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It's axiomatic that a company's employees are its best asset. When they understand and buy into their organization's goals and direction, they will be motivated to stay with the company, perform better and tell everyone with whom they come in contact about their firm. And that leads directly to the bottom line.
How to engender a high performance organization? It starts with open, transparent, two-way communication, led by professionals that employ a variety of strategies to achieve that goal. The Council on Internal Communications will explore those strategies, to enable its members to be at the cutting edge of what works today, and what they need to prepare for, as they move forward.
- The use of social media
- Regulatory and disclosure issues
- Two-way communication techniques, both locally, on-site and remotely
- Motivational, results-oriented practices and quantification
- HR and other departmental relations
- Labor challenges
- Senior management challenges
The power of peer learning
Enduring relationships with trusted peers in an international network are the core of the council experience. Enhanced by our global, enterprise-wide reach, these relationships span the world and extend the value of council membership. Confidential peer dialogues at meetings and in between provide you with a broader perspective and shared experiences, as well as access to specific knowledge and best practices.
Council membership benefits
Collective problem solving that puts your issues on the agenda
Global benchmarking through regular surveys of council members about relevant company practices
Multifunctional insights generated by the wealth of perspectives gathered from over 100 councils (covering more than 50 functions) that work together across geographies
Virtual communities that extend learning opportunities through a variety of online forums, webcasts, webinars, and other resources
Who should join?
Senior communications and public relations professionals with responsibility for internal communications
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Saint Joseph's University was founded by the Jesuits — visionary Catholic priests and educators who prioritized social justice, the pursuit of excellence, service to others, and the development of the whole person, or, cura personalis. One of only 28 universities and colleges nationwide exemplifying this 500-year- old Jesuit tradition, SJU offers each of its students an educational experience that will hone their skills, expand their knowledge, grow their faith and strengthen their character.
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2013 Booklover's Ball takes guests to Broadway
The 16th Booklover's Ball, benefiting the Denver Public Library, paid homage to books that were made into musicals or plays.
Chaired by Mike and Elizabeth King, the event saw 680 guests enter the Central Library via paparazzi-lined red carpet.
Inside, they sipped on the signature drink of the night — the Ginger Rogers — before sitting down to a dinner from Footers Catering.
There were five themed dining areas, placed amongst the stacks: "Wicked," "Mary Poppins," "Les Miserables," "South Pacific" and "Phantom of the Opera."
Bob Sarlo of Interlock Construction chaired the corporate committee, whose members were Chris Haugen (White Construction); Mike Huguelet (DaVita); architect Dennis Humphries; Amanda Jackson (Westin Denver Downtown); Judy Joseph (Paros Press); Anthony Lambatos (Footers Catering); Sid Wilson and Daphne Marrable (A Private Guide); Stacy Nelson (Halo Branded Solutions); Joe Nimmons (BBVA Compass); Cathy Schwartz (Waddell & Reed); and Kristin Stork (Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck).
Event committee members were Elizabeth Anderman (University of Colorado); Mike Arzt (The Public Works); Sara Biehn (Bauerle and Co.); Amy Brimah and Cristal DeHerrera (Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck); consultant Voradel Carey; Amy Fidelis (mPowered); Keo Frazier (Keos Marketing Group); Kevin Gile (Anton Collins Mitchell) and Matthew Hanson (Mutual of Omaha).
Photo slideshow from 2013 Booklover's Ball
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3 Stars – Powerful
When the Tsunami of 2004 hit the coastline of Thailand, the loss was devastating and took the lives of 240,000 people. Without warning, families vacationing in the idyllic seaside resorts were instantly buried under crushing waves that uprooted trees and tore buildings apart. Though the loss was immediate and pervasive, there was one family vacationing in Khao Lak who experienced a seemingly impossible protection that eventually brought them through the ordeal together.
Based on a book by Maria Belon and powerfully brought to the screen by director Juan Antonio Bayona, the screenplay by Sergio G. Sanchez takes us on the intense journey that leaves the audience as depleted as the Bennett family when they are finally on the plane heading for home.
Maria Bennett (Naomi Watts) is a physician who has taken a break from her practice to raise her three sons. Her husband Henry (Ewan McGregor) is working on a project in Japan when they decide to celebrate Christmas in the tropical paradise. Their three sons are Lucas (Tom Holland) who was ten, Thomas (Samuel Joslin) who was eight and Simon (Oaklee Pendergast) who was five. As the family frolicked poolside, they suddenly stop in shocked curiosity when they hear something huge approaching. Within seconds, they see palm trees falling and they are engulfed in a 98 foot wave.
The tension of this true story is experienced first from the perspective of Maria and Lucas who quickly find each other after their three-minute tumult of being propelled through rushing currents of water, tree limbs and debris. Thinking they are the only survivors, they start walking to find help, stopping only to save the life of a young Swedish boy, Daniel (Johan Sundberg), then all take refuge in a strong Banyan tree where they are found by local villagers. But Maria is seriously injured and, although Lucas is only ten, he stays by her side and tries to advocate for her care when they take her to a swamped hospital.
Then we are taken through the tsunami experience with Henry who emerges from the water quickly and finds his son Thomas high in a tree. After rescuing him, they then hear the voice of the youngest boy, Simon, also clinging to the trunk of a palm tree. Providentially, Simon had just learned how to swim. Their reunion is joyous but incomplete. Henry cannot stop putting himself and his youngest sons in danger while he continues to search for his wife and Lucas.
What makes this film more significant is that the events of the film are not only based on a true event but they are also the actual experiences of the Bennett family. Therefore, the struggles they experience and the decisions they make are not the imaginations of a creative writer. This enables the viewers to have a real time shared experience with them. When Henry abandons his young sons to strangers who take them to the mountains while he continues to search for his wife and older son, we can see the foolishness of this desperate decision and realize that he is acting in shock rather than reasonably.
How any of us would respond in moments of catastrophic events is unknown. Although we hope we would be wise and courageous, we never know until we're tested. In this moment, the Bennetts were able to accomplish the impossible by a providential series of events that brought them not only through the danger but also brought them back together as a family. That is the most for which any of us could hope.
Discussion for those who have seen this film:
1. What is the most catastrophic event you have ever experienced? As you look back at your actions and the decisions you made in the midst of that event, which do you think were good ones and if there were any that were unwise, what were those?
2. The real Bennett family is Spanish, however, in this film, they were cast as British. Do you think this shift in language and culture was a good choice? Why do you answer as you do?
3. In the final scene as Maria silently cries from the safety of her plane flying over the devastation, we are able to see her release of the trauma. What do you think gave this family the strength they have?


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10 Ways You Can Make Yourself Smarter
For those of you looking to up your creativity and productivity as you make yourself smarter, then this list of brain-improving activities and ideas is for you. In fact, some of you might have already tried one or two of these activities, but hopefully some others will surprise you. r


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The Name's Wreck. Cake Wreck.
This cake may technically be a wreck, but it's a freakin' sweet wreck. And get this: it's a wedding cake. Awww yeeeah [cue Bond music: dum da da dum da da da...].
Check out the details, folks: from the crashed plane and face-down henchman (my favorite) to the bad guy scaling the back and the bullet holes peppering the second tier, this is one detailed Bond diorama. And don't get me started on the blasted-off columns of the top tier: that's an engineering marvel all on its own. So sorry, but I haven't got a single criticism to offer here: just wanted to share a rare diamond in all this cake roughage.
Ann W. & Dayna B., nice one.
UPDATE: Thanks to David Malki !, the cake's designer, I can now tell you that this work of art was created by Mike's Amazing Cakes. The top layer is indeed styrofoam, and the plane is actually a model of one David flies. You can visit the original site here, where you'll also see the coolest idea to hit a wedding in a long time: an entire wedding party in coordinating Converse sneakers. Awesomeness.


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AGREED, wholeheartedly!
Except where he says "IF we're going to START banning violent works of fiction..." As distasteful as this may be, society has been banning books based on disagreeable content since before the invention of the printing press, and it is still going on today. The repressive but vocal minority has, like a lion watching the herd, simply turned its focus toward the two weakest groups that have an effect on what we read: school districts and public libraries. I'm not ALWAYS a fan of the ACLU, but when I am, it's usually when they're trying to prevent book bans. (And like the weakest gazelle, they don't always win.)
Just do a google search for "book banning news" and you'll see what I mean.
.....still not forgiven for "Hot to Trot (1988)".


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Slow Food Sunday at Bastyr: Palestinian Food and Mason Bees Talk
Our friends on the east side have a tasty and informative event coming up this Sunday. Check out the details below.
The next Slow Food Sunday in Kirkland will be held on Sunday, 13-Apr. Home cook and Palestine native Hiba Reshig will team with her mother Samira to present a soup-to-nuts program that includes several regional specialties. We'll have a traditional Shawrbat'adas lentil soup, a game hen dish seasoned with dried sumac petals served on a flatbread with caramelized onions, a rice dish known as Mujadar that will be the main for our vegetarian guests and side for all others, a Palestinian "simple salad", and homemade starter desserts that you'll need to read more about at www.slowfoodsunday.org. Our talks will include a presentation by Hiba and Samira on Palestinian food traditions and we'll also have a special presentation by Stephanie Corchnoy on the fascinating role of Mason bees to support food production in our region.
See the SlowFoodSunday website for more details and to register!


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94 N. Main Street, Jasper, GA - (706) 253-2457
A loose transcript of a recent conversation over the phone:
A man called to discuss writing a comment to our website on the discussed $130 million water park resort with developers eyeing Talking Rock.
Caller: I am absolutely opposed to this. I bet they are planning to let the taxpayers pay for it with a big bond.
Editor: Actually, no on the bond. We reported last week that the developers had once sought a $50 million bond, but that has been dropped completely.
Caller: Well I bet county is giving them the sewage?
Editor: No, we reported the sewage is being discussed but the county has definitely not agreed to give it to them.
Caller: I'm sure all the county officials are trying to get this thing here.
Editor: From the comments in our last story, it's safe to say at least one commissioner expressed serious concerns against it.
Caller: Oh really. How many jobs is this thing supposed to bring?
Editor: We reported this as well. Would you like to read the story we have already done before commenting?
Caller: No. I'm not going to pay the 75 cents for it. And your website would charge me a $1 to read the whole thing. I just read the free story.
Editor: So, all you got was a short press release?
Caller: Yeah. I'm not going to pay for the news.
Everybody is aware that there is free news all over the Internet. But as the above demonstrates, you get what you pay for.
At the Progress we don't use aggressive sales pitches to push subscriptions. If you are like one of the more than 7,000 homes in the county that sees fit to pay us our 75 cents (less for a yearly subscription) each week, we truly appreciate it. We work hard to see that you get your money's worth of information. Facts like the backstory on the water park or the amount of commercial real estate in the county versus private homes. Facts like the state of county finances or news on the courthouse project.
With the water park we interviewed numerous people from all sides and got the facts as well as views of the economic development people and the commissioner for that district. This information is worth 75 cents - we're sure of that.
Another similar incident to the phone call also comes to mind. There were several people who commented they couldn't understand why the county held the recent vote on Sunday alcohol sales by itself on a ballot and questioned the cost in different online forums.
But Progress readers would have read comments from the commissioner and the election board on the timing and would have seen the price (budgeted at $16,000) in stories, as well as a separate letter to the editor directly from an election board member explaining the issue further. Progress readers would also have seen projections of increased tax that would be collected with the extra sales made by the stores involved.
If you are content with just the basics, like there is a water park possibly coming, the free version of news is fine. But if you want to get involved or comment or really understand what's going on, you are going to need to spend 75 cents (less than the cost of a 20 oz. drink) or you will look half-informed.
We will continue to provide breaking news and some additional stories online for free. We'll put stories about events like ArtFest online at no charge. They often come to us for free through press releases and we're doing our part to promote the community by posting them. But if you want stories that dig into things, that require reporters making calls and asking questions, you shouldn't expect it for free any more than you expect doctors to give examinations, teachers to lessons or stores to give away free groceries.


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I'm stuck with the quest 'Give Anoq the collected tax'.
I collected all of the money except for Anton's share.
Unfortunatly, Anton is kinda dead and his wife Isabelle won't talk to me, so I can't collect the tax money from her either.
So how screwed am I, or is it still possible to finish the quest?
I already tried spawning Anton back in, but he refuses to talk.


text: It was good to smell, feel, and hear nitro again at the ESTA Safety Park, as the Nitro-Diction AA/FD team of Jim Didio and Alan Aroneck made testing runs on Sunday. After making a nine second shakedown run to make sure everything was working properly with the new combination, crew chief Bill Graney and clutch man Forrest Lorance went to work to try to grab the track records. On the second run, driver Howard Haight got out of the groove just beyond the concrete launch pad, ran along the guardrail smoking the tires at will, stopping the timers at 7.00 @ 216.26 MPH. The 216 MPH run is the fastest we've seen a piston powered car run on the ESTA quarter mile in over 20 years. The team plans to test again in a few weeks before heading out of town to run the Good Guys and nostalgia circuits. Didio said "We'll be back".


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The Cleveland Browns have their quarterback of tomorrow under lock and key.
General manager Ray Farmer on Tuesday announced that No. 22 overall pick Johnny Manziel has agreed to terms on a four-year contract.
NFL Media Insider Ian Rapoport reported the deal to be worth approximately $8.3 million with a signing bonus of roughly $4.3 million, per a source who's seen the contract. The team officially announced the signing on Wednesday.
The former Texas A&M star will enter training camp pitted against veteran Brian Hoyer in a battle to win the team's starting signal-caller job.
Mike Pettine acknowledged that Hoyer was securely ahead of Manziel coming out of last week's mandatory minicamp, but Cleveland's first-year coach also called the space between the two passers hardly "insurmountable."
Around The League views Manziel's ascension to the No. 1 spot as wholly inevitable for a team that hasn't housed a bona fide franchise passer since Bernie Kosar roamed old Municipal Stadium. Hoyer has locker-room support, though, with pass rusher Paul Kruger telling a local radio station on Monday: "In my mind, Hoyer's the guy."
Still, Browns offensive coordinator Kyle Shanahan worked magic with Robert Griffin III in Washington and appears ready to do the same with JFF. After Cleveland's recent rash of offseason practices, one Plain Dealer scribe was left to say of a playbook overtly designed for a mobile passer: "It's for Johnny Manziel."
With Johnny's deal in the books, the Browns have come to terms with four of their six picks from last month's draft. No. 8 overall pick Justin Gilbert has yet to hammer out a deal, but the new rookie contract structure ensures that will happen without much drama.
It's easy to forget that Gilbert was the higher pick with the spotlight burning bright on Manziel's every move.
Since trading up to grab the electric passer, the Browns have watched their once-downtrodden Q Rating skyrocket to new heights. No other team was tweeted about more over the past month.
Just imagine if he wins.
In the latest edition of the "Around The League Podcast," the heroes discuss which teams "realistically" have no shot at winning the Super Bowl this season.


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Do you find the current political climate to be openly volatile? Does your blood boil the second you turn on the news or browse through social media because of the unrelenting slough of incompetence and vitriol coming from the current Administration? Do you scream into your pillow in the futile hope that answers will come to you between gulps of air? Do you long for the halcyon days of George W. Bush's presidential buffoonery? Bill Clinton's sex scandals? Barack Obama's calm and reassuring demeanor in the face of ridiculous amounts of adversity?
Well, I don't know what to do about all of those feelings
I'm you're having, but I can recommend a podcast about The West Wing! Will it stop the relentless onslaught of anxiety? No. But it will kill an hour of your day while you listen to an engaging discussion about a fictional idealized behind-the-scenes world of politics!
Okay, that's a gross oversimplification. Here's the over-explanation.
The West Wing Weekly is a podcast hosted by musician and composer Hrishikesh "Hrishi" Hirway, also the host of Song Exploder, and actor Joshua Malina, currently of the television program Scandal. The purpose of the podcast? To talk about the much beloved West Wing, created by Aaron Sorkin. Week by week, episode by episode, the two recap and analyze the show giving it equal parts praise and critique with some added trivia and real-world examples of the government dealings presented in Sorkin's fictional White House. Unlike many podcasts devoted purely to talking about a favorite tv show long since cancelled, Malina's involvement lends the podcast the advantageous position of first-hand access to the actors, writers, directors, and consultants. A friend and frequent player in Sorkin's tv shows and movies (i.e. Sports Night, The American President, A Few Good Men), Malina also joined the West Wing cast in Season 4 as Will Bailey and stayed until the series' end.
The dynamic between Hirway and Malina is the real draw of the podcast. Where Malina hasn't watched an episode since it first aired (17 years ago), Hirway has gone through multiple rewatchings. Where Hirway presents a sunnier, perhaps more optimistic look at Sorkin's idealized political world, Malina – by his own admission – leans towards a contrarian approach to his analysis. Their outlooks, however, aren't set in stone. The two frequently change their attitude towards characters, storylines, and dialogue depending on how well conceived the episode ends upon rewatch or how well the other can argue in favor or opposition.
The open discussion and dissection of each episode allows for some poignant and thoughtful moments to emerge. Malina and Hirway analyze The West Wing through a post-9/11 lens with the additional political strife of current and past presidential administrations informing their scrutiny. Their modern-day assessment also takes the show to task for the underlying sexism frequently portrayed by the majority of male characters as well as the unearned victories of complex arguments with no equivalent heft given to the person on the "wrong" side. The most current episode posted as of the writing of this article was "17 People" from Season 2, which originally aired 5 months before 9/11, so it'll be interesting to see how and if their analysis changes once Season 3 begins. "Isaac and Ishmael" is a nostalgic favorite of mine, but as a response to the terrorist attack on America and its non-canonical placement in the show, there's definitely aspects of the episode (and the show in general) that haven't aged well. I'm also looking forward to the day when Malina's Will Bailey shows up and how he and Hirway navigate their criticism of the episodes. Not that they'd be any less critical, but I can't imagine it's easy to take your own performance to task or critique the performance of a friend while they're sitting across from you.
Other than the hosts, the guests who've come on the podcast to talk about The West Wing are a veritable who's who of Sorkin players, activists, and government officials. Listening to cast members like Bradley Whitford (Josh Lyman), Emily Proctor (Ainsley Hayes), Dule Hill (Charlie Young), Richard Schiff (Toby Ziegler), Janel Moloney (Donna Moss), and Rob Lowe (Sam Seaborn) reveal character motives and behind-the-scenes anecdotes are thrilling to people like me who love those kinds of stories. I'm one of those featurette-watching, commentary-listening types so knowing that Moloney and Whitford played it like Josh and Donna were already in love from the word go makes me happy. Or learning that Dule Hill tap dances to pass the time on set and worked out how to tap along to Yo-Yo Ma's cello during filming on "Noel" is ridiculously heartwarming. Or that Shonda Rhimes named Malina's character on Scandal after a character mentioned briefly and early in the first season and was never mentioned again or featured on screen shows just how deep the fandom can go.
The reach and influence of The West Wing on the world of politics and pop culture shouldn't be underestimated as evidenced by the amount of love and reverie many of the guests have displayed when they talk about how important the show was personally and professionally. Hearing speech writers, political commentators, NASA engineers, rabbis, crew members, and ambassadors praise and question the machinations of an episode or the subject matter therein offers a new avenue of perspective through which to enjoy or engage with the show. You want more proof? Look no further than the rap created by noted fanboy, Lin-Manuel Miranda (Hamilton: An American Musical, Moana), for the podcast. Miranda, according to Richard Schiff, stated that there would be no Hamilton without The West Wing. The musical is peppered with references and the cast and crew, knowing his love for the show, played the opening theme at the curtain call of his last Broadway performance. Hell, they even did a walk-and-talk style version of "Cabinet Battle #1" when the cast visited the White House.
I told you it was an over-explanation, right?
So, yes, you should totally be listening to this podcast. If you're a fan of The West Wing, you'll love the discussion. And if you're new to the show, you can follow along with Hirway and Malina episode by episode since all seven seasons are now on Netflix. It's definitely worth your time and a necessity for your health in these trying times. Trust me, I'm an archivist.
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Walk & Run, June 2, 2019
On Sunday, June 2, 2019, National Cancer Survivor's Day, the streets of downtown Stamford will be filled with Walkers, Runners, and Volunteers—some who have personally faced cancer, others who have been touched by their families' and friends' struggles. Walkers participate in a 3.1 mile course while runners can choose from a timed 5K or 10K loop course. It's a tremendous day full of fun and support with participants of all ages and fitness levels. Join us to find out for yourself!
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Join us for fun community fundraising events to support Stamford Health's Bennett Cancer Center programs and services held throughout the year.
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Jan 18, 2011
Skyline Releases Men's Basketball Report #8
- Jermaine Abraham named to Honor Roll -
Clifton Park, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the eighth Men's Basketball report for the 2010-11 season this afternoon, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Senior forward Jermaine Abraham (Brooklyn, N.Y./Wadleigh) was named to the Skyline Conference Player of the Week Honor Roll for men's basketball. Abraham averaged 10.0 points and 11.0 rebounds in two games, including 14 points and 14 rebounds versus St. Joseph's.
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Will last year's quadrupling of propane prices be repeated in the coming corn-drying season? Some experts aren't ruling out déjà vu in propane markets, depending on how key variables play out.
They advise farmers to consider booking their drying needs soon while prices are moderate.
"Propane inventories in the Midwest are still just incrementally better, well below the five-year average," says Justin Dreckman, energy division vice president at United Cooperative in Beaver Dam, Wis. This year, 80% of his customers booked propane needs by early August, compared to fewer than 40% a year ago.
Ironically, the fact that more farmers are booking early is one factor that has pushed prices 10% to 15% above year-ago levels. At the same time, propane production at U.S. natural gas plants is 150,000 barrels per day higher than a year ago.
How to Rebuild the Cattle Herd
Sharp regional differences remain in the propane market, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) data show. By late summer, U.S. supplies rose above the five-year average for the first time since winter. Yet in the Midwest, inventories were below year-ago levels and more than 3.6 million barrels below the five-year average.
"Last year was the perfect storm," says Matt Kumm, propane marketing manager for CHS. Leading causes included the combination of a record corn crop and record cold in the Heartland. Other factors were at play, too. Tight access to railways resulted from heightened oil industry demand and a rail car shortage, and there's no quick fix for either challenge.
Because the market has changed, farmers can no longer rely on just-in-time deliveries.
"It's time for farmers to invest in propane storage," Kumm advises. Investing in propane infrastructure allows producers to buy and take delivery of propane from April to September, when the input is typically cheapest.
Meanwhile, production of natural gas and oil, both feedstocks for propane, is soaring in the U.S. As a result, natural gas prices have dropped 38%, from $6.18/million Btu between 2001 and 2009 to $3.81 between 2009 and the present, according to Rabobank. Propane hasn't fallen by a comparable amount because of logistics, Dreckman says.
"Propane supplies are higher, they just aren't where and when they need to be," he explains. That results in higher transportation costs.
A "lot of nervousness" remains in the propane marketplace, which has added to premiums, notes Chuck Springman, energy manager for CHS Eastern Farmers in Brandon, S.D. Demand had softened from Gulf exporters, so more product has been brought to the Midwest.
"That's absolutely good for farmers, but the situation can change quickly," Springman explains.
Changes in the propane market suggest producers need to adjust how they manage their energy supplies, in his view. Dreckman advises producers to treat all energy, including propane, similar to the way they treat agronomic inputs—"all from the financial point of view."
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- Select the character pose: In conversations, you need pictures of characters from at least 3 angles- facing the camera, facing away from the camera, and facing the side. We provide both talking and listening poses in all 3 angles so that you can build your own conversation in minutes.
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It should be said right off the bat that "Out of the Furnace" is not a great movie. In fact, it's relatively typical of your normal revenge thriller, though it clearly aspires to be more. It stumbles in many areas, but what makes it so appealing is its terrific ensemble cast. Everyone in the film gives applaud worthy performances, elevating the tale to something better than it has any right to be. While it may not reach many "best of" lists, it would be a shame to see it not receive some acting nominations from awards groups nationwide. Although by-the-numbers in many ways, "Out of the Furnace" is still a gripping watch because of them.
Russell Baze (Christian Bale) is a small town mill worker who wants nothing more than to live a normal life. He's one of those quiet heroes screenplays are so fond of, someone who gets things done, helps others and fixes mistakes without dealing with any real confrontation. Despite his non-confrontational attitude and desire to live a normal live, his days are complex. His brother, Rodney (Casey Affleck) who is likely suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder after his stint in Iraq, is a gambler and can't find the money to pay his bookie, John (Willem Dafoe). This means Russell has to bail him out with the little bit of money he has earned, lest something bad happen to him. His girlfriend, Lena (Zoe Saldana), wants nothing more than to have a child, though his hesitance shows he may not be ready for one. And on top of that, his father is gravely ill.
This is enough to give the film its dramatic and emotional edge, but "Out of the Furnace" takes things a few steps further. Russell eventually ends up killing a mother and child when he accidentally slams into their car, which incarcerates him. By the time he gets out, his dad is dead and his girlfriend has left him. It should also be noted that all of this happens in the front end of the movie. These things pile on so high that it would be tragic if it wasn't so comical. Things get even more complicated later on, if you can believe it, when the psychotic crime boss Harlan (Woody Harrelson) enters the picture and threatens violence against Russell's brother.
Cramming so much into one picture proves to be the film's biggest downfall. It's like the screenwriters didn't have total faith in their material, so they just threw more and more on top of it until they reached a point where they thought it would practically force viewers to sympathize. It's a tactic that doesn't work and it comes off as a tad insulting. Its interesting messages also find themselves skewed by this oversaturation and by some late movie muddle that takes otherwise grounded characters and jumps them to extremes with some questionable actions.
Essentially, "Out of the Furnace" is about how we handle desperation. In the film, Russell handles his situation with poise, showing his kindness whenever he can, even if that kindness means something as seemingly minor as sparing the life of a deer he has resting at the end of his sights, while Rodney is self-destructive, opting to fight in an underground ring, but refusing to throw the fight as instructed due to his own vanity. The juxtaposition is striking at first, but as the film goes on and characters abandon these ideals, it loses its focus. One could argue that what happens is still an exploration of how we handle desperation when we reach our tipping point, but it makes the message no less flimsy. What it explores in its opening moments are negated by its closing.
Even without its hypocrisy in its final moments, the climax is too silly to be taken seriously, ending with your typical Hollywood stylization with an event that would never be allowed to happen in real life given the circumstances. To say more would be to give it away, but what it all boils down to is that "Out of the Furnace" doesn't quite seem to know what it wants to be. Yet it all goes back to the performances. Every one of these actors, including the ones I've neglected to mention, give uniformly excellent performances, doing their absolute best with material that is decidedly subpar. For those less interested in acting and more interested in story, "Out of the Furnace" won't be too enticing, but if you enjoy seeing some of today's most talented performers at the top of their game, this is one you won't want to miss.


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Columbus Police arrest man accused of attacking Short North artist
COLUMBUS, Ohio -- A man wanted in connection to the attack on a Short North street artist was arrested Thursday, according to Columbus Police.
Thirty-year-old Brendan Tyler Baldwin is accused of attacking 63-year-old Malcolm Jones on March 1.
The attack happened in the afternoon at Mike's Grill after Jones helped a bartender with a belligerent customer.
An hour after he was removed, witnesses say the man returned, armed with a broken beer bottle.
Malcolm spoke to 10TV from his hospital bed Friday, after having surgery to save his right eye. His eye socket is fractured and his vision is in jeopardy.
A GoFundMe account has been set up to help Jones with his medical expenses and recovery.
Baldwin is facing one count of felonious assault.
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NASA's Cassini spacecraft has captured an image of Venus shot through the rings of Saturn.
The image was taken in November while Cassini was in the shadow of Saturn, allowing Cassini to look in the direction of the sun and Venus, and take a backlit image of Saturn and its rings in a particular viewing geometry called "high solar phase".
This observing position reveals details about the rings and Saturn's atmosphere that cannot be seen in lower solar phase.
The vast distance between the planets means Venus appears as only a white speck near the centre of the image.
Another, taken in January, captures Venus just beyond the limb of Saturn and close to Saturn's G ring, a thin ring just beyond the main Saturnian rings. The diffuse E ring, which is outside the G ring and created by the spray of the moon Enceladus, is also visible.
Venus is, along with Mercury, Earth and Mars, one of the rocky "terrestrial" planets in the solar system that orbit relatively close to the sun.
Though Venus has an atmosphere of carbon dioxide that reaches nearly 500 degrees Celsius and a surface pressure 100 times that of Earth's, it is considered a twin to our planet because of their similar sizes, masses, rocky compositions and close orbits. It is covered in thick sulfuric acid clouds, making it very bright.


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Two years ago, David Hauslaib was a junior at Syracuse University who was, as he confesses, totally obsessed with who Paris Hilton was sleeping with. So he did what any college student would do these days: He blogged about it. Hauslaib began scouring the Web for paparazzi photos of Hilton and news items about her, then posting them on his Website, Jossip.com. (Sample headline: PARIS HILTON SPREADS IT IN THE HAMPTONS.) My friends got a chuckle out of it, but it didn't get really big or anythingmaybe a few hundred visitors a day, he says.
Then one day Hauslaib took a good look at Gawker, a gossip site owned by the high-tech publisher Nick Denton. Gawker's founding writer, Elizabeth Spiers, had pioneered a distinctive online literary style and earned a large following in the Manhattan media world. What really got Hauslaib's attention, though, was Gawker's advertising-rate sheet. According to Denton, the site received about 200,000 page views a day from readers. The site ran roughly two big ads on each page, and Gawker said that it charged advertisers $6 to $10 for every 1,000 page viewsalmost the same as a midsize newspaper. There was also a smattering of smaller, one-line text ads bringing in a few hundred bucks daily. Doing a quick bit of math, he figured that the income from Gawker's ads could top $4,000 a day. The upshot? Nick Denton's revenues from Gawker were probably at least $1 million a year and might well be cracking $2 million.
Not bad, considering the blog had no serious expenses other than its writersfirst Spiers and now Jessica Coen and Jesse Oxfeld, all working for journalist wagesand Webhosting fees of maybe a few thousand bucks a year. The rest of it, Hauslaib points out, just goes into Nick's pockets.
And I was like, I can do that, he says, laughing.
So in June 2005, Hauslaib packed his bags and moved to a sparsely furnished sixth-floor walk-up in the East Village, where he parked his massive Dell laptop on his kitchenette counter, installed a flat-screen LCD TV to catch breaking celebrity news, and began working on Jossip in earnest. He'd start each day at dawn, trolling the Web for dirt about celebrities and media stars. (You gotta have something posted before people get to work, he explains, because my audience is people who hate their jobs.) By the end of the year, Hauslaib's site was steaming along nicely. He had almost everything Gawker had: He stalked the same celebrities, posted with the same speed and frequency, and wrote prose in the Spiers vernacular.
The only thing he didn't have was Gawker's audience. About 30,000 visitors a day, Jossip's traffic is a mere 15 percent of Gawker's. Hauslaib was generating a comfortable five-figure income, but certainly not millions. He'd hit a glass ceiling, in a medium where there weren't supposed to be any limits.
By all appearances, the blog boom is the most democratized revolution in media ever. Starting a blog is ridiculously cheap; indeed, blogging software and hosting can be had for free online. There are also easy-to-use ad services that, for a small fee, will place advertisements from major corporations on blogs, then mail the blogger his profits. Blogging, therefore, should be the purest meritocracy there is. It doesn't matter if you're a nobody from the sticks or a well-connected Harvard grad. If you launch a witty blog in a sexy niche, if you're good at scrounging for news nuggets, and if you're dedicated enough to post around the clockwell, there's nothing separating you from the big successful bloggers, right? I can do that.
In theory, sure. But if you talk to many of today's bloggers, they'll complain that the game seems fixed. They've targeted one of the more lucrative nichesgossip or politics or gadgets (or sex, of course)yet they cannot reach anywhere close to the size of the existing big blogs. It's as if there were an A-list of a few extremely lucky, well-trafficked blogsthen hordes of people stuck on the B-list or C-list, also-rans who can't figure out why their audiences stay so comparatively puny no matter how hard they work. It just seems like it's a big in-party, one blogger complained to me. (Indeed, a couple of pranksters last spring started a joke site called Blogebrity and posted actual lists of the blogs they figured were A-, B-, and C-level famous.)
That's a lot of inequality for a supposedly democratic medium. Not long ago, Clay Shirky, an instructor at New York University, became interested in this phenomenonand argued that there is a scientific explanation. Shirky specializes in the social dynamics of the Internet, including network theory: a mathematical model of how information travels inside groups of loosely connected people, such as users of the Web.


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Emandare Vineyard is our home and we are privileged to work alongside nature to capture a glimpse of this place in every bottle.
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Take advantage of the exclusive right to stay overnight in Canada's best preserved west coast artillery fort! Experience camping in the new way, with a comfy bed. Each furnished oTENTik sleeps six and includes a BBQ, campfire pit and firewood. It's only a short walk to the spectacular Fisgard Lighthouse National Historic Site. Available Mid May through September long weekend.
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Visitors can Enjoy the restored Tram Car 1220 that was originally built in 1912, the largest artefact in the City of Richmond's museum collection. Housed in a building inspired by the architecture of the first Steveston tram station, Tram Car 1220 now rests on the original rail tracks it once ran on.
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The Valemount Museum has something for every member of the family. The museum has three levels in the main building with displays on the Railway (rail camps and towns), a model railroad that even runs through the bathroom, Japanese Internment Camps, War Heroes, Old Children's Toys, Valemount Pioneers, Margaret McKirdy's Little People, James Vanslyk's Art, Valemount Schools, Sewing, an Old Bedroom.
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Fiat Money May Be Putting Your Wealth On a Diet … But It May Be Making YOU Fat
Precious metal fans claim that the paper money in your wallet or purse are continually shrinking in value. And see this, this and this.
But it may be making you fat.
Specifically, paper money contains bisphenol-A, more commonly known as BPA. The San Francisco Chronicle reported in 2008:
Twenty-one out of the 22 $1 bills tested in California, 17 other states and Washington, D.C., carried small amounts of the chemical….
The American Chemical Society noted last year:
The cash register receipts that people place near paper money in billfolds, purses, and pockets has led to a worldwide contamination of paper money with bisphenol A (BPA) ….
Although a recent study found traces of BPA in U.S. currency, nobody knew until now about BPA in paper money worldwide. The scientists' analysis of 156 pieces of paper money from 21 countries found that all contained traces of BPA.
The highest BPA levels were in paper money from Brazil, the Czech Republic and Australia, while the lowest occurred in paper money from the Philippines, Thailand, and Vietnam. Levels in U.S. notes were about average.
Exposure to BPA substantially increases the chances of obesity. See this and this.
In addition, BPA has linked to diabetes, cancer, metabolic and neurological diseases and reproductive problems.
Many manufacturers have substituted a new chemical – BPS – for BPA. And now BPS is being distributed through paper money.
As Health Day News reported in July (via Yahoo News):
Many people are absorbing high levels of bisphenol S — a substitute for the chemical compound bisphenol A — when they handle cash register receipts and other types of paper, researchers say.
Concerns about the health effects of BPA have led some manufacturers to replace it with bisphenol S (BPS), which is closely related to BPA and has some of the same estrogen-mimicking effects, the authors explained in the study published in a recent issue of the journal Environmental Science & Technology.
For the study, the investigators analyzed 16 types of thermal cash-register paper, recycled paper and paper currency from the United States, Japan, Korea and Vietnam. They detected BPS on all the receipt paper, 87 percent of the paper currency and 52 percent of the recycled paper.
Science Daily notes:
[A new] report … in ACS' journal Environmental Science & Technology.
BPS is closely related to BPA, with some of the same estrogen-mimicking effects, and unanswered questions exist about whether it is safer.
They analyzed 16 types of paper from the U.S., Japan, Korea and Vietnam. The study detected BPS in all the receipt paper they tested, 87 percent of the samples of paper currency ….
The researchers estimate that people may be absorbing BPS through their skin in larger doses than they absorbed BPA when it was more widely used — 19 times more BPS than BPA.
In fact, many claim that BPS is even more dangerous than BPA.
And that isn't all …
A study published in the Southern Medical Journal, researchers at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base in Ohio found that 94 percent of the dollar bills tested were contaminated with bacteria. Much of it was benign, but 7 percent harbored dangerous pathogens, including Klebsiella pneumoniae, which can cause infections such as pneumonia, and Staphylococcus aureus, which can cause skin and other infections. Other experiments found the fecal bacteria E. Coli.
So when goldbugs tell you that fiat money is crap … they may be onto something.
Postscript: While this post is over-the-top, the serious take-home message is that you should wash your hands after handling paper money and paper receipts.


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Sept. 4, 2008 -- A study by researchers at Duke University Medical Center shows that a new drug designed to regulate levels of uric acid in people with difficult-to-treat gout may help them cope with the painful condition.
About 5 million people in the U.S. suffer from gout. The disease develops from an excess of uric acid in the blood. This buildup may be because of increased production of uric acid or problems in ridding it from the body. Excess uric acid may deposit crystals in joints -- usually the big toe, foot, ankle, or knee -- causing a painful inflammation.
Maintenance treatment often includes use of drugs such as allopurinol and probenecid, which reduce blood levels of uric acid. However, some patients cannot tolerate medications or are not helped by drugs. Researchers developed a drug called pegloticase, which converts uric acid into a chemical compound that is more soluble in blood and easier to excrete.
"The generally accepted goal of therapy is to reduce serum urate concentrations to less than 6 milligrams per deciliter, and we found that pegloticase can do that very, very quickly," says John Sundy, MD, a rheumatologist at Duke and the lead author of the study. "Perhaps what is most important is that it did this in patients who had run out of therapeutic options."
Sundy, along with his colleagues in other medical centers and at Savient Pharmaceuticals, the company that is developing pegloticase, studied the use of the drug in 41 patients who were randomly assigned to one of four treatment groups. Participants received either 4 or 8 milligrams of the injectable drug every two weeks, or 8 or 12 milligrams every four weeks, for a 12- or 14-week period.
The results of the phase II trial showed that pegloticase regulated patients' uric acid levels within six hours on average, and those levels were maintained throughout the study in the two groups at the higher dosage levels. The most effective dose was found to be 8 milligrams every two weeks. During the treatment, 88% of the patients experienced gout flares. The most common adverse events included kidney stones, joint pain, anemia, headache, muscle spasms, nausea, and fever. Most were deemed "mild or moderate in severity," according to the researchers.
The results of the phase three trial of pegloticase will be presented at the annual meeting of the American College of Rheumatology in October 2008. A patent is pending on the drug.


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Bethlehem Evangelical Lutheran Church, a member of the ELCA is located at 2390 North Road, 662-5151; see a map at www.bethluth.com. Bruce Kuenzel, Pastor. Worship services are at 8:15 and 10:45 a.m., with coffee and doughnuts served between services during our education hour. The preaching is biblical, the music is lively, children are welcome and abundant and a well-staffed nursery is provided. All are welcome! Come join the Family!
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Calvary Chapel
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The Christian Church
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1725 17th St. 662-5057.
Church of Christ
2323 Diamond Drive. 662-3104. Tim Stidham, minister. Tanya Stidham, women's minister. www.losalamos
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Los Alamos Ward —1967 18th St., Bishop Ian Alexander. 662-3186. White Rock Ward – The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, 366 Grand Canyon Drive, 672-9888.
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Church, 715 Diamond Drive. Worship leaders and musicians from participating churches will lead the worship.
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This year's study is Genesis. We welcome women from all backgrounds and levels of Bible knowledge. Thursdays, 9:15-11:15 a.m. We meet at the Christian Church, 92 East Road. Contact Shelly at 662-4168, www.losalamos
Crossroads Bible
97 East Road. For information, visit www.crossroads
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First Baptist
First Baptist Church, 2200 Diamond Drive. 662-3712. Web site: www.fbc-la.org.
First United Methodist
Pastor Ring's sermon will be, "The Lost Son, the Forgiving Father." First United Methodist Church, 715 Diamond Dr.
Contemporary service at 8:30 a.m., Sunday School 9:45 a.m., Traditional service, 11:00 a.m.
Grace Vineyard
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Hope Fellowship
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Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church
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Jewish Center
A reminder that the LAJC youth group will deliver the items collected during the food drive after Sunday school this weekend. If you have items to donate, please deposit them in the trailer parking lot at the Center before then.
Korean Church
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Messiah Evangelical Lutheran Church
172 Meadow Lane, White Rock, 672-1323. Questions can be directed to the church number above or to 672-9887.
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New Beginnings Fellowship Assembly of God
112 East Road; Rev. Shawn Amburgey, 505-363-2476.
Order of St. Luke
The Los Alamos chapter invites all to experience the power of healing prayer at its 7:30 p.m. service the third Friday of each month at TOTH Episcopal Church, 3900 Trinity Drive. For more information, please call Diane Figge at 663-0324 or visit www.orderofstluke.org.
Pajarito Church of Christ
Meets at 135 Longview Drive in White Rock. 672-3950.
The Los Alamos Quaker Worship Group meets twice a month. For the location of the next Quaker worship meeting, call Marie Andrew at 662-7530 or Martha Davis at 662-7287.
Redeemer Lutheran
The Rev. Brian Kachelmeier, 412-9682, www.redeemer.losalamos.org. Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church (RELC) invites you to worship at 9:30 a.m. Sundays at 134 N.M. 4, Suite B in White Rock.
St. Dimitri Orthodox
Divine Liturgy is at 10 a.m. Sunday and Great Vespers is at 5 p.m. Saturday. Vespers will be at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Christian Faith held unchanged as received from Christ Himself. www.stdimitri.org.
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United Church
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The Beverly Hills Bar Association Barristers proudly hosted their popular New Admittees Reception on March 14, 2013, garnering over 150 attendees.
Bar Leaders and Barristers of the BHBA warmly welcomed those newly admitted to the profession at the Beverly Hills Bar Association's offices in the Rolex Building on Wilshire Boulevard.
The Honorable Judge John Segal addressed the attendees about the importance of community involvement and building lasting relationships in the legal profession, reinforcing some of the core values of the Beverly Hills Bar Association.
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The death of snowmobiler Caleb Moore on Thursday following his crash in the X Games has raised questions about the safety of the event. They're questions ESPN, which owns the event, plans to address, although the company did not elaborate on how that would happen.
Moore, 25, died a week after his Jan. 24 crash during the snowmobile freestyle competition in Aspen, Colo. He was initially diagnosed with a concussion, but he had emergency surgery for a heart contusion and suffered a "brain complication" over the weekend.
His death is the first in the X Games since the winter event began in 1997.
In a statement released on Thursday, ESPN expressed its condolences for the Moore family while promising to review safety.
"As a result of this accident, we will conduct a thorough review of this discipline and adopt any appropriate changes to future X Games," the statement read.
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ESPN did not respond to requests for further comment about that review. On Sunday, Scott Guglielmino, senior vice president of programming and the X Games, said that a formal review is conducted after each X Games and that organizers are in constant talk with athletes about safety.
The X Games expanded to six cities worldwide this year, with the next stop in Tignes, France, in March.
Moore's death highlights the extreme, if rare, consequence of inherently dangerous sports. His was one of four major snowmobile crashes during the games. Colten Moore, Caleb's younger brother, separated his pelvis in the same competition. On Sunday, a spectator was hurt fleeing from a runaway snowmobile that left the course.
"Any action sport property is always sort of operating on the edge anyway," said Dany Berghoff, vice president of business development for 21 Marketing, a global sponsorship sales and marketing consultancy.
"I think that thrill is always part of the property," he added. "I think they're always edging a fine line of safety and providing those thrills to their fans."
It's a line the X Games has walked for years. Although there have been other deaths in action sports – most recently of freeskier Sarah Burke before the 2012 games – this is the first in an X Games, which is widely considered to be the premier event in the sport with the best courses.
"This kind of thing will have to have an effect because of what their insurance carriers will think going forward," said Chicago-based sports marketing consultant Marc Ganis. "And corporate lawyers at networks carrying this will be there saying, 'What are you doing?'
"Where do you draw the line now? Now it's getting to that edge, especially when it comes to sports with motorized equipment."
Although Moore's death is a tragic example of what can go wrong, those in the sport point out that it is rare. Each snowmobiler takes risks, but usually not unnecessarily. The trick on which Moore was injured was one he had landed many times before.
"It's a bit of a reality check," said Aaron Cooke, executive director of the Athlete Recovery Fund. The ARF provides financial assistance to injured BMX, freestyle moto and skate athletes, helping cover medical and sometimes funeral costs.
"Nobody wants to think about this outcome when they're trying these extreme tricks that they practice so hard," Cooke continued. "The fact that it happened on a visible stage like the X Games brings more attention to it, but it's very rare in these types of sports."
Rockstar Energy Drinks, which began sponsoring Moore when he began snowmobiling, and the Athlete Recovery Fund are helping cover the medical and funeral expenses. A Give Forward page created this week had raised more than $31,000 by Thursday evening.


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CAIRO (AP) - An international rights group warns that mob-led sexual assaults targeting Egypt's female protesters could increase if perpetrators are not punished.
The London-based Amnesty International says statements from victims show that assaults follow a 'clear pattern,' where mobs of men encircle the victims, assault them with weapons and hands and then try to undress them.
'Horrific, violent attacks on women, including rape in the vicinity of Tahrir Square, demonstrate that it's now crucial (Egyptian) President (Mohammed) Morsi takes drastic steps to end this culture of impunity and gender-based discrimination,' said Hassiba Hadj Sahraoui of Amnesty International.
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Investors tracking technical indicators on shares of Targa Resources (TRGP) may be focusing in on the 20-Day Bollinger Bands signal. After a recent check, we have noted that the current reading is Hold. This short-term indicator may be used to help spot oversold and overbought conditions. The direction of the signal is presently Bearish. Tracking another signal, we can see that the 10-day moving average Hilo channel reading is currently Buy. This indicator calculates the moving average based on highs/lows rather than the closing price. The direction of this signal has been spotted as reading Weakest.
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ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — One of the Greenpeace activists detained in Russia's Arctic has been granted amnesty, the environmental group said Tuesday.
The move is the latest publicity-grabbing headline to come just two months before the Sochi Games. First, Russian oligarch Mikhail Khodorkovsky was released after a decade in prison, and then the last two Pussy Riot activists were pardoned and freed.
Greenpeace International spokesman Aaron Gray-Block said he hoped the environmental activists could be free for Christmas.
"They will be free to leave Russia once they get the right stamps in their passports from the migration service," he said.
The 30 crew members aboard a Greenpeace ship were detained at a Russian oil rig in September and were held for two months before they were released last month.
But the 26 non-Russian crew members have not been allowed to leave Russia because of the pending case. An amnesty law passed last week is expected to clear them of the charges.
Several more of the Greenpeace activists are expected to receive similar amnesty notifications.
The crew members were originally accused of piracy, a charge that was later changed to hooliganism.
It was unclear when the activist — who was not named — would be free to leave Russia.