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June, 2001
The presidential election of 2000 exposed numerous flaws in the United States' election procedures. Across the nation, polling mechanisms, the design of election ballots, voting rules, hours, and allocation of financial resources vary significantly between states and localities. In many jurisdictions utilizing older types of voting equipment (such as punch card machines) ballots are disqualified at significantly higher rates than in jurisdictions employing more accurate and reliable equipment (such as optical scan machines). In some states, it has been found that older machines are concentrated in poorer areas and result in statistically higher rates of disqualified votes for citizens of color, who tend to reside in these precincts. Moreover, due to the lack of legislative prioritization for funding of election administration, officials in many states and localities do not have the resources to hire adequate numbers of election workers and conduct meaningful voter education programs. Finally, in some instances, efforts to purge ineligible voters from registration rolls (including those who have died, moved, or been sentenced as felons) have resulted in the mistaken elimination of fully eligible voters from registration rolls. Election laws that place high burdens of proof on the voter, combined with inadequate checks and balances in these systems in place on Election Day, have made it difficult for such aggrieved voters to obtain redress.
Many citizens are particularly embittered over the alleged disenfranchisement of citizens of color during the 2000 presidential election. While the events in the state of Florida have received the most attention, the phenomenon is not limited to that state in particular. Along with the disqualifying of thousands of disputed ballots, there are unanswered questions about both access to the polls and the fairness of procedures for counting of votes. Many citizens of color harbor lingering resentment over this process, and echo the sentiment of Representative John Lewis (D-GA), who remarked, "I thought this was behind us." Allegations of voter disenfranchisement remind us of the vital importance of our government's obligations to vigorously enforce voting rights laws and ensure that all Americans have free, unfettered access to fulfill their right to a secret ballot.
Our tradition teaches us that the process of choosing leaders is not a privilege, but a collective responsibility. The Sage Hillel taught "Al tifros min hatzibur, Do not separate yourself from the community" (Pirke Avot 2:5). Rabbi Yitzhak taught that "A ruler is not to be appointed unless the community is first consulted" (Babylonian Talmud Berachot 55a). This ethic of political participation has guided Jews to enthusiastically participate in the American electoral process and is epitomized by our traditionally strong voter turnout. Jews also have placed a priority on voter education and registration efforts. In the past election cycle, the Reform Movement, through the Religious Action Center, took a lead role in this effort by publishing a "Get Out the Vote Program Plan and Action Manual," jointly with the Reconstructionist, Conservative, and Orthodox Movements. Moreover, given our historical role in the civil rights struggle, allegations of voter disenfranchisement compel us to speak out. It is our duty to ensure that all citizens are afforded the opportunity to vote and have their votes counted.
In order to restore confidence in the integrity and fairness of our nation's election process, government agencies at the federal, state and local levels must work together to evaluate the various components of our electoral system. They should take any necessary and appropriate steps to strengthen and/or change policy at the federal, state and local levels to ensure that all persons wishing to vote are given a meaningful opportunity to do so, and all votes determined to be valid in accordance with established fair standards are counted accordingly. Congress and other government agencies should assess approaches that aim to ensure fairness with regard to casting and counting of votes, including, but not limited to, the implementation of a uniform nationwide poll closing time and uniform standards for counting disputed ballots within individual states. Government agencies at the federal, state and local levels should also evaluate and undertake measures aimed at expanding voter registration, increasing voter participation and ensuring equal access to the polls for all Americans. Such measures could include, but are not limited to, weekend voting; mail-in ballots; establishment of Election Day as a holiday; and same-day voter registration.
For the Jewish community, the events surrounding the 2000 presidential election must be seen as a clarion call to civic duty. The impetus now exists for us to redouble efforts, individually and collectively, to increase voter registration and participation, and engage in legislative advocacy to ensure that vital election reform proposals are afforded serious consideration by our nation's elected officials.
Therefore, the Central Conference of American Rabbis resolves to:
Call on our member rabbis to take a leadership role within their congregations and communities in sponsoring nonpartisan voter registration and voter participation drives.


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For some unaccountable reason the tensity of her tone annoyed him.
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It was a sort of tensity that seemed to emanate from the general himself.
Night after night, with a tensity born of her struggle with her grief, she talked about her children.
The end was very near, and each hour became filled with a tensity of waiting for the silent summons.
He was quite pale, but she did not notice it or the tensity of his face; his audacity made her for the moment dumb.
She was again silent, but the locked grip told him of her tensity.
The writer must find for him words that will chime with the tensity and dramatic value of the situation.

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St Helier No 1
Sitting Deputies Paul Le Claire and Judy Martin retained their seats in St Helier No 1 District, with newcomer and Jersey Democratic Alliance member Trevor Pitman taking the third spot. The result was as follows:
Paul Le Claire: 634
Judy Martin: 601
Trevor Pitman: 487Nicholas Le Cornu: 406
Katy Ringsdore: 387
Brian Beadle: 229
Chris Whitworth: 144
Spoilt papers: 14
% poll: 25.5
Time declared: 10.08 pm
Seven candidates declared for the three seats in St Helier No 1 District.
Sitting Deputies Paul Le Claire and Judy Martin were joined by Brian Beadle, Nick Le Cornu, Trevor Pitman, Katy Ringsdore and Chris Whitworth. The other sitting Deputy in the district, Pat Ryan, stood for election in St John where he now lives, but was unsuccessful, losing to former Deputy Phil Rondel.
Trevor Pitman and Nick Le Cornu stood unsuccessfully in the recent Senatorial election, placing 11h and 16th respectively out of 21 candidates.
Brian Beadle (58)
Main concerns
The emissions from the incinerator and the smell from the composting site at La Collette. The extension of the land reclamation site, GST, and the Waterfront, will always be a hot topic in St Helier No 1.
Address: Les Chataigniers, Rue de la Monnaie, Trinity.
Occupation: Self employed director of modular housing importation company.
Proposers: Malcolm Le Boutillier, Susan de la Haye, Brendan Fogarty, Michael Emmanuel, Thomas Band, Pauline Routier, Paul Routier, Margaret Fogarty, Stuart Colley, Sonia Ahier-Kerr.
Deputy Paul Le Claire (45)
Main concerns
I will strive to progress Jersey's renewable energies sector especially in tidal power which can deliver hundreds of millions of pounds worth of revenue and new jobs to our Island. I have attended two major tidal power conferences in the last two years with the Environment Scrutiny Panel together with Deputy Duhamel. I now believe that I am very well informed on this important subject. I am also in contact with key organisations and individuals that can deliver this industry within the next ten years and I wish to be a part of this exciting future industry for us all.
Address: 18 Garden Lane, St Helier.
Occupation: States Member.
Proposers: Roger Benest, Vincent Thorne, Eve Clifford, William Clifford, Demetrios Venizelou, Rebecca Gavriel, Yiannis Gavriel, Ray Algar, John Perchard, Yvonne Perchard.
Nick Le Cornu (50)
Mr Le Cornu declined to respond to a request for his main concerns.
Address: Flat 4, 23 Havre des Pas, St Helier.
Occupation: Lawyer.
Proposers: Raymond McCredie, Peter McMurray, Edward McGarragle, Celia Da Silva, Paul Newington, Melvyn Jones, Julie Barras, Francis Cantrell, Amelia Siddall, Daid Christian.
Deputy Judy Martin (51)
Main concerns
The Waterfront – we need to look again at the masterplan in the light of changing financial circumstances and the effect on the Island and the serious disruption that would be caused by the sunken road. I support the creation of a Town Park but will fight the building of an 800-place commuter car park at Ann Court as this will be detrimental to the daily lives of residents. I will work to promote more recycling and a smaller incinerator. I will fight for more youth and community facilities and I will support the law change so that honorary police from other parishes can assist St Helier officers on busy Friday and Saturday nights to keep St Helier safe for residents.
Address: 75 Grasett Park Estate, Georgetown.
Occupation: States Member
Proposers: Mary Costigan, Dolores Davey, Malcolm Motie, Stephen Levy, Francis Cantrell, Charles Blampied, Brian Garry, Terry Riley, Alan Cooper, James Rodden.
Trevor Pitman (48)
Main concerns
I share the following principles with my JDA colleagues:
• Fair taxation – an end to GST within three years.
• Government and election reform.
• Population / immigration control to protect the town from overdevelopment.
• Social justice – review of Income Support is urgently needed.
Additionally, I will work with others to resolve the issues (smell and nuisance) arising from the La Collette composting site. I remain opposed to the States commitment to a massive high-cost incinerator over smaller modular alternatives. I will continue to promote vastly improved recycling rates. Push for Waterfront refocus on people – not office development.
Address: Siboney, Nouvelles Charriéres, St John.
Occupation: Youth worker.
Proposers: Christian Robertshaw, James Loader, Stephanie Marchant, Isabelle Sauvey, Andrew Gordon, Nicola Brown, Theodore Paftis, Elsie Wilson, Nicholas Corbel, Samuel Wilson.
Katy Ringsdore (24)
Main concerns
• Support for the people who need training and development to help them be more self sufficient.
• Work with transport and technical services to implement the incinerator in the most efficient and environmentally friendly manner possible.
• Improve communication between St Helier No 1 district and ministerial government to ensure that our parish is well represented.
Address: 7 Hautmont House, Mont Millais, St Helier.
Occupation: Runs a marketing and communications business.
Proposers: Helen Barker, Jane Henderson, Victoria Vawser, Melissa Marshall, Paul Routier, Nina Ince, Michael Emmanuel, Marie Perchard, Andy Le Seelluer, Catherine Lockhart.
Chris Whitworth (42)
Main concerns
We need to redesign the Waterfront for affordable homes and tourist attractions. We must abandon the toxic ash producing incinerator planned for La Collette and investigate much greener methods for dealing with waste. The smelly compost operation should be relocated to the north of the Island.
We need to stop population growth and seriously rethink the finance district blocks at the Esplanade. Car parking needs to be addressed with the introduction of residents parking schemes and low cost retailers must be encouraged to the town. District 1 also incorporates Fort Regent which should be upgraded with facilities for teenagers.
Address: Evanston, Green Street, St Helier.
Occupation: building maintenance manager
Proposers: Malcolm Motie, David Wood, Evelyn McVay, Michael Warstat, Gary Gales, Derek Blampied, Robert Salkeld, Amanda Le Boutillier, Roselle Le Moignan, Geoffrey Whitworth


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Wednesday, November 9, 2011
fash•ion (fash-uh n) | leopard
29 comments:
- Tiffany said...
Oooh, what a great thrifted find! I love it!
- November 11, 2011 at 8:58 PM
- The Daily Fashionista said...
Hehe..I thought that sweater was the UO sweater!!! Till you mentioned it:) Sweet find!!
- November 11, 2011 at 9:01 PM
- Healthy and Homemade said...
Oh my gosh! LOOOOOVE the sweater, plus you thrifted it? Fantastic =D
- November 11, 2011 at 9:13 PM
- No Guilt Fashion said...
I love this sweater, can't believe you thrifted it. I wouldn't have guessed that. The scarf is a nice touch too.
- November 11, 2011 at 10:07 PM
- eek said...
I have a pair of leopard flat that I wear the hell out of and have had forever, but don't have any printing clothes. If I could find something like you did, I would be all over it!
- November 12, 2011 at 5:23 AM
- lisa - archives vintage said...
don't you LOVE finding something you love for next to nothing, and then seeing crazy prices on similar, new stuff? so satisfying :)
i thrifted an awesome oversized leopard sweater last year and SOLD it....ugh, still kicking myself!
- November 12, 2011 at 7:53 AM
- My Posh Jeans said...
I really love this sweater. You're inspiring me to get something animal print :) What a great find!
- November 12, 2011 at 9:50 AM
- Alyssa said...
I love leopard! For the last few years, I just seem to be adding a piece here and a piece their to my wardrobe. Its my favorite print!
- November 12, 2011 at 10:10 AM
- LyddieGal said...
Oh nice find! I love leopard print, I have to say it took me a little while to ease into the idea that I could in fact wear it, but once I crossed over, well lets just say I'm never looking back.
Chic on the Cheap
- November 12, 2011 at 10:17 AM
- Kimberly said...
You thrifted that sweater??!! WOW, what a find!! It is gorgeous and so on trend (plus I love that it is white based vs. the standard camel leoaprd).
- November 12, 2011 at 8:20 PM
- downtownchicagobarbie said...
Totally great find! I've been looking for a leopard sweater while I've been thrifting but refuse to pay full price for one at the store. Could you tell me what thrift store you shop at?
- November 12, 2011 at 8:38 PM
- dusanabotswana said...
Wow that really is sooo similar to the UO one, which makes your awesome thrifting find a million times cooler! And makes me love you even more, so cool how you showed them together, keep up the awesome secondhand shopping girl : )
I always always thought the leopard print wasn't for me but have been eying it lately.
- November 13, 2011 at 12:59 AM
- CottonCandyINK said...
wow not only does it look great but it was a great find at a great price!
thanks for stopping by my blog, hope you come back soon!
- November 13, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- Johanna said...
Good find! That sweater is adorable on you!
- November 13, 2011 at 11:04 AM
- Lora said...
I usually try to ignore trends, but I've been a total sucker leopard print. This sweater is such as awesome thrift store find! I like it even better than U.O.'s.
- November 13, 2011 at 12:08 PM
- TaraMixandMatch said...
I absolutley love leopard print...and your sweater is gorgeous, can't believe the price...great find!
Mix and Match Fashion
- November 13, 2011 at 2:03 PM
- Grace, Money Smart Fashion said...
love this sweater! and totally have felt the same way about animal prints in the past.
- November 13, 2011 at 5:13 PM
- Bonnie said...
Leopard print = LOVELOVELOVE.
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- November 13, 2011 at 6:19 PM
- liz said...
You look so cute and cozy! Also your blush is just the perfect shade!
- November 13, 2011 at 6:39 PM
- HeyDahye said...
That is great thrifting!!! It fits really well too.
- November 13, 2011 at 9:47 PM
- bevy said...
for me, leopard never goes out of style! great top. and a great price too!
- November 13, 2011 at 9:51 PM
- laura said...
That is an awesome find! I don't have that many leopard prints, or animal prints, for that matter. But I'd like to get more leopard in my wardrobe!
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- November 13, 2011 at 10:18 PM
- skippysays said...
I gotta say I'm still in the "leopard print is not my style" camp, but I think it looks awesome on you!
- November 14, 2011 at 12:03 AM
- Elle Sees said...
I want a leopard cardi
- November 14, 2011 at 8:03 AM
- Piper Alexander said...
Your thrifted sweater - much nicer than the UO one. Love this look!
- November 14, 2011 at 9:58 AM
- Mel said...
Great find on the sweater! I'm loving a leopard scarf I bought recently.
- November 14, 2011 at 10:26 AM
- Amanda Nguyen said...
oh my goodness...SUCH bold leopard print, and you wear it SO WELL!! LOVE!
you look so cozy chic!!
- November 14, 2011 at 2:39 PM
- SassyUptownChic said...
You look CUTE in leopard! I call the sweater you're wearing snow leopard. SO COOL! I've embraced it in bits. Scarves and I'm waiting on these $250 J. Crew leopard ballet flats to go down in price. I don't know how I missed all your posts Tabitha. Blogger reader can be horrible at times. :(
- November 15, 2011 at 1:33 PM
- FashionAddict said...
OMG, I want that sweater SO BAD! You look FANTASTIC! And the fact that you got it for a steal makes it that much sweeter. :)
- November 16, 2011 at 2:54 PM


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The Council on Foundations, in partnership with Amgen, Inc., ArcelorMittal, Dow Chemical Company Foundation, Eli Lilly& Company Foundation, General Mills Foundation, ING Foundation, Intel Foundation, Kaiser Permanente, and Medtronic, Inc., today released Increasing Impact, Enhancing Value Corporate Practitioner's Toolkit. The Toolkit provides strategic planning assessments, tools, resources and case study samples to help practitioners enhance the impact of corporate giving and foundation programs and build internal support with senior leaders. It is a companion resource supporting the principles detailed in Increasing Impact, Enhancing Value: A Practitioners Guide to Leading Corporate Philanthropy.
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Bacaro hires Fabio Flagiello
Bacaro Venetian Taverna already boasts a winning DeKuyper Mix Master bartender in Ken Kody. And now it has a new chef: Fabio Flagiello.
Flagiello trained in Italy and France, and worked in restaurants in Los Angeles and San Francisco. During his time in L.A., he consulted with the film industry on culinary matters, including Tony Shalhoub's character in Big Night. (Of course, Shalhoub also had some inside help from his brother, a longtime Denver waiter.) Flagiello is also a triathlete and Iron Man competitor, and interested in the balance between both great- tasting and healthful meals -- which would seem to make a restaurant in Boulder, at 921 Pearl Street, a perfect spot.
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Is there a bootcamp like physical training that includes guns/firearms as well. Run run, over hill, over the logs, up the wall, through the sand - shoot at targets. Run more, hike with backpack, do a drill with gun while moving.
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Professor Pundits: Will Women Decide the Presidential Race?
According to the latest polls, the presidential race is tightening and the gender gap is closing. Obama has held a strong lead among women voters, but that lead seems to be vanishing, and the reasons might surprise you. Middlebury professors Matt Dickinson and Bert Johnson discuss these issues, the electoral map and advertising strategy in the final weeks of the campaign. If you have questions about the presidential campaign, email Matt and Bert at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Whereas the job of most drives is to read and write information, the job of the PlexEraser is to destroy it and destroy it beyond all recovery.
Unlike conventional disc shredders the PlexEraser doesn't physically break up the disc but instead uses a powerful laser to burn away segments of data making the disc unreadable. It is compatible with all types of DVD plus and minus media are compatible as well as CD-R/RW, though RAM discs get to live another day.
A bright orange interior to the drive is coupled with an idiot-proof warning message: "WARNING: Data and disc destruction" so any accidental disc slaughtering is completely your fault and you should sit in a corner wearing a hat with a large D on it. Once destroyed (which takes approximately three minutes) busted media is separated from operational discs by three concentric circles burned into the data side.
Plextor is marketing the PlexEraser primarily at security conscious organisations like financial institutions, government departments, the military, research establishments, Spode's midget porn collection, etc but I have a feeling that it will catch on with delusional paranoid cautious citizens out there too.
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As everyone already knows the two Bollywood celebrities have enemies for quite some time now. They always speak bad one about the other. At the show 'Koffee with Karan' Kareena Kapoor made a nasty comment regarding the accent of Priyanka Chopra. After this scene all seemed to be changing between the two old enemies.
However just a few days ago they made the announcement that they are willing to bury the old hatchet of war and try to become friends. This happened at the famous Mumbai Police Mela at Andheri event where, both Kareena and Priyanka, decided to be friends.
At the event item girl Priyanka was doing the song 'Desi Girl' with both Shahrukh Khan and Saif Ali Khan. She decided to invite her former foe Kareena to join them on the stage. When Bebo got there she and Piggy Chops hugged and performed together.
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Glossary of terms relevant to relational aggression, cyberbullying, bullying, and normative beliefs.
Topics: Cyberbullying
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FactSheet about Cyberbullying
Topics: Cyberbullying
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An overview of cyberbullying resources, internet/cell phone contracts, and conversation starters to help parents communicate with their children about cyberbullying.
Topics: Respond to Bullying, Cyberbullying
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A Not In Our School Campaign (NIOS) is an ongoing commitment to empower students to create safe and inclusive environments that are free of bullying, anti-gay harassment, bigotry, racism, and all forms of intolerance. This is a four page guide to starting a Not In Our School Campaign (NIOS. The NIOS website http://www.niot.org/nios/about has an array of inspiring films and lesson guides (available to stream at no cost) with examples of schools that have initiated similar campaigns.
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Our FREE, downloadable Teacher's Aide Resource Kit and Video Guide were prepared in conjunction with the NEA HIN and True Educator, Inc. These materials promote tolerance and respect with the goal of eradicating bullying from schools and society. Based on the film "That's What I Am", they provide you with powerful and proven information and tools for discussing bullying with students. Starring Academy Award®-nominated Ed Harris, Chase Ellison, WWE Superstar Randy Orton and Amy Madigan, "That's What I Am" is a moving and thought-provoking look at the insidious ways bullying can affect people of all ages—and how to overcome those effects. The Teacher's Aide Resource Kit and Video Guide includes: - Nine Thematic Lesson Plans (Courage, Responsibility, Dignity, Friendship, Advocacy, Resiliency, Empathy, Identity and Morality) with specific instructional activities and Student Activity Sheets. - Synopsis and clips from the film "That's What I Am", which is the foundation of this Teacher's Aide. - A robust Teacher Planning Section with essential questions aligned to the film's major themes and principles, a National Education Standards tie-in chart, and a comprehensive interdisciplinary Unit Framework. - A reproducible Reflective Journal for students to use throughout the program.
Topics: Prevention, Respond to Bullying, Kids, Schools, Youth Development
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"It's My Life," the PBS Kids website for tweens, offers children ages 8 to 12 a variety of information and interactivity about bullies, including polls, printables, and a "Beat the Bully" game. Covers topics such as "Who's A Target," "Are You A Bully?," "Innocent Bystanders," and "Online Bullying."
Topics: Respond to Bullying, Kids
For more info please visit http://pbskids.org/itsmylife/friends/bullies/index.html
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BFF (Be a Friend First) a title selected by middle school girls, was created to help them develop healthy relationship skills, understand relational aggression, and learn about conflict resolution and bullying prevention. Based on Girl Scouts of the USA's aMAZE! Journey leadership curriculum, the activities and content in BFF are correlated to national and state standards, particularly character education, service learning, and written communication skills. Girls begin BFF by understanding how to develop healthy friendships. They then learn to deal with relational aggression and bullying in their own relationships. Finally, they lead with friendship in their schools and communities by taking action to prevent bully behavior. BFF is tailored to girls' specific interests and needs. It is based on extensive research on girls' relationships and bullying behavior, conducted by the Girl Scout Research Institute, as well as focus groups with middle school girls from across the country. BFF was developed to address girl-bullying specifically, and during the years when it is most prevalent. Facilitated by trained community volunteers in middle schools, faith or community-based settings, BFF is designed to create opportunities for girls to share their experiences, gain skills for developing meaningful friendships through games and role plays, and practice resolving conflict in healthy ways. Importantly, girls will work on a project of their own design to address bullying in their schools or larger communities. This is a key part of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience—taking action to make the world a better place—an empowering experience for girls on this or any issue! BFF Sample Eight Session Overview • First Impressions in the Maze • Navigating Friendships • Cliques and Conflicts • Caution: Bullies Straight Ahead • Let Peace Begin with You • Improving Relationship and the World • Toward Peace: Take Action! • Pass it Forward BFF is free of charge and schools and community groups need only contact their local Girl Scout Council (www.girlscouts.org/councilfinder/) to initiate program and partnership. Print resources in English or Spanish are available to volunteers interested in facilitating the program and can be obtained from the local Council or online via the BFF facilitator community: http://gsuniv.org/BFFfacilitators/. Additional online games, quizzes, activities and videos for girls are available at: http://forgirls.girlscouts.org/BFF/. For more information and video stories, go to: www.girlscouts.org/program/journeys/BFF/default.asp.
Topics: Prevention, Respond to Bullying, Kids, Schools, Cyberbullying, Youth Development, Healthy Relationships
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Bullying is, of course, nothing new. But these days, in addition to the schoolyard brawls, name-calling and direct intimidation that countless generations have faced, kids have to deal with the far-reaching consequences of cyber-bullying—when a youngster is tormented, threatened, harassed, humiliated and targeted on the Internet, social media or mobile devices. That's why today's parents need to be more concerned and vigilant than ever. If you know, or suspect, that your child is being bullied, you're undoubtedly wondering what you can do. Even if you've spoken to your child's teachers and principal, you may feel that that wasn't enough. You have questions, you want information, and you need support. That's why we've collected valuable resources and tools for you right here. Please take a few moments to explore the information in the link provided and then show your child that they can count on you.
Topics: Prevention, Respond to Bullying, Kids, Schools, Cyberbullying, Youth Development, Healthy Relationships
For more info please visit http://www.beastaralliance.org/parents
|How to UnMake A Bully 2: Bystanders
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This is the sequel to a movie your website already endorses. It empowers kids not to be passive bystanders, and gives them skills on how to become part of active bullying prevention. It won the Silver Telly award, and is being used in schools all over the world.
Topics: Prevention, Kids, Schools
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We are teaming up with Kaplan Test Prep to offer a free computer-based, fully adaptive practice GMAT in our computer lab in UIC's Douglas Hall from 9:30am-1:30pm. Attendees will receive their scores immediately, as well as a breakdown of several test questions and time management tips.
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Grossman showed flashes of being the man to lead the offense in three starts last year. The influx of new talent around Grossman will help him make the adjustment to being the man from day one of mini-camp, which runs Friday through Sunday.
New right tackle John Tait gives Grossman another blocker to protect him as well as open up holes in the running game. The addition of Thomas Jones gives the Bears a speed threat out of the backfield.
Jerry Angelo has put his efforts in free agency towards filling holes on the offense. Still there are questions to answer at multiple positions. Some of the areas might be addressed in free agency or next month's draft, but at this point this is how wide receiver, right guard and left tackle breakdown.
The biggest unknown is left tackle. Smith is content to go with Qasim Mitchell, who has two career starts. The combination of an inexperienced left tackle and quarterback could lead to trouble, but Smith feels the only thing Mitchell lacks is a chance.
"First off, my idea on playing guys that have never played: If you like the talent, they have to start sometime," Smith said. "We like his talent. So we think we'll be OK."
Although there is a chance that Ephraim Salaam could sign with the Bears, the tackle rejected the Bears first contract offer.
Mike Gandy, the 2003 opening day starter at left tackle, looks to be the favorite to replace Chris Villarrial. The free agent departure of Villarrial shouldn't hurt the Bears because Gandy will move back to his natural position of guard.
Smith said that David Terrell is the top choice to start opposite Marty Booker heading into mini-camp. Terrell has spent the majority of his three years with Chicago behind Booker at flanker, which became a sore spot under the previous regime.
Booker is looking to bounce back from an injury plagued 52-reception campaign. Justin Gage and Bobby Wade contributed in their rookie campaigns and will get even more time this year. In the new offense there will be situations where one of them could get the start in a three-receiver set.


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text: Culture 22 August 2011 Contesting Democracy: Political Ideas in 20th-Century Europe Europe's struggle for popular sovereignty. Sign up for our weekly email * Contesting Democracy: Political Ideas in 20th-Century EuropeJan-Werner MüllerYale University Press, 304pp, £25 Is the voice of the people the voice of God? Or is it the voice of fallible mortals, capable of evil as well as good? Conflict between these two positions, as Jan-Werner Müller shows in this fine study of the impact of mass democracy on European political cultures, has been a leitmotif of Europe's history since the First World War. In 1914, France was the sole democracy among the great states of Europe. In Britain, only 60 per cent of adult males could vote in parliamentary elections. Though the imperial German Reichstag was elected by universal male suffrage, the system as a whole was not remotely democratic. Russia was still a patrimonial autocracy. The Austro-Hungarian empire was barely a state, and no democracy. Then came the mass mobilisations, shared sacrifices and swollen states of the first total war in history. Everywhere, the relationships between people and rulers were transformed. In 1918, Britain acquired a more or less democratic form of suffrage. The three land empires of central and eastern Europe - belonging to Germany, Russia and Austria-Hungary - disappeared. Germany acquired an ultra-democratic constitution, savaged by an irreconcilable nationalist right and a purportedly revolutionary left. Russia was subsumed in the increasingly brutish Soviet Union, which claimed to incarnate the destiny of the proletarian masses throughout the world. Across Europe, a rash of raw and insecure new nation states emerged, equipped with flags, armies, customs posts and, in most cases, allegedly democratic constitutions. In the Soviet Union, the old elite were murdered or exiled. Elsewhere they had to accommodate themselves to the disconcerting arrival of the masses on the political stage. Müller makes it clear that they made a hash of it. An astonishing array of great names flits through his pages - Max Weber, Georges Sorel, G D H Cole, Harold Laski, Otto Bauer, Antonio Gramsci, Carl Schmitt - as well as a host of lesser figures. None of them found satisfactory answers to the great questions of the hour. In the age of mass democracy, who or what was the demos? And who would equip the masses to discharge their awesome new responsibilities? In Joseph Stalin's Soviet Union, Adolf Hitler's Germany and Benito Mussolini's Italy, the regimes' answers were only too clear. For Stalinists, the demos was the proletariat. The party state would bring the masses up to scratch; its authority came from its unique grasp of the laws of history. For the Nazis and Fascists, the demos was the Volk, the ethnos, the tribe. The role of tutor to the masses belonged to the charismatic, all-seeing Führer or Duce. The democracies, however, had no clear answers. In well-established states such as Britain and France, the composition of the demos was not in doubt. It was the citizens of the state; and citizenship was territorial, not tribal. In the new states of east-central Europe, national boundaries often cut across ethnic lines. Despite paying lip-service to universal democratic values, majority-ethnic communities could hardly fail to think of themselves as the true demos, and the minorities as second-class citizens. The Polish demos meant Poles, not Jews; the Czechoslovak demos meant Czechs and Slovaks, not Germans. In old states as well as new ones, rival solutions to the perennial democratic dilemma - how to ensure that popular government is not overwhelmed by self-destructive populism - battled it out in an atmosphere of anguish and acrimony. The end result was cruelly ironic. The totalitarian dictatorships invented a fictitious people and then identified themselves with it. No one in Hitler's Germany or Stalin's Soviet Union worried about the people's fitness to rule. For Nazis, the people were the Volk and the Volk was embodied in the Führer; for Stalinists, the people were the proletariat and the proletariat's vehicle was the party. In the democracies, politicians and intellectuals of all stripes confronted real people and worried endlessly about their political capacities. Almost everyone agreed that liberalism was obsolete. Equally, hardly anyone thought that the masses should be left to their own devices. As David Lloyd George put it, they were "molten", waiting to be stamped on. If the wrong people did the stamping, democracy might devour itself. Who were the right people? According to Müller, the only workable answer came from the Swedish Social Democrats with their smug ideal of a communitarian "people's home", in which the prime minister went to work by tram. Müller's rich and subtle account of interwar Swedish social democracy is one of the best things in this book, but I have one quarrel with him - he says nothing about the British Conservative Party. Under Stanley Baldwin, Britain's Conservatives were the most successful political force in any large democracy between the wars. They also left an impression on British political culture that lasted until the 1970s and devised a governing philosophy of social inclusion and class co-operation that was uncannily akin to the Christian Democratic philosophies that shaped the politics of much of western Europe after 1945. The hallmark of postwar Christian Democracy was reconciliation. The European project that reconciled battered France with prostrate Germany was its work. Of the four figures who spearheaded the project - Jean Monnet, Alcide de Gasperi, Konrad Adenauer and Robert Schuman - the last three were Christian Democrats. Their achievement was one dimension of something much greater: a historic reconciliation between the Roman Catholic Church and the ideals of the French Revolution that made possible the collaborative capitalism of postwar Germany and Italy. Even today, it is the ideological bedrock of the European Union. Müller shows that the lion's share of the credit belongs to the "personalist", social Catholic teaching that provided the moral compass of postwar Christian Democracy. Though Müller does not say so, Baldwin and his colleagues were reconcilers, too. They abandoned the harsh, divisive Tory nationalism that the Conservatives had espoused before 1914, in favour of an evolutionary, Whiggish gradualism that went back to Edmund Burke. In doing so, they became the refuge of choice for Liberals displaced by their party's splits during and after the war. That, in turn, enabled them to dish the Labour Party at least as thoroughly as the postwar Christian Democrats dished the secular left. In the end, Burkean gradualism and personalist social Catholicism both came to grief. Neither had the intellectual creativity or the political fortitude to withstand the neoliberal tide that swept across the globe in the past 30 years. Angela Merkel's Germany, Silvio Berlusconi's Italy and David Cameron's Britain are not islands of reconciliation in a hostile sea. Yet the records of Gerhard Schröder's Social Democrats in Germany, Tony Blair's Third Way in Britain and Romano Prodi's Olive Tree coalition in Italy do not suggest that the left would do any better. If Müller's story has a single moral, it is that the right has repeatedly beaten the left in the continuing battle to determine the content of European democracy. Across Europe, the great challenge for the left is to confront, explain and overcome that brute reality. The tragedy is that it has not yet begun to do so. David Marquand's latest book is "The End of the West: the Once and Future Europe" (Princeton University Press, £16.95) Subscribe from just £1 per issue This article first appeared in the 22 August 2011 issue of the New Statesman, The answer to the riots? More


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The current impasse in Turkey between those seeking to half construction of a mall began when activists took over a park in order to demonstrate their anger at the increasing autocratic behavior of Prime Minister Recep Erdogan. It has since escalated into violent confrontations because Erdogan believes he is defending the government of Turkey. Several Turkish trade unions announced they would go on strike in order to demonstrate support for those fighting to defend Gezi Park against destruction. Police stood guard over Taksim Square to prevent activists from entering the area in order to continue their protest.
There is no doubt some unionists who protest a government decision to build a mall will be punished, if not arrested for daring to make clear support for activists. Erdogan has lost credibility as an international leader, but he definitely has boosted his ego.


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I believe the pricing guide for the 2014 X3 here is out of date.
Jon doesn't accept PMs, so unable to send him a message requesting it replaced with the latest.
What's the process to have it updated? Thank you.
In this thread I posted a scanned copy from what my dealer gave me in late march. I believe it is the most up to date
Perfect! Thanks so much, Durkis. :D
By the way, were you able to get "ZDB Driver Assistance Plus"?
BMW's internal website was complaining of a (weird) conflict and not allowing addition of "Drivier Assistance Plus" with "Cold Weather Package" selected.
I was unable to get drivers assistance plus with the cold weather package. The conflict is the heated steering with the lane departure
It's a shame I really would have liked the lane departure
Thank you!!
I think there is a conflict of heated steering and lane departure because there is only so much they can put in the steering wheel. Lane departure vibrates the steering wheel.
I am new to bimmerfest. I have ordered a new 2014 BMW X3 and is awaiting its delivery :)
This is what I ordered for $45,245 + tax
2014 BMW X3 28i, Deep Sea Blue Metallic with Wood Trim
Driver's assistance Package
Lighting Package
Panaromic Moonroof
Heated Front Seats
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I am going to see the Bentley after lunch on Monday. Around 1-2PM. Worst case scenario I will head over there Tuesday around the same time.
If anyone would like to join me please PM me and we can kick the tires together.
All things considered I still think it is a really bad idea to get the Bentley but you guys are egging Vad on like my son eggs me on to throw a full bottle of lighter fluid into the grill so he can see what happens.
Considering that M is straight and not salvaged and it actually runs and drives well I'd definitely pick it over the Bentley if it will pass a PPI on the engine/trans department. At least he has a bomb proof S52 and an overall reliable convertible sled to take out on the weekends.
Sometimes I am similar to Vad in some of my purchase decisions and I have been hit over the head enough times and now I pick my battles a bit better.
My M started on first crank after sitting untouched under a cover for almost 6 months without a battery tender. Cleaning it up tomorrow and possibly taking it to next weekends Nor Cal GTG. Look, the Bent M is still kicking:


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Best unmodded amp boards for price/performance
Hi guys. I would like to say goodbye to two old (and huge) sony receivers and replace them with small efficient class d amps. I'm fine with wiring jacks but I've never soldered anything before so I would prefer prebuilt amp boards that sound good without mods. No set watt per channel requirements but I would like to drive low sensitivity speakers to fill a basement with sound if need be. I've done some research here on the different amp kits (hifimediy TK2050, LJM IRS2092, connexelectronic TA2022/3020) but I'd like some real world opinions and recommendations since I can't try before I buy. Ideally I'd like to keep each amp + power supply under $100 but I'm flexible. I see lots of good priced boards on ebay from china but I'm guessing thats a gamble without mods?
Don't where you're located, so the thru-the-hole kits at 41hz.com might good if you're a fair hand with the solder iron. As they say, they're a nice piece of kit. :)
For turnkey, Parts Express has the tk2050 in their DTA-100a, but some folks are down on them for the issues with the DTA-100 (previous iteration). They do carry Sure class D boards ready to go if you have an enclosure and power supply sourced as well.
I have bought a bunch of chip amps,lm3886 and several others ,mostly simple to get going if you can wire everything together,you have to get a transformer and connect it to a power supply or buy a board that has the bridge on it, surelectronics has some D class amps I have 2 of the 4 channel working in a 3 way active crossover setup works good ,it and the power supply are under a 100 on ebay ,and the sound it's good ,other setups are going to cost more so performance = cost, one of the 2 x600 would be plenty,get a volume control with the kit.
Find some that match or will power your speakers and your there!
good luck!
Try the HiFiMeDIY boards
At a slightly higher cost than the Sure boards, HiFiMeDIY has some very good sounding boards. Stock they sound much better than a lot of even very good class AB amps, modded they can sound spectacular. I waded through about six different types of Tripath type boards and found these to be the best sounding, particularly when driven by a 24V battery supply, which IME far surpasses the sound from most available SMPS.
Hi Jack,
I went to the site and looked at the boards,the first thing I read is the first batch is still not working right? I bought some sure boards that were dying due to heatsink problems,it this what's going on with these boards,Heatsink compound fixed mine,and I would like to try a pair of those but not until some research and what mods do you recommend and for what board,
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IfA=340°, prove that
2cosA/2 = -(v1+sinA) - (v1-sinA)
Steve, drwls and I have answered quite a few of your questions based on the same type of trig expansions in the last few weeks.
You have not given a single sign showing any effort on your part to solve these problems.
Show us how far you got in solving these problems and perhaps we can give you a hint on how to continue.
There is also no indication that you have even looked at our solutions to your problems.
Good comment, Reiny. I generally eschew working on homework dumps, but I have always enjoyed the many ways trig functions can be combined. Some of those tan-sec identities in the previous batch stumped me, though. Today's problems were pretty straightforward.
Still, Kewal, it would be nice to see that after all this time you have some idea where to start. Show us some effort, even if it's totally wrong, and we'll set you straight. Unless I happen to have some quiet time, I probably won't be tackling any more of these without some sign of participation from you.


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The trial of Scooter Libby is providing some pretty revealing insight into the mindset of the Washington press. This Sunday's Meet the Press featured an unabashed series of self-glorifications that make it no wonder the general public is turning elsewhere to get its news. The pedestal that the press places itself upon has grown so high now that they appear to believe themselves, at last, above the law.
Tim Russert's disastrous dance with Libby attorney Theodore Wells last week left him gun-shy enough to allow Howard Kurtz to frame the discussion. Kurtz began by expressing sympathy for Russert's position on the witness stand, describing Russert as 'cautious, hesitant, as anybody would be.' There was no criticism of Russert's failed memory, no suggestion of the responsibility of a journalist whose statements may end up sending a man to prison. Instead, Kurtz chastised those outside the beltway that have become deluded with the idea that the Washington press is in fact part of the political game:
"And I think that the people out there who don't follow this all that closely think that we have become part of the club, too much the insiders. And that is a problem for journalism."
Listen closely to what Kurtz doesn't say- he doesn't say that becoming 'part of the club' is a problem for journalism. He says that the misconception on the part of those out of the loop that journalists have become part of the club is a problem for journalism. So apparently all they have to do is let us all know the truth, and the problem disappears. Precise work from the author of a book called Spin Cycle.
Later, the talking stick is passed to David Broder. Broder is deeply concerned with the fact that government officials have started using the poor unknowing saints of the press to carry out their dirty work. Again no self-reflection, no call for journalists to be responsible for their actions. Just another pained attempt to deflect attention from the spectacle of media self-immolation that has begun with this trial.
The coups-de-grace comes from PBS's Gwen Ifill. Ifill describes the 'collective nervous breakdown' of the press over the Libby trial, and how concerned journalists are that they may one day be subjected to scrutiny in a court of law. She tells of journalists who are beginning to destroy their notes in order to prevent their exposure in future legal proceedings, as if this is an indicator of how oppressed the poor media has become by the evil judicial system in America. Ifill does not consider the near-lawlessness of her statements, as what she is describing amounts to the destruction of evidence for future cases, evidence that may determine whether or not someone rots in jail for a crime those notes may have exonerated them from. Her cavalier attitude toward the civic responsibility of journalists seems the height of audacity, until she concludes with this:
"And I don't know what kind of implication that has for the business, what kind of implication that even has, not to make it too big a point, but for the history books."
The troubling absurdity of this dialog is tempered, fortunately, by what is starting to look like come-uppance on a grand scale. As a New York Times reporter said to me toward the end of Russert's testimony last Thursday, "This is not good for journalists."


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The best joke at prime minister's questions came from Labour's Michael McCann, who got in a dig at the vast French-based multinational that has been given the job of examining disabled people in this country and telling them that, provided they have at least one limb left, they are capable of working and should get a job.
Mr McCann asked innocently if it was true that Atos had passed Richard III as fit for work.
The gag did appear in Wednesday's Guardian, but that doesn't matter. It's the context that counts, and Cameron's cheery response – he hoped it would be a boost to the great city of Leicester – didn't cover up the fact that Labour was trying, with some success, to depict him as a heartless miser who would snatch a crust from a starving baby, purely for the pleasure of hearing its sobs.
The second best gag came from Ed Miliband, who again managed to wrongfoot the prime minister.
The pair were having their usual inconclusive ding-dong about statistics – in this case about people who are going to lose benefit because they have an unused bedroom in their house – when Cameron seemed to get impatient.
"The prime minister should not get so het up," said Miliband. "After all, he has got nearly half his party behind him!"
This reference to Tuesday's gay marriage vote – fewer than 50% of Tories voted for the bill – won huge cheers from Labour. Normally Cameron reacts to a well-placed barb with, at worst, a slightly sheepish grin. But it was too late for that. His face began to go dark red, as if the Incredible Hulk had gone colour blind, or a very peeved chameleon was sitting on a brick. He scowled, as if this were the kind of over-the-top insult that demeaned the whole Commons.
It had been so different at the start. Christopher Chope, one of the Tories who voted against gay marriage, wanted him, in the interests of equality, to offer civil partnerships to straight couples too.
Cameron wasn't going to fall for that. "I am," he declared, "a marriage man. I am a great supporter of marriage. I want to protect marriage, to defend marriage, to encourage marriage." Civil partnerships would only weaken marriage. I had a vision of Cameron as Marriage Man, a superhero who leaps into action whenever marriage – straight, gay or transgender – is under threat. He wears grey, striped, figure-hugging underpants, a black cape with tails, and a silk topper. Young folk would call him on his Marriage Mobe.
"Marriage Man, I want to marry my boyfriend, but my parents say he's a no-good waste of space. I need your help!" Faster than a Rolls trimmed with white ribbons, Marriage Man races to the spot, biffing the anti-marriage parents, kapow!
Sorry, got carried away there.
Soon afterwards, he made a statement about the Mid Staffordshire hospital report. He is brilliant at heartfelt apologies for things that are not actually his fault – Bloody Sunday and Hillsborough, for example. Perhaps years later we will get a moving, personal, and deeply sincere apology for having spent the last 33 months making the economy even worse than it was.


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Looking for info on handling under power...
Being new to sailng and having had my share of good (luck) dockings and not so good ones, I am always looking for more info on handling under power. To the salts Im sure this is pretty basic stuff, but there must be some cool tricks of the trade that I have yet to uncover. I bought the video "SAILBOAT HANDLING UNDER POWER" and found it lacking. For a little background, I have completed the ASA courses through 106 (unfortunately docking larger boats was glossed over in 106) and have taken out on 35s - 45s about 15 times with no major mishaps but I want to refine my approach - literally. Any help out there?
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The last time I picked it up (over 6 months ago), I seem to recall that "Chapman Piloting: Seamanship & Small Boat Handling" had an extensive section on docking and handling under power. The "Annapolis Book of Seamanship" and Calder''s "The Cruising Handbook" also have good info.
Hope that helps.
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I''m always surprised at how much better I dock when I''m going slowly. It gives me a chance to see exactly what the wind and current is doing to the boat, and gives the crew more time to get ready. I often go into reverse just to slow down after making my approaching turn. If the dock''s not really solid, ten fast-moving tons will pull their cleats out. I''ve also found that having a line secured midships, and throwing that first, allows the boat to be contolled better from the dock. It can be snubbed to slow the boat down, or pulled to bring her forward, as needed. Unless you''ve got a lot of room to approach parallel to the dock, throwing the bow line first often pulls the bow in. The stern then swings out and gets caught in the current, which pulls it further out.... As with everything, it improves with practice.
Looking for info on handling under power...
Alta, you may want to visit the website of Terry Forgie, the dockmaster of Cabbage Key, Florida, for the past 24 years. Terry has just produced a 60 minute video titled "Terry''s 20 Tips on Docking Your Boat"
One of the tips is on "warping", which is really helpful. You can also e-mail Terry with any specific questions and I''m sure he will respond. His website is www.boat-docking.com
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As long as there is no current, slow is good.
If there is a strong current you must use enough power to remain in control of the boat. A center control point(center line cleat) is very handy. If you tie up the center of the boat to the dock, it won''t move much until you can get the fore and aft lines on. Also a rear spring line is very handy. This line runs from the outside end of the dock to the centerline point.
You come in under power, get the aft spring line on. As that line tightens it pulls you to the dock. If needed you can leave the motor in gear allowing you to go forward and get the bow line secured.
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I've got the cheap black and decker 3 speed from walmart and it works fine. Takes the standard dremel bits. I only use it for small occasional jobs though.
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I've got the cheap black and decker 3 speed from walmart and it works fine. Takes the standard dremel bits. I only use it for small occasional jobs though.
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There is two in the kit. One with a cord and one with a battery. I only use the cord one. I like to cut with the wheel and sometime polish with it. it works good if your bits are in good shape.
Been using one to clean my tooth for years.............
I've got one, a Dremel. It is as useful as my cordless drills (almost). I have an old tackle box FULL of any and all extra bits.
It gets used in my house!
Forgot which model.....I'm deployed.... but it's a corded one with variable speed. Can't remember the RPM # it tops out at right this second either.
I have one. When I want a new 1911, I take a Dremel and polish my feed ramp and slide rails with 200 grit sand paper
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Got a two speed cordless, use it mostly to trim the dogs' toenails. Works like a charm and they like it a lot better than those guillotine-type snippers.
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I've got a variable speed corded model. Mainly used for light jobs, but works well. When you need it, its the only tool that'll do the job. I recommend the variable speed though. I find that the in-between speeds are where I spend most of my time. It's worth the extra $20.
Have a few, both corded and cordless models and find many uses for both types. I have used them for cutting off rusted nuts and bolts, polishing small parts on my car, polishing various parts on guns, and carving a set of grips and numerous other uses.
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I got a package deal on a variable speed corded model with lots of attachments from Home Depot a number of years ago. I find that the only tool in my shop I use more often than the Dremel is my drill
this is my third. corded variable speed. one of the wires in the stator broke and I could not repair it. the second one was a knock off, the bearings went out and plastic melted. my third is a corded, always a corded. there are way too many uses to list.
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Model 770. Battery operated means I can take it anywhere. Dual speed. My opinion of it? I wouldn't want to be without it. My collection of bits come from many years of working closely with tooling and machine shop. Job benefits (free tooling). I can only imagine what I would have paid for what you see pictured here. I've used my Dremel for plenty more than just gunsmithing. Wise investment for the DIYer no matter which model you get.


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CAPE TOWN (Reuters) - A group of prehistoric people mastered a difficult and delicate process to sharpen stones into spears and knives at least 75,000 years ago, more than 50,000 years earlier than previously thought, according to a report.
This technique, known as pressure flaking, allowed for the more precise shaping of stones to turn them into better weapons for hunting, a paper published on Thursday in the U.S. periodical Science said.
"These points are very thin, sharp and narrow and possibly penetrated the bodies of animals better than that of other tools," said Paola Villa, a curator at the University of Colorado Museum of Natural History and a study co-author.
The new findings show pressure flaking took place at Blombos Cave in what is now South Africa during the Middle Stone Age by anatomically modern humans and involved the heating of silcrete -- quartz grains cemented by silica -- used to make tools, the university said in a news release.
Pressure flaking is a process by which implements previously shaped by hard stone hammer strikes followed by softer strikes with wood or bone hammers are carefully trimmed on the edges by directly pressing the point of a tool made of bone on the stone, it said.
"Using the pressure flaking technique required strong hands and allowed toolmakers to exert a high degree of control on the final shape and thinness that cannot be achieved by percussion," Villa said.
Prior to the Blombos Cave discovery, the earliest evidence of pressure flaking was from the Upper Paleolithic Solutrean culture in France and Spain roughly 20,000 years ago.
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Hong Kong, 20 February 2012 – Business confidence and optimism about growth opportunities in Hong Kong are influencing almost half of Hong Kong companies to add skilled finance, accounting and banking personnel to their team in the first half of 2012. This is according to research revealed today by finance and accounting specialist recruitment firm, Robert Half, in its latest Financial Employment Report.
The Robert Half Financial Employment Report, based on a survey of 300 CFOs and finance directors in Hong Kong, found that eight out of 10 financial leaders (80%) are confident about Hong Kong's economic growth prospects for 2012, and 85% are confident in their own company's growth plans when compared with last year.
This positive outlook extends to recruitment planning as a net 44% of respondents indicated that they expect to increase permanent finance, accounting and banking staff in the first half of the year.
Of the finance leaders planning to hire permanent accounting, finance and banking staff, 45% said it is due to increasing workloads, while 40% cited business growth or expansion.
"Hong Kong is maintaining its reputation as one of the world's most competitive financial hubs. Amid the global economic uncertainty, bright spots exist within the finance and accounting and financial services sectors in Hong Kong. And this means opportunities are available for talented job candidates," said Pallavi Anand, Director, Robert Half Hong Kong.
Finance (21%) was rated as the toughest functional area to find skilled job candidates, followed by Accounting (18%), Audit (13%), Operational Support (11%) and Compliance (7%).
The survey also found that 46% believe there will be no change in the number of permanent accounting and finance professionals in their organisation in the first six months of the year. Only 2% say their company is planning to decrease headcount.
"Hiring within finance and accounting remains relatively upbeat and there is still intense competition for talented candidates. We would advise even those employers who are intending to keep headcount the same over the first six months to continue to take proactive steps to retain their best people and help develop their skills as they grow their businesses in 2012," Anand said.
She added that companies who have not firmed up their recruitment plans for the rest of the year could consider hiring temporary or contract staff. This staffing strategy can provide organisations with access to skills they may be lacking internally and provides a viable option to manage through the peaks and troughs of workload demands.


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