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I have gotten into the habit of making Christmas gifts each year, and this year has been no exception. During late Summer, I planned ahead and decided to make some jellies from Summer fresh blackberries. The preserves were fairly straightforward to make, not to mention inexpensive too. The blackberries I used to make the jelly were from the same bushes that I blogged about earlier in the year here and here. While the berries didn't cost any money, I did pay the price of getting pricked by thorns a few times.
Getting the clear jelly required time and extra fridge space in addition to the labour intensiveness. To achieve the clear jelly, I had to allow the cooked berries to drain into a bowl while hanging from a cheesecloth sack. A jam would have been much easier to do, but I personally would rather eat jam without seeds.
Making the jelly also kept my kitchen counter cluttered, with jars and packages littered everywhere. Amidst the calamity, I neglected to add lemon juice to the jelly, which is not a fatal mistake, but the lemon adds that extra zing that fruit preserves need to counter the sweetness.
The jellies will make good gifts, and they will be reminiscent of Summer. The jury still seems to be out on whether or not it will snow here this year. This kid inside of me always wants it to snow, but I know what an inconvenience it will be. Whether it snows or not, my oven will be keeping me warm, as I still have holiday baking to do.


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Re: Palazzo or Venetian?
- From: Bob Greene <bobg@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 12 Dec 2009 10:42:07 -0800
The Venezia room are not like the Ventian rooms. First they do not
have th eremote for the shades. Secoond the room is furnished not in
modern design, but rather in eurpean classic design. Thrid it is
farther away from the casino and confusing at first to get to.....If I
had my choice I would go with Palazzo over Venzia rooms. I've slept in
both and asked for a transfer to the Ventian rooms ( truly suites
)after one night at the Venzia room....
On Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:07:48 -0800 (PST), CLM in ND
<camarvel8@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Dec 11, 1:02 pm, fx...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
Chef Kurt wrote:
After reading Cam's message about finding an offer for free rooms at
The Venetian, I decided to check myself. Well, what do you know? It
seems they stuck one in there for 2 to 4 nights comped, with $25 slot
or table credit. The offer is good as many times as I like through
So, I'm going to book two of my nights there, and just keep my Caesars
Palace reservations as they are. My question is: Palazzo Luxury or
Venetian Luxury rooms?
By the way, anyone else going to be in Vegas the first part of next
Palazzo. Easier access from the garage and just better rooms.
Denny in Mass
Yeah, I've heard the Venezia towers are further away from the garage,
but since I won't have a car, I figure I'd give them a shot. The
rooms look pretty decent....and they're free!
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I found this to be a pretty good read...
QB Coach Tony Petersen Recruiting Q&A
AMES, Iowa -- Tony Petersen starts his second season as Iowa States quarterback coach. He will oversee Austen Arnauds transition from back-up to possible starter this season. A former quarterback and then coach at Marshall, he went on to tutor signal-callers at Minnesota. As a Gopher coach, including a tenure as co-offensive coordinator, he went to seven bowl games as his Minnesota quarterbacks (including Bryan Cupito and Asad Abdul-Khaliq) rewrote the UM record books. Petersen was an all-Southern Conference quarterback at Marshall, where he went on to coach at his alma mater before heading to Minnesota.
Q: Compared to the days when you were being recruited as a player how has the whole recruiting process changed?
I think the biggest thing that has changed is probably the Internet and how thats brought everything into play. Everyone knows whats going on, not only other coaches but fans. Anybody that wants to get online can find an awful lot out about recruiting. I would say that is probably the biggest thing that has changed over the years.
Q: Austen Arnaud is going to get a lot of work this spring. What are the things as his coach that you work on?
Austen has had a season with some playing time in our offense. Were so much farther along this year than we were last year. The offense is in and he understands it. Now we have to fine-tune what we are doing with our offense. We are working to fine-tune some of (Arnauds) mechanics. Weve got to make sure we cut down on the turnovers. We want more first downs and more touchdowns. We can really spend a lot more time learning to run the offense efficiently. Last year we spent so much time inserting the offense. This year we have more time and that is going to help us.
Q: What are the positives that Austen Arnaud brings to the quarterback position?
I think Austen is a natural quarterback and leader. Kids follow him. He is a very confident individual. He is very comfortable in the pocket, which is good. He doesnt have happy feet back there. Hes got the size, speed, and athleticism to get out of the pocket and move and make first downs. Austen has a strong arm. Hes really got about everything youre looking for in a quarterback.
Q: Is there some sort of prototype signal-caller you are looking for when recruiting?
You need a winner there. Thats the most important thing. Today, with the way offenses are going, your QB obviously has to be able to throw the football well enough to get it done there but we have also got to have enough athleticism and little bit of speed to get out of trouble and to make people pay when they arent paying attention to the quarterback. Its tough if you have a kid back there that is a pure thrower. You have to be awful good upfront and thats tough to do. You are looking for somebody that can do a little bit of both, but hes got to be a leader and a natural quarterback.
Q: With the incorporation of the spread offense, in its various forms, what happened that made it so prevalent and what did it do to alter college football?
When they ran the wishbone and the quarterback ran, you added that 11th person to the running game. (The spread) is a throwing offense with wishbone concepts built in. The quarterback is the running-back back there and all of the sudden the defenses dont have that extra hat to rush or cover people. It is difficult to defend. Youve got to stop the pass and the run. Now, instead of one or two backs in the backfield you can have two or three with the quarterback. I think thats probably the toughest thing its brought against the defenses.
Q: What is something you really didnt know about Iowa State when you came here that you know now?
The great gameday atmosphere is one of the biggest selling points we have. I was at Minnesota for eight years and game-day was not what a lot of the other teams in the Big Ten had. It is great here and thats a big selling-point for us. My family loves Ames.
Q: Having some prolific quarterbacks at Minnesota, how does Austen Arnaud compare against those guys?
Austen hasnt played that much, but hes got as much or more ability than anybody I ever coached at Minnesota. I had some kids that were good players (at Minnesota) and they did some good things on the field. They ran our offense and did it well. I would say Austen has got probably more ability than anybody I coached at Minnesota.
Q: You coached Chad Pennington (currently New York Jets, NFL) at Marshall. Of the individuals you coached at Marshall and Minnesota, if you to have one player or quarterback who would you take?
I would take Chad. I also had Byron Leftwich as a true freshman. I only coached him one year. Byron was a great player. I would still take Chad over all of them. He was a great kid; great competitor, smart. He was everything you were looking for. Chad wasnt a runner, but hed be the one I take out of everyone Ive coached.
Q: Looking ahead to this year, is it a better recruiting atmosphere when you are settled in instead of last year, when you were just coming in?
I actually got here after the recruiting process, but from what I understand it was just a whirlwind. We are a lot more settled this year. Things are going smoothly. I think spring ball and offseason workouts after being here are just going to be so much easier.
Q: You were a collegiate quarterback. Does that help you coach the position?
I think it always gives you an advantage. Thats not saying that you couldnt coach the position if you didnt play it. Ive always thought that it gives you an advantage in the little things. I always know what they are going through when they are a young quarterback. They are in the pocket feeling uncomfortable and have a lot to learn. I understand the whole learning process.
Q: What was the highlight of your playing career if you had to choose something?
Probably when we beat Appalachian State in the third round of the playoffs to go to the national championship game. Marshall had never made it to the championship game, so that was neat. A lot of people down there had relatives (killed in the 1970 Marshall football plane crash), so it was emotional. It was probably the highlight of playing days.
Q: Did you see We Are Marshall? And what was your opinion coming from that background?
Yes, I saw it. I think they did a really good job. Some of the people in that movie I actually know from playing there and everybody Ive talked with said they did a good job with it.
Q: As a coach, before you came to Iowa State, your quarterbacks have put up some amazing numbers. Is there a game or season that was special?
When I was at Marshall, we won a lot of games by a wide margin. Some of the most satisfying games I have ever been a part of as a coach (at Minnesota) would be when we beat Ohio State at the Horseshoe and we beat Michigan at the Big House. Those would probably be two of the most fun games I have experienced as a coach.
Q: Could you tell us about your hometown, your development, and how you ended up at Marshall?
My hometown was Lodi, California I moved around a lot when I was younger. I actually never played quarterback until I was a sophomore in high school. The baseball coach talked me into playing. He kind of had to drag me out there. He put me at quarterback. Ive always started since I started playing. After high school I was just going to focus on baseball and a junior college coach talked me into playing QB out there in California, close to my home. I ended up with a scholarship out to Marshall and chose to go there over a couple other places.
Q: How would you describe Coach Gene Chizik to people compared to other successful head coaches?
What you see is what you get with Coach Chizik and that is what I like about him. He is a straight shooter. He is fair. Hes a genuine person and he really cares about you and your family. I just think thats important.
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Didn't Jeremy already post this??
The post I believe you are referring to is in the Press Release section - it's automated to grab any release from ISU and post it there.
Those "threads" are never responded to and don't show up on the home page.
No talk about Bates......interesting.
It is, isn't it? The lead in did say "Austen Arnaud's transition from back-up to possible starter this season" but a person would think the competition would have at least been mentioned in there somewhere.
Originally Posted by ISUFan22
The post I believe you are referring to is in the Press Release section - it's automated to grab any release from ISU and post it there.
Those "threads" are never responded to and don't show up on the home page.
Oh, thanks for the clarification.
I did enjoy the article.
I hope Bates doesn't look too much into what is said on the internet. I'm thinking he doesn't because if he did his transfer papers would already be filed.
Originally Posted by leg4cy
I hope Bates doesn't look too much into what is said on the internet. I'm thinking he doesn't because if he did his transfer papers would already be filed.
If nothing else, maybe it will inspire Bates even more. If he goes into this process with a chip on his shoulder and a ton to prove, he'll probably work harder than anyone.
Hopefully Bates has enough confidence in his own ability that he can read things about him and laugh at them, then go out and prove them wrong. If not, he probably doesn't have the mental toughness needed to play D1 football.
That being said, "Come after me! I'm a man! I'm 40!". Still one of the best moments from last football season.
have you ever got caught outside In a strong rainfall? Yes or NO. If it"s yes, then you might half felt the pane of hard(tought) rain on you head. If it hurt"s then it"s tough. Yes or no. Okay I'm right and you know it.
So alothough you attempt"ed to say you didn"t understnad, now you do. Fair enough?
ISUFan22, by copying and pasting the whole article do you get credits proportional to the number of words in the article? Just curious, thanks!
Odd that the interviewer didn't even ask about Bates--the only other scholarship quarterback on the roster right now.
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But then, we also see the alien's audience of one, poleaxed with desire, lumbering naked and aroused into certain death without even looking down. It's the movie looking back at the viewer, and suggests only one party's actually getting off on this. The alien's never anything but calculating. She's the one in charge of this scene, and while she's offering herself up to be leered at, there's nothing passive about it. "Under The Skin" takes a step back from the male gaze, and observes it in action with extraterrestrial dispassion. Read more.
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The bottom line is this: it's not as simple as "measurement." It has to with the placing of data in context, which is a lot harder than figuring out how to count up video views. I spoke to a showrunner who talked about the frustration of having a show that's good, that everybody thinks is good, that is never mentioned without the parenthetical that it is ratings-challenged or little-watched. And very often, those perceptions come from initial overnight ratings. Read more.
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Rumors of the death of 35mm have been slightly exaggerated: see, for example, a Kodak round-up from earlier this year of Sundance titles shot on their stock. Beyond the easily identifiable presence of grain, what are 35mm die-hards talking about? "Boyhood" provides some practical answers to this question throughout: its glossiness and colors look sculpted and lit, with rich green grass in that poster-covering opening shot of young Mason (Ellar Coltrane) sprawled on the grass and some particularly heightened red curtains popping out in the final scenes of Mason and his father (Ethan Hawke) talking inside a club. The scenes taking place outside at night remind us how much light celluloid needs to capture detail in the dark: the first conversation we see between Mason and his first major girlfriend at a party are nearly haloed out, with strong lights glowing behind them. Read more.
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The argument that the updated version of "Star Wars" constitutes Lucas' original "artistic vision" is not entirely cohesive. Such an admission implies that, had computer generated graphics existed in the 1970s as they do today, Lucas' original version of "Star Wars" would have more closely resembled the Special Edition. However, this argument is historically and technologically deterministic—that Lucas was somehow destined to make the Special Edition at any point in history. Films as artifacts are a product of their cultural, historical, and aesthetic limitations, and as such, the original "Star Wars" theatrical prints should be preserved as a representation of science fiction filmmaking in the late-70s and early-80s. Read more.
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Virginia Tech will be appearing in a bowl game for the 22nd time when it faces Cincinnati in the Orange Bowl. The Hokies are playing in their 16th consecutive bowl game, and 2nd straight Orange Bowl. Virginia Tech has the nation's third-longest current string of bowl game appearances.
The Hokies are just 7-14 in those games, going 1-6 before the arrival of Frank Beamer as head coach.
The Orange Bowl, along with the Sun and Sugar bowls, is holding its 75th anniversary game this year. The Rose Bowl, which will be holding its 95th anniversary game, is the only bowl that has been around longer.
This year's Orange Bowl matchup is a rematch of the 1947 Sun Bowl which Cincinnati won 18-6 in a contest that served as the first bowl appearance for both schools.
Virginia Tech lost 24-21 to Kansas in last year's Orange Bowl, and also fell 41-21 to Nebraska in the 1996 edition of this game.
The Hokies made it here by claiming their second straight ACC title with a 30-12 win over Boston College in the conference championship game to finish 9-4 on the season. Virginia Tech closed with three straight victories to stay in contention for a fifth consecutive season of 10 or more victories. A win would also give them their 8th double-digit win season in the last 10 years.
In its five years in the league, Virginia Tech has won three ACC titles and lost in the championship game once.
A return to the Orange Bowl is quite an accomplishment for a team that lost thirteen players off last year's squad to the NFL (8 drafted, 5 free agents). Among them were six of the top defenders, and four receivers who accounted for 146 catches. The Hokies also kicked their top running back from 2007 off the team.
Still, the Hokies allowed only 277 yards per game and posted the 13th-best scoring defense mark with 17.46 points allowed per game.
Place-kicker Dustin Keys is the nation's ninth-ranked field goal kicker with 1.67 three-pointers per game.
Darren Evans gained 1,112 yards rushing to rank 3rd nationally among freshman running backs.
Big East Champion Cincinnati is making its 11th bowl appearance and first ever in a BCS game. The Bearcats are 6-4 in previous postseason appearances. They are currently on a 3-bowl winning streak including last season's 31-21 victory over Southern Miss in the PapaJohns.com Bowl. This is the first time since the 1950 Sun Bowl that Cincinnati will play in a bowl game that was in existence prior to 1997.
The Bearcats won the Big East with a record of 11-2 overall, 6-1 in the conference, despite numerous injuries that forced them to use five different quarterbacks. Three different quarterbacks started games. Senior Dustin Grutza broke his leg in the second game at Oklahoma; junior Tony Pike broke his arm in game 4 against Akron and was spelled by redshirt freshman Zach Collaros; redshirt freshman Chazz Anderson started and won games 5 and 6; Pike returned for game 7 but lost the feeling in his hand by halftime and was replaced by Anderson; Pike returned for Game 8 and started the remaining games with a plate and six screws in is non-throwing arm.
Cincinnati closed the season on a 6-game winning streak to claim its first Big East title, and first outright conference football title since 1964 when it was a member of the Missouri Valley Conference.
Cincinnati is the nation's leader in net punting with 41.51 yards per punt. Bearcat punter Kevin Huber averages 44.89 yards per punt to rank seventh in the nation. The Cincinnati defense has earned 2.85
sacks per game to rank ninth in the nation and tops in the Big East. Quarterback Tony Pike ranks 29th in passing efficiency with a 141.07 rating.
Overall, Cincinnati's offense ranks 50th and Virginia Tech ranks 107th. On defense, the Bearcats rank 26th and the Hokies rank 7th. Virginia Tech outscored its opponents 22.2-17.5. Cincinnati outscored its opponents 27.3-20.2.


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It has been called the largest hedge fund insider trading case in history and it focuses on Mr. Raj Rajaratnam and his firm Galleon, which was recently reported to have $3.7 billion under management.
The complaint alleges that several high profile individuals in addition to Rajaratnam used material nonpublic information, commonly called insider information, to generate $25 million in illicit profits.
It might be too early to know all the lessons from this potential scandal, but here are a few things we can already take away.
Risk Vs. Reward
The most obvious lesson here is that even smart, rich people can do really stupid things. In this case, Rajaratnam has been arrested for potentially making $25 million dollars using illegal insider information. But $25 million is less than 1% of the size of the assets. So he risked jail for an additional 1% return.
For someone that has been reported to have over $1 billion in personal net worth, this is unbelievably stupid. Integrity may not make you rich quick, but lack of integrity can sure turn your life upside down. (We look at some of the landmark incidents of insider trading in Top 4 Most Scandalous Insider Trading Debacles.)
Now You Know Who's Listening
Another obvious lesson stems from the unprecedented use of wiretaps by prosecutors. They have tapes of several people saying things like, "I'm dead if this leaks," and "I'll be like Martha Stewart."
Also, the U.S. attorney with jurisdiction over Wall Street has said that they plan to use them again in similar investigations. One can only imagine how many Wall Street insiders now wonder if their own phone is tapped.
While the wiretap lesson won't fall on deaf ears for those who are knowingly skirting the law, a related underlying lesson may be missed by most everyone. Why wasn't this done before? There wasn't anything stopping the SEC from getting court orders for wire taps and going more aggressively after these lawbreakers, but previous to this case no one ever did it. Rules and regulations are only as good as the people that enforce them.
Making Up For Past Mistakes
No one has forgotten that the SEC allowed Bernie Madoff to get away with fraud for decades or how it missed Allen Stanford's billion dollar ponzi scheme. It's only natural for the SEC to want to make headlines in a positive way. That lesson was apparently missed by Mr. Rajaratnam and the others. Enforcement may have missed Madoff, but they sure weren't going to miss everyone.
This goal, combined with the remarks about future use of wire taps, makes it likely that there will be even more high profile cases. (Check out these bizarre insider trading cases that helped define the SEC's laws against it. Don't miss Infamous Insider Traders.)
No Bail Out Here
Tie that into a lesson that may be lost completely. Galleon used heavily traded securities almost exclusively. This means that while there will be some time to unwind the positions, the securities are liquid and easy to sell without disrupting the markets. In other words, Galleon isn't too big to fail so there's no reason to do anything other than shut them down.
With financial regulations being overhauled, hopefully these lessons won't be lost on legislators.
Guidance Matters
For stock traders, the complaint shows how much company guidance toward future earnings matters to a stock's price. Often stocks will rise or fall based on earnings announcements, but in some cases, the guidance from management is crucial to the buy or sell decision.
Knowing it ahead of time can be profitable, but illegal. The complaint in this case discusses not only knowing about the future earnings reports, but what the future guidance will be as well.
The Martha Stewart Lesson
And finally, there is the biggest lesson learned from this that everyone should take to heart: don't take risks you don't have to. This was the same lesson Martha Stewart's adventures provided. She went to jail for lying about $30,000 worth of stock. She was a billionaire that shouldn't have talked to anyone about anything that only amounted to $30,000, especially a stock broker trying to wheel and deal.
Mr. Rajaratnam, apparently another billionaire, could serve decades in federal prison for profits of $25 million. And these profits weren't even all his; they were profits going to the investment firm which he ran. Investors were making the returns. Of course, he was likely an investor so he would have seen some of it, but nevertheless, when someone says to you, "I don't like talking over cell phone on this," alarm bells should ring. (Find out how these Wall Street high-rollers landed themselves in hot water in 4 History-Making Wall Street Crooks.)
The Bottom Line
To make a good risk and reward decision, consider the consequences of what could happen and weigh the consequences. In this case, he could make a few more bucks, but if caught, he could go to prison. Basically, it was pocket change vs. prison. When viewed this way, it was clearly an astronomically bad risk and reward decision and there's a lesson in that for everyone.


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There are reports circulating right now that AJ Lee will be leaving WWE after the TLC pay per view this upcoming Sunday. Sources are stating that she went a bit off script during Monday Night Raw when she accepted her Slammy award. It supposedly was her way of saying goodbye to the fans. AJ has long been rumored to be leaving the industry to spend more time with her husband, CM Punk, who is now working for UFC. It would make sense for her to move to wherever he decided to train.
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Gene study adds weight to theory that native people of the Americas arrived in a single main migration across the Bering Strait
U-M researchers analyze 678 genetic markers in 29 native populations
ANN ARBOR, MI – Did a relatively small number of people from Siberia who trekked across a Bering Strait land bridge some 12,000 years ago give rise to the native peoples of North and South America?
Or did the ancestors of today's native peoples come from other parts of Asia or Polynesia, arriving multiple times at several places on the two continents, by sea as well as by land, in successive migrations that began as early as 30,000 years ago?
The questions – featured on magazine covers and TV specials – have agitated anthropologists, archaeologists and others for decades.
University of Michigan scientists, working with an international team of geneticists and anthropologists, have produced new genetic evidence that's likely to hearten proponents of the land bridge theory. The study, published online in PLoS Genetics, is one of the most comprehensive analyses so far among efforts to use genetic data to shed light on the topic.
The researchers examined genetic variation at 678 key locations or markers in the DNA of present-day members of 29 Native American populations across North, Central and South America. They also analyzed data from two Siberian groups. The analysis shows:
The researchers say the variant likely occurred shortly prior to migration to the Americas, or immediately afterwards.
"We have reasonably clear genetic evidence that the most likely candidate for the source of Native American populations is somewhere in east Asia," says Noah A. Rosenberg, Ph.D., assistant professor of human genetics and assistant research professor of bioinformatics at the Center for Computational Medicine and Biology at the U-M Medical School and assistant research professor at the U-M Life Sciences Institute.
"If there were a large number of migrations, and most of the source groups didn't have the variant, then we would not see the widespread presence of the mutation in the Americas," he says.
Rosenberg has previously studied the same set of 678 genetic markers used in the new study in 50 populations around the world, to learn which populations are genetically similar and what migration patterns might explain the similarities. For North and South America, the current research breaks new ground by looking at a large number of native populations using a large number of markers.
The pattern the research uncovered – that as the founding populations moved south from the Bering Strait, genetic diversity declined – is what one would expect when migration is relatively recent, says Mattias Jakobsson, Ph.D., co-first author of the paper and a post-doctoral fellow in human genetics at the U-M Medical School and the U-M Center for Computational Medicine and Biology. There has not been time yet for mutations that typically occur over longer periods to diversify the gene pool.
In addition, the study's findings hint at supporting evidence for scholars who believe early inhabitants followed the coasts to spread south into South America, rather than moving in waves across the interior.
"Assuming a migration route along the coast provides a slightly better fit with the pattern we see in genetic diversity," Rosenberg says.
The study also found that:
Citation: PLoS Genet 3(11): e185. doi:10.1371/journal.pgen.0030185
Rosenberg is also an assistant professor in biostatistics at the U-M School of Public Health and assistant professor of ecology and evolutionary biology in the U-M College of Literature, Science and the Arts.
In addition to Rosenberg and Jakobsson, study authors include Cecil M. Lewis, Jr., former post-doctoral fellow in the U-M Department of Human Genetics, and 24 researchers at U.S., Canadian, British, Central and South American universities.
Funding for the research came from the National Institutes of Health, the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, Fondecyt Proyecto, the Swiss National Foundation and the University of Michigan.
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Road work to begin
Road construction will start Tuesday on Broadway, about 1,100 feet north of Covell Road to Waterloo Road. Crews will mill and overlay the roadway, which is part of this year's street overlay project awarded to Atlas Paving Co. The cost of the project is nearly $1.6 million. Work is expected to last about a week, depending on the weather. A flagman will direct the one lane of traffic that is scheduled to be open.
Firefighters to train
Edmond firefighters will be training this week along Littler Avenue from Third to Fourth streets. The street will be closed specific times over the three days.
Tuesday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Wednesday, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Monday, from 7 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Santa Market is Saturday
The third Annual Santa Market, benefiting the Alzheimer's Association of Oklahoma and Oklahoma City Food Bank, will be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Downtown Community Center, 28 E Main Street. Handmade items, home decor and direct sales products from more than 80 vendors will be offered. Visitors will receive an extra door prize ticket for a nonperishable food item for the Oklahoma City Food Bank. Admission is free. Big Truck Tacos will be there from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.
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The Intergris Health Edmond lecture series for November will cover diabetes and lung cancer. Dr. Caroline Merritt will discuss risk factors and the latest advances for those living with diabetes at noon Nov. 26. Dr. Thomas Showalter will provide insights on treatment options and coping with a lung cancer diagnosis at noon Nov. 28. The talks will be held in the conference room at Integris Health Edmond, 4801 Integris Parkway. To enroll, call 951-2277.


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December 03, 2013 08:25 AM by Stephanie Gustafson
He may be People's Sexiest Man Alive, but that doesn't necessarily make Adam Levine the authority on all things pop culture. Case in point: during last night's episode of The Voice, Adam admitted to knowing absolutely nothing about a very popular One Direction song.
Adam Levine is quite the expert on pop music (as he should be, given his position as the lead singer of Maroon 5), but he's not exactly knowledgeable when it comes to One Direction trivia. Last night, when Matthew Schuler took on a huge risk by singing the boy band's B-Side Story Of My Life, Adam admitted that he'd never heard the song before — and had it not been pointed out to him, he'd have had no idea that it was a One Direction hit!
That's not to say the entire judging panel on The Voice is clueless about One Direction. Blake Shelton certainly knew what he was talking about when he exclaimed, "One Direction! Oh em gee!" Following Blake's outburst, Adam acknowledged, "Blake is the authority on all things One Direction." Snarky Christina Aguilera added, "He didn't know Nirvana, but he knew One Direction."
Adam Levine may not have understood the hype surrounding One Direction's big hit, but he could appreciate Matthew's excellent rendition of Story Of My Life. And Matthew's performance was similarly applauded by the other judges. Of course, the contestant has a tough road ahead, what with having to duke it out against the likes of Tessanne Chin and James Wolpert. But we think he's more than capable!
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Social intricacies surround us. As we walk through our healthcare organizations they exist whether we acknowledge them. Recognizing these social nuances is important, but not easy to do, given the many societal layers and time constraints in our busy and complex health organizations.
In particular, both explicit and implicit activities socially shape healthcare teams. It's hard for new staff and leaders to acclimate to an organization and a team, which sometimes creates retention issues. We can identify and recognize a team's social structures by giving it a voice, and enhance its presence by using a qualitative simulation activity.
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Be sure to simulate activities in an actual workspace, which will create a memory trigger that adds value to the experience. The essence of the event becomes more real because the memory is more vivid.
It's fascinating and encouraging to see what we can do in healthcare when individuals have time to actually explore their social worlds and environments. If this sounds interesting please add your comments!
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Review: PAPUSZA Is A Beautifully Photographed, Pensive Depiction Of A Life Scarred By Success
Leading a nomadic lifestyle since their early days, Romani people never found a place they could truly call home. Since early ages they migrated to different regions all around the world in search of a nation that would consider them equal. However, due to the fact that citizens of many different countries have always had a prejudice against that specific ethnic group, they've rarely tried to blend in socially and culturally and were often treated as sort of intruders, whose presence was nothing more than a nuisance.
One of many countries that Roms settled down in during the turbulent 20th century was Poland. Though they were still thought of as a minority, the treatment they've experienced wasn't as rough as in other parts of the globe and some of them have soon decided to stay.
To outsiders Romani heritage is a huge mystery. Given that Roms treat their culture as a precious and holy treasure, it's never been properly discovered and those few lucky individuals, who had a chance to understand the life of this rich, albeit incomprehensible, civilization later tried to pass on the information to future generations.
One of the most influential duets in the history of Polish cinematography, Janusz Krauze and his wife Joanna Kos-Krauze, take roles of both the narrators of the story and curators of a broad collection of Romani customs.
Being a film based on true events, Papusza gives a curious and penetrating insight into the lives of a group of Polish Roms. One of the main characters in the film is Jerzy Ficowski (played by Anotoni Pawlicki), a Polish poet and translator, who celebrated Poland's Roma culture.
As the film explains he begins traveling with Roms across the country after World War II. During that journey he gets acquainted with a modest and placid girl named Bronislawa Wajs, known as Papusza (Doll). This seemingly shy and simple woman becomes Jerzy's object of interest, until he realizes that she's already married to her step-uncle Dionizy (Zbigniew Walerys), a violent and close-minded brute.
On one quiet evening near the campfire Jerzy hears Papusza reciting a poem, and to his great surprise she proclaims it as her own. He encourages Papusza to write more and to send him everything after he comes back to Warsaw. Yet the backwardness that governs that closed community holds her back from spreading the wings. Even the ability to read and write is condemned and those, who don't follow strict orders, are quickly judged and severely punished.
As time goes by, with the help of a great Polish poet Julian Tuwim (Andrzej Walden) Papusza's name starts to gain a lot of attention in the art world, a situation that immediately infuriates the whole Roma community. Their anger culminates when Jerzy announces a book that's supposed to reveal many unknown facts from the lives of those interesting people.
What Papusza undergoes is nothing short of hell on Earth. She's subject to humiliation, insults and rejection, even from her son. Figuratively speaking, it's as if though she was a witch and her poems witchcraft, wreaking havoc and eventually sending the poor woman to her doom. Because of all the pressure and hatred Papusza ultimately looses her mind and wholeheartedly regrets ever writing a single word, saying 'If I hadn't learned to read and write, I would've been happy'.
Although the movie serves its purpose as a biographical piece it doesn't put enough focus on the titular character, thus failing to reveal the complexity of a weary, troubled, emotionally imbalanced figure and a person that forever changed the way we perceive Romani culture. What we get is a rather vague description of a poet, who had to deal with a lot of criticism from the only people she could ever consider family. The character of Papusza is rarely in the foreground. That oversight gives an impression that she's there only to communicate a valuable message about Roms in general, not about the real Papusza herself. The fact that the film sparsely refers to Papusza's poetry also undermines her actual contribution to the literary world.
Papusza's presented through a series of vignettes, interwoven into a non-linear timeline, albeit not a confusing one. The directors deliberately wanted to leave out some of the elements of the story in order to explain them later on, while jumping through different periods of the protagonist's life.
Those vignettes wouldn't be as impressive if not for their spectacular visual side. The beautifully photographed scenes look as though they were taken straight out of a fairy tale, and the sharp black-and-white color palette gives them a deeply melancholic and mostly somber tone. Only the rhythmical sounds of a Romani orchestra somewhat livens up that immensely pensive mood.
Although it establishes a stunning, enticingly poetic ambience, the film also evokes a dramatic sense of sadness, while commemorating a poet, whose life was as unusual as her poetry.
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Padres bats awaken just when they're needed most in 6-4 win Saturday
Gwynn reaches base five times and they strike for six runs in the sixth inning to halt a four-game skid
"You can't go back and get back what you left out there. That's what makes this game so tough – if you continue to dwell on failure knowing there's another opportunity to come through.
"You have to erase it."
"Brian had some opportunities early," Black said. "He showed the mental strength to hang in there."
But Black didn't believe Giles was the key to this win. That honor went to starter Kevin Correia, who retired 15 of the last 17 Diamondbacks he faced after giving up two runs in the first.
"Arizona had a chance to make a nice cushion and Kevin got out of it," Black said. "He settled in with five nice innings."
"I don't think I threw real bad in that first inning," said Correia, who pitched five scoreless innings after the two-run first and was the beneficiary of the Padres rally.
Arizona scored twice in the first on scoring singles by Stephen Drew and Eric Byrnes around a hit batter and the only walk issued by Correia.
"One pitch got away from me, but it was like one ground ball up the middle and one ground ball in the hole," Correia said. "I was confident in my stuff. I didn't let those two runs make me feel like I was beat."
Correia, who gave up 10 runs in as many innings in his previous two starts (including a May 26 loss at Arizona), threw 34 pitches in the first inning and only 49 in his last five innings.
The Padres bullpen allowed two runs in the final three innings with Heath Bell getting his major league-leading 16th save in his first appearance this month.
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NEW DELHI: Narendra Modi's tweets in Japanese before his trip may have sparked a tsunami of sorts on the microblogging site, but for Hiren Joshi it was yet another affirmation of the PM's growing digital presence.
Joshi, 44, who has been managing Modi's blogs, websites, and Twitter and FB accounts, accomplished the task of sending out eight impactful tweets with help from the Indian embassy in Japan and a translation tool. While a section of sceptics termed the exercise 'twiplomacy' and others wondered just when the PM learnt Japanese, all that brouhaha was nothing new for Joshi.


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The EMEA issued new temporary treatment recommendations for Genzyme's Gaucher's disease therapy, Cerezyme. The tighter treatment control follows the company's confirmation that shortage of its drug is more severe than previously expected.
Genzyme's decision in late July to discard the majority of its work-in-process material means that the total second-quarter write-off has risen by another $8.4 million to approximately $22.6 million. The firm says that it now expects its 2009 Cerezyme revenues to be at the low end of the $750 million–$1 billion guidance range reported in July. Moreover, if the company does not finish and release any of the remaining 20% of work-in-progress material, it will incur an additional write-off of some $2.7 million.
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MINNEAPOLIS Brett Favre's consecutive games played streak could be in trouble again, with his unparalleled 20-year career probably down to the final four weeks.
The NFL's all-time iron man sprained his throwing shoulder severely enough Sunday that he didn't even try to talk his way back into the game. Still, at age 41 with Minnesota essentially out of playoff contention, Favre wasn't ready to declare himself done for good.
The Vikings, with new life under interim coach Leslie Frazier, haven't conceded yet either.
Tarvaris Jackson threw two touchdown passes to Sidney Rice in relief after Favre was hurt on the first series, Adrian Peterson rushed for three touchdowns on a sprained ankle and the Vikings rolled over the Buffalo Bills 38-14.
"Can you be effective if you play?" was the question Favre said he'll ask himself next week. "If the answer is yes, if I think I can, I would love to play and see this through."
Without All-Pro left guard Steve Hutchinson (thumb) or standout wide receiver Percy Harvin (illness), the Vikings (5-7) outgained the Bills 387-239 and turned Frazier's first home game since replacing the fired Brad Childress into a fun time under the roof on a frigid afternoon outside.
Jackson threw three interceptions but after Drayton Florence returned the first one for a touchdown, he led the Vikings to touchdowns on their next four possessions for a 28-7 lead to put the game away before halftime. Jackson finished 15 for 22 for 187 yards, plus two runs for 22 yards.
So what's the story for next Sunday's game against the playoff-chasing New York Giants?
"No quarterback controversy," Frazier said.
Favre was diagnosed with a sprained sternoclavicular joint in his throwing shoulder. The SC joint is located where the collarbone meets the breastbone. An X-ray showed no broken bones and he is scheduled to have an MRI on Monday. If Favre is healthy, he'll make his NFL-record 298th straight start.
"Hopefully that'll be the case, but we'll wait and see what happens," Frazier said.
Since Frazier, who interviewed for the Bills coaching position last winter that went to Chan Gailey, was promoted from defensive coordinator the Vikings defense has given up only two touchdowns and 455 total yards over two games.
Peterson, who was listed as questionable this week and looked a little gimpy during pregame warmups, pounded the league's most porous run defense for 107 yards on 16 carries including a 43-yard scamper for a score.
Frazier said the decision on whether to play the All-Pro was "real close," but Jackson just laughed - saying "he's not human, man" - when asked how his teammate was able to heal so quickly after getting hurt last week.
"I was brainwashing myself the whole week, putting it in my mind that, 'I'm going to play, I'm going to play, I'm going to play," Peterson said.
Favre might have to use a similar technique to get himself ready.
"I'm not overly concerned right now. I'm just going to see what the MRI says," he said.
Although the Bills (2-10) have been vastly improved over the last month or so, they reverted to early-season form and suffered another blowout. They turned the ball over five times and had three personal foul penalties.
"Obviously I didn't do a good job of preparing our football team for what they were getting into coming in here," Gailey said.
Looking like the Pro Bowl player he was last year, Rice jumped over Leodis McKelvin to grab a 31-pass up the sideline from Jackson and wrestle the ball away in the end zone late in the first quarter.


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observations of U Gem needed now
Details will be forthcoming in an AAVSO Special Notice, but visual and multicolor observations of U Gem are needed now through at least December 11. HST/COS will be observing U Gem on 2013 December 7, now that the recent outburst is over, and it is essential to have good coverage from AAVSO observers. These HST observations are a continuation of the campaign announced last year in AAVSO Alert Notice 475 and followed up on in AAVSO Special Notices #327 and #328.
Good observing - Elizabeth Waagen, AAVSO HQ
Hi Elizabeth!
I observed and submitted IRVB data for U gem for 06Dec13 for UT times 09:08:47.9 to 11:25:22.9. Hope this helps the research for this interesting dwarf nova!
James Foster-Los Angeles, CA
p.s. I notice I'm not seeing the AASVO moniker next to my name in the plots. Is this because I joined "officially" only 3 weeks ago?
Hope this isn't too hard on the eyes. Here's a colorful little graph I made of the VBRI data I took last night:
Backround image of U Gem is from "Darkly" at Deviant art: http://darky-face.deviantart.com/art/S-Doradus-245309265#/art/U-Geminorum-245310457?_sid=58754c29
I was looking at the LCG of U Gem, and noticed that B and V are quiescent at about 15th mag. U and Ic are brighter at 13th. I am not surprised to see the Ic brighter, but to see both the Ic and the U brighter surprised me. Is this normal for U Gem? Is this normal for this type of star?
If its clear tonight, I might try it, and I do have a U filter.
I wanted to shoot it in the U, but the filter I thought was U was actually a non-standard IR. Nice observation! I think that most of the radiation is coming from Ic (red star?) and U(white dwarf& accetion disk?). Time to buy another $150+ filter! :(
p.s. Just submitted 08Dec13's data, not much else different than 2 days before.
Hi Gary,
Remember that CVs are composite objects, consisting of a white dwarf, an accretion disk, and a donor star. Each has a different temperature, and so the resulting spectrum does not look like any kind of a normal star. If the donor star (which is almost always quite red) is bright, then it will dominate in the Ic band. If the white dwarf is hot and bright, then U-band will be particularly bright. The mid-wavelengths are almost always dominated by the accretion disk, especially during outburst. So what you get depends strongly on the relative contribution of each object.
Now that we are back at quiescence (14.5 mag), I would expect U-band to be about 14th mag, which is very difficult with an amateur telescope. I'd give it a try just to see what happens, and then be ready for the next outburst. Watch out for red leaks - U filters are known for this. The Astrodon U filter is blocked to 1.1 micron and so should be ok. One good way to test for a red leak is to image S Ori, a very red but bright star. It should be fainter than the B-band measurement; if brighter, then you have a leak.
RE:"Watch out for red leaks - U filters are known for this. The Astrodon U filter is blocked to 1.1 micron and so should be ok. "
I'll keep that in mind when getting the photometric U filter...thanks for the great feedback Dr. Arne!
James Foster
Los Angeles, CA
To: Elizabeth,
Thanks for the direction. I'm seeing this on the plotted charts now:
Hope to make my 30,000 CCD photometric measurement by the end of 2013!


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The Democratic Governors Association and the group North Carolina Citizens for Progress have filed a complaint in Wake County court. The complaint filed Thursday asks a judge to rule that the ad's content is true and the groups have complied with the law.
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With the federal debt at $16 trillion, the fate of the nation's cities stands at a crossroads. While cities like New York appear to be doing better than ever, a rising tide of poverty and inequality threatens to undermine their progress. Meanwhile, a large group of second-tier cities, from Detroit and St. Louis to Stockton and San Bernardino, are besieged as never before. How will the mushrooming national debt and looming federal austerity regime affect these trends? Will austerity exacerbate the division between successful and struggling cities?
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She is in Michigan. I did deliver the tickets as promised. I had to take them to a hotel, a security guard witnessed me leave them at the front desk, as did the manager.
I'm in Tennessee.
Thank you for your follow-up, Susannah.Legally you can pursue a small claims action against this person by claiming breach of contract. However you would need to do so not in Tennessee where you reside but in Michigan where she is located. The reason is because your agreement never had any 'choice of law', the default jurisdiction would be where the defendant is located. If you can make it to the county where this person is located, you can most definitely pursue the case, but I do not see your local courts allowing you to file. This is why I was asking about your location, because pursuing small claims is possible but in this case it may not be cost effective as you would only be able to sue for the amount owed plus court costs, you would not be able to pursue her for legal fees or your own transportation fees.Hope that helps.
Why am I unable to file in Tennessee?
Susannah,Because your state has no personal jurisdiction over this person. She is not a resident of Tennessee, and the violation arguably did not take place in Tennessee. Furthermore, the default jurisdiction is where the defendant resides, which would be Michigan. And as this violation is not over $90,000, federal courts would likewise not permit you to file suit, since they are the ones where suits between citizens of separate states can also take place (but there is a claim amount threshold that has to be met first).Hope that helps.
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Accusations of Abuse: Guantanamo Prisoner Calls Al-Jazeera
Once a week Mohammed el Gharani, Guantanamo inmate number 269, is allowed to call a relative. But the 'uncle' he claimed to be speaking to was a journalist at Al-Jazeera. He spoke of being beaten with a baton, having his head beaten against the ground and being doused in tear gas.
Prisoners in Guantanamo. Mohammed El Gharani says the running of the camp hasn't changed since Barack Obama took office.
His mistreatment in Guantanamo took place just 20 days before the inauguration of US President Barack Obama, el Gharani said. Obama declared on his second day in office that the camp would be closed within a year. But el Gharani says regardless of the new president, "there has been no change in the administration of Guantanamo."
Prisoner Knows Al-Jazeera Journalist
It seems that el Gharani, who was 14 when the Pakistani police handed him over to the US military, gave the interview by tricking prison authorities. He enjoys certain privileges because he is no longer classified as an "enemy combatant" thanks to a court ruling in January 2009. That means he is allowed to call relatives once a week -- or, to be precise, he can have them called. The number of the "uncle" he asked to be called was in fact the number of Sami al-Hajj, an Al-Jazeera cameraman who had spent six years in Guantanamo before being released last year.
Al-Hajj transcribed part of the interview and Al-Jazeera put it on its Web site on Tuesday.
The broadcaster also confronted the Pentagon and the US Justice Ministry with el Gharani's statements, but received an evasive response from the spokesman of the camp. Commander Brook DeWalt said he had no evidence that the phone transcript was authentic or that the claims were true.
Sami al-Hajj, the Al-Jazeera cameraman who spoke to el Gharani, told SPIEGEL ONLINE on Wednesday that the published phone conversation wasn't the first he had with the man from Chad. The first contact was about 10 days ago. He said he had given el Gharani his number when he had still been a detainee in Guantanamo. "So I know him well," Hajj said. "I'm convinced that he's telling the truth. Just as I'm convinced that he never had any links with the Taliban or al-Qaida."
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El Gharani is being held in Camp Iguana, al-Hajj said. That part of Guantanamo is where inmates are held who are to be released. El Gharani has been part of that group ever since a judge ruled on January 19 that the US government doesn't have reliable evidence of his involvement in international terrorism.
According to documents in his case published by the New York Times, the US government accused el Gharani of having received military training in an al-Qaida-affiliated military training camp, been a courier for high-ranking members of the network and having been a member of an al-Qaida cell based in Lolndon.
Al-Hajj said el Gharani was now aware of this decision and was preparing to be deported to Chad, although he had never been there before. According to US government documents, el Gharani is a citizen of Chad but was born in Saudi Arabia, from where he is alleged to have entered Pakistan with a forged passport.
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ATLANTA -- The Georgia House passed a bill to place a granite monument of the 10 Commandments on the State Capitol grounds.
HB702, which passed Monday by a 138 to 37 vote, also calls for the preamble to the Georgia Constitution and part of the Declaration of Independence to be included on the monument.
The monument would be financed with private funds.
It was introduced by Rep. Greg Morris (R-Vidalia).
The bill now goes to the state Senate.
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Georgia already has a written version of the 10 Commandments on the wall in the Capitol basement along with a display of eight other historical documents, including the Magna Carta, the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of Independence.
That document display went up in September of 2012 after it, too, was approved by the state legislature.
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The Republic of South Africa is a middle-income, developing country with an abundant supply of resources; well developed financial, legal, communications, energy and transport sectors; a stock exchange that ranks among the 10 largest in the world; and a modern infrastructure supporting an efficient distribution of goods to major urban centers throughout the region.
South Africa is situated at the southern tip of the African continent bordered by Namibia, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Mozambique and Swaziland to the north and the Atlantic Ocean to the west and the Indian Ocean to the east. Lesotho is an independent enclave within its borders. South Africa has a vast interior plateau rimmed by rugged mountains and hills with a narrow coastal plain.
The weather in South Africa is predominantly sunny and dry; most of the country experiences rainfall in summer.
The diverse population includes people from various African tribes, those with ancestry from all of Europe and those with roots in the Mideast and the Far East. Christianity is the largest religion. Because of the diversity of the population, 11 official languages are spoken in South Africa; English is widely spoken and understood.
South Africa conducted its first free elections for all its inhabitants in 1994 following a turbulent 40 years. The fledgling democracy is still trying to establish itself domestically while at the same time establishing itself as the power nation in Southern Africa. The current political climate is vibrant but stable.
Air carriers from Europe, Asia and Africa, as well as the national airline, serve South Africa. A well-developed extensive road and rail network allows access to almost every corner of the country. Car rentals, bus and taxi services are available in most of the country's cities and towns.
The communications infrastructure is well developed and all communications services (local and international phones, faxes, postal services, Internet cafes and business centers) are provided in an efficient, easily accessible manner, although sometimes expensive.
An emerging democracy with a developing economy and attendant high unemployment creates a crime situation that is the most pressing issue facing the country. Carjacking, robbery, rape and theft often associated with violence are common. Gang and taxi wars, often related to territorial issues, are rampant especially in major cities.
Medical facilities in South Africa are good in urban areas such as Cape Town, Johannesburg and in the vicinity of game parks and beaches, but may be limited elsewhere. The northeastern region of South Africa is a malaria-risk area.
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I have a coursework that I need to finish quite soon. The topic and instruction has been given down there. It's a legal case study and has to be in legal case study form following with references to cases that support the argument.
I have never written a case study in any modules and this kind of comes hard for me. If anyone is willing to enlighten me a bit, it'd be greatly appreciated. Such as where to start, which case is good to look at, how the structures should be like.
This has to be Year 1 Uni student level quality so GCSE or A-Level quality will be come in a little bit insufficient to comply with what my instructor is asking for.
Thank you in advance!
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Ignatius always takes his car to Speedy Motors Ltd. This time, he again took it to Speedy Motors Ltd's
garage for servicing. Every time he gave his car to Speedy Motors Ltd., Ignatius signed a contractual
document. Amongst other terms, the document stated that:
"13.1 Speedy Motors Ltd. accepts no responsibility for any consequential loss or injury sustained as a
result of any work carried out by the company, whether as a result of negligence or otherwise".
However, this time when Ignatius went to leave his car, the garage was very crowded, and the
garage workers didn't ask him to sign the regular contractual document. A receipt was given to him,
on the back of which the normal terms of business, including the above statement, were printed.
Ignatius accepted the receipt without reading it.
Ignatius was driving his car after collecting it from Speedy Motors Ltd. and unexpectedly, he crashed
into a telephone pole. As a result, Ignatius was severely injured, and could not work for at least two
months. The car was completely destroyed, as the pole had fallen down on top of it. Later, it was
found that the cause of the accident was that the mechanic at the garage had not performed his
duties properly. Speedy Motors Ltd. has accepted that their employee was negligent, but they deny
any liability due to the exclusion clause.
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Whether the exemption clause was valid and, if it was, whether it exempts Speedy Motors Ltd. for
all or any of the damage suffered as a result of the crash.
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1 Glory be to God in heaven,
peace to those who love him well;
on the earth let all his people
speak his grace, his wonders tell:
Lord, we praise you for your glory,
mighty Father, heaven's king;
hear our joyful adoration
and accept the thanks we bring.
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