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ROME (Reuters) - Italians voted on Sunday in one of the most closely watched and unpredictable elections in years, with pent-up fury over a discredited elite adding to concern it may not produce a government strong enough to lead Italy out of an economic slump.
The election, which concludes on Monday afternoon, is being followed closely by investors; their memories are still fresh of the potentially catastrophic debt crisis that saw Mario Monti, an economics professor and former bureaucrat, summoned to serve as prime minister in place of Silvio Berlusconi 15 months ago.
A weak Italian government could, many fear, prompt a new dip in confidence in the European Union's single currency.
Opinion polls give the center-left a narrow lead but the result has been thrown completely open by the prospect of a huge protest vote against the painful austerity measures imposed by Monti's government and deep anger over a never-ending series of corruption scandals. Berlusconi's centre-right has also revived.
"I'm not confident that the government that emerges from the election will be able to solve any of our problems," said Attilio Bianchetti, a 55-year-old builder in Milan, who voted for the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement of comic and blogger Beppe Grillo.
The 64-year-old Grillo, heavily backed by a frustrated generation of young Italians hit by record unemployment, has been one of the biggest features of the last stage of the campaign, packing rallies in town squares up and down Italy.
"He's the only real new element in a political landscape where we've been seeing the same faces for too long," said Vincenzo Cannizzaro, 48, in the Sicialian capital Palermo.
Italians started voting at 8 a.m. (0700 GMT). Polling booths will remain open until 10 p.m. on Sunday and open again between 7 a.m. and 3 p.m. on Monday. Exit polls will come out soon after voting ends and official results are expected by early Tuesday.
Snow in northern regions is expected to last into Monday and could discourage some of the 47 million people eligible to vote in Italy to head out to polling stations, though the Interior Ministry has said it is fully prepared for bad weather.
Monti and his wife cast their votes at a polling booth in a Milan school on Sunday morning and centre-left leader Pier Luigi Bersani, the leader opinion polls suggest will have to form a new government, voted in his home town of Piacenza.
A small group of women's rights demonstrators greeted former prime minister Berlusconi when he voted in Milan. They bared their breasts in protest at the conservative leader, who is on trial at present for having sex with an underage prostitute.
Whichever government emerges from the election will have to tackle reforms needed to address problems that have given Italy one of the most sluggish economies in the developed world for the past two decades.
But the widespread despair over the state of the country, where a series of corruption scandals has highlighted the stark divide between a privileged political elite and millions of ordinary Italians, has left deep scars.
"It's our fault, Italian citizens. It's our closed mentality. We're just not Europeans," said Luciana Li Mandri, a 37-year-old public servant in Palermo.
"We're all about getting favors when we study, getting a protected job when we work. That's the way we are and we can only be represented by people like that as well," she said.
Final polls published two weeks ago showed center-left leader Bersani with a 5-point lead, but analysts disagree about whether he will be able to form a stable majority that can make the economic reforms they believe Italy needs.
While the center left is still expected to gain control of the lower house, thanks to rules that guarantee a strong majority to whichever party wins the most votes nationally, a much closer battle will be fought for the Senate, which any government also needs to control to be able to pass laws.
The euro zone's third-largest economy is stuck in deep recession, struggling under a public debt burden second only to Greece in the 17-member currency bloc and with a public weary of more than a year of austerity policies.
Bersani is now thought to be just a few points ahead of media magnate Berlusconi, the four-times prime minister who has promised tax refunds and staged a media blitz in an attempt to win back voters.
Think-tank consultant Mario, 60, who was on his way to vote in Bologna, said Bersani's Democratic Party was the only serious grouping that could help solve the country's economic woes.
"They're not perfect," he said. "But they've got the organization and the union backing that will help them push through the structural reforms."
A strong fightback by Berlusconi, who has promised to repay a widely hated housing tax, the IMU, imposed by Monti last year, saw his support climb during a campaign that relentlessly attacked the "German-centric" austerity policies of the former European Union commissioner.
"I won't vote for Monti, and I don't think a lot of people will. He made a huge blunder with IMU," said 35-year-old hairdresser Marco Morando, preparing to vote in Milan.
But the populist frustration Berlusconi's campaign tapped into has also benefitted Grillo and many pollsters said his 5-Star Movement, made up of political novices, was challenging the center-right for the position as second political force.
"I'm very worried. There seems to be no way out from a political point of view, or from being able to govern," said Calogero Giallanza, a 45-year-old musician in Rome, who voted for Bersani's Democrats.
"There's bound to be a mess in the Senate because, as far as I can see, the 5-Star Movement is unstoppable."
(Additional reporting by Cristiano Corvino, Lisa Jucca, Jennifer Clark, Matthias Baehr and Sara Rossi in Milan, Stephen Jewkes in Bologna, Wladimir Pantaleone in Palermo, Stefano Bernabei and Massimiliano Di Giorgio in Rome; Editing by Robin Pomeroy and Alastair Macdonald)
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Step 1Write an event handler to execute when the war is being created. This should read a bunch of system properties (which you'll set in bamboo) and put them in your application.properties of your war file. Example:
eventCreateWarStart = { warName, stagingDir -> def buildNumber = System.getProperty( "build.number", "CUSTOM" ) def buildTimeStamp= System.getProperty("build.timeStamp", "") def buildUserName= System.getProperty("build.userName", "") def repositoryRepositoryUrl= System.getProperty("repository.repositoryUrl", "") def repositoryRevisionNumber= System.getProperty("repository.revision.number", "") def repositoryBranch= System.getProperty("repository.branch", "") ant.propertyfile(file: "${stagingDir}/WEB-INF/classes/application.properties") { entry(key:"build.number", value:buildNumber) entry(key:"build.timestamp", value: buildTimeStamp) entry(key:"build.userName", value: buildUserName) entry(key:"repository.revision.number", value: repositoryRevisionNumber) entry(key:"repository.branch", value: repositoryBranch) } }
Step 2Update your bamboo build to set these system properties when the war is being built. To do this, update the build war task to something like:
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Moose Skowron: The Merry All-Time World Series Great
The list of the top ten Home Run hitters in World Series history is fascinating, but not for the reasons you'd think.
Mickey Mantle still leads (and almost certainly will; Albert Pujols trails him by 14, cluster-hitter Nellie Cruz trails him by 15, and Alex Rodriguez trails him by 17). Babe Ruth (15) and Yogi Berra (12) follow. Duke Snider is fourth with 11, Lou Gehrig and Reggie Jackson tied for fifth at 10. The rest of the top ten are three men tied with eight homers each: Joe DiMaggio, Frank Robinson, and Moose Skowron.
Moose Skowron?
Bill "Moose" Skowron died today after a fight with cancer. He was 81. He was one of the most appreciated, most fun, most filter-free guys in baseball history ("Keith Olbermann! You look great! But, Jeez, ya put on a little weight, huh?"). For the last 40 years he had gradually become the stuff of anecdotal legend, roaming the various parks of the White Sox and dropping into almost anybody's broadcast booth and inevitably being asked about the stash of Mantle-signed baseballs he supposedly kept locked away somewhere ("Oh, now don't start on me about that again, Sheesh, I'm not talkin' about that again").
What got lost in all this merriment – and that's the word for it, Bill Skowron was almost unstoppably merry – was that he was a helluva first baseman, mostly for the New York Yankees. And unless somebody gets on the stick, he is going to be in the top ten in all-time World Series home runs for quite awhile. Because while you may or may not be able to prove that there is such a thing as clutch hitting, Moose Skowron played in 39 World Series games, got 39 hits, hit his eight homers, and drove in 29 runs. He slugged .519, hit two homers in the same Series in two different years, and in the dramatic 7th Game in 1958, with the Yankees having just broken a 2-2 tie in the 8th Inning, he hit a two-out three-run job to kill off the Braves and Lew Burdette (who had only won the Series from the year before by pitching three victories for Milwaukee).
To throw more numbers at you:
Most Career World Series RBI
1. Mickey Mantle 40
2. Yogi Berra 39
3. Lou Gehrig 35
4. Babe Ruth 33
5. Joe DiMaggio 30
6. Bill Skowron 29
Something else to consider about this cascade of stats. Moose would be the first person to tell you he was no Mickey Mantle and certainly no Babe Ruth. But he put up World Series numbers that approach both of them, with far fewer opportunities. In his first three Series, Skowron was platooned by Casey Stengel. He only batted four times in the '57 Classic.
Skowron only had 142 World Series plate appearances. Mantle had 273, Berra 295, DiMaggio 220. Mantle homered once every 15.2 ups, Skowron once every 17.75, Berra once every 24.6, DiMaggio once every 27.5.
The RBI rate is even more impressive. Rewrite that list based on plate appearances (lower is better), with the caveat that a tack-on Grand Slam, like the Moose hit in Game 7 in 1956, can go a long way.
Plate Appearances Per World Series RBI:
1. Gehrig 4.0
2. Skowron 4.9
3. Ruth 5.0
4. Mantle 6.8
5. DiMaggio 7.3
6. Berra 7.6
Again, Bill's explanation for this was pretty easy ("I was real lucky"). In point of fact, he produced in this way even though, almost invariably, Mantle, Berra, and later Maris, were batting ahead of him. As often as he might have added tack-on runs, he was probably much more often coming up after one of the epic sluggers had cleaned off the bases. He hit when it counted.
But ultimately, Moose (and although he went to Purdue on a football scholarship he was 5'11" 195 – the "Moose" came from a haircut that made the childhood Bill look like the Italian dictator Mussolini) was just endless good fun. I had the great luck to be invited by Tony Kubek to join his family at the 2009 Hall of Fame inductions. Kubek's first roomate was Skowron, and they were proud enough of their Polish heritage that Skowron introduced the rookie Kubek to a fellow countryman, Stan Musial to get some batting tips. Moose was sitting next to be as Kubek got up to begin his acceptance of his entry into the Broadcasters' wing. Kubek smiled towards us and said "I have to start with a story about my first year in the majors, and my first roomie, Moose Skowron, and when he introduced me to Stan Musial."
Moose buried his head in his hands. "Oh, Jeez, Tony, don't tell that story," he muttered, "Jeez, don't tell that story!" As the MLB Network cameraman raced towards us to get a reaction shot, Bill muttered again, "Keith, can't you do something to stop this? You're on tv, ain't ya?" When I pointed out that I was part Polish, too, Bill sat upright and said "You're one of us? Well, I guess that means you can't. I'll just have to sit here and take this."
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Nicest man. If there was a White Sox event, Moose was there. He'll be missed.
Moose was a neighbor of mine and I always enjoyed going over to his house and talking our favorite teams: the White Sox and the Yankees. He was such a generous man and an amazing story teller. Keith is right though—he definitely had no filter! One of my favorite stories he had was touching Mayilyn Monroe's boobs—that he loved to tell me about in front of his wife, Cookie! Overall Moose was an amazing man who will surely be missed in the baseball world and in the hearts of those who had the pleasure of knowing him.
Thanks for the great post about a very underrated player. Moose holds a somewhat special spot in baseball lore with my family as he and my grandfather got to be good friends when they both worked as Hormel meat salesmen in Austin, Minnesota in the 50's when Moose was there during his offseason. The amount of Moose memorabilia we've got is endless. Used to love having my grandfather relive the stories Moose used to tell him. Really what I think helped fuel my passion for the sport. Quite sad to hear of his passing.
I became a Dodger fan in '63. Moose Skowron was one of my first baseball cards. When these legends pass, the beauty of this game is self-evident. Thanks Keith for sharing the #s and the stories.
My father-in-law and Moose were cousins. So sorry for your loss. It just so happens that we got a new Yorkie puppy a couple of weeks ago and named him after Moose. So Moose Skowron lives on and continues to bring joy to us Yankee fans.
Thank you, Keith, for introducing me to Mr. Merry Moose Skowron. I had not heard of him before and he is truly baseball treasure! I love learning from the stats and that plate appearances chart really helped me to see what a wow factor this champ was! Your blog always makes me miss my dad. He loved baseball so much and would be so proud of me for finally learning so much about this sport! On a Saturday morning when I watched the news clip of a player throwing a bat at an ump, my frown turned upside down upon reading this happy story! I agree with R.G. It is rare to read a "feel-good obituary"…but somehow you made us all merry with his memory! Thanks for bringing him to life for those of us who did not have the pleasure to know him or see him play. Sorry for your (our) loss, sir.
Great to see the TV announcers did a tribute to Mr. Moose today during the Yankees / Tigers game. They had a wonderful little graphic that showed his pic (probably his baseball card!) and a few of his stats. They spoke highly of him, just like you did. Neat.


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In the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his dignity. In the twelfth year of his unforgettable odyssey, Solomon's chance meeting with a Canadian abolitionist will forever alter his life.,,


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The strongest pairs in Europe competed in Amsterdam, May 11 and 12, for the European Pair Go Championship. The Shikshin siblings – Ilya and Svetlana, both 7d – who swept the Russian Pair Championship this February, were the clear favorites. Another interesting Russian pair featured Natalia Kovaleva 5d, the 2007 European Female Champion, playing with aspiring young player Alexander Vashurov 5d, who has won several European Youth Championships. Kovaleva has won the European Pair Championship five times, with her usual partner Dmitry Surin 6d, who could not come this year. Other strong competitors included Czech pair, Klara Zaloudkova 3d and Jan Hora 6d, and Hungarians Péter Markó 3d and Rita Pocsai 5d.
The tournament pulled in 24 pairs from 10 countries. The Shikshins won all of their games, capturing first place, in second were Zaloudkova and Hora, while third went to Kovaleva and Vashurov. With their win, the Shikshin siblings earned the right to represent Europe in pair go competitions at the next International Sport-Accord Games.
The Pair Go Championship was held in conjunction with the Amsterdam Rapid. The results here were not so predictable, as the tourney introduced handicap games and short time limits (30 minutes). Russia was also on top here, as the two players who made it to the final match were Ilya Shikshin and Natalia Kovaleva, both of whom were undefeated going in. The final match was held with reduced time-control (only 15 minutes) and Kovaleva, who had 2 handicap stones, was the victor. For full results from the Pair Go Championship go here, for the Amsterdam Rapid go here. Eurogotv also has game records from the Pair Go event here. -Daria Koshkina. Photo: Svetlana Shikshina 7d and Ilya Shikshin 7d, at right, playing Natalia Kovaleva 5d and Alexander Vashurov 5d, at left. Copyright Harry van der Krogt 2013, used by permission.


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Portsmouth 0 : 1 Newport County - Sandell leaves Portsmouth beached
Posted Sunday, August 31, 2014 by PA
Newport applied the brakes to Portsmouth's fast start to the season as substitute Andy Sandell's late winner gave the Welsh side a 1-0 win at Fratton Park.
Sandell curled an 80th minute free-kick toward the far post from wide on the right and the ball eluded everyone to nestle into the far corner and give Newport their first win of the season.
Newport almost took the lead on 14 minutes when Kevin Feeley looped a header on top of the bar and Robbie Wilmott's follow-up shot was beaten away by Pompey keeper Paul Jones,
Ryan Taylor wasted a glorious chance to fire Pompey ahead on the half hour. Neat play by Craig Westcarr opened up Newport down the right and Jed Wallace found Taylor unmarked 14 yards out but with only keeper Joe Day to beat he screwed his shot wide.
Both keepers were called into action with Jones diving left to clutch Chris Zabrowski's sharp header and Day dropping sharply on to Ricky Holmes' free-kick.
The early-season pace-setters continued to make heavy weather against a Newport side who showed more resilience than their one point total suggested, although Day had to launch himself to claw Jed Wallace's well-struck shot from the corner of the 18-yard box.
Pompey failed to rouse themselves to mount a last-ditch charge, although defender Paul Robinson wasted a late chance by heading over from 10 yards.
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Baird said early Tuesday that it added seven veteran financial advisors in Houston, all of whom are legacy A.G. Edwards & Sons advisors recently with Wells Fargo Advisors (WFC). The advisors have more than $1.9 billion in client assets and focus on retirement planning for executives in the energy business.
To enhance its support of such retirement work, the employee-owned broker-dealer also announced that it rolled out Baird Retirement Management, a program to help advisors nationwide boost their retirement planning and investment consulting services.
"Baird reminds legacy A.G. Edwards advisors of many of the characteristics of what they loved about A. G. Edwards," before it became part of Wachovia and Wells Fargo, said Jarrett Kovics (left), director of the Texas market for Baird Private Wealth Management, which now includes about 715 advisors and more than $80 billion in assets, in an interview with AdvisorOne.
"They have a strong memory of what they felt was most important" in the culture of their firm, explained Kovics, who joined Baird from Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (MS) in 2010. "We are different from A.G. Edwards, but the cultural similarities get [advisors] to the table … and it becomes a really good fit for them and the quality of their work."
Joining Baird in Houston are Richard Ashcroft and Darrell Pesek of the Ashcroft Pesek Group; Greg Evans, Stephen Allain and Jarred Crumley of the Evans-Allain-Crumley Group; John Barnfield; and William Barrow. They will work out of Baird's second office in Houston, which is located in the Memorial City district, where many energy firms are based. "You can't find real estate there, since there's been so much expansion and growth," Kovics said.
In April, Baird recruited a team of seven employee advisors with about $770 million in client assets from Wells Fargo in Houston. It also opened its second office then and hired former UBS (UBS) branch manager John S. Hantak to lead the new location, which also caters to high-net-worth energy professionals and their retirement needs.
"Baird Retirement Management, which we've been working on for a while, could support teams of financial advisors with a retirement focus on technology companies in Silicon Valley or steel companies in Upstate New York," Kovics said. "The resources emphasize marketing and other materials specific to retirement planning … it's another attractive selling point for Baird."


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JERUSALEM: Tens of thousands of Israelis have fled their homes in communities along the border with the Gaza Strip, reflecting growing fear and frustration as the war with Hamas drags on with no end in sight.
With the school year fast approaching, the government began offering assistance to residents Monday in the first large-scale voluntary evacuation in nearly eight weeks of fighting.
Officials estimate that 70 percent of the 40,000 inhabitants of the farming communities along the Gaza border have left, including hundreds on Monday.
Fields that once yielded vegetables and flowers are barren and pockmarked by Palestinian mortar shells. Streets are empty and most homes eerily silent.
The fighting has killed more than 2,100 Palestinians, according to Gaza officials, leveled thousands of buildings and left tens of thousands of people homeless.
The death toll on the Israeli side has been much lower, largely because of Israel's network of air raid sirens, bomb shelters and the Iron Dome missile-defense system.
Yet Israel's defenses have been largely ineffective against short-range mortar fire — a deficiency underscored when a 4-year-old boy was killed Friday by a Palestinian mortar shell.
"The community is very close to the border, and we have almost no warning of incoming fire," said Elazar Ashtivkar, a 30-year-old father of four who left Nahal Oz, the scene of the deadly attack, several weeks ago with his family.
He said the family is now staying in a nearby kibbutz, where he has 15 to 20 seconds to get to a shelter, which he said is an improvement.
He said nearly all of Nahal Oz's roughly 400 residents have left. Only a few workers in charge of taking care of the cows along with some security personnel remain, he said.
"The agricultural fields were destroyed. There is nothing now," he said.
He said he will return as soon as it is safe. "We just want quiet. We don't want to be scared when our kids go to school," he said.
The military says Gaza militants have fired at least 1,400 mortars on the border communities since the fighting began.
It is not the first time residents have left their homes during the fighting. Several weeks ago, heavily armed Palestinian militants tunneled into their communities from Gaza, terrifying residents and sparking an exodus.
Only a few people sat down for lunch at the normally bustling dining room at Kibbutz Ein Hashlosha on Monday. The community was mostly devoid of people. Children's swings swayed in the wind on the empty playground. Homes bore the marks of shrapnel from Palestinian mortars.
Elena Glass was among the few residents who decided to stay.
"We are not going to move because this is our house and we have to defend this place," she said. "I understand all the families that moved out because of the children, but someone has to stay here. But it is not simple. I think of my children all the time because they are working outside without shelter."
The government this week offered to help anxious Israelis close to the war zone leave their homes, the first time it has sponsored a large-scale evacuation.
"It is their right to leave, and we will assist them with temporary solutions," Finance Minister Yair Lapid said in a TV interview Sunday.
But he stressed the evacuations were voluntary: "The state of Israel will not run away from terror organizations. It fights terror organizations."
Hamas, the Islamic militant group that rules Gaza, hailed of the Israeli exodus. The group's spokesman in Gaza, Mushir al-Masri, said the Israelis will not be allowed to return unless Hamas "allows it."
Israeli education officials said the evacuated children will be absorbed by area schools. But Tamir Idan, a regional council head in southern Israel, said schools will not open as usual next week if rocket fire persists.
The fighting has caused even more disruption for students in Gaza, where U.N. schools have being used to shelter several hundred thousand people. Officials have delayed the start of classes, which were supposed to begin on Sunday.
Throughout the fighting, Israel has charged that Hamas has exploited civilian installations to fire rockets. The military said Monday that the mortar shell that killed the 4-year-old Israeli boy last week was fired several meters (yards) away from a school in Gaza.
The Israeli military said it carried out at least 65 airstrikes Monday, targeting a mosque it said was used to store weapons and another it said militants used as a meeting point. The military also said that Palestinian militants fired more than 100 rockets into Israel.
Palestinian health officials said seven people were killed, including a 42-year woman hit by tank fire. One Israeli was wounded by Palestinian fire.
The latest exchanges came a day after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that the Israeli military campaign in Gaza could go into September.


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Bruce Springsteen gave special fans an early Christmas present on Tuesday -- a private performance on a N.J. boardwalk.
About 60 lucky fans won tickets through a contest hosted by Springsteen's fan site, Backstreets, to watch "The Boss" and the E Street Band perform for a webcast at the Carousel House on the Asbury Park boardwalk, according to Asbury Park Press.
Fans rocked to songs from "The Promise" -- a double CD compilation of previously unreleased songs and songs performed by Springsteen that he wrote for others. Songs included "Save My Love" and "Ain't Good Enough for You," reports the press.
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Another great movie. Awarded by 5 Academy Award Nominations. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning play. Doubt is a must see movie. The setting was back in 1964, there's a dispute between a nun and a priest in a Chatolic school. Never thought that hatred can cause such a malicious things. The nun tried hard to expell the priest out of school, although there's not enough evidence, one thing that certain was doubt.
I love one of the speech delivered by the priest, when he was accused of having put a special interest in a troubled boy, the excerpt is as follows:
"A woman came to confess her sin to a priest, she said that she's spread a gossip about her friend, was it wrong to do that? The priest said, of course it's a sin. How could I make it up? Asked the woman. Just take a pillow to the roof, bring a knife along, when you arrive at the roof, stab the pillow. As soon as the woman did it, she visited the priest again to report that she had done what the priest asked. The priest asked, what you found when you stabbed the pillow? I found feathers, answered the woman. The priest asked again, can you collect all the feathers and put it back to the original form? No, father, said the woman. The priest exclaimed, that's GOSSIP!!!!!"
Swahili For The Broken-Hearted
Yes, Peter Moore again. Still telling his traveling story in a hilarious way. Although, this traveling plan was made due to his breaking-up with his girlfriend, though it was still told in usual Moore's way, full of funny things.
In Moore's previous book, "The Full Montezuma", he told his travel experience in Central America with his girlfriend, but it turned out that 6 months after they returned back to Australia, they broke up.
This time Moore told his journey around Africa, from Cape Town to Cairo. A lot of interesting experiences happenned, such as: suffering of Malaria that caused him failed to reach the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania, becoming an accidental actor in a movie made in Kenya, trapped in a riot with firing gun in Ethiopia, and last but not least, the interaction between Moore, other backpackers and local people. All is enjoyable.
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I overheard this conversation on Breakfast Club at Kosmopolitan FM couple days a go between the radio anchors, Santi Bonis & Indra Herlambang.
Indra: "Kita liburan bareng, yuk!"
Santi: "Yuk, gue maunya ke gunung"
Indra: "Yah...gue maunya ke pantai"
Santi: "Wah...enaknya gimana ya?"
Indra: "Kita harus cari jalan tengah"
Santi: "So..kita kemana dong?"
Indra: "Paling pas, ya...ke MALL"
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My 2nd daughter, Nayzea (2,5 yrs old), currently is crazy about learning alphabets and numbers. She keeps asking about them religiously, anytime, anywhere.
Nayzea: "Ma, ini angka berapa?" (sambil nunjuk huruf F)
Me : "Itu bukan angka, itu huruf"
Nayzea: "Jadi, ini huruf BERAPA?
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The Mistress of Spices
I read the novel with the same title written by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni years a go and I love her writing. Her books usually tell about fairy tale, legend, romance and some children story as well.
I have never known that this book adapted into movie, until one day I came across the VCD at a disc shop and curious about it. I love the story, it's about Tilo, a woman who is also a Mistress of Spices. She has special ability to forecast the future. She knows what the best spices for everyone. She uses her ability totally to help other people.
To maintain her power, there are three rules to be followed, first, she must use her ability only for other people's need, she's not allowed to touch other people skin, and last one, she is prohibited to leave her spices store.
Things are getting complicated when Tilo falls in love with her customer, Dough. She is in a big dillema, either to leave the spices or follow her desire of love.
I love many things in the movie, the shop where Tilo works, "Spice Bazaar", her ability to find the best spices for her customers and mix them, and the last one is Aishwarya Rai herself as Tilo, she's so beautiful and act so natural.
Accuracy of Death
I spent my time during this long weekend by watching my dusty VCDs and DVDs. Usually the VCD player was under my girls'control, therefore I used to watch a lot of Barneys and Barbies movies, but this time I did some negotiation with them and thank God, some agreements were made, yay!!!
This time I watch a Japanese movie, Accuracy of Death a.k.a. Sweet Rain based on best-selling novel by Kotaro Isaka. I haven't read the novel, so I can't compare them, but the fact is the movie is great.
The story is unique. The setting is in Japan. The characters are mostly lonely people remind me of Haruki Murakami's books. It is about a man or a Grim Reaper, named Chiba who has a job as an observer for a person that is going to die within 7 days. Chiba will follow the person and monitor thoroughly, afterwards he has to give decision either this person is going to be 'executed' or 'passed over'.
There are three subjects that must be observed by Chiba, his first subject is a 27-yr-old-woman, Kazue Fujiki, the second one is a Yakuza agent and last one is an old hairdresser woman who lives in the countryside. The story moves a bit slowly but it's set in a beautiful way. Certain conflict also arise, usually when Chiba emotionally involves with his subject.
A good movie though, curious about the book, need to check it at the bookshop soon.
The Boy In The Striped Pajamas
I read the book last year and finally watched the VCD the other day without expecting too much since I had a lot of dissapointment of watching a movie adapted from a book/novel.
It turned out that this movie is soooo...good, it still made me burst into tears and kept me awake in the night, just like the time when I finished the book with the same title written by John Boyne.
Anne of Avonlea
The 2nd book of Anne of Green Gables' series, which actually consist of 5 books and it seems that Qanita will translate all, yay...!
If the 1st book tells about Anne as a little girl, while the sequel tells about Anne as a young teacher at Avonlea (her former school back then). Although Anne's already 17 years old, her character's still the same, brave, cheerful and full of imagination. Following Anne's experiences in handling her students are very funny, touchy and inspiring.
I really love this Anne's serial. It warms my heart. It transferred me back to my old memories when I was so busy reading Enid Blyton's books.I feel like I go back to the old days. Imagining and dreaming to undergo an adventurous life. Miss the old days and feel so old....:))
I enjoy not only the translation by Maria M. Lubis, who successfully can keep the 'soul' of the original story, but also the colorful cover of the book. The 3rd book "Anne of the Island" has also already been translated and published by Qanita. Can't wait to grab that book very soon.
The White Tiger
It took almost a month to finish this book. No.......it's not because this is a bad book, in fact it really is a very good book otherwise it won't win the Man Booker Prize 2008. I just have less opportunity to read these days. There are two main reasons, first it's almost two months now that my girls sleep schedule is changed into midnight. Yup..they now have a habit to sleep between 11 pm-12 pm and the bad news is before they fall asleep, I have to read their story books and when they finally sleep, their mother, without a doubt, also falls into a deep sleep.
Second reason is the passengers in my express train are getting more and more. It's almost impossible for me to get a seat now. No seat means no time to read. Okay...stop complaining and giving excuses. Perhaps, the reason is just simply because 'the older you are, the slower you read', who knows?
Let's talk about this good book written by Indian author, Aravind Adiga.This book reminds me of Vikas Swarup's Q and A (Slumdog Millionaire the movie). The setting is in India with its gap between the rich and the poor, the corruption everywhere, exactly like our own country. It tells about a life of a complicated guy, Balram Halwai, who used to be a poor guy. He works as a servant, a driver and then he kills his master. He runs away. Starting a new life and becoming an entrepreneur. The story is told from Balram's perspective. He tells his story in details, how he transforms himself from a poor guy into a successful businessman. It's a touching story yet funny. An interesting book, anyway.
There's a scream from my little girl, Nayzea (2,5 yrs old) in the dead of the night:
Nayzea: "Mamaaaaaaaaa....."
Me : "Ada apa, Zea?" (with worried tone)
Nayzea: "Mama, ada 'kecewa' di kamar mandi"


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WASHINGTON (CNN) -- John Brennan joined the CIA as a young man after responding to a newspaper want ad. Now, at 57, he could become its next director.
President Barack Obama on Monday nominated Brennan, his chief counterterrorism adviser, to lead the CIA, praising his pick as someone already closely connected to the agency and willing to fight on its behalf.
"John knows what our national security demands: intelligence that provides policymakers with the facts, strong, analytic insights and a keen understanding of a dynamic world," Obama said at the White House.
Brennan worked for the CIA for more than two decades and has been Obama's assistant for counterterrorism and homeland security since 2009. In that role, Obama said, Brennan worked closely with many government agencies.
The results were clear, the president said. "More al Qaeda leaders and commanders have been removed from the battlefield than at any time since 9/11."
Brennan has shaped the White House's strategy to aggressively pursue suspected terrorists -- dramatically escalating the use of armed unmanned aircraft, often referred to as drones -- and to kill them in the ungoverned territories of Pakistan and in Yemen.
He was also intimately involved in the run-up to the raid on the Osama bin Laden compound in May 2011.
"John is legendary even in the White House for working hard," Obama said. "He is one of the hardest working public servants I have ever seen."
In recent years, Brennan has become well-known in Washington as the public face of the White House's counterterrorism policies. Now, if the Senate confirms his nomination, he'll head an agency where many employees work behind the scenes.
Brennan praised the often anonymous work of CIA staffers Monday and pledged to do everything he can to support them.
"If confirmed as director I will make it my mission to make sure that the CIA has the tools it needs to keep our nation safe and that its work always reflect the liberties, the freedoms and the values that we hold so dear," Brennan told reporters shortly after Obama tapped him for the job.
Obama announced Brennan's nomination Monday at the same time he tapped former Sen. Chuck Hagel to become defense secretary. Both men, he said, "have dedicated their lives to protecting our country."
If the Senate confirms Brennan's the nomination, he will replace retired Gen. David Petraeus, who stepped down from his job as CIA director in November amid revelations that he had engaged in an extramarital affair with his biographer.
Petraeus resigned on November 9 as the FBI investigated whether his biographer, Paula Broadwell, had inappropriate access to classified information.
Michael Morell, a career intelligence officer who was serving as the spy agency's deputy director, has been acting CIA director since Petraeus' resignation.
In a message to colleagues, Morrell said he looked forward to welcoming Brennan back to the CIA.
"Those of you who know John can attest to his intellect, expertise, and prodigious work ethic. I have had the privilege of working with him for the better part of two decades, and I know him to be a public servant of the highest integrity. We have worked literally hundreds of tough issues together, and I have found that his approach always begins and ends with the question, 'What is the right thing to do here?'" he wrote.
After the 2008 election, Brennan was touted as a shoo-in for CIA director, but attacks from critics who claimed he supported the Bush administration's policy of harsh interrogations prompted him to drop out of consideration for the job.
Returning to the CIA would be a homecoming of sorts for Brennan, who spent 25 years there, developing a deep knowledge of the Mideast and fluency in Arabic.
"He knows what the president wants from his intelligence community," said Bill Harlow, a former senior CIA official. "And he also knows how to deliver it from having worked at the agency. ... There'll be no learning curve for him."
After the nomination was announced, Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said he hoped the Senate would give both Brennan and Hagel "a fair and constructive confirmation process."
Debate over the drone program and Brennan's position on CIA interrogations could make for some rough moments during his hearings.
Concerns about his past work at the CIA began to simmer again on Monday, with the American Civil Liberties Union calling on lawmakers to investigate whether Brennan had been involved in torture, abuse or secret prisons during his past tenure at the CIA during the administration of President George W. Bush.
"This nomination is too important to proceed without the Senate first knowing what happened during Brennan's tenures at the CIA and the White House, and whether all of his conduct was within the law," Laura W. Murphy, director of the ACLU's Washington Legislative Office, said in a statement.
Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, said he planned to examine Brennan's record closely.
"I appreciate John Brennan's long record of service to our nation," McCain said in a statement, "but I have many questions and concerns about his nomination to be director of the Central Intelligence Agency, especially what role he played in the so-called enhanced interrogation programs while serving at the CIA during the last administration, as well as his public defense of those programs."
Even as she praised his record, Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, said she planned to raise the CIA detention and interrogation issue with Brennan.
The fact that Brennan is coming from the West Wing and has frequently talked about the president's views on camera could make him political fodder, said Frances Fragos Townsend, CNN's national security contributor.
"He's got to expect that (Capitol) Hill is going to treat him as a political person who is fair game now, rightly or wrongly," she said.
On Monday, Brennan said he was prepared to work with lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and field their questions.
"While the intelligence profession oftentimes demands secrecy," he said, "it is critically important that there be a full and open discourse on intelligence matters with the appropriate elected representatives of the American people."
CNN's Catherine E. Shoichet reported in Atlanta; Pam Benson in Washington. CNN's John Berman, Jill Dougherty, Devon Sayers and Jim Acosta also contributed to this report.


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Man killed in hit-run in Brentwood
Police are searching for a hit-and-run driver involved in a crash Monday night that left one man dead in Brentwood.
The fatal crash occurred at about 8 p.m. on Calebs Path just south of Bushwick Avenue, Suffolk County police said.
Orlando Marquez, 38, of Brentwood, has been identified as the pedestrian who was struck and killed by a vehicle in Brentwood on February 18. The vehicle is described as possibly being white.
Marquez was found by a passerby, who called 911.
He was taken to Southside Hospital in Bay Shore, where he was pronounced dead.
Police ask anyone with information about the crash to call Crime Stoppers at 800-220-TIPS. All calls will remain confidential.


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CALGARY, Alberta, Feb. 24 (UPI) -- Matt Stajan recorded the go-ahead goal in the third period and Joey MacDonald stopped 30 shots Saturday in the Calgary Flames' 3-1 win over Minnesota.
The Flames broke a 1-1 tie 7:19 into the final frame went he jammed the rebound of a Jarome Iginla shot past Minnesota goalie Niklas Backstrom and later added an empty-netter to ice the victory.
MacDonald, making his third start of the season, turned aside all 11 Minnesota shots in the third period as Calgary broke a two-game skid.
Charlie Coyle scored his first NHL goal and Backstrom finished with 24 saves for the Wild, who suffered their first regulation loss in four contests.


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Where Clergy and laity discuss God....
So, is the current cycle of weather a natural occurring one, or man-made? Sorry, not enough data to make even an educated guess much less an official proclamation of fact.
The Industrial Age began in the 1700s with the advent of machines and factories, but it seems to have accelerated in the 20th Century with the advent of carbon based engines, which seems to correlate with the increased CO2 emissions. However, as you aptly noted, it's difficult to make concrete causal conclusions when we only have a century's worth of data on global emissions. Nonetheless, it sure is interesting that there does seem to be an anecdotal link between the Industrial Age and a warming climate.
So how does one explain the medieval warm period and also the little ice age that followed it? The medieval warm period was long before 1700's. I think it ended in the 1200's sometime. If I were to take today's scientists seriously I guess I'd have to conclude there were too many cows then which added too much CO2. While I can't point you to a source right now it seems like I remember reading that there is evidence that grapes were grown as far north as the southern parts of the scandinavian countries.
That's quite remarkable. Do you have a link to an article about it?
I was wrong about the grapes being in Scandinavian countries but grapes were grown in England.
Greenland was settled by the Vickings and they raised cattle and had farms. Try doing that today.
Religious Lie: "God only paid for sins until the next time you sin."
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Tech and Stylish Logo reveler that might work well for anyone who's dealing with computers, laptops, digital media, electronic goods, software, games etc. Rotating and spinning glassy 3D laptop model will bring your logo on screen.
Easily replace your logo and customize colors with single click. Fast rendering and widely usable. Video tutorial with voice over included.
This project can also be used as a video podcast opener by turning on the end transition with alpha channel.
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Here's something to bum you out: Sixty years ago, Debbie Reynolds starred in "Singin' in the Rain." Now, she's playing goofy ol' granny and firing a gun into a turkey in the pathetic "One For the Money," the latest Katherine Heigl vehicle that makes viewers feel like the turkey.
Heigl plays Stephanie Plum, a character I can only assume boasts remarkable charm in the popular Janet Evanovich book (sorry, "One For the Money" isn't the prequel to the Al Pacino/Matthew McConaughey drama "Two For the Money"). Onscreen, however, Heigl ("Life as We Know It," "The Ugly Truth") as usual comes off as an unlikable twit who's always about to cry. Unemployed Stephanie disrespects her family, owns a pet hamster and still laments when Joe Morelli (Jason O'Mara), the town heartbreaker seemingly prepping to pose for a "Mr. Stubble" calendar, took her virginity and then never called. Clearly Stephanie running over Morelli with her car did not provide the closure she expected.
Morelli's a cop believed to have killed an unarmed man, so Stephanie, despite possessing any strength or attitude, becomes a bounty hunter in hopes of simultaneously tossing a stone at both her professional and personal problems. If that brings to mind Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler's horrendous "The Bounty Hunter," you're on the right track. Also: Sorry, no one should ever have to think about "The Bounty Hunter."
Miley Cyrus' abysmal performance in "The Last Song" proved director Julie Anne Robinson has no flair for working with actors, and Heigl obviously received no help either. She's as energy-free as ever, flailing in a movie without a laugh or anything likeable besides its pure inconsequentiality. Not that anyone can shine while providing unnecessary lines in voiceover like "Now it's personal" or, after spotting the flat-nosed guy Stephanie was looking for, "This was the flat-nosed guy."
This Jersey-set movie—Heigl tries on the accent every so often, and it never fits—would be more fun with Snooki in the lead role. At least the thing would have some spunk. On a side note: Anyone grumbling about the casting of Sherri Shepherd as a prostitute should relax; it could have been Barbara Walters.
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Healing Your Relationship
Did you ever stop to think that some of the most important things in life are not taught in school? Nobody teaches us, for example, about relationships: how to choose a partner, how to stay together despite differences, and how to know when it is really right to separate. For most people, it seems, learning about relationships is a matter of trial and error, often with a lot of pain and heartache mixed in.
Why Are Loving Relationships So Difficult To Maintain?
To begin with, we come into relationships from different families, different backgrounds, and with different experiences from childhood. How we experience love as a child provides us with the series of love lessons we carry into adulthood. Perhaps, as a child, Earl saw constant fighting, screaming, or crying in his family. What he learned is that love is all about suffering and unhappiness. Roberta might have seen one parent who dominated and controlled the other. The lesson, she thought, was that, to maintain a relationship, you always have to give in to your partner. Perhaps there was a divorce in the family or a parent died; the child who lives through such a loss comes to believe that people will hurt and abandon you, so it's a good idea not to trust or get too close.
Sometimes, people develop negative thoughts about themselves related to their earlier childhood experiences. Often, they are not fully aware of these negative beliefs. Some people, for example, secretly feel that they are not worthy of an intimate relationship. "if that person really knew me," the thinking goes, "he or she wouldn't stick around." People with these feelings are afraid to be truly authentic, to be themselves. Still others are afraid that their partner won't be faithful; feeling insecure, they are not open to receiving love.
The problem is that these lessons from childhood don't apply to intimate relationships in adulthood. For one thing, they are outdated, as they are rooted in the past. While these thoughts were understandable in the context of earlier relationships, they now have become obstacles or blocks to the achievement of fulfilling relationships in adult life.
Once you understand the blocks you bring to your relationship, as well as those your partner brings, you can begin to do some work to heal your relationship.
Some Guidelines for Healing Your Relationship
- Start by communicating. Some couples fight by yelling, others by not talking at all ("the silent treatment"). Whatever your technique, allow for a "cooling off" period, and then express your feelings. Simply take responsibility for letting your partner know what you want, and try not to judge the wants expressed by your partner.
Communication of feelings is necessary in all important relationships. Contrary to what many believe, nobody can reasonably be expected to read your mind, no matter how long you have been together.
- Approach with empathy. Put yourself in the other person's shoes, understanding that he or she has emotional wounds and is hurting as well.
- Learn to listen, especially to the other person's feelings. Take turns talking (you may each need time limits) and listen without interrupting often.
- Seek compromise. The goal is to resolve your differences by reaching an understanding that allows for both people to come out ahead.
- Work on forgiveness. This does not mean excusing abusive behavior or staying with an abuser. Forgiving means letting go of a need to hurt back. Anger only accumulates and harms us, emotionally and physically. Forgiveness is a gift to yourself as well as to your relationship. Remember, too, that you may forgive people in your past without taking them back.
Relationships, like all good things, require effort. Be patient and allow for mistakes. Know that a change in one person can have an impact on the relationship. And seek help, if you need it.


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On April 8, 2009, four armed Somali pirates traveling on simple skiffs boarded the 17,000-ton Maersk Alabama, a Danish cargo ship owned by the largest container-ship operator in the world, that was sailing several hundred miles off the coast of Somalia toward Mombasa, Kenya.
The men who attacked it were desperate; they came from a country ravaged by civil war with one of the lowest per-capita incomes in the world and almost no prospect of betterment. They had seen fellow countrymen grow rich through piracy (indeed, at the time, about 200 foreigners were being held for ransom) and hoped to become rich, too -- even if it meant scaling a vessel as large as a fortress.
Before multinational endeavors limited piracy there, some 3,000 to 5,000 pirates were based in Somalia; they had seized 26 ships in both 2009 and 2010, ransoming them for an average of $4.9 million each.
PHOTOS: Exclusive Portraits of Tom Hanks and Barkhad Abdi
When these particular pirates were spotted, the Alabama immediately took protective measures, swinging its rudder back and forth to create a giant wave that scuttled one of their boats. But the pirates still boarded.
In an attempt to save his small crew, Capt. Richard Phillips ordered his men to hide in a secure room; but when the pirates found them, a fight broke out and one of the invaders was overpowered. Shaken by the scuffle, and with the U.S. Navy fast approaching, the pirates seized a windowless lifeboat, taking Phillips hostage when he volunteered to become a prisoner in the place of his men, who remained aboard the ship.
The five-day drama that ensued, as the Somalis held Phillips while a warship stood by, riveted the U.S. when it was shown around the clock on cable news. The brief and violent conclusion, during which three American snipers shot the pirates, drew public praise from President Obama. As for Phillips, he widely was considered a hero and went on to write a book about his experiences, A Captain's Duty: Somali Pirates, Navy SEALS, and Dangerous Days at Sea.
Four-and-a-half years after the incident, Sony is bringing his story to the screen with Captain Phillips, a $50 million drama that revolves around two skippers: the Alabama's Phillips (played by Tom Hanks, 57) and Muse, the Somali leader (played by newcomer Barkhad Abdi, 28).
With a glut of excellent films heading into awards season, the studio is betting on audiences' continued interest in real-life dramas. Made on budgets of $50 million or less, these movies have generated substantial profits in recent years: Sony's own The Social Network ($225 million globally) and Zero Dark Thirty ($109 million); Warner Bros.' Argo ($232 million); and DreamWorks' Lincoln ($275 million). But neither the genre nor the price-point offers any certainty, as DreamWorks may have sensed at Toronto, where it unveiled The Fifth Estate to lukewarm notices.
STORY: With 'Captain Phillips,' Tom Hanks Is Back In The Oscar Hunt (Analysis)
So far, response to this film has been positive. Reviewing the movie before its Sept. 27 debut at the New York Film Festival, THR's chief film critic Todd McCarthy wrote, "Something of a companion piece for director Paul Greengrass to his superb United 93, which was based on the real-life takeover of one of the 9/11 aircraft, this immaculately made reconstruction of a chaotic incident will have a much better time of it commercially."
The movie (produced by Scott Rudin, Michael De Luca and Dana Brunetti, the trio who made Social Network) arrives at a time of convulsion within the film business and added pressure on Sony, which has failed to deliver a blockbuster this year and has had to deal with such disappointments as After Earth and White House Down. Those releases led to the exit of Sony marketing chief Marc Weinstock on Sept. 23, a move that came against the backdrop of a so-far-unsuccessful bid by investor Daniel Loeb to lead the studio's parent, Sony Corp., to sell off the entertainment division.
Despite these pressures, "I didn't see this as a difficult film to greenlight," says Sony Pictures Entertainment co-chairman Amy Pascal. "I thought it was a magnificent story about decency, heroism and an ordinary person in an extraordinary situation."
It's late-morning on Sept. 17 when Hanks and Abdi meet inside a cavernous Hollywood photo studio, the first time they have seen each other since Phillips wrapped.
They are a study in contrasts, one tall and well-toned, exuding ease and confidence; the other rail-thin and nervous as he takes part in his first-ever photo shoot. They chat about Abdi's love for music and about the band he has formed with a Somali-American rapper, Yung Yubi.
"He is in the creative arts," says Hanks admiringly. "He records music, and he does all sorts of stuff like installations. He never really explained it to me [during the shoot] because he was so focused on the job at hand."
Aware of the change this movie might bring to his co-stars' lives, Hanks says he told the Somalis: "Are you guys prepared to be the most famous Somalis in America for a while?" He adds, "It's going to be interesting, what happens."
VIDEO: 'Captain Phillips' Trailer: Tom Hanks Negotiates With Pirates
Watching him with Abdi, one doesn't get the sense they have become close -- hardly a surprise, given that they deliberately were kept apart by Greengrass until well into the shoot, when the pirates take over the ship.
"I was so excited about meeting Tom," says Abdi, a movie buff who had seen many of Hanks' films and adored Forrest Gump. "Then when we got [to the set], Paul took us on the side and was like, 'OK, you guys are not going to see Tom until we do the first scene where you meet in the movie.' " He says he and the other Somalis (all friends of his from way before the shoot) were disappointed but recognized the authenticity this added.
"It was a very unique experience to be shooting that first take," notes Hanks. "It was loud and scary and intimidating. I mean, we all looked like fat, middle-aged, lazy white guys. And in came the skinniest, scariest-looking human beings on the planet."


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That Reminds Me of a Story
Stories speak to us of community. They hold our history and reflect our identity. Rebecca Rule has made it her mission over the last 20 years to collect stories of New Hampshire, especially those that reflect what's special about this rocky old place. She'll tell some of those stories - her favorites are the funny ones - and invite audience members to contribute a few stories of their own.


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Senior Java Engineer - Smals
As Senior Java Engineer you will be part of a dynamic team that develops online services contributing to the information exchange within the Belgian health care sector. In order to succeseed in these projects, the development team uses the latest technologies, such as Java 8, Docker, Spring 4, JBoss EAP 6.4, Git and Angular JS. These applications are currently being migrated to PaaS (Openshift).
You will help design and develop solid applications in cooperation with our analysts and architects.
You will share your knowledge of best practices in development with the team whilst coaching and guiding junior developers.
You participate in meetings with the business in order to determine their needs. You create the technical design and develop the most suitable solution. You ensure the deployment and maintenance of the application.
Your profile
You obtained a bachelor's or master's degree in IT and have at least five years of experience in a similar position (back-end Java development).
You are familiar with the following technologies: Java EE, Spring, Spring Batch, XML, XSD, WSDL, SOAP, JSON, WADL, REST, Test Driven Development, Agile Development.
Knowledge of Linux and JBoss are an asset.
You are also familiar with IAAS and PAAS concepts.
You are looking for a varied and challenging job that lets you fulfil your sense of responsibility. You enjoy working together as a team. You are creative and are willing to take initiative in order to offer high-quality solutions.
You have a passive knowledge of Dutch or French.
Our offer
At Smals you are able to contribute to complex IT services that are going to play a role in society. You can count on training, specialisation and career opportunities in application development, IT infrastructure or support services. Besides offering ICT for Society, we also offer a healthy work-life balance, an interesting salary, hospitalisation insurance, second pension pillar, meal vouchers and telework. We fully reimburse public transport costs and make sure that our offices are easily accessible. On top of that, Smals pursues an equal opportunities policy.


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Creative's high-end audio hardware gets resized to notebook level in this iteration of the company's X-Fi family, which is welcome news for those disappointed with their lappy's onboard audio (which, to be fair, is rarely up to snuff).
The sound quality is an improvement over standard onboard audio hardware, although it's wasted if you're using a pair of standard travel speakers; you're better off investing in a decent set of cans to go with it.
At around £45 it's not the most expensive upgrade you could invest in, but only those deeply concerned with sound quality or those who have a laptop hooked up for long periods to better audio equipment, need apply.
For most of us, onboard audio suits well enough.


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The Commission on Higher Education (CHED) Caraga partnered...
January 21, 2019. Caraga State University President, Dr. Anthony M. Penaso leads the CSU family in aspiring for its Human Resource Management skills enhancement. Key officials and other unit heads gather together at the Grand Palace Hotel in Butuan City for a seminar on Enhanced Program to Institutionalize Meritocracy and Excellence in Human Resource Management (PRIME-HRM) Accreditation and Readiness Program. HR trainer, associate financial planner and entrepreneur Coach Fe Jennifer Perez serves as its resource person.
The Civil Service Commission's PRIME-HRM Objective is elevating the HR public sector to a level of excellence for good governance and efficient public service. It further aims to develop and empower agencies and engage people in the organization.
The seminar will equip the CSU workforce in knowing and understanding what PRIME-HRM is. Discuss the components and coverage of PRIME-HRM. Enumerate the criteria for accreditation and criteria for award. Familiarize roles and duties and responsibilities of the Prime Assessment phase among others.
The PRIME-HRM's rationale is a program that integrates and enhances Personnel Management Assessment and Assistance Program (PMAAP) and the CSC Agency Accreditation Program (CSCAAP). It is a mechanism to continually capacitate agencies in the performance of their human resource management, recognize best practices, and serve as a venue for exchange and development of expertise.


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Category Archives: finding voice
The Poetry Revolution
Hello, everyone, I have been silent for quite sometime here on WordPress, well no more! I am back to express my thoughts and ideas through poetry. I am here to connect with my inner self and the kindred spirits that … Continue reading
The Muse is Waiting in the Corner…
Now that I am getting back on track there will be work coming to this page very soon! It's like I have been away from my "self" for too long, and I want back inside. I was writing a series … Continue reading
The New Year…
Happy New Year Everyone! I have not forgotten my yearning to share my poetic thoughts, I have just been busy with all those other things and need to get back into the listening well. Listening to my inner self and … Continue reading
The Sound That Is Me…
The Broken Sounds Of Night I am the wind in the trees I am the moonlit path that you walk upon I am the beating of your heart I am the rhythm of your soul I am the … Continue reading
Poetic Yearnings
Cover of Poemcrazy: Creating a Life with Words "Poems arrive. They hide in feelings and images, in weeds and delivery vans, daring us to notice and give them form with our words." Susan Goldsmith Wooldridge- poemcrazy– freeing your life … Continue reading
Another Page 8 Poem: Inspired by Portrait In Sepia by Isabel Allende
Emotional Arithmetic Holding the rosary in her delicate yet bleeding hands the humble girl peers with wide-eyed innocence into the cameras. Her father with his good intentions went on a mission for his home and family. Now she asks that … Continue reading


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Part of a continuing series — As the Texas Legislature continues to attempt to grapple with the massive $15-27 billion shortfall, a reader has written in to ask to ask a question that the Legislature hasn't seriously looked at this session; how much could the state raise by boosting the sales tax?
The reader's proposal? Increase the state sales tax to 9 percent.
Before we evaluate the proposal, we need to establish a few basic ground rules to guide the analysis.
- The sales tax is currently capped at 8.25%, 6.25% of that goes to the state and the remainder goes to local municipalities, such as city governments and transit organizations.
- The sales tax is one of the largest revenue components in the state budget. It's the largest source of revenue generated by the state in state and rivaled only by federal aid in total overall impact to the budget.
To simplify the discussion — we've assumed that we're examining a 1% increase in the sales tax, which would up the rate to 9.25% and we've also assumed that the revenue generated from the increase would go to the state government.
All that out of the way — a 1% increase would result in an extra $6.7 billion in revenue per biennium predicts Dick Lavine, a budget analyst at the Center for Public Policy Priorities.
Levine also said that analysis took into account that an increase in the tax could reduce consumption a bit. His organization doesn't favor raising the sales tax without several carve outs to help reduce the impact such an increase would have on the poor.


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MOVIE REVIEW- Fact or fiction: <i>Informant!</i> a true story with twists
If Silkwood and The Insider had a baby with a sense of humor, he might grow up to be The Informant!
If you've ever wondered what a "pathological liar" is, The Informant! offers an excellent illustration. Based on a true story, but played for chuckles, Steven Soderbergh's film stars a heavyweight Matt Damon (he'll have to slim down to be Bourne again) as Mark Whitacre, whose lack of a grip on reality becomes increasingly obvious as events unfold.
A bipolar biochemist on the management fast track at Archer Daniels Midland, Mark is married to his childhood sweetheart, Ginger (Melanie Lynskey). They have three children, two of them adopted, as Mark says he himself was after his folks died in a car crash when he was three– or was it six?– years old.
In the early '90s, Mark reports to his boss that a Japanese businessman is trying to extort $10 million from the company, claiming to have planted a mole who is tainting ADM's food additive products. The boss calls in the FBI, who start by tapping Mark's home phone.
Pressed by Ginger to tell Agents Shepard (Scott Bakula) and Herndon (Joel McHale) the whole truth (although it's never clear how much of the real truth she knows), Mark blows the whistle on price-fixing in the industry. At the agents' behest, he starts wearing a wire to work and to high-level international meetings he attends, although the material he records never quite seems to make a case for price-fixing.
Mark revels in the undercover work, calling himself "Agent 0014...because I'm twice as smart as 007," but increasingly feels the strain of "living two lives." Sometimes he needs the FBI's assurance that his self-interest will be protected ("The gluconate guy, he's out of a job"), but at other times he constructs his own scenario in which the bad guys are taken away, leaving him to run the grateful company.
After two and a half years, the FBI finally makes its move on ADM and Mark's story starts falling apart, his lies being replaced by truths which are replaced by truer truths, and so on.
Probably the best thing about The Informant! is what novelists call an "inner monologue," the protagonist's running commentary. Mark sometimes remarks on the action, but more often his mind wanders away from it to go shopping, reflect on something he's read (he's fond of Crichton and Grisham), or share some factoid or philosophoid. A scene late in the film sheds new light on what we've been hearing, pegging it as a voice in Mark's head, not just from his head.
He may be twice as smart as 007 or half as smart as Forrest Gump, but just because Mark Whitacre makes things up doesn't mean they're not true. He's an interesting guy to spend a couple of hours with.


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In Texas, women must get a sonogram at least 24 hours before they can get an abortion.
Fewer abortions? Better-informed patients? Insulted women? The impact of a controversial new Texas law that requires women to have a sonogram – and listen to a description of the fetus as well as its heartbeat – at least 24 hours before they can get an abortion is far from clear.
Texas state health officials began enforcing the sonogram provision – which critics say is the most extreme sonogram-related law in the nation – on Tuesday.
Reaction has been decidedly mixed.
Msnbc.com was unable to contact women who have undergone the sonogram this week, but Texas abortion providers say many of their patients felt insulted.
"The emotions range from confusion to anger to being quite emotionally upset by it. Having to hear the position described of fetal development is not something they are wanting to endure," said Rochelle Tafolla, spokesperson for Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast, which has three centers that provide abortions.
"We haven't heard of any women who, after going through these steps, are saying, 'No, I'm changing my mind.'"
The law requires doctors who perform abortions to conduct a sonogram 24 hours before the procedure, display the images of the fetus and make the heartbeat audible. The woman can decline to view the images and listen to the heartbeat. The doctor must also verbally describe the sonogram result – even if the woman doesn't want to hear it.
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Although the sonogram law technically went into effect last fall, the state didn't begin enforcing its requirements until Tuesday, when the Texas Department of State Health Services posted guidelines for abortion providers. Facilities that fail to comply face penalties of up to $1,000 per violation per day.
Department spokeswoman Carrie Williams said Wednesday that the state agency has received "a couple of technical questions" about the law's requirements since its implementation but hasn't gotten any significant feedback yet from abortion providers or pregnant women.
Effect uncertain at this point
It's too soon to track the impact of the sonogram law on the number of abortions performed in Texas, which has 39 licensed abortion providers, Williams added.
About 75,000 abortions were performed in Texas in 2010, the latest year for which statistics are available, according to State Health Services.
Elizabeth Graham, director of Texas Right to Life, says anecdotal reports she's received "from our friends who counsel outside of abortion clinics tell us 70 to 80 percent of women will choose life after seeing a sonogram."
As for the long-term impact, "If the clinics are following the law according to its legislative intent, then we think the law could reduce the number of abortions in Texas by at least 30 percent," she said.
Tafolla said Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast clinics have not seen a drop-off in the number of abortions performed since the sonogram law went into effect Oct. 1.
About 15 percent to 17 percent of pregnant women who undergo the ultrasound at Planned Parenthood don't come back for the abortion, Tafolla says, but that could be for a number of reasons.
"What we knew by fact is statistically the majority of women who are having abortion are already mothers. They fully understand what a pregnancy is, so they're making a very informed decision," she says.
'Most extreme ultrasound-related law'
Julie Rikelman, an attorney with the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights, which sued unsuccessfully to block the Texas legislation, calls it "the most extreme ultrasound-related law that is being enforced in the United States."
(Oklahoma and North Carolina have similar laws, but their enforcement has been held up because sonogram requirements were blocked by the courts, Rikelman says.)
"I think the experience of providers has been that women just find it offensive because the presumption of the law is somehow women don't know what they're doing and need to be forced to consider information even if it's not relevant to them. It's very demeaning to them," she says.
But Lori DeVillez, executive director of the Austin Pregnancy Resource Center, which provides support services and abortion alternatives to pregnant women, says the sonogram law is "a healthy law."
Like any other major medical procedure, she says, patients deserve to know beforehand what an abortion entails before they decide whether to undergo it.
Devillez doesn't know whether the law will eventually lower the number of abortions performed in Texas. But she hopes it does. "I hope giving women the opportunity to get the information they need will help them understand decisions they are making for themselves and their babies," she says.
Logistical headache for clinics
Perhaps one of the most significant practical impacts of the Texas law to date is logistics, says Amy Hagstrom Miller, founder of Whole Woman's Health clinics in Texas. The law's requirements have caused scheduling headaches because doctors who perform abortions now must also perform a sonogram – on a separate day. They can't delegate that latter task to, say, an ultrasound technician.
And they can't have another doctor do the abortion if they're busy.
As for patients, many are already mothers and must make separate doctor's visits, often taking an additional day or two off work, Hagstrom Miller said.
"We've had a lot of frustration, a lot of, 'Why do I have to do this? I know what I want to do,'" she said.
The five Whole Woman's Health clinics began complying with the sonogram law in mid-January. Out of the several hundred women who were offered a chance to listen to the fetal heartbeat, only two opted to do so, Hagstrom Miller says.
Likewise, most women are declining to see their sonogram image, she said.
"I am not aware of anyone saying, 'Oh my goodness, I didn't know what the ultrasound looked like and I'm going to change my pregnancy,'" Hagstrom Miller added.
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Retroclone progress?
Having recently rediscovered some of the RPGs and wargames I played, I've been looking for some form of 'hammer retroclone.
Is this the main place for it? Or is there some progress elsewhere? (Thinking about how I'd try rewriting these games as a result of trying to teach youngish children to play....)