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In 2007 as the Kennedy-McCain Immigration Shamnesty bill from the Senate was being rammed through the Senate (and failed), Senator Jeff Sessions (R-AL) published Twenty Loopholes in the legislation. Today, we haven't a clue what the Senate is planning. We have some details of what Obama plans if the Senate doesn't act, but no real details. As routine, Obama provided his plan not to Congress for discussion, but to USA Today, saying if the Senate fails to act, he will. Here is what we know about Obama's plan, and below are the 20 dishonorable loopholes revealed by Senator Sessions in 2007. The 20 dishonorables can be used as a measuring device against any details we might get from the Gang of 8. Obama's plan was leaked anonymously as the leaker didn't have the authority to leak. Mmmm hmmmm. The bullet marks below are mine:
Senator Jeff Sessions on today's Gang of 8 plan:
"Unfortunately, the leaked plan is little different in its substance from the Gang of Eight plan," said Sen. Jeff Sessions, R-Ala., who has emerged as a leader of the Senate opposition to current comprehensive proposals. "Crucially, both plans confer legal status and work authorization on day one in exchange for promises of future enforcement on which the administration will never deliver."
The Gang of 8 consists of 4 Republicans and 4 Democrats: Senators Rubio (R-FL), Jeff Flake (R-AZ), John McCain (R-AZ), Sindsey Graham (R-SC), Dick Durbin (D-IL), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), Chuck Schumer (D-NJ), Michael Bennet (D-CO)
USA Today – leaked Obama proposal:
● A draft of a White House immigration proposal…would allow illegal immigrants to become legal permanent residents within eight years.
● …would provide for more security funding and require business owners to check the immigration status of new hires within four years. In addition, the nation's 11 million illegal immigrants could apply for a newly created "Lawful Prospective Immigrant" visa, under the draft bill being written by the White House.
● If approved, they could then apply for the same provisional legal status for their spouse or children living outside the country, according to the draft…
● …mirrors many provisions of the bipartisan 2007 bill that was spearheaded by the late Sen. Ted Kennedy, D-Mass., and Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and ultimately failed…
● …people would need to pass a criminal background check, submit biometric information and pay fees to qualify for the new visa. If approved, they would be allowed to legally reside in the U.S. for four years, work and leave the country for short periods of time. After the four years, they could then reapply for an extension.
● Illegal immigrants would be disqualified from the program if they were convicted of a crime that led to a prison term of at least one year, three or more different crimes that resulted in a total of 90 days in jail, or if they committed any offense abroad that "if committed in the United States would render the alien inadmissible or removable from the United States."
● People currently in federal custody or facing deportation proceedings also could be allowed to apply for the Lawful Prospective Immigrant visa. Application forms and instructions would be provided in "the most common languages spoken by persons in the United States," but the application and all supporting evidence submitted to the federal government would have to be in English.
● …be given a new identification card to show as proof of their legal status in the country.
● …immigrants could then apply for legal permanent residence, commonly known as a green card, within eight years if they learn English and "the history and government of the United States" and pay back taxes. That would then clear the path for them to apply for U.S. citizenship.
● To combat fraud, the draft proposes a new Social Security card be developed that is "fraud-resistant, tamper-resistant and wear-resistant." The Social Security Administration would be required to issue the new cards within two years.
● …calls for an unspecified increase in the Border Patrol, allows the Department of Homeland Security to expand technological improvements along the border and adds 140 new immigration judges to process the heavy flow of people who violate immigration laws.
● … orders U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to study whether a land-border crossing fee should be implemented to help offset border security costs. The draft also proposes raising many inspection fees that border-crossers already pay.
● …proposes a new plan to allow Homeland Security to "accept donations" from citizens, businesses and local and state governments to improve ports of entry and security features along the border. And it would require CBP to begin collecting statistics on deaths along the border and report them quarterly.
● …expands the E-Verify program that checks the immigration status of people seeking new jobs. Businesses with more than 1,000 employees must begin using the system within two years, businesses with more than 250 employees within three years and all businesses within four years.
● Homeland Security, working with the U.S. departments of Labor and Agriculture, the attorney general and other agencies, would engage in a $40 million-a-year program to educate business owners and workers about the program.
● Homeland Security also would be required to submit a report within 18 months showing how the worker verification system is working, and specifically explain how it is affecting the nation's agriculture industry, which relies heavily on illegal immigrant workers.
● …draft obtained by USA TODAY does not include sections that would alter the nation's legal immigration system to adjust the future flow of legal immigrants, which is expected to be a critical component of any immigration overhaul.
The 20 Dishonorable Loopholes in 2007 Kennedy-McCain Legislation, via Senator Jeff Sessions…The 20 Loopholes
* Loophole 1 – Legal Status Before Enforcement:
Amnesty benefits do not wait for the "enforcement trigger." After filing an application and waiting 24 hours, illegal aliens will receive full "probationary benefits," complete with the ability to legally live and work in the U.S., travel outside of the U.S. and return, and their own social security card. Astonishingly, if the trigger is never met and amnesty applications are therefore never "approved," the probationary benefits granted to the illegal alien population never expire, and the new social security cards issued to the illegal alien population are not revoked. [See pp. 1, 290-291, & 315].
* Loophole 2 – U.S. VISIT Exit Not In Trigger:
The "enforcement trigger," required to be met before the new temporary worker program begins, does not require that the exit portion of U.S. VISIT system – the biometric border check-in/check-out system first required by Congress in 1996 that is already well past its already postponed 2005 implementation due date – to be in place before new worker or amnesty programs begin. Without the U.S. VISIT exit portion, the U.S. has no method to ensure that workers (or their visiting families) do not overstay their visas. Our current illegal population contains 4 to 5.5 million visa overstays, therefore, we know that the U.S. VISIT exit component is key to a successful new temporary worker program. [See pp. 1-2].
* Loophole 3 – Trigger Requires No More Agents, Beds, or Fencing Than Current Law:
The "enforcement trigger" does not require the Department of Homeland Security to have detention space sufficient to end "catch and release" at the border and in the interior. Even after the adoption of amendment 1172, the trigger merely requires the addition of 4,000 detention beds, bringing DHS to a 31,500 bed capacity. This is far short of the 43,000 beds required under current law to be in place by the end of 2007, or the additional 20,000 beds required later in the bill. Additionally, the bill establishes a "catch, pay, and release" program. This policy will benefit illegal aliens from countries other than Mexico that are caught at the border, then can post a $5,000 bond, be released and never show up for deportation hearings. Annual failure to appear rates for 2005 and 2006, caused in part by lack of detention space, doubled the 2004 rate (106,000 – 110,000 compared with 54,000). Claims that the bill "expands fencing" are inaccurate. The bill only requires 370 miles of fencing to be completed, while current law already mandates that more than 700 miles be constructed [See pp. 1-2, & 10-11, and EOIR's FY2006 Statistical Yearbook, p. H2, and The Secure Fence Act of 2004].
* Loophole 4 — Three Additional Years Worth of Illegal Aliens Granted Status, Treated Preferentially To Legal Filers:
Aliens who broke into the country illegally a mere 5 months ago, are treated better than foreign nationals who legally applied to come to the U.S. more than two years ago. Aliens who can prove they were illegally in the U.S. on January 1, 2007, are immediately eligible to apply from inside the U.S. for amnesty benefits, while foreign nationals that filed applications to come to the U.S. after May 1, 2005 must start the application process over again from their home countries. Last year's bill required illegal aliens to have been here before January 7, 2004 to qualify for permanent legal status. [See pp. 263, 282, & 306].
* Loophole 5 – Completion of Background Checks Not Required For Probationary Legal Status:
Legal status must be granted to illegal aliens 24 hours after they file an application, even if the aliens have not yet "passed all appropriate background checks." (Last year's bill gave DHS 90 days to check an alien's background before any status was granted). No legal status should be given to any illegal alien until all appropriate background checks are complete. [See pp. 290].
* Loophole 6 – Some Child Molesters Are Still Eligible:
Some aggravated felons – those who have sexually abused a minor – are eligible for amnesty. A child molester who committed the crime before the bill is enacted is not barred from getting amnesty if their conviction document omitted the age of the victim. The bill corrects this loophole for future child molesters, but does not close the loophole for current or past convictions. [See p. 47: 30-33, & p. 48: 1-2]
* Loophole 7 – Terrorism Connections Allowed, Good Moral Character Not Required:
Illegal aliens with terrorism connections are not barred from getting amnesty. An illegal alien seeking most immigration benefits must show "good moral character." Last year's bill specifically barred aliens with terrorism connections from having "good moral character" and being eligible for amnesty. This year's bill does neither. Additionally, bill drafters ignored the Administration's request that changes be made to the asylum, cancellation of removal, and withholding of removal statutes in order to prevent aliens with terrorist connections from receiving relief. [Compare §204 in S. 2611 from the 109th Congress with missing §204 on p. 48 of S.A. 1150, & see missing subsection (5) on p. 287 of S.A. 1150].
* Loophole 8 – Gang Members Are Eligible:
Instead of ensuring that members of violent gangs such as MS 13 are deported after coming out of the shadows to apply for amnesty, the bill will allow violent gang members to get amnesty as long as they "renounce" their gang membership on their application. [See p. 289: 34-36].
* Loophole 9 – Absconders Are Eligible:
Aliens who have already had their day in court – those subject to final orders of removal, voluntary departure orders, or reinstatement of their final orders of removal – are eligible for amnesty under the bill. The same is true for aliens who have made a false claim to citizenship or engaged in document fraud. More than 636,000 alien fugitives could be covered by this loophole. [See p. 285:19-22 which waives the following inadmissibility grounds: failure to attend a removal proceeding; final orders of removal for alien smuggling; aliens unlawfully present after previous immigration violations or deportation orders; and aliens previously removed. This appears to conflict with language on p. 283:40-41. When a direct conflict appears in a statute, the statue is interpreted by the courts to the benefit of the alien.].
* Loophole 10 – Learning English Not Required For A Decade:
Illegal aliens are not required to demonstrate any proficiency in English for more than a decade after they are granted amnesty. Learning English is not required for an illegal alien to receive probationary benefits, the first 4-year Z visa, or the second 4-year Z visa. The first Z visa renewal (the second 4-year Z visa) requires only that the alien demonstrate an "attempt" to learn English by being "on a waiting list for English classes." Passing a basic English test is required only for a second Z visa renewal (the third 4-year Z visa), and even then the alien only has to pass the test "prior to the expiration of the second extension of Z status" (12 years down the road). [See pp. 295-296].
* Loophole 11 – Earned Income Tax Credit Will Cost Taxpayers Billions In Just 10 Years:
Current illegal aliens and new guest workers will be eligible for the Earned Income Tax Credit, a refundable tax credit designed to encourage American citizens and legal permanent residents to work. The Congressional Budget Office estimates that this loophole will cost the U.S. taxpayer up to $20 billion dollars in just the first 10 years after the bill's enactment. To be consistent with the intent of the 1996 welfare reforms – which limited new immigrants from receiving public benefits until they had been legal permanent residents for five years – the bill should withhold EITC eligibility from amnestied aliens until they become legal permanent residents. Closing this loophole will save the taxpayers billions of dollars. [See p. 293 after S.A. 1190 was adopted, p. 307, p. 315, §606. All that is required for EITC eligibility is a social security number and resident alien status. Nothing in the bill's tax provisions limit EITC eligibility. The issuance of social security numbers to aliens as soon as they apply for amnesty will ensure they are able to qualify for the EITC.]
* Loophole 12 – Affidavits From Friends Accepted As Evidence:
Records from day-labor centers, labor unions, and "sworn declarations" from any non-relative (acquaintances, friends, coworkers, etc) are to be accepted as evidence that the illegal alien has satisfied the bill's amnesty requirements. This low burden of proof will invite fraud and more illegal immigration – even aliens who are not yet in the U.S. will likely meet this burden of proof. DHS will not have the resources to examine whether the claims contained in the "sworn declarations" of the alien's friends (that the alien was here prior to January 1, 2007 and is currently employed) are actually valid. [See p. 293: 13-16].
* Loophole 13 – Taxpayer Funded Legal Counsel and Arbitration:
Free legal counsel and the fees and expenses of arbitrators will be provided to aliens that have been working illegally in agriculture. The U.S. taxpayer will fund the attorneys that help these individuals fill out their amnesty applications. Additionally, if these individuals have a dispute with their employer over whether they were fired for "just cause," DHS will "pay the fee and expenses of the arbitrator." [See p. 339:37-41, & p. 332: 37-38.]
* Loophole 14 – In-State Tuition and Student Loans:
In-state tuition and other higher education benefits, such as Stafford Loans, will be made available to current illegal aliens that are granted initial "probationary" status, even if the same in-state tuition rates are not offered to all U.S. citizens. This would normally violate current law (8 U.S.C. §1623) which mandates that educational institutions give citizens the same postsecondary education benefits they offer to illegal aliens. [See p. 321: 8-31].
* Loophole 15 – Inadequacy of the Merit System:
The "merit system," designed to shift the U.S. green card distribution system to attract higher skilled workers that benefit the national interest, is only a shell of what it should have been. Though the merit system begins immediately, it will not increase the percentage of high skilled immigrants coming to the United States until 2016, 8 years after enactment. Of the 247,000 green cards dedicated to the merit based system each year for the first 5 years, 100,000 green cards will be reserved for low-skilled guest workers (10,000) and for clearing the current employment based green card backlog (90,000). From 2013 to 2015, the number of merit based green cards drops to 140,000, and of that number, 100,000 green cards are still reserved each year for low-skilled guest workers (10,000) and for clearing the current employment based green card backlog (90,000). Even after 2015, when the merit system really begins (in 2016) by having 380,000 green cards annually, 10,00 green cards will be reserved specifically for low skilled workers, and points will be given for many characteristics that are not considered "high-skilled." For example, 16 points will be given for aliens in "high demand occupations" which includes janitors, maids, food preparation workers, and groundskeepers. [See p.260: 25 – p. 261: 20, p. 262, & The Department of Labor's list of "occupations with the largest job growth" available at www.bls.gov/emp/emptab3.htm].
* Loophole 16 – Visas For Individuals That Plan To Overstay:
The new "parent" visa contained in the bill which allows parents of citizens, and the spouses and children of new temporary workers, to visit a worker in the United States is not only a misnomer, but also an invitation for high rates of visa overstays. This new visa specifically allows the spouse and children of new temporary workers who intend to abandon their residence in a foreign country, to qualify to come to the U.S. to "visit." The visa requires only a $1,000 bond, which will be forfeited when, not if, family members of new temporary workers decide to overstay their 30 day visit. Workers should travel to their home countries to visit their families, not the other way around. [See p. 277:1 – 33, and p. 276: 38-43].
* Loophole 17 – Chain Migration Tippled Before Being Eliminated:
Though the bill will eventually eliminate chain migration (relatives other than spouses and children of citizens and legal permanent residents), it will not have full effect until 2016. Until then, chain migration into the U.S. will actually triple, from approximately 138,000 chain migrants a year (equal to 14% of the 1 million green cards the U.S. currently distributes on an annual basis) to approximately 440,000 chain migrants a year (equal to 45% of the 1 million green cards the U.S. currently distributes on an annual basis). [See pp. 260:13, p. 270: 29 – pp. 271: 17]
* Loophole 18 – Back Taxes Not Required:
Last year's bill required illegal aliens to prove they had paid three of their last five years of taxes to get amnesty. This year, payment of back taxes is not required for amnesty. The bill requires taxes to be paid at the time of application for a green card, but at that time, only proof of payment of Federal taxes (not state and local) is required for the years the alien worked on a Z visa, not the years the alien has already worked illegally in the United States. Though Senator McCain's S.A. 1190, adopted by voice vote, claimed to "require undocumented immigrants receiving legal status to pay owed back taxes," the amendment actually only required proof of payment of taxes for "any year during the period of employment required by subparagraph (D)(i)." Since the bill does not contain a subparagraph (D)(i), nor require any past years of employment as a prerequisite for amnesty, the amendment essentially only requires proof of payment of taxes for future work in the U.S., not payment of "back taxes." [See p. 307, and p. 293 as altered by S.A. 1190, amendment p. 2: 19-20.]
* Loophole 19 – Social Security Credits Allowed For Some Illegal Work Histories:
Aliens who came to the U.S. on legal visas, but overstayed their visas and have been working in the U.S. for years, as well as illegal aliens who apply for Z visa status but do not qualify, will be able to collect social security credits for the years they worked illegally. Under the bill, if an alien was ever issued a social security account number – all work-authorized aliens who originally came on legal visas receive these – the alien will receive Social Security credits for any "quarters of coverage" the alien worked after receiving their social security account number. Because the bill requires social security account numbers to be issued "promptly" to illegal aliens as soon as they are granted "any probationary benefits based upon application [for Z status]" (these benefits are granted 24 hours after the application is filed), an illegal alien who is denied Z visa status but continues to work illegally in the U.S. will accumulate Social Security credits. [See pp. 316:8 – 16, and pp. 315: 32-39]
* Loophole 20 – Criminal Fines Not Proportional To Conduct:
The criminal fines an illegal alien is required to pay to receive amnesty are less than the bill's criminal fines for paperwork violations committed by U.S. citizens, and can be paid by installment. Under the bill, an illegal alien must pay a $1,000 criminal fine to apply for a Z visa, and a $4,000 fine to apply for a green card. Eighty percent of those fines can be paid on an installment plan. Under the bill's confidentiality provisions, someone who improperly handles or uses information on an alien's amnesty application can be fined $10,000. Administration officials suggest that the bill's "criminal fines are proportionate to the criminal conduct." Why, then, is the fine for illegally entering, using false documents to work, and live one-tenth the fine for a paperwork violation committed by a government official? [See p. 287: 34, p. 317: 9, p. 315:6-8, & remarks made by Secretary Gutierrez on Your World with Neil Cavuto, 4:00 May 31, 2007]
End 20 Loopholes
It's useless to try to make a comparison between 2013 and 2007 without more detail, but we can see that some gang members, and other lawbreakers will be allowed to stay. File it away. If we get a look at legislation before it's voted on (doubtful) we'll have something to compare.


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In 2001 the 'field gun run' was resurrected by a crew and staff comprising ex-field gunners and civilians who wanted to prove that a civilian field gun crew had the ability to perform competitive field gun runs using the same drill and equipment over the same course as the former Royal Naval gunners did for a hundred years.
From 2001 the field gun crews and staff of Portsmouth Action Field Gun (PAFG) were committed to achieving competitive field gun runs by 2005, which they did at The International Festival of the Sea (IFOS) in Portsmouth in June 2005. Six full competitive field gun runs were completed with a fastest time recorded of 3 minutes and 33 seconds.
2010 saw the crew train at Mill Rythe Holiday Centre on Hayling Island, which achieved the target of having 2 running crews by the end of 2010 to coincide with the re-introduced British Military Tournament (BMT) at Earls Court. Portsmouth Action Field Gun have attended this tournament as volunteers annually since 2010, ready to assist the BMT Directors, IMG Events team and the Army Benevolent Fund in any way they can.
From January 2011, a contractual agreement to use their facilities for five years had been agreed with the Portsmouth College, Tangier Road, Portsmouth.
2013 marked the beginning of a ground-breaking approach for PAFG. A shorter, more intense programme enabled us to realise our visions for the future – the continuation of senior command field gun; the continuation of our own flat field gun run as an event which can be performed at shows around the country; and the development of cadet command field gun.
In 2016 crew training moved to Thorney Island, Emsworth.
Running field gun is hard work: it is said to be the toughest team event in the world. It takes dedication, discipline and commitment to complete a field gun season, but the rewards as far as personal achievement is concerned are phenomenal.
Once again field gun is being run in its purest form. A wonderful spectacle to behold.
For those that remember those immortal words…
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What is the legal framework for a publication scheme?
Their purpose is to be a means by which a public authority can make a significant amount of information available routinely, without waiting for someone to specifically request it.
Section 19(2) of the Act sets out the requirements for a publication scheme as follows:
- Specify classes of information that the public authority publishes or intends to publish;
- specify the manner in which information of each class is, or is intended to be, published; and,
- specify whether the material is, or is intended to be, available to the public free of charge or on payment.
- Section 19(3) states that "in adopting or reviewing a publication scheme, a public authority shall have regard to the public interest in allowing public access to information held by the authority and in the publication of reasons for decisions made by the public authority".
- Section 19(1) provides that it shall be the duty of every public authority to adopt and maintain a publication scheme, to publish information in accordance with its scheme and, from time to time, to review its publication scheme.


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For the photo shoot on last night's episode, the contestants were made to portray big-name fashion designers—both male and female—whether or not they'd ever even heard of the person.
Esther and Kendal ended up in the bottom two. Esther was supposed to portray Christophe Decarnin. Nigel said Esther's portrayal of Christophe was "over the top" and added, "It looks like you're in costume and I can't get past that." She is in costume. In fact, she's in drag.
Kendal was supposed to portray Vera Wang. She admitted that the only thing she knew about Vera Wang is that she has a bridal line. Essentially the judges said that she didn't exhibit enough personality in the shot. Because Vera Wang is known for being so vivacious demeanor and charisma?
Tyra said, "The girl who is going home today is going home because she didn't know who the designer was." However, much like with most of what these judges tell these girls, the opposite was true, because Kendal—who was at least familiar with the name Vera Wang—went home, while Liz, who said she had never even heard of John Galliano before, was awarded best picture. Nigel liked that it was "subtle."


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Photo Blog: Amazon - Part 2
Sunday, August 22, 2010 at 8:37AM
If you're going to be shopping at Amazon anyway - do it from here. It won't cost you any more than usual and it'll help us out. Thanks!
Here you can read all about it. Sometimes it's traveling, sometimes it's homeschooling, occasionally we bitch. For some background, read our first post ever.


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Everybody has their roles. Players play. Coaches coach. But before anybody can get out onto the floor to make shots, grab rebounds and chase down loose balls, somebody has to put the team together and, hopefully, keep things moving forward with a solid, consistent organizational goal.
It's summertime when the lion's share of the work is done. However, there was plenty of heaving lift this off-season that has left us with our top five Summer Dreaming picks for NBA Executive of the Year in 2014-15.
Send us your picks.
David Griffin, Cavaliers — Sure, it helps to have the very best player on the planet decide that he's had enough time by the pool in Coconut Grove and wants to return home. Who's a better recruiter than LeBron James? Just ask Kevin Love. Or Mike Miller. Or Shawn Marion. But before James made "The Return" official, Miller re-signed point guard Kyrie Irving and made the bold move to hire long-time European coach Dave Blatt as coach. Then Griffin ultimately signed off on sending No. 1 draft pick Andrew Wiggins to Minnesota. If the Cavs are raising the Larry O'Brien Trophy next June, we could look back on this as the most head-turning summer since Bridget Bardot first wore a bikini. Not bad for seven months on the job.
Donnie Nelson, Mavericks — It took three years, but the Mavs finally corrected their biggest front office mistake in bringing back center Tyson Chandler to anchor the middle of the lineup. They simply have not been the same without him since the championship season of 2011. While it would be fair to say Dallas overpaid for free agent small forward Chandler Parsons at $46 million for three years, there's no question that three more years of Dirk Nowitzki at $8 million per is a bargain and makes the combo a shrewd winner. Nelson gave up Jose Calderon to get Chandler, but veteran Jameer Nelson with enough in his tank is a more than capable replacement. Reserves Shawn Marion and Vince Carter could be missed, but all in all the Mavs have taken a big step forward to get back into the thick of the Western Conference playoff race.
Gar Forman, Bulls — There was definitely time and energy put into the effort to land A-list free agent Carmelo Anthony and it really might have been the best landing spot if Melo's main interest had been trying to win championships rather than see how high he can stack his salary. In the aftermath, the Bulls hit the jackpot on Plan B by getting Pau Gasol to shed his scapegoat role with the Lakers and move in as a perfect complement to Joakim Noah's no-holds-barred game on the front line. Forman's acquisition of Gasol allows the Bulls to keep Taj Gibson in his most effective place coming off the bench and lets rookie Nikola Mirotic to make a slower transition from Europe to the NBA. Rookie Doug McDermott could be just the ticket as the shooter Chicago needs. Oh yes, and Derrick Rose comes back. If LeBron's homecoming Cavaliers are not representing the East in The Finals next June, it's probably because the Bulls edged them out.
Rich Cho, Hornets — First, start out by giving Cho delayed credit for bringing the sometimes unappreciated Al Jefferson into Charlotte last season. That move gave first-year coach Steve Clifford a dependable anchor on which to hook his game plan every night and enabled the erstwhile Bobcats to scratch and claw their way to the playoffs. Now with a new/old team name, the Hornets became the surprise landing spot of free agent Lance Stephenson, who'll give them a slasher, creator, scorer, ball-handler to take some of the pressure off Kemba Walker in the backcourt. Taking P.J. Hairston late in the first round of the draft could pay big dividends as another shooter. Getting free agent Marvin Williams gives them depth at the four behind Cody Zeller and allows No. 9 overall pick Noah Vonleh to recover from surgery and learn slowly. Clifford got well-deserved credit a year in for instilling a sense of purpose and direction on the court. But Cho has given him the tools to compete in East.
Sam Hinkie, 76ers — No, his Sixers are not going to shock the world by making the playoffs or even get a glimpse of them without a pair of binoculars. And no, he's likely not going to even get a single official vote for this award when his peers cast their ballots next spring. But if they were boldly honest, they'd admit that Hinkie is following perfectly in Year Two the plan that he laid out when he took over the job. He landed Rookie of the Year Michael Carter-Williams with the No. 11 pick in 2013 and now has Nerlens Noel making his NBA debut with a good chance of winning that award back-to-back seasons for the Sixers. Joel Embiid is a No. 1 overall talent that Hinkie got at No. 3 and now will probably sit out the year to mend. Toss in top prospect Dario Saric, who'll cool his heels for another year in Europe and the Sixers are lined up with a shot at two more first round picks in 2015. Sometimes it's about the long view.


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Fighting for Women: HIV Prevention in Sub-Saharan Africa
June 23, 2014
Love, hope, and care are expectations among married women and those in relationships. Marriage and childbearing are highly valued in African cultures, and girls are expected to be married by age 16. When that age comes and goes and no suitors are making marriage proposals, she becomes the talk of the village and faces ridicule and name-calling.
In our parents' day, married women were safe in their homes, and their key threat was domestic violence. Childbearing was required to protect their marriages -- if they chose not to have many children, they could lose their husband as he might marry a second wife who was willing to have more children. Women who refused birth control did so not because they wanted more children, but because their husbands demanded it.
The tide of AIDS has changed the African journey for women and now young girls as well. Up until the '90s married women had few fears of contracting HIV -- that was a song for sex workers or single people. They never considered that their husbands were sleeping with people who are vulnerable to HIV. But recently, there has been a call for women to wake up and see that they have no bargaining power to protect themselves from the virus by demanding condoms as singles are able to.
The Facts
According to the World Health Organization, 50% of all people living with HIV are women. In sub-Saharan Africa, that number rises to 61%. Young women (15-24 years) are three to six times more likely to be infected than men in the same age group. Worldwide, HIV rates are high among sex workers (the great majority of whom are young women), ranging from 6% in Vietnam to 73% in urban parts of Ethiopia. In some Asian countries such as Cambodia and India, women are increasingly infected with HIV within the context of marriage.
Eastern and Southern Africa continue to be the epicenter of the HIV epidemic. Southern Africa in particular experiences the most severe HIV epidemics in the world, with 34% of all people with HIV globally residing in its 10 countries.
Surveys in several countries show that more men than women have multiple partners. But the number of women using condoms with their partners is lower -- only 38% use them regularly. Testing rates are low too. In 2007, only 18% of pregnant women in low- and middle-income countries received HIV tests.
While only 33% of pregnant women living with HIV received meds to prevent transmission to their children, this was a substantial increase compared with only 10% in 2004. Fortunately, access to HIV meds is increasing, from 7% in 2003 to 37% in 2010. In some countries, women have access to treatment in proportion to the expected need. But though women live longer than men in most parts of the world, WHO estimates that AIDS has driven women's life expectancy below that of men in Kenya, Malawi, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
Sub-Saharan Africa
My country, Malawi, has a population of over 13 million, and nearly a million are living with HIV -- as many as in the U.S. More women (13%) than men (10%) have the virus, and women get infected at a younger age -- 4% of women aged 15-19 have HIV compared with less than 1% of men that age. The number of women with HIV remains higher than men until age 30 and again outpaces that of men after age 40.
In 2011, 9% of Malawi women who had never married were HIV positive, 12% of married women, 19% of those who were divorced, and 41% of widows. While 71% of sex workers are positive, it may be surprising to learn that 56% of all new infections in Malawi occur in people in stable sexual relationships -- people who were previously considered to be at low risk.
About 88% of all new HIV infections in Malawi and other sub- Saharan countries, including Zimbabwe, South Africa, Uganda, and Zambia, are acquired heterosexually. Several factors account for this, but one significant driver is that more people are having sex with multiple partners: in Malawi, 26% among men and 8% among women. The root causes for this are poverty among women and girls and a lack of information on the dangers of this practice.
Surveys in Malawi show that only 47% of men and 30% of women have ever used a condom. Among those aged 15-24, that drops to 13% and 2%. There is limited education on condoms and limited availability, especially in rural areas. This has serious implications for women and girls, since disempowerment, along with the traditional feminine and masculine roles, makes them unable to negotiate safer sex.
The situation in South Africa and other African countries is also very much the same, with young women being at greater risk. In 2005, 17% of women aged 15-24 had HIV, compared with 4% of men. This results from a number of factors: poverty, violence against women, cultural traditions that promote intergenerational sex, a preference for "dry sex" (without using a lube), and a high prevalence of sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In addition, an aggressive government response against HIV began only recently in that country.
Labour migration has played a major role in the spread of HIV in Southern Africa. During the era of apartheid, South Africa was a major recipient of migrant labour from neighboring countries like Zimbabwe, Botswana, and Swaziland, and even from countries farther away, like Zambia and Malawi. Some authors have described "circular migration", where individuals cycle through urban and rural areas in search of jobs. The number of men and women migrating is very different -- over 90% of migrant workers are men, who often have other partners while away from home and then infect their spouses.
This has at least three important implications. First, the men transmit HIV and other STIs to their wives back home during their holidays or upon their return. Second, they also bring infections acquired in their homeland to the migrant labour camps in the host countries and infect women there. Finally, since there are more men than women, female sex workers have multiple partners, and 70% of their clients are married men. Some men have multiple partners to prove they are "real men".
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Forrest Gump (1994)
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Directed by: Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Gary Sinise, Robin Wright, Robin Wright Penn, Sally Field, Tom Hanks
Factual error: During the 1972 New Year's Eve celebration, Forrest drinks a Dr. Pepper with a logo that wasn't devised until around the mid 80s.
Factual error: Jenny shows Forrest a clipping of him in U.S.A Today (first published in September 1982), but on Jenny's grave it says she died on March 22 1982.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Forrest goes and visits Jenny (and is introduced to his son), there is an iron on the ironing board in the background. It stands up, then down, then up. The child's artwork in the background also disappears. (01:56:25)
Revealing mistake: When Forrest finally catches shrimp on the boat, the net drops shrimp on the deck which are not only already dead, they're headless and very obviously processed for shipment to market. (01:32:30)
Factual error: When Forrest and Lt. Dan first try catching shrimp on the new boat they catch a bunch of junk, including a Mello Yello can, which hadn't been invented yet. (01:30:05)
Factual error: When Forrest is talking to Jenny at her grave, he says "You died on a Saturday morning." But 22 March 1982 (the date on the grave) was a Monday. (02:04:05)
Factual error: In the scene where Forrest gets his discharge papers, he is practicing table tennis in a gym. The gym floor has a three-point line on the basketball court. It is a college or high school three point line- 19 feet, 9 inches. There was no three pointer in basketball at that time, especially at that distance. (01:21:40)
Continuity mistake: When Forrest runs towards Jenny in the reflecting pond during the Anti-Vietnam Rally, he runs by the same man twice. Look carefully for the man in the top hat and you will see it is really the same shot from two different angles. (01:04:40)
Factual error: In the scene where Forrest's platoon is crouched down along the side of the road, and the narration is introducing some of the soldiers, you can see a pack of Marlboro cigarettes in one of the men's helmets. On the side of the pack is, "Marlboro Miles." These weren't available until the 1990's. (00:44:00)
Continuity mistake: When Jenny comes to see Forrest when he's mowing the lawn they hug. Jenny's left arm is down on Forrest's back in one shot, but up around his neck in the reverse shot.Krista
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Forrest is getting on the school bus for his first day at school, he is standing at the door talking to Dorothy Harris, the bus driver. The shot from behind Forrest shows Dorothy's right hand on the gear shift knob. In the next shot, from inside the bus looking down at Forrest, her right hand is on the door-open lever. This shot changes several times, and each time her right hand is in those two different positions.
Factual error: Near the end of the movie when Jenny visits Forrest, it is supposed to be July 4th, 1976. On her TV is the New York Harbour Bi-centennial Celebration, and a shot of the Statue of Liberty shows her with a "gold" torch, which was added as part of her restoration in 1986. (01:43:50)
Continuity mistake: During Forrest's first football game, he is standing staring off into space when they receive the kickoff, his teammate runs over to him, hands him the ball, and tells him to run. Forrest says, "Okay". The camera cuts to the coach on the sideline who is yelling for him to "run!, run!", while at the same time his head is turning as if he is watching Forrest run past him. The next camera shot shows Forrest running, but he has not yet gotten to the point on the sideline where the coach and the team are standing.
Factual error: In the scene where Forrest Gump is wheeling Lt. Dan across a street between a bunch of taxis, the car they go behind is a 1973 Chevrolet Caprice (see the tail lights). However, several scenes later we know the year is 1971 because it is New Year's Eve 1971 because we see the TV flash 1972 as the year changes. (01:13:30)
Continuity mistake: When Forrest sees Jenny at the anti-war demonstration in Washington D.C. he runs through the crowd towards the pond. We see that the gap between the people who let him through closes immediately after him, but in the last shot it remains wide open, obviously to allow a more dramatic view of Jenny's and Forrest's reunion. However, when the crowd is shown from the other side there's no gap at all. (01:04:40)NancyFelix
Audio problem: During the football match when Forrest runs and bumps into the band players, we hear what sounds like cymbals crashing/dropping to the ground. But if you look at the band players he knocks over, there are no cymbals anywhere near them.
Continuity mistake: When Bubba and Forrest have just arrived in Vietnam, they are walking along a boardwalk and pass a sign. The shot changes and faces them, but the sign is gone. (00:40:05)
Revealing mistake: While Forrest is playing the Chinese ping pong player, the camera shows him returning powerful volleys with ease. During one of these returns, his hand and arm bend at an unnatural angle due to the CGI graphics changing a forehand shot to a backhand shot.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Forrest is attacked by boys who are throwing stones he is hit underneath his right eye. In the next shot you can see Forrest bleeding from a wound on his forehead.
Continuity mistake: In the scene where Lt. Dan is waiting on Forrest at the dock, and Forrest jumps overboard off his boat to swim over to meet him, Forrest's hair and face are mysteriously dry for him to have just come out of the water, as if he towelled off his head before climbing the steps up to the platform.
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"Cowboy" Dan Kroffat was a Men's Honoree (Retired) at the Cauliflower Alley Club. His speech, paying tribute to the three individuals that mattered most in his career, should be required reading for anyone in professional wrestling. With his permission, his remarks are printed here for all to consider.
"Cowboy" Dan Kroffat, April 19, 2011, Gulf Coast Hotel & Casino, Las Vegas, NV
"I gave a lot of thought to what I would say here tonight. It's rather ironic that in the last 20 years, since retiring in 1985, that I dedicated myself to fundraising and charity work, working with children's organizations throughout Western Canada, hosting various events where I would get the opportunity to speak to people.
"And the subject matter that I really wanted to address tonight really started when I was in Hawaii a few weeks ago. I was staying at Bret Hart's house, a dear friend of mine. I was there during the tsunami. His house is perched a thousand feet above the beach, and I could see down to Kailua. It came across televisions and radios that this giant wave was coming. Of course, there was a lot of concern about life and damage and everything like that. I stayed up all night, waiting for this enormous wave. Fortunately, and I saw that with great enthusiasm, because I could tell there was a great concern. The television stations were telling people to move off the beaches and they were evacuating people left, right and centre.
"In the morning -- I'd stayed up all night, it was supposed to be there at 3 o'clock, 4 o'clock, 5 o'clock, and it finally arrived in the morning. I ventured down to the beach to see how much damage was done. Amazingly, it was almost like a revelation -- when I arrived, people were laughing, drinking coffee, and there was a sense of relief that was quite amazing. The first thing that went through my mind was that these people were all really appreciating what didn't happen. They were all appreciating, cleaning up. The wave was not near as severe as it could have been; we all know the devastation in Japan, but it didn't happen in Hawaii. I caught myself sort of feeling the same enthusiasm and the same appreciation.
"I thought, I was nominated for this award quite a while ago, several months ago, and I knew one thing I could say for sure -- how much I appreciated the CAC choosing me and honoring me with this award. And of course I would say thank you to Karl [Lauer], to Bob [Leonard], to Nick [Bockwinkel], to everyone associated with it. It's very meaningful to me, and I do appreciate it.
"But it wasn't until yesterday and today that I really decided on what I wanted to say to you. And then I realized this couldn't be a better venue to say what I want to say, because the three people I want to address are here tonight.
"These three people, I look back on my career and you know what? I was very remiss. I don't think I ever had the opportunity to speak to these three individuals and say what I really felt. Here I am tonight receiving this award, and I feel equally important, not only in receiving the award, but what I am going to say to these three individuals here tonight. I ask you to bear with me. It's going to take a few minutes, but I really feel it's important that I express to you -- and some of you may join me in sharing the feelings that I have that I'm about to express.
"The first thing that I'd like to talk about is appreciation, and that's really what I want to address, three individuals and how much I appreciate them.
"I know it's important in life that we appreciate our families, our good health, the countries that we live in, freedom of speech, democracy. I mean we can never take those things for granted, and they are to be appreciated. But when you move beyond that, you've got to ask yourself sometimes, 'What are the other things, what are the other people that we appreciate?'
"I have a career and I have a legacy, and I will be remembered because of this first person. This first person are some of the people that are in this room tonight, and if my voice could go wide and far throughout our country, I would like these people to know that without the media, without the storytellers, the guys who write our stories, the guys who take our pictures, the guys who preserve our history, tonight would never have occurred.
"When I walked into that room today, and I walked around, and I saw how many people are gone, and how many people are still here in our industry, that was the first thing that came to mind. If we didn't take pictures, if we didn't preserve the stories of the individuals that are gone, it would be like sand on the beach, they would be washed away.
"Number two, he is also in this room tonight, which, again, makes this for me a great opportunity.
"For us to wear a belt, for us to have our hand raised, for us to reach the highest levels of our trade, to be recognized throughout the world, this would never happen if we didn't have a fraternity, if we didn't have guys that were willing to put us over. If there weren't guys willing to make us look good in this industry -- when I came into this business, I couldn't lick a stamp. I trained at Stu Hart's Dungeon. I loved him dearly, I miss him dearly. But quite frankly, success is based on two things: One, a promoter giving you the opportunity to show your wares; but number two, and maybe the most important, is our fellow workers, the fraternity of us who work together and help each of us get over. We work as a team to fill the buildings, we work as a team to allow somebody to be on top. I want you to know that I've never said this before, but I think back on 16 years, the opportunities to wear belts, to headline in Japan, California, wherever I was, never for a moment did I think that I put myself there alone. It was because of my fellow workers. Tonight, I want to take this opportunity to thank you.
"The third person in this room, I saved for last. And in some ways, if you really think about this, this is the most important person associated with professional wrestling. This person travels long distances, no matter what the weather, no matter what the price of tickets, they come, they support us, they cheer us, they boo us, they buy our products, they pay our way. We can have a lifestyle and a living because of this person.
"This person I'm talking about tonight is you, the fans.
"I think my fellow workers in here tonight will tell you as much we get caught up in the business, and the moments we have of glory, whether it's wearing a belt or working on top, no matter where, you'll hear stories about our experiences in the business and everything. I know each and every one of us, when we get into an arena and work, and there's 10,000 there, we are more motivated to do the best job we can, give you value for your dollar. I challenge any wrestler in this business or in this room to tell you, if he went into an arena, and the promoter says, 'There's nobody in the building tonight, and I want you to go out and tear the house down,' that is probably going to be the worst match you've ever seen.
"Without you, there wouldn't be us.
"So the writers, the fans, and my fellow wrestlers, thank you very much."


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Katy Perry Reveals Holiday Plans for 'The Sims 3 Seasons'
With 'The Sims 3 Seasons' on the horizon, Katy Perry has shared her favorite holiday season traditions and revealed how to wiggle your way out of an uncomfortable gift-giving situation. Can you imagine the holidays at the Hudson house? Perry probably wears a fully functioning Christmas tree as a dress.
We were trying to be funny, but it turns out that's not too far removed from the truth.
"I'm such a fan of Christmas trees and decorations," Perry said. "In the past, I've typically had more non-traditional Christmas trees. I remember a couple of Christmases ago I had an electric pink Christmas tree and I loved that. But this year, I think I'm going to go for more of a traditional look but it's going to be very tall."
Besides a tall tree, Perry shared how things shake down at Casa Hudson – since that's her family name. "The typical holiday season for me and my family is just all about family time and really how much time we can spend with each other," the 'Wide Awake' singer said. "We will all sit around each other and it's funny because you can tell we are family. We all have the same sarcastic sense of humor."
Perry also shared that she prepares when it comes to holiday parties by keeping a few generic gift-wrapped bottles of champagne in case she crashes a last minute soiree.
But if she ever got caught empty-handed at holiday party where presents were being exchanged, she has a bulletproof excuse.
"All I would say is, 'Oh it's on back-order! Everyone was really into this idea for a present. It's the best present ever and it's on back-order and it's that great, but you're just going to wait a little time.'"
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And since she was talking about 'The Sims,' she revealed that the she turn her BFF Shannon or her cat Kitty Perry into a Sim. "It'd be nice to have my cat be a Sim and see what she would look like and what kind of character traits she'd have," Perry mused. "I'd love to see her actually talk. It would be my dream to have that cat talk. I know she's had so much on her mind ever since she's been at my house."
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DALLAS — The Dallas Mavericks on Wednesday face old pal Jason Kidd and the New York Knicks for the second time in less than two weeks. In the time between, the drastic decline witnessed at point guard must be unnerving for Dallas.
The promising start Darren Collison rode into the Big Apple on Nov. 9 is swerving amid a mess of poor decision making, poor shooting and perplexing turnovers. After Monday's 105-101 overtime home loss to the Golden State Warriors in which Collison was terrible offensively (seven points on 2-for-11 shooting, five assists and five turnovers) and torched defensively by Stephen Curry (31 points, nine assists), his quickest move was exiting the locker room before the media was granted entrance for post game interviews.
Mavs coach Rick Carlisle addressed his point guard's spotty play by saying he must help Collison snap out of it.
"Right now, he's our starting point guard," Carlisle said. "I know he can play better. I know he's frustrated with how things are going. Right now, I've just got to help him get better. When players struggle, it's on the coach. I don't dodge that responsibility."
Even if Carlisle wanted to make a switch, he has no realistic option. Dallas waived the disgruntled Delonte West before the start of the season. Roddy Beaubois continues to be disappointingly ineffective and third-year guard Dominique Jones, while flashing potential in his recently increased role, is reckless handling the basketball and unreliable shooting it.
This isn't to suggest the Mavs would be better off with Kidd, who is off to a strong start with the Knicks in his 19th season. Dallas wanted the 39 year old back, but he spurned its offer to join New York, the right move for him and the Mavs, regardless if Collison ultimately becomes Dallas' long-term (not to mention the short-term) solution or not.
The Mavs were 4-1 when they headed to Madison Square Garden and gamely competed against the then-undefeated Knicks before falling late. The loss started this current 2-5 stretch that has Dallas, still without star Dirk Nowitzki, at .500 (6-6) and backed into a corner with the revenge-minded Los Angeles Lakers following the Knicks into town Saturday night.
It was in L.A. on opening night that the speedy Collison carved up Steve Nash and Dallas' new cast surprisingly revved up an uncertain offense. In the first five games, Collison averaged 16.2 points on highly efficient shooting at close range, and 7.2 assists, while committing just six total turnovers.
In the last seven games, he's averaged 11.2 points and 5.9 assists with 21 turnovers. In just the last four games, he's shooting 30.8 percent while averaging 10.0 points, 5.5 assists and 3.3 turnovers.
At the other end, it's been a scorched trail of point-guard destruction: Kemba Walker, Luke Ridnour, former Pacers teammate George Hill, Kyrie Irving and finally Curry's explosion for a season high in points and assists. The Mavs have yet to see All-Star point guards the likes of Chris Paul, Tony Parker and Russell Westbrook.
"Stephen Curry just didn't outplay one player," Mavs shooting guard O.J. Mayo said. "He outplayed the Dallas Mavericks."
Maybe so, but Collison was on the floor for 38 of Curry's 43 minutes and served as his primary defender. Offensively, Collison was ineffective, at best. He did hit the game-tying jumper with 36 seconds to play to force overtime after Curry's fourth-quarter blitz, but even that was a broken play in which he failed to get the ball into center Chris Kaman on a mismatch.
If not for Mayo's late scoring takeover — hero ball, as they like to say nowadays, at its essence — the Mavs might not have even reached overtime. Mayo had 18 of his team-high 27 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, and accounted for all 11 of Dallas' points in OT on just one assist.
"I had the opportunity to have the ball in my hands," Mayo said. "I didn't have to depend on someone creating a shot for me."
Not exactly a ringing endorsement for your point guard. And that's a problem.


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Less misleading, perhaps, to say that there are two drafts of pp. 29-54 and that it is not certain which should be counted as completing pp. 1-28. Pages 45-53 of one of these drafts were published as 1.288-292. See G-1905-1c. Not published is the first part of the manuscript which follows the third of the Monist articles very closely. Theory of signs. Relation among thought, thinking, and Signs. Application of the type-token distinction. Diagram of thought, with some conventions for diagramming. The meaning of a conditional proposition and the revision of the tychistic hypothesis. The "second" draft is similar to the first in respect to the conventions for the diagramming of thought. Restatement of chief purpose for constructing algebras of logic and existential graphs. Sketch of a classification of signs.
Diagram (see also Graphs), Graphs existential, Logic (modal see Modality), Monist Artides (of ), Pragmatism and Pragmaticism, Proposition, Sign(s), classification of Sign(s), theory of Sign(s) (see also Icon Index Symbol), Thinking, Thought, Token (see also Type), Tychism (see also Chance Indeterminacy), Type (see also Token)
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2.3 Kg Miche and Zen
Many years ago I became interested in Suzuki Daisetsu's (or known in the West as Daisetz T. Susuki, 1870 - 1966)'s Japanese Zen Buddhism. He was accredited in bringing interest in Zen and Buddhism to the West in the early 20th century. Before I realised it years later, the stuff I was reading was actually Zen aestheticism, rather than Zen per se.
And so a few days ago when I decided to do a giant Miche to imitate the French village bakers years gone by, that was the analogy that came to my mind. The village bakers in France with their torn and worn out proofing baskets, sun weathered and wrinkled faces are soulful to me. There was something quite fundamental and down to earth about their way of life. In our modern day of comforts, we can afford to bake almost every day if time permits and in any sizes we want. We are not constraint. And if the truth be known, small sizes are more practical for our small family units.
I am going on a journey in a few days time for three weeks and I wanted to make a special bake before I leave. Like the New York Stock Exchange closing down its bourse games on the last trading day of the year, I will be "shutting down" my oven once I've done this bake, I told myself. Talking about shutting down, in the days when I was working, I always thought when the Chinese (Taiwanese) say they are "shutting down" ("feng" in Mandarin) their stock exchange ("guan" in Mandarin), it sounded really "epic;" in Mandarin, that is. Because the Mandarin "guan" relates to the Great Wall in China and so cajoles images of the long history of China. A "guan" is a bastion in a strategic geographical location; the two most famous "guans" in Chinese history are "Chia-yu-guan," far west of China, near Tun-Huang, where the famous silk road starts, and "Shan-hai-guan" to the far east, north-east of Beijing in the eastern sea board of China, winding 6,700 Km apart. I am not comparing my oven to the Chinese "guan" or the Big Board of NYSE, but I felt the last three months of bread baking has been quite a journey to me, and I hope the next one will bring me to the next level.
My formula
- 500 g starter @ 75% hydration (refreshed four times over 72 hours with 100 g rye meal and 100 g white whole wheat and 86 g white flour in total)
- 1000 g KAF Sir Lancelot Flour
- 700 g water
- 65 g olive oil
- 24 g salt
dough weight 2.3 kg and dough hydration 76%
- Bulk fermentation 3 hours
- Proof 4 hours
- Overnight cold retardation 8 hours followed by 90 min. at room temp
- Bake for 80 minutes (230 C for 20 min, 210 C for another 20 min, and the balance 40 min at 195 C)
My husband asked me what the character was. I said my maiden name. He said, Oh, Whoo made it. Who? Whoo. He was doing the Abbot and Castello routine of Who's on first.
We were having this sourdough for our lunch when his boss rang. I said to tell him that the Miche was 2.3 Kg. His boss asked, was that the weight before bake or after. Now, this sounds to me a question by a person in the know. The water shrinkage was nearly 18%! It was only 1.9 kg after bake. I cut off a quarter of the Miche:
to be wrapped in foil and put into the freezer for my husband's next business trip (but I am not confident that it will stay as fresh as today).
Does it look like we are big on this crust?


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The pre-sales process is one of the trickiest and most important elements in determining whether or not your new club will be successful when it opens. The steps to a great pre-sale (the time prior to a club opening when you market the club and begin to accept members) are many. If this is your first club, I would highly recommend hiring a consultant to help you. However, if you are determined to do this on your own, you must keep several things in mind.
Perhaps one of the most important first decisions you will make is when to start the pre-sales process. Here are some things you must complete before you begin pre-sales:
- You have done your due diligence.
- You have signed your lease to your club.
- Your architect has started reviewing your program needs and measuring them up against the floor plan.
- Your architectural plans have been completed and submitted to the township for final review and approval.
- You have hired a general manager.
- You have talked with your general contractor, architect, landlord, equipment manufacturer and interior designer to determine the dates they say they will be finished.
- You have set an opening date, factoring in unforeseen obstacles, such as bad weather, misrepresentations and miscalculations, that could delay the opening.
Most clubs start selling memberships at the end of construction because having a prolonged pre-sale is not advisable and will turn off potential members, especially if you have delays that require a lot of new projected opening dates.
Pre-sales is beneficial in several ways. It:
- Creates excitement in the market.
- Enables the club to begin marketing efforts and get a head-start on building the membership base.
- Creates a membership base to market to.
- Begins building a solid reputation for the club.
- Helps "brand" your name.
- Builds teamwork.
- Allows you to evaluate staff before actual opening.
- Gauges marketing and advertising venues and efforts.
- Gets the word out that the club is close to opening.
After you have determined the opening date and understand why pre-sales is beneficial, you must prepare for pre-sales. Set up your pre-sales office at least 30 days prior to accepting memberships. This will give you time to apply the five basic principles of business, which are:
- Planning. Write up a plan for pre-sales, starting with writing down the planned opening date. This date should be as close to 100 percent accurate as possible because you want to start selling memberships no more than three months prior to the club opening date. Your next step is to determine the membership rates and project the number of new membership sales required. Develop a three-month pre-sales marketing, advertising and public relations plan to back up the sales effort. Make sure to include fixed costs (set budgets) on all initiatives. Decide where the pre-sales office will be located and what staffing is needed for pre-sales. Do your homework on fitness software and sales training tools. Make a list of everything needed to begin pre-sales.
- Organizing. Gather all items needed in the planning stage. Divide up and assign job tasks. Make a calendar of dates and times of events. Determine the personnel needed to operate the pre-sales effort. Set up sales offices, the reception area and marketing material.
- Staffing. Decide on the management structure needed to operate the club, then start hiring beyond your general manager. You must hire a sales manager and sales associates. You may need to hire a receptionist if you experience high traffic. After you hire your staff, you need to train staff on policies and procedures, role playing and reviewing scripted presentations and greetings. Then, you must make a master work schedule and keep to it.
- Implementation. Implementation is when you start your pre-sales effort, following your marketing plan and selling memberships. You and your general manager must set the example, doing everything in accordance with your plan. If something needs to be adjusted, write up an amended plan, communicate the adjustment with your staff and make the change as a team.
- Control. Hold everyone accountable for their individual responsibilities and sales goals. Make it clear that all budgets must be reached and maintained. Track and measure all marketing, advertising and public relations initiatives. React to market conditions and make adjustments as needed.
To do all of this, you must have a good marketing plan. The goal of the marketing plan is to develop market awareness and to brand your new club so everyone knows what your club is and why they need to join. Good marketing plans require a realistic and well-managed marketing and advertising budget. Because you have finite dollars dedicated to pre-sales, make sure your marketing plan is developed within those limitations.
The basic formula for pre-sales marketing is a combination of direct mail, newspaper ads, radio spots, billboard displays, lead boxes, door hangers, guest passes, social networking, email blasts, internet/ecommerce and general outreach.
A well-thought-out and executed pre-sales campaign has many benefits, the best of which is that you open your new club with 1,000 or more new members sharing with their contacts what a great new club they joined.
Tony Santomauro is owner and president of The Santomauro Group, a health, fitness, martial arts and sports consulting and management company. Santomauro, a 35-year health and fitness veteran, was co-founder and former president of Can Do Fitness Clubs in New Jersey for the past 12 years. He has extensive direct/corporate sales and marketing experience as well as expertise in advertising, public relations, martial arts and kids programming, equipment layout and design, class and fitness programming and all operational aspects in the field. He is an internationally certified Kukkiwon black belt. He can be contacted at email@example.com or 973-396-2100.


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In 1961, Denise Duhamel was born in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. She received a BFA degree from Emerson College and a MFA degree from Sarah Lawrence College.
She is the author of numerous collections of poetry, including: Blowout (University of Pittsburgh, 2013), Ka-Ching! (University of Pittsburgh, 2009), and Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (University of Pittsburgh, 2001).
Her other books currently in print are Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (University of Pittsburgh, 2001), The Star-Spangled Banner, winner of the Crab Orchard Poetry Prize (1999); Kinky (1997); Girl Soldier (1996); and How the Sky Fell (1996). Duhamel has also collaborated with the poet Maureen Seaton on several volumes, including Caprise: Collected, Uncollected, & New Collaborations (Sibling Rivalry Press, 2015), Little Novels (Pearl Editions, 2002), and Exquisite Politics (Tia Chucha Press, 1997).
In response to Duhamel's collection Smile!, Edward Field says, "More than any other poet I know, Denise Duhamel, for all the witty, polished surface of her poems, communicates the ache of human existence."
Duhamel has received grants and awards from numerous organizations, including a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and she served as the guest editor of The Best American Poetry 2013. She teaches creative writing and literature at Florida International University and lives in Hollywood, Florida.
Selected Bibliography
Blowout (University of Pittsburgh, 2013)
Ka-Ching! (University of Pittsburgh, 2009)
Two and Two (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2005)
Mille et un sentiments (Firewheel Editions, 2005)
Queen for a Day: Selected and New Poems (University of Pittsburgh, 2001)
The Star-Spangled Banner (Southern Illinois University Press, 1999)
The Woman With Two Vaginas (Salmon Run Press, 1994)
Smile! (Warm Spring Press, 1993)