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EBH engineer and weekend warrior Andrew Brunner didn't know exactly what to expect as he approached the Tough Mudder starting line where a mass of about 5,200 participants gathered Saturday morning at Heartland Park in Topeka.
"I was pretty nervous, my heart was racing as we walked down the stairs to the racetrack," Brunner said. "I didn't know if I was in good enough shape to do the running and I had been reading articles online about getting shocked."
The Tough Mudder website describes the event as a hardcore 11-mile obstacle challenge designed to test all-around strength, stamina, mental grit, and camaraderie.
"There was a guy standing on top of a Hummer with a microphone working the crowd and getting everyone pumped up," Brunner said. "He reminded us we had signed a waiver because there was an element of danger to what we were doing. People could easily get injured if they weren't careful."
Waves of 150 people took off every 20 minutes and by the time it was Brunner's turn, he said, it was too late to be nervous anymore.
Along with teammate and friend Jason Corwin, Brunner jogged about 1.5 miles before encountering the first obstacle.
"We had to use a rope, like a gym rope, to scale a 12-foot wall. "It wasn't easy. My wife, Jenna, saw a person slip and fall off the top of the wall."
After the first obstacle, Brunner encountered 23 more obstacles, each with its own challenges.
At one obstacle, he had to leap from a 15-foot platform into a muddy pool of cold water.
"I was nervous before I jumped but then I thought the water might actually feel good because I was starting to get hot," Brunner said. "The water was really cold, probably about 40 or 45 degrees because it felt like it had been pumped directly out of a well."
At another obstacle, he had to run through a series of 3-foot deep trenches that were completely filled the same cold water.
"You just jump in and run and then jump out, then in again and out, until you were through," he said.
The hardest obstacle consisted of a wall that had 2x4 and 2x6 hand and footholds, Brunner said. At one point, the footholds disappeared and he had to use all upper body strength and his fingertips to support himself as he shimmied sideways on the obstacle.
However, over the course of the event Brunner said he began to look forward to each obstacle as a brief break from running.
"I absolutely hate running," he said. "Around mile seven or eight both my calves tightened up and I had to walk. It worried me because we had a lot of the course left to go."
Brunner said that was one instance where he was happy to have Corwin as his teammate, who also experienced some severe cramping and a lot of pain in one of his knees toward the end of the race.
"We were both hurting, but we just talked about something else to get our minds off of it," Brunner said. "At other times we would push each other and motivate each other to go a little further before we could rest."
Brunner said he and Corwin also helped lift, boost, and pick each other up during the course of the event.
In the second to last obstacle, called "fire in the hole," Brunner jetted down a 20-foot slide, and passed through fire before shooting out the end, and splashing into more cold water at the bottom.
Two of the obstacles featured live electrical lines. In one called "electric eel," Brunner crawled on his belly through water. The open lines dangled just above him.
"I got shocked there once," he said. "And every time Jason got shocked I could feel the jolt through the water too."
However, it was in the last obstacle, "electroshock therapy," that Brunner really got a charge.
"They had a skeleton of a big tent set up with live wires hanging down," he said. "I think they said there was something like 10,000 volts running through it."
Below the wires was a series of small hay bales scattered in a sticky mud pit.
"I sort of picked my path and high stepped through the mud," he said. "At the very end, just before I made it out, I hit a wire with my back and got shocked. My muscles seized up for a second."
The event's overall extreme nature initially attracted Brunner. However, for him it was just as much about fun and overcoming fear as it was a chance for him to test himself physically.
"Andrew really likes to challenge himself," Jenna Brunner said. "But I am not going to miss his alarm going off at 5:30 a.m."
Getting up early in the morning, Brunner trained for the event for about four months by running one to two miles a day when it wasn't too cold and doing push-ups and other non-weight bearing exercises to keep up his strength and stamina.
The training paid off for Brunner because he accomplished two goals he set for himself.
"I made it through all of the obstacles without having to quit and go around," he said. "And I finished which was my other goal."
It took Brunner and Corwin about three hours to complete the course. Brunner plans to compete in the event next year. He enjoyed it so much that he might make it a family tradition.
The Brunners are expecting a baby boy in July.
"Andrew told me after he finished, that when our son is old enough, he would like to try it with him," Jenna said.


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10 delusional campaign moments
Top officials for all the 2012 presidential campaigns gathered at Harvard University last week and opened a window on their decision making — and their regrets.
It was an eight-hour séance on steroids, dissecting everything from President Barack Obama's poor performance in the first debate to Rick Perry's back problems.
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Through hours of questioning from journalists, the strategists were quite candid about mistakes made and opportunities missed.
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The quadrennial conference, which has been sponsored by the Institute of Politics since 1972, was particularly large and revealing this year with representatives from all the GOP primary campaigns and the president's team.
Listening to the GOP campaigns revisit their losses was painful at times but also offered some insights into how a campaign will delude itself to get the brass ring.
Here are the top 10 delusions of the 2012 election as told by those who lived it:
1. The Jeep ad was a winner.
"Look, we think that ad helped us," Romney strategist Stuart Stevens said of the much-mocked TV ad the Romney campaign ran in the closing weeks of its Ohio campaign that, in the view of many, ultimately backfired on the GOP nominee.
The ad claimed "Obama took GM and Chrysler into bankruptcy and sold Chrysler to Italians who are going to build Jeeps in China."
Chrysler quickly put out a statement denying it was moving North American production to China and the president slammed Romney for scaring people into thinking they were losing their jobs. Fact-checkers also dubbed the ad misleading.
"There are two ways to look at this," Stevens explained.
"I know it brought up a difficult subject for Romney," he said, referring to the criticism Mitt Romney endured over his infamous op-ed in The New York Times headlined "Let Detroit Go Bankrupt." "But it provided people with information and reassured them and reduced the impact of the ads that have been run against him."
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Top Obama strategist David Axelrod shot back to much laughter: "We think it helped us, too."
Obama media adviser Jim Margolis added: "It reinforced a very clear message that was critical in Ohio, in terms of the auto industry and what the president's positions had been. Having that become part of the closing conversation was very helpful to us."
2. Clint Eastwood would bring to the Romney campaign what he brings to the silver screen.
Romney's top strategists said they believed having Eastwood speak at the GOP convention in Tampa would draw a larger viewing audience, and they did not have a clue that he was going to talk to an empty chair. The aging actor's antics ended up becoming the story of the night, upstaging Romney's convention address — and not in a good way.
"Personally, I don't think it was a big deal," said Stevens, who must have been watching another channel when Eastwood spoke.
A few minutes before Eastwood took to the podium, Romney strategist Russ Schriefer said he asked the icon whether he would simply express the thoughts he had at two previous fundraisers, where he reportedly made a strong case for Romney.
"He looked at me and said, 'Yup.' It's Clint Eastwood. You agree with him," Schriefer said.
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Meanwhile, Obama campaign manager Jim Messina said the Eastwood performance was a windfall for his operation. "I remember Teddy [Goff] running into my office saying this thing was exploding online. You could see immediately what a disaster it was for him, both with our people, swing voters," Messina said. "No one thought it was a good move."
Digital director Goff said that Eastwood's shtick of pretending to talk to the president in the chair riled the Democratic base.
"Our people found it offensive in a really visceral way," Goff said. "Such a personal show of disrespect for the president was very, you know, sort of helpful to us."

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Hand-stitched felt mascot, Stitch.
This has flat body. 10 centimetres.
I got the pattern from a book. I don't have copyright.
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Pumpkin pincushion
Jack-o'-lantern pincushion of felt.
The pattern is slimmer than snowman.
Use 6 pieces.
Sew up 2 front pieces.
Patch a small piece at every hole of eyes and mouth and stitch around.
Make a globe with 6 pieces. Turn inside out and stuff polyester fiberfill in it. Close the opening.
Stitch and pull the center with a thick thread.
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Jaffa cake
Once I visited London.
I had heard that there is not delicious food in England.
I didn't think it was truth. I found Jaffa cakes.
In my country, it is difficult to get Jaffa cakes.
Perhaps I can buy one at an import shop, but it must be high.
And I need to diet.
I made Jaffa and cookies of felt, eat them by eyes.
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Weak knife
The other day, I tried to remove a core (stalk?) of a cabbage.
I stuck a kitchen knife into the cabbage. When I pulled it out, I saw the tip of the edge disappeared.
I could not find the fragment after all. Is it in my stomach?
Anyway a tip of knife is not so necessary for cooking.
A felt caterpillar with a red ribbon on her head. 3.5 inches length.
Oct 11, 2007
Book jacket
Made a book jacket of felt.
Felt is easy to sew because it does not fray at the cut end.
It needs the margin of the length a little.
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Republicans who say Gov. Tom Corbett should step aside and let the party run someone else for governor next year outnumber those who say he should stay, a poll by Franklin & Marshall College released Wednesday shows.
But the numbers are very close: more than four in 10 (44 percent) think he should step aside, and a similar proportion (42 percent) believe he should run. The others interviewed (14 percent) said they don't know.
The overall numbers are worse, with the poll showing:
- Most voters don't believe Mr. Corbett is doing a good job, including a third of Republicans.
- Most don't believe he deserves re-election, including more than a third of Republicans.
- Most don't view him favorably.
- Most think the state is on the wrong track.
That's the bad news.
The good news: Most people like his plan to expand Medicaid to provide health insurance to more underprivileged people.
The poll surveyed 628 registered voters between Oct. 22 and Sunday and has a margin of error of plus or minus 3.9 percentage points, meaning each figure could actually be that much larger or smaller because of statistical error. The margin of error for the 231 Republicans interviewed is plus or minus 6.4 percentage points.
G. Terry Madonna, Ph.D., the poll's director and noted state political analyst, said he added the question about Republicans wanting Mr. Corbett to step aside because of news reports that top Republicans had privately broached the possibility and private calls he received.
"The question has arisen throughout the year and that cannot be denied and Republican leaders have talked about it, that cannot be denied," he said. "I just asked the question. I think it's legitimate question to ask of the voters."
State Republican Party chairman Rob Gleason denied Republicans have ever had any serious discussions about asking Mr. Corbett to step aside.
"None. Never has been," Mr. Gleason said. "I have no doubt in my mind that he would run and be re-elected. I believe that Tom has done a fine job as governor. I believe that we have not done a good job educating the electorate about his accomplishments, but we are now going to spend the next year doing that, beginning the day after the election (Tuesday)."
Michael Barley, Mr. Corbett's re-election campaign manager, said Mr. Corbett is "100 percent committed to running for re-election."
"He enjoys the support of the party and he looks forward to discussing his record of creating jobs, eliminating a $4.2 billion dollar deficit and keeping taxes low to the people of Pennsylvania," Mr. Barley wrote in an email. "He has a tremendous story to tell, is an elected official who keeps his promises and we are confident that voters will embrace his record over our opponents failed agenda of raising taxes and increasing spending. The majority of Pennsylvanians do not want Washington, D.C. politics brought to Harrisburg and that is what our opponents represent."
Dr. Madonna said the poll does not mean Mr. Corbett cannot win re-election next year, but the numbers continue to show he has a steeper hill to climb than predecessors such as Govs. Tom Ridge and Ed Rendell. Both had approval ratings below 50 percent at the same stage in their first terms, but both had far higher ratings than Mr. Corbett, Dr. Madonna said.
"You see the ground he has to make up?" he said of Mr. Corbett. "In this environment, you cannot rule out a miraculous recovery. ... It's very volatile. We don't know what issues will be paramount, we don't who the Democratic candidate will be, we don't what shortcomings the candidate will have, liabilities."
For now, the economy, unemployment and personal finances remain the most important issue facing the state with more than one in five voters (22 percent) naming them when asked. Education was a tick below (21 percent).
By the numbers, this is how voters view the governor and his Medicaid proposal, according to the poll:
- Fewer than a quarter (23 percent) have a strongly or somewhat favorable view of him with more than half (52 percent) having a strongly or somewhat unfavorable view. The others are undecided or said they don't know what they think of him. That's about the same as F&M's August poll (24 percent favorable, 46 percent unfavorable).
By comparison, half of voters (50 percent) view President Barack Obama favorably and more than four in 10 (44 percent) view him unfavorably.
- Fewer than one in five (19 percent) believe Mr. Corbett is doing an excellent (1 percent) or good (18 percent) job with more than three quarters (76 percent) saying he's only doing a fair (39 percent) or poor (37 percent) job. Only about a third (34 percent) of Republicans believe he is doing a good or excellent job. That is slightly better than the August poll (16 percent excellent/good, 76 percent fair/poor).
- Exactly one in five (20 percent) think he deserves re-election, while two-thirds (67 percent) believe it's time for a change. The numbers are almost identical to the August poll (20 percent re-election/69 percent time for a change). Fewer than four in ten (37 percent) of Republicans believe he deserves re-election.
- Only a quarter (25 percent) believe the state is headed in the right direction and more than three in five (61 percent) say it is off on the wrong track.
- When read a description of Medicaid and told of the governor's plan to expand it in Pennsylvania, almost two-thirds of voters (64 percent) strongly or somewhat favor an expansion while only a quarter (25 percent) strongly or somewhat oppose it. Even more, almost three quarters (72 percent) strongly or somewhat favor requiring people who sign up for the governor's Medicaid program to pay a monthly premium and prove they are looking for work or in a job program. Almost one in five (18 percent) strongly or somewhat oppose the governor's plan.
In other results, the poll found:
- The state's two U.S. senators are also struggling with low poll numbers. About a third (35 percent) had a favorable view of Sen. Bob Casey compared to fewer than a quarter (23 percent) with an unfavorable view. Sen. Pat Toomey had an equal proportion of favorable and unfavorables view of him (both 27 percent).
For Mr. Casey, his favorability rating is the same as the month before he was re-elected last year (36 percent favorable), though unfavorable views were higher last year (31 percent). Mr. Casey does not face re-election until 2018.
Mr. Toomey's numbers are pretty close to October 2010, the month before his election. Back then, three in 10 (30 percent) viewed him favorably and about a quarter (26 percent) viewed him unfavorably. Back then, he was not a U.S. senator and now that he is, his job approval rating (22 percent excellent/good) rivals Mr. Corbett's. Far fewer (53 percent) than Mr. Corbett think Mr. Toomey is doing a fair/poor job.
He does not face re-election until 2016.
- The top two Democratic presidential contenders for 2016, Vice President Joseph Biden and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, are popular. Almost three in five (57 percent) have a favorable view of Mrs. Clinton while almost half (49 percent) have a favorable view of Mr. Biden.
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Bob Hope Airport officials today announced plans to host a fundraiser to benefit Superstorm Sandy victims, many of whom are now dealing with the effects of a strong nor'easter.
The winter storm blew in Wednesday, dumping snow and knocking power out in a region still trying to recover from Sandy.
On Friday, officials at Bob Hope Airport will be stationed outside the main entrance near the Terminal A baggage claim and outside the entrances to Terminals A and B collecting cash or checks made out to the American Red Cross, according to an announcement today.
Checks should carry the notation "Superstorm Sandy Relief" in the lower left-hand corner so the money is directed to relief efforts.
Airport visitors who are unable to leave their cars can flag down a uniformed airport staff member and donate from the comfort of their vehicles, according to the airport.
Officials will be accepting the donations from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. A similar benefit at the airport for Hurricane Katrina relief efforts generated more than $10,000 in donations, according to the airport.
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BANNER ELK, N.C. --- Jenah Tracy (Naples, Fla.) tallied two assists and six ground balls to pace the Lees-McRae College women's lacrosse team on Saturday afternoon, as Mount Olive College outscored the Bobcats by an 11-1 margin in the second half en route to a 19-6 victory in Conference Carolinas play.
Mount Olive (8-6, 2-4 CC) outshot Lees-McRae (3-6, 0-4 CC) by a 43-16 margin in the contest, including a 15-12 edge in the first half, while holding a narrow 47-44 advantage in ground balls. The Trojans controlled 18-of-28 draws and converted 16-of-21 clearing attempts, as Lees-McRae recorded 11 clears.
Jessica MacConnell (Cary, N.C.) and Olivia Gudewich (Frederick, Md.) led the way for Lees-McRae with two goals each, as Tracy and Katelin Rooney (Naples, Fla.) each added a strike of their own. Tracy posted a team-high two assists, while Rooney and Gudewich both tallied a helper. Nicole Dupont (Fort Myers, Fla.) chipped in a game-high nine ground balls, as Mia Emmerson (Orlando, Fla.) recorded 20 saves between the pipes.
Alex Crawford paced the Trojans with game-highs of five goals and three assists, as Riann Daziel added a hat trick. Allie Dunn, Maddy Biggar, Heather Cockburn, and Caitlin Sabadish each chipped in two strikes, while Crawford posted five ground balls and a game-high six caused turnovers. Sarah Snell made seven saves for the Trojans.
Lees-McRae got off to a strong start, taking an early 2-0 lead on goals by MacConnell and Gudewich before Mount Olive answered with six tallies over the next nine minutes, claiming a 6-2 advantage on Dunn's first strike of the day at the 17:36 mark.
The Bobcats would counter with three of the next five goals, cutting the margin to 8-5 heading into the intermission following MacConnell's second of the day with just under a minute remaining in the first half.
Mount Olive responded in the second half, scoring four goals in the first 15 minutes to push the lead to 12-6 on Daziel's second tally of the afternoon at the 16:32 mark. The Trojans would close out the victory from there, tallying seven strikes in the last 15 minutes of play to equal the final margin of 19-6.
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This failure in my business is a doozy, and I am feeling somewhat nervous to share with you what I now see as a big time stuff up. Monumental in fact!
I had a brilliant idea, I was excited it was going to solve many problems for me. One of which was lack of decent product for productivity and organising being available in New Zealand. The world was going to be my oyster, I was going to fly, my business was going to fly.
This idea was brilliant so I decided to embark on a little "market research" before I invested my hard earned dollars, also so I knew that it was not just me who liked the idea.
There are two options when it comes to market research, the right way and the wrong way. This is a tale about the wrong way. Being a small business I had a limited budget, but I had a wide and varied network of friends, family and colleagues. So I decided to ask my network what they thought of the idea, this was my version of market research, "uh oh" I hear you say...."you idiot" I hear as you pick yourself up off the floor. It seemed like a good idea at the time, especially when I was getting the following responses:
* "Brilliant Idea"
* "I would buy that stuff from you"
* "Fantastic its about time we had this stuff made in NZ"
* "If anyone can do it, you can"
* "I cannot wait for you to develop these products"
* "You really do have some great ideas"
Lies, Lies, Lies all of them, and I was dumb enough to believe them. So I went ahead and sunk some dollars into developing what I thought was a great range of New Zealand Made Stationary and productivity planners.
The I waited and waited for these customers to come and buy them, and waited.........and waited. Actually in many cases I am still waiting. I am actually laughing at my own stupidity as I write this, because as I mentioned earlier in a previous post. This stuff really looks so obvious in hindsight.
So when you need to do market research, do it the right way. Invest in a proper study to be done by experienced market research, and even better make it blind, so no one knows who is behind the idea being researched. If I had done this I would have invested in the early stage to save huge amounts in the long run, maybe even have saved my business.
So next time you have an idea for your business and you want to run it by a few "mates" don't, because:
* They will tell you what you want to hear.
* They will lie - (with all good intention of course)
* They will talk up your idea
* They will boost your ego, but not your bottom line
Oh and yes for those who are curious I still have a shit load of products waiting to be sold at www.totallyorganised.co.nz , that was my attempt as brazen and shameless sales!
For those of you who said you would have have not yet, feel free to make a purchase as well, I know you are reading this.
Also if you are wondering if this is you I am referring too, I hold no grudges as you have taught me an amazing lesson, and now others will also learn form my monumental market research failure. However if in the future a mate asks for your opinion on something that will affect a business decision, think before you answer, and tell the truth even if it is not what they want to hear.


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The politics of corporate responsibility: CSR and the governance of child labor and core labor rights in the 1990s
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|'No amount of preparation could have lessened the shock and revulsion I felt on entering a sporting-goods factory in the town of Sialkot, seventy miles from Lahore, where scores of children, most of them aged five to ten, produce soccer balls by hand for forty rupees, or about $1.20, a day. The children work eighty hours a week in near-total darkness and total silence. According to the foreman, the darkness is both an economy and a precautionary measure; child-rights activists have difficulty taking photographs and gathering evidence of wrongdoing if the lighting is poor. The silence is to ensure product quality: "If the children speak, they are not giving their complete attention to the product and are liable to make errors." The children are permitted one thirty-minute meal break each day; they are punished if they take longer. They are also punished if they fall asleep, if their workbenches are sloppy, if they waste material or miscut a pattern, if they complain of mistreatment to their parents or speak to strangers outside the factory. A partial list of "infractions" for which they may be punished is tacked to a wall near the entrance. It's a document of dubious utility: the children are illiterate. Punishments are doled out in a storage closet at the rear of the factory. There, amid bales of wadding and leather, children are hung upside down by their knees, starved, caned, or lashed.'
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Recount is a damage meter addon for World of Warcraft. The addon views activity in the combat log, and uses that information to provide tables and graphs showing the damage and healing distribution of a group or raid.
All commands begin with /recount, as in:
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Eternal Treblinka -- the American Book Nobody Wanted -- Is Attracting International Attention
"Eternal Treblinka: Our Treatment of Animals and the Holocaust" by American author Charles Patterson is fast becoming an international sensation. Rejected by 83 American publishers before Lantern Books published it in New York in 2002, the book has now been translated and published in Israel, Germany, Japan, Italy, Poland, Croatia and the Czech Republic. By the end of the year it will be published in France, Spain and Portugal as well. Russian, Serbian, Slovenian and Arabic translations are also underway.
New York, NY (PRWEB) June 26, 2007 -- Eternal Treblinka (ISBN 1-930051-99-9) continues to attract international attention. After it was rejected by 83 American publishers (some of them said it was "too strong") and was published in 2002 by Lantern Books in New York, it went on to be published in seven more languages -- Hebrew, German, Japanese, Italian, Polish, Croatian and Czech. It will be published in three more languages -- French, Spanish and Portuguese -- by the end of 2007. Russian, Serbian, Slovenian and Arabic translations are also in the works.
The book's title comes from the Yiddish writer and Nobel Laureate, Isaac Bashevis Singer, to whom the book is dedicated. He was the first major modern author to describe the exploitation and slaughter of animals in terms of the Holocaust. "In relation to them, all people are Nazis," he wrote, "for animals it is an eternal Treblinka." (Treblinka was the Nazi death camp north of Warsaw.)
In February, 2005 a jury of 30 of the Germany's leading scholars and media figures chose "F�r die Tiere ist jeden Tag Treblinka" (ISBN 3-86150-649-1), the German edition of Eternal Treblinka, as one of the country's ten most important non-fiction books. It was honored alongside books about Albert Einstein, Leonardo da Vinci and World War I.
Eternal Treblinka examines the common roots of animal and human oppression and the similarities between how the Nazis treated their victims and how modern society treats the animals it slaughters for food.
The first part of the book describes the emergence of humans as the "master species" and how we came to dominate the earth and its other inhabitants. The second part examines the industrialization of slaughter of both animals and humans in modern times. The last part of the book profiles Jewish and German animal advocates on both sides of the Holocaust, including Isaac Bashevis Singer himself.
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"A thought-provoking masterpiece meticulously and brilliantly articulated." -- Dr. Ndubuisi Eke, Head, Department of Surgery, University of Port Harcourt, Nigeria
"The moral challenge posed by Eternal Treblinka turns it into a must for anyone who seeks to delve into the universal lesson of the Holocaust." -- Maariv (Israeli newspaper)
"I believe, along with many others, that your book is one of the most important books of the century." -- Tanja Tuma, publisher, Ljubljana, Slovenia
"A great book that catches the reader's attention right from the beginning. Charles Patterson has found the right balance to make his book perfect." -- Dr. Guido P. Lombardi, anthropologist, historian, Lima, Peru.
"Important and timely...written with great sensitivity and compassion. I hope that Eternal Treblinka will be widely read." -- Martyrdom and Resistance (Holocaust publication), New York, USA
"Eternal Treblinka disturbs us because (inevitably though tactfully) it holds up to us, its readers, a clear mirror to look at ourselves anew....Kafka would have applauded Eternal Treblinka. It grips like a thriller." -- The Freethinker, UK
"Sure to provoke, stir the emotions, incite debate and perhaps after the soul-searching is done lead to a more humane world." -- Sukanya Datta, journalist, India
"The book does a perfect and professional job of showing the similarity between the mistreatment of people and of animals. It's written with great sensitivity. Will no doubt be a valuable addition to everyone's collection." -- Dr. Vugar Huseynov, Baku, Azerbaijan Republic.
"Eternal Treblinka should be on every list of essential reading for an informed citizenry...for the compelling comprehensiveness of the life-and-death story it tells." -- National Jewish Post & Opinion, USA
"A very important achievement for animals and humans alike. Most probably your work will only be truly appreciated in years to come, but this is the fate of nearly all original and independent authors." -- Christa Blanke, Freiburg, Germany
"It's one of the few books which totally grabs the reader, not only while reading it, but afterwards also, and probably forever...it profoundly disturbs, shocks and destroys." -- Croatian philosopher Hrvoje Juric, Zagreb, Croatia
"Very well researched and written with great sensitivity...a compelling, useful and informative book, which I strongly recommend to others in sub-Saharan Africa." -- Professor P S Igbigbi, Head, Department of Anatomy, College of Medicine, University of Malawi
"I have rarely read a book that made me cry. This one did. It truly is one of those books that you cannot put down. The message is haunting. The book is life changing. It has certainly changed my life. I have not stopped talking about this book. It is truly a superb work!" -- John Williamson, UK
"You must read this carefully documented book." -- La Stampa (Italian national newspaper)
"It is seldom that such a comprehensive work of scholarship springs from a heart of compassion in the service of a noble and necessary idea. All the ingredients of your thesis -- that the oppression of animals serves as the model for all other forms of oppression--have been available to thinking people for generations, but it remained for you to pull them together." -- Helen Weaver, author of The Daisy Sutra, USA
"The book that breaks all taboos. The book that fires up controversies all over the world." -- Prijatelji Zivotinja (Animal Friends Croatia), Zagreb
"I urge you to read Eternal Treblinka and think deeply about its important
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When Anna Djanbazian lost her brother after his battle with colon cancer, she grieved the only way that seemed natural to her — through dance.
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It took Djanbazian, who owns and directs the La Crescenta-based Djanbazian Dance Academy, nearly a year to create her latest ballet-theater piece, "Priceless Soul," as she faced the ups and downs of mourning her brother's death.
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Googlers will be getting a nice annual bonus this year thanks to a successful launch of Google+.
In April we reported Google CEO Larry Page decided to tie employees' bonuses to the success of Google's social strategy. At the time Google+ hadn't even launched, and some employees were annoyed that their bonus would be affected by a product they had nothing to do with.
Well, Google+ launched, and despite some snickers from the digital elite, it's doing well enough that Google is paying out nice bonuses to employees this year, according to a source at Google.
Our source also suggested people's obsession with Google+ traffic misses the point.
Google's social strategy is not as straightforward as copying Facebook through Google+. The real key for Google is the +1 button. Google just wants people clicking on those plus one buttons as much as possible. It sends a signal to Google engineers about what users like, which can influence search results and display ads.
If Google+ develops into a destination site where people hang out like Facebook, awesome. But, it's the not the real make-or-break for Google. Interactions with the +1 is key.
Of course, you might ask yourself, "Why do people click on +1 buttons?" The answer according to our source, is "People just like to express themselves, even if it's something as small as hitting +1."
We didn't ask Google for a comment, because it hates to comment on internal matters, so we didn't want to waste its time.
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A top federal immigration official filed a lawsuit accusing the Department of Homeland Security of bias against men back in May, but the explosive allegations just started heating up in the press in recent days.
James Hayes, who heads New York's Immigration and Customs Enforcement office, claims ICE's Washington hub, where he used to work, had a "frat-house" atmosphere that humiliated men.
Here are some of the more shocking allegations of events from 2009:
- Suzanne Barr, who was Janet Napolitano's chief of staff for ICE, allegedly moved the entire contents of the offices of three male workers—including their name plates, phones, and computers—into the men's bathroom.
- Barr is accused of screaming at a male employee that she wanted his "cock in the back of" her throat, and sending sexual messages from another employee's Blackberry.
- Hayes claims that Barr promoted and rewarded male employees who played along with her "sexually charged" games.
- Janet Napolitano launched at least six different investigations against Hayes to retaliate against him for complaining about the harassment, according to the suit, which names her as a defendant in her capacity as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security.
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Maybe they slowly grew on me. Or maybe it was the sheer sugar rush — from testing close to 75 dozen chicks — but I'll admit it. I've grown fond of Peeps.
For most of us, an Easter basket simply isn't complete without a box of Peeps. The colorful marshmallow candy brand is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, and the popular chicks are to Easter what candy corn is to Halloween and candy canes are to Christmas.
Of course, Peeps are probably just as famous for what people do with them, and I'm not just talking about fluorescent-tinted s'mores or a post-apocalyptic trip in the microwave. A quick Internet search will give you Peep "sushi" ("peepshi") and "peepza" (add the Peeps during the last minute or so while baking a pizza, so they just start to melt with the cheese). You'll find Peeps on cars ("peepmobiles") and as clothing, fluffy re-creations of famous art (Van Gogh's "Starry Night" and Warhol's "Marilyn Monroe"), and countless methods of Peeps destruction. And no Easter season is complete without the annual Peeps Diorama Contest.
But I was never a big fan of actually eating them — that is, until I tried homemade. While commercial Peeps have a devoted following, others find them to be overly sweet, tough and chewy. (Some fans actually prefer that tougher texture, aging the Peeps — "curing them," as they call it).
But freshly made, "peeps" are soft in texture, each bite light and fluffy. Delicate almost.
They're nothing more than homemade marshmallows, a simple combination of sugar, water, gelatin, corn syrup and flavoring. Basic cut-out peeps are easy to make: Spread freshly made marshmallow on a baking sheet and leave it to set up, and then cut out peeps in any of a number of holiday shapes — flowers or bunnies, whatever you like — dipping the little creations in colored sugar for decoration.
Piped chicks are a bit more challenging. While online recipes for Peeps-like chicks are plentiful, I found none yielded a marshmallow stiff yet pliable enough to form the right shape. After comparing a bunch of recipes, tweaking and fine-tuning to perfect a method, I found that the right marshmallow consistency — along with a bit of practice with a piping bag — is key to homemade marshmallow chicks.
That said, don't be embarrassed with your first batch of piped chicks. They take practice. (Did I mention testing almost 75 dozen before getting it right?) If you find your piping skills are lacking, you can always spread the marshmallow out onto a greased sheet and cut them out later. You'll still have peeps.
Left to dry in the air, even homemade peeps will turn stiff and chewy. But store them in a baking pan covered tightly with plastic wrap, and they'll stay soft and delicate for several days.
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As both Live Nation and Ticketmaster have come under increasing scrutiny for the sneaky ways in which they increase ticket prices, the New York Daily News uncovered Live Nation's latest surcharge: the secret parking fee.
The concert promoter recently unveiled a $6-per-ticket parking charge for shows at New Jersey's PNC Bank Arts Center. Yesterday, in the wake of complaints, Live Nation eliminated the itemized fee from its Web site, only to add it to the basic ticket price.
After being contacted by the Daily News about the switch, Live Nation reversed its behavior.
Live Nation claims that they've always had the parking fee, but previously included it in a "facility fee."
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Interestingly, though, the same fee is not applied to another New York City metro area arena: the Jones Beach Theater in Long Island. And every concertgoer visiting PNC has to pay the parking fee, even if they carpooled or used public transportation.


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Good stuff ff07. However, I disagree with you above in saying we have nothing to lose.
We have everything to lose, and I know we're the away team, but Harlequins are there for the taking.
If we're serious about get-crushing the top 6 then we should be going to the stoop with the intention of winning.
It's not disrespecting Harlequins, but in saying that I honestly think that this is one of the weakest Harlequins teams we're ever likely to face. I don't think they are strong as a unit.
I hope we'll be going to the stoop with our strongest team and hopefully to get 4 points.
The psychology any win gives will stand us in good stead for the games against Gloucester and Leicester.
We can't afford to take the foot off the pedal especially with losing two in a row already.We need any sort of momentum we can get. If it means winning ugly, so be it. .
The only realistic way the Falcons are going to get something from the game is to score a lot of tries. Therefore, Delany cannot start at fly-half. I agree Chick has been in particularly good form, but I expect him to be on the bench.
Although we scored try's when mike came on against Saracens I don't think he played well at all, he still crabbed across the pitch and took the space of the wingers, JPS doesn't seem as comfortable with mike as the 10,
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Any points at Quins would be good, they are very tough to beat at home
Looking forward to it, Quins will want to finish the season strong, especially with the likes of Robshaw and the other internationals back.
I don't entirely agree with you all when you say its one of the weakest quins teams of recent years, I'd say the opposite as on paper it is full of quality. It is the consistency and control we lack sometimes.
That's the beauty of opinions on forums. Obviously I don't expect everyone to agree with my point of view, but I honestly believe this, and despite having Jamie Roberts et al, to be the weakest Harlequins team of the last 5 years.
In the end it's not just about players, more about leaders and characters in the team who want to play for each other and win a game of rugby. Five years ago Harlequins had Evans on top of his game, which can't be said now; then there was Easter a leader and a winner.
The likes of Robson, Kohn, Guest, Fa'asavalu upfront, were premiership rugby hardened a
nd all leaders in their own right.
Other than the likes of Horwill and Robshaw, upfront you don't see the same calibre of leaders in the current Harlequins team. Yes, you obviously get talented individuals but they are not a team in the same breath as those mentioned above.
And that's why I believe this Harlequins team is the weakest of recent years.
Referees for this Saturday are Tom Foley who never really gets a bad word said about him...
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They came to see Him, with a capital "H": Do you love a tourist-crowded department store in the middle of New York City on a weekday afternoon? If so, please quit reading this blog — we don't understand you. TSF joined the likes of fellow blogs Tennis Panorama and Down the Line! on Thursday afternoon at Macy's in Manhattan's Herald Square for the unveiling of Rafael Nadal's Armani jeans billboard at the store. Oh right, and there were hundreds of Rafafanatics there, too. (See above.)
Crowds poured into the usually-packed-anyways Macy's for the unveil, which saw the world no. 2 step onto stage, say, "Hel-lo" into a mike and get his photo snapped — with the billboard of himself. How do you think he looks?
Above: A reporter records a spot on the stage where Nadal would later hand out 100 pairs of briefs bearing his signature for the first 100 customers to spend over $150 on Armani collection items that day. Below: TSF's view from behind a barrage of cameras flashing at Rafa.
Plenty of Rafa posters welcomed fans around the store on Thursday.
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Title: Youth development director at Hendersonville Family YMCA
Hometown: Americus, Ga.
Residence: Hendersonville
What does your job at the Hendersonville Family YMCA entail?
As a youth development director, my job is always filled with fun and excitement. I am constantly working with children, day in and day out. I run and supervise the Child Watch and Kid Zone centers. These rooms allow parents to drop their children off for two hours while they enjoy all of the wonderful amenities the YMCA has to offer. The children have a blast playing games, doing arts and crafts, playing on the playground and more.
Another great part about my job is that I get to run youth sports. We are able to provide a great opportunity for kids to be a part of a team-based atmosphere from as young as 3 years old. When someone signs up for a YMCA sport, they will get much more than just learning how to play the game. We teach the kids good sportsmanship, how to be a team player, why our mission is so important and so much more.
What do you enjoy most about your job?
The best part about my job is the people I get to work with every day. From our leadership team to our part-time staff, there is always a smiling face when you walk through the doors. Enjoying the people you work with on a daily basis can be hard to find. We are constantly working together as a team to get projects completed, no matter the size. Healthy Kids Day and our newly renovated facility are two prime examples of what we have accomplished as a YMCA family.
How long have you been working for the YMCA?
I have been with the Hendersonville YMCA since February of 2013. It wasn't until my junior year in college that I realized exactly what the Y was all about. We often like to share our "Y Stories," and my Y story holds a special place in my heart and makes me proud to be a part of such a wonderful association.
As an intern at the Tybee Island YMCA, I was completely unaware of the impact this summer internship was going to have on my life. You can understand my shock and disbelief when I was told the YMCA was going to change my thought process forever.
My job title was the assistant program director, and I was excited to get started on a new role and journey in life. Little did I know that my life was about to change completely.
One of my many tasks I had was to run the food pantry in the kitchen. This pantry provided kids the opportunity to come in and get free food like canned vegetables, macaroni and cheese, and various other packaged foods to help prevent child hunger in the local areas.
As the children began to arrive, I started letting them in the pantry to fill their bags. One by one, they filled the bags and walked out to head back home. The next day as I arrived to my desk, there was a piece of construction paper sitting there. In crayon it read, "Dear Ms. Lady Thank you for feeding my Family." My heart sunk and tears of joy and sadness consumed me. I was saddened to think that this child and family were on such a tight budget, but joyful that we are able to provide a resource to help them get by.
I will never forget that act of kindness that child made. In one sentence, one child changed my entire life. It continues to amaze me the good the YMCA is doing for all of the different communities we serve. I told myself from that day forward the Y is an organization I want to take part in. The mission is one that can't be beat, and it continues to help me grow through mind, body and spirit every day.
What other jobs have you held?
I started at the YMCA as a sports coordinator. I am fortunate to be able to continue to do what I love. Ironically, my first college job was to referee volleyball games on Tuesday and Wednesday nights at the Hendersonville YMCA.
Do you think of yourself as a kid at heart?
I am definitely a kid at heart. I love to have fun, be creative and use my imagination every chance I get. Lucky for me, these are all requirements for my job. Whenever I am facilitating an activity, whether it is on the soccer field or at an event with the kids, I often find myself doing the activities with them. Being a kid at heart is a great quality to possess. It is also a great tool for when you are trying to keep children engaged in the various activities we do on a daily basis.
Did you ever go to a YMCA or YWCA as a child? If so, what do you remember most about it?
I did not often attend a YMCA as a child. I did, however, attend as a guest many times as I got older. I loved to go to the gym and play basketball and volleyball with my friends. We would have a blast every time we went.
What makes the YMCA a special place for the community, not just children?
The YMCA is a great place for everyone. We provide quality programs for people of all ages. The Y holds fun exercise classes, book clubs, sports, swimming, relaxation, yoga, Livestrong programming, diabetes prevention programs, Parents Night Out and so much more. We work hard to be a place for the community to come and enjoy their time.
What is something you have learned as an adult from working with children?
Working with children teaches me the importance of my accomplishments. The joy the children possess is possibly the best part about working with them. Seeing how happy they are when they accomplish a project is a great lesson for me as an adult. It teaches me that no matter how big or small the project may be, every accomplishment is important. I am reminded every day of how blessed my life really is. It is amazing the impact children can have on one's life.
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The 2013 Microsoft Partner of the Year award winners were announced for all categories across Microsoft Partner competencies, products and regions. We recognize the best of the best Microsoft Project partners with the prestigious Project and Portfolio Management (PPM) Partner of the Year Award. This year, we have seen great case studies and stunning solutions that Microsoft Project partners have built, and this underscores the great success and power of Microsoft Project and its partner community.
The Project and Portfolio Management Partner of the Year Award distinguishes an exceptional partner who has excelled in offering breakthrough solutions that extend or integrate the Microsoft Project and Portfolio Management solution. Please join us in celebrating the success of the PPM partner community and congratulating the winner and finalists!
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UMT has consistently combined innovative products and consulting excellence to help organizations transform their business and gain even more value from their Microsoft platform investment. UMT has gained unparalleled understanding of customer needs by forming enduring relationships with Global 1000 organizations across a variety of industries.
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Nintex, the world's leading SharePoint workflow company, brings the design experience of Nintex Workflow to Project Server. Nintex Workflow for Project Server allows users and IT developers to automate end-to-end workflows with graphical drag/drop UI. For a Project Management Office (PMO), it's a tool that is easy to use internally and supports the continual changes project management entails, allowing PMOs to be more agile. From demand management and event driven workflows, to workspaces and collaboration workflows, all can be created quickly and easily without the need for complex and costly development cycles.
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