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In Colorado, stalking is defined as harassing someone (i.e., following, contacting, or watching another person) in a way that causes them to feel fearful. A first time offense is considered a Class 5 Felony, and a Class 4 Felony when there is a restraining order or injunction already in place.
However, the term "stalking" is more commonly used to describe specific kinds of behavior directed at a particular person, such as harassing or threatening another products person.
Stalking is a gender neutral crime, with both male and female perpetrators and victims. However, best statistics indicate that 75-80% of all stalking cases involve men stalking women. Most stalkers tend to fall into the young to middle-aged categories. Most stalkers have above-average intelligence. Stalkers come from every walk of life and every socio-economic background. Virtually anyone can be a stalker, just as anyone can be a stalking victim.
Advocates are available to provide confidential crisis intervention and emotional support through the Women and Gender Advocacy Center. Advocates in the office are full time staff members dedicated to working with students who have experienced trauma. We provide information about academic, legal, medical, emotional, and student conduct resources to students dealing with stalking. We also offer support to secondary survivors, such as intimate partners, friends, family, and you.
Call 970-491-6384 during business hours M-F. An advocate is available for walk-ins or scheduled appointments during business hours. All information shared with advocates is confidential unless the person is a danger to themselves, someone is in imminent danger, a child currently under 18 has been abused or if the perpetrator is currently in a position of power over minors (even if the survivor is over the age of 18).
For excellent information on stalking, including stalking behavior logs, safety plan guidelines, and a complete handbook for victims, contact the National Center for Victims of Crime Stalking Resource Center online at www.ncvc.org, call 1-800-FYI-CALL (M-F 8:30 AM – 8:30 PM EST).
- One in 6 women (16.2%) and 1 in 19 men (5.2%) in the United States have experienced stalking victimization at some point during their lifetime in which they felt very fearful or believed that they or someone close to them would be harmed or killed. (National Intimate Partner and Sexual Violence Survey(NIPSV), 2011)
- According to the National Center for Victims of Crime, 1,006,970 women and 370,000 men are stalked annually in the United States.
- Two-thirds (66.2%) of female victims of stalking were stalked by a current or former intimate partner; men were primarily stalked by an intimate partner or an acquaintance, 41.4% and 40.0%, respectively. (NIPSV, 2011)
- Repeatedly receiving unwanted telephone calls, voice, or text messages was the most commonly experienced stalking tactic for both female and male victims of stalking (78.8% for women and 75.9% for men). (NIPSV, 2011)
- Approximately 1 in 3 multiracial non-Hispanic women (30.6%) and 1 in 4 American Indian or Alaska Native women (22.7%) reported being stalked during their lifetimes. One in 5 Black non-Hispanic women (19.6%), 1 in 6 White non-Hispanic women (16.0%), and 1 in 7 Hispanic women (15.2%) experienced stalking in their lifetimes. (NIPSV, 2011)
- There is a strong link between stalking and other forms of violence in intimate relationships: 81% of women were also physically assaulted; 31% of women were also sexually assaulted (Tjaden, 1998).
- Stalking starts young: "[52%] of stalking victims were 18-29 years old when the stalking started"(Tjaden & Thoennes, 1998).
- More than 13% of college women indicated that they had been stalked during one college year (Fisher, 2000).
- Campus stalking incidents lasted an average of 60 days (Fisher, 2000).
- The most common consequence of campus stalking was psychological effects. In over 15% of the incidents, victims reported that the stalker threatened harm. In over 10% of the incidents, they reported forced or attempted sexual contact (Ibid).
- The "highest rates of stalking victimization"(Baum, Catalano, & Rand, 2009) occur in persons ages 18 to 19 and 20 to 24.
- On college campuses, 3 in 10 college women report being injured emotionally or psychologically from being stalked (Fisher, 2000).
- According to a recent study of college students, those who self-identify as gay, lesbian, bisexual, or transgender "were twice as likely to experience cyberstalking or e-mail harassment from a stranger as were students who identified themselves as heterosexual"( Finn, 2004).
- Four in five campus victims knew their attackers (Fisher, 2000), (boyfriend or ex-boyfriend (42.4%), classmate (24.5%), acquaintance (1 0.3%), friend (9.3%), or coworker (5.6%))
- 25% of the stalking incidents among college women involve cyberstalking (Cyberstalking, 1999).
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- 83% of stalking incidents were NOT reported to police or campus law enforcement (Ibid).
- 93.4% of victims confided in someone, most often a friend that they were being stalked (Ibid).
- 26.7% of victims considered their victimization a personal matter, and did not report it to police.
- Additionally, only "7% of victims contacted victim services, a shelter, or a helpline"(Baum, Catalano,& Rand, 2009).
Stalking with technology involves the use of a wide array of technologies to stalk victims. Cyber-stalking, defined as "threatening behavior or unwanted advances directed at another using the internet and other forms of online and computer communications"(Kilmartin & Allison, 2007), and "the repeated use of the internet, e-mail, or related digital electronic communication devices to annoy, alarm, or threaten a specific individual or group of individuals"(Kilmartin & Allison, 2007 (pg. 29)), is the most commonly researched form of stalking with technology. Cyber-stalking also includes the use of spyware to monitor a victim's computer use. Online databases prove problematic for victims because many public records, such as housing location and tax information, can allow a stalker access to a victim's personal information. In many states, the removal of this information is allowed only for the personal records of peace officers and other public officials (Southworth, Finn, Dawson, Fraser, & Tucker, 2007). A 2009 BJS survey also found that of its participants, "[m]ore than 1 in 4 stalking victims reported some form of cyberstalking was used"(Baum, Catalano, & Rand, 2009).
- Small camera technologies enable a stalker to survey a victim's activities and guests, to ascertain a victim's current location, and to enable more sophisticated acts of peeping, among other uses. Footage may also be used to gather information to insult, intimidate, and harass victims.
- Global positioning systems (GPS) are used by stalkers to monitor victim movement by the placement of a device in cars, purses, or other personal belongings. This enables stalkers to surprise victims by showing up without announcement. You may not be aware that these devices are being used. They can be small and well hidden.
- Faxes: Though not used as widely now as they once were. Many official businesses may still require this option. When faxes are sent, they are often imprinted with identifiable or traceable information about where the fax originated. Faxes can provide stalkers information to locate you in safe housing, lawyers' offices, or on a new job.
- Social Media: Stalkers often utilize social media sites to gain knowledge about the daily habits of their victims. They may have access to specific locations if you have the GPS activated on the sites when uploading pictures or giving specific status updates. In dating/former dating relationships it may be likely that you have shared a password with your stalker. If so, change the password or discontinue use of that site.
- Telephones equipped with caller-ID have provided stalkers with information about victim's work or home location. Cordless (land based) phones are easily intercepted by baby monitors, walkietalkies, and other cordless phones, compromising personal discussions and safety planning. Cellular telephones can also be intercepted. Cell phones also allow a stalker to send unwanted text and picture messages to a victim. And often times Smartphones have GPS enabled as a default. This can give your stalker access to your locations. Additionally, printed and online cell phone billing records show one's entire call log, making that information available to a stalker.
- Chat Room: Even if you are not using a chat room, your stalker can use this forum to have others contact you for them, keep track of your movements, etc.
- Instant Messages (IM): Similar to chat rooms but it is one-to-one communication.
- Internet Service Provider (ISP): The host from which one gains the Internet connection and ability. Most colleges and universities provide Internet services for their students. Some students also choose to acquire a private host. If your stalker has access to your computer they can easily check your activity to monitor your daily activities.
- Spam: A message sent many times via email and posted to newsgroups. When receiving it through email, the person's name is usually not in the TO: line. The return address is usually forged or fake. There are websites that stalkers can access to send you unidentifiable emails.
While technologies can offer protection for victims (for example, the ability to call 911 from anywhere with a cellular phone), it is important to note the potential danger of these technologies when employed by a stalker.
Trust your instincts. If something doesn't feel right it probably isn't. Be wary about how much information you reveal and advertise to others. Keeping a low profile, especially in regards to cyber-stalking, is important for maintaining your privacy. If possible, carry a cell phone on you at all times in case you need to call for help.
If you are being stalked, you need to make it very clear to the stalker that you are not interested. A firm "No" is a clear and concise message that you are not interested in their advances. Don't try to be polite by making up other excuses, as this leaves open windows for the stalker to think there is a chance.
Notify family members or close friends if you believe you are being stalked, both to build support and put them on the lookout. When going on a trip, give trusted a friend your itinerary so that they can notify authorities if something goes wrong. Vary your habits (ex: taking different ways to class) so that you are not an easy target for your stalker to follow.
Document Everything. The key to prosecuting a stalker is to document. Everything this individual does must be chronicled from the moment you believe you are being stalked. Also save everything the stalker sends you and record when and where you found it. Tape record phone calls the stalker leaves you and save voicemails, emails, instant messages, text messages and any social media contacts (facebook, twitter, etc). Experts also recommend that victims keep a journal to document all contacts and incidents, along with the time, date and other relevant information. Keep your records in a safe place and make a copy to leave in another location.
You may want to contact victim's rights advocate groups (such as the Women and Gender Advocacy Center) who provide domestic violence or stalking advocacy and/or can get you connected to the appropriate resources. Early intervention is always best when trying to stop stalking.
What motivates a stalker?
Stalkers can be driven by several different reasons, and most have stalked more than one person in their lifetime. Stalkers are obsessed with their victims, and this obsession is expressed in many ways. Some common reasons for this obsession include power, control, and sometimes revenge. Most stalkers don't take responsibility for their actions and blame others for making them do what they do. Relationship violence perpetrators often stalk their victims during the course of the relationship and especially after the victim leaves the relationships.
Types of Stalkers
Love Obsession Stalkers
This category is characterized by stalkers who develop a love obsession or fixation on another person with whom they have no personal relationship. The target may be only a casual acquaintance or even a complete stranger. The stalker begins to make contact with the victim in a variety of ways that may initially seem harmless, but their continued presence generates fear and terror for the victim. "Peeping Toms" should not be taken lightly, and can pose a very real threat to their victims. This category represents about 20-25 percent (20-25%) of all stalking cases. Stalkers in this category include those who develop fixations on regular, ordinary people- including classmates, their instructors, casual acquaintances or people they pass on campus.
The vast majority of love obsessional stalkers suffer from a mental disorder. Regardless of the specific disorder, nearly all display some delusional thought patterns and behaviors. Since most are unable to develop normal personal relationships through more conventional and socially acceptable means, they are have a life of fantasy relationships with persons they hardly know, if at all. They then attempt to act out their fictional plots in the real world.
They believe they can make the object of their affection love them. They desperately want to establish a positive personal relationship with their victim. When the victim refuses to follow the script or doesn't respond as the stalker hopes, they may attempt to force the victim to comply by use of threats and intimidation. When threats and intimidation fail, some stalkers turn to violence.
Simple Obsession Stalkers
This second category represents 70-80 percent (70-80%) of all stalking cases and is distinguished by the fact that some previous personal or romantic relationship existed between the stalker and the victim before the stalking behavior began. Virtually all relationship violence cases involving stalking fall under this rubric, as do casual dating relationships. Simple Obsession stalkers exhibit a variety of characteristics, including desire for extreme control, obsessive behavior, vengeful attitudes, an inability to handle rejection, and an assumption of little or no responsibility for their actions.
The self-esteem of simple obsession stalkers is often closely tied to their relationship with their partner. In many cases, such stalkers bolster their own self-esteem by dominating and intimidating their mates. They often charm their perspective victim at first, but begin to slowly take over and control their lives. Exercising power over another gives them some sense of power in a world where they otherwise feel powerless. Stalkers turn to threats and violence as a means of reestablishing control of the victim.
Once the victim literally becomes the stalker's primary source of self-esteem, their greatest fear becomes the loss of this person. Their own self-worth is so closely tied to the victim that when they are deprived of that person, they may feel that their own life is without worth. It is exactly this dynamic that makes simple obsession stalkers so dangerous. In the most acute cases, such stalkers will literally stop at nothing to regain their "lost possession" –their partner– and in so doing, regain their lost self-esteem. Rejection often triggers this type of stalking. Stalkers are the most dangerous when their victims determine to physically remove themselves from the offender's presence on a permanent basis by leaving the relationship. Indeed, stalking cases which emerge from relationship /dating violence situations constitute the most common and potentially lethal class of stalking cases.
(Adapted from www.ncvc.org , 2008)
- Gifts or Notes: Stalking may start off as little gifts or notes either given to the victim or left where they will find it. The notes may be pleasant, sexually oriented, or simply off-the-wall depending on the stalker. They typically get worse as the gifts are continually rebuked.
- Constant Communication: Stalkers work to harass their victims with a continual stream of information so that they know the assailant is always lurking out there.
- Surveillance: Most stalkers are very good at tracking their victims. They follow, peep, and record. They usually keep logs or diaries, or memorize as much about the victim as possible. Electronic means of stalking have increased significantly in recent years.
- Threats of Violence: Threats of violence may be a way to get the victim to do the stalker's bidding. Also, there are stalkers who make no direct threat but do in fact commit acts of violence against their victims. Even if there are no physical threats of harm, continual harassment and surveillance become a very real emotional and psychological threat to victims of stalking.
- Legal Harassment Tactics: Stalkers may file small claims or other legal actions against their victims. These cases are usually eventually dropped, and are strictly used to harass and manipulate the victim.
- Libel and/or Slander: Stalkers may make slanderous (put downs, harmful words and or implications, etc.) remarks to victims' friends or associates, thereby causing victims damage in both interpersonal relationships and associations in the workplace.
- Harassment of Family Members: Stalkers may resort to harassing family members if they are not able to contact the victim directly. A jealous stalker may make threats to a significant other if they view them as a barrier. Some stalkers may harass victims' pets.
- Fraud: A stalker may run up large bills on the victim's calling and credit cards, or go through the mail to disrupt services.
- Vandalism: This is a common tactic used by stalkers, causing emotional and financial burden on the victim.
- Trophy Collection: Some stalkers will commit burglary both to further their information gathering as well as spur on their fantasies. Several types of stalkers are known to collect items from their victims residences.


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Sunday, November 18, 2007
Sowing the Seeds of Hope
Dr Jane Goodall has arrived in Beijing for a week-long visit to China.
Known for her ground-breaking research on chimpanzees in Tanzania, Goodall now travels the world some 300 days a year, spreading the word about environmental and animal conservation.
And she specifically focuses her message on young people, which led to the establishment of Roots & Shoots, an education program in 1991. There are now more than 800 of them in 98 countries, with over 300 R&S in China.
Some of these groups, ranging from elementary, secondary and university students came from Shanghai, Dalian and Tianjin as well as Beijing to show Goodall their environmental projects.
They ranged from planting trees in Inner Mongolia, to conserving rain water, feeding bears in a zoo with a pinata filled with fruit, and making crafts out of aluminum cans.
The famous scientist was dressed warmly in a large red coat and her silvery hair tied back loosely in a clip. When she arrived at Beijing City International School Goodall received applause from the students and they practically mobbed her, trying to take pictures and getting her to autograph pieces of paper.
She handled the attention quite well, and visited each of the booths and praised the students for their work.
The event then moved to the theatre where she gave a speech encouraging the audience to continue their conservation efforts as they are the next generation.
She said they were like roots and shoots, like the name of her program, growing and taking root and then breaking through tough barriers to grow.
Then she told a story about a chimpanzee who was taken from his mother when she was shot dead. He was nicknamed "Old Man" after enduring 15 years of tests scientists conducted on him.
He was left to retire in a zoo on an island with three other female chimpanzees. A zoo keeper called Mark was to look after them but was warned not to get too close because they didn't like humans.
So he fed them by throwing food at them. He later noticed they got excited and hugged each other when he rowed the boat towards them. So Mark gradually brought his boat closer and closer to them until he could hand a banana to the Old Man.
He then stepped onto the island and nothing happened to him. Later on, he and Old Man made physical contact, grooming each other.
Old Man even had a baby chimpanzee with one of the females.
One day Mark was on the island but he tripped and fell on his face near the baby. The mother was horrified and came to rescue it, but not before biting Mark on the neck, thinking he wanted to harm her child. The other females followed her lead, also biting him on the leg and arm.
When Old Man came, Mark thought the chimpanzee would surely kill him. Instead the animal pushed the three females away so that the zoo keeper could get off the island and row back to safety.
Goodall said that if a chimpanzee, after all the years he was treated badly by humans, could bridge the gap and look after a man, we humans who are even more intelligent, should do the same, if not better.
It was a message that resonated with the audience and hopefully that will spur them on to continue their green efforts.
But the fight for funding, especially non-profit organizations in China is tough. Only foreign companies step up to the plate and make contributions as there's no such thing as tax breaks for charitable donations. Non-profits do get some donations in kind by local companies, but those are few and far between.
The Chinese government is looking at creating a charity law. But this needs to be established soon, otherwise the momentum for non-profits like Goodall's will quickly fade when in fact they're making a huge impression on young people who are eager to make a difference.
Posted by The Fragrant Harbour at 5:07 a.m.
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yes , jane doodall is quite a character. how can anyone live with the chimapanzees for so long let alone to study their habits. but she is the champion. the lady behind her looks a little like Mui Mee. do you thing so?
- November 21, 2007 at 10:22 a.m.
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Developer: Telltale Games, Gearbox Software
Publisher: 2K Games
Release Date: March 17th, 2015
Available On: Mobile, PC, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Xbox 360, Xbox One
The first episode of Tales From the Borderlands, Zer0 Sum, was one of my biggest surprises of 2014. It was a fantastic combination of humor and drama, all rolled into the Borderlands setting. After a long delay we finally got Atlas Mugged, the second chapter to Tales From the Borderlands. Good news: my worries of a quality drop were unfounded.
Atlas Mugged picks up directly where Zer0 Sum leaves off: Rhys, Fiona, Vaughn, and Sasha have just found a mysterious map leading to an Atlas project no one really understands, and Rhys is now seeing images of a ghostly Handsome Jack. If that wasn't bad enough, Hyperion CEO Vasquez is now personally hunting Rhys and Vaughn, while Fiona and Sasha have to deal with Borderland's resident badass assassin Athena. The latter scenario is actually really cool, as up until now Athena has always been an ally of the Borderlands protagonists. As a whole Atlas Mugged's plot is another success for Tales From the Borderlands. It moves the story forward more in interesting ways while still keeping the humor of Borderlands intact. This is one of the few games I have genuinely laughed at in a while.
Atlas Mugged plays about how you'd expect it: you'll explore the environment a little, solve a couple really simple puzzles, participate in a bunch of quick time event action scenes, and make dialogue choices that effect how characters think of your character. To get this out of the way now, since its been one of my most common complaints about Telltale's recent efforts, yes the quick time events work perfectly. They're a little repetitive, there's a lot of quick time events that boil down to "highlight the object and press R2 while characters dive to catch it in slow-mo", but there's nothing offensively broken or problematic. One impressive mid-game chase sequence has Fiona and Sasha fleeing from Athena, ducking and dodging her shield while trying to decide weather to stick together or split up to throw her off. An early game sequence has the four cast members trying to escape from a giant Rakk Hive, dodging moonshots from Hyperion's moon base, and trying to keep each other from falling out of their car. All of this is set to Shawn Lee's Ping Pong Orchestra's awesome song Kiss the Sky. While Atlas Mugged may not be as action-filled as Zer0 Sum, when it does it it does it right and each scene had me on the edge of my seat.
It also makes far better use of Rhys' special ability: the Echo Eye. In Zer0 Sum it was basically useless outside of getting flavor text for certain objects. This time around Rhys uses it several times to get out of bad situations and solve puzzles. Handsome Jack upgrades it to basically be useful, and one segment of the game allows Rhys to use it to follow wires to find hidden control panels to open up a secret door. Another part has him using it to get out of a sticky situation. While the Echo Eye sees more use, Fiona's money is still worthless. You can use it to make the car look a little different, but it doesn't really have any bearings on game play and outside of that one time I can't think of any other point where the money was good for anything. It's a shame seeing the mechanic go to waste so far, but there's still three more episodes where this can hopefully be fixed.
Atlas Mugged manages to continue the fantastic momentum started with Zer0 Sum. While Telltale may also be putting out their Game of Thrones game based on the more popular IP, I'm finding Tales From the Borderlands to be much more entertaining. So far not only is this tale worth telling, but it's also worth listening to.


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I'm in the process of figuring out how to use my new tripod. Took a hundred pictures this morning, and will post as I fiddle with them.
St. Matthew
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Immaculate Conception, Old South End
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- Irene said...
OK, Jeffrey, if you were using the tripod, I must presume that the softness in the upper left of some frames is lens aberrations.
- July 2, 2008 at 3:45:00 PM EST
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i feel like a real bridezilla posting this, but it's super helpful to see what is left to be done in the next nine months! i started with a list from just lovely. she was also the inspiration behind how i organized my wedding binder, pictured above. i used a lot of what she had, deleted what we aren't doing and added a few things. i feel like we have done a LOT, but there are still about 2,928 things to do.
10. buy wedding dress
11. let bridesmaids choose dresses
12. get b fitted for a suit
13. pick out groomsmen attire
14. find veil
16. buy cake knife and server
17. order save the dates
20. order stamps
21. send save the dates.
22. order guest book
25. hire a calligrapher - i am taking a calligraphy class, we shall see how that goes!
26. mother-of-the-bride and mother-of-the-groom dress shopping
27. find wedding shoes
28. choose wedding jewelry
29. find garter
30. something old
31. something new
32. something borrowed
33. something blue
34. make day-of emergency kit
36. book hair stylist
37. choose wedding favors - i don't know if we are going to do favors
38. buy getting ready outfit for bride / bridesmaids
39. complete menu tasting
40. complete cake tasting
41. do hair and makeup trial
42. get measured for dress
43. dress fitting
44. order invitations
45. send invitations
46. buy bridesmaid and groomsmen gifts
47. purchase wedding bands
48. get marriage license
49. book transportation for wedding party
50. buy welcome bag stuff
51. stuff welcome bags
52. complete music request folder for band
53. create playlist for cocktail hour
54. book wedding night hotel room
55. order thank you notes
56. gather tips and thank you notes for vendors
57. submit engagement announcements in paper
59. book ceremony musician
60. complete pre-marital counseling
61. create sign for front of venue
62. design programs
63. print and assemble programs
64. buy glow sticks for exit
66. order rentals
67. create decoration for bride and groom chairs
68. frame parent wedding photos
69. make reserved table signs
70. create "no formal seating" sign
72. buy flip flops for dance floor
73. assist mother-in-law with rehearsal dinner - she is really doing all the work, though!
74. buy rehearsal dinner dress
75. buy bridal shower dress
76. help find bridal shower location
77. buy bachelorette party dress
78. book honeymoon
79. buy hostess gifts for shower
80. create ceremony backdrop - i actually think our wedding coordinator is going to do this!
if you read all the way to the end, you are a true friend. or my mom or future mil. happy weekend!


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There were many MP3 players on the market... until the iPod took it over
Napster-ish programs were ruining the profitability of the music industry... until iTunes found a way to capture that market
Expensive interruption advertising was the only way to promote your company... now Adwords have made this open to anybody.
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LuLu.com (and similar) is changing the way that books are published, Amazon.com changed the way that we purchased books, Alan Weiss is changing the way that we think about consulting and Seth Godin transformed the way that we think about marketing.
All of these companies and individuals did not try to be like everyone else, or ordinary, they set out deliberately to be extra-ordinary. Not unique, very little is unique...but definitely extra-ordinary!
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Kramnik (2772) - GM_Anand (2783) [D10] Wch Bonn Ger (1), 14.10.2008
1.d4 d5 2.c4 c6 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.cxd5 cxd5
Kramnik's choice of the exchange slav is rather safe. It has been suggested that it was a test to get Anand's opening preference as black but how hard is it really to predict a slav from Anand when he has had excellent success with it.
5.Bf4 Nc6 6.e3 Bf5 7.Nf3 e6 8.Qb3
8.Bd3 Playing this is equivalent to offering a draw Bxd3 9.Qxd3 Bd6 10.Bxd6 Qxd6 11.0-0 ½-½ Kramnik,V-Anand,V/Groningen 1993
8...Bb4 9.Bb5 0-0 10.Bxc6 Bxc3+ 11.Qxc3 Rc8 12.Ne5
The following is a rapid game with the advantage swinging from side to side as it often does in rapid but it show's that a draw doesn't have to be the result just because it is an exchange slav. 12...Ne4 13.Qa3 bxc6 14.0-0 f6 15.Nd3 Nd2 16.Rfd1 Nc4 17.Qc3 Bxd3 18.Rxd3 Qe7 19.b3 Nb6 20.Rc1 Qa3 21.Rc2 Nd7 22.Qd2 e5 23.Bg3 Rfe8 24.h3 Qa6 25.Rdc3 Re6 26.Kh2 Rce8 27.a4 Qb6 28.Qd3 Nb8 29.Qf5 Na6 30.dxe5 fxe5 31.e4 d4 32.Rf3 Qb7 33.Bh4 Nb4 34.Rc4 a5 35.Bg5 h6 36.Bd2 Rf6 37.Qh5 Ref8 38.Rxf6 Rxf6 39.Bxb4 axb4 40.Qxe5 Rxf2 41.Rxd4 Kh7 42.Rd8 Qf7 43.Rd3 Rf1 44.Rg3 Rb1 45.Rf3 Qg6 46.a5 Re1 47.Rf4 Re3 48.Rg4 Qf7 49.a6 Rxb3 50.Rf4 Qg6 51.Rg4 Qf7 52.Rf4 Qg6 53.Rf5 Ra3 54.Rf8 Ra2 55.Qg3 Qxg3+ 56.Kxg3 Rxa6 57.Rb8 c5 58.e5 Kg6 59.Kf4 Ra4 60.Ke4 b3+ 61.Kd5 Rb4 62.Rxb4 cxb4 63.e6 Kf6 64.Kd6 b2 65.e7 0-1 Georgiev,K-Kanep,M/Liepaja 2006
13.Nxg4 Bxg4 14.Qb4 Rxc6 15.Qxb7 Qc8 16.Qxc8 Rfxc8 17.0-0
And so we have a typical example of each opponent's style. Kramnik is a pawn ahead and can probably guarantee that he will not lose this position. Anand has activity compensating for the pawn in the doubled rooks on the c-file and with the drawish tendancy of the opposite coloured bishop's, his chance's of losing are about the same as Kramnik's of winning, zero.
At the press conference after the game Anand commented that this was an important move to keep white's Queenside majority in check.
18.f3 Bf5 19.Rfe1 Bg6
The chessvibes site has Anand quoted as saying this was another important move because e4 no longer comes with tempo.
20.b3 f6 21.e4 dxe4 22.fxe4 Rd8 23.Rad1 Rc2 24.e5
Here Kramnik acknowledged that after this move the game will now just fizzle to a draw.
24.d5 e5 25.Rd2 Rdc8 26.d6 R2c6 27.d7 Rd8 28.Bg3 White may dream of pushing his d-pawn up the board like this but black will actually win the pawn by marching his king over to e7.
24...fxe5 25.Bxe5 Rxa2 26.Ra1 Rxa1 27.Rxa1 Rd5 28.Rc1 Rd7
28...Rb5 29.Rc8+ Kf7 30.Rc7+ Ke8 31.Rxg7 Rxb3 32.Ra7 Ra3=]
29.Rc5 Ra7 30.Rc7 Rxc7 31.Bxc7 Bc2 32.Bxa5 Bxb3
Game drawn 1/2-1/2
With this being a short match I am a little surprised Kramnik chose such a safe opening especially if it goes to Rapid games because Vishy will definetly have an edge their in my opinion.
My prediction tomorrow is Anand plays e4 and puts a dagger through Kramnik's Petroff loving heart!


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Born in 1866. His father held a prominent place in the Palace Office. He graduated from the course to the historical-philological faculty of St. Petersburg University. He is married to the famous poet-modernist Z.N. Gippius (XIII, 577). With 15 years placed the poems in various publications. The first collection of his poems appeared in 1888. Much
, beginning its work, translated from Greek and Latin, in the Journal of Europe "(1890) published a number of his translations of the tragedies of Aeschylus, Sophocles and Euripides. Separate out a prose translation of "Daphnis and Chloe", Long (1896). Translations tragedians graceful, . but, . early
advocates and as criticism: the "Northern Messenger end of 1880, . "Russian Review", . "Work" and other publications were printed in his sketches on Pushkin, . Dostoevsky, . Goncharov, . Maikova, . Korolenko, . Pliny, . Calderone, . Cervantes, . Ibsen, . French neoromantikov and pr,
. Some of them included in the collection: "Eternal Companions" (from 1897. 4 ed.). In 1893, Mr.. published his book "On the causes of the decline of modern Russian literature". The largest of the critical works
(originally printed in the body of new literary and artistic currents "World of Art") - a study on "Tolstoy and Dostoevsky" (2 volumes, with 1901. 3 ed.). Among other critics, journalistic works out separately: "Gogol and the Devil" (from 1906. 2 nd Ed.), M.Yu.. Lermontov, the poet supermanism "(1909 and 1911), the book" Two secrets of Russian Poetry. In "Northern Messenger 1895.
debuted at the field of the historical novel "Les Miserables", constituting the first part of the trilogy "Christ and Antichrist". The second part - "Resurrected Gods. Leonardo da Vinci "- appeared in 1902, the third -" The Antichrist. Peter and Alex "- in 1905. In 1913, Mr.. published separately (published in Russian Thought ") 2-volume novel," Alexander I ". In the early 1900-ies
, discard strip Nietzscheanism, becoming one of the leaders of the so-called "God-seeking" and "neohristianstva" and together with H. Gippius, Rozanov, Minsk, Filosofova etc.. founds the "religious and philosophical assembly" and their body - "New Way". In connection with this rebuilt outlook, and has received striking expression in the study of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky,
wrote a number of separate articles on religious issues. Since the mid 1900-ies
wrote many satirical articles publicist in "Speeches" and others. newspapers, and in recent years is a permanent member of the Russian Word. Religious and journalistic articles
collected in the books: "The Coming Ham" (1906), "Still Waters Run Deep" (1908), "not peace but a sword" (1908), "Patient Russia" (1910), "It will be. Diary "(1915). In Paris
, together with W. Gippius DV. Filosofova, published the book "Le Tsar et la Revolution" (1907). Cooperation with them is to write a drama in the life of the revolutionaries: "poppy" (1908). Drama
"Paul I" (1908) brought the prosecution, but the court acquitted the author and the book was released from arrest. The first collection of essays published by the partnership
M.O. Wolf (1911 - 13) at 17 tons, the second - DI. Sytin in 1914. 24 m. (from the bibliography compiled by O.YA. Larin).
novels and a book about Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, translated into many languages and established his loud renown in Western Europe. - Distinctive features of the various activities
- the predominance of head concoction over direct feeling. With an extensive literary education, and diligently followed the European literary movement,
nearly always inspired by the mood of the book -. Least of all
interesting as a poet. Verse of his elegant, but the imagery and animation in it is small, and, in general, his poetry does not warm the reader. He often falls into a stilted and bombast. On the content of his poetry
first of all closely related to Nadson. Not being a "civil" poet in the narrow sense of the word, he is willing to develop such motives, as the supreme value of love for neighbor ( "Sakya Muni"), praised the willingness to suffer for their beliefs ( "Habakkuk"), and t. n. At one of the works of the first period of
- poem "Faith" - dropped his biggest success as a poet, live pictures of the spiritual life of young people early 1880 concluded with a call to work for the benefit of society. Since the late 1880
captures the wave of symbolism and Nietzscheanism. Mysticism or at least romantic in the clear to dry Writers temperament
absolutely not, why, and "characters" to pass into bathos and lifeless allegory. - Broadly conceived "trilogy"
, is meant to portray the struggle of Christ and the Antichrist in world history. Extremely artificial conception, there is little visible in the first novel, vividly acted on the form, when the trilogy was completed. If it was still possible to see the struggle of Christ and the Antichrist in the person of Julian the Apostate, the purely external nature of this comparison is applied to the Renaissance, when the rebirth of ancient art allegedly "resurrected gods" of antiquity. In the third part of the trilogy comparison rests solely on the fact that the dissenters saw Antichrist in Petra. Most design comparison of Christ and the Antichrist is not tenable, with the concept of Christ is connected something infinitely great and eternal, with the concept of the Antichrist - only superstition. The same can be said about other leitmotifs trilogy - borrowed from Nietzsche's thought, . that the psychology of transitional periods contributes to the birth of strong characters, . approaching the type of "super-man": the presentation of the "transitional" era of conflict with the idea of continuity of world history and the gradual historical evolution,
. Especially evident artificiality of this idea applied to Peter, the science of history is firmly established view that Peter's reform was only a spectacular conclusion long before they began the assimilation of European culture. In purely artistic terms above other first novel. It has a lot of bias, the psychology of Julian the Apostate, the largest full of contradictions, but some of the details worked out perfectly sometimes. Taking a trip to Greece, thoroughly acquainted with ancient and new literature on Julian, the author entered into the spirit of Hellenism, and managed to convey not only the external life of antiquity, but its very essence. In "Resurrection gods"
with a special passion is given to the side Nietzscheanism, which replaces the morality of worship of force and puts the art of "beyond good and evil".
throughout the novel emphasizes the complete moral indifference of the great artist, . contributing the same enthusiasm and in the construction of the temple, . and plan a special type of brothels, . a concoction of various useful inventions, . and the device "the ear of the tyrant Dionysius", . by which investigators can listen quietly,
. The second part of the trilogy, as the third - not quite fiction, not less than half take extracts from original documents, diaries and t. n. Even less can be ranked both the novel to the true history. Thanks, however, though tendentious, but a bright idea, backed by colorful quotes, "The Resurrection of the Gods" - one of the most interesting books on the Renaissance, it is recognized even in rich Western European literature. In the third part of the trilogy Peter "the Great" largely fades away, and at the forefront Peter more "Terrible" than "Terrible" Ivan the. Before us are pictures of wild debauchery, drunkenness, ugliest, most flagrant foul in the whole of the Asiatic main role played by the great planter of "Europeanism".
concentrated in one focus all brutal in Petra. New series of historical fact
started drama "Paul I" and a great novel, "Alexander I". Personality of Paul and the tragedy of his death highlighted the author alone, without derogating from the personality of the Emperor. Alexander era developed a rather superficial, and Decembrists movement - even lightly. In an effort to find in the Decembrists "human, all too human", author conceal them, then certainly heroic, which they had. - In critical work of his
upholds the same principles, which are kept in creative activity. In his first articles, . example, . of Korolenko, . still feel the jet Populism early 80-ies, . almost disappear in the book "On the causes of the decline of modern literature", . in later articles, . giving way to not only indifference to the old ideals, . even some despicable to them,
. In the 1890's morality Nietzsche's "super-men" so fascinated
that he was ready to include the desire for moral ideal among the petty-bourgeois conventions and templates. In the book "On the causes of the decline of modern Russian literature" not a few well-aimed features, . but the overall trend is unclear, the author has not hesitated quite definitely put a hidden thesis of his Etudes - healing power, and the utilitarian school of Russian criticism, . but his own article is very biased,
. Thus, absorbed preparatory work for the second novel of a trilogy, he was brilliant, but extremely paradoxical sketch of Pushkin found in the Russian national poet "Florentine" mood. In the period of fascination with religious issues
approached disassembled works primarily with the theological point of view. This special point of view is not prevented, however, the study
of Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky to become one of the most original events of Russian criticism. The artist himself,
subtly examines the essence of the artistic manner of Tolstoy, which it describes as seer of the flesh, as opposed to the clairvoyant spirit - Dostoevsky. Possessing remarkable skill mix your own description skillfully chosen quotes,
made from his research one of the most fascinating of Russian books. As in the study of Tolstoy and Dostoevsky, and in other articles
attempts to justify a new religious world view are as follows.
comes from the old theory of dualism. A man consists of spirit and flesh. Paganism asserted the flesh at the expense of spirit ", and the reason that it collapsed. Christian church has put forward the ascetic ideal of "spirit at the expense of the flesh". In fact, Christ asserts equivalence, ravnosvyatost Spirit and the Flesh "and" The Church is the coming of the Holy Church of the flesh and the Holy Spirit ". Next to the "historic" and has "who came" Christianity should be the turn for "the apocalyptic Christ". In humanity now denote the desire for this "second Christ". Officially, the "historical" Christianity
called "positive", t. e. reassured ostyvshim. It was erected before mankind solid "wall" defined, petrified truths and beliefs, it does not give one's fancy and lively sense. In particular "historical" Christianity, bowing to the ascetic ideal, subjected to persecution peculiar carnal love. For the "apocalyptic" aspirations
question of sex is primarily "our new issue", he says, not only about the "Holy Flesh", but also about the "sacred sensuality". This rather sudden shift from the religious aspirations of lust confused and very
. In response to religious critics charge he is ready to admit that in its relation to "historical Christianity" is "the danger of heresy, which can be called, as opposed to asceticism, heresy astartizma, t. e. mixing and blasphemous desecration of the spirit of flesh ". Incomparably more valuable than the other side of the religious quest
. The second of his "two major issues, two of doubt" - "more effective than the contemplative question of the unconscious of the historical subordination of Christianity to the pagan Imperium Romanum": the relation of church and state. Being in the early 1900-ies in the "religious-philosophical" assembly,
harshly criticized our whole church system, with its police methods plantation piety. This criticism, coming from the circle of people who claimed that they were not atheists and positivists, and seekers of religion, at one time made a strong impression. As a publicist,
too unstable in their likes and dislikes, to have a serious impact. He has spoken and as an apologist of the autocracy, and as a defender of ideas diametrically opposed. It is not always stable
and as a practical leader, in 1912. made a very unfavorable impression of the publication of his strangely affectionate correspondence with A.S. Suvorin. - An extensive literature on
cm. in the bibliography A.G. Fomina in II T. "Literature of the twentieth century." Ed. SA. Vengerov (Moscow, ed., "World"). S. Vengerov.
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Latitude: 50.1515 / 50°9'5"N
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Mapcode National: GBR FX98.X32
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Entry Name: Detached Chimney at Sw647313, Polcrebo Mine
Listing Date: 26 August 1987
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
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English Heritage Legacy ID: 65824
Location: Crowan, Cornwall, TR13
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Church of England Parish: Crowan
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Detached chimney serving former nearby engine house, (engine house now fallen).
Circa early 1860s. Granite rubble with brick cornice.
Round plan with small flue entrance at ground level.
Tapered shaft with moulded cornice at the top.
From its position, the stack served a beam pumping engine with a cylinder about 48 inches in diameter.
Situated in a prominent near hill-top position.
Source: Kenneth Brown, council member of the Trevithick Society.
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latest blood work came back and my ANA tested negative? this has never happened. the other markers are still there, as are the same ol' symptoms, but this one went bye bye.
Is this normal? I know the ratio can go up and down but I didn't know it could suddenly come up as negative.


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Tax classes are now completed. Now I can once again play and rid myself of the stress. I worked late into the morning from last night and again thru a good part of the day to finish, but it was worth it. I had decided today I would finish or else. That will give me 2 whole days to be at peace and do some art.
Here are a couple sketches with my new Lamy pen and Hunter's Green Noodler's Ink. And in my small moleskine which I haven't used for quite some time. Just some trees in front of the healthcare place we went to yesterday.


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I've always worked with the state of California, starting in 1973. The first system I worked with was the California Highway Patrol System. It's a low-band VHF conventional system. It's gone through a couple of replacements of equipment, but essentially it still operates the same way it did back then.
The pluses are that it provides good wide-area coverage, which fits the needs of the highway patrol. The minuses are that the antennas are large, which makes it not particularly conducive for handheld radios. And due to the waning popularity of low band, it's becoming more difficult to find equipment anymore — everybody wants to go to the higher-frequency bands, and that's what the manufacturers are supporting.
We provide all of the engineering, installation and maintenance services for all of the state agencies' radio systems. The individual agencies do not have their own engineers and technicians — we provide a centralized service. So I still provide support for the highway patrol, but quite frankly, I provide support to a hundred other agencies, too.
It's very difficult for a large agency like the highway patrol to move to other spectrum because of its size and the geographic area it has to operate across. The number of channels that we would need in any other band is significant, and it's difficult finding those channels. We're sort of in a Catch-22: We need to move to another band because it's more and more difficult to find equipment, but we can't move to another band because we can't get enough frequencies.
In theory, we could go to the 700 MHz band because there's lots of spectrum available there currently. But the cost of building a system with equivalent amounts of coverage is prohibitively expensive, because at 700 MHz you don't get the same amount of coverage as you get with low band. To cover the same amount of area, it would take at least six to seven times as many radio sites … and [building new radio sites] is not easy.
Quite frankly, the technology has stayed pretty constant for 40 or 50 years. In the 1980s, we saw trunking technologies come along. That introduced a new flavor to it. It was still analog FM and still operated pretty much the same, but now we're using a computer to assign channels, so we improved spectrum efficiency with that.
We're now undergoing what is going to be a paradigm change, as the FCC is pushing us toward narrower bandwidths. We're up against the fact that you can't narrow the bandwidth anymore and still use analog FM — it's just not going to work. We have to change technology, which is the movement to digital techniques.
There are a lot of things that become possible with broadband, but public safety will have a big learning curve about what is useful and what isn't. A lot of people are saying, "It would be wonderful if we could have a video camera in every patrol vehicle and we could shoot continuous video, so the dispatcher sees everything the officer sees." That might be useful, but do we have enough dispatchers to watch all that video?
When we started to implement mobile data terminal (MDT) systems, a number of agencies started to see a significant increase in the number of queries to a database. It didn't happen very much before MDTs. But with MDTs, it became the norm for an officer to run a license check and a DMV check on every traffic stop. Overall, it proved to be useful. The number of hits was relatively low, but there were enough of them to make the time and effort it took to do that a useful thing to do.
As we expand into broadband, I think we need to learn what is useful and what isn't. There is a learning curve that we're going to go through. We're going to do some things that sound like great ideas but are not worth the time and effort. — as told to Donny Jackson
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Investigates the potential impact of leaving the European Union (EU) on the economy in Scotland. Discusses the different types of 'Brexit' which may be negotiated, outlining the government's preferred option of leaving the Single Market but having some form of trade deal with the EU, and the alternative scenario where no deal is reached. Outlines the Scottish Government's preference to remain in the Single Market and discusses the complexities that could arise from this. Describes the five key ways that Brexit could impact on the Scottish economy via: future trading relationships; inward investment; the labour market; EU budget contributions; and the policy and regulatory environment. Outlines current links between different sectors of the Scottish economy and trade with the EU, reporting data on: EU trade by sector; employment supported by export demand by sector; variations in exports between Scotland and the rest of the UK; and imports into Scotland from the EU. Presents data on the number of EU nationals in the workforce by sector. Discusses issues relevant to specific sectors such as universities, farming, oil and gas, and Scotch whisky.
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This first issue of Bicycle Times! If you look closely you can see Yoda hanging from the cabbie's rear view mirror and a tiny Superman in the sky.
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The Battle of Gaza cannot be understood as a thing in itself, but only as part of a broader whole: the war against the terror masters. And Iran is the most lethal, the most dangerous, and the most aggressive terror master in the world today.
Step back from the Gaza battle for just a second, and look at the war itself: it extends from Afghanistan to Pakistan and India, to Somalia, to Gaza/the Palestinian Authority/Israel, to Iraq, Lebanon, Syria and Saudi Arabia, with occasional skirmishes in the vast Kurdish domain (which embraces areas of Turkey, Syria, Iraq and Iran), across Europe, into the United States and Canada and down to South America, including Cuba, Venezuela, Bolivia, with attendant terror/narcotics mafias that in turn operate in West Africa. Iran is present in all these theaters, primarily via its proxies Hezbollah and the Revolutionary Guards (Quds Force).
Like the global totalitarian movements and regimes that threatened Western civilization in the last century, the Iranians come with a messianic ideology that admits no compromise with its enemies. This war will only end with a winner and a loser, not with two contented negotiators. We can win this war–we've delivered a stunning defeat to Iran and her proxies in Iraq, for example–and our most powerful weapons are political, not military. Had we taken the war to Tehran, the terror forces in Gaza would, at a minimum, be a lot weaker today, as they would be in Afghanistan and Lebanon. But we continue to dither, and the new American leaders are fooling themselves when they say that vigorous diplomacy can induce the mullahs to retreat. It won't happen, any more than the Israelis got the terrorists to retreat from all-out war against the Jews when the Oslo Agreement was signed, or when Rabin shook hands with Arafat. It only delayed the days of reckoning, at the cost of many lives, mostly of innocents, on both sides.
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Sunday, April 06, 2008
an OTAP a day
*Otap is an oval-shaped puff pastry in the Philippines, especially common in Cebu where it originated. It is usually created from a combination of flour, shortening, coconut, and sugar. In order to achieve the distinctive texture of the pastry, it much undergo a two-stage baking process.
everybody close to me knows that i love otap so much. i cant say no to it.. and it's sad coz right now im on a heavy diet.. :( so what i planned to do is eat a piece everyday. it guess it wont hurt.. right?
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Ok, so it's not a real baby (did I have you fooled?!), but Brent & I got our new computer from Dell yesterday! Thanks to some Christmas money, we were able to afford this new computer! Our laptop was ancient.. and my desktop from college was even more ancient! We LOVE it! Here's a picture of the computer in our little "office nook" along with our desk and office chair where the TV used to reside. I might add that the desk took us over 3 hours to put together one night.. and yes, we didn't start it until like 11pm! Whoops! It fits so nicely in this little space and we moved the Fenway framed picture above the desk to finish out the space!
Avery & I went to City View park the other day after the rain stopped. I took my chance to snap a few photos of her sitting up with the beautiful sky in the background.
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today and basically this whole week is a complete nightmare full of obligations i have made that i am now realizing will take way more energy and effort than i first estimated. it is quite likely that no one will be hearing from me for quite some time. enjoy this brief respite!
Monday, September 15, 2008
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Barca & Real rivals get tough over TV rights
MADRID - Real Madrid and Barcelona could be forced out of La Liga if they refuse to negotiate a fairer distribution of money from television rights, Sevilla president Jose Maria del Nido has said.
Spain's top two divisions started a series of meetings this month to discuss the possibility of creating a separate first division similar to the English Premier League, but Del Nido said a number of clubs were at odds with Real and Barca.
"The clubs have to impose on the big two the conditions in play and if they don't accept them, no problem, we will have a league of 18 teams and they will have a magnificent one of two," Del Nido was quoted as saying on the club website.
"This is a cake in which everyone participates and our decision will be radical.
"It is our responsibility to make sure it (the league) doesn't become a fight between only two teams."
Barca pipped Real to the La Liga title last month, both breaking the previous points record for a season with third-placed Valencia a distant 25 points behind Real.
One of the main bones of contention between the top two and the rest is the distribution of television money.
In Spain, clubs negotiate deals with TV companies individually, unlike the Premier League, the German Bundesliga and France's Ligue 1, where collective deals are struck and revenue shared out.
Real and Barca, two of the world's richest clubs, rake in half the available cash with deals worth about 150 million euros a season.
They have repeatedly said they are unwilling to accept a system of collective bargaining, arguing that it would hurt their competitiveness in European competition.


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The bridge between a smartphone and a laptop, the iPad has a 9.7- inch touchscreen. It's reportedly half an inch thick and weighs 1.5 pounds. iPad is powered by A4, Apple's next-generation system-on-a-chip. Designed by Apple, the new A4 chip provides exceptional processor and graphics performance along with long battery life of up to 10 hours. Apple's advanced chemistry and Adaptive Charging technology deliver up to 1,000 charge cycles without a significant decrease in battery capacity over a typical five year lifespan. It also has built-in iPhoto, iTunes, a calendar and address book.
The iPad will come in three sizes - 16, 32, and 64GB - and features a speaker Bluetooth and WiFi.
Update: A new iPhone SDK has been announced which will allow developers to tweak their apps for the iPad.
Update:The iPad has no flash support for the browser but has a magazine, newspaper and Ebook reader.
Update: Apple also introduced a new version of iWork for iPad, the first desktop-class productivity suite designed specifically for Multi-Touch. With Pages, Keynote and Numbers you can create beautifully formatted documents, stunning presentations with animations and transitions, and spreadsheets with charts, functions and formulas. The three apps will be available separately through the App Store for $9.99 each.
Update: Greenpeace rejoice. Each iPad enclosure is made of highly recyclable aluminum and comes standard with energy-efficient LED-backlit displays that are mercury-free and made with arsenic-free glass. iPad contains no brominated flame retardants and is completely PVC-free.
Update: The iPad will cost $499 for 16GB, $599 for 32GB and $699 for 64GB.
Update: Apple's iPad can be used as a canvas with artists optimizing the multi-touch display to the fullest.
Update: For convenient typing the iPad will come with an optional keyboard dock and camera connection kit.
Update: iPad features 12 next-generation Multi-Touch applications. Every app works in both portrait and landscape, automatically animating between views as the user rotates iPad in any direction.
Update: iPad runs almost all of the over 140,000 apps on the App Store, including apps already purchased for iPhone or iPod touch.
Update: iPad syncs with iTunes just like the iPhone and iPod touch, using the standard Apple 30-pin to USB cable.


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Yard Cleaning (November 17, 2006)
I do not teach on Fridays and as I was coming back home around 9:00 in the morning after getting coffee (horrible stuff but I go to integrate in the community) at a small stand near the market, I saw a group of students in the distance holding many different varieties of bladed objects. They had congregated in front of the entrance to the elementary school, which had closed gates. The principal of the school was standing off to a distance and I immediately wondered if there had been some sort of student revolt or protest at the school. Not wanting to cause trouble, I veered left towards my house just as a student in one of my classes comes up behind me on a bike.
He says, "We're here."
Confused, I ask him who the we refers to and why are they here. The we was all of the kids with scythes and other blades and the why was to clear away the jungle surrounding my house. I don't call it my yard because I am not sure if I have been given yard space, but the area surrounding the house enjoyed a healthy grow during the rainy season and the following weeks. The grass in front of the house had reached heights well above my head.
Students continued to pour in. Some were on bikes, other on foot. Some had bladed objects, some hoes and many were empty handed. Seydouba, a boy in one of my 8th grade classes, arrived and quickly organized the others. He divided them into groups for each side of the house and the kids began. Some would work for 5 minutes and then give the tool to another who would work for a bit before passing the tool on. At one point, I counted 80 people running around. Most were lounging in groups talking and seemed to be enjoying hanging out but all seemed to rotate in the activity. I was amazed. In a little over an hour, the jungle was gone.
Friday morning is also my scheduled drum lesson. When the guy teaching me showed up, I told him to dedicate today's lesson to playing for all of the students working. He grabbed my two drums and started. The kids loved it. Some stopped working and danced and everyone had a smile. I brought out my camera and the kids went nuts to have me take their photo.
Towards the end, I gave a student money to get water for everyone. Hoses that magically transport water are not an option here and the concept of a water bottle has not caught on. Everyday, I see people (usually girls) at the pump filling 50 or so plastic bags with water. This water is then sold as drinking water. So, the student left with a large bucket to fill with plastic bags of water. When he returned, chaos broke out. I did not anticipate the lack or order in distributing the water. People jumped at the person carrying the bucket to grab one as fast as possible. Remember that many of them are equipped with some sort of bladed tool. For a moment, I though that someone would get cut but few bags of water were the only casualties.
Music, photos, lots of laughing people and a stripping of my yard was the definite surprise for me this Friday. My neighbor was perhaps the happiest as she can now spot all of the snakes that were hidden in the tall grass.
Later that evening, I watched small groups of little kids come through to collect the spoils. There is no trash collection system here and people just toss things on the ground. The area around my house had probably not been cleaned since the end of the rainy season last year so there was a year's worth of stuff to be found. The kids looked like they were on a great treasure hunt as they left with pieces of wood, empty cans and many other objects.


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Dear Abby: I thought you might enjoy a story that restores my faith in today's youth. When you read about all the children in gangs who rob, kill and destroy property as well as their lives, I'm happy you won't read about my children.
I have five. They are 11 to 14--four girls (one set of twins) and a boy. I have kept them involved in all kinds of activities--choir, band, sports, chores at home. They attend church with my father every Sunday. I have always hoped this could keep them out of trouble and on the right path. Their grades are good and they have aspirations of attending universities. That will be tough for a single parent like me to afford, but we'll manage. We always do.


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Slate blue, tiered OTS TOP for $55 from Nordstrom. Similar TOP (comes in black or red) also $55. Similar TOP available in 6 colors. Khaki cropped JEANS by Mother--on sale for $146. Similar in regular DENIM. Nude MULES. Cloudy blue Faye Suede Chloe PURSE.
HAPPY FRI-YAY, SISTERS!! It's the best day of the week, but I am heartbroken because I had to say good-bye to my BFF, Laura, last night! She headed back home to Paris, but we are hopeful it won't be too long before she's a NYC resident. I cannot imagine not having her here. We had the absolute best time. I loved showing her all of my favorite places and exploring new ones along the way-including the iconic CONEY ISLAND, but first, let's talk outfit deets!
So this is another one of those looks that you can easily take with you when you do you closet season trade-out. It's a perfect and appropriate look for *both* summer and fall! And especially perfect for the fickle NYC weather!
This top is ONLY $55 and comes in two colors. I love this blue/green because it matches my Chloe purse so perfectly! These cropped, khaki jeans have been a staple piece for me. They go so well with every top I own-no joke! They are also on SUPER sale! Hurry and grab a pair before your size is gone! I tossed on some nude mules to complete the look. I got this pair of Prada mules on sale, and unfortunately they are gone, but I linked some similar and more affordable pairs that will give the same look!
Ok, so I just wanted to give a quick recap on my time having Laura stay with me. I feel like we never stopped moving. Actually, most days we walked over 7 miles! The weather was perfect, and we saw so many great things. Including my first ever trip to Coney Island. We took the F train directly there with my friends Margaret and Paige. Paige just moved to the city and is also from my hometown, and it has been so much fun having another hometown gal around! I've really been so lucky in the friends I have here!
Coney Island was definitely an experience, and I highly recommend to someone who hasn't been! We ate hotdogs from Nathan's, and we even got the special "Grub Tubs." It's a plastic tub with a hot dog and fries placed on top of a large drink (Margaret is holding one in the picture above). It was exactly the type of meal one would expect from Coney Island. We just sat on the beach and enjoyed the warm weather. Hopefully I got a little bit of color on my white legs!
Yesterday, Laura and I explored Brooklyn. She wanted to see the Brooklyn Bridge before she left, and it was definitely a great last stop on her trip. It couldn't have been a more beautiful day. I am absolutely in love with Downtown Brooklyn, DUMBO and Brooklyn Heights. Every time I'm over there I think I would LOVE to live there. It's just so much more peaceful than Manhattan, and the homes are to die for!
I'm going to have a busy next couple of days before I'm jetting off to my next adventure. I am currently catching up on some laundry and cleaning up my apartment. Chase is so sweet and has offered to take care of George Harrison while I'm home so I don't have to board him<3 I know George will be happy because Chase is definitely his favorite.
OH and today is my dad's birthday, SO HAPPY BDAY, DAD!! I LOVE YOU!


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Community Action Council awarded $150,000 to help homeless
The Washington County Community Action Council (CAC) was awarded almost four times the amount of stimulus funding it requested for a Homelessness Prevention and Rapid Re-Housing Program, CAC Executive Director David G. Jordan said Tuesday.
CAC applied for about $40,000, but was awarded $150,000 due to the availability of extra funds, Jordan said.
The funds will be used to provide a short-term monthly rental subsidy for people who meet income eligibility requirements and demonstrate a housing crisis, such as homelessness or eviction, officials said.
The Washington County Commissioners gave their approval Tuesday for the CAC to accept the funds.
Commissioners vote to spend $96,000 on easement and forest-planting project in Hancock
The Washington County Commissioners voted Tuesday to spend $96,000 from the county's forest conservation fund on an easement and forest-planting project on a property in Hancock.
The project involves creating a permanent easement on about 12.2 acres of existing forest and planting 17.7 acres of new forest on the property of Larry and Vicky Rollins at 4912 Creek Road, said Elmer Weibley, district manager for the Washington County Soil Conservation District.