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The World Wildlife Fund (WWF) has published a new Positive Energy report that shows that renewable sources of energy could meet between 60-90% of the UK's electricity demand by 2030. This report has been widely welcomed by businesses, individuals and organizations as an important contribution to the energy debate (see "Clean energy future can happen", WWF, 21 October 2011: http://www.wwf.org.uk/wwf_articles.cfm?unewsid=5361 and for discussion see Nick Molho (Head of Energy Policy at WWF-UK), "In defence of renewables", UK New Statesman, 26 October 2011: http://www.newstatesman.com/blogs/the-staggers/2011/10/renewable-energy-climate-china ").
Some key reasons why we need 100% renewable energy and non-carbon energy ASAP and why transitions to non-renewables gas or nuclear are bad:
1. In 2009 the WBGU which advises the German Government on climate change estimated that for a 75% chance of avoiding a 2C temperature rise (EU policy) the World must emit no more than 600 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) between 2010 and zero emissions in 2050. This means getting to zero emissions within 5-10 years (most EU countries), 6.6 years (the UK) and 3.1 years (the US). Climate criminal Australia, a world leader in annual per capita greenhouse gas (GHG)pollution, had already used up its "fair share" of this terminal GHG pollution "budget" by mid-2011 and is now stealing the entitlement of impoverished, global warming-threatened countries like Somalia and Bangladesh (see "Shocking analysis by country of years left to zero emissions" : http://www.green-blog.org/2011/08/01/shocking-analysis-by-country-of-years-left-to-zero-emissions/ ).
2. Gas is dirty energy and we need to stop extracting gas rather than developing new sources. We must stop coal seam gas exploitation that despoils nature, agriculture and aquifers. Methane (most of natural gas) leaks and is 105 times worse than CO2 as a GHG on a 20 year time frame and taking aerosol impacts into account. Significant methane leakage means, for example, that with existing power plants in heavily coal-based Victoria, Australia, at a 3.3% systemic gas leakage (the US average) burning gas for power is roughly as dirty GHG-wise as burning coal and at 7.9% leakage (as from fracking-derived gas in the US) burning gas for power can be twice as dirty GHG-wise as burning coal (see: "3 reasons the World must stop coal seam gas (CSG, coalbed gas, coalbed methane": http://bellaciao.org/en/spip.php?article21302 ).
3. In the context of an existing carbon-based energy economy nuclear is a major CO2 emitter from extraction and processing of uranium oxide, plant construction, plant decommissioning and radioactive waste disposal. Uranium-based nuclear is dirty (GHG-wise and radioactivity-wise), dangerous and expensive - and also civil liberties-threatening in the case of a fast breeder-based plutonium economy (thorium-based nuclear power is better albeit non-renewable).


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PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8 /PRNewswire/ — Training Camp, an award-winning developer and provider of IT training programs, today announced it will participate in ChicagoCon(SM), an event to be held from September 17-23, 2007 and presented by The Ethical Hacker Network (EH-Net) and its parent company, The Digital Construction Company. The conference is poised to become the premier security event in the industry by bringing together the biggest names in education, certification and security under one roof for a week. The event will feature accelerated learning instructor-led classroom training, hosting 11 courses featuring a cross-section of the security landscape.
"We are extremely pleased to be able to participate in this unique event," said Steve Gaudino, Chief Operating Officer of Training Camp. "We feel our instructors and accelerated learning training courses are the best at providing the type of security training in demand today, and the ChicagoCon conference will allow us to bring this together with renowned speakers and networking opportunities."
ChicagoCon is unique in combining Training Camp's award-winning instruction, a security conference and a hacker conference in one event. The conference will also provide top instructors, certifications, evening presentations from top researchers and educators, and hacking demonstrations and contests. Morning keynotes feature industry columnist, author and editor John C. Dvorak, industry analyst Steve Hunt, Lance Spitzner from the Honeynet Project, Doug Steelman from the Department of Defense, and Vincent Weafer from Symantec.
Ethical Hacker Network has partnered with Training Camp to provide the very best instructors for the conference, with both organizations offering discounts for all ChicagoCon attendees. Training Camp instructors include Evan Blomquist, author of Linux for Dummies, Andrew Whitaker, lead author of Testing and Network Defense by Cisco Press and Matt Brussel, who holds over 60 technical certifications. Full biographies of ChicagoCon instructors can be found at http://www.chicagocon.com. The conference will feature five-day classes for beginner, intermediate, advanced and management attendees, and will include such topics as Linux+ Open Source Operating Systems, CCNA Cisco Certified Network Associate, CEH (CNDA) Certified Ethical Hacker, Web Application Hacking, and SOX/COBIT Compliance.
ChicagoCon 2007 will be held at the MicroTrain Facilities in Lombard, Illinois. The facility features a plush 180-seat, stadium-style auditorium, separate classrooms with courseware and computers, as well as meeting space and lounge areas. Exams will be provided on site (except PMP), so attendees can leave the conference with an industry-recognized credential in hand.
For more information, please visit http://www.chicagocon.com.
About Training Camp
Training Camp is the recognized leader for providing accelerated learning courses that offer information technology professionals rapid skills transfer and accelerated time to competency. Training Camp's programs cover the industry's most in-demand vendor and vendor-neutral certifications for information technology. Training Camp, founded in 1998, is a privately held company headquartered in Philadelphia, PA. http://www.trainingcamp.com
About MicroTrain Technologies
MicroTrain is Chicagoland's premiere computer lab room rental facility. With 23 spacious computer labs ranging from 12 to 20 workstations in each one, we offer the most modern, comfortable and attractive training center in the Chicago area at the most affordable prices. MicroTrain's facilities are conveniently located in downtown Chicago and in the surrounding Chicago land suburbs. http://www.microtrain.net
About The Digital Construction Company
The Digital Construction Company is a Chicagoland business founded with a mission to educate and push the careers of information technology professionals through its many properties including online magazines, the Certified Security Professional and the Ethical Hacker Network, and our training event, ChicagoCon(SM). http://www.digitalconstructionco.com
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We are all feel the financial pinch this holiday season and if you are anything like me you are wondering how you are going to manage to buy presents when you are on a limited budget. As a parent of a child with special needs this is always the question I ask myself.
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This is also true of clothes. I refuse to buy used underwear but other then that I buy used clothes all the time. That way you can afford the really nice Ralph Lauren coat and shirts. I am limited in what I can show you based on the requirement not to be overly promotional. There are some really terrific sales on Ebay which you can readily access for your holiday shopping.
And finally my last suggestion is the Iphone and the Ipad. You can buy them used on line and they are usually in really good shape and are just as good as the new stuff.
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This is just a preview to give you some ideas of what is available on Ebay for your holiday shopping. I relaize the Lious Vuitton purse may seem a bit hig priced but it is the must have item of the year. They are all the rage in China this year. And it is one click shopping from home. And it is a way to provide luxurious gifts on a budget. But remember the most important thing is to be with your family. I wish everyone Happy Holidays.
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Many people including myself find the VistaDrive.exe sitting in the background application service of their Task Manager. Many believe this is a virus, others a spyware, but I believe it is a dumb dodo like application annoying and bothering many who dont remember why and where this application came from.
A detailed search in registry found me this uninstall string.
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rundll32.exe advpack.dll,LaunchINFSection C:\WINDOWS\INF\Vdrive.inf,uninstall
Seems this software is developed by one KelCorp Software co.
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It is an XP Disk Drive Icon to Vista Drive icon replacement program
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'Current and former Apple employees' have confirmed that the company will do away with Google Maps when it releases iOS 6, in favour of it own Maps app, The Wall Street Journal reports.
The new app could make an appearance at WWDC next week, when Apple demos its next-generation mobile operating system, according to WSJ's source that is 'familiar with the plans'.
"Apple has been hatching the plan to evict Google Maps from the iPhone for years," says WSJ. Apple sped up its venture into the map market when Google Android smartphones began to overtake the iPhone's shipments, according to the report.
Opus Research has found that mobile ads associated with maps or locations account for about a quarter of the money spent on adverts in 2012, up from 15 per cent in 2010.
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WSJ reports that Google will lose some ad revenue and search data, as well as denting the company's map-related revenue, according to ex-Google employees.
iOS 6 could also bring Siri to the iPad, according to reports. Bringing the iPhone 4S's virtual assistant to more iOS devices could also reduce searches carried out using Google. WSJ reports that iPhone users generate the majority of Google's mobile search-ad revenue, but Google is planning on developing its own Siri-like voice assistant for Android.
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Google's mapping service on iPhone does have some limitations, which have been put in place by Google itself in order to make Android's mapping service more advanced. Google's turn-by-turn feature is not allowed in iOS devices, as well as the Street View feature. In creating its own map app, Apple will be able to implement similar features in its devices.
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More than 13,000 years ago, millions of large mammals such as mammoths, mastodon, shrub-ox, bison, ground sloths and camels roamed the Americas and may have had profound influences on the environment according to research in a paper titled, "Methane Emissions from Extinct Megafauna" released in the publication Nature Geosciences Sunday.
The extinction of these large herbivores, which also include horses, llamas and stag moose in addition to the giant wooly mammoth, probably led to an abrupt decrease in methane emissions and atmospheric concentrations of the gas with potential implications for climate change says Dr. Felisa Smith, Associate Professor of Biology at the University of New Mexico.
The research also involved Dr. Scott Elliott from the Climate, Ocean, Sea Ice Modeling Team at the Los Alamos National Laboratory and Dr. Kathleen Lyons in the Department of Paleobiology at the National Museum of Natural History at the Smithsonian Institution.
Approximately 13,400 years ago, the Americas supported a mammal fauna that was richer than that of Africa today explained Smith. "Around 11,500 years ago and within 1,000 years of the arrival of humans in the New World, 80 percent of these large-bodied mammals were extinct," said Smith in the paper.
"This is arguably the first detectable influence of humans on the environment going back 13,400 years to when humans first got to the continent," said Smith. "I think that it's intriguing because there are a lot of ramifications. Potentially, if the decrease in methane, which is synchronous with this ice spell, was actually the cause, then humans contributed to the Younger Dryas cold episode."
Herbivores produce methane as a by-product of cellulolytic-microbial fermentation during the digestive process. Enteric emission occurs when methane (CH4) is produced in the rumen as microbial fermentation takes place; most of this is released as burps. Past studies have shown that domestic livestock are an important contributor to greenhouse gas concentrations and can represent ~20 percent of annual emissions. The study says that this influence may have been greater in the Pleistocene epoch when methane concentrations were considerably lower.
The researchers looked at 114 different herbivorous species that were extirpated from the Americas at the end of the Pleistocene epoch. Using ice cores to determine the amount of methane during the onset of the Younger Dryas cooling period, they found the extinction of megafauna closely coincides with an abrupt drop in atmospheric methane concentration.
"If you look at the ice cores, which record things like methane, you see this huge drop in methane that perfectly coincides with when humans arrived on the continent," said Smith. "We looked at all the other drops in methane over the last million years and this one is quite different. It happens about 2-40 times more rapidly than the others."
Armed with that information, the researchers then decided to try and determine how much methane was produced by these species. They came up with an estimate of the number of animals and then an estimate of how much methane those animals actually produced. Other animals such as elephant, giraffes and hippos have been studied by putting a gas mask type of apparatus on them to determine how much methane they produce in a day.
"We were able to come up with an estimate, which turns out to be about 10 teragrams. This is really pretty enormous," said Smith. "When you bracket it, at the very minimum, the demise of all these animals explains 12 percent of the decrease in methane seen at this time. At the maximum, it explains the entire decrease. This suggests that the extinction of megafauna by humans caused a detectable impact on the environment long before the development of agriculture and the industrial age."
Ice core records from Greenland suggest the methane concentration change associated with a 1 degree Celsius temperature shift ranges from 10 to 30 parts per billion by volume with a long term mean of about 20 ppbv. A drop of 185 to 245 ppbv methane drop observed at the Younger Dryas stadial is associated with a temperature shift of 9 to 12 degrees Celsius. The calculations suggest that decreased methane emissions caused by the extinction of New World megafauna could have played a role in the Younger Dryas cooling event.
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More than 13,000 years ago, millions of large mammals such as mammoths, mastodon, shrub-ox, bison, ground sloths and camels roamed the Americas and may have had profound influences on the environment according to research in a paper titled, "Methane Emissions from Extinct Megafauna" released in the publication Nature Geosciences Sunday.


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Thursday, September 23, 2010
All I can say is, "wow."
25 comments:
- LisAway said...
Yeah. Wow. I have wanted to see the movie but didn't even know it was a book or anything about the controversy.
- September 23, 2010 at 5:27 AM
- Sara B. Larson said...
Wow. Kind of leaves you speechless, doesn't it?
- September 23, 2010 at 7:32 AM
Yes, wow. My teen did read this book but I have yet. How courageous for the writer and for all readers who are now SPEAKING. It's a shame that anyone would want to hide this book, to not let a teen have a chance to heal, let a teen feel that they are not alone. The hope is that schools may remove it but books are available Everywhere--highschool does not dictate a teens reading.
- September 23, 2010 at 7:33 AM
- Patti said...
WOW is right. Now I want to read this book. Pretty good for her first poem.
- September 23, 2010 at 7:43 AM
- Tess said...
You know the book has meaning and importance when it stirs up people like this. Facing truth is always painful. But that is why it is so important.
- September 23, 2010 at 7:52 AM
- Kristina P. said...
I've read the book and seen the movie. I don't get it. It's a book about date rape. It's an important book for teenage girls and how to reach out. I don't understand the controversy AT ALL. There are TONS of other books I could see parents becoming concerned about.
And as someone who works with teenage girls, many who have been sexually abused, many time by people in their lives, I would recommend it in a heartbeat.
- September 23, 2010 at 8:33 AM
- Heidi said...
Ergh! My stupid computer won't let me see what is in the big white square.
- September 23, 2010 at 8:44 AM
- Heidi said...
And, Wow! I have been going back and reading older posts and you have tons of comments! That is so cool!
- September 23, 2010 at 8:46 AM
- Shannon O'Donnell said...
Ditto my Paper and Parchment comment! LOL. :-)
- September 23, 2010 at 9:11 AM
- Terry Stonecrop said...
Thanks for posting this.
It leaves me wondering about the people who want this book banned.
- September 23, 2010 at 9:18 AM
- Becca said...
I've read some of the original argument. And the loudest man's contention with the book is that it is soft porn. Because of the rape scenes. I think there needs to be a distinction between what is written to arouse sexual feeling (pornography) and what might arouse that feeling in a person who is disturbed, pathological, or sick (like rape - that is NOT supposed to make you want to go out and get busy).
Thanks for putting this out, Carolyn. Go get a copy. Read it. Then pass it on. (Yeah, thanks, Mom. Sorry about that. But it is a remarkable book.)
- September 23, 2010 at 9:42 AM
- ali said...
Oh yeah, I've been reading about this too. Speak is on my TBR list. But from what I've heard I don't think I'd find it offensive. In fact, I think it's subject matter is something that ought to be written about--that's one safe way for kids to read and think about that sort of thing, ya know?
- September 23, 2010 at 10:06 AM
- Elana Johnson said...
I have read SPEAK, and it's one of my favorite books. I think people should have the right to censor what they want for their own families. Who they choose to listen to and how the decide what to censor is up to them.
- September 23, 2010 at 10:47 AM
- L.T. Elliot said...
This poem was so powerful, so raw, so important. I think it would be a huge mistake to ban this book. Yes, I'm careful of what my kids read--it's my job as a mom--but I think we need books like this. Desperately.
- September 23, 2010 at 11:25 AM
- Susan R. Mills said...
Wow is right! I haven't read it, but it should be up to each individual whether or not they allow their child to read any given book. All this hype has actually made me want to read the book. I'm sure I'll allow my daughter to read it too.
- September 23, 2010 at 11:26 AM
- Summer Ross said...
I can relate and I'm glad its out there.
- September 23, 2010 at 12:54 PM
- LeishaMaw said...
Wow indeed.
- September 23, 2010 at 1:13 PM
- Amparo Ortiz said...
Thank you. That's all I have to say :)
- September 23, 2010 at 1:42 PM
- Vicki Rocho said...
Hey...where was the "you need a tissue for this" warning? Good thing I'm not wearing any makeup...it won't be running down my face.
- September 23, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- Sharon K. Mayhew said...
Thanks. Wow. I was watching and listening. My daughter (14) got up came in and listened. I cried... Wow...
- September 23, 2010 at 3:44 PM
- Jamie Burch said...
That is a powerful poem. I picked up a copy after it was mentioned during WriteOnCon, but I haven't read it yet. I will soon...
- September 23, 2010 at 3:56 PM
- Jen said...
I just picked up this book from the library today and I look forward to diving in. I'll let you know what I think!
We don't censor TV, movies or video games, why books?
- September 23, 2010 at 5:33 PM
Speak is one of my favorite YA novels. It sickens me that people propose to ban it or any other book.
- September 25, 2010 at 7:40 AM
- Julie Wright said...
wow indeed.
- September 25, 2010 at 9:26 AM
- KarenG said...
It's the same as twitter. Things are easier with lists but I haven't gotten around to it yet. I had no idea you could list blogs as well.
- September 30, 2010 at 8:01 AM


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First up Fabric - can't go wrong with gifting a quilter some quilt shop cotton prints!
Charm packs (5" squares, 2 packs will make a baby quilt), a selection of fat eights and fat quarters, will always be welcome and will earn you a cup of tea and a biscuit if you drop by. If you are feeling really generous and drop by with a fat quarter bundle of a quilters favourite designer, you will definitely be staying for Christmas dinner too! (I was gifted this FQB of Kate Spain fabric last Christmas and am still hoarding it - just keeping the one bundle, everything else has been busted open to use!)
Quilters, for some reason, seem to amass quite a bit of bits and bobs and need somewhere to put them. I got these jars in Homestore & More last year and have seen similar in Ikea. They are perfect for thread and I keep Jelly rolls (2.5" strips) in them, not the most practical when you want the jelly roll in the bottom but they look pretty!
You may have seen the Gorjuss fabric panels at the Knitting & Stitching show. Well they do the cutest tins too - perfect for storing kneedles, pins and buttons.
Check out these beautiful pins and scissors on Pincushion Crazy's Etsy shop. Imagine opening a Gorjuss tin with a packet of these lovelies hidden inside.
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If they had one of these mugs with a Jack Russell on it I might be tempted!
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Like fabric, you can't go too far wrong with books. If you are buying for an art quilter these two are worth a look. Paper and Metal Leaf Lamination describes transferring images to fabric and you could also gift someone some inkjet fabric sheets too. I'm not a big fan of compendium books but this Ultimate Guide to Art Quilting has tons of information on all sorts of techniques.
Quilting With a Modern Slant. Sarah Fielke has a new book out too called Little Quilts which I bought and gifted and it was well received!
If you know someone who is into applique, you can find patterns online that won't break the bank. They come complete with templates and some even come with cute buttons as embellishments.
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This isn't for clobbering someone if they try and take away your fabric, this is a wooden iron for pressing seams without having to use a steam iron. A rotating cutting mat is on my list and if you know someone who travels to sew, a cutting mat/ironing board combo like this one could come in handy. Speciality rulers like these Jaybird rulers and Bloc Loc Rulers reviewed by Swim Bike Quilt would make great stocking fillers.
Not sure you can get this into a Christmas stocking but I had to show you my Ikea kitchen trolley. Those that were at the Galway retreat will remember I was mildly obsessed with getting one of these. It was a birthday present! I love it to bits and it holds a ton of stuff.
And while you are in Ikea you might as well pick up a bolt of Ikea Britten Nummer - makes great backing fabric!
The Pink carry organiser was found in the cards craft section of Hobby Lobby in USA last year - another great buy. It's worth checking our the card making area of Craft shops to find cool storage ideas!
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Anna is looking for an Oliso iron, the lifty ones! They rise up and down automatically and prevent your fabric from burning. Not sure about the voltage working in these parts but you may get a good deal next week if you are in the US for Thanksgiving sales.
Finally, if computers is your thing you could gift someone a Craftsy class. I love Camille Roskelly's classes for quick modern quilts and Elizabeth Dackson and Ann Peterson's classes for Free Motion Quilting. If you are feeling incredibly generous and know a quilter who is into designing their own quilts there is Electric Quilt software which now runs on Mac and PC.
What do you think? Any of these grab you? If you have any suggestions please let us know and feel free to print this out and give to your nearest and dearest, marked up, circled in red and you never know what you will find under the tree!


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Nicholas Carr thinks these kinds of techno-utopian videos are creepy. I'm not sure about that, although both of these videos are some what homogeneous and perhaps a little 'antiseptic' – but they are marketing pieces, not true works of science fiction. They actually remind me of rather badly thought out 'perfect' user journeys. If you want something a little grundgy, try William Gibson.
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Aiming to expand the distribution network for its satellite communications products, Rockwell Collins has established a Value Added Reseller (VAR) program. As part of the expansion, ADS, Inc., (Atlantic Diving Supply) is the first dealer to qualify as a VAR under the new program.
ADS, a provider of operational equipment solutions for government customers, including tactical communications, brings a number of capabilities to the program including a flexible contract vehicle, the Special Operational Equipment Tailored Logistics Support (TLS) Contract, administered through the Defense Logistics Agency. Through the TLS contract, ADS and Rockwell Collins have been awarded an order for 37 SWE-DISH CommuniCase® Technology CCT120 satellite manportable terminals. The terminals will be used by a U.S. government customer as part of an emergency response communications suite.
"This program will enable Rockwell Collins to reach customers we haven't been successful in reaching previously, leveraging the expertise of our VARs to provide customers with solutions tailored to their specific needs," said Bob Haag, vice president and general manager of Communication and Navigation Products for Rockwell Collins. "We expect the VAR program to increase our footprint in the marketplace and expand the value of our satellite communication solutions."
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Daft Punk's "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger"…Performed on a Rubik's Cube?
Someone who's EXTREMELY good at solving Rubik's Cubes took a blank white one, and wrote the lyrics from the Daft Punk song, "Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger" on different squares,
Then they uploaded a video to YouTube where they mess with it while the song plays, so all the correct lyrics show up at exactly the right time. And it's all done in one take.
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Ajay Devgan is a genuine looking performing artist of boolywood who has set up himself as one of the best on-screen character, chief and maker of the bollywood business. He began his vocation as a kid craftsman with the film "Pyari Behna". Toward the begin of the vocation he was famous as an activity star yet he has begun doing comic drama movies too which turned out to be an awesome accomplishment for Ajay and additionally for the makers. He is the principal indian who claims his own one of a kind Maserati Quattroporte whose value is in crores however for Ajay it is a cash well spent. He has as of late won the Padma Shri grant.
Life story
He was conceived on 2 April, 1969 in New Delhi in the place of a well known executive and activity choreographer Veeru Devgan. He has featured in more than 80 movies uptil now and as yet going extremely solid towards his century stamp. In the year 2003 he got a National Award for his execution in the motion picture "The Legend of Bhagat Singh". He is the first in the business who possesses an individual fly for himself to travel abroad.
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Most recent news about Ajay is that his companion Rohit Shetty is wanting to relaunch his acclaimed establishment of Golmaal and is hoping to cast Ajay again who is the perpetual individual from this establishment. The motion picture is required to hit the silver screens before the current year's over.
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Ajay made his presentation with a film named as "Phool Aur Kaante". That motion picture progressed toward becoming hit and Ajay won the Filmfare grant for his part in that motion picture. After that he has given many hit movies like Golmaal, Company,Omkara, Kaal and some more. In his entire vocation he has won many honors, got basic approval and his movies has dependably remain hit at the Box Office.
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Birth Name : Vishal Veeru Devgan
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Birth place : New Delhi
Ethnicity : Punjabi
Date of Birth : 2 April 1969
Age : 47 years
Height : 5'7″
Occupation : Actor, Director and Producer
Spouse : Kajol
Daughter Name : Nysa
Son Name : Yug
Debut movie : Phool Aur Kaante (1991)
Residence : Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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We live in an odd time, I guess. But I feel closer to many of my online friends than I do my 'real life' friends. Chatting online constantly, getting several-times-a-week updates and insights into their lives through their blogs--it really is an amazing way to connect with people. And I consider Layla to be one of my friends, who I am so happy to help. She has been through so much, and is being royally screwed over by her insurance company. Nobody should have to go through the pain and suffering she has over the past 6 months because of insurance red tape, but hopefully together we will find a way to still get her the surgery she needs.
Please, read her story below, go listen to her touching vlog, and help out if you can. We're going to be doing an online bake sale soon too, so be sure to check out this website for details. There's still a lot to do, to help out with her additional medical costs. Lets get Layla well, and help spread awareness about her situation! Together, I really think we can do anything!
Layla's Story:
One month after her 30th birthday, Layla was diagnosed with early stage cervical cancer (1A Adenocarcinoma). She was extraordinarily lucky that it was caught early, and had a simple surgery to remove the cancerous cells.
Three years later, Layla was in horrible pain that affected nearly every aspect of her life. Temporarily uninsured due to a job change, she paid out of pocket last October to go to the doctor and make sure the cancer had not returned. Thankfully, it had not. However, her doctor believes that she has pelvic adhesions and Endometriosis due to the previous surgery, but it can't be diagnosed until an additional surgery (laparoscopy) is performed. The doctor also found out Layla has cervical stenosis, which basically means her cervix has completely shut down due to the scar tissue from the previous surgery. These issues make her miserable most of the time, making simple things like going to the bathroom and menstruation horribly painful, and sexual intercourse impossible. He stated that if she wanted to have children one day, even sperm could not pass through her cervix, and she would have to have intrauterine insemination.
The doctor wanted to schedule surgery as soon as the insurance at her new job went into effect. Her company fired her the day her insurance became valid, ten days before Christmas, plainly stating that it was because of her health issues.
Fortunately, she got on her husband's insurance, which went into effect February 1st. As soon as she could, Layla scheduled surgery for March 22nd. Then her insurance company dropped a bomb: because she went to the doctor (even as a self-pay patient) within a three month period prior to her enrollment date, they were considering her health issues to be a pre-existing condition, and would not insure any doctor visits, medication, or surgery for 388 days.
When you are in near constant pain and can't work, 388 days is a long time to wait. The sooner Layla can have this surgery, the sooner she can return to work (hopefully with a nicer company!) and start living her life again. Her doctor has been nice enough to work out a deal with her if she can pay as a cash patient: he decreased the amount of her surgery to $4,000, and the cost of the anesthesia to $500, with additional fees for biopsies of removed tissue to be determined.
The problem is, Layla is unemployed due to this, has used her savings to pay for living expenses and medical bills, and has been denied loans for the surgery because of her unemployment status. She does not have close family, so she can't ask them for help. Surgery is scheduled for March 22nd, and Layla and her husband are still trying to secure a loan through several banks.
Any amount that you can give to Operation Layla is absolutely enough – thank you for helping out! Donations are made through PayPal, so they are completely secure. All proceeds go straight to Layla for her medical bills, and will not be used for anything else.


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A series of events between 2012-2016 in the neighbourhoods of King's Cross. Neighbour-ing brought people together to share local knowledge and personal histories through watching, listening, talking, walking, eating, playing, and making. It connected and expanded our awareness of each other, creating future possibilities for friendship, association, collaboration and action. It took us to corners that we might not have felt invited or known about. Events were free and open to everyone.
Thank you to all our neighbours for their contributions, most recently to Frances Holloway, Elizabeth, Nicole & Bob at the Somers Town Community Association, Sue Crockford, Diana Foster, Leon Hinkson.


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Friday, September 19, 2008
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Generally, I welcome your feedback. It is as a result of your feedback that I disabled comment moderation on this blog some time back.
I also think learning from others is an important facet of life. One's views are not necessarily a final view on matters and this is particularly applicable to the things I share here. There is often a different way of looking at things. And such criticism also help our views to evolve with the passing of time. I have often hoped that more people will share their views, without having to use a pseudonym or be anonymous. Individuals should be willing to speak candidly about issues that concern them and be prepared to hear things as candidly.
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Love Is All You Need
While traveling once, I came across a radio station that was playing a lot of old music. One of the songs seemed deeply timeless. It was called "Nature Boy." The lyrics are:
There was a boy
A very strange enchanted boy
They say he wandered very far, very far
Over land and sea
A little shy and sad of eye
But very wise was he
And then one day
A magic day he passed my way
And while we spoke of many things
Fools and kings
This he said to me
"The greatest thing you'll ever learn
Is just to love and be loved in return"
That really struck me as meaningful. Most people don't say, "I love you" enough. I've heard that there is less romantic behavior in most relationships than would be ideal. Sure, "we've got holidays for that," but why wait? Why not surprise her, just because you love her?
I recently visited RomanceForEveryone.com, and it has a lot of tips about how to up the level of romance in your relationships and in your life. One idea that I found particularly appealing outlined how to go about writing a romantic note for a loved one. From what I've learned, small gestures make all the difference in a relationship. The site has a collection of brief romantic notes that really carry some emotional weight. I like the suggestion of hiding a note somewhere, so your loved one gets an even greater romantic surprise.
It's been a long while since I've seen anything so sincere about the importance of romance in modern society. RomanceForEveryone.com has helped me remember some of the things we all learn as kids, about why it's so important to love and be loved.If you enjoyed this post, I'd be delighted to have you as a subscriber to my RSS feed.
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NEW YORK, March 25 /PRNewswire/ — OpTier(R), the leader in Business Transaction Management(TM) (BTM) for the enterprise, today announced that Enterprise Management Associates (EMA), a leading IT management research and consulting firm, named OpTier "A Rising Star to watch" in its January research report titled "The EMA(TM) All-Stars(TM) in Enterprise Systems Management for 2008."
In this research report, EMA highlighted the best available software solutions in several disciplines. The report states "with a rating of almost 4.5 out of 5, OpTier's flagship CoreFirst(R) product scored the highest of all statistically significant responses in customer satisfaction for Performance and Availability Management." The report continues "Its cross-tier view of every service invocation (or transaction) underlying a business application, including resource metrics by tier and for the transaction as a whole is a compelling and result-driven approach."
"EMA analysts have been watching OpTier closely since its emergence in 2005, so the company was a natural consideration for this report based on positive comments and feedback from our customer research and enterprise consulting practice," said Andi Mann, research director at EMA. "As noted in the report, we feel that OpTier is truly a rising star for its strength and innovation, and leadership in the Business Transaction Management space."
In addition to its industry leading CoreFirst product, OpTier's customer service also stands out as noted in the report which states "the excellent customer satisfaction only serves as icing to make it a Rising Star for Performance and Availability Management."
OpTier's CoreFirst enables some of the world's largest and most successful organizations to align business initiatives with IT. OpTier(TM) software solutions dynamically link business services to IT infrastructure, assuring service delivery and optimizing IT resources. CoreFirst is a critical addition to organizations adopting virtualization and service oriented architectures.
"In the growing performance and availability management market, it is a significant achievement for a company of any size to be recognized above the pack, yet that is just what OpTier has experienced not only among key industry analyst firms such as EMA, but with our growing list of Global 1000 customers," said Israel Mazin, Chairman and CEO of OpTier. "Along with our top notch technology, we take great pride in the ongoing success of our customers and are committed to building long lasting relationships with them. Being named to this list is further validation of our focus and approach."
About OpTier
OpTier(R) provides software solutions that dynamically link business services to underlying IT infrastructure, assuring service delivery and optimizing IT resources. Its unique Business Transaction Management(TM) technology — which delivers end-to-end visibility and control of all business transactions — makes effective Business Service Management a reality. OpTier tracks and monitors all business transactions — across all tiers, all the time. It identifies and isolates performance problems as they develop, thus minimizing the cost to resolve them. OpTier generates intelligence, for more effective testing, capacity planning, provisioning and decision-making. It can further prioritize transaction resource allocation based on business needs. For more information, visit http://www.optier.com.
OpTier, CoreFirst and "Putting First Things First" are registered trademarks of OpTier. Contacts: Lindsay Diamond Avi Dines or Jennifer Barlow OpTier Schwartz Communications, Inc. 212-679-2700 781-684-0770 firstname.lastname@example.com firstname.lastname@example.com
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It's not yet too late to crochet for Valentine's Day. Today's Round Up are all about that day, it's so near but you can still make this project in time for Valentine's Day. Weather it's for you or someone special. Here some really beautiful crochet projects to crochet for this coming Valentines Day.
- Crochet C2C Valentine's Heart Runner Table by Repeat Crafter Me
- Crochet Valentine Heart Earflap Hat by Classy Crochet
Crocheted Puffy Hearts by Five Little Monsters
- Madly In Love Infinity Scarf and Cowl by Moogly
Valentines Day Gift Bag by Little Doolally
Crochet Heart Headband for Valentine's Day by Maybe Matilda
Crochet 8-Bit Heart Slouchy by Whistle and Ivy
Don't forget to Tag me in Instagram and Twitter with your finished project and also like my Page in Facebook, Si Nanay Madel. I would love to see what you've done and Pin it also in Pinterest.
So that's it. I hope you all learn something and enjoy this post. If you have any questions, comments or suggestion just leave a message on the comment box and I will gladly answer them. Thank you and God bless!
Nanay Madel
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February 12, 2017
Let us make God's holy word our study, bringing its holy principles into our lives. - MYP 73


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During Jon's time in the Army, Memorial Day took on new meaning for us. Being in another country has made me more sensitive to truly American holidays. We don't get Monday as a holiday here, so Sunday night we headed out to the Suresnes American Cemetery. I had driven by earlier in the week and it was beautifully decorated for this special day.
It was a nice night and the kids were up for a walk.
It is always good to see the American Flag.
That is the Eiffel Tower in the background.
There are over 1,000 soldiers buried here from WW I and 24 unidentified soldiers from WW II.
It is not the kind of place that makes it to the top of a sight seeing list when you come to Paris, but this is a beautiful place to visit and appreciate the sacrifices that have been made to protect our freedom.


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Today is the day! This time tomorrow I'll be in Port Moresby. Last night I dreamt that I was still trying to stuff things in my backpack while racing out the door to catch the plane…Hmmmm.
Yesterday 4 friends came to my house and we made another 110 birthing kits; we now have over 300 in total. 100 are already in the village (Mike took them with him on a trip earlier in the month) and now we'll pop the rest in boxes and any spaces in our packs. Someone has very generously offered to pay for excess baggage which means we don't have to do too much shuffling of gear to get the packs within 20kg! An amazing woman has also put together some illustrations for the kits! In 9 simple diagrams the poster shows what is in the kit, how to use each item and then how to dispose of the equipment safely. It is awesome! I'll take a few posters and then give them to whoever I give kits to. This will really help to reinforce our message. What a blessing.
I found a great You Tube clip of some tourists travelling along the Sepik River and then the Keram River where I'll be going. They stop at the first village along the Keram River, Chimando. The first thing I notice in the film is the sounds of the jungle – that 'sizzle' of all the insects singing in unison and then a remarkable bird sound almost barking in the background. There is no change in the pitch of the sound; it is a constant. The water looks quite brown and there are some massive trees right next to the edge of the water. The villages are along the riverbed – pole structures above ground with grass thatched rooves (is that a word? Or is it roofs?). I notice that there are lots of children 'pikininis' that look about 6 but are probably 11/12 yrs old! They wear western style clothing such as T-shirts that say "Bob Marley" on them! Many of the women have a child on their hip and appear pregnant – there is work for me after all!!
I have also found out that during the 6 hr transit in Port Moresby, we can go via shuttle bus to the Airways Hotel! It has a website and I must say I'm rather delighted as it has a pool, cafe and wonderful views. I think I'll need something like that to ease into the next stage of the journey don't you agree??
As I woke up this morning I thought "Today is the day that the Lord has made, Let us rejoice and be glad in it" words from an old hymn. It resonates with me. Today IS the day that has been 9 months in the making – I've just realised it has been 9 months, the length of a pregnancy! It has taken 9 months to grow and prepare for this trip and now I am ready for the birth. I think back to when I was in labour with my firstborn – the anticipation, the wonder, the awe and of course the fear about what my life will be like with a child. I feel the same about this trip. People have told me I will not be the same after spending time with the village people. I wonder what God has in stall for me? I wonder where this will all lead to? I wonder how my life will be different once I return? I wonder…
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"Oh. A second donut, eh fat ass?" I'd ask, as I passed him on the way to the office kitchen, secretly hoping he hadn't taken the last one.
"Would you like the eight or the twelve piece?" the Chick-Fil-A worker would ask.
"Oh, I'll take the twelve"
"Yeah, look at him. He's only ordering the twelve because you don't have a twenty piece."
"Do you guys want to walk to lunch or drive?"
"Well, I'm down to walk, but I doubt Size Large over there has the stamina to walk half a mile unless there's a park bench between here and there."
In August Sean decided that enough was enough. His kids were getting to the age that he was chasing them all over the place, and he took this as a sign that it was time to get in to shape. He wanted me to join him in his quest to get thin, but two things stopped me. First, I truly believed that losing ten pounds would just result in putting back fifteen once I stopped. Second, I was coupled and happy. If Rachael accepted me chubby, why bother getting skinny?
The thing about Sean is, when he starts something, he doesn't start small. He researches. He focuses. He dedicates himself. Normally this dedication lasts about a week until something new and shiny has come along, but if the Liang Prank taught us anything, it's that when he really sinks his teeth in to something, he doesn't screw around. Within a week he had a diet web page set up with the following mission statement:
I want to be skinny enough that I can call Jesse Bearden a fat ass without him being able to respond.Good luck with that tubby, I thought as he droned on about calories and shoe-less jogging in the office.
To my surprise, three months later Sean had dropped twenty five pounds and seemed to be keeping it off. Even more surprising, he wasn't spending every waking moment rubbing it in my face like I would have done were the roles reversed. Of course by that time I was no longer coupled, and feeling less than emotionally fantastic.
When I get down emotionally, stage one is wallowing in it. This is followed shortly by stage two which is, "As long as you're going to be worthless, you might as well work on you." With that in mind, I soon joined Sean's diet crusade...


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A demonstrator in northern Nigeria holds a poster of presidential candidate Muhammadu Buhari (Seyllou Diallo/AFP/Getty Images)
Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan's win in Saturday's presidential elections unleashed riots in some parts of the West African nation and underscored the challenges that lie ahead.
Election officials announced Monday that Jonathan received 22.5 million votes — almost double that of his leading challenger, former military ruler Muhammadu Buhari. Some of Buhari's supporters responded to the loss by torching houses and cars of his opponents in cities in the north.
Saturday was Jonathan's first actual election. As vice president, Jonathan, who is from the country's southern oil-producing Niger Delta region, replaced President Umaru Yar'Adua, who died last year from kidney problems related to a chronic illness.
Despite the violent reaction on Monday, the elections themselves were largely peaceful and followed parliamentary elections on April 9 that also proceeded relatively smoothly. "The fact that they've been able to pull off two consecutive weeks of elections that were reasonably orderly, had a low level of violence and delivered prompt credible results is a major achievement and possibly a turning point in Niger's democratic politics," said Peter Lewis, associate professor and director of the African Studies Program at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies.
He explains more in this Q&A:
Is President Jonathan's win surprising?
PETER LEWIS: Not really. I think there was a general feeling that he had the advantages of incumbency and that in his short presidency over the last year he had taken some positive steps and established a positive profile that won confidence among many voters. And he had strong support from his own Niger Delta region and from many of the southeastern portions of the country.
So in terms of geography, incumbency and the profile he established, he was generally well-regarded and most people expected him to win the presidency, although not everybody expected him to win in the first round. There was some speculation that General Buhari or some other opposition coalition might force a runoff, but that turned out not to be the case.
Judging from the results of the parliamentary elections, in which the ruling party lost a number seats, are Nigerians generally more supportive of President Jonathan than his People's Democratic Party?
LEWIS: I think there's a lot of ambivalence about the PDP. Many people feel that the party has been heavy-handed and has been responsible for a lot of election fraud and corruption in the past. And I think that in this case, the vote is certainly for the candidate rather than for the party.
How much of an impact will the riots in the north have?
LEWIS: General Buhari certainly had overwhelming popular support and identification in the northern states, and that's reflected in the final vote count and in the number of states that he carried with strong majorities. And many of his supporters are aggrieved or dissatisfied with the final result. The violence, however, is not likely to be sustained. And I think the riots will run their course in the next few days or couple of weeks at most.
There's another opportunity for the north to gain additional seats in the governorship elections on April 26, and that may also satisfy some of the political yearnings on the part of northern voters. Also, I think that General Buhari, although he can be somewhat politically polarizing to some southerners, has not encouraged a sense of antagonism or confrontation, and he has not incited violence. So I don't think that there's a strong leadership or a strong organizational base that's pushing the violence.
On the other hand, it does point to a big challenge for President Jonathan looking ahead. He will have a major challenge in trying to reach out to northern constituencies and to engage all Nigerians with his government.
What else will President Jonathan have to do for the country during his term to maintain support?
LEWIS: I think a starting point is the credibility of elections, and if there is an opportunity for free and fair elections that can be witnessed by voters at the polling places and in their constituencies, and if there's an opportunity for political pluralism rather than a dominant party monopoly, then that's going to do a lot to encourage different constituencies to have a stake in the system.
Also, if he delivers on the economy, on promises such as electric power generation, on conflict management in places like the Niger Delta, and some conflict management mechanism for the north, where there's been Islamic militancy, then I think that also will win the confidence of more Nigerians.
I think the task also will be to engage various elites in the North and to visit the North and to make a serious effort to win the confidence of people from all over the country.
Why is stability in Nigeria important to the rest of the world?
LEWIS: Nigeria is 150 million people, it's the anchor of West Africa, it's the most populous country on the continent. It's a major contributor to peacekeeping and conflict management across the region. It's the third-largest economy on the African continent and the second largest economy in sub-Saharan Africa. It is a major oil exporter, producing more than 2.5 million barrels a day, and a source of more than 10 percent of U.S. oil on a daily basis, and an important producer within OPEC.
So for all of those reasons — its size, its positive political and security role within Africa, its generally cordial relationship with the United States and its role in global energy markets — Nigeria is simply a critical country whose stability and whose vigor and dynamism is very important.
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Ukraine's Foreign Ministry tweeted on Wednesday evening a pair of hashtag slogans, #UkraineUnderAttack and #RussiaInvadedUkraine, urging others to share the message.
#UkraineUnderAttack #RussiaInvadedUkraine RT PLZ pic.twitter.com/KMM9ezqAfv— MFA of Ukraine (@MFA_Ukraine) August 27, 2014
Authorities in Kiev claimed Wednesday that Russia was massing troops in Crimea, the Black Sea peninsula that Moscow controversially annexed earlier this year, and pointed to evidence that Russian tanks and helicopters had crossed into Ukrainian territory in a bid to open a "second front" by the coastal city of Novoazovsk. On Tuesday, Ukrainian forces apprehended 10 Russian paratroopers in the eastern Donetsk region. Russian officials said the paratroopers' presence on foreign soil was "an accident."
The Ukrainian Foreign Ministry's tweet is just the latest salvo in a long-running social media war that has shadowed months of geopolitical tensions in the region. In the past week, European and American diplomats have used the hashtag #Escalation as a frame for what they consider to be Russia's hostile actions.
In April, at an earlier stage of the crisis, the Russian Foreign Ministry's English-language account hijacked the #UnitedforUkraine hashtag first promoted by the U.S. State Department. On Wednesday, the same account refrained from deploying any new hashtags but spent most of the day retweeting stinging criticism of NATO by the Russian delegation in Brussels.


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In Cuba, a new church, a ray of hope
October 30, 2014
Alan Gomez, USA Today
MIAMI – Of all the politicians, lawyers, doctors and businessmen who have graduated from my high school, the most intriguing name on the alumni rolls has always been Fidel Castro.
Our diplomas may come from the same school. But I can't sit here and talk about what it felt like to wander the same halls and study in the same rooms as the now-retired dictator because one of his first orders of business after taking over Cuba in 1959 was to shut down religious institutions.
Belen Jesuit Preparatory School was swept up in that anti-religious fervor as Castro instituted his Communist rules throughout the island. So the Jesuit priests packed up and started over in Miami, building the school that I would eventually attend...


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Charles Murray
8:23 a.m. Tuesday 11/26/96
Belle [Sawhill], you know that I think you're one of the most acute observers around, but on the matter of the " 'I've-got-mine-and-intend-to-keep-it' disease," I think you've got it wrong. In fact, I think this is one of the most fundamental misperceptions of everyone from your place on the mild center-left on out to the far left. The emotional power of the welfare issue goes to core issues of family as the building block of community, of the nurturing of children, rewarding those who act as responsible members of the community and punishing those who do not. I'm not saying that everything is sweetness and light. There is a lot of anger on the welfare issue–some of it the selfish kind–but to say that it is primarily a matter of selfish people or compassion fatigue is wrong. On this one, maybe my sampling base is better than yours, given that I hang out with more right-wingers than you do. Isabel Sawhill
8:59 a.m. Tuesday 11/26/96
Charles, I don't disagree with you that concerns about the breakdown of the family and personal responsibility have fueled welfare reform. I even suspect that it is going to have more impact on the willingness to work and defer childbearing than most liberals are willing to admit. But my argument is that we need to put something in its place–not just cut taxes. How about fixing inner-city schools or providing more assistance to the working poor? What do your friends on the right want to do about poverty and its associated social ills? Do you (or they) believe that tightening up on welfare is sufficient to the task? I also believe that we haven't faced up to the reality that a big chunk (one-third?) of welfare recipients are simply not employable. What do we do with them and their children? I'd go for putting them in group homes or supervised settings of some kind, but that costs a lot more than what we're spending now. Robert Samuelson
10:02 a.m. Tuesday 11/26/96
The confusing thing about happiness in America today is that most people (though obviously not all) are fairly content with their own lives but typically are unhappy with their "leaders," the nation's major institutions, and the direction "the country is headed." We credit ourselves for the good and blame some distant leader or institution for the bad. This is one way to reconcile Americans' traditional optimism and patriotism (which remains) with the consistently pessimistic tone of public debate and popular opinion on politics (which is real). One explanation for this collective split personality is the objective failings of leaders and institutions; no doubt they could do better in coping with problems, ranging from crime to budget deficits. Another cause, I have argued, is unrealistic expectations; in the first 25 years after World War II, we developed a vision of an America without serious economic or social problems in which almost everyone would achieve self-fulfillment–and now blame our leaders and institutions for not attaining this imagined future. But of course, no society could achieve this utopia, which is embodied in that wonderfully vague phrase "The American Dream." A third cause is that many people now think the country is rapidly succumbing to moral decay. Although I dislike many of the things deplored by these critics (family "breakdown," more public tolerance of language and visuals that–a few decades ago–would have been considered obscene, or worse, high crime), I suspect that the case for moral rot is overdone and that many traditional values (belief in hard work, commitment to children, religious faith) remain strong. Regardless, some of the things that critics condemn are the result of more freedoms–more freedom of speech, more freedom to divorce, etc. In modern America, personal freedoms and individual rights are blurred. This poses an enduring question of our democracy: how to determine when excessive individual rights harm the collective good. It is in this sense–and not just the matter of race to which Herb Stein refers–that we are prisoners of our history. (Anyone wanting a more extensive discussion of the connection between the vices and virtues of our national character should read American Exceptionalism: A Double-Edged Sword by Seymour Martin Lipset.) Michael Elliott
1:13 p.m. Tuesday 11/26/96
My word, this is getting interesting. First, let me respond (as, I think, the only immigrant on the panel) to Belle Sawhill's suggestion that, by comparison with other countries, we're not doing as well as we think.
She's quite right, of course, at least on some measures –violent crime (though not crimes against property), child health, the state of some parts of the inner city. I much enjoyed Nathan Glazer's recent piece in the New Republic on the differences between Minneapolis and Stockholm–a comparison that was not in Minneapolis' favor.
Nonetheless, and at the risk of being Pollyannaish, if that's a word, let me add a querulous voice. It has long been an American habit, I think, to imagine that we enjoy triumphs or tragedies alone. We don't; but for most of the last 200 years, we have often enjoyed them first. True, there is no European city with which I am familiar which has the concentration of poverty and social pathologies seen in some American cities. But there are plenty of European cities that fear they are going that way–populations with weak attachment to the labor market, racial tension, and the like. Sandy Jencks once said (I paraphrase) that illegitimacy was not a black problem but an American one. In fact, it's a global one (at least, an advanced-industrial-economies one). The massive, and thoughtless, social experiment that we have adopted in our pattern of family formation in the last 20 years is being repeated all over northern Europe. (Charles Murray has written of this in the British context.) If illegitimacy really is a leading indicator of social pathologies–I suppose that is still not entirely proven–it may well turn out to be as troubling for the Europeans as it has been for Americans. And none of this even scratches the surface of the big problem: the inability of European economies to create jobs for all their workers–something on which Sam goes into autopilot–or to find entrepreneurs able and willing to build companies in the technologies of tomorrow (see Michael Prowse's valedictory to the United States in Monday's FT for a view of all this). So I conclude that, although there are certainly some reasons why I'd rather bring my kids up in the U.K. than the U.S., the balance is a fine one.
Now, to Belle's invitation to think of matters of the spirit. As it happens, I've had a real-world test of the "good spiritedness" of modern America recently, because I moved house from the suburbs of Washington to those of New York. Everyone should try it. We were almost drowned in neighborliness, kindness, and a welcoming air. The school had a great program for making our kids feel at home, the street echoes to the sound of games each afternoon, etc., etc. OK, Westchester County isn't typical–but I suspect that the determination to be a "good neighbor" is as alive and well now as it was in the 1950s.
Why, then, the sense that we're becoming increasingly atomized? A politically incorrect thought: Because so few mainstream journalists and opinion formers go to church. If Kinsley is reading this, he will be saying, "This is nuts: any moment now Elliott's going to endorse the idea that religion is stigmatized–this in a country where a Dukakis gets clobbered because he seems irreligious." Fair point: But if you never darken the door of a church, and few of my colleagues do, you'll never see just how much charity and generosity lurks in the heart of yer average American. Herb Stein
2:16 p.m. Tuesday 11/26/96
The exchange between Sawhill and Murray suggests that we shall have to wait about 10 years before we know whether we should have been thankful today. It will take that long before we will know whether we should have been thankful that we abandoned the bad old welfare policies and embarked on a more constructive course, or should have been mournful that we turned in a direction that only made a bad problem worse.
Elliott offers us the consolation that what we think of as America's problems are rapidly becoming the problems of Western Europe. Are these problems inevitably the consequence of affluence or, as some say, of individualism and rationalism? Is there some previous state that anyone would like to go back to? Elliott mentions the magic word "church," but refers to it only as a place where one can see how much charity and generosity lurks in the heart of the average American. But church in that sense stands only for a sense of community, such as one might find in a book-discussion group or bowling league, and not for anything specifically religious. Is that all there is to it?
Samuelson remarks on the contrast between the general satisfaction of Americans with their own lives and the dissatisfaction with their leaders. But when they had a chance, they re-elected all the old leaders. And even the alternatives they were offered were not very different. They are dissatisfied with the government. But doesn't the fact that they are satisfied with their lives, even though dissatisfied with the government, reflect a realization that the government doesn't–and probably can't–make much difference to them? And since the Cold War is over and the Depression is long gone, isn't that realization correct? Maybe we should be thankful that we have come to understand that.
On the subject of being satisfied with one's own life and dissatisfied with the state of the country, a recent survey of what the public thinks about the economy is instructive. The public estimate of the rate of unemployment is 20.6 percent, and of the rate of inflation, 13.5 percent. Seventy percent of the public believes that the federal budget deficit is higher than it was five years ago. Can it be that the public's perception of the state of the world is the result of sheer ignorance? And whose fault is that
Counting Our Blessings
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With respect to the consumer price of gasoline in Canada: (a) what action is the government taking to monitor the price of gas; (b) what action will the government take to control the price of gas; (c) how does the government ensure that gas prices are the result of free competition and not collusion between producers and retailers; (d) what impact does the current high price of gas have on the Canadian economy; and (e) will the government enact a plan for a gas price monitoring agency to ensure the market remains fair and competitive?
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NBC Sports announces boxing programming in 2012
November 23, 2011
Boxing will be a new addition to NBC Sports programming in 2012. NBC Sports Network (now known as Versus until 2012) will debut NBC Sports Network Fight Night on Saturday night January 21, 2012 from Philadelphia.
The Fight Nights will be produced on a quarterly basis with fight nights in January, March, June and December in 2012.
Via NBC Sports Network press release:
NBC Sports Group will work with Main Events (Promotions) and Hall-of-Fame matchmaker J Russell Peltz on a multi-promoter strategy for NBC Sports Network Fight Night designed to produce the best quality fights. It is a strategy in which any promoter can participate to get their boxers involved in these programs.
"This is a unique approach to have multiple promoters competing to put fights on NBC Sports Network," said Jon Miller, President, programming, NBC Sports and NBC Sports Network. "That, coupled with the legendary matchmaker J Russell Peltz serving as our quality control expert, ensures that boxing fans will enjoy exciting and competitive matches."
(H/t: Bad Left Hook and Boxing Insider)
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It was once rumored that the UFC would land with NBC/Versus. It looks like NBC Sports has chosen boxing to bolster its sports content for 2012. This will be interesting to see how it will compete with HBO, Showtime and ESPN offerings of boxing programming. The multi-promoter approach will be another interesting component of its Fight Nights. How much will NBC Sports Network be able to promote these fighters for a casual audience to tune in? Will NBC Sports invest programming to market the fighters prior to the Fight Nights? We will see how successful these programs will be for the NBC Sports Network and whether it will expand in the future.
One Response to "NBC Sports announces boxing programming in 2012"
terrence from southeast on
November 25th, 2011 5:48 PM
This culd work for NBC but Boxig fansonly tune-in to watch marquee fighters.NBC will have to build a show to highlight the fighters to the causalfan.
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