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Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker: You know, well, the one issue with that–since we believed about that…
"He's just hard-lined—will not talk, will not communicate, will not return phone calls."
-Wisconsin state Sen. Tim Carpenter (D) on Gov. Walker (source)
Carpenter's quotation made me wonder: that would undergo to Gov. Walker? Well, what exactly do we understand about Walker and his planned union-busting, no-bid funding"repair" bill? The obvious candidate was David Koch.
I first called at 11:30 am CST, and eventually got through to a young, male receptionist who, upon hearing the magic name Koch, immediately transferred me to Executive Assistant Governor Dorothy Moore.
"We've met before, Dorothy," I nudged. "I really need to talk to Scott—Governor Walker." She said that, yes, she thought she had met Koch, and that the name was "familiar." But she insisted that Walker was detained in a meeting and couldn't get away. She asked about the nature of my call. I balked, "I just needed to speak with the Governor. He knows what this is about," I said. She told me to call back at noon, and she'd have a better idea of when he would be free.
I called at noon and was quickly transferred to Moore, who then transferred me to Walker's Chief of Staff Keith Gilkes. He was "expecting my call."
"David!" he said with an audible smile.
I politely said hello, not knowing how friendly Gilkes and Koch may be. He was eager to help. "I was really hoping to talk directly to Scott," I said. He said that could be arranged and that I should just leave my number. I explained to Gilkes, "My goddamn maid, Maria, put my phone in the washer. I'd have her deported, but she works for next to nothing." Gilkes found this amusing. "I'm calling from the VOID—with the VOID, or whatever it's called. You know, the Snype!"
"Gotcha," Gilkes said. "Let me check the schedule here…OK, there's an opening at 2 o'clock Central Standard Time. Just call this same number and we'll put you through."
Could it really be that easy? Yes. What follows is a rushed, abridged transcript of my—I mean, David Koch's conversation with Gov. Walker. Listen to the whole call here:
Walker: Hi; this is Scott Walker.
Koch: Scott! David Koch. How are you?
Walker: Hey, David! I'm good. And yourself?
Koch: I'm very well. I'm a little disheartened by the situation there, but, uh, what's the latest?
Walker: Well, we're actually hanging pretty tough. I mean—you know, amazingly there's a much smaller group of protesters—almost all of whom are in from other states today. The State Assembly is taking the bill up—getting it all the way to the last point it can be at where it's unamendable. But they're waiting to pass it until the Senate's—the Senate Democrats, excuse me, the assembly Democrats have about a hundred amendments they're going through. The state Senate still has the 14 members missing but what they're doing today is bringing up all sorts of other non-fiscal items, many of which are things members in the Democratic side care about. And each day we're going to ratchet it up a little bit…. The Senate majority leader had a great plan he told about this morning—he told the Senate Democrats about and he's going to announce it later today, and that is: The Senate organization committee is going to meet and pass a rule that says if you don't show up for two consecutive days on a session day—in the state Senate, the Senate chief clerk—it's a little procedural thing here, but—can actually have your payroll stopped from being automatically deducted—
Koch: Beautiful.
Walker: —into your checking account and instead—you still get a check, but the check has to be personally picked up and he's instructing them—which we just loved—to lock them in their desk on the floor of the state Senate.
Koch: Now you're not talking to any of these Democrat bastards, are you?
Walker: Ah, I—there's one guy that's actually voted with me on a bunch of things I called on Saturday for about 45 minutes, mainly to tell him that while I appreciate his friendship and he's worked with us on other things, to tell him I wasn't going to budge.
Koch: Goddamn right!
Walker: …his name is Tim Cullen—
Koch: All right, I'll have to give that man a call.
Walker: Well, actually, in his case I wouldn't call him and I'll tell you why: he's pretty reasonable but he's not one of us…
Koch: Now who can we get to budge on this collective bargaining?
Walker: …I think the paycheck will have an impact…secondly, one of the things we're looking at next…we're still waiting on an opinion to see if the unions have been paying to put these guys up out of state. We think there's at minimum an ethics violation if not an outright felony.
Koch: Well, they're probably putting hobos in suits.
Walker: Yeah.
Koch: That's what we do. Sometimes.
Walker: I mean paying for the senators to be put up. I know they're paying for these guy—I mean, people can pay for protesters to come in and that's not an ethics code, but, I mean, literally if the unions are paying the 14 senators—their food, their lodging, anything like that…[*** Important regarding his later acceptance of a Koch offer to "show him a good time." ***]
Walker: …I've got layoff notices ready…
Koch: Beautiful; beautiful. Gotta crush that union.
Walker: [bragging about how he doesn't budge]…I would be willing to sit down and talk to him, the assembly Democrat leader, plus the other two Republican leaders—talk, not negotiate and listen to what they have to say if they will in turn—but I'll only do it if all 14 of them will come back and sit down in the state assembly…legally, we believe, once they've gone into session, they don't physically have to be there. If they're actually in session for that day, and they take a recess, the 19 Senate Republicans could then go into action and they'd have quorum…so we're double checking that. If you heard I was going to talk to them that's the only reason why. We'd only do it if they came back to the capital with all 14 of them…
Koch: Bring a baseball bat. That's what I'd do.
Walker: I have one in my office; you'd be happy with that. I have a slugger with my name on it.
Koch: Beautiful.
Walker: [union-bashing…]
Koch: Beautiful.
Walker: So this is ground zero, there's no doubt about it. [Talks about a "great" NYT piece of "objective journalism." Talks about how most private blue-collar workers have turned against public, unionized workers.]…So I went through and called a handful, a dozen or so lawmakers I worry about each day and said, "Everyone, we should get that story printed out and send it to anyone giving you grief."
Koch: Goddamn right! We, uh, we sent, uh, Andrew Breitbart down there.
Koch: Yeah.
Walker: Good stuff.
Koch: He's our man, you know.
Walker: [blah about his press conferences, attacking Obama, and all the great press he's getting.] Brian [Sadoval], the new Governor of Nevada, called me the last night he said—he was out in the Lincoln Day Circuit in the last two weekends and he was kidding me, he said, "Scott, don't come to Nevada because I'd be afraid you beat me running for governor." That's all they want to talk about is what are you doing to help the governor of Wisconsin. I talk to Kasich every day—John's gotta stand firm in Ohio. I think we could do the same thing with Vic Scott in Florida. I think, uh, Snyder—if he got a little more support—probably could do that in Michigan. You start going down the list there's a lot of us new governors that got elected to do something big.
Koch: You're the first domino.
Walker: Yep. This is our moment.
Koch: Now what else could we do for you down there?
Walker: Well the biggest thing would be—and your guy on the ground [Americans For Prosperity president Tim Phillips] is probably seeing this [stuff about all the people protesting, and some of them flip him off].
[Abrupt end of first recording, and start of second.]
Walker: [Bullshit about doing the right thing and getting flipped off by "union bulls," and the decreasing number of protesters. Or some such.]
Koch: We'll back you any way we can. What we were thinking about the crowd was, uh, was planting some troublemakers.
Walker: You know, well, the only problem with that —because we thought about that. The problem—the, my only gut reaction to that is right now the lawmakers I've talked to have just completely had it with them, the public is not really fond of this…[explains that planting troublemakers may not work.] My only fear would be if there's a ruckus caused is that maybe the governor has to settle to solve all these problems…[something about '60s liberals.]…Let 'em protest all they want…Sooner or later the media stops finding it interesting.
Koch: Well, not the liberal bastards on MSNBC.
Walker: Oh yeah, but who watches that? I went on "Morning Joe" this morning. I like it because I just like being combative with those guys, but, uh. You know they're off the deep end.
Koch: Joe—Joe's a good guy. He's one of us.
Walker: Yeah, he's all right. He was fair to me…[bashes NY Senator Chuck Schumer, who was also on the program.]
Koch: Beautiful; beautiful. You gotta love that Mika Brzezinski; she's a real piece of ass.
Walker: Oh yeah. [story about when he hung out with human pig Jim Sensenbrenner at some D.C. function and he was sitting next to Brzezinski and her father, and their guest was David Axelrod. He introduced himself.]
Koch: That son of a bitch!
Walker: Yeah no kidding huh?…
Koch: Well, good; good. Good catching up with ya'.
Walker: This is a charging time [blah, blah, blah, Super Bowl reference followed by an odd story of pulling out an Image of Ronald Reagan and explaining to his staff the plan to crush the Federal the same way Reagan fired the air traffic controllers]…
That was the first crack in the Berlin Wall because the Communists then knew Reagan wasn't a pushover. [Blah, blah, blah. He's exactly like Reagan. Won't shut up about how amazing he is.]
Koch: [Laughs] Well, I tell you what, Scott: once you crush these bastards I'll fly you out to Cali and show you a good time.
Walker: All right, that would be outstanding. [*** Ethical violation much? ***] Thanks for all the support…it's all about getting our freedoms back…
Koch: Absolutely. And, you know, we have a little bit of a vested interest as well. [Laughs]
Walker: [Blah] Thanks a million!
Koch: Bye-bye!
Walker: Bye.
So there you have it, kids. Government isn't for the people. It's for the people with money. You want to be heard? Too fucking bad. You want to collectively bargain? You can't afford a seat at the table. You may have built that table. But it's not yours. It belongs to the Kochs and the oligarch class. It's guarded by Republicans like Walker, and his Democratic counterparts across that ever-narrowing aisle that is corporate rule, so that the ever-widening gap between the haves and the have-nots can swallow all the power in the world. These are known knowns, and now we just know them a little more.
But money isn't always power. The protesters in Cairo and Madison have taught us this—reminded us of this. They can't buy a muzzle big enough to silence us all. Share the news. Do not retreat; ReTweet.
The revolution keeps spinning. Try not to get too dizzy.


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Tech Reminds Campus Community To Conserve Energy
SOCORRO, N.M. August 19, 2009 – New Mexico Tech administrators are asking all employees to think about conserving energy – both for economic and environmental reasons.
"We have many reasons to be conscious of our energy consumption," university president Dr. Daniel H. Lopez said. "The budgetary impact of utility costs is significant, but the environmental impact is equally as important."
This past year New Mexico Tech paid more than $3.5 million in utility bills. For 2009, the university expects to see an increase of at least 5 percent rate increase, which would lead to a cost increase of $175,000 if no conservation measures are enacted.
In recent campus forums, students have increasingly asked administrators to enact policies and adopt systems that conserve energy.
Campus buildings are not currently metered separately. However, the hot water loop project that will commence in October 2009 will include installation of meters for each building.
Lopez said metering will allow the university to develop measurable goals for consumption, to identify areas of waste and to devise systems of accountability. The university is also considering energy-saving devices, such as low-usage lighting and motion-activated lights.
In the meantime, everyone on campus is being asked to take small steps to curb energy consumption.
Yvonne Manzano Brown, director of Facilities Management, offered a few reminders that can help reduce electricity usage:
- Turn off your computers every evening
- Turn off your office light every evening
- Turn off restroom lights when not in use
- Turn off air conditioning units if not already on a thermostat.
- Unplug your phone charger when not in use; chargers continue to draw energy when plugged in.
These simple steps can have a meaningful impact on the university's energy consumption.
By Thomas Guengerich


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2000-01: Christensen enjoyed her finest season as a Gaucho, earning All-Big West First Team honors?Her 13.7 points per game and .549 field goal percentage led all Gauchos, and ranked third in the conference?Turned her play up a notch in league games, averaging 15.6 points?Also tops on the team in rebounds at 7.6 per game, fourth best in the BWC?Tied for the Big West lead with nine double-doubles?Twice named conference Player of the Week, on Feb. 5 and Mar. 5 to close out the regular season?Eclipsed her previous career high with 22 points at Nebraska on Nov. 19, and surpassed that total with a 23-point effort at Idaho on Feb. 25?Also established new career high rebound total of 16 in a win over Kent State?Some of Christensen?s top performances came against Big West rival Long Beach State?Enjoyed 21 point, 13 rebound performance in the Pyramid (Feb. 4), and helped UCSB notch its fifth straight league title with 19 points and 10 boards against the 49ers in the Big West Tournament Championship game (Mar. 10)?Poured in 20 points in the Thunderdome on March 3 in another victory over the Beach, shooting at a .889 clip (8-of-9)?Had 24 double-digit scoring performances, including 13 in the season?s final 15 games?Defensively, she ranked third in the BWC in blocks (1.06 per game) and 10th in the conference with 1.45 steals per contest...1999-2000: Kayte Christensen played in 18 games, starting 17 of them before breaking her wrist on January 25 against Vanderbilt forcing her to miss the remainder of the season...Was averaging 10.5 points and 6.3 rebounds per game before the injury...She scored in double-figures eight times including a career-high 21 points against BYU in Lawrence, Kansas...Made 10-of-17 shots from the against the Cougars...Shot a team-best 56.5% from the field...Was second on the team in blocked shots with 27, despite playing only 18 games...Averaged 1.5 blocks per game, tops among Gauchos...Also had 25 steals or 1.4 per game...Fouled out three times on the season...1998-99: Christensen finished her first season at UCSB averaging 8.0 points and 5.6 rebounds per game in 16.9 minutes of play...Named to the Big West?s All-Freshman team...Christensen scored in double figures nine times during the season, including a career-high 18 points twice, both against Fullerton...She collected three double-doubles in her inaugural campaign, including the semifinal game at the Big West Tournament when she went for 13 points and 11 rebounds against Idaho (she also had 18 and 11 at Fullerton and 14 and 10 at Nevada)...She hit her lone three-point attempt of the season...Finished 12th in the Big West with 0.6 blocks per game (15 total)...Led UCSB in field goal percentage, shooting 55.1% (87-of-158) from the floor on the season...Shot 63.8% (51-of-80) from the floor in conference games...Was third on the Gauchos in rebounding...Played 20 minutes or more in five of UCSB?s last ten games...Led UCSB in rebounding four times during the season...Fouled out three times on the year, including once in 13 minutes at the Big West Tournament.
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Played for Mike Martin at Modoc High School in Alturas, CA...Averaged 17.4 points per game and 9.8 rebounds per game as a senior...Was named the California Division V Player of the Year in 1998...Also named the Shasta Cascade League MVP her sophomore, junior and senior seasons...Scored 17.4 points per game and grabbed 11.1 rebounds per game as a junior...Her 470 points scored as a junior and 1,557 points in her career are both school records...Blocked 80 shots as a junior and 59 as a senior...Led Modoc High to three consecutive Shasta Cascade League Championships...Won the Division V State Championship her senior year...Was named the Double Pump Classic (California All-Star Game) MVP in 1998...Also competed in Volleyball and Track as a prepster.
Kayte Lauren Christensen was born November 16, 1980 in Lakeview, Oregon...A double major in classics and civilization...Would like to one day be a college classics professor...Favorite athletes are Eric Fonoimoana and Lee Legrand...Favorite movies include The Patriot and Ever After...Favorite novel is The Wedding by Nora Roberts...Enjoys playing beach volleyball, hiking and camping...Favorite TV shows and Golden Girls and Friends...Daughter of Randy and Cathy Christensen.


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YORK, Pa. - The York College Spartans (10-8) hosted two home matches on the first day of February. The Spartans battled to a 58-0 win over Thaddeus Stevens (0-2) and then a 48-3 win over Penn State Mont Alto (8-4).
In the first match of the day the Spartans rode five forfeits to a quick victory(125, 141,157,165, and 285). At 133 pounds, Ryan Flynn (Newtown Square Pa. / Marple Newtown) started his big day with a flying pin in just 45 seconds. John Allenson (Glenside, Pa. / Germantown Academy) wrestled the only full match of the day at 149. Allenson proved to absolutely dominating with multiple takedowns and back points to give him a 13-0 major decision. Mitchell Ramsey (Mechanicsburg, Pa. / Mechanicsburg) was able to nab the fastest pin of the day with a 44 second fall. Nick Zak (Jackson, N.J. / Jackson Liberty) continued his recent success with an impressive pin that occurred in just 2:20 to cap the 184 bout. Zach Coleman (Belcamp, Md. / Harford Technical) finished the match for the Spartans at 197, with a 45 second pin to keep the Spartan score clean. The Spartans finished the match with four pins.
In the second match of the day, the Spartans faced Penn State Mont Alto. The Spartans fell to a early 3-0 deficit after the 125 match, but never looked back. Flynn started the York scoring with his second pin of the day in 4:50. Joey Giaccio (Cranford, N.J. / Cranford) followed Flynn with a 10-3 victory that was filled with takedowns. In the tightest match of the day, Drew Spector (West Deptford, N.J. / West Deptford) grabbed an escape and held on for the 1-0 victory at 149 pounds. Adam Kritzer (Herndon, Pa. / Line Mountain) followed Spector with 7-1 win that helped push York further. At 165, TJ Demetrio (Pottstown, Pa. / Pottsgrove) wrestled a great bout to earn the 19-4 win. To end the match, Mike Spencer (Pompton Plains, N.J. / Pequannock Township) saved the best for last. With the bout tied up halfway through the third period, Spencer unleashed a fury to bowl over Burke of Penn State. Spencer nabbed the sudden pin in 6:45, to end the day in thrilling fashion.
The Spartans faced seven forfeits on the day, and capitalized with six pins to go 2-0 on the day. York returns to action at the Messiah Open on February 8th.


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Very sad...BaroqueAgain1 wrote:TVG just passed along the sad news that Jeter has died. II think they said he had signs of colic and reared over. Missed the rest of the sentence, but perhaps he injured himself fatally?
Hard-knocking gelding with a lot of back class.
Jeter, the horse, dead at age 9
http://live.drf.com/nuggets/40243-jeter ... d-at-age-9Jeter, the popular 9-year-old gelding named after the popular former Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter, died earlier this week, trainer Ed Barker said Thursday.
Jeter was entered to run Thursday at Aqueduct.
According to Barker, Jeter showed signs of colic on Tuesday morning. A veterinarian who was on the other side of the barn, tried to treat Jeter. According to Barker, the horse reared and fell.
"I personally think he had a heart attack," said Barker, who said a necropsy would be performed.
Jeter started 69 times, winning 8 races with 13 seconds and 14 thirds. He earned $426,049.
"He's going to be missed, I'll tell you that," Barker said. "He was an old war horse."


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Four years ago, as the Jets imploded from 8-3 to 9-7, owner Woody Johnson declared that both G.M. Mike Tannenbaum and coach Eric Mangini would return.
The day after the season ended, Mangini was fired.
Now that the Jets are careening toward another season of unfulfilled expectations, Tannenbaum and coach Rex Ryan could be inclined to run for cover and blame the other guy for the current state of the team, in anticipation of another potential one-stays-and-one-goes decision at the end of the year.
An opinion item from New York Daily News beat writer Manish Mehta argues that Rex isn't the problem — a lack of talent is. While Mehta never specifically calls out G.M. Mike Tannenbaum as the reason for the lack of talent, the implication is unmistakable: The current state of the team is Tannenbaum's fault, not Ryan's.
Mehta points to a "glaring lack of depth that has come back to bite the Jets in the wake of key injuries," and "an eye-opening 53 personnel moves since the start of the season, seemingly tinkering with the bottom half of the roster on a daily basis."
The item also points out that key injuries have made it harder for the Jets to succeed, which can be regarded as another excuse for a head coach who fairly can be characterized as being on the hot seat.
Though this week's offering from Mehta won't create the same shock waves as last week's "Tebow is terrible" report, it should. It speaks to subtle-but-palpabale attempt by Tannenbaum and Ryan to blame the other guy for the current state of the franchise — and it represents an effort (whether solicited or not) to make the case that, if someone needs to be fired when the dust settles, it shouldn't be Ryan.


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California Landscapes of Milford ZornesName: California Landscapes of Milford ZornesDate: December 9, 2018Time: 12:00 AM - 11:59 PM PSTWebsite: http://danaadobe.orgEvent Description:
Sun and Wind, by the Sea: California Landscapes of Milford Zornes
Milford Zornes (1908-2008) captured California's independent spirit in the bold shapes and vibrant hues of his paintings. Recognized as a leader in the California Scene Painters movement as well as the California Style watercolor movement, Zornes was both a prolific artist and an inspirational teacher.
Born in Oklahoma, Zornes came of age on California's Central Coast. He attended Santa Maria Junior College before moving to the Bay Area to continue his studies. He worked with the WPA during the Great Depression and served in the US Army during World War II. Scenes of Nipomo, where his parents owned a home, are frequent in his early work. Zornes's 1936 watercolor Old Barn in Nipomo is held by the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
On November 17, an exhibition of California landscape paintings will open at the Dana Adobe Cultural Center, representing nearly 70 years of Zornes's unique vision. The display is made possible by the generosity of Maria and Hal Baker, Milford's daughter and son-in-law, and curated by Shirley Horacek and Mike Grabeck, with help from the DANA exhibit committee.


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NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators avoided the longest home losing streak in franchise history with a 6-1 rout of the NHL- worst Buffalo Sabres.
NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators avoided the longest home losing streak in franchise history with a 6-1 rout of the NHL- worst Buffalo Sabres.
The Predators had gone 0-5-1 at Bridgestone Arena to match the team-record slide, but rode a four-goal first period to a third win in their last four games overall.
Shea Weber scored twice using his patented cannon shot, while rookies Calle Jarnkrok and Colton Sissons each potted their first NHL goal. Carter Hutton picked up the win with 32 saves.
"We've always been a team in the past that takes pride in winning at home and we haven't done that lately. We need to change that," Weber said.
Buffalo went 1-4-0 on its road trip and has lost 10 of 11 overall.
Sissons beat Sabres goalie Matt Hackett on a rebound to open the scoring at 6:26. Colin Wilson and Jarnkrok scored nine seconds apart before Weber added a goal during a 5-on-3 power play with 43 seconds remaining in the frame.
"Guys came out, and they didn't come out to play that first period," Buffalo head coach Ted Nolan said.
Nathan Lieuwen replaced Hackett, who faced 15 shots, at the start of the second period.
Rasmus Ristolainen scored on a blast from the top of the right circle to put the Sabres on the board at 2:06 of the second.
Weber added his second tally a little over four minutes later.
Eric Nystrom supplied Nashville's sixth goal with 40 seconds left in the third period.
Game Notes: Jarnkrok joined Marek Zidlicky as the only Nashville players to record a point in each of their first four NHL games … The Sabres had won their last three trips to Nashville since losing on Nov. 29, 2003.


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What happens if I drop below full time status (12 credits)?
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TUSCALOOSA, Ala. -- Levi Randolph scored 16 points and Retin Obasohan had a career-high 14 to lead Alabama to a 66-54 victory over Stanford on Saturday in the second round of the National Invitation Tournament.
The Crimson Tide (23-12) will play Maryland on Tuesday night in the quarterfinals, hoping for its second trip to Madison Square Garden in three years.
The Cardinal (19-15), last year's NIT champion, twice closed to within four points in the second half but went 4:40 without a field goal late. They managed a season-low in points and were held below 60 in both NIT games, including a 58-57 win over Stephen F. Austin.
Tide coach Anthony Grant called it "as complete a game as we've had."
"From start to finish, our defense was outstanding," Grant said. "We were really concerned with their ability from the 3-point line. We knew we had to be locked in defensively.
"We made it difficult for them. It allowed us to get out in transition, get a little bit of a lead and then in the second half it continued."
Nick Jacobs and Trevor Releford each scored 10 points for the Tide, which has held 23 of 35 opponents to fewer than 60 points.
Randolph has 29 points in the two NIT games after coming in averaging 7.5.
Chasson Randle led Stanford with 11 points while Robbie Lemons had 10. Leading scorer Dwight Powell was 1-of-6 shooting for two points. He played only 24 minutes because of foul trouble and had eight rebounds.
"If he caught the ball in the low post, they doubled him," Stanford coach Johnny Dawkins said. "That takes the ball out of his hands there. When he did receive the ball in the perimeter they did a good job of shrinking the floor and making it difficult for him to make an individual play."
Aaron Bright's long 3-pointer with 5:33 left made it 54-50, but it took Stanford more than three minutes to score again.
The Tide scored the next seven points. Jacobs got free for an open shot in the paint with Powell unable to risk a fifth foul. Bright traveled and Obasohan made a mid-range jumper before Randolph hit a free throw.
Alabama made 8 of 10 foul shots down the stretch to keep the game out of reach.
Obasohan had nine points in the second half after missing all four field goal attempts in the first.
"Our focus is not really on the offensive game so I didn't even know I was 0 for 4," he said. "I just come out and play defense and whatever happens, happens."
He was perfect on eight free throw attempts and Alabama made 22 of 26.
"They came out energized and physical," Stanford's Josh Huestle said. "They made us speed up and play at their pace, which we can't do, and that brought us out of their game."


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"You have to flush this right away and get it going," Guillen said. "We really did a lot of things wrong. We left a lot of people on base. We made a lot of mistakes on the field. We didn't get a big hit. You can name it, and we'd be here for a half hour. We have to bounce back and play better."
The Sox (28-23) had their five-game winning streak against the Indians snapped. But three disturbing developments against Mark Buehrle resurfaced.
Buehrle (2-6) was haunted by a big rally as the Indians tagged him for five runs in the first inning. He has allowed 13 earned runs on 15 hits in two starts at Progressive Field this season, and 12 of those runs have been scored in two innings.
"It isn't like this mound is bad or I'm not getting calls," said Buehrle, who had allowed two earned runs in his past two starts, including a seven-inning gem against Cleveland last Thursday at U.S. Cellular Field. "I'm just not pitching well. Nothing off the top of my head that has gotten me in this little funk."
Buehrle was one out away from escaping with one run allowed in the first, but two walks and a hit set up Franklin Gutierrez's grand slam.
Gutierrez, whose three-run homer highlighted a seven-run second inning Opening Day against the Sox, is 5-for-12 with two homers and eight RBIs against Buehrle.
After allowing two earned runs in his past 132/3 innings, Buehrle's ERA swelled to 5.26.
"The first inning was bad, but other innings, I was bad, too," Buehrle said. "I'm not going to survive in the big leagues falling behind. I ain't got the stuff to pitch behind in the count all the time.
"Again, you get two outs and one run across, and then walk two guys. I hate more than anything walking guys. You see what happens. I need to cut down my walks, big-time."
Buehrle had 101 pitches after five innings but Guillen let him start the sixth because the bullpen was taxed after Monday's 12-inning victory. Back-to-back doubles knocked out Buehrle to start a three-run sixth in which Paul Konerko dropped a throw at first base and then bounced a throw home that allowed another run to score after Ehren Wassermann picked off Jamey Carroll.
Alexei Ramirez also lost track of outs and ran into a double play to end the top of the sixth, and the Sox were 2-for-12 with runners in scoring position.
Even Carlos Quentin, the Sox's best clutch hitter with a .381 batting average with runners in scoring position and a .438 mark with two outs and runners in scoring position, was 0-for-3 with runners in scoring position before being pulled after six innings.
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- Atmospheric 3D environments; tight visual aesthetic combining bright designs with a post-apocalyptic feel.
- Familiar twin-stick gameplay; pick up and play for most iOS veterans.
- In-line quest system; no NPCs to deal with, almost entirely optional but also very worth your while.
- Co-op play for multiplayer fun.
- Challenge plateaus early on, though some grinding maybe necessary for item upgrades; leads to periods of dull gameplay.
- No real twists on the basic twin-stick gameplay; polished, but still simple.
It's hard to shake the feeling that there's a trap waiting around the corner to justify the free pricetag of Bullet Time HD (such as an impossible enemy/challenge), but it never comes, making this a worthwhile pick up for action gaming fans.
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Now that I've made my overly simplistic generalization for the day I can only point a finger in disgust at Bullet Time HD for one major reason: It has contributed to ruining gamer's expectations of what they should get in a free game by raising the bar considerably - it's fun, visually exciting and it merely teases your wallet instead of trying to grab it every opportunity it gets.
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LAST CALL FOR PARTICIPATION PLI 99 Principles, Logics, and Implementations of high-level programming languages Paris, France, September 27 - October 1, 1999 http://pauillac.inria.fr/pli/ ---------------- Important date August 22 Deadline for early registrations. ---------------- The colloquium on Principles, Logics, and Implementations of high-level programming languages is a collection of conferences and workshops aimed at the advancement of high-level programming languages. The first edition of PLI will be held in September 1999 in Paris and will bring together two popular conferences ICFP and PPDP (previously known as PLILP/ALP) focused on functional and declarative programming languages, and a collection of related satellite events. PLI 99 comprises the following conferences and workshops: ICFP International Conference on Functional Programming PPDP Principles and Practice of Declarative Programming Two-day workshops: HOOTS Higher-Order Operational Techniques in Semantics IDL Implementation of Declarative Languages One-day workshops: COCL Component-based Software Development in Computational Logic DPS Declarative Programming with Sets FDPE Functional and Declarative Programming in Education HASKELL workshop LFM Logical Frameworks and Meta-languages OOSDS Object-oriented Specification Techniques for Distributed Systems and Behaviours WAAAPL Workshop on Algorithmic Aspects of Advanced Programming Languages ---------------- A detailed presentation of the conference including a preliminary program, registration and accomodation information and forms are all avalaible at the PLI home page given above. The rest of this message is only a summary of this page. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------- | Sep 27 | Sep 28 | Sep 29 | Sep 30 | Oct 1 | | Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday | |==========================================================================| | | | | I C F P | P P D P | | | | |==========================================================================| | I D L | FDPE | H O O T S | |----------------------------+---------------+-----------------------------| | COCL | LFM | | WAAAPL | HASKELL | |--------------+-------------+---------------------------------------------| | OOSDS | DPS | | |----------------------------+---------------------------------------------| | | Banquet | | -------------------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION The registration fees and the registration procedure are described on the WEB. To benefit from the early bird rate, your registration and payment must be received by August 20. If you are applying for a TMR grant, your TMR application form must be received by July 1. For registrations that cannot be made using the WEB form, please contact the conference secretariat. TRAVEL GRANTS Students and ACM members who will present a paper at either ICFP 99 or PPDP 99 may apply for travel fellowships from the PAC fund (see http://www.acm.org/sigplan/PAC) VENUE PLI 99 will be held in Paris, at the Maison de la Chimie. MAISON DE LA CHIMIE 28, rue Saint Dominique 75007 PARIS tél: 33 (1) 40 62 27 00 fax: 33 (1) 45 55 98 62 ACCOMMODATION The ATI agency offers a large panel of hotels with different categories of comfort and prices. Rooms have been pre-booked in several hotels that are usually at a couple of metro stations from the Maison de la Chimie. Walking from your hotel to Maison de la Chimie will be possible only if you have time or good legs, since unfortunately, there are not very many convenient lodging right next to the Maison de la Chimie. To book a room through the ATI, please print and fill the booking form available on the WEB and send it directly to ATI. You will be charged a 50 FF fee per file. --------------------------------------------------------------- September is usually very busy in Paris, so you should arrange for your accommodation as soon as possible. --------------------------------------------------------------- CONFERENCE SECRETARIAT For any information, please contact the conference secretariat INRIA Rocquencourt Bureau des Colloques BP 105 78153 Le Chesnay Cedex - France Phone: +33 1 3963 5675 Fax: +33 1 3963 5638 Email: firstname.lastname@example.com URL: http://pauillac.inria.fr/pli/ SPONSORS PLI 99 is organized by INRIA in collaboration with the ACM SIGPLAN and with the sponsorship of the CNRS (France), Compaq (USA), Compulog (EU), European Association for Programming Languages and Systems (EU), France-Telecom (France), MENRT (France), Microsoft-Research (UK), Trusted Logic (France), and the EU program "Training and Mobility of Research" (EU).


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The Drop: A Kaarvai Moment With Michael Mayer
The best gateway into electronic music might be the human voice. There's something about our vocal cords in a dance song that, well, speaks to us. We don't even need to know what the words mean — heck, we don't even need words — to trigger an emotional connection and turn music designed for the brain or the feet into something with which our hearts can get down.
Listen: Michael Mayer, 'Roses'
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One of my favorite production techniques when it comes to incorporating voices into dance music is what I'll call the kaarvai technique, wherein a singer's voice is basically frozen in real time and held longer than (almost) humanly possible. Kaarvai refers to the practice of holding notes (swaras) in Indian classical music, especially ragas, which can go on for hours. My favorite example of this trick came a few years ago, in a track by the British duo Dusk + Blackdown called "Kuri Pataka," in which an ecstatic Indian voice hits a high note and stays there for 47 seconds, while tribal percussion and alien elephants swarm around it.
Another nice kaarvai moment popped up this week: Michael Mayer's "Roses." Mayer is, from a historical perspective, one of the MVPs of electronic music: He co-founded Germany's Kompakt Records, which played a major role in the ascent of minimal techno. Mayer is about to release the second LP of his 15-year career — the awkwardly titled Mantasy, due out Oct. 22 on Kompakt — and "Roses" is my favorite song on the record. Like "Kuri Pataka," it features a beautiful human voice/drone in the form of a woman who delicately sings, "Roses, they were all so red." But she never gets a chance to enunciate the "d," because Mayer pauses her mid-word and uses the gorgeous tone as the backbone for the rest of this wonderfully off-kilter track.


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A slew of new screenshots from Madden NFL 15 have been released on EA's Facebook page today.
Along with the previously shown Colin Kapernick image, 26 new stills from EA's upcoming annual football appeared today, presenting gorgeous in-game shots from several division rivalry matchups. Highlighted players include Seahawks running back Marshawn Lynch, Panthers linebacker Luke Kuechly, Patriots running back Stevan Ridley, Vikings running back Adrian Peterson and Broncos linebacker Von Miller. Two rookies, Minnesota's C.J. Mosley and Cleveland's Johnny Manziel, are included, making their first video game appearances.
Due to the move to new-gen consoles, last year's Madden NFL 25 represented a huge leap forward in visuals for the series. Based on these screenshots, this year's iteration will improve the graphics even further. Players' faces and equipment look amazingly detailed, and even Marshawn Lynch's hair, shown jutting from the back of his helmet while he leaps over two 49ers, looks right; a rare achievement for any game. While these are just still images, players in motion look natural, suggesting smooth, lifelike animations. EA has been known to pump up early images from Madden games in the past, presenting screens that look better than the actual final product, but early footage of the game has looked equally fantastic, suggesting that Madden 15 is shaping up to be a visually stunning football sim.
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we had an overwhelming number of successes today. the room was packed! Mike and his suped-up machine that hops like a low rider. Wayne and Lauren going with the perpendicularly-opposed drive, James had great success triggering the critter with his mag light, and so many others it escapes my electron addled mind. the photos of course are linked to the nbsp flickr group
many people asked, when is the next one? I am eager to try a project called the symet which is a symmetrical junkbot that is autonomous. autonomous, in that, it uses a solar cell so it searches for it's own "food". and "junkbot" meaning that we can salvage (ie free) many components from our garages, the thrift store, Aunt Mabel's attic, etc. start looking for discarded microcassette and cassette players, old pcb's, and anything else you want crack the case on. (on another project, I recently built FM transmitter using on materials scavenged from old pcb's!)
and lastly, I want to game these critters and the future bots. Obviously there is the race. what else could we do? I wanna see the nitro-fuel funny robot races between Lauren's and Wayne's 'wheeled' versions. send me your suggestions. I think we should have some games in the next couple of weeks. And I challenge Mike and anyone else to see who can make their bot jump higher, just like the low-riders here in O-town. Any volunteers want to judge?


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LONDON — When Tara Whitten makes a decision, she understands better than most the brain activity behind it.
As a PhD student in neuroscience at the University of Alberta, Whitten knows her way around the hippocampus — and we're not talking about the location of the university cafeteria and book store. The hippocampus is a part of the brain that is of particular interest to Whitten, who has completed three of five years of postgrad studies investigating how neurons react and different parts of the brain communicate via rhythmic electrical activity.
So, does this brain training give the 32-year-old Whitten a thinking person's advantage in her quest for an Olympic gold medal in track cycling at the London Games?
"Sometimes I think it hinders me," Whitten says, smiling. "Sometimes in the mass start races overanalyzing is not the best approach. It's better to react on instinct and I'm always out there trying to process things. I'm a bit slow."
So slow, she is merely a two-time world champion on the track, 2010 and 2011 in the omnium event. Whitten, from southwest Edmonton, near Greenfield elementary school, joins Canadian teammates Gillian Carleton and Jasmin Glaesser in the women's team pursuit event Friday and Saturday and is racing the six-event omnium Monday and Tuesday at the Olympic velodrome.
This year, Whitten was fourth at the world championship omnium and third in the team pursuit, as competitors like America's Sarah Hammer — there's a headline friendly name — Laura Trott of Great Britain, and Annette Edmondson of Australia have closed the gap.
A five-foot-five powerhouse, Whitten says she is working on her weaker omnium events, while trying to maintain her strong suits — the individual pursuit and elimination races. An excellent time trialist, Whitten finds the points and scratch races, where riders jostle for position, more difficult.
Even for someone who's "always been fascinated with how the brain works," it's a challenge to train for six events at once, but Whitten loves how every day brings something new.
"Overall, it's an endurance event," says Whitten, shy in public and quick to blush. "And so the main focus of training is to be aerobically fit. And then the speed component is there also. For me, I find, when I'm fit, then the speed is there."
She was a late bloomer in the sport, to say the least. Whitten was 25 when she first set foot on a track after several years of competitive skiing. A silver medallist in the under-23 cross-country world championships, Whitten was a teammate of Canadian ski luminaries Beckie Scott and Sara Renner, and was focused on the 2006 Turin Olympics, but failed to qualify. It was in the 2006-07 season that she came to realize her heart wasn't in skiing any more, much as track cyclist Zach Bell had his epiphany to move away from wrestling.
Whitten was on her way to a training session on ski trails near Edmonton when suddenly she couldn't find the will to get out of the car.
"I didn't have the motivation to do it," she said.
She turned to the bike, and the Edmonton velodrome, on which she had trained previously to help her ski conditioning. Within two years, Whitten was a force on the track, winning a pair of golds at the 2008 national championships on her way to podium results internationally.
The Canadian women's pursuit team here has only been together for competition for a matter of months, but their "overnight" results reflect months of training, mostly in Los Angeles. The trio temporarily set a world record in the team pursuit at the World Cup/Olympic test event here in February, only to have the mark eclipsed before the event was over.
Carleton, 22, of Scarborough, and the 20-year-old Glaesser of Vancouver take their cues from the veteran Whitten. That Carleton is tough enough has been established. She broke her pelvis in three places during a crash in Kazakhstan in November 2011 and still finished fourth in the race.
"There were only eight laps to go and I had a lot of adrenalin," she says.
Whitten, Carleton and Glaesser took the silver medal in that test event here five months ago, and the Olympic goal is nothing less.
"I'm looking for us to do a race that shows our potential," Carleton says. "Everything is kind of leading toward a big result. So I hope we see that when it comes to race day."
The Canadians love the London velodrome, built to run fast, including some of the warmest temperatures this side of the Olympic pool. More science: warm air is less dense, accelerating motion.
"Anything other than a medal is going to be a disappointment," adds Glaesser. "We've prepared for a long time and we're super motivated to go faster."
Whitten feels confident that her young teammates are up for the task this weekend.
"It's been incredible actually to see the improvement of the other two girls," Whitten says. "They were so new to the team pursuit and over the last couple of months they've really come into their own. I think we're starting to see that as we ride as a team. I'm pretty excited about what I think we can do here."
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Is it possible for Houdini to *not* expand environment variables when writing to IFD? More generally, what options are there for dealing with relative paths when moving from one's local machine over to a render node? For a given project, I tend to create a directory tree with one or more .hip files in the root folder. Resources are then referenced as $HIP/shaders, $HIP/maps, etc. In the ROP, I'll then prepend my output filenames with $HIP/render/diff, $HIP/render/spec, etc. This works great on the local machine. However, writing to .ifd, the $HIP (or any other environment variable) gets expanded. My hack is to run a post-render script that does a search/replace of the hardened strings, converting them back to envvars. Of course this only works with ascii IFD. I'd be very interested in hearing how others deal with path issues ... Cheers, Darran. P.S. I've got a nagging suspicion that I asked a similar question on the list last year. Can't find a reference to it in the archives though. -- Darran Edmundson [darran at edmstudio.com] http://www.edmstudio.com
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Thursday, May 17, 2007
Suntory Whisky (yellow label Kakubin) - "sweet and mild"
A very acceptable blended whisky. This is the standard Suntory blend. It comes in the company's distinctive turtle shell patterned glass bottle. The photo above is of the 180ml bottle. The bigger bottle, as the name implies in Japanese, is much squarer.
The whisky itself isn`t exactly bursting with character but is quite drinkable, in fact quite moreish. I tasted it neat. It was mild and sweet with a hint of that friendly oiliness you get in some Irish whiskeys.
It has none of the subtlety of the premium Suntory blend, Hibiki 17. It is also lacking the distinctive character that some of the single malts I have given the two star rating to were offering. They were wearing their hearts on their sleeves and sometimes lost out because of their honesty. This one is a calculating fellow, not giving too much out and not particularly memorable, but not making enemies either.
(By the way, Kakubin whisky appears to have some symbolic resonance for some Japanese people. As it says on the bottle, it traces its roots back 1937 and thus bridges the yawning divide between an imperial and militarist Japan and the post-defeat, post-imperial boom years. The second episode of the "Bartender" anime used Kakubin and this symbolism.)
Yellow label Kakubin qualifies for entry in the Mizuwari Death Match . In fact, its price defines the upper limit for Death Match entrants. So it goes through to the inaugural challenge fight against its much cheaper Suntory stablemate "Torys". May the best Mizuwari win!
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If someone knows where to acquire a bottle of Kakubin in Australia, gimme a holler. :P
- September 14, 2010 at 9:11 PM
- Jack Christner said...
AshDLS posted his/her comment on my birthday of last year. I'm also looking for this whiskey, but I live in the united states.
I'd be willing to buy it online and have it shipped to me, but even that seems to be unavailable! :(
- July 1, 2011 at 12:10 AM
There are services that will let you buy in Japan and ship abroad, but they cost. look at services like www2.fromjapan.co.jp/en/, www.dankedanke.com/en/ and www.en.kaigai-tenso.com/
I am afraid I have no experience with these services, because I live in Japan.
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10. With books, it's socially acceptable to read both men and women.
9. A book never has to ask "Was it good for you?" --- and then lie and say it was.
8. You don't have to shower after reading a book, except maybe Ann Coulter.
7. The pope says you can have books before marriage.
6. You don't have to get a book drunk first.
5. Books last longer than three minutes.
4. If you don't like what you see between the covers, you can toss it aside and find another book right away.
3. With books, length isn't important.
2. A book can make you sick, but not the kind of sick that requires a trip to the clinic.
1. You can have a new book every night, and they don't get jealous.
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This is my family: Vanished without a trace…
Justin and Libby Denbe have the kind of life that looks good in the pages of a glossy magazine. A beautiful fifteen-year old daughter, Ashlyn. A gorgeous brownstone on a tree-lined street in Boston's elite Back Bay neighborhood. A great marriage, admired by friends and family. A perfect life.
This is what I know: Pain has a flavor…
When investigator Tessa Leoni arrives at the crime scene in the Denbes' home, she finds scuff marks on the floor and Taser confetti in the foyer. The family appears to have been abducted, with only a pile of their most personal possessions remaining behind. No witnesses, no ransom demands, no motive. Just an entire family, vanished without a trace.
This is what I fear: The worst is yet to come…
Tessa knows better than anyone that even the most perfect façades can hide the darkest secrets. Now she must race against the clock to uncover the Denbes' innermost dealings, a complex tangle of friendships and betrayal, big business and small sacrifices. Who would want to kidnap such a perfect little family? And how far would such a person be willing to go?
This is the truth: Love, safety, family…it is all touch and go.
This is the first book by Lisa Gardner that I have read and will certainly not be the last! I could not put it down (and that doesn't happen often for me!). I enjoy reading true crime books and this reminded me of that genre except (obviously) not real. Lisa grabbed my attention from the very beginning and left me asking questions and wanting to know more… How does an entire family of 3 get kidnapped? Why are they kidnapped? How come the kidnapper(s) don't kill them? Although I think some disagree, I was left not knowing or really even suspecting who was the mastermind behind things until almost the near end.
The book was written from the prospective of two different characters which make the story more interesting but yet still easy to follow. An added plus for me was the fact that the book took place in the Boston area and other parts of New England. Having grown up in New Hampshire and law school in Boston, I found myself picturing each and every place Lisa described.
I can't wait to read more of her books! Join the conversation over at BlogHer this month!
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INDIA CSR to publish "Edited Book on CSR", to be Launched in CSR Conference on 9 May 2012 in Mumbai
MUMBAI: INDIA CSR ( www.indiacsr.in ), India's largest Corporate Sustainability and Responsibility (CSR) Network is the division of leading consulting company CSR India Corporate Social Service Pvt Ltd (CSR INDIA). CSR INDIA is the company working towards the Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability in India and is successfully running the web-portal www.indiacsr.in , which has more than 70,000 visitors every month. Being a targeted website, it is really a big achievement for us to provide an online platform for all the CSR Practitioners. We are inviting you regarding the First book project under the working title "CSR & Competitiveness ! " – Essential of the Corporate India and its sustainability", which shall be published by a leading publisher and also have ISBN No.
Based on your research and working experience, you are invited to submit a proposal for the book chapter on the topics given below. You are however neither limited to the topic and you entertain the freedom to append some new concepts too.
1. CSR and Corporate Governance
2. Role of Corporate in climate and environment security
3. CSR and Sustainable Development
4. Making poverty alleviation a Business Issue
5. Leadership in CSR
6. Best practices in CSR initiatives
7. Stakeholders and Corporate Reputation
8. CSR: Measurement and Reporting
9. Sustainability reporting
10. CSR and Shareholders Value
11. CSR and Community Development
12. CSR and work Life balance of employees
Objective of the Book
This book will overview and represent current developments in Corporate Social Responsibility and Sustainability, CSR concepts, initiatives, infrastructures and needs, methods, especially focusing on the needs of SMEs.
In this book through contributions and chapters we explore the concept of competitiveness in relation to CSR. Research articles and chapters from the practitioners, consultants and academicians would enlighten us as to how competitive advantage can be generated through creating stakeholder engagement through the CSR initiatives. Case studies shall be published elaborating the contribution of CSR to short term profits as well as to long term competitiveness. Thus, the contributions in this book should represent a triangle between the Corporate, Academics and Research; used to implement the CSR Activities in the Indian and Global context.
Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before March 22, 2012, a 2-3 page chapter proposal with Abstract clearly explaining the mission and concerns of his or her proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by March 25, 2012, about the status of their proposals and sent chapter guidelines. Full chapters are expected to be submitted by April 10, 2012. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis. Contributors may also be requested to serve as reviewers for this project.
All the content shall be reviewed by the senior practitioners and researchers before approval.
The book shall be published both in hard copy and online. The book shall be launched in a Mega Conference being organised in Mumbai on May 9, 2012. The authors need not to pay anything for the publication and shall be sent One Copy of the book as complimentary only. Those who wish to attend the Book Launching and attend the Conference too, need to register themselves as per the registration guidelines ( http://www.conference.indiacsr.in/registration.php ) . If you don't wish to attend the conference/ book launching, we shall be sending your copy through courier free of cost.
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INDIACSR's Mega CSR Conference scheduled on May 9, 2012 in Mumbai at Ramada Plaza Palm Grove, Juhu Beach is a forum which brings together global issues of corporate citizenship, ecological sustainability, dimensions of human resource management and community renewal.
CSR and Competitiveness relate through a learning and innovation cycle where values, policies and practices of a corporate body are re-defined. Embedding of CSR in the business process leads to innovation and ultimately results in competitiveness.
In this conference through presentations and panel discussions we would explore the concept of competitiveness in relation to CSR. Industry experts would enlighten us as to how competitive advantage can be generated through creating stakeholder engagement. Case studies shall be produced elaborating the contribution of CSR to short term profits as well as to long term competitiveness.
This conference aims to address some of the main barriers for managing and developing CSR and aligning it with current business process and sustainability objectives. Enlightened speeches and discussions would guide us towards the path of reinventing the organization into a learning and innovative organization.
The forum will discuss long term benefits of CSR and changes required to achieve true sustainability through responsible competitiveness. This conference becomes relevant to anyone interested in corporate social responsibility. It is important for your organization to showcase your work, derive intellectual capital and use the opportunity to network with the industry specialists.
Integrating CSR in the strategic management process helps in developing a simple and consistent long term goal improves the understanding of the complexity of a competitive environment and aids in development of capacities and resoCSR has acquired a central theme on the agenda of organizations today but has not been able to acquire a center stage in the realms of corporate strategy. There has been a definite lack of understanding of the concept of CSR and Competitiveness.
The CSR Conference is designed for high-level decision makers in business, government and nonprofit organizations. The Conference is aimed at those who wish to update themselves with recent developments, understand how other organizations are applying the innovative ideas in CSR and Sustainability.
We invite speakers who are the industry's best and who would enlighten the audience with their vast knowledge and experience. Listening to these speakers would not only be a sheer delight but would facilitate knowledge sharing and a learning experience.
Our Mega CSR Conference seeks likeminded partners who share with us the dream of making our country a better place to live in. Our partners are passionate about CSR and are seeking innovative ways towards sustainability.
The conference would provide a forum to initiate a dialogue and enlighten the participants on creating a competitive edge for their business organizations with the help of responsible management practices of your company.
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Clifton Park, N.Y. - The Skyline Conference released the second Cross Country report for the 2010 season this afternoon, including Player of the Week, Rookie of the Week, Honor Roll and Conference statistics.
Junior Sean Tiernan (Staten Island, N.Y./Tottenville) was named the Skyline Conference Runner of the Week for men's cross country. Tiernan ran an 8K personal best time of 26:57 at the Hofstra Invitational. Tiernan, who placed 10th on the field of 42 runners at the Bethpage course, was the top Division III runner to cross the finish line. The Rams placed fourth as a team with four runners breaking the 30-minute mark.
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16 Beautiful Bookworms Who Have Renewed Our Interest In Reading
Summer is the season for reading. Just yesterday, we read the back cover of a book. It was a monumental moment.
If these ladies asked us to read over their shoulders, our summer reading output would more than double. We'd read the back cover AND the introduction. We're just that dedicated to higher learning.


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Volunteer a few hours and enjoy an entire weekend of blues and jazz for free.
Volunteer a few hours and enjoy an entire weekend of blues and jazz for free.
Laurie Jadwin, chairwoman of the Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival, said 400 volunteers usually work at the event that's celebrating its 15th anniversary June 14-16 in Gahanna.
"With the failure of the (income) tax levy, we'll really need volunteers," she said. "I don't know where we'll be with city staff. We'll have to see what the city does with budget cuts.
"With the 15th anniversary, we'll have great crowds. We'll need all the help we can get."
Presented by the Gahanna Convention & Visitors Bureau, the weekendlong celebration features music from local, regional and national acts, along with food, family activities and entertainment, amusement rides and an artisan market.
Jadwin said volunteers are asked to work a minimum of a three-hour shift, but she welcomes any time that could be offered.
"Volunteers will receive free admission to the festival, a festival T-shirt, snacks and water," she said. "You also get to be part of a great 15th-anniversary celebration. Volunteers are the foundation for the success that this is. Without volunteers, this is nothing. It's a critical component."
A special volunteer-orientation picnic has been added this year, with food and raffle prizes starting at 6 p.m. Wednesday, June 5, at Hannah Park, 6547 Clark State Road.
"We'll have a kickoff party to thank volunteers in advance," Jadwin said.
A variety of duties will be available to volunteers throughout the festival weekend, including event set-up and tear-down, staffing the volunteer tent, vendor registration, parking lot attendance, assistance with children's activities and dining-area cleanup and recycling.
"They can work admission points, work at the Pepsi trailer to sell merchandise cups, and we also have a bike valet," Jadwin said. "Volunteers can help check in bikes."
She said community organizations return to help year after year, like the Kiwanis, Gahanna Jaycees, American Legion and Christians Overcoming Cancer groups.
"We have hockey team parents and Key Club," she said. "We have Whitehall Key Club. Half the people on the festival planning committee aren't from Gahanna."
This year's volunteer program sponsor is Strathmore Development Co., the new owner of Creekside.
Food for the volunteer orientation is being provided by Rotelli.
For a detailed list of volunteer opportunities and available shifts, go online to signupgenius.com and enter firstname.lastname@example.com under the FIND A SIGN-UP link.
Creekside Blues & Jazz Festival hours are 5 to 11 p.m. Friday, June 14; 11 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday, June 15; and noon to 6 p.m. Sunday, June 16.
General admission is $4. Children under age 12 and members of the military and their immediate family members get free admission (ID required for military).
Admission on Sunday, June 16, is free from noon to 2 p.m. with a donation of a nonperishable food item to benefit the Mid-Ohio Foodbank.
Weekend passes are $10 and may be purchased online at creeksidebluesandjazz.com or at any entry gate Friday night only.


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My Written Journey Back To My Roots and Heritage : From England to Australia
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Great post and pets can be fantastic members of the family. I miss Susie the family cat who passed away a couple of years ago.
Hope you are having a grand week.
All the best
I know just what you mean, we give our cats boxes, bags and wrapping or packing paper. They love it more than any gifts.
Ollie looks gorgeous
Andrew, thank you so much for your comments. I really appreciate your kindness xx
Welcome Gill, and thank you for leaving a comment. Yes, Ollie loves papers and bags so much more than a boring fluffy mouse toy or ball! xx
As has happened before you write with such love about family memories that I am inspired to write about pets that meant and mean a lot to me. I also have a few spooky tales to share!ReplyDelete
Lovely stories Debra. With having pets all of my life I empathise with all your emotions about them.ReplyDelete
Thank you Suzie, I welcome your lovely comments and am very glad to hear that I inspire you! I look forward to reading your spooky pet tales. xx
Ollie's very cute - I have a cat too and have always been very fond of animals. I particularly liked the story of the cat rescuing the man during the War. I feel a pet post coming on...ReplyDelete


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Animal sculptures by Australian artist Natalie Ryan are inspired by taxidermy. While conventional taxidermy practices dictate that she preserve the skin/fur of the animal she is preparing, Ryan instead uses synthetic materials to cover casts of squirrels, bears, and monkeys. Her current portfolio cloaks these animals entirely in blue velvet.
While Ryan's web presence is limited, her gallery representation, Dianne Tanzer Gallery in Melbourne writes about Ryan's latest exhibition, Evanescere, stating:
Continuing to explore notions of the cadaver as a secondary form, a shadow of it's living self, these works depict the internals of animals stripped of their dermis and identifying features. Evanescere looks at the body in a suspended state of disappearing. In conjunction with this, these works also explore the idea of the animal cadaver on display and museology as a resting place. These works combine bodies and elements of the landscape that reference the paradigm of Natural History Museum displays. They seek to question the role the body plays in the Museum and the loss of the individual as it becomes a subject to represent an entire species.
Ryan's decision to color her work bright blue introduces a contemporary aesthetic to taxidermy. It references the trends of home decor over the past few years, in which loud, unnatural colors are applied to natural objects. When thinking about traditional taxidermy and how it uses real feathers and fur, the artist makes a statement about craft and preservation. The prevailing attitude of culture champions innovation and exploration of the new. Ryan is stripping this practice of its ritual, simply using foam casts and not real animals. She's chosen a color and material that's more en vogue. We are drawn to this work because it's a twist on an old practice. She makes taxidermy fresh rather than just feeling old.


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Saving the imperiled Hamouns of Eastern Iran
31 Jan 2014 by Gary Lewis
"Angels will kiss the hands of those who help us," the man said.
The face behind the handshake was grizzled and weathered with leathery skin that bespoke years of harshness. The fisherman's eyes welled with suppressed tears. He yearned for a time when his life was one of plenty. Lakes brimmed with water and fish, his children were happy, and life was good.
He wanted me to tell the world about the desperate conditions in Iran's harshest, poorest region: the Hamoun wetlands of Sistan.
'Wetlands' is really not the right word for these parched lands. There is little gainful employment, and more than half the residents get by on welfare delivered through the Imam Khomeini Relief Foundation (IKRF), a parastatal organization.
They were mainly fisher folk, though almost all are now unemployed, living amid the decayed ruins of ghost-like villages built alongside once-thriving lakes.
Hamouns comprise three large wetland areas covering 5,660 square kilometers. Two-thirds of these wetlands are located in Iran, linked and fed by water from Afghanistan's Helmand River.
Twenty years ago, most of this area was green, and the lake teemed with fish. The wetlands also supported agriculture and water buffalo herds, providing a livelihood for thousands of families.
Then the development of dams and canals in Afghanistan started drawing off water to feed agriculture in the equally poor Afghan provinces of Kandahar, Helmand and Nimroz, and water levels in the lakes plummeted. Then came the building of four reservoirs within Iran itself, diverting more water.
I visited three villages and spoke with many residents who were upset with the lack of water and wanted the government and the UN to help. The Sistanis feel nothing is being done to save them other than cash handouts. They want to work.
"We are struggling for our very lives," said one elderly lady, clutching at her two grandchildren. "We don't want ours to be the last generation to live here."
Approximately 400,000 people live in the Sistan area, many already below the poverty line. The cash handouts they receive from the government or the IKRF rarely exceed US $20 per month.
This environmental catastrophe has forced thousands to leave the region. The government indicates that in 2012, as many as 5,000 families left. In total, 600,000 people have moved out to start anew, many to Golestan province 2,000 kilometres north.
What is striking is the pace of this man-made catastrophe. In just 20 years livelihoods have been devastated. Easterly winds that once blew over the lake, acting as a natural air conditioner, now only stir up dust storms. Increasingly they blow these storms back into Afghanistan and even to Pakistan.
The solution to this situation will probably only be found if two key things happen.
First, Afghanistan and Iran must agree on a course of action to more equitably share the water that each has apportioned and survived on for centuries.
Second, Iranians themselves need to better apportion what little water does come through to Iran. Most of it is diverted into the Chahnimeh reservoir system for drinking water and agriculture. Much of this water can still be allowed to flow naturally into the Hamouns, re-charging them.
Iranians and the international community must respond to this tragedy. And they must do so now.
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Report by Lou Stoppard on 22 September 2012.
This season Maier was inspired by the varying aspects of womanhood – hence the deliberate attempts throughout the collection to clash hard and soft. A modest vintage-look frock, which could have been straight out of The Edge of Love, was matched with a practical briefcase (dubbed the Studio bag), while clunky Westwood-worthy shoes were given a whimsical edge with butterfly adornments and retro sheer black tights.
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