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Pivot 2013
The Tomorrow Project
Tuesday, October 15, 2013 at 8:00 AM - Wednesday, October 16, 2013 at 1:00 PM (EDT)
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Brands you'll meet at Pivot:
Pivot is not a Social media conference, nor even a traditional conference at all. Pivot is as close to a true Social community of powerful leaders as a physical gathering can be. In our incisive on-stage conversations, the speakers contribute to the audience, the audience contributes to the speakers and everyone contributes to one another. All Pivot's participants are leaders of Social initiatives from major brands and the organizations that serve them. The result is a singularity that defines the heart of Social for the year ahead.
- Meet the the leaders of brand initiatives at the leading edge of Social Business and the agencies and industry experts who are helping them define and implement new models for business success
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A New Publication by Award Winning Author
From an award-winning author this story is about a young woman who is in the throws of giving up on life. Her journey into inter-generational friendships brings a fulfilling story to the reader.
Can the mending of one's tattered, torn and ragged edges or the discovery of threads of saving graces change lives? Or will one's ill-fated beginnings become the end of the story?
Sew the Heart is a story of hope and inspiration. Look for a patch of yourself and your women friends stitched in the fabric of the tale.
For information on Sew the Heart
News of Gift of a Lifetime: Finding Fulfilling Things in the Unexpected travels!
Here is a new review:
I enjoyed Gift of a Lifetime so much I read it three times. What a character was Fanny. So much devotion to God and the family. ~ Leonie, from Brisbane, Australia
2014 EVVY Awards in Anthology & Audio Book Category
Winner Harvest Book Competition – Young Adult Category
A great Christmas gift the whole family can enjoy together!
Short Stories: Lessons of Heart & Soul
Gift of a Lifetime: Finding Fulfilling Things in the Unexpected
"A story of multi-cultural love, faith, healing and life lessons."
2ND Place :Audio Book Category
MERIT AWARD: Anthology Category
Winner: Young Adult Category of the 2014 Harvest Book Competition. For more information, view the Showcase Magazine here.
"You'll fall even deeper in love with Fanny when you hear her voice,"
~narrated by the author Sue Batton Leonard
"Sue's ability, through dialogue, to share Fanny's voice and powerful role in Sue's developing years is a gift to readers."
~ Mary Kurtz, author
Congratulations on your recent release of "Gift of a Lifetime." Charlotte and I ordered a couple of copies and just love the entire book. The "photographs" are magnificent and really adds to the reading pleasure. It's a wonderful book. It is both a joy to read and a comfort to hear such a touching story. Congratulations, again. You did good!
~With warm regards, Ervin (Earl) Cobb, CEO and Managing Partner, Richer Life, LLC
Oh Sue… I finished your lovely book last night… I made myself take it slow after the first half and treated myself to a few chapters each night… finished it with tears on my cheeks and a happy heart! I just recommended to my Virtual Book Club friends. You have a wonderful gift and a blessed outlook on life and I am glad you share it with all! Your Fanny is smiling down at you for sure!!!
~ Kyle H.
I just finished reading your book on my kindle. I loved it! So sweet and so simple, yet you captured so many details and personalities. Reading it brought back many memories from my own childhood in CT. We, too, had a "Fanny," her name was "Weezy" (Louise was her real name). She wasn't as quick to catch on to our antics as your Fanny was though!
~ Diane
A delightful narration of the heartwarming relationship amongst a remarkable older women, a brave young girl with a serious medical condition, and her family. This is a story of trust, faith, friendship, and deep love for one another. Readers will be inspired by Ms. Leonard's challenges that would empower her to live a life most fulfilling. ~Barbara Gueldner, PhD, MSE, Licensed Psychologist
I was touched by the strength and courage of a small girl struggling with poor health, the dedication of heart doctors who developed their surgical techniques that helped this girl live a healthy life, the protection of her twin sister and the house help who seemed to be an ever present focus in the household.
~ Karen Gilroy, author Nourishing the Healer Within
Gift of a Lifetime is indeed that…a story of how the simplest words can have the most impact on our lives…can make us stop and think…can help us change our ideas and attitudes. Sue Leonard beautifully describes how the wisdom and faith of a simple, uneducated woman impacted her whole family and impacts us, the readers as well.
~ Salley Gibney, You Are Never Alone Foundation
Sue Leonard's memoir is filled with a summer's sweet memories of childhood; and deepened with the introduction of Sue's beloved Fanny. Sue's ability, through dialogue, to share Fanny's voice and powerful role in Sue's developing years, is a gift to readers.
~ Mary B. Kurtz, author of At Home in the Elk River Valley: Reflections on Family, Place and the West Sue Leonard's
Gift of a Lifetime: Finding Fulfilling Things in the Unexpected, is an unexpected delight. Love, caring and attachment are the themes that make her story poignant and touching. The characters in this true account are ones the author knows and depicts well…be prepared to smile and have your heart warmed!
~ Dawn V. Obrecht, M.D. author of Mission Possible and From the Edge of the Cliff
Psst…..The audio book holds the real treasure! It's my favorite. The voice is not to be missed. It will enhance your reading pleasure!
Listen to, or read, this memoir on your Apple, Android orWindows devices.
Also available at select local independent book stores (links below):
- Ukazoo Books, Towson, Maryland
- Book Crafters
- Smashwords
- Come & See Christian Books & Gifts, Steamboat Springs, CO
- Barnes and Noble
If you would like to distribute 'Gift of a Lifetime,' please contact Ingram Books for more information.

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A guide to coffee-table books as holiday gifts
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NEW YORK (AP) -- Even people without coffee tables enjoy coffee-table books as gifts, especially if they're thoughtfully chosen
rather than hastily snatched from a store shelf at the last minute.
The holidays bring fresh choices every year among large-format,
photo-driven books. Below is a sampler among new releases:
By Leanne Italie, Associated Press
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"Vogue: The Editor's Eye," Abrams Books,
features interviews with eight of the magazine's stylists through
time. Celebrity portraits and behind-the-scenes candids by the
fashion industry's top photographers, including Irving Penn, Mario
Testino, Richard Avedon and Annie Leibovitz.
"Icons," Running Press, includes stunning up-close
photography by Markus and Indrani of Kate Winslet and Kanye West,
along with more stagey and dramatic commercial jobs featuring the
duo's A-list clientele, from album covers to magazine work.
"Tim Walker: Story Teller," Abrams Books, with
the photographer turning fashion into fairy tales. Singer Kate Bush
wrote a foreword, and Walker includes personal observations of the
full-page, color-saturated shoots. There's Tim Burton as a skanky
Santa and model Xiao Wen with a huge insect on her open mouth.
"Bond on Bond," Lyons Press, by Roger Moore. Lots of trivia in text spanning all 50 years
of 007, not just Moore's stint. His recollections are cheeky and
well-informed. He includes snapshots of famous pals who showed up on-set, details gadgetry and includes a great color beefcake shot of
Daniel Craig, shirt off.
"Steven Spielberg: A Retrospective," Sterling,
featuring text with the director and film critic Richard Schickel in
conversation as Spielberg looks back on the last 40 years. Chapters
are chronological by movie. Photos heavy on film stills.
"All the Bits: Monty Python's Flying Circus,"
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, by Luke Dempsey. A colorful
doorstop of a book offering complete scripts for every one of the
show's 45 episodes, with marginalia and fun graphic details.
"Ralph Steadman's Extinct Boids," Bloomsbury,
with commentary from Ceri Levy. Levy, a filmmaker, asked the
cartoonist best known for his work with Hunter S. Thompson to
produce one painting for an art exhibition on birds. Steadman didn't
stop there, documenting in beautiful color 100 birds in all. His
full-size paintings are punctuated by humorous emails and phone
conversations between the two.
"Mad's Greatest Artists: Mort Drucker, Five
Decades of His Finest Work," Running Press. A collection of movie
and TV satire plucked in comic-strip format from the pages of the
magazine. George Lucas, Steven Spielberg and others among Drucker's
targets wrote notes of appreciation.
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Run for your lives!
Massive solar flare hits Earth tonight
The biggest solar flare in four years has blasted out from the sun, and is expected to reach Earth late tonight.
The flare, or coronal mass ejection (CME), was emitted on Monday at 8:56pm EST. It's been categorized as a Class X2.2 flare, the most severe type. It follows one Class M – medium-sized – flare the day before, and several low-grade Class C flares over the preceding week.
The coronal mass ejection associated with the flare is currently traveling about 900 Km/second and is expected to reach Earth's orbit tonight at about 10pm EST. It's the biggest flare yet in the current solar cycle.
NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory captured the flare in the extreme ultraviolet wavelength of 193 Angstroms – although the SDO imager was for a moment overwhelmed by the bright flash.
It emanated from Active Region 1158, in the southern hemisphere; this has in the past trailed behind the north in activity but now leads in big flares.
A flare of this size could have noticeable effects on Earth when the cloud of charged particles reaches us. It's possible that radio transmissions and GPS systems could be knocked out, and power grids could be affected.
See also:
Sun Erupts with Enormous X2 Solar Flare
Solar flare 2011: How a dazzling display can wreak electrical havoc
Here comes the sun: Solar flares make way to Earth
Biggest Solar Flares in 4 Years Heading Toward Earth
Scientists await arrival of solar flares
Planet awaits largest solar flare effects today
Giant Solar Blast Headed for Earth
Solar flares due to hit Earth
Sun has biggest solar flare of the year
Solar flare could light up night sky
Solar flare could cause Northern Lights over New England
Is Class X flash first warning of 2012 solar storm?
So, if your power goes out or your electronics go haywire, you'll know why, the Earth is getting a solar spanking. And if a solar flare can disrupt the power grid, it kind of makes you wonder what kind of radiation dose humans are taking.
/in any case, don't forget to duck
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"Sonlight is the leading literature-based homeschool curriculum provider. Families in the U.S. and around the world enjoy our literature-rich, internationally-focused curriculum. Our goal is to empower parents to nurture enthusiastic, life-long learners who are motivated and equipped to follow Christ wherever He leads and in whatever He calls them to do. Our curriculum comes from an Evangelical Christian perspective.
We offer complete curriculum in all subjects for Preschool through 12th grade. Our specialty is our Core Programs, which are literature-based packages that weave together History, Geography, Bible and Literature."
There are SO many reasons why we love Sonlight:
- It all started for me with their catalog. Their free annual catalog is full of amazing Sonlight stories along with most of their products, broken down by core. This year, when it came in the mail, I spent a week pouring over every square inch. I return to it often to get ideas. I get so excited to see what is ahead for my kids in the upcoming cores!
- I have a Master's degree in English specializing in children's literature. I love the book choices that Sonlight gives, and I love how the core subjects really are weaved together. Tonight we were talking about the Quakers and Puritans in one of our history books, and I was able to refer to our literature book, The Witch of Blackbird Pond, and how "the witch" in that book is really a Quaker.
- We feel like buying the core is worth every penny. In kindergarten for Aidan, I got the instructor's guide and then found the books on my own. We loved the curriculum, but we were scared away by the price. For 1st and 2nd grade, we used their booklists from their catalog, getting them piecemeal used or off of amazon or from the library, while we supplemented with other curriculum. I had to patch together my own version of the reading lists and schedule all the books on my own. Now, I absolutely adore the planning part of homeschooling. Seriously. But the job of planning out all those books (at least the ones I could find) plus other books I supplemented with about did me in. For 3rd grade, we decided to fully use the Sonlight plan, and what a difference! The instructor's guide is fully planned out, all 36 weeks, in a 4 or 5 day schedule. The books are layered together in such a way that we can have amazing discussions about, for instance, the Aztecs, Incans, and Mayans in History, talk about what the Bible has to say about their belief systems and how they are different, look at maps and discuss where and when these peoples lived, and read literature related to these peoples. We are able to talk deeply because we are studying deeply. And we're having so much fun! This thoughtful weaving together of ideas coupled with the lesson plans (with extra notes, maps, and discussion points) make the core a steal of a deal--and you get all the books!
- Since we have 3 kids, and we all use Sonlight, we can spread the costs out on all 3 kids. Also, having the books available to them means they will be read and read again. The book choices are so excellent that there is no risk of them just collecting dust. Right now we already have P3/4, P4/5, and cores A-D. From here out we just have to buy Aidan's core and then the instructor's guide for the other cores (since we didn't use the IGs at that time).
- Language Arts is now included with every core. So not only do we get Bible, History, Geography, and Literature, we add Reading and Writing, with optional Vocab/Phonics scheduled. Sonlight also has recommendations for Spelling, Handwriting, Math, Science, and electives. You can even get a multi-subject package and order it all at one time!
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I thought I would share a conversation that I had with +DearMYRTLE and the use of the various Notes feature in FTM2014. I did an earlier version of this, but Dear MYRTLE always asks the question that users might ask as well.
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I am thinking of expanding from bees to also add chickens. Would anybody have a basic description of what a chicken coup should be like (dimensions, shelter, shade vs sun) for no more than 6 birds?
Thanks alot
I am thinking of expanding from bees to also add chickens. Would anybody have a basic description of what a chicken coup should be like (dimensions, shelter, shade vs sun) for no more than 6 birds?
Thanks alot
I used to have about 30 living in an old pickup truck camper shell and a 20' x 20' fenced in yard. If you're in the country you can let them free range, which is what mine do most of the time. I do have a fence so I can force them to start laying in the chicken house again when I can't find the eggs anymore. It's not real critical. For six birds, you could have stack some bales of straw and wire, or tie a piece of plywood on for the roof. 4' x 8' would be plenty big. I like a comminity box nest myself, but they lay anywhere they want anyway, so it doesn't do much good. Just throw some straw in and they will nest. The main thing is that the opening for the shelter is away from the prevailing storms and they have room to get out of the weather. It's nice if they are mostly closed up (can get in and out but not a lot of draft) in the winter if it's really cold. (around here that's 10 below or more) Also, you have to keep water thawed in the winter, which means either you have to take a pot of boiling water out and thaw their water twice a day when there isn't snow to eat, or you buy a waterer and heater. I have the heater now and wouldn't go back.
You can feed them scratch on the ground. And they turn garbage into eggs. There isn't anything that resembles food that a chicken won't eat. They CAN'T eat bones only because they can't chew them. No food is too rotten for them. They can eat spoiled food as well as fresh leftovers.
They are a lot of fun. If it was me, I'd buy a "rarest of rare" assortment from Murray McMurry. You'll have the fanciest chickens in the state.
Thanks a lot Michael
M.B who is Murray Mcmurry
Hi Jorge
There is something satisfying to the soul to see a few old biddies scratching around in the yard and hear them clucking, with the occasional bragging cackle when one has laid an egg. They are also the best tick converters you can find. If you have free-ranging chickens in your yard, you will never have another tick problem. Go for it!, they're fun.
Hi Joel,
Thanks for the encouraging words. I must say that your words are right on the mark. We live in tick epicenter, right near Lyme, as in Lyme disease, and with deers roaming the yard and mice all over in spite of a lazy cat ... but I must credit him with the fact that clearing 3 acres of mice would be a big feat. The problem is I have no fence around and the town laws here don't allow 2 or more animals of any sort because that turns the property into a farming venue (they have not yet discovered the 150,000 bees flying around !). So, I could have one chicken, one duck, one cow, one horse, one one one, and I'm OK. But not 2 of any, and the chickens are kind of loud. Go figure the logic! Maybe I'll do it anyway and keep them in a pen and enjoy the eggs, but the ticks will keep the rest of the farm ... I mean yard.
I have a friend who has a chicken hen and a white mallard drake in town. The two are romatically involved. I can never tell if a hen is happy about that or not, but the drake is. The problem with one chicken is they need some company.
Could you call a hen and a rooster two different animals!? Then you could have one of each and they would have company.
I have about 40 free range chickens. mixed varieties of bantams and a few rhode island red hens. We also have 4 guinea fowl, which are also supposed to eat ticks. Who knows how many they actually eat, but the dog and I each find ticks on us several times a week.
Hi Jorge
I just love it when other people pass laws to tell us how we have to live. That's why I live in a rural setting.
JCByler put his finger on what I wanted to mention, which is to get a guinea fowl to go with your chicken. They are diff species, so you are ok there, and you might investigate with a poultry supplier (like Campbell) whether there any other feathered species of which you can get one, which well help. Ducks also are great fun, and a personal favorite of mine. They are fantastic grasshopper converters as well. The India Runner ducks look somewhat like a mallard, but as the name implies, are more fleet of foot, and look fun as can be as they go squawking after a bunch of grasshoppers. Don't know if they are any help with the ticks, though. Try one and see. You must have a constant source of water for ducks, though, they need a lot of that
It occurred to me that I didn't answer your original question about sources of info on how to care for these critters. when you locate the feed store you will be getting supplies from, they may carry some beginners books on the subject, or else go to a large bookstore,and you are sure to find something. I know that Borders has a large section on this type of reading. Also try the search engines like google, etc. Type in chicken raising or something similar and hit the go button, and you are sure to come up with something which will help. Enjoy!
I have 7 chickens. They live in a sort of a wooden box which keeps the predators out. I open the door every morning and close it every night.
I ran an electric cord out there so that I could put in a heat lamp so their combs won't freeze in the winter. When the light is turned off every spring the birds all moult due to decreased daylight, which is annoying, but I feel they need the added heat midwinter. It gets -10 out here.
Leave the light on all year round and they won't quit laying and they won't molt. Of course eventually they really look ratty if they don't grow new feathers.
Or, leave the light off, and let them be. As long as they don't do something dumb like stand in their water, Chickens do OK all year around. As long as they can go inside and roost, or go somewhere dry, they don't need additional heat. Ours come out even when it is -20.
I've never actually used a heat lamp, but a light does keep them laying all winter. (sort of). I've had them in Eastern Nebraska, Western Nebraska, and Eastern Wyoming. Temperatures in Laramie were often -10 degrees Farenheit for weeks. And the wind! Let's not talk about the wind in Laramie. You'd have to go to Casper to get any worse wind.
I dunno, Michael. I spent some on a tractor out East of Rock Springs one Fall, and I swear that wind got it's start in some other galaxy. It was flat impossible to put on enough clothes to keep it out, and the heat in, and still be able to move. If God ever gives the world an enema, Rock Springs is where...
I live in the city now, but all this talk of chickens and remembering the Murray catalog is stirring my feet. Maybe it's time to move.
I can keep bees in the country and still live in town but not with chickens.
Boy, I sure do miss my country home.
Thinking this roosters not getting any younger.


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About a month after getting confirmation from producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura that Red 2 (the sequel to Summit's 2010 hit Red) is a go, it looks like the project has found a director. Dean Parisot (Galaxy Quest) is in final talks with the studio to helm the follow-up to the $90 million domestic grossing original. Starring Bruce Willis, Helen Mirren, Morgan Freeman and John Malkovich, the original Red (Retired. Extremely Dangerous.) followed a retired black-ops agent (Willis) as he reassembled his former team in an effort to flush out an assassin. While the original writers Jon and Erich Hoeber are back for the rewrite, there's no word on when (or if) the original cast could reunite for the sequel. Hit the jump for more on Red 2.
Variety reported that Parisot will be on board for Red 2, even if production is a bit distant at the moment. Willis is apparently in the process of working out his schedule while the remaining cast are awaiting deals. Parisot counts the 1999 cult film, Galaxy Quest to his directorial credits as well as numerous TV shows.
Here's the synopsis for the original Red, followed by the trailer:
Frank, Joe, Marvin, and Victoria used to be the CIA's top agents — but the secrets they know just made them the Agency's top targets. Now framed for assassination, they must use all of their collective cunning, experience and teamwork to stay one step ahead of their deadly pursuers and stay alive. To stop the operation, the team embarks on an impossible, cross-country mission to break into the top-secret CIA headquarters, where they will uncover one of the biggest conspiracies and cover-ups in government history.


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Voting Equptment Testing & Security - Election Administration Tutorial from Wis. Govt. Accountability Board on Vimeo.
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1. Click the link above, which will take you to the Vimeo website.
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4. Another little menu will pop up. If you're a Windows user, choose 'Save as' or 'Save target as'. Save the file to your desktop or somewhere else on your computer where you store saved files. (If you're a Mac user, hold down the Control key and click the link, then choose 'Save link as' or 'Download linked file'.)


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By Eve Tahmincioglu
More than a decade ago, Herman Cain headed the nation's top lobbying group for the restaurant industry, an industry long known as having a sexual harassment problem.
Now Cain himself is accused of having sexually harassed two women during his tenure. The Republican presidential candidate and former CEO of Godfather's Pizza says he was falsely accused of sexual harassment while at the National Restaurant Association. But the claims shed light on the susceptibility of the food services industry to cases of -- and allegations of -- inappropriate sexual behavior.
Of more than 400 discrimination suits and settlements reported by the federal government so far this year, 75 involved sexual harassment, and 26, or 37 percent, involved the food service industry, according to an msnbc.com review of data from the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission.
"It's a loosie-goosie, collegial environment in the food service industry, and that lends itself to sexual harassment," said Beth Schroeder, an attorney with a focus on the restaurant industry for Silver Freedman in Los Angeles. The work force, she pointed out, is often transient, manager and employees often party together after work, and the industry is "still very, very male."
The personality types the industry attracts may also be contributing to the problem.
"The restaurant industry is especially susceptible to incidents of sexual harassing behaviors due to certain social characteristics," according to "Sexual Harassment in the Restaurant Industry," a 2002 study by hospitality professors from the University of Southwestern Louisiana.
"The most obvious is that of restaurants attracting or recruiting employees with 'outgoing personalities,'" the report said.
The authors asked employees at Louisiana restaurants whether they had experienced sexual harassment. About 30 percent of employees and 42 percent of female employees said they had.
You don't have to look any further than your TV set to see the industry's penchant for hostile work environments, thanks to popular food shows such as "Hell's Kitchen," where hard-nosed British chef Gordon Ramsay spends most of his time cursing young aspiring chefs.
In the real world, many workers, especially women, say they've experienced much worse.
A federal lawsuit filed by four women against Ruth's Chris Steakhouse alleges that lewd behavior is rampant at the upscale restaurant chain and claims that women were denied equal advancement and pay.
According to the suit, which was recently allowed to add class-action claims, female employees "are frequently subjected to sexually hostile and demeaning treatment," including "unwelcome sexually charged 'jokes' and commentary, name-calling and physical touching. Senior management has both participated in creating this environment and been aware of many instances of it."
On one occasion a former male vice president was overheard instructing his employees to hire some "T&A" (referring to a woman's body parts) to work as bartenders, the suit charges.
Cheryl Henry, senior vice president and chief branding officer at Ruth's Chris, said that she could not comment on pending litigation but that the company "does not tolerate discrimination of any kind in our family of restaurants."
Jonathan Hyman, an employment attorney with Kohrman Jackson & Krantz in Cleveland, said one could argue that restaurant workers generally know what they're getting into in the high-pressure, male-dominated industry. He cited the "skimpy outfits" of Hooters and described Ruth's Chris as "a male-dominated, cigar kind of place."
"Harassment is by definition unwelcome," he noted.
But if women "are in on the joke and laughing" within a sexually charged environment, "it's hard to say what's unwelcome," he said.
Yet even if an industry may be more susceptible to overt sexual behavior, that doesn't mean employers get a pass.
"The law is the law, and no employee, regardless of their gender, should have to endure sexual harassment at work," said Christine Nazer, a spokeswoman for the EEOC.
"Sexual harassment can occur in any work environment, from the fields to the factory floor to the boardroom," she said. "While most harassment of women is characterized by explicit sexual touching and remarks, harassment based on sex can also take the form of hostility toward the presence of women in the workplace."
It's difficult for women, in particular, to know how to navigate different company cultures and advance their careers. The issue has grown as more women have joined the work force in recent decades.
"This is a real problem for everybody, males as well as females, as to what the new rules of behavior are given that you're likely to have as many men as women," said Catherine Hakim, author of "Erotic Capital: The Power of Attraction in the Boardroom and the Bedroom."
"Some people [are] going to be incredibly uptight, as other people would see it, and have strict views on what's acceptable and what isn't, and others have more relaxed views," she said. "There's always going to be some friction. That's something that has to be worked out."
Indeed, one of the plaintiffs in the Ruth's Chris case felt she ended up in a Catch-22 situation. Early in her career, Katharine Bush complained about what she deemed to be inappropriate sexual behavior on the part of a chef at one of the restaurants, and a general manager basically told her: "You are a big girl."
Bush, who started out as a bookkeeper and was eventually promoted to regional sales manager but claims she was passed over for more senior positions because of her gender, said she later was fired for using the word "prick" in an e-mail.
"Granted, it wasn't the best choice of words, but it did not warrant the termination because men committed and said worse things on many occasions," she said.
Navigating sexuality in the workplace is complicated, Hakim said, especially when there are not always clear lines on what is acceptable.
It's unclear what happened in Cain's case. On Monday, he called the allegations a "witch hunt," saying he has "never sexually harassed anyone."
The big question that may now need to be asked of Cain, and of many employees and managers throughout the workplace, may be: What exactly constitutes sexual harassment?
Christina Pingaro contributed to this report.


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BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU antitrust regulators have not yet made a decision in their case against Google and talks are proceeding with the Internet search firm to resolve complaints that it used its clout to block rivals, the EU's competition chief said.
"We are in the process of conversation with Google to try to reach a settlement, but we are not there yet," EU Competition Commissioner Joaquin Almunia told a news conference on Wednesday.
Almunia also said a market test of concessions proposed by U.S.-based UPS to allay regulatory worries over its proposed takeover of Dutch peer TNT showed competitors and third parties were not satisfied with the offer.
"We have come back to the parties, informing them of some of our concerns, given the result of the market test. They are in conversation with the case team, I am following very, very closely this conversation," he said.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) and the Defense Department are nearing agreement on a long-delayed contract for a fifth batch of F-35 fighter jets, the Pentagon's chief weapons buyer told Reuters on Wednesday.
"I think we're getting close," Defense Undersecretary Frank Kendall told Reuters after a speech to an investor conference hosted by Credit Suisse.
Kendall said he had "a very positive meeting" on Tuesday with Lockheed President Marillyn Hewson about a range of issues, including the $396 billion F-35 program, the Pentagon's largest weapons program.
Hewson will become the company's CEO in January after the company forced out Christopher Kubasik, who admitted to having an affair with a subordinate.
Lockheed spokeswoman Jen Allen declined comment on Hewson's meeting with Kendall. "We do not discuss customer meetings and consider them proprietary," she said.
Lockheed, the Pentagon's largest contractor, and its suppliers are already building the fifth batch of planes under a preliminary contract, but the two sides have been struggling to finalize the terms of the deal since last December.
"The two sides have been arguing over what the plane should cost for the better part of a year. It appears they have now agreed on a price that is midway between their original goals, which means a significant reduction in the cost of each plane from the previous contract," said defense consultant Loren Thompson, who has close ties to Lockheed.
Thompson said Hewson's increased engagement in the F-35 negotiations had helped defuse tensions that had mounted between the company and the Pentagon over the past year.
In September, Air Force Major General Christopher Bogdan, who is moving up to head the F-35 program next week, said ties between Lockheed and the U.S. government were "the worst" he had ever seen in his years working on big acquisition programs.
Hewson told analysts earlier this month that the F-35 program would be one of her top priorities in her new job. "We won't miss a beat on F-35," she said at the time.
Hewson is due to speak at the Credit Suisse conference on Thursday.
Agreement on the terms would free up additional funding for early work on a sixth set of planes, which the company has been funding on its own for some time.
Lockheed warned investors last month that it faced a potential termination liability of $1.1 billion on that sixth batch of planes, unless it received additional funding by year end.
Lockheed received some initial "long-lead" funding for advanced procurement of materials for the planes, but that money ran out a while ago.
The Pentagon has refused to release any more money for the sixth batch of planes until the two sides resolve their differences and sign a contract for the fifth batch of planes after nearly a year of negotiations.
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For all its nasty twists and turns, its fake-outs and flashbacks and pile-up of double-crosses, this story of an elderly con man and the wealthy widow he targets feels fatally devoid of danger. Square, tame and tidy as the London-area house kept by Mirren's primly elegant, creamy-complexioned septuagenarian, The Good Liar is a work of skill but little spark.
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Apple's latest OS X update, Mountain Lion, adds a slate of new features, nearly all derived from iOS 5. There's one big omission, however: Siri, Apple's voice-controlled virtual assistant, does not make the migration from mobile to desktop.
Now, technically, Siri isn't a part of iOS 5. It's marketed as the most game-changing feature of the iPhone 4S (which runs iOS 5), and Apple has remained mum on whether Siri will ever be ported to other devices – this to the pique of independent developers who've hacked the feature to run on everything from the iPod touch to thermostats.
Clearly, Siri is Apple's most celebrated user feature. And, clearly, there's interest to see it appear on other Apple devices. Indeed, companies throughout the consumer tech industry are exploring novel new user interface models, including voice-control and gesture-control.
But porting Siri to Mountain Lion desktops would pose several challenges. Apple was smart to leave it out of the latest desktop update, and here's why.
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Microphone positioning on MacBooks and iMacs would present technical challenges for any Siri desktop port. The iPhone is designed to be held up to your face, and has a built-in mic that includes advanced noise reduction technology to ensure your voice is heard loud and clear, while street noise and the nearby guy shouting into his phone aren't picked up. In part, this is accomplished by using two microphones: one near your mouth to pick up your voice, and another near the headphone jack to identify and cancel out background noise.
Yes, your MacBook Pro has an omnidirectional microphone built-in. It's very convenient for using FaceTime in conjunction with the notebook's camera, or for the speech recognition function built into Macs for OS control. The omnidirectional mic, however, doesn't offer the same voice-processing sensitivity of the iPhone 4's dual-mic arrangement. All told, Siri voice analysis would be far more challenging on a Mac computer, particularly when other voices or noises are in the room.
Granted, using an external mic, or even the mic on your throwaway iDevice earbuds, could provide a solution. But even though Siri is still considered a beta product, Apple wouldn't resort to such an inelegant hack just to put Siri on Macs.
"Apple has been reluctant to put in features that require something like that," Forrester analyst Frank Gillett told Wired. "It's too fussy for what they like to do. Current speech-recognition products work pretty well if you wear a special high-quality microphone. What's very clear is they need the mic on your face, right by your lips."
Location Detection ——————
Siri is all about location-awareness. She wants to give you directions, provide local weather reports, and locate the closest sources of exotic cuisine. But desktop computers don't include native GPS.
"I think the main challenge [in bringing Siri to Mountain Lion] would be the lack of an accurate location being available," said William Tunstall-Pedoe, CEO of True Knowledge, which has developed a Siri clone called Evi. What's more, as Tunstall-Pedoe points out, desktop computers are relatively stationary devices, so a Mac version of Siri may not even need location-awareness, as a large portion of Siri's talents would never be engaged.
All of which begs the question, If a good portion of Siri's functionality isn't even germane to the desktop experience, why even deliver a port?
While MacBooks don't currently include GPS services, various web services (like Google Maps) can figure out your location by using either IP geolocation, or by triangulating your position based on WiFi networks around you. These strategies, however, deliver location accuracy limited to about 150 feet, whereas GPS can peg you within 10 feet of your precise position on the Earth. Future MacBooks could easily include GPS chip built-in for more exact positioning, but for now, laptop and desktop geolocation capabilities aren't accurate – or even that necessary.
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People tend to use Siri because their hands are tied, like when driving. Thus, "Siri, where's the nearest gas station?" With Siri, you can find the answer quickly, and relatively safely, while keeping your eyes on the road. But these basic use cases just don't transfer to the desktop.
"I think it is fair to say that the advantages that a voice-powered assistant give are stronger on a small mobile device," Tunstall-Pedoe said. "PCs typically have a much larger screen and a keyboard and mouse." Or, in Apple's case, a trackpad or Magic Trackpad instead of a mouse, depending if you're on a laptop or desktop.
Either way, hand-driven data entry is a familiar – and generally effective – method for using today's computers. What's more, as Tunstall-Pedoe points out, "PCs are also often used in environments where the use of voice would be awkward," such as inside an open floor plan office.
Granted, if you're disabled or injured, you could certainly make use of a hands-free feature. But in these cases, you would probably want a tool more robust than Siri. Which brings us to our next point:
Limited Use Cases —————–
With Siri, you can do things like schedule reminders, look up restaurant and business information on Yelp, get information from Wolfram|Alpha, and ask general search engine-style queries. That's not a large number of functions, and they're not specifically suited to the desktop environment.
Indeed, why would you have Siri look up something when you can more quickly run your own Google search?
"On the iPhone, people want to do short things, like quick dictation and sending a quick text message," Gillette says. The use cases would be different on a Mac, and not necessarily centered around short phrases. Siri's capabilities would need to expand in order to handle these different functions.
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Lastly, Siri needs a constant data connection in order to interface with Apple's servers. Until MacBooks include a built-in 3G, or more likely, 4G data connection, WiFi alone won't cut it for consistent, high-quality network availability, Gillett says.
Gillett also believes Siri ties into unique hardware features that make chatter between one's device and Apple's data center more streamlined. "There seems to be special silicon within a special chip that has capabilities for voice recognition that a Mac wouldn't have," he said.
Gillett notes that Siri is sometimes able to analyze a query and provide a response extremely quickly, while other times, it takes 10 to 15 seconds of processing. "I think the chip does some pre-analysis, shrinks stuff it has to send, Apple's data center gets a crunched answer, and Siri displays it on screen," Gillett said.
"Apple may be working on Siri-enabling features [for Macs] in the future, but there will be some hardware enhancements to go with it," Gillett said. "And they'll think long and hard about the use case before they implement a voice feature in the Mac."


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It is, concurrently, a humbling, yet strangely exhilarating, realization: My love of music, which
began when I first picked up a guitar and started performing on-stage in 1965, has now
spanned six decades. During this time I've alternated between actually making my
living playing music and using it primarily as a creative diversion, while
concentrating on other professional pursuits.
Still, the music has always been there. And I'm more fortunate than most; my music always will
be there. Access to decent recording equipment -- initially, tape; more recently, in digital
format -- has allowed me to create an audio "legacy" of my musical accomplishments.
This Web site may be the ultimate ego trip, but it's also my attempt to share with others some
of the joy music has brought me, through the years. If nothing else, it will provide my son,
Jason, an opportunity to roll his eyes and snicker, as he's forced to endure a permanent
record (pun intended) of his "old man's" creative endeavors. I mean, it's all out there on the Internet and, once something is
launched into cyberspace, it tends to drift around forever...and ever...and ever...and...
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The Bach Museum in Leipzig, which reopened in 2010, is a testament to 21st century museum culture.
It presents the life and legacy of Johann Sebastian Bach and his family in an interactive multimedia exhibition covering an area of 750 square metres. A highlight is the treasure room, where original Bach manuscripts and other precious items are on display. The small pleasure garden, the audio room and Café Gloria make ideal places to linger and relax.
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Apple's wonder tablet is now officially a crime-solving machine.
A Massachusetts man accused of stabbing his girlfriend to death is being held without bail thanks in part to Apple's iPad.
Christopher Piantedosi, 39, allegedly got into a fight at the home of his longtime girlfriend last Thursday before allegedly stabbing her to death.
The couple's 15-year-old daughter reportedly heard the commotion while she was video-chatting with a friend of her iPad.
The girl then reportedly found her father holding a knife over her mother and the entire scene was witnessed by the daughter's friend through the iPad.
"The defendant had kicked in the door, threw the victim on the bed, and began stabbing her with a butcher knife, and that was visible to the daughter's friend through the video-conferencing application," Middlesex Assistant District Attorney Nicole Allain told The Boston Globe.
The daughter ran out of the house and called the police.
Authorities told WCVB-TV that the iPad is being examined for forensic evidence.
Piantedosi has pleaded not guilty to one count of murder.


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Sixty-four bison from Yellowstone National Park were shipped almost 500 miles to northeast Montana's Fort Peck Reservation on Monday, under a long-stalled relocation initiative meant to repopulate parts of the West with the iconic animals.
The transfer — anticipated for months — came in the middle of a snowstorm and with no prior public announcement, as state and tribal officials sought to avoid a courtroom battle with opponents worried about bison competing with cattle for grazing space.
Montana Gov. Brian Schweitzer described the move as a major step in efforts to restore Yellowstone's genetically-pure bison across a larger landscape.
"This is where we're going to establish the beachhead of genetically pure bison that will be available as their numbers grow to go to other reservations and other public lands all across the West," Schweitzer said.
Tribal and state officials signed an agreement Friday allowing the transfer to take place, said Robert Magnan with the Fort Peck Fish and Game Department.
Caught off guard were landowners and property rights groups that opposed the relocation. They filed a request for a temporary restraining order Monday afternoon to halt the move.
Helena attorney Cory Swanson said moving the animals without public notice following years of controversy amounted to a "sneak attack."
After state district Judge John McKeon in Glasgow did not rule on the request by the close of business Monday, Swanson said he would return Tuesday with a request for the animals to be ordered back to the Yellowstone area.
For the Assiniboine and Sioux tribes of Fort Peck, tribal leaders said the relocation offers a chance to revive their connection with an animal that historically provided food, clothing and shelter for their ancestors.
The trip from Yellowstone was capped by a welcoming caravan of tribal members who fell into line behind the trailers that carried the bison across the Missouri River and onto the reservation.
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Dozens of tribal members crowded the pen as the bison were unloaded in a field 25 miles north of Poplar, their camera flashes spooking several animals until officials forced back the onlookers. A drum group gathered to sing a traditional song of welcome.
"What we are seeing now is the purebreds. We are bringing them back home," said Ed Bauer, a Fort Peck tribal councilman.
Most bison, also known as buffalo, are hybrids that have been interbred with cattle. Yellowstone's animals are said to represent one of the world's last remaining reservoirs of pure bison genetics.
"One of the main things we're trying to do is preserve the genetic integrity of these animals," Magnan said. "The cultural links from those genetics will be the closest to the bison of our ancestors."
Details of the shipment were kept quiet until it was under way. Magnan said the state and tribes were trying to avoid an injunction after Swanson's clients filed a lawsuit in state district court in January seeking to block the transfer.
Schweitzer said there was no attempt to keep the relocation under wraps, adding that the state did not finalize the agreement with the tribe until late Friday.
Prior attempts to relocate Yellowstone bison failed because of opposition from cattle producers and difficulty finding public or tribal land suitable for the bison.
State wildlife officials have said the relocation of the Yellowstone bison may help answer the question of whether the species can be successfully reintroduced to some public lands in Montana. Aggressive hunting in the 19th century wiped out the vast herds of millions of bison that once roamed freely across most of North America.
Interior Sec. Ken Salazar, who oversees most federal lands in the West, applauded Monday's transfer. Salazar has said further Yellowstone bison relocations are under consideration for public lands in Colorado, South Dakota and elsewhere.
About half of the animals heading to Fort Peck could be transferred later this year to the Fort Belknap Indian Reservation in central Montana. Fences for those animals have not yet been completed.
For the past several years, the animals have been confined to quarantine just north of the Yellowstone.
They were captured leaving the park during their winter migration and tested extensively to make sure they were free of brucellosis. That disease, which can cause pregnant animals to abort their young, was for many years the primary argument for preventing Yellowstone bison from roaming freely outside the park.
But critics of the relocation have lingering worries about bison competing with cattle for rangeland.
State Sen. Rick Ripley, a Wolf Creek Republican and plaintiff in the landowners' lawsuit, criticized Monday's move and said it was in defiance of a law passed last year that required officials to come up with a state-wide bison management plan before moving the animals.
"They just seem to think they are above the law," Ripley said. "They're going to have a lot of problems with damage to private property that they could have addressed prior to translocation."
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Schweitzer aide Mike Volesky said the new law requires a management plan specific to transferred bison, not a state-wide plan.
The 64 bison and their offspring will remain inside a fenced compound on the reservation, Magnan said.
The tribes already have about 200 bison in a commercial herd used for meat and hunting. A 65th bison that was scheduled to be transferred Monday recently died after getting gored by another bison, Schweitzer said.


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In this lesson, students critically examine the perspectives of slaves and slave owners. Students begin by reading fiction and nonfiction texts about slavery. Through discussion and a K-W-L chart, students monitor their learning. Next, students analyze the K-W-L information and create a T-chart to compare the two perspectives using this question as a springboard: "Why would each group have a different perspective, and is it justified to say that one perspective was right or wrong considering the historical context?" Finally, students choose one of three writing projects to synthesize their learning and demonstrate comprehension of the critical perspectives surrounding slavery.
- Flip Book: Have students use this interactive tool to create a secret message that runaway slaves would be able to use to find the Underground Railroad.
- Letter Generator: This interactive can be used to have students write about experiences traveling the Underground Railroad, or as a slave owner writing a letter to another slave.
- ReadWriteThink Printing Press: Students can use this interactive tool to publish a one-page newspaper aimed at slave owners or to publish an underground newspaper for slaves.
Johnson, H., & Freedman, L. (2005). Developing critical awareness at the middle level: Using texts as tools for critique and pleasure. Newark, DE: International Reading Association.
- Critical consciousness is awareness of the historical, social, and cultural mores or ideologies that create what is acceptable or not within a particular society.
- Middle school students need to become aware of multiple perspectives-how a situation or idea can be viewed from more than one perspective.
- Studying history can be an exciting venture; however, students need to have an understanding of the context or social background in which the story or situation takes place.
- Children's literature can help students examine the complexity of the conflicts that revolve around discriminatory acts based on race, class, and gender.
- While students reflect on life in the past, they can also make comparisons to the present. The horrors of slavery, the legitimacy of slavery, and the prejudice that produces such treatment all can be discussed in relation to the past and to the present.
Soalt, J. (2005). Bringing together fictional and informational texts to improve comprehension. The Reading Teacher, 58(7), 680683.
- Informational texts support students' comprehension of fictional texts by building background knowledge, developing text-related vocabulary, and increasing motivation to explore the topic.
- Research has shown a causal relationship between comprehension and background knowledge. It is important to activate students' background knowledge or supply such knowledge prior to reading.
- Fictional and informational texts on the same topic enable students to explore vocabulary in multiple contexts.
- When fictional and informational texts are brought together, students can be initially encouraged to explore a topic in their favored genre. Reading preference creates the initial purpose and momentum for reading, and the common topic acts as a bridge to the other, less compelling genre.
- Teaching the differences between the two genres is also important; these differences help to prevent students from mixing up fact and fiction.


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Baby Fair 2012
Are you expecting a baby? Are you about to be a grandparent? Do you know someone who is about to welcome a new bundle of joy? Lexington Medical Center has the perfect event for you.
Lexington Medical Center will host its tenth annual Baby Fair on Saturday, May 12th at Columbiana Centre on Harbison Boulevard from 10:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. Attendees can visit booths to learn more about services and products designed to make life as a new parent easier. There will also be a fashion show, giveaways, grand prize drawings, vendors, games including a diaper derby and Daddy diaper challenge, demonstrations, children's activities and a play area.
Visitors can meet and speak with Lexington Medical Center doctors and other health care providers. So far, the following physician practices are participating this year: Carolina Women's Physicians, Lakeside Pediatrics, Lexington Pediatric Practice, Lexington Women's Care, Sandhills Women's Care and Women's Health and Diagnostic Center. In addition, representatives from Lexington Medical Center's community classes for expectant families, our mother/baby unit and our hospital's Doula program will attend. Health Directions, the health and wellness facility that's part of Lexington Medical Center, will participate, too.
Lexington Medical Center provides comprehensive and compassionate care for women in all stages of life. Our Ob/Gyn practices are home to the latest technology and physicians who are ranked among the top doctors in the country. In addition, our hospital is consistently voted "Best Place to Have a Baby" by readers of Palmetto Parent magazine. Lexington Medical Center delivers more than 3,200 babies each year. And, Lexington Medical Center is home to an innovative Doula program that is the first-of-its-kind in the Southeast; a Doula is a birth coach who offers mothers comfort and reassurance during labor and delivery.


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A pregnancy! A proposal! A jaw-dropping and — literally — explosive cliff-hanger that has left fans on the edge of their seats all summer! And that only covers the last few episodes of Chicago Fire's second season.
Suffice it to say, the hit NBC drama's sophomore year was eventful from beginning to end. In addition to many fiery rescues, there was no shortage of family drama, work conflicts and, most importantly, romance. But will fans be able to remember exactly where things left off for everyone in Firehouse 51 after four long months off the job? Have no fear! NBC has assembled a handy Season 2 recap video to get you up to speed, and TVGuide.com has your exclusive first look below.
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Before Season 3 reveals whether Dawson (Monica Raymund) will accept Casey's (Jesse Spencer) proposal and just who won't make it out of the warehouse explosion alive, look back on Season 2 one more time:
Chicago Fire returns Tuesday, Sept. 23 at 10/9c on NBC.


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NBC's new show Revolution hit is mid-season finale, the point where the network will air no new episodes for a number of weeks. Usually, a show returns around March after a mid-series finale but there is no telling when it will actually return. So far there have been ten episodes in the first season and, if they tighten up the plot in the second half of the season, it could shape up to be a pretty good show.
Quick recap for those of you who don't know. The story of Revolution takes place ten years after all the power in the world stopped working. Cars, trains, planes, lights and everything using power stopped working in an instant. Ten years later, the world has turned dystopian. After years of the powerless world crumbling, settlements have turned into safe zones but the rest of the world is still in turmoil. In the North Eastern United States, an oppressive force known as the Monroe Militia has risen up, lead by Sebastian "Bass" Monroe (David Lyons). Sending out one of his best men to scour the States for Ben Matheson (Tim Guinee), the man who may known why the power went out, the story begins when Captain Tom Neville (Giancarlo Esposito) arrives at Ben's settlement.
Resistance occurs from Ben's family when Neville tries to take him. Ben is shot and Neville ends up taking Ben's son Danny Matheson (Graham Rogers). This kidnapping sets up the first half of the season as Charlie Matheson (Tracy Spiridakos), Danny's older sister, embarks on a quest to save him. Enlisting the help of her uncle, Miles Matheson (Billy Burke), a friend of her father's, Aaron Pittman (Zak Orth), her stepmother, Maggie Foster (Anna Lise Phillips), and resistance fighter Nora Clayton (Daniella Alonso), Charlie and her group head to Monroe's base in Philadelphia. The mid-season finale culminates in most of the group making it to Philadelphia and confronting Monroe.
The reason I began watching this show was due to one name, J.J. Abrams. As long as Abrams puts his name on a show, I will at least watch two episodes of it. As the story line continues, Revolution becomes much more than just a story about rescuing Danny. We learn that Miles used to be heavily involved in the Monroe Militia, in fact him and Monroe were best friends. Another interesting plot twist appears during the course of the show as we learn that Charlie and Danny's mother, Rachel Matheson (Elizabeth Mitchell), is alive and being held by Monroe. Each episode drastically changes Rachel's character development as she tries to survive Monroe without helping him turn the power back on or build a weapon.
In my opinion, Revolution has left us with a lot to be hopeful for. The J.J. Abrams style running unanswered questions does appear throughout the show, leaving the audience still wondering why the power was ever turned off in the first place. We know that it has something to do with twelve pendants, each of which has the ability to power up items around it, but why and how the power turned off is still unknown. We know that both Rachel and Ben Matheson were working on a project that lead to the mass power outage. The story behind the pendants and the project involving them unravels slowly as it is referenced in flashbacks and mysterious pendant weilding members of the project begin to appear.
I was hoping for a good, thought provoking cliffhanger at the end of the mid-season finale and at first I was disappointing. SPOILER ALERT After being imprisoned by Monroe, Charlie and her group finally escape with Danny and Rachel in tow. As they are running away, a project Rachel was working on for Monroe begins working, giving Monroe the ability to boost the pendants power. With this he is able to get a helicopter working and points the guns at the main characters. Now of course that's not a good cliffhanger. We all know that the main characters aren't going to die. The interesting part of the cliffhanger is the prospect of Monroe having power during the second half of the season. The story line so far has had a unique background but has started to get a little stale after just half a season. The idea that Monroe is the only person in the world to have power opens up the story to an endless amount of possibilities.
Overall I think Revolution has a pretty good start. With a complex background to the story that gives the opportunity for even more complex growth, Revolution could very well turn into a complicated mystery thriller. The show needs to stop its villain of the week setup and start expanding its story line. There have been enough episodes to establish how bad the world has become after the blackout with enough sickeningly twisted characters to prove how bad things have gotten. I look forward to the return of Revolution with the hopes that they step it up and turn into the mind-blowing show it has the potential to be.


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CARSON, Calif. (AP) — U.S. national team captain Carlos Bocanegra signed Monday with Chivas USA of MLS.
The center back who spent last season with Racing Santander of Spain, where he was on loan from Scottish side Rangers FC, will join Chivas USA in Philadelphia to prepare for a July 12 match against the Union. He becomes eligible to play for Chivas USA on July 9 when the international transfer window opens.
"It feels really good to be coming back home," the 34-year-old Bocanegra said. "I've been following MLS a lot more closely this year, and I got my start here in the league, so I'm excited to seeing personally how much the league has grown."
Chivas USA traded a first-round draft pick in 2014 and an international roster spot to Toronto FC, which owned the first shot at acquiring Bocanegra.
Bocanegra has played 116 games for the United States, including World Cups in 2006 and 2010. He began his professional career with the Chicago Fire and was 2000 MLS Rookie of the Year.
In January 2004, Bocanegra moved to Europe, joining English Premier League team Fulham, where he spent four years. He then went to France, playing for Rennes and Saint Etienne before joining Rangers.
Despite being sidelined for a month with a left hamstring injury suffered while on national team duty last November, Bocanegra became a solid defender for Racing, starting in all 23 games played for the Spanish team. Rangers did not renew his contract when the loan ended, freeing Bocanegra to return to MLS.
Chivas USA has the league's worst defense, allowing 31 goals in going 3-10-3, last in the Western Conference.
"I'm very excited to join the club," Bocanegra said. "I know it's going to be a big challenge because the club hasn't been getting the greatest results on the field, but it's something I'm looking forward to."


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Royal Melbourne Show 2012Saturday 22 September to Tuesday 2 October 2012.
There is such a variety of tempting experiences competing for a slice of your day, and a note from your wallet. For the cost of your entry ticket alone you can learn a lot about fresh produce, admire the show animals and be amazed by the creativity at the Art, Craft and Cookery pavilion. But come prepared to spend a little additional cash as the opportunity to eat and bring home things not available at your local 7 Eleven can't be overlooked. And of course it just wouldn't be show day without indulging in one or two of the gimmicks. The number one priority is to have fun and remember, the merinos are there to be fleeced, not you.
If you're a family on a budget, there are easily enough "free" activities to fill your day. Children love to interact with Animals, but they be easily tempted by lollies and rides. Factor this in to your budget. Doing everything the Show has to offer in a single day is a tall ask. Having a game plan for the day is the key.
Planning Tips
- Arrive by public transport or by car. There is a constant procession of trains between the show grounds railway station and the city. If you wondered what it was like for the livestock at the show to be herded and crammed into cattle trucks, then your journey home on the train will bring you close to that experience. Alternatively, car parking is available at the show for $20 which could be cheaper than buying train tickets depending on your circumstances, especially for families traveling from Zone 2 for example. There is a Show Entry and Travel Saver package which includes public transport but other packages listed later in this post are generally better value if they match your particular requirements.
- Upon arrival at the show grounds, be sure to make your first stop one of the information booths and grab a copy of the timetable for the free Arena entertainment. Also redeem ride coupons for ride tickets at the information booths.
- Unless you're a pack horse, buy showbags as late as possible. But be warned, everyone else will be doing this too. It is bedlam at the showbag pavilion just before it closes at 9:00pm. If leaving right after the nightly fireworks, buy your showbags just before you settle in at the Arena, then you won't be carrying the showbags all over the show grounds all day and you'll have your own supply of munchies from your show bags during the fireworks.
- Not all rides at the Melbourne Show cost the same, but budget around $10 per ride. The ride coupons that are included with your "Ticket to Ride" entry ticket, can be used like cash at ticket booths. Some amusement vendors will offer a slightly better deal for cash if pressed, for example I got more throws of the basket ball game by paying cash rather than ride coupons, but generally the value of ride coupons works out dollar for dollar.
ShowbagsPrices for showbags at this years Royal Melbourne Show range from as little as $1 for the Blinky Bill Bag, up to $200 for the Hepburn Springs Bathhouse Showbag. But there are plenty of showbags under $5 choc full of lollies and chocolates.
Boring old me is trying hard not think too much about the true value for money of these little bags of trash. Discount vouchers and novelty toys just aren't worth the value listed with the contents of each showbag in my opinion.
Look, there's no shame in walking out the gates with less than half a dozen bags in each fist. Well, OK. Some shame. You know those kids around the corner from your house, who's parents both work full time, will have enough bags to construct their very own Wonka style edible garden.
So here are a few bags I would consider buying.
Bertie Beetle $2. The first bag I bought when I was a kid.
Cadbury Dairy Milk Superbag $10. A solid weeks (or less) supply of chocolate and none of the overvalued novelty items.
The Trash Pack $15. Worth mentioning truthful advertising.
Yarra Valley Regional Food Group $30. Just a great way to sample local good food and wine.
Grand Ridge Beer and Food Lovers Showbag $99. Dinner for 2, beer tasting, a sensible cap and more.
Ticket Prices and ComparisonsThe Royal Melbourne Show organizers boast a variety of "free" activities. But of course there's no way to access the many "free" activities for free. You must pay admission. This year there are many ticket options and ticket bundles and I shall attempt to simplify the selection process here. Full details are at www.royalshow.com.au/buy-tickets.asp.
The first important decision which is going to make ticket selection much easier is -
Show Entry with RidesThe Ticket to Ride packages generally work out to be better value than most other options assuming you use the full value of the ride vouchers included in the package. For example, a student concession Ticket to Ride costs $46 and includes a $40 ride voucher AND covers general admission. Almost the entire cost of the ticket is returned to you in ride vouchers! Whereas the alternative concession general admission ticket is $21 with no rides included. Pre-purchase the Ticket to Ride online until Sept 25.
The After 4 Fun Pass available at the gate after 4pm also includes a ride voucher. It's cheaper than my favourite Ticket to Ride, BUT the After 4 Fun Pass doesn't return nearly as much of the ticket cost back to you as a ride voucher. Buy this ticket if you're at the gate after 4pm, on a limited budget and plan to ride just a little.
The $26 Kids Day Value Fun Pass is available online for entry to the Show for children on Oct 2nd only. It is the same price as the After 4 Fun Pass for Children but is arguably better value since the child can enter before 4pm. In my opinion, however, it still doesn't beat the value of the Ticket to Ride since it returns less value in ride vouchers in proportion to the ticket price.
General Admission without rides includedIf you're not much into rides, a general admission ticket will see you through the front gates. From there you can easily fill an entire day visiting the pavilions, watching some arena entertainment and reacquainting yourself with the sites and smells of livestock. Rides will be an additional cost after general admission.
Prices from www.royalshow.com.au
Child $16
Fronting up to the gates on Show day morning and buying general admission tickets (above) is an expensive way to gain entry. If saving money is important then plan ahead a little and buy a ticket with rides included such as my favourite - the Ticket to Ride, or one of the discount general admission methods below.
Save between 23% and 30% on most of the general admission tickets for RACV members. You must pre-purchase online before the offer closes on the 18th September.
RACV members After 2pm Offer available at the gate. This is more expensive than pre-purchasing general admission with the RACV online so you would only buy this After 2pm Offer if your visit to the show was an unplanned last minute impulse.
The Entry and Travel Saver package bundles the cost of the Zone 1+2 public transport, with the cost of general admission. This ticket is unlikely to save you any money since the Ticket to Ride or RACV discounts offer greater value in most cases. You might save a little money with this ticket if no other discounts are available to you. For example if you are not an RACV member and you don't intend to go on Show rides then this ticket will save you money compared with buying full price general admission to the show plus a full price, Zone 1 + 2 ticket for peak travel.
There are other ticket options for group bookings, multi-day passes and RASV members available at www.royalshow.com.au.
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The Miami Hurricanes are 5-0 for the first time since 2004, and for the first time since then, I'm buying into the Canes finally turning the corner.
I know this week we'll hear fans, radio hosts, analysts and so-called experts ask if Miami is back. Well, it's a silly question, since being back would mean winning at least a conference championship. That can't happen right now, so I'd caution fans and media to just slow down. Let's see how the season plays out.
Yet, I'm starting to believe Miami is ready to get back into the national spotlight, and Duke Johnson is a big reason why. He carried Miami in the 2nd half over Georgia Tech on Saturday. Every single one of his 184 yards was needed to put away the Yellow Jackets. He should get some Heisman buzz if he keeps playing like this.
But, Johnson can't do it alone, and the Canes have a veteran quarterback in Stephen Morris, and a deep group of talented young receivers. It will help if Morris can get his gimpy ankle healthy during the bye week, but this offense can put up points regardless.
Moving over to defense, this is where the question marks still remain. During the first quarter of the win over Georgia Tech they looked like the 2012 version of the Canes defense. They got shredded and allowed the Yellow Jackets 17 points. But, as the game wore on you began to see why this defense is clearly improving. They adjusted to the triple option, and more importantly they were flying around the football causing turnovers. Look at the great defenses around the country. The one thing they have in common is the ability to force turnovers. The Hurricanes are far from great on defense, but their knack for getting the ball is allowing them to change games defensively. That's something that's sorely been missing over the last few seasons.
Finally, the schedule is set up for Miami to make a run at a major bowl. I'd slow down on any national title talk. They still have to travel to Tallahassee on November 2nd, and they also host an always tough Virginia Tech team. This team must also prove they can avoid their annual let down losses against lesser opponents before fans expect anything more than a conference title shot.
But, this could be the year that conference title chance finally comes. They had it last season, but probation stripped them of that chance. Let's face it though, that team was a product of a bad division in the ACC. This year's team is separating itself as one of the top teams in the conference and the nation.
It's all set up for the Canes to make an ACC title run and potentially be a Top 10 team playing in a major bowl. That would be a huge step for a program that has been lingering around mediocrity for almost a decade.
Mark it down. With North Carolina and Wake Forest up in their next two games, Miami will likely go into FSU with a perfect 7-0 record and in the Top 10 in the country. It doesn't get much more exciting than that.


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Dollar short: Dredging study advances... on City tab
Nearly a year after it first tried to obtain the services of consultants to find out how helpful dredging might be, the Rivanna Water & Sewer Authority unanimously voted Monday, May 18, to seek proposals from qualified dredging consultants. Although water-users in both Albemarle and Charlottesville could benefit from what dredge fans see as low-cost water supply, in a compromise demanded by the County, the City will bear most of the cost.
Later on Monday, in a 4-1 vote, City Council agreed to fund the cost of five of the eight tasks in the anticipated study, whose total price is expected to be approximately $275,000. The compromise was submitted by City Manager Gary O'Connell based on a recent City Council discussion.
"We come with Council's blessing and approvals," said O'Connell, joined Monday at the first Rivanna board to include an Albemarle Supervisor and one of his own bosses, City Councilor Holly Edwards, who marveled at the breadth of the draft Request for Proposals, which demands a lake-bottom survey, analysis of dumping sites, advice on preventing resiltation, and even expertise on regulatory affairs.
"It's almost like we're handing Kryptonite to Superman," she remarked, "because this is a lot of work."
For several citizens, including the half dozen who coalesced under the moniker Citizens for a Sustainable Water Plan and spoke to the now seven-member Rivanna board, Monday was a day for cautious rejoicing.
"This could end up saving our community $100 million," said Betty Mooney, a former Charlottesville Planning Commissioner whose impassioned pleas to reexamine dredging have been at the heart of an at times bitter year-and-half debate.
Even John Martin, a board member of the County water-distribution entity, who has been claiming that dredging the existing reservoir could unravel a carefully constructed plan to guarantee minimum water flows in the Moormans River, heralded the compromise. He asserted after the board meeting that the dredging study ends the divisiveness–- and won't change the so-called 50-year water plan.
Many hope he's wrong about that.
Blasted by such critics as electronics magnate Bill Crutchfield, the local chapter of the Sierra Club, and an array of petition-gathering neighborhoods who fear its potential to cost over $200 million, the official plan has provoked numerous controversies. Besides its cost, questionable aspects include felling 180 acres of mature forest, putting a reservoir under Interstate 64, depending on a new pipeline, and presuming skyrocketing demand in the face of falling water use.
All the while, the community had been told by one engineering firm (which stood to benefit from a $3.1 million contract to design a dam) that dredging was too expensive. Private companies later began clamoring to dredge for a fraction of the firm's estimates.
O'Connell came under fire from three former City Councilors for letting all this happen. The current City Council never publicly upbraided him, but it did launch the drive to seat one of its own alongside him.
Asked after the meeting how he felt about the board's expansion, O'Connell–- who formerly urged "full steam ahead" on the reservoir/pipeline plan–- said he welcomes City Council's effort to make a "better connection."
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ââ?¬Å?It's almost like we're handing Kryptonite to Superman," she remarked, ââ?¬Å?because this is a lot of work."
This is our city council? And this is the one they sent to the RWSA board? No wonder O'Connell is able to take control.
I agree with Mr. Taliaferro that it is distressing that the County will not join with the City to gain better cost information than the faulty information we currently have about dredging. How can this be a responsible action on their part? The Ciy agreed to the $264,000 expense of correcting the faulty estimate of the Ragged Mt. Dam and going forward with a study of that option. Why now would the County turn their backs on the City ? I suggest that if the dam consultants come back wanting even more money for further study the City should hand the bill to the County.
What the hay!! How can it cost $275,000 to do a study on dredging?
Seems to me that you can use sonar to get the reservoir's current geometry. Which is efficient and low cost. I'm sure there must be some data available on the reservoir's initial geometry. The difference will be how much sediment and debris has accumulated. Which amounts to how much to dredge and it's cost.
They really need also fire that "engineering firm" who lied about the cost of dredging.
As a city resident, I'd like councilors and candidates for council to know that there are many city residents that support the current water supply plan. It really sounds as if those running for council are listening to a small group of activists. The Nature Conservancy, and many other area residents were (and still are) on the right track with the approved/adopted water supply plan.
Where are all those supporters --never see them speaking up for it. 6 City neighborhoods, over 400 petition signers and hundreds of people that responded to the Dredging Task Force Survey don't agree with you --as well as the Sierra Club and Thomas Jefferson Soil and Water Board
and I'd check with the Councilors if I were you and ask them how many people they've heard from that support going forward with this $200 million dollar concept before getting the dredging cost info. and pipeline costs. Remember this so called plan isn't just the cost of the dam but a non-existent pipeline as well, that the dam depends on.
Quite a plan
And get to know what your investment is. Get out on the Reservoir yourself and see all the silt coming into it. We need a permanent maintenance plan to keep the silt out and dredge on a regular basis. Rivanna has been negligent in not doing this. And then hike Ragged Mt. and ask yourself is it sustainable to kill 54,000 trees in this beautiful park 2 miles from town when we could and should dredge first. Don't let anyone tell you dredging wouldn't be enough water. They don't know and it's a scare tactic. As Duane Snow says get the facts first and bring in the dredging experts. We have never done this and it's way past time.
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What is the Service Authority thinking dredging will save their customers millions of dollars of debt and prevent double digit rate increases forever. Why are people who don't even pay water and sewer rates on this board and making others pay for their own agendas?
Sure hope Holly Edwards has what it takes to stand up to Sally --I can hear Sally now, over my dead body will they dredge this Reservoir, and that from one who used to say why not dredge ?
Anyone understand this flip-flop ?
It is up to the city to force the County's hand, but they rarely do on council. Council as a group often appears gutless, impressionable, and weak. They let the county rule in the parkway issue and this situation is no different. Time to crack the whip! The county would bend if they were given a reason to do so. We need new blood and someone with firm resolve to stand up for the best interests of the city. Bob Fenwick is the man to finally make the county blink. He will demand results, and the city will reap the benifits.
Giant Eagle, Your arguments don't hold water????
Giant Eagle, there isn't an approved/adopted water supply plan.
I would like to see a list of people in the city who think it's a good idea to spend millions of dollars on a dam without exploring alternatives first, particularly when there isn't even a right of way available for the pipeline it would take to supply it.
the reservoir and pipeline plan is so expensive and obviously impractical that i have to wonder who's palms are being greased. dredging makes sense - reduce, reuse, recycle! this is what happens when amateurs and dilettantes make big civil works decisions: the inmates rum the asylum and the consultants and contractors get rich on the public dime.


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Although quick actions may save lives in the emergency room, rapid decisions aren't always right for other patients—including men with prostate cancer.
Prostate cancer occurs mostly in men older than 65, although younger men can be diagnosed with it. It affects the gland located below the bladder and in front of the rectum.
Symptoms of prostate cancer can include a frequent need to urinate and a weak stream of urine. Screening tests, such as a rectal exam or blood test, can check for prostate cancer before it causes symptoms. A man should discuss the advantages and limitations of screening with his doctor. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force recommends these conversations take place between the ages of 55 and 69, while the American Cancer Society (ACS) recommends they begin at age 50. African-American men or men with a family history of prostate cancer should begin speaking with their doctors at age 45, according to the ACS.
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Watchful waiting isn't for everyone. Some men opt for surgery to remove the prostate, which remains a common way to cure prostate cancer.
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Would I feel stressed knowing that I had cancer in my body and that I was putting off treatment?
How do I feel about the possible risks and benefits of treatment?
If I choose watchful waiting, can I stick to a schedule of frequent testing?
Remember, there's usually no need to rush into a decision. Depending on what your doctor says, you may have several months to research your options. In the meantime, try talking with other men who have faced prostate cancer.