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Morgan Obrien serves as a Public Affairs Officer at the United States Mission to the United Nations.
Pope Benedict XVI's first visit to the United States maintained its impressive pace as the Holy Father flew from Washington to New York this morning, where he addressed the United Nations General Assembly.
As the third pontiff to address the General Assembly, the Holy Father spoke in French and English to a packed auditorium filled with representatives from the UN's 192 member states and discussed our increasingly interconnected world, the importance of protecting the environment, and framed his remarks around the universal necessity to protect human rights.
Along with Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, the permanent representative of the United States to the UN, and Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon, our ambassador to the Holy See, I was fortunate enough to sit with the United States delegation on the floor of the General Assembly for the address. As a native New Yorker, an American and a Catholic, I couldn't have been more proud of my own heritage today and was thrilled by the experience.
Situated in the shadows of the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, there may be no more appropriate place for a body called the United Nations than New York City. This city is an incredible melting pot of hundreds of cultures, languages, traditions and faiths that come together each day to provide the energy for what Benedict's predecessor John Paul II called, "the capital of the world."
Only a few generations removed from immigrants who passed through New York Harbor on their way towards pursuing the American Dream, I could only imagine what my great grandparents would think if they knew that a century later, I'd be on hand for a papal address. As European Catholics, I imagine they'd take great pride in the fact that the Holy Father would visit New York, their new home, although I'm sure they wouldn't know about the United Nations because the organization didn't yet exist.
The word catholic means "universal," and in addition to serving as the spiritual leader of an institution of 1 billion members, the Holy Father's remarks focused on the universal values we share. Specifically, the Holy Father spoke of the Universal Declaration for Human Rights, which is celebrating its 60th anniversary in 2008, and the importance of respecting one another. This message transcends any one specific faith and reached the wide-ranging audience on hand for today's address.
Today, the Holy Father provided a powerful message to a global audience on a grand state. Sitting in the audience was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity that I will always remember with pride in my faith, my state and my nation.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
Here's the video link:
I have rarely heard a more articulate call for greater responsibility among nations to honor the precepts of the United Nations' founding. Not just in the premise of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, but also in nation's collective "Responsibility to Protect."
* If States are unable to guarantee such protection, the international community must intervene with juridical means provided by the United Nations Charter and in other international instruments,ã he said.
* The action of the international community and its institutions, provided that it respects the principles undergirding the international order, should never be interpreted as an unwarranted imposition or a limitation of sovereignty. On the contrary, it is indifference or failure to intervene that do the real damage,ã he added, calling for a deeper search of ways to preempt conflicts.
Here's the full text of the Pope's remarks:
Ronald in New York writes:
At the UN the Pope called attention to our overarching need to achieve the common goal of human rights; and underscored the importance of bringing more nations into decision-making positions to achieve this goal. The UN cannot survive if decision-making power is concentrated in the votes or vetoes of a few members. There is no threat to justify this structure. This structure has become the ultimate threat.
Jon writes:
Wow! Thanks Eric for the links they are top reads.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
I am afraid the overall picture is much greater than what was painted and simple solutions need be given consideration here.
People, to have any rights, still need: FOOD, housing, the skills to be self sufficient -- that above any political dynamic.
We have an opportunity to provide more here in the US by paying our farmer or providing subsidies to GROW crops for this purpose. Not pay them to NOT GROW. Why kind of subsidy is that?
Hungry people become violent people and easily coerced by propaganda from extremist views that channel their frustrations and provide for short term solutionsãlike simply having food for their family for a day.
Both CIA and the DoS are very concerned by this presently, but our Congress and Senate can and must find better solutions that can profit everyone and not hurt the poor in our country to feed the poor in another. What is American about that?
Food may well be the bullets of today that will lead to democracy, otherwise its chaosãand we have only a taste of it now. Who thought we would be ever paying for water here in the US?
How can you tell anyone about human rights who is starving?
Ronald, is right and to add even another dimension:
What happens when China, who has 38% of the Security counsel seats, is openly selling weapons to Nigeria? One reason for the Petrol cost now has jumped is because the same terrorist they sold the weapons to blew up two major gas lines in Nigeria this week. The problems are overwhelming; but, the UN and it's MEMBERS were created to solve them, not contribute to them.
Angela in New York writes:
Thank you for sharing your experience. Even though I was not fortunate enough to be a witness to Pope Benedict in person, I was able to see him on T.V. and was very impressed by his presence. It is my hope that our nation will respond to his message. God bless us all.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
You're welcome Jon, here's the latest on Darfur:
Joe, you should probably take a look at this. I think it will provide some food for thought.
If the final tally of pro's and con's are summed up in decision making by the intent to save lives; as to whether the international community can afford to allow genocide to continue to be perpetrated...period..as a continued threat to global peace and security by those complicant in such criminal acts....Then let us hope we have the common sense and purpose to ensure the quickest, most effective response ever executed via force of arms and diplomacy, rather than be complicant through inaction.
By "we" I mean everybody. Russia, China, NATO, France, AU,...be the first time in 60+ years we've stood on the same side against terror and tyrany and genocidal ethical infants.
Things come full circle sometimes, naturally, and of necessity.
So I'm posting the following because I object to a mindset that believes that the UN is a place where good ideas go to die.
----- Original Message -----
From: USUN, PublicAffairs
To: EJ ( edited for posting)
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 1:45 PM
Subject: RE: UN rapid reaction force-a concept for peace
Thank you for your suggestions, which we will pass on.
-----Original Message-----
From: Eric Jette [mailto:email@example.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2006 11:00 AM
To: USUN, PublicAffairs
Subject: Re: UN rapid reaction force-a concept for peace
Importance: High
Dear Ambassador Bolton,
Folks talk about an effective UN, and I'm sitting here, after a long night up, with a couple toothpicks proped in my eyelids, and a cop o'joe in fromt of me hoping to hen-peck out an idea that works on the keyboard in front of me (and not spill the coffee on it in the process)...
Sir, I know diplomacy is messy, takes time., and that's no one's fault, or everyone's depending on the circumstance. But once resolution is made, it has to be implemented pronto, without delay.
What if the US gave the UN one of our mothballed military bases to store equip. and house a rapid reaction force (say of division strength or better -Airborn equipped) so it's all in one spot and can be deployed on hours notice via US heavy airlift capability? Would this help in a situation we have getting peacekeeping forces into a Lebanon type situation in the future?
If it's got merit, I hope you'll talk to your boss about it, and Koffe too...god speed in matters of diplomacy,
Hopefully this "Dipnote" will wake a few folks up quicker than a stiff cup of coffee.
Joe in Tennessee writes:
Since this is about the Pope's words, perhaps the simplest solutions can be found in the credo of the Knights of Columbus: In Service to One. In Service to All.
This cannot be done when there are too many personal, political and corporate interest world wide. Even within any religious element the same problem exists.
The problem isn't in any single faction, the problem is in the diversity of it all and whoms interest is going to be served. The actual solution to the problems are not complex, generally they are politically or economically oriented first. Therefore the premise is forgotten. The dynamics of it all is in reviewing the priorities and eliminating what is not directly related to the solution. Who profits does not feed anyone. Who is going to look good does not feed anyone and taking from the poor in one place to feed the poor in another is a direct violation of the premise: Feeding the poor. So how can any solution be correct to begin with? There is no Pendulum Eric in someone dying of hunger, a mother who cannot pay her rent or feed a child in a democratic environment, much less a third world country.
Solomons proposed wisdom was not premised on complex solutions; but, his ability to find simple and common solutions. There are simple solutions to what seem greater, complex problems that are simply not being carried out. Diplomacy is only one tool which is more of an excuse factor for political purposes today which leads back to individual party vanity or economic gain, not results.
Feeding more people while keeping prices down: Pay subsidies for production of USAID foodstuffs. Pay them to small independent farmers so they may keep alive their craft and utilize the land. Even Free markets must have parameters or there will be chaos, which we now have. ie: you can't have freedom if there are limits to your freedom, why would you think that economics would be any different? It is not socialistic to pay people for thier work and have the most productive outcome for all. It does not volate a free economic system. If you think farming is easy, try it. These people must love what they do and it is important. Freedom isn't made by corporate control over our foodstuff, so the element of a free system is not violated. DO SOMETHING..anyone can talk and we do have intelligent and caring people in Congress who can do something that will help EVERYONE!
When you can solve the Greed factor in all things, perhaps then we will have a better world Eric, until then pray or get realistic.
Words cannot fill an empty stomach. Hope is the currency of the poor -- and even that is being lost here in America.
Ryan in U.S. writes:
Unfortunately the Pope can talk all day long about all the problems happening around the world, but the World Trade Organization won't do anything about it... until it's too late. The Politicians talk about all the problems, and never fix them... the comedians joke about how screwed up things are until the system collapses. I don't think corporations causing diseases and teaming up with the pharmecutical companies is funny. I don't think the MKULTRA experiments are funny. I don't think the government doing psychological experiments on it's people is funny. I don't think Lawyers are funny, and they are in charge of the Law. You can talk until your throat hurts, but you guys won't do anything about it, because you profit from it. Wall Street invests on how many criminals they have in jail... it's all about money. The fundamental problem with the system is LIARS, and your system has been doing it for THOUSANDS of years. There is nothing Divine about your actions, and I apologize for being so harsh... This World Wide Web frontal lobe BRAIN ZAPPING has me a little upset.
Eric in New Mexico writes:
@ Joe in Tennessee -- I have some rather extensive experience in what being poor is all about, and what it takes to pull one's self up by the bootstraps. So I look at what the Pope said, and to me it seems the whole premise for him speaking at all is that to remind ourselves of our duty to each other, as individuals and nations.
Joe wrote:
"When you can solve the Greed factor in all things, perhaps then we will have a better world Eric, until then pray or get realistic."
Profit's not a bad thing, but profitering and conflict is.
Perhaps you think it impossible for a different mindset to which nations act out of altruistic economic interest from the realization that far more profit may be achieved in a state of peace and security, for when an impoverished nation's GDP grows, so does foreign investment, as a factor in nation building.
Nearly a decade of R&A into foreign affairs, and a lifetime of study of the human condition gives me a fair shot at pearing around corners, having noted some trends.
I had written,
"By 'we' I mean everybody. Russia, China, NATO, France, AU,...be the first time in 60+ years we've stood on the same side against terror and tyrany and genocidal ethical infants."
Well, they said NATO would never operate out of area, folks never figured on four strait unanimous UN resolutions on Iran over nuclear issues, and I bet you never figured on this:
DEPUTY SECRETARY NEGROPONTE: Right. And what they -- and we talk about our view, we explain it. I think their -- they have been rather reluctant to be interventionists, and they want to maintain the economic relationships they have. On the other hand, I think we've brought them around to the view, or we've reached a common view that security needs to be reestablished in the Sudan, because the security is the sine qua non. It's the one condition you've got to achieve before you're able to accomplish anything else, and there, not only have they gone along with us in advocacy and approval of an expanded peace keeping effort there, but they have sent, which is unusual for China, a peace keeping -- an engineer unit there, themselves, some 300 people that are involved in helping build encampments and facilities --
Interview With Charlie Rose
John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State
Washington, DC
April 25, 2008
If folks had followed through on the idea I sent two years ago, we wouldn't be hearing about a lack of helicopters to get the job done in Darfur. I'm too busy being realistic to pray, Joe. That may be why I'm an optimist. I'll just keep hammering away till I make a few dents in the status quo, thanks.


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Back in 2008, MOO organised a worldwide, online, in-product and 'Great Outdoors' Egg Hunt. It was for a limited period of time only, but it was a lot of fun...
This page is here because people still link to the Egg Hunt and we thought it would be nice to give you an explanation. It's also great for us to have a reminder of all the hard work everyone put in - not just those here at MOO, but you too.
How did it all work? Well, just like a traditional Easter Egg Hunt, people went hunting for eggs. Rather than opt for a standard Easter egg design, we thought we'd have some fun with ours, and so each egg was disguised as a Mexican Wrestler. There were six diferent wrestlers to look out for, ranging from 'Sandolio The Scrambler' to 'The Frying Frederico' and 'El Smashing Supremo.'
Every working day, five different clues were posted to the blog. Each clue was active for just 24 hours, meaning the race was on to find the eggs before the clues and the prizes expired. Eggs were hidden on MOO itself, but we also managed to hide some in other places around the web. Flickr, Picnik, Etsy, Timbuk2, Blurb and Ponoko all joined in, hiding our Mexican Wrestling Eggs on their own sites.
We also took our hunt offline and into the real world. Clues were hidden in customers' orders, and in different outdoor locations around the globe.
We hid stickers featuring our eggs in London, Montreal, Bordeaux, Oaxaca, Tokyo, Paris, Niagra Falls, Toronto, New York, Brighton, Glasgow, BC, Oslo, Barcelona, Brussels, Silicon Valley, Wellington, Oxford, Konstanz, San Francisco and Santa Barbara!
Hunters found the Stickers by checking out the shots in the Flickr pool for clues, and sending us their snaps once they'd found them.
In total, we gave away 3648 prizes. There was also one grand prize of a basket full of goodies, including a digital camera, chocolate, Flickr Pro accounts, blurb books and more.
While this event was just a one off, it did whet our appetite for community fun! We've since held quizzes and competitions on the blog, focussing on everything from the MOO community's powers of deduction to their creative skills.

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Let's make transport the solution!
This seems to be a good time to stop blaming transport for all the World's snags and start looking for simple ways of maximizing the benefits of this tool. Yes, you read it right: transport is a tool, for itself it does not create but adds value to goods and services moved where they are needed.


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Monday, June 21, 2004; Page A18
SECRETARY OF DEFENSE Donald H. Rumsfeld expressed dismay on Thursday about editorials in which "the implication is that the United States government has, in one way or another, ordered, authorized, permitted, tolerated torture." Such reports, he said, raised questions among U.S. troops in Iraq, reduced the willingness of people in Iraq and Afghanistan to cooperate with the United States, and could be used by others as an excuse to torture U.S. soldiers or civilians. This was wrong, he said, because "I have not seen anything that suggests that a senior civilian or military official of the United States of America . . . could be characterized as ordering or authorizing or permitting torture or acts that are inconsistent with our international treaty obligations or our laws or our values as a country."
Since Mr. Rumsfeld referred directly to The Post, we believe we owe him a response. We agree that the country is at war and that we all must weigh our words accordingly. We also agree that the consequences of the revelations of prisoner abuse are grave. As supporters of the missions in Iraq and Afghanistan, we have been particularly concerned about the ways that the scandal -- and the administration's continuing failure to come to terms with it -- could undermine the chances for success. We also have warned about the uses that might be made of it by captors of Americans. What strikes us as extraordinary is that Mr. Rumsfeld would suggest that this damage would be caused by newspaper editorials rather than by his own actions and decisions and those of other senior administration officials.
What might lead us to describe Mr. Rumsfeld or some other "senior civilian or military official" as "ordering or authorizing or permitting" torture or violation of international treaties and U.S. law? We could start with Mr. Rumsfeld's own admission during the same news conference that he had personally approved the detention of several prisoners in Iraq without registering them with the International Committee of the Red Cross. This creation of "ghost prisoners" was described by Maj. Gen. Antonio M. Taguba, who investigated abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, as "deceptive, contrary to Army doctrine and in violation of international law." Failure to promptly register detainees with the Red Cross is an unambiguous breach of the Fourth Geneva Convention; Mr. Rumsfeld said that he approved such action on several occasions, at the request of another senior official, CIA Director George J. Tenet.
Did senior officials order torture? We know of two relevant cases so far. One was Mr. Rumsfeld's December 2002 authorization of the use of techniques including hooding, nudity, stress positions, "fear of dogs" and physical contact with prisoners at the Guantanamo Bay base. A second was the distribution in September 2003 by the office of the top U.S. commander in Iraq, Lt. Gen. Ricardo S. Sanchez, of an interrogation policy that included these techniques as well as others, among them sleep and dietary manipulation. In both cases lawyers inside the military objected that the policies would lead to violations of international law, including the convention banning torture. Both were eventually modified, but not before they were used for the handling of prisoners. In the case of the Abu Ghraib prison, the policy apparently remained in effect for months.
Did senior officials "permit" torture? A Pentagon-led task force concluded in March 2003, with the support of the Justice Department, that the president was authorized to order torture as part of his war-making powers and that those who followed his orders could be immunized from punishment. Dictators who wish to justify torture, and those who would mistreat Americans, have no need to read our editorials: They can download from the Internet the 50-page legal brief issued by Mr. Rumsfeld's chief counsel.
The damage caused by the prisoner abuse cases is already enormous, and it is not over. We believe there is a way to mitigate and eventually overcome the debacle, but it is not by asking newspapers to go mute. What is needed is a full and independent investigation of the matter, including the decisions made by Mr. Rumsfeld and other senior officials, and a forthright and unambiguous commitment by President Bush to strictly observe U.S. and international law in the future. That pledge should be accompanied by a return to the public disclosure of U.S. interrogation policies. If U.S. soldiers, Iraqi citizens and foreign leaders can see for themselves that American doctrine excludes illegal abuse, then the dangers Mr. Rumsfeld cited will be greatly lessened.


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Haggerty Museum of Art
In addition to the libraries, Marquette University's Haggerty Museum of Art is considered one of the country's leading university art museums. It serves as a resource for Marquette students, faculty and the Milwaukee community and conducts art education programming. The Haggerty Museum houses a permanent collection of more than 6,000 works in all media and annually presents between 10 and 12 special exhibitions.


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Garage Keeper Lien for Facilities/MechanicsAgency: State
What is a Garage Keeper Lien (GKL)?
A garage keeper who has a Michigan repair facility registration is entitled to compensation for proper charges due after storing, diagnostics, repair estimates or servicing a vehicle at the request of the registered owner. If the vehicle owner does not pay the charges due, the garage keeper can detain the vehicle and file for a garage keeper's lien. When properly filed with the Michigan Department of State, the garage keeper's lien has priority over all other liens.
NOTE: This process cannot be used for mobile homes. A court order or surety bond is required.
To Apply for a GKL a Repair Facility:
- Must be in possession of the vehicle;
- Must be a licensed facility at the time of repairs; License and Repair Facility number can be obtained through the Bureau of Driver and Vehicle Programs;
Must have actually performed repairs or diagnostics requested by vehicle owner;
Must submit a formal storage agreement signed by the vehicle owner if requesting a lien placement as a result of payment default for storage;
Applying for a Garage Keeper Lien
- The garage keeper must be in possession of the vehicle. The garage keeper may not detain the vehicle for more than 225 days after performing the last labor or furnishing the last supplies for which a lien is claimed against the vehicle. A garage keeper will not be able to sell the vehicle under the garage keeper's lien act if the sale is not within the 225-day limit. Therefore, carefully follow the procedures below to avoid unnecessary delays in the process.
- Send an Application for Garage Keeper's Lien (BDVR-35) and a $10 check or money order payable to "State of Michigan" for each application to:
Michigan Department of State
Office of Customer Services / the Special Services Branch
7064 Crowner Drive Lansing, MI 48918
This office can also provide the application by mail. Applications must be submitted within 105 days after the lien attaches.
- If the application is complete, a Garage Keeper's Lien (GKL) case number will be assigned and the Secretary of State will mail a TR-42 Certificate of Foreclosure of Garage Keeper's Lien and Bill of Sale to you. You will be notified if your application is not complete. Corrections must be made and a complete application submitted within 105 days after the lien attaches.
- The TR-42 will have an issue date and list all recorded owners and lienholders. Within 30 days after the issue date the garage keeper must send a certified letter, return receipt requested, to all owners, lienholders, and the Bureau of Driver and Vehicle Programs. The letter must contain the following:
a) Notice of claim of lien against the vehicle;
b) Vehicle identification number (VIN);
c) Vehicle description (year, make and body style);
d) Copy of the itemized statement of account, including any storage fees;
e) Time limit (30 days or more after postmarked date of letter) for the owner to pay the bill;
f) Statement that all lienholders are being notified of the garage keeper's lien and have the right to take possession of the vehicle after paying the amount due;
g) The date, time, manner, and place of vehicle sale (at least 75 days after the TR-42 issue date).
- On the TR-42 Certificate of Foreclosure fill in the dates the repairs were completed and the date the certified letters were mailed. Retain the mail receipts for your records. Retain the TR-42 until the sale is complete.
- Sell the vehicle at the time, date, manner, and place specified in the certified letter described in number 4 above.
- After the sale complete the remainder of the TR-42 form and give to the vehicle buyer.
- The buyer must take the completed TR-42 to a Secretary of State branch office and apply for a title. Title fee and tax are paid at that time at the branch office.
- Distribute sale proceeds as follows: a) Lien amount owed to garage keeper
b) Cost of sale to garage keeper
c) Any prior lienholder who gave notice to the garage keeper
d) Other reasonable charges of the garage keeper
e) The owner listed on the TR-42
- A garage keeper may have a lien for storage (up to $10 per day unless otherwise agreed to in writing). Storage charges shall not exceed 120 days unless otherwise agreed to in writing. Storage charges may be in addition to the maximum lien determined in Section 3(4) of the Garage Keepers Lien Act (enclosed). Lienholders are not responsible for any storage charges that accrue until 45 days following the date of the letter from item number 4 above.
- If no one purchases the vehicle at the public sale, the garage keeper may purchase the vehicle. In this case, the garage keeper lien is terminated. The garage keeper must take the completed TR-42 to a Secretary of State branch office and apply for a title.
- If the owner or lienholder pays for the vehicle charges before the sale, fill in the box at the bottom of the TR-42 and return the form to the address below. If the lienholder claims the vehicle and intends to apply for a repossession title, give the completed TR-42 to them.
Michigan Department of State
Office of Customer Services / The Special Services Branch
7064 Crowner Drive
Lansing, MI 48918
Please contact this office at 517-322-1473 if you have questions.
Authority granted by Public Act 312 of 1915, as amended
Related Documents
Application for Garage Keeper Lien (BDVR-35 - 02/2017)


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"Aerial7 is committed to designing headphones that not only feature leading acoustic technology but also become iconic pieces that are dramatically superior to anything else on the market," says Phil Johnson.
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U.S. and Canada hockey teams meet for the third time in Sochi
Anybody up for Canada-U.S. a third time in Sochi?
Anybody up for Canada-U.S. a third time in Sochi?
Despite spring-like conditions and no snow in the long-term forecast, Sochi Paralympic organizers insist there is enough snowpack at the Rosa Khutor alpine venue to hold races beginning Saturday.
It's not good enough anymore to put the Winter Games only on your television screen
Top Canadian team had won big on Olympic-sized ice just twice before
We still don't know if the NHL will be in Pyeongchang, but here's an early guess at the 2018 men's hockey roster
He made some odd selections for his Sochi squad; now he's out completely
Find cities, flights and times.
Everyone is leaving Sochi.
Olympic withdrawal is totally not a thing.
What's your favourite memory of these Winter Games that saw Canada finish third overall in the medal standings with 25 medals? Cast your vote here and read on.
'This is a plum job for any physio geek because it's so wonderful to be a part of their team and to help them reach their goal'
Netminder was one of 10 Olympic rookies who made massive contribution to Mike Babcock's team.
"That was the fastest hockey game I've ever been involved in," he said.
In Sochi, Canada never trailed, and there was not one second it looked like it was in danger of losing.


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Embroiled in controversy for its real-world setting and original inclusion of the Taliban as a playable faction in the game's multiplayer mode, Medal of Honor launched to a widely varied critical response, earning a 75 on Metacritic. That didn't stop the game from selling more than 2 million copies in its first two weeks.
EA CEO John Riccitiello revealed the sales total during yesterday's investors conference call, saying Medal of Honor "is absolutely a clear success."
"Consumer feedback has been strong to suggest that we've got a franchise now, once again, that we could successfully and effectively sequel in the future," he said. "The game has exceeded our plan and expectations sell-through and sell-in, and those expectations went up as they went from planned to forecast." Riccitiello said.
If and when the modern day Medal of Honor gets a sequel, EA Games' Patrick Soderlund admitted it will have to do better in order to compete in the popular and flooded FPS market. "What I can say is the game didn't meet our quality expectations. In order to be successful in that space, we're going to have to have a game that is really, really strong."
Sharkey says: As an old-school Medal of Honor player and fan (my favorite multiplayer map of all time is Omaha Beach in Allied Assault), I was disappointed with the reboot, particularly DICE's multiplayer. I said it in my review, and I'll say it again here: EA would be wise to differentiate its game from the competition by adding the realism (sliding, lean/peek) that was in the campaign to the multiplayer.


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From The Beacon: 'Subscription database': Not boring
'Subscription database" has to be one of the least appealing expressions in the English language. Not only is the sound of it ugly, but so is the mental image of a dreary computer program overstuffed with facts, figures and spinoffs of both. To make matters worse, this is a subscription database -- one more thing to have to pay for.
So it probably wouldn't thrill you to learn that the Beaufort County Library System has a wide selection of subscription databases for our customers to use to their hearts' content. Would it pique your interest to learn that our library cardholders can access these products from their home and office computers, absolutely free of charge?
Not yet? Well, I can hardly blame you. But I'll try a little harder.
Imagine yourself at home, relaxing with your favorite TV show or enjoying a ball game from your favorite recliner; it fades to black and then one of those eye-catching commercials pops on and now you're yearning to learn another language. You think to yourself that maybe you need to brush up on Spanish for work or catch up on your nearly forgotten French for a vacation. Now here's the good part: You don't have to buy anything! With your library card and access to one of our databases, you can have a free personal account to the BYKI ("Before You Know It") Online Learning Program that teaches you how to speak, write, read and listen to more than 70 languages, at your own pace.
Looking for something especially practical? Perhaps you've had the family car owner's manual go missing from the glove compartment or maybe you'd like to save money by doing your own auto repairs sometimes. Too bad that you're probably doing without the Automobile Repair Reference Center on your laptop, with information about repair procedure, service bulletins, recalls, wiring diagrams, specifications and maintenance intervals for vehicles from 1945 to 2009. Again, you should try one of our library databases. You can access this product, like all the others I'm mentioning, at no cost to you.
There might be no further excuses for neglecting the "honey-do list" once you've connected to the EBSCOHost Home Repair Center. Pamphlets, articles and even step-by-step videos about home decorating and remodeling; general maintenance; electrical and outdoor jobs; plumbing; and woodworking. And when all the jobs are finished, EBSCOHost's Hobbies and Crafts Reference Center provides the same kind of resources for arts and crafts; collecting; electronics and games; home leisure; model building; needlecrafts and textiles; scrapbooking and paper crafts; summer and seasonal handicrafts; and, especially appropriate for the Lowcountry, outdoors and nature. You might be looking to do a new project, make a special gift for someone or even find great things for the kids to do on a rainy day; you'll find it all there.
No matter what age you are, there's always opportunity to develop one's potential. Anyone looking for a step up in school or at work will profit from the practice tests on Learning Express. Along with GED, SAT and event tutorials for vocational tests like the Postal Exam, there are subject-area lessons to improve grades from elementary school through college and help with business skills. Compare that with some of the courses with fees that you may have considered for yourself or your kids. You'll even find online courses for Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
As for the other subscription databases (and I hope the expression is less off-putting at this point), the topics are as varied as the age groups they serve -- homework; business; health; recreational reading; newspapers; general interest and careers; and helpful guidance for children, teens and adults.
Learn how to access these many valuable resources on your next visit to a Beaufort County Library System location. Find your local library branch at www.beaufortcountylibrary.org. And why not pick up some books, videos and books on CD while you're at it? We're your library system, and we're here for you.
Dennis Adams is the coordinator of information services for the Beaufort County Library System.


text: On 27 Nov 2002, Dean Johnson wrote: > In some respects, clusters without supercomputers (and now vice versa) > would sorta be like one hand clapping. On the supercomputer side, > clusters push hard on the performance front. On the cluster side, > supercomputers give it something to compete against and give proponents > the ability to say "I can build you a $20 million YMP equivalent for > only $8.95". On still other sides, "supercomputers are clusters". We should probably differentiate between vector supercomputers (Greg's point, which is well taken) and e.g. SP supercomputers, which are basically clusters. Really expensive clusters, but clusters. My observation about elephants, oxen vs chickens was more towards the supercomputers that are just very expensive clusters, not the vector/linear algebra engines. Although the metaphor is obviously now strained well past the breaking point...;-) rgb > > -Dean > > _______________________________________________ > Beowulf mailing list, Beowulf at beowulf.org > To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf > Robert G. Brown http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/ Duke University Dept. of Physics, Box 90305 Durham, N.C. 27708-0305 Phone: 1-919-660-2567 Fax: 919-660-2525 email:rgb at phy.duke.edu


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A winner was selected from 11 designs submitted by 7 freelance designers.
Cw2 Consulting is a boutique high tech consulting company (more strategic services than technical).
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Cw2 Consulting, Inc.; http://www.cw2clients.com
The company's differentiator is that our services are in 'plain language' therefore the design may have minimal color other than black, white and greys
The logo on the website is in black but we our business cards are plain white and the logo is in black with a grey outline
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May 9-10, 2019
OU Board of Regents Meeting
June 25-27, 2019
OU Board of Regents Retreat and Meeting
Faculty Handbook
Last updated January 5, 2017: Appendix 12C, Academic Appeals Policy & Procedures
The Mission of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, as a comprehensive academic health center, is to educate students, residents, and other trainees in professional and graduate programs to become Oklahoma's future team of healthcare leaders, clinicians, researchers, and educators; to advance distinctive basic, translational, clinical, and population research; to innovate and commercialize discoveries; and to deliver exceptional patient care across the full breadth of adult, women's, and children's specialties.
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is the State of Oklahoma's major health professions educational institution, training physicians, dentists, nurses, pharmacists, public health specialists, and a wide range of allied health personnel.
With a budget of over $900 million, OUHSC employs more than 1,200 full time faculty and nearly 4,000 staff. More than 3,500 students are enrolled in more than seventy health professions, undergraduate and graduate degree programs in the Center's colleges.
The University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center is one of only a few comprehensive health centers in the nation with seven health professional Colleges.
The College of Medicine is the centerpiece of a 300 acre campus of the Oklahoma Health Center, which also includes the Colleges of Allied Health, Dentistry, Nursing, Pharmacy, Public Health and Graduate College.
Health Sciences Center faculty and students use the clinical, laboratory, and teaching facilities of the OU Medical System (which includes OU Medical Center, the Children's Hospital, and OU Medical Center-Edmond), the Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Medical Center, the Dean A. McGee Eye Institute, other affiliated hospitals in Oklahoma City, the Oklahoma State Department of Health, the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, three major hospital systems in Tulsa, the Veterans Affairs Hospital in Muskogee, and clinics in various locations in Oklahoma.
Research grants and contracts and sponsored program activities at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center totaled more than $127 million in FY 2015.
This University in compliance with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, genetic information, gender identity, gender expression, age (40 or older), religion, disability, political beliefs, or status as a veteran in any of its policies, practices, or procedures. This includes but is not limited to admissions, employment, financial aid, and educational services.


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Learning to drive is a life skill most of us simply cannot afford to neglect. If you can't drive, you are severely limiting your ability to fulfill your potential in life. Whether this fact is a good or a bad thing is debatable, but the fact remains. Learning to drive in Thingwall is no exception. In fact, the importance of learning to drive in Thingwall is perhaps more vital than elsewhere in Wirral due to the poor public transport links in the area.
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If you have not driven before, the local roads in Thingwall are understandably daunting. When you sign up for driving lessons in Thingwall through HotWheelz School of Motoring, we ensure the entire experience is as relaxing and unintimidating as possible. After all, all of driving instructors have been in your position before so we understand exactly what you are going through.
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Whats New at HERO
HERO HHRA Note 1. April 2019. DTSC-Recommended Default Exposure Factors
HERO HHRA Note 3. April 2019. DTSC-Recommended Screening Levels
HERO HHRA Note 10. February 2019. Toxicity Criteria
HERO HHRA Note 8. Recommendations for Evaluating Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)
HERO HHRA Note 6. California Arsenic Bioavailability Method
Review: Risk Assessment Implications of Variation in Susceptibility to Perchloroethylene Due to Genetic Diversity, Ethnicity, Age, Gender, Diet and Pharmaceuticals
HERO HHRA Note 2. Soil Remedial Goals for Dioxins and Dioxin-like Compounds, April 2017
Risk Assessment News
Ecological Risk Assessment (HERO)
Guidance for Ecological Risk Assessments - Part A
OVERVIEW.PDF is an Adobe Acrobat file containing the document titled Guidance for Ecological Risk Assessments at Hazardous Waste Sites and Permitted Facilities, Part A: Overview, dated July 4, 1996. This document contains the description of the DTSC-recommended phased method for conducting an ecological risk assessment. Outlined are the contents of a Scoping Assessment, a Phase I Predictive Assessment, a Phase II Validation Study and a Phase III Impact Assessment. More detailed guidance for each of these components will be available in a series of additional documents. Also included are flow charts describing the process with a text description of the decision points and work products contained in the flow charts. A response to comments section contains written responses to more than 100 written comments received after public notice of this document.
Guidance for Ecological Risk Assessments - Part B
SCOPE.PDF is an Adobe PDF file containing the document titled Guidance for Ecological Risk Assessments at Hazardous Waste Sites and Permitted Facilities, Part B:Scoping Assessment, dated July 4, 1996. This document contains the more detailed description of the contents of the initial Scoping Assessment with example tables, exposure route diagrams and conceptual site model diagrams.
HERD EcoNOTES outline specific issues which have arisen subsequent to the release of the Department of Toxic Substances Control Guidance for Ecological Risk Assessment in 1996. These EcoNOTES are meant to provide clarification for specific issues not directly addressed in the 1996 guidance documents or to supersede any previous departmental guidance. EcoNOTES should be reviewed prior to preparation of an Ecological Risk Assessment.
EcoNOTE-1 Depth of Burrows for Burrowing Mammals
HERD typically recommends a soil interval of surface to 10 feet to estimate the soil exposure point concentration (EPC) for human health risk assessments. This EcoNOTE1 recommends a default soil interval of surface to 6 feet for burrowing mammals in an ecological risk assessment. Literature sources are provided and several examples are provided for implementation. This EcoNOTE has been reviewed by and incorporates the suggestions of the U.S. EPA Region IX Biological Technical Assistance Group (BTAG).
EcoNOTE-2 Intake Calculation for Vertebrate Receptors
Calculation of intake for vertebrate receptors in a Phase I Predictive Assessment. A two phase methodology is recommended. Individual sample concentrations should be used to detect areas of elevated concentration (i.e., ?hot spots?). The 95th upper confidence limit on the mean should be used to calculate a generalized intake for the site. Ingestion, inhalation and dermal absorption (where applicable) should be related to body size. A range of adult and juvenile intake and hazard calculation is recommended. A recommendation for development of a more extensive range of intake and hazard based on individual vertebrate body weights is outlined. This EcoNOTE has been reviewed by and incorporates the suggestions of the U.S. EPA Region IX Biological Technical Assistance Group (BTAG).
EcoNOTE-3 (Revised) Dibutyltin
Calculation of an action level/preliminary cleanup goal for dibutyltin (DBT) in surface, ground, and sediment interstitial water for protection of saltwater aquatic life. HERD recommends an action level/preliminary cleanup goal for DBT in surface, ground, and sediment interstitial water that is equal to 0.1 µg/L [100 times more than the proposed U.S. EPA Ambient Water Quality Criterion of 0.001 µg/L for tributyltin (TBT) in saltwater]. The HERD recommended DBT action level/preliminary cleanup goal should only apply in situations where DBT is detected in water (i.e., surface water or sediment interstitial water), but not TBT. In situations where both DBT and TBT are detected in water, HERD recommends that a toxic equivalency factor (TEF) approach be used.
EcoNOTE-4 BTAG TRVs in Ecological Risk Assessment
This EcoNOTE encompasses many topics related to the use of Navy/Biological Technical Assistance Group (BTAG) Toxicity Reference Values (TRVs) in ecological risk assessment. HERD presents rationale and/or recommendations for the following:
This EcoNOTE has been reviewed by and incorporates the suggestions of the U.S. EPA Region IX Biological Technical Assistance Group (BTAG).
EcoNOTE-5 (Revised) BTAG Mammalian TRV for Lead
Revised U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region 9 Biological Technical Assistance Group (BTAG) Mammalian Toxicity Reference Value (TRV) for Lead: Justification and Rationale. HERD and the BTAG have reviewed the request and submittal of the U.S. Army for reconsideration of the current mammalian BTAG TRV for lead (Pb). After consideration of the endpoints, dosing information, evaluation of the experimental results, and limitations of the experiments, the BTAG has agreed to set the mammalian Pb NOAEL (TRV-Low) at 1 mg/kg BW/day, based primarily on the kidney toxicity data contained in Fowler et al. (1980) and supported by at least 19 other studies suggesting that a 1 mg/kg BW/day Pb dose would be protective of bone, behavioral, immune, reproductive, embryonic, renal, and ocular effects seen at doses within one order of magnitude higher. The decision to alter the BTAG TRV is based on the best available data developed after the initial determination of the BTAG mammalian TRV-Low in 1997. As new information becomes available, this TRV, or others, may be revised. The BTAG will not consider revising other TRVs without sufficient scientific justification and documentation, as provided in this EcoNOTE.
EcoNOTE-6 Avian TRV for Cadmium
Revised Avian Toxicity Reference Value for Cadmium: Justification and Rationale. This document represents a revision to the cadmium toxicity reference value (TRV) for birds used by regulatory agencies and resource trustees in California for predictive ecological risk assessments. Our review focused on evaluating TRVs between the currently used TRV and the Eco-SSL TRV, considering the application of an updated ingestion rate model and uncertainty factors. After consideration of the endpoints and evaluation of the experimental results, we propose an ecologically protective NOAEL TRV based primarily on the kidney toxicity data in wood ducks, but supported by other studies that indicate the kidney is a critical target organ for cadmium toxicity. This TRV is also protective of reproductive effects, another sensitive endpoint for cadmium toxicity. In addition, a lowest observable adverse effect level was identified based on kidney nephrosis in mallards. Overall, these updated TRVs incorporate more recent studies and reviews on cadmium toxicity in birds while establishing thresholds based on ecologically relevant endpoints.
ECO Checklist
This checklist is provided as an aid to those preparing ecological risk assessments for submittal to the Department of Toxic Substances Control's Site Cleanup Program. This check list contains the elements of an ecological risk assessment the Department feels are necessary to provide adequate data to regulating agencies.
BTAG Mammalian and Avian TRVs, 2/24/09
Currently Recommended U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) Region 9 Biological Technical Assistance Group (BTAG) Mammalian and Avian Toxicity Reference Values (TRVs) Revision Date February 24, 2009.
This file includes listings of the most current mammalian and avian BTAG TRVs, including the recent change to the cadmium avian TRV, and supercedes listings provided in EcoNOTE4. When a chemical of potential ecological concern is present at a site as a result of a release to the environment, and a corresponding BTAG TRV exists, the BTAG TRV must be used in predictive and validation study phases of the ecological risk assessment. Ecological risk assessments submitted to DTSC for technical review that do not include consideration of the BTAG TRVs will be rejected. Alternate TRVs may be proposed and supported, however they must be evaluated in conjunction with the BTAG values. A BTAG TRV-Low represents a lowest credible no adverse effect level; a BTAG TRV-High represents the mid-point of a variety of adverse effects levels and therefore is not necessarily a lowest adverse effect level (LOAEL). A TRV-Low dose would not be expected to produce an adverse effect and is protective of an individual or population of organisms; a TRV-High dose would be expected to produce an adverse effect to an individual or population of organisms. In the first iteration of the predictive risk assessment, a TRV-Low hazard quotient or index less than one suggests de minimus ecological risk. A TRV-High hazard quotient or index greater than one suggests unacceptable ecological risk, which can be confirmed or determined to be not applicable to the specific site by the validation study. A chemical with a TRV-Low hazard quotient or hazard index greater than one and TRV-High less than one (i.e., the "gray area") suggests further site-specific information (e.g., to refine exposure and bioavailability assumptions) should be collected to reduce the uncertainty and obtain a more site-specific estimate of the potential for ecological risk. As new information becomes available, BTAG TRVs may be revised. The BTAG will not consider revising a TRV without sufficient scientific justification and documentation, as outlined in EcoNOTE4 and demonstrated in EcoNOTE5.
Guide to the Assessment and Remediation of State-Managed Sediment Sites (June 2007)
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (ASTSWMO) Sediments Focus Group has developed this paper which presents issues related to State sediment sites, which are typically smaller than those listed on the national priority list (NPL). State sediment sites can offer unique and complex challenges, such as limited resources of the State remedial programs and smaller, less financially viable responsible parties. This paper highlights sediment risk assessment and remediation issues, and provides references for States to motivate and cooperatively accomplish sediment cleanups
DTSC Ecological Risk Assessment Process Workshop - Speaker's Presentations
The Department of toxic Substances Control (DTSC), Human and Ecological Risk Division (HERD) sponsored regional ecological risk assessment workshops during the summer of 2007. The workshops provided DTSC project managers and other DTSC staff with an overview of ecological risk assessment, including DTSC's guidance for performing ecological risk assessments. Speakers included ecotoxicologists from DTSC's Human and Ecological Risk Division (HERD), the Department of Fish and Game, Office of Spill Prevention and Response (DFG/OSPR), and the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA). Please see the agenda for links to the speakers' presentations.
Individual Body Weight Files
Body Weights are currently available for avian receptors for use in Phase I Predictive Assessments. Please see EcoNOTE2 for suggested use of these measurements. All the data on bird species are contained in a single Microsoft Excel® file titled "DTSC Bird Weights". This file includes data on:
USFWS Clutch Size
One of the toxic endpoints used to develop a toxicity reference value for avian species is reduction in the number of eggs per clutch. This memorandum by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service provides the rationale for considering reduction in clutch size as a significant measurement endpoint for ecological risk assessments.
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|Oracle Workflow Administrator's Guide
Release 2.6.3
Part Number B10283-02
When the Workflow Engine executes any type of workflow other than forced synchronous processes, status information is stored in runtime tables. The amount of data stored in these tables will grow depending on the complexity and number of workflows being executed.
Performance issues associated with large quantities of runtime data can be addressed by:
Partitioning addresses key issues in supporting very large tables and indexes by letting you decompose them into smaller and more manageable pieces called partitions. SQL queries and DML statements do not need to be modified in order to access partitioned tables. However, once partitions are defined, DDL statements can access and manipulate individual partitions rather than entire tables or indexes. In this way, partitioning can simplify the manageability of large database objects. Also, partitioning is entirely transparent to applications.
You can optionally run a script to partition certain Workflow tables that store runtime status data. This step is highly recommended for performance gain. Before running the script, you should ensure that you have backed up the tables that will be partitioned and that you have allowed sufficient free space and time for the script to run. For the version of Oracle Workflow embedded in Oracle Applications, the script is called wfupartb.sql and is located in the admin/sql subdiretory under $FND_TOP. For the standalone version of Oracle Workflow, the script is called wfupart.sql and is located in the wf/admin/sql subdirectory in your Oracle Home. See: Partitioning Workflow Tables.
You can use the Workflow purge APIs to purge obsolete runtime data for completed items and processes, and to purge information for obsolete activity versions that are no longer in use. You may want to periodically purge this obsolete data from your system to increase performance. The Workflow purge APIs are defined in the PL/SQL package called WF_PURGE.
The availability of runtime data for purging depends on the persistence type of the item type. The persistence type controls how long a status audit trail is maintained for each instance of the item type.
Additionally, the administration script wfrmtype.sql is provided to delete runtime data for a particular item type. This script prompts you for an item type to purge from a list of valid item types, then asks you to choose between deleting all runtime data associated with the specified item type or deleting only runtime data for the completed activities and items of the specified item type. See: Wfrmtype.sql.
WF_PURGE, Oracle Workflow API Reference
Persistence Type, Oracle Workflow Developer's Guide


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Kenneth deGraffenreid
Professor Emeritus, Former Deputy National Counterintelligence Executive
Professor deGraffenreid is a Professor Emeritus at the Institute. He has held several senior policy making positions in government including Senior Director for Intelligence Programs at the National Security Council, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Support, and Deputy National Counterintelligence Executive to the President of the United States. He was one of the founding faculty members and Board members of the Institute, and taught at IWP for over 20 years.
Professional Experience
- Deputy National Counterintelligence Executive (2004-2005)
- Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Support, Department of Defense (2001-2004)
- Senior Director of Intelligence Programs, National Security Council (1981-1987)
- Senior professional staff member, Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (1977-81)
- Senior Fellow on Intelligence, National Strategy Information Center
- Retired Captain, U.S Navy Reserves
- Founding member of the IWP Board of Overseers.
- B.A., 1967, Purdue University
- M.A., 1977, The Catholic University of America
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Bedford Blues v Rotherham
Bedford Blues tasted defeat at home in the British & Irish Cup on Saturday afternoon but it was a cracking afternoon of rugby with both teams running in four tries during the afternoon.
Unfortunately, the Blues picked up three more injuries that they could have done without and the upright stopped a penalty and conversion going over in this back-and-forth game.
Rotherham had already won Pool Three and Bedford didn't have a chance of going through as best placed runners up so you could have been forgiven for thinking nothing much was riding on this one – think again. Games between the Blues and Titans are always fiercely competitive and Saturday's encounter was no different.
The visitors took the lead in the sixth minute after they had secured good position in the Blues 22. Laurence Pearce picked up the ball from the base of a scrum and after exchanging passes, the big number eight bulldozed his way over with Juan Pablo Socino adding the extras. Unfortunately, Don Barrell's game was over as he took a nasty knock to the head which left (another) big cut and Tom Armes replaced him.
Bedford's reply was almost instant. A lineout was delivered cleanly and the Blues went on the offensive. The forwards went through several phases before the ball found its way down the line and Mike Le Bourgeois stretched out to score in the corner with Jake Sharp converting brilliantly to level the scores.
With their tails up, the Blues took the game to Rotherham and were awarded a penalty in front of the posts but Sharp's effort was off target and cannoned off the post. But the Blues were rewarded for their endeavours in the 18th minute with their second try of the afternoon. Bedford won a scrum against the head and the ball went down the right wing to Patrick Tapley who scored. Another injury though, this time Le Bourgeois took a knock and he was replaced by Brendan Burke. Sharp couldn't convert but the Blues were ahead 12-7.
Rotherham pushed hard as the half wore on and they set up camp in the Blues 22 – Pearce took a knock for the visitors and he was replaced by Alex Rieder. When a lineout went the Titans way and a maul was set, referee Ben Whitehouse had no hesitation in carding Tom Jubb who was the guilty party when the move was brought down. With seven men in the pack, the Blues did superbly to overturn a scrum and then pick up a penalty, but they could do nothing when Roth ran back a clearance kick with Dallan Murphy jinking his way over the line for an unconverted effort.
There was a long stoppage and a lot of concern for Armes when he took a knock to the head (which ultimately saw him replaced by Ben Gulliver at the interval). With half time approaching Roth continued to push forward and they scored a third try through Jamie Broadley who dotted down by the posts with Socino making it 12-19 at the break.
The second half was a stale affair for the first 20 minutes with both teams cancelling one another out. But then all of a sudden it burst into life with three tries in five minutes. The first came for Bedford and Patrick Tapley once again and it was a fantastic training ground move. Lineout was secured and dropped to Nico Steenkamp who popped the ball to Harry Peck for the backs to take over. Corey Hircock made room with a super run and then unleashed Tapley to score again with Sharp converting. 19 all.
It stayed that way for two minutes as Rotherham responded in kind. Bedford gifted the visitors two penalties in quick succession and as the Blues retreated, Charlie Mulchrone sneaked through to score with Socino again adding the extras.
Back up the other end and Bedford pulled it back to 24-26 when Hircock – who picked up the man of the match award - got his name on the score sheet. Neville Edwards made the try with a darting run into Roth's half before ball came back towards the right wing with Hircock latching on and diving over. Again though, the post got in the way of Sharp's conversion.
As the minutes ticked away though, Rotherham picked up two penalties which Socino coolly converted before a final scrum of the afternoon was won by the visitors before Mulchrone punted it to touch.
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Press Releases
Chatham University's Board of Trustees Approves Academic Reorganization and Admission of Men at the Undergraduate Level Beginning Fall 2015
New Chatham University Women's Institute To Be Established With $8.5 Million Dollars In Funding
PITTSBURGH, May 1, 2014 - Chatham University's Board of Trustees voted today in approval of a resolution that will set in motion a three-part transformation to open Chatham's high-quality undergraduate education to more students, enhance the University's ability to meet the educational needs of its students and the region for the future, and honor our 145-year commitment to advancing the causes of women.
Chatham to Study Coeducational Undergraduate Opportunities
PITTSBURGH, February 18, 2014 - Following a series of studies by Chatham University committees made up of the board, alumnae, faculty and administration, the Chatham University Board of Trustees voted at the February board meeting in support of a resolution to: Further study and consider proposals to make all undergraduate education at Chatham University coeducational on or before its June 2014 meeting. Both the Board and the administration welcome input from the Chatham University community on this important issue.


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Hedding: Kelley 'groupie' now leads the way
The first time Way Hedding ever met Johnny Kelley, he was a runner for New London High School in the late 1960s and Kelley was the opposing coach at Fitch. Hedding ripped his shorts and Kelley went and got him a new pair.
"My coach (Malcolm Greenaway) said, 'Where'd you get those?'" Hedding said. "I said, 'That guy gave them to me.' He said, 'Do you know who that is?' I said, 'I have no clue.' He said, 'He's the winner of the Boston Marathon.'� He started listing all his accomplishments.
"He didn't want the shorts back or anything. He just gave them to me and said, 'Have a good race.'"
Hedding's relationship with Mystic's Kelley grew.
Kelley, the 1957 Boston Marathon champion and a two-time Olympian, embraced the local running community, for one thing. Hedding was one of what he calls "revelers," who attended gatherings at Kelley and his wife Jessie's home long into the night every Christmas Eve and New Year's Day.
"He was the guru and we were the groupies. The house was always open," Hedding said.
Then in 1989, Hedding took over as race director for what is now the Ocean Beach/John & Jessie Kelley 11.6-mile road race, a scenic trek known as one of the best in New England and one of the only remaining races in the country without an entry fee.
The inaugural race took place in 1963. In 1974 it was renamed in Kelley's honor and Jessie's name was added to the title following her death in 2003. Last year, the race celebrated its golden anniversary, the first race following the death of John Kelley in August, 2011, at the age of 80.
At 9 a.m. Saturday, the race which has been won by great marathon champions and local high school standouts alike - the second-oldest race in the state after the Manchester Road Race - will celebrate its 51st running, beginning and ending at New London's Ocean Beach.
Hedding will be celebrating his 25th year as race director.
"It was a killer," said the 64-year-old Hedding, speaking of the early days of the race, which was formerly held at noon in the heat of August. "It was billed 'for serious runners only' and there were only 50 or so runners. It was Jack Dempsey (former race director) who said, 'You have to suffer dehydration before you can enjoy rehydration.'
"We have a tremendous nucleus of local runners. This is their Mount Everest."
Kelley won the first two races in 1963 and 1964, followed by three straight wins for Amby Burfoot, the 1968 Boston Marathon champ who was coached at Fitch by none other than Kelley. Another local, 1971 New York Marathon champion Norm Higgins, won the Kelley Race in 1970.
Kelley, when he wasn't running, would serve as the honorary starter of the Ocean Beach race and remained at the finish line until the last competitor crossed.
Last year, Kelley's grandson Jacob Edwards ran the race, featuring more than 750 runners and 546 finishers, on its 50th anniversary.
"He might have rolled over in his grave," Edwards said that day of the thought of charging an entry fee. "He couldn't believe people paid for running a road race."
Because that's the way Kelley wanted it - free - that's the way it will remain, even if it isn't quite as easy to provide all the prizes, insurance and police protection the way most races can through collecting the entry fee.
For example, the Rock 'n' Roll St. Pete (Fla.) Half-Marathon in February will cost participants $150 to enter the week of the race for just about a mile more than the Kelley Race.
That has been and will continue to be a challenge for Hedding as race director.
"We have committed people that volunteer stuff. And I beg, borrow and steal a lot of stuff," Hedding said. "There's a lot of integrity and tradition involved in this race. Out of respect for Jessie and Johnny, if you have to dig in your own pocket every now and then, you do it. You do it."
Hedding credits Ocean Beach Park manager Dave Sugrue for his involvement.
"He tells me, 'Whatever you need,'" Hedding said. "When I get there in the morning, he's already there.'"
Volunteers man 10 water stops along the course, with donated products from Crystal Rock Spring Water, including approximately 20,000 cups, Hedding estimates. Pepsi products, Port 'N' Starboard clam chowder, entertainment by the band "Run For Cover" and the SNERRO timing service are all donated.
Hedding and his wife Melinda, who co-own with Pete Volkmar what is now known solely as SNERRO - formerly the Southern New England Road Race Officials, which times around 60 races per year with their state-of-the-art equipment - reside in Niantic. Hedding works at Electric Boat as part of Metal Trades Council safety.
Hedding, who runs about 100 races per year himself, has also competed in 59 marathons, including Boston and New York several times and in cities as far-reaching as Moscow. He hasn't run the Kelley Race since taking over as race director, though, instead lending his personality and brand of humor to the finish line along with his game-day expertise.
Race-day registration begins at 8 a.m. Saturday. Runners are asked to bring a food donation to benefit the Gemma E. Moran United Way/Labor Food Center.
Burfoot will be in the race, just like old times. Laura Brustolon of Stonington, meanwhile, will attempt to win her fifth straight women's division title.
Hedding, who spent the week marking the course and answering phone calls and emails in advance, is most proud of it earning the distinction as the "2012 Race of the Year" by New England Runner Magazine.
"They came to the race last year and they were impressed," said Hedding, who didn't know of the selection until it was released in the magazine. "That was from hundreds of ones to choose from. We've always been rated in the top 80 best of the best. A lot of people say, 'I've got a good one. Why am I not in there?' And rightfully so.
"But this wasn't anything I put in. This was a runners' poll, based on what they thought. That overwhelmed me."
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Is Jeb Bush's moment over?
Not in his mind. The former governor of Florida says he's considering a campaign to become his family's third president, even though he dreads "getting back into the vortex of the mud fight."
But as enticing as it is for the Republican establishment to contemplate the prospect of an unexpected comeback, an epic series of primary battles and a cinematic rematch between the Clinton and Bush dynasties, it's not all that likely.
The Republican Party has changed dramatically since 2002, the last year Jeb Bush ran for office, and not in ways that would aid his candidacy.
Let's start with Bush's presumed base of support: the moderate-to-conservative Republican establishment, based in the business community and the donor class. Yes, some of the grandees would like to see the comforting name of Bush atop their party's ticket again — but not all of them. Many believe that what their party needs in 2016 is a new face, and Bush isn't that.
"He's a fine man, but the disadvantages outweigh the advantages," one thoroughly establishment figure, a former fundraiser for George W. Bush, told me. "The Republican Party is about to turn the page generationally. We need to be looking forward, not back."
It's not only a matter of image, he said, but something more fundamental. "He's out of sync with where the party has gone. This is a party of small government and individual freedom now. Jeb comes from the 1990s, from a generation of governors who mostly wanted to make government more efficient."
In 2012, Mitt Romney wasn't his party's clear first choice either. Romney won the Republican nomination only after he outlasted a series of impromptu conservative challengers: Newt Gingrich, Rick Santorum, Rick Perry, former pizza magnate Herman Cain.
But those other candidates were all underqualified or underprepared. This time, the GOP's conservative wing has a bench full of potential candidates who have spent years raising money, recruiting supporters and honing messages: Sens. Marco Rubio, Rand Paul and Ted Cruz, Rep. Paul D. Ryan, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker. There's no pushover on that list.
Finally, if Bush decides to run for the nomination, he's chosen an unusual way to do it: poking his finger in the eyes of conservative activists on hot-button issues.
His compassionate statement on illegal immigrants — "It's an act of love" — got headlines this month.
But that wasn't as jarring to many conservatives as Bush's flinty defense of Common Core, the national standards for elementary school education. Tea party activists loathe the program as "Obama-core" and see it as an attempt to impose federal control on local schools (even though it originated with governors like Bush when Barack Obama was still in the Illinois state Senate).
Bush waves their concerns aside with an air of impatient disdain. "The idea that it's a federal program is just not true," he told Fox News this month. "I'm totally committed to this…. I just don't feel compelled to run for cover when I think this is the right thing to do for our country."
Give the man credit for sticking to his guns. When Romney ran into flak from the right, he changed his positions. Bush's stubborn fidelity to his convictions, by contrast, is admirable. But he's somehow allowed it to crowd out any other message.
"If you're running for president, talking about stuff your base doesn't want to hear is not a surefire way to win," observed John Feehery, a former aide to the Republican House leadership. "Talk about something else instead."
Bush isn't doing that, which, to some Republicans, is one of many signs that he's not ready for a presidential run yet.
Another is his frequent and candid invocation of ambivalence about running, not normally a sought-after emotion in a party's electoral champion.
"I go about my business each day trying to avoid having to think about it," he told Fox News. "I've got a fulfilled life."
A candidate named Bush has additional reason to hesitate. If Jeb runs, one of his first challenges will be to explain how he differs from his father, whom many Republicans remember chiefly for raising taxes, and his brother, who led the country into two wars and a financial crash. If his rivals don't ask him which of the other Bushes' decisions he disagreed with, reporters will. That's how you'll know he's really decided to run: when he agrees to answer those unpleasant questions.
It's not impossible that Jeb Bush could win his party's nomination in 2016. It would take a decision to run, a clear and visionary message, hard work organizing supporters and raising money, and a grueling gantlet of primaries against — if he's lucky — divided conservative opposition. But so far, Bush hasn't stepped onto that well-marked path.
That doesn't mean he won't. That GOP grandee I quoted? He demanded anonymity — because he knows he just might end up working for the candidate he criticized.
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WASHINGTON (AP) -- An appeals court ruled Friday that the U.S. Trade Representative can withhold a classified position paper prepared during free-trade negotiations, reversing a lower court that had ordered the document's release under a Freedom of Information Act request.
The three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said the disclosure would reveal a position taken by the U.S. in the past. "It seems perfectly reasonable to think that could limit the flexibility of U.S. negotiators," wrote Judge A. Raymond Randolph, an appointee of President George H.W. Bush. He was joined by Judges Janice Rogers Brown and Brett M. Kavanaugh, both appointees of President George W. Bush.
The paper had been prepared during negotiations for a Free Trade Agreement of the Americas, conducted in the 1990s and 2000s. The talks never resulted in a deal.
U.S. District Court Judge Richard Roberts last year sided with the Center for International Environmental Law, which had sought the document. Roberts ruled there were no plausible or logical explanations to justify its secrecy. It was a rare court order to reveal a classified document. Roberts is an appointee of President Bill Clinton.
In its ruling Friday, the appeals panel wrote that courts are in a poor position to second guess the Trade Representative's judgment in these types of matters, "but that is just what the district court did in rejecting the agency's justification for withholding the white paper."
The USTR said although the paper was not binding, international arbiters might still look to it in future cases, which the appeals court said was plausible.
"It is important to keep in mind that the Trade Representative was expressing concerns about the United States' flexibility in future negotiations not necessarily with the governments that participated in the Free Trade Agreement of the Americas negotiations, but with governments that did not take part in those negotiations," the panel wrote. Without the disclosure of the paper, such governments wouldn't know the position the U.S. had taken in earlier negotiations.
The appeals court ruling opened with a 1796 statement by President George Washington, refusing a request from the U.S. House for a copy of instructions provided to the U.S. minister who negotiated a treaty with the king of Great Britain, and other related documents. In that statement, Washington wrote, "The nature of foreign negotiations requires caution, and their success must often depend on secrecy; and even when brought to a conclusion, a full disclosure of all the measures, demands, or eventual concessions, which may have been proposed or contemplated ... might have a pernicious influence on future negotiations."
The court ruled that the government's position in this case "has the force of history behind it. It echoes what George Washington wrote more than two centuries ago."
Mark Caramanica of the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press called Friday's ruling "yet another unfortunate example where the executive branch lays out theoretical harms for classifying information and a federal court effectively defers to that conclusion, agreeing that the government's withholding justification lies within the universe of all possible harms no matter how speculative." The committee and 32 other media organizations had filed a friend-of-the-court brief urging that the lower court ruling be upheld.
The Center for International Environmental Law did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
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Amanda Knox sightings were elusive Tuesday, but the former student was briefly spotted at an airports in Rome and London just before boarding a plane to Seattle with her family.
Knox, newly acquitted of the murder of Meredith Kercher, appeared in high spirits. The 24-year-old smiled at supporters as she carried her bag through the airport and gave one man a hug.
Meanwhile, the family of Meredith Kercher released a statement saying they are disappointed with the verdict:
"We respect the decision of the judges but we do not understand how the decision of the first trial could be so radically overturned. We still trust the Italian justice system and hope that the truth will eventually emerge."
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As Egyptians prepared to elect a new president on Wednesday, a noted Egyptian philosopher explained that this was not true democracy and polls suggested the future of relations with Israel did not look promising.
Israelis have been warning since the start of the Arab Spring that Egypt's revolution would ultimately result in increased oppression for Egyptians themselves and a straining of ties with Israel that could easily lead to war. Western officials initially brushed aside those concerns, but the recent parliamentary takeover by the Muslim Brotherhood validated the Israeli position.
Now Egyptians are readying to complete their democratic revolution by holding their first truly free presidential election. But the frontrunners in that race only give greater cause for concern.
Of the four men leading the pack of 13 presidential contenders, two are Islamists closely affiliated with the Muslim Brotherhood. Mohammed Mursi is the official presidential candidate fielded by the Muslim Brotherhood, a group that has never hidden its hostile feelings toward Israel. Abdel-Moneim Abolfotoh is a leading Islamist who left the Brotherhood to form his own political movement. Abolfotoh has called Israel an "enemy state" and believes the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in America were an "inside job."
In an interview aired on Sada Al-Balad TV last month, Egyptian philosopher Murad Wahba warned that if either of those men win, the result will not be a democratic and free Egypt.
"We're not even in the ballpark" of democracy, said Wahba. "If the Muslim Brotherhood takes over the presidency, it will herald the beginning of a comprehensive process of Islamization, from top to bottom."
As for external relations, Wahba suggested war with Israel would be inevitable should the Muslim Brotherhood control both the parliament and the presidency.
"For the Muslim Brotherhood, war is something one initiates, in an effort to convert the region and the entire world to Islam. Therefore, the Muslim Brotherhood is ideologically required to start wars," explained Wahba.
When told that even Mursi and Abolfotoh had publicly promised to honor the Camp David Accords, Wahba reminded his interviewer that both men had qualified those promises with a "but."
"I always pay attention to the expressions they use when they talk about their commitment to the international agreements. They always add the qualifier: 'But it's subject to change and to discussion.' That is their tactic," said Wahba. "It is these expressions that will enable them to send the Egyptian army to initiate war against Israel in the future."
[Translation of the Wahba interview provided by MEMRI - Middle East Media Research Institute]
What if the Muslim Brotherhood does not take the presidency?
The two leading "secular" candidates are former Arab League Secretary-General Amr Moussa, who also called Israel an enemy state, and Hamdeen Sabahy, who promised greater Egyptian support for Palestinian terrorism against Israel.
All four candidates seem to be in line with Egyptian popular opinion when it comes to relations with Israel.
According to a Pew poll published last week, 61 percent of Egyptians want to annul their nation's peace treaty with Israel. Another poll conducted by Jerusalem's Menachem Begin Heritage Center found that a small 56 percent majority of Egyptians want to maintain the current peace agreement with Israel, and that only 18 percent desire war with the Jewish state. However, 80 percent of respondents said relations with Israel, whatever form they take, should remain cold.
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Israel's Channel 10 News on Sunday reported that US Secretary of State John Kerry was recently prevented by his boss, President Barack Obama, from instigating a diplomatic crisis with Israel in order to impose his new peace framework.
According to unnamed government sources involved in the ongoing peace talks, Kerry sought Obama's permission to impose his peace terms on both Israel and the Palestinians, knowing that the primary resistance would come from the Jewish state.
Obama is said to have determined that now was "not the time" for such a move. As a result, the sources said that Kerry's peace initiative has "all but collapsed."
The White House later issued a statement denying that Obama was no longer supporting Kerry's efforts.
"Any notion that Secretary Kerry failed to obtain the President's backing for his efforts is totally false," White House spokeswoman Bernadette Meehan said. "President Obama remains fully invested in Secretary Kerry's tireless work on behalf of peace, and those efforts are not focused on confronting the parties - they are aimed at bridging differences and developing a framework for negotiation on the core issues."
Israeli government official cited by Ha'aretz later revealed that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was scheduled to meet with Obama at the White House on March 3 to discuss the peace proposals.
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