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Monday Night Football kicks off this evening with the Washington Redskins facing off against the Philadelphia Eagles at FedEx Field. As the Redskins start a new season, they are once again in the center of a national debate about their name.
On Thursday, the Oneida Indian Nation in upstate New York announced the launch of a radio ad campaign urging the team to change its moniker. The ad begins with an Oneida leader commending NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell for condemning the behavior of Eagles player Riley Cooper, after Cooper was recorded using the N-word at a concert this summer. While the narrator applauds the NFL for taking swift action in the Cooper case, he then draws a parallel between that slur and the word "redskin." "We do not deserve to be called redskins," he says in the ad. "We deserve to be treated as what we are — Americans." The spots began airing in the D.C. market on Sunday. (You can listen to it in full here.)
The Oneida campaign is just the latest protest this year against the Redskins' name. The online magazine Slate made headlines last month when it declared the site will no longer use "Redskins" to refer to the franchise, choosing instead to refer to "the Washington NFL team" from now on. Slate isn't alone: The New Republic and Mother Jones quickly followed suit. Major news sources like The Washington Post, The New York Times and The Associated Press, however, will continue to refer to the team as the "Redskins" this season.
But where did the word "redskin" come from? Many dictionaries and history books say the term came about in reference to the Beothuk tribe of what is now Newfoundland, Canada. The Beothuk were said to paint their bodies with red ochre, leading white settlers to refer to them as "red men."
According to Smithsonian historian Ives Goddard, early historical records indicate that "Redskin" was used as a self-identifier by Native Americans to differentiate between the two races. Goddard found that the first use of the word "redskin" came in 1769, in negotiations between the Piankashaws and Col. John Wilkins. Throughout the 1800s, the word was frequently used by Native Americans as they negotiated with the French and later the Americans. The phrase gained widespread usage among whites when James Fenimore Cooper used it in his 1823 novel The Pioneers. In the book, Cooper has a dying Indian character lament, "There will soon be no red-skin in the country."
The Pioneers and other books by Cooper were largely seen as sympathetic toward Native Americans and their struggles in the 1800s. Decades later, the word "redskin" began to take on a negative, increasingly violent connotation. Author L. Frank Baum, best known for his classic The Wizard of Oz, celebrated the death of Sitting Bull and the massacre at Wounded Knee with a pair of editorials calling for the extermination of all remaining Native Americans. In one of the December 1890 pieces, Baum wrote, "With his fall the nobility of the Redskin is extinguished, and what few are left are a pack of whining curs who lick the hand that smites them."
At around the same time the word "redskin" was becoming a word with negative connotations, other Native American words and images were becoming increasingly popular symbols for sports teams. In an article for the North Dakota Law Review, J. Gordon Hylton found that team owners frequently began using words with indigenous connections in the 1850s. "Native American names appear to have been chosen to emphasize the 'Americanness' of the team and its patriotic character," writes Hylton, without noting that at the same time popular culture was relegating Native Americans to the foreign and the extreme.
While Cooper's portrayal of Native Americans in books like The Pioneers was sympathetic, the portrayal of Indians created a backlash of sorts. In 1915, the poet Earl Emmons released Redskin Rimes, a book so offensive I had to double-check to make sure it wasn't a parody of the racism of that era. Emmons makes his intentions clear in the introduction of the work: "Those persons who got their idea of the Indian from Mr. Cooper have pictured him as an injured innocent. ... Those persons have acquired the wrong idea of the maroon brother." That introduction kicks off a series of poems, songs and speeches, each more offensive than the last.
Emmons' book was emblematic of the usage of the word "redskins" in the late 1800s and early 1900s, as the word went from being an identifying term to a derogatory slur. By the 1910s, it wasn't uncommon for filmgoers to encounter it, with the word frequently popping up in the titles of American Westerns.
The hit film Redskin (1929) was notable for two reasons: first, that it was one of the first films to use Technicolor; and secondly, that the script was surprisingly sympathetic toward its main character, a Navajo Indian who is constantly harassed because of his race. The portrayal of Native Americans in Redskin was very much ahead of its time — other films that used the word portrayed the culture as primitive and war-hungry. The 1932 Tom and Jerry cartoon "Redskin Blues" follows the beloved characters as they are attacked by Indians, surviving after they are rescued by the U.S. Army.
Just a year after that stereotype-laden Tom and Jerry cartoon was released, Boston Braves owner George Preston Marshall decided in 1933 to change the franchise's name from the Braves (another name with a racial history) to the Redskins. Team lore says the franchise adopted the name in honor of former coach William "Lone Star" Dietz, who identified as Native American. Dietz brought several Native American players he had coached at the Haskell Indian School with him to the team. Marshall also sought to strongly tie the team to Native American imagery, occasionally requiring Dietz to wear a Sioux headdress on the sidelines and telling players to wear war paint while on the field.
Five years later, the team unveiled its fight song, "Hail to the Redskins," with lyrics written by Marshall's wife, actress Corinne Griffith. The original lyrics to the song included both references to scalping and pidgin English, with the line "Scalp 'em, swamp 'em — we will take 'em big score / Read 'em, weep 'em, touchdown! — we want heap more!"
The word began to fade from everyday usage in the 1960s (though songs like the 1960 Richie Allen track "Redskin" would occasionally be released). As Ian Crouch recently pointed out in The New Yorker, "since 1971, nearly two-thirds of professional and amateur athletic teams bearing Native American iconography have made a change."
Recent months have seen several athletes and other sports figures speak out about the name, as well. In July, Redskins Hall of Famers Darrell Green and Art Monk spoke with the D.C. radio station WTOP.
"[If] Native Americans feel like Redskins or the Chiefs or [another] name is offensive to them, then who are we to say to them, 'No, it's not?' " Monk said. Green agreed, saying, "It deserves and warrants conversation because somebody is saying, 'Hey, this offends me,' and then you have a conversation."
Perhaps unsurprisingly, considering the team is based in Washington, many elected officials have also weighed in. D.C. Mayor Vincent Gray said earlier this year that the name has become "a lightning rod" and that the team would have to seriously consider changing the name if it wished to move from Maryland back into the District in the future. The mayor seems to also have a self-imposed ban on saying the name of the team, merely referring to it as "our football team" in his 2013 State of the District address. Members of Congress have also spoken out against the name, with a bipartisan group sending a letter to the team urging a name change.
And when the Smithsonian's National Museum of the American Indian hosted a symposium on Indian mascots in February, museum director Kevin Gover, himself a Native American, said the word was "the equivalent of the N-word." At the same event, former Colorado Sen. Ben Nighthorse Campbell asked the crowd to consider an equally offensive name for the local sports team: "How you would like for us to change the name of that team to the Washington Darkies?"
For his part, Redskins owner Daniel Snyder has been vocal in his support for the name and has insisted that it's here to stay. "We'll never change the name," Snyder told USA Today in May. "It's that simple. NEVER — you can use caps."
Native American activist Suzan Shown Harjo has been battling the Redskins over the name for more than 20 years. "The name is one of the last vestiges of racism that is held right out in the open in America," Harjo said in a recent phone conversation. "It's a toy of racism, and the people who are holding on [to the name] for dear life, they know that."
But do they really? A Washington Post poll from June revealed that 8 out of 10 fans believe the team should keep its name. However, you shouldn't expect to hear those same fans use the word in nonfootball conversations. Over half of those questioned agreed that the word "redskin" is an inappropriate term to describe Native Americans.
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Meg Whitman -- Target of 'Personal Destruction'
Meg Whitman's camp tells TMZ ... they are the target of "personal destruction" and claims the "sleaze machine" on the left is now in overdrive.
Spokesperson Andrea Jones Rivera tells TMZ, "Gloria Allred is a shameful manipulator and the timing of today's news conference so close to the election should serve as a warning to Californians that they are witnessing dirty political smears at their worst."
As we first reported, Whitman's former housekeeper has teamed up with Gloria Allred and plans on making a legal claim stating how she "suffered" while working for Whitman.
Whitman's camp claims Allred is a Jerry Brown supporter and is "playing shameful politics again."

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BusinessWire · Nov. 19, 2012 | Last Updated: Nov. 19, 2012 12:18 PM ET
The government of Haiti has announced it is partnering with Smartmatic to continue efforts toward the modernization, consolidation and upgrading of the country's civil and identity registry system.
Upgrading the civil and registry system represents an unparalleled opportunity for the Haitian government to ensure adequate planning, and better compliance of measures to enforce human and civil rights. Furthermore, it is very likely to promote inclusion and socio-economic development, and set basic foundations for the nation's legal and political structure.
One key aspect of this project is the fact that Smartmatic will transfer all the required technology knowledge to Haiti as the process unfolds. In the near future, the Caribbean nation will possess not only a state-of-the-art civil identity registry system, but all the technology and know-how for its continued development.
"We at Smartmatic are focused on our projects having a significant social value for citizens in the countries where we operate. We firmly believe this will improve the quality of life of Haitians," stated Antonio Mugica, Smartmatic's CEO.
Ever since the January 2010 earthquake struck Haiti, with a toll of 300,000 casualties, the country has been in constant upheaval. One of the more pressing concerns for government authorities has been to reach realistic figures about the populations living on Haiti's 27,750 km2 of territory. Since the earthquake, people have migrated across the regions, aggravating the need for an updated National Biometric Registry.
The project will begin immediately with a one-year implementation phase, in which Smartmatic is to deploy 700 registration units to biometrically capture face photographs and the full 10 fingerprints from Haitian citizens. Of these, 600 units will be distributed across the national territory, and the remaining 100 among foreign missions abroad. Additionally, Smartmatic will provide associated services, such as project management, technical support, capacity building, to create the necessary infrastructure for Haiti to have a world-class national biometric enrollment platform.
As a multinational with experience in mission-critical projects, Smartmatic has ensured successful deployments with positive transformational effects for governments in the United States, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.
About Smartmatic
Smartmatic is a multinational company that designs and deploys technological solutions aimed at helping governments fulfill, in the most efficient way, their commitments with their citizens. It is one of the largest cutting-edge electoral technology suppliers, with a wide and proven experience in the United States, Asia, Africa, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Mrs. Samira Saba, +1-561-862-0747
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The Services Alignment Risk Factor: The Real Challenge for HP
- Quick Review: Types of Service Offerings
- EMC: An Example of Focus
- The Services Alignment Risk Factor (SAR Factor)
- HP: A Study in Risk
- Conclusions
- Harris Kern's Enterprise Computing Institute
In today's business environment, companies that make high-tech products are also under immense pressure to provide "high-touch" services that facilitate the success of customers. (For more insight on why customer expectations have changed to expect more complete service offerings from product vendors, refer to my previous article, "The Sirens' Song of Services.") Many product companies are happy to oblige their customers' requests for high-end professional services. This article focuses not only on why product companies offer professional services, but the tactics of how those services are offered. Specifically, I'll focus on unique risks that a product company such as Hewlett-Packard faces when it enters the waters of professional services.
Quick Review: Types of Service Offerings
If you visit the web sites of high-tech product companies such as Hewlett-Packard (now HP-Compaq), IBM, EMC, and Silicon Graphics, you see very consistent positioning of their newly developed service offerings. All these product companies now offer at least four distinct flavors of services:
Support services. Basic break/fix support services that product companies have always offered.
Education services. Traditional product training offered directly by the product companies.
Managed services. Services focused on successfully implementing the core products of the company. Usually these services are tightly scoped and very similar from customer to customer. They're usually offered at a fixed price and are a natural extension of standard support services already being offered. In fact, support service technical staff often delivers these services.
Consulting (or professional) services. Services that move beyond implementation and into integrating the products of the company into the customer's business. These services may involve developing custom code to integrate the product into existing infrastructure, or consulting with the customer on workflow and business processes. To deliver these services, the product company must invest in new skill sets and business processes.
Larger product companies like IBM and HP offer a fifth service, outsourcing, in which the product company literally takes over the day-to-day operations of a customer's technical environment. Table 1 provides a summary of the five types of services that product companies are now likely to offer.
Table 1-Types of Service Offerings
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Description |
Tag Lines |
Pricing Attributes |
Length Attributes |
Proposed Benefits |
Support services |
Basic break-fix service for products of the company |
24x7, remote administration |
Fixed percentage of product costs; price is also driven by response time that the customer is willing to pay |
Annual contracts, life of product |
Insurance policy |
Education services |
Product training |
E-learning, web learning |
Fixed percentage of product costs or per class |
Measured in days of training |
Increased employee productivity, employee certification |
Managed services |
Standard services designed to help the customer implement the product faster or make the product more efficient |
Quick start, system tuning, performance analysis |
Fixed price per service requested |
From 1 day to 4 weeks |
Decreased time to implement new products, improved effectiveness of products already implemented |
Consulting or Professional Services |
Custom services designed to truly integrate the product offering into the customer's business |
Business solutions, best practices, turnkey integration |
Variable price, driven by the complexity of deliverables |
2 weeks to 6 months |
Improved ROI, reduced risk, reduced time to implement business solution |
Outsourcing services |
Product company provides staff to administer the product for the customer on an ongoing basis |
Staff augmentation |
Fixed rate per head |
Months to years |
Reduced costs, allows customer to focus on core competencies |
Compare this current list of service offerings to what you might have seen five years ago from a product-centric company. Five years ago, most product companies surely would offer support services, focused on their core product line. They would probably offer education servicesagain, focused on training customers on the core products of the company. But managed services? Consulting services? Not likely. Customers who required assistance in implementing technologies into the business environment would be pointed to a system integrator such as EDS. But now, many product-centric companies are heavily invested into providing high-end consulting services to customers. They're pursuing the highly touted "IBM Global Services" business model. HP continues to lead the charge on this front. With HP's move to acquire Compaq, analysts were quick to comment on the impact that this move would have on the service strategy of the newly created behemoth. CNN Financial News reported the following:
Many computer hardware makers have been sharpening their focus on servers and storage systems, which are more profitable business lines with more potential for growth. The combined company also will have a stronger technology consulting and services business, another more-profitable business line on which high-tech companies have concentrated recently. IBM has made exceptional strides in this area. During the second quarter, Big Blue reported that its services business had overtaken its hardware business in terms of total revenue.
Market analysts value businesses that drive toward offering a services/solution approach. But are they focusing on the right issue? I'm talking here about alignment. Let's look at an example.


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Madhuchhanda Banerji
Teacher of Science and Head of Residential Life & Designated Safeguarding Lead, UWC Dilijan
Madhu started her career as a research scientist in the Department of Zoology, University of Delhi. During her teaching career, she has worked in various schools in the UK and countries in Africa in different capacities, which included positions of Head of Sciences, IBDP coordinator and Head of Boarding. She presently remains an examiner for IB, Cambridge and EDEXCEL in the subject of Biology.
While in her teaching career, she had always wanted to work at a UWC. Firstly, the UWC movement is based on a mission and vision that is so very important in today's world where national identity is becoming more valued than developing a global outlook. This she feels tends to limit our holistic vision and brings about a negative impact in our development. It is a privilege to teach UWC students, who are special in breaking those barriers of ultra-nationalism and take a leadership role in making this world borderless, where there is a valued understanding and celebration of diversity, be it in the field of culture, languages or in the realm of ideas. Secondly, the whole concept of International Baccalaureate (IB) was developed in UWC; she wanted to come to the heart of IB as an experienced teacher and interact with quality professionals to shape in turn the lives of some of the most talented and gifted students globally.
"My best experience at UWC Dilijan has been getting to know so many amazing talented young people from all over the world. In the middle of so much disharmony around the world, UWC is an oasis where harmonious existence of students from eighty plus nationalities restores my faith in our future."


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SD Card Self Recording Covert Spy Camera (Camera Hidden in Air Purifier)
Just plug it in. It does not get any simpler than this. No buttons to press, no setting up necessary. We'll setup the camera on motion detection recording mode and even set the time according to your shipping address. All you have to do is take out the SD card at the end of the day and playback on your PC. That is it !!! This self recording camera is equipped with a high resolution, low light capable, wide angle color camera inside. The built-in DVR will handle up to 32G SD card for long recording upon motion detection. Excellent for nanny watching and also in a tricky situations like in a nursing home where you don't have any access to WiFi, use it to protect your parents too!
Model #: JCT-410SDG1
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Mudrocker Front Fender for MTB is your perfect trail companion. Provides excellent mud and splash coverage on 27.5, 650b or 29er wheels with a maximum tire width of 3.0" Attaches to fork legs with hook and loop straps. Hook and loop strap fasteners or cable ties can be used to mount the Mudrocker to the fork bridge. If the fork bridge is perforated, the Mudrocker can be securely mounted with the included adapter. Fender can be adapted with scissors if necessary depending on the fork bridge. Perfect companion with the Mudrocker Rear Fender.


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New from Balzer + Bray: Onyx & Ivory by Mindee Arnett.
About the book, from the publisher:
They call her Traitor Kate. It's a title Kate Brighton inherited from her father after he tried to assassinate the high king of Rime.Visit Mindee Arnett's website.
Cast out of the nobility, Kate now works for the royal courier service. Only the most skilled ride for the Relay and only the fastest survive, for when night falls, the drakes—deadly flightless dragons—come out to hunt. Fortunately, Kate has a secret edge: She is a wilder, born with forbidden magic that allows her to influence the minds of animals.
And it's this magic that leads her to a caravan massacred by drakes in broad daylight—the only survivor Corwin Tormaine, the son of the king. Her first love, the boy she swore to forget after he condemned her father to death.
With their paths once more entangled, Kate and Corwin must put the past behind them to face this new threat and an even darker menace stirring in the kingdom.
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Cilka's Journey Heather Morris
In 1942 Cilka Klein is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly given, equals survival. After liberation, Cilka is charged as a collaborator by the Russians and sent to a desolate, brutal prison camp in Siberia known as Vorkuta, inside the Arctic Circle. Innocent, imprisoned once again, Cilka faces challenges both new and horribly familiar, each day a battle for survival. Cilka befriends a woman doctor, and learns to nurse the ill in the camp, struggling to care for them under unimaginable conditions. And when she tends to a man called Alexandr, Cilka finds that despite everything, there is room in her heart for love.


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IOD Decor Mould Fleur de Lis by Iron Orchid Designs
- Introducing the IOD Mould "Fleur de Lis". This mould is a collection of classic elements, Fleur de Lis, oak leaves, rooster, hearts, and acorns. Use to enhance furniture, pottery and any project where you want the WOW factor.
- Iron Orchid Designs IOD silicone moulds add a beautiful dimensional vintage baroque goodness by embellishing your decor and craft projects. Use over and over again!
AND.. they play well with so many many types of media- air dry clay, polymer clay, earthen clay, hot glue, wax, and even chocolate (food safe rated-but please do not interchange from food to another medium).
Mould Size appx. 6x10.
- The IOD Décor Moulds are made from food-safe materials (do not use the same set for food and crafts) and can be used to transform and create baked goods, furniture, soaps, jewelry, and just about anything you can think up in that creative brain of yours.
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Lions are carnivorous mammals that come from the family Felidae. They are geographically distributed in mostly sub-Saharan east and southern Africa, but can also be found in many zoos internationally and in India and some parts of Asia . The animals are breathtaking - they have pride and carry a mysterious aura that draw people to them.
The population of these vulnerable animals has dramatically decreased in the past few decades with no solid reason as to why. It is thought that clashes with humans and habitat loss may be a possibility, but to help further preserve and monitor these creatures, they are usually kept within reserves and parks. Only eight sub species are recognized today and there is a small range of hybrids with lions mating with tigers, jaguars or leopards to create unique creatures.
Interesting information on lions:
- The largest lion was recorded to be nearly 700 pounds and nearly 11 foot long.
- The oldest lion on record was nearly 29 years old.
- A lion's eyesight is five times better than a human being.
- A lion can hear prey from a mile away.
- Lions can smell nearby prey and estimate how long it was in the area.
- A lion's roar can be heard from five miles away.
- Tigers are so similar to lions that without their coats, their bodies look so similar only experts can tell them apart.
- When males join a pride, they usually kill other cubs.
- Lions can go four days without drinking.
- There is less than 50 000 lions in the world today.
- The gestation period is about 110 days.
- A lion can drink for as long as 20 mins after eating
- A male eats first, even if the female catches the prey
- Lions rarely eat an entire prey, leaving the rest for other animals such as vultures
- The average lifespan is 13 years


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MODARTT - Pianoteq - Harps
**Requires a Pianoteq Instrument 6.6 or higher (sold separately)**
The harp has appeared in many forms since as early as 3500 BC. The pedal harp appeared around 1700, and was improved in 1810 by S. Erard's double movement, which allows to play in all keys and is still today's standard for the concert harp.
The harp was extremely popular in the 18th century, used by many baroque and classical composers of the time (Händel, Mozart and others) and later started to appear in operas by Puccini and in symphonic music and ballets by Liszt, Berlioz, Massenet, Debussy, Tchaikovsky, Wagner and others.
The harp is also featured in modern music, appearing in works such as "She's Leaving Home" by The Beatles and "Dark Lady" by Cher. In the Marx Brothers movies, the very skilled harp player by the nickname Harpo often dedicates entire scenes playing the harp.
The Concert Harp for Pianoteq is physically modelled after a Salvi concert grand harp. The concert harp possesses 47 strings attached to a soundboard, and is played with the fingertips of the first four fingers with both hands. Since there are no damped strings during playing, the harp has a special magical sound which the Pianoteq technology manages to capture with astonishing authenticity.
The Celtic harp is the new addition to the Harp instrument pack. You have surely heard Celtic harps in folk music as well as in earlier classical music and contemporary new-age. Celtic harps used to be strung with wire or gut but is nowadays also strung with nylon (used in this virtual physical model) which brings a softer and more delicate sound. Requires Pianoteq 6.6.0 or higher
Both harps allows to play pinch harmonics (flageolets) and glissandos. They include a diatonic mode with seven pedals to change the pitch of the strings and play in all keys.
Pinch harmonics
On a harp, a double action of the hand - simultaneously plucking and touching the string in the middle - produces pinch harmonics containing only even harmonics and producing thus a note which is one octave higher.
In this excerpt of "Vers la source dans le bois" (Marcel Tournier), the first sequence of tenor notes C#3, E3, B2 is played normally (C3 = middle C), whereas the second sequence of tenor notes C#2, E2, B1, is played using the Pinch Harmonic pedal.
The latter is played one octave below the first sequence, but sounds at the same pitch because the string is being plucked in the middle, producing a sound containing even harmonics, hence one octave higher.
Sliding quickly the fingers across the strings produces a glissando, where, because of a distinct finger position, the notes usually have a different timbre than when played single. Here we listen to a short sequence of glissandi in an excerpt of the same music piece "Vers la source dans le bois".
- Concert Harp
- Celtic Harp
- Possesses 47 strings attached to a soundboard
- Harp has a special magical sound which the Pianoteq technology manages to capture with astonishing authenticity
- Ability to play pinch harmonics (flageolets) and glissandos
System Requirements
- macOS (10.8 or later)
- Windows (7 or later)
- Linux (x86)
- VST2, VST3, Standalone, AAX and AU (64-bit)


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Dear Editor:
I wish to set the record straight on the lack of transparency regarding the "Vision 20/20" redevelopment/expansion of the Hoboken Housing Authority.
Despite HHA Executive Director Carmelo Garcia's belated and wholly unspecific overture to have a public forum on the controversial project, the reality is that when I was board chairman, I repeatedly urged Mr. Garcia to organize multiple forums involving all community stakeholders to fully inform the public about the plans and solicit feedback and ideas.
As recently as Feb. 18, I emailed Mr. Garcia the following:
"Director, let's plan on scheduling a public-input forum of all community stakeholders, map out the feasibility of the municipal permitting process and gauge feedback and approval prospects from the city levels before committing to any next steps. We don't want to put the cart before the horse. In light of recent miscommunication resulting in the need for retroactive permits, it is incumbent upon us to be thorough and meticulous and professionalize our interface with the city and greater community.
Any public statements to the contrary would be presumptuous and premature. Please feel free to contact me if anyone has any questions or concerns."
Not only did Mr. Garcia defy my instruction, he thoroughly ignored it and plowed ahead with his own game plan, never responding to me in any way.
While such insubordination was quite typical throughout my chairmanship, the fact that now, after receiving blowback from the City of Hoboken and many city residents, Mr. Garcia is spewing vagaries about public meetings and releasing partial data about the plan, is really rather laughable. It seems our executive director really does take the Hoboken citizenry for fools, trying to sell people on the same platitudes and double-talk he used to try to ram this through the board. As I have said from the very beginning, a project of this magnitude cannot be initiated in a vacuum – it has an impact on the entire Hoboken community and should be handled accordingly.
Amid Mr. Garcia's desperate flailing to get the stakeholder buy-in he failed to seek when it might have made a difference, I think it is important that we take stock of the people who have been most vocal in their advocacy for his fast-track approach. The loudest, most recurring champions of building first and answering questions later include Perry Belfiore, Beth Mason, Michael and Michele Russo, Timothy Occhipinti, Theresa Castellano, Ruben Ramos and Eduardo Gonzalez. By my count, these have been the most public faces of advancing this plan as quickly, and with as little information, as possible, through their statements at City Council meetings, HHA meetings, letters to the press, and other forums. This cast of characters is, in my opinion, a rogues gallery of people we can always count on to aggressively push whatever is against the public interest, instead serving private, special interests. The presence of this group on the front lines of any massive disbursement of public funds is, in my opinion, reason alone for people to be wary and demand more information before allowing anything to move forward.
Jake Stuiver
Board of Commissioners
Hoboken Housing Authority


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Citizens of Humanity - Men
Citizens of Humanity is a Los Angeles-based premium denim label that has captivated the world with a devoted commitment to producing the highest quality denim, without compromise. With an elevated style that exudes sophisticated ease, this sets the foundation for the brand that continuously executes each design with intention in every detail. Since 2003, they have designed and manufactured in their company-owned facilities as well as with select production partners to ensure that our product is unparalleled in look, fit, and feel. Their LA-based designers travel the world sourcing superior fabrications and seeking inspiration in every corner of the finest vintage markets. The team continues to build powerful assortments that speak to the core of our brand values; impeccable fits crafted in authentic fabrications and washes, providing men and women with the utmost comfort and confidence.


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Dangerous Ishhq
Supermodel Sanjana and Rohan, son of one of the nation's foremost business tycoons have been one of the most popular couples in the social circuit. When Sanjana decides against flying to Paris at the last minute- for a lucrative modeling assignment, she does so, not just because she cannot bear to stay away from her boyfriend Rohan, but more importantly because her instincts push her against going. But what her instincts cannot do is stop Rohan from getting kidnapped. The high profile kidnapping creates chaos in Sanjana's life. The kidnappers demand INR 50 crores. The Police however believe that even paying the ransom will not bring Rohan back.
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Director: Vikram Bhatt
Genre: Bollywood, Romance, Thriller
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By Liz Warren
I was disturbed by PBS's new film, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women. The two-part series is inspired by the 2010 book of the same name written by New York Times reporter Nicholas Kristof and his wife, Sheryl WuDunn. Accompanied by high profile celebrities, Kristof takes viewers on a tour of the dangers that women face in the developing world. It's impossible to be unmoved by these women's experiences with rape, sex slavery, maternal mortality, and genital cutting. But I find the most rattling aspect of the series is what appears to be a top-down approach to human rights. I am startled by how little regional context is offered. And I am concerned that a film like this may be re-victimizing many of the women it seeks to help.
To its credit, the movie highlights deserving human rights activists around the world, and its website provides audiences with links to support these individuals and other ways to take action. Those who watch the full four hours of the Half the Sky may have a new appreciation for how difficult life can be. Some will raise money for worthy causes and share these stories of oppression.
But the movie does not inspire some important questions. Why were no men in these communities consulted? Are documentaries like Half the Sky perpetuating divides between the "cultured" global north and the "savage" global south? Why is it easier to examine this oppression from afar than to question its manifestations in our own backyard?
While I agree with Kristof and WuDunn's conviction that women face tremendous obstacles, I could not shake a deep unease with the film's approach. We are given a black and white description: there are 'free' and 'oppressed' countries. The film seems to hint that those who live in the liberated countries need to travel to backwards regions to see this poverty and emancipate their subdued counterparts. Kristof serves as this rescuer, bringing along celebrities and cameramen to illustrate how bad the world really is and what he can do to save it.
For example, the series begins with Kristof and his travel partner, Eva Mendes, touring Sierra Leone to "fight" gender-based violence. Their first stop is the Rainbo Center, a women's advocacy organization. Kristof briefly introduces the Rainbo Center's director, Amie Kandeh, before speaking with Fulamutu, a 14-year-old rape victim.
It bothers me that there is no discussion of how to engage the community and sustainably ameliorate these issues. No context about Sierra Leone's conflict-ridden history is offered. No questions are asked about the prevalence of rape and domestic violence within the region. Neither the Rainbo Center's nor any other human rights organization's approach is featured.
Instead, the segment is about Kristof and Mendes's fight to help one victim. Kristof finds the accused rapist, who is also the girl's uncle and the town pastor. In an attempt to shame him, Kristof films the interrogation, asking, "do you rape girls? People say you've raped many women here." When the uncle replies that he has not raped anyone, the effort to save the girl stalls. The attacker's denial, combined with Fulamutu's parents' unwillingness to press charges, end Kristof's case and this segment of Half the Sky.
After a few remorseful remarks, Kristof and Mendes pack their things and go. As they say their goodbyes, Mendes gifts a necklace to Fulamutu, hugs her, and offers, "You are so beautiful, brave and strong." But 14-year-old Fulamutu, now exposed to millions of viewers worldwide, will continue living in her community, battling her abuse in what could become a perpetual cycle of re-victimization.
Kathryn Mathers deconstructs this simplistic approach in Harvard's Transition Magazine:
This model does not question the causes of poverty, either general or specific, for the people it is meant to help. It does not pay attention to what people are doing for themselves or ask what they need. It is founded on a story that treats people as if they were just part of a natural landscape washed ashore by forces that aid agencies do not participate in or have any control over.
Documentaries can invite viewers to see themselves as compassionate, involved in the issues, and innocent of complicity, explains filmmaker and professor Jill Godmilow. But the "real contract, the more hidden one, enables the viewer to feel: thank god that's not me."
Ultimately, my critique of Half the Sky is about the purpose of a documentary. Multifaceted questions surrounding poverty and oppression cannot be answered in four hours. But shouldn't we be asking them? Is a documentary's job to edify the public and make us feel well rounded or is it to challenge our assumptions and ignite self-doubt?
Join the Conversation:
Did you see the documentary Half the Sky or read the book? What do you think of the movement and Nicholas Kristof's approach to human rights? What are your opinions on the film?
Liz is a consultant with Six Foot Chipmunk, a firm specializing in community engagement campaigns for social issue documentary films. She is also pursuing a Masters in International Affairs at the New School for Public Engagement.


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Safe Assets and Sovereign Wealth Funds: Norway, the UK and Oil
The discovery of a finite natural resource is an ideal experiment in teaching macro. It uses the intertemporal consumption model to illustrate why current account deficits (pre-extraction phase) and surpluses (extraction phase) can be optimal things for economies to have. I'm afraid I use the discovery of North Sea oil as my example, and luckily there is still enough there that no student will ever say to me 'so there was once oil under the North Sea?' [1] But my excuse for showing my age is that it also allows a very nice contrast between what happened in Norway and what happened in the UK, and a nice way to throw Ricardian Equivalence into the teaching mix.
For anyone who does not know, Norway invested (and continues to invest) most of its tax receipts from North Sea Oil into a Sovereign Wealth Fund (which used to be called the Petroleum Fund, but is now rather misleadingly called the Government Pension Fund.) It was not a token exercise - its assets are around $654 billion, which is larger than Norway's GDP. The UK, mostly under the Thatcher government, decided instead that it was better to give this money to the people, so it cut taxes using its receipts from North Sea Oil. Under Ricardian Equivalence, where agents who care about their children as themselves also internalise the government's accounts (which include any oil fund), what the UK and Norway did will have identical effects.
They will have identical effects, because those receiving the tax cuts will invest much of the proceeds so that when the oil runs out, they (or their children) will be able to carry on as if nothing had happened because they can consume the returns from those assets instead of revenues from the oil. It is a classic example of consumption smoothing: saving or borrowing to smooth out the impact of variations in income. We know people do sometimes try and consumption smooth, because most save for their retirement. Yet did UK consumers save the proceeds from oil to create their own personal equivalents of Norway's oil fund?
The data is not very promising. While the UK ran some current account surpluses in the early 1980s, there were also deficits, and by the late 1980s there were only (large) deficits. We almost got back to current account balance in the late 1990s, but have had large deficits ever since. No obvious sign of saving the revenues from oil there. Looking at our net foreign asset position is initially a little more hopeful, as it's positive value increased in the first half of the 1980s, but that disappeared for good by 1990, and the UK is now a net debtor. Perhaps a more detailed study might come to different conclusions, but I do not know of any that does.
Nor did the government set a very good example. It should at least have been running down its net debt position while North Sea oil revenues were at their peak, so that it could reduce the need to raise distortionary taxes once the money ran out. Net government debt did fall in the second half of the 1980s, but it went straight back up again in the early 1990s, suggesting this was just a cyclical effect.
What has this got to do with safe assets? Only this. One of the arguments against establishing a Sovereign Wealth Fund is that, even if the fund is nominally independent, governments cannot be trusted not to interfere, and so it is better to give the money to the people. Miles Kimball discusses this 'libertarian' view here, and I alluded to the 'communism by the back door' idea at the end of my earlier post. That, presumably, was part of the justification for not establishing an oil fund in the UK in the 1980s. I suspect if you asked most people who were born in the UK in the decade after North Sea oil started flowing whether the UK or Norway made the better decision, they would say Norway. In Norway, I suspect they would say Norway too.[2] The evidence seems to suggest they would be right. So in this case at least, not setting up a Sovereign Wealth Fund for ideological reasons was a mistake.
[1] How to use resource revenue is a critical issue for many developing countries, and is discussed in many places by my colleagues at the end of my corridor, including here.
[2] Of course many would not have a view, but I cannot help feeling that strengthens the case for a Fund. Interestingly it seems that it is the right in Norway that want to spend more of the Fund today, and the left that (financial crisis aside) want to stick to their 4% rule.
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1. It is imho an illusion that:
a) governments will be pro-saving (effectively that is what a SWF is). Political science indicate that politicians are having mainly a next election focus.
Norway looks an exception. The other countries with SWFs have relatively stable semi- or whole dictators running the show. Unless you consider state pensionfunds as a SWF.
b) 2/3th of the people live from paycheck to paycheck. In countries like in the West where you would have a split of the proceeds rather on numbers than on wealth (which seems reasonable as such)'saving' will therefor not work.
Unless you would find it perfectly acceptable that large percentages of the aged live below a lot of levels. They will spent and lateron be compensated otherwise one way or another (basically assuming a save-assumption (and subsequently a future minimum level of income assumption) leading to more future spending (and very likley taxes).
2. There is option 3. Dutch variety (probably the one we see most in practice. That the windfall is used for shorter term spending. Not so much lower taxes, but more gov spending.
3. Option 3 is probably an even bigger risk than the UK-option. First of all it happens more often. The only Western country now in the position to establish a SWF (Australia)for instance is going Dutch.
Plus it gives the population a false sense of security. At least all in the UK knew what they had to do and say 1/3 or so actually did it (at least 1/3th). But the 2/3th can more easily (still extremely difficult)be confronted with this.
4. In practice we see a mix, also in Norways. Norway's government is also spending much more than it would have done without oil.
5. The problem with so many of these things is how to keep governments under control financially. Basically they have say a 2 year focus and are effectively supported by large parts of the electorate in that (the majority that lives from paycheck to paycheck). While a lot of decisions are very long term. Say financing of pensions decisions now will have effects more than 1/2 a century from now.
6. Basically it is the problem with all rebalancing, Keynesian stuff being a large part of it. There is always a good reason for stimulus, but there is never a good reason for the opposite (for politicians at least).
And that goes through the whole political system. The RE bubble was not only a miss by regulators and the financial sector. Risks should at least have been very clear for the people on charge.
It looked to be also very convenient for a lot of people in charge. Keep the bubble alive keeps the voters happy as it gives them a false sense of wealth and a false sense of growing spending power and gets politicians reelected.
7. A main problem with eg Keynsian policies. The idea behind it sounds very reasonable only the execution is often rubbish. Basically similar like having bankers being accountable for a small part of potential losses but being entitled to a much larger part of the gains. Leveraging risky behaviour. Uncontrolled (and most is) politician behaviour is simply leveraging risky behaviour as much as pre crisis the rules timulated risky banker behaviour.
8. Problem being how to make a 'system' that works. You need democratic legitimation. Which limits the possibilities of an unelected expert forum. But it should also avoid the negatives of short-term focus (by politicians) and even shorter term than that focus by the majority of voters. You run a country aground otherwise.
Focus in macro is way too much on the mechanism and not how it should work in practice.- Anonymous27 February 2013 at 17:51
I would suspect that what Norway did also had an additional benefit that the UK missed. By exporting all that capital (generated from the North Sea), Norway also mitigated some of the affects of the Dutch disease. Also, having oil, Norway tried to go up the value chain by not just producing oil, but also refining it and creating heavy industries that help extract it (the country has some of the most superb engineering firms for deep sea drilling). The latter technological spillover from oil production was promoted and nurtured by the government - something that would never happen in the UK or US where ideology trumps reason.
The UK missed all these opportunities. I would suspect that oil (and the financial sector) produced the Dutch disease, helping to explain why the UK does not have a mittalstand when it used to be a country of shopkeepers. It also explains the deindustrialization of the UK. It also explains why the country was so reliant on finance - an industry that employs few, but adds a lot of value to aggregate GDP (which means median income families are probably worse off than his counterparts on the continent). Ultimately, this type of inequality of wealth also generates inequality of power - hence why Osborne's austerity drive, influenced by the wealthy, was really a premise to shrink the state than rather have any concern for the real economy.
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Nicolas Sarkozy
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23rd President of France From: May 16, 2007-May 15, 2012 | |||
Vice President | None | ||
Predecessor | Jacques Chirac | ||
Successor | François Hollande | ||
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Party | Union for a Popular Movement | ||
Spouse(s) | Carla Bruni-Sarkozy | ||
Religion | Catholic |
Nicolas Sarkozy (born in 1955) is a French neoconservative politician, who was elected President of France on May 6, 2007. He is a strong admirer of the United States.[1] Sarkozy was the target of vicious leftist attacks during his presidency.[2]
Sarkozy championed a policy of foreign interventionalism, particularly in Libya, that is characteristic of neoconservatives in Britain and the United States, while downplaying the significance of social issues like same-sex "marriage". On 6 May 2012, Sarkozy was defeated in the French Presidential Election in his bid for a second term by the Socialist Party candidate François Hollande.
Sarkozy was born in Paris in 1955 to a French mother of Greek Jewish origin (the daughter of a Greek immigrant born to the Mallah family, one of the oldest Jewish families of Salonika, Greece [3]) and a Hungarian father (real name: Sarkozy de Nagy-Bocsa) who had escaped Communism. Sarkozy attended law school at the University of Paris, and also studied at the Institute of Political Studies. In 1983, at the age of 28, he became mayor of Neuilly-sur-Seine, a major suburb of Paris. He was elected to the French National Assembly in 1988 and named minister in 1993. From 2002 to 2007 he served as interior minister and budget minister during which time he burnished his reputation as a tough-on-crime and straightforward politician. On January 14, 2007, he was chosen by the Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP), France's main conservative party, as its candidate for president.
The French president, Nicolas Sarkozy, is unpopular because of government corruption, because the French economy is weaker than it was supposed to be, because he and his now former foreign minister chose the wrong side in Tunisia, and because he's erratic and unpredictable.[4]
Divorced twice, Sarkozy is father to three sons and a daughter, Pierre and Jean from his first marriage and Louis from his second.[5] He was married for a third time on February 2, 2008, to model and singer Carla Bruni.[6]
Sarkozy also has engendered much controversy in France with his advocacy of economic reforms, immigration controls, a youth employment law that the government was compelled to repeal by widespread protests,[7] and his notorious comment that his intention was to "wash away the scum", when referring to the 2005 Paris Riots.[8]
Family history
"Sarkozy's grandfather, Aron Mallah, nicknamed Benkio, was born in 1890. Beniko's uncle Moshe was a well-known Rabbi and a devoted Zionist who, in 1898 published and edited "El Avenir", the leading paper of the Zionist national movement in Greece at the time. His cousin, Asher, was a Senator in the Greek Senate and in 1912 he helped guarantee the establishment of the Technion – the elite technological university in Haifa, Israel. In 1919 he was elected as the first President of the Zionist Federation of Greece and he headed the Zionist Council for several years." [9]
From a transcription of attorney Isabelle Tahar Miller's talk at the 2007 Temple Beth Hillel-Beth El Torahthon: My passion is politics — writing, defending Israel <sic> against media bias, and giving lectures... I was born in Paris to a traditional Sephardic-Tunisian Jewish family. Tunisia was a French protectorate and my family arrived in the mid-fifties in Paris after Tunisia became independent. I was educated in French public schools and graduated from the Sorbonne law school. I have also lived in Israel for four years where I took the Bar. I speak Hebrew fluently.[10]
Immigration issues
Nicolas Sarkozy was accused of racism for ordering closure of 300 illegal gypsy camps and expulsion of Roma after riot.[11] Sarkozy was behind the controversial measure to deport Roma gypsies, breaching European immigration laws. European Union officials accused Sarkozy of "fanning xenophobia " in his move to deport the Roma.[12]
In 2012, French interior minister Brice Hortefeux has been convicted in court of making racist remarks about Arabs. The minister - one of President Nicolas Sarkozy's closest allies - was found guilty uttering of the slur at a political rally.[13]
"too many foreigners in France." Nicolas Sarkozy.[14]
"Those on the Zionist far right who deliberately and systematically attempt to foment hatred of Muslims, are always in danger of at the same time promoting antisemitism. The same resentments, the same sordid politics and racist rhetoric, come into play for both. Sarkozy, by dirtying the Gaullist tradition with Le-Pen-iste rhetoric, is creating an atmosphere of intolerance in France that may not be entirely unrelated to the murders of innocent children and a man of God in Toulouse." [15]
Libyan war
Bernard Henri Levy, a friend of Sarkozy since 1983 but with an extremely complicated relationship, is the man who, some consider, waged a war in Libya. Lévy, 62 (born in Algeria in 1948, to a wealthy Sephardi Jewish family), a Zionist French philosopher is the man behind the French and American War on Libya... After persuading Sarkozy, Mr. Lévy, gives Mr. Sarkozy sole credit for persuading London, Washington and others to support intervention in Libya.[16]
Two French lawyers said they planned to initiate legal proceedings against French President Nicolas Sarkozy for crimes against humanity over the NATO-led military campaign in Libya... Dumas, a former French minister, said "the NATO mission, which was meant to protect civilians, was in fact killing them." [17]
If Sarkozy hoped intervening in Libya and the Côte d'Ivoire would boost his popularity, it has backfired. He is now by far the most unpopular president in the history of France's Fifth Republic, according to opinion polls. Sarkozy's Napoleonic ambitions backfire.
At the end of the "peace" intervention thousands of innocent Libyans died under the NATO bombing. Gaddafi was murdered in cold blood. Obama, Cameron, Sarkozy to Resign for Executing Gaddafi and Bombing Libya.
See also
External links
- Profile: Nicolas Sarkozy.
- France's goals in Libya hit a little closer to home. by Anne Applebaum.
- French 'anti-Gypsy policy' denounced by European parliament.
- Libya: NATO's worst crime.
- ↑ "Sarkozy vs. Royal", The Washington Times Online
- ↑ http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/world/le-pen-brands-sarkozy-as-scum/story-e6frg6so-1111113355628
- ↑ Nicolas Sarkozy's Jewish Heritage.
- ↑ France's goals in Libya hit a little closer to home.
- ↑ Nicolas Sarkozy's Biography
- ↑ Elaine Sciolino, "French president and ex-model wed, quietly," International Herald Tribune 3 Feb. 2008.
- ↑ "France - The News From France", About.com
- ↑ "Troubled Suburbs Rally to Stop Sarkozy", The Guardian Online
- ↑ Ibidem
- ↑ Sarkozy, Israel and the Jews.
- ↑ He was accused of racism for ordering closure of 300 illegal gypsy camps and expulsion of Roma after riot.
- ↑ French President Nicolas Sarkozy, 'too many foreigners in France'.
- ↑ Sarkozy ally convicted of racist slur on Arabs
- ↑ Ibidem
- ↑ Is Anti-Immigrant, Islamophobic Campaign Rhetoric fomenting Antisemitism in France?
- ↑ B.H. Levy: the man who waged a War in Libya.
- ↑ French lawyers plan Libya lawsuit against Sarkozy.


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Quay House Bed and Breakfast is a family run B&B in the centre of the picturesque fishing village of Kilmore Quay.
Our premises is only a short stroll away from all the local amenities. It is the ideal place to stay while exploring the 'Sunny South East' of Ireland.
- Central Location
- Free Private Parking
- Facilities for Anglers
- All Rooms En-Suite
- Free Tea/Coffee-Making Facilities
- Guest Lounge
- Free WiFi Available
Kilmore Quay is a charming fishing village on the South east coast of Ireland. White-washed thatched houses line the main street leading down to the harbour area. Some are the original cottages built in the 1800s. In the harbour area you will find a lovely little beach – ideal for families in summer. Our award-wining marina nestles amid the busy fishing harbour. Beyond the pier there is a children's playground with stunning views across to the Saltee Islands and a free car park. The new promenade leads from here to the Memorial Garden & Grounds, then on to Ballyteige Burrow. Eight kilometres of uninterrupted sand dunes – a fantastic place to walk.
In the village there is a selection of pubs, restaurants, cafés and shops to cater for your every need. Angling charters and boat trips to the magnificent Saltee Islands that lie just a few miles offshore are readily available. Come and see the beauty of this corner of Wexford for yourself.
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Smoking on a Water Smoker
A water smoker allows you to smoke meat at temperatures well below 150°C for many hours. The Weber version is basically an upright bullet-shaped unit with three sections. The charcoal burns in the bottom section. For smoky barbecue aromas, add a few fist-sized chunks of hardwood to the coals right from the beginning. The meat will absorb the smoke best when it is uncooked.
The water sits in a pan in the middle section, preventing any fat from dripping onto the coals and, more importantly, keeping the temperature nice and low. The meat sits on one or two racks in the top section.
A water smoker has vents on both the bottom and top sections. Generally, it's a good idea to leave the top vent wide open so that smoke can escape. Use the bottom vents as your primary way of regulating the temperature. The less air you allow into the smoker, the lower the temperature will go.
Generally speaking, if the ring in the bottom section of the smoker is filled with lit charcoal, and the water pan is nearly filled, the temperature will stay in the range of 110° to 120°C for 4 to 6 hours. This is an ideal range for barbecuing food like pork ribs, turkeys, and standing rib roasts.
When you see that very little smoke is coming out of the top vent, add another chunk or two through the door on the side. Wood chunks burn slowly and evenly, so they are a better choice than wood chips in this situation. For cooking sessions longer than 6 hours, you will probably need to add more charcoal occasionally. The timing will depend on your type of charcoal and how fast it burns. If you are using charcoal made with unnatural fillers, you may want to light the briquettes in a chimney starter first; some people can taste off flavors in food cooked over unlit briquettes.
During long cooking times, also be sure to replenish the water pan every few hours with warm water. But keep the lid on the smoker as much as possible. That's critical for maintaining even heat.


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Event Map: Where Will You Be?
NASA have created a Google Map so that you can share where you will be watching tonight's total lunar eclipse. NASA hopes to build a community of moon-gazers across the country by everyone sharing their lunar eclipse viewing spots, comments and photos.
You can add yourself to the moon-gazing map by entering your 10-digit cell phone number on the NASA website. NASA will then text you with tips and resources for viewing the eclipse. You can then text NASA your zip code and they will add you to the map.
Remember you can also tune into NASA's live video feed of the eclipse and view a simulation of the eclipse on the Google Earth browser with HeyWhatsThat's Event Map: Where Will You Be?


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The central committee of China's Communist Party placed a former top-ranking official under investigation on Tuesday.
China's state-run news agency Xinhua says Zhou Yongkang is accused of "serious disciplinary violation."
Reporting from Beijing, NPR's Anthony Kuhn tells our Newscast unit that while there is no specificity to those charges from the party, this usually implies that criminal corruption charges will follow.
"Before his retirement in 2012, Zhou was a member of the Politburo Standing Committee. He had control over police, security and intelligence services," Anthony reports. "In recent months, many of Zhou's family members and former subordinates have been detained on suspicion of corruption, raising expectations that Zhou would soon fall, as well."
As The New York Times points out, Zhou is the "most serious party figure ever to face a formal graft inquiry," and that it is an "audacious move" by Chinese President Xi Jingping to "impose his authority" over a "potentially dangerous adversary, with ties to more senior retired figures."
The Times explains:
"Until now, the detention and investigation of Mr. Zhou has been secretive and unconfirmed by the government, although known among party insiders and reported abroad.
"Charges against Mr. Zhou could well center on the fortunes made by members of his family, often in sectors once under his sway. An investigation by The New York Times showed that Mr. Zhou's son, a sister-in-law and his son's mother-in-law held assets worth some $1 billion, much of it in the oil and gas sector that was Mr. Zhou's political fiefdom, where he could shape decisions and promotions. That estimate was based on publicly available records and a limited assessment of their companies' value and did not include real estate or overseas assets, which are more difficult to identify and assess."
Xinhua reports that Central Committee of the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection will conduct the investigation.
Update at 1:08 p.m. ET. A Watershed Moment?
On All Things Considered NPR's Anthony Kuhn reports:
"Zhou's investigation would appear to be a watershed moment, because for centuries, China's rulers have largely been above the law.
"But Beijing University political scientist Zhang Jian cautions that Communist party boss Xi Jinping can't rewrite all the rules with his anti-graft drive, even if he wanted to.
"'I don't think that this could really, single-handedly change the tradition,' Zhang said. 'But Xi Jinping tried to play with that concept, to establish a strongman image for himself.'
"Xi's anti-corruption drive has snared 25,000 officials in the first half of this year, including the country's former top-ranked military official.
"They also include many of Zhou Yongkang's relatives, some of whom have reportedly amassed vast fortunes."
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Do you have employees who need to work together as a team? Or perhaps you need to work as a team with your customers and vendors. When people of different backgrounds get together for a common goal, there are often four stages they go through before they become a true team or family.
Four Stages of Teams
In 1965, Bruce Tuckman noted that there are four stages in which teams evolve: forming, storming, norming, and performing. Two goals are crucial for teams:
- To reach the optimal stage, performing.
- To build trust, respect, and open communication during all four stages of the process.
In the forming stage, team members begin to get to know each other and what their goals are. This is a good time for the team to set ground rules that cover how often the team should meet, how they should communicate, and what their objectives will be. This is an ideal time for the team to assess their strengths and challenges.
Storming: Team Conflict
In the storming stage, conflict begins. The diverse points of view of each team member present as team conflict. Team members need some tools in this stage to avoid clashing egos and turf wars. Have team members actively listen to other team members' viewpoints to better negotiate through the problem-solving the group needs to perform in order to get their goals met.
Don't let a team get stuck in this stage because emotions that simmer under the surface will blow up.
Both active listening and assertiveness training are great tools to help teams learn how to manage the conflict and work through the issues that come up during the storming stage. Employees also need to learn how to deliver feedback and bad news in an effective, non-threatening way.
Norming: Becoming Complacent
The third stage of teambuilding is norming. In this stage, team members can become complacent and agree with the group to avoid conflict. The leader must challenge the group not to fall into this type of groupthink, which results in terrible decisions.
Performing: The Optimal Stage
In the final stage of teambuilding, performing, the group has found their synergy. They perform at their highest productivity and quality. They have built trust among team members to get the job done constructively and without personal conflict.
Which stage is your team in? Knowing the natural stages will help you move your team to the optimal stage, performing.