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I have a three year old, so this is a subject I have had a lot of time and opportunity to ponder. My son has been blessed with a stubborn gene (passed on from myself and his Opa no doubt!) and knows his own mind. The fact that he isn't afraid to say no, that he questions "authority" (me!) and doesn't blindly follow orders and instructions is something I am immensely proud of. I love that he thinks for himself. And yet…
At times, I would be lying if I said I didn't wish he would just this once, just do as I ask. Sometimes we are in a hurry and it would be really helpful if he would do a few things I KNOW he is capable of – Tidy his toys, put on his coat, wash his face. The fact that he can do these things but chooses not to can be a real source of frustration for me.
And so on these occasions, I would find myself getting cross. I'd nag and complain. I would put the pressure on, and I admit, I even tried subtle bribes and threats. (Lest you believe I always get it right!) And what was the result? He dug his heels in even further. He not only refused to do the thing I had asked, but now refused to even move. Or worse still, my actions made HIM feel frustrated which displayed itself in destructive behaviours. Which in turn, made me angrier still! It became a very negative circle of emotions and reactions.
When this happened I would have two choices. I could up the anti and start punishing in a way that would MAKE him comply by sheer fear, causing catastrophic damage to our relationship, his trust in me, his self confidence and so much more, or I could back down. Admit defeat. Calm myself down and start again. I always chose the second option.
But this still leaves the issue of how do you get your child to cooperate if you don't want to fall into the dangerous trap of punishment and rewards? So I wanted to share with you what I have learned along the way, and what has worked for our family.
1. Accept that your child has the right to say no. Sounds simple but it is actually something which we as parents overlook. We must remember, we do not own them and they do have the right to say no, even when it is not what we had hoped to hear.
2. There came a point where our days felt tense and frustrating for both myself and my son. I was so focused on the importance of him doing certain things that I was starting to neglect the joy in our relationship. I made the choice to completely stop with the nagging. I would rather be happy and enjoy his company, and just help him with the tasks, accepting that there WOULD come a point where he no longer needed my support. One example was that he refused to pull down his own trousers when going to the potty. He would always ask me to do it and to pull them back up again, even though I had seen him do it himself previously. It began to become apparent that although physically he didn't need any help, I was clearly overlooking an emotional need. This was proved to me the very next day, when with an emotional cup full to brimming with positive energy having finally got my attention in a joyful and healthy way, he went unprompted and did all the things we had been struggling over for weeks. He took himself to the potty and pulled up his own trousers without comment or fanfare. It turned out that the combination of me removing the pressure along with being more relaxed and genuinely happy was all it took. I don't think this is something I could have faked to my advantage. I'm sure, had I just been pretending not to care, his intuition would have told him. But making the choice to put our happiness above everything else and not to worry about him learning self care skills, actually had the effect that he no longer felt he had to fight against me. As I said, this is a boy who knows his own mind and values his autonomy. He doesn't respond well to force and coercion (thankfully!)
3. Lastly, and this is something that will only work in combination with the previous point: Make it fun! Putting your shoes on can be exciting if it is done in a calm relaxed atmosphere. Or, it can be a stressful event to be avoided at all costs if they are being rushed and hurried. We so often forget that what comes naturally and unconsciously to us, is still a learning process for our children. They are far more likely to be open to trying something if they have the time to do so without feeling hurried and worried about doing it wrong. Leave room for mistakes and time for exploring. Tidy up time can be a fun family task if made into a game or done joyfully and calmly together, or it can be boring (if expected to do it alone) or intimidating (if reprimanded for putting the toy in the wrong box.) Try to see each situation from the child's point of view, and parent slowly and gently.
This way, in the end, you will ALL be happier, more relaxed and more connected. It worked for us, why not give it a go?
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Dr. Elbaum holds a Ph.D. in Developmental Psychology from the University of Utah and joined the UM faculty in 1997. Her primary goal as an education researcher is to understand and improve outcomes for children with disabilities and their families through rigorous empirical research, advocacy, and involvement in state and federal accountability programs related to early intervention and special education services.
Dr. Elbaum's early research focused on two developmental areas that present significant challenges for students with learning disabilities (LD): reading and self-concept. Dr. Elbaum has conducted both primary studies and meta-analyses on reading instruction and self-concept related to students with LD. She has also conducted studies of the impact of testing accommodations on the performance of students with and without LD in reading and mathematics. Dr. Elbaum's more recent research addresses the outcomes of early intervention and preschool special education services for children with developmental delays and disabilities. Dr. Elbaum has been the recipient of multiple research grants from the U.S. Department of Education Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP), including an Early Career Research Grant. She received the 2003 Distinguished Early Career Research Award from the Division for Research of the Council for Exceptional Children.
Dr. Elbaum has been a long-standing advocate of parents having a greater voice in special education policy and service delivery. For many years, Dr. Elbaum participated in school district monitoring visits conducted by the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) Bureau of Exceptional Education and Student Services. During these visits, Dr. Elbaum and her staff conducted focus group interviews with parents, teachers and high school students receiving special education services. Analyses of the interview data were used by the State to provide feedback to local agencies and to inform improvement activities. Under the auspices of an FDOE discretionary grant, Dr. Elbaum also developed a statewide survey for parents of students with disabilities that provided a means by which parents could communicate to the FDOE their perceptions of the quality of services being provided to their children.
When the new federal accountability system for special education was instituted under the reauthorized Individuals with Disabilities Education Act in 2004, Dr. Elbaum collaborated on the development and validation of a number of measurement scales that are currently being used by approximately two-thirds of states in the U.S. to collect data addressing performance indicators related to family outcomes of early intervention services and schools' facilitation of parent involvement. In Florida, Dr. Elbaum has been part of the statewide leadership team responsible for developing and implementing Florida's system to measure the developmental progress of children participating in early intervention and preschool special education programs.
Dr. Elbaum has served the Department of Teaching and Learning in various capacities, including Associate Chair, Director of the Doctoral Program, and Director of the Master's Program in Early Childhood Special Education. She currently serves on the Editorial Boards of several journals, including Exceptional Children and the Journal of Special Education, and has served on three grant review panels for the Institute for Education Sciences. Over her career thus far, Dr. Elbaum's federal and state funding for research, training, and technical assistance grants has totaled over 12 million dollars.
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The purpose of this project, which has received continuous funding from the Florida Department of Education since 2006, is to support implementation of the state's child outcomes measurement system for children ages birth to five who have received IDEA Part C early intervention services or IDEA Part B preschool special education services. Responsibilities of the project include participation on the statewide leadership team, coordination of data management across multiple data systems, evaluation of the reliability of assessments, statistical analyses of the assessment data for accountability reporting, and secondary analyses of the data to address specific research questions related to children, family, and service delivery factors that are associated with more positive outcomes for children and families.
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The purpose of this project is to support the state's implementation of data collection and data analysis to address Indicator 8: Parent Involvement of the State Performance Plan under IDEA. The primary data for this Indicator are collected through an annual survey conducted both online and through paper forms sent to school districts for distribution to parents of students receiving special education services. Included in the survey is the Schools' Efforts to Partner with Parents Scale, a measurement scale that was developed by Dr. Elbaum and colleagues under a grant from the Office of Special Education Programs and that is currently being used in 43 states to address the parent involvement indicator. The project is responsible for management of the data collection process, measurement and statistical analyses of the data, and the preparation of reports for the federal accountability system. The project also undertakes ancillary studies involving interviews with parents and school personnel to gain insight into factors that either support or impede schools' efforts to facilitate the engagement of families of children receiving special education services.
Evaluating the Impact of Early Intervention Services on Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder and their Families: A State Systems Approach. Health Resources and Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau, R40 MC 20611-01, September 1, 2010 – August 31, 2014. Co-Investigator. Principal Investigator: Donna Noyes-Grosser.
The purpose of this project is to model a rigorous and family-centered approach to evaluating the impact of participation in early intervention programs on children with Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD) and their families. The project involves the development of measurement scales addressing families' perceptions of the helpfulness of early intervention services to themselves and to their children. These scales will then be included in statistical models that test the possible mediating role of perceived helpfulness of early intervention services in the association between child, family and service delivery variables and the developmental progress made by children receiving services.


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I am thinking about going to the big lake here, perhaps this weekend. So today we are going to go get a fishing license. It's too bad though that if I get one it will only be good for a year. Now we are buying it a little too late, because it won't be long and the weather will get awfully cold. Well, I just thought of going fishing lately, so I am going anyway. My husband will have to take us to the lake. Goodness, I am bored here at home, so it will be nice to go to a lake and see if we can catch anything. I wish I can catch a salmon...LOL. My husband never take us anywhere except to the store being retired he is always at home, and oh, I find it so boring. So I try to find something to do that I can think of sometimes.
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Steve: One of the best (worst) things about this module is that Acererak the demi-lich is a huge asshole. He's an asshole for filling his tomb with traps AND treasure, he's an asshole because he leaves little messages throughout his tomb bragging about how he's going to kill the players, and he's an asshole because of stuff like this:
Zack: What is it, some sort of evil glory hole?
Steve: I'm afraid the only glory to be found in this hole is total destruction.
Zack: A few Republican congressmen have learned that the hard way.
Steve: What? No, this is serious stuff. It's called, "THE FACE OF THE GREAT GREEN DEVIL."
Steve: The book says, "The face has a huge O of a mouth; it is dead black. The whole area radiates evil and magic if detected for. The mouth opening is similar to a (fixed) sphere of annihilation, but it is about 3' in diameter - plenty of room for those who wish to leap in and be completely and forever destroyed."
Zack: So it's more like an Army recruitment office.
Steve: Acererak is a DICK. He put a magical hole on the wall that completely destroys a character. For no reason!
Zack: You've got the reason right there.
Steve: Yeah, he's a dick. There's another room that traps you in a cube with three levers and no clues about what to do. If you move all three levers up a door opens in the ceiling and you escape. If you move all three levers down the floor drops out and you fall 100 feet and take 10d10 damage.
Zack: I think you're being a little unfair to Acererak here. Anyone who has ever taken a ride on an elevator can figure out what to do with the levers. Just like an elevator, press up and it goes up, press down and it crashes 100 feet down the shaft breaking your legs and back and neck and head.
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HA NOI (VNS) — A live music show will feature original songs by Vietnamese composer Duong Thu and Vietnamese versions of contemporary operas, new age songs and neo-classical melodies by famed duo Secret Garden.
Titled Cua So Am Nhac 2 – Toi Mo Mot Giac Mo (Music Window 2 – I Dreamed a Dream), the show will showcase popular names like My Linh, Nguyen Thao, Tung Duong and Khanh Linh; and newcomers like Duong Hoang Yen, Duyen Huyen and boy band M4U.
The first half of the show, themed Chat with Mozart, includes songs from the album of My Linh released eight years ago; with songs by Thu and his Vietnamese lyrics for western classical music pieces like Ave Maria.
The second half, themed I Dreamed a Dream, will feature Vietnamese songs written by Thu and staged in the contemporary chamber music style. The songs are based on Nocturne and Dreamcatcher by the Secret Garden duo; Feeling Good by Anthony Newley and Leslie Bricusse in The Roar of the Greasepaint – The Smell of the Crowd and I Dreamed a Dream from the classic Les Miserables.
"Like the previous concert in the series, titled Music Window, this concert is not only a live show but also a luxurious artful space for the audience," Thu said, adding, "The show will aim for a balance between visual and audio elements to create an enjoyable and entertaining experience."
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A six-wheel racing car in the Indy 500?
How about a two-engine car?
While you`re at it, why not enclose the driver`s cockpit?
How about six bottles of champagne for the driver? After all, 500 miles is a long way to go without a drink.
And if the car gets into trouble, what better way to fix it than to steal a part from a car in the parking lot?
A bit far-fetched? Perhaps. But all have been tried in the 74-year history of the Indianapolis 500. Some with limited success, some with very forgettable results.
But unlike today`s racers, they dared to be different. They took their seat- of-the-pants technology and at least tried to find speed in unusual ways.
Long before a master`s degree in physics was needed to understand the technical talk, there were innovative designers bringing innovative designs to the 2 1/2-mile oval every year during Memorial Day weekend.
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Are you an educator looking for a way to introduce geographic information system (GIS) into your teaching? Would you like to invite a GIS user in industry or higher education that is keen on supporting the use of GIS in K-12 to share their insight about the importance of GIS and its applications in the real world? Find out the value of connecting with a GIS Ambassador in your community.
The GIS Ambassador Program is a great way to promote the importance of geographic information systems (GIS) to K-12 schools, educators and students. Students and teachers can work with a GIS user in industry or higher education in their community to learn more about the educational value of spatial technology.
- They provide insights to you and your students about the importance of GIS, its applications in the real world and career options that are available.
- They can assist you and your students with getting started with ArcGIS Online.
- They can help your students develop spatial and critical thinking skills through the use of spatial technology, while supporting curriculum outcomes.
- They can help you with a school project and even connect you with data for your community.
- They are volunteers that provide you and your students with a connection to your community.
In addition to the support you will receive from a GIS Ambassador, the Esri Canada K-12 group is available to assist you. We can also help administrate ArcGIS Online accounts, find relevant resources and provide technical support.
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- Larisa Johnstone worked with a grade 9 geography class to create map journal story maps and continues to support teachers in the Windsor area.
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Derek Mason post-game press conference: "I apologize for the bad ball tonight"
Coach Derek Mason doesn't know if there is a solution this season or on his roster to the offensive troubles that continue to plague Vanderbilt's season. Houston (8-0) shut out Vanderbilt (3-5, 1-3 SEC) with three interceptions to boot in a 34-0 blowout.
The offense got off to a slow start in the first half, and the Commodores were forced to punt in their opening drive. Freshman quarterback Kyle Shurmur made his second consecutive start for Vanderbilt against No. 18 Houston on Saturday, and it wasn't hard to tell the freshman had some butterflies on his first road start.
Shurmur pressured and not looking comfortable like he was last week
— Adam Sparks (@AdamSparks) October 31, 2015
Johnny McCrary took over three snaps later, but on his first play, the sophomore threw his 11th interception that helped put seven points on the board for Houston. He continued the interception trend with another pick-six later on in the game. Houston's Williams Jackson rushed through almost all of the Commodores on the field to take it to the house, and that sealed the game.
Injuries also didn't help Vanderbilt's game situation. Two Commodores went down early in the game. True freshman Justin Skule was injured in the first quarter after playing as a sixth lineman on a heavy package, and defensive lineman Adam Butler was also helped off the field in a wheelchair. According to Mason at the end of the game, Shurmur was also injured.
The offense wasn't producing for the Commodores. The defense did its best to hold the Cougars to 34 points, and defensive back Arnold Tarpley had an exceptional sack. The efforts of the defense alone just couldn't affect the end result.
Derek Mason: "I apologize for the bad ball tonight."
— Adam Sparks (@AdamSparks) November 1, 2015
"I don't care if we go wildcat, then spread, then pro, then back to spread, there are ways to attack teams" – Mason on offense
— Adam Sparks (@AdamSparks) November 1, 2015
LB Herring: "Coach Mason probably came in here & said (the loss) was on him. But it came down to (players needing) to play with more heart."
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High Stakes: Phil Galfond's Back With a Vengeance
Phil "MrSweets28" Galfond had not been playing on PokerStars since May, before the 2012 WSOP kicked off, until he made his long-awaited return on Monday. Before he started playing he tweeted "First online poker session since may. Excited to be playing, but I definitely have some rust to shake off."
But it really didn't look like he had been away from the online poker scene for that long since he dominated the $50/$100 and $25/$50 Pot Limit Omaha tables. In total, he played 4400 hands in 13 hours and ended up as the biggest winner of the day with a $402.1k profit. This is was he tweeted after the session:
Epic 11-Hour Heads Up Match Between Isildur1 and EireAbu
On Tuesday, it was announced that PokerStars and Viktor "Isildur1" Blom had decided not to renew the contract. After the "break up", Blom said "I've enjoyed my time as a Team Pro and I wish everyone at PokerStars the best. Now I just want to concentrate on playing poker."


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Alesha Dixon Confirms A Mis-Teeq Comeback And Here's When We Can Expect It
7 April 2017, 12:01
The Britain's Got Talent judge has hinted at a Mis-Teeq reunion and we can't wait for this one.
It feels like every 90s and 00s band are making a return to the music scene - some more successful than other. Need we remind you that whilst Take That are still riding the revival wave since 2011, Bros are struggling to fill an arena.
But this is a comeback we can really get behind. Alesha Dixon has hinted at a Mis-Teeq revival and we can't wait.
Read more: Is Gogglebox Replacing The Moffatts With THIS Britain's Got Talent Duo?
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Appearing on ITV's Lorraine, the Britain's Got Talent judge said: "I don't know what we're waiting for really to be honest. We're talking, we love each other - we'd love it to happen one day.
"Timing is key. At the moment obviously I'm in the studio working on solo material and I'm working on some other things so it's just finding that time to do it.
She continued: "It would be disastrous to not do something because the history we have together and the fact that, if it wasn't for the girls, I would be doing anything that I'm doing now. And I love them - so it'd be nice.
Alesha, who has been a judge on Britain's Got Talent since 2012, also warned that viewers can expect a shock from fellow judge David Walliams when the new series begins on the Easter weekend.
She said: "David is up to his usual tricks. He does something this year so outrageous even I was shocked - and that takes a lot.
"We're [the judges] pushing each other a bit further every time. The closer you get the further you can go with each other and it's OK, you can take it with a pinch of salt."
You can catch the first episode of Britain's Got Talent on Saturday 15th April on ITV 1 at 8pm.


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A year on from Britain's vote to leave the EU and the government has finally published its first plan for EU migrants' rights after Brexit. Theresa May calls it a 'fair and generous' offer – it is no such thing.
The government's plan is to offer so-called 'settled status' to EU and EEA citizens who have been living continuously in the UK for at least five years. The new status will be roughly equivalent to the 'indefinite leave to remain' currently available to non-EU migrants. It will allow access to some public services, including healthcare and pensions, but then it would have been hard to justify excluding taxpayers from the very services they make contributions towards. The status will not be granted automatically to current residents: all EU nationals wishing to stay will have to apply. And the offer remains conditional on the EU reciprocating for British expats.
Immediately following the referendum, there were calls from many different quarters to guarantee the rights of EU citizens living in Britain and to reassure them that the Brexit process would not throw their lives up in the air, stop them working, or break up families. In June 2016, prominent Leave and Remain campaigners, alongside a range of business leaders and trade unions, and even the anti-immigration think-tank Migration Watch, urged the government to make an 'unequivocal statement' to protect the status of EU nationals. They argued that any changes post-Brexit should only apply to new migrants. Polling by ICM and British Future back then showed that 84 per cent of the public agreed that EU citizens should be allowed to stay in Britain.
The London Evening Standard has since revealed that all but one of David Cameron's Cabinet agreed to a unilateral offer for EU migrants to stay – it was May who sought to block it. Since becoming prime minister, May's delay of a year before publishing any plans and her willingness to use EU migrants as 'bargaining chips' in Brexit negotiations have understandably caused a great deal of anxiety, with many EU migrants feeling like they are in limbo. With no reassurance from the UK government, over 150,000 EU nationals have wasted time and money scrambling to fill out the formidable 85-page form for permanent residency, only now to learn that they will have to fill out another application for settled status under May's plans.
As a Remain campaigner, perhaps May had swallowed the stereotype that the vote to Leave was a vote to kick out all the foreigners, rather than a positive call for a more democratic society. But her delayed offering is also a continuation of the technocratic indifference towards migrants that characterised her time as home secretary. She has always presented herself as a politician who 'gets the job done', and at the Home Office that job was to cut migration numbers to the tens of thousands by any means necessary.


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How do you attain AND maintain energy that lasts all day long? Here are some tips to consider:
- Strike with a STRONG BLOW to BREAK THE FAST!
- You've been fasting all night – your body is a raging fire screaming for sustenance. You don't want to feed that fire a few sheets of paper – it'll be gone in 5 seconds! Chuck a big 'ole LOG on that fire to keep it satisfied for more than a moment! To have just carbs or low-quantity protein for breakfast (bread, cereal, fruit, sweets, yogurt, etc.) is to throw pieces of paper at that raging fire – that's why you're STARVING by lunchtime (if you make it to lunchtime)! Give yourself some PROTEIN (eggs, meat, etc.) to really satisfy that fire for awhile. A hearty breakfast jumpstarts your metabolism for the day. You'll have your metabolism running and get the benefit of the energy you need to get you going strong! It doesn't have to be a lot, just enough to feed the fire.
- Eat like a COW…GRAZE!
- Eating 4 to 5 small meals a day, every 3 hours or so, helps you maintain your jumpstarted metabolism and keeps your fire burning. The result will be continuous energy throughout the day.
- Hydrate, Hydrate, Hydrate!
- One of the first signs of dehydration is tiredness. Dehydration also causes hunger and fogginess of mind. By the time you feel thirsty, you're well into the dehydration stage. A sure cure for drowsiness is a tall glass of ice cold water. It gives your metabolism a needed bolt to energize you when you need it most.
- You've got to MOVE IT, MOVE IT!
- Don't allow yourself to stay in park all day with the engine running – get up and MOVE periodically! Your body will thank you AND you'll feel the burst of energy! Just run up and down the stairs once or twice, take a quick walk around the building, etc. Just MOVE IT!
- Consider SUBLINGUAL B-12
Most of us are deficient in B-12 – we don't get enough nutrition to provide the amount we really need. Supplementing B-12 is safe and gives you energy you can use immediately.
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Sunday on "Fox News Sunday," Washington Post columnist George Will said Donald Trump's controversial comments about Mexican criminals coming to the Untied States are "disrupting" and "hijacking" the Republican primary process the same way a Democratic mole would.
Will said, "There's a double standard. Republicans are uniquely identified with the unfortunate people in their own party. But Ask yourself this thought experiment. If Donald trump were a democratic mole placed in the Republican party to disrupt things, how would his behavior be different? I don't think it would be. There's all this talk but something to it about the Republican brand. Picture him on stage in Cleveland. He says something hideously inflammatory which is all he knows how to say and then what do the other nine people on stage do? Do they either become complicit in what he said by their silence or do they all attack him? The debate gets hijacked. The process gets hijacked and at the end of the day he's a one-man Todd Akin. He's Todd Akin with ten different facets. "
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Two months after the Trump administration announced a total review of U.S. policy toward Cuba, several controversial proposals are being circulated at the White House with no clear front-runner on the issue.
But Sen. Marco Rubio says he has spoken with Trump three times about Cuba.
"We've been walking through all these issues with the president and his team, figuring out the right steps to take and when," Rubio told el Nuevo Herald.
"I am confident that President Trump will treat Cuba like the dictatorship it is and that our policy going forward will reflect the fact that it is not in the national interest of the United States for us to be doing business with the Cuban military," he added.
The Miami Republican of Cuban descent declined to say whether the president had made any commitments to him on Cuba policies. But a Rubio spokesman told el Nuevo Herald that the senator and his staff "have been working behind the scenes" on Cuba policy.
The Cuban government has taken notice of Rubio's rising voice in U.S. policy toward Latin America, and the state-run Granma newspaper recently criticized his efforts to have the Organization of American States condemn Venezuela's human rights record.
But the Granma article carefully avoided insulting Trump. And the Raúl Castro government, in a rare show of restraint, has said little about the Trump administration as it waits for the ongoing review of overall U.S. policies toward the island.
Spokespersons for the White House and the State Department have said that the National Security Council has the lead in the multi-agency review.
But "treating Cuba as a dictatorship" does not necessarily entail reversing all of President Barack Obama's measure to improve bilateral relations. Rubio said he favored tougher policies toward Cuba, a strategy favored by some dissidents on the island. But he did not reply directly to a question on whether he favors a total rollback of the new regulations, as proposed in a memorandum making the rounds on Capitol Hill and the White House that is believed to have been crafted by staff members for Florida Republican Rep. Mario Diaz-Balart.
The memo proposes imposing new sanctions within 90 days unless Cuba meets a string of requirements contained in the Helms-Burton law and takes action toward the return of U.S. fugitives and compensation for confiscated U.S. properties.
Trump promised during the presidential campaign to "reverse" all the pro-engagement measures approved by Obama unless the Cuban government bows to his demands. These days, the phrase making the rounds within political circles in Washington and Miami is "treat Cuba like a dictatorship."
"Cuba must be treated for what it is and not, as the Obama administration did, what it wished Cuba were. Cuba remains a Communist, totalitarian police state that allies itself with American adversaries and enemies, including state sponsors of terror and terrorist organizations," said lawyer Jason Poblete of the Washington-based PobleteTamargo LLP. His wife, Yleem Poblete, was appointed to the Trump transition team.
Other proposals floating around Washington would reverse only parts of the Obama changes, because doing more would disrupt the market and risk lawsuits from U.S. companies that have already signed deals with Cuba. The recommendations in the presumed Diaz-Balart memo would cost U.S. tourism and service companies about $2 billion during the remaining years of the Trump administration, said John Kavulich, president of the U.S.-Cuba Trade and Economic Council.
Turning back the clock even further, to the tight restrictions on travel and remittances imposed by former President George W. Bush — a possibility that had frightened many people — seems even less likely now.
Rubio's statements, nevertheless, hint that Trump policies may target the Cuban military. House Speaker Paul Ryan last year also proposed banning U.S. companies from doing business with Cuba military enterprises.
At the same time, groups that support improving relations with Cuba have not stopped their lobbying efforts, and continue "strategizing about how to influence the Trump administration, although the window of opportunity is closing," said Ted Piccone, a senior fellow at Brookings Institution who specializes in U.S.-Cuba relations.
Piccone said that maintaining the current policy toward Cuba would be in the best interest of the United States, not just because of the economic benefits but also because of national security concerns. He said Trump administration officials such as Jason Greenblatt at the NSC, Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin and Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly are "open to this argument."
U.S. companies doing business with Cuba also have been sending messages to the Trump administration in support of a pro-business agenda.
"With the new administration's desire to grow our economy, we are hopeful that both governments will continue the momentum to work to open the door for commerce to flourish between our two countries," said Vanessa Picariello, Norwegian Cruise senior director of public relations.
"Business and civic leaders from the American Farm Bureau, the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Republican members of Congress also have been encouraging President Trump to shake up our failed embargo policy with Cuba," said James Williams, director of Engage Cuba, a coalition of businesses and organizations lobbying to eliminate economic sanctions to Cuba. "President Trump can create billions of dollars in trade and tens of thousands of American jobs by expanding trade with Cuba."
Letters in support of the current pro-engagement policy have been sent to the Trump administration by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Catholic Church leaders, the American Farm Bureau, Cuban-American organizations like the Cuba Study Group and members of Congress like Minnesota Republican Rep. Tom Emmer, who has submitted a bill to lift the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba.
Piccone said that on balance the pro-engagement camp feels "positive, although realistic that certain promises were made to senators like Rubio.
"It is up for grabs, what is happening at the end."
Miami Herald reporter Patricia Mazzei contributed to this report. Contact Nora Gámez Torres at [email protected] Follow @ngameztorres.


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Sales margin is one of the most important indicators of the level of success you've achieved with your business. It shows how much money you're actually making, as its name suggests, on everything that you sell. It's really a simple calculation, one that doesn't require the use of any sophisticated software or tools to arrive it, but it's a crucial one to keep a careful eye on. The higher your sales margins are, the more you're making, and the more potential for higher profit moving forward. It also helps you understand which products are your biggest moneymakers.
In small businesses, especially young companies in a growth phase, much attention tends to be focused on increasing revenue, and quite rightly so. Revenue equates to cash, and, of course, that's what you need for, well, for everything you need to do to further the growth of the business. Ultimately, however, it's more important to be concerned with your actual sales margin, often referred to as gross profit margin, because it relates more directly to your bottom line, which is what you really want to see increasing. Interestingly, an analysis of the numbers shows that sales margins are generally more of a function of the prices at which you buy your products, rather than the prices at which you sell them.
Calculating the Sales Margin
The first step in figuring out your sales margins is to choose a time period that you're going to look at. This may be monthly, quarterly, semi-annually, or annually. You can choose any time period that you wish, but if you're trying to do comparisons (to understand which products are the most profitable) it's important to keep the time frame consistent.
Expressed very simply, your sales margin is the difference between your cost of sales, and the retail prices at which you sell your product. Taking that difference and dividing it by your retail price results in your gross profit margin, expressed as a percentage.
OK, but what's my cost of sales?
There's no mystery to "cost of sales". It's just that: the total of all the costs involved in producing your product or services. It's going to be somewhat different based on what you're selling. If you're a consulting company, your cost of sales is likely to be relatively low, yielding higher sales margins. If you're in a retail business like a supermarket, cost of sales will be relatively high, resulting in thinner sales margins
Consider your cost of sales to be the price you pay for the products you sell, including shipping cost, or the raw materials needed to make those products, if you're in a manufacturing or assembly business. You'll also need to factor in all of the relevant labor costs (for manufacturing, assembly, and sales), as well as other fees and expenses and reimbursement to the people who sell your products.
What can I do once I know my sales margins?
OK, this is a simple enough process, but once the calculations are done, what can be done with that information? The main point is to determine which of your products result in the highest sales margins. Once you know that, you'll have some choices to make. Ideally, for products yielding low sales margins, you're going to want to change something: reduce production costs, or increase your price. If neither of those can be accomplished, you may want to consider discontinuing that particular product.
However, in the real world, things aren't always that clear cut. You can't necessarily restrict yourself to only selling the products with the highest sales margins. In reality, it may be your "loss leaders" that get customers in the door, and may even be the products that define your company's identity.


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Quince Orchard High School (MD) senior midfielder Taylor Segreti has made a commitment to play Division III lacrosse at Babson College.
Taylor Segreti log:
High School: Quince Orchard High School
Graduation Year: 2014
Position: Midfield
College Choice: Babson College
Club Affiliations: SMS Elite, Bethesda Lacrosse Club
Major lacrosse honors: MD Free Top 22 Team – 2014 (highest lax honor in Maryland, all private & public HS)
What will you major in/study? Business
Why did you choose Babson? "Babson has been ranked the #1 Entrepreneurial business school in the world by US News for the last 20 years."
Outlook for your High School team? "We graduated a lot of talented seniors last year, but we are optimistic, working hard and have all the tools necessary to reach our goals."
Thank You: "I would like to thank my High School coaches David Gonzalez & Michael Kowalick for believing in me and pushing me to be the best.
"My SMS club coaches, Greg Zecca & Rodger Ganley, for guiding me through this process. For all of those first youth lacrosse coaches that introduced me to this great game: Marc Dubick, Andrew Hosker, Cliff Harris, Bill Kenety, and Matt Hickman."
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Mining stocks rebounded from early losses helping the blue-chip index settle above the 6,000 point mark. The FTSE 100 built on Friday's gains rising 53.65 to within a whisker of its 2010-11 high at 6051.03, while the wider FTSE 250 rose 144.54 to 11811.07.
3.45pm: Lloyd's of London insurance group Chaucer has confirmed it has received "a number" of takeover approaches from unnamed suitors.
In a statement, Chaucer played down suggestions that a deal was imminent: "There is no certainty that these approaches will result in any offer being made for the Company, or as to what terms any such offer may include."
3pm: Lloyd's of London insurance group Chaucer was the talk of the market after a share spike heightened speculation the company could soon be the subject of a takeover bid.
Shares in the insurer, which has fended off approaches from rivals Amlin, Novae and Brit Insurance in recent years, were up 5.69pc during early afternoon trading.
Chaucer is known to have attracted the attention of private equity firms, with TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners thought to have contemplated bids for the company last year, according to the Insurance Insider magazine.
There has been a resurgence in M&A activity across the world's largest insurance market since last June, when Brit was approached by private equity house Apollo. Hardy and Omega have also been subject to bids from trade buyers, while other private equity houses are thought to have an interest in following Apollo and CVC into the Lloyd's sector.
The FTSE 100 remained above the 6,000 point mark - at 6047.56.
12pm: Mining stocks rebounded during mid-morning trading helping the blue-chip index settle above the 6,000 point mark.
Xstrata, which advanced 3.35pc, Randgold Resources, 2.41pc and Rio Tinto, 2.38pc, led a sector rally following positive broker comments.
Citigroup raised its target price on Xstrata, adding: "We upgrade our target price to 20.11 pounds and reiterate our 'buy' call given superior growth, ability to do further accretive M&A deals and cost reduction potential."
Elsewhere, Vedanta Resources jumped 1.76pc following reports that India's oil secretary said he was hopeful of finding a "positive solution" to Cairn India's plans to sell controlling stake in its Indian unit to the company.
The rally offset early falls by Eurasian Natural Resources, BHP Billiton, Anglo American, Antofagasta, Vedanta and Kazakhmys, helping the FTSE 100 gain 0.76pc to 6043.22.
Arm Holdings, whose designs are used in Apple iPhones and iPads, also rose 3.49pc, helped by a 10pc increase in its target price to 660 pence, from 600 pence, by Numis Securities.
"Cranking the dials on ARM's long term revenue drivers suggests significant upside," Numis said in a note.
The broker raised its revenue forecasts for ARM, which increased the company's EPS estimates to 3pc for full-year 2012, 3pc for full-year 2013 and 6pc for full-year 2014.
Rexam advanced 3pc amid reports the can maker has appointed Barclays Capital to sell its beverage and specialties arm in a deal that could be worth £200m.
Elsewhere, British American Tobacco advanced 1.34pc, while rival Imperial Tobacco gained 1.55pc despite Japan Tobacco, the world's third largest cigarette maker, posting a 26pc drop in quarterly operating profit after a tax hike hit its domestic business.
Financial stocks retreated, with insurers Old Mutual, Resolution and Standard Life joining banks Investec and Standard Chartered as the day's biggest losers.
Telecoms group Vodafone fell 1.03pc and BT 0.96pc.
Yusuf Heusen, senior sales trader at IG Index, said: "Looking ahead to the US open, at the moment we are forecasting the Dow Jones to open up around 35 points higher than Friday's close. Sentiment towards shares still remains positive with the market proving incredibly resilient to weaker news such as last week's payrolls announcement – stock markets still appear to be a 'buy on the dips' for investors and for now any weakness is expected to be short-lived."
8am: London's blue chip shares edged above 6,000, with energy and gold stocks offsetting a fall among miners.
Cairn Energy was the biggest riser - up .3.3pc - after India's oil secretary said he was hopeful of finding a "positive solution" to its plans to sell controlling stake in its Indian unit to Vedanta Resources.
The oil explorer agreed in August to sell 40pc-51pc in Cairn India to Vedanta but the deal has been delayed on rumblings from the Indian government and its partner in the big Rajasthan block, Oil and Natural Gas Corp.
Higher gold prices led to a 43pc jump in full-year profits at Randgold Resources, the West African-focused gold producer, outweighing a decline in production. The shares gained 3pc.
The FTSE 100 was up 5 - or 0.08pc - at 6002.71 twenty minutes after trading began at 8am on Monday.
Most mining stocks in the index of leading shares fell. Eurasian Natural Resources, BHP Billiton, Anglo American, Antofagasta, Vedanta and Kazakhmys slid between 0.3pc and 1pc.
Xstrata, up 0.9pc, was the one exception after positive broker comments, including a raised target price from Citigroup. Nomura said Xstrata, along with Anglo American, are its top picks, and adds that earnings momentum should remain strong.
Yusuf Heusen, senior sales trader, IG Index, said: "The FTSE 100 has extended February gains this morning, and left traders eyeing the possibility of a run-back to challenge the highs from January just ahead of 6100. Cairn Energy is the day's biggest gainer so far, clawing back most of the losses made last Friday as hopes were raised that its disposal of its India business would go ahead by mid-April.
"Looking ahead to the US open, at the moment we are forecasting the Dow Jones to open up around 35 points higher than Friday's close. Sentiment towards shares still remains positive with the market proving incredibly resilient to weaker news such as last week's payrolls announcement – stock markets still appear to be a 'buy on the dips' for investors and for now any weakness is expected to be short-lived."
06.00: Asia starts week up
Most Asian stock markets opened the week in positive territory Monday, with Japanese shares buoyed by a weaker yen and a string of strong corporate earnings results.
The Nikkei 225 rose 0.5pc to 10,600.89. Exporters generally advanced, with Toyota up 1pc. Some companies that reported improved earnings late last week also gained, including Hitachi, up 2.3pc, and Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group, up 1.8pc.
South Korea's Kospi jumped 1.2pc to 2,096.59 as investors bought tech shares. Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-largest manufacturer of computer memory chips, rose 1.9pc.
Markets in India and New Zealand also advanced while stocks in Thailand and Singapore sank. Indexes in mainland China and Taiwan remained closed for Lunar New Year holidays.
Hong Kong's Hang Seng index slipped 0.5pc to 23,791.46, heralding possible anxiety over whether China will soon hike interest rates to stem inflation. Analysts had predicted a hike before the holiday but then put such speculation on hold as anti-government protests in Egypt nearly threatened to topple the government.
Meanwhile, Australia's S&P/ASX 200 was almost flat at 4,861.40, with Australian mining giant BHP Billiton down by 0.5pc and Rio Tinto lower by 0.7pc.
"We've got metals and mining companies leading the way down after some strong gains," said Tim Schroeders, who helps manage A$1bn at Pengana Capital in Melbourne. He said that "softer than expected" unemployment figures from the US on Friday led to some profit-taking on the Australian exchange.
The Labor Department said the unemployment rate dropped to 9pv in January, the lowest rate since April 2009 and a sharp fall from 9.4pc in December. At the same time, the government said that only 36,000 new jobs were created last month, the fewest in four months. The slow job growth left some analysts doubting that the economic recovery is gathering momentum.
In New York on Friday, the Dow Jones rose 29.89 points, or 0.3pc, to close at 12,092.15.
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Creative Periods (1/3)
Neoclassicism – Avant-garde
As befits one of the most radical exponents of the so-called Soviet Avant-garde, Pärt's oeuvre bears witness to the composer's own deep-reaching musical evolution. His first period of creativity began with neo-classicist piano music (Two Sonatinas op. 1 and Partita op. 2), with the next ten years being given over to the most important compositional techniques of the avantgarde – twelve-tone serialism, sonic fields, indeterminism, collage technique – all of which saw highly original use in his music.
Nekrolog (1960) was the young composer's first important work and, at the same time, the first twelve-tone work of Estonian provenance. It was both his first success and his first scandal, provoking official accusations of "western decadence".
Perpetuum Mobile (1963) is one single, pulsing, powerful wave of sound, which is constructed from variously pulsating individual parts. The piece is characterized by its serial structure, which is reduced to radically simple formulae. Both works, Nekrolog and Perpetuum Mobile, garnered the composer initial recognition in the West.
Symphony No. 1 (1963) – the composition with which he earned his diploma. Arvo Pärt left the academy as an experienced and mature composer.
Collage Technique
Collage sur B-A-C-H (1964), Pro et Contra (1966), Symphony Nr. 2 (1966). The composer's further stylistic development led him to experiment with collage technique. In the works of this period, Pärt juxtaposed two highly discrepant ideas of sound: avant-garde passages alternate with direct quotations or imitations of earlier musical styles. His own music suddenly took on the nature of arena, playing host to battles between the stylistic means of modernity (Pärt's music) and the simple, transcendental beauty on which he had set his sights (the musical quotations). New and old music stood opposite one another, irreconcilably at odds. This sort of confrontation experienced its ultimate, unsurpassed climax in his last collage work, Credo.
Credo (1968). With this work, in which the composer took on Bach's Prelude in C Major (WTC 1), Pärt intensified and hardened his musical language to an extreme degree – "an amassment of violent power, straining at its own limits like an avalanche" (Pärt). This battle between the two musical worlds is concluded by Bach's victory over the modernistic cataclysms in Pärt's own music (The Credo Scandal - At the time of its première, Pärt's open affirmation of his Christian faith (the sung text "Credo in Jesum Christum") amounted to an additional political provocation, and it was viewed as an attack on the regime. This scandal was part of the wild, incessant back-and-forth between approval and outright rejection, which had begun with "Nekrolog" in 1960 and finally culminated in Pärt's emigration: in 1980, Estonia's communist government encouraged him to leave the country.).


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Religion and the Common Good Seminar – "Augustine on Love, Conflict, and the Goods We Hold in Common"
This talk will be led by Richard Miller, Laura Spelman Rockefeller Professor of Religious Ethics, University of Chicago.
The Religion and the Common Good Seminar is an interdisciplinary initiative that builds on existing networks between faculty, students, community members, and other professionals with research, teaching, and service interests in religion's contribution to the common good. The seminar explores the ways religious communities reach beyond the bounds of their own community to benefit people of other faiths or of no particular faith, what constitutes the common good from a religious faith perspective, differences between religions in approaching various common goods, how religions prevent or promote common goods within society or segments of society, religious teachings and practices that motivate members to seek the good of others, and inter-religious service for the common good.
The Religion and the Common Good Seminar is presented by the department of religion with support from the Willson Center.


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Jacob's Creek Competition
Friday, March 2nd, 2007
You may have seen a competition run by Jacob's Creek in some recent publications.
The competition winners will be given a Valentine's gift set which includes a bottle of Jacob's Creek Sparkling Rose, a wine guide ("The View From Our Place") and a Seyval Blanc vine supplied by Vines For Wines and neatly presented in a red, Valentine's Day tube.
If you have just won one and are new to growing vines, you may find some of the learn pages on this site are useful.


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General Discussion > Guns
Granite Firearms Training Review
John, who owns Hunter Offroad, is also starting to do firearm training classes. We talked a little about his first class when he was building my bumpers, and I was immediately on board!
John is on a warrant squad and goes on visits to strangers houses pretty often, so he certainly has experience.
On to the class, me and a friend drove down from Flagstaff for his Advanced Weapon Handling Rifle/Handgun class. When we got to the range and things started moving along I was shocked to see that there were almost as many instructors as students, or at least it felt like there was always an instructor right next to me. Huge difference from the next bay over who had double the students and only one instructor barking at everyone.
There was a wealth of knowledge from all the instructors, and we both LOVED the class.
It was also great because we did not waste ammo by just sending bullets downrange. There was a lot of 2, 3, or 4 rounds per mag drills where we developed the skills of reloading and other skills instead of giving our trigger fingers a workout!
I cant recommend John enough, both for his tube skills and his firearm training. If anyone is interested TAKE A CLASS!!! You will be back for more.
This sounds very intriguing.
What about the legal issues of gun ownership, open and conceal carry, and situational consequence?
Is any of that covered?
I will be getting in touch with Hunter on this soon and hope a great deal of attention is given to the legal issues.
Between tactical and practical I would much rather have the practical knowledge of how to deal with what happens after you have dealt with threats to your person as I think a lot of courses deal heavily on our physical survival and not enough on our legal survival. Both are equally important as once you have been shot to death you are dead, but if you survive a threat only to be attacked by the legal system then you die over and over and over and over again.
Both are important and I would love to be a part of this.
This was not a ccw, or law class, but a tactical class. We did however talk about what to do when you run into responding law enforcement to avoid being shot.
Besides, its Arizona! The laws are easy to look up, but if anyone has any questions or trouble finding anything let me know. I am not a lawyer, but i can link ars statutes and lead you in the right direction.
Not sure what you mean by legal issues of gun ownership, but as far a situational consequences I'm sure there are enough scenarios that you could spend all day talking about them. I think we did have a few questions related to that, which were answered, but the class focused on improving shooting skills.
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We had some work to finish in Purasawalkam and we didn't expect it to drag until lunch time. Since we were quite hungry by then, decided to eat at the first restaurant we spotted. The first one was Hotel Saravana Bhavan, I let it pass. Second one was Adayar Ananda Bhavan, let that pass too. Third time's a lucky charm they say, and sure it was! Spotted Welcome Hotel and stepped into it right away! Continue reading
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Farrell wont hook up with Ireland until after the 2016 Six Nations which is no great shakes, it's not like his previous employers England are an enigma that require decoding.
When news broke that Andy Farrell had been appointed Ireland defence coach, with a deal that will run until the completion of the 2019 RWC in Japan, I have to admit I was a little bit surprised. However upon reflection it may be a stroke of genius by the powers that be, provided they have thought it through.
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When I was younger, I constantly had nightmares of monsters in my closet. I can remember my Mom coming into my room and telling me that everything was ok because she locked the closet door. I told her that no lock can stop what was in my dreams.
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Great work, may i use this for a card in a set of Magic Cards? I plan on posting everything up on here once it's completed. I might also put it up on another site, not sure yet. Your real name (if you want it) will be on the card and/or your username. I will note you among the many artists with Links to the artwork(s).
This is spectacular!!! So intricate and thoughtful. One of the better submissions.
This guy is just terrifying...I can barely look at him. He just looks so unmitigatedly evil.
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Thank you. Hopefully I switched it out in time.
yep. I think they would consider that a "distinguishing artist mark" I would hate for such a nice piece to be disqualified.
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Nice work. I think yours is one of the best for the Mama Scared Stiff contest. My favorite. Keep up!
wonderful! Very realistic!
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HackCollege Podcast Episode 2: Amsterdam
Everything is better the second time around. We shot in Amsterdam this past weekend. Our production value has (at least) doubled. We're really warming up to our podcast; we hope you are too.
Keep your eyes focused on the small video until the end. We cut together some nonsense of Scott, Chris, and I tooling around Amsterdam.
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The Conversation: The latest bad news on carbon capture from coal power plants: higher costs
Coal powered much of the industrial revolution and continues to fuel economic growth in developing nations, including China and India.
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|Although the stupidity displayed in the following tales stops short of the ultimate sacrifice, we salute the spirit and innovation shown in these misadventures.
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(September 1999) High school students burst into gales of laughter when testimony revealed that a Stettler man had eaten his underwear while under arrest, in the vain hope that it would absorb alcohol before he took a breathalyzer test.
The defendant, an 18-year-old man named Daniel, was collared by a constable when he fled from his vehicle after being pulled over for erratic highway driving.
The constable testified that Daniel ripped the crotch out of his shorts and stuffed the fabric in his mouth while sitting in the back of the patrol car.
The Breathalyzer registered 0.08% blood alcohol, the legal limit, and prosecutors were unable to convict Daniel of driving under the influence.
Guffawing 11th and 12th grade law students, unable to maintain their composure, were escorted from the courtroom by their instructor. To seal Daniel's humiliation, his photograph appeared in the local newspaper the next day.
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The decision of Boston's mayor not to yield to the demands of the U.S. Olympic Committee is an intelligent one.
The inherent prestige notwithstanding, hosting the Summer Olympic Games can be an extraordinarily high investment that generally doesn't turn a profit for the host city.
A perfect example is Greece and its devastating financial consequences.
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(Garbage may not be an adjective, but it can be used as an adjective, click here to find out.)
1. discarded animal and vegetable matter, as from a kitchen; refuse.
2. any matter that is no longer wanted or needed; trash.
3. anything that is contemptibly worthless, inferior, or vile: There's nothing but garbage on TV tonight.
4. worthless talk; lies; foolishness.
5. Slang. any unnecessary item added to something else, as for appearance only; garnish: I'll have an Old Fashioned, but without the garbage.
6. useless artificial satellites or parts of rockets floating in space,
"bins can be garbage."
Late Middle English (in the sense 'offal'): from Anglo-Norman French, of unknown ultimate origin.
garbage in, garbage out
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