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The discovery in the 1980s of a significant extratropical impact of the tropical Pacific ENSO phenomenon, and the demonstration that several elements of the phenomenon could be predicted two or more seasons in advance using relatively simple models, were important developments in climate research. They rekindled interest in gaining a better understanding of ENSO dynamics, in the hope of making even better predictions. They also raised hopes that at least some aspects of interannual variability might be similarly predictable in other parts of the globe, not only from ENSO's remote impact but also through possibly predictable slow variations in other ocean basins. International research programs such as TOGA and CLIVAR were launched in pursuit of these hopes. Largely from their impetus, the observing system in the tropical Pacific was vastly improved, global gridded observational datasets spanning several decades were generated through various 'reanalysis' efforts, and extensive numerical simulations and predictions of interannual climate variations were undertaken with both uncoupled and coupled global climate models. Our understanding of the variability and predictability of the climate system on this time scale has matured considerably as a result. CDC has contributed significantly to the present store of knowledge in this area, and is at the forefront in addressing many of the remaining questions.
CDC scientists have provided important evidence that the predictable evolution of ENSO and of the associated remote teleconnections are governed largely by linear, low-dimensional dynamics. This may be one reason why simple empirical linear models remain competitive with sophisticated GCMs at making seasonal predictions. Indeed the question of how much extratropical predictability exists on this scale beyond that associated with simple linear ENSO signals has become a recurring theme in CDC research. In the last four years, we have identified the situations in which the dynamics of ENSO are significantly nonlinear, clarified the extent to which the remote impacts can be nonlinear, and explored the extent to which those impacts might be sensitive to the details of the tropical SST anomaly patterns, i.e. be "higher-dimensional". We have also explored how the nonlinear and higher-dimensional dynamics might affect the tails of the probability distributions of atmospheric variables on synoptic, intraseasonal, and seasonal scales, and thus the risk of extreme anomalies on those scales. We have investigated the predictability of SSTs in other oceans basins, both through "atmospheric bridge" ENSO teleconnections and through the year-long persistence and subsequent re-emergence of SST anomalies from below the seasonally-varying surface mixed layer. We have also continued to assess the impact of such SSTs on the atmospheric circulation.


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APN of Airtel for Android Samsung, Micromax, Sony. APN Stand for Access point name. If your internet is not working, One of the possible cause may be, because, APN setting of Airtel is not set in your mobile phone. Airtel Service providers Customer care are unable to deliver settings sometimes in some mobiles, so you need to set the apn settings manually. I had faced the same problem in Samsung galaxy S, which made me to write about this information here. If your droid phone does not get the APN setting from other service provider like : Videocon, Vodafone, Airtel, Aircel, Idea, Tata docomo, Bsnl, Reliance, MTNL etc, then you can refer here for solution. Here is the way to set apn settting in your mobile. We can set APN in every mobile but, i will demonstrate to set apn in android mobile step by step, in this post.
APN of Airtel
Set APN of Airtel Setting:
1.) Select Settings, then Wireless and Networks and to Mobile Networks, which will flow as Settings -> Wireless and Networks -> Mobile Networks -> Access Point Names (APN).
For adding new APN setting, selects option button of your mobile and select "New APN", or you may even edit the existing APN by selecting edit.
2.) You need to make changes in some fields while editing access point. Options and its following value has to be filled as follows :
- Name : Airtel Internet
- APN : airtelgprs.com
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- Authentication type : None
- APN type : internet
3.)Dont make any changes in the following fields, i.e Proxy, Port, User name, Password, Server, MMS proxy and MMS port. MCC stands for Mobile Country code, set it as 405 or 404 if your country is india, or find MCC code for your country. Make changes in MNC i.e Mobile Network code and MCC code depending on the area, as given in list below:
MCC MNC Provider State 404 02 AIRTEL Punjab 404 03 AIRTEL Himachal Pradesh 404 10 AIRTEL Delhi 404 16 AIRTEL North East 404 31 AIRTEL Kolkata 404 40 AIRTEL Chennai 404 45 AIRTEL Karnataka 404 49 AIRTEL Andhra Pradesh 404 70 AIRTEL Rajasthan 404 90 AIRTEL Maharashtra 404 92 AIRTEL Mumbai 404 93 AIRTEL Madhya Pradesh 404 94 AIRTEL Tamilnadu 404 95 AIRTEL Kerala 404 96 AIRTEL Haryana 404 97 AIRTEL Uttar Pradesh (West) 404 98 AIRTEL Gujarat 405 51 AIRTEL West Bengal 405 52 AIRTEL Bihar 405 53 AIRTEL Orissa 405 54 AIRTEL Uttar Pradesh (East) 405 55 AIRTEL Jammu & Kashmir 405 56 AIRTEL Assam
4.)Select option, and then save this setting.
I suppose that, after setting APN of Airtel in your android phone or tablet, would make your internet connection work properly. You may also read How to make 3G or HSPA internet connection work in Android. If you are having problem in accessing internet, post your comment below, and we will look upon that.
If you are from other country then see the following APN setting:
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- India Service provider APN setting of Android
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#4 is back in the rock ring. #5 is back short. Let's see if anyone is able to deuce each of the first five holes.1. Short ***edit: (with practice basket also playable) 2. Short3. Only4. Middle (rock ring)5. Short6. Long 7. Middle8. Middle ***edit: (with hanging basket short) 9. Only10. Middle11. Long (with red basket on short)12. Only13. Long14. Short15. Short16. Long17. Short18. Short (with blue basket on long)
Would love to see 6 short once and 14 across the street
I've just never played it in that position. So thats my fault for being new the game I guess...just never played it. Any chance of putting a pin behind the fallen tree? Jack, is that hole being moved?


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I have already spent some time recently visiting some forums and poking a few select folks first. You folks know who you are – you're being most helpful and a pleasure to work with, so thank you – I really appreciate it. I have a few more on the 'to poke' list, whom I'll be contacting soon.
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Zen jam: Neither good nor bad, just....
When I was studying Buddhism in college, I had a professor who used to repeat the same mantra over and over to the class.
"There is no good or bad, there just is," he would drone. The statement itself is simple, but there are so many levels to it. Taking things as they are and not passing judgment frees up mental space to concentrate on what really matters in my life.
However, when it comes to music, I'm critical of myself and others. I like what I like, and I find it hard to accept what I don't like. Most art (music included) is made to evoke emotion, good or bad. Music that "just is," I can do without. I'd rather like or dislike a band or CD than have no feeling for it at all.
This brings me to my experience at The Outback Lodge Friday, August 19, when Waynesboro band Calf Mountain Jam was performing. My first criticism of the band is the name. Even though many people know that there's a peak by the Skyline Drive called Calf Mountain, the band's name just doesn't pique even the smallest iota of curiosity in me. As far as I'm concerned, it could have been the name of an organic condiment as well as of a band.
Calf Mountain Jam is a standard southern psychedelic rock outfit with a five-piece lineup and a loyal hippie following. I must say they're a good bunch of musicians. Each player knows his instrument inside and out. As individuals, I'm sure they could hold their own with the best of 'em.
But as a group, their music had a whiff of Zen: it wasn't bad or good, it just was. Truth is, I left The Outback Lodge feeling nothing for the group. The songs were well written, but they didn't draw me in. They also were good enough musicians to not make me want to run to the bathroom every ten minutes, but there was nothing spectacular about them, either.
The psychedelic jam portions of some songs were safe and precise but lacked the kind of exploration that makes psychedelic jams easy to zone out to. I just sat there and watched, wondering what I was missing.
Maybe they played it a little too safe. I didn't hear much original– I've heard bands like Calf Mountain Jam before. Not saying that this is good or bad, it just... is. I suppose there's a place for bands who just want to do the standard fare. Not everyone is looking for the next coolest thing. And not everyone has an attention span as short as mine and needs to be wowed every three minutes or so.
But then again, there's only so far a band can go if it doesn't try to do something unique, if the musicians don't try to push the envelope a little bit. Even if they shoot for something big and miss, at least they took a shot.
More than likely I'll get mail from Calf Mountain Jam fans criticizing what I am writing here. If I do, the writers will be missing the point of the article.
This isn't a good review or a bad review, it's just a review of a band that's not a good band or a bad band. It's just... a band.


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Venus Williams was moving freely in her first-round match at the Australian Open, breezing through the first set and getting a look at another break in the second against a player who upset her sister here two years ago.
That's when things started to go wrong for her Monday, the first day of the season-opening major. The seven-time Grand Slam champion missed the break-point chance in the sixth game and then, after getting to 40-30 on serve in the ninth, inexplicably firing three consecutive double-faults to surrender a break and just about the set to No. 22-seeded Ekaterina Makarova.
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The 33-year-old Williams, the second-oldest player in the tournament, has struggled with injuries and illness in recent seasons but reached the final of the WTA event at Auckland to start 2014 and came to Melbourne saying she was feeling better than she had in years.
"The last 12 months I have had issues," she said. "But this year I definitely am looking forward to having a good run and feeling well."
That didn't happen Monday.
"My level was a little bit too up and down. Obviously my error count was a little high," said Williams, the 2003 finalist who was playing in her 14th Australian Open. "I have to give her a lot of credit, though, she was very determined ... played hard."
Makarova said because it was the first match of the tournament, it was probably more difficult to beat Venus than it was to upset Serena Williams in the fourth round here in 2012.
She'll meet another American in the second round after qualifier Irina Falconi beat Anabel Medina Garrigues of Spain 6-3, 6-1. Two highly-ranked Italians lost in the first round, with 2012 French Open finalist Sara Errani, seeded 7th, beaten 6-3, 6-2 by Julia Gorges of Germany and No. 12 Roberta Vinci losing 6-4, 6-3 to Zheng Jie of China.
Two-time finalist Li Na beat Ana Konjuh of Croatia — the youngest player in the tournament — 6-2, 6-0 in 61 minutes to set up a meeting with another 16-year-old in the next round after Belinda Bencic of Switzerland accounted for 43-year-old Japanese veteran Kimiko Date-Krumm in three sets.
Date-Krumm was 27 years older than Bencic, the reigning French Open and Wimbledon junior champion.
The 2011 French Open champion is in the same half of the draw as No. 1-ranked Serena Williams, who was scheduled to play a night match against Australian teenager Ashleigh Barty.
Wimbledon semifinalist Kirsten Flipkens was the first woman into the second round when she beat Britain's Laura Robson 6-3, 6-0. No. 9 Angelique Kerber, 2011 U.S. Open champion Sam Stosur, No. 14 Ana Ivanovic, No. 26 Lucie Safarova, No. 28 Flavia Pennetta, No. 30 Eugenie Bouchard of Canada and No. 31 Daniela Hantuchova also went through.
American Madison Keys wasted five match points in the second set and another in the third before finally beating Patricia Mayr-Achleitner of Austria 6-2, 6-7 (8), 9-7.
Eighth-seeded Stanislas Wawrinka, who won the recent Chennai Open in India, was the first man into the next round, advancing after just 15 games when Andrey Golubev retired with an injured left leg.
Wawrinka, who lost 12-10 in the fifth set to eventual champion Novak Djokovic in the fourth round here last year in the longest Grand Slam match of 2013, was leading 6-4, 6-1 when his Kazakhstan rival quit. Two other players retired due to shoulder injuries, with Alex Bogomolov Jr., quitting after losing two sets to No. 15 Fabio Fognini and No. 12-seeded Tommy Haas pulling out when he was down a set and a break against Guilllermo Garcia-Lopez.
Third-ranked David Ferrer opened with a 6-3, 6-4, 6-4 win over Colombia's Alejandro Gonzalez on Rod Laver Arena and No. 7 Tomas Berdych beat Aleksandr Nedovyesov of Ukraine 6-3, 6-4, 6-3.
Other men advancing included No. 9 Richard Gasquet, No. 14 Mikhail Youzhny, No. 19 Kevin Anderson, No. 23 Ernests Gulbis, No. 29 Jeremy Chardy, No. 32 Ivan Dodig, who beat fellow Croatian Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (8), 6-3, 7-6 (4), and American Sam Querrey, who defeated Santiago Giraldo of Colombia, 6-3, 6-2, 3-6, 7-6 (3).


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The Orioles are setting their rotation for the season's stretch run and the immediate result may be a long layoff for Miguel Gonzalez or, potentially, a skipped start for Scott Feldman.
Starting Tuesday in Boston, the Orioles will finish the regular season with 33 games in 34 days — with the lone off day coming on Sept. 16. So manager Buck Showalter is hoping to take advantage of the Thursday's and Monday's upcoming off days to reposition his rotation.
Feldman would be on turn to start at home against the Oakland Athletics on Saturday, but instead Chris Tillman will make pitch that day on regular rest. Feldman will be pushed back to Sunday, assuming he is not needed to pitch in long relief on Friday or Saturday.
If Feldman is forced into long relief, his start will be skipped and Gonzalez, who pitched Tuesday night against the Tampa Bay Rays, would be the starter Sunday — a game which the Orioles currently list as TBA.
Assuming Feldman makes Sunday's start, Gonzalez will be placed in the bullpen as an emergency reliever and won't start again until Aug. 30 in New York. That means Gonzalez may go nine days without starting. The layoff would serve two purposes.
Gonzalez has excelled at Yankee Stadium, where he is 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA in four career starts. And Gonzalez has benefited from extra days of rest in the past, going 7-2 with a 2.63 ERA in 18 career starts with more than four days of rest compared to 10-5 with a 4.66 ERA in 18 starts on regular rest.
The Orioles are currently scheduled to start Wei-Yin Chen on five days of rest, and Bud Norris and Tillman on four days of rest in the series against the Boston Red Sox that begins Tuesday.
Showalter has been more likely to give extra days to Gonzalez and Feldman because they've both pitched in relief in the past. In addition, Feldman went eight days between starts earlier this month and responded well from the extended break, pitching to a 2.25 ERA (3 earned runs in 12 innings) in two outings since.
"Some of the things we've done this month with the off days were kind of trying to match up and for the most part helped us a little bit," Showalter said. "But the pitching hasn't been the issue in some cases."
Asked if he's willing to go to a six-man rotation down the stretch, Showalter said it is a possibility, though he is more likely to utilize matchups. Right-hander Kevin Gausman will likely join the club when rosters expand in September and could be used as either a starter or reliever. Also, Opening Day starter Jason Hammel (strained forearm) should be back from the disabled list in September.
"You could do more than [six] if you wanted to," Showalter said. "See how everybody's pitching, how everybody feels physically. It's a moving target. See what the needs are physically and who we think presents the best option. We'll do some things match-up wise."
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In their previous seven games heading into Tuesday night, the Orioles had left a combined 59 runners on base, including a season-high 15 on Monday in a 4-3 loss to the Rays. In four consecutive innings they had a runner on third with less than two outs and couldn't drive him home.
Many of the Orioles' batters were aggressively attacking Price and seemingly swinging from their heels Monday — and ultimately making unproductive outs. Orioles center fielder Adam Jones, who was hitting .300 with 25 homers before Tuesday, is often the primary target of criticism for that free-swinging approach.
Although he understands that frustration, Showalter said limiting the aggressiveness can also alter a player's effectiveness.
"You can rob from Peter to pay Paul," Showalter said. "Adam, we like Adam. There's never been a perfect player. That's why there are, every once in a while, some outs made in the game. And, every once in a while, somebody does strike somebody out."
Players and coaches often talk about approach and philosophies. But to harp on it continually, Showalter said, can be counterproductive.
"They are not some computer-driven cyborg. They are human beings. This is hard. This is hard to do," Showalter said. "But at the same time, I see their frustration. It only compounds it if I, and we as a staff and teammates, compound it."
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It's the movie catchphrase that keeps on giving: Arnold Schwarzenegger said he'd be back, and here he is.
After seven years as the governor of California battling over budgets and recently testing the waters with cameos in pal Sylvester Stallone's "Expendables" adventures, the Austrian-born film superstar is making his long-promised return to action hero roles with "The Last Stand," a high-octane thriller with a sly sense of humor about its aging leading man.
On the heels of his memoir being published and recent presenting gig at the Golden Globe Awards (also with Stallone), Schwarzenegger reveals his thoughts on politics versus showbiz, handling action sequences at 65, and his possible future with some of his most storied film franchises.
After your stint as the governor of California, what was it like to go back to your previous career in Hollywood?
It's great to be back. As you remember when I got into the governorship in 2003 I said I would only go and run the state for the seven years that were remaining, and then I would be back in the movie business. So it was just kind of stepping out of the movie business, rather than I'm now going back to the movie business – I was just out.
The only thing is that when you have left the movie business for seven years it's kind of a scary thing to come back, because you don't know if you're accepted or not – there could be a whole new generation of action heroes that came up in the meantime. Things change very quickly now in our business, but I was very pleasantly surprised when I was doing the cameo in 'The Expendables' that there was such a great positive reaction to my appearance. They asked me to do the second 'Expendables,' and there was an even a bigger reaction to that. I worked four hours [on the first one] and four days on the second one, so maybe next time I work four weeks on the next 'Expendables!'
While you were a public servant, what did you miss about your acting career? And now that you're back to acting is there anything you miss about politics?
I think that I really didn't miss anything. I think that you get so engrossed in what you are doing, and it's such a huge responsibility to run a state. California is the number one state in the union, and this is the number one country, so you really have a huge responsibility – especially when you have legislators that are somewhat out of control. To bring Democrats and Republicans together is always a miracle, because everyone is so stuck in their ideological corners that they can't free themselves from that.
So it takes a lot, a lot of effort to get things done, but because of that and because you are so into it and passionate about it in serving your state, you really don't have time to miss things in the movie business. So I was like 'This is it for right now – I'm doing, now, public service.' So I was very, very happy to do that. It was the most gratifying and the most challenging thing that I have ever done and it was an honor for me to serve the people.
Then again, after the seven years were over I did not look for another public service job because I didn't want to be a career politician. I didn't see myself as that, so I went back into the movie business. So it's great now to be back again and I can turn it off – and there's not much I miss about being governor. I'm glad that Jerry Brown is now schvitzing it out, that he's starting to figure it out, how to make the budget work and all those things. He's doing a great job and I am on with my USC Schwarzenegger Institute and Public Policy. I am working on policy issues, environmental issues and all this on an ongoing basis, and at the same time I will be doing movies.
How do you feel about aging and doing action scenes?
Well, I cannot tell you about aging because it sucks! I am no different than you. We all go through the same dramas. We look into the mirrors and say, 'What happened? I once had muscles and slowly, they are deteriorating!' It's all that, but the great thing is if you do work out every day you stay in shape and then you feel good.
This movie was a perfect example in that it required a lot of stunts. It required a lot of action and a lot of physical work and the director, Kim Jee-woon was a fanatic about seeing as much as possible done by me, done by the actors, and only make it really dangerous, where you could really risk getting injured heavily or killed, the stunt guys would take over. So that was the rule. So we all practiced. We all rehearsed. We all did over and over the stunts and did the physical work, but when you are 65 it's different than when you're 35.
The great thing in the movie is that we are trying to not play me as the 35 year old action hero, but the guy that is about to retire and here's this challenge coming up where he really needs to get his act together. He cannot play 'I'm about to retire.' He has the 20 most dangerous mercenaries descending on his town, and he has only a few people to work with.
They joke a lot about your age in the film, calling you 'abuelito' [grandfather] and other one-liners.
I think it was appropriate at that moment. You don't want to dwell on it but you just throw it in and it takes the curse off then. You can make fun of yourself. I think Clint [Eastwood] did that very well.
Did you look at how other screen heroes – like John Wayne and you mentioned Clint Eastwood – handled their screen image at similar times in their careers?
I think it's always good to look at the history of things, and to study it. Times change, of course, but those are idols of mine, in that they have gone a long way. They're my motivators.
After years of bodybuilding and movie stunts, how is your body holding up?
I feel good right now, but I have had my share of injuries. I think that when you lift as many tons of weights as I have, inevitably there is wear and tear, and you have injuries. When you have done various different sports like skiing, you will have ski injuries and broken femur and knees and stuff like that. When you do stunts you will have your share of injuries there and getting stitched up in movies and having broken shoulders and dislocated shoulders and all that.
I have had a lot of surgeries and a lot of things that had to be fixed on the body, but medical technology is really advanced. I'm sitting here today and can do everything. I just came back from a one week ski trip with my kids in Sun Valley, and I don't have to tell you how kids try to out-ski you. They get their moments and it becomes a fierce competition where you go down the steepest moguls and those expert runs. I can do all of that stuff and also do the stunts. I feel great that I can still do all those things.
What is your strategy going forward, in terms of what you are going to be picking your projects for these next few years? This is a relatively low-key original concept, and there's a lot of talk swirling about franchises you've built, like 'Conan the Barbarian' and 'The Terminator.'
A lot of it has to do with timing. That's what show business and politics have in common: a lot of it is timing. I think that I would have chosen to do Conan already if it would have been ready, but the Universal Studios just bought the rights to Conan. They have an executive over there that happens to be a big believer in bringing back that character. Universal Studios was the first one to do the movie with Dino De Laurentiis and now they want to be back and do a bunch of Conan movies – but to do it really high quality, not as a B-movie. Do the high quality like the first one was, that John Milius directed and Dino De Laurentiis produced and Universal has presented – they want to go back to that. So they will be ready by sometime this year.
Same is also with 'Triplets,' the sequel to 'Twins': I have been trying to get Universal Studios to do that for 10 years! The studio executives that were there up until recently did not see the value, but now the new leadership sees the value and says, 'That's a brilliant idea –Why haven't they done it? We want to do that.' So they hired the writers and they are full blast ahead. That's a movie that we will be doing.
Do you see a time when you might also do another "Terminator" film?
Sure – absolutely! If the script is good, why not? I love the 'Terminator' series.


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Council of Microfinance Equity Funds Issues New Guidelines for Corporate Governance
Publication Updated and Expanded to Discuss Social-Performance Management, Risk and Crisis Management, Responsible Exits, Aligning Incentives and More
BOSTON, Aug. 14, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ — The Council of Microfinance Equity Funds (CMEF), a membership organization of leading microfinance equity investors, today announced the release of a new, enhanced version of its corporate governance manual, "The Practice of Corporate Governance in Microfinance Institutions."
Given the importance of good governance to the microfinance industry, the CMEF's "Governance Guidelines," first released in 2005, have recently been updated and expanded to include more in-depth discussions of social-performance management, risk and crisis management, responsible exits, aligning incentives, and formal documentation.
"Good governance is the ability of board members to monitor the status of the organization, make good strategic decisions, and hold executives accountable for their execution," said Elisabeth Rhyne, managing director of the Center for Financial Inclusion at Accion. "Ultimately, that comes down to the quality of the board members, the culture and practice of the board, and the power relationships among board members and executives."
Experts acknowledge that the need for good governance has grown increasingly important for microfinance institutions (MFIs), especially in the wake of widespread financial crises. Daniel Rozas affirms, in "Weathering the Storm," a paper released by the Center for Financial Inclusion in 2011, that "Good governance is the ultimate backstop for crisis prevention and management."
The CMEF Governance Guidelines are meant to provide candid, precise and practical guidance in the field of corporate governance specifically tailored to MFIs, and to offer concrete instruction to MFI boards. While many of the recommendations in the guidelines, such as how to structure an effective board, are applicable to all types of financial institutions, MFIs have a number of distinguishing characteristics that affect the implementation and operation of governance.
The Governance Guidelines address how MFIs can best maintain a focus on social outcomes, and how MFIs in transition to private or deposit-taking institutions can develop ideal governance structures. Good governance is not automatic, and MFIs must continually work to develop good governance over time. The CMEF hopes that these Governance Guidelines will serve as a useful tool for MFIs to use in the development of good governance practices.
About the Council of Microfinance Equity Finds
Since 2005, the Council of Microfinance Equity Funds (CMEF) has served as a valued forum for leading microfinance equity investors who are pursuing double-bottom line goals. By helping Council members deepen their relationships with their investee MFIs, enhance the performance of their investments, and develop best practices and standards, the CMEF aims to ultimately strengthen the microfinance industry and advance the expansion of commercial microfinance. CMEF members include: Accion, Accion Investments in Microfinance, AfriCap, Bamboo Investments, Caspian Capital Partners, Catalyst Microfinance Investors, Citi Microfinance, Compartamos, Creation Investments Capital Management, Danish Microfinance Partners, Developing World Markets, Developpement International Desjardins, Equator Capital Partners, FINCA International, Grassroots Capital Partners, Grupo ACP, Incofin Investment Management, Lok Advisory Services, MicroVentures Investment, MicroVest, Norwegian Microfinance Initiative, Oikocredit, Omidyar Network, Omtrix International, Opportunity International, responsAbility Social Investment Services, Triodos Investment Management and Triple Jump. To learn more, visit: www.cmef.com .


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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Holy shit!
I haven't felt a shaker in years. This one lasted all of 10 seconds... just long enough for me to start wondering how embarrassing it would be if the whole house fell down around my nekkid ass.
UPDATE (07/29/08): Those MSNBC fuckers better not cut into my "Hardball" time with their quake coverage. It was a nothing earthquake... no damage! Move on.
Me? I'm going to the laundrymat.
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- Invisible Hand said...
Have you been watching MSNBC's coverage of the quake? That's a holy shit -- it's super embarrassing. They keep talking about waiting for "pictures" of stuff flying off the store shelves and images of damage like they're rooting for it. Two seconds after getting reports of the quake the newscasters, with no information, started talking about Loma Prieta and Northridge (not by name, of course, they'd have to know what they were talking about to do that). It really cuts to the quick as to what motivates the news media. That's why I got out -- you find yourself sitting on your hands, bored until there's bad news.
- July 29, 2008 at 12:10 PM
- Thembi Ford said...
We just had an earthquake... and I'm sitting here butt naked!
- July 29, 2008 at 12:14 PM
- bklyn6 said...
I half expect it your neck of the woods, UBM. There was a 2.1 quake in New Jersey yesterday.
And just today I was wondering:
"When is Yosemite gonna blow?"
- July 29, 2008 at 12:25 PM
When are you going to join Twitter?
Also, there was a 2.1 earthquake in NJ yesterday? I'm in NJ - didn't feel a thing.
- July 29, 2008 at 1:04 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
When are you going to join Twitter?
Twitter? Shoot... I just got with Facebook (and don't know what all the fuss is about).
I'm not looking to be pulled further into the grid.
- July 29, 2008 at 1:09 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
Invisible Hand: Welcome to the blogosphere.
- July 29, 2008 at 1:10 PM
- Mon-sewer Paul Regret said...
What's worse than being caught in an earthquake with no clothes on? Being caught in an earthquake with nothing on but a pair of dirty underwear, which you immediately remove because your mama always warned you about getting caught with dirty underwear in an emergency.
- July 29, 2008 at 1:10 PM
You can get sucked in with Twitter - but it is controllable.
Anyway, glad you're okay but you can probably forget about overboard earthquake coverage (haha)
- July 29, 2008 at 1:27 PM
Heh, a friend of mine was taking a shower during the last big SF earthquake, panicked, and ran outside buck-nekkid. His dad still won't let him live that one down.
We had lots of stuff falling off shelves here and people running around like dumbasses. I got the most puzzled looks because I was the only one in the pharmacy who stayed calm (not because I'm supersanguine as much as sick as hell and out of it, hee hee). It took me about 20 minutes to pick up all the crap that fell in my house, too (nothing broke, phew!).
- July 29, 2008 at 1:28 PM
- Michael Fisher said...
"and I'm sitting here butt naked!"
That's just wrong, David. I really wish you didn't invoke mental images like that. Just wrong.
- July 29, 2008 at 1:46 PM
- wanda loves... said...
yea david, stay away from the facebook. my aunt and dad just friended me. booo.
We just had an earthquake... and I'm sitting here butt naked!
I second that emotion, thembi! :) Take your butt to the laundromat, David. Nobody wants to pull an naked ambiguous black man from apartment rubble.
I wouldn't be surprised if you couldn't watch Hardball. Its a slow news cycle, they need something to talk about, just don't turn on CNN. You might drown in earthquake coverage!
I'm just glad I'm not out there David. I thought about visiting LA when I was out in San Diego, but nixed those thoughts. Comic Con wore my ass out.
- July 29, 2008 at 1:48 PM
An Emmy-winning writer at the laundromat? Dave, they have these things you can put in your home. They're called washers and dryers.
- July 29, 2008 at 2:26 PM
- Unknown said...
I remember the one earthquake I experienced 16 years ago on an overnight layover in LA on my way to Hawaii with the missus. I woke up and felt the bed vibrating and I knew I hadn't put any quarters in the slot
- July 29, 2008 at 3:50 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
^ Dang, Dick... you were here for the big Northridge quake? Now that did damage. I missed it by a couple of years... you could still see wreckage in 1994.
- July 29, 2008 at 3:56 PM
- Francisco said...
Glad to hear you are OK Dave-o!
Now, as per my mandatory contract to remind you to get off your ass and start writing pilots!!! If you ain't getting the love you deserve in the U.S. Go to the BBC, or to Televisa, Univision and TV Azteca if needed. Dude, Seriously, the world needs another series as kick-ass as 'Kingpin' and one less butt-nekkid blogger.
- July 29, 2008 at 4:17 PM
- Unknown said...
Yeah, Dave. It was real fun sitting in the courtesy van at LAX listening to the radio and hearing the broadcasters talking about an aftershock rolling through, then having the van start rocking. It was also a little disconcerting watching the light poles swaying back and forth like blades of grass in the wind
- July 29, 2008 at 4:23 PM
- JD Rhoades said...
Glad you're okay.
- July 29, 2008 at 4:47 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
Thanks to all well-wishers.
- July 29, 2008 at 4:59 PM
- maria said...
@francisco--are you saying that DM, nude at 11:45 pm., with nary a shred of clean clothes in sight, is not in this condition cuz he's working?
oh uh, dm. also, i think it is OK to be in stinky clothes when there is an earthquake, if your only other choice is skin.
also, add my tag to the well-wisher wall, pls.
- July 29, 2008 at 5:16 PM
- Undercover Black Man said...
... i think it is OK to be in stinky clothes when there is an earthquake, if your only other choice is skin.
Well... if I knew an earthquake was coming, I would've put something on, definitely. ;^D
- July 29, 2008 at 5:46 PM
- Kellybelle said...
"We just had an earthquake... and I'm sitting here butt naked!"
I...I...I'm speechless. In a good way.
glad you're ok.
- July 29, 2008 at 7:32 PM
- SJ said...
UBM I hear you! I'm sitting here naked as I type. It's not just because we are waiting for the clothes to dry!
- July 29, 2008 at 8:41 PM
- *Tanyetta* said...
what thembi said! LOL
- July 30, 2008 at 8:10 PM
- odocoileus said...
Since Liberia already has a General Butt Naked, I'm going to dub you "Field Marshall Butt Naked". Don't shoot anybody unless you're wearing a blond wig.
- July 30, 2008 at 8:32 PM
UBM, I think Northridge WAS '94....
I grew up in the SF Bay Area, so I remember duckin' n' coverin' in elementary school for a good sized one......
And I was driving down the street during the '89 quake - thought my tire blew out - My friend thought I was screwing around - But when I pulled over we were still rocking like we were on a boat. It was damned funny 'till we got home and saw the footage of the Bay Bridge.
- July 30, 2008 at 11:34 PM


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Wednesday, May 16, 2012
Life Lessons Through Frozen Yogurt
My girlfriends and I have this funny story we like to bring up whenever we find ourselves eating frozen yogurt together. This used to be a common occurrence when we were roommates during and after college, but as we grew up and moved away from each other it became a rarity. Still though, whenever we find ourselves scraping the bottom of a frozen yogurt cup, one of us always has to chime in with "God, do you have to eat the whole thing?" eyes narrowing towards the finished dessert while feigning disgust.
The story goes like this: back in college I dated this guy. It was one of those times in my life that seemed like such a good idea while in the midst of it, but looking back now, I'm almost shocked I ever spent so much time with anyone like that. It's weird, isn't it? Hindsight is so clear but when you're in it, really really in it, you could swear you're seeing clearly too. And I definitely thought I was.
So this now-regretful-then-dreamy guy picks me up for our first date. I'd met him at the place we both worked and after a month or so of relentless flirting and seeing each other at parties and pretending to be breezy he finally asked me out on this highly-anticipated evening out. When he picked me up there was a rose waiting on the front seat of his car, which kind of threw me for a loop. I was used to dating football players, skateboarders, or frat guys (the scope of my dating world during this time of my life), and none of these groups had ever made seemingly romantic gestures such as that one.
He had planned the "perfect" date, and at 20 years old taking me out for sushi then dessert was enough to woo my often cynical self. I can still remember random details from the end of our night too- I was perched, cross-legged on a chair in the back corner of our college town's TCBY, slowly eating my strawberry with rainbow sprinkles. I'm sure I was joking or laughing or telling a story- I can remember having fun and wondering if he would kiss me when he dropped me off. I can also remember the look on his face as I finished up the rest of my almost-melted yogurt with one quick bite. If I think about it now it was almost disgust, although later on describing it I would use the word "surprise," but he stared at me for a moment with that weird look on his face and said "God, do you have to eat the whole thing?" I remember half-laughing, feeling a little awkward, thinking that this guy had to be kidding.
But he wasn't.
Weird thing to remember right? How strange for me to see all of those details so clearly still, to recall the way it made me felt. But the reason I remember this now, is because however small or silly that one night is in the larger picture of my life, it was a defining moment. Right then and there I should have known that this guy was no good. Who even says that? And who means something like that? But I ignored it, choosing instead to focus on the "perfect" night, the corny/sweet rose, the walk up to my door, the goodbye. And over the next few months I chose to ignore a lot more too.
It wasn't a good relationship at all, and the only one I've ever had in my life where I feel like I lost myself. I'm still shocked that I could have ever been the type of person who bends to someone else, who allows another person to change them into what that person thought was ideal, but I was. Before him I wasn't, and after him I never would be again, but this guy had some sort of weird pull that looking back, still surprises me. My current self would have laughed (hard) at someone seriously getting weirded out by me finishing my dessert. Nowadays I would have thought he was ridiculous and really rude, I would have probably ordered a second cup of yogurt just to spite him, then gone home and made fun of him with my girlfriends. But my young, naive, wanting so badly to be loved self decided to just smile down into her yogurt cup and ignore it, letting that guy know it was okay to talk to me like that. It sounds so silly now, but this path I found myself on, losing myself then finding myself again, started right there, and because of that this entire scenario will always be memorable to me.
I think a lot about those paths and how they've all led certain ways, and to certain people. I think about all of the various choices in my life that brought me right to where I am today, and when I turn around and look back, there's a whole lot of ups and downs, and so, so many stories. I'm thankful that I was able to have these weird experiences and have these stories to tell. I'm happy I ignored all of the terrible things about the aforementioned guy, and then realized my mistake, so when I met the right one I would know that you should never, ever have to change yourself to fit into someone else's idea of how you should be. It helped me recognize what I should be looking for, and helped me to see that I was pretty awesome being exactly who I already was. But most of all, I thankfully learned that no one should ever make you feel bad about finishing the last bite of a delicious dessert. Never! ;) So now, every time I scrape the bottom of my frozen yogurt cup, every time I finish up that last bite, I think about how far I've come and how much I've learned over the past ten years. And then I clink my empty yogurt cup against my girlfriends' and we say "Why yes! We did eat the whole thing!" and laugh and smile at how silly we once were.
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I loved this! I was once having lunch with a guy friend at a burger place and he made a very similar comment when I finished my burger. Something along the lines of "Damn, you ate the whole thing?!" As if it's inconceivable for a girl to eat an ENTIRE meal, especially when she ordered it ... baffling. I was too embarrassed to say anything at the time but if anyone said that to me now it would be a very different story. Needless to say I'm not in contact with this person anymore and I have to say that I don't miss him. No one should EVER make you feel bad for finishing the last bite of a delicious anything! Yay, us for figuring this out!ReplyDelete
Aw, I love this story. Things that were so normal back then seem so crazy now! It's always so nice to have your girlfriends with whom you can reflect.ReplyDelete
God, I just love you.ReplyDelete
Wow. Thank you for sharing. I had a similar relationship, with a guy that had me scrambling to find some kind of scrap of self-identity. It was 3 years of me absolutely losing myself, of trying to be someone I wasn't, ending up miserable and self-destructive, and finally so lost and scared that I called it quits and ran. To this day, it's one of the smartest things I've ever done.ReplyDelete
They say you're made up of every single person and every single experience you've ever encountered, seen, heard. You are the product of everything you're exposed to, no matter how big or small. I wouldn't change my past for anything in the world, as it has made me who I am today and I love who I am, and it brought me to a life that I am proud of, a man who truly loves me, and a place in the world that I would not have otherwise found for myself without it.
Your blog has quickly become one of my favorites... your honesty and positivity are stunning and thought-provoking! Thank you for your openness. :)
- Kayla ☆ http://www.kaylanaut.com
one of my favorites i've read in awhile. the old me could totally identify with the old you. right one girl! right..on!ReplyDelete
Posts like this are why you're my favorite blogger, period. You're an incredible writer. Thank you so much for doing what you do!ReplyDelete
- ChelseaMay 16, 2012 at 5:38 PM
This is totally random, but I work at Pinkberry. We have a weekly bulletin with info, customer comments, etc. A few weeks back I flipped it open and they had used a picture of you out front of a store with your yogurt. I got all excited and exclaimed to my coworker, "Hey! I totally know her! Well... I don't KNOW know her but... nevermind..." haha.ReplyDelete
such an awesome story, thank you for sharing. it's always great to look back and realize how far we've come.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 16, 2012 at 5:50 PM
Danielle,I just wanted to tell you that your blog is one of my favorites to read! That is all. :)ReplyDelete
I love this! I too (haven't we all) been in a relationship that I look back on and I think, how in the WORLD did I think I was in love and he was right for me?! And yes, I too love froyo and eat every.last.bite.ReplyDelete
Great post.
- AnonymousMay 16, 2012 at 6:05 PM
I think it goes to show that often times when you're younger, you lose sight of loving yourself for a chance to love someone not worthy of you or your time. I can relate to this story and I thank you for sharing it. My relationship before my fiance left me lost and wondering how I could have gotten involved with someone like that. He was possessive, told me "not to get fat," what to wear, who to hang out with and had such a control over me. I just wanted to be loved. I got completely lost in those three words, but it wasn't love. I just wanted to be with someone. I truly believe that these experiences mold us into the people we've become today; women who know their worth. Because of that miserable relationship, I can truly appreciate the man that I'm going to call my husband and know that what we have is the real deal. :)ReplyDelete
- Jessica V.
I have had a similar relationship, and looking back, I chalk it up to beig young and eager to be in love, or rather, be loved. This guy told me ,"I don't usually date girls that look like you, but I like you despite that". I asked home what he meant by that and he said," I usuall date thin girls." I had never been told anything like that, I was shocked that someone would even say something so rude. Mind you, I am 5'2" and at the time weighed around 115 , a size 2, but with big hips. I was so knocked off my rocker by this comment, and other similar comments that I actually believed him, that I wasn't thin enough! I started seriously flirting with anorexia but all the while tellig my worried friends that I was just choosing to be a vegan. It got pretty scary, and leaving the guy made it even worse, like I had to prove to myself that I wasn't what he said I was. Thankfully, I met my husband shortly after this terrible experience and he helped me come to my wits. Healthy is beautiful, and that guy was a narasistic jerk. I can't believe I could let someone's opinion of me effect me to this degree, but I was young, I really didn't know any better. At this point in my life I would have slapped him and walked right out, slamming the door behind me.ReplyDelete
I just finished my first year away at college and Definitely lost myself in a relationship. It was short but damaging. It's nice to know there's a time I will laugh at my naive self who didn't stand up for me instead of wanting to cover my embarrassed face every time I think about it.ReplyDelete
That was cute ;)ReplyDelete
Boy, those relationships sure happen don't they! Reminds me of some of my frozen yogurt relationship experiences, ah, the memories....ReplyDelete
I miss Pinkberry nights with the girls, and I love that I'm not alone in being the girl that once dated a douchy guy and is now able to laugh at there complete wrongnessReplyDelete
i loved this!ReplyDelete
i went out on a date with a guy from okcupid last september who literally had the balls to ask me how i could eat so much and stay so small. how i could eat an entire piece of vegan treats cake...that I PAID FOR thank you very much!!
damn right i bought 2 brownies to bring home with me too!!
This is a wonderful story, and I love how you're a smart enough lady to look back upon such a stupid guy and his pointless comments and draw a great life lesson from it. xxReplyDelete
This is such an awesome story. I can't even explain how optimistic and reflective it makes me - thank you Danielle!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousMay 17, 2012 at 6:00 AM
What a lovely tradition and lesson learned :)ReplyDelete
A) who says that?!? and B) I loved this post. I think we've all been in one of "those" relationships. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
It's amazing to look back at the things that embarrassed us or made us feel awkward in our early twenties. It's so true that with age comes an added sense of confidence and security; there are plenty of things that occur in my day-to-day life now that I laugh off, or take an assertive stance on, which I would have let silently eat away at me as a younger gal.ReplyDelete
Wow, thank you for sharing that story, hun.ReplyDelete
Seriously, who the eff says something like that?
I know what you mean, though. It's amazing when you look back on things in your life and you can't believe how blind you were - especially when it comes to bad relationships like that.
- AnonymousMay 17, 2012 at 2:08 PM
This is such a beautifully written post darling.ReplyDelete
I too found myself in a "relationship" when I was younger that hurt me the same way, not allowing me to be myself and constantly trying to win some sort of affection. Even after two years he wouldn't say we were "together" because he was such a jerk.
Now, I look at my handsome boyfriend cuddled up on the couch with our three big ol puppies and I wonder how I ever thought I should settle or deserve anything but the one who was meant for me.
Tara O.
Wow! What an ass! But I do know what you mean about those mistakes we make with other people, and how they are so worth it. I had one of those too except the comments he made were more like "you're going out wearing THAT?" or something. Such a jerk, but worthwhile because of what I learned.ReplyDelete
Love everything about this. Your posts are amazing and inspiring, thanks for always sharing. Reading this made me think of how far I've come. Thank you!ReplyDelete
Absolutely true! I wouldn't trade any of my mistakes, because they led to knowing without a doubt what I've done right. :)ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing!
Haha - I absolutely love this story. It's strange how one small moment can stick with you for so long and mean so much. Or even one phrase that you remember so clearly...ReplyDelete
I went to an all girls high school, and I swear, we ate more during those parties than any high school male - appetizers, dinner and dessert - the whole shabang. And yes, we always finished our dessert. And we loved every second of it.
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I enjoyed reading your froyo memories! It may not be the kind of ending you want, what matters now are the life lessons that it taught you. Has froyo become your comfort food?ReplyDelete


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Hi Sis,
My heart is heavy. I know Kelly has already told you she's dating an unbeliever, Ryan. Maybe we should have encouraged her to stay home longer and stick with the part-time jobs. I feel like we've failed her somehow.
What should I do? She doesn't even want to listen to me.
Love, Rose
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Pray, pray, pray! Get those knees on the floor. Our first instinct as moms is to "do" something, but for now, just pray.
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Pray for the Lord to protect and guide Kelly. Pray for Kelly's church to be faithful in pursuing and reaching out to her. Pray for the right words to say if you get an opening for discussion.
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Dear Aunt June,
I guess I haven't written in a long time. I didn't know what to say. Well, Mrs. Hillston, a widow at church, stopped Ryan and me downtown on our lunch break one day. She lives downtown, and asked me over for lunch the next day.
She was really sweet. She fixed me an incredible lunch with homemade bread and told me about working as a telephone operator before she got married. But then it got awkward. Over coffee after lunch, she started asking who that boy was that she'd seen me with. She also asked why she hadn't seen me in church much lately.
So ... I've been going to church. But I'm still dating Ryan. Maybe I could lead him to Christ. It's not like we're supposed to cut ourselves off from the world; we're supposed to be salt and light, right?
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Dear Kelly,
Thank you so much for writing. You're talking about what we used to call "missionary dating," and it's dangerous business, hon. Yes, there are times when it works out. But often it doesn't. Three women in our church attend alone, or with only their children, because they married men who did not love the Lord and have never changed. The trials they face are fierce: pressure from their husbands, questions from their children about why church is so important if Daddy doesn't go. I'm convinced that people can be lonely in such marriages.
And it would be even worse if you left the church yourself. It doesn't necessarily happen overnight. It can happen through continual compromises over time, as you drift further and further from the Lord. You already know how easy it is to stop attending for a time.
True, the Bible tells us to be salt and light. But there's a difference between influencing the world and joining forces with it. The Lord warns us not to be "unequally yoked" because he loves us!
Love, Aunt June
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Dear Aunt June,
Well, the joke's on me. After all that, Ryan broke up with me! I know you'll be happy, anyway. Half of me is so mad I can't stand to look at him. But I'll admit that I had my ears open in church yesterday in a different way. God does love us better than some loser of a guy.
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Oh, sweetie, I'm sorry. I know it hurts you to go through this. Please don't grow bitter. Have you considered that you might find solace for your loneliness in your church, even though almost everyone, as you once told me, is "married with four kids"? Why don't you start attending the women's group? As you develop friendships and your own relationship with God grows, some of the women might be able to introduce you to godly young men. Give it time. See what the Lord has in store for you.
Your note was short, but I was encouraged to hear that the Lord opened your ears in church. Call out to him! I am praying for you daily. Write or call anytime. I love you, and more than that, the Lord loves you. He never forsakes us. That's more real than anything you will ever pursue in this world.
Love, Aunt June
This is the last in a series of fictitious e-mail exchanges written by three women in the OPC. New Horizons, July-August 2012.
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News Release
City Beaches report good water quality
St. Petersburg, Fla. (July 12, 2018) – The weekly Recreational Water sampling and testing has been completed by the Environmental Compliance Division of St. Petersburg Water Resources Department on the near-shore waters along Tampa Bay and the Gulf of Mexico.
Listed below are the results and Water Quality Category according to the Healthy Beaches Program for the Beaches and Lassing Park for the July 11, 2018 sampling event.
Maximo Beach 12 Good
Northshore Beach 8 Good
Treasure Island Beach 4 Good
Lassing Park 32 Good
All of these samples are taken and testing is being done in accordance with the water testing protocols outlined in the City's Water Quality Report Card . Watch for important updates as well as continued outreach and education on the Recreational Water Quality Page.


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Texas justifiable homicides rise with 'Castle Doctrine'
For $20.29 stolen from the tip jar of a Houston taco truck, 24-year-old Benito Pantoja was shot with a .357 Colt and killed.
The owner of Tacos Del Indio, parked near the Ship Channel, ran him down as he tried to escape with the cash, fired into the getaway car and hit Pantoja in the back.
The death was ruled a justifiable homicide, one of 48 involving citizens across Texas in 2010, with 27 in Houston, according to a Houston Chronicle analysis of FBI data.
Since Texas in 2007 expanded its "Castle Doctrine" - in some states known as "Stand Your Ground" - justifiable killings have steadily increased, from 32 statewide in 2006 to 48 in the 2010, the Chronicle's review shows.
Texas law always has allowed deadly force against intruders and thieves to protect lives and property, but where it once required a duty to try to retreat if possible when facing imminent danger, it no longer does.
"Traditionally, if you felt your life was threatened, you could use deadly force to protect yourself, except if you could get away safely where nobody got hurt, then you were required to do that," said Sandra Thompson, a professor at the University of Houston Law Center.
The law always has allowed deadly force to protect your property, even $20.29 from a tip jar.
"Even if somebody is just stealing from your front yard, and they are not threatening anybody, (and) there's no threat of being hurt at all, you can kill them, if it's reasonably necessary protecting your property," Thompson added.
Killings by civilians long have piqued national outcries over the use of deadly force and whether it was necessary - or feigned to be necessary - to protect lives or property. Few have reached the fevered pitch of former neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman's killing of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed Florida teenager as he walked to his cousin's house. Zimmerman, who was indicted, claims he was in fear for his life.
A range of emotions
About half of the killings in Texas occurred in the greater Houston area, the state's largest metropolis. Dallas, with nine, and San Antonio, with eight, also showed increases.
"Things police can't shoot you for, your fellow citizens can," said Marsha McCartney of the Texas Chapter of the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. "This is just appalling."
Clashes with adrenaline flowing and deadly consequences leave a range of emotions in the aftermath; relatives of the dead question the bloodshed; those who did the killing wrestle with remorse, even if they had the right to use deadly force.
"I hate that the guy's life was taken, I really do," said Rodrick Batiste, a longshoreman who bolted awake when someone tripped his burglar alarm by kicking in the French doors to his backyard. "I try and tell people with the 'You should have shot him again' attitude, that it is not really what you think. If you haven't been there before, you don't know what type of feelings overtake you.
"It changed me. There is nothing cool about taking somebody's life."
On a dark winter morning, a naked Batiste grabbed his .38-caliber revolver from his bedside and charged to confront the home invader who was trying to steal his flat-screen television.
"Although I have all kinds of remorse, that doesn't change the world," Batiste said. "This type (of) thing is still out there, and you should be able to defend yourself and your property without the risk of turning into a victim, if not by the person trying to victimize you, then by the law."
Texas law goes further than other states in allowing deadly force not only to protect property, but also to stop rape, arson, burglary, robbery, theft at night and criminal mischief at night.
Castle Doctrine
A grand jury in Lavaca County in June declined to indict a 5-year-old girl's father who found a man molesting her behind a barn in Shiner - and beat him to death. The father, the grand jury determined, was within his right to use deadly force to protect his daughter.
In Houston early Friday, a 19-year-old convenience store clerk shot and killed a 52-year-old man who stole beer, according to police. The matter remains under investigation, but the clerk was not arrested.
In Texas and elsewhere, each time someone is shot dead with a claim of self-defense, a grand jury must decide if an indictment is warranted. However, deliberations by grand juries are secret and the basis of their decisions is seldom public.
The Chronicle also examined times of death, gender and race of both the shooters and the dead. Citizen shootings most often happen after dark, and involve a male shooting a handgun during a home invasion.
The person doing the killing is most often a minority, as is the person killed, according to the Chronicle analysis.
But the exchanges play out in an array of settings: From the taco truck parked on the corner of a street packed with tiny cantinas to the outside of a liquor store in Montrose, from the bedroom of a one-story house in northwest Houston to a gentrifying neighborhood northeast of downtown where townhouses tower over decaying shacks.
"The Castle Doctrine is now the law, and this is Texas," said Harris County District Attorney Pat Lykos. "If someone is invading your home or your place of business, you should not be obligated to retreat.
"At the same time, people should never seek a confrontation," she said.
'A losing situation'
Mark Brown had just returned home from a morning trip to the grocery store when he realized his home was being burglarized. He grabbed a 12-gauge shotgun, headed to the bedroom, where he saw his rings, watches, cuff links and bracelets piled in the middle of a bed. He heard a noise in the closet behind the closed door and fired one shot. As the thief pushed the door open, Brown fired off more blasts, killing the man. Holes were blown in the wall behind the body, blood splattered on clothes in the closet.
"It was a horrible experience, I just want to put it behind me," Brown said. "I hated it happened. For him, it wasn't worth it. For me, it wasn't worth it - a losing situation for both people."
Brown even had a note by his back windows warning would-be burglars. "My neighborhood was getting rough. I was giving people a warning that whatever was going to happen, was going to happen," he said.
Emotions also run raw for those who lose family.
"Nobody knows what happened because my son has already gone," said Edyth Moss, the mother of David McDaniel, who was shot and killed by a cab driver during a fight touched off by an argument over change.
"But they know he didn't have a weapon. He didn't have a knife. He didn't have a gun."
Texas Rep. Garnet Coleman is among a handful of lawmakers who voted against the Castle Law amendment back in 2007. He calls it the "shoot-first-and-ask-questions-later" law.
"Some people call them 'justifiable homicide,' but it's not justifiable, it's the law (that) made something that's wrong legal," Coleman said.
Batiste, who shot the man who broke into his townhouse, said he's prayed a lot about what happened and has considered reaching out to the dead man's family.
"I'd just tell them I am sorry for their loss, I didn't mean for it to go that way," he said. "I did want to stop him from doing what he was doing. I did not mean to take his life."


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Desire, Love, and Romance in the Hebrew Bible
J. Cheryl Exum
In the Hebrew Bible human sexual desire is, for the most part, constructed as male and as dangerous. In the patriarchal economy of ancient Israel, in which women were subordinated to men and younger men to older men, desire poses a potential threat to the preservation of male status, privilege, and hierarchy, upon which the patriarchal system is based. It is viewed warily as an overwhelming urge that, unchecked, can cause a man to lose control and act in ways that might jeopardize his position in the patriarchal hierarchy and, if some texts are to be taken seriously (Proverbs, the story of Samson), even his life. Thus legal texts seek to regulate and control sexual behavior and thereby channel sexual desire in permissible directions; Proverbs responds to the threat that uncontrolled desire poses by offering the young man a patriarchally sanctioned object of desire, personified Wisdom, and narrative texts, such as the stories of Samson and Delilah and David and Bathsheba, provide object lessons in the dangerous consequences of desire. There are few places in the Hebrew Bible where one person is said to love ('ahab) another in an amorous or carnal sense, and in all these cases only one of the pair is said to love. This does not mean that love was not thought of as reciprocated in biblical times, but only that reciprocal love was not a concern of biblical writers, with the exception of the poet of the Song of Songs. The Song of Songs is the only text in the Hebrew Bible in which sex, desire, love, and romance can all be found. This short book, the Bible's only love poem, gives its readers an unprecedented insight into what it is like to be in love from both points of view, a woman's and a man's.
The Pentateuch
Thomas B. Dozeman
The Pentateuch ("five books") is the title for the first five books of the Bible in the Greek translation, known as the Septuagint (LXX). The more original title is the Hebrew, Torah, meaning "law." The revelation and composition of the Torah is attributed to Moses, which is reflected in the additional designation of the books as the "Torah of Moses." The authorship of the Pentateuch is central to its interpretation in Jewish and Christian tradition. The Mosaic authorship characterized the interpretation of the Pentateuch in the precritical period of research. The study of the Pentateuch in the modern era has been dominated by the quest to identify its anonymous authors and the changing social contexts in which the literature was written.
Ugaritic and Biblical Literature
Mark S. Smith
The Ugaritic texts provide a rich resource for understanding the Late Bronze Age kingdom of Ugarit, located on the coast of Syria. The site has yielded about two thousand tablets in Ugaritic, the West Semitic language of this city-state, and about twenty-five hundred tablets in Akkadian, the lingua franca of the period, as well as many texts written in seven other languages. These reveal a cosmopolitan, commercial center operating in the shadow of two great powers of the eastern Mediterranean basin, the Egyptians and the Hittites.
The Ugaritic texts offer innumerable literary and religious parallels to biblical literature. The parallels are so rich and in some cases so specific that it is evident that the Ugaritic texts do not merely provide parallels, but belong to a shared or overlapping cultural matrix with the Hebrew Bible. Ugaritic literature may not predate the earliest biblical sources by much more than a few decades, but the bulk of biblical literature dates to centuries later. Moreover, unlike the coastal, cosmopolitan center of Ugarit, ancient Israel's heartland lay in the rural inland hill-country considerably to the south in what is today Israel and occupied Palestinian territory. Despite these important differences, Ugaritic and biblical literature are not to be understood as representing entirely different cultures, but overlapping ones.


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Indy 500: The men of the early 20th-century motor press sometimes referred to the 13th circuit of an automobile racecourse as "the hoodoo lap," not because more bad stuff happened then, but because they fervently wished it would. Coming at that point, a wreck would play nicely into the tabloid trope that superstitions are not to be flouted, and it would give a long car race some much-needed narrative cord. And so it was on May 30, 1911, as several dozen reporters leaned forward anxiously to watch the 40-car field for the first-ever Indianapolis 500-mile race power past the starting line for the 12th time and roar yet again into turn one.
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They weren't a bad lot, the newspapermen who had come to the two-year-old Indianapolis Motor Speedway to cover the event, but they required—and by some standards of judgment deserved—all the help they could get. Many by then had been in Indianapolis for a month or more, pumping up the importance of the Speedway and the coming sweepstakes—the longest race ever contested on the track—via the dispatches they filed for their far-flung dailies. They had recorded the arrival of virtually every "sweepstakes pilot" in the race, especially Ray Harroun, driver of the No. 32 Marmon "Wasp," an Indianapolis-built car and the only single-seater in the race. (All the other drivers traveled with "riding mechanics," who manually pumped oil and swiveled their heads constantly to check for oncoming traffic.) They interviewed drop-by celebrities like Detroit Tigers outfielder Ty Cobb and "noted songstress" Alice Lynn, investigated the burgeoning supply of counterfeit $1 general admission tickets, and scrambled for stories about the Indianapolis house cat that "deliberately committed suicide" by jumping from a sixth-story window, the downstate chicken with 14 toes on its left foot and the rumored sightings of a PG-rated pervert known as Jack the Hugger. For men accustomed to doing little more on a workday than walking the length of a boxing ring to ask one toothless man his opinion of another, this was arduous labor.
But the 500-mile sweepstakes, when it finally transpired on that surprisingly cool Tuesday morning, wasn't paying the pressmen back in kind. The race had gotten off to a thrillingly raucous start replete with aerial bombs and a grandstand packed with an estimated 90,000 enthusiasts. People were excited by the amount of money at stake (the winner's share would be $10,000, an impressive sum in an era when Cobb, baseball's highest-paid player, made $10,000 a season) and the danger. (In the downtown saloons you could bet on how many drivers, who wore cloth or leather helmets and had no seat belts or roll bars, might be killed.) But with every mile the story line had become more and more scrambled and the spectators more and more subdued. Those charged with describing the "excitement" to an eager audience of millions were feeling the first damp signs of panic. Like every other lengthy automobile contest these experts on baseball and boxing had ever witnessed, this one was damnably confusing. The auto racing tracks of the day simply did not have the technology to keep track of split times and running order once cars began passing one another and going into and out of the pits.
On certain early developments almost everyone could agree. "Happy" Johnny Aitken, in the dark-blue No. 4 National car, had grabbed the early lead, only to be passed, after about seven miles, by Spencer Wishart, a mining magnate's son driving a squat, gray customized Mercedes said to have cost his daddy $62,000. Eight laps later Wishart (who wore a custom-made shirt and silk tie beneath his overalls) suddenly pitted with a bad tire, leaving the lead to a big brown Knox driven by an unheralded public-school kid from Springfield, Massachusetts, named Fred Belcher. Soon Wishart stormed back onto the course, but into what lap exactly no one, including the judges, could say for certain. The leaders, as mile 30 approached, were starting to lap the stragglers, so the field was a snake eating its own tail. Belcher now found himself running second to a ball of smoke concealing, it was generally believed, the dark red Fiat of 23-year-old David Bruce-Brown, a square-jawed, fair-haired New Yorker from a wealthy merchant family. A class-war theme might be emerging—trust-fund kids versus their working-class counterparts—but then again, perhaps not.
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The crowd regained its focus and oohed each time a scoreboard worker indicated a change in running order by manually removing and rehanging the car numbers on their pegs. Still, the denizens of the infield press box—more skeptical than the average fan, and with a better perch—couldn't help noticing that the Speedway's four scoreboards were usually not in agreement, and that a crew from the timing department was frantically trying to repair a tripwire that had been snapped by who knows which automobile a lap or two back. (The crew succeeded, but the wire was immediately rebroken.) The Warner Horograph, as the Speedway's timing system was known, was a ridiculously Rube Goldbergesque device involving miles of wire as well as rolls of paper, typewriter ribbon, springs, hammers, telephones, Dictaphones, marbles and hundreds of human beings. Its sheer complexity was impressive, but the Horograph was utterly useless when it came to recording time and keeping track of races. Given such chaos, was it really so wrong to wish for a spectacular accident that would wipe away the early muddle and allow the beleaguered scribes a second chance at getting a grip on the action?
Of course it was wrong, but moral questions wither in the face of a hoodoo, even one conjured by a coven of pasty-faced, ink-stained hacks. Right on cue, the No. 44 Amplex, a bright red car driven by Arthur Greiner and traveling in mid-pack, lost a tire, though accounts vary as to which. The bare wooden wheel hit the bricks hard, causing Greiner's auto to swerve crazily and veer into the infield, where it plowed through tall meadow grass and began a somersault, only to stop in mid-maneuver, so that it stood straight up, balancing on its steaming grill. The 27-year-old Greiner was flipped from the cockpit like a shucked oyster, with the steering wheel somehow still in his mitts. Riding mechanic Sam Dickson, meanwhile, remained more or less in his bucket seat, one hand planted on the dashboard, the other clutching a leather side-handle, his only restraining device. This was the sort of heart-stopping moment that only auto racing could provide. If the car fell backward, returning to its three remaining tires, he might get nothing worse than a jolt. But if it fell forward, it would drive Dickson's head into the ground like a tent spike. The crowd fell silent. Dickson tensed. The Amplex rocked on its radiator.
Sensing disaster, scores of spectators began surging over the fence that separated the track apron from the homestretch. This was a common occurrence in the wake of a potentially fatal accident. So eager were some men, women and children to get a closer look that they would risk their own lives by running across a track teeming with racing machines.
In real time, the upended Amplex couldn't have taken more than a few seconds to fall. And when it did, it fell forward, killing Dickson. As Robert Louis Stevenson once wrote: "There is indeed one element in human destiny that not blindness itself can controvert: whatever else we are intended to do, we are not intended to succeed; failure is the fate allotted." Dickson's body was taken with dispatch to the Speedway hospital tent and the race continued without interruption, with the drivers swerving around spectators unable to control their morbid curiosity.
Twenty-five minutes later, the invading spectators had been dispersed by Speedway security guards, and the grandstand resumed its distracted rumble. Standing alone over the wreck of Dickson and Greiner's race car was a 14- year-old Hoosier named Waldo Wadsworth Gower, who had sneaked into the Speedway the day before and spent the night in the pits. In a letter he wrote in 1959, Gower recalled the piercing sadness brought on by the sight of the mangled auto, reminding him of a similar Amplex he had seen being polished to a high gleam two months before at the American Simplex factory in Mishawaka, Indiana. With "a nice shiny coal oil lantern hung on the radiator cap" and the light "of a bright moon," he wrote, it had found its way to the city of big dreams.


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I also (ok, this implies that I did more than one thing....but again, just go with me) worked on my Home Office. I figure a clean and beautiful home office will make me more productive, right??? So here are the messy before pictures:
|Main Office Area
|Tangled cords
|Not really home office, but in the same room
The plan was to clean the desk off and reorganize the papers. Additionally, I was going to make a wall hanging pocket organizer, and cover the file cabinet in the same fabric.
This is what I discovered along the way:
1) Papers are easy....wires are more time consuming....especially when you take it ALL APART.
2) While I am happy with how the wall pocket thing came out (even though I hacked it in 2), it was VERY TIME CONSUMING. If anyone wants to attempt this, let me know, and I will share what I learned.
3) I need more time to purge the file cabinet before I can cover it.
Here are the end results:
|Clean Desk! And ugly file cabinet
|The now famous wall thingy
|Wall thingy hanging up
|Nicely hidden
|The former mess of cords
Now, the other area of the room:
The idea is that this dresser will change seasonally (it had a Fall and Yule display, then became junky). The "Family" picture will get hung above it, but what you can't see are the family pictures that are already there. We have to take them all down and rearrange it. The clear drawers....the kids craft stuff will go in the now empty one. The other one....well.....
It went into the closet....which is part of the dreaded challenge. And the big pile of
And you guys saw my "helper" in the Family Area challenge....well, I had another helper this time:
Once I get the file cabinet done, and a few other decorative things....I will revisit this post and show you. PLUS, then I can cross off "home office makeover" off my goal list for the year!
Oh dreaded challenge.....how I dread you this coming week!!!!


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In the third grade, we spent a whole semester learning about Japan. In order to immerse us culturally, my teacher brought in Japanese exchange student who taught us how to make origami. They dazzled the class with the birds and various animals of the forest, which could be designed without the snips of a scissor. At the time I didn't appreciate the kitsch behind origami. I was the kid in class, who just could not master the traditional paper Japanese art form.
I made a paper plane (easy way out) and called it origami. The class laughed. While our Japanese exchange students displayed a great deal of patience. At the end of the day, I didn't master origami. However, It was my first big exposure to Japan. After origami, we learned about Nippon's cultural life and contributions. At the end of our studies, we celebrated our journey into Nippon via text books by eating egg rolls, since sushi and Saki (we were also not twenty one) were not part of the cafeteria food scene.
Taking a last look at my textbook revealed Mt. Fugi with a rising sun it left a curious feeling. That semester was I would spend years daydreaming about Japan.. One night, Bryan and Yuki called from Japan. They wanted me to come visit. Although, I was on a budget at the time, I took the plunge anyways.
The trip in Tokyo and I was instantly mesmerized by everything. The loudness, the quirky fashion of Harajuku, Kyoto, the bullet trains, the temples, the colorful metro, food and spending time with wonderful friends gave me a collage of beautiful memories. After my first trip, I developed full wonder lust for Japan all over again, even after my passport was stamped.
Years later I would return. My visit was focused entirely on Tokyo. However something funny happened while roaming the streets of the Japanese capital. It started feeling like home. I had my favorite pastries shop at the Ginza metro stop. The route from Shibuya to Harajuku counted as the ideal place to take one of my famous power walks, since it had gorgeous window displays featuring street and high fashion. Also, I could maneuver the subway with familiarity like New York.
These days, I still love to immerse myself in Japanese culture. Origami is an art form I long to learn. I would love to fill my next apartment with cute origami creations made with bright colors. Like Japan, I plan on keeping life kitschy, interesting and exotic.


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Colabello' 4 RBIs power Twins past Rays 6-4 in 12
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Given an opportunity by the Twins, Chris Colabello is showing his gratitude by driving in runs at a record-setting pace.
Colabello's four RBIs carried Minnesota to a 12-inning, 6-4 win over the Tampa Bay Rays on Wednesday night as the Twins' 30-year-old designated hitter torrid streak.
After homering for the second straight night and driving in the winning runs with a 12th-inning single, Colabello has a league-leading 26 RBIs, tying the franchise record for games before the end of April set by Kirby Puckett in 1994. The Twins have six games left this month.
"RBIs are a product of opportunity, and I'm thankful to this coaching staff for believing in me enough to put me in the middle of this order, and to the guys in front of me for getting on base," said Colabello, who's also set a club record for RBIs in the first 20 games, passing Mickey Vernon (1955) and Brant Alyea (1970). "My job is to knock them in, and it just so happens this month there's quite a few of them."
Colabello's game-winning hit came off Josh Lueke (0-1) after hits by Joe Mauer and Trevor Plouffe.
Casey Fien (1-0) got the win and Glen Perkins pitched the 12th inning for his fourth save.
Colabello drove in Minnesota's first two runs with a fourth-inning home run off Rays starter Jake Odorizzi, his third homer of the season.
"It's quite an honor when you start getting mixed in with names like that," Colabello said. "You start to realize how special this game is, how special the opportunity to be here is. It's certainly something I'll remember for a long time."
Colabello drove in 17 runs in 55 games for the Twins last season, his first in the major leagues.
"That's a pretty special thing for a guy who, as he put it, played in beer leagues a couple years ago," said Twins manager Ron Gardenhire. "He's made some adjustments and we'll see how long he can keep it going, but he's putting a lot of great swings out there, driving the baseball."
Matt Joyce drove in the Rays' first two runs with a ground ball in the first and a sacrifice fly in the third off Twins starter Mike Pelfrey.
Pelfrey gave up six hits, three walks and three earned runs in five innings.
Odorizzi pitched 3 1-3 innings, giving up four runs on five hits and striking out five, all consecutively. He gave up hits or walks to five straight Twins in the fourth, and left after Eduardo Escobar's sacrifice fly gave the Twins a 3-2 lead.
Sam Fuld, playing in his first game with the Twins, had two hits, including a single to right that put Minnesota up 4-2 in the fourth.
Anthony Swarzak and Fien each pitched 2 1-3 scoreless innings of relief for the Twins.
NOTES: Fuld, who played the last three seasons with the Rays, got a warm ovation when he came up to bat in the third inning. ... Twins RHP Matt Guerrier, coming back from right elbow surgery, has been promoted to Triple-A Rochester from Double-A New Britain. ... Minnesota OF Oswaldo Arcia, on the 15-day disabled list because of a strained right wrist, could start a minor league rehab assignment next week. ... Minnesota RHP Ricky Nolasco (1-2) and Tampa Bay LHP Erik Bedard (0-0) are Thursday's scheduled starters.


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