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We Had To Destroy Appalachia In Order To Roast It: Obama's EPA OK's 42 of 48 Mountain Destruction Permits
Obama's EPA approves 42 of 48 mountain top destruction permits.
Did Obama throw Appalachia's mountaintops under the bulldozers? Yes.
Same thing with Appalachian valleys.
At Coal Tattoo, Ken Ward Jr. shares this from EPA Director Lisa Jackson's press secretary:
…."We have concluded, under the law, that six projects of an initial 48 permits EPA reviewed, will not proceed unless adverse environmental impacts are further reduced. We will continue to follow the law and use the best science as we quickly and thoroughly evaluate over 150 pending applications to reduce harmful environmental impacts."
"EPA decided not to provide additional comments on the remaining 42 permits after consideration of the nature and extent of project impacts. 28 of the projects have two or fewer valley fills. Eleven have no valley fills at all. None have more than six.
Gee, "only" 31 of the 48 approved permits fill valleys. Of those 31, 28 have two or fewer fills: so that's as many as 56 filled valleys. The remaining three approved each fill fewer than six: so that's as many as 15 filled valleys.
Out of 48 permits Obama's EPA considered, they've OK'd filling up to seventy-one valleys. But wait, there's more.
Obama's EPA has nearly 150 permits left to review. At the rate they've been going, they'll be rubber-stamping enough Bushie permits to fill another two hundred and thirteen valleys.
Grand total just from this batch of permits? 284 ancient valleys destroyed forever. Homes, communities, farms, lives: destroyed forever.
Changes we can remember? If folks do nothing, perhaps. Across Appalachia, residents and their supporters are doing something – a whole lotta something. Litigating, organizing, and sitting and walking with their neighbors and friends. Organizations like Mountain Justice Summer use non-violent civil disobedience as one of many tools in keeping the mountains tall, the hollows deep, and the people on their land.
Looks like the Mountain Justice Summer and other local campaigns as well as a whole lotta enviro attorneys will need help. Hope they get it. The more coal we burn, the faster we'll bring hell upon today's 10 year olds.

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How can I make this funny story better? Please correct any spelling mistakes, words, etc.This is embarrassing story of my mom when she was younger. It was when she had her first boyfriend and her...
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This is embarrassing story of my mom when she was younger. It was when she had her first boyfriend and her first invitation to meet her boyfriend's family. My mom was very shy; she really prepared herself for this moment. They invited her to eat dinner with them. Everything was turning out perfect. She was doing a great job. All the family gathered around in the living room and started telling jokes. My mom thought of this famous joke at the time. When it was her turn she went "Ok. Once a man who didn't have a finger went to a grocery store, he grabbed a fruit and asked the seller 'What's the cost of this fruit'" and the seller answered "'No, no if you already put your finger in the fruit you have to buy it'" Nobody laughed, except for the father of her boyfriend and her boyfriend. My mom was shocked; she didn't know what she had done wrong. My mom stood up and went to the balcony with her boyfriend. My mom asked her boyfriend "Hey, what did I do wrong? Why didn't anyone laugh huh? " Her boyfriend said " Oh Narda, the thing is that my dad lost his finger in his workplace two years ago. My mom was so embarrassed, when she went out of the balcony she didn't want to look at the father of her boyfriend. The father of her boyfriend smiled at her and my mom was super red from embarrassment.
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Hyundai has topped three out of five categories in the 2013 Which? Car Survey.
The Korean manufacturer's i10, ix20 and ix35 models were ranked at the top of their class in terms of cost price, running costs and standard equipment. The three models range between insurance group seven and insurance group 22.
Tony Whitehorn, CEO of Hyundai Motor UK, said that the awards reflected the brand's dedication to providing value to customers. He added that he was delighted that readers and customers held the manufacturer in such high regard.
"With the current economic situation, people are looking for cars that are affordable to purchase and run, but which are also desirable both inside and out," Richard Headland, acting editor of Which? magazine said.
The Which? Car Survey questioned 39,292 motorists regarding the performance of their cars in the past year based on a number of different categories.
Mr Headland added that Hyundai stood out in the survey as the brand that offered the best overall package for customers.
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A daily glance inside the numbers from the world of sports:
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• The Cardinals scored more runs in the first five innings of the 2005 postseason (eight) than they scored over the last 32 innings of their 2004 World Series loss to the Red Sox (seven). Three hours later, the Red Sox allowed eight runs in the first five innings to the White Sox.
• Reggie Sanders drove in six runs in the Cardinals' 8-5 win over the Padres with a pair of bases-loaded hits -- a first-inning single and that rarest of home runs, a grand slam on a 3-0 pitch. Only 11 players even swung at a 3-0 pitch with the bases loaded during the entire 2005 regular season. The last grand slam on a 3-0 pitch was hit by Damian Miller in the Diamondbacks' second game of the 2002 regular season.


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Norfolk, England – Lotus will unveil its Range Extender engine at the Frankfurt International Motor Show later this month, designed for a new breed of highly-efficient series hybrid vehicles.
In a series hybrid vehicle, the Range Extender engine is attached to an electricity generator, providing a source of energy to power the electric motor directly or charge the vehicle's battery. The battery can also power the electric motor, enabling the design of a drivetrain that has low emissions, optimized performance and acceptable range.
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Texting and driving is potentially deadly. The use of mobile devices has been shown to account for more distracted driving car accidents and near-accidents than any other distraction. It's also illegal in Illinois.
When you're texting, you take your eyes off the road for a significant length of time. Five seconds at 55 mph, your car will travel the length of a football field in that time. At 35 mph, you will travel almost the length of a typical city block in Chicago. Even going only 20 mph you will travel almost 150 feet, more than 10 car lengths. That's a long distance to travel in your neighborhood, where kids and pets may be running into the street and people pulling out of obstructed driveways.
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Passengers can also help avoid texting and driving accidents. When you're in another person's car, etiquette typically demands respect and deference, but this is an occasion where you may have to be brusque. If the driver is starting to text, first offer to help them. If you can't help, remind them that texting and driving is illegal in Illinois. Ask them to pull over. If reasonable, you might also offer to drive.
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Well, another week has come and gone, and the goal for Friday is clear. To do the least amount of work as possible without getting fired. If you're recovering from St Patrick's Day, the job plus a hang over is going to make the day drag on a lot longer than it should. But, if we drink a lot of fluids, and eat some carbs, I think we should all be able to make it through. If you're going to be fired for another reason like our friend Skyla Novea is, you might have to resort to a porn solution to fix it. If you're a guy, you've got about a 0.1% chance of this working, and I would suggest getting in line at the unemployment office. But if you have a vagina, you've got a pretty good chance of pulling this one off.


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The women's traditional folk costume from Transylvania features two aprons, and a peasant blouse with puffy sleeves and ruffled cuffs. Unlike the typical ie with altiță and încreț, the shoulder ornaments are missing from the peasant blouses from Transylvania. The Folk Costume from the county of Sibiu Instead altiță, the ...Read More »
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8 National Costumes of Romania
The National Costumes from Moldova Region The peasant women's blouses have ornaments arranged on chest, sleeves and shoulders (altita and incret) in one, two or more colors, with geometric, floral, zoomorphic and anthropomorphic patterns. The blouses worn on the hillside have raw silk embroideries on chest. A different style, with extremely ...Read More »
The Meaning of the Romanian Peasant Costumes
The Meaning of the Romanian Peasant Costumes Today, people are wearing the peasant blouses, while they lack the mentality and attitude required. What most of us see is it's beauty, but do we really understand it's true meaning? People are more concerned about it's popularity and value, rather than it's ...Read More »


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It is interesting that so much changes can occur within such a short period of time, all within one body.
Today started off as a fairly good day. I slept till almost 10am this morning after playing Dota2 with Meh and YX last night till nearly 2.30am (bless the unhealthy lifestyle). The day became way too good when I ran into a book clearance sale at Big Box whilst at lunch, whereby brand new books were sold at only $3.80 each. So I spent my lunch time hopping around excitedly from one table of books to another, squealing to myself and fluttering around with my heart going thump thump thump oh-my-god-I-want-them-all.
I got seven books in the end, including Closer by Roderick Gordon and Brian Williams. I love that series. It is one of the darkest dystopian novels I have ever read and it has never failed to unsettle me.
The day took an unexpected turn for the worse when I got home. For one thing, I keep feeling jumpy and all weirded out (technically, that isn't a real term, but we all get the meaning, so it's okay.) It is like, I felt stressed, upset and really unhappy, but I couldn't figure out why. I mean, if I could actually figure out why, then I can resolve the issue and I won't be feeling so anxious anymore right?
So I mentally listed down things in my head that could possibly make me feel stressed without me knowing:
- GER1000 project proposal meeting tonight. Oh yes, I seriously detest project works of any sort because it is an epitome of ineffectual discussions and hours of "What do you think?" left and right with nothing much done. Given my way, I would propose that we find out the entire workload of the project, each one take one section, finish it and then come together to fill the rest up. Like, for instance, if I am in charge of the proposal, then I will tank the whole proposal and afterwards be absolved of any remaining work responsibility. But no. Anywhere we like to cultivate the strange habit of "group work" and the arguable notion of "team spirit". Necessary in some senses, but not the best when you want to get work done.
- Stressed about my work. Quite. It will be interesting how this turned out to further exacerbate my bad mood. Oh and my workdays kinda increased again. *cries*
- EU1101E European history. I don't like this module, nor do I understand this module. I don't even know how to go about studying it. It is akin to me trying to code a website. I am helpless.
- Midterms. I don't have that many mid terms, probably just for GER1000 and for American Literature, but boy I find American Literature really directionless and I have no idea how I will do for mid terms.
- Western Literature Essay due. Oh yes. Stress on top of stress.
- School tomorrow. ARGH. No please.
- JX didn't reply my messages….till much later. Probably not a real cause of my bad mood, because I know he is super exhausted so I rather him rest than to say message me when he is tired. But given my already-bad-mood situation, anything else just added onto it thereafter.
- PMS!!! Probably one of the main things, though I rarely feel its effect when I am in a very good mood, PMS usually serves to make bad moods worse and good moods less good.
- Oh yes. Having a bloody headache now sucks.
- And I am very unproductive today.
So you have it, a logical analysis of negative things that can make my day really horrible. My solutions to anything within my own control such as projects etc is to adopt a more positive mindset (as preachy as that totally didn't sound), and basically just resolve the problem. For instance, I can consult my tutors for European history. I can do past year papers. I can ask history majors how they study history. I can…withdraw from that bloody module designed by a person who wants the net happiness of the world to decrease. Muahaha. I have the power to change my own world.
I feel so goddamn whiny and frustrated and on the verge of tears from all these negativity that hover around my head like detestable little balls summoned by Satan himself.
I shall sit down, breathe and chant to myself "Nobody, nothing can make me upset."
Boy, that is like the greatest lie ever? I get easily affected and stressed by many things, and I just look nonplussed because I seldom react violently to stimulus – usually I just become quiet when I am sad or stressed. And then go through my problem solving algorithm in my head to clear the mental cache of problems that I have.
I detest problems that I cannot solve.
The dark sky outside my window, for one, is not offering me any reprieve and its shroud is no longer shielding me from the burden of my own responsibilities. I don't want to be an adult. I am not ready for it. I don't want to do anything outside of my own academics and having fun – I didn't get to have fun for 18 years of my life which I spent studying information that has nothing to do with my major.
*hides in a corner and cries*
What a terrible terrible day.
Tomorrow will be a better day, because I am in charge of it.
And thus, I am silenced by the weight of my woes, I cannot speaketh my mind for I fear a outpouring of emotions. Once started, can they be reigned back in again?


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John received a BSc degree in chemistry from James Madison University (Harrisonburg, Virginia), followed by a MSc degree in biotechnology from Johns Hopkins University (Baltimore, Maryland). He then joined Dr. Phillip Dennis's laboratory at the National Cancer Institute in Bethesda, Maryland, where they discovered signaling pathways that promote resistance to chemotherapy, elucidated mechanisms implicated in the initial stages of lung tumorigenesis, and developed small molecule inhibitors targeting constitutively active Akt in lung cancer. John obtained his PhD from University of California, San Diego in Dr. Alexandra Newton's laboratory, where he discovered a novel class of phosphatases (PHLPP1 and PHLPP2) that act directly on Akt and PKC to decrease signalling through these pathways. Lastly, John trained as a postdoctoral fellow in Dr. Tony Hunter's laboratory at the Salk Institute. Utilizing bioinformatic tools they screened cancer genomes to identify novel kinases implicated in cancer by the presence of functional somatic mutations. He joined the CRUK Manchester Institute as a group leader in September of 2010.
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Antal CE, Hudson AM, Kang E, Zanca C, Wirth C, Stephenson NL, Trotter EW, Gallegos LL, Miller CJ, Furnari FB, Hunter T, Brognard J*, Newton AC*. Cancer-Associated Protein Kinase C Mutations Reveal Kinase's Role as Tumor Suppressor. Cell. 2015 Jan 29;160(3):489-502.* Corresponding authors
Discrepancies in Cancer Genomic Sequencing Highlight Opportunities for Driver Mutation Discovery. Hudson AM, Yates T, Li Y, Trotter EW, Fawdar S, Chapman P, Lorigan P, Biankin AV, Miller C*, Brognard J*. Cancer Res. 2014 Sep 25. pii: canres.1020.2014. [Epub ahead of print] * Corresponding authors
Marusiak AA, Edwards ZC, Hugo W, Trotter EW, Girotti MR, Stephenson NL, Kong X, Gartside MG, Fawdar S, Hudson A, Breitwieser W, Hayward NK, Marais R, Lo RS, Brognard J (2014). Mixed lineage kinases activate MEK independently of RAF to mediate resistance to RAF inhibitors. Nat Commun, 5:3901. DOI: 10.1038/ncomms4901
Fawdar S, Trotter EW*, Yayong Li*, Stephenson N, Hanke F, Marusiak AA, Edwards ZC, Ientile S, Waszkowycz B, Miller CJ, Brognard J. Targeted Genetic Dependency Screen Facilitates Efficient Identification of Gain-of-Function Mutations in FGFR4, PAK5, and MAP3K9 in Lung Cancer. In Press at Proceedings of National Academy of Sciences. *Authors contributed equally
Fawdar S, Edward ZC, Brognard J*. Druggable Drivers of Lung Cancer. Oncotarget. 2013 Aug 14. [Epub ahead of print]
Belot A*, Kasher PR*, Trotter EW*, Foray AP, Debaud AL, Rice GI, Szynkiewicz M, Zabot MT, Rouvet I, Bhaskar SS, Daly SB, Dickerson JE, Mayer J, O'Sullivan J, Juillard L, Urquhart JE, Fawdar S, Marusiak AA, Stephenson N, Waszkowycz B, Beresford MW, Biesecker LG, Black GC, ReneÅLe C, Eliaou JF, Fabien N, Ranchin B, Cochat P, Gaffney PM, Lebon P, Malcus C, Crow YJ**, Brognard J**, Bonnefoy N** Protein kinase C δ deficiency causes mendelian systemic lupus erythematosus with B-cell defective apoptosis and hyperproliferation. Arthritis and Rheumatism, May 10 2013 [Epub ahead of print]. *Authors contributed equally and **Corresponding authors.
Brognard J*, Zhang YW, Puto LA, Hunter T. Cancer-Associated Loss-of-Function Mutations Implicate DAPK3 as a Tumor-Suppressing Kinase. Cancer Research, Vol. 71 Issue 8, Apr 15, 2011. Pgs: 3152-61. *Co-Corresponding Author
Brognard J*, Hunter T. Protein Kinase Signalling Networks in Cancer. Current Opinions in Genetics and Devlopment, Vol. 21, Issue 1, February 2011. Pgs.: 4-11. *Co-Corresponding Author
Zhang YW, Brognard J, Coughlin C,You Z, Aslanian A, Manning G, Abraham RT, Hunter T. The F-box Protein Fbx6 Regulates Stability of Chk1 and Cellular Sensitivity to Replication Stress. Molecular Cell Vol 35, August 28, 2009. Pgs: 442-53.
Brognard J, Niederst M, Reyes G, Warfel N, Newton AC. Common polymorphism in the phosphatase PHLPP2 results in reduced regulation of Akt and Protein Kinase C. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Volume 284, Issue 22, May 29, 2009. Pgs:15215-23. Brognard J, Newton AC. PHLiPPing the switch on Akt and PKC signaling. Trends in Endocrinology and Metabolism, Vol. 19, Issue 6, August 19th, 2008. Pgs: 223-230.
Gao T, Brognard J, Newton AC. The phosphatase PHLPP controls the cellular levels of protein kinase C. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol. 283, Issue 10, March 7, 2008. Pgs: 6300-6311.
Brognard J, Sierecki E, Gao T, Newton AC. PHLPP and a second isoform, PHLPP2, differentially attenuate the amplitude of Akt signaling by regulating distinct Akt isoforms. Molecular Cell, Vol. 25, March 23, 2007. Pgs: 917-931. Previewed: Mendoza MC, Blenis J. PHLPPing it off: phosphatases get in the Akt. Molecular Cell, Vol. 25, Mar 23, 2007. Pgs:798-800.
Tsurutani J, Castillo SS, Brognard J, Granville CA, Zhang C, Gills JJ, Sayyah J, Dennis PA. Tobacco components stimulate Akt-dependent proliferation and NFkappaB-dependent survival in lung cancer cells. Carcinogenesis. July 26, 2005. Volume 26 Number 7, Pgs: 1182-95.
Brumbaugh KM, Otterness DM, Geisen C, Oliveira V, Brognard J, Li X, Lejeune F, Tibbetts RS, Maquat LE, Abraham RT. The mRNA surveillance protein, hSMG-1, functions in genotoxic stress response pathways in mammalian cells. Molecular Cell Vol. 14, June 4, 2004. Pgs: 585-98.
Castillo SS, Brognard J, Petukhov PA, Zhang C, Tsurutani J, Granville CA, Li M, Jung M, West KA, Gills JG, Kozikowski AP, Dennis PA. Preferential inhibition of Akt and killing of Akt-dependent cancer cells by rationally designed phosphatidylinositol ether lipid analogues. Cancer Research Vol. 64, Issue 8, April 15, 2004. Pgs: 2782-2792.West KA*, Brognard J*, Clark AS, Linnoila IR, Yang X, Swain SM, Harris C, Belinsky S, Dennis PA. Rapid Akt activation by nicotine and a tobacco carcinogen modulates the phenotype of normal human airway epithelial cells. Journal of Clinical Investigation Vol. 111, Issue 1, Jan. 2003. Pgs: 81-90. *Note: Co-First Author Publication. Previewed:Minna JD. Nicotine exposure and bronchial epithelial cell nicotinic acetylcholine receptor expression in the pathogenesis of lung cancer. J Clin Invest. 2003 Jan1:pgs 31-3.
Kozikowski AP, Sun H, Brognard J, Dennis PA. Novel PI analogues selectively block activation of the pro-survival serine/threonine kinase Akt. Journal American Chemical Society, Feb 5, 2003, Volume125, Issue 5. Pgs:1144-5.
Brognard J, Dennis PA Variable apoptotic response of NSCLC cells to inhibition of the MEK/ERK pathway by small molecules or dominant negative mutants. Cell Death and Differentiation, Vol. 9, Issue 9, Sept. 2002. Pgs: 893-904
Brognard J, Clark A, Ni Y, Dennis PA Akt/PKB is constitutively active in non-small cell lung cancer cells and promotes cellular survival and resistance to chemotherapy and radiation. Cancer Research Vol. 61, Issue 10, May 15, 2001. Pgs: 3986-97


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On Thursday, April 14 at 2:45 p.m., five leaders of the student organization, Divest DU, presented to the Board of Trustees (BOT) at their biannual meeting in the Anderson Academic Commons (AAC).
Senior Nick Stubler (Grand Junction, Colorado), senior Erin Smith (La Crosse, Wisconsin), junior Lori Scott (Denver), sophomore Kengo Nagaoka (Fairbanks, Alaska) and freshman Maddy Gawler (Denver) addressed the BOT.
Following a rally of upwards of 100 DU students, the BOT listened to Divest DU's proposal to terminate all financial investments from DU's endowment in the fossil fuel industry.
The rally, which occurred on Carnegie Green, included poster making, speeches and singing all in preparation for the students to face the BOT.
Walking into the AAC, the students sang a rendition of The Beatles' "Let it Be", singing "this is the time for urgency, the future is for you and me, divest from the industry, you and me."
Greeting the board members, students stood and sang in solidarity with the presenters before sending them into the meeting: promptly leaving once the discussion between the board and the Divest DU leaders began.
Stubler started the discussion following the chair of the BOT, Douglas G. Scrivner's, introduction.
"We are here today to listen. To understand. To discuss," said Scrivner.
Stubler thanked the board for their time, then spoke with passion regarding the importance of fossil fuel divestment.
"Today's presentation is about the urgency of the climate crisis and DU's moral obligation to take active steps in combating it," said Stubler.
Stubler also described the present climate trends, stating that 2015 was the warmest year on record, thus explaining to the board that it is crucial for the university to divest sooner than later.
"Our actions or inactions today will affect the lives of humanity for the next millennium," said Stubler.
Scott followed Stubler's remarks, speaking of DU's moral duty to both the local and global community.
"Being a great private university dedicated to the public good, our investment practices that continue institutional oppression are irreconcilable. At DU, we aim to have a culture steeped in ethics and social responsibility. The dissonance between this vision and our investment practices that are directly responsible for perpetuating systemic violence detracts from the authority and integrity of our institution. It is our moral duty as people in positions of economic, political and social power to commit to divestment in June," said Scott.
Following Scott's argument, Nagaoka addressed the BOT about the economics and politics of divestment, hoping to answer any questions that surround divestment and the potential impact it could have on the school's economics.
"Divestment is a strategy for creating an environment where the ultimate solutions for addressing climate change can be enacted," said Nagaoka. "Universities are moral pillars in our communities. By divesting from fossil fuels, universities send a powerful message that siding with the fossil fuel industry is immoral."
Progressing through the discussion, Gawler explained to the BOT how Divest DU's goals should align with the university's future.
"The peak of fossil fuel investments has passed. The future of investment lies with renewables and socially responsible solutions. Your job as the BOT members is to safeguard and grow our endowment. Every day that you don't divest is a day of risk," said Gawler. "With divestment, DU would be the first major university in our region to divest, making us a regional leader. In being a climate leader through divestment, DU will distinguish itself as one of the top-tier institutions in our country."
Finally, Smith denoted that the university needs to listen to its students and that the BOT must consider the future of DU when considering divestment.
"Divestment is what your current students want and is what your future students need," said Smith.
Questions from various BOT members followed the conclusion of the student presentation, showing the BOT's engagement and focus on what the students had stated. Members of the BOT thanked Divest DU for their hard work and insights. The discussion lasted for over an hour.
According to Divest DU's Facebook page, the chair of the BOT Investment Committee, Kevin C. Gallagher, told the student leaders that the board will not be able to reach a conclusion regarding divestment by the end of the school year. The students asked the board to vote on divestment by May 14.
"Unfortunately, after a very positive Q and A, the meeting ended on a negative note, with Gallagher unequivocally refusing to consider our request for the committee to vote on divestment by May 14," said Stubler. "We know that it is possible for the committee to vote on divestment by May 14, and are disappointed by Mr. Gallagher's refusal to do so. The urgency of the climate crisis demands that our board members address the the threat of climate change now; continuing to push the decision down the road violates their moral obligation to current and future students by failing to protect our indefeasible human rights to live on a safe and hospitable planet," said Stubler.
Divest DU plans to continue taking action in the coming weeks, focusing on urging Gallagher and the overall committee to continue to consider divestment.


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The Fender Stratocaster: The Life & Times of the World's Greatest Guitar & Its Players
In this authoritatively written, painstakingly curated, and gloriously presented tribute to the 60-year-old Fender Stratocaster, author Dave Hunter covers the guitar's history from concept, design, and model launch through its numerous variations and right up to the present. The story is illustrated with archival images of Stratocasters and their players in action, studio shots of Stratocasters of varied vintage and provenance, memorabilia associated with famous players, and profiles of over 30 noted Strat slingers through the ages. Influential rock'n' rollers like Buddy Holly, Hank Marvin, Ike Turner, and Dick Dale; blues players like Buddy Guy, Eric Clapton, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Robert Cray, Bonnie Raitt, and John Mayer; metal gods Richie Blackmore, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Dave Murray; esteemed rockers Jeff Beck, David Gilmour, Ronnie Wood, Robbie Robertson, Rory Gallagher, Mark Knopfler, and Wayne Kramer; and post-punk heroes The Edge, John Frusciante, and Billy Corgan represented as all included. And so, of Learning Lessons, is Jimi Hendrix. With its unprecedented level of detail and stunning visuals, The Fender Stratocaster is the only book tribute worthy of the world's greatest guitar.
English | ISBN: 0760344841 | 2013 | PDF | 240 pages | 74.6 MB
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To get a product or service to market, it often passes through dozens countries, factories, airports, trains, ships, and hands. For anyone who read The World is Flat (2005) by Thomas Friedman, it's a foregone conclusion that globalization and international trade are here to stay. This weekend, I went to the grocery store with my wife, and we got persimmons from Israel and grapes from Chile in the same aisle.
Supply chain is about relationships. Relationships among suppliers, manufacturers, distributors, governments and customers. Relationships that are more complicated, further removed, and increasingly risky. As those physical and contractual linkages expand father from corporate headquarters into less-developed markets, companies are exposed to more volatility. In the example below, the company has a supply chain that spans multiple countries and partners. It's a complex world.
How to mitigate that risk? The professionals best able to describe, advise and protect against supply chain risk are not consultants, but lawyers. Think about it. There are a dozen different types of risk: political, economic, currency, supplier insolvency, bribery, corruption, counterfeits, gray market diversion, and weather to name a few.
It's contracts and relationships that keep trade flowing. Billions of dollars of good, services, and money trade hands daily because there are rules: commonly accepted practices, protocols, contracts, and the enforcement of law.
Consultants need to find answers anywhere. As lateral thinkers, consultants need to be willing, humble, and eager enough to look for answers anywhere. On the front page of Baker & McKenzie's website, you see a free pdf download entitled: The Companies You Keep: Global Supply Chain Management: Five Steps to Managing Third-Party Risk. If you are a supply chain consultant, read it. They know their stuff.
Who is Baker & McKenzie? This is one of the largest global law firms and a name worth remembering. They are 4,000+ lawyers strong and $2.4 billion in fee income in the most recent fiscal year, up 5% YoY. Net profits were $862 million, and profit per equity partner was up 10% YoY to $1.2 million on average each. Excellent year for the firm all around. See details here.
5 Areas of Focus: Like a good consultant would, Baker & McKenzie break their report into clearly defined pieces which makes it easy to read and reference:
- Vetting and selecting
- Structuring and documenting
- Training and education
- Monitoring and evaluating
- Reacting and remedying
They hired a consultancy to survey 100 executives and they uncovered a wealth of street-smart advice that anyone in procurement, export/import, or international markets should pay attention to. In fact, much of these best practices apply to any supplier-customer relationship, regardless of the geographic scope or scale. Reading through the recommendations it is a good blend of supply chain, legal, and business advice.
The top three risks listed by geography. Click through the graphic to get to report.
The bullet are a sample from the Baker & McKenzie report. My comments are in blue.
- "Use your RFP process to secure commitments from suppliers/partners that address your greatest legal risks while the process is still competitive." Think ahead and put your risk-related concerns on the table early in the negotiations and the relationship. During the RFP process, all vendors want your business, and will be eager to satisfy your requirements (especially if they perceive it to be unrelated to pricing)
- "Check references and conduct in-person interviews with key partners in high-risk jurisdictions, particularly in less transparent markets." This advice applies to any procurement that is strategic, high-risk or potential point of failure.
- "Develop a checklist of legal and risk-related questions for your procurement officers." Collaboration between the legal department and supply chain is critical, and yet often ignored for more "pressing" problems.
- "Work backwards." All supplier, distributor relationships are not of the same importance or risk. Create a 2 x 2 matrix, evaluating the potential impact vs. risk. Prioritize those with the biggest impact and highest risk.
- "Keep your contracts current." Obvious, but many Fortune 500 do this poorly.
- "Take a step back and look for patterns." Incredibly deep and strategic point. Find the trends and "white spaces" which the current legal and supply chain processes are not catching. What is falling through the cracks? If these trends continue, what does that imply? How can we get ahead of the issues?
- "Include breach notice provisions and check to make sure the third-party supplier/provider can pay the liability limit if a breach occurs." This is the kind of detail that management consultants might miss. Does the supplier have the ability to pay future damages and does the contract have the "breach notice provisions" to enforce the compensation?
- "Consider using local law or similar laws to govern your contract in markets where." This was a key point made throughout the report. Think local.
- "Consider using outside counsel for third-party audits." While this certainly makes sense, it is also a good idea to hire Baker & McKenzie for the work. . .
- "Use that information to revise your contracts, protocols and processes to keep the problem from reoccurring." As a consultant who firmly believes in continuous improvement, this hit home. Get better. Don't repeat the same mistake twice. Refine the supply chain process so it protects you.
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Getting you teeth white overnight is just impossible unless you visit a dentist to get your teeth clean. Suppose you have a picture with you and find that you have yellow teeth in that. What would do? Obviously, the above suggested way is not the one that you would prefer to get the teeth pretty on photo.
I would share an easy Photoshop trick with you which would make your teeth white. This is a quicker and easier method that you have ever across.
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- First step that you have to do is to create a layer. Just double click on the background, click on OK and that is it. This is how you create a layer
- You have to change the foreground color. On the left bottom side, you will find the below icon. Just use it to change foreground color to white
- Select the Paint Bucket. To do that, right click on the Gradient tool and put a check on the Paint Bucket Tool option
- Now select all the available layers from the top navigational panel
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Xero and Silicon Valley Bank Partner to Offer Innovative Companies Next-Generation Financial Management
On July 16, Xero, the leading global online accounting platform and operating system for small businesses, and Silicon Valley Bank, the bank of the global innovation economy, announced integration that brings Xero's latest financial management tools to startups and small businesses in both the US and UK.
By linking Xero's online accounting solution directly with SVB's online banking platform, business owners get reliable overnight delivery of the prior day's bank transactions directly into Xero's intuitive online accounting workflow. As a result, business owners can make smarter business decisions by getting an accurate and comprehensive view of their finances, without the hassle and costly mistakes caused by out-of-date cash flow balances.
"For my company, this integration is a life saver. I used to worry constantly that I didn't know my true account balances," said Benjamin McCann, co-founder at Connectifier, Inc., a venture-backed talent sourcing startup in North Beach, Calif. "Trying to get an accurate picture of our financials was a pain and we always had an out-of-date view. Now it happens seamlessly. At any point during my week, I can open up Xero and know exactly where we stand,"
Starting this week, businesses using Xero in the US and UK can sign up to integrate with Silicon Valley Bank for deposit account balances and transactions. After signing up, they will start getting bank feeds the week of August 11.
"Xero and Silicon Valley Bank have a common objective — to make the lives of our customers easier," said Jamie Sutherland, president, Xero US. "In fact, it wasn't that long ago that Xero was a startup itself — so we know all too well what it's like to be under the gun to create up-to-date financial reports for the board or quickly get an update on cash flow before making a key purchasing decision. Now with Xero's integration with SVB's banking platform, small businesses can get their up-to-date financial info faster than ever before."
"Our SVB Direct Connect platform integration with Xero is another important step in our organizational strategy to make it easy for our clients to bank with us," said Bruce Wallace, COO, Silicon Valley Bank. "SVB Direct Connect enables Silicon Valley Bank clients to access their banking information through leading accounting platforms. As the leading bank for high-growth, disruptive companies, integrating with innovative partners such as Xero is a critical strategy for SVB."
About Xero:
Xero is beautiful, easy-to-use online accounting software for small businesses and their advisors. The company has over 300,000 paying customers in more than 100 countries around the world. Xero seamlessly integrates with over 300 best-in-class business tools such as Square for processing payments on mobile devices, ADP for managing payroll and Google Apps for integrating Google Docs. Xero ranks No. 1 by Forbes as the World's Most Innovative Growth Company. The Xero US team is headquartered in San Francisco.


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Benefit features deaf rapper
BRATTLEBORO -- Featuring the deaf entertainer Warren Snipe, known as Wawa, the Vermont Interpreter Referral Service will host its ninth annual Yolande Henry Community Fund Fundraiser at the Vermont Center for the Deaf & Hard of Hearing/Austine School gym on Saturday at 3 p.m.
This multi-talented artist who wears hearing aids, speaks and signs, has been performing since childhood and has traveled the globe for the past dozen years.
Known affectionately as Wawa, Warren Snipe has written powerful poems and songs and his passion for music grew to a point that he had to share it with the world. Wawa's doing what he does best -- breaking down barriers and taking on challenges, moving one step closer to his life's goal: to put deaf recording artists on the mainstream map. The world is going to know a new music genre: Dip-Hop. Dip Hop is Hip-Hop through deaf eyes.
Desserts and non-alcoholic beverages will be for sale before and during the show. Raffle tickets will be for sale for cash prizes.
All proceeds will benefit the Yolande Henry Community Fund which pays for sign language interpreters for family events in Vermont not covered by the Americans with Disabilities Act.
Tickets are $10 for adults, $5 for ages 5-12, free for under 5. For more information, contact firstname.lastname@example.com or call 800-639-1519 (v) or 802-254-3920 (v) or 802-275-0104 (vp).
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I'm not even sure where to start… 2016 was a wicked pisser. It wasn't all bad – Got a new apartment where there isn't (knock wood) someone getting shot every week within a couple block radius. The location is way better. On the (way) down side – Willow went to the Rainbow Bridge. I'm still Continue reading
Month: December 2016
No Place Like Home
And here I am back home again and not at all prepared for the holidays. I haven't got the presents wrapped yet. I have cards I need to write/send, I have cleaning to do… BUT… I get to sleep in my own bed, I get to soak in my tub and I get to enjoy Continue reading
When I visited Mom last time, we went to Sanctuary Cove looking for the labyrinth. We didn't end up finding it but the little chapel on site there was cool and the day we went up there it was REALLY hot and trudging around in the heat was unpleasant. But, I was disappointed to not Continue reading
The Tree
So…We put the tree up today. And decorated it. My aunt came over and helped. We had take-out Chinese food for dinner. So, why don't I feel like I accomplished anything today? First, I overslept. Which may have had something to do with going to bed super late last night (or really early this morning, Continue reading
Up Past My Bedtime (Again)
As is a frequent theme here, I am up hours past the time I should be because I have been busy catching up on work. I have plans for later and will need to set an alarm to be up at a decent hour, but I had things I needed to get done so here Continue reading
Allergic to Vacationing?
So, for the past couple of days, I have been battling some sort of sinus issue. Given that the ONLY symptoms are congestion and watering eyes, I am leaning toward thinking that this is allergies. Add to that the fact that when I am out and about (not at Mom's house) the symptoms ease up Continue reading
Rabbit Rabbit – December
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Responsibilities are to support the Fulfilment Centre ensure its associate plans are effectively planned throughout the year to meet operational demand. Although the role will support the business needs for temporary hourly paid support during the Q4 period, they will also be responsible for ensuring the site flexes its permanent associate population in critical roles to support the deliver of great customer experience, especially during peak months.
Key responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Working in partnership with operational stakeholders to map the critical role requirements for the year. Once planned, work with operations, HR and L&D colleagues to ensure a structured recruitment, selection and training process is in place to successfully deliver the plan
Support operational planning by managing the roster management process for the site, ensuring that HRBPs, Operational Managers and Finance are aware of their roles within the process
Understand and have involvement in Labour Planning process for the site using the labour capacity planner. Ensure members of the Labor Planning meeting are kept up to date with current labour supply, highlighting any concerns in a timely manner
Work with the agencies to develop robust and tested contingency plans for a number of eventualities including severe weather and short notice volume increases to the site
Ensures compliance with UK and EU legislation
Full ownership and responsibility for ensuring compliance regarding Right to work in the UK legislation[R1]
Monitor and ensure each agency meet agreed service level agreements
Establish and help to maintain agency working relationships across all parties
Be responsible for production of metrics relating to labour
Review and establish causes for unfavourable trends in the metrics, provide and implement root cause analysis and solutions
Share findings and best practice with the UK labour management group
Line manage LM Assistant
Co-ordinate the Day zero induction process between Operations, Finance, Agencies, Security and L&D
Monitor consistency with Employee Relations issues and decisions
Liaise with ICQA and Security on theft and work place violence matters
Clearly articulate and facilitate the release and transfer process for temporary associates
Ensure agencies are compliant with UK and EU directives in relation to Amazon Agency Associates
Ensure effective processes are in place for the sharing relevant personal information with the HR and Health and Safety team on site to allow for adequate risk assessments to be completed
Liaise with H&S regarding any near miss and recordable incidents within the site
Support and coordinate labour transfer to others sites both in UK/EU
Monitor agency manager performance and ensuring contractual obligations regarding ratios are met
Co-ordinate regular meetings between agencies and Amazon to drive best practice across the site, and to address any concerns
Audit agencies bi-monthly on quality of assessment and recruitment processes. Increase audits as appropriate
Ensure a robust auditing program is in place to ensure the agencies are following core transactional processes and appropriately addressing and/or escalating any issues identified
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One οf thе things thаt I teach students during thіѕ presentation іѕ thе anatomy οf аn axe. Specifically, I teach thеm thе anatomy οf a single-bit, Michigan Pattern felling axe. In addition tο pointing out thе раrtѕ οn a real axe, last week I dесіdеd tο draw up a diagram tο give thе students. I аlѕο included small drawings οf two οthеr axes thаt I ѕhοw tο students – a double-bit axe аnd a hewing axe.
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Hi! I'm currently living in Wynnum with my family and have been working full-time for almost two years I have been saving up to go to Uni since I left school and I will be starting my studies at UQ Gatton on February 19th. I am an extremely tidy person and I always pick up after myself so I would say I am easy to live with. I absolutely love animals although I don't have any myself but I am open to living with them!
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I'm moving to Gatton for university. I want to eventually study veterinary science but what I study first will depend on my ATAR. I am fun, easy-going and an all round chilled out person. I can be shy at first but once I break out of my shell, I get along with pretty much anyone. I will be leaving my current job when I move and will start searching for a job in Gatton as soon as I can. I have a pretty tame budgie named Pokkee who I will be bringing with me to Gatton. He lives in my room with me so will not affect other housemates.
Hi,my name is Heddy,I am looking for a place to stay .My friends and I are 3 Taiwanese girls are looking for a job in Gatton or Toowoomba,we are all tidy and have regular lifestyle,non smoker .If is sounds ok for you, please feel free to contact me, thank you.
I'm a vet nurse studying equine science this year at Gatton with intentions of transferring over to vet science. I'm new to the area, so keen to make new friends. Looking for like minded people to share a house with. I also have a small dog 'Jacob' who you will love.
Hey I'm Ash! I'm 19 year old female, looking for a place to live near UQ Gatton as I'm starting my first year in Vet Technology in February. I'm friendly, tidy and a easy to get along with. I'm looking for room to rent in a share house / open to team ups, preferably with people around my age. :)
I'm a quite but highly organised person who heavily relies on lists or I don't get anything done. Will most likely be spending all my time at uni or studying in my room. I have a desire to clean when procrastinating or bored so no need to worry about a mess maker with me. I currently live in Brisbane so the drive out to Gatton everyday won't be fun. I currently work at a racecourse and spend all my free time napping or going to new beaches.
18 this year. Down to earth person, love sport and going on adventures. Like to have my personal space but would prefer hanging out with people in a second. Love listening to music and having movie nights. Starting university this year at USQ in Toowoomba. I am from laidley and graduated in 2017. Looking to start fresh.
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University of Mysore (UoM), Mysore has announced the exam dates for Karnataka State Eligibility Test (KSET 2013), which will be held in December 2013. The KSET exam will be held on Sunday, December 08, 2013.
KSET 2013 is an entrance exam, which is conducted by University of Mysore for determining the eligibility for Lectureship (Assistant Professorship) in various universities/colleges/Institutions (Government/Aided/ Private) in Karnataka State. KSET center will conduct the test in 32 subjects at 11selected centers spread across the Karnataka Statefor the academic session 2013.
Eligibility Criteria for KSET 2013:
- Candidates who have secured at least 55% of aggregate marks (without rounding off) in masters degree or equivalent examination from universities/institutions recognized by UGC, New Delhi in Science Subjects, Humanities (including languages) and social science, Computer science & Applications, Electronic Science etc. are eligible to appear for this test.
- Candidates who have appeared or will be appearing at the qualifying masters degree (final year) examination and whose result is still awaited or candidates whose qualifying examinations have been delayed may also apply for this test.
For more details and information on eligibility criteria, please visit their official website.
Application Procedure for KSET 2013:
- The examination fee for general candidates is Rs.1000/-, for OBC is Rs.800/- and for Cat-I, SC/ST/VH/PH is Rs.500/-.
- The candidate is required to fill the bank challan form in triplicate (bank copy, K-SET copy and candidates copy). All the three copies of the challan form have to be submitted to any branch of State Bank of Mysore along with the bank charges (bank commission) of Rs.20/-.
For more details and information on how to apply, please visit their official website.
Paper Pattern for KSET 2013:
- The test will consist of three papers.
- The test for all the three papers will consist of only multiple-choice questions.
- The paper I and II is of 100 marks and paper III is 150 marks.
- Paper I shall be a general paper on teaching and aptitude.
- Paper II shall consist of questions based on the subject selected by the candidate.
- The paper III will consists of 75 multiple-choice, compulsory questions from the subject selected by the candidates. Each question will carry two marks.
- There will be no negative marking.
For more details and information on paper pattern, please visit their official website.
Important Dates:
- Last date for submission of online application form:
- Without late fees: Saturday, August 10, 2013.
- With late fees of Rs.100/-: Monday, August 12, 2013 to Saturday, August 17, 2013.
- Last date for receiving the printout of online application form at the respective test center opted by the candidate: Saturday, August 31, 2013.
- Date of examination: Sunday, December 08, 2013.
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Type: Solid Body Eyelevel Rollfilm
Introduced: 1955 (export only in 1955)
Discontinued: 1958
Film size: 120
Picture size: 2 1/4" X 2 1/4"
Manufactured: UK
Lens: Kodet f/14 Fixed Focus With Closeup Lens
Shutter: Single Speed 1/40 Second
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The Brownie Cresta featured a black moulded plastic body with horizontal ribbing, an optical direct vision finder, a coaxial flash socket, and an optional yellow cloud filter.
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A mutual love and respect for each other's music has fanned the flames of friendship in and out of the studio between two of our most celebrated singer songwriters, Bernard Fanning and Kasey Chambers, for many years. In a move that will delight fans, they are excited to announce a co-headline tour early 2017!
Regularly sharing stages, and featuring on each other's records, Bernard co-writing, adding guitar and vocals to Golden Guitar Award winning single 'Bittersweet', the title track from Kasey's 2014 LP, and Kasey laying down vocals more recently for 'Sooner or Later' from Bernard's latest LP, Civil Dusk, it is a natural fit for the two to tour together.
A note from Bernard "We, Bernard Fanning and the Black Fins, do hereby declare our joy in announcing the birth of the Sooner or Later Tour with Kasey Chambers through regional Qld, NSW and Victoria. We have been having such a ball playing on each other's records and guesting at each other's shows over the last ten years that we finally decided to take it on the road. Looking forward to getting to some places that I have never played in and sharing the stage with a great mate and total legend Kasey"
Kasey on the Sooner or Later Tour: "Bernard and I have collaborated musically on and off over the past ten years and after being asked the question about a double tour for a long time I'm so happy to say it's finally here! This is not just two artists being thrown together to tour but two friends who have a musical history to share-together and separately-through a night of different styles meeting in the middle. He's my mate but I'm also his biggest fan, so touring with him in regional Australia is a career highlight for me"
You can watch a spectacular live rendition of 'Sooner or Later', performed by both Bernardand Kasey and filmed at Bernard's sold out show at the stunning Palais Theatre in Melbourne HERE
With a sold out national tour behind him, Bernard was honoured to receive an ARIA last week, taking home the Best Adult Contempory Album award, for his third solo record Civil Dusk (Dew Process / UMA), part one of a two part project (the second LP Brutal Dawn is due 2017).
While Kasey's August EP release, Ain't No Little Girl has given fans a taste of her impending eleventh studio LP, Dragonfly, a double album that sees her collaborating with Australian music legend Paul Kelly in the producer's chair for one session, and Nash Chambers producing the other, due for release January 20th, 2017 (Warner Music).
Don't miss two of Australia's most lauded and loved singer songwriters on their Sooner or Later Tour, January and February 2017!
Thursday Jan 26 Blazes at Wests Tamworth NSW
Tuesday Feb 14 Orange Ex Services Club Orange NSW
Wednesday Feb 15 Albury Entertainment Cent Albury NSW
Friday Feb 17 Eastbank Centre Shepparton VIC
Saturday Feb 18 Ulumbarra Theatre Bendigo VIC
Sunday Feb 19 Lakeside Twilights, Lake Wendouree Ballarat VIC
Tuesday Feb 21 Canberra Theatre Centre Canberra ACT
Wednesday Feb 22 Anita's Theatre Thirroul NSW
Friday Feb 24 Empire Theatre Toowoomba QLD
Saturday Feb 25 Saraton Theatre Grafton NSW


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'I don't think he is serious about me...'
I have been friendly with this married guy for the past eight months. We met through a common friend. He tells me he loves me and is comfortable with me. I am single
Dear Diana,
I have been friendly with this married guy for the past eight months. We met through a common friend. He tells me he loves me and is comfortable with me. I am single. He is affectionate and genuine, but whenever he tells me he likes me, he does not look at me. What does this mean? I am guessing he does not mean it, as he cannot look me in the face. When someone is lying to you, they usually behave in such a manner. When I told him about it, he says he does not have the courage to say it looking at me. What does he mean? Is he shy or is he just playing with my feelings? At the same time, he tells me about his domestic issues and how he finds peace when I am around. He has not yet told his wife about me. Whenever I broach the subject of his wife, he avoids talking to me. Can I trust this man?
— Aashna
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Dear Aashna,
You are in love with him, but he is having an extramarital affair. He may not be looking at you when saying that he loves you due to his shy disposition. Some guys get tongue-tied when it comes to expressing their love. Or more likely because he feels guilty as he is married. He knows he is cheating on his wife. So he can't get himself to look at you in the eyes. The guy appears attracted to you, but it is important to know whether he really means it. He might just be using you to satisfy his sexual urges and then dump you when he loses interest in you. First, you need to ask him if he is really interested in you. If yes, he needs to make up his mind and decide where he wants to be. He will have to choose. Right now you two are having an affair, but sooner or later his wife and other family members will know and it will be hell for you.
Diana will solve it!
Write to Diana at email@example.com, or fax her on 24112009. You can also post letters to Dear Diana, Mid Day, Peninsula Centre, Dr S S Rao Road, opp Mahatma Gandhi Hospital, Parel, Mumbai 400012


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Welcome to AAMHO, the Arizona Association of Manufactured Home and RV Owners!
Since 1987, AAMHO has been fighting for the rights of manufactured home owners living in mobile home parks throughout the state. We are a non-profit organization representing manufactured/mobile home, park model, and RV owners at all levels of government – City, State and Federal. It fought for the creation of the Landlord and Tenant Act, which gives manufactured home owner rights, and protection from abusive landlords. It helped codify laws making 55+ mobile home parks possible, secured laws against retaliation by landlords, fought for rent control and helped create a relocation fund. For more information, check out our Frequently Asked Questions (click here).
December Newsletter is now online. Click here.
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In this lw.com interview, Latham & Watkins counsels Charles Courtenay and Christian Engelhardt and associate Donald McCombie discuss the impact of the new Unified Patent Court (UPC) on existing European Patents and outline how companies should prepare for the upcoming introduction of the EU Unitary Patent and UPC.
The European patent system is due to be reformed significantly in the coming years. What does the reform package consist of?
Courtenay: There are two main elements: 1.) the EU Unitary Patent and 2.) the Unified Patent Court.
1.) Unitary Patent
Englehardt: So-called 'European Patents' have been available since the 1970s. These are examined centrally by the European Patent Office (EPO). However, once issued, a European Patent effectively becomes a 'bundle' of national patent rights, which must be maintained separately in each European Patent Convention (EPC) contracting state. The EPO is not a European Union (EU) body, and several non-EU states are signatories to the EPC.
By contrast, the new Unitary Patent right will be a single, unitary patent right that may be enforced and revoked as a single right across all EU member states except Spain and Italy (which are not currently participating), and will be governed by an EU Regulation. The EPO will examine and issue Unitary Patents in largely the same way as existing, 'classical' European Patents.
Unlike classical European Patents, national EU Member State courts will have no jurisdiction over Unitary Patents. Instead, Unitary Patents will be subject to the exclusive jurisdiction of the new Unified Patent Court (UPC). No Unitary Patents will be granted unless and until the UPC is established. After the UPC has come into operation, applicants for patents at the EPO will be able to choose for their application to become either a 'classical' European Patent or a Unitary Patent upon grant at the patentee's request, and the EPO will continue to examine both types of application.
The UPC may open for business as early as Q1 2016 (although delays are likely), and it is not yet possible to apply for Unitary Patents.
2.) Unified Patent Court
McCombie: Under the current system, existing 'classical' European Patents must be enforced on a country-by-country basis in the national courts of EU Member States. For example, if a patent is infringed in Germany, the UK and France, three separate infringement actions must be commenced in the courts of those three member states in order to obtain an injunction to stop the infringement and/or to recover damages in respect of past infringement in each jurisdiction.
Courtenay: The current European system is analogous to requiring US patentees to bring proceedings separately in California, Texas and New York, but this is due to change.
Englehardt: The UPC will allow patentees to obtain a single infringement decision binding across substantially the entire EU1, providing for remedies including pan-European injunctions and damages for roughly 85 percent of the EU single market. At present, the cost of litigating in many European markets individually is disproportionate to the benefit of doing so. The UPC is likely to change the economics of patent litigation in Europe dramatically, providing a cost-effective way for patentees to take a uniform approach to the EU as a whole.
McCombie: The UPC will consist of a number of national, regional and central 'divisions':
- Each contracting Member State will be entitled to host at least one national division. If a Member State is able to demonstrate sufficiently high case loads, it may apply for additional local divisions, up to a maximum of four.
- Groups of Member States may alternatively choose to join together to host a regional division, instead of separate national divisions. So far, only one regional division has been confirmed — the Nordic-Baltic division comprising Sweden, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
- Finally the central division will be split three ways among Munich, Paris and London, with cases allocated based on the subject matter of the patent(s) in suit. Cases involving life sciences, chemistry and metallurgy patents will be allocated to London; cases involving mechanical engineering, lighting, heating, weapons and blasting will be allocated to Munich; and cases involving all other technical fields, including electrical engineering, telecoms, computing and IT, will be allocated to Paris.
The rules regarding the competence of the various divisions, and the allocation of cases between divisions, are complicated. The most important distinction is that local and regional divisions will have competence to hear infringement claims and revocation counterclaims, but standalone revocation actions may only be brought in the central division.
The existing national court procedures vary significantly among European countries — how will the UPC compare with these systems?
Courtenay: At present, substantive patent laws for both infringement and validity are relatively well-harmonized across the EU. However, while US practitioners and clients will be familiar with a degree of procedural inconsistency among US District Courts, patent litigation procedure varies dramatically among EU Member States, and these procedural differences have a significant effect on the cost, the timing and the outcome of EU patent litigation.
Englehardt: For example, the German patent litigation system requires infringement and validity claims to be heard separately, by different courts — the so-called 'bifurcated' system. Infringement actions are first heard in the Regional Courts, then appealed to the Higher Regional Courts. Validity actions are commenced in the Federal Patent Court. Only at the final level of appeal to the Federal Supreme Court does a single court consider both infringement and validity, but even then they are considered separately. The infringement courts are generally much faster than the validity court.
McCombie: By contrast, in all parts of the UK the courts may hear both infringement and validity issues together, at first instance and on appeal. It is very common for parties to rely on so-called validity/infringement 'squeeze' arguments to prevent patentees from relying on overly broad constructions of the scope of the patent claims by countering with invalidity arguments.
Englehardt: German proceedings are largely paper based. Parties must provide detailed written submissions setting out all of their arguments and reasoning at an early stage of proceedings, and the scope for live witness evidence and cross-examination of experts is limited. German patent trials are always less than a day in duration, and in many cases will only be a few hours long.
McCombie: In England, High Court proceedings place a greater emphasis on the trial. The written pleadings are very short in comparison with German litigation briefs, and in many cases details of the parties' legal arguments and submissions on matters such as claim construction will not be exchanged until three days before the final trial hearing. Expert witnesses appointed by the parties are central to the English litigation process. Extensive cross-examination of party experts will generally take place at trial, with trial hearings generally lasting between four days and three weeks.
How will the UPC compare to the current national litigation systems?
Englehardt: The UPC is similar to the German system in many ways. Parties will need to submit detailed written pleadings, and first instance cases will be heard by panels of three judges, as in Germany. The UPC Agreement preserves the possibility of 'bifurcating' the infringement and validity elements of a case, although this will be optional under the UPC, rather than compulsory as in the German system. The UPC rules of procedure have yet to be finalized. Although there is still time for further amendments to various aspects of court procedure, as we are currently on the 17th draft of the rules, dramatic changes are unlikely at this stage.
McCombie: Whilst the UPC Agreement, and many of the procedural rules, appear to be modelled on the German system, the UPC will take many elements from other European jurisdictions. For example, thesaisie contrefacon, a means of gathering evidence under French law, has been incorporated into the procedural rules. Disclosure will also be available under the UPC rules, as in the UK. Further, although trial hearings are intended to last a single day or less, witness evidence may be heard separately, allowing for cross-examination of experts, as in the UK.
Existing European Patents will automatically be covered by the UPC — what does this mean for clients?
McCombie: For the first seven years of the UPC's operation, proceedings involving classical European Patents may be brought in either the national courts or in the UPC. For Unitary Patents, only the UPC will have competence. After the initial seven-year transitional period (which may be extended for a further seven years), the UPC will have exclusive jurisdiction over both European Patents and Unitary Patents.
Holders of classical European Patents may also 'opt out' of the jurisdiction of the UPC entirely by filing an application and paying the opt-out fee, which has yet to be set. Once a patent is opted out, it may be opted back in to the jurisdiction of the UPC in future, although if proceedings are brought in the national courts while the patent is opted-out, the patentee will be barred from opting back into the UPC. Patentees cannot selectively choose to opt out only in some Member States whilst keeping other national designations of that same European Patent within the UPC; a patent must be opted out in its entirety.
Although participating in the UPC allows patentees to assert their patents against infringers across the EU, it also raises the risk of central revocation of European Patents. This has previously only been possible in EPO Opposition proceedings, which may only be brought within nine months of grant of the patent. By contrast, patents may be revoked by the UPC at any time after grant. For some patentees, the potential benefits of the UPC may not justify the risk of central revocation, at least in the early years when the system is untested.
What can be done now to prepare?
Courtenay: Patentees will need to consider their opt-out strategy before the new system's introduction. Each patentee's approach will be influenced by their own budget, industry sector, attitude to litigation and appetite for risk.
Englehardt: If resources allow, patentees should consider auditing their portfolios to identify rights that are key to their businesses. For practicing entities, this may involve assessing which patents cover key products, and which European markets are most important. Such companies may consider opting some patents out of the UPC, which may then be asserted in key markets whilst avoiding the risk of central revocation, while keeping other patents within the UPC system to permit a central infringement action being brought covering most of the EU market. Divisional patents are treated as completely separate patents for opt-out purposes, and it will be possible to opt a parent application out, whilst keeping a divisional within the UPC. Strategies will vary among industrial sectors. For example, pharmaceutical companies may be more inclined to opt-out than patentees in other fields, as key products are often covered by a small number of very high value patents, which proprietors may not want to expose to the risk of central revocation.
For non-practicing entities (NPEs), the benefits of the UPC are more likely to outweigh the potential risks, although NPEs may still wish to retain a mix of patents opted-out and opted-in, so as to preserve the possibility of bringing national proceedings before, say, the German courts without the threat of central revocation within a relatively short time frame.
McCombie: The current draft of the procedural rules requires that, where a patent or application is owned by two or more proprietors, all proprietors must lodge the application. As such, if ownership of the national designations of European Patents is currently split among separate European group companies, each owner will have to cooperate in order to file the opt-out. Where ownership is split among separate, arms-length companies the process of reaching agreement may take some time.
Additionally, most existing license agreements will be silent as to the preferred opt-out strategy. This may require licences to be renegotiated, particularly exclusive licences, and the merits of any particular opt-out strategy may not benefit the licensor and licensee equally, and enforcement provisions may also need to be re-assessed. As the UPC may come into operation as early as Q1 2016, companies should begin to consider these issues now, as a delay in exercising the opt-out may otherwise permit the filing of a central revocation action as soon as the UPC opens for business.


text: "Drill'n'bass" outfit Animals on Wheels was the first signing to U.K. beatfreak label Ninja Tune from the Bovinyl imprint, run by Cambridge-based Andy Coleman. Coleman is also the principle behind AOW, whose humorous brand of jazzy, hyperdriven breakbeat fracture is comparable to that of Aphex Twin, Plug, and Squarepusher, among others. (The curious name derives, reportedly, from a friend of Coleman's who claims the largest collection of the likenamed tchotchkes.) Coleman issued... Read more


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Hi, I have the VVX 500 on 22.214.171.12437 firmware. I'm able to get Acoustic Fence working on the handset and other headsets in the headset port.
When I set up the Plantronics Voyager Focus UC BT, I'm not able to get Acoustic Fence to work. Does Acoustic Fence work with USB headsets? Is there an undocumented setting somewhere? Thanks.
I'm using these settings:
<ns voice.ns.hd.enable="1" voice.ns.hd.enhanced="1" voice.ns.hd.nonStationaryThresh="8" voice.ns.hd.stationaryThresh="195" voice.ns.hs.stationaryThresh="195" voice.aes.hd.enable="1" voice.aec.hd.enable="1" voice.ns.hs.enable="1" voice.ns.hs.enhanced="1" voice.ns.hs.nonStationaryThresh="8"/>
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Hello Sean Lazar,
welcome to the Polycom Community.
Maybe the headset in question has its own echo cancelling functionality?
Polycom is unable to test every single headset but I recommend you open a ticket via your reseller in your area.
In order to raise a support ticket you need to work with your Polycom reseller as they need to do this for you.
If this is some sort of an Internet discounter please post either your phone's MAC address or your Polycom devices serial so I can look up who would be able to support you.
Please ensure to provide some feedback if this reply has helped you so other users can profit from your experience.
Best Regards
Steffen Baier
Polycom Global Services


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Last week I finished a 10K and a half marathon. 19.3 miles in less than 36 hours with a broken foot. A fractured third metatarsal to be specific. I believe I re-broke it around mile 6 of the half marathon, when I started jogging to stay ahead of the people in last. I know for sure (judging by the pain) it was re-broken during a sprint at mile 9 and again at mile 11 to stay ahead of the sweepers (the people who take you off the course because you are not going fast enough)…I was about 90 seconds from my worst nightmare, being taken off the course because I was too slow. I just could not limp along fast enough. So I ground my teeth and I sprinted.
And I finished that half marathon.
But I wasn't proud of it.
Wait. What?
Nope. I was not proud. I berated myself for being so stubborn that I would limp 19.3 miles, reinjuring my foot and not making the right decision, which was to quit. I should have quit. I had half a dozen blisters, shin pain, knee pain…all ramifications of limping for almost twenty miles. I had a scary moment later when I was laying on the bathroom floor, overcome with nausea from the pain. My perseverance had made me literally sick. An even scarier moment later when discussing the final hours of the race with my fellow runners and realizing just how out of my mind I was – I never realized it was hot. Never for one minute did I feel the heat or sun that everyone else was saying tormented them in the final miles. I don't remember ever even thinking it was hot. And not because it wasn't hot. So at the end of the weekend, I was mostly disappointed in myself for lacking the wisdom to know when to stop.
And here we are, a week later, and I'm ready to find some of the positives in this poor choice I made. I am impressed with my tenacity. I am grateful to my dedication to training and cross training that kept me in shape (and many thanks to my friend Brian for his training ideas and rehab advice) enough to even walk 19 miles. I am no longer afraid of a marathon – I mean, I'm not signing up tomorrow…but I truly feel like if I could finish those races, I can do anything.
And thus the moral of this story: Grit. In psychology, grit is "a positive, non-cognitive trait based on an individual's passion for a particular long-term goal or end state, coupled with a powerful motivation to achieve their respective objective." It's courage in the face of adversity. Resolve. Backbone. Pluck. Bravery. Spirit.
Grit is an awesome attribute to have. And I've got it.
And I know what that sounds like – it sounds like I'm bragging, and maybe I am? Or maybe I just have no problem owning both the positives and negatives of who I am. There is power in knowing your own strengths. And your own flaws. Grit is a double-edged sword that it took me until this weekend to see just how deep it can cut.
So my many thanks to Kate and Sarah Beth for their support and strength, but especially thanks for pushing me around in a wheelchair for a few days. And I am so grateful to Josh, family, and friends who checked in on me and supported me throughout. It was a battle, and I survived, leaving with something much more precious than these medals – lessons learned.
Now its time to put my feet up and rest and really heal – because I'm coming for you Glass Slipper Challenge 2017…and I'm going to run.
Have you ever finished something and thought "I should have quit"?
Tell me about it in the comments!


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#That'sNotOprah Latest In Series Of Social Snafus
On Hollywood's biggest night – which this year has been rocked by controversy stirred up over social media – about a lack of inclusion for African American actors, about boycotts for the show, and about the racism that exists in Hollywood, a major beauty house posted what the Tweeter (not the brand) an image complimenting Oprah's tattoos. Only the person in the Tweeted image wasn't Oprah, it was Academy Award winner Whoopi Goldberg, who was at the Oscars (and featured prominently throughout the show) to highlight the racism in Hollywood and the lack of diversity in movie roles.
Mashable and other media outlets quickly caught up with the error and began calling out the brand – some with humorous jabs at the insensitivity of confusing two of the most famous black media figures from my generation's youth (I'm aging myself, but I grew up on movies ranging from The Color Purple to Jumpin' Jack Flash and even Made In America – which also starred Oscar boycott figure Will Smith in one of his early roles), and we watched Oprah's rise to being one of the most powerful media figures in the industry).
This isn't the first brand that has made a big error during one of our big media nights, and it probably won't be the last. Social media has given brands an immediate tool to react on major goings on, and the ability to connect with fans without a filter. Only, unfortunately, that also means that the senior PR team probably isn't checking the messages that are being sent out on behalf of a brand before they are issued, as in the case of Oscar night tweets and SuperBowl posts. Some come up brilliant (Oreo: you can still dunk in the dark). Others, like this one, cause the brands more press – in a bad way – than if they'd just bowed out of the hashtag in the first place.
What Happened?
Someone from Total Beauty's social media team, not to be confused with a chief executive or PR head who is responsible for crafting the company message, tweeted out a post confusing Whoopi Goldberg for Oprah. Instead of taking the post down once the error started getting picked up, the Tweet sat on their account for over an hour, raking up thousands of shares and angry commentary. One Twitter post commented, "Are you f***ing kidding me?!? The ONE black woman at the #Oscars and you f*** it up."
Other posters shared images of white actors and deliberately mis-named them, highlighting the racist notion that all people of a certain race look alike and the error the brand made on that was already racially-charged. Host Chris Rock opened the show by calling it the "White People's Choice Awards," and Whoopi herself was shown in video segments highlighting the racism that exists in Hollywood and the media.
What Did They Do?
Four hours later (to the minute), their team issued a short apology to Oprah, Whoopi, and offended fans, claiming that it was "our error, and there are no excuses."
Oprah herself responded via an Instagram post by friend Gayle King, saying, "We all love Whoopi Goldberg but we don't look anything alike."
Overnight, the beauty brand doubled down on their apology, offering to donate $10,000 to Oprah and Whoopi's charity of choice. The problem, fortunately for the poster and unfortunately for the brand, is that instead of calling the Tweet what it is, an operator error made by one person (inexcusably) while rushing to live tweet the Red Carpet for the brand. By instead owning the mistake on behalf of the company, the perception is that somehow the brand could have made a similar mistake.
Also missing? A statement from a senior executive apologizing on behalf of the team for the error. A tweet offering a "major" donation, without an apology from someone in the company who can become the face of the apology, will look like little more than another corporation that's offering to throw money at a problem in hopes that it will go away.
What Can You Do?
When you go into social media, it is absolutely essential that you go into it with a strategy. Social media should not be handled by someone on the team who wouldn't be authorized to conduct a press conference on behalf of the team (because essentially that is his or her role all day, every day – speaking on behalf of the company). And you should ALWAYS have an emergency plan in place as to how erroneous tweets will be handled – whether it's a team member accidentally posting something vulgar to the company account instead of a personal account, or confusing two major American actresses. What is the response time? Four hours in the world of social media and blogging is far too long to issue an apology, and letting a tweet like that sit on the account for over an hour is also unacceptable.
When Tweeting, especially when riding on major hashtags, it's important to remember to monitor your responses, even if you're a major brand that's used to commentary in response to your posts. Had someone been tracking replies and RTs early on, the mistake would have been caught much sooner, and would have been corrected much earlier.
Keep a second set of eyes on your posts. Even if you outsource your PR, and especially as a small business owner, keep an eye on what's going out from your company's account, and take quick action to correct mistakes.
Check twice, post once. Never be overly confident in your posts – you should always fact check. In my days as a reporter, a sister paper once published an image of an innocent businessman with an article about someone who had been exposed for having ties to the mob. Names were the same, ages close enough, and the reporter was on deadline (and the Web wasn't nearly as complete back then!). It still caused harm and a lawsuit. Fact checking, deadline or not, is essential when you're publishing information out to a major audience.
Know your plan. Apologize. Quickly. Get a statement drafted from a senior executive who will serve as point for damage control. If your PR is outsourced, that person should be from the PR firm, and they should own their mistake and hold the brand harmless. If your social media is internal, you need someone with a strong position who is personable and non-controversial to own that role in any snafu. A statement should be issued quickly – not just a tweet (although a tweet is important if the error occurred on that platform – it should link to a post on your site).
Own the error, but explain it. "There are no excuses" is accurate when confusing Oprah and Whoopi, but why did it happen? In this case, fans were left thinking that there was some racist tone to the tweet (especially since a dozen, or more, lesser-known stars were correctly identified). If there's a way to make the erring person relatable, do it. We've all made mistakes at work, and it's harder to come down as viciously on an employee who is trying to earn a living (just like the rest of us) than it is to come down on a brand that "should know better."
Always take the position that a major error is unacceptable. "This is not our standard of business," "We are committed to serving our customers with accurate information," or "I, as XX senior executive role, grew up watching Whoopi on the big screen, and I know #thatsnotOprah."
It will be interesting to see how this plays out.


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Britney Spears ended her latest show in Vancouver with some heartfelt advice for those in attendance. She thanks the crowd and told them not to smoke weed and some other very nice pieces of wisdom. Ah parents must love sending their children to these shows.<
Britney Spears gives Vancouver some advice
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