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BROOMFIELD, Colo., March 7, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Hiball Energy, the pioneer of sparkling energy water and organic energy drinks, is set to launch four of its most popular sparkling energy water flavors and two flavors of its organic energy drinks including a new Ginger Ale Flavor in Ball Corporation's conveniently sized 8.4oz. aluminum cans today at the Natural Products Expo West in Anaheim, Calif.
"There are three main reasons for us to expand into the smaller 8.4oz. can," said Todd Berardi, founder and president of Hiball Energy. "Consumer demand is our primary driver. Many of our female consumers asked us for a smaller size for a variety of reasons, including being easier to carry, wanting less to consume in a single sitting and being able to fit Hiball in a purse without adding too much weight and space. We also received many requests from our on-premise food and corporate campus accounts for a smaller can that their on-the-go patrons could take with them at a lower price point. Lastly, the smaller cans also allow for more flexible single-serve and multi-serve four-pack display opportunities at key retailers."
Similar to Hiball's 16oz. offerings, the new 8.4oz. cans aim to enhance consumers' experiences further by using Ball's "cold activation" technology. A pattern of sparkling dots on the can turn from white to blue when the cans reach a temperature of 45 degrees F (8 degrees C), indicating that the beverage inside is at an optimal drinking temperature.
"Beverage brand owners continue to offer more specialty sizes and shapes of aluminum cans and bottles to meet consumer demand for the right product in the right package for the right occasion," said Bruce Doelling, vice president, sales for Ball's North American metal beverage business. "The functional benefits of the can, including its abilities to chill faster, retain carbonation and provide fantastic portability, are matched by its 100-percent infinite recyclability, making it the most sustainable package for sparkling energy water and organic energy drinks."
Hiball will be showcasing its new 8.4oz. cans today through Sunday at the Anaheim Convention Center. Show attendees are invited to stop by and check out the new lineup at booth #4810.
About Hiball Energy
Hiball Energy is the pioneer of energy drinks for the health-conscious consumer: premium, refreshing, sparkling energy waters and organic energy drinks made with organic and fair trade ingredients whenever possible. Hiball Energy products contain a proprietary organic energy blend of guarana, ginseng and caffeine with the addition of B-Vitamins (B3, B5, B6, B12). Hiball Energy is currently the fastest growing natural/organic energy drink brand according to SPINS and is sold nationally at fine retailers. Please visit http://www.hiballer.com for more information.
About Ball Corporation
Ball Corporation supplies innovative, sustainable packaging solutions for beverage, food and household products customers, as well as aerospace and other technologies and services primarily for the U.S. government. Ball Corporation and its subsidiaries employ 14,500 people worldwide and reported 2013 sales of $8.5 billion. For more information, visit www.ball.com, or connect with us on Facebook or Twitter.
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"Bloodhound" was not a book I followed regularly when it was published by DC Comics. The only time I picked it up was "Bloodhound" #5 when it crossed over with Dan Jolley's other series at the time: "Firestorm." I vaguely remember enjoying the story. When I saw Jolley reunited with the "Bloodhound" title in "Dark Horse Presents," I made sure to sample the universe-agnostic series. I'm glad I did.
Despite "Bloodhound: Crowbar Medicine" #2 being the second issue in Dark Horse's recent offering of the Dan Jolley-written, Leonard Kirk-drawn iteration of the series, this comic book is open and welcoming to new readers, dropping Travis "Clev" Clevenger into a new situation that builds upon his experience both in this volume and the previous. To help accommodate the adjustment and quench the thirst for backstory, Dark Horse provides a snappy summary inside the front cover of this issue under the label, "Number 12 in a series." Reading that blurb does provide some background, but the story itself quickly defines Clev for readers new and old alike.
A take no-crap kind of guy with his own moral code, Clev is nicely defined in Jolley's story. Telling Army Intelligence Major Wayne Boudreau to "kiss the hairiest part of my ass" gives Clev a chance to show his true colors and his rough and tumble attitude. Alongside an encounter with Terminus (another super-powered character), the situation provides chuckles and illuminates Jolley's ability to balance character development, personality and dramatic circumstance. Jolley throws in the subplot of a scheming scientist looking to arm the general public with super powers of their own through his remarkable "power chip."
While fans wait for his work to grace "Fantastic Four" from Marvel, Leonard Kirk shows that he is every bit as solid in his characters and storytelling as ever. His characters have a range of physical appearances and a true variance in emotions and reactions. Kirk has always been smart about his application of detail, which carries through to the knobs on the kitchen cabinet over the shoulder of one character in a panel buried in the middle of "Bloodhound: Crowbar Medicine" #2. Moose Baumann's colors are spot on, as on that same page, projected light from the television washes over a couple with expected, accurately rendered, wavy unevenness. Kirk's command of the characters and their situations hits a bit of a snag in the middle of the book as Terminus appears, but that wobble is passing and emphasizes the shock of the characters in the panels nicely.
Fans of Jonah Hex, Quantum and Woody and other confidently irreverent characters will find plenty to love here in Travis Clevenger, who despite his gruffness, manages to project likability. Clev is armed with an attitude certain to appeal to fans of the rougher-hewn comic book fan-favorites. Between this, the offerings from Valiant that I've sampled and a handful of Image books, I'm considering a split from the big two to be a little bit more attractive every Wednesday. With everyone jumping on comic IPs to launch television and movie franchises, "Bloodhound: Crowbar Medicine" #2 is a godsend. The concept is so wonderfully fleshed out that Jolley and Kirk can almost assuredly count the minutes until this character is optioned for other media. Jolley and Kirk have provided a great story to encourage new readers to latch on.

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The Circuit Circuit Court Case Files
The case files series consists of civil, criminal and chancery (equity) actions filed in the St. Louis Circuit court, its predecessors and subsidiary courts.
*Total Current Volume
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Selected cases, post 1835, 39 cubic feet
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St. Louis Circuit Court, Office of the Circuit Clerk
All records were created in the course of business by the Circuit Court, its inferior courts, and predecessors as provided for by federal and state law. Upon the separation of St. Louis City and St. Louis County in 1875, the city retained custody of all court records previously produced. These records have remained in the custody of the St. Louis Circuit Court since that time, both in the historic Old Courthouse constructed in 1839-1852 and the Civil Courts Building constructed in 1930. The records are now housed at the Missouri State Archives-St. Louis.
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The St. Louis Circuit Court case files possess exceptional evidential, informational, and intrinsic value. They document the legal basis of the early court system, profile local individuals of national prominence, and illustrate broad themes of American intellectual and social history.
The bulk of the case files involve civil suits brought by ordinary men and women pursuing justice in disputes over debts, damages and broken promises. Criminal case files dealing with theft, destruction of property, slander, and murder are also well represented. Chancery cases are less numerous, but deal with the equitable distribution of property such as in divorce and land partition cases.
Prominent historical figures featured in these records include Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, and Moses and Stephen F. Austin. Other cases involve Missouri's most important nineteenth century U.S. Senator, Thomas Hart Benton, St. Louis's founder Auguste Chouteau, and fur-trade entrepreneur Manual Lisa. The original Dred Scott case (view additional resources) is just one of over 280 freedom suits.
The case files also contain many thousands of pages related to the early fur trade, steamboats, western travel, territorial militia, Indian relations, divorce, immigration, business, commerce, and the Civil War and Reconstruction.
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This series consists of civil, criminal and chancery (equity) action filed in the St. Louis Circuit court, its predecessors and subsidiary courts. Some of the oldest documents in the case files date from as early as 1787.
Case files often include originals or copies of documents from inferior courts such as justices of the peace. These documents pertain to cases in the St. Louis Circuit Court or its predecessors and were transferred by Justices of the Peace on appeal or writ of certiorari from the higher court.
Many of the cases do not include the verdict, judgment, or final resolution of the case, however this information can be found in the corresponding indexed record books.
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Case files may consist of the following: hand-written documents or document fragments; preprinted summonses with handwritten entries; and newspaper clippings or advertisements. A small quantity of documents is written in French or Spanish.
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Of those records processed thus far, each tri-folded case file has been flattened and cleaned of dirt and coal dust that had accumulated through the years. Items used to attach documents, such as straight pins, ribbons, wax, thread and starch wafers have been removed to allow for filming and scanning. Due to age, environment, use, and paper type, many of the documents have sustained damage over the years and are very fragile. These documents have been placed in protective polyester sleeves. Selected documents will receive additional conservation treatment. All case files have been housed in archival folders and boxes.
As each cubic foot of tri-folded unprocessed case files undergoes processing and re-housing it will expand to approximately 3 cubic feet.
All circuit court case files are arranged in chronological order by Year, Term of Court, and Case Number, as assigned by the clerk of court. Documents within each case file are arranged chronologically by date filed with the court.
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Oversized records have been removed from the case files to permit flattening, provide proper safe storage and handling, and access. References to the separated material have been placed in each folder from which documents have been removed.
The Missouri Historical Society has in its collection case files and other records from the St. Louis Circuit Court which date from 1804 to 1967 (Box list, Saint Louis (Mo.). Circuit Court Records, 1804-1967, Missouri Historical Society, St. Louis).
Any additional gaps that occur in the records series are due to misfile, loss or damage.
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The Missouri State Archives and the American Culture Studies Program at Washington University in St. Louis have worked to produce an on-line, keyword searchable database of all processed Circuit Court cases to facilitate locating specific cases or subjects.
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Shareholders at New York Community Bancorp (NYSE:NYCB) voted on Friday to reject the compensation plan governing pay for the bank's top executives. Is this a sign of trouble to come? Or does it mean something else?
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It may no longer be the official Holden Racing Team (HRT), but the hunger to win is still as strong as ever at Mobil 1 HSV Racing.
V8X Supercar Magazine looks at the Walksinshaw Racing's off-season transformation from the Holden Racing Team to Mobil 1 HSV Racing in issue #98.
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In August last year, Holden confirmed the Walkinshaw camp's worst fears. The Australian arm of General Motors was taking the HRT moniker and the official factory team status away from the Melbourne-based team and was handing it to Roland Dane's Red Bull-sponsored outfit in Queensland.
This announcement followed decisions from both Holden and Ford that they are withdrawing from manufacturing in Australia, a situation that will seriously change the face of Supercars.
Holden's decision to relocate the HRT brand ended a three-decade partnership between Holden and the team based next door to the Holden Special Vehicles (HSV) factory in the Melbourne suburb of Clayton.
The partnership had been a fruitful one, which included six championship trophies (three each for Mark Skaife and Craig Lowndes) and seven Bathurst 1000 victories (starting with the famous Win Percy and Allan Grice win in 1990). But the reality was that, from a results point of view, the team had fallen on tough times in the past five years, while Dane's team had dominated the Supercars scene.
The significance of losing the HRT name cannot be underestimated. The Holden Racing Team brand is one of the strongest in Australian motorsport, with the merchandise sales at the team's peak rumoured to be worth around $1 million a year.
This decision would be the Formula 1 equivalent of FIAT taking the Ferrari moniker away from the current Maranello-based team and giving it to another team in the pitlane.
There was much speculation after the initial shock of the announcement as to what the Walkinshaw camp would call its team for 2017 and beyond, but it was no real surprise that it revived its HSV Racing moniker.
Back in the mid-2000s, the Clayton team campaigned four cars in the championship – two under the banner of the Holden Racing Team, while the other two were raced using the HSV Dealer Team name. The Walkinshaw family, which owns the team, is also the proprietor of modified Holden road car specialist, Holden Special Vehicles.
HSV Dealer Team was incredibly successful in its short-lived history having won the championship in both 2006 with Rick Kelly and 2007 with Garth Tander.
While many may have seen the stripping of the HRT name as a kick in the guts that would take some recovering from, HSV Racing team manager Adrian Burgess was determined not to let it take the focus of the team away from winning races and being competitive in 2017.
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So having worked as a network engineer for little over a month now I have come to the sad sad realization that the books can not teach me everything about networking. This fact was essentially enforced when I was racking the Nexus 7010/5548s. You really do not realize how many more things go into a data center then just servers, routers, and switches. So much planning and meetings with various vendors to discuss topics ranging from cooling to electricity. It really is all just overwhelming for me at times. One thing that I also find myself somewhat lost in is fiber connectivity. There are so many different kinds of connectors and the idea of fiber patch panels somewhat confuses me as well. I am starting to get a grasp of it a little more and I am sure as I build up our new data center I will get to see how everything is interconnected. Which in turn I hope clears up any confusion I may have.
Today I also ordered Todd Lammle's CCNA Data Center (640-911) book. The reason I bought this is because I need to get a better understanding of Cisco Nexus at a basic level asap. I am going to have the opportunity to play with the Nexus in a test environment for a few weeks so I want to take advantage of that as much as I can. I am not losing focus on my CCNP studies, that is still my number one priority. However after I pass CCNP I hope to go for my CCNA Data Center as well as CCDA.


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Near Hancock in Washington County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Sideling Hill and Town Hill Mountains
The ridge to the west is Town Hill, a syncline like Sideling Hill. What looks like an end to the hill is a cut, eroded by a river which might have been bigger than today's Potomac River. Town Hill extends tens of miles into Pennsylvania.
Marker series. This marker is included in the The Historic National Road marker series.
Location. 39° 43.148′ N, 78° 16.9′ W. Marker is near Hancock, Maryland, in Washington County. Marker is on the westbound Sideling Hill Visitors Center (Interstate 68 at milepost 75) west of Exit 77 (Maryland Route 144), on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker can also be reached from the eastbound Rest Area by crossing the footbridge. Marker is in this post office area: Hancock MD 21750, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Sideling Hill Cut South Bench (within shouting distance of this marker); Sideling Hill Cut North Bench The National Road (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); The Challenge of Sideling Hill (about 300 feet away); Gettysburg Campaign (about 300 feet away); Interstate 68 Maryland Vietnam Memorial (about 700 feet away); a different marker also named Gettysburg Campaign (approx. ¼ mile away); Round Top Sand Company (approx. 4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Hancock.
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When I was a kid, every school I ever attended gave me a free lunch because I was poor and skinny, conditions which, alas, do not persist to this day. While I am still poor, I am no longer skinny.
I ate all the free food they gave me not because it was good but beCause I was hungry. I would have eaten dog food had they slapped it down on my tray and, in fact, I think that's what the Thursday meat loaf was all about.
Rather than growing up grateful for the system's efforts at keeping me alive, however, I grew up resenting school cafeterias. It wasn't just the food but the fact that every morning old lady Rangel would announce loudly that all poor children should line up against the south wall for their free-lunch tickets.
That was humiliating enough, but in addition she was a religious nut and with every lunch ticket handed out she would throw her head back and shout "Praise the Lord," which meant I had to hear "Praise the Lord" about 16 times every morning.


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This camera has a good, solid feel. The controls are easy to use and are not hidden away.
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San Antonio - the site of the bravely but disastrously fought Battle of the Alamo in 1836, an equally interesting Mission Trail of Catholic Spanish missions, and the famous River Walk on the San Antonio River, right through the heart of town. Oh don't misunderstand me here, it is not all educational/historical monuments and sites, there are also the money-making tourist venues: A theme park, Fiesta Texas; a water park and one close to town; an Imax theater; buggy rides; boat rides; walking/running/bicycle tours; and don't forget, geo-caches! And we did a fair amount of almost everything.
The skies remained totally overcast and fog enshrouded the area until way late in the afternoon. As a result, photos were hard to get. But hey, not a problem, surf the net and find what you want as long as you identify where it came from, right? (i.e. public domain) Well, we shall see!
The Torch of Friendship, downtown SA, a gift from Mexico
The best way to see a new town IMHO:
Nothing like a good cold morning and an equally cold wind while riding the open top of the double decker bus, to start the day off right.
Of course, we rode the boats and walked part of the walk. You can also walk/bicycle the whole thing or even kayak/canoe the outer reaches of it, neither of which we were inspired to do this go around.
The Museum of Art, on the RiverWalk as well as the double decker bus tour, a fantastic overview of world civilization. Found in a revamped Lone Star brewery complex, it offers permanent and traveling exhibitions:
The Alamo:
The Mission Trail, a series of 5 (used to be 6 in their heyday) missions along the San Antonio River:
And who could possibly ignore the Worlds largest cowboy boots (?):
Entrance to Sea World San Antonio:
where one has to go through in order to go to Aquatica,
I do so love to go to water parks, but alas, not in early spring where the temps are more conducive to ice skating than water fun.
And I could go on and on and on ....... but the time came all too quickly for our departure for Austin ... >


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According to the United Kingdom's 2011 census, the population of the city of Manchester, England was 503,100. The population of the county of Greater Manchester, which includes the city's suburban areas, was 2,682,500.
The population of the city of Manchester increased by 19 percent from 2001 to 2011, which the Office of National Statistics reports was the third largest in all of England and Wales. The growth of Greater Manchester was a significantly lower 6.61 percent. For context, the growth of England and Wales as a whole was 6.98 percent between 2001 and 2011. As of 2014, Manchester is the largest authority in northwest England.


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Four retailers have recently joined Marley Station Mall's hundreds of retail stores and restaurants in Glen Burnie.
Little Folks, Stash & Stella's, Trade Secrets, and Zacks Famous Frozen Yogurt have opened in the last few months, adding to the mix of merchandise and services available at the mall.
Little Folks, located on the upper level by Marley Station's center court, features a selection of moderately priced sportswear and casual clothing for children.


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A reprint of a classical work in the Cambridge Library Collection.
Richard Owen F.R.S. (1804-92) was a controversial and influential palaeontologist and anatomist. Owen studied medicine at the University of Edinburgh and at London's St Bartholomew's Hospital. He grew interested in anatomical research, and after qualifying he became assistant conservator in the museum of the Royal College of Surgeons, and then superintendent of natural history in the British Museum. He quickly became an authority on comparative anatomy and palaeontology, coining the term 'dinosaur' and founding the Natural History Museum. He was also a fierce critic of Darwin's theory of evolution by natural selection, and engaged in a long and bitter argument with Darwin's 'Bulldog', Thomas Huxley.
Published in 1866, this is the second book in a highly illustrated three-volume set that comprises a thorough overview of vertebrate anatomy. This volume focuses on the anatomy of birds, and includes the first part of the analysis of mammalian anatomy.
13. Characters of haematotherma
14. Osseous system of aves
15. Muscular system of aves
16. Nervous system of aves
17. Digestive system of aves
18. Absorbent system of aves
19. Circulating system of aves
20. Respiratory system of aves
21. Urinary system and ductless glands of aves
22. Tegumentary system of aves
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Over 4,000 participants flocked into 'Mason du parti Bonanjo', venue of 'Total Experience Douala', with a hunger for God's word on Sunday, November 5th, eager to listen to destiny-altering words from the esteemed Pastor Akin Oketunji. The people journeyed from different parts of the city for a divine encounter orchestrated to lead them into a new dispensation of blessings.
The arena was electrified with God's glory and the power of the Spirit, stirring the people's hearts to receive from God. Moments of prayer were followed by exuberant praise and worship, led by the choir and music minister, Prosper Menko, who heightened the expectations of everyone present, making the presence of God tangible in the arena.
Ministering God's Word in the fulness of the Spirit, the esteemed Virtual Zonal Pastor of Christ Embassy EWCA Virtual Zone 4, Pastor Akin Oketunji, brought the audience into an awareness of the victorious life in Christ. It was such a powerful exposé in God's Word, yielding an avalanche of testimonies as the people bore witness to the healing and saving power of Jesus.
Over 90 people recorded healing in their bodies, including a young man who had suffered memory loss for 3 years and received restoration, as well as a young boy with cancer, who was healed and began to walk freely and unaided. By word of knowledge, Pastor Akin identified and declared healing for specific cases. The lame stood up to run; heart diseases, paralysis, hepatitis, lumps in the throat and other ailments were completely healed.
At the call to salvation, over 500 unsaved people responded ran to the altar to receive Jesus as Lord, receiving the Holy Spirit and speaking in tongues. Added to those at the venue were 3,500 more people participating LIVE via CeFLIX and the Christ Embassy Douala Virtual Church platform. First timers were blessed with Pastor Chris Digital Library vouchers,'Now That You are Born Again' and the Messenger Angel, to help them grow their faith.


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Interview: Hassan El-Mestekawy speaks to KingFut
Leading Egyptian sports critic Hassan El-Mestekawy speaks to KingFut's Youssef El-Hadidy about Port Said, Taher Abou-Zeid, Bob Bradley, Mohamed Salah, Al Ahly and more.
Hassan El-Mestekawy, a name that any football enthusiast in Egypt would know. He is a sporting journalist that we could easily say is the best in Egypt. Although having such a long experience in Egyptian football, what makes Hassan El-Mestekawy special is that he is still eager to read foreign media, still willing to learn the latest trends in tactics, marketing and management in football.
Simply, Mestekawy is one of the very few people in Egypt's sporting community that wants the Egyptian football to move forward. After all, he is son of Naguib El-Mestekawy, the man who introduced the ratings system in Egypt and even gave Ismaily the nickname 'Dervishes' and dubbed Tersana as the 'Hammers'.
We want to start with your thoughts on the Taher Abou-Zeid and Al Ahly dilemma…
It is a very old case in my opinion. Even before the Taher Abou-Zeid and Al Ahly board problem, we should stick with general Olympic committee laws. Unfortunately the state does not know what it wants from sports, do they want to control sports or just supervise and analyze the results and that happens in many places in Europe for example France. The sport shouldn't be controlled by government and we should abide by the Olympic laws now because we will do so sooner or later, so the sooner the better. Taher Abou-Zeid should've met with the boards of the clubs and try working towards a solution; it's not a battle that he wants to come out victorious from. Moreover the minister should put his personal feelings aside when it comes to business, and Taher Abou-Zeid had a bad history with Al Ahly board members and this affected his judgement as a minister. Though the law gives him the right to dissolve the board; this law needs to be changed and the way Taher Abou-Zeid managed this problem was not right.
What is your opinion on some of the members chosen by Taher Abou-Zeid to be in Al Ahly's board especially members whose relationship with the clubs fans was pretty tense in the last few years like Mostafa Younis?
Let me first stress that we are talking about my personal friends. However, professionally Abou-Zeid's choices were wrong. Starting with the president Adel Heikal because his age and his health. Also Mostafa Younis was a bad choice because of his personal problems with Al Ahly and its board. Moreover, members of the club believe that he is trying to destroy the club. Abou Zeid's choices were impulsive and he probably did not think carefully about them as Al Ahly members clearly refused the decision to dissolve the board and were even planning a strike against the new board.
Hassan Hamdy. Is he really the strongest man in Egypt?
No of course not, Hassan Hamdy's strength comes from his professionalism. What happened is that Taher Abou-Zeid mixed between Hassan Hamdy's work in Al Ahram and his job as Al Ahly's president which is a [dishonest] mix. Hassan Hamdy worked in the club for more than 40 years and what he gave to the club Taher Abou-Zeid never did a fraction of it. Hassan Hamdy is very successful and he made Al Ahly the most successful sporting institute in Egypt. Moreover, he is great decision maker and the secret keeper of the club. However his only problem is that he can't talk to the media.
Can Khaled Mortagy be the head of the Egyptian FA?
Yes why not? He is young, connected to the world and has a great relationship with the fans. Anyways, the FA must go through full change.
When will Egyptian football overcome Port Said's disaster and we will again have a stable league like 2010?
We still need a long time, changes in mentality. Moreover, the fans need to talk and understand that no one will have vengeance with his bare hands away from the law. All nations have disasters and bad memories & people get over the pain over time but the memory of people we lost remain, like the memorial Ultras Ahlawy and Al Ahly club made on the second anniversary of Port Said disaster and this kind of celebration must be done every year in memory of the Fans. But violence and trying to attack Al Masry fans is what I am against, some Ultras Members asked me why did I change my position regarding them, and my answer is always the same: 'I didn't change, you changed.'. The Ultras groups made great thing for Egyptian football but they also harmed Egyptian football with violence and they should stop thinking that they are stronger than the state or the Egyptian state will collapse.
What really happened in Port Said?
This disaster happened because of the aggression between the fans in the last few years, and I wrote that in an article on the day of the massacre. Port Said citizens were angry with Al Ahly fans because of the riots they made in the city in their last match before the massacre. On the 64th minute of the match I sent an SMS to one of the journalists in my newspaper telling him that this match will be stopped. The Masry fans wanted to [humiliate] Ultras Ahlawy. When Al Ahly's fans saw people running towards them, they panicked and ran towards the tunnel where most of the victims died from the lack of oxygen. I said my opinion few hours after the match.
This aggression was always there. What was different on the first of February 2012?
There was a conspiracy for sure; a conspiracy from the police and the Masry ultras. There is some sort of vengeance between the police and Ultras fans because of some of the songs chanted against them by the Ultras and other ways of humiliating them, but still things got out of control from both sides. At the end I hope that this aggression ends as soon as possible.
When will the fans be able to return to their natural position?
Still a lot of time is needed, but not only time is what we need, we need smart media and smart people working to end the aggression, because after all the young people will pay the price for this aggression. My generation paid this price and if young people don't change they will pay the price and we will never be a developed country.
Now I want to move to the problem Al Ahly had with the state TV and the Egyptian FA regarding the broadcasting of the match of the Egyptians league, who was rightful there?
Al Ahly of course. The matches are owned by Al Ahly and all the other clubs but because our system is a mess, Egyptian clubs allow the Egyptian FA to sell the league for the highest bid, but the FA just decided to sell to the state TV. Moreover, who said that the State TV needs to buy the Egyptian league to be patriotic? It's like we are back to 60's. Just a lot of nonsense.
When will we have a league with at least 10 teams with a fan base? Like Tanta, Mansoura and Montakhb El-Suez?
In my opinion all clubs owned by companies or government institutions must leave the Egyptian league as soon as possible.
Can we merge a team like Petrojet which is based in Suez with Montakhab El-Suez and so on?
This could be a good idea especially as I believe that it is not right to say that the 'Army' lost tonight or the 'Ministry of Interior' won today.
Let us leave all the darkness surrounding Egypt and move to a brighter spot, Mohamed Salah. Did he make the right decision to move to Chelsea instead of Liverpool?
The only thing that might give Salah the chance to have decent playing time is the transfer of Juan Mata to Manchester United, because Mata and Salah both play in the same position.Although I don't like Mourinho because he always try to make a show for the media, he analyzed Salah perfectly and he is the perfect fit for his team. This makes me feel that Salah will have a chance to play in Chelsea.
Was Bob Bradley over dependant on Salah and Abou-Treika?
Yes, but there was no other option.
Would Salah's move to Chelsea help other Egyptian players to reach top European clubs?
They must be fast. For example Shikabala must lose weight and become a faster player to succeed at Sporting Lisbon. Even Barakat would've never been a good player if he wasn't fast. However Abou-Treka is a different case like Zinedine Zidane and each team could only have one player of that type.
What makes Salah's experience better any other Egyptian player that played in Europe?
Salah is fast, calm, handles pressure well and of course skillful.
What about his personality?
He is a great guy, always calm always smiling, very religious and he is not the type of person interested in nightlife.
Who is responsible for the loss Egypt suffered in Kumasi?
The whole team was off-form, these days happen like when we lost 5-0 against Saudi Arabia and when we beat Algeria 4-0. The players and Bradley made some awful mistakes; our organization in the first couple of minutes was fragile then we were able to come back and reduce the deficit, at that time Bradley and the players became greedy and tried to equalize so we conceded a third goal which changed the game completely.
Was the high defensive line the main tactical mistake that Bradley made?
Yes, Bradley wasn't smart as he wanted to win in Kumasi. We analyzed Ghana in a wrong way, Ghana's is a very fast team.
Who is responsible for the awful defending in this match?
People analyzing the match just blamed the defense, while the real problem started in the midfield.
Is Hossam Ashour really a domestic player?
Yes, he is not creative at all he never moves the ball forward, shoots or intercept.
Is Hossam Ghaly irresponsible on the field?
Yes, he is an amazing player but very showy.
Is Walid Soliman national team quality?
Yes he is. Walid is very skilful but he's not very physical, and moreover when he moved to Al Ahly he wasn't the star of the team which made him uncomfortable.
Why don't we have a classic striker in Egypt?
We don't have a striker that can play on the high levels all of the strikers want to have the ball served to them.
Could Ahmed Ali be Egypt's striker?
My standards are like the international ones, for example the number of goals scored per game, the striker must score at least 20-25 goals per season. For example, when Emad Meteb gets injured and spends two months out of form, commentators say he needs more games while Messi gets injured for 3 months and scores 2 goals in his first game after the injury. Our Media is the main reason for our messed up football system. This whole system needs to be destroyed.
What about Hazem Emam, Zamalek's right back?
Amazing player for Zamalek and for the national team but his talent needs to be used efficiently.
Is Ahmed Shedid Kenawy Al Ahly and national team quality?
He is a not a bad player but not Al Ahly and Zamalek quality. I want you to know how great these teams are and that players playing at these clubs must be of a certain quality. Al Ahly is winning because the teams they are competing against are very weak in Egypt or in Africa and that is why some of the players playing in Al Ahly are not that good.
Has African champion's league become weak?
Yes, but still it is great to win it.
What is your opinion on how the EFA treated Bradley after his contract ended? Especially after they refused to give him the rest of his salary?
Very unprofessional.
When will Egypt qualify to the World cup?
2014 was our chance though we played against a very tough team, but what amazes me is that players and media were happy that we are facing Ghana. Bradley himself was astonished from the players reaction.
Mido as Zamalek coach is a good choice?
I can't say right now but I really encourage the experiment, however the way Helmy Toulan was sacked was not good and the fact that the Zamalek board started looking for the FIFA license after they appointed Mido.
Who chose Mido, the board or the fans?
The board, but the fans approved the choice because they didn't like Helmy Toulan.
What is your opinion on Manuel Jose?
A great man and although he sometimes was disrespectful to the journalists, he was right to do so. His character helped him to control all the stars in Al Ahly's team.
Is what we see from Jose his real personality or is he making a show?
No this is the real Jose. He donated money to the Children Cancer Hospital and kept it as a secret. He is not making a show. Jose loved Egyptians because they loved him. He loved the fans truthfully. By the way, Bradley also made a lot of charity secretly in Egypt.
What about Mohamed Youssef?
He studied in Germany and England and has good potential. However, the team won't be able to help him now. Also he is very popular among the players unlike Hossam El-Badry. Hossam El-Badry is very aggressive and if he doesn't calm down, he will fail with the Olympic team. Jose was aggressive but a popular coach and that was what made him successful.
Shawky Gharib, what are his chances?
I think that he can reach the African Cup of Nations at least. Hassan Shehata and Jose are very popular among the players and the fans. Do they have similar personalities? No, but they are both great people.
Finally I want to leave football and ask about the 2016 Olympics, what are our chances to win medals?
Probably we won't win any except in wrestling and weight lifting. Olympic medals require planning not this nonsense we are doing.
After spending more than an hour with Hassan El-Mestekawy the interview ended with him encouraging me and the rest of KingFut team to continue working in the hopes that Egyptian football will move forward.
Although I had a great time with Hassan El-Mestekawy the interview was very depressing, when you see one of the few Egyptian journalists who really know what they are saying that depressed and hopeless about Egyptian football it indicates that Egyptian football is a real mess and requires a lot of working to be saved.
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This post is from a series of posts from my TRAVELLER: Out of the Box series about using only Classic Traveller Books 1-3.
The question I'm exploring with the series is: What happens if:
- You only use Book 1-3
- You assume the game doesn't need to be fixed but works fine as is
- You explore what sort of game that comes out of assumptions 1 and 2
I'm not trying to tell anyone how to play the game or say you're doing it wrong. These are my impressions of how the game was written and meant to be played. But I don't assume they are definitive.
A Limited List
The list of skill found in the six services is not meant to be comprehensive. The service skill lists reflect the opportunities that characters in those services might have for skills. If it were comprehensive it would work against the design philosophy of the game. Traveller is a game of limitations. You never have the cards you want, you have the cards you were dealt. Now, what are you going to do with them?
Skills are Not a Limit on What Characters Can Do
Any character can try to do anything in Traveller, whether they have a skill or not. They might not succeed. And the Referee might make a ruling that the current circumstances mean there is no way the Character will succeed.
But it is important to remember that the skills a character possesses are not a limit on what a Character can do. They are what the character was trained to do in his or her respective service.
Having a skill level of 1 or higher means the PC might be able to use the skill value for employment or as a +DM for Throws. Along with a skill of 0, a skill level 1 or higher means that a PC can make Throws without a concern for -DMs in situations where the skill would be required.
Limits are Vital to the Spirit of the Game
Let's say your characters to hunt some creatures on an alien world. They don't have Hunting (it doesn't exist) and they don't know the world or the beasts. How do they solve this problem? There's no roll to make.
The trap of lots and lots of skill rolls is that the Players can simply roll their way out of any problem that comes their way. And what's the fun of that?
Instead, how do they learn to hunt the beast they need to hunt? Here's one idea:
They have to go to a tribe on the world and get someone to help them track the beast or give them the methods to hunt it ("Use this meat and place it in this area…")
Now, instead of a role, what do we get? Adventure, complications, debts, conflicts, more adventure. The PCs have to go talk to someone. This might go well, or badly. They have to get something from someone. This might be easy, or cost them something the own, or they might have to get kill the chief of a neighboring tribe to get the information. They have to go out and do the instructions they've been giving. Things might go wrong on their way to capture the beast. And so on.
The fact is the skills the PCs have are—on purpose—a small fraction of the skills they might wish they had by the time any adventure is over. But if they don't have those skills, they need to find their way into a new solution. That means doing all the things we love to do in an RPG: poke things, prod things, come up with ideas and schemes, generate possibilities from the Referee as we ask, "Is there a tribe nearby that might be able to help us…" and so on.
By not having a skill for everything, the Players are in the same position of Players in a solid game of Original Dungeons & Dragons. Apart from fighting, thief skills, and magic, the Players have to figure out ways of defeating, circumventing, and succeeding at challenges in ways that never involve die rolls.
Traveller is from that same tradition. We shouldn't forget that when we look at the Traveller rules. Skills offer possibilities of actions for the Player Characters. But they are not the sum total of those possibilities. And it is from these other possibilities that the best play and most memorable moments will arise.
Characters Can Often Make Throws Even if They Don't Have the Skill (Though Often They Can't)
Anyone can make a Throw if a situation warrants it, even if they do not have the skill. Anyone can try to Bribe someone, whether they have the skill or not. Anyone can try to repair a piece of machinery on a starship, whether they have a skill or not.
An example from the rules:
Air/Raft: The individual has training and The air/raft is the major transportation experience in the use and operation of the vehicle on most worlds with high enough tech air/raft, floater, flier, and all types of grav levels. Most people are aware of the basics of vehicles operation for such vehicles.
The air/raft can be dangerous to operate in high speed situations or in bad weather. A basic throw of 5+ to avoid an accident or mishap in bad weather, chases, or high speed maneuvers should be used. DMs to be applied: per level of expertise, +1; if weather is extremely bad, if the craft is old, or if gunfire is involved in the chase, – 1.
Referee: Generally, roll once for a short chase, twice or three times for longer flights. Book 3 provides a more complete description of the air/raft.
Notice that it is assumed that anyone from the implied culture of the game setting can use an air/raft. Throws are not needed for every day use, only for extreme circumstances where things might go wrong. The skill Air/Raft is not required to make such roll, but will provide a +DM if available.
Thus, I would say most drivers in the U.S. have a Automobile-0 skill (or no Automobile skill, if I'm being unkind). This does not mean that they cannot drive a car. It means they can drive a car just fine until something goes wrong. At that point, a Throw is required. Someone with a Driver-1 will have a 5-15% edge (depending on the Throw) over someone who has no rating in the skill. But anyone can try to stop from smashing into a tree if making a turn at too high a speed.
The Rules Are Templates for Adjudicating Throws
The skill list section of Book 1 note -DMs for certain Throws if the PC does not have a pertinent skill. In other cases, depending on circumstances, the Referee might decide set a Throw higher or lower if what he or she deems to be a vital skill is present or not.
For example, there is no way for PCs to gain the ability to ride beasts in the services listed in Book 1. But this does not mean that the PCs, if they go to a world where people ride beasts to get around, cannot ride a beast. Instead I would use the rules for Air/Raft noted above as an analogy After all, domesticated horses are trained for people to ride them. Pretty much anyone can get on the back of a horse and use it to get from one place to another. No real skill or training is needed.
On the other hand, if someone is racing over rough terrain or caught up in a gunfight while riding, having enough training in Riding to have the equivalent of Beast Riding-1 or higher is certainly going to help get through these tricky circumstances.
In other words, we simply apply the rules from Air/Raft to the needs of riding beasts and we're done. There's no need to add Beast Riding as a skill to the Service Tables. In fact, there's no need to add Beast Riding to the game at all, since we can see how to adjudicate such matters from the rules already present.
Adding New Skills
But let's say a PC wants to get better at riding the beast he's on. He wants whatever +DMs he can get his hands on for some tricky riding.
Once again, we turn to the rules… this time the Experience section of the game. (No one pays attention to the Experience section. But like the rest of the game it is part of the toolkit… with some wonderful tools in it to build things that you might want for your setting and game.)
In Book 1 we find this:
The above list of skills is certainly not exhaustive. Additional skills may be encountered.
Creating New Skills: The experience rules of Book 2 indicate methods by which an individual can learn additional skills after he or she begins actively adventuring.
Those rules also cover the requirements for creating a new skill not otherwise detailed in the Traveller rules. For example, if a new weapon is developed (perhaps a laser pistol), a new skill would be required to enable its use.
Going to Book 2 we find the methods of raising Characteristics, Weapon Expertise, and Skills. As written, one could not learn Beast Riding as a new skill unless one spent a year dealing with a Technical School. But that doesn't feel right to me as the Referee. The text make it seem as if the Player Character is learning something very involved and complicated, like Pilot or Mechanical. Riding a horse doesn't seem to fit that.
If the PCs are on a planet spending lots of time riding around on these strange beasts and a Player wants to get a skill rating in it, I would let him use the Weapon Expertise slot for the Beast Riding-1 instead of a weapon. It might be the letter of the rules. But it feels to me like the spirit of the rules. So that's what I would go with.
Mixing and Matching the Examples in the Rules Creates the Tool Kit
The previous example is a vital part of all this. Classic Traveller as the text itself says at the end of the 1981 edition_ was never meant to cover everything. But it is my belief is that the three Little Black Books cover enough to provide examples and analogies for Referees and Players to sort out whatever needs they have to make a moment of play work. It isn't about writing new rules for every new circumstance, but taking the rules that are already there and applying them as needed


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The latest issue of WWE Magazine features an interview with Wade Barrett and he comments on a rumor that occurred last year indicating that both he and Drew McIntyre had been deported from the United States due to their respective work visas expiring. Neither wrestler was deported, but in Barrett's case, he had to return to the United Kingdom to apply for a new work visa.
Regarding the rumor, Barrett said, "I once read a rumor that I'd been deported. After the original Nexus invasion, it was reported that WWE had failed to arrange my necessary working papers. Allegedly, there had been a mix-up or a huge oversight, and the Internet claimed both Drew McIntyre and I had been deported. Nonsense.
"I've come to realize how little attention I should pay to the "news" as reported online."
Barrett was also asked on resisting the urge to punch Heath Slater in the face every time he sees him backstage.
"I pride myself on being an intelligent human being. I encourage other people to educate themselves as well. And, without of a doubt, Heath Slater is the dumbest human being I've ever met," Barrett says.
"I love Heath; he's a great guy. But Heath Slater is an imbecile. I can tolerate his ridiculous haircut and his over-the-top mannerismsfloating around the room and suchbut when he opens his mouth, my blood really starts to boil."


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Aimi Yoshida Joins X-Men Destiny's Roster
Unlike previous X-Men titles, X-Men Destiny no longer uses familiar characters from the franchise, instead giving us the option to choose from three new recruits created specifically for the game. Until now we've only seen a few screenshots showing one of the possible characters, as well as a trailer which showed a bunch of silhouettes that didn't provide much information. Activision has finally released images of the first new character, Aimi Yoshida.
Introduce yourself to Aimi Yoshida, a fifteen year old Japanese girl fresh off the boat from being smuggled out of her country. Before they were rounded up into mutant labor camps, her parents hid her on a tanker ship headed for San Francisco. The young girl doesn't understand why her mutant parents deported her, and is left angry and bitter at the world for her dire situation. Aimi's fighting style is described as "acrobatic and graceful", and she "specializes in efficient mutant power usage". No mention is made regarding what her actual powers are, leaving one to wonder if players will be given a choice regarding this, or if more specific information is yet to be revealed. A few pictures accompany the announcement for your viewing pleasure.
What do you think of the new X-Men recruit? Will X-men Destiny be capturing your attention if it releases later this year?


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These are large boxes containing a variety of items which can be used to enhance the teaching of many subjects, including history, art and design, science and drama.
They have applications to all age groups - from stimulating mental activity in the elderly to starting off school discussions at any curriculum key stage..
Bailiffgate offers a range of boxes containing original and replica artefacts and documents which can be borrowed for up to two weeks for the small charge of £15. The boxes come with an activity pack giving ideas on the use of the objects.
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There is a free worksheet for those working on reminiscence/ memory stimulation here
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1 Tudor Lives – replica artefacts, quill pens and ink and poems from Tudor times
2 Tudor Clothes – Tudor style costumes for boys and girls up to age 10 approx
3 Border Reivers – books, maps, CD, replica helmet and jacket, lantern, wooden plate and spoon
4 Victorian School Day – slates and slate pencils, teacher's cane, finger stocks and back board for fidgety/ slouching pupils, ink pens and ink
5 Victorian Life- replica and original household artefacts from Victorian times
6 Victorian Clothes – mop caps, aprons, dresses, waistcoats, caps, (for a class of approx. 20)
7 Victorian Clothes – mop caps, aprons, dresses, waistcoats, caps, (for a class of approx. 20)
9 Washday – washday items including an old iron, games and books, clothes horse and sheets to make a den. (Suitable for Early Years, KS1)
10 Pre-World War 2 Domestic Life – household artefacts from the 1930s
11 The Second World War at Home – leaflets and artefacts from wartime Britain including ARP warden helmet
12 Women at War (WW2)– Land Army uniform, Civil Defence Uniform, WI leaflets, cookery books and kitchen items
13 A Wartime Childhood (WW2)– homemade toys and games, an evacuee's suitcase with typical items they would be allowed to take away with them
14 1960s - items of clothing, household articles, books and newspapers from the 1960s
15 Post War Life – items from the 1950s, including Coronation Souvenirs
16 1950s Household – household items from the 1950s, including Coronation Souvenirs
17 Childhood Memories – toys and games from the 1940s to date
19 Toys and Games – a selection of replica and original toys and games from Ancient Egyptian times to the 1970s
20 Seaside Collection – old fashioned items your grandparents or great-grandparents would take for a day at the beach including cameras and a knitted swimming costume
21 The Sea and Fishing – early years games, books, sou'westers and sea shells (Suitable for Early Years, KS1)
22 Glamour and Beauty – silk stockings, hair nets, compacts – everything to make a woman of the 1940s – 1950s look beautiful
23 Coal Mining – a miner's lamp, pit head bath soap, information about a mining disaster where children were killed.
Coming Soon Disease and Cure - covering in particular the cholera outbreak in Alnwick.
(Each box contains a wide range of original and replica objects).
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Slowly but Surely
The memory on my computer at home is so packed that I don't even have space for pictures to put on my blog- tragic but true. Time for a new one. That said, when I have a quick moment at work, it's blogging time!
Here are a couple of projects I've finished in the last little while...there is also a Rainbow Brite sheet repurpose on its way and a cute lunchbox pattern that just might be my first ever tutorial a-brewing...
A delightful (post)Christmas gift for my patient roomie of a u-handbag curved gusset shopping bag (tutorial here) made with superbuzzy fabric.
I also made a cute little portfolio for other roomie's birthday from Amy Butler's lovely free pattern.


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Leonardo Dueñas-Osorio, Ph.D.Associate ProfessorRice UniversityDepartment of Civil and Environmental EngineeringRyon Laboratory, Room 2126100 Main Street, MS-318Houston, Texas 77005-1827Office: (713) 348-5292Fax: (713) 348-5268E-mail: leonardo.duenas-osorio 'at' rice.eduURL: http://duenas-osorio.rice.edu/
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Completed degree: M.S. Civil Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, FLDegree sought: Ph.D.Anticipated graduation date: December 2014Research: Reliability and Risk Assessment of Energy Structures and Systems
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Completed degree: M.Sc. Operations Research, Universidad de los Andes, Bogota, ColombiaDegree sought: Ph.D.Anticipated graduation date: Research: Restoration and Resilience Optimization of Interdependent Infrastructure Networks
Xing Min Completed degree: M.S. Shanghai UniversityDegree sought: Ph.D.Anticipated graduation date: May 2012Research: Reliability and topology based design of infrastructure interfaces
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Completed degree: M.S. Iran University of Science and Technology Degree sought: Ph.D.Anticipated graduation date: May 2012Research: Topological bounds and hierarchical clustering for network reliability assessment
Completed degree: M.S. Tongji UniversityDegree sought: Ph.D.Anticipated graduation date: May 2014
Research: Soil-foundation-structure interaction modeling for probabilistic analysis of bridges
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Degree sought: B.S. Civil and Environmental EngineeringAnticipated graduation date: 2012Benjamin is researching the topological characterization of power transmission systems across the United States.
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Degree sought: B.S. Civil and Environmental Engineering, B.A. Policy StudiesAnticipated graduation date: 2012Josh is researching time series analysis of coupled utility system performance.
Jason Wu
Degree sought: B.S. Civil and Environmental EngineeringAnticipated graduation date: 2012Jason is researching the validation of lifeline interdependence failure propogation models using the 2010 Chile earthquake.
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Research: Computational and empirical modeling of lifeline systems interdependence propagation
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Gesara's work resulted on a book chapter critically reviewing interdependent infrastructure systems research.
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Degree completed: B.S., Rice UniversityGraduation date: May 2010Current position: Ph.D. student at Texas A&MJames developed a fragility-based model of power transmission system outages from hurricane events.
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The murderer is afraid of being caught by the police forces which can discover the body of his victim.
It is not just a modern fear, but the pattern of the guilty conscience. The hidden corpse is the core of the murder and not the wrongdoing which produced it. When a wrongdoing has not a concrete result like the corpse, the guilty conscience that is responsible for a great mistake against other person makes an imaginary one.
The imaginary corpse is nothing particularly, but only an annoying image of our victims which unashamedly occupied a place in the inner space of our consciousness. Therefore, the remorse for those victims can be easily transformed into a feeling of hate. The murderer often hates the corpse of his victim, too.
Since the wrongdoing is not the object of the guilty conscience, its author can absolve himself very fast even through shallow explanations. The deeper hate for his victim helps him in this effort. The victims cannot bother him too much and it doesn't seem to deserve more than a shallow explanation for their repression.
For someone's guilty conscience, the fear of being caught by the police is that of meeting persons who will be able to invade his consciousness in its deepest area. For this reason, the wrongdoer feels himself safer when he keeps other people far from him. The loneliness defends him for not being grabbed by other people. Like the policemen, they will grab him even if they have good intentions, because there is a common and egoistical satisfaction to love or hate a person who is seized once her weakness is known.


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Westin Langkawi Resort & Spa, Malaysia (September 25, 2014) IRONMAN Malaysia ambassador, Cameron Brown (NZL) this morning entertained age group athletes at an exclusive breakfast with some racing tips for the big day on Saturday.
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Russell Group comment on Sutton Trust report
22 December 2010
In response to today's report from the Sutton Trust, Dr Wendy Piatt, Director General of the Russell Group, said:
"It is important to be very clear about the underlying cause of under-representation of students from low-income families at university. As the report acknowledges, the primary reason why too few students from lower socio-economic backgrounds go to university is under-achievement at school. Ensuring that students from low-income backgrounds fulfil their potential at school is by far and away the most effective way of increasing their chances of going to a leading university.
"There has been much misinformation about the effect of fees on access. Evidence from around the world and the UK itself clearly shows that fees have not deterred young people with the right qualifications from applying to university particularly when they are combined with a progressive repayment system, precisely as the Government is proposing; participation in higher education from all socio-economic groups has actually increased since the introduction of variable fees in 2006. The proposed graduate repayment scheme means that no student has to pay for higher education until they are earning a reasonable salary (£21,000) as there is no upfront fee. Even then, graduates are only asked to pay back a small proportion of their income. This system is fair and progressive in protecting low earners, while asking higher earners to contribute a bit more through variable interest rates.
"Russell Group universities are committed to attracting students with the most potential from all backgrounds, which is why we invest millions in bursaries and other initiatives designed to help the least advantaged students have the best possible chance of winning a place. Our universities will work hard to ensure that we continue to try all ways possible to attract bright students from low-income backgrounds but also to help them improve their academic achievement, which is the real cause of the problem.
"We are therefore happy to build on our solid track record in spending millions on initiatives to promote fair access and to help solve this serious problem. We welcome the approach set out in the Government's draft guidance letter to OFFA that universities should have the flexibility to decide the mix of their investments in outreach programmes, financial aid to poorer students, and other initiatives to address the barriers that students from under-represented groups face."
Note to Editors
- The Sutton Trust report "Responding to the new landscape for university access" can be downloaded by clicking here (pdf).
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