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Starting June 14, 2013, the PNP Recruitment Program for appointment as Police Officers 1 (PO1) will commence through the conduct of information dissemination, and shall culminate with the oath-taking of successful applicants on September 30, 2013.
June 14, 2013 will also commence the acceptance of application folders. After a series of screening and deliberation, those who will take their oath on September 30, 2013 shall immediately be turned over to Regional Training School (RTS) 10, Patag, Cagayan de Oro City for their basic training.
The PNP, through its transformation roadmap known as PATROL Plan 2030, will achieve to make the organization a highly competent police force where every police officer is duly trained, well-equipped and knowledgeable on all aspects of police work.
Applicants are required to submit their application folders with the following attachments: CSC Personal Data Sheet, Diploma and Transcript of Records, Eligibility, Birth Certificate, Medical and Dental Clearances, Neuro-psychiatric Test Result, Drug test result, Fingerprint Card, Handwriting specimen, NBI Clearance, MARRIAGE Contract & Birth Certificate of Children (if Married), Whole body and Passport Size Pictures, and Local Clearances.
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The Chatham Co. Sheriff's Office held a graduation ceremony Friday for six inmates and dog who recently completed the Operation New Hope program.
One of the dogs graduating will next undergo training to become a therapy dog for SSgt. Todd Warfel, a Ft. Stewart soldier suffering from post traumatic stress disorder.
"I'd like to thank the Humane Society for hooking up with the sheriff's office and hopefully other people out there, especially our soldiers in need of a service dog. They can check on this and they can come through the program and get benefited by it as well," said Lora Warfel, soldier's wife.
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THOMAS — Cole Rushton and the rest of the Snake River Panthers were walking quietly and carrying a very big stick on Wednesday afternoon, scoring 17 runs on 15 hits in a 17-5 demolition of conference rival Marsh Valley.
"We hit the ball good and did a good job of playing a baseball game in just terrible weather," Snake River head coach James Carter said. "I hate playing baseball in this kind of weather but the kids did a great job of staying focused through it."
RIVERSIDE — The Snake River Lady Panthers braved a chilly afternoon on the diamond, warming themselves with a hard fought 6-2 conference victory over the visiting Marsh Valley Lady Eagles on Wednesday evening.
"We played much better today, we just keep on trying and we are getting it all together," Snake River head coach Kay Martin said. "We just kind of worked at it one inning at a time and it was all right today."
BLACKFOOT — A slow offensive start doomed the Blackfoot Bronco baseball squads chance at a win on Tuesday afternoon as the visiting Knights of Hillcrest built a commanding 9-1 lead after three innings of play and then played keep away, handing the Broncos a disappointing 18-6 defeat.
"We started the game kind of tentative and allowed them to get ahead and it's always tough to try and battle back when your behind," Blackfoot head coach Kenny Dahle said. "Hillcrest is a good team and Motes threw well but they are definitely beatable, I don't think that they are 12 runs better than us."
BLACKFOOT — The Bingham Crisis Center is seeking brave men to join thousands of others throughout the country in showing their support for women while taking a stand against sexual assault and gender violence.
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The Bingham Crisis Center is hosting a "Walk a Mile in Her Shoes" event Saturday at 11 a.m. They are hoping to raise awareness of sexual assault and gender violence. April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month.
BLACKFOOT — Seventh District Judge Darren Simpson has set a trial date for the case of MSW Green Energy Corporation versus Bingham County. County officials are suing the company for non-performance of contractual obligations.
Donald Fredley, president of MSW Green, and Austin Johnson, vice president of MSW Green, have also been named as defendants in this lawsuit.
A jury trial is set to begin at 9 a.m. on Tuesday, Aug. 9. The judge reserved three days for the trial.
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Happy 4/20, the calendar's most chuckleworthy date for many reasons we won't go into here. Spring is a great time to search for apartments — snowy moving sucks. Check out more listings on the Bushwick Classifieds and make sure to tell the agents where you saw the listings!
$1100 — 1br: What a pretty little apartment. Original wood moldings and parquet floors, nice newish kitchen and bath, good light, excellent location near everything on a street of well-maintained homes. The exact cross-street isn't listed but it's in a good spot between DeKalb and Jefferson L stops.
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$1900 — 2br: This does seem quite expensive, but if it's as large and nice as it seems from the single interior photo, it may be worth it. It's a pretty convenient location to trains, bars, and food, and has a really beauitful private back yard. Worth a look if it's in your price range. The listed streets don't intersect but I think I know the house and and guessing based on the photo.
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How to Heal Acne Fast and Naturally
Three Parts:Acne TreatmentsDiet and ExerciseWashing Your Face and Other Tips
You see the movie stars and singers. Their skin is acne free. Even your friends have clear skin! Do you suffer from acne, wish you didn't have any, but don't want to waste money on expensive products that don't even work? You can destroy acne naturally within a few weeks using products from around the house. The difference between you and clear skin may be as little as a thin layer of toothpaste.
Part 1 of 3: Acne Treatments
1Use baking soda. Mix equal parts baking soda and water to form a paste. Apply the paste onto acne individually, not over the entire face. Dip a Q-Tip into the baking soda mixture and apply that way.
- Leave the baking soda paste on your face for about 10 minutes, or until dry.
- Wash off with very cold water. It will help close the pores significantly.
- Repeat at most two times a day. If your skin becomes irritated or excessively oily due to use, make sure to discontinue treatment.
2Try using lemon juice as an acne remedy. Cut a lemon in half and gently rub the open-side of the lemon onto the acne. The stinging feeling means it's working. Lemons contain citric acid, which attacks the bacteria that cause acne.
- Make sure to wipe/wash the lemon juice off, and use sunscreen afterwards. Citric acid can bleach the skin and puts it at significantly higher likelihood of sun damage.
3Slice a raw potato and apply to skin. Slice a raw potato in half and apply onto acne. Raw potato can heal as well as act an anti-inflammatory. Again, wash the residue off your skin gently with water after using.
4Make a honey mask. Stir a tablespoon of cinnamon into a tablespoon of honey, then gently massage the mixture onto your face. Leave it on for 15 to 20 minutes for optimal absorption. Rinse with warm water and pat your face dry.
5Use toothpaste for pimples. If you have a single, mighty pimple you want destroyed overnight, consider using toothpaste to cover the pimple with. Toothpaste contains silica, which is the substance you find in beef jerky bags, used to keep any moisture out of substances. Silica will dry out and diminish the size of the pimple overnight if left on.
- Try using a natural toothpaste — with silica but without sodium lauryl sulfate. Sodium lauryl sulfate is a harsh chemical that's also an irritant to some people. It's best to avoid it, and any of the big, name-brand toothpastes, for that reason.
6Use ice to close your pores and reduce inflammation. A lot of people with big pores like to take ice cubes and gently hold or rub them over their problem spots. Ice specifically, and cold in general, constricts the blood vessels underneath the skin, making the irritation or inflammation less noticeable.
7Use tea tree oil. Tea tree oil is a renowned anti-fungal and antibacterial herbal remedy, making it great for mild to moderate acne. In a study comparing the efficacy of tea tree oil and benzoyl peroxide, tea tree oil proved just as effective in fighting acne and reducing lesions.[1] Whereas benzoyl peroxide works quicker than tea tree oil, tea tree oil produces less side effects in patients.
8Use egg oil. Egg yolk oil contains immunoglobulins which kill bacteria and reduce inflammation[2]. The Omega-3 fatty acids help naturally heal the cyst without leaving scars.
- Apply egg oil on the acne affected area twice a day, massaging gently for 2-3 minutes.
- Leave it on for an hour and then wash it off with a mild facewash.
- Continue use until the cyst (zit) is completely healed and continuous (unbroken), healthy skin appears. Stopping mid-way may cause the acne to spread again.
9Crush up some aspirin and use it as a paste. Crush up a pill or two of aspirin and mix it with just enough water to form a paste — as you might have done with the baking soda. With a Q-Tip or your hands, apply the paste onto individual pimples, leaving to dry.
- Why does aspirin work? Aspirin has salicylic acid in it, which is what most topical acne treatments use to bust up acne-causing bacteria. Salicylic acid dries out pimples and fights the bacteria simultaneously.
10Apply alum to the pimples. Potassium alum can usually be found in the spice aisle in some grocery stores. Although widely used as a natural deodorant and styptic (lessens bleeding after a cut), alum is a natural antiseptic and astringent, meaning that it shrinks skin tissue.
- Try to get a big block instead of in powder form. Powdered alum can be a little too abrasive. Gently wipe the alum over the affected areas, being careful not to irritate or inflame any pimples.
Part 2 of 3: Diet and Exercise
1Cut back on eating refined carbohydrates (bread, pasta, etc). Also, cut back on eating excessive sugar. A little natural sugar, such as found in fruits, is okay.
2Eat foods with probiotics. Probiotics are microorganisms that have beneficial effects when eaten. In other words, good germs! Fermented foods, such as sauerkraut, kefir, kombucha, goat cheese, or natural yogurt contain probiotics, but you can get probiotics by taking natural supplements with contain enzymes as well.
3Eat more veggies! A healthy diet rich in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains will give your body the energy it needs and won't force it to metabolize junk that could lead to acne. An acne-free face and body starts with a healthy diet.
4Replace sweet drinks in your diet with water and unsweetened teas. Your skin is an organ in your body, and like other organs, needs water to function properly. Give your body what it wants without the junk that it doesn't. Shoot to drink half your body weight in ounces of water per day.
- Try drinking unsweetened green tea if you want a break from water. Unsweetened green tea contains antioxidants that keep your body healthy and may even increase lifespan.
5Move around. Getting great exercise is a natural way to fend off stress, which can cause acne.[3] At the very least, shoot to get 30 minutes of walking in every day.
6Take a multivitamin each day. Make sure that you especially get enough vitamin A. Vitamin A will help your skin regenerate quicker, reduce wrinkles, and clear away spots and blemishes.[4]
Part 3 of 3: Washing Your Face and Other Tips
1Wash your face with soap twice daily, If you have oily skin. Follow these steps:
- Get the materials you need. You will need a mild facial soap (bar or liquid), clean hands, and a wash cloth. *The milder the soap the better-irritation will only cause more acne.
- First make sure your hands are clean, then you can wet your face with warm water to open your pores. Don't use hot water, because it will cause irritation, that worsens acne.
- Don't wash with a wash cloth or anything that is rough. Just gently use your fingertips or a soft clean sponge.
- Use a mild soap with a low percentage of benzoyl peroxide or salicylic acid, sometimes they can cause dryness or redness, so only use in the morning or at night, not both. The other cleanser should be very mild. What ever you are using, make sure you only use a little bit.
- Rinse all of the soap off over the sink, making sure there is no residue.
- Next splash cool water onto your face to close the pores that you have just cleaned. Don't use cold water, because this will cause irritation and broken capillaries.
- Dry your face with a soft towel or sponge by patting, never rub your face.
- Moisturize each time after you wash your face. After washing your face, it can cause your skin's pH balance to be to alkaline so applying moisturizer helps with it changing back. Just as your face needs to be washed in order to keep it healthy, you skin needs moisturize in order to stay vibrant and healthy.
- Find a moisturizer that works for you. Cream-based moisturizers are generally recommended for people who have drier skin; they are denser, oilier, and don't disperse as easily. Gel-based moisturizers are recommended for people who have oilier skin; they disperse really well into the skin and don't leave oily traces.
2Get enough sleep. The more you sleep, the less stress you put your body through. You have about 15% more stress for every hour of sleep you lose per night.[5] Why does this matter? Stress can cause the hormone that regulates sebum to go bonkers, causing acne. So, as another rule of thumb, don't let stress mount up in your life.
3Try not to pick at or pop your pimples. You're using natural remedies for your acne treatment — that's great. Don't wipe away all your gains by popping your pimples. The short-term gratification might be overwhelming, but it's really not good in the long run.
- Acne is a bacteria that lives in your pores. Popping the pimple gives the acne a chance to spread over the skin to other pores, infecting them.
- Popping pimples causes inflammation and may lead to scarring. So if you want your acne to be less visible, resist the urge to pop. Stop before you pop.
4If the acne is really bad, see a doctor. Acne can be really persistent, especially during the teenage years. You try a new drug or method, it seems to get better, and then a week later you're back to the same old breakouts and zits. Dermatologists can diagnose your skin condition and offer targeted approaches to curing acne. If you're thrown for a loop with acne, and you've tried everything under the sun, don't be afraid to ask for a little help.Ad
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- Drink lots of water! It flushes toxins from your body and helps clear your skin.
- Avoid touching your face.
- Don't use too many treatments at once.
- Exercise a bit more. It can really help relieve stress and acne.
- Avoid eating high glycemic foods like potatoes and peanuts.
- Rub your face with baby powder before bed and in the mornings. This dries up blemishes and help prevent face invaders.
- If your skin doesn't clear up in a day, don't worry! It doesn't mean the method isn't working. Skin doesn't clear automatically just because you've washed your face once.
Sources and Citations
- ↑ http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/01/27/remedies-tea-tree-oil-for-acne/
- ↑ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23467945
- ↑ http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/acne/acne-care-11/stress-and-acne
- ↑ http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30604650/ns/health-skin_and_beauty/t/abcs-vitamins-more-beautiful-skin/#.UPoEaydJOAg
- ↑ http://www.webmd.com/skin-problems-and-treatments/acne/acne-care-11/lifestyle
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By DON THOMPSON | Associated Press
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Everything is bigger in Texas, the saying goes, and that is now also true of its prison system.
California used to have the nation's largest state prison system, topping 173,000 inmates at its peak in 2006. But since a law took effect last year that shifts responsibility for less serious criminals to county jails, the state has reduced its prison population and is no longer the largest in the nation.
California now has fewer than 136,000 state inmates, eclipsed by about 154,000 in Texas. Florida previously was third, according to 2010 figures from the federal Bureau of Justice Statistics, and currently has about 100,000 inmates.
The reduction in California was ordered by federal judges in a decision backed last year by the U.S. Supreme Court. The courts ruled crowded prisons were causing poor care of sick and mentally ill inmates.
The news comes as the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation on Wednesday announced a new round of layoffs because fewer guards and other employees are needed as the inmate population shrinks.
"I believe we're No. 2," said Jeffrey Callison, the department's press secretary.
The population dropped by nearly 25,000 inmates from about 160,000 inmates when the law took effect last fall. The courts ordered the state to reduce the population by about 33,000 inmates in the state's 33 adult prisons by June 2013, though corrections officials now argue they can provide acceptable inmate care without meeting that deadline.
The 33,000 inmate reduction is larger than the entire 2010 prison population in 37 other states.
June 07, 2012
By SARAH BRUMFIELD | Associated Press
BALTIMORE (AP) — A victim left partially blinded by a baseball bat attack at a Maryland university now believes a cannibalism suspect in another case may have been planning to eat his organs, too, his attorney said Tuesday.
When 22-year-old Joshua Ceasar regained consciousness after the attack last month at a Morgan State University dormitory apartment, he saw Alex Kinyua standing over him with a knife, said attorney Steve Silverman. Days later, Kinyua told investigators that he had eaten the heart and brain of a family friend he is charged with killing at his family's home in Joppatowne, according to charging documents.
"In hindsight, knowing what transpired only days later, Josh is convinced that Alex was going to cut open his body and likely consume his organs," Silverman said. What may have prevented it was two other apartment residents followed a blood trail from the front door and stopped Kinyua before he could use the knife and he fled into nearby woods.
Campus police charged Kinyua with assault and reckless endangerment in the bat attack. Prosecutors asked a court commissioner to refuse bail, but he was freed on $220,000 bail, according to the State's Attorney's office. Ceasar said Kinyua randomly attacked him, according to a probable cause statement obtained from Baltimore police. Witnesses told police that Kinyua attacked Ceasar with a bat, but the statement does not mention witnesses interrupting a knife attack in a back room.
Kinyua's attorney could not be reached for comment.
Kinyua was waiting with a bat wrapped in barbed wire and chains when an unsuspecting Ceasar walked through the front door of the apartment Kinyua had been sharing with Ceasar's friends on May 19, Silverman said. Ceasar was visiting campus for another friend's graduation. He lost consciousness when Kinyua cracked him on the head, fracturing his skull and shattering his left eye socket. Ceasar is blind in that eye and doctors aren't optimistic that he will regain his sight, Silverman said.
Kinyua, 21, a U.S. citizen originally from Kenya and a Morgan student, admitted using a knife to kill and carve up 37-year-old Kujoe Bonsafo Agyei-Kodie before eating his organs, the Harford County Sheriff's Office said when they arrested him May 30. The older man, a native of Ghana, had been staying with the Kinyua family for about six weeks at their townhouse in the Baltimore suburb of Joppatowne and disappeared May 25. His body was found four days later; investigators haven't given a possible motive.
Silverman said he is investigating if there were earlier signs that Kinyua was a danger.
"We are in the process of ... determining whether or not university officials should have or could have done anything in light of what was known to them to protect students, family and friends on campus for graduation," he said. "It appears preliminarily there were a number of indicators."
A December campus police report obtained by The Baltimore Sun states that Kinyua was kicked out of an ROTC program after he punched holes in the walls of the cadet computer lab and a military instructor referred to him as a "Virginia Tech waiting to happen." The report said Kinyua was barred from campus until a meeting with school officials and that two officers didn't think a psychological evaluation was needed.
The university is reviewing whether officials could have responded in a different way, said Morgan spokesman Clinton Coleman.
"At this point we believe the university did everything it should have," he said. "You always have to bear in mind that you are dealing with student issues and young people and you have to deal with each person individually."
Agyei-Kodie's sister, Irene Konadu Asante, said the family would discuss the possibility of taking legal action on Thursday, following tradition in Ghana of waiting a week after a death before holding a family meeting.
She said the funeral would be held in Ghana, "whatever it takes," but arrangements had not yet been made. When asked how her family is reacting to the horrific way in which her brother was killed, she said it is not easy.
"It's not only my family — the way it hit the whole world," Asante said. "It's more than you can imagine."
June 07, 2012
By JACK ELLIOTT JR. | Associated Press
PARCHMAN, Miss. (AP) — A Mississippi man convicted of killing four young nieces and nephews in a 1990 stabbing rampage was executed Tuesday, despite pleas from his two sisters to spare the brother who killed their children.
Henry "Curtis" Jackson Jr. was pronounced dead at 6:13 p.m. CDT Tuesday after receiving an injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman, officials said.
Clad in a red prison jumpsuit as he lay strapped to a gurney, Jackson was asked if he wanted to make a statement.
"No, I don't," he responded as family members sat somberly in a nearby witness room.
Jackson's sister, Glenda Kuyoro, stifled a sob when she walked into the witness room earlier and saw her brother on the gurney. Jackson's eyes were closed when the witnesses arrived and he never looked in the direction of his family.
Earlier, the 47-year-old inmate had spent the day receiving relatives, including one of the sisters whose two children were slain and who survived the stabbing attack. The slain children ranged from 2 to 5 and were killed as Jackson reportedly was trying to steal his mother's safe while she was away at church, court records showed.
Late Tuesday afternoon, Republican Gov. Phil Bryant declined to stop the execution though he said he was "deeply touched" by requests for clemency from the sisters and his brother-in-law.
"There is no question that Mr. Jackson committed these heinous crimes, and there is no clear and convincing evidence that compels me to grant clemency," Bryant said.
His statement added: "One of these sisters was a stabbing victim, and both of the sisters are mothers of the murdered children. However, as governor, I have the duty to see that justice is carried out."
Corrections Commissioner Chris Epps said at a penitentiary briefing earlier Tuesday that the inmate acknowledged the crime and was talkative as he received relatives. Visitors included his sister Regina Jackson, who was stabbed five times and survived the attack that killed her two daughters and two nephews.
Regina Jackson had met with the governor Monday and pleaded for her brother's life. She also wrote Bryant a letter last month saying she "just can't take any more killing."
"As a mother who lost two babies, all I'm asking is that you not make me go through the killing of my brother," she wrote.
Kuyoro and her husband, Andrew, also had asked Bryant to spare the inmate in a letter dated May 15.
"We are the victims in this case, and we are begging you not to let Curtis be killed. You can keep him in Parchman forever, but please don't put our family through this horrible execution," the Kuyoros had written earlier.
The attack took place Nov. 1, 1990, at Jackson's mother's home in the Delta region.
The mother was at church that day, and Regina Jackson was there with her two daughters and four nieces and nephews. Her two daughters and two nephews were stabbed to death, records showed. Another niece was so severely injured that she was a paraplegic until her recent death.
Jackson has said he doesn't remember stabbing the children, but there was testimony at his September 1991 trial that he cut the phone line before going in the house, then demanded money and began the attack, according to the court record.
Regina Jackson testified at trial that she lapsed in and out of consciousness after being tied up and stabbed in the neck, but she could hear her brother dragging a safe down a hall. The noise awoke 5-year-old Dominique, one of her daughters.
"Regina testified that Jackson called Dominique to him, told her that he loved her, stabbed her and tossed her body to the floor," according to the court record. "Jackson returned to Regina, stabbing her in the neck and twisting the knife, at which point she pretended to be dead until she heard him leave."
Jackson subsequently surrendered to police. He was convicted of four counts of capital murder at trial and sentenced to death.
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ANNAPOLIS, Md. (AP) — About 200 people honored the first Black graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy at a memorial service Wednesday, recalling a man of courage who helped open doors for generations of minorities decades before the civil rights era.
Retired Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown, who died last month at 85, was memorialized as a trailblazer who shrugged off poor treatment by classmates to become the first Black to graduate from the military academy in 1949. His ashes were interred before the service in a columbarium on the academy grounds.
NASA's first Black administrator, astronaut Maj. Gen. Charles Bolden, was among those lauding Brown's achievement.
"I stand before all of you today as a proud child of Lt. Cmdr. Wesley Brown's sacrifice," Bolden told those attending the memorial in the academy's chapel.
Bolden, who graduated from the academy 15 years after Brown, said he knew no one who would claim to have a tougher first year at the school than Brown.
"While I had my own difficulties gaining admission to the academy in 1964, Wesley Brown's 1949 graduation and the legacy he left behind helped paved the way for me and so many others," Bolden said.
The number of minority students at the academy has increased significantly over the years. The graduating class of 2012, for example, had 277 minority students out of 1,099.
Those gathered recalled a friendly and persistent man who endured poor treatment by classmates with resilience and grace, well before the dawning of the civil rights' struggle against racial discrimination.
Brown lived alone at the academy during his four years so he wouldn't have to burden roommates with residing with the school's only Black student, said Kerwin Miller, a 1975 academy graduate who spoke at the service.
"What he did for us is so much greater than what we could do for him," said Adm. Jonathan Greenert, chief of naval operations. "He showed us that one person can make a difference."
Brown was the sixth African-American student to enter the academy and the first to graduate. He ranked 370th out of nearly 800 midshipmen in his class.
Janie Mines, who graduated in 1980, described Brown as an inspiring person who continued to take a keen interest in the academy throughout his life. "He was a constant figure who did so much to contribute to our well-being," Mines said of the Baltimore native.
Brown's son, Wesley Brown Jr., played "Amazing Grace" at the service before a school portrait of his father set up on an easel.
Brown's family is donating to the academy his class ring and his Reef Points book, which was issued to him when he entered the academy in 1945. Reef Points is the official handbook for midshipmen, outlining basic information and the academy's mission and history.
At the academy, Brown ran varsity track and cross country and was a cross-country teammate of former President Jimmy Carter — also a midshipman in that era.
Brown went on to a 20-year career with the Navy. He helped build houses in Hawaii, roads in Liberia, facilities in the Philippines and a seawater conversion plant in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
In 2008, the Naval Academy built the Wesley Brown Field House to accommodate physical education classes as well as the academy's athletic programs.
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We hope the volcanic ash cloud won't affect us at all however we have just put some information together for you about some alternative methods of transport to get you to Italy!
Please remember that you have to be in Italy 1 full working day before the wedding so bear this in mind whilst planning your journey.
FERRY: Brittany Ferries – www.brittany-ferries.co.uk – ferries from Portsmouth to: Caen, Cherbourg, St. Malo, Santander. Ferries from Cork to: Roscoff. Ferries from Plymouth to: Roscoff, Santander. Ferries from Poole to: Cherbourg.FERRY: LD Lines Network – www.ldlines.co.uk – ferries between Portsmouth and Le Havre, Newhaven and Dieppe, Dover and Boulogne, Ramsgate and Ostend.FERRY: Norfolk Line – www.norfolkline.com – ferries between Dover and Dunkirk, Liverpool and Belfast, Liverpool and Dublin, Rosyth (Edinburgh) and Zeebrugge (Belgium).FERRY: P&O Ferries – www.poferries.com – try and get across the English Channel back to the UK.FERRY: SeaFrance – www.seafrance.com – same as above.FERRY: Stena Line – www.stenaline.co.uk – ferry routes between Belfast and Stranraer, Larne and Fleetwood, Dublin Port and Holyhead, Dun Laoghaire and Holyhead, Rosslare and Fishguard, Hook Of Holland and Harwich.FERRY: Transeuropa Ferries – www.transeuropaferries.com – ferries between Ostend (Belgium) and Ramsgate (Kent).
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A worker's average day**
58% work that added real value to my organization
18% work that wasted time and effort
3% other activities that added value to my organization
9% time networking with colleagues that added value to me and my work
12% activities that added to my personal development
Four key areas to boost productivity**
Organisational structure, design and operating model - removing all wasteful, bureaucratic, and non-value work and outputs. 23% believe organisational structure, design and operating model have the biggest impact on productivity
Technology - being more ambitious and effective in process automation and technological change. 8% believe additional, new or improved technology would improve performance
People management issues - developing and utilising the full talents and capabilities of human capital. 54% believe people management issues have the biggest impact on productivity
Innovation - being deliberate and audacious with an innovation agenda. 15% believe further innovation would increase productivity
GDP & Productivity – Gross domestic product (GDP) is the market value of all officially recognised final goods and services produced within a country in a given period.
In 2011, the world's largest GDP (based on purchasing power parity) was the EU. The US was ranked second. China, with the world's largest workforce, was third, followed by India in fourth place (world's second largest workforce). Australia ranked 18th. *
Norway is currently classed as the most productive nation in the world, based on its hourly contribution to GDP.^
The US is ranked second in the world on this basis; however, it comes out on top against 27 nations in the EU, Japan and Switzerland in the amount of wealth created per hour of work.^
US employees put in an average 1,804 hours of work in 2006; while Asia – South Korea, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Hong Kong, China, Malaysia and Thailand – surpassed 2,200 average hours per worker. However, those countries had lower productivity rates.^
Sources: *International Monetary Fund ^ International Labor Organization
workforce stats
- China has the world's largest labour force as of 2011, with 795,500,000 workers
- India ranks second, with 487,600,000 workers (2011 figures)
- Australia currently has the world's 43rd largest workforce, with 12,050,000 workers (2011 figures)
- The smallest labour force in the world is that of the Pitcairn Islands (2004), with only 15 workers
** Wastage adds up despite motivated workers: The Ernst & Young Australian Productivity Pulse
*** Key Indicators of the Labour Market (KILM), 2007, International Labour Office, Geneva, Switzerland
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Watch Paul Giamatti's eyes while Virginia Madsen is speaking. Great acting in the best wine scene ever in film.
You might need to click back for the video… Happy New Year!
Watch Paul Giamatti's eyes while Virginia Madsen is speaking. Great acting in the best wine scene ever in film.
You might need to click back for the video… Happy New Year!
I have written quite a bit here about Sideways, a rare film that somehow combines wine, humor and middle age crisis into an Academy Award winning package. But until recently I had no idea how close Sideways came from never being made. In a series of posts by author Rex Pickett over at the Stage 32 blog he recounts the twists, turns and luck required to get his book published and the film made. Five parts have been posted so far with the final post coming this Thursday.
This is really not a wine story but one of perseverance and the inner workings of Hollywood. But I find the story absolutely fascinating. It also appears this story might be told in a documentary film; I have embedded the spec trailer below. If you are a fan of Sideways, I suggest you check this series out.
via Stage 32
My friends at Grape Radio have posted a great interview with Rex Pickett, the author of 'Sideways' and its sequel 'Vertical.' Although the guys spend much of the podcast talking about 'Sideways' Pickett does work in plenty of details about his latest novel. Between this and the written interview posted recently by Blake Gray, I think we have covered this subject from all angles. And crossed off an item on my podcast things to do list. Actually, I would like to talk with Pickett about that new TV project he's developing for HBO…
via Grape Radio
Since I posted my review of Rex Pickett's new book 'Vertical' I've received email asking for more details about the author. While I hope to be able to interview Mr.Pickett on the podcast, Blake Gray has posted a no-holds barred interview with him at Palate Press.
The fascinating discussion sheds the most light I've yet seen on the authors' background, motivation to write 'Sideways' and what his life has been like since the movie. Such transparency and gravitas makes it a must read.
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It's been almost seven years since Rex Pickett's novel 'Sideways' was published in tandem with the wildly successful Alexander Payne film that made Pinot Noir a hot commodity nearly overnight. That previous novel was a treatment for a screenplay but worked well on it's own expanding the 'Sideways' back story. In my review of that book, read after viewing the movie, I was enthusiastic but, unlike most other reviewers at the time, mention the elephant in the room; both main characters have a serious drinking problem. Looking back now I can see why others failed to bring up this point as 'Sideways' is an exaggerated and hilarious "lost weekend" road story. Pickett's sequel 'Vertical' continues this narrative but aims higher than it's predecessor.
Let me just get this out at the beginning; if you liked 'Sideways' you will like 'Vertical.' That said, I think the sequel has quite a bit more depth and goes for a kind of redemption not seen in the dark comedy of 'Sideways'. Told in the first-person by Miles, I was happy to read this on my eReader so I could look up some of the arcane vocabulary sprinkled in the dialogue. It's so thick at times you can almost picture the author consulting his thesaurus to look up a seldom used synonym.
The story picks up 7 years later where the main characters, Miles and Jack, have literally changed places in their personal and professional lives. Miles has written a wildly successful book, 'Shameless', based loosely on the events chronicled in 'Sideways.' The book is immediately adapted into a hit movie and Pinot Noir sales take off. In short order, Miles has all the free Pinot he can drink, which is saying a lot since he routinely polishes off a bottle before lunch. On the other hand, Jack has lost just about everything. Now divorced with a small child he barely sees, Jack is wallowing in self-pity much the same way Miles was in the previous book. In the intervening years Miles' mother Phillis has suffered a stroke which forces Miles to put her into an assisted living facility against her wishes. With all his success, however, Miles is still somewhat depressed but now has a ribbon of self confidence not seen earlier.
After reintroducing the characters and a graphic sex scene involving Miles and 2 female sommeliers, the narrative returns to the road with Miles and Jack driving to the International Pinot Noir Celebration (IPNC) in Willamette Valley. This extended excursion is necessitated by Phillis wanting to live with her sister in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Miles hires Jack to help drive and a Filipino nurse, Joy, to care for his wheelchair bound mother.
Like in 'Sideways' Miles and Jack find very little pretense to start their drinking, even as they drive. Passing through Santa Ynez they stop at their old haunts including the now overflowing Hitching Post where Miles is treated like a rock star. At every stop in the valley all wine and food is comped as vintners thank him for their sales windfall in the wake of 'Shameless.' Even with an invalid mother in tow, Miles and Jack find plenty of women along the way to satisfy their lust including 2 young Spanish women on a 'Shameless Tour' of the area. Once Miles' identity is revealed both are more than willing participants in a weekend fling up in Paso Robles.
This is the point in 'Vertical' where things start to get a bit more serious as Miles falls deeply in love with his Spanish companion. The reader gets a sense that he is questioning his life now deep into middle age. Jack, on the other hand, is living in the moment. Now flush with Miles' cash, he takes full advantage.
There is a lot of drinking in the first three-quarters of 'Vertical' and after reading and seeing the events of the previous novel (and movie) the reader can only conclude the main protagonists have a serious problem with alcohol. But the new book is as funny and profane as the last one with Pickett dreaming up a hilarious set-piece after Jack consumes too much Viagra (bringing far too much meaning to, "If your erection lasts for more than 3 hours, consult your physician"). Its these comic moments that propel the reader further in the story even if more and more Pinot is consumed starting literally from when Miles and Jack get up in the morning.
'Vertical' is a darker book than 'Sideways' which I consider a black comedy. As funny as Miles drinking a spit bucket on command or being dunked in a vat of Charles Shaw Merlot is, there are other tragedies along their journey that don't play for laughs. The final portion of the book follow the mother-son relationship between Phillis and Miles as they deadhead across the prairie to Wisconsin. This gives 'Vertical' a satisfying conclusion and a gravitas missing from 'Sideways.' And as the story comes to it's end, there is clearly plenty of room for a third book to be written but if the tale stops here the reader will be satisfied.
Rex Pickett is to be commended for producing a thoughtful sequel and not just churning out something to cash in on his success. 'Vertical' seems more autobiographical than 'Sideways' as the author certainly had many of the same opportunities depicted in this book. Along the way plenty of Oregon Pinot Noir is consumed with vivid tasting notes that will certainly benefit those mentioned but I doubt there will be another surge in Pinot sales. It's unclear if 'Vertical' will be made into a movie but seems likely since the story here is as cinematic as the first. We can only hope that the original cast is enticed back to bring these characters back to life.
I enthusiastically recommend 'Vertical' but will caution readers who are easily offended by graphic sex scenes and salty 'guy talk' there is plenty of both in this novel. But if you do venture down the road with Miles and Jack you are likely to be satisfied and perhaps touched by the journey.
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By way of Dr. Vino's blog I was informed about the Japanese remake of Sideways. Apparently set in Napa Valley the film has more obvious product placement than in the American original. The following clip looks like there is a serious side to the remake but check out the source link and watch the wacky Japanese trailer that includes the infamous spit bucket chugging scene. It looks likely some was lost in translation but I will probably still see it once available on our shores.