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I want to return to the topic of my last post, prioritisation, and I'm going to extend some of the thinking from it.
I briefly highlight this point to raise one of the major challenges with prioritisation. It is not the activity deciding of what you are going to do, but the decision not to do something. These may simply seem to be the inverse of each other. Perhaps. But psychologically it seems easier to say "yes I'll do this", than "no I will not do that".
If you are the sort of person who follows my posts, here or elsewhere, the chances are that you are interested in organisational change. The chances are also fairly high that you have been involved in several change initiatives. I expect that at many times your organisation has struggled with change.
I feel confident enough to say, if you have never struggled with change, then that's because you have never been involved in a change of any complexity.
Predominantly, I have published business books. If you follow me or are a friend on Goodreads you'll see that my interests in reading and writing are much wider. Business books are part of my professional life and how I earn a living. Whether I always like them or not, reading business books is part of the day job for me.
As an author I occasionally write a post for Goodreads. Most of my blogs and posts go on my own website (www.changinghats.co.uk) or on LinkedIn. I don't include them here as they are mainly about business and professional matters which may be of limited interest to the wider audience of readers on Goodreads. However, occasionally a topic comes up which crosses between then – in this case about professional writing, more specifically swearing in professional writing.
I've been interested for a long time in the relationships and differences between delivery and change. One way of exploring this is in the relationships and differences between project and change managers, a subject that always seems to generate a 100 different views from 100 different commentators. In this post I want to look at one specific aspect of that difference – working out the scope of an initiative.
Scope is a fundamental concept in the delivery of projects and change. Scope can seem a pretty simple concept to gets ones head around. I think scope has different meanings depending on the role one performs.
A couple of years ago I started looking for a way to help more people gain an understanding of project management. Not everyone wants to buy one of my books, and seminars have a limited number of places. A contact in the publishing industry had the great idea of connecting me up with Totem Learning. Totem Learning are a leading, award winning developer of simulations and serious games, (see www.totemlearning.com). It was a great relationship to build, and some months later the result of our join work was Unlock: Project Management.
I was in a conversation a few days ago, and I was reminded about an old phrase my grandfather used to say: look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves. (I'm sure there is an equivalent phrase for other currencies).
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I thought about this phrase sometime after listening to a speaker talking about the way they ran projects. They were strongly espousing a view that we should worry more about delivery and less about deliverables.
I want to talk about some words – specific words, but in order to do this I'm going to start with a big generalisation.
The important thing about words is that they have meanings. Because words have meanings we are able to communicate about all sorts of objects, ideas, concepts and whatever other entities, things or stuff we want to talk about.
What makes successful project managers?
I have been interested in the way the best project managers think and behave for a long time. Back in 2005 I wrote the first edition of my first book The Project Manager, Mastering the Art of Delivery. The genesis of this book was an observation made from roles I had running large teams of project managers. The observation? There is limited correlation between how well qualified someone is as a project manager, and how good they are at project management.
As its coming into the summer break for many of my regular readers, I thought I would write on something different.
What seems like a very long time ago, I studied for degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Economics. I have never worked as an engineer or an economist. Much of what I learnt has been discarded to the dim recesses of my mind. But this does not mean studying was in vain. The approaches from each discipline still influence my way of thinking. I think this is more useful than any specific facts or ideas from studying a subject.
I seem to have come full circle with my writing. For those of you unfamiliar with my works, which is the vast majority of the world, I am a fairly minor author. So far, my published books are mostly business and management books. I am well known in my niche, but not much beyond. To give an idea of scale - good sales for me are over 20,000 copies of a book. Bad sales are a few thousand copies.
I have been involved in projects and programmes for a long time. Long enough that I sometimes think I can smell the state of a programme when I am first engaged on it. By smell of course, I really mean pick up certain small aspects of behaviour that give me a feeling of confidence or concern.
I have just sent back the corrected proofs for the second edition of my book Project Management Step-by-Step. This is one of my best sellers, and even though it is 10 years old – quite an age for a professional book – it still sells a few thousand copies a year. Perhaps not the huge sales of a best-selling novel, but for a niche writer like myself, pretty respectable for a book of that age.
I have roughly a million words in print. I have several hundred thousand more in eBooks, online articles and blogs, not to mention quite a few unpublished works. As a result, I am often asked for advice on writing, but I rarely write about writing. The reason is that I am slightly suspicious of that recursive behaviour whereby writers write about writing, film makers makes films about filming or playwrights stage plays about plays. But in this article I've overcome that suspicion and broken my habit to give five very simple tips which anyone can follow. This is not advanced advice as you might receive on a writing course, but some basic habits anyone can adopt to improve your writing.


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A group of legal practitioners and other professionals has formed a formidable alliance that they envisaged would help to stamp out bad governance and corruption in all ramifications.
The organisation tagged, The Bribe Code headed by a legal luminary, Barr. Chuma Nwokolo, believes that Nigeria's greatest problem as a nation is bad governance occasioned by corruption.
"The Bribe Code is a project which is designed at good governance. Most of our problems in Nigeria, you can trace it down to bad governance. Bad governance is like a disease that has many symptoms in Nigeria.
"Whether the problems are bad roads, no hospital, infant mortality, whatever the problems we are suffering from, what is at the root of it; it is bad governance. The Bribe Code targets that problem and tries to resolve the issue of corruption which is behind bad governance," Nwokolo pointed out.
Nwokolo, who is the convener of The Bribe Code campaign in Nigeria, also said that with the cooperation of every Nigerian, corruption would be fought squarely.
Nwokolo said that they appreciated the anti-graft agencies instituted by the government but pointed that they are not enough to tackle the supposed intractable problems of corruption and bad governance. "With The Bribe Code, it will be impossible for people to be corrupt in Nigeria," Nwokolo posits.
"The code is a public campaign against corruption. Each person tells his friends about Bribe Code. The aim is to unite Nigerians against corruption.
"We are in thousands and by the time we go to Abuja, we shall reach thousands," Nwokolo said and challenged President Buhari to be more proactive in fighting corruption just like he did as a military president for the fight to be total.
A group of legal practitioners and other professionals has formed a formidable alliance that they envisaged would help to stamp out bad governance and corruption in all ramifications.

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10 Best Dance Scenes In Movies
Everyone loves a great dance movie, so here are the 10 best dance scenes in movies. There have been tons of awesome dance sequences in movies but in order to list them all, we would be here all day! So let's limit our list to the ten most classic dance scenes in movies. Many of these movies have several memorable dances, but one stands out in each when the movie is mentioned. Whether it is the dance moves, classic outfits, or memorable music, these scenes live on forever.
"Singin' in the Rain" (1952). Who can forget Gene Kelly's classic street/sidewalk dance in "Singin' in the Rain". Many a would be dancer has gotten a wet foot dancing like Gene Kelly.
"West Side Story" (1961). This movie often gets left out of great dance scenes. There are so many great dance moments in "West Side Story", it is difficult to pick one, but a classic scene is Maria on the rooftop, comparing America's benefits, and their experiences while singing America. Many a New Yorker has used rooftops to dance and entertain their imaginary audiences.
"Saturday Night Fever" ( 1976) This movie is responsible for a ton of leisure suit sales, in addition to John Travolta's classic disco dance. Many a not so great dancer, thinks putting a hand on a hip, and sticking your other hand in the air pointing is a great dance move. Well, it worked for Travolta.
"Flashdance" (1983). Jennifer Beal's classic dance when auditioning will always be remembered. Whether it is her famous foot moves, or awesome midair flip, it is a dance that will live on forever. One also can't forget the chair water dance? Many a man fantasizes about that dance scene!
"Footloose" (1984). This classic movie about a city boy who moves to a rural town that has banned dances, has many great moments. Perhaps the best is the final dance in the barn, and the classic foot steps to Kenny Loggin's "Footloose". Who says country boys can't dance?
"Dirty Dancing" (1987) This movie has wonderful dance sequences and also classic lines. Nobody puts baby in the corner on the final dance. The highlight is the jump off stage into her dance instructors arms!! Nobody puts Baby in the corner when she dances!
"The Last Dance" ( 2001). This classic love story makes this dance movie that much better, especially since it is forbidden love. No one seems to want a ballet dancer and a rough neck Chicago boy together. But with his help and her talent, Sara Johnson's (Julia Stiles) audition for Julliard combines Hip Hop and Ballet like never seen before.
"Chicago" (2002). This classic Broadway hit came to life on the big screen. One of the best dance scenes in "Chicago" was the Cell Block Tango. The dance sequence is a look into why the ladies killed their men and it is revealed that the Russian woman is indeed innocent! Who knew Renee Zellweger could dance?
"Hairspray" (2007). Of course we all knew John Travolta could dance, but who knew he was a closet women? Amanda Bynes shows that she too can dance in the final scene where the TV show is filmed. Also,the movie has a wonderful message through the dance that race doesn't really matter after all.
"Stomp the Yard" (2007). Singer NeYo makes his dance debut in this dance classic. An all black school in Atlanta introduces an inner city L.A. boy to stomping instead of L.A.'s krumping style. The final dance scene between the two schools, where Truth University shows how stomping is really done, introduces main stream audiences to the dance art of stomping.
If you are bored and want to watch a great dancing movie, pick one of these top ten dance scenes in movies. There have been countless memorable dances so be sure and check these dance scenes out before watching any others. You'll have something to compare your favorites to!


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Ringo Starr Bio
While some accused Ringo Starr of being a clumsy drummer, many more agreed with George Harrison's assessment: "Ringo's the best backbeat in the business." And while many in the wake of the Beatles' breakup predicted that Starr would be the one without a solo career, he proved them wrong. Not only has he released several LPs (the first came out before the Beatles disbanded) and hit singles, but he's also the only Beatle to establish a film-acting career for himself outside of the band's mid-'60s movies.
Young Richard Starkey's parents had divorced when he was three, and he was raised by his mother and stepfather, a Liverpool house painter his mother married eight years later. By the time he was 13, he'd been in and out of the hospital several times with pleurisy, and once, at age six, with appendicitis. After leaving the hospital in 1955, too old to return to school, he became a messenger boy for British Railways. In 1959, while working as an apprentice engineer, he got his first drum set as a Christmas present, and he joined the Ed Clayton Skiffle Group soon after. By 1961, he was playing drums in Rory Storme's Hurricanes. It was while on tour with that band in Hamburg, Germany, in 1961 that he met John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison. A year later, when drummer Pete Best was ousted from the Beatles, Starr agreed to join them. The Ringo stage name came from his penchant for wearing lots of rings.
Beginning with "Boys" on the Beatles' first British album, Starr was given the occasional lead vocal, usually on covers of country tunes such as Carl Perkins' "Honey Don't" and "Matchbox" and Buck Owens' "Act Naturally." Later he sang the lead on "Yellow Submarine" and "With a Little Help From My Friends," songs written for him by Lennon and McCartney. The Beatles (the so-called White Album) in 1968 featured Starr's first songwriting credit, "Don't Pass Me By." After appearing in three films with the Beatles, in 1967 Starr made his solo film debut playing a Mexican gardener in the film of Terry Southern's Candy. He appeared in The Magic Christian (1969, also from a Southern book); in 1970 he costarred with David Essex in That'll Be the Day; in 1973 he documented the success of glitter-rock star T. Rex by directing Born to Boogie; in 1975 he costarred again with Essex in Stardust; and in 1981 he starred in the moderately successful U.S. feature Caveman (in April of that year he married his Caveman costar Barbara Bach; it was his second marriage).
Starr's solo recording career began in 1970, just prior to the Beatles' breakup, with Sentimental Journey (#22, 1970) a collection of Tin Pan Alley standards (allegedly to please his mother) produced by George Martin, with a different arranger for each track. Beaucoups of Blues (#65, 1970), released later that year, was a country-music collaboration with guitarist Pete Drake and other Nashville sessionmen. It fared better than its predecessor, but failed to yield a hit. In 1971 Starr appeared on Lennon's Plastic Ono Band and Harrison's All Things Must Pass LPs, and recorded two hit singles, the hard-rocking "It Don't Come Easy" (#4) and "Back Off Boogaloo" (#9). (Starr later acknowledged that Harrison had cowritten these two songs without being credited.)
Starr appeared at Harrison's Concerts for Bangladesh and in 1972 sat in on Peter Frampton's Wind of Change LP. In 1973 he recorded Ringo (#2, 1973), with Richard Perry producing. The LP included three Top 10 singles —"Photograph" (#1), "You're Sixteen" (#1), and "Oh My My" (#5) —and featured songs and playing by the other Beatles; Lennon contributed "I'm the Greatest," McCartney "Six O'Clock," and "Only You" (#6). Blast From Your Past, a greatest-hits package, went to #30 in 1975. While comanaging a furniture-designing business with his brother in London, Starr in 1975 started his own label, Ring O' Records, and signed to Atlantic. Compared to his previous solo success, his albums for his new label made little impression; Ringo's Rotogravure, despite guest appearances by Lennon, McCartney, Eric Clapton, and Peter Frampton, stopped at #28 with one Top 30 single, "Dose of Rock 'n' Roll," and Ringo the 4th, at #162, was a flop. Bad Boy (#129, 1978) continued the downward spiral.
Starr remained a familiar presence, though. In 1976 he played at the Band's San Francisco farewell concert and appeared in the film of the event, The Last Waltz. In 1977 he contributed to an LP by British skiffle pioneer Lonnie Donegan. In late 1981 Starr had a Top 40 hit with "Wrack My Brain," from Stop and Smell the Roses (#98, 1981), a tune written and produced by George Harrison. None of his subsequent albums has come near the Top 100.
Old Wave was not released in the U.S. or the U.K., and during this time Starr suffered from myriad problems, foremost among them alcoholism and drug abuse, for which both he and his wife Barbara sought treatment at the Betty Ford Center in 1988. At one point earlier, Starr's drinking had gotten so bad that he went to court to block the release of material he recorded in 1987. In the meantime, Starr became a star of the kiddie set in his portrayal of the miniature conductor and narrator of the acclaimed PBS series Shining Time Station, between 1989 and 1991. (Starr had first narrated the British series Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends back in 1984.)
Starr has since formed several celebrity configurations of his All-Starr band. The first, in 1989, featured Levon Helm, Joe Walsh, Clarence Clemons, Rick Danko, Billy Preston, and Dr. John. A 1992 lineup included Ringo's son Zak on drums, Walsh, Timothy B. Schmit, Dave Edmunds, Nils Lofgren, and Todd Rundgren. Later editions have included the Who's John Entwistle, Procol Harum's Gary Brooker, Jack Bruce, Peter Frampton, and Bachman-Turner Overdrive's Randy Bachman. The 1992 release of Time Takes Time, coinciding with the silver anniversary of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band, brought a new flush of publicity for Starr, who often made it amply clear to interviewers that he did not wish to talk about the Beatles.
Though Starr has had little success as a recording artist in the '80s and '90s, he is never long out of view. He appeared in Paul McCartney's Give My Regards to Broad Street (1984), a television production of Alice in Wonderland (1985), with Zak on the Artists Against Apartheid album and video (1985), with ex-band mate Harrison in the video for "When We Was Fab" (1988) and as himself on The Simpsons (1990). In 1994 Starr's first wife, Maureen Cox Starkey Tigrett, died of cancer.
Starr returned to the studio in the late '90s. First he reunited with the other surviving Beatles to record two tracks for the Anthology 1 in 1995; he then released Vertical Man (#61, 1998), his most successful album in 20 years. Guests ranged from familiar faces like McCartney and Harrison to newcomers Alanis Morissette and Stone Temple Pilots' Scott Weiland, and the songs included a cover of the Beatles' "Love Me Do." The following year Starr recorded his first seasonal album, I Wanna Be Santa Claus. In 2001 he hit the road with a new All Starr Band that included Ian Hunter, Sheila E., Greg Lake, Howard Jones, and Roger Hodgson (Supertramp).
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Thalassaemia and pregnancy
Global migration has resulted in a larger geographical spread of people with risk of hereditary anaemias. This leads to an increased incidence of pregnant women with rare diseases, including thalassaemia also in Scandinavia. Thalassaemia can cause severe anaemia and other complications during pregnancy, like risk of miscarriage, intrauterine fetal death, abruptio, intrauterine growth retardation, hypertension, gestational diabetes and pre-eclampsia. In this article, we focus on the aetiology, assessment, antenatal care and treatment of pregnant women with thalassaemia.
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I Want To Be A Dogsled Driver
I want to be a dogsled driver. Hurling down mountain trails at 17 mph, chasing the sound of howling dogs and sled runners scraping ice. Running behind the 550 pound sled, then leaping to brace myself perpendicular between snowbanks and sled rails, as I effortlessly guide the sled around a tight curve. I could do this job.
My boyfriend Jon and I have taken a day off from the slopes of Aspen Mountain, during a January ski vacation, for our first ever dogsled ride. Jon has agreed to give up the bumps for today, if only to silence my curiosity about the sled drivers.
Our driver for the afternoon, Jeff Martin, a compact guy built of solid muscle, pushes back his jester hat and examines our garb through his Oakley wraparound shades.
We have dutifully adorned the required jumbo mukluk boots, which made our trek down the hilly slope to the sled area like trying to stroll through one of those moon-walk bubbles at the county fair. I peer out at Jeff through the snorkel face-hole of my enormous yellow parka, certain he is appraising me as a potential driver comrade.
Twelve Alaskan Huskies stand or sit in six rows, two across, before our sled, in brightly-colored harnesses attached to a central wire. Several of the dogs in the last row shift their focus from the rear end of another dog in order to check us out. A fluffy black dog with one blue eye and one brown, and another with a single eye and a fur patch where its mate should have been. Their names are Claire and Cyclops, Jeff tells us.
He puts Jon in the sled, and shoves him so he's sitting braced against the wall of the sled, legs part. I'm next, knees up, facing the dogs, wedged back into Jon's crotch by a push of Jeff's huge thigh, then enfolded in blankets. Already my butt begins to feel numb, but I have an awesome perspective on the dogs in front of us and the trail on either side. Loud grunts come from behind me. "I've got about the same view as Cyclops up there," Jon's muffled voice says. "Half of some dog's butt."
I move my head to one side, and we can feel Jeff moving around behind us, positioning himself on the sled rails. Let's go! I think, squirming restlessly under the blankets. Suddenly his voice calls out, "Penny! Elle!" and the two female dogs in front yank into gear, leading forty-eight paws joyfully through the snow in unison.
The 200 or so remaining dogs, each with their little house or platform, strain howling at their chains, disappointed to be left behind. Surprisingly, their noise sounds less like the barking of suburban dogs, and more like teenage girls screaming at a Leonardo DiCaprio sighting.
We come out of the woods as the dogs race along the catwalk of a Snowmass ski slope with "Caution Dogsled Crossing" painted on yellow signs. I glance over the edge, down the steep face of a black diamond run, realizing for the first time how much trouble we'd be in if Elle or Penny stopped paying attention.
"Ever get into accidents with skiers?" I ask.
"Yeah, occasionally they don't hear the dogs, don't hear the driver yelling at them," Jeff says, as I look up, picturing an expert skier flying over the crest above and landing in the midst of twelve moving dogs.
"A few bad accidents," Jeff continues. "But the dogs always come out OK."
We continue tumbling down the trail, like in a rollercoaster drop, careening across little bridges spanning creeks and ditches, the dogs gleefully churning up snow in their wake, and intermittently biting off chunks from the banks to quench their thirst. Jeff leaps off to man-handle the sled around a corner.
"How'd you get to be a dog sled driver?" I ask eagerly as he jumps back on behind us.
"I came to Aspen, racked up a big bar tab, and had to find a job to pay it off." Cool.
"No, actually I got tired of being a programmer in Corporate America," Jeff says. "And I'd met one of the drivers here, and it seemed like a good time. Penny, Penny, GEE," he calls out, as the dogs veer right and across a mountain-rimmed meadow.
I ask about the qualifications, certain that my stint as a water aerobics instructor would make me a shoe-in. Behind me, Jon flaps his arms and wiggles his feet in an effort to generate circulation.
"Well, you generally have to be big, and pretty strong," Jeff replies. "A lot of the guys are over six feet."
I could grow.
"I was a power-lifter and a wrestler," he continues. "So that worked in my favor. Hup Elle, Hup!" he yells to the dogs over our heads. "And you've got to be able to lift the dog food barrel - 350 pounds of lard and kitchen scraps from the restaurant on the hill."
I'm not so sure about the lifting. Then Susan Butcher, four-time winner of the Alaskan Iditarod dogsled race, and snacker of butter sticks rolled in pure cane sugar, comes to mind.
"How many women drivers are there?" I say.
"Uh, actually, none," Jeff says. "Not yet anyway."
"What do you do in training camp?" I ask, undaunted, envisioning 11 manly men and me running the trails in heavy boots, bench-pressing sleighs.
"Chop wood for the restaurant, dig out the sled trails, train the dogs, and run them to get 'em back in shape after the summer," he says as I nod. Yes, I could do these things. The dogs would love me!
"Oh, and shovel poop," he adds.
"You start out each morning at 7:30 with a shovel and a bucket. You fill the bucket, and then fill the wheelbarrow," Jeff says guiding the sled away from a snowdrift.
I wrinkle my nose.
"Where does it all end up?" Jon's muffled voice inquires from behind me. I'm intrigued by the topic with which he has chosen to break his silence. "Some kind of mulch or manure pile?"
"Ah, yeah," Jeff says. "Something like that. We just call it the Shit Pit."
Then Jeff tells us it's time for dogs and humans alike to take a rest, as the dogs love to run so much, they'd run until they drop without a forced break. The dogs stand panting, and Jeff pries me off of Jon, where I promptly collapse in a heap at Jeff's feet in the snow, pins and needles pricking at my useless thighs. My Wonder Woman Dogsled Driver image seems to be developing a few chinks.
While we stretch our legs, Jeff feeds the dogs pieces of bacon, and we ask him about the off-season. Does he have a different job? He tells us he takes the summer off and travels around the country, and I wonder about the other drivers, are they Baywatch lifeguards or street lugers in the summer?
"Well, there's one guy who's a conservationist," he says. "And there's this other guy who's an exotic dancer." So much for the manly men.
Jon studies a pair of impatient dogs as they climb back and forth over each other in line. "Is the breeding controlled?" he asks.
"Yeah," Jeff answers with a smile, dropping bacon pieces and patting dogs, "By the dogs. Sometimes a dog gets loose in the yard, or their chains are too long. And sometimes, they just get really creative while hooked up to the sled." He leans to untangle Cyclops' leg in his harness. "Sometimes you look at them, and think, 'how the hell did they do that? I've gotta try that one.'"
Jon snickers and I focus on mastering my moon boot walk. Jeff trundles us back into the sled and we prepare for our return ride to the kennels. As the dogs fly across the trails, Jon gets Jeff to describe the various hazards of his job: broken thumbs from heavy sled motions, concussions from being flung off backwards, slipping on the ice while carrying the food barrel.
As we arrive back at the base, I swivel my snorkel jacketed face around the area, searching for the Shit Pit, having second thoughts about my new career. As Jeff pulls the sled up short, a chorus of barking ensues, all the buddies of Elle, Penny, Claire, Cyclops and gang welcoming them home. As I stagger out of the sled, another brawny driver approaches us with an armload of fur.
"Would you like to hold one of the puppies?" Jeff asks.
I push back my hood, extend my arms. Ice blue eyes stare up at me out of a gray and white face. Fur as soft as cashmere rubs my chin, and a tiny tongue traces a trail along my cheek. I look over at Jon, green eyes grinning at me over his own furry handful. I want to be a dogsled driver.
published November, 1998 in the Rocky Mountain Sports
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In spite of Friday'sEast Coast storm that grounded thousands of flights and that weather forecasters predicted could be a record-setting blizzard, 361 Toy dogs showed up at the Hotel Pennsylvania for the Progressive Dog Club show to officially open Westminster week in Manhattan. By sundown on Friday, the 20 inches of snow that were predicted… read more
Westminster Judge Is a Sentimental Soul
Judging the Non-Sporting Group at Westminster Kennel Club 2012 was one of the high points in Randy Garren's life in purebred dogs. And when he stepped into the ring at Madison Square Garden on Monday night, he wasn't the first person ever to mark a special event by wearing something with particular sentimental value. Both… read more


text: Dave wrote: > Given this and my own painful memories of being forced to use ksh, I must > humbly beseech that ksh not be made root's default shell. But what is the alternative? ksh may have some issues but it's still lightyears ahead of csh. How many people really use csh this days? These traditionalists surly can use chsh -- joerg klemenz <firstname.lastname@example.com>


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Blessed Emperor Charles was crowned as Apostolic King of Hungary on the 30th of December in 1916. It was the last Hapsburg coronation to this day. For those interested there are two accounts which do justice to the sacred rites. One is by that most devoted admirer of the Hapsburgs, Gordon Brook-Shepherd, in his excellent biography of Charles, The Last Hapsburg. (Brook-Shepherd also wrote excellent and quite readable biographies of the Empress Zita, of Crown Prince Otto, of Chancellor Dollfuß, and Baron Sir Rudolf von Slatin Pasha).
It is fortuitous that the man who organized much of the coronation was the director of the Royal Hungarian Theaters (including the Budapest Opera House, where he is honoured to this day): none other than Count Miklós Bánffy, one of the greatest novelists ever who ever put pen to paper. His memoirs were translated into English in a single volume, The Phoenix Land, and open with two chapters portraying the coronation. The first deals with the organization of the rites in the middle of wartime Budapest, while the second chapter relays the events of the day itself.
It would not do for either of these accounts to be merely excerpted here, as both should be appreciated in their fullness. Perhaps the reader should seek Brook-Shepherd's biography first, as Count Bánffy's memoirs really should not be read until one completes all 1,440 pages of the nobleman's brilliant Transylvanian Trilogy (They Were Counted, They Were Found Wanting, and They Were Divided); a richly rewarding read.
Very well, I will give you just the briefest excerpt from Bánffy's memoirs:
He was a lovely child; still at that time with the golden-blond hair and rosy cheeks. Since then I have heard his hair has turned dark, and that he greatly resembles his mother.
He was dressed in a resplendent brocade mantle, lined with ermine and decorated with egret feathers, his whole outfit having been designed by [Gyula] Benczúr, and in tiny shoes he tripped along hurriedly so as to keep up with General Count Wallis, whose finger he clutched in a tight little fist.
He was adorable as he moved swiftly through the crowd.
The "little crown prince" is none other than Archduke Otto, still alive to this day (aged 95) and uncrowned emperor in the hearts and minds of many throughout Christendom. The Crown Prince was for many years a Member of the European Parliament and is currently a citizen of Germany (where he lives), Austria, Hungary, and Croatia. Otto was offered the Presidency of Hungary in the euphoria following the fall of Communism, but, to the consternation of many of his Hungarian would-be subjects, the Archduke turned the offer down. History is chock full of "what ifs".
Indivisibiliter ac Inseparabiliter
Wir wollen unser Kaiser wieder!
Viribus Unitis!
Lindo! Deus todo poderoso salve os santos Hadsburgos! Infelizmente a ignorância de um povo do pós-guerra se fez vontade com a tomada do poder no Império e obrigando esses grandes líderes a se retirarem do poder, uma das mais nobres famílias da história! Eles deveriam ser colocados de volta em seu lugar de direito, de volta ao poder, pois foram os grandes monarcas do segundo milênio. O povo deveria reconhecer isso e clamar sua volta ao trono.
Lovely aul pound note. "Bona Fides Reipublicae Stabilitas" #pound #sterling #bankofireland #hibernia #latin #motto… twitter.com/i/web/status/96563…
Well done to Scottish government minister @HumzaYousaf who is giving up Irn-Bru for Lent to raise money for persecu… twitter.com/i/web/status/96555…
We found this in the pub today. A vision of the future? #brexit pic.twitter.com/CqIvxbS41Z
Good god, that clapped out old fool is still at it. pic.twitter.com/iISUzgW7cZ


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WASHINGTON (Jun. 20)
The American Jewish Congress picketed the offices of the National Geographic Magazine today because of its alleged "whitewash" of Syria's treatment of its Jewish citizens and its editor's refusal to correct what the AJ Congress considers "shocking distortions" in an April, 1974 article on Damascus by Robert Azzi.
Phil Baum, associate executive director of the AJ Congress said the article had "left the clear impression that Jews in Syria were treated decently and that the Syrian government maintains a tolerant and even benign attitude toward them. He said that because the Azzi article could be used to "undermine" world-wide efforts to call attention to the "desperate condition" of Syrian Jews, he had met earlier this month with National Geographic editor Gilbert Grosvenor Jr. and other top staff of the magazine which claims a world-wide circulation of more than nine million.
"We did not ask the editors to publish our own views as to the plight of Syrian Jews. We asked only that the National Geographic print…the same admission of the inadequacy of the Azzi article that its staff had repeatedly acknowledged in letters to those readers who troubled to complain," Baum said. "This request was refused," he added. He cited as "misleading" passages in the Azzi article that referred to the Islamic tradition of tolerance and noted that "Even as Syria launched its attack on Israeli troops, Sephardic Jews of Damascus observed Yom Kippur unmolested"; and another passage in which Azzi wrote that "the city of Damascus still tolerantly embraces a significant number of Jews."


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Just got my stripes painted.
For those looking to get stripes painted, here's an option.
I just got my stripes painted at Fisher's Paint and Body in Norman. I did have to take it back to get some swirls buffed out, but in their defense, they did have it while it was dark and rainy. (It took them less than 20 minutes to buff out the swirls). Other than taking it back once, I'm extremely pleased with their work.
Oh yeah, I guess when they wet buff/sand, it gets this whitish stuff EVERYWHERE. They got most of it, but I'm kind of particular. It took me about an hour to get all that "white" stuff cleaned from all the cracks and crevises.
It cost $906. It also cost me $30 to have a sign company make the stickers to get the lettering on the cowl. I had them put the letters on, then they painted GM's Carbon Metalic Black stripes. They then pulled the stickers off to let the RJT show through making the lettering.
There's probably a few things I'd do different if I had to do it again. If you want more info, feel free to PM me I'll be glad to give you my two cents.
Here's some pics.
looks sweet!! :thumbsup:
Very nice. Classy looking combo.
Looks awesome. I do like the decal on it. I been wanting to do something like that to mine. See ya at the game.
Looks good.
Looks great. Nice color combo...
wife has a white one too? cool
Nice job and classy too. :w00t:
Very nice. How long did they keep your car?
They would have had it ready probably Wednessday, but they were shipped a white "SS" for the trunk lid and mine is red. They have to remove it as well as the bowtie on trunk lid because they clear coat the entire lid.
I hope this helps.
Keep in mind too. When I got it back, there was white stuff (sanded clear coat) everywhere. (It seems like I'm still finding it.) Additionally, I found a couple of spots on each rear quarter panels that were "dull" as though they had spilled something on it (down low behind the rear wheels). I used some "oops" to remove it and Meguires cleaner wax and it buffed right out. I'm sure I could have taken it back to them, but I didn't want to give it up again.
They did a beautiful job on the stripes, but they didn't do to good at cleaning her up. Just be prepared for that. I enjoy cleaning the car, so it wasn't that big of deal to me, but it might bother some.
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Several of Metro's rail lines had troubles in the Friday evening commute, creating delays for commuters.
Trains on the Yellow line were single-tracking in the 6 o'clock hour between L'Enfant Plaza and Mt. Vernon Square because a "stud bolt" — a part of the third rail was arcing and generating smoke near L'Enfant Plaza stop.
Dan Stessel, Metro's chief spokesman, said the transit agency's emergency response team was in the tunnel and crews were working to fix the problem.
There were other problems on Metro.
In the 5 o'clock hour, the Blue/Orange lines had three issues — two where trains, one at Smithsonian and one at Rosslyn, had to be off-loaded because of separate door problems. Another train on the Blue/Orange line had to be off-loaded because of a mechanical problem at Federal Triangle.
At 7 p.m., Orange/Blue line trains were "back on regular service frequency," Metro officials tweeted. And crews were working on the problem at L'Enfant Plaza.
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Information is Dead. Spark Transformation Through Authentic Engagement & Interactivity.
"PLAY Without Ceasing" (Interview: Why Work & Play Aren't Opposites...)
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{Photo by Luke Rutan: As CEO of Spark Interaction, Leif Hansen helps people use playful
"applied improvisation" exercises to come up with creative solutions to workplace challenges.
Article Excerpted from SPU's "Response" Magazine., written by Jeffrey Overstreet.}
On Saturday, June 30, 2012, artists and writers gathered in the Seattle International Film Festival's auditorium to learn the secrets of Disney's Pixar Animation Studios. With visions of finding careers in a field that values play, they took notes from the makers of Toy Story and Monsters Inc.
Play is a common theme in Pixar productions. Remember Ratatouille, with the rat who loves to play with food and becomes a full-time chef? Or WALL-E,the robot who turns his trash collection into a treasure hunt?
Wouldn't it be great if going to work always felt like going to a playground?
Pixar animator Matthew Luhn grew up playing in his family's toy store. "Working at Pixar is like having all of the most creative kids from high school here at one company," he says. "I don't have to worry about some producer who's going to get upset at me for goofing around and doing what I do to make the most entertaining movie possible. It's a rare thing."
Rare as his experience may be, recent studies in business, neuroscience, and health suggest that we would benefit from more play in our work.
Leif Hansen '93 wants to make that happen.
Hansen calls himself the "chief engagement officer" of Spark Interaction, where he helps people "bring work to life through play." He hosts events that enable people and organizations to "discover and creatively express their core passions in ways that make this world a more magical, loving, and fun place to be." Asking corporate employees to give ordinary objects arbitrary new names, Hansen gets them fumbling with strange vocabulary until they're laughing through absurd conversations. Later, they're singing "Lean on Me" in harmony.
Hansen has been featured on NBC's Today Show, on PBS online, and in The Los Angeles Times. His work began in the early '90s, while a communications major at Seattle Pacific University studying the effects of screen-based communication on human relationships. "Already there was something in me that knew we were developing this new culture, and that the rules were changing."
Sure, he carries a smartphone, but he believes that we can suffer psychological, neurological, and spiritual damage the more we let our relationships depend on a "technocracy." "We're becoming more isolated and frustrated," he says. "Productivity becomes more important than our relationships, the quality of our relationships, the quality of our work." He laughs, adding, "I call myself a 'skep-tech.'"
What we're missing, he explains, is the stuff of "applied improvisation." "We need human interaction, childlike wonder, opportunities for creativity and innovation and experimentation." So he invites workers to participate in games and theater exercises that take them into unpredictable territory. He calls it "the dark."
"When we're improvising," he says, "we're in the dark. We don't know what's coming next."
In the dark, he says, we make more mistakes. But that's a good thing. "I will often start workshops by saying that, 'Our goal is to accelerate the rate of mistakes. Our goal is to fail as much as possible in the next two hours.' Then you realize, maybe it isn't that big of a deal. Maybe there's no such thing as failure."
He thinks we will be pleased with what can come from the fun of frenzied "failure." That "fun" is what he calls "the hum." "Humor, humility, and human — they all have the 'hum.' It's the 'hum.' that brings us back to earth, to ourselves." While "the hum" may be hard to hear at first, listen closely — it's here at SPU.
In the office of Associate Professor of Biochemistry Benjamin McFarland, you'll find very little difference between work and play. He even uses toys to help illustrate challenging concepts.
In the office of Associate Professor of Biochemistry Benjamin McFarland, you'll find very little difference between work and play. He even uses toys to help illustrate challenging concepts.
"I was in the toy store the other day," says McFarland, "and they had a whole box of tubes that, when you swing them around, make musical notes." Of course, he bought them to use in his classroom. "With a chemist's eyes, I saw that you can only play five notes with them. They're quantized in the same way that electrons are quantized. Quantum mechanics comes from the fact that electrons can only be certain values, and these tubes can only play certain notes."
You'll also find Legos in his office. "I love Legos," he says. "There's something about the level of abstraction with Legos, the way they go together so easily, their bright colors. That's one of the reasons I became a protein chemist. I love the structures of proteins. They remind me of Legos."
Similarly, Hee-Sun Cheon, assistant professor of Marriage and Family Therapy at SPU, found her vocation in her own childhood play.
"I was so into theater, into role-playing," she explains. "I was able to learn how to take different perspectives. That helped me develop empathy. Now, when I hear someone's stories and struggles, my heart really goes through what they experienced. Without empathy and genuine connection, it is very hard to do therapeutic work."
Her experience with "drama therapy" has taught her that humor and playfulness can give us a sense of security and freedom, helping us break out of "stuck-ness" at home ... and at work. "In drama therapy, we have a lot of theater games," she says. "One of them is gibberish. We ask people to use nonsense languages to communicate. The mood is really playful and joyful. They're bonding."
That's the same sort of game that Hansen uses to encourage trust, creativity, and productivity in the workplace. He's made spontaneous gibberish outbursts part of his Spark Interaction activities. And he says that his seminar participants "report more trust, respect, and empathy with their co-workers, and, in their personal lives, a more creative flow."
They often tell him, "I haven't had this much fun since I was a kid!" He claps his hands in triumph. "Exactly!"
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Well, Emily and I have been working on our gardens to varying degrees of success. This year I am still good at growing cabbage worms… my three kale plants can attest to that. The most exciting thing for me this year is that, in addition to my four little tomato plants and some cucumbers, I added some strawberry plants and started some seeds for the first time (some melons)! I tried to start an herb garden but the amount of rain is actually drowning them … I need to add some drainage to my patio container. And, I planted six little kohlrabi plants. Just because they are so funky looking. My garden is not even in a square plot, it is spread throughout various flower beds around my little yard. I even put some corn and pumpkins in my front flowerbed … It will probably look pretty random to passers by here in a few months. You can take the girl out of Indiana …
On that note, while I sit and wait for my garden to grow, I have time to share this with you! This month we have a fun summer giveaway full of some random gardening, cooking, and foraging items. Check out the goodies and enter below!
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Free-Range Chicken Gardens: How to Create a Beautiful, Chicken-Friendly Yard (paperback)
Seasonal Favorites from The Organic Kitchen: Spring/Summer Menus Cookbook (e-book)
The Practical Produce Cookbook: How to Plant, Pick, Prepare and Preserve Produce
Outdoor Cooking Cookbook
Paderno World Cuisine A4982799 Spiral Vegetable Slicer
Miracle Whisk – Sports Edition Mini Whisk
Bamboo (Wooden) Spoon
Fruit & Veggie Keeper
At Home Canning for Beginners & Beyond (DVD)
Canning Essentials Tool 6 Piece Set
Tattler Reusable Canning Lids & Gaskets – Widemouth (1 dozen)
Canning Chart Magnet
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Backyard Foraging: 65 Familiar Plants You Didn't Know You Could Eat
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I think this is an awesome giveaway and an even more awesome way to give the items away. I love the sense of community you have with one another. And the products you are giving away are top-notch! Thanks for the opportunity to win and the neat way you have of letting your people get to know one another and you and what you offer! You Rock!


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Bruce Willis May Star In Heist Film SET UP With Curtis Jackson And Paul Walker
Bruce Willis may star opposite Curtis "50 Cent" Jackson and Paul Walker in a new heist movie called Set Up to be directed by Mike Gunther. Hannibal Films has been working to sell this project to foreign buyers at AFM.
Set Up would be the first film under the recently funded Cheetah Vision banner. Cheetah Vision is a partnership between Jackson and Randall Emmett and George Furla's Hedge Fund Film Partners. Fred Malmberg (Conan) will serve as executive producer of this film. The group has teamed for a 10 picture movie deal which will be released by Lionsgate in the US.
The film is about a group of friends who find themselves in the middle of a diamond heist that turns deadly. I really like heist movies and the cast seems decent so this is a movie I am looking forward to.
Bruce Willis will most likely sign on for Set Up seeing as how it would continue his relationship with Curtis Jackson, Emmett and Furla who are involved in the production of Willis' film Catch .44.
Emmett/Furla Films know a thing or two about action related movies. They have produced Righteous Kill,16 Blocks and Street Kings. I love action movies and also have always been a fan of heist movies. What are your thoughts on this news?


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Tiësto Announces 'A Town Called Paradise' Album with 'Wasted' Video
It's going to be a huge summer for Tiësto, whose announced the release of his new artist album A Town Called Paradise , due out June 16 via Musical Freedom & Casablanca Records. The album features his smash single "Red Lights" as well as a set of high-profile collaborations from the both the dance and pop worlds, including Hardwell, Firebeatz, Icona Pop, and Krewella. The Dutch DJ/producer is also prepping a deluxe edition of the release, which will include four bonus tracks in addition to the standard version's 14 tracks.
In addition to the album announcement, Tiësto has also premiered the video for his addicting new single "Wasted," which was first heard during his headlining set at Ultra Music Festival last month. Watch the video below. For more information, go to Tiesto.com.
A Town Called Paradise tracklist
1. Tiësto – Red Lights
2. Tiësto – Footprints feat. Cruickshank
3. Tiësto – Light Years Away feat. DBX
4. Tiësto – A Town Called Paradise feat. Zac Barnett from American Authors
5. Tiësto & Hardwell – Written In Reverse feat. Matthew Koma
6. Tiësto – Echoes feat. Andreas Moe
7. Tiësto & Firebeatz – Last Train feat. Ladyhawke
8. Tiësto – Wasted feat. Matthew Koma
9. Tiësto – Let's Go feat. Icona Pop
10. Tiësto – The Feeling feat. Ou Est Le Swimming Pool
11. Tiësto – Shimmer feat. Christian Burns
12. Tiesto & Kaaze – Rocky
13. Tiësto and Sultan & Shepard – Close To Me feat. Quilla
14. Tiësto – Set Yourself Free feat. Krewella


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HANOVER (Oct. 29)
Four former SS and police guards were convicted today of complicity in the wartime slaughter of more than 5, 000 Jews in occupied Poland and were sentenced to prison terms of two to five years. A fifth defendant killed himself shortly before the trial opened.
The four former Nazis were found guilty in the four-month trial of rounding up and deporting the victims from the Wlodawa Ghetto to the Sobibor death camp. The five-year term was imposed on Anton Mueller, 56, former SS trooper. Former police officer Josef Schmidt, 66, was given two-and-a-half years. Former police officer Luitpold Fuhrmann, 66, and former SS guard Adolf Schaub, 51, each received two-year terms.


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We will keep updating this until the trade deadline: February 26th, 2012
Here we go again, the trade rumors are circling and the Pittsburgh Penguins have been brought up again over and over mostly mentioning the Penguins picking up rental players. Click Here for info on: Pittsburgh Penguins Cap Space
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Pittsburgh Penguins 2013 Deadline Trade Rumors
Thursday night on PenguinPoop Radio we dicussed the NHL Trade Deadline and what Ray Shero may do with Darryl Dobbs of DobberHockey.com. You can listen to it here: PenguinPoop Radio – Pittsbugh Penguins Trade Deadline Talk with Dobber
*We discussed some moves the Pittsburgh Penguins might look to make at trade deadline last Thursday with NHL Network analyst Craig Button who's father used to be the Pittsburgh Penguins GM tonight on PenguinPoop Radio. Listen to the discussion here: PenguinPoop Radio: Pittsburgh Penguins trade talk with Craig Button
—————- February 26th, 2012
Tim Lucarelli – DobberHockey – "a look at some potential movers… Steve Sullivan, LW, Pittsburgh – Sullivan is one player who hasn't quite lived up to expectations (scoring just less than one point every two games), but he also has not had the benefit of playing with both Crosby and Malkin in the lineup all season. Pittsburgh seems to be one of those teams that can win games with just about anybody in the lineup, so Sullivan and his $1.5M salary are certainly going to be expendable. A new home could certainly spark the aging veteran."
*Krundles Thoughts: Confused on this one. Sullivan 11 goals 34 points – $1.5 mil salary. Hemsky from Edmonton just signed a 2 year $10 mil contract with 5 goals 27 points. Sullivan has met expectations and more. 'nuff said.
Dave Molinari – Post-Gazette – "Of course, there isn't exactly a glut of goal-scoring wingers being shopped at the moment, and the ones who are haven't exactly been marked down for quick sale. To this point, it has been very much a seller's market, mostly because so few clubs have been willing to write off the season. There's also another factor that could influence whether Shero makes an impact move: With the 2012 entry draft scheduled for Consol Energy Center, the Penguins likely are reluctant to part with their first-round draft choice." Read More: On the Penguins: The deadline and Ray Shero
*Krundles Thoughts: Things are slow on the rumor front for Pittsburgh, way slower than I've seen in years. This could be a good thing. If there are no names being talked about, most likely Sidney Crosby is expected to return. Ryan Malone (read more on him below) didn't make much of a case for himself on Saturday. His horrible play actually managed to make a case against picking him up. Malone's salary next year goes down to $3 million, but his cap his is still a whopping $4.5 million. Since we play Columbus today I image a few rumors will surface later this afternoon
* Our annual trade page will be running tomorrow from 9am until 5pm that we will update the minute we hear anything. It will have rumors and actual Pittsburgh Penguins trades of new and former Penguins.
—————- February 24th, 2012
Eklund – HockeyBuzz.com – On Ryan Malone… Hearing the Penguins are seriously interested in Ryan Malone and just need to figure out the Cap hit and to the best they can decipher what this season holds for Crosby. It is quite the bind the Pens are in, but as I wrote previously, the only team Malone would waive his No trade to play for would be Pittsburgh…and the Pens really want him. He would be a great fit right now going into the playoffs.
* Dunlops Thoughts – Ryan Malone would be a huge asset to the Penguins. I think he adds a much needed physical presence in front of the net, he can add some scoring and (maybe most importantly) he can contribute to the team's chemistry. There are some issues, however. He has had some injury issues and his cap hit is a problem. ($4.5 mil) I loved him when he was here and I would love to see him back here again……Very interesting.
—————- February 23rd, 2012
Dejan Kovacevic – TRIB REVIEW – "The concept of showcasing for trades in sports is way overblown. Tangradi was playing in full view of the public in Wilkes-Barre and, while that's not facing NHL competition, the traits scouts want to see (skating, shooting, vision) all are on display there. Plain and simple, Tangradi is a lousy fit for the Penguins. If you can't skate, you can't play in a Dan Bylsma system. Tangradi is not a great skater, and there's little use beyond that for a really big forward who stickhandles a lot."
Dave Lozo – NHL.com – "No one, not even GM Ray Shero, seems to know if Sidney Crosby will return this season. If Shero does know, he hasn't told anyone. Crosby's unknown status puts him in a sticky predicament in the coming days: if he feels Crosby will be back for the postseason, that's better than any move anyone will make at the deadline, but if he feels Crosby won't return, what will he do to improve his team? Even without Crosby, the Penguins have what it takes to win a championship, so it's not as though the walls are closing in on Shero. He can stand pat and still win a Cup. But he'll likely feel the need to make a minor move to give Evgeni Malkin and James Neal some support. Everything revolves around Crosby in Pittsburgh, but Shero shouldn't feel desperate to make magic happen with a trade. "
—————- February 22nd, 2012
Shelly Anderson – POST-GAZETTE – "Tangradi entered the game Tuesday night against the New York Rangers at Consol Energy Center with no points in 12 NHL games over three previous promotions this season. In 16 games over the previous two seasons, he had one goal, three assists. He has 15 goals, 31 points in 37 games for Wilkes-Barre this season. There seems to be some sentiment that the left winger could be trade bait because he hasn't developed into the full-time NHL power forward envisioned by the club when it acquired him in a February 2009 trade with Anaheim or that he might interest a team that can fit him into its top two lines." Read More: "Tangradi hopes he won't be trade bait"
*Krundles Thoughts: Could a big trade be brewing? Tangradi was called up out of the blue on a day that Columbus who may or may not be doing a team overhaul had their scouts in town including ex-Penguins GM Craig Patrick. Tangradi played even though the Penguins had a healthy scratched player ready and waiting. Columbus also had scouts at the Penguins vs Flyers game last week and the Penguins are the last game Columbus plays before the trade deadline on Monday. Penguins & the Blue Jackets have already made a trade this year if you remember Letetsu being traded for a fourth round pick in November. *Columbus may be interested in a defenseman. They have more goals against than any other team in the NHL. Could the Pens be packaging a Martin, Tangradi and/or others for a Nash, Carter or Umberger?
—————- February 21st, 2012
Alan Robinson – Winnipeg Free Press – "The Penguins possess some potentially attractive pieces to move should they unexpectedly shift gears and decide to swing a deal. Defenceman Paul Martin, who has struggled to adapt to Bylsma's system since being signed more than 18 months ago and was minus-11 ahead of Tuesday's game against the Rangers, is a potential trade candidate. So is defenceman Zbynek Michalek, who doesn't totally look comfortable in the Penguins system either. The downside is trading either one would leave the Penguins without one of their top four defencemen and might weaken a team that has overachieved for a second straight season." Read More: With no Crosby, Penguins may decide to pass on making a deadline deal
Ryan Ma – DobberHockey.com -" Taylor Pyatt could potentially draw some interest. His 115 HITs is currently ranked 41st amongst all forwards and his 41-games of playoff experience could also come in handy for a team looking for a veteran presence in the locker room. He's presently being under-used at the moment while averaging just 12:13 per contest for the Yotes, a warning sign that he might be finding a new home on Feb 27th. Potential destination: Tampa Bay, Florida or Pittsburgh(?) could make sense."
Ryan Ma – DobberHockey.com -"..it could result in one of their well-known, veteran blue-liners, Michal Rozsival or Adrian Aucoin, being moved at the deadline. Aucoin would draw a bit more interest since he contributes in a variety of categories (points, SOG, HITs and BS), but he would also command more of a return as well. Rozsival would probably be a more affordable option for potential suitors to poach. Potential destination: Washington, Winnipeg, Islanders or Pittsburgh could make sense." Read More: Movers and Shakers Part Three (West 2012)
*Krundles Thoughts: Seriously don't know why the Penguins who are overloaded with defensemen would need/want another.
Eklund – HockeyBuzz.com – The big question mark with Mason may be Sidney Crosby's health. If Sidney isn't coming back (and he is hopeful and skating now) the Penguins could turn and trade for Mason Raymond and he would be a fantastic fit. I believe Mason Raymond is also one of the most underrated possibilities of the deadline.
—————- February 20th, 2012
Dejan Kovacevic – TRIBUNE REVIEW – "As Shero suggested, another sniper would be welcome. Maybe even an older one, a la Gary Roberts or Bill Guerin. But I don't want to see another Alexei Ponikarovsky or Kovalev — or anyone named Alexei, really — added to sour things. Oh, and there isn't much on the rental market, either." Read more: Kovacevic: Penguins' answers within
*Krundles Thoughts: Nikolai Kulemin a 6ft 1″ winger who scored 30 goals last year for the Maple Leafs, who was born and raised in the same town as Evgeni Malkin and played on the same Metallurg Magnitogorsk team with Malkin for four years is rumored to be available. Kulemin is struggling this year with only 6 goals and is a Restricted Free Agent at the end of the season. Here is what the Sporting News said "The Maple Leafs' Nikolai Kulemin is a fine example. The Russian was a 30-goal scorer a season ago, but his future in Toronto is clouded by the fact he will be due for a raise from his current $2.35 million cap hit on a team that already has $51.2 million committed to 16 players next season and needs significant upgrades to contend for a Cup" The Penguins would have to move someone to free up some cap space, but this guy could be the answer to the big scoring winger the Pens need.
—————- February 19th, 2012
Kevin McGran – TheStar.com – Listed as "Standing Pat" at the deadline – "PITTSBURGH: Might add something small, but wouldn't Sidney Crosby returning have a bigger impact?"
This is not a rumor: Ray Shero announced today the Penguins have signed forward James Neal to a 6 year contract extension set to begin with the 2012/2013 season. Neal, who was due to become a Restricted Free Agent on July 1st had just scored his 30th goal of the season yesterday in Pittsburgh's 6 – 4 win over the Philadelphia Flyers. This will keep Neal locked up with the Penguins through the 2017/2018 season at an annual salary cap hit of $5 million per season, a very favorable cap hit considering the goal scoring tear that he is on this year.
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Ryan Ma – DobberHockey.com -"The Stars currently have seven rostered blue-liners which could lead to Sheldon Souray being moved at the deadline. His current stat-line of 18 points, a plus 11 rating, 59 PIMs and 132 SOG, isn't all that impressive, but there is a latent offensive side to his game which most GMs are well aware of and could be willing to gamble for the playoffs. Potential destination: Washington, Florida or Pittsburgh(?) could make sense." also "The main drawback has always been Hemsky's band-aid boy status, but could teams overlook that fact and snag themselves a bargain? Potential destination: Pittsburgh (they moved Alex Goligoski for James Neal and Matt Niskanen last campaign), could they do something like Hemsky + Cam Barker for Simon Depres and a draft pick? "
Shelly Anderson – POST-GAZETTE – "The NHL trade deadline is nine days away, and there are less than six weeks in the Penguins' regular season after that. It might be easier for general manager Ray Shero and his staff to know what moves, if any, to pursue if he had an idea whether center and captain Sidney Crosby might be back in the lineup before the playoffs. – Read More: "Crosby's status creates trade-deadline problem for Penguins"
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Mike Colligan – Hockey Writers – "Moore would have been an interesting addition to the Pittsburgh Penguins with his versatility, grittiness and speed, but the package of picks surrendered by the Sharks was probably out of GM Ray Shero's price range. In Part I of our trade deadline preview, we discussed the needs of the Penguins and why a player like Moore would have been on the Penguins wish list — at the right price. In Part II we discussed whether Shero would entertain trading a high-priced defenseman like Paul Martin or even prospects like Eric Tangradi and Dustin Jeffrey. So who will the Penguins target? In the final part of our preview, it's time to name names. " Read More: Pittsburgh Penguins Trade Deadline: The Options
Scott Cullen – TSN.com – The wildcard for the Eastern Conference may be the Pittsburgh Penguins. If they know they will have Sidney Crosby available, the Penguins are likely Cup contenders and can make the kind of move that might put them over the hump. If Crosby's status is uncertain, however, then the Penguins may need to be more ambitious in their attempts to provide additional help for Evgeni Malkin and company.
—————- February 16th, 2012
Dejan Kovacevic – TRIBUNE REVIEW – "And let's tackle (Rick) Nash as long as we're in mythbusting mode here: The Blue Jackets want a package of elite young players/prospects for Nash. Scott Howson, the bright young GM in Columbus, is hoping to use Nash as a leaping-off point for a different generation of Jackets after this one has done nothing for a decade. Jordan Staal isn't in that age group. Neither are about 99 percent of the names I've seen floated regarding Nash."
Hooks Orpik – Pensburgh – Canadiens – Travis Moen – "Potential, suggested reasonable trade: middle level prospect and/or a pick
Why it could happen: Classic UFA-to-be on a team not making the playoffs. Unlike Hemsky, Moen's physical style seems more fit for the Penguins in terms of his attitude on the ice and the way he plays the game. Why it couldn't happen: Moen, while a physical player and a playoff-type performer (remember his 7 goals and 12 points in Anaheim's 2007 Cup run?) only has 52 goals in 572 career games. The Penguins have a bevy of checking line wingers and with a finite amount of space under the salary cap, are they really going to use it to acquire another non-descript, hard-working winger with a lack of scoring touch? (On second thought, maybe this rationale should go on the "why it will happen line")." Hooks also mentions Ryan Malone, Ales Hemsley, David Jones & Rick Nash – Read More: "Trade Deadline: Possible Targets for Pittsburgh (forwards edition)"
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John Yohe – TRIBUNE REVIEW – "The well-documented struggles of defenseman Paul Martin have led many around the NHL to believe the Penguins will seek a top-four defenseman before the Feb. 27 trade deadline."
Brian Metzer – From The Point – "At the end of the day, (David) Jones could make a lot of sense for both sides. The Avs could get a draft pick or player such as Eric Tangradi, while the Penguins get themselves a big forward with touch, who provides depth for the playoffs. They could also sign Jones to a cap friendly contract if they so choose to after his stretch run/playoffs audition. If not, Jones can walk and no one is really losing anything in the deal. It is a vintage low risk, high reward trade that could pay off in spades if it were to come to pass. The final piece of evidence that has my eyes trained on this situation is the fact that the Avalanche were scouting the Penguins games over the weekend. Does it mean anything? Maybe, maybe not… but it is certainly something to think about as we barrel towards the deadline." Read More: "Penguins' Trade Deadline Speculation:
Corey Masiak – NHL.com – "Which GMs have proven they aren't afraid to make a bold move? Speaking of Kaberle, Boston GM Peter Chiarelli certainly fits here. He made three significant moves before the deadline last year, and once traded his top young player (Phil Kessel). Pittsburgh GM Ray Shero has made several moves in the past five years to help the Penguins, and adding James Neal for Alex Goligoski last season was bold."
—————- February 12th, 2012
PenguinPoop Staff writer Rick Buker > "I propose that Pens general manager Ray Shero package reserve defenseman Ben Lovejoy and prospect Eric Tangradi to the Lightning for right wing Steve Downie. If he could wrangle a mid-round draft pick out of Bolts GM Steve Yzerman, that'd be great. The trade would make sense for both teams. The Lightning (7-1-2 in their last 10 games) still harbor hopes of making the playoffs. Yet it's no secret they have one of the weakest defensive corps in the league. Lovejoy would give the Bolts what they so desperately need."
Read More: Penguins to Bolts: Let's Make a Deal
Jonathan Bombulie – TRIBUNE-REVIEW – When Eric Tangradi was a late scratch for a Feb. 3 Baby Pens game, Internet speculation ran rampant that he was about to be traded. As it turns out, there was a reasonable explanation for his absence — he suffered back spasms earlier in the day — but Tangradi has resigned himself to the fact that such talk will probably continue until the NHL's trade deadline Feb. 27. "It seems like every deadline comes around, I see my name being thrown around somewhere," Tangradi said. "It's something I've gotten used to. I'm a third-year pro. I've seen all angles. It's just another day at the office for me."
Read more: Tangradi braces for another trade deadline – Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
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Kevin Allen – USA TODAY – If injured Sidney Crosby can come back, it would have a larger impact than any deal any team will make. The question: Can he come back this season?
*Krundle's Thoughts: It is simple math, just like last year. If the Penguins make a move for a player (last year it was Kovalev) with a high salary without giving up a even salary then they know that Crosby will not be back at least until the playoffs start. My personal guess is that Crosby will be back with 10 games remaining in the season.
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This is not a rumor: The Penguins picked up 25 year old 6′ Center Cal O'Reilly off waivers from Phoenix. His cap hit is $375,000. O'Reilly was originally drafted by Penguins GM Ray Shero back when Shero worked for the Nashville Predators. It is unknown where O'Reilly fits into the Pens lineup, but this could be a pre-cursor to more moves by Ray Shero. O'Reily has 13 goals and 40 points in 107 games and does not have any NHL playoff experience.
Eklund @ HockeyBuzz – "Ray Whitney to Nashville continues to persist, and I will continue to say what a perfect fit he would be for the Preds. Yesterday I was also told Hitchcock likes him in St. Louis as well. The Pens are also part of this."
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Scott Cullen – TSN.COM – "The wild card for the Eastern Conference may be the Pittsburgh Penguins. If they know they will have Sidney Crosby available, the Penguins are likely Cup contenders and can make the kind of move that might put them over the hump." "Pittsburgh should at least upgrade their secondary scoring. Even once Jordan Staal returns to the lineup, Malkin, James Neal and Chris Kunitz could use additional support if the Penguins are going to make serious noise in the postseason. "
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OTTAWA SUN – "Montreal D Hal Gill will be a hot commodity once the Habs decide to start unloading. The Flyers, Penguins, Panthers and Senators all have interest. Don't be surprised if Pittsburgh brings back Gill; the Penguins never wanted to lose him to free agency weeks after he helped them win the Cup in 2009″
OTTAWA SUN – "The Penguins have more than a passing interest in Tampa's Dominic Moore. They aren't the only team, either."
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DOBBERHOCKEY.COM – "It is a question of when, and not if, Ales Hemsky is traded. Do the Kings and Oilers put the Smyth saga behind them and hash a deal out here? Pittsburgh would definitely have some interest, as well."
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Here we go again, the trade rumors are circling and the Pittsburgh Penguins have been brought up again over and over mostly mentioning the Penguins picking up rental players. The NHL trade deadline is February 27, 2012 and I'm sure if this is anything like last year, Penguins GM Ray Shero is hard at work on a game plan.
The Pittsburgh Penguins have only a couple hundred thousand in cap space but they make up for that in Long Term Injury Reserve (LTIR) cash. My estimates, and this all depends on if Sidney Crosby returns before the playoffs. If he doesn't, by trade deadline day Ray Shero could have about $6 million to play with in cap space. If he does return they have only about 1 million in cap, and Shero likes to keep that for his "emergency funds"
The problem for the Penguins is that the Money is almost all coming from LTIR cash. This is money derived from players who still need to be paid but are not playing. Last year the Penguins were allowed to spend over the cap limit the same way because of injuries and ended up losing money, according to Forbes Magazine, even though they sold out every game. Most likely because they did not make it to the second round of the playoffs.
The big question is: Will Penguins owners Mario Lemieux & Ronald Burkle want to do that again this year?
Last year we did a page the same way and Goligoski's name was mentioned, Kovalev and a few others, but at the same time James Neal's name never came up by any of the big trade rumor people out there.
View it here: Pittsburgh Penguins 2011 Trade Rumors
A few names have been tossed around again this year. Player like Teemu Selanne who I don't believe will leave the Ducks, Ales Hemsky from the Oilers, ex-Penguin Hal Gill and a bunch more. I think Philadelphia is going to make a bigger run at Hal Gill to replace Chris Pronger than the Pens ever will. Especially since we have more defensemen than we know what to do with.
Speaking of defensemen. With the emergence of Simon Després a Penguins defenseman or two could be going. I know everyone is looking to unload Martin's salary, but look at the Penguins shots against totals when we have all are defense. The guy is logging the most time and is doing what he was brought in for. Spector's Hockey said this on January 19th : "Some Pittsburgh fans and pundits have called for Martin to be shopped, but if he continues his improvement in the coming weeks, he'll become too valuable to move"
Penguins fans are also looking to ship out Steve Sullivan and that cracks me up. Sullivan is quarterbacking the powerplay and has it running better than its been years. The only way the Penguins should get rid of Sullivan is if they know Crosby is coming back this season. Throw Crosby on the point on the power play. The guy can run it from there and he will have a less chance of getting injured in front of the net.
What Shero most likely will be looking for once again will be a rough and tumble winger for Crosby's line that can put the puck in the net. Will he sacrifice a player or two to do it. Yes he will. It could be Kennedy, Cooke, Dupuis, who knows, it would depend on how good a player he can get. ex-Penguin Dominic Moore from Tampa has been mentioned.
How it will all shape up we have no idea. It's going to be a fun ride once again. It always is. We try to pick at least semi-respected sources, but don't always succeed and as we said up above, we will update this list as is needed:


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On Wed, Mar 31, 2004 at 01:40:52PM -0500, Peter F. Patel-Schneider wrote: > > Deploying new media types is currently expensive; if you have the option > > between communicating some information using application/rdf+xml, > > instead of with application/prs.pps.foobar+rdf+xml, you should, in > > general, opt for the former (unless you know the recipient can handle > > it, of course, but obtaining that information doesn't scale). > > Well, sure, if you have the option. However, what if you don't? > > The example that I used before > > ex:foo owl:sameAs ex:bar . > > has a different meaning when treated as an OWL ontology than when treated > as an RDF ontology. Sending it as application/rdf+xml means, to me, that > you are sending as a triple with no special meaning attached to owl:sameAs, Yes, it means that to me too. > whereas if it is sent as OWL (by whatever means you like) then the triple > means that ex:foo and ex:bar have the same denotation. Yes, exactly. So by "what if you don't", do you mean that there's no equivalent licensed-as-RDF graph which can communicate that same information? > Actually I would much prefer to send it (or a close variation of it) as > the OWL ontology > > Ontology( > Class(ex:foo complete ex:bar) > ) > > which, to me, is much preferable in every way. I'll have to look that up. > > I can forsee the day when we have dereferenceable media types so that an > > agent can, upon seeing an unrecognized one, dereference it to learn that > > it's just a specialization of some type it already knows (e.g. in terms > > of application/rdf+xml) with its own axiomatic triples. But until > > that's common practice, I think it's best to avoid minting new ones. > > Well, that assumes that you have some powerful logic backing up the > communication, which is certainly not the case with RDF. Even if you do, > I would not advocate this approach, instead retaining an approach where the > formalism in which the communication is to be interpreted is sent by > reference and is not specified as a theory in this powerful logic. Agreed. Mark. -- Mark Baker. Ottawa, Ontario, CANADA. http://www.markbaker.caReceived on Wednesday, 31 March 2004 14:59:58 UTC
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Ia m helping a friend try to fix his issue, He has a 2001 Ford Expidition 4x4 with a 5.4l engine. When driving the truck Normally everything opperate fine, only when he depresss the accelerator quicky and to the floor will it just stop acclerating and lose all forward momentun. If he does it slowly everything is fine. When the truck is in park or nuetral and you depress the accelerator quickly it opperatesd like it should. It ONLY happens while in gear and does it at any speed 5mph-70mph, There are no codes active or stored.
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Surviving on a single income. Couples take turns at earning and learning.
Since then Mark and Cris have traded off one more time. At 52, Cris stopped working, and she has just finished her first year of law school. "I knew Cris had always wanted to study law," Mark says. "So I told her, 'This is your chance to do something for yourself. Why don't you do it?'"Was this an easy choice? Sure, they both say. "It's never been a question of one works while the other loafs," says Cris. "We're not the type of people to sit around. And neither of us has ego about being the money earner."
Ruth Hayden, a leading voice on the subject of personal finance, believes taking turns earning is "the wave of the future." Author of For Richer, Not Poorer: The Money Book for Couples, Hayden is a passionate advocate for the power of flexibility to preserve and improve marriages, especially in an era of increasing longevity when the feasible age for retirement is being pushed upwards into the seventies. "When we're going to live as long as we are, neither one of us can stay stuck in a job that we don't like," she argues. "If you're going to be a long-term couple, you have to be willing and prepared to take turns holding the responsibility for the financial support. One of the primary reasons for divorce," she adds, "is that people feel trapped, and they think if they leave the marriage, they'll feel free again."
Steve H. felt extremely trapped. A graphic designer at a slick magazine, he began feeling less and less satisfied at his job and more and more interested in his church activities. "It got to the point," he says, "that I was taking a portable CD player to work and listening to Russian church music in order to distract myself."
His wife, Clancy D., was sympathetic. An editor of books and newsletters for a research institute, Clancy could provide health insurance for both Steve and their baby boy if Steve were to make a change. And she had always seen her income as family income. "She has consistently said, 'Look, this is our money,'" Steve explains. So, after testing the waters with a job in a church office, Steve applied to a nearby seminary, and today is studying to become a priest.
When he's ordained, Clancy will enjoy the same freedom to change careers or take a break. "Part of the calculus of this setup is that there will be a good job for me on the other side," Steve says, "and then Clancy can see what moves her."
Yet solutions like Steve and Clancy's are rare. Sheryl Garrett, a certified financial planner who has just published Money Without Matrimony: The Unmarried Couples' Guide to Financial Security, says she counts just one client out of 50 who has taken this sort of leap. Couples simply don't plan for big change, generally, unless they are faced with a crisis like layoffs or problems with the kids.The reasons for this rigidity are threefold. First, says Garrett, we fear exclusion: that if we leave a job for six months or two years, we'll be forgotten; we'll lose our contacts and our credibility. "People worry," she says, "that they won't get back into the workforce. But that's not the case if they have marketable skills. And if they don't," she adds, "they can put acquiring them into their long-range plan."
Garrett's view is that doing something exciting and new for a period of time—"Go to the Galapagos! Take up piano!"—can actually be a plus for returning to the workforce. "If I were asked in an interview what I've been doing for the last year," she hypothesizes, "I would make the year sound so damn fabulous and refreshing that it would be the envy of anyone who's interviewing me!"
More frightening to most people than any difficulty re-entering the job market, however, is surviving on a single paycheck while you're out of it. Overcoming this concern is at the heart of adopting the taking-turns mentality. No two-income couple can choose the trade-off route without cutting back. Cris and Mark sold off a car. Another couple, Debbie and Pat E., drink cheaper wine. Laura M. and Graham C. go to fewer concerts; they've quit shopping at the upscale market; and if they eat out, says Laura, "it's the burrito thing."
The trouble is that, for many, such cutbacks are far from enough. "The problem of couples today," says financial expert Hayden, who has a two-and-a-half year waiting list for her consulting services, "is that they spend up to what they make when they're both working." With rent and clothes and loan payments already demanding two salaries, how do you get down to one? "I talk to my clients about what I call under-consuming, a concept they don't even think of." In short, "you need to make sure that your lifestyle isn't leveraging both incomes."
It's a difficult proposition these days. But couples who plan for time-outs and life-changes find ways to beat the need for double paychecks. "When we bought a house in 1993," says Cris G., "we went against the prevailing advice, which was to buy as much house as you could afford. Even though we were both working, we bought a house we could afford on one income."
Steve H. and Clancy D. landed subsidized housing provided by the seminary, and Debbie E. and her husband had spent so many exhausting years climbing their professional ladders, they'd accumulated enough savings to accommodate a change.There's a third great obstacle, however, to the taking-turns lifestyle: Evidently, many modern couples are still years away from transcending old-fashioned gender roles. Even when women work, both men and women tend to see the woman's income as discretionary—as, in Hayden's words, "volunteer work with a bonus." To achieve the flexibility Hayden espouses, women may face new pressures to earn more. Desperate Housewives fans will remember the look of shock on Lynette Scavo's face when her husband, Tom, announced he'd start doing the rough work of taking care of the home while she went back to her high-powered career. But for guys, the take-turns approach can be impossible to imagine. "A lot of times they react with disbelief," says Hayden. "They just don't believe taking time off is possible. Sometimes they laugh and get nervous, but after we talk about it, they experience relief."
Luckily, we're not all still oppressed by '50s stereotyping. When Debbie E., whose tech startup was wooing her to increase her commitment and become president, and her husband, a reluctant attorney, decided that one of them needed to slow down and take care of the rest of their lives, they deliberated for months over who it would be.
"There had never been a question of whether or not I worked," says Debbie about their conundrum. "That's who I was. That's who he fell in love with." So when Pat agonized over whether he should leave a job he didn't love or hang on to his hard-won law practice, Debbie finally said, "Honey, you've got to pick one!"
In the end, they decided Debbie would take a break—and she's loving it. But she's spending a good deal of time fantasizing about how, in the future, they'll flip-flop. Whether it's a sabbatical in a low-cost country or starting a business of his own, Pat will get his chance at freedom.
That back-and-forth might be one of the healthiest things he and Debbie ever do for their marriage. As Ruth Hayden puts it, "Something else happens when couples take turns: They can really see themselves in the long term."


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Lunar Modular Unit
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- Release Date: 1/2/2001
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Brown25's second album, 'lunar modular unit' continues down the path of bizarre, cut-n-paste, one-man-band kitchen sink psuedo-pop as his debut self-titled disc. However, brown's second outing spotlights a more confident and comfortable studio expedition. 'lunar modular unit' combines the slackeresque delivery of Pavement, the raw DIY energy of Guided by Voices, and the synthetic-meets-acoustic experimentation of Beck in a cohesive and psychodelic whole.


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I have redone this problem many times, and can't seem to figure it out!
The problem is to use the ratio test to find the limit and convergence of this series:
Now, using the ratio test, I come up with this:
How do I expand this to cancel the series out? This is what I tried:
However, when I cancel everything out, I get which results in the limit being 0.
But 0 is not the correct limit.
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If you happen to watch a TV show called ``Chicago Week in Review``
tonight, you might notice that three of the panelists look a little green around the gills.
Don`t worry. It`s not your TV set`s color control.
That show was taped Wednesday night. When I left my office, I ran into one of the panelists, Lois Wille of the Tribune`s Editorial Page, as she was leaving for the Channel 11 studio, which is on the Far Northwest Side.


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The University, Residence Halls and parking facilities are patrolled by security guards for your safety and protection.
The areas in and around the Residence Halls are well lit. Each Residence Hall has one or two Resident Advisors who are there to assist you with any problems you may have. Residents are provided with electronic swipe cards for access to dormitories.
Each of AJU's four student residence halls contains 24 double occupancy rooms.
All rooms have private baths. Each residence hall also has a first floor room designed especially for disabled residents.
AJU students living in the residence halls must contract with the University Food Service. Contracts are offered on a yearly basis only.
The meal plan is optional for apartment residents. All meals follow Jewish dietary laws (kosher) and are served in the AJU Berg Dining Hall.
Sixteen furnished one bedroom/one bath and 4 furnished 2 bedrooms/1 bath apartments are available for married students or single students who are at least 21 years old (normally reserved for students who are either married, have children, and/or are graduate students.) Each apartment contains a fully equipped kitchen with a refrigerator, oven, and dishwasher. Residents will need to provide their own cooking and eating utensils, bed linens and towels.


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The CWA may be synonymous with scones, jam and cream - but don't be fooled. It's really part of a bigger Country Womens Association strategy.
The women's lobby group is pumping out around 3,000 scones over four days through its Scone Bar at his week's Royal Hobart Show.
The Scone Bar has been a Royal Show institution for more than two decades, and is a refuge for tired show patrons needing a top-up with a dose of country hospitality.
Southern Group president Lindy Cleland says the scones are just a means to an end, a practical way of promoting the CWA and advocating for women.