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I think that the questions should be just only code based and should not haven anything that can be left to interpretation. For example, in yesterday's question (05-AUG-2010) I knew the correct answer, yet, I got two options wrong. Why? Because it was written in natural language instead of being just code based interpretation. In my point of view, the answers had one crucial difference, that could have confused the players (it confused me... :( ). When the VALUE_ERROR is raised on the block declaration, it could never be handled on the block level. Yet, the other two options are raised block level and, if left unhandled by the programmer, they are propagated to the outer block and so on. So they were all raised to the outer block, bu it is my belief that internally, the exception is always handled block level except when it is in the declaration... You may be thinking that the exception is certainly not handled inside the block, but I think that things are not so black and white in this subject. See this example:
DECLARE l NUMBER; BEGIN RAISE VALUE_ERROR; EXCEPTION WHEN NO_DATA_FOUND THEN ROLLBACK; WHEN OTHERS THEN DBMS_OUTPUT.put_line ('Mayday, mayday, I don''t know what to do...'); RAISE; END;
Was the exception VALUE_ERROR handled or not? Certainly it was caught... But then it was re-raised (or propagated??) tho the outer block... And nothing relevant was done... Probably I wouldn't remember this if there wasn't one option that was clearly different from the others in a feature relevant to the answer... If I didn't know that I couldn't handle an exception raised in the block declaration on that block, I would most probably have a higger score. If all the options were written in PL/SQL and the question was "Which of the options have the following output?" it would be easier to prove each one's knowledge in PL/SQL...
Here is my response:
I agree about offering lots of code-based quizzes, and that is certainly what you have seen in the PL/SQL Challenge. Having said that, I do think there is significant value in also tackling quizzes that ask you to understand concepts and rules in PL/SQL, and that pretty well means doing it in English, for the most part.
Regarding this player's specific objection, I don't really "get it." The choice to which I think he is referring as a source of ambiguity says:
"The exception section has only one WHEN clause (handler), and it is for NO_DATA_FOUND."
so the scenario in the code above does not apply. Certainly, if you have a WHEN OTHERS, you can trap and handle the exception, at which point you could choose to re-raise it. That is not, however, a choice I offered to you.


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In the first multimedia profile of the "Making a life in Addison County" series, Derrick Dykstra, 28, explains what motivates him to work long hours on his New Haven dairy farm. After high school, Dykstra worked construction in Pennsylvania before coming back a few years ago to the farm his family has operated for three generations. He is one of 7,000 adults between the ages of 20 and 34 in Addison County.
You've seen the headlines, you've heard the personal stories from friends and neighbors: Vermont needs to create more opportunities for its young people or else they will leave the state. But many young adults choose to stay here and many others return after a few years away.
The "Making a life in Addison County" series will take a closer look at the lives of the 7,000 people between ages 20 and 34 who live in this county. What are they doing? Why did they stay or come back? How are they making it? Among other things, the series will look at the effect of the tough job market on the lives of young adults, whether they plan on remaining in the area and how they see the future of Addison County.
It will include profiles in the newspaper, and a weekly multimedia profile. Find them here.
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Former Lipscomb basketball player Jason Hopkins is returning to his alma mater at Edmonds-Woodway High School in Edmonds, Washington to serve as the varsity boys' basketball coach. The move is a major one for Hopkins who has been serving as the head boys' coach at Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii, his place of birth. He is completing his Master's degree in education so he can teach as well as coach on the high school level. He also is in charge of a club basketball program in Washington. Hopkins spent some time talking with Lipscombsports.com about his new coaching challenge.
What years did you play basketball at Lipscomb? Who were your coaches?
"I played from 2006-2008. Scott Sanderson was the head coach."
Why did you decide to attend Lipscomb after playing for Cochise College in Douglas, Arizona?
"I was married when I was in junior college. I was deciding between places that I thought would give me a chance to go to the NCAA Tournament and would also be a good place for my family.
"When I came to the Lipscomb campus and saw how nice it was in Green Hills I knew it would be a great place to live and have our child grow up. I thought it was a great fit.
"Before coach Hubie Smith and coach Shaun Senters contacted me I had never heard of Lipscomb. Watching them play in the A-Sun Tournament championship was big for me. I was really sold on the tradition and history. I was really excited about playing with Eddie Ard and Brian Fisk."
What is your fondest athletic memory at Lipscomb?
"I really enjoyed the different 'Battles of the Boulevard' with Belmont and how much fan support and enthusiasm there was for the program.
"Specifically, I remember after one of the 'Battles of the Boulevard' we went upstairs for a birthday party for one of Miss Sherie's (Sherie Eubanks) daughter. We were asked to go up there and talk with everyone and sign autographs. That was encouraging for us to be there because of the impact we had."
Who had the biggest influence on you during your athletic career at Lipscomb? How?
"Hubie Smith, an assistant coach at the time. He was the one who recruited me. He was one of the main reasons I ended up becoming a coach, along with my junior college coach, Jerry Carrillo. They both had so much care and concern for their players. They recruited players as people first.
"I also liked their dedication and discipline to the art of teaching basketball. Their players were able to get better if they wanted to get better.
"They didn't want to be your friend. They wanted to help you to be the best player you could be. During my time at Lipscomb Hubie Smith was definitely the biggest influence on me."
What is your fondest non-athletic memory from your time at Lipscomb?
"My degree was in preaching so I did a lot of speaking engagements while I was at Lipscomb. I spoke at the opening ceremonies of the Special Olympics on campus. That is a pretty special memory.
"There were also all of the different times I spent with the guys in the team. Those relationships we built are special. I had a little bit different of a lifestyle than the rest of the players since I was married and had a child.
"I spent a lot of time listening to my teammates and helping them out in different situations. It was definitely a good experience."
What is the most valuable thing you gained or learned from your time at Lipscomb?
"A lot of times you get so wrapped up in what you are doing in the moment that you sometimes lose perspective of what it is like to be at a place like Lipscomb. You lose perspective on the bigger picture.
"While I was at Lipscomb I learned to take a step back and evaluate things for what they are versus being too myopic and seeing how things affect me right then and right there.
"I think our coaching staff, professors and the greater community as a whole really helped me be able to take that step back and see things in that way. I had some great teachers, mentors and coaches."
Who was your favorite professor? Why?
"Dr. John York and Dr. Lee Camp.
"They both had a profound impact on me. They were willing to take their time and talk with me on things from a theological standpoint.
"They had a willingness to continue a dialogue with me even after I left Lipscomb, especially Dr. York.
"At the time when I came to Lipscomb I thought I wanted to go into the ministry. I try to look at coaching as a ministry. I think I have an easier time reaching kids that I am coaching because of the connection and the bond you build with them.
"Your word becomes very important to them and you can steer them on a good path."
Talk about your career after graduating from Lipscomb?
"I returned to Cochise as an assistant coach for Jerry Carrillo. I was also an assistant boys' basketball coach at Seattle's Roosevelt High School and head boys' coach at Mid-Pacific Institute in Honolulu, Hawaii starting in April 2011.
"I also played in the Hawaii Summer Pro Am and for the Seattle Mountaineers in the ABA.
"I have family in both Hawaii and Washington. My Dad has been sick. I have been gone for 10 years. It is time to come home."
Tell us about your family.
"I have a daughter, Genesis, who is eight."
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While the world's attention is fixed primarily on turmoil in Libya, Syria, and Yemen, thousands of Ivorians are being murdered in fighting that pits supporters of Côte d'Ivoire incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo against challenger Alassane Ouattara. Both men claim to have won the disputed election in a country already torn by a nine-year civil war.
President Obama, French President Nicolas Sarkozy and the United Nations have recognized Ouattara as the duly elected president of Côte d'Ivoire, which is French for Ivory Coast. What's loosely referred to as the international community has accused Gbagbo of assorted human rights violations, including killing some of his political opponents.
Recently, however, the U.N. was forced to acknowledge that both sides have been guilty of killing civilians. Aid workers said that as many as 1,000 people were killed by Ouattara's forces in Duekoue, a Gbagbo stronghold in western Côte d'Ivoire.
Amid conflicting reports coming out of Abidjan, the commercial capital of the country, it is difficult to know for certain what is going on there. Charles Steele, Jr,, former president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) and I visited Abidjan two months ago and were stunned to see how widespread news reports failed to mirror the reality we witnessed on the ground.
One-sided reporting is reflected in reporters, who routinely refer to Gbagbo as the nation's "strongman" and Ouattara as the "internationally recognized" president. As I have written in this space, few reporters have read the Ivorian constitution that puts into place a two-step process that determines how national leaders are elected.
Under Article 32 and Article 94 of the Ivorian constitution, ballots are tallied and results are announced by the Independent Electoral Commission. The second and less publicized step is the final declaration of winners made by the Constitutional Council, the equivalent of the United States Supreme Court.
In the case of the disputed presidential election, Ouattara was declared the winner of a run-off on November 28, 2010 by the Independent Electoral Commission, a decision that the U.S., France, and the European Union cited as the basis of their support for the challenger.
Pierre Sane, the Paris-based former general secretary of Amnesty International, notes that the so-called Independent Electoral Commission is anything but independent. Of the 31 members, 20 are from rebel groups and their political supporters.
"One way or the other, the'Independent Commission' is in point of fact controlled by the opposition," Sane wrote in an analysis. "Its chairman is a senior member of the opposition coalition, and a former PDCI minister in the Gbagbo cabinet."
After examining challenged ballots, the Constitutional Council declared Gbagbo the winner by a margin of 51.45 percent to 48.55.
Sarkozy, among others, cried foul because of the seven justices, four are appointed by Gbagbo and three are appointed by the president of the National Assembly. Sarkozy should be one of the last people to complain because, as he knows, the Ivorian constitution is modeled after the French constitution.
In a January interview with me, Gbagbo said the Ivorian judicial system is not unlike the one in the U.S. where the president appoints Supreme Court justices, subject to Senate confirmation.
On March 9, when most of the world was looking at dramatic events in Libya, President Obama issued a three-paragraph statement deploring violence in Côte d'Ivoire that he blamed on "security forces loyal to former President Laurent Gbagbo."
He added, "As we have said since the election results in Côte d'Ivoire were certified, the people of Côte d'Ivoire elected Alassane Ouattara as their President and Laurent Gbagbo lost the election. Former President Gbagbo's efforts to hold on to power at the expense of his own country are an insult to the universal rights of his people, and the democracy that Côte d'Ivoire deserves… It is time for former President Gbagbo to heed the will of his people, and to complete a peaceful transition of power to President Ouattara."
President Obama is wrong. It's time for the United States, France, and even some African countries to stop trying to force their will on a sovereign country. Democracy can often be a messy process and the U.S. can't intervene in every country that elects a leader it opposes. Clearly, mistakes have been made by supporters of both Gbagbo and Ouattara. Regardless of which side one favors, Ivorians followed their constitution in choosing Gbagbo over his challenger and that process should be respected.
Considering the sharp political divisions in Côte d'Ivoire, it is unlikely that either Ouattara or Gbagbo could be an effective leader under current circumstances. Therefore, the so-called international community should stop favoring one candidate over the other and instead call for an immediate halt to the killing. Once that's accomplished, a new election should be held with each candidate obliged to honor the outcome.
George E. Curry, former editor-in-chief of Emerge magazine and the NNPA News Service, is a keynote speaker, moderator, and media coach. He can be reached through his Web site, www.georgecurry.com You can also follow him at www.twitter.com/currygeorge.


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Personal finance is rarely fun and games for people trying to make ends meet, but a new initiative for low-income consumers aims to teach valuable financial lessons through computer games.
The American nonprofit, Doorway to Dreams (D2D) Fund, has created five games to help build understanding about important financial milestones, such as retirement planning and saving for college.
"Adults of all ages are woefully poorly educated about financial matters," said Peter Tufano, chairman of D2D Fund, who is also dean and professor of finance at Saїd Business School at the University of Oxford in England.
"It is clear that traditional approaches to educating people about finances are not working well enough to meet our needs and that new thinking is required to address this pressing problem."
This new thinking includes the use of popular gaming motifs, such as celebrities, vampires and farms, to teach serious lessons in finance. In "Bite Club," for example, vampires help promote smart retirement planning.
While many of D2D's games have been around for a while (it launched some back in 2008) it has now teamed up with employers and other partners to market and distribute these games to their intended low-to-moderate-income audiences.
For instance, D2D's game "Bite Club" has been specifically tailored to employees of the office supply company, Staples. Throughout the game, users have opportunities to access their real-world retirement savings plans, benefits and health savings accounts, and make smart changes based on their newly earned financial wisdom.
In an effort to educate young enlisted personnel and their families, D2D also recently ran a successful campaign on a U.S. military base. According to participants, the "Celebrity Calamity" game was not only entertaining, but also effective in drilling smart financial practices into players' minds.
"The beauty of the games is that users find them fun and stress relieving, and positively enjoy playing them," says Tufano. "For that reason, [users] will invest sufficient time in the game to build their financial skills and confidence.
"We see a significant improvement in individuals' financial skills, but also in their self-belief in their capacity to take financial decisions in the real world. And this is the big challenge, to convert their learning into sustained behavioral change."
D2D's gaming platform has also been successful in reaching the college set. Games marketed toward students offer opportunities for users to take real-world control of their finances by purchasing savings bonds, ordering free credit reports and requesting more information on financial topics.
According to Trufano, "financial entertainment" is the future in educating today's earners on how to manage their money. But the nonprofit still has a ways to go in making virtual lessons a part of users' day-to-day financial transactions.
"We are working to refine the games further to maximize their effectiveness and achieve long-term, real-world financial change, such as increased savings, reduced debt, better financial planning, informed investing and increased income," Trufano said.
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I received word from our second cousin, Jan Brockett, that her father, Stan Allgeier had passed away on July 9th, right after midnight. The only time I met him was when he came to Washington in the late 1980's with his second wife, to visit Dad and Elna. We corresponded quite a bit over the years because he was very interested in genealogy. As you can see, he had a very long life; only the last couple were spent in a nursing home. Be sure to click on the obituary so that you can read it.
Sunday, July 12, 2009
2 comments:
- Judy said...
Elizabeth, I am so happy that you have kept in touch with Dad's family. Otherwise we would have no contact and no information.
Just imagine, this is the Stanley that is in the photos with Dad as a little boy in Sheridan.
101years is a long time to live.
- July 12, 2009 at 5:08 PM
- Ann said...
I can only say "ditto" to Judy's comment. Thanks to Elizabeth's correspondence with Stanley a little more is known about Dad's family. Stanley lived an incredible life. It is good to be reminded that there are things to be done, no matter how old we get.
- July 12, 2009 at 10:30 PM
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The singer, 19, shared his hopes of being named a judge for season 12 of the Fox show with his 4,621,940 Twitter followers Saturday.
"The rumors are true I am being considered to be a judge on American Idol, and it would be a dream come true if it happens. #nickonidol," he Tweeted.
If selected, all three Jonas brothers will be on television at the same time.
On Married to Jonas, cameras follow Kevin, 24, and his wife of almost three years, Danielle, 26, as they try to balance their relationship with Kevin"s career. At the same time, Joe Jonas, 22, will appear on The Next: Fame is at Your Doorstep where he"ll act as a mentor alongside Gloria Estefan, Nelly and others.
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A slow, lingering death
What lessons can you share about engaging people through a crisis?
It's a great question. Put to me by a colleague in the last 24 hours.
The economic downturn has thrown up plenty of businesses lurching from one crisis to another. Where the very survival of the organisation is in question. Anyone following the dire events surrounding Rangers Football Club will recognise this. This is an institution which is nearly 150 years old and part of the fabric of Scottish society. In many ways it is far more than a business – for many it represents a sense of identity, of shared heritage, relecting a huge community within Scotland and Northern Ireland. For transparency's sake I should point out that my allegiances are with the other big Glasgow club. But I have watched with a sense of wonder as a decade of financial mis-management catches up with Rangers. Mis-management is perhaps generous. Terms like tax avoidance, cheating or financial doping have been (more appropriately) used.
In any event it is the supporters who are paying for it now.
As someone with no real emotional involvement I have wondered how Rangers players, staff and supporters would react to what has been a particularly grim and relentless stream of bad news. It has been a mixed picture.
Some have howled at the moon. Denying the very facts being put in front of them. Refusing to accept the reality – lashing out at the authorities who have simply tried to apply the rules in very difficult circumstances. In some instances disgracefully threatening individuals and their families.
Some supporters have gamely tried to raise money to plug the holes in the finances. Yet the estimated £134m liability make any attempts in this regard feel pathetically futile.
And yet others have responded with incredible dignity. Most notably the players - who have accepted draconian short-term pay cuts in order to see the club through to the end of the season. While I will never have more than a grudging respect for Rangers, I have been impressed by how some of the players have carried themselves, and indeed, how they have performed at a time of incredible adversity. What more evidence do you need that engagement is about far more than money?
And so the future of Rangers remains in doubt. The much criticised mainstream media in Scotland have tried hard to paint a variety of positive pictures on the future of the club. None have stuck. None have had any credibility. So far… (perhaps this latest news will be different).
So in answer to the original question – I think many lessons can be drawn from this crisis. Without a powerful, shared vision for the future, without strong leaders, without the ongoing engagement of the players who have so loyally stuck to their task, and indeed without any money, it is hard to see what future the club has. Whatever happens the reputation of this veritable institution has been altered for good.
Indeed it is hard to assess whether we are witnessing the reputation of Rangers Football Club at its lowest ebb. Or watching the unfolding of a painful, slow, lingering death.


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Chakana – The Incan Cross
Posted by Kim Graae Munch in American Aboriginal, Astrology, Esoterics, Gnostism on April 1, 2010
Chakana, the Incan Cross, are equivalent to the Yin-Yang symbol and the Zodiac. Through a central axis a shaman journeyed in trance to the lower plane or Underworld and the higher levels inhabited by the superior gods. The snake, puma, and condor are totemic representatives of the three levels. (Axis Mundi)
From Wikipedia:
The stepped cross is made up of an equal-armed cross indicating the cardinal points of the compass and a superimposed square.
The square represents the other two levels of existence. The three levels of existence are Hana Pacha (the upper world inhabited by the superior gods), Kay Pacha, (the world of our everyday existence) and Ucu or Urin Pacha (the underworld inhabited by spirits of the dead, the ancestors, their overlords and various deities having close contact to the Earth plane). The hole through the center of the cross is the Axis by means of which the shaman transits the cosmic vault to the other levels.
The cross has 12 points and legend has it that these points represent the following sayings, affirmations and life points: I live, I work, I love, The underworld, The current world, The upper world, The cougar, The Eagle, The snake, Don't Lie, Don't Cheat, Don't Steal.
The four flat sides represent the elements Water Air Earth Fire
North is air, south is water, east is fire and west is earth. The top arm is held in the East with the fire. The centre is the 5th element, the force of love emanating from the void.
The three rectangles could represent the physical world, the ether world, and the astral world, with each side representing one of the four elements in each world.
The three worlds are known all over the world:
- with Uku Pacha as the lower Chthonic underworld, with the snake as symbol, the Fixed modality of astrology, Tamas of the Gunas,
- the middle world, Kay Pacha, in which we live, have the puma as symbol, the Mutable modality of astrology, Sattva of the Gunas,
- and the higher world Hanan Pacha with the condor as symbol, the Cardinal modality of astrology, Rajas of the Gunas.
These three animals Snake, Puma and Condor are equivalent to Ox, Lion and Eagle as we know from the European and Asian continent.
I have written more about these relations in Serpents of the Kundalini Fire, especially in connection to the Gunas, the Chakras, and the Kaballah Tree of Life.
From Oder of Incari:
The top section is the Hanag Pacha which is the upper world (super conscious) and the animal symbol for the upper world is the condor. It holds, within the steps, the principles of the tradition. They are Yachay, Llankay and Munay.
Yachay means knowledge in its basic expression, but its higher expression is wisdom. It is knowledge, which has been integrated through experience and is externalized as wisdom. We must live what we know and master it in our daily lives. Llankay (pronounced ylang kai) Llankay relates to work, labour and productivity. It is to work in an honest way and to be honest in your work. It is to work for the betterment and greater good of yourself and your family, your community and humanity (your greater family). Munay is a word that simply means love and is the principle present in all others. It is not simply the love between a man and a woman, a mother and a child, although these interactions can contain the infinite expressions of Munay. It is the expression of unconditional love. It contains a deep- seated compassion for all livings things and their suffering.
From A Dictionary of Symbols By Juan Eduardo Cirlot
Chthonian Demons
Various beings mentioned in mythologies come under this heading, such as the Greek harpies and Erinyes, the Hindu Rakshasas, the Arabic djinns, the Germanic elves and Valkyries, etc.
In Aztec mythology, Cihuacoatl ("snake woman"; also Cihuacóatl, Chihucoatl, Ciucoatl) was a motherhood and fertility goddess, haunting crossroads at night to take children. She also helped Quetzalcoatl create humanity by grinding the bones of our ancestors and mixing the result with Quetzalcoatl's blood to form the clay from which humanity were molded. Here the soul (Quetzalcoatl's blood) is born into the physical (the bones), giving the body of man (the clay) with the Ego.
Cihuacoatl – Snake Woman
The Naga Kanya (Cobra Women) are a race of fairy-like demigods born of the Nāga, which are water deities. They have the form of beautiful maidens, but usually maidens only from the waist up, while from the waist down they are serpents.
Nāga kanya – Hindu Snake Woman
The Japanese have Nure-onna ("wet woman"), here in an illustration from the Edo Period, by Sawaki Suushi.
The snake loa (spirit) are known in Benin and Haiti, she is the companion of the most popular god, Damballah-Wedo, also a serpent:
Aida Wedo – Haiti
From Pink Tentacle:
"Nure-onna is typically seen at the water's edge, washing her long, flowing hair. In some stories, she carries a small child, which she uses to attract potential victims. When a well-intentioned person offers to hold the baby for Nure-onna, the child attached itself to the victim's hands and grows heavy, making it nearly impossible to flee. In some stories, Nure-onna uses her long, powerful tongue to suck all the blood from her victim's body."
In Ancient Myth Steiner writes about the Greek Mysteries:
The Greeks revered in the Mysteries other Gods as well as the celestial Gods, namely, the Chthonic Gods. And of one who was initiated in the Mysteries one could say with truth: he learns to know the upper and the lower Gods, the Upper and the Lower Gods. The upper Gods were those of the Zeus-circle; but they only have rulership over what is spread out before the senses, and what the intellect can understand. The human being is more than this. Man is rooted with his being in the kingdom of the lower Gods, in the kingdom of the Chthonic Gods.
This Chthonic world consists of twelve elemental groups of beings, which are the real foundation of the visible physical world, and all kinds of magical systems around the Earth try to influence the physical world through these beings. Don Juan talk about the flyers, inorganic beings, in Castanedas books, the Gnostics talk about the Archons, alien predators, the wise Greek healer Daskalos talks bout the Elementals, and Jung talks about the Shadow.
See "Gnostic Parallels in the Writings of Carlos Castaneda" which are good and the best contribution on that web-address. I have collected some texts on Elementals building on the Christian view of Daskalos here.
Steiner writes in "The East in the Light of the West" about the cosmogony of Pherecydes:
In most remarkable words, Pherecydes spoke of the holy primordial triad, of Zeus, Kronos and Chthon, principles fundamental to the earth, having come over from pre-terrestrial ages; he also speaks of a further evolution. But in ancient times men did not clothe matters of this kind in such dry, crude concepts as they do today, they drew vivid pictures of what they saw and recognised in spiritual realms. Pherecydes said: 'Chthon becomes Gea (today called earth), because of the gift of Zeus whereby she came to be covered as with a garment.' This is a wonderful description of that evolution which I have just outlined in a few short words. The earth was alone; outside it were the sun and the moon, the spiritual kingdoms of Zeus and of Kronos. The sun from without began to work upon the earth and to fructify it in its then chaotic state; or, in the language of the old Greek sage, Zeus fructified Chthon. The beneficent influences of the kingdom of Zeus were sent down to the physical earth in the warmth and light of the sun. This was the gift made by Zeus to the earth. The earth covered herself with the garment of plant and animal forms, and with the forms of physical men. Chthon becomes Gea; therefore, because of the gift of Zeus the earth covers herself with a garment.
In Relation to Astrology
In "Astrology, Psychology, and The Four Elements" writes Stephen Arroyo about Zodiacal Signs as Energy Patterns:
The four elements of astrology (fire, earth, air, and water) are the basic building blocks of all material structures and organic wholes. Each element represents a basic kind of energy and consciousness that operates within each of us. Just as modern physics has shown that energy is matter, these four elements interweave and combine to form all matter. When the spark of life leaves a human body at death, the four elements all dissociate and return to their primal state. It is only life itself, manifesting in an organized, living whole, that holds together the four elements. All four are in every person, although each person is consciously more attuned to some types of energy than others. Each of the four elements manifests in three vibrational modalities: cardinal, fixed, and mutable. Hence, when we combine the four elements with the three modalities, we have twelve primary patterns of energy which are called the zodiacal signs.
Rahu and Ketu
From Rahu and Ketu in Hindu Mythology:
"According to mythological tales Rahu is the head of the dragon. Head as we know contain the brain and controls the functioning of the entire body. This suggests that Rahu is the controlling and active node. Ketu rules of the body, sends feelings and sensations to the brain. To analyse those sensations and take action if necessary is within the jurisdiction of Rahu. More precisely Ketu has the power of transforming the events into experience which turn into wisdom."
The head is the Luciferic and the tail is the Ahrimanic, where Rahu relates to Dharma, and Ketu to Karma.
Wikipedia have a good reference article on the symbolism of serpents:
Wikipedia – Serpent(symbolism)
I look at the snake in European mythology in The Snake and the Heel in Mythos which build on Steiner's lectures.
More on Incan religion in
Andean Mysticism and Healing the Plane(pdf) by Oakley E. Gordon, Ph.D.
Rahu and Ketu
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GROβER PREIS VON DEUTSCHLAND - Qualifying
Lewis Hamilton made it back-to-back pole positions with another impressive lap to beat Sebastian Vettel at the Nurburgring.
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2013-06-07 • NJ Black Birth Records
Start: 12:07:20
alt: hey daviss, what's up?
daviss: hello alt!
Seventies: Hello alt and daviss!
daviss: its hot as heck here so far...gonna be around 110 today I need a pool lol
alt: foolin' with gedmatch & I have 2 matches that you share with .. Erma L. & Margaret Berry-McWilliams
daviss: hello Seventies!
alt: Hello seventies
daviss: you match Erma!!
Seventies: It's about half that here daviss and raining due to Tropical storm Andrea
alt: daviss, can you 'splain this to me? LOL LOL yes daviss, I lowered the threshold to 5cM & I see your name on my listing...but we don't match on anything
daviss: I have to look at Margaret B Williams alt but Erma L's dad and mine are brothers
Seventies: I was just reading online about the new AA birth records found in NJ I recall that someone posted a query from a NJ county for help with AA records in the county on Afrigeneas. Someone from the county records dept
alt: WOW Daviss!!!! Erma L & I match at 5.1 cM on Chr 14.
daviss: interesting alt, but no sign of me anywhere?
vkn: Y'all be speaking Greek
Seventies: right vkn... lol
alt: not as a match daviss, but your name is on the listing at the 5cM level
daviss: hmmmm ok alt
alt: Daviss is gonna have to 'splain it to me too LOL
daviss: lol lol lol recombination I suspect alt lol
alt: Lisa L (bearnut) and her folks are matching me at like the 20-30 cM level
daviss: somebody somewhere on a distant shore
alt: yep, my peeps might be involved with your NC connections years ..... (generations ago
daviss: yep
alt: so what's up with vkn & Seventies
Seventies: I got nothin' lol
vkn: robert e lee
Seventies: Oh it was my blogiversary a few days ago... lol I am terrible with anniversaries and birthdays... lol
alt: thought that sounded like a song vkn " I got plenty of nothing" LOL
Seventies: Stilll fooling around with this blog entry... ugh.. frustrating. I'm just ready to get myself on the road...
alt: just write it like you feel it Seventies, that's what I'm told bloggers do
Seventies: I haven't felt like it since Sept 2012! I have some blog entries in draft as well...
daviss: and also it will flow just fine
Seventies: Oh also, I have someone who is looking for transcription help
vkn: howdy selma
Seventies: They are doing a film on the Wilmington Race Riots...
alt: Hi Selma
daviss: Hi Selma!
alt: "they" ?????
Selma: Afternoon alt, daviss, seventies and vkn
Seventies: Called Wilimington on Fire. He's going to e-mail me a 2 page doc. I will need a second pair of eyes on that. Any takers? Hi Selma You will be listed in the credits... :}
daviss: thanks but no thanks Seventies
alt: thanks, but no thanks LOL
Seventies: ok
alt: oh my, great minds LOL
daviss: lol
Seventies: Ooh y'all lucky vkn took the rolleyes away.. lol lol lol
alt: we must be cuzzins daviss LOL
daviss: hehehehee
vkn: not that i know of
Seventies: Long time ago, vkn you had a smiley that rolled its eyes... lol loved that thing!
vkn: ahhh
alt: Selma ... Jo Willie is in the French Open semis YEAH!!!!!!!!
Selma: I know alt....we (or I should say Mom) just watched 4 hours of Nadal..now Jo
alt: go mom lol lol
daviss: Good luck with that Seventies
Seventies: Okay Happy Birthday to Prince Nelson Rogers, Jr.
Selma: Who is Prince Nelson Rogers?
Seventies: that's what I say when I'm being sarcastic daviss... lol Prince
vkn: Selma my Sclatter died in 1839
alt: and he asked .... who is "Prince"?
Selma: I at least know that alt.. LOL The white slave owner sclatter?
alt: I do too Selma,, but I gotta "jab" at Seventies when I can LOL LOL
Seventies: LOL
vkn: yes Selma
Selma: and he died where vkn? I haven't printed out or re read yet
daviss: vkn where is Hapeville?
vkn: by the Hartsfield Javkson airport daviss
Seventies: I know I've probably said this before, but I am so anxious to have a facebook group for AA's genealogy in SW MS...
vkn: actually the airport is in hapeville
daviss: ok, the reunion committee changed the hotel from Alpharetta to Hapeville
alt: I just read an interesting article on the recording of slave births in the northern states prior to 'gradual emancipation" ... seems they recorded them so the officials would know when a person became eligible to be freed under those emancipation laws.
Seventies: I just mentioned that alt.. lol
alt: is that what you were referring to Seventies
vkn: name of hotel daviss
Seventies: yeah. There was a poster who posted a query from NJ on Afrigeneas as well I believe regarding a similar record set.
daviss: I think it's a Best Western vkn
Seventies: What and where is Hapeveille?
alt: was the article written by an LDS genealogist Seventies?
Seventies: Yes, the LDS is saying that they 'discovered' these records. But I suspect that they were at the local and county court houses the entire time. hold on y'all. I'll brb.
vkn: okies daviss
alt: they were/are, but the local official didn't really seem to know what they had and why the records were kept for black births & not white births during that time period ... early 1700's in northern states
vkn: interesting
daviss: I imagine in those back basement and boxes there are loads of files and records to be discovered
alt: I thought that was an interesting twist also vkn yep, you bet daviss
daviss: Especially those with a big "C" on them lol
alt: the writer pointed out the 'legal' reasons for recording the births of the enslaved children.
Selma: Which was?
alt: their parents were on the path to gradual emancipation and any children they had would still be 'slaves" until they reached the ages of 25-28 y/o and this was their way of knowing when that age was reached ... 'legally'
daviss: here is the article Selma http://ldsmag.com/article/1/12804
alt: ty daviss
vkn: ty
daviss: I think that is the one alt
alt: it is daviss .. thank you!!
vkn: i will read later
daviss: A part of the mission is to go through those courthouses and get records isn't it?
Selma: Laws are always written to benefit the folks who write them...
alt: the interesting twist to this story is that Black children born in Ohio/Indiana during the early 1800's were "free" and the black children born in NY & some of the northeastern states were NOT born "free". until the mid 1830's & 1840's
vkn: true Selma
alt: at least not "legally" I never thought of that "process"
daviss: i wonder how many free persons were actually stolen and sold back into slavery
vkn: Black changes the nature of things
alt: dunno daviss, but have read of it actually happening.
daviss: I did read a narrative of this happening to one lady in Texas well she was stolen and taken to Texas mabe stolen is not the word
Seventies: Anyone get a chance to listen to the link on the Burkle Estate in Memphis?
alt: so a positive unintended consequence of the black laws for Ohio & other states was the freedom registration papers "proving" a black was a FPOC.
daviss: she was a free woman of color,
alt: I went to the site, but haven't listend to the link Seventies .. I'm always interested in UGRR stories.
Selma: Yes alt...
Seventies: Its pretty interesting.
Selma: BRB..
Seventies: I thought that would add to the layer of where this conversation was going.. .the plight of FPOC in America.. and the not so free.
daviss: I see the announcement is on the Forum regarding the Dr Rose set vkn
vkn: yes daviss
daviss: very good Too bad he did not get to see the result
vkn: sales were slow in las vegas
alt: yes Seventies, I think FPOC stories are as wide & diverse as slave narratives a lot of 'particulars' as relates to time & place for FPOC as well as the enslaved
vkn: Oh he did see the results daviss
daviss: oh ok vkn
Seventies: Agree alt.
alt: wb Selma
daviss: wb Selma
Seventies: But what strikes me is the kidnapping...
Selma: There are probably more than we know seventies..you only really hear about the individuals who manage to get someone to help them in the courts or get their stories out.
Seventies: exactly...
alt: some good reading is about the 'slave cacthers' coming into Ohio following the passage of the 1850 Fugitive Slave Law ..2 good examples online are the Addison White & the Wellington Rescue cases.
Seventies: Kind of like the human trafficking of today.
Selma: Slavery was BIG BUSINESS in this country and in South America and the Caribbean
alt: VERY BIG BUSINESS Selma... in some cases (states) it was the driving economic factor to any wealth a family may have
vkn: oh yes the Solomon Northrup case was noteworthy of s fpoc being re enslaved
Selma: We have a tornado watch until 8 PM
alt: the founding family of Brown Univ. is a classic example
vkn: oh yes the Solomon Northrup case was noteworthy of a FPOC being re enslaved alt daviss selma seventies
Seventies: The movie is being re-made. about Solomon Northrop
daviss: oh yes vkn I had forgotten about Northrop
alt: a story posted on AfriGeneas by Bennie several years ago. http://www.aaggmv.org/archive/ad_white.htm
vkn: will take a look
alt: Addison White's case happened right here in my area of Ohio Mechanics burg is like 15 miles away from Springfield
daviss: gotta run folks..take care and have a good week end
Seventies: you too daviss
Selma: I have to run too folks..have a great day
Seventies: Selma.. lol ... yesterday I choked on your dust, you were out of here so quick@
vkn: lol
Seventies: She got me again.. lol
vkn: bye yall
Seventies: I need to go ahead and get out too... later alt


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It's been a year since Slate launched the magazine's first LGBTQ-focused section, Outward. Since then, Outward has grown into a unique space for queer voices, discussions, and other "gay stuff." That includes Ask a Homo, the section's "no-judgment answer service for questions on LGBTQ politics, culture, etiquette, language, and other queer conundrums." In celebration of Outward's first birthday, here are some outtakes from the video series.
Slate Plus also asked Outward's editors, June Thomas and J. Bryan Lowder, to reflect on the section's first year. Here's what they had to say.
June Thomas: Bryan, did you think we'd ever get to eat our rainbow cake with one candle on top? I confess I'm a little shocked by how popular the new LGBTQ section has been.
J. Bryan Lowder: Let's say I feel a mix of vindicated and relieved. As you know, back before Outward was a thing, I strongly felt that it was weird that Slate didn't already have an LGBTQ section. All the cool sites did, and we are certainly a cool site. Plus, I had been covering that beat for some time under the Double X rubric, which, for obvious reasons, was often not a great (and perhaps even problematic) fit.
But I would be lying if I said I didn't have any misgivings—for it to work, the section we had in mind had to actually speak just as much (if not more) to straight people as to queer folks. We couldn't just be another Queerty or Autostraddle; we had to bring the Slate approach to gay issues in a way that would appeal to everyone. A year out, I feel fairly confident now that such a thing is possible!
Thomas: Ditto! I had my own personal reasons for being a little less enthusiastic than I now realize I should have been. Partly it was that my very first journalism jobs (and volunteering) had been in GLB—as it was at that time, which makes me feel about 100 years old—journalism, so I was worried that I was taking a step back into the gay ghetto. But that was just my stinking thinking. The positive response and—dare I risk jinxing it by saying so—the relative lack of homophobia and general lack of trolling in the comments has made me feel good about America.
Slate Plus: How did Outward come to be?
Thomas: Obviously, our timing was fantastic. Every week—at least until we got to the dog days of summer—there seems to be some major breakthrough for queer rights. Some new celebrity comes out. A new state gets to experience the heteronormative joys of matrimony. And a new gay TV character is the 2010s' equivalent of Cousin Oliver.
We get to write about it, but even more gratifyingly, Slate readers seem to want to read about it.
We launched more than four months before the Sochi Olympics, but the Russian "gay propaganda" law was the topic du jour. That—and, perhaps, the fact that I was once the foreign editor—made me think we'd be heavy on international content. We've certainly had a bunch, especially around Russia, Uganda and Nigeria, and other places with homophobic laws, but it's been less of the mix than I expected.
Lowder: Yeah, I recall how heavily Sochi figured in our initial discussions about coverage—I think given our relatively small size, the amount of international stuff we've done has been pretty impressive; but as certain civil rights wins approach closure in the U.S., I suspect we'll have to turn our gay-ze elsewhere with more intention.
That said, I'm generally proud of our day-to-day mix: With three regular writers and a cozy group of freelancers, we manage to jump from court decisions to drag queen self-conception to Ask a Homo questions to the trouble with "lady parts" fairly seamlessly. We hit high and low and long and short. We may not produce as much content as larger sites or sections, but I'm pretty confident that the stuff we get out is stronger than much of the competition—not that I'm a competitive queen.
Thomas: I so agree. I'm really proud of what we've achieved in our first year. Every day I wake up happy to be a professional homosexual and full of excitement about all the new things we'll take on in the coming year(s), the writers we'll get to work with, and the ideas we'll get to work through.
Lowder: So true. But June, now that we've made it a full year, what do you think we oughta do next?
Thomas: A podcast! More people of color! More bisexuals! Mo' Outward, mo' betta! You?
Lowder: Yes, I'm all about upping the diversity situation on the regular. And total media platform domination is a good call, too—let's get off this chat and work on that. If you handle gaying up the iPods, I'll get on queering, I don't know, 3-D printing. Onward and outward!


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NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK WASHINGTON MUTUAL BANK Plaintiff, AGAINST SALVATORE GERRATO, et al. Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly dated 9/17/2008 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Front Steps of Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, New York on 11/21/2008 at 10:00 AM premises known as 15 JEFFERSON AVENUE, Wyandanch, New York 11798 All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York Section, Block and Lot: 055-03-059 Approximate amount of judgment $145,175.10 plus interest and costs Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #21410/07 Joy Jorgenson, Esq., Referee Steven J. Baum PC, Attorney for Plaintiff, P.O. Box 1291, Buffalo, NY 14240-1291 Dated: 10/17/2008 1x 11/12/08 #412-RECORD Notice of Formation of Fin- Sys Solutions, LLC. Arts. of Org. filed with NY Secy. of State (SSNY) on 6/24/2008. Office location: Suffolk County. SSNY is designated as agent of LLC upon whom process against it may be served. SSNY shall mail process to: 600 Old Country Rd., Ste 321, Garden City, NY 11530. Purpose: any lawful activity. 6x 12/3/08 #417-RECORD Notice is hereby given that a license, number 1216639 for Beer, Wine & Liquor has been applied for by the undersigned to sell same at retail in a Restaurant under the Alcoholic Beverage Control Law at, Martino Pizzeria Inc., 922-924 Merrick Rd., Copiague, NY 11726 for on-premise consumption 2x 11/12/08 #419-RECORD NOTICE OF SALE SUPREME COURT - COUNTY OF SUFFOLK REO PROPERTIES CORP. c/o America's Servicing Company Plaintiff, AGAINST MICHAEL SINCLAIR, et al. Defendant(s) Pursuant to a judgment of foreclosure and sale duly dated 6/24/2008 I, the undersigned Referee will sell at public auction at the Front Steps of Babylon Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, North Lindenhurst, New York on 12/9/2008 at 10:00 AM premises known as 888 SOUTH BROADWAY, LINDENHURST, New York 11757 All that certain plot piece or parcel of land, with the buildings and improvements thereon erected, situate, lying and being in the Incorporated Village of Lindenhurst, Town of Babylon, County of Suffolk and State of New York Section, Block and Lot: 23-3-55.002 Approximate amount of judgment $438,651.81 plus interest and costs Premises will be sold subject to provisions of filed Judgment Index #18324/07 Karen A. Casey, Esq., Referee Steven J. Baum PC, Attorney for Plaintiff, P.O. Box 1291, Buffalo, NY 14240-1291 Dated: 10/27/2008 4x 11/26/08 #420-RECORD DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY FEDERAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AGENCY Proposed Base Flood Elevation Determinations for Suffolk County, New York (All Jurisdictions) The Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency has issued a preliminary Flood Insurance Study (FIS) and Flood Insurance Rate Map (FIRM) reflecting new or modified Base (1% annual chance) Flood Elevations (BFEs) within Suffolk County, New York (All Jurisdictions). Technical information or comments are solicited on the proposed and proposed modified BFEs shown on the preliminary FIS and FIRM for communities within Suffolk County. These BFEs and modified BFEs are the basis for the floodplain management measures that your community is required to either adopt or show evidence of being already in effect in order to qualify or remain qualified for participation in the National Flood Insurance Program. However, before the BFEs or modified BFEs are effective for floodplain management purposes, you will be provided an opportunity to appeal the proposed elevations. For information on the statutory 90-day period provided for appeals, as well as a detailed listing of the proposed and proposed modified BFEs and the addresses where copies of the FIRM are available for review, please visit our website at http://www.fema. gov/plan/prevent/fhm/bfe, or call the FEMA Map Assistance Center toll free at 1-877-FEMA MAP (1-877- 336-2627). 2x 11/12/08 #425-RECORD LEGAL NOTICE PUBLIC NOTICE NOTICE is hereby given that the BOARD OF APPEALS of the Village of Amityville will hold a Public Hearing in the Court Room of the William J. Kay Memorial Building, 16 Greene Avenue, Amityville, NY. at 7:00 P.M. on THURSDAY, November 20, 2008, to consider the following applications: Application of HEIDE TANNENBAUM (08-10- 56) Applicant seeks a special exception to maintain a previously approved conversion of a one family dwelling to a two family dwelling pursuant to Section 183-43(E) of the Village Code. Premises located on the s/e corner of Cedar St. and County Line Rd. in a Residence B District k/a 97 County Line Road a/k/a SCTM #101-7-1-1.2. By order of the BOARD OF APPEALS Village of Amityville Diane C. Sheridan Administrator/Clerk October 31, 2008 2x 11/12/08 #427-RECORD NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING BY THE TOWN OF BABYLON ACCESSORY APARTMENT REVIEW BOARD Pursuant to provisions of Local Law # 9 of the Babylon Town Code, notice is hereby given that the Town of Babylon Accessory Apartment Review Board will hold a Public Hearing in the Town Hall, 200 East Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, New York on Tuesday evening, November 18, 2008. Public Hearings begin at 7:00 P.M. NEW APPLICATIONS: 1. Smith, Robert R. & Cathy 215 Brookside Court, Copiague, NY 11726 2. Guy, Janice & Watson, Eric 25 Claremont Ave., West Babylon, NY 11704 3. Bednarski, Pawel & Malgorzata 787 Elmwood Rd., West Babylon, NY 11704 4. Drago, Gaetano & Giovanna 141 Calvert Ave., West Babylon, NY 11704 5. Bryan, Ernie D. 420 Prospect St., Copiague, NY 11726 6. Rodriguez, Leonardo 8 Lake Dr., Copiague, NY 11726 7. Ozel, Naim & Reyhan 1580 3rd St., West Babylon, NY 11704 8. Trotto, Andrew 165 Park Ave., Copiague, NY 11726 RENEWAL BY AFFIDAVIT 1. Sattler, Judith n/k/a Subisaretta 220 Audley Court, Copiague, NY 11726 2. Prisco, Anthony 270 Maple Court, Copiague, NY 11726 3. Dinardo, Mary C. 20 Espie Lane, North Babylon, NY 11703 4. Tzenov, Nikolay & Juliana 128 Greenwood Dr., North Babylon, NY 11703 5. Palacios, Crispin A. & Elsa 116 Oakland Ave., Deer Park, NY 11729 6. Pierre-Louis, Marie F. 47 Tell Ave., Deer Park, NY 11729 7. Empringham, Todd & Carolyn 305 3rd St., No. Lindenhurst, NY 11757 8. Karbot, Gary & Laurie 264 W. 19th St., Deer Park, NY 11729 9. Pflug, Joan M. 34 Mark Lane, Deer Park, NY 11729 10. Cottone, Anthony 77 Alexander Ave., East Farmingdale, NY 11735 11. Streffacio, Vincent & Jacqueline 301 Lido Pkwy., Lindenhurst, NY 11757 12. Kors, Edward & Chuncha 52 Muncy Ave., West Babylon, NY 11704 Printing Instructions: RENEWALS BY AFFIDAVIT APPLICANTS ARE NOT REQUIRED TO APPEAR. ALL CASES WILL BE HEARD IN THE ORDER IN WHICH THEY ARE ADVERTISED. All interested persons should appear at the above time and place by order of Michael Johnson, Chairman, Accessory Apartment Review Board, Town of Babylon, North Lindenhurst, Suffolk County, New York. Babylon Beacon: Thursday, November 6, 2008, Amityville Record: Wednesday, November 5, 2008 1x 11/12/08 #429-RECORD NOTICE TO BIDDERS The TOWN OF BABYLON Commissioner of General Services will receive sealed proposals for BID #08G121 BODY WORK FOR TOWN OF BABYLON CARS, SPORTS UTILITY VEHICLES, VANS, PICK-UP TRUCKS & BUSES until 10:00 a.m. on THURSDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2008 at the Town Hall, 200 E. Sunrise Highway, Lindenhurst, New York, 11757, at which time they will be publicly opened and read in the Division of Purchasing office. No bids will be accepted after 10:00 A.M. on the date of bid opening. NO EXCEPTIONS WILL BE GRANTED. Do not remove any pages; all proposals are to be submitted intact. The contract documents may be obtained at the Town Hall Purchasing Department between the hours of 9:00 A.M. and 4:30 P.M. daily except Saturday, Sundays and Holidays on and after, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 2008. For further information call (631) 957-3025. The Town reserves the right to reject any and all bids. The Town encourages minority and women owned businesses to participate. Pat Kaphan Commissioner of General Services Date: 11/13/08 1x 11/12/08 #430-RECORD
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|Analysis of Operations
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|Reserve For retirement Contribution 765,000
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|Reserve For Debt Service
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|Designated For Subsequent Year 2,620,000
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text: Brazilian Invests in UCLA Training for Future LeadersJorge Paulo Lemann, an investor and former tennis champion, promotes competitiveness in Brazil by supporting improvements to the educational system and extending opportunities for young leaders to develop themselves through study and sport. Now he has donated $500,000 to send Brazilians with great academic promise to UCLA for undergraduate and graduate study and also to help qualified UCLA students who want to study in Brazil. A Brazilian born to Swiss immigrants in 1939, Jorge Paulo Lemann is an investor who uses his wealth to improve the educational system in Brazil and to provide educational opportunities at home and abroad for future Brazilian leaders. He is also a major supporter of Brazilian studies programs, scholarships and fellowships at U.S. universities including Illinois, Harvard, Columbia, Stanford and now UCLA. The Jorge Paulo Lemann Scholarship and Fellowship Fund, established with a generous gift of $500,000, will assist UCLA departments and programs in recruiting top Brazilian students who excel academically and are in need of financial assistance. The fund will also provide a limited number of fellowships for UCLA students to study in Brazil and for Brazilian students to participate in short-term programs at UCLA. In occasional interviews and through two education-focused philanthropic endeavors, Fundação Lemann and Fundação Estudar, Lemann has expressed a vision of progress for Brazil that puts development of human capital at the center. As he explained to a University of Illinois College of Business publication in 1999, the year of Brazil's currency crisis, "Inflation, fiscal deficits, debt problems can all be worked out and fixed. Education has a much more lasting effect and takes longer to fix." He was right. Brazil recently has enjoyed one of the world's fastest rates of economic growth and has even been lending money to the International Monetary Fund. Commenting on the impressive progress made by Brazil, UCLA's distinguished Chilean-born economist Sebastián Edwards expressed a view apparently very consistent with Lemann's efforts: "Now the problem is the world is so competitive that you really need to make significant improvements, especially in your educational system." As a tennis player at Wimbledon and the Davis Cup, Lemann was known for his baseline game and never-say-die approach. His efforts to tap the potential of fellow Brazilians have been just as disciplined. The Center for Brazilian Studies is proud to play a role in these efforts and, once more, to expand UCLA's historically strong relationships of educational collaboration and exchange with Brazilian institutions.Published: Friday, January 14, 2011


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EUGENE, Ore. - UC Santa Barbara's two-time All-American Ryan Martin, one of the youngest runners in the 800 meter finals at the United States Olympic Trials, came from the outside in the final lap and finished fourth, narrowly missing a berth to the London Olympic Games, but putting himself in prime position for future opportunities.
After making it through a 32-runner quarterfinal round and a 16-runner semifinal round, Martin finished fourth out of eight competitors in the final at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore.
In the race, rival Charles Jock of UC Irvine bolted out to a lead that he held for more than a lap. Martin settled back in third-place. Ultimately, he slipped to seventh, but in the final stretch, the Lake Forest, Calif., native swung out to the right of the pack and sprinted past two other runners. He narrowly missed catching Duane Somomon, Jr. (Saucony) for the third spot on the national team.
Martin finished the 800 meters in a time of 1:44.90, his fastest of the competition. He was one of just four runners to finish under 1:45.00. Nicholas Symmonds (Nike/Oregon TC Elite) won the event in 1:43.92 while Khadevis Robinson (Nike) finished second at 1:44.64.
As a Gaucho, Martin won the Big West championship in the 800 meters in 2011, edging Jock by less than 1/1000th of a second. In 2012, Jock nipped his UCSB opponent at the end, winning the title. The two squared off again at the NCAA Championships with Jock winning and Martin finishing fourth. On Monday, on the biggest stage, Martin was fourth and Jock, who jumped out to the huge early lead, was eighth in a time of 1:49.02, more than four seconds behind Martin.
UCSB will continue to be a presence at the 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials. On Friday, June 29, Barbara Nwaba will compete for one of three spots as a heptathlete. The seven-event competition will take place on Friday, with four events, and Saturday, with three events.


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The following students at Saffell Street Elementary were recently named to the third nine-weeks honor roll:
Fourth grade
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Colin Kays
Rachel Satterly
Sophie Smith
Ariel Woo
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Madison Burgin
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Alex Gehefer
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Lilly Hagan
Elijah Johnson
Caleb Kendrick
Maddie Luttrell
Amiah Mason
"Adventures in Reading" volunteer tutors recently completed the 20 hours of training to being working with adult learners to improve their reading skills, according to an Anderson Community Education news release.
Seventh graders in Denise McElroy's seventh grade science class recently participated in a two-day dissection instruction, according to parent Christiana Arredondo, who submitted photos from the class.
"This was a wonderful opportunity for the children to get their feet wet in the world of biology and they really enjoyed it. Most groups even named their pigs!
"We had everything from Bob to Bacon," Arredondo said in an e-mail.
Emma B. Ward Elementary came in first place as a school in the Governor's Cup competition on March 2 with Saffell Street following in second place, Mercer County Intermediate in third, and Robert B. Turner in fourth place.
The Future Problem Solvers and Quick Recall team will both move to the region, along with 12 written assessment winners, according to a press release from Ward.
Local student results from the Governor's Cup competition were:
The Robert B. Turner Elementary choir performed at the Kentucky School Boards Association conference at the Galt House in Louisville on Feb. 23.
Music teacher and director Monica Drury said she had sent in an application to sing back in November, and the choir was accepted in December.
The songs the choir sang include "It's Always a Good Time" as performed by Owl City and Carley Raye Jepsen and "It's all About Music" by Ethan Bortnick.
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Charge Dismissed in Aberdeen Witness Tampering Case
ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) – A judge has dismissed one charge filed against a former South Dakota county prosecutor and a court advocate for juveniles and families, but they still face other charges including witness tampering
The American News reports that Judge Gene Kean said prosecutors did not provide enough information to charge former Brown County Deputy State's Attorney Brandon Taliaferro and advocate Shirley Schwab with subornation of perjury, or getting another person to lie under oath. Prosecutors have the option of refiling the charge.
Taliaferro and Schwab are accused in a case in which prosecutors say an abuse victim was influenced to give false testimony. The witness tampering charges are the most serious, carrying possible 10-year prison terms.
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Tigers Rained Out on Saturday, Doubleheader Set for Sunday
Nashville, Tenn. - The single game between Tennessee State and Tennessee Tech scheduled for 4:00 pm has been postponed due to heavey rain fall in the middle Tennessee area. The two teams will play a doubleheader beginning at 1:00 pm on Sunday at Tiger Field.
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WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — This is the good news we've all been waiting for: Wages are finally rising. And that means the economy is getting strong enough for the Federal Reserve to at least consider raising short-term interest rates to a normal level.
The Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday that the employment cost index rose 0.7% in the second quarter, the fastest growth since 2008. Wages and salaries increased 0.6% (the most in nearly six years), while benefit costs increased 1% (the most in three years).
The rise in benefit costs was largely due to the costs of funding pensions and not providing health insurance. Health-insurance costs are up a modest 2.7% in the past year despite the new requirements of the Affordable Care Act.
The acceleration in compensation suggests that slack in the labor market is fading as nearly 2.5 million jobs have been created in the past year, driving the unemployment rate down to 6.1%.
The July employment report, to be released Friday, should show further progress, with the jobless rate falling to 6%, according to forecasts of economists surveyed by MarketWatch. Special attention will be paid to the growth in average hourly earnings, which have also accelerated slightly this year.
Just yesterday, the Fed acknowledged the strengthening labor market, but insisted that there's still a lot of slack, with millions of people ready to take a job if one became available.
The rise in compensation in the second quarter is a sign that the Fed may be wrong: The labor market may be closer to maximum employment than Janet Yellen believes. And that means inflationary pressures may be building up in labor costs.
Higher wages could push inflation higher. If that happens, the Fed would have to tighten up by raising rates.
Today's data don't prove the case. Employment costs are rising only slowly on a year-over-year basis — just 2% in the past year, less than the inflation rate. But if the acceleration in labor costs continues in the third and fourth quarters, then the Fed will have to revise its thinking.
The bond market certainly got the message: The yield on the 10-year note TMUBMUSD10Y, +0.00% rose another four basis points to 2.59% after a nine basis-point increase on Wednesday. The market is shifting its views. Is Janet Yellen doing the same?
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