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UConn head men's basketball coach Kevin Ollie in April became the only active coach with a perfect record in the Division I Men's Basketball Championship while coaching a team that also earned a perfect single-year Academic Progress Rate.
The milestone marked a change in outlook for the Huskies. The 2014 men's basketball national champions could not compete in the 2013 tournament due to an Academic Progress Rate that did not meet the minimum benchmark to be eligible for postseason play.
Did You Know?
NCAA member schools voted in 2003 to establish several academic requirements for teams across Division I. Part of that package was the Academic Progress Rate, intended to measure how well student-athletes on every Division I team perform in the classroom by awarding points every semester for remaining eligible and staying in school or graduating.
The success for UConn came in a year when the latest NCAA Academic Progress Rates, released in April, show overall improvement, including upticks among student-athletes who compete in baseball, football and men's and women's basketball.
For UConn, earning that perfect score after a year of postseason ineligibility required a team effort.
Typically, when schools struggle with their team Academic Progress Rate, NCAA national office staff will work with them to develop academic improvement plans. Staff members help schools evaluate their plans and share best practices from across the NCAA membership. The plan-development process requires schools to examine and identify where their individual challenges lie in terms of the academic performance and retention of their student-athletes and propose school-specific solutions.
After the Huskies hired him in 2012, UConn Athletics Director Warde Manuel, who previously served on the Division I Academic Cabinet, leaned on what he learned through his governance service. The cabinet works closely with the Committee on Academic Performance to develop academic policies, and cabinet members exchange ideas and best practices regularly.
"I learned a lot through Academic Cabinet and through my colleagues there, through some of the rules and regulations and the things that we were trying to impact, so that the student-athletes on campuses across the country would have the academic success and support that they needed to be academically successful," Manuel said. "It really helped to shape some of the things that we did (at UConn) and could put in place to manage the academic success for our student-athletes."
Ollie also played an instrumental role in the academic scores increase while leading the team to the national championship.
Susan Herbst, president of University of Connecticut, discusses the men's basketball team's perfect APR score and turnaround.
"Kevin Ollie cares about the whole student, how they're doing in terms of their emotional health, their academic well-being, and how well they're playing basketball," UConn President Susan Herbst said. "Kevin drove a lot of this process and implemented a lot of the more structural plans that we have made."
The improvements that UConn saw in academics stemmed from a number of factors, from administrative changes to basic aspects of the student-athletes' lives to the involvement of the entire university in its approach to academic achievement within athletics.
Susan Herbst, president of University of Connecticut, discusses cultural changes student-athletes went through to improve APR score.
"We made a lot of structural changes," Herbst said. "We had the provost ‒ who's the chief academic officer of the university ‒ and his people work very closely with athletics. We improved communication between those two offices."
This resulted in a few changes for the student-athletes on the men's basketball team. Study hall hours were adjusted to better accommodate their schedules, and more academic support was provided, particularly when the team was traveling.
That team effort depended heavily on the commitment from the student-athletes, as well.
Warde Manuel, athletics director at University of Connecticut, discusses the hard work the men's basketball team put in to turn around the team's APR score.
"They did an excellent job in the classroom, in focusing their energy and winning in the classroom," Manuel said. "We talk about the importance of what they're here to do. They're here to be students and student-athletes, not just athletes … the emphases are on their academic and personal growth and development."
Now that the team has achieved the pinnacle of athletics and Academic Progress Rate achievement in the same year, the school remains focused on continuing that success in the years to come.
Warde Manual, athletics director at University of Connecticut, discusses the changes made to improve the UConn APR score.
"Academic success is important because it's what we're here to do," Manuel said. "We're here to make sure that our student-athletes and our students are educated and are prepared to go into the world and have great success in whatever they choose to do, to have an impact on the world. So for us, it's not secondary to what we do. It's primary to what we do in terms of our emphasis – in athletics – on academic success."
Herbst said UConn is proud of its academic standing and has high expectations for all of its students – including those who participate in sports.
"The University of Connecticut is a top 20 research university, and academics are central to what we do. Original research is our mission from the state," Herbst said. "We are a global university. We expect the highest academic standards here, from our faculty and our students. So we expect the same thing from our athletes. And I'm so proud to say that they're stepping up beautifully.
"We had four wonderful students (on the men's basketball team) graduate. And so we celebrate them and their success."


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Worth a mention. Lovely old building full of old furniture and comfortable looking sofas - set back from one of the main roads going through the middle of Kingsbridge in South Devon.
Wonderful brownies. Coffee from Clifton Coffee (A Brazillian blend - not sure what exactly), a good espresso and cappucino, and a knowledgable barrista (he said he trained at Origen down in Falmouth)
A really unexpected discovery and pleasure, and deserves to be a lot busier than it was when we were there.

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Haskell Quiz/Grid Folding/Solution Dolio
The basis for my solution is simple. Consider each square to be a single-element list initially. Then, a row of such squares is a list of such lists. An entire grid is then a list of those lists.
When folding horizontally, one splits each row, reverses the half to go on top (as well as its elements, since they'll be flipped), and zips the two halves together by appending corresponding elements. This results in a top-first list of the stacked squares.
When folding vertically, one splits the grid in half, reverses the half to go on top, and zips the two grid halves together. The function that combines corresponding rows is yet another zip that appends corresponding elements (again, reversing the ones on top).
This doesn't do any fancy error checking. The method above results in null lists for invalid sequences of folds, and will result in blank output. Sequences that are too short to stack all the squares will result in a representation of whatever the grid would look be at the end of that sequence.
module Main where
import Control.Monad.Reader
import System
data Direction = R | L | T | B deriving (Show, Read)
grid n = break . map return $ [1..(n*n)]
where break [] = []
break l = let (h,t) = splitAt n l in h : break t
fold T = folder vzipper
fold B = folder (flip vzipper)
fold L = map (folder hzipper)
fold R = map (folder $ flip hzipper)
vzipper = zipWith (zipWith ((++) . reverse)) . reverse
hzipper = zipWith (++) . (map reverse . reverse)
folder z = uncurry z . ap (flip splitAt) (flip div 2 . length)
pp = unlines . map unwords . map (map show)
main = do [n, s] <- getArgs
putStr . pp . foldl (flip fold) (grid $ read n) . map (read . return) $ s


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FEED YOUR FITNESS with Seafood
Jun 06, 2016 03:34AM
By Family Features
Whether you're a competitive sprinter chasing a new record or an everyday gym hound looking to get the most from your workout, seafood is among the best foods to support an athletic lifestyle. It not only delivers great-tasting nutrition, but also provides one-of-a-kind health benefits.
The combination of lean protein, anti-inflammatory omega-3s and muscle-building nutrients found in Alaska seafood are why it's a staple for athletes like Ryan and Sara Hall.
"We like to incorporate Alaska seafood in our daily diet because it's a really high-quality protein that helps to repair our muscles on a daily basis," said Ryan Hall, a two-time Olympian and holder of the U.S. half-marathon record.
After a run, Sara Hall – a 3,000-meter steeplechase and marathon runner, U.S. national champion and World Team member – relies on seafood as a go-to for low-fat meals with protein and simple-to-digest carbs.
Sample these dishes straight from the Hall kitchen, and find more recipes for your favorite seafood at feedyourfitness.wildalaskaseafood.com.
Cedar Plank Grilled Salmon with Sweet Potatoes
- Cedar planks with enough surface area for salmon
- 4 Alaska salmon fillets (4-6 ounces each), fresh, thawed or frozen
- olive oil spray
- 1 tablespoon fresh (or 1 teaspoon dried) dill, thyme or rosemary
- salt and freshly cracked pepper, to taste
- 4 large sweet potatoes, sliced lengthwise into wedges
- 1/2 tablespoon ground cumin
- Soak cedar planks for 1-2 hours (or overnight) submerged in water. Remove and pat dry.
- Heat grill to medium heat (400°F). If frozen, rinse ice from salmon under cold water; pat dry with paper towel. Spray cedar planks and salmon with olive oil spray. Place salmon on planks; sprinkle with herb, salt and pepper. Place sweet potatoes in bowl; spray with cooking spray. Sprinkle with cumin and salt and pepper, to taste. Toss to coat.
- Place cedar planks and potato wedges on grill. Cover and cook about 3-4 minutes; turn wedges over and continue cooking until potatoes are soft and cooked. Keep warm. Cook salmon 12-15 minutes, until fish is opaque throughout.
Pan-Seared Cod over Minted Pea Puree
- 1/2 cup water
- 2 pounds frozen or fresh peas, blanched
- 1 package (0.6-0.7 ounces) fresh mint, leaves only
- salt, to taste
- 4 Alaska cod fillets (4-6 ounces each), fresh, frozen or thawed
- olive oil
- 1 teaspoon lemon pepper seasoning
- Add water, peas and mint to blender or food processor; season with salt. Puree until almost smooth. Cover and keep warm.
- If frozen, rinse ice glaze from cod under cold water; pat dry with paper towel. Heat heavy, nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Brush both sides of fillets with olive oil.
- In heated skillet, cook cod, uncovered, about 3-4 minutes, until browned. Shake pan occasionally to keep fish from sticking. Turn cod over and sprinkle with lemon pepper seasoning. Cover pan tightly and reduce heat to medium. Cook an additional 6-9 minutes for frozen cod or 3-4 minutes for fresh/thawed fish. Cook until fish is opaque throughout.
- To serve, spoon pea puree onto 4 plates. Top each with cod fillet and serve immediately.


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Mandarin tutor, swim team, violin lessons, karate, Kumon, gymnastics, soccer, lacrosse, fencing. Today's kids' schedules are packed with a dizzying array of activities.
Most parents are fully aware that their children are doing too much and exhausted by it all. They have little time for creative play at home or running around in the backyard.
As a parent, you know you should give up on the piano lessons. She never practices anyway. You know it's silly to drive across town for volleyball practice. You know that your Wednesdays are already packed yet still you sign up your son for that rock climbing class. You worry that if you don't fill up your kid's schedule, your child will get bored, won't succeed, will never find his calling, will have nothing to put on his college application.
As you drive all over town from here to there, you're waiting for someone to smack you in the face and tell you to drop some of your kids' activities. And then along comes this new Ikea advertisement from Australia that does just that–in a rather friendly and hilarious way.
In the video that's posted on YouTube and going viral, a congenial Aussie boy rattles off all the activities he's faced with each week and laments that he hasn't sat down with his family for a proper dinner in weeks. He makes the case that families should "make time for living"—as he walks through a series of rooms furnished in Karlstad sofas, Poång rockers, Vejmon coffee tables and Expedit shelves.
Thank you Ikea for telling parents something they need to hear!


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Worldwide Campaign to stop the Abuse and Torture of Mind Control/DEWs
December 3, 2016 at 6pm to August 9, 2017 at 7pm – Canada 3 years ago, UN human rights advised to file a complaint against Toronto police, Canadian torturers with them. Now, worldwide, I am looking for international human rights lawyers to start this proc… Organized by Robin Yan | Type: un, human, rights
April 1, 2017 to May 30, 2017 – internet Starting Sunday 2nd April 2017 and running until the end of May, we are contacting all US States and 156 countries of the world to deliver them an ultimatum to stop the systematic mutilation of peopl… Organized by https://stop007.org/ | Type: email, campaign
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Review: Hybrid Headphones from AKG, Audiofly, and Scosche
To most people, the only apparent differences among in-ear monitors (IEMs) are the logos on the sides. But there are two very different technologies used in IEMs.
The most common one, the dynamic driver, is a miniaturized version of a conventional speaker. It's best known for powerful bass. The other one is the balanced armature, which is like a miniature teeter-totter that moves a diaphragm to make sound. It's best known for extended, detailed treble.
A few manufacturers have recently tried to get the best of both worlds by combining a dynamic driver and a balanced armature (or two or more) in a single, hybrid IEM. I've had a few hybrids kicking around for a while and decided to review all three together.
The models are Audiofly's $209 AF78, Scosche's $249 IEM856md, and AKG's ultra-high-end, $1,299 K3003.
These are among the few universal-fit hybrid IEMs available in the U.S. There are also several custom-molded hybrid IEMs on the market, such as Unique Melody's Merlin.
I listened to all three at length on my own, then called in L.A. voice actress Lauren Dragan to give me her impressions. Lauren spends lots of her life wearing headphones, and she's sampled countless models during our tests — and best of all, her opinion sometimes doesn't square with mine, so you get two experienced listeners for the same price as one!
As a reference headphone, Lauren relied on the same set of Sony professional over-ear headphones she uses for her gigs. I used the B&W C5, which is the closest thing I've found to a universally loved IEM. She used an iPhone to drive the headphones; I used an iPod touch and a Motorola Droid Pro.
After our listening, I ran all the IEMs through my measurement setup: a G.R.A.S. Type RA0045 ear simulator, a Clio FW audio analyzer, and a Musical Fidelity V-Can headphone amplifier. I inserted and reinserted each tip several times, and settled on a position for each that gave the most representative result.
Before we go any further, let me get one thing on the record: While we can generalize about the sound of dynamic drivers vs. balanced armatures, there are no hard-and-fast rules. I've heard dynamics with good treble and balanced armatures with potent bass.
And let me add that this isn't a "shootout," it's just a survey of what's out there for hybrid IEMs at the moment. 'Cause do you seriously think anyone's going to be choosing between a $250 IEM and a $1,299 IEM? That'd be like narrowing your choice of car down to a Toyota Yaris or a BMW 750i.


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The Impact of Illegal Downloads On Total Sales
One frequent rant of mine is the fact that there's no credible study about the impact of "illegal downloads" (not my wording) on total sales, and that, yet, there are lots of policies being made based on plain wrong "studies".
Lately, many things are happening (including arguments behind the approval of the Gallo Report) around Tera Consultants' "Study on the impacts of digital piracy on the EU's creative industries" (March 2010). If we carefully read the report (yes, reading more than just the abstract), thou, we find lots of interesting things. For instance, the fact that the study didn't research the "impact of illegal downloads on total sales", but, instead, decided to have a non-scientific approach to find some kinds of "average values" from the eight "relevant studies" on the issue. Well, in fact, they used the summary from those eight relevant studies presented on Oberholzer-Gee & Strumpf (2009 - a working draft). And here, I have a couple of things to highlight:
1) Instead of using Oberholzer-Gee & Strumpf latest release paper, they decided to use a working draft;
2) Instead of using Oberholzer-Gee & Strumpf conclusions (that can be summed up as "file sharing can be blamed for part of recorded music revenue declines, [but] that hasn't eliminated artists' incentive to create and consumers have benefited from increased choice"), they decided to use only a decontextualized table from that report;
3) Many flaws were pointed to the Oberholzer-Gee & Strumpf research, but let me talk about one: while in their 2005 paper, where they found no negative impact of illegal downloads on total sales, they used their own data, in this new paper - guess what - they used the same as Tera Consultants: a non-scientific approach to find some kinds of "average values" from the eight "relevant studies" on the issue.
So, let's look to those eight "relevant studies":
- Hui and Png (2003) - If you actually read the article you see that the authors acknowledge that:
- their data is completely dependent of the piracy numbers provided by the IFPI (mind you, the most interested party)
- they acknowledge that they ignored the need to research the demand-side externalities positive impact of piracy on sales (as proven to be needed in Conner and Rumelt (1991); Nascimento and Vanhonacker (1988); Shy and Thisse (1999); Takeyama (1994))
- in the same way, they didn't estimate the positive impact of piracy on sales thanks to means of more effective price discrimination (as proven to be needed in Bakos et al. 1999; Besen and Kirby 1989; Jacob and Ben-Shahar 2002; Liebowitz 1985; Takeyama 1997; Varian 2000)
- Last, and yet the most important (in my opinion), their study only analyses data until 1998 (that's right, 12 years ago!), and they highlight that this is all data "before Napster" (dare I say, now, "before p2p", "before torrents", "before pirate bay", "before web 2.0", "before social music services", ...), and that's a really important behavioural shift, that probably changed all the ecosystem of illegal downloads and their impact on total sales
- Peitz and Waelbroeck (2003, 2004)
- they use as data source the IFPI World Report of 2003 that provides industry data from 1998 to 2002. As pointed before, IFPI is the most interested party in influencing the results, so the validity can be argued;
- they assume, because they don't know how to estimate, that the quality of music (which englobes que quality of the music release - compare, for instance, a signed limited edtion 12'' 2LP with the album in DRM-encumbered 128K digital file...) has no influence in buying habits (assuming, thus, that the number of people who use "piracy" to "try before buy" is zero, which is obviously wrong - simply ask your friends);
- they assume that each "act of piracy" is equivalent to the loss of a CD sale (which is obviously wrong), and then...
- they assume that you can do a direct correlation between the rise of usage of p2p networks and the fall in music sales, just because they saw a bigger fall in sales at the same time they saw a fall in music sales
- They state that with broadband, non-piracy times can be spent doing a number of "replacement activities" other then enjoying music, and so people have less time - thus attention - to the music market. Yet, they fail to try to correlate attention-shift with loss of sales
- In the "Discussion" section, they point out several flaws on their model (like the fact that they don't measure "intensity" in piracy activities, or that they aren't considering the non-renewal factor (the industry failed - at least until 2004, where the study focus - to keep their renewal cycle, when people were buying the same album in a different format, cassette replacing the vinyl record, CD replacing the cassette or vinyl, we just weren't seeing people buying the album in a DRM-encumbered digital format after having it on CD or a "previous" format) as a cause of loss of sales). Yet, they decide to ignore those observations on their conclusion...
- Zentner (2006) - Now, this is actually an interesting study, it just isn't a good study to taking a conclusion on our particular issue. In fact, as the origin dataset did neither contain information on quantities of music purchased nor on intensities of music downloads, he assumed that it was not directly possible to calculate the impact on record sales, and thus, for that specific part, he decided to assume things (and that's stated quite obviously on the article): "if 15 percent of the population downloads music, if downloaders are twice as likely to buy music than nondownloaders, and if – conditional on buying – downloaders and nondownloaders buy the same quantity of units". Notice that he didn't get inspiration for this assumptions in any study at all.
- Michel (2006)
- The author states that "a possible problem with this approach is that computer owners who did not engage in file sharing may have decreased their music purchases for reasons unrelated to file sharing (yet inherent to owning a computer)", which is not considered in this study. As stated previously, it is fair to assume that there is an (unaccounted) percentage of non-sales directly related to this fact;
- An analysis in this study's "Table 1" suggests that trends and influences greatly vary year by year, possibly in a two-years basis. This is actually why the researcher has data from 1995 until 2003, and yet can only assume a relation between file sharing and CD sales in 2002-2003. Also, in "Table 4" analysis, the author concludes that "the relationship between computer ownership and CD expenditures [, the only relationship being studied in this paper,] weakened from 1998 to 2003. In III.B), the author identifies other four reasons why this paper might not be valid, but the really important thing to quote is in the conclusions section, when the author state, above all, that "results should be used carefully when predicting the long-term viability of the music industry in an environment where record labels (or artists) compete directly with free file-sharing services". While it is arguable what the author means with "long-term", with the previous data we can assume that a) we can identify 2 year cycles, b) in 5 years the relationship weakened, so, if that trend is maintained (which is arguable, but wasn't in Mars' report) nowadays, 7 years later, the relationship might be completely dissipated, so...
- Montoro-Pons and Cuadrado-Garcia (2006) - This study doesn't appear anymore in the table in the final version of Oberholzer-Gee & Strumpf's paper;
- Hong (2004, 2008) - This study was centred only and exclusively on the impact of Napster in 2000. As stated before, and shown by the other papers, we can't infer the current correlation between "piracy" and music sales from some event that happened a decade ago;
- Leibowitz (2008) - the conclusion of this paper, and on Oberholzer-Gee & Strumpf's paper, is quite different from what's presented by Mars' study: in fact it concludes that if we consider all markets (where the universe was 89 different US markets), we cannot relate internet usage with changes in music sales;
- Leung (2009) - This is a nice study made by using data from college students of seven different undergraduate classes (from the tone of the paper, I'm assuming this is on USA, but I'm not sure). We're talking about heavy music consumers with no money (they buy four or five digital tracks per month, and one CD every two months). The study implicitly also shows, while it's not its focus, that those students would buy more if they had more money (or if the cost of CDs, iTunes tracks and iPods was less than it is). So, I'll argue that this is a nice study but only representative of a small subset of the global "pirate" reality, specially different from the EU reality, where we have differences like the fact that more than 40% of our countries don't have access to the iTunes music store. Actually, I can go ever further, and tell you my belief (no, I don't have any study showing I'm right or wrong, that's the real issue on this blog post...) that, since you can see that this college students consume nowadays much more music than others (for instance, people with 15 more years than them, even if those others have a lot more money) that it was the setting in which they live - including the cultural influences made by the existence of "digital piracy" - that made them such music fans, and when they grow to have more money, they will be better consumers than they are nowadays. In other words, this is a nice study, but one that only proves that there are lots of dimensions to the problem which need to be researched until we can take any scientific conclusion regarding the impact of piracy in music sales.
So, what I have to say about Tera Consultants' study, and everything else that uses it as a base to take a conclusion or decision? Only that I'm really ashamed, as an European citizen, that we pay blind attention to any study, specially studies commissioned by entities like ICC, whose body of members include three of the four major labels.


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New Cambridge Library – Too Close To Fail
Just $112,000 to go
Some of the most exciting stuff happening in our communities and neighborhoods today is happening in libraries. From the internet upgrades in some 300 mostly rural Wisconsin libraries to the inspired seed exchanges soon to debut at five Dane County branches, libraries are happenin' places for discovery, connection and learning. Adding to that excitement is the oh-so-close completion of a capital campaign for a new library in the Village of Cambridge.
Over the past year, Campaign Chair Bob Salov has led an impressive effort to raise $1.8 Million to build a badly needed new library in the community straddling Dane and Jefferson counties. Thanks to the Madison Community Foundation, the Wisconsin Economic Development Corporation, a handful of local foundations, five surrounding municipalities and who knows how many generous individuals, the Friends of the Cambridge Library are within 112 thousand dollars of their goal, – just 112 thousand dollars.
Today we urge any and all new friends and donors to complete the job and help Cambridge join in on the fun of a new community library. We'll even go so far as to congratulate the entire community in advance.


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Toddler Storytime
A 20 to 30 minute storytime with music, audience participation, fingerplays and more for children ages 1-3 and their parents. Older children are welcome to attend.
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- Date:
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It used to be the only consumption that took place on Thanksgiving happened around the dinner table. But retailers are changing the game. Target announced Monday that it will open at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving, Best Buy announced Friday that it will open at 6 p.m., and Kmart
announced last week that it will open at 6 a.m. on Thanksgiving and not close until 11 p.m. on Black Friday. They're some of the dozens of other retailers, including Macy's
But don't blame the stores for elbowing in on family time, analysts say: They may be responding to the fact that Thanksgiving is one of the fastest-growing shopping days — online. According to data from comScore, online spending on Thanksgiving Day increased 32% from 2011 to 2012 (and over the past five years has increased 132%). Meanwhile Black Friday online spending increased just 28% over last year and 96% over the past five years and Cyber Monday spending increased 17% over last year and 100% over five years. "Thanksgiving has become a marquee day for online shopping," says Keith Mercier, associate partner with IBM's Retail Center of Competence.
To be sure, the total online spend for Thanksgiving Day — $633 million last year — is small compared with the more than $1 billion that was spent on Black Friday online and the nearly $1.5 billion on Cyber Monday last year, according to comScore. Still, Thanksgiving Day sales are a major opportunity for growth.
Which is why they may become one of the fastest-growing shopping days for brick-and-mortar stores too. For their part, stores say the move is to please shoppers. In its press release, Macy's says the doors will be unlocked "in response to interest from customers who prefer to start their shopping early." Target said the move to open its doors at 8 p.m. on Thanksgiving gives its shoppers "easier-than ever access to Black Friday doorbuster deals."
But with online sales numbers on Thanksgiving Day growing rapidly, the stores may have no choice but to open up. Nikoleta Panteva, an analyst at IbisWorld, says it's likely a way to maximize sales during the holiday season. "By opening their doors earlier, stores play into the mind-set that the good deals will be gone early, thereby creating consumer demand."
Not only might retailers be chasing online revenues, this year in particular brick-and-mortar retailers are in need of more shopping days — and more customers — which might make the prospect of opening on Thanksgiving even more compelling. That's because Thanksgiving falls on November 28, which means there are only 26 days between Thanksgiving and Christmas —the bulk of holiday shopping tends to happen between these two dates — compared with 32 last year. That's the shortest number of prime shopping days in a decade.
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Plus, analysts are predicting that stores will get less foot traffic this year due in part to a still-struggling economy and uneasy consumers . Store visits are expected to fall 1.4% in November and December compared with last year, according to research firm ShopperTrak. And this year, for the first time ever, retailers have to contend with the fact that online giant Amazon just announced a deal with the U.S. Postal Service to deliver packages on Sunday.
The move toward opening on Thanksgiving is controversial — many retail workers and their families think it's unfair to ask them to come in on one of their few days off — and it's not clear whether it will work in retailers' favor. Panteva says that though some stores did this last year, "it's not certain whether this tactic has been helpful in generating higher revenue." But whether it works for retailers or not, for consumers who have had a little too much family or turkey time, it's a ready-made excuse to get out of the house. Just don't expect that you'll be the only one doing it.


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California may be a player in the presidential race after all.
That's thanks to Mitt Romney and his emergence as the indisputable GOP frontrunner and favorite after his triumphs in the Iowa caucuses and the New Hampshire primary.
Few Californians may know it yet, but Romney has ties -- both past and present -- to Southern California. Those ties that are beginning to attract more attention as the former Massachusetts governor attracts more attention.
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Two stories are already developing into controversies.
The first has to do with Bain Capital, the firm Romney helped found. Bain has drawn criticism because it did private equity deals that went sour, costing employees' jobs (and sending some companies into bankruptcy).
Another company you may hear more about is Anaheim's DDi, a maker of circuit boards. Bain invested in DDi in the 1990s and made money when the company went public. But the company later ended up in bankruptcy.
The second has to do with Romney's Southern California home.
Yes, that's right -- Romney has a $12 million home in La Jolla where he spends some time (he also has homes in Massachusetts and New Hampshire). And media reports last year indicated he is trying to more than triple its size -- to 11,000-or-so square feet.
Keep an eye open for Democrats (and maybe even some of Romney's Republican rivals) to make an issue of this big home as part of a strategy to portray Romney as a super-wealthy, out-of-touch "1 percenter."
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It has been a long couple of months, but with a lot of hard work, Tessa finally reached her weight loss goal! (I should clarify, a lot of hard work by her… but those walks in the park were no walk in the park for me either.) Tessa joined our family as a plump, 3 year old English bulldog about 3 months ago. We adopted her with the hope of bringing another animal into our lives (to join the 2 dogs and 2 cats), but also to offer her a better quality of life.
She weighed just over 57 pounds when we brought her home and her chest measured 31 inches around… definitely not her ideal shape (geometrically and figuratively). She struggled to get on the couch when we watched a movie, she labored to get upstairs when it was time for bed, and she couldn't even keep up with her new sisters Annie and Ashley. We knew something had to change.
We started by taking her to the vet and also consulting the Association for Pet Obesity Prevention. We found out that not only was she the equivalent of a 5'4″ woman who was 60 lbs overweight, but the vet felt she could lose in excess of 10 lbs! We discussed with the vet what our best path for a slimmer and happy Tessa would be. Her checklist include a lot of the pointers you would imagine, including exercise and smaller servings, but she also mentioned a number of holistic solutions, including vitamins and supplements like fish oil and digestive enzymes, and even some things I would never imagine, like healthy table scraps.
The exercise routine was difficult to get started (to say the least). The front steps were about the extent of what she could handle. To supplement her outings, we got her started on several joint support supplements, including Get Up & Go and Lubri Ease. Now she's pulling us around the block on her evening walks and with a running start, she can gracefully get up on the bed and couch!
Her diet was probably the simplest, and one of the most effective, steps we took to get Tessa on the right track. She was eating Iams at the shelter, and all of the extra fillers and carbohydrates were packing on the pounds. We got her off of that and on to "I and love and you" Nude Food kibble, which was a similar consistency, but much healthier, including higher protein amounts, unique carbohydrates (like lentils and chick peas) and even added natural sources of nutrients like glucosamine. Once she was completely transitioned, we started mixing in EasyRaw with her "I and love and you." She is crazy about the taste (like the huge, whole chunks of raw, freeze dried turkey) and the vet said the quality raw was just what she needed for healthier stool and high protein.
The healthy table scraps took me for a loop. The best part about the vet recommending those is that it made me think about my diet as well. When Tessa would start circling my legs in the kitchen, it made me consider whether I should grab the carrots or the chips… I definitely went for the carrots.
To keep Tessa's body functioning on all cylinders, the vet recommended an all inclusive daily vitamins, plus some extras like fish oil and digestive enzymes. She was one of our guinea pigs for our newest Ultimate Super Daily Plus vitamins, and I'll say it worked perfectly. She gobbled the powder with every meal and I knew that on top of a healthy diet, she was also receiving all the nutrients necessary for keeping her happy and healthy.
Surprisingly enough, one of the most beneficial things for Tessa's weight loss was a positive attitude and a lot of encouragement! Not a day goes by that I don't compliment Tessa on what a great job she's done and the amazing work she continues to do. And for those of you who might think this is a little silly, think about how helpful support is for a difficult task in your life and then remember, we all get by with a little help from our friends.
Now, Tessa is a slim 45 pounds and doing fantastic! And just because she reached her goal, that doesn't mean her weight loss habits are ending. Just like everything in pet care, weight loss is a journey, not a destination.


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Factoring in the Peavy setback, Williams said the White Sox will break camp with 12 pitchers. That decision leaves Phil Humber or Jeff Marquez as the fifth starter, the second of these hurlers working in long relief, and Brent Lillibridge and Lastings Milledge fighting for one position player slot — a decision likely to be made by Monday. Williams also said the temporary fifth starter will be filled by Humber or Marquez and not from someone off the waiver wire.
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Andrew Dice Clay
Andrew Dice Clay is a stand-up comedian and actor best known for his raunchy stand-up comedy routine during the late-1980s. Clay was very successful for several years until the public quickly tired of his highly profane shtick.
Clay's birth name is Andrew Clay Silverstein and he was born on September 29, 1958 in Brooklyn, New York. Clay began his stand-up career in the late 1970s, at age 20. Despite not knowing anyone in comedy, Clay worked hard to tighten his routine and craft a unique on-stage persona. As a stand-up comedian, Clay was known for being extremely crass, racist, and misogynist. While performing his stand-up routine, he would refer to himself as "Diceman."
Dice initially made several appearances on TV shows during the early 1980s, such as M*A*S*H, Diff'rent Strokes, and Crime Story. He also had a memorable appearance as a bouncer in the 1986 cult classic, Pretty in Pink. Clay was also perfecting his stand-up routine at this time and was selling out show after show throughout the late 1980s and into the early 1990s as his fame grew from good word-of-mouth. One of the trademarks of his routine was the recitation of absolutely filthy derivations of popular nursery rhymes, such as:
Hickory Dickory Dock,
My balls fell out of my jock.
I laid them to rest
On some hooker's chest
And paddled her face with my cock.
Roll, roll, roll your cunt
Gently down my prick.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Then you'll suck my dick.
Clay was rewarded with his first HBO special in 1989, entitled "The Diceman Cometh" and filmed in front of a live audience in Philadelphia, PA. Clay's HBO special effectively increased his exposure and fame by an order of magnitude, leading to other media appearances, such as a 1989 appearance on the MTV music video awards and an opportunity to host Saturday Night Live in 1990.
However, as Clay's fame grew, his ego inflated to epic proportions. Meanwhile, many people became vocal opponents of his brand of gross-out comedy. During his 1989 appearance on the MTV video awards, Clay used so much profanity on the air that the network executives banned him from appearing on the network again. Women's groups also protested his brand of comedy, labeling him a misogynist.
Leading up to his 1990 appearance on Saturday Night Live, comedienne Nora Dunn, one of the headliners on the show, and the scheduled musical guest, Sinead O'Connor, threatened to boycott the episode unless Clay's invitation to host the show was rescinded. Despite the boycott, Clay did appear on the show - although the show was taped live, it was broadcast was a delay of several seconds to give censors the chance to bleep out any curse words that Clay might utter. (As an aside, Nora Dunn was fired from the show for her boycott.)
The public quickly began to tired of Clay by the early 1990s as people tired of his stale act. Although Clay had a starring role in the 1990s movie, The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, the movie performed poorly at the box office. Moreover, Clay was no longer able to routinely sell out huge auditoriums anymore and eventually decided to take some time off to regroup. Clay moved his wife and two boys to Florida for a couple years where he ran a Gold's Gym and underwent therapy.
Clay returned to Hollywood in 1995 to appear in a starring role on the CBS family comedy, Bless This House. Clay attempted to distance himself from his previous raunchy persona, claiming that his on-stage personality was merely an act and that he never meant the horrible things he used to say, and that he only said them to be funny. The public didn't seem to like Clay's more family-friendly character on Bless This House and the show was canceled after one season.
Clay subsequently had roles in other unsuccessful TV shows during the late 1990s-early 2001, at which point he stopped receiving offers for decent acting roles. Clay had tremendous difficulty coming to terms with the state of his career and became extremely bitter about his treatment by the public. Clay also vocalized his jealously of other, more successful comedians whom he deemed to be inferior. Regarding Jerry Seinfeld, Clay has stated:
"Watching Jerry Seinfeld on stage is like watching a fucking accountant. It's just so absolutely God-awful. I would rather watch a Monday night amateur who doesn't know any better try to create something funny rather than going, "Have you been to McDonald's lately?" Yeah, I have. What's so funny about it? The fries are good. You put me on stage, I'm the greatest stand-up ever in the history of American culture.
Clay's acting roles dried up after 2001 as the public wanted absolutely nothing to do with him. Clay attempted to revive his career in 2003 by appearing for an interview on the now-defunct CNN business news channel, CNNfN. Clay became extremely upset when the show's host asked him about his career and his time away from Hollywood when he was managing a gym. Clay's awkward and profane appearance did nothing to help his career, as should be no surprise to anyone who has seen this clip from his appearance:
Clay laid low again before attempting another comeback in 2007 with a reality show based on his life, entitled: "Dice Undisputed." The apparent purpose of the reality show was to show the human side of Clay. However, the only thing that the few viewers of the show saw was a deeply insecure fat and balding man. The amazing thing is that although Clay is overweight and clearly out of shape, he apparently has the deluded idea that he is in great shape - perhaps that explains why he wears sleeveless shirts which accentuate his flabby arms:
Clay also appeared in the celebrity version of The Apprentice in 2009. However, he quickly made enemies and was booted off during the first episode.
Andrew Dice Clay went from being one of the most popular stand-up comedians of the late 1980s to a washed up joke within a few short years. His massive ego and extreme jealously of more popular comedians have been him a very unlikeable person. For this and the other reasons discussed above, Andrew Dice Clay is one washed-up celebrity!


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Comic-Con International ends today at the San Diego Convention Center, but the agenda is still pretty packed.
Here's some of the biggest events on Sunday, July 15:
Buffy Turns 20!
U.S. & World
"Buffy the Vampire Slayer" celebrates 20 years of slayage with a panel that includes castmembers from the TV series (Nicholas Brendon, Clare Kramer), writers, producers and artists from the comic books. Even the original Buffy - actress Kristy Swanson - from the 1992 motion picture will stake her claim along with surprise guests. Fingers crossed for Sarah Michelle Gellar!
"The Amazing Spider-Man"
Hot off the new feature film reboot's success at the box office and on the eve of his 50th anniversary, Marvel reveals all the secrets behind the franchise and offers fans a peek at what's to come for everybody's favorite web-slinger.
"Doctor Who"
BBC America's resident Timelord dematerializes in San Diego. Series' stars Matt Smith, Karen Gillan and Arther Davill join executive producer Steven Moffat to showcase footage from the new season and take questions from fans regarding this groundbreaking TV show that first appeared on screens in 1962.
Marvel: Women of Marvel
Women from every discipline in the creative process at Marvel gather to discuss the current state of the industry from a female perspective and what it means for the future. Panelists scheduled to appear include editors Jeanine Schaefer and Sana Amanat.
Harry Potter Fandom in 2012
It's been 15 years, seven books, eight films and one theme park since J.K Rowling's boy wizard discovered his powers. This panel will look back at the international phenomenon and casts an eye to the future of where Harry & Co. could possibly go from here.


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UNIVERSITY PARK, PA -- Penn State University is preparing to alter the access to its student fitness center. Instead of using ID cards, students will use a system that recognizes a person by the characteristics of their hand, according the Collegian.
West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV, already uses a similar system at its student rec center. Because of some technological problems, however, Penn State is about two years away from using the new identification system.


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KENNEBUNK, Maine – Kennebunk Savings recently provided a grant to North Berwick's D.A. Hurd Library to fund its current building project, its first significant renovation in eighty years. After many years of fine-tuning the plans with staff, Board and community members, the library began construction in the fall on what will be a 1,500 square foot addition and updates to its electrical, plumbing and air circulation systems.
To help make the renovation become a reality, Kennebunk Savings pledged $25,000 toward the project. Bradford C. Paige, Kennebunk Savings President and CEO, and Dale Barrows, Vice President and Manager of the North Berwick branch presented the check to Library Director Beth Sweet and Library Board President David Dutch along with members of the Board of Trustees, Meleta Baker and Ginny Reusch.
According to Paige, "Kennebunk Savings is pleased to have served the North Berwick community since 1971 and recognizes the importance of the Library within the community. We are proud to be able to provide support to our customers, friends and neighbors in North Berwick."
With more than 2,700 library cardholders and over 20,000 visitors per year, the Library has been in need of the expansion for some time. The Kennebunk Savings grant brings the Library closer to its $600,000 goal for the project that will increase the building's comfort, efficiency and provide for technology infrastructure upgrades.
Project fundraising has been an ongoing challenge for the Library, which was reluctant to take on additional debt or look for project financing through a bond initiative. After receiving donations from corporate entities and investments by private foundations, the library is now asking for private donations as they near the end of their fundraising initiative and finalize the project. According to Beth Sweet, with the anticipation of additional private donations, the library hopes to be able to complete the renovations by January 2013. "We're excited to showcase the changes we've made and show how this renovation will allow us to meet the changing needs of a growing population for years to come."
Each year Kennebunk Savings donates 10% of its earnings back to the nonprofit community resulting in over $8,000,000 since 1994.


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The last three weeks have been good for the Belvidere North girls bowling team.
The Blue Thunder finished third at the Guilford Invite on Jan. 25, and then the next weekend, took seventh at the Dixon Tournament. The momentum continued with last week's second-place finish at the Sycamore Regional to advance to today's Freeport Sectional.
"It has been a work in progress," North coach James Paddock said. "We've made a few line-up changes and the energy level and chemistry has been wonderful since we made changes.
North is getting it done with a team that has no seniors. That accounted for the team's shaky start to the season.
"Teaching the girls to compete has been a message we have instilled since my first day with the team," Paddock said. "We now have girls who are beginning to understand what that word 'compete' really means."
Juniors Haley Solberg and Emily Ashens lead the charge. Solberg, who finished third in the NIC-10 with a 205 average, won the Sycamore Regional title with a 1,247 six-game pinfall. Ashens was second on the team at Sycamore with 1,168.
"They have been two of our bowlers that we have been able to count on this year on a consistent basis," Paddock said.
Rounding out the team are junior Tiffany Wagner and sophomores Ashley Platt, Annissa Hintt and Kaitlyn Trimble.
"As a team, we keep getting better and we want to stay motivated and positive," Solberg said.
North will be one of 12 teams at Sycamore competing for a top four berth to advance to state, something the Blue Thunder have never done. Last year, Solberg went as an individual finishing 38th.
"It was a good experience," she said. "We're looking to go as a team and we feel we can compete and get there."
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I hope you don't think I am making up all this…
Judy is not one of the Dubé descendants I wrote a message to on Facebook last time, but she is the one who is responsible for all this and more…
Things on my blog always start with something like this…
A comment left by one of my readers, in this case Judy who wanted to help me.
Not sure if I can help.
Jules Moquin was my great-grandfather.
He was born in Canada, married Marie Dube.
I believe there are Lagaces somewhere in the family line, but I'm not sure where.
Can you, or anyone else offer any insights on Jules and Marie?
I always take the time to answer back.
I have not scared Judy away and I am sure she's glad she wrote me. She now has a clearer picture of her ancestors and the problems you are faced with while using Ancestry.
Too many hints and too many false leads can lead you to wrong ancestors.
I am fixing all that… in my spare time.
One of Judy's ancestors is Marie Dubé. She married Jules Moquin. That's what made me look into my Dubés' files just in case I could link Marie Dubé to the Dubés I had and, of course, Lillie Lagasse Dube.
I am glad I did because Judy was a great help since her Moquin ancestors were Dubés' neighbors.
I finally found the missing link to my grandaunt Lillie Lagasse's husband, Eugène Dubé who was Marie Dubé's brother.
Georges Dubé and Angèle Miville-Deschênes are the parents I was not able find before Judy led me to them.
Now I have all their children
Euphémie Dubé 1853 –
Pierre Dubé 1855 – 1943
Marie Dubé 1856 – 1935
Angèle Dubé 1859 –
Herminie Dubé 1861 –
Napoléon Dubé 1863 – 1942
Joséphine Dubé 1865 –
Séraphine Dubé 1867 –
Joseph Dubé 1870 –
Eugène Dubé 1872 –
and the link to the Dubé ancestor: Mathurin Dubé.
Furthermore, Joseph Dubé, Eugène's brother, married Malvina Lagasse, Lillie's sister…
I think that guy has more feathers in store for us…
At last this picture is more and more interesting to look at…


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be in the swim (of things)(redirected from am in the swim)
be in the swim (of things)
To be actively involved in and knowledgeable about something. It took me a few months to adjust to my new job, but now I'm really in the swim of things. I want to be in the swim when I come back from leave, so I get updates from my team every week.
See also: swim


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Living with the burden of overwhelming debt can be an extremely stressful experience — knowing you cannot afford to pay your bills, being harassed at home and work by creditors, receiving past-due notices in the mail, and being at risk for losing your home, car and everything that you have worked for. Any of these issues alone can seem overwhelming, and a combination of these problems can make you feel hopeless.
If the above issues sound familiar to you, it is probably time to speak with an attorney. Debt relief is available, and most people find that they qualify for bankruptcy.
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For many people living in debt, the hassles and harassment can be overwhelming. Through either Chapter 7 bankruptcy or Chapter 13 bankruptcy, I can help you:
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After the tea plant Camellia sinensis was discovered growing wild in 1823 near Dibrugarh, Assam developed into one of the largest tea growing regions in the world and became famous especially for its black tea, noted for its body, briskness, unique malty flavour and strong bright colour. We feel, therefore, that a visit to our state is incomplete without gaining some understanding about the magic of tea.
Addabarie Tea Estate, owned by the Williamson Magor Group, is renowned for producing some of the company's best leaf (specifically Reddish Bright quality tea) and lies just a few kilometers outside Tezpur. It is divided into two divisions, Addabarie and Balipara, and has a total of 700 hectares planted under tea with a labour force of over 1,500 people. The management welcomes our guests to visit the factory and administrative offices of this estate which is located a short 20-minute drive away from Wild Mahseer.
The 1/2-day visit includes a drive through tea gardens dotted with shade trees where, in season, the work force (typically women in Assam) dressed in vivid saris patrol the rows of bushes plucking the tea. Guests can watch as they deftly use the fingers and thumbs of each hand to nip off the 2 leaves and 1 bud at the tip of each stem, tossing it over their shoulders into the locally made woven baskets they carry on their backs. When the baskets are full they take them to a mobile weighing station where the yields are logged under each picker's name.
Visitors then tour the factory itself where the machinery and different processes involved in producing the finished leaf of both Orthodox and CTC (Crush, Tear and Curl) manufactured tea is explained. Tea processing is ongoing throughout the tea-plucking season (typically from May to October) and during this period the factory is fully operational.
Guests then have the opportunity to visit the tasting room where they learn about (and sample for themselves) the range of flavours of the different grades of tea produced by the Addabarie estate.


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Hi Simon , I have a request for a tutorial, is it possible to make a step by step video tutorial about the football helmet :
but a complete tutorial of all props . Why ? Because in this case , there is
all the features that are more complex, like put a precise alpha cut , precise bump map , precise strait line , precise square thing , etc... not organic.
I know it take time but this is the missing tutorial for the 3.0 version.
This soft is sooooo amazing to make organics things in minutes!!!
Other thing : Is it possible to make a square or cylinder primitive with lot of
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Vineyard summer, with all its last-minute social scramble, is over, and I'm back in New York. I decide it is finally, finally time, after 25 years, to create a new address book. As a member of the pre-computer generation, I had kept my addresses and phone numbers in a black leather notebook on small sheets of lined paper, and in pencil so that I could make erasures and additions and changes. After all these years it was a mess.
In this enlightened age I know I should have created my new book on the computer, where it would be a cinch to make a clean, quick change whenever a friend sends me a new phone number or street address or fax number. I know — but no thanks. Since I have lived my long private and professional life on paper, I decided to stay with paper and pencil. The complete transfer from the old book to the new book took most of two full days. Much of it was sad, some of it was puzzling, some of it heart-warming.
The names of many old Vineyard summer-person friends did not need to be transferred. Art Buchwald, Beverly Sills, Henry Grunwald, Polly Hill, Bill Styron, Tony Maruca, Arthur Schlesinger, Peter Guernsey — I will never again be phoning or writing any of them. Same for Don Page, Vineyard year-rounder, our friend and architect who designed a sunroom and a new kitchen for our Vineyard house, and who always brought us an orchid from his greenhouse whenever he came for dinner. Same for novelist Mark Harris, author of Bang the Drum Slowly, who never came to the Vineyard but who once dedicated a novel to me because he thought I had made some good suggestions and had cheered him on. Same for David Halberstam, who chose Nantucket over the Vineyard but was a very good guy anyway, as well as a very good writer. Same for Kitty Carlisle Hart, around whose neck I once had the honor of draping my club's gold medal for lifetime achievement in the arts. And same for my once-upon-a-time teenage close friend, Donnie Wright, who had dropped totally out of my life for 50 years, returning briefly a few years ago for a single last exchange of letters, after which I entered him in my address book. Gone now, like all those others.
Many entries in my old address book are still alive, at least as far as I know, but they are no longer part of my life. Making the transfers from old to new, I had to decide which of them might I ever want to reach again and for what conceivable reason. Some had once been important to me, either as friends or colleagues or journalistic sources. The rule for journalistic sources is draconian: keep every name and number because you never know when you might need them. Yes, but I retired years ago, and I propose a statute of limitations on useful sources. In most cases I invoked it. But I did keep Frank Rich, New York Times columnist, not only because I admire his work and like him personally but because everybody, even a long-retired journalist, should keep at least one hook into the Times. As for all the former friends and colleagues who are now out of my life, I transferred only a few. Time passes, friends die, friends evaporate, life goes on without them.
All of this sounds melancholy, as indeed it is. But I am much cheered by two names and addresses that I did transfer.
In my senior year in high school, long ago and far away in the Philippines, I was happily and thoroughly in love with a girl nicknamed Ginny. Those were unbelievably innocent days and our love affair — one can scarcely call it that in today's terms — was romantic and sentimental but innocent. Today she is no longer Ginny, she is Louise. I have not seen her in more than 20 years, and since then we have exchanged only one phone call and only one anniversary letter. But of course I transferred her name, address and phone number. And of course I will send her this article for old time's sake.
I met Don McKinney long before I met Ginny. On the first day at Gordon Junior High School in Washington, D.C., he and I were the only two boys in our class to get lost in the scheduled transfers from room to room. When we finally caught up with our class, we were hooted at. Starting with this bond, we became best friends and remained so for many years. When we came to New York city to begin our professional careers, both in magazines, we rented an apartment together until we both got married. Over the decades we have visited, both at the Vineyard and elsewhere, and we still write each other. This is a name and address that I gladly keep.
I counted up. My old address book had 201 names. My new address book has 108 names. Time passes.
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Health insurance mandate upheld
A federal judge in Detroit, in a broad ruling upholding Congress's power to require all Americans to buy health insurance or pay a penalty, decided Thursday that the mandate is necessary to prevent the "extinction" of the nation's entire health care insurance market. U.S. District Judge George Caram Steeh said the requirement was well within Congress's power to regulate commerce among the states. The decision is the first by a federal court to rule directly on the constitutionality of the buy-or-be-penalized provision of the sweeping new health care reform law.
The Obama Administration lost on two arguments it had made to Judge Steeh — that the challengers in the Michigan case had no legal right to sue to stop the insurance mandate, and that their lawsuit in any event was premature. But, after finding that the challengers were properly in court and that a decision was appropriate now, the judge went on to rule that the requirement satisfies the Constitution and dismissed the claims targeting that specific provision of the new law. Thus, the result was a major victory for the Administration.
The ruling came in the case of Thomas More Law Center, et al., v. Obama, et al. (District Court docket 10-11156) in the Eastern District of Michigan. That lawsuit is one of a lengthy list of court challenges across the Nation to several parts of the new health care law. But the provision requiring everyone to have a health insurance policy by the year 2014 was clearly the most visible part of the package for most Americans, and it has been subjected to the most energetic challenge. The key to most of the challenges is the argument that refusing to buy health insurance is not activity, but inactivity, and Congress has never had the power to order people to engage in economic activity when they choose not to do so.
But Judge Steeh refused to accept that view of what the insurance mandate is. "Far from 'inactivity,'" the judge wrote, "by choosing to forgo insurance [the challengers] are making an economic decision to try to pay for health care services later, out of pocket, rather than now through the purchase of insurance, collectively shifting billions of dollars, $43 billion in 2008, onto other market participants."
This "cost-shifting," the opinion added, "is exactly what the Health Care Reform Act was enacted to address." Thus, he rejected the argument of the challengers that he would have to go through "metaphysical gymnastics" in order to find a link between a failure to buy insurance and Congress's power to regulate the interstate market for health insurance.
"There is a rational basis to conclude," the judge said, "that, in the aggregate, decisions to forego insurance coverage in preference to attempting to pay for health care out of pocket drive up the cost of insurance….The decision whether to purchase insurance or to attempt to pay for health care out of pocket, is plainly economic. These decisions, viewed in the aggregate, have clear and direct impacts on health care providers, taxpayers, and the insured population who ultimately pay for the care provided to those who go without insurance." Those are the economic effects Congress had in mind, the judge found.
He also concluded that the health care market "is unlike other markets," since "no one can guarantee his or her health, or ensure that he or she will never participate in the health care market. Indeed, the opposite is nearly always true. …Without the minimum coverage provision, there would be an incentive for some individuals to wait to purchase health insurance until they needed care, knowing that insurance would be available at all times. As a result, the most costly individuals would be in the insurance system and the least costly would be outside it."
That would result, Judge Steeh found, in added cost-shifting and even higher insurance premiums for medical coverage. "The prospect of driving the insurance market into extinction led Congress to find that the minimum coverage provision was essential to the larger regulatory scheme of the Act," the opinion said.
At this stage of the Michigan challenge, Judge Steeh ruled only on the plea by the challengers to stop the insurance-purchase requirement and the penalty that would be assessed for failure to have insurance by 2014. The same lawsuit also raises other issues, contending that the new Act intrudes on states' rights under the Tenth Amendment, violates religious rights, and violates guarantees of legal equality and due process. Those other challenges remain pending before Judge Steeh.
The Obama Administration, in reacting to the string of court challenges to the new law, has been making essentially the same arguments in court after court: that those who were suing lacked "standing" to challenge the mandate and the penalty, that any legal challenges were not "ripe" at this point because the mandate does not go into effect until 2014, and that, in any event, the mandate was within Congress's powers to regulate the health insurance market among the states. It thus has asked federal judges to dismiss the challenges.
A federal judge in Richmond, VA., District Judge Henry Hudson, was the first to rule on a challenge to the new insurance mandate, in a decision on August 2. However, he denied the Administration request to dismiss that case, and is now moving on toward a ruling on the merits. Another significant challenge, by a group of states, is moving forward in federal District Court in Florida.
Judge Steeh went further than Judge Hudson, finding that the Michigan challengers would face possible legal injury from the mandate, even though it does not take effect for four more years. While the challengers might suffer harm in the future, the judge concluded, they actually are experiencing harm from the provision right now: in order to plan ahead to spend the large sums that they contend will be necessary to pay for health insurance later, they will have to start saving money now, and that will affect their current spending choices. That present financial pressure, the judge said, is enough to give the challengers "standing" to sue.
Thus, the judge rejected that part of the Administration opposition. The judge also turned aside the Administration claim that such challenges are premature. While the Internal Revenue Service has yet to take any steps to impose the penalty, Judge Steeh said, that is not the issue at this stage. In fact, he said, the challengers in this particular case have indicated that they will not risk the penalty but will buy health insurance if the mandate is upheld in court.
Moreover, the judge declared, the collection of the penalty at some future point has nothing to do with the central issue he was now confronting: whether the insurance-purchase mandate itself was beyond Congress's constitutional powers. The challengers, the judge concluded, "have a right to a court determination of the constitutional authority of Congress to enact the statute in the first place."
Thus, the judge wound up dismissing the two challenges at issue at this stage: the first claim in the lawsuit, that Congress lacks authority under the Commerce Clause to require everyone to buy health insurance, and the second claim in the lawsuit, that Congress lacks authority to impose a direct tax on individuals when that is not distributed among the states on the basis of population.
Since the dismissal of those claims, and the denial of the injunction request based on them, are final actions by Judge Steeh, the challengers presumably would be free now to appeal those holdings to the Sixth Circuit Court. It seems unlikely, at present, that the case could make it to the Supreme Court in time for action this Term — unless the challengers were to seek to bypass the Sixth Circuit and make an attempt to go directly to the Supreme Court now.


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"[People] know more about me than I want them to know. It's embarrassing. But that was my opening," she said of the split, which came after Brown brutally assaulted her just before the Grammys.
"I was going through the hardest time of my life. I was angry, sad, confused, torn," she said of the assault's aftermath, which inspired much of her 2010 album "Rated R."
"That was the only way I could get peace, because it was in my head, and I couldn't leave it there," she said of the process of making the record.
And what about her and Brown's recent reconciliation?
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The backlash in response to their beginning to patch things up has been hard to take, she said, but hasn't cowed her independence.
"People end up wasting their time on the blogs or whatever, ranting away, and that's all right. Because tomorrow I'm still going to be the same person. I'm still going to do what I want to do," she said.
The 24-year-old hitmaker hasn't any immediate plans to start a family, either, she said.
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Breda (Noord-Brabant, Netherlands)
Breda, a town in the predominantly Catholic Dutch province of North Brabant (pop. 85,294 in 1947; 86 per cent Catholic; 200,000 in 2008), the seat of a Mennonite congregation. At the time of the Reformation there were many Anabaptists in Breda. No fewer than seven martyrs suffered death here in 1572 for their faith. One of their members was Cornelis de Gyselaar, who married the widow of the martyred Valerius, called the Schoolmaster. The Martyrs' Mirror describes at length the cruel tortures Cornelis Geleyn, another of the members, endured. In August 1572 several members were seized in the neighboring village of Nieuwvaart or Klundert at a well-attended religious service, which was betrayed to the magistrate. About 100 persons had assembled in the house of the martyrs Peter de Guliker and Jan Pieters, when they were surprised and seven of them taken. They had imagined themselves so secure here that Menno's friend, the elder Hans Busschaert, had sent his son there. (Doopsgezinde Bijdragen 1912 gives a letter written by the martyr Adriaen Jacob).
In the 17th century there was a congregation in Breda, which had several members living in Gertruidenberg and in Oosterhout. In 1664 they joined the Zonists and had as their preachers Jan Jans van de Langerijt and Augustijn Gerrits Hulstmann. The congregation presumably died out soon afterward. At any rate it no longer existed in 1731.
The Breda congregation was re-established on 22 November 1896 by a number of Mennonite families living in the town. At the beginning B. Haga, the preacher of the Nijmegen congregation, came over to serve them once a month with preaching and catechetical instruction. In 1899 (the membership at that time was 72) the Breda congregation united with that at Dordrecht for ministerial service and instruction. This union lasted until 1945. In 1947 a similar combination was made with Eindhoven. The membership in 1953 stood at 96. The congregation did not own a meetinghouse. After 1896 religious services were held in the Lutheran church.
The Breda congregation in 1953 had a woman's organization and Bible courses were held regularly. It belonged to the Zuidholland-Zeeuwsche Ring.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 603.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 930. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.
Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht en Gelderland, 2 vols. Amsterdam: P.N. van Kampen, 1847: v. I, 341; v. II, 235.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1897): 256; (1899): 210; (1900): 224; (1912): 30-48.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 258.
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Congregation: Doopsgezinde Gemeente Breda
Address: Cimburgalaan 98, 4819 BD, Breda, Netherlands
Church website: Doopsgezinde Gemeente Breda
Denominational Affiliation:
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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, p. 412. All rights reserved.
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Biliran Summer Destinations!
by czproductions on Apr.17, 2014, under Photography, photography gerryruiz, Places, Travel & tourists destinations
Here are suggestions on where to go this summer in Biliran Province!
Summertime at Ulot River, Paranas, Samar
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Video of calle Z Cafe staff's summer break at the Ulot River Torpedo Boat Adventure at Paranas, Samar.
For more info about the Ulot River Torpedo Boat Adventure, contact Leyte Gulf Travel & Tours:
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Zip Southern Leyte launching
by czproductions on May.01, 2011, under Sundry
The country's longest, highest, steepest and most exciting zip line had its debut recently – the Zip Southern Leyte!
And everyone's itching to experience the ride of a lifetime!
Zip Southern Leyte had its soft opening last April 15, 2011 and guests were able to try out the zip line for the first time – for free!
Now, hear this: with a length of almost 1 kilometer, it's the longest in the country today. Average ride duration: 30 seconds.
It's at the highest elevation. One "flies" over Agas-Agas Bridge – now currently the tallest bridge in the Philippines – at a take off pad with a height equivalent to a 30-storey high building.
It's the steepest. Having the largest angle of decent makes for having speeds upwards of 110kph, depending on body weight. A rider weighing 40kgs reaches a max speed of 100kps; one weighing 65kgs can reach speeds of up to 140kph.
The Zip Southern Leyte is just one of the major attractions at the Agas Agas Adventure Park which will have full operation by July 1, 2011 in time for the province's 51st founding anniversary. Other extreme sports facilities like bungee jumping, downhill skateboarding, rappelling, ATV (all terrain vehicle) and cable car are in the pipeline.
The Agas-Agas Adventure Park is a 2-hour drive from Tacloban City via the Maharlika Highway at the famous bridge connecting the towns of Mahaplag, Leyte and Sogod, Southern Leyte.
Zip Southern Leyte's rates as announced by the DOT 8:
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P250 – rate per person for a group of 10 or more
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Abuyog Hotel opens!
by czproductions on May.01, 2011, under Blessings & Inaugurations, Events, Photography, photography gerryruiz, Places
The Abuyog Hotel formally opened its doors to the public in simple inaugural and blessing ceremonies held Eastern Sunday, April 24, 2011.
Abuyog Mayor Octavio "Bebot" Traya and former Represesentative and now Baybay Mayor Carmen Cari led the ribbon cutting ceremony formally opening the new three-storey, P29M project of the Abuyog Local Government Unit (LGU).
Located at the heart of Abuyog near the Public Market and the Municipal Building, the new hotel now provides comfortable accommodation options to guests and travelers traversing the central-eastern region part of Leyte province.
The three-storey landmark showcases a well-refurbished lobby, a restaurant, function rooms, and a rooftop cafe and lounge with a panoramic view of the entire municipality and environs.
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The hotel project was started in 2006 during the time of former Mayor Ofelia Traya initially funded by a P15 million allocation. Another P14 million was released this year for its completion.
The hotel is currently staffed by some 20 local personnel and would be complemented by students taking up Hotel and Restaurant Management (HRM) at the Abuyog Community College (ACC).
An added direction further boosting the tourism industry in the area is the LGU's plan to develop soon a mountain resort in Barangay Balinsasayaw.
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Music legends the Beach Boys will be getting the big screen treatment.
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The untitled project is being reportedly co-produced by actor John Stamos, who has performed with the Beach Boys and was featured group's video for their Number One hit song "Kokomo."
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Danielle Kern, a senior at Penn State York majoring in human development and family studies (HDFS), worked on developing this event, which is being held at Central Middle School, 1950 North Hill Road, York, Pa.
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