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Professor Robert Hayman's Tribute to Bobby Lipkin
This will be a short talk about one of Bobby's "big ideas," about pragmatism, which might be best described as revolutionary pragmatism.
Bobby's interest in constitutional revolutions is well-documented, but the full corpus of his work documents a broader and deeper commitment to a revolutionary creed. Each of his articles is in fact a mini-insurrection, a rebellion against one order or another. As an author, Bobby is the James Dean of pragmatists; you got it, he rebels against it. In his writings, no order is stable, no heuristic is safe, no paradigm is left unshifted.
Journey into one of his articles and see the world get re-made. Old structures yield to new ones – of Bobby's creation. Old dichotomies yield to new ones – of Bobby's creation. Old terms yield to new ones – of Bobby's creation. So meet the new boss – he's the not the same as the old boss, because the new boss is Bobby. Bobby is, in his writing, the fabricator of new intellectual universes, the creator, and this is literally true, of new discourse. The writing teems with, it overflows with, creativity. But of course. As Camus, the patron saint of pragmatists, reminds us, what is creativity, after all, but rebellion. James Dean got that too.
But Bobby's rebellion is rebellion for a cause, and in that cause pragmatism is, fittingly, both means and ends. Pragmatism is the vehicle for the perfection of American constitutional democracy; and pragmatism itself needs to be perfected, for its own sake – because it matters.
That's another facet of Bobby's work, the passion he shows for pragmatism. Read Bobby on pragmatism, and hear him revel in it, feel his joy in engaging it, it's as if he cannot believe his impossibly good fortune in having discovered this remarkable philosophy that he can make his own.
And it suits him so well. Inclusive enough, like Bobby, to embrace nearly every important jurisprudential movement of the past half century; rigorous enough, like Bobby, to be branded a philosophy, a brand it dismisses with studied disdain. Committed, on the one hand, to critique and relentless skepticism; equally committed, on the other, to the power of prophecy, and to an enduring hope. And it does matter; it is important. The joy of Bobby's work – and he is at times positively giddy – is matched by an earnestness; the stakes, he sees, are high. Future generations will render their verdict but it should be no surprise if they determine that pragmatism's influence on two generations of legal thinkers – in the academy, on the bench, in the White House – is rivaled in our history only by the New Deal era realists – the main difference being, of course, that we don't have a New Deal.
At least, not yet. Because the pragmatist's story – Bobby's story – is still unfolding. Who knows what tomorrow will bring, who knows which of Bobby's fabricated universes will become our own. We have witnessed, with Bobby, a President Obama; who is to say that we won't witness a President Lipkin – Sara, as she's known to her friends.
So here's a bit of Bobby the revolutionary pragmatist, doing what pragmatists do – arguing with other pragmatists – because that's they way they become better, it's the way they learn how to build their new, better, universes.
The subject of Bobby's work here is: an argument between two other pragmatists. One of them, Richard Rorty, had counseled against the use of "foundationalist" language to make normative appeals; we cannot pretend, he insisted, to be possessors of first order moral insights. The other, Lynn Baker, had taken Rorty to task; stripped of its moral dimensions, pragmatism, she insisted, lost its ability to persuade, and was of scant value to progressive movements, or to the cause of oppressed peoples. It is true, Rorty conceded, that the language of progressive prophecy is sometimes littered with moral absolutes; but the prophets who use that language, he maintained, are the wrong kind of prophets. Enter Bobby, stage left. In a Tulane Law Review Article he titles "Pragmatism–The Unfinished Revolution," Bobby writes this:
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Rorty's conception of the language of prophecy does not correspond to the language of actual prophets. In short, the kinds of prophets we admire use very different descriptions than the ones that seem to follow from Rorty's conception of antifoundationalist, prophetic language. If doctrinaire pragmatism cannot accommodate the actual language of prophecy, then arguably it cannot be used for reflective social change even in the way Rorty endorses. Rorty's conception of good prophecy distorts moral language and moral psychology, the same language and psychology that have permitted Western intellectuals to seek to eradicate suffering and render society free and just. Unlike doctrinaire pragmatism, reflective pragmatism can support and extend the language of prophecy as the only nonviolent means of reform and revolution.
Based on everything we know, reflective pragmatism permits universal moral truths. Its antifoundationalism remains intact. These truths are historically derived and do not pretend to represent any reality save our historical heritage. The reflective pragmatist does not believe for a minute that these truths are anything more than deep, contingent generalizations.
For the reflective pragmatist, permitting universal judgments saves us from the straightjacket of doctrinaire pragmatism. The language of universality permits us to say more of what we want to say about good and evil, our understanding of the moral past, and our utopian aspirations for the future. So, despite the contingent imperfection associated with universal moral judgments, adopting a judicious use of such judgments is better than abandoning them entirely. Reflective pragmatism, unlike its doctrinaire counterpart, contends that more pragmatic benefits accrue by permitting some universal judgments than by proscribing their use entirely.
Reflective pragmatism promises to continue the pragmatic revolution, a revolution that should always remain unfinished. The unfinished pragmatic revolution indicates that pragmatism is a process that can exploit any other type of discourse when that discourse has pragmatic benefits. As long as we recognize this, a pragmatist can adopt foundationalist, realist, objectivist, or universalist discourses shorn of their epistemological and metaphysical commitments when the pragmatic price is right. Reflective pragmatism frees the pragmatist from both foundationalism and doctrinaire pragmatism. Reflective pragmatism, in short, renders the pragmatist free from foundationalism as well as free to adopt foundationalist discourse, thereby expanding the pragmatic conversation. Given reflective pragmatism's superiority over doctrinaire pragmatism, nothing should prevent us from viewing the transition to reflective pragmatism as pragmatism's next revolutionary moment.
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See what he did there. "Doctrinaire pragmatism," "reflective pragmatism" – a new dichotomy; his dichotomy; his terms; his creation. The paradox of the doctrinaire pragmatist – his discovery, if you will, or maybe his invention. And for the pragmatist committed to progressive change – a new priority, and new discursive possibilities. A new revolutionary moment. All that in four paragraphs. And we've barely scratched the surface.
When he was told of this event, Jack Balkin, editor of the balkanization blog and a Con Law teacher at Yale, passed along an email that closed with this thought: "Bobby was a lovely man, and will be deeply missed." Of course there's no disputing any of that; we know it. And for all the times that we imagine otherwise, for all the times I've still seen Bobby in my office doorway, smiling, greeting me with a "hey kiddo," for all that, still the sense of loss is truly palpable, and still it hurts.
But maybe today points a way toward lessening the hurt, toward a way maybe that we miss Bobby less deeply. Because Bobby left us more than memories, he left us his words. And so from time to time we can pull this book from the shelf, and learn again from Bobby, and share with him his passions, witness–maybe even join in –his revolution, travel with him in his marvelous new worlds. We'll be better for it – not least because, we're always better, when we're with a friend.


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Chickpea Cucumber Salad
Combine oil and cumin seeds in a small sauce pan. Cook, stirring occasionally, over medium heat until the flavors blend and the seeds release their aroma, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool to room temperature.
Combine chickpeas, cucumber, parsley, tomatoes, lemon juice, garlic, and red pepper flakes in a large bowl and mix well.Add cumin oil and toss to coat. Season the salad to taste with salt and pepper. Serve at once or store covered and refrigerated. Bring to room temperature before serving.
Notes: Salad can be made one day ahead. Cover and refrigerate. Bring to room temperature before serving.
*To seed a cucumber: Cut the cucumber in half lengthwise. Use a melon baller or a spoon to scoop out the seeds.
Yield: 6 servings

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We can't wait for the cheesy, delicious action movie Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. We've been stacking up rail-splitter puns for months, waiting for the first footage of Honest Abe kicking vampire ass. But until the next trailer comes out, we'll have to do with this new crop of images, posters and the first ever footage from on set, showing Abraham kicking political ass (they must be saving the vampire hatchet swinging for the trailer, we hope).
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Benjamin Walker plays Abe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead is his wife Mary Todd Lincoln (the sexy version) and Anthony Mackie is probably a vampire. Why else would he be ominously looming in the background? The action movie (based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith) will be released on June 22, 2012.


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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 15 7:35 pm Post subject: How we can help our libraries.
When weve read our weeklies - the New Scientist and The Week - we give them to the local library. They are very grateful, as their grants have been severely cut so they cant offer them to readers anymore. Our mags go first to Ilminster library, which then passes them on to Chard, Crewkerne and South Petherton.
Even better than the recycling bin.
Please share/forward!
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 15 8:24 pm Post subject:
As a kid I used to go down the library at least twice a week. No TV was one of the reasons probably. Must admit I am now a 'book hoarder' and the main problem I have with libraries is that I have to give the books back. Also a cheap skate so my main source of books is charity shops. More power to your elbow though Annemiek. I sort of feel a bit guilty
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 15 10:25 pm Post subject:
One of the best ways to help libraries is to use them. The figures for book borrowing aren't the only ones that count, borrowing CD's of films or talking books, childrens storytime or other activities, using the internet or archives are all important too. I filled in a questionaire at our library not so long ago and realised that I used it for most of what was on the list.📚
I think passing on publications is a great idea. Well done for thinking of it!
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Posted: Wed Nov 11, 15 11:31 pm Post subject:
unfortunately most of the book stuff i need access to is not kept in local or even university libraries , at the mo im after a particular book of which there is one known copy in the B L and they dont want to share.we have managed to get three of the series of four but the last is proving difficult.
the bodlean has some papers we want ,again locked up.etc etc
there are archives and reports etc etc that have been very useful but again not the sort of thing one finds in a local library.
i see the value of local libraries,i spent a lot of time in my one when i was a lot younger and read a huge variety of things fiction and non fiction .i still read a lot but it is almost all non fiction and source materials and tt's several thousand books are a better collection than most local libraries if i want a change from history .
on principle i support libraries and think they are money well spent for a variety of reasons but im not in any of their client groups.
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 15 7:15 am Post subject:
After the mobile library I used to used was cut to impossible times, I started going to our local library at the other end of the village, about 2 miles or so away. It is in the old school I attended as a child. The computer is inconveniently between two lots of fiction bookshelves, next to the childrens section, and I would never even think of borrowing anything other than books from a library. We have quite enough DVDs and CDs that we rarely play at home. The non-fiction section keeps contracting too.
I think libraries are very necessary, as it gives everyone the chance to read when they might not want or be able to afford to buy the books.
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 15 7:48 am Post subject:
I used to really enjoy a trip to the library with the kids when they were small.
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 15 3:44 pm Post subject:
I have always felt that libraries are good things. Except I never go near one
- in my case access to the internet from home has really done for them.
Of course not everyone has access to the internet or the cash to buy books so I can see there is a need there. Having libraries in the same building as post/council offices makes a lot of sense when less people need their services than previously.
It was a weekly event for my mother to walk me and my two sisters to the local library - if we were really lucky we stopped on the way and got a custard tart from the bakers.
Instilled in me a lifelong habit of reading for pleasure and research - priceless really.
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Posted: Thu Nov 12, 15 5:48 pm Post subject:
perhaps the last line is the reason they are being destroyed,an educated population is dangerous.
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 15 8:46 am Post subject:
When I posted this to another forum ("Down the Lane"), someone replied:
I just found out last week that our library takes book donations. The decent ones are catalogued and put on the shelves. The tatty ones are sold on to a paper reclamation business and will be turned into paper. An income for the library!
Good idea! I wonder if other libraries do it that way? Hers is in North Lincs.
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 15 9:02 am Post subject:
I have always felt that libraries are good things. Except I never go near one
- in my case access to the internet from home has really done for them.
Of course not everyone has access to the internet or the cash to buy books so I can see there is a need there. Having libraries in the same building as post/council offices makes a lot of sense when less people need their services than previously.
It was a weekly event for my mother to walk me and my two sisters to the local library - if we were really lucky we stopped on the way and got a custard tart from the bakers.
Instilled in me a lifelong habit of reading for pleasure and research - priceless really.
I think I agree 100%. Except I only had a brother. And we got 10p worth of sweets.
I still read for pleasure almost every day.
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Posted: Fri Nov 13, 15 11:03 am Post subject:
I still use our library. Being cash poor and time rich is an incentive. And the bookshop in town closed.
I borrow cookery books quite often to see if they're worth acquiring permanently and a lot of stuff lke travel and light reading that I know I'd never re-read.
They're massively involved with the local schoosl and preschools (There's nearly always a bunch of kids in there in the mornings). And they were really helpful to Boy Wonder when he was looking for suggestions back when he grew out of children's books and didn't quite know what he wanted to move on to.
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 15 7:51 am Post subject:
Our library often has kids in as groups too Sean. Gets them used to the idea of books, which has to be a good thing.
I will ask our library about taking donations Annemieke. We have a number of books that might be of some use to them, if only for historical interest on electronics and such like. We don't get any magazines they might be interested in I don't think, but I will ask, as husband has stacks of the things around the house and they only go for recycle periodically when he has a cull.
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Posted: Sun Nov 15, 15 9:59 am Post subject:
There have been huge cuts to Council budgets so all the smaller local libraries are under threat of closure. Trouble is, their footfall is so low it is hard to justify it on numbers. However having had a conversation with a local councillor about this there is apparently no threat to the mobile library service. It seems to be a great service, the librarian knows everyone and will get books in whenever requested or will stock the van with books he thinks will appeal to his readers. I have no idea what the costs or savings might be but it would be good to see this service grow as libraries are cut. I've used it myself to feed books back to the library as there is no parking nearby and it doesn't open until 9.30 by which time I am in work.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 15 7:04 am Post subject:
In our area it is the other way round. Our mobile was cut to once every 4 weeks, which made it tricky to decide when it was going to be there without a diary, but luckily our local library building is still there. We have one library to serve about 7000 houses which is due to increase by over 10% in the next few years. It seems to have a steady trickle of users when I am there, and isn't open all the time, but does seem to be worth while.
Sadly, where councils are having to cut everything, although I would fight against it, cutting libraries is better than not caring for people.
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I go to the library 4 times a week-ie the days they are open. As a result of all the cuts they are closed for Mon. now as well as Wed. We have about 7 computers available, but you are allowed a maximum of 2 hours a day as they have reduced the number from 10 to 7 pooters. There is quite a lot of folks using the library for books as well as the pooters, but in addition they offer a lot of the services here-I can pay my rates here if I want to, collect bin bags and get council information. Indeed the services are good when it is open. There are 8 people in here now and when school comes out there will be double that as kids without pooters at home come in here to do their homework.
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The third annual Kerry W. Garmon Memorial Scholarship Dinner and Auction is set for 6 p.m. in the gym on the Saltillo Independent School District campus. The event helps to provide two $1,000 scholarships to deserving Saltillo High School graduating senior students. For more information, see the March 6 edition of the Mount Vernon Optic-Herald.


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As SQL Server Analysis Services Tabular Models become more popular, models will use Oracle databases as sources. One of the key issues whenever you work with Oracle is understanding how to properly configure the necessary components to enable development.
Getting Started
If you have worked with Oracle before, you are very aware of a few things you need to be successful. First, you need to install the Oracle client. Here is where the details get messy. When you are working with MSBI tools, you will be using SQL Server Data Tools in Visual Studio which is still only 32 bit. Of the BI tools in SSDT, only SSIS has run modes to support 32 bit and 64 bit configurations. As a result, you need to install the 32 bit Oracle client in order to develop your tabular model.
Once that has been installed you will need to update the TNSNAMES.ORA file with the servers you will be targeting during development. Ideally, your Oracle DBAs have a file for you to use so you don't need to create one. One nice thing is that the Oracle 12c client updates the PATH environment variable with the location of the bin folder. (Yes, Oracle still uses environment variables.) I would also recommend adding or using the TNS_ADMIN variable to specify the location of the TNSNAMES.ORA file. (See http://www.orafaq.com/wiki/TNS_ADMIN for details.)
NOTE: It took me many hours to work through a variety of configuration issues related to working with the Oracle client install. A couple of reinstalls, reboots, TNSNames.ORA tweaks, and lots of fruitless searching were all required to get this working. Be warned, working with Oracle clients are neither fun nor simple.
The Issue
Now that you have the 32 bit client installed you can connect to the Oracle database through the tabular model designer. As shown below, you can connect to Oracle through the Table Import Wizard.
You will be able to successfully test the connection as noted here.
And you will be able to execute a query and get results. You can also use the option to select tables and views.
However, once you decide to import the data you will encounter the following error:
The issue is that while you can do most of your work within Visual Studio using the 32 bit client, the import process targets the SQL Server tabular instance you specified when you created the project. While the 32 bit version of SQL Server is still available, most of us would not install that, even in our development environments. If you do not encounter this error, you are either using the 32 bit client of SQL Server or you have the 64 bit Oracle client installed (more on that next). As long as Visual Studio is only 32 bit compliant and you choose to use the 64 version of SQL Server you will see this issue.
The Resolution
The resolution is fairly simple. You need to download and install the 64 bit Oracle client. I would recommend that you get it installed, then reboot your development PC. While this may not be required, it seems to have helped me with a number of connectivity issues. You will need to be prepared for some "interesting" issues as you will have more than one Oracle home installed and you have the potential of many types of ORA-XXXXX errors. Once you are up and running you should be able to develop tabular models built on Oracle databases.
Some Parting Thoughts
First, I want to be clear that I think that Oracle is a solid database platform. However, I have never been at a client site or on a project where the connectivity or client installs were totally correct or functional without some work between the Oracle team and the BI development team. I think that the .NET driver is supposed to better and I may try that out for a later post (when I have the hours to spare).
I did the testing for this completely on Azure (and my Surface). I set up an Oracle VM and a SQL Server VM on Azure. The Microsoft team put together a great reference on setting up your Oracle VM. Check it out. I also did a previous post on setting up Oracle in an Azure VM. Both VM types can be pricey, but in a testing environment all was not too bad. I encourage you to use Azure to for these types of scenarios. But be sure to turn it off when you are done.


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Gov. Neil Abercrombie today announced that former state Senate President Shan S. Tsutsui has accepted the position of Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii, effective immediately under the order of succession. The office was vacated yesterday by the appointment of former Lt. Gov. Brian Schatz to the U.S. Senate.
"Shan's acceptance reflects this administration's commitment to represent all the people of Hawaii as a statewide community, not one that is Oahu-centric,"said Gov. Abercrombie. "As demonstrated during his time in the Legislature and most recently as Senate President, Shan is extremely effective in bringing various parties together to benefit all the people of Hawaii."
"The decision to leave the state Senate was not a choice I made lightly, but I am eager to make a meaningful contribution to the future of Hawaii as Lt. Governor,"Tsutsui said. "There is much work to be done in the Senate, but I have full confidence in my colleagues at the Legislature. I look forward to working with them this session in my new role."
Plans are underway to establish an additional Office of the Lt. Governor on Maui, expanding the office's reach and accessibility to all island communities. The Office of the Lt. Governor will continue to conduct business in the State Capitol in Honolulu.
"In the past, Neighbor Island elected officials might have thought they had to move to Honolulu in order to serve,"Gov. Abercrombie said. "In my view, this may no longer be necessary, especially as technology brings us closer together and the state's IT transformation plan affords greater opportunities to conduct state business from all islands."
Tsutsui served as the 12th Senate President of Hawaii. He is the first Senate President from Maui as well as the youngest. Elected to the Senate in 2002 to represent Hawaii's 4th senatorial district, his previous leadership positions included the Vice Chair of Ways and Means and Majority Caucus Leader.
Tsutsui graduated from Maui High School in 1989 and earned his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Hawaii in 1994. He and his wife, Lyndelle Lee Tsutsui, reside on Maui with their three daughters, Mikayla, Kaylee and Kenna.
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Sao Paulo GRAND SLAM | 8 - 13 octobre 2013
Being held this coming week at Parque Villas Lobos, the FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam will mark the 35th time that Brazil has hosted a men's and 30th time Brazil has hosted a women's FIVB international beach volleyball world tour event. Brazil is hosting an FIVB World Tour event for the 27th consecutive year. Brazil has staged a FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour event every year since the start of the international circuit for men in 1987 and women in 1992.
Following eight FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour Grand Slams, the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships and two FIVB Opens completed, two teams from beach volleyball superpower Brazil remain at the top of the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour/Open leader board heading into the final two Grand Slams and final three FIVB Open events of the season.
Continuing to ride high atop the men's FIVB World Tour/Open season point standings is Brazil's new team of Pedro Salgado/Bruno Schmidt while continuing to lead the women's FIVB World Tour/Open competition is another new Brazilian team, Taiana Lima/Talita Antunes.
"In 2008 I played with Harley (Marques) and we were not the number one team in Brazil,†said Salgado. "We were behind Ricardo (Santos) and Emanuel (Rego) in the ranking. But this year Bruno and I have won three gold medals of the World Tour. Now, our team returns here as Brazilian champions with more responsibility but we are staying cool, relaxed and we are really excited to play again in Brazil in a FIVB World Tour event.â€
Antunes also expressed excitement about the prospects of playing in her home country.
"I played in the FIVB World Cup Final this year in Campinas (Brazil) and could feel the taste of playing an international tournament in Brazil again,†she said. "To have the fans cheering for us all the time is really good. The Brazilian fans have so much heart and are so into every serve. Besides that, it is good to play for friends and family that normally only see us play on TV.â€
Counting the FIVB Moscow Grand Slam, Brazil's Salgado/Schmidt have collected 5,540 points on the 2013 FIVB World Tour/FIVB Opens and their lead over Latvia's second-place Aleksandrs Samoilovs/Janis Smedins has shrunk to 40 points, 530 more than Brazil's third place Ricardo Santos/Alvaro Filho. USA's Jake Gibb/Casey Patterson are in fourth place, 890 points behind the leading team. In the season earnings race, Latvia's Samoilovs/J. Smedins have jumped for third to first with $153,200 followed by Brazil's Ricardo/Filho with $144,700 and Brazil's Salgado/Schmidt with $144,275. All three of the top teams are playing in their first full season together and Ricardo didn't play one tournament because of an injury.
In 2013 FIVB women's international competition, Brazil's Lima/Antunes duo has been superlative and continues to lead the 2013 FIVB World Tour/FIVB Opens with 6,090 points and $201,500 in earnings. Jumping up from fourth in each category to second with their Moscow gold is Brazil's Salgado sisters with 5,220 points and $133,500 in earnings. Third in both areas is Brazil's Barbara Seixas/Liliane Maestrini with 4,940 and $114,375.
Fourth in points and fifth in earnings is Germany's Katrin Holtwick/Ilka Semmler with 4,880 and $102,700 while fourth in earnings is China's veteran duo of Chen Xue/Xi Zhang with $114,000. Fifth in points and sixth in prize money is Brazil's Agatha Bednarczuk/Maria Antonelli with 4,620 points and $93,375 in earnings.
With USA's Phil Dalhausser/Sean Rosenthal (Fuzhou, Rome, Long Beach) having won three gold medals on the FIVB men's World Tour and Open tournaments, Latvia's Smedins/Samoilovs have two gold medals (Corrientes, Moscow). One gold medal has been won by USA's Gibb/Patterson (Shanghai), Brazil's Salgado/Schmidt (The Hague), Netherlands' Alexander Brouwer/Robert Meeuwsen (Stare Jablonki), Brazil's Santos/Filho (Gstaad), Russia's Yaroslav Koshkarev/Konstantin Semenov (Anapa) and Brazil's Vitor Felipe/Evandro Goncalves (Berlin).
On the FIVB women's international season scorecard, Brazil's Antunes/Lima (Shanghai, The Hague, Rome, Long Beach, Berlin) have a remarkable five gold medals while China's Xue/Zhang team has won three gold medals this year (Fuzhou, Stare Jablonki and Gstaad), along with the Netherlands' van Gestel/Meppelink (Corrientes). Russia's Ekaterina Khomyakova/Evgeniya Ukolova (Anapa) and with Brazil's Salgado sisters (Moscow) have won one gold medal.
This year's FIVB World Tour Grand Slams use a pool format. São Paulo will begin with a one-day qualification tournament of 24 teams in each gender on Tuesday to determine the final eight spots in each gender's 32-team main draw tournaments followed by round-robin pool play where pools of four will play three matches each with a single-elimination bracket for the final 24 teams (the top three from each pool) concluding with the gold medal matches for both genders Sunday, Oct. 13. The gold medal teams in each gender in the FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam will each split $33,000, the silver $22,000, the bronze $16,500 and fourth place $12,900.
In the first 34 men's FIVB International tournaments in Brazil, 14 in Rio de Janeiro, six in Fortaleza, five in Vitoria, four in Brasilia, Guaruja and Salvador with two each and one in Joao Pessoa, Brazil has won 21 gold medals, the United States has won 11 gold medals, while Germany has won the other two titles. In the first 29 FIVB International tournaments in Brazil for women, with seven in Rio de Janeiro, five in Salvador, four each in Brasilia and Vitoria, three each in Fortalezza and Santos and one each in Guaraja, Meceio and Recife, Brazil has won 18 gold medals followed by the United States with 10 and China with one gold medal.
Overall in the FIVB men's medal race in Brazil's history, Brazil leads with 60 total medals, followed by the United States with 23, Switzerland with six, Argentina and Germany with four each, Canada with two and China, Cuba and Norway with one each. For the FIVB women's overall medal race in Brazil, Brazil also leads with 52 total medals, followed again by the United States with 27, Australia with three, Germany two, and China, Italy and Japan with one medal.
The 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Tour is comprised of 10 Grand Slam events and the 2013 FIVB Beach Volleyball World Championships. Not part of the World Tour but counting towards FIVB points/earnings are five Open events (four double-gender tournaments and one women-only).
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Salgado/Schmidt claim men's gold at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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USA's Ross/Walsh victorious in São Paulo
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Brazil, Latvia, Spain, USA in men's semis at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Brazil, Germany, Italy, USA in women's semis at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Men's field reduced to 24 at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Brazil's Schmidt/Salgado hope for no. 1 world ranking at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Walsh Jennings playing with April Ross at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Women's pool play opens with great play, some upsets at FIVB São Paulo Grand Slam
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Purple Aspie to I Wish I Didn't Have Asperger's Syndrome
Someone, somewhere out there, is wishing that he/she did not have Asperger's Syndrome. Whoever you are, or if there is more than one of you, I hope you read some or all of the posts with this subject line to know that you are not alone. I'm sure many of us who have Asperger's, if not all of us, have, at one point or another, wished we didn't have Asperger's Syndrome.
Growing up on the autism spectrum is certainly not easy, and I find myself wondering if you are a teenager. Being a teenager is hard enough as it is without a disability whose most obvious attribute is "difficulty with social skills" to make it harder. If I'd known I had AS when I was a teen, I'd probably have wished like crazy that I didn't have it. I didn't want to have anything to make me different, and I was most definitely different.
Today, however, as an adult, I can appreciate my differences. I think differently, and in my opinion that's a good thing. I can look at situations in a way that non-Aspies can't. I can solve puzzles that have my non-Aspie friends shaking their heads. I can make friends with almost any animal I meet, even the ones that other people say "He doesn't like anyone!"
I have hypersensitive hearing, and while sometimes that can make me crazy, at other times it is very, very useful. I can find my cats by listening to them purr. When I do my transcription job, I can hear audio that my co-workers can't hear. All of my co-workers, even my supervisor, will ask me to listen to things that they can't hear. When I was waiting for eye surgery to fix my vision problems, I was able to use my hearing to make sure a car wasn't coming to run me over when I crossed the street, or to find my black cat in the dark by calling her and listening to her meow at me.
I get along amazingly well with children. Even though I have always had a bit of a problem with the concept of "play," children still approach me and ask me to play with them. People at my church will hand me their babies and say, "Here, hold my baby while I run to the ladies' room," or say to their toddler grandchild, "Go sit with Purple Aspie while Grandma goes and gets a cup of tea." Children seem especially attracted to my purple clothing. I have bonded with many purple-wearing children.
When it comes to absorbing information, we Aspies are very good at it, especially if the subject is one of our special interests. Many people ask me for advice about their cats because they know that cats are one of my special interests. It's not just my special interests, though; if I want to know about a subject, I get to know that subject inside and out. Ask me a question about something, and if I don't know the answer now, I will know the answer tomorrow — along with a massive amount of additional information that you didn't ask me about. In school I was always very good at writing research papers. I can beat almost anyone at a trivia contest, unless the subject is sports. Something I hear quite often is, "How did you know that?" to which my answer will probably be, "Doesn't everybody?"
Our attention to detail makes us very good at spotting defects and differences. If you've ever seen those little pictures that ask you to "spot the differences," as an Aspie you can probably spot those differences very quickly. If something isn't working, get an Aspie to look at it; they'll find what's wrong with it even if it takes them all night, because Aspies are also very, very focused and dedicated. When I'm working on something, I will work until it is finished. Sometimes I have a problem starting something, but once I've started, I'm bound and determined to finish it.
While we Aspies may find it difficult to make friends, we can be very good friends. We don't expect people to read our minds and guess whether or not something is bothering us. We don't hide the truth; indeed, we can be brutally honest. If you want an honest opinion on your outfit or your hairstyle, ask an Aspie. We seldom judge people for gender, sexual orientation, religion (or lack of same) or skin colour. I honestly don't care if you're male, female, gay, straight, Christian, Atheist, red, green or purple. Okay, I might like you better if you're purple. As long as you're nice to me, I'll be nice to you in return.
Dear "I Wish I Didn't Have Asperger's," do you know any other Aspies? There are many of us out here. If you can't find any of us in person, look for us in cyberspace. There are many, many autism & Asperger communities online. Go on Twitter and look for the hashtag #asperger. Learn how to be an autism self-advocate at autisticselfadvocacy.org. Join the discussion boards at wrongplanet.net. Go to http://www.inlv.demon.nl/ and sign up for one or more of their Asperger e-mail lists.
Most of all, I want you to know that you are not alone. It can be hard to have Asperger's, but it does get better. Please reach out and find some of your fellow Aspies. We want to help.


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Volvo Polestar Racing and Robert Dahlgren had a strong but frustrating WTCC (World Touring Car Championship) weekend at Suzuka in Japan with third in qualifying, retirement in race one and a fighting fifth in race two.
"The retirement was frustrating but I am really pleased that we have been able to show that we have the pace to fight for top three," said Dahlgren.
Despite never having seen the track before, Dahlgren claimed third on the start grid, just 0.069 seconds from pole position. But things would get a dramatic turnover in race one as Dahlgren was pushed off in to the barriers in the first corner, forcing the Volvo driver in to retirement. Despite major damage, the Volvo Polestar Racing team managed to get Dahlgren out in time for the second race with frantic repairs.
"The guys worked like heros and managed to give me a car that was fast enough for a podium finish despite only having a few minutes of repair time," said Dahlgren.
The second race saw Dahlgren right on form, fighting hard for a podium finish with the three Chevrolet works drivers Yvan Muller, Rob Huff and Alain Menu. Dahlgren finished fifth, just two second from race winner Tom Coronel, setting the second fastest lap of the race on the way.
"I was faster than the guys ahead of me, but it was not easy to pass on this track. While I wanted a trophy from this weekend, I am still happy overall and my expectations are high for the coming races," said Dahlgren.
Two races remain of the 2011 FIA World Touring Car Championship season and Volvo Polestar Racing heads to the penultimate race at Shanghai, China, in two weeks.
"Our team has done a remarkable job. It was just a few months ago that we arrived to the premiere at Curitiba as the championship newbie and we were more than a second off over a lap. From there onwards, the team has done solid progress with the chassis, developed a completely new 1.6 liter turbo race engine, perhaps the strongest in the championship, and we are currently fighting for pole within a few thousands of a second. We are heading to Shanghai with confidence and ambition to fight for a podium finish," said Alexander Murzevski Schedvin, Motorsport Commercial Director at Volvo Car Corporation.
WTCC - Race 1 - Suzuka, Japan
1 Alain Menu Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
2 Rob Huff Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
3 Michel Nykjaer SEAT León 1.6T
4 Yvan Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
5 Kristian Poulsen BMW 320 TC
DNF Robert Dahlgren Volvo C30
WTCC - Race 2 - Suzuka, Japan
1 Tom Coronel BMW 320 TC
2 Yvan Muller Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
3 Rob Huff Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
4 Alain Menu Chevrolet Cruze 1.6T
5 Robert Dahlgren Volvo C30
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Welcome to Chios, a hidden treasure in the Aegean, waiting to be discovered. Fragrant and hospitable all year long, together with the smaller islands, Oinousses and Psara, it is a palimpsest of images and experiences.
In Chios.gr, the official online tourist guide of the Regional Unit of Chios, you will find useful information in order to organise your trip. You will also find ideas for activities and suggestions for important events that take place here.
Chios.gr is your guide to live unique moments on our islands.


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Almost final piece. I'm going to tweak the colors and lettering, but, yeah. Going to the beach is a horrible, horrible experience.
Half-a-way done. I plan on weathering the poster in photoshop after the whole thing is done.
a sketch for my new promotional piece.
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Saturday, June 5, 2010
An older piece, originally made for my website, which exemplifies the spirit of the term "trail" as well as the meandering of that crazy Billy in "The Family Circus". If I can get off my butt, I may post a newer, better picture for the topic.
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This is the first acrylic I've done in a while.
On top is a more recent version, with color corrected in Photoshop to more accurately depict what the piece actually looks like.
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HTC's 'Star Trek' handset - the Taiwanese smart-phone maker's answer to Motorola's Razr - will ship in the UK on Wednesday, 10 May, as the Qtek 8500. At least, that's what UK supplier Expansys' website says, which is offering the phone on pre-order for £360.
Curiously, the same page says June is the ship date, so presumably HTC and Qtek have got the device out early.
The clamshell handset is a quad-band (850/900/1800/1900MHz) GSM device with support for EDGE-enhanced GPRS connections. It sports a 2.2in, 240 x 320, 65,536-colour primary display, a 1.2in external display, a 1.3 megapixel camera and runs Windows Mobile 5.
The 8500 measures 9.9 x 5.1 x 1.6cm when closed and weighs 99g. There's a MicroSD slot for memory expansion. It's got 64MB of RAM and the same amount of Flash on board, we understand. ®


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Health roundup: New tick-borne disease found in U.S.
Your Friday morning health roundup:
Tick illness: Researchers have discovered a new disease spread by the same deer tick that spreads Lyme disease. The unnamed bacterial illness causes flu-like symptoms, such as fever and fatigue, and is treatable with antibiotics. It's the fifth human illness linked to deer ticks common in the northeastern United States. It could explain symptoms in some people who have Lyme-like illnesses but do not test positive for that disease, doctors say. (Boston Globe)
Cancer progress: Cancer death rates in the United States have fallen by 20% in two decades, says the latest update from the American Cancer Society. Researchers credit less smoking and better detection and treatment. (WebMD)
Energy drink concerns: Several lawmakers have asked energy drink marketers to provide Congress with information on ingredients and on risks and benefits for children and young people. This follows reports of rising emergency room visits involving the drinks. The Food and Drug Administration also is investigating the products. (New York Times)
Today's talker: Not all armpits are created equal. As scientists have known for a while, some people have armpits that don't stink, thanks to their genes. A new study finds 78% of British women with those genes used deodorant anyway. It's about following "cultural norms," researchers say. Still, as the Atlantic reports, the scientists didn't have to look far for rule-breakers: the 4.7% of women and 13% of men who do have the stinky genes but don't use deodorant.


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HTGF and MBG Schleswig-Holstein invest into innovative diagnostic solution for the early detection of oral cancer
The biotech company Abviris Deutschland GmbH from Ammersbek near Hamburg, Germany, developed a rapid test for the early detection of mouth and throat cancer. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein (MBG) invest a mid six-figure amount and support therefore the nationwide roll-out of the diagnostic tool as well as the international expansion of the company.
Each year more than 18.000 people in Germany are newly diagnosed with mouth and throat cancer. Since a couple of years it´s known that a human papillomavirus (HPV) is responsible for a significant number of cases. Today, already one third of all tumors of the oral cavity are induced by HPV, and the rate is constantly increasing. Hence, the serological detection of HPV is already part of the medical guidelines in Germany.
The two founders Dr. Ralf Hilfrich and Stefan Raupach identified a highly-specific tumor marker and developed a rapid test for easy detection, which was launched in 2015 in Germany. Abviris´ new assay allows the early diagnosis of the disease and enables therefore less invasive treatments. Consequently, it provides a significantly improved prognosis for the patient.
"Thanks to the commitment of HTGF and MBG, we have the chance to diagnose thousands of cases much earlier than before. The positive effect for afflicted persons is invaluable, since the main issue with oral cancer is the staging, that means the status of the tumor at the moment of diagnosis", says Dr. Ralf Hilfrich, technical director of Abviris. Dr. Philipp Rittershaus, investment manager at HTGF confirms: "If a head-and-neck tumor is detected in an early stage as small, local condition, the prognosis is usually very, very good."
In preparation for the integration of the rapid test into a nationwide screening program, the assay is currently evaluated in the Hamburg City Health Study (HCHS). The HCHS represents the largest local medical study worldwide and includes a cohort of 45.000 patients in the age of 45 to 74 years. The examinations started in 2015 and will be completed in 2020.
About Abviris Deutschland GmbH
The company was founded in 2014 by Dr. Ralf Hilfrich (technical director) and Stefan Raupach (commercial director) with the vision to establish a new cancer screening program for the early detection of HPV-induced mouth and throat cancer. The two founders combine more than 40 years of experience in the development, manufacturing and marketing of in-vitro diagnostics. Located in Ammersbek near Hamburg, the company distributes the rapid test since 2015 to dentists, dermatologists and other specialists, who offer cancer prevention services to their patients.
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MBG Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein was founded in 1994 on the initiative of the provincial government of Schleswig-Holstein as a local investment company. The mission of MBG is to strengthen the capital base of small-scale companies and thus to support their bankability. MBG generally commits in silent partnerships in start-ups as well as established companies. In individual cases, MBG invests in the form of open participations. The team of MBG currently supports more than 500 companies exceeding 100 million Euro of investment.
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High-Tech Gruenderfonds invests in young, high potential high-tech start-ups. The seed financing provided is designed to enable start-ups to take an idea through prototyping and to market launch. Typically, High-Tech Gruenderfonds invests EUR 600,000 in the seed stage, with the potential for up to a total of EUR 2 million per portfolio company in follow-on financing. Investors in this public/private partnership include the Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy, the KfW Banking Group, as well as strategic corporate investors including ALTANA, BASF, Bayer, B. Braun, Robert Bosch, CEWE, Daimler, Deutsche Post DHL, Deutsche Telekom, Evonik, Lanxess, media + more venture, METRO, Qiagen, RWE Innogy, SAP, Tengelmann and Carl Zeiss. High-Tech Gruenderfonds has about EUR 576 million under management in two funds (EUR 272 million HTGF I, EUR 304 million HTGF II).
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The fourth annual edition of our State of Green Business report continues our efforts to measure the environmental impacts of the emerging green economy. We document how well — or poorly — companies are improving their environmental performance despite the challenges posed by the Great Recession, and begin to note promising signs for a sea change in corporate sustainability efforts.
The free, downloadable report measures the progress of U.S. business and the economy from an environmental perspective, and highlights key trends in corporate culture in regard to the environment.
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This year's report shows a dramatic shift is occurring in mainstream business: Companies are thinking bigger and longer-term about sustainability — a an analysis of businesses in 2010 shows that even during economically challenging times, many companies invested more in their sustainability activities and made bold new sustainability commitments. For example:
Proctor & Gamble made a commitment to power all of their factories with renewable energy within the next ten years;
FedEx committed to improve vehicle fuel efficiency by 20 percent by 2020;
Walmart pledged to sell $1 billion of fresh produce sourced from 1000 small- and medium-sized farmers;
Hasbro promised that 75 percent of its paperboard packaging will come from recycled materials in 2011
The report follows on the in-depth daily editorial output of GreenBiz.com, tracking the big-picture sustainability trends that corporations are adopting, while also digging in to hard data to measure whether or not those companies, and the U.S. as a whole, are making any real progress.
The results, as evidenced by the GreenBiz Index, show a mixed bag: While some green practices are strongly swimming — notably, paper use and recycling, investments in cleantech, and the growth of LEED — there are many others that are simply treading water or sinking.
The 2011 report is the centerpiece of GreenBiz.com's State of Green Business Forums. The two-day events will take place in San Francisco on February 2-3, Chicago on February 9-10, and Washington, D.C., February 16-17.
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Rogue:JS/TechBrolo.E is an unknown program or software that will mimic legitimate security software in order to deceive victims to pay for the registered copy of the said rogue product. Initially, this type of threat will trick user to download rogue security software by issuing fake alerts and warnings. In addition, malware like Rogue:JS/TechBrolo.E is capable of disabling installed anti-virus and firewall from the infected computer. User may not be able to run certain tools like Registry Editor, Task Manager, System Restore, and other configuration settings during the presence of Rogue:JS/TechBrolo.E.
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Computer viruses and malicious code dropped by a variety of threats can lead to the Rogue:JS/TechBrolo.E infection. Also, malicious web sites running harmful scripts may convince visitors to download a copy of rogue software through deceptive pretences. Other known transmission method includes spam emails, social networking sites, peer-to-peer connection, and instant messaging tool.
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I had a long day of late flights and missed connections. When I originally got to Dublin the clerk at the Car Hire Ireland desk were friendly and ready to help. They were very informative and answered all my questions. One question I asked was if I could turn left on a red light (which is equivalent to turning right on a red light in America), because in Japan you weren't allowed to turn left on red, so I just wanted to make sure. The clerk helping me said he thought that you could and was a little unsure of why I would ask the question. But later that night, he had taken the effort to double check and let me know that in fact, you shouldn't turn left on a red light, but wait for it to flash yellow.
Not only is their staff helpful but the Car Hire Ireland website has all your pre-travel needs. From booking online, to information about each airport in Ireland, to deals on Hotels.They also have useful tourist links such as Top 10 Free Tourist Attractions, Midieval Ireland, and more.
The car itself was a cute little Hyundai i10 in red, perfect for my one person travels across Ireland. It had four doors and a hatchback and was an automatic. The automatic was a little more expensive in Ireland as most cars there are manual, but since I don't drive manual I didn't want another thing to worry about. Even if you you do know how to drive manual and are very comfortable with it I would suggest still renting an automatic if it's your first time driving on the left hand side.
Inside and out the car was clean. It even smelled like a new car. the gas milage was really fantastic. I only had to fill up one and half times. I drove across the whole country from Dublin to Achill Island, than up to Leitrim county and back down to Dublin, stopping at other locations in between. There was a helpful sticker on the dash to remind me to drive on the left hand side. It came in handy sometimes when driving in Dublin and making right hand turns.
As I journeyed around Ireland I was really glad I got the GPS addition. Their GPS was up to date with the most current Ireland maps. The clerk made sure it was working properly and was in English before he handed it over to me. The car also came with a full tank of gas when I picked it up. That meant I could just head out and be on my way. They even brought the car to the terminal I was at instead of me having to take a shuttle to their compound.
Thankfully I had no problems while driving the rental. All the mechanics, and tires were in top shape. I decided to just return the car to their compound lot about five minutes from the airport, since I had some extra time in the morning. I could have dropped it off at the terminal, though. When I got to the compound they were checking in another car and I had a short wait, but it was just enough time to get all my things out before they checked my car.
I gave the man my paperwork. He looked over the outside and the inside to check for damages and excessive dirtiness. Filled out the paperwork and I was ready to go. It was very simple. I waited a few minutes for the shuttle to arrive to take me to the airport. the shuttle driver was very helpful and helped me get my luggage in and out of the van.
If ever I get the chance to travel to Ireland again, I will most definitely use Car Hire Ireland for my rental needs.


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Within months of becoming a carer for an elderly Sydney man, Kerry Forrest knew all his financial affairs and had wrested control of the sale of his house.
Within a year, she had given him a lethal dose of pain medication.
Forrest, 54, was found guilty on Tuesday of murdering Bill Adamson, 84, at a Campbelltown motel in Sydney's southwest in April 2010.
In handing down his verdict following the judge-alone trial, Justice Peter Hidden said Forrest had killed Mr Adamson by making him ingest a lethal dose of the morphine-based pain killer MS-Contin.
"It is most likely that she crushed tablets and mixed them with his food," he told the Supreme Court.
Forrest, the court heard, had been employed by Mr Adamson as a live-in carer in September 2009 after his wife Beryl died.
From this point, Justice Hidden said, her "behaviour points to a calculated course of dishonest conduct".
Forrest became increasingly involved in his financial affairs and by February 2010 helped him sell his Kareela home in southern Sydney for $690,000.
The plan, the 84-year-old former realtor and property developer thought, was to use the money to build on a plot of land that Forrest owned in Bundanoon, south of Sydney.
At the exchange of the property, $25,000 was placed into a joint account set up in the names of Forrest and Mr Adamson.
Then on April 12, a cheque from the proceeds of Mr Adamson's home totalling almost $319,000 was placed into the account.
A day later, Forrest and Mr Adamson moved into the Campbelltown motel on April 13, 2010.
No arrangements for accommodation were made after the motel.
Meanwhile, unbeknownst to Mr Adamson, the money from the sale of his home was quickly being transferred into several of Forrest's bank accounts.
It was also disappearing down poker machines across Sydney.
Gaming managers at league clubs in Parramatta and Cronulla regularly watched her play more than one machine at once.
Plainly enough, Justice Hidden said, the primary source of her gambling funds came from the sale of Mr Adamson's house.
By Friday morning of April 16, 2010, Mr Adamson could have been lying dead for up to 24 hours in the twin motel room that the pair was sharing, Justice Hidden said.
But Ms Forrest didn't call Triple '0' until just before 11pm that night.
This was after trying to get her own doctor to sign the death certificate, going to see her daughter and going to a storage unit.
Forrest also failed to tell Mr Adamson's sisters and stepson about his death.
"Ms Forrest misappropriated Mr Adamson's money and killed him to prevent that misappropriation being exposed," Mr Hidden found.
Forrest, who has cancer, sat slumped forward in her wheelchair as the verdict was handed down.
She will be sentenced at a later date.


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Browse all Reviews
How the West Was Drawn analyzes the relationship between Native Americans and the creation of maps of the western United States. To set the stage, Bernstein opens with a discussion of a modern controversy about maps, specifically Aaron Carapella's Map of our Tribal Nations: Our Own Names and Original Locations.
A Guide to the History of the Salient
Briony McDonagh estimates that over 10 per cent of land in Georgian Britain was owned by female landowners. Assuming her sample of 250,000 acres to be representative of broader patterns and trends, McDonagh surmises that 'somewhere in excess of 3 million acres in England were owned by women in the later eighteenth century and more than 6 million acres in Great Britain as a whole' (p. 27).
After the Map: Cartography, Navigation, and the Transformation of Territory in the Twentieth Century / William Rankin
Traversing varied material, institutional, and conceptual terrains, plotting shifts in how space has been represented and enacted throughout the 20th century, and rendering connections between spatial technologies and politics, After The Map ventures far beyond conventional boundaries of the history of cartography.
Mapping Medieval Geographies: Geographical Encounters in the Latin West and Beyond, 300–1600 / Keith Lilley
Following the many other 'turns' which have engulfed history, the 'spatial turn' can safely be regarded as well established. While few historians have formal geographical training, it is now de rigueur to ask spatial questions, and to seek to map research findings in publications.
Space in the Medieval West: Places, Territories, and Imagined Geographies / eds. Meredith Cohen, Fanny Madeline
Space in the Medieval West: Places, Territories, and Imagined Geographies, this anthology consists of 11 papers initially presented at a three-day international symposium in 2009. It is the third collection of essays to emerge from the annual symposiums of the International Medieval Society of Paris (IMS-Paris).
Mastering the Niger: James MacQueen's African Geography & the Struggle over Atlantic Slavery / David Lambert
How can you know about somewhere you've never been? This predicament is at the heart of David Lambert's superb new book, Mastering the Niger: James MacQueen's African Geography and the Struggle over Atlantic Slavery. In 1841 the Scottish geographer and proslavery propagandist James MacQueen published A New Map of Africa. MacQueen had never visited the continent.
Pompeii is the quintessential ghost story, frequently told by archaeological and literary scribes working together in symbiosis, not always for the good. In this multitude of ghost raconteurs novelist Robert Harris stands tall.
Since the late 19th century Japan has been in a constant state of geographical flux that shows no sign of abating even today.
A biography conventionally covers a whole life and the term is now popular with publishers as a substitute for the word history. We see it applied in recent titles to a city, a river, a building and now an organisation.


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LXDE Video of the desktop: Maces explains how to add desktop icons, change colors and fonts, switch different desktops and customize the panel and taskbar on LXDE
Maces: I have uploaded a new video on Youtube. It shows the main features of the LXDE Desktop environment. I will introduce the Panel and it stettings and how to handle with your icons on the Desktop.
YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zvel6FB97j0
German Video: http://www.maces-net.de/2008/10/14/neues-video-mit-lxde/
Maces Blog: http://www.maces-net.de/2008/10/13/new-video-on-lxde/


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Just back from Moscow Photobiennale- what an amazing experience! The Russians have a long tradition of scientific and engineering excellence and seemed to really appreciate my project on Steve Jobs and Silicon Valley in the Digital Revolution. My booth was mobbed the whole night and 600 people showed up to hear my lecture Saturday at Skolkovo, the new tech institute and business school modeled after Stanford and MIT. They want to build the next Silicon Valley in Moscow and it looks like they can do it. Education and history are so important in Russia, which are key themes in my work I hope to create dialog around here in the US. What Olga Sviblova has built with the Moscow House of Photography is so impressive, a stunning cultural landmark for photography. Also inspiring was the work of my fellow photographers. I was honored to exhibit alongside such great artists as Harry Gruyeart, Andrew Bush, Alec Soth, Alinka Echeverria, Stephen Shore, Ouyang XIngkai, hilarious madman Tim Davis, Sergey Shestokov, Jane Stravs and several others. Getting to know some of them and hear their stories was life affirming for me. The vodka, great food and the Metro – which is like an art museum itself worth the trip – were all a sweet bonus to the trip.
La Lettre Features "Fearless Genius" Project
For constant inspiration, education, and exposure to the unexpected please visit the vast photographic universe that is La Lettre de la Photographie. The range of material they present is incredible, eclectic and global. I know of no other source quite like this. We all get locked up sometimes in our own private hell of work. We know we should go out and see the shows. When we do, our world brightens a bit, we get ideas, we get energized. La Lettre is like that, but via the internet. Cé tout.
So I was honored to see my long-term project about Steve Jobs and the development of new technology in Silicon Valley during the digital revolution in the 80's and 90's featured on La Lettre. I must thank Jean-Jacques Naudet and Gilles Descamps for the lovely presentation. Gradually the project is progressing, with a lot of new scans, plus getting some interviews done for my film and book. But seeing it here makes it a bit more real after all this time working on it. Have a look if you get a moment:


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Letter from the Editor: freelance interpreting
Freelancers often don't think of getting sick until they do. When one is taking those first tentative steps in the profession, health matters seem at worst a short-term inconvenience – get a cold, get over it, get back to work. But if you're planning to make a career of freelancing, a long-term view is needed.


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Conservation and Environment in Costa Rica: Monthly Updates
Conservation in Costa Rica Monthly Update – September 2012
According to the investigation team of the Conservation program, two of forty two caves that are present in Barra Honda National Park have populations of bats over two thousand individuals. It is common to see in these bats the presence of some ectoparasites that can produce physical problems for them. For this reason it is necessary to analyze the species of ectoparasites that they have and collect information about the bats natural history in the Barra Honda's caves.
Yerlin Leiva a veterinary student from the Universidad Tecnica Nacional has started with this parasites bat project together with the investigation team. Twice a week at night volunteers and staff members place mist nets next to these two caves for the purpose of catching bats and collecting their ectoparasites. This project started in the middle of September and will finish the first week of December.
The Conservation project here in Barra Honda is gaining new investigation materials. This month the purchase of new Tomahawk and Sherman traps will give us the opportunity to start two new projects; studies of ocelots and mice. These studies will be aided with the help of six new cameras with motion sensitive infrared sensors, which are activated by motion and then obtain photographs and videos of the species that pass in front of them. This methodology is useful for sampling carnivorous animals conspicuous and more active at night, which are often very difficult to see normally. All the volunteers received training in the use of the cameras before the project started.
Another project we are extending relates to the amphibians of the park. Knowing that frogs and toads maintain in a strong relationship with the temperature and humidity of their environment we want to analyze which places and what microhabitat they prefers to be in. To know this information we will need to extend the project for one year, creating important input into the natural history of amphibians in the dry forests in Costa Rica. At the moment, there is global concern about the amphibian decline and it is important to get this information about their behavior.
An important event that we also had this month was a field trip to the National Park Rincon de la Vieja in the North of Guanacaste. It was a great opportunity to experience another kind of forest and different weather. We saw three species of monkeys in the same day the Capuchin, Howler and Spider monkeys, and also saw other animals like Coatis, Guatusas, Toucans and an endemic species of bird. The most incredible thing was the chance to swim in the pool of the amazing waterfall in the middle of the forest called La Cangreja! The most simple word to explain this month is Pura Vida.
Jose Mario Gonzalez
Volunteer Supervisor
October 2012


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Tuesday 25th April 2017
Midland Football League Premier
Highgate United 0 v 1 Coleshill Town
Scorer: Mykel Beckley.
Attendance: 92.
Opposition Player Of The Match: Josh Michael Hawker (Highgate) Andre Gonzales (Coleshill)
Gate: Brendan Bunn, Orrin Pendley, Nathan Pulisciano, Richard Bryan, Scott Turner, Arron Brown, Trevor Edwards, Josh Hawker, Romario Martin, McCauley Manning, Lei Brown. Subs Ben Thomas, Reece Mason, Dale Edwards, Marco Adaggio, Joe Cole.
Colemen: Paul Hathaway, Andre Gonzales, Josh Quaynor, Tom Weale, Tom Fishwick, Rob Evans, Reece Leek (Dale Taylor), Craig Milligan (Curvin Ellis), Mykel Beckley, Dean Rathbone, Giovanni Dainty. Subs not used Dominic Cotter, Charlie Evans, Charlie Shaw.
Coleshill Town secured Runners Up spot in the Midland Football League, Premier Division to cap a fantastic season!
Coleshill beat old rivals Highgate United in a very hard fought win with a single goal scored by Mykel Beckley on the hour mark. The Colemen had been the dominant force in the early stages and would have been at least a couple of goals ahead had it not been for the wood-work and an impressive goalkeeper. But Gate came more into the game as time moved on and hit the post a couple of times themselves. The goal came when Dean Rathbone lifted the ball over the home defence, Tom Weale then lifted the ball over the goalkeeper, and as the ball trickled towards goal Mykel Beckley made sure with a tap in. Giovanni Dainty was sent off late on after a second yellow card and it was backs to the wall stuff, but Coleshill held on for their 27th league win.
Coleshill started well! Dean Rathbone and Tom Weale combined to set up Reece Leek whose shot hit the post and came straight back into the goalkeepers arms, a Rob Evans header from a Tom Weale corner hit the side netting and then a Weale long throw was half cleared to Dean Rathbone who saw his volley well saved at the foot of the post. Manning tried to lob Town keeper Paul Hathaway from 25 yards unsuccessfully. A Tom Weale ball into the box was volleyed by Mykel Beckley but Brendan Bunn tipped the ball over the bar, then Tom Weale tried to lob the keeper from 7 yards but Bunn only just got a finger to the ball and then seconds later Weale's shot cannoned off the bar. How Coleshill didn't score during this period was mystifying! The home team slowly came into the game and captain Hawker saw his side foot shot deflected for a corner then a long throw in was flicked on at the near post to Lei Brown who saw his overhead kick come back off the bar. Paul Hathaway did well to push an effort from Martin away from the foot of the post and Arron Brown headed wide from a Pulisciano cross as the half finished goalless despite numerous chances.
The second half was much more even, all action, end to end. Lei Brown headed just over the bar from a Pulisciano cross and then lobbed the ball over the bar from a Arron Brown flick on before Coleshill took the lead just after the hour mark. Dean Rathbone lifted the ball over the home defence for the running Tom Weale. Weale helped the ball on past the keeper and Mykel Beckley made sure by tapping into an empty net. A stray back pass saw Hathaway and Manning clash on the edge of the box and there was a lengthy delay. Highgate then piled on the pressure in search of an equaliser. Martin hit the post from the edge of the box before Gio Dainty was sent off for a second bookable offence. This was real backs to the wall stuff! Gate pushed forward but the Coleshill defence stood strong and even had a couple of chances on the break but there was no more scoring and Coleshill took the points which means they now can't be caught for second place.
A View From The Other Side
A match report taken from Highgate United's web site
http://www.pitchero.com/clubs/highgateu ... /1-2803616
By Neville Sawyer
Highgate's long unbeaten run ended by league runners up Coleshill
Mykel Beckley's 61st minute goal was all that separated these two old foes at the end of an entertaining and keenly fought local derby, the win confirming Coleshill as league runners up to champions Alvechurch. The defeat puts to an end Highgate's previous twelve match unbeaten run and although a draw might have been a fairer result Gate remain in ninth place with just Saturday's home fixture against Coventry Sphinx to come. Needing the three points to ensure themselves a second place finish Town started strongly and with Gate struggling to retain any meaningful possession the first twenty five minutes were dominated by the visitors. Richard Bryan had an early let off with a back pass struck against the foot of Brendon Bunn's left hand post, coming straight back into the keeper's hands, Robert Evans heading a Thomas Weale corner into the side netting and Bunn making two excellent saves in quick succession to deny Beckley and Weale. A Dean Rathbone header smacked against the woodwork and with just twenty minutes gone the visitors could easily have been two goals ahead, Gate distinctly second best against a very good footballing side. Gradually though the hosts were to steady themselves and having survived considerable early pressure worked themselves back into the game, Josh Hawker having a good attempt deflected behind and after Aaron Brown had headed on Orrin Pendley's long throw Lei Brown's overhead kick beat keeper Paul Hathaway only to strike the underside of the cross bar. The pressure was now on Coleshill, Scott Turner heading a Hawker free kick into Hathaway's hands Hawker himself then guiding Romario Martin's square pass the wrong side of the post, the half ending goalless but with both sides having had the opportunities to break the deadlock.
H-T Highgate United 0 v 0 Coleshill Town
Gate made a promising start to the second half, Hathaway holding on to Pendley's firmly driven cross and Manning slipping a pass through caught under Martin's feet. Nathan Pulisciano set up Manning for a cross headed over by Lei Brown, Trevor Edwards winning the ball in midfield to go on a solo run eventually closed down by a couple of back pedalling defenders. Gate were at last playing some decent possession football but after Edwards had seen a drive deflected narrowly wide Gate were to be caught on the break Weale's shot striking the foot of Bunn's right hand post and forced in by Beckley following up. Gate continued in search of what was to prove an elusive equaliser, Martin and Aaron Brown both testing Hathaway from distance, Lei Brown then breaking down the left leaving Martin with a chance struck against the foot of Hathaway's right hand upright. A second yellow for Giovanni Dainty saw the visitors reduced to ten men but Gate unable to take advantage, going closest when Bryan's low drive was deflected behind for a corner from which Martin was to hit the woodwork for a second time, Gate finishing strongly after such a poor start to the contest but unable to reap the point their overall performance deserved.
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Porsche announced the new 911 Targa today at a press preview of the 2014 North American International Auto Show in Detroit — complete with the throwback hoop:
The German automaker is dialing up the 911 with two new models, the Targa 4 and 4S. As with the original 1965 Targa, the new models feature a roof bar, movable front roof section and wraparound rear window. The new roof can open and close at the push of a button and stow behind the rear seat. Porsche said they are aiming for a "sporty and low-slung profile." The Targa 4 accelerates from zero to 60 mph in 4.6 seconds, the 4S slightly quicker with an optional package. The Targa 4 has a sticker price of $101,600 and the 4S is at $116,200. Deliveries are scheduled to start this summer. — Associated Press
The original Targa debuted in 1965 with a removable top and rear safety bar but more recent iterations of the Targa didn't actually feature removable tops, featuring instead sliding panels. While Porsche coined the term Targa in this context (they took the name from an Italian auto race) with the release of the car in 1966, many other sports cars, like the Ferrari 308 GTS and, more recently, the Lotus Elise, feature "Targa" tops.
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Take some deep breaths . . . in, out, in, out. All is good in the world.Originally Posted by Team2hunt
Your point was well made and I agree with you -- some folks may go a bit too far in their camouflage in their caches. Using fake doo-doo (which I assume is what you encountered -- hopefully it wasn't the real thing) is a bit over the top and to me is most definitely not the right image you want to portray in caching.
However, these threads often have a way of diverging from the main topic and sometimes you just got to go with the flow of things . . . either that or flush this topic.


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Andrew Demetriou said on Wednesday he expected there to be an increase in the number of positive drugs tests this year.
AT a drug summit next week, league bosses will discuss the best way to help players lead more of a rounded life outside of their football commitments, which appear to be increasing annually.
Six players tested positive to illicit drugs in 2011 – last year's results have yet to be revealed – but Demetriou said he expected there to be an increase.
"I think we are going to see a spike this year, but we haven't got that data yet," he told Channel Seven.
"We are all about preventative measures and educating people to make sure we can minimise these. Our ideal result is we are going to have zero positives but we know we are not going to get there. That would be a foolish expectation."
Magpies chief executive Gary Pert prompted the conference when he raised the contentious issue at the CEO's meeting on the Gold Coast last year, and later said some players were guilty of "volcanic behaviour" during their off-season break.
There is a debate among some club officials as to whether the post-season break for players, generally between six and eight weeks, should be shortened so they remain in a structured environment and are under the watchful eye of their clubs for longer.
"I believe we are pretty intense for 10 months, we still have got players training when they are supposed to be on their break. But we are not at that stage because I think our clubs aren't trusting enough of the players to go away for a longer break," Demetriou said.
"Most CEOs that I have spoken with over the years have often said, sometimes even half jokingly, when the players are going on their break, every time the phone rings they half expect something is going to go wrong."
The AFLPA did not wish to comment. Of concern to several club chief executives has been players, predominantly from one club, self-reporting drug use. These players avoid a positive test and aren't given a strike.
Australian Drug Foundation chief executive John Rogerson will be a headline guest speaker at next week's AFL player welfare summit.
Rogerson has been invited to attend the conference on Wednesday at Etihad Stadium featuring club chief executives, the AFL Players Association and leading AFL medical commissioners.
The summit will largely focus on concerns more players are taking illicit drugs, particularly during the off-season and in the mid-season break.
Jon Pierik is cricket writer for The Age. He also covers AFL and has won awards for his cricket and basketball writing.


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Topic: shocking revelation...
hello again friends and curious insomniacs.
not so long ago...
on a continent not so different than yours...
i was admiring some of the fetts origins,
and my discerning eye caught an anomily-or was it?
here we have a young boba on a certain holiday special that no one would like you to remember.
notice anything odd?
yep, he is short a finger...oversight?
let us move to evidence B.
a few moments later, he is with a full set of fingers. oh its true, its damn true...
what is this madness?
conspiracy or shotty animation or something altogether more sinister! boba a shape shifter?
if this does not shock you...then these arent the "shocking revelations" you were looking for.(jedi hand waves)
oh ps. anybody else wondering how fett escaped from the frozen world of ota? gotta love the old school
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