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A majority of respondents to a national survey once again said they oppose impeachment for Clinton. In a poll of 513 US adults, the Marist College Institute for Public Opinion found 69 percent who did not think he would be impeached, while "two-thirds" said they would vote against such a move if they held seats in the House of Representatives. The same percentage would vote against his removal from office if the matter came to a trial in the Senate.
The average life expectancy for Americans has reached an all-time high of 76-1/2 years, new federal government data show. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also put the infant mortality rate for last year at 7.1 per 1,000 births, a 3 percent drop from 1996. Its statistics, published in the journal Pediatrics, showed a 3 percent drop in teen pregnancies as well..
Police may not conduct full searches of motorists or their vehicles if they've been stopped for routine traffic violations, the US Supreme Court ruled. In a 9-0 decision, the justices overturned a 1983 Iowa law that permitted such searches even when no arrest followed.
Slightly more than 0.5 percent of the requests for gun purchases were rejected by the FBI since a new law began requiring "instant" background checks Nov. 30, the agency said. The FBI processes such requests in all but 16 states, which have exercised the option to conduct their own checks. The FBI said it had approved all but 951 of 177,391 gun sales under the new provision of the Brady bill.
Computers hummed and the heat came on inside the International Space Station as US astronauts completed the hook-up of critical power cables in less time than mission directors had expected. The couplings between the US-built Unity module and the Russian Zarya power unit took four hours, not the predicted five or six.
A Delta Airlines jet en route from Atlanta to Zurich, Switzerland, and a British Caledonian flight came within 1.07 miles of colliding off Long Island, N.Y., last Sunday, the Federal Aviation Administration said. The planes, each traveling more than 500 m.p.h., were carrying a combined 370 passengers and crew. The FAA said its investigators were not yet ready to agree with air-traffic controllers that a malfunctioning computer at the Nashua, N.H., ground control center was to blame.
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Violent clashes between Palestinians and Israelis escalated ahead of President Clinton's scheduled visit Saturday to monitor the peace agreement reached in October near Washington. Tensions have risen since the Palestinians demanded that Israel free Palestinian political prisoners from its jails. Israel maintained it had made no such agreement, but has freed some Palestinians, mostly criminals. Some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners have staged a hunger strike, calling for their release.
Meeting no apparent resistance from Iraqi officials, UN arms inspectors were poised to begin their first searches of suspected weapons sites since the Baghdad government promised its full cooperation last month. Meanwhile, hundreds of delegates met in Baghdad for an international conference protesting UN economic sanctions imposed after Iraq's 1990 invasion of Kuwait. At the conference, Iraq accused the West of pursuing "organized genocide" by maintaining the sanctions, which it claims have killed 1.5 million people by depriving them of food and medicine.
Russian President Boris Yeltsin's surprise shake-up of his administration was praised by many Russian newspapers, but the Communist Party opposition reaffirmed its claim that Yeltsin wasn't capable of "governing anything any longer." In an effort to reassert his authority, Yeltsin briefly left a hospital - where he's been staying since Nov. 22 - to fire his chief of staff and three deputies.
NATO foreign ministers met in Brussels to start planning a strategy for the 21st century. Britain vowed to push for a stronger, more independent role for the European Union, while Germany's new Green Party foreign minister was expected to call on the alliance to renounce its option of being the first to use nuclear weapons in a war.
Faced with plunging prices, Arab oil ministers proposed to cut production beginning in March, and to ask members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries to follow their lead. The ministers from the six-nation Gulf Cooperation Council met in Abu Dhabi two weeks after OPEC's annual meeting failed to reach an agreement on ways to halt the price slide. The proposals were expected to be endorsed by leaders of the Gulf countries, which together sit on half the world's proven oil reserves.
Four Westerners were discovered murdered in the Russian breakaway province of Chechnya. The victims - three Britons and a New Zealander - had been kidnapped in October by unknown gunmen in the capital Grozny. Russian police gave no details of the killings. Since Russian troops withdrew from the province in 1996, Chechnya has been buffeted by violence and kidnappings as renegade warlords fight for the establishment of a stricter Islamic state.
Business and Finance
Telecommunications giant AT&T plans to grow larger, announcing a deal to buy IBM's Global Network for $5 billion. The move is designed to fill a gap in AT&T's ability to supply high-speed data services and Internet access. The IBM group has tens of thousands of customers who use it to link computers that are far apart. The service has been generating $2.5 billion a year in revenues.
The record growth in the money spent on advertising by US businesses this year isn't likely to be duplicated in 1999, an industry forecast said. McCann-Erickson Worldwide said 1998 spending grew 7.1 percent, to $200.8 billion, helped by a more-resilient-than-expected economy, the Olympic Winter Games, and the midterm election. It projected a 5.5 percent increase next year.
A troubled $1.9 billion natural gas pipeline project that plans to link Pakistan with the ex-Soviet republic of Turkmenistan lost its majority partner when the US oil and gas company Unocal announced it was pulling out. Unocal held a 54 percent stake in the 1,165-mile project but said it needed to cut spending next year because of low oil prices. Lenders have been slow to back the project because of political turmoil in Afghanistan, through which the pipeline would pass.
'I really don't need any more money.' - Billionaire George Soros, telling a BBC interviewer he can afford to spend more on philanthropy than he earns because of the wealth he has accumulated, much of it through controversial speculation.
Want a nice, fresh Christmas tree without having to pay for it? If you'll be in Pullman, Wash., you could try cutting down one of the young evergreens on the sprawling 2,600-acre Washington State University complex. On second thought, maybe you're better off buying from a vendor. Workers have sprayed many - but not all - of the trees with a colorless mixture of rancid liquids whose properties do no environmental harm and won't be obvious until released into warm indoor air. "You're gambling," said a WSU official. "You won't really know until you get it inside."
What does it cost these days to blow your own horn? In Houston: at least $5,165. That's what the city paid for 2,000 copies of a 14-page, full-color booklet touting Mayor Lee Brown's youth programs, among them education initiatives. But there's at least one spelling error on almost every page. The booklets are to be reprinted - at additional expense.
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'Psycho' remake enjoys good box office in weekend debut
A color remake of Alfred Hitchcock's black-and-white terror classic, "Psycho," took in enough money to place second among last weekend's most lucrative movies. (Disney's computer-animated "A Bug's Life" was No. 1 for the second straight week.) The "Psycho" remake, starring Anne Heche in the Janet Leigh role and Vince Vaughn as Norman Bates, wasn't screened for critics, but producers said that was only because Hitchcock didn't screen the original. Estimated grosses for top films at North American theaters Dec. 4-6 (in millions):
1. "A Bug's Life" $17.2
2. "Psycho" 10.0
3. "Enemy of the State" 9.7
4. "The Rugrats Movie" 7.6
5. "The Waterboy" 6.5
6. "Babe: Pig in the City" 2.4
7. "Meet Joe Black" 2.3
8. "Elizabeth" 2.0
9. "I Still Know What You Did Last Summer" 1.7
10. "Home Fries" 1.7
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After umming and ahhing for months over which pattern I should use, then muslining two different patterns which were both too small, I ended up making this pair in two days' flat! Back pocket inspiration came to me from my swirl sheath dress where I used alternating sides of the same fabric – so here I laid down some scrap denim showing the reverse, topstitched, and frayed the edges for some texture.
The lining fabric is some quilting cotton with little running men all over it – I'd bought it to make a baby changing mat for a good friend (one of my fellow river running buddies) and there was a little bit leftover from the metre to use here. As per usual, I used the quilting cotton for the inner waistband, front pocket facings, and the fly underlap.
The denim here is gloriously wonderful stuff – all the better for aging like a fine wine in my stash since my mom brought it over in her suitcase for the wedding in 2010! So it's officially over three years old, and I wish I'd bought more of it from Fabric.com, but for those of you who can buy from there without crippling shipping costs, apparently it's "Heavy weight denim marine". It's non-stretch, has a great colour and texture, and really feels very high end boutique denim. Paired with some stellar rivets from Junior again (remember I showed you how to use these a while back, too), and I've got myself some very expensive-looking jeans for not very much time or money! Much better than fighting my way through the shops, that's for sure.
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Well sexy!x
Sep 24, 2013, 02.45 PMby kihli
Your jeans look great on you!
Sep 24, 2013, 02.12 PMby sleepy-dumpling
Wow brilliant jeans! They look really professional and I love your little finishing touches. I want to have a go myself but haven't been brave enough yet. Well done!
Sep 24, 2013, 01.49 AMby EllenMarieS
Great jeans. I have been thinking about making some, and yours are very impressive and inspiring. Did you have trouble sewing through the thickness of the fabric?
Sep 24, 2013, 12.19 AMby candisrrt
I am very impressed
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Put a bunch of brand new, high-tech tennis rackets in front of a handful of pretty good middle-aged 4.0 players (7.0 being Roger Federer and 1.0 being an untrained monkey), and they won't care what kind of Nobel Prize-winning innovations went into building them. But they will tell you what works. Here's how they rated the hottest new tennis technology, all about $200 retail, on a cold winter night in suburbia under the lights.
The spinner
Wilson Steam 99S: New racket with the fewest horizontal strings on the market (15, compared with the normal 19 or 20), causing the 16 vertical strings to snap back faster, creating more spin and yielding greater control. The design, touted as the next big thing in rackets, is claimed to deliver 10% more spin than a typical racket.
Likes: Best for pure control. Noticeably more spin than the other test rackets. "The ball goes where you aim it," said one. "This is great for volleying and for doubles play, where you need more accuracy than power," said another. "Superb control at the net." Weight: About 12 ounces.
Dislikes: A noticeable drop in power. "I couldn't hit the ball with enough drive and power," said one. "I'm getting more serves in, but they aren't going as deep or with as much [speed]. So the balls are easier to return."
Price: $189-$199; http://www.wilson.com
Best all-around
Babolat AeroPro Drive: This stiff, torque-resistant frame is made of a graphite-and-tungsten composite with a vibration-dampening treatment that's purportedly easy on your elbows and hands and aids control. Its massive, triangular-tubed aero-shaped neck purportedly lets it swing through the air faster.
Likes: The group ranked this one best overall; its combo of stability and maneuverability made it the choice for singles, doubles and strong hitters who wanted more control. Testers called it the most powerful of the test rackets (about equal to the Prince), with the second-best control (next to the Wilson). "Good power without hurting your arm; not a lot of vibration," said one. "Great at the baseline and for serving." It has a 16-by-19 string pattern and weighs about 11 ounces.
Dislikes: None
Price: $199; http://www.babolat.com
Carbon crusher
Head YouTek Graphene Speed Pro: Head uses high-tech Graphene, a single, ultra-light, Nobel-winning layer of carbon atoms the company says is 200 times stronger than steel, to lighten the shaft and bulk up the head and grip. The result, it says, is more power and faster swing speed with less effort.
Likes: A balanced, all-round racket with no flaws. It has good accuracy/control, good power, a solid feel, and minimal vibration and shock. "It's almost as good all-round as the Babolat," said one. "I loved it serving." It has an 18-by-20 string pattern and weighs about 12.5 ounces.
Dislikes: None
Price: $199.95. http://www.head.com
Holy frame
Prince EXO3 Warrior 100: Year-old graphite model with giant 5/8 - and 1/2 -inch holes in the frame rather than conventional pinhole grommets. Prince claims the holes give the strings more response upon impact, a bigger sweet spot, and more power and control.
Likes: The testers rated the Warrior a good all-around racket, although it was no one's favorite. One felt it had great raw power for baseline pounding and serving. Another liked its spin and control. Several liked the soft, cushioned comfort and response. In general, it was thought to have a good balance of power and accuracy, similar to the Head. It has a 16-by-19 string pattern and weighs about 12 ounces.
Dislikes: A bit of a muffled feel on finesse shots.
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'Verily I say unto you, there be some standing here, which shall not taste of death, till they see the Son of man coming in his kingdom.' Matthew 16:28
Suggested Further Reading: Hebrews 2:6–15
tasting of death here may be explained, and I believe it is to be
explained, by a reference to the second death, which men will not taste
of till the Lord comes. And what a dreadful sentence that was, when the
Saviour said, perhaps singling out Judas as he spoke; 'Verily I say unto
you, there be some standing here, who shall never know what that
dreadful word 'death' means, till the Lord shall come.' You think that
if you save your lives, you escape from death. The demise of the body is
but a prelude to the perdition of the soul. The grave is but the porch
of death; you will never understand the meaning of that terrible word
till the Lord comes. This can have no reference to the saints, because
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my saying, he shall never see death. Then said the Jews unto him, Now we
know that thou hast a devil. Abraham is dead, and the prophets; and
thou sayest, If a man keep my saying, he shall never taste of death.' No
righteous man, therefore, can ever 'taste of death.' He will fall into
that deep oblivious sleep in which the body sees corruption; but that is
another and a very different thing from the bitter cup referred to as
tasting of death. When the Holy Spirit wanted an expression to set forth
that which was the equivalent for the divine wrath, what expression was
used (in Hebrews 2:9)?
Christ 'by the grace of God should taste death for every man.' The
expression 'to taste of death,' means the reception of that true and
essential death, which kills both the body and the soul in hell for
For meditation: This terrible tasting of everlasting
death will be the only course available for those who have refused in
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text: Job Discussion Forums :: View topic - anyone got a decent contract? Get TEFL Certified & Start Your Adventure Today! Job Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in anyone got a decent contract? Goto page 1, 2, 3 Next Job Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Italy View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message caroline italyJoined: 09 Apr 2003Posts: 14 Posted: Tue Apr 15, 2003 9:58 pm Post subject: anyone got a decent contract? I've been here (Italy) a long time now but I've never had or even heard of anyone else getting decent full-time, all-year-round contracts with sick-pay and holidays included. Am I living out in the hicks and should maybe think about moving to the big cities where it's all happening or is my experience everyone else's too? Seems that you have to move away from Italy to get good treatment. Back to top roadrunnerJoined: 09 Mar 2003Posts: 22Location: London, UK Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 7:46 pm Post subject: I am planning to move to Italy to teach in September, and this is very discouraging. Is there no way of getting a stable contract there? Back to top caroline italyJoined: 09 Apr 2003Posts: 14 Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2003 9:56 pm Post subject: I don't want to put you off. but Italy is, despite being a truly beautiful place, not the best country to teach in. I've been here for yonks and it's a struggle. The pay is particularly low here and the contracts pretty bad. Yuo might find that schools give you only a few hours and then get all narky if you dare teach for other schools too. Not wanting to be too depressing, I can only suggest that you set up a job before coming over (internet and such). All the best C Back to top ESLteacherJoined: 30 Jan 2003Posts: 82 Posted: Thu Apr 17, 2003 5:00 am Post subject: g ggLast edited by ESLteacher on Thu Aug 24, 2006 5:30 am; edited 1 time in total Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2003 11:55 am Post subject: Italy Italy has a terrible reputation as a place to work. A while back a group of non-Italian "lettori" at universities took legal action to try to get a better deal, but I am not sure whet the outcome was. Seems that it would be easier just to add Italy to the list of countries where you might as well forget getting a "real" job. Back to top shirleyJoined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 45Location: Italy Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2003 12:43 pm Post subject: Scott, you're right about the Lettori strike in 93, I was one of the lettori on strike, we won that suit but for me all it meant was 6 months of unemployment while the strike was on and finding out my position had been cut when it ended. I won another position at a nearby university, displacing another lettrice who lost hers to me. After all that I never did see any money from the settlement, the State claimed it was broke. I left a year later, maybe others saw some money out of that. After all that hassle, I have to admit that I've done it again. I won a position at another Italian U. and I'm returning for more in June. I've spent two years teaching at a "grande ecole" in France and they, I must say, are worse than Italian universities. I'm still waiting to be paid for overtime I taught in 2001. In Italy I was always paid what they said they would pay me, although it was very little. In France they promise, but don't deliver. In France, unlike Italy, the rip-off is not related to nationality, they do it to the French too! I wouldn't strike Italy off your list of places to teach, just know that it isn't a place to save money. The lifestyle, however, is the best I've ever experienced. To me the pleasures of Italian lifestyle make the smaller salary worth it. Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Sat Apr 19, 2003 2:13 pm Post subject: no Italia for me Not an option for me. I have a wife and bairns to feed, clothe and educate. Life is cruel ! Back to top roadrunnerJoined: 09 Mar 2003Posts: 22Location: London, UK Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 6:40 pm Post subject: You advise setting up a job in advance. I intended to arrive in Italy in early September at my chosen destination, spend a few days getting to know the local ELT scene and then trying to secure a job. I figured that way I would have a better idea of what I was letting myself in for. Would you advise against this? Back to top caroline italyJoined: 09 Apr 2003Posts: 14 Posted: Sun Apr 20, 2003 8:32 pm Post subject: Dear Roadrunner You might be okay waiting till September but lots of schools have already made arrangements with teachers by then. This period (from now till June) is probably the best moment to make initial contacts for the Autumn. Remember also that some schools are still on semi-holiday in early September and you might have to wait some weeks for lessons to start properly. Interesting to read about the lettori - I'd heard about it in connection with Perugia Uni I think, but no real details. Back to top karenhJoined: 02 Feb 2003Posts: 4 Posted: Mon Apr 21, 2003 10:57 am Post subject: I'm going to Italy in Sept to teach and am a bit worried now. I've spent the last 7 years here in Paris and it's true at the beginning it's tough, you have to go through the cowboys to get to a decent school. I also have a position at the uni and it's true they don't pay very often but they stipulate that you must have a main employer, that way they don't pay any national insuranc charges and can basically pay when they like! I was considering Rome or Bologna, does anyone have any tips? Where are you Caroline? Back to top MadaJoined: 23 Apr 2003Posts: 3Location: toronto,canada Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 1:26 pm Post subject: Hello I am another Tesol teacher hoping to get a teaching jobs in Rome or maybe not from what I read! Can anyone tell me what are the chances of making my dream of teaching in Rome, Italy a realty . I hear this scary stories about being promised positions and not getting what it is discussed! Can anyone advise me or tell me their experiences! A scared future teacher! Madalina Back to top caroline italyJoined: 09 Apr 2003Posts: 14 Posted: Thu Apr 24, 2003 9:47 pm Post subject: I feel like I'm a real party-pooper - ruining everyone's dreams of Italy. Unfortunately, the reality of it is that is a splendid, beautiful country, but its economy is not like back home in GB (or in the USA, as I'm lead to believe). there are not many job opportunities for people in general over here, with the best positions all concentrated in the north. However, maybe Milan is not the sort of Italy most Brits or Americans dream about...the stunning areas like Tuscany, Umbria (the area I live in), the South, Sicily, etc. are less industrialised, there's less commerce and also -as far as English mother tongue people are concerned - there's more competition from other job-seekers. Maybe in other parts of the world you can just walk straight into a teaching job - here it's pretty tough, with some of the jobs having lower wages than you need to survive on. Personally, I'd be wary about just turning up in September unless I had a bit of money to tide me over. I don't know exactly how much better other areas are - that's the reason for this posting - but I've been here for a long time and I haven't really heard of any good deals except perhaps University posts which are not easy to get. I'm not saying give up - just be careful. Best of luck! Back to top scot47Joined: 10 Jan 2003Posts: 15323 Posted: Fri Apr 25, 2003 9:06 am Post subject: harsh reality of efl life Many newcomers to this world of EFL do not or will not see how difficult it is to get jobs in many parts of the world. In many places (eg Italy) if you get a job you can barely survive on the income. The world of EFL is not wonderful. Real salaries are paid in some places : the Middle East and Japan and Korea. Elsewhere you will be living on pennies and eating peanuts. Do not listen to they hypsters that tell you there are jobs everywhere. Back to top avahanianJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 123 Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 1:12 am Post subject: surviving in Italy caroline italy wrote: Maybe in other parts of the world you can just walk straight into a teaching job - here it's pretty tough, with some of the jobs having lower wages than you need to survive on. Personally, I'd be wary about just turning up in September unless I had a bit of money to tide me over. Best of luck! Hi Caroline, No I don't believe you are a "party-pooper", but there are some points that people tend to overlook We need to make a distinction here....first of all, it is NOT tough to find "A" job teaching English in Italy, Spain, or other such countries, and it is actually EASY if you are good at marketing your skills. Of course if you are a backpacker or tourist then I hope you don't even consider doing this until you have the adequate qualifications and training (i.e. a TEFL/TESOL certificate, BA degree, and a desire to actually teach and not just waste everyone's time) To illustrate my point, let's first look at the statistics.....I will use Milano as my example. A city of nearly 1.5 million people, with loads of language schools and even more English teachers, right? This then, adds more to the arguments that teaching in Italy is hopeless and a waste of time. Wrong ! The reason some of you are disgruntled or know of people who are disgruntled, doesn't mean that there isn't teaching work in Italy. It simply means YOU were not able to find enough suitable work. This usually results from, your marketing skills (or lack of), NOT from the claim that there isn't enough work. Learning English is the trendiest thing now, and there are millions of people worldwide who want to learn. In fact, regardless of what the language schools tell you, demand still surpasses supply. In each city there are so many potential clients, your only problem is that you have no way of reaching them....or do you? How can anyone claim that in a city of 1.5 million people that there isn't enough work? It is there, you simply have to reach out to your potential market (which is, almost everyone) The reason that some of you don't believe there is enough teaching work in Italy is because you attempt to find work like the typical job searcher: "I shall go to the various language schools and leave my CV and hope and pray that they ring me back and give me some classes....ANY!!" If this is your method of finding jobs, it's no wonder then, that you become disappointed with the results. Finding TEFL work is a science (or rather, should be). It is nothing more than a numbers game, the more people you speak with or visit, the better your chances. Now, this means that you do not ONLY visit the language schools (a dire mistake), but also do the following: 1. Post adverts (in Italian!!) in English language bookstores and bars and coffeeshops 2. Post adverts (in Italian!!) near the University area (if your city has a university) 3. Visit the English department of the university and speak with the professors (whose students just may want to have an English tutor). If there isn't an English department, then there at least will be classes in English or English literature there are countless other ways of doing this, but I suppose that you have gotten the point: there has to be a scientific way of approaching your job search, and marketing is most important thing as far as survival. If you do it like the typical job searcher, then don't be disappointed if you don't get the results you hoped for Now, if you ask whether there are good work contracts, or if there is good legal teaching work (meaning not being paid in cash, "lavoro nero" as they say in Italy )this is another story..... This is not to say that Italy is full of lucrative teaching contracts; it isn't. BUT if what you are looking for is WORK, then it's there..... Do it like the Italians and work for cash....teach private classes !!! Yes this is illegal but I don't suppose that some of you (especially if you are non EU) are very concerned about this, you have in fact considered this for a long time and would not think twice about working for cash if the work was there It is there....and if you take it, it's yours. if you don't, well then just add yourself to the long list of whinging and moaning disgruntled former EFL teachers who waste bandwidth and post their ridiculous and bitter "experiences" on this web site. If you're interested (which I think that everyone is) in posting information that would be of some help to prospective teachers, then let's do it. Let's not turn this into another Job Information Journal. In other words, we should help each other succeed and inspire each other (even if it means posting a message such as this one) instead of just whinging (what good does that do anyway?) cheers Arin Back to top avahanianJoined: 19 Jan 2003Posts: 123 Posted: Tue May 06, 2003 1:20 am Post subject: Re: Hello Mada wrote: I am another Tesol teacher hoping to get a teaching jobs in Rome or maybe not from what I read! Can anyone tell me what are the chances of making my dream of teaching in Rome, Italy a realty . I hear this scary stories about being promised positions and not getting what it is discussed! Can anyone advise me or tell me their experiences! A scared future teacher! Madalina Hello Mada, You can make it a reality if you want to. But it takes a lot of work....read my previous post regarding the only thing that really matters in the world of TEFL: MARKETING! You should know that Rome is expensive (it's not as cheap as it used to be...it is a capital city after all!) Make sure that you bring enough money with you. this means at least 5000 Euro I know there are people who will argue with this (and in fact I'm going to post a question for those of you currently living in Italy and ask how much you would recommend someone to bring with them) Therefore, the three most important things in my opinion: 1. Marketing 2. reserves of at least 5000 Euro 3. "thick skin" and the will to succeed 4. Learn some Italian before you arrive If you don't have #2 or #4, you still have a chance....if you lack #1, chances are slim...if you lack #3, you can forget about it altogether Speak with as many people as possible, and for god's sake try to avoid Job Information Journal (it is almost entirely rubbish and full of so many untruths that one wonders how those people can rest well at night) If this truly is your dream job, then what is the worry? 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AP Interview: Egypt's Moussa urges new election
CAIRO (AP) — Leading Egyptian opposition figure Amr Moussa on Thursday urged the country's Islamist president to listen to the voices of the opposition and respond to their demands by holding early presidential elections.
In an interview with The Associated Press at his office in downtown Cairo, Moussa, a leading member of Egypt's main opposition bloc, the National Salvation Front, said the group is not calling for "the fall of the regime or staging a coup but heading to the ballot box" to change the president.
"Democracy should be the name of the game. Any change should be through democratic means," he said, adding: "Egypt needs real change in the way Egypt is managed."
Moussa's remarks came after President Mohammed Morsi delivered a lengthy speech late Wednesday ahead of opposition-led mass rallies on June 30 that aim to force him from office, claiming he has failed in office.
In his 2 ½-hour address, Morsi defended his performance in his first year in office, admitting to making mistakes but also claiming achievements. He offered no compromises in the confrontation with his opponents.
Those organizing the protests for Sunday — the anniversary of Morsi's inauguration — say he must go because he has mismanaged the country, given a monopoly on decision-making to the Muslim Brotherhood and his Islamist allies and has encroached on the judiciary.
Commenting on the speech, Moussa said the president and his Islamist backers are "not taking the opposition seriously."
"They don't want to recognize that there is anger. They are missing the point, a major point," he said and added, "they are in a state of denial." He then addressed Morsi personally, saying: "take the voice of the people seriously ... and the angry comments as major expression of dissatisfaction. Please take that seriously and accept early elections."
Moussa urged protesters to remain peaceful and refrain from violence in order to "prevail."
"The worst case scenario is chaos and anarchy, and this worst case should be avoided by all means," he said, urging protesters: "please come out and show your strength ... protest and say what you want to say but peacefully, peacefully, and don't get into bloodshed."


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Indian Olympic boxer Vijender Singh has refused to provide blood and hair samples to establish whether he used illicit drugs linked to a police investigation of more than $25 million in heroin confiscated from an international criminal network.
Senior Punjab Police officer Hardyal Singh Mann said in a statement Monday night that India's bronze-medal winning boxer did not consent to a forensic examination that could have established whether he used drugs.
Police questioned Vijender after sparring partner Ram Singh claimed the pair had used drugs bought from the people arrested in the drugs haul on several occasions.
Ram has been expelled from the National Institute of Sports in the northern city of Patiala.
Vijender was the only Indian boxer to medal at the 2008 Beijing Games.


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My buddy Brian Clark Howard of National Geographic News is one of the best green bloggers on the 'webs and a talented journalist and published author. Most of his books fall in the realm of sustainability but his latest is just for fun—Rock Your Ugly Christmas Sweater pays homage to the bold, the brash, and the bobnoxious Christmas sweater. The thick book takes its readers on a journey of discovery right into the heart of Christmas-wearing America. There are sweatered families, dogs, cats, and even robots. The knits run riot over its 192 pages with reds, greens, embedded Christmas lights, and crocheted Santas.
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COHN, Clarice. Children, death, and the dead: the Mebengokré-Xikrin case. Horiz.antropol. [online]. 2010, vol.5Selected edition, pp. 0-0. ISSN 0104-7183.
This article approaches the relations children entertain with the dead, as well as with their own death risk, among the Mebenkogré-Xikrin, an indigenous Jê-speaking Indigenous group living in the North of Brazil. These themes are developed by analyzing the fabrication of the body, the formation of the self and the person, and the relations with the dead, with a special focus on children. Mebengokré-Xikrin notions of childhood are therefore discussed in an innovative manner through the formation of the self and the child's relations with the cosmos and the dead, by looking at the eventuality of caputre by the spirits of the dead, their adoption in the after-life, the mourning of children, their bodily adornments and painting, how they should be taken care of in life in order to prevent death, and their bodies and social interactions.
Keywords : anthropology of childhood; ethnology of indigenous peoples of Amazon; indigenous children; Mebengokré.


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Google Maps of the Week
Feb 5, 2012 | Category: Google Maps
This week's most popular map on Google Maps Mania by a country mile was the Skyrim Map. This map of the popular role-playing game was viewed by at least five times more people than any other map I posted about this week.
The Skyrim Map uses custom map tiles with the Google Maps API to provide an interactive map of the Elder Scrolls game-world of Tamriel. The map includes the option to view markers showing the locations of holds and primary locations in the game.
Personally my favourite map of the last week was Ejecuciones en Chile entre septiembre y diciembre de 1973. This map is a powerful and poignant animated map visualisation of people executed by the Chilean military dictatorship between September 11 and December 31, 1973.
The map animates through a time-line of the executions geo-locating those murdered by place of death or where the body was discovered. As well as providing an animated time-line of the executions the map can be browsed by location, date of death, cause of death and by the name of individual victims of the 1970's Chilean dictatorship.
Finally, this week I was alos impressed with Deutsche Telekom's Worldwide Operations Map. The map itself is a simple store-locator that shows the scope of Deutsche Telekom's worldwide operations and lists the names of its companies operating in various countries around the world.
The map uses the Google Maps API Styled Maps feature to create a map that complements the colors of the company's corporate style and website design. There is nothing amazingly innovative about the map but it does it's job with little fuss and yet has a striking design.
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Researchers and history buffs alike may now search and access local history collections across North Carolina with a single search box thanks to a collaborative project led by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, NC LIVE, and the State Library of North Carolina.
Researchers and history buffs alike may now search and access local history collections across North Carolina with a single search box thanks to a collaborative project led by the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center, NC LIVE, and the State Library of North Carolina.
NC ECHO, available at http://ncecho.org, has been updated to expand access to unique local heritage collections previously scattered across a multitude of websites and North Carolina institutions.
NC ECHO enables users to search across thousands of digitized and �born-digital� historic materials, including a wide variety of books, photographs, maps, family histories, state documents, newspapers and other materials from cultural heritage institutions around North Carolina. The collections available through NC ECHO include a diverse array of materials by and about the people, places and history of North Carolina.
The previous NC ECHO program was managed by the State Library of North Carolina from 1999-2012, with the intent of identifying and digitizing local cultural heritage collections. The newly revived NC ECHO program continues with the same spirit, to build connections and improve access to these collections of historic materials.
Over the coming year, the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center will continue to work with cultural institutions across North Carolina to add new materials to this statewide search.
�This project shows how libraries, archives, and museums are working together to share their historical photo and document collections with all North Carolinians,� said Cal Shepard, State Librarian of North Carolina. �The NC ECHO website will unlock unique and important historical materials by making them easy to find and use for everyday researchers.�
Staff at libraries across the state have eagerly awaited the launch of the new NC ECHO project because it will dramatically improve service to patrons researching local history.
�By including content from more than 100 different institutions across North Carolina, NC ECHO makes it easier than ever for students, scholars, and genealogists to find the materials they need,� said Nicholas Graham, program coordinator for the North Carolina Digital Heritage Center. �NC ECHO is the new first stop for anyone interested in North Carolina.�
To use NC ECHO, patrons can visit http://ncecho.org, and search based on historical interests, places, or people. All of the collections available through the NC ECHO search are freely available online to all users, regardless of their location or affiliation.
For more information about NC Live, NC ECHO, and other digital resources, visit our Gaston County Public Library website at www.gastonlibrary.org or call 704-868-2164 / Dial 2.
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(Reuters) - Manchester United are closer to rediscovering their best form than reports would suggest, manager David Moyes said on Monday ahead of their Premier League clash with rivals Manchester City.
Moyes's team host City on Tuesday, with most making the title-chasing visitors favorites for the Manchester derby at Old Trafford for the first time.
The Scotsman has endured a difficult first season in charge at United but argues his team are not far off a return to trophy-winning ways despite languishing in seventh place in the league, 12 points behind City having played two games more.
"We're not as far away as many people would have us and I've no doubt it'll improve," Moyes told a news conference.
"We want to show we're still in there fighting."
"In the last couple of games, a lot of the players have stepped up to the plate and performed. But I'm not surprised by that at all - that's what they're capable of and I've been saying that all year.
"We have a good squad with good players - we maybe haven't played as well as we should have, but I think we have those capabilities within the squad."
United have enjoyed a resurgence in the last week, beating Greek champions Olympiakos Piraeus 3-0 at home to qualify for the last eight of the Champions League and enjoying a comfortable 2-0 win at West Ham United in the league on Saturday, to ease the pressure on beleaguered Moyes.
However, it is in the games against the Premier League's top four teams that Moyes has endured his most torrid time, with a resounding 3-0 defeat at league leaders Chelsea, a humiliating 3-0 home loss to bitter rivals Liverpool and a 4-1 thrashing in the reverse fixture with City earlier in the season.
"We want to perform better in the bigger games than we have done, I have no doubt about that," Moyes said.
"But we don't go into it any differently - we want to win them all.
"We go out to win every game - not just the derby. It's no different. Obviously it means a lot more to the supporters and the city to win a derby game, but we go into every game with the same intention to win."
United will have to cope without suspended captain Nemanja Vidic and injured defenders Chris Smalling and Johnny Evans for City's visit, with Moyes hopeful he can recall Rio Ferdinand and Patrice Evra, who both missed the trip to West Ham.
In the absence of Vidic, who is set to leave for Inter Milan at the end of the season, and vice-captain Evra it was England striker Wayne Rooney who stepped in to captain the side in their last league outing.
Rooney scored both of United goals in the win and moved to third in the club's all-time goalscorers list, strengthening his claim to wear the armband permanently next season and possibly again on Tuesday.
"Wayne has led by example all season," said Moyes.
"But maybe he's taken a wee bit of pride when wearing that armband and showing exactly what it means. He wants to take responsibility and I think you always need players who do that."
RELUCTANT FAVOURITES Despite a reversal of fortunes for the Manchester clubs this season City boss Pellegrini moved to play down his team's favorites tag ahead of the derby.
"We are in a good moment but we are playing against a big team in their own stadium, so I don't think we are the favorites," Pellegrini told a news conference.
"Of course we always expect to go and win every game but, I repeat, just because Manchester United have had a difficult season it does not mean we are going to win. We have to go there and play a very good game."
In his first season in English football Pellegrini has led his side to the League Cup and to third place in the league, six points off leaders Chelsea but with three games in hand.
City had been touted as potential winners of an unprecedented quadruple of trophies but exits in the Champions League and FA Cup in the same week meant that the Premier League remains the one trophy they can still win.
"When you are eliminated from other competitions it's not a good thing but one positive is you can just focus on the league so we don't have problems physically or mentally," Pellegrini explained.
"We are just trying to fight for the title. I know we must go game by game and we just have to win on Tuesday and then at Arsenal on Saturday after that."
After City, United play host to Aston Villa in the league on Saturday before welcoming Champions League holders Bayern Munich in the quarter-finals on April. 1.
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In Markham Centre, the cyclist will gain equality with the automobile. Well defined streets, architectural design, parks and trails will create an accessible downtown. Dedicated bike lanes throughout the plan will offer easy access and mobility for the cyclist.
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Beltway Blog — Congress prevents student loans rates from doubling, three Colorado members don't vote
WASHINGTON — Congress on Friday pushed through measures to continue federal spending on transportation projects and prevent interest rates on federally backed student loans from doubling over the weekend.
Three of Colorado's nine members of Congress, both Sens. Mark Udall and Michael Bennet and Rep. Doug Lamborn, didn't vote because they were in Colorado Springs with the president thanking firefighters and viewing fire damage. (Bennet stuck a statement in the Congressional record saying he would be a yes vote if he was in Washington.)
There's nothing like a deadline. If the House and the Senate didn't act by Sunday, interest rates on subsidized Stafford loans would have jumped from 3.4 percent to 6.8 percent. President Obama delivered a pitch to Congress at the University of Colorado Boulder on the issue in April.
Paired with the student loan legislation was a massive transportation spending bill that authorizes $100 billion on highway and transit programs in all 50 states. Both Democrats and Republicans touted the package as a "jobs bill" that will save 2.8 million jobs nationwide.
All of Colorado's House members in Washington Friday voted for the measure.
"A hike in student loan rates would have cost Colorado's students and working families millions of dollars," said Rep. Mike Coffman, R-Aurora, in a statement. "These are costs that no one can afford, especially during an economic recession."
Getting to the finish line was a bit tortured because Republicans and Democrats were fighting not only about how to pay for the $6 billion student loan price tag, but also both sides kept trying to get partisan agenda items tucked into the bill. (The Republicans wanted to build the Keystone oil sands pipeline and the Democrats wanted additional biking and pedestrian safety programs.)
In the end, everyone gave up those demands to reach a compromise.


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Birthday Party Idea: Set Up a Dessert Bar!
This pretty party idea (from Shaunna of the blog Perfectly Imperfect) is actually one aspect of a "vintage makeup party" for Shaunna's little girl (cute!), but it's the idea of a dessert bar that we really like. Shaunna chose to set up the dessert buffet on a lovely antique piece of furniture in her living room, with a few extra items on some newly painted tray tables.
Lindi of Etsy shop Love the Day designed all the cupcake toppers, banner, drink wraps, food labels and paper goods for the dessert bar, while the desserts all played to the sweet pink-and-white color scheme: white chocolate popcorn, pink sherbet, powdered donuts, and strawberry cookies.
Such a simple, yet lovely idea for a birthday: pick a theme for the birthday boy or girl and design a dessert table around that!
Read More: Vintage Makeup Party and Ava's Party - The Details at Perfectly Imperfect
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Will This One Change Eliminate Risk for Your Bank Stocks?
For years, shareholders of big banks Bank of America and Citigroup have been hearing about new regulations that could cripple profits. Now, new regulatory requirements for bank capital are being phased in for large banks worldwide. Is this the beginning of an easy breezy new era for risk management? Put simply: I don't think so.
What is Tier 1 capital?
In the wake of the financial crisis, the guidelines for Tier 1 capital, or a bank's core capital base, were variously analyzed, criticized, and discussed. In response, the group that develops these standards, the Basel Committee on Bank Supervision -- often referred to simply as "Basel," and often pictured in my mind as a charming older Swiss gentleman in a derby cap (don't ask) -- came together to strengthen liquidity and capital requirements for the banking sector, and particularly for globally significant banks.
The result is Basel III, a new set of guidelines regulators are phasing in worldwide. One of the new rules alters the definitions and requirements of core capital, especially for the foundational Common Equity Tier 1 (CET1) capital. A bank's CET1 ratio must now be a minimum of 4.5%.
At its most essential level, the CET1 ratio is calculated by adding up the allowable components of CET1 capital and dividing by the risk-weighted asset base. (Of course, nothing is actually this simple in practice, but it gives you the basic idea.)
There are a few different methods of calculating the CET1 ratio, but banks are required to use the one that produces the lowest ratio. Adding a few permissible assets to CET1 gives you the Total Tier 1 capital, which, under the new regulations, must be a minimum of 6% of risk-weighted assets.
Why should we care?
Research supports the notion that Tier 1 capital levels were an important predictor of bank performance during the financial crisis. How important? A European Corporate Governance Institute paper found that, controlling for country effects, a one standard deviation increase in Tier 1 capital was associated with an improvement in bank performance of almost 15%.
In other words, being one standard deviation above average in terms of Tier 1 made for 15% better performance during the onset of the financial crisis. Logically, the recent changes making the definition of Tier 1 more stringent could make it an important predictor of safety and stability in times of crisis. But does it give you the whole story?
A look at CET1 ratios
A small sampling of banks gives the following fourth-quarter CET1 ratios from 2013:
Required CET1 Buffer
Deposits to Assets Ratio
JPMorgan Chase
Bank of America
Wells Fargo
State Street
Very large banks, known as Global Systematically Important Banks (G-SIBs) are subject to additional capital requirements under Basel III, meaning they are required to hold more CET1 assets than other banks. JPMorgan is one of only two banks to carry the highest required buffer of 2.5%, compared to Citigroup's 2% requirement and State Street's 1%.
To get to these numbers, banks are assigned to "buckets" based on their relative importance to the global financial system. At this writing, each of these banks has reached their Basel III targets for CET1.
The end of risk?
I'm not convinced sufficient CET1 ratios mean we can all stop worrying about systemic shocks. While higher CET1 ratios will probably help buffer bank performance during hard times, this number shouldn't become synonymous with safety. Risk-weighting is an arbitrary exercise at worst, and an imperfect one at best, and it won't alter the incentives facing risk-seeking institutions looking to bolster returns at all costs.
CET1 should be looked at alongside other risk factors like the deposit base relative to assets, liquidity measures, and a bank's income sources. To give one example, there is quite a range of deposit-to-asset ratios among these banks. State Street has a ratio of nearly 75% compared to Citigroup's 52% -- despite very similar CET1 ratios, there are clear differences in each bank's underlying strategy.
So, use CET1 in your analysis, but don't let it lull you into skipping the rest of your homework.
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Sundance Dispatch #12: A Liberal Arts Education, A Techno Funeral, and A Sex Surrogate
I'm finally home from Sundancin', so this will be my last dispatch for 2012. I saw a great many wondrous things, like stars in the sky, a frigging blizzard, Ice-T and Coco being politely asked to move because they were on a couch being used for interviews, Eric Snider in his infamous Sundance hat, and as many movies as I could cram into my head. Here are the highlights.
Liberal Arts
I'm not a fan of happythankyoumoreplease. Some of it has a certain charm, but I couldn't get past the way that many of the main characters were merely props for Sam (writer/director Josh Radnor) to learn and grow. Thankfully, Liberal Arts is a far more mature meditation on growing up, growing old, and letting go. Although Jesse (Radnor) is an older, slightly more functional version of Sam, the other characters he encounters aren't just oracles for him in his journey.
As Jesse returns to his college for a retirement party for his former professor, Peter (Richard Jenkins), he's overtaken by nostalgia for those good old days of just reading books and bs-ing with other students. He also hits it off with a precocious and pretty 19-year-old named Zibby. The cast is stacked in Liberal Arts' favor. Jenkins is typically wonderful as a rebellious old prof who's torn between wanting a fresh start and fear of leaving what he knows. A particularly tenderhearted talk between Peter and Jesse about the age you feel inside resonated deeply.
Elizabeth Olsen's portrayal of Zibby, in addition to Radnor's more nuanced script, elevates the character from a gal teetering on the edge of Manic Pixiedom to a precocious, curious young woman who is bored with guys her own age and hungry for experience. Allison Janney puts in a small but biting performance as a professor who has a rather dim view of her male students and their gooey hearts, and John Magaro has a lovely part as a young student grappling with depression and loneliness. Zac Efron shows up as a hippie-dippie dude who hangs out on campus dispensing stoner Yoda advice.
Liberal Arts has a limited audience appeal; it's about white people who are well off enough to attend a private college and read David Foster Wallace. Radnor's writing chops have improved, but there are still some twee "go get yourself loved!" type aphorisms. That said, I found it warm-hearted and intensely likeable, and I look forward to Radnor's future projects.
Shut Up and Play the Hits
Oh, Sundance goggles. Right after I saw Shut Up and Play the Hits, I tweeted, "Shut Up and Play the Hits was lovely and smart, beautifully shot. got a little antsy with the performances but overall great. homesick now!" The cushion of time, sleep, and food has me rethinking that initial reaction, which is part of the wonder and danger of social media gut reactions mixed with the sensory overload of a film festival.
Shut Up is a carefully controlled portrayal of the week before LCD Soundsystem's last performance ever, at Madison Square Garden, and some of the aftermath. It is beautifully shot, whether we're watching LCD's front man James Murphy snuggle with his adorable French bulldog in his snowy-white bedroom or blast through songs with the band at MSG. Live footage from the concert is interspersed with scenes of the band backstage, an ongoing interview with Chuck Klosterman and Murphy that sort of acts as a narrative thread, and shots of Murphy looking pensive and going about his day. As promised, it is a "funeral" for this eclectic band, but what about its life?
There is almost nothing about the other band members and a little about the roots of the band, but it's basically all about James Murphy. Even as a fan of the band, the performance footage seemed to drag on in places so I am not sure how non-fans will appreciate the film. Then again, is that even the point? If it's not accessible to other filmgoers, possibly on purpose, what does that say about the intentions of the filmmakers? As a tribute to the last days of LCD Soundsystem, it mostly satisfies, but as a documentary, it felt fairly shallow with a false sense of intimacy.
The Surrogate
The Surrogate is one of the few movies I've seen at Sundance that I didn't just enjoy or admire, but which moved me to tears with the depth of its execution on every level. Inspired by the short doc Breathing Lessons about journalist and poet Mark O'Brien, The Surrogate takes on the rarely discussed topic of sex and the disabled. O'Brien, who spent the majority of his life in an iron lung, wrote about losing his virginity to a sex surrogate in the article "On Seeing a Sex Surrogate" for The Sun; this article and the short doc was the basis for writer/director Ben Lewin's screenplay.
John Hawkes stars as O'Brien, a vibrant, intelligent, hilarious man who isn't painted as an angel or a victim. It feels like a cliché to mention Hawkes' substantial transformation for this role, but when your protagonist is confined to a gurney, iron lung, or bed, his legs atrophied from disuse, it would be ridiculous not to discuss it. Helen Hunt is fantastic as Cheryl, the surrogate who helps Mark explore his sexuality and eventually lose his virginity. William H. Macy is also great as Father Brendan, a priest who receives Mark's frank confessions as a friend.
It seems entirely apropos that Fox Searchlight bought The Surrogate (for six million bucks!) in light of its support of Shame, NC-17 rating and all. While The Surrogate's sexual content is obviously quite different than Shame, it's a film that sheds light on a facet of human sexuality that is too often ignored. I am no expert on the topic of sex surrogacy, so I welcome the discussion that The Surrogate brings. To my naïve eye, the film offers a nuanced, although dramatized, look at a complicated professional relationship. After all, anyone who's been through psychotherapy can attest to how hard it is to "break up" with one's therapist; how much more complicated it must be to enter into such a relationship knowing it must end, especially given the type of emotional and physical breakthroughs it entails. Even the real-life patients and therapist portrayed in Kirby Dirk's doc Private Practices: The Story of a Sex Surrogate exhibit the same emotional and occasionally painful emotional bonding portrayed in The Surrogate. (Private Practices is currently streaming on Netflix.)
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Omar Infante knocked in the lone run of the contest in the eighth inning, backing seven scoreless frames from Anibal Sanchez, and Detroit nipped Chicago, 1-0, in the rubber match of a three-game series.
Sanchez (14-7) allowed five hits and four walks but fanned 10 in the victory for the Tigers, who won two in a row after dropping three straight.
"Early in the game he struggled with his command, but as the game went on he got sharper. Those last two innings were really good," said Tigers catcher Alex Avila.
Detroit now holds a 6 1/2 game lead in the AL Central over Cleveland, which lost earlier Wednesday to Kansas City.
Matt Lindstrom (2-4) was responsible for the deciding run for the White Sox, whose starter, Jose Quintana, also tossed seven innings of scoreless ball -- fanning six and walking only two.
"A lot of swings and misses for Sanchez," White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. "But both of them were in a little bit of trouble and battled out of it. Sanchez just pitched better."
The Tigers finally broke through in their second-to-last turn at the plate. Prince Fielder hit a one-out single, Victor Martinez singled him to second and two batters later, an Infante single made it 1-0.
Sanchez fanned Leury Garcia to start the bottom of the eighth, but after allowing a single to Jordan Danks and walking Alexei Ramirez, was pulled for Jose Veras. He fanned Paul Konerko, then gave way to Drew Smyly, who struck out Adam Dunn to keep it a one-run contest.
Joaquin Benoit then turned in a quiet ninth to earn his 18th save.
Sanchez and Quintana matched each other zero for zero with only minimal trouble.
The former was helped by a double-play grounder from Konerko in the first, then stranded a pair in the third on a Ramirez fielder's choice grounder and escaped a bases-loaded jam in the fifth thanks to another Ramirez ground ball.
The latter fanned Nick Castellanos with the sacks full in the first, stranded runners on the corners in the second by striking out Torii Hunter, then induced an inning-ending grounder from Hunter with two on in the seventh.
Game Notes
Sanchez lowered his AL-best ERA to 2.50 thanks to his third straight win and seventh in the last 10 starts ... Garcia totaled a game-best three hits for Chicago ... Hunter and Infante each collected two hits for the Tigers ...Detroit has taken 10 of 16 from the White Sox this season, with one more series scheduled between the clubs, at Comerica Park, from Sept. 20-22.


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Fall classics
Buffalo State College echoes with the sounds of the classics on Tuesday, when Paul Ferington conducts the Buffalo Philharmonia in its fall concert. Formed three years ago, the Buffalo Philharmonia is an auditioned college-community orchestra composed of musicians from all walks of life – majors and non-majors, professionals and amateurs.
This concert stars a distinguished guest, Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra saxophonist Sal Andolina. He will be performing Steve Cohen's Concertino for Soprano Saxophone and Orchestra. The evening also includes ballet music from Gounod's "Faust" and the Polovetsian Dances from Borodin's "Prince Igor" (you will recognize the exotic melodies, which were woven into the musical "Kismet"). The concert culminates in Beethoven's Symphony No. 8.
The concert takes place at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday in the Performing Arts Center at Rockwell Hall (1300 Elmwood Ave.) on the Buffalo State campus. Tickets are $10; free for Buffalo State students. For information, call 878-3005.
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Study Strip, San Francisco
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During the master program in Business Information Systems we had the opportunity to visit some interesting San Francisco based companies.
We stayed in the Terrace Inn near Stanford University. From there we made day trips to Berkeley, Muir Woods, Napa Valley and Sacramento.
Eating at the Wine Spectator Greystone Restaurant (The Culinary Institute of America) is a good culinary experience. It offers great food in a nice atmosphere. The building was built in 1888 and is listed in the National Register of Historic Places. You can also visit their wine cellar (Greystone Cellars).
We spent time at Cisco, Microsoft, Intel, Hilti and Sennheiser R&D but there was always enough time for sightseeing.


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I have written a server and a client that are using an overlapped named pipe. My problem is mainly with Readfile() and GetOverlappedResult().
Note that this program is a test code. It will be integrated later in a framework (I'm porting linux code that uses AF_UNIX adress family for socket connections to Windows)
I describe the server part. I have 2 threads :
1) the main thread opens an overlapped named pipe, then loop over WaitForMultipleObjects(). WaitForMultipleObjects() waits for 3 events: the 1st one waits for a client to connect. The 2nd allows me to cleanly quit the program. The 3rd is signaled when an operation is pending in ReadFile().
2) The second thread is launched when the client is connected. It loops over ReadFile().
Here is the server code:
I mainly used MSDN doc (named pipe server using overlapped I/O, named pipe client), the SDK, and other doc on internet, to write that code. Look in [1] for the client code. The client code needs some love, but for now, I focus on making the server working perfectly.
There are 4 functions in the server code (i forget the function that display error messages):
a) svr_new: it creates the overlapped named pipe and the 3 events, and calls ConnectNamedPipe()
b) svr_del frees all the resources
c) _read_data_cb: the thread that calls ReadFile()
d) the main() function (the main thread), which loops over WaitForMultipleObjects()
My aim is to detect in _read_data_cb() when the client disconnects (ReadFile() fails and GetLastError() returns ERROR_BROKEN_PIPE), and when data comes from the client.
What I don't understand:
* Should I call GetOverlappedResult() ?
* If yes, where ? When ReadFile() fails and GetLastError() returns ERROR_IO_PENDING (line 50 of the paste) ? When WaitForMultipleObjects() returns (line 303 of the paste, I commented the code there) ? Somewhere else ?
* I do a ResetEvent of the event of ReadFile() when WaitForMultipleObjects() returns (line 302 of the paste). Is it the correct place to call it ?
With the code I pasted, here is the result if the client sends these 24 bytes (the ReadFile() buffer is of size 5 bytes. I intentionnaly set that value to test what to do if a client sends some data larger than the ReadFile() buffer)
message : "salut, c'est le client !"
$ ./server.exe waiting for client...
WaitForMultipleObjects : 0
client connected (1)
WaitForMultipleObjects : 2
* ReadFile : 5
WaitForMultipleObjects : 2
* ReadFile : 5
WaitForMultipleObjects : 2
* ReadFile : 5
WaitForMultipleObjects : 2
* ReadFile : 5
WaitForMultipleObjects : 2
* ReadFile : 4
Note: WaitForMultipleObjects() can be called less than that, it seems random. The number after "WaitForMultipleObjects :" is its returned value (2 == ReadFile() event) and the number after "ReadFile :" is the number of bytes read in the pipe when ReadFile() succeeds.
So, in my code, I do not call getOverlappedResult(), ReadFile() succeeds (il reads 5*4 + 4 = 24 bytes), but I don't know when the read operation has finished (WaitForMultipleObjects() returns several times, but i thought that it would have returned only when the read is complete).
Note: If I add a printf() when ReadFile() fails with ERROR_IO_PENDING, that printf() is called indefinitely.
In addition, the client sends 2 messages. The one above, and another one 3 seconds later. The 2nd message is never read and ReadFile() fails with the error ERROR_SUCCESS... (so to be precise, ReadFile() returns FALSE and GetLastError() returns ERROR_SUCCESS)
So, I'm completely lost. I have searched hours on Internet, in MSDN, in the SDK code (Server32.c and Client32.c). I still do not know what to do in my specific case.
So, ca someone explain me how to use GetOverlappedResult() (if I have to use it) to know how to check if the read operation finished, and where ? And even, if someone can fix my code :-) I gave the code so that everyone can test it (i find a lot of doc on internet, but it is almost always not precise at all :-/ )
thank you
[1] http://pastebin.com/fbCH2By8


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The Redlands Bust: When the British Establishment tried to punish the Rolling Stones
This forthcoming book tells for the first time the complete story of the Redlands Bust and its cultural consequences. In 1967 the establishment in England were determined to punish the Rolling Stones, Britain's most insolent pop group. It was a time when sex, drugs and rock'n' roll were becoming the normal lifestyle of the youth of the nation and the establishment saw the Rolling Stones as leading the change.
It began on a quiet Sunday in February when Redlands, the Sussex country home of Stone's guitarist Keith Richards was raided by a force of twenty police officers. Richards was hosting a weekend party attended by Mick Jagger the Stone's singer, a couple of the Beatles and other friends and notables of swinging London.
The raid came after a tip off by a tabloid newspaper, who were conducting a personal vendetta against Jagger because of a libel case he had brought against the newspaper. Jagger and Richards were busted for drug possession. The raid became known as the Redlands Bust.
When the case came to trial the police luridly played up the image of Marianne Faithful as Miss X wearing nothing but a fur rug which she deliberately "let fall" from time to time during the raid. Keith blamed Mr. X for setting up the Bust. Mr X's name was revealed as Schneidermann but his real identity has been a mystery for forty years. Jagger and Richards were convicted and sentenced to prison for three and twelve months.
The sentences drew a storm of protest and support. Fans held a candlelit vigil in Piccadilly Circus, In New York, fans mounted angry pickets outside the British Consulate. Support also came from an unlikely source - The London Times – a bastion of the establishment. The Times devoted a leader to the case. Penned by its conservative editor, William Rees-Mogg, headlined, "Who Breaks A Butterfly On A Wheel?" it questioned the severity of the punishment.
The appeal against the sentences was brought forward, and heard by Britain's Lord Chief Justice who overturned Richards's conviction and reduced Jagger's sentence to a conditional discharge. The case represented a sea-change in the culture in Britain.
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Dear Mephisto, tell me why have you created me? A product of Christ Crowns disgusting vile evil ways. And now all I wish is just for you to set me free. Black Heart Reigns. Son of satan. Call me what you will. Let the light shine on these horns of mine. You think this is manipulative? This is my wrath at its absolute weakest. This is the realm of the accursed. This is my heart of darkness. Welcome to hell.