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Grains finished lower again extending yesterday's losses. May corn finished 10 ½ cents lower at $6.20 ¼, May soybeans 2 ¼ cents lower at $13.67 ½, and May wheat down 9 cents at $6.30 ¾.
December corn traded down to $5.35 ¾, making a new low in 2012 and is only ¾ of a cent above the low in November. The average trade guess suggests corn will gain 2-3 million acres from last year. The market seems to be scrambling to get short corn ahead of the report which may be a lot of producer hedging to catch up on sales. The corn-to-soybean ratio made new highs again today suggesting areas that haven't decided to plant soybeans yet could still switch over. Obviously we aren't talking about a massive amount of acres but we still have a chance to see 1-2 million switch back over before we are all said and done.
Personally I think the market is setting itself up for disappointment on these reports. They are under the impression that either soybeans or corn will get the extra acres that are expected this year. We're of the opinion that we could see 172 million acres between corn and soybeans combined. This compares to the market where we are seeing a lot of 168-169 million acre guesses. Ultimately this could be a very bearish scenario for the market.
The other potentially "bearish" surprise could come from quarterly stocks. The last report in January ended up in a "limit down" move in corn as the stocks came in well above estimates. How many quarterly stocks reports in a row have we seen negative reactions for corn? Dates and correlated price movements for front month corn in the three most recent Quarterly Stocks Reports:
January 12th, 2012 - Down 40 cents (limit down)
September 30th, 2011 - Down 40 cents (limit down)
June 30th, 2011 - Down 69 cents (July contract in delivery at the time)
Lastly we have to keep in mind that these planting intentions are from March 1st. We have had a lot of price movement since which could still end up affecting acres in the end. But between the available acres we believe corn and beans will be the most likely crops to gain ground where possible. Ultimately we want to make sure as producers you have enough downside coverage in both of these markets. I have included the average trade guesses for the report below. Tomorrow morning we will be watching the weekly export sales for direct, they will be in the EHedger Morning Grain Commentary. Please sign-up by clicking the link below to try EHedger's grain marketing software AMMO. Have a great rest of the week!
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They gave no details on what Abbas's terms might be, should he announce a breakthrough after meeting in Jordan with U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, who has pursued six months of intensive and deliberately discreet diplomacy.
Gaps between the sides had "very significantly" narrowed, Kerry said on Wednesday. His proposals to resume negotiations, which were not spelled out, won the endorsement of an Arab League committee, which said they "provide the ground and a suitable environment to start negotiations".
Abbas, whose peace strategy is routinely censured by the Palestinian Islamist rivals ruling the Gaza Strip, has in the past sought support Arab League support to engage the Jewish state but it was not clear whether Wednesday's endorsement would give him enough political cover to resume direct peace talks.
Abbas was due to convene senior members of the umbrella Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) and his Fatah party at 3 p.m. (1200 GMT) in Ramallah, hub city of the Israeli-occupied West Bank and seat of his U.S.-backed administration.
"We are expecting to hear from the president the ideas presented by Kerry," top PLO member Wasel Abu Yousef told Reuters.
"There will be a discussion on these ideas, and everyone will say what he thinks about this. The conclusion will be by a general consensus."
Negotiations, which have ebbed and flowed for two decades, last broke down in late 2010 over Israel's West Bank settlements and other sticking points. Since then, Abbas at times has insisted that Israel renew and extend a halt on settlement construction for new talks to be held. Israel ruled that out.
Palestinians familiar with Abbas's thinking speculated he might forgo the demand for a construction halt given a recent slowdown in housing starts issued by the Israeli government - though it may still be painful to roll back his previous demand.
If Abbas yields on the issue, it may have been in exchange for a goodwill gesture from Israel - such as amnesty for veteran PLO fighters held in its jails for decades. Israel gave no signs that such prisoner releases were in the offing, let alone any gestures on settlements.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is ready to resume peacemaking immediately and "without preconditions" - though his country has long insisted it would keep swathes of West Bank settlements under any eventual peace accord.
Most world powers deem the settlements illegal and the EU announced a plan on Tuesday to bar financial assistance to Israeli organisations operating in the occupied territories.
An Israeli official said Netanyahu "attacked" the plan on Wednesday in conversations with European leaders where he argued that other "burning issues" like the Syrian civil war and disputed Iranian nuclear programme should take precedence.
Netanyahu told Kerry the EU's anti-settlements move "hurt efforts to renew the diplomatic process" with the Palestinians, an Israeli official said. Israel granted initial approval for new homes in Modiin Ilit, a West Bank settlement near Jerusalem and part of the territorial blocs it wants to annex eventually.
Kerry, on his sixth Middle East mission, was upbeat.
"We have been able to narrow these gaps very significantly," he told reporters on Wednesday. "And so we continue to get closer and I continue to remain hopeful that the sides can soon be able to come and sit at the same table."
Kerry held out the prospect of the rewards Israel could reap in a deal leading to the creation of a Palestinian state on land seized in the 1967 Middle East war. Palestine was seen as the springboard for a broader regional peace mooted by the Arab League in 2002 - but which Israel rejected at the time.
The Arab League plan offered full recognition of Israel if it gave up all land it had occupied since 1967 and agreed to a "just solution" for Palestinian refugees.
In a concession to Israel three months ago, Qatar raised the possibility of land swaps in setting future Israeli-Palestinian borders rather than insisting on a return to the 1967 lines. Tzipi Livni, the Israeli cabinet minister responsible for efforts to restart Palestinian talks, at the time called Qatar's move "good news that should be welcomed".
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Urrutia unable to join Orioles on trip to Toronto
BALTIMORE -- Henry Urrutia isn't going to be joining the Orioles when they go to Toronto because of a situation with his work visa.
Manager Buck Showalter made that announcement before Sunday's series finale with the White Sox.
"When we go to Toronto, you'll probably notice that Henry won't be on the trip," Showalter said. "Henry, because of his situation, he can't go out of the country, probably send him to Sarasota, [Fla.,] and meet us back in Boston."
The Cuban-born Urrutia has a .283 average in 22 games in his rookie season. He got a single in the 10th inning Saturday that started the game-winning rally in a 4-3 victory.
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The Magic Pony was my favorate animated fairy tale when I was a kid. An old Russian film, it was first made in the 1940s then remade in 1977. While put on VCR in the 1990s more recent dvd versions replaced the original music with pop songs that really ruined it. The original is now up on You Tube.
Possibly one of the inspirations for My Little Pony this movie is based on the legend of The Fire-bird, The horse of power, and the princess Vasilissa. I especially love the explanation for crop circles being fairy horses. The original 1940s and Russian versions can be found on Youtube as well.
Here the Fairy Horse Queen gives Ivan the titular pony in return for freeing her.reminds me of the Sun Queen.
And here is the link to the movie.
The Magic Pony, 1977
Drawings, Music, and other related pony things
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Soviet space dogs
During the 1950s and 1960s the USSR used dogs for sub-orbital and orbital space flights to determine whether human spaceflight was feasible. In this period, the Soviet Union launched missions with passenger slots for at least 57 dogs. The number of dogs in space is smaller, as some dogs flew more than once. Most survived; the few that died were lost mostly through technical failures, according to the parameters of the test. A notable exception is Laika, the first dog to be sent into orbit, whose death was expected from the outset.
- 1 Training
- 2 Sub-orbital flights
- 3 Orbital flights
- 4 See also
- 5 References
- 6 External links
Dogs were the preferred animal for the experiments because scientists felt dogs were well suited to endure long periods of inactivity. As part of their training, they were confined in small boxes for 15–20 days at a time. Stray dogs, rather than animals accustomed to living in a house, were chosen because the scientists felt they would be able to tolerate the rigours and extreme stresses of space flight better than other dogs. Female dogs were used because of their temperament and because the suit the dogs wore in order to collect urine and feces was equipped with a special device, designed to work only with females.[1][2]
Their training included standing still for long periods of time, wearing space suits, being placed in simulators that acted like a rocket during launch, riding in centrifuges that simulated the high acceleration of a rocket launch and being kept in progressively smaller cages to prepare them for the confines of the space module. Dogs that flew in orbit were fed a nutritious jelly-like protein. This was highly fibrous, and assisted the dogs to excrete during long periods of time while in their small space module. More than 60% of dogs to enter space were reportedly suffering from constipation and gallstones on arrival back to base.[3]
Sub-orbital flights
Dogs were flown to an altitude of 100 km on board 15 scientific flights on R-1 rockets from 1951 to 1956. The dogs wore pressure suits with acrylic glass bubble helmets. From 1957 to 1960, 11 flights with dogs were made on the R-2A series, which flew to about 200 km. Three flights were made to an altitude of about 450 km on R-5A rockets in 1958. In the R-2 and R-5 rockets, the dogs were contained in a pressured cabin.[4]
Dezik, Tsygan and Lisa
Dezik (Дезик) and Tsygan (Цыган, "Gypsy") were the first dogs to make a sub-orbital flight on 22 July 1951. Both dogs were recovered unharmed after travelling to a maximum altitude of 110 km. Dezik made another sub-orbital flight in September 1951 with a dog named Lisa, although neither survived. After the death of Dezik, Tsygan was adopted as a pet by Soviet physicist Anatoli Blagonravov.[5]
Lisa and Ryzhik
Lisa (Лиса, "Fox" or "Vixen") and Ryzhik (Рыжик, "Ginger" (red-haired)) flew to an altitude of 100 km on 2 June 1954.
Smelaya and Malyshka
Smelaya (Смелая, "Brave" or "Courageous") was due to make a flight in September but ran away the day before the launch. She was found the next day and went on to make a successful flight with a dog named Malyshka (Малышка, "Babe").
Bolik and ZIB
Bolik (Болик) ran away just days before his flight in September 1951. A replacement named ZIB (a Russian acronym for "Substitute for Missing Bolik", "Замена Исчезнувшему Болику" Zamena Ischeznuvshemu Boliku), who was an untrained street dog found running around the barracks, was quickly located and made a successful flight.
Otvazhnaya and Snezhinka
Otvazhnaya (Отважная, "Brave One") made a flight on 2 July 1959 along with a rabbit named Marfusha (Марфуша, "Little Martha") and another dog named Snezhinka (Снежинка, "Snowflake"). She went on to make 5 other flights between 1959 and 1960.[6]
Albina and Tsyganka
Albina (Альбина, a real female name) and Tsyganka (Цыганка, "Gypsy girl") were both ejected out of their capsule at an altitude of 85 km and landed safely. Albina was one of the dogs shortlisted for Sputnik 2, but never flew in orbit.
Damka and Krasavka
Damka (Дамка, "Queen of checkers") and Krasavka (Красавка, "Little Beauty") were to make an orbital flight on 22 December 1960 as a part of the Vostok programme which also included mice.[7] However their mission was marked by a string of equipment failures.
The upper-stage rocket failed and the craft re-entered the atmosphere after reaching a sub-orbital apogee of 214 km. In the event of unscheduled return to the surface, the craft was to eject the dogs and self-destruct, but the ejection seat failed and the primary destruct mechanism shorted out. The animals were thus still in the intact capsule when it returned to the surface. The backup self-destruct mechanism was set to a 60-hour timer, so a team was quickly sent out to locate and recover the capsule.
Although the capsule was reached in deep snow on the first day, there was insufficient remaining daylight to disarm the self-destruct mechanism and open the capsule. The team could only report that the window was frosted over in the −45 degree temperatures and no signs of life were detected. On the second day, however, the dogs were heard barking as the capsule was opened. The dogs were wrapped in sheepskin coats and flown to Moscow alive, though all the mice aboard the capsule were found dead because of the cold.[8]
Damka was also known as Shutka (Шутка, "Joke") or Zhemchuzhnaya (Жемчужная, "Pearly") and Krasavka was also known as Kometka (Кометка, "Little Comet") or Zhulka (Жулька, "Cheater"). After this incident Krasavka was adopted by Oleg Gazenko, a leading soviet scientist working with animals used in space flights. She went on to have puppies and continued living with Gazenko and his family until her death 14 years later.[7] After the incident Sergey Korolyov, who was the designer of the rocket, wanted to make the story public, but was prevented from doing so by state censorship.[9]
Bars and Lisichka
Bars (Барс (pron. "Barss" not "Barz"; "Snow leopard") and Lisichka (Лисичка, "Little Fox") were also on a mission to orbit as a part of the Vostok programme, but died after their rocket exploded 28.5 seconds into the launch on 28 July 1960. Bars was also known as Chayka ("Seagull").
Other dogs that flew on sub-orbital flights include Dymka (Дымка, "Smoky"), Modnitsa (Модница, "Fashionable") and Kozyavka (Козявка, "Little Gnat").
At least four other dogs flew in September 1951, and two or more were lost.
Orbital flights
Laika (Лайка, "Barker"), became the first living Earth-born creature (other than microbes) in orbit, aboard Sputnik 2 on 3 November 1957. Some call her the first living passenger to go into space, but many sub-orbital flights with animal passengers passed the edge of space first. She was also known as Zhuchka (Жучка, "Little Bug") and Limonchik (Лимончик, "Lemon"). The American media dubbed her "Muttnik", making a play-on-words for the canine follow-on to the first orbital mission, Sputnik. She died between five and seven hours into the flight from stress and overheating.[10] Her true cause of death was not made public until October 2002; officials previously gave reports that she died when the oxygen supply ran out.[6] At a Moscow press conference in 1998 Oleg Gazenko, a senior Soviet scientist involved in the project, stated "The more time passes, the more I'm sorry about it. We did not learn enough from the mission to justify the death of the dog...".[11]
Belka and Strelka
Belka (Белка, literally, "Squirrel" or, alternately, "Whitey") and Strelka (Стрелка, "Arrow") spent a day in space aboard Korabl-Sputnik 2 (Sputnik 5) on 19 August 1960 before safely returning to Earth.[6]
They were accompanied by a grey rabbit, 42 mice, 2 rats, flies and several plants and fungi. All passengers survived. They were the first Earth-born creatures to go into orbit and return alive.
Strelka went on to have six puppies with a male dog named Pushok who participated in many ground-based space experiments, but never made it into space.[12] One of the pups was named Pushinka (Пушинка, "Fluffy") and was presented to President John F. Kennedy's daughter Caroline by Nikita Khrushchev in 1961. A Cold War romance bloomed between Pushinka and a Kennedy dog named Charlie resulting in the birth of 4 pups that JFK referred to jokingly as pupniks.[13][14] Two of their pups, Butterfly and Streaker were given away to children in the Midwest. The other two puppies, White Tips and Blackie, stayed at the Kennedy home on Squaw Island but were eventually given away to family friends.[12] Pushinka's descendants are still living today. A photo of descendants of some of the Space Dogs is on display at the Zvezda Museum outside Moscow.[15]
A Russian animated feature film called Belka and Strelka: Star Dogs (English title: Space Dogs) was released in 2010.
Pchyolka and Mushka
Pchyolka (Пчёлка, "Little Bee") and Mushka (Мушка, "Little Fly") spent a day in orbit on 1 December 1960 on board Korabl-Sputnik-3 (Sputnik 6) with "other animals", plants and insects.[6] Due to a reentry error when the retrorockets failed to shut off when planned, their spacecraft was intentionally destroyed by remote self-destruct to prevent foreign powers from inspecting the capsule on 2 December and all died.[citation needed] Mushka was one of the three dogs trained for Sputnik 2 and was used during ground tests. She did not fly on Sputnik 2 because she refused to eat properly.
Chernushka (Чернушка, "Blackie") made one orbit on board Korabl-Sputnik-4 (Sputnik 9) on 9 March 1961 with a cosmonaut dummy (whom Soviet officials nicknamed Ivan Ivanovich), mice and a guinea pig. The dummy was ejected out of the capsule during re-entry and made a soft landing using a parachute. Chernushka was recovered unharmed inside the capsule.
Zvyozdochka (Zvezdochka, Звёздочка, or "Starlet"[16]), who was named by Yuri Gagarin,[citation needed] made one orbit on board Korabl-Sputnik 5 on 25 March 1961 with a wooden cosmonaut dummy in the final practice flight before Gagarin's historic flight on 12 April.[16] Again, the dummy was ejected out of the capsule while Zvezdochka remained inside. Both were recovered successfully.
Veterok and Ugolyok
Veterok (Ветерок, "Light Breeze") and Ugolyok (Уголёк, "Coal") were launched on 22 February 1966 on board Cosmos 110, and spent 22 days in orbit before landing on 16 March.[2] This spaceflight of record-breaking duration was not surpassed by humans until Soyuz 11 in June 1971 and still stands as the longest space flight by dogs.[citation needed]
See also
- Animals in space
- List of individual dogs
- Monkeys in space
- Sputnik program
- Voskhod program
- Organisms at high altitude
- Cosmo (comics)
- ↑ Canine Nation (3 November 2002). A Few Facts about Russian Space Dogs via dogsinthenews.com.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Chris Dubbs (2003) Space Dogs: Pioneers of Space Travel, iUniverse, ISBN 0-595-26735-1
- ↑ Chris Dubbs and Colin Burgess, Animals In Space: From Research Rockets to the Space Shuttle, Springer, 2007, ISBN 0387360530
- ↑ Ushakova, et al., Istoriya Otechestvennoi Kosmicheskoi Meditziny, Moskva-Voronezh, 2001.
- ↑ Asif Siddiqi, Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge, University Press of Florida, 2003, ISBN 081302627X, p. 96
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 DE Beischer and AR Fregly (1962). "Animals and man in space. A chronology and annotated bibliography through the year 1960". US Naval School of Aviation Medicine. ONR TR ACR-64 (AD0272581). Retrieved 14 June 2011.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 Kate Baklitskaya (1 May 2013) The remarkable (and censored) Siberian adventure of stray dog cosmonauts Comet and Shutka. Siberiantimes.com. Retrieved on 14 May 2013.
- ↑ John Rhea, Roads to Space: An Oral History of the Soviet Space Program, Aviation Week Group, 1995, ISBN 0076070956 pp. 197–199 and 415–417.
- ↑ Remarkable survival of Russian space dogs who plummeted 200km to Earth when rocket malfunctioned then spent four days in −40C Siberian wilderness. Dailymail.co.uk (4 May 2013). Retrieved on 14 May 2013.
- ↑ "First dog in space died within hours". BBC. 28 October 2002. Retrieved 4 January 2010.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>
- ↑ Dick Abadzis, afterword to Laika, First Second, 2007, ISBN 1-59643-302-7
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 John F. Kennedy Presidential Library & Museum. Reference Desk: Pets. Accessed 8 July 2007
- ↑ Bark At the Moon: A Short History of Soviet Canine Cosmonauts From About.com Space / Astronomy. Accessed 8 July 2007
- ↑ Presidents Day, the First Dogs from the February 2007 issue of Pet Lovers Tips and Trends. Accessed 7 July 2007
- ↑ Dogs in Space: James M Skipper's visit to the NPO Zvezda Museum, The Skipper Family magazine. Accessed 7 July 2007
- ↑ 16.0 16.1 Asif A. Siddiqi (2000). Challenge to Apollo: The Soviet Union and the Space Race, 1945–1974. NASA.<templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles> SP-2000-4408. Part 1 (page 1-500), Part 2 (page 501-1011). p. 267
External links
- A book chapter about biological experiments in geophysical rockets (Russian)
- Space Today Online article about animals sent into space
- One Small Step: The Story of the Space Chimps Official Documentary Site Documentary features rare footage of Laika and others.
- CS1: long volume value
- Use dmy dates from May 2013
- Pages with broken file links
- Articles with unsourced statements from August 2014
- Articles with unsourced statements from March 2011
- Articles with unsourced statements from August 2011
- Articles with Russian-language external links
- Animals in space
- Individual dogs
- Sputnik
- Earth satellites of the Soviet Union
- Manned space program of the Soviet Union


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Hi Heather & Zulah, Nice work! I've got a heads-up for you that the following may be headed your way. As you may recall, during the Paris F2F, there was the mention that we might want to relocate under AR018 the admin/management related security requirement, i.e. D-AR006.13 Where a web service provides security features in line with AR006, it SHOULD provide the ability to manage that security in a meaningful way. So, to the working group and the public, I'd like to suggest we start deliberating between: 1) keep the issues of administering/managing WS security in the Security section; or 2) incorporate them into the WS Management section, as D-AR018.x. Cheers, Joe Hui Exodus, a Cable & Wireless service =================================================== -----Original Message----- From: ECKERT,ZULAH (HP-Cupertino,ex1) [mailto:firstname.lastname@example.com] Sent: Wednesday, June 19, 2002 12:10 PM To: 'Damodaran, Suresh'; 'email@example.com'; email@example.com; email@example.com; ECKERT,ZULAH (HP-Cupertino,ex1); firstname.lastname@example.com Cc: WSA W3C Public (E-mail) Subject: proposed AC018 rewording Hi All, Here is a proposed rewording of AC018 from Heather and Zulah. Comments? Zulah ---------------------------------------------------------------------- AC018 Enables the management of web services AC018.1 Ensures that implementations of the Web Services Architecture are manageable. AR018.1.1 Define a base set of standard metrics for architectural components and their interactions accompanied by guidelines for measurement. AR018.1.2 Define a base set of standard management operations for Web Services Architecture implementations. Management operations includes, but is not limited to, support for configuration control and lifecycle control. AR018.1.3 Define a base set of management events to be issued by the Web Services Architecture implementation. AR018.1.4 Define a standard methodology for accessing management capabilities from the Web Services Architecture implementation. AC018.2 Ensures that implementations of the Web Service instances are manageable. AR018.2.1 Define how a web service should expose web service specific metrics, configuration, operations, and events. AR018.2.2 Support the discovery of web service management capabilities. AR018.2.3 Define a standard methodology for accessing management capabilities of a Web Service through the Web Services Architecture implementation. AC018.3 Ensure that at least the following types of management applications are supported: Performance Monitoring, Availability, Configuration, Control, and Service Level Agreements.Received on Wednesday, 19 June 2002 18:03:06 UTC
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Any thoughts?
The quote from the agent ("Aside from Liverpool, Udinese are another on the list of clubs to have made contact about the purchase of Traore") seems to imply that we have made contact to inquiry about Traore. As the article mentions his price will probably be inflated since they signed him so recently, so there is probably nothing in it.Liverpool track Traore
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Liverpool and Udinese are interested in signing Anzhi Makhachkala striker Lacina Traore, according to the player's agent Dmitry Selyuk.
Traore, who scored the only goal of the game as Anzhi beat Liverpool 1-0 in the Europa League last week, joined big-spending Anzhi at the end of June for a fee in the region of €18 million from fellow Russian club FC Kuban Krasnodar.
The striker has also played in Europe for CFR Cluj, where he scored two goals in the Champions League group stage in 2010-11 before moving to Russia and scoring 18 goals in 38 Premier League games for FC Kuban.
Traore is an Ivory Coast international up to Under-23 level and won a call-up into the full squad for this week's friendly against Austria following his performances for Anzhi. He has scored 11 goals this term, seven in the league and four in the Europe.
It would seem unlikely that Anzhi would be prepared to sell a player they signed less than five months ago so soon and would look for a sizeable profit on the fee they paid, which would appear to go against Liverpool's current transfer policy.
"Aside from Liverpool, Udinese are another on the list of clubs to have made contact about the purchase of Traore," Selyuk was quoted as saying by Russian newspaper Izvestia. "I'm afraid the Italian side won't be able to meet the player's valuation."
"At the moment Lacina is happy with his situation at Anzhi. Not long ago he signed a contract until June 2016. There's no reason for Traore to rush."
It comes two days after Traore told Sky Sports he would be open to a move to England.
"England is a great place to play, I am no different to any other player," Traore said. "It is a dream but I am happy here, although you never know."
Former Russia international Andrei Kanchelskis told Izvestia he believes Traore would suit the English game.
"Traore has all the attributes, height, technique, speed, in order to start playing in England," the former Manchester United and Everton winger said. "For Liverpool, he would be a good buy, especially givent the current state of affairs in the team.
"In any case, if he receives offers from Premier League teams and especially from Liverpool, he has to go. How much have Liverpool won in their history? And how much have Anzhi won? Let's not talk about it, it's ridiculous."
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News around the web!
- Bankruptcy judge approves sale of Dodgers sale. {Bill Shaikin/L.A. Times}
- Aaron Harang sets club record with nine straight K's. Dodgers win. {Ken Gurnick/Dodgers.com}
- Video of the four straight walks to win the game. {Dodgers.com}
- Pictures from last night. What a game! {Jon SooHoo/Dodgers Photog}
- Ha! I love this post. For those that are complaining about Kenley Jansen.... {Dodger Thoughts}
- Dee Gordon and Tony Gwynn Jr visited Pasadena High School to talk about Jackie Robinson. {Whittier Daily News}
- Ramona Shelburne has a excellent article on Vin Scully. {ESPN L.A.}
- Great article on the three Dodgers pitchers down in Rancho Cucamonga. {Visalia Times}
- Looking forward to this documentary. 'Harvard Park' {Dodger Thoughts}


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300 Newtown kids cheer on Fairfield Stags
All smiles, despite cliffhanger defeat
BRIDGEPORT -- Sunday was Newtown Day for the Fairfield Stags men's basketball team, which invited all of Newtown's children to watch its game against Niagara University from floor seats.
More than 300 grade-school kids and their parents took the Stags up on their invitation, filling the Webster Bank Arena with laughter and smiles.
For most, it was a welcome break for students who've had to endure the unthinkable, followed by scores of street-corner reminders of the Dec. 14 shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School.
Before and after the basketball game, and also at halftime, the kids lined up to give players high-fives.
"Get your hands out, here they come!" said Fairfield University graduate assistant Claire Tully, who choreographed the high-five gauntlet and the many games of skill that took place on the court during timeouts. "It's time to start cheering, guys!"
"It was really cool," said Leena Abdulrahman, 9, a student at Head O'Meadow Elementary School. "I liked the beginning when the players came out, and halftime, too."
All of the kids were presented with a gift bag from Orange-based Pez Corp., filled with the company's spring-loaded candy dispensers, a coupon for free admission to the Pez Visitor Center and other goodies.
"I actually forgot about this, but then when I woke up this morning I remembered, and then I was, like, `Yes!' " said Jack Hannan, 11, a student at Reed Intermediate School.
The children were treated to a cliffhanger of a game with eight lead changes. In the end, the Niagara Purple Eagles prevailed, 67-64.
"We are all true Americans. We got the spirit and our hearts are aching for them, " Niagara coach Joe Mihalich said. "We were proud to be a part of it. We are proud Fairfield asked us to be a part of it, and to let the people in Newtown know we care about them, too."
For many, it was their first experience with the sights and sounds of a Division I college basketball game -- the squeak of sneakers on the hardwood, the coaches with their bulging jugulars and the forever-smiling cheerleaders.
Some of the boys were even assigned the chore of mopping the sweat off the court during timeouts.
"Later on in the spring, we're going to coordinate an all-sports clinic for basketball, baseball, soccer, whatever coaches we can get from as many sports as I can get," said Pat Murphy, the senior associate athletic director at Fairfield University.
"And that will be followed by a lunch supplied by Wilson's Barbecue."
Murphy said that for the remainder of the spring semester, anyone with a Newtown ID will be admitted free to any Stags sporting event.
"It's not a lot, but it's something we can offer the kids," he said.
Murphy added that the Stags donated some of the proceeds from walk-up ticket sales to the Newtown Family Fund.
Fairfield University also had dozens of red T-shirts printed up with the Stags' logo on the front and "One Heart, One Team, We Choose Love" printed on the back.
The shirts were worn by the 50 or so grade-school girls in the Newtown Youth Cheerleading organization, who helped the Stags' cheerleading squad.
The Newtown kids and their parents also had free bus transportation to and from Bridgeport for the game.
"My sister, who goes to Sandy Hook, was excited to come and watch this, and I was excited because this was a once-in-a-lifetime event for me," said Rian Frate, 14, a student at Newtown Middle School.
"I've never cheered at a college basketball game before."
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South Col / Cwm (Irhzer n'Ikhibi Janoub)
In summer conditions there are a number of tracks, which all seem to eventually lead to the top. From the headwall before Tizi-n-Toubkal is the point of most confusion, with tracks going everywhere. However, the peak is obvious in clear conditions – use your common sense and you should make it OK. Toubkal is well known for it's scree slopes. However, over the years, with more and more people climbing the mountain, the scree slopes seem less atrocious than they used to be. In winter conditions, you may end up breaking the trail. If so, get as early a start as you can, like many alpine areas, the snow will soften later in the day making progress harder.
Setting off from the Neltner hut, cross the stream and head east for the obvious hanging valley. From the base of the steep climb there is usually a path crossing from right to left ascending the scree and rocks to gain the valley properly. Follow the valley bottom up, keeping close to the stream bed, ascending all the time until you reach the headwall of the valley. Climb this, exiting onto the slightly less steep area immediately below Tizi-n-Toubkal. After gaining the Tizi, follow the ridgeline NE. The path narrows and steepens, passing crags until the summit plateau becomes visible. Continue on to the iron pyramid. In strong winds beware of being blown off the cliff faces on the ridgeline and summit plateau.
Time to ascend: 3-5 hrs. Descent: 2-3 hrs (Depending on conditions)
GPS point of summit – N31 03.667 W7 54.928


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Procedural Hair Cards with Houdini (Free Version) and Substance Designer
Hello all,
I wanted to share a Houdini OTL asset I've made and am testing out for the beta release. It also needs Substance Designer. The FREE VERSION OF HOUDINI (Apprentice) works FINE with this and the hair system isn't too hard to learn in 20 minutes.
The link above is the documentation and download links (available on Orbolt)
The asset takes Houdini's Hair system, then procedurally makes a low poly hair card for each hair clump, so your hair generate nodes will need a hairclump node within to initialize a clumpid attribute. Simply plug your hair generate node into the asset and the left output will give you a low poly hair card wig and the right output gives you a high poly mesh that's exportable. (Houdini's hair system is actually NOT geometry that's exportable to other software, so the asset takes care of converting it).
MORE IMPORTANTLY - the asset procedurally creates a GROUP NAME for each hair card that MATCHES its high poly hair clump. That's important because Substance Designer can take that information and BAKE EACH HAIR CARD SEPARATELY without interference from other hairs belonging to other cards, something Houdini has yet to implement, a "match by mesh name" feature.
Let me know what you all think as I'd like to build upon the asset. Apologies if this seems off topic due to Houdini, but it does require Substance Designer and its awesome "Bake Opacity Map" feature which Painter oddly doesn't have nor do a lot of 3d packages. So a nice use for an underused feature.
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In an effort to make schools more secure, the state Education Department is zeroing in on nuts-and-bolts issues, such as the details of each comprehensive school safety plan.
In an effort to make schools more secure, the state Education Department is zeroing in on nuts-and-bolts issues, such as the details of each comprehensive school safety plan.
Sounds like a mouthful of more educational jargon. But we might as well get used to it.
One month after the school massacre in Newtown, Conn., which claimed the lives of 20 children and six adults, some of our readers tell us they're still very worried about school safety.
Over the next few months, the state Education Department is planning to review the schools' proposals and find ways to improve them.
By Tuesday, the Education Department wants each district to have its latest plan posted to its website.
Before you get into a panic, the districts will not be giving away any secrets that would jeopardize safety. Parents will be able to find out what lengths each district goes to in keeping their kids secure.
Do you know what your district's safety plan is? It's a good idea to check it out. You can find out how many drills are conducted each year and whether your district has uniformed cops working as school resource officers.
When we recently reported on school security and surveyed the region's 33 districts about their measures, some superintendents didn't want to participate because they felt it was none of our business.
But everything we asked about is actually detailed in each district's plans, and soon they'll be on the Web.
There are some things you won't find, which are to be kept confidential, such as the safety plans for individual school buildings and the locations of safe houses where kids can flee to safety. That's a no-brainer.
Our research also uncovered that some districts have not been filing their updated safety plans with the state.
Shame on them. The law, which took effect in 2000 under then-Gov. George Pataki, requires that the plans be updated every year and that the state be notified of the changes.
Even with the state's passage of an assault-weapons ban and efforts to beef up school security, some of our readers admit to being worried. They feel the measures are not enough.
That's what some told us during last Thursday's live online chat on the subject.
Several said they want armed guards posted in front of schools, as suggested by the National Rifle Association. One even wanted to call out the military.
Many of them agreed that districts need more than school monitors and security cameras as their first lines of defense. Some want to see retired cops hired to patrol the schools. That's an option currently being considered by officials in Orange County.
So check out your district's safety plans. If you're not satisfied, contact your school board.
Beefing up security at schools will require funding that many cash-strapped districts can't afford.
It's also a delicate balancing act. In order to learn, students need to feel safe, but they cannot learn in a fortress.


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"It is not the symphony of voices in sweet concert I enjoy, but the cacophony of democracy, the brouhahas and the donny-brooks, the full-throated roar of a free people busy using their right to freedom of speech. Democracy requires rather a large tolerance for confusion and a secret relish for dissent. This is not a good country for those who are fond of unanimity and uniformity."—Molly Ivins
"It would be difficult to name our reason for being if the privilege of non-conformity were denied or even threatened among us. By tradition and by practice we are dissenters. The cause of all dissent is our cause."—Reverend John Haynes Holmes
Some eight years ago I had a neighbor, Bruce, who was a dyed-in-the-wool Marine Corps Master Gunnery Sergeant. By his own admission, he fit every stereotype of a bulldog, Rush Limbaugh-listening, war-mongering, church-loving, God-fearing, homophobic stentorian arch-conservative. According to Bruce, I am a tree-hugging, Birkenstock-wearing, pinko-commie, ACLU-loving liberal. It was natural, then, that when my son joined Bruce's Boy Scout troop...well, Bruce and I became fast friends.
Ours was a friendship that mystified a number of people, especially our spouses. Once a week the Boy Scouts would meet in my patio, while Bruce and I would sit at my kitchen table, drinking coffee, and discuss politics, religion, and family values...did I say "discuss?" Because we put the "cuss" in discuss. Our well-behaved spouses would retreat into the living room to discuss parenting and the neighbors. When our boys finished their meeting, they stood at the windows to eavesdrop, marveling at how such shouted argument could turn so fast into sure laughter.
But the only thing that came close to really angering me, frustrating me beyond the bounds of our ability to sit together, to "stay at the table" with one another in friendship, was Bruce's attitude toward compromise. He claimed that "if you compromise, then everyone loses. No one gets what they want."
It is this attitude that characterizes the great failure in political debate today—a failure embodied in the practice of partisanship. Partisanship is a committed bias to support one's special group interests above and beyond the wider good. Partisanship can be narrowly justified by loyalty, but it too often takes the form of "my party do or die, my people right or wrong". Such an uncompromising, unreasoned attitude is inherently unethical and theologically unsound. Unsound, because partisanship presumes dichotomy – and our complex lives transcend the simple dualism of right/wrong, either/or; us/them. And unethical, because Unitarian Universalist values require that we work for the common good—that we evaluate with reason, and judge with experience, every decision we make. As Unitarian Universalists, we cannot support the partisan idea that the ends justifies the means...for our liberal religion, the means matter. For us, revelation is not sealed, so truth is a process. Ours is a faith of questions, not answers. As such, we practice as spiritual goals resilience and a tolerance for ambiguity, and the ability to see simultaneously but differently.
Liberals and conservatives tend to see things simultaneously but differently—we see simultaneous ends, but with different means. At the core, I've found that my goals differ very little from those of my conservative neighbor's—ultimately, we aim to leave this world a better place than when we found it.
Where we differ is in radically different views about motivation and method. We differ on WHY we want to achieve these goals, and HOW we will do so, WHAT we are willing to sacrifice, and HOW we prioritize the steps, or means, to achieve the goal.
Prioritizing is a key issue in conflict management between cultures. According to something called Values Orientation Theory, there are only five universal values. Five big questions—about religion, law, finance, and community, that all human cultures are driven to explore. That's a lot of commonality. Yet, the vastly different ways we both prioritize and answer those five questions lead to interpersonal conflict, and can escalate into international war. The prioritizing of our values indicates what compromises—if any—we will make in order to establish peace.
The key to learning to love your opponents—political and otherwise—lies in distinguishing our differences. Perhaps that sounds counter-intuitive. The usual approach to learning to get along with one another is by oversimplifying our similarities and ignoring our differences, as we declare ourselves one big happy family, and we live tolerantly ever after...right?
Except it doesn't work that way. Instead, we easily see the destination we have in common, but when we disagree on how to get there, we feel mystified, even betrayed, at how "mistaken" our new friend can be, because they seemed so...intelligent, and if they just weren't so stubborn, or misinformed, or selfish, then they would see the light and we could get back to agreeing about how right I am.
This cycle of events is repeated over and over again in heated family disagreements, and neighborhood circles, and our own church lobby. The failure to distinguish our divisions asks for inappropriate compromise. It tempts us to set aside differences instead of engaging them. We stand to learn far more from one another in investigating the boundaries of our differences, than had we tried to design each and every meeting, every initiative, or every worship service as "one size fits all." And such weak-kneed spirituality will lull our souls to sleep.
When we encounter our perceived opponents, and take the opportunity to engage with our differences, either in the world or within the walls of this church, our cherished assumptions are challenged. Divulging our differences requires that we better articulate our positions, and forces us to consider creative options we cannot see when we take a stand, only to face a mirror. Diversity enriches us by increasing our effectiveness in problem solving by widening our field of vision. In the martial art practice of taekwondo, a master turns his body with the force of his opponent's attack, to gain leverage and advantage. Your opponent's agenda can be your own best friend.
History is full of ironies where the unexpected gift of an opponent serves what seems an opposite agenda. Who remembers that it was Richard Nixon who established the Environmental Protection Agency – reasoning that it was good for business!? And it was Democrat Bill Clinton, who became the conservative's friend when he signed Welfare Reform into effect – Clinton, who my husband deems, the "best Republican president we've ever had." Will anyone but my family remember my cousin Marcos, a well-respected Army officer, who registered as a conscientious objector while on active duty to protest our war in Iraq? Whether today, or tomorrow, we deem these actions a triumph or defeat, they serve as examples of why we must be willing and hopeful in working with those we oppose.
The promise and potential of working together lies in our willingness to remember to ask questions and stick around long enough to listen to the answers. That's all. It means when we talk, we do so with curiosity and compassion. It's about respect.
Educator Sharon Welch writes: "By respect we do not mean agreement, but taking someone so seriously that you ask why they think as they do." We have to stay at the table with one another, even when it is discouraging, or baffling, or inconvenient because diversity of opinions promotes dialogue. Without dialogue, there is no communication; without communication, there is no education; without education, there is no transformation.
A case in point: when the Boy Scouts of America began blatant discrimination against Unitarian Universalists in general, and against homosexuals in particular, my first reaction was to "take my boys and go home." But, without families like mine, the Boy Scouts of America would have no dialogue partner. They would be freed from our decent dissent. They would never change their policies, because they would never have them challenged. So, we were prepared—just like good scouting parents are told to be...when at a parent's meeting, that uncompromising Scout Leader, my friend Bruce, declared loudly that should the scouts deem homosexuals as fit leaders, that would be the day he quits and "we'll just see what happens to this troop when men like me refuse to lead."
Without hesitation, my husband replied, "Well, then men like me will lead them," he said, with quiet firmness. "And this troop will continue, with or without you." And with that dozen words of dissent, the assumption and agenda in the room dissolved.
As disconcerting as conflict might feel, if we court only the like-minded, we stand no moderating influence, no witness to oppression. I suspect you agree with me so far...That's all very well and good, you might say, but why must we do so in church ?
I say to you that it is especially important to grapple with our differences in our churches, and especially appropriate for us as Unitarian Universalists. Because our politics reflects our values, and values create our religion, it is inescapable—even fitting—that these conflicts surface at church. That we employ separation of church and state is a necessary social evolution for a pluralistic community; but it does not negate the fact that religion is political. To separate religion from politics renders religion irrelevant and politics lethal. Every one of our seven principles is a political statement, a paradigm of our values and beliefs. We do not turn to liberal religion in order to be told what to do but rather to be shown how to see. And we cannot—must not—learn where to look by only gazing at our own navels. If we create our church community as a monolith to agreement, we remove the checks and balances vital to our own spiritual growth and we rot in the stagnant pond of our assumptions; we stifle creativity when we are not called to the challenge. To practice choice, we have to be faced with something other than ourselves. As Sharon Welch writes: we need each other to be moral.
As Unitarian Universalists, our tradition enjoins us to a prophetic imperative, we affirm that theology IS practice, service is its prayer. Our religion IS social action. We stand for, work for, vote for—justice, equity and compassion. And the practical application of our faith is often expressed in our practice of politics.
Legendary minister and pacifist John Haynes Holmes climbed into his pulpit on the eve of World War I, knowing that he could lose his livelihood, knowing he was jeopardizing all he'd ever worked for. In the politics of the time, his views were considered treasonous. He delivered a fiery sermon, denouncing this and all war, as anti-Christian, and instead of a call for arms, he calls for alms; reconciliation; brotherhood.
The congregation responded with stunned silence. And Holmes left the pulpit for what he expected would be the last time. The Board President called an emergency meeting.
The church board took two votes that evening. First, they unanimously condemn their minister's pacifism, declaring it to be dangerous, 'wrong-headed,' even treasonous. Second, they voted unanimously that, wrong-headed or not, John Haynes Holmes had an obligation to speak his mind. As Unitarians, they held dear our continuing tradition for right of conscience as expressed in our practice of freedom of the pulpit, a freedom that denies and defeats any possibility of succumbing to the tyranny of the majority; a freedom that recognizes a single dissenting voice as vital to the democratic process of a free and responsible search for truth and meaning.
Our oft-cited freedom in our faith, extends to our freedom of its expression. During annual commitment campaigns, you hear the challenge: "let your checkbook reflect your values." I extend that challenge today—to let the checkBOXES on the ballot reflect your religious values as members of a liberal faith community. As Unitarian Universalists, our seven principles require that we use the democratic process in ways that promote acceptance, spiritual growth, free and responsible search for truth and meaning, peace, liberty and justice for all. We affirm the inherent worth and dignity of every person and thus uphold each one's right of conscience. But in doing so, we do not seek a collective conscience; nor does it imply that we must never take a public stand on controversial social issues. Our covenant guides us in how we make a decision as a community, rather than pointing to the decision itself. Our covenant to walk together guides our process, not the content.
Our devotion to diversity guarantees that our parent organization, the Unitarian Universalist Association, will make public sweeping statements that I and other clergy disagree with. It guarantees that from this pulpit, today, or tomorrow, you will hear messages from clergy you profoundly disagree with. Our promise of pluralism guarantees that this church institution will vote to take public stands that threaten or offend you...and for all that, I and you and they must, as Unitarian Universalists, stay at the table, because this is about conversation, not consensus. Conflict is inevitable.
It is part and parcel of the design of our free faith community, bound together, not by creed, but by covenant. And by courting that difference, by hosting it here, in our beloved community, we are informed and transformed by diversity. There is fear, I know, a legitimate fear, that if Horizon UU church takes public stands on social issues, it will cost us—in membership and in pledge money. But I guarantee—and our history guarantees—that if you think it costly to take a stand...the costs of not taking one are far higher. We can choose to turn from or learn from adversity...but we can only do that if we consent to conflict. And in today's fearful national climate, it is more important than ever that we be willing to stand up for our right to a decent dissent.
In his time, the Reverend John Haynes Holmes was vilified for his pacifism. Today we acclaim Holmes as prophet and hero. He is. But I also acclaim that brave church board who had the moral courage to vote their religious values above their partisan views and despite looming congregational conflict.In so doing, they created a compromise through covenant, declaring that by staying in relationship with our (political) opponents, we get along much better.In such a compromise, all of us win.
This is our legacy. This is Unitarian Universalism.
Work Cited: Sharon D. Welch, Sweet Dreams in America: Making Ethics and Spirituality Work. Routledge: New York, 1999.
Note: This sermon was awarded second place in the 2007 Richard Borden and Paul Holton Award for Sermonic Excellence competition.


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At Sea,
May 21, 1918
Dear Mother and Father:
I suppose that it will take this letter three or four weeks to get to you and before then you will have received the two postal cards that I mailed at the dock. They were to be held until our ship arrived on this side and then mailed. Let me know if you received them and when.
We are still at sea and I don't know when we will land but in order to get word to you as soon as possible I am writing this now as there may not be time after we get off the boat. The voyage has not been a hard one. It has been rather warm all along, overcoats having been used only occasionally at night. The sea has been remarkably calm. For six days there was hardly a ripple to be seen. Then for a couple of days it got a little rough but calmed down again and probably will remain so for the remainder of the trip.
So far I have managed to keep all of my meals with me. I haven't been sick but there were one or two times when I felt a bit unsettled around the region of my stomach. A good many of the men have been sick nearly all the way and some have eaten almost nothing since they got on board. They get very plain food with very little variety and the kitchen and mess hall are stuffy and smelly as they always are on a boat, so that the men have very little appetite. They are all figuring on the big feed they are going to order in some restaurant when they land. They don't seem to realize that what they can get in a French restaurant these days is very limited. I doubt whether the men will be allowed any time for wandering around. They are not recruits in a training camp anymore.
The sergeants were expectig to travel second cabin but were disappointed. There are a lot of officers on the boat and they completely filled the staterooms. However, we eat with the petty officers of the boat and have real good meals. The sailors have much better things to eat than the soldiers. We eat in a room which is away from the kitchen. We have porcelain dishes and eat all we want, and don't have to wash our dishes after we eat. We have our bunks with the rest of the men in the hold. It is to be expected that as many bunks as possible would be crowded into as small a place as possible. They are arranged something like berths in a Pullman except that they are three deep instead of two, and from the floor you can touch the ceiling with your hand. The bunks are arranged in rows running lengthwise of the boat. Water is the most precious thing on the boat. It is hard to get any to drink and wash with and what we get is not very good.
I hope the package I sent home from Camp Merritt arrived in good shape. I had to do the best I could with what there was at hand. I have my violin and music with me. There is an order that musical instruments will not be taken but I decided to take a chance and walked right on the ship with my fiddle under my arm and nobody said a word. I have used it a few times on board. The YMCA has a little organ and in the evening we get it out on the deck and the men like to gather around and sing. I usually play a solo or two and someone sings, so we make up a little program. A couple of days ago Sgt. Fontaine and I played some numbers for the officers in their room. They have a piano in there. We got permission to go in there and practice and do so once in a while.
What we are allowed to write in our letters is not much. I could write nearly a book about the things we are not supposed to write about. I imagine that the letters we write now will be pretty strictly censored. After a while they may not be so strict. We will be allowed to write as often as we please, for the present, at least. Even though we write regularly the letters will probably arrive at irregular intervals. I will number my letters so that you will know whether you receive them all. If you number yours, too, I can keep track of them. The government discourages the sending of packages to the soldiers. There is so much of it to handle and the troops move around so much that a lot of the mail is never delivered. I understand that it is possible for the American soldiers to get almost anything they need from the army canteens.
I have been dabbling with French a little since I got on the boat. What I have learned in these few days is very little but I hope to learn more. Sgt. Fontaine speaks very good French and he has been helping several of us.
This letter will be mailed when we land and probably will go back to the states very quickly. We don't know when we will get into port or even what port we are going to. It is practically certain that I won't get to visit my grandparents because we are not going that way. We know that much and that is about all.
We don't know when we will land but the rumors are that it will be in a couple of days. At any rate when you get this you will know that we are safe on French soil. So far we haven't seen anything to scare us. We bombarded a whale yesterday and finished him up. The only excitement we have had.
I will write again as soon as we land and tell you more.
Love from
Evacuation Hospital No. 7, Am. Ex. Forces
Via New York
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - If not QP and Griffith then where? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in If not QP and Griffith then where? Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Qatar View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message BritishEnglishJoined: 08 Sep 2006Posts: 19Location: Queretaro, Mexico Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 2:36 pm Post subject: If not QP and Griffith then where? Hello, Well I've read the various anti QP and Griffith threads so I now seek some alternative options. I am interested in EFL in the Middle East and Qatar is one of my options. I am signed on to a few EFL sights and job search and the afore mentioned companies are the ones that always pop up. So what are the other options available. 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Former KTRK-TV reporter on administrative leave after arrest
A former ABC 13 KTRK-TV reporter was arrested in Louisiana on an obscenity charge.
Eric Cox, 37, was involved in an incident with vice agents and subsequently taken into custody on Sept. 28, KSLA-TV reports. Online booking reports indicate Cox, also known as Eric James, exposed himself and asked an undercover agent for sexual favors.
Shreveport Police arrested Cox at Hamel Park and booked him into Shreveport City Jail on a felony obscenity charge.
Cox was a former morning news reporter for KTRK-TV from December 2006 to October 2009. He is currently the weekend anchor and education reporter for KTBS-TV, an ABC affiliate in Shreveport.
The station sent out this statement the night of the arrest:
"We have heard the report of his arrest. We are in the process of gathering more information and investigating the matter. In the meantime, Eric James has been placed on administrative leave."
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Luke Bryan to Perform at 2014 Billboard Music Awards
Luke Bryan has been announced as a performer for the 2014 Billboard Music Awards. A finalist in six categories, the announcement comes as no surprise. There's no one hotter in Nashville right now.
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Young Farmer Hay Show Dinner & Auction
The Mount Vernon / Saltillo Chapter of the Texas Young Farmers Association will conduct its annual Hay Show Awards Dinner and Auction. The event is set for 6:30 p.m. the first Saturday of October each year. It is conducted in the Young Farmer's Livestock Pavilion, located on FM 115 between FM 21 and the I-30 South Service Rd.
Funds raised from the event help maintain the pavilion and provide a scholarship to local students who choose to study agriculture related fields in college. Information on how to enter a sample for the contest, and tickets to the dinner are available by calling the Agriculture Department at Mount Vernon High School 903-537-4781.
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We've been on an extended summer hiatus but we'll commence regular blogging soon! We have lots of fun adventures, restaurants, getaways, and craft projects to share but to start us back up again we thought we'd share this GEM.
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