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Florida Georgia Line's Tyler Hubbard Shares Precious Puppy Pic
Tyler Hubbard of Florida Georgia Line loves his puppy so much he decided to share a photo of the pup with his 63,000 Instagram followers.
Hubbard is the latest country singer to post a puppy selfie. The photo shows what looks like a golden retriever puppy (what else could it be with that gorgeous golden fur?!) wearing a bone-shaped dog collar that reads his name, Harley. Harley Hubbard's sweet puppy eyes are drooping as he lays on a pile of laundry in front of a suitcase.
Hubbard calls him "the freshest pup on the block" and with a collar like that, we can see why! He added the hashtag "miss him already" and by the looks of Harley's eyes, it looks like he misses Hubbard when he's on the road too. With the pup posed by a suitcase, it seems his faithful owner was packing for yet another trip.
Maybe Hubbard will decide to take the puppy on the road with him, like Brantley Gilbert does while he's on his Let It Ride Tour. Florida Georgia Line have lots of travel dates coming up while on Jason Aldean's Burn It Down Tour this spring and summer. They're also headlining a tour beginning in May.


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Weeks ago (sorry for the delay) CodeWeavers has released a maintenance update for CrossOver Games (10.2.0 version), and this is the changelog:
- Worked around the 'backwards elbow' bug in Rift on Lion.
- Fixed behavior of Plants vs. Zombies in windowed mode.
- Improved loading and play of Portal 2.
- Fixed 'Add a Character Friend' behavior in StarCraft 2.
- Fixed the Perfect World International launcher.
- Added a 'steamid' tag to the CrossTie format. This allows a CrossTie to install and detect games via Steam.
Remember that CrossOver team provides you a free 7 days trial, but the full program is not free!

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AP/Washington Post, 11/12/2012
Brazilian media are reporting that at least 31 people have been murdered in Sao Paulo in the last three days.
A police spokeswoman says the reported figure is accurate, though she says she has no official statistics.
Early Monday, at least one bus torched was torched in the city.


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Hoy family, back row, left to right: Lona, May, Avaline, Henry Sing (Avaline's husband), Anne, Rose and Yvonne. Front row, left to right: Mooney, Benny, Lim Foon Hai Hoy, Irene, Chow Dong Hoy, Jack, Star and Lily; circa 1939.
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The C.D. Hoy Family along with Henry Sing, Evelyn's husband. There is a piano to the left and two photographs on the wall behind them. One is of C.D. Hoy. There is also a framed Chinese print between the two photographs.
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"No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite." ― Nelson Mandela, Long Walk to Freedom
Our Mission
The mission of The Catalyst Foundation is to Create a Healing Society
Under this umbrella, we are dedicated to decreasing the impact of childhood abuse and trauma on society and the world through direct service, public education, advocacy, policy reform, and empowerment of directly affected and disenfranchised groups. We are also dedicated to improving the health and well-being of low-income, uninsured, and homeless persons through outreach, education, supportive social services, and connection to medical and mental health care.


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The last twelve months robbed music fans of many an unique band; of many a favourite, whatever the level of exposure afforded them. Here, Mike Diver picks out five bands that parted company in 2005, but that still warrant investigation by those that never had the chance to hear them...
2005 was cruel to those whose favourite bands choose not to operate on wholly commercially viable plains. Many, many bands bit the dust over the last twelve months - some fell early on, others when they were well ahead of the chasing pack. Here's a recap of those that'll be most missed, personally.
Hot Snakes' swansong was missed by me: a pre-arranged week away in Calvados, France, took care of that particular annoyance. Nevertheless, their last British show at Camden's Underworld was a well-attended event, and losing the Californian quartet's fiery, if utterly straightforward, punk-rock workouts is a sorry passing indeed. I last saw them back at Islington Academy, I think, playing a decent selection of songs from their final album, 2004's One Little Indian-released Audit In Progress; I stood transfixed throughout, or rather I didn't stand at all, instead shuffling about on the balls of my feet until the band's Drive Like Jehu-penned climax. The gig's reviewed somewhere on these pages, albeit not by me; I covered the event for rock sound, and by the time the review ran the band had already announced their intention to split. Matters were made worse later in the year, though, when Rocket From The Crypt officially called time on their breakneck punk pursuits. John Reis, a.k.a. Speedo, was a figure in both acts, although his center-stage status in RFTC was not repeated in Hot Snakes, where Rick Froberg acted as the band's guiding light lead vocalist.
Must-Buy Release For Those That Own Nothing: Although Audit In Progress is a fine final gesture indeed, it's the preceding Suicide Invoice that newcomers should ultimately begin their investigation with. Brash, boisterous, but absolutely melodic throughout, it's one of post-millennium punk's best. Anyone feeling older and older at shows nowadays needs to check out the opener, 'I Hate The Kids'; likewise, those under the cosh in the workplace need to turn 'Paperwork' up and rock out for three minutes of the day, every day.
Million Dead's (pictured) first few shows way back in the mists of time were nothing short of electrifying, a whirlwind of flailing limbs and razor-sharp teeth looking for fresh throats to sink themselves into. In Frank Turner the London four-piece had an unlikely lynchpin: spindly and long of hair, especially in the band's latter months, he looked like the last person you'd expect to see fronting a band full of such aggression. Fans flocked, too, as the band had a particularly pretty lass on bass, who earned herself, unwittingly, a level of adoration among young metalheads unseen since Ash made Miss Hatherly sign on the line. Turner proved to be the star, though, and his lyrics – always ambitious from the outset, but unwieldy at first and clunky throughout much of debut album A Song To Ruin, despite a few shining couplets – ultimately lifted the band head and shoulders above their equally bombastic but intellectually inferior (thematically, that is) peers. 2005's Harmony No Harmony deserved its acclaim, and the band's final shows were exciting affairs to say the least. Their unbridled enthusiasm for the live performance – never did they pull a punch before these eyes – ensures that they'll be missed on Britain's gigging circuit.
Must-Buy Release For Those That Own Nothing: Although A Song To Ruin has aged fairly well, the relevance of its lyrical themes hardly dulling, the band's second and final album is their finest.
Another Californian outfit, Wives, called it quits in 2005; the weird thing about their final bow, though, was that it took place not in Los Angeles, but in London, at a half-full Buffalo Bar. The band had played the capital twice already, at Catch 22 and the Windmill before that; both shows were frenzied and full of unexpected diversions from the directions indicated by the album the trio were promoting, Erect The Youth Problem. At the Buffalo Bar, though, high expectations were not met, and drunken attendees fired up by flattering reviews for previous shows and the band's album alike were soon wishing them on their homeward way. The band were a shambles, pulling their shit together in the final five to salvage some climactic pride, but the end, the very end, was suitably messy. Guitarist Randy Randall managed, somehow, to slice his arm open near the wrist, and promptly left the venue for the nearest hospital. As the only band member of legal driving age, and in some discomfort, he had to find someone else to drive him. Salvation arrived – the chief of Sweet Nothing, who'd licensed Erect The Youth Problem for British release, came to the rescue – and the band left our shores never to return as Wives. Yes, only now have I realised that none of the above gives any clues as to what the band actually sound like, so…
Must-Buy Release For Those That Own Nothing: Erect The Youth Problem is the most searing punk-rock record of 2005, all guts and no glory, out of tune and a stranger to time-keeping altogether. Somehow the chaos works: in amongst the spouts of noise and raging vocals lie subtle melodies that string the record together, loosely, ensuring some degree of coherence. Although it was released Stateside in 2004 (recording began in January of said year), I'm claiming it as one of 2005's finest, simply because that's when this motley crew came to my attention. And then broke up.
Strangers on a primarily locally focused label, Q And Not U wound up on Dischord despite them not being DC natives (although they'd moved to the city). Three albums and a few singles later, the trio (they'd begun as a four-piece) split in 2005. Power, released in 2004, was their parting gift, an album that combined their established post-punk twists and shouts with a newfound fondness for squelching disco-inspired beats and pieces. Some hated it, others (i.e. me) loved it; Power's mixed reception, though, only directed critical attention once more to its predecessor, Different Damage. A collection of estranged freak-outs and crafty, deceivingly complex futuristic punk compositions, Different Damage will remain the band's greatest achievement in most ears. That said, the fade from '7 Daughters' into the blistering 'L.A.X.' (a song title they share with Hot Snakes, no less) on Power remains my personal highlight of the on-record Q And Not U.
Must-Buy Release For Those That Own Nothing: Different Damage is probably the easiest of the band's three records to fall in love with, their debut No Kill, No Beep Beep as awkward in places as its title is awful, and Power simply too disparate in styles over 13 tracks to guarantee immediate results. Given time and attention, though, Power may prove to be an unexpected favourite, combining as it does the angularity of previous releases with fashion-conscious effects straight from The Faint's Wet From Birth.
The one band featured here that never made it to the UK is the next, Bear Vs Shark. The quintet, headed by the yelping Marc Paffi (also the band's artist, responsible for the intriguing design of the band's two albums), were among the most inventive of acts circulating in the post-hardcore sphere; Bear Vs Shark never relied upon simple sing/shout dynamics over some crunching guitar work. Instead, their creative spark led to critical comparisons with The Mars Volta, Modest Mouse and the aforementioned Q And Not U. Although more volatile than any of those three, Paffi's outbursts often losing their structure and collapsing into indecipherable noise, Bear Vs Shark deserved such comparisons as they strived to push the envelope into which they were unfairly placed at the outset: being signed to Equal Vision had reviewers expecting another screamo-style outfit when debut album Right Now, You're In The Best Of Hands… (to cut its title somewhat!) came their way. I know I did, and I know I was totally taken aback – the band's debut became one of my favourites of 2003. When Terrorhawk arrived in 2005, my appetite for their left-of-center leanings, all post-rocking and punk-rocking at once, was whetted in anticipation, and the record didn't fail to deliver. At times recalling early Braid, at others the spasmodic squeals of The Blood Brothers and sometimes evoking the powerful ghost of Spy Versus Spy, Terrorhawk should have been the ideal record with which to make a British gigging debut. Sadly, the band broke up in December, despite there being such a tour on the cards alongside friends Since By Man.
Must-Buy Release For Those That Own Nothing: The band's debut's title, a real mouthful and no mistake, is misleading as the record itself is absolutely accessible. Their album of 2005, though, is where newcomers are advised to start. Terrorhawk contains songs of blunderbuss volume alongside ones of gentle introspection and considered calm: its mixed-bag approach shouldn't work, but Paffi's vocal glue bonds everything together slickly and effectively. His delivery is an acquired taste, ranging from lullaby coo to protester scream, but get into it and it'll infect every cell in your system. Oh, and the album features a song called 'I Fucked Your Dad'. Told.
Honourable mentions: Unicorns and The Beta Band. Feel free to suggest your own, do.


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KRISTI KIRK (PATRIOTS AND PAULIES POLITICS & NEWS) – Whatd'ya get when you cross a Libertarian with a Republican? A "liberty Republican?" Or a "Libertarian Republican" perhaps? I prefer, "Republitarian." But then I think the elephant-porcupine hybrid makes a 'cute mascot.'
According to the Washington Times, in polite circles, Republicans who borrow a few pages from the Libertarian Party playbook are called "Libertarian leaning" Republicans — which a new poll reveals is now about 41% of the GOP voter base (or closer to 80 percent if you include Republican-leaning Independents.)
Yes, you read it correctly.
Republicans in record numbers are leaning more toward the ideals and principles of Libertarianism — and if you are a fiscally conservative Republican with a moderate social conscience, chances are you're one of them!


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How To Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia
Masked in the persona of a self-help book, this novel is really a love story and a tale of the ambitious struggle of a rural bumpkin to get ahead in a world madly developing at all costs. Unlucky enough to nearly die from hepatitis as an infant, because he is his mother's favorite, he is saved and the family soon follows the first theorem to worldly success in Asia: move to a big city.
Each chapter summarizes in the title that chapter's method of achieving worldly success; for example, the second chapter advises, "Get an education." Though normally the eldest son in this unnamed Asian country (probably Pakistan) would be pushed to study, in this family the narrator was lucky because his older brother was already learning a trade. And being bright, he succeeded at school despite contradicting a teacher who gave out false information. For in school, you never pointed out the failings of a teacher.
"Don't fall in love" advises chapter three. Now it's tricky describing this book because none of the main characters are named. The narrator is called "the boy," "the bearded man," the "boss," etc. And the girl/woman he falls in love with is always called "the pretty girl." By the time they are both in middle school, they bond over movies. The boy works delivering videos by bicycle and during a chance meeting with "the pretty girl" he discovers her love for film. Soon he is "borrowing" videos for her, and she calls him late at night to discuss them. She is also highly ambitious and moves up in the world as a model, actress, TV show host, and finally furniture importer.
Although possessing a deep cynical core, the business man (he makes his money in bottled water that most of the time is rebottled polluted water) soon learns that greasing the hands of bureaucrats as does working for the defense industry helps you make money faster. He rises higher and higher. Unfortunately, that entails violence and security guards. He does marry but not to the pretty girl. At one point, he describes how overwhelming the love for his son is, even if it all only in one direction.
The novel is full of humanity and wisdom and a scary sense of what it is like to struggle for success in a vastly imperfect world. The writing is strong and you really want to find out what happens to this man in a world full of hate and conflicting ideals.
The book has an odd 2nd person format, one I usually hate, but it worked so well here that I forgot Hamid was using it after a couple of chapters. We have his two earlier books, Moth Smoke and The Reluctant Fundamentalist, and I can't wait to try them.


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Make menus understand bookmark groups.
Make menus understand bookmark groups.
A bunch of tweaks here... no changes in functionality. Updated trilicense header on all files that were missing it. Fixed initialization code syntax errors all over the place. Put back fade code, and switched fading off for now...
Make hidden tabs actually able to work with Gecko (for background tab loading and bookmark groups). Requires an update of the Mozilla tree.
You can now create bookmark groups.
add support for additional keys to the outline view used by bookmarks. adding delete support, return support, and left/right arrow support.
Implement create in folder support for adding bookmarks
Fix drawing glitches on personal toolbar when deleting bookmarks.
Hooking up new folder.
Personal toolbar now works with folders and responds to add/remove of bookmarks.
Nearly have the personal toolbar going.
New bookmark icon. WOrking on the personal toolbar.
MOre stuff.
So many changes I can't even go into it. :)
Fix a slew of activation issues.
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Add the tri-license to all files.
Recover from darin's URL landing.
Lots of tweaks and cleanup.
A few tweaks to the image adding code. Differentiates between folder and bookmark.
/me removes an NSLog.
Adding icons to the outlineView. Totally wierd approach, but works great! Will explain tomorrow.
Adding a context menu to bookmarks.
Cleaning up browser window a bit.
Bookmarks in the menu bar work!
Rearranging the menus and making bookmarks show up in the menu.
Deleting of bookmarks works. You must update your mozilla tree again. mozilla/extensions/xmlextras and then make in that dir.
Adding bookmarks works.
Preparing for bookmark notifications.
Stubs for adding bookmarks.
Stubs for adding bookmarks.
Bookmarks work! Update your Mozilla tree though or chimera won't build.


text: Following on from my previous blog entry "Modifying the Base Template" I decided to put together a quick blog to show how to create a small VirtualBox, guest, that can be used to execute the ModifyJeOS and hence edit you templates. One of the main advantages of this is that Templates can be created away from the Exalogic Environment. For the Guest OS I chose Oracle Linux 6u3 and decided to create it as a basic server because I did not require a graphical interface but it's a simple change to create it with a GUI.


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and some info about my whereabouts. (all pics = links)
recently my life has been going through some significant changes. This has led to my packing up of a large amount of my Lego, so I have been really limiting myself to custom figs. and picking up stuff at yard sales, and thrift stores.
My mom found this bag for ten bucks the other day. I weighed it and it was 25 lbs. most of it is soccer and movie, so I got some neat stuff there. A LOT of harry potter stuff. Maybe some hundred or so minifigs and accesories?
Here are some of the highlights though -
Now there is one more classic knight around here in perfect condition with the others, but I think he got mixed in with my castle dudes. - I can't believe that they were all in there. I had the visor and helmet for the one classic knight, but that body, axe and armor came in the bag. the armor is missing the back sticker but the front one is in awesome shape.
I always wanted one of these.
and one of these too!
I couldn't believe my luck in finding this!
and it even had the CD in there! Unfortunately for
some reason it wouldnt play in my CD drive.
and on another topic I got a new tattoo..
now - you may be saying "gee that artwork looks familiar..." and you'd be right. The original artwork was done by Rayhawk.. Yep that Rayhawk. I figured I would ask him to design a Henry Tattoo - something with "oomph", and the worst he could say was no. However he turned out to be a pretty cool dude (heck I didn't know) and sent this to me right away. - I had to wait awhile to get it done, and I am extremely happy with the results. However you may notice a few spots where the ink didnt take. That's my fault.
see, I had a broken water main the next day after getting it, and I jumped in the muck with shovel and water pump in hand, and managed to get some mud worked into my tattoo. needless to say that the spots that had mud in it got infected (very minor.. I didnt even go to the doctor) and caused my body to reject the ink in those spots. When I have it colored in I will have those lines touched up. - no biggie.
also, when I was at brickfest (Man - I love saying that!) I got to meet Greg Hyland... and told him about my upcoming Henry Tattoo. I asked him if he would be interested in designing a piece, and he said sure. So hopefully soon I will have another one to show off. (I wanted to wait til this was healed before I took pics and all.)
So on that note, I will be taking a leave of absence until my house sells, I move, and I get my stuff straightened out again.


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We went to a pretty great program last night at Lowpost, the new bar and performance space that's just opened beneath Habana Outpost. It'll be open year round, so we can all drink off the grid, even when it's cold outside.
Lowpost Bar
757 Fulton Street
Corner of South Portland
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It's never a dull moment around supermodel Naomi Campbell, though the excitement usually stems from the notorious diva herself or the mobile phones she's so fond of throwing.
According to her London rep, this time it's Campbell who's seeking protection: she's doing the rounds for Miami's Art Basel in company of a bodyguard because of a stalker who has already confronted her at one event.
"She usually doesn't travel with a bodyguard," said Alan Edwards in Campbell's defense after the New York Post's Page Six blasted her for using muscle and avoiding cameras at a charity auction hosted by Miami magazine at the Epic on Thursday night. "But the police here actually recommended to her that she use one.
U.S. & World
"She didn't want to take any chances, especially after what happened to Gianni Versace."
Campbell's shadow, however, has already caused a stir: later Thursday night at a party at the W Hotel hosted by Stavros Niarchos and Vito Schnabel, the leggy beauty was chatting up the DJ when an unidentified woman, characterized as "British," ran up and began screaming at her. Edwards identified the woman as a stalker.
She yelled, "How could you do that, you [expletive]!" an eyewitness told the Post. "She was quickly dragged away; Naomi started walking in the opposite direction, and yelled back at her."
Miami police won't say if the "haunted" Campbell filed a formal complaint, but no doubt her boyfriend, Russian billionare Vladislav Doronin, has gotten an earful. Her schedule at Art Basel is grueling for a person in hiding: she dined with Jamie Foxx and gallerist Larry Gagosian on Wednesday at Mr. Chow, and hung with Stephen Dorff and Nicky Hilton at Solea on Thursday.
If the pressure gets to Campbell and she needs a laugh, we recommend reading translations of her stalker news from foreign languages back into English -- according to one, Naomi is in "Algonquin" using a "keeper patch" that police have suggested she "ingest."
Devouring the help? That sounds more like the Naomi we know.


text: People know the harmful effects of smoking, which may eventually take them to ill health and finally death. Still they can't curb this habit because they are addicted to the nicotine present in tobacco. Out of 100 smokers, there are only 2% to 3 % of people who are successful in smoking cessation trials. Though there are many cessation methods available in the market, they serve only the cessation needs of the smokers, but the recreational needs are never met. But on the other hand, buying vapes instead serves both recreational and cessation strategies. Moreover, they help in curbing the smokimg habit. Today there are many types of vapes available from 95mm vapes to mini electronic cigarettes in the market. The first mini e-cigarette to hit the market shelves are DSE-901 series.The mini electronic cigarettes are well-designed small cigarettes, which mimic the real tobacco cigarettes. They leave out the same mouthful of nicotine vapor to fulfill the nicotine urge of the smokers. They can be drawn easily and they have many benefits when compared to the traditional cigarettes. Unlike real cigarettes, these cheap vapes are very easy to use and the cartridges supply a high level of vapor in different flavors.There are two types of mini vapes available in the market: one is mini vapes and the other is super mini vapes. Mini electronic cigarettes are approximately 11.5 cm long and are midsized in-between Penstyle and Super mini vapes. They hold mini battery which can hold less charge, less cartridge capacity of holding .5 ml of e-liquid capable of providing 55-70 puffs, which are equal to 5 to 6 traditional tobacco cigarettes.The Super mini vapes are 10mm long and they are the tiniest of all 3 models. The puny batteries can hold very little charge and cartridges can hold very little liquid of .3ml to supply 20 to 30 puffs which are equal to one to three tobacco cigarettes. Supermini vapes are the best choice for the people who are using vapes for the first time.This revolutionary atomizer technology helps the smokers to curb the craving for tobacco cigarettes and is the safest way to quit smoking. The other advantages of vapes are they are smoke free, odor free and stain free. You can smoke them anywhere at anytime.Most of all, unlike tobacco cigarettes there are no hazardous substances apart from the nicotine present in vapes. You can choose your best suitable type from mini electronic cigarettes to e-pipes or e-cigars and enjoy a healthy vaping.


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Dialogue of Comfort Against Tribulation by St. Thomas More
After receiving a smart phone for Christmas, I decided to join the Kindle ranks and downloaded the Android Kindle app. Browsing around for free stuff to start with, I check what was available from Thomas More, a favorite author and saint. For the past two Lents I've read his The Sadness of Christ and have found it greatly edifying. Figuring the Dialogue would be similar, I was excited to start reading it in Lent after re-reading his other work.
The book is written as a dialogue where two or more characters discuss issues or ideas. Here, one person (a nephew) asks pretty basic questions and his uncle expostulates at length on those questions. The nephew says, "You are so right, I don't know why I didn't see the point you are making. Here is my follow up question to continue the dialogue:..." Sometimes I'm not in the mood for that style, because the people really aren't characters or persons in their own right, just one mouthpiece and one sounding board. Plato's dialogues sometimes fall into this, but most have actual characters discussing the issue (thus a true dialogue) rather than one person providing his interlocutor "the truth" (really a monologue). The first third of More's book is written in the more monologue style. The delivery provides a lot of content but it comes off a little dry and academic.
After the first third, the discussion becomes a bit more of a discussion and the uncle begins using stories to illustrate his points. The book becomes much more engaging and enjoyable. The final third of the book deals with the hard issues of imprisonment and death, which clearly were on the author's mind as he awaited his own fate in the Tower of London. He was executed in 1535 by King Henry VIII's government on false evidence of treason. The treasonable act would have been denying that the King was the supreme head of the Church in England.
While many parts of the book are very compelling and great reading, a great portion of it is pretty dry. Sometimes the language is a little convoluted, for example: "Forsooth, uncle, this thing yet seemeth to me a somewhat sore sentence, not because I think otherwise but that there is good cause and great wherefore a man should so sorrow, but because of truth sometimes a man cannot be sorry and heavy for his sin that he hath done, though he never so fain would." This particular edition has "modifications to obsolete language by Monica Stevens," modifying the Everyman Library edition of the book. I can't say she did a good job. More refers to an author named "Austine" that I soon realized meant St. Augustine. I'd recommend someone interested in reading this either stick with Everyman or look for another modernizing of the text.
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Just once in my life, I would love the satisfaction of dramatically tossing back the last contents of my drink into my mouth and then flinging the glass against the wall, like they do in the movies. In too many movies. And yet, I know I never will. For one, I'm not that dramatic. But more importantly, isn't the thought of cleaning up all those shards of glass enough to keep a person from intentionally breaking things in their own home? Not to mention, I like my matching wine glasses.
This really has nothing to do with anything, except that I just watched this scene play out on TV, while watching a movie called The Magic of Belle Isle - one that Jamie wouldn't much care for - but I happen to have an evening to myself. Taking full advantage of sole control of the remote on such nights is important.
And maybe I'm contemplating ways to vent frustration due to just having spent $450 on car maintenance, and still have a cracked windshield - a crack that is widening by the second in this heat - that has to wait its turn for a few more paychecks, as well as other maintenance issues due from all the mileage I've put on my car from my commute. The only thought that comforts me is the one I keep repeating to myself: Coulda been so much worse... Coulda been so much worse... Coulda been soooo much worse...
It's been a hot day - too hot - reaching 99 this afternoon. The thought of cooking, or eating, anything hot or heavy was unthinkable. So this morning after breakfast, I peered into the fridge, looking for anything that could be turned into ice cream without too much guilt.
Last night, we made sushi at home, a few rolls, some salmon, tuna tartar and crab. After shopping for sashimi-grade fish from the Asian market, Jamie also brought home a cute little melon, a white Gaya melon or Japanese melon, which was slightly sweet, watery like melons are, but lacking in much flavor. Not as memorable as something like a cantaloupe. And a few Asian pears.
I wondered if I could make a custard with the juice of the leftover melon and pear, along with egg yolks and a little sugar. No milk or cream (as we had neither in the house, anyway, being the end of the week and almost shopping day). So I liquified the fruit, yolks, sugar and a touch of vanilla in the blender, and then cooked it on the stove like I have other custard-based ice creams. Soon it thickened, and I strained and cooled down the mixture in an ice bath (so as not to have to wait to make it into ice cream), and then immediately churned the custard in our ice cream maker.
After straddling the back of Jamie's motorcycle for the ride back to the shop to pick up my car and part with $450, we picked up the groceries for the week. Arriving back home, hot and sweaty, I was pleased to see that the ice cream had firmed up enough to eat. The flavor of the fruit was subtle, and it was pleasantly eggy, like a custard is, with a hint of vanilla - part sorbet and part custard. All in all, a guiltless snack. No different, really, than eating fruit and eggs for breakfast, with a spoonful of sugar in your coffee. I would be curious to try it with watermelon, or other types of fruit. I imagine it would be fantastic with a mixture of berries. I'm excited to try it with bananas.
Later that evening, the house and a bottle of wine to myself, I made a bowl of egg salad. I don't know what made me think of egg salad - it's not something I've eaten often since I was a kid - but it was something I always loved. Mounds of creamy eggs, mustard, mayo and celery tucked between slices of soft wheat bread.
It appealed to me on this evening, though, since it wouldn't warm up the kitchen at all to prepare. My somewhat grownup version includes shallots, sauteed until golden, fresh dill, celery, green onions and lemon juice. A little Dijon mustard and olive oil-mayonnaise for the creaminess. Piled on top of slices of a loaf of rustic wheat bread, lightly toasted, and on-the-vine tomatoes, the open-faced sandwich was the perfect cool and refreshing dinner on a hot night.
As it turns out, Jamie just came home early - I suppose I'll have to share the wine now... which of course I don't mind since I love a night at home with him. And now he gets to watch the rest of the movie I picked with me...
Melon and Pear Frozen Custard-Sorbet
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- 1 1/2 pounds melon, peeled and chopped
- 2 pears, peeled, cored and chopped
- 6 egg yolks
- 1/3 cup granulated sugar
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Place all ingredients in a blender and puree until smooth. Pour into a saucepan. Cook, stirring constantly, over medium-low heat, until thick enough to coat a spatula. Strain through a fine mesh strainer, pushing through as much liquid as possible.
Cover and chill overnight (or place the bowl of custard inside a larger bowl filled with ice water and stir until chilled). Freeze according to the manufacturer's instructions of your ice cream maker, then freeze until firm, 4-6 hours.
Yields 1 quart (about 6 servings)
Recipe from Curly Girl Kitchen
Open-faced Egg Salad Sandwiches with Dill, Shallots and Lemon
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- 6 hard-boiled eggs, peeled and chopped
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon unsalted butter
- 1 shallot, diced
- 2 stalks celery, diced
- 2 green onions, green and white parts, sliced
- 1 tablespoon fresh chopped dill
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1/4 cup finely grated Parmesan cheese
- 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
- 1-2 tablespoons olive oil-mayonnaise
- coarse salt and cracked black pepper
- 3 tomatoes, sliced
- 1 small loaf bakery wheat bread, sliced 1/2 inch thick
Cook the eggs, cool, peel, chop, and set aside. In a skillet, heat the olive oil and butter; add shallot and cook for 5-6 minutes until golden. Add to the eggs. Add the celery, green onions, dill, lemon juice and Parmesan cheese, and toss to combine. Add the mustard and mayonnaise; season with salt and pepper.
Serve open-faced on toasted slices of bread, topped with the tomato, then the egg salad. Garnish with extra dill and green onions.
Yields about 4 servings.
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Video of teen's beating raises question all parents should ask
Pops. Licks. Paddling. There are lot of benign ways to describe what happens when a grown-up goes after a teenager with a belt, but the gloss was stripped away this week when a young woman posted on YouTube a video of her father, a judge, waling away at her with a belt when she was 16 years old.
What we saw was violence. The video went viral, but I had to wonder: Was it real moral outrage or only voyeurism that prompted viewing after viewing? After all, half of Texans approve of corporal punishment as a behavior modification tool. And just this past spring, the Legislature almost killed a bill that would have let parents tell school districts they didn't want their kids spanked at school. Conservative lawmakers - going by the "spare the rod, spoil the child" model of parenting - defended school "paddling" until a Republican lawmaker convinced them that the bill was a statement in support of parental rights.
While acceptance of corporal punishment is declining, the U.S. Department of Education found more than 220,000 students nationwide were subjected to it in 2006.
Texas beats them all
One of 19 states that still permits school corporal punishment, Texas has "the dubious distinction of leading the nation … accounting for more than 49,000 cases" verified in 2006, according to psychology professor George Holden of Southern Methodist University. While many large districts - including HISD - forbid it, more than 1,000 others in Texas permit their schools' staffs to manage behavior by dispensing pain.
Holden doesn't want schools alone to "spare the rod;" he thinks parents need to find alternatives, as well. Research, he says, shows corporal punishment wins "compliant" behavior for only a few minutes, but can leave long-lasting psychological scars. "It's a terrible way to get a message across," he says. "The child is reacting to the pain and feeling emotional and angry."
Most parents believe there's a huge spectrum that the term "corporal punishment" covers - a slight pop on the behind along with a mild admonishment is a far cry from the brutal, obscenity-laced beating that Hillary Adams endured at the hands of her father, Judge William Adams.
But the experts know this: Discipline often escalates beyond a well-meaning parent's intentions. It's the lucky parent who hasn't felt rage at a teenager. As Holden says, "We know that the majority of physical child abuses cases actually begin with a disciplinary encounter that then gets out of control. For that reason alone, it's not a good idea to use corporal punishment."
What if you were taped?
Holden is sympathetic to parenting's challenges. But, he suggests, "If you were being videotaped spanking your child, would your behavior be acceptable to you?"
Former Houston teacher Jimmy Dunne has devoted his retirement to a crusade against corporal punishment in Texas public schools. Inspired by witnessing the brutal paddling of an 11-year-old boy three decades ago, Dunne regularly testifies before the Legislature, armed with photos of the bruised buttocks of Texas schoolchildren who had been "paddled."
He found the Aransas Pass video "sickening," but welcomes the national conversation it will prompt. "I wish someone should ask Governor Perry in one of these debates why we allow this in our schools," Dunne said.
A good question: If we all find the blows delivered in the video so disgusting, why do we allow any version of them inflicted on our students?
A clarification: My Wednesday column claimed that 68,000 Harris County voter registration applications were "rejected" in 2008. According to the county attorney's office, during 2007 and 2008 the voter registrar's office rejected 3,518 persons who applied for voter registration cards. During the same period, the tax office also sent 64,036 notices to voters who had submitted incomplete applications; of those, 29,386 ultimately registered, according to county records.


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Training tomorrow's doctors: How to help when healing stops
Twenty or so second-year students, or M2s, are sitting around four pushed-together tables in a training room at the Texas A&M Health Science Center Clinical Learning Resource Center in Bryan. The air is relaxed but expectant; this is not a test but a training opportunity, and a "rough draft" at that.
The College of Medicine has been instructing students on palliative, or "end-of-life" care—the care patients receive for terminal conditions, where the goal is to comfort and ease pain rather than to cure—for years. But with the help of second-year students Charis Santini and Georgina De la Garza, the college will now offer students the chance to practice the doctor's challenging role in such care: Delivering devastating news to patients and their loved ones, and telling patients what comes next when there is no curative path forward.
(You can learn how a real-life caregiving challenge sparked De La Garza's interest in developing palliative care training, and how she and Santini tackled the challenge, in Part 1 of this series.)
Students' questions draw out the ground rules. How thorough should their examination be? (A "focused head-to-toe.") Should they state out loud whatever they're observing or concluding during diagnosis, so the observers monitoring them on the video feed can assess their history-taking? (Yes.) How long will they have? (Ten minutes.) Their primary concerns are logistical and fact-based.
Dr. Craig Borchardt, assistant professor in the medical school's Department of Humanities in Medicine and the head of Hospice Brazos Valley, cautions them the hardest part of this exercise, and its real-world counterpart, will be dealing with a patient's emotions and managing their own emotional response. "What you will be dealing with is people who are transitioning from hope to grief," he tells them.
In another training room, Dr. Steve Moore, a hospice volunteer and physician, is speaking to another group of M2s about how to deliver news to a terminally ill patient, or to a family member whose loved one has died in the hospital. His advice is a checklist of a dozen or more hard-won truths learned from years of grief counseling, as well as the intimate, personal experiences of loss that separate most of the old from most of the young.
If they are giving notice of a death, "no euphemisms," Dr. Moore says firmly. "Someone has died. We also need to be culturally sensitive. Not everyone who comes into the hospital and dies is Judeo-Christian. Euphemisms like 'passed on' presume a certain range of beliefs and comforts. Don't make assumptions."
He ticks off a few more items, and warns against "trying to comfort by explaining what you don't know"—reminding students they may have to deliver bad news even when they weren't on scene when it happened. "We don't always know why people die," he said. "We may know that they had a particular illness and that they weren't responsive to a particular medication.… But don't extrapolate beyond what we really know. Don't make up an answer."
He tells them to locate the box of tissues in the room, and get it before sitting down. "You don't want to get up and walk across the room after delivering the news."
A student tentatively raises a hand. "Do we really want to walk across the room and bring the Kleenex back and set it in front of them before we tell them what happened?"
Students laugh, but Dr. Moore doesn't crack a smile. "I wouldn't put it in front of them, but I would get it," he says.
And with that, students pair off and begin heading to the examination rooms, where their patient interactions will be observed by a team of nurses, chaplains and hospice workers and given written feedback on their performance.
As students finish sessions in teams of two, they wander back to the training room, where they wait with those who haven't yet completed the scenario. They report to the mentors on the few bugs several groups seem to be encountering—where a folder is placed and how it should be used, or running out of time before they've even completed their exam. They avoid discussing their patients in detail but share tips, speaking in small clusters, overhearing each other and swapping impressions.
"She said 'So I have six months to live?'" says one student. "I didn't really know how to answer that. 'Statistically, yes?'"
"I told my patient the prognosis was just a guess," another student chimes in from a few seats away. "I also told him that you might live longer, and that hospice patients do tend to live longer."
"That's good," the first says.
"My patient was almost more concerned about her husband than about herself," says Antonio Toribio. "She was so concerned about how he'd react. So I offered to talk to her husband—we set up an appointment for next week, for him to come back with her and I could walk them both through it all, so she wouldn't have to go home and fight with him about it."
In the observation room, chaplain Skip Stutts watches a medical student stumble through giving a death notice to a patient's family member. "How they handle themselves instinctually in this situation is as much about them, the doctor, as it is about the patient."
Students have to self-reflect to gauge their own emotional and linguistic crutches and compensate for them. They also have to work out the practical mechanics, the rhythm, of delivering bad news—what words to use, in what order, and how and when to offer a comforting touch. Some students talk for so long about the details leading up to the death before even saying the patient had died, it seems as though they're subconsciously avoiding it. Others blurt it out as they're sitting down, and then struggle to provide needed detail after the patient has started crying or turning inward.
Although De la Garza and Santini wrote the scenarios, Laura Livingston, who manages the Clinical Learning Resource Center, scripted the emotional responses in broad strokes for the patient actors to interpret. One woman, told that her preschool daughter died in the hospital after she'd been told it was safe for her to leave for an hour or two, retreats to a corner of the room and crouches to the floor, sobbing. Watching this scenario several times yields multiple student responses: some hover, or pace, or sit awkwardly nearby, while others instinctively crouch down next to her, hold her and reestablish eye contact.
"It's really about overcoming your own boundaries to be there for the person," one student says afterward. "I don't personally like a lot of touch, but this isn't about me. It makes me come a little out of my shell to be there for the person at their level."
"Each person needs support in a different way," agrees Sunaina Suhog. "We're learning to read these things."
At the end of the exercise, students and patients alike are debriefed, in separate groups. For students, the challenge has remained largely technical; they've learned a lot today, but the harshest instruction will come when they receive written feedback and review their recorded encounters. Patients' debrief is largely an emotional check-in; after acting out the same trauma 10 times over in a few hours, Livingston says, "It can take an emotional toll. We have to be pretty careful."
De la Garza and Santini seem pleased with the experiment. De la Garza says the exercises were challenging for them, too—they had written so many cases, and there's a big difference between imagining how you'd like to respond and doing it. They also had no idea how patients would react to the news. "Being there in that room, every reaction is so unexpected," De la Garza says.
She's come a long way since her grandmother's death last summer, and her journey's still just beginning. With her first licensing exam to prepare for, followed by two more years of clinical education and then residency training, she surveys the room of students and staff and reflects on what she and Santini have accomplished with the hospice team. Abuela would be proud.
"I believe every physician, regardless of specialty, should be able to determine when they're doing more harm than good and refer their patients to get palliative care," De la Garza says. "Everyone deserves to have a dignified death."
To read Part 1 of this series, click here.
Media contact: Dee Dee Grays, 979.436.0611.


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On March 21, The Hartford announced it would be exiting the variable annuity and life insurance businesses to focus on its property and casualty insurance business. In addition, The Hartford said it would sell its independent broker-dealer, Woodbury Financial Services, in what is the latest in a string of cases where an insurance company parent has sold, or said it intended to sell, a subsidiary independent broker-dealer.
Since that time the leadership of The Hartford and of Woodbury (a 2011 Broker-Dealer of the Year) has not spoken to us about the parent firm's decision or how the BD and its reps are responding to its proposed sale. However, Patrick McEvoy (left), president and CEO of Woodbury Financial, did respond to written questions in an e-mail exchange. Below are the questions and his responses to those questions that were received today.
Q. What are you telling current reps about how the business will operate during the next 6-12 months? In the Broker-Dealer of the Year roundtable last year [in the September 2011 issue of Investment Advisor], you talked about the importance of rep retention.
Patrick McEvoy: We have been conducting conference calls with our reps continuously to communicate with them and answer their questions. Our focus continues to be business as usual and we will continue to operate with open communication on the process in front of us.
We are a successful company with a unique brand, which holds strong relationships with our reps. We believe that we can create the greatest value for our reps and our future parent by continuing to focus on our growth strategy.
Q. What happens to your recruiting efforts in the light of the uncertainty surrounding the future of Woodbury?
Patrick McEvoy: The reasons why an advisor considered Woodbury prior to the announcement should be the same reasons they would consider us today as well as in the future. Our relationship-based independent culture will continue to deliver ultimate choice in affiliation, business structure and entrepreneurial model. Our commitment to recruiting top advisors will continue and we have already received indications from recruits that they are still interested in joining the Woodbury family.
Q. Woodbury hired Gary Bender last year to help its growth strategy; any change of direction on the business development front?
Patrick McEvoy: Bringing Gary on to lead our recruiting effort was perfect timing for us and he has done an outstanding job. He has played an integral role in developing our new OSJ strategy and has also enhanced our regional recruiting results. We remain committed to the direction of our business development plan.
Q. Woodbury has made an effort to increase the average GDC of its reps and has also increased revenue. Will that make Woodbury more attractive to a potential buyer?
Patrick McEvoy: We believe so. Our strategy has always been to have a relationship-rich culture that is focused on growth. Our model has been to recruit and retain a relatively small number of high-quality advisors who want to spend the rest of their career with us focusing on growing their business together.
For example, in 2000 we had 1,700 reps with an average of $40,000 GDC; clearly our strategy has been successful as evidenced in our 2011 results showing an average annual GDC of $165,000 with 1,600 reps.


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Performing Arts Center - Planning for the Future
May 22, 2012 Update
A presentation to share final interior and exterior finish choices for the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at Western Illinois University will be held from 11 a.m.-noon Friday, June 1 in the University Union Capitol Room. The presentation is open to the public. For more details, visit the University Relations press release.
November 17, 2011 Update
Following the April 26, 2011, ceremonial groundbreaking, the design architects revisited campus on November 17th to share internal gallery views that accompany the previously shared external view. As the January 2013 beginning of construction nears, we clearly have a gorgeous facility to look forward to.
Enjoy these new images with links below to previous updates and the chronology told through press releases. In addition, interior plans for the ground, second, and third levels are available as a pdf for download.
Exterior View (perspective looking northeast)
Interior Gallery View (looking in through the exterior glass)
Interior Gallery View (stepping inside with color and texture of interior open design)
Interior Gallery Views (an open interior with more color and texture, complemented by expansive natural lighting and view)
Previous Updates
- September 8, 2010 update and drawings
- August 19, 2008 update and drawings
- July 23, 2007 update and drawings
Western's Performing Arts Center News Show Progress
- December 2, 2011: Rich Eggers' Perspectives radio interview with Sharon Evans, Mike Cumbie, Scott Coker, and Michael Hott
- November 10, 2011: PAC Presentation Nov. 17
- September 21, 2011: PAC Presentation Sept. 26
- July 13, 2011: Lindahl Supports PAC
- April 26, 2011: WIU Breaks Ground for Performing Arts Center
- April 14, 2011: PAC Ceremonial Groundbreaking 4/26
- September 11, 2008: PAC Design Schematics Available to View
- August 14, 2008: Public Invited to PAC Schematic Design Presentation held August 19th
- June 18, 2007: Conceptual Scheme Chosen for WIU Performing Arts Center
- May 31, 2007: Announcement of Performing Arts Center Public Forum on Design held June 13th
- April 25, 2007: PAC Media Advisory
- March 7, 2007: Governor Recommends Funds for PAC & Riverfront Campus
- February 23, 2007: IBHE Recommends Funds for PAC & Riverfront Campus
- September 18, 2006: CDB Selects Architect for Performing Arts Center
- July 28, 2006: Architecture Firms to Make PAC Presentations
- February 26, 2006: Planning Funds Released for Performing Arts Center at Western
- February 3, 2004: IBHE Recommends Funds for PAC & Quad Cities Funds for Western
- December 12, 2002: Performing Arts Center Would Create Arts Quadrangle
- December 11, 2002: IBHE Recommends Funding for Western Performing Arts Center
- December 4, 2002: IBHE Staff Recommends Partial Funding for Western Performing Arts Center
For more information, contact Sharon Evans, Interim Dean of the College of Fine Arts and Communication at 309-298-1618 or via email at email@example.com.


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WATERBURY, Conn. -- Penn State athletic director David Joyner expects Bill O'Brien to be the Nittany Lions' football coach for a long time -- even if O'Brien keeps attracting interest from the NFL.
In an interview Wednesday with The Associated Press, Joyner said he and O'Brien speak several times a week and when they do, "I can tell you we talk in terms of years and years. We make plans for years and years."
O'Brien led the Nittany Lions to eight victories last season, his first with the school. Penn State was in the first season of a four-year postseason ban, part of severe NCAA sanctions related to the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse scandal.
O'Brien, a former NFL assistant, was courted by pro teams after the season, but chose to stay put. Joyner, a former Penn State wrestler and football player who took over as athletic director in the midst of the Sandusky crisis, said he doesn't stress over the possibility that O'Brien will continue to get NFL suitors.
"First, of all I think we're going to have this guy for a long time. I truly, truly believe that," he said. "But whenever the day comes that Bill may chooses to leave -- if it's five years from now, if it's 10 years; he may never choose to leave, this may be his last job, I certainly hope so -- then we'll adapt and deal with it."
The Nittany Lions' surprising success last season helped O'Brien win over Penn State fans, many of whom were still stinging over the way the late Joe Paterno was ousted after the shocking charges against Sandusky came to light in 2011.
Yet in a recent Sports Illustrated story, former Penn State players and others who had been associated with the program under Paterno questioned some of the changes O'Brien has made to the way football players receive medical treatment.
O'Brien responded angrily to allegations that he was not doing what was best for his players, and the story seemed to signal that there is still a rift within the Penn State community.
Joyner said he doesn't think that division will push O'Brien toward leaving, but he would like his coach not to have to deal with it.
"It sure would be nice if Bill could be laser focused and not have to react and deal with those type of things," Joyner said. "I think his job would be easier. He's very good at focusing through the noise as you know. But nonetheless it still would be nice not to have those distractions so that in my mind that he could really focus on what he has to do and his players. As he does, he doesn't miss a trick."
Joyner calls O'Brien the best rookie head coach in history, and is happy to have the problem of employing a head coach who others find an attractive job candidate.
"I'm also flattered because if we'd have made a lousy hire, you wouldn't be asking me these questions," Joyner said. "That's the baggage you get for hiring a really, really good coach. Having people want to talk him. That's great. That's flattering. All indications are we're full speed ahead."
While Joyner stresses looking forward, the Paterno family and their supporters have been looking back at how the Sandusky scandal was handled by Penn State and the NCAA, trying to rehabilitate the legacy of the Hall of Fame coach.
Joyner said the lawsuit filed by the Paterno family, and their supporters' attempts to re-examine the case against the coach and other school officials made in the Louis Freeh's report, have not hindered the university's efforts to move away from the scandal.
"My job is to be laser-focused on moving the athletic department forward and continuing to learn from whatever has come in the past," Joyner said. "I don't begrudge them their rights and their feelings, but I don't focus on that at all."
The successful football season, along with a school-record eight Big Ten championships in 2012-13, gave Penn State confidence that the sanctions wouldn't doom Nittany Lions athletics.
"It said, 'We can do this,'" Joyner said. "We can do this."


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The Farlow Herbarium houses nearly 1,400,000 specimens of lichenized and non-lichenized fungi, bryophytes, and algae.
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Lichens of the Arboretum
List compiled by Steve Schneider, Director of Operations, using a line-transect survey method on Peters Hill.
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Related Articles & Resources
- Weaver R.E. 1975. Lichens: Mysterious and Diverse. Arnolida 35(3): 133-159. (pdf)
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Yesterday, while some folks were otherwise engaged, I was teaching the first version of our new staff development course Social Media Friend or Foe?: Navigating the Legal Minefield Successfully. As regular readers will remember I flagged up a few months back that myself and Tania Rowlett the Copyright Administrator had been asked by the Staff Development Office to run this course. At first we thought this might be a simple amplification of some elements from our popular Copyright for Academic Modules session, but it rapidly became clear that this wasn't going to work.
It does rather seem that over the past three weeks I've done little else other than eat, sleep and breathe Web 2.0 copyright (although strangely my diary seems to indicate I've done a heck of lot of other things as well). My especial thanks to Tania who has had to put up with me constantly appearing at her desk to help me clarify a point and provide a lot of guidance into the structure and content of the course. I can say that it has been a challenging but deeply interesting exercise, trying to distill down the wisdom of others into a bite sized course. I did slightly jokingly suggest to Tania that each of our slides could last an hour if we really got into the details – but as our intention was to really flag up the various risks, and ways around them that wasn't likely to be a working format.
In the end the session and the slightly-longer-than-I-intended-booklet did come together well enough for a furst run through. I'm hopeful that we'll be able to offer this session again in the new year with a few more delegates, as from the feedback those in attendance found it well worth their while. I can exclusively reveal that I've already sketched out a number of revisions to the 2.0 version of the session, more interaction, more case study elements and hopefully even more quality content. Although that's going to push the session length up to a good 3hrs (the v1.0 was 2hrs and felt a bit rushed at times as a result).
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Aerial searches will take place this morning in the search for the shark, which is estimated to be around 3.5 metres long and was shot at by a police officer, possibly more than once. It is not clear whether it has been killed.
"We do not know at this stage if he hit the shark, but the shark rolled off and disappeared," Inspector Shawn Rutene said yesterday."
Very sad for all concerned but it happens.
Human nature is curious and I have as yet to understand the need for retribution, if indeed this is what they are seeking.
One can sort of understand in the cases where it was human v human as in the burning down of houses of David Bain and David Grey (even then it seems almost medieval) but when we seek to destroy something that was doing what it does, surviving, in its own environment I have difficulty in condoning this but there seems to be an acceptance that this is the right thing to do.


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Amanda Friday had James Finley worried. Sure, Finley loved her dedication, but there are limits to these types of things.
It's about 430 miles from Knoxville, Tenn. to Richmond, roughly a seven-hour drive. That didn't seem to bother Friday, who for weeks, finished summer school classes at the University of Tennessee every Thursday in Knoxville before heading to Richmond, usually by car, alone. Friday played volleyball at Tennessee for three years, and was going to be the new kid on the block at VCU. She wanted to integrate into the team as quickly as possible.
The Rams couldn't hold organized practices over the summer, but Friday came anyway. She wanted to hang out with her new teammates, play some pickup beach volleyball and work out with Strength and Conditioning Coach Tim Kontos. Finally, Finley had to express his concern to Friday's mother, Reina.
"I talked to her mom about it," said Finley, in his seventh season with VCU. "I told her I appreciate this, and it's great to have somebody this dedicated, but we need to be realistic, and she said, 'Well, you can tell her not to because I sure can't.'"
So, Friday's late-night travels continued. As uncomfortable as it may have made Finley at the time, the Rams' coach is likely happy with the end result. Friday has meshed into the fabric of the 2011 VCU Volleyball team. Straightforward and confident, Friday has been a stabilizing force on this year's squad. The 5-7 senior libero has also delivered on the court, averaging a team-best 3.27 digs per set.
You could argue that junior Marisa Low was VCU's best returning player this season. The 5-5 libero was a Colonial Athletic Association All-Rookie Team pick in 2009 and was the anchor of the Rams' back line.
So, when the Carlsbad, Calif. tore an ACL during spring volleyball season, Finley had plenty of reason to be concerned. The Rams would have four other defensive specialist/liberos on the roster, but none with more than a year of college experience.
Meanwhile, at Tennessee, Friday was eyeing the end of her volleyball career. After graduating from UT in three years with a degree in psychology, the Springfield, Va. native was faced with a
tough decision. She could have stayed at Tennessee for grad school, but Tennessee Director of Mental Training Dr. Joe Whitney recommended against it. Whitney, who earned his Ph.D. at the school, told Friday that Tennessee preferred that its psychology Ph.D. candidates to receive some experience elsewhere.
"I actually thought I was just kind of done with volleyball," Friday said. "It was a difficult choice on my part, but I knew I probably wouldn't be playing volleyball later on in life. I had to make that long-term decision rather than what is right in front of me."
In June, Finley and Assistant Coach Nathan Baker were in Atlanta for a club tournament when they ran into Tom Lowrey, Friday's club coach with Virginia Elite. Finley and Baker jokingly asked where they could find an experience libero this late in the game. But the conversation quickly got serious. Lowrey called Friday asked if she still wanted to play another year.
At VCU, Friday could spend a year in the school's Center for Sport Leadership while she applied to the Ph.D. program, which requires a one-year waiting period. Additionally, Friday would gain a perspective that could lead to new career opportunities.
"At first I wanted to be a sports psychologist," Friday said. "When I heard about the Sport Leadership program, I sort of saw my options opening up because if you want to be a coach or even a sport administrator, you need a psychology aspect to be able to communicate with different people."
Eventually, Friday hopes to blend the skills she's acquired from both schools and open a team-building facility.
"That's my passion, finding the chemistry on a team and building on it," she said.
Friday's Knoxville-to-Richmond jaunts were pretty much about the same thing. She was showing the ultimate commitment and building the trust of her teammates. Tennessee was a top-25 program and reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament last season, but that experience wouldn't mean anything if Friday disrupted VCU's chemistry for even a second, or if her teammates didn't have faith in her.
"I learned a lot at Tennessee. It taught me a lot about the game, so I feel like I can really help the girls with learning the game," Friday said. "As far as the team, the first month or so I just kind of sat back and just watched how the team functioned. I'm up for helping the team in any way possible."
"Friday holds herself accountable first, so the girls allow her to hold them accountable," Finley said. "That's something that's really important to our team. That's taught some of the girls on our team that for you to grow and get better, you have to be honest with yourself."
Amanda Friday suffered her first concussion in high school. She was diving for a ball at summer camp when another player fell on top of her and accidentally elbowed her in the back of the head. Friday said she blacked out for "a good two minutes." The injury kept her off the volleyball court for a month.
Concussions can cause headaches, blurred vision, sensitivity to light and memory loss, to name a few symptoms. Once someone suffers their first concussion, they're more susceptible to future ones. Multiple concussions can lead to permanent damage, so, each successive occurrence is viewed with increased scrutiny.
During preseason practice in August, Friday went to the floor for a ball and it nearly derailed her VCU career before it started. Although her head did not make contact with the floor, the impact caused a whiplash effect. Shortly thereafter, she was diagnosed with her fourth concussion.
Given her history of concussions, Friday was facing the real possibility that her career could be over. For James Finley, it appeared his luck had gone from bad to good, back to bad again.
"At first, it was almost too good to be true that the whole thing came together and then to have her get hurt, you're like, 'ah, great,'" he said.
Although the worst was feared, Friday returned to practice after about two and a half weeks, including the first six matches of the season. Since, she's provided a steady hand at arguably VCU's position of the greatest need. But it isn't just her effort on the floor that has been a difference-maker.
Friday's three seasons playing in SEC, not to mention her overall level of maturity, have helped to calm a relatively young team. Although she is willing to let captains Kristin Boyd and Courtney Hott call the shots, Friday does have a valuable perspective on the game.
"I really wanted to help this team understand and kind of see that they have the potential to be as good as Tennessee or top 25, top 30," Friday said. "It really just takes the discipline."
Two weeks ago, Low, the player Friday was brought in to replace, returned to the lineup a month ahead of schedule. Low's return gives the Rams two skilled, experienced back-row players just weeks after VCU was facing the prospect of having none. Combined with a dynamic, emerging outside hitter in Boyd and a career year from Hott, the Black and Gold is starting to showcase the talent Friday believes is as good as just about anywhere.
"Without any doubt, she absolutely believes this team has the skill and the right athletes and the ability to be at that level, where they can compete there," Finley said. "There's a huge confidence that she brings to the team because she exudes it, not in herself, but in the whole team. She understands if you do this, this and this, we can get there."


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Coca-Cola's plan to create a an at-home soda dispenser with Green Mountain Coffee sent the Keurig-maker's shares flying earlier this month.
But this isn't Coke's first foray into the home-brewing market.
The company's first personal soda brewer, called the BreakMate, was introduced to test markets in 1985, and hit the national market in 1988. Coke marketed the 60-pound machine, which initially cost $1,799, to small offices.
Coke executives lauded the machine as a game-changer for the beverage industry.
"This is the largest development project we have ever undertaken," W. Andrew Harvill, then of Coke's fountain sales department, told the Los Angeles Times in 1988.
Within a decade, the company expected the machines to generate roughly 2% of the company's sales, or the equivalent of 20 million gallons of Coca-Cola concentrate each year, according to the Times.
"If you make Coke available," Harvill said at the time, "then people will drink it."
Coke pitched the machine to office managers as a way to increase employee productivity. Without a BreakMate, a Coke brochure read, employees "are forced to spend valuable business time leaving their immediate work area . . . to find the nearest available soft drink source."
The BreakMate, manufactured by German company Siemans, held three refillable liters of syrup that had the capacity to produce 31 6.5-ounce servings or 20 10-ounce servings.
Take a look at the unwieldy predecessor to the SodaStream:
Here are the syrup liters, which were hidden under a plastic flap on the front of the machine:
At 22 inches wide and 18 inches high, the machine took up a fair amount of counter space:
The machines were plagued with operational problems, however, and people soon realized that buying two-liter bottles cost less than brewing it on their own. There were also concerns about product consistency and cross-contamination, according to VendingMarketWatch.com.
Coca-Cola eventually stopped making the machines and in 2007, the company stopped all product support, Coke spokesman Petro Kacur told Business Insider.
Mark Swartzberg, a Coke analyst at Stifel, has predicted that the soda giant's new at-home brewer could suffer a similar fate.
"The opportunity is small... and carries significant execution risk," Swartzberg wrote in a recent client note, according to the Wall Street Journal. "In our opinion, one of Coke's problems ... is not routes-to-market but innovation in the bottle."
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INDEX — In the late 1970s, Pete Davis was living in Seattle and practicing Wicca on his own.
He wanted to create a community of people seeking to strengthen their spiritual connection with the Earth. In 1979, he bought some property near the small town of Index in the Cascades and founded the Aquarian Tabernacle Church, the only organized Wiccan church in Snohomish County.
"It's a lot easier to be a nature worshipper out here than it is at Third and Pike," said the Rev. Davis, 75.
"I had wanted to establish a place that the pagan and Wiccan people in the greater Seattle area could go for worship without having the neighbors get excited because they had candles or were wearing robes or were chanting in the backyard."
The church, named for the age of Aquarius, draws people from all over the state and sometimes beyond. Davis also has made a mark by lending the church's name to nearly 50 other Wiccan groups around the world.
Modern-day Wicca was founded by Gerald Gardner in England in the 1940s. It's an amalgam of gods and practices from indigenous cultures in different parts of the world, primarily Celtic but also Greek and others. There are several variations.
"When people ask me what the basic belief system is, I explain to them it's essentially the European equivalent of Native American," Davis said. "It's based on the belief system of the indigenous people of northern Europe before the Roman conquest, which of course brought with it Christianity."
The Index church property has shrines to Pan, the hooved Greek god of the wild, and Hecate, an ancient goddess of the Earth, sea and sky. There's also a small stone circle.
The church usually meets on the Saturdays closest to the new and full moons, and the solstices, equinoxes, and mid-season holidays of Samhain (fall), Imbolc (winter), Beltaine (spring) and Lughnasadh (summer).
"There are many smaller Wiccan groups but they like to come (to the Index church) on major holidays and celebrate together," Davis said. "We consider anybody who comes here more than two or three times to be a church member."
Usually, anywhere from 10 to 50 people will show up for a service, he said. For many of the holidays, the church holds large gatherings at state parks that sometimes draw more than 200 worshippers.
Many different types of ceremonies are held.
"Basically, we start out by consecrating the spot, by calling the quarters (directions) and casting a circle," Davis said.
One ceremony is a recreation of a parade to the sea that's part of the Greek mysteries.
"We go down to the water's edge and priestesses throw flowers in the water," he said. "The Greeks' custom was to sacrifice a piglet in order to purify themselves. So we make little pig-shaped cookies out of flour and salt and throw them in the water."
That's as close as Wiccans come to a sacrifice, Davis said.
Wicca has sometimes been confused with Satan worship. Some horned gods are honored in Wicca, including Pan and Cernunnos, a Celtic stag-like deity. People who associate Wicca with Satanism are often mixing up their horned gods, said Robert Anderson, who runs Edge of the Circle Books in Seattle. The store has Wiccans among its customers.
"With the idea of a horned god, immediately people think of Satanism," he said. "Since the (Wiccan) theology is not part of the Christian belief system, there's no devil to worship in Wicca."
Wiccans are mentioned by some in the same breath with the term "witch." It's a loaded word, Davis said.
"I think the word has always used at the point of a finger and it's always been a pejorative," he said.
Davis said Wiccans have a simple moral code: "Do as you will, but harm no one, and that includes not harming yourself."
Davis has played a large part in growing Wicca and legitimizing it in the faith community.
He lent the name "Aquarian Tabernacle" to Wiccans in other parts of the country to help them attain tax-exempt church status. The same has been done for groups in other countries including Ireland, New Zealand and South Africa, Davis said.
In the early 1990s, Davis represented Wicca on the Interfaith Council of Washington in Seattle (now called the Interfaith Network). At the Index church hangs a photo of several Seattle-area religious leaders, including Davis, meeting with the Dalai Lama at St. Mark's Cathedral in Seattle in 1993.
"Pete has been the mastermind behind being able to work with the existing system," Anderson said.
At the interfaith council, Davis said, "I explained what Wicca was and explained that basically we're all trying to do the same thing and it doesn't matter a whole lot to whomever our maker may happen to be how we do it. The fact that we do it is important.
"This religion is as boring as anybody's," he said. "What we teach people is if this part of religious philosophy works for you, that's great, and if there are pieces of some other philosophy, be it Buddhist or Native American or Zoroastrian or whatever, if that works for you, feel free.
"If that helps you get through the rough spots in life, then that's great."
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Carrot & cheddar soup with toast soldiers
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- kcal250
- fat14g
- saturates9g
- carbs23g
- sugars0g
- fibre3g
- protein9g
- salt1.49g
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- 1 small onion, roughly chopped
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- 500g carrots, chopped
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- 100g mature cheddar, grated
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Melt the butter in a large saucepan over a low heat and tip in the onion, carrots and potato. Fry gently for about 10 minutes, stirring from time to time, until the onion is soft and the vegetables are glistening.
Pour in the stock and bring to the boil, then reduce the heat and partially cover the pan. Simmer for about 20 minutes, until the vegetables are soft.
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U.S. Fines Toyota Again For Delayed Safety Reports
DETROIT (AP) — The U.S. government has slapped Toyota Motor Corp. with a record $17.4 million fine for failing once again to quickly report problems to federal regulators and for delaying a safety recall.
The fine from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, the agency that monitors vehicle safety, is the maximum allowed by law. It's the fourth fine levied against Toyota in the past two years for similar infractions, and it's the largest single fine ever assessed against a car company over safety defects.
In 2010, Toyota paid a total of $48.8 million in fines for three violations.
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"Pomegranate, saffron, rosewater, chestnut flour . . . that's a pretty exotic shopping list," he said.
"I don't want to buy them, I'm experimenting," she replied.
"I kept writing a list of what I needed, leaving it on the bench and coming home with a whole lot of things that weren't on the list and none of the things that were.
"Now I put a whole lot of things I didn't need on the list in the hope I'll buy the things I do."
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It's often said that women can have it all - motherhood and a successful career. But a new study from the University of California, Berkeley, suggests that women who rule the household have less energy for or interest in being a rising star in the workplace.
While household decision-making power was highly valued by both men and women who participated in the UC Berkeley study, women reported that running the home made them less likely to pursue promotions and other career advancement steps at the office. This was not the case for men, whose work goals were unchanged by their domestic role, according to the study.
"It appears that being in charge of household decisions may bring a semblance of power to women's traditional role, to the point where women may have less desire to push against the obstacles to achieving additional power outside the home," said UC Berkeley psychologist Serena Chen, a co-author of the study.
Despite the feminist movement and other gender equity efforts, women largely retain authority over child-rearing and household chores and finances, with men deferring to their expertise in these matters, researchers point out. This paradigm has had an impact on women's career choices, the study implies.
"As a result, women may make decisions such as not going after a high-status promotion at work, or not seeking to work full time, without realizing why," said Melissa Williams an assistant professor of business at Emory University and lead author of the study. She will present the findings this Friday, Jan. 18, at the annual meeting of the Society of Personality and Social Psychology in New Orleans.
In the first experiment, 136 participants ranging in age from 18 to 30 were surveyed on whether being in control of household decisions is desirable and empowering. Both men and women agreed that household control is advantageous.
In another experiment, each of the 166 female participants was asked to imagine two scenarios: That she was married with a child and made most of the household decisions, or that she made most decisions with her husband. The women then rated their life goals in order of importance. Those who envisioned exercising control over domestic decisions rated the perks of workplace power, such as earning a high salary, lower than participants who imagined sharing household decision-making with their husbands.
In the final experiment, 644 male and female participants were again presented with the scenario of being married with a child and the choice of wielding household power or sharing it with their spouses. But this time, there was another option: The participants had to imagine doing most domestic chores without the distinction of having control of the household.
Again, women who wielded household power expressed less interest in workplace power than women who imagined making household decisions equally with their husbands. Meanwhile, men's interest in workplace power did not vary across the household power conditions. Thus, the dampening effect of household power on workplace goals is specific to women, researchers said.
Unlike the female participants who controlled the household, women presented with the "chores-only" scenario did not show a dampened interest in workplace power compared to those who shared domestic power with their spouse.
"This suggests that it is the power aspect of household control that reduces women's interest in power outside of the home," Chen said.
"To realize true gender equality in both the private and public spheres, our results suggest that women may need to at least partially abdicate their role of ultimate household deciders, and men must agree to share such decision making," she concluded.


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