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Ahead of the upcoming European Champions in Poland and the Ukraine the British media seem to be intent on making England fans afraid to attend with the recent campaign of negative publicity aimed at both host nations. This seems to be particularly targeting ultras groups. These groups have been painted as a threat in terms of both the potential for hooliganism as well as being a danger to non-white fans who it is claimed should fear becoming victims of racist attacks. Fans have even been warned not to risk travelling because their life could be at risk.
I spent roughly one month in Poland during the last year (multiple visits), mostly in Southern and Western Poland. I have visited key cities such as Wroclaw, Katowice and Krakow and met supporters from these towns. All of that time was during the football season where I attended numerous games from less important weekday games with special discounted ticket rates at one end of the scale to the Polish Cup Final at the other end. During my time in Poland I watched games in ultras sectors as well as family enclosures and travelled to games on trains that are organised by ultras groups. This meant interacting with these people and learning about their lifestyle, values, culture and other factors required to understand them.
My aim from this piece is to inform people about what an ultra is and to explain their role in Polish football. I also want people to understand the recent history of Poland and how it relates to football and society in general. I am going to refrain from being judgmental or telling other people what to think. My aim is purely to offer information and to hopefully allow you to have a better understanding of what these groups do and how Polish football has recently changed. Seeing as there are very few ultras groups in British football (Celtic and Crystal Palace are probably the two largest) and it's not a culture that most are in the UK are exposed to so I am going to start with the very basics….
What is an ultra? Ultras groups first appeared in Europe in the 1950s. Hajduk Split's Torcida is the first group of this kind. The culture came to Europe after the 1950 World Cup where Europe fans were impressed by the passion of Brazilian supporters clubs who were known as Torcidas. After starting in what was Yugoslavia this culture of support then spread to Italy and then further afield before becoming common across Europe. Since these early days groups in most countries have established different styles of support or are known for different aspects of their support. For example currently Greek ultras are known for their use of flares/pyrotechnics while Poles are known for their huge choreographies. The one thing that these groups across the continent have in common is their general values related to football.
The most important aspect of being an ultra is that you should stand, sing and support your team for ninety minutes regardless of the score. You are also expected to go to as many games as possible for your team home and away. Your club and group should be your main priority in life and you will do anything possible to get to games. On top of attending matches ultras will typically contribute towards their groups on days where there is no football. The huge banners that are often seen displayed take hours or sometimes days to make. The groups pay to make these themselves (the largest of these often cost thousands of pounds to make) and will spend their own time carefully drawing and painting them.
With the game of football changing so much during the last decade ultras groups have also evolved. One of the main focuses for these groups now is that they are very much against the idea of modern football. By modern football they are referring to what the English Premiership in particular has become. The idea of having an all-seater stadium where ticket prices are extortionately high, where fans are expected to sit down and watch the game without blocking steps or standing for long periods, where bringing in flares and other items that ultras deem necessary can lead to spending time in jail. Ultras groups are fighting to resist their countries following the English model where working class people are priced out of attending games and where the audiences are typically middle class people in replica shirts.
In Poland the ultras see the terraces are the only place where they're free to speak their mind and they want to protect this and not be forced out. In Poland ultras groups have an amazing history of doing great things to help their country and they still see themselves as being in this position of power although now a lot of people would challenge whether they have the level of influence that they once did. With Europe having changed so much a lot of people believe that football support should change too.
The most famous political impact that Polish ultras had was during the Communist period. The terraces were the only place where people could congregate in such huge numbers and express opinions that went against the agenda of the ruling Communist government. Fans would sing songs such as "A Na Drzewach Zamiast Liści, Będą Wisieć Komuniści…" which means something like "from the trees instead of leaves will hang Communists". After making these political statements in the stadium fans would then march together after games and protest.
Lech Wałęsa who would later become the first President of Poland is probably the most successful and famous case of a member of the Ultras movement succeeding politically. He was a trade union leader and member of the Lechia Gdansk ultras. He was arrested numerous times for his political actions during the Communist period but eventually succeeded and became a national hero. Current Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk was also active in Gdansk during this period as part of the student activist movement. This recent history of power and political success is arguably part of the reason for why Ultras groups today still see themselves as victims, politically important and necessary within Polish football and society on the whole.
Nowadays the political situation in Poland is far more stable yet the Ultras have continued to protest. Up until just over a year ago the terraces were somewhat of a law-less free-for-all with regards to fans bringing banners or messages to games and the lack of control in their behaviour. Stadiums were typically in bad condition and security was somewhat lacking. In 2011 this all changed however. At the Cup Final between Lech Poznan and Legia Warsaw there were riots between fans and the police and it was seen as a national embarrassment. The situation was so bad that even the government got involved in cleaning it up. This meant that at the end of last season away fans were typically banned from games and security inside stadiums went from almost non-existent to what some would describe as being overzealous. Fans were ejected from games for things such as swearing or standing, which was previously almost unheard of.
The banning of away fans from certain games and increased security continued into the beginning of the 2011/12 season. Security began checking messages on banners and refused entry to those which went against club rules. They also searched fans far more carefully in order to find pyrotechnics and other banned items. This became particularly common in the modern stadiums which will be used during the Euros. Legia Warsaw's Ultras in particular have had major problems with having items confiscated and fans banned from games under the new security rules. Ultras groups from various clubs began working together to make sure that they could attend games in each other's stadiums by putting aside rivalries or problems and often sharing terraces. An example of this was when Ruch Chorzow played away in Wroclaw and shared the Slask Ultras sector within the stadium even though the two clubs are rivals and would usually be abusing each other rather than standing in the same area.
The conflict between Ultras groups and the Polish FA/government has escalated this season with there being numerous protests by the Ultras against these bodies. They have labelled the association and government as Communists and see these actions as infringing on their freedom of speech and expression. On the other hand the governing bodies see it as a necessary move to clean up the stadiums ahead of the Euros and to create a more friendly and family-orientated atmosphere. The main difference between now and the late 1980s is that the Ultras no longer have the sympathy of the whole nation. Their cause is not seen as being particularly important by most ordinary people while others view them as a nuisance and would like them removed all-together.
With the Euros being the biggest event that Poland has ever hosted outsiders may see these disagreements and conflicts as being a potentially major problem ahead of the tournament. That would however be an incorrect assumption. As I mentioned near the start of the piece Ultras are against modern football. This means that they are against the Euros. There has been a major campaign taking place within most of these groups ahead of the tournament with the main slogan being "Fuck Euro". As this suggests these types of fans will not be attending games at the tournament and will therefore not cause any problems inside the stadium. The only potential problem that could occur would be if they were to protest outside of the stadium although this would not affect international fans and visitors. Warsaw would probably be the most likely location for this type of protest to take place due to their fans having the most problems with these changes and also the size of their support. At this stage I have however heard nothing concrete about a protest being organised and therefore assumed that there will not be one.
With Ultras boycotting the Euros and hooligans not interested in attending games visiting fans should expect a match day atmosphere similar to what they'd experience in any other nation hosting this type of tournament. The brand new stadiums are up to the same standards as those found in the UK or Germany and the security levels will be even higher and stricter. Fans therefore can expect an enjoyable family experience with no fears for their personal safety. Due to high ticket prices (by local standards) it will be mainly a middle class event and the atmosphere will reflect this.
Seeing as the Ultras are boycotting attending games others may have concerns that they will instead attack visiting fans on the streets. This again will almost certainly not be a problem. First of all most Ultras are not interested in fighting. This is a common misconception that the British media seem to have. In Poland there are three main types of supporters who attend games. There is the regular fan that sits in the family sector and watches the game, there's Ultras and then there are hooligans. Hooligans may dress like Ultras and stand with them in the singing sector but they are not the same as them. Wearing the same t-shirts as normal people and singing with them allows them to blend in more however than if they turned up dress differently to everyone else in the stadium like we used to see in England.
While Polish hooligans may appear to be uncivilized thugs to most observers they actually have a very strict code of conduct with rules that they agree to adhere to. The first and most important rule for any foreign fans to understand is that the hooligans are not interested in fighting with you. Polish hooligans train in the gym and attend MMA or boxing classes and are very big, tough and hard. They have no interest in beating up regular people who would offer no resistance. They like to test themselves against either each other or otherwise against similar people from foreign nations. Typically this will mean making contact with the group they wish to fight and then pre-agreeing on the number of people fighting on each side, a location away from the stadium (and most importantly police) and the rules by which they will play. In Poland the rules are that no weapons should be used and that if somebody is in a position where they are on the ground and unable to defend themselves they are left alone. In league games they have been known to fight inside the stadium however since the new venues have been opened there have not been any problems. Trouble only tends to occur (and it's extremely that it does) in older stadiums where divides between groups are not as strong and where policing is more challenging.
The other threat that the media have highlighted is that of racism. The recent BBC Panorama pictured Poland is a country of anti-Semites who enjoy spray-painting graffiti of white power symbols, Nazi symbols and anti-Jewish imagery all over their cities. It also showed fans taking racist or anti-Semitic banners to games. The examples shown were extreme cases and do not reflect Polish society or even Polish football fans on the whole. There is racist and anti-Semitic graffiti for sure, however it is extremely rare. If you look hard enough for something you will always find examples. Most graffiti that you will see around Polish towns and cities are murals painting by fans that display their love and devotion towards to their own teams rather than hatred towards other people. Most banners people take to games are in support of their clubs. It is extremely rare to see anything racist in a stadium. I imagine this is why Panorama had to resort to showing footage from two years ago that took place at a Third Division East match to shock people.
The average Polish football fan is the just like a regular person in any European society. They are students, doctors, lawyers, construction workers, miners, factory workers, retail employees, office workers or any other normal type of person you could think of. Just like within any work place, college or town there are people of varying political beliefs. The terraces are probably more right wing than other places, however they are not filled with extremists as the media would have you believe. Ultras groups tend to have a nationalist learning, but on the whole they are apolitical and concentrate mostly on supporting their team and insulting the opposition.
Poles are probably more proud of their nationality than those of most nations. They have had an extremely tough recent history. Poland was invaded by the Nazis during world war two. Towns and cities were bombed and people were executed or incarcerated for being different or for having political opinions that went against the Nazi occupiers. When the Nazis were defeated the Communists then took control of their country and continued the process of eliminating anyone who they saw as a threat. Intellectuals in particular were transported to labour camps or removed from their homes and jobs and put into positions where they'd lose their power. Poland also lost territory with the now Ukrainian city of Lvov and the surrounding region being a key example of this. Because of these actions of previous invaders Polish people are maybe more cautious of outside influences and have stronger beliefs in developing a strong and great nation for themselves after losing control for such long periods. I think understanding at least a little basic history will help outsiders understand why people are maybe more nationalist than in other countries which have had an easier and more pleasant recent past as Western European nations have.
The average Pole does not have a problem with foreign people visiting their country. They also do not dislike people of different races and religions. You should not see their nationalism as a threat to your safety as a potential visitor because it will not be a problem. While ethnic minorities are rare in Poland there are foreign communities that are visible such as African students and foreign athletes. Michael Ansley an African American former NBA player who has lived in Poland for over a decade recently leapt to Poland's defence. He described Poland as "a country that welcomes everybody" which is definitely accurate in my experiences. As he said "it's only when you are out of line" you will suffer problems.
I implore you to come, behave and enjoy yourself. See for yourself what a beautiful and friendly country Poland really is! The only people who have anything to fear in Poland are those who are looking to cause trouble. The locals and police do not take kindly to people who are disrespectful or who behave unlawfully. Now you've read this you can go out, buy a few Lechs, a kielbasa and a shirt and sing your heart out for your country. I hope you enjoy the show!


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They came to visit me at work today and even though I only saw them for a ridiculously short time, it was a lovely break in the monotony of my day!
Should have enough money to buy my netbook by next week...although it won't get put into my account until the week after *hrumph* but still, the aim was to have ma netbook by the time i return to County and that seems pretty acheivable *yayzors*
why do good girls fall in love with me? :P
Went for a jog when i got in from work today :) always feel awesome after my jog...and i actually really enjoy doing it to...listening to great music, appreciating the view, feeling blood raging through my veins, sweat prickling my skin, my mind running all over the place whilst my feet remain focused after each other...it reminds me i'm alive...and that's never a bad thing!
reckon i'll go to oxfam tomorrow...i haven't been in ages and i love going round charity shops because there's so much stuff....loads of different style clothes and awesome books 'n' trinket-y-things that you just can't find in run of the mill retailers that only sell one season's worth of stuff at a time...i just love that the stock's forever changing...
so yeah :P
I hate making milkshakes...although i'm quite good at it after all this practice :P
really hate making flat whites -_-' they are the worst of drinks. stupid name as well.
I have pancakes! I'll bid you farewell
Hope you're feeling marvelous
Peace and love

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LOCATION OF POSITION: Melbourne Burwood Campus / Geelong Waurn Ponds Campus
The School of Communication and Creative is seeking an outstanding Professor (Level E Teaching and Research) to lead colleagues in achieving excellent outcomes in student learning, career success for graduates, and improved research performance, in the broad field of Communication including media, journalism, public relations and similar areas.
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CLOSING DATE: Friday 28th October, 2016
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Have you ever felt like this?? Well this is where I have been the past 3 weeks and its only getting worse. I have to apologize for leaving you guys waiting for something new. I am really trying to flood your screens with new outfit posts to make up for the lack there of.....hold in there I'm still alive trying to keep my head above water. I just need to make it through July and all will be good. Can't wait for my vaca which can't come soon enough. I am hoping to have new posts this weekend, so check back to see what's new!
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decided: September 26, 1984.
CAROL B. ZINGLER, PETITIONERv.COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA, UNEMPLOYMENT COMPENSATION BOARD OF REVIEW, RESPONDENT
Appeal from the Order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review in case of Carol B. Zingler, No. B-215445.
Alexander A. DiSanti, with him, Jeffrey K. Martin, Richard, DiSanti, Hamilton, Gallagher & Paul, for petitioner.
Richard F. Faux, Associate Counsel, with him, Richard L. Cole, Jr., Chief Counsel, for respondent.
Judges Rogers, Colins and Barbieri, sitting as a panel of three. Opinion by Judge Barbieri.
Author: Barbieri
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Carol B. Zingler (Claimant) appeals here from a decision and order of the Unemployment Compensation Board of Review (Board) finding her to be disqualified from receiving unemployment compensation benefits by the provisions of Section 402(b) of the Unemployment Compensation Law (Law)*fn1 because she
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voluntarily terminated her employment without cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. We reverse.
The facts in this case are not in dispute.
On August 21, 1982 Claimant voluntarily terminated her employment as a $13,000 per year manager of a retail women's clothing store in Braddock, Pennsylvania to join her husband who had secured a job with the State Lottery of New Jersey. At the time Claimant's husband secured this job he had been unemployed for approximately five months after being fired from his previous job, and both Claimant and her husband moved into a home they owned and rented in Medford Lakes, New Jersey which Claimant testified they had been unable to sell when they moved to Pittsburgh three years earlier. Claimant further testified that this home was approximately fifty minutes by car from her husband's new employment, that her family only had one car, and that she could not afford to maintain a separate residence from her husband. The Board found Claimant to be ineligible for benefits simply on the basis of its findings (1) that "Claimant's husband voluntarily accepted the offer of a new job[,]" (2) that Claimant had no children at home requiring her care, and (3) that "Claimant's primary reason for voluntarily terminating her employment was to accompany her spouse to the New Jersey Area. . . ." The present appeal followed.
A claimant has the burden, of course, of establishing that his or her departure from employment was for a cause of a necessitous and compelling nature. Kleban v. Unemployment Compensation Board of Review, 73 Pa. Commonwealth Ct. 540, 459 A.2d 53 (1983). Where, as here, the party with the burden of proof has not prevailed below, our scope of review is limited to determining whether the Board's findings are consistent with each other and with the conclusions
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I don't know if it's because he likes a chilly bottom, or if it's because it's just his size, but nearly every time one of us opens that door, there he is.
I usually give in to him and let him enjoy a minute or two sitting in the fridge, but once he starts pulling stuff off of the shelves or door, it's time to get out. He never gets upset about having to get out of the fridge because he just walks right over and starts opening the kitchen drawers…
He pulls every single thing he can out of the drawer. I don't mind though because it keeps him in the kitchen while I'm getting things done and he absolutely loves playing with all the different equipment.


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Thursday, 2nd Week of Lent
1st Reading: Jer 17:5–10
Gospel: Lk 16:19–31
Jesus said to his disciples, "Once there was a rich man who dressed in purple and fine linen and feasted every day. At his gate lay Lazarus, a poor man covered with sores, who longed to eat just the scraps falling from the rich man's table. Even dogs used to come and lick his sores. It happened that the poor man died and angels carried him to take his place with Abraham. The rich man also died and was buried. From hell where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham afar off, and with him Lazarus at rest.
He called out: 'Father Abraham, have pity on me and send Lazarus with the tip of his finger dipped in water to cool my tongue, for I suffer so much in this fire.'
Abraham replied: 'My son, remember that in your lifetime you were well-off while the lot of Lazarus was misfortune. Now he is in comfort and you are in agony. But that is not all. Between your place and ours a great chasm has been fixed, so that no one can cross over from here to you or from your side to us.'
The rich man implored once more: 'Then I beg you, Father Abraham, to send Lazarus to my father's house where my five brothers live. Let him warn them so that they may not end up in this place of torment.' Abraham replied: 'They have Moses and the prophets. Let them listen to them.' But the rich man said: 'No, Father Abraham. But if someone from the dead goes to them, they will repent.'
Abraham said: 'If they will not listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be convinced even if someone rises from the grave.'"
(Daily Gospel in the Assimilated Life Experience)
The rich man Dives did nothing wrong to Lazarus. But neither did he do anything good to him. For being passive towards Lazarus he suffered in hell for all eternity. Christianity is not mere avoidance of evil. It is a matter of doing good. Let us make use of whatever is available to us to uplift the lives of others.
This lesson hits the core of the Lenten message. We deepen our prayer life by prayer, fasting, and abstinence to remind ourselves that we are mere dusts and to dust we shall return (Gen. 3:19). But as Christians we are called to "Be perfect just as (our) heavenly Father is perfect" (Matthew 5:48).
To perfect our Lenten observance the fasting we do must uplift the poor. If after Lent we still remain selfish, at least something happens to the poor because the money we save from fasting is spent for charity. If our Lenten observance makes us more active in uplifting the lives of others, we have greater chances of being with Lazarus, not with Dives in the next life. – (Atty.) Rev. Fr. Dan Domingo P. delos Angeles, Jr., DM.
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This photo below I think will always be on of my favourites, purely because of the delicious simplicity of it, and the fact that I adore tic tacs. My boyfriend had an awesome photoshop idea which one day we will do, so I can post it on here and show you all.
I simply isolated the colour in photoshop to edit this photo, which is sadly one of the main things I can do on photoshop. I always tell myself I'm going to be geeky-er and learn more, but I never do.
The inspiration to take this came from nowhere, just a bunch of tic tacs lying on my kitchen work top which thankfully has an awesome reflection. And when I take this blog further, it might unravel that I have a little obsession with reflections, and that I actually did a whole art module on it.


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[Magic Mondays] RTR Week 2
Posted by Trevor Gulley
First off, sorry there haven't been any Jaded Gamer posts for the last couple of weeks. I'm still kind of sad about the last one and feel like for now there isn't much to say that won't come back to that very same point. I don't have time to be a gamer in the same way I used to and its upsetting, but okay at the same time. Maybe I'll reflect on that more this Friday.
Anyway, Magic!
We're on week two of RTR (the Protour is this weekend!) and my Aggro BR is pretty much done–I need one more Stormkirk Noble and I'll have replaced all the proxies. My other two decks are shaping up nicely, but I need a boatload a cards for both. Bant aggro control looks like it'll be fun once I get everything I need for it and Replicate Echoes needs a fair bit of tuning to really get there. Reanimator is starting to look like a thing again with Frites doing so well at the SCG Open, but I think its still got some shaking out to do. I'm fairly certain Zombies will continue to be a thing and it's very likely this might be a Return to a Jund dominated meta. Though who knows? Boros might tip it back in favor of Naya which is still hurting after the loss of Pod and Simic might push Bant into god zone. One thing's for certain, RTR makes me excited for GateCrash.
As for the weekend recap, I did okay at FNM with my drafted Bant deck. The PTQ was kind of a loss–my durdling Bant Control consistently lost by a slim margin or stalled until the game ran out. I got there once on the back of Rubbleback Rhino, but couldn't close out the other five games. I dropped after round two at 0-2-1, but I did get my third Detention Sphere and another Trostani–so at least I got value back.
Not going to do decktechs this week but I am going to play constructed next Friday I think. Hit me up on Cockatrice (MortyKingston) for some games, but otherwise catch you guys on Wednesday when I'll go over the first wave of cards for my Deck Building game!
About Trevor GulleyTrevor Gulley is a writer, cartoonist, and gamer. He works full time in the IT industry and judges Magic most weekends.
Posted on 10/15/2012, in Gaming, Magic Mondays and tagged aggro, bant, jund, magic mondays, magic the gathering, metagame, naya, return to ravnica. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.


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Thursday, July 29, 2010
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Pick the Right Moving Truck Rental
by: Greg Keefer
01 Dec 2010
If you're not using a professional moving company, one of the most important decisions you make concerning your move is the type of moving truck or van you need to rent. Most people underestimate the size moving vehicle they need to move their possessions. Many moving truck websites have calculators on their sites to help you estimate what size truck you need based on how many rooms you have in your home.
Although it might be easy for college students to limit how many possessions they plan to pack in their dorm rooms, that's usually not the case for families with children or older adults who have lived in the same home for decades.
Understand your Moving Truck Options
Take a look at the available options so you can make an informed choice:
- Cargo vans and pickup trucks. Cargo vans and pickup trucks are designed for do-it-yourself moving. Several boxes and a few pieces of small furniture fit in a cargo van or pickup truck. Both types of vehicles are easy to drive and work for distance moves with a small cargo load or local moves where you make several trips.
- Hauling trailers. You can pull a hauling trailers behind any good-sized car or truck. They come in a variety of sizes from 142 to 396 cubic feet. You can rent a towing hitch and temporarily install it on your own car to pull the trailer. This is an ideal way to transport your possessions while you drive your own vehicle to your new home.
- Moving trucks. Enclosed trucks are the most common self moving rentals. They're large enough to move household appliances, furniture, and personal property and small enough to navigate through traffic. These trucks come in a wide range of sizes from 10 feet to 26 feet in length. You can also add a hauling trailer if you need some extra space or a trailer for a family vehicle.
- Vehicle trailers. For self movers who need to transport the family vehicle--pickup, car, or motorcycle--car and motorcycle trailers, which keep all wheels off the ground, are an excellent choice for long distance moves. Car dollies that keep the front wheels of the vehicle off the pavement are a lower cost alternative for front-wheel drive vehicles.
- Self-pack trucks. You can also rent space on a larger commercial moving truck. You pack your possessions and load or hire someone to load them onto a larger moving truck, which transports them to your new home. You are also responsible for unloading.
There's a moving truck rental to meet your specific moving needs. Renting the right truck can take some of the stress out of moving day.
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Coney Island Hospital
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Location: New York, NY
Client: NYC Health & Hospital Corp.
Architect: Parsons Brinckerhoff, Inc.
Project Description:
In response to Superstorm Sandy, Vantage Technology Consulting Group, as part of the Parsons Brinckerhoff team, is providing technology consulting services for Coney Island Hospital. Under the direction of NYC Health & Hospital Corp. (NYCHHC) and FEMA, Phase 1 of the project includes preparation of a report assessing the damage to the data center and auxiliary spaces.
Vantage is also providing initial schematic designs for moving the data center and other related equipment to more protected parts of the hospital. Phase II, when it goes forward will involve the completion of the design effort started as a result of the storm. Vantage has worked on other hospitals that were damaged in severe natural disasters and understands the FEMA process and what it takes to mitigate a disaster.
- Business Continuity/Disaster Recovery Planning
- System Assessment and Planning
- System Design and Documentation
- Infrastructure Planning
- Architectural/Engineering Design Support
- Structured Cabling
- Data Center
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- Knowledge of FEMA process helping to guide hospital through this process
- Upgrade systems as needed for "future think", i.e. thinking clearly in a time of change and challenge.


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Yet, the media remains quiet, and the White House gets a total pass — even though many pundits credit Obama's strong reaction to Hurricane Sandy, as portrayed by the media, as a contributing factor to his electoral success.The International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers is a unit of the powerful AFL-CIO, which is headed by Richard Trumpka. This is the same Richard Trumpka who once told Fox News' Bill O'Reilly: "I'm at the White House a couple times a week.
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Children's Picture Books
In a Blue Room
The Girl in the Castle Inside the Museum
The Day Leo Said I Hate You!
Ten Little Fingers and Ten Little Toes
A Couple of Boys Have the Best Week Ever
What to Do About Alice?
Adèle & Simon in America
Silly Lilly and the Four Seasons
There Are Cats in This Book
Smash! Crash!
One Boy
How I Learned Geography
Jack and the Box
The House in the Night
Children's Fiction
The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume 2: The Kingdom on the Waves
The Penderwicks on Gardam Street
The Hunger Games
Little Brother
Bog Child
Dark Dude
Tender Morsels
The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks
Sunrise over Fallujah
Children's Nonfiction
The Year We Disappeared: A Father-Daughter Memoir
What the World Eats
Our White House: Looking In, Looking Out
The Trouble Begins at 8: A Life of Mark Twain in the Wild, Wild West
We Are the Ship: The Story of Negro League Baseball
Ain't Nothing but a Man: My Quest to Find the Real John Henry
Book List for Gentle Readers (children reading above grade level)
Compiled by childlit listserv
Starting Readers:
Ruth Styles Gannett's My Father's Dragon
Tony Abbot's The Secrets of Droon series
Patrick Catling, The Chocolate Touch
Sid Fleischman, McBroom stories and others
Mary Pope Osborne's Magic Tree House Series
Jon Scieszka's Time Warp Trio series
Growing Readers:
L.M. Boston, The Children of Green Knowe
Frank L. Baum's The Wizard of Oz series
Edward Eager, Half Magic (and others)
Astrid Lindgren, Pippi Longstockings series
Betty MacDonald, Mrs. Piggle-Wiggle series
Elizabeth Nesbit, Five children and It. series
Solid Readers:
Cornelia Funke, Dragon Rider
Lloyd Alexander's Prydian Chronicles
Brian Jacques, Red Wall series
C.S. Lewis, The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe series
J.R. Tolkien, Lord of the Rings series
Patricia Wrede, Dealing with Dragons series
Realistic Fiction
Starting Readers:
Judy Blume, Freckle Juice
Ann Cameron, The Stories Julian Tells series
Johanna Hurwitz, Russell Sprouts series
Barbara Park's Junie B. Jones series
Cynthia Rylant, Coble Street Cousins
Louis Sacher, Marvin Redpost series
Growing Readers:
Beverly Cleary's Klickitat series
Judy Blume, Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing and Double Fudge
Eleanor Estes, both Pye and Moffat Family series
Arthur Ransome, The Swallows and Amazons series
Margaret Sidney, The Five Little Peppers and How They Grew series
Laura Ingalls Wilder, Little House series (These books mature with the heroines)
Solid Readers:
Frances Burnett, The Secret Garden / A Little Princess
Jeanne Birdsall, The Penderwicks
Barbara Robinson, The Best School Year Ever
Johanna Spryi – Heidi
Mark Twain,Adventures of Tom Sawyer
Johann Wyss, Swiss Family Robinson
Adventure & Mystery
Starting Readers:
Patricia Reilly Giff's Minnie and Max series
James Preller's Jigsaw Jones series
Ron Roy, A to Z mysteries
Marjorie Sharmat, Nate the Great
Alexander McCall Smith's Akimbo series
Gertrude Chandler Warner's Box Car Children series
John Erickson's Hank the Cowdog series
Bruce Hale, Chet Gecko series
James Howe's Bunnicula series
Laura Lee Hope's Bobbsey Twins series
Donald Sobol, The Encyclopedia Brown series
Solid Readers:
E.L. Konisburg, From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler
Jean Craighead George, Missing 'gator of Gumbo Limbo
Kate Klise, Regarding the Fountain series
Ellen Raskin, The Westing Game
Willo Davis Roberts, View from the Cherry Tree
Animal Tales
Starting Readers:
Roald Dahl, Fantastic Mr. Fox
Richard Atwater, Mr. Popper's Penguins
Shel Silverstein, Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back
Randall Jarrell, Animal Family
Growing Readers:
Michael Bond, A Bear Called Paddington
Avi, Poppy
Kate DiCamillo, The Tale of Despereaux; The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane
Dick King-Smith, Babe and other books
George Selden's Cricket in Times Square series
William Steig, Abel's Island
Solid Readers:
Walter R. Books, Freddy the Pig series
Walter Farley, Black Stallion series
Carl Hiasen, Hoot, Flush
A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh series
Dietlof. Reiche's I, Freddy series
E,B. White, Charlotte's Web (beware the sadness factor) and others


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I finally finished the Dicke Decke throw for Jackie, my sister. It isn't as big as originally planned and I had enough sock yarn scraps to make one three times this size, but time ran out. It's a good thing my sister's small! She can use it on the rare occasion when she actually sits still long enough to be cold.
Steven absolutely loved helping me make this blanket! He usually prefers to knead the soft, fleece throws in our house, but I think he liked the wool smell from the yarn.
Speaking of Steven, he is ending 2011 on the wrong foot… or might I say three feet, rather than four. The little fellow was just fine and running around like usual two nights ago then all of a sudden he started crying and limping. He even hissed at my DH, which shocked everyone, because he worships the only other male in the house. We discovered one of the pads on his rear, right foot was split open and it looked like the flesh was oozing out. A2 had accidentally broken a glass Christmas ornament earlier that day and we think he stepped on a piece of the glass. The next morning I called the vet and took him in immediately. He proclaimed that our Christmas ornament theory was incorrect. What really happened was this… Steven was outside, where he encountered a strange cat. The other cat was even bigger than Steven, and possibly even a feral stray. The two got into a fight and as Steven turned to run away the other cat bit his foot, snagging a tooth on his rear, right paw pad. Of course this proclamation was followed up by a lecture about letting him go outside and the fact that we were overdue on his booster shots, which meant that Steve needed all kinds of blood work to rule out him dying a horrible, slow death. The vet literally spent 30 seconds, maximum, looking at his injury. He then left the room and a technician drew his blood and gave him the belated shots. We left with a prescription for an antibiotic and a $185.00 bill. For that price they could have at least thrown in one of those nifty head cones.
The vet drama didn't end with a psychic diagnosis. The receptionist reprimanded me for being neglectful of my other pets because they too are overdue for booster shots. She told me to bring in Bonny and Roxanna immediately. Their bill would be $300.00 to get them up to date, including the office calls and three shots apiece. When I told her we didn't have a spare $300.00 right now she became even snarkier and suggested we buy health insurance for our animals. By this time I'd reached the end of my patience so I snapped back at her that dental care for me and my children would take priority over pet health insurance. I made the appointment to bring them in, but when I got home phone calls were made to other area veterinarians. A friend recommended her own vet so I called his office. Long story short, he saw both cats yesterday, gave them the identical vaccinations, cleaned Roxanna's ears and treated her for ear mites and the bill was still $100.00 less than the estimate from my former vet. When I called the f.v.'s office to cancel the appointment I told the receptionist why we were leaving. She didn't seem to give a rat's arse. I have no intentions on paying more just so Dr. Omniscient can unravel the great mysteries of the pet universe.
His foot is still swollen and he can't bear weight on it, but hopefully the antibiotics and time will help. And yes, I know that owning and caring for pets is an undertaking we chose and I was remiss in my responsibilities. We really do love our animals and care for them to the best of our abilities, but time and money don't always allow for us to stay on-top of things. This is the main reason we don't have more animals. Truth be told, I'm behind in my own health maintenance and my car needs its oil changed as well. Scoldings from the doctor and a mechanic are probably imminent. I confess that I'm not the best at remembering things, but I do try. And yes, I do write myself notes, I'm just kind of a lost cause when it comes to organization. Hope everyone is enjoying these last hours of 2011. Cheers!


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Last year I designed a new website for EQ swimwear, a swimsuit company based out of Portland, Oregon. I worked on the new logo and Ellen, the owner, liked my work and our working relationship so much she asked me to do the website too. Created the artwork, got it approved, built the rest, made the countless changes, had a programmer program it, there was some issues with the back end and it went nowhere for awhile. Then tonight I got the notice that it's up. Sweet surprise. I've got a long way to go before I start designing some really kick butt websites but this one is okay. Still learning. I'm primarily an Identity (logos) and Print (publications, brochures, printed paper) designer.
Check it out here: EQ Swimwear
Wednesday, March 14, 2007
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So the first week of of the Summer Semester is over.
Chemistry and Calculus will surely be ruling my days for the next eight weeks and I am not exactly looking forward to it. Hopefully I will get to squeeze in some knitting between all the numbers and relax some in order to keep my sanity before the intense Fall semester I have lined up.
It will all be worth it in the end right?
(as always, clicking on the photos will take you to the item in the shop :))
Friday, June 19, 2009
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glad its summer! calculus is a lot of work i bet
- June 19, 2009 at 10:01 AM
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There are different types of anxiety attacks; each one is attributed to a specific anxiety disorder. These include such disorders as generalized anxiety disorder or GAD, obsessive compulsive disorder or OCD, panic disorder/panic attacks, phobias, separation anxiety and social phobia/anxiety.
Anxiety attacks triggered off when suffering from GAD (generalized anxiety disorder) can be due to constant fears and worries about daily activities or continued feelings that a bad event may occur. This disorder can trigger off the worst of anxiety attacks because the patient is suffering from worry and fear almost all the time, while dealing with physical afflictions like fatigue, upset stomachs and headaches.
Attacks triggered off when suffering from obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) can be due to the impossibility to control or stop behaviors or thoughts. These thoughts become stressful to the point of obsession, so much so that the constant concerns cause anxiety attacks or not acting to prevent something can also cause an attack.
When a patient is suffering from panic disorder, the subsequent anxiety attacks can be triggered again and again by attacks lasting as long as thirty plus minutes, and may be accompanied with or without agoraphobia ( fear of being stuck somewhere where getting assistance or escaping would be hard during an anxiety attack). Most people in this situation will avoid enclosed spaces or public places.
A patient that is suffering from some form of phobia or extreme fear of something may go to extraordinary measures to avoid situations and things that can invoke their fears. However, the anxiety from this and the situation they are trying to avoid, if they cannot avoid it, may trigger of anxiety attacks fuelled by irrational fears that to them in reality pose no real danger, but in their minds can cause extreme shock.
Anxiety attacks can become a part of separation anxiety and are most especially experienced by children when separated from their parents or far from home. It is quite commonly seen in the playground with young children who are starting school for the first time a child in what appears to be hysterical floods of tears and gasping. However, this type of anxiety attack should disappear as the child gets older and used to the process of separation and return. If not, the child could be suffering from separation anxiety disorder.
Anxiety attacks are most commonly found with social anxiety and social phobia. An attack can easily be triggered by an intense fear of public humiliation, embarrassment, ridicule and negativity from other people, especially those they don't even know. The attacks may vary in length and even be the result of an unnatural level of shyness. In the case where severe anxiety attacks may occur, patients usually avoid situations and any type of socialization possible, even isolating themselves from others over long periods of time. The milder form of this can be classified as stage fright and the attacks from these can vary according to the trauma felt by the patient.
Though anxiety attacks vary in their severity, length and intensity, they are triggered by certain fears, concerns, stresses and other anxieties attributed usually to an anxiety disorder. In some cases the anxiety attacks are just simply so mild that most people do not even recognize it as a problem, just a normal reaction to a stressful situation. In other cases the attacks are so severe that they can last for days, only alleviated by the wave like way they decrease and then increase each time with more intensity as they build to a crescendo near the end of the attacks. In cases that are severe it becomes necessary for the patient to have medical intervention they have stopped functioning in their everyday lives, are unable to enjoy life, cannot tolerate social interactions and live in constant fear without good justification.


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Films — Live-Action
- 2001: A Space Odyssey was the first movie to show computer monitors projecting their images onto the user's face. This is pure Rule of Cool, because in order to get this effect in real life you'd have to be staring straight into the bulb of a projector. There were 16mm projectors behind all the flatscreens on the sets, so all Kubrick had to do was take the screens off.
- In City of the Dead, inside the Raven's Inn, a pronounced "roaring fire" effect is applied to the walls.
- In the flashback scene of Fangs of the Living Dead, weird patterns are projected on the walls of Malenka's laboratory.
- A short scene in Tombstone involving a traveling show features a decidedly low-tech version, where the effect of flickering flame (symbolizing Fire and Brimstone Hell in a reading of Faust) is created by having a stagehand slosh a half-full bottle of whiskey in front of the light.
Live-Action TV
- A "flickering light source" version is the Stargate in the Stargate-verse. To avoid CGI costs, the open gate is in many shots offscreen but its flickering light — produced by a stagehand warping a flexible mirror — illuminates the rest of the scene, and sound effects do the rest.
- Doctor Who:
- In the episode "The Seeds of Death", the launch countdown is projected onto Gia's face.
- For their (now-lost) story "The Myth Makers," the BBC used the Trojan horse's shadow, and model shots of the horse, to avoid the cost of building a full-size version.


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Hi folks.
Not wanting to upset people, I shall ask for a bit of info.
First off though: Telephoto. To me that means a lens which is not a zoom.
Though these days they seem to be called "primary" lenses I see/belive.
I have my 550D and would like to get a 35mm FAST lens.
The lenses I have only go to F4.5 I think at the fastest.
1.8 or 2 would be nice.
One place had canon lenses 35 and 50mm for $500-ish dollars and I explained I was only looking and researching.
To me that seems quite expensive.
I have heard that I can get a 35mm Canon for about $100-130.
That is a fair way from $500.
Why (do I want the lens)?
Well, I would like to try with small depth of fields to help me hone my "of what is it I am taking a picture?" skills.
With the lens I have, I am getting a big DOF and may be losing the impact of what I want as the subject.
Rather than have "everything" in focus.
So if I get a faster lens I can drop the DOF and really work at selecting what it is I want to be the thing in focus rather than .......
Yeah, I know my pictures posted here have been of "varying standards" and not really of any acceptable quality - from what has been said.
However, I want to keep trying, trying and trying.
Maybe one day things will click and I will have the "magic moment" from which things are better.
But to do so, I need to try things.
So there lies the question.
I am not going to say I am going to buy one tomorrow, or any time soon. I was just wondering the price, so I can budget it into things.


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here are the books i got for today.
will do a review on them soon!
<--- overall review of HK's economic position
<---it's about how important enzymes are to one's immune system... this kinda dietetics books are easy-read for me.
<---seems really interesting, though i'm not Yet a teacher or a mother.
<---a book that would spend a lot of time to digest
<---been waiting for Mr Tao's new book "until my neck gets long"
<--- instyle is my all-time favorite fashion magazine. got ripped by getting single issues in HK. figured that HMV has the lowest rate among all distributors.


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Thursday, October 2, 2008
Short and SWEEEEEEEEEET!!!
This is really short because I am sitting in the parking lot of Krystal's in Sevierville, TN using the free Wi-Fi so I can upload photos for you all.
I just wanted to share the photos and let everyone know SHE SAID YES!!!!!
That means that when I get home in May, I will be getting married to the love of my life and the most wonderful and beautiful woman in the world!!! The pix are jumbled up because I am losing battery fast.
Posted by John and Jeremy Strader at 9:42 PM
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Way to go John. Great news glad your back here for abit enjoy the cool weather and your family...Halli
- October 4, 2008 at 10:43 AM
- David M said...
The Thunder Run has linked to this post in the blog post From the Front: 10/06/2008 News and Personal dispatches from the front and the home front.
- October 6, 2008 at 7:49 AM
- AirmanMom said...
~AirmanMom returning to her blog...
- October 8, 2008 at 6:34 AM
WOW .......... this is so great!!!! Keep your chin up and your eyes open and we will see you at the wedding!!
- October 16, 2008 at 11:56 AM
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On 18 Jul 07 a panel of three officers and six enlisted members returned a guilty verdict against Cpl Trent D. Thomas for kidnapping and conspiracy to commit murder for his actions in Hamdania, Iraq. He was acquitted of unpremeditated murder, false official statement, larceny, and housebreaking. He will be sentenced by the same panel.
Two other Marines await trial for their actions connected to this case.


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text: In general? Because based on a few recent examples (Mighty No 9, No Man's Sky, etc), it seems like an awful lot of games are now being super hyped up but never quite manage to live up to it. Meanwhile, games with far lower expectations and quiet launches (like say, Minecraft) do well, because they're not promising the world and delivering nothing. But what do you think? Are a lot of games too overhyped now? Would it be better if they stopped trying to advertise various new games as if they were the second coming or something?


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By John Cheeran
Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) is in a blue funk. The world's richest and most powerful cricket body has little control over what is happening in Indian cricket. Its biggest brand IPL is stumped by its worst crisis since its inception in 2008. Three of its players (technically they belong to its franchise Rajasthan Royals) are in Delhi Police's custody. At the moment BCCI president N Srinivasan cannot defend or disown the tainted trio – S Sreesanth, Ajit Chandila and Ankeet Chavan - completely.
On Sunday, BCCI working committee met in Chennai but could not come up with any bold suggestion to make cricket in India and, specifically, IPL T20 matches, corruption-free. One way could have been making franchises accountable for the actions of its players. If Rajasthan Royals players have been proved to have acted in a manner that influenced the outcome of the game, the team itself should be thrown out of the league.
And not just players. If anyone belonging to the team management or owners themselves attempt things that make it easier for bookmakers, the BCCI should throw the franchise out of the IPL. It would hurt. But unfortunately BCCI is not in a position to propose any such thing. Instead, it says it cannot control bookies. Srinivasan says the BCCI does not encourage betting. To quote the 'old sport' during the press meet in Chennai: "We don't encourage betting, we do not encourage anything." That's a valid point, that the BCCI does not encourage anything.
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This month's Third Friday Workshop at Bead In Hand is so popular we have had to schedule a second one for Saturday, June 22, 3:00 – 5:00 pm ($10, materials extra).
This is a great travel activity for kids (around age 8 & up) and adults. Making a bead & rings wrap bracelet is simple, requires almost no tools, and results in a very trendy piece of jewelry when finished. How exciting is that?
The Friday evening workshop is full, but there's plenty of room in the Saturday workshop. And if this doesn't fit into your schedule just stop in during regular hours and we can show you the highlights for this simple technique. Once the pieces of cord are cut to their desired length, no other tools are required, making it compact to pack up and bring in car or plane.
Bead In Hand is open every day except Wednesdays and welcomes drop-in visitors and first-timers. We offer a variety of beading classes as well as birthday parties and jewelry repair. Visit our website at www.beadinhand.com or call at 708-848-1761. You can pay for a class or workshop online with PayPal, over the phone or in person.


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Monday, April 18, 2011
I never thought that I cared much about aging...
7 comments:
- thegreatestshowonearth said...
If I've learned anything it is: the public is not to be trusted and/or taken seriously. One day they're asking me for ID and if I'm in a sorority, the next day I'm getting asked if I am Breanne's mom. And one day the guy at the movie theater asked if Jana and I were twins! Come on, real life twins are not like the movie TWINS (I am at least twice her size).
- April 19, 2011 at 3:07 AM
- nrozier said...
OUCH! Reminds me of the time that you were at the mall in OC with Robin right after she had Hailey and people thought you and Whitney were also her kids even though she was like 26 at the time.
Or the time I was at lunch with Mom and Aunt Laurie in Nevada City and some man approached us and said "How cute! Three generations out to lunch!" Thinking about it still makes me cringe.
- April 19, 2011 at 9:19 AM
- Jana said...
I am equally offended that he thought I was in middle school or something. I swear, people see more than one blonde girl and they 1. lose all ability to think rationally and 2. assume all blondes area related. Hello? Peroxide, sir?
- April 19, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- kat said...
There is no way you look like you could be her mom! When we first moved into our ward, we had a guy ask if I was Mark's daughter. Really?! Another lady in the ward has told me multiple times she thought I was 12 years old which is more offensive to me since she actually has a 12 year old and knows what one should look like. I don't care about aging that much either, but it's hard not to let some comments get under your skin.
- April 20, 2011 at 10:46 AM
- Laurel said...
yet another fabulous little story to add to your collection! you DO NOT look old. can't wait to see you as a beautiful, YOUNG bride next month.
- April 20, 2011 at 12:27 PM
- Richard said...
The two old codgers in your office yesterday seemed to think you were in high school...if you average it all out you come out mid-twenties, just right.
- April 20, 2011 at 12:52 PM
- Richard said...
Anything new in your life since this last posting??
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Screenshot, "Dancing With the Stars," featuring contestant Rick Perry
Yesterday, I was reaching to try to show a little optimism, here and there, on Trump's choices for his cabinet and other high level appointed jobs. But let's be honest. There's much more to suggest that Trump is actually just trolling the American people . . . just because he can. This is the juvenile mentality that refused to invite the head of Twitter to his Tuesday meeting with leaders of the tech industry, because he had overruled Trump's request that Twitter create a "Crooked Hillary" emoji for people to use with the hashtag of that same name.
The latest is the outrageous choice of Rick Perry for Secretary of Energy, a job that includes steering energy policy -- not just coal and oil but nuclear energy, as well as the new field of renewable energy. This cabinet officer also oversees the National Nuclear Security Administration, which is responsible for the integrity and safety of our nuclear arsenal and for dealing with other nations on nuclear nonproliferation. It commands 60% of our energy budget. Is Rick Perry up to that job? His last gig was as a contestant on "Dancing With the Stars" (photo above); he was eliminated in an early round.
The current Energy Secretary is a Nobel Prize winning physicist; three of the last four secretaries have been physicists, which seems pretty logical. Perry has a bachelor's degree in animal science from Texas A and M. Richard Eskow, a Senior Fellow at the Campaign for America's Future, suggests that with his appointments Trump is not just making bad choices, he is actually showing "deliberate mockery of their departments, and of government itself."
Is Trump wanting to take us back to our pre-nuclear days of reliance on fossil fuels? He's chosen a Secretary of State who is CEO of Exxon-Mobile, but at least no one has called Tillerson dumb. If the Energy Department dealt only with fossil fuel energy, there might be a case to be made for Perry -- in a Trump cabinet, that is, where his climate-change denial fits right in. And Perry, as Texas governor, did promote extraction of oil and gas; he did promote wind energy and upgraded power lines to bring electricity generated from wind farms to the urban areas. But does Perry know anything about nuclear energy? Anything about negotiating nuclear non-proliferation treaties? Does Trump regard this as a serious appointment?
The Energy department now has more to do with nuclear treaties and national security than it does drilling for oil. More to do with carbon emissions policy than with coal mining. Does Trump know this? Does Perry? Does the transition team? Written questions from the transition team to the department indicate that they don't understand the department's scope.
Rick Perry has two claims to fame: he has good hair; and he famously bombed on the presidential debate stage when he was asked to name the three government departments he said he would eliminate as president -- and could only remember two of them. That's when he had his "Oops" moment. It was the Energy Department he couldn't remember. Now Trump wants to put him in charge of it???
Surely, he's kidding. Gov. Oops in charge of our nuclear safety? Do you know what that job calls for, Mr. Trump? Do you even care that Perry is a terrible choice?


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Diggin' In The Crate pt.8
First up we have "You Can't Turn Me Away" by Sylvia Striplin. This track was first released as a b-side of the single "Give Me Your Love" in 1980, and featured on the album also called "Give Me Your Love" . This was Sylvia's only solo album, although she was also a member of Aquarian Dream as well as Roy Ayers' Eighties Ladies outfit.
The track is now better known for being sampled by Junior MAFIA on their hit "Get Money".
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Next up we've got "Down Here On The Ground" by Grant Green & Dianne Reeves. This track is taken from Grant Green's 1970 album, "Alive!" on Blue Note Records. This is possibly his best known album for beat diggers and funk fans. This track is best known for being sampled by A Tribe Called Quest on "Vibes and Stuff" as well as Cypress Hill's "Stoned Is The Way Of The Walk".
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Intellectuals & Academics » Economists » JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES
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|: John Maynard Keynes
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|: 05-06-1883
|: CambridgeApril
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|: 21-04-1946
|: John Neville Keynes,
|: Florence Ada Keynes
|: Sir Geoffrey Keynes, Margaret Neville Keynes
|: Lydia Lopokova (m. 1925-1946)
|: Sir Geoffrey Keynes
|: King's College Cambridge Eton College University of Cambridge
|: Economists
Keynesian economics gets its name, theories and principles from the great Economist, John Maynard Keynes who changed the world of economics. John Maynard Keynes was a British economist who transformed the widely followed traditional economic theories to make way for revolutionary economic theories. Keynes is the creator and initiator of the use of fiscal and monetary measures that are used to bring down the crisis situations brought about by economic recessions and depressions. Keynes' thoughts and theories are followed and referred even today by economists and economy students. Keyneisan ideas have been adopted by many political figures to bring positive changes in economic stability in nations around the world. Some of the notable Keynesian economics adopters are Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama of the United States, Prime Minister Gordon Brown of the United Kingdom. Capitalist nations and countries taking up the cause of social liberalism have strictly followed Keynes' economic path to build their nations. It was after Keynes that the world started viewing the theory and practice of modern macroeconomics in a bigger and better manner. The much influential Keynesian economics have made way into several economic policies of governments. John Maynard Keynes is regarded as the founding father of modern macroeconomics.
Keynes started his career as a civil servant which began in October 1906 when he joined as a clerk in the India Office. Initially Keynes loved what he was doing but by 1908 he got bored and resigned from his office. He left for Cambridge to study and work on probability theory. This mathematical project was initially started out by funding meted out by Keynes' father and the economist Arthur Pigou. In 1909 Keynes came out with his very first professional economics article which was published in the 'Economics Journal'. It talked about the plausible effects the global economic downturn on India could have. In 1909 Keynes was invited to join Cambridge as a lecturer in economics. This was a course that was personally funded by Alfred Marshall. Keynes became richer with his growing earnings as a lecturer and also by giving private tuitions to his students. Keynes also earned as a research fellow in Cambridge. In 1911 Keynes became the editor of the 'Economic Journal'. By 1913 Keynes came out with his first published book, 'Indian Currency and Finance'. It was in this year that Keynes got noticed and was appointed as a member of the 'Royal Commission on Indian Currency and Finance'.
Keynes' expertise soon became popular making him get a call from the British Government to take up a role in the First World War. Formally Keynes had not resumed civil service in 1914 but he travelled to London on governments' request, days before the war. Keynes played a key role in advising the Chancellor of the Exchequer (then Lloyd George) to not support the bankers' demands of suspending specie payments by converting bank notes into gold. Keynes stated that the city's reputation would be hurt if payments were stopped. In January 1915 Keynes was recruited as an official government position at the Treasury. Keynes designed British credit terms with its war allies and also laid down the plan of collecting scarce currencies. Keynes was greatly appreciated for his role and tremendous contributions in governmental theory formulations. According to economist Robert Lekachman Keynes' "nerve and mastery became legendary". It was the event of King's Birthday Honours in 1917 when Keynes was made the 'Companion of the Order of the Bath' as his appreciation for wartime contributions. This was a turning point in Keynes' career and future life. In 1919 Keynes moved forward by being appointed as the financial representative for the Treasury in the 19' Versailles peace conference. Simultaneously Keynes was recruited as the Officer of the Belgian Order of Leopold.
Treaty of Versailles was significant for Keynes as he had a leading role to play in it. Keynes aimed at decreasing Germany's war reparation as he wanted to help the nation and her people to grow. However, Keynes was excluded from the Treasury as the 1918 coupon election decided to keep out Keynes from taking part in high level talks concerning reparations. Keynes was unsuccessful in the Treaty which completely damaged his moral. Soon he resigned from the Treasury.
In June 1919 Keynes did not take the offer of a chairman of the British Bank of Northern Commerce which was a salaried job of £2000. Keynes was highly disgusted with the damaging treaty. He analysed the treaty and worked upon its damaging impacts which later appeared in his book 'The Economic Consequences of the Peace' published in 1919. Keynes upheld his brilliance as an Economist in the book. His book not only portrayed economic analyses but also urged readers' compassion for Germany. Keynes wrote, "I cannot leave this subject as though its just treatment wholly depended either on our own pledges or on economic facts. The policy of reducing Germany to servitude for a generation, of degrading the lives of millions of human beings, and of depriving a whole nation of happiness should be abhorrent and detestable,--abhorrent and detestable, even if it were possible, even if it enriched ourselves, even if it did not sow the decay of the whole civilised life of Europe." Keynes made superb predictions of future (bringing out senses of compassion from readers) "If we aim deliberately at the impoverishment of Central Europe, vengeance, I dare predict, will not limp. Nothing can then delay for very long that final war between the forces of Reaction and the despairing convulsions of Revolution, before which the horrors of the late German war will fade into nothing" All that Keynes had predicted came out real when Germany went through its hyperinflation in the Weimar Republic between 1921 and 1923 resulting in the downfall of the Republic which brought about the World War II. With his 'The Economic Consequences of the Peace' Keynes was looked upon as a world figure who talked about anti-establishment. His world fame made Keynes being offered a directorship of a major British Bank.
John Maynard Keynes was born on 5 June 1883 in Cambridge, England to a middle class family. Keynes was the eldest child in a family of three children born to father John Neville Keynes who was an economist and a lecturer in moral sciences at the University of Cambridge and mother Florence Ada Keynes who was a local social reformer. Keynes was given love and attention as a child by his parents.
Keynes received his primary education at home and in kindergarten. He went to St Faith's preparatory school as a day pupil from 1892-1897. Keynes was a brilliant student according to his teachers but had a careless nature and lacked determination in studies.
Keynes was to known to have several romantic and sexual relationships with men. Keynes had been in love with artist Duncan Grant, whom he met in 1908. According to other records Keynes was also involved with writer Lytton Strachey. Keynes had been open about his homosexual affairs. In the period between 1901 to1915 he maintained separate diaries in which he tabulated his many homosexual encounters. In 1921 Keynes fell in love with Lydia Lopokova, a well-known Russian ballerina, and one of the stars of Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes with whom he got married in 1925.
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Jake has taken RHW by storm, and has disposed of all opponents that have come his way. In this match, hes up against a newcomer, Gunner Bayani. Gunner comes to Rock Hard by way of an Indy wrestling federation. Hes known for his fast paced action and his aerial assaults on his opponents. Hes confident in his abilities, but will that be enough to take out the machine, Jake? The match opens with Jake in his signature red square cuts and black boots, his muscular body looking as ripped as ever. Gunner is clad in black pro square cuts and black boots, and has a slight height advantage over Jake. Gunner starts right away with the smack talk, saying all this waiting, and this is what I get? while Jake just sort of grins back at him. They circle in center ring and Gunner takes the early control with an arm lock, then whips Jake across his shoulder down to the mat. He stomps on him a few times, lifts him to his feet, tosses him across the ring, and delivers a flying leg whip to Jakes midsection. Jake is down on the mat, somewhat stunned as to how this match has started. Jake has had the upper hand in his previous matches, but Gunner has come out blazing early in this first round, showing Jake his pro skills. Gunner tosses Jake into the corner, runs across the ring, and plants a full body splash against Jakes muscled torso. He then delivers a few hard chops to Jakes pecs that leave a glowing red welt. When Gunner climbs to the second rope and pounces across Jake with a full body splash, he attempts a count out, but Jake is easily able to kick out. Jake takes the opportunity to gain control with a shoulder whip on Gunner, and then plants a full force double leg drop kick to Gunners midsection. This startles Gunner, and Jake starts beating up on the Indy wrestler. Jake picks him up, walks him over to the corner turnbuckle, and hangs him upside down in a tree of woe, then starts pounding and stomping away on Gunners abs, asking does that hurt, does that hurt? Jake continues his assault on the lean muscled Indy wrestler, making him suffer through his arsenal of amateur and pro style moves. Jake tosses Gunner across the ring setting him up for a flying body slam, and then straddles the Indy wrestler on the mat and pounds away on his chest. Jake has all the momentum, and continues to just punish Gunners body with body slams, boston crabs, and MMA style arm bar submission holds. The machine Jake attempts to get a submission out of Gunner while straddling his back and cranking up with a chin lock, but when Gunner wont submit, that has Jake shoving his face into the mat, taunting the Indy wrestler to eat the mat! Once Jake delivers another double leg drop kick to Gunners chest, the energy has been drained from his body, and Jake rolls him up and over onto his shoulders and counts out a 1-2-3 pin count for victory in round one. Jake the machine just wont be stopped, and as he taunts his opponent asking that losing feels good? he gives his fans a double bicep flex.
As round two begins, Jake picks up where he left off placing a few knees to Gunners midsection and follows that up with a back handed chop to his pecs. It appears that Jake is going to be in total control of this round, until Gunner ducks under a clothesline, slings back across the ring, and delivers a clothesline of his own right across Jakes sweaty chest. Gunner is intent on proving his skills here at RHW, and he starts to put Jake through a series of torturous holds, keying in on destroying his left leg. He asks Jake to submit to a leg lock and choke hold combination, but Jake refuses and is able to slip out of the hold and ends up straddling Gunner and locking on a reverse wrist lock that has the Indy wrestler crying out in pain. Jakes been able to transfer his amateur wrestling skills to the ring very well, and he starts putting a pounding on his smaller opponent, utilizing all four corners of the ring. Gunner summons up enough fortitude to make a comeback and delivers a punishing cross body splash against Jake in the corner, then picks him up for a reverse neck drop that has his sweat drenched torso squirming in pain. But when Gunner climbs up to the second rope and attempts another one of his high flying aerial maneuvers, Jake catches the lightweight in mid-air and cross body slams him into the mat. Gunner has the wind knocked right out of him and is laid out flat, then Jake seizes the moment to lift him up over his shoulders into an over the back torture rack. While Gunner screams out in pain, Jake parades him around the ring across his muscular back, bouncing him up and down like a rag doll to inflict more pain, until Gunner finally has no other choice but to scream out I give, I give. Jake drops his lifeless body to the mat and proclaims game over. Round two and the match goes to Jake the machine, as he continues his attack on the RHW roster!
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