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Jets, Roar play out 0-0 draw
Souths ease past injury-hit Dragons 28-10
Brumbies too slick for Rebels 30-13
Wests Tigers re-sign Liam Fulton
Eels confirm Papalii signing
Kangaroos beat Tigers, Demons in AFL
Ten terminates CEO James Warburton
Volunteer firefighter dies after WA blaze
Arnold urges Mariners to react to loss
Labor can win under Rudd, Qld poll says
Fox starts well in slalom canoe event
A new Del at Broncos ready to step up
All eyes on Neill debut for Sydney FC
Wanderers cool on verge of A-League lead
Tigers to set WA big run-chase at WACA
High $A keeping rates low, says RBA
Wild weather causes damage in Ballina
Reds braced for Waratah demolition job
Hawks will play it safe on Hodge in AFL
Zygier had no contact with ASIO: Dreyfus
AOC could withdraw funding for swimmers
Budget deficit not a surprise: RBA boss
Late fade-outs cost us: Bulldogs
Boom Red the centre of 'Tahs attention
Atley latest 'Roo to re-sign in AFL
States have time to find Gonski funds: PM
Miners in WA to be asked to give up leases
Australia A thrash Lions to clinch series
On credit card surcharge talk to ACCC: RBA
Belgium 'Joker' on trial for killing spree
Chiefs trample Highlanders 41-27
Pistorius in court for final bail bid
New Chinese leader to visit Moscow first
Warriors seek intensity in final NRL trial
NYPD, Microsoft create crime-fighting tech system
Tiger, Rory out of match play, Aussies win
Google, Facebook execs award $US33m in prizes
Scientists use 3D printing to help grow an ear
What the pizza-delivery man saw: Zumba sex trial begins
Strauss-Kahn livid as lover turns affair into book
Laura Bush baulks at gay marriage ad
Biden remembers Sandy Hook victims
Ex-policeman who inspired TV movie jailed over wife's death
Europe must beef up asteroid vigilance: ESA
Tough times in Buckingham Palace
Pyramid of pharaoh's adviser discovered
Republicans urge Obama against Hagel pick
Defiant Bo Xilai on hunger strike
Islamist gunmen back inside captured Mali town
Egyptian protesters: send Mursi to space
New Saudi case lifts SARS-like virus death toll
Vatican scandal cited in Pope resignation
Vatican scandal cited in Pope resignation
Hotel spat sparked Vegas shootout: cops
Damascus hit by its deadliest bombing
Palestinian hunger strike demonstrations spark clashes
Clarke century steers Australia to 7-316
'It looked like Die Hard': three killed after Las Vegas shoot-out
Skull identified as Australian girl Zahra Baker
Ten terminates CEO James Warburton
High $A keeping rates low, says RBA
On credit card surcharge talk to ACCC: RBA
RBA employing more women, Stevens
Centro comes good as 'Federation'
Aust well placed for new regulation, RBA
RBA not attacking Japan over yen
Federation Centres posts $116m profit
Ad rates unchanged for Fairfax compacts
RBA says challenges remain for euro zone
RBA plays down banks' smaller cuts
Executive exodus coincides with paltry profits
Crown can't comment on any play on Echo
Budget deficit suggests economy weaker
Up to Swan on dividend decision:Stevens
Poll date has no impact on decisions:RBA
CEO quits, loss shrinks, Sims shares spike
US recovery could be tricky: RBA chief
Dollar too high, but no intervention: RBA
RBA's Stevens says $A too high
Fast learner tops her class
Have those in charge lost their heads over scalping?
Patrick steers clear of trouble
Cannavaro on the way
Changing times but still sitting pretty after 100 days in hot seat
Popovic drives Wanderers to power past straight six and Glory
Re-signed Del Piero's injury scare of little concern to Farina
Cup overflowing with promise
Hunt for Aboriginal talent starts at the Top End
Pool's blame and shame laid bare
Hyderabad Test to stay put despite bombings
Lindop tips apprentice to be at her best in Diamond
Rodd to put King Mufhasa in box seat for double
Waterhouse polish to come up Gold at Farm
Contradictions cloud controversy over camp
Fallen stars: shameful games began long before the Olympics
Stilnox and stupidity
Lundy rejects doubts on ASADA independence
Clarke belts a ton after lucky let-off
Jets, Roar play out 0-0 draw
Blowing the whistle on panic
Kangaroos beat Tigers, Demons in AFL
O'hailpin gives young Giants lesson in grit
Hawks will play it safe on Hodge in AFL
Late fade-outs cost us: Bulldogs
Atley latest 'Roo to re-sign in AFL
Merrett re-signs with Lions until 2016
'No one has any confidence in the system any more': Kennett calls for cultural change at the top
Scandal 'proves value of doctors'
Attention turns to 2003 betting plunge
Green Machine ready to combine grunt with glitz, says Earl
Knights' armour has far fewer chinks this season
Clubs restack from backs to their packs
Drug ban won't work
Premium price for SBW
Five things we learnt from the Charity Shield
Trial loss leaves reeling Dragons with Stormy start to season
Souths ease past injury-hit Dragons 28-10
Papalii picks Parramatta
Wests Tigers re-sign Liam Fulton
Cheika ready to lead the Waratahs to glory
Cooper plans to make better fist of things this time around
Free-running Folau will give me room to move, says flyer Kingston
Wallabies star wary of Reds rookie
Cooper's reflections of a dummy past
Sio's a Super inspiration
Opposites are just as attractive
Chiefs too hot for Highlanders
Brumbies too slick for Rebels
Brumbies too slick for Rebels 30-13
As the Airport Link bites the dust, what is the future for PPPs?
Changing captains will not save this side from a proper walloping
Why we should care about Brisbane's G20 Summit
Would you rather work from home?
Labor is inviting its own downfall
How drought infrastructure can help us get through floods
Keep your kit on - modesty is a girl's new best friend
No one should be stopped by police just because they're black
Nukes key to North Korea's survival quest
Message from the heavens is a rallying cry
There is no such thing as climate change denial
The discount fuel docket illusion
Bidets: where the 70s went wrong
A bore-draw as parties keep going through the motions
I'm Kevin ... and I'm from Brissie
Interview with the Pope (circa 1400s)
Love is all around, and Rudd gets the roses
One Brit's beef with the horsemeat scandal
The koala in the coalmine
For health's sake, time to take on food giants
Television turns up the heat in kitchen war
We've mineral wealth for toil, so how did a good idea fall short?
All the world's a stage as Heff takes a cultural stance, while Mal goes global
Boxing could be lifted off the canvas by regulation
I'm an Armafail girl - and proud
We're going to have a party, all night long
Kraftwerk's flawless formula for future hits
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No regrets as actor races to save day
Tango goes hand in hand with happiness
Brisbane dancer swans onstage
Lilley likely to reprise Gran role for new ABC series
Voyeur wins Mount Buller sculpture award
Celluloid gems burn fast and bright at Flickerfest
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Hard to pin down but director says Carmen will float
MCA's newest purchase goes on show
Two into one is a response to tough times
You can feel the heat and noise - but not much else
Pleasing state of artistic inspiration
Sharp and entertaining world of online insecurity
Terrible beauty in Sibelius's tragic epic
Australia's Oscars facing financial crisis
Editorial: Stop treating us like drips and get wise with water supply
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Answering the Call: Lessons Learned from Montgomery County Middle School Magnet Consortium
|Hollenberg, Eugene
|Henrick, Erin
|Hamilton, Melissa
|In the fall of 2005, Montgomery County Public Schools (MCPS) opened three magnet middle schools in a portion of the school district with a high minority population and percentage of students receiving free and reduced meals. The district grouped the schools, Argyle Magnet School for Information Technology, A. Mario Loiederman Magnet School for the Creative and Performing Arts, and Parkland Magnet School for Aerospace Technology, into the Middle School Magnet Consortium (MSMC). MCPS used their current strategic plan, "Our Call to Action: Pursuit of Excellence", completed in 2004, to develop the blueprint for implementation at the schools. A Peabody College team was asked to look at the planning and 1st year of implementation of the consortium. In order to observe, document, and report on the progress of the consortium schools, the team asked the following guiding questions: 1. How does the MCPS MSMC fit within the strategic plan, Our Call to Action: Pursuit of Excellence? 2. In what ways does the MSMC demonstrate research-based best practices of middle school reform? 3. What lessons have been learned in the first year of implementation? In order to better understand the planning and implementation of the consortium, several different information sources were used. Research from "Turning Points 2000" and "Breaking Ranks in the Middle" was used to determine best practices. These practices then were applied to the common elements of the consortium schools in answering the guiding questions. The study determined that early trend data for achievement, demographic shifts, and school climate is positive in meeting the goals of the MSAP grant and the district strategic plan. Common themes discovered through the case study include: - High levels of teacher and administrator professionalism - Quality leadership - An emerging model for professional development - Strong academic content - Concerns about physical plant and appropriate equipment The study makes several recommendations. Recommendations directed at the MSMC include: - Planning for magnet school student transition to high school - Developing plans for the end of the magnet grant - Further study for evaluation o MSA data review o NWEA MAP expected growth comparisons o Qualitative review benchmarked by this report Recommendations for all MCPS middle schools include: - Developing principal cohorts among all schools - Embedded professional development focused on learning and instruction - Ensuring resource availability prior to change implementation - Exploring heterogeneous grouping in all classes After a year of implementation, it appears that MSMC schools have been successful in attracting students to unique programs reflecting best practice and achieving the goals of the MSAP grant and the MCPS strategic plan. With continued care and monitoring from administrators and teachers, the probability of long-term success is high.
|Executive Summary, page 5; Montgomery County Middle School Magnet Consortium, page 8; Timeline of reform initiative and Strategic plan, page 9; Elementary and high school reform and Middle school reform, page 11; MSAP grant, page 12; Purpose of the study, page 13; MSMC common components, page 14; Organization of report, page 16; Demographic Portrait of District and Consortium, page 18; Testing data, page 19; Mobility rate, page 22; Staffing and School climate survey, page 23; Leadership, Policy, and Organization • Capstone Project • April 2007 1; MSAP Grant- Goals and Strategies and Reducing Socioeconomic Isolation, page 25; Increasing student achievement, page 28; Whole school magnet, page 29; Increasing school choice, page 30; A. Mario Loiederman Magnet School for Creative and Performing Arts, page 31; Loiederman at a glance, page 31; Accelerated core curriculum, page 33; Unique courses and extended learning, page 34; Highly effective instructional programs, page 41; Collaborative partnerships among schools, parents, and the community, page 50; Structure and staffing, page 53; Strengths and challenges, page 55; Conclusion, page 57; Argyle Middle School- Information Technology Magnet, page 59; Argyle at a glance, page 59; Accelerated core curriculum, page 62; Unique courses and extended learning opportunities, page 64; Highly effective instructional programs, page 66; Collaborative partnership among schools, parents, and the community, page 72; Structure and staffing, page 73; Strengths and challenges, page 75; Conclusion, page 77; Leadership, Policy, and Organization • Capstone Project • April 2007 2; Parkland Magnet School for Aerospace Technology, page 79; Parkland at a glance, page 79; Accelerated core curriculum, page 81;Unique courses and extended learning opportunities, page 83; Highly effective instructional programs, page 86; Collaborative partnership among schools, parents, and the community, page 92; Structure and staffing, page 94; Strengths and challenges, page 96; Conclusion, page 101; Cross-Cutting Themes, page 102; Teacher and administrator professionalism, page 102; Leadership, page 105; Professional development, page 108; Strong academic curriculum, page 112; Physical plant and equipment issues, page 113; Recommendations For Future Planning and Reform, page 116; MSMC, page 116; Transition to high school, page 116; End of the magnet grant, page 118; Further study, page 120; MCPS Middle School Reform, page 121; Principal cohorts, page 121; Embedded professional development focused on instruction and learning, page 123; Ensure resource availability, page 125; Leadership, Policy, and Organization • Capstone Project • April 2007 3; Expand Differentiation, page 126; Conclusion, page 128; Bibliography, page 130; Appendices A-H, page 134; Appendix A: Design and Methodology, page 134; Appendix B: MCPS District Interview Protocol, page 136; Appendix C: MCPS MSMC Interview Protocol, page 139; Appendix D: MCPS MSMC Interview Protocol, page 144; Appendix E: MCPS MSMC Interview Protocol, page 151; Appendix F: MCPS MSMC Observation Protocol, page 157; Appendix G: Letter to MCPS MSMC School Staff, page 158.
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Everytime I ask her on a date she agrees and last miniute cancels on meVisitor's Question from a 21-30 year old Male
OK there is a girl that I met online and through friends offline, she always calls me babe hottie sweetheart ect.
We have been talking for nearly a year. Everytime I ask her on a date she agrees and last miniute cancels on me but she always starts back with the names and telling me how she wants to spend time with me. Im getting some mixed signals. Mainly I would like to know what you think about this situation, and what you think I should do, I don't just wanna give up quite yet because she really is nice but just fickle?
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text: On Tue, 28 Jun 2005, Marcin Jessa wrote: > Is it possible to autmatically, non.interactively disklabel entire blank disk not knowing what size it has? > I am stucked with disklabel.. > I am trying to create an install script which executes on MFS mounted partition, disklabels a CF/HD, creates file system on it and installs disk bootstrap soft on it. Read the disklabel(8) manpage! You can use something like "disklabel disk0 >file", then read stuff for partitioning out of the file, then put the disklabel back with "disklabel disk0 file" or so. Untested, but it should work. May need some attention to get the on-disk label in sync with the in-core disklabel. - Hubert


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Rather than experience Mardi Gras in chaotic Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), one of my adventurous friends decided instead to travel to Bolivia for their version of carnaval. While on a side trip, she posted awe-inspiring pictures to Facebook of this 4,000 square mile desert-like salt flat in the Andes of Southwest Bolivia that is transformed into the world's largest mirror during the rainy season! It's hard to tell where the sky meets the earth.
Why do I mention all this? Well, up until now I had struggled to find a "U" inclusion ingredient and, as luck would have it, this particular salt flat is called Salar de Uyuni! The word uyuni comes from the Andean Aymara language (which is spoken by about a million people in Bolivia and Peru) and means "enclosure" (like a pen in which you would keep animals). I was thrilled to discover that two of the bars from the El Ceibo assortment she brought back just happened to include this uyuni salt!
Apologies in advance for the quality/clarity of the photos, California "May Gray" (and upcoming "June Gloom") wreaks havoc since natural/filtered sunshine is so much better than LED or halogen lighting!
Andean Royal Quinoa & Uyuni Salt (75%)
Just opening the heat-sealed metallic pouch, I could immediately see the generous amount of puffed quinoa inclusions bursting out from the "back" of the bar despite some chocolate dust and scuffing that marred the, otherwise, shiny finish on the front of the bar.
There was a sharp snap and the bar smelled fruity, which was unexpected since other Bolivian chocolates I've tried had a different aroma. Taking a bite, I anticipated a crisp crunch; however, these tiny orbs were chewy and a bit stale (the "best by" date had elapsed even before I received this bar).
Overall, the slow/even melt resulted in fruity notes rather than the earthy taste that is common for this origin. Surprisingly, the bar was not salty; so either there wasn't much added to the bar or it was simply enhancing the flavor in a behind-the-scenes "supporting role."
Cocoa Nibs & Uyuni Salt (77%)
This mini bar had some ghosting and cosmetic blemishes, but had otherwise traveled well. Segmenting the rectangles into tasting morsels with a sharp snap, there was a roasted aroma at the breaking point. The malty/fruity, slow/even melt was punctuated by crunchy, slightly bitter cacao nibs and the occasional burst of the uyuni salt. Try as I might, I wasn't able to isolate the salt crystals in my mouth.
According to an article by food-critic Mimi Sheraton, uyuni is said to have an intense deep-sea salty flavor with a slight flush of bitterness. To me, the chocolate with the visible salt crystal tasted sweet rather than briny…wonder if that's because of the interaction with the other ingredients?!
Once again, I'm so very grateful to friends who think of me on their foreign trips. Who would have thought that a travel souvenir could be so helpful to my Eating the Chocolate Alphabet adventure!
To learn more about the chocolate assortment that these bars came from, check out: http://www.elceibochocolate.com/


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Last fall, we took a trip to a local U-Pick lavender farm. It was their last weekend before closing for the season so we could pick an entire basket for $5. They also grow rows of flowers & we could mix & match our basket.
It was a lovely time. We enjoyed watching the bees buzz-ily gathering supplies for the cooler weather.
We also took a lot of lovely photos & got this recipe for Lavender Lemonade.
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Gaulke cashes in at golf tournament
GANN VALLEY -- After 22 years of playing golf, David Gaulke experienced a first Monday.
Gaulke, a Gann Valley native, won a chipping contest at the Pink-on-the-Green Celebrity Golf Tournament in Columbia, S.C. He beat 80 people by chipping the ball seven inches from the hole, earning him an opportunity to win $10,000 with a 35-yard chip.
Gaulke made the chip shot and capped it off with a fist pump.
"I've never won anything like that before," said Gaulke, who is a one handicap. "When I chipped it, I thought it looked pretty good but going in the hole is another thing. I could barely see the whole because it was a ways away and the ball disappeared."
Gaulke said others participating in the four-man scramble tournament cheered from the clubhouse patio.
"They cheered, gave me high fives and congratulated me," Gaulke said Tuesday.
Gaulke was invited to play at the tournament by Dayton Rogers Manufacturing Company CEO Ron Lowry. Gaulke works for the company in California.
The two teamed up with two others and won the tournament, which supported the Pink & Green Community Service Foundation of Columbia. The four-man team won the tournament with a score of 14-under 58.


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Effects of an in-house coordinator and practitioner referral rather than proxy referral on tissue donation rates
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*Administrative Personnel; Humans; *Referral and Consultation; Tissue and Organ Procurement
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INTRODUCTION: Timely referral of patients following asystolic death to an organ procurement organization (OPO) may increase tissue donation rates. Lack of education of health care providers and nonphysicians (admitting department) about timely referral to the OPO following asystolic death may adversely affect tissue donation rates. We hypothesized that using an in-house donation coordinator for provider education and changing the responsibility for calling the OPO from the admitting department to the licensed independent practitioner (LIP) declaring death would increase timely referral and tissue donation rates.
METHODS: An education program was developed in 2005 by a newly hired in-house coordinator to highlight the importance of tissue donation. In addition, to improve timely referrals to the OPO after death, the instructions accompanying the working copy of the death certificate were altered to require the patient's LIP to call the OPO within 1 hour of death (early 2007). Rates for both timely referrals and tissue donors were modeled by a Poisson regression model with a log link function.
RESULTS: Timely referral rates rose from 48% before the interventions to 72% after the intervention (P < .0001). The number of tissue donors per number of referrals also increased significantly (P = .025) over that period.
CONCLUSIONS: An in-house donation coordinator initiated education program and LIP referral rather than referral by other parties following asystolic death results in higher tissue donation rates.
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Caramiciu, Justin A.; Adams, Janice P.; McKown, Brendan P.; French, Corinne D.; Ruggieri, E. R.; and Heard, Stephen O., "Effects of an in-house coordinator and practitioner referral rather than proxy referral on tissue donation rates" (2014). Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine Publications. 178.


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The career of the IoD's chairman
Once described as the 'best-connected woman in Britain', Lady Barbara Judge has had a long and very distinguished career in law and banking before becoming the IoD's first female chair.
Grew up in Saddle Rock, New York. Her mother was Marcia Singer who created a pioneering university course at the New York Institute of Technology called World of Work for Women.
"She taught women to work; not because they were poor or alone, divorced or single, not any of that, [but] because they had a brain and they should use it and they should earn their own money, because money was independence and women should be independent."
Graduates from NYUSL with the highest honours and also becomes editor of New York University Law Review. "I was a bit of a leftie, you know, demonstrating against Vietnam, that sort of thing."
At the age of 33, Barbara Thomas becomes the youngest person, and only the second women, to be made a member of US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in Washington, DC. She is appointed by US President Jimmy Carter and persuades Tokyo Stock Exchange to open its doors to foreign members.
After the birth of her son, A. Lloyd Thomas, she resigns from the SEC and moves to Hong Kong to become the first female director of British merchant bank Samuel Montagu & Co. Four years later, she returns to New York to become senior vice president of Bankers Trust International Banking.
Moves to Hong Kong to start new role with the British merchant bank. She later recalls "At the beginning, it was hard - these men didn't want a woman parachuted in. But after a while, you started making money for the bank and they liked you better. In Hong Kong, you are what your job is. It didn't matter how American I look, or act or sound - I was a director of a British bank. So I slotted in."
Appointed as the first female director of a merchant bank when she joins Banker Trust International Banking as senior VP.
Becomes executive director of Rupert Murdoch's News International, moving to London one year later. Also during the 1990s, she founds investment company Private Equity Investor plc.
She had previously spent two years as a director at UKAEA.
The Daily Mail poses the question in a profile, which also says "At the heart of the British Establishment resides a wraithlike American blonde called Barbara Thomas Judge. Lady Judge, a lawyer, has more jobs than seems possible. Name a board and she is on it; find a charity and she will be associated with it."
Also takes up the the roles of public member of International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants and deputy chairman of UK Financial Reporting Council.
Lady Judge is awarded the CBE in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to the nuclear and financial services industries. In the same year she makes BBC Radio 4's Woman's Hour 100 Most Powerful Women list.
Her portrait is taken by Alexander McIntyre whose other subjects have included Ricky Gervais, Stephen Merchant, Michael Palin and Lord Owen.
Appointed dep. chairman of the Tokyo Electric Power Company new Nuclear Reform Monitoring Committee. It comes in the wake of Tepco's heavily criticised response to the Fukushima nuclear disaster. A report in The Independent hails her as 'Japan's nuclear saviour, adding that 'before the accident, she says there was too close a relationship between the nuclear regulator and the operators: "That culture must change. Before, they used to be afraid to say that anything was wrong."
Minister for Pensions Steve Webb says: "Her experienced leadership and enthusiasm are hugely valued, and key to the future success of this important organisation."
Becomes the IoD's first female chairman. In less than a year in the role, Lady Judge has encouraged more women to join the organisation and pushed for older workers to carry on working.
"Retirement, to me, in today's world is unfortunate," she says. "There are lots of lawyers or accountants who get forced out because they're in their 50s or 60. I want them to have a role to help younger people by being more than just mentors."
She has also worked for more young entrepreneurs to join the IoD. "I am hoping the IoD can become a place where they can feel comfortable," she adds. "The IoD can be a forum for entrepreneurs and perhaps even a mini Silicon Valley."
Lady Judge is appointed as a board director of Dementia UK - the charity intent on improving the quality of life for dementia patients. "My mother (pictured) left her job at the age of 88 and got dementia almost immediately. I want to devote my charitable efforts, my non-business time, whatever I can give, to the cause of dementia and Alzheimer's. If we all attack this problem I hope we can solve it"
In a comment piece for the Daily Telegraph she stresses the importance of women in the EU referendum debate and states that "The EU debate is far too important to be seen as the reserve of political obsessives, dominated by the usual characters who have been talking about it for years. We need a wide discussion on the issues of jobs, migration and where decisions affecting the UK should be taken, involving people from all parts of society. You cannot do that without women being front and centre.
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Oh to me a fly on the field.
Seahawks president Tim Ruskell just had a brief exchange with Steve Hutchinson at the 20-yard line. You remember Hutch, the All-Pro left guard the Seahawks let get away in free agency in 2006 – for no compensation.
I know you remember him, because on more than one occasion Ruskell has asked me, "Are they (meaning you, the fans) ever going to let this go?"
Hutch has found a new home in Minnesota, and was telling one of the writers here that the current Vikings team has the best chemistry of the three he has played on – and he compared it to the togetherness of the '05 Seahawks team that went to the Super Bowl.


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Technical Leaflet from the Northeast Document Conservation Center
Maps, posters, large prints, and other oversized objects pose storage problems for any collection. These sheet materials can be unwieldy and vulnerable to damage, especially if they are not backed or mounted. These objects are best stored flat in map-case drawers or large covered boxes of archival quality. Inside the drawers or boxes objects should have the additional protection of folders or other suitable enclosures. Since every collection contains objects larger than the available drawers, other storage solutions must also be found.
Storage of Very Large Paper Artifacts
For objects larger than the available drawers, rolling is a common solution. It is not ideal but may be the only practical means of preventing mechanical damage. Rolling saves space and is satisfactory for materials that are flexible enough to withstand unrolling and rerolling. It is especially suitable for architectural working drawings and other items that are seldom consulted; related items can be rolled together. It is important not to roll too tightly and to support the material. Conservators recommend rolling sheet materials around the outside of a tube at least 42 in diameter. The tube should be longer than the sheers so that their edges are supported.
Low-lignin pH-neutral tubes are available from conservation suppliers. If these are not used, a barrier sheet of polyester film or buffered paper can be placed around a non-archival tube, between it and the material being stored.
Once the object is rolled on the tube, the assembly should be wrapped in archival paper or given a jacket of polyester film to protect against abrasion, dust and pollutants. The outer jacket may be secured with Velcro(TM) tabs or with ties of undyed fabric tape, white polyester ribbon, or strips of cloth. Ties should be at least 1/2″ wide. Tubes should be stored horizontally one layer deep. Shelves should be wide enough so the tubes do nor extend into the aisles. They can also be stored by inserting a pole through the tube and resting the ends of the pole on brackets. For additional protection, tubes wrapped with archival materials can be placed inside larger tubes.
A rolled folder made of 4- or 5-mil polyester film provides an alternative storage solution (see Figure 3). Rolled polyester folders, like encapsulation, reinforce and support oversized objects. As with encapsulation, acidic materials should not be placed in polyester rolls unless they rest against a sheet of buffered paper. Such folders can be made from a sheet of polyester film folded in half. The object is placed inside and the folder is rolled and secured with ties. The ties can be kept in place by feeding them through holes punched in the end of the roll. A label of archival paper can be attached to the film with double-sided tape (3M brand #415). Labels should face out and not touch the object. To help protect against exposure to light, the object itself should face in.
Many collections contain objects that have been rolled for years and are too brittle to unroll safely. If they are humidified, many of these papers will relax enough to be handled. A conservator can advise on how and when to humidify.
Rolled objects awaiting unrolling should be wrapped and stored in a single layer on shelves wide enough to support them. For better protection, the rolls may be placed inside horizontally-stored wide-diameter tubes that are somewhat longer than the rolled materials.
Please remember that storing flat is greatly preferred to rolling. The latter should be for objects too large to fit into drawers.
Folding damages paper and is not recommended. Some objects, such as newspapers, are meant to be folded once. Such sheets may remain that way but should not be folded a second time.
Vertical hanging of paper artifacts is usually not recommended. Wall maps and other objects can be stored this way if they are specifically mounted for hanging, if that mounting is secure and conservationally sound, and if the objects can be protected from light and air-born hazards. Wall maps were traditionally backed with cloth and attached to rods at the top and bottom edges. In the case of old maps, these mounts are often failing but the maps can be treated, given new backings and the protection of a polyester envelope. It is safe to store these vertically if they spend most of their time in a dark storage area. Plans for an inexpensive rack made of pipes and plumbers' fittings are available from the Northeast Document Conservation Center.
At one time, libraries routinely cut maps into sections for easier storage. Sometimes the sections were mounted together on a single cloth, folded where cut, and put inside a cover in a book format. These interesting early examples of map preservation are found in many libraries. Today maps are never cut. Some, however, can still be sectioned. Many early materials, especially maps, are printed or drawn on two or more sheets of paper that have been joined together. In the course of treatment these sheets can be separated, treated, and kept separate. Sectioning in such cases is a radical solution but not an irreversible one. The component parts can always be placed together for viewing or permanently rejoined at a later time. Whether to section, like so many conservation issues, should be decided on an individual basis taking into account the object's aesthetic importance, its uniqueness, its original function, the amount of handling it will receive, and the feasibility of storage alternatives such as rolling. This is essentially a curatorial issue that must be decided by the collection manager with input from the conservator.
Suggested Further Reading
Alper, Diana. "How to Flatten Folded or Rolled Paper Documents." Conserve-O-Gram. Harpers Ferry, WV: National Park Service, 1990, 4 pp.
Rhodes, Barbara ed. "Hold Everything A Storage and Housing information Sourcebook for Libraries and Archives." New York: Metropolitan Reference and Research Library Agency (Metro), 1990, 63 pp.
Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn. Archives and Manuscripts Conservation: A Manual on Phvsical Care and Management. SAA Archival Fundamentals Series.
Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1983, 144 pp.
Ritzenthaler, Mary Lynn. Preserving Archives and
Manuscripts. SAA Archival Fundamentals Series.
Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 1993, 225 pp.
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Stone Enjoy By IPA Series
While freshness is a key component of many beers—especially big, citrusy, floral IPAs—we've taken it further, a lot further, in this line of devastatingly fresh IPAs. You see, not only did we brew this beer with over 10 different hops, we've also gone to extensive lengths to ensure that you're getting this double IPA in your hands within an extraordinarily short window. That's why the Enjoy By date isn't randomly etched in tiny text somewhere on the bottle, to be overlooked by all but the most attentive. Instead, we've sent a clear message in the name of the beer itself—further proving that there is no better time than right NOW to enjoy this IPA.
We didn't stop there with this paradigm-shifting beer either…we introduced Stone Enjoy By Black IPA and unique spinoff versions of Stone Enjoy By IPA to make one devastatingly exciting series.
Stone Enjoy By IPA Series
Variations on a theme
Stone Enjoy By
This exquisite liquid patchwork of more than a dozen hops is a devastatingly fresh double IPA. Freshness is a key component of many beers – especially big, hoppy IPAs – but we've taken it further, a lot further, with this one. We brewed this IPA specifically NOT to last.
Stone Enjoy By
Black IPA
This double IPA's dark-colored malt canvas comes from German Sinamar and from Patagonia Black Pearl barley, which adds a pleasingly smooth taste. The hop profile is predominantly Australian, featuring down-under wonders Vic Secret, Ella and Galaxy.
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This version of Stone Enjoy By IPA omits the part where we filter out the extra yeast, hop sediment and proteins that build up in beer as a natural result of the brewing process. By letting this IPA go unfiltered, its peach and tropical fruit hop flavors are amplified while its golden-hued color takes on a hazy appearance.
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After brewing this intense double IPA with more than 10 different hops and consistently delivering it faster than any bottled IPA on the planet, we decided to do something different with this Stone Enjoy By IPA—we took it to another level, again. Puréed tangerines were added to the batch to create a devastatingly fresh IPA with a tang of tangerine. The flavors yielded by this addition to the recipe meld beautifully with the bitterness of the hops.


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The mortgage crisis in a nutshell
I invite you to view a brand new 54-minute video (embedded below) titled "Mortgage Crisis in a Nutshell." The presenter is John Campbell, a St. Louis attorney and educator. I work with John at the Simon Law Firm in St. Louis, Missouri. We gained much of our experience in this area of law by litigating numerous suits for mortgage fraud on behalf of homeowners, both individual suits and class actions. Also on behalf of homeowners, we've defended many unlawful detainer suits (attempts to evict homeowners). We've both become passionate about this work as a result of witnessing firsthand that many homeowners have been victimized by unscrupulous and unrepentant banks.
In this 53-minute video John presents the main aspects of the mortgage crisis that has devastated the U.S. housing market and the economy. Our goal is empower all who seek to better understand what went wrong with the American mortgage system. As you will see when you click on the above link, this video can be watched in chapters:
I. The Big Picture and its Many Parts (:55)
II. Banks Flood the Market with Subprime Mortgages (3:54)
III. Banks, Securitize their Mortgages (10:05)
IV. Banks Cry for a Bailout (13:57)
V. Wall Street Malfeasance (16:54)
VI. Foreclosures, Robo-Signing, Trustees and Conflicts of Interest (18:20)
VII. MERS ("Mortgage Electronic Registration System) (33:45)
VIII. The Mortgage System Used to Work (43:42)
IX. Credits and Further Readings (52:43)
We created this video because we were frustrated by the fact that it is difficult to find websites and other materials describing the modern mortgage system in terms that are accessible to both lawyers and non-lawyers. As a result, many of our friends and acquaintances (those outside of the mortgage law community) don't understand the inter-relationships among subprime loans, ratings of mortgage-backed securities, MERS, the bailout and robo-signing.
The failure to understand these things is making it easy for the entities that caused this crisis to conduct business as usual. Because this system is so difficult to understand, too many people think the crisis was entirely caused by "irresponsible borrowers." The result is that our national dialogue is obsessed with the alleged need for less regulation instead of discussing how to change the system to make sure this never again happens.
We've used simple terms and basic drawings in order to make an opaque system understandable. Though it is undoubtedly slanted toward our perspective as attorneys who represent homeowners, we've worked hard to keep it factual and fair-minded.
We ask only one thing in return for the link to this video. To the extent that you find it helpful to your understanding of the mortgage crisis, please consider forwarding this link to anyone else you know who would benefit from viewing it. Our aim is to spread this video widely through email, list serves, Facebook, Twitter, blogs, websites other social media.
We certainly invite comments, both at DI and at YouTube. If this video works for you (or if it doesn't), please let us know. Thank you.
Category: Consumer Protection, Fraud, Law
About the Author (Author Profile)Erich Vieth is an attorney focusing on consumer law litigation and appellate practice. He is also a working musician and a writer, having founded Dangerous Intersection in 2006. Erich lives in the Shaw Neighborhood of St. Louis, Missouri, where he lives half-time with his two extraordinary daughters.
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Dude! Thank you! Thank you! I've had dozens of calls about homeowners who are fighting unlawful detainer suits and such and have forwarded your link to my many friends in the relevant communities of goo-goos, do gooders, unions and homeowners' advocates in Missouri. I hope you don't mind that they are all good Democrats!
Here is an excellent list of information pertaining to the Mortgage Fraud crisis, compiled by an attorney named LYNN E. SZYMONIAK.


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California Missions Resource Store
The California Missions Resource Center is proud to offer for sale a variety of interesting, educational and informative resources for the California Missions.
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|California Missions Collector Cards (Complete Boxed Set of all 21 Missions)
These Collector Cards feature full color photographs plus essential facts on each mission. Boxed set. Cards measure 2.5" by 3.5" (trading card size).
|California Mission Fact Sheets
What Do You Want to Know about California's Missions?
It's all here in the Key Fact Sheets - available for each of the 21 missions.
|California Mission Cattle Brands Collector Card
This exclusive card features examples of the brand used by each of the 21 missions.


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You can have a robust code, strong passwords, an up-to date CMS system and plug-ins but that doesn't prevent someone from breaking into your website. In a recent post in the Webmaster Central Blog, Google explains how hackers take advantage of vulnerable sites by adding spam my content and redirecting users to harmful or undesired locations.
In order to protect the users from spammy content, Google unfolded a list of guidelines to help webmasters find hacked content on their websites and tips to fix and prevent hacking.
No website is hacker-proof. So once you discover that your website has been hacked, it is important that you get rid of it as soon as possible. In order to find and fix the hacked content, Google suggests:
- Perform a "site:" search of your website to check for suspicious URLs and directories. You can also set up a Google Alert for your site to receive an e-mail from Google whenever suspicious keywords are detected on your website.
- Inspect for unnatural queries on the Search Queries page in Webmaster tool. Checking the returned URLs from your site for unexpected queries can help you in finding the hacked content. If you find queries in different languages, get alert, because this can be an indication of spammy pages placed in other languages on your website.
- By enabling e-mail forwarding in Webmaster tool, you can receive messages by Google, whenever it detects hacked content on your website.
Google's recommendations to prevent hacking of your website:
- Be a regular reader of the Security Issues section in Webmaster tool to discover the hacked pages detected by Google on your website. Google also provides a detailed document to help you fix your hacked sites.
- Google advices to have an eagle's eye on the potential attacks on your sites rather than cleaning up the mess later. You can do so by updating your software and website management tools regularly. Most importantly, choose a hosting provider that you can trust to maintain the security of your website.


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TOPIC: Time Tracking
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Keeping accurate track of what you or your employee's are working on makes good business sense. Automatic software does the trick easily. Make sure you know where every minute is going and increase billable time for greater profits.
Manage & Track Your Time Easily Budget your time, spot inefficiencies, and become a productivity powerhouse. -via RescueTime
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Finding Profitable TimePosted by Alec Hess
You already know that time is money. But did you know that you probably have billable hours in your company that are not accounted for or billed; or billed incorrectly to the wrong client.
Here's the scenario: three designers in an advertising firm juggle 5 different projects for different clients on a weekly basis. At the end of the day, they are required to log the time spent on each client's behalf for billing purposes. The problem is, most of the logging of time spent, is guess work.
Time tracking software would automatically keep track of time spent on every billable task in an extremely accurate way that is traceable and defendable. It represents an exacting electronic version of a traditional paper timesheet. Some time tracking software also allows the automatic generation of invoices to your clients or customers based on actual, accurate time spent and allows for the additional billing of related costs to each client or file.
Many time tracking software companies offer complete workforce management packages that include time and attendance, scheduling, absence management, human resources, payroll, talent management, and labor analytics. This allows for super efficient time utilization. And that means more profit and less lost billable hours for you.
Time tracking software is used by many industries, typically those employing hourly workers, however there are benefits to salaried workers as well. Knowing exactly how long it takes to achieve certain results can help estimate future work and result in better bids and more attainable profit margins.
Time Tracking Software Benefits:
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- Increased revenue because no part of any hour goes unaccounted or billed for.
- Elimination of unnecessary data entry. Now it's all automatic.
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- Detailed reports of expenses and hours automatically generated.
- Historical information and analytics on the work patterns for better future planning.
- Overtime management can reduce excess spending.
- Higher productivity because employees know their time is being tracked
- Easily tracks temporary workers as well.
There is a wide range of project time tracking tools available on the market today. Using time tracking software is becoming standard amongst businesses globally because it lowers costs and raises billable hours. With so many great benefits and features, you can't afford to ignore time tracking systems while your competitors reap the rewards.
On the next tabs you'll find the best discounted deals from all over the Internet, and the most trusted vendors to help you save money, increase productivity and maximize your billable hours.
Alec Hess is a marketer and small business expert as well as Principal of Full Voice Media and Vanguard Healthcare Products; and co-founder of BizSaves. His focus is on small business success and he has consulted, guided and advised many firms.
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Can't multitask. At all. Can't figure out how to clear stuff off my jammed full hard drive.
I mean this literally, as in my external hard drive turned itself off because it's full and now I can't figure out how to access it to delete things, but I also mean it figuratively. My brain is topped off and now it's malfunctioning.
I was away (yes, on a great little diving trip, but still), then Phin was away (business trip to Vegas; no, really), and now we are in hell week for Moochie's first play (Seussical, Jr. She plays a Who) and for Phin's play, which I was stage managing until this week because I have to drive Mooch to rehearsals every day until the show opens on Saturday.
That's why they call it hell week. Phin was supposed to have a small, manageable part in his play, and I as going to work the whole show, but then the lead had to drop out, and Phin stepped in, so he's stressed and super busy. Also, his (our) show coincides with Mooch's, so he will miss her Who debut, and I'll miss the opening weekend of our (his) show.
And my neck and back hurt so much I've been wondering if I was in a car accident and just forgot about it.
So that's why I haven't been posting at all or commenting much. I have been writing a few things for Funny not Slutty's upcoming 80's Week, which is going to be awesome, by the way, but because of the hard drive issues (computer and mental), I think some of what I wrote may be too jacked up to sort out.
But they were funny in my head…
Anyhoo, I think there are going to be a lot of great things up here:
So if you remember the 80's, like John Hughes' movies, know who Spandau Ballet is or wish that you had Jessie's Girl, I'd keep visiting all week: April 15th — 21st.


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When is it time to shift gears?
The other day I bumped into someone I had hired for a variety of projects. She wasn't the easiest person to work with because she was tough and didn't love being flexible yet she taught me an incredible amount about the art of interior design. How to think creatively about putting a room together, how to pull it together, how to be bold when mixing and matching and how it is all about the nuances. I believe she was one of the best in the business.
I wasn't her typical client. I wanted to understand how she did things and how she looked at a project. Over time we spoke the same language which is the key to a working with a designer. She knew what I wanted with very little explanation. I got involved in each decision whereas my gut is that the most of her clients just gave her carte blanche. Not my style. I like to be part of the process and I know what I want.
On our last project together she seemed overwhelmed. There were a variety of mistakes made that wouldn't have been made ten years prior. Even though there were mistakes that had to be fixed, I learned from those mistakes. Now that I am working on another design project, I have the ability to go through each room picking up small things that make a huge difference such as a pocket door in a bathroom vs a regular door. It makes a huge difference. I see things differently.
We didn't finish the last project we worked on because of a variety of reasons but it upset me how it ended. When I bumped into her this week she told me she had retired. I was so happy to hear that. I said to her that she was working like she was 35 when she wasn't and didn't have the support system to do that. She said she finally came to that conclusion herself now working on a personal project and continuing to work for one client who has a hotel that is always in need of a tweek or two.
I have been thinking about our chance meeting all week. We had an interesting relationship as I know she had never had a client like me and I had never worked with anyone quite like her. She probably doesn't realize this but the education she gave me was priceless. Mentors can come in strange places. I have really have had such a plethora of experiences in different industries and each of them have helped me get to where I am and to be able to look at things in a certain way. She pushed me to think about design, fashion and art differently.
Her impact was pretty significant and she probably has no idea. I feel like I learned from the best. Thrilled to see that she finally realized it was time to shift gears and move in to retirement. Made me start thinking about where I am and balance. Loving what I do yet still want to make time for seeing my friends, getting to the galleries and museums and taking vacations. Knowing when it is time to shift gears is not that easy for anyone passionate about what they do. I like the saying that we should all go out at the top. Trying to figure out what the top is doesn't come easy.


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I've always said "I don't like cabbage." At least I thought I didn't, until I had this dish. I am now a convert.
I'm still not a huge fan of regular head cabbage. I've never understood the allure of traditional cole slaw, brussles sprouts (I don't care how you roast them or how much bacon you add) and I don't particularly care for kimchi. If that means my foodie card will be revoked, so be it.
But I've always liked my sauteed greens. Give me spinach, swiss chard, or beet greens and I'm a happy girl. Put napa or savoy cabbage in my stir fried noodles and I'll slurp it up. I've always associated kale with "cabbage" and therefore thought I didn't like it. I was wrong. I think the "kale is healthy" craze of the last couple of years and the abundance of kale chips, kale soup and kale smoothie recipes just put me off.
Let me tell you, this ain't your hippy-mama kale. This is an "where have you been all my life" and "I could eat this every night" kale dish.
So how did I convert to the cult of kale? I ate a version of this dish at work one day and it completely won me over. My version is more inspired by middle east flavors than the original, with the addition of sumac, lemon and almonds but feel free to adjust to your taste. Leave the yogurt plain, or season it with other spices (smoked paprika, chipotle chile, or nutmeg would be interesting too) and try different nuts (cashews, hazelnuts, or pecans would also be good choices).
Ingredient Notes:
- There are different kinds of kale out there and if you can find "cavolo nero" kale (also known as black Tuscan kale) at your local farmer's market or Whole Foods, buy some. It's more expensive, but worth it for its more delicate flavor and texture. You can also buy regular old green kale, or even bagged pre-washed and chopped kale from Trader Joe's as I often do. If you buy kale in a fresh bunch, you'll want to cut off the tougher stems and chop the leaves into 2″-3″ pieces and thoroughly rinse.
- The sumac spice is not essential but it does add a nice citrusy flavor profile and a bit of color to the yogurt.
- I used nonfat yogurt, but for a richer texture, try a full fat Greek style yogurt.
- Try not to leave out the butter; it adds a delicious creaminess to the kale.
Sautéed Kale with Sumac Yogurt and Roasted Almonds
Printable recipe in PDF for Sauteed Kale with Yogurt and Almonds
10 oz cleaned and chopped kale
1-2 cloves garlic, minced
1 Tbsp extra virgin olive oil
1 cup water
2 Tbsp butter
1/4 fresh lemon (for the juice or 1 Tbsp juice)
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup plain yogurt
1 tsp honey
2 tsp lemon juice
1/4 tsp ground sumac (optional)
2 Tbsp roasted almonds, sliced
1. Mix together the yogurt, honey, lemon juice and sumac spice. Set aside. Slice the almonds.
2. Heat a large saute pan (I use a wok). Add the kale and it in the oil. Add 1/2 cup of the water and toss. Cover and cook 2-3 minutes. Add the other 1/2 cup of water and cook until the water has evaporated.
3. Clear a space in the bottom of the pan and add the butter and garlic. Saute one minute and then stir into the cooked kale.
4. Squeeze in the 1/4 of a lemon and season with salt and pepper.
5. Transfer the kale to a serving dish and drizzle the yogurt over the top. Sprinkle the almonds on top of the yogurt.
Serves 4 as a side dish


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A complete collection of WFL media guides would consist of 25 in total. All 12 franchises for the 1974 season, all 11 teams from the aborted 1975 season, plus the league-issued guides for both years. We're still missing a few here, but hope to have a complete image gallery up soon.
Browse our current inventory of WFL memorabilia for sale here.


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How to Succeed Online: Positioning and Differentiation
August 22, 2010 by admin
Filed under How to Start an Internet Marketing Business, How to Succeed Online: Positioning and Differentiation, Positioning and Differentiation
The Internet Marketing One-Two Punch
Positioning and Differentiation are the one-two punch, the two halves a single whole!
Positioning – As applied to marketing, whether Internet marketing, inbound marketing, or outbound marketing, positioning is the process by which all marketers attempt to create an identity and image in the minds of their target audience or market for a particular idea, product, brand, business, or organization. Positioning has to do with defining the target market in which the brand or product will compete and who the target audience will be.
Differentiation – Differentiation is the other half of what many consider the ultimate formula for success in business, together the linchpin, at least according to many of the greatest business minds of the last 100 years. And yes, it applies to Internet marketing, online business generally, and inbound marketing. In terms of business development, differentiation sets you, your firm, and the businesses you assist, your clients, apart for the herd. Differentiation has to do with distinguishing ourselves and our businesses from whomever or whatever we may be compared to on a day-to-day basis.
For a more in depth discussion of positioning and differentiation, I suggest Google Knols.
For an example of Positioning and Differentiation, I recommend In Memory of Randy Pausch: A Lesson in Positioning and Differentiation!
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Bogged Down by Ciara Duffin
Ten stories have been shortlisted in our short story competition, Legends of the Fall. We will publish two a day this week and reveal the winner on Friday
Ciara Duffin
What the judges said about Bogged Down:
Éilís Ní Dhuibhne: Bogged Down is a very well paced, pyschologically convincing, and moving story. The character of the father is particularly well-drawn. All the relationships - father-son, mother-son, boys in school - are well observed. It's a tightly constructed, nicely focused, story which lingers in the memory long after it's read. Powerful.
Donal Ryan: This moving story serves as a cipher for society: helpless witness being borne to injustice, blame being assigned almost randomly. I love the narrative voice, angsty and sweetly earnest, a perfect evocation of teenhood.
Bogged Down
"Can I give you a lift, James?" said Mr Kelly, as I walked out the school gates onto the main road. "Nah thanks, I'm grand walking," I said cheerfully. "Are you sure?" says he. "I'm going that way...save your legs?" I looked down at my worn Reeboks with the soles hanging off them and felt my cheeks redden. "I could do with the exercise," I said then, and he seemed to understand. He meant well, Mr Kelly. I'd taken a lift off him before, when it was raining so bad you could hardly see the road. His car always smells of cheese or fast food, and the seats are so full of crumbs you have to shake yourself off getting out. He isn't a very clean man, Mr Kelly, but he is a kind one.
It would take me a good 30 minutes to get home, but I was glad of the interlude. "Do you think I have the money for petrol for chauffeuring you places?" my father would say. "Gone are those days, boyo". I know those days are long gone. I know we haven't the money we used to. Nobody does. Even the rich farmers are suffering. I heard Tommy Whelan saying they'd no money to take on the foreign lads they usually do to help with the silage this year, and he was recruiting his mates to help out for free. Gobshites. You wouldn't catch me working for that Whelan upstart even if you paid me, never mind doing it for nothing. Him and his Honda Civic with the luminous green spoiler, you can see him coming for miles if you don't hear him first. He sped past me then, his car full of school mates, all jeering at me as they forced me into the ditch on a bend. I could feel wet muck seeping through into my socks as I climbed back up through the nettles and weeds.
I passed Mrs Mahon outside the newsagents on the way. She was watering the hanging baskets above the shop, standing on one unsteady leg, balanced on a chair. She said hello to me and waved, almost toppling herself. I nodded back at her, keeping my hands in my pockets. She looked guilty then, I thought. Felt sorry for me, I'd say, with my torn jeans and wrecked Reeboks. I miss that paper round something rotten these days. I was up and out of the house early then, just me and the bike and a big sack of newspapers. I always did the same route, start with the Kennys and end with the Ryans. It meant I could cycle past Siobhan Moran's house on the way back. Sometimes I'd see her out playing with the dogs on her front drive before school. I'd give her a salute as I sped past on my bike and she'd smile, and look embarrassed. I think that's a good sign. That I embarrass her.
I could hear my parents arguing from the bottom of the driveway when I got home. It wasn't unusual. There was always a row over this bill or that, the cost of living is something ridiculous these days. We didn't get oil for just half the winter last year and I thought I was going to die of the cold. This year we may have to go the whole winter without it. "That's what jumpers are for," my father would say, when my mother or sister were denied their request for the electric fire he kept in his wardrobe for emergencies. I hoped to sneak past them all unnoticed, and leave them to their quarrelling, but my awkward body language stood out. "Don't bother taking your coat off," my father said to me. "We're going out". My mother gave him a look I'll never forget. She said nothing to me and started folding laundry in the corner of the kitchen. My father held the back door open for me, waiting. "Where are we going?" I asked, trying to sound casual. "The bog," my father said, without meeting my eye.
In the car my father started whistling, so I turned on the radio and he grunted, but said nothing. He isn't much of a conversationalist, my father. He would never ask you what kind of day you had or inquire if you had a girlfriend yet. His topics of interest are limited to hurling, card games and the weather. He watches the weather forecast every time it's on the telly, as if he's playing some pathetic game of spot the difference. He also watches it to check out Úna in her gúna, apparently to see what "kind of a holy show she's making of herself today", but I see the glint in his eye when he sees her. And so does Mam. She can be quite pass-remarkable herself about Úna, says her hair is too "severe looking", whatever that means?
"I thought you finished harvesting our plot last week?" I said to my father then, as we swerved all over the bog road, avoiding the potholes. "That's right," says he, unflinching. "So what are we doing here then?" says I, confused. "You'll see," he grunts. We didn't park in the usual place. My father camouflaged the car between two rows of trees and turned off the engine. Silence. An unbearable silence. "What is this you're planning?" I said, unable to resist, "some kind of ambush?" I laughed. My father looked at me solemnly, then looked at his watch. I could see little beads of sweat appearing on his skin and his neck was turning slowly scarlet. I became anxious then and started looking around for clues as to who we might be waiting for. I didn't want to be part of it. Whatever it was. Sensing I was about to get out of the car, my father grabbed my shoulder firmly. "Just do what you're told for once, will ya?" he ordered. "Fine!" says I, resigned to my fate. "Put the radio back on then," I said, disgruntled. He put on some local station, probably hoping to catch the weather forecast, but instead there was some fella bawling about how he'd just come home from his holiday in Spain to find his whole house had been burgled. I mean, his whole house. They had even dug up his floorboards to rip out the copper piping to flog. His home was like a building site, he said. Poor fecker. What kind of low life would do a thing like that, the man wanted to know? The presenter of the show said it was a "sign of desperate times". The whole thing agitated my father even further and he switched it off, declaring there was too much talking shite on the radio these days. Back to that unbearable silence.
My father kept his eyes firmly on the road in front and his hands gripped on the wheel, as if he was still driving. I must confess, at this point, I was starting to get the feeling he might be losing the run of himself, and wondered if this could be some kind of middle-aged episode. I looked at him then with a duty of care and asked, "Is everything okay, Da?" He looked back at me, bewildered, as if trying to recognise his own son. Or maybe himself. In that moment, the annoying, familiar sound of that blasted Honda Civic filled the air, and that vulgar green spoiler zoomed past, unaware of us, heading away from the bog. Shitehawk, I whispered, under my breath. My father turned on the engine. Are we going after him, I thought? I almost got excited at the thought of taking him on with my Da at my side. We'd wipe that smug grin off that ugly Whelan mug of his before he'd glanced sideways. It was too good to be true, though. We were going the other way.
Then I saw it. The Whelans' trailer, loaded full of turf, alone on the side of the road. My father manouevered the car like he was embodying Schumacher, reversing our car so we were positioned closely in front of the trailer. "Get out and attach it," he says, without blinking. "What?" says I, confused. "You heard me," he says. I opened the car door slowly, then looked at my father as I realised what he was asking me to do. He just nodded at me, grinding his teeth. "Get a move on!" he said then, as I took my time walking to the front of the trailer. Tommy had left it there after loading it. Why would he just abandon it like that? And then it dawned on me. Sure he couldn't attach that thing to his outrageous yoke of a car without risking scratching his precious spoiler. His father probably would have collected it later, if we hadn't gotten there first. My hands were shaking, trying to get it done. I kept listening for that engine sound I'd always dreaded, the one that made my pulse quicken and my stomach tighten. I got back into the car without saying a word. "Good lad," my father said, as we sped off down the road towards home.
The next day, my mother made me a proper breakfast before school. Eggs and bacon, the works. I didn't ask why. I knew what it was meant for. I couldn't even taste it, as I thought of Tommy's questioning face at school that day. My father was nowhere to be seen, nor was the trailer full of Whelan's turf. I didn't ask after him. I didn't want to be reminded of it. I thought about staying off school but I'd have to face everyone some time and I didn't want to do anything to arouse suspicion. The walk in was too short that morning. I felt I looked guilty, like I had a sign on my head that said so, and I tried to walk as tall and casual as possible through the school gates. I managed not to freak out when I saw Tommy's car, parked in its usual spot, sparkling like a polished stone in the morning sunlight. A few of the lads were hanging around chatting, but no one seemed to be discussing any stolen turf, so I started to relax a bit. They paid no attention to me as usual, so I went to class hoping there would be no more said about it.
It was lunchtime before my bubble burst and Tommy brought the subject up. I think he was too embarrassed to mention it before. The other lads had broken their backs helping him cut and load the turf so it was bad news for them too, in a way. Tommy's father had given him a thump for being such a "half arse" and leaving it there. He seemed more annoyed about that than anything else. I felt guilty and happy all at the same time. "Who would do a thing like that?" asked Davie Brennan, sounding like the man on the radio whose house was burgled. "Sure that's lower than dirt!" said Ronan. Then it happened. Tommy said he'd heard there were Lithuanians living locally who had a scam going doing just that sort of thing. They all looked uncomfortably over at Jurgis, who was eating lunch on his own in the corner as usual, something that smelled foreign that his mother had made him in a flask. He was unaware of the accusing looks and mostly was used to them. "He might have overheard us," Ronan said, "before we left school for the bog!" Tommy looked at Jurgis with renewed contempt. "Always thought he was shifty?" he says. I tried to follow them then, without seeming obvious, but they looked at me with the same judging eyes they always had for me and I went the other way on cue. I'd no idea what they had planned. If I could have stopped it, I would. If I'd known things would go so far. Whelan was a hothead with a false sense of self-importance, but I didn't think he was capable ... I hate that he proved me wrong. Again. He'd love that.
The next day at school, Jurgis's seat was empty. My stomach knotted at the thoughts of him maybe lying somewhere, bloodied and beaten for an act I had committed instead of him. Tommy came in then. I knew by the look in his eye as he passed Jurgis's vacant desk that he was guilty of something. He glanced down at it, shoving his hands into his pockets but I had time to glimpse the tell-tale cuts on his knuckles. I felt the colour draining from every part of me and started to feel faint. Mr Kelly walked into the classroom and at the same moment I ran past him covering my mouth, headed straight for the bathroom. "Are you alright James?" he called after me, but I couldn't answer him. I hurled my breakfast and my dinner from the night before, I'm sure. I felt like I'd been there, witnessed the brutality of it. I could hear the sickening thuds of each thump and kick poor Jurgis had endured. I heard his plea of innocence, denying any knowledge of a stolen trailer full of turf, and I imagined it falling on deaf ears. I couldn't face returning to class so I slipped out of the school, and started the long walk home, my head spinning full of demons.
I saw Jurgis's parents at Mass that Sunday. The sight of them gave me heart palpitations and my father seemed to notice, shoving me in to the nearest pew. Their normally deep, sallow skin seemed thinner and whiter, and you could see a look of desperate worry in their eyes. I thought I was going to be sick again but my father gave me the same look he gives the dog when it's thinking of doing something it shouldn't, and I knew I was trapped. Fr O'Rahilly marched to the pulpit and everyone rose to their feet. It was obvious what his sermon would focus on – the "terrible stain on the community" that resulted from "that horrific act of violence". It was similar to the talk we'd had at assembley in school a few days after it happened, but that was more about how "racism will not be tolerated at St. Andrew's". Every word crushed a tiny piece of my tormented mind into a further crumbling mess. My parents seemed blissfully unaware they had any part in it. I couldn't tell them. It would break my mother's heart if she knew. She had worked with Jurgis's mother picking strawberries last summer and had grown fond of her. They shared recipes for soups and probably complained to each other about their husbands. I knew my Mam would talk to her after, and offer an expression of sympathy to the poor woman. If only they both knew. How different would that conversation be?
My right leg started to wobble uncontrollably. I had to hold on to it to stop it. At the end of the sermon, we all prayed that Jurgis would awaken from his coma, and prayed for the Petraitis family at this "difficult and worrying time". When Mass was over, my father and I walked silently to the car, while my mother and sister went to console Jurgis's parents and ask after his current condition. I knew by the look on their faces that there had been no change or improvement. My father started tapping the steering wheel with both hands, playing it like a drum. He was impatient for the women to stop gabbing so he could get home to watch the match. I was irritated by his lack of sensitivity to the whole thing. Why couldn't he figure it out? It was him got the idea off the Lithuanians in the first place. I think he was capable of connecting the dots; he just didn't want to see them. "Do you think they'll catch whoever done it?" I asked him. "Hah?" he gasped with an irreverent slap of the wheel. "Whoever attacked Jurgis?" I added. "Ah sure, probably not, they rarely do in these things," he said unapologetically. The women returned to the car and the whole way home my mother was full of questions for us all about why would someone do something like that to a harmless young fella like Jurgis? Nobody answered her.
Tommy didn't tell his parents about Jurgis. I don't know if he figured out he had the wrong man, or he was just afraid. As a result, his father had accused almost everyone in the village of taking his turf. The whole community turned on itself, each family pointing a dirty finger at the next, reporting on various signs of untrustworthy behaviour observed of late. Even my father had been accused and for a moment I hoped the whole wasps' nest would be disturbed, and we'd all be stung by the aftermath, like we deserved. As usual, he talked himself out of it. He tried laying blame on the Lithuanians himself, even saying it was probably "one of their own" who'd assaulted Jurgis. The next time I saw Tommy, I gave him a look that said "I know what you did" but I doubt it was registered. I don't know what I would have done, if he'd given that same look back to me.
Ciara Duffin works as a freelance drama facilitator, having trained with the National Association of Youth Drama, but always had a desire to be a writer. She recently wrote a play for youth theatre and is working on her first attempt at a novel.


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The tribe announced Monday that Foss is paying "$1.1 million for spiritual and cultural damages to the tribe's historic saltwater marsh and beach, known as Doe-Kag-Wats." The accident happened when heavy fuel oil was being transferred onto a Foss-owned barge at the ChevronTexaco terminal near Edmonds. In the early hours of Dec. 30, 2003, the barge's tank overflowed while no one was watching and alarms failed to sound. (Past stories here and here.)
The tug and barge company already paid the tribe $126,000 for its initial response and damage assessment costs, and it agreed to pay an additional $265,000 to a federal fund to restore the natural resources at the site. The settlement followed three years of negotiations.
In contrast, Exxon Mobil has appealed again and again and again what it owes thousands of fishermen and other Alaskans harmed by the 1989 spill of 11 million-gallons that oiled 1,500 miles of Alaskan coastline. In December, its $5 billion debt was slashed to $2.5 billion. In February, the company topped its own record for the biggest annual profit by a U.S. company — raking in $39.5 billion last year.


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Wednesday January 27 2016
A six-member committee appointed by the Judicial Service Commission (JSC) to investigate bribery allegations against Supreme Court Judge Justice Phillip Tunoi will table its report in a week's time.
On Wednesday, Ms Ominde was sworn in as a JSC member to represent magistrates in the commission.
Other members of the commission who attended Wednesday's meeting included Chief Justice Willy Mutunga, Attorney-General Githu Muigai, judges Smokin Wanjala, Mohammed Warsame, Aggrey Muchelule and Judiciary Chief Registrar Ann Amadi.
The special team that will investigate the bribery allegations against Justice Tunoi will be chaired by Public Service Commission chairman Margaret Kobia.
Dr Mutunga, who is the chairman of the JSC, said other members of the special team are Prof Muigai, Justice Muchelule, Ms Ominde, Winifred Guchu and Kipkorir Bett.
He stressed that the committee would handle the investigations with utmost fairness, independence and fidelity to the Constitution.
The team was formed following allegations by Mr Geoffrey Kiplagat.
Mr Kiplagat claims in the affidavit that he acted as a go-between for Justice Tunoi and Dr Kidero, culminating in the Supreme Court judge receiving Sh200 million to rule in favour of the Nairobi governor in an election petition filed by now Kabete MP Ferdinand Waititu in 2014.
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Last week's passage from the Sermon on the Mount has had me thinking all week about the topic of anger. Jesus' inclusion of calling a brother or sister a fool under the commandment against murder is certainly confronting and makes us realise the seriousness of anger in our hearts. So, why do we find it so easy to get angry? And especially, why do we find it so hard to control our tongue from venting forth our anger?
The book of James is especially preoccupied with this struggle. James warns us that:
If anyone thinks he is religious without controlling his tongue, then his religion is useless and he deceives himself (James 1:26). For James, the idea that someone could claim to follow Jesus and yet feel free to abuse others with their tongue suggests that they may not know Jesus at all.
But why is anger such a negative thing? Our world doesn't always see it that way, instead it suggests that to bottle it up is unhelpful and it is cathartic to sometimes 'let it rip'. Irish playwright Sean O'Casey says, 'It's my rule never to lose my temper till it would be detrimental to keep it'. His point was that sometimes you just have to release the valve or you will explode. However, James has a different view. He suggests that anger is so negative because it never works to bring about God's good. So, in James 1:19 he says:
My dearly loved brothers, understand this: Everyone must be quick to hear, slow to speak, and slow to anger, for man's anger does not accomplish God's righteousness.
Of course, we know James is right. We do work at not getting angry and we are repentant when we do. We do strive to be people who listen rather than rush to speak. Yet, for me at least, it seems like it's often two steps forward one step back. However, James suggests that this is not to be unexpected:
Every sea creature, reptile, bird, or animal is tamed and has been tamed by man, 8 but no man can tame the tongue. It is a restless evil, full of deadly poison. 9 We praise our Lord and Father with it, and we curse men who are made in God's likeness with it. (James 3:7-9)
Ultimately anger flows from our heart and so this is where change needs to happen. Praise God that he forgives us for our anger and puts his Holy Spirit in us to work to change our hearts. But now as forgiven sinners what steps can we take to 'tame our tongues'? Here are a couple of thoughts:
1) Focus daily on the forgiveness we have in Jesus. When we truly understand our own sin and the extent Jesus went to forgive us, it must make us more ready to forgive others.
2) Work at listening. We need to take seriously the encouragement to be 'slow to speak'.
3) Remind ourselves regularly that all people are made in the image of God. How can we use the tongue God has given us to disparage other people made in the image of the God we praise?
You might have other ideas for how to fight this battle – why not share them over morning tea or after church?
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Last weekend we had an amazing time at Alabang with a lot of our blogger friends. We were split up in 2 hotels. First half was to stay at The Bellevue Hotel Manila, and the other half were also very lucky to try its little sister, the B Hotel. A nice little hotel situated at Madrigal Business Park. It's nice 3-star hotel that gives you comfort but for a more affordable price.
The hotel is not that big, but I'd say it's a good size! It has 154 rooms and 8 penthouse units, with an all-day dining outlet, and more importantly, wifi access (Yes that's important hehe)
Welcome drinks are prepared for new comers!
The lobby welcomes you with a nice huge painting
The reception area. Small but nice!
And on the same floor, is an open high-ceiling dining area where guests can dine for breakfast, etc.
Booth tables by the window
Behind the big painting by the lobby, you will see a small hall just enough to fit the yummy buffet!
I was so hungry that time and so I was really thrilled to try this Chicken rice (very tasty!)
I also really enjoyed their tamarind sinigang! Super sour! Super good! I almost felt bad for not getting a third serving :-(
And I also loved their macaroni and cheese. Very creamy! They have a lot of other really good items on the buffet but these three were the most outstanding to me. Oh, their crispy belly was also fantastic!
On the other side of the floor, lots of paintings were displayed.
The Rooms:
While waiting for the others to finish eating, we decided to go up and crash in on Yedy and Eugene's room (they're cousins, FYI hehe). Here's the hallway of their floor. Spacious and cozy!
And upon entering their Penhouse room, was the kitchenette...
Complete with ref, electrical stove, exhaust...
... and microwave.
And beside the kitchen was cozy the living room well lit by the balcony (which was locked to comply with the city ordinance something. To avoid suicidal attempts. Yikes! But good call!)
The bedroom was very spacious, and again due to the floor to ceiling windows, it was very bright!
|Standard Room Photo from B Hotel Official Website
We weren't able to tour a standard room but I checked it on their website and it looked nice as well! Standard rooms can be one king-sized bed...
|Standard Room Photo from B Hotel Official Website
or twin beds. Nice right? Not at all shabby!
Going back to the lobby, I took Rain's photo with the Queen of the South herself, Jane Go, and her lovely girls!
|No, Rain! That's not your crown!...
|...okay, fine.
Thanks to Jane Go of Sugar and Spice again and again for arranging everything! :-)
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Official Website: http://www.thebellevue.com/b-hotel/
B Hotel is located at
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From Brighton to London via Barcelona, it's been a busy Spring on the road for As Elephants Are.
After their first-ever date outside the UK in front of a packed Razzmatazz in Barcelona and support slots for Half Moon Run, Amber Run and Young Kato, the band are now headed towards a Summer of festival appearances around England (full dates below, more tba).
You can now stream the "Hand Prints" EP in full below – and if you like what you hear you can get it on iTunes.
Live dates:
20th June – Camden Crawl – Camden Eye – London
21st June – Lainfest – Leicestershire
18th July – Birdcage – Bristol
19th July – Truck Festival – Oxford
25th July – Secret Garden Party – Cambridgeshire
25th July – Refest – Surrey
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It's been an exciting couple of months in tennis, and Milos Raonic has gotten lost in the shuffle. He hasn't beaten a top-40 player since Barcelona in April, and he remains outside of the top 20. His five-set battle at Wimbledon against Sam Querrey was a high-class, hard-fought effort on both sides, and naturally, Querrey got most of the press after that one.
This isn't a sophomore slump. It's the calm before the storm.
Much like Juan Martin del Potro, Raonic has been stunted in 2012 by the juggernaut that has been Roger Federer. Of Raonic's 10 losses this year, three have come against Roger, and all three have gone three sets, two of them to a third-set breaker.
More importantly, Raonic's ranking doesn't tell the whole story. The Canadian missed almost the entire second half of 2011, coming back after the US Open at half-strength. He has almost no points to defend between now and the end of the year.
Even a modest projection for Raonic suggests that he'll move into the top 16 by the end of the year. And as he climbs the ladder, he'll get better seedings, avoiding roadblocks like Federer in the 2nd round of Madrid.
If all Milos does is play up to his seed at this year's three remaining Masters, reach the third round of the US Open, and defend his semifinal points from Stockholm, he'll ascend to approximately #17 in the rankings. (I've ignored the Olympics, since that event will inflate almost everyone's point total. Raonic may also further pad his total this week at Newport.) One decent run, like a Masters quarterfinal, a 500 semifinal, or even a fourth-round finish in Flushing, puts him at the edge of the top 15. Based on his skill level, that's where he belongs right now.
And that conservative path is almost certainly not all that the Canadian will accomplish. On paper, his grass season is a bit disappointing, but a three-set loss to Federer and the five-setter against the resurgent Querrey is hardly a disaster. And Raonic's clay season exceeded expectations, including wins over Nicolas Almagro, Andy Murray, and David Nalbandian.
A couple of rough draws have made it easy to forget about one of the game's future stars. Don't be surprised to see him persistently climbing the rankings, pushing aside top-tenners, for the rest of the 2012 season.


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