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Psychologist/author Stephen Judah '72 has integrated the science and theology of relationships for couples and the business world.
THE EPIPHANY THAT TRANSFORMED Steve Judah's counseling practice also saved his marriage.
In 1993, he was founder of a thriving practice in a multistory complex in Columbus, Ohio, treating everything from eating disorders to end-of-life issues. Asked to attend a conference in Norway on integrating faith and psychology, Judah was in a plane over France when he began to read Harville Hendrix's Getting the Love You Want.
"It was a landmark synthesis," Judah says. "Hendrix was the first person to approach marital therapy from a comprehensive, integrated perspective."
Marriage and couples counseling had been Judah's entree into counseling years earlier. But reading Hendrix and, later that week, hearing conference speaker Graham Grey talk of the "theology of relationships" reinvigorated the former Wabash psychology major/ religion minor whose Christian faith had long been the center of his life.
"It was a transformational moment for me," Judah recalls. "I had the science of relationships from Hendrix and the theology of relationships from Grey. I came back and announced that my career was going to be relationships."
He began with the relationship most important to him. At the time, Judah's now-35-year marriage to his high school sweetheart was near a tipping point.
"Sharon and I really had a high conflict relationship early on," Judah recalls. "During one argument, I actually pushed her against the wall."
Judah was jolted by his actions.
"I did my own inventory," he says, reciting the steps he often leads couples through today. "I asked,'What are you? Out of control, negative, and part of the problem. What do you really want to be? In control, positive, and part of the solution. At that moment, I made the decision to be that, and our relationship changed."
Judah downsized his practice, meeting with clients in his office at home and providing counseling, consulting, and training for teens, couples, and businesses. He helped develop the Reiss Relationship Profile, an online assessment of couple's compatibility.And he began what he calls the "integrative reductionism" that led him to a new approach to his work.
"I saw some ways that Harville Hendrix's imago therapy could be simplified, extended, and integrated with other competing theories," Judah says. Inspired by the Apple Macintosh and its consistent user interface, Judah saw that the many different perspectives about couples and relationships was analogous to the unique approaches people had to computer software.
"So I set out to create a consistent user interface for all the competing methodologies of couples stuff," Judah explains. "I began formulating what I call the Essential Disciplines—the irreducible relationship foundational pieces."
1. Refine
For Judah, the first Essential Discipline is "refine."
"This is really all about character, commitment, and the individual," Judah says. "Until a person makes a decision to be his or her best self, changing a relationship is an almost impossible battle.
"Often in relationships, people react so much to the other person that they lose track of themselves. I help each person in the relationship see who he or she wants to be, to realize they are not being that person because they are reacting to the other person. I challenge them to refine themselves, and to be that person, regardless of what's going on with their partner.
"Most marital interventions lack this element, and it's a glaring deficit in their system, if you ask me," Judah adds. In his work with business, he applies "refine" to employee selection, performance reviews, and staff and leadership development.
2. Share
"The second Essential Discipline is 'share'—communication and understanding and valuing the other person," Judah says. "In a marriage, that's your husband or wife. In a business, that's your customer or your colleague.
"But sharing is ultimately about understanding, being understood, and valuing the other person."
3. Reconcile
"The third Essential Discipline is 'reconcile,' which is about exploring a problem and generating a solution," Judah says. "This discipline deals with conflict resolution.
"Most of that which is negative in a relationship can be addressed by these first three disciplines—people deciding to be their best, understanding one another, and having a methodology to work through conflict. So I'm absolutely dogged about getting those three disciplines functional, because I believe they are the irreducible necessities."
4. Enhance
"With the fourth Discipline—'enhance'—we move from the negative to the positive," Judah says. "Business is very big on improvement, but couples tend not to think that way. Their resources are so tied up in survival that they rarely get into enhancement methodology. But it's important to identify what's really good in a relationship and to ask one another how this could be even better."
5. Envision
"The last piece is envisioning—creating the possible," Judah says. "It's about finding one's calling, passion, and purpose—exploring one another's dreams and creating plans to reach them in career, in family, and in life."
WHILE JUDAH HAS BEEN APPLYING his Essential Disciplines for couples and businesses for several years, their use in the crucible of marital situations—infidelity—is drawing worldwide attention.
From his guest appearance on ABC's "The View" to requests for translations from international distributors, Judah's book—Staying Together When an Affair Pulls You Apart—is generating a media buzz. With a 40 to 76 percent likelihood of American men and women having an affair at some point in their marriage and the federal government shelling out millions in grants for strong marriage initiatives, the book couldn't come at a better time. And Judah's success rate recommends it; of the couples he's worked with where a spouse has had an affair, 87 percent have been able to rebuild their marriages, Judah says.
It's been rewarding work for the therapist, who sees the book as one way to introduce his Essential Disciplines methodology through "a lightning rod topic."
"I see the world as a battlefield between good and evil and the choice that we make to be people who are either whole or broken," he says. "I'm just making a contribution to help navigate that difficult space, particularly in the world of relationships."
Read more about Judah at stevejudah.com
Read about Judah's appearance on "The View" at WM Online.
"The last person I'd recommend for grad school"
Wabash professors are known for writing great letters of recommendation. But one of the College's best-known psychologists couldn't get one.
Combine that with an awful experience as a freshman pledge in 1968 that left him "a dysfunctional student" and you'll understand why Steve Judah's memories of Wabash are bittersweet.
"Later in life, when I got in touch with how traumatic my freshman year had been, I was very resentful," says Judah, who completed all four years at the College. "I really had to climb out of a hole after that first year."
Judah recovered well enough to graduate, while at the same time assisting the youth group at Woodland Heights Christian Church—the genesis of his vocation. He began to consider graduate school in psychology and stopped by his faculty advisor's office to request a letter of recommendation.
"I still don't know exactly why, but I remember his words: 'You are the last person in the world I'd recommend for grad school.'"
So Judah went to work for the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, began counseling couples at a United Methodist Church as they prepared for marriage, and eventually earned his PhD at Ohio State University.
Still, Judah says, "I deeply value my liberal arts education. My book actually draws from my coursework at Wabash College."
He describes the apical meristem (the growing tip of a plant) that he learned about from biology professor Bob Petty. He uses it today as a metaphor for the discipline of refining oneself.
"Just as a gardener shapes the apical meristem, when you refine yourself, you control the growth process so that you have a yield that is adaptable to the environment and stunning to behold.
"My experience with this sociological phenomenon of pledgeship was terrible, but I learned a lot at the same time," Judah says. "The knowledge base I gained is irrefutable. I'm grateful for the generous scholarship that permitted me to attend."


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1. Are Charlie's feelings toward Edward justified?
Not in the slightest.
2. Have you ever had a parent disapprove of a relationship?
Haven't had too many relationships before.
3. Describe your thoughts about Jacobs's message to Bella.
Just spit it out Jake, I thought.
4. Do you feel Edward was being unreasonable in not wanting Bella to go to La Push?
Yes, but he does just want her to be safe.
5. Do your Dad and his best friend gossip like old women?
My Dad doesn't have a best friend.

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"[Ruth] Rendell is a master of the tires-on-ice moment, the moment when the intersecting elements begin their inexorable slide into calamity.... [Her] body of work ... constitutes one of the most precise and unflinching contributions to contemporary English fiction."Salon
"Subtle, witty, and observant, Rendell creates a rich tapestry of characters and interweaves their stories.... The story of the killer provides the adrenaline, but the smaller stories of Becky, Inez, Zeinab, and the rest give this novel a beating heart."Boston Globe


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Morning all!
Today is our family business's last day of operation for this year, so we are going out to lunch to celebrate. There's a fantastic little restaurant not far from us. We went there last year, and they are seriously awesome! So looking forward to it!
Yes, Little Man got his report card. It was really, really good. Very high in English, high in everything else, except Phys Ed, where he got sound, but still high in effort. He also got a great commendation for his behaviour from his teacher.
I was also just notified about a new review for The Crown. It's fantastic! I've posted the link at Facebook, but I'll post it here http://www.compassbookratings.com/reviews/index.php/review/view/1000 too in case you want to see it.
Songbird - that sounds like one heck of a dream! It's terrible when you wake up from a dream like that, isn't it? At least, when you do wake up, you finally realise it wasn't real.


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text: WOW!!! Coach Simon Earnshaw did it again. Its time for a big d1 school to give this guy a job. We played college tennis together and i knew then that one day he would be a great college coach.The guy has so much passion and is one hell of a recruiter. I just hope one day a big d1 program will give this guy a shot!!!


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DARRINGTON — A franchise group of 108 Pizza Hut restaurants in the Northwest has donated $200,000 to relief efforts related to the March 22 Oso mudslide.
The American Red Cross presented the check during a meeting at the Darrington Community Center on Tuesday.
The Red Cross has received $4.5 million in donations related to the slide so far, spokeswoman Jacqueline Koch said. About half of that has been spent or allotted for emergency relief and the early stages of recovery support, she said, citing examples such as food, shelter and health care.
The Red Cross still is working with Catholic Community Services to find long-term housing for survivors.
The Pizza Hut donation came from a fundraiser at restaurants that are part of the Emerald City Pizza franchise group, Koch said.
The Red Cross continues to need support for the Oso disaster response and the Eastern Washington wildfires. To donate, visitredcross.org or call 800-RED-CROSS.


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KEXP Reviews
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Lonesome Bob's debut album shows him to be a brilliant songwriter who specializes in darker material, especially dysfunctional relationships. The album has a tough alt-country sound that sometimes leans rock, sometimes country, but usually explores that gray area in the middle. 9/15/1997 - Don Yates
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Things Change - 2/15/2002


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Blanco, formerly the Rabobank team, said on Saturday they have suspended Spanish rider Luis Leon Sanchez provisionally amid accusations he was linked to Spanish doctor Eufemiano Fuentes in the Operation Puerto blood doping racket.
The Dutch team said it is investigating and would in the meantime not select Sanchez.
"The object of this investigation is to verify or refute revelations which appeared in the Dutch press on the subject of the role of our rider in the Fuentes affair," Blanco said in a statement.
Spanish police believe Sanchez was a client of the doctor in 2006 while riding for the Liberty Seguros team - something the 29-year-old denies.
Sanchez has won several major titles, including the San Sebastian Classic in 2010 and 2012, the 2009 Paris-Nice, the Tour Down Under in 2005 and four stages of the Tour de France.
Last Wednesday, a Spanish judge refused to demand that Fuentes, the suspected mastermind of one of the sporting world's biggest blood doping rackets, provide the names of athletes implicated in the scandal.
The ruling in the so-called "Operation Puerto" case could avert a huge fall-out from the high-profile trial, with suspects across the drug-tarnished world of cycling and perhaps in other sports potentially at risk.
The Canary Islands doctor, 57, was detained when police seized 200 bags of blood and plasma, and other evidence of performance-enhancing transfusions, revealing a huge doping network after a months-long investigation dubbed "Operation Puerto".
Fuentes on Tuesday said his activities had stretched beyond cycling, which is still reeling from the aftermath of revelations that Lance Armstrong cheated his way to a record seven Tour de France wins.
"I worked with individual sportspeople, privately. It could be a cyclist in a cycling team, a footballer in a football team, an athlete, a boxer," he told the court.


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But, that's enough of that, that was more so there isn't any confusion at what I'm getting at here. So, without further ado:
(http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html Trans. Thanissaro)The Blessed One said: "And what is the origination of the world? Dependent on the eye & forms there arises eye-consciousness. The meeting of the three is contact. From contact as a requisite condition comes feeling. From feeling as a requisite condition comes craving. From craving as a requisite condition comes clinging/sustenance. From clinging/sustenance as a requisite condition comes becoming. From becoming as a requisite condition comes birth. From birth as a requisite condition, then aging & death, sorrow, lamentation, pain, distress, & despair come into play. This is the origination of the world.
So, what I take from this is that, dependent on the eye (sense organ) and forms, there arises eye consciousness (or sight? Would one differentiate sight here? Or is "sight" something one arbitrarily attributes to eye consciousness?). Now, the Buddha does not endorse annihilationism, nor does he endorse eternalism, nor does he endorse them both:
(http://www.accesstoinsight.org/tipitaka ... .than.html Trans. Thanissaro)"That has not been declared by the Blessed One: 'The Tathagata both exists and does not exist after death.'"
Following this, the Buddha can't be putting forward a materialist view, that consciousness, or rather awareness... Or better yet, existence (in materialism, or physicalism, it is assumed that all matter has existence "out there" whilst all "subjective" phenomena arise do to neural events-- indeed, this view is further different than what is mentioned in the Lokasutta. Consciousness of the world (under materialism) doesn't need to be dependent on outside causes. It is only causes within the brain, ie taking hallucinogenic drugs. The point being, existence is an epiphenomenal illusion, within materialism) relies on a living body, and forms for it to interact with.
Well, hm. I must tread lightly here, because I feel as though I am making matters worse. I suppose, to simplify, I should ask what is consciousness in Buddhism? Would I be right to say that all fabrications have existence independent of minds? Which is to say that, as I look at the screwdriver on my desk, it's not my experience of the screwdriver, nor is it a screwdriver, but a mass of fabrication that exists in-and-of itself? This is difficult for me to put into words.
Looking forward to some replies to help me sort this out
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Nicki Minaj took her lover of daring outfits to the limit while appearing on UK talk show, "Alan Carr's Chatty Man Show" as she wore a very revealing floral bustier. The YMCMB rapper had viewers on the edge of their seats, waiting for an obvious wardrobe malfunction to take place.
While on the show Nicki also got candid about Justin Bieber when the host asked if the pop star ever made a move on her while filming the video for "Beauty and a Beat." It didn't take Nicki long to fire back with a shocking answer, revealing "No, he couldn't even feel me through that big poufy skirt. His little thing...no."
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To do list
Summer swim for dogs
When: Fridays all summer
Where: Various water locations in the Lowcountry — Bluffton, Hilton Head, Ridgeland, Okatie
Description: Want to teach your dog to swim, safely get out of a pool, enhance their swimming abilities, romp with other dogs in the water? And just have some plain all out wet fun? For the 13th year, Abby Bird of Alphadog Training Academy will offer free training and play on Friday late afternoons or evenings.
Details: For more information and to get on the swim email list for weekly locations and times, email email@example.com. There is no sign-up required.
Hampton Lake Women's Art Group Exhibition
When: Through Sept. 1
Where: Hilton Head Library, 11 Beach City Road, Hilton Head Island
Description: An exhibition of art executed in many mediums by members of the Hampton Lake Women's Art Group. The members range from beginners to those who have enjoyed creating art for many years.
Details: Call 255-6500 for the library's hours of operation.
Youth theatre
summer camps
When: Through Aug. 10
Where: Hilton Head Island
Description: Register for Main Street Youth Theatre's summer camps. Each camp lasts three hours a day for five days, Monday-Friday. Children of all ages will be onstage, backstage or craft new skills in 22 different camps taught by theatre professionals. Each will end with a performance or showcase on Fridays. Campers can perform in a musical, act in a regular play, learn stage makeup and how to build a set, or discover theatre through puppetry and masks.
Details: Register online at www.msyt.org/education/arts or call 843-689-MAIN.
'Freedom from Smoking'
When: 6-7:30 p.m. Tuesdays through July 31
Where: Beaufort Memorial Bluffton Medical Services, Westbury Park, 11 Arley Way, Suite 102, Bluffton (Wells Fargo Building)
Description: "Freedom from Smoking" offers participants the best chance at kicking the habit for good. An extra support session will offered July 12 — two days after "quit day" — to help ensure participants don't break down and light up.
Details: Cost is $60. Class size is limited, so reservations are required. To sign up, call 843-522-5635.
Family Magical Kazoo Fun
When: 7:30 p.m. July 7-Aug. 4
Where: ARTworks, 2127 Boundary Street, Beaufort Town Center, near Kmart
Description: Rick Hubbard the Kazoo Guy will perform kazoobie July 7, 21 and Aug. 4.
Details: Admission is $5 per person. The magic workshop is $15 and all materials are supplied. For more information, go to www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org or call 843-379-2787.
When: 6-8 p.m. July 24 and 31, Aug. 7 and 14
Where: ARTworks, 2127 Boundary St., Beaufort Town Center
Description: Kim Keats will teach basketry skills for ages 14 through adult. Explore new approaches for creating utilitarian and sculptural forms; imported and locally collected indigenous materials provided, along with instruction in a variety of basketry techniques. Great for beginning students, while experienced basket makers may discover methods for developing their own original styles through the exploration of combination weaving techniques and materials.
Details: Cost is $55 for all four classes or $15 per class. Contact Kim Keats at 843-384-2435 or email@example.com. Go to www.ArtWorksInBeaufort.org.
Calligraphy I
When: noon-3 p.m. Aug. 18
Where: ARTworks, 2127 Boundary St., Beaufort Town Center
Description: Learn the practical art of calligraphy ("beautiful writing") to address wedding invitations or greeting cards, write in journals, make gift tags and personal correspondence in this introduction with Natasha Lawrence. She will provide instruction to write with calligraphy pens in the classic Italian Italics lettering style. Students will also have an opportunity to try their hand with different calligraphy pens, view calligraphy art work, books and resources. No artistic ability is necessary.
Details: $50 includes all materials: calligraphy pen to keep, workbook, practice paper and more. Call 843-379-2787.
Calligraphy II
When: Noon-3 p.m. Aug. 25
Where: ARTworks, 2127 Boundary St., Beaufort Town Center
Description: This session with professional calligrapher Natasha Lawrence encompasses additional practical and artistic applications of "everyday" calligraphy, the art of beautiful writing. This workshop includes learning cursive italics and fancy lettering, adding flourishes to enhance letters, working with colored pens and making an impression with decorative envelopes. Participants will create an 8"x10" layered, calligraphic art to frame with a poem, famous quote or freestyle (choice of themed kits with papers & images).
Details: $50 includes all materials: calligraphy pen to keep, workbook, practice paper and more. Call 843-379-2787.
Calligraphy III
When: Noon-3 p.m. Sept. 1
Where: ARTworks, 2127 Boundary St., Beaufort Town Center
Description: This session with Natasha Lawrence is a continuation of Calligraphy II with further instruction on Italian Italics and other elegant, casual and embellished lettering styles, adding bold flourishes, creative calligraphy art project, using colored pens, pointed pens, other tools and inks. Emphasis on improving and fine-tuning existing calligraphy skills. All materials including pens, project supplies, guidebook and practice papers.
Details: $50 includes all materials: calligraphy pen to keep, workbook, practice paper and more. Call 843-379-2787 for more information.
Stroke Survivors Support Group
When: 4-5 p.m. second Wednesdays
Where: Beaufort Memorial Keyserling Cancer Center Library, 1680 Ribaut Road, Port Royal.
Details: There is no registration required. For more information, call Jessica Kurpis at 522-5593 or Kathy Campbell at 522-7445.
Buckwalter Farmers Market
When: 2-6 p.m. Tuesdays
Where: Opposite CareCore National at Buckwalter Place
Description: The market will include traditional produce as well as baked goods, frozen pierogis, local jams, jellies and honey.
Details: Go to www.buckwalterfarmersmarket.com.
Coast Guard Auxiliary
When: 7 p.m. on the second Tuesday of each month
Where: BJWSA Community Room, S.C. 170 and Snake Road/Callawassie Drive, Okatie.
Description: Beaufort-Jasper Flotilla 070-10-01 welcomes new members. Learn how to help keep the waters safe by assisting the U.S. Coast Guard in various inspections, courses and search and rescue missions.
Details: Call Tom Sellers at 705-7174, email email@example.com or go toa0701001.wow.uscgaux.info.
Bereavement Group
When: 5 p.m. every Tuesday
Where: Summit Place of Beaufort, 1119 Pick Pocket Plantation Drive, Beaufort
Description: Tidewater Hospice and Summit Place have joined together to offer a weekly bereavement group. This free forum will provide help to people who have experienced a loss and would like support and information associated with grief and bereavement.
Details: Call Marie James, MA, Tidewater Hospice, at 757-9388.
Bluffton Relax-and-Create Meetup Group
When: 10:30 a.m., on first Saturdays
Where: Each Other's Muse Studios, 19 Buckingham Plantation Drive, Bluffton.
Description: Join for creative, art-orientated, no-pressure fun. Go to www.meetup.com/Bluffton-Relax-and-Create/.
Old Town Dispensary
When: 7-10 p.m., every Friday
Where: Calhoun Street, Bluffton.
Description: J. Howard Duff performs his brand of Lowcountry blues and rock 'n' roll.


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All this legal baloney is boring ...
and Apple seems to forget it is the Defendant is over 800 claims whereas it is Plaintiff in only a few tens of actions.
A judge in Germany has put the brakes on Apple's complaint that Samsung copied its slide-to-unlock technology while awaiting the outcome of a separate lawsuit progressing elsewhere in the country. The court in Mannheim announced it won't be doing any more legal stuff on the smartphone feature until proceedings in Munich have …
and Apple seems to forget it is the Defendant is over 800 claims whereas it is Plaintiff in only a few tens of actions.
is decided by Germany becomes world law?
The last time they had this much influence was in 1941....
They've finally even managed to annex Greece,.
Those who have been around for a while will remember the Motorola flip-open-to-answer patent. To dodge it Nokia introduced the considerably less convenient slide-to-answer arrangement.
Now it's here we go again, and again.
It's time governments legislated to stop trivial patents, for in the long run they cost users/consumers considerable money not to mention inconvenience, waste of human time and effort, and of course, the lining of lawyers' pockets.
Right, I've already spotted the fault in my logic: the most predominant species in our governments are lawyers.
perhaps we should look to a slight alteration of Joseph Stalin's thoughts on diplomats
Ah, these lawyers! What chatterboxes! There's only one way to shut them up - cut them down with machine guns. Bulganin, go and get me one!
the only difference is that somebody might notice a missing diplomat or two, as they are on occasion useful, unlike software patent lawyers
Not me, I want them to sue each other more and more with ever more ridiculous patents so we can burn the system out. Maybe then we will actually get a workable IP system.
Otherwise what happens is the big boys all settle and play nice while driving off anyone else who isn't in the patent holders mega-club.
Which point of patently obvious access method did the twit in the patent office miss.
The problem is that Rotten Core, Micro$haft, and lots of other "not into real R&D" outfits have been granted patents on stuff that quite frankly is blindingly obvious to any proffesional in that field (and hence not eligible for a patent)
e.g. patent for identifying contact information in a text message!
Sorry I was writing code to scrape adress details out of free text data back in the 80's using a command in the original version of COBOL code designed for such activity, and so was evey other coder when presented with the same business problem. But the US Prat office (sorry Patent Office), handed out a patent for this (obvious and easily id'd as prior art)
US Pat. No. 8,095,879. Filing date Dec 10, 2002 and issue date Jan 10, 2012 it would seem.
Move along folks, just another meaningless feeding frenzy for lawyers.
It is interesting to note that on the Reg and elsewhere, that when anything slightly critical of apple is ever mentioned, the posts get down votes, but no reply saying why the voter disagreed with the post. (strange in that somebody disagreed enough to go to the effort of voting, but not point out why they think the post is wrong or misleading)
It's almost like apple paying a PR firm to monitor technology forums, and manage any negative publicity.
Just because you're paranoid, doesn't mean astrotrurfing doesn't exist
You have to remember that they have only learned to read writing is a whole new ball game©®™
I imagine post-decision dissonance accounts for a lot of it as well.
Whenever any says anything positive about Apple it gets down votes without any explanation as well. You are paranoid.
Sorry but Microsoft have a patent on Astroturfing
"Whenever any says anything positive about Apple it gets down votes without any explanation as well. You are paranoid."
Down votes without explanation for anything positive about apple, that sounds like sounds like reverse astroturfing by microsoft and google (hell, anybody that apple has managed to piss off in the IT world in the last 20 years,, so we'll just round it up to everybody's a suspect)
Remember the truth is out there.....
.......but repeating it is an offence under the official secrets acts
Next they'll be trying to patent the "turn-to-change-value knob"
But only if it goes upto 10
theres prior art if it goes to 11
The next iPhone will have little thumb dials (like Star Trek's communicator), and they'll claim a trademark the terms "change the dial" and "dial to a new channel"...
My Lavatory door has a slide to unlock feature, hadn't realised it was an apple product until this artice.... yup its white, and its designers were definately thinking how best to take the piss...
Does it have rounded corners too? Then it must be a new Apple product!
I can only hope that these companies eventually manage to annoy the legislators enough that the entire patient system ends up getting disbanded.
The EU doesn't support software patents and, at the moment, they are not enforceable here except in the narrow circumstance that the software is tied to the hardware. If this were to change, the EU would be at a severe disadvantage because it would then have to enforce US (and other) patents which have been building up for many years while EU citizens have none to protect because we've not been allow to make the claim.
On the face of it this is not going to change. No EU parliament or government is going sanction giving the US such a prize. But the courts might.
The 'swipe to unlock' feature is clearly just software. A phone does not *need* this feature to be locked or unlocked - a button or entering a number or pressing an on-screen button will do just as well. By contrast an engine management system *needs* software with specific characteristics to operate. However it seem these distinctions are not clearly in the minds of the judiciary when considering these case.
Or maybe these cases are being fought in Germany in the hope judges there may be more inclined to equate smarphone software with, say, a BMW engine management system. Maybe Mannheim is waiting on BMW's home town for just this reason.
The consequence of judges upholding Apple's claims could be profound. This would set a precedent that US software patents are enforceable in the EU. While this would take a while to play out, companies with deep pockets which also hold US patents could then start protesting their cases in EU courts.


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A place to share ideas and thoughts about miniatures, scale models, architecture and display my collections of Tynietoy, Strombecker, Tootsietoy, Halls, Kage, Kilgore &; Arcade cast iron, and a few other antique miniature finds and projects.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Gnome & Fairy Doors
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These doors are fantastic, especially the first one.ReplyDelete
Bye Faby
Aaaw, I LOVE them! They are like RL versions of my Tree House Doorways!ReplyDelete
Those are awesome --I want one!ReplyDelete
Son preciosas!!!! me encanta el mundo mágico de las hadas,gnomos y demás personajes de cuento.ReplyDelete
I want one! The details on these resin doors is amazing. I love how they look grouped together. gr. AMReplyDelete
Hello Troy,ReplyDelete
these are great! i had never seent hem before!
The picture looks like the tower Alice fell into while she was following the white rabbit.
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The purpose of this document is to approve the Convention on Temporary Admission and its annexes
Council Decision 93/329/EEC of 15 March 1993 concerning the conclusion of the Convention on Temporary Admission and accepting its annexes. [Official Journal L 130 of 27.05.1993]
This Decision approves on behalf of the European Economic Community the Convention on Temporary Admission agreed at Istanbul on 26 June 1990 and its annexes, subject to certain conditions.
Temporary admission is the customs procedure under which goods may be brought into the territory of a Member State for a specific purpose with total or partial relief from import duties and taxes where the goods are intended for re-exportation within a specified period and without having undergone any change.
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I was at The Pig on Weaver Dairy in Chapel Hill talking with the owner, Sam Suchoff, when we got on a tangent about the best way to bread fried chicken. I started with how my mother had schooled me with a classic dry-wet-dry technique, with a few well-timed moves regarding the oil temperature. He eventually described how his was a hybrid that involved using half of one common variation with the reverse of another. Honestly, it didn't sound possible (and probably isn't) but that wasn't really the point. I was just looking for an interesting story and fantastic-tasting unique food is always interesting. That's what brought me to The Pig in the first place.
But then Sam paused and said, "For the record, you can't print that fry-batter recipe. It's special."
Now that's interesting.
There are some things you brag about in business and some things you don't. Companies like to make it known when they give to charities or donate to their communities. And likewise, Sam isn't afraid to talk about how he gets his pigs from North Carolina farmers, buys his veggies local from Stanley Hughes, oversees every inch of the meat they prepare homemade, and how he even goes and meets (or meats) with his swine farmer at least once a year.
But a perfected fry technique? That's another story. Those have to stay in-house. And you can't blame him because it's their recipes and preparations at The Pig that set them apart.
I can't print all of those techniques but it would be way too long anyway — just a list of everything they make homemade could fill up an article. Sam usually does about five pigs a week, all from Acres Station Meat Farm in Pinetown, NC. They make their own barbecue, pimento cheese, bacon jam, smoke their own cheddar, make their own bologna (not a typo) and slow cook some of the best brisket around.
The brisket comes from Cliffs Meat Market in Carrboro and is dry-rubbed then slow cooked for over twelve hours. So moist is the result that they make sure to put the sauce (tomato-based) on the side.
Speaking of sauce, Sam tries to stay clear of the Eastern vs. Western debate. As a non-NC native he never had a dog in the fight, but does confess that The Pig stays fairly Eastern and therefore vinegar-based. Though to Sam, the important thing isn't the sauce or cut of the meat but how it's cut, which is something they take pretty seriously.
They slice nearly every ounce of meat in-house, and the coolest thing about The Pig might be that they'll cut most of their raw or cured meats to go like any meat market. I bought a half pound of country ham for the Holidays and watched Sam personally slice and package the Eastern North Carolina-bred pig like Italian Prosciutto. (There are plenty of different varieties to choose from but the Country Ham is fantastic.)
Considering what else is on the menu, you're likely to make the same mistake I did by asking what type of meat stock is in the homemade macaroni and cheese. Amazingly, there is none. You have to try it to understand, but it's so perfectly savory you'd bet your life it was loaded with pork or beef drippings (it also has the perfect amount of fresh ground black pepper, as any real connoisseur knows is the key to good mac & cheese ).
As the macaroni may have suggested, Sam used to be a vegetarian. "Instead of just throwing something random on the menu, we really try to get creative and make our vegetarian options tasty," he said. The mac and cheese gets it's savory flavor from the smoked cheddar that they cold-smoke themselves in the restaurant. They also have a veggie-gravy that uses brewer's yeast to give it a meaty taste.
Obviously the vegetarian dishes aren't a huge part of any BBQ joint, but it shows how seriously they take their food at The Pig. And when the owner supervises nearly every step from the production to when it ends up on your plate, I guess you really can say it's their food.
Next time you want some North Carolina hog that's had as much thought put into it as you do when you're looking for great food, try The Pig. It's can't-miss. Just make sure you save some money for after the meal — the homemade to-go cuts are hard to pass up. Trust me.


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Meet Alvin Wong, the Happiest Man in America
What does it take to be the happiest man in America? "Friendship," you might say. "Trust." Ha!. The real secret to happiness being a tall, married, business-owning Asian-American Jewish man living in Hawaii. Like Alvin Wong!
You see, Gallup has been conducting a three-year well-being survey by calling 1,000 randomly-selected Americans every day and asking them questions about their quality of life. They created a statistical composite of traits most correlated with happiness for The New York Times, and came up with:
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- Asian-American
- Observant Jew
- Living in Hawaii
- Married
- Has kids
- Over 65
- Owns his own business, and
- Makes more than $120,000 a year
Which describes Alan Wong almost perfectly! America, your happiest man:
Reached by phone at his home on Friday (and referred to The Times by a local synagogue), Mr. Wong said that he was indeed a very happy person. He said that perhaps he manages to be the happiest man in America because "my life philosophy is, if you can't laugh at yourself, life is going to be pretty terrible for you."
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Updated 8:04 pm, Thursday, December 6, 2012
It's easy to judge senior Trinton Ynclan's impact for Brandeis in traditional football terms — 4,102 yards rushing in his career and 27 touchdowns this season.
That doesn't begin to express his importance to the program, according to Brandeis coach John Campbell.
"Trinton represents so much to us than just the kid who's carrying the ball and scoring touchdowns," Campbell said as the Broncos prepare to face Steele in the state quarterfinals. "He kind of represents everything that we want our program to be."
Ynclan simply outworks everybody.
He always has had to. He's generously listed at 5-foot-8, 170 pounds. He doesn't have 4.3-second 40-yard dash speed.
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He's made up for his physical limitations with football instincts and willpower.
"That's the way I was brought up," Ynclan said. "Since I was a young boy playing football, playing as hard as I can is all I've known."
Ynclan also credits Brandeis running backs Noah Copeland and Quincy Adams for setting a high standard. The Broncos always have had a 1,000-yard rusher in their five-year history.
"I guess we're just all guys who work hard and get the job done," Ynclan said.
Ynclan's season appeared to be in jeopardy after a preseason elbow injury. But he quickly recovered and missed only two games, including Brandeis' lone loss to Smithson Valley, before returning against rival Warren.
Wearing a large brace on his right elbow, he took his first carry of the season 75 yards for a touchdown. He hasn't slowed since, rushing for 1,717 yards on 197 carries.
"His work ethic, it spreads to everyone else on the field," said receiver Andrew Heft, who, at 6-6, towers over his teammate.
Ynclan will be in the familiar underdog role in Saturday's 4 p.m. showdown with Steele at the Alamodome. The Knights have been to two consecutive state finals, beating the Broncos in the second round during each run.
Last year's loss to Steele lingers in Ynclan's mind. He ran straight into the teeth of the Knights' defense with 39 carries for 229 yards and a score. But Brandeis couldn't capitalize on its red-zone opportunities in the 28-6 loss.
"We were successful running the ball, but we lost the game, and that's all you care about," Ynclan said. "It stuck with us all season."
He expects he'll get his share of carries again this time around, and hopes to lead the Broncos to another playoff upset. Then, he'd like to find a place to play college football. So far, only The Citadel and Incarnate Word have expressed interest.
That's nothing new. He's always had to work harder. And he's always gotten it done.
"People get flashes of it on those third-and-2s. You can see that fire and determination," Campbell said. "Everybody in the stands knows that little guy is going to get it done."
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"In this meditative, unconventional memoir ... many of the sections have a subtle intensity that elevates them to prose poems while the focus on sailing always anchors them. In discarding chronology, Dane is able to present life as we remember it. As he notes in one particularly cogent insight: 'Imagined adventures ... lead from known to known. Real adventure, by contrast, begins at a single point in the fog and ends at one'."Publishers Weekly
"Dogfish Memory combines memoir, elegy, quest narrative, sailing chronicle, and love story, and is held together by a remarkable voicetaut, frequently sardonic, precise, and utterly merciless towards all pretensions, all comforting illusions. It is a beautiful and moving book, propelled and obstructed by its emotional intensity, on the one hand, and its unrelenting, self-deflating intelligence on the other. I found myself thinking of W.G. Sebald's The Rings of Saturn: not in its subject matter, but in its compelling inconsolability. But real books by real writers are sui generis, and this is a real book by a real writer."Franklin Burroughs
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Worst Thing About He's Just Not That Into You: The Cigarettes?
You'd think so, if you paid attention to the crusty old American Medical Association, which is hopping mad that the dopey ladysad film prominently and frequently featured brand-name cigarettes. Though, none were ever smoked.
It's some sort of "plot point" in the film that Bradley Cooper's cheating husband is also lying about having quit smoking. His wife, Jennifer Connelly, (um, spoiler alert?) eventually leaves him. Not because of the cheating, because of the smoking. She writes a note for him that says "I want a divorce" and then tacks it onto a carton of bright yellow American Spirit Lights (mmm...) So though the message is totally anti-smoking, the AMA thinks it's shameful of the film to use an actual brand-name cigarette, and demands to know whether or not Warner Bros. received any product placement monies.
They claim that some 200,000 kids start smoking every year, because they're influenced by characters who smoke, in movies like Frozen River and I've Loved You So Long. Though really, what youths are going to see this thing? Wee scarf-clad Gideon and his bestie Tamara? Lonely Lois and her bucket of popcorn? The kind of teened agers who would go see this film probably should start smoking, at least then they'd seem cool and maybe make some friends.
Really, though, the AMA is right. There's no reason to put brand-name cigarettes in the movie. It adds some verité perhaps. But we are, again, talking about a movie whose thesis is that the unendingly complex communications between people can be boiled down to something like "men are mean, and women are shrill and lonely." So.
Don't go see this movie. It might make you start smoking! (Though, sadly, not in an after-sex kinda way.)


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A shift in the wind over Lake Huron will likely bring a constant stream of snow to communities (like Port Huron) next to and just south of the big lake resulting in several inches of snow. Northern Macomb County will have snow, also. The City of Detroit and the rest of Southeast Michigan will see partly to mostly sunny skies with morning lows in the single numbers and afternoon highs near 20 and wind chills below zero.
Thursday night will be very cold and mostly cloudy with temps near 10 degrees.
A storm system from the northern Plains will bring a good chance of accumulating snow for Detroit and all of Southeast Michigan Friday. Initial estimates of 1 to 3 inches of snow are expected by the end of Friday afternoon with temps in the low 20s.
Expected snow totals may change as the storm gets closer. Stay tuned to Local 4 News and the Weather Page of ClickOnDetroit.com for your latest forecast.
Saturday and Sunday will be sunnier and drier but remain very cold. Temperatures will not even get close to the freezing mark. Daytime temps will be in the mid 20s at best, and nighttime lows will be in the low and mid teens.
Relief from the Arctic air will arrive Monday and Tuesday as the jet stream moves north allowing milder (not as cold) air to move over southern Michigan. Monday's highs will be in the middle and upper 30s with the chance of snow ahead of warm front. Tuesday's highs will be near 40 with a rain-snow mix ahead of a related cold front.
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I only bought this for the mic, when I have to use Skype and such. Coz my beat pro is too huge if I have to use it for video calling. Everything is working. The sound level is okay and the mic seems okay too, but, that's it. If your expecting anything else, say use it with your iPod. You'll be greatly disappointed. This is by far the worst headset for music listening. Zero bass to speak of. As in there's not even a hint of bass. I had a $7 dollar earphone that sound better than this. So the money you'll be spending is just for the design and the mic function.


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Bristol County Natural History Center, south of Boston, enjoy live exhibits, ponds, wetlands, beaches, meadows and forest displays. The EcoTarium in Worcester is an indoor/outdoor museum dedicated to exploring the natural world, with three floors of interactive exhibits, wildlife exhibits, nature trails, ponds and award-winning meadows, planetarium and train ride. The Hitchcock Center for the Environment in Western Massachusetts provides nature trails, field trips, an environmental and natural history library, games, educational activities and more.
For something out of the ordinary, Davis' Farmland and MegaMaze in Central Massachusetts has lots of child-friendly farm animals, and, in late fall, a corn-stalk maze with three miles of pathways and bridges over eight acres.
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SNOW HILL – The Worcester County Commissioners discussed a financial award and the marsh land tax cap briefly at their first December meeting
The Worcester County Commissioners Tuesday said they opposed the removal of the tax cap on Maryland marsh land, in response to a survey sent around to all Maryland jurisdictions by the Maryland Association of Counties. The cap restricts marshland to an assessed value of $37.50 per acre.
Dorchester County wants to remove the cap, according to county administrator Gerry Mason.
"It would definitely go higher…it's a tax increase," Mason said.
Dorchester County has the highest amount of marshland in the state, according to Mason. The removal of the tax cap would be statewide.
The County Commissioners voted unanimously Tuesday to oppose the statewide removal of the marshland tax cap.
In other county news, a national association for government finance officers awarded a Certificate of Excellence in Financial Reporting to the Worcester County Treasurers Office and county treasurer Harold Higgins on Tuesday.
"It is a very stringent process. It's a checklist of probably 200 to 300 items to go through," said award presenter Charles Curtis, a member of the awarding body, the Government Finance Officers Association. "Our job is to look for anything wrong."
The award is given for financial reports that meet the highest standards, and is considered one of the highest honors in the government finance field.
"It's hard to explain to people how much of an accolade this is unless you do it yourself," said Curtis.
This is the first time Worcester County has received this award.
"This reflects the professionalism and commitment of many individuals as well as numerous hours of hard work," Curtis said.
After accepting the certificate, Higgins said, "The crew behind me deserves a lot of applause and credit for all the effort they put forth to have this happen…it's just another feather in our cap in Worcester County."
"We are extremely proud of you and your team. We're proud of all of you. The team can't work without a leader, You've been the leader who put that together," said newly chosen president of the county commissioners Bud Church.


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Guyer rolls, becomes lone champ for first time
For a few minutes during Friday night's game at C.H. Collins Athletic Complex, it looked as if Guyer's offense might have come out flat against a team still searching for its first district win.
The Wildcats (7-2, 6-0 District 5-4A) turned the ball over on downs the first time they had the ball after a nine-play drive stalled at the Wichita Falls 32-yard line.
From that point, Guyer's offense hit on all cylinders, using its punishing ground game and quick, short passes from Jerrod Heard to lead the Wildcats to a 49-0 win over Wichita Falls and wrap up Guyer's first outright district championship in the program's seven-year history. The Wildcats scored on five consecutive drives to close out the first half after their opening drive stalled in Coyotes territory.
"We took the business approach all week long, and I thought the kids played that way," Guyer head coach John Walsh said. "I didn't like turning it over on downs on our first drive, but after that, we grinded it out. We didn't call for big plays. We called for a lot of our base-run plays and our short game. I was pleased with how we executed."
Guyer shared a three-way District 5-4A title in 2009, when it lost to Ryan, beat Lake Dallas and Lake Dallas beat Ryan.
But after the Wildcats' blowout win Friday night, they can now claim the top seed out of 5-4A in the Class 4A Division I bracket. The Wildcats will face Saginaw in the bi-district round of the playoffs at 7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at Justin's Texan Stadium.
"We have a long-term goal to play Dec. 22 [in the 4A Division I state championship game] and win, but along the way there's still goals to be had," said Walsh, who has always downplayed the importance of district championships. "It'll be our first outright district championship in the trophy case, so it's special."
Guyer, the No. 9 team in The Associated Press Class 4A state poll, got a performance from its defense that proved to be equally dominant to that of its offense.
The Coyotes (2-7, 0-6) managed only three first downs in the first half (one coming on a Guyer penalty) and seven first downs on the night with 126 total yards, including minus-14 on the ground. The Coyotes didn't cross midfield until the final play of the third quarter, a drive that ended with a turnover on downs at the Guyer 14-yard line.
"We've been working hard, and our defense has grown and gotten better every week," senior linebacker Terrell Singleton said. "It's starting to show now. We're putting it all together."
Walsh said his unit has grown immensely since the beginning of the season, when the Wildcats had nine new defensive starters and gave up 54 points in each of their first two games – both losses.
"They've continued to get better," Walsh said of his defense. "When I look back at Week Zero to where we are now, I see a bunch of sophomores up front that have really grown up and some seniors up front that took some leadership. There's a standard here on playing the run defense, and I think they understand that. I think we're getting closer to that."
The defense also gave its offense some good field position as Domenic Pickering recovered a fumble from Wichita Falls quarterback DeShaun Young at the Coyotes' 40-yard line near the end of the first quarter. It only took six plays for Guyer to find the end zone on a 1-yard plunge from running back D.J. Breedlove, who returned from a high ankle sprain that forced him to miss two games.
In all, Guyer rushed for 376 yards and racked up 493 total yards.
About five minutes later, the Guyer special teams got in on the action after the Wildcats' defense forced one of the Coyotes' eight punts.
Tavi Sanches took the punt at the Guyer 35-yard line and returned it 74 yards to the Wichita Falls 11. Two plays, and a holding penalty, later, Heard ran into the end zone from 18 yards out for his second score of the game. He finished with 86 yards on nine carries and 83 yards on 11-of-16 passing, as none of Guyer's offensive starters returned after halftime.
"We've been that way for the most part for the past six games," Walsh said. "Tavi's been putting us in pretty good position on returns, and we've been able to capitalize on a lot of turnovers. It's pretty phenomenal how many points we score when they turn the ball over."
As the Guyer depth chart was emptied in the second half, only one player's stat line stood out — backup quarterback David Haynes.
Haynes, who played the entire second half instead of Walsh's customary plan of letting Heard get at least one second-half series in blowouts, finished as the team's leading rusher with 133 yards on 11 carries with two touchdowns, including a 63-yarder in the third quarter.
"We wanted to get David some real-time reps," Walsh said. "We would've liked to have thrown it around a little more, but the game didn't allow us to. He's a really good quarterback, and he's played a lot of wide receiver, too. He can make a lot of plays for us. It's real comforting as a coach knowing we have Jerrod and David on the sideline because he can operate our offense, everything we do."
Guyer will play at Fort Worth Brewer to close the regular season next Friday night and will look to get another first for its program — an undefeated district season.
"Undefeated in district isn't a main deal around here, but we're at that week now, so let's go undefeated," Walsh said.
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Guyer 49, Wichita Falls 0
Wichita Falls
G —Richard Whitaker 3 run (kick blocked), 4:02
G —D.J. Breedlove 1 run (Josh Harris pass from Jerrod Heard), 0:52
G — Heard 11 run (Grems kick), 9:49
G — Heard 18 run (Grems kick), 6:52
G — Nate Maki 4 run (Grems kick), 1:07
G — David Haynes 63 run (Grems kick), 6:54
Fourth Quarter
G — Haynes 27 run (Tanner Hunt kick), 3:53
First downs
Rushing yards
Passing yards
Total yards
Rushing — WF: Robert Williams 8-20, DeShaun Young 3-(-25), Eric Butler 3-(-5), Mikal Penn 1-(-4). G: Jerrod Heard 9-86, Richard Whitaker 6-66, D.J. Breedlove 7-37, Nate Maki 1-4, Connor McCown 5-24, David Haynes 11-133, Michael Carrillo 5-26.
Passing — WF: DeShaun Young 9-15-0 83, Eric Butler 10-15-0 57. G: Jerrod Heard 11-16-0 83, David Haynes 3-6-1 31
Receiving — WF: Robert Williams 6-22, Bubba Mathis 3-43, Korie Robinson 3-9, Dwight Ross 1-14, Garron Nash 1-6, Mikal Penn 5-46. G: Josh Harris 1-10, Nate Maki 2-24, Tyler Smith 1-9, D.J. Breedlove 3-7, Adam Scott 2-26, Preston Thrailkill 2-18, David Haynes 1-9, Connor McCown 1-3, Logan Helal 1-8.


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Diving into the Diversity Visa Lottery
Posted by Veronica Richter in Blogs, International, Research, School of Arts and Sciences, Student Experience, Students on September 29, 2011
For many Tufts students, senior year means one thing: the senior thesis. After a year or more of research into a specific topic of intellectual interest, graduating seniors leave academia with a wealth of knowledge and research skills under their belts. For Tufts IR students, the knowledge they take from their studies goes hand-in-hand with our principles of active citizenship and global awareness. Last year, students dove into topics ranging from resurgent China to cyber deterrence. Michael Kremer, A11, chose to tackle the issue of immigration, specifically, the Diversity Visa. In his abstract, he includes,
Every year, 50,000 immigrants obtain Legal Permanent Residency (LPR) in the United States through a program called the Diversity Visa (DV) Lottery. […] In Congress, the debate over the program has revolved primarily around the assumption that the lottery encourages increased diversity in the U.S. immigration system at the cost of attracting primarily low-skilled immigrants. The data show, however, that this perceived tradeoff does not actually exist.
The rest of Michael's abstract as well as his entire thesis can be found on the Tufts IR Department blog, along with other student theses and IR event highlights. For more information on the IR Department, check them out on Facebook and Twitter. If you're part of the IR program and hoping to get more involved, then be sure to join their LinkedIn group.


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"We take our bearings, daily, from others. To be sane is, to a great extent, to be sociable."
John Updike
"Be civil to all; sociable to many; familiar with few."
Benjamin Franklin
"Be civil to all, sociable to many, familiar with few, friend to one, enemy to none"
"Society is no comfort to one not sociable."
William Shakespeare
"HERMIT, n. A person whose vices and follies are not sociable."
Ambrose Bierce
"Bridge is a social but not a very sociable game - that is, if you take it seriously, as most bridge players do"
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It's their own players, coaches and fans who are furious.
A week after blowing a 17-point halftime lead at home to a current Big 12 rival, the Aggies blew an 18-point halftime lead against future SEC rival Arkansas on Saturday. The Razorbacks pulled out a 42-38 victory with a record-shattering passing attack and a 3-yard rushing touchdown with 1:41 left that put them ahead for the first time.
Christine Michael ran for 230 yards and three touchdowns, but was stuffed for no gain on a fourth-and-2 on what turned out to be A&M's final play. That set off a wild celebration by Arkansas faithful, punctuated by cheers of "S-E-C! S-E-C!"
"We definitely have to play better, coach better and be better in order to win football games," coach Mike Sherman said. "Certainly that is a struggle for us at this point. Each player in that locker room has to look at themselves, as well as the coaches, and figure out what we could all have done a lot better. You look at the stats and you could justify different things. The bottom line is we didn't do enough in the second half to win the football game."
Tyler Wilson threw for a school-record 510 yards and Jarius Wright caught 13 passes for a school-record 281 yards to power the comeback by Arkansas (4-1). Broderick Green had the winning touchdown, his second TD of the game, in his season debut following a spring injury that many expected to wipe out his season.
"We played in the second half with a tremendous amount of heart, competitive spirit, toughness," Arkansas coach Bobby Petrino said. "It was a really good win."
Texas A&M (2-2) scored five touchdowns in the first half, all on the ground against a defense that had allowed only a single rushing touchdown over four previous games.
The Aggies went from gaining 404 yards over the first two quarters to gaining 224 over the last two quarters. All they could muster in the second half was a field goal, albeit one that gave them a 38-35 lead with 4:22 left.
"We just weren't converting third downs, and getting into fourth-and-short and having to punt," A&M quarterback Ryan Tannehill said. "We just have to get first downs and keep the ball moving."
The back-to-back, second-half collapses have taken the Aggies from No. 8 and the cusp of the national title chase to likely the back end of the Top 25.
"We'll have some heart-to-hearts this week, particularly on Monday, about which direction we're going to go and make sure that what happened today doesn't happen again," Sherman said.
The Aggies have dropped seven straight games to SEC teams, dating to 1995, or back when they were in the Southwest Conference. That makes them 0-for-the-Big-12-era against teams from their new league.
"I don't put a whole lot of stock into all that stuff," Sherman said. "We're in the Big 12 right now and we need to win in the Big 12. We're focusing more on this season. We'll worry about next season, next season, when we are in that conference."
Wilson bested the school passing record of 409 set by Ryan Mallett against Vanderbilt last season. He was 30 of 51 with three touchdowns, including a pinpoint 68-yarder to Wright. He also ran for a 2-point conversion that tied the game 35-35, and led the nine-play, 80-yard drive for the winning touchdown.
Wilson guided Arkansas to points on four of six second-half drives before the kneel-down at the end.
"You can't get caught up in how many passing yards you've thrown for or what the score is," Wilson said. "It's just chipping away. We had success spreading 'em out in an empty formation. I knew we'd have success in the second half if the defense could hold 'em a few times."
Wright broke the school receiving record of 204 yards by halftime. He wound up also tying the record for catches. And, get this — in a single game, he got more than a quarter of the yardage needed for the single-season record of 1,004. With at least seven games left, he's already at 478.
"We saw before the game, that they left the middle open a lot," Wright said. "They did it against us, too, and we had to make them pay."
Cyrus Gray ran for 95 yards and two touchdowns for A&M. Tannehill was 25 of 35 for 247 yards and an interception, and ran for 56 yards.
The Aggies fell to 0-4 at Cowboys Stadium. They are 0-3 against Arkansas and lost the Cotton Bowl in January to another SEC school, LSU.


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Do you think Sirius inherited a lot of money from his uncle?I don't have my books with me now, so I can't check myself, but does it say anywhere how much he got? I mean, we can only guess he had plenty, since he bought Harry the firebolt (which was expensive, if I remember correctly?) and he got his own place right after he left Hogwarts...hmmm.
What do you think? Do you think it is possible that he struggled to make ends meet? Or do you think he was as wealthy as James who inhereted his parents' money and (apparently) didn't need to work ?


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I hear that the big American Atheists conference in Austin had an attendance of about 900, which is a good number, and of course, let's not judge the quality of an event by the number of attendees. By all accounts, it was an excellent conference (I keep seeing these gushing comments on twitter about AC Grayling's talk, making me very envious.)
But…perspective. I'm at a middling-to-good-sized SF convention, which is one of the larger regional events.
Attendance, I'm told, was about 3000 people. Costs for the two events were roughly comparable to attendees. There's absolutely no comparison with the big national events like Comic-con and Dragon*Con.
I'm sorry, but I think secularism, humanism, and atheism are of greater relevance to people than comic-books. What can we do to grow our audience?


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ANAHEIM – Ronda Rousey didn't want to hold the UFC women's bantamweight championship belt or be anywhere near it at Thursday's final pre-fight news conference for UFC 157.
Rousey was the Strikeforce women's 135-pound champion when Strikeforce's roster was absorbed into the UFC and UFC president Dana White named her the UFC women's champion, but the former Olympic bronze medalist in judo said she wasn't going to truly feel like the UFC champion until she won the belt inside the octagon.
Rousey can feel comfortable now after she submitted Liz Carmouche at 4:49 of the first round in the first female fight in UFC history in the main event at UFC 157 on Saturday night at Honda Center.
Click here to view video of UFC 157.
There was immense pressure and media attention on Rousey heading into the fight.
"There's no amount of media that can save these girls from me," Rousey said.
Carmouche put up a valiant effort in defeat and had Rousey in all kinds of trouble early in the fight.
Rousey needed 27 seconds to get the fight to the ground where she is one of the most dangerous grapplers in the sport, but Carmouche swept her and took her back. Rousey tried to stand up and power out of the position, but Carmouche stayed attached to her back. Carmouche went for a neck crank and tried to turn it into a rear-naked choke. Rousey looked to be in pain as Carmouche cranked on her neck.
But Rousey was able to power out of the hold and she eventually landed in side control where she held Carmouche, the first openly gay fighter in the UFC, in a headlock and softened her up with punches.
Rousey eventually mounted Carmouche with 50 seconds left in the opening round and that's when she went looking for the armbar.
Rousey got ahold of Carmouche's right arm and Carmouche had to tap out with 11 seconds left in the opening round.
Rousey, of Venice, is now 7-0 with seven first-round armbar victories. Carmouche, of San Diego, dropped to 8-3.


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I knew about Bonnie's new mystery quilt and have been printing the instructions, but hadn't seen this thread, or started the quilt as yet! Actually hadb't realized all instructions were already given!
I still haven't finished my Orca Bay quilt--alas it has been added to the (almost dreaded) UFO list ! I plan to work on completing it this year!!
I have been working on completing my UFO's, and recently finished 4!!
I just finished looking through this thread and everyone's quilt tops are so beautiful. I'm excited to make mine--haven't to finish another UFO before starting this one, though!!


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Rains kill 5 in Catamarca
A mudslide killed five people in Catamarca province while at least eight others remained missing after the storm that on Thursday night lashed the towns of El Rodeo and Siján.
At press time last night there were unconfirmed reports of at least two more fatalities.
According to Norberto Bazán, who heads the SAME assistance team, there are six people injured: five adults and a baby.
El Rodeo, located 36 kilometres from the provincial capital, was the most affected. There the storm dragged houses, cars and even a bridge. Two of the fatal victims there were two school girls, one aged 5 and the other 7, who were on a camping near the banks of the river Ambato along with their families. A 25 year-old man also died. A 80-year-old man was also found dead in Siján, the town located 150 kilometres from the provincial capital of San Fernando del Valle de Catamarca. In Siján, three people were reported as missing.
At press time, rescue teams were searching for five women and three children.
"Those who we are looking for were camping in the area. What happened here is that the river overflowed in an instant, dragging one of the town's bridges and reaching the place where visitors were staying," said Rodrigo González, the government's spokesman.
More than 200 people had to be evacuated and taken to different shelters because their homes were destroyed.
"This area has houses and a camping site, where many people come during summer holidays but this turned into a real hell," a woman said in conversations with the state-run news agency Télam.
Security Minister Cecilia Rodríguez travelled yesterday to Catamarca to partake in the "crisis committee." When she was appointed in December, Rodríguez was criticized because she had no experience in crime control but she specializes in dealing with emergencies and disaster. She has experience in El Salvador, Haiti, Kosovo and Panama.
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The 6th annual Winter Wonderland at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre is open to the public daily through Jan. 6. Hours are 2 to 10 p.m. daily.
Hosted by the St. Johns County Cultural Events Division, Winter Wonderland features North Florida's premiere outdoor ice skating rink, along with a new Ice Chute, RC Race Track and Kid's Room.
Other attractions include Carnival Games, the Jr. Holly Jolly Trolley, Blizzard Bounce House and Inflatable Obstacle Course, Igloo Ski Lounge, Face Painting, Elf Village, Sleigh Rides, S'mores Pit, Nightly Snowfall and visits with Santa.
More than 78,000 parents, children and friends attended the event last year —testimony to our appeal as the prime holiday destination for friends, families and visitors in the North Florida area.
There are activities for guests of all ages as well as various food and beverage options to enjoy while exploring the Amphitheatre's sprawling Anastasia State Park campus.
Everything is bigger, brighter and better this year, as well as our introduction of a few very exciting new attractions. The Ice Slide of years past will be converted into the Ice Chute — a 140-foot inner tube ride traveling across the seating bowl under the Amphitheatre canopy.
There are two different points of entry onto the slide: a normal entrance, and a higher point for thrill seekers.
In addition to the Ice Chute, there will be a RC Race Track, which allows guests to maneuver a mini race car amongst numerous tricky turns throughout a 250-foot dirt track.
Nightly snowfalls transcend the venue into a sparkling snow village, while the Igloo Ski Lounge provides an escape by a warm fire to have a cocktail (for guests 21 and older only).
Also new this year is the Kids Room, which provides a haven filled with books, activities and games for children 5 and younger with a chaperone.
Winter Wonderland offers something for everyone: guests of all ages, those daring or shy, who prefer activities indoors or outside, and there are free or ticketed games like your favorite holiday fair.
For more information, go to www.winterwonderlandflorida.com or the call box office at 209-0367.
- VENUE: St. Augustine Amphitheatre, 1340C A1A South, St. Augustine,
- DATES: Nov. 23 through Jan. 6
November 23 – December 21:
- 5:00pm – 10:00pm Monday – Friday
- 2:00pm – 10:00pm Saturday & Sunday
December 22 – January 6:
- 2:00pm – 10:00pm Daily
Holiday Hours:
- December 24 (Christmas Eve) 2:00pm – 10:00pm
- December 25 (Christmas Day) 5:00pm – 10:00pm
- December 31 (New Year's Eve) 12:00pm – 5:00pm
- January 1 (New Year's Day) 2:00pm – 10:00pm
PRICING: Admission to the Amphitheatre is free, but activities are ticketed:
Ice Skating : $12.00 to skate (includes rental fee) Group Rate: (10 people or more) $10.00 per person
Ice Chute : $3.00 for one slide/ $10.00 for 4 slides
Jr. Holly Jolly Trolley: $3.00 per ride
Blizzard Bounce House : $2.00 per ticket
Inflatable Obstacle Course : $2.00 per ticket
Sleigh Rides : $10 for adults; $5 for children 12 and under
Carnival Shooting Game : $2.00 per game
Face Painting: $1.00 per ticket (1: tattoo, 2: cheek, 5: face)
RC Race Track: $4.00 for 4 minutes
Kid's Package - $8.00 ($11 value)
*Includes: 2 face paint tickets, 1 Obstacle Course ticket, 1 Bounce House ticket, 1 Jr. Trolley ticket, 1 Carnival Game ticket
Skate & Chute Package - $15.00 ($18 value)
*Includes: 1 Ice Skating / Skate rental ticket, and 2 Ice Chute tickets
Experience For Two Package - $35 – ($38 value)
*Includes: 2 Ice Skating / Skate rental tickets, 4 Ice Chute tickets, 2 Carnival Game ticket
November 26th: Hospitality Industry Night
December 4th: WQIK Country Night
December 8th: Fruit Cove Middle School Band
December 15th: Professional Firefighters of St. Augustine 2nd Annual Chili Cook-Off
November 29th: Gaines Transition School Fundraising Night
December 5th: Allen D. Nease Highschool PTSO Fundraising Night
December 6th: Sebastian Middle School PTO Fundraising Night
December 10th: Pacetti Bay Middle PTSO Fundraising Night
December 13th: Crookshank Elementary PTA Fundraising Night
December 18th: RB Hunt PTAO Fundraising Night
December 20th: Otis Mason PTA Fundraising Night


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My screen name originally was my favorite video game characters first name, and then another video game characters last name. I enjoy gaming in my free time.
I stumbled upon Twilight originally when my boyfriend (now fiance) shared a locker in school. It was sitting in there and he had not yet read it. Before then, I had never heard of it. I read it and fell in love.
My favorite character is Jacob, followed by Bella.
For fun I like to hang out with my daughter (who is 2), game, listen to music, spend time outside, do crafts, and enjoy tattoos. I also have been making Twilight music videos on YouTube, and I am a part of a large PC gaming community.
I live in Pennsylvania.
I'm 20 years old.
My daughters name is Rosalie. Contrary to popular belief, she was NOT named after Rosalie from Twilight. You would not imagine how many times I have been asked about it.


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Brian Koenig
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February 14, 2013
Speaking against President Obama's latest proposal for immigration reform, American Legion National Commander James E. Koutz called the ambitious plan a "bad sequel" to President Ronald Reagan's immigration reform measures in 1986. Koutz termed Obama's proposal a shameless form of amnesty that only encourages people to enter the United States illegally, as detailed in an American Legion press release issued January 30.
"Whether it's called 'Pathway to Citizenship' or some other euphemism, it's still amnesty," Koutz affirmed, adding that those who enter the country illegally should not benefit from the special title of "American citizen." "It didn't work when President Reagan signed the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 and it will be even more disastrous if we repeat that mistake again."
According to Koutz, "amnesty is a deal-breaker" for the country, as it rewards illegal activity and discourages those seeking to go through the legal immigration process of becoming an American citizen. "The American Legion is not opposed to immigration. We are a nation that was built by immigrants," Koutz concluded. "But we also believe in adherence to the law. What kind of message does it send to those who worked hard to become legal immigrants if we offer the same status to those who disrespected the process? 'American citizen' is a special title that should not be bestowed upon people who broke the law to get it."
In November 1986, Reagan signed into law the Immigration Reform Control Act, an amnesty initiative granted to individuals who unlawfully entered the country prior to January 1, 1982 and could make evident that they resided in the United States since arriving illegally. One of the key components of the law was its intent to improve enforcement and services by ramping up security measures and administrative activities for the Border Patrol, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, and other federal agencies. The law sought to succeed in these measures by:
• Directing the Attorney General, from funds appropriated to the Department of Justice for INS, to provide for improved immigration and naturalization services and for enhanced community outreach and in-service personnel training;
• Authorizing additional appropriations for wage[s]…;
• Revising the criminal penalties for the unlawful transportation of unauthorized aliens into the United States;
• Authorizing a $35,000,000 immigration emergency fund to be established in the Treasury for necessary enforcement activities and related State and local reimbursements.
However, as Reagan Attorney General Ed Meese alluded to in a May 2006 New York Times opinion piece, the Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986 failed to stem the rampant flow of illegal immigrants into the United States.
In the mid-'80s, Meese explained, many congressional members — led by the Democratic majority in the House and the Select Commission on Immigration and Refugee Policy — pushed for an amnesty program for illegal immigrants who had settled in the United States for specific period of years. Reagan, along with Meese himself, considered the effort reasonable, as it altered the citizenship status of a relatively small population.
In exchange for permitting illegal immigrants to stay, border security and enforcement of immigration policies would be improved — especially through sanctions against employers who had hired illegal immigrants. If jobs were the magnet to illegals, Reagan surmised, then dampening this opportunity would successfully diminish the problem.
Meanwhile, those illegal immigrants who could demonstrate that they lived in America continuously for five years would be provided temporary citizen status, which could then be amended to permanent residency after 18 months; after another five years, they could be eligible for citizenship. While the law seemed reasonable, Meese further noted:
The 1986 act did not solve our illegal immigration problem. From the start, there was widespread document fraud by applicants. Unsurprisingly, the number of people applying for amnesty far exceeded projections. And there proved to be a failure of political will in enforcing new laws against employers.
After a six-month slowdown that followed passage of the legislation, illegal immigration returned to normal levels and continued unabated. Ultimately, some 2.7 million people were granted amnesty, and many who were not stayed anyway, forming the nucleus of today's unauthorized population.
But despite Ronald Reagan's failed amnesty law, President Obama released an immigration reform proposal on January 29 that sanctions a "Pathway to Earned Citizenship." Under the president's plan, illegal immigrants who presently reside in the United States will have to register with the federal government, pass a background check, and pay a number of fees and penalties in order to obtain "provisioning legal status."
But the ideas sifting through Congress fail to address some of the more important problems, such as the array of government benefits currently available to illegals. Critics have pointed out that shutting down government welfare will not only stunt the flow of illegal immigrants, but also lead to self-deportation.
Instead, Obama's proposal largely resembles Reagan's 1986 law, while continuing to ignore the catalyst — that is, what drives illegal immigration in the first place.
This article was posted: Thursday, February 14, 2013 at 1:50 pm