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Glendive: Chihuahua Breeders
Below is a sample search of our Chihuahua breeders with puppies for sale. The search tool above returns a list of breeders located nearest to the zip or postal code you enter. From there you can see photos of their pups, find detailed information on their web page and contact them by e-mail, phone and even get driving directions.
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Li'l Promised Land
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs
Hobby breeders w/only a few pups per year. Champion bloodlines for happy healthy pets or for the show ring. Pups worth waiting for!
Valley High Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs
We are Akc Breeders of Merit Our dogs are health tested according to Chihuahua Club of America recommendations.We have new litter of puppies, which are all smooth coats.
Lil Bit Kennels
Services: Puppies,Rescue
Purebred Long haired Male puppy. Born on July 9, 2019. Will be around five pounds. Has a beautiful coat coming in and has personality plus - a total sweetheart. Inquiries to [email protected]
Oneway Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs
Thank you for your interest in Oneway Chihuahuas. I am a small in-house breeder of the cutest little dog you'll ever see ~ the Chihuahua. I continually strive for the excellence demanded by the Chihuahua Club of America, and also by following a proven evaluation plan. My dogs are sound, with good type, beauty, and full of personality.
Services: Puppies
We are the Fortners. We enjoy Raising quality puppies & are professional hobby breeders, which means we take pride in raising healthy, great temperment.Pugs, Pug Hybrids,Papillon, ShihTzu & Chihuahuas
Bravo's Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service
I am a small show breeder with puppies available on occasion. My dogs are health and temperament tested before they enter my breeding program. I also have stud service to approve AKC bitches only.
TC Tiny Paws
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service,Rescue
Our puppies have been well socialized and have a wonderful spirit and great personality. They love to cuddle with you as they have been raised in our home with kids and other animals on our small farm, and know no stranger. Our pups are spoiled, loved, & potty training has begun before they are ready to go to their forever home. Health is checked by our Vet. Dew claws have been removed and are up to date on all shots and worming.
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Rescue
Hello I breed & show AKC registered chihuahuas.I am state licensed & inspected & am an AKC breeder of merit. Cute appleheads, Well, socialized healthy & happy. raised in our home underfoot. 30 yrs exp
Spunkypaws Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs
AKC chihuahua puppies, loved & handled daily from birth, dewclaws removed, litterbox/paper trained, & puppy shots started.
Chihuahua's To You!
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service
GR CH Casey & Puzzle's litter of puppies are due August 3, 2020! GRCH male available for stud through 6/4/20. Puzzles (dam of litter & puppies) will be available early October - excellent pedigrees!
Angels in the Mist
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service
If interested in a puppy contact me so I can send you more pictures and videos... Now IS the time for a new pup. Kids are home and this male Chi is the perfect size for kids.
Chihuahuas Heaven
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service
Very sweet, lovable, and social Little chihuhua puppies. Raised in our home with lots of tlc. Some are registed and some are not. Lots of colors. Puppies available now
The Chi Shop
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service,Rescue
Raising Micro Chihuahuas Specializing in exotic colors, call or text 360-499-3850, We have puppies! please contact me for the most current pics, updated 09/09/2020 Health guarantee, on-going support
Victory Acres Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service
Victory Acres Chihuahuas raises and sells top quality AKC Chihuahuas. All babies are health checked by our veterinarian. We raise healthy, beautiful chi's, wonderful temperaments. Approved homes only.
Halo Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs
AKC applehead chihuahua puppies to approved homes, pet and show puppies available. I breed top quality chihuahuas from excellent champion bloodlines, long and smooth coat, variety of colors. See site!
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service
TJK DOGS, BREEDER OF LONG AND SHORT COAT CHIHUAHUAS. 28 YRS.EXP. COME SEE THESE LOVEABLE LITTLE CLOWNS,ASK QUESTIONS, THAT IS WHAT WE ARE HERE FOR.Salem Or Tjkdogs at aolOn Facebook
Heaven Sent Chihuahua
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs
Quality not quantity! Application is on website. Puppies are health checked, well socialized by kids, vaccinations, health guar., pup pkg...like our facebook page too @ Heaven Sent Chihuahua
Chihuahua Acres at H&H Ranch
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service
Welcome to Chihuahua Acres where we have Quality with a Splash of Color. Long and Smooth Coat chihuahuas in a variety of colors such as Merles, brindles and chocolates! Parents are verified soundness.
ChiChiBabies Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Rescue
Raising quality, happy, healthy Chihuahuas in a family-friendly home environment. Our babies are social and fit well in to most homes. Round the clock care and attention makes our pups exceptional.
La Casa's Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service,Rescue
AKC quality home raised puppies for 40 years, Chocolates, fawns, sables, happy, healthy, well socialized. Come and meet my Chihuahua family, call 602 267 7663 Thanks , Alice the Chihuahuamama
Chica Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service,Rescue
Chihuahua pet breeder since 1999.Long haired (long coat) and smooth haired (short coat) chihuahuas available from time to time. Inbox me to be added on my wait list!
Strawberry River Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service
Raising quality AKC chihuahua puppies out of some of the best show lines in the US.
Debs Chihuahua
Services: Puppies
Unique Apple head doll face smaller chihuahuas. Sometime she have deer style. Over 200 references with 17 year online presence, located in California.
TJs Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service
I have raised chihuahuas for 10 years. I am a breeder of Merit through AKC All of my dogs live inside with me. PLEASE READ I have a male puppy available but he is high quality puppy
FayJay's Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs
We raise registered long and smooth coat chihuahuas in a home type environment. All are handled daily and are well socialized to the family. Puppies mature under 5 pounds. All parents are on site.
Sandy's Babes
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service
Raising AKC quality chihuahuas for theshow ring but always loving pets first.
Diamond Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Stud Service
Diamond Chihuahua's small breeder in Ohio. We will only have few litters a year. We have no puppies at this time.
Teresa's AKC Chihuahuas
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service,Rescue
Teresa's AKC Chihuahuas has been raising friendly, healthy, sound chis in our home & educating the public since 1997. Customer satisfaction is our #1 priority, striving to follow the "Golden Rule"
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs,Stud Service
There is nothing like Chihuahua love. Please look at our website for available puppies.
Pepper Ridge Pups
Services: Puppies,Adult Dogs
Healthy Happy Home Raised AKC Chihuahuas! All of our dogs are part of our family and live in our home with us. We love and dote on our dogs taking great pride in them and their puppies.


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Christopher R. Growe
Stifel, Nicolaus & Co.
[email protected]
Kraft Foods Group (KRFT) reported what we view as a strong 1Q13 EPS performance with [diluted] EPS of $0.76, coming in a full $0.10 over our estimate and $0.12 above the consensus estimate.
1Q13 revenue growth of 2.1% on an organic basis was in line with our expectations but the company's very diligent cost control (overhead, productivity, etc.) continues to support robust operating-profit growth and operating-margin expansion. Operating profit was up 9% in the quarter and up 17% on an underlying basis, speaking to the power of these cost-reduction activities.
We look to a strong gross margin improvement as the key to providing the flexibility for the company to continue to spend aggressively on marketing and R&D/new products.
We continue with our Buy rating and $55 target price. This quarter features an improving underlying sales performance that we believe provides some upside potential for earnings across the remainder of the year.
Jonathan Feeney
Janney Montgomery Scott LLC
[email protected]
Kraft Foods Group reported 1Q13 [basic] EPS of $0.77 compared to consensus $0.64 and our $0.65 estimate. Net sales increased 2.1% year over year vs. our 0.6% estimate, exceeding our estimate by $0.08 per share, net. Gross profit increased 4% year over year and beat our forecast by $0.05, while EBITDA increased 11% and beat by $0.12. The tax rate was favorable by a net $0.02 per share compared to our forecasts. FY13 guidance was unchanged for… $2.75 in GAAP EPS. We raise our FY13 EPS estimate to $2.77 from $2.76.
Free cash flow visibility is improving. CEO Tony Vernon and team are centered on the most important metrics—volume, cash flow, and ad[vertising] spend—that we believe support an outlook of superior earnings visibility, reinforced by realigned compensation plans. With Q1, management is off to a good start, having delivered strong cash flow ($147 million vs. -$183 million last year), volume, and ad spend (double-digits percent year over year ), which together suggest improving visibility to FY13 free-cash-flow guidance (at least $1 billion).
Erin Lash, CFA
[email protected]
Kraft Foods Groups' [1Q13]… profitability improvement was impressive (operating margins increased 120 basis points to 17.9%).
We maintain our position that the domestic-grocery operations possess sizable competitive advantages, including a solid brand portfolio (Kraft, Oscar Mayer, and Maxwell House each generate more than $1 billion in annual sales) and substantial economies of scale in North America (with more than $18 billion in annual sales)—which drive our narrow economic moat rating.
Longer term, we expect annual sales growth of 3–4%, even given its exclusive focus on North America…
While we recognize that the shares aren't a steal at current levels (17 times our fiscal 2014 earnings per share estimate), we still think the stock is somewhat attractive relative to other packaged-food names, which trade in excess of 18-19 times forward earnings, particularly in light of the robust dividend that the company pays, which is yielding around 4% annually.

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Moses Chan, an Evan Pugh Professor of Physics at Penn State, testified before the U.S. Senate on whether the sell-off of the nation's helium reserve has an adverse effect on the nation's scientific, technical, biomedical and national-security users of helium. Chan, a member of the National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council (NAS/NRC) Committee on Understanding the Impact of Selling the Helium Reserve, gave his testimony to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on May 10.
While primarily known for its festive use in filling party balloons, helium is a crucial resource for many scientific, technological and national-security-related pursuits. It is used in the manufacture of such items as semiconductors, fiber optics and microchips. In addition, it is used by NASA and the U.S. Department of Defense to pressurize liquid hydrogen and oxygen that is burned together in order to propel rockets. In its liquid form, helium is used to cool superconducting magnets in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) machines. Liquid helium also makes it possible to conduct scientific research at temperatures close to absolute zero. Although low-temperature research uses less than 3 percent of the helium in the world market, the research is crucial in revealing the underlying physics that makes modern electronic devices such as cell phones and computers possible. Helium is found in a very small fraction of the natural-gas wells and typically accounts for less than 1 percent of the content of these wells. The Federal Helium Reserve, established in 1960, provides strategic storage and eliminates fluctuation in the supply of helium for the world market. In 1996, however, the U.S. Congress enacted the Helium Privatization Act that mandates the selling off of the Federal Helium Reserve by 2015.
In his testimony, Chan detailed the conclusions of the NAS/NRC report that he co-authored in 2010, pointing out potential problems in eliminating and selling off the Federal Helium Reserve according to the Helium Privatization Act. Chan spoke primarily on behalf of the scientific community in endorsing the newly proposed Helium Stewardship Act of 2012, which is sponsored by a large number of the Democratic and Republican senators of the Energy Committee. According to the Helium Stewardship Act, which would amend the 1996 Privatization Act, a roughly 15-year supply of the nation's helium reserve would be maintained for defense, strategic and scientific uses. Researchers in universities would have priority access to the reserve in case of market shortages.
"It is heartening to see that the work my colleagues and I did for the NAS/NRC study was taken seriously by the Senate Energy Committee," Chan said. "We hope the Stewardship Act will be enacted and that it will remove the concern of abrupt price hikes and sudden shortages."


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Posts Tagged 'refugee families'
Beneficiary concert
Posted 13. April 2016on:
On 16 April, there will be a beneficiary concert of the Berlin Ladies Ensemble, of which one of our club members is a part. The place will be the church "Zum Guten Hirten" at Friedrich-Wilhelm-Platz in Berlin. Entrance is free, but donations will be accepted. The incoming money will support refugee families.
Please come and support the good cause while having a good time out with classical and modern music.


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Updated at 12:42 p.m. ET: BEIJING – Released this past summer, Korean pop star Psy's "Gangnam Style" quickly became a global phenomenon. Within months, the infectious song has been watched over 530 million times and recently earned the distinction of being the most "liked" video in YouTube history according to the Guinness Book of World Records.
It seems that everyone has tried to get in on the Gangnam rage, including Google's executive chairman Eric Schmidt, our very own TODAY team, and just this week, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon.
Ai Weiwei, China's dissident artist who was detained last year for nearly three months, on Wednesday became the latest to jump on the Gangnam bandwagon, uploading his own version of "Gangnam Style" on YouTube. The video, which shows Ai dancing in handcuffs, is entitled "Grass Mud Horse Style."
"Grass Mud Horse," a homonym of a Chinese phrase that suggests a very lewd act with one's mother, is popular among anti-censorship activists in China.
PSY, the South Korean pop singer whose "Gangnam Style" viral video sensation made him an international star, returns to his home country, where crowds are going wild. NBC's Ian Williams reports.
Ai told journalists that the idea to cover the dance craze came from one of the many donors who helped him out last year when Ai was ordered to pay back taxes that the government claimed that he owed. Donations to help pay Ai's government fine flooded in online and supporters even visited his studio home in Beijing to toss money over the wall to him.
YouTube is banned in China and the video has not appeared on Chinese video sites.
The artist's tongue-in-cheek and at times hilarious -- at one point Ai can be seen swinging a pair of handcuffs around his head -- anti-censorship send-up may have been received with silence by Chinese state press, but it has been picked up by the New York Times, the Washington Post and NPR.
Grass Mud Horse
The Grass Mud Horse, which has its origins in a 2009 collection of hoax entries in a popular Chinese web-based encyclopedia called Baidu Baike, became a popular and irreverent way to poke fun at the heavy-handed censorship of China's ruling Communist Party.
Special coverage of China: Behind the Wall on NBCNews.com
The fabled Grass Mud Horse soon found itself the inspiration of a slew of cute online animations, stories and web board chatter. Stuffed animal versions of the alpaca-like animal were soon available online for sale and can still be seen periodically in shops and cafes across China.
Government censors though were left in the uncomfortable position of having to decide whether to let this pun-based challenge to their power go unchecked or to be seen censoring a fuzzy cartoon character.
Complete Asia-Pacific coverage on NBCNews.com
In addition to Grass Mud Horse, the term "River Crab" also became a popular way for internet users in China to challenge censors as it is a homonym for "harmonious." The principle of a "Harmonious Society" has been a signature principle of current Chinese President, Hu Jintao's ideology.
In China, then, when content runs afoul of censors, users often say it has been "harmonized." The term river crab became another way to jokingly get around online censorship in China.


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Shit-Talking's Only a Problem When You've Got Something to HideSubmitted by John Roderick on October 6, 2010 - 12:00am
Originally published in Seattle Weekly
Recently I was talking to a local music-industry guy about the social awkwardness he felt when he moved to Seattle from the Midwest. Specifically, my friend said that the hardest adjustment for him was that musicians in Seattle talked shit about each other.
"In the Midwest, you would never, ever talk shit about your friends in bands," he said, "but in Seattle everyone talks shit about their friends constantly. It's been very hard to get used to."
I've been in the Northwest music scene for 20 years, and I have to admit that a fair amount of shit-talking goes on here. It's not universal--some musicians wouldn't talk shit about you if you were driving out to Enumclaw with a video camera and a copy of Horse & Rider--but most people I know will drop a dime on their closest friend without much prompting. As a result, I've never felt it was particularly noble to "not talk shit." There are ways to talk shit about people that essentially hold to lines of mutual respect, admiration, good humor, and a code of honor, while also leaving it clear that the person you're talking about is a four-flusher who should not be left alone with the cocaine. It's basic musician grammar.
John blogs on GIVESeattle.org contributionSubmitted by John Roderick on January 14, 2010 - 1:09am
A couple of months ago the folks at GIVE asked me if the Long Winters could drum up a song for their benefit project, and it put us in a tough spot. We didn't have a finished track from our new record, but we DID want to contribute something. I'd been playing a couple of new songs live during a short tour I did with Jay Ferrar and Ben Gibbard--trying out different endings, messing around with the feel--so I suggested recording a song in raw form. GIVE liked the idea and doubled down, offering to help make a video to go with the track.
Luckily my good friend, Toronto's Kathleen Edwards, was visiting me at the time, so the two of us popped down to the studios at Clatter and Din and recorded the song in a couple of takes. I couldn't resist playing a little piano on it too, because I'm a sissy who likes sad piano on everything.
Bumbershoot: America's Next Long Winters DrummerSubmitted by John Roderick on September 1, 2009 - 9:58pm
Originally published in Seattle Weekly
A couple of months ago, the Long Winters got some mixed news: Our drummer, Nabil Ayers, was taking a full-time job in New York that would preclude his touring, and our band was invited to play Bumbershoot. We cried, we laughed. Happy as we were for our friend, his new direction meant we would have to start searching for a new drummer, a grueling process under the best of circumstances.
Since then, we've been auditioning drummers from all walks of drummer life, playing with a dozen different characters in search of a good fit.
How to Maintain Your BeardSubmitted by John Roderick on July 28, 2008 - 12:00am
Originally published in Seattle Weekly
In 1986, when I first attempted to grow a beard, the general consensus was that beards were for murderers and maniacs. Almost no one in mainstream America wore a beard during the eighties, and even in Alaska a beard was a serious statement that the wearer ate cold beans from a can and slept with his dogs. The only public figure of any note who wore a beard at that time was Surgeon General C. Everett Koop, who also wore a bow-tie, rode a mule, and carried a blunderbuss.
I always felt that clean-shaven adult men were suspicious-looking—either too vain or too conformist to let their face do what nature intended—so I strove to grow a beard from the first sign of a fuzzy wisp under my nose. In every country from Greece to Pakistan adult men wear flourishing moustaches as soon as they are able and until they die, just as they are expected to wear pants, and many of the world's religions consider the beard an obligation for the observant men.
Sex and Being in a BandSubmitted by John Roderick on July 21, 2008 - 12:00am
Originally published in Seattle Weekly
"My reputation as a ladies' man was a joke. It caused me to laugh bitterly the 10,000 nights I spent alone."
-Leonard Cohen
It is almost universally assumed that rock musicians avail themselves of copious, practically on-demand casual sex with their fans. The images of rock stars lounging backstage after a show literally covered in a blanket of squirming young girls, or running for their lives from hungry teens willing to perform any deed no matter how depraved are so pervasive they practically define the job. It's a case of collective wishful thinking, shared by the fans, their detractors, and the musicians themselves, that casual sex is a crucial and inextricable fringe benefit of being a musician. My married friends accost me with salacious and knowing winks, our female fans eye each other at the merch table like hungry cats around a wounded bird, girlfriends past and present peremptorily accuse me of everything short of sex-slavery and will not be assuaged, and interviewers leer and blatantly solicit for details— all while the unglamorous truth flops around like a beached carp.
DeadlinesSubmitted by John Roderick on June 30, 2008 - 12:00am
Originally published in Seattle Weekly
The next few weeks are going to be a stressful time for me. After a period of many months where all I've done is restfully contemplate my navel and dig holes in my garden, my band is now preparing to play a spate of shows—including the Showbox, July 5th with The Cops and BOAT—and then sequester itself in a recording studio to make a new record. These are things I love doing, of course, but they're also a tremendous amount of hard work and I'm starting to feel overwhelmed and unprepared. Why did I think it was a good idea to book several shows during the same few weeks that I set aside to record? Preparing for the one activity is very different from preparing for the other, and they can't help but be in conflict. We need to rehearse our catalogue enough that our upcoming shows have the tight feel that we get after weeks on tour. We should be working on our new songs too, except writing new material requires that we spread out on the floor, literally and figuratively, monkeying with gizmos and trying out new things. It's surprisingly difficult to do both.
Light Rail and Liquor in Seattle and PortlandSubmitted by John Roderick on June 23, 2008 - 12:00am
Originally published in Seattle Weekly
I took the train down to Portland over the weekend to play a variety show called Live Wire, which is broadcast on the Oregon Public Radio. The show is like A Prairie Home Companion if you replaced the laconic Midwestern drollery with a socks-and-sandals Oregon sense of absurdity. It was unpretentious and fun and it really set me thinking about Seattle's character and how a few small changes, however unlikely, could make this city a much more livable and enjoyable place. Before I start, let me just say that no one hates reading "What Seattle can learn from Portland" lectures more than me. Portland, despite its charm, has one thousand percent more mimes, jugglers, and crusty potters than any city outside of Germany, and this fact permanently disqualifies Portland from teaching any civics lessons or from standing as an example of responsible growth. Until they fumigate their city of all its jugglers it will only be possible to appreciate their example by piecemeal.
Selling Out, Again.Submitted by John Roderick on June 16, 2008 - 12:00am
Originally published in Seattle Weekly
One of the most prevalent misconceptions about music, and the music business, is that the truly talented musicians don't need to, or shouldn't have to, promote or publicize themselves. Publicity is naively thought of as the natural and direct byproduct of a musician's quality: the better the music is, the more publicity it should generate. Most people don't want to think of themselves as force-fed their culture, they want to think that they like good things and that the things they like are good. If Miley Cyrus is the most popular teen pop sensation, then Miley Cyrus must make the most sensational teen pop. Likewise, if Lil' Jeezy's cousin has the most downloaded ringtone of the week, it must be the most bangingest ringtone available, at least from one of Lil' Jeezy's cousins. Stands to reason. Capitalism, Social-Darwinism, and American Norman Rockwellism all lead us to believe that the cream rises to the top without any outside help. Unfortunately, we know this is not true. As good as Lou Bega's Mambo Number Five surely is, I find it hard to accept that it is finer than any Leonard Cohen song, although it certainly charted higher.
Collaboration is Hard for AnyoneSubmitted by John Roderick on June 2, 2008 - 12:00am
Originally published in Seattle Weekly
It's not a simple thing to collaborate, let me tell you. Songwriting, unlike painting or novel-writing (or meditating) lends itself easily to team effort because there are two distinct halves to a pop song — music and lyrics—but that doesn't make it easy or fun to work with someone else on a pop song. The Brill Building songwriting team of Leiber and Stoller, the Holland-Dozier-Holland team at Motown, and the classic rock archetypes of Lennon/McCartney and Jagger/Richards have ingrained in people's imaginations the image of songwriters huddled around a piano or guitar hammering out a tune in the spirit of good-natured one-upmanship. One person is absentmindedly tinkering on the piano while the other person is twiddling with a pencil; suddenly the lyricist hears a melody and inspiration strikes: "That's it! Play that last part again!" He sings a line, the piano player inserts a minor seventh, and they quickly and effortlessly compose a masterpiece, laughing uproariously. Then someone does a tap routine with a coat rack, and an angel gets its wings.
Competition Among BandsSubmitted by John Roderick on May 26, 2008 - 12:00am
Originally published in Seattle Weekly
There is, of course, a lot of competition between bands. It's an obvious thing to say—like saying there are a lot of Skoal Bandits at a Kenny Chesney show. But the competition between bands seldom looks like the clichéd Blur vs. Oasis, or Brian Jonestown Massacre vs. the Dandy Warhols pissing matches, where louche twits with shag haircuts deliver unintelligible insults like, "'Ere, them's a bit all porgy, innit?" No, the competition I'm referring to, the kind I feel, is altogether more quiet, and mostly friendly. When you've been playing music for a few years it comes to seem like the only people with whom you relate are other people in bands. Musicians become your whole social network, they're your peers and your close friends, but despite what you have in common you're not really having a shared experience. You play your shows and I play mine, your bandmates drink cheap gin and cry listening to Bright Eyes, my bandmates can't stop to tie their shoes without setting up a wireless network, and talk about their most closely guarded secrets using Rush lyrics. You end up in a situation where the only people who can even begin to appreciate what your life looks like are people you only see twice a year, backstage at some festival between their set and yours, and they don't actually have anything in common with you at all.


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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) When Everett Golson sees a piano, he usually sits down and starts entertaining. He plays several instruments, keeps a keyboard in his room and loves to sing.
Music is a huge part of his life, perhaps only topped by basketball.
And in Golson's spare time, he plays quarterback for Notre Dame.
``He's pretty good at his hobby,'' Notre Dame offensive coordinator Chuck Martin said. ``This being his hobby.''
Golson's biggest game - and biggest opportunity - awaits Monday night when the top-ranked Fighting Irish (12-0) take on No. 2 Alabama (12-1) for the BCS national title. Golson's season started with him winning a competition to be the quarterback for a then-unranked team, and now he's got the chance to lead Notre Dame back to the top of college football.
Or in musical vernacular, to be ND's maestro.
``It is a big stage,'' Golson said. ``I don't ride the wave too much. I'm kind of just focused on what's played between the yard lines, what's played on the field. Can't really focus on everything that's off the field because that's out of my control.''
A redshirt freshman, Golson didn't play last season, instead running the scout team. He won starter job entering this season, yet even when he was picked to be under center as Notre Dame opened the season in Ireland against Navy, there was some question about how long he would actually be able to keep his spot.
Golson had all the answers. His numbers aren't catchy - 11 passing touchdowns in 11 appearances - but his record is unblemished, 10-0 as a starter.
``I think he understood more of what our coaches wanted from him,'' Notre Dame tight end Tyler Eifert said. ``When they would coach him up on something, he kind of better understood that as the year went on.''
One of the major issues Notre Dame coach Brian Kelly had with the Irish offense a year ago was its penchant for turning the ball over.
Golson rarely dealt with that problem.
Poised more often than not, Golson has only five interceptions in 282 attempts this season. He averages 191 passing yards per game - only 79th-best in the nation - but he's not necessarily asked to win games with wild throwing sprees, either. Kelly's mandate was simply for his quarterback to avoid the big mistake that would lose games.
So far, so good.
``First-ever college game in Dublin, Ireland, first-ever home game against Purdue, road game primetime Michigan State, night game at Notre Dame against Michigan, on the road at Oklahoma, on the road at USC, coming off the bench ... take any other quarterback this year and try to figure out if they've gone through as much as Everett Golson,'' Martin said. ``To me it's not even close. Not even close.''
It goes deeper than the experiences of 2012.
In Golson's mind, not getting a chance to play in 2011 may have been more significant in pushing his development along.
``I think me being put back on the scout team, it was just really a humbling experience for me,'' Golson said. ``Coming in, I thought I was ready to play or had that confidence that I was ready to play, but it wasn't that way for me. I think being put back on the scout team, like I said, really humbled me, made me kind of reassess myself.''
Even the Crimson Tide can see that.
When Alabama defensive coordinator Kirby Smart first started breaking down tape of the Irish, he predictably watched every play of every game several times. And by the end of that film study, Smart knew the Golson who started the season isn't remotely close to the player who now is tasked with running the Irish offense.
``You can't give the guy the ability to run all around and make plays, yet that's what he's going to do, so it's who's got the greater will to contain and keep him in the pocket,'' Smart said. ``So it's a tough thing. The guy is going to scramble. He's going to be a better, quicker athlete than the people we have up front.''
The thing the Irish rave about most when talking about Golson is his confidence.
Even when things were tough at times this season - particularly the game against Pittsburgh when Notre Dame trailed 20-6 entering the fourth quarter, then won 29-26 on his touchdown run in the third overtime - Golson continually showed he can do the job.
``He's a very important part of our offense and he's a big playmaker,'' Notre Dame offensive lineman Zack Martin said. ``Any time we can take a hit off of him, it's going to be big. He's a playmaker. He makes plays.''
If that happens Monday, Golson may make football's equivalent of beautiful music.
``The race is not given to the swift or the strong ... but it's given to the one that endures to the end,'' Golson said. ``We're obviously the underdogs coming into this game. ... Alabama has, like I said, a great defense, great team, bigger, faster, stronger. But it's really about who's going to endure to the end.''


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Face to Face With Reece Hudson
Text: Susan Michals
Reece Solomon is all about the slow build. Her business, Reece Hudson (that she started with fellow 26er and bestie Max Stein) has been slowly but surely building her designer handbag collection for a number of years—but it was only with this latest collection that things have really taken off. Now it's a matter of whether or not Solomon can keep up with the demand.
Stein and Solomon met through a childhood best friend who had attended school with Max at Tulane, while Solomon attended Boston University. Soon thereafter she interned at Proenza Schouler and Rag and Bone while attending Parsons. Max was interning at the same time at Men's Vogue and then began working closely with the Duckie Brown boys, doing their PR in house. "When I graduated from Parsons, it was a horrible, horrible job market [June 2009]. I wanted to start a line and Max wanted to build one," said Solomon. And with that, Reece Hudson was born.
Up until the Fall 2010 collection Reece Hudson was producing in NYC—but they found it increasingly difficult to continue due to demand. "The quality wasn't what it should be, and it was very expensive," says the designer. "It's fabulous for ready-to-wear, but not for leather goods." So she opted for Italy. "We met with about 15 manufacturers, and finally found the right fit. Fall 2012 was the first collection made in Italy, and the current collection (Spring 2013) will be available at Barney's nationwide in February. It is available now at Satine in Los Angeles, and the Alchemist in Miami.
The twosome don't negate the power of celebrity but are in no hurry to pick a celebrity spokesperson for the brand. "When you don't advertise, you have to be extra careful. The first three people who are seen carrying your bag are going to define your brand so much," pipes in Stein. "My top three stars—really my absolute favorites are Rooney Mara, Mia Wasikowska, and Michelle Dockery from Downton Abbey, says the young Solomon. "I recently started watching that show and have become completely obsessed with it. And I think Rooney Mara looks so chic when she wears Givenchy. That is my favorite brand and an aesthetic I respond to. We have to get her before she gets a contract."
Let's not forget the fact that CFDA chose Reece recently as one of latest recipients to occupy its Fashion Incubator Studios. "We've got really good mentors from it, Roopal Patel has become close, and we work with Kyle Andrew who is the VP of Marketing at Kate Spade and Paul Donaher from Laird and Partners. It's really what you make of it, but we can't begin to say how thankful we are for these wonderful resources."
The Spring line is filled with bursts of color as well as a variety of styles that you wouldn't normally see in handbags – like Solomon's custom paint finishes that are also rubberized. So just how does she describe her collection this time around? "First of all it's urban, designed around a city girl that goes easily from day to night. This collection is more daring and playful." Stein—the man behind the designer—adds in just one more great adjective. "My favorite word to describe these is louche. They're all sordid in an appealing way. If something's kind of dirty and dangerous, you want it."


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Whether you want to combine your holiday in Germany with a German language course, prepare to study or even work in Germany, or do a preparatory course for an admission test such as the TestDaF or BULATS, German language schools are perfect for learning German quickly, efficiently and in a fun environment.
The German language courses are designed specifically for beginners, more advanced learners, children, school classes, adults, professionals or even German teachers, and are held in small class sizes with well-trained German-speaking teachers. Lessons are taught at certified quality levels and in an exciting international atmosphere.
But if you want to learn the language properly, you also need to understand the country. As such, the lesson plan will leave enough time to discover fascinating German cities and museums, shopping paradises or customs and traditions after class. You can then put your newly acquired language skills to the test on your culinary forays into German gastronomy. Tip: Give the "Leberknödelsuppe" (liver dumpling soup) a try.
"It's the best way to combine a holiday with learning."
"You only really get to know Germany once you can express yourself in German. The vast array of German language schools is perfect for learning quickly. After taking a course, it was really easy for me to say what I wanted in pubs, restaurants and shops. That's great, isn't it?"
Whether you like travelling to Germany, have friends or family there or just enjoy learning the language, you can find German language schools throughout the country. They help beginners and more advanced learners to always find the right words in German.
"Learning German in Germany is cool"
"I often spend my holidays learning German in Germany. The cool thing is you can do the preparatory course for the TestDaF – the test you need to pass to study in Germany – here. And after class there is enough time to go to the cinema, take a trip to the countryside, make new friends or see the beautiful country from way up high on a roller-coaster in an amusement park."
You will speak German from day one in German language schools. You can also take advantage of single-person or group packages (e.g. for school classes). You will see how much fun it is to use your German in everyday situations.
"My German classes are my favourite part about my time in Germany."
"My girlfriend lives in Germany. I want to move there soon to be with her and work there. German language schools are tailor-made for learning German, with their small class sizes, qualified teachers and job-related courses. In the evenings after lessons, I visit museums, go to the theatre and sample the delicious German cuisine."
If you want to take a course at a German language school for professional reasons, you can expect high-quality content and teachers. Doing specialised preparatory courses is an excellent way to revise for a recognised German test such as the TestDaF.
"Plenty of time for lessons and leisure activities"
"My dream is to study product design in Germany. One of my friends gave me a tip: Take a language course at a German language school before you start your degree. I am learning the language quickly and effectively at the school. I also have enough time to discover another side to this exciting university city on an evening bar hop."
Germany's language schools have plenty to offer students and prospective students alike: In addition to lessons for every language level and preparatory courses for the TestDaF and BULATS tests, there is still enough time to get to know the country, people and culture. Or just to chill out.
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NEW DELHI: As India announces a revived US$7.9 billion investment in its unreliable electric grid to prepare for planned renewables growth, the country is also experiencing a rise in off-grid projects aiming to provide an estimated 400 million rural Indian people with clean energy access.
Plans to prepare India's national grid for more wind and solar energy with US$7.9 billion worth of upgrades are now moving forward, according to Ratan P. Watal, Secretary, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, who announced the news at the National Consultation of Stakeholders regarding Development of Offshore Wind Energy in India, in New Delhi this week.
The new grid will be built over seven Indian states in the next five to six years, with funding support from German development bank, KfW Group. The grid will also receive support from the World Bank, state governments, the Asian Development Bank and India's National Electricity Fund.
During the announcement, the Ministry Secretary also shared the success of India's onshore wind market, which has attracted US$16.5 billion investment in 2012 and has an estimated capacity of 191 gigawatts by 2030. Ratan P. Watal also announced that the National Offshore Wind Energy Authority will soon be constituted, to act as the key offshore wind agency for India.
Plans to stabilize the grid are part of India's goal to double renewables capacity by 2017, progress that would help avoid widespread electricity blackouts, such as last year's, which left half of the country's population without power.
While the grid upgrade is widely welcomed, off-grid energy access remains a key issue in India. According to the World Bank, 400 million people in India do not have access to electricity. Furthermore, the International Energy Agency (IEA)'s World Energy Outlook 2011 argues that increasing dependency on large-scale, centralized power from coal would still leave one billion people without energy access by 2030.
The IEA recommends that regardless of climate change concerns, the necessary path to universal energy access in un-electrified, rural areas is through scaling-up decentralized, off-grid clean energy models.
To improve rural energy access many off-grid projects are now underway across the country, including a program being planned by The Climate Group.
Subaskar Sitsabeshan, Programme Analyst, The Climate Group, explains the early-stages of the project: "According to the latest Rural electrification progress report, approximately 33,000 villages are un-electrified in India - a population that could eventually be connected to renewable energy sources. Clean energy technology, including solar and wind generation and efficient LED lighting, could revitalize India's failing energy system.
"The Climate Group's project, currently titled Rural Access to Energy in India, principally funded by the Dutch Postcode Lottery, will operate across three states, piloting various business models, in order to identify the sustainable business models that can then be scaled up rapidly to reach the 33,000 un-electrified villages.
"We are in the process of consulting with various potential partners for this project, and the business models that we have come across so far have been truly fascinating. We expect that this project will demonstrate the potential of renewable energy sources in India, and ultimately, stimulate India's Clean Revolution."
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Indian Prime Minister wants clean energy subsidies, doubling of renewables by 2017
Subaskar Sitsabeshan: India's policymakers must find renewable solutions to alleviate energy poverty
India's blackout signals urgent need for clean energy restructure
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Rihanna, Frank Ocean and Demi Lovato are the latest performers announced to perform at the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards. The performers will be added to a lineup that includes Alicia Keys and Taylor Swift.
Along with the VMA debut of pop band One Direction, there are established favorites such as Green Day and Pink. There will also be a range of presenters such as Ke$ha, Miley Cyrus and 2 Chainz.
The show promises to be eventful for Rihanna, who is tied with Drake for most-nominated artist this year, with five each.
The announcement of Ocean to the bill comes after he made a few sacrifices in his schedule. Earlier this month Ocean canceled his European tour dates from 8/12 – 9/22, which included stops with Coldplay.
To keep the night moving between performances, comedian Kevin Hart will be hosting he show. The VMAs which will take place at the Los Angeles Staples Center on August 30.
—E. Parker, CBS Local
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Zillow and Trulia Release House-Hunting Applications for Mobile
Trulia and Zillow, two of the biggest competitors in the online real estate space, are continuing to push into mobile with the addition of more smartphone applications.
Trulia.com said it is now supporting iPad and Android in addition to iPhone. Zillow has released a BlackBerry application, adding to a portfolio that supports iPad, Windows Phone, Android and iPhone.
Both are trying to offer access to information to home buyers wherever they want it, and not necessarily when they are in front of computers.
Being accessible to users whenever they want the information will be critical as both companies may jockey for an initial public offering in the not too distant future.
San Francisco-based Trulia recently said it was prepping for an IPO as it continued to build out its management team, and Zillow was reportedly in talks with investment bankers to discuss the prospects of going public.
Trulia said the addition of iPad and Android applications builds off a base of more than two million mobile users, who visited Trulia.com from their phones last month. That represents a more than 300 percent increase compared to the year earlier, it said.
Both the iPad and Android apps will be slightly different from what was being offered on the iPhone. The iPad app will use the larger screen real estate to display a color-coded heat map that examines the differences in average listing price and sold price within a city or county. The Android app will allow users to add open houses to their calendars and scan QR codes.
Zillow said with the addition of its BlackBerry app, it will now cover more than 90 percent of smartphone users. The Seattle-based company said its services are used on mobile devices more than 6.5 million times each month with 23 million visits to home detail pages.
In addition to being able to search the BlackBerry app for homes based on a user's location, they will also be able to filter searches by price, number of bedrooms and bathrooms, and other information. Homes will be viewable in satellite or street view, and will feature color photos.


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[Verse 1: Noreaga]
Lefrack shooter squad
My murder unit, niggas running through your rod
I could occupy Wall Street
But I'd rather occupy where the halls be
They say morning sex is the best breakfast
If her head right, she might get a necklace
It ain't tricking if you got it
You on top of the world, baby, that's my dick
Militainment, for the princess
Got weight on her chest -- bench press
Yeah, I'm about to let my shooters go
Green light on you, I let my shooters know
Assassinate you
Cut your dick off, fucking castrate you
[Hook: Noreaga]
Yeah, this ain't nothing but a war song
That's right, this ain't nothing but a war song
This ain't nothing but a war song
That's right, this ain't nothing but a war song
They want beef, then we go to they crib
They want drama, then we go where they live
They want beef, then we go to they crib
Shit stinks and you know what it is
[Verse 2: Glacierz]
Fuck bitches, lick blood from a tampon
I'm the reason you wake up to your mans gone
Dead hoes, the Marilyn Monroes
Now tell me who the best, I'm all ears -- Dumbo
I stay on top of niggas, y'all giving top to niggas
I'm like them yellow cabs, bitch, you don't stop for niggas
Dudes thirsty but I'm too laid back
And keep the fools needing water like a Kool Aid pack
Damn nice, damn right from Van Dyke
Buffalo these broads like the bottom of Air Nikes
Got em like, "Why they give her the damn mic?"
The way I eat bitches, niggas think I'm a damn dyke
Step in Guiseppes, niggas respect g
N.O.R.E. are together like testes, see
So you might want to bang yourself
My pussy juice is on your nooses -- bitch, hang yourself
Nore and his protege Glacierz are done being nice, and give us exactly what the title suggests – nothing but a war song (plus some bad Dumbo jokes)


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I'm not really into politics, however it appears that the Good 'ol U. S. of A. is going to have it's first African American President. Now while that is of itself a noteworthy and landmark occurrence, as the transition from slavery to presidency is no mean feat, I'm also hoping it will bring with it important changes. Like an improved economy. Reduced national deficits. Better international relationships. You know. Good Presidential stuff.
However we will just have to wait and see. Politicians are politicians after all, it doesn't matter whether they are black or white, which is a fact many seem to have forgotten. The proof is in the pudding. Whatever that means… I never really liked pudding anyway. Only time will tell how well campaign promises equate to results…
Anyway, in honor of this momentous occasion, I thought I'd break out a beauty of a weapon I ran into a while back. I have done a few gunblade posts in the past, but none of them compare to the sweetness that is the Gun Katar:
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Is that not completely and uncompromisingly awesome? Now this is a weapon for which a Gun Kata would make practical sense. Yes, A Gun Kata. You know, that little gun dance that seemed to occur at random in the movie "Equilbrium"? The one with Christian Bale before he became the "Dark Knight? Yeah. That one. Go look up Gun Kata (not Katar) on the YouTubes or something. But I'm ranting here. Back to Gun Katar goodness.
What you are looking at here is a Katar, a traditional Indian punch dagger, primarily a thrusting weapon, often designed to penetrate chain mail armored opponents. It has a thick wedge shaped blade, and unlike most other weapons, the blade is held vertically, by a grip and a set of side bars that sit at right angles to the blade.
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This one is a particularly ornate one, featuring some very intricate engravings. You can see an elephant and a boar on one side, as well as flowers, leaves in the center area where the blade emerges, and other traditional Indian adornments.
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Like many other katar, this features a double bar center grip, with the traditional side bars that run down either side of the blade and acts as guard as well as added support for the weapon.
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Under normal circumstances, that would be the sum total of the design of a traditional Katar. Except this one takes quite a hike from the traditional beaten Katar path. This Katar is loaded. With black powder. A double charge no less… 🙂
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This Katar is sporting a pair of flint lock pistols, one attached to either side of the weapon. If you look closely at the grip, you can see a pair of triggers recessed into the front bar, one at the top and one at the bottom.
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As you can probably imagine, a person wielding this in battle would have a healthy advantage over your poorly equipped standard Katar wielding schlub. I can just imagine how confrontations with the original owner of this weapon would have ended. Indiana Jones style.
I love weapons that make the old saying: "never bring a knife to a gun fight." redundant… 😉
Anyway I thought this was a cool weapon for a special day… There are one or two more pics at the link after the jump. Here's to great things in our future… 🙂
Gun Katar – [CollectorEbooks.com]


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I really enjoyed R. Reynolds' letter this morning, though I believe he only got it half right ("The curtain is poised to fall on the American republic," Oct. 8).
This country takes in $2.7 trillion annually but we are spending $3.7 trillion. It is this uncontrolled spending — not the tea party, Mr. Reynolds states — that will destroy this country.
Congress is only going to vote (I hope) on increasing the debt limit. There is enough money coming in to service the debt. The only one who can cause the country to default is President Obama, by choosing not to pay those debts.
I don't want to see an increase in debt, but that is not a responsible option. There is going to have to be an increase in the debt limit, but at the same time there are going to have to be painful spending cuts. It's going to take both parties.
I don't want either party claiming a victory. The victory must belong to the country. What worries me most is that there are not enough politicians in Congress who are wiling to put the country above party.
R. Houck, Rosedale


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Government telework strategies also strengthen continuity of operations.
When the workday starts at the Virginia Information Technologies Agency (VITA), some employees report to a new technology center 20 miles south of Richmond. But almost half of VITA's 400 workers just stay home - some once a week, some every day.
As a leader in a statewide effort to encourage more employees to work away from the office, VITA has seen the portion of its work force enrolled in its telework - aka telecommuting - program jump up to 49 percent from only 23 percent two years ago.
"Employees are pleased with it," Virginia CIO Lem Stewart said of the telework option. "I think productivity is better. And there isn't any question about the energy benefits." Employees who work from home save money on gasoline and help relieve pressure on Virginia's congested roads, he said. "So it provides a good all-around benefit for both employees and the agency."
Virginia made a major commitment to telework in 2006, when Gov. Timothy Kaine formed the Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance. The office encourages telework for public and private employers and is also working to bring broadband service - a must-have for teleworkers - to areas where it's not available today.
Telework is on the rise, not only in Virginia, but throughout the United States. A report by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce in May 2006 counted 20 million teleworkers in the labor force. WorldatWork, an association of human resource professionals, estimates 14.7 million Americans worked from home full time in 2006, up from 12.2 million in 2005.
Like Virginia, Arizona has institutionalized telework for government agencies. So has the U.S. government, which requires Cabinet-level departments to maintain telework policies. In fall 2007, officials at the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) underscored this federal commitment with a series of public appearances to promote the benefits of working away from the office: lower commuting costs, less time spent sitting in traffic, greater flexibility to balance work and personal life, and opportunities to accept jobs that aren't within easy commuting distance.
For employers, telework offers a strategy for recruiting and retaining talent. That's a critical issue for government CIOs, as a 2007 survey by the National Association of State CIOs (NASCIO) pointed out. NASCIO found that among state IT organizations, 27 percent of the work force will be eligible to retire in the next five years.
Younger workers, who seek flexibility and a better quality of life, don't consider telework a luxury, said Karen Jackson, director of Virginia's Office of Telework Promotion and Broadband Assistance. "It's something they are looking for when they're considering what jobs they'll accept." The chance to telecommute might also entice veteran employees to stay on the job longer, she said.
In addition, telework expands the potential talent pool to include workers who don't live near a government facility. "It's really chasing the knowledge and the capabilities, rather than that plus the need to have somebody relocate," said Chris Cummiskey, CIO of Arizona and director of the state's Government Information Technology Agency (GITA).
Practice Makes Perfect
Telework also offers a way to keep government in business during a flu pandemic or other emergency. "If people, on a daily basis, are practicing, using, testing and learning how to do telework appropriately, then when the time comes for COOP [continuity of operations] and COG [continuity of government], we have an organization that knows how to do it," said Edward Meagher, deputy CIO at the U.S. Department of the Interior.
Proponents note that an organization with many teleworkers saves money because it needs less office space. It may also see increased productivity. Eliminate the exhausting commute, and employees might start work earlier or stick with it later. Keep them on their home turf, and they'll need just a couple of hours - not a whole vacation day - to see a doctor or meet with a child's teacher.
For government agencies that want to implement telework programs, one of the challenges comes from managers who feel they can't supervise employees they can't see. At VITA, Stewart tackled this problem by starting at the top, first requiring executive staff to telework at least one day a week. "That included myself. I do it a couple of days a week," he said.
He then mandated that middle managers start doing some of their work at home. That got them used to the idea, Stewart said. "They freed up a little in terms of allowing employees to do it."
A related challenge is that when employees work at home, it's harder to encourage collaboration, brainstorming and mentoring - interactions that often stimulate an organization's best work. "If you don't have that environment, how are you going to deliver goods and services?" asked William Mularie, CEO of the Telework Consortium, an organization funded by the U.S. Department of Commerce to help public agencies and private companies implement telework programs.
Video and conferencing capabilities can help in both areas, allowing supervisors and teleworkers to stay in touch, Mularie said. "If we could really push the quality of technology, then we could mitigate some of these management issues." For example, the Telework Consortium used a video-conferencing tool called Marratech to support collaboration during a pilot program with the Loudoun County, Va., government.
Officials in Arizona look to technologies of this kind to transform the state's existing telework program, which currently sends employees home to work just one day a week. With better tools, the state might create a full-fledged virtual office program, removing some groups of workers from government buildings entirely.
"If we want to move to a virtual office scenario, expand the telework or just be responsive to pandemic flu planning, then we need to make sure we've got the infrastructure in place to accomplish it," Cummiskey said. To this end, GITA has experimented with Web conferencing and is investigating enterprise imaging technologies, he said.
Although officials at the Department of the Interior encourage telework, the price tag for the required technology presents a major obstacle, Meagher said. According to a study by the GSA, he said it costs about $7,500 to set up a new telecommuter with a laptop computer, applications and security software, other office equipment, broadband communications, help desk support and other necessities. Ongoing costs total another $3,500 per year, he said. "Where does that money come from?"
In some government telework programs, such as Virginia's and Arizona's, many employees use their own equipment and pay for their own broadband when they work at home. That's especially true when the employee teleworks only one or two days a week. "We're certainly not overloading on the things that we give to them if it's a casual setup," Jackson said.
Avoid Obsolete Computers
Federal agencies often subsidize computers and broadband services for teleworking employees, said Mularie. Unfortunately some agencies have tried to save money by giving teleworkers obsolete computers that they've removed from government offices. That's the wrong strategy, he said. "You have to have more modern processors to do the work at home."
Besides figuring out how to support the costs of telework, a CIO must determine the right way to launch and maintain the program. "You have to pick the right jobs, and you have to pick the right people," said Rose Stanley, work/life practice leader and resident telework expert at WorldatWork in Scottsdale, Ariz.
Within an IT department, jobs that involve troubleshooting or monitoring equipment at a single facility clearly aren't good targets for telework. But employees who mainly do strategic planning and oversight, like many of GITA's employees, are prime candidates. "Once you have connectivity to the information you need, that really is a large part of it," Cummiskey said.
Field technicians also make good teleworkers, since they can be dispatched from anywhere, Stewart said. "It doesn't matter if they're at home or traveling."
Another key to a successful telecommuting program is to make the ground rules clear. There should be a signed agreement, Stanley said. In federal telework programs, that's standard procedure. Arizona's telework policies stipulate not only that supervisors and teleworkers sign an agreement, but also attend telework training together.
A telework program also should provide a smooth way for teleworkers to transition between home office and central office. VITA did just that when it developed its new technology center. The building includes about two dozen "hoteling" facilities - shared spaces designed for use by employees who generally work at home. "During the days that they plan to be in the office, they schedule one of those facilities or offices to reside in," Stewart said.
To create a better atmosphere for telework, VITA also implemented new standards for evaluating employee performance. They emphasize specific objectives and achievements, rather than subjective measurements, Stewart said. "It's a change from the standpoint of causing people really to focus on outcome, and not on where the individual is."
A successful telework program requires attention to both the technology side and the human side of the equation. The real secret, though, is treating telework as a serious business strategy. "You really have to focus on it as an initiative," Stewart said. "It's not something that you just say, 'Go do.'"
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Apparently the only thing that can keep red-hot pop star Justin Bieber down is cold.
The moppish-haired singer was forced to cancel a recent performance in Syracuse, NY, due to his illness, reports the New York Daily News.
"really dont know what to twitter...im getting rest right now and trying to recover from the not so good from the doctor," he posted from his sickbed.
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Bieber is set to perform at Madison Square Garden on August 31 with the show being taped for use in a 3-D movie about his "My World Tour."
"im gonna be ok just need 2 rest but i wanted all of u 2 know i never want to let any of u down. ever. i appreciate all the kind words," he wrote.
According to a reporter for the Daily News, Bieber seemed to be in good spirits at an August 28 show in New Jersey.
"He was energetic, dancing, running around the stage, flirting with his fans," said David Yi.
Fans holding tickets for the Syracuse show can either catch a make up show on September 1 or get a refund.
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Zac Galfridus is a public servant who is lucky enough to be married with two daughters, been to Burning Man, seen himself on Rage, knows a few people who are currently working hard to save our civilisation.
Zac Galfridus is a public servant who is lucky enough to be married with two daughters, been to Burning Man, seen himself on Rage, knows a few people who are currently working hard to save our civilisation.
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Ion Newcombe is the editor and publisher of AntipodeanSF, Australia's longest running online speculative fiction magazine, regularly issued since January 1998, and conceived back around November 2007. He has been a zealous reader and occasional writer of SF since his childhood in the 1960s, and even sold a few stories here and there back in the '90s.
"Nuke", who it turns out loves editing more than writing, lives in the New South Wales North Coast holiday destination of Nambucca Heads, where he is self-employed in IT training, computer support, desktop publishing, editing, writing, and website implementation. He is also the resident tech-head, skeptic, and board member of community radio station 2NVR, where he produces a number of shows including The AntipodeanSF Radio Show.
Mark Webb's midlife crisis came in the form of attempting to write speculative fiction at a very slow pace. His wife maintains this is a good outcome considering the more expensive and cliched alternatives. Evidence of Mark's attempts to procrastinate in his writing, including general musings and reviews of books he has been reading, can be found at www.markwebb.name.
One of Mark's very best forms of writing procrastination is to produce the eBook series for AntipodeanSF, which he has been doing since issue 175.
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By Umiyuri Katsuyama - Translated by Toshiya Kamei
Marcus Rockstrom (often known as Mac) is a writer and editor who has spent the last ten or so years bouncing between jobs for either profession as opportunity and circumstances have dictated.
For several years he was a content producer and editor of the online Games Magazine at The Australia Times, and has also done work in book editing, copywriting, transcription, articles and endless amounts of proofreading.
While professional work is rewarding, his true passion is found in the fiction of fantasy, sci-fi and other grand tales. As a lifelong nerd, it has ever been his desire to create the sort of stories that have enthralled him all through life.
Zac Galfridus is a public servant who is lucky enough to be married with two daughters, been to Burning Man, seen himself on Rage, knows a few people who are currently working hard to save our civilisation.
Nancy M Cunningham is an aspiring writer who lives in Adelaide, South Australia with her family and several spiny leaf stick insects.
Nancy currently works as an agricultural research scientist and takes inspiration from science and nature to write across genres including crime and science fiction, historical, romance as well as short literary fiction.
She has been published in Tulpa magazine and in an anthology of short historical fiction 'Easter Promises'.
Malena Salazar Maciá was born in Havana, Cuba, where she still lives today.
A winner of multiple literary awards, she has authored several books, including Nade (2016), Las peregrinaciones de los dioses (2018), and Aliento de Dragón (2020).
Translated by Toshiya Kamei, Malena's short stories have appeared in Clarkesworld, The Future Fire, Mithila Review, and elsewhere.
Steve Bellavia was born and raised in Adelaide, but these days he can be seen trudging around Melbourne.
He has two kids, one wife, and zero pets.
Another one of his stories can be found at: <https://365tomorrows.com/2019/09/29/deicide/>
Toshiya Kamei holds an MFA in Literary Translation from the University of Arkansas.
His translations have appeared in venues such as Clarkesworld, The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and World Literature Today.
Colin has branched from non fiction to fiction.
If you liked this, check out his short story collections now on sale on Amazon Kindle: 100 Breaths (10 stories that occur in 5 minutes, the time it takes to breathe; you guessed it; 100 Breaths) and I M A G I N E (6 longer short stories about people getting what they want... or are they?)
Victoria has worked in the metal manufacturing industry as an industrial chemist since leaving school but views those past 33 or so years as merely a stop gap until she figures out what she really wants to do when she grows up. She discovered the joy of words after encountering "Ode to Autumn" by Keats in 1985, and has been jotting down anecdotes, short stories and essays to amuse herself ever since.
A self-identified 'nerd' with an insatiable curiosity towards whatever attracts her attention, she also enjoys drawing, yarn crafts and learning new things. Victoria lives in Melbourne with her husband, son and too many cats.
This is her first formally published work.
Deborah Sheldon is an award-winning author from Melbourne, Australia. She writes short stories, novellas and novels across the darker spectrum. Some of her titles include the horror novels Body Farm Z, Contrition, and Devil Dragon; the horror novella Thylacines; the romance-suspense novella The Long Shot; and the collections Figments and Fragments: Dark Stories, and the award-winning Perfect Little Stitches and Other Stories (Australian Shadows "Best Collected Work 2017"). Her short fiction has appeared in Quadrant, Island, Aurealis, Midnight Echo, Breach, AntipodeanSF and many other well-respected magazines. Her fiction has been shortlisted for numerous Australian Shadows Awards and Aurealis Awards, long-listed for a Bram Stoker Award, and included in various "best of" anthologies. Other credits include TV scripts, feature articles, non-fiction books, stage plays, and award-winning medical writing. Visit her at <deborahsheldon.wordpress.com>
After a decade playing music as a bass guitarist, Eugene Samolin turned his attention to writing in 2015. Shortly thereafter, a mystical revelation infused him with an abundance of creative juices. He's been writing esoteric tales of fantasy and science-fiction since then.
Following two decades of working in the area of scenario-based learning (particularly speculative scenarios) within the university sector, Ed maintains an interest in Futurology. That is, evidence-based suppositions and theories about potential trajectories of humanity, science, technology and civilisation into potential futures.
'Download 505' was inspired by a range of BBC articles on the advent of weaponised clones in military arsenals and their potential impact on humankind.
Natalie has tried everything from Air Traffic Control to Zoology, but writing has been the one constant across all the years.
She had her first publication in Antipodean SF and can still remember the heady excitement of that first acceptance.
She is eternally grateful for that first flush of encouragement, and is proud to be one of the regular contributors.
Old enough to just remember the first manned Moon landing, Kevin was so impressed he made science his life.
Retired now from teaching he amuses himself by reading, writing, following his love of weather and correcting people on the internet.
He's been writing since his teens and hopes he will one day get it right.
He can be found on twitter @KevinPhyland where he goes by the handle of CaptainZero and his work is around the place if you search using google or use the antisf.com.au archive.
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Mark is an astrophysicist and space scientist who worked on the Cassini/Huygens mission to Saturn. Following this he worked in computer consultancy, engineering, and high energy research (with a stint at the JET Fusion Torus).
All this science hasn't damped his love of fantasy and science fiction. It has, however, ruined his enjoyment of rainbows, colourful flames on romantic log fires, and rings around the moon. He has previously been published in Stupefying Stories Showcase, Everyday Fiction, Escape Pod, Perihelion and also on AntipodeanSF where he is part of the narration team.
Alistair Lloyd is a Melbourne based writer and narrator who has been consuming good quality science fiction and fantasy most of his life.
You may find him on Twitter as <@mr_al> and online at <alistairlloyd.com>.
Laurie Bell lives in Melbourne, Australia. She was that girl you found with her nose always buried in a book. She has been writing ever since she was a little girl and first picked up a pen. From books to short stories, radio plays to snippets of ideas and reading them aloud to anyone who will listen.
She is the author of The Butterfly Stone (YA/ Fantasy — available now) and White Fire (Sci Fi — available now)
You can read more of her work on her blog Look for her on Facebook <www.facebook.com/WriterLaurieBell/> or Twitter: <@LaurienotLori>
Tim Borella has never lost his childhood passion for SF and writing in general and has been lucky enough to have worked most of his life as a pilot — in other words, he's never properly grown up.
He lives in country Far North Queensland, has won awards for songwriting, and has had various other writing achievements, the most recent being an honourable mention in the 2018 international Literary Taxidermy Short Story Competition.
He also has bachelor degrees in science and teaching, and has completed a couple of as-yet unpublished SF novels. He'd dearly love to spend more time writing, but will have to continue juggling for another couple of years until the kids have fully left the nest.
Pixie is a voice actor, cabaret performer & slam poet From the Blue Mountains in NSW.
She enjoys writing short fiction, plays for radio and stage as well as her own brand of weird poetry.
She hosts the 'Off-Beet Poetry Slam' held bi-monthly in Katoomba.
Timothy Gwyn is a professional pilot in Canada, where he flies to remote communities. During a lull in his flying career, he was a radio announcer for three years, and he is also an author.
In addition to short stories at AntipodeanSF and NewMyths.com, his SF novel is available internationally in print and ebook formats. "Avians" draws on his love of alternative aviation to tell the tale of a girl who runs away from home to join a cadre of glider pilots on a world without metal or fossil fuels.
On Twitter, he is @timothygwyn, and his blogs are at <timothygwyn.com>.
Carolyn's work spans devising, performance, theatre-in-education and a collaborative visual art practice.
She tours children's works to schools nationally with School Performance Tours, is a member of the Bathurst physical theatre ensemble Lingua Franca and one half of darkroom — a visual arts practice with videographer Sean O'Keeffe.
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Margaret lives the good life on a small piece of rural New South Wales Australia, with an amazing man, a couple of pets, and several rambunctious wombats.
She feels so lucky to be a part of the AntiSF team.
Garry Dean lives on the Mid Coast of New South Wales Australia, and has been a fan of SF for most of his natural life. Being vision impaired, he makes good use of voice recognition and text to speech in order to write. Many of his stories have appeared in AntipodeanSF over the years, and his love of all things audio led him to join the narration team in 2017.
You can read examples of Garry's fiction on his website <https://garrydean.wordpress.com>
Although a writer of the baby boom persuasion, Ed has not boomed for quite a while.
He lives with his wife plus a menagerie of non-domesticated — native Australian animals intropical North Queensland.
His writing within the 'real' science fiction context of COVID-19 is intermingled by long night sky vigils — searching for pesky aliens intent on maintaining their social distance to the nth degree.
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Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton says his young team is growing up although he's not sure they've come far enough to repeat as Atlantic Coast Conference tournament champions.
Victories over Virginia and North Carolina State to close out the regular season guarantee the Seminoles (17-14, 9-9 ACC) an eighth consecutive winning campaign and a possible NIT berth if they fail to repeat as ACC champs this week in Greensboro, N.C. Florida State had lost badly at both NC State and Virginia earlier in the year.
As he prepares for Thursday's 9 p.m. opening round matchup against Clemson, Hamilton is relieved his freshman-dominated lineup came together in the final week of the season with arguably their two most impressive wins of the year.
"We thought all along that this team had pretty good potential," Hamilton said. "The way we finished the season gives us a little momentum and some confidence."
The late-season emergence of freshman point guard Devon Bookert has steadied the Seminoles' offense which has relied heavily on veterans Michael Snaer and Okaro White all season.
"With the ball being in Bookert's hands, he's getting more and more comfortable," Hamilton said. "He's a quick thinker."
A self-described "pass-first point guard, Bookert joined fellow freshmen Michael Ojo and Aaron Thomas in the Seminole starting lineup that produced the wins over NC State and Virginia.
Bookert scored 10 of his career high 18 points in the final five minutes of last weekend's 71-67 win over North Carolina State that knocked the Wolfpack out of a first-round bye in the tournament. The Alaskan import (he's from Anchorage) leads the Seminoles in assists, 3-point shooting percentage and free throw percentage.
Snaer and White are the only Seminoles averaging double figures.
Snaer, a third-team all-conference pick whose 1,506 points have him 10th on the school's all-time scoring list, averaged 14.2 points in his final season while White averaged 12.2 points and a team leading 6.1 rebounds.
It was a strange campaign for the Seminoles, who won their first two and last two games of the conference season and stole another handful in between with help from Snaer, who hit game-winning baskets in the final seconds four times. They haven't won three straight games since late December.
Florida State defeated the Tigers twice during the season, 71-66 at Clemson and 70-67 in Tallahassee on Snaer's 3-point basket at the buzzer that was preceded by freshman Devon Bookert's 3 with 44 seconds left that tied the score.
"It's very, very tough to beat a team three times in one season," White said. "We need to get focused and not take anybody lightly."
Seminoles head to tourney following two best wins
Florida State coach Leonard Hamilton says his young team is growing up although he's not sure they've come far enough to repeat as Atlantic Coast Conference tournament champions.


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Final grades of African-American students attending Winston-Salem State University were increased by school officials, according to former instructors at the institution.
The instructors reported that final grades would be submitted to the school administrators only to later discover the grades of their African-American students altered.
"Some students had their final grades changed based on race," said Hedgepeth. "That was a common complaint of many of the faculty that I worked with."
Three ex-faculty members spoke out about the alleged changes during a meeting with watchdog website Campus Reform in June. Shira Hedgepeth, former Director of Academic Technology, claimed that African-American students' grades were often raised to improve the school's academic standing.
"There is no other motivation," said Hedgepeth. "If you work on that campus you know it. Everything that was done was to make sure we service the African American students."
The allegations have been investigated and appear to be supported by official documents obtained by Campus Reform. The information in the documents will not be released because the website believes doing so could violate the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act.
One of the other professors, who chose to keep their identity private, said that a number of faculty members have constantly submitted complaints but they were never acknowledged.
"I have reported everything," said the professor. "I doubt anything was done."
Hedgepeth said that she tried reaching out to the school's accrediting body, but the complaints were not accepted.
One professor, who was not identified by Campus Reform, said that the reason many current faculty members are afraid to come forward is because they fear losing their jobs.
"All the faculty, white and black are very fearful to speak," said one of the professors. "The department is run by fear and through retaliation. If you speak out you will be retaliated against."
Aaron Singleton, a spokesperson for the university, claims that the university has never received any complaints from faculty regarding the grade changes.
"I checked throughout our administration and the university has not heard of any of those allegations," said Singleton. "No one has filed any complaints at the university."
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Five years of supporting Columbus science
ESA's Columbus laboratory on the International Space Station was launched on Space Shuttle Atlantis five years ago today. Since then, it has offered scientists from Europe and worldwide the opportunity to conduct out-of-this-world science.
Over 6 m long and more than 10 tonnes, its shell was built in Italy and integrated in Germany. Columbus was shipped to the US to be launched from the Kennedy Space Center. ESA astronauts Léopold Eyharts and Hans Schlegel joined the Shuttle crew to install the module on the orbital complex.
Even prior to the 2008 launch, a team of engineers at the Columbus Control Centre were training for the upcoming flight. Their round-the-clock support has been crucial to the success of Europe's permanent outpost in space.
Since arrival at the Station, daily crew activities in Columbus have been overseen by a dedicated team of engineers and specialists working at the Columbus Control Centre, near Munich, Germany.
In five years, their expertise has assisted many astronauts to conduct science investigations in Europe's orbiting lab.
Today, 'Col CC' is a crucial partner in the network of US, Russian, Canadian and Japanese control centres that look after the International Space Station.
Today: Routine operations and impressive science
Today, the ISS including our Columbus lab is achieving an impressive scientific return.
"It's been a time of tremendous change; back then, the ISS was under construction, with regular Shuttle cargo flights," says ESA Mission Director Roland Luettgens.
"Today, we're in routine operations, the Station is complete, we have full, six-member crews and the ISS including our Columbus lab is achieving an impressive scientific return."
ESA, DLR and industry teams
Roland is one of the approximately 80 engineers working at Col CC, a unique, state-of-the-art ESA facility located at the DLR German Aerospace Center establishment at Oberpfaffenhofen.
It is staffed by ESA, DLR and a contractor team, and provides console positions for specialists to maintain daily voice, video and data contact with astronauts in space and with the systems and experiment facilities on Columbus itself.
Space flight is a complex undertaking, and when technical problems occur, Col CC ground controllers can apply a sophisticated set of tools and procedures to assist the crew in determining a solution or identifying spare parts that should be sent up on the next resupply flight such as the Automated Transfer Vehicle, Progress and NASA vehicles.
"Our ground team is available around the clock to speak with the astronauts and support their science investigations," says Roland. "They often achieve over our 35-hours-per-week target of science activity on ISS, and we know the crew appreciates the advice we can provide from the ground."
For Roland and his colleagues at Col CC, one of the most satisfying aspects of their work is when an astronaut drops by after a long-stay mission and appreciates the ground team support.
"The crews are incredibly busy both in orbit and once they return, so we really are pleased when they take time to visit, debrief the ground teams on their mission and we can share ideas on how to boost Columbus' utilisation."