing ties, well . . . I work at Google. Our unofficial motto is, 'Be serious without a suit.'"
Yes, he did say "unofficial motto," but Reg readers can rest assured that Fleisher laid out Google's necktie policy in his official capacity as global privacy counsel. There's little doubt that the company thinks its employees are overflowing with "personality, power, and masculinity."®


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Best Islands to Visit
Discerning readers have ranked their favorite island oases in Travel + Leisure's World's Best Awards, and this year's results prove that no destination is too remote when pristine, white-sand beaches and exotic fauna await.
For the third time in the World's Best Awards two-decade history, the wild islands of the Galápagos secured the No. 1 spot. Despite being 600 miles west of South America, this primordial sanctuary continues to lure travelers with the promise of encounters with playful sea lions and flamboyant blue-footed boobies.
With untamed Tasmania, the jagged mountains peaks of Moorea, and Australia's vibrant Great Barrier Reef islands rounding out the list, this year's selection is a clear departure from 2014, which reflected a certain national pride (Hawaiian islands filled four of the top 10 overall spots). Now, distant and unusual shores are back on travelers' minds.
Not that there's anything wrong with fulfilling fantasies of coconut palms and luaus. And for that reason, Maui and Kauai are back again, marking 20 consecutive years on the Top 10 Overall list.


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The Chinese tech company Huawei on Saturday announced it has fired a sales director who was arrested in Poland and charged with spying for China, saying he has brought the firm's reputation "into disrepute."
The company said it has "decided to terminate the employment of Mr. Wang Weijing, who was arrested on suspicion of breaking Polish law."
Polish authorities said Friday they have arrested Wang, a Chinese citizen and former diplomat, along with a Polish cybersecurity expert who had held several top government cybersecurity jobs and also worked at the telecom company Orange.
Huawei said Wang's actions "have no relation to the company" and that he was fired because "the incident in question has brought Huawei into disrepute."
The arrest rekindled tensions between China and the West over cybersecurity concerns surrounding Huawei. It's the world's biggest maker of telecommunications equipment but has been banned in the U.S. since 2012 over fears it's a security risk.
Earlier this week, Polish security agents searched the Warsaw offices of Huawei and Orange, Poland's leading communications provider, seizing documents and electronic data. The homes of both men, also in Warsaw, were also searched, according to Internal Security Agency spokesman Stanislaw Zaryn.
Huawei had ambitious plans in Europe to roll out next-generation "5G" mobile networks. But some European governments and telecom companies are following the U.S. lead in questioning whether using Huawei for vital infrastructure for mobile networks could leave them exposed to snooping by the Chinese government.
"One thing is clear: this is another nail in the coffin of Huawei's European ambitions," said Thorsten Benner, director of the Global Public Policy Institute, a think tank.
Poland is Huawei's headquarters for Central and Eastern Europe and the Nordic region.
Maciej Wasik, deputy head of Poland's Special Services agency, said the operation that resulted in the arrests had been underway for a long time. He said "both carried out espionage activities against Poland."
Zaryn told The Associated Press that prosecutors have charged the two men with espionage, but agents are continuing to collect evidence and interview witnesses. Further indictments are expected, he said.
Polish state television TVP reported that the men have proclaimed their innocence, but Zaryn could not confirm that. If convicted, they could face up to 10 years in prison each.
TVP identified the arrested Chinese man as Weijing W., saying he was a sales director in Poland at Huawei. It said he also went by the Polish first name of Stanislaw and had previously worked at the Chinese consulate in Gdansk.
A LinkedIn profile for a man named Stanislaw Wang appears to match details described by Polish television.
Wang's resume said he worked at China's General Consulate in Gdansk from 2006-2011 and at Huawei Enterprise Poland since 2011, where he was first director of public affairs and since 2017 the "sales director of public sector." The resume said he received a bachelor's degree in 2004 from the Beijing University of Foreign Studies.
State TV identified the Polish man as Piotr D., and said he was a high-ranking employee at the Internal Security Agency, where he served as deputy director in the department of information security, until 2011.
The Polish state news agency, PAP, said the man had also held top cybersecurity positions at the Interior Ministry and the Office of Electronic Communications, a regulatory body. It said, while at the Internal Security Agency, he was involved in building a mobile communications system for top Polish officials, and he was fired in 2011 amid a corruption scandal.
Geopolitical tensions over Huawei have intensified since Canada arrested a top executive last month at the request of U.S. authorities. Last year Australia, New Zealand and Japan instituted their own bans against using Huawei.
An official at the Chinese Embassy in Warsaw said Chinese envoys had urged Polish Foreign Ministry officials to arrange a consular visit with Wang "as soon as possible."
Orange Poland told the AP on Friday it was cooperating with Polish security services in the case and had "handed over belongings of one of our employees" in Tuesday's search of its offices. Orange told the AP it did not know if the suspicions against its employee were related to his work at Orange or his previous jobs.
Huawei's chief financial officer, Meng Wanzhou, was arrested Dec. 1 in Canada in connection with U.S. accusations that the company violated restrictions on sales of American technology to Iran.
The United States wants Meng extradited to face charges that she misled banks about the company's business dealings in Iran. She is out on bail in Canada awaiting extradition proceedings.
On Dec. 10, China detained former Canadian diplomat Michael Kovrig and Canadian entrepreneur Michael Spavor on vague national security allegations in apparent retaliation for Meng's arrest.