text:
One of the world's largest cement producers, Monterrey, Mexico-based Cemex, has said it expects a first quarter in line with expectations despite a drop in U.S. home building. The company expects to see "in excess" of $5.3 billion in sales in the first quarter, up 24 percent compared with last year.
"Despite continued weakness in some of our markets, our fundamentals remain unchanged," said Rodrigo Trevino, CFO for Cemex. "This is also despite the U.S. residential sector downturn and softening demand in markets like Spain and the U.K. Our geographic diversification continues to mitigate the impact of individual countries in our portfolio."
Decreases in ready-mix sales particularly are expected due to weakness in the residential sector, the company said, "which makes comparisons in the current quarter on a like-to-like basis unfavorable versus prior year." In addition, adverse weather conditions in many regions of the country, including Florida, California, Arizona and Nevada, affected Cemex's sales during the quarter, according to the company.
Cemex provides residential and commercial building materials in 50 countries worldwide.


text:
The purpose of this thread is to share knowledge and information about videos containing sequences of that rare commodity, hand caning of females. It is NOT for the holier than thou contingent to pour out the same old tired sermons about how dangerous an activity it is and question why anyone would want to cane a girl's hands when there are so many glorious bottoms out there to cane. Yes, we know - so please, spare us that.
Videos I can immediately think of include:
Strictly English's "Asking for it" - Suzy Martell
Lupus Pictures "Teachers' Exam Meeting"
Spanking Online - Catherine Corbett
Mainstream Movie: The Seventh Veil - Ann Todd
I have also seen a couple of strokes here and there on English Spankers, Sound Punishment, and I believe Nicky Montford may have taken some strokes in a Sit Spanking Production.
Can anyone contribute anymore?

subset: commoncrawl


text:
While we were driving on the high way the car just shut off we thought it was to change tthe oil, we did that then it made a crinkeling noice while trying to start. I think it might be the timing belt or chain how much would it cost on my Suzuki 2004 forenza?
Wednesday, April 10th, 2013 AT 8:12 PM


text:
Recent Messages
Grow in God's grace with us as we study His Word each week! Subscribe, listen online, or refer a friend to hear the Bible taught in a practical and helpful way!
Why Jesus Matters
Who is Jesus, and why does He matter for my life? This short video will help answer the most important questions you will ever consider. Click here to watch the video!
From Pastor Cary
Emmanuel is a loving family committed to the Gospel. We look forward to serving you personally! Find out more about our family and ministry at caryschmidt.com


text:
Please wait...
more adorable puppies are on the way.
Higgins the Airedale Terrier
Featured on 03/01/2011
86 comments -
Post a comment
Higgins is the new addition to the family. I instantly fell in love with him. He is very playful, smart and cuddly. Higgins loves to play...more
86 comments -
Post a comment
Report Issues or Problems?
Puppies | Dogs | Unsubscribe | Contact Us | Advertise With Us |
Ad ChoicesDog Care
Frequently Asked Questions | Terms of Use | Privacy Policy | Copyright Policy | Community Guidelines | Sitemap | Find us on Google+


text:
Army Wives Recap: "Departures, Arrivals"Steve Marsi at . Comments
Last night on an all-new Army Wives, Michael was offered a huge promotion with NATO - making the Emmalin-Logan situation even more precarious for himself and Claudia Joy.
Roland and Joan struggle to find work-life balance. Roxy's mom agrees to quit drinking, and thousands of miles apart, Frank and Denise continue their extramarital romances.
Follow the link for a full recap of "Departures, Arrivals" ...
Steve Marsi is the Managing Editor of TV Fanatic. Follow him on Google+ or email him here.


text:
The Maiyet Fall/Winter 2014/2015 campaign features images that let on little if any color. Photographer Cass Bird did away with bright lights and natural tones, instead opting to take images of model Malgosia Bela within pitch black streets and dim rooms.
While many akin couture productions choose to highlight current collections by way of bold shades, the Maiyet label proves via this campaign that the apparel speaks for itself without the need for vivid embellishments.
In spite of the monochromatic motifs present in this Maiyet series, the pieces sported by Bela are instantly recognizable. Showcased within the photos are chunky ankle boots tied at the sides, masculine vests, draping button up capes, gem-encrusted tops and wrap dresses tied at the waist.
Pitch Black Fashion Campaigns
More Stats +/-
Sultry Sea Vixen Lookbooks
Paper Doll Lookbooks
Rocker Attitude Fashion Ads
Pastel-Colored Clone Campaigns
Fashion Messaging Campaigns
The Maiyet Fall/Winter 2014/2015 Advertisements Are Dark Throughout
- By: Jordy E Aug 30, 2014
References: maiyet & fashioncopious.typepad
References: maiyet & fashioncopious.typepad


text:
La Maison de la Perle de Tahiti ©
Welcome into the workshop of Manapearl Tahiti.
Be a Managirl or a Manaboy by discovering Le Chemin de la Perle © (the path of pearl) in our showroom, where is exposed a wide selection of Tahitian Pearl Jewelry. Each pearl is controlled and distributed worldwide under our brands Manapearl © and The Spirit of Tahitian Pearls ©
Check news and comments
Take a tour into our e-boutique
Get your personalized Tahitian Pearl jewel


text:
McGraw-Hill Acquires 20% Stake In Area9, The Adaptive Learning Company Behind Its New Smart eBooks
As a 95-year-old publishing company primarily known for its textbooks, McGraw-Hill is not usually the type of exhibitor one finds at the Consumer Electronics Show, let alone one to make a splash. Nonetheless, the company went to Vegas this year (er, rather its education division, McGraw-Hill Education went to Vegas) to show off some innovative new technology. Again, McGraw-Hill (or… Read More
Ebook Publisher Inkling Launches Its Own Online Store: An Amazon For Illustrated Learning Content
Since its launch in 2009, Inkling has been on a mission to reinvent publishing for the mobile, digital era by building engaging, interactive learning content from the ground up for the iPad. Initially focused on higher ed, this year Inkling has been expanding its scope, moving into consumer-facing titles and continuing education, along with making its content available on other platforms, like… Read More
Now In 20 Cities, Startup Grind Aims To Inspire The Next Generation Of Global Entrepreneurs
"Silicon Valley doesn't have a monopoly on brilliant entrepreneurs and founders," Derek Andersen tells me over coffee, "so we want to find them wherever they live, give them a stage and an opportunity to share their hard-won experiences with those who need it and might benefit from it." That mission statement sounds like it might have come from one of the founders… Read More


text:
If i was Luke i would play for the plods
Knights just fucked off Wes Meninga to Penrith for next year.
Freeing up some space for Lukey Lewwwwis
darn the Sharks and the Tigers
Originally Posted by Hirschfelder: which club will be stupid enough to pay overs for a player who is just past his peak and headed to his declining years?Probably a club that is allergic to winning premierships. Smart clubs will spend that money on a player whos peak is ahead of him, not behindsounds like a parra move
A team that needs a good head in the backrow that can help thatclub develop its young talent and grow the team for the future. So a team like Para would love him to replace hindy maybe, or the Chooks or the Titans,
Dealers choice really
Lewis has told the Knights they are one of the clubs he would be interested in joining.
The Herald was told yesterday that Lewis has a high regard for the club, for Newcastle as a new home town, and for Bennett, who coached him in the NRL All Stars game in February.
If Newcastle paid $500k for Beau Scott, darn knows what they'd spend on Lewis
Originally Posted by Aussie Battler: Jeremy Smith to Newcastle and Lewis to Cronulla
Lewis signs 4-year deal with the Sharks.
Plodfield creams his pants and declares Sharks will win the comp next year.


text:
Give Now
Journalist Michael Moss argues food companies have been deliberately bumping up the salt, sugar and fat levels in processed foods to get us hooked.
"Chasing Chiles" brings the problem of climate change to our plates by exploring one of North America's most diverse food plants: chile peppers.
On Thursday, June 3 author Janet Poppendieck joined us to discuss her new book "Free For All: Fixing School Food in America"
Earth Eats' Annie Corrigan sat down with author, activist and professor Michael Pollan to talk about his new book "Food Rules"


text:
In the new issue of Rolling Stone, contributing editor Josh Eells sits down with Jon Hamm as he films the second-to-least season of Mad Men, hikes near L.A.'s Griffith Park and chills at his neighborhood dive bar. Here's an excerpt from the latest cover story, "Don Draper Exposed:"
Walking onto the Mad Men set feels slightly disconcerting – like you just stepped out of a time machine that isn't working quite right. The period details are immaculate: the rotary phones with the numbers on the base (Don: KL5-0126); the hand-assembled herbal cigarettes that are perfect replicas of Old Golds, L&Ms and Kents; the bottles of fake whiskey that assistant prop master Johnny Youngblood has spent hours turning just the right shade of brown (six drops of food coloring for Glenlivet, 12 for Jack Daniel's). But there's also a poster board with a Super Bowl pool on it, and in between takes, everyone is on their phones. ("That was the biggest change between Seasons Three and Four," says Hendricks. "Everyone was calling their agent a lot more.") Keep in mind the next time you're watching: Don Draper might have an iPhone in his pants."
Video: Jon Hamm's Rolling Stone Cover Shoot Behind the Scenes
"What he does is actually not easy," Moss says. "He sits there with a drink and a cigarette, not doing anything, and you can't take your eyes off him. Not everyone can do that." Slattery says he wanted to play Draper, but Weiner told him, "We already have that guy." He was bummed until the first day of shooting, when he realized, "Oh, wow. They really do have that guy."
Part of what people respond to about Hamm is that he's a throwback, a grown-up. When Mad Men first aired, most of the stars in Hollywood were either the Apatovian man-child types, or villains of the dickish Bradley Cooper variety. "For our hero to be in such a classic mold was fascinating and mysterious," says Weiner. "Like, 'Where has that guy been? Did they build him in a lab?' We put Jon in the suit and cut his hair, and he went from being this very contemporary boyfriend type to, you know, Gregory Peck. There was this vibe coming off him – the physical embodiment of confidence. People saw authority. People saw glamour. Weirdly, a lot of people saw their fathers."


text:
SOLIDWORKS Composer Training
Complete this form to request SOLIDWORKS Composer training from your local value added reseller
SOLIDWORKS Composer helps your organization including non-technical users, leverage 3D CAD data to create dynamic graphical content that clearly and effectively depicts even your most complex products. The simple, intuitive interface gives you the tools to easily develop informative graphics for a broad range of technical communications, including assembly instructions, product manuals, training materials, and more.
Your local value added reseller can provide you with the training and direction to get up and running fast on this powerful technical communication tool!


text:
jerome russell bblonde Colour Toner champagne blonde : £4.49
Now... You didn't think I'd honestly leave my hair alone for longer than a week did you? If you're blonde like me, then you'll empathise a bit. Its SO hard to keep blonde looking the "right" shade of blonde. Especially as I haven't gone back to the hair dresser since the Barbie blonde incident, I've been really struggling with the upkeep of my hair as it keeps going too light and then too orange. Now I know I need my roots blended really badly so lets just ignore those for a minute...
A few days ago on one of my usual pursues of the aisles of Boots I noticed that Jerome Russell Bblonde has brought out (or I'd just not noticed before, I'm not sure when these came out) some blonde hair toners. The Bblonde toners come in three shades: Ice Blonde, Champagne Blonde & Honey Blonde. I picked Champagne blonde as the creamy blush tones were just what my hair needed. It claims to knock out any of the brassy tones and refresh blonde hair between colouring. I thought it would add some subtle beige creaminess to the lighter parts of my hair while warming up other areas.
My base hair colour is very light, a pale yellowy colour which fades so quickly either to a green when I use too much purple or goes a bit yellowy. I wash my hair quite a lot so keeping my hair the colour I want it to be isn't all that easy. Purple shampoo works to some degree at knocking our orange tones, unfortunately they never last too long and often turn my hair either grey or green. I thought the Jerome Russell Bblonde Champagne Blonde Toner would neutralise all the brassy and yellow tones leaving my hair with a really subtle and most importantly natural blonde tint.
Application is simple, I washed my hair with a clarifying shampoo and just applied the toner as I would shampoo or conditioner. I then popped a plastic bag on my head (oh the glamour) and blasted it with heat for about 5 minutes, then left it for 30 minutes to develop. The Bblonde toner is semi permanent and lasts about 8 washes. As it's peroxide and ammonia free, My hair didn't feel damaged or over processed after use. I used one bottle on my hair despite purchasing two just in case one wouldn't cover my whole head. I thought they looked really small, one was more than enough for a full head application on my long hair.
I'm really happy with the result of this toner, I'll definitely be using it again once the colour starts to fade. I'm sure that to some people it probably looks the same in photos as it did before but in real life it's noticeably different. Much more creamy, less lackluster and just has a little bit more oomph than my other shade. It's nice to see some blonde toners on the highstreet like this as it'll save me a fortune from going to the hair dressers. This has been designed to work on pre lightened or light blonde hair, so it won't benefit everyone. But if you're looking for a product to neutralise brassiness and add creamy neutral beige tones to your hair then I do recommend giving it a go!
Ps. As I always say with these types of hair toning posts I'm not a professional, but do have a basic grasp on hair colouring. I do try to stress that what works for me might not work for you so always be careful when listening to my recommendations when it comes to things that are permanent!
What do you think?


text:
It is that time again – time for the holi-daze. Time for folks with eyes glazed over to wander through store aisles looking for the perfect holiday decor and gifts. This is the time of year when shoppers lose their sense of time and place while looking at shelves packed with the latest, greatest gifts money can buy. They stop in the center of aisles oblivious to the other people around them and appear to be in a trance. I know you have seen it…you may have done it. I know I have – seen it and done it.
Today I went to TJ Maxx and saw the beginnings of the holiday season setting in. Apparently, now that the election is over folks are moving full steam ahead into the holidays and the holi-daze. There will be no quick in and out of stores for the casual shopper in the short term.
Christmas is only six weeks away – so proceed with caution folks – and maintain a healthy dose of patience and holiday cheer. 😉
Day one thousand two hundred and twenty-two of the new forty – obla di obla da
Ms. C


text:
Andrew Estocin asks: Father JJ, how do you see this internal contradiction playing out with regards to the riots and unrest in Greece? The GOA has never addressed the moral and social underpinnings of these problems. Is the GOA so captive to the fantasy narrative of the Greek Community in America that it is unable to engage on these issues? Athens burns but the party at the Ritz Carlton in … [Read more...]
Deconstructing the 'Internal Contradiction' in the GOA
Catholic Politicians Who Attack Church Should Remember God's Judgment
With stern words Roman Catholic Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, Illinois warned Catholic politcians last Friday that any collaboration with "assaults against the faith" would one day face the judgment of God. Orthodox bishops should take notice. The report states: When asked specifically about recent actions of Democratic Health and Human Services Secretary Sebelius Kathleen Sebelius and … [Read more...]
Russian Orthodox Church Canonizes New Martyr Who Died at the Hands of the Nazis
- Source: Orthodox Cognate The Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia has canonized Russian national Alexander Schmorell, a native of Orenburg, who was executed by the Nazi regime in 1943 for organizing an anti-fascist student group called the White Rose, the Church Bulletin publication reported. The ceremony to glorify St. Alexander of Munich, who was 25 yeas old when he died, ended in … [Read more...]
Obama and the Dictatorship of Relativism
When the Manhattan Declaration first came out, Orthodox signers came under considerable criticism. Too much culture wars was the usual response. I signed the document because I saw that efforts to institutionalize secular liberalism could only succeed if dissenting voices were silenced. The cost of that silence is high and will include the loss of liberty if it succeeds. Secular fundamentalism … [Read more...]
65 Orthodox Church Bishops Call on Obama to 'Rescind' the 'Unjust' Contraception Mandate
Source: LifeSite News NEW YORK, NY, February 6, 2012, (LifeSiteNews.com) – The 65 canonical bishops of the Orthodox Church have asked President Barack Obama and Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius to repeal the mandate that religious institutions provide birth control, sterilization, and Plan B abortion drugs in their health care coverage. The Assembly of Canonical … [Read more...]


text:
Bring a little extra zing. Lemon-Lime Energy is a powerful blend of nutritious greens, phytonutrient-packed fruits, veggies and cereal grasses, digestive enzymes and probiotics. We've added about 85mg of plant-based caffeine by combining yerba mate and matcha green tea to our Original Green SuperFood, to provide a natural kick in a delicious tasting lemon lime powder.
Suggested Use
Mix one serving with 8 or more oz. of water, juice, or mixed into your favorite smoothie! Scoop, stir, smile! Amazing Grass is committed to improving our customer's lives with our offering of premium organic whole food nutrition products as Mother Nature intended. If you have any questions, allergies or concerns; before consuming any of our products we recommend consulting your healthcare professional or a registered dietitian.
Our greens are organic, field-grown and locally dehydrated, not warehouse produced in plastic trays. It's a difference you can taste...and feel!
View All Amazing GrassView All Vitamins & Minerals > Super Foods > Superfoods PowderView All Vitamins & Minerals > Super Foods > Greens SuperfoodsView All Vitamins & Minerals > Super Foods > Superfoods Drinks & SmoothiesTop 10 VitaminsTop 10 Superfoods
Other Ingredients
Natural flavors, citric acid, peppermint leaf, silica and stevia.


text:
Speak with a lighting specialist
Weekdays 8am-7pm
Light Bulbs
Ballasts & Drivers
Lighting Fixtures
Light Control Products
Horticultural Lighting Products
Projector Lamps
Smart Lighting
Our easy-to-use BulbFinder will let you find the correct bulb, step by step.
Select a bulb category to get started
The LED Authority
SKU: 71A0280500D | Ordering Code: 71A0280500D (120 or 277V)
Product Highlights
Advance HID Core and Coil Ballast* Ignites One 18 Watt Low Pressure Sodium** (ANSI CODE L69) Lamp of 120 or 277 Input Volts. LAMP NOT INCLUDED.
Input Volts
Input Watts
Number of Lamps
Ballast Factor
Length (in)
Width (in)
Height (in)
Power Factor
Ballast Lamp Type
Sign up to receive our best offers
Stay connected with Bulbs.com
Accepted Payments


text:
Puppies: Deiji, Black Jack
Friends: 6
Member Since: June 26, 2010Add to Friends
My sister found our sweet Deiji (Japanese for Daisy) abandoned with her sister and 2 brothers behind a local car dealership's body shop. All 4 puppies were lucky enough to find good homes. Unfortunately, she's had a run in with some health problems and a couple of injuries. She's already had to have her hip reset and had a total of 5 hematomas between both of her ears (hence the purple no scratch collar in some of her pics). She's a tough and brave little girl. Deiji is very intelligent and laid back. She's a very sweet, lovable pup with many expressions. She loves to nap near Daddy, swim, dump her drinking water out and lay in it, go for car rides to the pet store (she knows she's gonna get spoiled when she goes there ;) ), and go for walks.View Profile
When I was in Jr. High in 1995, my parents bought Black Jack for me from a breeder. He rode in my lap the whole way home. He loved to watch my Mom's fish, go for bike rides (the neighborhood residents got a kick out of that), escape and play chase for hours (never would run to far away from us), and play games. He was a sweet, loving, and loyal dog that would do anything to protect his pack. Unfortunately, I joined the Army and couldn't take my Black Jack with me. About 3 years after I left for the Army, he came down with a horrible skin condition and had to be put down. RIP Black Jack. I will always remember and love you.View Profile


text: When young Clara receives a Nutcracker doll as a Christmas gift from her mysterious uncle, Drosselmeyer, she falls asleep with her beloved nutcracker under the Christmas tree and is transported to a magical dreamland where nightmares and pleasantries abound. Dance It Out Studio will provide choreography for the Colonial Center's very own version of this classic ballet. Tickets are $15 each.


text:
In a recent post I contrasted the utopian visions of the "Libertarian Space-Men" vs. "The Gaia Collective.
The "Libertarian Space Men" value free market principles, private property, technological progress, and personal freedom. This group defines human progress in terms of economic growth, (galactic) expansion, increasing intelligence, and an ever-improving capacity to understand, predict, and manipulate reality.
The "Gaia Collective" values environmental conservation and repair, sustainable living, peaceful coexistence, and spiritual growth. This group defines human progress in terms of ending war, lifting all people out of poverty, compassionate treatment of the young/old/infirm, humane treatment of animals, and a sustainable way of life with minimal impact on Earth's geology, climate, and ecosystems.
The two groups are not so much opposed to each other as they are to "future-by-inertia," which is the future we'll get if we continue business as usual, pursuing short-term interests while ignoring long-term consequences. Almost everyone, including myself, is a member of the future-by-inertia group on at least some days. Like most people, I burn fossil fuels, use electricity, consume products, eat ocean-caught fish, and so on. Business-as-usual, which leads to a possibly dystopic future.
My best guess for what future-by-inertia looks like (the future we'll get if neither the Gaia Collective nor the Libertarian Space Men have much of an impact) is a 100-year dark age during which energy demand outpaces energy supply. Not the end of the human race, but an ugly stretch that will include population decline, continued environmental degradation, continued poverty and war, and declining standards of living in terms of education, healthcare, leisure time, and expendable income for most of us (with many exceptions and bright spots).
What Beliefs Do We Hold Re: "What Has Gone Wrong?"
As a species, we've picked the planet's low-hanging fruit. First we ate all the mega-fauna, then we chopped down most of the planet's forests for fuel. We found and burned the easy-to-get oil and coal, we've eaten most of the fish. Lately we've noticed the atmosphere itself is warming up, with a strong possibility of disrupting stable climate patterns that we've become accustomed to.
On the other hand, there are many reasons to be hopeful. We know how to live with less environmental impact (even if we don't always do so), most nations/tribes/groups peacefully coexist (and intermingle/share cultural wealth), and there are new technological miracles everyday that expand our understanding of reality, open up new creative spaces, and expand the realm of what is possible.
I've already looked at different concepts of "human progress," including the possibility that all human progress is illusory. But what about "anti-progress"? What kind of assumptions do we hold about what's holding us back as a species?
I've revealed one of my own assumptions by looking at the human timeline through the lens of reckless resource depletion (megafauna, forests, oil, coal, fish).
What are your own assumptions regarding what is "wrong" with humanity? What is preventing us from taking a great leap forward into an age of global peace, prosperity, and discovery?
Let's unpack a few of the possibilities, and look at the evidence for each.
Genetics/Human Nature
Are we, as a species, too aggressive, cruel, and/or stupid to achieve any sort of global socio-cultural enlightenment? Given peace, will we find reasons to create war because we somehow need or crave it? Are we essentially a warlike, violent species?
Our primate cousins, the chimps, can be extremely violent killers. And almost any human being, if pushed to psychological extremes (starvation, threats to loved ones), will become capable of killing.
Still, our capacity for cooperation, tolerance, and impulse control is even more noteworthy. According to Stephen Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature, war and death from human violence has become steadily less common throughout history. If we are prone to violent conflict by our nature, this is mitigated by our own civilizing and pacifying social structures. We may be violent by nature, but we are not doomed to a life of violent behavior.
What about intelligence? Are we doomed to the hilarious dark future of Idiocracy, in which plants crave Brawndo?
No doubt the world is filled with knuckleheads, and always has been (what's different about modern knuckleheads is that they have a voice — we read their tweets and see them on reality TV). But are there so many dumb people in the world that our entire global civilization is doomed to mediocrity?
Some ideas about intelligence are racially tinged. The authors of The Bell Curve argue that intelligence is largely inherited, that higher test scores by whites and Asians indicate that these are the more intelligent races, and that these "less intelligent" races have more children and shorter generation lengths (thus bringing down average genetic intelligence).
Viewed through a cultural lens, those same discrepancies in test scores can be explained by cultural emphasis on education and early language acquisition, prenatal and early childhood nutrition, access to early childhood education, stress levels from experiencing poverty and racism, and other environmental factors.
Clinical research has shown that some genes are associated with certain types of intelligence. Some narrowly defined racial groups, like Ashkenazi Jews, may have an edge, on average, in certain categories of intelligence (with slightly lower spatial intelligence). It's almost impossible to determine if these differences have a genetic basis, or if they're mostly due to a cultural emphasis on scholarship and learning.
Ultimately the evidence is weak that a lack of genetic intelligence is holding us back in any significant way. Reasons include:
- There is still huge selective pressure for intelligence. The big one is finding a mate willing to procreate with you (not just have sex) in the age of birth control. While a large number of pregnancies are still unplanned, this percentage is dropping. The influence of female sexual selection (with a bias towards higher intelligence) is growing. This bias works the other way as well — males might ignore intelligence in favor of looks for a sexual fling, but they're unlikely to ignore smarts when picking the mother of their children. Before birth control this level of choosiness wasn't an option.
- Most human intelligence is still latent and untapped because of lack of access to quality higher education and top-notch instruction. This dynamic is changing because of education by internet. Applications such as khanacademy.org and MIT OpenCourseWare are bringing free quality higher education to anyone with an internet connection.
- We don't all need to be geniuses for civilization to progress. More important (in terms of having a functioning global civilization capable of progress) is widespread literacy, access to quality education regardless of class/race/gender, and cultural values that embrace learning, science and research, literature and the arts.
Environmental Destruction and Resource Depletion
One of the more fascinating graphics I've ever seen is in Jared Diamond's book Collapse. Two maps are overlaid, armed conflicts and deforested/environmentally blighted areas. The maps are nearly identical. While the association isn't necessarily causative, the image is striking.
Can rapid leaps in standard of living be achieved by simple measures such as planting trees? According to the philosophy and results of The Green Belt Movement, efforts towards environmental restoration can have a positive ripple effect. Reduced soil erosion, healthier crops, more shade, and a restored watershed are direct effects, while indirect effects include community organization, improved rights for women and girls, and the spread of democratic values and processes.
The evidence that environmental destruction prevents and/or retards human progress is significant. When we destroy natural environments, we destroy the quality of our own lives. When we restore our natural environments, our lives improve by every measure. While many political and socioeconomic factors can lead to environmental destruction, environmental restoration is an actionable leverage point available to any community, however marginal or impoverished.
Corporatism/Corporate Control of the Political Process
Global corporate power is at near zenith levels, rivaling the monopolies of the early 1900's before anti-trust reform. Most members of the U.S. Congress (and many international political bodies) are fully "bought," and their voting reflects the direct interests of the corporations that fund their campaigns and keep them in (puppet) power.
Corporate interests include reducing corporate tax, relaxing regulations (environmental, worker safety, anything that protects the public and potentially reduces profit margins), starting and continuing wars that will generate business for private companies, and privatizing/profitizing functions that peform better and cost less in the public sector (like the prison system, police, the military, and schools).
The direct systemic effects of corporatism include an eroded tax base, less funding for public schools and public infrastructure, environmental destruction, poor working conditions, higher instances of unjust incarcerations, rogue mercenaries and war-for-profit (at the expense of the tax-payer), and an unaffordable educational system.
Do these actions erode the middle class and ultimately hurt the economy as a whole, thus reducing corporate profit margins in the long-run? Of course they do. But long-term holistic thinking is rare among corporate cultures.
The system is rigged, and everybody knows it. Countries without strong campaign finance rules and checks on corporate power have a dark future of eroding public schools and eroding public infrastructure (with ever-increasing for-profit prisons and for-profit mercenaries/"military contractors").
Corporatism is holding us back — especially in the United States.
Growth-based capitalism/Consumerism/Non-sustainable Economy
Occupy Wall Street and other reactions to the global economic depression have many people questioning the very nature of capitalism. Is the exploitation of labor and natural resources to generate profit a good thing? Are there workable alternatives?
Historically, extreme forms of collectivism (no private property, no incentive to maximize efficiency and productivity) have failed miserably. Mass starvation in China is the starkest example of this failure.
However, the virtues of Adam Smith's "invisible hand" have been overrated. Unchecked free-market capitalism leads to wretched working conditions, mass poverty, monopolies, and destructive market bubbles. When capitalism "works," it's often because wealth is being siphoned/stolen from the less powerful via colonialism, slavery, rape of the environment, and destruction of the commons. (Marvin Brown's book Civilizing the Economy explores this topic in depth.)
Anne Leonard provides an easy-to-understand critique of consumerism in her short film "The Story of Stuff". This film was banned from some U.S. schools for being "too depressing." Despite the misgivings of some parents, most kids already "get it." They won't be growing up in the same world of easy wealth, bountiful resources, and pristine environments of their parents and grandparents. That world is gone and may or may not ever return.
The other common critique of global finance-driven capitalism is that it's an unsustainable growth-based system doomed to failure on a finite planet. We can't keep growing the economy indefinitely — eventually we'll run out of room, food, soil, fresh water, and so on. Human space migration, if it ever happens, won't happen in time to head off this problem.
So where does that leave us? Even if it were possible, getting rid of global monetary systems altogether (and going back to a barter system, or local scrips) would be massively inefficient.
An ideal economic system preserves the convenience and flexibility of currency and credit systems, as well as the motivation and efficiencies created by private property and incentives, while at the same time creating public sector wealth for all citizens through modern infrastructure, public schools, public healthcare, environmental protections, and so on. As automation and digital replication makes stuff cheaper and reduces employment, public sector wealth becomes even more important.
Zooming out, what are the root causes of the current global economic malaise?
- Colonialism is winding down, and the global economy is "flattening." Poor "third world" countries are not as poor, and cheap labor is not as cheap.
- In the U.S., corporatism has hollowed out the middle class.
- In the E.U., less wealthy nations have lost economic flexibility due to premature implementation of the Euro.
- China is hamstrung by corruption, as well as a lack of intellectual property protection.
- Good and services are continually getting cheaper to produce and distribute (especially digital goods and services). This is great for consumers and some corporation profits, but terrible for employment and the economy in general.
- Complex shadowy financial instruments obscure information from investors, hide risk, create giant bubbles, and lead to destructive boom and bust cycles.
Are there varieties of capitalism that are viable for long-term human progress? Social democracy might be one. Social democratic governments that encourage robust trade, protect the environment, and provide for the welfare of citizens less able to help themselves (including children) … we could do worse. Systems that preserve the "kernel" of capitalism (private property and incentives to increase efficiency and productivity) while integrating the best aspects of collectivism (free public services, cooperatives, large pools of public domain resources) may be the best way forward for our species.
Winner-take-all capitalism, corporatism, and consumerism are destructive forces, but the evidence is weak that a system of private property and regulated trade is preventing "a great leap forward" for humanity. Reasonably regulated capitalism is a great wealth creator (at least when compared to experiments in extreme collectivism).
The Nanny State/Diffusion of Personal Responsibility
The "nanny state" is a nickname for governmental systems that overly regulate and legislate, and interfere in what should be personal decisions for citizens. Governments have gained the "nanny-state" label by making smoking illegal in public places, regulating cell phone use in cars, taxing alcohol, and outlawing marijuana.
Beyond limiting personal choice, the idea is that the government interference and micromanagement in people's lives leads to a "nanny state mentality." Instead of taking responsibility for their own lives, people look to the state for guidance and support. State becomes parent, and the citizen never grows up.
This blog illustrates some of the concerns of those who fight against the "nanny state."
I'm sympathetic to some of these complaints, but in my mind the line is clear. If a behavior significantly endangers other people or natural environments, the state is right to regulate. If the danger is minor and applies only to the subject, the state should stay out of it.
Want to buy and drink raw milk? You should be free to do so. Want to text on your phone in your car while going 75mph? That should be illegal.
While I agree in principle that the "nanny state mentality" exists in some societies, and that some people put too much trust in government, I just don't see this as a fundamental problem on the same level as corporatism or environmental destruction.
Loss of Tradition/Loss of Moral Values
New York Times columnist David Brooks is big on this theme. What kind of people is society creating? What kind of values do they hold? Brooks worries that the reduced popularity of traditions like getting married, regularly attending a church, and raising children with two parents is leading to "loss of middle class values" in the U.S.
Evolutionary philosophers such as Richard Dawkins have done a pretty good job arguing that most people are good — even without a belief in God. Human beings are guided by conscience, a psychological mechanism that evolved to give our species a cooperative advantage. With the exceptions of sociopaths, we feel what people close to us are feeling. When others feel pain, our mirror neurons fire and we wince. When those we love feel sad or angry, we find ourselves sympathetically sharing those same emotions.
Most children of single parents turn out fine. Most people who never go to church turn out fine. Children are resilient — if they are loved, fed, sheltered, exposed to complex language, and taught to read, they'll probably turn into decent citizens.
Could problems that Brooks ascribes to a "loss of values" in fact have economic causes? Charles Murray (of The Bell Curve infamy) notes in his book Coming Apart that white working and lower class Americans have lower rates of marriage, higher rates of divorce, and less than 40% of children live in households with both biological parents. Murray shows association but not causation. Did these working class couples delay or end marriages because they didn't believe in marriage, or because they were broke and stressed?
It's said that liberals want to create the perfect society, while conservatives want to create the perfect citizen. While I completely embrace a values-driven life for myself, I think any kind of political discussion of "values" is usually a red herring to divert discussion from more relevant issues like corporate control of government, radical income inequality, and environmental destruction.
Does a positive upbringing make better people, on average? From an early age we have "values" in two main flavors. One is the ability to control impulses and defer gratification, which can be measured by "the marshmallow test." The other is empathy; observers can accurately spot people with "high empathy genes" simply by observing body language. So maybe we are the way we are. If we're raised by other human beings (as opposed to wolves) does upbringing make no difference?
There may not be much measurable difference between an "adequate" upbringing and an "excellent" one, but an abusive upbringing can certainly bring out the worst in human beings. Individuals with dysfunction of the MAO-A gene are more prone to criminality when they're abused as children. With a supportive upbringing, those same individuals may end up in a profession where aggressiveness or "ruthlessness" is a highly valued trait (stockbroker, athlete, attorney, etc.).
So in terms of "acquiring values," it may not be important to send your kid to religious school or force them to read the classics, but it is important not to beat them up or psychologically abuse them.
Environment and upbringing effect our ability to delay gratification as well. As this article explains, the ability to delay gratification has everything to do with metacognitive techniques. Are we able to distract ourselves? Are we able to handle "hot" emotions without letting them control our behavior? These techniques can be learned. Among other things, the ability to delay gratification is associated with living with one's father. "Traditional" family structure may be important after all.
I'm undecided on this one (in terms of how important an issue it is). Having a society with a high percentage of people who are able to delay gratification, and also have a highly developed sense of empathy, is probably a good thing (crime probably drops precipitously in such a society). But how do we get there? I don't think lecturing or criticizing single mothers is an effective approach.
On the other hand, supporting families with public healthcare, childcare, early childhood education, and excellent public schools might encourage more couples to stay together, as well as reducing abusive behavioral patterns in families. You can make better individuals by making a better society. Just a thought.
And the winner is …
What's the point of this post? I'm not trying to identify the one way humanity has gone wrong. We've gone wrong hundreds of ways in the past, and we'll go wrong hundreds of ways in the future. Like many, I'm pointing to unchecked corporate power and corruption as a major problem of our time, but it may turn out to be a rather brief problem (compared to the hundreds of years the Catholic Church wielded enormous unchecked and corrupt power, for example).
Still, if I had to pick one, I would say corporatism is currently what's holding humanity back from a great leap forward, and putting us at risk for a great leap backwards. U.S. corporatism is especially unnerving in these sectors: private prisons, private security, private intelligence/spying, big oil, and banking.
This post is getting too damn long, but I did consider a few other areas as well:
- bureaucratic complexity
- modern leveraged finance/shadow banking system
- racism/sexism/xenophobia
- lack of abundant clean energy
- overpopulation (which I've written about in-depth here)
- global warming/mass extinction
You could argue that the potential for mass extinction caused by global warming and acidifying oceans is more serious than abuses of corporate power, and you'd be right. But corporatism paralyzes our collective response to serious environmental problems by buying off politicians, one by one. The problem isn't that people don't know or care about environmental problems that could kill us all — the problem is that corporations focused only on short-term profits do everything in their power to block all efforts to address these problems.
So what do you think? How would you define "progress" for humanity? What's stopping us from getting there more quickly? What factors might cause (or are already causing) our global civilization to slide in the opposite direction?


text:
144 Core Sm/mm Indoor Bundle Fiber Optical Cable
|FOB Price:
|Get Latest Price
|Min. Order:
|1,000 pieces
|Shenzhen, China
|Production Capacity:
|10000 PCS/Day
|Payment Terms:
|L/C, T/T, Western Union
Request a custom order and have something just for you!Send Customized Request
- Application: Communication, Telecommunication
- Connection Structure: Patch Cable
- Allowed Lateral Pressure: 100(N/100mm)<1000(N/100mm)
- Core: 1 Core or 2 Core
- Brand: OEM
- Fiber Counts: 48c
- Diameter: Customized
- Trademark: Customized
- Specification: Customized
- HS Code: 8544700000
- Type: Indoor Cable
- Material Shape: Round Wire
- Allowed Tensile Strength: 100N<1000N
- Certification: RoHS, UL, CE, ISO9001
- Sheath Material: PVC or LSZH
- Fiber Brand: Yofc Corning
- Connector Type: Customized
- Transport Package: Paper Box
- Origin: China (Mainland)
SM/MM Indoor Bundle Fiber Optical Cable
Fiber breakout cable Features:
- Single mode and multi mode (flat) APC (catercorner 8 degree angled) are available
- High fiber density (maximum 24 fibers for Multimode)
- Fiber in single connector: 4, 8, 12, 24
- Insert/Pull latching connector
- High reflection loss with APC
- Comply with Telcordia GR-1435-CORE specification and Rosh standard
Fiber breakout cable Applications:
- FTTH, CATV, LAN, MAN, WAN, Test & Measurement
- Video transmission, Data transmission
- Active Device Termination
- Premise Installations
- Telecommunication and Data processing Networks
- Industrial, medical & military
- Systems Integration for Long Haul, Metro and Access Network
About fiber breakout cable:
- MPO/MTP OM3 3.0mm fiber optic breakout cables
- MPO/MTP-LC fiber optic harness patch cables
- MTP is the high dense degree of optical fiber pre-connect system,which is generally use in three areas.
- The Data Center application with high dense degree environment
- The optical fiber to the building
- The internal connector application in fiber equipment.
MTP/MPO fiber breakout cable descriptions:
MTP/MPO harness cable, also called MTP/MPO breakout cable or MTP/MPO fan-out cable, is a fiber optic cable terminated with MTP/MPO connectors on one end and MTP/MPO/LC/FC/SC/ST/MTRJ connectors (generally MTP to LC) on the other end. The main cable is usually 3.0mm LSZH Round cable, breakout 2.0mm cable. Female and Male MPO/MTP Connector is available and Male type connector has pins. All MPO/MTP Connectors we use USConec Brand. All Kocentoptec's MPO/MTP fiber patch cable is compliant to IEC-61754-7 and TIA-604-5(FOCIS-5) Standard. We can do Standard type and Elite type both. For the jacket cable we can do 3.0mm round cable also can be flat jacketed ribbon cable or bare ribbon MTP cables. We can offer Single mode and Multimode MTP fiber optical patch cables, custom design MTP fiber optic cable assemblies, 9/125, 50/125, 62.5/125, SM, MM, Simplex, Duplex, 12core MTP/MPO patch cables, 24core MTP/MPO patch cables, 48core MTP/MPO patch cables all is available.
MTP/MPO harness cables are designed for high density applications requiring high performance and speedy installation. Harness cables provide a transition from multi-fibers cables to individual fibers or duplex connectors. The MTP/MPO harness cables are terminated with MTP/MPO connectors on one end and standard LC/FC/SC/ST/MTRJ connectors (generally MTP to LC) on the other end. Therefore, they can meet a variety of fiber cabling requirements.
MTP/MPO Connector Specifications:
|Single Mode
|Single Mode
|Multi Mode
|(APC Polish)
|(UPC Polish)
|(PC Polish)
|Fiber Count
|8,12,24 etc.
|8,12,24 etc.
|8,12,24 etc.
|Fiber Type
|G652D,G657A1 etc.
|G652D,G657A1 etc.
|OM1,OM2,OM3 etc.
|Max. Insertion Loss
|Low Loss
|Low Loss
|Low Loss
|≤0.35 dB
|≤0.35 dB
|≤0.35 dB
|Return Loss
|≥60 dB
|≥60 dB
|≥500 times
|≥500 times
|≥500 times
|Operating Temperature
|Test Wavelength
|Insert-pull test
|1000 times<0.5 dB
|<0.5 dB
|Anti-tensile force
Ordering Informations:
Connector type: FC, SC, LC, ST, MTRJ, MU, E2000, MPO, DIN, D4, SMA
Ferrule End-face: PC, UPC, APC
Core Type: Single-mode (SM: 9/125um), Multimode (MM: 50/125um or 62.5/125um)
Fiber Quantity: 4 core, 8 core, 12 core, 24 core
Cable Length: 1, 2, 3 meter or customized
Cable type: PVC, LSZH, OM3, OFNR, OFNP, Plenum
OEM/ODM Service:
If you want to display your own brand LOGO on the goods such as cable, package bag, label or any where. It is no any problem. Our OEM and ODM service is always ready to do it.
According to Stardard Export Packing.
Carton box, wooden box, wooden pallet.
- International express such as UPS, TNT, DHL, etc
- Internatioal air: CA, AA, EA, etc
- By sea


text:
Click here to print the obituary below
In Memory of
James "Jim" Martin Burns
June 26, 1920 - December 7, 2012
James Martin Burns, age 92, of Rogers, died December 7, 2012, at Mercy Medical Center in Rogers. He was born in Stuart, Iowa, on June 26, 1920, to Daniel James and Agnes (Doud) Burns.
Jim was raised in Stuart, Iowa, graduating from Stuart High School in 1937. He was a veteran of the US Army serving both in World War II and during the Korean Conflict. He served in the Corps of Engineers and was the recipient of the Bronze Star.
On July 12, 1944, he married Loretta "Lollie" Wedemeyer, and they had been married over 62 years at the time of her death in 2007.
Survivors include his children, Michael Burns of Arlington, Mass., Mary Kay Podlecki (Alexander) of Ewing, NJ, Rita Burns of Farmington, Mich., and Karen Burns of Council Bluffs, Iowa.
He was preceded in death by his parents; his beloved wife, Loretta "Lollie" Burns; a son, Patrick Burns; and a sister, Regina Parker.
Visitation will be 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday, December 11, 2012, at Rollins Funeral Home in Rogers. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday at St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church, by Monsignor David LeSieur. Private inurnment will be in the columbarium at St. Stephen Catholic Church in Bentonville.
Memorials, in lieu of flowers, may be made to St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church.
Cremation arrangements are by Rollins Funeral Home of Rogers. Online condolences may be made at
Tuesday, December 11, 2012 | 5:00pm - 7:00pm
Rollins Funeral Home
1401 Hudson Road, Rogers, AR 72756 | (479) 631-6617
Driving Directions
Mass of Christian Burial
Wednesday, December 12, 2012 | 12:00pm
St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church
Rogers, Arkansas
Driving Directions


text:
You could say that Perea Blackmon's classroom is a zoo, but it's not because the students misbehave. Blackmon's class at the Langdon Education Campus in Northeast Washington is home to a hamster, a rabbit, two iguanas, four leopard geckos and several dozen Madagascar hissing cockroaches. But her third- and fourth-grade students are learning much more from the animals than from an occasional field trip to the zoo.
"You can do everything with them. You can do a science lesson, you can do a math lesson, you can do geography . . . or a writing assignment," Blackmon said.
Teachers at Langdon, which is a STEM school (science, technology, engineering and math), were encouraged several years ago to have something living in their classrooms.
"I'm not good with plants," Blackmon said. "But I love animals."
The animals, whose cages fill most of the classroom's back wall, didn't arrive all at once. Blackmon said she started four years ago with Max, a gray rabbit who has the special privilege of hopping around the room as the kids do their work. Then came two of the colorful geckos, Fred and Fredericka. Blackmon said she was looking for something a bit more unusual after that, so she ordered the Madagascar cockroaches.
"We started with four, and do you see how many are back there?" she asked.
At least 50 were crawling around a terrarium and a second container. And an egg sack means there are baby cockroaches on the way.
The students admitted that they didn't know nearly as much about these animals before they were in Blackmon's class.
"I didn't know that [the iguanas] would get so big," said Layla Rasheed, 9, who was in Blackmon's class last year. (Iggy and Isaiah have grown from six inches long to about 30 inches in two years, Blackmon said.)
"I didn't know that roaches hiss," said Rachel Tillery, 9, as Blackmon took several of the insects out for the students to handle.
"Some of them were scared to touch a bug, and now they're like 'wow,' " Blackmon said.
The kids also learn how to take care of the animals. At least once a week, a few students will clean the rabbit and hamster cages, Blackmon said. The reptiles are fed crickets but otherwise don't need as much attention as their furry classmates. The roaches will eat anything, she said.
Blackmon bought most of the pets herself, but the most recent additions, two unnamed leopard geckos, were paid for by a program called Pets in the Classroom, which has helped about 15,000 classrooms get fish or small animals since 2009.
"About one-third opt for an aquarium; a third opt for a small animal — guinea pigs are by far the most popular; the final third are reptiles and amphibians," said Steve King, who directs the program.
Blackmon and her students are thinking about adding to their menagerie, a great vocabulary word that means collection of animals. Gustavo Lopez, 8, said he favors a spider. Andy Saravia, 9, wants a turtle. Blackmon said she's considering a chameleon.
One animal that won't be making an appearance is a bird. Blackmon said that she had two birds many years ago and that they weren't a good fit.
"Birds are very noisy. They are beautiful but noisy."
READ: How to get a pet for your classroom


text:
Knights of the Black Cross
The story about the young German pilots of the First World War, some of who became household names for both the German population and to many of those they pitted their skills against. Their photographs appeared on "Sanke" postcards which were sold to the public giving them a film star-like status. Many of the pilots who rose to national and international fame became increasingly bitter and disillusioned at the growing ineptitude of their generals. They continued to fall in combat; the legendary Red Baron, Manfred von Richthofen, was shot down and killed at only 25 years old. A small number of these "Knights" survived the war. Some were to die between the wars by murder, revolution or accident. Others were to fight again during the Second World War for the Third Reich, among them the notorious Hermann Goering.
Please visit Help Page for Questions
regarding ISBN / ISBN-10 / ISBN10, ISBN-13 / ISBN13, EAN / EAN-13, and Amazon
Home | ISBN Directory | Affiliate
Program | Contact
Copyright © 2003-2014 AllDiscountBooks.net All rights reserved.


text:
Greetings ~
Update We have to change the date of the next gathering to April 15th (it was the 29th) - hope you can make it.
We have reserved April 15th (Tuesday) for our next Capital Region meetup at Zone 5 (http://zone5.com). On the agenda is Drupal Ladders - an opportunity for us to both advance our Drupal knowledge and contribute to the Drupal community. Also, since many of us will have attended NYC Camp (April 10-13) we could take some time to share our experiences and cool discoveries.
I wanted to take this opportunity to post a "save the date" message, but to also start a discussion through comments on future topics.
Here are some topics that have come up; I will add to it based on what appears in comments:
- theming, including how individuals implement/configure more advanced theming
- using hooks
- more on Drush
I know I've missed some topics which have come up in discussions, please let me know (via comments or by contacting me) what we should add to the list and how we might want to explore these topics at future meetings.
Warm regards,
Can't make today.
Touching Base
Hey everyone,
I am sorry I haven't been contributing to this group/community!!!
I have some free time right now, and would like to spend some of it with this group/community. I am out of the loop though, could someone please tell me:
1) what the objectives are of the group/community;
2) who the active members are; and
3) some of the projects being worked on.
Right now, I am building my own website using Drupal: buddym.com. I am pretty much a novice, but I am proud of what I have accomplished thus far. I would be happy to share what little code or knowledge I have with the community.
Albany Group Activities
Hello Buddymaguire,
Great to hear from you!
While I can't speak for everyone, I would say that we started holding monthly gatherings last fall as a way to create a time and place where everyone could share and learn about Drupal, no matter their level.
Currently our meetings bring 10-20+ people together to listen and discuss. Meeting formats tend to follow the agendas: some chatting, some sharing of information (sometimes as presentations, sometimes as round-robins) and increasingly a hands-on portion (last night we spent an hour on Drupal Ladder). We have people who are just starting to explore Drupal and some people who've worked with it for years; front-end developers and dev-ops.
Hope to see you at a future meeting. I'll post information on the May meeting as soon as I have it.
Thank you Meredith! I appreciate you taking the time to catch me up. I will do my best to attend the next meeting in May. I look forward to meeting you and everyone else.
Take care,


text:
I'm trying to see if it's possible to implement support for HTTP Kerberos authentication, as used by Microsoft[1] in libwww. The questions I'm currently searching for answers to, are: 1. is the gssapi-data binary chunk mentioned in [1] something that can be used directly in the C-binding to GSSAPI[2]? 2. can the Windows native security API, SSPI, use the gssapi-data binary chunk in[1]? 3. is there a thin GSSAPI wrapper to SSPI available from somwhere? 4. is it possible to use SASL, rather than GSSAPI to implement[1]? (SSPI has an implementation of SASL) www.google.com hasn't yet brought me any definite answers to these questions. Pointers, guesses, and hints, appreciated. Thanx! - Steinar References: [1] <http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-brezak-kerberos-http-00.txt > [2] <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1509.txt >Received on Thursday, 27 May 2004 05:02:49 UTC
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.3.1 : Tuesday, 6 January 2015 21:33:56 UTC


text:
Working and Living on Campus
Tuition Waiver
Associate Resident Directors (ARD's) receive a tuition waiver for graduate classes, and prerequisite undergraduate classes required for the staff member's Masters Degree.
Tuition waivers are also granted during the summer sessions. Staff members are financially responsible for student fees billed by the university.
Monthly Stipend
ARD's receive a monthly stipend of $950.00 - $1000.00 a month. Click here for a complete break down of the value of the compensation package.
Skill Development
Staff members are provided diverse professional opportunities including:
- Teaching academic classes
- Advising student groups
- Hall Council, RHA, NRHH, IFC, NPHC, PHC, and other RSOs
- Committee work in areas of multiculturalism, employee relations, staff training, and recruitment
- Comprehensive bi-weekly in-service training and development.
Optional Summer Employment
ARD's have the option for summer employment with University Housing & Dining Services working with our Conference Services Program. Eastern's summer camps and conferences program serves over 14,000 guests each summer.
Personal Workplace
Furnished offices include private phone line, desktop computer, and network access.
Furnished Apartment
All apartments are fully furnished and include appliances. Please let us know if you require special living accommodations.
Basic & Extended Utilities
Staff members are provided all basic utilities (e.g. water, local telephone, cable, internet, gas, electricity, and trash removal) free of charge.
Panther Dining Meal Plan
Staff members are provided with 15 meals per week in the residential dining centers and $140 Dining Dollars per semester (good in all four residential dining centers, Marketplace Convenience Centers, University Food Court, Java B & B Coffee Shop, and the Panther Pantry).


text:
Latest Twetter Feeds
About Dr. Hooman Melamed
Dr. Hooman M. Melamed, who is Director of Scoliosis at the prestigious Marina Del Rey Hospital, is well known for his skill in accurately diagnosing clients and customizing treatment options to meet the client's requirements. Whether spine surgery or a more conservative treatment is found to be necessary, Dr. Melamed is equipped with in depth experience and prescience to allow you to return to your normal life.
"Typically, clients with spinal-based concerns can be successfully helped without the need for surgery. I pay close attention to my clients who are very much involved in their personalized treatment options. If it is found that spine surgery is required, my team and I have consistently been able to integrate our skill set in both orthopaedic surgery and neurosurgery to bring you the most minimally invasive and progressive surgery intervention."
~ Dr. Melamed


text:
A wise sage once said "you dont age until your regrets outnumber your dreams". How's your ratio? One of the great honors in coaching high potential and seasoned leaders is supporting them as they craft and deliver their dreams. Some want to improve their groove in how they show up in the world, others want to lead more effectively and some want to learn how to be more passionate at the podium. Others want to strategically grow their businesses, expand their lives or simply redirect their efforts in the spirit of a life better lived. There's a growing countercultural movement gaining momentum around slowing down. So if being a workaholic is holding you back from being your best in business or life, it may be time to retrain your brain. Maybe its time to craft a calmer way of being by connecting with your inner tortoise. Feel free to join our community of life and businessleaders at facebook.com/YogaOnTheLakeSummerSeries every Saturday this summer. You may actually pause long enough to envision those dreams that will keep you unregrettably young!
Send us your best Kurmasana photo for a prize!
Sometimes in life, you just get lucky. So very grateful to one of my wonderful yoga students for a serendipitous invitation to her family's lovely home to join them for Wanderlust 2013. Wanderlust is an amazing outdoor yogafestival(the largest of its kind in the US by the way) that's held in several locations around the country to celebrate life, yoga, sustainability and community. We didn't hesitate to say "Yes!" and we're so glad we did as the Stratton mountain backdrop was delightful! We danced, sang, hiked, did yoga, ate great food, sipped organic wine and mingled with wellness seekers along the east coast for a full day. The festival runs four full days and I bet every one of those days is magical..We were jazzed and so very grateful to get one fabulous fourteen hour day to celebrate all the things that matter most: self care, silence, relationships, nature and new places in big, wide open spaces to break from the work we create and share in the world... Namaste!
Excited to be invited to attend the St Jude/Fed Ex PGA tournament this summer by our special friend and trusted tour guide Ethan. St Jude Children's Research Hospital is an amazing place fueled by $1.8 million dollars daily to support children battling catastrophic disease. The facility, off campus housing, gardens and guided day tour really helped us get our minds around this huge paradigm powering positive outcomes for the kids. Managing two adult killer cancers at once was challenging enough, but framed within the context of these kids... well, as I speak about at my engagements, perspective really is pivotal in adjusting our lens around life. Beale St did not disappoint, nor did the duck parade at The Peabody. Fireworks, minor league baseball, ribs at Rendevous and a rockin riverwalk to work it all off topped our daring adventure in Memphis. We loved learning that Elvis was a meditator while touring Graceland. I'll definitely circle back to musical Memphis if I can find a fabulous little yoga studio in this vibrant city with a warm, welcoming heart.
Excited to share what I know to be true in the spirit of integrated leadership in Scott duPont's newest book Five Secrets to A Long, Healthy and Energetic Life! Thanks for the opportunity to share that yoga has been a big benefit in our wellness, work and life success strategies.
Teaching yoga around the world in the cold months of the year always warms our hearts for several reasons: 1) We get to "leave our heads so we can open our hearts" to the wonder of a foreign destination 2) We get to appreciate the bold old year and plan for the new exciting one and 3) We get to share yoga! with world travelers and weary wellness seekers... This year we met fabulous folks from Russia, Canada, Switzerland and Wisconsin to name a few in the magnificent jungle of Cayo, Belize at The Hidden Valley Inn. Can't quite describe the magnificence of sharing yoga from platforms perched at the edge of water falls in the jungle or at ancient Mayan archeological sites too big for even our best camera lens to capture..Let's just say we've been lucky on so many levels and feel honored to share it! Here's some fun photos, along with our new business page for our Yoga on the Lake Summer Series at Facebook.com/YogaOnTheLakeSummerSeries . It is, afterall, only a 5 mere months away! Namaste!
Had the distinct pleasure of presenting at NJ State conferences recently for Human Resource Managers, Fundraising Professionals and CPAs to name a recent few. Requested presentational topics varied slightly but one common thread remained: Business leaders crave connection! Whether I'm keynoting on Leadership Resiliency, Work/Life Balance or a myriad of subtle variations to help teams ramp up their professional presence, this much I know is true:
1. Leaders know first impressions matter! You dont have to be a model to prioritize managing your image. According to Princeton researcher Janine Willis, you've got one tenth of a second to put your best foot forward..so make sure your shoes are shined!
2. Leaders like Authentic & Aligned. You dont have to show up like a wound up toy to get and keep attention. The best traction builders are generous, sincere and do what they can, when they can. Simple in concept. Sensational when delivered.
3. Leaders are competent and care about how they show up in the world on and off the job. They invest in professional development, relationship building skills and image management while serving their communities, caring for their families,running their businesses and investing in self care. So what's your dominant message? Feel free to drop me a line with your best Connecting with Confidence tip and I'll be sure to share it with your permission with our community of lifeleaders.
Headed to Lenox, Mass to leave behind Storm Sandy assignments for just a day. You know what they say... Prioritize Self Care so you can Serve Others. Thrilled to be selected by the Kripalu Yoga Model Search Team to elevate holistic wellness thru challenge. One of the highlights of a leadership life has been integrating yogic principles in my daily business and community service life. Whether business consulting, coaching or keynoting, it always comes down to collaboration, competency and connection. Sharing yoga with our world helps us stay balanced, focused and present for what we need to do to make a difference in the lives of others. Drop me a line and let me know how you're integrating wellness in your world of work and service... Namaste. If you're local, join us Sat Nov 10 in Little Silver at "The Nest" 12-5pm for free massage and reiki sessions to Sandy soothe your weary weather bones..all welcome!
We had a blast building business and networking for success this year at our three sold out power panelist events! Thanks to our generous vendors, attendees, panelists and community of business leaders, we all benefitted.
Our series will culminate with a Gratitude Tea at The Red Bank Womens Club Sat Nov 17 4-6pm, so please join us to meet and greet some great gals doing wonderful work in the world. We'll also be talking about empowering programming for 2013! If you missed one of our events this year, you can catch some coverage at the RedBank-ShrewsburyPatch.com - Wellness Panel Connects Women in Health and Business . All welcome!
The Little Silver Business and Professional Association is proud to present DonnaLyn Giegerich, nationally known business coach and consultant, on Wednesday October 10th at 6pm. Please join us in the Little Silver Borough Hall Court Chambers. You don't want to miss this one!
DonnaLyn Giegerich MBA CIC RYT is the President of DonnaLyn Giegerich Consulting, an integrated business/wellness company that empowers people and corporate teams to live and work at full potential. A national spokesperson and professional consultant and coach, DonnaLyn helps others with leadership resilience and work/life balance issues.
Mark your calendars now for this sought after and dynamic speaker. DonnaLyn's presentation on the "4P's of Perseverance" focuses on ways to continue to succeed as a business owner in this new and ever changing era we live in today. She will highlight ways to remain successful while overcoming challenge and still committing to self care. Her discussion on "The New Networking Paradigm" will also be included and certainly a topic of interest. DonnaLyn will provide an overview on the value and importance of service to the community.
Check out DonnaLyn's workshops, seminars and speaking engagements which are viewable at her website or on Facebook on her business page, DonnaLynSpeaks
For more information contact Lori Saybolt, Co-President of the LSBPA
In 2003, after years of hosting world travelers through our Red Bank Rotary International Exchange program, we daringly decided to go TO Haiti on a mission trip with business clients and founders of Aslan Youth Ministries, Craig and LynnAnn Bogard. I remember Craig saying "this trip will change your life" but I had no idea about the scope of change to which he was referring. The goal of our trip was simple: to make new friends. My immediate response was "but we can do so much more! What do they need the most now? How can we help them?". Craig smiled and said that we'd go to their homeland in the spirit of friendship and play it by ear, with some backround goals around the development of recently purchased land, as time permitted. Lets just say I didn't get it. I couldn't fathom why we werent being more focused and gift goal oriented, but we proceeded to visit our first third world country with an open mind at the invitation of our hosts.
Well, even before devastating earthquakes to the region, let's just say that Haiti greeted us in the spirit of a fourth world country. It was shocking to see, hear, taste and feel the conditions of living endured by these gentle people. The kids were curious, happy, singing and dancing while the parents seemed to be at peace with their fate. At the end of the day, we did teach eager students how to build desks for their schools where we taught them English. Tom constructed a make shift basketball net and backboard for their after school play. We also left them with a pack of power tools and the skills to continue to build shelves for their thatched huts in between writing poetry and gazing at the biggest stars at night we'd ever seen. But most importantly, we made a lot of new friends. We stayed for a week but enlarged one another's lives for a lifetime. Accepting the 2012 Narnia Award from Aslan Youth Ministries was a humbling honor and reminder that daring adventures are our collective birthright and especially sweet when we help one another live more enriching lives.
Honored to accept Narnia Award 2012 at Island Nights Aslan Ministries Celebration with founders Craig and Lynn Ann Bogard July 14 2012.
Every once in a while, its great to hear a fabulous motivational speaker. It can recharge your business batteries or your love for life. But becoming dependant on mega mantras and the hype and hustle that often go with them, rarely helps people transform their lives long term. In my opinion, developing informed long term healthy habits and creating a meaningful inner life is the real ticket to improving performance, so I encourage others to take the time to recharge, realign and relax. It will quell your need to latch onto something fleeting or unsustainable. My hope is you will connect more deeply to the most caring and courageous person you know - YOU! Here's one way we reduce stress and "drop off the hustle" on the weekends through our connectedness with nature at Yoga on the Lake! Namaste...
Presenting on Daring Adventures everywhere and anywhere it serves... Thanks Navesink Business Group, Andesa Financial Services, Northern Monmouth Chamber of Commerce and Ocean Grove Women's Weekend planners for the opportunity to share what's possible through challenge for all in the consumer and corporate space. Free Business Networking presentation June 12 8am at the Brookdale Hazlet location on How to Own Any Room, Anywhere, Anytime. Reserve Today! All welcome.
Its been a busy Spring speaking season empowering others in business and wellness in the spirit of wild possibilities and daring adventures. Thrilled to take time out to host our second annual KickCancerOverboard funfest at sea with 100 cruisers again in our second year of sailing. Thanks to the generosity of many corporate sponsors, generous donors and tireless leadership from the KCO cruise team, we've successful sent 60 deserving survivors and caretakers for free to Bermuda with us to date! Our base is broadening, our momentum is gaining so if you're not "on board" yet, please join us at KickCancerOverboard.org to volunteer, cruise, sponsor or nominate a compelling story for our 2013 cruise. We're already planning our next Daring Adventure at sea and we'd love to see you there with us!


text:
Convert foot pound per day (ft-lb/d) versus calories per hour (cal/h)
in swapped opposite direction
from calories per hour to foot pounds per day
Or use utilized converter page with the
power multi-units converter
|conversion result for two
power units:
|From unit
|Equals Result
|To unit
|1 foot pound per day ft-lb/d
|= 0.013
|calories per hour cal/h
Prefix or symbol for foot pound per day is: ft-lb/d
Prefix or symbol for calorie per hour is: cal/h
Technical units conversion tool for power measures. Exchange reading in foot pounds per day unit ft-lb/d into calories per hour unit cal/h as in an equivalent measurement result (two different units but the same identical physical total value, which is also equal to their proportional parts when divided or multiplied).
How many calories per hour are contained in one foot pound per day? To link to this power - foot pound per day to calories per hour units converter, only cut and paste the following code into your html.
The link will appear on your page as: on the web units converter from foot pound per day (ft-lb/d) to calories per hour (cal/h)
Online foot pounds per day to calories per hour conversion calculator | convert-to.com units converters © 2018 | Privacy Policy


text:
As part of his plea,Joseph McCoy Burr III was ordered to attend anger management classes and Alcoholics Anonymous meetings. This is an extremely dangerous man. His girlfriend is truly lucky to be alive. AA attendees beware! Just For Today Daytona NA Meetings in Hollyland Park located in Holly Hill Florida continue to smoke in our parks.
Man pleads guilty to hatchet assault
By Colton Campbell/Times-Georgian Monday, September 9, 2013
A Villa Rica man was sentenced to 13 years in prison Monday following multiple alleged assaults of his live-in girlfriend, including one in which he was accused of wielding a hatchet at her.
Joseph McCoy Burr III, 41, was originally charged with 14 counts, including charges of aggravated assault, false imprisonment and battery. The man was sentenced by Judge Bill Hamrick to 13 years in prison, to be followed by 17 years of probation, in Carroll County Superior Court on Monday.
Burr was arrested in March 2012 following an allegation that he had assaulted a woman who lived with him on Bonnie Sue Drive, breaking five ribs. The two alleged incidents occurred in February and March of that year.
Burr apologized in open court Monday, though the female victim was not present.
"I was wrong, and I'm very sorry," he said, crying. "I never meant for that to happen, and I want to thank the judge for not giving me a bond when I was before him a few months ago. Sitting in that jail cell for 21 hours a day has helped me."
In the February incident, Burr allegedly wielded a hatchet at the victim, striking her on the hand and ankle when she tried to deflect the weapon. The defendant then hit the woman with a drinking glass and used the cord of a heating pad to choke her, police said.
Also in that February incident, Burr allegedly poured hot candle wax on the female while she was in the bathtub, cleaning her wounds. Daytona Beach Area Meetings.
In the March incident noted in the indictment, shortly after which Burr was arrested, the defendant allegedly hit the woman with a belt buckle and then plunged her head underwater while she was in the bath, holding it there until she was able to pull the drain stopper to let the tub's water out so she could breathe. Sunrise Park AA Meetings. Continue reading


text:
Janniro Wins Fourth California State Speedway Championship!
AMA National Speedway Championship Series
Round 4: Industry Speedway at the Industry Hills Expo Center
Story by Tim Kennedy
Photos by Craig Hashey
Four-time AMA U.S. National Speedway Champion Billy Janniro, 34, won his fourth California State Speedway Championship on Wednesday night at Industry Speedway in the Industry Hills Expo Center's Grand Arena. It was the 39th running of the event, which started in 1968. About 1,500 persons attended the prestigious one-night event to determine the annual California 500cc Speedway Champion. Each year since 2006, the race has been held at Industry Speedway. Janniro, who hails from Napa, California, won the event in 2010, 2011 and 2012 but crashed in the feature last year, when track champion Charlie Venegas won for the fourth time.
There were 39 races run from 7:30 to 10:22 p.m. Riders called the heavy track "grippy," and the track crew reworked turns three and four after heat six. Later, they dragged and reworked the track four times to recondition the usually slick or smooth surface. That work made the usually rapid program run about 25 minutes longer than usual.
Ten falls, from easy lay-downs and remounts to hard falls and dropouts, occurred. That was a season high for that dubious distinction. All riders walked back to the pits under their own power.
Division One heats 31 and 32 were thrillers. Janniro won the former over a pressing Max Ruml. Then Billy Hamill passed Burmeister on lap two to narrowly edge him for that heat-race win.
Sixteen First Division riders raced five rounds of four-rider heat races to score points on a 3-2-1-0 basis. Janniro fell in his first heat after contacting the back wheel of the leader and scored no points for that ride. He won his next four heats to tally 12 points out of a possible 15. High-point rider Max Ruml, 17, of Huntington Beach, California, continued his impressive season by winning his first four heats and placing a pressing second to Janniro in round five.
Billy Hamill and Tyson Burmeister scored 13 points and finished in a tie for second place in the points. Venegas had 11 points. Buck Blair and Division One rookie Broc Nicol were tied for sixth at nine points apiece. Jason Ramirez, with eight points, completed the eight-rider field for the pair of semifinal races.
Only the first two finishers in each semi would advance to the main event. Lane-two starter Janniro took the lead from pole starter Ruml leaving turn two on the first lap and led all four laps over Ruml, Blair and Nicol.
Pole starter Hamill led every lap in the second semi and defeated outside-lane starter Venegas. Burmeister and Ramirez followed.
Division One Main Event
The D-1 feature staged three speedway legends and a rising superstar, teenage sensation Ruml. Hamill selected the pole, Janniro took lane two, and Ruml took the outside lane next to the plywood wall, leaving Venegas lane three.
A perfect start by Janniro and Hamill had the pair even on the first lap exiting the second turn. Then the outside-running Janniro took command on the back stretch and led lap one, over Hamill, Ruml and Venegas. Ruml went to the outside in the third and fourth turns and took second from Hamill on lap two.
At the checkered flag, Janniro beat Ruml by two bikelengths. Hamill was three lengths in back of Ruml, and Venegas trailed Hamill by five lengths.
Janniro hiked his front wheel and did a wheelie before tossing the checkered flag back to the starter after his victory lap.
Division Two
Ten invited 500cc Division Two riders raced in two heat races for points scored 4-3-2-1-0. Gabe Price won both Intermediate-level heat races for the maximum eight points.
The top four riders in points raced in the Invitational Final, which was won by Ricky Richards, over Harold Hartke. Lewis Hughes and Price finished third and fourth, respectively, after falls, remounts and finishes half a lap back. It was rookie Richards' fourth main-event victory at Industry Speedway in 2014, one in Division Three and three in Division Two.
Junior 250cc Division
Six Junior 250cc Division riders also raced in two rounds of heats for points, scored 3-2-1-0. The top four in points advanced to the main event.
Youth 250cc 2014 AMA National Champion Dillon Ruml, 15, won both heats and the feature on his Jawa. He had also won the 2014 Junior 250cc AMA/ FIM Silver Cup Championship at Industry Speedway on August 10.
Second through fourth went to Sammy Ramirez, Gage Geist, and Kurtis Hamill, who fell and did not finish. Courtney Crone, 13, tied Ramirez at one point each but he received the final starting berth based on their head-to-head finishing positions in heat races; he'd finished third to her fourth in round two.
In event 17, Geist, 15, and Braydan Galvin, 16, were involved in the most serious crash of this wild night of numerous falls. While running in first and second, their bikes made contact on the back stretch during lap two and both riders fell hard as their bikes flipped down the track toward turn three. Both riders remained on the ground for several minutes; then they walked away gingerly. Galvin did not race in heat two. Geist restarted and finished second in both of his heat races and placed third with four points to make the main event.
Mini Divisions
The Mini 150cc First Division main-event victory went to National 150cc Champion Sebastian Palmese, 11, of Rancho Santa Margarita, California. He led every lap on his McDougall 150 and also won both heat races for top-point honors. Alex Martin, 9, from Salinas, California, Slater Lightcap, 8, and Tristan Britt, 11, followed.
Alex tied his fraternal twin brother, Sterling, in 150cc D-1 competition at the August 10 AMA/ FIM Silver Cup Championship at Industry Speedway on August 10, at two points in heat racing. Alex received the fourth and final feature starting spot based on the tie breaker: head-to-head finishes. Alex placed second in event 18 to Sterling's fourth after both youngsters also had no-point fourth-place rides.
The Mini 150cc Second Division main (for newer 150cc riders, including 50cc Pee Wee Division graduates) eliminated half of the four-rider field at the starting gate. Mechanical failures left double-heat-race winner Keelan Venegas, 10, and Charlie Trana, 7, from Folsom, California, stalled at the gate.
Venegas' and Trana's bikes were pushed to the infield before England's Sam Hagon, 9, and runner-up Luke Whitcomb, 8, ran four laps, in that order. Trana was awarded third place during the podium trophy presentations for the top three riders in all divisions. The presentations were followed by spraying from bottles of bubbly by the top three in all divisions.
Pit Notes
The 50/50 cash drawing this week produced a $1,420 collection, with $710 going to the lucky spectator with the winning ticket and $710 to the D-1 feature riders.
Attendees this week included AMA great Sammy Tanner, 75, from Fontana, California. Retired CRA sprint-0car drivers Steve Howard and Mike English also attended and sat in the grandstands near announcer Bruce Flanders' booth.
Mike Miller performed his inspirational version of the national anthem again this week.
D-1 reserve rider Mike Wiley got into two heat races during round two. He replaced excluded riders Broc Nicol in event eight and Tyson Talkington in event 10 after they started early and broke the starting tapes. Wiley fell in both heats and scored no points.
With all the crashes, the high-def color videotape screen above the third turn was used extensively this week. It even showed in time-lapse photography how the track is built for each weekly race. Bruce Flanders taped interviews with several young riders, including Courtney Crone, and they were well received by the spectators.
Kelly Inman, Industry Speedway's racing director, is still working on the third Monster Energy World Speedway Invitational to get top riders from European nations. These events produce crowds of 5,000 at Industry on Saturday nights, when it is easier to get around on the Southern California freeways. The annual event, which is usually held on the last Saturday of December, may be delayed by two weeks to a tentative Saturday, January 10, 2015, date.
The tentative 2015 Industry Speedway racing schedule has been announced. February 20 and 21 will be the Gumball Rally and Industry Speedway awards in the IHEC Pavilion. Opening night is Wednesday, May 27, followed by June 3, 10, 17 and 24; July 1, 8, 15, 22, 29; and the Saturday, August 8, AMA National Qualifier round. Then Wednesdays August 12, 19, and 26 (the 40th California State Speedway Championship) will conclude the season.
Industry Speedway at the Industry Hills Expo Center
City of Industry, California
Results: August 27, 2014 (Round 4 of 4)
CA STATE CHAMPIONSHIP FINAL: 1. Billy Janniro; 2. Max Ruml; 3. Billy Hamill; 4. Charlie Venegas.
INDUSTRY INVITATIONAL FINAL: 1. Ricky Richards; 2. Harold Hartke; 3. Lewis Hughes; 4. Gabe Price (fell).
JR 250 DIVISION FINAL: 1. Dillon Ruml; 2. Sam Ramirez; 3. Gage Geist; 4. Kurtis Hamill (fell).
MINI 150 DIVISION 1 FINAL: 1. Sebastian Palmese; 2. Alex Martin; 3. Slater Lightcap; 4. Tristan Britt.
MINI 150 DIVISION 2 FINAL: 1. Sam Hagon; 2. Luke Whitcomb; 3. Keelan Venegas (engine failure); 4. Charlie Trana (engine failure).


text:
Intimacy is created through sharing all of yourself with one you love. There are many expressions of intimacy and we all have different levels of awareness and willingness to share who we are. Some, maybe most of us have lost sight of the light and the beauty within and it feels as if we never really knew ourselves at all. How can we reveal what we do not know?
I do not think, as one often hears, that we cannot love someone until we fully love ourselves or that we cannot create intimacy without fully knowing ourselves. It is in honestly coming together with another admitting we don't fully know and love ourselves that helps to reveal our essence. Saying "I don't know" is a position of honesty, humility, and vulnerability that allows learning and connection to take place. Evolutionary growth is an interactive process between an organism and its environment. We can help another grow and mature. We shape and influence one another for better or worse.
Yet we still must take full responsibility for our own development. I have observed that women learn to hide their light and beauty from others and from themselves in particular ways. Beauty is hidden because of fears, beliefs, and assumptions. You are taught to believe that it is not okay to shine too brightly for fear of what others might think of you. You have come to believe that you need to compete with others and so you compare and judge and often find yourself lacking. So you hide your beauty in various ways; through negative emotions, through behaviors that keep you too busy, through excess focus on appearance, or through neglect of your bodies, minds, and souls. Men, of course have the same struggles but it plays out in somewhat different ways, such as the quest for power, and accumulation of possessions that you hope will earn you respect and admiration.
Please spend some time reflecting on the following poem by Derek Walcott. When you cultivate ways to feast on your life you will become full and find you have much greater depth to share with the one you love.
Love After Love
The time will come
when, with elation
you will greet yourself arriving
at your own door, in your own mirror
and each will smile at the other's welcome,
and say, sit here. Eat.
You will love again the stranger who was your self.
Give wine. Give bread. Give back your heart
to itself, to the stranger who has loved you
all your life, whom you ignored
for another, who knows you by heart.
Take down the love letters from the bookshelf,
the photographs, the desperate notes;
peel your own image from the mirror.
Sit. Feast on your life.
Derek Walcott


text:
|Home > National News > Article
|Thursday June 27, 2002
"The ethical standards department has been called to investigate the theft of prison medication from a suburban police station," a police spokeswoman said. "The medication was stolen from a locked receptacle."
The department is investigating because only a limited number of police officers had access to the drugs.
The latest investigation follows several incidents involving the theft of drugs from secure areas in police stations in the past year.
Last August the department investigated the theft of ecstasy tablets from an exhibit management unit at the Moonee Ponds police station. In the same month, the department investigated the theft of 500 ecstasy pills from the St Kilda Road police complex.
Also in the same month, a former drug squad detective was charged with drug trafficking in a case involving 550,000 Sudafed tablets, which can be used in making amphetamines.
At the time, Chief Commissioner Christine Nixon said she was determined to wipe corruption from the force.
"I am determined to ensure that we develop appropriate systems and procedures that will ensure these types of incidents do not occur again," she said. "I will be demanding a greater accountability of my senior officers and ensuring they implement stricter controls."
Printer friendly version Email to a friend
In this section
The sleuth who wants to solve SIDS
Soaring baby fees born of medical cover rise
Scientists make virtual unreality a reality
WA nurses hired in state jobs crisis
Law firm misses out on panel
The chemistry's right for these Tall Poppies
Higher cancer rates
Senior MP out of order over baby remark
Scandal rocks world markets
Bracks under fire for slashing opposition staff
Survey reveals all on male altar egos
Better fed = better behaved
Vitamin link to reducing the risk of Alzheimer's
Inquiry a political stunt, says Alston
Seasprites will need upgrade: official
|text | handheld (how to)
membership |
conditions |
Copyright © 2002 The Age Company Ltd
|advertise | contact us


text:
Sarah Palin, Just Like You, Spends $150,000 on Clothes
The Republicans are marketing Sarah Palin as someone who is just like you. So why is it that they spent one hundred and fifty thousand dollars to make her look like someone who has more money than you could ever dream of? The John McCain


text:
"Cain & Abel Newspaper"
Company:Yo Studio Marcin Markowski
Designer(s): Marcin Markowski / Yo Studio, Poland
Category: , Professional
User's Profile : User's Profile
Entry Description:
Newspaper design for the Bliscy Nieznajomi Kain
i Abel (Intimate Strangers Cain and Abel) Theatre Festival, held annually in Pozna?, presents not only works of artistic merit, but those speaking of current issues in history, culture and international relations
within Europe. Subsequent editions examine cases of countries which co-exist in a united Europe. The newspaper's pages were not cut apart, thus requiring readers to tear/cut them apart to read a solution which references the festival's poster.
About the Designer/Company
Yo studio is a sole proprietorship. I'm a graphic designer and my main areas of performance is visual identification, cultural frame of events, publications design, typography and a posters design.


text:
Maurice Taylor, a.k.a. "The Grizz", who is CEO of tire manufacturer Titan International, virtually laughed in the face of French Industrial Renewal Minister, Arnaud Montebourg, following France's attempt to get Titan International to take over a failing Goodyear plant in Amiens.
"How stupid do you think we are?"
That is from a letter that Taylor sent to the French minister in which he also called the union representing the workers, the General Confederation of Labour, crazy and noted that the "so-called workers" at the plant only work a three-hour workday.
The International Business Times reports the plant is scheduled to be closed by Goodyear due to failed talks with the unions. The fact that the plant continues to lose money probably has something to do with it, too.
The plant employs 1,173 workers.
The good news for those workers is that once they are unemployed they will probably still get about the same amount of money from the French government, but they won't have to put those three hours of back-breaking labor.
Below is the full letter in all its classic glory.
Dear Mr. Montebourg:
I have just returned to the United States from Australia where I have been for the past few weeks on business; therefore, my apologies for answering your letter dated 31 January 2013.
I appreciate your thinking that your Ministry is protecting industrial activities and jobs in France. I and Titan have a 40-year history of buying closed factories and companies, losing millions of dollars and turning them around to create a good business, paying good wages. Goodyear tried for over four years to save part of the Amiens jobs that are some of the highest paid, but the French unions and French government did nothing but talk.
I have visited the factory a couple of times. The French workforce gets paid high wages but works only three hours. They get one hour for breaks and lunch, talk for three, and work for three. I told this to the French union workers to their faces. They told me that's the French way!
The Chinese are shipping tires into France – really all over Europe – and yet you do nothing. In five years, Michelin won't be able to produce tire in France. France will lose its industrial business because government is more government.
Sir, your letter states you want Titan to start a discussion. How stupid do you think we are? Titan is the one with money and talent to produce tires. What does the crazy union have? It has the French government. The French farmer wants cheap tire. He does not care if the tires are from China or India and governments are subsidizing them. Your government doesn't care either. "We're French!"
The US government is not much better than the French. Titan had to pay millions to Washington lawyers to sue the Chinese tire companies because of their subsidizing. Titan won. The government collects the duties. We don't get the duties, the government does.
Titan is going to buy a Chinese tire company or an Indian one, pay less than one Euro per hour and ship all the tires France needs. You can keep the so-called workers. Titan has no interest in the Amien North factory.
Best regards,
Maurice M. Taylor, Jr.
Chairman and CEO


text:
Programmatic objectives for the Casa are teaching, residential scholars program, library, cultural activities, and community engagement.
Casa Herrera has ample instructional space forclassroom and research-based teaching activities. Through UT, an ideal use of the Casa is as a base for Study Abroad summer and full semester courses, continuing education programs, and short field-oriented instructional/research activities.
Conferences and Seminars
Casa Herrera has ample space for international meetings, lectures, symposia, and workshops focused, biut not limited to, Pre-Columbian art and archeology or related artistics and cultural topics. The Department of Art and Art History hosts various important conferences in these fields, including The Maya Meetings and the D.J. Sibley Conference.
Residential Scholars Program
The Casa Herrera Residential Scholars Program is a competitive program for Master's and Ph.D. candidates and distinguished academics who wish to spend time at the Casa working on their own research and writing projects. Residencies are subject to program availability. Scholars-in-residence at the Casa are able to pursue disciplined work, individual reflection, critical thinking, and collegial engagement uninterrupted by professional and personal demands. While at the Casa, combining private time for work and reflection with opportunities for interaction with colleagues and community members is an important part of resident life.
Casa Herrera Library ( currently in development)
Casa Herrera will gradually accumulate a modest research library focused on Mesoamerican art and archaeology for use by scholars and the general public. Casa partnership with The Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection and The University Libraries will provide access to the Casa collection to the local and international scholarly community.
Photo, Art and Artifact Exhibitions
Casa Herrera's location and space configuration makes it an ideal venue for the occasional display or presentation of art, photography and objects or research materials related, but not limited, to its mission as a center for scholarly investigation into ancient Mesoamerica and its modern legacy. A goal of this exhibition space is to articulate an ongoing relationship with other cultural institutions in Guatemala and Central America.
Current on going exhibition:
Album of Guatemalan Views, 1883-1904
Unknown artist. Benson Library.


text:
Matchlight mood lighting: The darker the room, the more trendy it is
Matchlight, another concept that'll never see the light of day. That doesn't mean it shouldn't, of course, but its lack of built-in Bluetooth or space for Google Ads means it'll live on only as a render. The design incorporates 16 individual matches, each contributing a thin slice of light to an area's mood. The less matches there are, the less light there is… Read More