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It Doesn't Get Any Better Than This
In the last Rocky film produced, "Rocky Balboa," HBO boxing analyst and commentator Max Kellerman becomes overwhelmed with emotion when one of his childhood heroes acknowledges him.
"Rocky Balboa just asked me how I'm doing!" he exclaims, with an ear-to-ear smile. "I grew up watching this guy; I never thought I'd be calling one of his fights! This is unbelievable! I'm a fan, I can't help it!"
Last night I had that same feeling Kellerman had in the movie.
Although having to do my job as a High School sports reporter, the fan in me came out; the little kid who gets star-struck being in the presence of a hero. The childhood hero in my presence:
Former Yankee centerfielder Bernie Williams.
A few weeks ago I blogged about writing a possible story involving Bernie, being that his daughter Beatriz plays for the Byram Hills High School varsity girls' basketball team, one of the teams my newspaper covers. My goal was to write a feature story about Bea, getting some quotes from her dad and insight from his perspective.
Think about it: Bernie is famous; one of the greatest players to ever put on the Yankee pinstripes. His family undoubtedly attended many of his games at Yankee Stadium and watched him play. What must he feel like now, on the other end of it watching his daughter play?
My editor thought it would be a unique, original concept for a player profile to put in the paper – that is if we could get the story. I would have to cover one of her games in the hopes he would be there in order to set up an interview of some sort.
Monday night I received an e-mail from my editor, letting me know the Byram girls had a home game Tuesday. The odds of Bernie being in attendance were pretty high, so he gave me the assignment of covering the game. Bea is a senior and yesterday afternoon was her final regular season home game, so naturally I thought I had a good shot to meet Bernie and inquire about the interview.
I was pretty excited. But of course when I got to the game, Bernie was nowhere to be found.
At halftime Bea's team was trailing by one point, and my editor (who was photographing the game for the paper) came up to me and pointed out that Bernie had arrived, and was sitting near the front of the gym.
"Do you want to maybe go talk to him now?" my editor asked. "I'm sure it'll be alright. We've interviewed him before, and we don't have to do the interview today. We can just ask about it."
We made our way over to where Bernie was sitting, and just being so close to him put me in a state of awe. I couldn't believe I was literally standing inches away from a Yankee legend, when all those years watching him from the grandstands at Yankee Stadium, I felt as if I was lightyears away from him.
My editor showed Bernie some shots of Bea he took on his camera for the paper and then introduced me to him, asking about the story idea. Bernie looked at me and said,
"A story on her? Yes, you can interview me for that. Do you have a card or something where I can reach you?
I didn't, so I went for the next best thing.
"Can I give you my e-mail address?" I asked.
"Yeah, that's fine," he replied.
While I was jotting down my contact information for Bernie, an older gentleman approached him and asked for an autograph. He happily signed for him, and gave the man a smile.
After the gentleman walked away, I handed over my e-mail address to Bernie. Even as I write this, I cannot believe I gave my contact info. to a man I grew up idolizing; a true Yankee warrior. Before I walked away, with a shy look on my face, I asked Bernie for an autograph.
"Sure," he said with a smile.
I had no baseball for him to sign; not even a baseball card. Technically, I was at work. I didn't bring anything with me, save for my reporting materials, so I just tore a blank page out of my reporter's notebook and handed him my pen – the same pen I was using to write down the number of baskets his daughter was scoring in her game. (Just for the record, Bea netted 17 points to lead her team to a 49-39 win!)
Not just because I was thankful for his time, but as an objective reporter, I gave his daughter a polite compliment.
"Bea is a terrific ballplayer," I remarked.
Bernie gave me a proud look and replied, "Yeah, she works hard."
He signed my autograph, "To A.J. Best Wishes! Bernie Williams 51"
I reached out my hand in gratitude, and he shook it.
"Thank you so much Bernie, I really appreciate this."
He nodded at me with a gentle expression and said, "It's no problem."
It is times like this I feel blessed in life; blessed to have a job that gives me chances like this. There aren't many people in the world who get to go to work and run into a recognizable and famous athlete – and incorporate that famous athlete and his family into their work.
In a lot of respects I'm extremely lucky, only because Bea isn't the only child of a famous sports-related figure I have seen play this year.
The past two weeks I had the pleasure of covering varsity boys' basketball games featuring Mike D'Antoni, Jr., who is the son of New York Knicks' Head Coach Mike D'Antoni. Coach D'Antoni didn't attend either game to watch his son, as the Knicks had games both nights I saw Mike Jr. play.
I guess I take comfort in knowing that even though I'm not on the big stage yet – I'm not writing for ESPN or the YES Network, or even MLB – but at the very least I'm getting a small taste of it, even if it's at the bottom level.
And days like this that only give me more confidence, as a journalist.
Right now I can really only think of the TV show "Smallville," which tells the story of a young Clark Kent (the hero who went on to become Superman). Keep in mind, Kent occupied his time as a journalist when not saving the world as the Man of Steel.
There was an episode in which Kent's friend Chloe gets a job at the Daily Planet newspaper. They gave her an office on the ground floor and a position as a cub reporter, not exactly her dream job. Yet it didn't matter to her. She was just happy to be there and grateful to be doing what she loves to do.
Chloe's feelings match so well how I've felt this last year and a half, covering High School sports. It may not be the top, but it's a start and it's what I love: sports. And Chloe's words after they gave her the job keep echoing in my mind:
"OK, so it's actually the basement. But it's the Daily Planet…The way I look at it, I have no place to go but up, up, and away."


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EATONTON, Ga. – Led by an eighth-place effort from Victor Monte (Chantilly, Va.) the No. 23 Georgia College golf squad is 13th after day one of action at the GC-hosted Bobcat Intercollegiate. The Bobcats battled sub-50 degree rainy weather to shoot a 35-over round of 315 Monday on the par-70, 6,847-yard Cuscowilla on Lake Oconee course.
Monte carded a 75 for five-over par, part of a six-way tie for eighth. Monte was one off the round lead for pars, putting 12 on his scorecard.
Bryan Fox (Roswell, Ga.), Nicolas Falkinhoff (Buenos Aires, Argentina) and Ryan Trocchio (Norcross, Ga.) are tied for second among the Bobcat starting five, 54th overall at 10-over with an 80. The final starting round went to Pontus Andersson (Helsingborg, Sweden) at a plus-17 87.
The Bobcats also put four individuals on the rainy course, with Conner Albright (Macon, Ga.) leading the way at 14th overall at six-over par with his 76. Harry Lambert (Suwanee, Ga.) is 78th at 14-over par and 84. Harrison Stewart (Roswell, Ga.) is 90th at 19-over and David Sullivan (Woodstock, Ga.) is 92nd at plus-22.
Peach Belt Conference (PBC) foe Clayton State University owns the team lead at 19-over with a 299, just four strokes ahead of both No. 12 Nova Southeastern University and No. 7 Armstrong Atlantic State University.
The individual leader is Frank Lindblom from Clayton, posting a 69, the only sub-par round any of the 93 golfers shot today. Armstrong's Shad Tuten is two strokes back.
The second and final round gets underway tomorrow at 8:22 a.m. The Bobcat starters take to the course at 9:10 a.m. when Andersson tees off. Georgia College will be paired with golfers from No. 10 University of West Florida and Carson-Newman University.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 11 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at @GCBobcats on Twitter and Facebook for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit GCBobcats.PhotoReflect.com to purchase photo prints from home athletic contests.

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LearningMuskingum participates in two programs to help veterans further their education
Muskingum University is participating in two Federal programs that can help veterans of the U.S. military advance their education.
The Post-9/11 G..I. Bill and the Yellow Ribbon G. I. Education Enhancement Program both make higher education affordable for veterans who qualify, and each offers different levels of support for various levels of qualification based on military service.
The Post-9/11 G.I. Bill provides financial support for education and housing to individuals with at least 90 days of aggregate service on or after September 11, 2001, or individuals discharged with a service-connected disability after 30 days. An honorable discharge is required to be eligible for the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill.
The bill will become effective for training on or after August 1, 2009. The amount of support that an individual may qualify for depends on where they live and what type of degree they are pursuing.
Approved training under the Post-9/11 G.I. Bill includes graduate and undergraduate degrees, and vocational/technical training. All training programs must be offered by an institution of higher learning and approved for G.I. Bill benefits. Additionally, tutorial assistance, as well as licensing and certification test reimbursement, are approved under the bill.
The Yellow Ribbon G.I. Education Enhancement Program, also known as the Yellow Ribbon Program, is a provision of the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008. This program allows institutions of higher learning in the United States to voluntarily enter into an agreement with the Veteran's Administration (VA) to fund tuition expenses that exceed the highest public in-state undergraduate tuition rate.
As a participant in the Yellow Ribbon Program, Muskingum University and the VA agree to cover all remaining tuition costs beyond the state's maximum tuition rate, meaning that qualifying veterans will be able to attend Muskingum tuition-free for as long as they remain eligible. This includes the Muskingum Adult Program (MAP) which offers flexible class schedules for working adults who wish to complete a bachelor's degree.
To encourage participation in the program, Muskingum University will have an information booth at the Muskingum County Fair, which takes place August 16 – 22. At the booth, university staff will be present to answer questions, and information will be available on both of these programs as well as the university itself.
The Veteran' Administration has a web site with information on both programs at www.gibill.va.gov.


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Now the 2018/19 cycle has closed, the following services have been decommissioned:
- UCAS Progress Apply
- UCAS Progress Search
This decision was not taken lightly. UCAS Progress has been operating for over eight years, and we have built up strong and valued partnerships with our customers and stakeholders.
However, when reviewing our schemes and their required investment, coupled with our business priorities, it felt wrong to take funding away from the development of our core schemes to support the development of UCAS Progress, to ensure its fitness for the future.
What this means for you
From 1 October, courses will no longer be visible, and students won't be able to register a new account or submit applications through UCAS Progress.
Although Search and Apply will no longer be operating, the UCAS Progress website will be available to all users until 18 December 2019. This is so local authorities and providers can sign in to access data and download reports. It also gives students a chance to copy and save sections of their profiles.
Going forward, we'll continue to offer information and advice to support students with their post-16 options and their transition into further and higher education. We also have a new information and advice platform designed to help anyone exploring their future options – find out more about the new UCAS Hub.
We've compiled a list of frequently asked questions. If your question is not listed below, please email us at email@example.com.
The decision to transition out of the market
How was the decision made to transition out of the post-16 market?
What will happen to UCAS Progress after the end of the 2018/19 academic year?
What will happen to UCAS Progress after 18 December 2019?
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BOSTON, Mass.—UMass Boston women's basketball (17-7, 9-4 Little East) rallied from a 12-point second-half deficit, but fell just short against the University of Southern Maine (17-7, 9-4 Little East) on Senior Day in a 49-48 defeat at the Clark Athletic Center.
The Beacons roared back to grab a 45-41 lead with 4:21 to play but Southern Maine senior Erin McNamara tied the game at 47 with 1:35 to play, and hit two of her final four free throws to help the Huskies earn their eight win in their last nine games.
McNamara led Southern Maine with a game-high 19 points and five assists to keep the Huskies' unbeaten streak alive against UMass Boston (63-0).
UMass Boston honored their three seniors Andrea Suffredini (Milford, Mass.), Elisa Ogawa (Yamanashi, Japan) and Shelby Buck (Greenfield, Ohio) before the contest. The Class of 2014 sits in second place in UMass Boston program history with 48 career wins and counting.
Junior Kirsten Morrison (North Reading, Mass.) paced the Beacons with 18 second-half points and six rebounds to help UMass Boston get back into the game. Suffredini pitched in with 13 points and a team-high three assists.
Buck added in six points on two early 3-pointers, while Ogawa filled up the stat-sheet with three points, six rebounds and two assists before fouling out after 30 minutes of action.
UMass Boston used the energy and emotion from their Senior Day ceremony to jump out to an early lead and take control for the majority of the first half. Buck knocked down a pair of threes, while Suffredini added one of her own to help UMass Boston leap out to an 11-3 advantage at 15:26.
McNamara knocked down a three of her own to tie the game at 13 with 7:52 to play, but Suffredini and Mallory Nelson (Topsham, Maine) knocked down back-to-back jumpers to give UMass Boston a 19-15 advantage.
That would be the last time UMass Boston would hold a lead for nearly 20 minutes, as McNamara drained a jumper with 42 seconds to play in the half to give Southern Maine their first lead at 21-19 heading into the break.
The Huskies would keep the momentum going into the second half, as Southern Maine pushed their lead out to 39-27 with 11:17 to play behind four-straight 3-pointers, two by Mariah Callender.
UMass Boston turned the tides on the back of Morrison's strong play, as Morrison sparked an 18-2 run by scoring 14 points. Morrison started the run with a 3-point play and added two sets of two free throws sandwiched around a layup. Ogawa added a layup and a free throw to tie the game at 41, before Morrison and Nelson knocked down back-to-back layups to give UMass Boston a 45-41 edge with 4:21 to play.
Megan Pelletier and Morrison traded layups to make the score 47-43 with 2:52 to play, before Southern Maine closed out the game on a 6-1 run. Rebecca Knight began the run with a pair of free throws and McNamara added two more, after a Beacons turnover, to tie the game at 47 with 1:35 to play.
After UMass Boston turned the ball over and missed a shot on their next two possessions, McNamara gave the Huskies a slim 48-47 advantage by hitting one of two free throws with 27 seconds left. UMass Boston turned the ball over again with 10 seconds to play, but McNamara managed to hit just one of two free throws to make it 49-47 with seven seconds to play.
Suffredini received the inbounds pass and raced the length of the court before being fouled while driving to the hoop with .2 seconds to play. The senior guard missed the first and tried to miss the second but hit the free throw. Southern Maine successfully inbounded the ball to McNamara to wind down the clock and escape the Clark with a 49-48 victory.
UMass Boston will travel to Western Connecticut State University Saturday at 1 p.m. for their regular-season finale.


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It's been 181 days, 11 hours, 30 minutes and 11 seconds since you last posted
Have you noticed? The empowr algorithms only present people that recently posted
Post something now
to ensure you're being presented to others
Did you know? You are earning in empowr with the help of ad credits.
However, you have not yet watched the quick ad credits tutorial video.
Why not take a moment to watch it now and better understand your options?
You earn when your posts get viewed.
Your earnings increase when more people view your posts, so you want your posts shared as much as possible.
The more people you "close the loop" with, the more people share your posts (and the more you earn).
"Closing the loop" with someone means sharing some of their posts (which helps them earn).
To close the loop with someone, follow the instructions inside the loop:
The moment you close the loop with someone, you've made it their turn to help you earn. (They won't be presented to you again, until they close the loop back with you).
Summary: The more people you "close the loop" with, the more people will share your posts and the more you earn.
QUESTION: For best results, who are the best people for me to close the loop with?
ANSWER: Those most likely to close the loop back with you.
QUESTION: Well, then, who's most likely to close the loop back with me?
ANSWER: The next person presented to you, after you click right (or on mobile, click "Next" or swipe left).
Summary: For best results and to maximize your earnings, instead of closing the loop with random people, click right or "Next" to be presented with the next best person for you.
Don't fall out: Have you noticed that only people are presented to you that have posted recently? If you don't post anything new, you'll stop being presented to anyone. So ABP (Always Be Posting) to make sure you are always being presented to others.
Closing the loop gets you seen: People aren't presented to you again until they've closed the loop back with you. On your end, that means that until you close the loop with someone, you won't be shown to them again. So try to close the loop with each person presented before moving on.
Location accuracy matters: In the coming months, you'll notice people shown to you will get closer and closer to you geographically as more people join empowr. This will enable you to meet more of them in-person. It will also enable you to receive services from them (paying with your empowr earnings) and totally wipe out shipping costs when you buy products from them.
So why not accelerate the process by inviting people you know? You earn $20 for each completed account if you're the first to invite them.
Summary: Make sure your location is accurate or you'll be missing out on much of the value from the trusted relationships you're building.
Your goal in empowr should be to have a thousand people in your circle that you can trust to help you earn.
empowr means freedom: Take a moment to imagine having a thousand people in your circle, with each of them also having, on average, a thousand people in their circle:
Your turn: empowr has spent over 15 years building technologies with only one objective in mind: Bringing economic upside to you as opposed to rich investors, corporations and advertisers. So now it's your turn: Stop reading this and go close the loop with someone!
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During the second installment of his new show last week, Conan O'Brien mockingly harangued Tom Hanks for saddling him with the nickname "Coco" near the start of his ill-fated stint on "The Tonight Show."
"Finally, he'll blame something on someone other than Jay" Leno, Hanks quipped.
It was a funny line – and perhaps a telling one.
O'Brien, who returned with a new show on TBS last week nine months after losing the "Tonight Show," needs to move past constant references to the debacle for his new program to succeed.
Much of his re-energized comic persona – and popularity – undoubtedly rest in the perception of him as a victim (albeit one who left NBC with more than $30 million). But in the long run, O'Brien's old-school, pre-"Tonight Show" humor will serve him best – while constant "Tonight Show" references will get old fast.
There were promising signs last week that O'Brien understands this, even he's been a bit slow to show it. "Conan," after all, opened last Monday with him being machined-gunned by NBC executives in a scene out of "The Godfather."
By Thursday night, he largely managed to avoid overt – or at least excessively whiny – references to the controversy. The closest O'Brien came was a gag in which he was received by a welcoming committee of basic cable stars: Bruce Jenner, a wild-eyed actress playing a subject of "Hoarders" and some Alaskan King crabs, said to be straight from "Deadliest Catch."
It was a vintage O'Brien: turning the joke on himself, in a clever, good-natured self-effacing way.
The moment was among several that gave us hope for the success of "Conan," even amid a very crowded late-night landscape that includes Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert, David Letterman and, yes, Leno.
O'Brien and sidekick Andy Richter performing their version of a generic, local 11 p.m. newscast to show viewers what they were missing (i.e. nothing) proved a highlight as did a cameo by our favorite bear, who apparently has found new work in the lottery business.
Another bit proved particularly notable: O'Brien played a snippet of a rambling speech by Kanye West – then placed a video of the rapper still gabbing in the lower left corner of the screen.
There was some irony, perhaps unintentional, in targeting the foot-in-mouth-prone West, who spent part of last week portraying himself as a victim of the "Today" show and Matt Lauer.
O'Brien is nobody's victim – and the sooner he drops jokes that play off even a hint of self-pity, the better off he and his audience will be.
The comic's much-hyped return reminded us how much his brand of cerebrally silly humor has been missed. As he starts the second week of a rare third act in the TV talk show world, O'Brien's challenge is to keep us laughing – no matter what anybody might call him.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NYCity News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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H.R. 4577 and patients' access to pharmacies
Re: "Coloradans could lose medical choices, but save money," July 27 news story.
Patients aren't just losing face time with doctors these days. Patients' access to medication and choice of pharmacy are also being undermined by health insurance middlemen, primarily in Medicare. What's more, many Colorado-owned pharmacies are shut out, even after offering to accept the same terms and conditions to give patients more choice.
Bipartisan legislation, H.R. 4577, would give seniors in medically underserved areas more convenient access to discounted or "preferred" copays at pharmacies willing to accept the terms. Consumers Union, Medicare Rights Center and other patient advocates back it.
We encourage Rep. Diana DeGette and her colleagues to cosponsor this proposal.
Learn more at www.ncpanet.org/pharmacychoice.
B. Douglas Hoey, Alexandria, Va.
Brad Young, Wheat Ridge
B. Douglas Hoey is CEO of the National Community Pharmacists Association. Brad Young is government affairs director for RxPlus Pharmacies.
This letter was published in the Aug. 4 edition.
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Espressoworkz sells automatic espresso machines and coffee beans to offices. It owns NZ roasted coffee range Eden Coffee plus has strong wholesale and retail business lines to compliment its office business, which remains the core profit engine of the company.
Espressoworkz also imports and distributes SAECO automatic espresso machines and Caffitaly capsule machines and capsules. The business has been experiencing considerable growth, opening the Eden Espresso Bar which now adjoins the main showroom in Mt Eden.
Over the last 12 months the company has developed a management structure with the depth of experience to manage and grow the business enabling Howard to step back from the day to day business and focus more on strategy.
What are your plans?
With the systems and people in place the next step is to double turnover, take advantage of economies of scale and improve the company's worth.
The business could continue to grow organically at 10 -20 per cent per year using existing cash flows and strategy, but that takes a long time and is a hard slog.
With further investment it could scale a lot quicker.
Opportunities include buying or merging with a competitor and integrating the two operations, franchising part of the business, improving sourcing and importing additional coffee related brands to distribute and service
What would your ideal scenario be?
Like many privately owned businesses here, the real opportunity to make good return on your efforts is typically when you sell to one of the "big boys". There are lots of examples of this in our industry such as Café Direct, Laffaire, Atomic and Burton Hollis/Gravity Coffee.
Even in the last 18 months both Evolution Roasters (Roasted Addiction) and The Coffee Guy were bought by an Australian publicly listed company leaving their Kiwi owners with smiles on their faces.
For a big firm it's more cost effective for them to buy successful brands and market share than it is to grow it themselves.
How are you going about finding new capital?
New capital has the potential to come from various sources, a passive or active investor, or possibly even a bank. All debt to fund the company's growth thus far is personally guaranteed on our family home and my wife and I are keen to change that for the next period of company growth.
Like most things in life, success is often about timing, being ready to move when the right opportunity presents itself.
What will happen if you don't find new finance?
No change. We will keep reinvesting the company's cashflow to continue to fund its organic growth.
What attitude have you had from the bank?
A couple of years ago I asked my bank if they could loan the company money without a personal guarantee. They could not dispute the exceptional growth of the business but the answer was no. They were however keen to lend us money if we wanted to purchase our premises. This reinforces my belief that NZ banks spend millions in advertising trying to seduce business customers but when it comes down to the line they are fixated on bricks and mortar rather than investing in business growth.
Sometimes it takes a life change such as redundancy or the loss of a loved one which triggers the move to start up your own business. Tell us your stories. Email me, Gill South, at the link below.


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A thought maker was a device designed to control the neural activity or "brainwash" the humanoid brain, making the subject highly susceptible to suggestion. It was illegal to use or even possess one of these devices within the Ferengi Alliance.
In 2364, Ferengi DaiMon Bok used these devices on Jean-Luc Picard in an attempt at revenge for killing his son years before. Bok made Picard believe that he was again captain of the USS Stargazer, and that the USS Enterprise-D was an attacking enemy vessel. He had purchased two of these devices from a world not yet discovered by Humans, and it cost him the profits of a lifetime. (TNG: "The Battle")
In the Star Trek: The Next Generation - Intelligence Gathering issue "Matters of the Mind", a thought maker was used to control Deanna Troi, Doctor Crusher, and Ro Laren by Romulans in order to try to direct the Enterprise-D to a new destination.
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New Tech for Fighting Skin Cancer
As skin cancer cases rise in people under 30, dermatologists are responding with new high-tech equipment. WSJ's Laura Landro joins Lunch Break. Photo: Getty Images.
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I've been following the trials of tribulations of alleged pedophile Blaine Miller for about a month now. His church is going through hell sorting out how to deal with Miller and the pastor who is protecting him. I wish them well. The comment thread indicates Miller is allowed access to a church run day care center - even after
two one outstanding sexual abuse indictment. Something is seriously wrong at Lakeridge Baptist Church. I've taken the extraordinary step of contacting the local media in an effort to draw attention to Millers alleged continued access to children.
Lubbock is a smallish town in Texas, how many sexual predictor/pastors can there be in one town? I was shocked to learn the number is at least two. James Clark, is the former pastor of Mount Vernon United Methodist Church on Cedar Avenue in Lubbock. Clark is alleged to have imported an Kenyan exchange student for use as his own prostitute. He turned an innocent girl into a prostitute under the guise of benevolent Christian missionary work- do they teach that in the bible?
Count 43, importation of an alien for immoral purposes, alleges that between August 14, 2005 and January 15, 2006, Clark brought an alien, "Jane Doe," into the U.S. from Kenya for the purpose of prostitution. In April 2006, Clark was arrested by the Hockley County District Attorney's Office in Levelland, Texas, for the offense of compelling prostitution by force/threat. Federal search warrants were executed at Clark's home and office with the primary purpose to find evidence relating to human trafficking. However, a cursory review of the seized evidence revealed evidence of violations having been committed by Clark regarding the participation in the Mount Vernon United Methodist Church in the Summer Food Service Program
James Clark sounds like a peach. If convicted of his crimes, Clark will die in jail. You spin the wheel, you take your chances.
What is it about Texas? I drink bottled water now when I visit, "just in case".


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For every practical application of robotics, there's one that's not quite as useful. For every cyber-fish that can swim forever for research, there is an equal and opposite quivering space jellyfish that doesn't do anything. Apparently. This falls into that second category.
This project, brain-child of Professor Yoichiro Kawaguchi of the University of Tokyo, seems to have no real purpose aside from pure robotic weirdness, and it looks like it will be able to tackle that challenge quite well. So if you've ever wondered what a space jellyfish might look like, Japan has got you covered. And if not, Japan has still got you covered if you change your mind. [DigInfo]


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The giant clock ticked in the Grand Hall archway as a silent reminder of the train station's history.
"I can always remember as a young man that it was always a big thing to go see the clock," said Jack Oberndorfer, an O'Neal Electric project manager, who grew up a few miles from Union Station. "It's the station to me."
Obendorfer and three other electrical contractors have teamed up with Capital Electric, the lead electrical contractor, to wrap up the electrical installation for one of Kansas City's largest restoration projects-Union Station.
"I told all my guys to take it as a one-time opportunity because this will be the only time that they'll be involved in any reconstruction of this magnitude," Oberndorfer said. It's a prideful thing to be a part of it and come back years from now and say that you actually worked on it."
The Union Station, the second largest train station in the United States next to New York's Grand Central Station, was built in 1914. Eighty years after its dedication, soot stained the limestone walls, plaster from the ceiling crackled to the floor and the leaking roof rusted the steel support beams. (Continued on page 18)
The giant clock is now ticking in the Grand Hall archway, the limestone walls are shining in the sunlight and the chandeliers are illuminating a brightly painted ceiling. Trainsno longer rumble through the tracks, but Union Station now houses Science City, a hands-on children's science museum nestled in an industrial-style "train shed" behind the station.
Of course, this transformation didn't happen overnight.
Hundreds of electricians and construction workers spent two years renovating and rewiring the train station for the 21st century.
Starting from scratch At 9 a.m., Edward Downey, the project manager for Capital Electric of Kansas City, Mo., was still at work after pulling an all-nighter. Capital Electric, the lead electrical contractor, has a $15.5 million contract and has been on site since the beginning of the electrical construction project. Relaxing in a chair in his job-site office, Downey reflected on the day he first set eyes on the dilapidated train station in January of 1998.
"I came in through an old door that was half broken down through the back of the building," Downey said. "The outside was very impressive and I was excited to be on the project. But at that time, the building was pretty much gutted. It was an empty shell of a building."
Seven months later, O'Neal Electric arrived on the job to begin wiring some small shops and the planetarium. They also started constructing a link between the Union Station and a nearby hotel. Oberndorfer said Union Station's Grand Hall was fully scaffolded at that time.
"You had a complete floor at 92-ft high," Oberndorfer said. "It was so high that they had portable johns up there so the guys didn't have to come back down to use them. That's how bad it was."
The scaffolding was constructed so Capital Electric could work on the lights and help repair the ceiling, which had been heavily damaged by the leaking roof. Eric Floyd, project manager for J.E. Dunn Construction Co., said water from the leaking roof rusted the steel beams, caused the concrete to freeze thaw and disintegrate, stained the limestone walls and destroyed the wood floor. The areas that did not get wet, however, were in perfect condition, he said.
"Water was the biggest enemy to the building itself," Floyd said. "The roof was leaking in multiple spots for many years." When Union Station was still used as a train station, Amtrak built an inflatable dome in the Grand Hall to avoid spending millions of dollars to repair the roof, Floyd said.
"They didn't want to bother with making the whole area dry and temperature controlled," Floyd said.
Union Station was completely open to the elements when Floyd and his team arrived on the project in January 1998.
"There were holes in the roof, the windows were open and the doors were open. Whatever could be open was open. In terms of heating, ventilating and air conditioning, there was nothing," Floyd said. "It was like an icebox in January, and of course in the summer, it got excruciatingly hot. Whatever the temperature was outside, that was the temperature inside."
Floyd said the leaking roof caused a majority of the problems with Union Station. "Buildings need to be maintained year-round," Floyd said. "If you let something go, it's going to get worse and worse and that's what happened."
Conus of Capital Electric said they opted for a complete gut renovation because of the age and condition of the wiring.
"Every piece of wiring in here is new," Conus said.
Union Station and Science City: mostly restoration or new construction? With Union Station, Downey said the electrical contractors had an unusual challenge on their hands. Union Station was an old train station built in 1914. Behind it, however, was a modern science museum. Was the project more of a new construction or a renovation project? Downey said it was a little bit of both. "The exhibits are all brand-new construction and the rest of the building is all renovation," Downey said.
Science City, with its many interactive exhibits, posed both challenges and learning opportunities for electricians.Obendorfer said he got updated on the new laser technology when his team helped install a starball in the planetarium. Dick Smith of Rodriguez Electric said the Science City project gave him the opportunity to provide lighting and power to a theater for the first time. "It was rather exhilirating to work on something that we had not worked on before," Smith said.
From illuminating the planetarium to lighting exhibits such as the "archeological cave," the electricians were all faced with many different types of lighting. Downey of Capital Electric said they hired four different lighting consultants and used more than 300 different types of light fixtures. He said a third of Capital Electric's $15.5 million contract was spent on lighting. "We have every kind of lighting," Downey said.
As he walked through the Union Station to Science City, Downey stopped to open the door of a dimmer room. "The dimmer room is kind of impressive," he said. He pointed out that the dimmer room has 500 circuits, feeds all the lighting on the exhibit first floor, and has a custom-made junction box, which holds the conduits.
"Once you get down below, they branch out into 100-in. conduits and they go out to every various exhibit throughout the place," he said. Lighting posed the major challenge for Science City, but Downey said routing was an obstacle in wiring Union Station. "We had to try to find a route through it to get to all the electrical rooms from the concourse level. We had a full-time general foreman just to figure out routing."
To ensure the quickest and easiest routes, the engineers on the project recommended the use of aluminum MC cable feeders. Downey estimated that it saved them about 6,500 man-hours.
"If we would have had to do it pipe and wire, we would have had to put junction boxes everywhere," Downey said. "The runs were 800 ft and 900 ft and are going 10 or 20 90-deg angles by going that distance."
The MC cable not only saved time, but also helped the electricians conceal wiring when they were going from the old parts to the new parts of the building because of its flexibility.
"The aesthetic value was always the first thing of consideration," said Oberndorfer of O'Neal Electric. "Trying to hide electrical conduit is always a challenge."
U.S. Electric faced similar challenges with the energy management controls. Because Union Station was on the National Register of Historic Places, the company had to follow certain historical preservation guidelines. "The controls come second nature to us," said Rick "Mac" McEvoy, project manager for U.S. Electric. "But because of the architectural structure of the building, we had to find unique methods to do our job without damaging the original building structure."
For example, to avoid having to drill marble, U.S. Electric put some sensors on the air handling units rather than out in the field.
"The return-air duct pulls all of the air back to the air handling unit," McEvoy said. "That is the same temperature as what's in space, so we just put sensors at the units instead of out in the field."
Stacks of change orders challenge electrical contractors Because it was such a historical building, Conus said there were a lot of unknowns, which posed a challenge for all the contractors. "On the drawings, it shows conduit wire going up a floor and through a wall and then when you get there, there's a beam in the way or there's clay tiles that you didn't even know about," Conus said.
These unknowns have resulted in stacks of change orders, Downey said. He estimated that by the end of the project, the general contractor would have handed him 700 change orders.
"It's ever-changing," Downey said. "I've still got a stack of change orders on my desk. Some we've already worked on and finished, and some of them we haven't gotten to yet." But over the course of the project, Downey said the number of change orders is slowing down. "Now it's only two change orders a week," Downey said. "It was getting to be 10 or 20. Some of them were major changes and were for over $250,000. There were way too many changes."
Along with the number of change orders, the scope of the orders has also changed, Downey said. "In the beginning, it was all structural-when they started chipping away at the concrete to get to the beams that were underneath, they found out they were rotten," Downey said. "There was a lot of change orders because of that kind of work."
Lately, Downey said the change orders have all been for cosmetic reasons such as the location of light fixtures or receptacles.
"Those are mainly just people not thinking far ahead enough," Downey said. "They wait until it's installed and say, 'that's not going to work for me.' It's very frustrating. You do things twice."
One change order, however, made a real difference in the appearance of Union Station, Downey said. The three chandeliers in the Grand Hall were originally contracted to just be power-washed, rewired and put back up because the project was so tight on budget.
Gary Behm, president of St. Louis Lighting, St. Louis, Mo., said the chandeliers looked like piles of scrap iron when he first saw them.
"Between the smoke from the trains and the coal-burning furnaces and the cigar smoke, there was no color left," Behm said. "Everything was brown and rusty looking."
Behm, Capital Electric and J.E. Dunn rallied for a change order to get the chandeliers restored the way they were originally finished (see sidebar). "I told them that they couldn't afford not to do this," Behm said. Downey agreed.
"We fought for months on it, and it put us way behind, but it was the right thing to do," Downey said. Can you imagine having a rusty light fixture hanging from the ceiling?" Along with the three chandeliers in the Grand Hall, the clock hanging from the archway was also an important key to preserving the station's past, Oberndorfer said. Electric Time Co. of Medfield, Mass., a subcontractor of Capital Electric, originally made and later restored the clock.
"There was never a question in my mind that it was something that had to be done no matter the cost," Oberndorfer said.
Electricians wrap up electrical installation during final hectic weeks With the giant clock once again ticking in the archway, Union Station reopened its doors to the public in November 1999. On a sunny afternoon, dignitaries from Kansas and Missouri announced that the project was a year ahead of schedule to a roar of applause. Meanwhile, electricians were feverishly working behind the scenes to wrap up the electrical portion of the Science City project before its Nov. 20 official opening date. They were carrying bundles of wire through the "Old Town" section of themuseum and wiring an interactive fountain at the museum's entrance. Downey of Capital Electric said his team wired the fountain. "There are little motion detectors that sense when people come through there, and shut the water off so you don't get wet," Downey said. "We installed the fiber-optic lighting that can change colors."
RF Fisher Electric wired the inside of a giant "human body" for a medical imaging exhibit. Randy Wilson, project manager for the informational systems division, said the time frame of the project made the final weeks hectic, but the cooperation between the trades was well coordinated. "The body exhibit was one of the last ones that could be started, but it had to be up and running by the time they opened the doors," Wilson said. "They had an army full of people in those little areas. We had about 200 people working in a 10 x 10 room."
A few days after the museum's grand opening, electricians were still on the job, but they were hidden from the public during Science City's business hours. Some were working the 6 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. shift, while the night owls opted for the 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. shift.
"We work before the museum is opened, and we take those guys and move them in other parts of the building that still need to be finished that you can't see," Conus said. "They're here all day."
The future of the limestone "Great Gateway to the West" Visitors are now flowing in the doors of the Union Station to gaze up at the chandeliers, reminice about the big clock and explore Science City. Meanwhile, electricians are still working behind the scenes to prepare tenant spaces for local businesses.
"The building is very large and it's kind of like a mall in that there's a lot of little tenant spaces all over the place," Floyd of J.E. Dunn said. "In the future, as tenants become interested in the building, and they want to lease space, there's a possibility we may be doing more work. As of right now, things are really starting to wind down."
Oberndorfer said his company has a lot of ongoing projects with Union Station and Science City. "We plan to stay on site and be as much available as we can to the work that's going on down there," Oberndorfer said.
Even after the building's grand opening, Conus said he still had his hands full. "We're trying to get our paperwork done, answer questions for the guys and go to numerous meetings throughout the day," Conus said, before he had to leave his job-site office for another meeting. Downey was ready to get some shuteye.
"I've pulled a few all-nighters and have stayed up until 2 or 3 in the morning a few times, but that's about it. I can't handle much more," he said. Standing on the balcony and looking down at the giant clock hanging in the archway, the old, decrepit train station seemed like a distant, fading memory. Smith of Rodriguez Electrical said Union Station looked just like it did in 1960 when he piled into the back of a train with other recruits on the way to boot camp. He said everyone did a wonderful job.
"There's quite a history that goes with Union Station and it's something that everyone's proud of," he said. "It was a great experience for us."


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Well, if this isn't one of the craziest things you've heard all day, then your conversations must be pretty intriguing.
Donald Trump has served Bill Maher with a $5 million lawsuit after the comedian and TV host refused to keep his end of the bargain. What bargain, you ask? That's the good part.
Maher and Trump reportedly put in writing that if the Celebrity Apprentice star can present a valid birth certificate to prove that he's not--wait for it--the product of his mother having sex with an orangutan, then Maher would write a check for $5 million to the charity of Trump's choice. Yes, really.
NBC Bosses admit to talking Donald Trump out of presidential race
However, Maher is now refusing to do so.
The offer was allegedly made during an appearance on Jay Leno's show, after Trump had made a $5 million challenge to President Barack Obama regarding his birth certificate.
In the lawsuit filed today in L.A. County Superior Court, Trump proves that he formally responded to Maher's challenge with a copy of his birth certificate, which clearly states that he is the son of Fred Trump, who is, in fact, a human.
Told you it was crazy. Welcome to Hollywood.
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When Michael Douglas was 31, he was celebrating an Oscar for producing "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest," but Douglas' son Cameron is marking the same point in life by heading to prison.
In a lengthy interview with Vanity Fair, Douglas, 65, opened up about his fight to emerge from father Kirk Douglas' shadow and the mistakes handed down from generation to generation in one of Hollywood's most famous families. Cameron, a sometime actor and deejay, pleaded guilty in January to trafficking cocaine and crystal meth and is serving at least 10 years in prison.
"Anybody who has a relative or child in substance abuse has some idea of what this feels like," Douglas said. "This is one of those worst-case scenarios.
"It will ultimately be a painful lesson and very expensive as far as time is concerned. I don't wish it on anybody, but then, you know, look, everybody's got difficult things in life."
While Kirk Douglas, now 93, wrote in his memoir "The Ragman's Son" of a father whose approval never came, Michael Douglas said he grew up in fear of his father, who left the family to launch his career. Douglas told the magazine he knows he may have repeated the cycle with his own oldest son.
"My priorities were very similar [to my father's]," Douglas said about Cameron's formative years. "Career first."
As the VF article recounts, Michael Douglas suffered his own battle with booze, going into rehab and splitting with Cameron's mother. Now, he's married to actress Catherine Zeta-Jones, throwing himself into raising children Dylan, 9, and Carys, 6, at their home in Bermuda.
"I'm sure if he could breast-feed, he would have," Zeta-Jones told the magazine.
Meanwhile, Cameron Douglas, who once starred with his father and grandfather in a 2003 movie called "It Runs in the Family," is being held in a New York jail pending his sentencing April 27. He faces a minimum of 10 years in federal prison.


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Let me begin by differentiating vb.NET from vb.
It is true to say that the vb in both does stand for Visual Basic and that they share a similar looking syntax, but they are very different. The most important difference is in how they are implemented.
vb (that's without the .NET) is compiled into a native executable
vb.NET (that's with the .NET) is compiled into a CIL which is then interpreted by the .NET Framework.
Where to download vb.net?
There are several editions of the vb.net out in the wilds;-
Visual Basic 2005 (aka VB8), Visual Basic 2008 (aka VB9)
But I suggest you uses the latest version
Visual Basic 2010 Express Edition (aka VB10)
Which has the latest version of the .NET Framework, .NET 4.0.
Useful Links
Visual Basic Developer Center
vb.net Tutorials
vb.net Snippets
vb.net Forum
A couple ideas to get you started.
Note: Yes we are aware that some one following Code Samples do break the Syntax Highlighter of the code tags.
- Disable the Legacy Support for vb6
Its a great way to learn the new stuff.
Yeah a I know it takes a little getting used to, something you could do before you can't do Now.
Eg Control Arrays.
- Discover some of the benefit of Using Object Orient Design by Create your own class object.
- Create DLL of useful bits. (Extension Methods)
The following one is on I use lot.
- Investigate Generics
For you don't know it a way of sharing and simplifying your code. The (Of T) Stuff
- Play with LINQ
It more powerful than you think.
Try combining LINQ wirh some Extension Methods
So far I been only showing Console Programs, which is great for testing out ideas with hassle dealing with challenges that an Asynchronous MultiThreaded Graphical Interface. It lets you focus on the core language. Learn the language features, controls and Forms are way easier user. It easy to change the project type to a Windows Forms application later on.
Any How.
- XML Literals
One feature if VB.net and not yet available ro C# Programmers, (Who are calling out for them.)
Even as especially in VB10 since they (Microsoft) have included the XML-to-Scheme Template (Express Edition Too)
Previously it was an extra download. What it does is allows add Intellisense support over an XML document, it has the schema of.
Look in the Tutorials and Snippets for some other cool stuff
A personal view of vb10.
First of I'm sorry for such as long post but I felt impassioned to express to you my joy of coding in the vb.net language.
What tips would you give some starting in vb.net?
"Ok, What are you current coding? or project?"
Thank for reading and enjoy this weeks 52 Week of Code.
The Challenge
No specific challenge this week other than this.
I daring, double daring you to try vb.net and not to have fun exploring it.
If you happen;-
find something interesting on way
or you have created something you want to share among the rest of the vb.net community.
Thank you raading I know that was a lot longer than your typical 52WoC of Code post.


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December 5, 2016, Shijiazhuang HanPiao metal products Co., Ltd. was founded.
Shijiazhuang Hanpiao Metal Work Co., Ltd. Company is situated at Jinzhou Country.Hebei province.the hometown of Weizheng(the famous prime minister in feudal China inTang dynasty).It is a specialized enterprise to manufacture the construction forms and concrete accessories.Our company,with atotal capital of 58 millions,covers an area of 33,000 sqm and starts the business in 1988.It ihad the staff of 100 people,of whom 28 people are middle of high engineers.
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by Lou Mancinelli
One way budding dramatists build their portfolio is remaining connected to local roots while working to fortify their stems and bloom in the thriving New York City scene. It gives them the chance to refine their craft on a smaller but still respected stage. Such is the case this season with two players in the Mt. Airy-based troupe Quintessence Theatre Group.
Sonja Field and John Williams are both New York City residents working to establish themselves in the theater world. They are also both graduates of Germantown Friends School (GFS) who will both perform in this season's performances of George Bernard Shaw's "Arms and The Man," and Moliere's "The Misanthrope," adapted by Martin Crimp.
"It's just kind of a formalized way of playing pretend games," said Field, 25, a 2005 GFS graduate. Field had lived in Mt. Airy since the second grade before leaving to study drama at Carnegie Melon University (CMU) in Pittsburgh. She has appeared in various productions including as Phoebe in "Catcher in the Rye," Queen Elizabeth in "Don Carlos" (both CMU productions) and Alizon Eliot in "The Lady's Not For Burning."
Quintessence's shows will be performed in repertory, meaning they will run in rotation, beginning with "Arms and The Man," which opens Saturday, April 20 at 8 p.m., and runs through May 25 at The Sedgwick Theater, 7137 Germantown Ave. (Previews begin April 17.) "Arms" will rotate with Moliere's "The Misanthrope," which will run May 4 to 26, with previews starting April 24.
One way Field will play pretend this season is as Raina Petkoff, Shaw's heroine in the comedy first produced in 1894 and set during the 1885 Serbo-Bulgarian War. While her fiancé, a war hero, is away at war, a Swiss mercenary sneaks into Raina's room. He carries chocolates instead of swords and entreats Raina to hide him and save him from his peril.
For Field the art of the stage starts with the art of the word. Through the course of the drama her character seems to be awakened by a series of epiphanies. Field's challenge is transforming a body of language into a physical body of action. Her challenge is "how to make it really clear and really vivid and engaging for the audience."
Another challenge is balancing the need to support oneself financially with the need to refine one's craft while having the time to audition for roles. After graduating from CMU in 2009, Field played Portia and was in the ensemble during a Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival production of "Julius Caesar."
In January, 2010, she moved to Chicago to work as an executive assistant at Nurturing Wisdom Tutoring. There she performed in local theater, but a year later her boss asked her to move to San Francisco to launch a west coast branch of the company. Field obliged.
"I couldn't do any acting at all," Field said about her time out west. "I found that was really difficult."
She had been acting since she was a kid, and had her interest in the medium roused in high school. In her sophomore year she and a friend performed one of their own plays in the school's yearly show designed to display kids' self-made theater.
Field was unhappy in San Francisco because she was unable to pursue acting roles, so she moved back east (to Brooklyn) and now works as a nanny. There she and her friends walk the tightrope between art and the reality of paying for things like food and rent. They need a job where they can earn enough to pay bills but also have time to try to make it in the theatre world in one of the world's most competitive cities.
There's a romanticism to it as much as there is a fallacy. And that fallacy is that the glitter of the stage is always glitter. There's more work to be done offstage than on. Quintessence is a professional troupe, so Field and the cast are paid. They also rehearse five days a week. Still, Field is able to keep her tiny place in Brooklyn without having to sublet.
For more information visit www.quintessencetheatre.org.


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Haven't seen me here for a while?
I've been using my precious blogging time to really listen to my kids, get some extra exercise happening, paying attention to my husband, cooking some wholesome meals (okay…at least I try) and I even sat on the couch and watched TV once.
And I've loved it… but I love blogging too.
I read an interview this week on Quentin Bryce, Governor General of the Commonwealth of Australia, and she drove it home for me with these words:
"Yes, you can have it all, but not all at the same time."
I'm going to choose what matters in time right now.
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Finalizing its acquisition of the assembled threading tools product lines of Greenfield Industries, Inc., ATI Stellram, LaVergne, TN, now markets the Greenfield brands including Geometric, Supermetric, Vers-O-Tool and Acme-Fette. The new selection of assembled threading tools complements the firm's Landis product offering by expanding the range of die heads for thread rolling and cutting, thread-chasing tools and adjustable internal threading taps.
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The national sport is played everywhere in the country even on the beach
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SnapRJW (31631) 2011-01-25 9:56
Hello Francois and welcome to TE. Your timing was very good when you clicked the shutter; a perfect action shot! I like your square frame and POV. The sharpness is a little lacking but a lovely first post. Best regards Rosemary
PS - We were in Sri Lanka last year and saw cricket being played on every flat piece of ground!
leo61 (0) 2011-01-25 12:40
Hi Francois!
Cricket, a game I`ll never become an enthuasist.....I watchted the game in australia and India..
But this is a great shot.Nice diagonal arrangement of these players and good dynamism.
Welcome to trekearth!!!!
Greetings from Germany,
pajaran (92259) 2011-01-25 22:29
Dobro jtro.
Vrlo interesantno mesto da se odigra mec ...
Dobar snimak i trenutak, lepa fotografija.
Dobro dosli na TE, zelim vam uspeh u daljem radu.
Jtro bien.
Très intéressant de place pour jouer le match ...
Bon plan et le moment, de belles photos.
Bienvenue sur TE, je vous souhaite plein succès dans ses travaux futurs.
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PICKERINGTON, Ohio -- U.S. Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) and his colleagues introduced House Resolution 239 on May 2 to retain the ban on state and local lobbying by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), the American Motorcyclist Association (AMA) reports.
The bi-partisan resolution instead urges the agency to focus on motorcycle crash prevention as the first step in motorcycle safety. The date of the bill's introduction is significant because May is traditionally recognized as Motorcycle Awareness Month.
To date, others supporting the resolution include Reps. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), Walter Jones (R-N.C.), Ron Paul (R-Texas), Tom Petri (R-Wis.), Paul Ryan (R-Wis.), Tim Walberg (R-Mich.) and Barney Frank (D-Mass.).
If approved, the resolution sends a clear message to the federal agency that it shouldn't lobby state or local jurisdictions for mandatory helmet laws. The anti-lobbying language was originally written into the Transportation Equity Act approved by Congress in 1998.
The resolution says the House "supports efforts to retain the ban on the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's (NHTSA's) ability to lobby state legislators using federal tax dollars, encourages continued growth in the motorcyclist community, and encourages owners and riders to be responsible road users."
The resolution also notes that the House "recognizes the importance of motorcycle crash prevention as the primary source of motorcycle safety [and] encourages NHTSA to focus on motorcycle crash prevention and rider education as the most significant priorities in motorcycle safety."
Sensenbrenner introduced a similar resolution last year.
About the American Motorcyclist Association
Since 1924, the AMA has protected the future of motorcycling and promoted the motorcycle lifestyle. AMA members come from all walks of life, and they navigate many different routes on their journey to the same destination: freedom on two wheels. As the world's largest motorcycling rights organization, the AMA advocates for motorcyclists' interests in the halls of local, state and federal government, the committees of international governing organizations, and the court of public opinion. Through member clubs, promoters and partners, the AMA sanctions more motorsports competition and motorcycle recreational events than any other organization in the world. AMA members receive money-saving discounts from dozens of well-known suppliers of motorcycle services, gear and apparel, bike rental, transport, hotel stays and more. Through its support of the Motorcycle Hall of Fame, the AMA preserves the heritage of motorcycling for future generations. For more information, please visit AmericanMotorcyclist.com.


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There seems to be a growing consensus among experts in different fields that in today's highly interdependent world, effective collaboration has become crucial for achieving results.
As part of the World Bank's Internal Justice System Week a few days ago, we attended a presentation by Dr. Peter Coleman, Director of the International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution at Columbia University and heir of an illustrious research tradition in social-psychology going back almost a hundred years. Dr. Coleman is part of an inter-disciplinary team of global experts that also includes mathematicians, astrophysicists, anthropologists and computer modeling experts in a quest to answer the following question: what are the conditions that support or hinder collaboration in social relations?
Using computer simulations they observed the results of competitive and cooperative behaviors, and detected how dynamic patterns develop over time. They realized that the dynamic social relations created behaved in ways similar to those that have been observed in other complex systems, from cancerous cellular mutations to global climate shifts. Like such systems, social dynamics are not only complex but also "non-linear", which means that the different elements constantly influence each other, acting as both cause and effect of each other's behaviors. The tool available to study such systems is known as "dynamical system theory", and Dr. Coleman's team has been applying its methods to social systems.
We take two important practical lessons from Dr. Coleman's work: first, we can use analytical tools developed for physical and biological sciences to understand how collaboration and competition arise in social systems. Second, we can increase the odds of collaboration in a social system if we promote some dynamics and disrupt others. However, we can do this only if we analyze and map such dynamics beforehand.
The topic of collaboration is so relevant that the Bank's Vice President for Change, Knowledge and Learning, Mr. Sanjay Pradhan, recognized it, in a recent speech, as a central challenge of our development work. Indeed, the magnitude and complexity of today's development problems requires extensive collaboration among multiple stakeholders. Pradhan went on to make the case for advancing the "collaborative leadership skills" of change agents from government, private sector and civil society.
Specific evidence pointing to the importance of collaboration was also provided by Giovanni Di Folco, engineer an expert in the use of Dispute Boards in Public Private Partnerships (PPP), who presented during Law and Development Week. Di Folco explained that in some areas of the world most PPPs fail, in large part due to problems related to distrust and lack of communication between stakeholders. The cost of these failures was very high and reduced the likelihood that PPPs would again be attempted in these countries. We wonder whether a dynamical analysis of the social systems in which the PPP's were intended to work would have identified these dynamics earlier and prevented these failures.
If stimulating collaboration among social actors is crucial to finding and implementing innovative solutions to complex development problems, then social dynamical systems analysis is an important tool. This is particularly the case in fragile and conflict-affected situations where the Bank and other partners are devoting more focused attention and resources.
One of the areas where the Bank can help because of its convening power and honest-broker reputation is to help stakeholders understand the dynamic patterns that may be hindering collaboration and creating distrust. This may include the elaboration of complexity maps of events, relations, issues and the creation of attractor landscapes that visualize current patterns. Those visualizations may help us focus on what matters, on actions that are relevant and viable, and on the key dynamics that can be influenced to promote higher levels of collaboration.
At the end of day, for the Bank and partners working on the nexus conflict-fragility, it's all about understanding how the issues of social relations, violence and poverty connect.
And there is no doubt that addressing the ecology of problems with a focus on transforming the dynamics over time, towards more collaborative approaches, is crucial for achieving greater results.
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