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There is so much to do in Chatham!
Why do most people come to Chatham for vacation or to live? The Beaches! With miles of pristine white sand, a day at the beach, swimming, stretching with yoga or even surf casting is better than a day in the office. Just look at our Summer Weather forecast.
Whether you are an avid Avid Sportfisherman or Boater, Chatham is your homeport to the ocean. Would you like to learn more about our local waters? How 'bout learning the ins and outs or your marine electronics? Do you want to become more familiar with your boat's systems? How 'bout fine-tuning your docking and boat handling skills? If so, Outermost Harbor Marine's "Master Mariner Program" is for you!
You can view the playful seals by booking a cruise on one of our Seal Tours or watch them follow the fishing fleet into the Chatham Fish Pier from the overlook as the fishing boats come in with their daily catch.
Chatham is blessed with beautiful scenery, as evidenced by our Conservation and Preservation areas, and our many Nature Trails and Parks.
The Scenic Landmarks are abundant and well worth a casual stroll on a sunny afternoon.
If you love music, the summer Band Concerts are a wonderful addition to the sounds of Chatham.
If Baseball is your sport, then have we got excitement for you! Veterans Field in Chatham is the home park of the Chatham Anglers (Chatham A's), one of 10 teams in the widely known Cape Cod Baseball League.
If you are into Biking, then Chatham has the most beautiful paths, roads and off the beaten path areas to ride by and see.
If you would like to find activities for your teens and pre-teens, please check out our Youth Activities in Chatham.
Is Golf your other passion? Chatham has by far the most beautiful golf courses overlooking the Atlantic. Challenging, yes - but so worth it.
Are you the Museums and Historic Places type? Chatham boasts some of the best preserved historic homes and buildings, culminating in Chatham winning the 2007 Distinctive Destinations Award by the National Trust for Historic Preservation which we are very proud of!
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Sandboxing Rails v2
Published by Robert Bousquet on 2010-07-05 00:48:00 UTC
It's been a while since I've drastically changed the way that I manage my Rails stack. Going back to 2005, MacPorts seemed to be the way to go. Along the way, due to dependencies and the differing pace of each package there were times when my recipe didn't work or needed to be updated with specific portfile hacks or versions. A lot has changed and in the last 5 years of Rails development and with Rails 3 right around the corner I figure it's time to give this stack another approach.
Clearing Floats
Published by Robert Bousquet on 2010-05-19 01:00:00 UTC
In the past, you may have used a

 to force a container to clear it's floated contents. This has worked pretty well for a couple years, but yesterday I stumbled across a better solution: Simply remind the container div that it should be:
overflow: auto in your stylesheet and it'll do the right thing.
Password Protected Zip Files (OSX)
Published by Robert Bousquet on 2010-05-16 23:39:00 UTC
Password protected zip files cannot be opened within the OSX Finder, you'll just get an "Operation Not Permitted" error but you can use the command line utility
/usr/bin/unzip [filename]. It'll prompt you for the password and then inflate the contents on success.
Disable ssh-agent in Snow Leopard
Published by Robert Bousquet on 2010-01-15 03:27:00 UTC
I use multiple ssh identities to connect to sites like github. This allows me to create accounts for a group of people that should all have commit access to a particular account, but that isn't each person's primary account. I ran into one problem on Snow Leopard which was that everytime I tried to authenticate to github using my non-primary account, it would send my primary ssh key first, regardless of specifying the key it should use. Read on for the fix.
Splitting large DMGs to fit on FAT32 Filesystem
Published by Robert Bousquet on 2009-10-03 02:30:00 UTC
I have a USB key where I store all of the installers and operating systems that I need to get setup on any machine. Since I have OSX, Windows and Linux operating systems stored there and I won't always be using Mac hardware, I chose FAT32 despite its filesize limitations. To workaround the 4gb limit on individual files I use the following command to split the larger dmg images of OSX install disks:
Sandboxing Rails
Published by Robert Bousquet on 2008-05-30 16:13:00 UTC
James Duncan Davidson wrote up a great recipe for installing Rails that I have been pointing people to for a couple years. For some reason it's now missing from his site so here's my version of it from memory.
Recommended Rails Plugins
Published by Robert Bousquet on 2008-05-22 16:24:00 UTC
I use these plugins in almost every application.
Using Gmail SMTP with ActionMailer
Published by Robert Bousquet on 2008-05-22 15:45:00 UTC
Rather than fiddle with Postfix or sendmail on each of my servers, I use Google's SMTP servers (provided by the Google Hosted Applications account) to send mail. This allows me to skip the confusing Postfix installation/configuration steps, and provides a higher likelihood that my emails will not get caught in spam filters.
Coming Soon
Published by Robert Bousquet on 2008-03-10 18:04:00 UTC
I will be moving my content here shortly.


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Stuff Christians Like: Hospitable Churches
I cheated on my church a few weeks ago.
I didn't even have a good reason, like traveling for business or being on vacation. The opportunity presented itself, and without thinking, I just went for it. I had a one-Sunday stand with another church. And the worst part is, I dragged other people from my church down with me.
I know, you thought better of me than that. But I'll try to salvage my tattered reputation by playing the authenticity card. (The only thing that looks better than a perfect person is an authentic person.) So I'll *authentically* tell you all about my church-cheating experience and what I learned from it in the hope that my pastor will forgive me – maybe he will when I implement some of these hospitality lessons at my home church.
So a few weeks ago, one of my favorite writers was in frigid New England all the way from the friendly South. Jon Acuff blogs at StuffChristiansLike.net, where he writes satirically about western Christianity, trying to clear away the clutter of culture so that people can see Christ better. Stuff Christians Like, or "SCL" as it will henceforth be called herein, has encouraged me a ton since I started reading it last fall. When I heard Jon was going to be preaching at a church outside Boston, about an hour away from where I live in Providence, I jumped at the chance to hear him speak live. I brought three carloads of good girlfriends, fellow SCL fans, with me.
The whole experience was fantastic, and most of that is due to the hospitality shown by the host church, Fellowship in Holden, MA. Here are ten things they did so, so right.
1. Website. Their site, www.fellowshipholden.com, is easy to navigate AND easy on the eyes. No Comic Sans or Papyrus in sight. It was easy to find the SCL event on the church calendar, find a way to contact the church (contact form), and find directions. They kicked it up another notch by linking the church address on the contact page to the Google Maps street view of the church building. How amazing is that?!? (Answer: so amazing.)
2. Responsiveness. The pastor himself emailed me back regarding my questions, and quickly. He answered my inquiry about nursery for the little ones, gave more details about the event, and reiterated the service time.
3. GREETERS EVERYWHERE! I had no trouble finding and recognizing the church thanks to the Google Maps hookup from the church website. There was ample parking. Greeters standing outside the door showed us where to enter and handed us off to the inside greeters, who welcomed us and handed us off to floating greeters who showed us where the nursery and children's classrooms were. Whoa. I never felt lost for a moment. (And this is big considering my ability to get lost anywhere, anytime, WHILE possessing maps AND a GPS unit.)
My little Metrosexual Worship Leader in the nursery
4. Excellent childcare. Knowing her kids are well taken care of is key to a mother's comfort in a new situation. The childcare workers were friendly, the facilities were clean and looked fun, and the electronic check-in system, even though it took a little time to get us registered, helped me know my kids were safe.
5. Ushers. We walked in to the sanctuary after the service started. The usher helped the large group of us find seats all together – right in the front! There were pros (being closer to the pop-n-lockin' action) and cons (everyone could see us live-reporting the whole service to Twitter and Facebook via our phones).
Don't these ladies look HAPPY to be at this church?
Cool story: See the first girl there, with the dark hair? That's Alicia.
I actually met her through the SCL Prayer Day, and only later found out
that she's real-life friends with the blonde girl next to her, my hair stylist and
friend Meghan. This was the first time Alicia and I met in person!
6. Worship eagle. Was the eagle on the PowerPoint during worship intentional, or just a hilarious coincidence? Either way, it added an inside-joke welcome to the SCL fans.
Cornelius's friend?
7. Meaningful content. If you're going to invite someone to something, make it worth their while. Jon gave a funny, though-provoking, encouraging sermon which I think resonated with long-time SCL fans as well as with those who had never heard of him before. (And he was remarkably calm in spite of his barely making it there due to car problems.)
Mustard ice cream (link is to a video of Jon speaking at a different event)
8. Fellowship facilitation. The church offered coffee and pastries outside the sanctuary, giving people a place to mingle after the service. One nice woman even noticed our thirsty kids and served them all juice. The church was selling copies of Stuff Christians Like, the book, in the back of the sanctuary, which was great for a couple of my friends who wanted to have Jon sign books for them but hadn't brought copies with them. There was plenty of room around where Jon and his wife, Jenny, were standing to allow people to chat with them and get their books signed.
9. Free stuff! This was due to the Acuffs, not the church, but walking out with SCL-themed buttons left me with a mememto that reminds me not only of meeting Jon and Jenny but also of the church. Post-sermon-giveaways, or tangible sermon reminders, if you will – if they're nice things – can be good marketing. (Just like good party favors.)
Getting buttons from Jenny Acuff
10. Accessible pastor/host. Pastor Marty stood near the sound booth afterwards, which gave me a chance to talk with him and thank him for his church's hospitality. Pastors, when you are someone's first and last impression on their visit to your church, and when that impression is positive, you have begun a great relationship as pastor/shepherd/friend with that person.
Bonus: Side hugs. What's hospitality without a little Christian love and affection? Appropriately expressed in a side hug, of course.
Yes, that IS Wonder Woman standing to Jon's left.
Thanks to Jon and Jenny for a wicked good time, and thanks to Pastor Marty and Fellowship Church for the excellent hospitality. We felt welcome and comfortable from start to finish. Two of my friends even said, as we drove away, that if they lived closer, they would definitely attend Fellowship.
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Scranton's police and fire union leaders said Thursday at a city council meeting that they have reached a deal with Mayor Chris Doherty for the unions to accept only half of a $30 million landmark state Supreme Court arbitration award ruling in their favor, but the state Department of Community and Economic Development won't sign off on the pact until the city adopts a revised recovery plan.
The accord was signed June 1 by the mayor, police union President Bob Martin, fire union President John Judge, and Councilman Jack Loscombe representing the council, the union heads said.
The union heads said they agreed to accept $15 million, or half of what the full award would cost, to help the struggling city, but they wanted one condition: that DCED also sign the contract, but DCED has refused.
"DCED is holding this hostage, much like they're holding the city and you (the council) hostage to drive a recovery plan," Mr. Judge told the council during its meeting. "I was told by the mayor, 'You help me get a recovery plan and you'll have your deal.' That's a bunch of crap."
Efforts to reach a DCED spokesman after hours were unsuccessful. City Business Administrator Ryan McGowan said, "The onus here really isn't on DCED. This just seems like anything to take the onus off council in not stepping up and providing a financial plan that will allow us to move forward to access financing to pay everyone and also pay this backpay award. DCED didn't tell council to lower taxes two years ago. DCED didn't tell council to put borrowing in this year's budget. Here's the reality: there's no money."
Mr. Martin, Mr. Judge and leaders of the city's other two employee unions, Sam Vitris of the DPW union and Eileen Hurchick of the clerical union, addressed the council one day after Mr. Doherty announced that he is unilaterally slashing 398 workers' salaries to the federal minimum wage of $7.25 an hour due to the city's cash-flow crunch.
Mr. Judge said the mayor asked union leaders to pressure council to finally adopt a recovery plan that the mayor says is necessary so the city can again obtain financing from banks to keep the city afloat.
The union heads said they were not advocating for either side's recovery plan, and asked the council to meet with the mayor to hash out an agreement. However, they also said they are strongly opposed to parts of the mayor's plan that contain "open-ended work mandates" that they say would adversely affect union members.
"There are work mandates in there that we are absolutely against," Mr. Martin said. If the mayor's plan were adopted as is, "We will take you back to court and I want to avoid that at any possible cost."
Mr. Vitris added, "We will fight anything in the recovery plan that is going to hurt us."
Council President Janet Evans said she has no plans to meet with the mayor alone again, because after months of negotiations, the mayor largely ignored council's recovery proposals. The mayor has said those ideas, such as increasing contributions from nonprofits, won't generate much cash and won't occur quickly.
Mrs. Evans said that the only way for council majority to adopt a recovery plan is if the mayor incorporates council proposals and reduces his proposed 78 percent tax increases over three years.
"This is what the mayor needs to do. Actions now speak louder than words," Mrs. Evans said. "The ball is in the mayor's court. A 78 percent tax increase, and the council's not rolling over."
Mr. Vitris noted that banks now control the city's fate, and Mrs. Evans responded that was because Pennsylvania Economy League, the city's Act 47 coordinator, and its overseer, DCED, "have put their hands in everything." She claimed that it was PEL and DCED that pressured banks to require the city revise its recovery plan.
Resident Lee Morgan noted that the city's gargantuan pensions, which he called "the gorilla in the closet," are not even part of the discussion.
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n Introduced a measure to transfer $500,000 in federal grant funds to pave streets.
n Introduced a measure to apply for a $24,354 grant to fund the purchase of police vehicles.
n Adopted a measure to update a state-coordinated program involving weights and measures inspections.
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Red Sox camp report for Feb. 27
SCORES: Red Sox 5, Northeastern 2; Red Sox 5, Boston College 2.
BREAKDOWN: The Sox scored four runs in the sixth inning to win Game 1, coming back from a 2-1 deficit. A two-run error cost the Huskies before Scott Cousins had an RBI triple. The former big leaguer is in minor league camp. James Hand had a two-run double for the Huskies. The Sox got a long solo home run by Christian Vazquez in Game 2 and a three-run double from Travis Shaw.
THUMBS UP: Rubby De La Rosa threw two scoreless innings in Game 2. Matt Barnes, Alex Wilson, Tommy Layne and Miguel Celestino added one scoreless inning each. … Garin Cecchini was 2 for 3 in the second game. … Ryan Lavarnway had two hits in the opener.
THUMBS DOWN: Righthander Noe Ramirez, who ended last season with Double A Portland, allowed two runs on three hits in the sixth inning against Northeastern. … Austin Maddox, a 2012 draft pick, allowed two runs on four hits against BC.
MEDICAL REPORT: Daniel Nava (neck) had a full workout on the field and is expected to play this weekend. … Corey Brown fouled a ball off his left hand in the second game and came out for a pinch hitter. X-rays were negative.
AROUND THE BASES: Shunsuke Watanabe, the 37-year-old sidearmer who is in minor league camp, pitched a scoreless fifth inning in Game 1. … The Sox are 24-0 against BC and 12-0 against Northeastern. … Boston College coach Mike Gambino played two seasons in the minors for the Sox. … Northeastern freshman Dustin Hunt, a St. John's Prep graduate, started and pitched two scoreless innings, leaving four runners stranded. … The Red Sox had (Ryan) Dent and Mookie (Betts) batting third and fourth at one point in Game 2
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Senior US lawmakers, including supporters of the nuclear agreement with Iran, have chastised the Obama administration for delaying new sanctions against Tehran over its ballistic missile program, according to a report.
The abrupt reversal by the White House came after Iranian President Hassan Rouhani ordered the accelerated production of missiles in response to reports of possible new sanctions, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday.
Rouhani called the planned new sanctions a measure in line with hostile US policies to "illegally interfere in the Islamic Republic of Iran's programs for boosting the defense power."
Senior US officials told members of Congress that the delay was because of "evolving diplomatic work" between Washington and Tehran.
The White House had notified Congress on Wednesday of a plan to impose new financial sanctions on nearly a dozen companies and individuals for their alleged involvement in Iran's missile program.
Top congressional lawmakers slammed the delay, arguing that such moves would undermine the US ability to implement the July 14 2015, nuclear agreement, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
"I believe in the power of vigorous enforcement that pushes back on Iran's bad behavior," Senator Chris Coons, Democrat of Delaware, said Friday. "If we don't do that, we invite Iran to cheat."
"I fear that pressure from our 'partners'—or threats from the Iranian government that it will walk away from the deal or threaten the US in other ways—have caused the administration to rethink imposing sanctions for Iran's violations of the testing ban," said Senator Bob Corker, Republican chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
The sanctions would have been the first since Iran and the P5+1 group reached the nuclear agreement in July.
Under the JCPOA, the US is obligated to lift the sanctions on Iran over its nuclear program.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei made it clear that Iran would consider any new sanctions a breach of the JCPOA.
American and Iranian diplomats engaged in intensive deliberations to discuss the issue of new sanctions in recent days.


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Winter is not my friend. My body tends to get pretty dry, especially my legs. In the winter, they get pretty itchy, and depending on how poorly I am taking care of myself, sometimes scaly too! I suppose I suffer from a lifelong habit of not really liking body lotion. Often, they are so strongly scented and so heavy, that they're a pain to put on. I feel like i have to wash my hands and let the lotion soak in before I move on with my morning routine... and if you know me, my morning routine needs to be the quickest possible thing on the planet. LOL. (If I can barely manage to brush my hair in the car, do you think I have time for body lotion?)
Enter First Aid Beauty. Thank God I discovered the Ultra Repair Cream two years ago, during a particularly harsh Chicago winter. I was so itchy and dry, and my boyfriend was experiencing persistent eczema flare ups. Regular use of this cleared up his eczema brilliantly, and it only took a few weeks. My legs and body were itch free all winter! Woohoo.
Now what I love about the Ultra Repair Cream is it's relatively fragrance free, fluffy formula. I suppose by fluffy I mean whipped, as it is almost like a heavy mousse in texture. I find that brilliant, as it is light on your hands and absorbs quickly. Yay!
A few weeks ago, I finally bit the bullet and picked up the Ultra Repair Concentrate. I had been curious about it since it came out, and I suddenly realized that this balm was exactly what we both needed. While it does take a bit longer to absorb, this miracle balm cleared my dry, veering on scaly skin on my hands and legs just in the first day. And, it hasn't been back! My boyfriend and I both find this balm to be a nice barrier against harsh conditions too, so if you live somewhere cold and windy, it is definitely worth a try!
If you're interested in either of these products, Sephora has some great value sets to try. The Ultra Repair Cream also comes in not so massive sizes (2 oz and 6 oz) and overall, both of these products are extremely affordable!
What do you think of these 2 products from First Aid Beauty? Are you hankering to give them a try? What about products that you love for your skin in winter? I'd love to know! :)


text: 25 October 2011Stars of popular Channel 4 soap opera Hollyoaks Gemma Merna and Jorgie Porter gave fans a treat yesterday as they lounged on the beach in skimpy bikinis. Gemma, who plays Carmel Valentine in the show, showed off her curves in a bright pink bikini with ruffle detailing. The 27-year-old, who had breast enlargement surgery when she was 22, looked comfortable and confident as she swam in the sea and sunbathed on the beach on her Spanish holiday.Of her figure, Gemma told OK!Extra magazine: �I work out pretty regularly to keep in shape. I see a trainer twice a week and also do boxing, running and lots of sit-ups. �I�m pretty careful with my eating during the week but I indulge at weekends. It�s sausage butties and Indian takeaways all the way.� She went on to talk about her enhanced breasts, saying: �I wasn�t happy with the way they looked before. I got them boosted and I�m so happy with them. I�ve got so much confidence.� She was joined by Jorgie, 23, who plays Theresa McQueen, who chose a green bikini to flatter her enviably slim figure. The pair also topped up their tans and drank cocktails aboard a luxury boat.


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The summer days start earlier than we are willing to get up on a weekend, so we got to Subic with the sun high in the sky already. One of our first birds was an Oriental Cuckoo! We were also greeted by a flock of Philippine Green Pigeons feeding at a fruiting fig tree.
The quiet of the morning was interrupted by a loud Green Racket-tail, giving out a raucous call non-stop. Even with the racket (pun intended) it was making, it took us quite a while to pinpoint it from the green leaves against the blue sky.
The Palawan Cherry (Pink Shower, Cassia nodosa) trees were in full bloom, not quite as magnificent as the real sakura, but still a refreshing splash of pink dotting the forest greenery.
Over lunch, we ran into our friends Aldous and Kim who were in Subic for a marathon. We gave them an impromptu birding experience, bringing them over to the nearby Blue-throated Bee-eater nesting colony. Aside from the bee-eaters, we were able to point out Black-naped Orioles, Coletos, a distant Blue-naped Parrot and a few others.
We went our separate ways later in the afternoon and Adri and I saw a few more of the Subic forest regulars. Luzon hornbills, woodpeckers (Sooty, Philippine Pygmy, Greater Flameback and White-bellied), cuckoo-shrikes (Blackish and Bar-bellied), Rough-crested Malkohas, Dollarbirds and Rufous Coucals.
A pair of Whiskered Treeswifts were still at the same tree we had spotted them on a visit a few months ago.
As the sun began to set, it bathed Nabasan in a golden light. Green Imperial Pigeons were growling softly from the tree tops.
In the distance a perched Philippine Serpent Eagle was silhouetted against the sky.
Birds were pretty hard to photograph that day, with most of them staying in the cool shade of the canopy to escape the searing summer heat. Definitely the highlight of the day was a Philippine Hawk-Eagle soaring over Nabasan for most of the late morning to noon.
We first were clued in to its presence by its screeching two-note call: Wheeeeet whit!! Sure enough as we looked up, we saw the regal raptor patrolling the skies.
But even as it assumed its stately presence, a pair of White-breasted Woodswallows refused to acknowledge the raptor's dignified majesty.
It was almost comical to watch the woodswallow pair take turns dive bombing the raptor. They would start behind the larger bird, gaining speed until they flew a bit higher than their target on a parallel path.
Then with a quick fold of their delta-shaped wings they pick up speed, aim for the hawk-eagle's back and ... Boom! Right on target!
I don't think the woodswallows are actually large or fast enough to cause anything but a slight discomfort, but I am sure they can be quite annoying to the raptor! It was clearly keeping an eye out on the tiny nuisances as they soared side by side.
Adri and I have seen woodswallows mobbing raptors of all sizes, from the Great Philippine Eagle to Philippine Serpent Eagles and even the much smaller Peregrine Falcons.
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* ESPN suspended Tony Kornheiser for his sexist comments about sports announcer Hannah Storm's clothes — a sad commentary on how women are treated, both on and off the sports fields even today ("ESPN Sidelines 'Sexist' Male Colleague," Feb. 24).
Passé, antiquated, hand-me-down sexist views no longer fit.
Susan Marie Davniero
* ESPN should give us a break.
The network goes out of its way to hire the biggest blowhard clowns in the sports world and then takes the high road when one of them acts like an idiot.
Please, they promote the idiocy!
As far as Storm is concerned, Kornheiser only said what many people were thinking. I've heard women say a lot meaner things than what Tony said.
ESPN, you reap what you sow.
Stewart Lara
* You guys got it all wrong. What a bunch of suck-up brown-nosers.
Kornheiser has it right. Have you seen Storm recently on ESPN?
Your paper should have backed Kornheiser. Shame on you.
Jayson Curtis
Scott's Valley, Calif.


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It was a night dedicated to women from different walks of life at Reebok's first #FITTOFIGHT Awards held here on Friday night, where India's first female Paralympics medalist Deepa Malik, Bollywood stuntwoman Geeta Tandon along with many others were felicitated. Bollywood actress and brand ambassador of the fitness brand Kangana...Read more
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Around the festive season of Diwali, Eicher Trucks & Buses have an important message to share. This message is conveyed in the subtlest way possible via their new short film – Yaaron Ki Diwali. This new short movie, conceptualized and produced by Spotlights and Speaking Pictures, addresses road safety and...Read more


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NCCF announces statewide Women's Fund grants
The North Carolina Community Foundation (NCCF) is pleased to announce the 2011 grant recipients from the statewide Women's Fund, according to Jennifer Tolle Whiteside, NCCF president and CEO. Receiving $9,000 in grants this fall were: Helping Hands Clinic, Caldwell County; Albemarle Hopeline, Elizabeth City; StepUp Ministry, Raleigh; YMCA of Catawba Valley; Down East Partnership for Children, Rocky Mount; and Chowan/Perquimans Smart Start Partnership.
NCCF's statewide Women's Fund focuses on programming that supports women and/or children, with particular emphasis on women's health and leadership issues. Programs must serve areas within the NCCF's 66-county service area. Tolle Whiteside said the selection committee, which is comprised of representatives of NCCF's local women's giving programs from across the state, was impressed with the caliber of programming and innovative approaches to funding.
Helping Hands Clinic will use its $2,000 grant for the Women's Health Initiative for Uninsured Women in Caldwell County. The program will fund free cervical and breast cancer screenings.
Albemarle Hopeline in Elizabeth City received $2,000 for its Children's Program, which provides services to child victims of domestic violence.
StepUp Ministry in Raleigh was awarded a $2,000 grant for its Self-Sufficiency Program, designed to prepare unemployed, homeless women (many with children) to enter the workforce.
A grant for $1,000 was presented to YMCA of Catawba Valley for its Girls on the Run Scholarship Fund, which will allow about 400 additional girls to participate in the program who would otherwise not be able to due to limited finances.
Down East Partnership for Children in Rocky Mount received a $1,000 contribution for its Flex Funds Program, which is designed to provide short-term financial support for families in crisis.
The Chowan/Perquimans Smart Start Partnership also received $1,000 to help fund its Reach Out and Read Program to promote early childhood literacy.
Each of the Foundation's regional women's giving groups supports the statewide Women's Fund. Regionally based women's giving programs include the Wake County Women's Giving Network; the Bertie-Hertford Women's Fund; the Women Givers of Northeast North Carolina, which serves Camden, Gates, Pasquotank and Perquimans counties; the Currituck-Dare Woman's Fund; the Women Givers of Nash-Rocky Mount; and The Art of Giving, a collective of Triangle women sponsored in conjunction with the Triangle Community Foundation. Two new groups have just been established: the Women's Impact Network, which serves New Hanover County; and the Cary Women's Giving Network. Additional giving groups are in the planning stages.


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Every Monday through Friday, we deliver a different song as part of our Song of the Day podcast subscription. This podcast features exclusive KEXP in-studio performances, unreleased songs, and recordings from independent artists that our DJs think you should hear. Each and every Friday we offer songs by local artists. Today's selection, featured on the Afternoon Show with Kevin Cole, is "Weekend" by Smith Westerns from their 2011 album Dye It Blonde on Fat Possum.
A rock trio out of Chicago made up of brothers Cullen and Cameron Omori and Max Kakacek, Smith Westerns were just in their junior year of high school when they started listening to MGMT's Oracular Spectacular, but just a few years later, they were adding MGMT as one of the bands they've toured with.
Their self-titled debut might have had a scrappy "garage" quality to it, but their sophomore release, Dye It Blonde, has got the sheen of a band who believes in themselves. Rather than the quality of thrown together basement recordings, which might work for some other bands, and work well, Smith Westerns wanted to go for something less dated, and something that would stand out more. "Weekend" truly does stand out with its big sound and poppy guitar hooks, and with subtleties like chimes and multi-layered instrumentation buried amongst all the noise and glee, seeps in an ounce of maturity. The jaunty, jollity of their Beatles, Bowie, T.Rex-influenced sound leaves more of a warm spot in my soul, than the cynical obviousness less talented bands might evoke.
After playing a slew of supporting dates to audiences who may have enjoyed their sound, but nevertheless weren't there to see Smith Westerns, they now get a headlining tour of their own in support of the new album. You can catch them real soon in Seattle at the Crocodile on February 17 — and live on KEXP that same day! For various other dates and venues, check out their MySpace page. Now, to leave you with a video of today's song:


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U.S. Senate hopeful Rep. Mark Kirk was endorsed by former Republican presidential contender John McCain today in Glenview.
From left, U.S. Rep. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) acknowledge veterans in the crowd in Glenview today. (Tribune / Nuccio DiNuzzo)
Kirk and McCain appeared together at a veterans' event.
"The people of Illinois deserve a senator who will restore honest government, strengthen our national security, fight for veterans and bring fiscal discipline to Washington," McCain, an Arizona senator, said in a statement. "Mark Kirk has my strongest endorsement."


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Lyrics Depot is your source of lyrics to Las Cadenas (English Translation) by Selena. Please check back for more Selena lyrics.
Las Cadenas (English Translation) Lyrics
Artist: Selena
Album: 12 Super Exitos
The Chains
Now that you're not here, I feel free
I go where I go, and nobody stops me
I'm in control of my life, and I feel happier
And I'll never, never go back to you
Now that you're not here, I feel happy
Everything's over, and it doesn't hurt anymore
From today on, there will only be happiness
here in my soul
I don't want anything from you
Because I broke the chains of your love
And I'll never, ever go back
Because I broke the chains of your love
And I never want to see you again
Because I've forgotten those memories
of your love and your kisses
And I'm hoping for someone new
I don't feel anything for you anymore
There won't be any more tears here
You'll see, I will be happy without you
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TED470 Student Teach/E-Portfolio
Lead Faculty: Dr. Patricia Dickenson
Course Description
The Student Teaching Seminar is designed to assess teacher candidates' development as professional educators. Teacher candidates will be guided through their student teaching seminar to demonstrate their professional education competency by successfully completing a Professional Electronic Portfolio. The ePortfolio is aligned with the six Teaching Performance Expectation Domains cited in the Student Teaching Handbook. The Student Teaching Seminar Syllabus is designed for either an online or face-to-face (on-site) delivery mode. The online Threaded Discussion Topics and Assignments can be adapted for small or large group discussions within a face-to-face (on-site) classroom setting. When the delivery mode for this course is online, students must upload their artifacts/reflections in two places: 1) the Seminar Course electronic drop-box and 2) the ePortfolio (foliotex). Grading is by S or U only.
Learning Outcomes
- Demonstrate how effective teachers make subject matter comprehensible for all students by demonstrating knowledge of the content and by using active student learning strategies.
- Demonstrate how effective teachers assess and interpret student learning by using appropriate assessment strategies.
- Describe how effective teachers engage and support all students in learning by focusing on the learner, adapting to learner diversity, and fostering effective communication in the learning environment.
- Demonstrate how effective teachers plan instruction by designing and providing meaningful learning experiences for all students.
- Describe how effective teachers create and maintain a positive and safe learning environment.
- Describe professional educators' legal and ethical obligations that include how to foster positive parent and school community relationships.


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Our success in Medical Design is defined by our beliefs:
- We believe in making physicians and nurses workdays easier as well as increase facility revenue at the same time.
- We believe in serving our clients as well as their patients best interest – medical design and space planning that make its patients feel at ease in a home environment to assist the healing process.
- We believe that improving patient flow through a space improves the patients experience of their visit.
- We believe in Experienced Based Medical Design – bringing patients and staff together to share the role of improving care and re-design services. Through thorough evaluation of patients experiences at certain points of their care lead to improvement and refinement of design.
- Lastly… We believe in making each project a success.
Known for our innovative operational approach and exclusive focus on medical facilities, we help clients create intelligent design and workflow solutions that translate to:
- Higher productivity
- Increased patient satisfaction
- Lower operating cost percentages
- More time with patients
- More effective time for physicians
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Our innovative and functional approach to analyzing and designing medical facilities will be recognized immediately. Varisco Designs Medical is committed to providing an objective assessment of your practices needs. As part of the process, we conduct an in-depth analysis of your organization's goals; measure current effectiveness; and then determine the design model necessary to optimize clinical efficiency.
To evaluate, diagnose and treat patients effectively, your facility must be analyzed, planned and designed effectively.
- Maximize your revenue – producing potential while establishing an environment that attracts and retains patients.
- Get it right the first time. We know your time and resources are valuable, and we treat them that way. We ask the right questions on the front-end so there are no surprises on the back-end.
- Make your life a little easier. If physicians and medical staff are working in a space designed for efficiency, communications are streamlined, more time is spent on patient care, and more time is spent on revenue producing activities – all of which translates to a little easier life for you – maybe you'll even get to go home a little earlier.
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SOUTH SIOUX CITY, Neb. (KTIV) -- An unusual stalemate has developed in an unlikely place: the South Sioux City, Nebraska Public Library.
Library director David Mixdorf says it all started about a week ago when publishing giant HarperCollins changed its policy on e-books in libraries.
E-books are digital versions that can be downloaded onto a computer or personal reading device.
HarperCollins now allows just 26 check-outs per e-book, before a library's license expires. When that happens libraries have to buy a new copy. Previously, there was no limit.
South Sioux City is joining many libraries across the county that say they're already financially strapped. South Sioux City has about $20,000 to spend on new material each year and with e-books running $25, the library has decided to no longer purchase HarperCollins e-books.
They are also freezing the purchase of printed books by the publisher.
"We have to kind of draw the line somewhere on our budget. This hits on us pretty hard," said Mixdorf.
HarperCollins says, if left unchanged its policy could have hurt its e-book business as a whole, along with book stores, and lead to lower book sales and royalties paid to authors.
You can check out existing HarperCollins books at the library, but Mixdorf says until something changes, they'll no longer purchase new materials from popular authors like Meg Cabot, Janet Evanovich, and even Sarah Palin.
The South Sioux City library is part of a consortium of 60 libraries within the state of Nebraska that have an e-book sharing agreement. If they purchased three copies of every title, only one person from each library would be able to check out the book.
Librarians predict that could mean longer waits for popular titles, tighter limits on how many times an e-book can be renewed and the possibility that e-books that are not repurchased would be available at the library for only about a year.
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Schools can help by.....
Volunteering at Family Appreciation night at IGA/Safeway/Sobeys stores
- Grade 9-12 students represent the Christmas Cheer Board on Tuesday, December TBA, encouraging donations. Contact us
5. Participating in our School Hamper Packing Program (grades 4 to 12)
- All hampers are packed by school children.
- We need your help to pack hampers on our assembly line starting mid November to mid December in either the morning or afternoon.
- The size of the hamper packed is based on the age of the student group.
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Duff McKagan Interview
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Quick BioBorn the youngest of eight children in Seattle, Washington, in 1964, Duff McKagan grew up with an absent father and a saint of a mother who instilled in him good values. Still, an early interest in rock music and induction into one of the wildest and most turbulent rock bands of all time would force those values to sit on the bench for a few innings. Living the "Reckless Life" did catch up to Duff when he was 30: As a result of years of excessive drinking, his pancreas swelled to football-sized proportions and his doctors told him that if he didn't stop drinking immediately, he would be dead inside of a month. Needless to say, Duff stopped drinking and drugging and landed himself in university studying finance (ah, so that's why he writes a financial column).
Now he's a quiet rock star and a devoted dad and husband who writes financial columns. Duff McKagan's a busy guy who's found balance and life -- and some time to chat with us.
Sick sounds amazing and I think reflective of some of your earlier influences, but it's a departure from your days with Guns and Velvet Revolver. What would you say to fans of your more well-known work who are interested in picking this album up?
Duff McKagan: I think Loaded is its own standalone band and I think a really good band, from my experience, is the greatest sum of all of its parts. Every guy brought something to the table and we took the best of those parts and made it a whole. Same thing with Velvet Revolver: You still had Slash and I, you had those elements, but you got Scott Weiland in there and Matt [Sorum] as a song writer and even Dave Kushner -- you take the best parts of them. With Loaded, we've always been sort of left of center; we're not a straight up commercial rock band. People are saying it's [Sick] more punk rock, but punk rock to me was something that I experienced and I played in a lot of punk rock bands, but that was a long, long time ago. I'm certainly not going back; I'm not harkening back to those times.
Do the other members of Loaded have similar influences as you?
DM: I don't think it would be a very interesting band if everybody had the same influences. It's funny 'cause Mike's 36, so he grew up learning to play guitar to Slash and Zack Wylde. The two Jeff's [Jeff Rouse and Geoff Reading] are more products of the '80s and when they were playing in bands here in Seattle it was in the '90s, but they're probably more products of listening to Journey and Def Leppard. It's funny, we don't sound anything like Journey or Zack Wylde stuff, but the trick is to take the best components of each member and the interesting part is what you come up with because of it.
Thunders is on The Spaghetti Incident? and you dedicated "So fine" on Illusions II to him; would you say that he was your biggest influence? And did you ever get a chance to meet him?
DM: I did. I actually got to jam with him one time back in '80, maybe '81, and I played drums when The Heartbreakers were coming through town. It wasn't, you know, he was a full-blown junkie at the time, so it wasn't like he was a real personable guy, but he was my hero. Johnny Thunders' guitar playing and Steve Jones from the Pistols, those two guys really influenced how I heard music. All through my punk rock years, Guns, Velvet, I still go back and listen to The Stooges; The Stooges have really informed me musically and the Dolls and Johnny Thunders and The Heartbreakers stuff and the Pistols, as well as early Prince stuff and Sly & the Family Stone. It's kind of a mix. How do you put Prince in with The Stooges? Well, there's a lot of feel in both.
Our Duff McKagan interview continues insight into his writing and finding balance in life...
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Spurs vs Newcastle - Roberto on Toon test
08 November 2013|Tottenham Hotspur
Roberto Soldado expects to meet a confident Newcastle side at the Lane on Sunday.
United impressed in a 2-0 victory against in-form Chelsea in the Premier League last weekend.
Alan Pardew got his tactics spot on as Newcastle kept it tight for an hour at St James' Park before cranking up the pressure and going for the win. Yoan Gouffran and Loic Remy then delivered the goals to clinch maximum points.
We fought out a goalless draw at Everton last weekend to stay fourth in the table, level on points with Chelsea and Liverpool.
"I think Newcastle will be quite confident and it won't be an easy match for us," said Roberto, who has four goals in the Premier League to his name - including three match winners.
"We watched their game against Chelsea. In the first half, they defended well and then attacked more in the second half. It was a good win for them. I'm sure it will be a good match on Sunday.
"If we manage to win, we'll continue to make progress and build on the draw at Everton."
In his short time in England, Roberto has quickly learned that every game is a challenge.
"You don't focus on where teams are in the league, you just go out and give 100 per cent in every match," he added. "It doesn't matter where teams are in the league, they give everything. There are no easy matches in the Premier League."


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Health Problems Heat Up: Climate Change and the Public's Health
October 2009
The report finds that only five states have published a strategic climate change plan that includes a public health response. This includes planning for health challenges and emergencies expected to develop from natural disasters, pollution, and infectious diseases as temperatures and sea levels rise.
The report examines U.S. planning for changing health threats posed by climate change, such as heat-related sickness, respiratory infections, natural disasters, changes to the food supply, and infectious diseases carried by insects.
The five states with public health response plans included in their larger climate change plans are California, Maryland, New Hampshire, Virginia, and Washington. Twenty-eight states have published strategic climate change plans that do not include a public health response, and seventeen states and the District of Columbia have not published a strategic climate change plan.
Other key findings from the report include that:
- Only 12 states have established climate change commissions that include a representative from the state's public health department;
- Twenty-two states and New York City have received grants from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) for Environmental Health Tracking, to track connections between health problems and the environment;
- Thirty-three states have received CDC funds for state asthma control programs; and
- Every state except Alaska has received funds to track diseases spread through mosquitoes and other insects.
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According to Health Problems Heat Up, communities across the United States are at-risk for negative health effects associated with climate change. Urban communities face natural disasters, such as floods and heat waves. Rural communities may be threatened by food insecurity due to shifts in crop growing conditions, reduced water resources, heat, and storm damage. Coastal and low-lying areas could see an increase in floods, hurricanes, and tropical storms. Mountain regions are at risk of increasing heat and vector-borne diseases due to melting of mountain glaciers and changes in snow melt. And communities around the country could experience new insect-based infectious diseases that used to only be affiliated with high temperature regions.
The report contains a series of policy recommendations, including:
- Congress should provide funding for state and local health departments to conduct needs assessments and strategic planning for public health considerations of climate change;
- The White House and the federal interagency working group on climate change should take into account the potential health implications of policies and programs under consideration;
- Congress should increase support for tracking of environmental effects on health and research into health effects of climate change;
- CDC should set national guidelines and measures for core public health functions related to climate change, and in exchange for federal funding for climate change planning and response, CDC should require states and localities to report the findings to both the public and the federal government;
- All state and local health departments should include public health considerations as part of climate change plans, including conducting needs assessments, developing strategic plans, and creating public education campaigns; and
- Special efforts must be made to address the impact of climate change on at-risk and vulnerable communities.
The U.S. Senate is in the process of developing comprehensive climate change legislation. The U.S. House of Representatives recently passed a climate change bill that includes language to direct the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services to create a national strategic action plan to assist health professionals to prepare for and respond to the impact of climate change on public health in the United States and globally. The House bill also includes a Climate Change Health Protection and Promotion Fund to provide the funds needed to develop and carry out the strategic plan.
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Listen to the phone press conference with TFAH, the California Department of Public Health and the Pew Environment Group
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For this card I decided to play with Calla.
Here's a closer look at the digi that I colored with my copics. The sentiment is from Create with TLC
I'm entering this little card in the following challenges:
- Card mania challenges - Pastel colors
- Craft-dee bowz - anything goes with an homemade bow
- Chocolate coffee cards - Celebration
- Simply papercrafts for all occassions - anything goes
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Words can't even describe how'd I feel stuck in this.
One in four teenage girls in the United States has a sexually-transmitted disease, a study has indicated. The study, by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found an even higher prevalence of STDs among black girls.
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Investigators are searching for whomever poured deer urine into an air conditioning unit at a school in eastern Tennessee. About a dozen students became ill after the prank at Volunteer High School in Church Hill.
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Ask the two deputy sheriffs who found Adrian Apgar nude early Friday, wading in a Lakeland-area pond. Apgar told the officers he was looking for an alligator. About 15 months ago, one tried to eat him.
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An 18-year-old Winter Park man was killed late Saturday night after riding in a shopping cart while holding onto a moving sport utility vehicle, the Florida Highway Patrol said.
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Charles Sheppard, principal of Townsend Elementary School, is afraid of heights. So why did he pledge to spend a night on the school roof if his students met a February reading quota?
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In a key appointment, President Obama today reached into the Republican ranks for a key foreign policy position in his administration, tapping Utah Gov. Jon Huntsman to be ambassador to China.
"Given the breadth of issues at stake in our relationship with China, this ambassadorship is as important as any in the world," Obama said in announcing the appointment at the White House with Huntsman at his side.
While Huntsman has served as an ambassador to Singapore, speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese and has an adopted Chinese daughter, Obama noted that his selection of "not only a Republican, but a Republican who co-chaired my opponent's campaign for the presidency ... wouldn't be the easiest decision to explain to some members of his party."


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This is going to be a really quick post. Why? Well, I'd like to say I'm giving all my devoted readers a break for the day, not writing a long drawn out post, but, that is not the case. You see, as I write this post I'm thinking about all the things I need to get done before I hop on the next plane to good old Blackfoot, Idaho.
That's where my darling grandchildren live and I'm off for my yearly visit. I'll be there for Tabitha's dance recital and I'm sure Noah has a few school surprises in store for me too. And, how cool is this, I will also be there for Easter this year!!!
Here's a picture of the kids from last year. You see that adorable hat on Tabi? She not only picked it out herself, but she also paid for it too!!! She's quite the fashionista:) Noah did manage to get a tie on for church but only as he was rushing to his pew, Noah loves ties, he just doesn't like wearing them much. Can't say that I blame him.
I happened upon this recipe card while I was skimming through my Betty Crocker Recipe file the other day. I'm going to stash it in my luggage with my other kiddie surprises to bring with me to Idaho. Doesn't it look festive? Hopefully, the kids and I will get around to assembling it. We'll see...
I didn't want to run off without at least leaving you a few munchies. I won't be back until the end of April but if you crave even more tidbits, you can always go to my April 18th-24th foodie listing from last year. (please excuse the lack of link checking:)
April 16
The Dagwood Sandwich was introduced to the American public on April 16, 1936. It was invented by Chic Young and featured in his comic strip Blondie. The first Dagwood consisted of tongue, onion, mustard, sardine, beans and horseradish. Over the years, the sandwich grew bigger and typically included everything "but the kitchen sink!" foodtimeline.orgToday is also National Eggs Benedict Day, one of my very best favorite brunch entrees. There are lots of rumors about the "birth" of Eggs Benedict. I intend on doing a more in depth post one day but in the mean time, if you're interested in a bit of history, check out this article in the New York Times!
April 17thEliza Acton was born on this day in 1799 in Sussex.
National Cheeseball Day
Happy Birthday Daffy Duck!
April 18Animal Crackers Birthday
Although I won't be blogging while I'm away, I will be visiting every now and again. Unfortunately, the kids don't have spring recess so I will have a bit of free time. Have a GREAT weekend, Louise.


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I had a chance to work with Sylvia at the Youth Olympic Games Kids Sports Challenge where she was the emcee. Besides displaying a flair for entertaining hundreds of children (and adults) everyday, she was very versatile and took the extra effort to do her job well. The audience was captivated by her liveliness and charisma whenever she charisma whenever she went on stage to host the sessions. She was indeed the right person for the job and I will definitely engage and recommend her for future events. Keep up the fantastic work!
Professional Emcee
An emcee sets the tone for a particular event. She determines the energy level throughout and is responsible for keeping on schedule and establishes the kind of feeling the event organizers want.
An emcee has to have a pleasant stage presence, who is gracious, personable and flexible, who can think on their feet, keep many balls in the air at the same time, not get easily flustered, and calmly handle the unexpected.
She must knows how to set the appropriate tone for the specific session, carefully manage the time while maintaining a positive energy flow throughout the entire session, and who can make audiences/guests feel welcomed, special, comfortable and respected.
An emcee must be willing to put the time and effort into preparing succinct and willing to take instructions from organizers/clients too.


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So those corrupt, two-timing, no-good shysters known as the New Mexico Athletic Commission held a meeting in Albuquerque to deal with the fallout from Fight Night 42 yesterday. On the evening's agenda: Determining Jason High's punishment for shoving referee Kevin Mulhall following his second round TKO defeat to Rafael Dos Anjos, and upholding or denying Ross Pearson's decision loss to Diego Sanchez.
Unfortunately for High, his moment of cloudy judgement had already seen him axed from the UFC before Dana White could even review the footage of the incident. And now, the hits just keep on coming for "The Kansas City Bandit", who might want to consider changing his nickname to "H.R. Shoven Stuff" (I am so sorry). High was handed down a one year suspension from the New Mexico Athletic Commission for his err in judgment and fined 10% of his $19,000 purse, or $1,900. But that's just a small price to pay for notoriety, amiright?
It's a relatively unheard of suspension given the nature of High's infraction. I can only think of a couple altercations between referees and fighters over the years that didn't involve Gilbert Yvel — one was James Thompson/Dan Miragliotta at EliteXC: Primetime and the other was Phil Baroni/Larry Landless at UFC 45. While no punishment was given to Thompson for smushing Miragliotta's face, Baroni actually punched Landless and received just a 4 month suspension for doing so. Diff'rent era, diff'rent rules, I guess.
In regards to the Sanchez/Person decision, it might shock you to learn that the NMAC decided to uphold Sanchez's controversial win, stating quote, "You leave it in the f*cking hands of those incompetent f*cking judges, you f*cking deserve whatever comes of it. F*ck Bellator."
I'm sorry, I must have mixed up Dana White's statement with that of the NMAC. My b.
As we previously mentioned, Pearson was granted his win bonus by the UFC despite the loss and is expected to receive a step up in competition for his next fight as if he had won it anyways. In other words, we have now reached the era of MMA where we don't even have to pretend that decisions matter in terms of matchmaking. Chael Sonnen's unretirement status: Imminent.
Personally, I'm just wondering how Sanchez is dealing with the fact that his first win in his past three contests is being all but invalidated by everyone but the people who are supposed to be in charge of determining that sort of thing. It doesn't exactly serve as a vote of confidence in the TUF 1 alum, but then again, perhaps if he focused more on coming at his bros and less on asking his bros to come at him, bro, he wouldn't be at the center of so many controversial decisions (*cough* Kampmann *cough* Gomi *cough*)


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Murder In The First review: Be my Doberman
Kathleen Robertson knocks it out of the park in the third episode as Mulligan battles with her conscience after shooting and killing an abusive suspect.
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While Murder in the First has been building to the arrest of Erich Blunt (Tom Felton) since the pilot, his moment of shame in the last minutes fades into the background of the third episode's much stronger B-plot: Hildy Mulligan's suspension.
This week was Kathleen Robertson's chance to show her stuff, and she absolutely nailed it. From the first week, her Mulligan has been the most compelling reason to keep returning to this show. Her partnership with English (Taye Diggs) is such fun to watch, but of the two, we've seen more layers to Mulligan. It's not just that Mulligan is good at her job, though of course she is. She's quick and clever and has shown herself to be more than a match for Erich, but she's also prone to moments of tenderness and is never portrayed as weak for allowing herself to show her feelings: Her gentleness with her daughter juxtaposed against her desire to rebuild a personal life for herself after her divorce, her tears at English's wife's funeral against her hard-line approach to Erich's first interrogation. Mulligan is a rarity among female characters, particularly on procedural cop shows. She is allowed to be hard and soft at the same time. She's an equal balance of pragmatism and hope, and as a result, we get a fully realized woman, not a cardboard archetype of the tough lady cop.
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D-Hop, the young boy who identified Walton as the man who shot Erich's biological father, comes to Mulligan for help out of desperation. His mother is trapped in an abusive relationship with a man who routinely beats her to within an inch of her life, and D-Hop has run out of options. He's too small to protect his mother, and he's too frightened of the possibility of being sent into foster care to turn anywhere else. In spite of the pressures involved in mounting the case against Erich, Mulligan agrees to take the time to help the boy and his mother.
Mulligan does what she can, but as she knows from her personal experience with an abusive ex, it's impossible to help someone who does not want to be helped. D-Hop's mother flatly refuses to admit there's a problem, and Mulligan, while clearly frustrated at not being able to do more, accepts the situation for what it is. Hope and pragmatism — that's the way that Mulligan is able to both perform her job and allow herself a life beyond it, as well. It's how she compartmentalizes.
Until D-Hop calls her cell while she's in the middle of a date, begging for help, because it's happening again. Mulligan immediately leaves the restaurant and radios for backup, but when she arrives at the apartment and hears the cacophony inside it, she makes the decision that there's not enough time to wait. She enters to see D-Hop's mother's boyfriend beating the woman to within an inch of her life and D-Hop cowering beneath a table with a bruised face. Angry at the interruption, the boyfriend approaches Mulligan with a knife in his hand, clearly intent on putting it to use. She gives him a warning, he doesn't back down, and that's when Mulligan shoots him square in the chest.
One shot would have done the trick. She empties the entire clip.
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From there, Mulligan is a woman adrift. She understands logically that she made the best choice available to her in the moment while simultaneously understanding that her own history played a very large part in the way she handled it. "You stepped on a roach," English says, trying to comfort her with the knowledge that the dead man certainly deserved it, with his mile-long rap sheet and tendency to beat on a woman and her defenseless child. "It's that simple."
But a man is still dead, and he's dead because of her. Mulligan is clearly straining to hold herself together in the wake of it, and her mandatory 10-day suspension from her job isn't helping. English is on her side, and even their boss, Koto (Ian Anthony Dale), seems reluctant to pull her off the case they've been steadily building against Erich, but it's departmental policy. Still, she's trembling with it, not sleeping, filling her time by making elaborate school lunches for her daughter and trying to process the fact that she's killed a man while simultaneously trying to force herself to move past it.
However, there's upside to her suspension. When English and the rest of the team finally arrest Erich for the murder of Cindy after receiving fairly compelling DNA evidence that suggests he was her baby's father and that he was the man she performed oral sex on the night that she died, Mulligan's not in on the arrest. She's at home, watching along with the rest of America as the billionaire boy genius gets handcuffed. After her date with Erich in the second episode, her absence may leave them some wiggle room when it comes to further interaction. It could leave her in a position where he's still able to trust her. Always the hope, always the pragmatism.
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In the wake of Mulligan's story, the mounting case against Erich and the red herrings of the other suspects feel as thin as they have in previous weeks. Erich has taken Warren Daniels (James Cromwell) up on being his lawyer, we discover he has a fondness for drug-laced rough sex, and another woman comes forward to confess that once upon a time, Erich raped her and is most certainly capable of this kind of violence. It all leads up to Koto deciding they've mounted enough evidence to finally make an arrest. These things push the season's arc forward, yes, but in the end, it's still standard police procedural fare, the kind audiences are familiar with.
Mulligan's demons are infinitely more interesting to watch unfold, and we're holding out hope that it's a thread that continues to play out this season.
Murder in the First airs on TNT on Monday nights at 10/9c.


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My key areas of interest include the career of Harold Pinter, the theatricality of Samuel Beckett and aspects of twentieth-century French and British theatre. I am interested in issues pertaining to translation for the stage and the director's role in the process of play authorship. Specifically I am interested by what constitutes 'theatricality' as generated by specific playwrights and how one might seek to define and manipulate it in practical terms. As a consequence of this I am fascinated by the relationship that can develop between a director and a living playwright and by the inevitable authorial position that any director takes in respect to a dramatic text. I am also interested in the relationship between an author and their work in process, in compilation and in rehearsal. My research on the rehearsal processes of Roger Blin and his artistic relationships with Adamov, Artaud, Barrault, Beckett, and Genet came to fruition in my book Roger Blin: Collaborations and Methodologies (Peter Lang).
My interest in Harold Pinter's writing and activity has resulted in two recent books: The Theatre of Harold Pinter (Bloomsbury) was published in 2014, About Pinter: The Playwright and The Work (Faber and Faber) in 2005. I participated in compiling material for two subdirectories of the official Harold Pinter website. I have acted as an Associate Editor (UK) for The Pinter Review: Collected Essays. I am currently an executive of the International Harold Pinter Society.
In 2016, I begin work as a Principle Investigator on an AHRC-funded, three-year project entitled Pinter Histories and Legacies, which will centre research around the construction of a database of every UK production or broadcast of a Pinter play since 1957. The research team will be centred in the Universities of Leeds, Reading and Birmingham.
In 2009 I published a book in collaboration with my wife, the modernist scholar Juliette Taylor-Batty, entitled Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot, described as "An impressively complete survey of the play in its cultural, theatrical, historical and political contexts".
I have interests in the digital publication of scholarly materials and am researching opportunities for publication on iPads and notebooks.
I have an interest in the representations of trauma in drama, and a broader interest in issues of ethics in relation to performance. I am currently co-editor of the journal Performing Ethos.
I have supervised numerous PhD students, whose work has ranged from studies of Samuel Beckett, Harold Pinter, political or engaged theatre and other aspects of twentieth and twenty-first-century performance practice.
Recent Activities
In October 2013, I was invited to engage in a public conversation with director Ian Rickson on directing the plays of Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett as part of the Staging Beckett Project.
In September 2011, I was invited as a plenary speaker to the Conference 'Pinter Abroad: Other Stages, Other Rooms', at the University of Maribor in Slovenia. My visit was supported by the British Council.
In August 2011 I gave a lecture on Pinter's The Homecoming as part of the RSC's Summer School at the Shakespeare Institute, Stratford.
In March 2011, I was invited to Rome to speak at a the Università e-Campus as part of a celebration of Pinter's work.
In March 2009, I was invited to speak at a festival of Pinter's work at the Habiba Theatre in Tel Aviv, Israel. My visit was supported by the British Council.
In February 2008 I played the role of Ian in Sarah Kane's Blasted at the Queen's Hotel, Leeds.
In May 2007 I gave a plenary paper at the 'Harold Pinter: Encontros conference' at the University of Lisbon.
In April 2007, I organised the 'Artist and Citizen: 50 Years of Performing Pinter' conference, commemorating 50 years of the author's stage activities. Guests included Harold Pinter, Tom Stoppard, Antonia Fraser, Henry Woolf, Michael Billington, James Clarke and the Belarus Free Theatre.
In June 2006 I played the role of Richard/Max in Harold Pinter's The Lover at the Studio Salford.
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By Chris Ingram
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Published Tuesday, February 12, 2013
The fact that Jim Greer pleaded guilty Monday to grand theft and money laundering (a fraud charge was dropped), has the Republican Party of Florida and many current and former elected Republicans, as well as former Gov. Charlie Crist (who is now a Democrat) breathing a sigh of relief.
Whether those officials had anything to worry about or not, we may never know. But they are doubtlessly happy that Greer's trial — which was bound to have a circus-like atmosphere — will not take place. Had the trial occurred, Greer — the former party chairman whose oversized frame competed with his oversized ego — had promised lots of dirt on a who's who of Florida politics, including Crist, former Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum, former U.S. Sen. George LeMieux, former Republican Party of Florida Chairman John Thrasher, former Florida House Speaker Dean Cannon, former Florida Senate President Mike Haridopolos and House Speaker Will Weatherford.
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