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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-78014792018-08-28T05:32:31.289-05:00insight-less:Whatnot and so forthBenhttp://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-10330850142778597352009-02-19T21:13:00.001-05:002009-02-19T21:16:49.865-05:00So LongTo eliminate the likely possibility of saying things that could come back to bite me professionally (or God forbid politically) this will be my last blog post. I've just been muttering to myself here and based on the quality of recent legislation and its effect on my investments I'm likely to just come off as unhinged. So, so long, good luck and buy gold!!!

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-59940474536651447762009-02-18T07:28:00.003-05:002009-02-18T07:34:23.803-05:00If only he was Bush economically...WASHINGTON - Even as it pulls back from harsh interrogations and other sharply debated aspects of George W. Bush 's "war on terrorism," the Obama administration is quietly signaling continued support for other major elements of its predecessor's approach to fighting Al Qaeda .
In little-noticed confirmation testimony recently, Obama nominees endorsed continuing the C.I.A. 's program of transferring prisoners to other countries without legal rights, and indefinitely detaining terrorism suspects without trials even if they were arrested far from a war zone.
The administration has also embraced the Bush legal team's arguments that a lawsuit by former C.I.A. detainees should be shut down based on the "state secrets" doctrine. It has also left the door open to resuming military commission trials.

I'm sure Obama is just doing this to be nice; give Bush something for his tattered legacy to cling to.

I'm sure it wasn't that he knew all along that most of the rhetoric against these polices wasn't in any way realistic.firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-36960365690682555772009-01-25T16:46:00.005-05:002009-01-25T20:03:19.968-05:00Imagine if Brit Hume gushed like this about Bush
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(Fast forward to the last minute)

Fox News certainly has its biases but I cannot think of anything it's done that approaches this.

Does the traditional media know it's best days are behind it; that it now has nothing to lose by coming out of the closet, dropping that phony mask of objectivity, and letting their leftist sympathies out for the world to see?

Could someone please explain to me how the 4th estate is in any way doing it's job by collectively fellating the leader of the 2nd?
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-87530811633900936132009-01-23T06:56:00.002-05:002009-01-23T07:08:47.566-05:00They see but they do not believe!

Such impertenance! How can one doubt when it is all written in the Book. Brother Gibson didn't!
email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-22067544714326476892008-12-31T11:06:00.003-05:002009-01-07T22:11:25.866-05:00The Ruprect of the StatesAs someone who came from Racine and lived in Milwaukee for a good while during the presidential race I was certain that some journalist somewhere would notice that the Democratic presidential nominee came from the state with probably the greatest possible embarrassment potential. For my entire life I heard stories of hilarious Chicago corruption from the corpse resurrection machine politics of "Da Mare" to the authoritarian antics of junior (shutting down Meigs fields with airplanes still in flight). Instead journalists were so enamored with Obama they failed to pay any mind to the banging of pots and pans in the guest house out back.

Now on the eve of the fanciest ball since Camelot, Blago the monkey boy is on the loose spitting applesauce and pissing his pants for the world to see. Eager to quiet this embarrassment and maintain the narrative that Blagojevich is some sort of unfortunate outlier unreflective of Obama and Illinois as a whole, stories proclaiming the futility of nominating Roland Burris abound. These stories hinge on the misinformed belief that the Illinois secretary of state can refuse to certify Blagojevich's replacement, not understanding or choosing not to acknowledge that the secretary of state's powers are merely ministerial. Unless the nomination happened counter to state statute, which no one is suggesting it did, the Illinois secretary of state must certify. Harry Reid's insistence that the Senate can choose to not seat Burris due to Article 1 Section 5 is again is again, mistaken.

The net effect of all of this is that this controversy will go on long after Obama's inauguration and the media's attempts to staunch the resulting bleeding will be put to a Goebbels-like test. Their lack of integrity will be repeatedly demonstrated as one freakish product of the incestuous union of political power and special interests reveals itself after another.

Enjoy! I know I will.

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During today's press conference, President-elect Baracj Obama brushed off a question from Chicago Tribune reporter John McCormick about the Blagojevich scandal, and what interaction any advisers had with the Illinois governor.

"I don't want you to waste your question," Obama said.

McCormick asked another Blago-related question, and Obama said he wouldn't confirm a report in the Tribune from this weekend. Obama also said that the U.S. attorney's office asked his team to withhold an internal review until next week.

After a few attempts, the reporter finally followed up by asking who had the better jump shot: Obama or incoming education secretary Arne Duncan?

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-88906484782536723322008-11-24T11:14:00.000-05:002008-11-24T11:15:09.338-05:00This guy is awesome<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rIVCpzSQTPc&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rIVCpzSQTPc&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-24760492939901481332008-11-23T10:19:00.003-05:002008-11-23T10:53:31.616-05:00Are the refs blind?
Media bias was more intense in the 2008 election than in any other national campaign in recent history, Time magazine's Mark Halperin said Friday at the
Politico/USC conference on the 2008 election. "It's the most disgusting failure of people in our business since the Iraq war," Halperin said at a panel of media analysts. "It was extreme bias, extreme pro-Obama coverage."

So is Obama a make up call?

The refs can't get fired fast enough.

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-56561401969494047572008-11-05T06:56:00.002-05:002008-11-05T06:59:33.607-05:00Well that's a mandateWhile I do honestly wish Obama the best and will wait to judge him on his actual actions as President, his Reagan-esqe margin (330+ electoral votes? wowza!) of victory could embolden him and quasi-Marxists in the Democratic Party to abandon the pragmatism that made Clinton so politically successful and move directly on:

1.) Withdrawing from Iraq without appropriately considering security implications.
2.) Implementing confiscatory tax rates on the "rich" (is that 150k or 250k?) that will cause a flight of capital into tax shelters limiting economy sustaining investment and tax revenue.
3.) Implementing carbon cap 'n trade that will slow the economy, produce negligible environmental benefits and vastly subsidize a poorly understood and poorly regulated carbon market.
4.) Begin to transition private 401k assets into the Social Security Administration.

 Well that's all that comes to mind right now. Off to my sure to become workers email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-7579243620573333692008-10-23T04:38:00.003-05:002008-10-27T21:02:44.860-05:00In the TankJust 14 percent of the stories about John McCain, from the conventions through the final presidential debate, were positive in tone, according to a study released today, while nearly 60 percent were negative — the least favorable coverage of any of the four candidates on the two tickets.

The study, by The Pew Research Center's Project for Excellence in Journalism, a nonpartisan journalism watchdog organization, examined 2,412 stories from 43 newspapers and cable news shows in the six-week period beginning just after the conventions and ending with the final presidential debate.

[...]

Obama's numbers, in fact, are in line with past presidential candidates around the same time periods in the 2000 and 2004 races. It's McCain's coverage that has been extraordinarily negative in tone.

On the plus side this election has pretty much revealed mainstream "journalism" for the fraud it is. The argument moves from whether the institution is in the tank to what newsources are most dishonest about their motives.

This is damning:

If the current polls are correct, we are about to elect as president of the United States a man who is essentially a cipher, who has left almost no paper trail, seems to have few friends (that at least will talk) and has entire years missing out of his biography.
That isn't Sen. Obama's fault: His job is to put his best face forward. No, it is the traditional media's fault, for it alone (unlike the alternative media) has had the resources to cover this story properly, and has systematically refused to do so.
Why, for example to quote the lawyer for Republican presidential nominee Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., haven't we seen an interview with Sen. Obama's grad school drug dealer -- when we know all about Mrs. McCain's addiction? Are Bill Ayers and Tony Rezko that hard to interview? All those phony voter registrations that hard to scrutinize? And why are Sen. Biden's endless gaffes almost always covered up, or rationalized, by the traditional media? firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-35741162154765484672008-10-21T19:41:00.002-05:002008-10-21T19:47:36.339-05:00Racial Preferences in Education
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Here's an interesting interview segment discussing the aftermath of the elimination of racial preferences in the UC educational system. I was in school when a lot of overheated rhetoric was flying around motivated by fears similar policies may come to pass in other states. Like welfare reform this now seems like a relatively consequence free policy change.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-4921792178638427262008-10-14T22:08:00.001-05:002008-10-14T22:13:10.508-05:00Gahhhhh!GIBSON: All right. You have, however, said you would favor an increase in the capital gains tax. As a matter of fact, you said on CNBC, and I quote, "I certainly would not go above what existed under Bill Clinton," which was 28 percent. It's now 15 percent. That's almost a doubling, if you went to 28 percent.
But actually, Bill Clinton, in 1997, signed legislation that dropped the capital gains tax to 20 percent.
OBAMA: Right.
GIBSON: And George Bush has taken it down to 15 percent.
OBAMA: Right.
GIBSON: And in each instance, when the rate dropped, revenues from the tax increased; the government took in more money. And in the 1980s, when the tax was increased to 28 percent, the revenues went down.
So why raise it at all, especially given the fact that 100 million people in this country own stock and would be affected?
OBAMA: Well, Charlie, what I've said is that I would look at raising the capital gains tax for purposes of fairness.firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-13984628085336837592008-10-14T06:34:00.002-05:002008-10-14T06:37:53.176-05:00egads
"Do you believe in the American dream?" a local plumber asked.

Obama said he did.

"Your new tax plan is going to tax me more, isn't it?" the plumber asked, complaining that he was being taxed "more and more for fulfilling the American dream."

"It's not that I want to punish your success. I just want to make sure that everybody who is behind you, that they've got a chance for success too," Obama responded. "My attitude is that if the economy's good for folks from the bottom up, it's gonna be good for everybody ... I think when you spread the wealth around, it's good for everybody."

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-81490230926471474722008-10-05T10:50:00.004-05:002008-10-09T06:03:09.087-05:00The wagons are circledIt's clear the MSM is going to fight to the last man to see their guy gets elected.

This AP "news" piece alleges Palin's recent comments pertaining to Obama's relationship with Bill Ayers "was unsubstantiated and carried a racially tinged subtext that John McCain himself may come to regret.".

1. It is documented that Obama was recruited by Ayers to Chair the Annenburg challenge where the two collaborated for several years. Obama kicked off his political career with a party at Ayers home. Palin's "paling around" comment may very well be rhetorical excess but it's hardly "unsubstantiated".

2. Is there some codex that everyone else has that I don't? How does anything in Palin's remarks have anything to do with Obama's race? Does any criticism of a black man implicitly have a "racial tinge"?

If Obama doesn't win by landslide with an unpopular war, bad economy and Pravda-like media he could quite possibly be the worst politician of all time.

Obama isn't exactly courting the press either:

If so, I would love to have someone from Obama's campaign explain why the entire press corps, the Secret Service, and the local police idled for two hours in a Miami hotel parking lot recently because there was nothing to do and nowhere to go. It was not an isolated case.

The national headquarters in Chicago airily dismisses complaints from journalists wondering why a schedule cannot be printed up or at least e-mailed in time to make coverage plans. Nor is there much sympathy for those of us who report for a newscast that airs in the early evening hours. Our shows place a premium on live reporting from the scene of campaign events. But this campaign can often be found in the air and flying around at the time the "CBS Evening News with Katie Couric" is broadcast. I suspect there is a feeling within the Obama campaign that the broadcast networks are less influential in the age of the internet and thus needn't be accomodated as in the days of yore. Even if it's true, they are only hurting themselves by dissing audiences that run in the tens of millions every night.

The McCain folks are more helpful and generally friendly. The schedules are printed on actual books you can hold in your hand, read, and then plan accordingly. The press aides are more knowledgeable and useful to us in the news media. The events are designed with a better eye, and for the simple needs of the press corps. When he is available, John McCain is friendly and loquacious. Obama holds news conferences, but seldom banters with the reporters who've been following him for thousands of miles around the country. Go figure.

The McCain campaign plane is better than Obama's, which is cramped, uncomfortable and smells terrible most of the time*. Somehow the McCain folks manage to keep their charter clean, even where the press is seated.

*Wow and with an army of emo-hippies too. Who woulda thunk it?

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-87585703030129730892008-10-01T05:54:00.003-05:002008-10-05T19:43:45.248-05:00Godwin's Law Bait<embed src="http://blip.tv/play/AdDAU4bjTg" width="640" height="510" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true"></embed>

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Must resist!email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-20701374125803352272008-09-27T13:12:00.001-05:002008-09-27T13:16:10.068-05:00Why the next 2-4 years are going to suck<object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/_MGT_cSi7Rs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/_MGT_cSi7Rs&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>

Everything is dependant on the efficient flow of capital and from everything I've read it's probably going to be at least 2 years for the markets (yes that's markets not self-important halfwits that need glossaries for basic financial terms) to discover the actual values of mortgage backed securities so confidence can be restored. There are financial halfwits on both sides of the aisle but after what has happened in the last year democrats should be banished to the financial kiddie table permanently.

Why? Despite all the vagueness and allusions to vast complexity by the media (Are they stupid? In the tank for Dems? Both?) when describing the origins of this crisis it's really pretty simple. Very much like today, in 1938 there was a glut of housing inventory of the market. Banks didn't want to take them as collateral because they were essentially worthless. FDR nationalized this risk by creating Fannie Mae to buy up these risky loans and repackage them as risk free securities. Concerned about little more than appearances of his vastly growing government (war on poverty/war) LBJ turned Fannie Mae into a semi-private, for profit, "special purpose entity". It was little more than a shell game which simply converted real liabilities into implied liabilities (think Enron). In 1977 the Carter Administration signed the Community Reinvestment Act which threatens banks with delays in regulatory approval if an insufficient number of loans are not made to poor (high risk) borrowers. In the early 90's with the stated objective of "expanding lending to low-income, minority communities" the democratic congress passed bills that allowed Fannie Mae to only keep 2.5% of assets in reserve against liabilities (all banks are required to have at least 10%) and in 1994 the Clinton administration further expanded the Community Reinvestment Act forcing lending institutions to demonstrate they were actively engaged in finding subprime borrowers to lend to. Comparatively unburdened by oversight and asset requirements Fannie Mae purchased and bundled the vast majority of this risky loans. By 2007, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac owned or guaranteed nearly half of the $12 trillion U.S. mortgage market.

All the while was happening Republican Congressional members and the Bush Administration repeatedly tried to bring Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac under control only only to be repeatedly resisted by Democratic house firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-63219885484897002132008-09-13T07:41:00.002-05:002008-09-13T07:56:46.058-05:00Are they throwing this?My cautious but growing glee at the apparent meltdown occurring in the bucolic realm of "hopey changey" is being replaced with confusion and pity.

Surely there must be better arguments to be made against McCain than this:
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I mean that ad seems to say little more than McCain's old and he doesn't do technology.

The worst part is that this line of attack will backfire horribly for the Obama campaign if they continue pressing this:

Boston Globe, 2000:

McCain's severe war injuries prevent him from combing his hair, typing on a keyboard, or tying his shoes. Friends marvel at McCain's encyclopedic knowledge of sports. He's an avid fan - Ted Williams is his hero - but he can't raise his arm above his shoulder to throw a baseball.

Which begs the real question: Can anyone in Obama's campaign use the internet?

email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-8455452910766925422008-09-12T05:50:00.003-05:002008-09-12T06:16:21.539-05:00Change I believe in

Barack Obama addressed the wide distaste for government -- and the fact
that he and John McCain are running against Washington -- at the forum on
national service at Columbia University.

"Our campaign from the beginning has been about changing government," he
said, recalling some great accomplishments of American government: Civil rights
legislation, the interstate highway system, and the National Park
system.
Obama would, he said, "transform Washington" and "make
government cool again".

There has been a distinct lack of coolness at all levels of government for at least the last 230 years. Thank god Obama has decided to take on this pressing issue! Many have tried, and failed but they were probably not cool enough for the task at hand.

I can only hope that when Obama's done changing our current uncool government into a cool government I will be cooler by firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-35879247235916322822008-09-09T19:24:00.006-05:002008-09-17T17:51:09.028-05:00Ruh Roh

(Is his emo/hippy army scaring donors away?)

Obama's decision to be the first candidate to ever turn down public financing may turn out to be a huge strategic blunder.

Pushing a fund-raiser later this month, a finance staff member sent a sharply
worded note last week to Illinois members of its national finance committee,
calling their recent efforts "extremely anemic."

At a convention-week meeting in Denver of the campaign's top fund-raisers, buttons with the image of a money tree were distributed to those who had already contributed the maximum $2,300 to the general election, a subtle reminder to those who had failed to ante up...

But the campaign is struggling to meet ambitious fund-raising goals it set for the campaign and the party. It collected in June and July far less from Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton's donors than originally projected. Moreover, Mr. McCain, unlike Mr. Obama, will have the luxury of concentrating almost entirely on campaigning instead of raising money, as Mr. Obama must do.

A spokesman said that August was its best fund-raising month yet and that the campaign's fund-raising was on track. But the campaign finished July with slightly less cash on hand with the Democratic National Committee compared with Mr. McCain and the R.N.C. The Obama campaign has also been spending heavily, including several million more than the McCain campaign in advertising in August.A California fund-raiser familiar with the party's August performance estimated that it
raised roughly $17 million last month, a drop-off from the previous month, and
finished with just $13 million in the bank.

Could this be why he's now gone back on his pledge against coordinating with 527 groups?

Update: Obama has record $66 million dollar August! But only nets about 16% of that.

I realize he had his convention in August but a lot of that was covered by the DNC. What on earth is he doing to burn through 50 mil in a month? I didn't think emo's cost that much? Do they?

Time to pass the hat.

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-53397730949586878082008-09-01T10:12:00.005-05:002008-09-01T18:19:51.653-05:00The Real Sullivan

You would think someone who was publicly outed as an aficionado of unprotected gay group sex with complete strangers and proceeded to present himself as a victim of "Sexual McCarthyism" would have some qualms about being party to exposing someone else's (particularly a child's) embarrassing private sexual affairs.

Nope.

This speaks volumes about his character not to mention his judgment/intellect for letting this rumor pass through his BS filter.

What a douche.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-86507995258399607852008-08-29T06:33:00.001-05:002008-08-29T07:57:03.870-05:00The SpeechI watched a good deal of Obama's big speech last night and have to say I was generally impressed. I was skeptical about whether the venue would work but it turned out to be pretty spectacular. I liked the bits about "trimming unnecessary government programs".

The one line I thought was particularly cringe-worthy was Obama's suggestion that if people are questioning whether his judgment is suitable for the presidency "he'll take that debate".

Well to date he's clearly done the opposite. He's rejected all but the minimum 3 debates (and the idiotic Rick Warren faith "debate") this fall, his campaign has threatened boycotts of TV stations airing critical ads, his campaign is attempting to silence a 527 through the justice department, his campaign recently instructed supporters to interfere with a Chicago radio station interviewing a researcher looking Obama's chairmanship of the Chicago Annenberg Challenge.

To date when challenged Obama has not responded with anything resembling a "debate" but instead has resorted to litigation and bullying tactics.

Maybe Michael Klonsky taught him too firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-14719171083710299752008-08-28T05:55:00.002-05:002008-08-28T06:09:14.153-05:00The LightworkerPray to him*:
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Here (4:48):
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*Prayers are apparently most effective when using the Cher effect.firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-25674945569945207382008-08-22T11:44:00.002-05:002008-08-22T11:48:09.752-05:00ObamanomicsWell this clarifies things:

If you talk to Warren [Buffet], he'll tell you his preference is not to meddle
in the economy at all — let the market work, however way it's going to work, and then just tax the heck out of people at the end and just redistribute
it," Obama said. "That way you're not impeding efficiency, and you're
achieving equity on the back end." He continued by saying that he thought there
was some merit in Buffett's argument.
firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-7801479.post-2278119843288161482008-08-15T20:54:00.002-05:002008-08-15T20:55:59.621-05:00AntiochLiving up to type:
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To bad the man did this:
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The European Union's official statistics on terrorism are dramatic:
"In 2016, a total of 142 failed, foiled and completed attacks were reported by eight EU Member States. More than half (76) of them were reported by the United Kingdom. France reported 23 attacks, Italy 17, Spain 10, Greece 6, Germany 5, Belgium 4 and the Netherlands 1 attack. 142 victims died in terrorist attacks, and 379 were injured in the EU. 1,002 persons were arrested for terrorist offences in 2016".
These countries all tried to integrate Muslim communities, but all came to the same dead end. "As long as that continues, the failure of integration will pose a mortal threat to Europe", the Wall Street Journal wrote after a suicide bombing that killed 22 people in Manchester. According to a new book by the French reporter Alexandre Mandel, Partition: Chronique de la sécession islamiste en France ("Partition: A Chronicle of the Islamist Secession in France"), multiculturalism is leading to the separation of European societies.

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T Brewer is a London based specialist timber business that trades from three branches in Clapham, Enfield and Amersham. It generated revenue of approximately ?14m (?19m) in 2015. Grafton said the deal "extends coverage of the merchanting market in the ...
Hundreds march in London to protest UK airstrikes in Syria
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Hundreds have demonstrated in central London to protest Britain's decision to launch airstrikes against Islamic State group targets in Syria. Demonstrators marched today from the BBC Broadcasting House to Prime Minister David Cameron's Downing Street ...
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Apps promoted by the NHS were found to have left user data at risk
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NHS-certified apps have been found to take liberties with user data, failing to encrypt it and potentially endangering the security of users, the BBC reports. Researchers checked 79 apps in the NHS England's Health Apps Library and discovered that 70 ...


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The good fortune of being part of the Georgia Tech-Atlanta connection is not lost on Tech students.
Rachel Brashear plans on graduating from Georgia Tech in May 2018 with a civil engineering degree.
She's tremendously grateful for the chance to work with a top construction management company since it began work on the Van Leer Interdisciplinary Design Commons, a plaza and makerspace for Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering that will offer a dedicated project-based lab area for undergraduate courses that cover subjects such as embedded systems, analog devices and communications, and senior design projects.
"I have been on the project since it started and will be on it until it is finished," said Brashear. "I feel like this is a great representation of how Tech makes it so easy to take advantage of opportunities while getting an incredible degree.
The combination of job experiences and the ingrained work ethic and expectation of excellence produced by Tech, together, provide students with the best possible set of skills to do great things in the world."
For Georgia Tech alumni, remaining part of that Tech-Atlanta cycle is also a no-brainer.
"I chose to stay in Atlanta after graduation because during my time at Tech, I had made connections with other students, recent alumni, and Atlanta professionals from internships.
After graduation, Atlanta felt like home. It's a fun city where I can always find something interesting and new to do," said Audrey Shlapak, who received her undergraduate degree in industrial engineering in May 2015.
"Atlanta also offers endless opportunities regardless of industry. It is a city that attracts young professionals of all different backgrounds, so it is a great place for learning, growth, and advancement."
"I think we are becoming a center for tech in the Southeast, because we have some of the best research universities in the Southeast anchored by Georgia Tech."
Mayor Kasim Reed,
Black Enterprise - "Here's How Atlanta is Becoming a Center of Tech Innovation" (July 2016)
Shlapak also noted that making the most of all Atlanta has to offer is that much easier because of the background she brings to the table from Georgia Tech.
"It wasn't until after graduation that I really realized the power of the Georgia Tech name," she said. "Having a Georgia Tech degree has opened doors and provided opportunities for me that I never even considered until after a few years in the professional world.
My Georgia Tech education also provided me with a strong technical background that has been helpful in a variety of industries in which I have worked."
Georgia Tech's first game of the 2017 season will be a historic one. On Labor Day the Yellow Jackets will swarm Atlanta's new Mercedes-Benz Stadium to take on the Tennessee Volunteers in a Chick-fil-A Kickoff game.


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Microsoft's Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates unveiled plans to extend the company's Xbox Live games and entertainment network to the forthcoming Windows Vista operating system.
"By opening the Xbox Live entertainment network to the entire universe of Windows and mobile gamers, we're creating unparalleled gameplay opportunities that will drive incredible growth of the online community," said Gates.
The first product in this vision will arrive on Windows Vista this winter with the release of "Shadowrun," a game that will be shipped simultaneously on Windows Vista and Xbox 360, enabling cross-platform gameplay and continuing to bridge the gap between consoles and computers.
The new online network will provide Windows Vista and Xbox 360 gamers with a consistent experience, with one gamertag, one set of achievements, one friends list and voice communications between all Xbox Live members. Bringing the Live Anywhere vision to Windows means that millions of gamers worldwide can access all the best elements of Xbox Live whether they're playing on an Xbox 360 system, a Windows-based PC or their mobile phone.
By this time next year, Microsoft expects more than 6 million gamers to be connected to the Xbox Live network. In addition, more than 25 million casual gamers are currently playing games on MSN Messenger and MSN Games.
Also at the E3 show in Los Angeles, Microsoft previewed the graphic capabilities of its latest games-programming technology: DirectX 10.
Microsoft said DirectX 10 heralds "an astonishing leap in graphic fidelity over today's hardware, enabling the most realistic and immersive games yet."
DirecX 10, which will debut exclusively on Windows Vista, offers up to six times the performance of earlier versions of DirectX and support for massively more complex and intense environments. In addition to broad publisher support, DirectX 10 is backed by leading graphics hardware companies including ATI Technologies Inc. and NVIDIA Corp.
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Microsoft's Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates unveiled plans to extend the company's Xbox Live games and entertainment network to the forthcoming Windows Vista operating system.


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Summary on the Book of Genesis
Genesis Reading and Summary Statements
The Creation Event: Genesis 1.1 – 2.24
This is a narrative of the Creation account. I note the obvious theme of "blessing" in 2.3 where "God blessed the seventh day…" I also see an indirect theme of blessing throughout the creation drama as The Lord God sees what he has created as "good" (1.4, 10. 12, 18, 21, 25, 31). There looks to be a poetic genre where God creates woman from man (2.23). This leads into another encounter of blessing backed up with covenant where the two, "become one flesh…and were not ashamed (2.24-25). I also see a level of reconciliation where God in creating man in His own image brings Himself in concert with His creation (1.27). As God placed man in the Garden he was introduced to the tree of good and evil (2.15-17). There we see a promise of judgment should one eat of its fruit. The Temptation, the Fall and Sin 3.1 – 4.15
It is in this narrative we see the fulfillment of promise of the eating of the fruit, which went against what God commanded. This led to the judgment of God on sin entering into the world. This judgment is contained in prose literary form in 3.14 – 19. Also contained in the aforesaid verses is the first promise of the Savior (3.15). The theme of judgment is made through the Lord condemning sin and driving the first couple out of the garden and preventing access to the Tree of life (3.22-24). The account of Cain & Abel (4.1 – 26) gives evidence to the effects of sin on creation. The effects of sin are severe as Cain cries out, "My punishment is too great to bear!" (4.15). The Beginning of Civilization and the Corruption of Man 4.16 – 6.8 The topic of genealogy begins to erupt in this section. A recurring theme also emerges here: "This is the book of the generations…" and "These are the records of the generation…" In 6.3 God places a judgment on the life of man and limits his existence due to wickedness and evil (6.5). Although the word "sin" is not used the theme is prevalent throughout the short narrative in this section. Within the text there is deep emotion that exhibits the concern of God about sin's effect on humanity. Noah and the Flood 6.9 – 9.28
The theme of sin segues into this section and is a prevalent in the beginning of this narrative. The significant directives of building the ark is punctuated by the pronouncement of judgment on sinful humanity (6.17). Immediately following is a pronounced covenant from God (6.18) and Noah's response, that is "Noah [doing] according to all that God had commanded him…" (6.22). The theme of fulfillment of promise is demonstrated through God remembering Noah (8.1). Upon the waters subsiding upon the earth the promise of God is revealed as to "never gain curse the ground according to man" (8.21). Further on an element of prose is displayed in 8.22. What follows in chapter nine are the themes of blessing and promise on Noah and his sons (9.1-7). The Covenant of the Rainbow and what follows through 9.17 encapsulate themes of covenant, promise and fulfillment of promise. The theme of sin re-emerges with 9.20 and the cursing Ham's descendants which follows is given in prose form (9.25-27). The narrative also pronounces a blessing on Shem and Japheth. Descendants of Noah – Post Flood 10.1 – 11.26
This portion of the scripture contains large genealogy sections which highlight the descendants of Noah. There is a theme of blessing and fulfillment as out of the three descendants of Noah these groups, or nations "filled the earth" as they were "separated on the earth after the flood" (10.32). The drama of Babel in chapter 11 contributes to the theme of judgment as the Lord was conditioning a response to that which went against His will and previous blessings and promises. This was the blessing to "be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth" (9.1). The blessing of Shem is evident as the genealogy is followed to its ensuing conclusion where one sees...
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Chelsea will make a short trip to the Emirates Stadium to take on Arsenal in a top-of-the-table clash on Sunday. Even though it sounds very dramatic, the game is not going to have too much bearing on the Premier League title race. The result will only determine how soon the Blues are going to be crowned Champions of England.
If we can beat the Gunners, a victory against Leicester City on Wednesday will seal the title for the Blues. Sealing the deal with games to spare will be a dream scenario, of course, but it is easier said than done. Arsenal are the most in-form team in the league at the moment, and come into this game on the back of an eight-match winning streak. Last Saturday, they were given a run for their money by Reading in the FA Cup semi-final, but still managed to emerge victoriously.
Arsene Wenger, of course, has a dismal record against the 'Special One' Jose Mourinho, failing to win even one of the 12 meetings against the Portuguese tactician. Arsenal have also failed to score against Chelsea since Mourinho's return to London in 2013, a run that includes our unforgettable 6-0 thumping at Stamford Bridge last season. The reverse fixture in West London this season, ended 2-0 in our favour, with Eden Hazard and Diego Costa on the scoresheet.
Chelsea Team News
There is some good news with regards to our strikers, as Mourinho has stated in his press conference today that Didier Drogba is fit to play while Diego Costa is also in line for a return. The former has started and completed the last two league games, in the absence of Costa and Loic Remy. But the Ivorian picked up an ankle injury earlier on in the week and was said to be doubtful for the trip to the Emirates. Drogba has an incredible scoring record against the Gunners, netting 15 goals in 15 games, with Chelsea and Galatasaray.
Mourinho has also said that Dominic Solanke is ready to be called upon if needed. The 17-year-old did not play for the U-21's yesterday and should be fresh for the trip north. Remy has still not fully recovered from his calf injury and is still a doubt. Costa, who has been out for a couple of weeks with a hamstring problem, may feature. Mourinho has confirmed that if he doesn't play against Arsenal, he surely will against Leicester City.
The back 5 has been a constant for a while now, and with Ivanovic and Cahill improving every week, there is no need for change. We expect Chelsea to flood the midfield in this game and have therefore predicted starts for all of Nemanja Matic, Kurt Zouma, and Ramires. Oscar and Willian will be on the bench, and Fabregas will play in a more forward role, looking to make an impact against his former club. Our biggest threat, of course, will once again be Eden Hazard.
Our predicted starting line-up against Arsenal:
Courtois (GK), Ivanovic, Cahill, Terry (C), Azpilicueta, Matic, Zouma, Ramires, Fabregas, Hazard, Drogba.
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Interview to seven ladies, about beauty issues; muses from relevant cosmetic brands. Actress Shin Min Ah x HERA, So Yi Hyun x SHU UEMURA, Han Ji Hye x AVEDA, Kim Tae Hee x O HUI, Choi Ji Woo x SHISEIDO, Kim Hee Ae x SK – II, and singer Boa x MISSHA.
Shin Mina X HERA
<W-KOREA> The lovely Shin Mina is unwittingly 30 years old, how's the mood in ushering in age 30?
Really, mood has been very fantastic all along end of last year. The year 2012, compared to before, I learned a lot, and also received a lot. The thought of twenties ending, feels like such a pity, but on the other hand, also lots of expectations and looking forward to the future. Starting thirties, I want to try more things that I have not experienced before. As an actor, I also want to show every one a more mature appearance.
Shin Mina beauty and style in one, what's the secret?
I have never felt that I am special, on the contrary a bit ordinary? There are also many people who are taller, better figure than me, maybe it's because I debuted as a model when I was young, so every one thinks that I'm very fashionable. After starting cosmetics endorsements, the image of beauty was then produced. As an actress, being able to possess a variety of images is a matter worthy of being thankful for.
As the spokesperson for HERA, I heard in real life you also like to use HERA products. Does Shin Mina have any recommended products?
My favourite product is UV Mist Cushion, often put it in my makeup bag, it's also very good to use when retouching makeup, the sunscreen effect is also very good. When in a rush, I only use this as a makeup base and go out.
And Rouge Holic lipstick, even without makeup, as long as there is this lipstick, it would make me feel very reassured.
For the sake of health or skin, what are must-eat foods?
Because of consecutive days of shooting, skin will surely have small problems. Because my skin is sensitive skin, irregular pace in living, change in diet or environment will all very easily give rise to allergic reactions. Although I'm not a picky eater, but the best is of course "Mom's food". It's true that eating more fruits is good, but when our family eat strongly sour fruits, will very easily have diarrhea, so I often supplement with vitamin tablets.
I've noticed a message you left in Cyworld before, impression you really like to read books, reading what book recently?
Reading taste has differed slightly, in the recent 1~2 years I like detective novels. During long-haul flights, book that I've brought if I read it too fast, often feel such a pity. Now the book I'm in the process of reading is Falun Monk <New 100 Years>. After listening to your question, I feel that recently time spent reading books has reduced a lot, I've been a bit lazy, (your question) allow me to reflect.
30 years old, has the colours belonging to Shin Mina been found?
I want to become not (one who is) outwardly revealing, but a person with a variety of colours intrinsically. I'm not an extroverted person, and not used to taking the initiative to express myself, to choose a color, should be colourless don't you think?
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- Based on 畅游的鱼x translations from Mina Baidu
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A fun-filled afternoon with Farah and her loving companions.
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A manual of Islam used in British prisons teaches inmates about jihad and 'incites' them to wage holy war, it has been claimed.
The Tarbiyah (Islamic study) programme has a section on holy war and advises that taking up arms against the enemies of Allah is 'one of the noblest acts'.
Shaeikh Musa Admani has called for it to be removed because it 'incites' violence and helps convicted terrorists manipulate younger inmates towards extremism.


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I'm in the Navy & been around the 2 times but didn't get tattoo until I saw CJ's work @ the Mt. Zion location. Needless to say, I got my first tattoo. In fact, I got two.
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CJ is a wonderful artist. He'll talk with you until he knows EXACTLY what you want. He'll put on the flash, even tho he hates it. or help you with an 'idea' you had. He's also got a GREAT sense of humor. He's my southern 'tat guy'. I think I feel an idea coming on. Hmmmm, I need ink.
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Rage bonus is +2 at level 1, with +1 per 10 barb levels. This supersedes the bonus you would get from greater rage.
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Supporting AP countries at work makes it hard for me to be away from office for long. And usually, even I'm not in the office, I still have to work from home. For that, as of today, I still have 8.5 days of annual leave to kill for this year. And the HR makes it […]Continue reading
Synovate CATI Training
It's been a while since I last writing a blog entry under Work category. And it also been a while since I last join any regional training as trainee. Well, there one happening this week. This training/workshop gathers around about 28 people from 11 Synovate offices, and Malaysia office is the host of this, and […]Continue reading
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Thailand TOM Training – Day 5
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It's 4th day of the training. I moved to a new topic today – which is tabulation. Things went pretty well, which I finished presenting all the topics for the day rather quick. The same as the previous days, let's not talk about work here. Let's talk about food instead. After lunch, we did pass […]Continue reading
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There's actually no training today, as it's a public Holiday for Thailand due to H.M. Queen's Birthday, which also marks the Mother's Day in Thailand. To start off the morning, I take longer breakfast today, and I've been trying this almost every morning – very sweet special "Thai Mango" or locals called "Ma-muang Nam Dok […]Continue reading
Thailand TOM Training – Day 2
It's the end of the second day of training. So Sastra is bringing me around Bangkok again tonight, this time to the central of Bangkok. Traffic here is as bad as Malaysia after office hour, so cab is not a good option. BTS SkyTrain here is the choice, and it's really really packed after office […]Continue reading
Thailand TOM Training – Day 1
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I fall sick again. This is the second time in 2 weeks time, and this time, my temperature is higher. Went to doctor again, and same answer, it is just a normal fever. But I really feel it's just not a normal fever. This time, the pain feels so different. Or is it I'm getting […]Continue reading


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Marriage, Prayer and the Cross (Part I of III)
August 19, 2013 by Anthony Lilles
Filed under Anthony Lilles, Marriage, Marriage Spirituality, Prayer
Venerable Cardinal Francis Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan exhorted the faithful while he was in prison, "If you desire peace, you will have to fight continuously." This constant struggle is true not only for the heart but also for the sacredness of marriage. Our culture has come to despise the faithful love of husband and wife. Anyone who advocates for this ancient institution is an object of derision. Yet the real problem is not political or social: it is a primordial spiritual threat, the threat plaguing humanity from the beginning. Every generation and every couple that wants to remain steadfast to their vows and the holiness of married friendship must face it. If we want peaceful marriages and families, we too must take up this spiritual battle.
Hell, Marriage and God. St. Hildegard of Bingen describes an attack on marriage bellowing from the pit of Hell. Here, the great Adversary of humanity pits himself against the tender intimacy of marriage. He wants alienation and enmity, and so he engulfs the most noble of friendships in deception and division. Poisonous vapors and clouds of darkness bellow from the pit of Satan's hellfire – an image of the self-reliant confusion that threatens marriage and family even today. Hell's dark hubris makes married couples believe that their love for one another is dependent on themselves: that somehow it is within their own power or their spouse's power to keep the bond of love alive. But, says St. Hildegard, this is not so.
Her reasoning is that if it is God who establishes a couple in matrimony, then only God has the power to save married love and hold marriages together. In other words, if we want to fight for our marriages against all the satanic and cultural forces that would destroy them, we must realize our inadequacy before this Great Mystery. It is only out of this poverty that we find the humility to turn to the Lord in prayer, begging Him to come to our assistance. Conversely, without God, marriage is impossible.
Marriage Difficulties. There was once a theologian who suffered divorce. Someone went to him for counsel complaining that his own marriage had become an overwhelming burden. This scholar very humbly spoke from his own experience. He explained, probably with bitter compunction, that in divorce a burden may be seemingly lifted from one's self, but this is only because that same burden has been placed on one's own children. These are words born of suffering wisdom – they sting our consciences because they should.
I am not sure any burden is ever even temporarily lifted in such broken situations, even the worst of them. Instead, when one abandons a difficult marriage, one is trying to walk away from a weight he simply drags behind him. Yes, there are abusive situations – even those requiring separation. There are also situations where spouses torment each other with mutual disdain. Such is the misery of humanity that we often murder one another in our hearts. Yet, that Precious Blood shed for our sakes does not allow us to believe that this is the deepest truth about the heart or our fallen efforts to love one another.
It's rare that any marriage should not face the most severe crises in our culture. We live in a society that, by both law and practice, rejects marriage and all the moral truth required to protect it. Our politically powerful are rewarded for pursuing social agendas openly hostile to the vulnerable tenderness of the bonds of matrimony. Under the secularism of a post-Christian West, the whole social ecology of society is poisonous for the friendship of marriage and for children – for sacred humanity itself.
God's Love and God's Works. The presence of evil, even when it is in our own households threatening our most important commitments, is not what ultimately defines our life. The most defining reality of this earthly existence, no matter our hardships or failures, is God's love. He loves us and has given Himself up for us — because He believes in us, in the goodness with which He created us and to which He restores us. It is a goodness in which He sees His own image and likeness – even when it suffers under the disguise of a difficult marriage. God permits His greatest works to be vulnerable to all kinds of evil because He knows that evil is not infinite and, at the end of the day, love wins. He yearns that we too might share in this joy, that instead of trying to overcome evil with evil, we might imitate Him in overcoming evil with good.
Marriage is one of His greatest works – a work in which He has completely implicated Himself, an institution in which He completely believes even when everyone else has lost faith in it. It is a sacrament – a visible sign of His power at work in the world. It reveals, through living signs, the fruitfulness and fidelity of Christ's love for the Church. Those who do not give up on what God can do in marriage are living signs of hope. By humble faith in the midst of difficult struggle, they become signs of God's presence not only for each other, but also for their children and the whole community. This is so even when, despite every effort of devotion to God and one another, friendship becomes seemingly impossible. God loves to astonish us with the perfection of His power in our failures and inadequacy.
Marriage, Prayer and the Cross. It is a deeply painful obedience which God asks of us so that His glory might be revealed. It is the Cross, and the Cross means war – war with ourselves, the world, and all kinds of hellish powers. We cannot have peace in our hearts and families if we do not raise the banner of Christ and fight. Yet, even when we fail in this struggle, His glory is invincible.
Our weapons, in this war, are prayer and penance, the Rosary and family prayer, the Bible and the Sacraments, loving sacrifices and renunciations of all kinds of entitlements, painful words of truth and readiness for reconciliation. Our allies are the Lord, the Virgin Mary and all the saints. Great mystics of the 20th Century, like Cardinal Văn Thuáºn, tell us that if we do not drop our weapons or betray our friends, victory is assured.
In our next post, we will ponder the power of God's love as the ground of married love.
Editor's Note: For more of Anthony's insights on prayer, don't miss his new book, Hidden Mountain Secret Garden, an experience like no other. Anthony has an unusually profound understanding of mystical theology and lives a life of deep prayer. Among his many accomplishments and responsibilities, Dr. Lilles now teaches theology for the Avila Institute.
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About Anthony Lilles
Anthony Lilles, a graduate of Franciscan University of Steubenville, completed his graduate and post-graduate studies in Rome at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas. He and his lovely wife, Agnes, are blessed with three children and live in California, where he is the Academic Dean, and Associate Professor of Theology, St. John's Seminary, Archdiocese of Los Angeles, and Academic Advisor for Queen of Angels House of Priestly Formation for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. For over twenty years, Dr. Lilles worked for the Denver Archdiocese directing parish religious education, R.C.I.A. and youth ministry, as well as serving as Director of the Office of Liturgy for the Archdiocese and as Coordinator of Spiritual Formation for the permanent diaconate. In 1999, he became a founding faculty member of St. John Vianney Theological Seminary where he was Academic Dean for nine years and Associate Professor of Theology. He is a Board Member for the Society of Catholic Liturgy. Dr. Lilles has provided graduate level courses on a variety of topics including the Eucharist, the Sacraments of Healing, Church History, Spiritual Theology, Spiritual Direction and on various classics of Catholic Spirituality. His expertise is in the spiritual doctrine of Saint Elisabeth of the Trinity and the Carmelite Doctors of the Church: St. Teresa of Avila, St. John of the Cross and St. Thérèse of Lisieux. In 2012, Discerning Hearts published his book "Hidden Mountain, Secret Garden: A Theological Contemplation on Prayer," a compilation of discussions with seminarians, students, and contemplatives about the spiritual life. He collaborated with Dan Burke on the books "30 Days with Teresa of Avila" and Living the Mystery of Merciful Love: 30 Days with Therese of Lisieux. And, his book "Fire from Above" was published in 2016. Among his many accomplishments and responsibilities, Dr. Lilles now teaches theology for the Avila Institute. He blogs at BeginningtoPray.blogspot.com
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The Norwood Ranger District of the Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and Gunnison National Forests is announcing the opening of the new Thunder Trails System. The trails, located four miles south of the town of Norwood, offer more than 19 miles of single-track routes that are open for use by motorcycles, mountain bikes, hikers and horses. The trails are in their final stage of construction as Forest Service crews continue to install signs and construct the trail tread. "We are excited about opening these new trails and hope people get out and ride them," said Kathy Peckham, Recreation Manager for the Norwood Ranger District. "The more use we get on the trails, the more it will help us establish the trail tread."
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Here's a look at game-by-game action from a busy Monday in the high school playoff world:
Some highlights:
Boys tennis:
In a Region I quarterfinal, JJ Wilroy, Sam Ross and Neel Ronvelia won 6-0, 6-0 as host Jamestown blanked Chancellor 5-0 Monday.
The Eagles (11-4) will play at home at 3 p.m. Wednesday against Eastern View, which beat Poquoson 5-1 in Culpeper County.
In the bracket's other half, York won 5-2 at Prince Edward. The Falcons will play at James Monroe, which ousted Lafayette 6-2 with a pair of virtually simultaneous doubles victories.
Girls tennis:
York defeated visiting Courtland 5-2 in a Region I quarterfinal, with Wiktoria Plawska and Xiaer Zhang winning at the top two singles spots and at No. 1 doubles.
The Falcons will play Wednesday at home versus Jamestown, which blanked Eastern View 5-0 with top-two routs from Leah Walter and Abby Hunt.
The winner of that match will earn a bid to the state Group AA tournament. This is the first year two teams per region will advance to state in that group.
Perhaps another beneficiary of that policy change could be Lafayette, which won 5-0 at Prince Edward. The Rams will play Wednesday at James Monroe, which won 5-2 to end an excellent Grafton season.
Nansemond-Suffolk Academy took the first Virginia Independent Schools Division II championship, outplaying rivals at Sleepy Hole.
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Industry Development
Tony Charters has a strong background in nature-based
recreation and ecotourism developments. Through various
positions in public, private and not for profit sectors,
he acquired expertise in promoting projects which
still contribute to the growth of Ecotourism industry
in Australia.
Tony Charters was the chair of the National Working
Committee that developed the Eco Certification Scheme
– launched in 1996. This certification program,
now in its ninth year and in its third generation
was the first ecotourism certification program in
the world and is still regarded as the leading scheme
globally. Tony has retained an active role with
the Eco Certification scheme and is the National
Chair of the Eco Certification Management Committee.
The Eco Certification scheme was developed in Australia
by industry for industry, it aims to identify genuine
ecotourism and nature tourism operators.
Now this program with augmentation associated with
Green Globe 21 is exported to the rest of the world
as the International Ecotourism Standard.
Co-operation between UNESCO and Ecotourism
These publications are useful for tour operators,
students, protected area managers, academics,
local/state government agencies and community
Profile, Behaviour and Needs of Tourists in Environmentally
Significant Areas
Released in August 1998, this report was prepared
to assist in developing an understanding of visitors
to environmentally significant regions of Queensland,
particularly their characteristics, motivations
and expectations.
Leisure Market Survey
Released in May 1999, this report was prepared to
measure the understanding, interest and participation
in environmental tourism among international leisure
visitors to Australia. The specific objectives of
the research were to measure the recent history
of breaks and holidays, sources of information used
in holiday planning, the extent to which nature-based
activities featured in holidays and people's beliefs
about nature and tourism.
Tourism in Queensland
Released in June 1999, this report was prepared
to profile consumers engaging in nature-based tourism,
identify the level of decision making and preparation
processes including the role of information, and
identify details of the stay and activities in the
tourism region and the satisfaction with the region.
the Internet and Backpackers
Released in July 1999, this report was prepared
to measure understanding, interest and participation
in environmental tourism among international backpackers
to Australia, and their usage of the Internet to
prepare for their vacation.
are we tracking? Environmental Tourism Benchmarking
Released in November 1999, this report was prepared
to identify core issues that influence both the
development and operation of the environmental tourism
businesses in Queensland, and to establish a benchmark
against which to measure the growth, or otherwise,
of the industry, in the future.
and Ecotourism Accreditation Program (NEAP) Consumer
Released in August 2000, this report was prepared
to profile consumers of NEAP accredited products,
identify their motivations for selecting ecotourism
products, measure their awareness of NEAP and determine
the affect of NEAP accreditation on consumer preference
for products.
and Ecotourism Accreditation Program (NEAP) Industry
Released in August 2000, this report was prepared
to assess the current levels of satisfaction with,
and future expectations of, NEAP among operators
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The survey was also applied to operators in other
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A Safe Haven for Turtles
By Mary Mwendwa
Fishermen are benefiting economically from a Turtle conservation project on the Kenyan coast. Known for its spectacular beaches, Mombasa is promoting ecotourism along the Shanzu Beach where turtles are breeding. The scheme is aimed at fighting Sea Turtle poaching by creating awareness, education and monetary incentives for the reporting and protection of sea turtles and their nests. The project was started in 1993 by the Serena Hotels, whose main objective was to provide a safe haven for Turtle eggs. Local fishermen are paid by the hotel for the safe transfer of Turtle eggs.
Local fishermen smile when they come across turtle nests and eggs. According to Bob Oguya, Chief Naturalist /Environment Officer, turtles are an attraction to the tourists and are among some of the most ancient marine creatures in the world, hence the need to conserve them. "Green Hawksbill and Olive Ridley Turtles show up only three times a year at the Shanzu Beach front and lay between 100-250 eggs on their traditional nesting site." He further adds the local fishermen have been very cooperative in this exercise as they used to tamper with the nests and also take eggs for food.
Defenders of Wildlife, an organization that champions for the protection of wildlife and its habitats, state that the biggest threats to Sea Turtles is humans. The Serena group of hotels have managed to successfully rescue over 10,000 hatchlings. They also offer Turtle conservation lectures to guests through a local naturalist onsite. Tourists get a chance to adopt turtles and also contribute to the fund for conserving turtles. Serena hotels also breed local Indigenous Butterflies in a sanctuary house under a greenhouse with tropical trees. They have bred 57 species of butterflies , 35% of the total 870 species found in the coastal forests. These efforts made them scoop the 2012 Eco- warrior awards in recognition for their work for past nineteen years on turtle and butterfly conservation as a model to sustainable tourism.
Ecotourism Kenya launched the Eco-warrior Award in 2005. The award provides the organization with an opportunity to recognize and reward innovations in sustainable tourism while supplying information on best practices. Among the values emphasized by the award are innovations that respect the environment, respect local culture, impacts on local economies and empower local communities, practice of ecotourism, provide opportunities for linkages with local communities and promote good environmental governance. The winners must demonstrate innovation in any one or more of these areas.
Ecotourism Kenya prepares to host the Ecotourism and Sustainable Tourism Conference in September 2013 in Kenya, sustainable tourism practices will be a key agenda in the forum.


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Bethenny Frankel Has Fun Day At The Beach with Brittny Gastineau!
Real Housewives of New York's Bethenny Frankel flaunts her amazing body in a bikini while soaking up the sun on Monday (December 28) in Miami, Fla.
The 45-year-old reality star was joined by her pal Brittny Gastineau as they took a dip in the ocean and strolled around the beach together.
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"Such a fun beach day w @BrittGastineau & the peanut collecting shells & frolicking in the ocean #blessed," Bethenny tweeted. "Another big night out. We went to our hotel lobby to get candy in our pjs. In bed already eating pizza #partyanimals. It's gettin' wild over here. Watching "alvin & the chipmunks" eating @SkinnygirlBrand microwave popcorn #gettinhighonmyownsupply"
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