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All right, so the weather isn't suppose to be good for the coming weekend. In fact, as of Friday morning, the forecast was for snow....significant snow. But, as we all know, weathermen have a nasty habit of being wrong. The storm might blow out to sea, or just clip Connecticut, leaving just enough good weather for you to enjoy a day (or night) out. If you're still trying to decide on what to do, you might want to consider these events:
*Friday, Oct. 28
Haunted Hayride
Bishop Farm
500 South Meriden Road
7 to 10 p.m.
If you haven't already gotten down to Bishop Farm for the Haunted Hayride, time is running out. Tonight is the last night to enjoy local goblins from the CHS Class of 2012, as they offer up scares. Tickets are $5 per person.
*Friday, Oct. 28, Saturday, Oct. 29, Sunday, Oct. 30
Masons Haunted House
9 Country Club Road
6:30 p.m. to 12 a.m.
This weekend, the Masonic Temple Lodge #16 will be transformed into a frightening haunted hospital, where the only patients left have long since passed on. This scary good time is not for the faint of heart, and parents of children 13 and younger are warned that the material might be a little too ghoulish to handle. Tickets are $8 and refreshments will be served.
*Saturday, Oct. 29
Chilly Dog Walk
Cheshire Park
10 a.m. to 2 p.m.
If you're looking for a fun time for the entire family, and that includes your furry friends, come out for the Chilly Dog Walk, sponsored by Soul Friends and Cheshire Dog Park. The walk/run will feature a costume contest for children and canines, agility and search and rescue demos, State Police K-9 unit demonstrations, arts and crafts for kids, and free chili dogs for everyone.
*Saturday, Oct. 29
Basketball Without Boundaries Tournament
Cheshire High School
525 South Main Street
9 a.m.
The NBA might be in a lockout, but basketball will be alive and well at CHS this weekend as the First Annual Basketball Without Boundaries Tournament is held. Tickets are $3.


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Investigating the use of essential features within technology pre-service programmes : a case of University of Pretoria
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Investigating the use of essential features within technology pre-service programmes : a case of University of Pretoria
Maphutha, Mampiane Johanna
Establishing proficient practices for technology teaching and learning is an immense challenge, especially since technology is a new subject that was added as one of the new learning areas within the South African education curriculum. This happened when the South African education system was reviewed after the 1994 democratic elections and OBE was chosen as not only the hub, but the underpinning philosophy of education. As part of the challenges that followed implementing a new subject, when technology was first implemented, there were no qualified teachers to teach it, and there were no official academic programmes to train those who were inevitably selected to teach it. After a while, the government found out that all was not well with the national curriculum technology and that in many schools, it was not as well taught as other subjects. From ever since, institutions of higher learning and service providers across the country made efforts to develop programmes and offer formal training in technology education. This study intended to carefully examine how technology academic programmes are conceptualised, planned, and implemented; and how that contributes to efficient training and development of student-teachers in technology education. This it did by purposefully sampling the University of Pretoria (UP) and performing a case study on its technology education pre-service programme. The investigation necessitated the concept: "the essential features of an effective and comprehensive technology education programme", which the researcher believes are inescapable because they forms the core, effect and success of technology programmes' design features; and they have a propensity to guide educational practice to enhanced performances and yield. From literature, the essential features are centred on programme design, content, teaching methods, programme coordination, staffing, student assessment policies and practices and the context of study. The investigation at UP started with programme conceptualisation and planning, which the researcher performed by interviewing the developers, designers and the lecturing staff. She then performed document analysis on the study guides and university general programme to investigate programme content; and she did lecture observations to explore teaching methods. The results of the study indicated that UP technology education pre-service programme is conceptualised and planned based on problem-based learning, project-driven approach and standard-based design. The lecturing staff applies learner-centred, activity-based, and outcome-based approaches that provide student teachers with opportunities to engage in authentic, real-life problems. The programme content consists of modules that are made up of study units that engage various technology concepts and knowledge base. They have good resources and specialised venues for technology teaching and learning. UP-D&T is balanced and auspicious; students and lecturers are enthusiastic and positive about the activities of this programme. However there exist a few hiccups, which are resembled in the level at which certain essential features are engaged within UP-D&T. The designers and lecturing staff might want to conduct some impact studies of this programme, as well as evaluations of practice on student-teachers presently training and those who were trained under this programme in the past. The study reflected in-depth descriptions of how technology education programmes can be comprehensively designed; by providing a window, patterns, essential features and rubrics for enhanced planning, practice and implementation. Discussions thereof might serve to mobilise, critique and further the discourse on effective pre-service teacher education.
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New Zealand exports to China – are you paying too much duty?
The New Zealand - China Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which entered into effect in October 2008, has been repeatedly reported as a success; however, trade statistics suggest that New Zealand exporters of goods to China are significantly underutilising the agreement's preferential tariff opportunities.
2010 figures obtained by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade show that:
- Less than 40% of all exports of goods to China were fully utilising available preferential rates of duty
- Approximately 13% of exports were partially using available tariff preferences
- Approximately 25% of exports were underutilising available tariff preferences
- Over 20% of exports were not using available tariff preference at all
Trade Minister, Tim Groser, has stated that local businesses have overpaid over NZ$90 million in duties by not taking advantage of the FTA.¹
In particular, the fishing, textile and apparel and minerals and metals industries have been identified as underutilising preferential duty opportunities. The following table illustrates the duty savings offered by the FTA for a sample of exported product in those and other industry sectors:
Product type | Normal duty rate | Preferential duty rate |
Fresh, chilled or frozen fish & fish fillets | 10% - 12% | 0% |
Bottled wine | 14% | 0% |
Minerals (excluding fuels, oils, etc.) | 3% - 5% | 0% |
Clothing | 14% to 25% | 0% to 4% |
Iron and steel | 1% to 10% | 0% |
Iron and steel products | 3% to 30% | 0% to 4% |
Aluminium and related products | 1.5% -30% | 0% to 4% |
Mechanical and electrical equipment | 1% to 35% | 0% to 4% |
Note that the actual preferential duty rate applied depends on the specific product's Harmonized System tariff code. Accordingly, FTA preferential rates may differ within a product category.
While the findings by New Zealand Customs are surprising, there are a number of challenges for businesses that may have contributed to the underutilisation of the FTA tariff preferences.
The sometimes complex rules of origin can be a stumbling block for some products. Evidencing that the product meets the regional value content requirements and/or tariff shift requirement can require extensive documentary support and be subject to interpretation by China Customs.
The non-manipulation rules for goods that transit through a third country can also prevent eligible goods from gaining the tariff preferences. For instance, there may be challenges in obtaining a certificate of non-manipulation from the third country upon request by China Customs.
Particularly in complex supply chain structures, goods sold for export to China may undergo multiple related party sales transactions prior to importation. In this scenario, China Customs may reject claims for FTA preferences where the documentation does not clearly support FTA qualification.
The certificate of origin requirement can also be a deterrent to using the FTA. Although certificates of origin are not required for goods imported into New Zealand from China, exports of goods to China require the certificate of origin to claim the FTA preference. China Customs is likely to deny FTA qualification where the original certificate of origin is not provided upon request. The burden of obtaining the certificate of origin is on the New Zealand exporter. Depending on the sales arrangement, the exporter may have less incentive to take on the certificate of origin and FTA obligations when the benefit goes to someone else.
Despite these challenges, FTA strategies can be effectively employed. Given that almost all goods exported under the FTA will reduce to zero in 2013, it may be worthwhile for companies that are not utilising FTAs to consider doing so. An FTA feasibility analysis may uncover eligible goods and significant duty that is being unnecessarily overpaid. FTA considerations in supply chain restructuring activities can lead to cost savings opportunities. Internal trade processes, procedures and internal controls can be put in place to safeguard FTA benefits. In other words, there are a number of ways that businesses can effectively utilise and manage FTA preference opportunities to ensure you are not paying too much.
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text: Hacker's Fight With Sony Is Over, But Not For AnonymousOwen Good4/13/11 10:00pmFiled to: Here We Go AgainanonymousSonySceaGeorge HotzSony vs. geohotgeohot570EditPromoteShare to KinjaToggle Conversation toolsGo to permalink Sony and George Hotz, the hacker who jailbroke the PS3, reached a settlement that ends Sony's multizillion dollar claim against the 21-year-old rapper provided he never screws with their stuff ever again. End of controversy, right? Well, someone failed to clear this with Anonymous, self-appointed sheriff of Internet privacy and free expression. Anonymous, which has been attacking annoying Sony websites since early last week, says the campaign will go on - and that includes in-person protests called for this Saturday at Sony stores. That video above was uploaded yesterday, but given that the hacktivist collective has, deliberately, no leadership or command structure, it's hard to tell if this is something that truly has wide support among those who identify with the group or participate in its actions. Some past calls for protest or action have been shouted down from within as overzealous newcomers acting outside of the Anonymous mainstream, whatever that is. Advertisement Advertisement And if Anons do show up at Sony stores in Guy Fawkes masks, I'm not sure how one would expect the patrons to connect that show to the company's alleged awfulness, or its brutal repression of the human right to run Linux on a PS3.Reply570 repliesLeave a reply


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Dr. Larry Ponemon is the Chairman and Founder of the Ponemon Institute, a research think tank dedicated to advancing privacy and data protection practices. Dr. Ponemon is considered a pioneer in privacy auditing and the Responsible Information Management or RIM framework. Ponemon Institute conducts independent research, educates leaders from the private and public sectors and verifies the privacy and data protection practices of organizations in a various industries. In addition to Institute activities, Dr. Ponemon is an adjunct professor or ethics and privacy at Carnegie Mellon University's CIO Institute. He is a Fellow of the Center for Government Innovation of the Unisys Corporation.
Dr. Ponemon consults with leading multinational organizations on global privacy management programs. He has extensive knowledge of regulatory frameworks for managing privacy and data security including financial services, health care, pharmaceutical, telecom and Internet. Dr. Ponemon was appointed to the Advisory Committee for Online Access & Security for the United States Federal Trade Commission. He was appointed by the White House to the Data Privacy and Integrity Advisory Committee for the Department of Homeland Security.
Dr. Ponemon is an active member of the International Association of Privacy Professionals, serving as founding member of the Certified Information Privacy Professional (CIPP) Advisory Board. Dr. Ponemon is column editor for Computerworld, CSO Magazine, BNA, Dark Reading and other leading publications. He is a frequent commentator on privacy and business ethics for CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, The Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, USA Today, Financial Times, Business 2.0, Newsweek, Business Week, U.S. News & World Report, CIO Magazine, Industry Standard, Boston Globe, InfoWorld, InformationWeek, Forbes, Fortune, CFO Magazine, Red Herring, Dow Jones News and others.
Ms. Fine is a nationally recognized authority in information and intellectual property protection. Her depth of knowledge comes from working with hundreds of world-class companies to assess needs, develop tailored strategies, identify sensitive information, establish policies and procedures, and provide training and tools which secure competitive advantage. Ms. Fine has been cited by Fortune, Business Week, Time Magazine, USA Today, The New York Times, Cybertimes, the LA Times, and the Industry Standard as a leading expert in her field. Ms. Fine's work for MCI, Apple Computer, and Tandem Computers has been described as exemplary in industry trade journals, including The Personnel Journal, The Sales & Marketing Management Magazine, and Security Management Magazine. Ms. Fine is an authoritative and enthusiastic speaker for many industry associations, as well as being a published author of numerous articles related to information and intellectual property protection. Prior to founding Pro-Tec Data, Ms. Fine was a business attorney counseling high technology companies on protection, licensing, and other transactions relating to intellectual property.
Tom is Chief - Network Services and IT Infrastructure at NATO Communications and Information Agency (NCI Agency). Formerly, Tom served as the Cyber Security Business Area Manager for the Information Assurance Division of a major defense contractor and is responsible for Cyber Security on national-level systems. He is a Certified Information System Security Professional (CISSP) and an Information Security System Engineering Professional (ISSEP) and has MBA from the W.P. Carey School of Business and a BS Electrical Engineering Degree from the Ira A. Fulton School of Engineering at Arizona State University. Tom has more than 20 years experience in cyber security, information security and encryption systems and software. He is responsible for development of dozens of solutions for national security and commercial uses, both domestically and internationally. Tom has also been a guest lecturer on Quantitative Problem Solving at the W.P. Carey School of Business and has spoken and lectured on Cyber Security and Information Security Management nationally and internationally.
John is a former American Society for Industrial Security (ASIS) Senior Vice President and member of the Computer Security Standing Committee. He has a Ph.D. in Administration and Management with a dissertation focusing on Corporate Risk Modeling. John is a Certified Protection Professional (CPP) and a Certified Fraud Examiner (CFE). He has spoken nationally and internationally on computer security, loss control and risk management. John has more than 25 years experience in Industrial Security, Operational and Systems auditing, Information Systems Security and Risk Management. He was responsible for the identification and successful prosecution of members of the "Legion of Doom", an infamous Hacker organization responsible for significant abuse to a number of Fortune 100 companies. John was responsible for the development of a four level, information security protocol as part of a standardized security review for applicants of the Lloyds eComprehensive "cyber" insurance product. He has developed surveys at all levels to assess organizational risk created from the vulnerabilities and threats associated with the modern, technology-driven corporate environment.


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MUSLIMS appear to have lost a battle to have parking restrictions outside an East Oxford mosque lifted.
Since the introduction of the Magdalen North controlled parking zone (CPZ) in 2012, leaders of the Medina Mosque, in Stanley Road, have been lobbying to have the restrictions altered.
At the moment all the spaces in Stanley Road are reserved for residents only and visitors to the mosque have been getting tickets for leaving their cars outside.
After looking into the issue Oxfordshire County Council has decided against lifting the restrictions and will instead create a new bay in Iffley Road which will allow non-permit holders to park for three hours.
County councillor for Iffley Fields and St Mary's David Williams said: "I have said that they shouldn't alter Stanley Road and leave that as it is. What the mosque wants is to lift the CPZ restrictions and I cannot see why we should do that.
"The regulations are what they are and that's to stop people parking down Stanley Road."
The county council has received a petition signed by 269 moque visitors complaining about difficulties with parking.
In response the council agreed to investigate and decided to create a bay in Iffley Road for up to five cars. This was due to be approved in February, but following representations from the mosque the council agreed to revisit the issue.
It decided not to reverse its decision, opting for a bay in Iffley Road. Mark Kemp, county council deputy director for environment and economy, said: "Since February officers have visited the site to observe parking on a Friday and have discussed the matter with the local member for the area councillor, David Williams.
"It is suggested that the proposals as originally advertised be implemented."
A final decision will be taken by cabinet member for transport David Nimmo-Smith at a public meeting on Thursday.
Ahmed Qazi, an Imam at Medina Mosque, said: "We understand our neighbours have got the right to park their cars, but some of them have their own driveways available, so we are asking for parking on the left side of Stanley Road which is not used.
"We can only ask the county council if they accept this.
"People come to worship five times a day from places like Kidlington and Barton and they are only parked there for 10 or 15 minutes but as soon as they leave they see the ticket on their windscreens."
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"With storytelling or any art form, we know it somehow, and we have to do it because our blood remembers." — Glenn Taylor.
Though he teaches and lives just outside of Chicago these days, at his core, Glenn Taylor is a West Virginia storyteller. The author of the 2008 NBCC Award Finalist novel The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart and the recently published The Marrowbone Marble Company speaks of the story – of the people, the land, and the circumstances surrounding them – as a living entity. Taylor's sensibility regarding the craft of writing and the stories the craft holds reflects a bygone era.
In an age in which writers are expected to be media darlings and social networking geniuses, in which traditional print lays prone beneath the dangling sword of technology, and in which "platform" is one of the most common buzzwords tossed about in publishing circles, Taylor would "rather be known as the type who lets the writing speak for itself."
Speak, his writing does. His debut novel, The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart, set against the Appalachian hills of West Virginia, was initially published by a small university press. The novel garnered a few favorable reviews from major newspapers, and in 2008 was nominated as one of five finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award. Of the nomination, Taylor says, "that put me in a whole different thing." The easy-spoken author still has a touch of a star-struck tone as he talks about going to New York for the ceremonies in what he refers to as a "big, fancy auditorium." But, he says, "I enjoyed it. I enjoyed it all."
With the NBCC nomination, came the attention of Dan Halpern at Ecco Books, an imprint of Harper Collins. Halpern read the novel, and Ecco purchased the reprint rights, and wanted to see what else Taylor had. "What else" was the beginnings of the novel that would become The Marrowbone Marble Company . "They wanted the first fifty pages and a synopsis." Taylor laughed. "I think I had fifty-one." Ecco decided to purchase his sophomore effort as well, and Taylor found himself writing to a deadline. "It was exciting and great! I probably didn't give myself enough time. That was good and bad. In terms of work ethic and discipline, I was on it."
Taylor seems to have thrived on the pressure, and refers to himself as a writer who does "better on deadlines." However, he is not a writer to let himself get wrapped up the excesses of the publishing and media juggernaut. The story comes first. "The important thing is staying true and not letting this stuff affect me when I sit down to write." Having completed his book tour for Marrowbone, Taylor is "just starting the third book." He says, "I didn't want to mix it with the book tour, to be working with a new group of people while I was still focused on Ledford and Rachel and the others. I would feel like I was cheating on them, on both parties."
Loyal Ledford, married to Rachel, is the protagonist of The Marrowbone Marble Company. This is how Taylor refers to the characters of his stories; they are his "people." Though few characters are based biographically on actual people, Taylor says "their phrases came from family members, and people growing up." It is from the people of the West Virginia of his childhood that Taylor's "people" get their speech and "eccentricities." In some cases, the speeches of Taylor's characters are transcribed verbatim from snippets of tape recorded by Glenn Taylor's father Maury.
Glenn is not the only Taylor family member dedicated to the preservation of the heritage and stories of the West Virginia hills. Maury has spent years tape recording the oral histories of the older members of the community. With this inspiration, Glenn Taylor says that he "can't help but think very deeply and get attached to [the characters.] They are so much based on the way things were." That said, Taylor feels a responsibility toward his home with the development of his characters. "There's a lot riding on making my representations fair, and kind, and real." He laughs and what had been a slight twang in his voice intensifies. "I'm gonna get shot if I don't!"
Self-mockery aside, Taylor feels a deep attachment to and responsibility toward his home state. It is no coincidence that both of his novels are set near his hometown of Huntington, West Virginia. Acknowledging that physical and geographical distance from West Virginia may have made him better able to write about the state, he mentions time spent in graduate school writing "stories that could be anywhere."
In graduate school in Texas, however, he was surrounded by Texans and their notorious surplus of Texan pride. "Being around people so full of state pride, I got more prideful of my own state." But going home for visits made him look at the landscape and its people in a new light. "I would listen to my dad and families stories, and steal books from my dad's shelf. That's when I knew what I had to write about."
Living in the flat prairies of the Midwest, Taylor looks back toward the hills of his heritage. "Physical landscape makes a difference. I grew up in the hills. I find comfort in them. It's a cliché, the place that time forgot. But, more and more, we don't have places that time forgot; we're so connected by technology and media. I like to find places that haven't made the mistake of forgetting the old ways."
The old ways infuse Taylor's storytelling. With two novels set in the earlier portions of the last century, he refers to himself as someone who has "become the guy who writes about the past." In his writing he hears "a voice in my head that sits down to tell a story that is not my voice. It is older and wiser and a little bit more country." The twang deepens again with a chuckle. "If you're from West Virginia, you're always a little bit country." He jokes, but he does worry about coming "from a place that is much misunderstood. I try to use fiction to change that."
He pauses and reverses course briefly. "It is the inevitable truth, though – some misconceptions arise from reality." In West Virginia, he says, "industry lived and died and boomed and busted by coal." "In a state that was created in the middle of the Civil War, and whose entire existence is based on the whims of coal, you're going to have some colorful confrontations."
In The Marrowbone Marble Company, Taylor fused those confrontations with circumstances faced in his teaching life, the stories of veterans returning from tours in Iraq and Afghanistan. He was struck in particular by the story of one Marine who graduated from high school in June, 2001 and enlisted on September 12, 2001. Taylor had been reading a book called The Story of World War II by Donald Miller and had seen accounts of young men who had enlisted in the military the day after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Taylor's reading had come about after finding statistics on the numbers of WWII veterans dying each day. "I am obsessed with the past and making sure we retain it. It was a shame that I didn't know more about [the war]."
When Taylor had the conversation with his student, he already had his protagonist, Loyal Ledford "in mind. I knew he was the kind of guy who was going to go [to enlist immediately after Pearl Harbor.]" The rest of Taylor's extensive research for the novel took place as the novel unfolded. "I was following [Ledford's] life. I knew at the onset that there would be someone like Don Staples for him when he came back…I didn't know it would involve Civil Rights or the War on Poverty."
Taylor's admitted obsession with the past plays into Ledford's unusual vocation. The idea for the marble company of the title comes to Ledford in a dream. Why marbles, was the first question I felt compelled to ask. Taylor laughed, "Oh that's a good question. Obviously I did not grow up playing Ringer, so it's not autobiographical. But glass is such a big thing in West Virginia." Marble City in the novel is modeled after Marble King, a real factory in Paden City, West Virginia. The Mann glass company is based on Owens-Illinois, a glass factory down the street from Taylor's childhood home in Huntington. Fascinated by the art of the freeblower, Taylor refers to his "glass obsession gone wild" as the impetus for Ledford's calling. Glass as a medium captivates the writer, "it is the earth beneath our feet."
The character of Ledford may have driven the novel, but Ledford's ideals are not far removed from those of his creator. Though Taylor denies setting out to create any sort of social commentary in his novel, the flow of his protagonist's life very obviously springs from Taylor's own worldview. When asked about his own ideals, Taylor pauses, the easy rhythm of the lyrical storyteller broken. "That's the trouble these days, the tendency to try to lump ourselves in with one term or another. All of our terms have become meaningless…I have been plagued by race in this country as long as I can remember…Coming from where I come from, it's different than in the deep South…Coal brought diversity – not only black folks from the South, but Jews, Italians, and Hungarians…Though there have been horrific incidences [of racial unrest] in our state, possibly less so than in others…But, it's long plagued me. I can't get away. I feel the same about our class system. I am plagued by the idea that we haven't ever really looked at ourselves in the mirror."
Though he denies attempting to use his fiction as any sort of manifesto, Taylor says, "it would be disingenuous if I didn't write a novel that dealt with race and class, because that's what is on my mind." Ultimately, the content of Taylor's writing stems from one source, his "people." "The situations the people I create find themselves in are situations that deal with race and class." The same factors play into his somewhat open ending. "I flirted with ideas of resolution, but I guess I'm not much of a plot guy…I couldn't do my people the disservice of having it nicely wrapped up." Once again, Taylor's writing is informed by his duty to and love for his characters.
One of the most interesting characters in The Marrowbone Marble Company is Ledford's third child, a boy named Orb. Born pre-maturely by C-section after Rachel began to hemorrhage, Orb is a child of gifts and challenges. Labeled "retarded," Orb rarely speaks, has severe social dysfunction, but is unparalleled at the marble game of Ringer, and can sing like an angel. Orb also "had the kind of blood that ran and didn't clot." It is easy to read superficial metaphor into a character named Orb in a book about a marble company, but the reading would be inaccurate. Taylor says, "Orb had been a name I thought of long ago." His first novel has a "teeny, tiny mention of an old man named Orb Caudill."
He attributes his love of names, like so much else, to his heritage. "It's those West Virginia names. They have the best names down there." It is clear that Orb's literary father has strong feelings for his fictional son. "The character comes from a lot of places…from having three children [Taylor and his wife Margaret have three young sons] and not always having pregnancies work out the way you want them to…" In the novel, Rachel's pregnancy with Orb follows on the heels of a miscarriage. "Orb was a kid that from the get-go they just felt lucky to have…How he is – that's a combination of things…Friends, family, all of us know kids labeled with autism or Asperger's. They wouldn't have had that term back then, we name things as we go. The bleeding…I don't even know. Blood connects us to each other, to the earth we stand on, to the animals…Our blood hums with music."
Taylor quotes the epigraph from his first novel, lines by Louise McNeill: "'I have gulled the pith from a sumac limb/ To play a tune that my blood remembers.'…to me, with storytelling, or any art form – we know it somehow, and we have to do it because our blood remembers." Taylor returns from the blood and earth of family and art to his character, "Orb is not an idea or a concept. He's a real kid that has a lot against him. At the same time, he is beautiful and magnificent." The father speaks proudly of his fictional progeny, "I love him. He's more complicated than a diagnosis."
Taylor's flesh-and-blood family fills him just as much as his paper-and-ink people. You can hear the glow as he mentions his youngest son Eli who is "in the eight month old phase of sitting and smiling." Balancing work and home is important. Taylor and his wife have worked out a writing and teaching schedule that allows him a "block of 3-4 hours where I can disappear into the basement. She's noticed that I'm a much better dad if I get that time." In the summer, however, with children and father out of school, "I don't write. I'm not disciplined enough." Indeed, toward the end of our conversation, as Eli awoke from his nap, there was mention of an end-of-summer family swim.
Family and names fascinate Glenn Taylor for good reason. Taylor, who published his first novel under M. Glenn Taylor, is Maurice Glenn Taylor III. His father, Maurice Glenn Taylor Jr., goes by Maury. The grandfather, the original Maurice Glenn Taylor went by Glenn. Glenn Taylor the author has always used his middle name, but his oldest son – yes, Maurice Glenn Taylor IV – goes by Reece. Glenn "played around with" the permutations of his name while writing short stories, but when his first novel was initially published, settled on M. Glenn Taylor.
During the production of Marrowbone, however, the staff at Ecco "would joke around and call me Mr. Glenn Taylor." Ecco asked if he would be willing to drop the M. This solved the problem he had during the French publication of The Ballad of Trenchmouth Taggart as well. (M. is the French abbreviation for monsieur, or mister.) Taylor deepens his voice grandly. "If I am going to be an internationally acclaimed author, I had better drop the M." His own opinion? "It's freeing. I prefer it. I am Glenn."
That he is. Though his roots and blood run deep through the earth of West Virginia, in his writing, Glenn Taylor has found his own name, his own voice, and his own way to sing the stories of the past.
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Not trying to start an argument here or anything but...lately I've noticed the pictures that are being posted on here.... some are just plain garbage. I'm not saying that I'm a great photographer or anything and that my pics rule. But, just that I think there should be some sort of regulation. I mean moderators need to step up and reject some of the pics being uploaded. There are some really great photographers that post on this site. And their pictures just get buried in the pages by ugly shots.
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I agree. But it will be hard to draw that line on what is a good picture and not. And what if someone uploads 30 GREAT pictures... that will just bury everyone else's photos as well.
But I have seen some pretty crappy pic's uploaded recently.
Yeah, I also think there should be a limit per day of what you can upload.
Just to clarify....I'm not talking about the mega pixels either...some great shots i have seen on here taken with a phone. Basically anything ugly should not be on here.
You are right it would be tough to draw the line between a good shot or not. But, personally I think it's getting out of control.
I understand. note taken - thanks for the suggestion.
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Isn't that what the picture rating function is for? You can select the "what's popular" link to rank photos based on most viewed, highest rated, or most commented. Even if the pictures aren't the best quality, I still enjoy viewing them to give me an idea what the surf was like in certain areas...
Your missing the point....I said nothing about the quality. I wouldn't mind looking at someone boosting air caught on a 3.1 mp camera or phone. I just am tired of seeing pictures of closeouts.... people riding white water. ect....basically bad photography. This is a surf forum....I would like to see people surfing.
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As an art teacher and practicing artist, some of the crappy photos on here have NO stoke factor. Now, if you don't look for stoke in a photo then it better have Decent elements for our viewing pleasure. Swellinfo, you should create a best of Photo forum that is on the home or forcast page. The rest of the photos, under your judgment, put them in the pictures folder where you can find all photos. The best of category can allow me to view something good without looking through a handfull of SH!T? Can you do that for us please?
Even early on, when I first started posting pictures,...Over at SurfingOC.com, I really tried to post clear quality pictures. those first two or three years I never even did any crops or Photoshops of any of my pictures.
But I still tried to set some type of standards to go by for myself.
first is the clearness of the photo, which is a must. second is context. third is perspective.
forth would be relationship of/between picture, surfer and background/enviroment.
However, the make or break for me is completion of the wave. When I take multiple frames, i look to the end and if the surfer in question was able to complete the wave from start to finish.
Believe it or not, I can say with some confidence that 98 to 99 percent of what I post, the wave was started and finished, successfully. That takes away from the idea of just grabbing a single frame, from say like a drop in or a barrel shot, when in reality the surfer crashed and burned.
I have psoted some very bad...over/under exposed pictures as well as some with a hint of blurr in them. But for the most part I have tried to be honest and true to myself and those looking at the pictures, not to mention the surfers themselves, which...without them all we got is pictures of waves. <----not that,..that would be a bad thing but..you know what I am getting at.
We are very lucky that so many people want to share. Also we are lucky we have some very good photogs around here,..younger and older.
Point being though, Please try and set some type of higher standards for yourself if you are in fact going to or trying to take pictures for so many to view.
P.S. keep things as are Micah........sometimes you got to take the good with the bad.
i vote to keep allowing crappy photos...as someone else mentioned, it's nice to see how the surf was on a particular day...even if it was 1 foot closeouts...


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Group K always looked like it would be a cakewalk for Spurs, who came through their toughest test 2-0 victors thanks to Defoe and Nacer Chadli strikes in the first half on the outskirts of Moscow.
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Anzhi's big-spending was brought to an abrupt halt in the summer, leading to a dramatic fire sale that meant there were only three survivors from the side that started March's last-16 clash at Newcastle in Thursday night's line-up.
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Posted by David Postman
I have done little reporting on this year's legislative session. The presidential primary season kept my attention focused elsewhere. But with the Legislature set to adjourn Thursday, I figure it's now or never.
In one respect I see little has changed since in the nearly year since the 2007 Legislature adjourned. A homeowner's bill of rights is apparently dead in the House - just as dead as it was last year.
This is a bill pushed by Sen. Brian Weinstein, D-Mercer Island, and opposed by homebuilders and, it seems, by House Speaker Frank Chopp. Chopp at least doesn't think it's yet time to pass the bill that would allow buyers of new homes to sue for defects.
I'm not shocked by this. Last year Chopp only gave the slightest indication that something might happen this year.
"I'm suggesting we work through the interim" and come back in the next session or two with a bill that could be passed unanimously, he said.
It will be "or two" at least. And that has liberal Democrats ticked off at Chopp. The primary rouser of the rabble has been The Stranger's Josh Feit. His coverage of this year's session has regularly looked at what Chopp was doing or not doing with left-leaning bills. And last week Feit headlined a post on the Weinstein bill this way:
Oly Inaction: Chopp is Stalling Again
But no one has written more words about the bill than Andrew Villeneuve at the Northwest Progressive Institute Official Blog Version 3.8. He says "it pains us to have to do this. We don't enjoy criticizing or admonishing Democrats in public - at all."
I can vouch for that. Villeneuve uses his blog more to cheer Democrats on than to beat them into submission. A lot of the left's unhappiness with Chopp on this bill is that the prime opponent is the Building Industry Association of Washington, a major conservative political force in the state. Villeneuve writes:
They're not interested in a meaningful exchange of ideas or the common good. They are greedy, they are selfish, and they give no quarter. Their meanness knows no bounds.They abhor progressive values and despise Democrats. They are against the American way. They don't care about democratic tradition or the rule of law.
He says he's tired of Chopp's excuses and stalling.
He has a series of stories from unhappy homeowners. And he says lack of action on the homeowner's bill of rights is "an outrage and a slap in the face to the thousands of Washington families who have suffered, lost their health, their ability to put their children through college, and their life's savings because of serious defects with their homes."
David Goldstein at horsesass.org has also weighed in, saying Chopp is overly concerned about the BIAW.
Now, I don't know if Chopp is simply afraid of the BIAW, or if he's worked out some kind of a deal with them in which he's promised not to pass the bill, but that's the only reasonable explanation for Chopp's intransigence on a bill that merely gives buyers of single family homes the same rights condo owners have enjoyed since 1990.
Goldstein asks the central question about Chopp's leadership of the Democratic majority:
when he's so clearly caving to the BIAW on such an uncontroversial scrap of necessary consumer protection, one has to wonder if Chopp's focus on building a majority is getting in the way of his willingness to use it?
I'm not sure why supporters of this bill focus only on Chopp. If stopping the bill is such a violation of Democratic principles - because it is good policy and good politics apparently - why aren't members of the House majority speaking out? It's not just members of the Rules Committee who decide these things. If the Speaker really is acting against the interests of the majority, the majority has the right to challenge the decision. If you have enough votes you can force a vote on any bill. While some have said they are unhappy there is a hold on the homeowner's warranty, I have yet to hear any Democratic member say that Chopp is abusing his power or is not acting in the best interest of his caucus.
It's not just the bloggers who pin the blame on Chopp. KOMO TV's Keith Eldridge made the same thing clear in a "Problem Solvers" report he did on the bill. Eldridge tried to talk to Chopp "but the Speaker would not come out of his office for comment." He had to settle for some slo-mo video of Chopp walking by.
The bill is SB 6385. Last year, opponents said that there needed to be a "a study bill to work out the problems," according to the House committee report on the bill. "There needs to be a worked out approach everyone can agree to such as the condo act which took four years to negotiate."
The same message came in testimony this year. The summary of opponents' arguments said:
This type of major policy change shouldn't be rushed through on such short notice with little time to examine its impact. You need to evaluate the information that is out there to determine what the problem is and how it should be addressed.
Here are the people and organizations shown as opposing the bill:
Kevin Coker, American Institute of Building Design; Amy Brackenbury and Shelli Lucus-Kennedy, Building Industry Association of Washington; Daimon Doyle; Cliff Webster, Architects and Engineers Legislative Council; Mel Sorensen, Washington Defense Trial Lawyers; and Stan Bowman, American Institute of Architects of Washington Council.
UPDATE: Feit posted more today about Chopp and bills that have died in the House. And he linked to a story he wrote last year. In reminiscing about last year's story, Feit makes the point for me that Chopp shouldn't bear all the brunt of unhappy liberals.
When this ran last year, Chopp was super pissed, and his sycophantic colleagues, who were more than happy to criticize him off the record, cheered him in caucus when he ridiculed the story.
Here's what I said last year and what still holds true today:
The House speaker — as the case with any speaker — is only as powerful as his members allow him to be. To portray Chopp as a dictator excuses the 61 other members of the Democratic caucus from any responsibility. And frankly that's part of what Chopp wants to do — shield members from criticism to help them get re-elected.
Posted by TMW
2:19 PM, Mar 10, 2008
"If stopping the bill is such a violation of Democratic principles - because it is good policy and good politics apparently - why aren't members of the House majority speaking out?"
Probably because they know that Chopp is the primary engineer of their supermajority and know not to question him. They might have alienated the left wing of the party by not jamming through various liberal bills but ultimately Chopp knows what he's doing electorally, and until we have a multi-party system that brings a viable left-wing alternative there isn't a whole lot the "base" can do.
Posted by Hinton
2:55 PM, Mar 10, 2008
Actually, for me, the much larger issue is that you think we actually would care WHAT NPI thinks or writes. They represent no one, and other then speaking for a guy that can't get a real job, they speak for no one.
I'm sure Frank is quaking in his boots. But the rest of us could care less what NPI blogs.
The fact is that the fringe leftists will dutifully vote for Chopp just like they'll dutifully vote for the other democrats that kicked them to the curb in 06.
Posted by strauss
3:23 PM, Mar 10, 2008
As a lawyer who represents large and small contractors, subcontractors and building suppliers, as well as homeowners, I understand the issues in this debate very well. I also participated in all of the legislative hearings both last year and this, as well as several other times in the past 15 years. The answer from the opponents is always the same: Don't rush this. Let's meet after the session ends and we'll examine the issue, see if there really is a problem, and then we'll calmly negotiate agreeable solutions. Yet, when the session ends, the only thing that happens is that BIAW celebrates how they helped kill the latest attempt to hold their members accountable for sloppy work.
There are some other factual problems with your story. First, you fail to mention that Rep. Brendan Williams Democrat from Olympia, also introduced bills, both last year and again this year. Before that, Dennis Flannigan introduced a bill, and prior to that Jeanne Kohl-Welles, back in 2000, after a task force committee recommended changes. Every effort has reached the same result for homeowners: Nothing.
You also question whether anyone in the House is really interested in passing this bill. Twice last year the Judiciary Committee passed the bill, and again this year, with ALL Democrats voting for the bill. In fact, in every vote taken in the last two years by the House Judiciary committee, the only committee in the House to hold hearings, every Democrat has voted in favor of it. That sounds like good support.
What would happen if Chopp allowed a vote in the House? Based on what I have heard from members of the House, if they were given the freedom to vote, they would approve the bill with at least 50 Democrats voting in favor. One problem, of course, is whether they would actually get the freedom to vote. Superficially, they have the right to push a bill to a vote, but then they would be going directly counter to the Speaker's wishes. That is all too obvious.
Next, you fail to point out that your own paper, the Seattle Times, endorsed this bill last week. Better late than never. Earlier the Seattle P-I had endorsed it, as had the Daily Olympian.
What do the builders really want? The status quo. It's a great system for builders. They have no legal liability for economic damages caused by negligent construction. They NEVER have any exposure to claims by second owners. Unless they explicitly agree to provide a home that complies with building codes, they have no liability for damages caused by ignoring those codes. Other than politicians, they are the only industry that is immune from liability for their own negligence. What public policy does that advance? Does anyone think it leads to better construction?
Washington state has never required builders to provide a warranty on their homes. Homeowners have no right to enforce building codes or sue for negligence. Giving them the same rights as condo buyers have only begins to level the playing field. Any protest that the industry needs time to study the situation should be seen for what it is: delay.
Posted by NOT a trial lawyer
7:20 PM, Mar 12, 2008
This bill provides a dis-incentive for the GOOD builders and does nothing to improve the quality of work by the bad builders. As soon as this bill kicks in, there will be a wide net of increased risk associated with every builder, supplier, sub, architect, engineer, etc. who touches a SFR.
Ill spell it out for you: any asshole can file suit. Whether a house is good or bad, suits will be filed. Then the defense costs pile up. After that suit is settled or dropped, liability insurance becomes unavailable or sky high. That is the scenario that will drive good builders away and open up more slots for the bottom feeders.
Now tell me every lawsuit over defective construction will be 100% with merit, repair costs will not be exorbitantly padded, attorneys will not be ambulance chasing all the new potential clients, and I will have a good laugh.
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Superb! I was looking for a dish that could be made low carb for some and with toast for others. This fit the bill. Also, I didn't want to poach eggs, so I baked these in individual ramekins. For the low carb version, I made a base of acorn squash left from the night before, layered salmon and then topped with a single raw egg. For the carb version, I followed the same process with a base of toast in the ramekin. Baked them at 400 degrees for 16 minutes, then added the sauce. Outstanding in both presentation and taste.
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Since we are trying to cut down on carbs, I served the eggs/salmon directly on the potatoe cakes instead of the toast. It tasted fabulous! I would definitely make this again.
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Katresa Savisky had 12 points and 10 rebounds in Monday's big win over Asbury. Photo by Evan Skowvron.
WEST MIFFLIN, Pa. -- The Point Park University women's basketball team used great execution the last five minutes to beat visiting Asbury (Ky.) University, 63-56, in a Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference game at CCAC-South Gym Monday night.
The Pioneers improved to 9-2 overall and 3-1 in the KIAC with their fifth-straight victory. The Pioneers are off to their best start in school history and played some of their best basketball of the season to beat a talented Asbury (11-5, 1-1 KIAC) team.
Point Park put four starters in double figures with sophomore forward Ja'Nia McPhatter posting her fifth-consecutive double-double with 17 points and 11 rebounds. Emily Schartner, a senior guard, added 16 points, eight rebounds, four assists, three blocks and four 3-pointers.
Junior guard Katresa Savisky added 12 points, 10 rebounds and three assists and scored several key baskets in the final minutes to keep the Pioneers ahead. Junior guard/forward Teresa Davis chipped in 10 points, and final starter April Austin, a senior point guard, did a little bit of everything with six points, seven rebounds, six assists and two blocks.
Point Park was ahead, 32-29, after a very closely contested first half. The Pioneers played some great basketball to work a 46-35 lead with 10:19 remaining. But Asbury made its run, a 13-4 spurt, to make it a two-point game, 50-48, with 5:08 to go.
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Point Park ended up shooting 41 percent from the floor although it was only 6 of 22 (27 percent) from long range. Asbury shot 36 percent for the game and suffered through 2-for-10 shooting from long range. The Eagles stayed within 32-29 the first half despite shooting only 29 percent the first 20 minutes.
NAIA All-American candidate Trenia Barbee, a 5-8 guard, scored 22 points on 8 of 22 shooting for Asbury. Annissia Wood was the only other Asbury player in double figures with 11.
Schartner had 11 of her 16 points the first half and hit three 3-pointers in the early going to help Point Park keep pace. The first half had five ties and three lead changes, and the teams were never separated by more than five points the opening frame. Asbury had a 15-10 lead at the 12:48 mark of the first half.
Point Park, which is receiving votes in the NAIA Division II Top 25 Poll, beat Asbury to ensure that it will continue to be the top-ranked team in the KIAC weekly conference rankings for the time being. With 11 wins entering Monday's showdown, Asbury had its eyes on supplanting the Pioneers from that distinction.
Point Park is back in action Tuesday for a KIAC home game versus Midway (Ky.) at 1 p.m. Midway beat Carlow, 60-57, at CCAC-South Monday afternoon. The Eagles (4-10, 2-2 KIAC) were ahead in that game, 47-28, before hanging on for the win.
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McDonald's Shares: Still a Value Meal?
byTough times have been easy on McDonald's (MCD) and its shareholders.
So far, McDonald's has found ways to benefit from the global slowdown, as penny-pinching consumers around the world chose the chain and its "value menu" over more expensive fare. But as the recession grinds on, the fast-food giant is seeing its sales growth slow, particularly in the U.S. McDonald's U.S. same-restaurant sales rose 2.8% in May, but that's significantly down from a 6.1% rise in April and a 4.3% rise a year ago.
The numbers disappointed analysts and investors, and McDonald's shares fell almost 2%, to $58.72, on June 8.
Overseas sales were strong, particularly in Europe, but a stronger U.S. dollar ate up all those gains. Total worldwide sales fell 0.4% in May, though sales would have risen 7% if currency values hadn't changed.
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A weak economy has been a relatively good environment for inexpensive quick-service restaurants,, especially compared to full-service competitors. "The challenging global economy [is] causing some consumers to trade from higher-ticket occasions to lower-priced alternatives," R.W. Baird analyst David Tarantino noted on June 8.
McDonald's has found ways to outpace fast-food rivals, too. In the last year, McDonald's stock is up 3%, even as the broader market, represented by the S&P 500-stock index, is down 31%. Shares of rival Burger King (BKC) dropped 40% in the last 12 months, while Yum Brands (YUM), owner of KFC, Pizza Hut, Taco Bell, and others, saw its stock fall almost 6%.
The secrets of McDonald's success have been much discussed. Reasons cited include its popular "value menu" and new product offerings. A year ago, McDonald's sales were benefiting from a new Southern Style Chicken sandwich, while last month its McCafe espresso-style coffees boosted sales, the company says.
Despite the May sales disappointment, Citigroup (C) analyst Gregory R. Badishkanian believes McDonald's retains its advantages. "It seems [McDonald's is] taking share from less promotional concepts like [Burger King], while maintaining share vs. more aggressive competitors like Dunkin' Donuts," Badishkanian wrote on June 8.
McDonald's "continues to show strong global operating momentum despite difficult macroeconomic headwinds," Baird's Tarantino wrote.
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Europe is a particular bright spot. European same-restaurant sales rose 7.6% in May from a year ago, and sales are up 17% from two years ago. In Europe, "its strength and longevity in the face of a worse macroenvironment still confounds us," Morgan Stanley (MS) analyst John Glass admits. McDonald's has remodeled restaurants, extended hours, and improved its products, he says.
What's accounts for the difference between performance in Europe and the U.S.? One difference, Glass writes, may be greater competition in the U.S. compared with Europe. The U.S. simply has far more inexpensive restaurant chains competing for consumer dollars, with many following McDonald's strategy of providing a wide range of prices and introducing new products.
Those worried about whether McDonald's can sustain its success also note that not all parts of the globe are feeling the recession equally—at least not yet. "We are concerned that weakness in the U.S. economy has begun to spill over into overseas economies, and ultimately this could have a negative impact on McDonald's international business," Citi's Badishkanian said.
Despite the worries about slowing sales, McDonald's continues to find ways to attract more customer dollars—and yen, pounds, and euros—at a time when many consumers are earning less. The question is how long McDonald's can continue to do this amid fierce competition in the U.S. and a possible worsening of economies abroad.


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It may be Thanksgiving in the USA but we're also getting ready for Christmas as the Bradley/Mini Cooper family.
My sister has planned the Antenna ball toppers AND the car magnets for the count down to Christmas…
Yes, that's an analog calendar but it's a MINI COOPER analog calendar from the North American Motoring forum mind you.
In black ink are the reminders of what Antenna balls we are to put on our cars, in Red ink is the reminder for the magnets.
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Siege of Pelargir
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Conflict: Kin-strife of Gondor | |
Date: T.A. 1447 – 1448 | |
Place: Pelargir in Lebennin | |
Outcome: Escape of the King's enemies to Umbar | |
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People of Gondor loyal to Eldacar |
People of the coasts, kinsfolk of Castamir the Usurper |
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The Siege of Pelargir was the aftermath of the last battle of the Kin-strife of Gondor.
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In T.A. 1447[1] the rightful King Eldacar slew Castamir the Usurper at the Battle of the Crossings of Erui. Led by his sons, Castamir's kin and the people of the fleets retreated and held out for one year in the port city of Pelargir. The siege could not be broken because Eldacar had no ships, which allowed the rebels to resupply and gather all of the support that they could.[2] In 1448[1] the rebels sailed away to Umbar and established a lordship independent of Gondor. This refuge of enemies lasted for generations, until finally subdued by King Elessar in the Fourth Age.[2]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix B, "The Third Age"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 J.R.R. Tolkien, The Lord of the Rings, Appendix A, "The Númenorean Kings", "Gondor and the Heirs of Anárion"


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"You make New Year's resolutions. And you make them into the teeth of old resolutions which were different. Then you don't keep your new resolutions and you tell yourself you are weak-willed. You aren't weak-willed. You are simply obeying yourself as of yesterday." — L. Ron Hubbard (Handbook for Preclearsp.265)When did you first make a decision to be a good parent? I came across that quote while on studying the book Handbook for Preclears at my local church. It was in a fascina … [Read more...]
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Been on testosterone therapy for a year at 1cc every 2weeks. After 1 year of hard training, supps and some what clean diet, I decided to take the decca plunge. 250 mg of sus and 250mg of decca weekly. Had blood work done and my test level was over 2000!!! Maybe TMI but I went from steel wood to limp unit. I'm willing to stop the decca since my sex life is more important.
Since my test level is sooooo high, should I wait a couple of weeks to continue my normal testosterone therapy? Or should I start my testosterone immediately? I'm def stopping the decca or my wife WILL shoot me! Lol. Did the decca with test raise my levels soooo high? Or was it just the added test I was taking?
Would greatly appreciate some experienced feedback,
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I would start the test therapy immediately it's definitely not the test doing that to u....I've never did deca heard too many negative things about it. Just my opinion....I've done several cycles with 750 mg of test weekly and dead dick was never a problem it was always the opposite lol.
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Public libraries in Kingston and Rockwood will each be awarded $21,866 in grant funding to upgrade technology.
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The former player and manager at Anfield has blasted the Football Association for their treatment of the Reds' Uruguayan striker, believing he did not receive a fair hearing
Kenny Dalglish has blasted the FA for their treatment of Liverpool striker Luis Suarez, who the Merseyside legend believes has not been given a fair hearing.
Although Dalglish admits that the striker was "wrong" for his "uncacceptable" act, the former Liverpool manager is calling for the FA to reform its disciplinary hearing process.
He wrote in The Daily Mirror: "Let's start with the fact that the FA said before they had appointed the so-called 'independent' regulatory commission that Suarez deserved more than the normal three-game ban.
Liverpool are 25/1 with BetVictor to lose 2-1 to Newcastle
"So those three people know they have to give the player more than three games just to justify their existence.
"How 'independent' does that make the three-man commission? I wish the FA would just stop playing with words. Because this panel wasn't truly independent and to say it was is blatantly misleading.
"The FA chooses who sits on it to begin with. Does that make it 'independent'? And who sits on it? An ex-player, an FA council member and a lawyer already known to the FA.
"So there's an FA council member on an 'independent' FA commission. That's convenient. And there's an ex-player, who would probably like to do more work for the FA. That's convenient, too.
"Are they paid, by the way? Are they paid by the FA? Do they do it for free? I don't know the answer to those questions but I'd like to know.
"The point is that the structure of an FA disciplinary procedure like this is inherently unfair. They hide behind excuses about the referee saw it or didn't see it, punished it or didn't punish it.
"The FA has been in need of widespread reform for a long time. The need is getting more and more pressing.


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MLB adopts new concussions protocols
Major League Baseball had introduced new policy regarding the treatment of concussions, including a new seven-day disabled list specifically for concussions. Joe Girardi seemed very happy to hear about it this afternoon. Good stuff from MLB. Here's the announcement.
Major League Baseball (MLB) and the Major League Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) announced today that they have adopted a series of protocols under its new joint policy regarding concussions, which will be in effect from Opening Day forward.
On behalf of MLB and the MLBPA, a committee of experts formulated a comprehensive policy that will govern the manner in which concussions are initially diagnosed and the determination of when one may return to the field, dictating the response to both player and umpire concussions at the Major League and Minor League levels.
The key components of the policy are:
· Mandatory baseline neuropsychological testing requirements for players and umpires during Spring Training, or when a player joins a club during the season, formalizing a process that most individual Clubs follow;
· Protocols for evaluating players and umpires for a possible concussion, including during incidents typically associated with a high risk, such as being hit in the head a by a pitched, batted or thrown ball or by a bat; being in a collision with a player, umpire or fixed object; or any time when the head or neck of a player or an umpire is forcibly rotated;
· The establishment of a seven-day disabled list for concussions, which will aim to allow concussions to clear, prevent players from returning prematurely and give clubs a full complement of players in one's absence; any player on the seven-day DL for more than 14 days will automatically and retroactively be transferred to the 15-day DL, effective with the first day of the initial placement, and with the prior 14 days applying to the initial 15-day maximum term; implemented on a trial basis for the 2011 season;
· Protocols for clearing a concussed player or umpire to return to activity; prior to the time that a concussed player is permitted to play in any game (including Major League, Minor League or extended Spring Training games), the Club must submit a "Return to Play" form to MLB's Medical Director; submission of the form is required irrespective of whether the player was placed on the Disabled List.
The Commissioner's Office will conduct an orientation for Club medical staffs regarding the new protocols. In addition, each Club will be required to designate a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (MTBI) specialist in its home city to evaluate players or umpires when necessary.


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Women's Tennis Makes Its Presence Felt at Army Tournament
First Victorious at Number Two Singles
Oct. 5, 2003
WEST POINT, NY - The George Washington University's women's tennis team competed at the Army Tournament from Friday, October 3 to Sunday, October 5. Senior Lindy First (San Diego, CA/La Jolla) won the number two singles draw and both senior Nazli Gencsoy (Istanbul, Turkey/Lycee de Galatasaray) and junior Sevla Gonca (Ankara, Turkey/Bilkent) reached the quarterfinals of their draws.
First breezed through her first two matches winning 6-1, 6-2 and 6-1, 6-1. It got a little tougher in her third match, but she was able to take the third set winning 6-3, 3-6, 10-8, to set up the final versus Allison Davidson from St. John's. The match was tightly contested and First eventually outdueled Davidson in three sets, 6-2, 6-7, 10-6.
Gencsoy also had an easy time reaching the quarterfinals only dropping two games in her four sets. But, things changed quickly in her quarterfinal match, losing to Milena Matijevic of Niagra, 6-1, 6-0. Gonca won her first match, 6-3, 6-2, but was bounced from the tournament in a tight match by Krystina Bachner of LIU, 6-3, 3-6, 10-8.
Freshman Mara Frisch (Tucson, AZ/Catalina Foothills) came from behind to win her first match in the number four singles draw, 3-6, 7-5, 10-6, but was unable to advance any further after losing to UConn's Jennifer LoRusso, 6-1, 6-0.
Junior Natasha Bode (Paradise Valley, AZ/Xavier Prep) and sophomore Estee Bartell (Rancho Santa Fe, CA/Torrey Pines) competed in the number one singles draw, but were unable to advance after losing to a team from St. John's, 9-7.
The Colonials will now look forward to taking on cross-town rival, Georgetown, on Friday, October 10.


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Goodwill charity exec earns $354,605
Every day The Watchdog receives tips from readers, and not too long ago we were told to look into compensation levels at Goodwill of Orange County, where our tipster told us we would find questionably high salaries for top executives.
We pulled OC Goodwill's tax returns, and while "The Face of Independence's" executives are certainly well- compensated, it is not beyond the pale of comparable charities.
In 2008, Dan Rogers, the organization's President and CEO, made $354,605, according to tax returns. That number may seem staggering for a charity's CEO, but during that year OC Goodwill spent $1.4 million on salaries and benefits for its officers while chalking up $50 million in expenses.
Based on those figures, about 2.8 percent of Goodwill's expenses go towards compensating its executives, a ratio in line with other charities of that size. Taken alone, Rogers' salary amounts to .69 percent of the organization's expenses.
For some context, Orange County United Way pays its CEO, Maria Chavez Wilcox, $221,685 or 1.05% of its expenses, according to Charity Navigator, a charity watch-dog. OC United Way spends about $21 million per year.
Goodwill of OC's mission is "to provide people with disabilities and other barriers the opportunity to achieve their highest levels of personal and economic independence," according to its web site. It has been operating in OC since 1924, providing work to the disabled in packaging and assembly, bagging, mailing, and other endeavors.
About half of the people served by Goodwill of OC have developmental disabilities, 39 percent have physical disabilities, 6 percent have mental illness or behavioral disabilities, and 13 percent fall into other categories.
Katherine Ransom, a spokesperson for OC Goodwill, said that the complex, wide-ranging nature of OC Goodwill's operations justifies his high salary.
"Making job training possible requires the president and CEO to oversee dozens of retail stores, commercial services, managers and employees. It is by competently overseeing the management of these business lines that Goodwill is able to earn the revenue it needs to fund its job training and career programs," she said in an e-mailed statement.
According to Ransom, 91 cents of every dollar spent goes back into the organization's career programs.
With outrage erupting over outrageously high salaries for the city of Bell's top officials, it is easy to raise one's eyebrows at officials who act in the public's interest while raking in big-ticket salaries.
Rogers' compensation is lower, measuring by percentage of revenue, than many other charity CEOs in the county, but his salary is still significantly higher than the regional average.
According to Charity Navigator's 2009 report on charity executive's compensation, the average charity CEO in the greater Los Angeles area makes $178,812, half of what Rogers takes home.
But for larger charities, the picture changes slightly. According to the report, for charities with greater than $13.5 million in revenue, the average salary for its chief executive comes to $286,760.
Charity Navigator's report makes for interesting reading, and for those who do not wish to wade through the report here are some things of note about local non-profits:
- The University of Southern California paid the second highest single salary of all US non-profits -- $3,974,320, to its football coach Pete Carroll.
- Local televangelists, Trinity Broadcasting Network, topped the rankings for compensation of CEOs running religious organizations -- $419,500 to its President, Paul Crouch.
- Trinity Broadcasting Network and the Irvine based Ayn Rand institute were also mentioned as examples of organizations that include siblings on its payroll who make in excess of $100,000.
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