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Democrats unveil jobs bills
Madison -- Democratic lawmakers want to grow jobs by spending more money on worker training, making tax credits more accessible for small businesses and tech investors and making government buy American.
At the Capitol on Thursday, Democrats unveiled their package of jobs bills, which includes proposals backed in the past by GOP Gov. Scott Walker.
That doesn't mean the bills have a clear path forward – many of the bills also failed to pass the Republican-controlled Legislature last session.
Democrats also didn't offer a total cost for their jobs package or a way to cover the total amount of new spending or lost tax revenue.
Sen. Julie Lassa (D-Stevens Point) touted her proposal to make it easier for investors in early stage companies to receive tax credits through a popular state program, even if those investors they don't owe any state taxes.
Being eligible for such cash payments from the state would give out of state "angel" investors a reason to check out deserving start-ups in Wisconsin, she said. Walker has backed the bill in the past.
"We ought to be passing this bill today," Lassa said.
Lassa's bill would not allocate any new tax credits but would make use of roughly $10 million to $15 million in unused tax credits that have already been authorized by lawmakers in previous legislation, she said.
Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) was unimpressed.
"Sitting down at a table and discussing proposals is a much more effective way to work on legislation than launching political attacks at a press conference," he said in a statement.
Other bills included proposals to increase funding for worker training and legislation to require state and local governments to buy products made in America where possible.
Another bill would make it easier for small businesses to obtain financing for an investment when they qualify for tax credits.
Currently, businesses have to make an investment and then apply for tax credits. But Rep. Fred Clark (D-Baraboo) said that he's heard from business owners who say that they can't claim the tax credit because they can't get financing from lenders to make the investment.
Clark's proposal would allow small businesses to get a matching grant of up to 10% of an investment up front that could be part of a financing package, at a total cost of $8 million over two years. That cost would also come out of existing unused tax credits and would not involve allocating new ones, Clark said.
- Pence addresses criticism of Waukesha rally
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- Pence rally set for Waukesha Expo Center
- Feingold campaign continues robust fundraising
- Bernie Sanders urges Wisconsin delegates to back Clinton, stop Trump
- Live stream: Democratic Convention Day 1
- Feingold praises ruling allowing some people to vote without ID
- Third-party groups launch attacks against Ron Johnson
- Democrats "welcome" Ron Johnson return to Wisconsin
The Wisconsin Voter Blog
The Journal Sentinel's Craig Gilbert explores political trends in a purple state.

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lang setting.
lint setting.
source-highlight or
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with the
usepager setting.
verbose setting.
server and
save command to save response documents to files.
help command.
login and
logout commands.
user commands.
whoami and
session commands.
admin commands.
security commands.
passwd command to change passwords.
Note that no client-side password generation is performed so you must be using couchdb
1.2.0 or later to be able to generate hashed passwords on the server.
stats command.
log command.
restart command.
tasks command.
uuids command.
version command.
config get command.
config set command.
config rm command.
db command.
db ls command.
db add command.
db rm command.
db info command.
db compact command.
db cleanup command.
db commit command.
db changes command.
db revslimit command.
doc ls command.
doc add command.
doc edit command.
doc rm command.
doc get command.
doc head command.
doc etag command.
doc copy command.
bulk commands.
conflicts and
seq sub-commands of the
doc command.
attach command.
attach files command, supports simple directory globbing.
attach rm command.
attach get command.
Note that only standalone attachments are supported, there are no plans to support inline attachments.
repl sub-commands
rm and
get to
manipulate replications.
repl filter to create a replication document that represents a
filtered replication.
repl docs to create a replication document that only replicates specific documents.
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alias commands to create, update and delete aliases for frequently used servers (and databases).
cd command to connect to a server by alias.
repl commands to replicate by alias.
settings set command.
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tpl copy.
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shlang settings.
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28 Italian Songs & Arias of the 17th & 18th Centuries
By Various
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Vocal, Medium Voice, Piano Accompaniment (Medium Voice)
Based on the Editions by Alessandro Parisotti Medium Voice, Book Only. Composed by Various. Edited by Richard Walters. Vocal Collection. Softcover. 176 pages. G. Schirmer #ED4448. Published by G. Schirmer (HL.50490106).
Item Number: HL.50490106
ISBN 1423492455. 9x12 inches.
3 new keys. Now available in 5 keys
Newly researched and engraved collections, including the original Schirmer "24" plus four additional songs. With International Phonetic Alphabet, word for word translations, and historical information on each song and composer. CDs feature accompaniments and recorded diction lessons.


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From classical pianos to EDM synths, percussion to hard rock guitar sounds; Garageband 10 comes pre packaged with a ton of great sounding virtual instruments that can really bring your project to life.
Digging into the instrument sounds available to you is as easy as opening a new Software Instrument track and choosing a Patch from the Library pane, but what about actually playing your chosen instrument? Ideally you could attach a USB keyboard or controller to your Mac, but maybe you're just getting started with Garageband and don't have access to one? Or maybe you're on the move and didn't have room to pack your keyboard/controller?
Luckily Garageband has an ingenious built in solution – Musical Typing.
What Is Musical Typing?
What Musical Typing essentially allows you to do is use the keys on your Mac's keyboard to play notes, chords and melodies.
Here's how it works:
To open Musical Typing, first click on "Window" in the toolbar at the top of your screen.
Next, click on "Show Musical Typing" (Alternatively, use the keyboard shortcut ⌘+K)
The Musical Typing window will appear in all it's glory!
Here's a rundown of the features:
Pitch Bend: You can use the 1+2 keys to adjust the pitch of whatever note/s you are playing in real time.
Modulation: Keys 3 through 8 will add a set amount of modulation to the note/s played. The effect will differ depending on the instrument you have selected.
Sustain: You can toggle sustain on and off with the Tab key.
Black and White Keys: These are the keys you'll use to create your melody. Garageband presents them in a way that corresponds to a single octave (C3 to C4 by default) on a Piano keyboard.
Octave: Use the Z and X keys to shift octaves for lower or higher pitched notes.
Velocity: The C and V keys allow you to change to velocity (how hard the note is struck) of your chosen instrument sound.
All that's left for you to do is hit record and start playing! It can take a bit of getting used to, especially if you have larger fingers (my big fat fingers seem incapable of playing anything but the simplest melodies in Musical Typing), but you'll soon get the hang of it.
If you have a large number of tracks in your Garageband project, using a lot of plug ins or are running an older machine, you may find the notes you're recording using Musical Typing don't always register as they should – leaving some notes sounding out of time with the rest of your project.
This issue (known as latency) is caused by your Mac trying to do too many things at once and while there are steps you can take before recording your performance to minimize it, you can also have Garageband automatically fix smaller timing issues for you.
It's called quantization and here's how it works in Garageband:
With the track you'd like to quantize selected, click on the Editor icon in the top right corner of the Garageband window (or use the keyboard short cut E).
In the Editor window, click on the 'Time Quantize' drop down menu and select the note value you want to use (if you're not sure which note value to use, try a few different ones out – there will almost certainly be a value that will 'fit').
The notes that you've recorded will snap into the timing of the note value you chose and fixing any timing or latency errors!
Now that you know how to use Musical Typing in Garageband all that's left to do is get stuck in and start experimenting…
Do you find Garageband's Musical Typing function useful? Ran into any problems while using it? Leave a comment and let me know!


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Short on cash, Republican parties in states across the U.S. struggle to keep up with the Democratic rivals. New York Times>>>
Disenchanted with the way the country has been running, people in high-voting suburbs are changing the way they vote. Washington Post>>>
A new book by Bob Woodward about President Barack Obama and the wars he inherited might not be exactly what White House officials had hoped for. Politico>>>
With the failure of a repeal of don't ask, don't tell, some worry it's a bad sign for Democrats in the coming midterm election. Newsweek>>>
Republicans will attempt to cut off the cash flow to some Democratic programs as a measure to show voters they will decrease government spending.
The Hill>>>


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I can not believe that June is upon us and as I am wrapping up a trip to Florida, I wanted to share this adorable outfit I put together to showcase some pretty rad bracelets. Hosting giveaways over the last few months has allowed me the opportunity to build relationships and collaborate with some pretty awesome small shop owners. The lovely ladies of Shop Accessory Lane, The Sis Kiss and 28 Four Jewelry created this beautiful bundle and I knew it would fit perfectly with this outfit. I will tell you that while this top is just as stunning in person, the bow detail makes it extremely difficult to get all the wrinkles out! Also, if you're interested in snagging these pretty pink shorts, they do run big! I hope you and your closet are ready for June!


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Emo : I Want Top Six
The long serving Brett Emerton is aiming for a top six finish this season with Blackburn and has been encouraged by the start they have made. Particularly with the type of football that is being played.
But he does admit that the blue and white army, despite creating chances, need to start taking them, otherwise that aim of a high finish will not be realised.
Emo, talking to Sky Sports said - 'Obviously after the weekend we felt we should have possibly won the game, we didn't take our chances, but in the end got a deserved equaliser,' Emerton told Sky Sports News.
'We will pick ourselves up and take positives from the game and take them into the game against Villa on Wednesday.
'Going forward, even in the game on Saturday against Boro, we were quite good and created numerous chances and just didn't find the back of the net, but that is football.
'I think we still have a lot of positives from the game and like I say, hopefully if we play as well as we did on Saturday against Villa, we can get a result there.'
'I think when we first set out we were aiming for a top-six finish, as we did in the last couple of seasons, and I think we have the ability within the side to achieve that.
'So hopefully if things go well we can get there.'
Positive words there from one half of the Aussie contingent.


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Heartwood is the first in a series called Elemental Wars. It is set in a land of knights where countries are torn by war. The one thing that ties them together is a the Arbor, a holy tree. The tree is the center of their religion, their culture, and their land. As the story opens, delegates from each country gather at a peace summit that seems to be past hope and the last straw to save the war-torn land.
Freya Robertson creates a vivid setting in a land with a rich culture that is at the same time is missing key elements because of a great earthquake hundreds of years before. During the peace summit delegates are attacked by creatures that rise out of water to steal the heart of the Arbor. It is the sacred heart upon which their beliefs are based, causing them to reach deeper and to learn more about the missing elements of their religion. Finding that they need to reactivate the energy nodes the knights divide into seven groups to complete a quest to save the tree.
I found myself drawn in at the beginning of the story with the surprise elements of water warriors and of a war between earth and water. I was intrigued how each quest had different tasks to perform at each of the energy nodes, which was connected to a particular knight in each group. These tasks added to the storyline and added variety. Robertson splits a group of knights into seven quests and within each chapter she switches between these quests. While I felt a bit lost in the middle while following the seven different quests, it all came back together at the end. When all the groups gathered back together for the final battle, I was drawn back into a satisfying ending.
I feel a book is good if I am willing to reread it, not because I missed details but because I felt connected to the characters and what was happening. However, while Heartwood is an intriguing story, I struggled to connect with the characters. The story line jumps from each quest every four to six pages, and I found myself losing track of what was happening with other the other quests. While I found the story interesting and the details well done, I felt a lack of connection throughout the book and the different quests.
I would have to reread Heartwood not because of a connection to the characters, but because I still feel like I missed some key elements. The characters, while initially interesting, were not developed enough for me to really feel drawn or connected too them.
Mother to three rambunctious boys, Anjuli Burton would rather quilt or read fantasy novels (especially Brandon Sanderson) than sleep and manages to find time to do both, all while raising her gang in the beautiful American northwest.
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Elemental Wars
Angry Robot
October 29, 2013
ARC provided by publisher
A dying tree, a desperate quest, a love story, a last stand.
Chonrad, Lord of Barle, comes to the fortified temple of Heartwood for the Congressus peace talks, which Heartwood's holy knights have called in an attempt to stave off war in Anguis. But the Arbor, Heartwood's holy tree, is failing, and because the land and its people are one, it is imperative the nations try to make peace.
After the Veriditas, or annual Greening Ceremony, the Congressus takes place. The talks do not go well and tempers are rising when an army of warriors emerges from the river. After a fierce battle, the Heartwood knights discover that the water warriors have stolen the Arbor's heart. For the first time in history, its leaves begin to fall...
The knights divide into seven groups and begin an epic quest to retrieve the Arbor, and save the land.


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The Port of Long Beach has received a high credit rating for its bonds from global financial advising company Fitch Ratings, which will mean lower debt costs as the Port moves forward on capital improvement projects.
Fitch Ratings gave a 'AA' rating on two series of Port bonds scheduled to be sold in the coming months. The rating, the second highest, means the Port's bonds are "investment grade" and reflect the Port's strong financial position. The higher rating means lower risk to investors thus a lower interest rate on the debt.
The Port plans to issue $218 million in harbor revenue bonds and up to $354 million in harbor revenue refunding bonds. Proceeds from the revenue bonds will finance certain capital improvements while proceeds from revenue refunding bonds will be used to pay outstanding debt and reduce debt costs.
Fitch also affirmed the 'AA' rating on approximately $785 million outstanding harbor revenue bonds and harbor revenue refunding bonds.


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I remember one of my formers bosses (Harvard grad) mentioned that he had thrown away his Harvard business books as they were no longer applied or relevant for Dubai's development model at that particular pace.
He was one of the fast rising executives whom was speedily promoted to head a big conglomerate and later, somehow, never heard of again. I have some fond memories working under him for his Malaysian connection and his brash style as well as empowerment to the subordinates.
It is the bottom line that always relevant to any commercial developments and business ventures. The moment of truth is here, now and for the future to re-assess Dubai phenomenon.
As it is now, enjoy the massive publicity all over the world for a place called Dubai.
|Assessing fallout of Dubai's credit disaster
John Sfakianakis
RIYADH: Concerns about Dubai's potentially crippling default on enormous debts to global creditors have rattled investor confidence across the oil-exporting Gulf region, prompting corporate issuers in the region to postpone or cancel bond issuances (e.g. Gulf Investment Bank) in the wake of the news.
We estimate Dubai's debt upward of $80 billion. At the heart of the issue is whether state-run Dubai World, which holds more than $50 billion in liabilities, will be able to pay back its creditors. The conglomerate that runs flagship Dubai companies such as DP World, asked banks this week for a "standstill" agreement as it negotiates to extend maturities of debt, including the $3.52 billion in Islamic bonds due next month from Nakheel, the famed palm tree island developer. The bond at the center of Dubai's restructuring efforts, the December 2009 Islamic bond from Nakheel, has lost a third of its value since the announcement, the price having collapsed to 72 points from 111 beforehand.
Dubai's announcement, which happened on Wednesday, sent shockwaves through European equity markets on fears that many banks could face massive writedowns on Dubai debt. Currency and bond markets across the globe were also exposed to developments that have become the source of the biggest destruction of confidence in Dubai's history. To make matters more interesting the ports operator, DP World announced that it will be excluded from the debt standstill and restructuring of Dubai World and its subsidiaries. The company, the world's fourth-largest ports operator, is 77 percent owned by Dubai World. DP World is considered the best asset within Dubai World. We think this move is clearly to differentiate the good assets of Dubai from the bad ones, and DP World is a good asset.
Credit default swaps across the region rose, including in Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi which, unlike Dubai, hold rich hydrocarbon reserves. Dubai's five-year CDS spreads are at three-month highs and there is further upside risk. Dubai, with sparse oil reserves, built its fortunes on real estate and financial services in recent years, borrowing heavily to finance mega projects including three man-made islands shaped as palm fronds.
Regional bond sales have been impacted as spreads have widened. Gulf Investment Bank which owned by the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency (SAMA) and the Public Investment Fund of Saudi Arabia have decided to postpone the dollar bond sale. Other corporates in the region were also preparing to tap the international bond market. We think that there will be a temporary lull but renewed activity will begin in the first quarter of 2010 as risk is readjusted for the entire region.
Credit quality deterioration simply is not an issue in Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi and Qatar and we expect that in the short term, investors will calm down and begin to differentiate between "good" and "bad" bets in the Gulf region. The Dubai debt debacle comes shortly after Qatar, the world's top exporter of liquefied natural gas, sold $7 billion in bonds this month, subscribed mainly by investors in the United States and the United Kingdom. Orders for the bond issue, described as the largest by an emerging-market government, topped $28 billion — underpinning the genuine faith many international investors have in the region.
We think that in the future, global investors will need to differentiate between those Gulf economies that are debt-burdened and those whose leverage levels are incredibly low by global standards. Saudi Arabia, the world's biggest oil exporter, has among the lowest levels of public debt in the G20, with domestic debt levels at 13.4 percent of GDP last year, compared with 81 percent in India and 50 percent in the United States. It alsowww held enormous foreign assets of SR1.46 trillion at the end of October, most of which is invested in low-risk, liquid investments.
In view of these nuances, the region is often wrongly sold to the world as uniform when in fact the six states comprising the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) followed very different development models.
Even within the UAE, Dubai and capital Abu Dhabi — holder of the majority of the state's crude oil reserves — had followed two extremely different development paths this decade. Dubai built its economy using high leverage, with revenue streams that were tenuous. Dubai's volatile real estate and services sectors did well during the boom years but fell victim to the global financial crisis, which triggered a slump in asset values, especially real estate. It should not be ignored that Dubai was above all an interesting real estate play which benefited the early entrants which turned out to be bubble that burst. This approach differs heavily from Abu Dhabi, which was bringing in hundreds of billions of dollars in surpluses during this decade's oil boom, but investing it in a more calculated, moderate pace that has mainly avoided the creation of asset bubbles. Despite the real estate development story in Abu Dhabi the authorities did not permit the development of a bubble. Dubai is now in a bind as its debt is more than nine time its 2008 revenues. That pattern is unsustainable.
Once the dust settles, we believe that there will be a flight to quality, with foreign funds favoring Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi. Abu Dhabi is bound to suffer from the contagion from Dubai for the short term, but we expect the UAE capital will be in a position to overcome any risk profile pressure. Abu Dhabi controls 90 percent of the UAE's oil reserves which are the fourth largest in the world. Despite the global financial crisis, the Abu Dhabi Investment Fund is one of the world's largest sovereign wealth funds. Clearly, we think Abu Dhabi's investment program and low key leadership offers reasonable reassurances about the country's direction to avoid far fewer excesses.
The fate and handling of Dubai's sovereign risk is impacting the way international markets perceive GCC sovereign risk. The Saad-Algosaibi debt default saga in Saudi Arabia, while shaking the credibility of regional borrowers, did not bring lending to Saudi entities in general to a halt. Rather, the situation forced creditors to reassess the risks involved with lending to different entities and categorize them accordingly. Corporates that are showing signs of transparency will begin to reap the benefits of finance from within the region and outside. However, state entities will continue to receive the bulk of trust from international lenders. In a similar way, Dubai's debt problems will compel creditors to re-categorize sovereign risk. Dubai entities will have to work hard to convince to bring back confidence on the state-enterprise model of Dubai which was based on high leverage and constraint income.
If there is anything we have learned so far from the global financial crisis is that leverage and debt without a strong revenue base cannot sustain an economy. We find Saudi Arabia to be leading the pack in terms of sovereign strength despite the corporate saga that lingers. Moreover, Saudi Arabia and Abu Dhabi never witnessed the real estate excesses that have punished Dubai in the past year.
There was never a real estate bubble in Saudi Arabia and if anything the property market is severely undersupplied. The government has made sure to pay down government debt during the boom years and budgetary spending has been counter-cyclical — careful during periods of high oil prices and aggressive during cycles of depressed oil prices.
We view Qatar as being equally strong as a sovereign, with a solid revenue base to back up its expansion. The excesses witnessed in the property sector were far more contained and used far less leverage, with most, if not all was locally generated. Hence we see very little risk that Qatar can generate going forward.
After the dust settles: What's next for Dubai
Dubai's reputation has been impacted in a major way and it will be difficult for the emirate to recover from the negative backlash in the medium to long term. The lack of transparency surrounding how the emirate plans to pay back debts reaching maturity has compounded investors' perception of risk. Until the Dubai World announcement, investors had expected Abu Dhabi would provide Dubai with adequate funds to pay back its creditors. Just an hour before the debt restructuring news, Dubai announced it had sold $5 billion in bonds to two banks in Abu Dhabi in which the government holds substantial stakes. But the government quickly clarified these funds had nothing to do with the Dubai World debt restructuring.
Earlier this year, the UAE central bank, based in the UAE capital, subscribed for $10 billion in Dubai sovereign bonds, a portion of which went toward enabling state-linked developers pay outstanding dues to contractors. That move eased investor worries about a potential default by Dubai, but also raised questions about what Abu Dhabi would demand in return. The two emirates, although being part of the same federation, are run by separate ruling families.
The entire debt repayment scenario has now been thrown into question. The Nakheel bond is, after all, the most high-profile of Dubai's debts and was regarded by many as a litmus test for how effectively Dubai — and Abu Dhabi — would treat maturing debts. Markets, puzzled about why the $5 billion raised by Dubai this week was not going to Nakheel bond creditors, will be watching for news on how the debt restructuring develops and what conditions Abu Dhabi could set for providing funds to pay outstanding loans.
Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al-Maktoum, also prime minister of the UAE, removed this month key executives who helped shape modern Dubai, including replacing the governor of the Dubai International Financial Centre, Omar bin Sulaiman, and removing the chairmen of Emaar Properties, Dubai World and Dubai Holding from the board of the Investment Corporate of Dubai, a body charged with managing the emirate's wealth. At the newly reshuffled board of ICD, two of the ruler's sons were brought in as directors. The change of guard will have to be tested and the results and management style would be watched closely by the international investor community. Moreover, the larger question of succession would be kept at the back of the international investors' minds.
There has been little public announcement about the conditions attached to Abu Dhabi aid to Dubai and what level of autonomy the emirate would have to forego in exchange for the financial bailout. We believe that in the end, Abu Dhabi will be willing and able to provide adequate funds to enable Dubai to meet its debt obligations. We are not of the view that Abu Dhabi wants to have a "sick cousin" that would jeopardize the well-being of the Federation. Abu Dhabi wants to see Dubai's economy return to a healthier state as many Abu-Dhabi based businessmen have invested in the property sector and the economy of Dubai at large. Abu Dhabi will have three avenues to pursue: Pay, buy and bail out. This funding, however, will come at a cost not measured in money. Politics in this region is more powerful that simple monetary transactions. But in the end, Dubai will not be able to cover its debts on its own and the de-leveraging process could last not a few months but a few years.
Bailing out Dubai could be good for the Federation but nothing is for free. Will Abu Dhabi ask for additional control over Dubai, will this make Dubai less autonomous? As there is no free lunch and all services have to be paid back the price that Dubai might have to pay back to Abu Dhabi is some of its autonomy. Dubai would have to yield to the conditions of its rich neighbor in order to save face among global creditors. It is very difficult for Dubai not to prevent Abu Dhabi from gaining additional influence, both at the level of the federation as well as bilaterally. And the Dubai leadership's language has changed and become more supportive of the federation. The most vivid of all was the comments of Dubai's ruler who said in earlier in November that people who speculated about relations between Dubai and Abu Dhabi should "shut up," at an investors' conference in Dubai. The ruling lines of both emirates are "the same family, not only that but the same tribe, the Bani Yas tribe," he said. They "ruled many many tribes in the Arabian Peninsula for hundreds and hundreds of years."
It is important to note that it was only in 1996 that Dubai integrated its armed forces into the UAE's military command. The sense of Dubai's autonomy was also evidenced after the UAE's establishment in 1971 where there were border check points, for many years, between Abu Dhabi and Dubai even if both were part of the federation.
Dubai's economy, meanwhile, is poised to face another backlash from the debt troubles, which are likely to shake investor confidence in its real estate sector once again and send prices that have already halved in the last year down further. Although Dubai's property developers, controlled by the state, are trying to control real estate prices by holding back the release of additional apartment units onto the market it could be that prices could very well depreciate further. The emirate could also be forced to introduce further delays to infrastructure projects currently in the pipeline.
We think that Abu Dhabi plays a key role in supporting debt-ridden Dubai. Dubai's leveraged property play has come to abrupt and crashing end. Going forward Dubai needs to show resolve but also willingness to admit to greater transparency. Dubai also needed to better time the announcement of its the debt restructuring. Dubai is in dire straits and Abu Dhabi will come to the rescue but like all rescues it would have a price. As for the international investor base, it should become apparent to them that Dubai is not core of the GCC and there is far greater depth to the region than remains untapped.
(John Sfakianakis is chief economist at Banque Saudi Fransi — Credit Agricole Group)


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It is midway through December. The Christmas tree is up, and that combined with the smell of pine and fallen leaves outside the house has me in a nostalgic mood. It has me thinking about the past year. God, so much has changed. This time last year, I lived in Kailua, the most gorgeous place on the planet. I dare you to tell me different. I lived a mile away from a beautiful beach. My best friends lived in walking distance from me. On a Saturday morning I had a dozen people I could call at the drop of a hat to invite to a last minute hike or walk on the beach. I knew my neighbors, and I had healthy, active people surrounding me. I could walk to Crossfit and my work was a mere 15 minutes away.
Why then does it feel so right that I've moved to this out of the way place, where we are surrounded by squirrels, deer, bugs and birds? Where Walmart is the best option for produce? Where the beach (which in no way compares to Kailua) is a half hour drive away? Where we are afraid to let our dogs run loose because they might get eaten by alligators or snatched up by large predatory birds?
One major answer is family. I am missing my best friends like hell, and I am going to have to figure out how to visit soon, but now I feel like I live on the same planet as my family. When I call them in the morning, it is also morning for them. I don't get the news 6 hours later than they do. I saw my family and Nathan's family in July. Then I drove to New York for Thanksgiving. Twice. I am going to see
them again over the Christmas break. I think Nathan said it most eloquently when we spoke of it in the car the other night. He said, "This last time we drove away from the house, I was sad, because I would miss them, but I wasn't thinking Is this the last time I am going to see them?"
How shitty is that question? This is why I moved from Hawaii. If someone in my family gets sick, or a family member gets married, or a family member has a baby, those things matter to me. And living in Hawaii, you start to question whether you can afford to go see them. That's screwed up. My mother-in-law had a liver transplant. My sister-in-law gave her half of her own liver. That's freaking amazing. And when we got married, they couldn't come to Hawaii, because traveling when you've gotten a liver transplant is pretty freaking difficult, especially at first. That sucked. Big time.
Living so close feels amazing. I feel like I am getting to know them again. And it's not like I didn't talk to my siblings or my parents. We kept and still do keep up a pretty good conversation via facebook
and email and I was able to have Skype conversations with them on most of the holidays over the years.
But, let's be honest. It's not the same. It's not the same as trying to sleep on the top bunk at your parents' house when your oldest sister is sleeping on the bottom bunk and you've got years of catching up to do. It's not the same as being able to clear your crap out of your parents' house for them. It's not the same as having a cup of coffee with them across the island in the kitchen or building a bonfire or playing Pandemic or talking about the Dragonriders of Pern books or simply being in their presence. It's not the same as spending time with your nieces and nephews and the dogs. And it's definitely not the same as being able to give them a hug.
I feel like I missed a lot over the years, but at the same time, I grew up in Hawaii. I became a big girl there. I learned how to be a kind, loving, healthy, individual. I learned how to love myself and I found friends there that became my family.
So how, in 2016 do I find what I had in Hawaii (not the beaches, but the friends and the lifestyle) and stay close to my family? How do I find that connection somewhere close enough to New York?
I haven't found the answer yet. My husband and I are looking for employment possibly near Asheville, NC or in Colorado. I need to find a group of people who are interested in health and wellness like I am. We need to find a place that doesn't have an undercurrent of discrimination. And I need a place to be able to hike and work out, but this place can't cost as much as Hawaii did. I refuse to be a slave to the price of a plane ticket home.
Any ideas? Comment below! Where do you think the best place to live is?


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More migrants seeking and securing Irish citizenship - report
30/06/2014 - 13:03:54Back to Ireland Home
By Noel Baker
A growing number of migrants into the country are seeking and securing Irish citizenship, according to a new report published today.
The annual Integration Monitor Report by the ESRI (Economic Social and Research Institute) and Integration Ireland showed that between 2005 and the end of 2012, almost one third of European Economic Association (EEA) that moved here secured Irish citizenship.
That represents almost 54,700 people, and in 2012 alone some 20,200 non-EEA adults became Irish citizens.
However, the report also indicates that migrants are proportionately more likely than Irish people to be unemployed and that the situation is even more pronounced when it comes to youth unemployment, with one in three non-Irish nationals aged 15-24 years without a job, versus one in four Irish in the same age group.
In the latest Monitoring report, the fourth published by Integration Ireland in conjunction with the ESRI, researchers focused on migrant children at the age of three and how they fare compared with Irish three-year-olds.
It showed that:
- Immigrant mothers of three year olds are, on average, less likely to be employed than Irish mothers, despite generally having a higher level of education;
- Immigrant children are also less likely to be in non-parental childcare for eight hours or more per week, apart from those with mothers from Western Europe;
- Where immigrant children are in non-parental childcare, they are much more likely to be in crèche-based care than in the care of a relative, linked to the lack of an extended family living in Ireland;
- Experience of financial strain, particularly linked to the recession, tends to be higher among immigrant families, particularly those of African origin;
- Young immigrant children are more likely to be living in poorer households but have healthier diets than Irish youngsters. More burl=634902]here[/burl].
Killian Forde, CEO of The Integration Centre, said this monitoring report would be the last as due to funding cutbacks the organisation would no longer be able to support it.
"We can only hope that the State will prove its commitment to promoting a socially cohesive society via providing funding in this area in the future," he said.


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College presidents find themselves with long lists of cares and concerns, and I was prepared for the usual list: tuition discounting, economic challenges, deferred maintenance. But Web 2.0 flirting sites? I hadn't figured to spend much time in that arena.
To their credit, Alma students came to me this week with concerns over Likealittle.com.
College presidents find themselves with long lists of cares and concerns, and I was prepared for the usual list: tuition discounting, economic challenges, deferred maintenance. But Web 2.0 flirting sites? I hadn't figured to spend much time in that arena.
To their credit, Alma students came to me this week with concerns over Likealittle.com.
The site describes itself as "...a flirting-facilitator platform (or FFP, for advanced users)." Likealittle intends to enable college students "to compliment and chat about potential crushes you see around you" from the anonymity of your iPhone. Whatever happened to, say, dropping a book intentionally, or casual conversation?
The site is aimed at college campuses, and at this point there are both public and private colleges participating in more than 40 states and Canada. Likealittle offers its users the security of anonymity, but on campuses as small as ours, there's simply no such thing.
The discourse here is not, shall we say, Shakespearean in nature. Here's one example found at random from another college:
"Male, Brunette. You're really tall and I think if the three members of Blink 182 had a love child, it would be you."
Nor scientific, it seems.
Of course I worry that I will sound a bit like an eat-your-vegetables moral improver in bemoaning this latest means of flirting. But surely we shouldn't be encouraging students to make public and suggestive comments about others: to this village elder, it all sounds more like stalking than flirting.
Likealittle, rather like its predecessor juicycampus.com, which I liked even less, encourages precisely the opposite behavior that Alma expects of its students. As a liberal arts college, we seek to prepare students to communicate persuasively in the public arena. Furtive, anonymous commentary rich with racy innuendo isn't among our educational strategies. But the digital world we live in has left too many without any proper sense of public as opposed to private discourse.
So what are our obligations as a college? We could block the site, of course, but that wouldn't exactly model civic discourse either.
At liberal arts colleges, as my friend Bob Kunath notes, we hope to prepare students to link thought to action, to inspire them to become thinkers in spite of the intrusion of public space and communal thought on their private selves. In spite of the isolation that our digitized world can lead them to, we hope they will discover, as philosopher Hannah Arendt would have it, the internal dialogue of thought that can undermine the totalitarian impulse of modernity itself.
We're learning from the students themselves. The students who brought this to my attention made clear that they find likealittle.com as boorish as I do.
I am optimistic that this will be a fleeting fascination for our students, and that without influence from the administration, likealittle will earn the "dislike" it deserves.
If so, I'll consider it a victory for private thought and civic discourse. I'd like that a lot.
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A. Section 1.
1. NAME: The name of the Corporation shall be Northwestern Ohio Region, Inc., Sports Car Club of America.
B. Section 2.
1. PURPOSE: The general purpose of the Corporation shall be to encourage the preservation, ownership, and operation of Sports Cars, to act as a source of technical information, to establish rules and regulations covering all activities of the Club, to provide and regulate events and exhibitions for Sports Cars and their owners, to encourage careful and skillful driving on public highways, and to own real and personal property, as incidental to the foregoing purpose.
2. DISSOLUTION: In the event of dissolution of the Corporation, all assets shall be distributed to the Sports Car Club of America, Inc.
C. Section 3.
1. EMBLEM: The emblem of the Corporation shall be an outline of the State of Ohio, indicating the area of the Northwestern Ohio Region and with the knock-off type of wire wheel with tire, on which shall be inscribed the words "Sports Car Club of America".
D. Section 4.
1. THE CORPORATE SEAL: The Corporate Seal shall be circular in form, being inscribed with the name of the Corporation, the year of its incorporation, and the word "Ohio".
A. Section 1.
1. MEMBERS: Membership in the Corporation shall be open to all owners of Sports Cars and persons interested in Sports Cars and in the purpose of this Corporation. A prospective member shall complete the appropriate membership application form provided. The completed membership application must then be submitted to SCCA National Headquarters along with membership dues. Upon acceptance for membership by the National SCCA, the applicant's membership will be returned to our Region. The prospective member must be a member of National SCCA before Regional acceptance will be granted.
B. Section 2.
a. Honorary: Any person who has commended himself or herself to the Corporation esteem or has performed an outstanding service to the Corporation may be elected an honorary member by the Board of Directors or a majority vote of the members present at the annual meeting, or at a meeting called for the purpose
b. Active: Any person duly elected as provided in Section 1 of this Article, and having paid such annual dues and fees as required.
C. Section 3.
a. Honorary: None
b. Active: Annual dues shall be determined from time to time by the Board of Directors at any annual or special meeting.
D. Section 4.
1. PRIVILEGES: Active members are entitled to all Corporation privileges. Honorary members are entitled to all Corporation privileges, except they shall not have the right to vote or hold office.
2. PAYMENTS TO MEMBERS: No payment shall be made to any member for services rendered nor shall any payment be made to insure to the benefit of any individual member. However, this is not to be construed as precluding the reimbursement of legitimate expenses incurred by club members in the conduct of club business and sanctioned events
E. Section 5.
1. EXPULSION: Membership will automatically lapse for non-payment of dues at the end of ninety days after commencement of the membership year for which they are payable. Any member may be expelled for infraction of Corporation rules, or such other causes as may be determined by the majority of the Board of Directors as being in the best interests of the Corporation. However, before such action may be taken, the member shall have an opportunity to submit in writing or in person his/her position on any charge of misconduct of which he/she shall be notified.
a. Required Conduct: Every member shall conduct himself/herself in a gentlemanly/ladylike and sportsmanlike manner at all times during a Regional, Divisional, or National event or activity in his/her dealings with other members, guests, or with the public.
b. Charges: Any member charged with an offense under Section 5, paragraph 1. a., shall be fully apprised of the charges and afforded an opportunity to answer them to the Board of Directors of the Region, as provided for in Article II, Section 5, above.
c. Discipline: Any member so charged who, in the Board of Directors' judgment (simple majority), is guilty of ungentlemanly/unladylike or unsportsmanlike conduct or other reprehensible behavior shall be disciplined by the Board of Directors. Discipline shall take such of one of the following forms as the Board of Directors may deem to be commensurate with the nature and gravity of offense:
1. Suspension from participation in events and activities sponsored by the Region for a definite period of time, neither to be less than three months nor more than twelve months and forfeiture of all Regional points for the entire year in which the offense was committed.
2. Expulsion from the Region, and subsequently from the Sports Car Club of America, as provided for in Article II, Section 5, above.
F Section 6.
1. RESIGNATION: Any member may resign by directing a letter of resignation to the Membership Chairperson. His/Her resignation shall be effective upon receipt, provided all indebtedness to the Corporation is paid.
A. Section 1.
1. ANNUAL MEETINGS: The annual meeting of the members shall be held in November of each year for the election of Officers and Directors-at-Large, reports of officers and committees, and other business as lawfully may come before the meeting.
B. Section 2.
1. REGULAR MEETINGS: Regular meetings of the members shall be held monthly
C. Section 3.
1. SPECIAL MEETINGS: In addition to any provisions of the law, special meetings of the members may be called by the Regional Executive or by a majority of the Board of Directors.
D. Section 4.
1. NOTICE OF MEETINGS: A written or printed notice, stating the place, day, hour, and purpose of any meeting of the members, including special meetings, shall be given by the Corresponding Secretary to each member appearing on the records of the Corporation.
E. Section 5.
1. QUORUM: At all meetings of the members, twelve members shall constitute a quorum.
F Section 6.
1. VOTING: All action, except election of Officers and Directors-at-Large and amendment of the By-Laws, shall be by a majority of all those present and voting. Except as hereinafter provided, voting by proxy or absentee ballot shall not be allowed except with approval of the majority of the Board of Directors in accordance with the rules they prescribe and with notice to all members.
A. Section 1.
1. NUMBER OF OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE: The elected Officers and Directors-at-Large of the Corporation shall be Regional Executive, Assistant Regional Executive, Recording Secretary, Corresponding Secretary, Treasurer, and two Directors-at-Large. The Officers shall serve for one year, or until their successors are elected. Directors-at-Large shall serve for two-year terms, or until their successors are elected. The Board of Directors shall consist of the Officers and the two Directors-at-Large. The chairperson of the Board of Directors shall be the Regional Executive. No Officer or Director-at-Large may be elected to the same position for more than two consecutive terms. In 1980, two Directors-at-Large will be elected, one for a one-year term and one for a two-year term. Thereafter, Directors-at-Large will be elected for two-year terms by the members, except as provided in Article V, Section 5, 1.
B. Section 2.
1. METHOD OF NOMINATION: A nominating committee of at least three members will be selected two months before the annual election by the Board of Directors. The Chairperson of the nominating committee will be the continuing Director-at-Large, no other member of the Board of Directors may serve on this committee. It will be the duty of this committee to mail all members a nominating ballot at least seven weeks before the date of election. Each member may return a nominating ballot containing the name of any member he/she chooses for any one office or open Directorship-at-Large. The nominating member should contact his/her candidate to see if he/she will run for an Office or Directorship. The nominating ballot must be returned to the committee five weeks before the election. Nominations will be accepted from the floor at the October general meeting. Nominations will again be screened by the nominating committee to eliminate those persons choosing not to run for an Office or a Directorship-at-Large and to limit the nominations to three for each Office or Directorship-at-Large.
a. In order for a member to be nominated for an Office or a Directorship-at-Large, he/she must have been a member of the region for the preceding fiscal year.
b. An Officer or Director-at-Large must maintain a current membership during his/her entire tenure as an Officer or Director-at-Large or shall relinquish his/her rights and privileges as an Officer or Director-at-Large.
c. In addition, a candidate for Director-at-Large must also have served as an SCCA or NWOR Officer or an SCCA or NWOR board member or an SCCA or NWOR committee member or be approved as a candidate by the Board of Directors.
C. Section 3.
1. VOTING PROCEDURE: The nominating committee will mail each member an election ballot containing nominations for Officer or Director-at-Large at least ten days before the election. The election ballot must be either delivered to the election meeting or mailed to the nominating committee in the specially-marked election ballot envelope. The committee will deliver the election ballots received by mail to the election meeting. At the meeting, the committee will be aided in counting the votes by two members. In the event of a tie, the results will be determined at the meeting by only those members present. No proxy votes will be honored. In the event that no candidates for any elected offices or directorship are challenged by the official close of nominations, and there are no issues on the ballot, the election committee will not mail ballots to the membership and each candidate will win his/her prospective office by a count of one vote.
A. Section 1.
1. DUTIES OF REGIONAL EXECUTIVE AND ASSISTANT REGIONAL EXECUTIVE: The Regional Executive shall preside at all meetings of the members and Directors and shall perform the duties usually appertaining to the office. He/She may call special meetings of the members under the provisions of Article III, Section 3. He/She shall be the Chief Executive Officer of the Corporation. In the absence of the Regional Executive or in the case of his/her death, resignation or inability to act, the Board of Directors shall designate some person to fill the unexpired term. The Assistant Regional Executive shall act as Chairperson of the Membership Committee. The Regional Executive will be the Chairperson of the Board of Directors.
B. Section 2.
a. The Recording Secretary: The Recording Secretary shall attend all meetings of the members and Directors and shall record all minutes and votes in a book kept for that purpose. He/She shall have custody of the Corporate Seal and the Corporation's records. He/She shall perform all other duties incident to this office. In the absence of the Recording Secretary, the Corresponding Secretary shall act. If there is a vacancy in the office, the Board of Directors shall designate some person to fill the unexpired term.
b. The Corresponding Secretary: The Corresponding Secretary shall attend all meetings of the members and Directors. He/She shall keep an up-to-date roll of all members and Directors. He/She shall give notices of meetings of the members required by law of the By-Laws and shall issue all official Corporation correspondence when required by the Board of Directors. He/She shall act in the absence of the Recording Secretary He/She shall perform all duties incident to his/her office. If there is a vacancy in the office, the Board of Directors shall designate some person to fill the unexpired term.
C. Section 3.
1. DUTIES OF THE TREASURER: The Treasurer shall, subject to such conditions and restrictions as be made by the Board of Directors, have custody of all monies, debts. and obligations belonging to the Corporation and deposit same in the Corporation account. He/She shall make all payment of Corporation debts, checks, drafts, notes, or other orders for payment of money. They shall be signed in the name of the Corporation by the Treasurer or the Regional Executive. He/She shall give bond, at Corporation expense, if required by the Board of Directors. The Treasurer shall give a report on the financial status of the Corporation at the Annual Meeting, and if so requested, at any other meeting. No obligation, debt, or other liability shall be incurred by the Treasurer without the specific prior approval of the Regional Executive or Board of Directors. If there is a vacancy in the office, the Board of Directors shall designate some person to fill the unexpired term.
D. Section 4.
1. DUTIES OF THE DIRECTORS-AT-LARGE: The principle purpose of the Directors-at-Large is to give continuity and direction to Regional affairs. The Directors-at-Large will concern themselves with the long-term objectives of the Region. The continuing Director-at-Large will serve as the chairperson of the nominating committee for the annual election.
E. Section 5.
1. DUTIES OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS: The Board of Directors shall attend to all matters of finance and other business committed to it by the members and shall carry out the objectives of the Region. All members of the Board of Directors shall be entitled to one vote each in those matters of Regional business submitted to a vote by the Board. Simple majority vote rules. One-half of the members of the Board shall constitute a quorum of all Board meetings. The Board shall meet once a month unless otherwise specified by a majority vote of the Board. All meetings shall be open to all members. At any meeting of the Board, a Board member may request that the Board retire to Executive Session. Participation in Executive Session shall be limited to Board of Directors members. In the event that any member of the Board is unable to serve, his/her resignation shall be accepted by the Board of Directors, which then shall approve a person to fill the unexpired term. In the event no qualified person chooses to run for election to the Board of Directors, the Board will appoint a member to the open position at its January meeting.
F. Section 6
1. Each year one of the elected officials shall attend the national convention of the Sports Car Club of America.
2. Each year one of the elected officials shall attend the Central Division RoundTable.
3. The region shall subsidize the expenses of the officials attending the national convention of the Sports Car Club of America and the Central Division RoundTable.
a. Each year $1 shall be set aside for each member of the Northwestern Ohio Region as of September 1 of that year, according to the official Sports Car Club of America membership list published on that date or immediately thereafter.
b. From this fund, the registration and luncheon fee for the Central Division RoundTable shall be paid for the attending official. The balance of the funds shall be applied, first, to the early registration fore the national convention of the Sports Car Club of America, any remaining balance shall be applied to lodging and travel expenses of the official attending the convention. If there is sufficient funds to pay lodging and travel expenses of the official attending the convention, any remaining balance shall be applied to lodging and travel expenses of the official attending the Central Division RoundTable.
4. The order of priority for officials attending the national convention of the Sports Car Club of America and the Central Division RoundTable shall be in the order in which their duties are described in this Article V.
5. By a vote of at least five of seven officers, this requirement may be waived for the current year.
A. Section 1.
1. APPOINTMENT OF COMMITTEES: The Board of Directors shall appoint such committees as it finds desirable, from time to time, and shall outline the duties and responsibilities of such committees. All reports or action taken by a committee must be voted upon by a majority of the entire committee present.
A. Section 1.
1. FISCAL YEAR: The fiscal year of the Corporation shall begin on the first day of January in each year and shall end on the last day of December following.
A. Section 1.
1. AMENDMENT: The Board of Directors of the Corporation, or ten percent (10%) of the active members in good standing, may propose an amendment, alteration, or repeal of the Articles of Incorporation or the By-Laws, by written petitions submitted to the Recording Secretary. Upon such proposal being made, a copy thereof shall be mailed first-class to all members in good standing, with a ballot upon which members may vote for or against said proposal. If two-thirds of the members voting, vote in favor of the proposal, amendment, alteration, or repeal, it shall thereby be approved and adopted.


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Canadian Index of Wellbeing
University of Waterloo
Toby Jenkins Applied Health Research Building, 340 Hagey Blvd, TJB 2203, Waterloo, ON N2L 6R6
Since establishing a permanent home at the University of Waterloo in 2011, the CIW has had several opportunities to work with other leading researchers to advance research and knowledge about the wellbeing of Canadians. In 2015, the CIW formalized a group of Research Associates, with an impressive range of knowledge, experience, and understanding of the diverse factors and issues influencing wellbeing.
Bryan Smale
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies; Cross-appointed to the Department of Geography and Environmental Management; Research Faculty Associate in the Waterloo Institute for Social Innovation and Resilience, University of Waterloo
Martin Cooke
Department of Sociology & Legal Studies; School of Public Health & Health Systems, University of Waterloo
Don Cowan
David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, Faculty of Mathematics; Environment and Resource Studies, Faculty of Environment; Director, Computer Systems Group, University of Waterloo
Susan Elliott
Department of Geography and Environmental Management, cross-appointed to the School of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo; United Nations University Institute for Water, Environment and Health
Martha Friendly
Childcare Resource and Research Unit
Karen Gallant
Recreation and Leisure Studies, School of Health and Human Performance, Dalhousie University
Sean Geobey
Social Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation, School of Environment, Enterprise and Development (SEED), University of Waterloo
Margo Hilbrecht
Gambling Research Exchange Ontario (GREO)
Meg Holden
Urban Studies and Geography, Simon Fraser University
Takayoshi Kusago
Takayoshi Kusago is a Professor at Kansai University, Osaka, Japan, and a Visiting Professor, Institute of Resources, Environment, and Sustainability, University of British Columbia for 2015-2016.
Donna Lero
Department of Family Relations and Applied Nutrition; Jarislowsky Chair in Families and Work, Centre for Families, Work and Well-Being, University of Guelph
Heather Mair
Heather Mair is an Associate Professor in the Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies at the University of Waterloo. Heather's work concentrates on broad notions of community and individual wellbeing as they can be realised (or threatened) through sport, tourism, and leisure.
Samantha Meyer
School of Public Health and Health Systems, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo
William Michelson
Department of Sociology, University of Toronto
Steven E. Mock
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies; Director, RBC Retirement Research Centre; Interim Director, Network for Aging Research (NAR), University of Waterloo
Nazeem Muhajarine
Department of Community Health and Epidemiology, College of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan; and Director, Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU), Universities of Regina and Saskatchewan
Kate Rybczynski
Department of Economics; Chair, Status of Women and Equity Committee, Faculty Association, University of Waterloo
Mike Salvaris
Australian National Development Index (ANDI)
Katherine Scott
Canadian Council on Social Development
Simron Singh
School of Environment, Enterprise, and Development (SEED); Program Director, Master of Development Practice (MDP) Program; Teaching Fellow, Faculty of Environment, University of Waterloo
Jiri Zuzanek
Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of Waterloo


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|There's more than one way to do things
Re: What am I doing wrong with 'split'by Laurent_R (Canon)
|on Aug 11, 2013 at 10:45 UTC ( #1048998=note: print w/replies, xml )
|Need Help??
I think the point that you are perhaps missing is that split really uses a regular expression as pattern for splitting the input, not simply a character, whether printable or not. Just to illustrate this point:
As you can see, this code was able to determine that "baaar" matches the pattern /ba+r/ and split the string on it. And, BTW, this gives you much more expressive power once you realize that. In the example you gave, the problem comes from the fact that you use a string in your $sep variable, and that sting contains characters which are special in regexes. This string is then converted to a regex and gets messed up. You don't have the problem if you define $sep as a regular expression instead of a string:
Defining the $sep variable as a regex, using $sep=qr/\|/, suffices to solve the issue.
To see how your string is transformed into a regex and compare to the real regex, consider this session under the Perl debugger:
As you can see, your $sep variable is transformed into a simple alternation (the $t variable), it is no longer the escaped | ('\|') that you need (the $u variable). A simple alternation ('|') pattern will split the string into individual characters, and your code was retrieving the first two elements of the list output by split, i.e. the first two characters of your string.
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Meet our Staff
Camp Phoenix staff members are veterans of the Phoenix main stage, having performed or been on production teams for decades.
Their mission is to teach the art of musical theatre in a positive, supportive, creative and FUN atmosphere.
Todd Aikens- Director
It wouldn't be summer at Phoenix Productions without Todd Aikens, a Phoenix Trustee, Director, Performer, Stage Manager,Teaching Artist and one of the driving forces that initially launched Camp Phoenix more than a decade ago. Todd served as director for November's Phoenix revival of A Christmas Story. As a performer, he most recently appeared as Uncle Jocko and Cigar in our 2016 production of Gypsy. Todd is the Drama Director at Shore Regional High School. He is the recipient of the 2014-15 Basie Award for Outstanding Direction in a Musical.
Beth Moore- Musical Director
Beth has been an active musical director at Phoenix Productions since our 2002 revival of The King & I (a role she reprised for the 2010 production). Her most recent Phoenix experience was wielding the baton for The Sound of Music in September 2014. Beth teaches vocal music at Central Regional High School, and is in high demand as a musical director, coach and accompanist.
Robert Sammond- Music Director
Bob is a long-standing staff member of Phoenix's main stage productions and year-round education. The current Musical Director of the 2017 main stage revival of Beauty and the Beast, he appeared as musical director for our September 2016 revival of Gypsy and our April 2016 revival of The Little Mermaid.
Tara Eccles-Frye- Choreographer
Tara not only has been performing with Phoenix Productions since she was a teenager, but is also an original Camp Phoenix Staff Member. She started as a Camp Assistant during our first years of Camp Phoenix and has worked her way up to one of our favorite instructors. She is currently the owner of Emotion in Motion dance studio. Tara was nominated for a 2014-15 Basie Award for Outstanding Choreography in a Musical (Annie at Shore Regional High School). She most recently choreographed Phoenix's 2013 production of Anything Goes.
Rachel Wasser- Choreographer
In addition to a regular summer gig as a Camp Phoenix choreographer, Rachel Wasser is a dance instructor at Red Bank Catholic High School and Shoreline Dance Academy. Most recently, she choreographed Phoenix's 2016 revival of The Little Mermaid. Rachel is also a long time Phoenix performer who appeared as a Laker Girl in our 2014 production of Monty Python's Spamalot.


text: One thing that's always bothered me about Killzone is that it's rather black and white: the Helghast are always the bad guys. When I heard what Shadow Fall was trying to do, I was intrigued: they were telling "the wall comes down in space" story, like Star Trek before them. These new behind the scenes dev diaries go into detail about that approach, focusing on the game's story and motion capture direction. As always, I have a lot of respect for the actors doing these cutscenes. You have to be a damn fine actor to pull of that kind of pathos while wearing one of those mocap suits, working with a bunch of other actors who also have dots painted all over their faces.


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In 2008, the Memphis Zoo was ranked America's No.1 zoo by TripAdvisor.com. In 2009, the Memphis Zoo was rated the "top zoo in the country" in a national survey by Morey Associates.
The Memphis Zoo has completed more than $90 million in renovations and expansion, since the early 1990s. The Zoo's animal inhabitants reside in one-of-a-kind exhibits like Once Upon A Farm, Commercial Appeal Cat Country, Primate Canyon, Animals of the Night, Northwest Passage and CHINA.
In April 2003, the Memphis Zoo became one of only four zoos in the United States to exhibit giant pandas. Giant pandas "Ya Ya" and "Le Le" live in the Zoo's exhibit, CHINA – a brand new, three-acre facility that features animals that are indigenous to China, complete with authentic Chinese gardens and architecture.
The Memphis Zoo is home to the world's longest living hippopotamus, "Adonis," who died in 1965 at the age of 54. The male hippo sired approximately 25 offspring in his lifetime, giving the Zoo the title of "hippo capital of the world."
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Yakupov entertains on and off the iceby Ryan Dittrick / Edmonton Oilers
He's 18, on his way to the NHL, and he loves the game like no one else.
"I looked great, huh?" he laughed as he addressed the media post-practice before hopping on the bus back to Rexall Place. "It was the first time I could put on an Oilers jersey, a practice jersey and skate with guys from the organization and guys that are Oilers. I feel great. It was a great atmosphere. It was really nice.
"First practice was great. Just having fun with the group. Everything went OK, I tried to do my best, tried to score goals."
'Yak'king it up with teammates and coaches in between drills and scoring highlight-reel goals when it was business time, Nail's orange and blue debut was a solid one. His contagious attitude spread far and wide, as an impromptu side-hug with Skating and Skills Coach Steve Serdachny lightened the mood and brought a smile to the normally serious tactician.
The No. 1 overall pick could barely stand still. Even when waiting for his turn in a drill, he was dancing in anticipation.
"You know, it's great," he said, smiling (obviously!). "It's hockey, it's your life. You've got to play hockey first. Media and other stuff is second, so for now I'm going to work, work and work.
"You've got to score goals for sure; every time, every shift -- if you can. You've got to push hard and work hard, every time, always. That's it. Simple."
Tuesday as he completed his medical/physicals at Rexall Place, he promised some "beauty fakes" at Wednesday's on-ice opener. We didn't see too many, but he's eager to show them off to the large media and fan contingent at the chilly suburban rink later in the week.
"It's new equipment," Yakupov rebutted with a laugh. "I'll feel better in the second or third practice and then I'll be able to show something. As a group, we're going to get even better as we get a chance to practice more throughout the week.
"It was a surprise [seeing so many fans]. I thought it was just going to be about 10 or 20 people, but the whole rink was full. It feels great. Thanks to everyone who came. It helped us having that great support -- we love you."
Last year at Development Camp, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins wore No. 72. The digits are ultimately irrelevant at this time, but Yakupov was donning No. 64. While his want (or need) for attention is his calling card, the first overall pick isn't tipping his hand as to what number he'll sport when he makes the Oilers roster.
"Doesn't matter, it's just practice. I'm not on the team now. It doesn't matter what number I have, 19 or 100. If I make the team, then we'll talk.
"It's a secret for now."
If Day 1 is any indication, Yakupov is here to entertain -- on (first and foremost) and off the ice. He's got that down.
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Useful Tips to Find the Perfect Pair of Fish in a Bowl
Fish is among the most popular pets in the households. Watching the swirling movements of those carefree pets is one of the best stress-relieving activities that you can ever indulge in your leisure. Just imagine having the fish bowl in your bedroom and admiring them just before you hit the sack. A beautiful pair of fish swirling in the bowl is one of the most welcoming sights for people in any age group. However, housing the fish needs a bit of thinking, especially for the new pet owners. Apart from the food, water, filter, there are a few other things that you need to keep in mind while putting your fish in the bowl.
No doubt, fish love to make companions especially among their own breeds. Nevertheless, you need to keep in mind that not all the fish exhibit the same nature. Fish like the gold fish, mollies, and guppies are very gentle in nature and need more care whereas fish like the tiger sharks, Oscars, and piranhas are very aggressive and need to be kept away from each other. Otherwise, they may go on to injure or kill their bowl mates in a matter of minutes. So it is important on your part to find the perfect combination of fish before putting them in the bowl.
Before we talk about the pairing, let us discuss something about the fish bowl. What is so special about it? Firstly, having the fish in the bowl (as opposed to having them in rectangular and square shaped tanks) is one of the simplest ways to house your fish. The bowl gives you a clear view of the fish literally from every angle. You get to watch and enjoy every playful movement of your fish in the bowl. The bowls come in various styles. Some of them are the Classic drum style, New Bio-orb styles, and Round style.
Ideally, a pair of goldfish would be perfect for your bowl. The goldfish get along with each other very well as they are basically very gentle in nature. However, they need more spacious environment to move about. They breed only if there is enough space for them to move around. So you may choose a bigger bowl for the gold fish. There is also popular belief that having a pair of gold fish in a bowl brings good luck to the couple in the house.
The Beta or the Siamese fighter fish is also a popular pet fish good to be kept in the bowl. They are well-known for their beautifully-colored tails and fins. They grow upto a maximum length of 5 inches. However, once they get matured, there is a possibility that the pair may start fighting with each other. In that case, you may separate them for a few days and wait until the male beta starts missing its pair. Once it is ready for mating, it forms plenty of tiny bubbles at the top of the water. Then you can slowly let you female beta into the male's bowl and wait for both to initiate the mating process. After mating, if again they start fighting, then you can separate them. Anyways, the female beta is ready to lay the eggs in a few days and you can be happy about that! Nevertheless, you may surf the web using any of the high-speed Internet connections such as the ATT Uverse and find more information about the breeding habits of the fish.
The most important thing to keep in mind while pairing your fish is that, fish of the same species/group get along well with each other provided they are gentle in nature. The aggressive ones like the piranha, tiger shark and Oscar should always be separated except during the time of mating.
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The agreement, expected to be announced later today, will feature teams from that conference in the 2014, 2016 and 2018 games to be played at TCU's Amon G. Carter Stadium. The Naval Academy, soon to join The American, is expected to receive the league's bid to the 2016 game in Fort Worth as long as the Midshipmen meet minimum requirements to accept a bowl berth.
Navy also is slated to play in this year's Armed Forces Bowl, set for Dec. 30, pending bowl eligibility.
During the 2014-2018 seasons, the team from The American that plays in Fort Worth would face an opponent from the Big 12 or the Big Ten.
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I think it's time we admit that the Transportation Security Administration is almost as much an enemy to the flying public as terrorists are. After all the resources that have been pumped into this agency, all they've really succeeded in doing is making travelers' lives miserable. The attempted bombing of an Amsterdam to Detroit flight on Christmas Day demonstrates this, yet again. Certainly, there is plenty of blame to go around as to how this guy wound up on a plane to begin with. But the more immediate problem for travelers is that the TSA continues to react to these incidents with more and more restrictive rules that treat us all like suspected terrorists and don't actually make us any safer.
As has happened in the past with shoes and liquids, among other things, the TSA's new knee-jerk rules following the Christmas Day event are based on the precise manner in which the most recent attack was carried out–as if an attack could never be carried out in any other way. So in their infinite wisdom, the TSA declared that travelers on international flights to the US would be forced to stay in their seats for the last hour of their flight with no access to their carry-ons, nothing in their laps, and no potty breaks.
The phrase "Security Theater" has taken flight on the Internet as an apt description of the TSA's actions. Everything they do is for show to make the flying public think they're taking actions that will make us safer. But these rules have no impact on terrorists, just the rest of us. To the rational mind, these measures make no sense.
Who's to say a future terrorist won't just try to detonate a bomb earlier in the flight? How exactly does a magazine or book in your lap be deemed a security threat? What's a mother supposed to do about her crying baby? Why must we all be treated like criminals because of the .0001% chance that a potential terrorist might be on board?
Run a background check on me when I book my ticket, pat me down for potential weapons and explosives or run me through an x-ray machine at the airport if you must. Those things at least make sense from a security perspective. But don't strip away my food and water, my reading material, and my ability to use the restroom all in the name of my safety. I know those things won't deter a terrorist. All they do is turn airline passengers into prisoners. If they keep this up, it won't be terrorists who drive us away from air travel and destroy the airline industry, it will be the TSA.
I'll have an opportunity to witness the new security rules firsthand in 3 weeks when I fly home from Puerto Rico, which is apparently being subjected to the international rules, despite the fact that it's part of the U.S. I am hoping that reason prevails and these new "security measures" are abolished by then, but I'm not holding my breath. I'll let you know how it goes.


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A Kauai man remains hospitalized after a four-hour standoff in Kalaheo Thursday night.
According to the Kauai Police Dept., officers responded to a popular hunting area off Puuwai Road after residents reported hearing yelling and possible gunshots at around 8 p.m.
They located the armed suspect, who was alone at the time, and closed Puuwai Rd. while they worked together with KPD's Special Services Team and crisis negotiators to set up a safe perimeter.
The 51-year-old suspect surrendered peacefully after roughly four hours of negotiations and was taken to Wilcox Hospital for a medical evaluation.
Puuwai Rd. was reopened at midnight.
Police is continuing to investigate the incident. No charges have been filed at this time.


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These roasted red peppers are also great with fresh basil and garlic instead of olives and anchovies. Which gives them more of an Italian antipasti feel, instead of this rustic tapas recipe made famous in La Rioja, where the Pimentos Riojano, are known for their intense flavor and color.
Roasted red peppers with anchovies and olives.
- 4 large red bell peppers
- a handful of small black olives
- 12 anchovy fillets, best quality preserved in oil
- Extra virgin olive oil
- French sea salt
Heat the oven to 180°/350°F. Line a baking tray with foil put the peppers in the tin and roast for about an hour, turn every now and then until the are soft, blistered, charred and floppy.
Or, you can char the peppers on the grill over high heat in about 7 minutes per side.
Once the peppers are done tip them into a bowl and cover tightly with plastic wrap. Leave the hot peppers to steam away under the plastic wrap for 10 minutes which makes them beautifully simple to peel. You can also put them in a plastic bag to steam them.
Now the skins should be easy to peel away, discard the seeds, stalk and any membrane.
Cut or tear each pepper into thick strips and arrange in a shallow dish.
Add a sprinkle of salt and drizzle with olive oil. Arrange the anchovy fillets in a criss-cross pie-baking type pattern over the peppers, and dot each resulting diamond with olives.
Allow the peppers to sit for at least an hour a room temperature before serving.


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Graduates with a grade-point average of 3.89-3.7 earned a magna cum laude degree. They were:
Harriman — Lindsay Evans.
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Saturday 4 September 2010 - Filed under Dumbassery + Economy + Government
You're a little late to the party, guys.The Washington Post:
"We have managed to acquire $13 trillion of debt on our balance sheet," he fumed to a roomful of voters. "In my view, we have nothing to show for it."
And that was a Democrat, Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado, who voted "yes" on the stimulus, the health-care overhaul, increased education funding and other costly bills Congress approved under his party's control.
Great. You take a massive steaming pile of shit on my living room floor, then have the fucking gall to complain about the joint stinkin'.
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