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Building Global Competencies
Strengthening your global competencies will better prepare you to achieve success in a multicultural work environment. You can begin to build such competencies either by traveling abroad or by participating in internationally-based activities at Binghamton University. These experiences will provide you with a broader awareness of cultural perspectives and will help you to develop the skills valued by employers currently working within global environments.
What is global competence?
Building Global Competencies through Studying Abroad
- Visit the Office of International Programs website to learn about both SUNY and non-SUNY study abroad programs.
- The "Make Your Degree Global" roadmap will help you to incorporate your study abroad experience into your undergraduate or graduate career.
- "Nine Ways to Gain a Career Advantage from Studying Abroad" offers tips on steps to take before, during and after your experience abroad to ensure that your travels will contribute to the building of your global competencies.
Building Global Competencies at Binghamton University
International Opportunities at Binghamton University are vast and varied. Find an activity that peaks your interests and join today!
English Conversation Pairs
Contact: ESL Program Office, LN 2412, 607-777-6725
- Native English speaking students pair with English as a Second Language (ESL) students.
- Commitment – one hour per week in any kind of setting (i.e. over a meal, coffee, walk, etc.) for the duration of the semester
- ESL students are able to practice their English in a non-classroom environment while learning about American language and culture.
- Native speakers gain a better insight into another culture from the perspective of a peer
How to Get Involved: Applications for participation are announced through B-Line and department list-serves at the beginning of every semester
Native Speaking Assistant
Contact: ESL Program Office, LN 2412, 607-777-6725
- Native Speaking reference and aide in University Level ESL courses
- Duties include attending ESL classes on a daily basis and participating in small group discussions with students
How to Get Involved: Contact the ESL Program Office the semester before you wish to participate as a Native Speaking Assistant. There is an application and interview for these positions.
Languages Across the Curriculum (LxC)
Contact: Languages Across the Curriculum, 607-777-2499 (email@example.com)
- Utilizes existing language skills in courses outside of language department courses
- Meet weekly as a discussion group (in the target language) in addition to your regularly scheduled classes
- LxC assignments replace pre-existing English assignments for a course, however, you still must attend class meetings both in English and in your LxC study group
- Program begins the 5th week of classes
How to Get Involved: Visit (http://lxc.binghamton.edu/ or bubrain.binghamton.edu) for the schedule of classes with an LxC component each semester.
Language Resource Specialist (LRS)
Contact: Languages Across the Curriculum, 607-777-2499 (email@example.com)
How to Get Involved: Submit an application (available at http://lxc.binghamton.edu/LRS_appl_form.pdf) the semester prior to when you would like to be considered for this position.
Global Studies Minor
Contact: Global Studies Minor (email@example.com)
- Aim: To increase your global competency and awareness especially in relation to your study abroad experience and to use that experience to help further your future personal, academic and career-related goals.
- Available to all students participating in a study abroad program earning AT LEAST 3 credits
- Includes a certain amount of credits in a second language, Global Interdependency("G") courses, an "in-country" course via Blackboard and a Capstone seminar upon return to the US
How to Get Involved: Apply for the minor by making an appointment with the Global Studies advisor at least one semester prior to going abroad.
Get Involved with the Community!
- Volunteer or intern at culturally-based organizations in Binghamton or your local community, such as the American Civic Association or The Discovery Center of the Southern Tier.
- Volunteer or intern in elementary, middle and high school ESL programs in the Binghamton or Johnson City school districts.
- Intern with a cultural organization through the CCPD Internship program
Pull up a Chair at a Language Table or Attend International Coffee Hour!
- Visit http://www.binghamton.edu/romance/index.html to find out the dates and times for La Table Française, Spanish Table, and Italian Coffee Hour.
- Connect with International students at International Coffee Hour, held the first Friday of every month at 3:30pm in the Anderson Center President's Reception Room
- Talk to students who have returned from abroad or those who are interested in going abroad at the Study Abroad Table, held in the Susquehanna Room. (contact: firstname.lastname@example.com for information on date and time)
Connect "International" to your coursework!
- Build international themes and interests into class assignments
- Get to know students from other backgrounds in classes, study groups, residence halls, etc.


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The Johannesburg Declaration on Biopiracy, Biodiversity and Community Rights
We, representatives of local communities, civil society organisations and NGOs from around the world, gathered around the world and at the Earth Summit in Johannesburg, held in August and September 2002, discussed issues relating to the privatisation of our biological resources and the protection of the rights of holders of indigenous knowledge and technologies, especially as related to biodiversity.
Mindful that the content and spirit of this declaration is a culmination of a decade of resistance to the privatisation of our food, water and biodiversity;
Recognising that human beings are an integral part of the web of life on Earth and that our well-being is derived from and depends on the health of our ecosystems and species;
Determined to ensure that human actions do not destroy this web of mutually enhancing ecological relationship;.
Conscious and proud of the fundamental role played by local communities, indigenous peoples, farmers and in particular women, and their traditional knowledge in the conservation and management of biological diversity to ensure food and health security in the past, the present and the future;
Mindful of the inextricable links between bioprospecting and genetic engineering;
Reminding everyone that the current dominant models of development driven by economic liberalisation and corporate control, reinforce social inequalities throughout the world and undermine the sovereignty of nation states to take care of their people;
Aware that the increasingly powerful multinational companies are destroying local communities and their natural resource base by privatising biological, land and water resources and that a potent instrument in this destruction is the patenting of living organisms;
Realising that communities have not benefited from bioprospecting, that it has not delivered on its promises as a tool for biodiversity conservation, social justice, and poverty alleviation, and that it has legitimised the unfair appropriation of biological resources and knowledge.
That local communities, indigenous peoples and farmers are custodians of biodiversity, and that they have the inalienable right and responsibility to continue to manage, save, exchange and further develop the biodiversity under their custody, over and above any external commercial interests.
Similarly, we consider food sovereignty - the right of people to sufficient and healthy food at all times and access to natural resources - as a central principle, which should not be subject to other interests or considerations. People also have a basic right to accessible and affordable healthcare and to the biological resources from which they derive health benefits.
We oppose the current push towards globalisation that is driven predominantly by commercial interests and which undermines our cultures and our capacity to sustain and control our livelihoods.
We oppose biopiracy and the patenting of our biological resources and knowledge because it goes against our human and cultural rights and identity. We firmly believe that benefit sharing is possible without patents.
We believe the protection of human subjects in genetic research is a human rights issue, requiring carefully crafted social policies and laws which are stringently monitored and enforced to protect individuals and groups from exploitative research and practices.
We declare our opposition to the patenting of life and to the patenting of crops and seed, because we are concerned about the removal of control of food production from local communities and farmers to multinational corporations.
We declare that genetic engineering in food and farming presents serious and irreversible environmental and health risks.
We believe that community rights over biodiversity and indigenous knowledge are collective in nature, and therefore cannot be privatised or individualised. Intellectual property rights as applied to biodiversity and traditional knowledge are private and monopolistic in nature and therefore incompatible with community rights. IPRs cannot exist within a traditional knowledge system and attempts to bring these two worlds together are misguided and unacceptable.
In this context, we declare that the initiative of the World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) to develop systems for the protection of traditional knowledge is highly inappropriate. WIPO should work to stop biopiracy that occurs because of biodiversity patents, and not to define the rights of communities which should be done by the communities themselves.
Concern over food and health security and the environment should take precedence over international trade interests. The WTO is not the place to decide on these issues. Neither should regional or bilateral trade agreements affect local biodiversity management.
Governments should have the central responsibility to develop and implement policies, legislation and research and to redirect these towards a holistic approach to development, the promotion of local control over resources, and the active participation of local communities, farmers and indigenous peoples in decision making.
We call on the international community to initiate a process to negotiate a legally binding agreement under the CBD to prevent biopiracy, to ensure national sovereignty over biological and genetic resources, and to protect the rights of indigenous and local communities over their resources and knowledge.
Access to biological and genetic resources and knowledge should only be permitted with the prior informed consent of indigenous peoples and local communities, on the basis of the terms and conditions they set. This should be a prerequisite for benefit sharing. Groups and individuals potentially impacted by genetic research have a right to full and transparent disclosure of the benefits and risks of such research, and to either give their consent or refuse to participate.
Biodiversity based and sustainable agricultural systems which are under the control of local communities, should be adopted and promoted as the principal mode of agricultural and other food production.
Our governments should ensure an environment free of GMOs in our countries and in our farming systems and should support our efforts to raise awareness amongst farmers and consumers about the real and potential impact of GE to the environment and to human health.
There should be a total ban on the patenting of life forms and the use of any IPRs on biodiversity and traditional knowledge. We want to see the strengthening of community rights and farmers rights in the relevant international agreements and at national level to ensure that local communities and farmers can continue to save, exchange, nurture, use and further develop biological resources.
African governments should to take steps to implement the African Model Law for Community Rights at the national level. We also urge the global community to support the implementation of this law and to desist from any activities or policies that directly or indirectly undermine its adoption and operation by African countries.
We call on WTO members to amend TRIPs to reflect that all life forms and living processes cannot be patented in any member state. We also call on WTO members to allow countries maximum flexibility to establish sui generis systems of protection for plant varieties that protect the rights of farmers and indigenous communities to their resources and their traditional knowledge."
To strengthen our efforts and campaigns to stop the patenting of life forms and to secure our right to an environment free of GMOs.
To strengthen and promote the role of local communities, indigenous peoples, farmers and women in biodiversity conservation and use, and to protect and insist on their rights to do so.
To protect and enrich our local knowledge systems about biodiversity and to actively promote diversified integrated farming and food production systems based on biodiversity in our communities and organisations.
We promise to be as generous as the Earth, clear as the water, strong as the wind, and as far and as close as the sun. And we pledge to exchange our seeds of knowledge and wisdom passed on from generation to generation.
This declaration is a compilation of two recent civil society declarations: The Valley of 1000 Hills Declaration, made KwaZulu Natal, South Africa in March 2002, by 40 community and NGO participants from Africa. The Rio Branco Commitment, made in Rio Branco, Brazil in May 2002, by 100 community and NGO participants from around the world. It also reflects the viewpoints expressed by the majority of participants at the Second South-South Biopiracy Summit, hosted in Johannesburg in August 2002.
The Coalition of US-based NGOs includes: Amnesty International USA, Global Exchange, Latin American Working Group, Lawyers Committee for human Rights, Maryknoll, Mexico Solidarity Network, Religious Task Force on Central America and Mexico, Robert F. Kennedy Memorial, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee, Washington Office on Latin America.

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Soroush to deliver lecture on Rumi's message, May 14
Posted May 13, 2003; 09:44 a.m.
Islamic scholar Abdolkarim Soroush will deliver a lecture titled "Rumi's Reed," discussing the message of 13th-century Islamic philosopher and mystic Mawlana Jalaleddin Rumi, at 7 p.m. Wednesday, May 14, in 302 Frist Campus Center .
Soroush is a visiting lecturer with Princeton's Center of International Studies . He is on leave from the Institute for Research in the Humanities and the Institute for Epistemological Research, both in Tehran, Iran.
The lecture is sponsored by the Rumi Club for Interfaith Dialogue and the Program in Near Eastern Studies . For more information, e-mail the Rumi Club.
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Michigan State University College of Law is positioned at number 80, according to U.S. News & World Report's latest edition of "America's Best Graduate Schools." Michigan State Law's Intellectual Property, Information & Communications Law (IPIC) program joined the list of the nation's top intellectual property law programs, with a number 20 ranking within its specialty category.
Dean Joan W. Howarth is pleased by MSU Law's ranking. Though quick to point out that the ranking offers a very limited measure of the quality of any law school's academic program, Howarth recognizes that prospective students and employers alike form impressions of the Law College as a result of it.
"Our students, alumni, friends, faculty, and staff have many reasons to be proud of MSU Law's accomplishments," Howarth said. "Notwithstanding its shortcomings, it is gratifying that this ranking reflects some of the many positive qualities of our program."
In 2012, the Law College introduced a host of new initiatives in response to emerging trends and globalization. "Our access to the vast resources of Michigan State University affords us a certain level of agility to constantly assess and innovate in response to new realities and opportunities," said Howarth.
The following exemplify the recent growth and development of legal education at MSU Law:
"We are proud to be leading advancements in legal education and pleased that MSU Law graduates continue to be well-prepared to succeed in rewarding jobs throughout the country, despite today's challenging economic climate," said Howarth.
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We get lit up by Viet Cong... in North Carolina.
Over the last 50 years war reenactment has gone from something guys at the Elks Club did on the weekend to get away from their wives to a full-blown obsession among history buffs with enough free time to make the experience as true to life as possible. Along with the increased intensity has come more demand for variety. The Vietnam War has typically been forbidden territory, but reenactment groups around the country have begun collecting their rice hats and period-appropriate M16s for pretend skirmishes with fake Viet Cong.
Thomas embeds with the Virginia-Carolina Military History Association as they embark on their first tour of Vietnam… in North Carolina.


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(2) ITIL defines an event as "any detectable or discernable occurrence that has significance for the management of the IT infrastructure or the delivery of IT service and evaluation of the impact a deviation might cause to the services." (ITIL Service Operation book, Page 35).
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On Sunday December 12th, players and families of Triangle United not only ran in the 7th Annual Southern Village Holiday 5K Family Fun Run, Triangle United also helped staff the event.
This is the 3rd year Triangle United has worked with the Fun Run to benefit the Chapel Hill Service League.
Below is a picture of 2 of our YDA players, Cobi Promislow (blue shirt) and Seth Maile (green shirt). Both players ran in the children's 1 mile race, with Cobi finishing 2nd and Seth right behind in 3rd.


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JACKSON — The Mississippi Supreme Court won't hear the post-conviction claims of Ricky Scruggs, who was sentenced to life in prison for his role in the death of an 83-year-old Olive Branch woman in 2003.
A DeSoto County judge denied Scruggs' post-conviction petition in 2009. The state Court of Appeals upheld the trial judge in May.
Scruggs pleaded guilty to murder in 2006. He sought a new trial, claiming he only pleaded guilty because he feared a death sentence.
The Appeals Court says the court record showed the trial judge questioned Scruggs about his decision and Scruggs agreed he understood the consequences of pleading guilty.
Prosecutors say Scruggs was among three men arrested after they used duct tape on Anna "Maxine" Andrews' face and head causing her to suffocate.


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Friedland named director of research office
Posted November 1, 2007; 09:06 a.m.
Jeffrey Friedland has been named director of Princeton's Office of Research and Project Administration, effective Oct. 22.
Friedland has more than 14 years of experience in sponsored programs administration, including six years at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. At Princeton, he will oversee the administration of grants and contracts for research and instructional projects funded by external sponsors. He also will be responsible for reviewing and setting research administration policies to assure compliance and to reduce conflict of interest issues. In addition, he will chair the operations oversight board for the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, which is funded by the U.S. Department of Energy and managed by the University.
"We are impressed by Jeff's enthusiasm and his vision for creating an even closer working relationship between the research and project administration staff and the faculty," said A.J. Stewart Smith, dean for research, to whom Friedland will report. "Jeff is committed to working with faculty very early in the process -- right from the time that ideas are forming."
From 1999 to 2005, Friedland was manager of grants and contracts in the Office of Sponsored Programs at MIT. He served as the primary central research administrator for the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory and the Plasma Science and Fusion Center, two of the largest laboratories on campus.
For the last two years, he has been senior assistant director of the Office of Sponsored Programs at the Education Development Center in Newton, Mass. Friedland worked to develop new policies and guidelines to improve the grants administration of this international nonprofit organization.
A graduate of the University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Friedland also previously worked as a contract administrator at the Raytheon Co. and as a contract and financial manager at the Northeast Advanced Vehicle Consortium.
He will succeed Michelle Christy, who is now director of the Office of Sponsored Programs at MIT.


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This outcrop is located along the newly constructed portions of West Virginia Route 55 (Corridor H) west of the town of Moorefield.
These folded beds are in the upper Silurian Tonoloway Formation. The Tonoloway Formation is a 400-600 foot package of gray, medium to thick bedded limestone and dolomitic limestone with tan shale and minor amounts of thinly bedded sandstone. This unit is interpreted as a Devonian tidal flat environment with mud-cracks and halite salt casts.
Well developed halite salt casts can be found in several of the weathered shale intervals. For a closer look at these Halite clasts see this macro gigapan
Geologists interpret this period in earth history as time of tectonic peace during the middle of the paleozoic.
These passive margin sediments were originally deposited horizontally during the Silurian lithified and then folded during a the Alleghanian Orogeny in the Pennsylvanian - Permian.
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"Save America's Treasures" has been totally eliminated—the largest Federal program supporting preservation of such treasures as the original Star Spangled Banner and George Washington's tent.
65% of Americans don't know what happened at the Constitutional Convention, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
The "Teaching American History" grants—the largest Federal program supporting history education—have been completely eliminated.
Visits to the Top 20 Civil War battlefields have dropped in half from 1970 to 2009 according to official National Park Service statistics.
40% of Americans can't identify whom we fought in World War II, according to a recent survey by Newsweek.
A quarter of Americans believe Congress shares power over U.S. foreign policy with the United Nations, according to a recent Annenberg survey.
"There is little that is more important for an American citizen to know than the history and traditions of his country," John F. Kennedy wrote in American Heritage.
The "We the People Program," which touched some 30 million students and 90,000 teachers over 25 years, has been completely eliminated.
Two-thirds of Americans could not correctly name Yorktown as the last major military action of the American Revolution, according to a recent national Gallup survey.
The National Heritage Areas and Scenic Byways program, the only major Federal program encouraging visits to historic places, has been completely eliminated in Congressional committee.
The drum cylinder is made from brown varnished bent wood shell with a six and one half inch overlap secured with brass headed tacks arranged in vertical rows as well as in a circle around the ivory breather hole and in teardrop patterns above and below breather. Hoops are 1 and 1/2" high, red, and secured with small pegs. Six leather rope tighteners survive and are not decorated. Four gut snares are attached to the bottom hoop. Read more »
Wood, skin, rope, leather, ivory, brass, iron (tacks). Overall H: 14 3/4"; diameter: 18"; drum head diameter: 17"
Members of the Harris family served in a Chazy, New York militia company during the Battle of Plattsburgh. This drum was manufactured in 1812 in Pittsfiels, Massachusetts, and had been cut down from its original height.
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Paying for college can be a challenge, especially when you may be raising a family and living on a tight budget. But you can afford a private education at Columbia College.
Our tuition is extremely competitive with most public colleges and universities, plus there are no surprise student fees tacked onto your bill. Also, students may qualify for military or corporate tuition assistance, veterans benefits and federal financial aid.
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Sarasota County and the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office will hold a workshop at 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 1, to discuss proposed changes to a county ordinance regulating the purchase of secondhand goods, precious metals and scrap metal.
The workshop will be held in the Green Room at the Sarasota County Twin Lakes Complex, 6700 Clark Road, Sarasota.
The two proposed ordinances are available online at http://bit.ly/pcXkiS. The public also may submit comments, questions and suggestions online at [email protected]t until 5 p.m. Tuesday, Nov 8.
This workshop follows County Commission discussion Oct. 12 about the proposed ordinance changes. The commissioners expressed concern that the draft presented at that time did not contain sufficient exemptions and that, as a result, flea markets, church secondhand sales and even Habit for Humanity's ReStore business would be adversely affected. As a result, county staff has separated the original draft ordinance into two ordinances. One ordinance covers secondhand dealers while the other covers metal recyclers.
The ordinances are scheduled for a Dec. 13 public hearing before the County Commission.
Sheriff's Office officials, working with the county's Criminal Justice Commission, have proposed the revised ordinances as a means of handling the growing problem with the theft and sale of stolen goods such as ferrous, non- ferrous and precious metals (gold, silver and copper). Increasing demand for metals of all types and rising metal prices also have significantly contributed to increased metal thefts.
Metal theft has cost Sarasota County residents and businesses more than $8 million over the past several years, according to Sheriff's Office statistics. Metal theft also creates an environmental hazard, as air-conditioning and appliance refrigerants are released into the atmosphere after the theft of metals from those units.


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Tchaikovsky's Piano Concerto No. 1
Date & Time
Friday, March 15, 2013 (All day) to Saturday, March 16, 2013 (All day)
Sottile Theatre
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The Charleston Symphony Orchestra (CSO) invites you to experience internationally renowned pianist Volodymyr Vynnytsky, performing one of the best-known piano concerti in history. In keeping with the dramatic flair, the CSO delivers excerpts from Prokofiev's ballet, Romeo & Juliet and Gabriel Fauré's opera, Pelléas et Mélisande for an evening of classical bliss. Sottile Theatre, 44 George St. Friday & Saturday, 7:30pm. $75-$20. (843)723-7528, www.charlestonsymphony.com


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Photos: Tiesda You, Gaute Kristiansen
How can windsurfing, as a sport, become more popular? We all know how rewarding it is; how healthy, diverse and exciting it can be, but how do we get others to realise its potential? What is holding the sport back from becoming as mainstream as say skiing is for winter sports? These are questions that many influential parties in the industry have tried to answer over recent years, but to little avail. The introduction of Super-X; the development of lighter and easier equipment for all abilities and disciplines; the establishment of more windsurfing schools and centres - all these obvious steps have undoubtedly helped to make the sport more appealing, both visually and practically. And yet in most countries the participation figures have seen only a fraction of the rise that was hoped for. For the last year however, Starboard have been approaching the problem from a very different angle and believe that, at long last, they have a real solution with great promise. We sent Tris Best out to Thailand to exclusively trial their unique Serenity project.
As a brand, Starboard has achieved a phenomenal amount in a very short space of time. Now one of, if not the biggest board brand in most countries around the world, they could sit back and produce a steady range of boards to defend their corner each year. But that is just not their style. The brand is made up of a cohesive, candid group of individuals with a tireless and infectious energy to drive the sport forward as a whole. When speaking to them it seems nothing is impossible or unachievable, no idea far-fetched or notion pointless trying; they are constantly encouraging each other to think laterally and defy convention. So when, at their dealer 2006 conference last year, they revealed their first Serenity prototype - an odd-looking vehicle aimed squarely at windsurfing in non-planing conditions, none of the audience was really taken aback. Possessing more visual similarities with a kayak than a windsurf board, the remarks amongst the group toed a fine line between scepticism and optimism. Would this just be another fad in windsurfing - a visionary's marvel that would, in reality, come to nothing? If anything it had grabbed the group's attention, but it would take a lot more to captivate their imagination.
Taking a step back for a minute and looking at windsurfing as a sport, it really does possess more qualities and therefore possibilities for growth than pretty much any sport out there, especially in the water sports world. Think about it for a moment. First of all it's possible to windsurf at pretty much any age, from as young as four, right into your eighties. Whenever we go on test to Dahab for example, there is a certain gentleman who always seems to be on holiday at the same time, and has more life and energy than most, both on and off the water?and if I recall correctly he's 84 this year. Testament that you are never too old to windsurf! (Okay, nothing too profound there - you could say the same about surfing or sailing. Ed.) Secondly, this planet has more water on its surface than land, and at most locations you could windsurf, be it on a pond, lake, river estuary or ocean. Whatever the environment or conditions (save for exceptions such as river rapids), windsurfing is possible, making it potentially more applicable than any land-based sport or water-sport. So why hasn't it fulfilled that potential and become as widespread as it deserves?
I'm sure many of you have you your own explanations and beliefs, but the Serenity's story stems from Starboard looking back to the heady days of the sport in the eighties when windsurfing WAS the most popular and fastest growing water sport in the world. The fundamental difference between then and now is the focus of the sport. In the eighties windsurfing was a summer sport enjoyed by the masses in light and moderate winds. Every other car had a board on their roof, and it was as much a thing to do with the family as it was to go and compete with your friends around a course. The sport could be anything you wanted it to be, but the most important thing is that it didn't alienate anyone.
Today, windsurfing has evolved to become much easier to learn and offers so many more disciplines to explore, but ultimately everything focuses towards the progression into planing conditions. Every instructional scheme that has be refined recently, or board that has be designed has tried to make that progression as smooth and as straightforward as possible, trying to get people to experience planing windsurfing early in their 'career' to get them hooked. On the face of it, it is a good plan, but then you are still faced with the same problem. As people progress, they become more and more specialist and begin to wait for planing conditions before going out on the water. That wait becomes more and more frustrating until eventually they lose interest. The simple fact is that as soon as you have experienced windsurfing in planing conditions, pottering around on a lake in 5knots no longer has any real appeal. It just won't give you that adrenaline rush you have become addicted to.
The theory behind the Serenity project is to once again draw people's attention to the possibility of windsurfing in sub-planing wind strengths, re-establishing that the sport CAN actually be fun and exciting in light winds. Just think about it - no longer would the long summer evenings be purely the domain of the novice sailor; no more travelling to the beach in a fluster, only to be let down once you got there. If you had the means to make the most of sub-planing conditions and could be guaranteed that adrenaline riding sensation nigh on every time, a completely new side to the sport will be unveiled. The theory is very attractive...but it's one monster of a tall order.
I've got to admit, even before I boarded the plane, I was very sceptical of the mileage that the project held. Despite even trying the original prototype, I had doubts - the theory behind the idea was very compelling, but just how much fun could windsurfing in 5knots be for an experienced sailor? I approached the trip with an open mind but also with embedded reservations that would be hard to overcome; I didn't even bother packing my harness as I was adamant that it wouldn't be required. "Just humour the Starboard team, see how the project has evolved and then ask for their opinion on the uphill struggle the project will no doubt face to convince the industry and the consumers," I thought to myself.
The appearance of Serenity presents one of its most obvious challenges - it's simply massive...and we aren't talking width for a change! At 61cm wide, it could pass as a conventional 105L freeride board...that is until you add into the equation that it's 455cm long! That's four metres fifty-five! Over four-metres...however you look at it, that makes it a long, long board. So when Starboard were the pioneers of the widestyle revolution, isn't this a step in completely the opposite direction? We all now know the merits of having extra width and that wide boards are here to stay, so this has GOT to be a fad, no? It'll just be tippy and unstable underfoot making it difficult to sail...and as for its likely capabilities when it comes to manoeuvrability...
Plugging in an 8.5m sail, I stepped onto the board for the first time, reluctantly accepting the crew's offer to strap a harness around my waist. The predominantly off-shore wind was fickle to say the least as Per Anderson (Starboard's chief tester) and I launched in the ferry harbour to the north of Koh Chang Island, close to the Thai border with Cambodia. I say predominantly offshore, as the wind was swirling around continuously, forcing us to adopt some fancy footwork to remain dry. We decided to head further offshore in the hope that the wind would be a little cleaner and we could remain on one tack for more than ten seconds. There cant have been more than 2-3knots of wind and yet the first thing you notice about Serenity is how eerily efficient it cuts through the water. Being a displacement hull, it parts the water in such a tranquil manner, without creating the slightest ripple or bow-wave; there is no hint of a thudding or slapping sound as experienced on a conventional board when the hull patters the surface of the water. As such, in such light winds it's hard to establish just how fast you are travelling, your usual handy transit of passing the bubbles of your bow wave no longer an option. Instead, by using other means I began to realise the extent of the board's gliding potential, gaining momentum incredibly smoothly and capable of covering great distances with very little input required from the rider. Watching and noting Per's refined technique (he is probably the most seasoned Serenity pilot), I began to experiment with my stance to get the most from the board...and it is then that it happened...
Concentrating on maintaining my balance as I shuffled my feet closer together, I didn't notice a gust approaching, hitting the sail with a jolt. I instinctively disregarded my pursuit for style and took evasive action, leaning back and extending my front leg to drive the new surge of power into the board. The response of the board took me by surprise - its nose rising out of the water like the bow of an America's Cup yacht to sit high and dry, whilst at the board became increasingly light and responsive underfoot. Rocking onto its leeward rail it hunts upwind, the large 70cm fin beginning to generate a fantastic amount of lift, encouraging you to leap down the back of the board to counteract it. Initial surprise over, I regain my composure and look to Per for inspiration in how to refine my stance once more. Making the most of the same gust, he is simply flying, his feet wrapped around the windward rail and sail raked back as if in planing mode. I then realise the reason for his seemingly immaculate comfort?he is hooked in! Inspired to try, I extend my hips up and reach for the lines with my hook. Leaning back against the sail feels alien, as if I'm learning the technique all over again, but despite my distinct inadequacies, one over-riding sensation suddenly becomes apparent - that I'm having a great deal of fun...and that the strength of the gust was, at the very most, 4-5knots!
The set up for sailing in sub-planing conditions presents a whole new chapter in the accepted manual for rigging modern equipment. Pumping is no longer of any great use as you are not, at any stage, trying to release the board and make it sit on the surface of the water. Sails can therefore be set very loose and baggy, using a shorter softer mast than usual to allow the sail to breathe easily. In fact, the best way to partner the Serenity is with a modern sail, rigged with minimal tension so that it more closely resembles the old triangular billowing sails seen back in the 1980's! Sailing the board is also quite an exciting challenge and a complete departure from modern gospel, (those of you that remember the days of Div II racing with be in your element!). Sailing in a straight line, the most efficient trimming method is to incline the board slightly onto its leeward rail, experimenting with your position and balance so as not to alter the board's course. When steering the board, nothing happens too quickly so you have to learn to give yourself plenty of time, dipping the leeward rail purposefully to turn towards the wind and rocking back on your heels to put weight on the windward rail to turn downwind. Sensitivity is the key, as any slight alteration to the trim will have a direct affect on the board's speed; by keeping your feet right next to one another, you can use your whole body as a lever and reduce the number of accidental alterations made. Per is a master at it, making sailing the Serenity look easy and graceful.
No doubt many of you reading this will still maintain your strong reservations for the project...and the only real way offer a satisfactory answer would be for you to try the Serenity for yourself. Yes, it is long; it isn't the easiest to turn and it certainly isn't a practical board for the beginner to jump on. Neither did I get a real chance to try the board out in a rolling swell or chop to see how it would cope in adverse environments. But as with any revolutionary concept, to make an impact and get people to take note, it has to show signs of its full potential and Serenity certainly does that. In only five knots, I was hooked in, leaning against the sail and grinning from ear to ear...something I thought I'd never experience in windsurfing.
Back when the concept was unveiled, the notion of having fun windsurfing in sub-planing conditions was as obscure to the audience as the solution appeared. As you climb the ladder in your windsurfing career, you becoming increasingly specialist and narrow the number of days you can enjoy your time on the water; what Serenity does is offer a whole new dimension, making the sport two-way escalator rather than a ladder if you like, where you can enjoy the rush of the sport whatever the wind strength. There may well be some of you that actually like the fact that windsurfing is quite a specialist niche sport; that not every Tom, Dick and Harry can participate in it. To settle their nerves, Serenity will never make windsurfing lose its identity as an extreme, adrenaline fuelled sport - far from it. What it hopes to do is draw more attention to the sport and enable a new line of blood to filter through. More participation means more attention from other industries, more coverage on TV and a heightened awareness of what the sport can offer. Take a look at the sport of kayaking for example. With the introduction of relatively cheap and durable plastic hulls several years ago, the sport took off, bought into by families that wanted a water sport to enjoy during the summer months. I don't have the figures for the UK unfortunately, but in the US the participation numbers almost doubled from 1998 to sit at nearly seven million in 2005 - a massive increase. With all its diversity and potential, windsurfing just needs to tap into that market and prove that it can be a great deal of fun during those light wind summer days. A new and exciting light wind alternative to windsurfing has arrived - windsurfing!
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Ha-HA ! Leave it to me to incorporate Alice into a cards thread title!
I for one am excited that Topps is offering an AOTC Widevision series in November! :happy:
I remember reading in the Insider that it was being considered, but I gave it little thought . . . didn't want to get too excited.
But they're on the way, and I hope the first 80 cards do well to allow for a second series.
They claim to focus more on the end of the film, I like that idea A LOT. In my review of the current Topps set (which I never bothered to write ) I noticed that the set is pretty light in terms of the last scenes of the movie.
Any other excitement out there? I agree with ya if you think they should have made Widevision in the first place, but I've been on such a card binge lately . . . no, not a binge because I'm back to stay . . . that I'm SO willing to give this a chance!
Who's with me ?!?!?!?!?!?!?
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When Typhoon Bopha (known locally as Pablo) hit the southern Philippines in late 2012, many communities were caught off guard. Post-disaster assessments carried out by OCHA found that a lack of accessible information and unfamiliarity with disaster warning systems may have contributed to the loss of lives.
Typhoon Bopha hit the east coast of the island of Mindanao on 4 December 2012. It killed more than 1,000 people and affected an estimated 6.2 million. Infrastructure was destroyed and homes were demolished by the force of the storm. Agriculture, responsible for 80 per cent of employment, was devastated.
Although the Philippines is one of the most disaster-prone countries in the world, the storms that strike the country each year rarely stray south to Mindanao. For some affected communities, Bopha was their first experience of a typhoon.
"Some people were simply caught off-guard," said Mel Schmidt, the head of OCHA's Typhoon Bopha response. "Worryingly, a number of community members did not move to the safety of evacuation centres when they didn't receive the information because their barangays (villages) are so remote, or because they misunderstood the severity of the impending typhoon."
During the assessments carried out in the weeks and months following the storm, OCHA and other humanitarian partners found that many people misunderstood the storm warnings and assumed that 'Signal 5' – a warning that should have sent them running for safety – was the weakest level, when in fact it is the strongest.
"Understanding the warning systems could have reduced the number of deaths and allowed people to better prepare and to protect their goods and livelihoods," said Schmidt.
Humanitarian agencies did not have to look far to see how important familiarity with dangerous weather and warning systems could be.
For the people of Cagayan de Oro City (known locally as CDO), on Mindanao's northern coast, Typhoon Bopha was the second serious storm to strike in less than 12 months. When Tropical Storm Washi struck CDO in December 2011, over a thousand people perished. In less than one hour, the water levels in some rivers rose by three metres. It was the first time in many decades that CDO experienced such torrential rain. When Pablo struck the same city one year later, there were zero casualties.
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Post-Bopha assessments found that affected communities were anxious to gain a better understanding of the weather systems that might affect them in the future, and the warning systems that could save their lives.
OCHA, working with local meteorological offices and the local government, is running a series of community workshops to help people access this information. The first event was held in the barangay of Lambajon, in Davao Oriental province on Mindanao's south-east tip.
More than 60 people attended, including residents, barangay officials, and members of the local disaster team, as well as teachers and representative of a women's group. A second workshop was held in Andap in Compostela Valley province. Flash flooding triggered by Bopha had claimed many lives in Andap. Emiliana, one of the survivors, took part in the meeting.
"I never experienced anything like Pablo, it was really devastating," she said. "This orientation really helps us to have a deeper understanding of the weather so we can prepare if this happens again."
Another participant, 32-year-old Mercy, agreed. "I am really happy to receive this information," she said. "What I learned here, I will share with my family."
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earlier... can't sleep.
I arrived at work today a little later than usual. Heard a crash while coming out of the subway but didn't think much of it figuring it's always noisy in downtown. Reached my desk, saw my red message light on, logged in and punched the code for my voicemail. My wife had left a nervous message asking if I was okay, that something happened at the World Trade Center which is just a few blocks from me and the stop she takes. I called back that I saw nothing and was okay and tried to check cnn.com. I heard a commotion in the aisle and found coworkers talking about the WTC. I suggested we check the big monitor in the Risk Management area on the other side of the office which faces the WTC. They had CNN on and I could look at the smoking tower as the news read in the background. I ran back to my desk and called my parents, leaving what must have been a barely coherent "We're okay" message since they didn't hear the news. We evacuated down the twenty-two flights of stairs to the lobby but were sent upstairs again. I returned to the other corner of the office and as we watched the WTC, before I could even recognize what happened, a plane struck the second tower off center and fire burst out the other side. Then CNN reported that a plane had struck the Pentagon. I ran back to my desk and found the red light. My wife. I called her and we agreed to meet at her office, farther away from the WTC, as soon as we evacuated my building. For some reason, I grabbed the fire escape kit with the water bag, dust mask and mylar blanket I leave in my in-box where it was dropped two years ago and grabbed another I had stashed in my overhead cabinet that I had scavenged for the cyalume lightstick. I didn't wait and stupidly took the elevator into the lobby. While going down, something shook and the lights blinked but the elevator opened into the lobby and I pushed out past the surprisingly large number of people down there since I thought everyone went back up. I stepped outside and it was all dust and smoke and wind. I put on the mask and started walking as fast as I could to Maria's office through a moonscape of dust. I might have been running. I remember thinking that I'm going to hyperventilate and slowed to a walk. The steel coffee carts with the hard rolls and bagels in the windows and young Pakistani guys inside were at the corners but noone was inside. People grey with dust were wandering in other directions. A Korean guy in a suit, gray except from his eyes, was hacking and vomiting in color next to a car while two grey people stood beside looking after him. All the stores seemed closed or closing and when the wind picked up, I ducked into doorways and turned away squinting. Everything was surreal and unfamiliar. As I got to City Hall the dust and smoke was less and I clambered over a low wall dividing the road that I never noticed before but must have been there for years. A woman in a beige skirt was trying to climb over it but couldn't and I turned to help and another guy lifted her arm and she stumbled over it and stood in the road. For some reason it seemed funny that she had not put away her cell phone the whole time. I tried to make it to Broadway, but the police were directing people and I hurried through a few streets I rarely take feeling even more lost. I got to Worth but had to divert back and circle a few blocks down as FBI agents and police were shouting and opening parked trucks and having people move away from the Federal court building. At an intersection, I ignored a busy cop and crossed the street and took off up Worth. The dust was thin but had reached here too and I felt relieved to find Maria down the street from her office. She had written a note in lipstick on the page of a magazine and posted it on the building, in case I got there after the police moved the evacuees away but I didn't need it. We were okay and we told each other that we should walk uptown away from the crisis and then figure out what to do. We walked without much talking, relieved that the other was okay, avoiding the emergency vehicles up to the teens. People were everywhere and all the mass transit was shut down. Lines were forming at banks and shops, anywhere there was a phone or ATM. In the Village and NYU, I got a few stares and realized that I was grey with dust. My black shirt and shoes were ashy-looking. We found an cash machine that wasn't empty in a bodega around the high 20's, got cash and bought water. I had my gym clothes and offered her my socks and sneakers but she just wanted my thin dress socks. We sat on the slate step of a townhome and I changed into sneakers and she put my decidedly unfashionable black socks on and slipped back into her shoes. We then cut across to the west side and continued up to the 50's. Like a cruel joke, it was a perfect day- sunny, a breeze, gently warm. At the West Side Highway, we started thumbing for a ride. Maria was getting tired and I itched everywhere the dust had settled on skin. A livery pulled over and let us in. The driver, a very small boned, very dark skinned man in his forties with an accent I couldn't recognize, maybe Ethiopian, said he lived around the GW Bridge and was going that way. We asked how much but he waved us off. Traffic snarled and he got onto Broadway around 125th. While he wiggled the car through the streets we tried to use the cell phone and managed to get our parents and tell them we were enroute. He drove until reaching a police line at the Bus Terminal. We asked how much he wanted and he said he didn't care. We gave him $50 and thanked him for stopping and he drove off to get home. We walked the rest of the way, arriving home at 1:35 and found ten messages on the machine. We made a list and started calling. When we finished, for some geeky reason I went on IRC and into email to let those people know I was okay. I finally showered, but I still felt gritty and itched on the back of my neck and inside my people know I was okay. I finally showered, but I still felt gritty and itched on the back of my neck and inside my elbows. Hours later, after watching the news, I am still in a little shock and indescribably happy that Maria and I were okay. We are lucky. I can't even conceive of the people, folks I don't know who I pass every day, who were down there. I hope they can contact their families. I hope they are unscathed. I feel very lucky. I read in email that the a number of people I casually know, some by name, were okay. Later, after having a drink and eating something I called coworkers and asked how they got home. Everyone was fine. Their spouses were there or enroute. I can't sleep.


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This is just a shout out to Bobby Farmer and his pup FC Mak's Convince Me Connie MH. Connie has a number of puppies on the ground that are competing and doing well. Here is a short list of those pups with success so far:
Farmer's Big Slick - Derby JAM
Farmer's No Insurance - Derby, Qual, Open and Am placements.
Midway's Nowhere to Run - Derby placements.
Tiderunner II - Derby and Qual placements.
Hauling Wind - Derby and Qual placements.
There are other pups just getting started and we will have to watch them as they start competing. Other pups are having success in the HT games.
Congrats to Connie and Bobby Farmer for a great track record with their litters.
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There could be upsides if iwi owed water. The next time we get a drought, or a flood, we will be able to add up our losses and send the bill off to iwi. Okay, this will not happen but is that not what some used to say about Treaty of Waitangi claims? If iwi own the water Maori will become responsible for what 'their' water does. We know what this is like with stock fencing; if your stock gets out on the road and causes a pile-up, guess where the buck ends up stopping?
Of course, the Livestock Improvement Corporation (LIC), may be the exception.
What gets me about LIC's mutant calves mess is that LIC is a company trading on its genetic offering. This is what has helped make the New Zealand dairy industry what is today. So you would think LIC would stand by their product when things don't go to plan.
I bet I will win Lotto before seeing another Matrix. However, when this whole thing first broke there seemed to be denial, a refusal to admit there was a problem. Then came a surprising artificial insemination reimbursement offer.
The one thing LIC has refused to talk about was proper compensation for dud calves.
Let's be real here. If LIC had gotten its cheque book out early, it's unlikely any of this would have made it into the papers.
Now that LIC has dragged its heels it has a Commerce Commission complaint lodged against it.
There is possible legal action on the cards as this turns from compensation into a matter of principle for some farmers.
If iwi can take any lessons from LIC, it is not to wish too hard for what you want, because you may end up getting it.
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About the Author
As a child I made up fantasy lives for my paper dolls, never knowing that I would use these same creative skills later as a writer. I only knew that I became those dolls and lived their lives. Later came amateur stage shows for the neighborhood children to perform, my first Nancy Drew mystery, a one-act play, and finally a musical performed by high school students on an auditorium stage. From the Indian tepee that Santa brought when I was a ten-year-old, to the living room I've recently converted into my office, I'm still stretching the boundaries of my imagination.
After twenty years of working together, my husband and I sold our small-animal veterinary practice. Now he consults and practices part-time while I write full-time. Our three daughters are married, and we have grandchildren who always want Gran to tell them a story. And Gran always complies.
I wouldn't change a thing about my life, for my family is a living expression of the love I write about. When I create a romance for you, I'm telling stories of love and commitment, and I can't tell you how much pleasure I get from writing about happily ever after.
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Shares of Apple (AAPL) hit a new seven-month high of $513.23 earlier today, building on gains it saw last week, and outpacing the Nasdaq's gains (the only major index in the black at the moment).
One piece of news that could be helping the stock is that Apple has hired Jay Blahnik to work on its anticipated smartwatch, according to 9to5Mac. (This comes after last week's reports that Samsung Electronics (005930KS) would be unveiling its own watch-smartphone device, the Galaxy Gear, as early as September.)
Blahnik comes to Apple after consulting for companies as diverse as Gatorade and General Electric (GE), notes StreetInsider.com. However, perhaps most relevant to his new job is his time spent at Nike (NKE), where he worked on a number of the sporting gear giant's products, including the recent Fuel Band, the lightweight activity tracker that users wear on their wrists.
In addition, The Wall Street Journal is reporting that the company has asked assembler Hon Hai Precision Industry to ship two new iPhones next month: a high-end device as well as a lower-end version. The report cites anonymous sources close to the situation.


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What a tangled web this all becomes! We started with tobacco and alcohol, now the next step.
Let's tax soda because it's an influential cause of obesity, due to the sugar content. This would include the iced teas, etc. But the "diet" versions would be exempt.
Well, gee, why not also tax everything else that has sugar above "X"%? How about sugar itself?
Then we take that money & use it to pay part of the bill for expanding health care coverage.
While we're at it why not take a closer look at bacon, scrapple, high-fat beef cuts? Anybody interested in buying chicken futures?
The article would have us believe that the cigarette taxes are because our government cares about our health. I'd reserve judgment on that until I get an accounting of how our states spent those big bucks from the tobacco settlement cases. How much of the $ went into implementing stop smoking measures? Caring for those already diseased?
The extrapolations of this become very intriguing. That health care stuff ... if you're too overweight, smoke, or do other unhealthy things (let's not forget unprotected sex or sharing needles for illicit drugs) ... do you automatically get "taxed" in some way, like having some limitations put on the health care treatments? Extra income tax if you are overweight? (Japan fines people for waistline size!)
If they want to tax groceries, just do it awready, but don't try to tell me it's because they "care" about the constituencies. There is too much evidence that they really don't give a d%#$ about what their constiuencies think except when it comes to campaign sweet-talk.


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Sons of Anarchy Season Four Spoilers: What's Next For the Family and the Club?Steve Marsi at . Comments
Where did last night's gripping Sons of Anarchy season-ender leave our favorite motorcycle club, and what can we expect from one of our favorite shows going forward?
If you haven't read it, here's our take on the Sons of Anarchy season three finale. Read it and leave us comments with your thoughts. Now, let's look ahead to next year.
In a lengthy Q&A with E! Online, creator and show-runner Kurt Sutter talked about the changes the finale sets up for season four. Here are some notable excerpts ...
On how Jax is now going to operate differently than John did: "Jax was finding out that John's whole life was essentially a lie and that he was going to bail on it."
"His dad was going to bail on Gemma and had this kid with this other woman, and ultimately that he wasn't as strong a man as Jax had envisioned him to be."
"Jax is not running away, and he is committed to Tara, and he's not looking for something outside of the life. Obviously, the decisions that he makes put him deeper into the machinations of the club. He's distanced himself from the notion of trying to change things."
"Really, in a lot of ways, he's becoming more like his mother.On when season four will pick up: "There will be a gap in time. I haven't decided if we'll start with them in jail and getting out or if we'll begin with them already out of jail, but we're not going to spend half a season or a season in jail. Sons is not going to become Oz."
On what Charming will look like in 14 months: "It'll be a different Charming. There will be a new mayor and a new sheriff. The 21st century is going to land at SAMCRO's doorstep. It'll be interesting, because the 21st century will also bleed into their lives."
"The gun business will be exponentially bigger as a result of the Irish deal, so they themselves will be upgrading, but everything else around them will also be changing."
"Not that I'm thematically trying to make a big point in terms of all that, but Charming really has been Mayberry—it's been an anachronism, and in my mind, we'll start to see that shift, and how do they handle that shift. Do they try to throw the brakes on it?"
"Do they embrace it? What happens to the big fish when the pond gets bigger?"
On the club's struggling finances: "They've had a tough run, ever since Abel was born, between legal fees and everything else, but I do think that, as Clay said to Gemma, this is an opportunity for them to finish big. We'll see that start to happen."
On whether Kozik will stick around: "I love Kenny Johnson and I love the character, but I didn't vote him in was because I wanted to leave it up in the air a little bit. I thought it would have been too neat if they had all this conflict and then it just went away."
"Because we did spend so much time away from our core guys this season, next season I really want to find some great storylines for our guys. Kenny is such a great actor that I don't want to waste that on some little three-episode arc."
"If I can use him, then I really want to find a way to use him rather than have him reduced to one of the guys riding up on a bike.
On Happy's place in the cast: "I say this not in a judgmental or flip way, but really in a character way, that a little Happy goes a long way. Do you know what I mean?"
"Too much Happy storyline is overwhelming. The moment he had in the torture scene where everyone is appalled and he's smiling like a four-year-old, that's all you need."
"Happy is a little bit of the sociopath, and you don't like it to get too stereotyped or clichéd. But D.L. will definitely be around. I think he'll be in 9-10 episodes next season."
On the new prospects sticking around as well: "They're so unlikely in terms of this club! It's my experience that the more time I spend with the guys in this world, that actually it's the guys that never fit in that are the guys that are pledging clubs."
"That's why I love those two actors. They're funny without having to do much with them, and I imagine they'll be back ... we'll wait to have that play out."
On adding new gangs: "I don't know if we'll do any more MCs next year, but on The Shield every couple of seasons we would get bored with our clubs and gangs, and we'd introduce new ones, but I think some that we've introduced will come back."
On Lenny the Pimp: "Lenny was part of the First Nine; I think we talk about it in the iPad app - we have a whole thing coming out on the First Nine. The only ones still living are Clay (Ron Perlman), Piney (William Lucking) and Lenny."
On whether Tara is having a boy or not: "Uh ... I haven't decided on that, but I'll say this: It is the Sons of Anarchy."
On Trinity's role: "I don't know if it will be next season, but I think that at some point, perhaps, as the mythology continues to unfold, I think there might be an opportunity to bring her back. She was so much fun, and I thought Zoe did a great job."
On more Jax-Tara backstory: "We're not going to do flashbacks, but if there's a way to get out that information, like we did in season one with Stahl, in a way that makes sense and moves the story along whether it's narrative or just character, then yeah, I'm always hoping to reveal some of the mythology, I just don't know off-hand what that might mean in terms of season four."
Well? What do you think? Weigh in on all these Sons of Anarchy spoilers and share your own predictions for Season Four by leaving a comment below.
Steve Marsi is the Managing Editor of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Google+ or email him here.


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< Likes cyberpunk almost as much as Steam Punk.
v Prefers cyber goth over cyberpunk.
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< Was speaking Ancient Vorenese.
v Thinks I'm crazy.
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< Doesn't speak any ancient languages
v Can speak 2 languages
^ Sorta correct. English and very butchered German. Can recognize some ancient Egyptian hieroglyphics and Norse runes.
< Loves mythology of any ancient culture.
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^ Mythology is the bees knees.
< Is apparently 80 years old now.
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v can't read three languages!
^ Does she count languages I made up? Cause if so I read at least twenty.
< Likes smoothies
v prefers summer over winter
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Sagrada Familia Room with Terrace
Size20 m²
Floor No.5(with elevator)
- Kitchen
- Elevator in building
- Balcony/terrace
- Internet/WiFi
- Towels
- Dishwasher
- Family/child friendly
Accommodation summary
|Calle de Xifré, 08026 Barcelona, Spain
|Property type
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|Property ID
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Guests are given freedom to come and go as they please in this family apartment shared with the hospitable host and their 5 year old son. The host can offer guests lots of tips for visiting Barcelona.
The private bedroom features a double bed, and a large wardrobe with full-length mirrors. An extra fold-out bed can be provided (suitable for a child or small adult). The communal spaces include a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom with hairdryer and a comfortable living room.
Clot Metro Station is just a 5-minute walk away for quick connections to Plaça de Catalunya Square. Several buses provide connections to Barceloneta Beach. Alternatively, take a 30-minute stroll to the beach enjoying picturesque neighbourhoods on the way!
The safe neighbourhood offers supermarkets, shops and the Clot Market where guests can buy local produce. It also hosts Clot Park, a shopping centre and the unique Agbar Tower.
Towels are included in the price and these will change depending on the number of nights booked and the host itself. There shall be no change of towels on bookings under 4 nights.
House rulesSmoking is permitted on the terrace only.
Pets are not allowed
Bed linen and towels are provided.
Children under 6 years old stay for free.
Free Wi-Fi is included.
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Reviews of this property
everything was ok I recommend, great!
wszystko było ok. polecam, super!!!
Convenient location, not too far from the subway. Good bed and clean room. We were surprised by the lack of interaction with our hosts, it has not made us very comfortable. Despite the bad weather, the terrace we did not seem very appealing ... Beatrice and Yves
Lieu pratique, pas trop loin du métro. Lit bon et chambre propre. Nous avons été surpris par le peu d'échanges avec nos hôtes; cela ne nous a pas mis très à l'aise. Malgré le mauvais temps, la terrasse ne nous a pas semblé très attirante...
Béatrice et Yves
We stayed 6 days in Monica's appartment. She is a very nice person;
It's a quiet room, tidy and bathroom little small but is correct for a short stay.
Underground is very well accessible and the quarter is nice : many shops.
We were feeled easy.
We stayed a week at the home of Robert and Monica, from 30/12/12 to 05/01/13. We had a great time in the company of very nice also their 7 year old son. The house meets exactly the photos on Wimdu. Our room was right for our needs. The bed was comfortable and spacious closet. Handy wifi that works very well. It was a very positive experience, to live with the locals. We had the opportunity to Roberto and Monica about the customs and culture of Catalonia. Another way of life tourism. Thank you very much for your helpfulness and kindness. Come back to visit you as soon as possible, because Barcelona is a beautiful city!
Siamo stati una settimana a casa di Roberto e Monica, dal 30/12/12 al 05/01/13. Siamo stati benissimo, in compagnia anche del simpaticissimo loro figlio di 7 anni. La casa rispetta esattamente le foto su Wimdu. La nostra camera era giusta per le nostre esigenze. Il letto comodo e l'armadio spazioso.
Comodissima la connessione wifi che funziona molto bene. È stata un'esperienza veramente positiva, quella di vivere insieme a persone del luogo. Abbiamo avuto modo di approfondire con Roberto e Monica le usanze e la cultura della Catalogna. Un altro modo di vivere il turismo. Grazie di cuore per la disponibilità e gentilezza. Appena possibile torneremo a farvi visita, anche perché Barcellona è una città bellissima!
Monica and her boyfriend are very friendly and the room as the apartment are very good (and very well located). Thank you.
Monica et son ami sont très sympathiques et la chambre comme l'appart sont trés bien (et trés bien situé). Un grand merci.
Hy monica and roberto. Our stay at your home was fantastic! It was a plasend journeey! We will come ones more to barcelona. :) Your house is really lovely and you was always helping us for every time. The best thing was, that we could made the cookies in your kitchen (fantastic). Also the possibility to be abel to smoke on the terrase is very good.Many thanks for helping us because of our laguage problem. Even at the airoport, our bags are weight onely 17kg!!! We never will understand that. ;) As soon we was getting to our home in switzerland, we allready missed you and your fam. With dog. We wishes you all the best from the world and maybe see you again! Nadja and matea ;)
pictures in accordance with réalité.appartement clean, quiet neighborhood is calme.les owners are discreet and endorsements available. I recommend this place.
photos en accord avec la réalité.appartement propre,silencieux le quartier est calme.les propriétaires sont discrets,avenants et disponibles.
je recommande ce lieu .
Not sure what the definition of penthouse is in Spain but I am guessing it just means top floor apartment. It was ok but nothing special. The room we had was nice and the bed was large. Didn't see much of Monica but seemed like her boyfriend or ex-boyfriend was staing there too. He was nice but didn't speak much English. Cute old boxer dog hanging around which I don't think was mentioned in the original description. Didn't feel unwelcome, but certainly never felt completely comfortable with the situation. Location is ok but a little ways from city center. Near a good Metro stop.
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If you see pigeons on power lines and there is a bridge or overpass nearby there's a pretty darn good chance that's where they are roosting. Wait until after dark and head in with a fish net and a flashlight. Don't shine the light directly on them.....SCOOP em up!!
Here is my question......describe if you don't mind how you are using these pigeons for training? Clip wings? Use and keep alive for later reuse? Kill/freeze/thaw use???


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Anton M. Bennett, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology and of Comparative Medicine; Co-Director, Program in Integrative Cell Signaling and Neurobiology of Metabolism; Director, BBS Minority Affairs
Research Organizations
Comparative Medicine: Integrative Cell Signaling & Neurobiology of Metabolism (ICSNM)
Interdepartmental Neuroscience Program
Stem Cell Center, Yale: Tissue Specific Stem Cells
Vascular Biology and Therapeutics Program
Yale Cancer Center: Signal Transduction
Yale Core Center for Musculoskeletal Disorders
Research Summary
Research Focus:
Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases in Growth and Development.
The net cellular level of tyrosine phosphorylation is regulated by the intrinsic and opposing activities of protein tyrosine kinases (PTKs) and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs).
Protein tyrosine phosphorylation mediates numerous fundamental physiological events such as mitogenesis, differentiation, cell movement and apoptosis. Our laboratory is interested in how PTPs participate in the regulation of these cellular processes. In order to decipher how PTPs regulate mammalian cell signaling we use a broad range of approaches from molecular biology to mouse genetic strategies.
SH2 domain-containing PTPs - SHP-2.
SHP-2 is a ubiquitously expressed PTP containing tandem SH2 domains. We have been interested in understanding the role of SHP-2 in skeletal muscle growth and differentiation. We have shown that SHP-2 is critical for growth factor signaling in cultured muscle cells. The activity of SHP-2 also is important for cultured muscle cells to differentiate into multinucleated myotubes. Our research efforts are now focused on understanding the developmental and post-developmental roles of SHP-2 in skeletal muscle using mouse models.
In virtually all cases, the catalytic activity of SHP-2 is required for normal cellular function. However, the substrates that are dephosphorylated by SHP-2 are largely unknown. To identify SHP-2 substrates, we are using proteomic approaches in conjunction with mutants of SHP-2 that selectively bind to its substrate.
Mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) phosphatases - MKP-1.
The activation of the MAPKs is critical for the control of a multitude of biological processes. We are interested in how the MAPKs are regulated by a family of PTPs known as MAPK phosphatases (MKPs) that inactivate the MAPKs by dephosphorylation. We are using mouse genetic approaches to study the role of MKP-1 in vivo.
Integration of PTPs and calcium signaling pathways.
Calcium is an important mediator of intracellular signal transduction. We are interested in how PTPs integrate with calcium signaling pathways in the cytoplasm and nucleus. In order to study the integrated role of PTPs and calcium in the nucleus and cytoplasm, we have developed tools to selectively buffer calcium either in the nucleus or cytoplasm independently. We are employing these targeted calcium buffering tools to determine the compartmental affects of calcium on PTP function.
Extensive Research Description
Cell proliferation, cell differentiation and death are controlled by signaling pathways that are mediated by protein tyrosyl phosphorylation. The net cellular level of protein tyrosyl phosphorylation is regulated by the intrinsic and opposing activities of protein tyrosine kinases and protein tyrosine phosphatases (PTPs). Dysregulation of the net level of tyrosyl phosphorylation causes cancer, diabetes, cardiovascular disease and developmental abnormalities.
We focus our studies on how PTPs regulate cell signaling by controlling protein tyrosyl dephosphorylation. We are also exploring how PTPs participate in the pathogenesis of diseases such as obesity and diabetes, cardiovascular disease and developmental abnormalities. These research efforts are being accomplished by using integrated approaches that encompass cell biology, genetics, protein biochemistry, cell imaging and animal models. Our long-term research goals are to uncover the function of PTPs in order to identify whether these enzymes might serve as novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of human diseases.
Selected Publications
Low-dose dasatinib rescues cardiac function in Noonan syndrome
Yi, JS, Huang Y, Kwaczala A.T., Kuo, I.Y., Ehrlich, B.E., Campbell, S.G., Giordano, F.J., Bennett, A.M. (2016) JCI Insight, 1(20):e90220.
Mining the function of protein tyrosine phosphatases in health and disease
Lee, H., Yi, JS, Lawan, A., Min, K., Bennett AM. (2015) Semin Cell Dev Biol., 37:66-72
Improved Regenerative Myogenesis and Muscular Dystrophy in Mice lacking MKP-5
Shi, H., Verma, M., Zhang, L. Dong, C., Flavell, R.A., and Bennett, A. M. (2013), Improved Regenerative Myogenesis and Muscular Dystrophy in Mice lacking MKP-5, J. Clin. Invest., 123: 2064-2077.
Loss of MAP Kinase Phosphatase-1 protects from hepatic steatosis by repression of CIDEC/Fat-specific protein 27
Roth Flach, R.J., Zhang, and Bennett, A.M. (2011) Loss of MAP Kinase Phosphatase-1 protects from hepatic steatosis by repression of CIDEC/Fat-specific protein 27, J. Biol. Chem., 286: 22195-22202.
MAPK phosphatase-1 facilitates the loss of oxidative myofibers associated with obesity in mice
Roth, R.J., Le, A., Zhang, L., Samuel, V.T., Shulman, J., and Bennett, A.M., (2009) MAPK phosphatase-1 facilitates the loss of oxidative myofibers associated with obesity in mice. J. Clin. Invest., 119:3817-29.


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This time last year, Carl Schramm was pushed out the door as the head of Kansas City's largest foundation, The Kauffman Foundation. Founded by former Royals owner, entrepreneur and philanthropist Ewing Kauffman, the foundation is not just the city's largest, it is one of the 40 biggest foundations in the country.
Its mission is centered on entrepreneurship and education and for the better part of the last year its board has been looking for a new leader to move the foundation forward into the future. They announced just a few weeks ago that the future best lies in the hands of former DST CEO Tom McDonnell.
He's with us on the Local Show along with the new Chair of the Board, Jan Kreamer, who many may remember formerly ran the Community Foundation.
We also share the trailer from the documentary Something Ventured which was sponsored by The Kauffman Foundation and will be aired immediately following The Local Show on Thursday, January 10 at 8pm.


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Hear a report back from two Egyptian American activists and see new video from the front lines of the Egyptian Revolution. This forum will take place on the second anniversary of the revolution.
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I was asked by the local DU to build them a call for their DU Banquet. It's a Bocote pot with Crystal over glass, I used one of Shad's pic of *the ghost* on the soundboard. The striker is Oak/Dymondwood. Hope they like it. Scott
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Title: L. P. Cookingham
Description: Group portrait of L.P. Cookingham (far right) and other unidentified men associated with the construction of the Paseo Bridge.
Date: 1954
Item Type: Photograph, b/w
Collection: General Collection (P1), Bridges--Paseo, Number 45
Local Subject: Paseo Bridge; Bridges; Cookingham, L. P.
Digital Format: JPEG
Barcode: 10001484
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VIDEO: Gonzaga women win 12th straight
SPOKANE, Wash. - Haiden Palmer hit 10 of 15 shots and scored 27 points as No. 20 Gonzaga won its 12th straight by blitzing Loyola Marymount 88-51 on Saturday.
Since beating the Lions 91-82 in overtime on Jan. 23, the Bulldogs (22-3, 12-1 West Coast) have won by 30, 52, 35, 35 and 37 points.
The Bulldogs used a 12-0 run to take a 25-5 lead at the 11:25 mark. It was 46-20 at halftime when the Bulldogs shot 53.3 percent, including 5 of 10 3-pointers. The Lions were at 22.7 percent. Loyola had eight rebounds, Gonzaga eight offensive rebounds and 23 overall.
Taylor Anderson led the Lions (7-16, 4-8) with 11 points. LMU made 14 of 28 shots in the second half and still fell further behind.
Gonzaga now has a three-game lead over Saint Mary's and Brigham Young with five games to play to win their 10th straight WCC title.