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By: Marc Livitz: The fight of his life is just two weeks away and he wishes it could take place tomorrow. Palm Springs, California native Timothy "Desert Storm" Bradley strongly feels that the contest which is set to take place on June 9 at the MGM in Las Vegas is the opportunity of a lifetime and one that he will remember for all the right reasons. He will face not only one of the most famous athletes in the world in Manny Pacquiao (54(38)-3(2)-2), but also the admittedly welcomed role of underdog once he steps into the ring. Alongside his manager Cameron Dunkin and Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum, Bradley graciously participated in an informative international media conference call this afternoon from Indio, California.
Just as the HBO series "24/7" would suggest, undefeated junior welterweight champion Tim Bradley (28(12)-0) is very friendly and a true gentleman. He opened the call with a bit of gratitude towards those he feels have helped him achieve greatness in the sport of boxing. He will meet Pacquiao for the WBO Welterweight title.
"I'd like to thank God for this opportunity first and foremost. Of course, I have to thank my manager Cameron Dunkin, Bob Arum and everyone at Top Rank. I'm ready to take the throne. Once I close camp, I will have probably done almost 150 rounds of sparring. I'm in the greatest shape of my life; I should come in at around 144-145 pounds.", said Bradley.
Earlier this week, Manny Pacquiao and his trainer Freddie Roach took part in a conference call of their own and Roach dismissed Bradley's chances at shaking up his fighter. Said Roach, "Bradley is not a good counter puncher and he comes forward. After watching lots of tape of Bradley, I am sure that we'll be able to handle him."
The question was put forth to "Desert Storm" in regard to what he took from such comments. Bradley was beyond candid.
"I don't care what Freddie Roach says. He's not in the ring fighting for Pacquiao. There's really no secret to this. We are ready to take the title from the champion and to do that, you really have to take the fight to him. So, I really don't care what Freddie Roach or anyone else says".
Interestingly enough, Bradley's last fight was on the undercard of Pacquiao's third outing versus Mexican great Juan Manuel Marquez. Timothy faced cagey veteran Joel Casamayor of Cuba in the fourth defense of his WBO light welterweight crown and dominated the bout en route to an eighth round TKO. He hoped that such a performance would quiet the naysayers who have consistently questioned his ability to put his opponents down for good. Bradley was quick to brazenly state the contrary.
Tim, "I just systematically break guys down. They say that I don't have any power, but then they get in there with me and feel my strength. I take every punch away from them starting with their jab. Then I move on to their power hand. If I don't feel threatened, then I'll take it to them. I didn't feel any power from Casamayor. Most can't fight at a high pace like me. I'll have to be smart against Pacquiao. He hits really hard with both hands. I may have to outbox him, but if he doesn't hurt me, then I'll take it to him."
One of the amusing practices of Manny Pacquiao in recent years has been the planning and staging of his post fight parties and congratulatory concerts. Timothy Bradley has taken steps of his own to do just the same and feels in no way to be the dark horse of the contest.
"I've planned a party of my own. Why not? I've been on this course for the last four years. I've studied this guy for so long. You'll see a great fight. I'm putting it all on the line. I'm not there for a paycheck or just to survive. I signed with Top Rank for that reason. They make the best fights and make sure that the champions face one another."
Bradley's adversary in the ring has been called hell to face. Tim has no concerns over Pacquiao's devastating left hand and indicated that he's ready to get up again and again should he taste a knockdown, which is something he has only experienced once in his professional career. "Desert Storm" was knocked to the canvas in the first round of his April 2009 meeting with Kendall Holt. Bradley went on to win by unanimous decision. He'll be ready for whatever Pacquiao brings on June 9.
"I've been dealing with it in training and I'm not getting hit by it anymore. I'll use great defense and footwork. I'm dialed in on that left hand. I don't want to get hit. I have a really good chin and I've only been down once. You saw me get up and fight hard. I've been down there before and I know what it's like. I'll get up and always fight on."
Tim further stated that he has dismissed the idea that Manny Pacquiao has lost a step or two in the ring based on his last few performances (versus Shane Mosley and Marquez, respectively) and that he is well aware of the public's desire to see the "Pac Man" face Floyd Mayweather, Jr.
"Has he slowed down or lost a step? No. No way. The guy can still fight and he's coming to take me out. The big fight is looming over him (with Mayweather), but he has me to deal with on the ninth. He'll be at his best and know he'll try to take me out early. I don't care what he's doing. If he climbed Mt. Everest or if he walked on water. It makes no difference to me. I am at my very best. It's always a battle with myself and I am in the greatest condition of my life."
Bradley acknowledges that personal problems or outside influences can indeed play a role in a fighter's performance in the ring. Pacquiao blamed marital problems and other factors as contributors to his less than stellar showing against Juan Manuel Marquez. Said Tim, "I know it can affect a fighter in the ring, but you have to be mentally dialed in on what you need to do. I believe it. Then again, Marquez has the style that gives him fits and he just knows how to fight him. Marquez should have stepped up and he would have won, but he laid back and let Pacquiao control the rounds. That's why he lost."
The Palm Springs resident feels that he is ready for the day to come when he is staring down Pacquiao from across the ring. Furthermore, he is confident that he has what it takes to score the upset.
"He (Pacquiao) doesn't fight well inside. He steps in and out on angles, comes in and then retreats. We're aware of that and we just have to be ready. I'm a very schooled fighter. I know when to move, box or brawl. The increase in weight has actually made me faster than ever. I don't know if I'll knock him out, but I will have my hand raised at the end of the night. I'll just try to feel him out and see what his best punches are. I can't move too fast. I'll try to read him through the first few rounds if I can."
Headbutts have been an issue in many of Bradley's fights. He genuinely hopes that his reputation as using his head of more than just thought processing will be one that he can put to rest for good. Bradley spoke of this.
"I've altered my preparations a little bit. We've worked on stepping in first before I lean into a shot. I don't want this fight to end on a headbutt. I don't want any excuses. The people who are buying the pay per view fights don't want to see it end like that. When people pay to see you fight, you always need to put on a show. It won't take away from my game plan. I'll work the body and keep my head moving."
Despite the heavily stacked odds against him, Timothy Bradley is ready to fight.
"I can't wait. I'm sick of training. I'm ready to get it on, baby."
May 25, 2012
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Brussels, 10 January 2006
Air passengers' rights: The European Court of Justice confirms legality of EU rules
The European Court of Justice today confirmed the validity of EU legislation on air passengers' rights. This legislation, which came into force on 17 February 2005 (IP/05/181), has introduced very significant improvements to the protection of air passengers' rights in the European Union in the event of denied boarding, flight cancellation or long delays.
"This is very good news for European citizens. Air transport is making a major contribution to their mobility. The European Court now also confirms EU legislation giving them certain rights when their flight is overbooked, delayed or cancelled", said Jacques Barrot, European Commission Vice-President in charge of transport.
The Court ruling follows an application for judicial review that was first submitted by IATA (International Air Transport Association), ELFAA (European Low Fares Airline Association) and Hapag-Lloyd Express, to the High Court of Justice of England and Wales, claiming that the EU Regulation on air passenger rights[1] was invalid on several grounds. The High Court later referred the case for a preliminary ruling to the European Court of Justice[2].
Today's ruling by the Court backs the European Commission in its efforts to ensure that the Regulation is properly implemented by airlines and national authorities. Since its coming into force, the Commission has been closely monitoring its application and is determined to maintain its efforts in order to safeguard the rights of passengers when travelling by air.
The Regulation requires each Member State to set up an independent body responsible for dealing with passengers' complaints and any disputes they may have with airlines to avoid long and expensive court cases. The different National Enforcement Bodies are invited to Brussels for a second meeting with the Commission on 17 February 2006, the first anniversary of the entry into force of the Regulation, to discuss any difficulties with regard to the application of the rules and the imposition of sanctions on airlines which infringe this legislation.
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passengers rights.
[1] Regulation (EC) No 261/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 establishing common rules on compensation and assistance to passengers in the event of denied boarding and of cancellation or long delay of flights, Official Journal L 046 , 17/02/2004
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About Ted Peters
Ted Peters is an author, professor, and pastor. He is Research Professor Emeritus in Systematic Theology and Ethics at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary (PLTS), the Center for Theology and the Natural Sciences (CTNS), and the Graduate Theological Union (GTU) in Berkeley, California. He offers a theological analysis of culture, analyzing especially the role of science in culture. He co-edits the journal, Theology and Science.


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DENVER — Carson McMillan broke a tie midway through the third period after stealing the puck at center ice and Niklas Backstrom stopped 24 shots as the Minnesota Wild broke out of their road funk with a 3-2 victory over the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday night.
Justin Falk scored his first NHL goal and Dany Heatley added another for the Wild, who halted an 11-game winless streak away home. They also moved into the eighth and final playoff spot in their final game before the All-Star break, leaping over Colorado.
T.J. Galiardi and Chuck Kobasew scored for the Avalanche.
On the winning goal, McMillan stripped defenseman Shane O'Brien of the puck and skated in alone on Jean-Sebastien Giguere, faking left before sending the puck through the goalie's legs. McMillan was just recalled from Houston of the American Hockey League last week.
The Avalanche pulled Giguere with around a minute remaining, but couldn't get anything past Backstrom.
Minnesota avoided tying the franchise record of 12 straight road losses, which was set during the 2003-04 season. The streak was snapped in a building the Wild have traditionally felt right at home in, going 9-1-2 in their last 12 games at Pepsi Center.
Colorado had the lone goal in the second period as Kobasew tapped in a puck that had rolled through the pads of Backstrom to tie the game at 2. It was Kobasew's first goal against the Wild, a team he skated with for two seasons.
From there, things got a little chippy. Upset over a hit along the boards, Daniel Winnik approached Falk near the Wild goal. They both threw their gloves down and, as the theme from "Rocky" blared over the loud speakers, went at it, landing several punches. Both were sent to the penalty box for fighting.
Colorado scored early in the first period when Galiardi backhanded a shot over the glove of Backstrom.
The lead didn't last long as the Wild came back with a fury, charged up by Devin Setoguchi, who was so irate over an interference call that he clomped into the box and slammed the door with authority. The echo reverberated around the arena.
Soon after, Falk tied the game when his shot from the top of the blue line beat a screened Giguere. It was Falk's first NHL goal and came in the 54th game of his career.
With just under 5 minutes left in the first period, Kyle Brodziak was stonewalled by Giguere on a breakaway, only to chase the puck into the corner and feed it to a charging Heatley, who blasted it in for his 15th goal of the season.
Heatley beat a hot goaltender as Giguere has been splendid of late.
So much for the notion the 34-year-old has lost a step or two.
Giguere never envisioned seeing this much ice time when he signed with Colorado in the offseason. He was brought in to be a backup along with mentoring young netminder Semyon Varlamov. But Giguere has played so well recently that the goal has been his.
This was his fourth straight start.
Giguere already has more wins (12) than he had all last season with Toronto. He's also among the league leaders in goals-against average and save percentage.
NOTES: Avs D Ryan Wilson returned to the ice after missing the last two games with a groin injury. D Stefan Elliott was a healthy scratch. ...Wild D Marek Zidlicky didn't dress for a second straight game. ... The Wild won on the road for the first time since Dec. 10 in Phoenix.


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Pickett Racing Leads Petit Test
Reigning P1 champions Muscle Milk Pickett Racing led Sunday's American Le Mans Series test session at Road Atlanta, site of next weekend's season-ending Petit Le Mans.
The Pickett team posted a best lap of 1:10.510 (129.684 mph) in the morning session. The lap held up as the the fastest time of the day.
The No. 6 Muscle Milk HPD ARX-03c will be shared this week by Romain Dumas, Lucas Luhr and Klaus Graf. Dumas posted the quickest time.
Leading the way in the P2 class and turning the second-quickest time overall was the No. 551 Siemens/Alpina Watches/Ohiya Casino Resort Level 5 Motorsports HPD ARX-03b at 1:13.689 (124.089 mph). Team owner/driver Scott Tucker and Ryan Briscoe are the entered drivers for the No. 551 machine. Third quickest on the day was Level 5's No. 552 entry for Tucker, Marini Franchitti and Guy Cosmo at 1:14.489 (122.756 mph).
The lone Prototype Challenge presented by Continental Tire machine to turn laps on Sunday was the No. 25 8Star Motorsports ORECA FLM09. The car, to be co-driven by Sean Rayhall and Ozz Negri, turned a best lap of 1:16.072 (120.202 mph).
SRT Motorsports' pair of SRT Viper GTS-Rs was the quickest of four GT machines to participate in Sunday's test sessions. Topping the chart was the No. 93 Pennzoil Ultra machine at 1:19.394 (115.172 mph) to be shared by Jonathan Bomarito, Kuno Wittmer and Tommy Kendall.
"I'm really pleased with how well the cars rolled out of the trailer which we kind of expected, to be honest," Bomarito said. "The last few races, the cars have rolled out of the truck with a really good baseline setup, decent balance. We had some system checks in that first session today. We have a long week so we have to pace ourselves."
The lone GT Challenge entry to test on Sunday was the No. 66 Port Lavaca Group/Viper Exchange/Adobe Road Winery Porsche 911 GT3 Cup from TRG at 1:25.283 (107.219 mph). The car will be co-driven by Craig Stanton, Ben Keating and Damien Faulkner. Keating and Faulkner come into Petit Le Mans riding a two-race winning streak after taking the inaugural ALMS round at Circuit of The Americas last month and at Virginia International Raceway last Saturday.
The ALMS machines return to the 2.54-mile Road Atlanta circuit for another pair of sessions on Monday. The first runs from 8 a.m. to 12 Noon ET with the second from 1 to 5 p.m. ET. Live timing and scoring data from all on-track sessions is available on ALMS.com.No Comment


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September 9 - December 23, 2008
Ripin Print Gallery
On display for the first time in sixteen years, the vivid and colorful 'ledger drawings' by the Southern Cheyenne warrior-artist Howling Wolf are displayed alongside exquisitely beaded artifacts created by Cheyenne women of the time.
The respect for female Cheyenne artists' geometric quillwork, and later beadwork, was akin to that of male warrior-artists for their trials in battle and subsequent representational accounts, such as those created by Howling Wolf. Entry to one of the artistic guilds took great skill and was regarded as one of the highest achievements for a woman. This esteem mirrors the admission to one of the warrior societies or to success in battle, which dictated a man's social status, including the right to take a bride.
The display of these works side-by-side presents an overview of artistic achievement amongst the Cheyenne of the late 19th century.
This exhibition was organized by Jason Trimmer, AMAM Curator of Education, and Penelope Fisher (OC '08).
Howling Wolf (Southern Cheyenne Indian, 1849 – 1927)
At the Sand Creek Massacre, 1874-1875
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Gift of Mrs. Jacob D. Cox, 1904
"The Painted Arrow People": Art of the Cheyenne
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Athletic Coaching
The minor in Athletic Coaching (reference number 320) requires 21 to 24 semester hours. Students must complete the following courses: SPM 200, PE 310, 311, 312, and 493. In addition to these core courses, students shall select eight (8) to nine (9) hours from the following coaching courses: PE 333, 340, 341, 342, or 343. The minor is designed for those persons who want to enter a teaching and coaching career and who do not desire to major in physical education.
Physical Education
The minor in Physical Education (reference number 432) requires a minimum of 25 semester hours. This minor is not a certifiable teaching field in Kentucky. The courses required are: PE 122, 211, 212, 221, 222, 310, 311, 312, 313 and 324.
Community Recreation
The minor in Community Recreation (reference number 444) requires a minimum of 24 semester hours. Students must complete the following courses: REC 200, 302, 306, 328, 420, 493 and six hours of advisor approved electives.
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Less than two weeks after announcing the resignation of embattled superintendent Scottie Griffin, Charlottesville School Board members, joined by Mayor David Brown, held a press conference on Monday, May 2, to announce the formation of an advisory commission to assist in the search for Griffin's replacement.
The commission, they say, will allow greater public input into reviewing the criteria, qualities, and qualifications of superintendent candidates. In addition, the commission will review the search process and will be involved during candidate interviews.
Appointed by Charlottesville City Council, commissioners will include a former school board member, a former member of City Council, a representative of the PTO Council, a current city school staff member, a representative from an organization involved with the low income community, the City Manager, and two current members of the school board.
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In an election cycle that seems to have gone on for years already, we cleared one more hurdle with the completion of the Democratic Party Convention.
The much anticipated speech by Barack Obama touched on many issues best left for political pundits to analyze. What was striking from a PR perspective, though, was it was a classic case study in re-branding.
The Obama of 2008 was branded as a game-changer. His campaign focused on the theme of "hope," which was a luxury he enjoyed while being the new kid on the block. Going up against John McCain, a candidate with far more political experience, Obama positioned himself as an alternative to the status quo, one with a fresh perspective on leadership.
For his efforts, Obama not only won the big prize of becoming the president of the United States, he was also honored as Advertising Age's Marketer of the Year.
Fast-forward four years.
The Barack Obama who spoke at the 2012 convention was now branded as a little older, a lot wiser and far more seasoned. He has also tempered his optimism with a heavy dose of reality.
"America, I never said this journey would be easy, and I won't promise that now," he said. "Yes, our path is harder, but it leads to a better place. Yes, our road is longer, but we travel it together. We won't turn back. We leave no one behind."
Re-branding himself as the incumbent, Obama has been able to use many of the branding tools of a company that holds the first-to-market advantage:
He warned about the dangers of switching horses in the middle of the race. ("Now I won't pretend the path I'm offering is quick or easy… You elected me to tell you the truth. And the truth is, it will take more than a few years for us to solve challenges that have built up over decades").
He played the same "experience" card McCain had played four years earlier by emphasizing Mitt Romney's lack of foreign policy experience.
As the incumbent, he can count on the "bird in hand" factor. People know what they are getting with Obama and can only guess what a Romney presidency will look like. Think of Facebook versus Google+.
While we won't know until the election if President Obama's re-branding will be successful, some of the most successful re-branding/re-positioning efforts of the year will be honored at the Platinum PR Awards on September 14 at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in New York City.
Here's the list of finalists in the Re-Branding/Re-Positioning Platinum PR Awards category:
ComBlu-- Repositioning an Iconic Brand: Encyclopaedia Britannica
Cone Communications – Fiber One Great Taste Campaign
General Motors Corp. with Weber Shandwick - Closing the Perception Gap: Compelling Content Helps Drive More Consumers to GM's Revamped Vehicles
Grow Marketing - Dockers "Are You an Alpha Fan?"
Intuit - Establishing Intuit as an Innovative Growth Company
Newlink Communications – Barrick: Turning a Complex Crisis into Gold in the Dominican Republic
Find out what other top PR campaigns will be honored on September 14.
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Take your students to a local art museum! These lessons prepare your elementary school students for a visit to an art museum, including a lesson in the museum galleries. Students practice basic looking skills and using vocabulary about art. The goal is to develop skills needed to think critically about any work of art. Lessons also address the role of the museum in displaying and interpreting works of art.
Insert these lessons into any art curriculum. Learning objectives in each lesson build on skills learned in previous lessons. Therefore, lessons should be taught in sequence. California state and national education standards are indicated for each lesson.


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This year we're hoping to inspire even greater support, and with your help we'll meet and exceed our goal of raising $5,000 to fund our burgeoning school outreach programming.
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PDX Pop Now! is dedicated to stimulating and expanding participation in Portland music. As an all-volunteer organization committed to being accessible, current, and local, we provide and support live performances and recorded materials. We aspire to advance a sustainable community which values inclusivity and a high caliber of artistry to enable a creative dialogue between artist and audience.
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Winter Fundraising Update!
01:13PM on Wednesday December 08, 2010
Thanks to the generous support of so many of our friends and fans, we are more than 3/5 of the way to our winter fundraising goal of $5,000.
As a reminder, we need $5,000 to purchase a PA that will enable us to double or even triple our school programs over the next few years.
Click here to check out our photos from our event at Boise-Eliot Elementary school.
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Thanks to everyone who came out to Backspace on Saturday, Nov. 13 for our fall benefit event!
If you missed it, here is a great video of Guidance Counselor's performance. Once you see how much fun we had, you'll be sorry!
PDX Pop Now! Fall Fundraiser & School Event at Boise Eliot Elementary
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We're excited to announce a fundraiser event at Backspace (115 NW 5th Ave) on November 13th to kick off our end-of-year giving campaign. The all-ages show begins at 8 PM and features performances by Guidance Counselor, Welcome Home Walker, Onuinu, and Starparty. Tickets are $6-10 (sliding scale) and are available at Brownpapertickets or at the door.
Through the benefit event, as well as the organization's end of year giving campaign we hope to raise $5,000 to support our school outreach programming.
On November 30th, local acts the Angry Orts and Luck One will join PDX Pop Now! at Boise Eliot elementary school for the first of two school events in the 2010 – 2011 school year.


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NEW PALTZ, N.Y. -- The Phillies Bridge Farm Project board has ended the organization's 2013 community-supported agriculture program, terminated its farm managers and accepted the resignation of its executive director.
About 60 of the project's 180 shareholders were informed of the decision during a meeting on Thursday at which officials offered refunds, which are expected to be about $100 of each $500-per-share investment.
Board secretary Edie Sherman, in a letter distributed to shareholders, said there would be a "good-faith refund based on what we can afford." Details of the group's financial status were not immediately available and not provided to shareholders.
""Discontinuation of the season reflects ... soil inadequacy from overuse, insect/rodent infestations, staffing issues, greenhouse inadequacies and infrastructure weaknesses," Sherman wrote. "It should be noted that our (farm managers), Amoreen Armetta and Tierney Medick, made a valiant effort to overcome this season's challenges."
The 65-acre farm on Phillies Bridge Road has worked as a community-supported agriculture program for 16 years, but during the past several years, the organization's board has shrunk from about 15 to seven members.
Donna Eis, who resigned as executive director, could not be reached or comment Friday.
Some shareholders said Thursday's meeting did not include information about the extent of financial problems facing the Phillies Bridge Farm Project and said they had not been told Armetta and Medick had been given 30-day termination notices by the board.
"They spent a lot of time talking about how hard they had worked and they provided very few facts," said shareholder Jill Dorsi.
Board President Sheila Fishman said there is no requirement for shareholders to be given specific budget information.
"I don't think, as a not-for-profit, we're obligated to discuss our finances in public," she said. "They're shareholders in our CSA (community-supported agriculture program), and many of the costs of CSA farming come in the beginning of the year in terms of equipment, salaries, fees. I think people understand that."
Fishman said shareholders where told the farm managers "would be leaving in 30 days. ... I think that's pretty clear what that means."
Armetta said on Friday there had been questions about the quality of soil when the co-managers were hired during the winter but that studies were unable to be conducted in advance of the spring planting.
"The farmers and the board have not been a good fit," she said. "Since January, we have been writing monthly board reports ... and we stated every month every issue that we saw on the farm, from mechanical failure to buildings in need of repair to severe issues with the soil and the need to either get help, volunteer labor, donations of time (or) money ... to ameliorate the problems."
Fishman acknowledged those reports were filed but said they were not given to shareholders.
"They did let us know us know of challenges," she said. "It wasn't information to be passed onto shareholders. It was information for board members."
Among problems cited by shareholders was having 60 of the 180 shares belong to Brooklyn residents, which required the farm managers to take time away from Phillies Bridge operation to make distributions.
"In retrospect, it wasn't perhaps a productive idea," Fishman said.
Fishman agreed the program needed more people taking care of farm operations.
"We had two apprentices leave us quite early for personal reasons, and we didn't address that fast enough," she said.
Fishman said problems are expected to be resolved through a study being funded with a $10,000 grant from the Dyson Foundation.
"That will include directing energy to some of these problems," she said.


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The new season at the Mark Taper Forum will feature this year's Tony-winning play as well as world-premieres by Daniel Beaty and Jordan Harrison and the postponed revival of Joe Orton's "What the Butler Saw," the Center Theatre Group announced Tuesday.
The season, which starts in February, will offer six productions, up from five in the current season.
The 2014 season opens with Christopher Durang's "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike" (Feb. 9-March 9), the 2013 Tony-winner for best play. Tony nominee Nicholas Martin will direct the Chekhov-inspired comedy set in modern-day, small-town Pennsylvania.


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Dow Shakes Off Europe Drama and Gains
Blue Chips Nearly Erase the Week's Losses, While European Stock Index Turns In the Worst Week in Four Months
U.S. stocks gained ground Friday, nearly erasing the week's losses for the Dow industrials as investors started to look past the latest euro-zone debt drama.
For European markets, however, it was a different story, as the turmoil in Cyprus continued to damp sentiment.
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Sacked SKorea spokesman denies abuse allegations
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A South Korean presidential spokesman who was dismissed for what officials called a "disgraceful incident" while accompanying President Park Geun-hye on a visit to the United States has denied reports that he sexually molested a Korean-American woman during the trip.
Park's office said she fired her chief spokesman, Yoon Chang-jung, this week because unspecified actions he committed marred South Korea's national dignity. The presidential Blue House did not elaborate.
Washington Metropolitan Police spokesman Araz Alali said police were investigating a report of misdemeanor sexual abuse but he could not comment further. A police report obtained by The Associated Press said a woman told police that a man "grabbed her buttocks without her permission" on Tuesday night at the W Washington D.C. hotel. The police report did not describe the circumstances or identify the accuser or suspect, except to say that the suspect is 56. Yoon is 56.
South Korean media reports said the woman is a Korean-American in her early 20s who worked for Yoon as part of an internship organized by the South Korean Embassy in the United States. The mass-circulation Chosun Ilbo newspaper, citing an unidentified acquaintance of the woman, said Saturday that Yoon sexually groped her at a hotel bar on Tuesday and asked her to come to his hotel room the next morning and demanded sexual relations. The newspaper said friends of the woman later reported Yoon's behavior to police.
On Saturday, Yoon denied the allegations, telling a news conference that he only tapped her once on the waist, not the buttocks, as part of gesture to cheer her up after drinking alcohol with her and their driver for about 30 minutes.
Yoon said he arranged the brief drinking session because he felt sorry for scolding her several times for allegedly neglecting her duties, including having his vehicle be ready on time.
"I'm deeply repenting that I didn't know about American culture," Yoon told a televised news conference. He said he wants to console her and ask her to understand that he only meant to cheer her up, rather than sexually abuse her.
Yoon also said that he did not summon her to his hotel room, and that he would seek to take legal action against media outlets that carried inaccurate reports about the scandal.
The incident could be a political blow to Park after an otherwise widely praised appearance in Washington.
She traveled to Washington seeking a show of unity with her country's top ally at a time of high tension with rival North Korea, which unleashed a torrent of threats against Washington and Seoul in March and April. Her performance during a joint news conference with President Barack Obama and in a speech to the U.S. Congress won praise in Washington, but her spokesman's firing could cause her problems in Seoul.
Park, who was inaugurated in late February, faced bitter opposition during her first month on the job to policy proposals and her choices for top government posts, many of whom withdrew amid corruption and other allegations.
Yoon offered a public apology during the news conference, saying the controversy involving him threatened to damage Park's U.S. trip.
Yoon, a conservative columnist before joining Park's team last year, is disliked by many progressives in South Korea's fiercely divided political and social landscape. Park, who was elected in December, has long faced claims from opponents of being aloof and an "imperial" decision maker. She is the eldest child of late President Park Chung-hee, who led South Korea for 18 years in the 1960s and '70s and is denounced for human rights abuses but also praised as a strong leader.
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To be shamed and riculed over the internet after posting a graphic account of a personal experience on a message board. One who did not resist an overwhelming temptation to reveal embarassing personal information on an internet message board.
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(Bond is back with a vengeance)
We have seen every 007 film since "Dr. No" hit the theatres 50 years ago. The debate over which was the best and who was the best James Bond will go on forever. All we can say is "Skyfall" measures up to the best of Bond.
The movie opens with the patented exciting chase scene and keeps up the fast pace until the closing showdown, pitting good against evil. In between, we have lots of action, gimmicks, villains, love interests and all the things you expect from the invincible British spy. Daniel Craig has proven that he is one tough spy, even if he is getting on in years.
Judi Dench gets more screen time as M, Bond's mentor who, we learn, puts the mission before the missionaries of justice. She goes so far as to give an order that could cause her favorite spy his life, right down to writing his obituary.
Every Bond movie has a super villain, and Javier Bardem fits the mold. He is one evil, sadistic, creepy bad guy.
And then there are the Bond girls. Berenice Mariohe plays the seductive, mysterious woman who carries around information that Bond needs. We liked Naomie Harris as Bond's assistant.
Let's not forget Q, the guy who provides Bond with the latest gadgets, bringing Bond into the 21st century and the latest computerized arsenal.
In fact, the story revolves around a computer hard drive that takes Bond from Macao to Shanghai and other exotic places, including a bombed out island and his old homestead, Skyfall.
The movie is nearly two and a half hours long and is filled with clever language, familiar background music and a great opening song by Adele. If you are a Bond fan, you should not be disappointed as the aging spy retains many of his old habits, while adjusting to the modern world of espionage.
Rated PG-13, with violence. How great it is to watch an action movie with no profanity.


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LONDON (AP) David Beckham's management company says the former England captain has no plans to play in Australia, disputing claims on Friday by the country's soccer federation that talks had started.
Football Federation Australia said it received an approach by an agent representing the 37-year-old Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder about having him play some matches with an A-League team this season.
Despite FFA claiming that talks were at a ``preliminary stage,'' Beckham's representatives denied it.
``There is always enormous interest from clubs across the world in signing David as a player,'' Beckham's management company said in a statement. ``There are absolutely no plans to play in Australia. David is completely focused on the MLS playoffs and winning another championship with the Galaxy.''
Beckham joined the Galaxy in 2007 after a career at Manchester United and Real Madrid turned him into one of football's biggest stars.
He signed a two-year deal with the Galaxy in January, but has yet to commit to playing next season in Major League Soccer. The current campaign ends in two weeks.
The denial from Beckham's representatives came after FFA chief executive David Gallop went public with details of the apparent direct talks to bring him to Australia on a short-term basis.
``I spoke to the player's agent today and said to him it would be fantastic,'' Gallop told Australian broadcaster Fox Sports. ``There would be some hoops to jump through. Clubs need to come forward and be the first point of contact.
``What we're thinking about is a guest stint. It would be fantastic but we're not getting ahead of ourselves at this point. The most I can say is we are talking about a 10-game guest stint and obviously that might whet his appetite to come back.''
The profile of Australia's league has been raised by the arrivals this year of former Juventus forward Alessandro Del Piero (Sydney FC) and former Liverpool striker Emile Heskey (Newcastle).
AP Sports Writer Dennis Passa in Brisbane, Australia, contributed to this report.


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On one Sabbath earlier this year, this normally calm city of 135,000 people just outside Tel Aviv turned into a battleground. Thousands of religious Jews, with the traditional beards and skullcaps, massed in front of a moviehouse, shouting such things as ''criminals,'' ''dogs, '' ''Nazis,'' and ''violators of the law of God.'' When nonobservant Jews tried to buy tickets, the religious threw rocks at them. An open brawl ensued. Scores were injured.
Week after week such demonstrations have continued. The Orthodox say they will not stop them until the law of God is honored and cinemas and cafes closed on the Sabbath - sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday. The secular have been just as intransigent.
''It's Jewish Khomeini-ism,'' says Dan Ben Canaan, assistant to Petach Tikva's mayor, Dov Tavori. It was Mr. Tavori, a Labor Party member, who triggered the dispute by trying to end the Sabbath restrictions in town. ''We will not let the religious take the law into their own hand and tell us how we should act.''
The battle between observant Jews and less- or nonobservant Jews is growing sharper throughout Israel. The stakes are immense. The outcome will play a large role in determining not only the future shape of the country's society and democracy, but also its foreign policy. Religious Jews, after all, are leading the settlement drive on the West Bank, and secular Jews, the opposition to it.
The division is also important in the Diaspora, the world Jewish community outside Israel. Diaspora leaders worry whether the American Jewish community can retain its cohesiveness and effectiveness if it is being torn from within. Divisive issues are wide ranging - from whether to accept public funds for religious education to what standards should apply to conversions to the Jewish faith.
''The split is affecting Jewish life everywhere,'' says Roland Gittelsohn, rabbi emeritus of Temple Israel, a Reform congregation in Brookline, Mass. ''When I became a rabbi 48 years ago here, I had lots of Orthodox friends. Today , there's not a single one with whom I can sit down at the same table.'' Emancipation posed a crisis for Judaism
The intensity of the struggle and the specific issues between the observant and less observant may be new, but the fundamental question being debated is not.
It dates from the French Revolution of 1789, which led to Jews in the West gaining equal rights with non-Jews. By breaking down the barriers of church and state that kept Jews apart from their neighbors, the emancipation posed a crisis for Judaism - how to adjust one's religious loyalty, which carries with it separation from non-Jews, to Jews' new political and social equality; how to adjust to the new rational, intellectual climate.
Many 19th-century Jews solved the problem either by converting to Christianity or by abandoning religion altogether. Others decided to adapt Judaism by modernizing it and eliminating whatever external differences might hamper the close relations of Jews with their neighbors. They also tried to remove or play down whatever tended to call into question their loyalty to the country in which they lived.
Jewish laws such as the dietary rules and Sabbath restrictions on travel and work were discarded. Religious services were patterned after Christian services, with the sexes no longer segregated, and music and responsive reading added. The idea of completely dropping Hebrew in favor of the vernacular was even considered. This brand of Judaism, labeled Reform, began in Germany in the early 1800s and was brought to the United States by German Jewish immigrants.
The fundamental difference between the Reform and Orthodox branches lies in their approaches to the Torah. For the Orthodox, these five books of Moses - as illuminated by the oral tradition now contained in the Talmud - are God's revealed word; they can be studied closely and discussed but must be followed as the inviolable law of God. For most Reform Jews, the texts represent the God-inspired words of the early Hebrews; they are to be respected as unique insights but must be adapted to fit each new modern era. Orthodox are minority among US Jews
Much of modern Jewish history lies across this fault line. Until recently, Reform or Reform-inspired brands of Judaism had the initiative in competition with Orthodoxy.
In the US, Reform Judaism together with Conservative Judaism - which accepts change but values continuity with the Jewish past and the essence of Jewish law - dominate Jewish life. Orthodox Judaism, which holds unswervingly to traditional teachings, remains in the minority.
''For a long time, we were considered namby-pambies, antiques,'' says Moshe Sherer, president of the American branch of the Orthodox organization, Agudath Israel. ''We weren't taken into account in group decisions.''
Adds Reform Rabbi Gittelsohn: ''We just assumed Orthodoxy was on its way out.''
In Israel, no formal Reform movement took root. Many of the early Zionists rejected religion outright, substituting a faith in work and socialism. True to that vision, when Israel was created in 1948, it was fashioned largely as a secular, Western democracy.
Orthodox Jews were on the periphery of Israel's founding. In numbers, they were and remain only about one-fifth of the Israeli Jewish population. Though they gained some influence through their political parties, which joined government coalitions, the Orthodox were never at the forefront forging the new state.
''Twenty years ago, a religious kid in Israel had the feeling he was inferior , that he didn't participate in Israeli life,'' recalls Avi Ravitzky, a philosophy professor at Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an observant Jew.
Today, this inferiority complex has vanished. Orthodoxy is experiencing a renaissance, both in the Diaspora and in Israel. It is growing not so much in numbers, but in self-confidence and aggressiveness.
In Israel, the break came in 1967 with the six-day Arab-Israeli war in which Israel ended up occupying the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Some Orthodox Israelis, finding the Jewish state in possession of what they saw as the old biblical lands of Judea and Samaria (the West Bank), began using religious justifications to settle there. No longer were the socialist Zionists the pioneers.
''After 1967, the religious suddenly had a psychological opening to become leaders,'' Professor Ravitzky says. ''We could go to the (West Bank) mountains and be the new super Jew.'' Begin's election boosted Israeli Orthodoxy
Orthodoxy's influence became even more pronounced after the right-wing Likud coalition's Menachem Begin came to power in 1977.
''Begin let the Orthodoxy move to center stage,'' explains Janet Aviodad, a sociologist at Jerusalem's Van Leer Institute who specializes in the Orthodoxy and is an activist in Israel's dovish Peace Now movement. ''His interests coincided with their interests, so he used them, and they used him.''
The alliance led to an increase of Jewish settlement on the occupied West Bank. It also meant increased spending on religious schools and greater public observance of the Sabbath - for instance, by stopping Israel's national airline, El Al, from flying on Saturdays. Mr. Begin even introduced a bill in parliament to redefine the term ''Jew,'' following the strictest Orthodox interpretation. This issue resurfaced during this year's election campaign and the political maneuvering that followed.
Meanwhile, Orthodoxy drew on its renaissance in Israel to become stronger in the Diaspora, too.
In the US, Orthodox Jews remain only about 10 percent of the American Jewish population, according to Harvard University sociologist Nathan Glazer. But, he says, Orthodoxy includes an increasing proportion of young Jews, which was not the case in the past. Professor Glazer and other sociologists attribute this change to a search found throughout America for religious values.
''There's a rising tide of militancy in Orthodoxy,'' says Arthur Levine, president of the United Synagogues of America, the national coordinating organization of Conservative synagogues. ''Religiously, it translates into greater strictness. Politically, it translates into greater self-confidence.''
This new militancy has strained cooperation between the Orthodox and non-Orthodox. The Orthodox have never recognized the theological legitimacy of the other brands of Judaism, and soon they may no longer work with Reform or Conservative Jews on social and political issues.
''They are becoming more right wing,'' says Milton Himmelfarb, a sociologist with the American Jewish Committee, ''and that is causing tension because most Jews are traditionally liberal.''
Reform Judaism is responding to the Orthodox challenge by becoming more sensitive to tradition. Specifically, it is increasing the use of Hebrew in its synagogues and restoring other traditional practices.
''In its desire to eliminate everything that smacked of non-reason, early Reform went too far,'' says Rabbi Alexander Schindler, president of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, the Reform association of synagogues. ''Now we're more willing to accept the mystical, emotional aspects of Judaism.''
Reform is also counterattacking by strengthening its international influence outside its American stronghold. In Israel, it is lobbying to have its rabbis fully recognized as legitimate by the state. At present, marriages and other Jewish ceremonies conducted by non-Orthodox rabbis are not recognized in Israel.
Rabbi Schindler recalls how he told Prime Minister Begin that ''the gates of Auschwitz were open'' to all Jews, Orthodox and non-Orthodox, so surely ''the gates of Jerusalem must be open to all Jews.''
Rabbi Michael Williams of Paris's Rue Copernic Synagogue, the first Reform synagogue in France, adds that the exclusion is unwise: ''Only a minority of Jews are going to remain Orthodox. All the others who want to retain some contact with Judaism will have no place to go. They'll either drop it totally or become mad.'' In Israel, his prediction rings true. The anger of many nonreligious Jews is swelling. And the Petach Tikva battle has become a key test for the whole nation. The Labor Party majority on the municipal council is hoping to set a precedent that will keep open entertainment spots in cities throughout the country. Mayoral spokesman Dan Ben Canaan says the dispute involves the very soul of the Jewish state.
''The fanatics are trying to transform Israel into a religious dictatorship, prohibiting the freedom of the individual, just like in Iran,'' Ben Canaan says. ''We want to keep religion and state separate.''
The religious, of course, don't see the problem this way. They say violence against nonobservant Jews is committed by a few misguided youths. They also say they don't want rabbis to rule Israel but merely to create enough Jewish ''atmosphere'' so that Israel retains a true Jewish flavor.
''I'm not telling them what they must do inside their houses,'' says Rabbi Aharon Beifus of Petach Tikva. ''I'm just saying that outside in the streets, the Shabbat (Sabbath) must be guarded.''


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Building a healthy organizational culture
As a small business owner, it is a good idea for you to foster a healthy organizational culture. You may wish to improve on any particular business weaknesses before they develop into real problems: remember that corporate culture can affect the bottom line.
Organizational or corporate culture is the attitude of the people who make up the organization or business, reflected in their values, behaviours and ideas. A healthy culture will allow your workforce to feel connected to the big picture and share a common sense of purpose. If you create a positive environment, it is more likely that your employees will enjoy their work and be more productive. Factors that form the basis of an organizational culture include:
- Beliefs, common stories and experiences that your employees pass along
- Attaining goals and the standards involved
- An adherence to symbols, values and rituals
Building a strong organizational culture is more than simply enjoying a pleasant atmosphere. The goal is to influence employees in a positive way so that they will always strive to improve performance and productivity. Employee satisfaction can also result in customer loyalty, enhancing profitability.
It makes sense to pay attention to any signs that your organizational culture is becoming unhealthy, so that you can rectify the situation:
- Staff arrive and leave right on time, take longer lunches and breaks
- Poor attendance at company events
- On the rise absenteeism
- Higher turnover and recruitment problems
You, however, have the power to create a strong organizational culture by:
- Being aware of the top-down effect. As a role model to your employees, the examples you set (lifestyle, ethics, relationships with others, pursuit of quality) may define your business. After all, actions speak louder than words.
- Sharing your vision - a clear vision will prevent your business from being reactive.
- Treating all employees equally and with respect, including any family members on your staff.
- Recruiting staff that fit into your organizational culture.
- Making effective communication a priority. Enlist your employees' help in solving problems.
- Not ignoring an unhealthy culture; it can damage your business.
No one type of organizational culture is best for all situations. Even within your business, you may find that various pockets reflect different organizational cultures.
For more on managing relationships with your staff, see our section Management Leadership.
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Adelaide is pioneering the resurgence of cycling in Australia, due in no small part to the outstanding success of hosting the Tour Down Under, a UCI WorldTour professional race.
So, now the new mayor has joined the Premier in trotting out grand statements. Adelaide is, no less, "pioneering the resurgence of cycling in Australia". Wow, I wonder when my home state is going to exhibit the effects of this new resurgence. Perhaps we haven't got the email yet.
And leading the world too...
His city aspires to be the best cycling city in the Southern Hemisphere, with its Mediterranean climate, wide flat roads and ever-expanding network of cycling lanes.
I think it will need substantially more than talking at conferences and pledging modest sums of money Mr Mayor.
The projects total $70,000 and are part of the State Bicycle Fund and State Black Spot programs for 2011/2012.
A bit of dual use path made of asphalt comes in at between $50,000 and $100,000 per km. So I trust that he is not going to blow the lot on a kilometer of path. I therefore assume that his commitment to making South Oz the Cycling Capital of the Southern Hemisphere" is about $70,000 worth of lines painted on the road. Or maybe some tickets to the opera for Lance and his friends.
I am not South Oz but I go there more than any other state and am planning to do so a whole lot more regulalrly when I retire in a couple of years. So of all the places in Australia other than my own home, South Oz is where I most want good stuff. Where I want to have some company when I am out and about.
So, is there anything real on the horizon? More than a (wow!) 50km Heritage Trail
More than a lines painted on the roads?
More than a UCI Pro Tour? (Partial tour, actually. There are no time trials 'cos no-one thinks it's worth the effort to bring the extra bikes).
More than a visit from Lance Armstrong? (Hmmm, I don't expect that balloon to be flown anymore.)
Or is this guy just following on from the vacuous grandstanding of the Premier?
Pollies keep talking grandly. The riding community now have to press and push and embarrass. Or at the very least tell them to stop patronizing the cycling community.
(I think it is also disrespectful of the real efforts and the runs on the board elsewhere in Oz. Melbourne which looks to outsiders to have a highly vibrant and active cycling community. Canberra with bike racks on most of it's bus fleet and constant praise from others. Clover Moore taking genuine political hits for cyclists, Mundabiddi Trail (1100kms!), ...)


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Well guys, we gave it a shot, and with Facebook, IG, etc. The old Desertrides.com did not have the revival we all had hoped for. As of today, we are going to block the requests for new users, and we will try to keep the old stuff available as long as possible.
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Louie D Titan Our last breath Tuesday 01/06/2010, 07:01
Just wonder what you think.
wasteroftime Titan Open Casket Tuesday 01/06/2010, 08:07
In most situations yes. 2*jeena/arno's DR + SOA are better in some situations
Mr Intelijent Master Tuesday 01/06/2010, 09:05
Yep, - 3 min one is best dr stats in 2 star selection
MeetZackBlack Hero Tuesday 01/06/2010, 17:45
Gotta be, either spiaghi or maybe Arno, because Arno's SoA can become useful.
MasterfuI Colossus E X C A L I B U R Wednesday 02/06/2010, 12:17
Yes because he's a great 2 star filler DR in ANY clan.
What? A clan without a decent DR? Just throw spiaghi in there and PRESTO! Problem solved
BombMonkey Titan Time Conquers All Friday 04/06/2010, 00:36
One of the best reducers out there 2 stars -3 min 1. The best 2 in a defensive mannor yes. It isnt offensivly good though without its bonus and isnt really worth giving more then 2 pillz. Gil is best as a pilling card or a fake out kind of card. sasha is good as a attack modifier. When it comes down to price spiaghi is wonderful to have.
-Wicer- Titan Harbingers of Ares Friday 04/06/2010, 02:39
I'd say that Spiaghi is a very good 2* DR.
If you want to play with montana. He is very good with the bonus because he could pill 1 and you opp (supposing they aren't using a attack manip card/clan bonus) will have to pill at least 2 to over come Spiaghi.
BesucherXia Titan XiongDang Friday 04/06/2010, 06:11
In general: yes.
But redra, arno and steve all have some other uses. (immune to SOA, SOA and counterattack).
wats_happenin Titan Casual Grind Friday 04/06/2010, 07:06
@ zebac......i dont agree theres also Sasha, Marlysa CR, Hawkins, Gil and many othas who pose as the best 2*


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Twins' Hernandez Gets First Major League Win
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — For Pedro Hernandez, a big grin said it all.
The left-hander pitched five shutout innings for his first major league win, Josh Willingham homered and the Minnesota Twins beat the Texas Rangers 7-2 Saturday to end a three-game slide.
"I don't know what to say right now, this is a beautiful experience, it's a beautiful emotion for me. I'm just so happy," Hernandez said.
Aaron Hicks got his first major league extra-base hit and made two big defensive plays. Anthony Swarzak, Brian Duensing and Jared Burton each work a scoreless inning of relief as Minnesota handed Texas its first loss in four games.
"Everybody's got to be a part of these things," said manager Ron Gardenhire.
Glen Perkins gave up a two-run double to Mitch Moreland that Hicks lost in the sun.
With so many weather postponements reducing the need for a fifth starter, Hernandez (1-0) was making just his second start — and fourth appearance — for the Twins. His first start was April 7.
In five innings, he allowed just five hits and struck out three. After getting into a third-inning jam, Hernandez retired eight of the final nine hitters he faced.
"Hernandez was fantastic," Gardenhire said. "We got exactly what we wanted out of him; a nice performance by him, and then we kind of ad-libbed it there until the end."
A ground-rule double by Ian Kinsler gave the Rangers runners on second and third with one out in the third inning, but Craig Gentry lined out to the shortstop and Adrian Beltre flew out to left field to end the threat.
"He threw a lot of off-speed stuff. He threw a lot of pitches that were hittable. We got hits, but we didn't swing the bat the way we're capable of," said Texas manager Ron Washington. "Gotta give him credit, he kept us off-balance. He went five innings and shut us out."
Minnesota scored the first run in the bottom half of the third when Hicks — who reached on an error by Moreland — scored on Brian Dozier's sacrifice fly.
Willingham hit his towering two-run homer in the sixth to make it 3-0.
"I knew there was a base open and in the back of my mind I might get an off-speed pitch. He threw it where he didn't want to," Willingham said.
Hicks' first career extra-base hit, a two-run double, keyed a three-run eighth inning, but it was his diving catch in left-center to rob A.J. Pierzynski in the fourth that appeared to make him happier.
"There was a split-second where I didn't think I had it, but it hung up there a little bit longer for me," he said. "I just made the play."
Hicks, the Twins center fielder, also threw out Nelson Cruz trying to extend a single into a double in the second inning.
Texas starter Derek Holland was outstanding in his first three starts, lasting at least seven innings and allowing no more than two runs in each. But Monday in Anaheim, he allowed six earned runs on six hits while walking four in 5 2-3 innings. He felt as if he pitched well in that contest, but Los Angeles' hitters forced him into deep counts and took advantage of the free passes.
This time, Holland (1-2) scattered five hits, and allowed four runs — three earned. He had four 1-2-3 innings, but he also threw two wild pitches.
Joe Mauer, who started at first base for the first time this season in place of Justin Morneau, went hitless for the third straight game and is 2 for 21 in his past six games.
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June 12, 1955 - August 24, 2013
Honesdale, PA
Paul B. Mikulak Jr. of Cherry Ridge Twp., Honesdale, PA, owner of Honesdale Fire Equipment, died Saturday August 24, 2013 at Scranton Regional Medical Center. He was 58.
Son of the late Paul Basil Mikulak Sr. and Faye Schwab Mikulak, Paul was born June 12, 1955 in Carbondale, PA.
Paul was a member and Past Chief of Hose Company # 1 of the Honesdale Fire Department.
Paul is survived by his son, William Mikulak and his wife, Becky of Beach Lake; his three grandchildren: Damian, Jaidyn and Lucas Mikulak; by his companion, Christy Alekson; by his sister, Leslie Cordaro; his four brothers: Ted Mikulak, Gregory Mikulak, Peter Mikulak, Sam Mikulak and several nieces and nephews.
At Paul's request there will be no calling hours.
A Memorial Mass will be offered on Saturday, August 31st, at St John the Evangelist Church, 414 Church Street, Honesdale, PA at 10 a.m. Interment will take place in the family plot in the Indian Orchard Cemetery Honesdale.
Memorial contributions may be made to the charity of one's choice.
Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to Stewart-Murphy Funeral Home, Inc., Callicoon, NY 845-887-4900.


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Livestrong. Lance's legacy, something that was supposed to be bigger than Lance and do great things for people with cancer. Of course, it doesn't take much cynicism at all to view it instead as a front, an alter-ego that Lance set up, to deflect criticism and make him untouchable against allegations of doping. And further, that Lance himself mis-used foundation resources, as he used a private jet to roam around the world to further the Livestrong mission.
People have gone after the foundation's finances in a big way. As they have anything involved with Lance. For the most part, it appears presently to operate with normal overhead; far as I know there are no missing piles of cash. But what people have found is the truth. That the Livestrong foundation contributed virtually nothing to cancer research.
Ohmygosh. That sounds terrible. A cancer foundation that doesn't fund cancer research! But truth isn't that simple, and despite what you think about Lance (and you're possibly certifiably-something if you're thinking nice things about Lance), the Livestrong foundation has done, and continues to do, great work, in a completely different manner than most foundations, via cancer "awareness." The word "awareness" is tossed aside dismissively, as in, why do we need to be "aware" of cancer? Why does Livestrong think we aren't "aware" enough already? And so they look to the lack of research funding as evidence of a corrupt organization that exists only for Lance's own purposes.
And maybe that used to be the case. I can't say; it's possible that there's this small decent part of Lance that truly was changed by cancer, and that his creation of Livestrong was out of benevolence, not malevolence. But today, I don't think that matters. Today, we need to judge the foundation fairly on its own merits, what it's done, and what it continues to do.
And what it's done has been to take cancer and make it something we can talk about. Remove the shame (and yes, seriously, people with diseases often feel shamed, like they're less of a person than those healthy, less worthy even) and give people someone they can talk to. If you have cancer, you are possibly frightened and withdrawn and your doctors have you running down a path of their choosing, and you either just go along or you do nothing. The loss of control is tangible. But you pick up the phone and call Livestrong and there's somebody at the other end who can talk with you about it, can inform you of your options because yes, you have more options than just do this particular treatment or die.
There's great value in that. People's lives are literally saved when they feel better about their situation and feel comfortable making decisions instead of just going along, feeling badly, and thinking they've been dealt a sentence without options.
I fear I'm burying the lead here; that the important stuff is coming too late and maybe I don't need a preamble where I deal with Lance. But I think I need to address all the naysayers who believe the worst and will never have anything to do with Livestrong, because Lance has tainted it past redemption. I hope that is not the case, because I've seen, first hand, Livestrong change people's lives. Not the people out there riding a bike because they wanted to be like Lance, but cancer patients among my customers, who were surprised that you could just pick up the phone and talk to a real live person who cared, and who had relevant information about treatments and the best doctors in your area.
I don't want to see Livestrong fail because of Lance. I wish there was an organization like it for people with epilepsy, like my son. I hope that Lance & Livestrong find a way to somehow cause Livestrong to be elevated by Lance's fall. I can't figure out how that could happen, but it should. Those who criticize Livestrong for its lack of contributions to research aren't getting the point. Anybody can toss money around. Livestrong is giving people better lives.
Go on hating Lance. The guy deserves it for what he did to people like Emma & Betsy. The way he protected his lies was far worse than any doping he did. But give Livestrong a chance. –Mike–


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Preservation Project
Department of Anthropology, National Museum of Natural History
Smithsonian Institution
by Marit Munson, with contributions by Jayne Girod Holt,
Susan Peckham, Tara Kennedy and Claire Grundy.
L. Rose and Candace Greene
Project Directors
papers, present in archives across the country, may pose serious
problems for archival collections. Lamination was a popular
preservation method, adopted by many institutions handling large
collections of archival materials. First introduced in the 1930s,
lamination quickly became the primary choice for repairing and
strengthening papers on a large scale. Now, however, conservators
recognize that the materials used in lamination may degrade,
damaging the very objects the process was intended to preserve.
This paper —
is a method of strengthening fragile papers. Less time-consuming
than traditional methods, lamination was widely used by archives
from the 1930s through the 1970s. The lamination process involved
deacidifying a document, layering it between tissue and thin
sheets of plastic, and fusing them together in a heated press.
In archival contexts, lamination refers to the process of fusing
a sheet of paper between two thin sheets of plastic —
usually cellulose acetate. The archival community embraced lamination
in the early 1930s as a means of strengthening fragile papers.
It provided stability for weak or damaged documents in less
time than traditional methods, making it cost-effective for
large collections. Collections were often laminated before microfilming,
to facilitate rapid handling. Lamination was also seen as a
means of preventing damage from environmental contaminants and
grime from handling.
The National Archives, the Library of Congress, and other organizations
with large collections-- and budgets large enough to afford
the equipment — began lamination projects in earnest by
the late 1930s and 1940s. Institutions or organizations lacking
the resources to acquire their own equipment often contracted
the work to these other agencies. Lamination was recommended
initially for records of little intrinsic historical importance,
but it was soon applied indiscriminately. Publications of the
era described lamination as a panacea, and even such priceless
documents as the Emancipation Proclamation were laminated.
As the lamination process was developed, numerous inventors
and scientists — most notably William Barrow — experimented
with ways to refine the technique. The National Bureau of Standards
eventually made an attempt to standardize lamination, recommending
a process with several stages. First, the document was to be
deacidified, neutralizing the potentially damaging acids inherent
in some paper. Next, the document was layered between thin sheets
of a plastic — usually cellulose acetate — and tissue.
The use of a plasticizer in the cellulose acetate increased
the flexibility of the otherwise brittle plastic, as well as
decreasing the temperature required to soften it. The addition
of a thin layer of Japanese tissue on top of the cellulose acetate
film greatly improved the tensile strength, internal tear resistance,
and folding endurance of laminated documents. It also reduced
the shiny appearance of the plastic laminate. Finally, the five-layer
"sandwich" of materials was placed into a heated laminating
press. The heat melted the plastic layer, while the high pressure
forced the cellulose acetate into the interstices of the paper
itself, sealing the document within a semi-flexible plastic
Despite the National Bureau of Standards' attempt to standardize
this lamination process, there was considerable variation in
technique and in materials. Each laboratory generally retained
its own protocols, and the process often boiled down to an individual
operator's or technician's choice of what functioned well.
push for lamination was a well-intentioned attempt to address
the condition of many fragile historic documents, but we now
know that lamination was not the cure-all that librarians and
archivists had envisioned. In fact, lamination may cause numerous
problems for collections.
from the lamination process.
The first problem associated with lamination is damage
caused by the lamination process itself. The application of
heat and pressure during lamination was sometimes poorly controlled,
resulting in burned or scorched papers. High temperatures caused
some media to melt or bleed, damaging wax seals, discoloring
pigments, or blurring lines (Figure 1). Other media may have
been partially solubilized — that is, some pigments or
inks may have run or smeared (Figure 2) due to a chemical reaction
during the lamination process.
problems. In addition, laminated documents often
have aesthetic problems. The cellulose acetate laminate greatly
alters the appearance and texture of documents, giving the paper
a shiny surface with an uncharacteristic hard, plastic feel.
The addition of tissue in the laminating process helped reduce
the shine, but unfortunately also reduced the clarity of the
original documents, altering their colors and appearance. The
different kinds of presses used to apply pressure during the
lamination process produced a variety of new surface textures
on the documents. The overall result is a hazy look (Figure
3) that one curator has likened to the appearance
of plastic placemats. In other cases, the laminate renders documents
translucent; writing or images on the back of a page may show
through, making them difficult to see.
The washed out hazy look of this drawing is due to the laminate
and the tissue layer that were placed directly on the drawing.
Battle of the Little Bighorn, 1881. Drawing by Red Horse (Dakota).
vice. Lamination may also exacerbate problems
that were already present in the documents themselves (inherent
vice). If, for example, a document on poor quality paper was
not deacidified prior to lamination, the layers of plastic encasing
the item may trap acids within the laminate, causing the paper
to yellow and become brittle (Figure 4). In
other cases, torn documents were repaired using inappropriate
methods before they were laminated. Repairs with pressure-sensitive
tape, for example, are potentially damaging for any papers,
but lamination exacerbates the problem; the heat used in the
lamination process can kick off chemical reactions, while the
carefully sealed layers of laminate trap by-products, creating
a harmful microclimate for the paper. Encased in plastic, these
damaging repairs may be difficult for conservators to treat.
of the laminate. Deterioration of the materials
used in lamination may cause additional damage to laminated
documents. Remember that the lamination process drives the plastic
laminate into the paper itself. When the plastic begins to break
down, the document it encases will also suffer. The most widely
used laminate, cellulose acetate, is inherently unstable. Like
the cellulose acetate film base used in movies, the laminate
decomposes through a chemical reaction that causes the bonds
of the cellulose acetate molecule to break down. This decay
process releases acetic acid from the molecule, producing the
strong vinegar or ammonia odor that is called vinegar syndrome.
As the laminate deteriorates, it may warp, stretch, or peel,
placing great stress on the paper (Figure 5). In some cases,
the stresses from deteriorating laminate are literally splitting
the paper apart internally.
As cellulose acetate breaks down, it may exude plasticizers,
the chemicals added to increase the flexibility of the otherwise-brittle
film. Plasticizers exuded as a liquid may collect on the surface
of the laminate, giving it an oily appearance and often leaving
the surface quite sticky. When exuding leaves of laminated papers
come into contact with each other, they may stick together in
a block (Figure 6), making them unusable. The degradation of
plasticizers also reduces the flexibility of the laminate itself;
as this happens, documents are in danger of cracking, chipping,
or completely snapping apart. This is particularly troublesome
with laminated leaves that have been put in post bindings--
a common method of binding that places considerable stress on
the bound edge of vulnerable documents (Figure 7).
Secondary damage to neighboring objects. The most
alarming aspect of the problem is that unstable laminate and
plasticizers do not just affect single documents. As the materials
degrade, they are capable of triggering chemical reactions in
any nearby objects that are also made of cellulose acetate--
including previously stable laminated papers, photographic negatives,
and motion picture film. Once this degradation process begins,
damage will only become worse through time, unless properly
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Detail of a wax seal after lamination. Source: 18th century
land grants from the Pennsylvania State Archives.
2. Drawing with media that bled during the lamination
process. Note that only the purple pigment is affected. Drawing
by Charles Murphy (Bear Wings), Cheyenne. James Mooney Notebooks
This paper, already fragile before lamination, has become even
more yellowed and brittle after being sealed between sheets
of laminate.
Drawing by Carl Sweezy (Arapaho). James Mooney Notebooks 1903-04.
Figure 5. The
wrinkling of this laminate may place great stresses on the paper
enclosed within it. This image also shows the high surface gloss
and surface texture that may be present on laminated papers.
18th century land grant from the Pennsylvania State Archives
Figure 6. Example
of blocked papers, where sheets are stuck together; a conservator
uses a teflon spatula to gently separate the leaves. 18th century
land grants from the Pennsylvania State Archives
This page was chipped and torn when it was laminated. The white
tab, at the left, was added after lamination in order to place
the sheet in a post binder. Such binding places great stress
at the already torn left margin of the page. Drawings of Eskimo
scenes, 1895?
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Jenny Craig Establishes License Agreement for Volumetrics(R)
Exclusive Two-Year Agreement Further Positions the Company as a Weight Loss Innovator
CARLSBAD, Calif., July 10 // PRNewswire // -- Jenny Craig, Inc. is pleased to announce the signing of an exclusive license agreement for the worldwide rights to use the Volumetrics(R) approach developed by Dr. Barbara Rolls, PhD. An endowed Guthrie Chair in Nutritional Sciences at The Pennsylvania State University, Dr. Rolls is the author of the New York Times' bestselling books The Volumetrics Eating Plan and The Volumetrics Weight Control Plan: Feeling Full on Fewer Calories, and one of America's leading authorities on weight management for the past 20 years. The agreement acknowledges Jenny Craig as the only weight loss organization that is authorized to use Volumetrics(R), which has inspired the creation of Jenny Craig's new satiety-centric menus.
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Dr. Barbara Rolls obtained a B.A. in biology from the University of Pennsylvania and a Ph.D. in physiology from the University of Cambridge, England. In 1992, she became Professor of Nutritional Sciences and Guthrie Chair in Nutrition at The Pennsylvania State University. Dr. Rolls has served as Past-President of both the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior and the North American Association for the Study of Obesity.
She has been the recipient of a number of awards including: the American Society of Nutritional Sciences Award in Human Nutrition, a MERIT award from the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, the International Award for Modern Nutrition, and Honorary Membership in the American Dietetic Association. In 2006 she was elected a fellow of the American Association of the Advancement of Science and was selected as the 2007 W.O. Atwater Lecturer at Experimental Biology. In 2008, Dr. Rolls received the Centrum Center for Nutrition Science Award at the Experimental Biology Annual Meeting.
She is the author of five books including Thirst, The Volumetrics Weight-Control Plan: Feel Full on Fewer Calories, and The Volumetrics Eating Plan.
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Twisted Sprint 2009
- Where: Boston
- When: September 28th - October 2nd
- Coordinator: jml.
To be worth it at all, the sprint should be a week long. However, perhaps it should start on a Wednesday on go into a weekend in order to give more people a chance to attend. Thoughts?
To be decided.
Need a volunteer to organize this.
- Under 1000 Open Tickets
- General twistd improvements, logging in particular
- conch bugs fixing
- Any bugs that will make some buildbot slaves green (and kill intermittent failures)
- Maybe twisted web client?
- glyph says, "Even more specifically: I recommend that we dedicate at least one day of the sprint purely to triage."
- Name (definite|tentative; need travel assistance?)
- Jonathan Lange (tentative; Yes)
- Jamu Kakar (tentative; probably not)
If you definitely cannot attend, please list your name here.