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After delay, council endorses Chafee plan to help cities
At first, it appeared that Ward 1 Councilman Steven Colantuono was the only council member to favor his resolution in support of Governor Lincoln Chafee's legislative package to help distressed municipalities. He was met with silence when he moved favorable action on the resolution..
However, more than 10 minutes afterward, Ward 4 Councilman Joseph Solomon asked Council President Bruce Place why they skipped the legislation in question. Apparently, Solomon did not hear Colantuono's motion.
As a result, the council regrouped and Solomon made a motion for reconsideration. With that, the council began a discussion about the package, which they approved on an 8-1 vote, with Ward 3 Councilwoman Camille Vella-Wilkinson holding out.
During the debate, she told Chafee that while she firmly supports pension reform, she didn't agree with his proposal.
"I see this as no more than union busting," she told Chafee.
When Chafee addressed the council, he said his municipal package will give "highly distressed" cities and towns, or those enduring considerable financial hardship, more freedom in dealing with their current fiscal situations, as well as reduce or do away with the annual cost-of-living-adjustment increases for public retiree pensions. Cities that classify as "highly distressed" include Providence, Woonsocket, Pawtucket and West Warwick.
"What I'm asking with this municipal package is not for money; I'm just asking for reforms that allow them to address what the state did to them," he said at the council Monday night. "Why does that affect us in Warwick? Well, if West Warwick goes into bankruptcy as Central Falls did, it's a black eye for Rhode Island."
Chafee went on to say that he is asking other municipalities across the state, including Warwick, Jamestown, Tiverton, Little Compton, among others, to do whatever they can to prevent more bankruptcies in Rhode Island.
"I call it taking the handcuffs off," he said. "We threw West Warwick in the pool and said, 'Here, swim with handcuffs on.' Let's at least take the handcuffs off so they can reach the side for fiscal stability. Mark my words: Central Falls will be joined by one or two or three communities. Please give them some help."
Initially, it seemed as if the council wasn't in support of the package, as Solomon, as well as Ward 6 Councilwoman Donna Travis, spoke against it. Travis mentioned that she is worried about the financial stability of Warwick.
"We don't want to be put in these positions either," she said. "Warwick will still have to be a top priority."
During the committee meeting about an hour or so earlier, Council President Place echoed the same sentiments.
"I believe we should be helping highly stressed communities but we should be affording the communities that aren't highly distressed an opportunity to benefit by some of the mandates that are going to be relaxed so we don't become one of those distressed communities," he said.
But, Colantuono, along with the mayor's chief of staff, Mark Carruolo, explained why and how the package would impact Warwick. If, for example, West Warwick goes bankrupt and needs to shut down it's fire department, Warwick will need to respond. Further, Colantuono said it might be beneficial for people to view it from a community perspective.
"Where are they going [and] how are they living?" he said.
"This will give them the opportunity, if they so choose, to improve their fiscal health."
My problem with the Govenors aid package is that just like every other solution anyone has come up with, it relies almost soley on taking away from men and women who put on their heels and workboots and go to work for us every day while not even aknowledging that almost half of this states 7+ billion dollar annual budget goes to programs rife with waste and corruption within the health and human services dept. Thats over 3.5 BILLION dollars a year. Thats money that can lower taxes, fund pensions and provide mandate relief. I just dont know how much longer you can drain workers and ignore the fraudsters on the public dole that cost us billions.


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Placebase, providers of the commercial business mapping platform Pushpin, have announced a new Location Data API as well as a very useful new application that leverages it: PolicyMap.
PolicyMap, built in collaboration with The Reinvestment Fund, a non-profit investment group focused on neighborhood revitalization, is an online mapping tool that leverages their new API to provide access to a wide range of market and demographic data:
PolicyMap offers more than 4,000 indicators related to demographics, real estate markets, crime, schools, housing affordability, employment, energy, and public investments. PolicyMap aggregates indicators from a variety of sources including U.S. Census, Claritas, FBI, IRS, Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and Boxwood Means (a value-added reseller of home sale data). PolicyMap compiles and scrubs the data to ensure that it is reliable and accurate. Every data variable comes with simple, easy-to-understand descriptions and precise technical definitions.
Target customers include civic organizations, city planners, government agencies, grantmaking organizations, real estate developers, and lending institutions.
The service works on a freemium model in which the basic service is free and paid Standard and Premium subscriptions allow access to additional services like proprietary data and projections, custom regions, more reports, and the ability to upload your own data. Subscription prices per user range from a standard level at $200 to month to a premium level at $5,000 per year.
From a platform perspective their new REST-based location data API, PlaceSTAT, returns statistical and location data about places as HTML, KML and GeoJSON:
The free service offers 15 different statistics for more than 65,000 locations, from basic information like an area's population to useful tidbits like average income levels and campaign contributions. The commercial version of the API makes more than 10,000 variables available for over 200,000 locations. Currently, the Free version of the REST API is US-only.
In some ways this can be seen as complementary to Yahoo's new Internet Location Platform in that it will provide deeper data about a given location.


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Erica Frantz
Dictatorships have dominated global politics for hundreds of years, from the pharaohs of Egypt to the absolute monarchs of Europe. Though democracy has since spread to much of the world, about a third of today's countries are still ruled by dictatorship. And yet, compared to democracies, we know very little about how dictatorships work, who the key political actors are, and where decision-making powers lie. Political processes are opaque, and information is often intentionally distorted. Political survival depends not on maintaining the favor of voters, as in democracies, but on securing the backing of a considerably smaller coalition of supporters. The absence of a reliable third party to enforce compromises among key players means that power-sharing deals lack credibility and the threat of forced ouster is omnipresent. Uncertainty pervades authoritarian politics.
Modern autocrats respond to this uncertain environment in a variety of ways. They use political parties, legislatures, elections, and other institutions typically associated with democracies to lessen their risk of overthrow. Despite the façade of democracy, these institutions are key components of most autocrats' survival strategies; those that incorporate them last longer in power than those that do not. The specific ways in which autocratic institutions are used and the extent to which they can constrain leadership choices to prevent consolidation of power into the hands of a single individual, however, vary enormously from one dictatorship to the next. Better understanding the conditions that push autocracies down a path of collegial versus strongman rule remains a critical task, particularly given that the latter is associated with more war, economic mismanagement, and resistance to democratization.
Constitution-Making in Comparative Perspective
Gabriel L. Negretto
Constitution-making has been a central political activity in the modern era. Enacting a new constitution was an essential ingredient in the foundation of republics, the creation of new states, the inauguration of democratic regimes, and the reequilibration of democracies during or after a political crisis. Constitution writing has also become a crucial part of the process of overcoming a legacy of violent internal conflict and a component of authoritarian regimes that seek to gain legitimacy by emulating the formalities of representative democracies. This article surveys the most important concepts and issues related to the comparative analysis of constitution-making. Although it draws examples from constitutions made in a wide variety of settings, special attention is paid to constitutional texts adopted or implemented under competitive conditions.
Diplomacy in Foreign Policy
Kenneth Weisbrode
Diplomacy's role in foreign policy is hampered by multiple understandings of what diplomacy is and does. A broad definition of diplomacy holds that it encompasses more than the promotion of peaceful international relations. Instead, it applies to the sum of those relations—peaceful, hostile, and everything in between. Thus, foreign relations—so long as they involve the interests, direction, and actions of a sovereign power—may be regarded as being synonymous with diplomatic relations, whereby foreign policy relates to the theory and practice of setting diplomatic priorities; planning for contingencies; advancing strategic, operational, and tactical diplomatic aims; and adjusting those aims to domestic and foreign constraints. This conception of diplomacy is functional: it emphasizes the roles of diplomats and recognizes that many other people perform these roles besides official envoys; and it illustrates that diplomatic settings—and the means, methods, and tools of diplomacy—undergo continuous change. The basic mediating purpose of diplomacy, however, has endured, as has much of its institutional apparatus—embassies, ambassadors, treaties, and so on. This is likely to remain the case so long as there are multiple polities in the world, all having to relate to one another.


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Officers Hear Shots, Quickly Find Suspects
September 11th, 2012 by milwaukeepolice
On Thursday, September 6, 2012, at 11:54 p.m., District 3 Police Officers Leon Davis, Ryan Fekete, Christopher Randazzo and Sgt. Todd Smolen heard shots fired coming from the area of the 4200 block of W. North Ave.
Upon approaching the area they came upon a shooting victim, a 22-year-old man. The officers quickly identified the suspect vehicle with the assistance of the victim and citizen witnesses. The officers stopped the vehicle and arrested the occupants, a man and woman, both age 20. The gun used in the shooting also was recovered inside the vehicle.
Great work by these officers in finding the suspects and likely preventing the next shooting.


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For the most part, South Africa's North West province is a vast grassland dotted with trees and views that stretch to distant horizons. It contains 2 of the country's largest game reserves, the world's largest playground and a World Heritage Site.
The Magaliesberg mountain range occupies the province's north-east corner, while the mighty Vaal River creates a natural boundary to the south.
It was here in 1924 that the skull of an early hominid was unearthed by Professor Raymond Dart at the Taung Heritage Site, and it was in the North West province that a colossal meteorite impacted with the Earth to form the Vredefort Dome; today a World Heritage Site.
North West's capital, Mafikeng, is most famous for the 1899 Siege of Mafikeng during the Anglo-Boer War, and the founding of the Boy Scout movement. A visit to the Mafikeng Museum, Kanon Kopje and the Barolong Boora Tshidi Kgotla will help fit the historical puzzle pieces in place.
Its inland location and extensive grasslands provide the perfect setting for a number of malaria-free wildlife reserves. These include Madikwe, South Africa's fourth-largest game reserve, and the Pilanesberg National Park, both home to the Big 5 and many more southern African mammals and birds.
Magaliesberg, Hartbeespoort and Pilanesberg are popular weekend getaway spots where paragliding, windsurfing, water skiing and jet skiing attract thrill-seekers. Then there's Wondergat, an extensive underwater cave network where many divers have honed their skills.
Standing proudly incongruent to this rustic scene is Sun City, the world's largest playground, and The Lost City, an African-inspired architectural masterpiece. From the swells at the Valley of the Waves and the greens of the exceptional golf course to the massive casino and entertainment complex, this is an awe-inspiring place in which to wile away the hours.
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Best time to visit
Summer are very hot, winters mild to cool. But all the seasons have something to recommend them in this part of the country.
Around the area
Vredefort Dome World Heritage Site; Taung Heritage Site; Wondergat; Magaliesberg; Hartbeespoort Dam; Pilanesberg National Park; Madikwe Game Reserve; The Lost City; Sun City
How to get around
The road network is extensive and well-maintained, so driving yourself around is easy. Alternatively, opt for a guided tour by bus or mini-van.
Where to stay
The region offers a full range of accomodation from backpackers and B&B's to hotels and guest houses.
What to eat
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Agile 2010: Where Were the Programmer-Focused Sessions?
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At the Agile 2010 conference in Orlando last week, Uncle Bob Martin tweeted about the low number of programming sessions on the conference schedule:
- < 10% of the talks at #agile2010 are about programming. Is programming really < 10% of Agile?
- #agile2010 Code is 25% of the manifesto. Code should be 25% of the conference. No?
- #agile2010 Programmers started the agile movement to get closer to customers not project mangers.
This resulted in a flurry of twitter responses and some ongoing discussion amongst those who were there and those that weren't.
J. B. Rainsberger was one of those who attended, and blogged on the topic afterwards.
He states:
I just came back from Agile 2010, which I rather enjoyed. We had some intense discussions, and plenty of whining sessions, about the relative lack of content for programmers. I found out that about 1/6 of the conference attendees identified themselves as "developers" and about 1/5 identified themselves as "consultants". If we suppose that even half the consultants are programmers, then only about 1/5 to 1/4 of the attendees had medium-to-strong interest in deep content for programmers. It turns out that the number of such sessions amounted to about 1/5 of the program, and by all reports, most had lower-than-expected attendance. If the conference offered enough content for programmers, then I have to ask two questions:
1) Why didn't more programmers attend Agile 2010?
2) Why didn't more of the programmers who attended Agile 2010 go to the deep technical sessions?
His blog entry garnered more than 20 responses, including the following::
George Dinwiddie:
I still consider myself a programmer, though I earn my living by coaching and consulting these days. But I don't go to the Agile conference to learn programming techniques. And I'm not sure that the conference format is conducive to doing so. How much hands-on programming can you do in 90 minutes? I tend to use non-programming simulations, so that the action is more visible, and even that is hard within a 90-minute time-box
The Agile Conference hasn't cast out the programmers. It's not taken over by "them". It's a big tent where we can meet and understand others who come from a different direction with different assumptions.
Mark Simpson
The reason I did not attend Agile2010 was money; nothing to do with the program. I can't afford such a conference unless my company helps (I did afford Agile2009 - but that cannot be the norm). And i if I had gone to Agile2010 I am reasonably sure I would have gone to plenty of non-programmer type sessions. This is the stuff I have _real_ problems with - I need help on non-programming stuff more than the coding.
Damon Poole
I'll answer with another question. :-) Is the problem with getting more organizations to *actually* be Agile rather than just check the box in an Analyst survey one of individuals coding, or of organizations changing? I'm thinking that while there is more that individual developers can do to be more Agile, the greater problem is at the ecosystem level
Jason Herman(http://twitter.com/iamtourmalet)
I am a developer and did attend the conference. There were not too many deep technical sessions that I attended, partially perhaps because there were not too many that were relevant to what I do . . . I suppose to sum it up, the "soft skills" of Agile are the ones that are the pillars on which we stand and will sustain our Agile initiatives for many many sprints to come and I attended those in lieu of some of the deep techie sessions
Liz Koegh(One of the recipients of the Gordon Pask Award at the conference)
I didn't submit any technical sessions because there was only one stage, and I felt I had a better chance of differentiating myself on the other stages. A lot of people had submitted various BDD-related technical sessions and it looked a little crowded. I also feel that at the moment, my biggest challenge as a developer is coding the right thing, rather than coding the thing right.
It felt like the right kind of balance, to me, so maybe it's just that those people who weren't happy with the balance are making themselves heard more than those who were. Corey's Code Retreat afterwards rocked; I would definitely like to see another of those next year.
She went on to blog about the value of the Code Retreat run by Corey Haines after the conference, which was a deeply technical programmers learning session where programming pairs were focusing on learning and applying new ways of writing code. She points out that this can't be achieved in a 90-180 minute conference session, it needs intensive concentration in a non-distracting environment to let the ideas flow. Uncle Bob Martin also blogged on the session and what it was like working with her.
Another commentator who wrote about the lack of developer focused sessions is Mike from the "A Software Craft" blog:
What do I see dominating the Agile2010 program? Lots of good sessions on learning, communicating, coaching, creativity, adoption strategies. Sessions that I would probably come out of saying "interesting" and "thought-provoking". But ultimately, sessions that were easy to digest. Not sessions where I encountered concepts that are fundamentally difficult and require hard work to master. Not sessions where I struggled to write good tests and emerged with a determination to rework and discuss the examples over the coming weeks until I finally felt I understood it.
Perhaps I'm a minority. @HackerChick tweeted about a tutorial on TDD where only a quarter of the attendees showed up with laptops, prepared to get their hands dirty. Perhaps Agile2010 isn't the conference for me. A conference where the technical track is only 1/15 of the program. And the technical track includes sessions on "The Butterfly Effect" and how to "Walk and Code". But I worry about another crop of agile converts, filled with all the soft skills and strategies they need to succeed, headed for failure because they don't know about the hard work and dedication needed to build that essential ingredient: the agile developer.
Llewllyn Falco responded to this post with
I deeply agree that there should be more technical talks, but I don't in the least blame agile2010. I was at most of them, and they where not full. I think agile2010 is accurately measuring judging the demand, I wish there were more people showing up wanting to code. of course they could just go to the code retreat afterward on saturday. it's free! if you're are already here it's barely any money at all, and even cheap if you just flew in for the day!
Kurt Häusler also responded with
Also if you think about the stages that developers and organizations go through with agile, they usually start off with the technical practices, which can be learned from books, but proficiency comes with practice. Even then the developers are going to feel much more comfortable exercising their technical skills and making decisions that effect the way things get programmed. The management aspects are however more difficult to grasp. If a manager has been CSPO certified but is otherwise uninterested or unengaged in agile and lean, or thinks it is only something that is relevant to developers, then this is the ideal candidate for visiting a conference like agile 2010 and finding out how his management practices and philosophy can catch up to the technical practices that the developers have already been working with. A conference is ideal for this, as they can talk with others and share knowledge and go into detail on special circumstances.
But it is all a difference of perspective. Apparently a lot of people are involved in situations where management has applied scrum, yet the developers neglect to apply XP practices. I suppose this might be your situation. I have never been in a situation like that, but I have experienced the reverse. Competent developers, that learn and apply the XP practices fairly well, and did so without the help of a conference, maybe even with a basic scrum process, involving only the developers, struggling to make further progress because management are simply not as engaged in agility as the developers.
Cory Foy, one of the stage producers for the Team Room Agile stage, also blogged about the non-programmer focus of the conference, and makes a strong call for a more technical focused conference – bringing back the XP Universe conference which was merged into the Agile 20XX in 2005.
He announced the intention to run an XPUniverse 2011 conference focused on :
The hands-on practices that enable us to deliver software which provides incremental value in an iterative fashion. And a hands-on conference where you are expected to have your laptop, where you will be taking back practical exercises and practices to your development team. A conference focused on the developers, testers and the customers they love and who love them. A conference focusing on the fundamental principles of XP: Rapid Feedback, Assume Simplicity, Incremental Change, Embracing Change, Quality Work. And a conference small enough (~300 people) to be able to connect, explore and learn.
What do you think – does the world need an XP Universe conference in 2011? Did Agile 2011 have the right mix of technical and non-technical sessions
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Cory Foy
Personally, for me, Agile 20xx and the SQE conferences are exactly what we need - a chance to focus on the entire value stream. While many of us would agree that Clean Code is a large part of insuring adaptability and flexibility as the product grows, I believe the dysfunctions lie elsewhere. In fact, I'd garner to say that even with Clean Code in every facet of an organization, they would have trouble taking advantage of it. It's that dysfunction that I see the Agile at SQE conferences helping to put a light on, and I think that's a great thing.
What I think we'll find is a balance where we can help introduce more of the XP Practices to developers at the big conferences, and then help them focus on improving those skills in the smaller ones. I'm sure it will take a couple of tries to get right, and I'm particularly thrilled at the passion from all sides and the willingness of the community to step up and find a way to make this work.
Agile is not just about Group Hugs and being Warm and Fuzzy
Patrick Dooley
Industry has accepted the wisdom that to manage experts, one must not be an expert. It is believed that management is a skill somehow orthogonal and independent to any domain expertise. We now have the unfortunate situation where it is not unusual, and perhaps rather more likely that teams of experts are managed by individuals who do not share their expertise or their enthusiasm. All of my experience indicates that this is certainly the case in the software industry. Perhaps the software industry is experiencing this to a greater extent than any other industry because:
• It is a relatively new field and we are still trying to mature as a profession and,
• Very few industries in modern times have grown so rapidly and have had such deep pockets for so long.
Agile is now becoming the prevalent management paradigm. I do not think it is a coincidence that the agile community is focusing less and less on technical knowhow and more and more on management skills. The same set of professionals who managed via waterfall, are now attempting to manage via Agile.
To be successful in creating complex systems, one must be able to intuitively replicate - in a software framework - the complex and utterly sophisticated mental model that a finely tuned, high performance mind creates when attaining domain expertise. In other words, one must create a "Dynabook" - an extension of the mind itself. In my humble opinion, there exist too few software professionals that have attained this level of craftsmanship.
The only community in the agile space that is attempting to tackle this problem - and in my view successfully – is Eric Evans and the proponents of Domain Driven Design (DDD). Unfortunately in my experience, this is the one branch of XP that agile coaches tend to ignore. It is treated as if it were a rather awkward and embarrassing relative one is particularly distressed to admit to.
I admit he isn't pretty, nor is he very cosmopolitan, or flashy, or sexy; it might even be pleasurable to ostracize him and even publicly humiliate him, but I sincerely believe that, in the end, we will be the ones left with egg on our faces.
Re: Agile is not just about Group Hugs and being Warm and Fuzzy
J. B. Rainsberger
The only community in the agile space that is attempting to tackle this problem - and in my view successfully – is Eric Evans and the proponents of Domain Driven Design (DDD). Unfortunately in my experience, this is the one branch of XP that agile coaches tend to ignore. It is treated as if it were a rather awkward and embarrassing relative one is particularly distressed to admit to.
I admit he isn't pretty, nor is he very cosmopolitan, or flashy, or sexy; it might even be pleasurable to ostracize him and even publicly humiliate him, but I sincerely believe that, in the end, we will be the ones left with egg on our faces.
Which agile coaches have you seen intentionally ignore DDD? The BDD literature expressly mentions DDD as a focal part. I might guess that many agile coaches see DDD as an intermediate step and so few get to make it that far, but I don't know of any actively pooh-poohing it. Any articles I ought to read?
Great conference
Arin Sime
I only went to one technical experience report, but that's because I was more interested in the process and people related topics. I agree with the sentiment expressed by some on this page and other blogs that the challenges that I have run into with agile and traditional methods have been more people and process related than technical in nature. Agile methods help me deal with those challenges much better and the conference tracks gave me a lot of ideas of how to further improve our company's Agile practices.
Some of the best sessions I went to were about agile coaching, and I was pleased to see many options there. Since my role in Agile projects has grown over time, I found that I really benefited from the focus on mentoring and non-technical coaching aspects in those sessions, and I had some real epiphanies.
That's not at all to say that the more technical practices aren't important - they are very important and I would be interested in the efforts being made to provide other ways to get those sessions out there. Those types of sessions just weren't my focus for what I wanted to learn at this conference. Considering that many of the sessions I attended were standing-room only, I think there was a lot of similar sentiment among attendees.
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Gertie's Coat!
Added Oct 17, 2012
by Scary Merry
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My new coat made from the Butterick 5824 pattern by Gretchen Hirsch! Not including the muslins I did, I made it in about 2.5 days because I was bored, needed a warm coat, and I'm apparently a one woman sweat shop. This was my first ever coat, and I also did bound buttonholes for the first time and added an interior pocket. I also interlined it because I felt like the coat fabric wasn't heavy enough. I basted the Thermolam to the skirt lining pieces and quilted the bodice lining with it. This was also my first time quilting anything.
Did I mention that I've been sewing for not quite three months? :D
More details at my blog: http://young-broke-and-fabulous.blogspot.com/search/label/butterick%205824
Material Notes
The shell fabric is a rayon poly blend, the lining a poly charmeuse, and it's interlined with Thermolam.
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Oct 19, 2012, 02.20 AMby Mirrim R
Wow, looks great on you! Love the lining.
Oct 17, 2012, 01.37 PMby pauline alice
It's a beautiful coat and the colour is fabulous, as well as the roses lining. And you've been sewing for only 3 months? Wow, that's amazing!
Oct 17, 2012, 12.41 PMby Patti Marrin
I have to say, love the coat…Better yet is your Ghastys print dress!
Oct 17, 2012, 09.22 AMby Mary Athey
Fab coat!! the linings lovely and the red suits you. and a big wow for sewing for just three months. i.ve been sewing on and of for thirty years and still have.nt done interling or bound buttonholes . well done x
Oct 17, 2012, 06.02 AMby clairegeit
Love It!
The lining looks great! Do you find it still falls nicely in the skirt with the extra interlining? I am thinking of doung this to my coat too.
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Oct 17, 2012, 06.08 AMby Scary Merry
It certainly added body to the skirt- almost too much, actually! I feel like I was able to strike just the right balance with the volume and length, and in any case, I'd rather have the volume rather than it hanging limply.
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Finance Made Easy with Finance for Non-Financial Managers
Class helps managers find comfort with financial concepts and models.
If you're not a finance professional, understanding financial concepts and models can be intimidating. Carlson Executive Education's Finance for Non-Financial Managers course is designed to help you understand how and why financial decisions are made and, more importantly, how your contribution adds to the financial success of your organization.
"This is a class that allows you to delve into the mystery of how investors measure, and financial managers measure and manage, value creation in the firm," says Senior Lecturer Rick Nelson. "We're going to take you from knowing nothing to being comfortable talking to the financial professionals about the accounting and financial metrics they use to evaluate the success of the business."
A range of subjects are covered over the three-day class, including understanding the finance view of the firm, using accounting to understand your business, identifying value added decision rules, and discounted cash flow analysis. These topics are all presented using hands-on examples and cases to demonstrate the value creation principles.
"Of course, you're always going to rely on financial experts to help you," says Nelson, "but if you're outside of the set of people who are in-the-know of these subjects you can really feel uncomfortable. This class is a nonthreatening way to get some comfort."
Nelson says that he starts the class by surveying attendees about what they want out of the program, so that "you can be sure that your questions are going to be addressed and answered." It's one of the most satisfying aspects of teaching the class for Nelson.
"I've worked in five or six different firms before I became an academic and the way of thinking about adding value is the same. The details are all different, but the way of thinking is the same," says Nelson. "It's fun to hear attendees say, 'Oh, that's why the financial people were worried about this piece' or 'That's why I have to have less inventory around.' That's really exciting."
Throughout the class schedule, Nelson is joined by an assortment of Carlson instructors, many of whom have won teaching awards voted by students, including accounting Senior Lecturer Charlie Caliendo who was voted best Carlson Executive MBA instructor; Senior Lecturer John Molloy who has been elected the best undergraduate instructor for two years running; and Associate Professor Rajesh Aggarwal, voted best MBA elective instructor.
"Getting a chance to be taught by the best of the best at the Carlson School is something you're going to get out of this class," says Nelson.


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Meet Ashley from Oceanside, California, currently featured in our Project Live Your Life Holiday 2013 campaign. Ashley lives to play soccer and volleyball, ride dirt bikes, drink chocolate milk and to be kind to others. Her favorite part of the Alaska photo shoot was the nature and all the breathtaking spots we shot at. Check out our favorite five facts about Ashley and see some exclusive behind-the-scenes photos.
What is your guilty pleasure?
Anything chocolate, especially hot chocolate.
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I'm always in the water, whether it's my pool or the ocean! I'm so blessed to live on the coast.
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Get to know the locals and go adventuring!
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Quote:Hi,thought I'd post sometin different.Anyone experience thoughtlessness? It cant be described nor related only experienced. This state also is akin to having the brains 'gatekeepers', Thalamus, hippocmpus and amygadla, disabled so that an overload of typically filtered errata of sensory input is allowed as to shutdown or 'overload' the frontal cortex as to render one incapable of "normal daily" thought processes. (WORDS)(What does a baby experience before WORDS)The achievement of such a state is intended to be temporary otherwise...well this society would rightly "commit" an individual permanently in this state for their own safety.Just trying to post something others may not be aware of, one may have epiphany to such a degree but still must live a bodily life.It's when the trap of desire for extended periods in this state where some go awry. Animals and the dain bramaged live in the moment but still have some grounding in LIFE, any comments on this aspect of Experience....or did I just make a dead end post to replace the "why are we alive" post?-Karl. Peace.
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Airstream Europe Trailer Targets Larger Families
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Airstream Europe has announced a brand new addition to its iconic range of silver bullet tourers in the form of the five-berth International 685, according to a report by Caravan Times.
Due to be launched at the Feb. 14-19 NCC Motorhome, Caravan and Camping Show at the London Excel Center, this model will offer a slice of classic Americana that is big enough to accommodate larger families.
The 685 is the first European Airstream caravan to feature a bunk bed arrangement and the triple bunk in this model is certainly out of the ordinary. Instead of simply stacking all three bunks on top of each other, the middle bed is set at a right-angle to the other two, resulting in more headroom for all the youngsters in the back.
The 685 also includes a bathroom door that can double up as a solid dividing door when opened by 90 degrees, meaning that parents can enjoy added peace and quiet in the front of the RV, along with Italian-made aluminum alloy-framed beds that are at least six feet long. A convertible double bed in the front end, a nearside kitchenette and an offside bathroom complete the unique layout.
The new model has been five years in the making and was designed in reaction to customer feedback from larger families, following the launch of the International 684 in 2006.
Michael Hold, sales director for Airstream Europe, said: "The interest over the years in a large family oriented European Airstream has always been there and now we can deliver a travel trailer that comfortably fulfills the requirements of a family of five."
Caravan Times noted that the new twin-axle Airstream would require a heavier tow vehicle while also carrying a starting MSRP of nearly $81,000.


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It's a been a brutal few days in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern regions hit by Hurricane Sandy; a weather event dubbed the "Frankenstorm" because it merged with two other weather systems – a winter storm from the West Coast and a mass of frigid air descending from Canada – to generate not only high winds and flooding, but blizzards as well.
Below you can see how the "Frankenstorm" practically buried West Virginia in three feet of the white stuff.
New Jersey and New York – specifically long Island and Manhattan – took the brunt of this "super storm" system and as a result comprise the biggest portion of the $50 billion in estimated property damage and lost productivity left in its wake.
Hardest hit in some respects is New York City's Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA), which suffered untold damage to its subway and commuter railroad lines.
Aerial footage provided by the aviators of the 1-150th Assault Helicopter Battalion of the New Jersey National Guard gives just a glimpse of how devastating this "super storm" proved to the Garden State.
"There are no words to describe what the state of New Jersey has experienced," New Jersey Governor Chris Christie noted in a televised press conference yesterday – surely giving voice to not only what Garden State residents are feeling, but what all of those along the East Coast who suffered the super storm's wrath are feeling as well.
Yet the Governor also gave a nod to the indomitable American spirit, tool: "We have a long road ahead of us but I have every confidence we will come out of this better and stronger than before."
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One of the most difficult feeding challenges faced by dairy farmers is the dropoff in feed intake and milk production during the summer. During the peak of summer, consumption of dry matter typically falls by about 16% to around 42 pounds per day for a mature
To minimize these losses, rations must be formulated for hot weather. Hot-weather rations must deliver all the protein, energy and minerals needed by the cow in a smaller package than the standard ration. At the same time, these rations must still supply enough effective fiber to maintain rumen health.
Feeding Strategies
To accomplish this, use the highest quality forages and concentrates. Low-quality forages are usually low in both protein and energy, making it extremely difficult to balance nutrients while maintaining fiber at a level which prevents rumen acidosis and the related problems of depressed butterfat and laminitis. The use of byproduct feeds (beet pulp, cottonseed hulls, etc.) to supply additional ration fiber further complicates hot-weather rations. Although these feeds are high in chemical fiber, they contribute very little "chewable" fiber for maintaining rumen health. Also, high-fiber commodities provide less energy than grains but still produce considerable heat when fermented in the rumen.
Table 1 shows the nutrients required in a ration for a 1,200-pound cow producing 65 lbs of milk during hot weather. In addition to increasing ration protein and energy density, specific minerals must be increased during hot weather. Sodium and potassium are needed in larger amounts because of their loss in sweat. The cow's magnesium requirement must also be increased because magnesium absorption is decreased whenever potassium intake is increased.
Sodium can be provided as salt or as sodium bicarbonate. Potassium can be added as potassium chloride, potassium carbonate or potassium bicarbonate. Potassium, sodium bicarbonate and potassium carbonate also have the added benefit of adding buffering capacity to the diet, as well as increasing dietary cation-anion balance. It should be noted that these ingredients can reduce the palatability and consumption of the grain mix if it is fed separately from the forage.
Table 1. Required ration composition for a 1,200-lb cow producing 65 lbs of milk during hot weather
Crude protein
Net energy
.77 Mcal/lb
Fiber (ADF)
Assumes the cow can consume 42 lbs of dry matter.
Besides these buffer and salt additives, the potassium requirement can also be met using common feedstuffs high in potassium. Ryegrass hay and haylage can increase the potassium content of the ration. Molasses is also high in potassium and has the added benefit of improving palatability of the ration, which may help maintain feed intake.
Feeding management and timing are critical in hot weather. Cows are less interested in eating when their body temperature is elevated. Offering feed more frequently will lure cows to the feed bunk and help to maintain the freshness of wet feeds.
During the early morning hours, the air temperature and the temperature of cow's body reach their daily lows. This coincides with the morning milking time on many farms. If cows are cooled with fans and sprinklers during the milking process, cow temperatures will fall even further. To take full advantage of this, it is critical that fresh feed be present for all cows when they leave the milking parlor. This is the best opportunity during the day to increase the cow's feed intake.
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Japanese Studies Senior Summit - 4/28/2013
April 08, 2013
On April 28, 2013, Lewis & Clark will host the fourth-annual Japanese Studies Senior Summit, a gathering of students from Lewis & Clark College, Linfield College, Willamette University and Pacific University. The event provides seniors with the opportunity to present their senior research projects to peers at local colleges, to get feedback on their work, to network and discuss post-graduation plans, and simply to socialize with those interested in Japanese studies. The program also features a cultural event, this year's being a hands-on workshop with a sumi-e ink painting specialist, who will guide students as they prepare works of their own.
The event takes place in Smith Hall in the Albany building of Lewis & Clark Campus, and runs from 9am -3pm. The event is open to the public.
The event is sponsored by the Foreign Languages and Literatures Department and the Office of the Dean, Lewis & Clark College.


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A while back there was a thread that talked about how JS was initially dead set against trading for Harvin, mainly over the price, specifically the contract extension part.
Reflecting back on that fact just now, it donned on me: If John Schneider reacted so negatively to the idea of trading for Harvin initially, then it's very likely that the trade for Harvin was not his idea in the first place. And if it wasn't JS's idea, who's was it? Does Darrell Bevell have that kind of pull? I really doubt it. That just leaves Carroll, and of course PC had called Harvin "the best football player in America coming out of high school" in an interview from October of last year. Carroll had fought hard to recruit Harvin but just missed.
I can't prove it, but the evidence strongly suggests that the driver behind the Harvin trade was Carroll, not Schneider. In fact, it sounds like it might have been a source of friction for a short time given how emphatic Schneider's disinterest in handing out a (feared) Megatron type contract was. More on this in a moment.
The more we learned about the Whitehurst trade, the more it appeared to be a John Schneider move that Pete Carroll signed off on. John Schneider had a powerful memory of scouting Whitehurst going back to his time in Green Bay. The more we learned about the Russell Wilson pick, the more it appeared to be a John Schneider move that Pete Carroll signed off on. John Schneider was going to Wilson games in person and then raving about him to Pete.
Pete's had his victories too. I'm sure Mike Williams was his idea, as was Richard Sherman and, most likely, Brandon Browner. And now, in my opinion, you can probably add Percy Harvin to that list.
Point being, you have to really marvel at the working relationship these two guys have. Pete handpicked John Schneider and wouldn't be outside his rights to throw his weight around, but he doesn't. I get the impression that when they disagree, they listen to each other and leave the door open for persuasion, and often actually become persuaded. In the case of Harvin, the difference between a 1st, 3rd, 7th and $11 million a year isn't much different from a 1st, 3rd, 7th, and $13/$14 million a year, but it was enough to get John on board, probably because he saw the enthusiasm in Pete's eyes.
In the previous administration, we saw the team flush talents down the drain because Tim Ruskell and Mike Holmgren had a terrible working relationship. Other than a fishy rumor about Pete yelling at John over a fullback a few years ago, these guys never seem to clash over anything. And I don't care how similar two people are, they will always have a disagreement here and there. The way that they are able to come to a mutual understanding is very impressive. I have little doubt it's this ability to listen and compromise is one of the biggest reasons for their success.


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A campaign tackling early marriage in The Gambia
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Hi everyone my name is Adama Lee and am 18 yrs of age. Based on the UNICEF MICS report conducted by the Department of Social Welfare and UNICEF, it was clearly indicated that 36.6% of girls going to school in rural Gambia are forced to get married. To put a stop to this, I am collaborating with UNICEF, the Department of Social Welfare and GAMCOTRAP to conduct a sensitization campaign in communities in rural Gambia. Here, we will be meeting grandfathers and fathers, grandmothers, mothers, and women of reproductive age to sensitize them on the dangers of early marriage and to allow girls to go to school. From these communities we will also be meeting in schools around the vicinity.
The theme of my Campaign is LET GIRLS BE GIRLS NOT MOTHERS;
TREAT HER SPECIAL. I am little bit constraint with funding
which is why it hasn't kicked off. If you want to know more about
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My mother divorced my father when I was about 5 because my father found out she was cheating on him with her high school sweetheart. My mother wouldn't let us see our father. I never saw him again until I found him @ 17.
In the meanwhile, she got into drugs and re-married 6 or 7 more times. At age 9 and 11, we were taken by the government and put into foster homes (Real fun thing to have cops show up at your school and take you away for).
She ended up losing us permanently after the 2nd time. We all got split up. My younger brother and sister got sent to Idaho, I got sent to Washington(state) and my older sister remained in California.
My father? Left a rose on her windshield every aniversary no matter who she was married to, for 5 years before he finally left and moved to Montana. He's a soft, loving and hardworking man.
In short, my father.
Probably my mom because my Dad is too obsessed with winning, and I feel like he creates reasons to argue with me for no other reason than this.
FA LA LA LA LA LA, LA LA *runs away*
My dad. Even though he is not here anymore, I still love him more than my mother.
Going on eleven years (^-^)V
I love both my parents (:
I'm not crazy! My reality is just different than yours!
Grew up much closer to my mom. Now I'd probably say I favor my dad strongly.
I honestly don't know if I even love my mom anymore... either she has grown to be a pretty awful person or she always was and I've slowly come to see it.
My mom! My dad and I are just now starting to get along and I haven't lived at home for along time.
My blood type is Folgers!
My dad is just too strict and has anger and jealousy issues making some of my life depressing and making me an awk. person...althought maybe im awk. by nature:)
My daddy! My parents got divorced too... My dad has always listened to me and understood me. My mom is very hard to deal with sometimes!
Caught up in One Piece!! ʕ•ᴥ•ʔ *confetti*
Never knew my birth parents...
drink the wine and take my hand, and fly....
can't really say I love either of them, really.
my mother has always been an asshole to me for no reason. my whole life she just used me as free labor in her home business, which required a fair bit of heavy lifting. if I didn't do what I was told, then she would either hit me or just scream at me about how I was irresponsible, lazy, worthless, and all other kinds of niceties. my sisters could get away with doing pretty much whatever they want.
my dad was always just kinda.. there. well, when he was there, anyway. he worked long shifts and pretty much went to bed not long after getting home. when he had spare time, he went hunting. we get along just fine, but that's about it.
glass, once broken, can never be restored perfectly
Damn its a morton's fork. Damned if "mom," damned if "dad."
I refuse this!!
Thinking of something cool to say...
wow, this topic is depressing. most came to whine. I cant even amigine having to pick. even though my dad constantly yells at even the slightest mistake(like squish bread) and in the past tackeld me, I still love, respect,and acknowledge him as one of the greatest things in my life. My mom has a bad attitude and some other stuff, but shes still my mom and i love her. Theres a lot of "when i didnt do what they told me to they got mad". Suck it up, you have no disciplen, no understanding, and no balls.
if your life does not involve
abuse(like broken bones, cigarette burns and black eyes)
drug use
or crime then STFU and stop whining.
Dont try to post on this and say some selfritiousness crap on me.
Im back. How was studyville you ask? Judging by that question, you should visit.
My parents both have there weak and strong points . . . I think . . . I'll leave this unanswered
easy question, Mom
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North Central planning ahead for budget
Officials at the North Central Pennsylvania Regional Planning and Development Commission are working to finalize their budget as funding from various sources will continue to funnel through to the organization within the next several months."We're working to put together and finalize our organizational budget because of the various funding streams that we have and the various fiscal years that some of those programs operate under, it presents unique challenges in putting together an organizational and operational budget," said Eric Bridges, executive director at North Central. "Our budget process is dynamic and there are a lot of uncertainties in it. We make decisions with it only to have things change at some point in time. "Our budget to a certain degree is a moving target and we're only able to present what we know so far."


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Eagles send Lewis to Cleveland for Acho
Philadelphia, PA – The Philadelphia Eagles have traded running back Dion Lewis to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for linebacker Emmanuel Acho.
Lewis played 24 games over two seasons with the Eagles and rushed for 171 yards on 36 carries with a pair of touchdowns. The Eagles selected the Pittsburgh product in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft.
Acho, a sixth-round pick in the 2012 NFL Draft out of Texas, spent his first pro season on injured reserve.


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Devils Lake's Keaton Thompson will get a chance to fulfill his dream of competing for a gold medal.
Devils Lake's Keaton Thompson will get a chance to fulfill his dream of competing for a gold medal. The 18-year-old standout was selected to the U.S. men's National 18-Under hockey team and will join the team as it competes in the 2013 International Ice Hockey Federation Men's World Under-18 Championship in Sochi, Russia.
The tournament is scheduled to run from April 18 through April 28.
Thompson, one of 23 players named to the U.S. roster, is the son of Devils Lake's Todd Thompson, and the grandson of Allan Thompson, also of Devils Lake.
In Sochi, the U.S. Under-18 squad will try and continue its dominance on the ice. The U.S. squad has won each of the last five gold medals in the event, including last year in a tournament held in the Czech Republic.
The U.S. squad will be a bit younger than in previous years. The American squad will be led into the Sochi games by three returning veterans, forwards J.T. Compher and Anthony Louis, and defensemen Will Butcher.
Thompson is one of seven defensemen listed on the U.S. roster. In addition to Butcher and Thompson, the American roster will also sport defensemen Gage Ausmus (East Grand Forks, Minn.), Connor Clifton (Matawan, N.J.), Clint Lewis (Burnsville, Minn.), Steven Santini (Mahopac, N.Y.) and Tommy Vannelli (Minnetonka, Minn.).
Compher and Louis are among the group of 13 forwards, which also includes Evan Allen (Sterling Heights, Mich.), Dawson Cook (Cadillac, Mich.), Jack Eichel (North Chelmsford, Mass.), Shane Eiserman (West Newbury, Mass.), Hudson Fasching (Burnsville, Minn.), John Hayden (Greenwich, Conn.), Tyler Kelleher (Longmeadow, Mass.), Kevin Labanc (Staten Island, N.Y.), Sean Malone (West Seneca, N.Y.), Michael McCarron (Macomb, Mich.) and Tyler Motte (St. Clair, Mich.).
Thatcher Demko (San Diego, Calif.), Hunter Miska (North Branch, Minn.) and Blake Weyrick (Ojai, Calif.) will be serving as the U.S. goalies.
Prior to tipping off play in the Sochi tournament, the Americans will be allowed to play one pre-tournament game against Canada on April 14.
The team will open the tournament on April against Russia at the Bolshoy Ice Dome.
The U.S. enters the tournament having captured a record nine consecutive medals, including back-to-back gold medals in 2005-06, four straight gold medals from 2009-12, two silver medals (2004, 2007) and one bronze medal (2008).
The U.S. is in Group A with the Czech Republic, Finland, Latvia and Russia. Group B consists of Canada, Germany, Slovakia, Sweden and Switzerland ...
Team USA 2013 IIHF Men's World Under-18 Championship Schedule
April 18-28 • Sochi, Russia
Sun., April 14
7 p.m./11 a.m.
Thu., April 18
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Sat., April 20
Czech Republic
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On Sunday, Dec. 30, the Buffalo Launch Club installed its new board of directors for the 2013 season.
The Launch Club is one of the oldest and most highly regarded powerboat clubs in the United States. Newly installed Commodore Andy Barbasch says that the club is anticipating one of its best years ever; "While half of our members are non-boaters who join for the facilities and activities, our boating members consider the park-like setting of the 95-slip marina the premier boat club in WNY."
"We have a new menu in the restaurant, some exciting cruises planned for the summer, and the tennis courts and pool are in great shape."
For 2013, the board has announced that the club will be aggressively pursuing a campaign to bring in new members. According to Membership Committee Co-Chairman Rick Lewis, "We have approximately 20 open membership spots, which we will be looking to fill on a first come, first served basis." He says that anyone who may have an interest in joining can contact the club at 716-773-7629 and arrange for a tour of the facilities and a chance to meet some of the members. "Unlike traditional country clubs, we have low initiation fees and low monthly minimums."
The Buffalo Launch Club is also considered to be one of the premier locations in WNY for holding banquets and parties, catering to members and non-members alike.
The Launch Club is open year round with the exception of the first two weeks of January.


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Frank Fried was born a few months before the Orioles won their last World Series, so the 31-year-old mechanical engineer's memories of his favorite baseball team are mostly painful.
Like many fans, Fried believes that the drought will end this month, a result that would not only thrill the city but also boost the local economy.
A partial season-ticket holder, Fried will be at Camden Yards for Thursday's Game 1 of the American League Division Series against the Detroit Tigers, as he was nearly three dozen times during a regular season when the Orioles were one of the best teams in baseball.
"I really think this is their year," Fried, of Pasadena, said...


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Vox Teardrop Bass VBW-2000: Back In Style!
The classic VOX teardrop bass is back in all its glory! Like it's sibling, the Vox Mk III Guitar, this bass has also become a favourite amongst The Rolling Stones and other sixties acts. There are only six of these available in the UK and Dolphin Music got two of them!
Bill Wyman always played short scale bass guitars because of his small hands, and this Vox model is his most recognisable instrument. The Japanese-made reissue is a work of art: Carved maple top and veneer with Hollowed mahogany back and side with flame maple binding, VOX custom designed stoptail and bridge with bridge cover and VOX custom designed single bass pickups with with white cover.
Stylish, rare and a joy to play with, this new Vox Teardrop bass is a mighty instrument!
Bill Wyman and his VOX Teardrop Bass in the 60's
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Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "The Lighthouse, Part 1" (18 x 24 Acrylic) A simple painting that teaches you the process of fine art technique. In this opening segment, it is all about blocking in the entire canvas. The background does not look like much, but it is essential to getting the value system correct. D
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Joanne Weir's Cooking Confidence "Summer's Bounty" Summer is definitely the time Joanne gets excited about fruits and vegetables, greeting her student Leah with a little jem salad perfectly dressed with a buttermilk blue cheese dressing. They make a spicy spaghetti together and then cool things down with a blueberry frozen yogurt. Recipes: Little Gems with Almonds and Buttermilk Blue Dressing, Spicy Spaghetti with Sauteed Fennel and Mussels, and Blueberry Frozen Yogurt. D
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Martha Bakes "Pound Cake" Pound cake makes excellent use of the basic building blocks of baking - butter, sugar, eggs and flour - and offers nearly unlimited opportunities for adaptation (incorporating cream cheese or semolina, for example). Martha takes the viewer through variations, starting with the most traditional and finishing with a version inspired by her travels through Asia. D
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This Old House "Essex 2012/13, Wooden Ships & Shiplap Boards" Norm visits Essex's last shipyard. Kevin and Tom build shiplap barn board walls and a mantel. Landscape architect Kellie Connelly and Roger show off the finished yard, and project architect Sally DeGan gives a tour of a home with accessible retrofits. D
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Rick Steves' Europe "North Wales: Feisty and Poetic" Rick takes in Mount Snowdon, medieval castles and Victorian promenades. He learns a bit of Welsh, follows a miner deep into a slate mine, and herds sheep with a clever dog.G
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Travelscope "Switzerland - Scaling The Jungfrau Region" Surrounded by Switzerland's mountain landscape, it's easy to see why the Swiss understand the value of nature. It is not a luxury reserved for a few, but a treasure shared by all. Joseph travels into the Grindelwald Valley to experience the grandeur of Switzerland's most typically-Swiss region - the Jungfrau. D
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Kate Brosnahan began Kate Spade in 1993 with her first line of handbags, and ever since that time, the brand has only picked up steam. Kate Spade sunglasses are designed specifically for women and encompass the stylistic inclinations that women want so much today. Kate Spade sunglasses include classic, elegant and feminine styles with temple treatments and color accents befitting of the name Kate Spade. Many of the styles are modern interpretations of classic shapes made popular by women throughout the years.
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Former NBA player Renaldo Balkman has been banned from the professional basketball league in the Philippines for grabbing a team mate around the neck during a game.
The former New York Knicks and Denver Nuggets player has also been slapped with a fine of 250,000 Philippine pesos ($6,100) over the incident, Philippine Basketball Association commissioner Chito Salud said in a statement on Monday.
Balkman, who was playing for the Petron Blaze Boosters against the Philippines-based Alaska Aces, assaulted Arwind Santos while his team mate tried to stop him from venting his frustration at a referee's decision.
Salud said he took into consideration Balkman's past record as a player, which included a head-butting incident during a FIBA-Americas game between his Puerto Rico side and Venezuela.
"I also took into consideration Balkman's evident disregard for local and the host country's sensibilities highlighted by his choking act on-court in full public view of his own teammate who was trying to pacify him," Salud said.
"I do encourage passion for the game but I also want to firmly instil a culture of accountability among our players. If one does something that violates the rules and the norms of sportsmanship and decent behaviour, he will be made accountable."
The 28-year-old also pushed away his other team mates and one of his coaches during the match, which the Boosters went on to lose 73-83
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Portchester Castle lies at the top of Portsmouth Harbour. And, luckily, just over a mile from my house! Originally built by the Romans, and subsequently inhabited by the Saxons and Medieval Kings, today the Castle is open to visitors.
It's unknown exactly when the first work on the site was carried out. The Romans called the area Portus Adurni, are thought to have built the first fort at Portchester in the 3rd Century AD. Goodall suggests a date of between 285 and 290 AD, while Cunliffe has written about evidence of a small settlement prior to this date. The outer Bailey is the main remaining part of the Roman Castle. It is easily recognisable, constructed from flint and mortar, and remarkably well preserved. There is ample evidence of the different occupiers of the Castle in its stonework. Roman flint, Norman and Medieval stone blocks, and later Georgian and Victorian repairs carried out in red brick. The Roman works in particular were an incredible achievement, with none of the machinery modern builders would rely on. That they are still standing now is testament to their skill.
The original walls were some five feet thick and twenty feet high, and include features such as crenellations and fire steps.
There are also large circular bastions in each corner. The Castle also has substantial outer defences – one two sides it faces the sea, and a system of moats on the landward sides. There is an excellent plan of the Castle here.
The Castle's location is extremely important. Located in the middle of the South Coast, opposite France, and at the top of a well defended harbour, it was an ideal base for travelling to the continent, for defending the local coastine, and assembling armies. The English Armies that sailed to Crecy and Agincourt were assembled at Portchester. As time passed by the top of Portsmouth Harbour silted up, and Portchester was eclipsed by Portsmouth. But in the middle ages, Portchester was a crucial settlement. And naturally, a village soon grew up near the Castle, along the approach road.
After the fall of the Roman Empire the castle was probably taken over by the indigenous english. The area received its current name around the 6th Century AD. Ancient chronicles describe how a Saxon Warrior landed and captured the fort. For the next 4 centuries the Castle was in Saxon hands, and the current Watergate is largely of Saxon origin.
Over time extra bastions have been added, as well as latrine chutes and several gates. In particular, latrine chutes can be seen on the south wall, where the old Priory once stood.
On the north side we can also see a nasty looking archway, where the defenders would have been able to pour boiling hot oil onto any attackers attempting to scale the walls.
After the Norman Conquest the Castle was handed over to one one of William's trusted Lieutenants. The Domesday Book shows William Mauduit as being the owner of the Castle. This was part of William's policy of handing Castle and manors to trusted Frenchmen, in order to control the english population.
The large Keep was constructed in the early 12th Century. It now stands at over 100 feet high, after various phases of construction. The Keep was the main stronghold of the castle, surrounded by the inner bailey and then the outer bailey (more on the inner bailey at a later date).
Located close to the Forest of Bere, a prime hunting area, the Castle was also used by many English Kings as a hunting lodge. Nowadays the Castle is surrounded by trees and other buildings. But for many years it would have been by far the biggest building for miles around, a powerful status symbol of the local lord, and by definition the King. The building of the Round and Square Towers at the mouth of Portsmouth Harbour in the 15th Century, and later Southsea Castle in 1544, largely made Portchester obsolete. Redundant as a fortress, it served as a storehouse and a Prison over the following centuries.
My next post will look in detail at the inside of the Castle – in particular the Church, the Inner Bailey, and the Keep.


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Ivon Rucker died September 9, 2012
Ivon Rucker the daughter of Jackson Still and Janie Barnett Still was born in St. Joe, Arkansas on May 14, 1927 and passed away at Russellville, Arkansas on September 9, 2012 at the age of 85 years. She was a homemaker and member of the Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church. She enjoyed quilting, gardening and cooking. Mrs. Rucker was preceded in death by her parents and 5 brothers: Andrew Still, Erva Still, Earl Still, Jerl Still and Aaron Still, 2 sisters Eveline Smith and Hailey Still. She is survived by a son Roger Rucker and wife Sarah of Russellville, Arkansas and a daughter Betty Hallmark and husband Paul of Midland, Texas, a sister Mary Hodgeson of Arkansas City, Kansas and a brother Daniel Still of Lynchburg, Tennessee, 3 grandchildren, Allison Rucker, Shane Hopkins and Hailey Hopkins besides other relatives and many friends. Visitation will be Tuesday, September 11, 2012 at Family Funeral Service from 6:00 until 8:00 PM and Funeral Services will be on Wednesday, September 12 at 10:00 AM in the Hopewell Primitive Baptist Church with interment in South Crossroads Cemetery by Elder Danny Adcock. Arrangements by Family Funeral Service, 100 West Searcy Street, Heber Springs, Arkansas 72543 501 362-2088. http://www.dwight/ familyfuneral.com


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NEW BRUNWSICK, N.J. (AP) — Dharun Ravi looked composed for an 18-year-old wearing shorts, a T-shirt and flip-flops when he was brought into a police station for questioning on Sept. 23, 2010, about his Rutgers University roommate, Tyler Clementi.
Word had spread that Ravi used his webcam to view Clementi in a private moment with another man, just days before Clementi committed suicide.
As he was questioned, Ravi looked directly at the investigator who grilled him and accused him repeatedly of lying. He talked quickly but his voice didn't trail off.
Now, he and his lawyers must decide whether he should take the witness stand in his defense and address jurors directly. They'll have to weigh whether they think adding his voice—and giving prosecuting lawyers a chance to cross-examine him—will help his case or hurt it.
Ravi, now 20, is charged with 15 criminal counts including invasion of privacy, bias intimidation and attempting to cover his tracks by tampering with evidence and a witness.
Clementi jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge into the Hudson River on Sept. 22, 2010.
Testimony in the trial entered its 12th day on Monday with Ravi's defense lawyer, Steven Altman, questioning Frank DiNinno, an investigator with the Middlesex County Prosecutor's Office for the second day.
On Monday, Altman focused on DiNinno's interviews with Lokesh Ojha, one of the key prosecution witnesses. Ojha said in earlier testimony that he helped Ravi get the angle right on his webcam to show Clementi's bed on Sept. 21.
During cross-examination, Altman questioned Ojha about why he didn't volunteer that detail to authorities initially. The lawyer appeared to be looking for inconsistencies in what Ojha told investigators.
On Monday, as throughout the trial, Ravi sat about 20 feet from jurors—wearing a suit, his formerly unkempt hair trimmed neatly— but they have not heard him utter a single word in person.
Between his words during a videotaped police interrogation and those of others, a portrait of him has been painted for jurors.
Born in India, he came to New Jersey with his family as a young child. He and his family live in the upscale central New Jersey community of Plainsboro.
The son of a computer software firm executive, he has designed some software on his own.
The younger Ravi had a custom-made computer that functioned on both Microsoft and Apple Macintosh operating systems. That technical accomplishment—while not unheard of—impressed the detective assigned to examine the machine.
He was gregarious and good enough at calculus that other students came to him for help.
In high school, he ran track and played ultimate Frisbee, then joined the disc team when he got to Rutgers. He was proud when he bought new cleats for the sports, describing them in a text message to a friend as "purple and flashy."
At Rutgers, he planned to major in economics. The university assigned him and Clementi to be roommates at random. They didn't meet before they moved in at the end of August.
When he met with police, he was asked to explain a Twitter post in which he said: "Anyone with iChat, I dare you to video chat me between the hours of 9:30 pm and 12."
On the video, he said he meant that sarcastically. "When I'm uncomfortable about something," Ravi explained during the interrogation, "I joke about it."
To convict him on the most serious charge—bias intimidation— prosecutors will need to convince the jury that he acted out of animus against gays. He faces up to 10 years of prison if he's convicted of bias intimidation, which is considered a hate crime in New Jersey. Most people convicted of the other charges he faces don't get jail time.
As prosecutors called college students to testify, defense lawyers asked them all a variation of the same question: Did he ever say anything bad about gays? In each case, the answer was "no."
But there was a bit more to it than that. Some students said Ravi told them he was "uncomfortable" having a gay roommate.
The defense began presenting its side of the case on Friday by calling seven men to testify. All of them are friends—and most current or former business associates—of Ravi's father.
Defense lawyer Philip Nettl asked each of them if Ravi ever said anything derogatory about gay individuals or gays in general.
In each case, the men said no.
Then, First Assistant Middlesex County Prosecutor Julia McClure began questioning them.
All said they had never seen his Twitter posts, and exchanged texts or instant messages with him. And each of them said homosexuality was never discussed in their conversations.
"Why would that come up?" asked one of the men, Anil Kappa, a business partner of Ravi's father.
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OLATHE, Kan. (AP) - Johnson County authorities say a man charged in the death of a South Carolina pediatrician died in his jail cell.
Master Deputy Tom Erickson says 45-year-old John Meredith Hodges was found unresponsive in the cell on Monday. Efforts to resuscitate him failed. Erickson says the death is being investigated as a suicide but released no other details.
Hodges was charged with first-degree murder in the death of 39-year-old Franchesca D. Brown, of Myrtle Beach, S.C.
Brown's body was found last September near an Overland Park hotel. She was in the city to attend a medical conference.
Police say Hodges and Brown had an off-and-on relationship. The Kansas City Star reports (http://bit.ly/16RJrLI ) Hodges told detectives that he strangled Brown during an argument inside her hotel room.
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Louisville's Ware leaves on stretcher with gruesome right leg injury
INDIANAPOLIS – Louisville guard Kevin Ware has been carried off the court after badly injuring his lower right leg during the Midwest Regional final against Duke on Sunday.
An official tells several reporters that a bone snapped. Trainers immediately covered the leg with a towel and placed Ware on a backboard, then lifted him onto a stretcher.
Teammates huddled around Ware as he left the court. They were clearly upset when the injury, embracing each other and crying. Coach Rick Pitino wiped tears from his eyes.
The injury occurred with 6:33 left in the first half as Duke's Tyler Thornton made a 3-pointer to get the Blue Devils within 21-20. Ware tried to contest the shot and his leg buckled when he landed.
Some Louisville fans began chanting his name as he was put on the stretcher.


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At the undergraduate level, students admitted to the program as of Spring, 2005 will major (there is no minor) in the Bachelor of Science in Special Education, Learning and Behavioral Disorders AND Moderate and Severe Disabilities, Primary through Twelfth Grade (P-12). Upon completion of the 128 hour program and successful completion of the three required PRAXIS II examinations, graduates will be certified to teach individuals from un-graded primary through high school with disabilities ranging from learning disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders, mild mental disabilities, physical disabilities as well as students who have severe cognitive and behavior disorders.
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What perfect mutation? The "spikes" pointing in every direction, all of which are bent?
Damn, that is one beautiful vegetable. I don't think I've ever said that before.Was is cross-pollinated?
I always say what I mean. But sometimes I'm a sarcastic prick whose tone can't be properly communicated via text.
I ate one of them a week or so back (not all of it, my wife and one of my sons helped.) It is noticeably more tender and friable than broccoli, when it is cooked, you can easily crush it with your tongue, but lacks a definitive taste - I'll be sticking with broccoli. It is a remarkable plant to look at. I suspect that the whorls are in some sort of Fibonacci sequence. Fibonacci (or near-Fibonacci) sequences are very common in plants; I was reading a study the other day of common English trees and the way their branches are arranged around the trunk as the tree grows. The question is not, how does a "perfect" mutation such as this ever come about" as "perfect" is subjective and every other flower is "perfect" if you consider only its function as a flower.
Rangeomorphs consist of branching "frond" elements, each a few centimetres long, each of which is itself composed of many smaller branching tubes held up by a semi-rigid organic skeleton. This self-similar structure proceeds over four levels of fractality, and could have been formed using fairly simple developmental patterns.
Quote from: Lucifer on May 02, 2012, 01:45:03 PMWhat perfect mutation? The "spikes" pointing in every direction, all of which are bent?In terms of a naturally occurring fractal pattern, it is as close to perfect as any rational being could ask.


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One last view before heading home.
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One last view before heading home.
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They are absolutely adorable!ReplyDelete
Is it even possible that I fell even more in love with your two lovely kids?ReplyDelete
and I just love the Choc-Aid..
oh my gosh!! these are fabulous! i have only been to san fran once to run the nike women's marathon, but i will acutally be going again in 3weeks :) i am a HUGE lover of dim sum. any suggestions of the best place to go while i'm there?! or any other "local" hot spots that you love?ReplyDelete
Thanks Antonia :)ReplyDelete
Amelia, her cheeks are so round, it doesn't match the rest of her skinny frame lol.
Amy, yes they were very serious, after about halfway through the tour they had to turn off the audio.
Hi Ingrid, sounds like something the girls would like. I'll have to check the library. Thanks!
Sie Hui, yeah, those choc-aids were neat. We really wanted to find these fried egg gummys but this particular shot didn't have them :(
Kate, I just had a SB900 flash with me,
Angela, I LOVE Koi Palace in Daly City, well worth the 15-20 minute drive from SF. Just a warning, they have ridiculous wait times, so get there early.
Thanks Phil, seems like the ferry ride and merry go round were more fun that going to Alcatraz. Too much walking for them lol
Wow Jason, they're so adorable! And that Kayla-behind-bars photo just cracked me up :-) Love all of them, great work as usual! Thanks for sharing those with the rest of us...ReplyDelete
Awesome! I love your job and your kiddos happy smile! A great happy family! Congrats! Regards, Lila&CloeReplyDelete
Lovely photos as always! I love San Francisco! It would have been awesome if you brought your girls to WonderCon & had them cosplay! I bet that would have been a hit! :)ReplyDelete
How funny! I was there on Saturday too; walked from the Ferry Building to Pier 39, but this was later in the evening. And next week, I'm going to Alcatraz! If your pics are any indication, it'll be awesome.ReplyDelete
Love all your works, they are an inspiration for me to take better photos. You mentioned you used a 14-24 2.8, on a full frame? It's always a struggle to decided what equipment to lug on an outing like this. Is that all you bring out? I have 2 girls too and both their names start with "k" too! :)ReplyDelete
Oh wow, if every family had shots like that of their outings...ReplyDelete
Gorgeous moments. Love Kristin's shirt! :)
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Seriously... why are you so the ultimate? Everytime I come here I'm like "oh no he di-in't!!" you are some sort of fantastic, kid! And major congratulations to you and your wife for hitting 16 together-years. Hubman and I recently hit 10 married-years and you're so right... the ups and downs - are out of control, the journey, amazing - and it's better than ever. That rules. I hope you guys have the same. I'm so sure you do, and more :)ReplyDelete