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Syllabus Description: The two basic activities in Magic are playing the game and building decks to play with. Having learned how to play and gained some insight into the theory of playing, we will discuss the basic concepts behind deck construction and the types of decks.
An important Magic-specific theory discovered is "card advantage," a method of gauging how effective cards and particular plays are compared to an opponent's. Another idea is "tempo," (present also in chess) or how quickly a deck is able to act. These concepts have been broadly applied in several other playing card games and are methods of determining short-term and long-term rewards, and resource management and allocation.
We also talk about how our first lecture went and a thousand side-conversations that make this way too long.
Slides are at: http://magic.kevinleung.com/slides/Deckbuilding-prepodcast.ppt
and far more information at http://magic.kevinleung.com
Tom can be reached at tmedina1 at stanford.edu
Kevin can be reached at kkleung at stanford.edu


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Good, bad & ugly: Steelers 45, Colts 10
Dec. 07, 2015
Just when you thought it was safe to start feeling good about the Colts, the Steelers came along.
A year ago, the defense had just put up ridiculous numbers as the Colts shut out Cincinnati 27-0 for their fifth straight win but the Super Bowl Express got sidetracked by Ben Roethlisberger, who passed for a million yards and a zillion touchdowns in a 51-34 beatdown.
Sunday night, Matt Hasselbeck was looking like the second coming of Earl Morrall and the Colts were riding a three-game win streak, but the might-win-the-AFC-South Hupmobile blew an engine in Pittsburgh as Roethlisberger did his thing again, Antonio Brown did something to a goal post that belonged only on Cinemax and the Steelers reminded the Colts just how far they are from being a credible threat.
Final score: Pittsburgh 45, Indianapolis 10.
And it wasn't that close.
>> Andrew Luck reportedly will return in time for at least two, possibly three regular-season games. Ian Rapaport of NFL.com reported Colts owner Jim Irsay expects Luck to be back for either Week 15 against Houston or Week 16 at Miami. That game against the Texans in Lucas Oil Stadium could determine the AFC South title.
>> The Colts forced two turnovers in the first three minutes. But on this night, even that turned into something bad.
>> No better place to begin than the beginning. Jacoby Jones fumbles the opening kickoff, giving the Colts the ball at the Pittsburgh 11-yard line. Three plays later, Hasselbeck throws a ridiculous interception to Jarvis Jones at the goal line.
>> On the Steelers' next possession, DeAngelo Williams fumbles at the Pittsburgh 26. Hasselbeck avoids throwing any passes, thus the Colts settle for a 35-yard field goal by Adam Vinatieri.
>> Starting in Pittsburgh territory for the third time in their first five possessions, the Colts actually produce a touchdown as Hasselbeck completes two to Andre Johnson for 44 yards, setting up a nine-yard toss to Gore for a 10-6 lead. Johnson wouldn't be targeted again. Pittsburgh would score the next 39 points.
>> After Roethlisberger completes six in a row, including a 7-yard toss to Brown, to put the Steelers back into the lead, the Colts naturally respond with a three-and-out. Only Jones fumbles the punt. Colt Anderson, Matt Overton and D'Joun Smith all have clean shots at the recovery, but it somehow winds up in the less-than-sure-hands of Darrius Heyward-Bey. Ninety seconds later, Roethlisberger throws his second touchdown pass, it's 21-10 at halftime and the Colts have shipped their gift horse to the glue factory.
>> The second half is basically an exhibition of Roethlisberger throwing downfield to receivers the Colts couldn't cover if they used seven defensive backs, which they actually tried.
>> To punctuate the thrashing, Brown took a punt back 71 yards for the final touchdown and launched himself spread-eagle into the goal-post support, apparently to reward Twitter for paying attention.
>> Every defensive pimple was popped by the Steelers. Vontae Davis gave up his sixth and seventh touchdowns of the year after going all of 2014 without being burned. Greg Toler continued his inexplicable propensity for allowing receivers to get behind him on obvious passing downs and wound up similarly charred. There was absolutely no pass rush. Literally. The Colts finished with no sacks and no quarterback hits. The one time Trent Cole actually got to Roethlisberger, Davis was flagged for holding Brown, wiping out the stop and giving the Steelers another first down.
>> Frank Gore led the Colts in rushing (45) and receiving yards (49), which was nice for him but not so much for the offense. Against a pass defense that had yielded nearly 1,000 yards in its last three games and was shredded by Johnny Manziel, the Colts wide receivers were invisible.
>> Hasselbeck left the game after being injured by his own center. Jonotthan Harrison was bowled into the quarterback by a bull-rushing Cameron Heyward early in the third quarter. Though Hasselbeck returned for a couple of series, he did was sent to the sidelines once and for all after James Harrison's strip-sack early in the fourth quarter ruined the Colts' fifth drive that began in Steelers territory. The Colts said Hasselbeck did not return due to issues with his neck and shoulder, which will put Charlie Whitehurst on high alert this week.
>> Guard Hugh Thornton (elbow) joined tackle Anthony Castonzo (knee) on the inactive list, forcing another change in the offensive line. Lance Louis made his first start of the season at right guard, joining Joe Reitz (left tackle) and Denzelle Good (right tackle), who were both making their second career starts at their respective positions.

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For perhaps ten years now, the future of scientific publishing has been hotly debated. The traditional models are often thought to be badly broken, although convergence to a consensus of what a better model should be is not apparently close. But to my mind, much of this debate seems to miss one important point, how to publish data.
Archive for the 'Chemical IT' Category
Open Access journal publishing debates – the elephant in the room?Sunday, November 4th, 2018
PIDapalooza 2018: the open festival for persistent identifiers.Tuesday, November 14th, 2017
PIDapalooza is a new forum concerned with discussing all things persistent, hence PID. You might wonder what possible interest a chemist might have in such an apparently arcane subject, but think of it in terms of how to find the proverbial needle in a haystack in a time when needles might look all very similar. Even needles need descriptions, they are not all alike and PIDs are a way of providing high quality information (metadata) about a digital object.
VSEPR Theory: Octet-busting or not with trimethyl chlorine, ClMe3.Sunday, November 12th, 2017
A few years back, I took a look at the valence-shell electron pair repulsion approach to the geometry of chlorine trifluoride, ClF3 using so-called ELF basins to locate centroids for both the covalent F-Cl bond electrons and the chlorine lone-pair electrons. Whereas the original VSEPR theory talks about five "electron pairs" totalling an octet-busting ten electrons surrounding chlorine, the electron density-based ELF approach located only ~6.8e surrounding the central chlorine and no "octet-busting". The remaining electrons occupied fluorine lone pairs rather than the shared Cl-F regions. Here I take a look at ClMe3, as induced by the analysis of SeMe6.
Accessing (raw) chemical data: a peek into the CIF format.Friday, July 21st, 2017
There is much focus at the moment on how to ensure experimental replicability in e.g. the molecular sciences. An important aspect of that is having access to FAIR data; data which is findable, accessible, inter-operable and re-usable. One of the "gold standards" in chemistry is the data associated with crystal structures. Here I take an inside peek into the standard file-type for carrying crystal structure data, the CIF file (the Crystallographic Information File).
How to search data repositories for FAIR chemical content and data: SubjectSchemeThursday, June 8th, 2017
As data repositories start to flourish, it is reasonable to ask questions such as what sort of chemistry can be found there and how can I find it? Here I give an updated[1] worked example of a digital repository search for chemical content and also pose an important issue for the chemistry domain.
- H.S. Rzepa, A. Mclean, and M.J. Harvey, "InChI As a Research Data Management Tool", Chemistry International, vol. 38, 2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/ci-2016-3-408


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Jamie Glazov
We Are All Noor Almaleki
The honor killing trial begins in Phoenix today (Monday, Jan.24) of Faleh Hassan Almaleki, an Iraqi Muslim immigrant who killed his 20-year-old daughter, Noor Almaleki, on October 20, 2009, because she had become too Westernized. read more…
The Imam Shuffle
The Ground Zero Mosque developers should have really taken the time to take Public Relations 101 in some college somewhere — before they tried to sell this Cordoba House idea (oh wait it's called "Park51" now) to the American public.
Now that Imam Rauf has been exposed for the terror-loving stealth jihadist that he is, the strategists behind this sick charade have moved him to the side (because, we are told, he is going on a "tour") and have replaced him as the poster boy for the jihadist victory mosque with Imam Abdullah Adhami.
And who, pray tell, is this new face of Islamic moderation and modernity?
Well, let's see, as Pamela Geller broke this story on Friday, Adhami, like Rauf, thinks Sharia Law should replace the American Constitution. Lovely and heart-warming isn't? Just the thought of amputations and stonings gets us all so warmed up and tingly. Better yet, guess who one of Adhami's heroes is? Adolf Hitler? Idi Amin? Pol Pot? John Wayne Gacy? Ted Bundy? Jeffrey Dahmer? No, but close. It's . . . .wait for it. . . . .it's. . . .Imam Siraj Wahhaj!
That's right, and if you want terror-adoring cheer, you don't need to shop anywhere else!
O'Reilly's Burqa Betrayal
Bill O'Reilly is clearly continuing his shameless and cowardly surrender to Sharia Law. Daily on his program, The O'Reilly Factor on FoxNews.com, he engages in the standard and phony obfuscations about the jihadi threat the West faces, consistently refusing to honestly name and label the Islamic foundations of the terrorist enterprise. Back in April 2010, he blatantly sided with our society's dhimmis, blaming South Park for doing the Mohammed shows. Rather than praising Parker's and Stone's courage, standing up for their right to make any script they wished, and denouncing the despots who threatened their lives (and the tenets of the Islamic religion that sanction such threats), O'Reilly publicly promoted submitting to Sharia Law, thereby surrendering to the forces who killed filmmaker Theo van Gogh.
Now, this past Tuesday, on his July 13 program, O'Reilly hit a new low, making a grotesque statement about the millions of suffering persecuted Muslim women around the world. In a bizarre debate with Laura Ingraham about France's move to ban the burqa, O'Reilly flippantly jokes about a tragic and deadly reality in which any serious, sensitive person would find nothing laughable.
Send Faiza Ali to Tehran
Faiza Ali, of the New York chapter of CAIR, has declared that Muslims can freely leave Islam without anything to worry about. Islam, she says, does not practice coercion and preaches that forced faith is not true belief. She has made this assertion in her criticism of Pamela Geller's "Leaving Islam" ad campaign on city buses. The campaign is aimed at helping Muslims, like Rifqa Bary, who are fearful of leaving their religion due to Islam's death penalty for apostasy.
Hmmm if Faiza is right, I wonder what this poor family's trouble is all about.
I have an idea, let's start a fund to send Faiza Ali to Iran, and then to Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
Stewart: Patriot, O'Reilly: Pinhead
Comedy Central, as we by now are well familiar, censored images and references to Muhammad in the latest episode of South Park. One would think that in our free society, our leaders, media and citizens would collectively stand together and defend South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone. Unfortunately, the situation is the reverse; the L.A. Times' coverage of the Muslim death threats made to Parker and Stone perfectly manifests our media's and culture's disposition: the report does not back free speech nor denounce the censorship of the show, let alone the death threats or the Islamic theology on which they are based.
In this context, major props have to go out to Jon Stewart for backing Parker and Stone and for standing up for free speech in America. For courageously turning his back on the lib-Left's agenda of overseeing the West's surrender to Sharia Law, he is a true Patriot.
The Moderate Islam That Never Was
I have been cringing observing the debate between several NewsReal bloggers and John R. Guardiano about the existence — or lack thereof — of a "moderate Islam." Once again, no matter what evidence and arguments are presented to the "there is a moderate Islam" proponent, it's all useless, as they just go back to the same mantras they regurgitate over and over again, not absorbing anything that was just said to them.
When Robert Spencer entered the battle, it was clearly the end. He sliced, as always, through all the BS and presented the irrefutable case that there is no such thing as a moderate Islam. And now, lo and behold, Guardiano counters by saying he will deal with Spencer's arguments later but then, suddenly, he goes back to mantras that show that, once again, he has not digested anything that has just been said to him. Anyone who reads Spencer's post and gets the facts straight, cannot possibly, with good conscience or sound mind, write what Guardino writes in his latest post.
This is why I urge Spencer: for your own time, sanity and energy, please do not continue with this, as no matter what you will say again after this round, Guardiano will again return to his repetitions, as if you had never spoken.
Mr. Guardiano, in your latest post, in the second to last paragraph, you reveal that you have entered a dialogue about a subject that you do not understand and the main essence of which completely eludes you.
Napolitano Stumbles Upon Islamic Jihad
Wow, according to Fox News, Janet Napolitano just described what happened at Fort Hood as "violent Islamic extremism."
This is quite a step. How long did it take her to figure this one out?
It must be hard, after all, when you're a person who heads Homeland Security but who has no idea who the 9/11 hijackers were – and thinks that they came from Canada. It's really difficult when your first instinct after Abdulmutallab almost blew himself up on Northwest Airlines Flight 253, is to say that the airport security "system worked."
Hmmm, I wonder if Napolitano will now confirm that thirteen American heroes lost their lives at Fort Hood precisely because of people like her, who have created a culture where naming Islamic extremism and crystallizing its roots is disallowed? Major Nidal Malik Hasan would have been thrown out of the army a long time before his shooting spree if members of the army were not afraid to get in trouble for violating "diversity" and felt safe to point a finger at a Muslim who was preaching hate and violence against non-Muslims.
Naomi Wolf, Will You Denounce the Honor Murder of Medine Memi?
In Turkey just recently, a father and grandfather repeatedly beat Medine Memi, a sixteen-year-old girl, for the crime of talking (allegedly) to boys. The police weren't interested. The beatings were eventually deemed insufficient punishment for Medine for the temerity of having her own human agency, so the father and grandfather killed her by burying her while she was "alive and fully conscious."
My dear friend and courageous freedom fighter Phyllis Chesler has written about this barbaric murder and described it as a "savage, heartless, primitive act" that "is the ultimate, logical consequence of burying women alive—shrouding them–while they still roam the earth. One becomes claustrophobic under the burqa, until one gets used to being seen as a ghost, invisible, non-human, dead." read more…
Unable to Bear the Company of Women
The New York Times has an extensive profile of the American jihadist Omar Hammami, a.k.a. Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki, detailing his odyssey from being a middle-class American boy in Alabama to a hateful jihadist in Somalia. We are told that Omar dropped out of college because, as he had himself explained, he "could no longer bear to be in the company of women."
Hmmmmmm. I wonder why that would be?
Abdulmutallab's Lack of Friends – by Jamie Glazov
The mainstream media has, with its typical slick expertise, succeeded in avoiding yet another crucial phenomenon that explains what caused the terror attempt on Flight 253.
It keeps mentioning, in passing, how Abdulmutallab was "lonely," but it never honestly explores why he was lonely.
In his 300 postings under the name "farouk1986" in an online forum, the 23-year-old Nigerian boy frequently complained about his loneliness and about how he had "never found a true Muslim friend."
Question: Could Abdulmutallab's loneliness have had something to do with his limiting his social life because of the Qur'an's mandate to Muslims that they never make friends with infidels? (5:51) One needs to have a little distance, it appears, before getting in the mood, and following the instruction, to slaughter them. (9:5, 9:29)
Waterboard Abdul Mutallab
In an ideal world, Abdul Mutallab would be getting waterboarded right about now. I would volunteer to do the honors if no one was really up for it.
We know that the use of "enhanced techniques" of interrogation on al-Qaeda leader Khalid Sheik Mohammed – which included waterboarding – forced KSM to give up crucial information that prevented countless terrorist attacks and saved an infinite amount of innocent lives. It allowed, for instance, the U.S. to capture key al- Qaeda terrorists and to thwart a planned 9/11-style attack on Los Angeles.
The Million Muslim March?
On yesterday's O'Reilly Factor, O'Reilly had a profound discussion about the Fort Hood massacre with Bernie Goldberg, author of the new book, A Slobbering Love Affair: The True (And Pathetic) Story of the Torrid Romance Between Barack Obama and the Mainstream Media. Goldberg is always superb and this time he narrowed in wisely on the pathologies that the Fort Hood massacre has exposed: the political correctness nurtured by the Left in our society and the disinclination of so-called "moderate†Muslims to stand up in mass numbers and denounce the likes of Nidal Malik Hasan.
In making his point, Goldberg shrewdly asked when we are going to see a Million Muslim March take place in Washington – in which a million Muslims gather to denounce terror and declare that what Nidal Malik Hasan did was un-Islamic.
Goldberg's point is crucial, but we need to add to it. The key that is often missed in our nation's discussion on Islamic terrorism is that this is not necessarily about Muslims themselves. As the scholar Robert Spencer has stressed over and over again, the problem is not Muslims, the problem is Islam – in the sense that the problem is what Islam teaches. So the crucial issue in all of this is not what this Muslim may think or that Muslim may think. It's not about these empty arguments about whether the majority or minority of Muslims are peaceful or not. The issue is what Islamic theology mandates.


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Tuesday, February 8, 2011
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This track is off DMV (That's D.C./Virginia/Maryland for those who still think it has something to do with cars) rapper Lyriciss' 4th mixtape, The Practice. It features fellow DMVers K-Beta and Muggsy Malone and is produced by The EQuinox Professionals. The Practice mixtape can be downloaded from DJBooth.net.
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Lyriciss – Hard Times (Feat. K-Beta and Muggsy Malone) – http://usershare.net/2rrji19i9btr
Lyriciss – Hard Times (Feat. K-Beta and Muggsy Malone) (Prod. EQuinox Professionals)
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So since I've last posted I've been in a bipolar depressive episode and I've been struggling to get out of bed and go to my university classes but the past couple of weeks I've been going to class again and feeling better.
It's been a rollercoaster couple of weeks because my friend took an overdose and I had to deal with it and tell the university about him because he wasn't getting help and it was getting too much for me.
I got suicidal a couple of weeks ago and had to have an emergency assessment but he sent me away and I was fine.
The university told me maybe I should take time out of university because of my mental health and this left me devastated but luckily the day after they said I didn't need to and anyway I've found out I'm not allowed anymore leave of absences because I've already taken two years out.
On top of that I was told that I might fail one of my modules due to poor attendance but the university sorted it out for me and now everything is fine.
I went to Harley Street yesterday to see a psychiatrist and he said that he would find me a psychologist to help me with my borderline personality disorder as I have been struggling without the support of a psychologist.
I am in a better place now even though I've been a bit manic and have been recklessly restricting my eating and contacting people I cut out of my life.
I'm just feeling positive that the psych has said he can help me.
I saw almost all my home friends at once yesterday and I feel happy.


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Read this tip to make your life smarter, better, faster and wiser. LifeTips is the place to go when you need to know about The Mars Files and other Astrology topics.
Mars in the Ninth House actively seeks adventure in the wider world. This is a very restless placement for Mars and these people are not likely to sit still for long. They are easily bored and always moving on someplace. They love a challenge and are great defenders of freedom.
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Judas was not required to betray jesus. If judas didn't betray jesus then there are countless other ways jesus could have been caught. Judas was not required for the sacrifice of jesus he just played an important role. The sacrifice would have happened with or without judas . Ok den
Since Jesus was willing to forgive Judas and not hold what he did against him, and ask God to forgive Judas. I don't think it's right to deamonize him. If Jesus can forgive him so can we. There is no need to hold a grudge against him, if Jesus isn't holding a grudge against him.
It comes down to whether or not you really think that people have free will. Did god give us free will? If so, did he take over Judas and make him betray Christ? If he hadn't betrayed Christ, woudl Christ have gone on living, or still have eventually been caught and crucified? Would Christ, knowing his father's plan, have given himself up willingly to show the flaws in the way the church was operating, spurring revolution, as with the martyrs that followed?
I guess it hinges on whether god knew it would happen, and Judas acted in free will, or god orchestrated the whole thing to bring salvation.
Personally, I think it seems odd to demonize anyone, as a christian. Shouldn't christians on the whole be looking to people as flawed, having sympathy for what they are and what they have been through, in the interest of bringing everyone to salvation? What happened to judge not lest ye be judged?
But I guess for most, that only applies when they want it to. Blame gets you nowhere.


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SAN MATEO (06/02/2000) - As the boom in data traffic demands increased flexibility in service provider networks, companies including Marconi PLC, Xybridge Technologies Inc., GNP Computers Inc. , and Comgates Ltd. will showcase developments in softswitch technology at Supercomm next week in Atlanta.
Softswitches are designed to replace proprietary, low-bandwidth CO (central-office) circuit switching with a faster packet-switching model. They offload call-control capabilities to standard servers, which are also populated with signaling and routing code. Distributing the functionality reduces the switch footprint and can add the speed and flexibility necessary to handle voice, data, and multimedia traffic, which in turn allows service providers to react quickly to customers' needs.
Marconi at the show will take the wraps off its Intelligent Packet Networks (IPN) softswitching solution, which consists of a softswitch call agent, media and signaling gateways, integrated access devices, application servers, and element management software. The IPN also features a media firewall for enhanced security.
The IPN servers consist of a firewall, a media gateway, a call-control server, and a signaling gateway.
"We saw this trend a couple of years ago. Marconi at that time decided to suspend further product development of its class 5 switch and began to migrate toward our intelligent softswitch architecture," said Rich Kushner, senior director of carrier marketing at Marconi.
Kushner added that softswitches eventually will bring enterprises "less-expensive services delivering more feature-rich solutions."
The IPN is being tested in Europe and will enter trials in North America in June, Marconi officials said.
Also at the show, softswitch technology will move into wireless networks as Xybridge Technologies will license its softswitch to Motorola Inc.: Motorola will use Xybridge's Universal Services Suite softswitch to build a switch for its Aspira architecture used in third-generation wireless networks. Motorola will also invest $15 million in Xybridge, and the two will co-develop new products and additional softswitch technology for wireless infrastructure markets, Xybridge officials said.
Other companies touting softswitches include GNP Computers and Comgates. GNP will announce its Continuant Softswitch, which integrates softswitch architecture with its clustering and management technologies, GNP officials said. Comgates will unveil its CMG/CSS 2000 softswitch, which it said has the capability of switching traffic between existing and emerging standards.
According to one analyst, softswitches are emerging as a faster and more robust alternative to CO switches.
"This is the year the softswitch will come into prominence," said Tom Valovic, research manager at International Data Corp., in Framingham, Massachusetts.
"The public network is being reinvented and softswitch is the centerpiece for next-generation networks."
Valovic said a key benefit of softswitching is that it facilitates multivendor integration.
"Softswitches open up the development of new services so services are no longer under a proprietary umbrella," Valovic said. "The telecom market has been closed. Now we will take the same theory of openness that served so well in the computing market and apply it to telecom. That will create new services and innovation in an area that has been stagnant."
Marconi Corp., in Pittsburgh, is at www.marconi.com. Xybridge Technologies Inc., in Richardson, Texas, is at www.xybridge.com. GNP Computers Inc., in Monrovia, California, is at www.gnp.com. Comgates Ltd., in Herzeliya, Israel, is at www.comgates.com.
Switching gears
Emerging softswitch technologies can help overcome some of the limitations of traditional carrier CO equipment.
* Whereas CO switches are proprietary, softswitches offload call processing to industry-standard server hardware.
* Softswitches' open APIs give carriers the flexibility needed to deploy new services quickly in response to customer demand.
* Unlike the centralized CO model, the distributed softswitch architecture allows carriers to choose best-of-breed products and opens doors to innovation.
* Whereas CO equipment is expensive and has a large footprint, softswitches cost less and take up less valuable central-office space.


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A Mother's Day Success Story
Meet Sushma – our fun loving Finance Manager, proud mother and true Furniture Bank journey to success story.
Her Canadian journey began in March 2010, when she immigrated from Nepal with her husband and 3 year old daughter. With a Masters Degree in Finance, like many skilled immigrants, she had to work "survival" jobs in order to support herself and her family when she first arrived to the country.
But a year later everything changed – and for the better.
After registering for a computer training and Canadian workplace course with Skills For Change, one among many of Furniture Bank's partner agencies, Sushma received her co-op placement with the organization, and we're so glad that she did!
Since then, she's worked her way up from Bookkeeper, to Finance Coordinator to Finance Manager, and in 2013, her family became proud Canadian citizens!
When you speak with Sushma about her experience becoming a Canadian citizen, she smiles as she talks about her daughter and "unofficial English tutor," and how she helped her prepare for the citizenship test by spending nights singing the Canadian national anthem and working on pronunciation together.
A hard working queen of numbers, she also brings a lot of positive energy and bubbly joy to Furniture Bank. Like last year when she introduced all staff to the Hindu Holi spring festival in which people gather to sing and dance covered in powder and coloured water.
She also represented Furniture Bank in the 2012 United Way CN Tower climb setting a Furniture Bank record by climbing to the top in 21 minutes and 4 seconds!
Mother's Day is all about acknowledging the efforts and showing love to all the amazing mothers around the world who selflessly provide for their loved ones day in and day out.
There is no better mother to spotlight on this special day than our very own Sushma Subedi.


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Modified supine Thoracic (Dog) manipulation to the lower Thoracic, Thoraco-Lumbar region. This video demonstrates a supine Thoracic manipulation (Dog) technique but modified to the lower Thoracic segments. It identifies possibly adapting the position of the patients legs and how to best focus the forces to the lower thoracic segments. The rest of this technique is quite similar to the 'normal' supine Thoracic manipulation technique.
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Thoraco Lumbar Junction
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A sealed copy of the 2 LP deluxe edition of Joan Jett's 1981 LP, I Love Rock n Roll, including a live album
Offered for sale is a sealed copy of the 2 LP reissue of Joan Jett's 1981 LP, I Love Rock n Roll, including a second disc of live material.
To celebrate her induction into the Rock n Roll Hall of Fame, Joan Jett has reissued her 1981 LP, I Love Rock n Roll as a 2 LP set. The first disc includes a remastered version of the original album, while the second disc includes live material recorded in New York in 1981.
This 2 LP set is still sealed, with no tears in the wrap. A hype sticker is attached to the cover.
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I really haven't written in a month and a half?
That seems a little hard to believe, but time has been going by ludicrously fast. I mean, I have a week and a half left before finals, and more work than I could possibly complete in such a time frame. But it has to happen, I guess.
What's even scarier is that in three weeks time, I will be done for the semester. Three weeks! I remember the day I left for Aurora like it was 3 seconds ago.
Basically, my status is very much the same as it was in my last entry: I have a constant companion in my homework that is a Mountain of Doom (fondly dubbed George); I haven't knit in weeks; and I still haven't caught up in my reading (honestly, it's not going to happen--for me or anyone else, try as we might). I did get to pick my classes for next semester, and if all goes well, I'll get to take all of them. We find out tomorrow, tentatively.
I had a pleasant Thanksgiving break last week, even though I can't really remember what I did. All I know is that I didn't get nearly enough work done. My room is thoroughly clean though! You can always tell when I have a lot of work, because even picking up after myself becomes a more attractive chore. Thanksgiving Day was nice--I didn't get up until 11:30, and a few hours later my roommate picked me up. We went to her older sister's house for dinner, so I got to meet some of her family. Afterwards, we headed to a friend's house near school, where we hung out until about 2am. It was a pretty good Thanksgiving, actually.
Happy Belated Thanksgiving to you all!
Oh, but you know what is totally the best part?! It SNOWED. Yes, real live snow flurry action. It didn't stick around for very long, because it eventually turned into rain, but when it initially came out of the clouds it was SNOW. All the natives here were laughing at how excited I was....
That's what I love--the cold weather. My scarves are necessary here! They get to serve their intended purpose!
So with nothing else to report, I will sign off.
I'll be home soon...


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TORONTO, May 12 /CNW/ - Sprott Inc. (TSX: SII) ("Sprott" or the "Company") today announced its financial results for the three-month period ended March 31, 2010.
Q1 2010 Highlights - Assets Under Management ("AUM") were $5.2 billion as at March 31, 2010, compared to $4.7 billion as at March 31, 2009 and $4.8 billion as at December 31, 2009 - Management Fees were $23.2 million, an increase of 2.9% compared with Q1 2009 - Base EBITDA was $10.3 million, compared with $8.1 million for Q1 2009 - Net income was $5.9 million ($0.04 per share), versus $7.4 million ($0.05 per share) in Q1 2009 - Completed Initial Public Offering of the Sprott 2010 Flow-Through Limited Partnership - Launched the Sprott Physical Gold Trust - Scott Colbourne joined Sprott Asset Management ("SAM") as Senior Portfolio Manager Subsequent to the end of Q1 2010 - Appointed John Ciampaglia as Chief Operating Officer of SAM - Launched the Sprott Private Credit Fund
"During the first quarter of 2010, we continued to focus on broadening our fund lineup through the introduction of innovative new products," said Eric Sprott, CEO of Sprott Inc. "In the first three months of the year, we successfully launched two new funds: the Sprott Physical Gold Trust and the Sprott 2010 Flow-Through Limited Partnership. Together, these funds have increased our AUM by more than $400 million. We are very pleased with the interest the Sprott Physical Gold Trust has generated and it is currently trading at a substantial premium to NAV. We will consider a follow-on offering in the near future to keep pace with investors' appetite for a product fully backed by physical gold. Subsequent to the end of the first quarter, in April 2010, we introduced the Sprott Private Credit Fund, which will be sub-advised by Third Eye Capital Management Inc., a leading investor in privately-managed secured loans."
"We also added to our depth at the senior management level for SAM during the quarter, with the appointment of John Ciampaglia as Chief Operating Officer. John is an accomplished investment industry professional who, in his new role, will focus on both new product development and improving the operational effectiveness of our organization," added Mr. Sprott. "Our investment performance was mixed during the quarter, with the Sprott Energy Fund delivering the best result, posting a return of almost 10%. We are well positioned to potentially return to generating performance fees through the remainder of the year."
Assets Under Management ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Three months Three months ended ended $ millions March 31, March 31, 2010 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUM, beginning of quarter 4,774 4,449 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net sales (redemptions) 417 (208) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Market value appreciation (depreciation) of portfolios (36) 484 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- AUM, end of quarter 5,155 4,725 -------------------------------------------------------------------------
For the quarter ended March 31, 2010, AUM increased to $5,155 million, compared to $4,725 million at March 31, 2009. During the quarter, the market value of portfolios declined by $36 million, while net sales totaled $417 million, resulting in a $381 million increase in AUM. The majority of the net sales during the quarter came from the launch of two new funds, the Sprott 2010 Flow-Through Limited Partnership and the Sprott Physical Gold Trust, which raised $51 million and $441 million, respectively. Net redemptions of all other funds totaled $75 million for the quarter, with the majority of the redemptions occurring in the Company's public mutual funds and domestic hedge funds.
Income Statement
Total revenue for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 decreased by 5.2% to $25.3 million, from $26.7 million in the first quarter of 2009.
Management fees for the first quarter of 2010 increased slightly to $23.2 million from $22.6 million for the period ended March 31, 2009. The increased management fees reflect the 5.4% increase in average monthly AUM during the quarter.
There were no crystallized performance fees earned during the first quarter of 2010. In the same period the prior year, the Company earned $1.8 million in crystallized performance fees resulting from higher redemptions and strong performance by the funds during the 2009 period.
Losses from proprietary investments (realized and unrealized) totaled $0.9 million for the first quarter of 2010, compared with gains of $2.1 million in the first quarter of 2009.
Other income of $2.9 million includes $2.5 million of commissions earned by SPW LP on the sale of units of Sprott Flow-Through LP and Sprott Physical Gold Trust to SPW LP clients.
Total expenses for the three months ended March 31, 2010 were $16.6 million, an increase of $0.8 million, or 4.7%, from $15.8 million for the first quarter of 2009. The increase is mainly attributable to a $0.6 million increase in compensation and benefits and a $0.5 million increase in trailer fees versus the same period in 2009. The increase in compensation and trailer fees during the quarter was partially offset by a $0.4 million decrease in general and administration costs compared with the prior year period.
Base EBITDA increased to $10.3 million for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 from $8.1 million in the first quarter of 2009.
Net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2010 was $5.9 million ($0.04 per share) as compared with net income of $7.4 million ($0.05 per share) in the first quarter of 2009.
On March 9, 2010, the Board of Directors declared a special eligible dividend of $0.04 per Common Share for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009, payable on April 5, 2010 to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 19, 2010. A regular dividend of $0.025 per common share was paid to shareholders of record for the fourth quarter of 2009.
In May 2010, subsequent to the end of the first quarter, a dividend of $0.025 per common share was declared for the quarter ended March 31, 2010.
Conference Call and Webcast
A conference call and webcast will be held today, Wednesday, May 12, 2010, at 10:00am ET to discuss the Company's financial results. To access the call, please dial 647-427-7450 or 1-888-231-8191 ten minutes prior to the scheduled start of the call. A taped replay of the conference call will be available until Wednesday, May 19, 2010 by calling 416-849-0833 or 1-800-642-1687, reference number 72774332.
Participants will require Windows Media Player™ to listen to the webcast.
*Non-GAAP Financial Measures
This press release includes financial terms (including AUM and net sales) that the Company utilizes to assess the financial performance of its business that are not measures recognized under Canadian generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP). These non-GAAP measures should not be considered alternatives to performance measures determined in accordance with GAAP and may not be comparable to similar measures presented by other issuers. For additional information regarding the Company's use of non-GAAP measures, including the calculation of these measures, please refer to the "Non-GAAP Financial Measures" section of the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis and its financial statements available on the Company's website at www.sprottinc.com and on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This release contains "forward-looking statements" which reflect the current expectations of the Company. These statements reflect management's current beliefs with respect to future events and are based on information currently available to management. Forward-looking statements involve significant known and unknown risks, uncertainties and assumptions. Many factors could cause actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements that may be expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements including, without limitation, those listed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Company's annual information form dated March 24, 2009. Should one or more of these risks or uncertainties materialize, or should assumptions underlying the forward-looking statements prove incorrect, actual results, performance or achievements could vary materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements contained in this release. Although the forward-looking statements contained in this release are based upon what the Company believes to be reasonable assumptions, the Company cannot assure investors that actual results, performance or achievements will be consistent with these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are made as of the date of this release and the Company does not assume any obligation to update or revise them to reflect new events or circumstances.
About Sprott Inc.
Sprott Inc. is a leading independent asset manager dedicated to achieving superior returns for its clients over the long term. The company currently operates through three distinct business units: Sprott Asset Management LP, Sprott Private Wealth LP and Sprott Consulting LP. Sprott Asset Management is the investment manager of the Sprott family of mutual funds and hedge funds and discretionary managed accounts; Sprott Private Wealth provides wealth management services to high net worth individuals; and Sprott Consulting provides management, administrative and consulting services to other companies, including SRC (TSX: SCP). Sprott Inc. is headquartered in Toronto, Canada, and is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "SII". For more information on Sprott Inc., please visit www.sprottinc.com.
Summary Balance Sheet March 31, December 31, (In $ 000's,) 2010 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total Assets 93,702 97,694 Total Liabilities 20,820 21,554 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Shareholders' Equity 72,882 76,140 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Summary Income Statement For the For the three months three months ended ended March 31, March 31, (In $ 000's, except per share amounts) 2010 2009 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Revenue Management fees 23,248 22,596 Crystallized performance fees - 1,810 Unrealized and realized gains (losses) on proprietary investments (897) 2,143 Other income 2,911 107 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total revenue 25,262 26,656 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Expenses Compensation and benefits 8,267 7,699 Trailer fees 5,070 4,589 General and administration 2,611 3,040 Donations 458 284 Amortization 172 216 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Total expenses 16,578 15,828 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Income before income taxes 8,684 10,828 Provision for income taxes 2,759 3,407 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net income and comprehensive income for the period 5,925 7,421 Other expenses(1) 759 790 Provision for income taxes 2,759 3,407 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- EBITDA 9,443 11,618 Unrealized and realized (gains) losses on proprietary investments 897 (2,143) Performance fees net of performance fee related bonus pool(2) - (1,357) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Base EBITDA 10,340 8,118 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Income Per Share - basic .04 .05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Net Income Per Share-fully diluted .04 .05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- (1) Includes amortization of fixed assets, amortization of deferred sales charges and non-cash stock-based compensation expense. (2) Performance Fee related bonus pool is equal to 25% of Performance Fee Revenue.
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I have to say, it's the little things in life that make me happy and sooo grateful! Don't get me wrong, the big things are certainly good too, but I enjoyed the weekend with the little things.....
Having most of the family together at the lake to help get the in-laws house cleaned out so they can sell it. It was hot and nobody likes moving, but with all of us helping it went by quickly. The house is ready to be cleaned and shown.....
We spent a lot of time, just relaxing. Nothing better than that. We were on the deck enjoying the breeze and the sounds of nature around us, and Brian had a friend show up.
This butterfly stayed on his leg for about 10 minutes. How cool is that?
We saw the baby deer, but it ran through the yard so quickly, I couldn't get a photo. Jake and his friend Will, had their dogs with them and they were a bit noisy and the deer didn't like it one bit!
Jake even put a life jacket ( a regular, human one) on Hurley so he could swim easier. It was funny, again, no camera at that time....
I did manage to get a quick nap in the hammock chair. That was lovely!
I've started a new challenge for my fitness/health accountability group. If you want to join in the fun on the WHOLE challenge, hit me up on facebook and I will get you added to the group. If you just want to play along with the fun stuff, join us in the 100 pushups per day challenge..... don't panic, it's only 1 week. You can do the pushups however you want, knees, toes, against a counter or wall. Just do them!
I hope you have a day of wonderful little things today!
Monday, July 2, 2012
It's the little things....
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The 21st. Century NGO: In the Market for Change. SustainAbility (2003).
NGOs: More than Flower Power. Peter Ford, Christian Science Monitor (7/11/03).
Businesses with a Conscience. Karen A. Davis, Santa Cruz Sentinel (3/12/03).
The Next Industrial Revolution. William McDonough & Michael Braungart, Atlantic (10/98).
Rain Forest Chic. John Entine, Toronto Globe & Mail Report on Business Magazine (10/95).
On the Web: Specialized Sites
African Institute of Corporate Citizenship.
European Partners for the Environment.
Green-e (Renewable Electricity Certification Program).
Institute for Local Self-Reliance.
Project Impact. "Compassionate capitalism" abroad in preventative health care field.
UN Global Compact. "A value-based platform based on nine principles derived from the Universal Declaration of Human Rights."
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Kummer, Corby. "Big organic, small organic," Atlantic Monthly (10/03):143-46. Yogurt producers in Vermont.
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Hahnel, Robin. The ABCs of Political Economy: A Modern Approach (London: Pluto, 2002).
Hawkins, Paul; Amory Lovins & Hunter Lovins. Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution (Snowmass CO:Rocky Mountain Institute, 200?).
Isbister, John. Capitalism & Justice: Envisioning Social & Economic Fairness (Bloomfield CT: Kumarian, 2001).
Takahashi, Dean. "Green movement is a gray area," San Jose Mercury (6/2/03):1E, 8E.
Wallace, David. Sustainable Industrialization (London: Earthscan, 1996).
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A rescued green sea turtle named Picasso was released back into the Gulf of Mexico, carrying the ashes of a self-taught Texas oceanographer who founded the rehabilitation center that nursed it back to health.
Hundreds attended the Saturday night ceremony in Port Aransas, on a stretch of beached named in honor of Tony Amos.
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It is once again nearing the end of my quarter. I have two papers, a final, and a photography project due within these next weeks. One would assume that I would be diligently working on these projects, right? One would assume wrong. I've been avoiding everything, but my photography project, like the plague. Instead I have been sewing and knitting. Sure sounds like I'm going to be acing my classes!
I've been working on my second quilt for some time. I've had many pieces cut out in preparation to sew blocks whenever I have the time. I currently have 50 blocks sewn as I'm doing each block as a 5 by 5 set up. Once I finish my paper on my apartment building I'm sure more pictures will come. Or rather, I'll have the pictures up and direct my teacher to them as my paper.
A few weeks ago I went on a quilting block sew-fest. I set everything out and went to town sewing, ironing, and sewing again. I also laid out how I want the quilt arranged and its dimensions. I also planned out another quilt while I was at it. Why can't I be as productive with my papers on old buildings?
I think I'm going to write my theory paper while sipping alcohol (like tequila). Not like any of the crazy architects make any sense. All I've got this quarter is: architecture is influenced by nature, Classical architecture is good, Classical architecture is bad, ornamentation is good, ornamentation is bad, what is beauty? etc. In theory, my paper doesn't have to make sense as NONE of these theories come to a concrete, absolute, conclusion as one can always ask, but what if... I think I need a drink just thinking about it or sewing therapy.


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Why do so many thick people look thick?
It's not as though intelligent people look intelligent or at least not in the proportions of the thick.
I suppose so.
Even though his look is now synonymous with intelligence.
You really need to come to Woking to see what I'm on about.
Wokingham's comparatively posh.
Maybe if you went to Binfield..
where did you go in wokingham?
i'm from there - i always get excited when it gets mentionedHughDoVoodoo this'd this
My mate lives there.
Been a few times. No where stands out.
Glad to help.
Whereabouts in Woking? I live just off Oriental Road. I totally concur BTW.
I was thinking this at lunchtime when I walked past greggs.
There are maybe telltale signs, like the smell of chips and nicotine, grubby shellsuits or the shouted word which sounds like a random mix of vowels stapled together.
lol poor people.
Why not go the whole hog and say that chavs are ugly?
I passed a girl in a tracksuit on the way to work today who was knee-tremblingly fine
Even the fake tan and caked make-up only seemed to serve to accentuate the look of magnificent contempt she gave me
Do thick people consider themselves thick?
..or do they just look in the mirror?
Im going to go and have a look, but I'm not holding out much hope
are there not telltale signs of like incest/neanderthal types
heavy brows, eyes too close together etc
also knowledge affects the way you hold yourself and react to your environment
i dunno
but i reckon part of it is factors that aren't their actual physical looks so to speak, and more to do with what they're wearing, how they do their hair/make up, how they hold themselves, whether they're carrying a bucket of fried chicken, etcetcetcfuck_this_band this'd this
For a second there
I was picturing a chav in the classic African water-carrying woman pose but with a KFC bargain bucket instead of a water pail.
I work with one of those people you mention.
"Did they not give you wellies yet?"
"no" (this guys first day working)
Man with face of a spasticated monkey then calls his friend Alan
"ALAN!!! yer man doesn't have his wellies yet HAHAHAHA"
I seen him trying out his new handshake with loads of people today, painful to watch.He has a pair of tits drawn on his apron and he is really proud that he had drawn them himself.


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Wednesday, December 13, 2006
Tonight I finished almost everything. I feel like I am orbitting the rings of saturn and waiting for everything to be sucked into a giant black hole around me the moment I stop. I am afraid of stopping. There is no escape. I will continue to produce and produce and produce projects like a cow being squeezed dry of milk. If I stop, it's all over...right? You already know the ending. Even before it's penned out on the cosmic page of everything and anything. And yet I want to keep producing and producing and producing there is no limit to the human mind. You can go sour, ideas can go sour but you can still keep churning more and more and surely you are sure to hit one good one, one good stick of butter in the golden mess of fat.
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September 16, 1863 (Wednesday)
Federal commander, William Rosecrans, had been warned. The previous day, General Gordon Granger, heading the reserve corps in Chattanooga, informed him that at least two Confederate divisions had marched through the town of Ringgold, fifteen miles southeast. From all previous information, Rosecrans was fairly certain that the bulk of Braxton Bragg's Confederate Army of Tennessee was at La Fayette, twenty-five miles south. Any enemy troops around Ringgold, he surmised, were probably stragglers still poking around from the Rebel retreat from Chattanooga. When, upon this date, the Federal cavalry reported what seemed to be infantry massing on the army's left, General Thomas Crittenden flatly refused to believe it, and failed for forward the information upwards.
Still, Rosecrans was doing his best to concentrate his spread out army along Chickamauga Creek. He had made his headquarters near Lee & Gordon's Mill, the current left flank. Crittenden's XXI Corps was already there, but George Thomas' XIV Corps, which was holding the center, was unmoved from its position. Thomas was waiting for Alexander McCook's XX Corps to fall in on his right. McCook had taken a very round about path from his line at Alpine to Thomas' at McLemore's Cove. He was ordered to move on this date, but decided to wait until the following day to move out.
In the meantime, Braxton Bragg was planning. On the 15th, he called a rather fruitless council of war. He and his four corps commanders (D.H. Hill, Leonidas Polk, Simon Buckner, and W.H.T. Walker) batted around ideas, finally deciding that they should try to get between Rosecrans and Chattanooga. They understood that the Federal Army's supply line went through the city, and but cutting them off from it would force either a fight or an unceremonious retreat.
To cut Rosecrans off from Chattanooga, a crossing of Chickamauga Creek was essential. They discussed exactly where to cross, and precisely which towns to hold so they could get around Rosecrans' left and attack him on the flank. By the time the meeting was adjourned, everyone seemed certain of what they were to do and that success would soon follow.
But instead, Bragg did nothing. No orders were issued on the 15th at all. It wasn't until this date, a full twenty-four hours later, that Bragg acted. He wrote out a set of strange and sort of pointless orders, commanding only portions of his army to move. Bragg ordered no crossing at all of Chickamauga Creek, and placed his entire force on the defensive. Those who were to move were to do so the following morning.
Both Rosecrans and Bragg seemed to be forgetting a fairly important detail. Two divisions from James Longstreet's Corps of General Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, had bordered trains the previous week and were now drawing closer to Chattanooga. On this date, one brigade was moving towards Ringgold, while two others had reached Atlanta. In the council called by Bragg on the 15th, the Virginian reinforcements were folded into the makeshift plan. But when Bragg issued the orders, he mentioned them not at all. Perhaps he was merely not counting chickens before they were hatched, but he wasn't doing much else, either.
Word had gone through the Federal camps that as many as three divisions from Longstreet's Corps would soon be arriving from Virginia. General-in-Chief Henry Halleck had wired Rosecrans, corroborating the information gleaned by the Federal cavalry. Though Rosecrans seemed to have believed it well enough, he did little about it.
He wired Ambrose Burnside, who, with his Army of the Ohio, was in the vicinity of Knoxville, telling him that "the enemy, reinforced by Johnston and Longstreet from Virginia, doubtless intend us all the mischief in their power." Burnside was to come as soon as he could, but Rosecrans seemed much more worried about covering his flank against Nathan Bedford Forrest's cavalry than against a reinforced Bragg gathering upon his left flank near Lee & Gordon's Mill.
Though it may seem fairly strange, both armies had tried to concentrate and both had failed, holding nearly the same positions as they did two days previous. Rosecrans came the closest to doing something by ordering his entire army to focus upon Lee & Gordon's Mill, but that hardly seemed to matter since McCook was on a long walkabout and Thomas decided to wait for him. Bragg's original plan was a pretty good one, but the actual orders he issued were severely lacking, and at the end of the day, nobody moved anyway.


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yah well I do so. how abot boy's mutilation. No topic for UN. That's ok for UN and the dirty rest of the world. I was mutilated as a boy against my will. but we dont have a lobby. :-)... he he ho ho
The majority of people oppose female genital mutilation (FGM) in the countries where it is practised, a study by Unicef has found.
More than 125 million girls and women have been subjected to FGM and 30 million more are at risk over the next decade, Unicef says.
Ritual cutting of girls' genitals is practised by some African, Middle Eastern and Asian communities in the belief it protects a woman's virginity.
Unicef wants action to end FGM.
The survey, described as the most comprehensive to date on the issue, found that support for FGM was declining amongst both men and women.
FGM "is a violation of a girl's rights to health, well-being and self-determination," Geeta Rao Gupta, Unicef's deputy executive director, said.
"What is clear from this report is that legislation alone is not enough."
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The report, 'Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: A statistical overview and exploration of the dynamics of change' was released in Washington DC.
The study found that in the 29 countries in Africa and the Middle East where FGM is still practised, girls were less likely to be cut than they were some 30 years ago.
They were three times less likely than their mothers to have been cut in Kenya and Tanzania, and rates had dropped by almost half in Benin, the Central African Republic, Iraq, Liberia and Nigeria.
FGM remains almost universal in Somalia, Guinea, Djibouti and Egypt and there was little discernible decline in Chad, Gambia, Mali, Senegal, Sudan or Yemen, the study found.
However, it did find that most girls and women, and a significant number of boys and men, oppose the practice. In Chad, Guinea and Sierra Leone, more men than women wanted to see an end to the practice.
"The challenge now is to let girls and women, boys and men speak out loudly and clearly and announce they want this harmful practice abandoned," said Ms Rao Gupta.
The report recommends opening up the practice to greater public scrutiny so that entrenched social attitudes to it can be challenged.
yah well I do so. how abot boy's mutilation. No topic for UN. That's ok for UN and the dirty rest of the world. I was mutilated as a boy against my will. but we dont have a lobby. :-)... he he ho ho
womens lib part 2. after I was mutilated by nobod asking me... my wife earns 3 times more monthly income today than me. It sucks, cause her degree is 3x lower than mine, she cannot install a W7 server on a harddisk, drive a car or undertand how modern electrical power generation works. but government and society decided to make me jobless and pay her a dream income every month for the rest of her life. so it sucky because I depend on her income. hey what u say?
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Genesis 42:36-43:13 New International Version (NIV)
36 Their father Jacob said to them, "You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!"
37 Then Reuben said to his father, "You may put both of my sons to death if I do not bring him back to you. Entrust him to my care, and I will bring him back."
38 But Jacob said, "My son will not go down there with you; his brother is dead and he is the only one left. If harm comes to him on the journey you are taking, you will bring my gray head down to the grave in sorrow."
The Second Journey to Egypt
43 Now the famine was still severe in the land. 2 So when they had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, "Go back and buy us a little more food."
3 But Judah said to him, "The man warned us solemnly, 'You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.' 4 If you will send our brother along with us, we will go down and buy food for you. 5 But if you will not send him, we will not go down, because the man said to us, 'You will not see my face again unless your brother is with you.'"
6 Israel asked, "Why did you bring this trouble on me by telling the man you had another brother?"
7 They replied, "The man questioned us closely about ourselves and our family. 'Is your father still living?' he asked us. 'Do you have another brother?' We simply answered his questions. How were we to know he would say, 'Bring your brother down here'?"
8 Then Judah said to Israel his father, "Send the boy along with me and we will go at once, so that we and you and our children may live and not die. 9 I myself will guarantee his safety; you can hold me personally responsible for him. If I do not bring him back to you and set him here before you, I will bear the blame before you all my life. 10 As it is, if we had not delayed, we could have gone and returned twice."
11 Then their father Israel said to them, "If it must be, then do this: Put some of the best products of the land in your bags and take them down to the man as a gift—a little balm and a little honey, some spices and myrrh, some pistachio nuts and almonds. 12 Take double the amount of silver with you, for you must return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake. 13 Take your brother also and go back to the man at once.
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