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Job Hunting Sites Internships Geography Alumni Profiles UW Career Center Husky Jobs UW Graduate School
Internship & Public Service Opportunities
information FAQ for
receiving internship credit
Internship Leads for Geography Majors.
Internships for Summer 09 will be posted in March.
contact: Christen Foehring, Summer Programs Coordinator
Our Objectives:
As a grassroots organization, we have limited resources and are in need of passionate people to volunteer their time with our organization. I am happy to offer volunteers internship opportunities, references, and I'm open to proposals students have for a class paper or project. There is also an opportunity to travel with a group of volunteers during the summer of 2010.
We need immediate help in the following areas:
City of Seattle Public Utilities
Northwest Harvest
Community Alliance for Global Justice. Researching accessibility to locally-produced foods; creating a flyer; coordinating fundraising events.
University District Food Bank
Solid Ground: Lettuce Link. Archiving field research; preparation of report on spatial patterns of agricultural development in Seattle; map creation.
Cultivating Youth
Facing the Future. Design and update databases for outreach programs; database design and spatial analysis.
Seattle Public Schools. Spatial analysis of demographic patterns to inform recourse allocation for public schools and community institutions; spatial data acquisition and preparation; spatial analysis mapping
The Nature Conservancy. Learn about key data policies and practices for prairie conservation; expand spatial data preparation, acquisition, and analysis skills in a GIS environment. Map production.
Map Masonry. Site analysis planning for large building developments; assist in permitting planning and approval process; map analysis; using GIS in urban development site planning.
Aerometric. Analysis and manual editing of LIDAR maps; map creation and analysis using GIS.
City of Edmonds. Implement GIS network for management of storm water and water delivery, using GIS to convert old data.
US Environmental Protection Agency. Work with wetland scientists and GIS experts to gather appropriate GIS data layers within priority watersheds in EPA's Region 10 (Idaho, Oregon, Washington, and Alaska); create GIS data layers from internal data sources to help wetland scientists focus programmatic work.
Quay Cruise Agencies. Ship's agent.
City of Redmond. GIS; map conversion. Also an internship for developing and updating bicycle and transit maps, and a transportation planning intern.
City of Bellevue. Transportation planning research. Information Technology Dept.
City of Bellevue, Planning Dept. Map and data collection; map plotting; editing for various urban planning projects; GIS analysis and application for urban infrastructures.
City of Renton. Planning assistance; public information, land use, zoning.
City of Seattle Public Utilities. Sewage and drainage utility infrastructure; database design; spatial data development and analysis in urban infrastructure applications.
King County Wastewater Treatment. Data collection; GIS.
San Juan County Land Bank. Land bank maintenance; mapping; visitor education
Puget Sound Regional Council. GIS permit database maintenance; data processing; data quality review; map production.
King County Budget Office. Land use and census research; assistant for annual report.
Washington State Dept. of Community Trade and Economic Development. Procuring databases; compiling statistical data; calculating location quotients; literature reviews.
Nijel. Open source GIS applications and software to support participatory GIS with NGOs. Web-based GIS application development. Spatial data development & analysis.
City of Tukwila, Department of Community Development, Planning Intern. A mix of current and long range planning; general planning research; assistance with the ongoing projects of Sustainability, Sign Code rewrite, Tukwila Urban Center, Pedestrian and Bicycle, and/or Shoreline Master Program plans, and assistance with sign permit applications; assistance with GIS mapping and analysis.
City of Seattle's Department of Finance (DOF). Parking Violation Capture Rate Study. Measure the violation status of parked vehicles occupying on-street parking spaces in the City's right-of-way.
Snohomish Conservation District. Water Quality Intern. Assist with water quality monitoring, equipment maintenance, data management and reporting. Calibrating and maintaining equipment; troubleshooting any equipment problems that arise and working with equipment companies to repair or replace instruments; notifying water quality lead of need for additional solutions and other supplies for monitoring; completing monitoring in the field with water quality lead or other field person; sample collection and field data records; data entry and data management using Excel; writing and editing water quality monitoring plans and final reports.
City of Sea-Tac. Under the direction of the GIS Coordinator/Analyst or GIS Analysts, consolidate and enhance the City's existing transportation and storm water data sets for migration to geodatabase structures. Create, update and integrate GIS datasets using ArcGIS 9.2; Use Editor to create and modify data; Use ArcToolbox to manipulate data and streamline processes; create and modify simple maps using ArcGIS; print maps, load paper into plotters; verify existing GIS data and collect new data in the field; read engineering drawings; work collaboratively with other GIS staff; communicate and document project methods and status, developments, and hurdles.
King County Dept. of Natural Resources and Parks. GPS Data Collection.
Work with Asset Management staff to collect GPS data for all of the
manholes and conveyance facilities in the King County wastewater system;
extensive field work for two teams of two interns with some office
work to migrate the collected data into a GIS; make daily collection
plans, collect the necessary background information from the office,
collect the GPS data in the field, post process the data and enter
it into the GIS, and produce cartographic and other types of reports.
II. GIS Project Intern. Link GIS information of the sewer system and
facilities to scanned engineering drawings; field verification, QA/QC
and review of spatial components of existing data. Upon completion
of this project, users will be able to go to the intranet, click on
a map, and have the choice of photo, drawing, attribute and additional
information links; interface with the GPS Data Collection interns.
CH2MHill. Calling local foundation grantees and developing an understanding of how their project work can be represented spatially; entering grantee project data from grants and proposals into a web-based Grant Portfolio Mapping system; performing any follow-up that may be required to perfect the data in the system; use common VirtualEarth map tools (set points and lines, delineate polygons), familiarity with geography on the African continent and knowledge of the United Nations GAUL (Global Administrative Unit Layer) dataset. Knowledge of agriculture development or environmental resource management.
US Environmental Protection Agency. Assist Aquatic Resources Unit with implementing a pilot project dealing with priority watersheds. Work with wetland scientists and GIS experts to gather appropriate GIS data layers within priority watersheds. Create GIS data layers from internal data sources.
City of Sumner, Planning Intern. Assists with permit review, counter coverage and other research for Community Development Dept.
ESA Adolfson, GIS Internship. Using GIS for environmental planning. Georeferencing, editing, digitizing and map production for print and digital presentation.
Port of Seattle, Aviation Planning Intern. Collect, compile, report, provide analysis and interpretation about SeaTac passengers, aircraft operations, ground access vehicles and cargo. Also report on other airports, esp. in regards to new technologies, business and planning trends, and pertinent local, state and federal policy issues.
City of Bainbridge Island, Shoreline Stewardship Program intern. Planning Dept. Learn about shorelines and environmental management issues and challenges associated with managing natural resources and environmental planning.
Ross & Associates Environmental Consulting, geocoding intern. Policy consulting for the EPA and other groups. Several UW Geography alumni have worked here as well.


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The Spring Lake Park Lions Club spent Sunday serving up breakfast to a hungry crowd.
The annual Lions Pancake Breakfast served 636 people an all-you-can-eat breakfast of eggs, sausage, pancakes and French toast at Spring Lake Park High School April 7.
Before and after breakfast, people could top by the Wellness Van, stop at the vendors or browse the bake sale or check out what the high school's Panthenators Robotics Team has created.
Sunday's event raised approximately $2,000, all of which will go back into the community, said Lions President Pete Yelle.
Tammy Sakry is at [email protected]

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Viday Balan has given us movies from genres that no actress in Bollywood would dare to. This lady needs a round of applause.
Amtabh Bachchan has made us all super proud with his movie Great Gatsby!
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Financial Stewardship in the Local Church
"Stewardship" is a key teaching of the New Testament. The word "steward" means manager. It was used of someone who was entrusted with the property of another. When the Bible calls us stewards, it is recognizing the fact that everything we have has been given to us by God. As stewards, we are responsible for how we use the gifts, the time, the opportunities, and the material resources God has given us. Christian stewardship means that we seek to be faithful to the Lord in the way we use our resources.
Jesus taught us that our use of money is a key area of discipleship. Jesus warned us to be careful not to serve money rather than God. In our lives, money is an inescapable reality. The disciple of Jesus needs to be a good steward who uses his money in a responsible way.
The New Testament gives us some general principles of financial stewardship. It encourages us to work to earn our own means of living (1 Thessalonians 4:11-12; Ephesians 4:28; 2 Thessalonians 3:1-12). We need to provide for our own families (1 Timothy 5:8). The New Testament commends sharing with others in special need (Galatians 6:10; Ephesians 4:28; 1 Timothy 6:18).
At New Life Church, we never expect guests to give. The financial responsibility for the church falls on those who regularly attend. Although giving is only a part of financial stewardship, it is a way to participate in the work of the church. This can be a touchy topic, but we miss a critical component of the Christian life if we avoid it. Money is an important part of our lives. It is not surprising that many Christians find that giving faithfully is a springboard to growing and maturing.
The clearest instruction on giving is found in 2 Corinthians 8-9. Paul is speaking of a group of believers: "I testify that according to their ability, and beyond their ability they gave of their own accord" (8:3 NASB). Our giving is voluntary, not something we are pressured into ("of their own accord"). Also, our giving is to be according to our ability. If we are only able to give a little, that is acceptable to God. Verse 12 of 2 Corinthians 8 says the same thing: "For if the readiness is present, it is acceptable according to what a man has, not according to what he does not have."
2 Corinthians 9:6-7 gives additional principles for giving. "Now this I say, he who sows sparingly shall also reap sparingly; and he who sows bountifully shall also reap bountifully. Let each one do just as he has purposed in his heart; not grudgingly or under compulsion; for God loves a cheerful giver." Our attitude in giving is as important as our gift. We need to "purpose in our own heart" how we are going to give and give intentionally according to a plan. 1 Corinthians 16:2 tells us, "On the first day of the week, let each one of you put aside and save, as he may prosper, that no collections be made when I come." Our giving should be regular.
"How much?" is an important question. We live under financial pressure, and giving can be a real stretch. In the Old Testament, giving was mandated. In the New Testament, however, giving is voluntary. A helpful measure we can apply to our giving is the "tithe" (meaning "tenth"). Some believers are able to give more than 10%, and some will struggle to reach that goal. But Christians who understand stewardship will seek to give a substantial portion of their income to the church and to the work of the Lord.
It is appropriate to ask how our offerings are being used. Without the faithful giving of its people the work of the church would be greatly hindered. Programs, facilities, and staff cost money. We support missionaries as a means of expanding the ministry of our church. Churches need to be good stewards of their resources, and members are encouraged to participate in the decision-making process.
The New Testament teaches us the importance of giving. Individuals and couples can glorify the Lord and enable his work as they give cheerfully and regularly.


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Logitech UE 900
"This is my first review so keep that in mind. I bought a pair used UE 900's at Cex, an electronics resale store in San Francisco. I was cleaning them and pulled the wrong way on the MMCX connector and the freakin' right unit came apart and ripped the internal wires apart. I contacted Logitech tech support and was shipped a complete UE 900s for a replacement! They were quick and helpful..." --caffed
Logitech UE 900s Ultimate Ears Noise-Isolating Earphones (NEWEST 2014 VERSION)
"UE 900S Unibody I would like to first say thank you to Mrs. McDonald for sending me a demo unit to review. UE has some of the best customer service that I have experienced, they are very fast in responding to any emails with questions that I had. I am not employed or I am being compensated by UE for this review, this review is based on my opinions and all the photos were taken by..." --acain
Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-Ear Headphones
" I bought these to replace my beloved A-Jays four. I needed something with the integrated in-line ipod/iphone controls, but with a bit better audio-quality, and some that may not pop out as easily as the JAYS. These have a "secure loop" system which provides an adjustable cable loop that tucks into your upper ear, helping to keep the buds in place. I personally found..." --Dneale
Bowers & Wilkins C5 S2 In-Ear Headphones, Black
"This is a review of Bowers & Wilkins B&W C5 Series 2 (new 2014 version) in-ear premium headphones with in-line remote. http://www.bowers-wilkins.com/Headphones/Headphones/Headphones/C5-Series-2.html Often after reviewing full size headphones people ask me if I can recommend something with a similar sound signature in a scaled down in-ear design. Some look at over-ear headphones..." --twister6
Logitech Ultimate Ears 600 Noise-Isolating Earphones - Dark Silver
"should have added a cable clip , fitting is awesome , sound quality is just what i like , bass is fast , hits with a punch , really nice mids , highs are lively too . thick and dark signature , my fav sig . secoend in command of my line up , might let the xba-3 creep in between , but xba-3 lacks sound stage , come on xba-3 , being a $200 phone you can not lack sound stage . but xba sounds fine..." --suman134
Bowers & Wilkins C5 Series 2
" Using TheHeadphoneList's Review Format Below Accessories - 3/5 You get a semi-hard case with a felt-like exterior that zips up and 3 different sized tips to help fit your ears. Silicone style tips. I was actually able to get a great seal with the stock tips which was a shock to me, as my two ear canals are typically different enough to warrant different sizes. Most..." --RubxQub
Bowers & Wilkins C5 In-Ear Headphone - Black Gloss
B&W C5 noise-isolating in-ear headphones bring you amazingly natural acoustics and fit so comfortably and securely you'll hardly be aware you're wearing them. B&W unique Micro Porous Filter system makes sure that sound is open, spacious and full of rich, lifelike detail. So you can truly lose yourself in unadulterated sound, even when you're on the move. The C5 In-Ear...
Logitech Ultimate Ears 350vi Noise-Isolating Headset (Silver)
Ultimate Ears 350Vi - Headset - Binaural - Wired - Ear-Bud - 20 - 20000
Logitech Ultimate Ears 500vi Noise-Isolating Headset - Dark Silver
Ultimate Ears 500vi Earphones
Logitech Ultimate Ears 600vi Noise-Isolating Headset - Dark Silver
Ultimate ears 600vi noise-isolating headset features a microphone and on-cord controls for calls and music. it produces extended high-frequency response and a fuller soundstage.


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Team Dayton Masters Team
Team Dayton Members
Congratulations go out to Team Dayton Cycling for their selection by USA Cycling as the Club of the Year for Division I. Here is a very nice write up from USA Cycling's website
Division I – Team Dayton Bicycling Team Dayton Bicycling took top honors in Division I after scoring major points for rider development, clinics and seminars, and its mission statement. With 120 members, the Ohio-based team provides quality, year-round development and training programs for all race categories in a family-friendly atmosphere. Events the club promotes include the Vandevort Corner Road Race, Tour de Burg Criterium, and Caesar's Ford Cyclo-cross Race. Additionally, the group offers plenty of opportunities through racing clinics, training rides, and a spring training camps, as well as through community activities like the Southwest Ohio Indoor Time Trial Series and the local Fourth of July parade.


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Latest News
Late For Work Permission Slip
Frustrated with all the road construction in La Crosse? Is your boss angry because the congestion is making you late for work? Then print off this handy permission slip and hand it your boss, compliments of WIZM!
LaCrosse Talk
Information about and from LaCrosse Talk
Mark Meier's (Marc Meiner's) "Lifepod"
WI's Do Not Call List or call (866) 966-2255
MN's Do Not Call List or call (800) 921-4110
Federal Do Not Call List or call (888) 382-1222
New Bridge Approved For Winona
Transportation officials announced plans Thursday to build a second two lane bridge over the Mississippi River that links Winona Minnesota to western Wisconsin.
Cop Attacker Is Better, But Not Well Enough For Release
His condition has improved, but not enough to let him out of hospital yet.
More Work On Losey Coming Friday Night
Tonight, temporary 24 hour paving operations will continue for the resurfacing project on Losey Boulevard from La Crosse Street to Market Street.
UW Regents Approve Budget
The UW Board of Regents decided Thursday to seek funding for 22 building and maintenance projects at campuses throughout the state. A $672 million dollar capital budget is being considered separately from the budget which runs the schools themselves. Some, according to UW-Regent, Brent Smith, will go towards Cowley Hall on the UW-La Crosse campus.
Other projects according to the La Crosse Attorney......a new Meat and Muscle biology lab, plus renovations for the Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research and Babcock Hall and a new chemistry and biology building at UW Stevens Point. The entire budget, approved by the regents, now goes to the Department of Administration.
Madison Radio Reporter Barred From Sen. Johnson Event
Senator Ron Johnson got some news coverage for the Romney campaign at an event in Madison yesterday...attended by almost all of the Madison media outlets.
WTDY Radio reporter Dylan Brogan says he was kept out of the Monona Terrace event by Romney staffers. He says a Wisconsin representative of the Romney campaign specifically barred him, claiming 'guilt by association,' because WTDY talk host Sly in the Morning organized an anti-Johnson protest last month.
Brogan says police escorted him from the building. The protest by Sly, involving the display of Chinese flags, happened last month in Janesville at a campaign event featuring Johnson and Congressman Paul Ryan.


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In Greek mythology, Circe (sərsē; Greek Κίρκη Kírkē, falcon), is a Queen goddess (or sometimes a nymph, witch, enchantress or sorceress) living on the island of Aeaea.
Circe's father was Helios (or Helius), the god of the sun and the owner of the land where Odysseus' men ate cattle, and her mother was Perse, an Oceanid; she was sister of two kings of Colchis, Aeetes and Perses, and of Pasiphaë, mother of the Minotaur. Circe transformed her enemies, or those who offended her, into animals through the use of magical potions. She was renowned for her knowledge of drugs and herbs.
Odysseus heeded Hermes's advice, thus securing the transfigured freedom of his fellows. For three days, he and Circe were lovers. Odysseus and his men remained on the island for one year feasting and drinking wine. She later assisted him in his quest to reach his home.
According to Homer, she suggested to Odysseus two alternative routes to return to Ithaca: either toward the "Wandering Rocks" (possibly the pumiceous Lipari Islands; in the 13th-century Chinese travel notes of Chou Ju-kua they are called similarly ), where King Aeolus reigned. Or, to pass between the dangerous Scylla and the whirlpool Charybdis, conventionally identified with the Strait of Messina.
Dionysius of Halicarnassus (1.72.5) cites Xenagoras the historian as claiming that Odysseus and Circe had three sons: Romus, Anteias, and Ardeias who respectively founded three cities called by their names: Rome, Antium, and Ardea.
That Circe also purified the Argonauts for the death of Apsyrtus may be early tradition.
In later tales Circe turned Picus into a woodpecker for refusing her love, and Scylla into a monstrous creature with six dogs' heads when Glaucus (another object of Circe's affection) declared his undying love for her. She had one daughter: Aega, who was born from the ocean in a shield of ice.
Medical historians have speculated that the transformation to pigs was not intended literally but refers to anticholinergic intoxication. Symptoms include amnesia, hallucinations, and delusions. The description of "moly" fits the snowdrop, a flower of the region that produces secondary metabolites that can counteract anticholinergics.


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When printing a postcard, your printer should give you several sizes from which to choose. The two most common sizes are 4x6 and 5x7, but what if you want a more unique look? You might want to try a 6x11 or even 7x10. Another service a printing business should offer is quality full color. Make sure that you can select the option you need for the back, whether it be color or black and white. You will also want a printer that uses the 4 color method for the most vivid colors. Other options should include several paper stocks and front and back finishes. The postcard should be durable yet attractive.
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Sony Has a Monolithic Tilt
An intriguing part of Sony's enormous booth in the Central Hall discussed the "Monolithic Design" philosophy, which gives Sony Bravia TVs a commanding "on/off presence" -- in other words, they look cool whether the screen is active or dark. One aspect of the philosophy in action is a six-degree tilt that suits "low, contemporary furniture."
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Protect Your Computer, Your Data and Yourself
Thursday, August 16, 2012
Identify Email Scams (Phishing, Spoofing, etc.)
Recently, 26 UNCW email accounts were compromised when individuals followed links in a phishing scam. These compromised accounts then sent 11,420 SPAM messages to off-campus email addresses over the course of 14 days. Such activity can negatively affect UNCW's email reputation and cause our email to be perceived as SPAM.
Help keep yourself and UNCW's reputation safe - Don't fall prey to these scams.
Signs of a fraudulent email include:
- Numerous spelling errors or typos
- A generic greeting instead of the email being addressed to you
- Unknown or unfamiliar email addresses
- Requests for confidential information
- Receiving "system undeliverable" messages from an unknown email address
View more info on identifying email scams here.
Stay Safe on FACEBOOK (& other sites)
- Don't post your full name, Social Security number, address, phone number, or bank and credit card account numbers.
- Be cautious about posting information that could be used to identify you or locate you offline, such as your work schedule.
- Note: What you post online stays online - forever. Think twice before posting pictures you wouldn't want your relatives or current/future employers to see.
- Limit your social network to "real" friends: people you know, trust and want to keep up-to-date about your activities.
Check out our tutorials & videos here.
Practice Healthy Computing Habits
Did you know that UNCW has over 16,000 computer system firewalls? You are all our "Human Firewalls," our first line of defense against cyber threats and PC
maladies. When you practice healthy computing habits you greatly reduce the risk of your computer contracting viruses and malware. Please assist us in our efforts to protect your sensitive information by practicing the following healthy habits:
- Avoid clicking on banner advertisements while browsing the Internet.
- Keep your computer up to date with the latest security and antivirus updates, and routinely scan your computer for viruses, malware and system
- Use complex passwords and pass phrases; change them frequently.
- Don't "Cyber Typecast" yourself by using the same user name for all of your accounts.
- Avoid putting too much personal information on social networking sites.
- Avoid becoming a victim of social engineering/phishing attacks. If it looks "Phishy," delete it. (See "Identify Email Scams" above.)
- Avoid loading your computers with Peer to Peer (P2P) file sharing applications. Remember that there is no such thing as FREE copyrighted materials such as music, videos, games, etc. (See "Illegal File Sharing" below.)
- Always make wise computing decisions. When in doubt, don't do it.
Illegal File Sharing and Downloading at UNCW
Illegally sharing and/or downloading copyrighted music, videos and film is a violation
of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and of UNCW policy.
Please be aware that having a file sharing application on your computer (whether you downloaded it from on or off campus) may make you susceptible to a copyright
infringement violation, as the application may be running in the background.
For more info, including legal alternatives, view the RIAA site here.


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Mustang MonthlyNews & Views
Pony Tales: World of Mustangs - December 2013
Saleen George Follmer Edition
As a race driver himself, Steve Saleen has a great appreciation for the racers and cars that made up the Trans-Am series in the 1960s. In 2007, Saleen debuted his Parnelli Jones Edition Mustang, a Grabber Orange coupe that paid tribute to Jones' Trans-Am Boss 302 from the championship 1970 season. Now Saleen is honoring Jones' teammate, George Follmer, with a '14 Mustang GT designed to resemble Follmer's '69 Trans-Am Boss 302 as part of a Saleen Heritage Collection, which also includes a Mark Donahue Camaro and Swede Savage Barracuda.
"As a specialty manufacturer and a driver myself, it is the perfect alignment of passions that allowed us to complete an entire collection of vehicles," said Steve Saleen during the vehicles' introduction at Laguna Seca Raceway last August.
The Follmer Mustang package adds more horsepower, up to 470, to the 5.0-liter engine with a "high rpm" intake, a 90mm throttle body, performance camshafts, and a Saleen Shaker hood system. In true Saleen fashion, the Follmer edition incorporates neat vintage details, like unique front chrome surround and "Minilite-inspired" wheels.
For more information, visit www.saleen.com.
A Few Minutes with Paul Breary
For the past 20 years, Paul Breary has hopped from assignment to assignment at Ford, working as a field service engineer in the Orlando region, moving to Sweden to take over product marketing for Volvo, and eventually landing a job back in the states in vehicle personalization, where he was involved with Mustangs like the California Special and '12-'13 Boss 302. Now Paul gets to combine all of his experience into his job as manager of Cross Vehicle Enthusiast Marketing, where he oversees enthusiast events. Obviously, Mustang is a big part of the job.
We got a chance to learn more about Paul during the Mid America Ford and Shelby Nationals:
MM: Tell us about your job.
PB: I feel like I won the Ford lottery. I get to take all the things I've learned over the years and put them into one job. The job is kind of two-fold. There's the more obvious part, which is sales and marketing—trying to get people to experience our vehicles and see them in a positive light. Then there's also the aspect of understanding what enthusiasts like and appreciate about Ford. And how to bring that message back to marketing and product development so our future cars are better. A big part of the job is managing Ford's participation at enthusiast events, like Mid America, Carlisle Ford Nationals, Formula Drift, and Barrett-Jackson, including the ride-and-drives. The list is pretty extensive. I would be gone every day of the year if I went to every event. But that's why I like the job so much—because I get to go to the events.
MM: With "enthusiast" in your title, we would assume that Mustang is a big part of it?
PB: Absolutely. It may change over time because we now have a broader performance portfolio—Focus ST, Taurus SHO, Raptor, and even Explorer and Edge Sport. But over the past five decades, the most consistent performance product we've had is Mustang.
MM: Have you owned Mustangs?
PB: I've owned five. My first Ford after I joined the company was a '91 LX 5.0. Then I had a '03 GT convertible, followed by a '10 GT convertible, a '11 Cal Special convertible, and most recently a '13 Cal Special convertible. As you can tell, I like convertibles. There's something about going through the gears with the top down on a beautiful sunny day.
MM: How important is the enthusiast to Mustang marketing? There used to be a time when Ford said that was "preaching to the choir."
PB: I think that has changed for a few reasons. The more obvious reason is that you can say that preaching to the choir makes sense because people listen to the choir. If anybody wants to know something about a car, even if it's not a Ford, they'll ask a car person, an enthusiast. It's very influential. The other aspect of my job is listening to enthusiasts, understanding what they want. If you look at the previous Shelby, I don't think a lot of people were going around saying that 550 horsepower wasn't enough. But we did hear that people wanted it to handle a little better, so we changed the block to take over 100 pounds off the nose. And then for the next generation, we said, "Let's see what we can do." In the end, we've got an almost insane car with 662 horsepower. And I can guarantee that the next generation Mustang GT will be better because of enthusiasts.
MM: Tell us how the ride-and-drives help with that.
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technical stuffThe interface is simple and standard fare, as nothing adds or detracts in this area — it just exists and is functional. The graphics are beautifully done, and travel from screen to screen is easy due to the almost nonexistent load time. There's no way to skip over the rare cutscene, which is only annoying near the end of the game and never really detracts from the enjoyment of the game.
Interactive objects are easy to find, although most of them have little use; however, early in the game, you can't bring certain objects with you and you will have to return to them later on. This isn't obvious until late in the game, and by then, the ease of traveling around and the familiarity of the environments make this a nonissue.
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Undead throughout the series, LeChuck has a different form in each game (evil-ghost-pirate, evil-zombie-pirate, evil-undead-demon-zombie-ghost-pirate and stone giant), and in the fourth and latest game he could transform at will between the three forms (including an illusory normal human form). Like many villains, he is in love with the heroine, in this case Elaine Marley, and has gone to great lengths to force her to marry him.
His victims included other pirates who were turned into skeletal ghosts and forced to join his crew. This made many pirates very reluctant to sail the seas. As LeChuck put it: "too afraid to take a bath!"
In the "new" version, a still-living LeChuck decided to win Elaine's affections by finding the legendary secret of Monkey Island. At the time, Elaine's own grandfather, known only as Captain Marley, was part of a group of four looking for a treasure called Big Whoop.
LeChuck was briefly stranded on Blood Island after a mysterious storm came and destroyed his ship, leaving his crew dead. At this time, Marley and his crew made port on Blood Island and LeChuck was able to get Rum Rogers, one of Marley's crew members, drunk enough to reveal that they had the map to Big Whoop. He was able to get a look at it and quickly made a copy for himself. LeChuck planned to beat Marley and his crew to the treasure and claim it for himself, but he would need to acquire another ship in order to have a chance at reaching the treasure first. He became engaged to local debutante Minnie "Stronnie" Goodsoup but only to obtain the rare diamond on her wedding band. LeChuck stole Minnie's diamond from the wedding ring on the eve of their wedding and sold it to some cutthroat smugglers on Skull Island in exchange for a new ship. Minnie was left standing at the altar, died of a broken heart a week later, and remained in the Goodsoup family tomb as a ghost, haunting it until she married someone else. LeChuck managed to reach Dinky Island (or possibly Monkey Island; the games are particularly vague on this point) ahead of Captain Marley and uncovered Big Whoop. The evil pirate found, however, that Big Whoop was in fact a gateway to Hell, which transformed him into a ghost as he passed through it. The transformation also seemed to give special powers, including one that allows him to transform others into the undead.
Captain Marley and his crew (who arrived on the Island a half hour later) witnessed LeChuck pass through the portals of Big Whoop and fled the island in terror. In order to ensure that no one else would discover Big Whoop and go through its torture, Marley tore his map into four pieces and gave three of them to his crew mates, keeping one for himself. In case someone actually obtained all four pieces, they made a chest containing an E-Ticket (to pass as the treasure of Big Whoop) and buried it at the entrance to the tunnels that connect Dinky Island to Monkey Island and ultimately Big Whoop. To go along with this they invented a story of a great shipwreck that left no survivors except themselves and swam ashore to an island where they found Big Whoop, hoping that people would believe all of this and never find out the true treasure of Big Whoop and its power.
LeChuck, on the other hand, thought that the powers he obtained through Big Whoop would enable him to carry out his most sinister plans. Along with great strength, the ability to disguise himself as a human and a form of immortality, he could use Big Whoop to create a vast army of undead soldiers to do his bidding. He also intended to use it on Elaine to turn her into his undead bride. One of his plans involved building a theme park named after Big Whoop and one ride, a roller coaster, went straight into the depths of the portal, transforming all passengers into skeletal soldiers.
To ensure that no one else would find Big Whoop, he killed the other three members of Marley's crew and the captain himself. He found out that Rapp Scallion the cook had a habit of leaving his gas burners on in his shack on Scabb island, and sent a fully lit cake to him. The flames from the candles went to the burners and the cook exploded along with his shack, leaving only his ashes. The shack was apparently reconstructed in his memory later and his ashes were locked in a crypt in the cemetery on Scabb Island. His piece of the map to Big Whoop somehow survived and was locked in with him. Rum Rogers Senior was taking a bath in his cabin on Phatt Island while drinking rum and eating toast, when LeChuck broke in and pushed the toaster into the bathtub. His son, Rum Rogers Junior, obtained the map piece, and kept it near his father's corpse in the bathtub. Young Lindy the Cabin boy could not bear living in fear and so found LeChuck and begged for mercy. LeChuck let him live and gave him a fortune, which he used to build a successful advertising firm. LeChuck later sent him an account that ruined Lindy's business, forcing him to sell everything he owned (including the map piece), join a circus, and die when he was shot from a cannon without a helmet. LeChuck ambushed Captain Marley while he was racing in the America's Cup and tortured him to insanity. He then sent Marley's ship into a whirlpool that "not even the most accomplished captain could escape". It seemed that before this, Marley gave Elaine Marley the map piece, as she had it at her mansion on Booty Island. With all known people with information of Big Whoop dead, LeChuck was ready to start his reign of terror of the Caribbean.
LeChuck captured a ship and murdered all the crewmembers aboard, then reanimated them as ghosts. With them under his complete control, he threw the Caribbean into the depths of terror. All ships he came across he would destroy and all people he would kill, sometimes turning them into his crew. He soon became infamous for his cruelty and was feared by all, especially the Pirate population.
These events made even the fearless pirates too afraid to sail the seas, and most of them abandoned looting and pillaging in favor of simply drinking their lives away. LeChuck was accumulating more wealth than any other pirate as he looted islands with little competition, and anyone who dared sail against him was quickly eliminated. With his fortune, LeChuck constructed a fortress to serve as a base of operations for keeping his loot, imprisoning and torturing people, and where he could store his corpse for resurrection in case his ghost form was destroyed (which is how the first game ends). He entrusted his corpse and fortress to his voodoo priest and Largo LaGrande, one of his original followers.
LeChuck also had other allies that helped him find alternative methods to obtain power and complete his control over the Caribbean, such as Ozzie Mandrill who rescued LeChuck after his defeat in the third game.
In the start of the game LeChuck, his ship, and crew are anchored in the gates of Big Whoop. LeChuck is almost all set to kidnap Elaine when his first mate, Bob, arrives and informs him of a pirate wannabe that has arrived on Melee Island. LeChuck goes to the island disguised as a sheriff and attempts to get rid of Guybrush Threepwood. At first he just tries to scare Guybrush off the island by saying that the island is extremely dangerous. When that didn't work, he fought Guybrush while he tried to take Elaine's idol to pass the pirate exam. He takes Guybrush's sword, ties him to the idol, and then throws him into the ocean. Guybrush is able to easily escape and complete the trials that will enable him to become a pirate. Thinking Guybrush to be dead, LeChuck raids the island, kills all remaining pirates and kidnaps Elaine.
Unfortunately for him, Guybrush gets a crew, ship, and finds Monkey Island. He is able to obtain a special voodoo root that LeChuck stole from the cannibals as it can be used to create the only thing that can destroy him, root beer. LeChuck leaves and seizes control of Melee Island where he sets up the wedding. Guybrush arrives and destroys most of his ghost crew and it is then revealed that Elaine actually escaped and that the bride was actually two monkeys in a bride's outfit. She was also able to conjure her own root beer, but Guybrush ruined the plan. After much confusion, Guybrush sprays LeChuck with root beer, which destroys him and scatters his ghost to the Caribbean winds.
LeChuck's former right-hand man, Largo LaGrande, resurrected the pirate as a zombie after stealing his living beard from Guybrush. Slightly less interested in Elaine, LeChuck instead focuses his attention on exacting revenge on Guybrush Threepwood. He quickly resumes his reign of terror and relentlessly attacks the Caribbean. This time however, his goal is to capture hundreds of people that are capable of constructing an amusement park that will in turn slaughter thousands and transform them into minions for LeChuck's new army. He eventually succeeds in this plot and enslaves them all and forces them to construct the carnival while they are slashing and burning acres of lumber on Monkey and Dinky Island. It seems for "fun", LeChuck would murder many of the workers by staging "construction accidents."
He sends Largo to find and capture Threepwood, who is looking for the four pieces of the map that will lead him to Big Whoop, while he instructs his voodoo priest to construct a very special doll, a voodoo doll of Guybrush. LeChuck is desperately trying to prevent Threepwood from finding the pieces of the map, afraid that Guybrush will learn all of the secrets and answers to the mystery of Big Whoop and ultimately LeChuck's origins. LeChuck even goes as far as putting a bounty on Guybrush and this causes some (in particular Governor Phatt) to attempt to capture Threepwood and hold him for LeChuck. Largo fails to find Threepwood despite the fact that he somehow has knowledge of him obtaining the map pieces.
LeChuck eventually lures Guybrush to his fortress by kidnapping his friend, Wally, (who was helping Guybrush decipher the map to Big Whoop) and having Guybrush retrieve the key to unlock Wally's cell, which in turn is a trap. He hung both Guybrush and Wally by their arms with chains and had them dangled over a pool of acid. LeChuck plans to have them fall in the acid until their skin burns off, so that he may then take the bones, reanimate them, and construct a chair. He would then sit on it every day and listen to their screams. LeChuck constructs an elaborate mechanism to lower them into the acid, but this gives Guybrush enough time to develop a way to escape. LeChuck's plans fail, his fortress is blown up during Guybrush's escape to Dinky Island. LeChuck survives the explosion but whether or not Largo survives is not revealed at this point in the game.
When LeChuck eventually catches up with Threepwood, he attempts to use a Voodoo doll to send him to Hell, but the doll proves defective, transporting him no further than a few rooms away. Threepwood eventually constructs a Voodoo doll of LeChuck and tears its leg off, causing LeChuck's leg to break off. Not to be defeated, LeChuck casts a hypnotic spell over Threepwood, claiming that they are brothers (in a parody of The Empire Strikes Back) and imprisoning him in "The Carnival of the Damned," a sinister amusement park. LeChuck also seems to cast a spell over himself to alter his appearance to match that of Guybrush's brother, Chucky. Whether Guybrush actually has a brother named Chucky or if he just thought he did due to the spell has not been explored further.
When Guybrush enters the carnival, he seems to be with his parents again. This is not what it appears, however, as his parents and everyone else in the park are skeletons in disguise working for LeChuck. LeChuck has finished his demonic carnival and many have already been claimed by Big Whoop and transformed into skeletons. Guybrush is eventually able to escape the spell and get out of the park alive. The ending of MI2 has been the subject of extensive debate among fans of the series; its ambiguity and surrealism have caused many arguments over what should be considered canon and what should not.
In retrospect, LeChuck may be said to have won in this game, as he succeeds in trapping Guybrush in his Carnival of the Damned.
In the third game's opening, LeChuck has resumed his psychotic courtship of Elaine by bombarding her fortress at Plunder Island with cannon fire. Many other ships seemed to have been destroyed by LeChuck, proving that his ship is near invincible. This is also shown by the fact that Elaine's cannon fire doesn't seem to leave even a scratch on the ship. The zombie pirate is either unaware or too busy to care that Guybrush has somehow escaped the Carnival; but Guybrush shows up again after some weeks at sea, having escaped LeChuck's evil amusement park. LeChuck has him captured and is about to kill him when Elaine, her musket, and keen eye interfere. LeChuck has Guybrush thrown in the hold and intends to torture and kill him once his plans for Plunder Island and its governor are complete. He prepares an invasion force, which is dispatched in rowboats while he constructs a powerful voodoo cannonball.
Unfortunately for LeChuck, Guybrush is able to gain control of the cannon in the hold and destroy the invasion force. This is mostly due to the fact that the pirate in charge of guarding Guybrush is his friend Wally, who apparently survived the explosion that destroyed LeChucks' fortress. It seems that LeChuck had been able to brainwash Wally into joining his crew, but this later proves to be his undoing as Wally grows soft and admits he is not suited to piracy. He goes into a crying frenzy, no longer caring what Guybrush does to escape and disrupt LeChuck's plans. Guybrush is able to escape by cutting loose a cannon; the recoil from the weapon as Guybrush fires it blasts him into the cargo hold and shakes the ship, which in turn causes LeChuck to drop the voodoo cannonball. The weapon explodes, destroying both LeChuck's ship and his reanimated form. The arcane magic released in the destruction, however, transformed him into a demon pirate with a fiery beard, more powerful than ever.
LeChuck returns to his carnival and quickly puts it back into operation. He is able to rebuild his army again and once again sends it to attack, sack, and loot the Caribbean until Elaine is found. He has grown desperate and is willing to "burn every island in the Caribbean" to find his love, Elaine, and archenemy, Guybrush. His forces attack Plunder Island again and capture Wally, who had been residing on the island at the time. LeChuck puts him in a situation that is almost exactly the same as that in the second game in which Wally is being hung over a pit of acid. LeChuck is able to finally learn of the location of Blood Island.
CMI was the first game to significantly alter LeChuck's past. In an effort to explain the strange ending of MI2, Big Whoop was revealed as an opening to Hell. LeChuck kidnaps both Elaine and Guybrush, intending to transform them both into undead creatures: Elaine as LeChuck's bride and Guybrush as a soldier under his command. LeChuck also reveals his history, his past plans and schemes, and what really happened on Monkey Island at the end of the second game. Once again, LeChuck does not kill Guybrush but puts the same spell on him as in the second game in which Guybrush is turned into a child. The pirate wannabe is able to create a remedy to the spell and returns back to normal. Again, the object of LeChuck's affections, Elaine, escapes his clutches easily while the half-witted Guybrush manages to bury him beneath a mountain of snow and ice in his own carnival. (A scene in the game's closing credits depicts a father telling his son that the park's founder is frozen deep underground; this is a joking reference to the urban legend that Walt Disney is cryonically frozen somewhere beneath one of his theme parks.)
As villains do, LeChuck turns up once more in the fourth game: a newly introduced ally rescued him from the large pile of snow under which he had been buried at the end of CMI. This new confederate is Ozzie Mandrill, an unpleasant, diminutive Australian developer with an intense hatred of pirates. LeChuck and Ozzie make their plans to find the Ultimate Insult, a voodoo talisman of incredible power, capable of pulverizing a pirate's spirit; the villains plan to obtain the Ultimate Insult and use its power to seize control of the Caribbean. More specifically, LeChuck intends to use the Ultimate Insult to defeat Threepwood and render Elaine his obedient bride.
After his return, LeChuck learns that the Gates to Big Whoop have been sealed up. He had mentioned in the Curse of Monkey Island that the Big Whoop's power source wouldn't last forever if used continuously. Since the carnival served no further purpose, he destroys it and makes his way to Melee Island. There, he transforms into a human and has Elaine declared dead, initiating a new election for the office of governor.
This is all part of his and Ozzie's plans to gentrify the pirate-infested Caribbean, and gain control over all the Caribbean. As Charles L. Charles, LeChuck runs for governor of the Tri-Island Area against Elaine. LeChuck's whole campaign is based on lies: He tells the pirates that they will have good times and free grog if they elect him. LeChuck hopes to win the election and gain total control over the island so that he may use it as a base of operations to construct the Insult Amplification Tower, a device Ozzie constructs to amplify the effects of the Ultimate Insult so every pirate in the Caribbean can simultaneously be exposed to its power.
Meanwhile, Ozzie uses his skills in insult swordfighting to seize control of pirate islands and transform them in his image while attempting to discover the secrets of the Ultimate Insult from the Marley Heirlooms, which have key items that can help assemble the pieces of the Ultimate Insult. LeChuck and Ozzie develop a way to obtain the Heirlooms and get rid of Guybrush. LeChuck has Elaine's mansion set up for demolition to get Guybrush to go to Lucre Island to obtain a deed for the mansion from the Marley Heirlooms in the 2nd Lucre Island Bank. It is on this island where Ozzie will play his part in the plan. LeChuck and Ozzie hire Pegnose Pete, a clever and cunning criminal, to work for them. Ozzie has him disguise himself as Guybrush and rob the bank while Guybrush is checking through the heirlooms in the vault. Pegnose steals the heirlooms and locks Guybrush in the vault. Guybrush is arrested and Ozzie learns the secrets of the Ultimate Insult.
Things don't go as planned. After Guybrush clears his name and again obtains the heirlooms along with the loot and the deed to the mansion, LeChuck and Ozzie go in a different direction. They let Guybrush find the pieces of the Ultimate Insult for them while LeChuck wins the election and gains control of the island. He enslaves all the people as Ozzie arrives on the Island with Pegnose to begin construction on the Amplification Tower.
When Guybrush arrives, they steal the Ultimate Insult from him and strand him on Monkey Island. LeChuck sends Pegnose to find Elaine, who had disappeared after LeChuck was elected governor. He forces the enslaved citizens of the island to construct a statue in his honor, which he plans to animate and use with the ultimate insult to spread his evil over the Caribbean. While Guybrush is on Monkey Island, it is revealed that LeChuck had his priest construct a church in his name so he can use it to marry Elaine. He even founded his own religion (despite the fact that he despises it and only stands for hell), which seems very similar to Satanism. The religion is devoted to worshipping LeChuck and all his evil. People who go to the church will usually be tortured and murdered.
LeChuck and Ozzie eventually find Elaine and are able to obtain the last piece of the Ultimate Insult. However, Guybrush and his partners are able to sabotage the amplification tower and Ozzie's attempt to expose every pirate to the Ultimate Insult fails. LeChuck becomes infuriated that their plans have failed and blames Ozzie, deciding to animate his statue to destroy him and all of the Caribbean.
Inevitably, Ozzie double-crosses LeChuck and enslaves him using the power of the Insult. Animating a huge statue of "Charles", Mandrill begins his assault on piracy until Guybrush defeats him using a giant monkey robot. The power of the Insult falters momentarily, releasing LeChuck; the understandably angry pirate crushes the traitor with the statue. The Ultimate Insult, which Ozzie had been holding, explodes and LeChuck is hurled to parts unknown.
Generally, his scheme includes building up his army while developing ways to accumulate power. His ruthlesness and disregard for human life cause other pirates shudder at the mere mention of his name. Despite his intellect, though, he is gullible, which often leads to his downfall. Elaine escapes him by saying she is "going to powder her nose".
While he shows little remorse or kindness, he claims to truly love Elaine. While he does not seem to care for her perspective, doing for her entirely what he wants, he is usually kind to her, and the two of them engage in some rather humorous conversations regarding their relationship. Regardless of his professions of love, Elaine's position as governor of the Tri-Islands is likely a factor.
LeChuck harbors an immense hatred for his nemesis Threepwood, who has (of course) always disrupted his plans and destroyed him. However, though LeChuck clearly despises Guybrush, he also seems to have a sort of fondness or respect for the young pirate. At different times in the games, LeChuck and Guybrush engage in humorous, childlike bickering, and their relationship sometimes mirrors that of siblings.
LeChuck seems constantly amazed that Guybrush escapes almost every situation despite the odds. He knows him to be a real threat and remarks that Guybrush is very clever, even referring to him as the "anti-LeChuck". He states that it was a mistake not to kill him. But, like most evil masterminds, LeChuck is arrogant and overconfident, and always seems to let Guybrush live, despite all the damage caused to his plans, apparently preferring the opportunity to gloat in victory over simply eliminating his enemy.
However, LeChuck can be destroyed by voodoo. In an ironic twist, often LeChuck either makes the voodoo weapons that destroy him, or else unintentionally gives the idea to Guybrush. On one occasion he isn't defeated by voodoo, but by a mountain of ice crashing down upon him. But, in the fourth game we find he wasn't really destroyed, only trapped in the ice.
LeChuck's voice was provided by Earl Boen in both The Curse of Monkey Island and Escape from Monkey Island. (The first two games did not feature character voices.)
Although CMI stated that LeChuck was permanently transformed into a ghost by passing through Big Whoop, he subsequently finds a way to change its effect. Later in the game, the portal seems to instantly convert full humans to animated skeletons.
Due to similarities in plot, it would seem that the writers of the Pirates of the Caribbean movies are fans of the Secret of Monkey Island; Ron Gilbert, in fact, openly stated that he believes this to be the case after seeing Dead Man's Chest.


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Naw, Chuck, you're trying to belittle the movement, for all your high-sounding prose, just like the media and so-called intellectuals, both of whose livelihoods derive from the same sources of wealth. Truth is, the wealthy and their well-compensated yuppie servants (the only middle class that exists in the U.S.) are shaking in their boots. As a result, they have sent in their brutal pigs (whose prime directive is to protect business interests) to quell the movement in its early stages because they correctly perceive that it could easily ignite into a revolution that would bode nothing but ill for their lying, greedy selves. A new day is coming, my boy. The Working Class, which for years fell for the propaganda of being middle class and identified more with the interests of its masters than its own, has finally had enough.
Oh, by the way, this country has always been authoritarian, for all the blathering we hear about "freedom". Whenever anyone or any group presents a serious perceived challenged to the status quo, out come the pigs and often the brutal military, often disguised as the national guard.


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Why Do Players Get The Women?
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Dear Doc,
I want to comment on your past article "When 'The One' Isn't Pretty Enough." Your advice to Blake about being a gentleman and not a player is right on target. The quote, "Beauty fades, but attitude lasts forever" is really original and respectful to women.
Which leads me to my dating problem. Is it too late to use "The System" after I already blew it by telling my friend that I like her?
Boris — who wants more info
doc love's answerDear Boris,
It's admirable that being respectful to women is a high priority for you. But there is also a tone in your correspondence that makes me suspect that you may be suffering from a case of Nice-Guy-itis . Why am I suspicious? Because, in your very first sentence you placed such importance on disassociating yourself from those men that you label "players."
What you must realize is that those "players," however lacking in integrity they may be, have a lot of women chasing after them. So even though I wouldn't recommend that you model your overall behavior after them, they do have certain charismatic qualities that you can emulate to enhance your success with women. As my bible totin' cousin Brother Love would say: "Son, you must separate the wheat from the chaff."
don't be a suckerYou need to understand, Boris, that being somewhat unpredictable and unavailable is not disrespectful to women. On the contrary, women find this behavior alluring, mysterious and exciting. And since when is giving women what they want and meeting their emotional needs disrespectful?
Knowing that you are on the sensitive side of the spectrum of the male populace, I'm concerned that you may attempt to verify or invalidate what I've just told you by soliciting the opinions of various females that you know. But I feel that I would be remiss not to give you this admonition: Don't freakin' do it! You'll only become more confused if you do.
One of the most powerful axioms of "The System" is that you cannot determine what women want by asking them directly. If you do, they will only mislead you. They will talk your ear off about what qualities they desire in a man, but they are essentially incapable of clearly communicating what male traits they actually deeply respond to emotionally.
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The just released ninth Annual Survey of Education Report on rural schools, conducted by the NGO Pratham Education Foundation, reconfirms familiar truths about the Indian education system and offers a reality check on the UPA's achievements and failures in the education system through its decade-long rule. It has been getting more and more students to school but learning levels have continued to fall.
The ASER reports over the years, starting 2005, show how under the UPA, school enrolment has improved impressively and now faces just last-mile issues. With enrolment over 96 per cent for children in the age group 6-14 in 2013, and in fact consistently in the range 95-96 per cent for the last five years, getting children to school is one key result area where this government has delivered. Many have argued, however, that it should have reached 100 per cent by now.
Over the years, the UPA has also managed to put together school infrastructure that is as much the right of schoolchildren as quality textbooks and pedagogy. The Right to Education Act that came into effect under UPA II has sharpened focus on the must-have standards and norms at schools. ASER 2013 data show that 76.3 per cent schools now have an office-cum-store, 62 per cent offer a playground, 56 per cent are protected by a boundary wall, 73 per cent have drinking water, 62 per cent have a useable toilet, 53 per cent provide girl students a separate, unlocked and useable toilet, 87 per cent were serving midday meals the day the ASER team visited them, and 40 per cent had children using library books the day of the visit.
The report notes the progress on many RTE-related norms. "Since 2010, there has been a significant increase in the proportion of schools with a useable toilet, from 47.2% in 2010 to 62.6% in 2013. In 2010, 31.2% of all schools visited did not have a separate toilet for girls. This number has declined to 19.3% in 2013. The percentage for useable toilets for girls has also increased from 32.9% in 2010 to 53.3% in 2013".
The pupil-teacher ratio, which has a clear bearing on the attention a student receives from a teacher, has improved since the RTE came into effect. From 38.9 per cent schools meeting PTR norms in 2010, as many as 45 per cent schools have done so in 2013. The other essential, teacher attendance, was 85 per cent in 2013.
This is the one key indicator where the government seems to keep failing on. Though te government has pumped in funds and focused closely on building new classrooms, toilets, …continued »


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Red Sox Batting Coach Walter Hriniak | Hit Man of Fenway Park
The batter is the catcher from Worcester, Rich Gedn. Lately he's been struggling, swinging off–balance, lunging at the baseball, and the more he struggles the harder everything gets. "I keep trying to pound a square peg through a round hole," Gedman says. What Hriniak wants this day is for Gedman to relax. "But that's not easy, is it?" he says later. "He knows he's not swinging good. There's 40,000 people watching and there's no place to hide. If you say, 'relax,' what happens? Sure, he tenses up more. And you cannot hit a baseball when you're tense."
For a while they just stand together talking. Hriniak pauses, searching for the image he wants. He finds it.
"Rich, when you step, come out soft, like you're stepping on an egg. Soft." They do this now, the tosses, the swings, until the bag is empty and they bend to the floor, flicking the balls back into the bag like dropped apples, and begin again. "Step on an egg." Slowly the swings begin to please the hitter, and the tension begins to uncoil. They refill the bag again and the sweat soaks through Gedman's shirt. They have worked like this since 1982, when Gedman asked for Hriniak's help; he obliged by dismantling Gedman's swing as if it were a broken-down engine, and over the years it has been reassembled, piece by piece, here in the cage.
They have been through a lot together and they are friends, but there have been times when Hriniak has shouted, "If you don't want to listen to me, get out of here!" and there are other times when not a word need pass between them, like two old gardeners working side by side. Twack. Twack. Twack. "You get a guy in here and he thinks he's just working on his mechanics," says Hriniak, "but you're working on his head at the same time, so when tough times come he's got some ammunition. You're making him stronger, you're making him dedicated, you're making him make a commitment to excellence or whatever you want to call it — and not too many people want to make that commitment, do they? It's scary, but that's what it takes.
In the cage you learn how to survive." Later Gedman will say, "No matter how bad I'm going, Walter always has me come out of the cage feeling I'll be okay." Dwight Evans steps in. The canvas bag swells with baseballs. Empties and fills. Empties and fills. A tidal change of baseballs every ten minutes. Tony Armas… Marty Barrett… Bill Buckner… The game is still five hours away. The day of the hitting coach has just begun.
Within the narrow world of baseball, Walter Hriniak has narrowed his even further, to the, 17-inch width of home plate. He calls the battle between the pitcher and the batter "the only game going on" and adds, "It's a lot deeper than people realize." When his hitters go to bat, his eyes, deep green and steady, lock in like a sniper's. Sometimes before a ball is pitched, he can sense when a player is about to go into a slump just by the way he moves around in the box. When a ball is hit, he alone does not immediately follow its flight, preferring to memorize every detail of a batter's swing, including the moment just after impact. Something critical happens in a swing then," he says, and I'd miss it if I watched the ball."
"He sees things nobody else does," says Wade Boggs, perhaps the finest hitter of our time. He compares his eyes to a microscope, able to spot and correct the slightest flaw, the tiniest alteration in his near–perfect swing. At the end of last season, when Boggs was honored as the most valuable Red Sox player for hitting a remarkable .368, he stood on a podium and told the banquet audience, "The man who should receive this is up there," and he pointed to the balcony where Hriniak sat.
A teammate recalls last September when a few kids from Pawtucket were brought up for a look. "He was working with someone in the cage," he said, "but out of a corner of his eye he's watching this kid, Mike Greenwell, taking some swings. The kid had hit only .256 at Pawtucket, but Walter saw something. All of a sudden he's got Greenwell and he's moving him around the plate and he starts doing his flip drills with him. He just went crazy with him. The kid was drooling and I swear could hardly walk afterwards he was so exhausted. But everything off his bat was hit hard. Afterwards, Greenwell said to me, 'Is that guy always like that?' And Mike Greenwell went out and for the next two weeks just killed the ball. He hit four home runs and after each one he'd come into the dugout shaking his head and you could hear him saying, 'Oh, man!'"
Often when players are traded from Boston they say what they will miss most is leaving Hriniak's tutelage, for no other feat in sports imposes such bleak odds as does hitting. The ball arrives in four-tenths of a second or faster. It may rise or sink or dart in or out, depending on its spin. If a ball is hit at all, nine fielders await. Hriniak likes to say of .300 hitters, "They're successful, but they're not consistently successful. They fail seven out of ten times." What the hitters seek from their coach is a way to even up those odds a little. For doing just that (the Red Sox have led the majors in nearly every hitting category the past several seasons), a baseball writer called Hriniak "in many ways the most important member of the team."
On the rare occasions that his thoughts stray from home plate, it takes but a chance remark to bring them winging back. Not long ago a dinner companion was startled when Hriniak thrust aside a water glass, a coffee cup, and a half-full plate of fish and chips. He folded his napkin into a rough facsimile of home plate. He took his knife, a pat of butter still pressed to its tip, and waved it across the napkin. Unmistakably he was at bat. Just beyond the fish and chips loomed Fenway's Green Monster. A lesson began.


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The internationally acclaimed Shaolin Warriors are returning to the UK with a brand new show, Return of the Master, before embarking on a world tour. This breathtaking theatrical Kung Fu Show continues the story of the warrior, and vividly depicts the rarely-seen Kung Fu masters' feats of agility strength and skill, using Buddhist Meditation and their rigorous martial arts training. The show is an extravaganza, with gorgeous scenery, atmospheric music, beautiful lights, and hundreds of costumes.... Read more >>
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The internationally acclaimed Shaolin Warriors are returning to the UK with a brand new show, Return of the Master, before embarking on a world tour. This breathtaking theatrical Kung Fu Show continues the story of the warrior, and vividly depicts the rarely-seen Kung Fu masters' feats of agility strength and skill, using Buddhist Meditation and their rigorous martial arts training. The show is an extravaganza, with gorgeous scenery, atmospheric music, beautiful lights, and hundreds of costumes.
This is a fully choreographed spectacular production that features 22 professionally trained Kungfu Masters; audiences will be amazed and thrilled by their death defying Kung Fu disciplines such as qigong, animal imitation boxing, drunken boxing, and fighting with over 20 kinds of dangerous traditional weapons.
This Show is now a huge hit over 3 continents, and has now been seen by over 750,000 people of all ages, and played to sell out audiences and standing ovations throughout the UK this show is a must see for family audiences and martial arts experts enthusiasts alike who have been excited and astounded by the Shaolin Warriors.
This production comes to you from the producers of the hugely popular ShangHi - Cirque du Ciel.
'..Agility, grace and showmanship'
Washington Post
'Jaw dropping! A perfect family show, something for everyone!'
Edinburgh Evening News
'Breathtaking show!'
Jersey Evening News
There are no booking fees for this production.
However, all bookings made through ATG Tickets for this venue are subject to a £2.85 Transaction fee.
All Super Seats include choice of nibble box, welcome drink and programme or theatre gift.
We have put together a Social Story in conjunction with National Autistic Society Aylesbury Vale Branch, to support audience members on the autistic spectrum. We hope this helps. Click here to download it.
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There are eight wheelchair positions with companion seats, six in the stalls and two in Circle 1
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre has an infra-red sound amplification system with headsets and necklaces. Necklace: Suitable for persons wearing a hearing aid, the necklace is worn around the neck. Whilst wearing the necklace switch your hearing aid to the 'T' setting and the sound is amplified. The necklace has an adjustable volume control. Headset: This device amplifies sound through earpieces similar to regular headphones. Suitable for persons without a hearing aid.
Guide, hearing and other working dogs are welcome in all parts of the theatre.
There are separate, accessible toilet facilities located at each of the principal seating levels.
By Train
The Chiltern Rail service links Aylesbury with London Marylebone. The town's station is a five minute walk from the Theatre.
By Bus
Aylesbury Waterside Theatre is located within 200 metres of Aylesbury's main bus station.
By Car
There are plenty of car parks nearby Aylesbury Waterside Theatre. There are over 1600 spaces within easy walking distance of the Theatre including a multi-storey car park in Walton Street (for sat navs enter HP21 7QP), and Upper Hundreds car park. The Exchange Street car park is now open opposite the theatre.
Waterside Car Park (serving Waitrose, Travel lodge and Aylesbury Waterside Theatre customers)
Floor 3 of the pay and display car park is available for Theatre patrons.For more information on parking please follow http://eplanning.aylesburyvaledc.gov.uk/applications/avdc_car_parks/Aylesbury/aylesbury.htm
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Aylesbury Waterside Theatre is a landmark building conveniently located on the edge of Aylesbury Town Centre, on the corner of Exchange Street and Walton Street.
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- Interview With TUF 19 Contestant Josh Clark – "I'd like to fight [next] Antoine Walsh…..
He is the most talented guy in my book….. He's the best on the show (TUF) in my opinion."
- Interview With UFC Octagon Announcer Bruce Buffer – "Jon (Jones) is not a not a coward by any standards, Jon will fight anybody… You couldn't say there is anything wrong in wanting to fight [Daniel] Comier over [Alexander] Gustafsson."
- Interview With Invicta FC Fighter Amanda Bobby Cooper – "If I had to choose one person to fight…. I only want to fight her because it would be an honor and that 's Roxanne Modafferi."
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They produced a live remote broadcast of sorority bid day.
This was the first time for the student run TV station to air the event live for people to see online and throughout Northwest Arkansas.
Chelsea Hawthorn said, "Getting some hands on experience, especially for those of us who are seniors who are about to graduate, going to internships and things like this, we were really excited and we were here, some of us were here at 5:30."
Students teamed up with a local production company out of rogers to make it all come to life.
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Del Gallo estimated the property was visited around 12 times, which the dates were recorded, before making a determination. Godlewski said Maher and others visited the property throughout the month of October before making the determination.
Maher could not be reached to comment on how he made his decision.
"My position is the same as it was before," said Del Gallo. "I don't believe there are racetracks and I don't think you are ever going to stop it, but I don't think you should annoy anybody with it."
Rotterdam Town Code defines a racetrack as "any ground, area or track upon which races, contests or demonstrations of skill or stunts are conducted for the enjoyment or entertainment of the public or for the gratification of the contestants which employ go-carts, stock cars, motor scooters, midget autos, motorcycles, motor vehicles or other vehicles propelled by a force other than human energy."
Della Villa confirmed the code enforcement officer has visited the property on "numerous" occasions when the dirt bikers were riding on the track.
"The way the neighbors want it, it is so vague that nobody in the town of Rotterdam will be able to ride their snowmobiles on their property," said Della Villa. "It is not just about the dirt bikes it is about all sorts of things."
Della Villa said on Tuesday, Nov. 2, before the firm ruling, that he would respect the decision made by the town, but the riders might not be quick to accept the town deciding the dirt track is a racetrack.
"If they close me down tomorrow I would say thank you for the consideration and effort that was put into it and that is it," said Della Villa. "The kids might sue if they think it is wrongful."
After Della Villa was informed of the decision he said riders will be happy to reach an understanding with neighbors and try to work with them. He said the riders are open to a compromise, but neighbors were aware of what type of property zoning were next to their property when they purchased their home.
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Many Florida lawmakers want internet sales tax but some want to divert revenue to tax cuts
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With the 2012 legislative session just around the corner, state lawmakers are facing some tough decisions. One proposed law would close an internet sales tax loophole. Some politicians want to make sure the tax doesnât increase revenue for the state.
When a consumer makes a purchase online, the transaction appears to be tax free. What most consumers donât know, and what internet retailers rarely tell them, is that the consumer is supposed to calculate and pay the sales tax directly to the state. That law is often ignored and itâs virtually unenforceable. State Representative Rick Kriseman has been vocal in the decade-long debate about closing that loophole. He said allowing internet retail giants like Amazon.com a 7-percent advantage over other stores robs Florida of revenue and jobs.
âIt gives out of state businesses that really have no contact with our state and our citizens donât benefit from their success. It gives them an unfair advantage over a brick and mortar business thatâs here in our state, thatâs employing people in our state and thatâs paying taxes to our state.â
Most Florida policy makers agree that taxes on internet sales need to be collected, but Kriseman said some consumers arenât looking forward to paying what they technically owe anyway.
âWhat it comes down to is theyâve enjoyed the fact that they havenât had to pay on a purchase what they would have otherwise been paying. So that means that theyâre going to have to pay a little bit more and they donât want to do that.â
Carla Jimenez is the owner of Tampaâs Inkwood Books. She has been a local voice in a state and nationwide debate over internet sales tax. That means she hears from people who support her push to force internet retailers to collect state sales tax. But she also hears from those who donât.
âSaying things like, anybody who doesnât understand that the lowest price is the only thing that matters should just go out of business and if you canât compete, just close your doors. I mean, there are some people who I think are not understanding the whole picture when they say things like that. But there are people who hear the word tax and a red flag goes up and it just makes them angry and upset and hostile.â
Jimenez said her store has taken a blow from the rising popularity of online shopping.
âOur little snap shot of our bookstore is such a small part of this story but itâs repeated on Main Streets and on blocks all over the place and that is we used to be open longer hours, we used to employ more people and we certainly used to have more money coming from the door, thereâs no question, and more physical traffic.â
Estimates vary as to how much revenue the state is losing from online sales where the tax is not voluntarily remitted by the consumer. Florida Tax Watchâs president and CEO Dominic Calabro guessed it might be around 50 million dollars; and he said that is a conservative estimate.
âWe would like to take that 50 million dollars and then use that collection of those funds to reduce other taxes that are keeping businesses from moving to Florida or encouraging them not to stay in Florida.â
The plan heâs referring to aligns with Governor Rick Scottâs recent statement that he would sign legislation to close the loophole, but only if it is revenue neutral. That is, he doesnât want the state to net any money from collecting a tax on internet sales. Itâs part of his promise to oppose any new tax. Calabro said he doesnât consider this a new tax, but agrees with the Governorâs attempt to divert the money to other tax cuts.
âRemote sellers are stealing Florida jobs. Itâs unilateral disarmament and we commend Governor Rick Scott for understanding that and asking that two good deeds be done. One, collect the taxes under the law and two, use those revenues to reduce another tax on businesses, another tax on capital, another tax that impairs economic growth and job creation in Florida. So, two good deeds make a double correction.â
Some Democrats want to use the tax revenue to put a dent in Floridaâs daunting deficit. But different versions of the legislation being batted around Tallahassee would instead divert the funds into corporate tax cuts, property or sales tax decreases or tax holidays. State Representative Rick Kriseman doesnât agree with the Governorâs caveat to funnel internet sales tax revenue into new tax cuts.
âYeah, it is counter-productive. I was going to use a different word. My word probably would have sounded something more or rhymed with cupid. But I think thatâs bad policy.â
Proposed bills to close the internet sales tax loopholes will be considered during the upcoming legislative session that begins January 10.comments powered by Disqus
I am standing with Rick. Collect the sales taxes and use them toward the deficit. The one thing this state does not need at the moment is more tax breaks for corporate America. We need to put the money back into education and the needs of the people of Florida.


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April 10, 2014
Plenty of Eggs for Easter and Passover
For more information on Newsline, contact: Kari Barbic, Media Specialist, American Farm Bureau Federation, firstname.lastname@example.com.
The American Farm Bureau recently released its Semi-Annual Marketbasket Survey of retail prices on 16 food items. The informal survey, conducted by 87 volunteers in 27 states at local grocery stores, revealed higher prices for eggs, bacon and several other foods, with the overall basket about 3.5 percent higher than a year ago. Seanica Otterby has the story.
|From the American Farm Bureau's Semi-Annual Marketbasket Survey, results show retail egg prices are historically high at $1.98 per dozen. Farm Bureau economist John Anderson says that's nearly an 8 percent increase from a year ago.
|That's actually, by a few cents, the highest price that we've seen on eggs in our survey. So, historically a new number for us.
|Although retail prices have increased, there will be plenty of eggs available for consumers to fill Easter baskets and for Passover celebrations. Egg production has steadily increased during the past few years, according to Anderson, and forecasts for this year show another increase.
|So on the supply side, I think farmers are responding to the market. We're getting more production online and we're seeing production increase, it's just that we haven't really caught up with demand because demand for eggs has been really strong.
|Anderson says one reason for strong egg demand is the high price of all meat items from historically small supplies of those products.
|The other part of it is that we've had a really strong export market for eggs. A lot of that has to do with Mexico. A couple of years ago, Mexico had some problems with avian influenza, and they were forced to make up the difference with eggs from the United States. And so we've had really strong exports in general, but especially to Mexico.
|Anderson says as Mexican egg production starts to get back on track, he believes exports to Mexico will begin to taper off. Seanica Otterby, Washington.