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A Houston-area man has pleaded guilty in federal court to two counts of pretending to be a federal agent.
Paul Alan White, also known as Jonathan Alan Davenport, entered the plea Wednesday. Sentencing is set for June 28. He faces up to three years in prison for each violation.
According to an indictment, White pretended to be a CIA agent to get personal information from a friend of a female coworker at a Houston civil engineering firm. Also, the co-worker told authorities that White tried to recruit her to what she thought was the FBI, having her fill out a security form.
The 57-year-old from The Woodlands has a history of impersonating officials, writing a book about it in the mid-1990s titled "Guilty As Charged."


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The Atheist Experience is a weekly live call-in public TV show from Austin Texas. I was listening to a show from a few weeks ago. I heard an absolutely Epic Call. The caller espoused the worst form of nonsense — the kind masked by a [generally false] intellectual sophistication.
The hosts made a few mistakes too and Matt Dillahunty later wrote a blog post about how he mismanaged the call. However the caller is the epic one here. Especially if you're interested in consciousness, materialist explanations of consciousness, mind uploading, transhumanism etc.
It would take weeks to unravel it all so instead I present it without commentary. Below is a YouTube excerpt. Here's the full episode in mp3 and streaming video. Full version starts at about [23:50]. Finally below that I made a very rough transcript — I just HAD to get it down. I heartily recommend skimming through it despite the length. I was listening to it on the bus and I must have facepalmed 100 times. I've already ruined the punchline but it's still worth it.
YouTube link if you can't see the video
Matt: Got Charles here in Austin, how are you?
Charles: Doing well, thankyou for taking my call.
Matt: Sure.
Jeff: Hey Charles.
Charles: Hello. I'm calling because — the screener asked me if I was a theist, I told him I was a deist with theist inclinations and — the purpose of my call is because I'm terribly disturbed about what I perc–what I see as the danger of New Atheism. Or what's probably more aptly described as a sort of reductionist materialism. And I think it's very tangible, not like spiritual I'm going to be sentenced to hell danger but a real material danger if you will.
Jeff: Ok and what's that danger?
Charles: First of all I think is that the New Atheism isn't primarily atheism. It's almost…structuraly defective. I mean I think atheism in and of itself is sort of vacuous, it doesn't really propose anything, like you guys often claim.
Matt: Sure
Charles: But for something interesting when you say "will you please tell me what your belief is or base it on the reasons or your proof that god exists because we're really a refutation of an ideology rather than an ideology in and of itself" that really presumes to have the mechanism by which to judge the answer.
Matt: It's not atheism from which we derive that, it's skepticism, science, critical thinking.
Charles: That's actually what I was getting to! That's actually what you're NOT as well, unless you're talking about philosophical atheism. Because that's completely what you're not. Like in terms of Hume, science, which you continually parrot as being some sort of redemptive primary mover here in material life is not skeptical in nature. The presumption of the uniformity of physical law throughout the universe–
Matt: –no.
Jeff: It's not a presumption, it's an observation.
Charles: No it's n–[laughs]–when's the last time you observed–
Matt: –from what he's talking about. No no no, it's a practical assumption. It is a practical necessity.
Charles: But it is not skeptical.
Matt: Science–
Charles: –if you talk about Hume who is the godfather of skepticism–
Matt: –ok, I am a Hume follower. My point is, if such a thing made any sense, that science (and I don't want to get caught in equivocation here) as it is done is applied skepticism.
Charles: No you're using the word in a different sense, in a very modern loose sense–
Matt: –yes! Because I don't live in the 12th century–
Charles: –but not the sort of rigorous skepticism that most people assume you're talking about. Hume–
Matt: –it absolutely is.
Charles: Hume was not proposing incredulity. Hume, I'm sure you're familiar with the–
Jeff: –excuse me, excuse me! I'm sure you two guys would love to have a long philosophical debate about this but you called the show to say there was a danger and I asked you what that danger is. Tell me what the danger is!
Charles: The danger is that reductionist materialism seeks to deprive us of the mechanisms by which we would defend ourselves from certain pseudo-modern horrors that maybe Ray Kurzweil or other reductionist materialis[ts] would like to perpetrate on humanity. Like uploading the entirety of the human race into some massive computer because humans are really reducible to physical structures. And those are dangerous assumptions–
Matt: –why is it dangerous?
Jeff: Why is an idea dangerous? I mean he's not — [cross-talk]. You know, any idea can be forced on people and then you can call that activity of forcing that idea on someone dangerous.
Charles: Well is ??? dangerous or is it not dangerous?
Jeff: It's not true, how's that?
Charles: Well it's not what I said, I said is it dangerous?
Jeff: Well, are you saying that uploading consciousness would work?
Charles: I have no clue.
Jeff: Well, if it works then isn't the underlying premise true?
Charles: I think that's going to be nearly impossible to determine and that brings us —
Jeff: –no no no! Hold on now! You're talking about this horror — [cross-talk]
Matt: You gotta let Jeff talk. I know you can't hear him, he's trying to ask questions.
Jeff: You called in to tell us that we're dangerous, ok? And now we get a chance to defend ourselves. Now if your example of a horror that you think is led to by reductionism was uploading consciousness to a computer as if human beings could be boiled down to just material forces, right?
Charles: Correct
Jeff: And I'm asking you, do you think it would work? Cause if you do think it would work then the assumption that we are physical is true. If you don't think it would work, then the assumption that we are physical is not true and you win. So either way, where's the horror? Either it's true or it's not. Nobody's going to get uploaded if it won't work.
Charles: I have the intuition — I mean it's impossible to say at this juncture — but I have the intuition that it is not possible.
Jeff: Well, ok?! Where's the horror? If it won't work then where's the horror?
Charles: Where's the horror?! [LAUGHS] Where's the horror in essentially convincing humanity that — I mean, I assume you're familiar with Ray Kurzweil? Singularity?
Jeff: Yes. In fact I agree with him!
Charles: Ok, I assume that because you're a reductionist.
Jeff: Ok…
Matt: Well did you assume that I agree with him?..Never mind, keep going.
Charles: I'm having a little trouble distinguishing between the two voices, I'm sorry.
Matt: Are you wathing the show?
Charles: Yes but there is a delay and it makes it a little tricky.
Jeff: All right. Please…I'm trying to find out where this horror is that you think that there's a danger of our position leading to.
Charles: Well if it's wrong, is it good to suppose that uploading grandpa into a computer is harmless? If it's wrong.
Jeff: If it's not true that it could be done then that idea will last only as long as — only until it's discovered, hey this doesn't work. And then the idea is finished.
Charles: I think you might be structurally prevented from that discovery. I mean how would you know?
Matt: Then there can't be a horror!
Jeff: If there's no uploading because we can't get it to work then there's no uploading, where's the horror?
Charles: No no no! You misunderstand me. I don't think the uploading is possible–
Jeff: –you're just turned off by the idea–
Charles: –supposed to be upload[ing] is possible.
Jeff: Well, ok, scientists are not going to be uploading anybody if they can't. Right? Right?
Charles: You're misunderstanding me, I'm sorry. What I'm saying is I don't think the creation of this structure that would…let's say we have this human level intelligence recreated with the same memories the same structure the same capacities, I don't think that's sufficient to say that that person was uploaded. I think it's conceivable to me that you could create–
Jeff:–so the horror is, let me see if this is correct. Tell me if I'm wrong here. What you find horrifying is the idea that a human being's could be exactly duplicated and you personally would be creeped out by that because you have an a priori assumption–
Jeff:–that that's not how our consciousnesses work therefore you'd be creeped out by that copy of grandpa?
Charles: I don't find the process itself to be disturbing, I find the assumption that — as Ray Kurzweil says — that it will be US. That this future sort of–
Jeff: Right! That's exactly what I just said.
Matt: That's what he just said.
Jeff: You have an a priori assumption that that can't be us. And so if they make a thing that seems to be–
Charles:–I don't have an a priori assumption, a suspicion. I'm really not sure.
Jeff: Fine! So you called us to tell us that what we're doing could lead to horror and the horror is an a priori suspicion you've got. Well, congratulations! Congratulations, you can join the people who thought that automobiles were terrifying because it must be physically impossible for our bodies to go more than 25 mph.
Matt: Dude–
Jeff: –that's where you're coming from!
Charles: It's not where I'm coming from.
Matt: Yes it is [cross-talk] — Charles, Charles. The other thing that I find assinine about this entire conversation is that I haven't proposed that idea at all and it's not something that is…while it is consistent with it's not in any way dependent upon atheism.
Charles: I agree but what does happen–
Matt:–well then I'm right! So what's your point?
Charles: The problem is, forgetting what I said is that the whole discussion seeks to deprive us of the mechanisms by which we might defend ourselves. And let me take Michael Shermer as an–
Jeff:–what are you defending yourself against? See that's the thing. The only horror you've mentioned is the horror you're gonna feel because of a suspicion you have. That's it! You want to be defended from that? Go ahead and believe whatever you want dude! Nobody is telling you you can't continue to believe that our bodies are animated by spooks!
Charles: –want you're screaming at me?
Jeff: Dude! Can I make my point? You're saying that we're running the risk of depriving you of the ability to defend yourself of challenges to your notion that our bodies are animated by spiritual spooks.
Charles: That's a strawman argument you're presenting.
Jeff: What? Explain it then, explain where you're really coming from.
Charles: I'm afraid in this pseudo-modern generation, you know, the modernists being those living in the time of social Darwinism is sort of this resurgence in —
Jeff: [snicker]
Charles: –faith on both sides…scientism and…are going to commit the same things that would naturally follow once you have the presumption that humans are merely structure. It becomes–
Matt:–you're wrong. No, stop Charles. Charles, stop. Please demonstrate that it naturally follows from the idea that humans are "merely" material what you can do. How do you get from that is to the ought?
Charles: Ok, then if–
Matt:–no, Charles. Don't do an ok? I asked a question.
Charles: I'm answering your question.
Matt: All right [smile]. How do you get from the is to the ought?
Charles: No it's not the ought.
Matt: Yes you are, you're saying it's a necessary conclusion from it.
Charles: No no no. I'm saying that the argument is that there is no difference so there isn't an ought, it doesn't matter.
Matt: No the argument is not that there is no difference. Nobody–[cross-talk]
Jeff:–I'd be happy to defend the transhumanist position since I'm a transhumanist. I'd be happy to defend that, that's what he's going after. Though it's just not true Charles — not all atheists are — [cross-talk]. May we speak on our own show please?
Charles: I think you're having no problems speaking.
Jeff: Charles! It is not true that all atheists are transhumanists. I'm one–
Charles: –I didn't say they were. I said reductionists generally are
Jeff[long laughter]: Charles, you are free to continue to believe that there's something else going on besides the physical–
Charles: –I know there's something else going on–
Jeff:–would you please stop interrupting me? Or we're gonna hang up on you. You are free to continue to believe that there's something else going on besides the physical function of our brains. You're going to remain free to believe that. Why would you not? What are you afraid is gonna happen?
Charles: I'm sorry, are you asking now? Can I talk?
Jeff: Yes, I asked you a question, what are you afraid is gonna happen?
Charles: It's not about what I'm afraid is gonna happen as a direct result of that. I think you're really misunderstanding me. What I'm saying is that once you deprive me of the mechanisms to defend against that, like things like mind, love, non-material things that [???] take for granted–
Jeff:–excuse me just to correct you for a second–
Charles:–that we're just mechanisms, that we're just machines.
Jeff: Not depriving you of love. Not depriving you of any of those things you just listed. Not a one of them.
Charles: Well–
Jeff: –they are in fact–
Charles: –that's what I was gonna say about Michael Shermer–
Jeff:–and, by the way, atheists are not depriving you of anything. Atheists are pointing out that you already lack the ability to prove the things that you seem to want to prove.
Charles: I disagree and like I said–
Jeff:–yes, well ok, fine. And you're calling our show and telling us that we're dangerous–
Charles: –you are dangerous!–
Jeff: –because you disagree–
Charles:–arrogance, you're philistines. You are exceedingly practical scientism–
Matt: –no not scientism. You don't get to just make up words in order to–
Jeff: –may I ask, I just wanna, I just wanna verify, has this caller insulted us enough. Has this caller insulted us enough that we may now insult him in return?
Matt: …probably, but–
Charles:–won't let me tell you my argument.
Jeff:–Charles! You haven't got one dude. That's the problem.
Matt: Hang on, hang on, EVERYBODY STOP!!
Jeff: [laughs]
Matt: Charles, a minute ago, you said that you know that humans are more.
Charles: No, that's not what I said, I know that there are non-material things that the materialist structure doesn't allow for that I know–
Matt: –ok, how do you know this?
Charles: Because I've had direct experience with them as have you…would you like an example?
Matt: Sure, I'd like an argument not an example.
Charles: Ok. I take it for granted that you've read a novel?
Matt: Yes.
Charles: Ok where was that novel located when you read it?
Matt: In my hands?!
Charles: Well that's where the text was!
Matt: That's correct.
Charles: I'm making a distinction between–
Matt:–that's correct, I had a conceptual [Jeff: oh good grief!] perception of the novel. It existed only as a physical brain state and if you think there was more to it–
Charles:–that isn't sufficient. That isn't sufficient because–
Matt:–how do you know it's not sufficient? How do you know it's not sufficient?
Charles: Because it doesn't take into account the two different minds that are involved in the ultimate fruition of the novel [???] one state for you isn't sufficient to take into account that brain which created it, that mind–
Matt:–the brain that created it has one conception of the novel and the guy that reads it has a different conception of the novel. And my–
Charles: –no no, that's inaccurate. That's really a rudimentary insufficient understanding of it.
Matt: Really?
Charles: Because the object itself is not reducible–
Matt: –it's not an object! It's — ARGH!
Charles: Why is this tree? Tree! Matt Dillahunty, tree! What just happened? I'm not very specific but–
Matt: –you said a word that conveyed an idea in the English language–
Matt:–which brought into…you gonna let me finish or am I gonna hang up on your ass? Which brought into my head the concept of a plant. There is, in my head, as a physical brain state, because of what you said, the concept. You do not get to conflate your idea of a tree with my idea of a tree and then say that because there are 2 ideas of a tree, there's something we can't explain. Cause you've got a brain — despite evidence to the contrary! — and so do I.
Charles: I think you're missing the point. You're doing the same thing that [???] which is interrupting me.
Jeff: Dude!
Charles: [???] every [??? Matt: Let him go] the edges of perception, the basis of our understanding we're hemmed in by illusions of meaning that materialism can't explain. It's not a sufficient framework. If I say "I believe in a non-material being called God"–
Matt:–no, you are asserting that it is impossible–
Charles:–material science doesn't allow for that!
Matt: No sir! No sir, you are asserting that it is impossible — materialistically — to account for thought. Please demonstrate that this is true and not just a flat frikking assertion–
Charles:–I actually did not say that I said that it is impossible to account for the thing called a novel…..You're talking about thought and I'm talking about the novel.
Matt: The novel?!
Charles: Now here's what I'm–
Matt: –that is an abstract concept. The novel — as you're using it — is an abstract concept. I'm talking about–
Charles: –I don't believe in the ghetto of conception like you do. I don't believe that love is just a chemical fever with all this other poetic baggage–
Matt:–what else is it and how do you know that it's more?
Charles: You are not skeptical [Jeff: You know what I think is dangerous?] you're a pragmatist!
Jeff: I think it's dangerous for us to be living in a world where we are in fact discovering the physical basis for things.
Charles: [laughs]
Jeff: And there's people like you. People like you-
Charles: –uh-huh, people like me, ok!
Jeff: You know — hey — you called us to call us dangerous! Right back at you!
Charles: Ok!
Jeff: Cave men like you, who want to reject what has actually been discovered because it kinda creeps you out.
Charles: What has been discovered?
Jeff: You are a–
Charles: –what has been discovered? WHat are you talking about?
Jeff: We know vast amounts about how the brain works.
Charles: I'm not talking about the brain–
Jeff: –all right–
Charles: –I'm talking about the mind.
Jeff: I've had my say and you've had your say over and over and over again–
Matt: –what is the mind? What is the mind?–
Charles: –[???] rather ineptly [???]–
Matt: –what is the mind? What is the mind?
Charles: What is the mind? That's a great question! And because I'm a solipsist, because I am uncertain–
Matt and Jeff, in perfect unison: –YOU'RE A SOLIPSIST?!
Charles: –trapped like most people–
Matt [hangs up]
Long silence with facepalming.
Jeff: Wow!
Matt: WHy didn't you start? If you're a solipsist–
Jeff: [hysterical laughter]
Matt: –we're all just figments of your freaking imagination anyway, so why don't you just stay home and mentally masturbate instead of calling and wasting time on our show?
Jeff: Ask yourself why you're imagining a couple of guys like us who are going to sit here and argue with you and in fact the entire universe is — you know — an imaginary creation of your own…Wow…Wow
Matt: Until you actually demonstrate that some thing that you wanna label a mind actually exists as a thing, now you're just talking about abstracts and it's a waste of our time which is why we went round and round. Yeah, enough of that.
Jeff: [???] far enough. I think it's dangerous to live in a world with like nuclear bombs when there's solipsists running around loose.
Matt: It's dangerous that you guys are actually in favour of investigating to discover the real vs the unreal! Sorry! Some of us give a damn.

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|Topic: What's The Delivery Schedule For The 787?
Username: avi8
Posted 2011-09-25 16:13:37 and read 5547 times.
Does anyone know how the many 787's are going to be delivered this year and the first quarter of next year? I would apprciate some answers. Thanks.
|Topic: RE: What's The Delivery Schedule For The 787?
Username: sonomaflyer
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It's been reported in tons of threads all over this site. Just search a bit.
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How Lighting Affects Health30.11.12
We don't really need to be told how lighting can affect how you're feeling. There's a reason we refer to darker colours as "depressing" and lighter colours as "happy", and we've all experienced dim lighting deflating our mood or a dingy space depressing motivation. But just how much does light affect health? Could it, for example, affect physical recovery in hospital? This article will take a look at research relating to natural light, artificial light and health in the workplace as well as some recent research into light in hospitals.
Lighting in the workplace
There are both physical and physiological consequences of poorly managed lighting in the workplace. Problems with eyestrain have chequered the workplace for over a decade now; The Steelcase Worldwide Office Environment Index carried out in 1991 found that 64% of computer users listed eyestrain as the number one health hazard in the workplace, and with increasing reliance on computers screens and monitors, the scope for these problems to get worse is looming threat.
But it's not just employee perspective which is the problem – efficiency at work place drops in correlation with eyestrain. A study by Cornell University indicates that 24% of workers in a poorly lit environment reported a loss of work time due to vision problems and discomfort. Generally, the time lost was well over 15 minutes per day, which translates to giving every worker an extra week of paid holiday per year.
The physiological and psychological impact
We've all experienced light affecting our mood. Light encourages the production of vitamin D, melatonin and serotonin which helps to regulate our body clock and keeps us working productively. Serotonin also keeps moods regulated and lifted. If the balance between serotonin and melatonin release becomes skewed, and the circadian rhythm is affected then this can have a whole range of detrimental health consequences including poor concentration, tiredness, and a lowered mood. Indeed, a recent study assessing the use of light in hospital reported that patients exposed to a lot of light during recovery experienced less perceived stress and less pain, taking 22% less analgesic medication per hour compared with patients in a dimmer room, with 21% less pain medication costs incurred.
How can you ensure your workplace is properly lit?
The best way to ensure your workplace lighting is enhancing employees productivity and mood is to engage a lighting professional who can not only give you recommendations on how to light your space to reduce health problems for workers. Ergonomic monitors will work in harmony with your employees bodies and mount lcd arms make it easier for employees to position screens so as to reduce eye strain. Fortunately a lighting professional should also have the know-how to engineer the lighting so it fits into your office and be able to make sustainable recommendations.
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Joyce E. (Weigand) Graaf, 79, of Weatherly died Wednesday at Weatherwood Nursing and Rehabilitation Center.
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Halle Berry And Gabriel Aubry Are Done Fighting In Court
By Mack Rawden 3 years ago
Halle Berry, Gabriel Aubry and Olivier Martinez might not be ready to start making dinner reservations for three, but they are apparently done fighting it out like children in front lawns on holidays. Earlier today, Aubrys attorney Shawn Holley and Berrys attorney Blair Berk met in order to work out a way to put an end to all of these restraining orders, custody issues and simmering resentment, and miraculously, they actually did come to some kind of understanding.
According to TMZ, the exact terms of the hashed out agreement have not been made public, but the litigators did release a joint statement to the media making it clear well likely never know exactly who gave up what. Take a look at the brief announcement below in its entirety
The parties have reached an amicable agreement. There will be no further statements regarding this matter."
Whatever Aubry and Berry had to agree to, it was worth it. They might hate each others guts, but they still have a daughter together. She doesnt need her dad and her moms fiancé throwing punches on Thanksgiving, and she doesnt need them screaming at each other in court for the next five years. Life is simply too short to spend so much energy hating.
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Cody Pryseski: Under the Skin & Across the Street
June 3 – June 26, 2016
First Friday Opening Reception – June 3, 5-9pm
Hamilton Gallery is pleased to present the exhibition
gallery I guest artist exhibition
June 3 – June 26, 2016
First Friday Opening Reception – June 3, 5-9pm
Cody Pryseski takes a humanist approach to painting, believing in the value of classical, traditional training and techniques. Cody's attention to detail and quality compels him to continually rework his canvases until he achieves the right mood. The goal is to capture the personality and psychology of his subject.
Also exhibiting this month Hamilton Gallery artist members:
Jude Asher, Schroeder Cherry, Ron Cohn, Donna DiSciullo, Ned Epps, Marcus Dagold, Amy Klainer, James MacDonald, Ania Milo, Charles Mens, Lynn Poshepny, Theresa Reuter, Valerie Smith, Grace Sweeney, Bridget Z. Sullivan, Richard Sullivan, Maxine Taylor, Linnea Tober & Alex Vanicky.
Hamilton Gallery welcomes all guests and neighbors to join us in enjoying our neighborhood and our city.
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Still, parents should help their kids prepare to live, learn, and work in communities that will become even more diverse. Teaching tolerance is important not just because it is part of our American heritage, but because the person who learns to be open to differences will have more opportunities in education, business, and many other aspects of life.
In short, your child's success depends on it. Success in today's world — and tomorrow's — depends on being able to understand, appreciate, and work with others.
Tolerance refers to an attitude of openness and respect for the differences that exist among people. Although originally used to refer to ethnic and religious differences, the concepts of diversity and tolerance can also be applied to gender, people with physical and intellectual disabilities, and other differences, too.
Tolerance means respecting and learning from others, valuing differences, bridging cultural gaps, rejecting unfair stereotypes, discovering common ground, and creating new bonds. Tolerance, in many ways, is the opposite of prejudice.
But does tolerance mean that all behaviors have to be accepted? No, of course not. Behaviors that disrespect or hurt others, like being mean or bullying, or behaviors that break social rules, like lying or stealing, should not be tolerated. Tolerance is about accepting people for who they are — not about accepting bad behavior. Tolerance also means treating others the way you would like to be treated.
Like all attitudes, tolerance is often taught in subtle ways. Even before they can speak, children closely watch — and imitate — their parents. Kids of all ages develop their own values, in great part, by mirroring the values and attitudes of those they care about.
Many parents live and work in diverse communities and have friends who are different from themselves in some (or in many) ways. Parents' attitudes about respecting others are often so much a part of them that they rarely even think about it. They teach those attitudes simply by being themselves and living their values. Parents who demonstrate (or model) tolerance in their everyday lives send a powerful message. As a result, their children learn to appreciate differences, too.
Of course, celebrating differences of others doesn't mean giving up your own heritage. Your family may have its own long-standing cultural and religious traditions that are something to be proud of. Families can find ways to celebrate differences of others while continuing to honor and pass down their own cultural heritage.
Parents can teach tolerance by example — and in other ways, too. Talking together about tolerance and respect helps kids learn more about the values you want them to have. Giving them opportunities to play and work with others is important as well. This lets kids learn firsthand that everyone has something to contribute and to experience differences and similarities.
Things parents can do to help kids learn tolerance include:
When parents encourage a tolerant attitude in their children, talk about their values, and model the behavior they would like to see by treating others well, kids will follow in their footsteps.
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By Rokur Jakupsstovu, Swimming World Scandinavian correspondent
OSLO, Norway, October 9. Just 18 months after the death of Norwegian swimming star Alexander Dale Oen, elite swimming in Norway is at a standstill national head coach Petter Lovberg admitted to NRK.no recently.
"It's in the cards that we now have to start all over again," Lovberg said of the greatest challenge of his career.
Earlier this week, several local media outlets detailed the issue in that Norwegian's national team now consists of just one swimmer in the elite group, Cecilie Waage Johannesen. Recently, that group had grown to a handful of strong swimmers that included Ingvild Snildal, Aleksander Hetland, Sara Nordenstam and Dale Oen. That group captured more than 20 international medals for the country.
Lovberg, who has served as the national coach for 12 years, spoke candidly with NRK.no.
"No, we have to basically build a new national team," Lovberg said. "It will probably be the most challenging thing I've done as a coach, but that is also what makes it the most inspiring."
There is some hope for Norway as rising starts Sindri Thor Jacobsson and Sverre Naess are both back in the sport after some soul-searching breaks following Dale Oen's death.
"It just shows how vulnerable you can be," Lovberg said. "We have been fortunate to have four such good swimmers on our team. Now, all are more or less gone. The challenge is that when all disappear at about the same time. It will take time to build up new athletes to the same level."
The big hope for Norway now is that the legend and legacy of Dale Oen will live on to inspire the next level of age group swimmers as a guiding light for what can be accomplished as a Norwegian swimmer.
"For us, it is important to take that inspiration with us when we build further," Lovberg said. "Sooner or later, a new one will pop up who can be very good."
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How to Negotiate a Term Sheet... in eight acts
The Vancouver Enterprise Forum (VEF) is teaming up with the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society for what promises to be an entertaining and educational evening next week.
Term Sheet Theatre will take the you behind the scenes to show you what VCs and entrepreneurs are really thinking during term sheet negotiation. Clark Wilson's Mark Longo and Brock Smith will portray the lawyers, Bootup Labs Danny Robinson will be the "Internet entrepreneur", Growthworks' Maria Pacella will be the VC, and Dayna Forsyth from Irwin White Jennings will play the VC's lawyer.
Organizers promise that the companies and term sheet will be fictitious but realistic. Considering Growthworks is an investor in Robinson's Vancouver startup Strutta, the back-and-forth negotiation on stage will no doubt have some element of truth to it.
Whether you are an entrepreneur, who is getting ready to raise some financing or a veteran who has been around the block - Term Sheet Theatre will be an informative and fun evening followed by networking. Just remember that term sheet negotiation can't really be done in one hour.
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SAN DIEGO — There's plenty of mystery surrounding Len Wiseman's adaptation of "Total Recall" and much of it involves the film's two leading ladies: Kate Beckinsale and Jessica Biel. The actors play characters who are both much more than they seem at first glance — but in very different ways.
MTV News chatted with the two stars as they promoted "Total Recall" at San Diego Comic-Con, where they revealed that neither was originally intended to play the part they ended up with. Beckinsale plays Lori (Colin Farrell's onscreen wife) and Biel plays Melina, a woman who helps Farrell's Doug Quaid after he goes through the "Rekall" experience. But the casting could have gone down another way.
"I actually spoke to Len and auditioned for both," Biel recounted. "Auditioned like three different times, went in for Malina — no, I went in for Lori — then went in for Malina and then went back. Crazy.
"Actually, [I] read with Colin for Lori, wild enough, and then Len and I just talked about it," she continued. "I sat by myself for a while and thought, 'You know what? I want to be the heartbeat of this movie. I want to be that person who's with Colin, going through it, getting involved in it."
After some more reflection, Biel concluded that the part of Malina would allow her to stretch in ways she hadn't yet onscreen.
"I felt like I had done a little bit of going after the heroines in 'A-Team.' I was sort of with them but also kind of going after them, and I wanted to experience more of the emotional connection of the character and of the film, and he agreed," Biel explained. "[Wiseman] goes, 'And I think Kate would be amazing as Lori because she doesn't really do that kind of a thing. She's usually the heroine.' So it was a perfect slot. We just fit in perfectly."
Apparently, Beckinsale had a scheduling conflict and almost wasn't in the movie at all. But since Wiseman is her frequent collaborator (and happens to be her husband), he worked to ensure that she was involved in the project.
"I know when my husband first signed on to the project, he was like, 'Oh my god, I really want you to play this bitch-psycho wife.' I was totally offended and didn't think any more of it for a while," Beckinsale admitted. "I suddenly got a call, not from my husband, but from the head of Sony saying, 'Will you play Lori?' I thought it was a joke because I thought at least my husband was going to give me a heads-up … so that was wild."
In fact, Wiseman actually had a rather different role in mind for Beckinsale. "We'd had a conversation about the fact that I wasn't available and we were both being very grown-up about it and he said, 'Well, maybe, will you play the three-breasted hooker just so that you're in the movie?' And I was like, 'OK,' because it had been a very long time since I saw the movie ['Total Recall']," she said.
"I'm so glad that I didn't do that. I mean, she gets more attention than Jessica or me put together," Beckinsale laughed. "My daughter would die. She'd be so mad at me, going into eighth grade, if I was walking around with three boobs all the time. She'd be really annoyed."
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Ace Hardware has named long-time employee John Venhuizen as president and CEO of the nation's largest hardware cooperative.
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The 29-year-old star stepped out for W magazine's pre-Golden Globes party on January 9, and she was definitely rocking that maternity glow! The Her actress dressed up her growing bump in a Gucci LBD with metallic embellishments at the waist. She topped the sexy number with perfectly tousled waves, an edgy leather jacket, and an iridescent Jimmy Choo clutch.
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STARKVILLE, Miss. - The North Texas women's basketball team continues its eight-game road trip with an afternoon battle with Mississippi State today at 1 p.m. The Mean Green is looking to avoid its seventh straight loss on the season as they take on a Bulldog team that advanced to the Sweet 16 last season.
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North Texas is 1-11 all-time against opponents in the SEC. The Mean Green's only win came over Arkansas in 1980. That was a 59-50 win over the Hogs in the Mean Green Classic in Denton. The last time North Texas faced a team from SEC was when they played at then No. 1 LSU in 2004. North Texas has been notorious for slow starts to the game this season and it has cost them. The Mean Green has been behind in six games at the half this season and lost all six games. North Texas scoring and field goal percentage differential from the first and second half have been substantial. North Texas is scoring nearly 15 more points in the second half than the first half and shooting it 11 percent better in the second half from the floor. Jasmine Godbolt continues to round out into a complete player, notched another new career-best mark against Drake with 13 points. Godbolt has now scored in double figures in the first seven games of the season, which breaks her previous career-best mark of six straight games of reaching double figures. Godbolt is also piling up the rebounds like last season. She is averaging 8.4 boards a game, which slightly higher than her 8.3 average of last season. However her scoring average of 16.7 points a game is five better than last year's average of 11.7. Click Here To Listen Live


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Teen Mom 2 may have wrapped up its second season recently, but there's a silver lining to the hiatus blues: We know what happens to Kailyn Lowry next season!
Kailyn is required by MTV not to reveal too much about her personal life, but we've put the pieces together for a sneak peak at Kailyn's third season of mommy-hood. File this one under "You're Welcome!"
1. She Ends Her Relationship With Jordan!
Kailyn and her sweetheart of a boyfriend, Jordan, broke up after she cheated on him with Jo — but during the reunion special it seemed like they were still trying to make their relationship work. We can categorically tell you that Jordan and Kail won't be dating next season because ....
2. She Finds Love!
Kailyn began dating her current boyfriend, Javi Marroquin, back in December of 2011 (they were spotted canoodling in her hometown of Nazareth, PA, on the 19th). Since then, Kail and Javi have been locked at the lips n' hips, and he's a huge part of her and Isaac's life. We can't wait to see Kail's new relationship heat up during season 3!
3. She and Jo Become Closer!
So where does Kailyn's new love connection leave her relationship with budding rap superstar, Jo Rivera? Better than ever! Next season, we'll see Kailyn and Jo handle co-parenting like the mature adults they are. Kailyn recently tweeted that "Nobody knows how nice it is to be able to talk to Jo about Isaac, schedules, etc. without fighting," but how does she feel about his hoard of groupie girlfriends?
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Jo is currently dating a sexy thang named Vee, and Kailyn isn't thrilled about her being around Isaac. Now that Jo's getting serious with his new gal, expect to see some jealousies rising between him and Kailyn!
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Many of us find it convenient to buy gift cards when choosing holiday gifts. Gift cards allow the recipient to go to their favorite restaurant, store or simply buy what they want instead of what you think they want.
According to NRF's first 2013 holiday survey, released in October, six in ten (59.4%) of those polled said they'd like to receive gift cards this year, the seventh year in a row gift cards have topped holiday celebrants' wish lists.
It may seem simple to just pick up the card and pay for it. But, hold on. There are things you need to know about gift cards before purchase.
The Credit Card Accountability, Responsibility and Disclosure (CARD) Act which took effect in 2010, established standards that give consumers additional protections when using gift cards.
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1. Setting expiration dates less than five years after the card is purchased.
2. Charging dormancy, inactivity, and service fees unless the card has not been used for at least 12 months. If fees are charged after this period, the details of such fees must be clearly disclosed on the card.
These standards apply to store gift cards and general use prepaid cards, which are often branded by payment networks such as Visa, MasterCard and American Express. But there are some details the CARD Act doesn't cover. For example, issuers can still charge fees every time the card is used, the balance is checked, a replacement card is requested or when customer service is called.
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The hospital war reaches a climax and Violet goes on the warpath on Downton Abbey Season 6 on Masterpiece Episode 6 at 7 pm Sunday. Daisy tries to foil a romance. Prospects are looking up for Mary and Edith.
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This week on Mercy Street, the unexpected visit of a hospital inspector throws the staff into disarray on Sunday and Thursday at 9 pm. Meanwhile, Mary feels empathy for a deserter, while Silas makes Samuel pay for his arrogance. A family tragedy forces James Sr. to take a risky step to earn his family's respect.
On Independent Lens, the documentary Watch The Powerbroker: Whitney Young's Fight For Civil highlights the journey of a civil rights leader who was both celebrated and controversial at 9 pm on Monday.
At 10 pm on Monday, Vel Phillips: Dream Big Dreams tells the story of a now-91 year-old woman and how she challenged the status quo in her lifetime as an African-American woman.
Sean Combs and LL Cool J, two hip hop legends, discover their family roots via DNA technology on Family Reunion Finding Your Roots at 7 pm on Tuesday.
On Tuesday at 8 pm, Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution will take you back to the 60s when the Black Panther Movement made a monumental splash in the realm of identity politics.
In 1973, Tom Bradley broke racial boundaries as the first African-American mayor in a majority white, major U.S. city. On Tuesday at 10 pm, Bridging The Divide: Tom Bradley And The Politics, will discuss his successes and failures during his time as mayor of Los Angeles.
Paleontologists have discovered a giant femur – the largest dinosaur bone that has ever been unearthed. Wednesday at 7 pm, Nature Raising The Dinosaur Giant will walk you through what this and other discoveries about this species means, and by the end reveal what the giant looked like.
Murdered more than 5,000 years ago, Otzi the Iceman is the oldest human mummy on Earth. On Wednesday at 8 pm, NOVA Iceman Reborn will shed light not only on this mysterious ancient man, but on the dawn of civilization in Europe.
Wednesday at 10 pm and Friday at 9 pm, Austin City Limits presents the Grammy Award-winning group, Tedeschi Trucks Band. Featuring Susan Tedeschi, Derek Trucks and an ensemble of musicians, the band will showcase their latest record, Let Me Get By.
On Thursday at 7 pm, Overheard with Evan Smith will feature award-winning author, Margaret Atwood. She's best known for her novels, including The Edible Woman, The Handmaid's Tale, and The Blind Assassin, which won the Booker Prize in 2000. Her newest novel, The Heart Goes Last, was published in September.
At 7:30 pm on Thursday, Admissions On Trial: Seven Decades Of Race In Higher Ed. discusses three court cases from this year that argue race should not be a factor in higher education admissions. The updated KLRU documentary examines the history of race in higher education, presents the new arguments being made, and speculates what will come next.
The Daytripper San Angelo, Tx explores the history of this west Texas town as well as its present day attractions on Thursday at 8:30 pm. Chet visits a brothel museum and Fort Concho, mountain bikes and searches for fresh water pearls. He fuels up by trying stuffed avocados and donut sandwiches.
On Friday at 8 pm, Carole King: American Masters delves into the hit singer-songwriter's life and career from 1960s New York to the music mecca of '70s LA to the present. King joins collaborators and family in new interviews, while rare home movies, performances and photos complete the tapestry.
This Bluegrass Underground Special guest artists include Vince Gill, Widespread Panic, Lucinda Williams, Johnnyswim, Lee Ann Womack, Andrew Bird, Old Crow Medicine Show, Jason Isbell, Mike Farris & The McCrary Sisters, Davina & The Vagabonds and more at 10 pm on Friday.
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I got to work with alpacas for three years!
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Welcome to baseball parity.
After years of lamenting about the haves (Yankees, Red Sox, Dodgers) having a distinct advantage over the have-nots (Oakland, Kansas City, Tampa Bay), Major League Baseball's transformation into a league where every team has a chance at the postseason is nearly complete.
The addition of the second wild-card spot, which started last season, has given any team hanging around .500 a belief that a playoff spot can be earned.
And this season, there are plenty of teams in the vicinity of .500 that can dare to dream. Of the 30 teams in baseball, there are 22 teams that are over .500 or within three games of it.
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"Isn't this wonderful?'' commissioner Bud Selig told USA Today. "This is what we set out to do. We have, unquestionably, more competitive balance than at any time in history. We had to do a lot of things to achieve this, make changes in the economic system, and it has led us to where we are today."
It's why the Minnesota Twins spent the money to sign Kendrys Morales to a one-year contract a few days after the MLB draft.
It's why teams aren't as likely to wave the white flag and start dumping players for prospects.
It's why the Mariners and their .235 team batting average can still try to find a bat or two to make a push for the postseason.
It's why more fans can still believe there is meaningful baseball being played late into the summer.
In all three American League divisions, the leaders Oakland, Toronto and Detroit have leads of 3½ games or less going into Saturday's games. In the National League, the Giants carry a seven-game lead over the Dodgers, but the NL East has Atlanta and Washington tied, while the Brewers' lead in the NL Central has been whittled down to 4½ games.
With the exception of San Francisco, no team has pulled away yet. That could change in a month. But this season has shown that the margin between the best teams and the worst has been reduced. There isn't a true dominant team.
To quote Lloyd Christmas in the movie "Dumb and Dumber" — "So you're saying there's a chance."
And that's all that teams hope for is a chance. The wild-card games are a one-game dice roll that could lead to something much more, something that many teams couldn't envision a few years ago.
Selig believes the rise in overall attendance, which is at a high for the last decade, is a product of the parity, er, competitive balance.
"The fact that this is the best 10 years in attendance in history is no accident," he said.
Around the bases
• For prospect geeks, die-hard fans and fantasy baseball participants, Pittsburgh's call-up of hard-hitting outfielder Gregory Polanco on Tuesday was huge news.
Polanco made his big-league league debut, going 1 for 5 in a 7-3 loss at PNC Park, where he received a standing ovation in his first at-bat.
Reigning NL MVP Andrew McCutchen's reception in his first at-bat wasn't quite as grandiose. But hey, he's not a prospect anymore.
"I did not expect this," Polanco said during a pregame news conference. "I did not think people would be this excited. I'm excited, too. My dream has come true. I'm in the big leagues."
At 22, much is expected from Polanco. He hit .347 with 17 doubles, seven homers, 49 runs batted in and 15 stolen bases in 62 games for Class AAA Indianapolis to start the season. Could he be a catalyst to help the Pirates get back into the postseason picture?
"I'm not going to get in front of myself and predict the future but it was exciting to watch him play tonight," manager Clint Hurdle said after the game. "There was a really great atmosphere in the ballpark. It was fun. I'm looking forward to seeing more of Gregory."
• Once a lock to win the AL Central, the Tigers find themselves clinging to their division lead. The Royals are surging, and the White Sox and Twins won't go away.
One of the big issues of the recent stretch of Detroit losing has been the struggles of former Cy Young winner Justin Verlander, who is 6-6 with a 4.61 earned-run average in 14 starts this season. He's 2-5 in his past seven starts with one of those wins coming against a Mariners lineup that was without Robinson Cano.
Part of his struggles has been decreased velocity with his fastball. But he told reporters that it has been corrected. He hit 98 mph in two of his starts, and his fastball was right around 95 in his most recent start.
"I haven't thrown this hard in a while," Verlander said. "It's there, I know it is. It's just a matter of reining it in and executing with that stuff. When that happens, it's trouble-trouble, not for me."
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WHEELING - U.S. Sen. Robert C. Byrd may have stepped down as chairman of the Senate Appropriations Committee late last year, but not before he was able to push through more than $224 million in earmarks.
Citizens Against Government Waste has released its "2009 Pig Book" that details government spending in 2008, and Byrd's name is mentioned frequently within the publication.
"An earmark may be pork to some political chatter box on television, but to many communities in West Virginia and other states, earmarks are economic lifelines," Byrd, D-W.Va., said. "Earmarks may fund a road that has fallen into dangerous disrepair or a bridge that is on the verge of collapse. An earmark addresses economic needs that many times fall between the cracks of the Washington bureaucracy.
"When that happens, the people I represent cannot call some unelected bureaucrat in the White House budget office or a Cabinet secretary. They call me! And I look out for those interests in West Virginia and have not and will not ever apologize for my efforts on behalf of the good people I represent."
Byrd directed most of the taxpayer dollars to defense spending, which totalled $151.7 million for 31 projects. This included $38 million for the Allegheny Ballistics Laboratory Restoration Plan.
ABL, owned by the U.S. Navy, is located in Mineral County. It was added to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's National Priorities List in May 1994 after being labeled a high-priority hazardous waste site.
Another $20 million was appropriated for "records digitization and repository modernization" at the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology/Joint Pathology Center in Washington, D.C., and $7 million for the Robert C. Byrd Institute for Advanced Flexible Manufacturing Systems Research and Economic Development Center at Marshall University. The facility specializes in robotics.
Other appropriations secured by Byrd were detailed as follows:
The "2009 Pig Book" also made note of U.S. Rep. Alan Mollohan, D-W.Va., and $11.6 million he requested for 23 projects as chairman of the House Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies.
This included $1.75 million for the West Virginia University Environmental Center in Morgantown; $750,000 for the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources for a stream restoration program; $300,000 for the National Youth Science Foundation for the Youth Science Discovery Experience and Science Camp Curriculum; and $250,000 for the World Vision Appalachia at-risk youth programming.
Local police departments in Benwood, Cameron, Chester, Glen Dale, McMechen, and New Martinsville also received $75,000 each under the COPS Law Enforcement Technology Program through Mollohan, as did those in Bridgeport, W.Va., Grafton, Kingwood, Mannington and St. Mary's.


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BRISBANE 16 March 2012. Bob Katter reminded the media today of their social obligation to ensure the public were fully informed about the policies of all parties ahead of next weekend's Queensland poll. Mr Katter said "I accept that reporting on Campbell Newman's support for Gay marriage was important this week but it does not relieve the media of its very great responsibility to ensure the Queensland public know exactly what the policies of all the parties are when they turn out to vote next Saturday".
The Australian Party's State Leader, Aidan McLindon and Bob Katter this week launched the party's plan for "Re-constructing Queensland".
The plan detailed the delivery of $25Billion worth of investment, 60,000 full time jobs and the creation of potentially the State's largest long-term export industry. Philosophically the Party claims it would shift the focus of governing Queensland from "selling and spending" to "building and wealth generating".
The starting point is the scrapping of the planned $8Billion Brisbane CBD light rail project and the reallocation of the funds to up-grading the Bruce Highway, the Toowoomba Range bypass, upgrading the Gateway Bridge to Nambour section of the highway to a safe 125km/h stretch of road and the construction of a new 125km/h highway linking the Sunshine Coast with the Burnett region.
Small Business
Business received a massive boost with a doubling of the Payroll tax free threshold which will see 7,500 businesses across the State benefit. Government procurement policies will see Queensland taxpayers funds spent with Queensland companies on. Mr Katter said "If the Queensland government is going to build a new building the tender will specify, Queensland timber, steel, glass, bricks, cement and so on. It is completely unacceptable to have a government sending tax payer dollars to China to buy bricks and steel which we can quite competently make right here".
State Assets
Rather than sell State Assets an Australian Party government plans to build them. The Party plans to invest in the clean energy corridor to open up the State's North West mineral province, construct two new carbon neutral coal fired power stations, subsidise companies to switch sugar mills to power generation and so on.
Cost of Living
Cost of living pressures were dealt with too. Initiatives were announced to bring the price of household electricity down by 7% instantly with further price drops over time, fuel prices would come down, more affordable land would be available, public transport costs fell and vehicle registrations all come in at a four cylinder rate regardless of engine size.
The State's Seniors were acknowledged receiving one stamp duty free property transaction to allow downsizing from the family home, free public transport between 9.00a.m and 2.30p.m. on weekdays and the Seniors Card would kick in for everybody at age 60 like every other State and Territory.
The Gold Coast received their cruise ship terminal, tourism operators in the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park region received a fund to re-develop and re-invigorate strategic tourism facilities, outback tourism was looked after and every Queensland public servant was offered a 3 year salary sacrifice package for any holiday in the Sunshine State to help rescue the sector.
A State bank makes a comeback as does a State Government Insurance Office. Mr Katter said "He could not believe the whinging from the ALP and LNP about how poorly insurance companies treated Queenslanders after the recent floods and cyclones. These are the people that sold off the State's insurance office and now they complain that the people of Queensland are stranded like they had nothing to do with it. Bloody hypocrites."
Mining and Agricultural
Rural industries received a detailed rescue package, and traditional miners will be well pleased to hear that mining application approval times will be reduced to 12 months from the current 3-7 years. Although possibly not so pleased to learn that there will be no foreign fly in-fly out workers allowed to take Australian jobs.
Rural communities will benefit from a 20% royalties to regions program and a requirement that new mining applications commit to an agreed "local area economic development plan" aimed at ensuring the mines buy local.
Mining related trades receive a boost with 2% of royalties committed to apprenticeships in co-operation with mining companies.
Farmers beat Coal Seam Gas miners under the Australian Party's plan to allow farmers to lock the gate. A 12 month CSG moratorium would be introduced immediately and there would be no CSG mining near the Great Artesian Basin or any other underground Aquifers.
Police Helicopters
Emergency Service Queensland helicopters will be shared with the Queensland Police Service which will deliver a permanent police helicopter capability to the Gold Coast, Brisbane, Cairns and Townsville.
First Australians
First Australians receive their long called for title deeds, their outstanding wages and they get to build all of their own homes with exclusively First Australian labor.
Grade 7 transition
The transition to grade 7 has been scrapped saving an estimated $1Billion dollars and untold numbers of struggling regional primary schools.
Local hospital boards are back, mothballed birthing units and operating theaters will be re-opened and Southern Cairns gets a new hospital.
Local Government
Local government can't believe their luck, they get their water infrastructure returned, can de-amalgamate if it is the expressed view of the community, get rid of the State Government waste levy and councilors get back their executive powers.
There was more, but that provides a reasonable flavor for what's on offer from The Australian Party.
A very comprehensive plan to "Re-Construct Queensland".
Click here to view The Australian Party Plan to "Re-construct Queensland".


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Ling Siew May
Ling Siew May (b. 1937, Shanghai, China - d. 30 July 1999, Singapore), wife of President Ong Teng Cheong, and principle partner in Ong & Ong Architect until she took over the company in 1993 upon her husband's election as President. Her notable architectural achievements include the preservation and restoration of Chijmes.
Early life
The 4th of 6 children, she was sent to an orphanage when the Japanese Occupation prevented her father from returning. He had been posted to a British firm in Singapore where he worked as a clerk but had lost touch with the family during World War II.. Two of her brothers died during the war. By 1948, her father traced the family and brought them back to Singapore where she enrolled at an English and Chinese school concurrently, to enable her to master both languages.
Siew May met Ong Teng Cheong at a Christmas Party when she was a mere 15-year-old and he, 16. They shared a common love for reciting poetry and later they opted to study architecture together at the Australian Adelaide University. In 1963, the year she graduated, she married Ong Teng Cheong.
1951 - 1956 : Nanyang Girls' High where she excelled as an essayist, mathematician and calligrapher.
1957 - 1963 : Bachelor of Architecture from the University of Adelaide, Australia, the first asian woman to do so.
Under Ong & Ong, the projects that she was directly involved in included Great World City, the award-winning restoration and redevelopment of Chijmes, John Hancock Tower and Emerald Gardens condominium. Her last project had been the new campus for Nanyang Girls' High School, her alma mater.
1971 : Set up Ong & Ong Architects with Ong Teng Cheong whom some note was the more artistic
1972 : Principal partner with Ong & Ong Architects
Social Contribution
She was a patron of at least five charities and associations, such as the Girl Guides but had a soft spot for her alma mater Nanyang Girls' High School, where she served on the board of directors and to which she donated more than S$2 million.
She also set up a S$250,000 Ong & Ong Travel Fellowship at the NUS School of Architecture which allowed students to travel beyond Singapore and explore new architectural vistas.
As a child she was struck by rheumatic fever, leaving a heart valve permanently damaged. She was diagnosed with colon cancer in January 1997 and by July 1999, it was in an advanced stage. Her last public appearance was at the President's Charity Ball on 9 July at which President Ong gave a piano recital for an audience of 650 people. She died at 11.25 am on 30 July 1999 at the National University Hospital.
At her cortege, girls from the Nanyang Girls' High Choir tearfully sang Zhu Guang Li De Ma Ma, or Mother in the Candlelight.
Bonny Tan
Dignified farewell for the First Lady. (1999, August 1). The Straits Times, p. 1.
First lady dies at 62. (1999, July 31). The Straits Times, p. 1.
Goodbye Siew May. (1999. August 4). The Straits Times, p. 24.
A working first lady. (1999, July 31). The Straits Times, Home, p. 50.
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|Mad(rid) scramble for kids makes cents
Keeping kids entertained was not hard at Madrid Day with many events scattered throughout the day. An afternoon penny scramble hosted by Adams Bank and Trust was a big hit. The fourth annual Madrid Day event included a parade, food, games and entertainment for all ages on main street, culminating with a dance and fireworks. The Madrid Volunteer Fire Department generously fed hamburgers and hotdogs to 250 at noon. (Photo by Shari Friedel)


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Dubai schools plan to expel bullies
Dubai: The new parent-school contract announced by the Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) will impose a zero-tolerance policy towards bullying to offer all students an emotionally safe environment.
According to the contract bullies will be expelled from the school if it is proved they have bullied a fellow student.
The new legally binding contract between parents and private schools in Dubai was announced by the KHDA last week to reduce disputes between parents and schools by outlining each party's rights and responsibilities.
"Throughout our weekly visit to schools, we found that a number of the same concerns were being raised by different schools. It was clear that the reason behind it was the lack of a binding agreement between both schools and parents. Schools which had clearly outlined agreements with parents experienced fewer grievances," said Amal Bel Hasa, Chief of the Compliance and Resolution Commission at the KHDA.
The contract will be mandatory for students upon registration and will first be implemented on a total of 9,632 students from six schools at the start of the 2013/14 academic year.
The exact responsibilities and policies that each party must abide by was highlighted and among these policies is the contract's Attitudes and Behaviour article.
According to the article the school should have a zero-tolerance policy for bullying in all its forms, including emotional, physical, psychological and cyber. Instances of proven and intentional bullying will result in immediate expulsion of the aggressor from school and the matter will be referred to the KHDA for approval.
Other responsibilities of parents include attending all meetings, conferences and reviews related to their child's performance and understanding that continued tardiness and absenteeism can affect the child's enrolment for the next academic year.
The school's responsibilities include informing parents of their child's progress through regular reports and meetings, providing students with appropriate medical care and treating cases with confidentiality and promoting and reinforcing awareness about healthy lifestyle habits.
Appeal process
According to the contract every school must set up an appeal process and parents are expected to refer to the process for any conflict resolution within the school.
The process should allow parents/students to question the decision made by the school at any level and meet the person directly involved in the decision (teacher or supervisor).
If the parent is not satisfied then he can meet the head of section. If the issue is still not resolved the parent can meet the principal. If the parent is still not pleased he can write an official letter to the board of governors who can then set up a committee to study the matter and within ten working days issue a written report to the principal and parent.
The first phase of the contract will involve 9,632 students from six schools — Dubai Modern Education School, Al Ittihad Private School-Al Mamzar, Al Ittihad Private School- Jumeirah, School of Modern Skills, Greenwood International School and American Academy in Al Mizhar.
Bel Hasa said that plans to implement the contract in all Dubai private schools will be determined when evaluation of the first phase is completed.


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I was trying out adding a regex to determine invalid email addresses and naturally it didnt work.:eek: So I went to remove it and of course the problem I am left now is that I am unable to remove the regex in the GUI despite clicking the Remove button. I am saving it after as well but I find that I'll go to another section and come back and the regex is still there :mad: Is there a command line instruction I can run to remove it? :confused:
Thanks in advance. You all rock.
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In Thessaloniki, "Lola" Keeps Running, "Keg" Explodes, "Pi" Finds
a Home
by Dave Ratzlow
In a town where everyone has a balcony and the sun sets on the Mediterranean
with a triumphant rosy glow, it's a wonder that people have time to see any of
the over 150 films being shown at the 39th International Thessaloniki Film
Festival which began last Friday. Still, film lovers are packing nearly every
one of the thirty daily screenings taking place on seven screens across the
Greek city.
Among the twelve films in the International Competition this year (which is
limited to first and second time filmmakers) are "The Apple" directed by
18-year-old Samira Makhmalbaf from Iran, "Short Sharp Shock" directed by Fatih
Akin from Germany, and Darren Aronofsky's "Pi" from you know where.
Good Machine is also in town with a sidebar program entitled "In the Shadow of
the Beast" featuring Hanna Weyer's "Arresting Gina" and Todd Solondz's
"Happiness." In addition, a selection of films from the Balkan States and
from Asia will be presented. And as if that weren't enough, the festival will
also host extensive retrospectives of Peter Greenaway, Ken Loach and Akira
At stake this year in the International Competition are two main awards, the
Gold and Silver Alexander. Each of which carries a purse of $40,000 and
$25,000 respectively and will be awarded by a seven member jury of
international filmmakers. Also up for grabs is the Heineken Audience Choice
Award worth about $75,000 which will go towards the distribution of the
winning film. So far, the French farce "God's Got My Voice" directed by Bruno
Podalydes leads in the International Competition and "Shores of Twilight"
directed by NYU Graduate Film School alumnus Efthimious Hatzis, leads the
National Competition. Most of the films, however, have just as many negative
votes as positive ones.
One of the most talked about films at the festival, however, isn't even up for
an award. An emotionally violent film directed by International Competition
Jury President Gordan Paskaljevic, "The Powder Keg" is set in Belgrade just
before the 1995 peace accord and follows the lives of several ordinary people
trapped in a nightmare of despair, frustration and betrayal. Even with
powerful performances by actors of all ages and the seamless interconnection
of stories, the newly formed Paramount Classics, which picked up US
distribution rights this Fall, will have a hard time marketing this downer
beyond NYC. It is certainly not the kind of word of mouth chirper that can
successfully launch a distribution company.
None of the International Competition films (with the possible exception of
"Pi") have ignited the excitement of the general audiences like those films
found in the New Horizons Section. This diverse sidebar aims to "highlight
the newest, most daring trends in independent film," and no film epitomizes
that more than "Run Lola Run" directed by International Competition veteran
Tom Tykwer (the German director appeared at Thessaloniki last year with his
second film, "Wintersleepers"). "Run Lola Run" is a stylish and aggressive
gem, to be distributed in the US by Sony Pictures Classics next year.
"Run" stars the beautiful bright-red-haired Franka Potente as Lola, a young
woman who must find 100,000 deutchemarks in 20 minutes or her boyfriend will
be killed. The intricate structure and vibrant energy of the movie has the
potential to be the most successful German release in the U.S. in a long time.
The Athens press said it best recently when it printed "'Run Lola Run' is a
fresh alternative to some of the festival's other offerings. . . the ones
you're suppose to like, but can't."
They're talking, of course, about the Greek films, which some of the young
cinephiles who spoke with indieWIRE referred to as substandard. In a country
where only 3% of its movies are made nationally, routine farces with girls,
guns and diamonds, such as "Red Dragon," are no match for "There's Something
About Mary" which is playing at the same new multiplex rented by the festival
this year for second screenings and New Horizon films. And "Blackout," a
Greenaway inspired clunker directed by Melelaos Karamaghiolis, winner of
Thessaloniki's 1990 Best Documentary award, didn't live up to it's vast
expectations. Even with an impressive digital soundtrack and crisp widescreen
cinematography, the 2 hour 40 minute film about a model who starts receiving
cassettes from her dead pilot boyfriend, started seeing a steady stream of
walk-outs after its first hour.
There have been many strong films so far at the festival and word-of-mouth has
packed most second screenings. Every one is hoping that Constantine
Giannaris' International Competition film "From the Edges of the City,"
screening tonight, will be the breakthrough Greek film of this year.
Meanwhile, poor Stratos Stasinos, who directed the fine Greek emigration film
"Epirus," sat mute at a press conference, because all the attention went to
fellow panelists, actor Sean Gullette and director Darren Aronofsky of "Pi."
These two US ambassadors of indie have been seen around the festival beaming
with pleasure. Appropriately, Aronofsky introduced his Greek-lettered film by
thanking Euclid, Archimedes, and Pythagoras. He also mentioned that
Thessaloniki has been the only festival which hasn't had trouble printing his
title in the program.
Thessaloniki's award winners and a complete festival wrap-up will be published
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Top 10 Movies Of 2013: Mack's List
By Mack Rawden 2014-01-01 11:32:35 comments
1. American Hustle
American Hustle isnt a perfect movie. It relies too heavily on voiceovers early on. Its a little too obsessed with its music too, but during its better moments, no film released in 2013 even comes close to matching its quality. Director David O Russell is completely in his wheelhouse with this material, and hes able to mine everything available for just the number of laughs to keep the tone the right level of light. From stories about ice fishing to experiments with the new-fangled, nutrition-stealing science oven, its an absolute joy to sit through. Its also proof that the director boasts the most interesting mind working in film today.
At more than two hours, the film should feel a little long and cumbersome, but the runtime actually flies by as a wide net of mobsters, politicians and co-workers are ever so carefully integrated into the plot. They all have something to say. They all have a clear purpose, and theyre all on screen for exactly the right amount of time. American Hustle is the single best movie we got in 2013, and if you havent seen it yet, youre missing out.
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