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The Costantino Recreation Center (CRC) is Evergreen's extensive athletic complex. It offers outlets for fitness, exercise, self-discipline, healthy activities, general well-being, and community.
Day passes, punch cards, and full memberships are available. Membership is open to the community and free for current students at Evergreen (and a few other area educational programs).
Indoor and Outdoor Recreation
- Inside the Costantino Recreation Center (CRC), you can use the cardio equipment, weight room, climbing gym, or the college's main gymnasium.
- Explore outdoor activities on the fields, a disc golf course, tennis courts, or the beach.
Swimming, Diving, and Sauna
We have the best pool in the South Sound for lap swimming and competitive training. The pool also has a dive tank, sun deck, and saunas. And the pool noodles are free!
Classes are a fun way to learn something different and meet new people. All classes are free for current Evergreen students. Try yoga, boot camp, dance fitness, and more. See the current class schedule.
Swimming lessons for swimmers of all skill levels are available, too.
The Challenge Course
Can your team rise to the challenge? Build teamwork, communication, and trust with your group, while having a good time. You don't want to miss the big finish: a thrilling ride down a 500-foot double zip line!
Special Events
The CRC occasionally hosts special events throughout the year.
- Students should keep an eye on the calendar for activities like the Dive-In Movie, organized through Geoducks @Nite.
- The Geoduck Gallop is our annual half-marathon.
Kids Welcome!
We offer swimming classes and summer day camps just for kids. Children ages 4–7 use the CRC at reduced prices, and children 3 and under are always free.
Children are allowed in all open spaces with the following restrictions:
- Youth age 13 and younger must be accompanied by an adult at all times.
- No one under 16 in the weight room. Youth aged 16 or 17 need to be accompanied by a parent or trainer.
- Anyone over the age of 5 must use the locker room of their gender. Gender-neutral private changing rooms are available for use by families and people of all ages.
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Well, the Sox are tanking. And fast. I am out of things to say that aren't complaints. And I'm sure that you aren't getting much value out of my pie charts and diagrams and irrelevant photos.
I'm sorry to report that this is going to be my last entry. When something begins to be a source of stress and self-imposed pressure when it's supposed to be enjoyable, it's time to let it go. The technical problems I was having are a sign that I need to involve myself in something new.
I want to thank you all for reading and commenting - I've truly enjoyed your feedback! I'll be around, commenting on other people's blogs here and there.
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President Creighton, Members of the Board of Trustees, Distinguished Colleagues, and all members of the Mount Holyoke College Community-including the Class of Double-O Seven
Welcome and Welcome Back!
Before I begin I want to thank everyone in this very special community for all its help and support during my recent illness. It is a privilege and an honor to work in such a caring and thoughtful place.
I am deeply honored by the invitation to speak today. Convocation is a signal event: it officially restores the time-honored traditions of the College and our nine-month separation from what is commonly and approvingly known as the "real" world.
That separation is deliberate. The College consciously tries to create an environment that affords a degree of thought and reflection not typically available in normal daily life. The justification for this environment is straightforward: if you exploit this environment well, you will be much better able to navigate the next fifty, sixty, or seventy years in the so-called real world with greater personal success and happiness.
We're often told that the real world is harsh, cold, and unforgiving, the assumption being that somehow this life of the mind in College is soft, undemanding, and indulgent. I must confess that, as someone who has been in school since I was five years old, that I find this canard infuriating. I also find it incomprehensible.
There is a "real world" out there, but there also is a manufactured one, designed to force us to submit to its terms. It is important to separate the two. One is authentic because it reflects the true nature of human existence; the other is artificial because it is only interested in making sure that we conform to its own interests, its own conceptions of what is right and wrong, and its own understanding of the purposes of power.
In my own field of international relations, events are making less and less sense to me. Nations are currently engaged in a war over imagined weapons of mass destruction, and more such wars are likely in the near future. Other nations are engaged in a series of seemingly endless wars, designed to obtain deserved peace and security but which only lead to instability and greater insecurity. We allow nations and non-nations to use the phrase "collateral damage" to describe actions that are much more accurately described as the murder of innocents. We talk about "them" and "us" as if there were entities out there who do not bleed, who do not cry, who do not laugh, and who do not love their children with every fiber of their being.
We have conversations about the fragility of the global environment as we drive around in vehicles that only aggravate the problem. Indeed, our insatiable appetite for a fuel responsible for global warming allows the energy companies to earn $1,300 in profits every second, and the CEO of ExxonMobil to earn $37,500 per hour if his total compensation were converted into a 40-hour work week. And when the less fortunate cry out because they cannot afford fuel to transport themselves or to warm their homes, we are told to simply shrug of the seeming injustices between the rich as poor as if the trade-off between food and fuel, or medical care and heat, is simply part of the normal routine of the real world.
We allow ourselves to be terrified by tubes of lipstick, by bottles of water, by bearded men. Governments deliberately emphasize our vulnerabilities because it makes citizens more compliant making governance a less sophisticated and nuanced task. Our media are accomplices in this charade because fear sells newspapers and keep the population glued to their television sets. We hear insipid and endless reports about the undeniably tragic death of a young girl in Colorado when there are, in fact, thousands of children who die every day from clearly preventable causes. Just go to Darfur, the Congo, Lebanon, or Haiti.
And instead of asking questions about what could make us truly safe, we become willing accomplices in the crime of forgetting, or misremembering, or lying by watching oxymoronic programs called "reality" TV, or "the Real World." Or we seek escape in the time-honored escapes of alcohol, or drugs, or mindless sex. Or we indulge in the unique American refuge of crass commercialism, where anything can be bought or sold. We live in a world with the attention span of a gerbil and the sensibility of a brick.
If the world I have just described is "real" then I do not wish to have any part of it. But don't dismiss my screed as the ramblings of an old curmudgeon. One of the most penetrating analysts of the human psyche, Fyodor Dostoevsky, outlined the dynamics of how a false world becomes real in his novel, The Brothers Karamozov.
Chapter 5 of the novel is entitled "The Grand Inquisitor." In it, one brother describes to another his story of Christ's return to earth during the Spanish Inquisition. The Grand Inquisitor immediately arrests Jesus, mindful of the true significance of the event. In the prison cell, the Grand Inquisitor makes this comment to Jesus:
.the freedom of their faith was dearer to Thee than anything in those days fifteen hundred years ago. Didst Thou not often say then, "I will make you free"? But now Thou hast seen these "free" men,' the old man adds suddenly, with a pensive smile. 'Yes, we've paid dearly for it,' he goes on, looking sternly at Him, 'but at last we have completed that work in Thy name. For fifteen centuries we have been wrestling with Thy freedom, but now it is ended and over for good. Dost Thou not believe that it's over for good? Thou lookest meekly at me and deignest not even to be wroth with me. But let me tell Thee that now, to-day, people are more persuaded than ever that they have perfect freedom, yet they have brought their freedom to us and laid it humbly at our feet. But that has been our doing.'"
The freedom that Dostoevsky describes is the freedom to fall to one's knees and pray directly to one's God. The problem with that freedom is that one never knows whether God has heard the prayer-one must have faith to come to that conclusion. But, as the Grand Inquisitor knows, faith is a thin reed when we are afraid. So his role as a priest is one of an intermediary, to confirm to the sinner that the plea for forgiveness has been heard and to impose a behavior designed to expunge the sin. Thus, there is no need for faith, and the uncertainty inherent in an intimate dialogue with the Almighty is erased.
We can certainly dismiss the Grand Inquisitor as an evil man, one who takes advantage of human frailty. We can also come to the same conclusion about our leaders and the media. If we end our analysis at this level, then there is little we can do until we get new leaders and new media. But, if we end our analysis at this level, there is no reason to believe that the new leaders and the new media will not employ the same strategy. The problem is not the leaders, but our willingness to believe and obey them.
No, if we wish to prevent falsehood from becoming real, we must go deeper, as does Dostoevsky.
Thou didst promise them the bread of Heaven, but, I repeat again, can it compare with earthly bread in the eyes of the weak, ever sinful and ignoble race of man? And if for the sake of the bread of Heaven thousands shall follow Thee, what is to become of the millions and tens of thousands of millions of creatures who will not have the strength to forego the earthly bread for the sake of the heavenly? Or dost Thou care only for the tens of thousands of the great and strong, while the millions, numerous as the sands of the sea, who are weak but love Thee, must exist only for the sake of the great and strong? No, we care for the weak too. They are sinful and rebellious, but in the end they too will become obedient. They will marvel at us and look on us as gods, because we are ready to endure the freedom which they have found so dreadful and to rule over them-so awful it will seem to them to be free. But we shall tell them that we are Thy servants and rule them in Thy name. We shall deceive them again, for we will not let Thee come to us again. That deception will be our suffering, for we shall be forced to lie."
The Grand Inquisitor knows what he is: he is a liar. But he believes that he is motivated, not by a lust for power, but rather by compassion for humanity. He believes that humans will give up their freedoms willingly for a sense of security. He believes that a false world that promises freedom from fear is preferred to a real world riddled with doubt and uncertainty.
He is wrong.
He knows he is wrong because he knows that he himself is afraid.
He is wrong because he trusts no one.
He is wrong because he knows he cannot even trust himself.
We know what we need to do to create a real world: we must overcome fear so that we can see clearly, assess accurately, and analyze with no predetermined conclusions.
Piece of cake.
Before we talk about overcoming fear, let me first make two observations.
First, there is a real world out there that has nothing to do with a manufactured reality. Hold two fingers hard against your neck and feel your heart beat. That sensation is real, and it should bring you great comfort and peace. And there are other things and events that are in fact guileless and should be taken at face value: the laughter of an infant, the striations of a flower, the wind, the stars. All these things are real and, even though some of them are truly indifferent to our existence, they all will bring us joy and wonder--if we let them.
Second, no one is immune from fear and no one has escaped its ravages. Note that I talk about overcoming fear, not banishing it or eliminating it. This assembly, for example, is filled with individuals-faculty, students, and staff-who all share a particular fear: the fear of all over-achievers that they will be discovered as frauds. We all somehow believe that we are here because of a mistake.
We are keenly aware of how frightened and insecure we each are, but we perceive others as blissfully self-confident, cool, calm, and collected.
I have yet to meet anyone--myself included--who was not, at some deep level, gripped by insecurity. I have known, however, many individuals who disguise their fears brilliantly, even to themselves. Nonetheless, fear is endemic, it is pervasive, and it is contagious.
But I have known many individuals who have wrestled this demon and kept it down long enough to realize their fuller potentials. How did they do it?
They came to a place like Mount Holyoke College. And overcoming your fear-demon is your most important task while you are here.
The first step is to acquire more knowledge about the world. It is astonishing how quickly solid information can dissipate fear. There is a world of difference between believing that a plague is simply the wrath of a vengeful and capricious God and knowing that flea bites are something to avoid. By entering this College you have given up your right to be ignorant, and we will not allow you to indulge that vice.
The second step is to mistrust the knowledge of others. Many times, and increasingly more frequently, what is peddled as knowledge is simply wishful thinking, crassly self-interested, or woefully ignorant. I know how paralyzing contradictory information can be, but one needs to be able to cross-check what one is told and to develop the ability to assess the validity of sources and information.
This second step is analysis and it is the most important skill you will develop here at Mount Holyoke College. We never have all the information we need to make a decision and we never will be able to trust fully the information available to us. But if we believe that we can make a decision only with complete and wholly accurate information then we never make a decision. The ability to assess, evaluate, and to expose unrevealed connections between bits of information is the highest power of the human mind and you should be deliberate and completely focused on developing this talent while you are here.
The third step, after you've gathered enough knowledge and developed your analytical skills, is to learn how to trust yourself. This step is the most difficult one and it is where great potential is often lost.
Trusting oneself does not mean that one needs to believe that one is correct in one's analysis. Too often, we get hung up on trying to prove that we are right and that someone else is wrong. This exercise is a complete and utter waste of time and leads to all sorts of perverted behavior which you can witness every night on the news media as the various talking heads yell at each other, ignore each other's questions, refuse to listen carefully to what each other has to say, and generally resort to primitive and barbaric forms of behavior. It is nothing more than the World Wrestling Federation in suits and ties.
Trusting oneself simply means that one has made a disciplined, concerted and good faith attempt to understand a complicated matter. If someone agrees with your analysis, you've got some limited confirmation of your analysis depending on how thoughtful and informed that person may be. If someone disagrees with your analysis, it simply means that you should listen carefully to the grounds of disagreement, and remain completely open to the possibility that you might have to revise your analysis. If the basis of disagreement seems compelling, then you've learned something and your analysis will be more solid. If the basis of the disagreement is thoughtless or ideological, then politely excuse yourself and find someone else more interesting with whom to talk.
Learning how to trust oneself is very difficult and demanding work. As I indicated, you don't need to think to yourself that you are right; you just need to be able to say I tried my very best to figure this problem out. If you're not willing to make that effort, then you should sincerely think about going to another college-there are plenty that require little work and hold lots of parties. But no matter how fast you try run away from yourself, you will always hear the sound of your own footsteps.
In the end, you have no choice. Who are you going to trust? The Grand Inquisitor?
Whose mistakes do you wish to make: yours or Condoleezza Rice's?
Whose life do you wish to realize: yours or Britney Spears?
Mount Holyoke College is brilliantly positioned to help you in these three tasks. It obviously cannot accomplish them for you--only you can make the decision to become a thoughtful, informed person. But with its resources and the astonishing commitment of the faculty and staff, it can help you navigate this treacherous terrain.
And if things don't go as well as you would have liked, don't be discouraged. The College believes firmly that each of you is unique and precious. But it will not make the assumption that you are all equally talented. That assumption is false and tells you absolutely nothing about yourselves. In my first term at College I received three grades (Dartmouth was on a trimester system): an A in American Government, a C in Introduction to Philosophy, and a D in introductory German. After licking my wounds as a consummate overachiever, I managed to persuade myself that Phi Beta Kappa was not all that important anyway, that the Philosophy Professor was a jerk, and that the study of Government was something I might be very good at. All three decisions were good ones for me.
There is one more thing you must do this year, and it is something the College really can't help you accomplish. You must all learn how not to take life and your own lives so seriously.
You are incessantly bombarded by the screaming meamies of the so-called real world by demands that you must do this or you must do that if you are going to be successful. Understand that most of these people are really not interested in your welfare, but rather in their own: you are simply a way for them to make money, or feel self-important, or to justify their own pathetic existences.
Because we don't think we can afford to not believe them, we add on all sorts of new obligations and commitments, many of which do nothing to make us happier or to give meaning to our lives. Indeed, because we are all overachievers here we believe that if we don't take on these commitments that we have somehow failed.
Understand what a bad game this is: all the things you've accomplished in your lives are meaningless because of all the things you haven't yet accomplished. Believe this proposition and you're always going to be a dime short on your nickel bet.
There is a lot to do, but you must decide your own priorities. If you find yourself saying something ridiculous like everything is equally important, then you'll know that you've lost yourself and are living out someone else's life.
There is a particularly obnoxious form of this disease at Mount Holyoke College. Some students and faculty here often compete to prove how miserable they are. These are the people who, when you ask them how they are doing, quickly launch into the list of impossible tasks before them, and moan about how they are the only ones doing any work.
Avoid these people like the plague, and if you find yourself falling into their ranks, go out and eat the largest hot fudge sundae you can find. We all have a lot to do, but I've never met anyone who could do more than one thing at a time. Once you've finished that task, then go on to your next priority. The point is not to necessarily make our lists shorter, but to make sure that we are in control of our lists, and that our lists do not control us.
But you cannot realize these aspirations if you think that everything is deadly serious.
We work hard because work is ennobling and it is the most effective way to avoid the angst of excessive introspection.
We work hard because hard work is the only way to accomplish anything of value.
And because we work hard, we earn the right to laugh at the cosmic absurdities of life. And there are a lot of them.
The biggest impediments to working well are stress, anxiety, despair, and nervousness. These are problems you create for yourselves and they are not intrinsic parts of hard work. The only way to dismiss these feelings is to laugh at them--they are, in fact, defeated quite easily by a good joke, a stupid act, or a good case of the giggles.
The modern day Grand Inquisitors will tell you that if you don't vote for them, you will die. That if you don't buy their product, you will die. That if you don't buy their book, you will die. That if you don't buy their deodorant, you will die. That if you don't believe what they want you to believe, then you will die.
Don't let this happen. Arm yourselves with knowledge, with the ability to assess conflicting information, and an unerring trust that no matter what happens, you will be able to deal with anything. After all, we cannot control the world (nor should we desire to do so). But we can control our reactions to the world. And if someone is lying to you, it's time to turn your back on them.
And while some moron is chattering at you about his "real" world, remember that there is a real world out there.
That at that very moment, stars are being born and stars are dying.
That there are violent storms occurring all over the planet, and that there are places where the sun is shining, where warm breezes are flowing, and where everything is peaceful and quiet.
That at that very moment, there are people lashing out at each other in mindless rage, consumed by a sense of loss, betrayal, and anger they themselves do not fathom or comprehend. And that there are, at that very moment, two lovers trembling in each other's arms in their first intimate embrace.
And that at that very moment there is an elderly woman sobbing quietly into her hands because her love of many years has passed from this life and she cannot even begin to imagine how she can carry on. But also that, at that very moment, there is a mother holding her baby for the first time, amazed at the miracle of life.
And if the Grand Inquisitor slinks into your jail cell, and promises you perfect peace if only you submit to his demands, then remember your response.
That you are a Mount Holyoke woman who has wrestled her demons down.
That you are not seeking peace and comfort, but rather truth and integrity.
That the prison you currently endure is infinitely preferable to the prison of submission to his demands.
And that you will never take any action that compromises in any way your ability to become the person you wish to become.
Then laugh in the face of that crotchety old fool, and watch him slip into oblivion.
Peace be with you all.


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The Paris Agreement is a bridge between today's policies and climate-neutrality before the end of the century.
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Bounty Hunter, The (UK - BD)
Our reviewer Marcus will definitely allow at least two disintegrations this time...
Milo Boyd (Gerard Butler) is an ex-cop turned bounty hunter and when he gets the opportunity to track down and take his ex-wife Nicole (Jennifer Aniston) to jail, he jumps at the chance.
Could they find out that they still have feelings for each other? What do you think?
Jennifer Aniston and Gerard Butler's movie careers are so bizarre when you think about it. Aniston was hugely popular during her Friends period and seemed a dead cert to transfer over to the big screen and Gerard Butler seemed to have the entire world's male populace behind him after the success of 300. Yet both just seem to go by largely unnoticed in their film endeavours and both have an uncanny knack of picking some right dross to put their names against. Bounty Hunter brings them both together and even with their combined forces this movie still manages to meander.
Now I'm not against rom coms. Stuff like Nick and Norah or (500) Days of Summer aren't doing a whole lot different to the rest of the genre and they are both brilliant, but there's something about The Bounty Hunter's type of forced set up that does absolutely nothing for me and its basically because the writer, director and the stars do absolutely nothing with it to give it a pulse.
The Bounty Hunter isn't funny. It's about a million miles away from slick, there's no chemistry between Aniston and Butler (who are both playing exactly the same characters they always play. Y'know highly strung career woman vs. wise cracking insensitive (but really very sensitive) guy) and really the plot here is so thinly cobbled together that I gave up caring by about the half-way point.
It's not that crime capers mixed with romantic comedies don't work, stuff like 1990's Bird on a Wire with Mel Gibson and Goldie Hawn is a fine example of how you can combine all the elements of action, romance and comedy and wind up with a gem but sadly Aniston is nowhere near the joy that Hawn is and despite Butler having a glint in his eye, he's not Mel Gibson in his prime.
The Bounty Hunter just potters about for one hundred and ten minutes and draws to the expected conclusion with no surprises, no peaks of interest and really has nothing that I would consider memorable or all that entertaining.
This 2.35:1 image goes to show that a boring ass movie doesn't have to have a boring ass transfer. In fact, the transfer here is pretty bloody great. From the opening July 4th parade it looks absolutely gorgeous with its eye popping HD reds, whites and blues. This continues throughout the movie with all of these colours looking great in all their tones and despite hovering pretty close to being overly glossy, The Bounty Hunter holds on to its sharp impressive looks.
Skin tones all look fantastic (though lack any real detail) and the entire image looks pretty great with its bright lighting and fresh, bright visuals.
The best The Bounty Hunter can muster up is a pretty punchy soundtrack in places and two or three action scenes that play with volume as opposed to any real dynamics.
The car chase is probably the closest it comes to really showing off (even if the 80s metalesque score is more shrill than mood setting). The car skids and collisions play in the front channels well and the falling debris dances around the rears indiscriminately, creating a brief distraction from the largely flat dialogue throughout the rest of the movie.
The DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 track isn't doing anything wrong it's just got nothing to do with the audio mix available and really I didn't expect much more from it.
The Making of (17:42 HD) kicks off with Butler saying how sharp and funny he thought the script was when he read it and Aniston hypes up that she's never done a movie with this much action before. Both are statements that only looking back at their past projects can make their excitement make sense because the movie is neither sharp nor has that much action.
'Stops Along The Road: Hunting Locations' (11:21 HD) takes a look at the location in the movie and 'Rules for Outwitting a Bounty Hunter' (01:21 HD) is a TV spot style puff piece with clips from the movie.
Along with BD-Live and movieIQ, there are trailers for Blu-ray is High Definition, The Ugly Truth (another movie I've forgotten all about already), Julie and Julia and Did You Hear About the Morgans?
The Bounty Hunter was not a fun way to spend a Saturday afternoon. It's drab, predictable in the worst way, pretty lifeless and writing this review mere hours later I can barely remember anything outside of Jennifer Aniston climbing out of a car boot in a pencil skirt and punching Gerald Butler in the balls, and even that wasn't funny.
The disc is a fairly run of the mill rom-com release with a pretty nice video transfer. I know my rantings probably won't turn away the hard-core rom-com fans out there, but really there is so much more out there that does this sort of thing so much better.
* Note: The above images are taken from the Blu-ray release and resized for the page. Full-resolution captures are available by clicking individual images, but due to .jpg compression they are not necessarily representative of the quality of the transfer.
Review by Marcus Doidge
Suitable only for persons of 12 years and over
Disc Details
Release Date: 26th July 2010
Discs: 1
Disc Type: Blu-ray Disc
RCE: No
Video: 1080p
Aspect: 2.35:1
Anamorphic: No
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Imran Khan, a cricketer turned politician, is one of the top contenders to become Pakistan's next leader.
He heads the Pakistan Tehreek Insaf, or Movement for Justice party, which draws its support primarily from Pakistan's young and impoverished. It's likely that he or his main political rival, Mian Nawaz Sharif, will become the next leader of Pakistan.
Khan sat down with ABC News this week in Mansehra, a small town outside of Pakistan's capital, Islamabad. We asked Imran five questions, ranging from terrorism to how Pakistan's relationship with America will change if he is elected. These are his responses, edited only for brevity:
1. How will America's relationship with Pakistan change if you win the election?
It will change. Until now the U.S. has supported puppets. Now what has the U.S. learned? That puppets do not serve U.S. interests. In fact because of them there is more anti-Americanism in Pakistan than ever before. So the difference would be, God willing if we win, we would want to be friends of U.S., we would not want to be a client state of U.S. We don't want any U.S. aid. The war on terror, we want to fight our way, not how we're told, because by sending our army into the tribal areas on U.S. bidding, it has been a disaster for the U.S., (and) it's a bigger disaster for Pakistan.
2. Tell me about the war on terror. What will you do to defeat the Taliban?
We would first of all take the narrative of jihad away from the Taliban. Remember the narrative is that the Pakistani army is a mercenary army of the U.S. So because fighting for your freedom is jihad or a holy duty, you're fighting for god, and if you die you become a martyr, because they think the narrative is that Pakistan is fighting a U.S. war, therefore jihad is also fits against Pakistan army too.
So what we will do is disengage from the U.S. war, tell the U.S. we'll fight it our way. We don't want any aid, we don't want any drone attacks because drone attacks link us to the U.S. war. Drones are killing the same people the Pakistan army is fighting. And once we disengage, take away the narrative of jihad, we will then start a truth and reconciliation with our tribal people. So the idea would be to isolate those irreconcilable militants and wean away the bulk of the people who are our own tribal people, who are fighting because of collateral damage, unemployment, because they think the U.S. war is against Islam. So we'll wean them away and then we'll win the war. We'll win the war. Put it this way, the way to peace is through our tribal areas. There are about a million armed men in the tribal areas. There are only about 10,000 to 20,000 militants. If we win them over to our side, our tribal people will win the war.
3. So just to be perfectly clear, Pakistan has been a key U.S. ally in the war on terror for more than a decade. Are you saying it will no longer be an ally?
It will only be an ally in peace, it's not going to be an ally in war. Fifty thousand Pakistanis have died. This country has been radicalized. We are more insecure than ever before. There's something like $80 billion this country has lost in this war. The US aid is about twenty billion. The country is sinking into poverty, into chaos, the state is getting weaker. There is a consensus in Pakistan that there is no military solution. So therefore we'll look for a political solution. We want to be an ally in peace with the U.S., but no longer can this war continue. There is a consensus among all the political parties in Pakistan that there is no military solution, only a political solution, which is actually the conclusion that the U.S. has reached in Afghanistan too.
4. America for a long time has said drone strikes are vital towards targeting militants. You say you're going to stop them. Why?
If they were so accurate and vital, we should be winning the war. But the U.S. isn't winning in Afghanistan, we certainly aren't winning in Pakistan. So what have these drone strikes achieved? We would swallow the bitter pill that someone can be judge jury and executioner, violate our sovereignty, bomb an ally – we're an ally and it's never happened before that an ally bombs an ally – if this was effective we might have swallowed this bitter pill. It's totally counterproductive. It's caused more militancy. All it does is causes collateral damage, causes anti U.S. (sentiment), and guess who gains? The militants.
5. Some might interpret this as you being soft on the Taliban. What do you say to that?
If I'm soft on the Taliban, then all of the political parties that are pro war are soft on the Taliban as well. If being anti war means being soft on the Taliban, then people don't understand the dynamics of this war. And that's why we're stuck. The U.S. is stuck in Afghanistan. We're stuck in our tribal areas. People are ignorant of the history of this area. Never have they ever accepted a foreigner to come and occupy them, either in our tribal areas or in Afghanistan. And so this is going against history. Therefore it's time to give peace a chance. For both Pakistan and the U.S. We've had enough of fighting. We want peace. And if peace means that you're anti U.S., then people do not understand. Unfortunately some people in the U.S. feel that unless you do whatever the U.S. tells you to do, you're anti U.S. I believe that it's time for the U.S. to make Pakistan a friend rather than a client state, a hired gun which is paid money to do it's bidding. I think that time is over. Pakistan is past that stage, the country can no longer take this war anymore. And for the U.S. also, they should hope this election brings a partner in peace, and the US needs a peace partner to exit from Afghanistan.


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- Cold Standby: The secondary node acts as backup of another identical primary system. It will be installed and configured only when the primary node breaks down for the first time. Subsequently, In the case of a failure in the primary the secondary node is powered on and the data restored before finally starting the failed component. Data from primary system can be backed up on a storage system and restored on secondary system as and when required. This generally provides a recovery time of a few hours.
- Warm Standby: The software component is installed and available on the secondary node. The secondary node is up and running. In the case of a failure on the primary node, these software components are started on the secondary node. This process is usually automated using a cluster manager.Data is regularly mirrored to secondary system using disk based replication or shared disk. This generally provides a recovery time of a few minutes.
- Hot Standby: Software components are installed and available on both primary and secondary nodes. The software components on the secondary system are up but will not process data or requests. Data is mirrored in near real time and both systems will have identical data. Data replication is typically done through the software's capabilities. This generally provides a recovery time of a few seconds.
- Active-Active (Load Balanced): In this method both the primary and secondary systems are active and processing requests in parallel. Data replication happens through software capabilities and would be bi-directional. This generally provides a recovery time that is instantaneous.


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TV Show: Special Affairs Team TEN 2
Revised romanization: Teugsusageonjeondamban TEN 2
Hangul: 특수사건전담반 TEN 2
Network: OCN
Release Date: April 14, 2013 --
Runtime: Sundays 23:00
Language: Korean
Country: South Korea
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Joo Sang-wook returns with TEN Season 2
It's sequel time for OCN crime thriller Special Affairs Team TEN, starring Joo Sang-wook as a hard-nosed detective solving violent crimes with his ragtag team. With franchise shows like Vampire Prosecutor and God's Quiz leading the cable network's multi-season branding, it never even occurred to me that this show wouldn't get a second season, because I just assumed it was slated to come back for more crime-solving goodness.
The rest of the cast is set to return with Joo Sang-wook as well — the veteran detective Kim Sang-ho (You Who Rolled In Unexpectedly), cutie pie minion Choi Woo-shik (Rooftop Prince), and profiler Jo Ahn (King Gwanggaeto). Joo Sang-wook's twisted detective is called the "monster who catches monsters," just not literally monsters (not yunno, vampire-prosecutor style). He's more of your think-like-your-target, dogged cop without any rules, who just works the strangest cases that anyone can come up with and essentially becomes the devil to catch the devil.
It's a stylish show with cases that get so twisty you don't know which way is up. The name TEN comes from the types of criminals the team gets assigned: the ones that are deemed to have less than 10% chance of being caught. The first season aired on Friday nights at midnight, if that's any indication of the level of graphic violence. But even at that hour it reached 3.91% ratings at its peak, which are fantastic numbers for cable.
TEN Season 2 starts shooting in February, and will return with the same creative team — director Lee Seung-young and writer Nam Sang-wook. It doesn't have a premiere date yet, but is due out on OCN this year.
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Emergency Preparedness and Response (EP&R) Policy
Balton CP (BCP) is committed to the safety and well being of its staff, customers, contractors and all stakeholders. This policy outlines the steps to be taken to prepare for and respond to an emergency affecting BCP and its operations.
These requirements are met through the implementation of Major Incident and/or Business Continuity plans, which will enable BCP to respond effectively in an emergency situation. BCP will swiftly and effectively respond to emergency situations with the foremost goals of preserving life, protecting the organisation's property and restoring day to day operations as quickly as possible.
The aim and objective of this policy is to ensure that BCP has effective arrangements in place to enable it to:
- Carry out regular risk assessments in order to identify and subsequently manage obstacles to effective emergency management.
- Train all staff in disaster and emergency response procedures
- Ensure all staff are fully aware of the personal responsibility to behave in such a way as to minimise the risk of emergencies occurring.
- React effectively to a major incident within/directly affecting the business so that it can, as is reasonably practicable, continue to provide essential services in the event of an emergency.
- Minimise disruption when unplanned events have the potential to significantly interrupt normal business.
- React effectively to a situation where there is a significant loss of staff, e.g. due to industrial action.
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- Respond to flooding or other unexpected weather conditions.
- Ensure that all plans are reviewed and improved on a regular basis.
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BCP through continuous review will ensure that the plans and procedures in each operation are coordinated and adhered to:
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23-year-old wins WSOP title, $8.4 million
November 6, 2013
LAS VEGAS (AP) — A 23-year-old poker professional from Las Vegas by way of Michigan has won the World Series of Poker main event, lasting roughly 3 1/2 hours in a dramatic card session to push past his last opponent for the $8.4 million title.
Ryan Riess emerged with the title late Tuesday after a session that proved a showcase for his skills amid the unpredictability of no-limit Texas Hold 'em.
Riess put his final opponent Jay Farber all-in with an Ace-King.


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Q&A: Suzanne McGee on Chasing Goldman Sachs
In the hierarchy of Wall Street, Goldman Sachs has become the top dog: the cool, smart kid who finance geeks want to be. And, although Goldman's top brass gets dragged down to Washington, D.C., the bank still reigns, at least financially.
Telecom Dividends a Nice Buying Opportunity
After years of mounting customer outrage over its clogged network, AT&T has finally scrapped its unlimited-data plan and raised the price on heavy data users. It's a wonder it took so long. Since the iPhone debuted exclusively on AT&T in June 2007, Apple stock has risen 110 percent, while AT&T is down 38 percent. The $30-a-month unlimited plan was designed to attract customers, and with 50 million iPhones sold, it did. But AT&T's network was crippled as a few users hogged bandwidth: 3 percent of AT&T's smart-phone customers use 40 percent of its data. AT&T now offers a two-tiered system: 200 megabytes for $15 a month; two gigs for $25. Use more than that, and you'll pay extra. Network strain is likely to ease as a result, and analysts believe others will follow AT&T and that the switch will usher in a new era of (more profitable) metered data-pricing.
Q&A With Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh
Online shoe retailer Zappos made a name for itself with topnotch customer service. It paid off: Amazon bought it for $1.2 billion last fall. In his new book, Delivering Happiness, CEO Tony Hsieh talks about Zappos's unique business approach and giving customers that "wow" feeling.
Is Now the Time to Buy BP Stock?
Apparently we should all be buying BP stock right now. At least that's the recommendation of the people paid to know these things: financial analysts who follow the company.
High-Frequency Trading: Out of Control
High-frequency traders, who have maintained a low profile, say that because their frenzied trading provides liquidity, they help markets run smoother, improving the environment for all investors. But combine the speed at which they operate, the outsourcing of decision making to computer codes, and an almost complete lack of regulation, and this shadow market can fuel and exaggerate volatility.
BP's Photo Blockade of the Gulf Oil Spill
As BP makes its latest attempt to plug its gushing oil well, news photographers are complaining that their efforts to document the slow-motion disaster in the gulf are being blocked from the sites where the effects of the spill are most visible.
Will Splitting Offshore-Oil Regulator Prevent Future Accidents?
On Tuesday, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar cut the Minerals Management Service in half, separating its duties of regulating the offshore oil and gas industry and of collecting billions in revenue from it. The move is a tacit acknowledgment that a conflict of interest is inherent to the agency's dual mandate, and is an indictment of the decisions the MMS made that have arguably exacerbated the Deepwater Horizon disaster. With oil still leaking into the Gulf of Mexico (BP engineers are getting desperate), the MMS faces mounting criticism for its role in the mess, first for a 2003 decision not to require remote-control shutoff switches in the gulf as a last-resort safety mechanism in the event of a blowout, and second for granting BP an exemption from providing a detailed environmental report of the Deepwater Horizon site. ...
The First Vatican-Approved Stock Index
Ever wonder how the pope would do as a stock picker? We might find out. Last month the first Vatican-approved equity index launched. The Stoxx Europe Christian Index is a compilation of 533 European companies that adhere to Catholic values. Meaning no profits from porn, gambling, weapons, tobacco, or birth control. Oil, on the other hand, is OK. BP and Shell are among the index's top 10 components. "Environmental issues are not part of our screening criteria," says Michael VanDam of Christian Brothers Investment Services, a cosponsor of the index and one of six committee members determining its components....
Jobs: Where Will You Work in the Future?
The year 2030 sounds far off. In a way, the number itself conjures images of silver unitards and hovercrafts, just as 2010 probably did to people back in 1990. A lot's changed since then, but more has stayed exactly the same, which is part of the problem.
The Computer Glitch Felt Round the World
So this is what high-frequency trading looks like. Just before 3 p.m. today, the Dow Jones industrial average went from being down about 180 points, mostly off continuing fears over the Greek debt crisis, to falling off a 900-point cliff, to then rallying back another several hundred points. All in the span of about 20 minutes. During that span, share volume spiked to its highest levels in more than a year, to more than 4 million shares being traded in the Dow Jones alone.Stocks in every sector mimicked the roller-coaster dip and climb. Shares of Accenture dived from $41 all the way down to 1 penny, and then back to around $35 in under five minutes. Shares of Proctor & Gamble crashed from about $60 down to $48 and then up past $60 in a few minutes. The big news surrounding Proctor & Gamble today: an investigation into high instances of diaper rash in Pampers. Painful, yes. But enough to cause a massive sell-off and then buy-back? No way. As precarious as the situation is in...
How Gulf Accident Hampers Offshore Drilling
How the Deep Horizon accident seriously hampers offshore drilling.
Why You Should Invest Like It's 1976
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Goldman Wasn't Alone in Deals Like Abacus
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Goldman Sachs: Has The SEC Finally Grown a Pair Under Mary Schapiro?
It's been a busy week for the SEC. On Wednesday, the regulatory agency took a small, but important first step toward shining light on the very dark, very unregulated world of high frequency trading. And now come charges of civil fraud levied at Goldman Sachs. Talk about a double whammy. In the old days, the SEC would've put its feet up and called it a week after the high-frequency trading action. But following it up two days later by charging the biggest, baddest bank in the world with $1 billion of fraud? Who does the SEC think it is? The country's financial watch dog? Let's hope so....
How Much Oil Is Really off the Atlantic Coast?
Obama's decision to open the Atlantic Ocean to drilling may not yield the results everyone imagines.
Why Investment Banking Revenues Are Heading Down
Investment banks may have wrecked the world economy in 2008, but they sure made money picking up the pieces. In 2009, the global investment-banking industry took in $311 billion in net revenue, a 50 percent jump from 2008 and only $17 billion off its 2007 peak. Profit margins last year were 24 percent, the highest ever. Leading the pack were the usual American suspects: Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan, Citi, and Bank of America. Armed with TARP cash--essentially, free money from the Fed--and facing a cleared field thanks to the demise of Lehman Bros. and Bear Stearns, i-banks took advantage of a lack of liquidity and huge spreads in credit and fixed-income markets. Trading revenues soared as leverage remained high. Those that dialed back on risk, like Morgan Stanley, came to regret it. For the most part 2009 was easy money. But that party is over. A recent Boston Consulting Group report forecasts an 11 percent drop in industry revenues in 2010. Even as the economy recovers and traditional...
The Six Biggest Public-Relations Blunders Tiger Has Made So Far
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Why the Democrats Are Saying, 'Drill Baby, Drill!'
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Will Five-Day Delivery Save the Postal Service?
The U.S. Postal Service is on track to lose $23 billion a year for the next decade. Can reducing delivery to five days a week really save the system?
Texas: An Alternative-Energy Breakthrough
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The Dangerous Quest for Deepwater Oil
Miles below the ocean floor lies enough oil to power the U.S. for more than a decade—and perhaps our best shot at energy independence.
Recalls: Which Reactions to Past Screw-ups Should Toyota Follow, and Avoid
Businesses make terrible mistakes. It's how they react that can determine whether they thrive—or even survive. Toyota was slow to acknowledge its problems, but ultimately recalled 8 million vehicles and apologized. Whether it ends up back on track like the brands at right or has a bumpier ride like those at left, one thing's for sure: it's not there yet. ...
The Toyota Recall Hearings: Congressional Kabuki?
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Toyota's Mysterious Black Boxes
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Geithner Under Fire for Fed E-mails to AIG
Criticism has dogged the Treasury secretary for months. Now newly uncovered e-mails indicate how the New York Fed, under his tenure, directed AIG to keep quiet about its disbursement of $62 billion in bailout funds.
Is Carbon Regulation Good for Business?
Cap-and-trade opponents have tried to portray the legislation working its way through Congress as bad for business. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce says it would set off a "catastrophic cascade" of lawsuits and "choke off growth"—and some economists say that the House bill, if enacted, would shave 1 percent off GDP growth in the near term. But carbon regulation is coming—the EPA last month declared greenhouse gases a danger to public health—and some believe CO2 emissions are poised to become a key performance indicator, like cash flow or supply-chain efficiency. IBM is betting the new rules will boost its business. Since 2007, the company has helped 3,300 companies reduce energy use by an average of 40 percent. Most recoup their investment within 18 months, according to IBM. "For every dollar saved on energy, there's an additional $6 to $8 in operational savings," says Rich Lechner, IBM's VP for energy and environment. Just as firms like SAP made billions in the 1980s and '90s selling...
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Yesterday was a weird day, but then again every day feels weird to me nowadays..In a good way though. I think it has to do with leaving town a lot, then coming back and hearing about all the craziness I missed while I was gone...and of course, having my own crazy adventures on my trips away from NYC..Anycooch, The first pic is my friend Dave wearing one of his DIY funny t-shirts..I gotta put Dave and his shirts up regularly as they are ever evolving!
The next photos are of the rally slacktivist John Penley(who is back in NYC ) organized outside of the Christadora House on Avenue B..Penley was demanding housing for homeless vets, as he is couch surfing since he got back into town..Jim Powers declined to show up to the event, as did Biker Bill who has been staying at a hotel in Staten Island much of the time lately..Bill has some biker parties and events going on this weekend so I guess he was out and about having fun somewhere..The guy I am standing next to with the Housing For People sign, is Richard A. who I briefly dated over 17 years ago..I haven't seen him since then and so my mind was freaking BLOWN seeing him at the rally! He didn't recognize me at first without the afro, buck teeth, glasses, etc I was sporting back then..There were reporters from The Villager and the NY Press there who took photos and such..
I wandered off to Union Square to watch people getting dismembered in creative ways in 3D, in The Final Destination which is playing at Union Square..and when I returned to Avenue A it was quite the night around Ray's..John Penley and Lincoln Anderson, editor of the paper The Villager, ended up drinking at Odessa Bar together..I took some pics of them and this couple whom I don't know, along with the nice bartender..The couple wanted their pic taken outside on the street, but there was such utter chaos out there..the pic ended up having a crowd of people in it like Marlene and a few others whom I don't know who were having fun on the street that night..I managed to refrain from drinking because I REALLY needed to sleep well last night which I finally did!


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806 construction workers in Lithuania to receive help from EU Globalisation Fund
The European Commission has on January 18, 2010 approved an application from Lithuania for assistance under the Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF).
The Commission will now make a proposal to the European Parliament and the Council to mobilise the budgetary resources. The funding will help 806 workers in the buildings construction sector back into employment. The application – for assistance amounting to €1,118,893 – concerns workers made redundant in 128 small and medium-sized enterprises in the country.
The Lithuanian application relates to 1,612 redundancies in 128 small and medium-sized enterprises operating in the construction sector – one of the first sectors to be affected by the economic and financial crisis. It is expected that about half the redundant workers will take up the offers of assistance made possible thanks to support from the EGF.
During the first and second quarters of 2009, the volume of construction activity in Lithuania decreased by 42.81 % and 48.04 % respectively, compared with the same quarters in 2008, with the redundancies as a consequence of this sudden slow-down.
These redundancies have a serious impact in the country since unemployment in Lithuania is amongst the highest in the EU, and has risen sharply since the start of the economic and financial crisis. The construction industry has been especially badly affected, losing around 10% of its jobs in Lithuania in 2008 alone.
The package of EGF assistance for the construction workers who have lost their jobs will help 806 of the most disadvantaged back into employment by offering them employment incentives, career guidance and retraining. The total estimated cost of the package is almost €1,721,374, of which the European Union has been asked to provide EGF assistance of €1,118,893.


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