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Brillecourt is situated in the Aube (Champagne-Ardenne region) in the north-east of France at 29 km from Troyes, the department capital. (General information: Brillecourt is 154 km from Paris).. For more places to visit and local tourist attractions see the map and listings below.
Some places that we or our contributors have visited and reviewed and can recommend close to Brillecourt. Note that all distances shown are 'direct' and real driving distances will be greater.
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Champagne-Ardenne (surrounding region)
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Below we show places with official tourist classifications and other places of interest to visit nearby that should provide inspiration if you are visiting Brillecourt and wondering what to do next! Positions of each of these attractions is shown on the map below.
Regional Natural Parcs Foret-d'Orient (18km)
Remarkable gardens Jardin du château de Barberey-Saint-Sulpice (29km)
Sites of natural beauty Lacs Amance et du Temple (16km); Lac d'Orient (22km); Lac du Der-Chantecoq (31km)
Amusement park / theme park Nigloland (29km)
Towns of Art and history Troyes (29km)
Villages in bloom 4* (fr: ville fleurie) Haussimont (34km); Haussignemont (39km); Colombe-le-Sec (40km)
Commune: Brillecourt
Canton: Ramerupt
Arrondissement: Troyes
Department: Aube
Region: Champagne-Ardenne
Postcode: 10240
from Troyes (prefecture): 29 km
from Paris: 154 km
from Calais: 330 km
from Nice: 575 km
from Bordeaux: 553 km
from Strasbourg: 249 km
We have 16 other places listed nearby (within 6 kilometres of Brillecourt): Aulnay, Avant-les-Ramerupt, Chalette-sur-Voire, Coclois, Dommartin-le-Coq, Donnement, Jasseines, Lesmont, Longsols, Magnicourt, Molins-sur-Aube, Morembert, Nogent-sur-Aube, Pougy, Ramerupt and Verricourt.
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A skateboarder died in Manhattan on Tuesday morning when he fell and was hit by a box truck.
It happened about 11:15 a.m. at 37 Union Square West.
The NYPD says a 24-year-old was riding his skateboard when he lost control, fell and was hit by a 2004 Mitsubishi delivery box truck.
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Colonel Richard C. Rich (Retired), 73, formerly of Boise, Idaho, passed away suddenly January 3, 2012, in Bellingham, Washington.
Col. Rich began his military service with the U.S. Marines when he enlisted in the 44th Special Rifle Company in 1955. An expert marksman, he distinguished himself on the rifle range, starting with the M-1 rifle. During his first tour of duty in Vietnam in 1968, he served with the 5th Marines in combat, first as the commanding officer of Company A, 1st Battalion, then later as a battalion S-3 for 3rd Battalion. Wounded, when protecting a bridge south of Hue City, Col. Rich received the Bronze Star with Combat "V," along with the Purple Heart.
During his second tour in Vietnam, he was a negotiator with a Four Party Joint Military Team. His mission was to negotiate for the MIA/POW Program. Later, Col. Rich serve at NATO Headquarters in Brussels, Belgium where he was assigned as deputy assistant director on the International Military Staff.
Highly decorated during his outstanding career, Col. Rich also received the National Defense Service Medal, Republic of Vietnam Campaign Medal, Republic of Vietnam Meritorious Unit Citation Civil Action Color (w/Palm & Frame and w/ one Gold Star), Combat Action Ribbon, Vietnam Service medal (w/ three Stars), Letter of Commendation (2nd Award), Overseas Service Ribbon (w/ two Stars), Defense Superior Service Medal, Joint Service Commendation Medal (w/ two Oak Leaf Clusters), Vietnam Staff Service Honor Medal, Air Force Organizational Excellence Award, and Legion of Merit. Col. Rich (having received a Pistol Expert Badge (5th Award) firmly believed that "the rifleman is the backbone of the Marine Corps, no matter what job you have you are still considered a rifleman and the Corps has always been and still is the finest of the services due to the individual Marine."
A graduate of Boise High School, Rich went on to receive his Bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Idaho State University in Pocatello, a Master's degree in International Affairs at Georgetown University, Washington D.C., and attended the Naval War College in 1972 and 1983.
Following his retirement from the Marine Corps, where he served for 30 years, Col. Rich and his wife Shirley, both lovers of the sea, purchased a 38-foot sailing vessel named Serendipity and spent many a happy hour sailing the coast of California and eventually setting sail for Mexico from Southern California. After exploring Mexico from Cabo San Lucas to Mazatlan and up the Sea of Cortez they moved to the Idaho Mountains and settled into Meadows Valley. Wanting to be on the water again, a move was made to Blaine, Washington where they purchased a 38-foot trawler (which Richard aptly named "Esprit") and continued their cruising adventures through the San Juan and Canadian Gulf Islands.
He is survived by his beloved wife, Shirley Rich; sons Darren Rich (Edmonds, WA) and Mark Rich (Boise, ID); stepsons Jerry Fraker (Santa Rosa, CA) and Chris Fraker (Denton, TX); brother Don Rich (Orinda, CA); grandsons Ian Rich and Joshua Fraker; granddaughters Morgan and Sidney Rich; cousins David and Linda Hawk (Boise, ID); and niece, Katie Rich (Orinda, CA).
The celebration of this life will be at Summers Funeral Home, Boise Chapel in Boise, Idaho, the town where Col. Rich was raised. The funeral will be held at 1 p.m. on Friday, January 13, and the internment will follow at The Idaho State Veterans Cemetery in Boise at 3 p.m.
In lieu of flowers donations can be made in his honor to the Wounded Warriors Fund. Semper Fi.


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Edmonton Oilers prospect Justin Schultz, playing with the Oklahoma City Barons,was named the AHL Player of the Month for October.
Schultz, who made his professional hockey debut in October, recorded a point in each of his first seven games, totalling six goals and 12 points - leading the Barons in scoring.
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The Western Athletic Conference added an eighth school on Wednesday, as Texas-Pan American accepted an invitation to join in 2013.
Texas Pan-American joins Cal State Bakersfield, Chicago State, Grand Canyon, Idaho, New Mexico State, Seattle and Utah Valley. The Broncos will bring all 14 of its sports to the conference, including men's and women's basketball.
"The addition of the University of Texas-Pan American adds another important piece to the rebuilding of the Western Athletic Conference," said WAC Interim Commissioner Jeff Hurd in a news release. "UTPA brings a program with 60 years of history and success, and we look forward to the Broncos competing at a high level in the WAC."
Idaho has said it will leave the WAC after the 2013-14 season. That will once again leave the conference with seven members.


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Few artists have turned out as many powerhouse albums as Gloria Estefan. With her newest release, The Standards, she has managed to capture the essence of some of the most popular and timeless songs and transform them into entirely new experiences. Now pianists can explore the rich harmonies in each original arrangement as performed by the artist. Titles: Call Me Irresponsible * Embraceable You * Eu Sei Que Vou Te Amar * For All We Know * Good Morning Heartache * How Long Has This Been Going On * I've Grown Accustomed to His Face * Sonríe * The Day You Say You Love Me * The Way You Look Tonight * They Can't Take That Away from Me * What a Difference a Day Makes * What a Wonderful World * You Made Me Love You * Young at Heart.


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Potter pumpkins featuring the trio themselves :D
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I know this series is old but it is still my favorite vamp series ever! (and that means alot considering how much I love Twilight and Vampire Diaries)
Anyways, here is a place to discuss and post everything Buffy related...Pictures, comments, talk about the comics and the new (Joss-less) Buffy movie (blegh).
And all votes count!
Which is the better couple? Buffy and Angel or Buffy and Spike? (I will tally the votes after a while to see who wins and then I'll change the question)
So far Buffy and Angel are in the lead with 3votes
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Westminster City Council privatises street sign design
8 April 2008
Westminster City Council has taken a bold step today towards ending the misery of thousands of London tourists each year who buy counterfeit street sign souvenirs. The forward-thinking council has purchased the copyright to the design of its signs, created by notable designer Sir Misha Black in 1967.
The council has promised zero-tolerance enforcement of its new intellectual property, threatening fly-by-night design theives with heavy fines for selling unlicensed souvenirs.
Westminster Council's Martin Low said, "In buying the copyright, we felt we needed to retain an element of control over the signs to maintain Westminster's image as a world class tourist destination."
The problem of the counterfeit signs – which are produced on everything from mugs to t-shirts to mouse mats – has ruined thousands of holidays and besmirched Westminster's international reputation.
Tourist Mariella Bogus from Sacramento, California, said:
I paid £2.99 in good faith for a 'Leicester Square' fridge magnet from a street vendor, but it wasn't until I got it home that I noticed that the font was wrong and the proportions slightly out of whack. Whatever the font's meant to be it's not sodding Arial and while I can't afford a Pantone swatch book that red doesn't look like the proper Westminster red either.
I emailed the council's trading standards department who were very sympathetic but said that there was nothing they could do. Thank goodness that's all changing now and people like me will get the protection we deserve from these unscrupulous hawkers. Now I feel that I can go back to London and shop safely again.
Souvenir sellers have until the end of the month to buy a licence from Westminster Council or face the full might of the law.
At the risk of descending into cliché, this is intellectual property gone mad.
Copyright law provides a creators' monopoly so that people or organisations wanting to create works for profit retain the incentive to do so. Professional creators and publishers need this protection and without it their work can immediately be exploited by others, including those who may be able to profit more easily from the work. But step outside the realm of work created for profit and the concept of a creators' monopoly becomes a nonsense, as it is here.
Now that Westminster Council owns the copyright to this design the most sensible way forward would be to forget about licencing, trading standards investigations, courts and lawyers. Just release the design into the public domain and spend your time on something more important to local taxpayers. The council will be able to keep using the design on its signs and the souvenir makers will be able to carry on their trade as they have always done without doing anyone any harm. The world is unlikely to stop turning.
The notion that enforcement of this copyright could ultimately land someone in jail for non-payment of fines for selling unlicenced t-shirts of street signs shows the gross lack of proportionality of this measure.
Council officers and the courts will be able to spend their time and our money better than by enforcing the copyright in a design which wasn't produced for profit, whose designer was presumably well rewarded and has been dead since 1977, which has served and continues to serve its public purpose admirably and the "infringement" of which has gone unprosecuted for four decades without anyone seemingly coming to harm.
Whichever politician or council officer dreamed up this ludicrously pettifogging scheme needs to think long and hard about why they went into public service in the first place. They're changing the world – but not for the better.
recycled press releases incisive reporting on this story from the Mirror, 24dash and Building.
UPDATE 9 April: Design Week are reporting that Westminster Council paid £50,000 for the copyright.
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Chief executive of Anti Copying in Design Dids Macdonald recommends the council charges a 'nominal' licence fee 'Otherwise it is putting an intellectual property straitjacket around an iconic piece of design,' she says.
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Top Fashion Trends to Try this Season
Written on September 19, 2013 at 5:08 pm , by Marla Horenbein
With the craziness of New York Fashion Week behind us, we have to admit, we're feeling a bit overwhelmed. We saw Spring '14 walk the runways while wearing our Summer '13 wardrobe and prepping for Winter '14 in the office. If you're confused, just imagine how we feel! Our heads are spinning with thoughts of summer dresses and winter whites. But hey, it's all about living in the present, right? So we're taking a step back to enjoy this season's top trends. And you can too, with a few of our tips on how to look your best this fall.
The Look: Slouchy Pants
To master this tricky trend, you want to make sure you have a balanced silhouette. Instead of hiding your trouble spots – too much fabric on top can actually make you look bigger than you really are – the key is to wear a form-fitting top to offset your billowy pants. Three pairs we're crushing on: Elizabeth & James, Vince, and Robert Rodriguez
The Look: Military
Camo might be our favorite trend this season, and we're totally digging structured military style jackets. In order to make it work though, you can't go into military overload. Camo on camo? Too much. Stick to one standout piece and keep the rest of your look simple. Fatigues that we're loving: J.Crew, Gap, Monrow
The Look: Grunge-Inspired Boots
This fall we're channeling our inner '90s girl and shopping for grunge-inspired boots. We like the idea of pairing such a rough-around-the-edges style with something a little unpredictable, so try a girly dress or skirt. Mixing-and-matching these styles gives you the edge you desire, while still keeping a little girly mystery. Styles we're stocking up on: Ash Footwear, Lucky Brand, Matt Bernson
And if you haven't seen our story on how to style jackets this fall, be sure to check that out here!
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The threats to civilization are too daunting for humanity to continue to hold onto obsolete self-perceptions that no longer serve us well
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, the dreadful situation the world is facing is not because the modern crises are impossible to solve; but because we have not yet developed, or found, appropriate conceptual framework for understanding and for tackling them. Contrary to the conventional wisdom, also, the modern crises are not "economic crisis," "social crisis," "political crisis," or "environmental crisis," per se. They are not separate crises, either. As such, they are not likely going to be resolved within the framework of the prevailing understandings.
A body of data no one thought and no one knew existed identifies the modern crises as, fundamentally, a "creativity crisis." This is the inability of the vast majority of people to develop and to engage their natural abilities in significant and beneficial social and ecological actions and, resultantly, the global and spreading epidemic of meaninglessness of which most psychological, social, economic, political, and environmental crises are the symptoms or facets. Close examination of the data also challenge widely accepted beliefs that humans are inherently self-interested, competitive, adversarial, materialistic, and consumption-driven. Analysis of the data further suggests that many of the difficulties the world has been experiencing might be rooted in inadequate and misleading concepts we have created about ourselves and the institutional framework and operational relationships that have been erected on those concepts.
To the extent that this conclusion is valid, the best hope of resolving the modern crises is, first, to correct the misleading views we hold about ourselves and, second, to conform our economic, social, and political decisions and actions to our authentic nature as humans.
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Oct 24 2013: My apologies, Mary M: For some curious reason, your contribution does not appear in the conversation thread on my computer. I only see a small part of it in my email box.
Is there a way you could post your contribution again, so I can respond. Again, my sincere apologies.Maybe, it's time to start looking for a new computer!
Oct 24 2013: I apologize Mr. Etuk, I posted a contribution asking you a question before I read the contributions made by others. I then decided to delete my comment because I found the answer below (Well, not the answer, but clarification of some sort).
I'm sorry for the inconvenience. Your conversation is a pleasant one.
I have learned quite a bit.
Thank you for the link to "There Will Come Soft Rains".
Do you think you will see a solution to the issue at hand during your life time?
Oct 24 2013: Thanks, Mary M, for clarifying the "mystery" post. It was really puzzling. I'm glad I didn't toss my computer into the trash can.
Now to your question: Will I see the solution to the issue in my lifetime? The honest answer is "I don't know." Nor is it really important that I do. Even so, I am encouraged that a beginning has been made since the 1970s -- thanks to the efforts of visionary thinkers like The Club of Rome, The Club of Budapest, Humanistic Psychologists, Deep Ecologists, The World Commission on Environment and Development, Simpler Living, and the scores of Holistic Health, Self-Help, Self-Development and Human Rights movements. I am even more encouraged by what appears to be an irreversible trend toward sustainability and human fulfillment – even if this is wishful thinking.
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TITANS `05: Was granted a redshirt season.
TITANS `04: Appeared in 28 games, making two starts Hit .231 (3-for-13) on the season with 10 runs scored and an RBI Scored runs in his final three games of the year - all in the postseason.
TITANS `03: Served as a reserve outfielder (and pinch runner) for the Titans, starting 10 times Got the start in center field (for an injured Kyle Boyer) in the Super Regionals vs. Arizona State on June 7 Hadmultiple hits in his first two games of the season, but not again Had hits in his first six at bats of the season Had his first career extra-base hit -a triple -and drove in a career-high, tying three runs at UNLV on Feb. 14 In just his second career start vs. Stanford on Feb. 1, he was 4-for-4, including RBI singles in his final three at-bats and had an outfield assist as well Laid down a sac bunt in the Titans' ninth-inning rally vs. Tulane on Feb. 28 Went 1-for-2 with an RBI and scored a run in a start vs. UCLA on Mar. 2 Got the start against USC at Edison Field on May 5.
TITANS `02: Was one of the best reserves on the squad as a freshman Appeared in 15 games and started once Batted .500 (5-for-10) and scored six runs while driving in a pair Picked up a hit in his first collegiate at-bat at Stanford Scored three runs against Vanguard.
EL DORADO H.S.: Was a four-year letterman at El Dorado H.S. in Placentia, Calif., where he played for Coaches Steve Gullotti and Matt Stine Was selected the CIF Division III and Empire League Player of the Year as a senior, while also earning all-county honors Batted .498 with three homers, 23 RBI, and 19 stolen bases Batted .464 as a junior, with six homers and 24 RBI and was a first-team all-league pick Helped El Dorado to a combined record of 86-31, three Empire League titles, and two CIF titles in his four seasons Played three years of football Was a scholar-athlete his senior season.
PERSONAL: Born on May 2, 1982, in La Mirada, Calif. Parents are Joe and Debbie Turgeon Full name is Joe Phillip-Koa Turgeon Has an older sister (Lani) Majoring in kinesiology Pierre is his nickname Biggest sports thrill was the NCAA National Championship run Would have liked to meet Mickey Mantle Says he chose Fullerton because he wanted to win Would like to see Miami added to the schedule Best advice to kids is to "love the ones who love you" His favorite food is Sushi Pia Favorites include: Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim (team), Cal Ripken, Jr. (player), The Sandlot (movie), Will Ferrell (actor), Angelina Jolie (actress), The Simpsons (TV show).


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That's right. What I have to say is so important, I am going to do it in three installments. This? Is number one.
Here is a short post on how to not write like a douche.
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Its is possessive. The book is torn and its page is wrinkled.
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This is your brain completely consumed on the dream house you are still waiting to hear about while playing cat - n - mouse with the Dept. of Ed.
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For a few weeks now The Little Man O screams in the car. We're talking ear-piercing, high decibal, painfully loud, "taking others down with me" screaming.
I'm sure you can imagine.
It finally hit me last night. The car seat! Oh Mah GAWD, it's the Car Seat.
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Don't. Eat. Your. iPhone.
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These are the first thoughts that ran through my head upon hearing about the Bumbo Seat Recall. I have a Bumbo Seat. We love the Bumbo Seat. Baby O sits up in his Bumbo Seat. It's a blue, soft, squishy seat of wonderfulness.
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GREEN BAY, WI (LEARFIELD-WSAU) The Green Bay Packers will get a pair of extra draft picks to make up for the losses of two free agents a year ago. The N-F-L announced its compensatory picks yesterday at its owners' meetings in Orlando.
The Packers were awarded the 98th overall selection this spring in the third round, to compensate for the loss of receiver Greg Jennings to Minnesota. The Pack will also get a fifth-round pick, the 176th overall, after losing linebacker Erik Walden to Indianapolis.
That gives general manager Ted Thompson nine total draft choices. Green Bay was given the second-highest compensatory pick of the 32 that were awarded throughout the league.
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MILWAUKEE, WI (WSAU)The Milwaukee Bucks will take their turn to try-and-end the Miami Heat's juggernaut. The Heat will bring a 20-game winning streak to the B-M-O Harris Bradley Center.
LeBron James-and-Company have a long way to go before breaking the N-B-A's all-time winning streak of 33 games set by the Los Angeles Lakers in the 1971-72 season. By the way, the Bucks ended that streak with a 16-point home victory.
Milwaukee can repeat that history tonight, but will need a concerted effort. Coach Jim Boylan says it's an important game for the Bucks, as they try to seal their best playoff position possible.
Right now, Milwaukee is two-and-a-half games behind Boston, Atlanta, and Chicago for the fifth, sixth, and seventh Eastern Conference playoff spots.
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… truly to enjoy bodily warmth, some small part of you must be cold, for there is no quality in this world that is not what it is merely by contrast. Nothing exists in itself. If you flatter yourself that you are all over comfortable, and have been so a long time, then you cannot be said to be comfortable any more. But if, like Queequeg and me in the bed, the tip of your nose or the crown of your head be slightly chilled, why then, indeed, in the general consciousness you feel most delightfully and unmistakably warm.
For this reason a sleeping apartment should never be furnished with a fire, which is one of the luxurious discomforts of the rich. For the height of this sort of deliciousness is to have nothing but the blanket between you and your snugness and the cold of the outer air. Then there you lie like the one warm spark in the heart of an arctic crystal.
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Before election, both parties found Tibet a hot topic
When the outrage broke out in Tibet on Mar 14th, 2008, Taiwan was right in the midst of presidential election frenzy. Ma Ying-jeou, the KMT candidate, reprimanded the abuse of force from the PRC government, and reiterated the consistent respect of the ROC government for the cultural, religious, as well political rights of the Tibetan people. He also clarified the principle of handling cross-strait issues—following the opinion of the majority, which is maintaining the status quo, no independence, no unification, no force.
On the other hand, the DPP candidate, Frank Hsieh, not only made a statement to oppose violent crackdowns, he also framed Tibet as a warning for Taiwan, implying that once the one-China market grows into shape, China will use force against Taiwan where there are human rights or security concerns, and that we won't be able to protect Taiwan.
As response to Hsieh's statement, the KMT presidential candidates Ma Ying-jeou and Vincent Siew pointed out during the press conference on Mar 17th, that Hsieh's analogy of Taiwan, Tibet and Hong Kong is invalid, because Taiwan has its own sovereignty, people, territory and regime, moreover, we don't accept the "one country, two systems" stance that Tibet has accepted. Ma also called for the Chinese government to stop violence, release the demonstrators, and initiate talks with Tibetan leader Dalai Lama.
On Mar 18th, premier of the PRC State Council Wen Jiabao pointed out in a press conference that evidence has indicated that recent uproar in Tibet was plotted by Dalai supporters to destabilise the Olympic Games. The authority took immediate yet restrained action to quiet things down, Wen also claimed that Beijing is always willing to negotiate, as long as Dalai gave up on Tibetan independence, and recognised that Tibet and Taiwan are inseparable parts of China.
Wen's talk was harshly criticised by Ma as ""outrageous, unreasonable, arrogant, dumb and pretentious," and that "The Republic of China [ROC] is a democratic country that enjoys sovereignty. The future of Taiwan will be decided by 23 million Taiwanese people, with no interference from China. He also added that "If the Chinese government continued its suppression of Tibetans, and the situation in Tibet worsens, I (if was elected president) would not rule out stopping athletes from attending the 2008 Beijing Olympics."
Hsieh said in the press conference later,that Wen's talk is consistent with Ma's position, and Ma should give up his one-China market policy. Hsieh expressed his opinion on Tibet by saying that an autocracy would always blame the oppressed for everything, and that DPP will be standing with the Tibetan people against violence.
Moreover, Hsieh responded to Ma's possible boycott by saying that Beijing wouldn't care for Taiwan's action, the boycott would only sacrifice Taiwan's athletes . He claimed that there are many ways to support Tibet, including stopping the campaign to have vigils together with Ma. Ma later emphasized that the boycott will be "possible" "only if" Beijing keeps up with the crackdown, and the situation in Tibet worsens, and he still hoped for the best.
After election, Tibet issues left aside
Compared to the high volume of support from both the campaigns before election, politicians have been rather quiet after the election. From March 20th on, organisations mobilised by the Tibetan government on exile , including "Taiwan Friends of Tibet," have been gathering for vigils on the "Liberty Square." From Mar 28th to 30th a 49-hour hunger strike was organised, demands include ceasing violence against monks and ordinary people, the interference of international organisations to conduct unbiased investigations, stopping misrepresenting Tibetans as "rioters" and refusing the presence of Olympic Fame in Tibet. More than a dozen of organisations have joined the petition.
Half a month after the violent breakout, the KMT and DPP legislators filed two cases for Tibet, in the idea of reprimanding the PRC government for its forceful actions and negligence of Tibetan people's human rights, and appealing to the international community to watch over PRC's future actions.
Tibet vs. Taiwan
The weighty attention Taiwan has for Tibet roots in the ambiguous historical and political relationship between Taiwan and China. Taiwan is under suppression from China in the international community, and thus is widely not recognised as a normal country, which is a situation the Taiwan people, regardless of political choice, feel bitter about. PRC's violent crackdown on the Tibetans undoubtedly triggered Taiwanese people's reaction toward the independence/unification dilemma.
DPP, which supports independence for Taiwan, has always been rough on cross-strait issues, and it took advantage of this incident to attack China for its notorious record of human rights, in hopes of gaining more votes from the election. On the other hand, the KMT, which has been more friendly with China, also criticized Beijing with a strength that is rarely seen, in order to get votes from the undecided voters.
However, both KMT and DPP are located in the right-wing side of the political spectrum, and their concerns over Tibet are most probably more election-motivated than human rights-inclined. Although Tibet had been a hot topic in Taiwan, it will soon be swept under the carpet once the election is over.
Mar 19, 2008, "Ma won't rule out Olympic boycott over Tibet." Taipei Times. http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2008/03/19/2003406155
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Raimondo whipped up an already excited crowd of about 200 friends and supporters at Hope Artiste Village while outside, picketers from public employee unions angry over her signature achievement of pension reform made their presence felt outside, holding signs and forming a gantlet that people attending the campaign event had to walk through.
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"There's been lots of interest in our downtown. All sorts of interest and activities and ideas, talk of buildings 20 stories high, but no one is taking serious steps right now," said city manager, Gary Tomsic. Developers see boundless possibilities in Blaine, Tomsic told city council members at their January 9 meeting, but regulatory constraints and tricky building conditions can threaten the financial feasibility of many projects.
At an early January meeting of downtown business owners, developers and investors Tomsic said they talked about the barriers to successful development downtown, especially along Peace Portal Drive. "I see some frustration with lack of movement," he said. "If we want to see our downtown grow we have to seriously look at if there's anything else we can do as a city."
What Tomsic and Blaine community development director Terry Galvin are proposing is loosening the rules so city planners and developers can work together and design projects that fits the city's goals but still make financial sense. "It's very difficult to develop a set of regulations that fit everybody," Tomsic said. "We run into issues that don't fit in a one-size-fits-all program."
The proposal is to initiate a conditional use process for developers who want to deviate from the current central business district development standards. "If you want to go higher, wider, a little differently one way or another you go into the conditional use process," Tomsic suggested. "Anything within reason, within the vision, within the comprehensive plan, is possible."
Tomsic said preliminary discussions with property owners showed this would be a solution many could work with. "There are pros and cons," Tomsic said. "It can take more time, more brain damage."
Council member Bruce Wolf asked if it could be easier to just increase the height allowance downtown, giving developers more floors. "The next thing you know you have someone who wants one more, and another and another," Tomsic said. "Six floors may be okay in some areas, three tops in others."
"What we're bringing you here is an idea. What we're asking is for you to give us some direction so we can put some skin on this," Tomsic said. The direction from council was to move forward with the idea, and Tomsic said they would come back at a later meeting with a resolution to officially initiate the process.
Tomsic and Galvin subsequently met with local realtor Dennis Hill and a planner from north of the border to discuss various development ideas.
Hill, who leads the political action group, Revitalize Blaine Now!, says he wants to organize a coalition of downtown business owners and lease holders to better communicate the business needs of the Blaine community and to create a liaison between downtown developers, businesses and the city planning department.
"I just jumped on the airport thing because I thought it was the right thing to do," he said, speaking of his role as an opponent of the Blaine airport. "But my main concern is downtown because I've always thought our biggest asset is our million dollar views."
Hill also invited Michael von Hausen, an urban planner from the city of White Rock, B.C., to talk about his ideas for downtown.
Hill said his top concerns about downtown re-development are preserving views, creating parks and public spaces, and setting the stage for a vibrant business economy.
buildings to be tall enough and dense enough to keep
rents low enough for local businesses could help achieve
that, he said.
"It has to work for the community and the people who own the property," he said.
Creating density, he said, is important – especially when given the cost of building and the initial conditions such as blue clay soil on the west side of Peace Portal Drive – if developers are expected to be able to recover their costs. He used Rick Osborne's Harborview condominium project on the corner of Peace Portal Drive and H Street as an example.
The blue clay soil is just not conductive to standard construction," he said. "That and – from a realtorís perspective – you can't get more than $2,000 per month for rent no matter what kind of business you had in there. Whereas, the same square footage in Bellingham might get you $4,000."
Galvin agreed. Other problems, he said, are the absentee ownership of land along Peace Portal Drive, in which individuals are simply holding on to pieces of land while waiting for property values to increase, as well as an increase in building material prices that make profitable development more difficult.
"The economics of development have changed dramatically," Galvin said, adding that the projected cost of Osborne's project had more than doubled since the city approved its shoreline permit several years ago. "But the city has for the most extent been discovered. In my mind it's no longer a question of if the city is going to grow, it's how it's going to grow."
Tomsic agreed the city's revitalization efforts seem to be gaining a slow response, but was hesitant to offer taller building limits as a solution to the problem.
"You jump to the tall buildings," he said. "But there is are at least 50 other questions – the first of which is why would we want to do that? What's in it for the community? You have to come at it from that standpoint."
Tomsic said he thinks part of the reason for the sluggish growth in Blaine's downtown core is because of a lack of economic strategy in the city's comprehensive plan.
"We have laid the ground work and we have been very frustrated," he said. "We think we have a good vision and have invested a lot of money, but we're not seeing much happen. One of the reasons I think is because there has not been an economic basis for what we've done. That is an area that we need to focus on in the future."
To accomplish that, Tomsic said he wants to allow mixed and conditional uses in the central business district, become "more entrepreneurial" and "not be so prescriptive" about details.
"What we'd like to figure out is how to mesh the vision of the community with the realities of private investment," he said. "I don't think, however, we need to reinvent the vision of our community. I think that's solid."
von Hausen said the city has done enough to lay the groundwork and now the developing community needs to step up to respond and refine it.
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The other day, Ohdeedoh reader Pencils asked a good question in the comments section of this post:
When are manufacturers going to stop selling their bedding only in sets that contain bumpers? I have to think that their sales are already affected. I didn't buy a set for my new daughter, when a few years ago I probably would have. All I wanted was a sheet, crib skirt, and possibly curtains.
Well, we don't have an answer to that question, but it got us thinking about taking unused crib bumpers and using them in other ways. So we did some digging and rounded up some ideas that might help you finally rationalize your purchase of that cute crib set you've had your eye on.
The readers at Thrifty Fun asked themselves the same question and came up with several suggestions. Our favorites:
"Recover the foam with other adult prints and take them to nursing homes they make great bedrail guards for those that thrash and bump their legs and arms and helps prevent bedwounds and bruising that can be painful for the elderly."
"Cut them down, fill them with rice and herbs or essential oils, and make some heat packs. Great for helping children off to sleep or keeping little feet warm or, with the right herbs, helping with a chest cold."
"They could be cut into even lengths and the lengths sewn together as a lightweight blanket or portable changing pad."
"Use the bumpers as "trim" on things like laundry baskets, storage bins or diaper pails in the nursery. Since they are part of your set, they will coordinate the entire room for a "designer" look. Don't forget to save some of the bumper for a valance over the window!" (See Evan's nursery tour for an example of a bumper-to-valance conversion.)
"Why not take a solid color fabric that matches the print best and along the pads, running horizontally, sew on little pockets to house small toys, stuffed animals, shoes, pictures, anything that will look cute in the pockets. Hang the whole pad on the wall. Just make your pockets are the same size and spread them out the same distance along the pad."
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We tied ours over and around the top crib railing, which didn't come with a teething-guard. Keeps our 15 month old from chewing on the crib.
I am thinking of using ours as a valance also, but I have two smaller windows so I would need to do a lot more cutting/sewing.
I love the blue painted walls. What color is that?
I took our bumpers ( I had made them myself, don't ask me why) and used them as a rocking chair pad for the back of our old, hard, wooden rocker. No cutting involved-just tied them on!
Ok so I am totally out of the loop I guess...but why are bumper pads bad exactly? Because they might suffocate?
Travsmom- I was just going to write and ask about that too. I was not using mine because of the risk of suffocation that I heard about, but two nights ago my 5 month old squirmed her way crooked and got stuck in the crib with her head against the rail on one side and her feet against the rail on the other side. She was screaming like mad and shaking because the center top of her head was butted up against the wood slats and she couldnt release herself. So last night found me tying those ribbons very tightly around the crib rails wondering why they were such a hazard. seems like having her get jammed in that way, or having her arms or legs pop through the slats is a more immediate risk...
any thoughts?
With our first I used the bumper pads, but they were tucked down between the rails and the mattress. I'd say only about an inch and a half was above the mattress.
Then I sold that set when we were expecting our second son and now we just use crib sheets and the nice blanket my aunt makes me when I have a baby.
I hate matchy $hit, so I'd rather not have a set anyway.
Well mine is still on the bed so my sons legs or arms don't get stuck. He's 14 months now. I can just imagine his leg through a slat and him trying to turn over at the same time, ouch! I was paranoid about suffocation and SIDS and I got a sensor for under the mattress and I slept alot better.
Thanks Aimi
I love the bedding set. Where can I find that? Does anyone know what it is?
There's some good suggestions there, but the point was that I didn't want to spend the huge amount of money to buy the bumpers in the first place. Or the comforter, either. We don't need the comforter either, we have plenty of blankets to use on the floor or wherever.
And for those of you worrying about your baby getting his or her limbs stuck through the slats, there are other options: http://www.breathablebaby.com/
plumgirl, the bedding in the photo is the Miss Ladybug's Garden set from Baby Gap Home.
And Pencils, I hear you. I prefer a la carte purchasing myself. But your comment seemed like a good jumping-off point for talking about how to use bumpers when you get them as part of a set, say as a gift, and you don't want to pass them along to others (for safety reasons) but don't want to just chuck them. So thanks for making that original comment!
I'll say it again--
Pottery Barn kids sells everything separately, so you don't have to find ways to re-use bumpers
But monika, not everyone loves the Pottery Barn stuff. It's great if you do like one of the stores who sell separately, but the bedding I loved most were only sold as sets. (I was the one who made the valance from the bumper because I just loved the sheets too much to pass them over)
The bumper as valance is GREAT!
When my three week old is actually ready to sleep for an extended period in his purty crib, I'll have another option for the decor.
We used Carousel Bedding. We got to pick everything (fabric) ourselves and you buy what you want.


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Board Certified OB/GYN- Dr. Erik Schulte is here to serve all the obstetric and gynecologic needs of our community. After receiving his undergraduate degree from the University of Nebraska – Lincoln, Dr. Schulte attended De Moines University's College of Osteopathic Medicine and Surgery. He followed this with an internship at the University of Nebraska Medical Center and completed his residency at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
"My father influenced me the most. He is also an OB/GYN back home. I saw (the good that) he did for patients and thought I wanted to do this with my life as well."
Growing up in Omaha, Nebraska wasn't as different as one would think.
"It is a much larger city, but still had a small town feel to it," Dr. Schulte said. "If I wasn't in the medical field though, I'd probably be out playing soccer somewhere."
Dr. Schulte enjoys getting to know his patients and following them over the course of their lives, including important times like the birth of a child or when a needed surgery comes up.
Relocating to take on the position here at Divine Savior Healthcare was a choice that Dr. Schulte and his family made together.
"Divine Savior is great for the community," Dr. Schulte says. "We offer excellent medical care with multiple specialties already here, or we provide outreach for patients."
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Currently, Dr. Schulte has been sharing his skills even more so with the local community through an opportunity to teach family medicine residents from the University of Wisconsin about OB/GYN.
Outside of his practice, he is very busy helping his wife raise their young triplets. In his free time, Dr. Schulte enjoys a wide variety of outdoor activities, depending on the season.
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As you may have noticed, President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran is not on campus this trimester. She has been granted a sabbatical by the college's Board of Trustees and will return to campus for the spring term.
According to Provost Michael McDonald, who has stepped up as the acting President, President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran is spending this time reading, reflecting, and looking at the impact of technology on learning at small liberal arts colleges. She is visiting several high schools, as well as a Kalamazoo College alumnas in Singapore. President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran will also spend some time at the study abroad site in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
"The timing is really great for this sabbatical. She spent a lot of time last quarter traveling around the United States launching [the College's] public campaign," McDonald said. "Now, she really is trying to be on sabbatical, which is a way to be away and be disconnected."
As acting President, McDonald has stepped into the role as decision-maker for the campus, and is working with the President's staff and vice presidents to keep moving forward with this year's priorities and goals for next year.
"It's both an honor and I'm kind of humbled by the opportunity to serve the institution in this way," McDonald said. "I like new challenges. I like doing new things."
The acting President added that he is excited to see how the work of the president is similar or different to work as the provost.
McDonald, who became the College's Provost on July 1, 2008, explained that he and President Eileen Wilson-Oyelaran have been exchanging emails, but he does not check in with her in terms of decision-making. He is in regular contact with the Chairwoman of the Board of Trustees, Charlotte Hall.
"It was kind of challenging that the first decision I made as President was to close down the campus," McDonald said of the two days during the first week of school that the campus had to be shut down due to the weather.
While McDonald has taken the role as acting president, Professor in the Natural Sciences Jan Tobochnik will serve as acting provost. According to McDonald, Tobochnik served for a year as interim provost six years ago.


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Well EB, as a homeless person who still works full time and is having a particularly poop time at the moment I have to say that my sympathy-o-meter is not ticking past "meh" at this time, and this is after my "how to stop being nice?" AskMeFi post.It says longbaugh has suffered worse, and therefore doesn't feel a bunch of sympathy. Fine. Nothing unusual or immoral there. If longbaugh said no one else should feel sympathy, or that u.n. owen is undeserving of sympathy, that would be a different matter. As it is, it just says that longbaugh doesn't feel sympathy. Longbaugh points out that other people are suffering more, but doesn't use this as a basis to attack u.n. owen, but to point out that longbaugh would rather invest his/her time in helping people less fortunate. Again, not an attack on u.n. owen.
I would never assume to ask strangers for money. Maybe we just have different standards. I certainly wouldnt make light of u.n. owen's personal circumstances but by the same token, as long as there are people worse off than her they will get my charity.
No disrespect intended but frankly there are people in worse shape than her and they will be all their lives. I will put my effort in to raising their standard of living first.
yes to charitable causes in fleshed out FPP's a la AIDS Day, Tsunami, and internet-wide (worldwide) phenomena as taz points out has happened. No to personal pan-handling of any sort, including sneaking associates links into FPPs to score points or whatever.But now that anapestic has spelled it out, I lean more towards the opinion that Matt should be involved in any decisions to solicit money via Metafilter however worthy the cause may seem.
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Weak euro weighs on gold
Prices feel the pressure of a stronger US dollar, which was rallying against the euro after a Greece debt deal fell through.
Gold prices were weighed down Tuesday by a stronger U.S. dollar, as Greece failed to secure a debt deal with private bondholders.
Gold (-GC) for February delivery was down $9.80 at $1,668.50 an ounce at the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange. Gold has traded as high as $1,680 and as low as $1,661 an ounce while the spot price was down $8.30, according to Kitco's gold index.
Silver (-SI) was shedding 15 cents at $32.12 an ounce while the U.S. dollar index was up 0.12% at $79.90.
Gold was losing steam Tuesday as a weaker euro dragged down prices. Markets were disappointed that Greece failed to reach a deal with private bondholders.
The issue now is not the current haircut on bonds, but the loss bondholders would take in swapping old debt for new debt. The problem is the interest rate on the new bonds: bondholders want to receive a 4% rate, while Greece and other European countries are looking for 3.5%.
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The euro was sliding under $1.30 against the dollar, which was hurting gold prices. Gold also butted up against some key resistance levels, and with prices having climbed more than $20 in the past two trading sessions, some investors were cashing in on those gains.
"I think this $1,670 to $1,680 area is going to be resistance," says Phil Streible, senior commodities broker at RJO Futures. "The last time we were doing this grinding pattern in about six trading sessions we fell about $200."
Traders are also anticipating jumpy gold prices headed into options expiration Thursday, where traders either let their options expire worthless or turn their options into long or short positions. "That tends to create some additional movement that is adverse," says Streible.
Longer term investors will also be watching the Federal Reserve at it begins its two-day Federal Open Market Committee meeting. Any hints of more monetary easing or an extension of low interest rates past the current end date of mid-2013 will be good for gold. If inflation outpaces a rise in interest rates, the result is negative real interest rates -- where a dollar in the bank is literally worth less than a hard asset – making gold more appealing as a safety play.
Experts don't think that any grandiose plans will be set into action at this meeting. "These first FOMC meetings of the year tend to be more muted," says Streible. "I think as the FOMC meetings go throughout the year you are going to see more action."
"We do not expect the FOMC to strongly signal QE3," said Bank of America/Merrill Lynch in a recent note. "The market is currently pricing in the first rate hike to begin February 2014," says the investment bank. "We think the Fed will not be as aggressive, with the first hike (coming) in Q3 2014." A rate hike in mid-2014, even if inflation stays subdued, would mean real interest rates would be a negative 2% for an extended period of time.
The Fed could also give specific inflation targets, giving the central bank more flexibility later in the year to launch a third round of quantitative easing, or QE3. Due to the Fed's last two bond-buying programs, the M2 supply in the U.S. -- money in circulation plus bank deposits, savings accounts and travelers checks -- rose 9.6% to more than $9.6 trillion.
Banks, however, are holding an excess $1.5 trillion at the Federal Reserve along with the $84 billion that is required, which means that even though the Fed has tried to pump money into the system, a lot of it has wound up back at the central bank. If more of the money makes it out into circulation while the Fed maintains low interest rates, gold would become more appealing as a haven asset.
There are some fundamentals of note for gold. According to bullion dealer GoldCore, the Tokyo Commodity Exchange's December gold contracts climbed as high as 4,167 yen per gram, its biggest gain since mid-December. "Japan has been notably absent in the gold market in recent years. This may be changing as concerns about the Japanese economy and continuing debasement of the yen may be leading to Japanese diversification into gold."
There were also rumors that India was using gold to buy oil from Iran in order to avoid trading in U.S. dollars. Of Iran's total oil exports, 13% went to India in the first half of 2011 while 22% went to China. If both parties buy oil with gold, it would mobilize the metal as a currency, not just a commodity, and increase its appeal to investors.
Gold mining stocks were struggling Tuesday. Barrick Gold (ABX) was down 2.6% at $45.71 after getting downgraded to "sector perform" from "outperform" at RBC Capital, while Newmont Mining (NEM) was falling 2.2% to $57.93.
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The Academy Awards gambles on Seth MacFarlane
He's wealthy, savvy and has a crude sense of humor best suited for 20-somethings. Is he the right host for the Oscars?
Writing Friday in Advertising Age, Brad Adgate of Horizon Media makes a compelling case that the marriage between MacFarlane and Oscar may not be a match made in heaven.
For one thing, MacFarlane's television shows -- including "Family Guy," "American Dad" and "The Cleveland Show" -- attract mostly male audiences with a median age of 32. The Oscar telecast is so skewed toward women some have called it "The Super Bowl for women."
"Ted", MacFarlane's film about a teddy bear with a potty mouth, grossed -- and "gross" is a good way to describe this hysterical movie -- $535 million globally. That's the most ever for an original "R"-rated comedy. You can bet that many women who attended that movie were dragged there by their husbands and boyfriends.
It was a great year for Hollywood all all around. Domestic box-office sales hit a record $10.8 billion in 2012 and movie attendance increased for the first time in three years. Adgate cites 2011 data from the Motion Picture Association of America showing that frequent moviegoers tend to be 25- to 39-year-old men.
There is just one problem with that factoid. "This is the same demographic that is more likely to watch Seth MacFarlane shows on Fox and least likely to watch the Academy Awards," according to Adgate. "A look at the top-grossing movies in 2012, many of them popular with young adults, indicates that very few of them received any Oscar recognition and none of them were nominated in major categories."
Walt Disney Co. (DIS) is hoping that Adgate is wrong. As my colleague Bruce Kennedy recently noted, the company's ABC Network is charging $1.8 million for a 30-second spot on Sunday's telecast.
Producers of the Academy Awards have tried to attract young audiences before. Who could forget the disastrous 2011 telecast featuring hosts James Franco and Anne Hathaway? Many fans sure wish they could.
MacFarlane, though, is a smart guy. He doesn't want to blow a chance to introduce himself to a wider audience. Then again, he is great at skewering the pomposity of Hollywood. Whatever happens, it will be a an Oscar to remember or forget.
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Strange choice, given all of the facts - including that "Ted" notwithstanding (a mediocre movie filled with some incredibly funny moments), Seth is mainly a guy's cartoon producer. When you watch, see if you can imagine if Seth had any influence on the show's production or if he will be limited to scripted remarks. Anything to make the program interesting would be appreciated.
Now that the show and millions of comments have aired, it's official: Not that funny and kind of offensive in an unfunny way. Hmm, sounds like what you should expect from a cartoon producer.
MacFarlane is Funnier then hell...And some of his shows have taken on touchy subjects, but many times in a different light ?....America has quit laughing at themselves and others, and are way too serious because of trying to be PC... IM/OO.
We don't watch American Dad that much...And Cleaveland was much funnier, when part of the Family Guy cast...To each his/their own..
But we are more then twice as old as his 32 yr. demographic; And we still like to giggle and bust out laughing...Maybe we are still young at heart and REALIST..??
And I really doubt MANY knew another NEWCOMER, years ago; When he came on board, Oscars.
What was that guy's name?? Yeah, Billy something ?? Was it Crystal or something like that ??
The Academy Awards or Oscars, shouldn't be just a Fashion Show,hoping to see some titties.(well usually old guys like me)...I just want to laugh..
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