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Greenshade AME Church, 8152 Salem Road, Quincy, will host "Youth Stop the Violence!" as a community outreach event from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. May 18. Highlights will include Smokey the Bear, free health and business information, free food, free clothes giveaway, musical performances, a fashion show, fun activities and more. Donations are accepted. For information, call Catina York, 850-212-9015.
Holy Community plans revival
On May 8 to 10, Holy Community Church will host a Pre-Mother's Day Revival featuring various speakers. Holy Community Church will have Friday Night Live Services Friday, May 17, with guest speaker Dr. Ya'Quanda Payne-McCall. Family and Friends Day will be at 11 a.m. Sunday, May, 19, with guest speaker Pastor Patricia Hewitt. At 5 p.m. Sunday, May 26, Holy Community will host its annual Men Day Service featuring guest speaker Pastor Kenneth
Third anniversary for Friendship pastor
Friendship P.B. Church at 5775 Ben Bostick Road, Elder A. Louis Ivey, pastor, will be celebrating their pastor's third anniversary at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19. Everyone is invited to come out and celebrate with us as we express our love to our pastor, as well as lift up the mighty name of Jesus. Leading up to this program will be evening programs starting Monday, May 13, through Wednesday, May 15, and Friday, May 17. These programs start at 7 p.m.
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First Restored Church of Jesus Christ Inc., 867 Joe Adams Road, Quincy, will host a Happy Mother's Day tribute program including fun with games and refreshments and praising "Mother." The event starts at 4:30 p.m. May 11. Minister Hattie Harper, pastor and Minister Marcus Reed, co-pastor. Everyone is invited. Sponsored by: First Restored and The Hope For Women Organization.
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Bishop Titus B. Deas Jr. and the Deliverance Temple Ministries (DTM) Church Family proudly announce the Grand Opening of their Youth Facility: Youth Empowerment Zone (YEZ) at noon Saturday, May 11. The public is opening for the grand opening celebration. Highlights include prizes, give-a-ways, face painting and refreshments. Due to limited parking space, there will be shuttle service provided at 11:30 a.m. from DTM to YEZ. Deliverance Temple Ministries is at 5715 Hardaway Highway, Chattahoochee. Call 840-856.8448 or visit firstname.lastname@example.com/.
New Life honors mothers
New Life Church of Christ Written In Heaven, Pastor Sarah Battles and congregation invite you to their Mother's Day program. It will be at noon Sunday, May 12. The location is Woodberry Road off of 90 West. The public is invited.
Have breakfast in Gretna
Catherine D. Jackson Scholarship Fund Breakfast will be from 8 to 10 a.m. May 11 at Springfield AMEC Fellowship Hall in Gretna. The purpose is to raise funds for the CDJ Scholarship, which is given to deserving Gadsden County High School graduates each year to assist them in their continuing education. All funds generated goes into the scholarship fund. Cost is $5 per plate. For information, call the Rev. Charlie (Jackie) Dilworth at 850-339-3610 or Sis. Mary Wright at 850-856-5241.
Psalmstress to speak for Mother's Day program
Rev. Shirlean Thomas and the St. Paul A.M.E. Church Family of Midway will host a Mother's Day worship service featuring former Gadsden County resident, Elder LaTonya "L Michell" Smith, who is the daughter of Ms. Lillie Mae Simmons (Collins). She is an Ordained Elder, Psalmstress, Youth Minister, Minister of Music, Teacher/Speaker, and Songwriter. Currently, she is a member and Ordained Elder of Fire and Hammer International Training Center in Tallahassee, provides music for New Beginning on the Horizon Ministry in Hiram, Ga., and a featured Christian artist on WATC 57's Atlanta Live. Come one and all and enjoy this dynamic speaker at 1 p.m. Sunday, May 12 at 825 Bill McGill Memorial Highway in Midway.
Church celebrates big anniversary
The Rev. Shirlean Thomas and the St. Paul A.M.E. Church Family will celebrate their 134th church anniversary at 3 p.m. Sunday, May 19. The Rev. Charlie C. Worthen and the New Bethel A.M.E. Church Family of Quincy will be in charge of the service. The public is invited. The church is at 825 Bill McGill Memorial Highway in Midway.
Second Elizabeth celebrating mothers
Please join the Second Elizabeth Missionary Baptist Church family in its annual Mother's Day service at 11 a.m. Sunday, May 12. The message will be delivered via the messenger the Rev. Sterling George. Moderator John L. Gardner Sr., Pastor.
Gospel program planned in Sawdust
St. Luke M.B. Church (Sawdust Community), 263 Ridgewood Road, where the Rev. Charles Ash Sr. is pastor, will host a Gospel Extravaganza at 6 p.m. June 8. Choir groups, soloist, mime dancers, praise team dancers, instrumentalist, etc., are encouraged to participate. For information, call Sister Christy Cobbs, 850-728-4016.
Family and Friends day planned in Quincy
Grace Christian Fellowship, Pastor Clifford Brinson and congregation cordially invite you to come out and fellowship at 10 a.m. Sunday, May 12, for Family and Friends Day at the Parkway Center, Pat Thomas Parkway, Quincy.
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A warm welcome back to Brighton fan and all-round genius David Hartrick....
Okay, I suppose we better address the EFW match-report shaped elephant in the room.
My last article from the Oldham vrs Brighton game this season may have contained one or two factual errors. I know that it's been some time since Earl Barrett was the mainstay of the Oldham defence. I'm fairly certain you can't buy a strawberry daiquiri at half-time at Boundary Park. Bernard Cribbins never told me a filthy story about his time voicing the Wombles.
Now in my defence this situation was partly caused by the fact I may not have *actually* attended the game. I understand that this is an unconventional approach to writing a report about an untelevised match but I wanted to see if I could pull it off.
I couldn't.
Before we leave the subject I suppose I ought to mention that I also knew Oldham didn't play on a plastic pitch anymore but how would you have crow-barred in a Katie Price gag?
Therefore it was decided, if I wrote a second match report for EFW Danny had some ground rules, first among them to actually attend the game. Weighing up my options I agreed this was probably the best way to go about things and tossed my pre-prepared Nottingham research in the bin. I say research, I bought a copy of Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves from Amazon. It wasn't even very good. Kevin Costner's accent was rubbish.
My journey from Huddersfield should have been straight forward enough train wise but thanks to the good people at the rail company, they contrived to give me two options. The first was I go from Huddersfield and face a journey back that would piss Phileas Fogg off. The second was to cajole the wife into driving me to Leeds station and have a slightly easier time of things all-round. Luckily the wife agreed to do me the favour and it only cost me several nights looking after our daughter, an agreement that I would load the dishwasher for the next six months and £250's worth of vouchers for selected clothing stores of her choosing (last time she negotiated the same clause without specifying and £250's worth of Anne Summers didn't go down well. She did get some lovely pyjamas though).
And so that's how I found myself on the train from Leeds with virtually every exhibitor at the International Stamp exhibition to be held in Sheffield on the same day. Now these are serious men with a serious hobby, albums and suitcases were being guarded like they held the deeds to heaven itself. Once I'd exhausted my stamp banter by asking how much a first class goes for nowadays, I opted to sit back and watch. Around me pockets of horse-trading were in full swing but in hushed tones, stamp swaps being conducted in the same fashion as most drug deals occur. I decided to amuse myself by trying to think of stamp based footballing puns and I'll be honest, after Phil Stamp and Kingsley (Penny) Black there's nothing.
As we passed Sheffield and they exited the train I have to confess I felt a little sad. I had just witnessed a conversation between two men, one of whom was as mad as ten bears that North Sea gas isn't called British Gas. When his friend interjected that you can go with British Gas as your supplier he was quickly shot down with a Partridge/Tanoy-esque 'that's the company not the product'. I felt lonely, the only other passenger in the carriage was reading the Daily Mail and clearly not up for a discussion about utilities but undeterred, I made my connection in good time and hit Nottingham already writing paragraphs of this report in my head.
Having met up with Danny Last of this very parish and a suitably merry band of men (damn you Costner, get out of my head) a few sleeves were downed in preparation of the game ahead. The use of the word sleeves by myself prompted some heavy discussion as to what pints can be called across the country. After a journey through bevvies, yards and pots it was decided that sleeves was better than all of them as 'short-sleeves' could be used for whisky, gin etc. It was now 2:30 and we were yet to talk about football in any capacity. After another 15 minutes spent talking about the wonder of Greggs, we were just about ready to head to the game.
Now this was an unusual game for a Brighton fan as technically, it was a dead rubber and for the very best of reasons. As title winners there was somewhat of a party atmosphere as fancy dress appeared to be the order of the day. Having spoken to Jesus, the Queen, Osama bin Laden (he'd had a busy week), several Captain Americas, a tiger having a cigarette and a special Brighton-blue Morph, costume of the day for me personally was the Dalek.
Not often you go to a game and see a Dalek but I would suggest they could be a welcome addition to the fancy dress pantheon, but only if you're prepared to sweat for your art.
And so to the game (I know what you're thinking - at last! - but if you do come to me for a match report you can usually expect a good 700 words of nonsense before the main event).
County needed a win to guarantee their safety, a draw would do depending on Dagenham and Walsall's respective results. This was a last day where right across the league's nearly everything was settled and to be fair, County were in the box seat themselves to escape. The dream scenario for us Brighton fans was that County survived thanks to results elsewhere so nothing soured the mood, it's a long way to come to have a load of disappointed fans scream at you as you walk to the station wearing a Spiderman outfit otherwise. Kick-off time came and after locating a completely empty bar to purchase drinks and sausage rolls (pastry to meat ratio poor) as and when required, we made our way to our seats in high spirits.
Despite the nerves of a last day relegation possibly hanging over their heads the County fans were in outstanding voice but had bought a drummer with them. Ten minutes into the first half I offered to leave the safety of the Jimmy Sirrel Lower and hunt the drummer down in order to place said instrument somewhere where it is almost impossible to beat a drumstick rhythmically. I'm not a killjoy but if there's one thing I can't stand at a football ground its bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang, bang.
Brighton scored early, Ashley Barnes curling in from the edge of the box but in truth many of the Albion players were playing with their flip-flops and swimming shorts on. There was a lazy feeling to proceedings and when Gordon Greer's own goal bought County level plus results were going their way elsewhere, the jovial atmosphere among the Brighton fans spread to the whole ground. By halftime it had become reasonably clear that County were going to do just enough and Brighton were going to make it back to the Spanish coast without serious injury.
The second half started with County on top but then as news of Walsall and Dagenham both having mountains to climb filtered through, the game reduced to the deadest of dead rubbers. County finished on top, Brighton finished getting their money changed into Euros. The final whistle was greeted with a good natured pitch invasion as the best of all possible worlds had indeed occurred. A love-in between fans of both clubs then ensued as essentially it had never mattered for Brighton and County had played well enough to show their fans even if results hadn't gone their way, they could still have possibly got the win.
And so home-time loomed and what had we learnt? That 'sleeves' is the best word for pints, stamp collectors are quite possibly the best people to share a train with for an hour, British Gas is the company and not the product and that Greggs is wonderful and the one in Huddersfield stays open till 2 o'clock in the morning. All in all a productive day then.
Maybe you were right and there is something to be said for actually going to the game Danny.

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Ask Michael Lorenzo-Vera's coach Jean Lamaison who possesses the smoothest, silkiest putting stroke in the game, and he is quick to namecheck Alvaro Velasco.
Given that golfers are said to "drive for show and putt for dough", it is therefore perhaps not surprising that Velasco earned more than any other player on the Challenge Tour this season.
Like Lorenzo-Vera before him in 2007, the Spaniard has just graduated to The European Tour as the Challenge Tour Number One – but it is another Rankings winner he is keen to mimic most: a certain Edoardo Molinari.
Whilst Velasco was ultimately unable to match Molinari's extraordinary consistency en route to topping the Rankings, he did manage to emulate the Italian's two victories.
The first arrived on home soil – for Molinari at the 2009 Piemonte Open, read Velasco at this year's Fred Olsen Challenge de España – whilst the other came at the money-spinning Kazakhstan Open, where his 21 under par aggregate winning total was one shot lower than Molinari's mark.
Thus, the omens are good for Velasco as he goes in search of his maiden European Tour victory in the short term, and a place in the top 50 of the Official Golf World Ranking in the longer term.
In light of the fact that that he currently occupies 218th place it will be a stiff task but, given that Molinari – currently the World Number 16 – started last year down in 653rd, by no means an impossible one.
Velasco said: "Finishing on top of the Rankings was definitely the best achievement of my career so far, and hopefully I can build on it next year. I won in Kazakhstan like Edoardo – at the start of the week his 20 under par winning score didn't seem like a realistic target, so to beat it by one shot shows how well I must've played, which obviously gave me a lot of confidence.
"And now I've won the Rankings like him, so it's an honour to follow such a great player. I've obviously still got a long way to go to reach his level, but my goal is to win on The European Tour and climb into the top 50 of the world."
Given how well he played this term – on top of his two victories, Velasco finished in the top five on three further occasions – it almost defies logic that, as Molinari had the season before his triumph, the 29 year old relinquished his playing privileges on The European Tour last year.
Velasco finished 189th in The 2009 Race to Dubai with earnings of €73,673, having made just eight cuts all season. But instead of feeling despondent he hit the practice range with renewed vigour, and his hard work and determination have paid off in spectacular fashion.
He said: "The consistency of my all-round game has definitely improved this year, but I still need to keep improving every year if I am to achieve my goals. In the past every part of my game has been working at some point of the season, but this year everything managed to come together at the same time.
"I worked especially hard on my short game over the winter because my chipping has sometimes let me down in the past, particularly last season. But I've made some big improvements in that area of my game, and now it's much stronger.
"I'm really looking forward to next season now – to win twice on the Challenge Tour and then finish top of the Rankings was more than I could've dreamed of at the start of the year.
"I'm going to play in South Africa in December, and hopefully I can get off to a god start. I feel that my game is good enough to win on the main Tour. Obviously the first goal is just to keep my card, but once that's secure I want to win – that's what everyone on The European Tour is playing for.
"But first of all I'm going to have a rest back home in Barcelona, and not touch the clubs for a week or two. Then I'll start practising again, and getting ready for the new season. I already feel excited about being back on the main Tour, and I can't wait for the new season to start.
"It's going to be a lot of fun to be playing alongside some of the best players in the world, as well as some of my good friends like Alvaro Quiros and Pablo Martin. European golf is so strong at the moment, so I want to be a part of it."
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Kountze ISD files appeal in Bible banner case
The Kountze school district on Tuesday asked the Texas appeals court to clarify a recent ruling in a case involving high school cheerleaders using religious themes on banners at football games, starting a legal back-and-forth that could take up to a year to play out, according to one attorney.
Attorney Tom Brandt, who represents the district, said in a statement that the district filed an appeal asking for a clarification to prevent additional litigation. The district wants the court to clarify if the cheerleaders have a free speech right to use the Scripture signs at games.
"The school board's decision to appeal was not made lightly, particularly given the fact that the district court's order actually granted some of the relief the school district sought, namely, that Kountze ISD is not required to prohibit religious-themed banners at school sporting events," said Brandt, of Fanning Harper Martinson Brandt & Kutchin in Dallas.
Beaumont attorney David Starnes, who represents the cheerleaders, said the appeal proves the district does not want the girls to use Bible banners at football games.
"How can you trust someone who says that they welcome and wanted Judge (Steve) Thomas' order all along and then from the other side of their mouth they seek to overturn it on appeal," Starnes said.
Starnes said he is waiting to read the entire appeal before deciding his next course of action, adding the appeal process could take up to a year to unfold.


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Virgin Media has announced its SmartCall app, enabling users to make free calls from their smartphone over a Wi-Fi connection.
In what Virgin Media is calling a 'UK first' customers will be able to use unlimited calls from their home phone talk plan on a smartphone over Wi-Fi. The service is called SmartCall and will even work abroad. See also: Virgin Media offers unlimited data for £10 a month.
Graeme Oxby, executive director of mobile and home phone at Virgin Media, said: "SmartCall will stretch the home telephone cord all the way to wherever you might be, whether in a coffee shop in Cornwall or on a beach in Bali."
The firm said all users need is a Virgin Media home phone, a smartphone and a Wi-Fi connection. It will be available to select customers over the next few weeks and launch fully in early 2013.
The SmartCall app will automatically detect whether a call is included in the users home phone talk plan. As standard, Virgin Media plans include unlimted free weekend calls to UK landlines and Virgin Mobiles.


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NEW YORK, Aug. 24, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) announced that it has awarded a grant of $294,000 to Madera Biosciences, Inc. to develop small molecule drugs designed to clear accumulated beta-amyloid from the brain and thus halt or reverse the progression of Alzheimer's disease.
Madera has identified a series of proprietary compounds that increase the expression of apolipoprotein E (apoE), which has been shown to mediate beta-amyloid clearance from the brain and prevent its accumulation into the plaques that are characteristic of Alzheimer's disease. ApoE is a lipid binding protein that circulates in the blood and the brain and remains the single greatest genetic risk factor for Alzheimer's disease. Increasing the release of apoE from brain cells has actually been shown to decrease beta-amyloid plaques and improve cognitive function in animal models.
Madera's novel, drug-like compounds help to facilitate the release of apoE, aid the beta-amyloid clearance process and are hypothesized to improve symptoms, slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease and potentially reverse the course of the disease. The ADDF's grant will fund Madera's program to optimize these compounds for proof-of-concept testing.
"We are very pleased to work with the ADDF to advance these promising discoveries. The ADDF's support is critical to achieve our goal of providing Alzheimer's patients a therapy that changes the course of the disease," said Rick Jack, Ph.D., Chief Executive Officer for Madera. "These funds will allow us to gain a better understanding of how our compounds affect the pathologies caused by beta-amyloid deposition."
"Madera's unique approach to enhance the secretion apoE holds great promise as a treatment for Alzheimer's disease," said Howard Fillit, MD, Executive Director for the ADDF. "Since apoE is the leading known risk factor for Alzheimer's disease (after aging), developing therapeutics based on our knowledge of apoE biology a is critical challenge in our field."
There are estimated to be more than 5 million patients in the United States and more than 35 million individuals worldwide suffering from Alzheimer's disease. The disease is believed to have an annual impact of $172 billion on health care in the United States and is projected to increase rapidly in the near future.
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The Alzheimer's Drug Discovery Foundation (ADDF) is the only nonprofit organization whose sole mission is to accelerate the discovery and development of drugs to prevent, treat and cure Alzheimer's disease, related dementias and cognitive aging. Since 1998, the ADDF has granted more than $45 million to fund over 325 Alzheimer's drug discovery programs in academic centers and biotechnology companies in 18 countries.
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The "Just Like Home" McDonald's Cash Register 10 Piece Playset features a working cash register where you can hear your menu selections. Includes playfood, and a drive thru playset with headset with real working intercom and McDonald's play money.Toys'R'Us exclusive Just Like Home pretend play kitchens, grocery and restaurant toy play sets give your kids everything they need to become the next great celebrity or reality show super chef!
Or perhaps your child will aspire to become the a part of the growing minimum wage fastfood industry. Seven in ten jobs of the next decade will come from low wage sectors, so train 'em now for that dead-end job that won't even provide a living wage, that they'll be LUCKY to get!
Forget "gender specific toys" and all of that stuff: What kind of fucked up message does this toy send? ("This is your lot in life, kid. Get used to it"?)
Serfdom USA. No surprise that Toys'R'Us is owned by Bain Capital.
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Postgame quotes after the Revolution defeat rivals D.C. United 1-0 on Saturday, August 7, 2010
August 7, 2010 – Gillette Stadium (Foxborough, Mass.)
Truth be told, we didn't play well, we didn't pass the ball well. But at the same time, the game we had midweek, I think really took its toll on us. We really didn't have much in the legs, and obviously with Kevin (Alston) and Marko (Perovic) were missing. I think the biggest thing was we didn't have any legs tonight. And consequently, we didn't pass it well and we didn't play well, but what we did do was we stuck at it and we got a goal.
We just figure we had to get (three points), regardless of where they are. We really need to try and make sure we win home games, and that's the most important thing, regardless of who you are playing. We felt that this was as important as playing LA who is at the top of the league. And again some things can a banana skin. We're coming off a tough 90 minutes on Wednesday and having to play a game Saturday against a team that's always going to be up for it, after losing their coach … we got three points and in the end that's all that will matter.
We kept them out. We did okay. They were sharper than us, but they didn't play a semifinal on Wednesday night. So we did what we had to do. It wasn't pretty, but we got the three points and we'll take three points every week regardless.
If we hadn't had them, then some guys were staying on when they're tired. So it gives fresh pace, fresh legs. But I wish we had a choice.
(Pat Phelan) got on the end of it and put it away well. (Laughing) It's probably his last for the season. But regardless, we'll take it.
It's better to come in a 1-0 game than a 5-0 game, I'll tell you that. Hopefully, it's not my last. I think it was a crucial game for us, to keep our run going for us, and to give our fans something to be excited about. I'm just glad to be a part of it. I started in an offside position and came back onside. When my man didn't follow me, I was kind of in the middle of the goal, and just had to deflect it one way or the other. I was able to get a good read on it and it went in. It was all Chris (Tierney). I just had to not mess it up, really.
I think the fight was good. We were missing some guys, and we just want to keep on this run. Keep getting points is the most important thing.
We would've liked to have initiated the attack a little more and not dropped into a shell, but that's the way (DC) play and they are effective at it. They make things difficult, they push numbers forward.
We've got to pick up points if we're going to get back in this thing. We don't feel like we are out of the playoff race … this was a huge win for us.
(Goals) have got to come from somewhere, and with guys like Marko (Perovic) and (Kheli) Dube out, we are missing some of our attacking players, so I just think we just need to step up.
Basically, what you're trying to do is hit an area. I just figure that we have some big, physical guys - Shalrie (Joseph) and Pat (Phelan) obviously – they're always going to be trying to get across the goalkeeper. I figure if I make the goalkeeper make a decision about whether he wants to come off his line or stay, you do that by putting the ball with pace and try and get it over the first defender and it causes problems every time. You know Pat did a great job of putting his body on the line and scoring a goal.
To be honest, we struggled to create some really clear chances tonight. Sometimes that's the way you have to win games. You have to grind out results and it takes a guy like Pat who's willing to put his body on the line and do whatever it takes to score the goal.
Points are critical at this point. Obviously, we didn't play our prettiest brand of soccer but at this point it's just about putting points on the board and getting back in the playoff race.
I'm very very proud of those guys. I thought they fought extremely hard and I thought at times, we played some very good stuff. We didn't do the most important thing which was to score some goals and that's been a bit of a thorn all year. But my overall thought is that tonight was a good step. The way they battled and those guys are sick of losing and unfortunately we didn't get rewarded again from, what I thought, was a pretty good performance.
We had pretty good chances, you put them in the net or you don't and we didn't.
I think that, for better or for worse, we use tonight as a fresh start. (It's) something, I think, that the guys embraced and I think we saw some good energy out there. Again, in the end it's very disappointing for the staff and the players because there was nothing at the end of the day but me saying that it was a good performance.
I really feel that we should have walked out of here with a victory. If you look at our chances, especially compared to their really one chance, we paid for one mistake. It's not often you see that in soccer, you see one mistake causing a team to lose … It just didn't go our way tonight and that seems to be the theme right now. You know Pablo (Hernandez) had a few chances, had a couple of headers on goal that could have gone and tied it and maybe giving us momentum for the end, then Steven King's shot and finally Adam Cristman's header there at the end. Everything was just off by a hair. When things are not going right and you have to make your own luck, it really takes something powerful to do it. Tonight it just didn't happen but I thought in terms of our effort and our coordination, we were more of a unit tonight and it's a lot easier to fight when you know the guy next to you is fighting, too. We contested every play tonight and contested every ball and every play mattered and we gave up one on a silly free kick.
I would say it was heavy week for us and, if anything, it was more of a distraction. Ben (Olsen) and the rest of the coaching staff did what they could to rally the troops and say, "Here is what we are going to do tonight and here is how New England plays and that's solely what we are concentrating on for the next four days." We came in with a game plan and for the most part we executed and pressed higher up the field and it just didn't go our way.
I think we can take something from (the game) because that's something that hasn't been there all year. I don't think there have been many games that we've gone out, especially in a losing effort, and say that we worked together as a team. This was probably the first loss where we went in and fought as a team and every guy that came in and every guy on the field fought and we can't say that every game.
On our team, we are all out there fighting for each other trying to change things and change the habits we have been in. The fight was there. We played good soccer at times and we give up a goal off a set piece when we should be disciplined and organized. That's frustrating because, in that first half, we had much of the play and better chances and had better creativity and it seemed that Matt Reis was their playmaker in the first half. We were just unlucky to give up a goal like that, in my opinion, against the run of play.
It was nice. It was a good reception. I made a lot of friends and the fans were really good to me here. It's nice to play against your old team again and show the effort. It's nice to feel a little appreciated in the time I spent here and it's a real fun thing.
It was a perfect ball. it dropped on me a little but I have to take the chance better and be better with my head. It's one of those where we my eyes got so big and I lost focus for a second. It's one of those mistakes we have been plagued with all year.


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He wasn't the first to sign the Alumni Register, but Stan Huntsman '54 was among the first of his classmates back for his 50th.
Alumni started signing the official Alumni Register right at 9:00 a.m. Many have taken campus tours, attended colloquium sessions, and enjoyed the Big Bash Deli Buffet. Colloquium sessions have covered the favorite Wabash memories of four retired professors, Wabash men involved in community service, and Wabash men in health care.
About 60 golfers teed off at 10 a.m. in the Wally Wabash Golf Outing. Early reports are that the Sugar Creek Alumni Association has sold a lot of mulligans! (A rumor is that Dean of Students Tom Bambrey '68 has spent lots of time on the golf course of late -- he eagled number 18 with a chip in from the fairway.)
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There have been an increasing number of rumors flying around that Apple is set to launch its own television set later this year. The rumors also all seem to think that if Apple does follow this product route, this particular television set will be called the iTV. Unfortunately for Apple, there is already a huge broadcasting company in the UK that already owns the name ITV. ITV stands for (Independent Television) and it is sharpening its knives ready for a fight; if Apple does decide to launch a television this year and name it the iTV.
Adam Crozier, chief executive of Britain's biggest commercial broadcaster, raised the issue with the company when he took the job in 2010, amid expectations that Apple would follow the pattern of branding used for its iPhone and iPad when it eventually cracked television. At the time, ITV, the broadcaster of popular period drama Downton Abbey, received assurances that Apple would not muscle into its territory, at least in the UK. However, insiders fear that the world's biggest company might take a different stance under Tim Cook, who replaced Steve Jobs as chief executive shortly before Mr Jobs died in August last year.
In our opinion, it would be much more likely that Apple would just replace its current Apple TV product with the new television set. Calling a small black box that connects to your TV an Apple TV is much more confusing than actually calling a full blown television set an Apple TV. However if Apple does decide to plow ahead and call the rumored television set the iTV, it would face strong opposition from ITV and no doubt another costly legal battle.
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Conti described the best ways to convert hot coffee or tea into a summer iced drink, and suggested some easy enhancements like flavoring iced tea with half a packet of Crystal Light On-The-Go from Kraft before chilling it. Similarly, single-serve packets of flavored coffee creaming agents can be added to hot coffee before chilling it, to prepare specialties like frosted vanilla or peppermint mocha. Along the same lines, hot coffee may be poured into instant hot cocoa, stirred and chilled. In both cases, the beverage should be shaken vigorously after the ice cubes are added.
Conti also suggested that viewers who brew more coffee than they can consume while it's still fresh and freeze the excess in an ice cube tray. The resulting "coffee cubes" then may be used to chill fresh coffee without diluting it -- or crushed in a blender, with anything from vanilla ice cream and Hershey chocolate syrup to fudge topping, to make a smoothie-like coffee drink.
PHOTO: Janet Conti of john conti Coffee Co. offers general tips for easy preparation of tasty chilled tea and coffee beverages to WHAS-11 "Great Day Live" host Rachel Platt. Here, she uses a blender to whip up "Terry and Rachel's Rockin' Conteani," made with premium john conti ConTea and shaved ice.
The john conti executive provided expert advice on iced tea preparation, emphasizing the importance of adding ice to the brewed hot tea, rather than pouring the tea over the ice ("cold into hot"). Doing this the wrong way around makes the iced tea cloudy, she warned.
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- Apr 2:
- April Fool's: Fake Xcel letter threatens to cut power to Boulder voters who favored municipalization
- Mar 24:
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- Boulder city attorney: Xcel Energy proposal is 'discrimination'
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- Boulder Issues 2B, 2C: Municipalization, related tax narrowly approved
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- Franchise negotiations between Boulder, Xcel break down over ballot options
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- Boulder City Council considers ballot measures for municipalizing, new Xcel franchise
Here's a look at the amount of money that has been spent so far on both sides of the municipalization issue. Boulder ballot measures 2B and 2C ask voters for permission to break from Xcel Energy and form a municipal utility:
Boulder Smart Energy Coalition (anti): $481,556
Boulder Smarter Energy Coalition (pro): $24,117
Campaign for Local Energy (pro): $18,376
Citizens for Boulder's Clean Energy Future (pro): $39,475
PLAN-Boulder County (pro): $850
Xcel Energy (anti): $414,358
The fight over Boulder's municipalization ballot questions has crested the $1 million mark, making the battle by far the most expensive political issue in Boulder history.
The latest round of campaign finance filings, reported to the city clerk's office on Thursday afternoon, show the issue committees battling to win over voters next week have collected more than $1 million.
Of that total, about $979,000 has been spent on the campaigns.
The results show that the two issue committees opposing ballot measures 2B and 2C -- the Boulder Smart Energy Coalition and Xcel Energy -- have so far spent $895,914, compared with the $82,818 spent by the four groups that support them.
The measures would give the city permission to break from Xcel and start a municipal utility.
Xcel Energy, once again, is by far the biggest contributor in the fight, pouring an additional $118,036 into its own issue committee and an additional $240,000 to the Boulder Smart Energy Coalition since the last round of financial reporting on Oct. 18.
"Boulder is at a critical juncture as voters evaluate ballot measures 2B and 2C," said Jerome Davis, a regional vice president for Xcel Energy and treasurer of the utility's issue committee. "We want to be sure accurate information about the potential impact of municipalization is available."
Julie Zahniser, a member of Citizens for Boulder's Clean Energy Future, a pro-municipalization committee, said she's not surprised that Xcel is dedicating so much money into its campaign to defeat municipalization.
"They're outspending us more than 10-to-1," she said. "I think it's pretty clear that Xcel has a certain business model that has certain requirements, and losing customers is not something they'd like to have."
Ken Regelson, a member of the steering committee for the local group Renewables Yes, said the pro-municipalization campaign is working hard even while being outspent.
"From what I can tell, we've got them completely beat on yard signs," he said.
Sarah Huntley, a city spokeswoman, said the financial reports show questions 2B and 2C are the most expensive political fight in Boulder's history.
Thursday's reports are part of the last mandatory campaign financial disclosures ahead of Tuesday's election. The next mandatory reporting deadline for the issue committees is Nov. 30.
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Last week in San Francisco I was a panelist along with Shazia Mistry from Adventures in Motherhood, Nelly Yusupova, founder of Webgrrls International, and Chilihead from Blogging Basics 101 at the fourth annual BlogHer conference. The four us tackled questions for beginning bloggers and I thought I'd share part of what I said Friday morning. If you'd like a complete outline of the information we put together with links to the resources I compiled, please download the Blogging Basics PDF file at Webgrrls International that Nelly put together.
Well blogging can be like this--while the internet brings us closer together we're still separated by keyboards and screens and it's easy to forget that there's another person on the other end of the wire and not just some nameless machine cranking out posts. We read someone's words, perhaps feel some emotions about what we've read, think we know all about them, then we act as if the circuits and signals separating us relieve us of any responsibility towards courtesy or respect.
They're a blogger right? They've put themselves out there for everyone to read so they're asking for it right? They'll never know who you are so you can say what you want right?
Now of course the extreme example of this is trolls--people who pop into a blog long enough to leave a comment that socks you in the gut and shows you that you're not as great as you think you are. They're bullies and irritating and should die a slow painful death but there's not much you can do about them so what about the rest of us?
It's time to "get out of our cars" so to speak. We need to stop thinking of ourselves as isolated writers on deserted country roads, we're on the information highway, people, where we're going to meet up with other bloggers. You can pretty much expect that there are going to be some fender benders here and there as we bump into each other in our associations and how we handle those situations affects the whole community.
So when it comes to blogging etiquette it's not so important to remember all these minute bylaws and rules as to remember to think about the person on the other end of the connection and remember that they're not just some car whizzing past, they're a person with feelings too. If ever there was a place for the Golden Rule, the blogosphere would be it.
When you comment at another site, remember that the other people can't see your smile, your body language or hear the humor in your voice and adjust your comments to compensate for this. Don't just assume they should know how to take something and be careful how you say it because it will always come off a little differently than if you say it to their face.
If you're receiving these comments, be careful how you treat those who visit your blog and treat them with respect--even if you think they may not deserve it. They may be crazy and rude but descending to their level by being rude back won't help anything.
When you link to another site remember that it's a symbiotic relationship--if you do your links properly not only will it help the other blogs you link to but it will help you as well.
The search engines not only count your inbound links, they also notice your outbound links and rather than say "click here" or using someone's first name as a link try to get into the habit of using their site name for the actual link. This builds recognition for their blog, encourages people to click on the link and gets you points with the search engines--a perfect win/win situation.
If you like someone's post and want to mention it on your blog, go ahead and mention it but don't reprint it in full. Give a teaser then the link so that it sends people to the person who actually produced the content (Google doesn't like duplicate content anyway so reprinting someone's post can hurt pagerankings). Though it's not absolutely necessary to ask it never hurts because it flatters the blogger you're asking, gets their attention and shows a lot of care and concern for courtesy.
Finally, there isn't a lot to say about properly attributing content to the original source--I think the rules of plagairism are fairly clear but what may not be as clear are the "rules" governing attributing photographs. I myself have been guilty in the past of not being good in this area because it's easy to think "it's no big deal" to borrow a photo that is just floating around out there nameslessly but once again, think of how the person who took that photograph feels about his or her work. To have their work used without recognition or compensation is a very big deal and good bloggers should avoid using anyone's photos improperly.
About 99% of the photos I use are my own--no problems there. If I'm running a review for a product or film or book I will use photographs I didn't take to promote something but every once in a while I've taken shots from Google images where the original source was hard to discern. I should have either requested permission from the original owner but if the original owner couldn't be found then I should have made a note in the post giving credit to the source or used another photograph.
Included in the Blogging Basics PDF document I've listed above is a link to a post at Presentation Zen that lists lots of places to get photos for free or for a low cost. Handling your photos responsibly will polish your blog and help you to be a more professional site.
The bottom line? Get out of those cars and realize that the blogging world isn't full of machines and computers so much as human beings with feelings and thoughts--when we reach out and treat others as we would want to be treated it opens up room for dialog and exchange. And isn't that a better way to travel anyway?
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The NBA Finals concluded in dramatic fashion on June 20 in Miami.
Both team's big three combinations showed up to play tonight. This season's MVP LeBron James was lighting it from the three-point position, and consistently attacking the rim.
James' 37-point performance is what gave the Miami Heat their second straight NBA Championship. Dwayne Wade and veteran Shane Battier played exceptionally well, tallying a total of 41 points.
But before I say anything else, I have to give credit to the San Antonio Spurs. They certainly did not go down without a fight. They were an extremely worthy opponent that left it all out on the court.
Team veteran Tim Duncan did everything he possibly could tallying a total of 24 points. Young superstar Leonard scored an incredible total of 19 points. This kid will only improve. He fought hard, took chances, and pushed the Heat defence to their limit.
I believe this game didn't really get going until the second half. Both teams didn't have very good shooting percentages in the first half at all. However, I suppose I should cut both teams some slack. After all, this is a game seven championship game so players were likely to be a little nervous.
In the end, a stellar performance by James, a couple of crucial turnovers and an unlucky bounce for Tim Duncan were the deciding factors in this game.
The thing that surprised me most in this game was the lack of production from Spur's Tony Parker. However, the same can be said for Miami's Chris Bosh. These two players didn't have much impact in the game at all.
Regardless, the game was very intense, filled with thrilling three point shots, solid defence, stellar offence, and an energised crowd. These aspects of the game are what make Finals memorable. And I for one will never forget the night that James received back-to-back MVP awards, and Championship victory. This guy has clearly earned his title of King of the court.
Now that the Heat have won back-to-back Championships, only one question remains. Is that the last time basketball fans see Ray Allen, Shane Battier or Tim Duncan? I for one hope not.
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The South Carolina Water Resources Planning and Coordination Act of 1967 assigned the overall responsibility for developing a comprehensive water resources policy for the State, including coordination of policies and activities among State departments and agencies, to the South Carolina Water Resources Commission. As part of government restructuring, this act was amended in 1993, and these responsibilities were placed with the South Carolina Department of Natural Resources (DNR).
The water resources policy plan consists of two parts. Phase I—an overall assessment of the water resources of the State—was published as Water Resources Commission Report No. 140, South Carolina State Water Assessment. The Assessment describes the State's stream, lake, and aquifer systems and provides information relating to the occurrence and availability of water in South Carolina. Phase II outlines guidelines and procedures for managing the State's water resources, and was first published in 1998 by the Department of Natural Resources as the South Carolina Water Plan.
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21 March 2014
Idea for a new type of quiz: Countdown PL/SQL
Countdown PL/SQL
You have thirty seconds to answer ten true-false questions.
With the clock on the page counting down, you are shown a statement about PL/SQL and you must quickly decide: true or false.
Of course, the same could be done with SQL, APEX, etc.
One concern I could see with this quiz is that comfort with the English language could have a big impact on how quickly you can get through the questions. It is also possible that we could offer versions that contained code, not (mostly) words.
Perhaps it is time to look at localization of content: offer it in different languages!
So what do you think? Sound interesting? Sound like something you'd bother playing?
21 comments:
- Anonymous21 March, 2014 16:59
That would be great. Will it be daily quiz? :))ReplyDelete
Best regards,
Viacheslav Stepanov
Hello Steven,ReplyDelete
Sounds nice from a pure PL/SQL point of view.
However, it should be taken into account that the time is counted down from the moment
when you press the [Play] button, and many times it takes more than 30 seconds
until the page appears displayed ....
I already imagine a classroom, where everybody just has a page of paper on his table,
and just has to turn it with its face up to see the text .... the old good times of another age ...
By the way, it is very nice to think of Oracle and the PL/SQL Challenge during sleepless nights :)
I have done it for years ... however ... ironically, today night I have to decide whether
I continue to work or retire ..... those long years of thinking of Oracle do not matter ...
Thanks a lot & Best Regards,
- Anonymous21 March, 2014 21:16
It sounds interesting to me. I will give it a try and play it.ReplyDelete
Also, I believe that localizing the site will prove a valuable addition.
- Anonymous21 March, 2014 22:01
Sounds like fun. Yes, I'd try that.ReplyDelete
(Congratulations on the move to Oracle!)
- Anonymous22 March, 2014 06:42
Well , 3 seconds per question , sounds interesting and looks fast and furious :) , We can try it out .ReplyDelete
It does sound interesting and like something I'd bother playing :) Nice addition to the current types of quizzes. I don't think, though, that localization is the right way to go - the more languages a quiz is translated to, the higher the chance that there will be ambiguity about it. It already happens from time to time that people are not sure what the quiz is asking about (as we can see in the comments below the quizzes). Perhaps defining what types of questions would be possible to see in that new kind of quizzes would help? Like:ReplyDelete
The following code will never cause an exception: [code snippet]
The following code [DOES NOT] compile[s] without errors: [code snippet]
The following code [DOES NOT] throw[s] runtime exceptions: [code snippet]
There are 2 errors in the following code snippet: [code snippet]
There are 3 commits in the following code snippet: [code snippet]
After playing a few quizzes with such questions, players would easily recognize what the question is about and go straight to the [code snippet] to analyze it.
What is more, since we would have only 30 seconds, then I guess the questions would have to be short so maybe the impact of not reading them in native language wouldn't be so big.
Last but not least, as I never had a chance, I'l do it now: thanks for running the PL/SQL Challenge, it's a lot of fun :)
- Anonymous22 March, 2014 08:56
Sure, sounds like fun, and the short time limit is good if you do the quiz at work.ReplyDelete
I'd probably bomb, though - as I get older my reading/reaction times get worse!
Interesting, I would play.ReplyDelete
First of al, Steven, congratulations with your new job.ReplyDelete
About your Countdown PL/SQL quiz: I don't like it that much.
Programming is a profession for me, not a competition.
I really like to do the PL/SQL Challenge. But my goal is always to give the right answers and not to make the shortest time answering the quiz.
English is not my native language, so I'm always on lag with my fellow competitors.
Thank you so much for doing the PL/SQL Challenge. I learned a lot!
I really hope continuing this Challenge will stay your first goal.
- Anonymous24 March, 2014 07:05
Sounds nice - I like itReplyDelete
- Anonymous24 March, 2014 07:55
I think that is an interesting idea, let's give a shootReplyDelete
- Anonymous24 March, 2014 12:02
- Anonymous24 March, 2014 18:22
thirty seconds to answer ten true-false questions: I am feeling stressed already :-)ReplyDelete
One has to read the q&a very fast (too little time to)?
That sounds great! It would certainly help me to sharpen my skills in troubleshooting pl/sql issues when there is high-priority deadline, and I have to read through code to determine the source of error. Thank you for the inspiration you give us to be our best as pl/sql technologists.ReplyDelete
This sounds like a very good idea and I'm looking forward to it already!ReplyDelete
- Eli Leiba28 March, 2014 11:43
Very nice idea. I will try it. It adds some action !ReplyDelete
- Anonymous31 March, 2014 11:32
30 seconds? Are you kidding me? It is not enough to answer ten question. It should be timeless. The winner should be the person who complete it in the shortest time. :))ReplyDelete
Thanks for all the feedback. Now I just need to figure out when to get this going. Maybe after we settle into our new weekly quizzes....ReplyDelete
@anonymous and timeless (31 March comment): the only problem with what you suggest is that it is then no different from our current quizzes! This would be an alternative for those who want to try something different (as well).
Thanks for all the feedback. I hope to get Countdown PL/SQL going once lots of other things in my life settle down.ReplyDelete
I'd give it a go, but I'd expect the game page to have no submits - operate through dynamic actionsReplyDelete
Really nice article. I like it. Thank you.ReplyDelete


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(NOTE FROM MVS: I was told that you can become a member at the time of registration).
Review LA consists of one-on-one twenty-minute meetings with esteemed gallerists, editors, publishers, agents and others, which provide photographers of all levels with networking opportunities and possible career advancement. A special lunch for participants encourages conversation, sharing of experiences and community building. In addition, an evening of Portfolio Viewing allows reviewers the time to see the work of all the photographers and participants the chance to share their work with each other and an interested public.
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NOTE: I have gotten many questions from photographers today about whether they can select specific Reviewers at Review LA. From the CENTER WEBSITE there is additional information about the LOTTERY system where participants will have the chance to "enter their Reviewer preferences into our computerized lottery system. Individual schedules will be available prior to the event." If you have any more questions, be sure to ask the Center office. These reviews WILL sell out, so if interested, don't wait too long. I think it is good value to attend a portfolio review on the same trip that you can attend a gallery expo for inspiration and further education on the marketplace.


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First prototyped by IBM in the early 1960s and officially rolled out in 1970, the "magstripe" credit card has been in widespread consumer use since Paul McCartney announced that the Beatles were breaking up. Magnetic stripe card technology is outdated at best––predating the floppy disk by only a year––and hugely insecure at worst. After all, it was behind the Target breach, which keeps getting worse. Neiman Marcus became the latest retailer to announce a hack of its network last Friday, the same day Target expanded the size of its breach to include personal data on up to 70 million people, beyond the 40 million people whose specific credit card information was hacked.
The U.S. is a laggard on the global stage in still relying on this technology rather than EMV—otherwise known as Smart Chips, or computer chips embedded into credit cards––for point-of-sales transactions. Some European nations moved to the Smart Chip cards as a result of legislation to combat fraud, while emerging-market nations leapfrogged over the magstripe, similar to the move to cell phones before a landline was ever sunk into Earth.


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I know, right? Sucks. Because you can work and work--sometimes years--and never see any results from all your hard labor.
All right, so, you have some options.
1. You can quit. Easy peasy. Maybe this isn't for you. Eh, whatever. You can find another passion. I mean, seriously. You like to write; it's a part of your identity. But it's not who you are. You're a writer, but you are not your writing.* No need to get all emo and shit just because this crazy stupid, super-reliant on all-the-stars-aligning-just-right BS isn't happening for you. You must write to publish, but you don't have to publish to be a writer. Let's be honest: you've read so much crap, you know publishing doesn't necessarily mean you're a good writer, yeah? It stands to reason that not publishing doesn't mean you're a bad writer either. So, go. Do something else. Come back to this when the wanting far outweighs the pain of trying to get it.
2. You can self publish. A lot harder than quitting. No way to predict if you'll actually be any good at it either. Or make any money. But odds are if you self publish you'll make more money than leaving your manuscript sitting inside the desert wasteland that is your laptop. Might only be pennies. And you may end up spending all your pennies on marketing and booze to ease the sting of not becoming the next H.M. Ward, but whatever. Dude, you're totally published. Also, maybe you will become the next H.M. Ward.
3. You can keep writing. And keep querying. Keep submitting. Slowly go insane. Become an alcoholic. Destroy all your relationships. Shave your head, sell off all your possessions and join a nudist doomsday cult. Good luck with that.
4. You can keep writing. And keep querying. Keep submitting. And bake cupcakes. Lots and lots of cupcakes. And by cupcakes, I also mean garden. Or maybe build model trains. Or knit. Or have babies. Or mow geometric patterns into your lawn.
Basically? Keep living your life. Do things you can control, things that will be fruitful and multiply and ooze results.


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Normally it's all glum news but this silver lining came up last month. Indonesia recognized the revenue potential of manta tourism and has come up with legislation to protect mantas in Indonesia waters. It is still unclear how implementation and enforcement is going to be handled in the 10000+ islands with their various provinces, but it is going in the right direction!
Indonesia protects Mantas - Great news
Posted 11 March 2014 - 07:33 AM
Normally it's all glum news but this silver lining came up last month. Indonesia recognized the revenue potential of manta tourism and has come up with legislation to protect mantas in Indonesia waters. It is still unclear how implementation and enforcement is going to be handled in the 10000+ islands with their various provinces, but it is going in the right direction!
"Journalism is what someone else does not want printed, everything else is public relations."
"I was born not knowing, and have only had a little time to change that here and there.
Posted 12 March 2014 - 03:17 AM
That sounds like a good start. Of course, it remains to be determined how well it is implemented, but at least they are recognizing the need which is a plus.
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Posted 15 March 2014 - 07:38 PM
Good to hear them finally succumb to the pressure of the Eco tourists. Shows they know who butters their bread for the long term.
Posted 15 March 2014 - 09:31 PM
Great news but as said the implementation/enforcement will be the tricky bit.
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Shot last week on Lombok, Indo, someone needs to tell the fishermen. A still taken from GoPro Hero 3+ footage and edited in photoshop.
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Hello. always encouraging to see people valuing their natural heritage in sustainable ways (alive for example!).
I would agree - following through on laws i.e. securing convictions is critical in any wildlife crime story. All told- it is estimated to be a $20 billion "industry" when you pile in all the ivory, pangolins, tigers, reptile skins, turtles and birds for pets, bushmeat, plants stolen for gardens, fish for aquaria etc etc.
Conviction and sentencing seem to be one part of a puzzle - a puzzle that changes shape depending on what country and what species you are dealing with, but which has similar pieces irrespective: creating legal frameworks, generating awareness, providing alternatives to local communities, knowing the species, coordinating with international bodies and ensuring the law is enforced. As a consequence, the difficulty of realising change seems especially daunting when dealing with international trade in marine species. My day-job involves working with NGOs involved in species conservation and it never ceases to amaze me the myriad subtleties that can derail a project or scupper its chances of success...if there is one common denominator, one thing it all boils down to- it is people.. and sometimes those people have few alternatives or few obvious cash ready alternatives. through work, I've "seen" it with the Vaquita in the Gulf of Mexico as well as positively so in Gabon and Bangladesh - it doesn't always have to be eco-tourism: locals can enjoy their natural heritage too for any of numerous reasons! And sometimes it makes sense to convict the poacher and sometimes it doesn't: sometimes the poacher has no alternative, sometimes he/she is just a pawn behind which an extensive and sinister network of contacts disappears among the shadows of shipping containers, false papers, unmarked roads and coded phone calls... As regads Manta rays and other mobulids, I think 99% of the world market for the gill plates of Mantas are destined for Guangzhou. Another one of the NGOs we work with spends most of its efforts collaborating with Chinese celebrities to produce influential Public Service Announcements all centred around the idea that "when the buying stops, the killing will too"...that is compelling but it cannot work on its own..as mentioned, it depends on the socio-economic-political infrastructure of the country and culture in question.. but as in all civil societies, the will to create and enforce laws will play a role..that said, without love nothing would ever change for the better..just my opinion


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In their opening match of the FIRA-AER under-18 tournament although Scotland were defeated 19-7 by a powerful French outfit, head coach Eddie Pollock was full of praise for their outstanding effort and commitment.
He said: "I'm absolutely delighted by their overall performance - France are a big side. We soaked up a huge amount of pressure, our passing game has come on so much and our attitude and commitment were faultless."
France initially went ahead through an interesting penalty try decision, with Scotland's try scored by Ed Farquharson (photo) and conversion from Ben Cooper. Scotland now face Portugal on Tuesday (3 April).
A call for obstructing a French player getting to the ball led to a penalty try for the opposition early in the first half. Scotland then enjoyed the majority of ball for the rest of the period, putting the physical French under pressure and keeping the score at 7-0 for half time.
Scotland kept up the pressure and pace as the second half got underway until a loose pass, which almost went out of play, was scooped up by the opposition and carried over the line. A second easy score followed putting the French 19-0 to the good.
The Scots regrouped and sustained pressure led to their try, from winger Ed Farquharson, the score converted by substitute stand-off Ben Cooper.
Pollock said: "It was a great game and there were some fantastic performances from the boys."
On Tuesday the Scots will meet Portugal, who lost to Ireland earlier today. Their final game, to decide placings, is on Saturday 7 April where they will meet either Italy or Georgia.
"Our challenge now is to put in two really good games and finish fifth, the best we can now," Pollock added.
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18 D'arcy Rae
19 Duncan Campbell (on for Cramond)
20 Robbie Tait (on for Turner)
21 Tommy Spinks
22 Alex Glashan (on for McAndrew)
23 Ben Cooper (on for Irvine)
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China's awesome rise
Here's a good reminder about China's enormous rapid economic growth, a multidimensional report. Get scared, and start worrying about how we're doing. China is the new mecca that all the businesses are flocking to.
Forget about its huge consumer market, but they've managed to use that for their benefit, and become a major producer. Their policy of forcing multinationals who are so eager to tap that market to couple with local developers I think is one of the keys to how they developed their technology industry and matured it so well.
Its not just the major cities of Beijing and Shanghai that are doing well, but the poor west is picking up as well. In Chengdu:
hundreds of high-octane multinational companies, including Alcatel, Corning, Ericsson, and Microsoft, have established branches. An hour and a half's drive from the city, Phoenix-based ON Semiconductor Corp., which spun off from Motorola Inc. in 1999, operates a joint-venture IC assembly-and-test plant with 2000 workers. It is now building a semiconductor facility next door; the 150-millimeter wafer fab will be the first in western China. Negotiations are also under way with IBM for what would be its largest software outsourcing center anywhere. In 2004 alone, Chengdu attracted $7 billion in foreign capital investments, making it the fastest-growing high-tech center in western China.
The story around here when some Japanese wanted to build an IC fabrication plant and they were talking about the requirements for building a Cleanroom for the plant with the guys at the Ministry of Industry, the reply was; "Egypt is not dirty, Egypt is clean, we don't need no special clean rooms!"
My relationship with my good old Chinese friends is fading away with the years, but they sure were good guys. I was so eager to go to China at one point, almost made it to Tibet, but that lousy virus ruined the plans. Seems like very far fetched plans now. And going to work there for a few months didn't work out before, and is certainly very unlikely now. I have to figure a way to get connected again to that upcoming superpower. Almost impossible to speak their language. Should we start with Cantonese or Mandarin? Well, atleast I like their food.
I've mentioned the Chinese once before here. One obvious difference between Chinese and Egyptians, is that they can work well together, so well. They're incredibly patriotic too, and they're persistant like crazy. There was this religious cult that was being prosecuted in China and they held a demonstration for over three years infront of one of China's embassies abroad. No kidding, they setup a tent and a display infront of the embassy, and rotated people 24/7 for over three years. But ofcourse, all the other patriotic Chinese called them crazy. If you think Egyptians are survivors and hard workers (this one is questionable), you ought to go see the Chinese.


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