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Teen suicides are sadly are on the rise, up over 300%! Dr. Paul Meier of the Meier of the Meier Clinc shares how to help teens.
Paul Meier, M.D. 888-7 CLINIC www.meierclinics.org Page 1 HOW TO TELL IF YOUR CHILD OR TEEN MAY BE SUICIDAL AND WHAT TO ASK THEM Because of the culture we live in, suicide in children and teens is at an all time high—300% higher than it was 50 years ago. According to a national poll of over 90,000 American teens, one out of every 23 female teens and about one out of every 33 male teens will attempt suicide in the next twelve months. More males will die, however, because they use more violent means. Most suicides are not planned ahead of time, especially in children and teens; they are impulsive decisions during a relationship break-up or some other crisis, and most suicides are decided on within fifteen minutes of the actual death. Most adults who have a crisis have enough experience to know they will survive and get past it. Kids who get depressed feel like it will never go away and they will spend the rest of their lives in horrible pain. When we have the flu, we may feel like ―dying‖ that day because of all the muscle aches, nausea and the depressing chemicals we may be taking, but we feel fine a day or two later. Depressed people feel sadness and pain every day until they recover. Most depressed people, regardless of age, will recover with good therapy, but if suicidal thoughts are involved, I recommend an antidepressant and professional help as well. If the child has thought of possible methods of suicide, intensive professional help should be obtained. If suicide is seriously being considered, then hospitalization is necessary to protect the child until he or she recovers. Almost everyone recovers from depression if they get the right kind of professional help, which may include medication.
1. Realize that even if you are ―perfect‖ parents, your children are shaped by their genes, their environment, and their own choices, so even awesome parents sometimes lose a child to suicide.
2. Live a godly and loving life with them, showing them unconditional love.
3. Encourage them to share their feelings – happy feelings, sad feelings, lonely feelings, angry feelings, whatever – from early childhood on, even if they are angry at you. Nearly all of us were more in touch with our feelings when we were two or three years old than we are now because we have too often been taught to suppress our feelings.
4. Depression is either genetic or it is caused by anger turned inward, so kids who share their anger and learn to resolve it seldom act out on it. Kids who stuff their anger often become depressed, rebellious, self-destructive, abuse drugs, participate in other dangerous activities, and are more likely to commit suicide.
5. Kids who get straight A's and are totally compliant are more likely to kill themselves than kids who have a little healthy rebellion and express their emotions more freely.
6. Teens who drink excessive amounts of alcohol or smoke pot regularly are seven times more likely to kill themselves than teens who do not indulge. Plus excessive alcohol and pot cause permanent brain damage, as seen clearly on Spec Scans.
7. Don't ever be afraid to ask your children if they ever feel like they wish they could die. Just talking about it makes them feel better or makes it less likely they will feel that way. If they do say they have death wishes, ask them if they have had thoughts come into their heads about different ways to do it. When they share a method they have thought about, they are much less likely to actually carry it out. Bringing things out in the open has a very beneficial effect. but be sure to follow through with getting professional help if they feel significant depression or continued death wishes. My book, Blue Genes (Tyndale, Publisher), provides information about genetic, spiritual and emotional causes of depression and how to prevent or cure it. This article also appears on our clinic website at www.meierclinics.org.
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I've got two cocoa beans and would love to plant them, but I can't seem to figure out how.
You cannot plant cocoa beans in Minecraft versions below 1.3.1. As the wiki says, they can only be used as dyes and to make cookies and they can only be found in chests in dungeons.
As of 1.3.1, you can plant cocoa beans on the side of jungle trees to grow cocoa plants, from which you can harvest more cocoa beans.
As of the 1.3.1 release cocoa beans may be "planted" on the trunks of jungle trees. There they become a green pod that turns orange as it grows. When harvested the mature pods release several beans.
At this moment, cocoa beans are not plant-able, they are only used to make brown wool and cookies.
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Let $n>1$. Which smooth manifolds admit a diffeomorphism $f$ of order $n$?
For a closed orientable surface $S_g$ of genus $g$ and $n=2$ the answer is in the affirmative, since $S_g$ can be embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$ in a symmetric way. A similar argument gives a positive answer for $n=3$: $S_g$ can be embedded in $\mathbb{R}^3$ with rotational symmetry of order 3. The first problem I've encountered in case of $S_g$ is with $g=2$ and $n=4$: all my candidates for $f$ turned out to have order $2$. And I have no idea as to what happens for $g=2$ and $n=5$.
In the case of a general manifold $M$, the existence of a nontrivial global flow $\phi_t$ such that $\phi_0=\phi_1$ would give a positive answer for every $n$, but it seems to be a much stronger condition.
Is a general answer to this question known? If not, maybe there are some simple examples of manifolds without diffeomorphisms of given order?


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A number of cryptographic functions have constants built in. For example, the constants used in RFC 2104 for HMAC, or the constants used in s-boxes (e.g., DES and AES), or MD5. In general, how are constants such as these generated so as not to arouse suspicion of tampering or weakening?
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Traditional portfolio optimization involves mean variance optimization, where only the mean and covariance matrix of returns are estimated. What asset allocation and portfolio optimization techniques make use of the higher order co-moments of the returns distribution? Also, how would one compute the higher order matrices?
The blog post http://www.portfolioprobe.com/2011/10/03/predictability-of-kurtosis-and-skewness-in-sp-constituents/ suggests that there is some predictability in kurtosis, but it isn't clear (to me at least) that there is enough predictabiilty to be useful.
If there is a place for higher moments, my guess is that it is in asset allocation problems where there are only a few assets rather than in equity portfolios.
Yes, this is what the idea behind Omega as a portfolio optimization objective is all about.
Keating and Shadwick (2002a, 2002b) first introduced this notion. An introduction by Keating is here.
In fact, the Performance Analytics package in R includes a function to calculate Omega.
For your second question, one can compute the moments of higher orders using linear algebra, although this is not computationally practical if you are optimizing a large portfolio on the order of say, 500 assets, since the terms required are approximately (excluding symmetries) N raised to the order of the moment where N is the number of assets (i.e. mean = N, standard deviation = N^2, skew = N^3 ...). I would suggest using the Omega function in Performance Analytics instead.
Adding a bit to the references mentioned by Quant Guy - apart from the aforementioned paper by Keating and Shadwick, Kazemi et al. introduce an alternative formulation of the Omega ratio (Sharpe-Omega) similar to the Sharpe ratio.
As noted by Patrick Burns, higher moments could have some use when instruments other than equity are involved (hedge fund portfolios seem to be the most popular research topic: Togher & Barsbay, Favre-Bulle and Pache). However, you can also encounter some skeptical views concerning the whole Omega ratio concept.
Morningstar recently came out with a piece entitled The Real World is Not Normal: Introducing the new frontier: an alternative to the mean-variance optimizer. It essentially summarizes their views on Mean-CVaR optimization, based on Xiong and Idzorek (2011).
This research piece also contains their estimates for the first four moments (but does not list correlations, co-skewness, or co-kurtosis) for all the major asset classes typically considered in asset allocation.
A Mean-CVaR Optimization will put much lower weight on investment grade bonds and hedge funds and much higher weight on international bonds, real estate, and small cap stocks.
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Unleashing their eighth single and third album earlier this year, Gothenburg four piece Little Dragon have been about for a bit. Despite always upholding an excellent standard of play, only recently have audiences begun to take a vested interest in them. Making music which is representative of where they are at and what they are up to, Yukimi (vocals), Erik Bodin (drums), Fredrik Källgren Wallin (bass) and Håkan Wirenstrand (keyboards) have been mates since high school. Creating laid back electonic tracks, all written whilst the crew were hanging around down town and growing-up, the Dragon's staccato, upbeat sound is amusing, entertaining and experimental. Crafting summer beats perfect for lazing or raving, Little Dragon's choruses are infectious, underlaid by progressive, infectious riddims and led by Yukimi's yummy, soulful vocals. The daughter of two open-minded parents, growing up heavily influenced by her mother's love of playing piano, Yukimi possesses the kind of stage presence that feels entirely personable and full of personality. She sweats, she smiles and man, can she wail.
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Hearty Beef Stew
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Cold days call for a hearty bowl of beef stew with flavorful vegetables and a splash of red wine.
Serves: serves 4
- 1 large onion
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 lb (500 g) lean rump steak, cubed
- 2 heaped tbsp whole-wheat flour, seasoned with salt and pepper
- 2/3 cup red wine
- 21/2 cups vegetable stock
- 2 large carrots, sliced
- 1 large leek, cut into chunks
- 1 stick celery, thickly sliced
- 1 parsnip, thickly sliced
- 1 bay leaf
- 6 peppercorns
- a sprig of fresh thyme
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- Cut the onion in half, finely chop one half, and slice the other.
- Heat the oil in a heavy-bottomed pan over medium heat and cook the chopped onion and garlic until softened.
- Toss the cubes of meat in the flour so that each cube is liberally covered. Add the floured meat to the pan and stir briskly over high heat to sear all the surfaces.
- Reduce the heat, add the wine, bring to a boil, and let it bubble for a couple of minutes. Add the stock and all the vegetables and seasonings.
- Cover the pan tightly, turn the heat down, and simmer, stirring occasionally, for about an hour and a half.
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5 Brain Hacks That Give You Mind-Blowing Powers
#2. Control Anger by Using Your Less-Dominant Hand
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Everyone knows at least one guy who hulks out over the stupidest things -- a messed up coffee order, a red light, global warming. Usually these people are just harmless joke fodder until they road rage on an elderly person over a politically charged bumper sticker. If you don't know one of these people, consider that it might be you.
Of course, there are all these tricks that your mom taught you that are supposed to calm you down ("Stop and count to 10!"), which of course don't work because in the moment you're enraged, you can't think logically anyway. What you need is to beef up your anger defenses before it gets to that point.
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"Somebody stop me before I rob a sperm bank and make this town disgusting."
The Hack:
This one comes from the University of New South Wales, who found the perfect anger-management trick, and it wasn't cool jazz music or playful kittens wearing sunglasses. People who had anger issues were asked to spend two weeks using their non-dominant hand for anything that wouldn't endanger anyone: opening and slamming doors, writing hate mail, pouring coffee, and other dirty activities that are now crossing your mind. After two weeks, the subjects could control their temper tantrums better, even when other participants deliberately insulted them to get a reaction.
Why would this possibly work? Well, looking at angry people under brain scans shows that outbursts are less about too much anger and more about depleted self-control. That's both good news and bad news. The bad news is that self-control is a finite thing, and you can run out of it. The good news is that it's a physical mechanism of how your brain works, and you can strengthen it (or hack it into working better).
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"Fudge you, mother lover!"
Now, you'd assume that the only way to do that would be some kind of meditation or long classes in anger management. Or maybe to pay somebody to make an annoying noise in your ear for hours at a time and slowly decreasing the frequency with which you punch them in the head. But it turns out it doesn't take anything like that -- just asking these people to use their clumsy hand to do everyday tasks forced them to deal with hundreds of tiny, totally manageable moments of frustration. But that was enough to make them somewhat immune to it.
So, when things got ugly, suddenly they found that the walls around their internal anger demon were stronger. And it's probably also calming to know that if things get so bad that a gunfight breaks out, you're now capable of dual-wielding that shit.
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#1. Boost Your Immune System (by Looking at Pictures)
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Getting sick is something you wouldn't think you have much control over beyond the obvious things (eat healthy, wash your hands, etc.). But damn it, this article isn't about the obvious shit. This is about weird hacks that let you trick your system into working better. And if you want to beef up your immune system, find some pictures of disease.
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There, we just prevented your next case of beardonitis.
The Hack:
Your brain manages everything, including your immune system. And we already know that seeing certain images can trigger physical responses in the body -- some pictures make us salivate, while others do downtown business on our private parts (boners). Well, when you see sick people, your body beefs up its defenses.
Scientists from the University of British Columbia showed students a 10-minute slideshow of sick people to measure their immune system's responses. So for 10 solid minutes, test subjects looked at images of people with rashes, bad coughs, and those weird booster shot scars you see on the middle-aged. What they discovered was that after the sick reel, the participants' white blood cells went into overdrive and began to produce interleukin-6 (IL-6), the same kind of protein a body would produce to fight off infection or combat burns.
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"It says you're a piece of shit. Hmm. I don't need technology to show me that."
And if you're wondering if the triggered immune system was just a general response to stress, the answer is not really. While the participants certainly weren't held at gunpoint, there was a group who got the opportunity to look at pictures of people pointing guns at them, which netted a negligible 6 percent increase in IL-6. Looking at sickies, on the other hand, resulted in a 23 percent increase.
From an evolutionary standpoint, this sort of makes sense -- if you see your cave brothers and sisters spilling their guts all over the place or falling victim to the prehistoric flu, your body has to work a little harder to avoid catching the same illness and dropping dead. So your doctor is kind of screwing you by filling the waiting room with pictures of calming landscapes and clowns. If he or she wanted to beef up your defenses, the walls would be full of oozing sores.
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Craft Beer Cellar In Belmont Picks For Spring 2012
Spring is about baseball, flowers in bloom, more daylight, temperatures rising, and of course, celebrating it all with the nectar of the gods. This is where our friends (and beer experts) at Craft Beer Cellar in Belmont come in. Owners Kate and Suzanne know beer. They stock close to 800 different beers in their store. 800!!! Kate and Suzanne were kind enough to tell us their favorite brews for Spring 2012. Check 'em out!(Photo from Craft Beer Cellar)
Mayflower Spring Hop
A lovely wee hoppy red ale that is sure to put a smile on your face. Wonderful biscuity malt is complimented by five different hop varietals. A great beer for the cooler days of spring, as its red hues offer a little bit of warmth.Mayflower Brewing Company (Plymouth, MA) 5.3% abv
Saison de Lente
So this is one of those slightly funky saisons that is reminiscent of a barnyard . ... a clean barnyard, maybe? Brettanomyces is a wild yeast that adds woodsy, earthy, and rustic character to beers and we LOVE IT! Known in the craft beer world as BRETT, many brewers are reluctant to bring this yeast into their brewhouse for fear of funkin' up the place. The Bruery has proven experience in getting' funky. Saison de Lente has a dry-hopped character that bodes well with its brett personality; perfect for spring fun.The Bruery (Orange County, CA) 6.5% abv
Peak Simcoe Spring
When we're not jammin' on hops, we enjoy well-made pale ales that are easy-drinking, but offer some hop flavor – this beer does that. With 100% simcoe hops, you'll find an extremely pleasant piney aroma and hop flavor that quenches your thirst and makes you want another.Peak Brewing Company (Portland, ME) 5.4% abv
Ithaca Ground Break Saison
If nothing else, try a saison in honor of the changing seasons – this one is kinda cool, with the addition of rye, which further lends to a spicy character. Dry-hopped with three different varietals, you'll pick up notes of citrus in the super-clean finish.Ithaca Brewery (Ithaca, NY) 6.2% abv
Long Trail Pollenator
A light, easy-drinking pale ale with a simplicity like the days of spring. Its light amber color glistens with the sunshine and its grassy nose & crisp character are complemented by what seems to be a touch of honey added in the brew kettle. An uber-light American pale ale that is oh, so drinkable.Long Trail Brewing Company (Bridgewater Corners, VT) 4.6% abv
Dogfish Head Aprihop
Okay, we're hop heads. So what? What's better than an IPA with fresh apricots? Not much. A stand alone beer with Amarillo hops, boasting citrus notes, both in the aroma & flavor; good balance in bitterness, too - just the thing to get ya in the mood for warmer days.Dogfish Head Craft Brewed Ales (Milton, DE) 7% abv
Abita Mardi Gras Bock
All Abita beers are brewed with spring water from Abita Springs, which makes them easy-drinking and clean. This maibock is a nice copper color, packed full of pale & caramel malt, and offers a slightly toasted flavor. We like it for the Mardi Gras season; Mardi Gras or 'Fat Tuesday' is February 21st, by the way!Abita Brewing Company (Abita Springs, LA) 6.5% abv
Anchor Bock
Bock roughly translates as 'billy goat' in German and a goat signifies the coming of spring. This style of beer was intended to be darker than a breweries original or "everyday" beer, and voila, Anchor brings us a bock beer. A complex brew, with big notes of caramel, roasted barley, & chocolate, yet light enough to allow for more than one.Anchor Brewing Company (San Francisco, CA) 5.5% abv
Sgt. Pepper Saison
Saison (not pictured) or 'season' was originally brewed for the workers, to be consumed in the summer months – a light, refreshing, golden ale, with a slightly funky yeasty (Belgian) flavor; crispy & dry with some spicy or peppery notes. Will Myer's version is all this and a whole lot more, and by whole, we mean a heap of whole peppercorns, which adds awesome spiciness. One heck-of-a-saison that also happens to be a great food beer.Cambridge Brewing Company, Cambridge, MA (6% abv)
Pretty Things - Fluffy White Rabbits
Our top pick for a perfect spring beer; a slightly hoppy Belgian-styled tripel, that's a beautiful pale golden color, strong enough to awaken your senses, and smells of a grassy field, which reminds us of early spring days. PS: Martha & Dann Paquette (of Pretty Things) are amazing, local craft beer people!Pretty Things Beer & Ale Project (Somerville, MA) 8.5% abv **April release date**
Craft Beer Cellar In Belmont Picks For Spring 2012
So, try one, or try 'em all. Tell us if you have a favorite that's not on the list. Check out our friends at Craft Beer Cellar in Belmont www.bostoncraftbeercellar.com . And check back at the start of Summer for another 'Best Seasonals' list.(Photo credit: SAMUEL KUBANI/AFP/Getty Images)
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CHARLOTTE (March 30, 2013) – San Antonio matched a season high with 44 shots on goal, but ran into a hot goalie, as the Rampage (29-30-1-6) were blanked by the Charlotte Checkers (39-24-2-3), 3-0, on Saturday night at Time Warner Cable Arena to wrap up a three-in-three weekend.
A night after scoring four times on Charlotte goaltender Rob Madore, the Checkers netminder shut the door and stopped all 44 shots he faced to earn his first career shutout. The 44 shots tied a season high for the Rampage, which was also recorded in San Antonio's 5-2 win over Hamilton on Dec. 22.
The defeat snaps a two-game winning streak for the Rampage and dropped San Antonio to 3-4-0-1 in the final game of the season series between the divisional rivals.
Rampage goaltender Brian Foster stopped 15-of-the-18 shots he faced in the game in only his second start of the season for the Silver and Black.
The Rampage allowed Charlotte only three shots on goal in the opening period, which tied a season low set twice on Oct. 28 and Dec. 21. But the Checkers were able to cash in on one of their three opportunities when Beau Schmitz lit the lamp at 16:59 on a blast from the top of the right circle.
San Antonio tallied 15 shots in the opening frame, the best of which came when rookie Jared Gomes found the puck on the doorstep while on the power play four minutes into the period. However, Gomes wasn't able to pull the trigger and the Rampage went into the locker room trailing 1-0 after 20 minutes of action.
Charlotte lit the lamp only 1:06 apart in the second period to take a 3-0 lead over the Rampage. Zach Boychuk scored first at 9:03 of the middle frame and Brody Sutter followed suit at 10:09 with a strong move to get to the front of the net before depositing the puck past Foster.
The Rampage again held the shots edge in the second period and held a 24-13 advantage after 40 minutes, but trailed 3-0 heading into the final frame.
San Antonio fired a whooping 20 shots on goal in the third period, but couldn't get anything past Madore, despite several high-quality chances that were turned aside down the stretch of the game.
The Rampage won the shots battle, 44-18, but finished the game 0-for-3 on the power play, while Charlotte was 0-for-2 with the man advantage on the night.
The Rampage return to AT&T Center for a tilt with the Chicago Wolves on Tuesday at 7 p.m. on an All-You-Can Eat Game at the AT&T Center. Tickets for all remaining Rampage home games start at $10 and can be purchased at the AT&T Center Southeast Box Office, by calling a Rampage representative at 210-444-5554 or online at sarampage.com


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It seems pretty obvious that gentiles shouldn't make Berachoth on any Mitzvoth (their 7 aren't exactly ritualistic, and they were not commanded in the rest of ours). But are there any Berachoth that they may/should say? Perhaps Nehenin (foods, scents) or Shevah (praises)? Maybe Shehehiyanu on certain occasions? Maybe even a judge who presides over a case (since they are commanded to have a justice system, which he is implementing)?
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We are instructed to answer Amen after a Bracha, if it's said by a Jew. If we hear the whole Bracha from a goy we also answer, otherwise we don't (we're afraid he said things we don't agree with) [SA & Rma OC 215:2]
So, apparently, a goy can say a Bracha, and we even say Amen. (Rma says
brochos with name of God - even Jews are not allowed beyond what was instituted.
as for thanking God without getting into saying God's name - absolutely. just like any one who benefits from someone else. my $0.02


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Can we have the phrase:
This is a troubling pattern and has become abusive to our community
removed from the low quality contributions moderator message template or at least reworded?
I try to remove this from the messages I send (but I don't always remember) as I find this part of the message almost embarrassing to send. You can't abuse a community only its members, and it's a little over the top.


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It was mainly men who dominated the world of rock 'n' roll back when the genre hit the air waves in the late 1940s.
But, since then, women have shattered the glass sound barrier, proving their soulful rock ballads and heavy metal anthems can hang with the best of the male rockstar population.
Kyle Meredith, host and producer of The Weekly Feed and music director for WFPK, has come to know and appreciate the female rock generation through his experience as a disc jockey. Here, he educates every male music lover on 5 manly albums written by the opposite sex. Take a look at the list, then go take a listen.
St. Vincent – Strange Mercy
Not only does Annie Clark redirect formulaic pop, but she's one of the greatest living guitarists. We're talking smokestack solos that fall somewhere between Prince (our greatest guitarist – no argument) and Brian Eno. Or, if you prefer to rage the way a Y chrome can, try out Krokodil, a one-off punk rip that will have you begging by the end of its two and a half minute blitzkrieg. Men want to be with her, women want to be her. Heck, men want to be her and women want to be with her. St. Vincent is coming dangerously close to controlling us all.
Sleater-Kinney – The Woods
Part of the original riot grrrls, The Woods is easily Sleater-Kinney's most manly album, and their last. Full of pounding toms that are thicker than the humidity of a Kentucky July, all courtesy of Janet Weiss, a drummer that looks sweet in photos, but who I would definitely not want to get in a bout of fisticuffs with. And with Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein continuously outdoing the other in riffs, screams and furrowed eyebrows, The Woods has the potential to blow those new speakers you just bought.
Florence + the Machine – Lungs
Start with Kiss With a Fist and you'll understand that Flo is a girl that should not be wronged. Don't cross her or she'll not only set fire to your bed, but beat the crap out of you while doing so. She's also a master drinker, so while you're looking for a bud to down some bourbon with, don't bother calling your dude friends. Ms. Welch will drink you under the table … and then put you in a coffin once you've passed out. A true friend!
Fiona Apple – The Idler Wheel…
Guys, use this one (or any of Apple's LPs) to help you understand the girl you're lying next to. She's complex, she's better than you, and she's allowed to change her mind if she feels like it. Not only should this disc be used to channel your own inner tenderness, but also as a manual of ways not to F up.
Patti Smith – Outside Society
There are some girls who exude manliness, and while Patti Smith can run with whatever pack she wants, in the end she is simply one badass female. Don't worry about your bro's giving you any kind of guff. The'll be singing along to "Gloria," "People Have the Power" and "Summer Cannibals," tracks ripe for chest pounding and late night, drunken singalongs. And come on, we're guys. We LOVE air guitar. Blast track 9, "So You Want To Be a Rock N Roll Star." Show off those chops. The girls love it. Seriously.


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over the weekend I updated my computer to Windows 8. So far Ubuntu One was running smoothly, but ever since the update (clean, new install) Ubuntu doesn't sync any more.
In Windows 7 it would start to sync at full internet speed as soon as I drop a file. But now in Windows 8, as soon as I drop a new file into the Ubuntu One folder, CPU usage goes up to about 50 % and no network traffic occurs. This stays like that for a couple of minutes, CPU usage goes back to normal and then the client says that all is in sync - which isn't true.
Is it too early for Windows 8? Do others have the same problem or is there something I can do about it?
I try a couple of different things, and realized that if the file size is 20 MB the files get uploaded. The original file was 1.5 GB. I also didn't work with 200, 100 and 50 MB large files. But even with 20 MB large files, the upload is very slow and not steady. But not all files get uploaded, only about 10 %.
Here's a link to the relevant part of the log, when I try to upload one single large file:
Which I don't really understand. It seems to start the upload but then stops with: failure: DOES_NOT_EXIST, but the file is there.
By the way, the account works just fine on the Ubuntu 12.04 partition.


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6 Mind-Blowing Achievements in Propaganda
When you think "propaganda" you immediately picture a huge statue of a dictator, or banners stamped with corny slogans. You think of the kind of clumsy brainwashing that only works on uneducated peasants.
But then there are acts of propaganda that have changed the world, usually because you didn't know they were propaganda. If there was a hall of fame for such things, it would include...
#6. Che's Headshot
It's the face that launched a million t-shirts.
There is a photographer named Alberto Korda, and trust us, you've seen his work. Born in the swinging city of Havana, Cuba, Alberto discovered his true calling in life while using his dad's camera to take pictures of what we can only imagine was one smoking-hot Cuban girlfriend.
Upon realizing that photography offered him infinite times more ass than any of Jack Dawson's stupid drawings, Alberto soon established himself as the premiere fashion photographer of Cuba. "My main aim was to meet women," he later confessed, which makes his eventual marriage to the "drop-dead-gorgeous" Cuban fashion model Natalia "Norka" Menendez all the more awesome.
Alberto Korda, trying to look as unpimp as possible.
On March 5, 1960, Alberto found himself in a rare situation during a memorial service in Havana. Standing in front him was Argentinian revolutionary Che Guevara, with a look of "absolute implacability" on his face. Alberto's photograph of said implacability remains one of the most iconic images of the 20th Century.
The secret to its success: Che's possession of the original "Thriller" jacket.
Why it's Pure Propaganda:
Because Alberto Korda also moonlighted as Fidel Castro's unofficial photographer, and his famous picture of Che Guevara has essentially gone down in history as the Marxist equivalent of the crucifix.
The image is easily duplicated, instantly recognizable and has been lauded as "the most famous photograph in the world" due to its emotional accessibility to anyone who has ever been pissed off at something. And brother, that's a huge freaking market right there.
How ubiquitous is the image these days? Check out The Che Store. That's right. A store that sells nothing but merchandise with Che's head on it.
Viva La Revolucion!
#5. The Story of the Trojan Horse
It's amazing how certain single images or scenes from a story can just stick in everyone's mind... forever. And a single sequence in The Aeneid, about a bunch of soldiers hiding in a giant wooden horse in order to sneak into a walled city, has hung around for more than 2,000 years.
Even people who slept through their English classes and have no idea what the Aeneid is, know damned well that when your computer gets "a trojan" that's a bad thing. That's a piece of software that sneaks into your computer by pretending to be something else. "You know, like those guys in the big wooden horse."
The story was written by the Roman poet Virgil. Before that, the Greeks were already in the epic poem business with Homer's The Odyssey and The Iliad. Then the Romans pioneered the "conquer Greece and steal their shit" business and wrote a spinoff called Aeneid, the Frasier to the Iliad's Cheers.
Why it's Pure Propaganda:
It's one thing that the whole poem is a blatant rip-off of Homer's epics, but it's also designed to portray the Greeks as bigger assholes than the senior class of Omega House, only with Odysseus/Ulysses playing the role of Douglas C. Neidermeyer. Virgil's epic basically told the Greeks to go fuck themselves the way Greeks do best, and instead put a pro-Roman spin on the Trojans, whom the Romans identified with.
Which brings us to the Trojan Horse.
The giant wooden horse incident is briefly and cryptically mentioned in The Odyssey, but it was Virgil who told the story in detail. In his version, the Greeks' use of the horse to sneak into Troy plays like a cheap, dishonorable sucker-punch. That story would be used to vilify the Greeks for centuries, even though it may be complete fiction. The line between legend and history gets awfully blurry.
Virgil's line, "I fear the Greeks even if they bring gifts," mistranslated to "beware Greeks bearing gifts," has been a saying ever since. Yes, because of the Aeneid, the Greeks have been hearing that shit for 20 centuries.
#4. The Great Pyramid of Giza
They are simply the most iconic structures ever built. Say "Egypt" to anyone anywhere in the world, and there's a good chance an image of pyramids will flash across their mind.
The thing is, pyramids can be found all over the planet, but there's something about how the Egyptian tricked theirs out that holds a special place in our hearts. Maybe it's because ancient Egyptians themselves were pretty badass (and had to be, to build their gigantic versions without the help of a single forklift). Or maybe it's the fact that Great Pyramid of Giza is the only surviving Wonder of the World now that King Kong is dead.
Spoiler Alert.
Why it's Pure Propaganda:
So why would anyone go through the gigantic pain in the ass of building those enormous structures by hand? You've probably heard they were intended to be burial places for the pharaohs, which was probably true. But you can bury a guy without having thousands of slaves drag 25-ton blocks across the sand.
The answer is, of course, the same reason dudes spend themselves into debt to buy a tricked-out SUV: They have small penises.
In this case, Pharaoh Khufu--the guy responsible for the Great Pyramid --failed the world's largest dick-measuring contest when he built the tallest man-made structure in the world for 3,800 years. And he did it specifically to make up for the fact that he really wasn't all that powerful. According to some historians, "the Great Pyramid is a bluff," a massive expenditure designed to obscure the fact that Pharaoh Khufu "couldn't dominate Egypt's neighbors."
It wasn't just the pyramids. Basically every aspect of Ancient Egypt, from their art to their architecture was designed to spin the story that Pharaoh What's-His-Face was a god. Or, more specifically, to hide the fact that he wasn't one. At all.
Pharaoh What's-His-Face, failing the Gozer test.
Yes, Egypt would become a powerful empire. Later. It was only after his successors Khafra and Menkaura entered the scene that the Old Kingdom leveled-up because they invested in actual useful stuff like trade, military and irrigation.
But the only reason Old Kingdom Ancient Egypt enjoys its reputation as "the Age of the Pyramids" is because some of the earliest pharaohs were so weak they had to build ridiculous shit like the Great Pyramids to prove they weren't. The pyramids were kind of like those sad portraits of Kim Jong Il they put up all over North Korea.


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Sheriff's Association mailing donation letters
Published: Wednesday, November 20, 2013 at 4:30 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, November 19, 2013 at 9:07 p.m.
A letter from the North Carolina Sheriff's Association, soliciting donations and bearing Sheriff Charles McDonald's signature, has been mailed to several homes in Henderson County recently.
McDonald says he has received calls from citizens inquiring about the letter's legitimacy and where the donations will go.
Eddie Caldwell, vice president and general counsel for the Sheriff's Association, affirmed the letters are from his organization.
"We do not do any telemarketing. We never call folks at home and we never sell lists (of donors) to other groups," he said. "We just do a direct mail campaign... with the support of the local sheriff."
Letters sent from the association ask for the public's "immediate support to provide needed resources for all of our sheriffs and deputies to continue education and training programs." The association asks for 7 cents a day or $25 for the next year from donors who will be listed as Honorary Citizen Members.
Caldwell said the tax-deductible dues will go to fund programs that help sheriff's offices across the state by helping them better protect the citizens they serve.
Donations will "help provide critical training and education programs for sheriffs and deputies, including the Sheriff's Leadership Institute for newly elected sheriffs," according to the letter. Donations will also go to "enhance courthouse security and support sheriffs with training on current sex offender registration laws in Henderson County" and across the state.
Funds will help the association keep a watchful eye on legislation that affects law enforcement and the criminal justice system in the General Assembly. Donations will also benefit "college scholarships to North Carolina residents pursuing Criminal Justice degrees, among other services and activities," according to the letter.
Caldwell said several training courses for sheriffs and deputies in Western North Carolina are held each year in Haywood County. A training class on risk management is being held in Duplin County this week.
Through the Sheriff's Association, North Carolina established the first Sheriffs' Education and Training Standards Commission in the United States and set the highest bar in the nation for quality course work and hours of training required in the Sheriffs' Leadership Institute.
To donate online, visit ncsheriffs.org and click on "Honorary Citizen" under the "Membership" menu. Donors will receive an honorary membership card, an automobile window decal and bumper sticker, calendar and a subscription to the association's newsletter, "The North Carolina Sheriff."
The association is a nonprofit, tax-exempt organization, founded to serve the sheriffs and citizens of the state in 1922.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) - Nearly half of Texas public and charter schools failed to meet federal accountability standards based on the No Child Left Behind Law.
That's a sharp increase that Texas education officials are blaming on passing standards that have gotten tougher.
The Texas Education Agency said Wednesday that 44.2 percent of schools statewide met "adequate yearly progress" standards compared to 47.8 percent, or 4,080 total schools across Texas that fell short of them.
When broken down by school district, the figures got even more bleak. Just 339 Texas public and charter school districts - or 27.6 percent - met AYP. Some 71.4 percent did not.
Those tallies were down dramatically from 66 percent of school campuses and 50 percent of districts overall in Texas that met AYP standards in 2011.
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The communication disorders and sciences certificate program is a 2 semester program designed to prepare students for entering into a graduate program in the field of speech-language pathology.
Students entering the certificate program already have a bachelor's degree in a different field, but do not have the necessary undergraduate coursework to apply for a master's degree program in speech-language pathology.
A variety of students participate in this program. These include:
Our certificate program will provide you with academic coursework necessary for applying to any speech-language pathology graduate program, including the M.A. program at SUNY Plattsburgh. Please see the speech-language pathology graduate program for more information.
Depending on your undergraduate coursework, you may need additional coursework required by the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) for professional certification. You and your academic advisor will work closely together to develop your curriculum.
Housing grants (up to $2,500 per year) are available for international and out-of-state students who are accepted into the certificate program. This grant only is provided for on-campus housing.
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Note: Admission is limited to the 12 highest qualified students every fall. Deadline for application is April 1st.
If you would like more information about communication disorders and sciences at SUNY Plattsburgh please contact:
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like one of the worst things to be called. the opposite of ghetto fab
anyone on the Hanford softball and or soccer team
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Ghetto Fagulous is a term used in a similar sense to the term ghetto fabulous however has been transformed and adopted to apply and relate to the homosexual community. What this means is, it is used to describe one who is both "ghetto fabulous" and homosexual.
Those cheetah stockin's you got on girl be fierce.. you lookin all kinds of ghetto fagulous tonight!
by Super Deluxe September 28, 2006
Something that is indescribably annoying, cheap and/or stupid, in a ghetto kind of way.
Bob: Hey Alan, did you see the movie called "In the Mix" with Usher as the lead character?
Alan: Yeah, it was completely ghettofagulous!
Alan: Yeah, it was completely ghettofagulous!
by 00010001001001 January 17, 2008
Josh Simon.
Josh is so ghetto fagulous. He needs a good fistin'.
by Sarah and Christa February 11, 2004
Someone who dresses of the ghettoe fabulous style while wear only white, pink, purple and blue. Normaly only in pastel colors.
"Did you see that guy in the Escalade? He was so ghetto fagulous is his baby blue jersy."
by Thomas Munashii September 15, 2005
please see gay loser
I know someone who is not only ghetto fagulous, but is also a big gay loser.
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Is it possible to make whipped cream without a power mixer? How? Can it be made with a stick blender?
Whipped cream was made for centuries before the mixer was invented. :)
You can do it with simply a balloon whisk. Things that may help though:
The process is simply to start slow until you see bubbles form, then speed up until you see the whisk begin to leave trails in the cream, then go full speed ahead until just before it starts to look soft and billowy. At this point you can add your sugar and continue whipping until thickens and firms up to form soft peaks.
Advice: Buy a hand-mixer at least! :)
Update - Yes you can whip it with a stick blender. I would be careful to avoid over- whipping with this method though. It might be easy to over-do it, and you'll start to make butter.
Put cream in a small plastic bag. Fill with air, twist to close. Shake.
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Yes, it can be made with a stick blender, I had a roommate who used to do it all the time.
He had a tall, narrow container, not that that much wider than the paddle on the blender, and he'd just stick the blender in, move it around a bit, and it'd be done pretty quickly.
(it's been 10+ years, so I don't remember the exact time.)
Come to think of it ... I can't remember him using that blender for anything other than whipped cream.
I've made it once by hand, with a whisk. Like others, I had a sore wrist afterwards.
I do it all the time with a cheap stick blender because I'm lazy. I especially like it for making a small amount. I try to use a bowl which is about as wide as it is deep - deep enough to keep the cream from spilling, wide enough to move the stick blender around.
The problem I've found with using the stick blender is that once the cream starts to thicken, you have to be extra-careful to stir the cream around. The blender will happily give you a dollop of whipped cream in the middle of a bowl of mostly runny stuff. So every few seconds I shake off the cream that's stuck to the blender and stir the whole bowl a bit.
Another option is to put the cream in a well-sealed jar (i.e. a mason jar) and shake it up and down into it reaches the desired consistency. There is a risk of over-shaking and ending up with fresh butter, but if you're paying attention you should be safe. It takes a few minutes and some arm strength, but it's not too bad.
It is possible with a whisk or fork, but your arm might fall off before it thickens up :)
Using a cold bowl and utensils (put it in freezer for a little while first) will help.
Do you have a food processor? Whipping cream in my trusty Cuisinart is easy-peasy. Put on the regular blade, pour in some cold heavy cream, turn it on for 20-30 seconds, et voila!
You can use a pressurized nitrous oxide dispenser. They're a little pricey for casual home use, though.
Alternatively, you can use a whip cream siphon.
Coincidentally, I saw this video a couple weeks ago that altered my world: you can make it in a cocktail shaker, using the spring from a bar strainer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5t3hZfMQiU
I saw it done on a program called "New Scandinavian Cooking! The Swedish chef made whipped cream and fresh strawberries on top of a glazier by placing whipping cream and sugar in a zip lock bag blowing air into the bag then sealing it then after shaking and squishing the bag for a few minutes...Voila" whipped cream!!!
I add powdered sugar and vanilla extract to my homemade whipped cream. The starch within the granulated sugar stiffens the cream to "stand alone" and also the granulated sugar is ok enough to prevent the cream from feeling "grainy".
Some cooks use a small little bit of nonflavoured gelatin to assist the cream hold its form for a extended period. However I do not just like the style it imparts to the cream. I take advantage of one tablespoon of sugar and a couple of teaspoons vanilla per cup of "Heavy Whipping Cream". I use "Extra significant Cream" since it contains more solids and whips up thicker.


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Adult Secondary Education programs are designed for students who did not complete high school and are age 16 and older. An alternative to the GED is the National External Diploma Program and the Adult High School Credit Diploma Program.
The Literacy of U.S. Adults with GED® Credentials: 2003 NAAL and 1992 NALS(PDF) study provides evidence of the validity of the GED credential as an indication of achieving the literacy skills and knowledge equivalent to those skills and knowledge demonstrated by adults with high school diplomas and aids many adult education programs in evaluating their effectiveness through adult learners' performance on the GED Tests.
Beyond the GED: Making Conscious Choices About the GED and Your Future(PDF) contains research and materials that provide learners with practice in graph and chart reading, calculation, information analysis, and writing, while they examine the labor market, the role of higher education, and the economic impact of the GED.
How Race to GED Was Established discusses the formation of Virginia's Race to GED Initiative.
Ninety Days to a GED: Student Qualitative Analyses Report discusses the student qualitative analyses of Virginia's Race to GED Initiative.
NCSALL Research Brief: The GED and BeyondIs the GED Valuable to Those Who Pass it?(PDF)discusses post credential outcomes for high school dropouts.
National Commission on Adult Literacy Policy Brief: Adult Education and Post Secondary Success(PDF) examines GED Holders and their counterparts who received a high school diploma, as well as with their counterparts who have no high school credential, and the long-term postsecondary education outcomes of each group.
What is the Value of the GED to Dropouts who Pursue the Credential?(PDF) discusses use of data set constructed from Florida GED and Unemployment Insurance (UI) administrative records to estimate the impact of the GED on the UI quarterly earnings of male high school dropouts who seek the credential.
National data on long-term trends of the educational attainment of youth as a predictor of well-being.
National data on dropout trends of 16 to 24 year olds and their ability to function in today's increasingly complex society and technology-dependent workplace. Includes data on GED attainment.
Tassels on the Cheap is an article written by Duncan Chaplin, a senior methodologist at the Urban Institute, published in Education Next, Hoover Institution, Stanford University, in the fall of 2002.
GED OnLine is Missouri's Internet-based preparation class for the GED. The online classroom is an anywhere-anytime learning environment for Missouri residents who cannot attend traditional GED classes.
GED 2002 Teachers' Lesson Bank provides lesson plans developed through an Adult Education State Leadership Grant from the Florida Department of Education, Division of Workforce Development.
Florida GED PLUS College Preparation Program Curriculum and Resource Guide(PDF) is designed to help students gain the knowledge and skills they need to move from a high school graduate to college student. This curriculum resource guide was developed to provide adult education programs the resources they need in order to implement Florida GED PLUS.
GED 2002 Lesson Plans were created by Utah Adult Education Instructors, in partnership of Utah State Office of Education, Utah Education Network, and the Utah System of Higher Education.
GED as Project emphasizes new strategies that focus on higher order thinking skills, problem solving, and application. Developed by Virginia's Workforce Improvement Network, a partnership between James Madison University and the Virginia Literacy Foundation, and completed by the Virginia Literacy Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University.
NCSALL Lesson Plans and Materials for the GED Classroom (2005)(PDF) is a set of classroom materials designed for use by GED teachers in GED classrooms. The materials provide learners with practice in graph and chart reading, calculation, information analysis, and writing, while they examine the labor market, the role of higher education, and the economic impact of the GED.
American Council on Education (ACE) statement (and answers to national queries) regarding the announcement of altered plans for a 5th Edition GED Test release, use of the current 2002 test series continue beyond January 1, 2012.
America's Literacy Directory is a service provided by the National Institute for Literacy and its partners to assist adults and young adult learners to find local literacy programs that provide adult basic education.
GED Testing Service develops and distributes the GED test in the United States and Canada. Hotline: 1-800-62-MY-GED.
The National External Diploma Program is an adult applied-performance, competency-based assessment program that awards a high school diploma to skilled adults who have acquired many of their high school level abilities through their life experience.
GED 2002 - Online Professional Development provides information on the GED 2002 Series Tests, as well as strategies that can be implemented in the classroom
National Institute for Literacy webcast Research on the Economic Impact of the GED Diploma provides an expert panel discussion focused on the economic benefits that accrue to holders of the General Educational Development (GED) credential.
American Council on Education (ACE) program highlights the DeKalb Technical College, GED to College Transition Program.


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Helping the rich get richer won't help the poor, middle class
Joyce Haskel and Fred Morehead, Southbury
It's common knowledge that the rich are getting richer, and the middle class and the poor are getting poorer. By what logic is it that when you make wealthy people wealthier, you help the middle class prosper? How do lower taxes for the rich help ordinary folks? If they do, then let's cut taxes!
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harry wrote on Sep 26, 2012 7:53 AM:
Therefore if the rich get richer, the poor get poorer and they didn't have much to begin with. "
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conservative1 wrote on Sep 26, 2012 9:33 AM:
2 choices, thrive or survive? Under Obama you will survive (living off the government teet) With Romney you have the opportunint to thrive. Your choice. "
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CITIZEN 3 wrote on Sep 30, 2012 9:56 AM:
Your boy promised us a hope and change America and delivered us class warfare, a racially divided country, more people on welfare and food stamps, high unemployment, a scandal-ridden administration and Obama-phones. He's a no-show, lazy, inept, radical sympathizer, and self-admitted Muslim who, along with his "herb/vegetable garden" partner hate white people more than they hate our military. Obama could have put people to work from day one by telling the labor unions where to go and implementing CCC/WPA style programs that built this country's roads, bridges dams and state parks, but it he took the lazy man's way out and printed money, then redistributed mine.
You may think we're all stupid kid, but let me tell you this, I have more time sitting at the Woolworth lunch counter than you have on earth sucking free air bought and paid for in American blood and treasure. Obama's done come November 6th and Romney's taking charge !!! "
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Season 13 July Half Season Update - Urvalsdeild:
Results | League Table
We lost the Supercup, a game which we really didn't deserve to lose, but it's life and not much we can do about it. The league defeat we simply couldn't finish, we had plenty of chances but couldn't make them count.
We are sitting third in the table but haven't conceded in 6 games now which is a good sign.
The European Seeding has improved which is nice and should mean that Icelandic clubs can get further in Europe. We are also the Most improved club in Europe!
Finances | Transfers
We are making a loss every month, mainly due to Tax which seems to be stupidly high (£140k per month!) A good Europe run should see us turn a profit though.
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A lo largo de la segunda mitad del siglo XX, Marruecos y México se han convertido en fuentes de fuerza laboral migrante, mayoritariamente de poca calificación, en los Estados Unidos y la Unión Europea.
This report explores how nostalgia trade and heritage tourism can involve diaspora populations in transactions that ease the integration of their homeland economies, while helping maintain their ties to their countries of origin or ancestry.
Nearly 1 million U.S. residents spend time volunteering abroad each year, including nearly 200,000 first- and second-generation immigrants. As skilled migration and the number of U.S. youth with ancestors in the developing world grow, this report shows the potential for diaspora service volunteers to assist with development in a number of countries.
A growing body of evidence suggests that diasporas play a critical role in supporting sustainable development by transferring resources, knowledge, and ideas back to their home countries, and in integrating their countries of origin into the global economy.
The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the third-largest destination for Filipino migrants, with private recruitment agencies in both countries managing the flow of 200,000 Filipino workers who head there annually. This report examines the recruiters' practices as well as their regulation by the Philippine and UAE governments, offering recommendations to strengthen the system of oversight.
This book explores how developing-country governments have institutionalized ties with emigrants and their descendents. It offers an unprecedented taxonomy of 45 diaspora-engaging institutions found in 30 developing countries, exploring their activities and objectives. It also provides important practitioner insights from Mali, Mexico, and the Philippines.
This report, commissioned by the BBC World Service, seeks to explore the myriad impacts of the global financial crisis that began in September 2008 on migration flows, immigration policies, remittances, and on migrants themselves. Select countries and regions are examined in detail to highlight overarching trends and regional differences.


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Let's look at some examples of different types of materials you might use in your research and how they should be cited.
Journal article from a library database
This is an example of a citation found in a research database. Most of the elements that you need to cite the article properly are here; they just need to be reformatted and rearranged in order to comply with MLA style guidelines. Here are the elements you need to cite this journal article properly: author(s), publication date, title of the article, title of the journal, volume and issue number, and page numbers. Add database name and the word "Web", followed by retrieved from date.


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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is the third-largest destination for Filipino migrants, with private recruitment agencies in both countries managing the flow of 200,000 Filipino workers who head there annually. This report examines the recruiters' practices as well as their regulation by the Philippine and UAE governments, offering recommendations to strengthen the system of oversight.
This book explores how developing-country governments have institutionalized ties with emigrants and their descendents. It offers an unprecedented taxonomy of 45 diaspora-engaging institutions found in 30 developing countries, exploring their activities and objectives. It also provides important practitioner insights from Mali, Mexico, and the Philippines.
This brief offers an analysis of the Philippine Overseas Employment Administration, the Philippines' highly successful system of managing the overseas employment of temporary Filipino workers. The report examines the structure and mechanism of the system, identifies key areas of improvement, and offers policy recommendations for addressing existing flaws.
This report provides a global look at circular migration experiences, depicts various governments' attempts at creating circular migration, evaluates the economic costs and benefits of circular migration for sending and receiving countries, identifies components of effective bilateral agreements, and reviews outcomes governments might realistically expect from their circular migration policies.
This brief takes a look at hometown associations (HTAs)—immigrant organizations based on a common hometown—and their often overlooked function as integration intermediaries in their country of destination.
The situation in Iraq remains extremely precarious for civilians, with additional thousands being displaced by violence and persecution even as refuge becomes harder to find – either internally or in neighboring countries. This report looks at the refugee situation in the country.
This report offers an intricate look at the slowdown in remittance growth experienced by Mexico in 2007 by comparing remittance flow figures among Mexican states, and highlights regions that may be particularly vulnerable to risks associated with remittance fluctuations.


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Ralph Nader's '17 Solutions' worthy of consideration
Growing numbers of Americans are dissatisfied with the direction in which our nation is headed. They are tired of empty promises of better things to come, from the government and the private sector (whose ties are becoming stronger), while the ability of the people to influence policy declines.
Not long ago, those who worked hard were held in high regard. Work gave them personal pride, a higher standard of living and a sense that they were part of a larger community. Now, opportunities for good-paying, stable jobs are scarce, mainly because of the outsourcing of millions of these jobs to low-wage countries by greedy, unpatriotic corporations.
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Bob wrote on Jan 14, 2013 4:02 PM:
" Well if solutions do not have billion dollar PAC's, our lawmakers do not want them. Unless the solution reaps them even more PAC money. The future, can you cap it and trade it? The future, does it have a PAC? Does it buy commercials? Does it provide lobbying jobs? See, now why the heck would the future matter to our lawmakers?...really... "
3rd GenT wrote on Jan 15, 2013 10:48 AM:
" Like Mr. Nader you seem to be oblivious to the other side of the equation, the one that does more serous damage. We have a society of government dependents who who live by sucking the life out of the middle class and large businesses through taxes. Mr. Nader's myopic view continuously ignores the catastrophic effect of social welfare on society, including the destruction of the family. In fact, his liberal agenda and many of the things that he supports are at the heart of our social decay. It's easy to generate hatred for the rich and try to create class warfare. And sadly, that's how Mr. Nader got his start - by telling convenient half-truths that brought him fame and fortune. When you're ready to leave "La La" land and look at the real problems and offer real solutions, then the rest of us who work for a living would love to hear from you. "
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I've got this, you won't regret it. You've only to find time to watch it all.
Sorry, I meant to only write:
I will be ordering this when I get home
@havocsback: You've only to find time to watch it all. <<<
Yeah, I know what you mean. I've been so busy lately I'm not sure I could watch the entire series in a reasonable time frame.
Why in the last week I have had to deal with a depressed feline pet, so I performed silly walks to confuse my cat. Then I had to call Bicycle Repair Man to replace the chain in my ten speed. I needed the bike because the parrot I had recently purchased at the pet store died. I had to return the dead parrot, but when I did I was grilled like the Spanish Inquisition, which was totally unexpected. As a result I missed my self defense against fresh fruit course. Fortunately I was able to TiVo the Upper Class Twit of the Year reality show. So it wasn't a total loss.
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What? DVD?
I want my 70's era TV shows on Blu-Ray dammit!
@j5: While you're very possibly joking, there's actually a good case for many 70's shows to be released on Blu-ray. Most shows were shot on film in this era, and Blu-ray HD transfers can significantly improve the quality. Shows like The Prisoner (1967), Twilight Zone (1959), and Star Trek (1966), have had their original film masters rescanned in HD and make gorgeous Blu-rays (although Star Trek also had its effects redone with CGI).
That said, Monty Python would receive mixed results from a possible Blu-ray transfer. They shot that show using a mix of video (for indoors/studio sketches) and film (for the animation and outdoor sketches). There's even sketches that use a mix of video and film. While the film segments could be rescanned and remastered in HD (assuming the original film still exists), the video could at best only be upconverted, with limited results.