text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - Interview with PSU in Riyadh Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in Interview with PSU in Riyadh Goto page 1, 2 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> United Arab Emirates View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message ImdramayuJoined: 09 Feb 2007Posts: 394Location: South Korea Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 9:59 am Post subject: Interview with PSU in Riyadh I'm really positive with my interview with PSU in Riyadh. I answered all question skillfully! I've heard it is one of the best places to work in KSA. Have others have experience with PSU? ImLast edited by Imdramayu on Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:16 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17644Location: USA Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 3:39 pm Post subject: Re: Outcome from Zayed interview Imdramayu wrote: Is this a good sign or should I start worrying? Im Are you serious? I don't think I'd take it as a good sign. Not that these ME employers are quick to make decisions. Have you called or emailed them? VS Back to top 2bucketsJoined: 14 Dec 2010Posts: 515Location: Middle East Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:42 pm Post subject: If it's for a job for the current semester I'd say not a good sign. Back to top ImdramayuJoined: 09 Feb 2007Posts: 394Location: South Korea Posted: Tue Jan 17, 2012 6:51 pm Post subject: Zayed said to wait till January. It's for a Sept start-up. I bombed the interview when I couldn't answer well "What do you know about Zayed University?" nor "Describe a lesson that you were pleased with." But...I don't know whether to cry or grin & bear it. Back to top n.madyarovaJoined: 08 Jan 2012Posts: 6 Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 9:58 am Post subject: I couldn't answer well "What do you know about Zayed University?" nor "Describe a lesson that you were pleased with." I can't believe you could not answer. First question was so predictable. I am saying this because I was in a same situation several years ago and I bombed the interview:) But it taught me a good lesson (I always do tons of reading about the company I am applying to), I hope it was a good lesson to you too. Second question was not difficult either! What were the other questions? I would be happy if you could share some. I am very curious as to what questions should be expected in a interview. Back to top n.madyarovaJoined: 08 Jan 2012Posts: 6 Posted: Tue Jan 31, 2012 10:32 am Post subject: I hope you won't think that i am preaching you:) Back to top Dominic-PaxJoined: 20 Oct 2009Posts: 77 Posted: Wed Feb 01, 2012 8:28 pm Post subject: Re: Outcome from Zayed interview Imdramayu wrote: I had a phone job interview with Zayed in November but haven't heard from them since. Is this a good sign or should I start worrying? Im They informed me that they were interested in hiring me about one month after the interview. Back to top ImdramayuJoined: 09 Feb 2007Posts: 394Location: South Korea Posted: Fri Feb 10, 2012 6:53 pm Post subject: Interview questions...I record my interviews In the 6 interview I've had over the past 3 months, these are a collection of all the questions asked. Yes, I remember & write down the Qs after the interview. n.madyarova, the question "What do you know about our university?" was asked only once by Zayed. Since then, I've researched about universities but nobody has yet to ask. But I do use the research to better understand their needs. GENERAL BACKGROUND What do you know about our university? Tell us about yourself What are your strengths? What motivates you? What are your weaknesses? Why are you interested in this position? How would you characterize your work at your present job? What have you taught beside English? Why are you leaving your present job? ACADEMIC BACKGROUND What kind of institution is it because I haven't heard of it? How/why did you make the transition between studies in business & education? Tell us about your MA program. TEACHING SKILLS How would you describe your teaching? Can you describe a lesson that you were pleased with? How do you motivate Ss? How would you deliver a lesson on the past tense? How do you know Ss learned from this lesson? How would you teach the difference between passive & active voice? What is the role of grammar in the EFL classroom? Would you teach grammar in a separate unit or integrate it into the course? What method would you use to teach grammar? How would you integrate grammar into your class? What additional activities do you have to engage Ss? How do you deal with problems in the classroom? IT SKILLS Describe the language software you have used. What e-learning background have you used? How do you use computers in your classroom? MATERIALS & CURRICULUM What are your feelings about the TB you wrote for us? What would you teach reading when there are only 2 courses? What are the main parts of a freshman composition course? How can a teacher adapt TB that's unrelated to students immediate situation? How can you more closely align the key testing instruments with the materials? INTERACTING WITH OTHERS How has your work been received by Ss? What's your experience in working with a team? What was your role in the team? The others' role? How do you deal with problems with a colleague? EXTRA-CURRICULAR WORK What presentations or workshops have you led? What do you do for hobbies? Tell us about the workshops you did. CULTURAL ADAPTATION What is the biggest hurdle you have experienced when teaching Saudi Ss? What do you think about teaching Arab Ss? What was your cultural adaption experience when first coming to KSA? MISCELLANEOUS How would you analyze this sentence "See John run"? Do you have any Qs for us? How much do you expect as a salary? Back to top It's Scary!Joined: 17 Apr 2011Posts: 823 Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:39 am Post subject: Quote: How would you analyze this sentence "See John run"? He was being chased by Spot, the rabies-addled dog? What kind of question is that? It's about as ridiculous an interview question I've ever heard! Back to top veiledsentimentsJoined: 20 Feb 2003Posts: 17644Location: USA Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 1:52 am Post subject: It's Scary! wrote: It's about as ridiculous an interview question I've ever heard! I agree... and how does one answer it without pointing that fact out to the interviewer? I would describe it as the type of odd construct used in elementary school textbooks in the 1950s that no actual English speaking human has ever used. VS Back to top johnslatJoined: 21 Jan 2003Posts: 13859Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:26 am Post subject: Out damn'd Spot! Out, I say! Regards, Lady Macbeth Back to top nomad soulJoined: 31 Jan 2010Posts: 11454Location: The real world Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 2:31 am Post subject: That silly question is no worse than: "If you could be a vegetable, which one would it be, and why?" I do like artichokes. Yum. Back to top It's Scary!Joined: 17 Apr 2011Posts: 823 Posted: Sat Feb 11, 2012 3:08 am Post subject: johnslat wrote: Out damn'd Spot! Out, I say! Regards, Lady Macbeth Sounds like she was trying to Shout!® it out! It's funny if you read it, you close your eyes and think of something else that you find humourous! Back to top ImdramayuJoined: 09 Feb 2007Posts: 394Location: South Korea Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:22 am Post subject: See John run? -- came from PMU This job interview question came from an interviewer at PMU. Why didn't they ask "How would you explain the passive vs. active voice to Ss?" I think it was meant to filter people out. It succeeded with my friend. Im Back to top my sirJoined: 01 Oct 2011Posts: 2Location: UAE Posted: Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:58 am Post subject: Quote: How would you analyze this sentence "See John run"? doesn't seem silly to me. The object was to see if the interviewee understood how grammar works by referring to a correct but slightly artificial sentence. Because it's a misquote from a famous teaching book, it would also be an opportunity for keen applicants to show they can critically evaluate such models. Or to put it another way, it's an opportunity to show that some of that TESOL Masters stuff stuck. 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Interested members of the public are invited to attend an informational meeting about the Natural Resource Center project at 6:00 p.m. Monday, February 11 at the SteamPlant Ballroom. There will be a brief presentation about the history of the project. Members of the board for the Natural Resource Center Development Corporation will be on hand to answer questions from the public.
More information about the history of the project may be found on the City's website at www.cityofsalida.com. Look under the Projects tab on the home page or type in this web address: https://cityofsalida.com/projects/natural-resource-center/. The Natural Resource Center is an effort to consolidate Salida's resource management agencies on a single multi-agency campus. Agencies that currently have a presence in Salida include the U.S. Forest Service, U.S. Bureau of Land Management, U.S Department of Agriculture – Natural Resources Conservation Service, Colorado Division of Parks and Wildlife, Colorado State Forest Service. Construction of a new U.S. Forest Service facility is currently underway. Discussions with Colorado Parks and Wildlife are coming to fruition. This newly merged state agency is in negotiations to purchase Lot 3 of the NRC subdivision adjacent to the U.S. Forest Service facility. Initial conversations have also begun with Colorado State University about the possibility of a presence in Salida.
If you have questions about the Natural Resource Center, please review the information on the city website or attend the meeting on Monday. If you are unable to attend, please contact Dara MacDonald, Salida City Administrator and NRC Board member at 530-2629 or email@example.com.


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To: Jerry Brown
From: Los Angeles
Re: We Will Not Be Ignored
The northward tilt in California politics is getting to be a little much. First, we had a governor's race in which all the major candidates were from the Bay Area. Your victory, and the departure of the Bodybuilder from Brentwood, means that the most prominent pols from California -- you, Dianne Feinstein, Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi -- are all Northerners. And so far, your administration seems to be taking on a very northern cast. And while you seem to be getting along well with the State Senate President Darrell Steinberg, who is from Sacramento, there is already talk of tension and coming conflicts with the Assembly Speaker, Los Angeles' John Perez.
It's time to show us some love, Gov. Brown, with appointments and maybe some quality time here. One thing you could do would be to include the largest county in the state -- Los Angeles, with more than 10 million people -- in discussions about vital matters, such as how you're going to realign services so counties have more control over both spending and taxation.
That's a very good policy direction. But if you can't make it work in LA County, the whole thing could blow up in your face. LA County is already badly struggling, unable to meet the demands on its jails, health systems and social services. Given this, it was a bit shocking to read Wednesday's LA Times.
Deep in this story about your bold move for what we hope is systemic reform of the state-local relationship, Bill Fujioka, the chief executive officer of Los Angeles County, was quoted as saying that you and your staff haven't been including the county in discussions of this proposal. Fujioka, a very reasonable man, was reduced to pleading to the Times; "We would like a seat at the table."
Elsewhere, LA Times columnist Tim Rutten, who should be sympathetic to you, came pretty close to calling your expected budget a plan to torment LA County.
You've gotten a lot of attention for renting a Sacramento loft and walking to work. Bully for you. But the last time you were governor, you had a home and residence in LA. The rest of the state might not like us, but we're the heart of California. You can't reform the state without bringing us along. Maybe it's time to sell the place in the Oakland hills and buy something down here. Hancock Park has a few homes for sale for less than a million (reports say your Oakland place is worth much more than that) that are walking distance to your old Melrose Avenue hangout, Lucy's El Adobe.
We haven't seen you down here much in a long time. It'd be good for you to spend your weekends here, if only to remind you we're still here.


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That'll teach him to gripe.
A Siberian man angrily stormed off when his wife served him cold soup — only to get lost in the woods for more than a month, barely managing to survive.
"I thought I was going to die. The temperatures were sub-zero and I was getting really weak," he told local media, the U.K. Daily Mail reported.
U.S. & World
Yuri Ticuic, 69, ate berries and leaves in the forest and eventually collapsed in a field beside a haystack, which he picked at for sustenance.
After over a month of eating hay for food and snow for water, Ticuic was found frost-bitten, weak and crippled by farm workers.
They took him to a hospital, where doctors said he was lucky to have survived and may have to have his severely frostbitten legs amputated.
"No matter what happens, that's the last time I criticize my wife's cooking. Anything is better than hay grain," he said.


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Brian Kelly wants Irish to enjoy success, stay focused
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) -- Notre Dame is posting some impressive numbers besides the zero at the end of its record and its No. 9 ranking.
The Fighting Irish defense has not yet allowed a rushing touchdown, their 36 points allowed are the fewest in the opening four games for the school since 1975 and Notre Dame (4-0) is the only FBS team that has yet to trail in a game this season. Players say there is a sense of anticipation around campus.
"You can feel the energy," defensive end Stephon Tuitt said. "I talked to my mom about it, I talked to some of the team about it, it's a different energy around here. I haven't really felt that energy before. It's an exciting feeling. It's an exciting, about-time feeling."
Coach Brian Kelly wants the Irish to enjoy their best start in a decade, so long as they stay focused on what it's taken to get them there.
"You don't just put blinders on. But what you ask them to do is focus on the task at hand, so there is a balance there as well," he said Tuesday.
The Irish haven't been balanced so far, depending heavily on their defense for their strong start. The offense needs to start contributing more, especially as Notre Dame prepares to play Miami (4-1), which is averaging 473 yards and 35.6 points a game. Notre Dame is averaging 351 yards and 25.7 points a game, but hasn't scored more than 20 points in its past three games.
"We need to score more points, no question about that," Kelly said.
Still, a win over the Hurricanes would be the fifth straight for the Irish, their longest streak since 2006 and could move the Irish higher in the poll.
Kelly called it "white noise" when Notre Dame jumped into the rankings after its season-opening victory over Navy. Back then, the Irish had three top 11 teams on its schedule, as well as two other ranked opponents to play. That noise is getting harder to ignore now that the Irish are ranked No. 9 and every team on their schedule has at least one loss, with none ranked higher than No. 13.
Kelly said he doesn't want the Irish ignoring the attention, just keeping it in perspective. He began talking about it with the players on Monday and before he could finish the first sentence he could see the seniors knew what he was talking about.
"The response that I got catching their eye was, 'Coach, we tune that out,'" Kelly said. "I'm pretty confident that our veteran players, in particular, they have been through this enough to know that the focus needs to be on the next practice."
To reinforce that message, Kelly said the Irish had a two-hour practice in full gear Monday with the first-string offense going against the first-string defense to get the Irish accustomed to the speed they'll be facing against Miami on Saturday night at Soldier Field in Chicago, reviving a game that was a big rivalry in the 1980s.
Kelly said the excitement during the bye week over the strong start is a much better feeling for a bye week than two years ago, when the Irish lost back to back games to Navy and Tulsa. In between those two games, a 20-year-old student videographer was killed while filming the team's practice when the lift he was on was blown over. That stretch was a low point in Kelly's three years as coach at Notre Dame.
"They remember that, and I remember that," he said.
Kelly said the Irish emerge from the bye week healthier, saying that a "clicking" quarterback Everett Golson was feeling in his right shoulder had had "cleared up nicely."


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Nyhetsbrev fra Kambodsja
Our staff in Kambodsja regularly put together a newsletter which is sent to volunteers working in Kambodsja at the time, those signed up to join a project in Kambodsja and to previous volunteers. The newsletters contain information about the country and our projects, stories written by volunteers, advice on what to expect when volunteering abroad in Kambodsja and much more. If you're considering overseas voluntary work the newsletters are a great way to gain a better idea of what to expect.
736KB Kambodsja Nyheter - Desember 2014
The five weeks I spent in Cambodia were truly amazing. It is an experience I will never forget and one that opened my eyes to different ways of life. It was also a trip that allowed me to meet new people and make lifelong friends. It will always be an experience I will never forget and rate very highly.
720KB Kambodsja Nyheter - November 2014
I come from a land that for decades has been referred to as "The Lucky Country". Spoilt with sun, surf and sand I've never doubted this to be true. However, maybe it takes an afternoon such as the one I experienced with Projects Abroad Cambodia this week for it to really be put into perspective.
1,75MB Kambodsja Nyheter - Oktober 2014
It had always been a dream of mine to volunteer abroad, ideally with with children. Therefore, the Projects Abroad Two Week Special - Care & Community programme seemed like the perfect opportunity. As an avid traveller, the abundance of countries to choose from made it very difficult to decide on a volunteer destination.
1,46MB Kambodsja Nyheter - September 2014
If someone had asked me how I'd spend my summer vacation after finishing 14 years of education, I wouldn't have guessed that I'd be hurtling through monsoon-soaked central Phnom Penh doing charity work.
2,87MB Kambodsja Nyheter - August 2014
The four weeks that i spent in Cambodia changed my life. Having grown up in Denmark, I have every possibility of becoming who i want to be now that i am an adult. However, this is not the case in Cambodia.
1,48MB Kambodsja Nyheter - Juli 2014
In Cambodia, the rainy season starts from early June when mosquitos also come out to play in full force. Dengue fever is a mosquito borne disease that takes the lives of many children, and outbreaks occur annually. Projects Abroad Cambodia, therefore, organized for its volunteers to spend the weekend distributing mosquito nets to students at the Riverkids Foundation. We also held a small workshop on prevention techniques in the hope of protecting as many people as possible from contracting the disease.
1,37MB Kambodsja Nyheter - Juni 2014
As she has a Business Degree and has worked in a variety of marketing and commercial roles across strategy and business operations, she was able to help review and update the communications material including the website and corporate brochure. She also worked on shaping and documenting their 2015-2018 strategic plan involving staff in a series of (translated) workshops across the Khemara offices. Finally, she helped prepare funding proposals and concept notes to secure new funding from existing donors.
961KB Kambodsja Nyheter - April 2014
My name is Donna Zahra, I'm 29 years old and I come from Melbourne, Australia. I graduated from university in 2005 and for the past 8 years I have been working as a Registered Nurse in both public and private sectors. Volunteering in a third world country was something I had always wanted to do ever since I was in high school where I learnt that volunteering overseas was a possibility.
1,93MB Kambodsja Nyheter - Mars 2014
I have always had a great passion for helping those less fortunate than myself. Dealing with both disabled children and adults from a very young age, it comes as second nature and I consider myself lucky to have had this opportunity. It is the best thing in the world seeing the difference you make in their lives.
873KB Kambodsja Nyheter - Februar 2014
I will always remember my first impression of Phnom Penh. Jet-lagged and disorientated, I gripped my seat for dear life as the taxicab careened past hoards of motorcyclists and barely missed incoming traffic.
744KB Kambodsja Nyheter - Januar 2014
I was lucky enough to share this experience with my cousin. We both had an amazing time and learnt so much about the culture and practices that took place in Cambodia. I took part in the Care Project at NBIC. Some of my roles at NBIC included teaching the children, playing games with them, changing nappies, singing songs and performing various activities with them. It was such a rewarding experience!
621KB Kambodsja Nyheter - Desember 2013
Mr. Has Sophourn, our co-ordinator, has successfully done his heart operation. He is now back at work and taking some medicine to make sure that all is well.
1,55MB Kambodsja Nyheter - November 2013
Cambodia, is off to China with Projects Abroad. "I am planning to spend six months in China with Projects Abroad to volunteer with children. After all this, I plan on studying psychology at University, and I believe that what I have gained from this experience will be a great asset to the subject I am studying," said Lara.
1,25MB Kambodsja Nyheter - Oktober 2013
After the successful 2 Week Special Programme in August, our volunteers who joined with this programme really appreciated our arrangements since the first day until they finished the Project.
1,68MB Kambodsja Nyheter - September 2013
I first came to Cambodia as a volunteer through Projects Abroad in November 2011, working on a teaching programme, initially for three months. Before I came here I had read that the Cambodian people are incredibly friendly and welcoming, and after quickly being able to form friendships with locals, both from within my workplace and from the local area to where I was living, I found this to be true.
2,21MB Kambodsja Nyheter - August 2013
I have just returned from an incredible experience in the summer where I spent two weeks in Cambodia. During my time at the placement we visited and all boys care centre in Phnom Penh. It was a pleasure to be accepted as part of the care centre family for the time I was there.
3,99MB Kambodsja Nyheter - Juli 2013
I wish I had better words than just amazing and unforgettable to describe my month with the Marine Conservation Project on Koh Rong Samloem, but that's exactly what it was.I arrived in Phnom Penhona Saturday morning and stayed the night waiting for some other diving volunteers to arrive.
828KB Kambodsja Nyheter - Mai 2013
On 13-15 of May 2013, it is the Cambodian King's Birthday Norodom Sihakmoni in the age of 60 years old. His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni is the current sovereign of Cambodia, who has been serving the country since 29 October, 2004.
869KB Kambodsja Nyheter - April 2013
I awoke with a start on an early, humid Monday morning on the 28th of January in Siem Reap. In a couple of hours I would be starting my Care placement at the New Life Centre Organization and I was starting to feel anxious and apprehensive about what I had signed up to do for two months.
869KB Kambodsja Nyheter - Mars 2013
A special donation that we got from our Two Week Special group has been used for providing dental care for 88 students at Home of Hope. Four appointments had been setup with Cambodia World Family (the placement which provides a free dental care) for teeth checking.
842KB Kambodsja Nyheter - Februar 2013
This is my account of how such a small decision has led to one of the best things I've yet to experience. First things first, my name is Clinton Elliott, and I'm a 22-year-old underground electrician from a remote town in central Australia.
1,18MB Kambodsja Nyheter - Januar 2013
On December 8th, 2012 we welcomed our Two Week Special volunteers at Phnom Penh International Airport. With months of preparation spent on the program, we were all keen to get started.


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bring out of
bring (someone or something) out of (somewhere or someone)
1. To entice someone or something to emerge from a place or thing. I think this generous salary offer will bring Fred out of retirement. You can try using food to bring that scared cat out of hiding. Do you think there's anything we can do to bring Beth out of her funk?
2. To entice someone to say something, often something of a secretive nature. I even offered money in an attempt to bring that gossip out of her!
bring someone or something out of somethingand bring someone or something out
to cause someone or something to emerge from something or some place. The explosion brought the people out of their homes. The noise brought out all the people.
bring something out of someoneand bring something out
to cause something to be said by a person, such as a story, the truth, an answer, etc. We threatened her a little and that brought the truth out of her. This warning ought to bring out the truth!


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But speaking along big important lines, it is around this time of year that Kiana and I hang up an ornament representing the most important event of the year. It has gotten tougher and tougher over the last few years. This isn't because some of them have had rough spots, they absolutely have but it's because while once in a while there may be a night with no stars, there's never a full year of those types of nights. So our little tradition of hanging up an ornament is sometimes a clear outlying beacon and sometimes it's harder than others because there's too many stars in Orion and you need all parts of it to make the constellation come together.
I can say with certainty that 2016 was the best year of my life; that may seem a bit of old stale statement when I've made it when I'm about to make it for 3rd year in a row, never before having even done it two years in a row. I like to think I'm not prone to exaggeration neither forward nor backward. And I certainly don't spend a whole lot of time looking backwards neither while running or living since it's a bit of an absurd principle to trip on what's behind you if you want to keep going in the right direction. In races anyone who ever looks back at me, the chances that they are going to beat me decrease dramatically. In cancer, I run to try to keep the grim reaper behind me but you better believe I'm never giving him any confidence boost by checking out how close he is. There have been times where I was hoping he was tasting how my dust tastes but my hope these days, and there's no such thing as false hope, is that I've left him far enough behind that the dust between us has settled for a little while.
So when you've had a year where you struggled to pick pictures for your holiday card and there you had 5 places to work with, what do you pick as the ornament?!? I got to go to two world wonders. I pr'ed in the marathon and won a 5k, a 10k, a half, and multiple relays. I got to be part of March Madness. Kiana has kept straight A's and perfect attendance all year, learned to play chess, won the science fair at the District level. We got out of debt. I did the beer mile as Bond, James Bond. My family trifecta'd in the Spartan with me. The MRI's are still stable and past a six year mark. I learned my heart has more room than anyone including myself believe. It turns out Kiana's continues to show that because she learned to ride a bicycle this year and cruised up and down hills for 20 miles. Which one of those is the biggest, 2016's North Star? And once you've picked one, how do you represent it when you want it to be unique like a snowflake?
It's also a time where we wish each other a Happy (insert appropriate religious festival here from Hannukah to Christmas to Festivus etc). Me and my next door neighbor joked with each other Happy December to make sure we don't offend the other (in total honesty if someone wishes you a happy anything even if it's not accurate, I try to take it in stride. I mean if someone wished me a happy birthday on any day besides 8/8 I'd be glad they cared enough to share happiness not that they were not 100% correct on the details). So in the best and happiest year of my life, I tried to think about what brought the most happiness to the Leon household and oddly enough the answer came, like so many good things in life, from the right connection. Kiana has got a bit of an obsession with acorns and pine cones, like the dog in Up with "SQUIRREL" she picks them up inspects them and takes joy every time she sees one lights up and says ACORN! This girl has gotten to see the lights of New York, the rides of Disney, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Texas Capitol. But a simple acorn still gets her to beam and I love it. It is perhaps why children's movies like Frozen capture the reality of the little girl who sings karaoke and we make up songs about acorns and butterflies and flowers and daily life, some people are in fact worth melting for.
Because in a world where everything is supposed to be epic, I love the Genesis creation where the story of the creator of the universe does it 'saw all that he had made, and it was good. And there was evening, and there was morning." The Guy makes the entire universe and knows thats what he's supposed to do in a days work but knows the way to describe it is nothing more grandiose than it was good. Another major religion the one who retroactively placed Jesus birthday on December 25th on a probably connection to Hannukah or Pagan Holidays, says redemption comes from someone whose birth was considered possibly illegitimate who grew up to be a homeless preacher who hung out with the poor and unhealthy is now celebrating with hymns about Him. If that seems to preachy, let me quote that more modern theologian, Gandalf from the books of Tolkien, 'Some believe it is only great power that can hold evil in check, but that is not what I have found. It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay. Small acts of kindness and love.' I've gotten to meet serious politicians, world record holders, amazing accomplishment but for many of them just as me, it's a connection to a good human or two that motivates us to do those good things.
Look I am a fan of 'epic' things, elite standards. It's why I run an arbitrary distance called a marathon at an arbitrary speed to qualify for Boston. It's why I sign Kiana and I up for adventures that are titled 'challenges,' others where at the end I'm proclaimed a 'beast.' But through it all, in the year that had so many of those, I love that Kiana still noticed acorns and saw that they were good. There's a steep steep hill here in Austin, called Wilke. I've done it many times, first as part of runs, then once as repeats with a stroller to see if I could handle the steepest marathon in Texas with a stroller. But yesterday, just yesterday, for the first time ever, I ran it side by side at Kiana's speed. She got to pick the speed and she got to pick the number of repeats (4). I did twice as many as her when she was done (8) while she sat and cheered me on. I reflected back on each of those and just couldn't think that all of this has helped my heart grow but we're only at two steps from the first Wilke repeat and didn't the Grinch's heart grow 3 sizes so looks like maybe I've still got room left to grow.
Still, when we got to the bottom of the hill after it was done she noticed a bunch of acorns on the ground and literally grabbed them by the dozen. I am a fan of both the discipline approach in running and materialism so I told her she could only take one home. Somewhere she's realized that life lets you bargain and I'm okay with her questioning authority (including mine) so she ended up with two and we were both smiling as she got them back as she entered in the car.
So when tomorrow comes we'll be hanging out with my parents who just celebrated their 30th anniversary. We'll be hanging out with my grandparents who are over 60 years of being married. I'll have both of my brothers and my nephews and nieces and cousins and uncles. We'll have some tamales to unwrap and a few hugs to give. But in the middle of it all, I'll take a short short moment to hang up an ornament that someone who is a saint, someone who noticed Kiana's enchantment and turned a pine cone into an angel and it will represent what will be the best part of the best year of our life. That even among epic, awesome adventures we still notice that its the little things that make us see that life is good.


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Thursday, September 29, 2011
What Is It Like To Live On Mars?
Posted by Jay at 7:52 PM
What's it like to live on the planet Mars? The number of books and movies about the red planet are in the hundreds, but most of those are in the realm of fiction. The idea, too, of colonizing Mars isn't novel, but that endeavor might not happen for another few dozen or even hundred years. Thankfully, a group of forward-thinking people are preparing for that momentous enterprise, and one of those people, Angeliki Kapoglou, has captured in images that group's first steps.
Labels: Mars, Outer Space, Photojournalism, Space
Tuesday, September 27, 2011
The Face Of Mars
Posted by Jay at 8:53 PM
On July 25, 1976, Viking Orbiter 1 captured an image that would spark the imagination of millions around the world and reignite the debate of life on Mars and in other worlds outside of earth. The image, dubbed F035A72, showed the Cydonia region of Mars, but it would be infamously known as the image of the face on Mars.
Saturday, September 24, 2011
Michael Wolf: A Series Of Unfortunate Events As Presented By Google Street View
Posted by Jay at 6:54 PM
What defines street photography from other forms of visual documentary? At its purest, street photography is just that: objectively photographing what happens on the streets. That definition might be stretched to include works that have been digitally manipulated, but what about images that have been photographed by someone, or more accurately, something else? Michael Wolf asks that question through his unique street photography as presented through the eyes of Google Street View cameras in a project entitled "A Series Of Unfortunate Events".
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Peter Funch: A Series Of Coincidental Coincidences
Posted by Jay at 7:06 PM
Even with the advent of digital photography, good modern street photography is surprisingly hard to come by. There are a handful of photographers today that keep the scene fresh and exciting, with some of them bridging the gap between photography and art to create something new and affecting. Peter Funch belongs to that second group with his photographs of weird and curious coincidental coincidences.
Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Matt Stuart: Modern Street Photography
Posted by Jay at 6:45 PM
Last week's post centered heavily on street photography from the age of black-and-white film, so this week will see some more contemporary works in the same field, more or less. One of the reasons why good modern street photography is hard to come by is because most amateurs make the process more about themselves than about the photographs. Others just rehash the works of the old masters. Photographer Matt Stuart breathes fresh air into modern street photography through his whimsical and stimulating images.
Sunday, September 18, 2011
Jacques Henri Lartigue: In The Blink Of An Eye
Posted by Jay at 11:14 AM
Real street photography can only be successful when there is something poignant or whimsical that is captured in the blink of an eye. Some modern attempts can be rather intrusive and insincere because the process is more about the photographer rather than the subject, but legends such as Henri Cartier-Bresson and Helen Levitt instinctively knew what needed to be recorded in the frame. Almost a hundred years ago, a little boy had what Cartier-Bresson and Levitt had, and started photographing his family, his city and his life in general. Photographer JacquesHenri Lartigue fascinated the photography world when his boyhood photographs discovered, giving ordinary people a glimpse into high society French life.
Friday, September 16, 2011
Helen Levitt: New York's Unassuming Street Photographer
Posted by Jay at 5:52 AM
Henri Cartier-Bresson's reputation as the master of street photography is rightly earned. Decades after his pioneering work in the field, many have walked the same path with varying results. Other masters of street photography have come and gone, but some unassuming photographers have unfortunately been neglected for decades. Street photographer Helen Levitt, who documented New York's street life beginning in the 1930s, is one of those neglected artists.
Tuesday, September 13, 2011
Henri Cartier-Bresson: Looking Back
Posted by Jay at 9:08 PM
The first post on this blog was more of a rant that a real post, which is sad considering that it was about the legendary master of street photography, Henri Cartier-Bresson,. Looking back, what's even sadder is that it had only one image, a bit underwhelming for a photography blog.
Saturday, September 10, 2011
The Soul Of The City by Jasper James
Posted by Jay at 6:33 PM
This week began with a silhouette of one of the most iconic landmarks in the world, so it's only fitting that the week should end on a related note. This time, people play a more prominently role, or at least their reflections do, giving character and soul to the city that surrounds them. These are the photographs of Jasper James.
Thursday, September 8, 2011
Liu Bolin: Hiding In Plain Sight
Posted by Jay at 5:48 PM
Traveling can be a great way to get some culture, bring home some souvenirs and generally get lost in a new place. For some people, traveling is literally a way to get lost in the crowd of buildings, monuments and posters. Artist Liu Bolin, a.k.a. the invisible man, has mastered the art of hiding in plain sight in order to produce his peculiar artworks.
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
In The Shadow Of Giants: In Remembrance Of 9/11
Posted by Jay at 8:56 PM
This weekend will see the 10th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks. With this in mind, allow me to post my own short tribute to this occasion.
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Isa Leshko: Old But Still Adorable Animals
Posted by Jay at 7:03 AM
This week has seen a humongous bull calmly posing with his human handler and a tiny Dr. Dolittle girl in the embrace of elephants. These are pictures you wouldn't normally see on the Internet because of the rarity of the subject or occurrence, but there are even more images that most people wouldn't bother to take, even if they were right in front of them. Old animals don't get the attention that cute and adorable puppies and kittens get, so it's nice to so have photographer Isa Leshko devote her time to documenting these elderly creatures.
Thursday, September 1, 2011
Robin Schwartz: Amelia's World Of Wonderful Animals
Posted by Jay at 6:07 PM
The variety of breeds shown in the previous post might make you wonder just how far reaching man's relationship is with animals. Only a handful of species have been successfully domesticated by humans, leading to the generalization that these animals possess certain characteristics that allow for them being tamed and utilized by people. On the other hand, it takes a certain quality of a person to be able to have the empathy necessary to communicate with these animals. Photographer Robin Schwartz explores that idea by documenting her daughter Amelia in the company of weird and wonderful animals.
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Louis "Lepke" Buchalter
Thomas E. Dewey built a political career around hounding the Jewish gangster Lepke. His execution in 1944 — the first of a major underworld figure – riveted the attention of a nation and was in doubt up to the last minute.
by Allan May
It was Thursday, March 2, 1944, and time was running out in Sing Sing prison for Louis "Lepke" Buchalter and four of his henchmen who were facing execution with him. Condemned to the electric chair with Lepke were Emmanuel "Mendy" Weiss and Louis Capone, for the murder of candy storeowner Joseph Rosen; and Joseph Palmer and Vincent Sallami, for the murder of Brooklyn detective Joseph Miccio.
From the pre-execution chamber that the underworld called the "Dance Hall," Lepke seemed confident that the legal maneuverings of his attorney, J. Bertram Wegman, would pay off. After all, his execution date had already been changed five times. Weiss and Capone were optimistic too that if reprieve came for the boss that they would escape the electric chair too. Palmer and Sallami both sat dejected. Only a last minute word from New York Gov. Thomas E. Dewey could save them.
The day before, Wednesday, Federal Judge Clarence G. Galston had declined to issue a writ of habeas corpus to delay Lepke's execution. Attorney Wegman's position in seeking the writ from Galston was on the grounds that Lepke's constitutional rights had been violated. The lawyer contended that Attorney General Francis Biddle had erred in turning Lepke over to the state for execution while he was still serving a 14-year federal sentence for a narcotics conviction.
Judge Galston ruled that Lepke had no right to decide whether he should be allowed to serve his federal term before having to face the state's sentence of execution. The judge also rejected the argument that Lepke should have received a commutation of his federal sentence by President Franklin D. Roosevelt before being surrendered to the state.
Wegman would now have to appear before the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals if Lepke's life was to continue. The only alternatives now being commutation of the death sentence by Dewey or the remote chance of being granted a new trial.
The condemned men were shaved, then they showered, and dressed in the traditional death-night garb of white socks, carpet slippers, and black trousers with a slit in one leg so the electrode could be attached to the bare skin. From the pre-execution chamber the men were just 25 feet from the chair. Set apart by partitions, the prisoners could not see one another but could communicate. Given the traditional choice of selecting their last meals, Lepke had requested steak, french fries, salad, and pie for lunch; and for dinner – roast chicken, shoestring potatoes, and salad. Weiss and Capone, as always following the boss's lead, ordered the same.
"Something can happen yet," Lepke called out to his death-cell mates. "I can feel it."
Something did happen. Just 70 minutes before Lepke, Weiss, and Capone were to meet their fate, Gov. Dewey granted the trio a two-day extension to allow Wegman an opportunity to apply to the U. S. Supreme Court. Warden William E. Snyder sent Rev. Bernard Martin to deliver the news to the men. Cop killers Palmer, 26 years old, and Sallami, 28, were not included in the extension. They were executed one after the other at 11 p.m. as designated.
How had Lepke arrived at this point after years of successfully running his illegal empire? By the mid-1930s, with Waxey Gordon and Charles "Lucky" Luciano in prison, and Dutch Schultz dead, Lepke was the criminal most on then Special District Attorney Thomas E. Dewey's mind. Before Dewey could act, a federal district attorney trying to make a name for himself upstaged him. Lepke and his sidekick, Jacob "Gurrah" Shapiro were indicted for violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act as it pertained to the restraint of trade of rabbit skins in the garment industry. The trial took place in October 1936 and to the surprise of many, both men were found guilty and given the maximum sentence – two years.
Dewey saw the sentencing as an opportunity. Once appeals were exhausted and the two men were imprisoned he would have time to collect evidence for his own indictment, that, he hoped, if they were found guilty, would send them away for a long time.
The strategy Dewey used was much the same as the one he mounted against Luciano. He exerted pressure on Lepke's associates, past and present, promising them immunity from prosecution in exchange for testimony. Those who refused to cooperate were harassed and threatened with imprisonment by the aggressive lawman.
Meanwhile, as Lepke and Gurrah appealed their current convictions, they decided that if the court upheld the decision they would break bail and go into hiding. When the decision came down it was Gurrah's conviction that was upheld, and Lepke was to be re-tried. Deciding not to wait around, in July 1937 Lepke and Gurrah went underground with the help of close friend Albert Anastasia.
In an effort to combat the case being built against them, Lepke employed killers from the Murder, Inc. gang to eliminate a number of the witnesses that Dewey was gathering to testify against him. Not all the people Dewey interrogated were marked for death. Some were paid to leave the city. One old Lepke associate, Max Rubin, had left the city several times, but kept returning to see his family. Murder, Inc. gunmen tracked Rubin down and shot him in the head. Rubin survived. Dewey used this shooting to exploit his case against Lepke and Gurrah in absentia, and his own campaign to be Manhattan's new district attorney.
Dewey won the election in a landslide and immediately intensified his pursuit of Lepke and Gurrah. Although sightings of the two mobsters came from as far away as Poland, Puerto Rico, Cuba, and Canada, the pair never left Brooklyn. Lepke was resigned to remain in hiding for the long haul, Gurrah, on the other hand, was ill and turned himself in on April 14, 1938.
With the focus of the manhunt solely on Lepke, the reward for his capture reached $50,000. His face appeared on posters, movie screens, and in newspapers across the country. Lepke had become the most wanted man in America. The publicity Lepke generated also provided good exposure for Dewey as explained in the book, The Rise and Fall of the Jewish Gangster in America, by Albert Fried:
"And as Lepke's notoriety rose, so did Dewey's status. It was apparent to state and nation that Lepke was escaping from Dewey, and for good reason. Dewey was convicting everyone in sight, including Tammany's own Jimmy Hines, the partner of Dutch Schultz and many another racketeer. But Lepke was Dewey's meal ticket to higher office, perhaps to the highest; Lepke was the best Republican hope to come along in years and Dewey was going to exploit him for all he was worth. And so within a year of making his promise to break the underworld's grip on New York City Dewey became the Republican candidate for governor."
Dewey lost in his first bid for the governor's seat. This made him go after Lepke with even more determination. Meanwhile, the toll in human lives, as the two played their deadly cat-and-mouse game, continued to rise. It was believed the Murder, Inc. killers dispatched 13 men to their graves during this period, including the candy storeowner Joseph Rosen.
During the summer of 1939, the pressure on the underworld reached a peak and something had to give. The "give" was for Lepke to give himself up. This of course followed assurances by his underworld associates that the "fix" was in. Lepke surrendered himself in spectacular fashion by using nationally known radio personality Walter Winchell as an intermediary to turn himself into J. Edgar Hoover on the night of August 24, 1939. Lepke soon realized that the fix was not in, and that he had been betrayed.
The federal government was given first crack at Lepke. It indicted him on narcotics offenses for his involvement in a drug smuggling ring involving Jacob "Yasha" Katzenberg (See my article Yasha "The Wandering Jew," March 29, 1999).
Lepke then learned that when the federal government was done with him he would be turned over to his nemesis Dewey. In December 1939 the federal narcotics trial of Lepke began. It was short and sweet. With Katzenberg testifying against his former partners, Lepke and three co-defendants were quickly found guilty. Lepke was sentenced to 14 years in Leavenworth Federal Prison; this sentence was on top of the time he already owed the government for breaking his bail in 1937.
Dewey hustled Lepke back to the state court, trying him on charges of racketeering in the baking industry. Lepke was found guilty of the charges and sentenced to 30 years, which would not begin until after his 14 years for the federal sentence. The worst was yet to come however. Before Lepke could catch his breath, Abe "Kid Twist" Reles, one of the top guns of Murder, Inc., revealed the gang's operations and leadership.
Brooklyn District Attorney, and mayoral hopeful, William O'Dwyer was credited with breaking open the Murder, Inc. syndicate. In April 1941, he announced the indictments of Lepke, Weiss, and Capone for the murder of Joseph Rosen. By the time the trial was underway that summer, O'Dwyer had removed himself from the case to focus on running for mayor.
On Nov. 30, the three defendants were found guilty of murder. Two days later they were sentenced to death, the execution to be carried out at Sing Sing during the first week of January, 1942. Five postponements had brought the trio the additional time up to March 2, 1944. In the meantime, O'Dwyer was elected mayor of New York City and Thomas Dewey had become governor of the state. Lepke had served them both well.
Late on the afternoon of March 2, Manhattan District Attorney Frank Hogan received a message from Warden Snyder that Lepke wanted to talk to him. That Lepke was convicted in Brooklyn and Hogan was from Manhattan was a fact not lost on the newspapers. Hogan and two assistants drove to Sing Sing where they spoke to Lepke in his cell for 90 minutes. Hogan returned to the city and telephoned Dewey. Later that night the two-day reprieve was ordered. Whatever Lepke said to the district attorney, Hogan never revealed publicly.
A spokesperson for the governor insisted the delay was only granted to give Wegman the opportunity to apply for Lepke's appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court. This did not stop rumors from running rampant that Lepke was willing to talk. With Dewey already a candidate for the presidency, the information Lepke was rumored to have disclosed was so sensitive in nature that it could propel Dewey into the White House.
While Lepke was imprisoned from 1939 to 1944, stories persisted about what he might be willing to reveal about "men in high places." People in and out of law enforcement speculated on what he would say. Many believed if Lepke had opened up he would "blow the roof off the country" exposing:
--A nationally prominent labor leader on a murder charge.
--A noted public official of New York City on a conspiracy charge.
--A close relative of a very high public office holder as a 'front' for at least two of the gang lords who are credited with controlling crime in the United States.
Lepke once claimed, "If I would talk a lot of big people would get hurt. When I say big, I mean big. The names would surprise you."
During the two-day reprieve, the New York newspapers ran wild with speculation as to what Lepke had to reveal. Chief among the rumors was that the mob boss could provide information on Sidney Hillman, the president of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Hillman was a member of President Roosevelt's wartime administration, and his inner circle. With Hillman's connections to organized labor, Dewey, it was believed, could link him to Lepke and parlay this information into a corruption scandal to hang over the Democrats in the November 1944 elections.
Before 1 p.m. Saturday, March 4, the U. S. Supreme Court rejected, without comment, Wegman's plea that Lepke was wrongly released from federal prison. Lepke's fate, along with Weiss' and Capone's, was sealed.
Shortly after the rejection, a hasty meeting was called at the Depot Square Hotel located in Ossining, New York, a mile from the prison. There, in a crowded combination bar and restaurant, appeared Mrs. Beatrice Wasserman Buchalter, Lepke's wife. Wearing sunglasses, she pulled a yellow piece of notebook paper from her purse and stated, "My husband just dictated this statement in his death cell. I wrote it down, word for word."
"I am anxious to have it clearly understood that I did not offer to talk and give information in exchange for any promise of commutation of my death sentence. I did not ask for that!" (The exclamation point was Lepke's.)
"The one and only thing I have asked for is to have a commission appointed to examine the facts. If that examination does not show that I am not guilty, I am willing to go to the chair, regardless of what information I have given or can give."
In Burton Turkus's book, Murder, Inc. he claims:
"By releasing the statement through his wife, Lepke also was, I am convinced, giving an unmistakable signal to the mob. He was broadcasting to his Syndicate associates that he had not and would not talk of them or of the national cartel. About politicians and political connections and the like – yes: the crime magnates would seek no reprisal for that. But not about the top bosses of crime. It was pure and simple life insurance. No member of his family would be safe if the crime chiefs believed he had opened up on the organization itself."
The last attempt to delay the execution came from an unlikely source. Rabbi Jacob Katz was the Jewish chaplain at the prison and served as Lepke and Weiss's spiritual advisor. Executions at the prison traditionally took place on Thursday nights at 11 p.m. These electrocutions would be the first death sentences performed on a Saturday night since 1917. Katz telephoned the governor Saturday morning, asking him to not conduct the executions that evening because it was the Jewish Sabbath. Due to holding services on the Sabbath, Katz said he could not leave his responsibilities in the Bronx until sundown, which would only give him "a scant three hours" with his two charges.
"It has been the custom for the chaplain to be with the condemned the whole day long on the last day of his life," he said. "It creates a very human feeling between the condemned and the chaplain and society, and with his God. So much so that whatever nervousness, whatever tension has been created is reduced to a state of resignation and submission to one's fate on the part of the condemned."
Request denied! I doubt this consideration had been extended to any of the 13 condemned victims Lepke had ordered dispatched.
Having had their last meals for the second time in three days, the trio realized when no word from the governor's mansion was received by 10:45 p.m. that all hope was lost. With the witness room packed with 36 on-lookers, Louis Capone was the first to take his turn in the hot seat. Flanked by two guards, and following Rev. Martin, Capone was strapped in at 11:02 p.m. and pronounced dead three minutes later.
Weiss came next. Walking behind Rabbi Katz, he was the only one to speak. "Can I say something?" he asked meekly.
"I'm here," he slowly stated, "on a framed-up case." Chewing hard on a piece of gum he seemed to lose his train of thought for the moment, but then concluded with, "And Governor Dewey knows it."
He finished with, "Give my love to my family…and everything."
At 11:10 p.m. Weiss was declared dead.
Lepke quickly walked in with Rabbi Katz. His step was described as brisk and defiant. He almost threw himself into the chair.
Frank Coniff, a reporter for the New York Journal American, was one of the witnesses. He wrote, "You look at the face…you cannot tear your eyes away. Sweat beads his forehead. Saliva drools from the corner of his lips. The face is discolored. It is not a pretty sight."
At 11:16, Louis "Lepke" Buchalter was declared dead.
Burton Turkus wrote as a conclusion to the executions:
"A kingpin of national crime was gone, a czar of the rackets. The Syndicate that rules the underworld and has connections in the highest political places had lost its first major figure to the Law. Ironically, for all his power and his killings, it was the murder of a little man that caught up with Lepke, and ended him. Justice proved she plays no favorites; she works for the man who pulls the strings as well as the one who pulls the trigger. Before then, no executive of organized crime ever sat in the chair. Since Lepke, there has been no other."


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Иконописиконографияиконимека мебелRosalind Picard, a co-inventor of software that can assess people's expressions, is marketing the software for people with autistic spectrum disorders, and other users. However, she notes that:
Affectiva, Dr. Picard said, intends to offer its technology as "opt-in only," meaning consumers have to be notified and have to agree to be watched online or in stores. Affectiva, she added, has turned down companies, which she declined to name, that wanted to use its software without notifying customers.
Steve Lohr, Smarter Than You Think: When Computers Keep Watch, NYT 2011/01/02.
While I have to acknowledge her consistency, it would be a more elegant bit of turn-around justice for consumers to be given those shy companies' identity.


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For her birthday, I made my sister a lace-weight crocheted Alpine Frost shawl. It was more the color of alpenglow. I was extremely pleased with and ridiculously proud of it. One of the top five things I've ever made, I think. I gave it to her last night at dinner (the four of us went here, and it was spectacular). Last week, when I had finished it but hadn't given it to her yet, naturally I informed her that I was about to give her the most awesome and fantastic birthday present she had ever gotten from anyone anywhere in her entire life and if it wasn't then . . . well . . . well, I don't really know what, but something. So she was prepared to have her mind blown and I believe she was suitably impressed, which further pleased me. I do like to direct people on exactly how to feel about the handmade presents I give them. I am just so helpful like that. A helpful person. ;-)
When we got home last night — can you believe that sky? That photo is exactly what it looked like in real life. It only lasted a few minutes. I walked down the road in a long flowered dress with the camera. Click click click. The sky was changing second to second. Thunder ripped from several different parts of the sky, then lightning, then more thunder. We sat in the back yard and watched it as night came on. A faint rain fell and evaporated on landing. Eleven seconds, generally, between the jagged white strike and the thunder-roll. Andy lit all the candles. It was our fifteenth wedding anniversary. I looked up and made a wish on the first bright star in the ultraviolet sky. Oh I do love that man with my whole soul.


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World Umpires Association president John Hirschbeck and union spokesman Lamell McMorris said Wednesday that Tom Christopher, the Milwaukee-based supervisor of security and investigations in the commissioner's office, had asked questions about Klan membership to neighbors of umpires Greg Gibson and Sam Holbrook, who reside in Kentucky.
In addition, Hirschbeck said similar questions had been asked of neighbors of umpire Ron Kulpa, who lives in suburban St. Louis.
"In a year with the injustice of Jena Six, nooses hung around the country and the Tiger Woods-Golfweek scandal, Major League Baseball's false impersonations of friendships and ill-contrived questions further press sensitive racial stereotypes, with no basis for suspicion," Jesse Jackson said. "They have essentially defamed their people in their own neighborhoods."
Baseball stepped up background checks last August, after it became public that the FBI was investigating then-NBA referee Tim Donaghy for betting on games. Donaghy pleaded guilty to felony charges of conspiracy to engage in wire fraud and transmitting betting information through interstate commerce, and he awaits sentencing. He has since resigned from his job as a referee.
As mentioned, the recent scandal in the NBA involving Tim Donaghy is the obvious driving force behind the increased scrutiny of the umpires. However, this bizarre Ku Klux Klan revelation makes me wonder what else is at work, as KKK membership has nothing to do with financial impropriety.
Involvement in gambling by a referee or umpire is of obvious concern, as his professional integrity could be comprised by rising financial debt. However, it's clear that MLB has expanded the scope of its investigations to cover all aspects of professional integrity, not just financial impropriety. However, one wonders why MLB would think to include race in its investigations. Is it possible that any recent events have necessitated this type of inquiry?
Thinking back over recent events in Major League Baseball, it's hard not to stop at one in particular.
On September 23, 2007 San Diego Padre Milton Bradley was involved in an altercation with first base umpire Mike Winters. Normally, most would be quick to dismiss it as nothing more than another in a long line of Milton Bradley meltdowns, however there was more to it than meets the eye.
In the 8th inning, Bradley singled off of Rockies starter Jeff Francis. As Bradley reached first base, he engaged in a conversation with Mike Winters that became heated. The situation quickly escalated and Bradly had to be restrained by seemingly half of San Diego. Ultimately, Bradley was wrestled to the ground by his own manager Bud Black. In the struggle, Bradley ended both his season and the Padres season when he tore ACL and MCL in his knee.
Predictably, the aftermath boiled down to a "he said, he said" situation, Padre first coach Bobby Meacham was unwaivering in his support for Bradley and his comments are very telling.
"In 26 years of baseball, I can honestly say that's the most disconcerting conversation I have ever heard from an umpire to a player," Meacham said. "It was almost like he wanted to agitate the whole thing. He wanted to get Milton boiling for some reason. Milton, he held his cool. I was just appalled."
Major League Baseball launched an investigation and while it was never revealed exactly what was said, the results speak for themselves. Winters was suspended, while Bradley was not.
Whether race played a part in the Bradley-Winters incident will likely never be known, but it's clear that MLB is concerned about racism tainting the objectivity of its umpires. You can debate the wisdom of MLB's decision or tactics, but it seems clear that the character cops have been let loose on the MLB umpires. It remains to be seen whether these comprehensive investigations are justified or effective, but it seems well past time that the general conduct of the umpires was placed under greater scrutiny.


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Sandra Bullock's heartbreaker Jesse James rides again -- even if it's only for a weekend.
Before James became a tabloid figure he was a successful television personality with his last show finishing on Spike TV just before his notorious infidelity scandal erupted. For the first weekend since the wild tales erupted, James will return to that television star status.
Spike TV will air a two-day marathon featuring James' show "Jesse James Is a Dead Man" along with another Spike original show: "The Joe Schmo Show." Schmo is Saturday and Jesse is Sunday, beginning at 1 pm EST.
Lest anyone feel the guy-network is being sympathetic to James, Spike TV is calling the weekend a "Schmo Down." And James might be the king of the Schmos after his behavior.
"We're having a little fun with the Schmo theme," David Schwarz, the vice president of communications for Spike TV tells PopcornBiz. "And (for Jesse) that might be putting it mildly."
"We have both of these guys from these shows being sort of clueless and acting foolish," he adds. "And for Jesse, that goes for many ways."
The "Dead Man" show, which ran for a season of 13 episodes, features James performing a variety of lethal, and often seemingly foolhardy stunts. The show was a success for the "adrenalin junkies" and the primarily male audience of Spike. Now Schwarz expects the curious who cannot even remember a James before the scandal.
"There is a curiosity factor," he says. "We expect it to do well."
"Whether you like Jesse or you don't like Jesse. It's a well made show."
Schwarz says he doesn't expect an outcry from Sandra Bullock fans angered at the very thought of any Jesse James -- except for the television apologizing type -- appearing on television.
From the "Dead": Jesse James Makes TV Return on Spike TV Marathon
Sandra Bullock's heartbreaker Jesse James rides again -- even if it's only for a weekend.


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'Leccy Tech As an answer to those who say e-cars will never take off because their range is limited, this isn't at all bad. A Tesla Roadster managed to cover 241 miles on a single charge while taking part in the Rallye Monte Carlo d'Energies Alternatives.
Organised by the Automobile Club of Monaco, the annual rally is open to cars powered by just about any 'alternative' fuel source, such as LPG, ethanol or even petrol-powered hybrid drives.
The rally course runs 390km (241 miles) from the town of Valance in France to the Principality of Monaco and covers a mixture of trunk roads, motorways and single-carriageway roads that wind through the mountains.
This year's all-electric entrants included a Ruf-modified Porsche 911 and a handful of Mitsubishi iMiEVs but it was the Tesla that stole the e-car laurels by managing to get cross the finishing line with an indicated 61km (38 miles) of juice left in the battery pack.
That would give the Roadster a theoretical maximum touring range of nearly 280 miles – 36 miles more than Tesla itself reckons the car will cover on a charge.
If the numbers stand up to official scrutiny, Tesla will hold the world record for the longest distance travelled by a production electric car on a single charge.
Of course, it should be pointed out that the Tesla was driven by a company staffer doubtless practised in eking out every last mile from a charge, and that the speeds averaged on the run were hardly blistering – 90kph (56mph) on the motorways, 60kph (37mph) on trunk roads and 30kph (19) in the mountain roads. Tesla reckon the average speed for the entire journey was 45kph (28mph).
After a day spent proving the Tesla's economy and range, the car was handed over to former F1 driver Heinz-Harald Frentzen who took it for a thrash around one of the Monte Carlo Rally's special night stages. Nobody is saying what sort of range Frentzen got from the car. ®


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Stand With Me, Jose Antonio Vargas, for a New Conversation about Immigration
This petition had 101,319 supporters
On June 22, 2011, after more than a decade of writing news stories (covering the 2008 presidential campaign, reporting on tech culture and profiling notable people like Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg), I published a story in the New York Times. It was my life story -- a deeply personal story that exposes the greater universal truth about our immigration system.
Since publishing "My Life As an Undocumented Immigrant," I've done a round of media interviews and heard from countless people via email, Twitter and Facebook. I want to thank all of the individuals who have both challenged and supported me, as well as ask those who have not yet done so to join me.
I decided to leave my job as an award-winning journalist and come out about my immigration status in order to launch the project "Define American." I knew it would be a risk, but I also knew it was long past time to strike up a more civil, sensible and inclusive debate about immigration in America. I was tired of staying silent.
We may not all agree on how to fix it, but one thing we can all agree on is that our immigration debate is out of control and our immigration system is badly broken. I believe that not only can we do better, but that we must.
Will you sign the pledge to stand with me -- Jose Antonio Vargas -- in saying that it's time for a new national conversation on immigration? Define American. Pledge to ask questions, debate, listen, and learn.
Some would say my story is the tale of a hard-working immigrant who defines the American dream: achieving success against great odds, working hard and paying taxes, and even earning a part of a Pulitzer Prize for my reporting. Still, despite everything I've achieved, the law still says I am not technically an American. I am undocumented.
I want to ask my fellow Americans: what would you do, if you found out at age 16 that you didn't have the right papers? As a journalist, my job is to ask questions that spark conversation. Now I am asking you to join in.
Sign the pledge to "Define American", share it with everyone you know, and then leave us a comment about what you would do if you found out you were undocumented. I will bring your comments with me as I head to the next round of media interviews.
We all have a story to tell, so let's talk. Let's debate. Most importantly, let's listen.
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3. Product Marketing (Notebook) (PM-EL)
4. Marketing Coordinator (MC-EL)
1. Engineer (Eng-EL)
Supporting Customer Service Division on achieving the Division strategy within Technical Support Department Responsible in analyzing electronic trouble shooting and providing the solution Managing authorized service and technical training.
a) Male/female, max. 30 years old
b) Hold diploma or bachelor degree in electronic or computer
c) At least 2 years experiences in electronic company
d) Strong verbal communication skills in English
e) Good knowledge in Personal Computer/PC
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Responsible for the achievement of sales target by supervising and coordinating the sales promoter booth in accordance to company mission and vision, review sales activity report to identify aspects requiring company attention and support.
a) Male/female, max. 35 years old.
b) Hold bachelor degree.
c) At least 2 years experience in sales & marketing, experience in electronic industry is preferred.
d) Strong in communication and negotiation skill.
e) Capable in handling SPB/SPG
f) Fluent command of English (writing, speaking, & reading).
g) Good knowledge in Personal Computer/PC.
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Love the Fall here in Utica. Most beautiful place to bike, fish, and hike. Would enjoy both biking and hiking followed by dinner at one of the local outside bar & grills/taverns.
I'd enjoy talking a picnic lunch on a short hike with our doggies. a chance to walk and talk and enjoy nature!
Take a nice walk in the woods or park so we can have conversation to get to know each other. Then maybe a bite to eat and chat some more and then maybe a bike ride
Something fun outside!
prefer to meet and talk to see if we click, get to know each other better that way..
A quiet picnic with or without pets would be nice in order to have the privacy to get to know one another better.
After that..., perhaps a ride on the back of your bike!
Meet at a park and sit and talk. Ride around talking getting to know each other then dinner. If weather's good go ride my bike.
Maybe just share coffee and conversation somewhere for starters.
anywhere really. I can always come up with something.
A few sandwhiches, sit along a stream and get to know each other.
Nice walk on the beach stop for a drink or 2 and then a meal if all goes well
Under the cercomestances where I don't have a bike at the moment I'd like us to get to know each other with no expectations see I'm looking for honesty and communication and compromise between the both of us......
Just meet somewhere quiet so we can talk and maybe take a walk
Just an easy and relaxing walk on a beach talking and getting familiar with one another under the late afternoon sun.


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A poaching resurgence has pushed up the price of ivory, resulting in more elephant carnage. But some of the baby elephants orphaned in the wake of such violence will survive -- thanks to the dedication of naturalist Daphne Sheldrick. NBC's Chelsea Clinton reports.
On Wednesday "Nightly News" aired a report from special correspondent Chelsea Clinton featuring naturalist Daphne Sheldrick (above), who has been working for decades to preserve Kenya's wildlife. The final piece in Clinton's two-part series (below) aired Thursday, and it explains how baby elephants orphaned by poachers are being rescued and raised.
Conservationist Daphne Sheldrick set up the world's only elephant orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya 30 years ago. It's a labor of love with Sheldrick, along with the elephant keepers, watching over the big babies around the clock. NBC's Chelsea Clinton reports.
Below, find out how to help Sheldrick's charity, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, and why ivory remains such a precious commodity.
Daphne Sheldrick writes:
With the illegal ivory priced as it is today, driven by the demand in the Far East (particularly China), saving the African elephant is now the responsibility of the international community through the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES). It is beyond the capability of the elephant range states to control the poaching driven by this demand.
The sale of all ivory, be it legal or illegal, must be banned totally with those countries that destroy their ivory stockpiles compensated, and those that don't, punished.
Daphne Sheldrick, who runs the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, and NBC News special correspondent Chelsea Clinton discuss the care taken to make orphaned elephants comfortable and trusting enough to take a bottle of nutrition.
The elephant is an iconic species sharing with us humans many of the same emotions -- the same sense of family and the same sense of death. To kill such an animal for a trinket made from its tooth is an abomination that should be punished severely, particularly in this, the 21st century, when humankind should have at least understood that all species benefit the Earth as a whole and that the Earth does not exist solely for us humans, but is home to many other species who have evolved along with it, and are necessary to its well-being.
People must persuade political representatives who will be making such decisions at CITES to vote to save the elephants rather than being influenced by trade.
Daphne Sheldrick has worked tirelessly to hand-rear more than 130 orphaned elephants at the Nairobi National Park, eventually helping them integrate back into the wild. She has also raised more than a dozen black rhinos.
From the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust:
Established 35 years ago by Dame Daphne Sheldrick in memory of her late husband David Sheldrick, the founder warden of Kenya's giant Tsavo National Park, the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust (DSWT) is dedicated to the protection and conservation of wildlife and habitats in Kenya. The charity is best known for its pioneering work with orphaned elephants. Daphne Sheldrick has been living alongside elephants for 50 years and she was the first person to successfully hand-rear a milk-dependent newborn elephant.
NBC Special Correspondent Chelsea Clinton spoke with head elephant keeper Edwin Lusichi and Daphne Sheldrick of the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust about the care given to traumatized elephant orphans.
Today the charity has successfully returned 91 elephant orphans to the wild, with another 53 currently reliant on their care. There are 22 baby elephants ages 2 years and under at the DSWT Nursery in Nairobi and another 31 adolescents, graduates of the Nursery, at their two reintegration centres in Tsavo East National Park.
Increasingly the animals the DSWT is called to rescue are ivory orphans; their mothers murdered before their eyes for their tusks; while climate change, drought, a burgeoning human population and livestock place further pressure on land and elephant populations. Already in 2012, the DSWT has been called to 17 baby elephant rescues.
Daphne Sheldrick, who runs the David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, tells NBC Special Correspondent Chelsea Clinton about what makes baby elephants so unique.
Elephants are under threat. These intelligent, gentle and social animals known as Africa's Gardeners -- for the role they play in clearing new paths in the bush and dispersing seeds -- are being killed for their ivory at the worst levels since the 1980s. 2011 was the worst year for ivory seizures since the international ivory ban went into effect in 1989. During 2011, authorities seized more than 23 tons of ivory, which represented about 2,500 individual elephants killed. Given that customs search approximately 5 percent of shipments, it is accepted that significantly more ivory will have been successfully smuggled out of Africa.
Today there are around 450,000 elephants in Africa, down from 1.3 million in 1979. It is estimated by the IUCN (International Union for Conservation of Nature) that up to 38,000 elephants are killed annually for their tusks. Left unchecked this could see the population of African Elephants wiped out in under 20 years.
Demand for ivory is rising, fueled by an increasingly affluent middle class in China and the Far East where ivory is seen as a symbol of wealth, status and power. Through the elephant orphans project, mobile veterinary units, eight mobile anti-poaching teams, and aerial surveillance and community outreach; the DSWT is working on the front lines, in the field, to protect elephants, treat and rescue victims of the ivory trade and educate local people as to the importance of protecting their wildlife heritage.
You can learn more about the Trust's lifesaving conservation projects at http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org
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The elephants rescued by the DSWT are reliant upon them for up to 10 years, before they choose to return to the wild. Each elephant requires a stockade, the care of specialist keepers who stay with the orphans 24 hours a day, milk formula every three hours and additional nutrients and medicines where necessary. You can foster a baby elephant and become part of the elephant's extended human family, with your donation of $50 a year, contributing much-needed funds to the DSWT Orphans Project. Foster parents receive a personalized certificate, monthly email update of their elephant, photographs and more. Visit: http://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/foster
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U.S. supporters of the DSWT's charitable mission can choose to make a tax-deductible contribution to U.S. Friends of The David Sheldrick Wildlife Trust, a 501(c)(3) organization. Please contact email@example.com or visit https://www.sheldrickwildlifetrust.org/html/help_USA.html