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Palmyra is in Syria.
Palmyra (the Roman name) is known as Tadmor to the Syrians. Both mean the same thing - date palm. The name comes from the lush oasis adjacent to the city which is home to some million date palms. It is the only oasis in Syria and perhaps the only truly tourist town.
Palmyra sits on the standard tourist trek around Syria and should be considered in this light, being one of the most stunning archaeological sites in the Middle-East, if not in the world. Intense competition for business amongst local outfits can make the experience somewhat overwhelming to the traveller who has come from the North, and has enjoyed a relatively 'quiet' trip thus far. The major tourist attraction of the area is the stunning ruins - the most famous and well-preserved of which are the Temple of Bel, the colonnade, the funerary towers, the hypogeum of 3 brothers, and the Arab castle, all in this very particular desert context. All are within a few kilometers of each other.
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There are no ATMs (that accept international cards - there is one for Syrian cards) in Palmyra or even a full-service bank. Hotel Bel (on the main street) will do advances on both VISA and Mastercard for a 20% commission. There is a local exchange office by the museum which will change foreign currency but will not change traveller's cheques. Make sure you have sufficient cash, Syrian Pounds, US Dollars, or Euros, for your time in Palmyra.
Note that, as per usual, the Syrian Commercial Bank offers terrible rates and adds commission. You'll get a better deal by checking the rates online than changing with the shop owners in the Souq.
Souvenir shops abound on the main street with all kinds of jewelery, handicrafts and other wares typical to the Bedouin places, many of which may be nice to buy, depending on what you like. Shopkeepers (in a town with few sources of income other than tourism) are masters in the art of making you part with as much money as possible, so it would be wise to only carry as much money with you as you are willing to spend on souvenirs (and food - see below) to avoid being talked into spending all or most of the money you have for the rest of your trip in Syria. Typically souvenir shopping would happen around dinner, as many of the restaurants and shops are in the same main street and you would happen to walk past them on your way to or from the hotels and restaurants.
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On the same street are several stands selling roast chicken (half chicken for take away is 100 SP, hummous 25 SP, salad 25 SP), although you'll be lucky to get those prices.
If you venture on any of the main roads running north you will find felafel stands and other small restaurants selling the typical range of Syrian fast food bakeries selling sweet treats and plenty of convenience stores with drinks and snacks.
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The only bars in Palmyra are inside the hotels, such as the Cave Bar in the basement of the Ishtar Hotel. The bar carries good selection of local beers and wines, and you can have your drink in the terrace of the hotel if you wish.
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Al Faris Hotel, ☎ +963(955)865-545. By the entrance to the village, on the left. Very nice and clean place with big rooms and a nice owner. Single room is 300 SYP and double room is 600 SYP (August 2009). The owner (who speaks English) can give you a lift anywhere around with his car for cheap. He will welcome you with a watermelon and a tea. edit
The Sun Hotel, ☎ +963(31)591-1133 ([email protected]). Just around the corner on the main street near the ruins end, this quiet backpacker joint has a great dorm on the roof and friendly, relaxed owners. Home cooking for all meals of the day too(not included), very tasty. Double and Triple rooms available with average bathrooms for 1000 SP. April 2010. SY£1,000. edit
New Afqa Hotel. A good budget bet. Just around the corner from the tourist office. Staff are friendly and speak English well. Rooms are clean with en suite bathrooms, heating / air conditioning and satellite TV. A double room with breakfast included was 1200 SP for two people in April 2011. SY£1200. edit
Baal Shamen Hotel. Another backpacker favourite. Accommodation is more basic than at the New Afqa Hotel but the rooms are still clean and staff are friendly. edit
Ishtar Hotel, (The first one on the left side when you enter the main street coming from the ruins), ☎ main +963(31)591-3073 mobile +963(944)318-068 ([email protected], fax: +963(31)591-3260), [4]. One of the best hotels in Palmyra with very reasonable prices - USD30 for a double room , USD20 for a single room including tax and breakfast. It has a nice cave bar in the basement where you can enjoy the local beers and the tasty red wine. Clean comfortable rooms with private bathrooms and AC in every room. The friendly owner Naim speaks fluent English and French, and will be very happy to help you about anything you need in Palmyra. US$20. edit
Bel Hotel, Jamal Abd Alnaseer St, ☎ +963 31 5912096 (fax: +963 31 5912099), [5]. [email protected] www.hotel-bel.com Friendly family atmosphere; clean rooms with en-suite bathroom, satellite A.C, fridge, air-con and heating. 24-hr hot water, wi-fi, and on-site restaurant available.with all the best edit
Al Nakheel Hotel, ☎ +963(31)591-0744 ([email protected], fax: +963(31)591-6744), [6]. A clean and very friendly hotel with comfortable beds and private bathrooms and only a few minutes from the ruins. Run by Mohammed and his brother Ahmed, Mohammed will help you in anyway he can and will make sure you have a great time in Palmyra. edit
Orient Hotel, ☎ +963(31)591-0131 ([email protected], fax: +963(31)591-0700), [7]. Clean, friendly staff, and conveniently located in the center of town. Generous breakfast included. US$50 double occupancy. edit
Heliopolis Hotel, PO Box 75, Palmyra (Main Street near Customs Square), ☎ +963(31)591-3921 ([email protected], fax: +963(31)591-3923). Unobstructed views of the ruins. Internet service. Traditional breakfast. US$100 double occupancy. edit
On the main tourist drag, the Hani Internet Cafe inside the Traditional Palmyra Restaurant is conveniently located but charges a pricey 50 SP for a half hour. This may be negotiable in low season. Locals can direct you to an internet cafe slightly north of the centre which only charges 20 SP an hour but has irregular hours.
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Palmyra has recently been recaptured by Syrian government forces from Islamic State. Whilst the damage to the site is less than feared, and may be at least partially restored at some point, the main temples, arches and funerary towers are for the moment just rubble. Although ISIS have been removed for now, Palmyra is still a war zone with many land mines and booby traps left behind, and it is therefore strongly advised not to attempt to visit what is left of it at any time in the foreseeable future.
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Buses depart frequently for Damascus, Homs, and Deir-az-Zur.The bus station is a little under a kilometre away from the main street, so do not pay anymore than 50 Syrian Pounds for a taxi with your luggage. For other destinations, you may need a private car.
If hiring a private car, you might want to consider side trips to Qasr al-Heir ash-Sharki - a partially excavated Ummayad palace quite literally in the middle of nowhere - and Rasafa, originally a Roman city with heavy Byzantine influence, also used by the Ummayads before being destroyed in the Abbasid era. Rasafa is also of interest for the stone it's built out of, more a quartz-like crystal instead of the usual granite or sandstone. Makes for a unique appearance. This route takes you quite close to the Euphrates, and you can be dropped off in Raqqa, Aleppo, or Hama. Car hire can be price, and the driver still has to get back to Palmyra. Private tours are the real money maker in the Syrian tourism industry, so expect to pay as much as S5000 (US$100), if you're heading for Aleppo or Hama. A bit less to Raqqa.


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Our Political Analysts Ethan Strimling and Phil Harriman stopped in on the MORNING REPORT on WCSH6/WLBZ2 to talk about the outcome of the District 19 special election. Democrat Eloise Vitelli won the special election for the seat formerly held by Senate Majority Leader Seth Goodall, who resigned to take a new job. Phil and Ethan discuss the impact this has on control of the legislature and whether it was a referendum on Governor LePage.
They also talked about new polling results involving the major Gubernatorial candidates by Public Policy Polling of North Carolina. They surveyed 953 Mainers over the weekend and the results showed Michaud at 39%, LePage at 35%, and Cutler at 18%. What do these numbers mean? Who is celebrating and who is worrying?

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Leeward Community College-Waianae hosts information session on Associate in Arts in Teaching degreeLeeward Community College
WAIANAE, Oahu - Leeward Community College's Supportive Teacher Education Program will be sponsoring a free information session regarding the college's new Associate in Arts in Teaching degree on Tuesday, May 8, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. at the Leeward Community College-Waianae campus. The session is free and open to the public.
Attendees will be given the opportunity to learn more about the degree and meet the instructors, counselor, and students enrolled in the program. Items that will be covered include degree requirements, support services offered to students, related clubs and activities, and financial aid options.
Leeward Community College's Associate in Arts in Teaching degree offers a solid liberal arts core and specific education classes that prepare students for an entry-level education position or for transfer to a four-year teacher education program.
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New model computers are introduced in Indio California daily. You may love a certain brand and purchase it. But if you forget or be careless about repairing and maintaining them then you will face various technical problems.
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Laptop repair used to be a very expensive and long winded process, however nowadays this need not be the case as self repair of our laptops has become an increasing popular alternative offering many benefits over and above what you would receive from a laptop repair service including a financial and time saving gain for us all. With this in mind I would like to take a moment to explain the process of self repair for your laptop, how to go about it, and where to gather your resources to ensure that the repair of your laptop is as quick and easy as can be, as well as a maximum benefit financially.
The first thing you need when you are thinking of laptop repair, and doing it yourself is the knowledge to ensure that you can carry out the repair confidently, and easily - this doesn't mean that you have to be a technician to complete the task, and with the vast information available online you can research and gain this knowledge from the comfort of your own home, and in you own time. This makes laptop repair at home a more accessible option for many, meaning that everyone can gain from this process. Making sure you take the time to understand the basics of your laptop and the repair that you will be carrying out will ensure that you are successful and receive the optimal benefit of the time saving that this method brings with it.
Until recently when you needed laptop repair you would be without a computer for days, even weeks whilst the laptop was sent in for it´s repair, nowadays you can have the repair done in a day and be back up and running, whether it be for business, or personal use this is something that we all like to have available to us - the mobility and convenience of a well functioning laptop. Once you have gained the knowledge and understand what you need to carry out in order for the laptop repair to be successful you now need to source the parts and spares to do the repair.
When it comes to buying your laptop parts you need to bear in mind that you are carrying out the repair of your laptop to gain financially among the other many benefits - with this factor in mind you need to ensure you get quality parts for a quality price, and quickly. This is something that can be done online and providing you use the right site or store you will get same day shipping meaning you are getting the financial gain and time saving benefit of laptop repair at home.
Laptop Repair May Lead to Unsuspecting Theft of Your Identity
The cyber-world is full of threats such as viruses, spyware, Trojans, Worms and etc. These can affect your PC and even steal your personal information. These cyber-threats can cause huge dilemmas to your PC. Always have an anti-virus guard installed. Upgrade the program and schedule regular updates. Your software's database should be updated for a full-protection.
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In order to become a good laptop repair service personnel, or if you want to repair your own laptop, you're going to need to know the common problems that you'll encounter. The problems can range from the power source, to the internal hardware.
1. Taking It Apart
Taking the laptop apart can become a major problem to you if you want to fix the internal hardware. This is the first thing that you need to know. If you don't know how to do it, Google it, because if you do it wrong, you might end up damaging the laptop.
Different brand will require a different way to take it apart.
2. Power source
The power source can also become a common problem. Again, you're going to need to take it apart to fix this. Sometimes, the adapter or the power jack might become the cause of the problem.
3. Overheating
Fan malfunction or unsuitable working environment (hot environment, no air flow, etc) can become the reasons why your laptop overheated. An overheat computer can shut itself down. So, you're going to need to ensure the fan is working and you have the suitable working environment. If it keeps overheating, I would suggest you to buy an external cooling fan.
4. Hard drive malfunction
Hard drive can become malfunction if it experiences constant physical and movement shock. However, after the creation of the solid state technology, this problem has been reduced significantly and fewer people now experience this.
5. Cracked Screen
Due to the nature of the laptop mobility, it faces a major screen problem where people sometimes can cause the screen to crack due to the reasons such as unsuitable storage bag. In order to avoid this, store your laptop in a suitable bag and never put any heavy stuff on top of it.
6. Finding The Parts
Let's say for example you have a hard drive failure. Yours is a SATA hard drive. But because you don't know what the hardware is and where to find it, you end up buying a different hard drive. It might delay your repair job. Check your local Yellow Pages or the Internet to ensure that you're aware of the shops.
7. Water Damaged Laptop
Drinking while using the laptop can cause spill to your keyboard or the surrounding areas. This will cause corrosion to your internal hardware and you need to have access to the internal hardware in order to fix it. Therefore, it is advisable not to drink or eat anything when operating the computer.
These 7 common laptop repair problems are the problems that you need to be aware of. By knowing these, it'll be easier for you to prepare yourself and to repair laptop.


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Behind The Scenes: La Jolla Playhouse's DNA New Works Series
Check Out 'The Tall Girls'
Thursday, January 31, 2013
KPBS arts reporter Beth Accomando looks at the second play in the DNA New Works Series, "the Tall Girls."
The La Jolla Playhouse launched its inaugural DNA New Works Series last week with two performances of "Chasing the Song" and the first performances of "The Tall Girls."
Developing new plays is in the DNA of the La Jolla Playhouse. Its Page to Stage program has been enticing audiences with new works for more than a decade. But when Christopher Ashley took over as artistic director in 2007, he wanted more.
"So the DNA series is seeing plays in an early stage of development. Often it's the first time that the words have ever been said. It's the first time an audience has ever taken a peek."
So a play doesn't have to be finished it just has to be promising. And there's a lot to choose from. Literary director Gabriel Greene says about 500 plays are submitted to the Playhouse each year.
"What we are looking for when we are choosing plays for the DNA New Works Series are plays that are far enough along in their process that they are ready to be seen by a ticket buying audience and yet still early enough in their developmental stage that they will find this opportunity useful."
Playwright Meg Miroshnik is finding it very useful. Her play was inspired by a photograph she found of her grandfather from 1934.
"He's 26-years-old and coaching a high school girls' basketball team in rural Minnesota. It's a really striking image, he's standing in a suit surrounded by teenage girls in these starched white uniforms."
For Miroshnik, it's a sad story about how women's basketball disappears for a few decades: "I'm curious to see if audience members invest emotionally in the journey."
And that curiosity will be satisfied through the DNA program says Greene.
"Really there are certain things you can only learn when an audience is present in the room. And the audience does play a role in that. We will be holding post-show talkbacks every night to ask for what in the play worked for them, what did they find confusing or less engaging"
Add Miroshnik, "One of the really unique things is that there is a rehearsal period in between the first public presentation and the last round of public presentations."
That's where Miroshnik's play is right now, between performances. She made major revisions during the initial rehearsal, and is now tweaking the play again after initial audience feedback.
"We've been trying to sort of chip away at the excess and try to tell a more essential story," says the playwright.
Which is what Ashley wants, "We encourage authors to make the big change, make the big discovery, and not to be afraid to use every minute of it to perfect their play."
Losing that fear was key for Miroshnik. Knowing that the performances were of a work in progress rather than a finished piece allowed her to look at the process as an "intelligence gathering mission." And sometimes what she discovered was very rewarding..
"One of the most exciting things that has come out of it is that almost every night there has been a fairly lively debate over whether one of the characters is good or bad. And the audience seems to fall at about half and half advocating for him or condemning him, which is really exciting to me because that's sort of the intention."
The play is produced with minimal props, sets, and lighting. But Greene did have to hire a basketball coach and that was a first for the Playhouse but it proved useful to the cast: "It helped the male actor in the play because he is their coach and I think it helped him understand what it is to be a coach and how to nurture and still be hard enough to get results."
That's the position the Playhouse finds itself in as well: they want to be nurturing but they also want to see the work move forward and evolve. For Greene, it's all about the future.
"Like anything else art is an evolutionary process. If we don't evolve, we risk becoming endangered or extinct."
Ashley agrees: "I feel like for the future this is exactly what we needed to have a kind of explosion of new work, and to be able to go, that belongs in our subscription season, that's a writer we want to commission."
Miroshnik calls the DNA program a gift to playwrights: " I don't feel any limitations on my imagination for the play which is really, really exciting."
It's exciting for audiences as well who want to peek behind the curtain and get a glimpse of the creative process in action.
"The Tall Girls" runs through this Sunday at the La Jolla Playhouse's Play Development Center . Performances of Aditi Brennan Kapil's "Brahman/I" begin February 21. You can see a behind the scenes video this Friday on Evening Edition.
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| 13.3°C Dublin
yder Cup stars Ian Poulter and Sergio Garcia soon found themselves with an uphill battle to avoid an early exit from the WGC-Accenture Match Play Championship today.
Poulter, whose love of sleep means he happily describes himself as "half-man, half-mattress", was probably not happy to be out in the first match at 7.25am local time at Dove Mountain.
And the Englishman's mood will not have been improved by falling behind to American Rickie Fowler as he looked to kickstart his season with a good performance in the event he won in 2010.
After the opening three holes were halved, Fowler won three of the next four and needed only one birdie to do so, although Poulter then reduced his deficit with a birdie on the eighth.
However, a par on the 10th was enough for Fowler to move three up once again and leave Poulter in serious trouble of a third first-round exit in the last four years.
Garcia was two down to Australian Marc Leishman after just four holes, although at least the Spaniard lost the second and third to birdies from his opponent.
Elsewhere, South African George Coetzee was perhaps unsurprisingly three up on Steve Stricker after seven holes, Stricker's participation having been in serious doubt until his brother had a successful liver transplant over the weekend.
Spain's Pablo Larrazabal was one up against 2013 PGA Tour rookie of the year Jordan Spieth, while American Jimmy Walker - who has already won three times in the 2014 season - was four up against Branden Grace after 10.
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Vehicle collisions with wildlife are depressingly common.
Anyone who doubts this doesn't pay much attention to the carnage scattered on and along highways, and certainly hasn't driven the stretch of Interstate 10 between Kerrville and Fort Stockton where on just about any day a traveler can count dozens of carcasses of white-tailed deer, raccoons, possums, porcupines, a coyote or two and a score or two of assorted birds ranging in size from vultures to vireos.
Owls can be particularly vulnerable to being victims of encounters with motor vehicles.
These nocturnal avian predators are drawn to roads. It's a place offering them two things they look for in a hunting area: plenty of prey and an unobstructed zone of attack.
Owls – great horned, barred, screech and barn owls – will take a position on a tree limb, fence post or utility post overlooking the road right-of-way, wait and watch.
Those rights-of-way invariably hold decent vegetative cover which is used by all manner of owl fodder, from cotton rats to cottontails, snakes, frogs, lizards and other critters deemed edible by owls.
The hunting owl waits and watches and listens (the birds have amazing hearing; they can move their ears independently and use that ability along with their dished face that funnels sound to those ears to triangulate location of unseen but not unheard prey) until it has a lock on some unwary young rabbit nibbling on grass or spots (using its huge eyes evolved for seeing in low light) a mouse pinballing from grass clump to grass clump.
The rodent or rabbit seldom sees and almost never hears the end coming. The owl simply leans forward, drops, uses its wide, soft-feathered wings that make almost no sound even when the bird flaps them to approach, then plunges those long, razor-sharp talons into the victim, driving them deep with a grip so powerful that until you have felt it seems impossible for the bird.
Also see: Brown-and-white whistling owl ID'd as new species
That 10-yard or wider strip of pavement running through the hunting ground of a road-side perched owl is a major factor in the bird's choice of ambush location. That open ground, with no cover and no place to hide is a perfect killing ground for the bird.
It's a place where, on cool nights, snakes slither and settle to take advantage of the retained warmth, exposing them to hungry owls which fall on them with ease.
And if a rabbit or mouse decides the grass is greener on the other side of the road, the trip across the concrete No Man's Land exposes it to the owl. It's easy pickin' for the bird.
It also can be a death trap for them.
A car comes barreling down a dark road toward where an owl is perched overlooking the right-of-way.
A cotton rat in a clump of grass near the edge of the road feels the vibration of the approaching vehicle, sees the light, hears the rumble. Twitchy to begin with, the rat doesn't know what to do. It darts into the road, and the watching owl swoops to pursue it.
Sometimes the owl gets the meal.
Sometimes it doesn't
And sometimes the bird's stoop sends it on a collision course with a vehicle travelling 60 mph.
These vehicle/owl encounters invariably do not end well for the owl.
Well, almost invariably, as the video illustrates.
This is one lucky owl.


text: Deborah Ann Woll, the actress who plays Jessica on HBO's True Blood, is a woman of many talents. Not only can she play an angsty vampire forever trapped in a 17-year-old's body, but, it turns out, she's also a big fan of musical theater and a heck of a singer herself. Watch as she, put on the spot by Peter Travers, knocks out a more than capable version of George Gershwin's "They All Laughed." Now that's something you can really sink your teeth into! (Sorrrrrrrry.)


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HOLA tutor Nancy Roberts helps out Maria Leonello complete an exercise on English capitalization at the HOLA GED tutoring in Painesville, Oh.
The government's new program offering young undocumented immigrants a reprieve from deportation presents an opportunity but also many challenges for an estimated 350,000 youths who didn't finish high school, many of whom may not be able to qualify because the barriers are too high, experts say.
The key hurdle is the educational requirement of the deferred action program. Immigrants must be enrolled in school, graduated from high school or have served in the military, and if they haven't, they'll need to get a GED, the equivalent of a high school degree, or enroll in an education, literacy, or career training program.
Some of those trying the GED route are hitting roadblocks. Gabriela de Jesus Diaz Bocardo, a 23-year-old immigrant from Mexico living in Phoenix, Ariz., is one of them. She has spent two months trying to find a prep class she could afford since a state law effectively prohibits undocumented immigrants from taking the free courses. One school told her a one-year program would cost her $4,000, which was way beyond her means.
"I want to be enrolled in school, but I can't find a way … I'm trying my hardest," said Diaz, who was unable to finish school after giving birth to her son and wants to return. "I would be so happy. … Everyday waking up in the morning going to school, proving to my teachers that I am here early, trying to have a dream."
As Diaz and others have learned, merely getting into a GED prep course -- let alone taking the test -- won't be easy: Adult education serves about 2 million people nationwide though nearly 35 million don't have a high school diploma or its equivalent. This is mostly because the availability of services can't meet the demand, the Department of Education said in a statement.
Some 72 percent of adult education programs had waiting lists in 2010, according to a national survey by the National Council of State Directors for Adult Education.
"The federal funding for these kinds of services has been stagnant for years, and … the states have been reducing their funding," said Lennox McClendon, the council's senior advisor. "So the opportunities for adult education in general have been waning."
Between 320,000 and 350,000 of the 1.7 million undocumented immigrants who are potentially eligible for deferred action are impacted by the education requirement, according to estimates from the Migration Policy Institute and the Pew Hispanic Center. They are 16 and older and do not have a high school diploma or GED, and are not currently enrolled in school.
Overall, the government had received some 180,000 applications for deferred action as of Oct. 12, with nearly 4,600 of them approved, according to the latest data.
"I think it's fair to say that the immigrant rights movement is discovering the education reform movement … and that they're really coming to understand, first of all, how hard it is to get a GED and secondly, how limited the capacity of adult education programs is," said Margie McHugh, co-director of the Migration Policy Institute's National Center on Immigrant Integration Policy. "Certainly this 350,000 or so young people are the most immediate concern and the most vulnerable for not making it through the process, and that's very much related to both the difficulty of pursuing a GED or completing a GED … and also the lack of availability of programs."
Chris Langer / for NBC News
Ricardo Zopez works with HOLA tutor Alan Brown on math problems during the HOLA GED classes in Painesville, Oh.
Some take exception to undocumented immigrants accessing such programs.
"I think it's perfectly legitimate to bar access to them because there are waiting lists," said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center of Immigration Studies, a think tank that supports tighter immigration controls. "I mean, there's obviously limited resources and in an environment of limited resources, allowing illegal immigrants to enroll would mean that legal immigrants or American citizens would not be able to get classes ... that's just math. There's no way to avoid that."
Others feel it is unfair to set a requirement for some in the group that could be insurmountable.
"It offends me as someone who comes from poverty that they have set a system up where -- people, you know, that are more likely probably the poorest of the poor -- would never be able to take advantage of it. They give a break to people that are going to college or people that are in the military," said Carol Swain, a professor of politics and law at Vanderbilt University who writes about immigration and did the GED after dropping out of high school. "If you're going to give mercy to the group they should set up the criteria in a way that it takes in everybody and not exclude the people that are the poorest of the poor or the ones that would never qualify based on their standards."
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Spike in requests in some states
The GED consists of five tests covering math, reading, science, language arts and social studies. It takes about seven hours to complete.
Some GED state testing centers are seeing a spike in requests to take the test or a course, as well as an uptick in calls with questions about the exam since the government began accepting applications for the deferred action program on Aug. 15, according to an informal survey of state GED test program administrators conducted by the GED Testing Service, the official creator of the exam.
In Iowa, centers have experienced a 20 percent rise in English as a Second Language attendance for GED prep, while Massachusetts has seen a 25 percent to 50 percent surge in registration for the test through Spanish. In North Carolina, there has been a 5 percent to 10 percent increase in testing requests, including to take it in Spanish, prompting adminstrators to order more such tests for next year.
McLendon, who reviewed the GED Testing Service survey and conducted his own of state directors, said it's been "a mixed bag" so far.
"In some states there seems to be an impact. In other states there doesn't seem to be very much," he said. "It's going to be spotty. In some areas they will … have easy access and some areas they won't. They will just have to wait for months, perhaps."
In Painesville, a community of 18,000 outside Cleveland, an immigrant rights' group knew the educational requirements would be a problem for those youth who were not the undocumented college graduates often seen leading the campaign for getting legal status.
"We've always known that the Latino dropout is very high here in northeast Ohio," said Veronica Dahlberg, executive director of HOLA, a grassroots group focusing on Latino advocacy and community organizing. "We immediately knew this was going to be an issue and started raising the money right away. We knew there was no way the local (adult education) program would meet the need in our town and I'm sure this is true in other areas as well."
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Juan Maldonado works on the math section of a GED practice worksheet in Ohio.
Dahlberg contacted the local Adult Basic and Literary Education (ABLE) program, which told them they'd be happy to partner but had already allocated their annual budget. So HOLA began a fundraising drive, which included raffling off a car donated by a local pastor. The group raised about $6,000 to pay for two ABLE teachers and four tutors, some of whom are bilingual.
On Sept. 10, they began with eight students in makeshift classrooms in the HOLA center. Today, they have 29. Some students are proficient in English and completed a lot of school, but a majority will have to take the test in Spanish.
"I never thought this would be as big as it's become. It's really great that the students … want to learn, want to do better, want to get a better job," said Carol Darr, ABLE coordinator in Painesville.
Juan Maldonado, 20, and the oldest of six brothers who dropped out of high school after his dad was deported to Mexico two years ago, said many of the students were excited about having another option to get their diploma.
"You feel like now there are no limits to what you can do," he said.
Maldonado, who likes math but has trouble with grammar, said returning to school has taken on a whole different meaning since his first go-around.
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Biblical archaeology professor featured on TV newscast
Christian Broadcasting Network's "The 700 Club" recently featured Liberty University's Dr. Randall Price in its newscast on Friday, April 18, during which he discussed archaeological discoveries made on the ancient settlement of Qumran, the site of the Dead Sea Scrolls community.
Price, a distinguished research professor at Liberty and the executive director of Liberty's Center for Judaic Studies, was the director of the excavation highlighted in the report. He reviewed significant pottery finds at the Qumran site, which points to evidence of the Qumran community's connection to Jewish traditions and observances such as the "The Messianic Feast."
As a leading authority on biblical archaeology, Price has been the director of excavations on the Qumran Plateau in Israel since 2002.
Price also obtained artifacts for Liberty's collection that were displayed at a New York gala last year celebrating the History Channel's miniseries "The Bible."
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This seems to be a back-to-the-future moment of confluence, when the forces of history, music and government converge into a meatloaf sandwich time machine. It is a triumph of the old gang, the long-haired grungers over the well-coiffed anchors and well-pressed suits. Concert promoter Dave Meinert (Cap Hill Block Party, One Reel, Blue Scholars, The Presidents) and his girlfriend Mandy Park (longtime waitress at the 5 Point Café) have taken over Belltown's longest-running dive bar. The announcement came from music-PR gal Kerri Harrop, who's also tied in with Neumos (and the whole Mike McConnell music-pizza-coffee organization; Caffe Vita will now supply 5 Point customers with bottomless cups of java). Meinert, whose bands perform regularly at Neumos and who also ran the old Mirabeau Room on Lower Queen Anne, was an early and enthusiastic supporter of both Dow Constantine and Mike McGinn.
All this ties to a new-found fondness for authentic dive bars and their raison d'être, the stiff drink. And what's more authentic than a joint that announces in neon that they cheat drunks and tourists? Don't even think about Disneyfication! "We're re-upholstering some worn out booths," Park admits. "The whole joint has received a good scrubbing, but, other than that, the song remains the same." Same as it was almost 80 years ago, when Preston Smith opened the place, under the gaze of the Chief Sealth statue, in 1929, and sold it to his son, Dick, in 1975.
"Dick Smith was one of those characters you just don't find anymore, along the lines of restaurateur Ivar Haglund or politician Charlie Chong," Park recalls. "He was outspoken, political, and had a wicked sense of humor."
Says Meinert: "Dick knew how to capture attention, and was a real rabble-rouser. Without him, I probably wouldn't have met Mandy, so I owe him a lot." Park began working for Smith in late 1996, as a server at the 5 Point. It was there that she met Meinert, while on shift. The couple recently celebrated 11 years together; their first child is due in December.
Smith's tongue-in-cheek marketing slogans are part of the 5 Point's dive bar appeal. Bartenders are outfitted in t-shirts bearing the tagline "Alcoholics Serving Alcoholics Since 1929."
"The last thing we want to do is screw up the menu, or ruin the classic appeal of the 5 Point," Park says. The chicken fried steak will still weigh in at 11 ounces ("the biggest in Seattle"), the meatloaf sandwich is 9 bucks, and breakfast is available 24 hours a day.
On the other hand, there are now a handful of vegetarian offerings, along with an old-time favorite, Liver and Onions, which is now listed near the "Green Cat" Curry Tofu Scramble. A Senior Citizens discount will launch with the new menu, and cocktails will remain generous in their portion. "We call them family-sized," Park laughed.
The 5 Point will officially celebrate its 80th anniversary in December, with a party that's slated to include 10-cent beers and 30-cent Blue Plate Specials. And that meatloaf san (on white, with mashed potatoes & gravy and pickle slices) was just fine.


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Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Corner boys don't get no respect
But the fact is that there is still a 162-game slate ahead of this team next year, and you can't just flush it down the toilet and expect that the beleaguered fan base is going to put up with it. Tank Nation might sound like a clever idea, but this is a team that has lost a lot of currency, and has to be ready to put up a fight next year.
With that in mind, the odd thing that we keep noticing (or tripping ourselves up with) is the fact that barely anyone even acknowledges the existence of the two Major League veteran corner infielders that are currently under contract and on the roster.
Maybe it is a sign that, with the new regime and the new decade and the dawn of the Eternal Building Process, people are ready to cash in on Lyle Overbay and Edwin Encarnacion. They'd rather think forward, beyond 2010, towards the day when Brett Wallace will waddle around at first base and something (lord help us) will patrol the other side of the diamond.
But the odd thing about this is just how much we've all diminished the contributions (or potential contributions) of the two guys that's we've got. Overbay posted a WAR of 2.0 in 2009 and Encarnacion posted the same number in his last healthy season ('o8), which aren't league-leading numbers by any stretch, but they are at least positive contributions.
And that doesn't even account for the forgotten 1B/DH Randy Ruiz, who ripped it up good (10 homers / 1.019 OPS in 115 MLB at bats) when he finally got his shot. Nor does it account for Brian Dopirak, who put up an .876 OPS versus the PCL in 232 ABs (versus Wallace's .870 in 203 ABs in the high and dry offensive air out west.)
The Jays probably aren't the only team with a bunch of 1B/LF/DH types cluttering up their 40-man rosters, but we might be the only team to have disregarded the potential contributions of half of those players before pitchers and catchers report.
23 comments:
- Dragonzigg said...
I'd hold onto Encarnacion, but trade Overbay if possible. You can put Ruiz at first (which frees up the DH spot for Lind), and if he turns out to be a total bust, then bring up Dopirak or Wallace.
- January 5, 2010 at 2:42 PM
Ruiz started with a bang but fell off bigtime, I thought. I've got no problem at all with having Overbay on my team, until one of the young guys pushes him out anyway. I don't think that's going to be Ruiz, but I'd happily be proved wrong.
I'm really confused by the lack of faith in EE. Sure he's got throwing issues but even coming back from injury his numbers project out to 20+ homers, 80ish RBIs, .800ish OPS. And he's only 26. We also have the best infield coach in baseball. I think E5 maybe unfairly became a symbol of the hopelessness that set in when Ricciardi moved Rolen and started publicly shopping Doc. But he looks like a pretty good hitter to me, and if Butterfield says he can do it defensively with a little tweaking, then I'd be inclined to be optimistic.
I dunno, if Stewart pans out, J.P. might have done AA a favour with that trade.
- January 5, 2010 at 2:55 PM
Hey KC,
I didn't think Ruiz dropped off. Didn't Cito just stop playing him? Instead he insisted on running Kevin Millar out there over and over and over.
- January 5, 2010 at 2:59 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
I believe in Edwin Encarnacion.
Overbay's .905 OPS against righties is NAILS. His .534 OPS against lefties, not so much. $7 million for a platoon player is too rich for our cheap blood. It's why Overbay seems to be an afterthought, in my mind at least. I'd rather have Wallace up there learning the bigs.
- January 5, 2010 at 3:02 PM
But "learning the bigs" also means "eating up service time". I'd be as hesitant as possible before giving any of our young fellas an extended stay in the show.
- January 5, 2010 at 3:10 PM
- Navin Vaswani (@eyebleaf) said...
Am I out of line with "SERVICE TIME SCHMERVICE TIME!!1" ???
- January 5, 2010 at 3:16 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Seriously. Y'all are way too prudent, worrying about what's going to happen in 2015 or some date beyond then.
Brett Wallace will be 300 lbs by the time he's a free agent. We've got to get everything we can from him now.
- January 5, 2010 at 3:20 PM
Yeah, Cito playing Millar made zero sense. But Ruiz was striking out A LOT. Great power when he makes contact, and a feel-good story but something makes me think 400+ major league ABs might leave him with ugly numbers.
Overbay's career numbers against lefties were pretty good until last 18 months or so. I hear you at 7 million, but will his next contract be for that much? Rather than dump an asset for money reasons when you're not really strapped for cash, why not extend him for a couple of years at EE money and trade him when need be (at a much more attractive salary)? If they'd sent Lind to Arizona to learn first base that might be a different story. Or if Wallace had done anything but play 3B so far.
1B defense is the most underrated thing in baseball, maybe because so many of them are awful. If we end up paying someone to take Overbay from us, as some have suggested might be necessary, then AA isn't as smart as he looks so far.
- January 5, 2010 at 3:31 PM
The Jays should go for Mike Lowell.
- January 5, 2010 at 4:03 PM
- Tao of Stieb said...
Pfft. Mike Lowell. You've gotta be kidding.
- January 5, 2010 at 4:08 PM
- Gil Fisher said...
Noteworthy, that I didn't previously realize, is that after EE's contract expires this year, he still has another year of Arb left. He's under team control through 2011. And unless we can get Vitters from the Cubs, we don't have much promise at that position.
- January 5, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Ty said...
EE's still in his arb years? Wow, that's interesting. I definitely expect him to have a good year in 2010 but I figured it was pointless to hold onto him since I thought he'd be a FA after that anyways... given that he's under control for that extra year though, I'd love to see what he can do this season. Like you said, it's not like there are any other viable options at 3B in the near future.
- January 5, 2010 at 4:52 PM
- Ty said...
Also, I'd be weary to bring Wallace up with Cito still at the helm this season. Service time aside, I'd hate to see him ride the pine versus left-handed pitching when he could be down in AAA perfecting his approach and getting some more reps at 1B. I know it's not a particularly difficult position, but he'll still probably need more seasoning there if he's going to grow into the above-average defender that AA projects him to be.
- January 5, 2010 at 4:53 PM
- Darren Priest said...
You're right about the danger of being tank nation. It's obvious the Jays will not be filling the stadium with hardcore fans who come out win or lose.
At least they have an unbalanced schedule so they can host the Yankee and Red Sox fans to help boost the bottom line.
- January 5, 2010 at 4:56 PM
- Ty said...
Halladay didn't single-handedly sell tickets when he was on the team (attendance first dipped below 12,000 during one of his starts), but I'd imagine the Rogers Centre will be packed for their weekend series with the Phillies this year. Honestly, ticket sales from that series alone should more than make up for the handful of idiots who refuse to watch the team now that Roy's been traded.
- January 5, 2010 at 5:02 PM
- Wiffleballs said...
"Brett Wallace will be 300 lbs by the time he's a free agent. We've got to get everything we can from him now."
It sounds like you're going to grab food away from him when he inevitably winds up at one of the casino buffets in Vegas.
- January 5, 2010 at 9:13 PM
Encarnacion is an exigent part of my sexy plan. He is entering his prime, going into his age 27 season. He will destroy opposing pitching for the foreseeable future, and I will convince him to sell himself low for a team-friendly extension, after Butterfield turns him into an above-average defender.
Overbay is in a contract year, and these idiots who think I will ship him out for little or no return have no indication or inkling as to the business prowess of the Pulchritudinous Tony Viner. I will platoon him with Dopirak/Ruiz, and possibly trade him at the deadline, or get a sandwich pick in the 2011 Draft at the least (after an extremely productive year from him).
I am extremely smart and handsome, and very experienced in guileful and basically disreputable business practices and negotiations. I will provide the conduction and aplomb that will allow for you to witness the monumental rise of the Blue Jays to Olympian heights.
Trust me,
Tony Viner
PS: I have been busy applying my trade upon deliberations concerning a certain high-ceiling young foreigner, and if I can convince him of the economic and political advantages inherent in signing with me, the true days of glory may be even closer at hand.
- January 5, 2010 at 9:26 PM
looks like HTV wasn't bullshitting about Chapman...
- January 5, 2010 at 11:17 PM
Nice link.
Can't wait to see who Chapman signs with. I fully support the Jays investing 20-25m over four years for a potential phenom.
- January 5, 2010 at 11:57 PM
handsome tony is the life blood of this site. tony: why dont you post anywhere else? why tao of steib exclusivly? you would fit right in at drunk jay fans site.
- January 6, 2010 at 12:05 AM
No he wouldn't.
- January 6, 2010 at 2:15 PM
I don't know how much month the Cardinals have left to sign Albert Pujols, you'd have to think the Cards wouldn't pay this much for Holliday if it meant they wouldn't have enough money for Pujols.
- January 6, 2010 at 11:40 PM
i'm experiencing deja vu.
- January 7, 2010 at 12:14 AM


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Nine holes at half the cost
If Superintendent John Sonner had known better, he might not have attempted what he set out to do 11 years ago. The Greenville Country Club (Greenville, Ohio) wanted to add nine holes to its existing nine, with a budget of less than $500,000. Sonner agreed to take on the project.
Conventional wisdom today says that you need at least $2 million to design and build a new 18-hole course. Back in 1987, when the club's board decided to add to its 1921-vintage original nine, they didn't have $1 million, but they did have John Sonner. Sonner set out on this odyssey with no background in golf-course design or maintenance. But he was armed with enthusiasm, ingenuity and a wealth of experience from other jobs.
The project began when a group of board members pitched in funds to construct the first three holes. At about the same time, the golf-course superintendent's position came open. As a member of the board, Sonner recalls, "I knew what the big problems were and what the members wanted and I also knew what the superintendent needed to do.
"I know a lot of superintendents reading this are going to say, 'Yeah, I've had greens chairmen who think they can be superintendents,'" Sonner jokes. But in his case, it has worked out well.
The Greenville C.C. board worked without an architect or general contractor. Instead, they staked out how they wanted the course to lie and began to craft the new holes. "The first three holes were farm ground and the rest was native forest, very rolling, with a lot of mature trees," he recalls. "Some of the areas are really beautiful back in there, with a lot of deer trails.
"I spent one winter with a dozer operator taking out trees. I'd stand there in the mud, shivering and shaking, and say, 'Take those three trees out and let me take a look at it again.'" Sonner discovered later that famed architect Pete Dye works the same way-hands-on and without specific plans.
Sonner didn't study golf-course design or architecture until after the course was complete. But as luck would have it, the year he became superintendent coincided with the first Ohio State University Turf Management short course. Since then, he's taken the advanced course and developed a relationship with several members of the faculty.
"John is an amazing guy to work with," says turf specialist Dr. Karl Danneberger, an Ohio State horticulture professor. "He's always shown ingenuity, a willingness to learn and been open to new ideas. As far as I know, there's no one else in Ohio who's done what John has at Greenville."
Although not formally trained in the art and science of golf courses, Sonner brought with him a varied background in engineering and mechanics acquired through education and experience. From a stint at Corning Glass Works, Sonner learned engineering and fluidics, which served him well when designing and maintaining the club's irrigation system. And as a life-long "gear-head" who owned his own service station and auto-parts business, he can fix nearly anything. This varied background has helped him face the challenges of expanding the country club with limited funds.
"We didn't have any budget to buy materials and we scraped everywhere we could to come up with enough soil to use on tees and greens," he recalls. The greens are constructed according to modified USGA specifications.
At one point during construction, Sonner needed a bridge, but had no money to buy steel. "We were looking at the spot and wondering, 'What can we do? Where can we get the steel?'" A used semi-trailer frame proved to be an inexpensive solution. "It's worked out great, structurally, and it looks good, too," he says.
Another location in the course also needed a bridge, but this one required a culvert. The solution this time came in the form of an empty storage tank. He had the 7-foot-diameter tank delivered to the bridge site and set about cutting the ends. The fuel-tank culvert now forms the foundation of a sloping bridge at one of the course's more picturesque locations (see photo, below). [Editor's note: Cutting a fuel-storage tank entails a risk of explosion from residual fuel vapors if not performed properly. Enlist the help of someone knowledgeable about this type of work before beginning such a project on your own.]
The new nine opened for play in 1989 but was actually completed, in Sonner's view, in the early '90s. Although it's officially "done," he still wants to make many cosmetic improvements.
Like many superintendents, Sonner gets inspiration from other courses. "When I go places, there's almost always something that registers on my mind, something that I'd like to do," he says.
Sonner's latest inspiration is a planned wall of railroad ties along a hard-to-maintain, erodable creek bank that fronts a par 3. He expects this "Pete Dye wall" to make the spot more visually appealing and more efficient to maintain.
Sonner operates with a crew of just six full-time employees, so efficiency and time-savings are central themes that run through his maintenance programs. "I was one of the first superintendents in the area to use Primo turf growth regulator," he says. "It controls leaf growth but doesn't affect [the rest of the grass plant], so the turf stays lush and alive but doesn't need to be mowed as often."
To alleviate the spring workload crunch, Sonner applies a pre-emergence herbicide in the fall. "This will be the third year I've put Dimension down in the fall, and I've had really good success with it." He uses Gallery and a three-way post-emergence mix to control broadleaf weeds.
Sonner also has devised a disease-control program that minimizes applications. "I mix a contact fungicide with the first application of Primo in early May," Sonner explains, "and then put down an application of Eagle [fungicide] about June 1. This has been getting me through until the middle of July, when another contact application goes down." Sonner typically makes a second Eagle application around August 1. "I feel fortunate to be a golf-course superintendent at a time when there have been many new turf-protection options on the market," Sonner says.
He's also pleased to see more grub-control options that offer application-timing flexibility. "I used to tear my hair out trying to control grubs," he says. "It was almost like you had to apply on the right day and hour for them to work." But new grub-control products, such as Merit and Mach 2, have solved that problem and freed Sonner to focus his creativity on the next project that will make the Greenville Country Club a better place to play.
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As for poor Sally Draper (Kiernan Shipka), she was suspended from boarding school for drinking. Ruh-roh, it seems like Don's worst attribute might've been passed on to our favorite TV daughter. But really, can you blame her when she has parents like Don and Betty (January Jones)? At least Sally and Don ended the season on somewhat solid ground after he brought her to the whorehouse he grew up in.
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Not ending the season on a good note with Don? Wife Megan (Jessica Pare), who finally had it with her husband when he backed out of moving to California with her. "You want to be alone with your liquor and your ex-wife and your screwed up kids," she accused, later dropping an F-bomb, which was bleeped out.
Scene of the Night: Don's pitch to Hershey, which saw the ad salesman, who is so good at living and spinning a lie, finally drop the facade. It was hard to watch, but oh-so captivating.
Line of the Night: "Not good, Bob!" Oh Pete (Vincent Kartheiser), you may not have had the best time in the finale, being dropped from the Chevy campaign, but at least you got the best line!


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Collecting The Precious – The Bridge Direct's Smaug Figure
The summer of Smaug continues with another new product of the best dragon to ever appear on the big screen. We're pleased to team up with our friends at The Bridge Direct to exclusively announce their Smaug action figure for their The Hobbit Trilogy line of figurines. This huge Smaug figure has an exclusive pre-sale starting TODAY at WB.Com in which fans can place a pre-order for this figure that will be limited to only 3000 pieces world-wide. Smaug could be yours for $69 and will be shipping from WB.Com in December of this year.
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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies ™ Smaug ™ Large Scale Poseable Action Figure
From the depths of Erebor and the film The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies comes this detailed, limited edition Smaug the dragon large scale action figure, complete with a surprise 1.5″ figure and accessory. Featuring an impressive 22 inch wingspan, Smaug stands tall, measuring 21 inches. No details were overlooked as this center piece of any action figure collection was in development. Smaug boasts ten points of articulation and underwent over 140 painting procedures. The figure is plastic, but Smaug's tail and wingtips have a wire core, allowing for additional poses. This item has a limited edition production run of 3000 units and each box will be labeled with a gold sticker indicating the number.


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K-Swiss Taps Out of MMA
K-Swiss the parent company of Form is exiting the Mixed Martial Arts landscape. Form was one of the few companies that had a true endorsement model and activated around the athletes and sport. According to the companies Edgar filings they bought Form in 2010 for $1.6 million and lost about $3.7 million before tapping out.
From their public filing:
13. Form Athletics
On July 23, 2010, the Company entered into a Membership Interest Purchase Agreement ("Purchase Agreement") with Form Athletics, LLC ("Form Athletics") and its Members to purchase Form Athletics for $1,600,000 in cash. Form Athletics was established in January 2010 to design, develop and distribute apparel for mixed martial arts under the Form Athletics brand worldwide. The purchase of Form Athletics was part of an overall strategy to enter the action sports market, however, during the third quarter of 2011, the Company decided to no longer pursue operating in this line of business, as discussed below. Operations of Form Athletics have been accounted for and presented as a discontinued operation in the accompanying Consolidated Financial Statements.
Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Company was obligated to pay additional cash consideration to certain Members of Form Athletics in an amount equal to Form Athletics' EBITDA for the twelve months ended December 31, 2012 ("Form CPP"). The purchase price of $1,600,000 and the net present value of the initial estimate of the Form CPP was capitalized. The fair value of the Form CPP was determined each quarter based on the net present value of the current quarter's projection of Form Athletics' EBITDA for the twelve months ended December 31, 2012. Any subsequent changes to the Form CPP was recognized as interest income or interest expense during the applicable quarter.
The acquisition of Form Athletics was recorded as a 100% purchase and the Form CPP liability was recognized and accordingly, the results of operations of the acquired business were included in the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements from the date of acquisition. A trademark asset totaling $3,150,000 and goodwill of $539,000, were recognized for the amount of the excess purchase price paid over fair market value of the net assets acquired. The amount of goodwill that was deductible for tax purposes was $507,000 and will be amortized over 15 years.
At July 23, 2010, the acquired assets and liabilities assumed in the purchase of Form Athletics was as follows (in thousands):
Balance at
July 23, 2010
$ 39
Intangible assets
Total assets
$ 3,728
Current liabilities
$ 18
Form CPP
Total liabilities
Contribution by K•Swiss Inc.
Total stockholders' equity
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity
$ 3,728
Since Form Athletics began operating in early 2010, operating results prior to the Company's purchase of Form Athletics were not significant and pro forma information was not materially different than what was reported on the Company's Consolidated Financial Statements.
During the second quarter of 2011, after a review of sales, backlog, cash flows and marketing strategy, the Company determined that its investment in the Form Athletics goodwill and trademark was impaired and recognized impairment losses of $3,689,000 (see Note 5) and reversed the Form CPP liability of $2,110,000, which was recognized as interest income.


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Posted: Tuesday January 31, 2012 @ 9:25 pm PST
Topic: Latina Celebrities – Playboy
There have been a lot Latina celebrities who posed nude in one of the most famous men magazine Playboy.
Singer Noelia who is Puerto Rican posed for Playboy Mexico in November 2010 and actress Olivia Collins who is Mexican posed in September 2010.
Is this a good image for Latina stars to show or is this a negative image?
Latina celebrities have come a long way in the entertainment industry. It was difficult for Latinas to act in films as a Latina. Such as, Rita Moreno who played a Native American character. Unfortunately, Latinas had to play characters of another nationality in order to get work in Hollywood.
In other words, Latinas fought long and hard to have place in Hollywood, to have recognition as beautiful and talented entertainers.
Furthermore, Latina celebrities have a reputation of being a beautiful people; hair, skin tone, and physic. So, does Playboy show an ugly image of Latina celebrities because they pose nude in the magazine?


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Justin Kreutzmann was born into the highly creative if unconventional world of the Grateful Dead. So it comes as no surprise that when his dad gave him a Super-8 film camera back in 1977, his path was set for life. Find out more about Justin's work as a documentarian, what bands he'd love to work with, and of course, what life was like growing up Dead in this edition of All In The Family.
You are in the unique position of being able to share experiences of what life was like growing up Dead so to speak. Give us a little taste of what that was like.
It's the only family experience I had so I don't really have anything to compare it to. At the time I think I compared my life to TV. Let's say growing up with the Dead wasn't like The Brady Bunch or even The Monkees, both of which I loved. It was more Star Trek. The Grateful Bunch! It was normal to me, normal in a Grateful Dead kind of way. It wasn't like Dad had 9 to 5 hours so the family structure shifted around the music. Everything was about the gigs. Everything else came second, the gigs were the thing.The Grateful Dead was the thing. I know that sounds sort of sad but with that came so much and amazing experiences. Might have missed a lot of school but I got to hang out in New York for 2 weeks when I was 11 while the band played Radio City. Learned a lot about life from that! I got to go to "summer camp" at Kesey's house. While there I decided to read Cuckoo's Nest and every morning got to talk to Ken about it. That was cool and great school.
When you were just a kid, your dad gave you a Super-8 film camera. Do you remember the first film you made? What was it about?
Funny. I actually just came across that footage when transferring stuff for the Weir movie. Christmas 1977. I got an Atari player, a Lightsaber and a Super-8 camera. It all started that day... The first footage was all home movies like everybody else when they get their first camera. There's stuff of the band at Winterland so that must have been the New Year's run of '77? Little family things mixed with Dead shows and random weirdness. The first "movie" I made was for school, at least the first movie with a script. A Rolling Stones parody called, It's Only Rock 'n' Roll. The Stones were touring in '81 and it was all "Start Me Up" and Stones everywhere.
Were there any times you had to shut down production?
Actually the opposite is true. My biggest hero in filmmaking was Gio Coppola. In the mid-80's he wanted to get into music videos and said we should do one together. That was HUGE for me. We asked a local guy if we could make a video for him but at the last minute it fell through. I asked my Dad if he could help so he called Brent and they put a band together and we made a video called Nobody's. The band stayed together and became Go Ahead. Gio died 3 months after we did the video and Brent of course died a few years later. But Dad and Brent really came through for us and we have that one project we all got to do together.
The Who, U2, The Black Crowes, Yoko and Sean Lennon, and of course, the Grateful Dead – any magic moments you captured that particularly stand out or that we may never get to see…
Most of the magic moments I've captured are out there... or will be. We did a bunch of Pete Townshend and Who stuff that hasn't been released...yet. There's some Dead stuff still in the closet but with all these Dead related projects going on it'll all come out someday.
Any must-see music documentaries that you admire, think the Dead community would enjoy?
The Other One: The Long Strange Trip Of Bob Weir
Any new bands or artists that you would love to work with?
Ryan Adams. I know, I know, he's not "new" but he's younger than a lot of the folks I work with and his music is great. I'm painfully uneducated on what's new in music today. Need someone to turn me on. Every year there's new music that comes out and is amazing. You just have to look for it or get shown the light. Look around the corner from the more commercial stuff - generally speaking.
Tell us about your new duties as Chief Creative Officer of TRI Studios. What does that entail?
Dishes. Ok, that's not true. No one cleans the dishes at TRI. I make the videos. That what I do now and what I've always done at TRI.
What's in store for the rest of 2014?
Great things! The Weir movie will be released and there's a major GD documentary picking up steam. The Hard Working Americans movie, The First Waltz, comes out in September. I really like those guys and the movie is fun. I'm in post on a Dr. John concert film I directed and planning a couple more super cool ones by year's end. Also been working for my buddy Mike Fleiss on his TV shows. Exciting, exciting stuff. Movie and TV projects I'd love to see... so amazing I'm getting to work on them! But the best part of 2014 will be spending time with my lovely wife Stephanie and my daughter Alivia and new son Lukas. I'm just tying to make them proud.
Justin Kreutzmann was born into the highly creative if unconventional world of the Grateful Dead. So it comes as no surprise that when his dad gave him a Super-8 film camera back in 1977, his path was set for life. Find out more about Justin's work as a documentarian, what bands he'd love to work with, and of course, what life was like growing up Dead in this edition of All In The Family.


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I just finished reading the great book - Authentic Wine: Toward Natural and Sustainable Winemaking - by Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop MW and I was really pleased with the pragmatic way they discussed such a complex subject. In their own words: " There is no such a thing as natural or unnatural wine; rather, the "naturalness" of a wine is most usefully measured on a continuum from least to most natural and takes in many aspects of the cultivation, harvesting, and processing of the raw material: the grape. "
I intend to post several important points of their book here on my blog and, hopefully, many people will show up to share their opinions. Even better if we can get Jamie Goode and Sam Harrop to come here to add some more content to the discussion!
Probably, this is a good way to ignite the discussion:
" What is meant by the term natural? Is wine different from other alcoholic beverages, and why? Is there such a thing as "fake wine"? What is the appropriate use of technology in winemaking? What additions to wine should be allowed, and who gets to decide? And, practically, how can winemakers adjust their methods to make more honest, expressive, and interesting wines? "
Would you care to offer answers to these questions?
Here are some excerpts from the book. They may help you with the challenge:
- If we accept the idea of a continuum of naturalness, and if we recognize that it is useful to establish just how natural some wines are when compared with others, then a range of choices become available in the vineyard and winery that will shift the wine in one direction or the other along the naturalness continuum.
- Winemaking faults are often guilty of masking terroir and, in some cases, becoming so entrenched that they become part of it!
- Like naturalness, the concept of authenticity is a shifting paradigm, and that there are limits to its application for individuals and business. Larger more hierarchical business have greater limitations, but that doesn't mean they shouldn't try to make more authentic wines.
- One person's idea of progress is another's idea of iconoclastic trashing of valued traditions.
- The idea that one can taste the earth in a wine is appealing, a welcome link to nature and place in a delocalized world; it has also become a rallying cry in an increasingly sharp debate over the direction of modern winemaking. The trouble is, it's not true…
If you haven't bought your copy yet:
I look forward to dsicussin with you about this fascinating topic... In the mean time, I wish you a very happy and healthy 2012!
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Wednesday, February 13, 2013
resurrection (or how to be middle aged and new all at once).
5 comments:
- leah b said...
It's your birthday over here now - or, maybe, not quite as you were born PST. I guess as time is relative, you were born on a day kinda like today and something like 35 year ago. In any case, I'm happy you were!
Reading that might not be a moment of clarity in your new year, sorry. I'm also not too sure about the relevance of blogs anymore - I think I'm exclusively writing to my sisters. For focus? Lists and goals help me. Unwanted goo? Lighter-fluid. I also probably should have just written you an email. love you!
- February 13, 2013 at 6:24 PM
- Shannah said...
Lots of happy birthday wishes your way!
I'd rather read dead blogs than facebook.
The lack of time in my life gives me clarity and focus
and conversely, the passage of time gets rid of my unwanted goo.
What a beautiful time lapse!
- February 16, 2013 at 10:20 AM
- Jen Spinner said...
Happy Birthday!
I'm not sure if blogs are dead or just antiquated. I personally don't have as much enthusiasm for them as I once did, but I still read my favs from time to time.
Anything that connects me with my body and with my breath is extremely calming and hence gives me focus. I like yoga and meditation but there are many, many ways to connect that humans have been cultivating for as long as we've been human.
Unwanted goo? Sit with it. It's the most annoying reality of feeling anything.
Best of luck with everything!
- February 26, 2013 at 9:49 AM
- Marnie said...
well, i'm glad your blog's not dead. happy birthday from a far-away-time :)
as for your questions,
1. see above comment.
2. sunlight.
3. time, and remembering even though i don't really want it, it's mine to do with as i please...
i'm looking forward to reading all your back pages...take care!
- March 16, 2013 at 12:27 AM
- Darice Joy said...
I just turned 32 in December. Both of my parents passed before turning 45. I am in the autumn of my years according to parental lifespan. I so understand your goo..perhaps not completely, but enough to say: you are not your parents. One of the things I like to remind myself of is mutts. Mutts have longer lifespans + are generally healthier overall. Their mixed DNA gives them an advantage...it gives us one too.
Blogs, for personal use / expression / sharing are not dead...blogs as SEO (business stuffs) or marketing are. In my opinion, of course. ;-) I love to read about people when they are sharing from a place of sincerity (like you do), but find blogs that offer information in return for loyalty / email address / market data / etc. to be icky.
Clarity / focus has been elusive for most of my life...or so I thought. I have been thinking over my old dreams (from childhood) and realizing that there is a wealth of personal mapping I can use today. Those things I loved as a kid? I still love them today. Clarity isn't always found by thinking / studying more...but by letting it all go, and trusting our inner compass. (Corny? Perhaps...but it's been invaluable for me.)
As for goo, it lives in funny places. A spring cleaning usually helps...paying particular attention to emotional messes. Old photos / keepsakes / etc. It's therapeutic. So is forgiving yourself. This is a big one for me...when people pass, we tend to relive our time with them. How could we have done it better...what if we had...why didn't we... At the end of the day, those thoughts only make us feel gooier. I truly believe that parents (those who are fondly remembered + missed, anyway) know beyond a shadow of a doubt that their children love them, and forgive them any misunderstandings / shortcomings (as we the children see them).
That was heavy stuff to lay on a stranger's blog...but hopefully it's helpful to you.
P.S. Commenting on a post that's over a year old. This blog isn't dead. ;-)
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Maybe I'm behind on the times, but..what is this movie necesarily about?
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Mr. Popper is a high-powered, New York business man who suddenly inherits six penguins. Taking care of the animals is no easy matter, and he quickly hits major hurtles, both at home and at work. But along the way, he learns the value of family and friendship--human and otherwise.
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Ahhh...ok. Sounds interesting, thanks!
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I've been wondering ...
This movie comes out this summer. And I can't help myself but thinking : "Thís summer!?" I don't know if people realise, but that's fast. In fact, for a movie where there are going to be CGI-creatures involved, I can't believe the wait is not longer than this. It also means that stills, posters, teasers and trailers will arrive around May. It doesn't sound like that's quick, but it is. I just hope this isn't going to damage the quality of some things ...
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After 38 years of teaching (most recently junior high), my Mom is FINALLY retiring and I couldn't be happier for her. She has taught school since 1975 and at the end of this month, she is putting up her eraser and closing the books. I am so glad that my parents are both retired and can do so many things without having a schedule. I hope they enjoy traveling anywhere they want and I hope they spend alot of time up here in Canada with me...hehe..
I wanted to give her a little something fun to countdown her days until retirement to put in her classroom but I couldn't find one.....so I did the next best thing...I made a couple of cute chalkboard signs. I've given her a couple of options (one for her desk and one for the door) and all she needs to do now is use dry erase markers to write the number and start counting down. Pretty simple and FUN...
Here are the prints that I'm making available for you to download and print. When you download them and then get the option to print, check the box next to Choose Paper Source by PDF page size. This way, they will print out an 8" x 10" size and all you will need to do is trim all of the white margins off and place in an 8" x 10" frame.
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If you are a Duck Dynasty fan...you know that one of their favorite sayings is..."She's outta here or I'm Outta Here" and I thought that would be so cute on a sign...
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Hope you have as much fun with these as my Mom did....
Have a great day!!
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An inspirational, feel-good story about a college football player is about to reach a much, much bigger audience.
Various media outlets reported earlier this week that Sony's TriStar Productions won what was described as a bidding war with Universal to secure the rights to the story of Clemson wide receiver Daniel Rodriguez. The movie will be based on the upcoming book "Rise: An Epic Story of a Soldier, His Dream, and a Promise Kept," which is co-written by New York Times best-selling author Joe Layden and is scheduled to be released Oct. 7.
Variety writes that the book was "acquired for publication for mid-six figures by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt."
Rodriguez himself mentioned the movie deal very early this past week but it apparently got lost in the hustle and bustle of signing day:
For those who are unfamiliar with Rodriguez's story, you should do yourself a favor and get up to speed.
After starring at Brooke Pointe High School in Virginia, Rodriguez appeared set to embark on a playing career at the collegiate level. Tragically, his father died of a heart attack four days after Rodriguez graduated, pushing the player away from realizing his dream of playing college football and into a career in the military.
Rodriguez joined the Army in 2007 and, one month after completing basic training, began serving a 15-month tour of duty in Iraq as part of an infantry unit. He served a second tour in Afghanistan, losing eight friends in a fierce battle with the Taliban in October of 2009. For his heroics during that battle, he was awarded both the Bronze Star and Purple Heart.
Honorably discharged roughly six months later, Rodriguez began attending community college and resumed his effort to play football at the collegiate level. Rodriguez, the Greenville News wrote in a very nice feature on the veteran, "began training tirelessly and produced a video that served as his recruiting film."
While Rodriguez had hoped to remain in his home state and play for Virginia or Virginia Tech, the tape caught the attention of Clemson and head coach Dabo Swinney. After making two visits to the school, Rodriguez was offered the opportunity to become a walk-on for the Tigers in the summer of 2012 by Swinney, a walk-on himself at Alabama in 1989 before earning a scholarship.
Last November, Rodriguez scored his first career touchdown… on Military Appreciation Day. If ever there was ever a sports story that deserved the movie treatment, this is it.
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The four men are Albert McKeowan, James McDonald, Philip Benoit, and George Marles. These photos were taken in 1915. Credit: Library and Archives Canada, RG73-C-6
The Library and Archives Canada has just released the ledgers from the Kingston Penitentiary for you to research if your ancestor spent time there when it opened in 1835.
Located in Portsmouth, now part of Kingston, this institution was designated for the incarceration of prisoners from both Upper Canada and Lower Canada.
Kingston Pen, as it is commonly known, closed its doors on September 30, 2013.
These ledgers, which have been digitized and can be viewed on the Library and Archives Canada (LAC) website at http://collectionscanada.gc.ca/pam_archives/index.php?fuseaction=genitem.displayItem&lang=eng&rec_nbr=4292048
You will have to know the name of the person you are looking for in this instant.
The ledgers provide photographs (mug shots) of inmates and information such as name; alias; age; place of birth; physical description; occupation; crime committed; and date, place and length of sentence.


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Are YOU Ready to Tackle Your Priorities?
Tackle Those Priorities–
Don't Let Them Get Away!
Ironically, the day I started modifying this post from an earlier published date, there were priorities that pulled me away for a couple days!
Football season is underway (GO PATRIOTS!) and I think most people understand football terminology. So the photo above depicts the idea of tackling our priorities once we have them established.
Much like the idea of not allowing the opposing team players to get away from us with the football, we don't want to allow our priorities to slip from our grasp or get out of our control. I've learned the hard way that this has been an ongoing struggle for me; and it's also why I felt it's important to share as I learn along the way, to perhaps help other people to tackle their own priorities and get them under control sooner!
I've learned that NOT overcoming or preventing procrastination, and NOT prioritizing, balancing, establishing, and tackling priorities consistently, results in feelings of frustration, dread, embarrassment, fatigue, and otherwise negative, "I'm a failure," type of emotions. All these things combined certainly interfere with the ability to pursue purpose in our lives!
This is a bit longer post than usual, as I've compiled several relevant thoughts on these concepts from some of Joyce Meyer's teachings, because she has a real gift for expressing common problems and getting to the heart of the matter. No sense in trying to "reinvent the wheel," as they say, but rather to "work smarter, not harder." (Oh, and by the way, I have no affiliate association with Joyce, nor do I provide links that will result in any earnings for me – I just think she's a great motivational speaker, and I'm providing links to her books that I reference just in case anyone would be interested in purchasing them! I *DO* have permission from her ministry to share excerpts from her various publications).
"Dread is closely related to fear. I believe a lot of people dread many things and yet don't realize what a problem it is. How we approach any situation makes all the difference as to whether we will enjoy it. We will, of course, be miserable if we approach [any task] with a negative, complaining attitude.
It is actually extremely foolish to dread things we must do and know we will do. The main thing dread does is steal the peace and joy of life. It also drains us of energy and strength we need for the day. God gives us what we need for each day, but He does not give us tomorrow's grace or wisdom today. If we use today trying to figure out tomorrow, we feel pressure because we are using what we have been allotted for today."
— Joyce Meyer in New Day New You
"How often do you find yourself putting off things that you dread doing? Train yourself not to dread the unpleasant tasks but instead to tackle them first. The sooner in the day you do the things you don't prefer doing, the more energy you have to do them. Dread causes us to procrastinate, but if you're ever going to do something, now is the best time!"
–Joyce Meyer in The Confident Woman Devotional
"Don't spend your day looking for something easy to do instead of tackling the hard things that need to be done. Do the hard things first, the ones you dislike the most, and get them out of the way. For example, don't look at your distasteful jobs and think, 'I will do those later.' The hard tasks will nag at you all day long and drain your energy for doing the things you want to do.
The spirit of passivity will rob you of productive energy, but you have the power of God in you to overcome procrastination. Pray and ask God to help you finish the tasks you have been dreading. Work on what is important first, and soon they will no longer be ruling or ruining your day."
–Joyce Meyer in Starting Your Day Right
So Who's With Me?
Can you relate to any of these passages?
Are you ready to tackle those priorities and get them under control, so you can move on to pursuing purpose in your life?