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New Internationalist 346 June 2002
If forewarned is forearmed I should have known, right off the bat. During my first days in the country, in 2000, I proposed a human-rights law course, only to be told by a junior law-faculty member that 'human rights is stupid'. I persisted and taught the course anyway.
Although Ukraine has a number of media outlets, press freedom under the administration of President Leonid Kuchma is illusory. 'Kuchma and his people imposed very tough restrictions on the press,' said Gennadiy Potchtar, head of ProMedia, an organization with some US Government funding that helps train local journalists. 'You either write positive stuff on the President or you don't write.' That statement was echoed by both writers and academics I met during my stay. Recently, the New York-based Committee to Protect Journalists included Kuchma on its list of the 10 worst enemies of the press for his 'habitual censorship'. And Ukraine is consistently included among the world's most corrupt states by the watchdog group Transparency International.
In recent years, several journalists investigating corruption in the country have died mysteriously. Freedom of expression, particularly press freedom, has come under increased pressure. Editors in the independent media have been repeatedly harassed by government 'inspectors'. Others have been charged with libel.
And some, like Géorgiy Gongadze, have been murdered.
In the spring of 2000 Gongadze founded the website Ukrainska pravda where he specialized in exposing government corruption. As a result he was barred from government press conferences. That summer he complained to the police about being followed. Then, on 15 September, the young journalist disappeared. Ukrainian officials decided that the case did not warrant investigation.
When my students discussed President Kuchma's suspected involvement in the 'disappearance' of Géorgiy Gongadze the allegations were met with cynical acceptance. Nor did Gongadze's murder, or indications that senior Government officials might have been implicated in his death, seem to have much impact on the Ukrainian public. There were scattered protests in Kiev but none in Donetsk, where I lived. As the case proceeded the Ukrainian courts and police did their best to obstruct justice and thwart any investigation. The Commission of Inquiry created by the Ukrainian Parliament was refused the resources it needed to carry out an investigation.
Then, in late November, the Socialist Party leader, Oleksander Moroz, made public a tape of conversations secretly recorded in the President's office, directly linking Kuchma to the murder.
On the tapes Kuchma discusses ways of getting rid of the insolent Gongadze, including handing him over to Chechen gangs.
'I'm telling you, drive him out, throw [him] out. Give him to the Chechens,' Kuchma rages. 'That Gongadze... goodbye, good riddance.'
With this new evidence the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe called on Ukrainian authorities to 'conduct an expeditious, full and transparent investigation into the disappearance or death of Mr Gongadze and to make known the results of this investigation as quickly as possible... to bring to justice those responsible for committing this crime.' The International Monetary Fund (IMF) responded by freezing a $2.6-billion loan.
But most Ukrainians, like my law students, reacted with a sense of futility and passivity rooted in the decades-old authoritarian Soviet political culture. Indeed there is a lot more that needs to be done to create an active, informed public in Ukraine. With few exceptions what currently passes for civil society in Ukraine are groups with a few good English-speakers who enjoy favoured relations with funders and international agencies. The problem is they neither share their knowledge nor seek to empower others.
This state of affairs partially explains how the Ukrainian Government could repeatedly advance crackpot explanations of Gongadze's death. After first denying their authenticity, Ukrainian authorities finally conceded that the tapes were real. But the Government then claimed the conversations had been doctored and purposely edited to incriminate Kuchma. The tapes confirm that government ministries were used by Kuchma to intimidate political opponents, judges and journalists.
The secret recordings were made by Mikhail Melnychenko, Kuchma's former presidential security guard, who leaked them to the International Press Institute in Vienna. Melnychenko claimed to have made 1,000 hours of digital recordings since 1998. He expanded his allegations in an interview with the New York Times, alleging that Kuchma had embezzled more than a billion dollars in government funds 'for personal or political use'. Melnychenko was subsequently charged with libel and forgery by the Ukrainian Government.
While I was trying to discuss the dimensions of the Gongadze case with my students another crisis erupted, which Kuchma may or may not have engineered – the purge of the Prime Minister Viktor Yushchenko.
In April 2001 the Ukraine Parliament passed a 'no confidence' motion censuring Yushchenko's cabinet for 'failing to improve the economy and leading the country to ruin'. The vote was supported by a coalition of old-line communists who disliked his free-market reforms, and by corrupt oligarchs who feared they might lose their place at the trough. According to opinion polls, Yushchenko was seen as Ukraine's most trusted politician and a distinct threat to Kuchma's power. But Yushchenko had also been agitating for an investigation into the murder of Géorgiy Gongadze.
Throughout these events the international community remained largely silent. Washington eventually granted asylum to Kuchma's former security guard as well as to Gongadze's wife and two daughters. And there was a half-hearted attempt at sanctions. But Ukraine's strategic position proved more important than internal corruption and media freedom. Wedged between NATO's eastern fringe and Russia, Ukraine is the main route for Russian natural-gas pipelines to Europe. With 50 million hard-working, well-educated people, the country retains a significant military-industrial base. Kuchma signed a 'distinctive partnership' deal with NATO in 1997 but maintained strong economic ties with Russia on whom Ukraine is energy dependent.
In late April last year my human-rights course ended. Participants, both professors and law students, unanimously concluded that the situation in Ukraine was deplorable. Political gangs ruthlessly manipulate elections and crush legitimate opposition groups while citizens refuse to speak out for fear of retaliation. Numerous independent newspapers have been shut down and journalists crusading against corruption have been intimidated or murdered.
Now, more than a year after Géorgiy Gongadze's death, Ukraine has emerged from new elections with Kuchma clinging to power. The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) said that the election marked progress compared to the previous parliamentary vote in 1998. But that's not saying much. The most likely outcome is a hung parliament with Kuchma's party courting the support of independents to win key votes.
None of this is good news for media freedom in Ukraine. The fractious campaign saw two candidates killed and the usual biased media coverage. Reporters Without Borders said 'the elections came after four years of continuous degradation of freedom of the press'. Ten Ukrainian journalists have been killed since the last elections in 1998 and 41 seriously injured. The group said most crimes against Ukrainian journalists remain unsolved and that most of the victims had criticized the police, prosecutors or influential power brokers. It called the 'guaranteed impunity' of assassins and attackers 'the main threat to media freedom in Ukraine'.
There is much that the West can do to help the people of Ukraine enjoy their rights. We can intensify support for civil-society democracy and human-rights campaigns. And we can embrace more strongly those who want open, democratic and humane systems.
One of the main undertakings should be developing the use of the internet in Ukraine. The web vastly improves the means by which human-rights concerns can be reported, reflected upon and addressed. We can help Ukrainians create an environment where human-rights violators can no longer hide from public scrutiny. This is especially true where traditional media are tightly controlled by Government. In Ukraine, national television stations are controlled by the state or tycoons friendly to the President. Regional media are generally controlled by regional authorities. And general news coverage overwhelmingly favours pro-Presidential parties.
During the recent elections, candidate Yushchenko criticized government officials denying access to the media; destruction of campaign materials; harassment of campaign workers by law-enforcement officials and the use of disinformation techniques, such as funding phony websites and fielding candidates with confusingly similar names. His grievances were bolstered by independent observers and groups such as the Committee of Voters of Ukraine (CVU).
The next few years will be critical both to the West and to Moscow. The United States has offered massive financial support to Ukraine, which it sees as a buffer to Russian muscle in the post-Soviet world. And despite serious human-rights violations, the US hopes to include the country in an enlarged NATO.
However, the future of democracy in Ukraine is far from certain. It is unclear whether Ukraine's diverse opposition parties can unite to form a majority in parliament. Will Yushchenko, on his return to power, be able to relaunch nation-building policies and bring Ukraine into Europe? Or will the country continue to be run by Kuchma and his cronies? Only the strengthening of civil society will change the way the Ukrainian Government exercises power over people. Only improved freedoms for the Ukrainian people will mean that the death of Géorgiy Gongadze will not have been in vain.
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Tuesday, March 22, 2011
Simple delights: an avocado on rye bread
If you've been blogging about food for long enough (say for 5 years minimum), you may remember the I LOVE CHEESE SANDWICH campaign back in February 2006 (I contributed this beetroot and goat cheese toast). Somehow I remembered that blog event earlier today, and this inspired me to post a photo of one of my recent favourite quick snacks - an avocado open sandwich. All you need is a slice or two of homemade naturally leavened rye bread, a spreading of butter, a creamy Hass avocado and a sprinkling of Maldon sea salt flakes.
Bliss, I say...
What's your favourite snack in a hurry?
10 comments:
- siri said...
You just described my breakfast to-the-T! Even the Maldon salt (essential). However, I didn't even consider the spreading of some butter- great idea! The best, most simple combination ever.
- 11:52 am, March 22, 2011
- Nisrine said...
I love cheese sandwiches too but this avocado one is tempting me too.
- 12:56 pm, March 22, 2011
Feta cheese with tomato!
- 3:15 pm, March 22, 2011
- Kalyn said...
Oh yes, I remember the cheese sandwich uproar! To tell the truth I miss those early days of blogging when it felt more like a community. I'm still interested in what people are eating for lunch and this looks great!
- 3:34 pm, March 22, 2011
- Gloria said...
Pille I love avocado!!! look amazing! gloria
- 4:02 pm, March 22, 2011
- Zoozi said...
Ma sööngi avokaadot tavaliselt nii. Kunagi ammu kui avokaadod alles tulid meile müüki, siis ei osanud ma nendega midagi teha. Kõige lihtsam ja maitsvam viis neid tarbida oligi siis nii nagu Sinu postituses kirjas :=)
- 5:04 pm, March 22, 2011
- Kat said...
love avocado's this way, this is my quick snack so often, but I usually pass on the butter. My other 'on bread' favorites are roasted pumpkin with salt and chili flakes (only quick if you actually have the roasted pumpkin at the ready for something else) or rye bread with baba ganouj or hoummus
- 12:05 am, March 23, 2011
This is one of my favourite breakfasts, although I make it slightly differently. No butter, but adding fresh cracked pepper and a squeeze of lemon...bliss!
- 11:34 pm, March 23, 2011
- Lizna Liisu A. said...
Great post Pille! You inspire us so much. : ))
My 'quick snack' is usually a kebab sandwich, or fried potatoes + Eggplant drizzled with olive oil and feta cheese. : ))
- 7:36 pm, March 24, 2011
- Life Coaching said...
ahhh! I want it!!! Its good for my body and Im so hungry!
- 6:32 am, March 31, 2011

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The award is given annually to the college football player who best represents the qualities of character that Selmon displayed with an emphasis on academic excellence and a commitment to community service. The honorees are selected by members of Selmon's immediate family, his wife Claybra, and sons, Lee Roy Jr. and Christopher.
"To receive this award from the Selmon family is truly humbling," Ikard said. "Particularly for a native Oklahoman like myself, to be the first individual from the University of Oklahoma to be recognized for representing everything that the Selmon family stands for is one of the most meaningful honors of my career.
"Coach Stoops does a great job of instilling in us the responsibility to not only carry on the tradition of Oklahoma Football on the field, but to also follow in the footsteps of those Sooners who have made a difference of lives of others in the community. I feel blessed in so many ways for all of the opportunities that attending the University of Oklahoma has provided for me, and I thank my family and all of those at OU who have supported me along the way."
Selmon, a consensus All-American for OU in 1975 and an All-American in 1974, shared his name with this award prior to his untimely death in Sept. 2011, from complications of a massive stroke. At the time of his death, Selmon was serving as president of the University of South Florida Foundation Partnership for Athletics. He had previously served as an assistant AD at USF from 1993-2001 and USF director of athletics from 2001 until 2004.
In addition to the All-America honors he earned, Selmon received the Vince Lombardi Award, Outland Trophy, National Football Foundation Scholar-Athlete, CoSIDA Academic All-American and Graduate Fellowship Winner National Football Foundation and Hall of Fame.
Following his OU career, Selmon was the first player selected in the 1976 NFL draft by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. He played in six pro bowls and was named NFL Defensive Player of the Year in 1979. After an injury ended his career in 1984, the Bucs retired his number in 1986. He was the first player to be inducted into the Tampa Bay Ring of Honor in 2009.
He was inducted into the CoSIDA Academic All-American Hall of Fame in 1994, OU's first student-athlete to receive that honor. That followed his induction into the College Football Hall of Fame in 1988 and was followed by induction into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1995.
"This was an award that Lee Roy was pleased to have his name attached to," explained Claybra Selmon, Selmon's wife of more than 30 years. "For Lee Roy, it was what he did off the field, particularly in regards to academics and service to others in the community, that was most important.
"This award continues to be so precious and very important to our family because the winners represent the things that Lee Roy considered the most important things in his life," she continued.
"Lee Roy's life shows that you don't have to have a famous name to make a difference. The most important thing is what you do for others. We are so excited about our honoree this year. It was unanimous across the board that Gabe represents what Lee Roy believed was important. We felt he was a perfect choice to receive the award."
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MS Powers Up Xbox One for Nov. 22 Blast-Off
Sep 4, 2013 2:41 PM PT
Microsoft will launch its Xbox One video game console on Nov. 22 in 13 countries, the company announced on Wednesday.
Among the first nations to receive the widely anticipated device are Australia, Austria, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Mexico, New Zealand, Spain, the UK and the United States. Other markets will follow in early 2014.
At the same time, Microsoft also announced that it has upgraded the Xbox One's underlying technology.
"I am also pleased to confirm that the development team has increased the CPU from 1.6GHZ to 1.75GHZ, roughly a 10 percent increase in CPU performance," said Yusuf Mehdi, Microsoft's corporate vice president of marketing, strategy and business for the Xbox. "This is on top of the 6 percent increase we previously announced for the GPU."
Following an initial preorder sellout, a limited number of additional Xbox One consoles have been made available for preorder as well, Mehdi added.
A Question of Inventory
Nov. 22 is the date Microsoft first launched the Xbox 360 back in 2005. It's also nestled in between the competing Sony PlayStation 4's upcoming Nov. 15 U.S. launch date and its Nov. 29 launch in Europe.
Needless to say, the timing ensures the Xbox One will be available for Black Friday and the start of the holiday shopping season as well.
Perhaps even more significant than the date from a competitive point of view, however, is that Sony has said its US$399 PS4 will launch in 32 markets, while Microsoft has instead focused on 13 key markets for the launch of its $499 Xbox One. This could help give the Xbox One a lead in North America, even with a higher price tag.
"IHS believes that the decision to reduce sales territories for the launch was because Microsoft is keen to ensure it has sufficient inventory to outsell Sony in its core markets of USA, Latin America and UK," Piers Harding-Rolls, director and head of games at IHS Electronics and Media, told the E-Commerce Times.
Raising the Volume
"The volume of produced consoles is really the bigger issue," agreed Lewis Ward, research manager for gaming with IDC. "The volume of units is what is really going to matter this November, and the Xbox One might have more units in North America.
"The number of countries is something to think about, but that doesn't mean the PS4 will outsell the Xbox One by the end of the year," Ward added.
In fact, "given Microsoft's strong position in the U.S. this generation, we still forecast that Xbox One will outsell PS4 in 2013 across North America, even with the week head-start given to PS4," Harding-Rolls said.
Taking Turns
Why did Microsoft choose to give Sony that head-start?
"This is pretty much a recognition that everyone wants their week and to avoid stepping on toes," Ward suggested. "This is partly due to logistics and about getting to have a week's worth of oxygen.
"You want to be first, but Microsoft couldn't make that happen," Ward added. Still, "those who are looking at a specific system know which one they want."
Indeed, "from our surveys," he concluded, "we're seeing that there are not a lot of gamers who are still up in the air about which system they will get."


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It all sounds pretty cool, so why are we a little hopeless? Well, mainly because the Sensus' success will depend on developer support. It just won't work if developers don't code their applications with the Sensus' functionality in mind. And while the company claims to have "excited developers" on board, that's a claim that's easy to make. Until we see who and how many, it's dead in the water. Still, you should know it'll be available for $59 in Q1 2013, but you can pre-order now for $39.
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To honour this soldier and his defense of freedom, I decided to research him. Here is my tribute to William Albert McCutcheon born 23 August 1893 in Eramosa Township, Wellington County Ontario.
William enlisted in Guelph on 11 October 1917. He gave his residence as the Homewood Sanitorium in Guelph and his mother Isabel as his next-of-kin. His occupation was as a chauffeur. [Source: Front page of William's Attestation Papers on the CEF Database online at http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/databases/cef/001042-119.02-e.php?image_url=http://data2.archives.ca/cef/gat4/136740a.gif&id_nbr=141784]
William's Paybook provides his father's name - William A. McCutcheon of RR1 Guelph and assigns his pay to him. Written in pencil on the third page is the notation that he went overseas on 4 April 1918 and returned to Canada on 26 August 1919. So we know he survived the war.
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His Miitary Will was noted as having been copied from an older paybook and forwarded to an office in Ottawa Ontario.
A second loose paper is a complimentary ticket from the Royal Agricultural Society of England for the Cardiff Show in June 1919. It is signed by William so it appears he hoped to go.
It appears that William lied about his age for his birth registration on Ancestry.com shows him being born in Wellington County in 1891 not 1893 to William McCutcheon and Isabella Matilda Loree. The 1901 Census for Erin, Wellington County shows that William was 9 years old and the eldest of several children: Clara, Melvin, Sarah and Thomas. His father William was born 1860 in Ontario and his mother Isabelle was born 1865 in Ontario.
Isabelle McCutcheon's Death Registration for May 28, 1920 in Erin gives her father's name as Washington Loree and her mother as Ellen Marie Mack. Her husband was the informant.
I could not find a death or marriage record for our soldier William A. McCutcheon so do not know what happened to him after his return to Canada in 1919.


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Little Giants Run Winning Streak to Five Games
by Jim Amidon
January 16, 2010
Aaron Brock and Wes Smith were determined to avenge December's ugly North Coast Athletic Conference loss at Denison. The duo combined for 41 points and 17 rebounds to lead Wabash to a 70-51, runaway victory over the visiting Big Red.
The Little Giants fell behind to the Big Red 15-0 in the first matchup on December 5, and eventually lost to Denison 78-71.
Saturday on Chadwick Court, Wabash pushed its winning streak to five straight and improved to 9-5 overall and 4-2 in the NCAC. Denison fell to 3-12 and 3-3 in league play.
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Brock (right) buried two three-pointers, Ben Burkett had a slam dunk, and Smith sunk a three-pointer on a fast break to propel the Little Giants to a 17-4 advantage eight minutes into the game. Denison would get no closer than 10 points the remainder of the game.
"We got off to a better start than we did at their place," said Wabash Coach Mac Petty, whose team hosts a streaking Wittenberg Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m.
"Sometimes you win ugly games," said Petty. "We allowed Denison to shoot 56 percent in the second half, which is disappointing. But a conference win is always a good win."
Brock continued his impressive play with 21 points and eight rebounds, hitting four-of-eight three-pointers. He's averaged 18.6 points over Wabash's five-game winning streak to push his season average to 13.4.
"Brock is really coming into his own," said Petty of his 1,000-point senior co-captain. "He's in good shape, his elbow has recovered from last year, and he's playing at the level he was at the end of his sophomore year. He gives us a great inside-outside threat, and our guys are finding him open."
Smith (left) was also impressive with another eye-popping stat line: 20 points, nine rebounds, two assists, a blocked shot, and a steal.
Senior guard Chase Haltom chipped in 10 points, two assists, and two steals.
"Aaron and Wes really compliment each other well, and Chase has been playing steady basketball for us. And I'm really happy with what the guys coming off the bench are contributing," Petty added.
Wabash blitzed Denison early and streaked out to a 12-2 lead less than six minutes into the game, forcing the Big Red to call timeout to regroup. A jumper and three-pointer by Smith made it a 17-4 edge.
Josh Leuchtag sunk a three-pointer for Denison on the ensuing possession, cutting Wabash's lead to 10 points, 17-7, but the Big Red would get no closer the rest of the way.
The Little Giants would capitalize on a sloppy last few minutes of the opening half to push the lead to 18, 37-19 at the break.
Wabash didn't shoot well, hitting just 23-of-58 shots, but 14 offensive rebounds and a 43-28 edge on the glass were more than enough to ensure the victory.
Denison shot 42 percent in the game, but hit just 3-of-12 free throws. On the flip side, Wabash sunk 16-of-18 from the charity stripe.
In addition to his first-half dunk, Burkett chipped in five rebounds and four points, while point guard Brian Shelbourne had four points and five boards. Nick Curosh (right) hit all of his shots off the bench to finish with six points and three rebounds.
Wabash is out-scoring its foes by more than 20 points per game over the five-game winning streak, and the Little Giants have won seven of their last eight contests.
The Wittenberg Tigers visit Chadwick Court Wednesday night with a 13-2 overall record and 5-1 mark in the NCAC. The Tigers have won eight straight games, including Saturday's 10-point win at Allegheny.
Results: Wabash 70, Denison 51
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When do you like to go fishing best? Some people prefer summertime when the weather is sweet and everyone embarks on trips and adventures while others like spring when nature is starting to become lively again. If you are among those people who prefer fishing for bass you may be wondering when the bass fishing times of year are. Everything about this topic will be addressed in this particular article.
However if you plan a fishing trip in the Southern hemisphere you should hurry because here the water gets warmer faster. Go there in March or April if you want to catch plenty of bass during the spawning time.
Saltwater Surfcasting: When searching for your saltwater rod consider the length power and action you need. Longer rods cast farther while shorter rods provide more power for fighting fish. Most saltwater fishing rods are made of graphite or fiberglass. Graphite rods are stiffer and more sensitive while fiberglass fishing rods are tougher and more powerful. Profile:Look like oversized spinning rods or bait casting rods with long grip handles for two-handed casting techniques. Length:From 10 to 18 feet in length. They have to be longer to be able to cast the lure or bait beyond the breaking surf where fish likely pray and strong enough to cast heavy lures or bait needed to hold the bottom in rough water. The length of the rod depends on how far and what weight of lure you want to cast let say a 12 feet surfcasting rod will easily allow you to throw a 2 to 4 ounce lure more than 200 feet. Long Rod:The advantage of a long surf rod is great casting distance which helps to fight the big game fish without breaking a fishing line. Short Rod:You have much more control on the fish and it allows you to use lighter line with a longer rod. Species:Red Drum Black Drum Tautog Blackfish Flounder Fluke Black Sea Bass Bonefish Atlantic Bonito and Albacore Tuna Pompano and Spanish Mackerel Sharks and Weakfish (Sea Trout) Snook and Tarpon. Bottom-fishing:Bottom-fishing rods run about 10 feet and normally take 6 to 30-pound test.
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The former head of natural gas liquids trading at BP Plc's BP Energy Co. in Texas accused the company in a lawsuit of wrongfully firing him in order to manipulate the market and gouge Americans with inflated prices.
Drew Sickinger, in a complaint filed Jan. 30 in state court in Houston, said his removal leaves London-based BP positioned to engage in price manipulation by establishing a dominant and controlling position in the market. Details of the alleged plan aren't revealed in the complaint.
Sickinger, who was fired in January, was warned by a supervisor before taking a medical leave in 2012 that "BP's positions in the market and strategy although unlawful are proprietary and not to be disclosed," according to the complaint, whose filing was reported earlier by Reuters.
"BP used all means available to it to rid itself of Sickinger and his knowledge of the positions that BP had taken in the market," according to the complaint.
Sickinger is seeking unspecified damages for breach of contract, fraud and quantum meruit, a Latin phrase describing a doctrine of a promise to pay in the absence of a specific contract.
BP agreed to pay $303 million in October 2007 to settle U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission allegations relating to claims of market manipulation. In January 2009 a BP unit, Houston-based BP America Inc., agreed to pay $52 million to propane buyers who accused it of trying to monopolize the supply of gas flowing through a Texas pipeline in 2003 and actually doing so in 2004.
Personnel Issues
BP doesn't generally discuss personnel issues or employment circumstances publicly, Scott Dean, a company spokesman, said in an e-mailed statement.
"Previous court settlements are a matter of record, but any additional public allegations of market misbehavior arising from this specific legal proceeding are untrue and without merit," Dean said. "BP is not engaging, and will not engage, in any price or market manipulation. Our ongoing trading strategies are lawful and compliant."
The case is Sickinger v. BP Energy Co., 2013-05955, District Court of Harris County, Texas (Houston).
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I have a background Windows Service that polls the database and executes background jobs, the problem is that when I startup the service and the DB is unavailable the Windows Service will not start correctly because nHibnerate is trying to connect to the DB for some reason at startup - not 100% sure why.
How do I adjust this so that nHibernate does not try to connect to the database upon startup - that way when the database does eventually become available and the polling will then connect and grab a job to execute.
Thanks in advance.


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Tim Muller (SO – Denver, Colo.) led the Bisons with an 18th place finish in a time of 26:13. His time is a new Lipscomb school record for the Vaughn's Gap course.
Isaiah Greer (SO – Johnson City, Tenn.) finished second for Lipscomb, finishing 24th in 26:26. Geoff Musick (SO – Nashville, Tenn.), Mike Yang (SO – Oceanside, N.Y.) and Hunter Hethcoat (JR – Franklin, Tenn.) rounded out the Lipscomb top five with 26th, 43rd and 60th place finishes in 26:43, 27:02 and 27:36 respectively.
As a team, Lipscomb dropped more than two minutes off the best ever team time for the Vaughn's Gap course and almost 30 seconds off the average time record.
"The men had a very good day," Bisons' coach Bill Taylor said. "They were better than ever before in terms of times, team time and other stats. Where we are struggling is with our gaps and our No. 5-No. 7 runners. If the guys stick together and tighten things up, they are capable of anything. If they stay spread out and don't work together, then we will be a good team, but not a great team this year."
Taylor wants to see the Bisons' top four run closer together in addition to finding a consistent No. 5 runner.
"A cross country team is only as good as its fifth runner," Taylor said. "I know they can figure this out. However, I also kind of feel like we are a recruiting class away from having the men at the same level as our women's team.
" I know how to build a program and how to help distance runners improve dramatically. We've got an amazing young core group here. Our top four are sophomores and they want it bad. We need a good class of motivated guys who want to step in and help this men's program get to the next level."
Other finishers for Lipscomb:
Ashton Fisher 27:41, Ben Wright 27:53, Benton Reed 28:00, Jeff Hoover 28:06, Jonathan Williams 28:29, Cormac Carolan 28:54, Justin Weise 29:07, Andrew Jones 29:36, Aaron Todd 29:55, Cliff Denton 30:12, Philip Brasher 30:44, Jonathan Carmody 34:17.
The Lipscomb men's and women's teams will take next weekend off, before returning to action on Oct. 3 with a split squad. The top men and women will travel to Salem, Ore., to participate in the Willamette Invite, while the rest of the team will take a drive up I-65 to compete in the Louisville Classic.


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Mayor Don Wesely today presented the Mayor's Award of Excellence for February to Thurman Hoskins Jr., a Community Resource Specialist in the Lincoln-Lancaster County Health Department (LLCHD). The monthly award recognizes City employees who consistently provide exemplary service and work that demonstrates personal commitment to the City. The award was presented at the beginning of today's City Council meeting.
Hoskins, who has worked at LLCHD since 2001, was nominated by Shannon Fiene-Williams, Environmental Health Educator, in the category of customer relations. Fiene-Williams says Hoskins brought many years of experience in disease intervention to LLCHD, including professional HIV/AIDS counseling. In addition to his technical knowledge of sexually transmitted diseases and treatment, Fiene-Williams says Hoskins provides a compassionate, straightforward approach to helping the clientele.
"Thurman's thoughtfulness and caring of the individual is a clear indication that he values the clients and cares about their needs," wrote Fiene-Williams in her nomination. "This concern for each client carries over to his respect of fellow employees and the desire to help all people have greater health for the good of the whole community."
The other categories in which employees can be nominated are loss prevention, productivity, safety and valor. All City employees are eligible for the Mayor's Award of Excellence except for elected officials and some managers. Individuals or teams can be nominated by supervisors, peers, subordinates and the general public.
Nomination forms are available from department heads, employee bulletin boards or the Personnel Department, which oversees the awards program. All nominations are reviewed by the Mayor's Award of Excellence Committee, which includes a representative with each union and a non-union representative appointed by the Mayor. Award winners receive a $100 U.S. savings bond, a day off with pay and a plaque. Monthly winners are eligible to receive the annual award, which comes with a $500 U.S. savings bond, two days off with pay and a plaque.
Media Release


text: Dr. Christopher Jenkins, PhD, PE is Head of Mechanical & Industrial Engineering at Montana State University. He teaches and conducts research in the areas of compliant structures, gossamer spacecraft, and bio-inspired engineering. He has co-authored over 190 technical publications in peer-reviewed journals and conference proceedings. Dr. Jenkins has edited several research monographs and published two textbooks, including the new Bio-Inspired Engineering. An Associate Fellow of AIAA, he has taught the popular Gossamer Spacecraft professional development course.


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|System: X360
|Review Rating Legend
|Dev: Team Ninja
|1.0 - 1.9 = Avoid
|4.0 - 4.4 = Great
|Pub: Tecmo
|2.0 - 2.4 = Poor
|4.5 - 4.9 = Must Buy
|Release: Nov 2006
|2.5 - 2.9 = Average
|5.0 = The Best
|Players: 1 - 4
|3.0 - 3.4 = Fair
|Review by Colin
|3.5 - 3.9 = Good
by Colin Thames
For a lot of gamers, Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 could be a game about taking inventory at a local Wal Mart, or learning how to play the tuba. But it would be a little bit of a stretch to include babes in bikinis in any of these activities. But if you have a deserted, tropical island turned into a hedonistic resort with lots of outdoor water-based activities, it practically screams for chicks in bikinis. You may recall that Dead or Alive Xtreme used to feature volleyball as its gameplay mainstay, but thats history. To sum it up: If the babes are the main focus in this titillating jiggle-fest then volleyball is the porno equivalent of the pizza delivery boy complete with accompanied wah-wah guitar sound effects.
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2 is an awesome looking game. The babes have never looked better or bigger, if you know what I mean. But this is a game after all and its the game I must review. The actual volleyball game is the same game weve seen in Dead or Alive Xtreme Beach Volleyball with so few improvements that you couldnt even classify this title as an expansion pack. Volleyball is so overlooked that its been stricken from the title. The premise is more on sim-style relationships during a two-week stay at a beach resort. The developers think that this is probably as close as some gamers will ever get to a real girl and Im not saying theyre wrong. There is a tendency to include more of the activities that were previously mini-games as part of the main gameplay. There is jet ski racing, pool hopping, tug of war and Butt battle, to name a few. This game was developed to exploit the graphic processing capabilities of the 360 and little else. Consider the new physics that gives each female breast independent suspension. Yes, each boob moves independent of the other. There is also a sim-style dating element as well as the ability to photograph these hotties in various poses throughout the resort island. This game is so shallow that if you dove in head first you would risk breaking your neck.
Zack Island has once again been resurrected as the vacation destination of the members of the Dead or Alive fighting series most preferably the gals. You can invite most of the girls from the last game in the series in addition to those from Dead or Alive 4. When they arrive at the island youre goal is to latch on to one like a stalker and try to keep her interested in you by plying her with gifts and taking her on as a partner to win sporting events. At the outset you will learn what these women like to eat, what their favorite color is and what they like to do for a hobby. Armed with this information you can go to the various stores and purchase items that you know they will like, so they in turn will like you. Basically you are learning how to manipulate women like a pariah.


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Rob Dillard
Rob Dillard is a Des Moines based correspondent for Iowa Public Radio. He joined IPR in 2001 as host of Morning Edition and moved to reporting in 2007. He has been on special assignment for IPR since early 2011 reporting the ongoing series "Being in Iowa." It has taken him around the state shining light on small segments of the population, including Muslims, military veterans, Latinos and the physically disabled. The series has won awards from the Radio Television Digital News Association (RTDNA) and Northwest Broadcast News Association (NBNA).
Rob has extensive experience in radio, newspaper and media relations dating back more than 30 years. He has also taught news writing at Central College in Pella. Rob earned his bachelor's degree in mass communications at the University of Iowa.
Rob's favorite public radio program is Morning Edition.


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It's deliberately made up of lots of small assemblies rather than a few big ones.
The advantages of this are that it keeps the runtime image size smaller, and that it makes the platform more easily extensible.
The disadvantages, however, are that it can make mvvmcross look a little complicated initially, and that adding 'using' namespace statements in code can feel a bit more awkward, especially in environments where tools like resharper are not available.
This article provides some detail on the assemblies used in an MvvmCross application.
If this is too in-depth, then maybe try the Quick Start - http://slodge.blogspot.com/2012/12/an-quick-start-on-creating-mvvmcross.html
The layers of MvvmCross
The layers of mvvmcross are:
- Cirrious.MvvmCross - the core mvvm and IOC library.
- Cirrious.MvvmCross.Binding - provides binding functionality for platforms which don't have built-in data-binding. Currently this means for all non-xaml platforms.
- Cirrious.MvvmCross.Dialog - provides a link between MvvmCross and CrossUI. CrossUI itself is a branch of MonoTouch.Dialog and MonoDroid.Dialog projects - hopefully these will be joined soon by WP.Dialog and WinRT.Dialog.
- Cirrious.MvvmCross.AutoView - provides an initial implementation of our cross platform user interface definitions. Currently this is an 'alpha' level of functionality only...
- Plugins - each plugin provides functionality for a specific task. e.g. for geolocation, for json parsing, for accelerometer, etc. These plugins are really just a formalisation of how to do cross-platform IoC. Importantly, you can easily build and distribute your own plugins.
Just Mvvm
If you want to build a simple mvvm app, then you can build this just at the first Cirrious.MvvmCross level.
An app built in this way would:
- include view models and IOC;
- would be able to use
data binding in wp and winrt;
- in touch and droid, there would be no declarative data-binding, but you would instead be able to use C# code which manipulated the ViewModel and which listened to ViewModel.PropertyChanged events.
To add this level of functionality:
- your core app project needs to reference the portable Cirrious.MvvmCross.dll assembly. This portable class library contains the core trace, IOC and mvvm functionality.
- your UI projects need each to reference both the portable Cirrious.MvvmCross.dll assembly and the specific implementation for that platform - e.g. the MonoTouch UI needs to reference Cirrious.MvvmCross.Touch.dll
Adding DataBinding
If you want to use data binding in Droid and Touch, then you need to add the Cirrious.MvvmCross.Binding assemblies to your UI projects.
- For Droid, this means you must add both Cirrious.MvvmCross.Binding and Cirrious.MvvmCross.Binding.Android
- For Touch, this means you must add both Cirrious.MvvmCross.Binding and Cirrious.MvvmCross.Binding.Touch
These assemblies:
- enable you to use MvxBind statements in android axml;
- enable you to
use UIViewController-based data binding in Touch;
- include helpers for controls such as android listviews and ios table views.
If you wish to use the image controls within the MvvmCross binding projects, then you will also need to include some plugins within your UI projects - as the image controls rely on Cirrious.MvvmCross.Plugins.File and Cirrious.MvvmCross.Plugins.DownloadCache for downloading and caching image files from http sources.
Adding 'Dialog' UIs
If you want to take advantage of the code-constructed UIs similar (very similar!) to those offered by MonoTouch.Dialog and MonoDroid.Dialog, then you can get this by including both the CrossUI and the Cirrious.MvvmCross.Dialog assemblies.
Further, for the Droid projects, you will need to add the dialog definition files - see an example in https://github.com/slodge/MvvmCross/tree/vnext/Sample%20-%20CustomerManagement/CustomerManagement/CustomerManagement.Droid/Resources/Layout
Adding 'AutoView' UIs
Finally, you can add AutoViews to your app.
This is currently only available for Touch and Droid. And this is only available in Alpha - more testing and more dev is needed.
If you want to define some default dialog or list-based User Interfaces in your ViewModels, and to then let MvvmCross generate the client User Interface - then you can do this using Cirrious.MvvmCross.Autoview assemblies.
Plugins are a formalised method for providing cross-platform IoC.
Basically, each plugin comes with a core PCL project/assembly and then individual implementation projects/assemblies for each platform.
They are quite a large topic in their own right.
One introduction to plugins is provided in my answer to: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/12564272/making-mono-cross-platform-support-for-task-intent
Another is provided in this slide deck:


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GenealogyBank is pleased to give you a sneak peek at the Pennsylvania historical newspapers in the pipeline for the months ahead.
(Photo courtesy: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, DC – LC-USW33- 000139-ZE [P&P].
This list includes new titles as well as expanded coverage for existing titles.
Erie, PA. Erie Observer. 1833 to 1835
Harrisburg, PA. Oracle of Dauphin. 1821 to 1824
Harrisburg, PA. Patriot News. 1857 to 1922
Lancaster, PA. Intelligencer & Weekly Advertiser. 1818 to 1820
Montrose, PA. Susquehanna Centinel. 1816 to 1819
Philadelphia, PA. Democratic Press. 1808 to 1818
Philadelphia, PA. Pennsylvania Journal. 1741 to 1793
Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia Inquirer. 1829 to 1859
Philadelphia, PA. Sunday Mercury. 1864 to 1865
Pittsburgh, PA. Commonwealth. 1811 to 1812
Pittsburgh, PA. Tree of Liberty. 1801 to 1809
Reading, PA. Readinger Adler. 1821 to 1876
Washington, PA. Reporter. 1821 to 1876
Washington, PA. Washington Examiner. 1817 to 1876
Wilkes-Barre, PA. The Gleaner. 1815 to 1818
Thousands more newspapers are also being considered for addition to GenealogyBank.
We continue to evaluate and add more titles that are not on this list and as soon as I know which titles are going live or have been added to the "Upcoming Titles" list – I will post the list to our blog.
This way you will know which titles are being added to GenealogyBank.
CLICK HERE to see the complete list of Pennsylvania newspapers that are already live online right now at GenealogyBank.


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So people get pretty steamed at the idea of Google Streetview the mobile mapping project that is slowly creating a street-level 360 panorama of just about every spot around. I think it's dandy–I'm a photographer so I'm already used to taking pictures of things wherever I go. I don't really mind if someone wants to tool around in a car and take cooler kinds of pictures.
Until now there's been no real way for the Google team to go out and record places like parks, trails and pedestrian malls–the camera and GPS system was originally car-based. Thanks though to a genius idea from one of the product team members while riding a his mountain bike, Google has unleashed the Street View Trike, a cool three-wheeler that's hitting the road, and the paths, and the sidewalks.
You can even nominate places for the Trike to ride, like the super-cool tour of Legoland in our photo.


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Mom2Three needed a new t-shirt design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 37 designs submitted by 15 freelance designers.
Mom 2 Three
I own a t-shirt company.
I need this logo kept like it is, but it is an old logo, so there are no original files. I'd like to be able to turn this old logo into a t-shirt. The only thing is that I need the yellows to appear more gold, but other than that, everything can be kept the same. We want to put this logo on a heather gray shirt and we want the colors of ink to be black, white, gold and flesh color (for her skin).
Basically, whoever can do this the fastest, gets it. I know there isn't much design involved, just a re-do to get vectors of this to print with those colors. I will award the prize early to the first person who can submit what we asked for.
I uploaded an image of the closest I can get the logo to look like I'd like it to be in the 2nd file.