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Report: Manchin top Democrat to oppose Obama in 2012
Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia is a Democrat who likes to say he's not tied to President Obama.
A new study by Congressional Quarterly magazine finds Manchin, a former governor who was elected to a full Senate term in November, opposed his party's standard-bearer more often than any other Democratic senator. Manchin opposed Obama on 2012 votes more than 15% of the time, according to CQ's vote study.
Among Obama's fellow Democrats, Sen. Mary Landrieu of Louisiana is the only one currently serving who opposed the president at least 10% of the time last year. She came in third behind Manchin and then Virginia's Jim Webb, who retired.
Wayne Parent, a political scientist at Louisiana State University, suggests Landrieu's voting record won't go unnoticed when she is on the ballot next year.
"If she can keep her reputation as a 'Louisiana first' senator, she'll likely win again," Parent told USA TODAY. "That reputation depends both on her tenacious work for the state and a bipartisan voting record, which is why her practice of often voting against her party is significant."
One of the Democrats to support Obama the most — and who is up for election in 2014 — is Sen. Tim Johnson of South Dakota. CQ found Johnson supported Obama nearly 99% of the time on issues where the president's position was clear. That puts Johnson up there with Democratic senators such as New York's Charles Schumer in terms of presidential support.
Johnson hasn't said whether he'll run for another term in South Dakota, a state that has been trending Republican. Former governor Mike Rounds, a Republican, has already announced his Senate bid.


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Sun Microsystems Launches Company's Largest Green IT Project
IBM's green datacenter facility at Triangle Park, North Carolina may soon have to give up its sole frontrunner status. Sun Microsystems says it will spring into green IT action, responding to market demand for more energy-efficient data management with the largest datacenter consolidation project in the company's history.
The new Broomfield, Colorado site is estimated to save more than $1 million in electricity costs and 11,000 metric tons of CO2 per year, achieving "dramatic footprint compression" via energy-efficient SPARC and x64 servers, Open Storage and tape products and the OpenSolaris Operating System. Sun says it will also employ SPARC Enterprise T5440 and M5000 servers, as well as the SunStorageTek SL8500 modular library system, the Sun Fire X4500 storage server and Sun Storage 7000 Unified Storage Systems.
"The Broomfield datacenter showcases revolutionary datacenter design with the latest in modularity, scalability and flexibility to drive incredible efficiencies in cost, electricity and overall carbon savings," said Dave Douglas, senior vice president of cloud computing and chief sustainability officer, Sun Microsystems. "As a company we've achieved our first 20 percent reduction in electricity usage since 2002, and the Broomfield datacenter is a great step forward in meeting our goal of another 20 percent reduction."
Learn more about Sun's Broomfield datacenter here or check out the video tour after the jump.

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text: DIY, Frugal, Home, My Work How to Spray Paint Furniture Some of my absolute favorite transformations in our home have come from simple paint – it's amazing the difference it can make! Since we are focusing on Transforming Your Home for our M Challenge, why not find a piece of furniture to paint – I've got all the tips here to share with you again so you can transform something humble into something fantastic! Painting furniture can be time consuming that is why I have fallen in love with spray painting my furniture to get a fresh new look with a small time investment. Today I am going to show you how to spray paint your furniture to give an old piece in your home a new lease on life with just spray paint and an easy antiquing and distressing technique. Choosing a spray paint can be a lot of fun! For this project I chose the Rust-Oleum American Accents Ultra Cover 2X paint. The thing that makes this paint special is that it can cover twice the square footage of other general purpose spray paints. This new paint contains 44% more solids which creates a higher performance than other paints and gives you better coverage with fewer passes. What makes the paint economical is that one can performs like two cans, so it saves you time and money. The price also fits nicely into a DIY'ers budget at a mere $3.87 per can I love this corner in our office, but have not loved this side table for many years. These chairs are so fun, but the table added no personality to this corner. I had planned to donate it to Goodwill, but I wondered if I could give this piece a spray paint face lift that would reflect this fun space. I decided to give the table a makeover with a little spray paint and antiquing. Supplies Needed to Spray Paint Furniture Spray Paint Primer (gray if doing a dark color or white if doing a light color) 1-2 Cans Rust-Oleum American Accents Ultra Cover 2X, any shade (I am using Moss Green) Rust-Oleum Standard Spray Grip Rust-Oleum Decorative Glaze in Java Brown Sander Sand Paper Rags Hardware (optional) or spray paint to paint it How to Spray Paint Your Furniture To begin, prepare your surface by wiping the entire piece down with a clean cloth. Disassemble any drawers and hardware to prepare it for painting. Next, give the entire piece a good sanding to smooth out any imperfections. Sand any edges with a piece of sandpaper and use a sander to smooth the top of your piece. Once the piece is fully sanded, wipe it down with a damp cloth to prepare it for priming. To help prevent drips and to make sure we get into every crevice of this piece with paint, we are going to start with our piece INVERTED. I promise, it is going to help the painting process go so much smoother than if you start with it upright. Starting with your piece inverted, begin spray painting it with your primer. Be sure to give your primer a good shake and begin priming your surface well. Hold your can 8 inches away from your surface and spray your primer in a sweeping motion side to side with a slight overlap. Allow the primer to dry for one hour. Put the piece right side up and finish priming the top. Allow the primer to dry for one hour. Repeat the same process with your choice of Rust-Oleum American Accents Ultra Cover 2X in your favorite shade. Once the piece is fully painted, allow it to dry overnight before glazing. Using a coarse sandpaper, begin roughing up the edges on your piece to create a more antique look. Using a clean rag, dip your rag in your glaze and then begin applying in a circular motion to your piece. With a clean and damp cloth, remove as much of the glaze as you would like. I again, removed this in a circular motion from the piece until it added a hint of variation to the piece, but didn't look sponged. If you desire, you can spray paint your hardware. As you know hardware can be expensive to replace and sometimes older pieces have more custom fitting hardware so spray paint can be a great way to freshen it up. We chose to replace the wooden handle with a black hardware piece and then spray painted the old gold accessories black with a can I had in my craft supplies. We have spray painted many a handle in our home and you would never know it wasn't that color originally. Here is my finished piece. I am so darn proud of it and love how vintage this piece looks thanks to the glazing and sanding process that I did on it. In full disclosure, there were some missteps along the way. Temperature Changes Effect Spray Paint If you live in Indiana, you know that the drops and changes in temperature can be quite dramatic and that is just what happened when I painted this. I put a final coat on my perfect table before I went to bed and woke up to a table and drawers that had bubbled in the night. Try to pick a time of day when the temperature is warmer and will hold steady (nothing below fifty degrees) to prevent bubbling of paint. I used the advice provided by Kate, at Centsational Girl, on what to do if your spray paint bubbles and it worked like a charm. Shake Your Spray Paint Can Well Having that handy trigger on the spray paint makes it easy to paint quickly, but I forgot to shake the can every so often to keep my paint looking even and glossy. You definitely will want to make sure you shake it very well at the beginning, and shake it every so often when painting with it. Who Knew You Needed to Be So Tidy? Make sure after sanding that you really have a nice clear surface to begin your painting, otherwise you will have a crummy surface…literally. The same can be said for choosing a nice clean rag when doing glazing and keeping the piece as clean as you can, which is super difficult if you are in your filthy garage like me! Distressing Can Hide Flaws Distressing the piece more not only helped me minimize the bubbles, but it also added character to the piece. For my first spray painted furniture piece, I would definitely recommend it the first time to help you get the hang of how to paint with spray paint. Practice Makes Perfect This piece isn't my best work, but I love it in spite of its flaws. As with all skills, it takes a little practice to get the hang of spray painting furniture. Even though I struggled a bit with my first project, I can't wait to paint my record cabinet in our office next in the same shade and now I know what to do and what NOT to do when it comes to spray painting my furniture. What a difference a day makes? Isn't she lovely? She has certainly brightened up this corner of our home! I highly recommend giving this new paint a try! Fast coverage and an inexpensive way to add a pop of color in your home! Looking for more ways to refresh your living space? Check out these other great MomAdvice ideas: How To Paint a Kitchen Table How To Easily Stain Wood Furniture How to Reupholster Chairs Have you ever spray painted furniture before? What is your advice? This post contains affiliate links. Pin It Published October 22, 2015 by: Amy Allen Clark is the founder of MomAdvice.com. You can read all about her here.


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Thoughts and Graditude
Our husbands wake everyday to the possibility of deployment. It hangs over
their head like christmas for children! (except without the excitment)! There
is so much that surronds a soilder. For people to forget to stop and say thank
you either to themselves or someone they see in uniform upsets me dearly!!
I try to think well.. some people just are not use to the life I live. I also have just
accepted that fact that some just do not care at all!! Our husbands and us wifes
give so much for all the welfare of all those people that show no gradituide. I
took my five year old daughter to school the other morning and watched some
older children raise the flag. I stop rolled down the window to tell them what a
good job they were doing!! I said to them remember this what your doing for
the rest of your lives. I told them that it meant so much to me and a short story
of my husbands in the service!!! The little girl replied I know that freedoms not
free and thank your husband for me!! I sleep better knowing they are people
that will protect us!! That was from a seven year olds mouth!! I pulled out of
the parking lot and cried not because i was sad, because i realized that children
can care more then the adults that just dont care at all that show no gradituide!!
The daily life for a wife during deployment or even when the husbands are home
seem to be for me anyway raising four children, giving baths, brushing teeth, making
three meals a day, baby bottles lots of baby bottles!!! Babying the sick and loving
them as hard as i can!! Lets not forget the cleaning, cleaning, cleaning!!!! Thats
just a small amount I could go on forever!! Most of all explaing to them why daddy
is not here. We all have different storys we tell for my small childen its daddys
working and he is gonna be gone for awhile. Then the older children ask is daddy
gonna die? I say no but hes not superman.(then the possibilty lingers in my head)!
Trying to explain that daddy could get hurt without freaking them out!!
Before my husbands leave date that kept changing from day to day! I think i broke
every plate in the house! (hehe) Not from throwing but from putting them in the sink
forcefully!! (hehe) There was wives driving to formation every moring with children.
Saying their goodbyes every morning and then their husbands would say not today!!
Why is it that our husbands cant have a leave date that does not change, why does no
one know for sure? I think thats unfair I think the familys deserve that much!! We
were all afraid to miss that LAST MOMENT!!
A little advice for those reading this story that are thinking about entering the sevice.
I not saying you should not want to defend your country!! If your married with children
you need to stop and think hard about it!! The service is not for the weak. Its is not
for the wives that constantly wonder where is he and why is he not home!! There are
tremends effects of giving up your life for the bettering of the world. You will sacifrice
your time with your family and sometime your effort will seem pointless. Stress will
take on a whole new meaning!! The term MAKE IT BRAKE IT WILL COME TO LIFE!!!!
I also want to clarify so misconceptions: No you dont get paid more for the more kids
you have and yes you can recieve finicial help(food stamps)!! Once your in housing
that some call for free evening though 500 dollars gets taken back outta my husbands
pay!! Free?NO! For the people that think pay raises every year should not happen.
I say give me back my husbands lost time, make my 3 month old remember him when
he returns, Talk to my 3, 5, and 2 year old and explain why daddy missed Christmas,
birthdays, first day of school,ect..............!!!!! I belive a solider deserves more than
anyone could ever give them! I belive our goverment needs to give so much more!!
I am gratefull! Then again sometime i think is this life for me too!! I love my husband
my family!! This deployment just made me have to express some issues, thoughts
that rambled in my head!! GOD BLESS US ALL!!!
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PASCO, Wash. — The Kennewick Irrigation District will auction 670 acres, including 518 inside the Red Mountain AVA (American Viticultural Area), at Musser Bros. Auction in Pasco at 2 p.m. Nov. 23.
"We think this will attract a lot of attention in the wine industry. Red Mountain is the smallest AVA in Washington and this land has not been available for planting previously," said Scott Musser, auctioneer.
There are about 1,000 acres under winegrape cultivation in the AVA and this sale includes about 17 percent of the 3,040 acres that remain unplanted in the AVA, Musser said. The irrigation district has obtained water rights to provide pressurized water to the land, further enhancing its value, he said.
The land will sell in 31 parcels in a system allowing bidders equal chance at individual parcels or combinations of parcels, said Carl Carter, a Musser Bros. spokesman.
Vineyards in the AVA are known for acclaimed red varietals.
Completion of an irrigation district project will bring Yakima River water to the AVA by mid- to late summer 2014, a year ahead of schedule, ensuring stable water supply to vineyards there, said Chuck Freeman, manager of the irrigation district.
Musser Bros. is at 3035 Richenbacker Drive, Pasco. For more information: wwwmbauction.com or (509) 416-6060.
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The Mathematics, Engineering, Science
Achievement Program
MESA is an academic program that provides a wide range of support services and activities aimed at fostering student achievement and increasing the success and participation they experience while pursuing a degree in mathematics, engineering, computer science, biology, architecture, kinesiology, or other science based programs. MESA enables students to prepare for and graduate from a four-year university with a math-based degree. It also seeks to increase the diverse pool of transfer-ready community college students who are prepared to excel as math, engineering and science majors. Through the program, students develop academic and leadership skills, increase educational performance, and gain confidence in their abilities to compete academically and professionally.
"MESA sets high standards while providing the academic tools needed for helping students
to succeed. This deceptively simple approach is effective and has produced remarkable
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Benefits of MESA
- Enhance your educational experience while completing the first two years of a bachelor's degree
- Gain industry knowledge
- Make friends who have similar academic and career interests
- Develop a close relationship with faculty members
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- Raise your educational expectations
- Link with student and professional organizations to enhance your personal and professional development
- Access state-of-the-art computer equipment and the Internet
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Beautiful Caddy at 2014 Barrett-Jackson
GM's Cadillac brand has always been synonymous with luxury within the American market. From past presidents to ZZ Top, Cadillac's have been an American favorite for decades. The 2014 Barrett-Jackson Auction will be taking place on January 12-19 in Scottsdale, Arizona, and all of you Cadillac fans out there will get a kick out of this 1960 Cadillac Custom Roadster built by Justin Carrillo and Designs by Daryl's of Visalia, California.
This one-of-a-kind Cadillac roadster was the 2011 SEMA Show GM Design Award for Best Vehicle winner. The car has over 1,000 man hours on it in the metal and paint work alone. From the ground up, every single nut and bolt on it is brand new. The frame and components are powder coated for a lasting finish and the car sits on airbag suspension with 22 x 9-inch Raceline Billet wheels. 4-wheel Classic Performance Products slotted and drilled disc brakes give the car its stopping power.
The body has been heavily modified starting with the hood welded to the fenders. The cowl is handcrafted to encompass the windshield and the windshield frame is handcrafted to give a sleek dropped-back look. The tail fins are raised and molded without taillights further accentuating the stretched out look of the car.
The interior features a stretched out dash that accommodates the sectioned-to-fit 1957 Chevrolet Bel-Air gauges. The bucket seats and custom door panels are wrapped up tight in Red Ultraleather with Ostrich inserts; each with billet medallion inserted into them.
Underneath the molded hood we find a 454 big-block Chevrolet detailed with a set of custom one-off valve covers and polished accessories. The air cleaner reads, "Big Daddy", and it fit considering the engine is quite snug inside the engine bay.
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FORT MEADE, Md., May 21 (UPI) -- A military judge said Tuesday portions of the court-martial of U.S. Army Pfc. Bradley Manning will be closed to the public to protect classified material.
The judge, Army Col. Denise Lind, ruled two dozen witnesses will be allowed to give at least some of their testimony in secrecy, The Washington Post reported. Lind said alternatives, such as using code names, were considered to keep the entire trial open, but ultimately she decided that would allow people to "connect the dots" and learn classified information, the newspaper said.
Manning's trial at Fort Meade, Md., is scheduled to start June 3. About 150 witnesses are expected to be called during the court-martial, which is expected to take three to four months.
Manning is charged with leaking more than 700,000 government and military documents to the whistle-blower group WikiLeaks.
The former intelligence analyst pleaded guilty to several counts in February, but still faces others, including aiding the enemy and violating the Espionage Act.
Prosecutors said Tuesday they will not to pursue a charge alleging he violated the federal Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. The Post said prosecutors didn't say why they were dropping that charge.
Manning could still face life in prison if convicted on the more serious charges against him.
Lind also dealt the defense a setback by ruling prosecutors can call witnesses concerning any damage caused by WikiLeaks' release of documents to provide context and evidence of damage. Lind said, however, she would impose limits so the trial would not "devolve into many trials regarding international politics in many regions of the world."


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The Facts
- State Capitol: Salt Lake City
- Statehood Day: January 4, 1896 (45th state)
- Population: 2,817,222 (2011 est)
- Median household Income: $50,614 (11th)
- Nickname: Beehive State
- Agricultural Products: Food Products, Cattle, Corn, Hay, Wheat, Barley
- Commercial Products: Tourism, Computer Software, Transportation, Medical, Steel, Copper
- Official Language: English
Name Origin
- Theory 1: The name "Utah" originates from the Native American "Ute" tribe which means people of the mountains.
- Theory 2: From the Apache word "yuttahih" meaning "one/those that is/are higher up".
Spatial Facts
Area Size: Utah is 84,900 square miles and ranked the 11th largest state (in terms of square miles) in the U.S.
Length: 350 miles
Width: 270 miles
Highest and Lowest Points: Kings Peak reaches an unbelievable 13,528 ft in the Uinta Mountains while the Beaver Dam Wash holds strong at a modest 2,350 ft. Kings Peak is located in Duchesne County in the Northeast part of the state, and Beaver Dam Wash is near St. George in Washington County in the state's southwest quadrant.
Utah's peaks, on average, are the tallest in the country. That is, if you average the elevations of the tallest peaks in each of Utah's counties and compare that number with the average elevations of the tallest peaks in each county of every other state, you will find that Utah's peaks will be an average of 11,222 feet taller. Now that's tall!


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"Interiors must be in harmony with their surroundings," says award-winning Washington, D.C., designer Skip Sroka. Sroka believes that a new house or room design should not look overly new; he prefers design that appears to have been in place for a long time.
In the following pages, see a dozen design tips from Skip, who is known for his uncanny knack for blending aesthetics with pragmatism. Whether it's making a small kitchen seem larger or adding interest to a ho-hum space, Skip offers doable and attractive solutions.
Adding texture with woven wall coverings surrounded by nailheads brings new life to this library.
Small alcoves can take on a much larger and grander sense of space by fitting them wall-to-wall with one concept, like this mural.
Install a low relief tile around your fireplace surround to give a new dimension of interest.
By using glass doors, tiling the full wall areas, and having the floor set in a more random pattern, this small and narrow service kitchen feels larger.
If you want to use a wallpaper whose seams may show, put it on the wall horizontally instead of vertically. Use small metal strips to define the seams, adding unique graphic interest to a small space.
Painting large stripes on the wall defines the space and makes a great background to showcase art and lamps.
The use of simple horizontal moldings in this narrow foyer gives it a larger feeling. Note how the small molding aligns with the center mullion of the window.
Achieve a sense of relaxation by keeping fabrics plain, a technique that was used in this inviting lake house.
Don't always do the expected. Here instead of a frame inside the area over the stove, a pattern visually expands the space.
Mix different textures. The smoothness of the polished lamp mixes well with the roughness of the stone. The geometry of the bronze table silhouettes well against the leather. The nailheads also create texture.
Keep simple spaces just that: simple.
Don't be afraid to mix the rustic-like these chairs-with the more refined.


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Full name Nevin Spence
Born April 26, 1990
Died September 15, 2012 (aged 22 years 142 days)
Major teams Ireland A, Ireland Under-20s, Ulster, Ireland
Position Wing, Centre
Height 1.82 m
Weight 96 kg
Spence was called up to the Ireland squad to take on the Barbarians in May 2012, a year after earning his first call up to an Ireland training squad ahead of the 2011 Six Nations. The centre's promotion was on the back of some strong performances for Ulster but his career was tragically cut short when he died in a farming accident alongside his father and brother.
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Early lesson in play-calling for Major
Major Applewhite knows what he's putting at risk.
As of now, he's still beloved. Revered, even. Texas fans adore him not only for all the games he won when he played quarterback, but also for the ones many of them believe he would have won had he just been given the chance.
But the opportunity he received earlier this month could change all of that. Typically, offensive play-callers are not held warmly in the hearts of the Longhorns faithful. They are castigated and second-guessed, and sometimes their names end up on airplane-towed banners demanding their dismissal.
And yet speaking publicly for the first time as the man who'll soon have every call and personnel decision scrutinized by an unforgiving fan base, Applewhite shrugged at the idea that his legacy could be in peril.
"Life is short," he said Wednesday at a news conference in advance of Saturday's Valero Alamo Bowl. "So what?"
It's not as though Applewhite doesn't already know exactly what it feels like to gamble everything on a UT play call. Long before Mack Brown promoted him to take over for the departed Bryan Harsin as the man in charge of the Longhorns' offense, Applewhite was a wide-eyed 19-year-old playing against OU at the Cotton Bowl in 1998.
Protecting a two-touchdown lead in the third quarter, UT had no reason to get crazy, especially backed up at its own 3-yard line. And as Applewhite said Wednesday, anytime you attempt a long pass with end zone paint under your feet, it could qualify as crazy.
But that's when Applewhite discovered the thrill of picking the perfect play at the perfect time. Former UT offensive coordinator Greg Davis — who Applewhite says remains his biggest influence — gave him two options. The first was conservative. The second had more potential.
"Coach Davis told me if the safety walks down, slit the throat," Applewhite said.
The red-haired redshirt freshman obliged. Seeing the Oklahoma safety playing too close to the line of scrimmage, he gave wideout Wane McGarity the signal to run a deep post. Applewhite found him for a 97-yard touchdown pass that remains the longest scoring play from scrimmage in school history.
"I thought both of them were crazy," McGarity said Wednesday when asked about the play. "We've got the best running back in America (Ricky Williams), and they wanted to check out of a run and throw that pass? But it couldn't have been more picture-perfect."
McGarity said he knew then that Applewhite would be calling plays at UT someday.
"He studied the game all the time, basically putting together his own game plan," said McGarity, who lives in San Antonio. "He already had that working for him."
And even if that history doesn't necessarily mean Applewhite will be an immediate play-calling genius, it does give him credibility to the person who might matter most. UT quarterback David Ash said he is an unabashed Applewhite fan, and now Applewhite is his position coach.
Before Harsin left to become coach at Arkansas State earlier this month, Applewhite spoke to Ash only occasionally, usually in general terms about the demands of being quarterback at UT.
But Ash said every comment Applewhite made stuck with him. And now that Applewhite is spending more time with Ash, he said he's careful not to overwhelm him to where his words lose their impact.
"You don't want to over-coach and over-parent," Applewhite said. "I don't want to waste a lot of time with idle talk. Otherwise, they won't take it in."
Ash, though, said he's taking in everything from his new play-caller.
"He's been through this," Ash said. "He's been through everything."
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Stranger: a person whom one does not know or with whom one is not familiar
'Stranger' is one of those words that immediately evokes something negative in my mind. We tell children to stay away from people they don't know. We doubt the honesty of someone we do not recognize. New or weird things encourage fear and nervousness. It's probably healthy to have a normal level of apprehension over those things that feel strange to us. Where I try to push myself in these areas is to look at how I can convert the negative into the positive whenever I've deemed something I interact with as 'strange.' It certainly doesn't work in all cases, e.g. children should always stay far away from people they do not know unless a familiar and friendly adult is also with them. But we should push ourselves to try new things in case we eventually find something we actually like or find a way to become comfortable in a slightly stretched out skin.
In the past, I was uncomfortable meeting new people because I didn't know what to say or do. I don't like small talk. I felt awkward figuring out topics. Although I love silence when I'm alone, it's not a good feeling with someone you don't know. While I am still a little uncertain at times around others I've just met, blogging has taken this fear away in many ways. I no longer worry about what to talk about with a stranger. I have so many new topics and ideas from everyone here, plus my confidence and voice have become stronger. It's turned into a positive experience now when I meet someone new and find a way to bond or connect, even on something trivial or fleeting.
On the flip side, when I walk down the street, if someone I do not know tries to talk to me, I am immediately uncomfortable. 'Stranger Danger' flashes in my mind — and I'm an adult. The world we live in today is a scary place and I always worry that I need to look over my shoulder. Living in NYC in some ways gives you quite a thick skin; you learn to watch for things more acutely as there are more people and very different people around you at all times. Different in terms of attracting every sort of person from all industries, all walks of life and all hopes and dreams. If I lived in a smaller town, I might not worry when a random stranger walked up to me; that's often considered normal. It's not the case here, but it's also something I learn to handle each and every day.
It's scary when an incident like yesterday's NYC terrorist attack happened several blocks away from me; it also reminds me to be leery of strangers as much as I am trying to find a way to open up to new people. I also don't want to put on a mask of fear every time I walk out the door. In the end, I try to find balance in being safe, taking educated risks and keeping my guard up when someone new approaches me. Strangers live all around us. Many are good people. Many are just as afraid of us as we are of them. Sometimes it's worth taking a chance to get to know the stranger who might end up becoming your friend or confidante.
Credit for today's 365 Daily Challenge once again goes to Janet for suggesting this word. It took on a different meaning this week for me. Isn't Janet great?
About Me & the "365 Daily Challenge"
I'm Jay, an author who lives in NYC. My debut novel, Watching Glass Shatter, can be purchased on Amazon @ http://mybook.to/WGS. I've always been a reader. And now I'm a daily blogger. I decided to start my own version of the "365 Daily Challenge" where since March 13, 2017, I've posted a characteristic either I currently embody or one I'd like to embody in the future. 365 days of reflection to discover who I am and what I want out of life.
The goal: Knowledge. Acceptance. Understanding. Optimization. Happiness. Help. For myself. For others. And if all else fails, humor. When I'm finished in one year, I hope to have more answers about the future and what I will do with the remainder of my life. All aspects to be considered. It's not just about a career, hobbies, residence, activities, efforts, et al. It's meant to be a comprehensive study and reflection from an ordinary man. Not a doctor. Not a therapist. Not a friend. Not an encyclopedia full of prior research. Just pure thought, a blogged journal with true honesty.
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Govdex upgrade
nerdErg recently completed the upgrade of Govdex, an Atlassian Confluence, Jira, and Crowd installation that serves around 60k+ users in Government in Australia. The upgrade went off with little disruption thanks to the extensive preparation by the team, although we did have to track down and fix a tricky problem with Crowd which caused excessive load on the first day.
Congratulations to the whole team at Dept. of Finance, good job!
Simple Suggestion 0.2 plugin released
Simple Suggestion plugin 0.2 has been released with the ability to override the default suggestion handler. We also added the topic to the suggestion handler closure to simplify writing handlers that can handle multiple topics.
Good Form 1.04 released
We've done a quick release of Good Form to add a Select option to the forms. There are some major changes in the pipe line to help you style and customise the forms.
Good Form 1.0.3 released
Good Form 1.0.3, a bug fix release went out after the we presented to gr8conf last month. It contains a couple of bug fixes and improvements, namely:
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- Fix #16 check for arrays and lists to display the listOf element
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If you have any issues with Good Form feel free to add an issue to the GitHub repo.
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After a lot of work we have released Good Form the Grails plugin that lets you create easy to use, easy to implement and easy to maintain complex web forms. Check out the code on Github https://github.com/nerdErg/GoodForm, then come and see me talk about it at gr8conf next week. Version 1.0.1 has some critical bug fixes so if you downloaded 1.0.0 we recommend updating now.


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Iranians up to 'no good' with U.S. aircraft carrier mock-up
WASHINGTON — The senior Democrat on the House Foreign Affairs Committee says Iran's construction of a mock-up U.S. aircraft carrier demonstrates Iran's continued lack of good faith.
"We don't really know what it means, but I for sure don't trust the Iranians,'' Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., said Saturday. "It's some kind of a ruse and whatever they are up to, it's no good.''
The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet, which disclosed the construction of the carrier replica on Thursday, says it is being built on "pontoons with steel construction to replicate hull, flight deck and superstructure.'' The 5th Fleet operates in Persian Gulf, Red Sea and Arabian Sea.
"We do not assess that Iran has the capability to build an aircraft carrier,'' 5th Fleet spokesman Jason Salata said in an email. "This carrier mock-up is more akin to a Hollywood set, than an actual warship.'' As for the vessel's seaworthiness, he said, "We'll have to wait and see.''
An Iran expert at the American Enterprise Institute said the mock-up vessel could signal plans for "a new level of effort and sophistication'' in Iran's naval training for the use of "unconventional doctrine and capabilities to confront superior U.S. naval power."
"Their military has been investing heavily in traditional capabilities to deter the U.S. Navy from conducting major operations near their borders,'' AEI resident fellow J. Matthew McInnis said. "The desire to create more realistic training scenarios makes sense. Propaganda is certainly one of the motivations for Iran's military exercises, so I would not be surprised if they destroyed the mock-up during one."
Michael Eisenstadt, senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, predicts the mock-up carrier will "make the Iranians look pretty silly, however they plan on using it.''
"They are either building this mock-up of a carrier for propaganda purposes in order to substantiate their claim that they can build a carrier, or they are planning (as already reported in the media) to make a propaganda film or spectacle where the carrier is destroyed by Iranian ships, to demonstrate their ability to act on previous threats to destroy U.S. carriers in the Gulf,'' Eisenstadt said in an e-mail.
Iran is trying to develop a full range of military capabilities, including precision munitions, armed drones, stealth fighters and space satellites, Eisenstadt said.
Iran's first domestically built destroyer was launched in 2010, according to Iranian television, which also reported in 2011 that initial designs for building aircraft carriers "have been approved and the process of research, design and manufacture will start soon.''
A Defense Department spokesman says U.S. officials are not sure what tactical value Iran hopes to gain by building a mock-up of a U.S. aircraft carrier.
"We are aware that Iran has constructed a floating barge that resembles a Nimitz-class aircraft carrier near Bandar Abbas,'' spokesman Lt. Col. Tom Crosson said Saturday. "Commercially available imagery shows its construction.'' Bandar Abbas is a port city on the Strait of Hormuz.
Two Nimitz-class carriers — the U.S.S. George H.W. Bush and the U.S.S. Harry S. Truman — are currently operating in the Middle East.
The Navy has 10 operational Nimitz-class aircraft carriers, including the U.S.S. Nimitz, which was the first of the super-carriers commissioned in 1975. All 10 of the 1,092-feet-long nuclear-powered ships were built at the Newport News Shipbuilding Co. in Newport News, Va.
Since the disclosure Thursday, there has been widespread speculation that the Iranians could be planning to destroy it, for propaganda value, as part of naval training exercise.
The British Daily Mail has described the barge as a "crude model.'' The New York Times was told by Navy officials that Iran has used barges in the past as targets for missiles during training exercises.
The Iranian Navy has had a few minor brushes with the U.S. Navy in the past in the busy international waters of the Strait of Hormuz, but the relationship has been, for the most part, professional.
"Our interaction with the regular Iranian Navy and Air Force continue to be within the standards of maritime practice, well known, routine and professional,'' the Pentagon spokesman said. "We regularly interact with Iranian flagged merchant vessels and exchanges have always been professional and courteous. They are aware of our presence in the region and we are aware of theirs. There has been no disruption to our operations.''


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A new European rugby landscape is looming on the horizon as teams from England and France press ahead with plans to launch a competition to take the place of the continent's showcase club tournament, the European Cup.
Not only is the future of the cup competition under threat, but so is the relationship between the clubs and their governing unions, with outright revolt by the teams seemingly not out of the question.
The root of the problem is twofold.
Playing wise, English and French clubs want the competition to be restructured, believing there is an unfair advantage accorded to Celtic League sides from Ireland, Italy, Scotland and Wales.
At least 10 of the 12 Celtic League teams — including both Scottish sides, both Italian clubs and a minimum of three each from Wales and Ireland — have a free pass into the competition.
However, only the top six from England's 12-strong Premiership and France's Top 14 are guaranteed a place in lucrative cup action.
Then there is the financial issue: a demand of a three-way split of revenues between the three leagues and the real sticking point of the English Premiership's go-it-alone TV deal with new satellite channel BT Sport.
Despite a mediator, Canadian lawyer Graeme Mew, being nominated by the International Rugby Board (IRB) at the request of the European Rugby Cup (ERC) — the organizers of the European Cup — to help negotiate a way out of the impasse, the English and French clubs took the drastic step of simultaneously launching a rival competition called the Rugby Champions Cup, which they claimed would also be open to clubs from the Celtic League.
The tournament emerged after the ERC announced an "urgent" meeting to discuss the future of their showpiece competition, but scheduled it for Oct. 23.
Meanwhile, IRB chairman Bernard Lapasset, in a statement of support for the current setup, said the global governing body "will ensure we have a European competition which fulfills its name, which is not confiscated by some nations, but has a real international interest."
"The IRB will defend this principle: not a privatization of a competition in the interest of some people," he said, adding that "unions maintain pre-eminence over the leagues ... the unions must remain masters of the game."
A separation of the Ligue National de Rugby (LNR), the French clubs' umbrella body, from the French rugby federation would be highly unlikely given the former's legal statutes.
However, the prospect of a breakaway similar to that with which late Australian businessman Kerry Packer upset cricket's established order in the 1970s seems more likely for the Premiership, given the deal they signed with BT in September last year that included the rights to show English teams' European games from 2014/2015.
The ERC insists the Premiership did not have a European competition for which it could sell rights and the TV situation is further complicated by the ERC's own new four-year deal with incumbent broadcasters Sky.
ERC president Jean-Pierre Lux said the BT deal had been a stumbling block in demands for a renegotiation of the competition that started a year ago.
"Unfortunately, talks never started because the Premiership introduced a blocking factor — the contract they signed with BT, which was signed outside all normal rules because all the commercial rights are centralized," Lux said.


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(Reuters) - Nokia NOK1V.HE will close down Nokia Money, a financial service it runs in India, as it continues to narrow its focus on its phone business and location-based services.
"The mobile financial services business is not core to Nokia so we plan to exit the business," said a spokesman for the company.
After regional launches Nokia opened the India-wide service only late last year and was planning to expand it into several other emerging markets.
Financial services are seen as one of the major business opportunities in the wireless industry but so far have become a big business only in Kenya and the Philippines, as tight regulations and the lack of a business model have restricted take-up elsewhere.
Telecom operators, banks, credit card companies and technology firms like Nokia have been fighting to get a piece of the potentially lucrative business.
"The market is crowded and the role of Nokia in that business was questionable," said John Strand, head of mobile consultancy Strand Consult.
Nokia is in the midst of revamping its operations under Chief Executive Stephen Elop, who was hired in September 2010 to turn the company round.
The company has closed down most of the mobile services launched under previous management and has also cut thousands of jobs as it continues to battle falls in its market share.
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Breslow hopes to overcome World Series struggles
ST. LOUIS -- Lefty Craig Breslow was Mr. Reliable for the Red Sox in the American League Division Series and the AL Championship Series, producing seven straight scoreless appearances. But in the World Series, he has come undone a bit, retiring just one batter in his three outings.
Breslow, who normally has excellent control, also has two walks while giving up a hit in all three appearances.
Any reason why there has been such a drop in the lefty's performance?
"Maybe a little bit tentative," said manager John Farrell. "I don't want to say it's tentative because of a physical thing. He just hasn't really settled in against this lineup.
"[Perhaps] lack of familiarity, where he's got that against every other American League team he's faced. I thought two nights ago, he gets the check swing [hit], ends up in a spot, if that inning unfolds a little bit differently, who knows? It might right the ship a little bit for him. He left a pitch up last night to [Matt] Carpenter last night, and like I said, I thought he got a little bit too fine to [Carlos] Beltran."
Breslow admits that perhaps he has been too tentative.
"I need to be aggressive and throw the ball over the plate," the lefty wrote in his blog on WEEI.com. "I didn't do that in Game 4. Fortunately, Junichi Tazawa was able to pick me up, as did our team's clutch hitting, big pitches and far-reaching contributions, which included John Lackey doing a great job in an unfamiliar role in the eighth inning.
"At this point of the postseason, I feel like I have some work to do to get back to where I need to be. There's not a specific adjustment to make so much as a need to catch my breath and get back to what has worked for six months. It's not always easy, as these games can magnify problems given that the amplitude is increased, but with all of that in mind, I'm getting called upon to do a job and I didn't do it."


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Even though you're one half of a thoroughly modern couple and pride yourself on your progressive style, there is some retro proposal etiquette that you might want to consider before popping the question.
Ask For a Blessing
Take it old school and sit down with your intended's dad (or mom, or friends that are family) and assure them that you'll have their child's back even when the going gets tough.
Don't Steal Someone Else's Thunder
No matter how you propose, find your own time and place to do it, rather than piggybacking on someone else's celebration. As tempting as it might be to pop the question when all your friends are gathered together at a birthday soirée or a baby shower, to do so makes you a big old party pooper.
The Second Time Matters Too
If it's your second marriage or you or your partner have kids from a previous relationship, you might consider finding a way to include them at the proposal stage. Blending families can be tricky, but it can be easier when everyone feels like their place and feelings are respected. You might steal a moment of their time to talk to the kids yourself, or wait until after your proposal has been accepted and talk to them as a couple. Do what feels right.
Lots of things are different about second marriages (you probably won't need to register for gifts, for example, and maybe your wedding won't be quite as big as the first one was), but each proposal deserves its own ring. It's a physical representation of your promise and commitment to marry.
Return Policy
You'll do your best to pick the ring you think she'll like best, but what if she doesn't absolutely love it? Of course, you want her to love it and get a thrill each time she looks at it. So, after a bit, once the adrenaline has worn off, ask her to be honest about how she feels about the ring and stress that you're open to exchanging the setting to one she adores. Offer to spend time perusing Blue Nile with her, spearhead the easy return process, and present her with the new ring over a romantic dinner. There's nothing to it.


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Roibeard Óg wrote:Since I first read the book a few years back when I joined this forum, I've changed.
That fact, quite simply, is one of the best things about this forum. The members here stay around long enough to change and grow. This is especially true for the many of us are in our teens and 20s, a time at which a lot can change in a few years. Because everyone is sort of "growing up" with Moya's music and life story, we all develop new perspectives as the years go on. That's why it is important to keep threads like this active. Even though many of the long-standing members have weighed in before, there are always fresh perspectives to be heard because we are all changing. So thanks for bringing this up again!
And I love what Phantas said:
Phantas wrote:Luckily, Moya found Tim through it all and eventually was able to put her demons to rest - by simply looking in the mirror and feeling - yes, it's part of my life. I have done it, I'm not proud but I do not need to hide it.
I think that that idea is a really important message to come away with from the book. What's past is past, and it can't be changed, but you can make the best of it. Key example: Look how much good Moya's done by sharing some of her worst moments! I don't think that she shares too much, because everything she shares serves a purpose in developing her personality in the book and in making her the woman she is now. And all of it can serve as an inspiration to her readers. Reading that book, you can't help but think, "If Moya could get through all of that, I can certainly get through whatever trivial (or not so trivial) thing is bothering me today!"


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Sunday, February 3, 2013
Kid Super Bowl quote of the night
8 comments:
He could be a fine Fox News pundit some day.
- February 3, 2013 at 8:27 PM
- Ami said...
Sounds like he may be psychic!!
We're watching it here. Or rather my husband and son are. Since the teams they like didn't make it, they're watching it for the commercials.
The power outage had us worried, then we realized that FEMA probably had it covered.
- February 3, 2013 at 10:00 PM
- tbd88 said...
He should stick to his hair.
- February 3, 2013 at 10:10 PM
- RehabRN said...
I'm just glad the roof stayed on and the aliens didn't fly away with it.
Was looking like a rout, so this was at least interesting!
- February 3, 2013 at 10:44 PM
I'm with Craig. But that's why I quit betting on the games.
I know...I know...
- February 3, 2013 at 11:26 PM
- Moose said...
Guy's gonna grow up to either be a lawyer or an accountant.
Not sure which should terrify you more.
- February 3, 2013 at 11:52 PM
- Silja said...
well, was he right?
- February 4, 2013 at 10:07 AM
- Ms. Donna said...
Moose: My son is accountant. Not too scary. Just normal Aspie behavior. ;-) But lawyer! . . .
As a former New Orleanian, the roof coming off and aliens making away with it would be the least weird thing to happen in the City that Care Forgot (or is that forgot to care?)
Craig does sound like he is destined to be an attorney, so Grumpy and family had better start the reeducation program.
- February 4, 2013 at 10:46 AM


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News | January 7, 2005
Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mission Status
The orbiter is undergoing environmental tests in facilities at Lockheed Martin Space Systems in Denver, Colo., where its Atlas V launch vehicle is also being prepared. Developments are on schedule for a launch window that begins on Aug. 10.
"The development teams from JPL, Lockheed Martin and the various institutions providing flight instruments have been working hard and efficiently as a team. Everything has really come together in the last couple of months," said Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Project Manager Jim Graf of NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. "The schedule remains tight, even as we continue to meet our major milestones in preparation for a late summer launch. And I am really excited about what this spacecraft, this team and these instruments can do once we get to Mars. The spacecraft engineering bus and the science instruments will be the most capable ever sent to another planet. The science gleaned from this mission will dramatically expand our understanding of Mars."
The Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter carries six primary instruments: the High Resolution Imaging Science Experiment, Context Camera, Mars Color Imager, Compact Reconnaissance Imaging Spectrometer for Mars, Mars Climate Sounder and Shallow Radar. All but the imaging spectrometer are currently onboard. That instrument is the last of several that had been installed but were removed so the science teams could replace an electrical component. It will be re-delivered this month. The orbiter will also carry a telecommunications relay package and two engineering demonstrations.
"We're moving at a robust pace in the testing phase now and we're right on track for getting the spacecraft ready to ship to Florida this spring," said Kevin McNeill, Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter program manager at Lockheed Martin Space Systems. "Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has been a great spacecraft to work on, in part because we used an 'open structure' design that allows our engineers and the science teams to work in and around the spacecraft during every phase of integration and testing, with even greater ease and accessibility than we've had on previous missions. In many respects, the open design has facilitated the integration and testing of the spacecraft. We'll be in the final phase of testing during the next four months. Then, it's off to Florida."
Located just a few buildings away from where the spacecraft is undergoing tests at Lockheed Martin's facilities near Denver, the company also is building the mission's Atlas V launch vehicle. The Atlas V, designated AV-007, will launch Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter in August from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Atlas is undergoing final assembly and testing, and will be shipped to Cape Canaveral in March to be readied for launch.
Less than two years from now, the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter will begin a series of global mapping, regional survey and targeted observations from a near-polar, low-altitude Mars orbit. These observations will be unprecedented in terms of the spatial resolution and coverage achieved by the orbiter's instruments as they observe the atmosphere and surface of Mars while probing its shallow subsurface as part of a "follow the water" strategy.
JPL's Dr. Rich Zurek, project scientist for the Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, said, "The major discoveries by the Mars Exploration Rovers at the Meridiani and Gusev Crater locales indicate that water did persist on the surface of the planet for some time, so a 'follow the water' strategy is appropriate. However, the rovers have explored just two very small areas of the planet. A goal of this mission is to find many, many locales where water was active on the surface for extended periods and thereby provide a suite of sites for future landers to explore where the potential for further discovery is high and the risk of encountering surface hazards is low."
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Even retired, fire to compete still burns hot for Cox
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. -- Two months shy of his 72nd birthday and embarking on his third year of retirement, Bobby Cox still has that competitive drive.
"I'm going to manage the [Atlanta] Minor League All-Star team against the big league club at our Double-A affiliate Mississippi next week," Cox said. "I think we can win."
Cox winked and smiled.
"We played the game at [Triple-A] Gwinnett last year, and I managed the team," said Cox. "We lost to the big league team, 5-4, but it rained. We didn't get our last at-bat. Don't know what might have happened. The kids play great."
What is known is that Cox can manage. He proved that in a 29-year big league managerial career that had a tough beginning, resulting in him being dismissed after four years with the Braves in a moment best known for owner Ted Turner being asked whom he wanted to be the new manager and replying, "Bobby Cox."
Cox eventually returned as the Braves' manager, but first he went to Toronto in 1982. In his fourth season with the Blue Jays, he led the club to the first postseason appearance in franchise history, earning American League Manager of the Year honors.
He resigned after that year to rejoin Turner as the Braves' general manager. Midway into the 1990 season, Cox went back in the dugout, where his 20-plus-year return as the franchise manager included a record 14 consecutive first-place finishes, 15 postseason appearances, a World Series championship (1995) and only two losing seasons in his final 20 years. He also won three National League Manager of the Year Awards.
"Working with [team president Paul] Beeston and [general manager Pat] Gillick made it hard to leave Toronto," said Cox. "Those were four of the greatest years of my life, but the family was in Atlanta. It was a chance to go back home. And the Braves were good to me."
The smiles emerged.
"I worked for Pat Gillick in Toronto and John Schuerholz in Atlanta," Cox said. "You wouldn't work for two better guys. They aren't the type to panic. You didn't lose three or four games and think you might lose your job. You were thinking about what to do to get back on track."
The Braves are still good to Cox. He is now a special assistant, which keeps him involved in what's happening with the franchise. Cox spends Spring Training with the team, "talking with the coaches in the morning, watching batting practice, scouting the games, and hanging out over on the Minor League side."
Cox is a regular at Turner Field during the season, chatting with his replacement and close friend, manager Fredi Gonzalez, although he makes the visits early enough that few players see him around the clubhouse. He makes visits to each of the Minor League teams.
"I do keep busy," said Cox.
And it's not all baseball.
Cox is a director at the Northside Bank in Adairsville, Ga., where he has a farm; he's involved with the creation of a sports complex in Emerson, Ga., which will feature 32 fields for use by girls' softball teams, Little League teams and high school teams, along with an indoor facility and soccer fields. And he is active in charity events.
"You want to give back to a community that has given you so much," he said.
Oh, and Cox tries to play golf, although a torn muscle in his left wrist has limited him this spring.
"Played earlier in the week," he said. "It was the first time in five weeks."
Baseball remains the focus of his life, particularly the Braves, and Cox admits he might take their losing harder now -- because of his friendship with Gonzalez -- than he did when he was the manager. And nobody has ever questioned how losses ate at Cox, even if the wins easily outnumber the defeats.
"We'll be watching a game at home," he said, "and it's hard to watch on TV. That's the worst. Something happens, I jump up and my wife says, 'Bobby, sit down and relax. There's nothing you can do.' She's right, but you want to do something."
Cox did win quite a bit when he was managing. He is fourth on the all-time win list with 2,504 and also in games managed with 4,508. He is 503 games above .500 in his career, behind only John McGraw (815) and Joe McCarthy (792).
"Sure, you miss it," said Cox. "It was a major part of your life. I managed for 35 years, including [six years in] the Minor Leagues. I love it. You know I'm going to manage at the Legends Game in Cooperstown this summer. I'll manage one team, and Cito [Gaston, his hitting coach and managerial successor in Toronto] is going to manage the other. It's going to be fun."
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A U.S. Navy SEAL raid to seize control of an oil tanker that had been commandeered by Libyan rebels reflects a broad U.S. policy to try and help bolster the country's weak central government, which has struggled since the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011.
No shots were fired during the operation, which involved a large number of elite naval commandos, U.S. European Command said.
The tanker is steaming back to Libya with a team of U.S. sailors aboard. U.S. officials have not decided what to do with the armed Libyans who had seized control of the ship.
The militants are believed to be linked to one of the militias that operate in the country and rival the central government.
The tanker had earlier evaded efforts by Libyan security forces to prevent it from leaving a Libyan port. Libyan and Cypriot authorities had sought U.S. help in detaining the vessel.
"The U.S. is committed to supporting our Libyan partners," said Air Force Lt. Col. Robert Firman, a Pentagon spokesman.
The operation took place Sunday night in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Cyprus.
Libya's government has struggled to establish security in the wake of the overthrow of Moammar Gadhafi in 2011. Militias outside government control continue to exert control in parts of the country.
The Libyan government had earlier said the tanker was carrying oil loaded in defiance of the central government from a port in Sidra and had attempted to prevent it from leaving port.
"The Morning Glory is carrying a cargo of oil owned by the Libyan government National Oil Company," a Pentagon statement said.
The incident comes as Libya's central government has struggled to build security forces and establish legitimacy.
The United States has agreed to train between 5,000 and 8,000 Libyan servicemen at a base in Bulgaria, though the training has not yet begun, U.S. Africa Command said. Allies have also agreed to train Libyan forces outside the country.
The SEAL team involved in the Libyan incident was operating from the guided-missile destroyer USS Roosevelt, the Pentagon said.
The USS Roosevelt is deployed as part of the USS George H.W. Bush's carrier strike group.
U.S. Navy SEALs were involved in a dramatic rescue of the Maersk Alabama in 2009, a story that was recently made into a movie starring Tom Hanks. SEAL snipers killed three Somali pirates and rescued the ship's captain, who was being held hostage, during the incident.
At the time, the world was facing a rash of piracy, most of it from Somali gunmen operating off the Horn of Africa.
The number of incidents in that region, however, has declined sharply as U.S. and allied ships have increased patrols in the area and shipping companies have adopted tactics, including hiring guards and using evasive maneuvers, that have deterred piracy.
"We've had a dramatic decrease" in international piracy, said Pottengal Mukundan, a director of the International Maritime Bureau.
The number of worldwide ship hijackings declined to 12 last year from 28 the year prior. There have been two hijackings so far this year.
Mukundan said his organization has no information on the Libyan incident and would only consider it an act of piracy if a group from outside the ship took it over.
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It was a perfect day for a garden tea party. Well, it was the perfect day for an indoor tea party, that is. And we made it work. We had 50 guests; 5 vendors; 6 Scout helpers, 3 staff; and 3 caterers and I can't even tell you how many hats!
Susan made the most elegant little teacup floral arrangements in a collection of varied teacups and saucers. They were simply beautiful!
The goodies on the tea table were out of this world delicious. They were so good in fact, that none survived the day. Of course we had delectable little finger sandwiches - cucumber, egg salad, chicken curry and salmon.
There were so many beautiful ladies and friends with gorgeous hats and fascinators.
We had a delightful array of hat shapes, sizes and colors.
And every lady was more beautiful than the next with such bright summery colors and lovely hats.
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I can display questions with certain tags and questions that are not answered but not both conditions at the same time? And maybe only questions with no upvoted answers yet. Is this possible?
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I read a very provocative theory the other day on the origin of religion. The book claimed that hunters and gatherers lived in sophisticated tribal nations during the transition to civilization and basically created Yahweh and other gods to manipulate resources out of early settled communities. Anyone else hear about this?
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Has any of you read this theory. I read it and it is far fetched as any you have mentioned. Any opinions on this book?
So many different religions have originated in different parts of the world, over a long period of time, that it is impossible that all of them have the same cause for their origin. There are two components for all religions, one is god and worship and the other is a code of conduct. Both the Bible and the Qurran show these components. Besides these, there could be other local causes or components for a religion of that particular locality. I do not believe that any single book can tell the entire story of all religions.
The book I mentioned was the reason for belief in a god or gods, not the beginnings of religion. I got off subject a bit. I suppose it is just as difficult to find when man kind decided it was the supernatural that guided events in there lives.
I have never heard of this. I agree with Lightnin' Lives. My general understanding and theory is that religions were made due to lack of scientific knowledge, the need to have a purpose in life and the refusal to accept death as the final end.
I always felt they were something to do with how we learn as a baby.
Things are new, inexplicable and strange to start with. Two or three of these strange things are comforting. They teach you to use words, which means you can begin to understand. They seem to know everything there is, at least as far as your baby mind can see.
At this point you are kinda programmed to accept there is (a) an explicable order to all you don't understand and (b) your parents are the main source for the explaination. (c) Grandad and Grandma taught them in their turn.
Little kids don't know to question, they just know mum knows.
If someone ever tries to think logically of a parent that taught the first parent . . . things like gods pop into the equation "naturally". Obviously due to faulty logical training, which you can also blame of "first grandma and grandad".
Religion is essentially no different from mythology. Judaism-Christianity absorbed many elements from mythologies in Egypt, Greece, Persia and adapted it to suit their purpose. When people stop taking Judaism, Christianity and Islam seriously, then it'll stop being a religion and become merely mythology.
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|s you know, the United States Marine Corps is always looking for a few good men. Well, we are looking for several hundred thousand good men and women who love kids -- especially those being reared in low-income families in our country. These are the kids who are at the greatest risk of dropping out of school, being illiterate, and causing the greatest problems for the rest of society. According to the National Right to Read Foundation, there are 42 million American adults who cannot read at all. These adults at one time were also kids, and most of them grew up in low-income homes where, according to statistics, 61 percent do not have any books to read. Without books to read in their formative years, these underprivileged kids enter school with a limited vocabulary, and lack basic communication skills that are vital to success and staying in school.
lease consider: What kind of life does a young person have in our society today who is illiterate and who has dropped out of school? I am sure you know the answer to this question, and that is why we must all work together to improve this epidemic national problem if our nation is to continue be a world leader in providing the best quality of life for our citizens. When it comes to improving literacy, our "Bookcase for Every Child" project that we started here in Conway, Arkansas in 2005 has never been done before, in the history of our nation. Each year, through our collective efforts, we build fifty quality, personalized bookcases and give them, along with a starter set of books, to four-year old children enrolled in the Head Start program. We also have volunteers who read to these children each week at the centers.
he fundamental difference in our project is the focus we place in getting large numbers of people personally involved from throughout the community, rather than trying to raise money from grants or a corporate sponsor. Since the inception of our project we have had between 2,000 and 3,000 people personally involved in one way or another. As time passes, we plan to have that number grow to five thousand, ten thousand and beyond. Over the past several decades we have spent billions of dollars on education in our nation's public schools, and the rate of return has been dismal.
e are an all-volunteer, committee-led organization and use no tax money or grants of any kind. We are NOT a 501 (C) 3 organization and therefore have no expenses such as salaries, rent, utilities, telephones, supplies, and other expenses. We are all about "Giving Back" and no one earns a penny for their time, talent, or resources. We raise the funds to purchase materials to build the bookcases during an annual Bookcase Literacy Banquet. We have had three so far and raised all the funds we need just from a $15.95 banquet ticket that includes a delicious meal, quality entertainment, and a complimentary copy of the New Revised Edition of the founder's book, "Learning, Earning & Giving Back."
ur volunteers decorate the banquet room at a public school cafeteria with a literacy theme, grill the sausage, work in the kitchen and make home-made desserts. We have approximately forty students, on a rotating basis, from our three area high schools, serve the meal. This is a great community service experience for these students. We had a sell-out crowd this past year and our twenty-nine "table sponsors" of eight seats each, included seven banks, four elected officials, three civic clubs, three churches, and a number of businesses and individuals. Our guests were also treated to some great, local, standing-ovation entertainment.
o pay for the cost of the food, we invite about thirty prominent members of our community to become members of The Bookcase Club and make non-tax deductible contributions of fifty dollars each year. This allows many interested citizens who may not be able to physically participate because of health, schedule, or other reasons, to be involved. This provides a way for them to help and feel good about being a part of improving literacy in our community.
e have volunteer craftsmen construct the bookcases which are presented to our children at our annual Awards Ceremony. The children and their parents are our special guests. We have a formal program, taking less than an hour, that consists of an invocation, presentation of colors (JROTC members from the high school), pledge of allegiance, welcome by a dignitary, keynote address, presentation of bookcases to children, closing remarks by the chairman (to thank those who have gone above and beyond to make the project a success), and a closing benediction.
ith each succeeding year comes an opportunity to reach out to more and more people and to ask them to become personally involved in the project. These people can be found in churches, civic clubs, business and professional groups, the business community, and federal-state-local agencies. Especially important are literate people who understand the importance of helping these disadvantaged children to develop literacy skills. The focus is on reading and literacy, and all of us working together can make a tremendous difference.
ur copyrighted project has become highly successful because we have great people on our Central Committee; our news media (newspaper, television, and radio) have made everyone aware of the need to improve literacy. Because our project is grass-roots, we encourage parents, grandparents, and everyone who influences children to get involved in the project.
his is an overview of the project, to highlight the need. In the following sections we flesh out the various parts for you. We want to make it simple and completely understandable, where any progressive community can establish their own project, and have it up and running in short order.