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The traditional saying, May you live in interesting times, is a curseor a blessingthat dogs many who live and work in the 21st century. Finding solutions to seemingly intractable problemsterrorism, poverty in Africa, violence in the Middle East, unsettled regimes in Latin America and elsewhererequires a cadre of well-educated and highly dedicated professionals. GWs Elliott School of International Affairs, which recently moved to a new building on E Street, is helping to create this cadre.
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27 classrooms/seminar rooms that seat 1,754 students
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53 residential apartments that house 193 students
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Asked to find a few words that describe ESIA, its faculty consistently start with dynamic and continue with excellence, synergy, and eclecticism. You can do things here that you cant do anywhere else, says Karl Inderfurth, former assistant secretary of state and now a professor of the practice of international affairs at the Elliott School and director of its international affairs graduate program.
Perhaps no one epitomizes the schools dynamic spirit more than its unflappable dean, Harry Harding, a man who is as comfortable conversing in Chinese as he is chatting with a donor. Harding has been dean since 1995. He came to GW from the Brookings Institution; before that, he taught at Swarthmore College and Stanford University, his alma mater. He was attracted to GW, he says, because he saw that it was a university beginning to take off, an institution in the middle of quantitative and qualitative growth. When offered the deanship, Harding was excited at the prospect of leading the Elliott School in its journey to national stature.
As if to cap the effortor herald the start of a new erathe Elliott School moved in the spring to a spacious, six-story building at 1957 E Streeta stones throw from the State Department which it shares with GWs geography department and executive education programs. From the structures elegant Italian terrazzo floors to its banks of windows with views of the Washington Monument, the Jefferson Memorial, and the Potomac River, the space is perfectly suited to the Elliott Schools mission: training the next generation of international policymakers,diplomats, and leaders.
The Elliott School has traveled far from its 1898 origins as the School of Comparative Jurisprudence and Diplomacy, enrolling some 90 law graduates. Today, it enrolls more than 2,000 students: 1,600 undergraduates and 600 students at the graduate level.
Since 2000, applications for the schools 250 first-year graduate seats have risen from 1,183 to 1,751. During the same period, combined average verbal and quantitative GRE scores have climbed 90 points, the average GPA has risen from 3.42 to 3.56, and the percentage of applicants offered admission has dropped from 70 percent to 43 percent. In the last four years, the yieldthe percentage of accepted students who actually enrollhas risen by 12 percentage points. Applications are up, the yield of admitted students is higher, quality is better, and we have become more selective in the admissions process, says Admissions Director Jeff Miles.
In September, many of the students who will come through the glass doors of 1957 E Street also had been accepted by other prestigious universities. They chose GW.
The Elliott Schools elevated standing also is reflected in recent faculty hires. Increasingly, we get our first choice of faculty when we make offers, Harding says.
Scholars who have recently come on board include Elliot Posner, a political scientist specializing in the European Union, and two international economists, Marco Cipriani, from Italy, and M. Shahe Emran, a native of Bangladesh. The school has attracted important visiting faculty as well; recently this group has included Miguel Rodriguez, former president of Costa Rica, and Leon Fuerth, national security adviser to Al Gore.
The school has strong ties to the international affairs community, often through its public events programs that bring in experts from around the world. In any given week during the academic year, there will be at least one and as many as five special events: brown-bag lunches, evening lectures, and special colloquia. Among the experts who spoke during the spring 2003 semester were Ishaq Shahryar, ambassador from Afghanistan; Joseph Stiglitz, a recent Nobel laureate in economics; and the film director Sydney Pollack, who discussed politics in film. Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright welcomed students to her office in March and visited in June. Thomas Friedman of The New York Times and Robert Kaplan of Atlantic Monthly debated globalization after September 11, 2001. Former Secretary of Defense William Cohen also is one of the scores of world leaders, diplomats, policymakers, and thinkers who have visited the Elliott School. Secretary of State Colin Powell plans to visit in September.
These scholars, leaders, and educators contribute a varied perspective to the Elliott School, a perspective that also derives from the curriculum. For the fall 2003 semester, there are more than 60 graduate courses, ranging from Africa in the 21st Century to War to Peace Transition and including courses on Latin America, Northern Europe, Taiwan, terrorism, negotiation, budgeting, and policy analysis.
The school sponsors several public outreach programs as well. In early June, some 200 Chinese students, studying at colleges and universities across the United States, attended a four-day foreign policy colloquium that the school put together. Later that month, about 60 high school teachers participated in a week-long forum on international affairs. The school also runs an annual program, Governing in the Global Age, which educates state legislators and officials on relevant international issues.
Karl Inderfurth (center) welcomes dignitaries from Costa Rica, Pakistan, and Afghanistan.
Ambassador Thomas McNamara has a day job at the State Department as a senior adviser to the secretary and deputy secretary. In his long career in public service, he has developed an expertise in counter-terrorism, among other fields, and the Middle East, among other regions. Last summer, he crossed E Street to co-teach an undergraduate seminar on national security, sharing the course with Elliott School Professor Karl Inderfurth. One afternoon, McNamara opened class with a short lecture on the history of Al Qaeda, followed by a discussion of intelligence and evidence, and how to distinguish the two. Then he explained a way to understand terrorist groupsso you can choose how and whom to protect againstby examining organization, motivation, objectives, leadership, and resource base. Students contrasted the objectives of Osama bin Laden and those of Saddam Hussein, discussed sleeper cells and underground communication. When it comes to diplomacy, McNamara noted, One size does not fit all; one size fits one size.
As the seminar progressed, conversation ranged broadly, to relevant books such as Eric Hoffers The True Believer, a classic volume on mass movements, and The Clash of Civilizations and the Remaking of the World Order, by Samuel Huntington, a Harvard political scientist and former policy aide to President Bill Clinton. By incorporating these works and ideas, it was apparent that McNamara, a part-time faculty member, has an intellectual as well as a practical perspective on his field.
And that is important at the Elliott School: scholarship and practice, practice and scholarshipmore and more, the two are inseparable. For much of its history, international studies, at GW and elsewhere, have revolved around a trilogy of academic disciplines: history, economics, and political science. The Jurisprudence School [the schools original incarnation] prefigured the role of the major players in all subsequent I.A. [international affairs] programs, wrote Professor Emeritus Peter Hill in his 1991 book on the history of international studies at GW. It established a permanent presence for the I.A. Big Three
those professors of history, economics, and political science whose academic disciplines today form the core of international studies. At the Elliott School, the trilogy has grown to embrace anthropology as well, with other academic disciplines involved when relevant.
Now, with Harding as dean, the school has initiated classes that teach real-world skills. These vary from sharply targeted, practical areas such as federal budgeting, fundraising, and public speaking to more conceptually oriented topicsin Hardings language, meta-skills. These classes include policy analysis and long-term forecasting. Some courses focus on specific government agencies and international organizations. Inderfurth teaches one on the National Security Council; another course explores the changing role of the United Nations.
Graduate students planning careers in international affairs in todays complex and competitive world have an advantage if they have training in these specific skill sets, Harding says, as well as a solid foundation in academic theory and substantive knowledge of international issues. These are students who have different needs from undergraduates and Ph.D. candidates, he says. The undergraduate program offers a liberal arts program with a comparative international perspective. Harding also has instituted a capstone project for graduate students. Rather than being required to write compositions or theses, students work in teams to solve real-life policy problems.
Michelle Riebeling, a 2003 graduate, says the Elliott School did a good job of combining academic training with professional skills. Riebeling, who spent three years teaching English in the Czech Republic before enrolling in the Elliott School, earned a masters degree in European and Eurasian studies. She passed the exam to become an officer in the U.S. Foreign Service and is awaiting security clearance. She took one skills-based course each semester: forecasting, media relations, formal briefings, and post-conflict reconstruction.
While Harding has taken the school into new territory, he and others say Hardings predecessor, Maurice (Mickey) East, who led the school from 1985 to 1994, got things moving in the right direction. Mickey created the foundation for the school, says Professor Edward McCord, an historian who has been at the Elliott School since 1994. And in his book, Peter Hill wrote, East took the first steps towards bringing national recognition to the School. In 1987, under Easts guidance, GW reorganized the then School of International Affairs to focus exclusively on the study of global issues. One year later, the school received its current name to honor former GW president Lloyd Elliott and his wife, Evelyn (Betty) Elliott.
While Harding emphasizes the importance of skills-based training, he also is committed to a strong academic program. We clearly need to hire people who can bridge the gap between scholarship and skills. We need practitioners who have an academic mind set and academics with an interest in application. History, Harding points out, has a great deal to teach us about the present. The Korean peninsula is straight out of the Cold War, he notes. So are the issues in the Taiwan Strait and in U.S.-Cuba Relations. These are unresolved legacies that are still with us even as other disputes emerge.
A student relaxes in the lounge of the Sigur Center for Asian Studies.
For 12 years, Professor Hope Harrison, who speaks both Russian and German, sifted through Cold War documents in Moscow and Berlin, researching the history of the Berlin Wall. For her, a child of the Cold War, the icy relations between the Soviet bloc and the West held a sense of mystery. As she grew up, she wondered, Whats going on on the other side? Are their intentions as sinister as we think they are? In her soon-to-be-published book, Driving the Soviets Up the Wall (Princeton University Press, 2003), she reveals that the Soviet Union was actually reluctant to split Berlin; Khrushchev only agreed to build the Wall after intense pressure from the East German government, which was desperate to prevent its unhappy citizens from fleeing.
Harrison is co-founder of GWs Cold War Group (GWCW), founded in 2000 with Professor James Goldgeier and Professor James Hershberg. GWCW works closely with the National Security Archive at GW, the largest private clearinghouse of declassified documents, and with the Wilson Centers Cold War International History Project. The groups goal is ambitious: to make GW the place everyone would come to to study the Cold War, Harrison says. Activities run by GWCW include a summer institute on archival research and an exchange program with the London School of Economics.
GWCW is part of the Institute for European, Russian, and Eurasian Studies, one of three major scholarly centers at the Elliott School. The centers operate somewhat like small think tanks, similar to research institutes such as Brookings. Within their groups, faculty members brainstorm ideas, develop projects, and organize major conferences.
IERES explores European Union policy and the rapidly changing landscape of the ex-Soviet bloc. Last April, the institute, together with the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, played host to an international conference on Civil Society in the Ukraine, attended by more than 100 Ukrainian and American scholars, officials, and business leaders. This fall, the institute is organizing a conference on the Cold War in Budapest. Were in the middle of whats going on, says Goldgeier, who directs IERES.
The Sigur Center for Asian Studies maintains a similarly high profile in the affairs of its region. The Center was recently recognized as a GW Center for Excellence, a special University designation which will fund visiting faculty and graduate research assistantships for three academic years. In spring 2003, the center held several major conferences, including one concerned with reconciliation between Japan and the Asian countries it occupied before and during World War II. Currently, the center is planning a major conference on the issue of the U.S. military presence on Okinawa. The center also is expanding its range to include South and Southeast Asia, a timely move in light of the growing tensions on the Indian subcontinent. What happens in Pakistan and India can affect countries in Northeast Asia, says Mike Mochizuki, an expert on Japan who directs the Sigur Center.
Then there is the Center for International Science and Technology Policy, which for more than 30 years has focused on science, technology, and public policy. CISTP and its Space Policy Institute host foreign visitors, organize symposia, and carry out research projects, many sponsored by government and non-government organizations. Almost every [international] issue you touchthere is technology in the background, notes CISTP director Nick Vonortas.
The center takes part in important contemporary debates on topics such as biodiversity, genetically modified foods, global disease, bioterrorism, technology transfer, the environment, and intellectual property protection. The Space Policy Institute is involved with global space programs such as the Space Station, the global satellite industry, the global positioning system, earth observation, space law, and the militarization of space.
Dean Harry Harding (left) and John Holden, director of the National Committee on U.S./China Relations, welcome former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
Two hundred students from all over China are gathered in 1957 E Streets spacious second-floor reception area in June, nibbling on beef skewers, sipping white wine, and debating foreign policy. Exchange students, they are enrolled in programs at universities across the United States. Liu Chunmei, a young woman from Xiancapital of the Tang Dynastyhas been studying for a masters of public affairs at Indiana University. Zhu Ling, from Shanghai, traveled here from the University of Arizona, where he is studying international affairs. For the next few days, Liu Chunmei, Zhu Ling, and their compatriots will immerse themselves in U.S. foreign policy at the Elliott School and all over Washington. The Elliott School organized the special colloquium with the National Committee on U.S./China Relations and the support of a grant from the Coca-Cola Company.
John Holden of the National Committee welcomed the students in Chinese. At the reception, Harding talked with some students in Chinese. The keynote speaker, Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), discussed Congressional politics. The next morning, the students heard Madeleine Albright on the role of public opinion in policymaking. After lunch, they fanned out across the city, visiting the Capitol, the State Department, CNN, and other Washington institutions. By the end of the colloquium, one student remarked to Dean Harding, I know more now about U.S. foreign policy than I do about my own countrys.
The colloquium is just one of several notable outreach programs the Elliott School sponsors. Another is a summer institute for high school history faculty. Supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, which has named the Elliott School a National Resource Center for international studiesone of only eight in the United Statesthe program exposes secondary school teachers to fresh ideas and approaches to international education. This summer, Hope Harrison talked to about 60 teachers about her research in Moscow and Berlin. Professor James Goldgeier addressed the future of U.S.-European relations; Professor Nathan Brown tackled the Middle East. There were lectures by people from outside the Elliott School: representatives from the German, French, and Mexican embassies and from the Middle East Institute, as well as the executive directors of Africa Action and the Center on Policy Attitudes. It gives a whole new tilt to how were teaching lessons, commented one of the teachers.
Strong ties to the international community are a key aspect of what makes the Elliott School such a dynamic institution. Being in the middle of Washington is a big factor as well. These traits, along with its visionary dean and brilliant faculty, are largely responsible for the Elliott Schools rapid rise in status.
The Elliott School now has a preeminent faculty, an incomparable location, and, therefore, the opportunity to become all that its ambition and imagination can make it. The new building gives it the facilities it needs to lock into place in the highest ranks of schools of international education.
My agenda for the Elliott School is for it to carry out GWs part in the jujitsu of higher education. Jujitsu takes advantage of the momentum of ones opponent. Too many institutions say Here is what I want to be and then try to impose that on the world. I ask:
What does the world need, and of that agenda what does it make sense for GW to do? The world needs diplomats, people informed about the issues, problems, and challenges of international affairs. Because of where it is, GW is a logical player in that corner.
Within the next 20 years I fully expect graduates of GWs Elliott School to be a dominant force in world affairs, serving as sitting ambassadors and in other high-ranking positions in the state department, in other executive agencies, in the legislative branch, and in law, business, and commerce. We are becoming a school of international affairs not just for Washington, not just for the United States, but for the world.
The school is not resting on its laurels, however. One of the deans next projects is finding ways to increase student engagement. There are plans for smaller classes; Harding also is looking at ways to make larger classes more interactivepossibly by implementing the type of Socratic dialogue that law schools have long relied upon to train lawyers-to-be to think on their feet. Writing also is an important mechanism of engagement, Harding points out. This year, the Elliott School is preparing to provide writing classes to some of its undergraduates, in keeping with a University-wide writing initiative.
Harding wants to strengthen the program in Latin American studiesthe U.S. Department of Education recently awarded the Latin American Studies Program at the Elliott School and the Center for Latin American Issues at GWs School of Business and Public Management a grant for undergraduate programs on Latin America, which will help fulfill Hardings goal. It also is very important, Harding believes, to continue to raise the schools public visibility. We are still not as well known as we would like to be, he says. The schools new headquarters will help. The spacious auditorium, large reception areas, and well-equipped conference and classroomsincluding one with simultaneous translation devicesmake it possible for the Elliott School to host more public events. Visitors also will begin to associate the Elliott School with state-of-the-art facilities.
And the school is expanding its global reach by forging more and stronger partnerships with academic institutions worldwide. Currently the network includes universities in 10 countries, ranging from Japan to Australia and from the United Kingdom to Beirut. We originally did this to bring more international students here, Harding says, but among our students there is a strong interest in going abroad.
What do Elliott School graduates do after graduating? About a third who hold Bachelor of Arts degrees enroll in graduate programs right away. The remaining students find work in all three sectors: public, private, and non-profit. Alumni of the graduate program go on to careers in all three sectors in about equal numbers. Michelle Reibeling, the 2003 graduate, is headed for a career in the U.S. Foreign Service. Claudia Barrientos, BA 94, is a senior program officer for Latin America at the National Democratic Institute. And Deborah Lehr, MA 88, is chair of international trade practice at the Washington office of Mayer, Brown, Rowe & Maw.
Shortly after accepting the position of dean of the Elliott School, Harding attended an open house for prospective students interested in graduate schools in international affairs. Student after student asked, Why should I take two more years of liberal arts education in schools like yours when I could go to either business school or law school and be sure of finding a job? None of the representatives had a very good answer to that question, Harding says. I said to myself, The first school that can answer that question will have a tremendous advantage. Harding would be the last person to claim to have answered the question once and for all. But in developing a curriculum that provides training in professional skills, he has pioneered a new way to study international affairs and led the Elliott School into the future.
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No. 17/15 Georgetown Escapes Late UC Rally, 65-54
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CINCINNATI – The University of Cincinnati women's basketball team (11-12, 2-8 BIG EAST) erased seven double-digit deficits and came within six of No. 17/15 Georgetown (18-5, 7-3 BIG EAST) in the final minute, but it wasn't enough as UC was defeated by the Hoyas, 65-54, on Saturday afternoon at Fifth Third Arena.
Leading the way for the Bearcats was senior guard Bjonee Reaves (San Bernardino, Calif./Cajon), behind a career-high tying five 3-pointers, and Dayeesha Hollins (Cincinnati, Ohio/Winton Woods/Michigan) with 17 points each. Kayla Cook (South Webster, Ohio/South Webster) pitched in 10 points.
Cincinnati kept it a close one for the first five minutes, knotting it at 9-9 with 14:52 left, but then Georgetown went on a 10-0 run for its first double-digit lead of the afternoon. Hollins stopped the five-minute scoring drought to make it 19-11 with 9:49 to go, but the Hoyas scored the next five to give GU its largest lead, 26-11, with 7:21 remaining. The momentum shifted in UC's favor as it was able to close in on Georgetown via a 14-3 run to make it 29-25 at the half.
The Bearcats came within four, 34-30, on a Reaves' 3-pointer with 17:30 left in the game, but Georgetown stepped up and made the next six to regain its double-digit lead, 40-30, at the 12:30 mark. Cincinnati cut into the lead again with the help of a Cook 3-ball with 6:12 left to narrow the margin to four once again, but the Hoyas didn't let up. GU built its advantage back up to 15, 53-43, while the Bearcats came within reach one more time, 60-54, but the Hoyas made all its remaining free-throws to settle the final score.
Following a quiet first half, GU leading scorer Sugar Rodgers finished with a game-high 19 points and paced four Hoyas in double-figures. Tia Magee scored 18, while Rubylee Wright and Taylor Brown contributed 10 a piece.
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Today's candidate, tomorrow's nightmare
One of the hallmarks of the 2008-2013 Gonzi legislature must surely have been the persistent backbench unrest that has threatened to derail the Government on a number of occasions.
It is not the first time this has happened and, given certain circumstances, it is likely to happen again in future legislatures. A parliamentary group is made up of different characters, different skills and, especially in modern times, different egos.
Recent political history has clearly shown more parliamentarians are reluctant to bow their heads to their party leaders, let alone their Whips.
Of course, internal disagreement on certain policies is common, sometimes even healthy – provided the cause is justified and not fuelled by personal vendettas and petty interests.
Malta has seen its fair share of colourful characters who forgot they were elected on the ticket of a party with a mandate and certain principles. They have forged ahead with their own personal agendas on the national stage, in the process humiliating party and leader with outlandish behaviour and statements.
As the political parties are finalising their list for the upcoming election, they could do well to probe well into the background of everybody before announcing their candidature.
Today's hope could be tomorrow's nightmare. Today's general election candidate could be tomorrow's MP, a minister, an opposition spokesman. Or a potential dissenter without valid reason.
Some names that are being pushed for a parliamentary seat have already raised eyebrows among observers who can see beyond party administrations' desire to score immediate populist points.
The political parties should work to narrow down the list of candidates to ensure that there is a quality pool of people who fit in with their ideals and programme and also ensure that every contender on the ballot sheet is capable of making the parliamentary cut.
It is short-sighted of the two main political parties to field a rainbow of palatable faces and then push their favourites among the electorate.
Most of the aspirants promote themselves as the next big thing for Maltese politics and the common voter is often not in a position to distinguish a charlatan from the real thing.
The Nationalist Party, which spent nearly five years ruing the day it sanctioned the candidature of certain individuals elected on its ticket, should have learnt its lesson. Yet, it does not seem to have done so.
Labour is in danger of going down the same road.
With today's developments in communications and an ever-inquisitive media, parliamentarians have several potential pitfalls. MPs, prospective election candidates and party officials keep posting comments on Facebook and Twitter that are embarrassing for them, let alone the party they are meant to represent.
Parties would do well to scan the backgrounds and skills of prospective candidates. They should ask their colleagues, their families, check their past statements. But they should also question their social and political ideologies.
It is pointless trying to accept nominees simply on the strength of their name alone. They have to be able to fit in the party, not just today but for years to come through thick and thin.
One problem that remains is that there is little incentive for high-level professionals to enter the world of politics. Salaries remain low, while there is a human cost to true political commitment.
Politics is undoubtedly a difficult vocation but that does not mean that high standards should not be required of those who take part. Political parties ignore this reality at their peril.
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He did not marry a Spice Girl, but Torsten Frings has pushed his share of product in his native Germany, and his separation from the national team was a matter of debate among the chattering classes.
While much of the attention will be on David Beckham in Wednesday night's sold-out CONCACAF Champions League quarter-final at the Rogers Centre, it isn't only the L.A. Galaxy midfielder and teammates Landon Donovan and Robbie Keane with lengthy international résumés.
It isn't a stretch to say that Frings, the 35-year-old TFC captain who had 79 international caps and 10 goals for Germany from 2001 to 2009, is the brain and heart of Toronto FC. And who knows? Maybe at some point one of his younger, less experienced teammates will hear it from Frings.
"In the heat of the moment, it needs to be said quickly and, maybe, sometimes it comes out a bit harsh," Frings said. "But it still needs to be said. Nothing's personal. You clarify and move on.
"I'm open for criticism, too. In fact, if a young player sees something I'm doing, he should feel free to tell me. It's not just for the better of the team. He's making me better, too."
Even their opponents know this is the biggest game in TFC history.
"This is a big moment for them," said Donovan, whose voice on Tuesday suggested he's recovered from a bout of bronchitis and ready to play. "I think we're all impressed given the group they had to get through."
Frings is becoming more comfortable speaking English, although on this day he has Swiss-born, German-speaking TFC goalkeeper Stefan Frei serving as an interpreter. Truth is, not much has been lost in translation since the day last season when Toronto FC consultant Jurgen Klinsmann telephoned Frings and asked him if he wanted "a new challenge."
Frings, whose powerful shot led him to be featured in a Nike ad campaign based on the British version of the Jackass franchise, called Dirty Sanchez, came to Toronto FC after a 14-year career in the Bundesliga, with stops at Werder Bremen, Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich. Toronto FC's chronic defensive deficiencies have had him too often mired in his own end of the pitch, that shot and tremendous ability to distribute with both feet less on display than the team would like. Even now, he admits he doesn't know whether head coach Aron Winter will play him at midfielder, as a defender or right back. "But I'll do what helps them," he said, shrugging.
It was Frings's versatility – his tackling and ability to play box to box – that made the native of Germany's North Rhine-Westphalia region a trusted regular in the 2002 and 2006 World Cup, as well as Euro 2008. Yet Frings did not receive a gift-wrapped invitation to his country's national team. By 25, he had just two international caps, and when Rudi Voller left and Joachim Low took over in 2006, there were signs of a fissure. It was open for good in January of 2010 when Low said publicly he had no place on the team for Frings, at a time of dislocation caused by an injury to captain Michael Ballack in March of 2009, and the suicide of goalkeeper Robert Enke in November of 2010.
For Frings, moving on meant crossing the ocean and delaying an anticipated move into coaching with Werder Bremen. Truthfully? There is no professional athlete in Toronto with Frings's pedigree and résumé.
"From my experiences, the better players I've seen or practised with or played with are the ones who keep things simple," Frei said. "They do the simple things but they do them exquisitely, you know? That's Torsten. He knows what makes him who he is and sticks with it. Very simple, but perfect passes every time.
"It's almost like you can spy on Torsten 24/7, to see how he conducts himself," Frei said.
So what advice can Frings impart to his younger teammates?
"I'll tell them to take this experience and soak it all up," Frings said. "You don't play in front of big crowds like this and good players like Beckham and Donovan all the time. You should relish the opportunity, give it your all, play yourself into a rhythm and make the best of it. Just enjoy it. Just enjoy the opportunity you're given."
Eternal Beckham
The great ones do it like this, especially on the way down. The trick is the smile, making eye contact, being polite, and saying little, but in a nice way. And so David Beckham came into Toronto on Tuesday, training with the rest of the Los Angeles Galaxy on the plastic pitch at the Rogers Centre ahead of their meeting with Toronto FC on Wednesday. This is a team with an abundance of talent, favoured to repeat as defending Major League Soccer champions, with Beckham apparently resigned now to finishing out his career in Los Angeles – although possibly not any time soon.
Asked how he's had to tailor his game and training to deal with vagaries of age, the 36-year-old responded: "Not much. I love training, and as long as you take care of yourself and look after your body and train as much as you need there's no reason you can't play as long as you want to."
The game Wednesday will be played on artificial turf, since harvesting a grass field was difficult at this time of the season. Irish international Robbie Keane wrinkled his nose at the pitch after the workout Tuesday – "Me personally, I don't think we should be playing on plastic pitch, it can be dangerous so it's a shame but at the end of the day we have to do it." – while Beckham shrugged and said: "At least it's a touch warmer [indoors]"
Toronto FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei has wondered about the lighting indoors, while vowing to "treat each ball with respect" because of the seams.
The Galaxy have a certain degree of respect for Toronto FC. The teams play tough matches traditionally and Galaxy forward Landon Donovan said that he felt TFC was the most improved team in MLS from the first half to second half of last season, noting the presence of German international Torsten Frings. "He makes them composed and comfortable," he said.
Frings has stressed the need to enjoy the sold-out surroundings on Wednesday. Beckham concurred, saying: "It's about going into the game and relaxing and enjoying it. These opportunities, they don't come around very often."
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Stanton area animal lovers save life of dog that was shot and left for dead
STANTON — It was sometime around last Christmas that neighbors living along Horseshoe Trail in Stanton first spotted Sgt. Trace pacing along the wood's edge bordering their properties.
The German shepherd seemed friendly but standoffish, even at first. When approached, the dog would vanish into the woods.
Though the dog sported a collar it was apparent to some residents, like Rachel Van Zoest, that the shepherd was in a bad way. Burrs netted the lank fur hanging from his emaciated frame and he had obviously grown wary of people. In the months that followed, Van Zoest would occasionally spot Sgt. Trace and try to coax him into her yard where he could be corralled long enough to leash him and get him the assistance he needed. The dog was too skittish, however, and even animal control officers were unable to capture him.
And then someone — police are still trying to find out whom — shot the dog twice and left him to die. The shoulder bones of one front leg were completely shattered, as was the knee of the same leg. Despite this, Sgt. Trace managed to stay alive in the woods for days, maybe weeks.
By the time the dog was finally near death the wound had begun to heal. It was March 17, a Saturday, when Sgt. Trace came to ground against the back of Van Zoest's home.
"He had been coming closer to the house every day for a while," Van Zoest said. "Then I didn't see him for a couple days. And then one day he was lying there next to the house and just couldn't get up. I was sure he was going to die. His entire shoulder and the bones around it were completely shattered."
Van Zoest called Montcalm County Animal Control, but it was closed for the weekend and wouldn't be able to come out until Monday, regardless of the dog's condition.
"I got in touch with family and friends," Van Zoest said. "I called everyone I knew to see if they had any connection with a shelter or rescue organization."
While awaiting developments, Van Zoest fed and watered the dog, which was by this time barely able to move. Using online social media, the plea for help quickly spread and was intercepted by Rhonda Waldorf of Sheridan, who works with Safe Haven Humane Society in Ionia. Waldorf agreed to go to Van Zoest's home to see if there was anything she could do to help.
Safe Haven is a private animal rescue organization funded entirely through donations and run by volunteers like Waldorf.
"I went to Stanton where the dog was and he had already managed to drag himself back toward the woods, though he wasn't able to move around much," Waldorf said. "You have to be very careful around an injured dog. I approached him slowly and tossed him some canned food; he was very happy to receive it. Then I gave him some out of my hand and he never showed any signs of aggression at all. He was just glad to see a happy face."
Though the dog was barely able to walk, Waldorf managed to get him into her car and transport him to the Animal Hospital of Lowell, where veterinarian Dr. Bruce Langlois provided treatment. Because of the extensive damage, Langlois was forced to amputate the leg.
Several area donors pooled resources to pay for the dog's medical expenses. At last report, Sgt. Trace was still recovering from the surgery and it will be some time before he is ready for adoption.
Sgt. Trace, originally rescued by a member of Safe Haven, was passed on to Bellowood animal rescue in Cedar Springs. Volunteers from Bellowood handled Sgt. Trace's veterinary care and raised funds to pay for his upkeep during recovery. Bellowood is accepting donations at (616) 696-2846 or via mail at Bellowood, 2985 16 Mile Road, Cedar Springs, MI 49319. Some information was incorrect in an an April 11 article titled "Animal lovers save life of dog."
Meanwhile, police continue to investigate the case. If apprehended and convicted, the person who did the shooting could be facing up to four years in prison and fines of up to $5,000 in addition to covering the dog's medical expenses.


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A Norwegian woman sentenced to 16 months in jail in Dubai for having sex outside marriage after she reported an alleged rape said Friday she decided to speak out in hopes of drawing attention to the risks of outsiders misunderstanding the Islamic-influenced legal codes in this cosmopolitan city.
The case has drawn outrage from rights groups and others in the West since the 24-year-old interior designer was sentenced Wednesday. It also highlights the increasingly frequent tensions between the United Arab Emirates' international atmosphere and its legal system, which is strongly influenced by Islamic traditions in a nation where foreign workers and visitors greatly outnumber locals.
"I have to spread the word. … After my sentence we thought, 'How can it get worse?"' Marte Deborah Dalelv told The Associated Press in an interview at a Norwegian aid compound in Dubai where she is preparing her appeal scheduled for early September.
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Graduate Program in Family Law
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Advanced Family Law Practice and Procedure (LAW 859)
This course will concentrate on emerging areas in family law. Topics include parental rights and responsibilities in reproductive technology cases, pre- and post-nuptial agreements, courts of concurrent jurisdiction, strategies to avoid discharges in bankruptcy, special laws unique to Native Americans, and cohabitation agreements. This course supercedes Advanced Litigation Techniques (LAW 856).
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This course will provide an in-depth analysis of the ethical issues currently facing the legal profession. Although the course will primarily focus on ethical issues that face the family law attorney, the issues have a broader application to the entire profession. Many "hot topics" in legal ethics will be discussed, including but not limited to client confidentiality, conflicts of interest, dealing with dishonest clients, e-discovery, and the use of social networking in litigation and in marketing a legal practice. Students will be graded on the basis of a short paper and presentation regarding a topic of their choice and class discussion of the problems presented. The class is open both to students in the Family Law LL.M. program and to J.D. students.
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Children and Divorce (LAW 860)
This course is designed to train the practitioner to become children's representatives, attorneys for the child and guardian ad litae. Issues will include rights of children, parents and the state, decisions about medical care, juvenile courts, child abuse and neglect, and education and the law. This course will also help students develop interview techniques to solicit requisite information necessary to effectively represent the child before the court. With the ever increasing number of cases in matters of paternity, adoption, and divorce, issues of psychology become more important in resolving the custodial placement of a child. This course will also instruct students in the use and value of the various psychological tests used by the court today. Students will learn how to prepare a case strategy using expert witnesses to their maximum potential as well as learning effective cross examination skills.
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Family Law Mediation and Negotiation (LAW 863)
Family law courts increasingly rely on various alternative dispute resolution programs. A contemporary practitioner must be well-versed and well-prepared for these alternatives to litigation.
Family Law Trial Advocacy and Litigation Strategies (LAW 861)
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Independent Research in Family Law (LAW 855)
Each student will be required to choose a contemporary topic in family law and write a publishable quality research paper. Students will work in close contact with their advisors and should expect to go through at least 2 editing cycles (3 drafts) for each paper.
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Tax and Financial Aspects of Divorce (LAW 850)
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$500 to cosmetically redo a room reasonable?
do you think $500 (roughly) a room is a good price? this is a "normal sized room, you can fit a bed, dresser, desk conformably and not be crowed"
this would entail primer and ceiling and wall paint. new base trim, crown molding and new door trim, as well as a new door (hollow core wood type)
my father is a kitchen designer and retired contractor, he build the i grew up in as well as a newer one before i went to college.
he came over to try and give me an idea of costs for things i wanted done around my house and i feel like good quality paint and new doors and trim can really add value to a house. trying to justify that high cost to my girlfriend (who's mentally is just paint everything; even stained clam shell trim) is the part i am struggling with.
i know its hard to talk price because it really depends on a number of factors such as location, size of room etc.
If you are the product of a contractor father and you say you have been to college then why is it you don't know you should be furnishing us with some dimensions of this room you want to redo?
Who is actually going to do the work (labor).
I personally think $500 is a bargain.
I think I spent more than $200 for the moulding to do a smaller room, and I only have crown on the side with the cabinets, but there were two large door openings.
So I could see $500 for materials for what you're describing. I wasn't sure from your question if $500 was the materials cost, or if someone was quoting you $500 to do the whole job.
I don't follow the logic of this project. Why would you change the molding in one room? Or will this be a room by room upgrade?
Decide which room you want to re-do take a pc. of paper and write down how much trim, crown moulding, door size and the square footage of your walls and ceiling (width in feet x height in feet = square footage of each wall). Then get in your car and drive to the lumer store and price each item that you wrote down, then total up all items and you will have your answer. Get a new girlfriend....
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IBF champ Vasquez returns Saturday
By Gabriel F. Cordero
Mexican IBF lightweight champion Miguel "El Titere" Vazquez (30-3, 13 KOs) will fight this Saturday at the Sun Bowl on the event headlined by WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez against Andy Lee. Vasquez fight a non-title ten-rounder against Daniel Attah (26-10-1, 9 KOs). "I have a major commitment to face an experienced fighter," said Vazquez. "Not being a title fight you'd want to say I'd relax in the ring. On the contrary, I'm going for another victory to keep me as a solid fighter ready to deal with anyone in this division."


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MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA: Janine DiLorenzo
Campus: Stonehill College | Easton, MA
Community Partner: Brockton's Promise coalition
What is Brockton's Promise?
Brockton's Promise represents the Brockton community's commitment to supporting its youth. Residents, schools, leaders, service providers, city agencies, and local organizations unite in Brockton's Promise to ensure that all Brockton youth experience the fundamental resources they need to succeed—the Five Promises—both at home, in school, and in their community. Brockton's Promise maximizes the impact of community resources by enabling this network to communicate, collaborate, evaluate, and coordinate their efforts.
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MACC AmeriCorps*VISTA Role: As a VISTA, I work to build the capacity of the Brockton's Promise coalition to make measurable impact in the community. A major focus has been preparing for a comprehensive, place-based initiative–a là Harlem Children's Zone and Promise Neighborhoods–in which all Five Promises will be concentrated and tracked in a specific geographic area, enabling the community to address multiple contexts of children's development. My VISTA work also involves enhancing communication and collaboration opportunities among partners and supporting existing collaborations, such as the annual Mentor Recruitment Rally hosted by the Caring Adults team. This January, over 300 people gathered at the 5th annual Mentor Rally to celebrate exceptional mentors in our community and to recognize the importance of caring adults–and all of the Promises they bring–to young people's lives.
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Burger King pulling slice from double cheeseburger
By Lisa Baertlein
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Burger King Corp is taking a page from the playbook of McDonald's Corp and pulling a slice of cheese from its $1 double cheeseburger.
Starting on April 26, the fast-food chain will sell a "BK Dollar Double" with two burgers and one slice of cheese, Burger King said on Wednesday. That's six days after the company raises the price of the $1 double cheeseburger to a suggested $1.19.
Burger King and McDonald's have successfully used $1 burgers to lure diners into stores. McDonald's raised the price of its popular double cheeseburger to a suggested $1.19 from $1 in December 2008.
Stifel Nicolaus analyst Steve West estimated that every cheese slice costs 1 cent to 2 cents -- translating into roughly 1 to 2 percent of the gross revenue from double cheeseburgers.
"When fully loaded with labor and other overheads, franchisees told me it was being sold at a loss," he said.
Burger King recently signaled plans to end the $1 double cheeseburger promotion in the spring and to replace it with another item. The double cheeseburger boosted traffic but angered franchisees.
The promotion prompted the National Franchisee Association to sue Burger King in November in Miami federal court. The association said the company did not have the right to enforce maximum pricing rules.
A spokesman for the association, which represents Burger King franchisees, was not immediately available for comment on the new double cheeseburger pricing. Continued...


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Directed by Barry Stripp, PhD, the Cedars-Sinai Postdoctoral Scientist Program offers advanced research training for those who have completed their doctoral studies. Postdoctoral scientists work under the supervision of a principal investigator (PI) and have the expectation of and the opportunity for collaborative and independent research and publication of their findings.
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Wall Street reopens after being shut for two days
Wall Street is getting back to work.
Trading resumed on the New York Stock Exchange Wednesday after being closed for two days because of Hurricane Sandy. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg ran the opening bell.
The exchange is running on backup generators since power is out in large parts of downtown Manhattan.
The last time the exchange was closed for two days for weather was in 1888.
The market got off to a good start after the shutdown.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 70 points to 13,177 shortly after the opening bell.
The Standard & Poor's 500 index rose five points to 1,417. The Nasdaq composite slipped two points to 2,985.
General Motors rose 4 percent to $24.10 after reporting earnings that beat Wall Street's forecasts.
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'American Idol' Voting Makes Its Way to Facebook
Starting on Tuesday, March 1, 'American Idol' viewers will be able to use Facebook to vote for their favorite contestants. Check it out at Taste of Country.
With the help of online voting, this could be the season that viewers pick the next Carrie Underwood! Country's one clear shot is Top 24 contestant Scott McCreery, the humble but talented teenager who has consistently blown the judges away with his deep voice and high morals.
This will make it so much easier and accessible to vote now! I bet this year will have a record amount of votes! Way to go American Idol.


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Here we describe the groups that take part in the assessment process and publish their minutes.
The Board met to consider:
1.Proposals for two challenges;
a.Open Contracting Data Standard
b.Open standard for international development data
2. The open standards process and Board membership
3. The future role of the Board and open standards in Government
Summary of outcomes:
The Board agreed that
1.The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) must be used in the disclosure of data and documents at all stages of the government's contracting process.
This meeting was held to evaluate the following proposals:
a.Open Contracting Data Standard OCDS
b.Open standard for international development data International Aid Transparency Initiative (IATI)
a.How to deal with standard versions changes in the open standards process.
b.The open standards community group.
Summary of outcomes
1. OCDS to be recommended to the Open Standards Board
2. IATI to be recommended to the Open Standards Board
Declaration of interests
1. Proposals for two challenges :
a. public emergency alert messaging
b. publishing vacancies online
2. A redrafted challenge for understanding government information.
3. A fast track in the open standards process for certain standards.
The board agreed that:
The board met to consider:
1. recommendations on four proposals:
a.exchange of property/place information
b.exchange of location point information
c.multi agency incident transfer
d.publishing vacancies online
2. the adoption of a fast track process for selecting open standards in some circumstances
The board agreed that the:
This meeting was scheduled to evaluate the following proposals:
Declarations of interest
Peter Parslow declared a commercial interest in standards relating to geographic data such as UPRN as he is an employee of Ordnance Survey. UPRN is a product of GeoPlace a public sector limited liability partnership between the Local Government Association and Ordnance Survey.
New panel members have joined the Data Standards Panel (Gareth Rushgrove, Andrew Pickford and Matt Wilson). The panel evaluated proposals on language tags and country codes at this meeting. Paul Downey of GDS acted as challenge owner for these proposals and presented them to the panel.
Nicholas began the meeting by asking the panel whether they had any interests to declare, the panel had none.
Language tags
This was the fifth Open Standards Board, two proposals were tabled for discussion:
Country codes
A revised challenge on understanding government documents was also tabled. The Open Standards Board had previously asked for clarity on the scope and user need when they had been asked to review a proposal on this topic.
The Board agreed:
This was the fourth Open Standards Board, three challenges were tabled for discussion:
Exchange of contact information - RFC6350 (vcard)
Exchange of calendar events - RFC5545 (iCalendar)
Public emergency alert messaging - Common Alerting Protocol (CAP) 1.2
For exchange of contact information, to adopt RFC6350 (vcard) subject to there being no conflicting standards already adopted in Europe
The Panel requested that James Penman and the team need to produce a UK profile for CAP which needs to include the following:
Guidance on signing the message
Consider only permitting XML encoding (excluding ASN.1 due to issues raised by CESG)
ensure that police are involved in the process (James confirmed that Charlotte Lawrence was already working on this point)
ensure that issues around the devolved governments are appropriately considered (James agreed CCS would check on issues)


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This is a discussion on Apartment 'break in' by mgmt within the Off Topic & Humor Discussion forums, part of the The Back Porch category; Dear Daughter goes to school far across the country, in a sleepy little college town, lives with two other gals in a second-story apartment, and ...
Dear Daughter goes to school far across the country, in a sleepy little college town, lives with two other gals in a second-story apartment, and help is within arm's reach.
After midnight last night she awoke to hear her roommate talking to two men in the hall outside her bedroom. She didn't think much of it, as the dad of one of the girls visited last weekend, and evidently the tones were not heated. (We've discussed this already.) Turns out the apartment maintenence folks got an emergency call from some guys saying they were at this apartment, and the two "intruders" were as annoyed at the false call anyone. But it seems that they either didn't knock, or knocked and had no answer (they girls had a fan on)... so they let themselves in.
To top it off, the last gal in decided NOT to lock the deadbolt because she thought that was just "over the top". Sigh.
My plan is to have my daughter replace at least the deadbolt, and make it ABUNDANTLY CLEAR WITH THE ROOMMATES that the deadbolt stays locked. I want to reinforce the door with the nifty device presented here a few days ago, but the new lock will take up available cash for this check at least.
Comments? I would particularly like advice on cheap ways to strengthen the door frame, and brands of deadbolts which might be within our range. I *know* not to trust in the $8.95 version, and I kinda can't afford the $350 type. Thanks in advance.
One of the easiest and cheapest ways is to replace the screws holding the hinges and strike plates with 3 inchers. The standard ones are usually 1 to 11/2 inches.
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That sounds fishy to me; I would definitely report all that stuff to management ASAP.
"Guard with jealous attention the public liberty. Suspect everyone who approaches that jewel. Unfortunately, nothing will preserve it but downright force. Whenever you give up that force, you are inevitably ruined". - Patrick Henry
But the question you and edr9x23super raise is a valid one: the apartment manager I just hollered at made it abundantly clear that they NEVER send two guys, and that their behavior suggested that the fellows were nothing of who they claimed to be. If one of the apartment guys DID take a non-employee into a unit, she says that at the least he'll lose his master key and he might be fired. And if it wasn't one of their people she'll have the lock changed today. She asked if the girls had called the authorities (which gives credence to her words of concern).
Of course, my reaction to a new lock was that if it was one of their people using a master key we would put our own lock on the door as they've demonstrated that they can't be trusted with a key to it. She (predictably) raised the "what about a fire or a flood?" argument; my counter was that if it was a flood, call the girls by cell phone since they attend school all of six blocks away, and if its a fire then just break through the door - and I would pay for it!
Thanks for the comments so far; hoping for more.
Before you do anything, check your lease. Most apts. prohibit any changes, modifications, additions, etc., without their consent in writing. If they do allow it, they'll want a key that opens your new lock.
Typically maintainance personnel have an after hours emergency number just for that purpose. If no one answers the door, they will enter in an "emergency". Again check your lease, for this is usually spelled out.
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What kind of flexibility v. restrictions do you have in the lease re: changes?
What is the floor (structure/covering) just inside of the door?
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OK, got the call back from the apt manager (a very sharp and pleasant woman).
1) It was their guy (one guy; we're still waiting for the roommate who confronted him to call, as the report of 'two people' may have been inaccurate);
2) The fellow was called by the renter who lives in same apartment number IN THE NEXT BUILDING, saying he was travelling and would the maintenence guy PLEASE turn off his extremely loud alarm clock as it would disturb the whole building if it rang the next morning for hours on end.
3) The maintenence fellow had never been to this particular property before so he wasn't aware of the duplicate numbering (though a 15 years veteran at his previous job and they didn't want him to leave - only recently hired here),
4) He says he knocked and rang the doorbell per procedure (plausible with the fans and exhaustion on the gals' part),
5) He then let himself in (expecting nobody there), walked into Bedroom #1 and flipped on the light... only to find a girl asleep in the bed. Saying a bad word to himself he turned off the light and began his retreat (hoping she didn't awaken). But she did awake, and confronted him.
6) After leaving, he then went to that same number apartment in the OTHER BUILDING and found and turned off the alarm clock per the caller's request.
7) The maintenence guy forwarded to the manager a long email he had just finished writing to his pals about the incident, and it matched my daughter's report in everything except the number of people (which wasn't seen but guessed from voices) - the email was too long to have been written while they were on the phone.
8) The apartment manager sounded so sharp (think of your best teacher or school administrator), that I'm pretty confident that her BS alarm would have gone off had he been trying to cover. As it was, he laughed ruefully when she called him with, "Did you have any maintenence calls last night...?", saying, "I figured I would get a call on this."
Looks like an honest 'oops' to me, but a useful attention-getter. Turns out they do NOT change out the locks between tenants unless they are missing keys - ludicrous, of course, and I harrumphed at my daughter for letting this one get by. I called and left a message sweetly stating, "This is of course unacceptable, and we'll expect those locks changed. If you don't want to do it today, we'll expect them to be changed out on Monday." And my daughter will be getting some long screws for the plates as well.
Unfortunately, most apartments follow that same practice of not changing locks when tenants change.
It might be worthwhile for you to put a lock on your daughter's bedroom door, or at least for her to use a door-jam or burglar bar of some kind while she's sleeping.
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That's a good way to get permanently put down. They're going to do that once to often, I think. The mere fact they've got a key doesn't grant all-hours access under all conditions. We're talking people's lives and safety here. Lease contract be damned.After midnight ... so they let themselves in.
Your best weapon is your brain. Don't leave home without it.
Thoughts: Justifiable self defense (A.O.J.).
Explain: How does disarming victims reduce the number of victims?
Reason over Force: Why the Gun is Civilization (Marko Kloos).
Time to install a 'motel type' door lock...and have a serious talk with management.
There is absolutely no reason to enter an apartment after sundown...PERIOD!
Proverbs 27:12 says: The prudent see danger and take refuge, but the simple keep going and suffer for it.
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There is a plastic box that once you place a key inside the box can not be opened until you break the box into bits. It is used for property rentals where the is no reason to be inside the apartment until there is an emergency. Then the box must be replaced.
The apt complex needs to change policy or explain it better. An alarm clock is no reason to enter an apt after hours - do it first thing in the morning. You may want to explain the possible consequences of that guy's actions to the manager - she probably doesn't get it. Check out those Katy Bars. The maintenance guy needs to find his voice, once inside after no answer from outside he should yell again loud enough to wake anyone inside.
God, I can't believe this stuff going on at campuses, especially after the Yale murder.
Maintenance should not be going anyplace unless there IS a fire or flood after sundown. Can't the dummy PULL THE PLUG ON THE ALARM CLOCK!!!??? Durring the DAY????, BEFORE it goes off!!?? Still sounds fishy to me.
Good way for this guy to get himself shot too.
Looks like you are doing the right thing, get the locks changed and have the girls watch a home invasion film with dead teenagers all over the screen. Maybe then they will lock the dead bolt.


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Manapa wrote:MN10 satipatthana sutta a couple of reasons
1 - it will save you time when it comes to translating DN22 which is almost identical except for the section on the FNT.
2 - it is one of the cornerstone texts on the practice of mindfulness.
bodom wrote:Im fond of MN 131: Bhaddekaratta Sutta
http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .nana.html
Let one not trace back the past
Or yearn for the future-yet-to-come.
That which is past is left behind
Unattained is the "yet-to-come."
But that which is present he discerns —
With insight as and when it comes.
The Immovable — the-non-irritable.
In that state should the wise one grow
Today itself should one bestir
Tomorrow death may come — who knows?
For no bargain can we strike With Death
who has his mighty hosts.
But one who dwells thus ardently
By day, by night, untiringly
Him the Tranquil Sage has called
The Ideal Lover of Solitude.
"Monks, even if bandits were to carve you up savagely, limb by limb, with a two-handled saw, he among you who let his heart get angered even at that would not be doing my bidding. Even then you should train yourselves: 'Our minds will be unaffected and we will say no evil words. We will remain sympathetic, with a mind of good will, and with no inner hate. We will keep pervading these people with an awareness imbued with good will and, beginning with them, we will keep pervading the all-encompassing world with an awareness imbued with good will — abundant, expansive, immeasurable, free from hostility, free from ill will.' That's how you should train yourselves.
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The texture of spinach leaves, dry and dusty when raw, mushy when cooked, discourages many people from including it in their meals. This is a great way to get people to eat spinach with gusto. It can be an easy weeknight dinner when a prepared crust, jarred peppers and a bag of prewashed spinach are used. Or it can make for a great family weekend activity if the cook chooses to use homemade crust and fresh spinach and peppers. Either way, the fragrance of the baking pizza will draw everyone to the dinner table.
Servings: 4
- 1 large bunch spinach
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 medium cloves garlic, cut into thin slices
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Pinch plus 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1 small red bell pepper or a small (6-ounce) jar of roasted red peppers, drained
- Flour, for the work surface
- 1 pound homemade or store-bought pizza dough
- 1 tablespoon cornmeal, for dusting
- 2 tablespoons homemade or store-bought basil pesto
- 1/2 small fennel bulb (outer layers removed and stalks trimmed), cored and cut into thin slices
- 1/2 small red onion, cut into thin slices
- 4 ounces fresh mozzarella cheese, cut into 1/4-inch slices
- 1/2 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
Position an oven rack in the lower third of the oven and place a pizza stone on it (if using); preheat to 450 degrees.
Pull the large stems off the spinach leaves and tear the leaves into large pieces (about 4 cups). Wash and drain the spinach leaves several times until all the sand and grit has been removed. Spin in a salad spinner until the leaves are fairly dry.
Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add 1 tablespoon of the oil to the skillet then the garlic. Cook for 1 minute, stirring, to flavor the oil; do not let the garlic burn.
Add the spinach and cook for about 3 minutes, so the leaves are wilted and any remaining water has evaporated. Season with a grind of black pepper and a pinch of sea salt. Transfer the spinach to a medium bowl.
If using a fresh bell pepper, cut it in half lengthwise and discard the ribs and seeds.
Wipe out the skillet then return it to the stove, over medium-high heat.
Place the pepper halves in the skillet, skin side down. Sear for several minutes, watching closely, until the majority of the skin is blackened. Transfer the pepper halves to a paper bag and seal it until the peppers have cooled. Discard the blackened skin, then cut the peppers crosswise into thin slices.
Lightly flour a work surface. Roll out the pizza dough to a 12-inch round. If using a pizza pan, dust it with cornmeal. If using a pizza stone, dust a pizza peel with cornmeal.
Carefully transfer the dough to the pan, or on a pizza peel. Crimp or roll the edges all the way around the dough. Place in the oven or transfer to the pizza stone and bake for 6 minutes.
Remove from the oven and drizzle the remaining tablespoon of oil over the crust, using a pastry brush or your fingers to spread it evenly. Sprinkle the crust with the remaining 1/2 teaspoon of sea salt.
Spread the pesto over the crust, leaving a 1-inch margin around the edges. Evenly distribute the cooked spinach, fennel, onion and bell pepper over the crust. Lay the mozzarella slices on the vegetables, but don't completely cover them. Sprinkle the Parmesan on top.
Return the pizza to the oven and bake for about 15 minutes, or until the cheese just begins to brown. Cut into slices; serve hot.
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DATE & TIME: Saturday, January 7th, 7:00 p.m. (pt).
FACTS & STATS: Site: Mott Gymnasium (3,032) -- San Luis Obispo, California. Television: None. Home Record: Fullerton 6-1, Cal Poly 4-3. Away Record: Fullerton 3-2, Cal Poly 3-3. Neutral Record: Fullerton 1-1, Cal Poly 2-0. Conference Record: Fullerton 2-1, Cal Poly 0-2. Series Record: Cal Poly leads, 32-22.
GAME NOTES: After losing three straight games to the likes of Houston Baptist, Cal State Bakersfield and Wichita State in late November/early December, the Titans reeled off seven consecutive wins in order to become one of the more high- profile programs in the Big West. However, on Thursday night the team was knocked down a few pegs when UC Santa Barbara delivered a 77-64 smackdown which dropped Fullerton to 2-1 in conference play.
Meanwhile, the Mustangs were also off to a strong start to 2011-12, winning eight of their first 11 games, but then the team began to struggle on offense and if not for a 67-61 win over Hope International on December 29 at home, the squad would be in the midst of a significant losing streak. Two nights ago, Cal Poly suffered a 55-50 loss at the hands of Long Beach State to drop to 0-2 in conference.
With respect to the all-time series between these two schools on the hardwood, the Mustangs are ahead by a count of 32-22, partly due to winning the last two matchups.
The Titans dug themselves a huge hole in the first half against UCSB, shooting just 8-of-35 from the floor and 1-of-10 behind the three-point line, and from there it was too much to handle as the visitors dropped the 13-point decision on the road. Isiah Umipig was credited with a team-high 18 points, D.J. Seeley accounted for a double-double consisting of 15 and 10 boards, followed by Kwame Vaughn with 12 points, five assists and three steals. Off the bench Andre Hardy posted eight points and 10 boards for the group. Seeley leads four double-digit scorers at the moment with his 15.6 ppg, but he is only slightly ahead of Vaughn who is producing 15.1 ppg. Omondi Amoke, although just a 53.7 percent shooter at the free-throw line, is a double-double waiting to happen with his 12.1 points and 8.6 rebounds per game.
Even though Long Beach State used a total of just six players two nights ago, that was still enough to send the Mustangs to the loss column for the third time in the last four outings. Will Taylor tried to keep Cal Poly in the mix with his 16 points on 7-of-10 shooting from the floor, followed by David Hanson with 11 points, but the team shot just 1-of-14 behind the three-point line which is the type of performance that will doom any program on any night. The Mustangs are a group that don't score a lot of points, posting a mere 62.1 ppg, but to their credit they certainly makes things interesting with one of the tighter defenses in the country, allowing just 55.3 ppg. Hanson heads a list of three players scoring in double figures with his 11.0 ppg, with Taylor coming in with 10.5 points and a team-high 8.1 rebounds per outing, but still it is tough to get past the fact that he has just four assists in 15 starts.
As long as the Mustangs can keep the scoring to a minimum they have a fighting chance, but as soon as Seeley and Amoke get started it will be tough to keep the Titans down.
Sports Network Predicted Outcome: Cal State Fullerton 69, Cal Poly 58


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I recently tried a conditioner with cones and I have loved it. Go figure. i try to be somewhat CG and my hair wasn't going for it. Anyway, It really gives me volume (finally!!) and makes my hair soft. No other conditioner has given me these results (and I've tried maaaany). I'm about to run out of shampoo and wanna try a new one. Should I bite the bullet and try the shampoo made by the same line as the conditioner? It has sulfates of course -__- and the one I have been using does not. I'm worried the great results come from using my current shampoo with the conditioner, or if its just the conditioner by itself that's responsible. So, I'm scared to try the new shampoo because I can't return it if it doesn't give me the same results as my current one. The product junkie in me is questioning herself for once!
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Attorneys Weigh In On News That 3rd Broward Judge Arrested On DUI In Six Months
UPDATE 5/28 4:00am
The latest DUI arrest of a Broward judge has many people talking, as she becomes the 3rd judge in six months to be arrested on similar charges.
Judge Lynn Rosenthal is out on bond after slamming her SUV into a Broward Sheriff's Deputy's car at the County Courthouse parking lot.
"What an extraordinary coincidence," says WIOD Legal Analyst Mark Eiglarsh.
"Three female judges, all from Broward County," he adds, "I don't think there's anything that links all three, I just think it's an unbelievable coincidence."
Earlier this month, Judge Gisele Pollack was arrested on DUI charges after she crashed into a stopped car. She was ultimately suspended without pay.
Back in November, another judge, Cynthia Imperato, was arrested after cops in Boca Raton received 911 calls of a drunk driver on the road.
As for Rosenthal, Eiglarsh says her immediate future as a judge is hard to predict.
"It's possible she could be suspended, she could be removed from the criminal bench to hear cases maybe in family or civil court" says Eiglarsh, "...Or nothing, because she's innocent until prove guilty."
The arrest report claims Rosenthal admitted to taking ambien Monday night...and that she registered a 0.00 on a breathalyzer.
Broward Sheriff Office deputies received a call shortly after 8 a.m. regarding a vehicle that struck a parked BSO unit in the parking lot of the courthouse located at 201 S.E. 6 St.
The driver of the black SUV was Judge Lynn Rosenthal.
Rosenthal was arrested for DUI and will be booked into the Main Jail.
Developing: Judge Lynn Rosenthal arrives at jail after DUI arrest. More at 5pm on @nbc6 via @SteveNBC6 pic.twitter.com/uZUqg9sHCo
— NBC 6 South Florida (@nbc6) May 27, 2014
This arrest marks at least the 3rd judge in that county arrested on similar charges.