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History: Wong is the descendant and
look-alike of Kan, a Chinese monk who lived roughly one thousand years ago and
was a student of the occult. Kan was also a teacher and a healer, and though his
order of monks was devoted to the ways of peace, he was also a skillful warrior
who would fight when necessary.
One day Kan discovered a strange temple.
Exploring it, Kan was drawn against his will through a mystical black mirror into
an otherdimensional realm. There Kan met Jehan, king of Siridar, his sister, Princess
Shialmar, and their court magician, Vung, the one who had cast the spell drawing
Kan through the mirror. Jehan persuaded Kan to lead his people in a war against
the Wizard Kings who ruled this otherdimertsional realm. Kan agreed to do so.
During his time in this realm, Kan and Shialmar fell in love with each other.
Kan led his forces to complete victory over the forces of the Wizard Kings, and
all but one of the Wizard Kings were killed. But Kan did not realize he was a
pawn in Vung's secret plans. Vung captured both Kan and Shialmar and prepared
to sacrifice them to the demonic race he secretly served, the N'garai. Shialmar
offered, the N'garai her own soul, in exchange for power. The N'garai complied,
transforming Shialmar into the Shadowqueen, a sorceress of great mystical power
who was nearly incapable of love. The Shadowqueen slew Vung and sent Kan back
to China.
Back on Earth, Kan returned to the life of a priest. Kan deeply
regretted aiding Vung in defeating the Wizard Kings and sought to atone by devoting
his life and those of his first-born male descendants to the service of mystics
who themselves serve the forces of good. Ever since then, the firstborn males
of Wong's family have carried on this tradition. For the ten generations preceding
Wong's, the first-born males have served the Ancient
One, the former sorcerer supreme of the Earth dimension. The last of the members
of Wong's family to serve the Ancient One was Wong's own father, Hamir the Hermit,
who remained with the Ancient One up to the time of the latter's death.
was the first-born son of Hamir, and thus his life was dedicated to the Ancient
One from earliest childhood. When Wong was four years old, Hamir presented him
to the Ancient One. Subsequently, Wong was sent to a remote monastery to receive
training in how to serve a master sorcerer. Wong's relatives were allowed to visit
him on occasions. Shortly before Wong's tenth birthday, Hamir brought a young
couple to the monastery to visit Wong and made a marriage pact with them, betrothing
Wong to their as yet unborn daughter. During his training at the monastery, Wong
mastered certain Oriental martial arts. He remains highly adept in the martial
arts, although since actually becoming a servant he no longer practices them as
much as he once did.
When Wong reached adulthood, the Ancient One sent him
to the United States to his disciple, Doctor Stephen
Strange. Wong was the first member of his family to come to America. Wong
has now served Strange loyally and well for many years. During that time Strange
has succeeded the Ancient One as sorcerer supreme of the Earth dimension.
secretary, Sara Wolfe, became strongly attracted to Wong, who began to reciprocate
her feelings. However, Wong put an end to what might have become a romance with
Wolfe when he was notified that Imei Chang, the woman to whom he was betrothed,
had at last come of age to be married. Currently, Imei Chang lives in New York
City, and the relationship between Wong and Imei appears to be proceeding well.
one point Wong was abducted by otherdimensional sorcerers to the realm that was
still ruled by the Shadowqueen. Doctor Strange followed Wong there and rescued
him from the Shadowqueen's dungeon. Wong helped Strange battle the Shadowqueen,
who finally perished.
Wong and the empath, Topaz, were both abducted to
another planet by the alien sorcerer, Urthona, when the latter used his magical
powers to steal Doctor Strange's house and the mystical talismans and books it
contained. Urthona even viciously mutilated Wong's face while holding him prisoner,
Strange defeated Urthona and rescued Wong and Topaz. Back on Earth, Topaz used
her healing powers to restore Wong's face to normalcy.
In order to rescue
Wong and Topaz, Strange had found it necessary to unleash mystical forces that,
he believed, destroyed the mystical talismans and books that Urthona had stolen,
thus preventing Urthona from using them for evil purposes. (In actuality unknown
to Strange, the books and talisman, wire not destroyed but were instead spirited
away by the mystical entity, Agemotto. The disappearance of these talismans from
the Earth dimension broke certain ancient spells holding various mystical menaces
in check.
Strange subsequently cast a spell causing the population of the
world, including Wong and Sara Wolfe, to believe him dead. As a result Wong and
Wolfe perceived Strange as a man named Stephen Sanders. Strange made Wong and
Wolfe the joint administrators of the Stephen Strange Memorial Metaphysical Institute,
an institution for research into the occult. Strange then embarked on a long quest
during which he succeeded in defeating a number of the menaces that the disappearance
of the talismans had unleashed, most notably Shuma-Gorath.
Following the
defeat of Shuma-Gorath, Strange returned to New York City and released Wong and
Sara Wolfe from his spell. Realizing that Strange was not dead, Wong and Wolfe
warmly welcomed him back. Since then, the general populace has also learned that
Doctor Strange is still alive and Strange has regained his missing talismans and
When Imei was apparently altered into a hideous demon by one of Strange's enemies, Wong hoped that Strange would be able to help her. Strange was having problems of his own at the time, and Wong took this as a sign that Strange wouldn't be able to help Imei. This resulted in the first friction between the Sorcerer Supreme and his old friend. Finally, Strange managed to redirrect some attention to this matter, the magical probe revealed that the demon just acted like Imei. In fact he discovered that it wasn't Imei at all, but only a construct that was made to believe it was and that the true Imei had been killed. Although Wong is
as yet unmarried and childless, he has stated that his first-born son will follow
the family tradition of serving a mystic devoted to good.
5 ft. 8 in.Eyes: Brown Weight: 140 lbs. Hair:
Blond (Wong now shaves his head)
Strength Level: Wong possesses the
normal human strength of a man of his age, height, and build who engages in moderate
regular exercise.
Known Superhuman Powers: None
Other Abilities:
Wong is an expert in the martial arts of Kamar-Taj, although he has rarely used
them in recent years. Hence, although Wong can overpower many adversaries, he
is no longer a match for a master of the martial arts who keeps himself at or
near peak condition.


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- INTERPOL Monrovia
Member since :
13 de Junio 1956
Liberia National Police
With more than 4,100 police officers in 151 police stations across the country, the Liberian National Police (LNP) has responsibility for Liberian internal security and criminal investigations.
- To maintain public order and safety;
- To protect people and property;
- To identify and recover lost and stolen property;
- To prevent, detect and fight crime;
- To identify and arrest criminals;
- To enforce the law and testify in court.
The LNP is made up of three units:
- Administration;
- Operations;
- Training.
INTERPOL Monrovia
Part of the Operations section of the Liberian National Police, INTERPOL Monrovia is located at the Police Headquarters and is the exclusive Liberian point of contact for all police investigations with an international connection. It is the sole designated point of contact for all cooperation with INTERPOL's General Secretariat, its regional offices and member countries.
INTERPOL Monrovia's role is to collaborate, cooperate and facilitate local and international criminal investigations and contribute towards the prevention, investigation and prosecution of all forms of transnational crime. These include trafficking in drugs and persons, terrorism, money laundering and counterfeiting.
INTERPOL Monrovia is operational 24 hours a day.
Regional security leaders support INTERPOL programme to reinforce West African policing
INTERPOL launches initiative to boost African security
West African cybercrime underground economy emerging, finds joint INTERPOL-Trend Micro paper
Yellow Notices 1
PAT Age today: 32 years old
Nationality: Liberia
1st African Regional Conference - 1962 - Monrovia

subset: commoncrawl


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|Declan Joseph Geraghty, 1955.
|Michael, Kathleen, & Declan.
Beginning sometime around 1975, Kathleen began to search for Declan. On a visit to Canada, she consulted with my father over what they might do to find Declan. For some inexplicable reason they both believed he was still alive, but there was never any explanation of this offered to me. Declan was spoken of in whispers, and the stories which grew up around his disappearance vacillated from the bizarre to the ridiculous. I found myself to be a child who suspected that the boy who had walked away from the flawed family was possibly flawed himself.


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Duluth East's Alex Toscano (23) and Joey Marinac (9) celebrate with goalie Dylan Parker after Monday night's win. Photos by Dave Harwig, ViewThroughMyLens.net
It doesn't take much time or a trained eye to notice the puck skills that Duluth East junior defenseman Phil Beaulieu possesses. Beaulieu has great hands, allowing him to dangle his way up the ice or out of trouble with little more than a turn of the wrists.
He's also got a quick release and good touch, allowing him to send tape-to-tape passes over or under sticks.
"Phil is really good with the puck and he makes good passes," said teammate Jack Forbort after Beaulieu had two assists in Duluth East's 3-2 win over Cloquet/Esko/Carlton on Monday night. "You know he's going to make a good play [with the puck]. He's a rink rat."
Rink rat is probably a mild term when it comes to Beaulieu, who spends most of his time away from the indoor rinks at the ones of the outdoor variety. On Sundays, Beaulieu isn't watching football; he's at Glen Avon, a neighborhood rink in Duluth, playing in pick up games or just working on individual skills.
He's been sticking to that routine for years.
"There are so many outdoor rinks in Duluth, it's great," Beaulieu said. "You can go out there and get in a nice, big pick up game and stay out there for six hours, too. We had a rink in our backyard for seven years, too, and that helped a lot with my development. I'd go out there and skate with my dad, he's a big rink rat, and it was special to skate with him."
Beaulieu's development into a two-way defenseman and his adjustment into the Duluth East system has taken some getting used to, though. Now in his third year as a mainstay on the 'Hounds varsity, Beaulieu has to continually remind himself that he's not at the outdoor rinks.
He says he has a tendency to become a little "rink rat-ish" during games, but if that's the biggest downfall, coach Mike Randolph won't be complaining.
"Phil has come a long ways since getting here," Randolph said. "He hasn't played defense very long, and his game just continues to grow with his hard work as he learns the position. The biggest thing with Phil is that you have to remind him sometimes that he's not on the pond.
"But when he's on his game, he's as good as anyone out there."
When the Greyhounds found themselves down 2-0 early in the first period, they didn't panic. Instead, they clawed in and got back to their systems.
It worked.
Duluth East got its cycle going, worked the puck around the zone and was able to knot the score before the end of the opening period on goals by Ryan Lundgren and Meirs Moore.
But that's been the story for the 'Hounds a lot this year – starting slow before turning it on and finishing strong.
"[Tonight] was just like the last few games," forward Jack Forbort said. "We haven't realty been starting well lately. We just kind of go back to playing defense first what that happens, and we've been doing that well all year. When we get back to that, that's when we've been successful."
That lockdown defensive play was especially evident in the final period, when Duluth East controlled play and limited Cloquet's chances while clinging to a one-goal lead.
"We stuck to it and the kids found a way to get it done," coach Mike Randolph said. "I thought we really played a solid, playoff-type third. I'm really happy with that."
Duluth East power play stays hot
Since Randolph made an adjustment to the power-play setup, switching the system to the umbrella and moving Forbort and Beaulieu to the other sides of the rink, Duluth East's power play has been clicking at a ridiculous rate.
Ridiculous as in it hasn't been held scoreless since.
"We've scored on every power play since then," Forbort said after the 'Hounds scored two more times on the man-advantage against Cloquet. "We were three-for-three against Minnetonka, didn't have any [power plays] against Lakeville South and had two goals tonight. Everyone is liking it and it's working."
The new system has opened up options for everyone on the power-play unit, especially Forbort, Beaulieu and Meirs Moore. It really allows for the players to get creative and adjust on the fly, too.
Against Cloquet, it was an in game read that ended up making the difference.
On their second power play of the night, the 'Hounds worked the puck around the zone, eventually getting it to Beaulieu at the right circle. He walked to the middle and made a quick decision.
"I knew [Cloquet] was covering me and Meirs at the point pretty well, so I waited a little bit, got them to come to me and just threw it at the net," he said.
Beaulieu's shot was tipped off the post and in by teammate Alex Toscano, putting Duluth East ahead for good.
"It was a great tip by Toscano," Beaulieu said. "Perfect play."
Ryan Lundgren, Meirs Moore and Alex Toscano scored to give Duluth East a 3-2 comeback win against rival Cloquet/Esko/Carlton on Monday, Feb. 4, at the Northwoods Credit Union Arena in Cloquet.
It was Duluth East's 10th win in a row against Cloquet dating back to the 2007-08 season.
The Lumberjacks jumped out to a quick 2-0 lead before the 10-minute mark of the first period on Tanner Robideaux and Beau Michuad goals.
Robideaux scored 5 minutes, 42 seconds in on a quick shot from the point after a clean draw win by Westin Michaud to Duluth East goalie Dylan Parker's left. Then almost four minutes later, Beau Michaud took a pass from Westin and sent a laser over Parker's blocker.
But that's when the Greyhounds settled in.
Lundgren took a pass from Toscano at the edge of the crease and beat CEC goalie Zack Strom to cut the lead in half at the 11:18 mark. After the Jacks took a penalty, Moore scored from the point just 41 seconds later to knot the score before the first intermission.
Toscano tipped a Phil Beaulieu shot past Strom 2 minutes, 34 seconds into the middle period to put Duluth East out front for good.
Parker turned away 20 shots in the victory, while Beaulieu and Jack Forbort each had two assists.
Strom made 24 saves for Cloquet.
The Jacks (12-7-2) are back in action tomorrow night in a 7AA showdown with Andover.
The Hounds (18-4-0) are in Lakeville to play Lakeville North on Thursday night.
Duluth East defenseman Phil Beaulieu (25) knocks Cloquet/Esko/Carlton's Westin Michaud (17) off the puck during Monday's game in Cloquet. Photos by Dave Harwig, ViewThroughMyLens.net
1. Phil Beaulieu, Duluth East
The junior defenseman played a sound 200-foot game on Monday, making tons of good plays in the offensive zone and just as many smart plays in his own end. Beaulieu had two assist, at least five shots on net and a few big blocks to help the 'Hounds come away with the win.
2. Alex Toscano, Duluth East
Toscano did a good job to utilize his size and strength in the offensive zone, and it paid dividends in the form of a goal and an assist. On the first East goal, Toscano made a great pass from behind the net to set up Ryan Lundgren, then on the game-winner, he used his size to screen the goalie and his stick to tip a Beaulieu shot off the pipe and in.
3. Drew Dincau, Cloquet/Esko/Carlton
Dincau has emerged as a solid two-way defender, but his solid play in his own end is really what benefits the Jacks the most. He did a good job of clearing bodies in front of Zack Strom, was strong along the walls and made good, clean breakout passes to get Cloquet out of trouble.


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Indeed it is hot outside, and the sun has been warming burning- the yards for the last few hours. But within the Royal Sept it is cool and quiet, right as any visitor would expect to find. There is not many believers around, though, and few heads are spotted here and there, every of them devoting their prayers to the God they favor.
As for Lanei, she has been praying the Seven altogether for the last couple of hours, perhaps more. The lady has no idea of the time, too lost in her thoughts to have cared to keep tracking, and now that she is done, she cannot help but wonder for how long she stayed here as she approaches the doors.
Bryce is slightly sunburnt - not as much as his permanent condition while fighting in Dorne, but still red enough to show that he has been out in the sun for too long. He has been praying and enjoying the cool as well, coming from the shrine of the Warrior, but also having spent time at the Father's dedicated place of worship. Now, he's slowly walking out, thoughtful and silent, studying the floor ahead of him.
The scent of incense has not left her nose, and the lady frowns it. Aye, it is a well-known scent and she should have grown used to is, but it makes her remember, unwillingly, of all the times she was forced to visit the Sept when she was but a child, a visit she did not enjoy. Now, though, she would do whatever to be back at Skyreach's Sept, with her family ֖or what remains of it- even if to be told, for the thousand time, that she should not look so distracted as she were.
Lanei stops next to the Strange's box and drops a few coins for the cult, mutters a last prayer and drops her head, as if waiting to get an answer. None will come.
Bryce, seeing someone at the box of the Stranger, looks to see who it is. Watching Lanei as she drops a few coins, he comes to a halt and pauses next to the doors. The Dornish lady he spent so much time with in Sunspear, even if it was at a considerable distance, has not been seen with him since then, and he can't help but look a bit curious as he waits.
Done, definitely, with today's cult duties, the lady steps backwards, inclines her head to the Stranger and then, and turning to one of the wandering Septons, she waves a hand to him, to call for his attention. The Brother approaches her and, for a while, they whisper each other; none of them will break the quiet atmosphere of the sacred place.
Whatever they needed to deal together is performed quickly, and the man deigns himself to walk some paces at her side, even. With a grim bow, Lanei thanks him and, as he takes his leave, the dornish lady arrives to the doorway and proceeds to open her cloak a little, ready to face back the sun and the heat.
Stepping out from where he was resting quietly, Bryce offers a quiet grunt of greeting: "My lady Fowler." He offers a nod and says: "Do you often feel better after you visit the Sept?", looking at her a bit appraisingly, but only for a moment. He smoothens his doublet as he, too, prepared to go outside.
Lanei is, still, removing the cloak from her shoulders, as she notices her escort approaching her, discreet as usual; perhaps a little more now, due the place. It is not as if she used to speak to them a lot especially because the Goldcloaks are relieved of duty twice a day, so that she cannot start any relationship with them-, but she mutters a "I thank you for your patience. Let's go outside."
Such words are still leaving her lips as she realizes that Ser Bryce is around, and is going to speak to her. Lanei waits for him to greet her and nods quietly. "Good afternoon, ser Bryce. Better? I don't think. But this is a duty that cannot be forgotten. I promised the Seven to come daily, and I will, while I am allowed or can."
"A worthy promise," Bryce says, before he simply gives her a nod. "I just wanted to see how you were doing, I will go in and finish my business now.." And so, he offers her a short bow and departs.
Carmella slips quietly into the sept, having just passed Ser Bryce in the yard. It's a place of quiet and reverence and when Carmella feels her temper getting the better of her she finds that the sept is the perfect place to put her daily life on hold so that she might reflect on what troubles her. The soft rustle of her skirts follows her and coupled with the soft tread of her shoes, her movements sound louder than they ought, thanks to the silence of the place. Her dark gaze wanders slowly over each representation of the Seven as her eyes adjust to the change in light but eventually she spots another with her, the Fowler hostage she had spoken with at the grand feast. A smile touches her darkened lips, finding this environment more condusive to quiet conversation and as such, she continues towars Lanei, not speaking until she is closer, not wanting to raise her voice. "A pleasure to see you again, Lady Lanei." The greeting is as warm as the evening air.
"Then I must to thank you for your interest, my lord of Caron" Lanei offers. "Please, go. I would not like to be delaying you" she adds, with a nod, and curtsies as he leaves. Now she will remove, definitely, her cloak, and as she does, and is about to leave, following Ser Bryce, her eyes spot the figure of Carmella Dondarrion, Ser Doran's sister. The dornish lady halts her paces and stands and, noticing the lady's smile, she offers the incoming Carmella a smile of her own, and a short bow.
Her words are met with a renewed smile as well as a nod. "Good afternoon, lady. The pleasure is all mine." Looking over her shoulders, Lanei adds, "The Sept is almost empty. If you came seeking for some solitude and quietness to offer the Sevens your prayers, you came timely. May I hope you and your brother are doing well?"
"My visit was timed for precisely this reason," Carmella responds, the smile not dimming in the least. "Though with the large number of new residents in the Red Keep, one cannot always expect solitude anywhere. It is a pleasure to find that there is some quiet to be found here." The Dondarrion girl motions towards one of the benches, an invitation to sit and the suggestion that she will do likewise. "We are well," she offers without going into details. "Thank you for your concern." Worry begins to enter her otherwise warm visage. "And you, Lady Lanei? I know this place cannot be entirely welcome for you, but I hope you have not been too uncomfortable here? I've not seen the quarters for the Dornish guests, but I've heard that you were to be given rooms sutible for your station. I do hope I've heard correctly."
"Aye" she nods. "I am afraid that the place is overcrowded now; yet, after lunch, of late in the night, the Sept looks pretty quiet. Or at dawn, but I am afraid I do not like to wake up early, unless I have something to do… which is not the case…" A new nod, and the dornish lady says, "Please send your brother my regards. Ser Doran, I mean, since I have not had the pleasure to meet Ser Anders."
The Dondarrion's next words are met with silence, even if it broken after a short moment. "I am getting slowly used to this… Keep. There are not many places where I could go at the moment but, still, I find the place rather.. interesting." Waving a hand as if signalling the Northern Yard, Lanei speaks again, "Yes. We have been assigned good and comfortable apartments there, in one of the Towers. To this, I am getting used too. I would invite you to visit us, were you interested to see them, but we are still unpacking, and figuring out how to make them look more… homey, so to speak. Well" she grins, shyly, "I have not been in the right mood to unpack and care of these things."
The worry lingers, even while Carmella makes assurances towards her brother. "I will let him know that you were asking after him and that you pass on your regards. Likely he would do the same, but I would not dare speak on my brother's behalf." Carmella grows silent for a moment, attention caught but something or other within the sept, or perhaps just a fleeting thought distracts her. "I would quite enjoy visiting the guest quarters," she finally says, snapping herself back to the conversation at hand, trying to hide the small bit of discomfort that's been following her a good deal lately. "You were able to bring a number of personal items with you then? I would enjoy seeing some of your Dornish decorations. Mother only had a few; Blackhaven was a Stormlord's keep after all." Carmella smiles sadly at that. "I don't know how often or when I might be able to visit," she says, leaving the more important part unsaid, but understood with her tone; that a Stormlands girl spending a lot of time with the hostages might not be looked on well by others. "But such is not forbidden, not as I understand it.
"Oh, I am certain that he would, or I would have not sent him my regards. He is one of the kinder Westerosi Knights I have met since we were… gathered in Sunspear. Very different from… Marcia's daughter seems to hesitate, and is about to let her words unfinished, but eventually the lady changes her mind, adding a succinct "...from others"
"Well, I trust my mood will improve, with time, enough to be capable to launch such an invitation very soon but, of course, it will be up to you to accept or not. I understand that we are not the… Red Keep's favoured guests around to visit with. But nay" she shakes her head, "I wasn't forbidden to invite people to our apartments. As for our personal items" Lanei shrugs helplessly, "I, personally, brought with me those I packed when my family sent me to Hellholt. Garments, jewels, books… those kind of things, not different of what you, surely, packed, when your lord father shipped you off to King's Landing. I take you dwell within the Red Keep too? I cannot remember if you told me. That evening, at the feast, my mind was a bit… away from the Hall, I am afraid."
"My brother was ever the considerate knight. He's taken his vows very seriously, has been my experience and if he has not, then he has deceived me." The worry begins to fade as Carmella smiles again, the latter comment being something of a jest. "But I have no doubts you've been witness to that already, as you've said. I am pleased you were not treated terribly the entire time you were aboard that ship." Carmella takes in a deep breath and releases it with a long sigh. "But you cannot entirely blame them, those that were less than kind. They'd been ordered by their king to fight and you were their enemy. It is difficult to change that distinction so quickly, if there was even a desire to change it. Such it is throughout the kingdom, I suspect. There are regions who feel ill towards or wary of other regions for one reason or another. Or simply houses that do not get along for whatever reason." Carmella sits up a little straighter and again glances around the sept, admiring the beauty of the place. "But even in conquest the king has afforded you kindnesses that were not necessary to give and if he is hosting you here under the guise of guests, then it would be ill of us not to treat you likewise." Carmella's tone grows wary as she treads along dangerous ground, knowing ill-spoken words might anger the Dornish woman.
Lanei cannot help but to think that, indeed, they were not treated ֑terribly' because most of them did their best to dodge Daeron's sers company, or to hold their tempers, but she decides that it would be unfair to say that to Carmella, so, all she does is to nod, and to let the topic die. "Oh" she chuckles, "I do know of Houses don't getting along." The lady smiles, feeling playful for the first time in many days, even weeks. "Don't you know? Fowlers and Yronwoods were… estranged in the past". And surely things would be the same in the present time, but war has changed things heavily. Now, they all are dornishmen, living together and far from Dorne.
Carmella's words concerning the conquest are left, more or less, unanswered, except for a short remark. "I would no blame a man for following his king's command… or his prince's. And you, lady Carmella… Would you blame a man if he fought defending his land, family and people?". She curtsies. "It has been a pleasure to meet you again, lady Carmella, and to speak to you. As I said before, you are proving to be no less kind than your brother is. Kindest, even. Hopefully we will have more chances to speak, but not now. I am afraid I am late, and they are waiting for me, in the Tower."
Carmella allows the question on conquest and defending one's home to linger in the air unanswered. Not that the Dondarrion girl doesn't have a ready answer, but she's feeling a bit more uncomfortable and uncertain whether her words would upset the Dornish woman or not. She prefers pleasant conversation and right now she's not sure that would have continued. But such seems to be the case when one talks about war. Instead, she smiles a little stronger for Lanei's benefit and gives the other woman a nod, accepting the farewell. "I appreciate your own kindness in saying so, Lady Lanei and I do hope I might have the pleasure of your company again soon." For Carmella's part, she's not yet ready to leave the sept, desiring some more time with her Seven to help her nerves and hopefully find some answers.
At this time of night, Irena had expected to find the Sept more or less deserted, so she pauses as she sees the other ladies within, surprise showing on her face clearly for a moment before she regains her composure, but the time she passes her expression has at least least regained it's neutrality. Her curtsy as she nears Carmella and the leaving Lanei is polite, before she heads to kneel in front of the statue of the maid. That is evidently where her prayers are directed tonight.
"May the Sevens attend your prayers, lady" Lanei offers and, after perfoming a curtsy, turns on her heels and leaves the Royal Sept, followed by the Goldcloaks.


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Faith Based Publications
A key goal of the IPA is to work with faith based organization to design and implement youth health risk behavior reduction programs. To meet this goal, IPA faculty publishes extensively in journals published by faith based organizations. These journals have included The Adventist Review, The Journal of Christian Education, The Journal of Adventist Education, Signs of the Times, and Ministry Magazine. IPA faculty have published in these journals since the 1980's, however, we only list the last 10 years of publications and provide web links to the publications.
Research Reports
IPA research activity always results in a report to the funding agency. While these reports are turned into presentations and publications, the reports often contain much more data/information than can be contained in a publication or presentation. For those interested in more research detail, we list major research reports the IPA has submitted over the last 10 years as well as links to the entire report.
As a part of its mission, IPA faculty are actively engaged in presentations of their results to a wide variety of professional/scientific, community and faith based organizations. Over the years IPA faculty have presented at such conferences as those held by The American Public Health Association, The American Sociological Association, Health Service Research, and The American Society of Criminology as well as major international health conferences from Africa to India and Europe. Presentations are organized by type of audience and only listed for the past three years. IPA faculty are committed to turning their presentations into publications.


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Given its size and scope, the mammoth economic stimulus bill now moving through Congress may be unprecedented in US history. In that sense it represents a leap into the fiscal unknown.
Many economists agree that some kind of government jolt for the economy is necessary. Job cuts announced this week have only added to this urgency. Caterpillar, the world's largest manufacturer of construction equipment, announced Monday it is eliminating 20,000 positions, about 18 percent of its workforce. Home Depot said it is shedding 7,000 jobs. Drugmaker Pfizer will cut 8,000.
That said, the stimulus package is a hybrid of short-term job creation efforts and long-term investments, with tax cuts and increases in social programs thrown in. Its macroeconomic impact remains uncertain. One particular question remains open: Will Uncle Sam's cash begin flowing into the US economy in time to head off further deterioration?
"The economic benefit of the [stimulus] plan critically depends on how quickly the government spending can occur," said Mark Zandi, chief economist of Moody's Economy.com, in testimony before the House Budget Committee on Tuesday.
The $825 billion stimulus is virtually certain to pass the House of Representatives this week. The Senate has begun drawing up its version of the bill, and Senate majority leader Harry Reid says the legislation should clear both chambers and land on President Obama's desk by the beginning of the Presidents' Day recess, Feb. 16.
The extent to which Republicans will vote for the effort remains a major political issue. Mr. Obama traveled to Capitol Hill Tuesday to meet with GOP lawmakers to try to gain more bipartisan support.
The bill contains about $550 billion in spending and aid to states and $275 billion in tax cuts. Republicans generally have said they believe the effort should tilt more toward tax cuts, which they claim would put money in consumers' pockets more quickly than spending programs.
"The advertised benefits of many of these spending programs fail to play out in reality," said Rep. Paul Ryan (R) of Wisconsin, ranking minority member of the House Budget Committee, at Tuesday's hearing.
But the direct effect of the government's dollars is only part of the legislation's anticipated benefit, its boosters argue. At a time when banks have curtailed lending because of liquidity fears, and consumers have shut their wallets because of worries about layoffs, Washington needs to do something to demonstrate leadership and try to dispel the gloom.
"The biggest lift to the economy may come from the psychological boost the [stimulus] program likely will engender," concluded a Wachovia Economics Group analysis released Jan. 23.
According to Wachovia, the impact of the stimulus will take some time to filter through to the economy. Most of the bill's infrastructure spending will not kick in until late this year or early 2010. The tax cuts may move a little faster, but are expected to have "only modest impact," according to Wachovia.
The Congressional Budget Office, in a new report on the state of the US economy, agrees that the macroeconomic impacts of any stimulus program are very uncertain. Some economists are skeptical there will be any significant effects, while others expect very large ones, says the CBO.
"In part, that uncertainty reflects the fact that large fiscal stimulus is rarely attempted," says the CBO study.
That said, the CBO projects that if the stimulus legislation passes, US gross domestic product (GDP) will be between 1.3 percent and 3.6 percent higher at the end of this year than it otherwise would have been.
The CBO anticipates a similar boost to GDP for 2010. The federal stimulus will produce between 800,000 and 2.1 million jobs this year and as many as 1.5 million additional jobs in 2010, its figures estimate.
"The stimulus will provide a significant boost to output and employment," said new CBO director Douglas Elmendorf on Tuesday.
The CBO does estimate that money in the bill earmarked for existing programs may flow out relatively slowly, however. This is because the typical process of drafting plans, assessing contracts, and cutting checks can take time.
About 21 percent of the stimulus bill's total spending will hit the economy this year. About 65 percent will have been spent within the first 18 months of the bill's enactment, judges the CBO.
"The typical spending rate ... is slower than you might think," said Mr. Elmendorf.
But that's OK, the CBO director added, because the economy is expected to remain weak for some time, and continued government spending is thus appropriate.
The stimulus is only partly a short-term package, in any case, some economists note. Much of its spending is investment directed at long-term goals, such as greater renewable energy production and the computerization of medical records.
In the Obama package, "what we used to call stimulus ... has been merged into the broader concept of recovery and investment in future growth," said Alice Rivlin, a Brookings Institution senior fellow and founding director of the CBO, at the House Budget Committee hearing.
But Ms. Rivlin urged that the investment portion of the bill be offset by corresponding budget cuts or revenue increases, in the name of fiscal responsibility.
This hodgepodge nature of the legislation is what irks GOP lawmakers. They complain that it contains extraneous items such as $600 million for new government cars and millions to refurbish the National Mall.


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The back bar cooler is a staple of establishments that sell bottled or canned beverages. Their low-profile design allows them to either have a workspace on top or to slide underneath counters. Shelves are adjustable, allowing for many different sizes of cans or bottles to fit in the unit. Either glass or solid doors are available. Glass doors allow easy visibility of products to both consumers and employees. Solid doors can hide the contents of the interior if they are not neatly arranged, as well as save on energy. Pass-thru models are available that have doors on both the front and back. More


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Thursday, July 16, 2009
Chicken Breasts with Herb Butter Sauce
I have a lot of recipes everywhere. I have cookbooks, cooking magazines, recipes printed from the internet, recipes pulled out of magazines, I have a ton that are saved on my computer, given to me by friends, starred in my google reader, etc. It would take me two lifetimes to make each one. Every once and a while I like to make myself go through the folders and binders filled with recipes and actually make something. I guess this is how I justify keeping them. So that is how I came across the recipe that I'm going to share with you today. I pulled this recipe from the April 2008 issue of Better Homes and Gardens.
Overall this is a good, easy, go to chicken recipe. I only need to make one recommendation. The recipe calls to brown the chicken over medium high heat in butter. This is fine but please mix a little oil into the pan otherwise your butter will burn and your garlic probably will too. This recipe makes a very nice little sauce and the chicken is topped with a gremolata (minced garlic, lemon zest, garlic and in this case oregano).
1/3 cup chopped Italian (flat leaf )parsley
1 Tbsp. chopped fresh oregano
1 Tbsp. finely shredded lemon peel
1 Tbsp. finely chopped garlic (about 3 cloves)
3 Tbsp. butter
4 skinless, boneless chicken breast halves
1/4 cup chicken broth
1. In small bowl stir together parsley, oregano, lemon peel, and garlic. Set aside. Season chicken with salt and pepper.
2. In 10-inch skillet over medium-high heat cook chicken in butter for 6 minutes or until browned, turning once. Transfer to plate. Remove skillet from heat; stir in half herb mixture. Return to heat. Add broth; bring to boiling, stirring to scrape up browned bits. Return chicken to skillet; reduce heat. Simmer, covered, 8 minutes or until chicken is no longer pink.
3. Serve with pan sauce; sprinkle with remaining herb mixture. Makes 4 servings.
15 comments:
- Dajana said...
Sounds real good, it's so nice to be able to add fresh herbs.
Everything tastes better with them.
- July 16, 2009 at 10:59 AM
- Denise said...
Love all the fresh herbs. Its such a pretty dish.
- July 16, 2009 at 11:37 AM
- Giovanna said...
I love using fresh herbs in cooking! Your chicken dish looks wonderful : )
- July 16, 2009 at 12:55 PM
- Dionne said...
I am so the same! If I find a good recipe, I save the link, and now I have a bunch of them all saved that I haven't even made. And now look, you've just given me a new one to add!
- July 16, 2009 at 1:19 PM
- Bob said...
Looks great, I do something similar sometimes. I don't usually have all those fresh herbs though, that must be awesome.
- July 16, 2009 at 1:50 PM
- DDpie said...
Just stopping by to say HI! LOL Seriously tho, that looks so fresh and summery...AND...I have the herbs in my garden!!! Guess I'll have to make this next week :)
- July 16, 2009 at 3:44 PM
- Mom on the Run said...
This would be a good dish for my family. It looks delicious!
I too have a ton of recipes from everywhere and wish I had more time to fix them all!
- July 16, 2009 at 7:38 PM
- Julie said...
Looks just delicious!
- July 16, 2009 at 10:05 PM
- Chow and Chatter said...
By the way I changed my site address to https://chowandchatter.blogspot.com
To match the name ! Love Rebecca
- July 16, 2009 at 11:06 PM
Looks great! I need to put myself on a cookbook-buying freeze until I actually get through some of them....
- July 17, 2009 at 2:43 AM
- Culinary Alchemist said...
HA HA I Tweeted that is looked absolutely delicious, and forgot to post an actual comment. Anyway... Absolutely Delicious Looking... Yum-EE
- July 17, 2009 at 4:35 PM
- MaRyA said...
sounds and looks good. seems easy enough.. will bookmark this one for lunch sometime soon!
- July 19, 2009 at 1:05 PM
- Theresa said...
I have recipes all over the place and can't keep track any more. Looks good, Michele.
- July 20, 2009 at 3:36 PM
- Patti T. said...
I love this time of year, when you can go out in the garden and pick whatever herbs you want to cook with and not pay the prices that they charge at the grocery store. This looks yummy!
- July 20, 2009 at 10:41 PM
- Michele said...
Thanks everyone! Hope you all give it a try with whatever herbs you have growing in your garden!
- July 22, 2009 at 10:08 AM


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While PUG Challenge is void of a lot of fancy marketing and loud crowd pumping music, there are many things the conference doesn't lack. Like, technical sessions, workshops, vendors, and networking. I mean everyone loves a great party, but the real reason for spending the time and money to go to PUG Challenge is to learn - learn how new developments in your Progress software can save your company time and money.
PUG Challenge was born of the desire to learn. Programmers not wanting to have to sift through the rubbish to get to the good stuff. For three full days, you can immerse yourself in Progress OpenEdge technology. There are over 50 technical break-out sessions planned plus 5 workshops, a vendor expo, a Partner track, commercial sessions, "Info Exchanges", an "Offsite Adventure" and endless opportunities to network with your peers and Progress engineers. Whew! (Sounds like a good kind of tired to me!) In just a little less than a month this will all be taking place with or without you.
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Capn Morgan
Without knowing if you are looking for paper or electronic it is a bit hard to tell you exactly but we've been using electronic charts on OpenCPN (opencpn.org) running on a spare Macbook.
Very happy with the results.
Mostly want to know what ppl are using for traveling I imagine a laptop or ipad is used most of the time. A good paper map would be good to have though.
Capn Morgan
We've found, so far, that the moving map navigation programs available for iPad are just great- accurate, capable, and easy to read. We have paper charts aboard for our corner of the swamp, but found the electronic ones every bit as useful---and free!


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The Guisane river flows from the Col du Lautaret through the Serre Chevalier Valley. Perfect as an introduction to white water activities as the Guisane doesn't have any steep-sided gorges or raging torrents. Although it can appear calm, it is an Alpine river and flows fast and strong as it approaches Briançon. So there are plenty of challenges for the more experienced enthusiasts.
A popular place to join the river is after the Guibertes rapids for a picturesque ride through La Salle les Alpes – watch out for the waves in Villeneuve!
A number of companies offer canoeing, kayaking and rafting for all ages and levels of experience. Many also offer family packages which are a great full or half day excursion.


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November 21, 2008
Atlanta, GA – Dr. Alveda King, Pastoral Associate of Priests for Life and
niece of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said today that the first change
President-elect Obama should pursue is to alter his attitude toward the
"President-elect Obama has become synonymous with 'change,' yet the most
positive new direction he could seek would be to find room in his heart for
the unborn," said Dr. King. "He has promised to take actions that will only
increase the number of babies killed by abortion. He has stolen the hope
that millions of babies might have their very existences recognized, much
less protected. If Mr. Obama wants to bring change that we can believe in,
he needs to begin by changing his view that not all Americans have a right
to exist."
"If the President-elect is successful in his advocacy of the so-called
Freedom of Choice Act, he will bring a change that virtually no one but
abortion profiteers wants," added Dr. King. "Not only will this legislation
make abortion completely unrestricted everywhere in the country, it will
require that we all pay for destroying babies with our tax dollars. FOCA
would be a change that crushes the hope of life. If Mr. Obama wants to bring
us together, he needs to change his agenda toward our most helpless and
voiceless brothers and sisters."
Priests for Life is the nation's largest Catholic pro-life organization dedicated to ending abortion and euthanasia. For more information, visit www.priestsforlife.org.


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Luz Mercado
Class Year:
Prior Education:
Harvard Negotiation Institute, Deal Design and Implementation
Universidad de los Andes, Long Degree on Public Law
Universidad de los Andes, Law School
What I Did Before Law School:
After graduating from High School I started with Law School.
Why I Chose Penn Law:
I chose Penn for several reasons: (i) The prestige of the University and especially of the Law School and Wharton; (ii) The Wharton Certificate; (iii) The city, that is amazing and with affordable prices for students; (iv) Penn is an Ivy League.
My Best Experience at Penn Law:
Overall the experience its great, its amazing how a year can influence your entire career and your perspective about your practice of law and the world. The best experience was to get to know people from all over the world, share experiences and visions of the world and of the law.
Professor Who Influenced Me Most:
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My Favorite Philadelphia Moment:
I had a lot of great moments, but I think a BBQ that we made on Fairmount Park with several LLM´s just when spring was starting after a very long winter.
What I'm Most Proud Of:
Helping as a translator an immigrant that illegally cross the border to obtain his green card. He crossed when he was 14 after being neglected and abused by his family at his home country. Being able to help people feels great
My Extracurricular Activities at Penn Law:
A lot of pro-bono work, sports, latin american club and in general going to all conferences that the Law School and the University offer.
My Favorite Place or Activity on the University Campus:
Locust walk…its simply amazing!!!


text: Employers, universities must collaborate on skills gap: StudyLess than one-half of employers believe new grads are well prepared for workBy Anna Willard12/05/2012|hrreporter.com|Last Updated: 12/05/2012 LONDON (Reuters) — Companies should get more involved with university courses to close a skills gap and ease graduates' path to employment, according to a report. Fewer than one-half of young people and employers believed that new graduates were well prepared for work, the study of data in a diverse group of countries found, a problem that may contribute to soaring levels of youth unemployment.Higher education institutions, however, believed that nearly three-quarters of their graduates were ready for the workplace."Employers, education providers, and youth live in parallel universes," the McKinsey report found. "They have fundamentally different understandings of the same situation."The consultancy analyzed education-to-employment initiatives from 25 countries and surveyed youth, education providers and employers in Brazil, Germany, India, Mexico, Morocco, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, Britain and the United States.Total unemployment among young people has risen to 75 million, according to the International Labor Organization, as the global economy has slowed and the debt crisis in Europe worsened.Policy-makers in several countries have debated how the shortage of skills has contributed to the figures. A study from the Chicago Federal Reserve Bank in June said there was little evidence the jobless rate was being kept high by a skills gap.But nearly 40 per cent of employers surveyed by McKinsey between August and September said it was a leading reason for entry-level vacancies.RELATED ARTICLESTips on how to advance your HR careerWork is no longer a placeRedefining work in a post-jobs worldThe report split employers into three groups, based on their degree of involvement in the process of recruiting."Only one of them, accounting for less than a third of the cohort, is successful in getting the talent it requires," it said."What distinguishes these employers is that they reach out regularly to education providers and youth, offering them time, skills and money."It said bosses, educators and students rarely communicated. This meant that universities found it hard to predict job-placement rates for their graduates, and young people did not know which subjects were linked to employment and good pay.Moreover, only one-half of young people believed that paying for higher education would improve their chances of finding a job.McKinsey said countries needed to review their education systems to see if employers in a particular industry seeking certain skills could work more closely with educators.It said limited financial or staff resources, lack of hands-on training opportunities and employers' reluctance to fund training unless it is very specialized could all be barriers to better co-operation.But these could be addressed by better use of the Internet for practice situations and to ensure consistency at a low cost and by introducing an improved standard curriculum that would be complemented by top-up training with employers.© Copyright Canadian HR Reporter, Thomson Reuters Canada Limited. All rights reserved. Add Comment * Title * Name * Email Anonymous * Comment


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Pop star Justin Bieber has found himself at the center of a new photo scandal after a picture of him appearing to grope a female fan's chest surfaced online on Tuesday.
The Baby hitmaker hosted a meet-and-greet with fans in Miami, Florida last week and during the event, he kissed one of his devotees on the cheek.
The young girl posted the snap on her Twitter.com page and it quickly went viral after keen-eyed bloggers spotted what looked like Bieber cupping the girl's breast.
The pretty brunette, named Jocelyn, has spoken out in a bid to silence reports about the 18 year old's alleged inappropriate and racy behavior, insisting he was just the victim of a bad camera angle.
She tweets, "IM DYING HAHAHAHHAHA IT LOOKS LIKE JUSTIN'S TOUCHING MY BOOB IN THE PICTURE AHAHAHAHHA… Let me clear this up for people who can't read, NO I did NOT ask Justin to touch my boobs… I whispered that it was my 2nd time sneaking in & he kissed me on the cheek in the picture & it looks like his hand is there.
"People can think what they want but I know what really happened & Justin does too, so everyone else's opinions don't matter to me."
Bieber has yet to comment on the incident, but earlier this year he was caught in the center of another controversy after he was photographed smoking what appeared to be marijuana in a California hotel room. He addressed the scandal in a post on Twitter, writing, "Everyday growing and learning. trying to be better. u get knocked down, u get up… i see all of u. i hear all of u. i never want to let any of you down. i love u. and… thank u… like i said… 2013… new challenges. new doubters… Im ready. We are ready. see u all tomorrow and everyday after that."
Pop star Justin Bieber has found himself at the center of a new photo scandal after a picture of him appearing to grope a female fan's chest surfaced online on Tuesday.


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Jesperleth needed a new web page design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 38 designs submitted by 8 freelance designers.
We are a software startup creating an extremely user friendly and simple time registration system for small businesses.
The software is "cloud" software and our customers will be working daily on the pages you create, so usability and ease is in the focus. The pages should be uncluttered and intuitive.
The system will work on the web, and we need 3 pages: A promotion page (page 1), a mobile page for smartphones (page 2) and the normal webpage (page 3).
The unique selling point of the software is to be high ease and pleasure of use, which has to be reflected in the design.
- small business owners or consultants, usually with less than 15 employees
- professionals that are not tech oriented but need something simple they understand
What we are looking for:
Very clean, crisp and intuitive layout. Apple'ish/Iphone/Ipad design feel (see example pages below)
• Include quubii logo [Requirement]
• Easy navigation and readability [Requirement]
• Non-template feel [Requirement]
• Use the screen real estate for work related things i.e. not a picture taking up ½ the screen [Requirement]
• Should not feel overcrowded. (Plenty of white space.) [Requirement]
• Layout should look good at a width of 960px (1024px resolution) and above. [Requirement]
• Involves/matches the colours in Quubii logo. [Requirement]
• Interactive feel (roll over menu, slide show, etc) [Optional]
• The application will be in many languages, make room for that
General remark: please disregard the current designs of the pages. These are what we wish to take to another level. If you have a better way to design navigation on the pages we'd love to see it! We want input on all levels, color design, button design, link design, location..
In relation to copyright we expect to wholly own all material from the winning design and use it for any purpose we see fit, including online and offline material and making modifications to the design ourselves.
Page 1: Promotion page. (see files attached)
This page is a page where we promote the system to prospective buyers. Please disregard the names and pictures on the page, which should be changed to match the Quubii system. What we want is a good layout of the sections shown matching the rest of the site.
Page 2: The mobile interface (see files attached)
This is a key screen of the program, where the user easily should be able to register time on the fly. The screen only has functionality for registering hours and adding new tasks. All other maintenance is done on the web interface. Make it so you, yourself would feel compelled to update your registrations timely..
Page 3: Main Web interface page (see files attached)
This is the page where the user will maintain parameters, administer corrections and make invoices.
There are different examples of the page content in the attached files.
These sites have user interfaces signaling simplicity and ease of use. We are looking for something like these or even simpler!


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Proficiency Exam Information
The week of March 3, 2014, is crucial for high school students in the Clark County School District. It is when high schools will administer the High School Proficiency Exams (HSPE) in mathematics, writing, reading and science.
Students are strongly encouraged to prepare for the exams and attend school on the test days. Seniors who have already passed the HSPE in mathematics, writing, reading and science, along with all ninth, tenth and eleventh grade students, should check their school's testing schedule and attendance requirements.
Seniors who still need to pass any portion of the exam - mathematics, writing, reading or science - are advised to be at school on those test day(s) and ready to go.
CCSD's HSPE campaign will include posters in schools and a ParentLink telephone message.
Math Proficiency Sample Exams
Spring 2011
Fall 2010
Spring 2010
Fall 2009
Spring 2009
Other useful links
Regional Professional Development Program (RPDP)
Curriculum & Professional Development Division (CPD)
Free Math Help
RPDP - English
RPDP - Science
Nevada Department of Education - HSPE


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Adam Clarke
4 of 6 portraits of Adam Clarke
© National Portrait Gallery, London
Adam Clarke
by William Ward, after John Jackson
mezzotint, (circa 1823)
Given by Henry Witte Martin, 1861
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- Adam Clarke (1762?-1832), Theologian. Sitter in 6 portraits.
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- John Jackson (1778-1831), Portrait painter. Artist associated with 231 portraits, Sitter in 6 portraits.
- William Ward (1766-1826), Engraver; father of William James Ward. Artist associated with 167 portraits.
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Current affairsGaols Act is passed to build new prisons, raise standards in old ones and institute regular inspections. It is prompted by the vigorous campaigning of reformers such as Elizabeth Fry, leader of the Ladies Association for the Improvement of Female Prisoners in Newgate Prison.
Anti-Slavery Committee is founded in London.
Art and scienceArchitect, Robert Smirke begins construction of the British Museum.
Thomas Wakley founds The Lancet, the first weekly medical journal and important mouthpiece of medical reform.
Charles Babbage begins work on the first calculating machine.
Charles Macintosh invents waterproof fabric.
InternationalCatholic Association is founded by Daniel O'Connell in Ireland in an attempt to mobilise and politicise the entire Irish Catholic population in a systematic challenge to the ruling Protestant ascendancy.
War breaks out between France and Spain.
English missionary John Smith died in prison having been sentenced to be hanged for failing to take up arms against slaves in Demerara.
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text: « back to directory print Lawrence Solan Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of Graduate Education 250 Joralemon Street Brooklyn, NY 11201 (718) 780-0357 | Email | CV Areas of Expertise Contracts Criminal LawEvidenceLanguage and the LawStatutory Interpretation Education B.A., Brandeis University Ph.D., University of Massachusetts J.D., Harvard Law School Biography Courses Publications Noteworthy Vox: The science of blame 4/18/2015 Professor Larry Solan provides insights into our legal system's concepts of culpability when addressing tragedies like the Germanwings Flight 9525 incident. Professor Larry Solan Appears on NPR's The Diane Rehm Show 4/11/2015 Professor Larry Solan was a guest on the April 1 episode of The Diane Rehm Show, discussing how technology is changing criminal linguistic evidence in modern court cases. Professor Lawrence Solan quoted in The New York Times 3/16/2015 Professor Lawrence Solan provided analysis in a March 12, 2015, New York Times article "Wondering what the Fed's Statements Mean? Be Patient," about how the meanings of certain words vary in specific contexts. The story comes in light of Federal Reserve Chairwoman Janet L. Yellen's use of the word "patient" at a Senate hearing last month. Professor Solan Quoted in The Washington Post Article on "Forensic Linguistics" 3/4/2015 Lawrence Solan, Don Forchelli Professor of Law and Director of Graduate Education, was recently quoted in a Feb. 27 Washington Post article about the growing and increasingly controversial realm of forensic linguistics. The sometimes acrimonious controversy, Solan explains, hinges on the state of the science — whether linguists can provide reliable statistics on their accuracy or "error rate." Professor Lawrence Solan Comments on How the Increasing Use of Adverbs in Statutes Affects Judicial Decision Making in the Wall Street Journal 10/25/2014 Professor Lawrence Solan spoke to the Wall Street Journal about how since the 1980s there has been a surge of adverb-dense disputes. Professor Larry Solan Featured in Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics 4/20/2014 Wiley-Blackwell's newest edition of the Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics featured an entry on Professor Larry Solan. Professor Solan is internationally known for his contribution to the field of language and law. Professor Lawrence Solan Featured in Wall Street Journal Blog about J.K. Rowling Revelation 7/21/2013 The Wall Street Journal Speakeasy Blog cited Professor Lawrence Solan's scholarship in an article about The Cuckoo's Calling, the crime novel revealed to be written by J.K. Rowling. The London Times broke the news last week after hiring authorship attribution experts, whose software programs detected stylistic similarities between "Robert Galbraith" and Rowling, prompting the author to confess to her pen name. Professor Lawrence Solan's Op-Ed on Law Firm Associate Pay Featured in Huffington Post 1/28/2013 Professor Lawrence Solan's op-ed "Pay Associates Less? A Novel Response to a Rapidly Changing Legal Market" was recently featured in the Huffington Post. The Lawyers Weekly Discusses Professor Lawrence Solan's Article on Insurance Policy Interpretation 10/28/2011 In a recent issue, Canadian legal magazine The Lawyers Weekly compared insurance policy interpretation practices in Canada versus the United States. They cited Professor Lawrence Solan's 2008 article in the Columbia Law Review that studied false consensus bias and how judges and lay people in court interpreted insurance policy language differently. Professor Lawrence Solan's Book, The Language of Statutes, Laws and Their Interpretation, Reviewed 1/29/2011 Canadian legal blog Slaw reviewed Professor Lawrence Solan's book, The Language of Statues, Laws and Their Interpretation. Reviewer Simon Foddon called the publication "a balanced, pragmatic view of statutory interpretation and the role of the courts." Professor Lawrence Solan Cited in State of Iowa v. Hicks 11/29/2010 Professor Lawrence Solan was cited on November 24, 2010 in State v. Hicks, a decision of the Supreme Court of Iowa. The court referred to his article written with Peter Tiersma, Cops and Robbers: Selective Literalism in American Criminal Law, 38 Law & Soc'y Rev. 229, 249, 255 (2004). Professor Lawrence Solan Cited in State of Minnesota v. Andersen 7/4/2010 Professor Lawrence Solan was quoted on June 30, 2010 in State v. Andersen, a decision of the Supreme Court of Minnesota. The court quotes his article, Convicting the Innocent Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Some Lessons About Jury Instructions from the Sheppard Case, 49 Clev. St. L. Rev. 465, 481 (2001), in which he writes, "…once the government puts on a case, even a weak one, it appears to be up to the defendant to rebut it." Professor Lawrence Solan Cited in United States ex rel. Gonzalex v. Fresenius Medical Care North America 3/28/2010 Professor Lawrence Solan was cited on March 24, 2010, in United States ex rel. Gonzalez v. Fresenius Medical Care North America, a decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of Texas, El Paso Division. The court referred to his article written with Peter Tiersma, Author Identification in American Courts, 25 Applied Linguistics 448, 463 (2004), in which he examines testimony on authorship and suggests that linguistic methods require further testing and improvement to be accepted in American courts. Professor Lawrence Solan Cited in O'Donnabhain v. Comm'r 2/7/2010 Professor Lawrence Solan was quoted on February 2, 2010, in O'Donnabhain v. Comm'r, a decision of the United States Tax Court. The court quotes Professor Solan's book, The Language of Judges 45, 52 (1993) in which he opines about the original intent of the drafters of a statute, saying, "we have no way of telling whether the drafters of the statute intended that De Morgan's Rules apply or not." The court also pointed to his work on how courts have dealt with statutes containing the negation of "and." Related Links: Faculty News Curriculum


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I have decided that I should go spend December to February in Boracay living in Bulabog beach. I will be looking for a basic room with wifi since I will need to work while down there. I plan to bring a 12m and 9m kite, I'm 6'2 80kgs riding a 134 tt. The conditions sound like 15-25 knots which will be perfect.
I spent 6 months traveling South East Asia and normally we would just rock up and find a place for a few weeks. I was in SEA from December to May and spent most of this in non-AC rooms, which were very basic. I know that Christmas/New Years will be very busy in Boracay but I wanted to know if I really need to prebook a place for a month or 2 or if I should just book the first week or so and then find a place while I am down there?
Even in Thailand in Koh Phangan for the full moon you could get there a few days before and be fine.
What I'm looking for in accommodation is:
- basic room with a double bed
- reliable wifi
- a place to live with other kiters
- close/on the beach
How much does it cost for a basic room for a month?
How much is food eating out, I'm assuming you can mix it up between street foods and restaurants for quite cheap once you know the area?
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There's this feeling that teachers get when they finish a semester or finish the year. So much of teaching is go, go, go that when you finally get an opportunity to stop, you're not quite how to handle it. Free time? What's that? I remember having it once, but it feels like it was so long ago, I can't quite fathom it. And that nagging guilt that you should be grading papers or writing lesson plans rather than taking 42 minutes to watch the one TV show you allow yourself time to watch? Gone. The freedom that comes with the end of the semester is unlike anything I've ever encountered. It's a combination of relief and terror. After all, when you've been running around forever scrambling to get things done, it can be hard to put on the brakes.
That's where I find myself right now. I finally finished my semester as a student, not a teacher, and I'm overwhelmed by the prospect of NOT having anything to do. I've been working so hard lately trying to write papers for these classes (final tally: 10 days of writing, 35,114 words, 139 pages), that it's an entirely foreign feeling to wake up and know that the day is mine to do whatever I want. Granted, there's lots to do...shopping, baking, wrapping, cleaning, etc., but it's such a weird feeling. Refreshing. Exciting. So many possibilities.
I suspect the transition will continue to feel a bit weird. I can't just go cold turkey from school stuff. I'm devising an organizational scheme for all of the reading I did this semester, and I've got two issues of The Reading Teacher waiting to be read. But it's exciting nonetheless.
So to all those teachers out there that may be facing their first day of winter break, enjoy your time off. You've earned it.


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I am receiving an increasing number of inquiries from readers regarding whether they should apply for patents and, if yes, how to do so.
I am receiving an increasing number of inquiries from readers regarding whether they should apply for patents and, if yes, how to do so.
Since one or two inquiries arrive daily via e-mail, I figured the issue is very important to the inquirers. In a normal week, I receive several ideas and suggestions from readers on various invention cases (see chart), but inquiries about patentability have been rising quickly. There are few guidebooks regarding patenting in the marketplace, at least in part because each idea is different, making it difficult to generalize into a book.
So, I have decided to write about the fundamental depiction (lay of the land) of what one has to know regarding the question of "Patent? Or not patent?" These next few weeks this column will discuss that issue. Read the suggestions carefully if you are standing on the road junction "Y" of the question.
Now, back to the regular topics. This column started Jan. 7 of this year, and has rapidly gained traction. Readers seem to come from all walks of life; however, people who demonstrate the most enthusiasm seem to come from an industrial manufacturing background, which, sadly, this nation abandoned in the last 50 years. This column is an effort, however quixotic it may seem, to regain manufacturing by the power of us 99-percenters. Today marks the 17th column. In previous columns, we have discussed seven problems to solve. Since the friendly nature of the column seems to spark readers' various suggestions, I thought I would list the cases, and report to you the current status of just what stage they are in.
Case 1305: (phantom loads) collected the most reader comments. Most respondents told us they were unaware of the ongoing vast waste, and were surprised. Many suggestions came in. Most of the suggestions were to install a power switch for the charger, and/or power switch with automatic time limit. Our conclusion was that the idea wouldn't quite work. In the initial period, people might shut off the power judiciously, but soon they would forget to do so. A radical conceptual prototype is being built, and we can demonstrate it to you shortly.
Case 1307: (Better hospital bed) collected a significant number of comments, but all comments were in sympathy with the problem, and not offering any solution. Mike Abodeely of Derry, who represents a product line offered by Hover-Tech, suggested we look at the Web site www.hovermatt.com. The concept is the same as moving the heavy refrigerator on the kitchen floor by having an air jet underneath to make it float. This device certainly would make the lateral movement of the patient easy, (from one bed to a transporter or another bed), but it wouldn't help in changing, dressing, cleaning patient or other various tasks. Working with a patient to change his/her clothes, bathe or cleanse by wiping with warm wet clothes is a very complex task. The issues are so fundamental and difficult to perform that we in the civilized world of the 21st century are using the same method as used thousands of year ago. If you have a patient with limited mobility (or no mobility at all), the task could be insurmountably difficult, unless two attendants work together. However, as I stated last week, having an extra person is a luxury that most households cannot afford. We can send men to the moon, but we still have a hard time changing clothes for an immobile patient on a bed.
Therefore, let's start a discussion on the potential solution. The problem is at least 3,000 years old, so whatever we come up with, we have nothing to lose. Go for it wholeheartedly.
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Lightweight Concurrency in GHC
This page documents the effort to move GHC's concurrency support from its current location in the C part of the runtime system (RTS) to Haskell. This works builds on Peng Li's earlier work (http://community.haskell.org/~simonmar/papers/conc-substrate.pdf). This page contains information about the design, implementation, problems and potential solutions for building user-level concurrency primitives in GHC. Currently, the focus is on user-level implementation of non-deterministic parallelism in GHC (Control.Concurrent).
GHC has a rich support for concurrency (forkIO, MVars, STM, Asynchronous exceptions, bound threads, safe FFI, transparent scaling on multicores, etc.) and a fast and robust runtime system. However, the concurrency support is implemented in C and baked into the RTS. The concurrency primitives non-trivially interact among each other, and along with the lightweight thread scheduler, through a cascade of locks and condition variables. Often times, the invariants on which RTS fields can be accessed when are expressed as comments, and enforced through assertions (See here for one such fascinating example). This policy of enforcing through assertions keeps the overheads low, but makes the task of modifying and extending the runtime cumbersome.
But, why would we be interested in modifying GHC's concurrency environment? There are several good reasons to believe that a particular concurrent programming model, or a scheduling policy would not suit every application. With the emergence of many-core processors, we see NUMA effects becoming more prominent, and applications might benefit from NUMA aware scheduling and load balancing policies. Moreover, an application might have a better knowledge of the scheduling requirements -- a thread involved in user-interaction is expected to be given more priority over threads performing background processing. We might want to experiment with various work-stealing or work-sharing policies. More ambitiously, we might choose to build X10 style async-finish or Cilk style spawn-sync task parallel abstractions. Ideally, we would like allow the programmer to write an application that can seamlessly combine all of these different programming abstractions, with pluggable scheduling and load balancing policies.
While we want to provide flexibility to the Haskell programmer, this should not come at a cost of added complexity and decreased performance. This idea reflects in the synchronization abstractions exposed to the programmer - Primitive Transactional Memory(PTM)), and our decision to keep certain pieces of the concurrency puzzle in the RTS (Safe FFI,Blackholes). One would think lifting parts of the runtime system to Haskell, and retaining other parts in C, would complicate the interactions between the concurrency primitives and schedulers. We abstract the scheduler interface using PTM monads, which simplifies the interactions. The figure below captures the key design principles of the proposed system.
Although implementing concurrency primitives as a library is hardly a novel idea, the aim of this work is to bring it to the GHC programmer, without having to give up any of the existing concurrency features in return.
Background - GHC's Concurrency RTS
For the high-level design principle for the current scheduler, see Scheduler.
Controlling Parallelism
Whatever be the concurrency model, we would like to retain the non-programmatic control over parallelism (using , just like in the current system.
Concurrency Substrate
The idea of the concurrency substrate is to provide a minimal set of primitives over which a variety of user-level concurrency libraries can be implemented. As such, the concurrency substrate must provide a way to create threads, a way to schedule them, and a synchronization mechanism in a multiprocessor context.
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ahunda wrote:*Bump*
Might there be some hope for this to see the light of day, now that we have new management ?
On a side-note: I´m not sure, this merging practice is so fortunate. I had started a suggestion for this too & put A LOT of work into it, including two polls, detailed summary of the debate (pros & cons) in the first post, clarifying questions such as 1v1 and 1vteam, etc.
This has now gone lost somewhere in the middle of those 20+ pages. Here it is: http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewto ... 3#p2458643
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Bottom line: your work is appreciated and is not going unnoticed.
greenoaks wrote:how would this with unlimited forts be any different to 1v1
trevor33 wrote:So what's the hold up with this?
chapcrap wrote:trevor33 wrote:So what's the hold up with this?
Same as all other suggestions. The programmer chooses what to do with the time available and completes the task. The new leadership is still transitioning and hasn't started implementing suggestions, so things will take a while still. And I can tell you that this suggestion is not first priority for most.
betiko wrote:why not but this has been suggested many times before.
would it be ok to play 2/4 players vs that 1 man team?
would there be a special medal or would it be counted as dubs/trips/quads unique kills? I guess lots of configs would be acceptable such as 2vs2 quads?
greenoaks wrote:2 player team games
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Parrott begins the novel:
"My husband left me four years ago. Why--I don't precisely understand, and never did. Nor, I suspect, does he. Nowadays, when the catastrophe that it seemed to be and its causes are matters equally inconsequential, I am increasingly disposed to the belief that he brought himself to the point of deserting me because I made such outrageous scenes at first mention of the possibility."
Set in New York during the Jazz Age, Ex-Wife describes the aftermath of the destruction of the narrator Patty's marriage by a combination of drinking, infidelities, and sexual misunderstandings. Patty, an advertising copywriter, is madly in love with her husband, Peter, a newspaperman, but they go drinking and dancing every night and occasionally kiss other people. When he sleeps with someone else, Patty is upset but dares not complain, but when she sleeps with someone else, he never forgives her. And when Patty's dull virginal friend Hilda visits, Peter falls in love with her because of her apparent virtue and constant bad-mouthing of Patty. He leaves Patty after six months.
Patty moves in with Lucia, a divorced friend who tries to help her survive the wreck. Patty has her heart set on getting Peter back, and spends all her extra freelancing money on new clothes so that she'll attract him. Lucia tries to explain that it is unlikely that Peter will return. He has ditched the virginal Hilda for a sexy woman named Judith.
"Men...men are always coming back from little excursion trips--but once they start on world cruises...
"...About the excursions and cruises--I mean that a man, really in love with one woman, often can go tripping off blithely but briefly with another, simply because she has a stirring voice or wide innocent eyes. He comes back then, to the woman, sometimes improved, even. But once he embarks on a tour, child, he's going to forget perhaps, what city he started from, and certainly what that city had that was unique, among all the scenery he's seen since."
It's true. Once the touring starts, you end up like Jane, H. G. Wells's wife, who had to put up with an "open marriage."
Ex-wives have ugly stories. I was an ex-wife for a very numb year and a half.
Ex-wives' lives often revolve around finding new boyfriends and husbands. Long hours of work and Saturday mornings at the art museum cannot while away all the hours of the day. Nor can blind dates with attractive ex-managers of rock bands who drink a little too much nor never-married CPAs who are referred by friends of friends of friends make up for an ex-life.
My favorite ex-life story?
When I was going through a divorce, for some reason I didn't tell anyone at work. One of my acquaintances found out and set me up on a blind date with a doctor. Since I've never cared for money, it didn't occur to me that he was a "catch." One minute he was gushing about taking me out on his sailboat and then suddenly he observed outside the movie theater: "There are sure a lot of Jews around here, aren't there?"
I was aghast. And after the movie started, I couldn't stand it and left.
As a lefty, I really can't stand anti-semitism, racism, sexism...any of those things.
The very fact that I was sitting in a theater with a complete stranger who stood for everything I hated showed that I was not myself. It is tough being an ex-wife because you're used to being with someone and suddenly you're in a world of strangers.
I am no longer an ex-wife.
I haven't finished Ex-Wife, but have a feeling it will not end happily.


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Smccarthy1 needed a new stationery design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 17 designs submitted by 9 freelance designers.
Mix Bowl Media
I'm a freelance marketer that focuses mostly on Pay Per Click advertising. I'm in the process of creating a site/company that offers strategic marketing planning blending various elements (ppc, seo, social, email, etc.). The core concept is thinking about the desired end result (business goal or objective) and piecing together the perfect recipe (hence the name Mix Bowl).
Early stage companies that require a large online presence. This could be e-retail, tech startups, anything as long as there is a marketing budget.
1) Standard business card dimensions (3.5" x 2"). I'm looking to attract attention but not reinvent the wheel.
2) Logo needs to be identifiable with the core concept (mixing bowl, recipe, etc.).
3) Have fun! I'm posting this project because I have very few hard and fast requirements. If you had fun with your concept and design it should show in your work and stand out.


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- Seventy-five percent of the 400 companies that have posted results this season beat analysts' estimates for profit.
- The S&P 500 has jumped 5.1% from a three-month low on Feb. 3. Earnings at S&P 500 companies rose by 8.3% in the fourth quarter of 2013.
- Gold seems to be heading for its biggest weekly advance since August.
- Factory production in the U.S. unexpectedly declined in January by the most since May 2009.
Equities: The March E-mini S&P 500 is up 5 points to 1829.25; we have a near-term target of 1831 according to the market profile. It seems to us that this market is overlooking the recent downturn in economic data as a short-term situation due to inclement weather. We believe we could be in for a "sizzling summer" for the S&P 500. If we start to see economic numbers really improving as weather starts to warm up, we could see the S&P 500 break through current 2014 highs. The major concern for bullish investors should be the possibility of an economic slowdown due to the taper.
Bonds: The March U.S. 30-year bonds are down 5 ticks to 132'27; they seem to be in a very quiet trading environment this morning, with no major Fed updates or major economic data released today. We would not be surprised to see the bonds head lower if indeed we start to see more positive economic data (most important jobs growth) as we head towards spring and summer. If this does happen, we will perhaps see a steady flow of tapering at each FOMC meeting, and bonds may not like that at all.
Currencies: The story today in FX markets is the strength of the British Pound. The pound is up 83 ticks today to 167.34, and our idea of the pound going to 1.70 could become a reality soon. We are also watching the Euro/Pound spread, thinking that this spread could be oversold very soon, as the rally in the pound has outpaced that of the euro. The Swiss franc future is up 25 ticks to 112.02, and it looks like 112.50 could be key resistance. We actually believe that the franc may head lower especially if the U.S. stock market continues to rally.


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