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May 29, 2004
— Ace Polls don't mean anything at this point and blah, blah, blah.
Everyone knows that polls showing results you don't like don't mean anything, while polls showing results you like are almost certainly accurate and a near-perfect gauge of evolving public sentiment.
This poll, then, is very accurate indeed (requires quick registration).
President Bush leads John Kerry by 6 percentage points in the battle for Ohio, a state that could decide who wins the White House, according to a statewide Plain Dealer poll.
Ohio voters surveyed say they favor Bush over Kerry, 47 percent to 41 percent. Consumer advocate Ralph Nader draws 3 percent, though he has yet to qualify for the Ohio ballot. Nine percent say they are undecided.
Though Bush is given low marks for his handling of the economy and the war in Iraq, those who say they favor him cite his moral character and his stewardship over the war on terrorism and homeland security as reasons.
The poll, conducted May 20-25 by Mason-Dixon Polling and Research, is based on interviews with 1,500 registered voters who plan to vote in November. The poll, which has a margin of error of 2.6 percentage points, is the largest presidential poll taken in Ohio this year.
47% is not 50.1%, though, which is what Bush will probably need to actually win Ohio. We are waiting for a more accurate poll that shows Bush above 50. That fact keeps this from being cowbell material.
Oh, what the hell. It's Saturday night, and the boss ("Mr. Tranh") isn't around snooping.
Little tiny cowbell for the media finally publishing a somewhat accurate poll:
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May 28, 2004
— Ace I don't know if anyone else shares this kink: I've got this crazy obsession about identifying minor players from movies and figuring out where I've seen them before.
I was set off on this because I just read a cool trivial question that feeds into this obsession. We'll call this question 1:
1) Name the one human being who has been assaulted and/or killed by an Alien (from Alien), a Predator, and a Terminator.
But that set me off on a binge, so here's more:
2) Apart from the person who is the answer to 1), name three other people who've been assaulted and/or killed by both an Alien and a Terminator.
3) Apart from the person who is the answer to 1), name one other person who's been assaulted and/or killed by both a Terminator and a Predator. (This is sort of a trick question.)
4) Name two people who've met both Robocop and Special Agent Dale Cooper from Twin Peaks.
5) Name the person who's met characters named Robocop, Hannibal Lecter, and "Arnold Schwarzenegger."
6) Name one person who's been killed by Axel Foley, James Bond, and Rambo. He also got his ass kicked by Prince.
7) Name one person who's met both Special Agent Dale Cooper and Cabin Boy.
And, just for fun, name one person who has been assaulted and/or killed by both a Predator and Craig T. Nelson.
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— Ace It's such absolutely must-read material that you've probably already read it.
But if you haven't, you have to.
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— Ace I'm deleting the various "free rape" spam comments as fast as I can. There are dozens of IP addresses sending them.
And, here's the thing: Maybe they're using spoof IP addresses to send them. Maybe I'm actually banning readers. If I banned you, let me know by email.
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— Ace Okay. For a month I've been saying, don't worry about the crappy comments interface, don't worry about the crappy archives. It will be fixed.
Well, I just learned that it's not going to be fixed, alas. The current site design by Maystar just doesn't integrate smoothly with all the Moveable Type templates. Someone could probably fix this, but I can't.
So, I can either stick with this current design and limp along with the crappy commenting and archives, or I can go with one of the default MT designs, which I don't like, but which will, hopefully, work properly.
I can either go with this design, white letters on black background.
Or I could even get crazy and go with this nutty design.
I'll do a little modification, to the extent I can, to make these designs look sorta like the current design. I can change fonts and colors and stuff, that's about the
extent of my mad skillz in this regard.
If anyone has a strong preference -- I know some hate the white-on-black thing -- I'd appreciate knowing about it, before I switch over.
Update: Don't bother commenting on possible redesigns. I'm told that I can't switch to a default as it stands, so that option isn't really open at this point.
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— Ace Nothing here you can't get off Yahoo Finance, but since I read this stuff, I might as well digest it and blog it.
OPEC considers quota suspension. Trouble is, most oil-producers, except Saudi Arabia, are already pumping at capacity. However:
Suspending output quotas temporarily would make little difference to actual output but could provide the psychological impact on prices that OPEC's President Purnomo Yusgiantoro spoke of in Jakarta on Thursday.
It would also give official cartel blessing for Saudi to pump more without blatantly ignoring any new, higher quota.
This might not have a major impact on oil prices, but it couldn't help but have a sanguine affect.
Once again, Midwest factory activity surprises. "Midwest factory activity surprises" = "a bad surprise for John Kerry," since he's counting on a lingering manufacturing recession to deliver him Ohio.
And Michigan. And Wisconsin. And Pennsylvania. And Minnesota. And etc.:
Strength in the Chicago Purchasing Management index of business activity backed up that argument. The index jumped to 68.0 in May, when economists had looked for a modest pullback to 61.0 after April's already robust 63.9. The employment index also firmed, pointing to some improvement in the labor market.
"This is a very stunning report. The Chicago PMI is a volatile series and I thought you'd get some retracement and you didn't," said an impressed Joseph LaVorgna, senior U.S. economist at Deutsche Bank Securities.
But complicating this is the public's anxiety over rising gas prices and the uncertain (they think) situation in Iraq, which has reduced confidence:
The University of Michigan's final survey of consumer confidence for May showed its index falling to 90.2 from April's final reading of 94.2.
"What's affecting consumer sentiment is the geopolitical news, which is quite negative coming out of Iraq. But also the rise in oil prices is of concern to consumers as it affects their pocketbooks directly and that surely had an impact," said Kevin Logan, senior economist at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein.
On the other hand, personal spending rose with expectations, personal incomes jumped, and yet inflation remained tame:
Personal spending rose 0.3 percent in April, the smallest gain in six months, the Commerce Department said. The figure was in line with forecasts.
More importantly for the economic outlook, incomes rose by a solid 0.6 percent, the biggest gain since last November as the job market improved. The rise showed households will have the wherewithal to keep on spending in the months ahead even if gasoline prices stay high.
A key indicator of inflation in the report -- and the Fed's favored measure of prices -- came in weaker than expected with a 0.1 percent increase, easing worries in the bond market that the Fed would need to make a series of aggressive rate hikes. The annual increase in the core personal consumption expenditures index was a moderate 1.4 percent.
"This eases fears that the Fed was behind the curve," said JP Morgan senior economist Jim Glassman.
"It allows the Fed to go at a measured pace without causing people to worry they are falling behind. The inflation scares are going to be dying down," he said.
Net effect? Well, the markets are slightly down.
Runaway inflation and interest rates, the liberals' latest economic bugaboos -- now that their unemployment bugaboo has been thoroughly rubbished by events -- would seem to be a phantasmal threat at this point.
Alas, no cowbell for mixed-to-hopeful economic news.
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May 27, 2004
— Ace Apparently we flipped two of his disciples -- two of the Portland-area Al Qaeda.
Alphabet City has some first-class reportage, digging through the indictment, linking together all the conspirators.
Ramzi Yousef, inevitably, makes a cameo. He's turning out to be as to Al Qaeda what Allen Dulles is to JFK conspiracy theories, or what the Knights Templar are to medieval/church conspiracies -- he's just always popping up somewhere along the way.
First I thought Alphabet City was cutting and pasting a professional dispatch, but no, it appears he's written this up himself.
This post is great for two reasons. For one, it's just a good backgrounder. It digests the indictment and reports all the most important facts, and then it hyperlinks the stuffings out of all the major players.
But it also demonstrates that there's no particular reason that a blogger, given sufficient discipline and craft, can't produce dispatches on par with anything from AP.
It's not that Alphabet City's backgrounder is so much better than what you'd read on AP (although it's better than what you might read most of the time).
It's rather that there's no discernable difference between a professional backgrounder and Alphabet City's.
And this kind of piece is an important part of the news. It's not talk-to-a-source original reportage (so far as I can tell; if I'm wrong, I trust I'll be corrected). But a lot of articles in the newspapers are digests of indictments and court opinions and the like. It's a big part of the function of reporters, if not their main function.
There are some genuine deep thinkers in the blogosphere. Den Beste, for one; the Volokhs; and even Mickey Kaus, when the mood strikes him, and when he can restrain himself from using exclamation points every second sentence.
So, as far as opinion and analysis, the blogosphere has produced some important players.
But it hasn't produced actual reporters, fact-finders, digesters, and backgrounders, at least not consistently. (And not to my knowledge; I'm not an expert on the blogosphere. I'm not really an expert on anything, to tell the truth.)
As the blogosphere begins producing pieces like this more consistently-- what, precisely, is left for the mainstream media?
Actual talk-to-a-source reportage will probably remain their turf alone; there's a steep entry barrier to that function. You need a lot of time and a lot of connections and a lot of time to work your connections.
Still: two out of three ain't bad. Once the blogosphere can compete in terms of both opinion/analysis essays and overview/context pieces, the reporters will be left with nothing much to do but report on actual breaking news...
...which is sort of the job they're actually supposed to be doing, anyway.
Note to self: Stop churning out slapdash buffoonery. There's a better way.
Note to self: Lean on "Deep Stoat" to tip me as to the upcoming jobs numbers.
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— Ace A friend sent me this email. I can't really vouch for its accuracy, but then, I'm a blogger. I don't sweat accuracy.
Sort of like the New York Times.
Anyway, here's a list of "facts" which may either be true or false. Decide which are the true ones, and which are the fake ones.
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— Ace Interview Believed to Have Taken Place Before, During, or After Abu Ghraib Abuses
In the left-wing Salon magazine; requires you view a stupid ad.
But the hell with giving Salon traffic and ad revenue. Here's a fair-use excerpt of all the important stuff:
May 27, 2004 | Filmmaker Michael Moore filmed an interview with American Nicholas Berg in the course of producing his documentary film "Fahrenheit 9/11" before Berg left for Iraq, where he was taken hostage and killed, Moore confirmed to Salon in a statement Thursday. The 20 minutes of footage does not appear in the final version of "Fahrenheit 911," according to the statement.
Word of the footage reached Salon through a source unaffiliated with Moore or his film "Fahrenheit 9/11"...
In a statement released to Salon, Moore said, "We have an interview with Nick Berg. It was approximately 20 minutes long. We are not releasing it to the media. It is not in the film. We are dealing privately with the family." Moore's camp declined to comment further on any aspect of the interview. Because the footage is not in the film, a spokeswoman for Miramax Films, the production company behind "Fahrenheit 9/11," said the company had no comment.
First of all: subpoena the interview. This is a murder investigation, after all.
Second of all: I don't know what this means. Just because he was interviewed by the left-wing traitor Moore doesn't mean he was one himself; Moore interviews conservatives, too, in order to edit them into jackasses.
But the CIA theory would seem to be out the window.
Speculation: Sorry, Ilyka, I know you find this speculation about a murdered man distasteful, but I think we're moving past the point at which taste governs the inquiry.
I'd like to know who contacted who, here. My suspicion is that Berg contacted Moore, because I'm not sure anyone even heard of Berg before his death. If Moore managed to track him down because he learned of the FBI inquiry, he's a somewhat better Internet Detective than I gave him credit for.
If, on the other hand, Berg contacted Moore, I'd like to know for what purpose. The story has been that Berg was a big-time supporter of the War in Iraq. If it turns out he wasn't, well then, what we have here is a lie, and while some lies are innocent, most are not.
Nick Kronos makes the important point, which I overlooked, that the article doesn't say it's an interview with Michael Moore; it could just be an "interview" with his dad, which the dad then sent to Moore.
Who knows.
It does get curiouser and curiouser.
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— Ace According to a quick Lexis/Nexis search, here are the top ten words (including compound nouns) the media is currently using:
10. "were"
9. "Abu"
8. "Ghraib"
7. "is"
6. "abuse"
5. "and"
4. "George W. Bush's Abu Ghraib torture chambers"
3. "a" and/or "an"
2. "Fantasia 'Abu Ghraib' Barino"
... and the Number One Most-Used Words in the Media...
1) "Abu Ghraib prison scandal"
1) "human pyramids"
1) "chem-light"
1) "the"
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— Ace Must-read article for anyone who followed the Recall Saga, which is, you know, everyone.
This dumb actor is turning out to be a hell of a governor. He hasn't increased taxes, he's on track to finally pass a budget on schedule, and he's just bettered the rating of the state's bonds. And he's ruthlessly pursuing a pro-growth agenda:
The Governor then used the political capital earned in the referendum to end years of paralysis in the state legislature. He turned his attention to California's disgraceful worker's compensation system, which is in large part responsible for the state's abysmal business climate. Indeed, in recent years, premiums have increased by 50% for some employers; in 2002, workers' comp attorneys had collected $226 million, $31 million more than they had in 2001 -- all as California was losing as many as 10,000 manufacturing jobs each month.
When the legislature balked at the prospect of reform, the Governor threatened to seek another referendum. Mindful of the Governor's success in promoting the March initiatives, the lawmakers caved, and passed worker's compensation reforms. While the legislation is far from perfect, it does prohibit "doctor shopping", and mandates that disability reports rely on objective American Medical Association guidelines to evaluate the severity of an injury.
Much remains to be done, but Governor Schwarzenegger shows few signs of abandoning the conservative economic principles that have served him so well. He has hired efficiency experts to conduct state performance reviews, in order to identify structural reforms that will assist efforts to control spending. Squarely in the crosshairs are the California laws that prohibit outsourcing of state services, even when such contracting could save the state $9 billion, according to a study by the Reason Foundation. And emboldened by Arnold Schwarzenegger's success, some Democratic legislators are actually supporting Republican calls to renegotiate the obscenely expensive contracts that Davis and the Democratic legislature gave the prison guards' union -- long one of Sacramento's premier "special interests."
Not too shabby.
California is of course the most important economic actor in the country, and as California's economy strengthens, so too must the nation's.
Update: He's the most popular governor in California in 13 years, with an approval rating of 65%, despite being a Republican in a Democratic state.
How Abu Ghraib fits in with this poll is unclear at this point.
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By the way, the GDP grew 4.4% in the first quarter
— Ace 1Q GDP growth revised up to 4.4%.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The economy grew at a 4.4 percent annual rate in the first quarter of this year, slightly faster than previously thought and fresh evidence that the recovery possessed good momentum as it headed into the current quarter.
The increase in gross domestic product from January through March reported by the Commerce Department on Thursday marked an improvement from both the 4.2 percent pace first estimated for the quarter a month ago and the 4.1 percent growth rate registered in the final quarter of 2003.
The GDP measures the value of all goods and services produced within the United States. While the latest reading was just shy of the 4.5 percent pace that some analysts were forecasting, it nevertheless represented a solid performance.
It may be revised again. I'm still looking for 4.5% or 4.6%.
Separately, the Labor Department reported that new applications for unemployment benefits dropped last week by a seasonally adjusted 3,000 to 344,000, another hopeful sign for a labor market recovery.
Although consumers and the federal government did their part to support the economy in the first quarter, the better reading on GDP for the period in large part reflected stronger investment by businesses to build up inventories, a good sign that companies are more confident about the economy's prospects.
From April to June, the economy is expected to grow at a rate in the range of 4.5 percent to 5 percent, according to some analysts.
The country has lost a net 1.5 million jobs since Bush took office in January 2001, something Kerry points to as evidence that the president's economic policies aren't working. But Bush says they are, and that the best way to create jobs is to make the economy stronger.
Hmmm. Finally someone in the media revised that "2.3 million lost jobs" figure downwards. I think we've only lost a net of 1 million jobs, though. 2.3 million minus 1.3 million equals 1 million.
Moderate Cowbell:
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— Ace The National Enquirer offers Washingtonienne $20,000 for her tawdry tale of rump-stumping.
Hey, National Enquirer-- I've got a tale, too. (Or should I say tail! Ahahaha. Now I see how Wonkette creates the Big Funny!)
My price for an interview:
Seven bucks.
Seven bucks. You spring for lunch. There's a Wok 'n Roll franchise I've been meaning to check out.
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May 26, 2004
— Ace Ahem. Sounds like our incompetent army and reckless leadership sort of know what the hell they're doing:
NAJAF, Iraq (Reuters) - Militiamen loyal to rebel cleric Moqtada al-Sadr said their leaders had told them to withdraw from the Iraqi holy city of Najaf by midday (4 a.m. EDT) on Thursday following a truce offer from Sadr.
"It was a written and a verbal order," said Ali Abu Zahra, commander of one of the Mehdi Army units that has been battling U.S. forces in Najaf.
Earlier on Thursday, Iraq (news - web sites)'s national security adviser Mowaffaq al-Rubaie, quoting a statement signed by Sadr, said the cleric was willing to pull members of his Mehdi Army who are not from Najaf out of the holy city, and had demanded in return that a murder case for which he is wanted be suspended.
Don't read too much into that "demand." I don't hear anyone agreeing with it.
So, sounds like al-Sadr's suing for peace. Sounds like we've defeated him in detail (a term I learned from Steven den Beste), both militarily and politically, the latter accomplished by finally getting the Shi'a clerics to publicly denounce him.
How will the media play this victory?
I think I know:
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— Ace Finally:
May 27 (Bloomberg) -- Police in the U.K. arrested Abu Hamza al-Masri, a Muslim cleric, who has had his U.K. citizenship removed, Sky News reported.
A police statement said a 47-year-old man was arrested during a raid at his home at about 3 a.m. London time. The arrest came after a request from the U.S. government for Abu Hamza's extradition, Sky said, citing the police statement. The man is being held in custody and will appear in a London court today, the Sky report said.
Update! Indicted on eleven counts in US, including conspiracy to kidnap charge. May get the death penalty, or at least life in prison.
That's what he looks like after being incarcerated at Abu Ghraib.
Here's what he looked like before:
That's right. We tortured, blinded, maimed, and disfigured David Hyde Pierce of the Frasier program.
Niles. We tortured Niles.
Is there no limit to our savagery?
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— Ace W A S H I N G T O N -- His forces decimated and forced to retreat from Karbala, Moqtada al-Sadr today offered to retreat from all other occupied cities and buildings in exchange for a "discussion" about his ultimate fate.
Democratic Presidential Candidate John Kerry was quick to tout his own role in the surrender-negotiations. "For months, I have been lecturing Americans, at some great length and with numerous solmnolent asides, sub-clauses, caveats, and the like, about the great and pressing need at this point in time for George W. Bush to abandon his arrogant and reckless policy and finally announce what I term a 'plan' for managing Iraq," the candidate said. "Finally, George Bush heeded my advice, and announced his 'plan' on Monday. Within 48 hours, Moqtada al-Sadr was offering to surrender."
Liberal "security experts" were quick to congratulate Senator Kerry. "What a difference a 'plan' makes," said Fred Kaplan, a somewhat-girlish and incompetent "defense writer" at the amateur webzine Slate. "This just proves that we've been right all along: we should raise taxes immediately, or whatever it is we're talking about."
Indeed, al-Sadrist forces have been taking heavy casualties since the day of the speech. In Kufa, 32 insurgents were killed when point three of the 'plan' was detonated in a safehouse they were hiding in. In Karbala, Marines unleashed thousands of points and sub-points of the 'plan,' riddling dozens of Sadrists with wounds. Terrorists attempted to detonate a bomb near the entrance to the so-called Green Zone in Baghdad, but soldiers were protected from the blast by deploying 'the plan' to shield them.
"Good Gravy!" said Lance Corporal Herbert C. Reilly of the 51st Battalion. "For a year, we've been just running around with guns and grenades and radios and such. We didn't even know this miracle weapon called 'a plan' existed. If they had this 'plan' all along, why the hell didn't they deploy it into the field?" He shakes his head sadly. "I saw an Iraqi civilian get his head cut off by a terrorist bomb a week ago. I imagine that if I'd had 'the plan' on me at the time, I might have been able to perform cranial reattachment surgery and save him."
MSNBC commentator/fat kid picked last for kickball Chris "Sweet Pillows" Matthews was unstinting in his criticism. "Damn the arrogance of the Bush adminstration," he said. "If they'd only admitted earlier they needed 'a plan'! We might have never suffered a single casualty in Iraq at all."
Dispirited al-Sadr insurgents, now taken prisoner, were quick to agree. "Well-trained marines with heavy guns, Army soldiers in lethal tanks, airmen patrolling our skies in fantastically deadly aircraft-- all these I was prepared for, and ready to confront," Ahmad al-Mohammed says. "But when I heard the Americans now had 'a plan,' I surrendered immediately. What weapons can contend against such a thing? I am willing to die for Allah, but I certainly didn't sign up into an Islamist death-cult just to commit suicide."
Related: Ann Coulter's latest is definitely worth a read, if only to see her write the word "tit."
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— Ace
It's not quite a capitulation, since he's still making demands and the like.
But it would seem that he's beginning to barter for his life.
In related news, Democratic National Committee Chairman Terry McAulliffe urged Moqtada al-Sadr to "keep the faith." "Don't give up," he exhorted the violent, chubby cleric, "not when we're so close to achieving our mutual goal."
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— Ace That's long been my theory, and it's served me well over the years.
Now, I haven't seen Troy yet, and I don't particularly want to. I'm just not interested.
Still, that doesn't mean that dopey, talentless, brainless reviewers should have a free hand at criticizing the film for entirely ludicrous reasons.
Two Braincells presents an enjoyable panning of the critics' pans:
The film isn't called The Iliad for a reason, and that reason is that it's not a direct adaptation of The Iliad. Homer didn't originate the story of the Trojan war. He wrote the best-known versions of two parts of the saga in the Iliad and the Odyssey, but these are not the only source materials. The choice of Paris (i.e., the selection of the most beautiful among Hera, Athena, and Aphrodite and subsequent awarding of Helen) does not appear in the Iliad. Neither does the abduction of Helen. Neither does the Trojan horse. Neither do the deaths of Achilles, nor Paris, nor Agamemnon. Criticisms based on a supposed lack of fidelity to the Iliad would seem to miss the point in this regard.
I know nothing at all about the Iliad, but apparently I know more than critics. I wouldn't presume to comment upon the film's fidelity to the Iliad, having only read the Cliff's Notes in ninth grade. But that makes me smarter than reviewers, it seems.
This is good too:
For those further waxing wroth over the absence of the gods: you've got to be joking. Has it really been so long since Clash of the Titans that you're actually prepared to swear you'd treat the movie seriously if you'd seen Paris being wafted away in the middle of his fight with Menelaus on Aphrodite's cloud?
Note to self: Must begin making Clash of the Titans references.
And, if you've got a hankering to read through the Iliad with a snarky guide, Jamie R. provides a first-rate fisking to Homer.
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— Ace Thanks for those who tipped me to this last night, and my apologies for those who were expecting a comment sooner.
Who knew that when I asked Paul Anka to guest-host the blog for a weekend it would set off a media-frenzy landing him a prominent spot on last night's penultimate American Idol 3?
Well, I knew that would happen. But who else did?
He was in good form, but I was disappointed that he didn't do any of his greatest hits, such as The Guys Get Shirts, Where's Joe?, Put Me Some Fuckin' Knowledge, and the heartbreaking ballad, Do You Like Your Jobs? (Well Do You Want to Keep Your Jobs?)
Something else was missing, too: explosive profanity.
Still, the man radiated integrity and "conscious," and there can be little doubt that when he moved, he sliced like a fuckin' hammer.
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— Ace Doesn't the US military understand that "dominance" is just an illusion?!
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The European Court for Human Rights (ECHR) has issued a release on Thursday, informing that it has found several violations, referring to the complicity in the CIA secret detainee programme.
In the cases of Abu Zubaydah v. Lithuania and Al Nashiri v. Romania the Court found several violations of the Convention, and in particular a violation of the prohibition on torture, on account of the respondent States' participation in the CIA programme of secret detentions.
It found that Romania had hosted a CIA secret detention facility from September 2003 to November 2005, while Lithuania had done so from February 2005 to March 2006. The applicants had been held in these facilities and the domestic authorities had been aware that the CIA would subject them to treatment contrary to the Convention. The States in question had also allowed the applicants to be transferred to other CIA detention sites, thereby exposing them to further ill-treatment, the release informs.
The case Al Nashiri v. Romania concerned the applicant's allegations that Romania had let the United States Central Intelligence Agency (the CIA) transport him under the secret extraordinary rendition programme onto its territory and had allowed him to be subjected to ill-treatment and arbitrary detention in a CIA detention "black site". He also complained that Romania had failed to carry out an effective investigation into his allegations. The applicant in the case, Abd Al Rahim Husseyn Muhammad Al Nashiri, is facing capital charges in the US for his alleged role in terrorist attacks. In today's Chamber judgment in the case the European Court of Human Rights held, unanimously, that there had been:
- violations of Article 3 (prohibition of torture) of the European Convention on Human Rights, because of the Romanian Government's failure to effectively investigate Mr Al Nashiri's allegations and because of its complicity in the CIA's actions that had led to ill-treatment;
- violations of Article 5 (right to liberty and security), Article 8 (right to respect for private life), and Article 13 (right to an effective remedy) in conjunction with Articles 3, 5 and 8,
- violations of Article 6 § 1 (right to a fair trial within a reasonable time), and Articles 2 (right to life) and 3 taken together with Article 1 of Protocol No. 6 (abolition of the death penalty) because Romania had assisted in Mr Al Nashiri's transfer from its territory in spite of a real risk that he could face a flagrant denial of justice and the death penalty.
The Court had no access to Mr Al Nashiri as he is still being held by the US authorities in very restrictive conditions so it had to establish the facts from various other sources. In particular, it gained key information from a US Senate report on CIA torture which was released in December 2014. It also heard expert witness testimony.
The Court concluded that Romania had hosted a secret CIA prison, which had the code name, Detention Site Black, between September 2003 and November 2005, that Mr Al Nashiri had been detained there for about 18 months, and that the domestic authorities had known the CIA would subject him to treatment contrary to the Convention. Romania had also permitted him to be moved to another CIA detention site located either in Afghanistan (Detention Site Brown) or in Lithuania (Detention Site Violet), as found in another judgment delivered today Abu Zubaydah v. Lithuania, thus exposing him to further ill-treatment.
The Court therefore found that Mr Al Nashiri had been within Romania's jurisdiction and that the country had been responsible for the violation of his rights under the Convention.
It also recommended that Romania conclude a full investigation into Mr Al Nashiri's case as quickly as possible and, if necessary, punish any officials responsible. The country should also seek assurances from the United States that Mr Al Nashiri will not suffer the death penalty.
(…) Article 41 (just satisfaction) The Court held that Romania was to pay Mr Al Nashiri 100,000 euros (EUR) in respect of nonpecuniary damage. He made no claim for costs and expenses.


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Job description
Create compelling and appropriate design proposals for various concept and production car programs in the form of sketches, renderings and 3D digital models.
Research and analyze trends in overall packaging, dimension, materials and products using online and print resources and by attending auto shows and other events.
Report on these trends to Management using PowerPoint presentations.
Create and display virtual sketch board presentations or physical drawings on whiteboard incorporating ideas. Select various themes based on trends and research.
Meet with Management, Engineering, Marketing and Design Team to discuss design criteria. Incorporate design criteria provided.
Develop design over engineering package using ALIAS software. Oversee the development of CAS 3D Digital models.
Oversee the development of the 1/1 and scale models by clay sculptors and fabricators. Develop hard parts using ALIAS and other CAD software. Consult with Engineering and Manufacturing to meet styling and manufacturing requirements.
Create high-quality Publication Images for use in Press Releases and Design Brochures using Photoshop, ALIAS Design Studio, and photographed images.
Provide oversight, guidance and support to vendors producing one-of-a-kind Concept Vehicles for auto shows worldwide.
Benchmark competitive vehicles to aid design direction.
Required competence
- Bachelor's Degree in Industrial, Automotive, or Transportation Design
- Experience of Alias, Photoshop
Wanted competence
CAD tools
Place of assignment
Assignment duration
Start: 2019-06-01
End: 2019-12-31
Contact person
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The Righteous
For decades, demons have ruled the worldwound. Fearsome fiends of every stripe - their mottled skin harder than iron, teeth like serrated blades, and eyes burning with Abyssal flames - they roam the ruined lands that were once known as Sarkoris, leaving their mark wherever they go. Four Crusades have attempted to cleanse the land, but each seems to meet a worse fate than the last. Were it not for the line of magical wardstones along the eastern and southern borders, the demons would have long ago overrun north-central Avistan and beyond.
The Fourth Crusade hasn't really ended as much as petered out, yet some refuse to accept that. Amid the crippling shortages and record lows in morale among the crusaders, the Mendevian war effort teeters on the brink of collapse. Though the demonic occupation of the Worldwound is growing a dwindling minority of paladins and priests maintain that the Fourth Crusade is still vibrant and alive, and that the turning point for the war is only a few days away.
The players are currently in the city of Kenabres right near Armasse. The Campaign will begin on Armasse. Please of some sort of background for your character and why they would be here on Armasse.
Character Generation
Stats:20 Point buy
Classes:Paizo material only no psionics.(i reserve the right to reject some Paizo material that isn't meant for players.)
Races: Please keep it to core races. Anything outside of core will need to be approved.
1.Starting gold will be either random or average for your class i will allow you to pick(no changing your mind if you get a bad roll).
2.The starting level is 1 on the Medium track
3.We are using the pathfinder point buy rules so if you have any questions on the point buy feel free to reference this.
4.Please keep your alignments to the umbrella(aka LG, NG, CG, LN, CN)
5.The campaign will eventually have the players commanding armies as well as gaining mythic tiers.
6. 2 traits but one is required from the The WotR players guide i will copy them here for your convenience.
You always tended to get in over your head as a child, but your biggest youthful misadventure was the time you "accidentally" found yourself behind enemy lines in the Worldwound. You probably never would have made it back home to Kenabres if not for the help of a mysterious woman who helped you trick your way through a group of cultists. The woman never told you her name, but you remember her beauty and a deep sense of sadness she seemed to carry with her. Her skill with the bow was impressive as well, but the thing you remember most about her was the symbol of Desna she wore—she often held onto it without seeming to realize it, as if the connection to the goddess was something she clung to in a sense of need, as someone might clutch at a rope while dangling over a vast pit. She left your side a few moments before you were picked up by a patrol of crusaders, who finished the job of escorting you back to safety, and you've never seen her again. Ever since, you've just been lucky when it comes to trickery.
Once per day, if you fail an Acrobatics, Bluff, Disguise, Sleight of Hand, or Stealth check, you may immediately reroll that check as a free action. You must take the second result, even if it is worse.
Associated Mythic Path: Trickster or Marshal.
Multiple Characters: You and other characters were all saved by the same mysterious woman in your childhood. This could have been the same event, or she could have saved you on separate occasions—the discovery that someone else was saved by the mysterious stranger has resulted in a long friendship (or perhaps friendly rivalry) with the others she rescued.
Your parents were members of the crusade, as were their parents before them. (If you are an elf, gnome, or other long-lived race, these could be brothers or cousins instead, since it's possible that the Worldwound simply didn't exist at a time before you were born.) The righteousness of the crusades sometimes feels as if it runs in your very blood, and it bolsters you against demonic influence. Your parents may be alive still, or they may have perished on a mission—that choice is up to you. You grew up knowing them, though, and their zeal and devotion to the crusade is the primary reason you feel the same way. They've told you of other family members who have also been involved in the crusade, and it's not uncommon for you to meet a distant cousin or long-lost aunt, uncle, or other family member while traveling among the border towns of Mendev. This strong family tie bolsters your mind and sense of belonging to the crusade.
Once per day when you fail a saving throw against an effect created by a demon that would possess or incapacitate you mentally, you may immediately reroll that saving throw as a free action. You must take the second result, even if it is worse.
Associated Mythic Path: Marshal or Guardian.
Multiple Characters: If other characters take this trait, you should all be related—you can be siblings, cousins, or even more distant relations, but you should all be aware of this shared lineage.
When you were a child, you were nearly slain by a demon that managed to make its way through the wardstones into the lands beyond. The demon was slain before it could kill you, but you lingered at death's door in a coma for weeks before waking. Ever since then, you've been unusually hale and hearty, as if your body had endured its brush with awfulness by becoming supernaturally fit. But still, the scars (whether physical or purely mental) of your brush with death remain, and nightmares of what could have happened often plague your sleep. Something, be it your own personal force of will, some strange "infection" from the assault, or perhaps a combination of both, has made you stronger than before. You're not sure what to make of the theories that you survived this exposure to awfulness because you yourself have some trace of demonic heritage that helped give you the advantage you needed to survive— but whatever it was, you're glad for it! Your strange resistance to demonic attacks persists to this day.
Once per day when you fail a saving throw against an effect created by a demon that would kill or physically incapacitate you, you can immediately reroll that saving throw as a free action. You must take the second result, even if it is worse.
Associated Mythic Path: Guardian or Archmage.
Multiple Characters: You and any others with this trait are related, if only distantly. You could be siblings or cousins—a condition that perhaps lends some credence to the theory that all of you share more than just a common bloodline.
You bear a strange birthmark on your body—something you've learned is the Sign of the Seeker's Spiral, a rune associated with the secret society known as the Riftwardens. You have researched this rune, and have learned that the mark sometimes appears on the children of Riftwardens who have been exposed to particularly strange planar energies. Unfortunately, you never knew your parents, for you were raised by a foster family in Kenabres. Your foster family has confirmed that both of your parents were Riftwardens, and has further confirmed that your parents went missing on a secret mission into the Worldwound less than a month after you were born. You're not sure what happened to them, but you're certain they're dead—and your gut tells you that the one who murdered them yet lives! In any event, you've long felt magic in your blood, and casting spells comes easily to you.
You gain a +2 trait bonus on all concentration checks.
Associated Mythic Path: Archmage or Champion.
Multiple Characters: You should be siblings with any other character that takes this trait, so that you share the same missing parents. Your parents could even be foster parents.
You were forced to take part in a demonic ritual as a youth after having been captured by cultists. Whatever the ritual's purpose may have been, it didn't work out the way your captors envisioned—rather than corrupting your soul, you absorbed the ritual's energy and made it your own before you escaped to safety. Ever since, you've been haunted by strange nightmares about the ritual, and have long felt that the energies it bathed you in have changed you. Recently, those energies have changed— it's as if you've finally managed to come to terms with your past and have turned the ritual's aftereffects to your advantage, following the old adage of what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. You've been unable to learn more about the ritual or what it was for, but the question lingers in the back of your head to this day. This nagging has instilled in you a fury against demonkind.
Today, when you face demons in combat, those energies bolster your fury, granting you a +2 trait bonus on all combat maneuver checks against demons.
Associated Mythic Path: Champion or Hierophant.
Multiple Characters: You and any other PC who takes this trait were all part of the same ritual, and it was only by working together that you managed to escape—further, the support of your fellow ritual survivors has played a key role in your coming to terms with it, and you retain a close bond of friendship (or perhaps a friendly rivalry) to this day.
As long as you can remember, you've had an unexplainable interest in one deity in particular. One of your parents may have been a priest of this deity, or you may have been an orphan raised by the church, but these alone cannot explain your deep connection to the faith. You've always felt calm and at ease in places holy to the deity, and often have dreams about the god or goddess visiting you—most often in the form of a sacred animal or creature. Your faith is strong, even if you don't happen to be a divine spellcaster—if you are a divine spellcaster, you should be a worshiper of this deity. You begin play with a silver holy symbol of your chosen deity for free. In addition, choose one domain associated with your chosen deity. You gain the use of that domain's 1st-level domain spell as a spell-like ability usable once per day (CL equals your character level).
Associated Mythic Path: Hierophant or Trickster.
Multiple Characters: If other characters choose this trait, you should all work together to decide what deity you're associated with—it should be the same deity shared by all of you. You might even share the same dreams.
The Players guide i linked above is free to download off the paizo site and contains lots of setting information and hits on the campaign itself. If you need help fitting a character into golarion feel free to contact me or InsaneFox as we both have a very good understanding of the inner sea region.
More Stuff we will use
Mythic Heroes(hint this will be you but not right away)
Mass Combat
Any other questions feel free to PM me.
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Name: Shin Jijuka
Race: Human
Class: Pistolero
Gender: Male
For as long as Shin can remember he has been tinkering with small devices from clockworks to children's toys, but it is his pistol that he considers his pride and joy. The 50. Cal Jijuka special. Granted he hasn't quite gotten all the kinks out of it yet, but that's what field testing is for, and luckily, or unluckily, Shin has never had any trouble getting into trouble for his pistol to get him out of.
These skills have served him well working for his father as an apprentice. Though his work earns him little money, he has a roof over his head and a meal in his belly every night. His family lives in a poor part of town where the holy crusaders rarely visit unless they are on one of their witch hunts, but Shin's family has never done anything to draw their attention.
Having grown up in such a rough neighborhood, Shin has grown some very rough edges. With a tongue as quick as his wit, he often shoots his mouth off as recklessly as his firearm. Throwing out taunts and insults like candy, Shin has earned a reputation as a trouble maker, and has few friends, not that he ever lets that get to him. He shamelessly enjoys himself, reveling in parties and festivals, such as Armasse. The fact that the city is in turmoil has done nothing to spoil Shin's enjoyment, in fact he takes perverse joy in pissing on the traditions authority figures. Whether demon worshipers or crusaders, Shin is all to eager to spit in the face of anyone who tries to run his life and tell him what to do.
Despite this belligerent attitude, Shin still has a good heart. He often puts himself between bullies and their smaller victims, and always helps those he knows to be good people. Much of bravado is simply a product on his environment. If he doesn't stand up to people and assert himself, they'll walk all over him.
Quotes: Of course I always have an answer for everything; that tends to happen when you're right all the time.
I'll stop being a smart ass when you stop being a dumb ass
I'm not intellectually arrogant, I'm just right all the time
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Name: Zarathos
Race: Human
Class: Cavalier (Emissary -Ultimate Combat-) Order of the Penitent (Knights of the Inner Sea)
Gender: Male
Stolen from his home at a young age after his family were killed right in front of him, Zarathos was going to just another tribute to some dark force. This did not come to pass. Instead the dark force seemed to grant Zarathos great power and ability. From that point it's all kinda a blur to him now but it's always been believed by Zarathos that it was him who used that power against those who would have killed him. All that is known for sure is that those men died horrible deaths and Zarathos has been making his way round Worldwound borders to finally Kenabres. Here at his young age he learned the ways of other traveling knights and demon hunters, preparing to be a seeking of vengeance and protector of the innocent.
Zarathos isn't a typical crusader. He was taught that the truly evil monsters of the dark were those to punish and yet no one ever told him of what makes a monster and what makes a man. After all, it wasn't some foul demon who butchered his family as cattle. They were men. So for as long as he can remember Zarathos has devoted himself to redeeming all he could, but also making sure that the real monsters get what's coming to them. When he's not seeking vengeance he's fairly easy going and a bit quiet. Keeping to himself mostly a bottling the rage within but always there to lend a hand.
Do you read Sutter Cane?
Name: Ozwald Encarthi
Race: Human (Taldan/Ulfen)
Class: Hidden Cleric of Sivanah
Gender: Male
Homeland: Xer, Razmiran
Background: The Encarthi Family was once an influential house sworn to the Arch-Duchy of Melcat. Less than 50 years ago, however, the "Living God" Razmir conquered the lands of the Arch-Duchy, creating a nation in his name in the process. Those sworn to the Arch-Duchy found themselves with one choice, swear fealty to the Living God, abandoning their countrymen and their Gods; or be sent to work in the seemingly endless mines of the Forgotten Track. Regardless of which way they chose, most of the influential houses of Melcat, now Razmiran, found that their wealth and influence meant tantamount to nothing in Razmir's shadow.
House Encarthi, was no exception. Sharing the name of the great lake that several nations shared, Lake Encarthan, the Encarthi were a family with a long and rich history. At the time of Razmir's takeover, the head of the house, Maxwell Encarthi, began taking measures of resistance against the new regime. Harboring 'criminals', worshipping a secret God, and even sending information to the River Kingdoms of the east. These indiscretions continued for 25 years with impunity... but they also wore away the little wealth and power that the once great house still possessed.
This all changed when Maxwell's son, Nigel, decided to take action. Nigel believed that his father's petty acts of rebellion were the cause to his family's misfortune, and swore that he would change everything. And he did. With the well-being of his house in mind, Nigel approached the leadership of the Church of Razmir and turned his father in. Maxwell, too old to work in the mines, and too resilient to be forcefully 'converted' to the religion of the False God, was simply put to death, along with his fellow conspirators. Nigel was elevated to Head of the household under the condition that his first son, Ozwald, be given to the church when he reached his 16th nameday.
Up until his 16th nameday, Ozwald Encarthi lived a live of low-class nobility. While his family had always been wealthier than the common man, it wasn't until Nigel's betrayal that the family once again began to prosper. However, at the time, the truth behind the events that lead to his grandfather's demise were unknown to the young man.
As promised, when Ozwald became of age he was taken, without warning, by the Priesthood of Razmir. Being brought to a local temple of the Living God, Ozwald's brain-washing began. However, despite what his new teachers tried to teach him, the young Encarthi heir always had a measure of doubt in the back of his mind. Then came the dreams. Dreams that, at first, seemed to have no sense about them; but eventually Ozwald understood that these dreams were the representations of the bed-time stories that his grandfather often read to him during the night. As the dreams became clearer, so did the truth. His grandfather wasn't telling him mere bedtime stories, he was actually passing on the teachings of his hidden god, Sivanah. A God who's holy symbol, seven cloth veils tied together to form a ring, was actually a prominent piece of the Encarthi Family sigil.
As if some unseen force was guiding the world around him, after Ozwald's realization, he soon met a man within the Razmiran Priesthood who bore an interesting Holy Symbol. Unlike the other priests, Tybalt Monroe's holy symbol of Razmir had a simple and hard-to-notice etching of the seven veils incorporated within. A fact that Ozwald would not have noticed if not for the dreams. Furthermore, as the young heir approached the priest, he surprisingly recognized the young man. And revealed, in secret, that he was like a brother to Ozwald's late grandfather, and secretly worshiped the Veiled Lady. From that day on, Ozwald secretly trained as a priest of Sivanah. During this time, Ozwald also learned of his father's betrayal (of both his grandfather and himself), as well as facts concerning the origins of his family's lineage which traces all the way back to the death of Aroden and and his family's escape from the ruins of the nation of Sarkoris, a land which is now simply known as the Worldwound.
This secret training continued for years until Tybalt Monroe's deceptions were discovered by the Church of Razmir. Tybalt, a powerful cleric in his own right, resisted heartily and was subsequently put to death, and the loyalty of all of the students under him were put into question. Every single one of them was filed into a wagon and sent northward towards the Exalted Woods, the home of the facility known as the "First Step" where the Church of Razmir took the 'convertible unfaithful' to be reconditioned.
The small convoy never made it to its destination. The priest in charge of transporting the suspected unfaithful, decided to go around the forest rather than through it, as it was full of dangerous and unfriendly things, but instead strayed too close to the border that Razmiran shared with the River Kingdoms. The convoy was raided, and every student with the exception of Ozwald resisted the attackers, trying to prove their loyalty to Razmir so that they would not have to undergo the harsh reconditioning process. But they were not enough, the raiders slaughtered every single man who resisted until only Ozwald remained. When confronted, Ozwald simply told the men that he would do what he could to heal their wounds if they took him with them. They agreed, and the boy used his burgeoning power as a cleric of Sivanah to mend his saviors.
Ozwald Encarthi wandered around the River Kingdoms for roughly a year before deciding on his next course of action. He could not go back to his hometown of Xer, nor was there anything left for him there. The group that he found himself traveling with made mention that they were planning on heading north on the Sellen River to join the Mendevian Crusade, and Ozwald decided to go with them. Perhaps it was a sign, or simply deep curiosity on his part, but the young man felt that there was a chance that he would find some answers as to his lineage and his connection to the Goddess Sivanah.
Now, Ozwald finds himself in the town of Kenabres, fresh off of the boat from the River Kingdoms, as its preparing for Armasse.
Personality and Appearance: Ozwald is a blonde haired man with blue eyes, the markings of an Ulfen heritage. However, despite the rugged build that one would expect, the young man is rather scrawny and frail and possesses soft facial features. He carries around a calm and peaceful look, with a perpetual smile. But his eyes show hints of a wisdom that far surpasses the boy's years. His dress is rather extravagant, with flowing blue and white traveling clothes, (stark contrasts to the colors of the Razmiran church that he formerly belonged to) a matching cloak, and an exquisite blue and silver scarf. He carries with him a book that one might assume to be for spellcraft of some type. Ozwald is a rather intelligent boy, who seems to act without any particular sense of worry or urgency. Whenever he is uncomfortable, the young priest resorts to cracking light-hearted jokes to break the tension of the situation and is an avid lover of puns.
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Name: Amiranda Sholtz
Name Amiranda Sholtz
Race: Half elf
Class: Magus
Gender: Female
Personality: Amiranda doesn't like people very much and is often cold toward them, but she is not without a heart. She is also a very caring person by nature. She doesn't laugh often and isn't the joking type. Relaxing isn't in her vocabulary. She doesn't like confrontation, but isn't opposed to it.
Amiranda doesn't remember much of where she came from, her last name is self bestowed. Ever since she recovered from her coma, it was more or less a blank slate with fragments here and there. What she remembered was the demon. She knows that she'd do anything to not feel the fear that had struck her heart when she thought about it for months after. Though haunted by the sliver of memory, and the scars over her chest and stomach, she worked hard to make sure she could have any advantage in a battle in case that freak accident were to happen again. Amiranda was brought up in a church for a short time, before determining she should go out and manage her own fate. Like Pharasma taught, She would not be afraid of the gave, and what this life had to throw at her, she would take on.
If you are Hungry, have a piece of your friend.
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We are generating c128 barcodes and upon having them certified they noticed an issue that I can't see to figure out. The width of a bars/spaces is 10.5 mils and they acceptable range is 15-21 mils (1 mil = .001 inch).
The rendering code is based off this library: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/GDI-plus/GenCode128.aspx but has been modified some...
The barcodes being generated are all alpha-numeric, no special characters. I thought the width of the bar + space was dependent on the character being encoded.
Here are the settings being used:
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settings.TopMargin = 10
settings.BottomMargin = 10
settings.LeftMargin = 10
settings.RightMargin = 10
settings.BarCodeHeight = 80
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Ramesh Gaonkar and Shaila Wood
Ramesh served as a Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at SUNY OCC since early 1970. Presently, he teaches at IIT Gandhinagar as a Visiting Professor for a semester in a year. He is also a Director of Penram International Publishing Company in Mumbai. He is the author of several engineering textbooks, adopted internationally, in the microprocessor field and a recipient of SUNY Chancellor's award, Outstanding Teacher awards from ASEE St. Lawrence Section and CNY Technology Alliance. He grew up in Parel area in Bombay, the heartland of cotton factories and rebels of independent movement. He is a Physics graduate from Bombay University and came to RPI, Troy, NY as a teaching assistant. After completing a degree in Electrical Engineering, he worked as an Engineer and received his Ph.D. from Syracuse University.
Shaila grew up in upstate New York amid a large family of siblings and cousins, for whom expectations decreed a sequence of college, marriage, homemaking and community service. Defying those expectations, Shaila chose independence, professional involvement in education and world travel. Mid-career, she enrolled in Syracuse University's program of Instructional Technology. Marriage with Ramesh, a brief year of living in India, and juggling of child-bearing and post-doctoral appointments at Syracuse followed. In 1984, Shaila accepted a position with AT&T's Corporate Education Center in Princeton, New Jersey, during its legendary period in corporate training. There she worked with content experts to design, implement and evaluate training programs in emerging technologies. Shaila returned to Syracuse two years later, joining SU's Project Advance [SUPA] as Associate Director, overseeing two of its programs and its evaluation activities. In 1994, she resigned from Project Advance and established East/West Yoga Studios, which she maintained for fifteen years.
Shaila and Ramesh have two daughters — Nelima and Vanita. Nelima is a licensed psychotherapist currently working in Binghamton, dividing her time between SUNY Binghamton's support services and private practice. Vanita lives in Manhattan and is currently employed as an Investment Officer with the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation in New York.
Both Ramesh and Shaila follow in their family traditions of community service. During the last twenty-five years, Ramesh has served as President, Vice-President and Board member of ICRCC. In the spirit of "giving back," he has helped establish and continues to support a computer center in his home-town village, Hadi in the Kokan area of southern Maharashtra, where primary-school children and women are learning computer skills. Shaila currently serves as docent with the Everson Museum and as coordinator with OASIS. In addition to volunteering their time and experience, Ramesh and Shaila offer financial support to educational and charitable institutions in Syracuse, India and Shaila's hometown of Gloversville.


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Venus Theatre
Location: 9148 Canterbury Riding, Laurel MD 20723
Phone: 202-236-4078
Website: http://www.venustheatre.org/
Venus Theatre is committed to setting flight to the voices of women and children with theatre for a lifetime. Ten years of producing in temporary rental spaces in DC, NYC, Baltimore, and Pennsylvania has led to a new vision. In April of 2006 Venus secured a storefront in Laurel, MD. The Venus Theatre is home to the Company today.
Venus Theatre Play Shack runs a summer theatre camp.
The Finger at Venus Theatre, Sep 19-Oct 13
Collaborative Iterations:
The Finger
by Doruntina Basha
Sept 19 – Oct 13, 2019
The Finger draws its impetus from a vacuum, from a family bereft, and the implacable dynamics between two women. In it, a disappearance calls for-and exacts-rituals in the gap between life and death.
Location: Venus Theatre.
Going into the Fall, Venus will produce, "The Finger" by Doruntina Basha. She is a playwright who lives in Kosovo and this will be the first time her play is produced on this side of the ocean. http://oralhistorykosovo.org/doruntina-basha/
Tags: Venus Theatre, Laurel Maryland, Collaborative Iterations, The Finger, Doruntina Basha
The Powers That Be a Rock Opera at Venus Theatre, Nov 21-Dec 15
Collaborative Iterations:
The Powers That Be a Rock Opera
by Deborah Randall and Alan Scott
Nov 21 – Dec 15, 2019
Location: Venus Theatre.
Venus will close the year with a rock opera. This will be a collaboration with Alan Scott. Check out his videos. https://www.reverbnation.com/alanscottband
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Get your children in the kitchen having a blast this weekend, you can even feed friends and the family by taking the recipe up a notch!
Pizza making is a fabulous activity for getting children in the kitchen and educating them about a variety of vegetables. It teaches children the importance of healthy food in our daily lives… and most importantly it's pizza. What's not to love!
Creating pizza in your own home is a great way for children to understand nutritional values and implications of fast food alternatives, but also a great bonding activity for parents too.
- 2 French Sticks, halved lengthways
- 400 mL tomato pasta sauce
- 4 large ripe tomatoes, diced
- 2 green capsicums, seeded and diced
- 300 g chopped lean ham
- 2 x 440 g can pineapple pieces, drained
- 200 g mozzarella cheese, grated
- 200 g cheddar cheese, grated
Preheat oven to 180°C. Stand the French stick cut side up on a paper-lined baking tray. Spread tomato pasta sauce on bread halves. Top with ingredients, sprinkling the cheese last. Bake in oven for 15 mins or until heated through. Cut each pizza into 4 fingers. Makes 16.
Substitute a Foccacia slab, split horizontally, for the French stick. English muffins may be used as the base.
Recipe © State of Western Australia, 2012.


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Survey of Native Hawaiian Businesses Part 1
The Council for Native Hawaiian Advancement is conducting a survey of Native Hawaiian Small Businesses to identify the demographics of our Small Business Community and better understand the needs of Native Hawaiian Business owners. The results of this survey will be used to inform small business programs and advocacy for CNHA and it's partners. This survey is funded in part by a grant from the US Department of Commerce, Minority Business Development Agency. Please complete Part 1 of this survey, which should take you approximately 10 minutes. If you have time, please complete the optional Part 2 of this survey. Mahalo for your time and consideration.


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#AnonymousDear Team,
The shareholders representative for our company who is a foreigner has sent a email to the MD of our company threatening termination of a lady staff member who has been with the company for more than 5 years. The reason given is that he feels that she has conspired against him, and that this is the 2nd time he feels she has done it. My question is :
1. The email is to the MD who has informed the staff member who is a senior member of the team and she has refuted the allegation.
2. The MD is aware that the whole thing is based on unsubstantial gossip.
3. How should the lady staff member react? This is very scary for her as its her job on the line and her career.
4. The first instance was when she had written about Increments for staff and the shareholders representative felt that she was bossy. This mail was also not sent to her but to the MD, who had discussed with her and the email was sent only after discussion with the MD as she is the HR head for the company.
I really need your help on this matter.
11th December 2018 From India, Mumbai
2. The MD is aware that the whole thing is based on unsubstantial gossip.
3. How should the lady staff member react? This is very scary for her as its her job on the line and her career. - What are the inputs based on the Stakeholder has come to a conclusion ? We can not shoot in dark unless the Stakeholders view point is cleared to us.
4. The first instance was when she had written about Increments for staff and the shareholders representative felt that she was bossy. This mail was also not sent to her but to the MD, who had discussed with her and the email was sent only after discussion with the MD as she is the HR head for the company.
11th December 2018 From India, Pune
If the company has shareholding from a foreigner, then it appears to be big company. Secondly, if the lady in question against whom the shareholder has complained happens to be HR Head then she is expected to handle the matter on her own. Anyway, second opinion always matters and since you have raised the post on this forum, you deserve the opinions from the experts.
If the complaint about the behaviour of HR Head has been made to the MD to the company and that too by a foreign shareholder then it goes without saying that someone from the company has been complaining to him. This complaint could be because the person who leaks news could be doing so because he/she does not have trust on the local management. Of course this may or may not be true.
There are couple of measures that MD needs to take. One is to order enquiry to ascertain facts. An impartial probe by external enquiry officer will be better. Let the facts speak in themselves. The decision of the MD based on the enquiry could be communicated accordingly.
Next is to improve the internal communication or upward communication in the company. There cannot be smoke without fire. Therefore, let the survey be conducted on how HR provide their services to all the departments. The loopholes can be plugged in.
Next is to empower HR department. Possibly HR might not be empowered enough and ordinary staff could be considering that it is HR that is responsible.
Last but not the least, the shareholder may be told that he is investor and his role should be restricted to investment. I have seen MDs allowing investment from all the quarters but they were told firmly that they will not make any complaint about internal administration. They can only point out shortcomings but more than that nothing else. Generally, shareholders are committed certain percentage for their investment. Whichever way the administration is run, as long as they get their dues, they need not grumble. Matter should settle there.
By the way, are you that HR Head who has written the post anonymously?
Dinesh Divekar
11th December 2018 From India, Bangalore
There are major changes happening the company since April, with a new person, who has been brought in to replace the MD once his contract ends or what ever would the decision of the Shareholders representative be. The decision of the HR is nothing in this company as the rules are changed or bent as per the management specially the new one. The representative wants to take an active role in the companies running and hence has started interfering in the daily working of the company.
11th December 2018 From India, Mumbai
If your MD himself is lame duck MD then nothing can be done as such. It is better to start looking for a new job rather than continuing in the hostile environment.
However, you may establish some direct connection with the foreign shareholder. If you are able to convince him about your potential and the contributions done in the past then you might continue also. Change of MD should not have much bearing on your mind.
Dinesh Divekar
11th December 2018 From India, Bangalore
I think whole contents of the post does not clarify as to how the said shareholder representative who is foreigner, came in contact with the lady staff? Besides what are the facts about the alleged incident against lady HR head for which the outsider wants her to be terminated without fair and proper enquiry as the lady has refuted the charges?
Unless all the facts of the case are put on the table, any advice is futile.
For now, let the lady demand fair and proper enquiry for which she should show willingness to face.
Vinayak Nagarkar
HR- Consultant
11th December 2018 From India, Mumbai
The team in the office is only of 20 members, the share holder is in contact with all staff as he feels everyone should report to him whenever he wants details. As for the lady member as mentioned she was the first team member in the company. Also, when the company started there were only 5 members and there was constant contact in terms of work for atleast 10 days a month. The shareholder visits India every month for 10 days minimum. Should the lady give a written complaint to the Internal Committee. What would the consequences be.
12th December 2018 From India, Mumbai
It is unusual and rather strange situation that any shareholder is meddling with day today affairs of the business like CEO.
Is he the majority shareholder eyeing to become CEO?
You have once again not provided the details of the incident without which it is not possible to comment whether it falls in the category of sexual harassment and whether you should approach internal complaints committee.
Vinayak Nagarkar
HR- Consultant
12th December 2018 From India, Mumbai
That is the problem, in the email sent to the MD the shareholders representative has said he heard rumors but has not given the name or instance of the same. He has mentioned that he will look into the matter in January end and if proven he will terminate the job.
12th December 2018 From India, Mumbai
This is vague . You keep cool and whenever this comes up in future, insist on fair and proper enquiry in which you are given reasonable opportunity to explain your side.
Vinayak Nagarkar
HR- Consultant
12th December 2018 From India, Mumbai
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I Take Off My Glasses When I Read Comics Now… (A Brief Reflection on 30 Years)
"You take off your glasses when you read comics now… What the hell does that mean?" I can hear you asking.
What that means is that I am getting old. The crystalline lens within my eye which previously could flex and accommodate to clearly see objects at any variety of ranges has now begun to lose its elasticity and I face the beginnings of presbyopia. Soon I will find myself in a world of bifocals… and not too long after that canes, walkers, and most likely undergarments designed for incontinence! Ah, the feeling of old age washing over you! (If you think perhaps I was bored tonight and decided to read information about the structures of the eye on Wikipedia… you're wrong! I work as an Optician, so that knowledge was already within my grasp… I wasn't just bored tonight, I'm bored 40 hours a week!)
Old age brings more than just presbyopia, arthritis, and incontinence… it also carries some contemplative reflection with it. As I've done in the past and will do in the future, I often contemplate things through the frame of one of the constants in my life… comic books.
I've been trying to get back into a regular habit of buying and reading comic books again, as I've been lacking recently in that regard. As I did the "old man" thing and took off my glasses to settle in and consume a few issues, it struck me that I was reading some recent New Mutants comics. This was significant only because New Mutants is the title I credit with getting me into comics many years ago.
The three topmost comics pictured are issues I bought as a kid, straight off the comic rack at a local mall bookstore. The three on the bottom, were recently published and purchased at a local comic book store. As you can probably tell, I was already feeling somewhat wistful about all this… and as I was checking the dates on these issues just now it really hit me, something I hadn't even considered before… That New Mutants #65 that started it all, my love of comics and creative ambitions, was published in July of 1988. It was exactly 30 years ago this month. Holy. Shit.
I've got a feeling I'll be thinking and writing about this anniversary a bit more over the coming weeks. Suffice to say, right now I just recognize the strange dichotomy of comics that perhaps fellow fans feel as well. I'm amazed by the way that they've simultaneously both grounded my life with consistency, while also allowing my mind to explore things that are as inconsistent and ungrounded as you can imagine. That is after all, the magic of comics, entertainment, and the human imagination.
That panel from a recent issue of New Mutants cracked me up. After all these years the banter between characters like "Boom-Boom" and "Rictor" is still going strong. A new issue is like visiting an old friend. You may not have seen them in a while… but every time you get together it's just like you were never apart.
Wistful rambling over… for tonight. I have a feeling there will be much more to come. Consider my mid-life crisis fully engaged. 30. Years. Holy. Shit. Panic. Now. Lucky you, if you follow my blog you have a front row seat to either see a man achieve the dreams of 3 decades ago… or spectacularly crash and burn and spiral into madness.
Either will be entertaining.
-Bryan "the Imp" Imhoff