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Gwyneth Paltrow Responds to Backlash for Using the N-Word
The N-word is a sensitive one, no matter who utters it. It's extra sensitive when someone as white-bred as Gwyneth Paltrow says it — on Twitter, no less. But following quite a bit of backlash, the GOOP queen is explaining herself.
The Oscar winner was on hand at Jay-Z and Kanye West's recent 'Watch the Throne' concert in Paris, where the duo broke their own record by performing 'N—-s in Paris' a whopping 11 times in a row. Paltrow, whose hubby, Coldplay frontman Chris Martin, is pals with Hova, was enjoying the show from a special spot: onstage. She tweeted a photo of herself with the rap royalty, writing, "Ni**as in paris for real."
This didn't sit well with a lot of African-American and otherwise politically correct fans, who lashed out against the actress. However, Paltrow wasn't apologizing for the possible faux pas. She responded via Twitter, the same outlet that launched the hate against her.
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The following story was published in the Revolution's "Match Day" program for the September 1 game against the Philadelphia Union
FOXBOROUGH, Mass. – Former Bayern Munich reserve Saer Sene knew his move to Major League Soccer was the right decision when he took the field for his first preseason game with the New England Revolution.
In that Feb. 22 match – the opener of the Desert Diamond Cup in Tucson, Ariz. – Sene lined up across from the defending MLS Cup champion LA Galaxy, led by none other than international icon David Beckham. Although it was only a preseason match, Sene received immediate confirmation of the league's level of play.
"I saw the league had very good quality, very big players like Beckham, a very good player who played in Europe," said Sene. "It's a very good level. It's not like in Germany, but a very, very good level. This is professional. It's very fast physically. I love it."
It's easy to understand why Sene is enjoying his time stateside considering the level of success he's had in the first six months of his MLS career. The French striker scored his ninth goal of the season in just his 20th appearance on July 29, making him the Revolution's highest single-season goal scorer since Taylor Twellman scored 16 times back in 2007.
While such immediate success may have surprised fans – not to mention other teams around the league – it wasn't a shock to head coach Jay Heaps, who saw Sene's potential during a preseason training stint prior to his signing. Nor was it a surprise to Sene himself, who has always been confident in his own abilities.
"Not to be arrogant, but I stay positive and I'm a striker," said Sene. "I'm here to score goals, to help the team. (When I arrived) I was 100 percent ready for the team to do my best and score goals. I have nine goals already. I can have more. But I have nine goals and this is good. I want to score more goals for the team."
Although still relatively young at 25 years old, Sene's prior experience with Bayern Munich played a massive role in his ease of transition to MLS. Training and occasionally playing alongside such world-renowned stars as Miroslav Klose, Thomas Müller, Franck Ribéry and Bastian Schweinsteiger, Sene learned first and foremost how to be a professional.
"The whole team was only big, international players and I was young," Sene said of his time in Germany. "I got the chance to train with the first team and play a couple games. That's why I learned very fast. They taught me and they were helping me to work hard every day.
"That's why when I came here – I don't say it's easy; it's not easy, this is professional soccer – but I learned first in Germany to have the professional mentality. When I came here, I did what I learned at Bayern Munich. That's why I didn't have too much of a problem."
Sene also credits the role his coaches and teammates have played in his quick acclimation, noting the welcoming nature of the locker room and the club's tight-knit feel. Because he was able to reach an instant comfort level off the field, Sene's performances on the field have flourished.
"When you play soccer, if you play in Brazil, or in England or in France, this is soccer," said Sene. "You have to work hard and play. I have a very good team to [help me] adapt. I feel good when I come to practice, I'm happy to come see my teammates. That's why I integrated fast with the players here."
It seems like a straightforward formula; foreign player arrives stateside and uses prior experience and the help of a welcoming locker room to find instant success. But why then the countless stories of foreign players who arrived in MLS only to take months and sometimes years to fully adapt?
The answer may have nothing to do with soccer. Most foreign players identify a struggle to adapt to American culture as their biggest obstacle upon arriving in MLS. The food is different. The people are different. The travel is different. It can be a bit overwhelming.
But Sene has encountered no such difficulty. In fact, he claims to feel more comfortable in the United States than he ever did in Europe.
"I love the mentality in the U.S.," said Sene. "The people here are easier. I was born in Paris. It's a big city with maybe more stress. Here, it's easier … If you've been to France or to Europe, you will see the difference between here and there. I love the culture, the mentality and the people here."
While Sene loves the American way of life, there is one link to home he holds dear here in MLS. As a youngster, Sene grew up idolizing fellow French striker Thierry Henry, who now captains the New York Red Bulls. Sene has had the chance to meet with Henry on multiple occasions this season, but what the Revs striker is most excited about is potentially challenging his boyhood hero on the scoring charts.
"When I was young, he was my idol and I watched him play. Today, I play against him," Sene said with a smile. "This is a big chance and I can challenge him. That makes me happy."
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The Department of Hematology and Internal Oncology at the University Hospital Erlangen deals with the diagnosis and treatment of patients with disorders of the hematopoietic system, such as acute and chronic leukemia and malignant lymphomas, as well as malignant solid tumors (if chemotherapy or other systemic treatments are needed). The Department is headed by Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Mackensen.
The main goal of the medical team of the Department is to provide patients with a competent medical care involving both professionalism and human attitude. The Department under the direction of Prof. Dr. med. Andreas Mackensen also develops optimal treatment programs and makes a significant contribution to both clinical and experimental cancer studies.
The University Hospital Erlangen performs all systemic therapies, including autologous and allogeneic bone marrow or blood stem cell transplantation, as well as antibody therapy. In addition to hospital beds, the Department comprises a specialized outpatient clinic for patients who underwent allogeneic transplantation and an outpatient facility for chemotherapy and infusion therapy, as well as diagnostic laboratories.
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Fashion designer Alfred Fiandaca, known for classic styles including outfits Ann Romney wore during the 2012 presidential campaign, has died.
Judy Nee, a family friend speaking Monday night for Fiandaca's daughter, Michelle Fiandaca of Winthrop, Mass., said he died Saturday in Palm Beach, Fla., after a stroke. He was 72.
Fiandaca grew up in Boston, where his mother was a seamstress. He opened his own shop in 1960 after studying at schools including the Massachusetts College of Art.
Early clients included Lady Bird Johnson, Nancy Reagan, Joan Kennedy and actresses such as Audrey Hepburn and "Dallas" TV star Joan Collins. He also dressed socialites in New York and Palm Beach.
Fiandaca drew attention when Republican candidate Mitt Romney's wife wore his designs.
Fiandaca is also survived by his son, Alfred Fiandaca Jr., and spouse, Carl Bartels.


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Italian court orders new trial for Amanda Knox
FILE - This undated file photo released on Nov. 3, 2007 by the Italian Police shows 21-year-old murdered British university student Meredith Kercher. Amanda Knox was waiting anxiously Monday, March 25, 2013 in Seattle to hear if she will face trial again as Italy's top criminal court considered whether to overturn her acquittal in the murder of her roommate in Italy. Italian prosecutors have asked the high court to throw out the acquittals of Knox and her Italian ex-boyfriend in the murder of 21-year-old British student Meredith Kercher and order a new trial. The court's decision has been postponed to Tuesday. (AP Photo/Italian Police, ho, file)


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2012 Nissan NV 3500HD: Real World Review
Nissan only recently entered the commercial van market with its 2012 Nissan NV. Offered in several configurations, primarily for small business use, this utility van competes against just a few other players for a fairly small market that includes the Chevrolet Express, Ford's new larger Transit Connect and Mercedes-Benz/Dodge Sprinter.
We recently had the opportunity to take the shiny black utility van on the ultimate small business test drive, transporting an 8-piece band on a round trip from Southern California to a biker rally near Four Corners, Colo., over Labor Day weekend to play a Bob Seger tribute. The 12-hour trip, covering over 1,400 miles of the Southwest, gave us ample seat time to put the Nissan NV through its paces.
Our band is unique in that there are two journalists in the group: me, automotive writer and vocalist, and drummer Bart Robley, who writes for Classic Drummer Magazine and is also an automotive enthusiast and logistics coordinator for Sam Morrison Band's road trips. Bart and I traded driving responsibilities, and we both have some impressions on the hardworking van that took us to the Sugar Pine Rally in Mancos, Colo.
The amount of gear needed to pull off a show can seem overwhelming when it's on stage, but the NV, with its tall roof, proved to be more than adequate to haul the load. That load included cases of music equipment, including amps and a large drum set, a 12-foot lighting truss, luggage for eight people and three coolers.
Access to the back of the van comes via an ample 40-inch sliding side door, and the rear doors have the ability to swing all the way open flush to the van's sides, where they are held open with two magnetized rubber bumpers. This attention to detail proved very helpful in holding the doors open while the van was facing uphill, and made loading and unloading a breeze.
The Long Haul
Even fully loaded with close to a ton of equipment, the suspension never sagged, and the NV stood up to the long haul challenge ahead. The band's road trip took the van through the scorching summer heat of California and Arizona deserts, onto Interstate 40 to US-89, US-160 Navajo Trail and finally onto US-168, where the Four Corners of Utah, Arizona, Colorado and New Mexico meet.
The powerful 5.6-liter V8 has plenty of low-end torque with more than enough power to get the fully loaded ride easily up to speed even on freeway ramps. The NV is equipped with auxiliary transmission and engine coolers, which were helpful in keeping the van going in the desert heat. The 5-speed automatic transmission stayed smooth and handled the steep uphill grades with ease. We used the manual downshift button to keep the speed under control on downhill grades, giving some relief to the brakes.
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The Nissan NV is as comfortable as any high-end truck on the market. The large, bolstered seats made the 12-hour drive pleasant. The large gauges were easy on our road-weary eyes, and an on-board GPS with real-time traffic updates and satellite radio kept us entertained and informed for the long trip.
Part of the comfort in driving the NV is feeling safe and secure in driving a large, tall vehicle. With rear sonar and a rearview monitor, navigating tight parking spots was completely stress-free.
Bling on Wheels
Our blinged-out black Nissan NV with chrome wheels and tinted windows created a lot of attention at stops through the desert, including a Cracker Barrel in Flagstaff and the Elephant Feet formations in Navajo Nation. Rolling up to the Pine Ranch Rally, motorcycle enthusiasts (i.e., bikers) had plenty of questions about the NV and what was under the hood. Load-in and load-out went extremely well with the easy access to our gear. If you're considering a van like this, be sure the door openings are large. A van with a spacious interior but narrow or oddly shaped door openings is probably more trouble than it's worth.
The Sam Morrison Band appreciates the opportunity to test the skills of Nissan's utility superstar. It did its job well and looked great doing it--the benchmark of any true rock 'n' roll machine.


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Match No. 9
Tuesday, September 26, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. Loyola Marymount
Match No. 10
Friday, September 29, 2000, 7:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara Gauchos vs. Centenary College
Match No. 11
Sunday, October 1, 2000, 2:00 p.m.
UC Santa Barbara vs. Sacramento State
Gauchos Edged 4-2 by Oregon State
With the loss of defender A.J. Albertalli to injury and forward Jaime Ambriz to ared card ejection, the Gauchos put together a new lineup for their match against Oregon State. Starting five freshman, including goalkeeper Erik Stolhandske, the Gauchos jumped ahead with a goal from sophomore Sean Edwards, who was starting the first matchup of the season. Oregon State tied the score in the 29th minute, before Galen Donaldson headed in an Edwards free kick to put UCSB ahead 2-1. However, the Beavers rallied to score three goals over a nine minute span to clinch the victory over the Gauchos. UCSB outshot Oregon State 18-6 in the match and had seven corner kicks to the Beavers two. Edwards totaled three points in the contest, moving him into second in the team standings. Stolhandske tallied two saves in his second start of the season.
UCSB Falls 2-0 To Top-Ranked UCLA
UC Santa Barbara entered Drake Stadium on Sunday afternoon to face top-ranked, top-scoring UCLA, who boasts the nation's premier scorer and stingiest defense. The Gauchos put up a strong attack against the Bruins through out the first half, holding UCLA scoreless. UCSB out shot UCLA 5-2 in the period, led by senior forward Thiago Martins who had two shots in the match. The Bruins came out charged in the second half, scoring their first goal at the 45:19 mark. UCSB had a few scoring chances in the second half including two one-on-one opportunities between forward Joe Hubay-Dies and UCLA goalkeeper DJ Countess. However, Hubay-Dies was unable to capitalize on the chances. Freshman goalkeeper Erik Stolhandkse completed his third full game of the season, while recording five saves.
Maffris Sidelined by Injury
In Sunday's match at UCLA freshman defender Kevin Maffris suffered a Grade Three Medial Collateral Ligament (MCL) sprain . The Upland, CA native will be out for four to six weeks. Maffris had seen considerable playing time over the the first four weeks of the season, scoring his only goal in UCSB's season opener against Valpariaso. Maffris also moved into the central defender position after the injury to senior A.J. Albertalli.
Stolhandske Takes Over Starting Position
After recording a shutout in his first complete game in goal, freshman goalkeeper Erik Stolhandkse got his second and third starts over the weekend. The San Antonio, TX native has posted a 1.71 goals allowed average in his 316 minutes of playing time. He has 19 saves and a save percentage of .760.


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On Wednesday, October 30, 2013, Waterloo Police conducted tobacco sales compliance checks.
The following businesses were complaint:
Casey's General Store, 51 E. Tower Park Drive
Kum & Go, 117 E. San Marnan Drive
Wal Mart, 1334 Flammang Drive
Hy-Vee Wine & Spirits, 2126 Kimball Avenue
Sam's Club, 210 E. Tower Park Drive
Crossroads Amoco, 2035 E. Mitchell Avenue
Hy-Vee, 1422 Flammang Drive
Bamboo Ridge, 4550 Hess Road
Tobacco Outlet, 1803 LaPorte Road
Casey's General Store, 1604 LaPorte Road
Jim Lind Shell Station, 230 E. Ridgeway Avenue
Walgreens, 111 W. Ridgeway Avenue
One business was cited for a violation:
Java Bay Trading Company, 777 Isle of Capri Blvd. The employee, Jonna Ernst, age 19, of Buckingham, IA was cited for selling tobacco to a person under age 18, IA Code 453A.2(1).
This compliance project is funded by the Iowa Alcoholic Beverages Division, Iowa Pledge (I-Pledge) program. The I-Pledge Program has helped increase statewide tobacco compliance to a rate of 93% since it began in 2000.
Criminal penalties for selling tobacco to a minor include a $100 fine for a first offense, a $250 fine for a second offense and a $500 fine for third and subsequent offenses. However, handing out citations is not the intent of the Iowa Pledge Program.
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Sarasota, FL – Baltimore Orioles designated hitter Wilson Betemit will miss 6-to-8 weeks after suffering a right knee injury on Monday.
He was diagnosed with a grade 2/3 posterior cruciate ligament tear and will remain in Florida for a few weeks before starting a rehab program. The injury will not require surgery.
Betemit left Monday's game against Boston in the fifth inning. He was on first and running on a pitch to Manny Machado. Betemit stumbled along the basepaths and crumbled to the ground.
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"Beautiful Creatures"
Rating: PG-13
When: Now playing
Where: Wide release
Running time: 2 hours, 12 minutes
The forbidden teenage romance will always be fodder for storytellers looking to lure the young adult crowd. But these days, the chasm that keeps our lovebirds apart isn't limited just to feuding families like the Montagues and Capulets. Whether it's Bella's undying love for her immortal vampire in the "Twilight" series or, most recently, a teenage zombie's devotion to a living, breathing girl in "Warm Bodies," human teens just can't seem to help falling for supernatural beings.
With "Beautiful Creatures," based on the first book in the best-selling young adult series by Kami Garcia and Margaret Stohl, writer and director Richard LaGravenese ("The Fisher King") looks to add witches, or "Casters" as they're called here, to the mix.
The fun of working with such a familiar backbone of a story is the extraordinary room it then gives storytellers to stretch its boundaries. The "Twilight" vampires sparkled in the sunshine, tussled with werewolves and could even opt to be vegetarian (as far as vampires go). Yes, the romance was overwrought, but the world in which it occurred was fully formed.
Having not read any of the books in Garcia and Stohl's Caster Chronicles series, I can't comment on the authors' explication of the Casters' operations and motivations, but if the film version is any indication, their traditions are based on a clumsy mess of supernatural hooey that conveniently shifts its rules and reasoning whenever the story needs a shove in the direction of its inevitable showdown.
The film opens from the perspective of Ethan Wate (Alden Ehrenreich), a clean-cut, handsome teenager with an innocent-sounding Southern drawl but a smile that says he knows a lot more than you think. He tells us as much in his voice-over introduction, during which he espouses his love of beatnik literature and a desire to get the heck out of sleepy, close-minded Gatlin, S.C., once he graduates.
Ethan's also been tormented by recurring dreams involving a mysterious young woman and bursts of bright lighting. When Lena Duchannes (Alice Englert) shows up as the new kid in school, he's immediately drawn to her, despite the fact that she's the niece of the town pariah (Jeremy Irons), an ominous mischief-maker who lives outside of town in what appears to be a shabby plantation home.
When the local girls begin to taunt the quiet newcomer, she responds with a supernatural temper tantrum that shifts the weather and confirms the townspeople's suspicions of her decidedly un-Christian familial origins. Ethan, however, is only drawn to her more, and once he overcomes her initial reluctance, the two find themselves in the unnatural pairing of mortal and Caster.
As her 16th birthday approaches, Lena must also face her fate as a Caster — or is it a choice? Will she become a good witch or follow what some in her family say is her sinister nature? There are many secrets swirling about Lena and her family, as well as her strange Civil War connection to Ethan (revealed through corny flashback sequences), an unusually nosy puritanical townswoman (Emma Thompson), and even the best friend (Viola Davis) of Ethan's recently deceased mother. But these secrets do not add up to much of a mystery — more like a series of convoluted obfuscations.
Despite the hefty acting talent made available with Thompson, Davis and Irons, the supporting cast is drawn in broad, cartoonish strokes better suited to a teen vampire show on the CW network. It's still a devilish delight to see Irons savor his role as the patriarch of questionable Casters, and Thompson gets the opportunity to show off her improv comedy roots in a role of extremes, but it's a pity that poor Viola Davis had to find herself stuck in such an overly serious part while everyone else of her stature got to have so much fun.
LaGravanese also seemed to have a good time with his production designer (Richard Sherman) in creating a small Southern town steeped in Civil War history and otherworldly mysticism. Yet, despite the limitless world of magic available to him, LaGravanese is unable to muster up much originality in his wordy script, which at times resembles a substandard knock-off of a "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" episode. Perhaps the tone is appropriate for a film that seems firmly focused on the less discriminating tween girl audience, but it seems highly unlikely that "Beautiful Creatures" will translate to older teens and young adults the way "Twilight" did, let alone become a love story for the ages.Copyright © 2018, The San Diego Union-Tribune


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Bellator 111 Results: Dantas Submits Leone With Incredible Choke, Johnson, Mo, Volkov, and Ivanov All Advance
(Note: The heavyweights are never photographed below the shoulders.)
Bellator 111 being able to build off Bellator 110's momentum was questionable. After all, three fourths of 111′s main card was comprised of heavyweights with questionable cardiovascular conditioning. What could've turned into a disaster instead turned into a decent night of fights (though some were not so decent), with the Bellator bantamweight title up for grabs between champion Eduardo Dantas and challenger Anthony Leone.
On the prelims: Up-and-comers Brent Primus and Abdul Razak both looked impressive. We will watch their next fights with interest. However, we can't say that we'll do the same for Eric Prindle, a mainstay in Bellator's heavyweight division. In his loss to Javy Alaya, he displayed a ground game so awful it made James Toney look like Marcelo Garcia.
Also of note on the prelims: The first heavyweight tournament quarterfinal took place. Blagoi Ivanov bested Rich Hale in a tepid decision with not a whole lot of action.Read More DIGG THIS


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As the boat moved down the channel into Long Island Sound, the captain ordered a message sent ashore that forever changed the strategy of naval warfare: "Underway on nuclear power."
With those words on the morning of Jan. 17, 1955, Cmdr. Eugene Wilkinson signaled that Nautilus, the Navy's first nuclear-powered submarine, a bold and technically complex project, was a success.
The primacy of diesel-powered submarines, forced to surface regularly and thus vulnerable to counterattack, was over. Future U.S. submarines would be nuclear.
With its onboard reactor, the Nautilus could stay submerged almost indefinitely and could move faster than any diesel submarine. It could detect and strike an enemy before the foe knew what was happening.
In the middle of the Cold War, with the U.S. and Soviet Union vying for dominance at sea, Nautilus "was definitely a game-changer," said Lt. Cmdr. Benjamin Amdur, director of the Submarine Force Museum near Groton, Conn., where the Nautilus is now a floating museum.
Wilkinson, Amdur said, receives much of the credit. "He's our Neil Armstrong," someone who went where no one had gone before and helped America beat the Soviets in a race for prestige and scientific prowess.
A World War II hero who became an executive in the civilian nuclear industry after retiring from the Navy, Wilkinson died July 11 at his home in Del Mar. He was 94.
Wilkinson proved adept at navigating the tricky engineering challenges of nuclear propulsion and the prickly personality of Adm. Hyman Rickover, the "father" of the nuclear Navy.
He remained Nautilus' first captain for two more years, then moved on to serve as commanding officer of a nuclear-powered surface ship, the guided-missile ship Long Beach. Promoted to vice admiral, he held several important commands before retiring in 1974 as deputy chief of naval operations for submarine operations.
At the Navy's submarine school at New London, Conn., one of the main buildings is Wilkinson Hall. His example is held up as an exemplar of leadership: charismatic, fair, decisive, Amdur said.
Eugene Parks Wilkinson was born Aug. 10, 1918, in Long Beach. After his father died in a car accident and his mother from illness, he lived with his grandparents in the Imperial Valley, where they ran a creamery.
He enrolled at then-San Diego State College with the intent to study medicine. Instead he studied chemistry and physics and received his degree in 1938 at age 19. He then spent an additional two years on campus teaching chemistry and mathematics while doing course work toward a doctorate at USC.
In 1940, he enlisted in the Navy, received an officer's commission and served for a year on the cruiser Louisville before being assigned to submarine school.
Sent to the Pacific, Wilkinson deployed on eight combat patrols, including on the submarine Darter at the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle of World War II.
The Darter attacked the Japanese fleet with gusto in an effort to prevent it from advancing on the invasion force of Gen. Douglas MacArthur. It launched "one of the greatest torpedo shoots of World War II," including sinking the heavy cruiser Maya and striking other enemy ships before being forced heavily aground, according to Navy historians.
For his role in leading the daring attack, Wilkinson was awarded a Silver Star for valor, a rarity for a junior officer.
The battle marked Wilkinson as an officer destined for advancement and, after the war ended, he was assigned to Rickover's nuclear reactor project in Oak Ridge, Tenn., and then sea duty as commanding officer of the submarines Volodor, Sea Robin and Wahoo before joining the Nautilus project in 1953.
His selection as the first commanding officer of Nautilus had a surprising element. He was a graduate of a then-obscure state college, not the Naval Academy like many senior officers.
Wilkinson sometimes liked to gently poke at his peers who were Annapolis alums, telling them that graduation from such a prestigious institution made them more interested in tradition than innovation.
While given to spreading the congratulations to his crew, he was rightly proud of what Nautilus accomplished.
"Remember it took the Navy 50 years to shift from sail to steam," he liked to say, "and they changed to nuclear overnight."
When some initial problems occurred, Wilkinson stood up to the doubters. The brilliant but ever-impatient Rickover would call and begin yelling in his squeaky voice, "What? What? What the hell are you talking about?"
In retirement, Wilkinson saw the humor in the situation. "You know, new construction, it all leaks a little at first," he once said.
In 1979, after the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant, Wilkinson was asked by industry leaders to take the lead in devising safety standards. The result was the creation of the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations.
Wilkinson is survived by sons Dennis, Stephen and Rod; daughter Marian Casazza; and four grandchildren. His wife, Janice, died in 2000.
He is to be buried at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma.


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Tinos is a Greek island situated in the Aegean Sea.
It is located in the Cyclades island complex.
In antiquity, Tinos was also known as Ophiussa (from ophis, Greek for snake) and Hydroessa (from hydor, Greek for water).
It has a land area of approximately 194 square kilometres (75 sq mi) and a 2011 census population of 8,636 inhabitants.
Tinos is famous amongst Greeks for the Church of Panagia Evangelistria, its 80 or so windmills, about 1000 artistic dovecotes, 50 active villages and its Venetian fortifications at the mountain, Exobourgo.
On Tinos, both Greek Orthodox and Roman Catholic populations co-exist, and the island is also well known for its famous sculptors and painters, such as Nicholaos Gysis, Yannoulis Chalepas and Nikiforos Lytras.
The island is located near the geographical center of the Cyclades island complex, and because of the Panagia Evangelistria church, with its reputedly miraculous icon of Virgin Mary that it holds, Tinos is also the center of a yearly pilgrimage that takes place on the date of the Dormition of the Virgin Mary (15 August, "Dekapentavgoustos" in Greek).
This is perhaps the most notable and still active yearly pilgrimage in the region of the eastern Mediterranean.
Many pilgrims make their way the 800 meters from the ferry wharf to the church on their hands and knees as sign of devotion.
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Adding Fiber and Whole Grains to Recipes
Lots of formulations are adding fiber and whole grains to recipes. Don't let the R&D dept. gum up your machinery!
Processors today have an incentive to market products flagged as high, rich or excellent sources of dietary fiber. Marketers of whole grain foods -- most of which are formulated around wheat -- often do not have sufficiently high fiber content in their products to earn that designation. But alternate grains and formulation adjustments may enable marketers of such whole grain products to claim fiber benefits as well.
Marketing and product development can devise plans for adding fiber and whole grains to cereals and bar products, but plant operations needs to be involved so the reformulations don't damage the machinery.
The first stop, of course, is the R&D department. Marketing may get involved, perhaps even be the driver behind these efforts. However, don't forget the back end, the plant operations guys. Reformulations and additions of fiber and whole grains to familiar products attempts may pose unfamiliar formulation and processing challenges.
Each day, it seems, science unveils a little more about the importance of fiber and whole grains to human health. But who knew these foods could taste so great as well? Flavor was once considered an insurmountable hurdle with products containing fiber and whole-grain ingredients. Today, however, whole-grain flavor can be as much a selling point as health benefits.
The Whole Grains Council (a coalition of food scientists, chefs and industry professionals), the American Heart Assn., American Dietetic Assn. and USDA are but a few of the influential organizations calling attention to a serious fiber deficit in the American diet. (Most of us consume only about half of the 25g of fiber recommended daily.) They urge us to consume more whole grain products.
Turning the flavor corner has made products rich in fiber and whole grains far more marketable. But many processors have found employing these ingredients is not always a piece of cake, so to speak, or even a simple muffin or loaf of bread. This is particularly true if companies intend to take advantage of permissible fiber claims for their products.
Processing adjustments
Problems with fiber have multiplied as more processors have upped their efforts to capitalize on the opportunities in fiber and whole grain products.
Upscale sandwich restaurant franchises such as Panera Bread have made whole grain a signature of their identity. But even such operations, which rely on the consistency of product for their in-store fresh-baked image and success, can be tripped up by the vagaries of whole grain and struggle for product consistency.
Cereal makers that build sizable portions of their business around extruded products may find adjustments necessary when they go to high-fiber formulations. "Three factors can affect the processor in the use of fiber: the fiber source, particle size and the amount of fiber used," explains Brian Plattner, process engineering manager for Wenger Mfg., (www.wenger.com), Sabetha, Kansas.
While they can create attractive marketing and formulation opportunities, the additions of fiber and whole grains to products can create problems for processing machinery, such as extruders.
With cereal and extruded snack makers, it often it doesn't matter if the product is soluble or insoluble, he says. Nor might the fiber type make much difference in most applications. "If the fiber is part of another ingredient, such as the oat fiber in a whole grain formulation, it will have less effect than if you are using a purified form of fiber, such as MCC [microcrystalline cellulose] blended into the formulation. That's the general rule, at least. If the fiber is a natural part of the ingredient, it will affect the process less."
Percentage of fiber in formulation is significant, however, Plattner says. "With a 3 to 4 percent formulation, you usually don't even notice it. Above that, you begin to notice the moisture addition. The fiber acts as a sponge."
In high fiber formulations, challenges really surface. "When you get to very high fiber content -- 15 percent-plus -- you will have binding issues," Plattner continues. "Fiber is not a good glue compared to a starch. It doesn't have good binding characteristics."
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"Nearly all processor concerns with fiber revolve around how the fiber deals with water," says Dan Best, president of Best Vantage (www.bestvantageinc.com), a Northbrook, Ill., food research and marketing consulting firm. "The less water the fiber binds, the more you can add to your formula."
Bran, the fibrous coating of a grain, overloads the mix with heavy particles that may reduce the effectiveness of the gluten in holding them in suspension. In addition, the bran soaks up water greedily, at times even after a mix appears to have a proper moisture balance.
"Some fibers will hold six times their weight in water," says Charlie Morris, manager of ADM specialty ingredients-bakery (www.admworld.com), Decatur, Ill. "This can be a big problem when you want to get a 'good' or 'excellent' source of fiber qualification for your product in bakery application."
The structure of the fiber is important, Best notes. "If the fiber is open and fluffy, it absorbs water quickly. If it is hard and dense, it will absorb water slowly." Fibers such as cellulose must be cut into small pieces so they do not pose water problems over time.
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Yes, I Worked for FOX
Once up on a time, in the year 2000, there was a magical city called Washington D.C., and in that city lived a Princess named Libby. Now, Princess Libby wasn't the most beautiful in the land, or the bravest, or even the smartest, but she had a certain je ne sais quoi. Every day she went to battle with a dragon, a mean, horrible dragon named John McLaughlin. She would do his bidding, arranging meetings with other dragons, and throw villagers into his mighty maw so that he would avoid eating her. Of course, the day came when there were no more people to throw his way to save herself, and Princess Libby found herself chewed up, spit out, and left on the unemployment line.
Princess Libby needed a job.
In the distance she saw a castle. A new castle, shining bright among the older, darker, more established castles -- which had already refused to hire her. That castle was called FOX News. It was new, and it had a certain mystery about it. No one was quite sure what it would do, but it felt like it was going to do something. Princess Libby found herself being drawn to it, and the possibility of a paycheck.
Okay, let's take a break from the story here. I mean, yes, I needed a job. I desperately needed a job, but also, at that time, no one knew the evil monolith FOX was about to become. It was just another cable news network, being staffed by some really respectable people, including a woman named Kim Hume, whom I had always admired. I was actually really excited to be joining the network. I took a job as an associate producer/archivist.
Princess Libby liked it in the new castle, and not just because of the free popcorn and coffee. She was enjoying the excitement of covering the elections, and hearing the copy she wrote read on national television. Her old dragon had never let her write copy without belittling her and cutting it right before air. This new dragon LIKED her copy, and told her so. She thought, while he looked like a dragon, might actually be a Prince. Prince Brit. It had a nice ring.
Soon it came there was to be a giant ball in the land, when a new king would be crowned. King George, or King Al, who would it be? No one knew! The ball came and went, but still no one knew who would be king. The villagers started to grow testy, and the candidates for king began to joust and fight. Oh, and things in the FOX castle started to get weird. Princess Libby didn't know what the change was, but she knew there had been one. Members of the court were angrier, but also cockier than before. Entering the castle every day got a little creepy. The Princess wasn't liking it any more. She had to do something, and finding another dragon to work for was out of the question.
So, Princess Libby decided to pack up her her crowns, get on her noble steed, and head to grad school.
One more break. In actuality, I had decided to go to grad school right after McLaughlin fired me. I found out I had been accepted just days after being hired by FOX. Still, I remember in the days after the election, and before the Supreme Court decision, a definite change in attitude in the FOX offices. People were defensive because FOX had made the call for Bush, and if they had to eat that, it would be egg on the face of the network. Also, as I know now, most of the staff had voted Republican.
Princess Libby never looked back after leaving the FOX castle behind. She watched as it morphed from a shining castle surrounded by mystery into a black fortress of fire and brimstone, with the large fiery eye of Sean Hannity in the center. Each time she saw it she would shiver, and wonder if any of her friends had made it out of the castle alive, or if they were now chained in a dungeon with an imagine of a donkey burned into their foreheads.
She only thought about them in passing though. After all, she was living happily ever after... in Utah.


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Several months ago, I shared a story with my online community that really touched a nerve. It had to do with what I learned about myself while waiting to have a repair done at my house. It's funny how, if you pay attention, important life lessons show up in the simplest ways. Here's what happened to me.
On a particularly hot spring day, I decided to try the air-conditioning system in our new home -- only to discover it didn't work. I contacted the company and learned it would take a few days for someone to come investigate the problem. No sooner did I hang up the phone than I began ruminating about what might be wrong. The unit was probably defective, I thought. Maybe a water line broke inside a wall and they'd have to tear out the plaster. Worse, they might have improperly installed the whole system when we built the house. Talk about a worst-case scenario.
Three days later, I watched the repairman pull a broken seal off an outside line; I was thrilled to hear the problem was minor. Then it hit me: Why had I been so pessimistic? Why hadn't the prospect of an easy outcome ever crossed my mind?
As I shared with my friends online, the experience revealed an inconsistency I hadn't noticed before. When facing big challenges in my life, the ones with the most transformative potential, I'm always inclined to expect positive results. But this bout with air-conditioning problems prompted me to start paying pay closer attention to how I handle the little challenges -- the projects, chores, inconveniences, and small setbacks we all face every day. In these cases, I came to realize, I often expect things to be difficult.
Of course, it's not always easy to step back and picture a simple solution. Like me, you've probably found yourself recasting a relatively straightforward task as a "huge problem." This kind of thinking crops up in countless ways. You might agonize for days over the thought of creating a family budget to cut spending and reduce debt, for instance. You imagine having to set up complicated Excel spreadsheets, hunting around for a year's worth of bills, or spending hours at your desk. When you finally sit down to get it done, however, you find it takes a short amount of focused time -- and you actually feel much better after doing it, knowing that you've now charted a course forward.
No corner of life is off-limits to a pessimistic mind-set. As an example, my colleague Bill, a professional speaker, used to become anxiety-ridden before new presentations, worrying about needing to do hours of research to find just the right words. "Invariably, though, the outline would flow out of me within minutes," Bill told me. "Once I realized that, I could finally let go of my false way of thinking." As he discovered, our thoughts create either suffering or salvation. By shedding the negative outlook, we set ourselves free.
Blue Skies Ahead
What's the cost of expecting things to be hard? It's higher than a night of lost sleep or an afternoon of stress and anxiety. Perhaps you dream of leaving your boring job to pursue your love of interior design yet erroneously believe it will take years of training just to get started. You may be robbing yourself of a vital opportunity. Likewise, if you stay in a loveless marriage for fear of a nightmare divorce, you may never come to experience the joy and intimacy of having a true connection with someone you love.
There's nothing wrong with considering the potential pitfalls of your current situation -- for a little while. It's smart to anticipate and plan for how you'll handle a given obstacle. But endlessly stewing over what might go wrong often proves more than unproductive. It can actually set you up for the very thing you fear the most.
Think of it this way: When you visualize a negative outcome, you approach things differently. You operate, ironically, in a way that supports the result you most want to avoid. Say it's time to ask your boss for a raise, and rather than expect a positive exchange, you focus on all the reasons why she won't come through with the money. Overwhelmed by this thought, you procrastinate setting up a meeting, neglect to do the necessary homework that would prove why you're deserving of more money, and show up in her office projecting a lack of confidence (thereby limiting your ability to ask directly for what you need). Had you imagined "easy" in preparing for your request, you may have communicated your needs in a more professional, self-assured way -- and netted a better result in the end.
When we learn to visualize or anticipate a simple solution to a problem or imagine that a task will go easier than planned, we give ourselves a better shot at having a positive experience (whether or not it turns out to be easy). It's as if our hopeful expectation opens our minds to the people, information, and tools we hadn't seen before. Not only that, but a good attitude serves us well should things get a little challenging. It's definitely worked for me. Becoming aware of my tendency to expect the worst was all I needed to cross over to easy street.
How about you? Are you ready to take the easy way out?
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Transform pessimistic thinking with these key steps.
1. Choose a situation that concerns you and create an intention statement that supports easy: "I will easily transform my cluttered home into a beautiful space to entertain loved ones," or "I enjoy putting money away each month toward a safe and secure retirement."
2. Focus on the positive. When your mind wanders back to the worst-case scenario, quietly repeat your intention until you feel centered and restored.
3. Take one step now that supports a happy outcome to the issue at hand. Note when things do go smoothly as you progress toward your goal.


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Festival of Sails 2013 - Melges 24 - Crowning of a New King
28 January 2013
Festival of Sails 2013. Northshore Marine claimed victory in the Melges 24 championships by the narrowest of margins, marking the end of an era for the class that's been dominated by Bandit for the past two years. In 2014 the Melges 24 World Championship will be sailed during the Festival of Sails at this same venue.
It was less than a perfect performance on day four at the Festival of Sails for Northshore Marine's skipper Chris Links, who posted his worst result of the regatta in the final race, placing sixth in the mild conditions, an 8-10 knot sou'easter on Corio Bay. Luckily he had claimed the win in the first race of two.
With one drop allowed, Links' crew broke a two-way-tie with Kevin Nixon's all-family crew aboard Accru to finish just one point ahead on 21 and secure the Parks Victoria Melges 24 Australian Trophy.
Just three points separated the top three teams, with former champions Bandit, skippered by Warwick Rooklyn, rounding out the podium finishers with 23 points.
The Northshore Marine crew will now turn their sights to the Melges 24 world titles that will be hosted by the Royal Geelong Yacht Club in January 2014.
"In that last race it was hard not to think about the results, but we didn't ever give up, we always thought we could come back,'' Northshore Marine crewman Heath Walters said.
"We were just ecstatic with the overall result. It's fantastic how close it is, it just shows the quality of the fleet and that can only get better ahead of the worlds."
The four-day regatta has made for the perfect test bed for race officials ahead of hosting the world's best.
The Australian Melges 24 Class Association president Warwick Rooklyn said it would be the first time the fleet's worlds have been contested in the Southern Hemisphere.
"It's a big coup for Australia, for Geelong and the Royal Geelong Yacht Club,'' he said. "To back it up to the Festival of Sails is a great thing."
Competitors from America, Italy and Japan have already expressed interest in competing in the event that attracts some of the world's greatest sailing champions.
While it's been great for the Australian teams to race in Corio Bay over the Australia Day weekend, Rooklyn doubts it would give any advantage come next year.
by Danielle McKay


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The new ERGON range of automatic packers is based on design choices inspired by key concepts such as ergonomics, technology, sturdiness and modularity, masterfully blended to mark a new, significant evolution in the history of SMI products.
You can point out the new ERGON packers rather quickly due to the rounded profile of the movable safety guards, which allow to house all the motors on the outside with respect to the mechanical units they run, facilitating line operator access when performing maintenance.
The WP ERGON series includes automatic machines for the packaging of plastic, metal, cardboard and glass containers in corrugated cardboard cases and/or trays without film. The octagonal or rectangular trays can have walls of either the same height or different heights.
The WP ERGON series case packers can achieve an output up to 80 packs per minute, according to the machine model and to the product. The pack collations can vary according to the containers shape and dimensions; in general, the most requested collations are: 2x3, 3x4 and 4x6.
Moreover, all WP ERGON case packers are equipped with an electronic grouping system, manual format changeover and with the "Easy-Load" system to automatically load the cardbord blank magazine.
The blanks magazine capacity can be increased through modular units of expansion.
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1 On the machine's inlet conveyor belt, featuring low-friction chains made of thermoplastic material, a specific group of motorized oscillanting guides accurately lines up the loose containers moving towards the pack formation zone, where the containers are clustered in the selected format through electronically synchronized fingers, operating in continuous motion.
2The new Easy-Load system automatically loads cardboard blanks into the dedicated blank magazine of the machine. The new loading device is made up of a group of motorized mat-equipped conveyor belts on which the operator easily places the cardboard blanks in uniform horizontal stacks.
3A corrugated cardboard blank is picked from the blank magazine by a newly designed picker equipped with vacuum suction cups; then, the carboard blank is carried up along the blank ramp and positioned under the incoming pack collation with short side leading. The tray/case former features a continuous wrap-around system.
4The flap folding devices fold the blank's side flaps and then the upper/lower flaps of both the front and back side of the pack. The hot melt glue sealing ensures an excellent resistance of the pack.
The innovative "Easy-Load" system allows the automatic loading of the cardboard blanks magazine and features considerable advantages from an operating and functional point of view; in fact, the operator can easily load the cardboard blanks, stacked horizontally in uniform groups, because the feeding belt of the cardboard blanks magazine is positioned at the same working height as the packer's infeed belt, rather than under it.
More in detail, the new system patented by SMI is made up of a series of conveyor belts, fitted with motorized mats, which feed the packer's cardboard blanks magazine; the cardboard blank stacks are carried on these belts up to the area in which they are translated and then continue up to the collection system at case/shrink packer infeed.
Thanks to specific sensors, the layout and feed of the cardboard blanks on the conveyor belts fitted with the motorized mats and their loading into the packer's magazine is, in fact, fully automated.
Therefore, the innovative solution devised by SMI eliminates the disadvantages related to the traditional loading of the cardboard blanks magazine, which force the operator to bend his/her body continuously to place the blanks in the bottom part of the machine.
The technology used in the "Easy-Load" magazine also features the great advantage of ensuring fluid and constant picking operations with a wide range of cardboard blanks having a thickness between 0.5 mm and 5 mm.
Wrap-around case packers of the WP series and shrink wrappers of the SK series can be predisposed in order to produce, in addition to standard packs in corrugated board boxes / trays or in shrink film bundles (with or without tray), also the so called "pallet displays", e.g. large trays in corrugated board measuring ¼ (WP and SK) and ½ europallet (WP) size.
These collations allow to get remarkable advantages: • better use of the space available on the pallet • huge savings in the packaging material • reduction of storage and transportation costs • low energy consumption • easier handling of the pallet at the points of sale.
It is a very innovative choice, if we consider that, presently, the production of these types of packaging solutions requires the use of two different machines: one for the production of cardboard cases in standard formats of 6, 12, 15 and 24 pieces, and another one for the packaging of a huge number of bottles in trays whose size is equal to ¼ or ½ europallet (½ europallet = until 80 bottles).
The PID SBP® inserts stretched board pre-assembled partitions into cardboard boxes, in order to protect fragile products (such as glass containers) and save their labels from abrasions.
This device can be installed on the WP wrap-around case packers and on the CM and LCM 40 combined packers.
Compared with the traditional inserting systems of non-preassembled partitions, the PID SBP® allows to:
The PID SBP® and the pre-assembled partitions magazine are mounted at the machine inlet, on top of the pack-forming section. The maximum operating speed is 40 packs/minute (1-head model) or 60 packs/minute (2-head model).
A mechanical arm equipped with vacuum suckers picks a stretched board pre-assembled partition from the partition magazine, opens it and lowers it between the products that have just been grouped in the required pack collation.
Finally a cardboard blank is wrapped around the products by means of special guides, thus forming a case.
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Alejandro Escovedo comes out brawling on his 11th studio album in two decades, "Big Station" (Fantasy/Concord). The Texas-based singer-songwriter just turned 61, but he's never had a higher profile, thanks to recent collaborations with Bruce Springsteen, and his music has never sounded bolder.
"I can take a punch, I can take a swing," Escovedo barks on "Man of the World," a self-mocking ode to a guy who struts from disaster to disaster – a compressed history of a career marked by wrong turns.
Escovedo's ability to synthesize music from a wide variety of sources – he's blended everything from classical music to punk in the same song – has made him tough to pin down. But in producer Tony Visconti, the legendary figure behind the early work of David Bowie and T. Rex, among others, Escovedo has found a true artistic foil. This is their third album in a row together, and it's their best, in large measure because Escovedo's growing confidence as a band leader and especially as a vocalist has never been more apparent.
Big hooks anchor many of the songs, with chant-like choruses and wordless harmonies that recall '70s glam-rockers such as T. Rex and the New York Dolls – artists for whom Escovedo and Visconti share a deep affinity. By coloring in the rhythmic and textural details, the arrangements match the nuance in Escovedo's songs – there's a darkness underlying his most upbeat songs, and a shimmer of melody that lifts even the most introspective tracks.
Visconti and Escovedo put a shimmy in the step of the title track and "Party People," accent the big beat of "Headstrong Crazy Fools," and undergird "Common Mistake" with sly syncopations. "Too Many Tears" snakes through a jungle of distortion. The songs are rooted in the American Southwest and Mexico, and with that comes a sense of spaciousness in Visconti's wide-screen production. It gives Escovedo plenty of room to stretch as a vocalist. From the haunted film-noir narrative of "Sally Was a Cop" to the beautiful Latin pop ballad "Sabor a Mi," he has never sounded more commanding.


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Xigmatek Thor's Hammer HDT-S126384 Review
When considering building a new rig or even enhancing a current one, one thing to consider is a new heatsink if you're having problems pushing your CPU to the next level. Xigmatek created a behemoth of a heatsink; Thor's hammer is a large heatsink with a rather special staggered fin design, nickel plating, and Direct Heatpipe touch. Right out of the box Thor's Hammer is ready to go, without any fans. Seriously, Thor's Hammer is a passive heatsink but you can buy fans for it if you desire. Thor's Hammer can be used on all of the latest CPU sockets but we'll just say it's limited to AMD sockets 754 / 939 / 940 / AM2/+ / AM3 and Intel sockets 775 and 1366. So just how will this one stand up against the competition? Let's read on and find out.
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So let's get down to business. Just by the sheer size of the box alone you can tell this one is large but what else can we find out on the box? Well, just on the front we are informed that this heatsink features "Double Layer Heat-Pipe Direct Touch." Isn't that a mouthful just to say that the heatpipes are in direct contact with the CPU? On the right side of the box you can get a closer look via a picture of the fin design as well as an up close look at the bottom surface of the heatsink. Looking on the left side you will find the main features of the heatsink again but in German, Japanese, Spanish, and Russian. Finally on the right you get a chart of specifications. Overall the box has a very artistic look about it and the box itself gives off a rainbow glow when the light hits it.
Now out of the box you will find that no fan is included but this heatsink works just fine with or without a fan. The backplate can be used for both 1366 and 775 applications and it also comes with a clip for AMD applications. For our purposes we simply take the screws and secure on the clips for 775/1366. With this heatsink you will have some leftover hardware. In the case of an Intel setup you'll be left with rubber fan clips (if your going fanless otherwise no) and the AMD clip. On the flipside you'll be left with fan clips and four springs and screws as well as the backplate. So maybe not the most efficient compared to the CoolerMaster Hyper 212 Plus in terms of you having leftover hardware but I can't complain.
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U.S. consumer credit rose in November for the fourth straight month, beating expectations and giving a hopeful sign for the strength of the economy.
The Federal Reserve said on Tuesday consumer credit increased by $16.05 billion in November after rising by an slightly revised $14.08 billion in October.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast consumer credit rising $12.75 billion after advancing by a previously reported $14.2 billion in October.
Nearly all of November's increase was in non-revolving credit, which includes auto loans as well as student loans made by the government. Non-revolving credit increased $15.23 billion during the month.
Revolving credit, which includes credit cards, climbed by a modest $817 million.


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For over thirty years, the Brahma Kumaris have been helping to bring people of different faiths and cultures together, believing that a deeper understanding between faiths, based on acceptance and respect, will contribute to a culture of peace and non-violence in our world community.
Spirituality and Men (SAM)
Centred in the UK, but with similar activities happening in Australia, Brazil, Canada, France, the Netherlands and the USA, Spirituality and Men aims to explore the spirit of man through informative dialogue, honest interaction and the silence of meditation.
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Places of Detention
The Brahma Kumaris' currently work within places of detention with both staff and detainees.
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Convened either as a day-long workshop or a series of weekend retreats, "Four Faces of Women" events encourage participants to explore the symbolism of four 'faces' which have characterized women and their role in society through the ages–identities stored in the subconscious mind which influence every woman's sense of self today. The eternal face symbolizes innocence and purity; the traditional face symbolizes security and protection; the modern face symbolizes searching and questioning; and the face of the Shakti symbolizes power, self–respect, and transformation.
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Hi guys! I'm a pre-law student/undergrad, and I'm about to start in the fall at University of Florida. I'm going to be majoring in Political Science, but I'm in a bit of a tizzy regarding my language choices. I wanted to minor in Persian (I'm Iranian) but sadly they don't offer it at my school. Right now I'm narrowing my choices between Russian, Chinese, Japanese or Arabic. I have a bit of an advantage in terms of Japanese, since I taught myself hiragana and katakana one lonely summer five years ago (lol). I just want to know what language is the best choice for people planning to pursue International Law. It would help immensely, since I pick my minor soon!! Thanks!


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Rokita presides over NASS Conference
Contact: Jim Gavin
Report Urges Adoption of Rotating Regional Presidential Primaries
(Washington, DC) -- As President of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita recently returned from leading the group's conference in Washington, DC where Rotating Regional Primaries was the hot topic in light of this year's presidential elections.
During the conference, NASS released a report of the NASS Subcommittee on Presidential Primaries entitled, "The Case for Regional Presidential Primaries in 2012 and Beyond" which is now available online. This report urges adoption of a regional system for presidential primaries and was developed with input from leading academics and chief state election officials in more than 20 states.
"In 2005, the Commission on Federal Election Reform, co-chaired by former President Jimmy Carter and former Secretary of State James A. Baker, III, formally endorsed the Rotating Regional Primary plan," Rokita said. "Members of Congress, top political pundits, political scientists and newspaper editorial boards around the U.S. including the Washington Post and USA Today are in support as well."
The document was written for state and national political party representatives as well as other opinion leaders with the ability to bring about changes to the process for the next presidential election cycle. Kentucky Secretary of State Trey
Grayson, co-chair of the NASS Subcommittee on Presidential Primaries, stressed the need to call for action.
"If the system remains unchecked for 2012, the process will remain chaotic, unfair and subject to the decisions
of state leaders who can afford to ignore party rules and sanctions," Grayson said. "It is time to stop the frontloading of
the presidential nominating calendar so that states are not pitted against each other in a quadrennial attempt to
land a prized early spot in the sequence of voting."
The NASS plan would divide the country into geographical regions (East, South, Midwest and West) and spread out the primaries and caucuses over a four-month time period, beginning in March of each cycle. The voting order of the regions would then rotate every four years. The traditional "lead-off" contests in Iowa and New Hampshire would still come first, but only as a warm-up to give lesser-known, under-funded candidates the chance to establish themselves as genuine competitors in the larger, regional competitions that follow.
In addition to providing details and background on the NASS Rotating Regional Presidential Primaries Plan, the new report outlines the broad support that exists for the proposal, from political endorsements to major newspaper editorials. It also provides information on the 2008 nominating calendar and charts the frontloading phenomenon from 2000 to 2008. A special section details the impacts of frontloading on election administrators, many of whom were forced to carry out election preparations during the busy end-of-year holiday season.
"Although no system is perfect and without its flaws, we believe that regional primaries are the best way to choose our president," said Iowa Secretary of State Michael Mauro, co-chair of the NASS Subcommittee on Presidential Primaries. "Election officials don't want to live through another campaign cycle where we're trying to get ready for caucuses and primaries while people are celebrating Thanksgiving and other big holidays. It's just not rational."
NASS members plan to send the report to national and state political party leaders. The RNC Standing Committee on Rules will meet this spring to consider adopting a modified version of the NASS plan, along with four alternative proposals. The DNC has also indicated that it will examine its nominating procedures.
For more information, download the report at http://www.nass.org/.
Founded in 1904, the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS) is the oldest professional, non-partisan organization of public officials in the United States. Members include the 50 states, the District of Columbia and the territories of American Samoa, Guam, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. For more information, visit www.nass.org.
In the first photo (L-R): Kosei Murota, First Secretary of Management and Coordination Section, Embassy of Japan, Ohio Secretary of State Jennifer Brunner, Indiana Secretary of State Todd Rokita, Florida Secretary of State Kurt Browning, and Oliver Liao of Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office.
In the second photo: Secretary Rokita addresses NASS Secretaries at the Indonesian Embassy in Washington, DC.


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New mill setting, higher temp, and looser mash were all factors. Hard to say which was mainly responsible.
I'm assuming the flow rate for your run off was slower than usual? If so, that is likely the reason your efficiency was improved. If you are willing to spend the time, high efficiency is possible.


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If South Carolinians want to remain competitive in the 21st century labor market, we need greater access to higher education, and that means breaking the old, exclusive and expensive pattern of colleges and
Experiments like the University of South Carolina's Palmetto College are a good start. This program will allow students with two years of classroom college credits to finish a bachelor's degree online. The program will be fairly limited at first, but as it grows, it may represent a more useful future model for higher education.
The current model simply doesn't work well for our collective or individual economic futures. It requires students to compete for limited slots at expensive schools. It limits the number of people who can access higher education, and it makes the cost prohibitive for many.
Colleges are exclusive because they can house only so many students in dorms and in classrooms. They are expensive because the facilities and faculty are expensive on a per-student basis.
That could change if colleges and universities move to a higher-volume business model that isn't based on residential students.
If students don't have to live on campus, then they and their parents don't have to pay the college for room and board costs, which often equal tuition.
If a college professor can teach 5,000 students through an online class, his salary and expenses can be shared by 5,000 rather than 100, lowering the cost of the class. The technology needed to enable this class also would be a fraction of the expenses of building and maintaining physical classrooms.
There are some areas of study that would require hands-on personal training, but the more we can use technology to create virtual schools and online classrooms, the more progress we can make in offering higher education opportunities to more people and making those opportunities affordable.
That would allow South Carolina to have a more educated and higher-skilled workforce, which would enable us to better attract businesses and improving our economy. ...
USC and other state schools should push forward with online learning. The function of these colleges is not to win football games or to reach high rankings in national magazines. It is to prepare South Carolinians and the state's workforce for their economic future. That future will require much greater access to higher education, and online learning may be the method to accomplish that goal.


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