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Circuit Probation
Here you will find information about the mission of the Juvenile Probation Department, its objectives, its organization and how the Department operates.
The mission of the Posey Circuit Court Juvenile Probation Department is to accept people below the age of 18, who have been referred to the Department, and to work with them, their relatives and custodians, their schools, their churches, law enforcement agencies, social service agencies, mental health agencies, the Court, and correction agencies within the resource constraints of the Department to assess their behavior and their needs to prepare and execute plans for establishing conditions and behavior which will protect the public and their families and will assist them in becoming healthy, happy, and productive members of our community.
1. Recognize and handle emergency needs quickly;
2. Determine needs of the child, caregivers, and the environment;
3. Match the child's situation with services to meet the needs;
4. Treat the child in the environment;
5. Build support in the environment;
6. Evaluate treatment effectiveness;
7. Evaluate treatment plan efficiency;
8. Terminate Department involvement on a timely basis.
Rodney Fetcher is Chief Probation Officer of both juvenile and adult probation departments. Mark and Michelle specialize in juvenile probation activities, but also have adult probation duties. Sam also is available for juvenile probation support.
Complaint Lodged with the Posey County Prosecutor
Law enforcement officers, school officials, or private individuals file complaints against juveniles with the Posey County Prosecutor.
Complaint Referred from Posey County Prosecutor to Posey Circuit Court Probation Department
In juvenile matters, the Prosecutor often refers complaints to the Probation Department for further inquiry. Referred complaints then are called referrals.
Juvenile Probation Department Inquires into the Referral
The Juvenile Probation Department types referral information into the Juvenile Probation computer system where a tentative appointment is scheduled and letters are written to custodians inviting them to appear with the child for an informal hearing with a probation officer. The informal hearing is called a Preliminary Inquiry. The hearing is called "informal" because the hearing does not take place before a judge and statements are not sworn.
Subsequently, the child, a custodian, and sometimes other interested relatives meet with a probation officer for the Preliminary Inquiry. Before any questions are asked, the probation officer will read the child's rights and ask that the child sign that the rights were read. Next, the probation officer will ask for the child to sign a document which permits other agencies to release information to the Probation Department and vice versa.
Following the signing of the rights and release forms, the probation officer will ask questions which help in understanding the child and the environment. The probation officer will ask questions about the referral.
The probation officer may verify some of the information received in the Preliminary Inquiry and then produce a Preliminary Inquiry Report which includes a recommended course of action. Possible recommended courses of action include: (1) Dismiss the charge; (2) Refer to another agency; (3) Informal adjust the matter; or (4) File a formal charge.
The Posey County Prosecutor Responds to the Preliminary Inquiry
The Prosecutor responds to the Preliminary Inquiry Report recommendation by returning a Notice of Action to the Probation Department. For Informal Adjustments, the juvenile agrees to terms of probation which the Probation Department supervises. When formal charges are filed, the Court will decide whether to adjudicate the juvenile. If the juvenile is adjudicated, the Probation Department will file a Predisposition Report to assist the judge in determining the disposition of the case.
The Juvenile Probation Department Helps Carry Out the Orders of the Court
The Probation Department assists in carrying out the orders of the Court by coordinating travel and arrangements at placement facilities such as Boys School or Girls School. The Probation Department also supervises juveniles during any period of probation decided by the Court.


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Air navigation service provider NAV Portugal has partnered with air transport communications provider SITA to implement the data link infrastructure required to comply with the EU Regulations for the Single European Sky, which come into force this month.
Under the 10-year agreement with NAV Portugal, SITA will provide the air/ground data link communication infrastructure to enable CPDLC service in NAV Portugal's upper airspace. It will use VHF Data Link Mode 2 (VDLm2) and Aeronautical Telecommunication Network (ATN) technology as mandated by the European regulation. The infrastructure includes eight VHF Ground Stations and SITA's AIRCOM Monitoring System. These stations will service both air traffic control and airline operational communications in the Portuguese airspace.
The regulation mandates Western European air navigation service providers and airlines implement Controller Pilot Data Link Communication (CPDLC). The move is estimated by EUROCONTROL to enable an increase of 11 percent of air traffic capacity in Western Europe and a 29 percent reduction of the work load of the air traffic controllers.
"This partnership is well underway with many of the NAV Portugal ground stations already deployed. We have drawn on our experience from similar partnerships that we established with air navigation service providers across Europe including in Germany, France, Spain and Switzerland, and are confident that this too will be a win-win for NAV Portugal and SITA," said Philip Clinch, SITA vice president, Aircraft Communications. More
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The Abbott government will consider legal action to recoup more than $40 million wasted on Australia's futile bid to host the 2022 football World Cup, won by oil-rich Qatar on the back of alleged systematic bribery.
Minister for Sport Peter Dutton said the government would ''consider options'' to claw back the money after reports that Qatari officials showered cash on football officials across the globe to secure the hosting rights in a landslide. Australia pulled just one vote.
Australian Football Federation chairman Frank Lowy has demanded FIFA return the money, while former Soccer Australia boss David Hill has said the Rudd government was ''mad'' to risk public funds ''when everybody knew the process was crook".
Qatar's apparent foul play has become a topic of concern in Canberra, with the head of the Health Department - which now oversees the Sport portfolio - agreeing that the process was ''crooked''.
Health secretary Jane Halton was questioned by independent Nick Xenophon in a senate hearing on the $42.25 million the government contributed.
''Given that the bidding process appears to have been deeply tainted and that Australia appears not to have had a sporting chance of succeeding in its bid, is the Australian government proposing to approach FIFA about a refund? The whole process seems to have been pretty crooked to me, Professor Halton,'' Senator Xenophon said.
''I do not disagree with you,'' she replied, then saying legal recourse was a question for the minister.
Mr Dutton said the government would wait for the results of FIFA's independent investigation into the allegations football officials pocketed up to $US5 million in cash, as well as lavish gifts and free travel from former FIFA vice-president and Qatari national Mohamed bin Hammam.
''I think it's one step at a time and the first step is to wait and see … what the world body does. And then I think we can consider options,'' Mr Dutton said.
''Australia is obviously one of a number of countries that bid but I think the first step is to determine what is going to happen with Qatar.''
On Thursday, Senator Xenophon said: ''We never had a chance, taxpayers were ripped off and Sepp Blatter as president of FIFA should hang his head in shame that the bid has not yet been re-opened.''
Speaking in Sao Paulo on Wednesday, Mr Lowy said Australia's support for Mr Blatter hinged on his response to the report into corruption claims by FIFA chief investigator Michael Garcia.


text: Phil-o-mania Posted October 8, 2005 The Watcher A Chicago Tribune Web Log by Maureen Ryan 'Race' Fans Get Their Phil An interview with Phil Keoghan of "The Amazing Race" Phil Keoghan at a meet-and-greet book and DVD signing with his fans for his new tome, 'No Opportunity Wasted.' Last Friday, Phil Keoghan, host of "The Amazing Race," did a book and DVD signing at the Borders Book Store on State Street [Chicago]. Here's a transcript of the interview I did with Keoghan after his marathon meet-and-greet with 'TAR' fans: The Watcher: Does it ever surprise you how much fans are invested in the show? Keoghan: It always surprises me, because to imagine that I would be in a Borders in Chicago with 150 people . . . . I would never have imagined in the beginning that I'd be in a bookstore selling the first season of "The Amazing Race" with "Amazing Race 8" on the way, and talking to people about the history of the 'Race' and their passion for the 'Race.' It's sort of, like, 'How'd that happen?' TW: What did you think when you heard they were going to do a family edition? Were you into the idea? Keoghan: I wasn't nervous, because I knew or felt that after seven seasons it would be good to do something a little different, just to mix it up a little bit. We've made some adjustments along the way, like the [changes to] the roadblock rule, the [addition of the] yield. It just seemed appropriate after seven seasons to change it up. And the reality is that the biggest fans of the show are families, so why not let them run the 'Race'? TW: It doesn't seem as though families with younger kids are doing any worse on the race, in fact, sometimes they seem to do better. Keoghan: It's so cool to see them run this 'Race.' I think people have a genuine concern with these kids [running the 'Race'], but if anything, it's the adults having to deal with crushed egos is the problem. That's the issue. TW: Does it feel like it's different from other 'Races'? Keoghan: It's the 'Race' that we have all come to love. The format is the same, the difference is, it's four people, so we've had to make some adjustments, and there are kids. TW: Do you think that makes it better? Keoghan: I don't think that makes it better, I think that makes it different. And I think it's an opportunity for us to speak to that core audience who love our show, the family, and maybe to bring on some new people, who are attracted by the idea of [a] family [edition]. I don't think we're going to put off people who love the 'Race.' They're still getting their 'Race.' It's just that I think maybe we've broadened the appeal. I think it was a smart move, especially right now, there's a lot of talk of family [in the culture]. TW: Is it a chance to show off North America, too? Keoghan: Part of that was just to throw off the teams, because the teams are just expecting that they're going to be on a plane going overseas. That was another thing we put in there. We're always trying to change it. TW: But the teams travel less mileage overall, right? Keoghan: I think in terms of the miles of the 'Race,' it might be less than the average is. But it's not about how far they travel, it's about what they do. Some people thought that it was just [travel within] America, it's not just America. It's an international show still. It's the 'Race.' You have to have that. We've just mixed it up a bit. TW: Were you surprised they put the first season of "The Amazing Race" out on DVD -- it's been four years since it premiered. Keoghan: No. I think it was inevitable. We were at the tipping point with the show [in terms of popularity], but there were still so many people that hadn't seen [the first seasons]. It's such a long time ago, and when we came out, the ratings were nothing like what they are now. I don't know if there's another show that has grown like our show. It doesn't happen. TW: There were quite a few nerve-wracking moments for fans in the early days, when fans thought it might not come back. Keoghan: I can't speak for anyone at CBS or anybody else in production, but from my point of view, I was like, 'We need an award, or we need [something to help the show].' Because at the end of the day, there's a certain math that has to take place. You've got to have a certain number of people who watch the show to keep the show going. The show got good ratings, but they were by no means great ratings, and now we are getting great ratings. And a lot of that is attributable to who's attached to the project, [Jerry] Bruckheimer's attached to the project, and a lot of that is attributable to these [Emmy] awards. And then to me, the tipping point was Season 5. That was the season with Charla and Mirna, Chip and Kim. Over that summer, suddenly we became water cooler talk. Instead of people coming up to me and saying, "Aren't you that guy from 'The Great Race'?" people would come up to me and say, "You're from 'The Amazing Race!'" The difference with people recognizing me on the street was night and day. . . . We've actually got to the point now where it's appointment viewing. TW: And once people start watching the show, they're hooked. Keoghan: That's what I say to people. Just watch it once. If I had a dollar for every person who's said to me, "I don't watch reality television, but I watch 'The Amazing Race,'" I would be a gazillionaire. I would venture to say I cannot remember the last day where someone didn't say that to me. Phil Keoghan at a recent book signing event. TW: I asked Phil what have been the most memorable moments for him from the past seven seasons of "The Amazing Race": Keoghan gave this list of his top memorable moments:Charla and Mirna carrying meat in Season 5: "I'm sorry, it just doesn't get much better than that."Emily and Nancy trying to find a clue in an Indian marketplace in Season 1: "It was just such an amazing example of culture shock, which to me, the audience connects with, because they understand, 'If I were there, I would be so out of my element.'" The head shaving with Uchenna and Joyce in Season 7: "It's extremely touching. Part of what makes that so powerful is that when Brandon and Nicole were faced with the same fast-forward, they decided not to do it, and they didn't win 'The Amazing Race.' I asked Brandon and Nicole, 'What would you do for a million dollars?' Keoghan explained. Phil continued, "Brandon and Nicole looked at me, and I said, 'Would you shave off your hair for a million dollars?' They realized what I was asking them, and I said, 'Well, clearly you wouldn't, because you don't know if you just gave up a million dollars.'" Speaking about Uchenna and Joyce, Phil said, "I don't think we've ever had more popular winners. Same with Chip and Kim." The challenge in New Zealand, when racers rolled down a hill in a giant ball called a Zorb: "That's a friend of mine, that's my friend's farm. I drove about 500 miles to find that location; they'd never taken the Zorb off-site before, so I tested it with my friend, down this hill. I just remember screaming, 'We've got to get that in the show!'" In Season 5, when the Bowling Moms were doing the rock-climbing challenge, Phil wished that Christie had done that challenge instead of Colin: "That's when I wished there had been the rule about [teammates having to do an even number of] roadblocks. Colin was doing most of the roadblocks, and I would have loved to have seen Christie go head to head with Karen [of the Bowling Moms]." John of the team John Vito and Jill eating the cheese in Season 3: "It was just funny." Uchenna and Joyce at the orphanage in South Africa. In Season 6, Gus and Hera at the Goure Island in Africa, where slaves were shipped to the New World: "To me it's one of the greatest moments, where the show really slowed down and was breathing. The whole show slowed down. It was extraordinary."TW: Do you still keep in touch with ex-racers? Keoghan: Yeah, I'm meeting up with one tomorrow. I get e-mails from them all the time. TW: The online community is another huge source of 'Amazing Race' fandom. Keoghan: They're an essential part of the support for the show. They've stuck with the show from the beginning. They know the show inside and out. They have just been there and stayed there. They're certainly very opinionated about what they like and don't like, but I really believe that they have had a major impact on keeping the show alive. TW: Would the producers ever license the concept to producers in other countries? Are there other versions in other countries? Keoghan: There are other countries that are apparently planning to make their own versions. I don't know the details of that, I'm not involved in that. To make an international version, when I go overseas, I get bombarded with people saying, 'How come Canadians can't be in it? How come Australians can't be in it?' [The show is quite popular in both countries, Phil says]. This is CBS' show, though, so the show is made for America; it just so happens that it sells overseas. TW: Finally, a burning question prompted by years of watching the show: Does the show pre-book seats for contestants on various flights? Keoghan: We do, as production [staff]; we have to cover [flights for] ourselves for production. But with teams, unless we actually tell them, 'You have three choices: You must choose between this flight and this flight,' where we've said, 'There are three flights, the first one leaves at [such and so time, etc.],' then we've pre-booked the flights. Otherwise, we're not holding any seats for them. TW: So, flights may be full, and that's that. Keoghan: Well, that happens all the time. They have to get seats based on availability. TW: By the way, at one point we were chatting about the possibility of an all-star version of "The Amazing Race," but from what Phil said, it didn't seem like it would happen all that soon. As I recall (I didn't get this part recorded), Phil said it was something the fans were talking about more than 'Amazing Race' producers and CBS executives were. Still, it sounded like it could happen one day. 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JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Gold Fields (GFIJ.J), the world's fourth-largest bullion producer, is spinning off its two oldest South African mines in the latest sign of the country's once mighty gold industry succumbing to declining output and soaring costs.
In a move that nearly severs its ties with South Africa, Gold Fields' 70-year-old KDC mines near Johannesburg and its Beatrix operations near the central city of Bloemfontein will be renamed Sibanye Gold and floated on the Johannesburg stock exchange in February.
The deal leaves Gold Fields with just one mine in South Africa, the highly mechanized South Deep operation on which it has pinned the bulk of its hopes for growth. The rest of its mines are in Ghana, Peru and Australia.
Gold production in South Africa has halved in the last seven years, knocking Africa's biggest economy off its perch as the world's top bullion producer, a position it held throughout most of the 20th century.
With most of its deposits exhausted by a more than 120 years of industrial-scale gold mining, South Africa now ranks as only the world's fifth-largest producer.
"It is not only Gold Fields. Our decline is no different from the decline you see at AngloGold (ANGJ.J) and Harmony's (HARJ.J) South African operations," Gold Fields Chief Executive Nick Holland said.
"We are all struggling with the same challenges."
At the start of the week, Holland said the South African gold industry - the source of 40 percent of all the bullion ever mined - would be gone within five years if nothing changed.
Three months of wildcat strikes this year - the worst industrial unrest since the end of apartheid in 1994 - piled even more pressure on the sector, especially after the police killing of 34 striking platinum miners on August 16.
Beatrix and KDC were hit hard by the unrest, losing a combined 145,000 ounces of production or 2.1 billion rand ($237 million) in revenue.
Gold Fields shares jumped as much as 7 percent amid hopes that the rump company, devoid of its most troublesome assets, would outperform. They were up 5.6 percent at 108.7 rand by 1431 GMT.
Under the deal, shareholders will receive one share in Sibanye, or "We are one" in Zulu, for every Gold Fields share.
"Shareholders would probably have preferred cash, but by holding a share in both companies they will still have the opportunity to realize some value when Sibanye floats," said David Davis, a gold analyst at SBG Securities.
Sibanye will be run by former Gold Fields executive and Gold One GDOJ.J boss Neal Froneman. Alone, it will produce 1.4 million ounces a year, putting it on a par with rival Harmony Gold (HARJ.J).
KDC and Beatrix employ 36,000 people in total and Gold Fields said there would be no job losses as a direct result of the spin-off.
($1 = 8.8467 South African rand)
Additional reporting by Sherilee Lakmidas and Tiisetso Motsoeneng; Editing by Ed Cropley and David Holmes


text: Yorkshire Fields Posted by: Henry Harbor , April 29, 2014 Connect with Yorkshire Fields on Facebook Booking and Press: firstname.lastname@example.com Comment Below via Facebook Henry Harbor About the author Henry Harbor is a state of mind. Here, ideas come to life and fantasy becomes reality. It is a boundless universe, a place full of possibility. Henry Harbor is a realm full of creative people—the crazy ones who see things differently and seek to transform their world. Influencing, creating, and inspiring genius. Unconventional wisdom is the power of Henry Harbor. It is a world governed, not by rules, regulations, or pre-conceived ideas, but by the power of the imagination, which can push humanity beyond the self-imposed limitations of our current condition. In Henry Harbor, imagination brings community to life. Henry Harbor is committed to transforming our readers into writers, our audience into the performers. If you want to participate, click on "Wanna Write" under the "What is Henry Harbor" tab at the top of the page. Related Posts Local Church Evicts AA Group to Protect Themselves from "Constant & Aggressive Attacks from Gay & Lesbian Community" The Original Letter issued to local Alcoholics Anonymous members by Westwood Baptist Church in ... White Privilege: Liberal Fictional or Painful Truth? It is easy to retreat into the comfort of simplified worldviews when confronted by complex and ... Without Cover: Sportran & Pit Stains by Jennifer Griffin Henry Harbor is a great forum for Shreveport/Bossier residents to discuss local issues and ther ... Two Suicides (Part II) ~ Debbie Lynn Hollis Part II of II "Uuum – just read on FB that Elizabeth is dead???" That was the entirety of the t ... Comments are closed.


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Profiles of Success
Chris Long
Chris and Cortney Long were having "date night" at a Japanese Steakhouse and happened to sit beside of Andy Riddle.
Chris Long and Riddle talked about two things that night: football and work. Riddle, who grew up in New York but had moved to Florida, informed the Longs that he liked the Pittsburgh Steelers.
After that, the talk turned to their respective careers. Long explained he had a background in information technology, while Riddle mapped out his financial background with a Fortune 500 company. Two different worlds, but one commonality: both men were making six-figure incomes but were struggling to make it financially.
Credit cards, bills and luxury items were weighing heavily on both the Longs and Riddle.
"I was looking for some part-time work at the time and Andy Riddle had just started with NAA®," Long said. "He told me he wasn't sure if it was something I could do, but he wanted me to come to a meeting to see the plan for myself."
That led to a meeting with Mark Womack and Long "fell in love" with the opportunity NAA® gave Long and his family.
"He showed me a way that I could sell two or three days a week and replace my six-figure salary, but also build a business that would generate an income that would eventually supersede anything I could sell on my own personally by hiring and training other people to do what I would be doing," Long said. "I was excited because I saw a way I could duplicate my efforts and get compensated for it by training someone once, and get compensated every time they made a sale from then on out. I was excited to say the least."
Long got his insurance license and made two sales in December of 2007. With those sales in hand, he knew the NAA® system worked.
After talking with Cortney, Long decided to move into a full-time role with NAA®. He gave three weeks notice at his job in an industry he'd worked in for 15 years and has been with NAA® since.
Beyond the money, Long said NAA® has taught him better communication skills, made him more business savvy and allowed him to find the success he sought previously.
"Meeting Andy Albright has opened doors for me that I never thought were possible," Long said. "He's taught me how to make more money than I or anyone in my family had ever made before, he's taught me how to value association and the people that we meet over the things in our lives, and he's taught me most importantly how to dream and achieve a better life for myself, my family, and future generations to come. I'm excited about what we have accomplished so far in the last three years, but I'm even more excited about what's ahead!"
Long's future goals include being completely debt free, make $1 million annually, donate more than $100,000 to charitable organizations and write and publish a book before he turns 45.


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Press Release: IMF Executive Board Completes Fifth Review Under the Stand-By Arrangement for Sri Lanka and Approves US$216.6 Million Disbursement
February 2, 2011Press Release No. 11/28
February 2, 2011
The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) today completed the fifth review of Sri Lanka's economic performance under a program supported by a Stand-By Arrangement (SBA). The completion of the review enables the immediate disbursement of an amount equivalent to SDR 137.8 million (about US$216.6 million), bringing total disbursements under the arrangement to an amount equivalent to SDR 964.6 million (about US$1.516 billion).
The Executive Board also approved the authorities' request for a waiver of applicability of the end-December performance criterion on net domestic financing for which data are not yet available, as well as a waiver of non-observance of the end-December performance criterion on net international reserves.
The SBA was approved on July 24, 2009 (see Press Release No. 09/266) for an amount equivalent to SDR 1,653.6 million (about US$2,599.4 million) or 400 percent of Sri Lanka's quota.
Following the Executive Board's discussion on Sri Lanka, Mr. Naoyuki Shinohara, Deputy Managing Director and Acting Chair, stated:
"The Sri Lankan authorities have made good progress under the Fund-supported program and macroeconomic developments continue to be favorable. Growth is strengthening; inflation remains in check, despite some pressure in food and energy prices; and imports have recovered. With strong remittance inflows, gross reserves remain at comfortable levels.
Improvements in fiscal performance are encouraging. The 2010 budget execution addressed past fiscal slippages and bolstered the credibility of fiscal policy. The 2011 budget is generally sound, and reflects the government's strong commitment to the program's goals.
The proposed tax reforms and reforms of the Board of Investment's tax concession regime should result in a more efficient, transparent, and simpler tax system with a broader base. If implemented properly, these reforms should improve tax compliance and deliver durably higher revenue.
"Monetary conditions are stable, and credit has picked up. With few signs of demand-driven inflation pressures, the policy stance remains appropriate, but the central bank should be ready to act to head off any emerging inflation risks. The central bank has been building up reserves while allowing the exchange rate to appreciate. Looking ahead, however, the exchange rate will need to be sufficiently flexible in both directions to safeguard external stability.
"Financial sector reform has continued in line with the program. Going forward, reforms should focus on further strengthening the financial system and expanding funding options for the private sector, including through a deeper corporate bond market and a revamped legal framework for pension funds. " Mr. Shinohara stated.
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Previously configured AirPort base station doesn't appear
If your AirPort base station has been previously configured, and you haven't reset it, restart your iOS device and then see if the AirPort base station appears in AirPort Utility for iOS.
To restart it, press and hold the Sleep/Wake button for a few seconds until the red "slide to power off" slider appears, and then slide the slider.
New or reset (Restore default settings) AirPort base station doesn't appear
If you are setting up a new or reset AirPort base station, it won't appear in AirPort Utility for iOS until it has been configured in Wi-Fi Settings:
- Tap Settings, then tap Wi-Fi.
- Under "Set up an AirPort base station," tap the name of your base station.
- Follow the onscreen instructions.
Learn more
For AirPort Utility 6.3 steps for OS X, please see this article.


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After about eight years of being associated with some very talented 3D artists because of my work in web site design, and after the frustrations of being an amateur writer and trying to make the pictures in my head visible to others, I gave in to Poser.
After about two years and a lot more hours and dollars than any sane person would invest, I thought a few of my creations were not too awful to show in public. So it was very encouraging that a number of artists whose abilities are far better than my own would take the trouble to say nice things about them.
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By Eve Weston and Zachary Pincus-Roth via LA Weekly
For those of you who aren't already wise to America's edgiest new pastime, Cards Against Humanity – its name a play on "crimes against humanity" – is a game most similar to Apples to Apples, but *WARNING* rated R, if not NC-17. While playing the game doesn't require extreme violence or nudity, cards make reference to both, and players have been known to blush.
At its simplest, Cards Against Humanity is a multi-player, fill-in-the-blanks game using black "question" cards and white "answer" cards (detailed instructions below). But it's unusual in many respects: It was funded through Kickstarter. It's downloadable for free on the internet. And it's not hard to create your own version – which we've done.
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To begin, each player draws 10 white cards. A Card Czar is then randomly chosen (this is a rotating title – don't worry, you'll get your turn) and plays a black card from the single black card pile. The Card Czar reads the question to the group, and each player answers by passing one white card (or two or three, depending on the question) face down to the Czar.
The Czar shuffles all answers and reads them aloud. The Chicagoans emphasize, "For full effect, the Card Czar should usually re-read the black card before presenting each answer." After all, this game isn't just about winning and losing, it's also about attitude. And shock value.
When the hoots, hollers and hurling have died down, the Czar picks a favorite. Whoever played the favored answer keeps the black card as one Awesome Point and everyone draws back up to ten white cards. Then a new player ascends to Card Czar and play begins again. The original instructions don't say how the game ends, but we assume you can determine the length of game however you'd like, and whoever has the most Awesome Points at the end wins. (Woot-woot!)


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By way of a Cosmic Key-formed portal, the Sorceress takes He-Man back to the time of the Towers and the reign of Hiss. When they arrive, the village that will one day be the Palace of Eternia is under attack by the Snake Men. He-Man wants to intervene but the Sorceress warns that his intervention could alter history.
Meanwhile, Skeletor has sneaked into Grayskull Tower to find the portal and takes advantage of it by going back to the same time He-Man has entered to find Hiss. He befriends him in order to gain powerful knowledge and they head off to destroy the village that will become the palace. The Sorceress realizes Skeletor's intervention, disguises He-Man, conjures up Bionatops, and sends him off to fight Skeletor. He-Man attacks the Snake Men and Skeletor, and Skeletor ends up taking the Power Sword. Just as the tide is about to turn against He-Man, a mysterious figure appears and uses extremely powerful magic to send all the intruders back to their correct time and place. At the end, the Sorceress comments that they were sent back by the most powerful Sorcerer of all. He-Man is left to ponder "But who is he?"
Parts 2 and 3 of this story were never written, although we do know that the "Most Powerful Sorcerer of All" was going to be revealed as He-Ro as part of the Power of Grayskull line. Beyond that, even today we do not know the specifics of how this story would have ended.
1987, Series 6.
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One day we may be so lucky to go into space and see the Earth in all its full glory. Until then, IMAX's "Hubble 3D," which opens today, will be a worthy substitute.
Even the take-off scenes of the Space Shuttle Atlantis are stunning and literally stirring. The entire theater rocks as the in-your-face lift-off is filmed from an unmanned camera secured on the launch pad a short distance from the solid rocket boosters. The camera is literally engulfed in a cloud of steam made all the more awesome by the IMAX 3D experience.
At this point you are clearly in for a ride.
One valuable piece of massive cargo on board the Atlantis -- a camera which allows a glorious first-hand view of the mission to provide vital repairs to the Hubble telescope in space. The astronauts were trained to work the massive camera and other smaller high-def devices. The spacewalk repair scenes are great, but what really sticks in the mind is just the glory of the round blue Earth scene taken with these cameras and seen on this massive screen. This is not something you can hope to see at home. Ever.
After the repairs, "Hubble 3D" focuses on some of the breathtaking views of the universe the telescope offers -- starting with the star clusters Orion Nebula and passing a shroud nursery of dynamically emerging stars. Each star is a potentially developing solar system. The view -- and the concept of these countless systems -- is both magnificent and humbling.
Leonardo DiCaprio wouldn't be my first choice as narrator. Even his sense of wonder never moves too far off the clear script he's reading. But these are crumbs on a cosmic cake. As thrilling as it is interesting, this movie is a ride you won't forget.
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THE ETCHING PROCESS In etching, a metal plate (zinc or copper) is covered with a resinous ground resistant to acid. The artist draws through the ground with a needle or other implement. The plate is then immersed in an acid bath which eats away the exposed lines. Variation in tone can be achieved by etching different areas for different lengths of time, or by a process known as aquatint. An image can also be painted on a plate with a liquid ground, leaving whole areas exposed to the acid. To print, the ground is first cleaned off with solvent. Ink is forced into the etched areas and surface ink is wiped off. This process is also called intaglio. The plate is put on the press face up and covered with a damp 100% rag paper. Felt blankets are placed on top and the plate is run through the press. This procedure must be repeated for each print. Color etchings can be done in several ways. Barbara Garrison prints with burnt umber ink and then applies watercolor washes to each individual print. When dry, the prints are numbered and signed in pencil. When the edition is finished, the plate is canceled.
THE COLLAGRAPHIC PROCESS The word collagraph is made up of collage and graphic. Barbara Garrison begins her collagraphs with a heavy piece of cardboard. Additional pieces of mat board, paper, fabric, tape, string, etc. are glued on to the cardboard plate. Areas of the cardboard may be cut and peeled away. Gesso is painted over the entire area and carborundum, glitter or sand may be added for additional texture. Several coats of acrylic medium are applied and allowed to dry thoroughly. Barbara Garrison prints her collagraphs "intaglio" in the same manner as her etchings and then adds watercolor washes. However collagraph plates are very fragile and therefore the editions are very small.


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Since I'm shooting my clothing at the laundry side of the floor I felt like naming this post "laundry hauling", I might stick with that. Enjoy!
I'm wearing these jeans right now. It is a great denim piece in my closet for two reasons: 1) It is high-waisted 2) It has an adorable ombre effect. It's not the average high-waisted jeans, which makes it more interesting to wear.
I've had been eyeing this dress since the summer and I wanted to wear if for my birthday, so I did! It is a long sleeved black dress with a chiffon high-low bottom. I think it will also be suitable for the casual fits with a pair of chunky boots.
This badass UNIF moto jacket has also been on my list since the summer. It was already on sale, but last month the sale was at its top! The jacket was only €35, the original price was something around €180. Have patience and you will be rewarded! I can't wait to wear it for the less winter-ish days.
This is a somewhat strange piece. I expected it to be pants, but they turned out to be more legging alike. So, for a legging it will be suitable with a black oversized sweater. The silver snake-skin print makes it look a little festive, so I might wear this on a Christmas day!
I don't think I have enough sweaters for this winter, so I also got this ombre shoulder-spiked sweater. It's really soft and easy to wear.
And this is the last item, one of the most interesting ones. This is a black/blue-ish see-through anorak. It will look really awesome with short sleeved shirt for in the spring.


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COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (May 17, 2012) – Less than one week after qualifying for the 2012 Olympic Games in London, the U.S. Men's National Volleyball Team will begin its FIVB World League campaign in Florence, Italy.
The U.S. Men are happy to have the weight of Olympic qualification off their backs as they head into their second important tournament of the season.
"Olympic qualifying was our first goal for the season," U.S. Head Coach Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.) said. "With that out of the way, our coaches and players can focus on giving a strong World League performance heading into the Olympic Games."
Due to the 2012 Olympic Games, World League will have a different format this year as all the teams in the pool will travel to each location for three matches per weekend for four weekends. The U.S. Men open in Florence where they will play France on May 18 (8 a.m. PT), Korea on May 19 (8 a.m. PT) and Italy on May 20 (11:30 a.m. PT).
After the Italy weekend, there will be an almost four-week break before the next weekend on June 15-17 in Lyon, France. The break is for the FIVB World Olympic Qualification Tournaments, which will be the final opportunity for teams to qualify for London.
The U.S. Men and Italy both qualified for London by winning their confederation qualification tournaments. France and Korea will compete at the World Olympic Qualification Tournaments. So it is possible that by the second weekend of World League on June 15-17, the U.S. pool could include four Olympic qualifiers.
The U.S. Men will play their third weekend of World League on June 22-24 in Gwangju, Korea. They will complete pool play on June 29-July 1 at the Dallas Convention Center Arena in Texas. They will play Korea at 7:30 p.m. CT on June 29 (France will play Italy in the first match at 5 p.m. CT). The United States will take on France at 7:30 p.m. CT on June 30 (Italy will play Korea in the first match at 5 p.m. CT). The series finale will pit the U.S. Men against Italy at 7:30 p.m. CT on July 1 (France will play Korea in the first match at 5 p.m. CT).
Only the four World League pool winners, the best second-place team and the host country of Bulgaria will qualify for the World League Final Round on July 4-8 in Sofia.
The winning World League team is awarded $1 million.
The Players
The teams were allowed 25-player rosters for 2012, from which 14 players may be selected for each weekend and 12 are allowed to suit up each night.
For the first weekend in Italy, Knipe is bringing the 12 players from the NORCECA Qualification roster, plus outside hitter Sean Rooney (Wheaton, Ill.) and opposite Gabe Gardner (San Clemente, Calif.), who both won gold medals at the 2008 World League Final Round and the 2008 Olympic Games with the U.S. Men.
"Many of our guys went straight from overseas teams to practices for the NORCECA Qualifier," Knipe said. "So while we will take World League seriously, we will also take opportunities to rest our players when they need it. We have a deep pool of talent to pick from."
Starting opposite Clay Stanley (Honolulu, Hawaii), the 2008 Olympic men's volleyball most valuable player who had to have arthroscopic knee surgery in December after playing a half season in Russia, appears to be back to almost 100 percent. He was named the most valuable player of the NORCECA Tournament, finishing with 61 points on 40 kills (55.6 kill percent, .500 hitting efficiency), a team-leading 10 aces and 11 blocks.
Starting outside hitter Matt Anderson (West Seneca, N.Y.), coming off a stellar winter season in Italy, led the team in scoring and was named the best spiker. He finished with 64 points on 52 kills (63.4 kill percent, .585 hitting efficiency), four blocks and eight aces along with 19 digs.
Starting outside hitter Reid Priddy (Richmond, Va.), a 2008 gold medalist who won the league title with his Russian team over the winter, was the United States' third-leading scorer with 47 points on 35 attacks (46,7 kill percent, .400 hitting efficiency), six blocks and six aces.
Starting middle blocker David Lee (Alpine, Calif.), a 2008 gold medalist, also had a successful winter season in Russia and came home to help lead the U.S. Men to Olympic qualification. He was named the tournament's best blocker as he finished with 43 points on 30 kills (81.1 kill percent, .784 hitting efficiency).
At the other middle blocker spot, Knipe split time between 2008 gold medalist Ryan Millar (Alpine, Utah) and Russell Holmes (Fountain Valley, Calif.). Holmes finished with 33 points on 21 attacks (75.0 kill percent, .714 hitting efficiency), eight blocks and four aces. Millar scored 11 points on eight kills and three blocks.
Setter Donald Suxho (Korce, Albania), a 2004 Olympian, had a good winter season in Italy and worked his way into the starting position for the Olympic Qualifier. He was credited with 87 assists and three faults for the tournament and set the team to a 58.8 kill percent and a .536 hitting efficiency.
Libero Rich Lambourne (Tustin, Calif.), a 2008 gold medalist, finished the tournament with 38 digs (2.37 per set) and 58 receptions.
The other players on the 14-man roster for the first weekend include outside hitters Paul Lotman (Lakewood, Calif.) and Riley Salmon (League City, Texas), a 2008 gold medalist, opposite Dave McKienzie (Littleton, Colo.) and setter Brian Thornton (San Clemente, Calif.).
The Teams
The U.S. Men are ranked No. 6 in the world by the FIVB. Its only World League title came in 2008. It has finished third in 2007 and 1992.
Italy is the top ranked team in the pool at No. 3. It has won World League eight times, the last time in 2000. It last medaled when it finished second in 2004. The U.S. Men have a record of 23-39 against Italy going back to 1981. The U.S. went 3-1 against Italy in pool play during the 2009 World League, but fell to the Europeans at the 2010 World Championship.
Korea is ranked No. 20 in the world and has never medaled at World League. The U.S. Men are 45-7 against Korea since 1981 and last faced the Asian side in 2007 when the U.S. Men defeated them in three sets at the FIVB World Cup.
France is ranked No. 21 in the world. France won its only World League medal in 2006 when it finished second. The U.S. Men are 37-16 against France since 1981. The teams last met at the 2012 FIVB World Championship where the U.S. Men won in three sets.
Among teams in other pools, Russia, ranked No. 2 in the world, is the defending World League champion. It also won the 2011 FIVB World Cup. Brazil leads all countries with nine World League titles.
To reach the FIVB World League web site, click here.
To reach the USA Volleyball World League web site, click here.
U.S. World League Roster for May 18-20 in Florence, Italy
1. Matt Anderson (OH, 6-10, West Seneca, N.Y., Penn State)
2. Sean Rooney (OH, 6-9, Wheaton, Ill., Pepperdine)
4. David Lee (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Calif., Long Beach State)
5. Rich Lambourne (L, 6-3, Tustin, Calif., BYU)
6. Paul Lotman (OH, 6-7, Lakewood, Calif., Long Beach State)
7. Donald Suxho (S, 6-5, Korce, Albania, USC)
8. Reid Priddy (OH, 6-5, Richmond, Va., Loyola Marymount)
9. Ryan Millar (MB, 6-8, Alpine, Utah, BYU)
10. Riley Salmon (L, 6-6, League City, Texas, Pierce College)
11. Brian Thornton (S, 6-3, San Clemente, Calif., UC Irvine)
12. Russell Holmes (MB, 6-8, Fountain Valley, Calif., BYU)
13. Clay Stanley (OPP, 6-9, Honolulu, Hawai'i, Hawaii)
15. Gabe Gardner (Opp, 6-8, San Clemente, Calif., Stanford)
21. David McKienzie (Opp, 6-4, Littleton, Colo., Long Beach State)
Head Coach: Alan Knipe (Huntington Beach, Calif.)
Team Manager: Rob Browning (Newport Beach, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Gary Sato (Los Angeles, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: John Speraw (Irvine, Calif.)
Assistant Coach: Ron Larsen (Lafayette, Calif.)
Technical Coordinator: Chris Jackson (Phoenix, Ariz.)
Medical Support: Aaron Brock (Storm Lake, Iowa)
U.S. World League Schedule/Results
(All times PT unless noted)
In Florence, Italy
May 18 at 8 a.m. USA vs. France
May 19 at 8 a.m. USA vs. Korea
May 20 at 11:30 a.m. USA vs. Italy
In Lyon, France
June 15 at 9:30 a.m. USA vs. Italy
June 16 at 8 a.m. USA vs. Korea
June 17 at 9 a.m. USA vs. France
In Gwangju, Korea
June 22 at 12:30 a.m. USA vs. Italy
June 23 at 12:30 a.m. USA vs. France
June 24 at 12:30 a.m. USA vs. Korea
In Dallas, Texas
June 29 at 7:30 p.m. CT USA vs. Korea
June 30 at 7:30 p.m. CT USA vs. France
July 1 at 7:30 p.m. CT USA vs. Italy


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State officials want to move Lafayette teen murderer Tess Damm from a youth detention center to an adult prison in part because they say she plotted to strangle a guard with a shoelace in an unsuccessful escape plan late last year.
Boulder County prosecutors object to the transfer request from the Colorado Attorney General's Office because they fear it would effectively shorten the amount of time Damm will serve for her role in helping her then-17-year-old boyfriend murder her mother and stuff her body into a car trunk in February 2007.
A full hearing on the transfer request was scheduled for May 10.
Damm, who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the gruesome homicide, was sentenced in May 2008 to 23 years in prison — starting out with five years in the Department of Youth Corrections.
She was 15 at the time of her mother's murder. She is now 18.
Her boyfriend, Bryan Grove, was sentenced to 40 years for wielding the knife that killed Linda Damm.
Tess Damm appeared in court Monday dressed in a red jail suit with her hands shackled to her waist. Her trademark long blond hair hung past her shoulders.
Assistant Attorney General Alicia Calderon told Boulder District Judge James Klein at the hearing that the programs at the Betty Marler Youth Services Center in Denver, where Damm is now confined, are no longer benefiting her. The Attorney General's Office represents the Colorado Department of Youth Services.
"Tess is not able to do what everyone else is able to do," Calderon said.
No mention was made of Damm's alleged escape plan during the hearing, but in a petition for transfer filed by the Colorado Attorney General's Office, the Dec. 30 plot was spelled out.
"The plan involved assaulting overnight staff by strangling him/her with a shoelace and locking him/her in a room after obtaining the staff member's keys," the motion reads.
The plan was discovered before it was executed.
Boulder County prosecutor Karen Peters said allowing Damm to serve a diminished sentence would violate the "spirit" of the plea agreement they worked out with her. Under that arrangement, Damm wouldn't be transferred to an adult prison until she turns 21.
Peters said moving Damm to an adult facility this early means she would be credited for good and earned time that she isn't credited for in the juvenile facility, where inmates serve on a day-for-day basis.
She also questioned why, if the alleged escape attempt was serious enough to merit a transfer request, it wasn't serious enough for the state to file charges against Damm.
Peters said members of Damm's family also oppose the transfer, saying Damm needs continued treatment in the youth facility and is not ready to go into the adult system.
There were two other accomplices in the case. Jared Smith, then 16, was sentenced to two years in juvenile prison for accessory, and Jared Guy, then 18, was given a work-release sentence after pleading guilty to felony tampering.


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The family owners of The Inn at the Black Olive in Fells Point hope a bankruptcy filing Thursday will give them time to try to attract investors and keep operating the 2-year-old boutique hotel, their bankruptcy attorney said.
The Black Olive Development Co. LLC's Chapter 7 filing in Baltimore's U.S. Bankruptcy Court prevented a planned foreclosure auction of the 12-suite luxury inn on South Caroline Street from going forward Thursday morning.
Chapter 7 permits an orderly liquidation of assets to repay creditors, but the case could be converted to a Chapter 11 reorganization if the company finds investors.
The Spiliadis family, which also operates The Black Olive restaurant on Bond Street nearby, also hopes to negotiate with 1st Mariner Bank, the lender of $5.4 million, which foreclosed on the hotel in January, said the bankruptcy attorney, Gary R. Greenblatt.
Owner Stelios Spiliadis declined to comment Thursday. But Greenblatt, of Mehlman, Greenblatt & Hare, said the inn operators have several options. "The principals are attempting to attract some additional investors who might be interested in buying from the bankruptcy estate or trying to negotiate with the bank," he said.
Because of the timing of the foreclosure sale, "interested investors did not have enough time to do due diligence," Greenblatt said, but the owners "hope to put a package together to satisfy the creditors and allow the corporation in one form or another to continue operating the inn and the restaurants" at the hotel. These include rooftop restaurant The Olive Room and the Agora gourmet market and cafe.
He said several options, including selling the inn outright or bringing in additional owners, are being considered. "At this point, it's a very fluid situation," Greenblatt said. "Clearly, we have to finalize our opportunities sooner rather than later."
An attorney for 1st Mariner announced the bankruptcy filing to a small crowd gathered in the lobby of the still-open hotel Thursday as the auction was ready to go forward at 9 a.m.
The inn was developed and is run by Spiliadis; his wife, Pauline; and their son, Dimitris, who have sought to make the inn a showplace for cutting-edge ideas in "green" architecture and hoped it would serve as a model for environmentally responsible buildings in the area. It features geothermal heating, sustainable wood furnishings and a green roof.
Rooms in the hotel, which overlooks Harbor Point, go for upward of $300 a night on weekends and feature organic bedding and towels, harbor-view balconies and spa bathrooms with aqua-therapy tubs.
The Spiliadis family was selected in 1999 through a competitive bidding process by the city to develop the property, which was formerly a gas station. The hotel opened in 2010, a decade after they launched development plans.
Tourism experts have said the recession and slow recovery have made it difficult for tourist-dependent businesses at a time when downtown Baltimore has added hundreds of new hotel rooms. The area in and around downtown has added more than 970 hotel rooms in the last four years, according to the Downtown Partnership.
Boutique hotels have the added challenge of appealing to a niche traveler without the recognized name of larger, branded hotels. The Inn at the Black Olive, for instance, competes with larger luxury hotels such as the 256-room Four Seasons, which opened in 2011 in Harbor East.
In its bankruptcy filing, Black Olive Development listed debts ranging from $1 million to $10 million. Besides 1st Mariner, listed creditors include the Baltimore Community Development Corp., the Maryland Energy Administration and the Maryland Department of Housing and Community Development, which had provided a small loan to build the inn as part of a state program to help small businesses and revitalize communities.
Greenblatt said he expects to amend the bankruptcy filing in the next several days to supplement the list of creditors and to correct the value of assets listed in the filing. He estimated assets in the range of $1 million to $10 million.
The hotel's value is assessed at $3.3 million for property taxation, according to state records.
A creditors' meeting has been scheduled for April 30.
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Huh? Define Sand-bagging i/o?Originally Posted by KenEwald
It all depends on how the system is layed out...
Sure I/O will be terrible if you share drives between the arch file systems and redo logs (raw, file system).... But If you don't and have dedicated devices for each, then what does it matter if occasionally I/O spikes for 10 seconds to generate an arch log?
It better to generate fewer archive logs to reduce checkpoints, but in the end this must be ballanced by many other factors(ie data guard, backups etc).
I guess all i'm saying is a 2M log file is generally a bad idea, no matter what the system. It might be ok for say a read only or a DW where all loads are direct path and very little redo is generated.
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Walker defends coordination between county office, campaign
Governor says there's a campaign 'firewall' in his office
MADISON, Wis. — Gov. Scott Walker is assuring state residents that there is a campaign "firewall" in his office.
That defense comes after allegations in court this week that Walker's gubernatorial campaign and official offices in Milwaukee County were repeatedly commingling their work during the 2010 campaign for governor.
Walker maintains that a daily conference call between county and campaign workers was legitimate and routine and for communication streamlining purposes only.
Milwaukee County Assistant District Attorney Bruce Landgraf on Monday showed documentation of those meetings in the sentencing for former Walker aide Kelly Rindfleisch and also produced emails between Walker, his official and campaign staff that were approving or discussing the content of press releases and media responses during the 2010 campaign.
Walker told WISC-TV Wednesday that his office can be trusted.
"We have a very clear firewall, something that's run through our ethics code and our legal counsel," said Walker. "In terms of what we do now, that's something clearly we hold ourselves to a higher standard than even the law requests, and if there were problems in the past those are certainly things that will be looked at."17519268
Walker maintains that he also had a strict policy at the county level and once again said when it was discovered someone had violated the policy, as he said aide Darlene Wink did in 2010, she was immediately let go.
Wink was scheduled to be sentenced Wednesday in Milwaukee County on misdemeanor charges. Her sentencing was once again delayed to compel her cooperation in another case related to the John Doe investigation.
Democrats have lashed out at Walker, saying the newly released emails show he clearly engaged in illegal campaigning while he was Milwaukee County executive. The state Democratic Party issued a release Tuesday saying there's no doubt Walker himself was involved in criminal activity.
Walker has not been charged with any wrongdoing in the investigation, which has now stretched on for more than two years.


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|26 Final-Year Students Suspected To Be Boko Haram Members Spend Days Behind Bars
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26 final-year students of King Faisal University of Chad on suspicion of belonging to the dreaded Boko Haram
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
The students were arrested in in Yola, Adamawa State.
According to the Nigerian Tribune, the students, who were mostly from South-Western Nigeria, were said to be going back to Chad and were passing through Adamawa State when they were stopped and arrested by security operatives who suspected they were going to Chad for Jihadist training.
The students were allegedly quizzed for several days and locked up in a cell in Yola while the Sherlocks from the security services checked through their papers. It was gathered that efforts by relatives of the students who were alerted by one of the students before his phone was seized proved abortive, as reports indicated that the Joint Task Force in the state was almost taking over the matter.
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
after about five days in detention, the authorities of the university and its affiliates in Nigeria, Imam Malik College, got wind of the matter and dispatched a team to Yola to identify the students, and secure their release. Latest reports, however, indicated that the students had been released based on the intervention of the university and were now on their way to Chad.
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|#4 When College Grads + Post-Grads turn Radicalist Bad Boy.
Reminds me of the Weather Underground, + Symbionese Liberation Army [SLA] of Patty Hearst fame.
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About Birth Arts International
Birth Arts International was originally founded in 2000 by Demetria Clark as the Green Mountain Doula Guild. Since then the organization has expanded and grown into Birth Arts International a division of Demetria Clark Education Services LLC. We have gone from a regional body to one that is working internationally, offering extensive doula, postpartum doula, childbirth educator, midwifery assistant and advanced doula trainings.
Birth Arts International is considered the premier holistic doula training organization, and it is known for it's support and progressive student support practices.
Birth Arts International, as of 2014, has trained over 20,000 birthworkers worldwide, and that number continues to grow year after year.
The Birth Arts International Trainers are:
- Demetria Clark- Global Director and Distance Learning, eLearning Instructor
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Please feel free to request specific trainers also, most of our trainers are able to travel to other locations to hold workshops.
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The birthing woman deserves to be honored and supported as she embarks on this most challenging, heartfullfilling and expressive journey. Birth Arts educational programs are for those who want to get to the heart of what it means to be "with woman". Being a doula is truly being with women, where they are emotionally, spiritually and physically.
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LAKEWOOD RANCH — Lakewood Ranch Main Street officially has a new anchor tenant.
Good Earth Natural Food Store on May 14 signed a lease for the flagship space formerly occupied by Morton's Gourmet Market.
"It's exciting," Good Earth Founder and Corporate President Mark Egan said. "We have always talked about going into a location farther out east because of the development and the quality of developments that are coming out in that area."
The Bradenton based-store has been in negotiations with Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty for about five months. Egan said the deal clincher was the space's location, particularly its proximity to the Lakewood Ranch Medical Center and the Pinnacle Academy, whose patrons already frequent Good Earth stores.
Good Earth opened its first of three stores in 1978 and offers bulk foods, natural and organic groceries, frozen and refrigerated foods, a selection of gluten-free items and herbs and supplements, among other items.
The Lakewood Ranch location also will offer fresh sandwiches and rollups, a soup and salad bar and fresh breads because the facility already has a brick oven.
"We're going to go in with caution," Egan said. "Food service is something we have tried in the past, and we found that it's difficult unless you get into it in a big way. We'll probably be conservative to begin until we know what people want."
Good Earth will carry its Super Tuesday tradition to the new store, meaning that customers will receive 20% off their purchases on the first Tuesday of every month, Egan said.
Store hours have not yet been set, but the location will be open nights and weekends. The owner on site will be Dominic Bucci, he said.
The anchor space on Main Street has been vacant since Morton's Gourmet Market closed in February 2008, and filling the space has proved challenging for Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty. Because of financial difficulties, Ada's Natural and Organic Foods backed out of a deal for the space in February, just weeks before a slated opening.
Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty President Brian Kennelly said the pieces have finally come together.
"Ultimately, I think we found the right tenant for the space," Kennelly said. "(Good Earth is) very focused on customer (service). The owners are involved in all the stores themselves. They pride themselves on knowing the customers' names and needs. The products they are carrying and, really, their corporate philosophy will be received well by the residents of the Ranch and the surrounding area."
Although the prime Main Street property is largely built out, Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty will be installing a wall to shrink the space from its current 12,700 square feet to a little less than 8,700 square feet, about double the average existing Good Earth store.
"We won't be taking the entire space," Egan said. "It will still be larger than anything we have."
A soft opening is expected in early August.
Lakewood Ranch Commercial Realty still is looking for a tenant for the remaining portion of the anchor space, and Kennelly said he is working with a few fitness centers about the location.
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San Jose Earthquakes vs. Chivas USA
Kickoff: 6 p.m. PT at Buck Shaw Stadium, Santa Clara, Calif.
Television: NBC Sports
Radio: 1590 KLIV (English), 1370 KZSF (Spanish)
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Activities: Lucha libre, Inflatables, face painters, foosball, poster making
Vendors: Community, Farm Fresh, Jamba Juice, T-Mobile, SJAC
Chivas USA Scouting Report
Chivas USA (7-10-7, 28 pts.) enter Saturday's game seventh in the Western Conference, nine points out of the MLS Cup Playoff race. The squad has scored five fewer goals than any MLS team with 20 in 24 games this season.
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- The Earthquakes are 8-0-3 at Buck Shaw Stadium this season
- Justin Morrow has played every minute of every game for the Earthquakes in 2012
- Through 26 games, the Earthquakes are No. 1 in MLS with 52 goals scored and 57 assists
- Chris Wondolowski is six goals away from matching Ronald Cerritos' club record for career goals scored. Cerritos scored 61 goals in 148 games over six seasons in San Jose
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Mars Express marks the spot for Curiosity landing
Much like a treasure map branded with an 'X' to mark the site of buried bounty, NASA's rover Curiosity will be targeting its very own 'X' inside Gale Crater, to seek out the signs of past water – and maybe even life – on the Red Planet.
Mars Express will play an important role in monitoring the spectacular delivery of Curiosity to the martian surface during the 'seven minutes of terror' that describe the entry, descent and landing of the car-sized rover.
But the ESA spacecraft has already provided information that led to refinements of the rover's landing ellipse last month.
Part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) mission, Curiosity was initially aiming for a 20 x 25 km landing ellipse, already much smaller than the landing target area for any previous Mars mission thanks to MSL's techniques for improved landing precision.
By combining elevation data from the High Resolution Stereo Camera on Mars Express, image data from the Context Camera on NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, and colour information from Viking Orbiter imagery, the target ellipse was adjusted to just 20 x 7 km.
Curiosity targets ellipse near Gale's mountain
This shifts the centre of the ellipse closer to the mountain inside the 154 km-wide Gale Crater.
The central mound – known informally as Mount Sharp – rises 5.5 km above the crater floor and is the prime destination of Curiosity.
Orbiting spacecraft have already identified minerals and clays there that suggest water may have once filled the area, and as Curiosity slowly makes its ascent, it will analyse samples of these materials with its onboard laboratory in search of its own treasure: the building blocks of life.
Timeline: ESA tracks MSL arrival at Mars
The highlight of ESA's support for NASA's Curiosity landing happens at 06:29 on Monday, 6 August, when the Mars Express Lander Communication (MELACOM) system is switched on.
Recording of the radio signals transmitted by the Mars Science Laboratory (MSL) is planned to begin at 07:09 and end at 07:37 (all times shown as ground event time in CEST).
ESA's ground tracking station in New Norcia, Australia, will also listen and record signals from the NASA mission at the same time.
At 08:15, Mars Express will contact Earth via ESA's 35 m deep space station at New Norcia, and begin transmitting the recorded information, which should take about 11 minutes to download; signals will take nearly 14 minutes to cover the 248 million km distance to Earth.
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Man, I'll be kicking myself if that's not the case, and I never come across one again!
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I feel some what lost and would appreciate some advice.
I have been looking around for some basic information on MySQL
I have manage to install mysql-4.1.7a-lightning on my new freesco
On my freetime I am trying to install FREESCO on new hardware so that I can get scrap my old 0.32 version.
But before I change to the new one I want to know the basic of mysql. I do not tend to become a mysql-guru. That is for now not the plan but I want it to be safe.
Are there any good places to start?
Since I am knew to mysql there are plenty of questions :huh:
Is it safe after I have done pkg -i http..... mysql-4.1.7a-lightning or are there additional step that I need to take
I read about passwords! I that SA Password ?
What about administration? Do I have to become a commandline junkie do some basic administration?
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How Not to Get a (Python) Job – a rant
At PyCon 2011, Brian Moloney (of Imaginary Landscape here in Chicago) gave a talk titled "How to Get A Python Job". It wasn't really so much about getting specifically a Python job as about how to land any job. It was the same sort of advice you can find in a lot places – hints on how (not) to apply, how (not) to present yourself, how (not) to interview, how (not) to impress interviewers, and so on. If you're looking for a job, go watch it and take his advice very seriously.
I went to Brian's talk because I had just found my own Python job and I was curious about his perspective. I had started my own job search with my fair share of negatives – the economy was in the toilet, I was over 50, I didn't have much formal training, my experience (in private education) wasn't exactly mainstream, etc. And yet within 3 months of sending out my first resumé I had a job, and even had to turn down other offers. Even as I settled into my new job, I was frequently contacted by recruiters looking for Python programming help. And yet, I've heard many people complaining quite vocally about how difficult it was (and is) to find programming jobs in general and Python jobs in particular.
As the IT director and lead developer at a startup trying to grow its tech staff, I've been heavily involved in searching for and interviewing developers. In that process I've seen people of all ages and backgrounds painfully ignore the basics of getting a job. So the idea behind this post is to put one more voice out there, sharing some of the things that make me not want to hire an applicant.
Here are the things that make crazy. Take from them what you will.
Not knowing the market. Several candidates have said, "it seems like no one is looking for Python people." Say what? I get called regularly by recruiters looking for Python developers. We've been searching for a Python dev for months. Admittedly, the market is better for more experienced people and you might need to relocate, but even junior Python dev positions are going begging. Ask any recruiter, we're a hot commodity. When someone tells me that no one is hiring for Python, that tells me one of two things… either that person doesn't know the job market (at least around here), or they aren't really a Python developer. In the first case, I'm a pretty firm believer that the responsibility for finding jobs lies with the job seeker and not having done research on the market it a bad sign. If you don't care enough to do research to find your own career, why should I expect that you'll have the initiative to solve problems and help our team move forward? And the alternative is worse – in a market where knowing how to spell the word "Python" (at least on a resumé) should get you at least a few calls, not getting any traction is a red flag.
Not knowing the craft. This is so obvious that it shouldn't need saying… except for the fact that it needs saying. "If you're applying for a Python programming job, you should know as much as you can about Python and programming." That means a basic understanding of the language, some basic knowledge of programming, some familiarity with the common or hot tools and technologies, etc. Obviously the depth of that understanding will vary depending on your experience, and for junior positions, particularly, you're not expected to know everything, but you still should have some idea of the field.
I've interviewed candidates who couldn't tell me how they would approach a problem, or what libraries they would use (or even have used), who've never even heard of Django, and so on. I'm no fan of springing little programming puzzles on candidates, since to my mind that mostly tests the ability to solve little puzzles, and I don't expect lengthy dissertations on advanced programming topics, but I do expect you to be able to know the basics of coding and Python syntax, to have at least a nodding familiarity with current technologies, and to be able to discuss the approaches, tools and pitfalls involved in some of the coding you've done.
And speaking of the coding you've done, particularly for junior developers, you may not have done that much professionally. However, if you haven't done anything outside of classwork, I'm going to be pretty skeptical. There are tons of opportunities to get involved in open source projects, to create your own web site, to help with something for a business, a club, or even just scratch your own personal software "itch." It doesn't matter how big or how successful your projects were, what matters to me is that you're interested enough to be in the game on your own time.
Not knowing us (and the job). It's been said before, but if you don't care enough to do some research and thinking about us and the position before you come in for an interview, why should we think you'll care once you're hired? You've got the job description, probably some names of people at the company, and the entire Internet as resources. Even if you don't have absolutely all the information, you should be able to find out enough to ask questions and maybe even float trial solutions. Why do you do x? How do you deal with issue y? Have you ever thought of trying z to solve this problem? Even if you're completely wrong about your assumptions, the very fact that you're thinking about our business is very compelling. If you want to be really sneaky talk about how "we" might solve some of those problems together.
And speaking of sneaky (not really, since it's clear if you've done it or not), if you know who you'll be interviewing with, look the people up online. Google and LinkedIn are your friends here. At worst you'll have a feeling of control during the interview and at best you can work in a comment or question relevant to the interviewer's background, which is almost always good. I'm not going to support hiring you just because you looked at my LinkedIN profile, but it does tell me you cared enough to do some research, and that's a good thing.
Not selling yourself. Don't go into your shell – there is a job open and somehow you've gotten an interview. So take advantage of it! You may be an introvert, it may be hard to talk about yourself, or maybe you just don't think you should have to "market" yourself. Whatever… but in this situation you've really got to go for it. Show us how interesting you are, how much you care about the work, how cool you think the job is, how much you would bring to the team. If we hire you, we'll have to work with you every day, so why should we look forward to that? (In a business sense, of course – promising to keep everyone loose with dirty jokes is probably not be the way to go here.)
We can only hire a few people and we need to get a lot of stuff done. We have lots of problems crying out for solutions so we want someone who is eager to tackle those problems and has some chance of succeeding. As Joel Spolsky succently put it, "smart and gets things done." You may not have the exact sklls to fix every problem at this moment, but that's not the entire point – as a startup none of us had the exact skillset for this business when we started. But all of us were ready to dig in, we figured it out fast, and we got the job done. And that's the sort of person we need.
Note: this is not the same as emphasizing how good this job would be for you. I understand that you want to move from that old job to a new, more interesting area. I applaud the fact that you just love to learn new things. I'm totally on board with how wonderful this opportunity would be for you… but we need to move and scrub a ton of data, polish the UI, analyze customer behavior, and keep thinking of new ways to stay ahead of the game. How are you going to help us do that?
Please feel free to ping me with comments or questions: comments are not automatically published, so if you have a question or comment, please feel free to leave a comment and indicate if you want it to remain private.
Edit: If you're looking for Python jobs you might try the Python Job Board, which as it happens is where I found my current position, or the PyCoder's Jobs site (I have no direct experience with this one, this is not meant to be an endorsement), which is dedicated to Python jobs and run by the same people who do the Python Weekly newsletter (which I do find very useful, actually.)
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