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1) They just can't win games.
2) They can't spell their own team name right.
3) They need help from fans putting the tarp on the field.
4) They can't spell their players' names right.
5) They fail miserably at shooting sausages into the stands.
Wait, what's that last one? You mean you haven't heard about it yet? Well, prepare to give yourself the old facepalm once again, at the expense of the Washington Natinals.
The latest and greatest in the long string of failure that is the Washington Nationals is SausageGate 2009, in which they attempt to shoot sausages, wrapped up in t-shirts, into the stands, using a small cannon.
Not surprisingly, this doesn't go as planned. It looks like the wieners couldn't handle being shot out of a cannon like that, and fell apart, raining down chunks of sausage and buns all over the field and the fans.
Here's a description from Alex Zeese, who was at the game:
Wow. Just when you thought the Nationals couldn't outdo themselves, they have once again found a way. It was described by others as "confetti", and "raining bread". Way to go, Natinals. This will go down as a monumental year in baseball history, with the most fail-filled franchise of all time. Congrats!
They Can't Shoot Sausage, Can They? [Washington Post]

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Judge: Mom had right to keep police out of home, daughter off meds
Kilpatrick cleared of bail bond violation
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Judge Ronald Giles is the Chief Judge of Michigan's 36th District Court in Detroit, Michigan.
Judge Giles was born in Detroit where he attended Cass Technical High School. He served in the U.S. Army as a Medical Corpsman and Neuropsychiatry Specialist before attending Wayne State University where he received his Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice, and a Master of Arts in Guidance and Counseling. He also received his law degree at Wayne State. As an attorney, Judge Giles practiced for 22 years and worked as general counsel for a community mental health organization, a hearing referee for the Michigan Department of Civil Rights and maintained a general law practice with a concentration in Juvenile law, Criminal law, Family law, Immigration and Civil Rights.
Giles came to national attention on August 7, 2008, when he remanded Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick to Wayne County Jail for violating the terms of his bond. The mayor had been charged with perjury, misconduct and obstruction of justice, and took an unauthorized trip to Windsor, Ontario, without the Court's knowledge or permission. Judge Giles' order represented the first time in Detroit history that a sitting mayor had been ordered to jail. In making his ruling, Judge Giles said he was required to make his ruling as though it were "John Sixpack" sitting in front of him and not the Mayor of Detroit. When Judge Giles was assigned to the Kilpatrick case, prosecutors had moved to disqualify him because he had previously made a $300 contribution to a past Kilpatrick political campaign. No basis was found to disqualify Judge Giles, and he continued to handle the case. In late July 2008, Judge Giles had reduced Kilpatrick's bond from $75,000 to $7,500, but also revoked Kipatrick's privilege to travel without a court hearing. Judge Giles also ordered Kilpatrick to undergo periodic and random drug testing at that time. When Kilpatrick was accused of pushing a process server around the same time, Judge Giles warned the mayor in open court, saying, "You're a licensed attorney. You're a public official. Everything you do, every step you take, every word you say is somewhere recorded for everyone to hear. You need to keep that in mind."


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Erik has been working at a boxing gym, and takes Bob there. Erik really likes the aspect of the gym where he gets to hit things. Bob seems to approve. Erik thinks about his journey on the show, and notes that his story is different. He gained the weight back, but he says that his story isn't going to end with that failure. He's going to lose the weight again, and then maintain it. Bob has a proposition for Erik. Bob invites him to come back for the season nine finale and weigh-in there. Erik thinks about it for a minute, then agrees. He says he was waiting for something like this.
We then catch up via home video with season four's David. He started at 368 and now weighs 224. He's helped train five people who have crossed 100 pounds lost.
And then we catch up with season four's Neil. He started at 421, and lost 211 pounds total by the finale. He also was infamous for that 20-pound water gain. Neil was very huge, and couldn't even fit into a seat at Fenway Park two years ago. He felt like he had to take care of himself before he married his girlfriend. Today, Neil weighs 228. He did a good job of keeping all that weight off. We flash back to Bob screaming at Neil in the gym. Neil says that he really went on the show for his girlfriend, Stephanie. They've been together for a long time, and Stephanie stayed with Neil through good and bad times. But with all his health problems, it was hard to take the next step with her. But now they're getting married! Neil looks great in his suit, and Stephanie is beautiful. The priest at their wedding says that the two of them are good for each other, and while in one way the two of them have grown, thanks to Stephanie Neil has shrunk. Neil says he's a much stronger person than he ever was before. And Bob's at his wedding! So are several former contestants. Bob says that seeing Neil on the dance floor reminded him of just how much The Biggest Loser changes people's lives. Neil says that the show takes everyday people out of their everyday routines, and shows that they can accomplish some amazing things. Over 18,200 pounds have been lost on the Biggest Loser scale. But the show's real goal is to inspire us. So get off the couch! I would, but now I have to edit this recap.
Next week: Final four! Our vote will determine who makes the cut for the finale. And the show starts at 9:00 p.m.


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As we wrapped up the 2009 Heartland Film Festival we realized the common sentiment among nearly each filmmaker discussing his or her films' success was the importance of collaborating with others during the filmmaking process. With that in mind, in 2010 we embarked on developing a Heartland Institute Workshop that embraced the theme of collaboration on multiple levels. We wanted aspiring filmmakers to not only walk away from our workshop with insights into honing specific aspects of their craft, but also wanted them to walk away with an appreciation for and inspiration about what they can do with a team of fellow filmmakers.
The 2010 Heartland Institute Workshop is just around the corner (mark your calendar for October 18!) and we're excited to have been able to achieve just what we set out to do. Past Institute presenter Elliot Kotek will be kicking the morning off with his discussion on using social media to make and promote films. Past festival award winners Gustavo Ron and Frank Kelly will chat with Elliot as well as the three of them explore the value of collaboration on their most recent project, experimental documentary and 2010 Official Selection, 140.
Two more presenters will follow Kotek, building on the theme of the day. Official Selection filmmaker Chip Hackler will present on the collaborative process of making his short film Two Hours in the Dark, which tells a fascinating story about Frank Capra. Then Award-winning filmmaker of The Road Home, Rahul Gandotra and co-author of Third Culture Kids: The Experience of Growing Up Among Worlds, Ruth E. Van Reken will discuss how the making of The Road Home has lead them to focus on collaborating in the future.
And guess what. It doesn't stop there. During lunch a panel made up of 2010 Award-winning and Official Selection filmmakers will answer audience questions on topics ranging from writing, directing, producing and much more. Panelists Elliot Kotek, Gustavo Ron, Andie Redwine, Storme Wood and Sultan Sharrief are sure to cap off a full day of inspiration and insight by sharing their filmmaking experiences in way that's certain to keep filmmakers motivated and working away at their next film.
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Continuous Passive Motion after Knee Replacement: Does it Help?
You may have heard about the use of continuous passive motion (CPM) after total knee replacement (TKR). It uses a mechanical device that moves the knee through a preset range of motion. The idea is that early and constant motion after surgery will help the joint heal faster.
But does it? Results of many studies don't agree. Some say that CPM helps speed recovery while others say it doesn't. In this study three groups of patients were compared. The first group used CPM in the standard way. They started with the knee straight. The CPM was set to bend and straighten the knee. The second group started in flexion and moved into extension. The third (control) group didn't use CPM at all.
The two CPM groups used it twice a day for three hours over five days. Everyone in all three groups had the same physical therapy program after TKR. Results were measured by range of motion and knee function. Everyone was followed at five days, three months, and one year after the operation.
There were some differences among the groups when measured at day five. The second group that started in flexion had more motion than the other two groups. All other measures were the same for all three groups at three months and again at one year. Patients in all three groups had the same length of hospital stay and number of rehab visits.
The authors say their results agree with some studies and disagree with others. Although one CPM program increased flexion early, the end results were the same for everyone. This study agrees with others that suggest CPM isn't needed after TKR. An aggressive physical therapy program is all that's needed.
Lisa A. Bennett, BAppSc, MPhty, et al. A Comparison of 2 Continuous Passive Motion Protocols after Total Knee Arthroplasty. In The Journal of Arthroplasty. February 2005. Vol. 20. No. 2. Pp. 225-233.
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When heroics were first introduced (in TBC), they were advertised as a way of providing a real challenge to those who enjoy difficult PvE content in a 5man setting. Those who preferred the more standard, more casual-friendly 5man dungeon experience could run regular mode high-level dungeons. It made a lot of sense. If you didn't want to run heroics, no one was forcing you to. But if you were a more serious player who wanted something challenging to do other than a raid, heroics were for you. Wrath totally screwed that up. People thought of regular dungeons as something you only ran while leveling up (or perhaps for a very, very brief period of time after hitting level 80). Heroics were made significantly easier than even regular dungeons were in TBC.
Now, in Cata, they are bringing the design back to something more like what we saw in TBC. Don't think of heroics as something you have to run. If you want something that requires a bit of coordination and skill, but that's pretty much guaranteed not to be a wipe-fest, run regular 85 dungeons. They are quite fun and the loot isn't all THAT different from the loot you get in heroics. However, if you're someone who wants a real challenge in a 5man setting, heroics are for you. What's the problem with that?
Honestly I don't think heroics ever where so difficult. Maybe for the very first few that you did with leveling gear. But it is not hard to get a decent gear set. There are a lot of craftable items, a lot of BoEs on the AH, and most slots can be covered from JPs. Once your group is averaging more than 340 ilvl they are easy and at 346 ilvl even the achievements are relatively easy bar maybe Headed South.
Except for the valor points. I'd happily run normals during the weeks and leave the heroics for weekends, if I could get at least some vp's. Even if it was like ten times less points or something.
I've been trying to run one heroic through LFG every morning, before work. With 40 min wait plus wipes and ragequits, I only finish one or two a week. I'd rather be able to comfortably finish one every day, and take longer to accumulate the same amount of points.


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L.D. Ottinger does the home folks proud
By admin | March 23, 2009
By Richard Allen
Thirty years ago L.D. Ottinger's name was known by many racing fans across the country. This past Saturday night the Newport, Tennessee native's name once again rang out in the racing world.
The 70 year old Ottinger drove his way up to a 3rd place finish after starting 10th in the Scotts Saturday Night Special race for legends at the Bristol Motor Speedway.
Ottinger, whose hometown is only about an hour's drive from BMS, won his last Busch Series race on this track in 1990. He fought off the likes of Dale Earnhardt, Sr. and Dale Jarrett for the win that day. That race is perhaps best known for the horrific crash of driver Michael Waltrip.
Ottinger's credentials as a legend go far deeper than his last win, however. He was the NASCAR Late Model Sportsman division champion in 1975 and 1976. During the 1970s he won countless races on every type of track imaginable.
Aside from his Busch Series triumph of 1990 on the high banked track, Ottinger very nearly added a trophy from NASCAR's top division to his collection in the 1973 Volunteer 500. In that race, local driver John A. Utsman relieved Benny Parsons and the two combined for the win.
Ottinger, and his relief driver Gene Glover, had the fastest car in the race but extra pit stops relegated the pair to a 2nd place finish.
Speaking of his finish in the legends event Ottinger showed he still has that competitive drive. "This is the second time I've been in a car in 15 years," he declared. "I'd like to see this again. This was great."
And what did Ottinger think of his much younger competition? "I am old enough to be his father," Ottinger said of Rusty Wallace, who's 52. "I am just honored to be asked to be in this.â€
L.D. Ottinger has always been thought of as a racing legend by long time race fans in east Tennessee. Maybe after Saturday night a new generation of fans in the racing world may also consider him as such.
Richard Allen is a member of the National Motorsports Press association. His weekly column appears in The Mountain Press every Wednesday.
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Dr. Reames missed a lot of classes and was probably unprepared because she is BATTLING CANCER. This semester she found out it has spread to her lungs. She's not a poor excuse for a teacher. She is wonderful and I pray for her recovery.
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What a poor excuse for an educator. Always unprepared, when she showed up to class at all. Was completely disgusted when I was told by her that I could be someone's pet project because of my lack of ability to read music. What a joke.
I don't understand what everyone's problem with Dr. Reames is. She is a wonderful human being and music teacher, and so supportive of her students both in and out of class. I really value the ideas she imparts about music education. I also love that her classes depend on student leadership. So positive too. With her, it's what you make of it.
It's on you to know the notes and rhythyms, she will not teach them in class. If you practice it a little outside of class it's usually not a problem, but there are definitely times when it wouldn't hurt to get us all on the same page with the notes. Outside of class she is extremely helpful and responds to e-mails promptly with good advice
Wonderful! We love Dr. Reames.
Incredibly uninspired and insulting to be around! "Future teachers of America" has never sounded more demeaning than when those words have come from her mouth. Unprepared, unenthusiastic, all that pseudo-multi-cultural jibber-jabber. It's no wonder everyone wants out of her choir(s). Nice person though.
I really learned a lot in this class...she realy cares about her students and makes the class fun and interesting. I like that she is always positive.
I just love this class. dr. Reames is awesome and I can't wait for next semester.
Excellent teacher
Terrible Teacher. Comes unprepared to class and when something doesnt go correctly she has trouble correcting it. Completely ridiculous. Doesn't take the group seriously, and purposely picks ridiculous rep. I was honestly ashamed to say I am a part of that group because I have honestly never experienced a teacher taking such little pride in a group
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She comes unprepared to rehearsals. She doesn't know the music, and she doesn't hold high expectations for the choir. She's always very negative. I've never heard her compliment the choir. She doesn't make people excited about singing. She has no variety in the songs she picks for us to sing- it's all in Latin. She messes up rhythms and notes
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She disregards important things like pitch and rhythm, and dynamics are virtually non-existent. A whole section would be singing the wrong note or rhythm and she'd ignore it. She's not very expressive when conducting, either.
Ah Becky Reames. Well I'm not too fond of her as a person but I definitely respect her as a teacher. Was quite helpful in conducting class and gave me the opportunity to warm-up and sometimes rehearse Concert Choir which was awesome.
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weird, I only officially had her for one class freshman year, but I was in constant contact with her afterwards. I think shes a super person.
I not only took classes with Dr. Reames during my undergraduate, but have attended master classes and demonstrations with her since. She has never hesitated to help me out with a professional question SINCE my graduation. I highly suggest getting to know Dr. Reames. She is a truly special person!
Concert Choir
RECKY BEAMES is HOT!
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I think Dr. Reames is the most uncaring of all Crane professors. Her absolute lack of respect fo rher students and their responsibilities outside of class blow my mind. I am not taking this class again next year.
Concert Choir
She is a good profesor but does not take people skills in mind sometimes. Good conductor with a bad sence for what her choir's can really do.
unless you are a vocalist planning on teaching elementary ed, you will probably not enjoy her class. . .i didn't. she does give you a lot of songs that you can teach little kids, but the workload is high, and the condescending attitude is not helpful
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I was a bit apprehensive about this. I love barley, my DH thinks he doesn't. I served this with a roasted chicken. He kept asking for more! I did change the recipe (I've been a vegetarian for over 40 years and barley needs at least 45 minutes: at the 30 minute mark, turn the heat to Lo, don't uncover and let it sit for at least 30 minutes more.) I also don't salt food. So for your guest, grind some coarse salt on. I also think this would be good with lentils and spinach. But that's just me. Thanks. Happy New Year.
Barley Risotto with Caramelized Leeks and Mushrooms
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sedutta Posted: 12/04/08
This was the definite hit of Thanksgiving this year. I had to send out a mass email the next day with the recipe becuase so many people requested it! I followed the recipe exactly, except for adding some butter and parmesan at the end, as suggested by another reviewer. Next time, I might add some white wine to the leeks just before adding the mushrooms. A delicious and healthy side dish!
guido22 Posted: 11/03/09
Made this recipe last night and loved it. Used veggie broth instead of chicken broth, and right before serving, I folded in some shredded Grafton Maple Smoked cheddar to give it a nice smoky flavor. I also added a little maple syrup to the leek carmelization process. My husband had three helpings.
JessicaJJM Posted: 04/09/13
Very good. We used as a low cal main dish, but would make a good side pairing w/ a pheasant or duck.
sprater1 Posted: 12/26/13
Easy to make. It took about 15 minutes longer for the broth to cook down. I added about 1 tsp of butter and about 1/4 cup freshly grated parmesan cheese at the end. Family loved it, including my young kids!


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The Age of Spiritual Machines
By Ray Kurzweil
Youve had a rotten day. All you want is to go home and get a little sympathy, but your spouse just shrugs off your troubles and suggests how you might do things differently so that your woes wont return. This is not the understanding you had in mind.
Cheer up. If Ray Kurzweil, author of The Age of Spiritual Machines, is right, in a few years you may be able to commiserate with the very person who understands you best: you (albeit in a silicon-based life form).
Extrapolating from the history of computing (very systematically presented in The Age of Spiritual Machines), Kurzweil predicts that silicon-based life forms with the thinking capacity of humans should start arriving on the scene around 2029. This estimate is based on Kurzweils theory of "time and chaos," which suggests that evolutionary time is accelerating.
It took evolution 4 billion years to create the first human being, but, Kurzweil writes, "humans will have vastly beaten evolution , achieving in a matter of only thousands of years as much or more than evolution achieved in billions of years. So human intelligence, a product of evolution, is far more intelligent than its creator."
And machine intelligence, a product of human design, will be far more intelligent than its creator. The author demonstrates that humans have devised a computational technology that has roughly doubled in capability every three years for the past 100 years. This pattern is remarkably similar to Moores Law, named after Gordon Moore, the founder of Intel Corp. Moores Law states that the density of transistors on a silicon chip doubles every two years. If this trend continues, we can make some remarkable predictions:
Todays desktop computer, which can be purchased for roughly $1,000, has the computing capacity of a small insect brain. In 10 years, Kurzweil writes, that same $1,000 should purchase a computer with the capacity of a mouse brain. Twenty years later, $1,000 will purchase a computer with the capacity of the human brain. Thirty years after that, $1,000 will purchase a computer with roughly the capacity of all the brains in the human race.
Eventually, Kurzweil predicts, the computer will be able to create "its own next generation without human intervention." Once this occurs, the pace of technological evolution will leave us humans in the dust.
Of course, this extrapolation says nothing about whether these computers will take on human characteristics. However, the author theorizes that the increase in computational capability will allow us to scan our human brain using MRI technology and download that information into a computer. This computer, Kurzweil claims, will have human intelligence and emotion.
Kurzweils MRI scenario suggests that eventually we may become an inseparable meld of human and machine. If that occurs, how will we define death? Will it be when our human bodies are no longer functioning, or will it be when the machine portion of us breaks down? Or will there be any such thing as death, in the sense that our minds can continue on in a silicon-based form?
Although these questions may seem far out in 2000, we need to begin considering them now so that we will be prepared to address the ethical ramifications when the time comes. One can certainly argue with Kurzweils timeline for machine evolution, but the day will arrive when a very inexpensive computer will have all of the intelligence and emotion that human beings exhibit.
And theres the ethical rub. What will be our moral responsibility toward these machines? Will we be required to treat them as we do humans? Or will we simply unplug them when we tire of them?
Kurzweils answer is clear in the title of his book: The Age of Spiritual Machines.. "Just beingexperiencing, being consciousis spiritual and reflects the essence of spirituality," he writes.
Machines, derived from human thinking and surpassing humans in their capacity for experience, will claim to be conscious, and thus be spiritual. They will believe that they are conscious. They will believe that they have spiritual experiences. They will be convinced that these experiences are meaningful. And given the historical inclination of the human race to anthropomorphize the phenomena we encounter, and the persuasiveness of the machines, were likely to believe them when they tell us this.
Neil Quinn is the director of Technology and Ethics at the Markkula Center for Applied Ethics and works for the Center for Science, Technology, and Society. His review was inspired by discussions of The Age of Spiritual Machines among members of the Ethics Centers technology reading group, which brings faculty and staff together to discuss the moral implications of technological advances.
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- Simmons Faculty Writing Retreat
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Simmons Faculty Writing Retreat
The Center for Excellence in Teaching, with the support of the Provost's office, organizes a private writing retreat each year for Simmons' faculty members. Support for a variety of types of writing can support the development of disciplinary expertise, encourage research and publication on teaching effectiveness, create more flexibility for teaching innovation, and foster positive relationships among faculty across disciplinary lines.
How It Works
Held each May, the writing retreat is an opportunity to carve out time to jump-start summer scholarship. Participants have plenty of dedicated, quiet, distraction-free time for individual writing.
Participants also occasionally gather as a group for peer feedback, inspiration, and mutual support; CET staff members are on-site for individual manuscript reviews and writing coaching. CET also provides specialized support for those working on the scholarship of teaching during the retreat.
All writing projects are welcome: participants can develop a work-in-progress, revise a conference presentation for publication, incorporate feedback before submitting an article to a refereed journal, polish a grant application, or perhaps revisit a rejected manuscript.
2014 Faculty Writing Retreat: May 12-14th, 2014, Cedar Hills Retreat Center
The 2014 faculty writing retreat will be a three day, two night residential writing retreat held at a private retreat center with plenty of indoor and outdoor space to work. Cedar Hills Retreat Center is just north of Plymouth, MA, and about 45 minutes south of Boston.
Features of the property include:
- Wireless Internet access
- Fully-equipped kitchen
- Walking trail leading to a private beach
- Single beds in shared rooms; linens and towels provided
- Dining space for communal meals
The 2014 retreat is open to full-time and part-time faculty from all disciplines. There is no cost to attend. Lodging, meals, and supplies will be provided.
This event is now full.
The Prolific Scholar: Increase Productivity and Publications
Partially based on Tara Gray's Publish and Flourish, this workshop will help participants become more productive scholars. Analyze the efficacy of your current writing habits, discuss Gray's 12-step model for increasing writing production, and learn about the gift of accountability and resources for continued writing support through the CET and your peers, including the On-Campus Writing Days, the Writing Coaching Program, and Summer Writing Groups.
Two Sessions:
- Wednesday, May 21, 2014; 2:00 — 3:30pm, P113
- Thursday, May 29, 2014; 9:30 — 11:00am, P113
Don't Go It Alone: Summer Writing Groups
It "takes a village" to publish—so join one! CET supports the formation of Summer Writing Groups. These are groups of 3-4 faculty members who are working on writing projects over the summer who keep each other on track through mutual accountability and peer feedback. Groups are formed by both career stage and by discipline (humanities, social sciences, STEM).
Option 1: Online 30-Day Challenge
Modeled after the Academic Ladder's Academic Writing Club, this asynchronous, online, one-month writing group challenges participants to write at least 15 minutes per day during the challenge. After one in-person "kick-off" meeting facilitated by the CET, participants will "check in" online at least once each week to log their writing time (and how it went), post updated drafts, and provide feedback on others' drafts (as requested). There will also be discussion forums to share process challenges, provide support, and keep each other accountable. CET staff will be in touch weekly about your progress, and optional one-on-one writing coaching will also be available.
The model works: writers following this model produce an average of 157 pages per year, compared to the 17 pages written on average by those who just write occasionally. This is a great program for those who are traveling, prefer a virtual writing group, or have less time to devote to scholarship this summer.
Session 1: May 16 - June 15
(Kick-off meeting Friday, May 16, 9-10:30am, P113)
Session 2: June 16 - July 15
Kick-off meeting Monday, June 16, 9-10:30am, P113)
Session 3: July 16 - August 15
(Kick-off meeting Wed, July 16, 10:30am-12pm, P113)
Option 2: Summer Writing Group
Based on the models in Tara Gray's Publish and Flourish, the summer-long writing groups will meet for 1-2 hours once every week for eight weeks to provide constructive feedback on drafts and projects in process. The first hour will follow the "few pages" peer review model, in which a few pages of each group member's writing is read and commented on by the group each week. The second optional hour will follow the "full manuscript" model (when full drafts are ready), in which the author sends a manuscript to the group a few days prior to the meeting. Each group member spends up to an hour with the manuscript to prepare for "feedback rounds" during the in-person meeting. CET will coordinate the formation of groups, meeting locations and times, and will provide orientation at the first "kick-off" meeting.
Session 1: Mid-May through Mid-July
Session 2: Mid-June through Mid-August
"Kick-off" sessions and individual meeting dates will be selected by each group.
CET's Summer Writing Coaching Program
What is Writing Coaching? Writing coaches are experts in writing and process who provide encouragement, developmental editing (feedback), resources, and support during all stages of the writing process.
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- Help you identify and overcome any ineffective writing habits
- Check in regularly on your progress to help you stay on track
- Provide support and encouragement
- Help you brainstorm an idea or give feedback on a research plan
- Read and comment on drafts of your work (as a non-expert on your content), including feedback on logic and focus, organization, voice, and sentence-level clarity
- Answer questions about documentation styles, including APA and MLA
- Provide feedback on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) from the perspective of an experienced journal peer reviewer
- Recommend journals for publishing SoTL research
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CET director Jennifer Herman has been working as a private writing coach for the last 10 years and has taught writing since 2002. Her expertise is in helping faculty members who are publishing in the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) and in the social sciences; she also has expertise in APA style. She reviews manuscripts for multiple peer-reviewed SoTL and education journals and has published in a number of formats.
CET associate director Tricia Elam Walker has taught expository writing and creative writing for 15 years to high school and college students, as well as to adult learners. She has also been a freelance commentator, book reviewer and writer for many years and is widely published. Additionally she has edited essays, stories and novels for other writers working towards publication.
Terry Müller, Director of the Writing Center & Academic Resources, is partnering with CET as a writing coach. She has taught writing at the community education, undergrad and graduate levels for nearly 20 years. Much of her work has been with adults. Over the past 7 years, she has also worked extensively as a writing coach and editor and has published articles in peer-reviewed journals.
Dedicated On-Campus Writing Days
Get writing on your calendar this summer. Based on the successful program at UMass Amherst, CET welcomes Simmons faculty to join us in P-113 for days of dedicated writing. For each day, we will have the room reserved from 9am to 4pm for dedicated, quiet writing time. We will have snacks to keep your energy levels high and writing books and citation guides to support your work. Feel free to arrive or leave at any time. During the Writing Days, CET staff will also be available for drop-in writing coaching, including feedback on drafts, consulting on documentation or manuscript formatting, or help with process or writer's block. Come join us and get some work done!
Writing Days (9am-4pm, P113):
- Thursday, May 22
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- Thursday, June 19
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NEW YORK (AP) - Prosecutors say they've finally solved the 2003 murder of a nine months pregnant Brooklyn woman.
They charged Lamethia McCollum's boyfriend Friday with second-degree murder and weapon possession.
A spokeswoman says state law didn't allow them to charge Jefferson Jones with the baby's death.
The 41-year-old is jailed without bail and faces up to 25 years to life in prison if convicted.
His attorney did not immediately return a message.
District Attorney Kenneth Thompson says investigators cracked the case after discovering the handgun used by Jones in a 2012 crime matched the weapon in the McCollum killing.
McCollum's 8-year-old daughter discovered her dead on a bedroom floor in their Flatlands apartment with two gunshot wounds to the head.
Thompson credited retired homicide Detective Richard Lyman with pushing to solve the case.
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This location is in the Pacific Palisades neighborhood in Los Angeles. Nearby parks include self realization fellowship lake shrine, Topanga State Park and Topanga State Park.
Nearby schools include Calvary Christian School, Marquez Avenue Elementary School and Le Lycee Francais de Los Angeles Elementary School.
The closest grocery stores are Vons and Gelson's Markets.
Nearby coffee shops include Starbucks, Pure Energy Cafe and The Getty Villa cafe. There are four restaurants within a 15 minute walk including Taste at the Palisades, Chez Mimi and Taste at the Palisades.
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A pancreas transplant is a surgical procedure during which a healthy pancreas from another person is placed inside and connected to a patient whose pancreas is not working properly. This operation usually is performed to treat people with type 1 diabetes, but it can also be helpful for some patients with type 2 diabetes.
Diabetes and the Pancreas
Understanding diabetes begins with the pancreas, an organ located in the mid and left upper abdomen near the stomach, first portion of the small intestine and spleen. It contains several types of cells with distinctly different functions. The cells of the exocrine pancreas make digestive enzymes that help to break down carbohydrates, proteins and fats in the diet. These enzymes are released into the first portion of the small intestine. The cells of the endocrine pancreas (located in the pancreas in small groups called islets) make hormones like insulin and glucagon. These hormones help the body to regulate and utilize glucose (sugar).
In patients with diabetes, the body is unable to make or use the insulin, resulting in high blood glucose levels. Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body's immune system attacks the islet cells in the pancreas that produce insulin. Over time, all of the islet cells are lost, so the pancreas no longer makes any insulin. Type 1 diabetes is treated with insulin injections. Type 2 diabetes occurs when the pancreas does not produce enough insulin or the body's cells become less sensitive to insulin (called insulin resistance). It is more common than type 1 diabetes. Inactivity, poor diet and excess body weight all increase your risk for type 2 diabetes. Some patients with type 2 diabetes get better when these risk factors are addressed. Others require oral medications or insulin injections to control their blood sugars.
About Pancreas and Kidney-Pancreas Transplants
During a pancreas transplant, surgeons connect the donor pancreas to blood vessels so that the transplanted pancreas can release insulin into the patient's blood stream. They also connect a small segment of the donor's small bowel (which is attached to the donor pancreas) to the recipient's small intestine to allow the digestive enzymes manufactured by the new pancreas to be released.
A pancreas transplant often is performed along with a kidney transplant. This operation is called a simultaneous kidney and pancreas transplant and is performed for patients whose kidneys have stopped working, usually because of diabetes. The kidneys cleanse the blood of impurities; control fluid volume in your body; and produce a hormone that stimulates red blood cell production. A kidney transplant places a healthy donor kidney in the patient and connects it to the recipient's blood vessels so that the donor kidney can perform these tasks.
A pancreas transplant also can be performed as a second surgery after a kidney transplant. This procedure is called a pancreas-after-kidney transplant. This kind of transplant often is used to treat patients with diabetes who already have received a kidney transplant from a living donor.
Sometimes, a person without kidney failure receives a pancreas transplant. This procedure is called pancreas transplant alone. It usually is reserved for patients with difficult-to-control diabetes, particularly those who have frequent complications from low blood sugar. In some cases, patients may not have any symptoms of low blood sugar even when their levels are dangerously low. Pancreas transplantation can be very helpful for these patients because it may eliminate the need for insulin injections and allow the body to resume regulating blood sugars.
Many patients choose transplantation to improve quality of life and to have a more independent lifestyle. If a pancreas transplant is successful, the patient may no longer need insulin shots, should be able to eat a regular diet and also should have fewer problems with low or high blood sugar levels.
However, transplant is not a cure and is not the best option for everyone. Transplant comes with risks, including failure or rejection of the donated organ(s), blood clots, infection and a number of possible side effects of the medications patients must take to prevent the body's immune system from rejecting the transplanted organ(s). The Rush Pancreas Transplant Care Team evaluates each patient to determine if transplant is the best option.
Pancreas and Kidney-Pancreas Transplantation at Rush
The University Transplant Program at Rush offers simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplants, pancreas-after-kidney transplants and pancreas transplant alone. Simultaneous kidney-pancreas transplantation is an option for patients who are experiencing kidney failure due to their diabetes. Pancreas-after-kidney transplantation is an option for diabetic patients who already received a successful kidney transplant (from either a living or deceased donor) and have stable kidney function. All pancreas transplants use a pancreas from a deceased donor who registered to be an organ donor while still living or whose family gave consent to organ donation.
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TAYLOR'S GOLD PEAR AVAILABILITYAs one of the earlier pears, Taylor's Gold pears are harvested in September. Sadly, like the Comice, they have a shorter lifespan, only lasting throughout the fall and Winter.
ABOUT TAYLOR'S GOLD PEARSSpecially grown in the Webster Family Orchards, the Webster Comice Pear is among the sweetest and juiciest of all pears. This French variety was first propagated as Doyenne du Comice near Angers in the mid-1800s, and is ideally suited to the volcanic soils of the Hood River Valley. Described by Grandpa Webster as "the Cadillac of pears," The Fruit Company delivers fresh, beautiful, jumbo-sized Comice each harvest to consumers around the country. They have a beautiful appearance, most often green in color and often having a red blush covering small to large areas of the skin surface. Comice come in all sizes but their shape is unique among other varieties, having a rotund body with a very short, well-defined neck.
TAYLOR'S GOLD PEAR TASTE & RIPENESSDiscovered by Michael King-Turner, the Taylor's Gold made its first appearance in New Zealand in 1986. It is generally believed to be a natural mutation of the Comice pear, though some believe it may have been a cross between the Bosc and the Comice. Whatever the genetic origin, these juicy pears look like what you'd expect of a Bosc-Comice cross. They're shorter and rounder in shape similar to the Comice, buit with beautiful cinnamon russet coloring over their green skin like a Bosc. A popular among cooks, they make great sauces, and pies, while pear connoisseurs also eat them fresh out of hand, or paired with a good cheese – like Blue or Gorgonzola.
- 2 tablespoons water
- 1 1/2 tablespoons orange juice
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 2 pears, cored and sliced lengthwise
- 8 cups torn fresh spinach
- 1/4 cup red onion, thinly sliced
- In a small bowl, whisk together the water, orange juice,
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- In large bowl, add the pear slices and 2 tablespoons of the vinaigrette and toss to coat.
- Add remaining dressing, spinach and onion and toss to coat.
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Permanent members of the Security Council that used their veto yesterday to block a binding resolution on Syria have utterly failed in their responsibilities to protect the Syrian people, Amnesty International said today.
"It is shocking that after more than six months of horrific bloodshed on the streets and in the detention centres of Syria, the governments of both Russia and China still felt able to veto what was already a seriously watered down resolution," said Malcolm Smart, Amnesty International's Middle East and North Africa Director.
"Those countries which ducked this decision by abstaining must also bear a heavy responsibility for allowing the brutal crackdown on legitimate dissent in Syria to continue unchecked."
"Attempt to justify this position by referring to the military intervention in Libya are utterly irresponsible. The Syrian people should not have to suffer because of political disagreements about the situation in a different country. Yesterday's veto was nothing short of a betrayal of the Syrian people."
Nine members of the Security Council voted in favour of the draft resolution, which condemned Syria's crackdown on protesters and left open the possibility of sanctions.
Permanent members Russia and China used their vetoes to prevent the resolution from being passed, while South Africa, India, Brazil and Lebanon abstained.
Amnesty International has continued to call on the UN Security Council to take stronger action on Syria, in particular: to refer the situation in Syria to the International Criminal Court; to impose an arms embargo on Syria; and to implement an asset freeze against President Bashar al-Assad and his senior associates.
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Hundreds of Riot Police Battle the People of Shishou in China 20 June……………Hundreds of baton-wielding police on Sunday dispersed protesters and cordoned off a city hotel in central China after a young mans mysterious death sparked unrest, a local official and a witness said.
More than 200 people were injured in the clashes between police and residents outside the hotel in Hubei More..provinces Shishou city, according to a Hong Kong-based rights group, the Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy.
Hundreds had been angered by the death of 24-year old Tu Yuangao, who was found dead Wednesday evening in front of the Yonglong hotel. Tus relatives believe he was killed by the hotel boss, who is related to the mayor, the rights group said.
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Hong Kong. Hong Kong police say they have arrested more than 200 people following demonstrations over rising property prices and proposed political changes, BBC reports.
Tens of thousands had rallied on Friday and police moved in to make arrests after some of the protesters refused to leave the central business district at dawn on Saturday.
Police used pepper spray to break up the protests.
A rally is held every year on 1 July, the day in 1997 Chinese rule returned.
A fishing deal recently signed between Mauritania and a Chinese organisation is causing controversy and being widely hailed as a major disaster for the economy and people of Mauritania.
This deal grants generous and significant privileges to the Chinese partner, offered without guarantees, or avenues for negotiation, or redress for the Mauritanians. At the same time, the agreement allows China to use intensive fishing methods so destructive to marine culture they were banned in China over 30 years ago.
The term of this deal is 25 years - in other words, it grant rights to China to continuously deplete the wealth of future generation for a quarter century! In addition to fishing the open seas, the deal also impacts inshore and beach fishing, and allows the use of foreign workers, which is expected to throw thousands of local fishermen out of work. As this door of opportunity closes there are serious concerns for the prospects of the younger generation, lacking in both education and employment prospects, and increasingly faced with a choice between unemployment or a criminal lifestyle.
Surveys of the fishing grounds estimate an annual haul of between 80 and 100 thousand tons of fish, a volume that will be catastrophic for fish stocks in this region of the North Atlantic, pushing them far beyond the agreed levels for regeneration, to the brink of extinction.
PARIS -(Dow Jones)- French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe Sunday said he regrets Russia's and China's veto threat to a United Nations Security Council's resolution to authorize an intervention in Syria.
France and other countries haven't submitted any resolution on Syria to the Security Council, as they expect the action to be blocked.
"I regret the repression continues unleashed in conditions that threaten the region's security," Juppe said in an interview with French TV cable news channel LCI.
He said France is working with other countries in the UN's Security Council to secure an agreement in favor of an intervention in Syria, Juppe said.
-By Inti Landauro, Dow Jones Newswires; +33 1 4017 1740; inti.landauro@ dowjones.com
Demonstrators wave the Palestinian flag as as they gather along the Syria-Israel border, the Israeli army fires teargas. Photo: AFP
A hyperconnected world has given people a voice and they want to be heard.
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TO: President Hu Jintao
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DEAR President Hu: You asked for our assessment of the Arab Spring. Our conclusion is that the revolutions in the Arab world contain some important lessons for the rule of the Chinese Communist Party, because what this contagion reveals is something very new about how revolutions unfold in the 21st century - and something very old about why they explode.
Let's start with the new. Some time around the year 2000, the world achieved a very high level of connectivity, virtually flattening the global economic playing field. This web of connectivity was built on the diffusion of personal computers, fibre-optic cable, the internet and web servers. What this platform did was to make Boston and Beijing, or Detroit and Damascus, next-door neighbours. It brought some 2 billion people into a global conversation.
Well, sir, while we were focused on the US recession, we went from a connected world to a "hyperconnected world". It has connected Boston, Beijing and now Baotou in inner Mongolia. This deeper penetration of connectivity is built on smarter phones, wireless bandwidth and social networks. This new platform for connectivity, being so cheap and mobile, is bringing another 2 billion people into the conversation from more and more remote areas.
To put it in Middle Eastern terms, sir, this new platform has connected Detroit and Damascus and Daraa. Where is Daraa, you ask? Daraa is the small Syrian border town where the uprising in Syria began and whose residents have been pumping out video, Twitter feeds and Facebook postings of regime atrocities ever since.
The point, sir, is the world is now hyperconnected, and there is no such thing as "local" any more. Everything now flows instantly from the most remote corners of any country on to a global platform. What the laptop plus the internet plus the search engine did for web pages was enable anyone with connectivity to find anything@ that interests them, and what the mobile phone plus the internet plus Facebook are doing is enabling anyone to find anyone@ who interests them - and co-ordinate with them and share grievances and aspirations.
The days when Arab dictators could take over the state-run TV and radio and shut off all information to their people are over. The Syrians can't shut off their mobile phone networks now any more than they can shut off their electricity grids.
Sir, think about this: Syria has banned all foreign networks, such as CNN and the BBC, but if you go to YouTube and type in "Daraa" you will see the most vivid up-to-date video of the Syrian regime's crackdown - all shot with mobile phones or flip-cams by Syrians and then uploaded to YouTube or to newly created websites such as Sham News Network. Nothing stays hidden any more.
The second trend we see in the Arab Spring is a manifestation of "Carlson's Law", posited by Curtis Carlson, the CEO of SRI International, in Silicon Valley, which states that: "In a world where so many people now have access to education and cheap tools of innovation, innovation that happens from the bottom up tends to be chaotic but smart. Innovation that happens from the top down tends to be orderly but dumb." As a result, says Carlson, the sweet spot for innovation today is "moving down", closer to the people, not up, because all the people together are smarter than anyone alone and all the people now have the tools to invent and collaborate.
The regime of Egypt's Hosni Mubarak was just too dumb and too slow to manage the unrest. The Tahrir revolutionaries were smart but chaotic, and without leadership. Therefore, the role of leaders today - of companies and countries - is to inspire, empower, enable and then edit and meld all that innovation coming from the bottom up. But that requires more freedom for the bottom. Do you see what I mean, sir?
But this is not about technology alone. As Russian historian Leon Aron has noted, the Arab uprisings closely resemble the Russian democratic revolution of 1991 in one key respect: they were both not so much about freedom or food as about "dignity". They each grew out of a deep desire by people to run their own lives and to be treated as "citizens" - with both obligations and rights that the state cannot just give and take by whim.
If you want to know what brings about revolutions, it is not GDP rising or falling, says Aron, "it is the quest for dignity". We always exaggerate people's quest for GDP and undervalue their quest for ideals. "Dignity before bread" was the slogan of the Tunisian revolution. "The spark that lights the fuse is always the quest for dignity," said Aron. "Today's technology just makes the fire much more difficult to put out."
We need to keep that in mind in China, sir. We should be proud of the rising standard of living that we have delivered for our people. Many of them appreciate that. But it is not the only thing in their lives - and at some point it won't be the most important thing. Do you see what I mean, sir?
Thomas Friedman is a New York Times columnist.
UPDATE (20/5/2011) : Friday of freedom, Protests in Qamishli, Hama, Swydaa, Idelb, Hassakeh, Der Azzur, Amouda, Jableh, Maart Noman, Damascus, Bukamal. Whilst Daraa, Inkhel, Jasem, Harra, are under siege.
The world faces a watershed moment in human rights with tyrants and despots coming under increasing pressure from the internet, social networking sites and the activities of WikiLeaks, Amnesty International says in its annual roundup.
The rights group singles out WikiLeaks and the newspapers that pored over its previously confidential government files, among them the Guardian, as a catalyst in a series of uprisings against repressive regimes, notably the overthrow of Tunisia's long-serving president, Zine al-Abidine Ben Ali.
"The year 2010 may well be remembered as a watershed year when activists and journalists used new technology to speak truth to power and, in so doing, pushed for greater respect for human rights," Amnesty's secretary general, Salil Shetty, says in an introduction to the document. "It is also the year when repressive governments faced the real possibility that their days were numbered."
But, Shetty adds, the situation in the Middle East and North Africa, and elsewhere, remains unpredictable: "There is a serious fightback from the forces of repression. The international community must seize the opportunity for change and ensure that 2011 is not a false dawn for human rights."
The 432-page report reviews 156 countries and territories, of which at least 89 were found to restrict free speech, 98 carried out torture or other ill-treatment and 48 had documented prisoners of conscience.
The report covers only to the end of 2010, and thus only the very beginnings of the so-called Arab spring – Ben Ali was not deposed until mid-January. However, subsequent uprisings in Egypt, Libya, Syria, Yemen and Bahrain, many spread via mobile phones and social networking, reinforce Amnesty's message about the importance of technology and communication.
A key element had been the work of WikiLeaks in first publishing information about the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq, and then a massive trove of US diplomatic papers, disclosures carried out with newspapers worldwide.
"It took old-fashioned newspaper reporters and political analysts to trawl through the raw data, analyse it, and identify evidence of crimes and violations contained in those documents," Shetty said.
"Leveraging this information, political activists used other new communications tools now easily available on mobile phones and on social networking sites to bring people to the streets to demand accountability."
One example highlighted by Shetty was Tunisia, where WikiLeaks revelations about Ben Ali's corrupt regime combined with rapidly-spreading news of the self-immolation of a disillusioned young man, Mohamed Bouazizi, to spark major protests.
The report also highlights the importance of new technology elsewhere, for example China, where "My father is Li Gang" – the cry of a senior policeman's son after he killed a young woman while drunk driving – became a euphemism on China's tightly controlled internet space for rife nepotism. Similarly, "empty chair" took the place of Liu Xiaobo's name on Chinese web forums after such a chair took the place of the jailed rights activist at the Nobel peace prize ceremony.
Shetty said: "Not since the end of the Cold War have so many repressive governments faced such a challenge to their stranglehold on power. The demand for political and economic rights spreading across the Middle East and North Africa is dramatic proof that all rights are equally important and a universal demand.
"In the 50 years since Amnesty International was born to protect the rights of people detained for their peaceful opinions, there has been a human rights revolution. The call for justice, freedom and dignity has evolved into a global demand that grows stronger every day. The genie is out of the bottle and the forces of repression cannot put it back."
I've translated the home page into English using the gTranslator extention for Firefox (which I recommend) for us English speakers who don't know Chinese, and taken a screenshot of it so people can see what the website is about. I hope it is useful.
Chinese artist Ai Weiwei, disappeared by the authorities on April 3, is reported to have confessed to charges of tax evasion after being tortured in custody, according to an article published in a Chinese human rights journal.
The details of the case, said to have been leaked by "an official with conscience in the Ministry of Public Security," were published on April 21 EST in a text titled "The Alarming Conspiracy Behind Ai Weiwei's Torture and Confession," dated April 19, in the biweekly journal of the NGO Human Rights in China (HRIC). The article claims to be written by an anonymous Xinhua journalist and was in the "Letters from China" section.
The text says that Fu Zhenghua, Director of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, instructed Ai's captors to show him the video of the torture of Gao Zhisheng, a human rights lawyer who was targeted by the authorities after writing letters in protest of the persecution of Falun Gong.
The video showing Gao being tortured, "included electric batons being inserted into Gao's anus, and his blood, semen, feces, and urine draining out," a translation of the first paragraph of the article says.
Fu Zhenghua ordered that security forces do the same things to Ai Weiwei, to "make him do what we want him to do." The text says that, after being tortured for several days, Ai signed a confession.
Ai's case is being handled by the Economic Investigation General Unit and the Domestic Security Team of the Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, the article says.
He Qinglian, a commentator on Chinese social and political issues, believes the reports of torture are credible. "I had thought about that when he was first detained," she told Radio Free Asia in an interview. "You have to realize that he is the only one who dares to mock the authoritarian regime."When Ai's older sister Gao Ge saw the news, RFA reports, she said "I cannot let my mother see."
She had no way of knowing the truth of the report, she said; they are going to ask the authorities to clarify the matter.
The journal's editorial policy says that they welcome submissions from a wide variety of sources. HRIC did not comment to The Epoch Times on whether they believe the article by the alleged Xinhua reporter to be credible or not.
Here is a news roundup for Libya, Bahrain, China, Ivory Coast, Yemen and other countries for Monday, March 7.
[Previously: March 5-6]
Libya - The People:
- Fighters In Libya's West Mostly Cut Off From Outside | NPR
- More than one million people fleeing Libya and inside the country need humanitarian aid, UN says. | Reuters
- Rebels flee Ras Lanuf after advance by Gaddafi troops | Telegraph
- Libya rebels beg for no-fly as bombings persist | CBS News
- Premature to arm Libya rebels, says White House | AFP
- How Food Could Determine Libya's Future | The Atlantic
- Rebel leadership wants future British assistance 'in a legal way' | Telegraph
- VIDEO: Rebels defiant despite the odds | Sky News
- VIDEO: Man With Live RPG In Leg Libya | LiveLeak (h/t motherjones)
- VIDEO: Rebels moving toward capital | AP
Libya - The Regime:
- Civil war in Libya if Gaddafi quits, son tells TV | Reuters
- @Reuters: Al Jazeera says Gaddafi offers rebels to hold people's congress to let him step down with guarantees (h/t soupsoup)
- Against Libya's rebels, Gadhafi controls the skies | AP
- Libya Rebels Reject Potential Gaddafi Offer To Step Down: Reports | Reuters
- Gadhafi Forces Strike Coastal Town | WSJ
- Gaddafi's jets slow rebel advance on Sirte | Guardian
- Two more UK universities linked to Libya regime | Guardian
- VIDEO: Gadhafi forces push back | GlobalPost
- Interview: 'I Lobbied For Libya' - Understanding Libya's Michael Corleone | Foreign Policy
Libya - The International Response:
- UN calls for $160 mn to help Libya conflict victims | AFP
- UN appoints envoy and agrees humanitarian visit | BBC
- U.S. Seeks Consensus On Libya At U.N. | NPR
- NATO launches 24-hr AWACS surveillance of Libya | Al Arabiya
- NATO has 'no intention' of intervening in Libya, says NATO Sec. General Rasmussen | VOA News
- Libya capture a 'misunderstanding', says Hague | The Independent
- William Hague says more diplomats may go to Libya | BBC
- Britain and France at centre of no-fly zone support | Telegraph
- In the months before Libyans revolted and President Barack Obama told leader Moammar Gadhafi to go, the U.S. government was moving to do business with his regime on an increasing scale by quietly approving a $77 million dollar deal to deliver at least 50 refurbished armored troop carriers to the dictator's military | AP
- Obama: Military Force an Option in Libya | National Journal
- Obama Warns Gaddafi Loyalists | Washington Post
- New Warnings From Obama as Qaddafi Forces Attack Again | NY Times
- Robert Gates, David Petraeus make Libya joke | POLITICO
- Germany advocates tougher Libya sanctions amid escalating violence | Deutche Welle
- Cloud of uncertainty hangs over Canadian business deals with Libya | Globe and Mail
- Kingdom of Saudi Arabia seeks an end to Libya violence | Arab News
- International Support For Gadhafi Led By Venezuela | NPR
- In Venezuela, Chavez tries to boost Gaddafi | Washington Post
- Morgan Stanley, Exxon, ConocoPhilips Cease Oil Trading With Libya | Corruption Currents - WSJ
- Opec to lift output as oil crisis deepens | Telegraph
- Comment: Obama is being driven towards Libya | Guardian
- Bahrain to spend $5.32 billion on homes in face of protests | AFP
- Bahrain's Promised Spending Fails to Quell Dissent | NY Times
- Bahrain protests reach US embassy | AJE
- Bahrain Protesters Defy Police | WSJ
- Bahrain prince warns against protest escalation | Reuters
- Ai Wei Wei: 'growing force behind Jasmine Revolution very strong' | Telegraph
- China FM says no tension despite protest campaign | AFP
- Amid fears of unrest, China imposes new restrictions on foreign journalists | Washington Post
- China denies police beating of foreign reporters | Guardian
- Beijing tightens controls over foreign media | AP
- Don't Dismiss a Jasmine Moment in China | The Atlantic
- Comment: China - A democracy is built | Financial Times
Ivory Coast:
- Ivory Coast rebels seize town from Gbagbo and cause refugee panic | Guardian
- Ivorian rebels take western town as violence mounts | Reuters
- ZANU PF denies sending arms to Ivory Coast | SW Radio News
- ICC ready to move fast on Ivory Coast | Radio Netherlands
- VIDEO: Video Of Ivory Coast Gun Attack Emerges | Sky News
- Yemen opposition vows "escalation" against president | Reuters
- Yemeni president calls for dialogue amid protests | Washington Post
- Riot erupts in Yemeni prison | AJE
- Journalists in Yemen Say They Are Being Attacked | NY Times
- A night at the Sana'a Sit-in | Tom Finn
- Yemen's road to economic turmoil | Gulf News
- Comment: Yemen's president plays the trusted al-Qaida card | Guardian
- Editorial: Strengthening Our Borders With Cote d'Ivoire Is A Must | AllAfrica
Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Jordan, Kenya, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Tunisia, Zimbabwe:
- Algerian President Has No Plans To Leave Early, says Foreign Affairs Minister | Dow Jones Newswires
- Disgruntled police stage protest rally in Algeria | Reuters
- Communal guards in Algeria hold unauthorized protest accusing parliament of ingratitude | AP
- Egypt faces new turmoil: Looted state security files | McClatchy
- Egyptian Army's Business Side Blurs Lines of U.S. Military Aid | NY Times
- What's happening in Iran explained | Mother Jones
- Tehran residents speak up about protests and opposition movement | LA Times
- Plea to UN for Help in Freeing Green Chiefs; Geneva Sit-In Planned | PBS (h/t seaofgreen)
- Iraq Shuts Office of Protest Organizers | NY Times (h/t shortformblog)
- US embassy in Iraq condemns attacks on journalists, calls for investigation | Canadian Press
- Iraq's Revolt: Is Maliki Mubarak? | The Nation
- Jordan's pro-reform camp demands premier step down | AP
- Jordan media protest state meddling, urge freedom | Reuters
- VIDEO: Jordan: People's call for reform | France24
- Kenya Anti Corruption Commission director: Corruption could spark protests similar to Tunisia and Egypt | Reuters Trust Law (h/t rubenfeld)
- Oman's Sultan Shuffles Cabinet for Third Time | VOA News
- Oman Removes Powerful Economy Minister | WSJ
- Op-Ed - Najma Al Zidjaly: From Oman, With Love | NY Times
- In Saudi Arabia, activists push more boldly for reform | Washington Post
- Tunisia unveils political roadmap, new cabinet | Magharebia
- Tunisia dissolves its state security division | CNN
- Most 'Egypt video' Zimbabweans freed | BBC
- 6 activists to face treason charges in Zimbabwe | CNN
Other good reads:
- Blood and oil: The practical business of trading with despots | National Post
- Good-bye despotism | Al Arabiya
- Amid revolution, Arab cartoonists draw attention to their cause | Washington Post
- Robert Fisk: A new path after Arab revolt, but please don't change its name | Belfast Telegraph
- From the archives: A Nuclear Standoff With Libya | The Atlantic
- AJE INTERACTIVE: Twitter Dashboard - tracking tweets in Bahrain, Egypt, Libya and Yemen
- PHOTO: Gigapan of Tahrir Square


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I just wanted to let you that I've been absent from the Monday meetings as of late due to school projects. November is kind of the home stretch so I've had to devote most of my free time to them. I definitely plan on being back to the meetings in a couple of weeks, and will hopefully have the County Commissioner app underway around then as well.
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