text: Dear colleagues, the deadline 10th January for the "Second International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction" is fast approaching. We invite the submission of extended abstracts or full papers. Please note, the best symposium papers (according to the reviewers) will be invited to submit a book chapter for a book published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. Regards, Kerstin Dautenhahn ------------***apologies if you receive multiple copies***--------- Call for Papers: Second International Symposium on New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction A two-day symposium at AISB 2010, 30 March - 1 April 2010, De Montfort University, Leicester, United Kingdom http://www.aisb.org.uk/convention/aisb10/AISB2010.html (Convention) http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~comqkd/HRI-AISB2010-Symposium.html (Symposium) Confirmed Keynote Speakers and talks: Patrizia Marti (University of Siena, Italy): Expressive robots and expressive interaction with robots: a design perspective Yorick Wilks (University of Sheffield, UK): Is a Companion a distinctive kind of relationship with a machine? Giorgio Metta (IIT, Italy): From biology to robots: the RobotCub project Motivation: Human-Robot Interaction (HRI) is a growing research field with many application areas that could have a big impact not only economically, but also on the way we live and the kind of relationships we may develop with machines. Due to its interdisciplinary nature different views and approaches towards HRI need to be nurtured. This symposium will provide a platform to discuss collaboratively recent findings and challenges in HRI. The first symposium on "New Frontiers in Human-Robot Interaction" was held as part of AISB 2009 in Edinburgh, Scotland, see programme: http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~comqkd/HRI-AISB2009-Symposium.html The symposium organized in 2009 was characterized by excellent presentations as well as extensive and constructive discussions of the research among the participants. Different categories of submissions are encouraged that reflect the different types of research studies that are being carried out. The symposium will encourage a diversity of views on HRI and different approaches taken. In the highly interdisciplinary research field of HRI, a peaceful dialogue among such approaches is expected to contribute to the synthesis of a body of knowledge that may help HRI sustain its creative inertia that has drawn to HRI during the past 10 years many researchers from HCI, robotics, psychology, the social sciences, and other fields. Topics of interest include but are not limited to: * Developments towards robot companions * User-centred robot design * Robots in personal care and health care * Robots in search and rescue * Sensors and interfaces for HRI * Human-aware robot perception * Dialogue and multi-modal human-robot interaction * Robot architectures for socially intelligent robots * HRI field studies in naturalistic environments * Robot assisted therapy * Robots in HRI collaborative scenarios * Robots in schools and in other educational environments * Robots as personal assistants and trainers * Robot and human personality * New methods and methodologies to carry out and analyze human-robot interaction * Robots as companions and helpers in the home * Robots as assistive technology * Long-term or repeated interaction with robots * Creating relationships with robots * Expressiveness in robots * Sustaining the engagement of users * Personalizing robots and HRI interfaces * Human-robot teaching * Robots that learn socially and adapt to people * User experience in HRI * User needs and requirements for HRI * Robots as autonomous companions * Robots as remote-controlled tools * Embodied interfaces for smart homes * Ethnography and field studies * Cross-cultural studies The symposium encourages submissions in any of the following categories. The submission should clearly state which category the article falls under: *N* Completed empirical studies reporting novel research findings In this category we encourage submissions where a substantial body of findings has been accumulated based on precise research questions or hypotheses. Such studies are expected to fit within a particular experimental framework (e.g. using qualitative or quantitative evaluation techniques) and the reviewing of such papers will apply relevant (statistical and other) criteria accordingly. Findings of such studies should provide novel insights into human-robot interaction studies. *E* Exploratory studies Exploratory studies are often necessary to pilot and fine-tune the methodological approach, procedures and measures. In a young research field such as HRI with novel applications and various robotic platforms, exploratory studies are also often required to derive a set of concrete research questions or hypothesis, in particular concerning issues where there is little related theoretical and experimental work. Although care must be taken in the interpretation of findings from such studies, they may highlight issues of great interest and relevance to peers. *S* Case studies Due to the nature of many HRI studies, a large-scale quantitative approach is often neither feasible nor desirable. However, case study evaluation can provide meaningful findings if presented appropriately. Thus, case studies with only one participant, or a small group of participants, are encouraged if they are carried out and analyzed in sufficient depth. *P* Position papers While categories N, E and S require reporting on HRI studies or experiments, position papers can be conceptual or theoretical, providing new interpretations of known results. Also, in this category we consider papers that present new ideas without having a complete study to report on. Papers in this category will be judged on the soundness of the argument presented, the significance of the ideas and the interest to the HRI community. *R* Replication of HRI studies To develop as a field, HRI findings obtained by one research group need to be replicated by other groups. Without any additional novel insights, such work is often not publishable. Within this category, authors will have the opportunity to report on studies that confirm or disconfirm findings from experiments that have already been reported in the literature. This category includes studies that report on negative findings. *D* Live HRI Demonstrations Contributors may have an opportunity to provide live demonstrations (live or via Skype), pending the outcome of negotiations with the local organization team. The demo should highlight interesting features and insights into HRI. Purely entertaining demonstrations without significant research content are discouraged. *Y* System Development Research in this category includes e.g. the design and development of new sensors, robot designs and algorithms for socially interactive robots. Extensive user studies are not necessarily required in this category. If authors feel that their particular paper does not fit any of the above mentioned categories, then they should indicate this when submitting their paper so that the reviewing process can take this into consideration. Symposium chair: Kerstin Dautenhahn (University of Hertfordshire, UK) Symposium contributions: We invite unpublished, original work as extended abstracts (up to 3 pages) or full papers of up to 8 pages (double column) according to the AISB 2010 formatting guidelines (templates will be available later on the AISB 2010 convention website). In category *D* we invite one page descriptions detailing the demo and its associated research questions. In addition to full paper presentations the symposium will also include panels, invited talks, and poster presentations. The symposium schedule will emphasize critical discussions of the presented research as well as wider issues that are important to HRI. Submission of contributions: Please send the PDF submissions to Kerstin Dautenhahn (K.Dautenhahn "@" herts "." ac "." uk) (files bigger than 2MB will not be accepted) including in the email text the following information: title of paper, author list, contact email, name of attached PDF file. All submissions will be peer reviewed. Proceedings: Authors of accepted contributions will be asked to prepare the final versions (up to 8 pages) for inclusion in the symposium proceedings. All accepted contributions will be published in the symposium proceedings. The best symposium papers (according to the reviewers) will be invited to submit a book chapter for a book published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. Important Dates: 11th January 2010 - Papers submission deadline 11th February 2010 - Notifications of acceptance 1 March 2010 - Camera ready copies due Programme Committee members: Adriana Tapus, USC, USA Alan Wing, University of Birmingham, UK Aris Alissandrakis, Tokio Institute of Technology, Japan Astrid Weiss, University of Salzburg, Austria Ben Krose, UVA, the Netherlands Ben Robins, University of Hertfordshire, UK Bipinchandra Bhakta, University of Leeds, UK Christoph Bartneck, Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands Dirk Wollherr, TUM, Germany Dong-Soo Kwon, KAIST, South Korea Farshid Amirabdollahian, University of Hertfordshire, UK Haizhou Li, Institute for Infocomm Research, Singapore Hatice Kose-Bagci, University of Hertfordshire, UK Hisato Kobayashi, Hosei University, Japan Holly Yanco, University of Massachusetts-Lowell, USA Julie Adams, Vanderbilt University, USA Karl F. MacDorman, Indiana University, USA Kerstin Severinson Eklundh, KTH, Sweden Kheng Lee Koay, University of Hertfordshire, UK Kolja Kuehnlenz, TUM, Germany Matthias Scheutz, Indiana University Bloomington, USA Manfred Tscheligi, University of Salzburg, Austria Michael A. Goodrich, Brigham Young University, USA Michael Hillman, Bath Institute of Medical Engineering, UK Michael L. Walters, University of Hertfordshire, UK Monica Nicolescu, University of Nevada, Reno, USA Nuno Otero, University of Minho, Portugal Reid Simmons, Carnegie Mellon University, USA Sandra Hirche, TUM, Germany Sylvain Calinon, Italian Institute of Technology (IIT), Italy Takayuki Kanda, ATR, Japan Tatsuya Nomura, Ryukoku University, Japan Wolfram Erlhagen, University of Minho, Portugal Yiannis Demiris, Imperial College, UK Yorick Wilks, University of Sheffield, UK Yoshihiro Miyake, Tokio Institute of Technology, Japan ----------------------------------------------------- Prof. Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn Professor of Artificial Intelligence Adaptive Systems Research Group The University of Hertfordshire, School of Computer Science College Lane, Hatfield, Hertfordshire AL10 9AB, United Kingdom URL: http://homepages.feis.herts.ac.uk/~comqkd E-mail: K.Dautenhahn at herts.ac.uk Fax: +44-1707-284-303 Tel: +44-1707-284-333 ------ End of Forwarded Message ------ End of Forwarded Message ------ End of Forwarded Message


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Four years after the last financial crisis came to a head, it remains an open question whether the US economy is safe from a repeat. The answer depends on another question: What caused the crisis in the first place?
Fault for the crash lies, according to various popular theories, with some combination of over-leveraged banks, a culture of greed on Wall Street, the collapse of mortgage-backed securities, and financial institutions that are too big to fail. But according to Yale University economist Gary Gorton, all of these explanations are wrong, and regulators have done nothing to address the underlying cause of the meltdown.
In "Misunderstanding Financial Crises: Why We Don't See Them Coming," published last month by Oxford University Press, Gorton argues that the true culprit was actually a kind of bank run—but not a visible Depression-era bank run, with citizens banging on doors trying to get their money out. Rather it was a run on the "shadow banking system," a huge, largely unregulated system in which an immense amount of money changes hands daily, all behind the scenes. This "shadow" system is perfectly legal; it funds traditional banking, and the two are deeply intertwined. But its transactions are unregulated and invisible on banks' balance sheets—so when a crisis of confidence strikes, as it did in 2008, a surprised government must turn to drastic and risky tactics to stanch it.
The shadow banking system still exists, with large financial institutions quietly borrowing and lending money in massive short-term arrangements known as sale-and-repurchase agreements. Although there aren't definitive measures, the most recent estimate by an international group of regulators put it at $67 trillion worldwide—roughly two-thirds the size of traditional banking.
Gorton is a scholar of financial crashes, and he doesn't see the most recent meltdown or the one that kicked off the Great Depression as anomalies. Instead, he views the seven crash-free decades between the two as a rare period in which bank regulations were adequate to prevent catastrophic bank runs. And because no new rules have emerged to address the new kind of run that triggered the recent crisis, he says, we could be in for a repeat every few years.
Ideas spoke with Gorton by phone on two occasions from his office in New Haven.
IDEAS: When we think "bank run," we think of customers mobbing bank buildings. What happened during this crisis?
GORTON: The way it worked was instead of people lining up at banks, people would use the phone or e-mail or Bloomberg Mail, and they would say, "I'm not going to lend my money again. Give it back to me." And so in the sale-and-repurchase market, about $1.2 trillion was withdrawn in a very short period of time....It just happened that depositors were not individual households, they were institutional investors and other firms.
IDEAS: That's not the explanation we've been hearing.
GORTON: The reason for this I think is in large part because people didn't see what happened. No one saw a bank run like in "It's a Wonderful Life." They only saw the effects of the bank run. They saw firms get into trouble, and they saw house prices go up, but they've been unable to connect all this into a coherent picture of what actually happened. And that means that everybody still seems to be quite confused.
IDEAS: A lot of experts say the financial crisis was caused by bankers creating a subprime mortgage bubble. That's not it?
GORTON: That's simply not big enough to explain what happened, and in fact the losses on all triple A subprime mortgages are minuscule....That might be thought of as a triggering event, but that by itself does not explain what happened, and that gets wrapped up in that whole notion about bankers—that somehow greedy bankers were at the root of this. People may not like bankers, and people may think they're greedy, but I can tell you that if greedy bankers explain the crisis, then we would have financial crises every other week.
IDEAS: Why do economists and lawmakers overlook this as the cause?
GORTON: Since the only people who saw it were people on trading floors, I think it's hard for people to accept an abstract idea about what happened.
'If greedy bankers explain the crisis, then we would have financial crises every other week.'
IDEAS: Isn't that what economists are supposed to be good at?
GORTON: Most economists, you have to understand, don't have any direct experience in the world. They went to college, then they went to graduate school, then they went to teach....They were basically learning it at the same time every one else was learning it.
IDEAS: Are you in the same boat?
GORTON: My PhD thesis was on banking panics almost 30 years ago, and all my research also has been on banking panics, and I was a consultant to AIG financial products for 12 years. I was there. I saw it.
IDEAS: You've argued that we need a whole new category of banks, with their own collateral rules. It's been four years. Why don't we have them already?
GORTON: We didn't figure out fast enough what had happened, and it was difficult to disseminate the information so legislation was hurried. The legislation, Dodd-Frank, happened before the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission had finished.
IDEAS: Do you expect we'll get this type of regulation in time to prevent the next crisis?
GORTON: I'm not particularly optimistic, no. In the book I talk about what I think are the most important legislative successes in financial history in the US. That is deposit insurance and before deposit insurance the National Bank Acts, passed during the Civil War. And neither of these acts was passed because people carefully considered them and thought they would be good ideas. The National Bank Acts were passed to help the North finance the Civil War, and deposit insurance was passed as a populist demand.
IDEAS: Are you discouraged by the lack of progress so far?
GORTON: On the one hand, it's kind of depressing that we had this huge disaster and what we got out of it was a book by Michael Lewis, and not a lot else. On the other hand, historically it takes a lot of time for ideas to sink in.
IDEAS: President Obama, who campaigned in 2008 as a Wall Street reformer, has been reelected, and just this month Federal Reserve Board Governor Daniel Tarullo called shadow banking regulation "the most important remaining task of financial regulatory reform." So now will we see action?
GORTON: I don't think anything's going to happen....We're in a world where we need a lot of education before we get to the point where people really entertain solutions.Ben Schreckinger is an Atlantic Media fellow reporting for National Journal. He can be reached at
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Israel News - Stay Informed, Pray Informed
Apple is often first in breaking new ground with the latest hi-tech gadgets. Now the company has introduced yet another brand new notion: Jerusalem's Wailing Wall (known as the Kotel) is in "Palestine."
The company that brought us the innovative iPhone now offers the solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, while the rest of the world, led by the Americans, still try to broker a shaky final status.
Don't believe it? Just come visit the Kotel in Jerusalem. Pull out your iPhone 5, and take a few pictures of the Wall. Before you can say "Siri," wonder of wonders, a description of the most famous site in all of Judaism will automatically pop up on your high-definition screen showing you the location of the Wailing Wall: The West Bank, East Jerusalem.
That's right folks, with just one swipe of your screen, the almighty Apple has divided the city of Jerusalem, putting the holiest place in the world for all Jewish people in the Palestinian Territories.
For those iPhone fans who think that this is just another infamous Apple Maps' bug, be informed. In earlier versions of their trendy device, Apple's weather app gave separate forecasts for West and East Jerusalem, even though Israel unified the city 46 years ago after the Six-Day War! Only after extensive and ongoing pressure by Israel's ambassador to the US did the digital giant change the app's map status to identify Jerusalem as one city.
"It is a shame that a commercial enterprise feels that it needs to be more pro-Palestinian than the Palestinians themselves," said Deputy Foreign Minister Zeev Elkin. "But what matters is the reality on the ground, not in the virtual world."
Rabbi Shmuel Rabinovitz, the overseer of the Wailing Wall, had this to say in response: "We don't need anyone's endorsement or stamp of approval. The Wailing Wall is a part of who we are."
If the company is getting involved in politics to help sell their "Apples" to young left-wing liberals, beware. A long time ago in a garden, a young, innocent couple took that appealing apple, only to be deceived, when all hell broke loose.
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I think law school admissions departments know a prune from a plum, APUS may be accredited but like other online schools does not have a good reputation in general owing to low admission standards and lax grading for retention purposes. An APUS graduate could have a rough time getting admitted at a better law school.
Hi tito,I took the LSAT twice. My first score was well, awful, and pitted me at terrible fourth tier schools as my options. Some schools no one should go to. There are schools that have less than %50 employment numbers. Less than half their grads can find a job, that's messed up and many of these schools should close their doors out of basic human decency. My second score was much better and landed me many more better options. I got lucky because most schools don't average multiple scores anymore. It was hard for me to wrap my head around how important this stupid f.ing test is. The LSAT, almost exclusively, can make you or break you. In a way its good for you because it makes your online degree, and all undergrad degrees for that matter, nearly meaningless. Powerscore has great prep books. Master the LSAT is good too. An understanding of logic and a bunch of prep tests do wonders. I took a Kaplan course- utter waste of money. The prep books are much better. I didn't like Kaplan or Prinston, but I have talk to at least one person who like the former, no one who liked the latter. Good luck buddy.
Hard to imagine anyone with such spotty credentials passing law school..


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UK high streets might be full of empty shops and closing down sales, but landlords could have found one tenant with good financial record interested in expanding its business – Microsoft.
Emulating the branding boost Apple gained from opening stores a decade ago, Redmond could be about to copy the tactic. According to the Financial Times, the company is reportedly thinking of opening stores in the EU.
The most logical location for a flagship store would be the shopping capital of Europe, London, but there is no confirmation beyond a source claiming that the company has been in talks with UK landlords.
The company might expand beyond that base in time, possibly copying Apple's approach of opening stores in larger cities plus smaller towns with universities.
The timing and size of its European expansion will depend to some extent on an assessment of the performance of its current North American store.
In recent times Microsoft has rapidly expanded its US chain to around 70 on the back of own-brand hardware such as the Surface and services such as 'Signature' designed to optimise PCs to run Windows without the bloatware that populates many OEM laptops and PCs.
It is starting to look as if the company wants to get closer to consumers after decades of dealing with them at arm's length. Likely, in an increasingly mobile era served from proprietary platforms Microsoft perhaps feels it simply has too much competition for its traditional aloof approach to work.


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Our latest gift was for my little ones. An absolutely gorgeous large print, colorful book with gorgeous illustrations called Nursery Rhymes for Children. On Shabbos, we love snuggling on the couch to read, and sing Shabbos songs. So we took our new book, on the couch to read/sing them and as I am paging through this beautiful book and my kids are enjoying me singing the songs, I am actually reading what some of these nursery rhymes are saying and it is ridiculous!
Most of us grew up hearing these rhymes and probably never thought anything of them, but as a mom, I now see the world very differently.
Okay, some nursery rhymes are sweet- Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Here we go round the Mulberry Bush and Baa Baa Black Sheep. And apparently a lot of them have some historical significance or whatever.
But in this book, we meet the Queen of Hearts who BEAT the Knave because he stole the tarts. Don't even get me started on Rock-a-bye Baby... "Down will come baby, cradle and all." Seriously? then Old Mother Hubbard who has NO food for her poor dog! And then there's Jack and Jill who both broke their crowns tumbling down a hill and an Old Woman who lives in a shoe who whips her kids and doesn't give them any bread. And to top it all off, Goosey Goosey Gander talks about taking an old man who doesn't say his prayers and THROWING him down the stairs.
Now to some of you, this post will not matter as you may not have Nursery Rhymes in your home- but for those who do, I have put together a really adorable Jewish Book of Songs and Rhymes to replace these insane nursery rhymes that the world apparently thinks are okay to sing to children- and I don't care about how poetic or meaningful some of them may be- children hear things at face value.
So here it is! Print it out on card stock, staple together and you will have 10 really sweet Jewish Children's songs and Rhymes to read and sing with your sweetie pies~
We live in Olam HaSheker- a world of lies, and it is up to us as mothers to only show our children that which is true. Which is something that is so beautiful about Judaism. There is only one truth to be learnt and taught.
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YPSILANTI, Mich., June 25 (UPI) -- Authorities in Michigan said an Ohio man is recovering after ripping off part of his own penis while under the influence of hallucinogenic mushrooms.
The Washtenaw County Sheriff's Office said deputies responding to a burglar alarm at Ypsilanti Middle School found the 41-year-old Columbus man naked, screaming and bloody from the waist down outside the school around 1 a.m. Tuesday, the Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday.
"He really wasn't saying much at all -- a lot of yelling and screaming," sheriff's Sgt. Geoff Fox said. "He wasn't making sense. They couldn't really communicate with him in terms of constructive conversation."
Fox said the man had broken a window to the school but hadn't stolen anything. He said the man was holding a piece of his own penis, which he had apparently ripped off.
The man and the severed part of his organ were taken to St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Superior Township.
Fox said the man had been close to death.
"In terms of vital signs, they were as low as they could go without being dead -- I could only assume due to the blood loss and the shock and trauma to the body," he said.
It was unclear whether the severed portion of the man's penis was reattached.
Fox said the man did not have a history of mental health problems or hard drug use. He said the man apparently consumed hallucinogenic mushrooms prior to the incident.
"We've sent his blood off for further analysis to see if there was anything else, if the mushrooms could have been laced with something," Fox said.


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Police: Missing Woman's DNA on Jacket in Man's SUV
EDEN PRAIRIE (AP) - Eden Prairie police say a missing woman's DNA was in a blood sample from a jacket found in the SUV of her ex-boyfriend.
Police released more information Tuesday about test results in their investigation into last week's disappearance of 24-year-old Mandy Matula.
According to police, DNA analysis revealed the presence of Matula's DNA in a blood sample from a jacket found in David Roe's vehicle.
Matula was last seen late Wednesday. Roe agreed to talk to a detective, but shot himself after pulling into the Eden Prairie police parking lot Thursday and died the next day.
Police also say tests confirm an unfired bullet found by searchers near Miller Park last weekend was in the chamber of Roe's handgun at some point.
Police continue to search targeted areas for Matula. A search by family members and friends also took place in St. Cloud recently.


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Naramata Chronicles Life & Times of a Community
Published by: Craig O. Henderson Review by: Joyce D. Wegner Available at: Mosaic Books (Kelowna), Coles Books (Penticton), select shops in Naramata and Penticton. Online at www.naramatabound.com $20
The cozy little hollow of Naramata, located a picturesque 20 minute drive northeast of Penticton, B.C. has evolved over the past 100 years from a mainly tree-fruit bearing village to a premier wine-growing region in the Okanagan Valley.
Craig Henderson offers an engaging collection of stories of the history, the visionaries, the residents, and the familiar anecdotes of this charming area. Accredited as one, of only two, "Cittaslow" (pronounced Cheeta-slow) communities in North America — Naramata is disarming in its ability to provide a welcome respite from the frenzy of the modern world under the thoughtful appreciation of all who spend their time there.
Get to know the wonders of Naramata through the carefully crafted words of Craig Henderson. You may even be inspired to enter the annual Cherry Spitting Competition.


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If you put a random group of 20 Calgarians in one room you can bet that at least half of them could tell you a personal story about Stampede Wrestling or the Harts. In the age of black and white television, the grapplers of Stampede Wrestling were the most colorful characters that you could have probably met.
I was one of thousands that attended many of the Friday night wrestling
shows and then eagerly watched them on the next day's television one-hour
Walking into the Calgary Pavilion on a Friday night to watch
wrestling, one could image that we were going to see a cock fight instead of
a wrestling match. The smoke was thick and we sat on wooden benches or
chairs that made your butt as sore as could be by the end of the night. The
air was filled with the strong odour of cows as the Pavilion was also used
as an cattle auction house during the day. The crowd was a wide mix -- from the
very old to babies in their mothers' laps, along with plenty of natives who
loved their wrestling. This was no Maple Leaf Gardens, but we loved the rodeo atmosphere anyways.
For Calgary Herald writer Heath McCoy, Stampede Wrestling was also an influential part of his youth. He has now penned Pain and Passion: The History of Stampede Wrestling, a sensational account of the history of Big Time Wrestling's early years to what would be known around the world as Stampede Wrestling.
With a number of books on the market today written by wrestlers, wives of wrestlers and assorted other people involved in the wrestling business, Heath McCoy uses his reporter's skills to the fullest. He has combined all of these many sources and combines them into an easy to read, historical account of Stu Hart's early years to the many great wrestlers that had traveled through the rings of Stu's promotion.
In 2004, McCoy had a wonderful cover story named "Butchers Stompers & Cheats" that was included in the Calgary Herald newspaper. For any historian of those good old days of Stampede Wrestling it was a much appreciated piece on the villains of the squared circle. McCoy has now completed a much more comprehensive 300-page book that gives any wrestling fan a better understanding of how this crazy world of professional wrestling operated and survived on the Canadian prairies.
At first when I started reading the book, I had a feeling that I have read all of this before. If you are a reader of wrestling books, you to may get a sense of deja vu as I did; but as you continue to read, you feel how McCoy has done his homework and then some. Many books, magazines, newspaper columns and personal interviews help McCoy put a tight headlock on the entire Stampede Wrestling story.
For many fans, one might have thought that the popular voice of Stampede Wrestling, Ed Whelan, would have written this book. But with his passing a few years earlier, as well as Stu and Helen Hart and many other of the cast of characters gone, you might have felt that this book might never had been achieved. I believe that Heath McCoy has done them all proud in reliving the stories and matches from the 1950s to the succeeding generations, to the wrestlers of today. McCoy pulls no punches either, as the reader gets a good dose of the highs as well as the many lows that these wrestlers have lived through.
The names in this book are not only familiar to the local wrestling fans, but fans across the world get a peek into the lives and the long highway trips of many of their favorites. Names included in the early years such as Gene Kiniski, Dave Ruhl, Abdullah the Butcher and the Stomper Archie Gouldie enjoy many accounts of their lives. A more recent wrestling fan will enjoy reading the early years of Bret Hart, The Dynamite Kid and his cousin Davey Boy Smith and, of course, Owen Hart. There are really far too many names to mention here.
Also included throughout the book are many wonderful photos, mostly captured through the lens of Bob Leonard, Stampede Wrestling's official ringside photographer. As you read the book you would have felt cheated if it was all text with few photos. Going through the vast collection of wrestling photos we see many of these stars in never-before published photographs.
For fans of any age of wrestling, this is a must book for their collection. Well researched and written, you finally have the complete book of Stampede Wrestling.
Bill Cubitt is a wrestling fan and photographer from Calgary, Alberta. Check out his website at www.billcubittphotography.com.


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Washington Navy Yard shooting leaves 13 dead including gunman; motive unclear
Eric Tucker, Brett Zongker and Lolita C. Baldor, The Associated Press
Published Monday, September 16, 2013 9:02AM EDT
Last Updated Tuesday, September 17, 2013 8:12AM EDT
WASHINGTON -- The deadly attack at the Washington Navy Yard was carried out by one of the military's own: a defence contract employee and former Navy reservist who used a valid pass to get onto the installation and started firing inside a building, killing 12 people before he was slain in a gun battle with police.
The motive for the mass shooting -- the deadliest on a military installation in the U.S. since the tragedy at Fort Hood, Texas, in 2009 -- was a mystery, investigators said. But a profile of the lone gunman, 34-year-old Aaron Alexis, was coming into focus. He was described as a Buddhist who had also had flares of rage, complained about the Navy and being a victim of discrimination, and had several run-ins with law enforcement, including two shootings.
The latest mass shooting quickly reignited the debate over gun control in the United States. President Barack Obama lamented "yet another mass shooting" in the U.S. and promised to make sure "whoever carried out this cowardly act is held responsible." Obama has been powerless to get gun control legislation passed by Congress amid a fierce backlash from conservative politicians and the gun owners lobby.
Monday's onslaught at a single building at the highly secure Navy Yard unfolded about 8:20 a.m. in the heart of the U.S. capital, less than 6.4 kilometres from the White House and 3.2 kilometres from the Capitol.
It put all of Washington on edge. Mayor Vincent Gray said there was no indication it was a terrorist attack, but he added that the possibility had not been ruled out.
"This is a horrific tragedy," he said.
Alexis carried three weapons: an AR-15 assault rifle, a shotgun, and a handgun that he took from a police officer at the scene, according to two federal law enforcement officials who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.
The AR-15 is the same type of rifle used in last year's mass shooting at a Newtown, Connecticut, elementary school that killed 20 students and six female staffers. The weapon was also used in the shooting at a Colorado movie theatre that killed 12 and wounded 70.
It was far from certain what impact the latest mass shooting would have on the debate over gun control in the United States.
The politics of gun control have only gotten tougher since December's shooting at Connecticut's Sandy Hook Elementary School. That shooting spurred Obama to propose stricter firearms laws that failed to pass in the Senate.
White House spokesman Jay Carney on Monday reiterated the Obama administration's commitment to strengthening gun laws, including expanding background checks to sales online and at gun shows.
Gun owners, aided by their advocates at the National Rifle Association, the country's largest gun rights lobby, have successfully fought Obama's legislation, even though polls show broad support for tougher gun laws.
For much of the day, authorities said they were looking for a possible second attacker who may have been disguised in an olive-drab military-style uniform. But by late Monday night, they said they were convinced the shooting was the work of a lone gunman, and the lockdown around the area was eased.
"We do now feel comfortable that we have the single and sole person responsible for the loss of life inside the base today," Washington police Chief Cathy Lanier said.
The FBI took charge of the investigation.
The attack came four years after Army psychiatrist Maj. Nidal Hasan killed 13 people at Fort Hood in what he said was an effort to save the lives of Muslims overseas. He was convicted last month and sentenced to death.
In addition to those killed at the Navy Yard, eight people were hurt, including three who were shot and wounded, according to the mayor. Those three were a police officer and two female civilians, authorities said. They were all expected to survive.
The dead ranged in age from 46 to 73, according to the mayor. A number of the victims were civilian employees and contractors, rather than active-duty military personnel, the police chief said.
At the time of the rampage, Alexis was an employee with The Experts, a company that was a Defence Department subcontractor on a Navy-Marine Corps computer project, authorities said.
Valerie Parlave, head of the FBI's field office in Washington, said Alexis had access to the Navy Yard as a defence contractor and used a valid pass.
Alexis had been a full-time Navy reservist from 2007 to early 2011, leaving as a petty officer third class, the Navy said. It did not say why he left. He had been an aviation electrician's mate with a unit in Fort Worth.
A convert to Buddhism who grew up in New York City, Alexis had had run-ins with the law over shooting incidents in 2004 and 2010 in Fort Worth and Seattle and was portrayed in police reports as seething with anger.
The Washington Navy Yard is a sprawling, 16.6-hectare labyrinth of buildings and streets protected by armed guards and metal detectors, and employees have to show their IDs at doors and gates. More than 18,000 people work there.
The rampage took place at Building 197, the headquarters for Naval Sea Systems Command, which buys, builds and maintains ships and submarines. About 3,000 people work at headquarters, many of them civilians.
Witnesses on Monday described a gunman opening fire from a fourth-floor overlook, aiming down on people on the main floor, which includes a glass-walled cafeteria. Others said a gunman fired at them in a third-floor hallway.
Patricia Ward, a logistics-management specialist, said she was in the cafeteria getting breakfast.
"It was three gunshots straight in a row -- pop, pop, pop. Three seconds later, it was pop, pop, pop, pop, pop, so it was like about a total of seven gunshots, and we just started running," Ward said.
Todd Brundidge, an executive assistant with Navy Sea Systems Command, said he and co-workers encountered a gunman in a long hallway on the third floor. The gunman was wearing all blue, he said.
"He just turned and started firing," Brundidge said.
Terrie Durham, an executive assistant with the same agency, said the gunman fired toward her and Brundidge.
"He aimed high and missed," she said. "He said nothing. As soon as I realized he was shooting, we just said, 'Get out of the building."'
As emergency vehicles and law enforcement officers flooded the streets, a helicopter hovered, nearby schools were locked down and airplanes at Reagan National Airport were grounded so they would not interfere with law-enforcement choppers.
Security was tightened at other federal buildings. Senate officials shut down their side of the Capitol. The House of Representatives remained open.
After authorities determined late Monday that the available evidence indicated the deceased shooter acted alone, Sergeant at Arms Terrance Gainer said all operations at the Senate would return to normal Tuesday.
In the confusion, police said around midday that they were searching for two accomplices who may have taken part in the attack -- one carrying a handgun and wearing a tan Navy-style uniform and a beret, the other armed with a long gun and wearing an olive-green uniform. Police said it was unclear if the men were members of the military.
But as the day wore on, police dropped one person and then the other as suspects. As tensions eased, Navy Yard employees were gradually released from the complex, and children were let out of their locked-down schools.
Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations, was at the base at the time the shooting began but was moved unharmed to a nearby military installation.
Associated Press writers Jesse Holland, Stacy A. Anderson, Brian Witte and Ben Nuckols in Washington contributed to this report.
Key facts and figures for U.S. mass shootings
The FBI defines a "mass shooting" as a single incident in which at least four people are killed, not including the shooter.
By that definition, the United States suffers a mass killing every two weeks.
A March 2013 study by the U.S. Congressional Research Service examined shooting sprees in public places, where victims were selected "somewhat indiscriminately."
Looking at data going back to 1983, the report identified 78 shooting rampages matching that definition.
Those public mass killings left a total of 547 people dead and 476 injured.
The deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history was the 2007 Virginia Tech killing spree, in which 32 people were fatally shot.
-- CTVNews.ca Staff


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Shadow Star
Bantam Books, 1999 - Fiction - 467 pages
In Shadow Moon and Shadow Dawn, George Lucas, creator of "Star Wars," and Chris Claremont, author of the bestselling X-Men adventures, created a new world of myth, magic, and legend unlike any before. Now they bring their epic trilogy to an unforgettable conclusion in a novel of blazing imaginative brilliance...
Elora Danan has done the unthinkable. She has slain the dragons that were the embodiment of the soul of Creation. It was a desperate act--the only way to save the dragons from the Deceiver, who would have used them to rule the Realms. Yet in Elora's possession are two last dragon eggs. To protect them, Elora spellbinds herself to her faithful companions Thorn Drumheller, the Nelwyn sorcerer and her sworn guardian, and Khory Bannefin, the long-dead woman warrior whose body is inhabited by a demon's offspring. It is a dire spell that ensures none of them will betray their cause...even at the cost of their lives. And if one of them dies, the magic of the eggs is lost forever.
Pursued through a land of shadow predators by the dreaded Black Rose, the Deceiver's commando assassins, Elora and her allies must reach the free city-state of Sandeni. There they will be reunited with old friends: the brownies Franjean and Rool, the eagles Anele and Bastian, and the young warrior-scribe Luc-Jon. But Sandeni is besieged by mighty armies fueled by the Deceiver's sorcery, warrior wizards, and engines of evil magic. With defeat all but certain, Elora must convince the Sandeni people to continue the fight. What she doesn't tell them is that the greatest enemy lies within her. For the Deceiver is her own dark twin from a potential future of unimaginable evil...an evil that lies dormant inElora's soul. And the only way Elora can stop the future is to befriend an enemy whose insatiable appetite for destruction could destroy all of Creation. Or is that, too, part of the Deceiver's plan?
Seamlessly weaving together the many strands of this rich tapestry, Shadow Star is guaranteed to satisfy its many fans...and leave them breathless.
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Hi Tennis Players!
I'm back in Katy and looking for some people to hit/play/practice with. Any day, any time!
I'm USTA rated 4.0 but the longer I go without practice, the faster that will go down! I'm interested in singles (ladies or men), doubles, or mixed doubles...levels 3.5-4.5.
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Hi Dawn,
I'm over in Long Meadow Farms on 99 just south of Westpark tollway. I'm looking for a good player too as the guy I normally play with can only get out every couple of weeks.
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Hi Mehdi!
I'm not as good of a player as you and I'm not super fast...but if you're looking for some good hitting practice with a girl whos not afraid to hit hard and receive a hard-struck ball...I'm in!
When are you available? mornings? early evenings? certain days of the week?
Let me know!
Hi Dawn,
I can play most evenings after work and most anytime on the weekend. PM me and we can hit this week.
sorry for the delay! I actually broke my hand in the state tourney and I have another 2 weeks until the cast comes off! If you dont mind waiting till then, I'll contact you then about playing!
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Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) is hired to prevent the theft of the Star of Rhodesia, an enormous diamond owned by the Carstairs family. Although the real diamond is protected, the fake is stolen and son Roland Carstairs is murdered, leaving Holmes, Dr. Watson (Nigel Bruce) and Inspector Lestrade (Dennis Hoey) on the trail of one of Moriarty's gang, Colonel Moran (well played by Alan Mowbray).
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DEAR AMY: I'm a student living away from home. My parents told my sibling and me that they were thinking of separating.
At Christmas, my parents announced that my father would be moving out of the house. The next day, they took this back. This past summer my mother ran away from our home for the night. She lied about the trip.
Since then, I have suspected that she is cheating. I have logged on to her Facebook account to read her private messages. I discovered that she is having "sexy" conversations with a man in town and sending him nude photographs.
I feel guilty invading her privacy, but I am upset at my mother for doing this while married to my father.
I'm afraid to bring up this topic with my mother because it involves my disclosing information that I invade her privacy on a frequent basis. I don't want to tell my father to save him from this pain.
What should I do?
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DEAR DAUGHTER: Marriage is complicated. So, sometimes, is cheating. But don't double-down on your mother's cheating by being dishonest and sneaky.
I understand your motives, but you are jumping to conclusions based on evidence with no context.
If you had access to the whole truth, you might find: Your father knows about this, and they are trying to work things out. Or perhaps your father's own Facebook messages are inappropriate.
Even if your conclusions are 100 percent correct, are you prepared and able to leap into the middle of your parents' relationship to confront and/or comfort them? This is waaaaaay above your "pay grade."
I suggest you tell your mother that you are aware of her activity on Facebook. Assume that she will be appalled at your sneakiness. Tell her you are confused by what they have put you through.
This is a big mess, but your parents are going to have to figure things out.
DEAR AMY: My daughter's in-laws have made it known that they only want Easter pictures of her new baby by herself and not with her brother (who is from a previous marriage).
Sad Gran
DEAR GRAN: The implication here is that these grandparents don't want to see your daughter's children as "real" siblings or as equal grandchildren and that there is only room enough on their refrigerator (or in their hearts) for their bio-granddaughter.
Your daughter should start by asking her in-laws why they only want a photo of the baby alone. Perhaps they have a logical reason.
These grandparents may not understand what a tender issue this can be for a family that is working hard to blend and be "real." Or perhaps they do understand, and they're being thoughtless and hurtful.
Your daughter (and her husband) will have to help them understand that this family is a unit and that the brother and sister are like other brothers and sisters — photographed together during happy holidays.
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Malli wrote:you know what though? For some people it isn't all about money. If she was happy with what's happened then I highly doubt she would have chased him down the driveway with a Golf Club.
True, all I'm saying is that in the end she'll have the last laugh. She will be wealthy, independent, and can choose her next partner based on other things (compatibility maybe?). The truth is she chose him based on money/power, there is no way if Tiger was a <insert generic job here> she would have been with him.
I mean her reputation isn't hurt at all here, she was (as far as we know) a loyal wife and a good mom. So in the end, I think she'll be happier long term once the drama passes. Tiger is just a dope for ever getting married, if that's how he wanted to live he should have just lived that way. You don't see anyone knocking Tom Brady or Derek Jeter do you? They are the ultimate playboys and the world loves them. Just don't get married and then do it!


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JEFFERSON – Miss Lucille Jackson, 101, beloved longtime resident of Jefferson, died Tuesday, September 14, 2010, at BJC Nursing Home in Commerce.
Born on July 9, 1909, in Jefferson, she was the daughter of the late Herschel and Jesse Mae Dukes Jackson. She was a homemaker and member of the Hurricane Grove Baptist Church. Miss Jackson was preceded in death by four siblings, Donald Jackson, Lovett Jackson, Bert T. Jackson and Lillie Mae Hunter.
She grew up in Jackson County and was a beloved friend of many families in the Jefferson area. Miss Jackson had retired from The Jackson Herald, where she had been an inserter for many years.
Survivors include her nephew, William T. Hunter, Fayetteville; three nieces, Ann Burley and Mamie Joyce Hill, both of Jefferson, and Bessie Smith, Commerce; and a host of great-nieces and great-nephews.
Funeral services will be held Saturday, September 18, at 1 p.m., in the Sardis Presbyterian Church in Jefferson with the Rev. Roger Cooper officiating. The body will lie in state from 10 a.m. until 1 p.m. at the church, prior to the service. Burial will be in the Hurricane Grove Baptist Church Cemetery. Visitation will be held Friday, September 17, from 8 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the funeral home.
Online condolences at www.evansfuneralhomeinc.com.
Evans Funeral Home, Jefferson, is in charge of arrangements.
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This is what the box originally looked like:
Excuse the shabby sofa - its my thinking couch in my studio. In all fairness it needs throwing but its so comfy and it was the first couch in millies and my first home together so im a bit sentimental - lol!
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Every funeral we arrange is unique and it's the choices that you make that will determine the final cost of the funeral. We'll guide you through the funeral choices available and give you a clear, written estimate of how much the funeral will cost based on the arrangements you've chosen.
In 2018, the total average cost of a funeral was £3,987 including our fees plus third party fees (essential services delivered by others that we will manage on your behalf).
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Excluding third party costs, the average cost of a funeral last year (2018) was £2,863, but the final cost could be more or less depending on the choices you make and where in the UK the funeral is to be conducted. Our lowest price funeral is our Simple Funeral which costs £1,895 (excluding third party costs). We also offer a Cremation Without Ceremony service for £1,395.
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On average last year (2018) our clients paid £1,124 in third party fees but this is a national average and may not reflect the price you might pay in your local area.
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Tapeswitch Corporation: Safety Edges Offer Contact Detection and Emergency Shutdown
Tapeswitch CorporationUpdated 09/26/2014
Safety Edges Offer Robot Contact Detection and Emergency Shutdown
Tapeswitch Corporation manufactures safety edges as a robot contact detection system.
Pressure Sensitive Edges for Machine Safety/Contact Detection/Sensing (Non-Safety) Applications
Tapeswitch Corporation is a leading manufacturer of several lines of safety/singlaing edges for emergency shutdown in various standard TS models in different profiles, (low TS-6, 8, 16, 18), medium (TS-26, 26, 48), and high (TS-47, 57, 67,), front and side actuations (TS-26, TS-46, TS-48), actuation forces, and colors. Tapeswitch Corporation has a 55 year tradition of manufacturing Safety Edges and pressure sensitive switches.
In addition to standard models, Tapeswitch Corporation custom manufactures to standard lengths, colors, lead types (safety/non-safety), and multiple edge configurations.
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In addition to Safety Edges, Tapeswitch Corporation has integrate safety mats, safety laser scanners, light curtains, non-contact safety switches, and trapped key interlocks to particular application requirements. Programmable Safety Control Unit (PCU) connects multiple robot guarding devices, machinery locations, and programs those devices for Logic Control Functions for more complex application requirements.
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