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First Stop.. Jakarta!
After leaving Logan Wednesday afternoon and literally the longest night of my life flying, we arrived in Jakarta Friday afternoon. First impressions were hot, smelly, lots of people, and hot. We stayed right in the center of the city and those first few days were definitely a culture shock to being on the other side of the world in a third world country. Brad loved getting back to speaking the language, and it was fun to see him make friends and interact with everyone we came in contact with. Our hotel was on the 6th and 7th floor of a skyrise building attached to a crazy huge shopping mall that I always seemed to get lost in (not at all like American mall). While there we visited the largest mosque in southeast Asia, did some shopping, tried new foods, and went to church. Sunday afternoon we headed to the airport for Bali!
|Did I mention it was HOT?
The first half of the week in Bali we stayed in a cottage in the mountains in a little city in the middle of the island called Ubud. This was my favorite place we stayed. The whole time we were there I couldn't get over how beautiful everything was. Our room was half windows and we were surrounded by rice fields and the jungle.
The first day we explored around where we were staying. In the morning we went to an art meuseum and a local shopping area and bought some things. For lunch we ate on the side of a hill overlooking rice fields. That afternoon we visited the monkey forest. We bought bananas to feed the monkeys and it was crazy. They just crawled right up our body's and took them. Brad loved it, but I was a little freaked out ha :)
The other days in Ubud we drove around to see different sites. We visited more beautiful rice fields, ate a lot of good/crazy food,went swimming, and visited a few temples (including a temple on a lake in the mountains).
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For the second part of our time in Bali we stayed a resort on the beach. The first day there we enjoyed the pool and beach. That night we went to a dance show that was on a cliff overlooking the ocean at sunset. The view was awesome and dance was fun to watch. Later that night Brad and i went on an adventure to find a person selling and making his favorite treat on the street. It is this pancake chocolate thing. They gave it to us in some wrapped paper and by the time we were back in our hotel room the paper was soaked through with grease...needless to say it was really good!
We really enjoyed staying at a nice resort and soaking up the sun. We woke up one morning early one morning and ran outside to catch the sunrise (it was amazing!). One of our funest meals was at a seafood restaurant on the beach. We chose the fresh fish we wanted and they cooked and brought it out to us on the beach. Bali was amazing and I was sad when it was time to leave, but excited to move onto Jogja.
Jogja was a big city but not as crazy as Jakarta. We were there really early Friday morning so before checking into our hotel we decided to take the drive and visit the Borobudur temple. This temple was amazing. It was huge and steep and there was so much detail in every little stone. We were able to walk and climb all around the temple.
We stayed at a nice hotel in Jogja and were able to be close to a lot. We visited the fabric market, which was a really crowded shopping market, and it was a crazy experience. There is a lot of traditional culture in Jogja and it was really cool to see it all around us. We also ate more locally while we were here. Marc and Jen and I were a little nervous when we would go to certain restaurants or buy food off the street, but those always ended up being our favorite meals.
Brad spent a good portion of his mission serving in Jogja. We were able to visit members and his convert while we were there. I will never forget walking into her humble home and seeing Brad's picture on the wall of her living room from the day she was baptised. I could see the joy that the gospel has brought to her life as well as those around her. There was so much happiness and I felt so much gratitude for my husband and all missionaries who have served or are serving so that one person can have the joy of the gospel in their lives.
Last thing we did in Jogja was to visit the Prambanan temple. There were three temples about a mile apart and it was cool to walk around and see the differences here from Borobudur.Yet again it was really hot and we were all really sweaty and tired by the end of it.
For the final part of our trip we were in Jakarta again. The last day we visited the Tamaran Safari. It was crazy we just drove our car through and fed and saw tons of animals. After we got to hold a baby lion and a 1 year old white tiger. At the end of the day we watched an elephant show and were taking pictures in front and one of the workers was like you can come touch them if you want..It was so cool!!
Well that was our awesome and crazy trip in a nut shell. Along the way we had many sweaty days, some airline problems, a crying baby, and a throwing up pregnant girl, but we made it through. I am so happy we went and were able to have that experience. It is hard to explain what Indonesia is really like, until you are actually there. In a little over two weeks I learned a lot and hope that Brad and I will be able to go back someday (maybe on a mission together :)!


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Once the techniques of communications have been developed and have proved their value, they are quickly overworked. The tongue-tied child becomes the unceasing conversationalist. The firm that learns how to market a product importunes an ever-increasing number of prospects in an effort to convert them into customers. More and more activities compete for each person's attention, each with its special signals, symbols, arguments and inducements. Modern technology has made available to the sender a tremendous multiplier for his messages that operates at relatively low average cost per message. Most of the time the marginal cost of transmitted messages is much less than the average cost, so the temptation to broadcast is very great indeed.
The inevitable result is the harassment of persons who have unusual competence, influential position, political power, or better than average incomes. As communications mount over time, an increasing fraction of the urban population is placed in stressful situations from which it is difficult to retreat because the defenses have yet to be perfected.
The heavy communicators in government, business, the professions, and the arts receive several messages for each one they initiate. They are often so overloaded that the transactions interfere with each other and that meaningful messages must be refused. Therefore they need an urban environment that protects them from the arrival of repetitions, redundant and trivial communications. The plight of organizations has already been reviewed. They need both flexibility in internal operations and a rationalized environment if they are to deal with the extra demands for services that must be anticipated.
These pressures make it appear quite likely that new styles of life will evolve in modern cities which allow individuals and groups to interact over long periods of time at levels very close to their respective capacities and yet seldom exceed the limits of the tolerable. One apparently crucial feature of such a style is the initiative to make or break connections. It should be left with the persons and groups operating under greatest stress (of which communicationsstress represents only one of several recognizable types) so that the greatest freedom of choice is provided. More and more in the future the various forms of privacy may be expected to serve as a semi-permeable social barrier that protects against communications overload. The design of communications systems and the layout of offices and homes so as to implement privacy, and yet not impose social isolation, is already under way.
The receiver is forced to design a filter for the incoming messages. He raises a private barrier so that the demands for his attention float by apparently unheeded until an appropriate term, or visual symbol, triggers off a small jolt that fixes his attention. The mass producers of messages learn through experience about the defenses and the susceptibilities of individuals. The jangle or buzz of the telephone is designed to carry through most other sounds at work and at home. The good teacher manipulates the symbols and situations so that they really break through the private daydreams of the members of his class. Contact men bear tips to the decision makers. Executives who become

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How does one deal with the Holocaust and its memory? This is the question that "Rosa" brings to mind, but does not necessarily answer. Rosa Lublin's niece Stella theorizes that there are three lives: before the Holocaust, during, and after. Rosa claims: "Before is a dream. After is a joke. Only during stays." Rosa's answer to dealing with the Holocaust is to carry it with her every day, to deny that there is a life after by living only in the past.
In fact, in moving to Miami Beach, Rosa has returned to a confined camp of sorts. Where the Warsaw ghetto segregated and confined Jews, Miami Beach confines the elderly. The few younger people Rosa encounters are segregated from the elderly by fences: the gay men at the beach, the receptionist in her "cage." Even the description of the elderly as "scarecrows, blown about under the murdering sunball with empty rib cages" brings to mind images of emaciated concentration camp prisoners.
The words and images Ozick uses to describe Miami Beach depict a place just this side of hell. The heat and humidity are oppressive, thick, and suffocating; the air is "molasses," the streets are a "furnace," the sun is "an executioner," bringing to mind more images of Holocaust atrocities. The heat serves to further confine Rosa in her dismal, grimy room, which she shares with "squads of dying flies." In coming to Miami, Rosa has moved back into the worst of her past.
As Rosa lives in the past, clinging to her memories of Magda, there are signs that she would actually like to move on but has no idea how to do it. First, there is the simple fact that she continues to live, however marginally. Second, it seems that she realizes her mistake in coming to Miami; she writes her niece, "Where I put myself is in hell," and she later suggests naively to Stella that she could return to New York and re-open her store. Finally, her attempts to get rid of the optimistic Persky seem half-hearted, and when she is with him she worries about her hair, her missing button, the fact that she is not wearing her nice shoes. Though these signs indicate some willingness to move forward, her isolation and misery have become such an ingrained way of life that she is not even fully aware of other options. When Persky comes into her dingy room and sets her table to eat the crullers he has brought, "to Rosa this made the corner of the room look new, as though she had never seen it before."
The incident on the private hotel beach gives Rosa a chance to rewrite her own history in some small way. When she is trapped on the beach behind barbed wire, she is forced to relive the past not just in her mind, but in reality. She pleads with the men on the beach to let her out, but they refuse. They are her persecutors, her jailers. This time, however, she makes her own escape, finding her way through the hotel kitchens and into the Eden-like lobby. After telling off the hotel manager, she marches out of...
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2012 NFL Free Agents: Players Guaranteed to Overvalue ThemselvesFebruary 8, 2012
2012 NFL Free Agents: Players Guaranteed to Overvalue Themselves
Every player has a certain value. The issue is convincing him that his personal assessment is more than his actual worth.
It's human nature to desire to be compensated as much as your counterparts at the same position. However, this is generally not feasible in the modern salary-cap era.
Occasionally, prior production makes it difficult for the contributor to look past his most recent output.
Whatever the reason, these guys will have a difficult time finding the money they want.
Carl Nicks, New Orleans Saints Guard
The New Orleans Saints are unlikely to keep their outstanding interior line intact.
The Saints put themselves in a difficult position.
They inflated the value of Carl Nicks by handing Jahari Evans $56 million over seven years.
Every position in football is valuable to the balance of the team. However, guard is not considered a premium position like left tackle, defensive end or quarterback.
The blame for this situation can be traced back to the "Godfather" offer made to Steve Hutchinson by the Minnesota Vikings.
Once the bar is set that high, it's impossible to pay the true value of the position regardless of the talent.
Dwayne Bowe, Kansas City Chiefs Wide Receiver
Dwayne Bowe hauled in nine more catches in 2011 than the previous year, albeit for less yards and 10 fewer touchdowns.
Considering the quarterback rotation that the Kansas City Chiefs utilized, his accumulated numbers should be lauded instead of dissected.
However, the signal-caller situation doesn't mean that his 2011 statistics should be considered an anomaly when it fits the norm of his career.
Bowe finds himself in a similar position to Braylon Edwards a few years ago. Edwards had decent success until he exploded for 16 touchdowns in 2007, which clouded his true value.
The Kansas City wideout had a phenomenal 2010 with 15 touchdowns, but generally only averages a third of that production in a given year. For his size and speed, Bowe needs to be more than a possession receiver.
Vincent Jackson, San Diego Chargers Wide Receiver
Vincent Jackson doesn't suffer from any self-confidence issues, which undoubtedly is an asset on the football field.
However, such an attribute makes it difficult for a person to gauge their actual value.
Jackson made headlines in 2010 by sitting out the first half of the season in a contract dispute, leaving little room for doubt that he expects to be paid now.
Unfortunately, his production does not match his resolve.
Jackson has never recorded 70-plus catches, and he only had two seasons in which he was able to grab 60 or more.
His 17.5-yard average speaks to his ability as a home-run hitter, but he has yet to accumulate double-digit touchdowns in a single season.
Cortland Finnegan, Tennessee Titans Cornerback
The cornerback sweepstakes of 2011 will surely have an inflation effect on the lesser offerings of 2012.
Cortland Finnegan will be aiming for a lucrative deal based on the large payments to Nnamdi Asomugha and Johnathan Joseph.
Finnegan is a physical cornerback. He will fit well in certain systems due to his tackling prowess.
However, as a straight cover man, he lags considerably behind the two aforementioned stars of the position.
Finnegan only has three interceptions in his last 32 regular season games. He should be compensated, but not on the level of Joseph and Asomugha.
Mike Tolbert, San Diego Chargers Fullback
Mike Tolbert is better known in fantasy football circles as a vulture.
He has a way of gobbling up touchdowns without producing the seemingly requisite yardage.
The bowling ball of a running back has made a nice contribution to the San Diego Chargers over the last couple of years.
Tolbert has produced 21 touchdowns in that time as the short-yardage back and occasional feature back.
Yet Tolbert hasn't produced 2,500 yards over his four-year career. That won't stop him from feeling that his scoring production entitles him to a hefty raise.
The Chargers have two players they will have to pay to keep. However, they also have the city of San Diego to sell, which has some serious worth.


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Plywood Makers Criticize China
Byline: Sherri Buri McDonald The Register-Guard
Hardwood plywood manufacturers in Oregon are crying foul when it comes to imports from China, and on Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden took up their cry.
Wyden wrote letters to three federal agencies asking them to investigate alleged illegal and unfair practices by Chinese competitors that threaten U.S. hardwood plywood manufacturers.
The decorative plywood - in cherry, walnut or oak, for example - enhances cabinets, furniture and interior moldings. Unlike softwood plywood, the hardwood variety is not used in construction.
Oregon-based companies account for roughly 70 percent of the hardwood plywood manufactured in the United States and directly employ several thousand workers, according to industry sources. Many more Oregonians work for suppliers or related companies, the sources said.
"This is high-stakes stuff," said Wyden, who serves on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee.
"What's at stake are a lot of good-paying, family-wage jobs in our state, certainly in the southwestern part of the state," he said.
Imports of hardwood plywood from China into the United States have spiked in recent years, rising from 442,000 cubic meters in 2003 to a projected 2.3 million cubic meters this year, according to figures collected by the U.S. Department of Commerce.
Over the same period, imports from Indonesia, Malaysia, Vietnam and Europe have been relatively flat, said Steve Reister, chairman of the board of the Hardwood Plywood & Veneer Association, a trade group based in Reston, Va.
Two U.S. mills that made the product were shuttered in the past six months, Reister said. Neither facility was in Oregon, but Oregon mills could be the next to go, if China's unfair manufacturing and trade practices are allowed to continue, said Reister and executives at Springfield-based Timber Products Co. and Eugene-based States Industries.
The local producers' biggest complaint is that Chinese manufacturers aren't held to the same environmental and quality standards as products manufactured in the United States. …


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Celtic assistant manager John Collins feels the club's talented young midfielder Patrick Roberts should aim to emulate Lionel Messi.
Roberts struck two goals in Celtic's 3-1 Scottish Premiership victory against Hearts on Saturday in what was his second start for the club after joining on loan from Manchester City.
The 19-year-old's first goal was a delightful chip over Hearts goalkeeper Neil Alexander that drew comparisons to Barcelona star Messi from former Celtic manager Neil Lennon and Collins accepted that he sees why people have likened Roberts to the Argentine forward.
"I don't like comparing him to the best player in the world, which in my opinion is Messi," Collins said ahead of Celtic's Scottish Premiership trip to Dundee on Tuesday.
"But you can see where people get the resemblances. He is left-footed. He likes to take people on and, if he ends up half as good as Messi, then he has done well.
"That has got to be his target, to try to emulate what Lionel Messi does week-in, week-out, which is score goals, create chances."
Collins added that Roberts must continue to develop his end product if he is to make it at the highest level.
"He is one of those players who gets you on the edge of your seat," Collins added.
"When he gets the ball the first thing in his mind is can he take on a defender. He is a type of player I like watching.
"You have to have an end product and at the weekend he had what we are looking for from wide players, beating players and getting shots on target and finishing off with goals.
"The most important thing is continual progress. He has to produce week in week out, that's what top players do."
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I am just curious to hear peoples' opinion on these speakers. I am not interested in purchasing them, but lately I have seen quite a few of them sold for less than half the retail price (all in as-new condition). Is there anything wrong with this particular Utopia 3 model or is just a coincidence? The Alto Be models that Scala has replaced was a wonderful speaker.
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July 8, 2010
On appeal from the Board of Police and Firemens Retirement System, Docket No. 3-10-33440.
The opinion of the court was delivered by: Espinosa, J.S.C.
Argued May 26, 2010
Before Judges Axelrad, Sapp-Peterson*fn1 and Espinosa.
Appellant Arthur Snellbaker appeals from a final decision of the New Jersey Division of Pensions and Benefits (the Division) that denied him credit toward his pension for retroactive pay increases made pursuant to the settlement of a lawsuit. We reverse.
This matter was referred to the Office of Administrative Law after Snellbaker requested a fair hearing following the Division's determination that a retroactive payment of $185,392.36 was not creditable for pension purposes.
The following testimony and evidence was presented at the hearing before the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ).
Snellbaker was employed by the City of Atlantic City (the City) as a police officer for thirty-eight years and served as Chief of Police from 2000 to 2006. In January 2002, a new mayor, Lorenzo Langford, assumed office. Snellbaker described his relationship with Langford as "stormy" and "antagonistic." In an apparent effort to shift leadership of the police department to a person of his choice, Langford appointed a police captain, Robert L. Flipping, to the civilian position of Director of Public Safety. Pursuant to N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118, the day-to-day operations of the police department remained under the direction of Snellbaker. However, Flipping attempted to exercise authority over the day-to-day operations and, when Snellbaker resisted, Langford suspended him for four days for refusing to follow a direct order from Flipping.
Snellbaker filed a four-count verified complaint in lieu of prerogative writs and order to show cause against the City and Flipping that included a claim under the Conscientious Employee Protection Act (CEPA), N.J.S.A. 34:19-1 to -14. By order and written decision dated October 20, 2003, Valerie H. Armstrong, A.J.S.C., concluded that a directive issued by Flipping violated N.J.S.A. 40A:14-118; enjoined Flipping from interfering with Snellbaker's duties and responsibilities under that statute; and vacated Snellbaker's suspension.
From 2002 through 2006, Snellbaker was paid a base salary of $109,981 and Langford declined to grant him any increase in salary. The ALJ stated that, during those years, Snellbaker's subordinate deputy chiefs received regular increases: 3.5% in 2002, 10% in 2003, 11% in 2004 and 5% in 2005. A schedule prepared by the City set forth the salaries of the deputy chiefs for those years and revealed that there were six different deputy chiefs in the department, each of whom received a base salary that exceeded the base salary paid to Snellbaker.
Snellbaker added a claim to his ongoing litigation against the City for retroactive salary increases for 2002 through 2005, based upon N.J.S.A. 40A:14-179, which provides, in pertinent part:
[T]he starting base salary of said chief of police and the deputy chief shall be set at a rate that is higher than the highest base salary of the ranking police officer next in command below the chief of police or deputy chief of police as appropriate. Thereafter, whenever new base salary ranges are set by the governing body or appointive authority, unless the chief of police or deputy chief shall consent to a lesser adjustment, the base salary for the chief of police and his deputy chief shall be adjusted to ensure that their base salaries remain higher than the base salaries of other ranking supervisory officers in the department. [(Emphasis added).]
At a minimum, the statute requires that the chief be paid a higher base salary than the next highest ranking officer throughout his tenure. See Smith v. Twp. of Andover, 283 N.J. Super. 452, 458, 461 (App. Div.) (discussing statute before 1995 amendment), certif. denied, 143 N.J. 320 (1995).
In November 2005, Langford was defeated in his bid for re-election. The new administration promptly addressed settlement of Snellbaker's lawsuit.
Domenic Cappella, Assistant Business Administrator for the City, acknowledged that Snellbaker had not received any salary increases during the time that Langford was mayor and testified regarding the settlement of the retroactive salary increase issue as follows:
Q: Focus if you could on any discussions concerning his salary increases. First of all, did you have any discussions with the mayor and/or the city attorney about the chief's legal entitlement to salary increases for that four-year period of time.
A: I had the discussion with the solicitor, Kim Baldwin, I recall. And I believe once with other personal [sic] matters with the mayor,... but I was made aware that... under a Title 40... that it said that the deputy chiefs or his subordinates wouldn't make any salaries or monies more than the chief. That's number one. Number two,... I saw or they showed me where he did not receive any raises while he was the chief, which, I believe, when I was there, it was for four years. I know he was chief before that but -
Q: Was there any discussion in terms of how the raises would be arrived at that were ultimately granted to the chief?
A: We would compare them to what the deputy chiefs got and the supervisors, I believe, through the bargaining unit of the officers.
Asked if the salary adjustments for 2002 through 2005 were "extra compensation granted primarily in anticipation of the chief's retirement," Cappella replied, "[A]bsolutely not." He testified that "this was strictly to correct a wrong, make whatever was done correct." As Cappella acknowledged, the wrong to be corrected was the City's failure to comply with N.J.S.A. 40A:14-179. The way it was corrected was to give Snellbaker increases comparable to the new salary ranges set for the other ranking supervisory officers in the department to bring the City into compliance with N.J.S.A. 40A:14-179.
A settlement was reached that was memorialized in two separate documents. The Separation Agreement and Release (the Settlement Agreement) entered into by Snellbaker and the City was executed in April 2006. The Settlement Agreement provided that Snellbaker would receive "unconditional compensation, payments and benefits from CITY if and only if SNELLBAKER ceases to be employed by CITY as of April 7, 2006," and identified those payments as (a) his final pay through the Separation Date, (b) the payment of retroactive annual salary increases effective January 1, 2002 up to and including January 1, 2005 pursuant to the terms of a Supplemental Separation Agreement (the Supplemental Agreement), (c) unused vacation, sick, compensatory and personal days, to be paid based upon 521.5 days at a rate that reflects the retroactive annual salary increases set forth in the Supplemental Agreement and (d) post-retirement benefits. The Settlement Agreement also authorized a lump sum payment of $500,000 to Snellbaker that the ALJ found was in satisfaction of his CEPA claim. The Settlement Agreement explicitly stated that this lump sum payment was "for compensatory damages and do[es] not constitute backpay."
The stated purpose of the Supplemental Agreement is to set forth "the agreement between the parties with regard to back pay and salary adjustments." The adjustments are identified as follows:
Effective January 1, 2002, SNELLBAKER'S salary shall be increased by 3.5%. Effective January 1, 2003 SNELLBAKER'S salary shall be increased by 10%. Effective January 1, 2004, SNELLBAKER'S salary shall be increased by 11%. Effective January 1, 2005, SNELLBAKER'S salary shall be increased by 5%. Total retroactive amount to be ...
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Algorithm 709: Testing algorithm implementations. This paper explores the design of software for the evaluation of algorithms. We describe a number of features which may be taken as indicative of ideas and features that can be implemented in a general-purpose testing package. To facilitate our discussion, we introduce software for the testing of implementations of algorithms for solving a particular mathematical problem: the minimization of a nonlinear function $f(x)$ of $n$ real variables. Descriptions of some of the functionality that we feel should be included in the testing software are made clearer by examples of the use of our software for the testing of minimization algorithms.par Note that our principal objective is not to evaluate the relative merits of different algorithms, but rather to discuss the design of software to facilitate the task of algorithm evaluation. Also, although we give examples from the use of our software, the intention is that much of what is presented can be adapted to other types of problems in a conceptually straightforward manner. It is therefore hoped that this software may be of interest to a wider audience than just those interested in testing minimization algorithms.
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In previous editions of Soča Festivalley Tolmin festivals already offered small local market. In 2015 Tolmin tourism club will offer during the Soča Outdoor festival upgraded Soča festival market with rich local offer and animation.
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In politics, one must know how to play the game so well and knows well the art of diplomacy. To emerge as a prominent leader, family name is important. But to stay in power, staying brainy every second and being witty does the difference.
In my attempt to compare the fate of former President Estrada and former President Gloria Arroyo, they both haunted by allegations left and right. Corruption, anomalies, you name it -- they are guilty of it. I think the difference is, Gloria Arroyo is so much witty to be ousted in power -- much to the disappointment of her enemies. Unlike Estrada whom for all we know may have tendencies to laps on his judgement, maybe he got good intentions but lack the brain to overpower the minds of his enemies. That caused him his biggest downfall. To stay as a President, being a good boy isn't enough. A lot compare Gloria Arroyo to former President Marcos. Ferdinand Marcos tremendously stayed in power for more than 20 years. And even the international community had been mislead and eventually gave their support to Marcos Administration for such some times. Very true, they both got brilliant minds. One of the things I like about Arroyo is that she held so much power in her hands that she got to control such a humongous part in the Philippines' political arena during her time as president. I agree that a great leader must have the strength and power to control her subjects. I always believe in democracy with a little pinch of autocratic rule. Let's take into account those impeachment complaints and trials she got -- more than four? I'm not actually sure how many, but i can't help but be amazed on her power that each allegations during her administration was dropped one by one, one after the other. Just like that. Even until now, let's see how far those allegations against her can go. Brilliant, isn't? It is -- I agree.
I agree that politicians -- mostly in the executive branch of the government are corrupt, and whose not anyway? For me it's okay as I know that it will never be eradicated no matter how much we dream of it. What matters now for me is how effective these corrupt politicians can be. Let's accept it, Gloria Arroyo has accomplished more works as compared to her three predecessors combined. World leaders even recognized her contribution to the Philippine Economy that she got our country's economic power back in the world market. Most importantly, how could I forget -- Arroyo has made tough decisions to uplift our economy that gained her negative ratings.
The administration under President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo pushed toward faster economic growth. Arroyo's stance towards economic improvement since 2004 has seen the Philippines re-emerge as one of the growing economies in Southeast Asia. In 2004, the Philippine economy grew by 6.1%, beating most analysts and even the government's estimates. In 2005, the Philippine peso posted an appreciation rate of 6%—the fastest in the Asian region for that year. Based on official (National Economic and Development Authority) figures, economic growth in terms of gross domestic product has averaged 5.0% during the Arroyo presidency from 2001 up to the first quarter of 2008. This is higher than in the administration of the previous recent presidents: 3.8% average of Aquino, 3.7% average of Ramos, and 3.7% average of the Joseph Estrada administration. The Philippine economy grew at its fastest pace in three decades in 2007, with real GDP growth exceeding 7%. Arroyo's handling of the economy has earned praise from former "friend" and classmate in Georgetown, ex-US President Bill Clinton, who cited her "tough decisions" that put the Philippine economy back in shape.
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In general, it's been great. Arroyo was able to turn the country around and made it out of the "developing nation" class -- much like the "third world" in some terminologies. The Philippines is now a Newly Industrialized Country -- these are countries whose economies have not yet reached First World status but have, in a macroeconomic sense, outpaced their developing counterparts. The Philippines is along side of these other newly industrialized countries such as Thailand, Malaysia, India, China, Brazil, Mexico, South Africa, and Turkey.


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This report focuses on recycling resources at The University of Texas at Dallas. Our group concentrated on the UTD student's knowledge of available recycling resources and opinions on how to motivate recycling in the future. We conducted an in-person focus group with four students and requested classmates from various classes to answer an online survey with thirteen questions. Both of these research methods proved to provide valuable insight into the awareness and action that students take with UTD's recycling programs. One of the major factors that we discovered was the percentage of students who were unaware of UTD's current recycling resources. Due to this, we concluded that a month long, on-campus campaign would be the best solution to raise awareness of the recycling resources currently available. The campaign would not only raise awareness but also encourage students to actively participate in sustainability projects. In the following sections of this recommendation report, we will provide the background information of the recycling resources at The University of Texas at Dallas; provide analysis of our research methods; and deliver our recommendation to enhance the recycling efforts on campus.
Recycling at UTD affects the community and students in more than just an improvement of environmental harmony but the increased efficiency of the recycling process can have a direct impact on monetary assets and tuition. Hence, costs on the environment can increase expenditure if accountability and knowledge is not put to use. This is an example of the long term financial backlash environmental ignorance can have on society as a whole. So, this becomes more personalized because people react more to their money being affected than the environment. When they see that there is correlation between their finances and recycling that would motivate them to be more involved. So the money is another reason and angle to look at. To improve the situation of UTD's recycle system, there are two major consumer behavior theories that will be employed to our report: * Attitudes and attitude change
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To improve the environmental and efficiency of the recycle system the most important thing we need to do is change the attitudes of students and professors. Attitudes are relatively enduring overall evaluations of objects, products, services, issues, or people. Attitudes play a critical role in people behavior, and they are especially important because they motivate people to behave in relatively consistent ways. Changing consumer attitudes is important for improving UTD's energy and environmental program. To change students and professors' attitude toward the program we also need to add beliefs about the attribution theory. That requires a physical change to the product itself. When a valued attribute that was not previously considered is added, the overall attitudes toward the fitness become the preferred option for targeted consumers. Even though this report focuses on attitude theory, we also employ group and interpersonal influence. People are social creatures who desire contact and affiliation with other. As a result students and professors often belong to a number of formal or informal groups. These groups can exert significant influence on consumer behavior. Reference groups are a group of individuals that have significant relevance for a consumer and that has an impact on the consumer's evaluations, aspirations, and behavior. This influence affects the ways that consumers seek and receive value from consumption. Group influence refers to ways in which group members influence attitudes, opinions, and behaviors of others within the group. Groups are an important part of social life, and group processes profoundly affect consumer behavior by changing the perceived value. Group influence does...
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Not much to write about. I've had a good work week, been productive.... and also enjoyed my KC time with Greg and Clover, and spend a little time with Molly as we played tennis twice in the heat (Saturday morning and Wednesday night). I'm bored with the heat and glad it is suppose to cool down some this weekend.
I've been avoiding listening to too much radio, TV or news.... but I have been up to date with the "Weinergate" news, thanks to Jon Steward.... and I'm already bored with it all, so I won't dwell on that here.
Instead..... much to your dismay probably.... Facebook this week drew me back into the past.....and my blood boiled again. It was the 10th anniversary of the Bush Tax Cuts. Sometimes I find myself fantasizing what life would be like today IF Al Gore had a full recount in Florida and was the President instead of Bush. It would probably be like living in an alternative universe. (That's my opinion anyway)....
Congressional Budget Office projected that the federal government would be debt free by 2009. The country was in great fiscal shape to deal with any crises or emergencies coming down the road, and it was even ready to deal with the coming retirement of the baby boom generation. But rather than follow President Bill Clinton's successful lead, President Bush handed out gigantic tax cuts, with people at the top of the income ladder getting the biggest breaks......
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Before I became pregnant I hardly ever went to the doctors. I'd soldier on and self medicate.
When I became pregnant I swore I wouldn't be the type of mummy who is at the docs every 5 mins with their child over every little sniffle.
Since I'd had Immie all this has gone out the window. Some months we seem to be at the docs every week. (not always for Immie, but for me too!)
I can't work out if we're picking up every sort of illness going or if I just worry more?
Poor Immie hasn't been well for a month. She's had a nasty cough and cold that she just can't seem to shake. We have been to the docs a couple of times and had amoxicillin a couple of times (1 for ear infection and 1 because I think the doc wanted to get rid of me for a week or so!)
But last night her temperature was up and down. One minute boiling, the next shivering. Calpol didnt appear to fix it, so I phoned out of hours doctor. I was told to give her Ibuprofen instead, then take her to the our of hours surgery at the hospital.
When we arrived Immie insisted on waving at every poorly person in the waiting room, then she did some clapping, which had the whole waiting room giggling. I passed her, her Emily toy (that crinkles and rattles) she grabbed it in her arms and said "ahhhhhhh" at which point the whole waiting room said "ahhhhhhhhhh"! She wasn't doing a very good job of looking ill. But right on cue she did a nasty cough, so I felt justified in being there.
After a 45 minute wait we saw a very lovely doctor (according to my husband his badge said he was a paediatric specialist which was good). He examined Immie (who was of course the perfect angel and didn't look ill at all! See http://mamastokes.blogspot.com/2010/08/why-do-babies-behave-for-doctors.html) He concluded she had a lot of fluid behind her ears which was pushing on her ear drums (hence she was pulling her ears), the snot and cough was all linked to this too. He said he thought she'd probably had a couple of colds, hence it was lasting so long but that as it was viral, there was nothing he could prescribe. Just keep giving paracetemol and ibuprofen and ride it out.
So there we have it, the magic words that all docs seem to be obsessed with "Viral". I am convinced viral is a code word for "The NHS needs to save money, so you're not getting anything on prescription, its just a cold, go home, give them over the counter stuff and ride it out."
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Let me just start off by saying: the audience cheered for Peter Buck's mandolin.
I'm not kidding you. I realize that much of it probably had to do with the fact that it made its primary appearance for the much loved solo in "Losing My Religion," but still. We cheered for a small stringed instrument. And that, my friends, is a beautiful thing.
Much of my experience of the concert was colored by the fact that our seats were way the hell up in the nosebleeds. From that height, sitting among rows and rows of such exquisitely polite, well-behaved folks, it felt like I was passively consuming a spectacle rather than actively participating in a musical experience. And not only that--except for a few rare moments when some sort of unexpected energy would flicker and electrify the air, I didn't feel . . . moved. And not that every show I go to has to blow my mind or change my life, but it just would have been nice if everything didn't feel so clean and rehearsed. The musicianship was a little too impeccable, you know? It's not like I wanted someone to fuck up, either, though. I just wanted to feel like I was witnessing something unique. Something that was just for us, on just that night. And maybe something unique was happening on the floor that I couldn't feel up there where the sound quality wasn't much different than turning up my stereo a little louder than usual and where the intoxicating vertigo compensated for the fact that I was in no mood to shell out for sweet-smelling beer in plastic cups. **shrug**
I hate having to be so harsh, especially considering how out-of-control hot Michael Stipe is. That rock star energy, those fantastically sexy, snakelike origami poses, the reedy caterwauling about Andy Kaufman and the one he's left behind. En fuego, baby.
And though yes, I'm voting for Kerry on November 2, blah, blah, blah, there was the asshole, punk rock part of me that very badly wanted to start chanting pro-Bush slogans in the middle of the crowd just to watch everyone's heads explode.
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Hahaha, wow. Boxing glove joust. Thank you sir, you have made my morning.
I luled...I missed that episode. I wonder where he got girls willing to get whacked in the crotch, I'm a guy and you'd have to pay me ALOT to hit me like that lol
Well there's not a whole lot to hit down there, am I wrong? Pretty sure it would hurt but, not blinding-can't-breathe-seeing-stars pain of taking it in the jewels that we know.
Edit: Though I admit it was pretty funny. They could make a fetish site out of this sort of thing, too. Hell, there's plenty of ball-busting websites. I hope Game Ovaries isn't patented, it would so work.
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Ooo, a post by Natural Histories reminded me of the Emerging Voices Exhibit at Chemers Gallery.
EMERGING VOICES EXHIBIT, featuring variety of unique metal works from April 28th – May 12th, 2007. This juried exhibit is sponsored by the Metal Arts Society of Southern California also known as MASSC.
The artists selected for this exhibit are:
Mary-Austin Bame
Shirley Chu
Erin Elowe
Xochilt Figueroa
Dha-Mee Hahn
Bettina Karallus
Cheryl Lommatsch
Tara Magboo
Nelly Nye
Amparo Ochoa
Robert Osborn
Laura Prieto-Valesco
Diane Weimer
Julie Williams
Aaron Willoughby
Opening & Artist Reception, Saturday, April 28, 2007 at Chemers Gallery from 5:30 – 8:30 PM.
CHEMERS GALLERY is located at 17300 Seventeenth Street, Ste G, Tustin, California 92780, Phone 714 731-5432
To learn more about MASSC go to their website at www.massconline.com
In other news, Cabinet Magazine updated their website today, according to the magic of RSS. This is probably my favorite art magazine, as it is the product of really good writing and amazing research.
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This is the song by The Chainsmokers that's been stuck in your head; chances are you can never remember any of the lyrics to try your luck and look it up.
You're welcome!
I'd never heard of The Chainsmokers before this song, but I've been checking out their other work thanks to this song and I'm now slamming the replay button on most of their YouTube playlists. Sunday, let's be havin' ya.
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Oppositional Defiant Disorder
By: Larisa Herbert
A childhood disorder which presents an ongoing pattern of anger-guided disobedience, hostility, and defiant behavior towards authority figures which goes beyond the bounds of normal child behavior
Two Separate Sets of Problems:
The tendency to bother and irritate others.
The child's behavior often disrupts the child's normal daily activities, including activities within the family, community and at school.
Who is at risk?
Estimates suggest that 2%-16% of children and teens have ODD.
More common in boys in the younger years
Equally common in boys and girls as they grow older.
ODD first manifests during preschool years but is hard to diagnose before the age of 8.
Behaviors of Students
with ODD
Persistent refusal to comply with instructions or rules
Verbal hostility to others
Frequently does things to annoy and disturb adults and peers
Has a low tolerance for frustration
Failure to accept responsibility
Easily annoyed, angered, or irritated
Frequently argues with adults
DSM IV Criteria
Often loses temper
Often argues with adults
Is easily annoyed by others
Blames others for his/her mistakes
Often angry, resentful, spiteful, vindictive
DSM IV Criteria
Factors to be considered:
Must interfere with the child' s ability to function at home, school, or in the community
Cannot be the result of another disorder I.E. Conduct disorder, depression, anxiety...etc...
Must occur for at least six months
Children diagnosed with ADHD run a higher risk of also being identified as ODD
ODD is very highly associated with Conduct Disorder, a more severe behavior disorder.
How does ODD develop?
Personal Temperament
Psychological Aspects
Environmental Factors
Parental Interactions
Socio-Economic Factors
Genetic Factors
ODD rarely occurs on it's own:
35% Affective Disorders
20% Mood Disorders
15% Personality Disorders
Learning Disabilities are also common.
Personal Temperament / Psychological Aspects
the child's temperament and the family's response to that temperament
A developmental delay in the child's ability to process thoughts and feelings
Environmental Factors / Parental Interactions
Genetic Factors
Factors such as a dysfunctional family life, a family history of mental illnesses and/or substance abuse, and inconsistent discipline by parents may contribute to the development of behavior disorders.
Biological Factors
Some studies suggest that defects in or injuries to certain areas of the brain can lead to serious behavioral problems in children. In addition, ODD has been linked to abnormal amounts of certain types of brain chemicals.
Many children and teens with ODD have close family members with mental illnesses, including mood disorders, anxiety disorders, and personality disorders. This suggests that a vulnerability to develop ODD may be inherited.
Treatment for ODD
There is no uniform treatment for ODD; the treatment plan should be individualized to each student.
Common Treatments Include:
Individual Therapy
Family Counseling
Parent-Child Interaction Therapy
Cognitive Problem Solving Training
Collaborative Problem Solving Training
Social Skills Training
Parental Training in appropriate discipline skills
Parent Counseling is also common to help parents cope
Managing ODD in the Classroom had four basic principles
Loving, Sharing, and Communicating with others
Build Cooperative Relationships
Build Positive Social Skills
Build Cooperative Relationships
Negative feelings between teacher and student can undermine cooperation within the classroom
Discipline directed at the behavior, not the student
Positive feelings encourage cooperation
Build Positive Social Skills
Encourage effective communication, problem solving, and anger management
Consult the school counselor or special education teacher
Facilitate relationship building between students.
Work together with parents, support staff, and the student
Provide Consistency in and out of the classroom
Be Clear, Consistent, and Fair
Positive Expectations
Positive Reinforcement
Be Clear, Consistent, and Fair
Clear and Consistent rules and consequences are important
Understanding the rules and the reasons for them
Positive Expectations
Clearly state expectations for students in a positive, not a negative, manner
Positive Reinforcement
Genuine Positive Reinforcement
Avoid direct, lavish praise
Achieving, Accomplishing, Recognizing, and Respecting
Making Choices
Avoid Power Struggles
Help students understand and control their emotions
Avoid Power Struggles
Choose your battles carefully
Give options and avoid direct commands
Arguing and raising your voice may be a form or reward rather than punishment
Understand the purpose of challenging behaviors
Offer the child a face-saving out
Understand and Manage Emotions
Teach students how to recognize and manage their emotions
Develop student's self-awareness and self-control
Cool-down strategies
Playing and Laughing
Provide engaging and suitable learning activities
Make Learning Fun
Identify strengths and weaknesses to aid engagement
Positive Behavioral Supports
Alter the Classroom Environment
Maintain Predictability
Model Appropriate Behavior
Always be firm, consistent and unemotional
What to Avoid:
Engage in arguments
Embarrass the child
Lose your temper
Make threats
Make promises or bribes
State requests as a question
Teachers could also use:
Behavioral contracts
Behavioral report cards
Open communication with parents for both positive and negative behavior
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Josh & the Empty Pockets
Michael & Kathy
After the wedding ceremony of our friends Nadene & Trevor that was held in Grand Haven's Central Park, the action moved a few blocks to the west to the wonderful downtown restaurant Portobello. The restaurant has a great upstairs space that is utilized for special occasions and it was here where the wedding party and guests reassembled to party the night away after the wedding.
Kathy & Trevor
The room was spectacularly decorated and there was an open bar and a great buffet of food catered by the restaurant. Entertainment was provided by an excellent band from Chicago that Trevor had found called Josh and the Empty Pockets.
Trevor & Graf
Wedding receptions are one of the few places where you will find multigenerational dancing and this one was no exception as the dance floor was packed with young and old throughout the evening. The band played three long sets and was really fantastic, playing a set list that was far more diverse than the typical wedding band.
The wedding day also happened to fall on the 50th birthday of our friend Rob, who was up from Key West and this wasn't lost in the wedding planning as a beautiful keyboard cake was created for Rob, who is an excellent musician himself and whose band played at our wedding reception.
Suzanne, Rob, & Marilyn
The party lasted late into the night and would probably still be going on if it didn't have to stop. It was a great, great time and the perfect cap to a fantastic few days of wedding related events. I also want to recognize a really cool feature that they had at the reception, the wedding photography team set up a mobile studio, a sort of photo booth that guests could pose for portraits that would be part of the record of the day.
Kathy & Fiona
The photo booth allowed for a visual documentation of the guests ranging from serene to wacky, with the Key West folks sort of dominating the wacky category. It was great fun and a wonderful addition to the festivities, creating I am sure a cool record of the night.


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[prMac.com] Burnaby (BC), Canada - Stinger Games kicks off the start of hockey season today by announcing Stinger Table Hockey 1.2 which has gone Universal, adding iPad and iPhone 4 support for Retina displays. The #1 paid App in Canada looks even better with improved graphics. Newly added goalie control adds to the fun as Bullet Physics provides a realistic and fun game of table hockey in your hand.
Push, pull, and spin your players to shuffle, pass, and shoot the puck past the other teams goalie. Use Dual Touch controls to be able to setup the perfect pass & one timer goal. Challenge a friend using Wifi or Bluetooth multiplayer. Play against CPU controlled opponents in a single game or in a tournament.
Bullet Physics provides a realistic, dynamic physics simulation that allows the puck to physically behave like a real puck, including sliding, spinning, bouncing up in the air, off the post, and even flying out of the arena. Used on next generation consoles, Bullet Physics has been harnessed to provide a unique gameplay experience for the iPhone and iPod touch.
Choose from one of 41 international teams or create and customize your own team. Including the ability to fully customize the jersey color and paste your own logo onto the players directly from your Photo Library. Then face off against your friend using your favorite teams.
Statistical tracking along with OpenFeint Leaderboards and Achievements add a whole dimension on to the game. Compete against the whole world to see who has the hardest shot, best one timer, and who is the king of the shootout. Unlock achievements that award you OpenFeint points.
Device Requirements:
* iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad
* Requires iOS 3.0 or later
Pricing and Availability:
Stinger Table Hockey 1.2 is $1.99 USD (or equivalent amount in other currencies) and available worldwide exclusively through the App Store in the Games category. Journalists and reviewers who wish to check out the game are welcome to contact Stinger Games.
Stinger Games was founded in 2009 by Blaine Hodge. A 10 year veteran of the game industry who has worked for Electronic Arts and Rockstar Games, including titles such as NBA Live, Bully, and Skate. Stinger Games is dedicated to developing independent games that provide new gameplay experiences which are executed to a high level of quality that people love to play. Stinger has already launched the addictive, highly reviewed Rebound Rivals. Copyright (C) 2010 Stinger Games. All Rights Reserved. Apple, the Apple logo, iPhone and iPod are registered trademarks of Apple Inc. in the U.S. and/or other countries.


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London day 1 - Part 22:08 AM
Continuing on our wonderfully long first day. By the time we had left our bags at the hotel (we were way to early to check in) had a Starbucks (with caffeine), grabbed our coats (beautifully sunny but a bit breezy), we were ready to see London. Our hotel is located by the beautiful Westminster Bridge and the London Eye.
I had read about an Antique & Art show in Berkeley Park, it sounded out of my price range but what better way to see examples of English antiques?
Then we went to eat lunch (what would you call your 5th meal in 36 hours?). We tucked into a cute Resturaunt - Petrocchi. Enjoyed a delicious butternut soup & bruschetta assortment, and saw Bill Nighy!
Loved him in Love Actually & Pirates. He looked very chic in a gorgeous suit & coat. We told him we loved his work as he walked by & he stopped, smiled, and said Thank You. What a fun moment.
From lunch we went to the changing of the guard at the Queens Horse Guard Parade grounds. Another beautiful collection of buildings and history.
We had timed it perfectly for the changing.
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Australian Open 2012: Power Ranking Best Matches Fans Must See
Who will be the winners of the Australian Open? That is the main question every tennis fan has right now as the opening rounds of the year's first Grand Slam nears.
First round action on both the men's and women's singles competition kicks off Monday and will continue on Tuesday
There are plenty of great matches to see. The defending champions Novak Djokovic and Kim Clijsters are playing for back-to-back titles, but the road to repeating won't be easy.
Everyone is gunning for the win and while the top players always get most of the attention, you never know what a first round might bring, especially in the first Grand Slam of the year.
Many players are not in top form and other players with lesser chances might be.
There are many first round matches that are a must-see due to the possible shot at a first round upset or because the players involved are playing solid tennis.
The following list has matches that may or may not be showed on the coverage by ESPN2 or Tennis Channel. If not, then go to the Australian Open Live Stream page and enjoy the matches.
Let's take a look at the list of first round matches that you must see, starting with the women's draw.
5. Jie Zheng CHN vs. Madison Keys USA
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 17th.
WHY: China's Jie Zheng, 28, is fresh-off her win recently at the ASB Classic in Auckland.
She defeated Svetlana Kuznetsova and Flavia Pennetta on her way to the title.
She is up 10 positions in her ranking to 38th, and faces American teen Madison Keys for the first time.
Keys, 16, is one of the top upcoming American young players
Keys has the power game, but does she have the consistency to get through veteran Zheng? Let's tune in and find out.
Possible matches should either keep advancing would be against ninth seed Marion Bartoli and US Open Champ and sixth seed Samantha Stosur.
4. Kaia Kanepi EST (27) vs. Johanna Larsson SWE
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 17th.
WHY: Estonian Kaia Kanepi, 26, has seen her ranking go back up to 26th in the world after winning the title of the first top tournament of the year at Brisbane.
Kanepi defeated 2010 French Open winner Francesca Schiavone, Andrea Petkovic and Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova fairly easily in that tournament.
Those players were all ranked in the top 16 in that tournament.
She will face Sweden's Johanna Larsson, 23, for the first time in her career. Larsson is ranked 59th in the world.
Should Kanepi make it to the third round, she could possibly meet seventh seed, Russia's Vera Zvonareva.
3. Jelena Jankovic SRB (13) vs. Laura Robson GRB
WHEN: Monday, Jan 16th.
WHY: Former world No. 1, Serbian Jelena Jankovic, 26, looks like an overwhelming favorite over British qualifier Laura Robson, 17.
Jankovic defeated Robson in two contested straight sets at Wimbledon in 2010.
Robson gave Maria Sharapova a run for her money at Wimbledon last year, and is one of Britain's top young players. She just cruised through the qualifying draw.
Robson is a young and talented player on the rise who is not easily intimidated. And Jankovic, while still is a Top 15 player, is not what she once was.
They will on Margaret Court Arena on Monday, and the chance for an upset is possible.
2. Vera Zvonareva RUS (7) vs. Alexandra Dulgheru ROU
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan 17th.
WHY: Seventh seed Vera Zvonareva, 27, has beaten Romanian Alexandra Dulgheru, 22, handily both times they have played.
But Zvonareva is not at her best at the moment, and in the past has been the victim of early exits in tournaments.
Dulgheru comes from playing the Apia International in Sydney, where she played second seed and Wimbledon Champ Petra Kvitova to three tough sets.
It's all about momentum, and Zvonareva needs to play well if she is to avoid an early exit.
That is enough to watch this match and it should be closer than expected.
1. Samantha Stosur AUS (6) vs. Sorana Cirstea ROU
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 17th
WHY: US Open Champion Samantha Stosur, 27, is another seeded player that comes into the Australian Open not in her top form.
Sorana Cirstea, 21, has not been upsetting the world's top players, but recently she has been improving and getting close in matches in her losses to the top players.
Given that it was in 2010 and indoors, but Cirstea upset Stosur the last time they met. Thus, she will not be afraid of going for the upset.
Here is another match where the favorite—Stosur—must not blink or let her guard down.
And in Stosur's case, she has all the expectations and the pressure on her. She is in front of her home crowd.
Enough said, this is a must-see match.
5. Juan Monaco ARG (25) vs. Philipp Kohlschreiber GER
WHEN: Monday, Jan. 16th.
WHY: Juan Monaco, 27, is the 23rd seed, but has a tough opening matchup in Germany's Philipp Kohlschreiber.
Kohlschreiber, 28, is ranked 42nd in the world. He has reached the fourth round twice in the Australian Open and never lost in the first round.
He is coming off reaching the semifinals at the Heineken Open at Auckland.
Monaco hasn't play since being smoked by Rafael Nadal at the beginning of December in the Davis Cup.
But before that, he had wins over David Ferrer and Mardy Fish.
They have played three times before, but it's been a long time since their last in 2008.
This could be a match that can go five sets, and the seed may be shown the door early.
4. Fernando Verdasco ESP (22) vs. Bernard Tomic AUS
WHEN: Monday, Jan. 16th.
WHY: A matchup between a 22nd seed and an unseeded player at Rod Laver Arena. They have to be good.
Or you are the highest ranked player—and biggest promise in years—from Australia. That is the case with 19-year-old Bernard Tomic.
He is currently ranked 37th in the world and faces Spain's Fernando Verdasco in the first round.
Left-handed Verdasco, 28, is seeded 22nd and took Tomic to school the only other time they played—two years ago.
Among the recent losses Verdasco has had are against Richard Gasquet and Tomas Berdych.
Berdych was among Tomic's victims at the AAMI Classic recently. Gael Monfils and Mardy Fish were the others. Two Top 10 players beaten by Tomic in the tournament.
Tomic is the highest ranked player to face a seeded player, and a tough one for Verdasco. Another seed that could have an early exit.
3. Andy Roddick USA (15) vs. Robin Haase NED
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan 17th.
WHY: Andy Roddick is on the down slope of his career. He is 29 years old and trying anything—including a new hairdo—to win his second Grand Slam.
He is facing Dutchman Robin Haase, 24, in the Australian Open for the second year in a row.
Last year they faced in the third round. Roddick dropped a set to Haase before taking the second in a tie-breaker, and then ran away with the next two.
If Roddick is slowing down, and Haase gave him all he can handle last year, this year could be closer and maybe the upset can be delivered.
And no matter what, with Roddick's antics, you never know what to expect lately. You don't want to miss an opportunity to see what he can come up with next.
2. Jo-Wilfried Tsonga FRA (6) vs. Denis Istomin UZB
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 17th.
WHY: Two players that reach the Australian Open on different paths.
Jo-Wilfried Tsonga, 26, is seeded sixth and won the Qatar ExxonMobil Open at Doha at the beginning of the year.
He then struggled badly on his recent showing at the AAMI Classic at Kooyong, losing to Jurgen Melzer and Ken Nishikori.
Denis Istomin, 25, is up to 67th in the world thanks to his recent play.
He reached the quarters at the Brisbane International and the semis at the Apia International in Sydney.
While Tsonga has defeated Istomin both times in his career, he is a streaky player, and right now, his streak is on the negative.
That could open the door for a player that is playing very well and could take him out.
Even then, Tsonga is the kind of player that always puts on a show, and with a good rival, this is a match to watch.
1. Andy Murray GRB (4) vs. Ryan Harrison USA
WHEN: Tuesday, Jan. 17th.
WHY: Andy Murray, 24, cannot underestimate his first round opponent, American teenager Ryan Harrison.
It will be the first time they meet.
But Harrison, 19, is currently ranked 84 in the world and has long been touted as one of the game's brightest prospects.
The big hitting Harrison has shown determination and passion for the game. He has been constantly improving throughout last year.
He may not be quite ready to upset Murray, but this is a match worth watching due to the potential on it.
Everyone also wants to see what new coach Ivan Lendl has been able to do with Murray in the short time they have been together.
Out of the matches of the Top Four seeds, this is the match that has the most potential to produce high quality tennis.


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Ah – the ever fluid goal-posts at Charmed Central.
Why don't we ever just stick to the plan? A couple of weeks ago the way forward was crystal clear to the pair of us: off-load the film to an editor post-haste, and start to work on all the other things that we need to do. Such as cutting a trailer and chasing down more money to pay for all the digital effects work, sound mixes and music. And grading. And mastering.
And then we started having a little play with Sam's first assembly edit. This was either a really good idea, or a moment of extraordinary stupidity.
To be fair to us, we didn't have much choice but to dip our toes into the morass. Sam's assembly came to us with one scene uncut, where his editing software had resolutely denied repeated attempts to import the footage. And we couldn't hand a first assembly over to our prospective editor unfinished, could we?
So, we made an attempt to quickly bolt something together for Scene 71. Just to reassure ourselves that we have all the necessary footage; essentially answer the same questions that propelled us into getting Sam on-board to start with.
And it took us two days to do; way slower than the speed of the on-set edit. But after we were done, the general consensus in the office was pretty positive.
One of the things that made watching the first assembly so painful in places was that the pace was all wrong. Gore moments were dwelled on for too long; tense moments came and went in an instant. And none of the humour seemed all that funny. No disrespect to Sam – this wasn't what we wanted him to pay too much attention to; his job was to get us out of a world of pain when stuff wouldn't cut together properly, and when we could actually do something about it. Which he did admirably, and on a number of occasions.
But once you spend a bit more time getting the beats right, a much more enjoyable watching experience crawls out of the wreckage.
And Jake and I allowed ourselves to relax a little.
So the conversation moved on. OK – why don't we spend a bit of time going into the scenes that would most benefit from some work, and tinker with them? Just so we've got a more representative cut to hand over. Should only take us a week or so.
Start at scene 1. Hmm. Cue a radical re-working. OK – Scene 2. Hmm.
And so it went on. We have now re-cut the first eleven scenes, and a proper movie is slowly emerging. Using Sam's assembly as a starting point, we are adding in beats; shuffling shots; editing around moments we don't like. And it's coming together really nicely.
And it's a whole load of fun, more importantly.
That's not to say that everything I wrote in the last blog about being too close to the movie to have a sensible view of the material isn't completely true. We are still planning to look for someone to come in and shape out the best film possible from the available clay, it's just that when it happens they will have a much better idea about what they're working with.
Till then, it looks like Jake and I will be frittering away the Indian summer sat in front of a monitor after all. Has anybody else ever wondered how many accumulated weeks they will spend over the course of their lifetime watching computers turn themselves on and processing bars slowly crawling up to 100%? Patient.


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Led by the charming and talented Jane Barrett Barnes, each evening aboard the Taber we will visit a different country, tasting and discussing that country's varietals and viticultural history. Meals will include paired wines, with Jane and our Chef working together to craft a menu to show off the wines perfectly.
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"This is our third trip on the Stephen Taber and each one has been terrific and different from the last. The wine tasting this year was fantastic. Jane's enthusiasm for her subject is infectious. May you always have as much fun as we did this year. By the way, this is the "perfect" vacation- rain, cold, sun, heat, whatever it's still perfect." Sue & Dave from Owings, MD
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This trip is always such a blast that we've invited Chef James back to do it again! Previously of Portland's Café Uffa and now chef/owner of the highly regarded Westbrook gastro pub Frog and Turtle, Chef James brings his flair for delicious bistro fare and high-quality comfort food to the Taber. Chef James will be on hand to discuss techniques, inspirations, wood-stove cookery and his passion for house-made charcutarie. A previous year's highlight, watching him build a bouillabaisse: cooking show and history lesson, outstanding meal! (Book it now!)
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Enjoy the start of Summer and the longest days of the year with Captain Noah and special musical guests Jenn Schott and Melissa Peirce, accomplished performers and songwriters. What a more perfect way to end the longest days of the year than an informal concert? Melissa and Jenn's charming songs and sweet harmonies have been such a hit in the past couple years, we just had to have them back!
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Most of this week will be spent just like all of our other trips sailing and relaxing around Penobscot Bay and a lobster bake on a deserted island. But come Race Day, the gloves come off as the Taber defends her trophy in our most thrilling event of the summer! Come be a part of North America's largest annual gathering of Tall Ships, and help us race for glory as more than two dozen windjammers gather for an exciting all-day race. The race will start in an Islesboro harbor and end in Rockland. Guests may participate in the race (or not). The post-race party will heat up in Rockland with bandstand dancing and an awards ceremony.
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Fine conditions in Glencoe today. Day one of Winter Walking Skills Course.
A much better day than forecast in Glencoe. We headed up Buachaille Etive Beag to instruct a variety of walking skills such as essential foot work and using an ice axe. Conditions under foot were varied from deep soft wind slabbed snow in ne facing bowls to hard packed wind blown neve at around 850m. No turf that I saw that was exposed at 900m was frozen and the temperature was rising as we descended. However a cold night is expected and this will consolidate the snow pack well.
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We just want to say a huge THANK YOU to everyone who came out to support Del's birthday show last Saturday at The Bovine in Toronto! We were very excited to showcase Breached 2.0, complete with a new line-up and a new tune! We'd also like to thank the other bands for demolishing the stage – Fallen Heirs, The Joy Arson, and Last Bullet!
Now that the "first show jitters" are out of the way, we are going to be focusing a lot on writing and getting our asses into the studio! Despite the obstacles that have been presented to us, we're pushing on and we plan to be stronger than ever. Trust!
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Hi! I have a wireless usb network adapter that I am uncertain has linux/debian support. Is it possible to use wireless usb net adapters using debian? Is there a generic driver package that may work and has anyone else been able to succesfully install and configure a usb wireless in debian? Any help will be greatly appriciated!
I purchased my wireless net cards from dabs.com
This is my PCMCIA card on my laptop TP600E
802.11b 11Mbps PCMCIA
manufacturer code EW710/GWAE06
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The card on my Celeron 1.2ghz is a usb version of my pcmcia as far as im aware its like the usb dabs value card. Its no longer listed in dabs.
Basically im trying to setup my debian webserver using my wireless network.
My ISP is uk NTL and i have a linksys wireless router and a TP600e and a celeron 1.2mhz machine. I dont mind which i manage to succeed with however succeed i must! The laptop I thought about using VMware Virtual machine to install debian inside my winXPpro install on my laptop. It has a pcmcia wireless netcard. However i have no idea if my wireless hardware is debian compatable. Is it even possible to have a usb wireless network card running in debian? If not then will I be able to somehow link the windows network connection through my debian virtual machine? Help with this would be really apriciated!
ok im looking at the usb wireless netcard stick and all it says on it is: Edimax Wireless USB Adapter with an LED saying LNK/ACT
The windows driver install files are called EW-7117u and the installed driver is called (ZD1201)IEEE 802.11b USB Adapter.
Note: on the install cd is a EW-7115u folder that contains a linux subfolder. There is no linux subfolder on the EW-7117u.


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I'm very happy to see that now Head First Series provide also ePUB formats. Here I'm referring to Head First C book.
I tried my purchased version in my e-Book reader (a Sony Wifi Reader). It works but in specific cases I'm not able to change page (go forward). For example, I'm able to reach page 22 (Sharpen your pencil: Solution) but then I cannot change page to the next page anymore. I'm able to go to the next page if I specify the page number (page 23 for example) through the e-Book search functionality.
What could it be the problem? An e-Book Reader problem or an ePUB one?
I have other ePUB books from O'Reilly but they work great in my e-Book.
Thank you in advance.
ePUB Head First C and e-Book reader
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EMPLOYEE0Tai Hake (Official Rep) July 31, 2012 16:34Hi Lorenzo,
Thanks for letting us know the ePub isn't working as intended, and I'm sorry it's not functioning properly. I'll let our eBooks team know about the issue so they can take a look at the formatting of that title.
Tai H.
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Dear Tai Hake,
I would like to know, if possible, if the problem I reported has been corrected or not.
Thank you for your support.
Regards, Lorenzo.
EMPLOYEE0Tai Hake (Official Rep) August 10, 2012 18:36Hi Lorenzo,
Unfortunately our eBook team is unable to replicate the issue. The ePubs are functioning normally in the Sony readers they have tested it on, though the models different slightly.
They are leaning towards it being a device issue as opposed to a formatting one, though they did think it's strange that only this ePub is not working and others are. Have you tried the PDF format on that device?
Tai H.
Customer Service Rep,
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Dear Tai,
Sorry for the delay.
The problem I described in the first post can be replicated if the device is in landscape mode. When the device is in portrait mode I'm able to navigate pages correctly.
Thanks for your support.


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The Huntington Library will host the following lecture Feb. 17:
"Passing Strange: A Gilded Age Tale of Love and Deception Across the Color Line"
Martha A. Sandweiss, Professor of American Studies and History, Amherst College, shares her new findings about the secret life of the late nineteenth-century Western explorer Clarence King, who was the first director of the U.S. Geological Survey and who was particularly well known for his studies of the Sierra Nevada. His colleagues knew King as a celebrated geologist and writer, but for thirteen years he lived a double life, also passing as a "black" man named James Todd who married an African-American wife, had five children with her, and revealed his true identity to her only on his deathbed. Prof. Sandweiss will discuss her new book about Clarence King.
February 17, 2009
7:30 p.m. – Friends' Hall, Huntington Library and Botanical Gardens.
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