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Susan Granger's review of '3 Days to Kill'
Filmmaker Luc Besson ("The Professional," "The Transporter") is obviously obsessed with various permutations of the father-daughter relationship. So it's not surprising that Besson co-scripted this action thriller with Adi Hasak, leaving the direction to McG ("Charlie's Angels," "Terminator Salvation"). Problem is: they obviously couldn't decide whether this is an explosive espionage saga or madcap parental mayhem, revolving around balancing work and family. So they commit to neither.
Punctuated by careening car chases and senseless shoot-outs, the convoluted drama commences with rumpled, world-weary Ethan Renner (Kevin Costner), a veteran CIA agent, who resigns when he discovers he's dying of brain cancer and attempts to reconnect with his Parisian-based, long-estranged wife, Christine (Connie Nielsen), and teenage daughter, Zoey (Hailee Steinfeld). But a new control agent, vampy ViVi (Amber Heard), is determined to recruit him for one last killing spree, enticing him with an experimental drug that could extend his life.
His target is a nuclear arms dealer with an albino accountant and their associates, doing nefarious business in the City of Light.
And all this takes place during the three-day period when he's supposed to be home with his rebellious daughter whom his wife has left in his care.
Comedic relief comes with the tenuous father/daughter connection. Having been absent for most of her childhood, clueless Ethan buys Zoey a purple bicycle, which she not only rejects but has no idea how to ride. There's a running gag as calls from Zoey's cellphone interrupt each of his interrogations and/or assassinations with her signature ring tone, Icona Pop's song "I Love It (I Don't Care)." And throw in an overtly sentimental subplot involving an immigrant African family squatting in Ethan's decrepit apartment; legally, he's not allowed to evict them during the wintertime.
Following in Liam Neeson's footsteps, still-charismatic Costner ("Field of Dreams," "The Untouchables," "Bull Durham," "The Bodyguard") is a believably bewildered hero, using his deadpan demeanor to farcical advantage.
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On the Granger Movie Gauge of 1 to 10, "3 Days to Kill" is a contrived, forced 5, a two-hour diversion -- at best.


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Celebrity Family Pictures Week of Oct. 1, 2012
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The A-listers spent some quality time with their little ones this weekend, sitting on the sidelines at soccer games, splashing in the ocean, and strolling hand in hand. Victoria Beckham had Harper as her buddy in the bleachers to cheer on Romeo during his soccer game in LA, while Stephen Moyer and his daughter, Lilac, boogie boarded not far away. Gwen Stefani and her little superhero, Zuma, touched down at LAX, and Jennifer Garner and Violet Affleck went for a stroll in LA.
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Have you been to the brand new Give a Day, Get a Disney Day website located at disneyparksgive.com? You haven't? Oh, good grief. Fine. I'll wait here while you go. Just go on. Let me know when you're done...
Hmm? Oh. Right. Well, first put in your name and email address--am I going to fast for you? After you've put in your information, put in the info of up to three of your friends (or, if you have no friends, just put in your own info again).
Are you done? Good. Now, go to your email (trust me, it's worth all of this work) and check your junk mail folder--Don't worry, it's from the Muppets. It's safe. Click the linky link and...
BAM! Kermit and Miss Piggy! Right away they're talking to each other about a world premiere/volunteer and all of a sudden--Wha?! Did they just say YOUR NAME?! They did, yes.
This is just another step in Disney's huge push for the Muppets and their "Give a Day. Get a Disney Day." promotion that has been taking the world by storm recently. Unfortunately, the Muppets destroy the website, so it probably won't be storming the world for too much longer--but how awesome is it that the Muppets destroy the website?
Once you've watched Fozzie Haul-A-Steer and the Swedish Chef and Animal don pirate hats, you have the option of choosing three groups of Muppets to help you clean up the site: Animal (in a French maid outfit), Bunsen and Beaker, and Miss Piggy. Whichever one you click is hilarious (and fret not, you'll be able to watch the other two too), but I'm personally quite fond of Animal the French Maid.
Anyway, once your Muppet "cleans up," you're redirected to the site where you put in you and your friends' info. But don't navigate away just yet! Simply hit the back button or reload the page and your treated to even more Muppety goodness! First it's Sam Eagle revealing that you are a spy (I am shocked and appalled at you!) and then if you click back after the session has played through again, it's Gonzo trying to burst through your computer screen with a jet pack (he sadly fails).
Are you having an awesome attack yet? Because you should be. The Muppets are back to their old, destructive selves once again--and Disney's letting them do it all over their website!
So if you find yourself in Walt Disney World or Disneyland anytime this year (after tomorrow) be sure to check out the pre-parade with Kermit and Miss Piggy. And if you're in front of a TV this Sunday night at 7/6c and it's tuned to ABC, be sure to catch the Muppets on America's Funniest Home Videos!
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In conjunction with Network of Wellbeing, you can view an overview of the Leading Wellbeing Festival here.
There is now also the opportunity to see an interview with Festival chairperson Prof Jem Bendell in a new video here.
And of course you can keep up to date at the Facebook page.
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Reflecting on the Leading Wellbeing Research Festival 2015
By Janine JohnIt's been a couple of weeks now since I attended the Leading Wellbeing Research Festival, organised by IFLAS and Brathay Trust, and during that time I've been absorbing and thinking about the content of the festival. I heard and discussed so much over the course of the three days that this period of reflection will no doubt go on for some time yet! If you weren't able to get to the event itself, here are some of the things that really stood out as part of my festival experience.
The first day kicked off at lunchtime with a couple of pre-festival activities, including a debate on whether we should stop talking about sustainability altogether. Here I heard some really refreshing contributions, which set the tone for the rest of the festival. The sessions were followed by the main opening welcome with Professor Jem Bendell (IFLAS, University of Cumbria), Godfrey Owen (Brathay Trust), and Jon Alexander (New Citizenship Project and Master of Ceremonies).
Opening the festival with Jon Alexander
The first Plenary Keynote was given by Charles Eisenstein, who as part of his speech explored the nature of leadership (considering the leader as 'the servant and holder of a story') and also what we mean by success. What defines success for an individual? Do the effects of what we do in life have to be felt widely in order for what we do to be worthwhile? This was followed by a panel discussion, with audience questions and participation encouraged, in which the role of culture in change was considered.
The panellists in deep discussion
The festival marquee during the opening welcome
The festival featured a number of other key speakers, and many further panel discussions, and also put aside time for an 'open space' session in which attendees could suggest their own topic areas for debate. I particularly liked the many smaller 'in conversation' sessions in which topics as diverse as agriculture, personal burnout, and the role of the Lake District in leadership and wellbeing, were explored between a subject-matter expert and interviewee. Some of the programme was dedicated to how we look after ourselves in order to make us more effective in our work, with speakers sharing insight into their own perceived weaknesses and vulnerabilities and how they attempt to deal with those.
'In Conversation' with Åsa Giertz (World Bank) and Katie Carr (CDEC)
Being a research festival, there were over 40 research papers presented over a series of paper sessions throughout the programme. I was particularly intrigued by those which focused on behaviour change and psychology and, because there were several paper sessions running concurrently, it was a shame I couldn't have visited more of them. The best of the papers will shortly be considered for publication in a book on Leading Wellbeing by Taylor and Francis, and for inclusion in a special issue of the Sustainability Accounting, Management and Policy Journal (SAMPJ). The abstracts, and some of the papers, are also available online on the Leading Well website.
Dispersed amongst the formal activities were the 'buzz sessions' held by Futerra. These were short explorations into subjects such as identifying purpose in your organisation, and how to create momentum for change. For those who missed the sessions, or want to reflect further on these topics, there are a number of guides produced by Futerra which are available to download from the Futerra website.
A Futerra buzz session with Ed Gillespie
After such a full timetable of discussion, the organisers had also made time for a very wide range of reflective and high-energy activities, made possible by the beautiful surroundings at Brathay and its close proximity to the lake. I think the photos speak for themselves!
One of Brathay Trust's whaling boats on Windermere during the reflective activities
I chose a couple of workshops based on personal interests which include writing and music. During the storytelling workshop, Georgia Wingfield-Hayes explained that every leader needs a strong story to tell, and we were each given the chance to mould and share our own stories with others. I also took part in a creative writing workshop with Ian Chapman (University of Cumbria), where I was surprised to find myself reconnecting with what I enjoy most about the writing process from the creative perspective. In the drumming workshop, held in one of the yurts, musician Kevin Sharkey introduced us to group drumming, with the reminder that music is very powerful at sustaining our wellbeing. The energy amongst the group was fantastic, and lots of people came by to listen!
The group drumming workshop
Some of the most valuable experiences I took away from the festival were not just from the planned programme. I really enjoyed the opportunity to chat with such a wide range of interesting, sharing and committed individuals, and to hear about their backgrounds and opinions of the subjects being discussed. This really enriched my understanding of what I was hearing in the more formal sessions.
The atmosphere was really warm and welcoming, with enormous attention to detail from the festival organisers at IFLAS and Brathay Trust. The food (again created by Brathay) was fantastic, as was the evening entertainment.
So what's next? First of all, to stay in touch with other attendees of the festival and to receive IFLAS updates, we were invited to join the IFLAS LinkedIn group and Facebook page. There are also several IFLAS leadership programmes coming up, including the SpringSchool in 2016. Attendees will have noticed that many of the marquee sessions were being recorded, and videos from some of the key speeches are now available to viewonline. For an attendee's take on what was covered, you can also search for the #leadingwell hashtag on Twitter, which attracted a huge number of contributions throughout and after the festival.
The festival was intended as a place to obtain knowledge and inspiration, and a space in which to reflect, explore and develop on a personal level. From the many people I have spoken to who went to the event, it more than succeeded in doing both. I know that from what I have already gained by attending, both professionally and personally, the experience will stay with me for some time.
Janine is a communications consultant based in the Lake District, and has a particular interest in the communication of sustainability issues. She has been blogging for IFLAS in the lead-up to the wellbeing festival.
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Britney Spears has reportedly been offered $10m to judge the US version of 'The X Factor'.
The 'Hold It Against Me' singer's fiance and manager Jason Trawick is said to have "been negotiating for some time", with executives for the talent search show.
One source told E! news Britney has been offered the huge sum to appear on the second series of the show - which returns later this year - but she's said to be holding out for $16m.
The first run of the US 'X Factor' was judged by show boss Simon Cowell, L.A. Reid, Nicole Scherzinger and Paula Abdul, although the latter two were subsequently axed after it failed to achieve the ratings Simon had hoped.
Simon is said to have initially approached Britney, and recently admitted he was "fascinated" by her and think she would be ideal for the show.
He said: "I would think that if she's managed to sustain in her family life in a career which is tough, this is a walk in the park."
Janet Jackson was also rumoured to have been offered the judging role, but turned it down because of touring commitments.
A high ranking executive for the show told The Hollywood Reporter the perfect candidate would be someone based in Los Angeles with not just success in the music business, but who is also a parent who wants to spend time with their children.


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In Toronto, the Gardiner East kerfuffle. And the police culture's turgid and shameful insistence on continuing the practice of carding, despite all the evidence that it's useless, counterproductive, alienating, and a grotesque manifestation of systemic racism.
In Ottawa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report on this country's shameful treatment of native people.
We pretty much know what we're going to get from the festering, vindictive, authoritarian Harpoid regime. That it's resisting a fair accounting and hedging over control of resources is no surprise. Nor is its Aboriginal Affairs Minister's literal refusal to stand up at the presentation of the report. Not much left to say about this putrescent government and its contempt for ... well, pretty much everything and everybody except international investors, ideological fellow travellers, and tar-sands diggers.
No, let's keep this a tad closer to home for now. Let's talk about the smooth-talking suit in the mayor's office, and how wrong he is on two of the most pressing issues in Toronto's civic life.
Remember when John Tory used to make sense? (It did happen, and not all that long ago. Like when he was with the Civic Action Alliance.) Isn't that what we were hoping for when he succeeded the Fuckhead Brothers? Whatever happened to that guy, anyway? Was he just saying whatever to get elected, or was there something more insidious at work (geez, can you maybe telegraph things a little more? - ed.)?
Let's run down the signs, shall we? Lines up with the forces of reaction on carding, in the face of pressure from thousands across the city and political spectrum.
Oblivious to injustice, to marginalization, to entrenched and systemic racism. White privilege? Never heard of it.
Lip service. Photo ops. Hollow gestures.
Equivocation on the obvious need to take down the east section of the Gardiner Expressway, all for the sake of a handful of entitled motorists. Hey John, here's a thought: Greatest good for the greatest number? Isn't that what public institutions are supposed to pursue?
Tone-deaf platitudes in defence of privilege.
No overarching conception of the public good.
Wrong on more civic issues than you can shake a recorded vote at.
Yup. Now where have we seen this before? Yeah, yeah, maybe some smart-ass tried to caricature John Tory as Rob Ford with manners, and while that may be good for a cheap laugh, there's a lot more to it.
And before we go down the dead-end road of binary liberal vs. conservative thinking, let's resolve to respect the meanings of words. Words matter. Language matters. Definitions matter.
This isn't conservatism. Conservatives have their faults, but this kind of clueless arrogance isn't a mark of conservatism so much as atavistic entitlement, ignorance, and shallow expediency. It's the product of years of insulation, privilege, and growing ever more out of touch.
And it's not about fouling public discourse with a flood of lies and bullshit either — the bullshit from Gardiner East "hybrid" proponents being a case in point.
No. This is the inevitable toxic effect of the right-wing approach to (mis)government. Whether it's drunken oafish crackheads, blue-blooded corporate patricians, or malevolent wingnut-welfare operators, the intent and effect are the same — progressive enfeeblement of government, debasement of language, and reducing the efficacy of public institutions.
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A near $500,000 Hardeeville drainage project that got underway in April in order to alleviate flooding has become an issue itself.
Hardeeville officials say they are working to address concerns from residents about standing water along Columbia Avenue.
Brana Snowden, city planning director, said she met with contractor Cleland Site Prep and City Manager Bob Nanni on Wednesday to discuss the issue.
"We wanted to make a game plan to discuss all the complaints we've received from the residents first. We made sure Cleland could arrange ways to rectify pathways to all homes and meet the concerns of the other home owners," Snowden said.
Snowden said after all the rain last week, the city has a plan to begin pumping water as soon as it starts raining to alleviate flooding.
"Last week, we had a storm that was bringing four inches an hour and that water had nowhere to go," Snowden said.
Lorie Hicks moved into her 203 Columbia Avenue home in November and started experiencing major flooding in her front yard about three months ago. Hicks is concerned with the safety hazards that come with the city's drainage project.
"There are tadpoles in my yard, snakes in the ditches and mosquitoes everywhere. It's become unbearable," Hicks said. "There are young children who live in the neighborhood and someone could really get hurt."
Fixing the problem
A four-acre retention pond along with new pipes on Columbia Avenue and Furman Street are part of the city's project to get rid of standing water.
In 2009, B.T. Barber, the city's engineers at the time, conducted a drainage study which divided Hardeeville into five different areas where drains needed to be fixed. Columbia Avenue was deemed first priority.
The other sites included Boyd Street, Sunset Circle, Bush Street, and Coburn Lane; and also along Charles Street, Epps Avenue, Garr and First Street.
The city received a $500,000 Community Development Block Grant to fund the project. Cleland of Ridgeland was awarded the project with a bid of $470,858 in March. The city expects the project to be finished by October.
Weather-permitting, construction of the retention pond will begin Monday.
Most of the water from the residential area will drain into that pond and will also provide some alleviation from water backing up from the canal facing U.S. 17.
Since the city received easement from property owner Lyndia Daniels, the retention pond will be built at 711 East Main Street on her father's farm. Piping will be put in from the back of her property along Main Street to move the water to the canal toward U.S. 17.
"I'm very excited for this project since it will help all those who experience flooding in their yard like I do. With recent rain, I could advertise that I have lakefront property," Daniels said. "I hope that this pond will be a blessing to my neighbors and I look forward to it being completed."
Daniels said Cleland started laying pipes for the pond, but because of the rain she hasn't seen crews working on her property in recent weeks.
Storms delaying project
The construction, including digging and laying pipes began in April. Residents noticed Cleland has been absent from the construction site for about a month.
"Cleland was there digging and laying pipes then stopped," Hicks said.
Snowden said the recent rain is causing delays.
"We can't fix the problem when the rain is adding to it," she said.
Vickie Edenfield has lived in Hardeeville for 25 years and became concerned about the drainage problem about three years ago. Edenfield said she's unsure where to place the blame for the current flooding.
"Nobody ever expects all the rain, but for some reason work has ceased. The city can't start a project and not finish it," Edenfield said. "If Cleland kept going, maybe they could've alleviated some of this storm water that is sitting here. They've done everything to get out of one driveway, but then the other driveway is mud. So I'm not sure where the blame lies, but the project has come to a standstill."


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Mattie Silks left her name big and bold in the pioneer history of Colorado, but on a chilly Wednesday morning last week only frost lingered in the shadow of her lonesome, low headstone among the handsome monuments of family pride. The name on the marker says simply "Martha A. Ready, Died January 7, 1929," as if that's all she cared for anyone to know.
The staff at Fairmount Cemetery know her well. "We get lots of requests for that one," said Ronda Gruel-Hott, the cemetery office manager.
A hundred years ago Mattie Silks was the famous queen of Denver's debauchery, the operator of bordellos along Market Street, when the market was flesh that was rented by the hour with the gold of miners and the pay of cowboys. So accomplished was she as a madam, the style of boot she might have worn bears her name.
When she died at 83 years old, she was married to Handsome Jack Ready, but cemetery records show Martha, or Mattie, is buried next to the unmarked grave of Cortese D. Thomson, the gambler and con man who constantly did her wrong.


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July 13, 2011
Pete Muller
Theme: Vowell Progression — Each theme answer is a familiar phrase the last word of which follows the pattern T[x]LL, where x = a vowel.
Theme answers:
- 17A: Men's clothing category (BIG AND TALL).
- 22A: 1993 military directive (DON'T ASK DON'T TELL).
- 33A: Bad thing to be caught with at work, with "a" (HAND IN THE TILL).
- 46A: Wears greatly (TAKES A HEAVY TOLL).
- 54A: Rock and roll band whose lead singer often played flute solos (JETHRO TULL).
- 1A: Pop singer Jackson (JANET). Miss Jackson if you're nasty.
- 10A: Rubella symptom (RASH). Ew.
- 21A: Sushi bar spirits: Var. (SAKIS). Not a fan of this spelling, but I assume it couldn't be helped. You know what makes it worse though? 50D: Alt. spelling (VAR.). Oops!
- 29A: Sony portable since 1984 (DISCMAN). I'm pretty sure mine is here stuck in a box somewhere. Do they still make them?
- 41A: Droll comic Wright (STEVEN). "I'm going to make a life-size map of the United States. It'll say 'One mile = one mile.'"
- 5D: Grunt's helmet (TIN HAT). Pretty sure I learned this from crosswords.
- 37D: Sharon of "Boston Public" (LEAL). Apparently there's a new rule that the grid always has to include a beautiful woman that I've never heard of.
- 54D: Java (JOE). If you did the NYT first today, you probably didn't have any trouble with this one.
- 16A: Pelvic bones (ILIA).
- 27A: Orbital extreme (APOGEE).
- 53A: Translucent stone (OPAL).
- 62A: Exxon, previously (ESSO).
- 2D: Jackie's "O" (ARI).
- 48D: __ Park, Colorado (ESTES).
Everything Else — 6A: Create a cobbler (BAKE); 14A: Tabriz resident (IRANI); 15A: Astonishes (AWES); 19A: 53-Across et al. (GEMS); 20A: Harmonizing groups (CHOIRS); 26A: Building supporter (JOIST); 28A: Emilio Estevez, to Martin Sheen (SON); 38A: Seers (ORACLES); 39A: Large loafer letters (EEE); 44A: Overfamiliar (BANAL); 51A: Small streams (RILLS); 52A: Prized statuettes (OSCARS); 58A: Musical Horne (LENA); 59A: Snack with a removable top (OREO); 60A: Dutch export (TULIP); 61A: Shuteye aids? (LIDS); 63A: Serene spots (EDENS); 1D: Sail at the front (JIB); 3D: Pester (NAG); 4D: Passes, as legislation (ENACTS); 6D: Javanese hand-dyed fabric (BATIK); 7D: Prize (AWARD); 8D: Kutcher's "That '70s Show" role (KELSO); 9D: Alien's subj. (ESL); 10D: Trattoria tubes (RIGATONI); 11D: It's tapped in a pub (ALE KEG); 12D: Black as night, e.g. (SIMILE); 13D: Bother (HASSLE); 18D: Lavish parties (DO'S); 21D: Mar. honoree (ST. PAT); 22D: Party spinners, briefly (DJ'S); 23D: "I'm really impressed!" ("OOOH!"); 24D: Simone of jazz (NINA); 25D: When repeated, squeals (NAMES); 29D: Beloved princess (DIANA); 30D: "Monsters, __" (INC.); 31D: Cardinal letters (STL); 32D: Friend of Fidel (CHE); 34D: "Animal Farm" et al. (NOVELLAS); 35D: Work code subject (DRESS); 36D: Letterman rival (LENO); 40D: Pipe shape (ELL); 41D: Leisurely walk (STROLL); 42D: Republic of China capital (TAIPEI); 43D: Bond girl Britt of "The Man With the Golden Gun" (EKLAND); 44D: Without thinking (BY ROTE); 45D: Like some retired racehorses (AT STUD); 47D: Gardeners, at times (HOERS); 48D: __ Park, Colorado (ESTES); 49D: Allergic reaction (ACHOO); 55D: Gran- suffix (ULE); 56D: Architect Maya __ (LIN); 57D: 22-Down's vinyls (LP'S).


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Bobcat Essentials and the Technology Depot are coming together, figuratively as well as literally.
The two Baker University Center retail operations will be merging into a single store this summer. As it turns out, their names also will merge, with the new operation being called the Bobcat Depot.
OIT and Auxiliaries sponsored a contest to select the new name, with the winning participant receiving a 16 GB iPad Mini. According to OIT customer resources manager Kim McClain, the contest received 186 submissions. University Communications & Marketing ultimately chose the winning entry.
Thirteen participants suggested "Bobcat Depot," so the contest organizers conducted a random drawing to decide which of the winning submissions would receive the grand prize. OHIO student Hayley Heminger was awarded the iPad Mini. The other 12 runners up will receive an OHIO T-shirt.


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According to contemporary cosmology, our solar system emerged from titanic accidents. Gases swirling together in the void of deep space randomly formed stars and planets; eventually, the whole show will collapse back into nullity. This perspective, developed from the Renaissance to the present, stands as a great achievement of the modern mind. It also deviates radically from the ancients conception of a universe saturated with meaning and purpose, where human activity reflects the movements of the celestial bodies. The basis of Hermetic philosopher was, As above, so below. Seemingly crushed by the rise of scientific materialism in the West, this worldview has now been rephrased in a new book that proposes a startling reversal of paradigms.
Scrupulously researched and carefully argued, Richard Tarnas Cosmos and Psyche (Penguin, 2006) is the product of thirty years of thought and study. A Harvard-educated professor and a founding director of the California Institute of Integral Studies, Tarnas is already known for The Passion of the Western Mind, a surprise 1991 bestseller that surveys Western philosophy from the Greeks until today and is used as a standard text in many college courses. With his new work, Tarnas has staked his success and academic reputation on a radical thesis. The new structuring metanarrative that he explores, in 550 carefully argued pages, is not some postmodern deconstruction of systems and methods, but that cornerstone of antiquity and the often derided New Age: astrology. According to his thesis, the orbits of the planetsespecially the so-called outer planetsare synchronized with developments in human consciousness, and their movements can be correlated with cycles of scientific progress, cultural breakthroughs, war, peace, and revolution. Ignoring the zodiac signs explored in tabloid horoscopes, Tarnas focuses instead on planetary transitsgeometric relationships between the bodies of the solar systemand the correspondence that these alignments seem to have with the dynamics of civilization.
For those with no sympathy for astrology, Cosmos and Psyche will prove an implausible stretch. Tarnas knows that he faces a difficult task in getting this material taken seriously in mainstream circleslet alone the skeptical and intellectual enclaves of academia that embraced The Passion of the Western Mind. In conversation, he says that Passion was, in a sense, a Trojan Horse, and that he had always intended that book to be followed by his new work, which seeks to revive astrology as a serious intellectual discipline and provide a cosmological missing link between the human world and the greater universe in which we are embedded. Cosmos and Psyche offers us, ultimately, a rejoinder to Copernicuswhere the astronomer shifted the Earth from the center to the periphery, Tarnas proposes a reintegration, in which the evolution of consciousness reflects the ordering principles of a larger whole.
Tarnas does not believe that the planets directly influence human behavior, in some straightforward cause-and-effect manner. He concurs with the psychoanalyst Carl Jung, who wrote, Our psyche is set up in accord with the structure of the universe, and what happens in the macrocosm likewise happens in the infinitesimal and most subjective reaches of the psyche. When we look at a clock, the hands indicate what time it is, but they do not make it be that time. Similarly, Tarnas argues, patterns in human culture are meshed within larger cyclical processes of the solar system. He believes the planets function like Jungian archetypes, complexes with multiple meanings that can influence the individual and collective psyche in myriad ways. By studying astrology, we can learn to read what time it is, in an archetypal sense.
What are astrological transits? As the planets orbit the sun, they form geometric angles in relationship to the Earth and to one another. An individuals natal chart maps the particular pattern of relationships that exists at the moment of birth. Throughout our lives, the planetssaid to be transittingweave further geometries that intersect with this original matrix. If the planets represent archetypal complexes, than the expression of these energiestheir particular intensity or qualitydepends on this constantly shifting set of relationships. How or why such geometric alignments of planets might correspond with large-scale trends in a civilization, or psychological patterns in an individual, is another question. Such a correlation is impossible to account for with modern scientific methods, as it is not based on any transmitted force or direct influence, but on a deeper realization that human consciousness is meshed within in the larger universe, a fractal that organically expresses the larger pattern of the whole.
Classical astrologers knew of only seven spheresSun, Mercury, Venus, Moon, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn. In Cosmos and Psyche, Tarnas instead focuses on the slower swoops of the outer planetsSaturn, Neptune, Uranus, and Pluto. Because these distant bodies take more time to complete their orbits of the solar system, their conjunctions and oppositions can require many years to complete. It is in this protracted dance that Tarnas believes he has uncovered a convincing system of correspondences, integrating wide-spread developments in history and culture. Of the outer planets, all but Saturn were discovered within the last two hundred and fifty years. The archetypal astrology that Tarnas promotes is, therefore, an explicitly modern discipline, founded upon our technological capacity to peek into deep space, and aided today by computer programs that can calculate complex orbital patterns in the distant past or far-flung future. We have, in a sense, been given a powerful archetypal telescope for a vast archetypal cosmos at the same moment that we have developed extraordinarily powerful space telescopes to apprehend the vast physical cosmos, he writes.
Astronomers name new planets when they are found; it then takes decades of observation by astrologers to understand the energies these planets represent, which they discover by studying the effects the spheres exert, first, on individual lives, and then on larger periods of cultural development. The oldest-known of the outer planets, Saturn, has long been associated with limitations, discipline, the paternal, melancholy, death, and gravity. During an individuals Saturn Return, which happens roughly every 28 years, Saturn swings around to the place it occupied at the time of birth, often coinciding with a period of existential reappraisal.
Discovered in 1781, at the peak of the Enlightenment, Uranus (the father of Saturn in classical mythology) is often associated with breakthroughs, liberations, and rebellious upsurges. Tarnas argues that the planet bears close resemblance to the classical figure of Prometheus, who stole fire from the heavens and gave it to mortal humans. Tarnas suggests it was no accidental that Uranus/Prometheus showed up in the skies at the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, of the Romantic movement in literature and art, and in the era of the French and American Revolutions. The astronomical event seems correlated with an intense liberating upsurge in the West, as if the physical embodiment of the planet represented the new powers and self-realizations then emerging into the conscious awareness of the collective psyche.
Neptune was discovered in 1846, and named for the god of the deep seas. The planet represents all things transcendent, formless, subtle, and spiritual. It is also connected with the dissolution of boundaries and structures, illusion, addiction, and the bedazzlement of consciousness, whether by gods, archetypes, beliefs, dreams, ideals, or ideologies; with enchantment, in both positive and negative senses. Neptunes discovery corresponded with a 19th century fascination with the occult and the mystical. In high culture, this fascination manifested as the world spirit of Hegel and the Transcendentalism of Emerson, while the masses, and even some scientists, indulged in explorations of Spiritualism, mesmerism, and phrenology.
Pluto, linked to the Underworld and its ruling deity, made its appearance in 1930, a decade before World War II, at the time of the Great Depression and the rise of the gangster as mass-cultural anti-hero. Pluto is associated with the principle of elemental power, depth, and intensity, Tarnas writes. He connects Pluto with the creative/destructive deity, Dionysius, noting that the Greek Hades, who became Pluto under the Romans, was identified with Dionysius by Greek authors such as Heraclitus and Euripides. Pluto/Dionysius represents instinctual upsurge, cathartic, orgiastic, and frequently violent; the archetype empowers whatever it touches, sometimes to overwhelming and catastrophic extremes.
These four planets take the starring roles in Cosmos and Psyche, which can be enjoyed as a vast Shakespearian drama where the action revolves around cosmic principles that influence human lives, social movements, and historical actions. When Saturn and Pluto align in the heavens, for instance, the result is often phases of mass-destruction and planet-wide violence. The spheres were in exact conjunction at the start of the World War I; in opposition from 19291933, during the Great Depression and the rise of Fascism; and in an exact square alignment in August and September of 1939, as Germany invaded Poland, starting World War II. They were within two degrees of exact opposition when the events of September 11, 2001 incited the current phase of global conflict. The Plutonic principle of instinctual intensification appears to catalyze Saturns downward pull towards the bottom line, the workings of necessity, the inevitable and inescapable. Acute periods of conservative empowerment, environmental destruction, and social repression are often marked by transits of these two spheres.
When Uranus and Pluto come together, on the other hand, the party startsand then tends to get out of hand. Dionysius amps up the Promethean urge towards liberation and creative breakthrough, while Prometheus incites Dionysian rampages that often end in violence. The last conjunction of Pluto and Uranus occurred from 1960 to 1972, reaching exact alignment in 196566. The 1960s were an Oedipal outburst, marked by volatile movements aimed at political and personal liberation. The entire period, Tarnas notes, can be recognized as essentially a manifestation of two distinct archetypesthe rebellious Promethean and the erotic Dionysianacting in close conjunction and mutual activation. Uranus and Pluto were also in opposition from 1787 to 1798, the period of the French Revolution, which had a volatile and emancipatory gestalt similar to the 1960s. Uranus and Pluto formed a square from 1845 to 1856, when a wave of revolutionary upheavals passed across Europe.
Tarnas believes that suggestive correlationssuch as Uranus/Pluto with radical upsurges and Saturn/Pluto with drastic downturnsindicate that the cosmos as a living whole appears to be informed by some kind of pervasive intelligence. But where does this leave human will? Tarnas calls, not for fatalism, but for viewing the human condition as one of creative participation in a living cosmos of unfolding meaning and purpose. While the natal chart appears to give deep psychological insight into the individual, the archetypal forces it depicts are not determinative or predictive, but open to personal expression and conscious mediation. He points out that Charlie Chaplin and Adolph Hitler had similar natal charts, having been born four days apart in April 1889. The similarities indicated by their charts include harsh life experiences such as sustained poverty and isolation; susceptibility to displays of anger; problematic relationships with authorities combined with dictatorial controlling tendencies. In addition, the men shared an impulse to experience or create dramatic illusions capable of powerfully moving audiences. But Chaplin and Hitler expressed these archetypal energies in starkly dissimilar ways, exemplifying the creativity and free will of the individual.
With Cosmos and Psyche, Tarnas has attempted to do for cosmology what Fritjof Capras The Tao of Physics did for quantum theory, showing how an area of modern rational thought can be integrated with ancient metaphysical principles. Of course, his evidence features psychological and philosophical dimensions that cannot be statistically quantified or materially demonstratedalthough hard data such as the quadruple conjunction of Jupiter, Uranus, Pluto, and the Moon at the exact time of the 1969 Apollo lunar landing is quite impressive. However compelling the evidence that Tarnas has garnered, there can be no ironclad proof of a thesis that takes so many intangible and qualitative factors into account. Recognizing this, he notes that part of what he is proposing is that the rational faculty itself must now be contextualized. Skeptical reason must be integrated into a greater understanding that involves intuitive, artistic, and empathic dimensions of the psyche: It is possible that the deeper truths not only of our spiritual life but of the very cosmos require, and reward, an essentially aesthetic and moral engagement with its being and intelligence, and will forever elude a merely reductive, skeptical, objectifying judgment issued by a single proud but limited faculty, reason.
The universe, in Tarnas reading, is closer to a great symphony than a mechanical instrument or mathematical modeland the study of archetypal astrology offers us insight into its deeper harmonics. Since his thesis requires an evaluation of ethical and aesthetic factors as well as material ones, it is up to each reader to decide if Tarnas makes a compelling case. Personally, I have tended to avoid astrology, which seemed reductive and intellectually naive. After studying this work, I will never look at the planets the same way, and I intend to pay close attention to their future alignments in relation to global events and my own inner processes.
Observed through this lens of outer planet transits, what does our own age hold in store? We have recently concluded a long Uranus-Neptune conjunction, spanning 19852001, when the Promethean spark of creative and technological innovation aided the spiritual and transcendental impulse, coupled with the more problematic dissolution of boundaries and bedazzlements caused by the inciting of Neptunian energies. Tarnas believes that this Uranus/Neptune complex was experienced as a liminal state… unprecedentedly free-floating, uncertain, epistemologically and metaphysically untethered and confused. The development of the Internet and new dizzying networks of communication, as well as the addictive, druglike, trance-inducing aspect of Internet use, characterized this archetype, as did the rise of raves and electronic music. The forming of the European Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall also exemplified the fast, fluid, boundary-dissolving play of these forces.
Beginning in 2004, we entered into a problematic Saturn/Neptune opposition that lasts, alas, until 2008. During such alignments, Saturnian principles of limitation, death, and repression encounter Neptunian tendencies towards dissolution and the oceanic loss of boundaries. The tsunami in South East Asia and the flooding of New Orleans by Hurricane Katrina seem deeply and tragically symbolic of this transit. As Tarnas notes, characteristic Saturn/Neptune themes include death caused by water, the ocean as source of suffering and loss, contamination of water… It is a time when numberless haunting images of death and sorrow… [permeate] the collective consciousness. During these alignments, Social anomie and spiritual malaise are frequent, sometimes intensified to a state of profound alienation. On the upside, the meeting of Saturn and Neptune can also indicate a deepening of spiritual commitment and disciplined response to tragedy. To show what this means, Tarnas points to celebrated individuals with major alignments of these planets in their chart, including the Dalai Lama, Robert F. Kennedy, and Abraham Lincoln; all of them, in different ways, figures of sorrow and reconciliation, who brought spiritual depth to tragic historical circumstances.
From 2008 to 2020, Uranus and Pluto come into a square alignment, and Tarnas proposes that the Promethean/Dionysian energy of the 1960s will return, perhaps in a new and more tempered form. (According to his model, square alignments often lead to a further development of the possibilities and principles catalyzed by the previous conjunction or opposition of two outer planets.) In 20082011, Saturn, Uranus, and Pluto will square each other, as they did from 1964 to1968, when both revolutionary and reactionary impulses were intensely constellated. Tarnas suggests, gently, that the period we are hurtling toward may be something like the 1930s crossed with the 1960sthink Preston Sturges meets Jim Morrison. At the same time, he is quick to point out that concrete prediction is impossible, as the archetypal energies can take a multitude of forms.
Nonetheless, according to the thesis of Cosmos and Psyche, an awareness of which archetypes are currently constellating and approaching can be extremely helpful. The transits of the outer planets indicate ambient mood-shifts in the Zeitgeist that influence all aspects of cultural and social reality, from cultural trends to musical genres, technological developments to historical events. From this perspective, knowing that we have several more years of Saturn/Neptune can help us prepare for the types of challenges, both psychic and physical, we may face.
Awareness of personal and collective transits might also allow us to find, in Tarnas words, a more autonomous and creative response to the archetypal forces at work at any given time. The purpose of such knowledge is similar to that of Jungian psychoanalysis, which seeks to reveal the deeper forces pressing on the psyche, so that the individual can mediate them consciously rather than suffer as their unwitting victim. While Tarnas has not given us a crystal ball for divining the future, he may be offering something far more importanta transformative matrix for reconceiving our relationship to the cosmos, as well as some subtle directions for the times ahead.


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Trustees Vote to Increase Student Fees
Note: the following e-mail was sent on 6/22/10 to all students.
Dear Student:
Following is an update from the Chancellor's Office regarding an increase in student fees, which we have been asked to share with you.
--Robert A. Corrigan,
Trustees Vote to Increase Student Fees
The California State University Board of Trustees voted June 18 to raise student fees by 5 percent for undergraduates and graduate and professional programs. The State University Fee will be $4,230 for full-time undergraduate students in fall 2010, a $204 increase over last year.
Including the current average campus fee of $867, full-time undergraduate students will pay an average $5,097 per year, the lowest fee among comparable institutions.
More than 187,000 CSU students will pay no fee increase due to increases in the State University Grants, federal grants, CSU fee waivers and expanded federal tax credits. Additionally, the CSU is the largest recipient of federal Pell Awards. Factoring in financial aid, most families who make $70,000 or less will not pay any fees. Financial aid and federal tax credits will also be available for many other students, including those with family incomes of up to $180,000.
"The board's decision to limit the student fee increase to 5 percent is based on the State Assembly budget committee proposal that provides additional state revenues. It will allow us to move forward with adding classes and sections for students this fall," said CSU Chancellor Charles B. Reed. The board may revisit fee levels in November if the state does not fully fund the proposed budget.
The California State Assembly budget committee proposal maintains the governor's proposed 2010-11 budget -- which restores a $305 million one-time cut to the CSU's current budget and includes an additional $60.6 million in funding for the CSU's enrollment growth. The Assembly proposal also would provide additional state revenues as a partial replacement of CSU fee revenues. Revenue from a 5 percent fee increase ($50 million), coupled with the funding proposed in the Assembly's version of the budget, would provide the CSU with an increase of roughly $466 million over the 2009-10 budget.
In addition to undergraduate students, fees will increase $234 for credential program participants and $252 for graduate students.
The trustees also increased fees for the education doctorate program by 10 percent, which will rise to $9,546 from $8,676. The fee is mandated by state legislation to remain at or below the level of state-supported doctoral degree programs offered by the University of California, which are $10,302 for the 2010-11 academic year.
For nonresident CSU students, per unit fees will remain at the same levels, but the cap of $11,160 has been lifted, and the tuition paid per term will be calculated based on the number of units taken.
The CSU has faced unprecedented cuts in state support over the past two years totaling approximately $625 million, and has implemented a number of measures to address the funding shortage including employee furloughs, layoffs, increased student fees, reduced enrollment, and other cost-cutting measures.
If the state support currently proposed for 2010-11 by the governor and the legislature budget committees is approved by the legislature as a whole, the CSU could serve as many as 29,000 more students and restore additional classes and sections.


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The Top 5 Digs Fox Took At Beck
During his two and a half years on the network, Fox News figures were constantly forced to distance themselves from Glenn Beck. Here are the top five examples.
5. NYT: Fox Executives Questioned Beck's Gold Promotion. In December 2009, The New York Times reported:
Joel Cheatwood, the senior vice president of development for Fox News, said the network's legal department had recently sent a letter to Mr. Beck's representatives "seeking clarification" about his work for Goldline.
"They sent back word that he is not a paid spokesman," Mr. Cheatwood said, adding that it would be "problematic without question" if Mr. Beck did have a position as a paid spokesman for a product.
Fox News released a statement outlining its official policy about such issues: "Fox News prohibits any on-air talent from endorsing products or serving as a product spokesperson."
Fox News stressed that it was not aware that Mr. Beck was listed on the Internet as a paid spokesman. But he definitely was, until very recently. On cached editions of the Goldline Web site over the last week to 10 days, a photograph of Mr. Beck was accompanied by an asterisk which led to a line at the bottom of the site that read: "paid spokesman."
Matthew Hiltzik, a spokesman for Mr. Beck, said the host should never have been listed as a "paid spokesman" because he did not receive separate fees beyond the sponsorship for that or any other work he did for the company.
Before he moved onto Fox News, however, Mr. Beck appeared in a video on the Goldline Web site extolling the virtues of gold. And Mr. Beck routinely reads Goldline ads on the radio, a practice Fox said was acceptable under its guidelines. [The New York Times, 12/13/09]
4. Beck's Fox Colleague Van Susteren: Beck "Should Move His Event." In August 2010, Fox's Greta Van Susteren criticized Beck's plans to host a rally in Washington, D.C. on the anniversary of Martin Luther King Jr.'s March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Van Susteren wrote on her Fox News blog:
On August 28th my colleague Glenn Beck is going to lead an event on the mall in Washington, DC. It is the anniversary of Martin Luther King's "I have a dream" speech. The event is causing much controversy ...some support and some don't support and some are even furious and upset. Yes he has a First Amendment right to do it...but what about the wisdom of it? Remember...the Muslims in NYC have a First Amendment right to build a mosque but most Americans don't want it...and you have to ask the wisdom of the Muslims to push the issue. Just because you have the right to do something does not mean you should. My view? No mosque at ground zero and Glenn should move his event.
It does not help heal the country on so many fronts if we poke a stick in eyes. [FoxNews.com, GretaWire, 8/17/10, via Media Matters]
3. Kristol: Beck Is "Marginalizing Himself" Through His "Hysteria." Fox News contributor Bill Kristol was publicly critical of Beck's reaction to protests in Egypt:
Now, people are more than entitled to their own opinions of how best to accomplish that democratic end. And it's a sign of health that a political and intellectual movement does not respond to a complicated set of developments with one voice.
But hysteria is not a sign of health. When Glenn Beck rants about the caliphate taking over the Middle East from Morocco to the Philippines, and lists (invents?) the connections between caliphate-promoters and the American left, he brings to mind no one so much as Robert Welch and the John Birch Society. He's marginalizing himself, just as his predecessors did back in the early 1960s. [The Weekly Standard, 2/14/11]
2. Some "Fox Journalists" Tell Kurtz They Are Worried Beck "Undermines Their Credibility." From media critic Howard Kurtz's Washington Post column:
In just over a year, Glenn Beck's blinding burst of stardom has often seemed to overshadow the rest of Fox News.
And that may not be a good thing for the top-rated cable news channel, as many of its staffers are acutely aware.
With his celebrity fueled by a Time cover story, best-selling books, cheerleading role at protest rallies and steady stream of divisive remarks, Beck is drawing big ratings. But there is a deep split within Fox between those -- led by Chairman Roger Ailes -- who are supportive, and many journalists who are worried about the prospect that Beck is becoming the face of the network.
By calling President Obama a racist and branding progressivism a "cancer," Beck has achieved a lightning-rod status that is unusual even for the network owned by Rupert Murdoch. And that, in turn, has complicated the channel's efforts to neutralize White House criticism that Fox is not really a news organization. Beck has become a constant topic of conversation among Fox journalists, some of whom say they believe he uses distorted or inflammatory rhetoric that undermines their credibility.
Fox staffers note that veteran producer Gresham Striegel left the network after clashing with Beck and say the host has surrounded himself with loyalists from Mercury, some of whom remain on that company's payroll. (Striegel did not respond to a request for comment.) When Fox covers breaking news during Beck's hour, some journalists say, they are flooded with angry e-mail from viewers about the preemption.
Friction between opinionated cable personalities and journalists has also flared occasionally at MSNBC. But Beck has caused such anguish at Fox that some of its journalists celebrated the failure of last week's interview with embattled ex-congressman Eric Massa, which Beck pronounced a waste of time.
One thing is beyond debate: Beck provides a strong lead-in for the network's evening lineup. "The significance of Beck to Fox's bottom line cannot be underestimated," says Tyndall, the industry analyst. "Getting an audience that size at 5 p.m. is absolutely unheard of."
But that growth has come at a price, at least for those at Fox who believe that Beck is beginning to define their brand. Glenn Beck is a media phenomenon married to a phenomenally successful network, but away from the cameras, theirs is a troubled relationship. [The Washington Post, 3/15/10]
1. Fox News Explains Decision To Preempt Beck's Show For Taped Special: "At Least We Will Be Able To Sell The Special." Deadline.com reported that Beck's June 10 show would be replaced by a taped special about political sex scandals hosted by Van Susteren. In explaining the decision, a Fox News spokeswoman said "At least we will still be able to sell the special," a reference to the hundreds of advertisers that have refused to sponsor his show.


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Satellite Sighting Information
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I know, another D9P. I had to pick a pattern that I could make quickly and I did. Started Friday night and finished hand sewing binding this morning. Quilted diagonally through blocks and decided to quilt an on point square in the light fabric. It's approx. 50 X 62 ".
I made this quilt for a benefit for a family man in my community that has an inoperable malignant brain tumor. Cobra insurance is running out very soon and they are taking his drivers license away because of risk of seizures with radiation treatments. So there goes his income, he's a truck driver.
Very pleased that people I know are buying tickets. They're $1 but everyone is purchasing 5, 10, or 20. I'm so happy to be able to do this.


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Juventus general manager Beppe Marotta wonders why Adnan Januzaj has not been tied down
Juventus chief Beppe Marotta has questioned why Manchester United are risking losing starlet Adnan Januzaj.
By Simone Bargellini
Last Updated: 12/10/13 11:08am
The 18-year-old midfielder scored twice on his full debut for United last week, and is one of the most talked about young players in Europe.
However, Januzaj's current deal expires at the end of the season and although talks are ongoing - he could in theory open talks with foreign clubs from January.
Juventus are one of those being linked with the player, and they know what it takes to land a United youngster having lured Paul Pogba to Turin last year in similar fashion - as he rejected the chance to sign a new deal at Old Trafford.
"If they fear another case like Pogba's then they are right," Juve's general manager is quoted by the Italian media.
"It's difficult to understand how we can reach a stage eight months prior to the contract expiring without seeing a renewal.
"Januzaj is a player showing big promise. He is a player of great quality."
In recent days Januzaj's agent Dirk De Vriese has confirmed talks are ongoing although the departure of Sir Alex Ferguson in the summer meant talks had been delayed.
"The departure of Sir Alex Ferguson meant that there was a break in the negotiations, but we are back working on the calls and will see how it goes," he said.


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Arizona State University's Center for Applied Nanoionics (CANi) has announced a major breakthrough in the creation of nanotechnology-based memory. If successful, CANi's discovery could pave the way for increased memory performance, battery capacity, and reduced power draw, and would serve as a suitable basis for practically all digital storage needs.
According to CANi's director, Michael Kozicki, modern memory technology faces an inevitable wall beyond which it will be impossible to increase Integrated Circuit (IC) density due to high heat and power dissipation. CANi believes it has solved this problem by using nanoionics. Flash RAM is based on the ability to trap groups of electrons in specific areas of a semiconductor. As semiconductor features become smaller, however, fewer electrons can be trapped and it becomes increasingly difficult to determine the state (1 or 0) of any given bit. Nanoionics avoids this problem by actually moving the ions themselves. This approach, if successful, would draw less power and have a lower thermal dissipation rating compared to conventional memory.
Although several companies, including Micron, have licensed nanotechnology from Axon Technologies Corp (a company spun off from Arizona State), one of the barriers to deployment has been that the existing technology requires the use of difficult materials such as silver and germanium sulfide. CANi's new technology does away with that requirement; the group has discovered how to dope silicon with copper in order to create what Kozicki refers to as a "nanoscale switch." Copper, of course, is a metal the industry is quite familiar with, and its use in memory nanotechnology could greatly speed actual deployment.
With all of that said, however, there seems to be considerable difference between what the ASU researchers claimed in their PR and publications and the hype that followed its release, such as the Computerworld coverage. In particular, Computerworld claims that this technology could supplant hard drives in five to ten years, but that's wishing on a star and then some.
Hard drive manufacturers have continued to find ways of expanding current drive capacity while simultaneously investigating the various manufacturing techniques needed to build the next generation of higher capacity drives. We've also seen the advent of solid state drives (SSDs) within the past few years. Although SSDs currently occupy only a very small percentage of the overall hard drive market, their storage capacities and speed are both on the rise, while price-per-gigabyte continues to drop. In short, the hard drive industry has already charted its general course for at least the next five years and aren't going to be rolling out nanotechnology-based equipment anytime soon. The lead time needed for such things is several years, according to every double-E we've ever talked to.
CANi's discovery is still quite interesting, even if you forget about having "nanotech storage iPods" anytime soon. Nanotech memory may seem far off today, but it would scarcely be the first new technology the computer industry deployed in order to solve an issue that couldn't be resolved using "old" manufacturing capabilities. Nanotechnology has quite a bit of promise, and while the copper/silicon doping technique developed by the ASU researchers isn't exactly ready for deployment today, it just might form the basis for memory designs in the future.


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Here's Hilary Duff, leaving a fitness studio in West Hollywood, carrying a Louis Vuitton Speedy Empreinte 25 Bandoulière Bag and a Goyard St. Louis Tote. Strangely enough, we've seen Hilary carry both of these bags before, which is a definite first/sign of the end times. We know from extensive research that Hilary uses her many lightweight, durable Goyard totes as diaper bags and gym bags fairly frequently. Goyard doesn't sell its bags online, but you can find Hilary's Speedy for $2,840 at Louis Vuitton.
Hilary Duff's handbag collection seems to expand exponentially with every passing season. If you feel the need to keep abreast of every Duff acquisition in recent history, you've certainly come to the right place. Though, be warned: it's an alarming amount of handbags. Check out"The Many Bags of Hilary Duff" and "The Many Bags of Hilary Duff, Part 2."


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Token Transit is a mobile ticketing app that lets you pay for and ride public transit with your phone. We partner with transit agencies across the country to offer fare payment for your public transit agency in our app.
With the Token Transit app, you purchase, activate and board using just your phone. All of your passes are stored in the cloud, and retrievable on any mobile device.
Active passes will be displayed under "passes in use," which immediately appears when the Token Transit app is opened. They display a "time left" section with time remaining until the pass expires. Passes that have not been activated yet will be displayed under "stored passes," and can be stored as long as you like.
Your account is tied to the phone number that you first used to log into the Token Transit app. You will receive an SMS message to verify your phone number when you log in.
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Currently Token Transit accepts credit, debit or a prepaid debit cards as forms of payment as well as Apple Pay on iOS devices. We are looking into additional methods of letting users pay for the bus through our app. Contact us to let us know how you would like to pay.
We are a convenient alternative to existing forms of payment. If you do not have a credit or debit card you can always continue to use your current method to pay for transit fares.
Token Transit recommends using the following mobile apps for trip planning:
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Please reach out directly to your transit agency if you have any questions or concerns regarding the agency and their service. Token Transit can help with your mobile passes and can help refer you to the transit agency for further assistance if you need.
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The RCP is developed pursuant to Sections 300.210 of the NCP. The NCP is required by Section 105 of CERCLA, as amended by the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 (SARA), by Section 311(d) of CWA, as amended by OPA. The ESF 10 components of this plan are required by the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Act (Public Law 93-288), as amended. The RCP is applicable to response actions taken pursuant to the authorities under CERCLA, Section 311 of CWA, and OPA. The NCP requires establishment of RRTs, which are responsible for Regional planning and preparedness activities before response actions, and for providing advice and support to the RRT when activated during a response.
The ACP is required by Section 311(j)(4) of CWA and is written in conjunction with the NCP and CERCLA.
To accomplish the coordinated planning structure envisioned under OPA, Section 4202(a) of OPA requires the President to designate specific Areas for which Area Committees are established. Each Area Committee, under the direction of an OSC, must prepare and submit to the President for approval an ACP that, in conjunction with the NCP, is adequate to remove a worst case discharge from a vessel or facility operating in or near that Area.
Through Executive Order 12777, the President delegated to the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) responsibility for designating the Areas and appointing the committees for the inland zone as designated in the NCP. The Administrator further delegated this authority to the US EPA Regional Administrators, and designated the 10 pre-existing RRT areas as the Areas for OPA planning purposes. US EPA Region 5, which consists of Illinois, Indiana, Minnesota, Michigan, Ohio, and Wisconsin, is one Area. Establishment of the Area Committee is required by Section 311(j)(4) of CWA.


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Independent Evaluation at the IMF
- Chapter 1 Ten Years of Independent Evaluation at the IMF: What Does It Add Up To?
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- Chapter 5 The Logic of Evaluation Independence and Its Relevance to International Financial Institutions
- Chapter 6 A Brief History of the IEO
- Chapter 7 Independent Evaluation at the IMF: Understanding the Evaluation Cycle
- Chapter 8 IEO Retrospective: Ten Years of Independent Evaluation at the IMF
- Chapter 9 IEO Recommendations: A Review of Implementation
- Chapter 10 Academic and Think Tank Assessment of the IEO and Its Evaluations
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Chapter 12 Views on the IEO from Current and Former Management and Senior Staff
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Jaguar XK150. Beautiful shiny Jaguar. This old car Looks ready to take a smooth ride in the country.
Checkout this beautiful 1970 Chevrolet Chevelle Malibu Coupe. The Chevelle was one of Chevrolet's most successful nameplates.
Thanks to Chris Blakey for htis amazing picture of a Gasser Survivor,1940 Willys Coupe.
Fan submission from Gilbert Garibay. 1946 Chevy Fleetline restored to it's original stance excluding color.
Fan submission from Jose J Garcia. 1958 Chevy Impala. This is what Jose has to say about his car. The year 1958 was the first year of the Impala....
Fan submission from Biggert Red. 1957 Buick Roadmaster


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For wood-like, weatherproof patio floors
SIMOWOOD sheets made of Resysta® are a real alternative to wood-based terrace flooring. The polymer containing an eco-friendly filler that includes rice husks is extruded to create sheet products that are specially processed to look and feel like real Wood.
Compared to wood-based products used in this area, the moisture-resistant sheets do not swell when exposed to water, are weatherproof and offer the benefit of anti-slip properties when wet. This makes the material suitable not only for indoor but also for outdoor use - while also conserving valuable resources.
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- Do the following:
a. Explain to your counselor the hazards you are most likely to encounter while using basketry tools and materials, and what you should do to anticipate, help prevent, mitigate, and respond to these hazards.
b. Discuss the prevention of and first-aid treatment for injuries, including cuts, scratches, and scrapes, that could occur while working with basketry tools and materials.
- Do the following:
a. Show your counselor that you are able to identify each of the following types of baskets: plaited, coiled, ribbed, and wicker.
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Hello partners, I have been playing for a year and few months now but I think I have been learning quick since I play almost 3 times a week. If you want to hit, teach or have fun. I will be available; if you are in a high level will be great too!. Thanks
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Hi Luis, My name is Jim. I have also been playing about 1 1/2 years. I am looking to play some tennis in the early evening about 6 pm during the week. Have nice courts here in SE Fort Myers. Let me know.
Hey, I haven't played in a couple years, but was playing at a 3.5 level when I stopped playing. I'd love to start playing regularly again if you're interested. Thanks
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Come on in and sample a variety of teas and coffees, from herbal to gourmet and beyond, with Nancy Caperton of Starbucks. Discover your favorite flavors and learn how a warm, soothing drink can calm your mind and body. All adults are welcome.
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Let me guess, you have been playing Universal crossword and got stuck on the clue Wheels lender. Well, you have come to the right place to find the answer to this clue.
While some crosswords are much simpler than others, most require that players have a vast knowledge of the language and possibly even various topics. So while crossword puzzles are seen as a more intelligent game, they can be very frustrating for players to complete and even experienced crossword players need some help occasionally.
When finding the answers to the clues becomes too difficult, there's no shame in looking for them online.
Now you have the answer to your clue. Its time to move on to the next clue. You can browse through the list with all the answers to the Universal crossword of July 17th, 2018. Or you can use the search form below to find the answer (no matter if its Universal Crossword or any other crossword).
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|Author Tolstoy
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|Have a sore loser face
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|World War menaces
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|Ticked-off state
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|Be a bachelor no more
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Kevin Brown, SVP Innovation and CTO for Schneider Electric's IT Division, shares his insights on why server rooms and edge closets dominate system availability and why these mission critical micro data centres, if not designed and managed correctly, could be your weakest link.
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Oh boy, oh boy, oh boy!
Today was a day that I never wanted to see come. I experienced days like this as a child and never thought that as a mom I would see them come. A shock to me for sure.
I do my best to be the best mom and to make the best decisions for my babies. I really do. So today was really no different. I had decided to try a new method of consequences that had not been attempted in our family thus far.
Zulu was busted, by me, for whacking his older brother across the face and the side of the head with a toy. Omega was in major pain and really upset. I called Zulu down, after repairing and consoling the injured, and made him stand at attention. You military know what I'm talking about. You know, feet together, hands fisted, thumbs touching the thigh, shoulders straight, head straight, still and quiet. Yeah, that attention. While I calmly discussed what had just happened. I demanded, very politely, that he answer with a yes ma'am or no ma'am. He did as I requested but as I was talking to him I could see the anger building in his face and eyes. He started clinching those teeth and glaring the evil eye and turning red all at the same time. I amazingly, remained calm and collective, which is rare for me. I had this extreme feeling of peace. When I started asking deeper questions to Zulu about the situation, the consequences and what would happen if this were to occur to another person or at other places he just went off. It was like a freaking bomb. BOOM!!! Zulu was crying and had this deep, deep voice I had never heard before. I was a little frightened but he remained at attention and this gave me hope. He said I was mean. I was the meanest mom in the world. He said that he did not like me any more. He said that he just wanted to runaway.
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SJU alumnus Denis McDonough named White House chief of staff
January 25, 2013
Saint John's University President Michael Hemesath released the following statement about the appointment of SJU alumnus Denis McDonough as White House chief of staff:
"The Saint John's community is extremely proud of the public service of our alumnus Denis McDonough '92. We applaud President Barack Obama's selection of Denis as his new chief of staff. We are absolutely confident that Denis will serve with the integrity and character he has demonstrated throughout time at Saint John's University and beyond. He follows an esteemed line of Johnnies in public service including, among others, Senators Eugene McCarthy and David Durenberger and Representative Mark Kennedy. Denis's professional success is further evidence that a Benedictine liberal arts education is superb preparation for leadership and service at the highest levels of public life, be that in the public sector, the business community or the world of non-profits. We wish Denis all the best in his new role."
McDonough graduated summa cum laude from SJU in 1992 with degrees in history and Spanish and played on the Johnnie football team for John Gagliardi. McDonough was a 2012 recipient of an Alumni Achievement Award from SJU.
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LAW7723 - Real Estate Transactions
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This course is a study of the legal issues in real estate transfer, development and financing. Classes will focus on problem solving. We will often look at situations where plans and schemes went or were headed awry, consider various solutions to those problems, and how they could have been avoided. The approach generally will be to view individual transactions from various points of view, to discuss what the risks are in those transactions for each participant (i.e., seller, buyer, borrower, lender, tenant, landlord), and how to address those risks with careful drafting. The course will include consideration of the purchase and sale of a single family house, as well as the financing, transferring, development and leasing of commercial properties.