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The innersearchers on the 1981 India Odyssey enjoyed several beautiful performances in the realm of music and dance, not the least of which was the lilting chanting of the temple Brahmins as they performed puja or chanted the ancient Vedas in traditional style, their voices echoing along the stone corridors, carrying the message of the rishis to contemporary hearts. We were reminded of Gurudeva's saying that "The Saiva Dharma. It is now as it always was."
Among the cultural events, three were particularly outstanding, truly unforgettable. The first was a soulful bhajan and vocal concert by Thiru Murugadas and company at the temple grounds of Tiruchendur. The second was a stunning nadhaswarm concert by Thiru Sethuraman and party at the holy temple of Meenakshi in Madurai, and the third was the graceful Bharathanatyam dance recital of Kumari Swarnamukhi at the temple of Chidambaram.
Thiru Pithukuli Murugadas is the most acclaimed bhajan singer in South India, and his music is listened to on cassette tapes by avid fans all over the world. At this performance, we discovered why. The concert began at 9:00 P.M. on January 23 in a large outdoor stage area near Tiruchendur temple. Murugadas was accompanied by six persons - including his wife who played the harmonium and sang, another female vocalist, a cymbal player, two drummers; one playing the tavil and the other the mirudangam. The music had an inner power and energetic fluidity, bringing the large audience into a fine devotional mood. This was a magical performance by a man of great strength and accomplishment who obviously enjoys his work, and just as clearly sees his work as worship. As Gurudeva stated in a message of appreciation to this artist, "In every age, great souls are born to help us through our life in this world. We all know that Lord Muruga sent Murugadas from the Devaloka to sing for us...the Canadian and American devotees join me in thanking and paying obeisance to this great artist."
The Nadhaswaram concert, performed by Thiru M.P.N. Sethuraman and his brother playing the Nadhaswaram as well as two young players of the South India drum, called a tavil, and a tala keeper who set the rhythms on the cymbals, was held on the eve of January 25 in the outer prakaram of the Meenakshi temple. Gurudeva and the inner-searchers, seated on the stage near the performers, were virtually transported by the music. The combinations of great talent expressed on these two powerful and dynamic musical instruments, the tavil and the nadhaswaram, created a penetrating and soul-stirring concert.
The concert went on for well over two hours without a single break, holding the entire audience of 600 people spellbound with the skillful display of genius. In his words of thanks to the performers Gurudeva called this "the music of the Gods."
The third great performance witnessed by the 1981 India Odyssey was the Bharatanatyam dance recital of Kumari Swarnamukhi on the evening of February 1 at which a crowd of over 15,000 people were in attendance. Miss Swarnamukhi danced on the portico entrance to the famous Thousand-Pillared Hall of Chidambaram. She is the state dancer for Tamil Nadu and presently the foremost exponent of Bharathanatyam in South India. Special sanction for this rare performance was given by the Dikshitars of Chidambaram in honor of Gurudeva's presence since dance performances at the temple are only rarely permitted. The performance, lasting for one and a half hours, consisted of ten separate dances, each the enactment of a puranic story. During the course of the recital, each of the 108 tandava dance poses of Lord Siva Nataraja was performed, many of which require superhuman flexibility and dexterity to accomplish. Each dance was a lesson in grace and drama. It is a great tribute to Miss Swarnamukhi that with the guidance of her father she has revived all of the 108 poses, as previously 30 or more were not in use. They did this by studying the poses in granite carvings in the temples of Tamil Nadu and beginning her training as a small child just for this purpose. After the performance Gurudeva came on stage and personally presented a plaque to the dancer and expressed his deep appreciation thus: "Many this fine dancer live long and dance long...that many more people will be blessed to see performances like the one we have seen here tonight."
Following each of these concerts, Gurudeva addressed the large crowds that had gathered, stirring them to "stand strong for Saivism" and to educate their children well. All the pilgrims enjoyed these and other special events, and felt humbly honored to have been there at the right place at the right time to see and hear in person wonderful performers who have devoted their entire lives to perfecting their art in a culture where art and religion are two sides of the same coin.
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A new publication on North /South equity will be launched on December 10th in Poznan, during the UNFCCC climate change negotiations.Towards an equitable post 2012 climate agreement will be presented at 11 am at the EU Pavilion during the Africa Day.
The publication presents key propositions of the African "Climate and Development Network" with solutions emerging from Bamako on how to reach an equitable post-2012 agreement. Giving a voice to IUCN African members on mitigation, REDD, adaptation, transfer of technology and finance, the publication is a joint effort of Climate Action Network France, the Foundation Nicolas Hulot, the Environmental Development Action in the Third World and other IUCN African Members.
Climate change is already affecting people and nature and there is an urgent need to reach an international agreement by 2009, as the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol will end in 2012. At the last UN summit in Bali, the negotiations reached a deadlock, crystallizing the debate on the issue of North/South equity.
IUCN, with the support of the DGCS (Italian cooperation), the Foundation of the Prince Albert II of Monaco, is facilitating a North/South dialogue, building a bridge between the EU and Africa, and building capacities of civil society in developing countries to play a more active role in climate change negotiations. Earlier this year participants from NGOs and governments from 15 African countries came together in Bamako, Mali to discuss equitable climate change solutions for Poznan.
Ahead of the crucial negotiations in Copenhagen in December 2009, new regional dialogues will take place in Africa, Asia and Latin America next year.
Note to editors:
List of speakers at the EU Pavilion: Brice Lalonde (French Ambassador for climate change), Monique Barbut (GEF), Julia Marton Lefèvre (IUCN DG), Libasse Ba (ENDA), Moussa Na-abou (ENDA), Morgane Créach (CAN), Environment Minister of Mali (TBC)
More information, please contact:
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Some of the most amazing holiday experiences happen when you're travelling on your own – So why let the lack of a travel partner stop you from following your dreams? See New Zealand, a tangible wonderland offering one of the most varied and spectacular series of landscapes in the world and make lifelong friendships along the way!
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The 16 Day Tour, guaranteed to depart 25 October, 6 November 2015 & 11 March 2016, offers a memorable journey of both the North and South Islands by modern coach. Highlights include seeing the cascading waters of the Milford Sound, a fiord carved by glaciers during the ice ages. You'll also enjoy the stunning views on one of the world's great scenic rail journeys, the TranzAlpine. Another unforgettable highlight is witnessing the skyrocketing geysers of Rotorua and having an encounter with New Zealand's rich and dynamic Maori culture.
A Tour Guide will accompany the group, helping to break the ice with your fellow travellers from day one. Their professional approach will ensure the group bond and they will also act as a valuable source of Kiwi facts and knowledge.
Alternatively, you can indulge on the 11 Day Ultimate Solo Travellers Tour. Departing on 30 December 2015, enjoy a New Year escape to New Zealand with a maximum of only 20 travellers. Experience 'business class on wheels' as you travel on the deluxe Ultimate Coach, featuring 20 luxury leather seats, panoramic viewing and a level of comfort unparalleled by any other vehicle. Experienced travellers continue to be dazzled by the unbelievable presentation of this state of the art vehicle and the incredible amenities the coach provides. Two brand new vehicles are on the road boasting a cutting edge design complete with the latest finishes. Witness New Zealand in style on a solo tour to remember.
All tours comprise of a few extra special touches, including an introductory dinner and complimentary welcome drink on the first night of the journey. There is also reserved seating at all restaurants for breakfast and dinner, to ensure you will never dine by yourself.
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A lesson that I learned from this book is that it doesn't matter if you win or lose as long as you try your best. I liked Beans because he had very good sportsmanship. I also liked Kitt because she helped her brother to do better in school. My favorite part of the book was how Kitt taught her brother to study for his spelling test. I liked the illustrations in the book because they are very colorful and help to explain the story.
I would recommend this book to people who like to learn something from a book, because this book taught about working hard. I think anyone who likes funny books would like this book because it is very funny and cool.


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LPGA Tour renews 1 Alabama event and restores another
MOBILE, Ala. – The LPGA Tour will have two tournaments in Alabama again starting in 2014.
The tour announced Tuesday that the Alabama LPGA Classic will return to the schedule next year, held on part of the Robert Trent Jones Trail. LPGA Commissioner Michael Whan also says the tour has renewed its deal with the Mobile Bay LPGA Classic, which starts this week.
Stacy Lewis won both Alabama tournaments in 2012, which helped her become the first American in 18 years to win LPGA player of the year.
Lewis is the defending champion this week in Mobile.
The Robert Trent Jones Golf Trail will be the presenting partner of both LPGA event in Alabama.


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Zimmerman trial jurors wrap first day of deliberations
In closing arguments, a prosecuting attorney claims that George Zimmerman made an assumption about Trayvon and tracked him before shooting him. VPC
Second-degree murder case goes to jury after defense team wraps closing statements.
SANFORD, Fla. — Jurors deliberating the second-degree murder charge against George Zimmerman recessed after 3 1/2 hours Friday and are set to return to court Saturday morning.
The six-woman jury began weighing evidence against Zimmerman earlier Friday after lawyers wrapped up closing arguments. Zimmerman, 29, is a former neighborhood watch volunteer charged in the February 2012 killing of Trayvon Martin, the unarmed 17-year-old shot to death in February 2012.
Before the jury began weighing evidence, Judge Debra Nelson told the panel they must find, beyond a reasonable doubt, that Zimmerman is guilty of a crime. "You must presume innocence. ... Zimmerman is not required ... to prove anything,'' she said. "The state must prove the alleged crime was committed. It's up to the state to prove his guilt."
Deliberations in the high-profile second-degree murder case began shortly before 2:30 p.m., after Mark O'Mara, one of Zimmerman's lawyers, argued in a lengthy closing statement that his client is a conscientious citizen who fired a fatal bullet into a teen in self-defense while fighting for his life.
About two hours into their review, jurors asked Nelson for an inventory of all the evidence in the case. O'Mara used several visuals in his closing, including a chart about reasonable doubt, self-defense and a computer animation showing Trayvon walking up to Zimmerman and punching him.
Zimmerman faces up to life imprisonment if convicted of second-degree murder. If he's found guilty on a lesser charge of manslaughter, he faces a prison term of up to 30 years.
READ: The court's full instructions to the jury
Nelson had ruled that the animation couldn't be entered into evidence but could be used in closing arguments. Jurors watched intently as the animation, which resembled a video game, showed Trayvon in a dark hoodie on top of Zimmerman before being killed. The video was overlaid with a 911 call that recorded the fatal shot.
Soon after, O'Mara paused silently for four minutes. That's how long Trayvon had time to get home, O'Mara told jurors.
The defense attorney said that Zimmerman was not the aggressor and that the state's case arguing Zimmerman's cursing on a police call was ill will doesn't make sense.
"The fact that he was willing to say it on a call with law enforcement is evidence of non-guilt," O'Mara said, explaining Zimmerman saying "f--king punks" and "a-- holes" after spotting Trayvon.
The lawyer also argued that no evidence supported Zimmerman's following of Trayvon after a dispatcher told Zimmerman he didn't have to.
Assistant State Attorney John Guy gave the state's rebuttal statements to jurors, saying "that child had every right to be afraid of a strange man following him."
Guy repeated a sentence he delivered in his opening statement in the rebuttal: "The defendant didn't shoot Trayvon Martin because he had to, he shot him because he wanted to," he said.
Guy later summarized the trial: "This case isn't about standing your ground. It's about staying in your car."
Assistant State Attorney Bernie de la Rionda told the jury Thursday that Trayvon was an innocent teen now dead because Zimmerman wrongly assumed he was a criminal. Prosecutors throughout the trial have portrayed Zimmerman as a lying "wanna-be cop" who followed Trayvon even after a police dispatcher told him via cellphone that pursuit was not necessary.
"A teenager is dead. He's dead through no fault of his own," de la Rionda said to jurors. "He's dead because another man made an assumption."
Zimmerman's defense team maintained that Trayvon was the aggressor and that Zimmerman shot him in self-defense during a struggle in which Zimmerman's head was repeatedly bashed into a concrete sidewalk.
The case has gripped the nation since the Feb. 26, 2012, incident. Zimmerman initially was not charged with a crime. Protests ensued in several cities, including New York, by supporters of Trayvon's family. Many protesters voiced the opinion that Trayvon was targeted and killed for racial reasons. Trayvon is black and Zimmerman is Hispanic. Later, State Attorney Angela Corey stepped in and charged Zimmerman with murder.
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A family's tech first-aid kit
Based on the latest research, here are the best "tools" for kids' safe and constructive use of the Net and tech for 2008….
by Anne Collier
Filtering, monitoring, and other parental-control technology can be useful items in the family Internet first-aid kit, depending on kids' ages and maturity levels. But the most effective, always-age-appropriate tools these days are information and communication – as kids' knowledge of workarounds and malicious hackers' use of social engineering grow. Ideally, parents and kids are working together to develop children's mental filters in three areas – online safety, cybercitizenship, and computer security – folding both kids' tech literacy and parents' life literacy into the discussion.
Online safety and citizenship overlap, because now, as Internet access becomes ever more available beyond the home, young people's best protections online and off are critical thinking and intelligent behavior. We all hear so much about "predators" in the news media, but a lot of the "predation" or sexual solicitation targeting teens comes from peers or young adults and a lot of it has always been called "flirting." Aggressive behavior toward others online (mean gossip, dissing, acting out, seeking out risk for its own sake, talking with people they don't know about sex) puts the aggressor at greater risk, research is now showing – at risk of being cyberbullied as well as sexually exploited (see "New approach to online-safety ed suggested"). We need to think of our children less as potential victims and more as participants in this space, calibrating our parenting and online-safety messaging to the social Web.
Please don't misunderstand: Pedophiles seek out kids online, but they can't hurt your child if he or she doesn't respond. It's the kids "looking for trouble" – those most at risk offline – who are most at risk online (see "Profile of a teen online victim").
So ongoing communication about the importance of thinking critically about what kids say and how they act and react online is the most vital element in the first-aid kit (household or classroom). Another need: media literacy and being smart about what they click on and download – checking out widgets before they add them, analyzing the source and value of info encountered online, asking a friend if s/he really sent a link or attachment before clicking, researching a product before buying it online, checking out someone's profile before adding him as a friend, deleting weird comments and blocking the creeps from commenting again. Parental critical thinking needs to be in the kit, too, as parents ask questions appropriate for their own children's maturity levels – whether Mom should require that she knows everyone on a child's friends list or Dad should be on that IM buddy list, whether or how much to monitor a profile, whether parents help set preferences in an application or privacy features for a social-networking profiles, etc.
Here are some basic articles to include in the kit for developing mental filters: "How social influencing works," "How to recognize grooming," "If Gandhi had a MySpace profile," and this week's "Social networkers = spin doctors." As for computer security, that's essential too, and here are 7 clearly written steps to that end from Washington Post tech writer Rob Pegoraro. And if you feel a child is immediately at risk of victimization, contact your local police and CyberTipline.com (or 800.843.5678) at the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children.


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In his column on Aug. 19, Jeff Moore, publisher of the Trimble Banner and the Carrollton News-Democrat, expressed disappointment in the idea of replacing the existing US 421 bridge between Milton, Ky., and Madison, Ind., by building a new bridge in the same location, using the existing piers. We refer to this as "superstructure replacement."
Mr. Moore suggested that "quicker and cheaper" is not necessarily the best option for the citizens of both communities. We would like to address this and other concerns about superstructure replacement.
Please know that this has not been a "quick" or hasty decision – nor is it a final decision. But over the past year we have gathered input from citizens and local, state and federal agencies. We have held more than a dozen meetings, which were open to the public, and countless more project team meetings, looking for safe and affordable solutions for this project.
Additionally, we have conducted and will continue to conduct extensive studies on the potential impact of a new bridge on the environment, including an array of studies on the area's abundant historic resources.
We must consider the condition of the existing bridge, impact on historic districts and affordability. Information gathered over the past year through the environmental process played a critical role in the proposal. Superstructure replacement would have the least impact on Madison's National Historic Landmark District and on Milton's two historic districts. All of these factors combined with the immediate availability of federal stimulus funding (officially called a TIGER grant) clearly indicate superstructure replacement as the most viable option for getting a safe new bridge. Unfortunately, it would require the bridge to be closed for nine to 12 months.
We certainly do not entertain the proposition lightly. The Kentucky Transportation Cabinet (KYTC) and the Indiana Department of Transportation (INDOT) are very aware of the hardships that closing the bridge would cause for both communities. But we have a rare opportunity to get a safe, new bridge and we are well-positioned to take advantage of it. We are competing with communities across the country for TIGER grant funding, but we believe we have a good chance of winning.
A "perfect storm" of circumstances has led us toward superstructure replacement:
1. Historic Impact. Super-structure replacement with minimal approaches is the only one of the remaining alternatives that does not relocate historic homes or businesses. It is the only alternative that lies beyond the National Landmark District. This proposal would not require any property to be taken, which by itself eliminates the need for a right-of-way process that would take additional years.
2. Condition of Existing Bridge. The existing bridge has only about 10 years of remaining life, based on recent inspections. The longer we wait, the greater the likelihood that bridge repair will be needed, which would require the bridge to be closed intermittently for 18-24 months.
3. TIGER Grant. Superstruc-ture replacement is the only alternative that allows us to complete construction by early 2012. Projects that meet that deadline are given preference for a TIGER grant. By comparison, due to the financial condition of both Kentucky and Indiana, it likely would be 10 years or longer before the option of a new bridge at a new location could be considered.
Superstructure replacement would involve removing the existing steel superstructure and replacing it with a new, wider truss superstructure, which would look similar to the existing bridge. Public polling has shown a preference for a truss bridge type over an arch bridge; a cable stay bridge would not be possible with the proposed superstructure replacement.
Additionally, the road deck would be rebuilt and widened to 40 feet, including two, 12-foot lanes and emergency lanes. The current bridge is only 20 feet wide with two, 10-foot lanes and no shoulder. Existing piers would be reused by bringing them up to modern standards. While the bridge could remain open during work on the piers, it would be closed from nine to 12 months for the remaining phases of construction.
Minimal changes would be made to the roads approaching the bridge. We will design the new bridge so that it is compatible with any future approach work, which remains an objective of both INDOT and KYTC. Each state would develop improvements to the bridge approaches through their individual project development processes, based on availability of funding. We would make every effort to keep closure of the bridge to an absolute minimum. KYTC and INDOT are considering offering financial incentives to encourage the contractor to shorten the time the bridge is closed.
Plans are still in development, but we are working hard to minimize disruption to the communities. If superstructure replacement becomes the selected alternative, a river ferry service will be provided at no cost to travelers, and there will be provisions for emergency services.
We will continue to hold public meetings to keep you informed as the project progresses. We have been and remain dedicated to a transparent process as we worked toward the goal of a new bridge. Meeting information and updates are posted frequently on our Web site, miltonmadisonbridge.com.
We recognize that closing the bridge would require a sacrifice by both communities, but when looking at all of the options available, we believe this could be our best chance to provide a wider, safer bridge in the shortest time possible.
So, while we would not expect you to be pleased with the disruption caused by superstructure replacement, we hope you have a greater understanding of the rationale behind this difficult decision.
Gary Valentine, Project Manager
Ky. Transportation Cabinet
Steve Smith, Project Manager
Ind. Department of Transportation
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By The Associated Press In New Orleans City BusinessWatch movie online The Transporter Refueled (2015)
Thousands of New Orleans school employees were wrongfully fired after Hurricane Katrina scattered the populations and shut down the city and its schools, a Louisiana judge ruled today.
Judge Ethel Simms Julien awarded more than $1 million to seven people who filed the class-action suit against the New Orleans school board and the state. Her decision cleared the way for more damages to be awarded to an estimated 7,000 others in future proceedings.
It was not immediately clear whether the defendants, including the Orleans Parish School Board, the state Department of Education and the state itself, would appeal. An attorney for the school board said he would discuss the matter with his client. The state Attorney General's Office said it would consult with lawyers the state hired for the case.
The ruling comes almost seven years after levee failures during the storm caused 80 percent of the city to flood. With schools in no shape to open, the Orleans Parish School Board dismissed more than 7,000 employees, while the state took over most schools in the long-troubled system.
In 45 pages of reasons that accompanied the ruling, Julien said the fired teachers and others were deprived of "the vested property interest held in their tenured or permanent employment positions." She also said the employees were denied due process that school boards by state law must go through if finances require a reduction in force.
Teacher Gwendolyn Ridgely, now retired and living in New Roads, said she feels vindicated by the ruling.
"The community can see now. They know what actually happened to us," said the teacher of 32 years who was trapped in her attic for two days after Katrina.
Julien awarded more than $480,000 to Ridgely, although she said she knows that appeals are likely.
The lawsuit began in late 2005to prevent dismissals and evolved into a wrongful termination action. It took years for the case to even come to trial. Then, post-trial proceedings, transcription of court proceedings and the compilation of volumes of evidence took months.
The lawsuit is one element in an education story that has brought widespread attention to public schools in New Orleans, where even before Katrina, the system was plagued by corruption, mismanagement and poor student achievement.
Roughly 59,000 students were enrolled in New Orleans public schools when the storm hit on Aug. 29, 2005. Enrollment now in the hybrid state and local system is estimated at about 39,000, according to figures provided by state officials Wednesday.
In the months after the August 2005 hurricane, then-Gov. Kathleen Blanco and the Legislature moved to place most of the city's public schools in the state Recovery School District, leaving only a few higher-performing schools in the hands of the board. Most of the approximately 70 schools run by the RSD have been turned over to independent charter organizations. The local school board has chartered numerous schools as well.
The result has been steady if often incremental progress overall. But there also have been complaints about the state running local schools; allegations from some that local communities have not had enough say in the operation; and complaints that teachers and others who lost their jobs after the storm have been treated unfairly.
"Teachers who had devoted their lives to education found themselves without a job, without health care and without a safety net," state Sen. J.P. Morrell said in an interview last year. "A lot of them felt betrayed."
The RSD did not automatically rehire Orleans school board employees. Any that were hired were no longer covered by a collective bargaining agreement and often had fewer benefits, employees' attorney Willie Zanders has said.


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i wanna join the marines after college semper fi
Good luck with that! I couldn't do it.
I know you could serve our country well.
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Your hair is a fire.
It is that; will look awesome against the black and gray of your armor when it's done
Vor'e, ner vode.
SciFi, your comment is so amusing to me. I'm still chuckling.
Oh, it will definitely stand out against the charcoal colour, Ralin. It likely won't be loose, but it'll still contrast well.
Your hair is pretty. And it will look good against the armor.
MossNoth your hair is gorgeous and you wear your glasses well too. I hope we get to see a picture of you in this armor everyone is talking about.
Your hair is pretty. And it will look good against the armor.
i agree that firey red against the charcoal will look amazing
Wow, vor entye ner vode. I didn't expect so much ado about it. O_o
The armour that people are talking about is my design for my beskar'gam - my Mandalorian armour. This is the pixel doll that I made as a visual representation:
It's charcoal grey and black, with copper and bronze accenting. My clan on the Mandalorian Mercs site will help me build it, and hopefully it will be done by San Diego Comic Con. 8D
My friend is unfortunately moving to California in a few days, and I'm all the way on the east coast, so it's kind of a downer. As a result I was looking at some old pictures to remember the good old days, and came across a few rather choice ones I would like to share with you.
This one was from our senior prom, and don't tell me that vest don't look fly.
...wow.....this one is actually from the military academy. We were required to do a skit-type-deal for halloween utilizing only items we've been issued. The stache and tats were drawn with boot polish.
This is quite possibly my favorite picture ever taken by mortal men. This was my last summer with the boys, when we went down to Florida for a week. From right to left; Me, Swimming Friend, Yautja, and Car-Obsessed Friend. You'll never beat us.....
Graduation....I never thought I'd miss that school. From right to left one of my brothers, Football Friend, and then me. ....We're just close, that's all.
Sorry I'm bored today but this is the last one I promise. Was taken at the Regimental Ball up here at the MCV, mid-way through the night. Standing next to me is one of my Rook Brothers, looking only slightly out of it.
Thanks for sharing with Scififreak90. This helps us learn more about you. It is sad to part with friends.
My hairs longer than that by quite alot .
Update anyone?
Sorry I've been gone for soooo long. But now I'm back.
Nice!! You're not bad looking at all vode.
Here's one of me from my recent cruise. Im sorry its so big!
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Si: Squee! I loooooove your new haircut! You look so classy. :3
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Si: Squee! I loooooove your new haircut! You look so classy. :3
Ha thanks vod! I cant say i love it like you though... But I do agree on Alo
Damn Alo, be gettin mad Fett girls. Bout to give you the Semi-Annual SciFi BFFC Pimp Award - it's very prestigious, you should be proud.
alo is a super trooper in training. nice 'stache
where did u cruise to, Si?
Alo you look like my cousin. Just thought I'd say that.
Wow, so many people I don't know. But a few familiar faces as well... It's cool see so many of the old members who still frequent this place... I need to stop by more often. Always was such a great community.
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As deputy commissioner for the Indiana Department of Transportation's Vincennes District, I recently made the difficult decision to end construction on the Indiana 245 project in Spencer County.
Although we had supported this project for over 10 years and are committed to providing road construction improvement where needed, I believe shutting down the project at this time is in the best interest of the taxpayers of Indiana. This is due to pending litigation. If the project were to continue, the pending lawsuit could limit and delay construction indefinitely costing the state of Indiana considerable time and resources.
INDOT authorized the Indiana 245 project in 1996. The purpose of the project was to provide road reconstruction and two structure replacements to improve the condition of the road. The project required closure of a 3.2-mile stretch of Indiana 245 for a total of up to eighteen months; however, we phased the closure to ensure that the entire 3.2-mile stretch would not all be closed at one time. We also planned to provide detour routes so that we could cost-effectively maintain traffic during construction of the project.
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We awarded the project late in 2009, and construction began Jan. 10, 2010. Early in the life of the project, we made several efforts to update the community on the project and request comments.
This included a meeting held Feb. 24, 2010. At this meeting, INDOT representatives discussed the project schedule and the planned detour routes. We made it clear during the meeting that we would ensure local access was available throughout the project. We also agreed to provide extra signs on the contract to reinforce local business accessibility.
In response to comments made at the meeting, INDOT researched the cost of keeping Indiana 245 open to traffic during construction; however, based on the research, we determined that keeping the road open was cost prohibitive due to limited available rights-of-way, large grade differences and environmental concerns.
In April of 2010, two local business owners filed a lawsuit against INDOT requesting that the court prohibit us from closing Indiana 245. I advised local officials at that time that we may not be able to complete the project without closing the road.
The Spencer County Circuit Court issued a preliminary injunction June 14, 2010, prohibiting INDOT from closing the road. This was the day before we planned to close the road on the northern section for bridge replacement.
After the court's decision, we continued to work with the plaintiffs in the suit to try to reach an acceptable compromise. We rephased construction of the bridge so that the northern closure would not occur until after Labor Day and would be open before Memorial Day, subject to weather impacts.
We also offered to install additional direction signs to affected businesses as requested. I believed that an agreement with the plaintiffs had been reached at that point and the project could move forward; however, the plaintiffs made additional demands in July and August of 2010.
These demands included additional compensation, plaintiff confidentiality, court supervision of the contract, renegotiation of property access, which INDOT had already previously purchased for the project, and a hard timeline on the bridge closure.
We determined that these demands were unreasonable and unacceptable and could lead to huge costs to the taxpayers.
We continued to evaluate the project; however, the contractor was limited in the work that it could perform without the closure. Furthermore, we continued to incur costs and penalties from the contractor even though the contractor could perform only minimal work.
As a result of these limitations and costs, we communicated to the plaintiffs' counsel that INDOT would terminate the project by Aug. 27, 2010, if INDOT and the plaintiffs could not reach an agreement on moving forward.
Because the plaintiffs did not offer a proposal that we believed was in the best interest of the state, we terminated the contract Aug. 27, 2010, and began to close all work on the project.
I regret that we had to shut down work on the Indiana 245 project. The community had expressed support for the project, and I believe it would have provided needed improvements to the road. In this case, we could not have proceeded with the contract and complied with the court's order without costing the taxpayers considerable resources.
We also could not have complied with the plaintiffs' demands without the same detrimental results. As a result, we cannot in good conscience proceed with the project unless and until the court allows INDOT to close the road or the plaintiffs offer a reasonable solution.
Should the pending legal issues be resolved, we will re-evaluate the project; however, we will do so in the context of other needs for road projects throughout the state. We are in the process of putting Indiana 245 in the same condition it was in before the contractor started the work. We also will continue to provide routine maintenance of the road to ensure the safety of the traveling public.
INDOT has always had a good working relationship with Spencer County and will continue to do so. We look forward to the opening of the new four-lane U.S. 231 in the spring of 2011.
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EC again.
What did you expect. Eurocrats making blunt decisions outside their borders. Is this really anything new?
What if the European Commission's competition authority finds against Seagate and Western Digital in its acquisition investigations? Could it ban their products from Europe? The EC thinks it possible that both acquisitions run the risk of reducing competition in the hard disk drive market, and that this is "likely to harm …
How can the EU prohibit them? Easy, they just have to say so.
As for the uber-uncompetitive situation you describe it implies that the merged entity can and will afford to be shut out of the second largest market in the world. Chances of this happening are remote to non-existent.
Now if the EU was a tiny entity accounting for 2-3% of sales then anything they declare would just be disregarded.
It's called leverage and big market authorities use it well.
So, there's nothing that the EU can do to stop the merger, but they can prevent the merged company from selling products in the EU and, in the process, greatly reduce consumer. What anti-competitive behaviour that may harm EU consumers are the EU worried about outside of their own practices?
For their next trick, the EU will cut off their nose to spite their face.....
Given all the down votes, let's try again:
- current consumer choice for HD's is currently Seagate, WD, Toshiba, Hitachi and Samsung. The mergers will reduce this to WD/Hitachi, Seagate/Samsung and Toshiba
- HD's shipped in servers/PC's/other devices not branded as WD or Seagate are unlikely to be affected by any restrictions the EU imposes based on the comments relating to external storage devices
- consumers are left with the choice of Toshiba HD's for upgrades... Yes this is a small market, but I'm affected so it sucks...
I accept market consolidation has to happen as research costs for storage increase and flash products take a larger share - I don't see any benefit from the EU trying to further reduce consumer choice in the hope that they may shape the rest of the world's market place.
There are some decent posters and thinkers here, but there's also a gaggle of socialists who deny they've sold their birthright for a pot of porridge but have provably done so. Speaking the truth to them only makes them angry - sort of the same way Obama gets angry when even democrats vote against his legislative proposals.
All of the world actually.
PC manufacturers do not like having to deal with more than one drive maker at a time. So if HP, Dell or Lenovo are given the choice of "use X everywhere but Europe" or use Y everywhere they will chose Y even if the quality is lower because having two manufacturers for the same model lineup (or two model lineups) costs more in terms of logistics than the increased cost of "slightly inferior drives".
A company in the IT sphere which has been prohibited from selling products in Europe can more or less kiss its future goodbye. That is why they are happy to pay 1Bn+ fines, but continue.
As far as the mergers - I all for banning them. The monopolies in making manufacturing equipment are more than enough (check how many actually make the key parts of the manufacturing lines) and the monopoly of supply for key materials (hello rear earths and China) are enough thank you. We do not need a monopoly in the drives themselves to top that up.
The USA's been claiming jurisdiction outside its borders for years. For example, it put EU online betting companies ouut of a large chunk of business, by making *them* liable if any USA citizen managed to open an account with them. Even though the company, its servers, its bankers and investors were outside the USA, even though the punter claimed not to be a USA citizen. The companies caved in mostly because their directors would be arrested and face *criminal* prosecution if they ever set foot on USA-controlled soil again.
that I've seen IBM PCs shipped direct from the factory with two different drives in them eh? And that Packard-Bell didn't make a stadium full of PC equipment from disparate pieces while always using the same model to refer to the system?
Nope you're as clueless about manufacturing efficiencies as you are about whether or not mergers increase monopolies. Only governments can create monopolies, it's just that the way they sell monopolies to the masses makes the masses think they are a good idea.
You look like the clueless one now, Tom.
For example, last time I looked, the power lines and the phone lines here belong to a private monopoly that will never be challenged because the cash outlay to do so is too great.
Same for my city's airport, etc. You can't have two sets of wires running down a street, the return on the 2nd set will never cover the huge cost.
As for private companies doing a better job just because "the market knows best" look at the british railways and weep.
So do you really think that the shareholders will allow a merger that means neither comapny can now sell into the European market? You think that they will merge and loose a HUGE number of customers? Well if they did that, yes Europeans would loose out. The point is that their shareholders would not allow that to happen.
The power that the EU market has is that they can prohibit companies that do bad things from selling to the market. That power means that companies will play by the rules (or pretend to). It doesn't matter where the company is registered. The power that the EU has is to prevent them doing business here, and it is up to the company to decide it they want to or not.
By the way, it has just been announced that Orange, O2 and Vodafone are merging. They have decided that they will now charge £100 per megabyte for data and £2 per minute for all mobile calls. Glad that you don't mind.
under any guise works. Monopolies fail unless governments enforce them. In your example if all three companies merged and charged the specified prices, a new firm, let's call it Palin's Mobile Phone Service would incorporate and sell mobile phone service. They would do so because they could charge half the specified rates and still be rolling in the money. O-O-V would loose their customers and either reduce their rates to match Palin or go out of business. If they were obstinate enough to go out of business, you could make a tidy profit shorting their stock.
I thank the EU to stop large American mega-companies shitting on us.
So no need to meddle with Intel, MS then?
Lets see how well they do with a drop of sereral million sales / year.
And POT/ BLACK time again.
Of course the Americans never get involved in other countries issues when it comes to sales, after all we are all free to trade with Cuba, Iran, North Korea without ANY pressure from the US.
Due to differences in domestic legislation, the EU and US deal with these
notifications differently. The Commission notes differences in notification procedures
that arise from EU and US domestic legislation and summarizes the EU-US notification
process as follows:
on receipt of a notification [from the merging firms], the Commission
publishes a notice of the fact of the notification [from the merging firms] in
the Official Journal. Thus the proposed merger is made public at the outset
and all mergers meeting the criteria for notification to the US are notified,
even where, on subsequent examination, they do not raise competitive
concerns. The corresponding US legislation9 requires that the fact of a
merger filing, as well as its content, remain confidential. Thus the US
authorities notify the Commission only when, after a preliminary
examination, they decide to open an investigation into the proposed merger
(1996, 3.1).
"It strikes me that both Seagate and WD could go to the EU's head competition bureaucrat, Commission VP Joaquín Almunia, and hold a gun to his head by saying: "Prohibit our acquisitions if you want, but it's your EU citizens and businesses that will suffer." "
If they really are in a position to pull this kind of behaviour then there's already too little competition in the market and the EC is right to put it's foot down now rather then just let matters get worse.
Agreed, the EU has no power to do anything about HDD manufacture.
UNLESS ... might they be setting the scene for creating an EU manufacturer of storage devices with EU or State start-up funding? They did that for Airbus, because the USA had obtained a two-company monopoly. Hope they realize that HDD manufacture will be a declining niche for decades to come, and that SSDs are the shape of the future, at least up to 250GB or so.
Just a thought.
monopolies are never a good thing. With Seagate & WD competing against each other we get better deals, and the tech is advanced at a good pace. If they merge, say goodbye to good deals and watch how tech advances slow. - it's a good thing that the EU reins in these large corps
Yep, big EU *please* protect me from those evil merging companies.
It's ridiculous. Enjoy your super-expensive, overtaxed, EU-allowed and, if worst comes to worst, french-company-sourced harddisks.
Anyone who is old enough to know what a "regulated telecoms market in data terminals" looks like knows what I mean.
Both Samsung and Hitachi want out of the HDD market, WD and Seagate are not forcing them to sell up, so what are the EU going to do exactly?
They can't make a company continue something it doesn't want to do, even if they stop the mergers who's to say another company is going to be interested in buying, Samsung was apparently working at a loss in the HDD sector as it is.
Perhaps the EU should force some random company to start making graphics cards because of the lack of competitiveness in that market as well!
I have sent you £232 (4x £58) for you to supply me with 4x 2TB FLASH disks to put in my new NAS. The address to send them to is with the cheque.
How much they cost you, and where you manage to buy them from is not my problem; you seem to know of a source who have a flash equivalent to harddisks that I do not know about.
..the argument is that the EU should _not_ investigate the anti-competitive effects of an acquisition precisely _because_ that acquisition, if approved, would give that entity disproportionate power in the marketplace?
That doesn't follow from the premises, quite the reverse. The argument this article makes does not even make sense.
The suggestion is that the EU should attempt to prohibit a business transaction between non-European companies, taking place outside its jurisdiction, in an industry that has no European player, and that (lacking any legal remedies) it should risk starting a trade war in order to do so.
Where's the John McEnroe icon?
I'm sorry, but where does it say that the EU is trying to stop any business transactions between non-European companies?
I read this as a warning that if these companies go down this path, then there is a risk that the EU may attempt to prohibit transactions between the new non-European company, and Europeans (because it would be to the detriment of those Europeans, and that the EU remit is to help those Europeans).
As it happens, I doubt that anything will come of it. We will end up with only 1 OS supplier, we will have to buy our OS from them, and each year it will become more expensive and seem to get worse (oh sorry I mean't to say Harddisks).
of a GOVERNMENT issued monopoly license, not because of any mergers. MS has always been MS- they didn't merge with Dr. DOS who had 35% of the OS market to make a company with a combined 75% of the OS market, they always had 95% of the desktop OS market. Oh, the government monopoly license is called "copyright" which seems to make most people think it is an intrinsically GoodThing (tm).
"I read this as a warning that if these companies go down this path, then there is a risk that the EU may attempt to prohibit transactions between the new non-European company, and Europeans"
The WTO might have an opinion on that. It is one thing to say "you have to play by our rules when you trade in our jurisdiction". It is quite another to say "we have a rule that you aren't allowed to be Seagate". The former is concerned with what you do. The latter is concerned with who you are.
When the EU start getting involved in M&A outside their borders it's time to rein them in.
Sure, the mergers will lead to decreased competition within the EU but if that's the problem then incentivise production within the EU. If people within the EU wish to buy goods from outside the EU then it is none of the EU bureaucrat's business the size of the supplier or the number or extra-EU competitors there are.
It's a global business and if any company is making super-normal profits it will encourage others to enter the market. The truth is it is not a hugely profitable market and if the acquisitions are not allowed to go through the (largest) loss makers may simply exit the market anyway.
Is amalgamating because it has to in order to survive.
In 2-3 years time the mass storage market will be dominated by silicon. It's already happening at the bottom and top ends.
SeaCrate and WonkyDigital can't afford to stop EU sales - and doing so would simply accelrate the move to non-rotating storage.
Spinning Iron is on the way out, thus the number of volume manufacturers you can continue to support will drop. In fact a duopoly will be fine, and mean that the prices will remain lower for longer.
Both companies need to compete not only with each other for spinning iron, but also with all the SDD manufacturers, and at the PC level, just how many 1TB drives do you really need until Windows 9 comes along and needs it all on it's lonesome.
PS my Air does just fine with 128Gb, you only need bigger storage for multi-media, not a problem in the corporate market. Even domestically a home NAS can deal with that for the family's PCs, don't need to have it all locally.


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A certain part of the building boom makes me mad. [August 19: "Boomtown Flats: Downtown's Building Frenzy"] Seeing the pictures of the planned Presidents Plaza re-ignited my ire.
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Requirements at discontinuation in 1952
- Make an open link of 3/4-inch stock.
- Forge a chain hook out of 3/4 x 1/2-inch soft steel or 3/4-inch round iron.
- Make a bolt of 1/2-inch iron.
- Bend and weld three links and form them into a chain, these links to be fastened to the hook of Requirement 2 by a ring, and links and ring to be made out of 3/8-inch iron.
- Make a straight lap weld of 1/4 x 1-inch stock.
- Make a rock drill.
- Temper a rock drill.
- Explain how to harden and temper a cold chisel.
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Handbook for Boys, 1948 Edition
Original 1911 Requirements
- Upset and weld a one-inch iron rod.
- Make a horseshoe.
- Know how to tire a wheel, use a sledge-hammer and forge, shoe a horse correctly and roughshoe a horse.
- Be able to temper iron and steel.
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There is so much that can be done in the fields of control and safety. Plus, let's face it. Cars are cool.
"Cars exert a huge influence on American culture," says Craig Beal. To him, cars aren't just a means of transportation: They can be works of art, and they can express our personalities — yet they also have many negative effects on society. "They also cause pollution, injuries and deaths from crashes, and they deplete resources," he says.
Interested in vehicle dynamics and controls, Beal, an assistant professor of mechanical engineering, has been looking in particular at safety systems, a field in which he sees a tremendous opportunity to improve vehicles by incorporating computerized "intelligence."
"Humans are great at innovative problem-solving, but our reactions are generally slow and imprecise," he says. "Computers are just the opposite; they can rapidly respond to any situation they've been programmed to handle. It makes sense that a partnership between human and computer would result in better control of the vehicle and fewer accidents."
Beal acknowledges there are multiple implications inherent in highly computerized automobiles. "You assume a lot of things — politically and socially — when you think a car is going to actively participate in driving," he says.
Because of his research focus, Beal thought he would most likely begin his career at a research facility when he completed graduate school. However, his work as a teaching assistant helped him realize how deeply he enjoyed working with students and led him to teach engineering in Bucknell's liberal arts environment. He says he enjoys working with smaller groups to understand how students absorb what they study.
"I stress the connection between book work and real world," he says. "We can get very academic here, but I want students to understand how to apply their learning practically. There is so much that can be done in the fields of control and safety. Plus, let's face it. Cars are cool."
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Reading 4: Springfield Newspaper Account of Abraham Lincoln's Funeral
On March 3, 1860 Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States. Less than a month later, on April 12, 1861, the Confederacy fired on Fort Sumter in South Carolina. Tragedy struck the family on February 20, 1862, when their son Willie died of a malarial infection. On July 1, 1863 Lincoln issued an emancipation proclamation which declared slaves free in most areas of the Confederacy and set the stage for the total end of slavery. On November 19, 1863, Lincoln gave a speech at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that honored the soldiers who had died in the July battle there and stated in very few words why the war for democracy and freedom was so important. A year later, Lincoln won reelection as President and by the end of 1864, focused on ending the war and the reunification of the Union. Just days after he led the Union to victory, a southern sympathizer--John Wilkes Booth--shot Lincoln on April 14, 1865, while he and his wife Mary attended a play at Ford's Theatre. The unconscious Lincoln was taken to a rooming house across the street, where he died the next day. Following Lincoln's death, his remains were returned to Springfield. The following is an account of Lincoln's funeral as reported in a Springfield newspaper.
Daily State Journal
If any evidence were needed of the love of the people for Abraham Lincoln and their confidence in him, it is furnished by the remarkable spectacle of the last few days. Never did a conqueror, in the hour of his proudest triumph, receive such proof of the devotion of a nation, as that which has been accorded to the remains of the martyred President on their way to be deposited in their last resting place.
Amid the magnificent pageants which have been witnessed in their progress from city to city, one thing has been prominent--and that is, the profound feeling which has touched all hearts. The decorations which have been witnessed as the sorrowful procession advanced from place to place, have been unparalleled in the history of this country, and perhaps scarcely equaled in any other. The whole nation has risen up to do homage to his memory.
If the feelings of sorrow on the part of the people have been deep and real, elsewhere, they have been even more so in our late President's state and home. Here his virtues were appreciated and the struggles by which he so worthily arose to such distinction, as well as the difficulties with which he has had to contend with through four years of the most stupendous war, were fully understood. Here were those who never lost faith in the pilot at the helm, even when the storm of civil war beat most violently about the "ship of state." Here he always received sympathy and encouragement from those who knew him best.
The events of yesterday and to-day in this community are full of the most impressive significance. From our midst, a little more than four years ago, President Lincoln was called to the highest office in the gift of the people. Yesterday, all that is mortal of him returned to us wrapped in the habiliments of the grave. Thousands who loved the man for his virtues and the cause for which he was the noble champion, wept at the ruin for which the assassin has wrought. The emblems of mourning everywhere displayed, the solemn strains of martial music, the slow and measured tread, the sad countenances of the people, all told of the grief which touched all hearts. Illinois receives her murdered son again to her bosom, no less loving than when she sent him forth to the most distinguished honor. To-day we lay him reverently to rest amid the scenes he loved so well. Millions will drop a tear to his memory, and future generations will make pilgrimages to the tomb. Peace to his ashes.
Questions for Reading 4
1. Based on this account, how did the people of Springfield feel about Abraham Lincoln? Why do you think they feel the way they do?
2. How do the sentiments in these articles compare with the sentiments offered in the newspaper accounts of the 1860 rally?
3. Do you think the whole country felt as positively about Lincoln and his legacy at his death? Who might have held another opinion? Why?


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Rhonda, Carol Burnett, Brian, after the show
The Proposal
For most of my childhood and into my teen years, Carol Burnett "visited" my home each and every Saturday night via television. As welcome as she was in my house and in my life, I never could have guessed that all these years later, she would have a vital role in giving me a brand new sister and a new name in my family tree.
One evening in early April, I received an unexpected telephone call from my brother, Brian, telling me he had something exciting to tell me. He explained that he and his beloved, Rhonda had purchased tickets to see Carol Burnett in her personal appearance at Indiana University. As if that was not big enough news, he went on to tell me that he had had a brilliant idea. He was going to use the occasion to propose to Rhonda and he had managed to include Miss Burnett in his "sneaky" plan. He had spoken to a contact at the university who in turn put him in touch with some of Carol's staff and to them made his request. After several phone calls, he received the news that Miss Burnett was thrilled to be a part of the event.. So, the evening was carefully coordinated. They were to be seated close to the front. When the "audience questions" portion of the show began, he was to be called upon, at which time he was to "pop the question". He had to come up with an explanation as to why they suddenly had seats in the front row, rather than their original places, but he told Rhonda that he had found these much better seats on an online auction website. On the 18th of April, when the appointed question time came during the show, Brian raised his hand and Carol inquired as to whether or not he had a question. His answer was "Yes, I do have a question, but not for you." At that time he asked Rhonda to stand up and he dropped down to one knee. Miss Burnett then performed her famous "Tarzan yell" for the crowd as Rhonda joyfully said "Yes" and the crowd cheered. Thankfully, there was a kind person in the crowd who took photographs! Afterward, they were escorted backstage to meet with the lovely and gracious Carol Burnett and they of course, invited her to their wedding! Brian and Rhonda were married on 23 July, 2011 and I gained not only a new sister, but a great new story for "Genealogy and Me". Isn't it cool the way that works?


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You know that your car's engine has an air filter that keeps dust and grime from impeding the combustion process, thus hampering optimal engine function and reducing fuel efficiency. Fewer people are aware that there's a cabin air filter in most newer vehicles that must be changed on a periodic basis. Unless you like dust, Read on! →


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youthvillage necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 81 diseños de 17 diseñadores freelance.
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For the past 32 years, we have been running a life-changing international summer program in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Virginia. We offer hands-on dynamic workshops in conflict resolution and peace building, global issues. Over 4,000 young people from 105 different countries have laughed, danced, played and worked hard to build a more sustainable world at our program. We believe that well-educated, open-minded, responsible, compassionate young people are the future of our world. Our company has a core group of staff members that have tirelessly worked to make this program a reality. Our program is very, very unique...and I guess that is the 'personality' we are trying to get across.
Young people, ages 14-18. Young people who are budding thinkers and potential activists... interested in creating a better world. Young people who are interested in global issues, diplomacy, etc. and finding creative solutions for pressing problems we face around the world.
We actually like our current logo (multi-racial hands reaching up to take responsibility for their world), but it is too static and has a 1970's feel. Please look at the top right hand corner of our homepage on our website http://www.globalyouthvillage.org to see the current logo. We like the idea of what the logo represents: taking responsibility for the world. We want a logo that says that we are inclusive...that is international/global in nature. The current color (blue) is OK, but could be more exciting. So we don't have too many specifics...just something more up to date...fresh...& more exciting. The attached file shows a new layout for our website that we are currently working on.
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GOSHEN — Innkeeper Tony Clark, one of the pioneers of cross-country skiing in Vermont, has seen the handwriting on the snow. Or rather, lack of snow.
"The season is getting shortened from both ends," he said glumly last week.
At the same time, he believes, changes in the sport have reduced the overall number of recreational cross-country skiers and vacation patterns are shifting. None of those changes is good news for small, backcountry inns like his.


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"That '70s Show" star Lisa Robin Kelly has been arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after blocking a lane of traffic on a Los Angeles freeway.
The actress stopped her car on the Interstate 5 freeway on Saturday night, according to police reports.
Officers who approached the vehicle asked the 43 year old to step out so they could conduct a field sobriety test, which Kelly failed, according to TMZ.com. She was then placed under arrest.
Her latest legal run-in comes 14 months after she was arrested for domestic abuse in April, 2012. Kelly was also sentenced to 12 months of unsupervised probation in North Carolina after pleading guilty to a DUI in 2010.
She played Laurie Forman, the sister of Topher Grace's character, on "That '70s Show."


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Daniel Ricardo Villa Balbín-Don Luis Traffic Signal
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(Excerpt) Interview with Daniel Ricardo Villa Balbín : Frank Scott: What is the main principle, idea and inspiration behind your design?. Daniel Ricardo Villa Balbín : The main principle of Don Luis is its symbolic code for people (an instructive for being a model citizen). It is different to others due to their development based from a sociocultural analysis and not from aesthetic guidelines merely. In other words seeks to transfer the good behavior and the idea of security implemented by the Medellin Metro to the streets. Let´s remember that the decisions we adopt by nature are taken in a rational (10%) and subconscious manner (90%). For example: "I respect Don Luis traffic signal because of it´s clear to understand where I should cross the street due to its form and color": rational decision; "I respect Don Luis in order to be a model citizen, on the contrary, I might be rejected by society": subconscious decision. .Frank Scott: What has been your main focus in designing this work? Especially what did you want to achieve?. Daniel Ricardo Villa Balbín : Initially we wanted to change the people mentality as pedestrians and also reduce the raised accidental figures. We noticed since smart cameras began to function in the city the human behavior also changed, and also we took into account that definitely people change if you work according to their insights or cultural codes. For that reason we adopted the "Metro Culture" (developed by the Medellín Metro) to the streets. .Frank Scott: What are your future plans for this award winning design?. Daniel Ricardo Villa Balbín : Our plans are to adopt Don Luis to each place in the world in where pedestrian vulnerability is a real problem for society development; a society with good habits is a great asset to humanity. .Frank Scott: How long did it take you to design this particular concept?. Daniel Ricardo Villa Balbín : The design was developed in 5 months comprising the steps of definition of the topic, research, problem statement, hypothesis, definition of objectives, drawing sketches, 3D modeling, prototype development, preparation of mechanical simulations, validation in the public space, and final details. .Frank Scott: Why did you design this particular concept? Was this design commissioned or did you decide to pursuit an inspiration?. Daniel Ricardo Villa Balbín : As we mentioned, the strongest reason why we continue developing this design (that started as an academic project), was for wanting to respond the question: Why people do not implement when crossing the streets the excellent behavior (The Metro Culture) they have when they use the Medellin Metro? .Frank Scott: Is your design being produced or used by another company, or do you plan to sell or lease the production rights or do you intent to produce your work yourself?. Daniel Ricardo Villa Balbín : The design was produced but not in a serialized manner, the aim goal is to spread this idea to countries with high accidental figures of pedestrians, so, if any third party is interested in the design we are open to negotiate, further when we know that governments are interested in reducing the mortality figures for the welfare of society and to reduce public spending. .Frank Scott: What made you design this particular type of work?. Daniel Ricardo Villa Balbín : Our ethical point of view of design as a tool for social development, as Ezio Manzini says, designers must not continue generating so much garbage (products without meaning), and we noticed it should be focusing on basic needs for people and not focusing on product aesthetics merely. Hence, we defined at the beginning that Don Luis would be our contribution to the world. .Frank Scott: Where there any other designs and/or designers that helped the influence the design of your work?. Daniel Ricardo Villa Balbín : Yes, Juan Pablo Gaviria, industrial designer that contributed with technical aspects of the character to take into account in the public space, and David Ortega, a publicist that gave us opinions related to the culture analysis. .Frank Scott: Who is the target customer for his design?. Daniel Ricardo Villa Balbín : Pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.[ End of Excerpt: Read complete interview with Daniel Ricardo Villa Balbín on Don Luis Traffic Signal at design-interviews.com ]
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- Skill Dodging; You can now evade Offensive skills that target enemies with an evasion check. The Hit value for the attacker is around 90% of the normal Hit they have. (Note: This may need some finer tuning, but is mostly an experimental change for now. Also please note that skills which target a location and not an enemy will not trigger this accuracy check.)
- First Move; Move bonus changed to SR * 0.5, removed the bit about CEL turn order. Effect is now doubled if you score a back attack. (IE, +2 Move normally, +5 if back attack.)
- Kensei's Absolute Death now has a 2 round cooldown.
- Bonder's Fast Offense changed; FP cost is now 50 at all ranks, now lasts for 2 rounds.
- Soldier's Enchant Shield now qualifies as an Enchant-category skill.
- Crescent Hook, Hanging, Retaliate, and various skills that will teleport via Shukuchi will now turn you to face the target after the teleport effect.
- Schwarz Sturm can now be maintained by using basic attacks.
- Styx Shout now deals Sound magic damage to all enemies in 3 Range equal to 100% of SWP + Sound ATK, instead of being an AoE attack.
* Bug Reports
- Incise wasn't passing its weapon information to the damage instance.
- Sanctify was not targetting tiles and its area of effect was too small.
- Breakdown right-clicking wasn't working as intended.
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Here's Kendall Jenner, dropping into the Barneys Soho location for a little shopping break after a couple days of pre-NYFW model castings. (No word on which designers' runway show she'll appear in first.) Her bag is an all-black Céline Nano Luggage Tote, which is among her favorites, and makes an appearance on both sisters in the The Many Bags of Kendall and Kylie Jenner.
Ms. Jenner reportedly wants to drop her last name and simply go by "Kendall" henceforth. While her modeling career is particularly hot right now, that sort of declaration seems just a tadpremature, and definitely not something you want to announce right before NYFW. UNLESS you're basically a Kardashian, of course.


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