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Terry Holland: Go East (Carolina), young man
Terry Holland is never going to retire. Why else would this UVA institution sign up for a five-year stint as East Carolina University's athletic director when he could be resting on his laurels and enjoying his sweet Bryant Hall office overlooking the field at Scott Stadium?
Earlier this year, Holland caused some jaws to drop by announcing he would step down as special assistant to President John Casteen and relinquish his role as the chief fundraiser for the new arena under construction on Emmet Street. He says he's excited about East Carolina University– even though its reputation doesn't extend far beyond Greenville.
"Those people have worked hard to make a great university, and it's economically critical to the area," he says. "Both my wife and I can make a difference there."
Still, to go from the prestigious Ivy League of the South and the now super-charged ACC to a school once known as EZU in the unheard of Conference USA? It's easy to see what ECU will get out of it, but what about Holland?
"I'm only interested in situations where I can make a difference," says Holland. "That's why I went to Davidson and now to ECU."
So can we expect to see East Carolina join the ACC anytime soon? Holland laughs.
"That's what they expect me to do." He does predict an upgrading of the conference at least to one people have heard of, like the Big East.
He's worked miracles before. Holland and Ralph Sampson took Virginia out of the basement of ACC basketball. Post-Ralph, Holland took the team to the Final Four to make his 16-year tenure the winningest in Cavalier coaching history. After five years as athletic director at his alma mater, Davidson College, Holland returned to UVA to become AD for six years. In 2001, he turned to fundraising for the new arena, and he has raked in nearly $90 million.
Holland acknowledges the necessity of athletic fundraising, but he also warns of the pitfalls of "selling the equity" to donors and corporations.
"Maybe it's as mundane as television timeouts" (which force stadium-goers to sit tight for broadcast commercials), he says. "It can also mean donors or investors can vote with their pocketbooks, and ask for a change of coach."
It's no secret that Holland's partial to basketball and football. But what's the consummate athletic director's least favorite sport? Holland refuses to dignify that one.
"I always kid the soccer people about making the goals bigger, or tell them people fight in the stands because they're so bored," he says, but Holland insists he's only joshing.
As his days in Charlottesville wind down and his October start date in Greenville draws near, Holland has only one or two more home football games– only two more times he'll be booted from his Bryant Hall office, which doubles as a Scott Stadium skybox.
"I've got the best lawn in town, and I don't have to cut the yard," he points out.
Where does he plan to watch the homecoming contest against Akron?
"The football field," he replies. "That way, no one can talk to me, and I can watch the game."
Age: 62
Why here? Great hoops fans and Gene Corrigan offered me the opportunity to coach the team.
Worst about living here? No salt water– I need to soak my feet in it with a fishing pole in hand pretty regularly.
Favorite hangout? U-Hall
People would be surprised to know: I love playing practical jokes on my friends, which at times have come close to making them ex-friends.
What would you change about yourself? I try not to spend time on things I can't change.
Proudest accomplishment? Hiring (and recruiting) good people
People find most annoying about you: They can't tell when I'm serious from when I'm kidding them.
Whom do you admire? I honestly try to find something to admire about everyone I know.
Favorite book? Anything by John Steinbeck, or Charles Kuralt's essays from On the Road
Subject that causes you to rant? Mixed messages to our athletes on the importance of academics
Biggest 21st-century thrill? Grandson, Holland Baynard, who lives in Wilmington, NC
Biggest 21st-century creep out? Reality TV
What do you drive? '66 Mustang convertible. My long leg hits the door handle when I let the clutch out, and that creates some thrilling moments if you're turning right at the same time.
In your car CD player right now: Do I look like the kind of person who can operate a CD? Elton John's Greatest Hits, placed there by my daughter for me. I don't know how to get it out, so I listen to WINA in the AM and NPR in the afternoons and whistle in between.
Next journey? RV the USA, but I'm not sure I'll ever find enough time to do it.
Most trouble you've ever gotten in? Fighting with my brother, who played defensive tackle for NC State. My mom called the cops once after I got things started by tossing a cat on his bare back while he was mowing the lawn.
Regret: The cops didn't get there in time to save me from getting beat up.
Favorite comfort food: Burgers and fries
Always in your refrigerator: Stuff that manages to fall out when I open the door so by the time I clean it up, I forgot what I opened it for.
Must-see TV: CNN Headline News
Favorite cartoon: Deputy Dawg
Describe a perfect day. Go get coffee by boat as the sun rises and return just in time to sit on the porch and watch the sunset.
Walter Mitty fantasy: Doing the Ditch (the Intracoastal Waterway) by boat
Who'd play you in the movie? Deputy Dawg
Most embarrassing moment? Too many to pick one, but they usually involved officials and comments about where they left their seeing-eye dogs.
Best advice you ever got? My college coach and later my boss, Lefty Driesell, told me that if I "ever met a coach who was a good golfer to apply for his job since it would be open soon." Thus, I never got addicted to that great game.
Favorite bumper sticker? If you can read this, thank a teacher!
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I did some Christmas shopping last night at Nordstroms and got some pretty sick gifts for some lucky people! I love giving gifts, it's my favorite thing to do. Sometimes Mr. R gets annoyed with gifts. (because he's not a gift giver like myself) I've decided that that's how I show my love to others. Anyways, last night my dad came home with a big gift! Our 9 foot tree. (9 feet, seriously dad, that was unnecessary) Here's a picture of the beast and I. Remember, I'm 5'7″!
Anyways, today's gift is for those who are super organized about their training schedule, like myself. I always am writing down what I need to run, when I need to run, how far, where, and all the details. The following three books are great options to keep track of your running schedule, ways to plan ahead and also give you the ability to look back on your workouts.
First The Complete Runners Day by Day Log 2009 is a great option and I've actually looked at it in person before. It's spiral bound and a running log and calendar. The 2009 edition boasts a fresh, new look that keeps pace with today's runner. (as opposed to looking like you were logging runs from the 1980s) There are tips and all new color photos can be found alongside inspiring quotes. There's special space for tracking mileage, time of run, body weight and plenty of room for daily personal planning or notes. It's great for competiative and non-competative runners alike. It's only $10.39 HERE!


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Although in the past mastectomies used to involve removal of most of the chest skin and even the chest muscles, current mastectomy techniques are much less invasive. Most mastectomies performed are either skin-sparing, where all of the breast skin except for the nipple and areola is saved, or nipple-sparing, where all of the breast skin including the nipple and areola skin is saved. When performed with breast reconstruction, these approaches can help make the reconstructed breast look more natural and more like the breast before mastectomy.


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The Cistercians at St. Marienthal Abbey are impressively active and creative, infectiously positive and incredibly persistent, and the abbey itself is an expansive building complex of historical and cultural importance. It is the oldest nunnery of the Cistercian Order, and has been active ever since its foundation in 1234.
This is down to the nuns themselves, because no matter whether they were going through the Reformation movement, secularisation, the dark era of Nazi rule and World War II or the subsequent GDR regime, the "militant sisters" fought for their ideals, their beliefs and their abbey. The Upper Lusatian site has always been Catholic – not even the Nazis could manage to drive the nuns out of the abbey. The flood in 2010, with traces of the resulting devastation still visible in the abbey to this day, also did nothing to demoralise the spiritual sisters.
15 nuns currently live in the abbey grounds, which consist of the church, priory, Chapel of the Cross and ancillary buildings, including a bakery, sawmill, a former mill and a brewery. Even though they are occupied with work during the day as an "expression of service to one another", the daily rhythm revolves around prayer times. In other respects, just like outside the abbey walls, work is a means of sustenance. The abbey's market, tavern, bakery, candle production facilities, and even the sewing room with its parament workshop, all play their part. A wide variety of courses and seminars on spirituality, reflection and individual spiritual direction transforms this place of living into a place of serenity and meditation for all. And helps you to take a fresh look at yourself.
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text: When NASA's Mars Science Laboratory — scheduled to lift-off from Cape Canaveral later this week — touches down on the Red Planet in August of 2012, the one-ton probe will be the largest and most complex piece of unmanned machinery ever to land on another world. But here's a little secret: With current technology, nothing larger or heavier than MSL can be put on the surface of Mars. Anything more massive, including a human mission, which NASA estimates would require landing at least 40 to 80 tons of machinery, is completely out of the question. "We've maxed out our ability to take mass to the surface of Mars," said engineer Bobby Braun, former NASA chief technologist and co-author of a 2005 research paper highlighting this problem. The basic obstacle for large-scale missions is Mars' tenuous atmosphere, which is more than 100 times thinner than that of Earth. The pressure of the Martian atmosphere at its surface is equivalent to what someone would experience flying at 100,000 feet on Earth. "That's wickedly high — past outer space," said engineer Robert Manning, the chief flight systems engineer on NASA's Pathfinder rover and co-author of the research paper. "Landing on Mars is like putting a landing space up on an absurdly high mountain and saying: 'Land there.'" But the situation isn't hopeless. In the years since Braun and Manning's article appeared, engineers have been coming up with ideas for the next generation of Martian landers. Here are some of the schemes that may one day bring large payloads — and humans — to the surface of Mars. Above: Old Technology Every mission to Mars that NASA has undertaken in the last 40 years has relied on roughly the same technology as the Viking landings in 1976 (top image). The two Viking landers, which were slightly more than half the weight of MSL, approached Mars inside a rigid aeroshell heat shield that slowed them down in the upper atmosphere. Then around 4 miles above the surface they deployed a parachute to cut down their speed even more. At about 5,000 feet up, they fired three retro-rockets to bring their velocity close to zero and make a soft landing. Engineers have since been taking the same basic capabilities and incrementally tweaking them, using airbags to land Pathfinder or employing the elaborate sky crane that will lower MSL to the surface. "We've been living off this Viking legacy," said Braun. "The real challenge is if now we want to do missions more complicated than MSL, we're going to need entirely new approaches." Image: An artist's depiction of a Viking lander inside its aeroshell. Donald Davis.The Problem With Parachutes Astronauts coming back to Earth from space have a thick, fluffy atmosphere to help slow them down. The Apollo-style landings, where parachutes are used to reduce speed, or the airplane-like landing of the Space Shuttle, benefit from this dense cushion of air to provide friction or lift during descent. "Mars has a poor excuse for an atmosphere," said engineer Neil Cheatwood of NASA's Langley Research Center. "If a planet had less than Mars, it basically wouldn't have an atmosphere." The typical approach to landing on Mars has been to use a parachute to ease down toward the ground. Yet even after parachute deployment, a vehicle retains a great deal of speed. Compare a skydiver on Earth, whose speed changes from 120 mph to less than 10 mph once the parachute is open to one on Mars (now traveling 1,000 mph due to the diminished atmosphere), who would only slow down to 200 mph after pulling the ripcord. "That's not good enough for your legs or your landing gear," said NASA engineer Robert Manning. Past Mars landers have used either rockets or giant Kevlar airbags to reduce this final speed. When it lands, the Mars Science Laboratory will employ a 51-foot, supersonic parachute — the largest ever used on an interplanetary mission — and will still require an elaborate maneuver to land. A UFO-like platform will fire rockets to hover 25 feet above the ground and then gingerly lower the rover down on wires. Unfortunately, this technology can't be scaled up. The parachute needed to slow down a 40-ton manned lander in the Martian atmosphere would have to be the size of the Rose Bowl and would take so long to inflate that the vehicle would hit the ground before it was fully open. "MSL is a dead end," said engineer Michael Wright, NASA's co-chair of entry, descent, and landing technology. "None of the technology will get us to 40 tons. We have to step back and look at new ideas." Image: 1) The Mars Science Laboratory floating down with its parachute. NASA/JPL-Caltech 2) MSL being lowered on the "sky crane" NASA/JPL-Caltech.Inflatables in Space Spacecraft approach Mars at more than 15,000 mph but placing a large, flat object — the wider, the better — underneath a lander could reduce much of its speed when it hits the upper Martian atmosphere. MSL's heat shield will slow it down this way, but at 15 feet in diameter, the shield is as wide as can be made while still fitting inside one of NASA's launch vehicles. So the agency is looking into Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (IAD) technology. Unlike a flimsy parachute, these devices would be rigid when inflated and be able to operate at speeds that would tear a parachute to shreds. For instance, a HIAD (the H stands for hypersonic) could be folded and packed inside a rocket for take-off but then inflated just before entering the Martian atmosphere, growing from 15 feet to more than 80 in a few seconds. It would likely be made of lightweight materials that are rugged and rigid enough to survive heating up in the atmosphere, such as Kevlar. NASA currently has plans to test this technology early next year, said engineer Ian Clark of the agency's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. In January, engineers plan to send a hot-air balloon into Earth's upper atmosphere to drop a 15-foot-diameter, doughnut-shaped object that inflates to 20 feet, to simulate Martian conditions. Clark is confident that building a 20-foot IAD will be fairly straightforward. But one of the worries with inflatables is that they will have a hard time staying completely rigid. Even slight wobbliness could affect how they come down through the atmosphere. "Smaller is better," said NASA engineer Michael Wright. "The bigger it is, the more floppy and complicated it gets." Image: NASAHitting the Atmosphere As it falls toward the Martian surface, a large vehicle could reduce its speed with a Supersonic Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator (SIAD). "A SIAD is like a parachute except it can open higher, faster, and do a better job," said NASA engineer Robert Manning. "It's scalable to much larger sizes, too. We can imagine a 100-foot or even larger inflatable that might do the job." Because it is rigid, this technology would be able to inflate while a lander is traveling at four to five times the speed of sound in the Martian atmosphere — a velocity that parachutes can't withstand. The SIAD would use its large surface area to increase drag on a vehicle and reduce its speed. Unlike a parachute, a SIAD wouldn't trail behind a lander, instead opening up like a gigantic umbrella to cover the front of a spacecraft. Engineers estimate that a human-scale mission would need a SIAD in the range of 75 to 160 feet across. One thing that would need to be taken into consideration is the large amount of heat that the inflatable will be subject to as it tears through the Martian atmosphere. Advanced materials or some sort of heat shielding might be able to take care of this problem. But a larger obstacle is how to create a SIAD system that is large enough yet deploys quickly. "At some point, it's too big to inflate instantaneously," said NASA engineers Neil Cheatwood. Cheatwood said he wouldn't be comfortable building a SIAD larger than 50 feet, and that he's not even positive that 30 feet is a sure bet. "If you start going to really high masses — more than two or three times Mars Science Laboratory — a SIAD isn't reasonable," he said. Image: NASASupersonic Retropropulsion The final technology that could bring larger payloads to the surface of Mars is called supersonic retropropulsion. This method involves a vehicle firing rockets forward in the direction it's traveling in order to slow it down. Most landings on Mars have made use of retro-rockets, but not until the vehicle was already below the speed of sound. Bringing down masses larger than the Mars Science Laboratory will require engineers to create a rocket that can fire while the vehicle is still moving faster than the speed of sound, a hazardous undertaking in the presence of an atmosphere. "Turning our propulsion on at those speeds creates all kinds of complicated shock waves that can go back onto a vehicle," said NASA engineer Michael Wright. NASA currently has no experience and very little data on supersonic retropropulsion, so predicting how this shock wave would affect a lander is very difficult. In the past two years, the agency has conducted tests inside a wind tunnel on Earth to observe the flow field of a jet fired into a supersonic stream. But those experiments were axed along with much of the Bush Administration-era Constellation program that would have taken humans to the moon and Mars. This is problematic because a NASA study identified supersonic retropropulsion as a must-have for a human mission to Mars. Without this technology, landing humans on the Red Planet could prove impossible. This pessimistic view has its detractors, though. It might alternatively be possible to use an Inflatable Aerodynamic Decelerator and then a parachute to bring a lander down to subsonic speeds, and still be able to use traditional retro-rockets, said NASA engineer Neil Cheatwood. Image: A prototype supersonic retropropulsion rocket during wind tunnel testing. George Homich/NASA Langley.How To Land People on Mars "People come along with a fair amount of baggage: water, food, air, power supplies," said NASA engineer Robert Manning. NASA currently estimates it will require bringing anywhere from 40 to 80 tons of stuff to the surface of Mars to keep humans alive for even a day. Yet the agency only has the ability to land one ton at a time, and even then precariously. "We're not going to sent 80 spacecraft to Mars," said engineer Bobby Braun. Instead, the agency needs to start making low-level investments in the technologies needed to land large payloads, he said. While the timeline for sending humans to Mars is uncertain, some NASA plans state that the agency is looking for a manned landing to the Red Planet in 2032. Furthermore, other large-scale missions such as a Mars Sample Return may need to land vehicles larger than Mars Science Laboratory by the next decade. Developing the technologies required to achieve these landings will require significant amounts of time, so the agency must start research now if it wants to accomplish its goals. Determining the best technology for the job is the agency's most pressing task. "For each of these technologies, we need to prove either that it will work or that it won't," said NASA engineer Michael Wright. "If we prove that it works then we set it aside, but if it doesn't work, then we need a new plan." Images: 1) NASA 2) Pat Rawlings/NASASee Also:NASA's Next Mars Rover to Launch in 15 DaysRussian Mars Probe Will Likely Come Crashing Back to Earth520 Days Later: Fake Mars Mission Ready to ReturnMars Rover Reaches Giant Crater After 3-Year Trek5 Ways to Get to Mars


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I have a load of classic castle figs that I've compusively collected since coming out of my dark ages, all in good to great condition that I'd like to shift in return for money/trade.
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Hearing of Paolo Gentiloni, Commissioner-designate for Economy
Following today's hearing with the economy, budget and employment committees, Paolo Gentiloni fully satisfied with his answers, explanations and
Following today's hearing with the economy, budget and employment committees, Paolo Gentiloni fully satisfied with his answers, explanations and
S&D Euro MPs gave their full backing to the appointment of Elisa Ferreira as Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms following her hearing yesterday in
S&D MEP Irene Tinagli on her appointment as Chair of ECON Committee
The Tax Gap that still exists nowadays in the European Union is unacceptable: 825 000 000 000 Euros. While this represents a slight decrease compared
Has anyone seen the #Eurozone budget? We looked hard but it's nowhere to be seen in the Commission #MFF proposal So tell us, Mr @JunckerEU, how
No more begging for money! No more dependence on national contributions and the goodwill of some states. The EU needs its own financial resources if
Our money has to be invested in the futures of our people, not in the business as usual!We need a real vision!
No, it is not enough. It is not enough to protect European workers, to support young people in their quest for a decent job, to help low-income
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You deserve #TaxJustice! If it wasn't for greedy bankers, lawyers or advisors, tax evaders wouldn't be able to hide away their juicy profits. We are


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As a caregiver, you'll build relationships and enhance lives by providing care and support to children and adults with intellectual disabilities, physical or behavioral challenges, or traumatic brain injuries. The work you do is meaningful - you can make a real difference in the lives of those we serve to live as independently as possible.
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I wanted to make a difference in the world and saw the opportunity as a DSP as a way to make the world a better place. Helping someone else achieve their goals made me feel awesome.~ Jon Fisher, President, Community Support Services (CSS), started his career as a Direct Support Professional.
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NeuroRestorative is a leading provider of post-acute and subacute rehabilitation services for individuals with brain and spinal cord injuries and other neurological challenges. We offer a continuum of care and rehabilitation options in community-based settings to individuals of all ages. Our personalized programs include residential and day treatment as well as specialized services for children and adolescents, Military Service Members and Veterans. We provide expertise and resources of an organization on the cutting edge of clinical care and rehabilitative programs.
Full time, part time and on-call positions are available. We have openings for employees available for evening, overnight, and weekend shifts.
Come join NeuroRestorative in the very important work we do providing Supported Living programs and community-based services for adults with brain injury.
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As a Caregiver/Life Skills Trainer (LST), you'll carry out rewarding work, seeing your impact in lives on a daily basis. LSTs provide training, assistance and supervision to participants in the areas of living skills, therapeutic recreation, and other forms of assistance in both residential and community settings. LSTs work closely with our clinical staff to support the therapeutic and behavioral plans in place.
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Walking In Peak District
|Walking in the Peak District offers a diverse and delightful mixture of countryside from which to choose. You may prefer to trek across exposed moorland where walkers now have more freedom to roam, thanks to the recently introduced Access rights. Alternatively there are easier paths to pursue, especially around the White Peak where walkers can descend into the Derbyshire Dales and follow riverside paths, woodland tracks or simply cross fields and stiles over an undulating landscape with glorious far-reaching views. The Peak District is carefully managed by the National Park Authority and local Councils, with the emphasis on providing a safe and enjoyable environment whilst successfully retaining a balance between visitors and the conservation and preservation of its countryside, flora, fauna and wildlife.
Walks in the Peak District here is a far different prospect. Peak District towns and villages are steeped in history and character, with some offering walk guides for visitors to wander around at will and to explore, investigate or just appreciate the wonderful architecture,curiosities and to hopefully gain an insight into Derbyshire past and present.
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Motorola has announced two new budget-oriented RAZRs for Brazil – the RAZR D1 and the RAZR D3. The D1 is caters to the low-end with its 3.5-inch WVGA (800*480) display, 1GB of RAM, 1GHz processor, 4GB of internal storage and a 1785mAh battery.
The RAZR D2 sports a bigger 4-inch screen, and a beefier 1.2GHz dual-core processor along with a 2000mAh battery. The designs of both the handset are similar to Motorola's RAZR M handset. The handsets will be running on Android 4.1 Jelly Bean when released. The Google effect is slowly but steadily making its presence felt in Motorola products, and the RAZR D1/D3 continues that trend with "a guaranteed update to the next Android version".
Motorola is known to launch handsets specifically tailored for Brazil and the Argentina market, so the RAZR D1 and D3 should not come as a surprise. The D1 will be available in single SIM and dual-SIM variants for R$549 ($280), while the D3 will be available after in "several weeks" for about R$799 ($410).


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While President Bush pledges to reduce poverty through tax reform, the number of low-income Americans-especially the working poor-continues to skyrocket, according to the "Working Hard, Falling Short" report released by the Annie E. Casey Foundation in October 2004. To be considered low-income, a family of four earned less than $36,784 in 2002. (The median income for a family of four was $62,732.) Of the 9.2 million low-income working families, 2.5 million are officially in poverty-earning less than $18,392 for a family of four. This contradicts assumptions that anyone can succeed in the U.S. economy by getting an education, getting married, and working hard.
- 1 in 4 working families is low-income.
- 40 percent of minority working families are low-income, twice the percentage of white working families.
- 33 percent. Of all children in working families, 1/3 are in low-income working families.
- 50 percent. A married couple heads more than 1/2 of low-income working families.
- 42 percent of low-income working families have a parent with some post-secondary education.
- One-fifth of all jobs in the United States won't keep a family of four above the poverty level and provide few or no benefits.
Source: "Working Hard, Falling Short: America's Working Families and the Pursuit of Economic Security" (Working Poor Families Project, October 2004).


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I am Anthony and I have been blessed with the opportunity to lead atWar's supporter group.
For a while now the title supporter had little meaning to players. They were simply known as people with dots beside their name. Some players even thought that supporters were moderators, but today that changes. Ivan has trusted me to transform the supporter rank into something more meaningful, for the better of atWar.
When the rank was first introduced to atWar, the administrators wanted supporters to do what their title literally says - to support atWar, and now it is my responsibility to ensure the administrators that the supporters are doing their job to the best of their abilities.
The supporter rank has been purged of all inactive/ineffective users. These are the basic requirements in becoming a supporter:
●Must be a respectable member within the community
●Know basic knowledge about atWar and to have played for at least a year
●Willing to help players at any given time
●Contribute to the atWar supporter forum regularly
The supporter group will also be having a hierarchy system. The 'top leaders' of the supporter group will have access to atWar's upcoming blog section, where they will be expected to be posting atWar tutorials and other useful articles for atWar players.
If you're interested in becoming a supporter and helping atWar, then be sure to comment. atWar will be changing for the better in the upcoming months and it would be wonderful if you participated in the change.


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As the eminent Slovenic philosopher Slavoj Žižek once said, "We must find an aesthetic of trash." And you know, I have a feeling this guy getting his hands dirty is doing a better job at philosophizing than half of those pretentious peers of mine in the local college philosophy program. Those pretentious peers that are working on their master's and Ph.D's. And getting full rides to prestigious universities.
Not that I'm bitter or anything.
-Water Cooler Chris


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I don't think it's ever too late for some red, white, and blue inspiration, so here we go...
Red, White & Blue
I don't think it's ever too late for some red, white, and blue inspiration, so here we go...
41 comments:
- Lilacandgrey said...
that romper is adorable! I want!
- July 6, 2010 at 10:13 AM
- Bumpkin on a Swing said...
Better late than never, I have had these days two.
Even done a Wordless Thursday before!
Next time you are at the swing, check out my sidebar for some linky love!
- July 6, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- georgia ~ gi gi said...
Hey Miss Poppie! Glad to hear you had a wonderful 4th with your family and friends :)
Thanks for your sweet comment on my little fireworks video. Myah was cracking me up with that laugh!
Of course your red, white, and blue spread is gorgeous!
I might have to steal your mop image(I have a cleaning business) Do you care?
- July 6, 2010 at 10:19 AM
- Signe said...
oh my, Dita looks amazing in that blue dream!
- July 6, 2010 at 10:27 AM
- Cassidy said...
these are such great finds ! really inspirational . i love the colors red white and blue ; they're really cliche and cheesy but i love it c:
- July 6, 2010 at 10:46 AM
- Unknown said...
love these photos! red, white, and blue were meant for each other!
- July 6, 2010 at 10:48 AM
- Marcie said...
I adore that picture of the red shoes standing on the boy shoes. Absolutely adorable!
xo Marcie
- July 6, 2010 at 11:06 AM
- Valerie said...
Sounds like you had the perfect 4th of July weekend! That romper is so cute and so are those red heels!
- July 6, 2010 at 11:10 AM
- ALFIE said...
LOVE that red umbrella :)
- July 6, 2010 at 11:27 AM
- Diana Mieczan said...
Stunning selection my dear! I am daydreaming about this red long gown:) Have a wonderful Tuesday my dear!
- July 6, 2010 at 11:27 AM
- Anna Walker said...
I love the read umbrella and the red flats! So amazingly cute!
- July 6, 2010 at 12:11 PM
- Unknown said...
pretty pretty pretty!
- July 6, 2010 at 12:18 PM
- Same Sweet Girl: Memoir of a Southern Belle said...
Loving all these pictures!! The girl in the first one is so beautiful!! Love her makeup! :)
Make sure to come enter my Stella and Dot giveaway when you get the chance!!! http://sweetsoutherncupcakes.blogspot.com/2010/07/stella-and-dot-giveaway.html
- July 6, 2010 at 12:33 PM
- Unknown said...
Great images...the last set is so sweet!
- July 6, 2010 at 1:07 PM
What a gorgeous red dress! not realistic (it would get dirty! horror) but who cares, huh. And the red umbrella. Red has been one of my favourite colours since I was a child! And white is my new black... Glad you had such a fun weekend!
- July 6, 2010 at 1:40 PM
- Hazel from Hazel Loves Design said...
Oh I love the inspiration.. it makes me want to throw on a pretty dress!! :) Hazel
- July 6, 2010 at 2:52 PM
- Gorgeous Glam said...
What a pretty post! Hope you have a great week! xoxo
- July 6, 2010 at 3:11 PM
- Unknown said...
stunning pics - thanks for sharing! Lovely blog too x
- July 6, 2010 at 3:12 PM
- this free bird said...
love these! red ballet flats on white chucks = fave!!
- July 6, 2010 at 3:29 PM
- Kimmy said...
You are so correct in that it is never too late for red, white & blue!
Your photos are lovely and the romper is adorable a la Cape Cod.
I am pleased your 4th of July was lovely, have a great one, cheers!
- July 6, 2010 at 3:30 PM
- Unknown said...
Gorgeous! And worth the wait! You always do the BEST photo posts, I love! XO!
- July 6, 2010 at 6:07 PM
- Abby said...
These photos are gorgeous!
- July 6, 2010 at 7:27 PM
- koralee said...
Ok...you talked me into buying another pair of red shoes...those are amazing!
I adore red..white and blue..so reminds me of Summer.
Have a great new week. xoxo
- July 6, 2010 at 10:00 PM
- Joyti said...
That is some very stylish red white + blue now! I love that shade of violet-blue in the first picture, its so beautiful and distinctive...
- July 6, 2010 at 11:53 PM
- Miles Of Style said...
that romper is awesome! and i think that red is one of the few colors that has endless potential in photography...great images dearie!
- July 7, 2010 at 12:24 AM
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- July 7, 2010 at 3:01 AM
- SabinePsynopsis said...
You're so right - it's a gorgeous combination! xoxo
- July 7, 2010 at 3:50 AM
- ~*~ saskia ~*~ said...
Awww, that first picture is ADORABLE! Actually they are all gorgeous. Hope your week is great so far. Hugs to you always my friend xx
- July 7, 2010 at 5:55 AM
- Andrea said...
Stunning! That red dress is amazing!
- July 7, 2010 at 7:07 AM
- Andrea said...
Stunnning! That red dress is amazing!
- July 7, 2010 at 7:10 AM
- Unknown said...
Come late posts!!!!!!!!!! This one is awesome, dear!!! Kisses, Bela.
- July 7, 2010 at 7:39 AM
- photohogger said...
Pretty heels - very walkable, too! I love Anthropologie, I don't know a lady who doesn't! Beautiful blue/red shots. Hope you had a lovely long weekend!
- July 7, 2010 at 7:42 AM
- Stéphanie said...
I adore ! Wonderful !
- July 7, 2010 at 8:12 AM
beauuutiful pictures, i tried to pick a fav but there are just too many! love that urban romper. so so cute.
- July 7, 2010 at 10:00 AM
I like the romper.
These photos are amazing.
Have a great Wednesday!
- July 7, 2010 at 10:07 AM
- Cat said...
Love the inspriation!!! That sail boat necklace is so very lovely :)
xo Cat
- July 7, 2010 at 10:28 AM
- Jennifer said...
What beautiful eye candy that was! :)
That romper looks really cute. I love one piece outfits!
- July 7, 2010 at 10:53 AM
- Rosie said...
Ahhh, dear girl...worth the wait...full of wonder and whimsy...just like you
...smile on Rosie
- July 7, 2010 at 11:35 AM
- Bella's Rose Cottage said...
Your blog is loaded with gorgeous photos! I am in love with all the girls in white.. dreamy:-)
- July 7, 2010 at 8:33 PM
- Talei said...
I really need that BLUE GOWN in the long grass!! Loving your pictures!
- July 8, 2010 at 7:48 AM
- debra@dustjacket said...
Oh I love the shot of the girl standing on her guys toes....so so sweet.
- July 8, 2010 at 9:11 PM


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- Employer
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- Location
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- Posted
- May 23, 2019
- Closes
- May 23, 2019
- Function
- Human Resources
- Industry
- Government and Public Services, Federal
- Career Level
- Experienced (Non-Manager)
- Hours
- Full Time
Occasional travel - You may be expected to travel for this position.
Relocation expenses reimbursed No
OR Please see education section below.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site: http://www.opm.gov/qualifications/Standards/group-stds/gs-admin.asp.
Experience refers to paid and unpaid experience, including volunteer work done through National Service programs (e.g., professional, philanthropic, religious, spiritual, community, student, social). Volunteer work helps build critical competencies, knowledge, and skills and can provide valuable training and experience that translates directly to paid employment.
Ph.D. or equivalent doctoral degree
3 full years of progressively higher level graduate education leading to such a degree
LL.M., if related
You have a combination of specialized experience and graduate education as described above that equates to one year of experience. Your percentage of the required education plus your percentage of the required experience equal one hundred percent.
Additional qualification information can be found from the following Office of Personnel Management web site:
This position is covered by the Department of Defense Priority Placement Program.
Additional vacancies may be filled by this announcement.
A tentative offer of employment will be rescinded if the selectee fails to meet the pre-employment requirements, including failure to report to any of the scheduled appointments.
If you are unable to apply online and request information about the Alternate Application process, please contact the Department of Navy's Employment Information Center.
Federal annuitant information: The selection of an annuitant is subject to the Department of Defense and Department of the Navy policy on the employment of annuitants. Policy information may be found at: http://www.secnav.navy.mil/donhr/Documents/CivilianJobs/FedCivAnnuitants.pdf
ICTAP Applicants: To be considered well-qualified and exercise selection priority as an ICTAP candidate, displaced Federal employees must satisfy all qualification requirements for the position and receive a rating of 85 or higher. For more information about ICTAP eligibility please review the following link: https://www.usajobs.gov/Help/working-in-government/unique-hiring-paths/federal-employees/ictap/
If selected below the full performance level, you may be noncompetitively promoted to the next higher grade level after meeting all regulatory requirements, and upon the recommendation of management. Promotion is neither implied nor guaranteed.
This position may be eligible for ad-hoc telework at the discretion of management.
You will be evaluated for this job based on how well you meet the qualifications above.
In order to qualify for this position, your resume must provide sufficient experience and/or education, knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties of the specific position for which you are being considered. Your resume is the key means we have for evaluating your skills, knowledge, and abilities as they relate to this position. Therefore, we encourage you to be clear and specific when describing your experience.
When the application process is complete, we will review your resume to ensure you meet the hiring eligibility and qualification requirements listed in this announcement. You will be rated based on the information provided in your resume and responses to the Occupational Questionnaire, along with your supporting documentation to determine your ability to demonstrate the following competencies:
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A Spiritual Awakening: Who Are We, Really?
Josie Varga
What is the meaning behind near-death experiences (NDE), out-of-body experiences (OBE), afterlife communications, spiritual awakenings, and other spiritually transformative experiences? The type of experience you may have is not important; what's important is the aftereffect.
For me, personally, my experience changed my view of life. I did not have an NDE, but one does not have to have an NDE to experience a powerful event of consciousness. For me, it came in the form of a vivid dream, or what I now refer to as a "visit from heaven." My husband's friend Rich, who had died on 9/11 in the World Trade Center attacks, came to me with a message for his wife. I didn't know it then, but I was actually having an out-of-body experience (OBE). My body was sound asleep while my soul "astral traveled" to another dimension.
I walked down this long hallway going into a door at the end which led to a room filled with windows and desks. I looked up seeing my husband's friend Rich who said, "Josie, thank you for mentioning me in your book." (I mentioned Rich in the Epilogue of my first book, Footprints in the Sand: A Disabled Woman's Inspiring Journey to Happiness.)
For reasons I cannot explain, I looked at him and said, "Rich, you have to prove to me that this is really you." With that, he picked up a flip-phone and showed me a photo of himself, his wife, and their son. He then looked at me smiling, and said, "Boston is OK." I had no idea what this meant, but I did know that this was a message that I needed to get to his wife. The experience was so real; I knew it wasn't just a dream.
The next thing I remember is going through a window and finding myself on the street. As I looked out, I saw a pickup truck. In the bed of this pickup truck was Rich standing behind his wife and son. He looked at me, and pushed me forward, as if to say, "Now go give her the message." I woke up in a sitting position panting and out of breath; feeling like something had just hit me in my chest.
I was completely stunned; nothing like this had ever happened to me before. Without a doubt whatsoever, I was positive that the experience had been valid. In fact, it felt more real than my earthly existence. But how, I wondered, can anything be more real than my current reality? What did this mean? I didn't know what to think. How could this be?
That morning, I nervously called my husband John, who was already at work, to tell him what had happened. His reaction did not surprise me. He thought I was overreacting to a dream. I persisted, however, insisting that what I had experienced was real. In fact, I was so relentless that John finally agreed to contact Rich's sister in-law. We decided that he would send an email explaining what happened. If his sister-in-law felt it was appropriate, she would then share the email with her sister (Rich's wife).
Two weeks later, while on vacation, my husband received a message from Rich's sister-in-law on his BlackBerry. In short, Rich's wife had a brother who lived in Boston and was considering moving there but she felt guilty since she had purchased her house with her husband shortly before his death. John read the email aloud not quite grasping what it meant. When he read it a second time, we both covered our mouths in total disbelief.
In the message, she skeptically questioned how I could have known about Boston. Honestly, I had no idea whatsoever that his wife had a brother in Boston or that she was considering moving there. I had never met Rich or anyone else in his family. I once spoke to Rich on the phone, and I had seen a picture of him, but that's it! Yet, again, I had no doubt that it was Rich. We communicated clearly, telepathically. There was no need for words; it all seemed so natural at the time.
After my "visit from heaven," everything changed. I not only saw life differently, I was different. After all, I reasoned, I had received a message from a deceased friend which was later validated. This clearly means two things: 1) There is no death; and 2) It is possible for the living to communicate with the "dead." I put this word in quotes because if there is no death then there are clearly no dead.
I no longer believed in life after death, I knew. There's a big difference. A knowing changes the very core of your being. You can't go back to who you were before, even if you tried. And you also can't forget about your experience.
I soon realized that I had been given a gift and wanted to stand on the tallest mountain and scream, "Life never ends and love never dies." However, I did the next best thing…I wrote a book called Visits from Heaven (4th Dimension Press). Not everyone is lucky enough to be given proof like I was, but I knew there had to be others out there. I searched for afterlife communication accounts around the world that were evidential. Every account in the book is backed up by some sort of proof. I also garnered the support of well-known experts such as Dr. Melvin Morse, PMH Atwater, George Anderson, and others, who contributed chapters to the book.
My life has taken a 180 degree turn, and I try not to look back, trying always to serve a higher purpose. I know now that life is so much more than it seems. We are all here for a reason and everything we do impacts everyone else. When our lessons are learned and our purpose met, we will return "home" to God. We are all eternal souls and are all part of God, Supreme Source, Universal Consciousness or whatever you choose to call Him. The body is just a jacket we wear so that we can roam the earth, experience life and learn lessons.
As Melvin Morse, renowned pediatrician and near-death researcher, wrote in his book Where God Lives (Harper One/2000), "I understood that man and everything else in the universe is a piece of God. As each snowflake contains miniature representations of the entire snowflake, and each strand of human DNA contains the code to create a unique human, we are all tiny pieces of God."
Knowing that I am eternal and part of God has changed my life considerably. Since my experience, I understand that the only thing that matters on this earth is love. I used to be so consumed with my journalism career and making a name for myself. I wanted to make a lot of money and live an easy life. Today, I know that I had it all wrong. The most important thing that I can do in my life is help others. When it is my time and I watch my own life review, the money, career, and status will not matter one bit. What will matter are the times that I tried to help others and the differences I made. What will matter is the love that I shared.
I have continued to strive to share this message. My latest book, Visits to Heaven, has just been released this month and offers further proof that there is not just a here, but a hereafter. It contains not only incredible NDE accounts from around the globe, but many other mystical experiences including afterlife communications, deathbed visitations, and more. It is also backed up by stories contributed by some of the most respected names in NDE and paranormal research. Writing this book taught me a lot about myself. For one, I am so much more than I think; we all are. We are all one. We cannot help others without helping ourselves. The opposite is true as well. We can't hurt others without hurting ourselves. In the end, nothing is without purpose.
Josie Varga discovered her passion for writing as a little girl growing up in Elizabeth, New Jersey. She went on to earn a degree in journalism and later became a successful communications consultant while authoring her first book, Footprints in the Sand: A Disabled Woman's Inspiring Journey to Happiness, which was published in 2004. Since then, she has become a motivational speaker for overcoming life's challenges and written several books including Make Up Your Mind to Be Happy: 105 Simple Tips. Her latest book, Visits to Heaven, published by 4th Dimension Press, is the long-awaited follow-up to her best-selling Visits from Heaven. Visit Josie's website www.josievarga.com .


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Dance. Jo Strømgren Invites Death to a dance. Wim Vandekeybus revives the legend of Oedipus.
When two of the most challenging choreographers of contemporary dance create new works on the theme of decadence, anything can happen.
Watch a clip from the performance.
Decadence is the uniting theme for two new creations, starting with the idea that we build our lives by reaching for that which is right and that which is perfect. Even so we can suddenly and seemingly illogically destroy everything through destructive and irrational behaviour.
Watch pictures from the performence.
Jo Strømgren is an established Norwegian choreographer and well-known internationally. He has a wealth of experience from theatre to modern dance and now creates this, his first work for an institution in Sweden.
The Belgian filmmaker and choreographer, Wim Vandekeybus, has in his characteristic style played an influential role in the development of modern European dramatic art. In his time he has been well-known for his work with film, photography, choreography and music.


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I've configured a new user profile service application and synchronisation service too, which I have also ran and can see it says there are 128 User Profiles.
Also, under 'Manage User Profiles' I can search for any user and see their details (have to search each user, doesn't show full list for some reason).
However, I'm getting an error when I'm creating a workflow that sends an email to me with my manager's name in the body of the email. This is the error I get after I create the item and the workflow runs:
"Workflow failed to get user profile for user: xxx/HAdes"
I've tried all sorts that google has offered (enable netbios names, reset IIS, restart machine, resync etc) but still no joy.
Any ideas?


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The Baconao Park, in the eastern province of Santiago de Cuba, is a perfect formula for leisure, in combination with the attractions of its well-preserved nature.
The sea, the mountains and legends get together in an offer that those who chose this region of the Cuban archipelago, as their destination to spend their vacations after a long working season, cannot refuse.
Baconao's traditions date to the time of Cuba's discovery. Its very name is related to a young aborigine who belonged to one of the pre-Hispanic tribes living in that region.
History mentions a magic tree called "bacona", which cast a spell on the young Indian, enabling him to play music with the lagoon's shells, a gift that was passed to the trees when the boy died.
The park's options include the possibility of enjoying the region's typical rural setting (campesino), which covers every single detail, ranging from houses - the popular "bohío" (thatched hut) - to furniture, including the "taburetes" (a typical Cuban chair).
All this is complemented by horse-riding excursions in direct contact with nature, and visits to the ruins of old French coffee plantations.
The remnants of coffee dryers, mansions and even a colonial cemetery can be found in the region, creating an atmosphere that is full of history and mystery.
Baconao also has an aquarium, which allows visitors to learn about the Caribbean's marine fauna in its tanks and tunnels.
Dolphins and seals put an excellent show for both children and adults, exhibiting their abilities, in a sort of pause that is both necessary and refreshing, with a 30-meter-long tunnel under the sea where visitors can see the fish in their own habitat.
Baconao's facilities also include such singularities as the Land Transport Museum, which exhibits over 2,000 miniature vehicles, along with an exhibition of vintage cars.
The ancient fauna is also represented in the park, especially in the so-called Valley of Prehistory, where visitors can enjoy life-size stone replicas of animals that lived on earth millions of years ago.
Add to this Cuba's traditional gastronomic offer, with typical dishes such as roasted pork and the so-called "congrí oriental" (rice and black beans), and a delicious cup of coffee made the old way.
Baconao Lagoon reflects the shadows of Cuba's pre-Hispanic inhabitants on the replica of a Taíno village, where vacationers are welcomed at a restaurant serving seafood and where music is played in the famous "órgano oriental" (eastern organ).
In order to complement the park's many offers, several hotels, including the Bucanero and the Club Amigo Carisol Los Corales, provide a safe haven to travelers and contribute to filling any emptiness left, if any, after a wonderful tour of Baconao.


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Soundcraft Takes "Mixing With Professionals" Program to United States
"We're extremely excited to have Gert Sanner at our first 'Mixing With Professionals' session in the United States," says Keith Watson, Marketing Director, HARMAN Mixing Group. "With his professional experience and mastery of Soundcraft desks, Gert has so much to offer to seminar attendees that you just can't find in a technical manual."
"I've been using Soundcraft consoles because of their sound quality, ease of use and onboard effects, all of which can make an FOH mixer's job a lot easier when the lights go down and the faders go up," Sanner says. "As you can imagine, being the person responsible for the concert sound of one of the world's major rock bands is not for the faint of heart. The Vi6 and other Soundcraft consoles have a host of well-thought-out features that are geared toward live sound mixing—especially when you have to make instant mixing decisions in the heat of the moment. I'm looking forward to sharing my knowledge at this seminar."
The "Mixing With Professionals" seminars are free, and attendees can register by sending an e-mail to firstname.lastname@example.com. The event is open to professionals wanting to learn more about the Soundcraft Vi Series digital consoles, those making the transition from analog to digital consoles, new engineers and others. In addition to the seminars, participants will also get a chance to tour the HARMAN campus and enjoy a light lunch with refreshments
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Fox has ordered two additional episodes of New Girl and Raising Hope, Deadline reports.
The additional orders come several days after Fox also expanded The Mindy Project's freshman season to 24 episodes. However, fellow first-year comedy Ben and Kate will produce a 19-episode first season. Fox still has the midseason comedy The Goodwin Games, starring Becki Newton and Scott Foley, to premiere sometime this season.
New Girl's first season was also expanded to 24 episodes last year.
Fox shuffles Tuesday's lineup after MLB rain delay
So far this season, sophomore comedy New Girl has averaged 5.11 million viewers, and third-year sitcom Raising Hope has averaged 4.05 million viewers.
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Now this is a style which I cannot say that I would have predicted to return to fashion--but I honestly don't know why, except perhaps for its relative obscurity in the grand timeline of fashion history.
Peplums were very popular in the 1940s, when women were going for more powerful looks, with broad shoulders and snappy hats. They had a resurgence in fashion in the 80s, which seems to be the main influence for the styles we are seeing right now. I remember having an aqua striped knit outfit with a little peplum on the top, and a matching short skirt, which I got while on a family vacation in Florida, when I was in junior high. I thought that outfit was so chic, at the time. I think my bright pink sunburn must have really popped next to the aqua.
These days the peplum look is more about adding a feminine touch to an otherwise sleek silhouette. I, for one, wouldn't mind seeing a snappy hat paired with the modern-day peplum. Maybe that's just me.
In any case, they sure are cute.


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Publication Archive
This archive contains all documents published by cep over the last few years:
cepAdhoc: Incisive comment on current EU policy issues.
cepPolicyBrief: Concise 4-page reviews of EU proposals (Regulations, Directives, Green Papers, White Papers, Communications) – including a brief summary and economic and legal assessments.
cepInput: Impulse to current discussions of EU policies.
cepStudy: Comprehensive examination of EU policy proposals affecting the economy.
The EU Commission wants to promote investment in NGA networks and maintain effective competition on the broadband market. It wants to do this by stricter non-discrimination obligations, greater clarity as to when obligations on price control for NGA networks should be removed and by imposing a standard costing methodology.
Payment service providers must not charge higher fees for cross-border payments than for national payments. Thus, the EU Commission intends to cheapen cross-border payments and to improve payment transactions in the EU. The existing principle of equality of charges for credit transfers and cash card services is to be extended to direct debits.
The Commission wants decisions by stock companies to be based to a greater extent on long-term performance and less on short-term share price fluctuations. It therefore proposes measures aiming to ensure that decisions by stock companies take more account of shareholders' interests.
The Best Practices Guidelines describe the course of action of European cartel and abuse proceedings (abuse of market power). With the proposed Guidelines the Commission wishes to enhance the transparency and predictability of these proceedings and to contribute to their smooth functioning.
The Commission wants to facilitate the establishment of a new form of company known as "Societas Unius Personae (SUP)". A SUP is a private limited liability company with one share owned by a single shareholder. The Directive obliges Member States to introduce the SUP into their legal systems.
The Commission outlines its strategy for health and safety at work 2014-2020. Accidents at work cause the deaths of 4,000 workers each year EU-wide and result in more than three million employees EU-wide being absent from work for more than three days every year.
The Regulation prohibits "proprietary trading" by larger banks and permits the banking regulators to prohibit "trading activities" so that the trading concerned is only carried out by companies which are separate from the bank.
cep analyses the plans enabling the ESM to directly recapitalise ailing banks in the Eurozone. Also, the further development of the ESM serving as backstop for the banking union in being analysed.
The European Commission is not satisfied with the development of the transeuropean transport system. In its Green Paper the Commission presents its visison of a future TEN-T policy and three options for action. Obviously it aims at the establishment of a "priority network" instead of a "core network" in future. In this context the Commission wants the transnational projects to be chosen by rational and comprehensible criteria.
The EU Commission opens up a consultation on possible amendments of the European Jurisdiction and Enforcement Regulation ["Brussels I" / (EC) No. 44/2001]. It instigates a discussion on how to abolish conflicts of jurisdiction and impediments to the enforcement of court decisions in the international legal order.


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Literature and the Writing Process combines the best elements of a literature anthology with those of a handbook to guide students through the interrelated process of analytical reading and critical writing.
Text writing assignments use literature as a tool of critical thought, a method for analysis, and a way of communicating ideas. This approach emphasizes writing as the focus of the book with literature as the means to write effectively. A three part organization combines a literary anthology with composition instruction and a style handbook so students have everything they need at their fingertips.
Some of the new features include:
-New Humor and Satire Portfolios now appear in every genre chapter, offering engaging new readings to encourage student interest.
-Expanded argument writing coverage (Ch. 3) offers more support for improving writing skills.
-New readings reflect a wide diversity of classic and contemporary voices, including Margaret Atwood, Chinua Achebe, David Sedaris, Billy Collins, and Robert Frost.
-Updated MLA coverage reflects the most current guidelines from the Modern Language Association.
-A refreshed drama section includes two remarkable plays: Picnic on the Battlefield, by Fernando Arrabal, and Beauty, by Jane Martin and A Raisin in the Sun, by Lorraine Hansberry has been brought back to this edition by popular demand.
A literature anthology, rhetoric, and handbook in one.
Every chapter of this anthology includes coverage of the writing process to help students write more successfully about literature. The process-oriented instruction shows students how to use writing as a way of studying literature and provides students with the tools to analyze literature on their own.
New to this edition:
-New photographs and images chosen to enhance understanding and appreciation of literature
-Expanded, updated discussion of researched writing (Chapter 17)
-Further instruction on the elements of argument and arguing an interpretation (Chapter 2)
-A new casebook on the poetry and prose of Langston Hughes


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Most small-business owners have three concerns when they're thinking about buying a black-and-white copier: cost, performance and production capabilities. What many don't think about until the last minute is size. When your growing company finds that a small, lightweight personal copier can no longer handle the increased load that expansion demands, you must consider the space an office copier requires, whether it's a desktop model or a stand-alone unit that sits atop its own cabinet or pedestal.
Because copiers are highly specialized machines, they carry a pretty hefty price tag. Even when you're buying a standard black-and-white copier, you should be prepared to spend anywhere from $1,500 to $4,000. The ideal model for a small business is a low-volume copier capable of making 5,000 to 10,000 copies a month.
Choosing black-and-white instead of color isn't the only technology decision you'll have to make when selecting the best copier for your business. To stay in step with the computer age, copier manufacturers are turning to digital technology, rather than continuing with traditional analog, for many new machines. Digital copiers produce clearer text and images; they also hold images in a data chip so copies can be made from memory without the copier having to scan the original each time as analog machines must do. Xerox, with its 212 model priced at $2,095, is among the manufacturers leading the low-volume market in digital copiers.
Another advantage of digital copiers is their ability to connect to a network computer for double use as a printer. Their sharp, high-toned reproduction of photos and other graphics that require varying shades of halftones is also a plus.
But don't discount analog copiers just yet. Analogs have their own adjustable halftone and gray-scale ranges and can produce relatively good copies of photos. Analog models produce high-quality, crisp images, and many, such as the Toshiba 2060, are faster than digital copiers. But while the Toshiba 2060 pumps out 20 copies per minute, compared to 12 from the digital Xerox 212, shoppers should ask for a demonstration to compare line quality, detail, solid images and shades of gray before deciding.
Maintenance costs, such as how frequently the toner and drum must be replaced, should also be a consideration when buying a copier. Most digital copiers use cartridges that contain all the imaging components in one case: toner, developer and photoreceptor. Analog copiers usually require separate toner and drum units. Minolta's toner costs $72 per case (two bottles), and a drum replacement costs $205. Panasonic's replacement toner costs $42 per bottle. Xerox's digital copier sells its all-in-one replaceable cartridge for toner, photoreceptor and developer for $336, but Xerox estimates that you can make 14,000 copies before needing a replacement. Analog copy machines average 5,000 to 7,000 copies before needing toner replacement.
In addition to maintenance costs, be sure to factor in the cost of extra features you may want to add. These include accessories such as a stapler, a sorter, a storage cabinet, drawers, extra paper trays and an extra automatic document feeder.
A new feature to look for is the automatic shut-off switch, which decreases wear on a copier by turning the machine off if it hasn't been used for 15 to 20 minutes. The automatic sizing function on Minolta's EP2010 is also an innovative feature, with the ability to "see" the size of an original document and adjust itself using preset reduction/enlargement settings, even with a different-sized copy paper. The most commonly used settings are 65 percent, 78 percent and 129 percent, but many models enlarge up to 141 percent.
Here are some other features to look for when shopping for a black-and-white copier:
Auto image density: Scans the original to be copied, determines how dense the color needs to be and automatically adjusts the amount of toner released.
Bypass: A separate slot for feeding in extra copy paper, single sheets of heavy bond paper or card media (index cards, postcards, etc.).
Duplexing: Copies both sides of a page, which saves money and paper. Some manufacturers sell duplexing units as an optional accessory.
Paper tray: Holds blank sheets of paper for copies. The average cassette holds 250 sheets. Additional trays can be added.
Preset reduction/enlargement: Automatically calculates and sets the best percentage of reduction or enlargement based on the size of the original.
Skyshot mode: Eliminates the black background that normally results from making copies of small originals, such as bank checks, with the cover open. Panasonic's FP-7715, an upgrade of the FP-7713 listed in our chart, has this feature.
Jill Amadio is a freelance writer in Newport Beach, California, who has covered technology for eight years.


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Happy, National Punctuation Day?.!!,()&
Happy National Punctuation Day!
Now this is a day I can get, behind!
In honor of the day, here are the greatest punctuation marks:
The semi-colon. Semi-colons are great; without them, you'd have no way of convincing the people who read the A.P. U.S. History exam that you are some sort of tool. Some people use air quotes. I use air semi-colons, but only because I've never read anything by Jonathan Safran Foer, and I want to fit in among literary circles. Sometimes I use several at a time and collapse under a pile of semi-related clauses. Using a semi-colon says, "I have a thought, and I have another thought that is almost distinct from that thought, but not quite." No one really knows when it's appropriate to use a semi-colon, but I'd avoid them after Labor Day and during funerals.
Sentence with a semi-colon: Call me Ishmael; it's my name.
The ampersand. Are ampersands even a punctuation mark? These are only used by comic artists (Kavalier & Clay), lawyers (Dewey, Cheatham & Howe), and people who mistake them for treble clefs. Also, they show up a lot in graphic swearing, behind only #'s and those little graphics of thunderclouds.
Sentence with an ampersand: "I like to play the piano, but I mostly play on the & part of the piano. %*&% piano!"
The period. If you line three periods up in a row, everyone becomes terrified that he or she missed something... Periods are the fat ladies of sentences. You just can't end without them. Sometimes, if you're experiencing period drama, you can hire some exclamation marks to come in as strikebreakers, but it's frowned on in most serious discourse! Question marks are totally useless in this area as well?
Sentence with a period: My favorite historical period is the one used in the Declaration of Independence after the word "separation."
The comma. I had an aunt who spent years in a comma! Commas are great in lists and in compound sentences, and they look sort of like pastries from a distance. I always add them to my shopping lists, because you can never have enough commas. The only thing worse than using too many commas is the fear you might run out and have to resort to desperate measures like run-on sentences or fragments.
Sentence with a comma: If you are conveying meaningless or redundant information, which doesn't mean anything or is redundant, try using a "which" clause!
Commas are also like a kinder form of parentheses.
Parentheses: Parentheses are a way of saying, "Hey, we don't really want you in this sentence, but we're going to accommodate you. Stay away from the real clauses." If you're hosting a party and don't know where to put the neighbor who's currently on trial for murdering his wife, try putting him in parentheses. He'll do less damage. Anything in parentheses is the kid sister of the rest of the sentence. The parentheses themselves are those two friends you encourage to shadow your younger sister when she comes to visit you at college. They're reliable, but no fun. If the sentence is cool, it puts commas around whatever the statement was, so it feels wanted. Example: "She loves colons, according to Jeff, anyway." "According to Jeff, anyway" feels much happier in that sentence than it did in the sentence, "She hates colons (according to Jeff, anyway).
Sentence with parentheses: Keep the canapes away from (Strangler Don).
The colon. It is difficult for sentences to survive without functioning colons. I had a colonoscopy, and they said mine were in great shape. (I was contractually obligated to make some sort of reference to colonoscopies.) Colons are great, because you don't know what's going to follow them! It could be something exciting or dangerous, like a charging zebra! Or it could just be an ordered list.
Sentence with a colon: That was a sentence with a colon.
The question mark: Who doesn't love question marks? These are great, because if you use text-to-speech software, it doesn't put a rising intonation on them! It's horribly confusing! Does all text-to-speech software have one of those impediments where you don't recognize emotion? They're also great because they can unnerve people if you accidentally type them in the course of online conversations. Example: "I love you?"
Sentence with a question mark: What?
Quotation Marks: What can't these do? They can imbue your remarks with ironic distance or make you appear to be quoting someone. Or both! "This is what Abraham Lincoln would have called a 'quandary,'" you can say. "Those air quotes aren't mine, they're Abe's." You can pepper your conversation with these to appear cultured! If you fail, you'll show up on this blog. Also, they tell you who's talking. Never let your dialogue leave home without them, unless you're James Joyce.
Sentence with quotation marks: You're going to be serving "six" years in a "federal" penitentiary.
The exclamation point. Exclamation points are the princes of punctuation! In the world of new media, they have carved out a niche as the only form of punctuation that doesn't make your e-mails sound as though they were written by someone who, after hitting the send button, is going to go jump off a bridge.
Dear Jeff:
I noticed that you got the files I sent. That's good. I hope you're happy with the graphics. Have a good day. Earlier, I saw a parade. I couldn't help wondering what the point of it was. Who knows. Anyway, enjoy your life.
Contrast this to:
Dear Jeff:
I noticed that you got the files I sent! That's good! I hope you're happy with the graphics! Have a good day! Earlier, I saw a parade! I couldn't help wondering what the point of it was! Who knows! Anyway, enjoy your life!
The first one makes it sound as though, after writing the e-mail, the author wandered into a river with rocks in her pockets. The second one makes her sound like a maniac, but the good kind of maniac, the kind who is really efficient at making graphics!
Sentence with exclamation point: In college, my editor told me that I used more exclamation points than any other columnist! [Editor's note: He was right, Alex.]
Further sentence with an exclamation point: Happy National Punctuation Day!
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Professional Responsibilities: How lawyers see and resolve real world ethical problems by applying the Rules of Professional Conduct, other legal standards and non-doctrinal standards, including personal ethics is this courses work. Real world ethics scenarios will reveal how some dilemmas are decided by legal standards while others allow for a range of legally permissible responses. While choice enables freedom, it obligates wise decision making which is the main learning objective of this course. Grading is based on a final exam, short written assignments and active class participation.


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ATLANTA (AP) — Top Georgia Lottery executives received large payouts and raises despite a law mean to curb bonuses.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports more than $260,000 worth of "incentive pay" went to top staffers in 2011. Then-Lottery President Margaret DeFrancisco received the largest amount, almost $83,000.
Lawmakers that year passed legislation to curtail bonuses for Lottery executives. At the time, both ticket sales and payments to state education programs were declining.
Georgia Lottery Board Chairman Jimmy Braswell says the organization followed the law.
Lottery spokeswoman Tandi Reddick says the pay increases were a result of promotions and additional work taken on by top lottery executives.
A former lawmaker who pushed for limits, Bill Hembree of Winston, calls the payments disheartening. He says the General Assembly meant to stop all such bonuses.


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I hosted the February Broadly Speaking for Broad Universe this year and had the pleasure to discuss one of my favorite topics, Romance in Speculative Fiction, with three wonderful writers: Brenda Cooper, Alexa Grave, and Pauline Baird Jones. You'll get to meet all of them this week. Today Pauline Baird Jones picked six.
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1. Which of your characters is your favorite?
I was at Twisted Gears last weekend and everyone kept asking me which was my favorite book. I told them, "That's like asking me to pick which kid is my favorite." LOL! But if you promise not to tell, I'd have to say Doc from GIRL GONE NOVA is probably my favorite. She really surprised me as she started to emerge from the fog. I liked her, then I didn't like her, then I loved her. The other characters describe her as a bit creepy and she is, but she's also fun and funny and she can kick serious tush.
2. Tell me about your travels.
3. Coffee, tea, or milk?
4. What else can you do besides write?
5. Who are you reading right now?
6. Pop culture or academia?
7. What is the toughest scene you ever wrote?
8. Where do you find your inspirations to write?
My inspirations often come from desperations. There are days when I pull it out of my tush. And yeah, its kind of painful. And then there are the days where it flows from my playlist (eclectic) or from a photograph or the turn of a head or a dream. I guess the good news is, it still comes, no matter where I find it.
9. Food you could eat everyday.
Chocolate. Actually, I probably do eat it every day. Wash it down with Diet Dr. Pepper. And donuts. I don't eat donuts every day, even though I could, because I'd have to go out and get them and I'm a hermit. (grin)
10. Are you into sports or other physical activities?
11. What kind of music speaks to you?
12. Do you outline your stories or do they just take you along for the ride?
I commit random acts of writing and that includes plotting. I literally make it up as I go along. It is in the editing where I take back control. I used to not like it, but now editing is my friend.
13. Celebrity crush.
14. Who are the biggest influences on your work?
Probably Mary Stewart, Alastair Maclean and Georgette Heyer. And chocolate and Diet Dr. Pepper. I learned about pacing, plotting and characters from all three of them. There are more, but I give these three the most credit.
15. Do you still watch cartoons?
Phineas and Ferb and The Road Runner. Hunted down The Jetsons for an upcoming blog post and had to laugh at how forward thinking NOT it was. They set it in the future, but the people were a lot like the people then. A LOT. LOL!
Pauline Baird Jones reads across genres, so it shouldn't have surprised when her writing went cross genre. Thankfully she does not need to understand cross genre-ing to do it, though she does concede it is a bit whacky for a confirmed hermit to write about crossing space and time.
She began her writing career penning romantic suspense (because fictional murder doesn't get you strip searched) but she had a secret longing to ramp up the spills, chills and daring do.
Pauline planned to continue writing romantic suspense and humorous mystery, committing fictional mayhem on her characters, but a funny thing happened on the way to finishing Out of Time. This time travel to World War II was suspenseful, but it also had lots of action and high adventure. And she liked it. And she got to keep committing fictional mayhem on her characters. Win-win.
The Key, sure it was an action and adventure romance—and it was—but someone pointed out it was also science fiction romance. Wait a minute. Could it be that she'd been mixing fiction into her science since high school? (Oops, sorry science teachers!) Hmm, why not go where she hasn't gone before? So she did.
The Key was the first in her Project Enterprise series, which will conclude with #6, Kicking Ashe.
To find out more about her and her books please stop by: http://www.paulinebjones.com
To buy her books, visit: http://www.amazon.com/Pauline-Baird-Jones/e/B000APFS0M
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PATHS TO PUBLICATION: Brenda Cooper
SECRET WRITERS: Alexa Grave


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A few months ago I decided to do something because I really hated the colour. (and the furniture too, but as I said the hubby won't agree on changing them). So i painted the wall behind the bed again, hang some new frames, bought some accessories for the sidetables and it turned out like this:
But I still wasn't satisfied! There was something missing (the furniture continued to bother me!).


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