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5.0 Mustang & Super FordsNews & Views
Bench Racer - So long to the CD player? - December 2013
Stacking The Deck
Just the other day I read a news story predicting the impending demise of the CD player as an in-dash resident in automobiles. Sure the CD player is still hanging on in most cars, but for how much longer will it hold onto its center-stack real estate?
Upon reading this, I was immediately saddened just a bit. In my college days, I worked in a record store. Many of you probably never had the opportunity or inclination to go into a store to actually purchase music, but in the old days, that's how it was done. During my tenure, I saw the transition from vinyl and cassettes to compact discs. I still remember saving up for my first in-dash CD player. Making that move up from noisy, hissing cassettes was big. Cassettes needed rewinding and would occasionally break and tangle. Moreover, they just didn't sound as good as compact discs. That digital revolution brought high-quality audio into the car.
Having been through the full sweep of car audio sources from 8-tracks, to cassettes, to CDs, it was kind of a big moment to have that kind of quality in the car. It was the mix of sound and portability that really made the difference. I can remember using an 8-track-to-cassette adapter in my mom's '77 T-bird. (After all, Mom deserved to hear the dulcet tones of Ozzy Osbourne's Blizzard of Ozz.) Later, I just had to have a good cassette deck in my own ride. For me, music and Mustangs have always been fast friends.
So as I read this story about the possible demise of the CD player in cars, I wondered what might happen with the '15 Mustang? Could it be born with no CD player? Possibly, but I doubt it. Mustangers are a bit conservative in nature, and Ford has really taken baby steps in adding technology to the car. If it did happen, I would be a little sad, but despite my nostalgia for physical media, I'm addicted to technology and I love its benefits.
Modern Mustangs have had CD players for a long while, but it seemed to take an eternity for the 'Stang to get a basic auxiliary input. Once we could carry 1,000 songs in our pockets, that convenience trumped the quality of the CD. Having all your music with you makes a long drive quite a joy. Factor in all the possibilities of satellite radio, streaming music, and 1,000s of songs on a thumb drive, and you can see why the dash real estate taken by a mechanical CD player might be up for sale.
As much as it might sting to see another symbol of my youth go by the roadside, the timing would be great for Ford to use the new Mustang as a launching vehicle for technology. Seriously, why do aux in, Sync, navigation, backup warning, reverse cameras, and other useful gadgetry show up in many other Fords before saddling up in a Mustang? It would seem that the relatively smaller numbers of Mustangs would make it an ideal testbed for new tech. Try it out with Mustang enthusiasts before launching it across the more mainstream Fords. Heck, you could even take some chances and try out new things to see if they are accepted.
These days my daily driver is a Focus ST, and it's brimming with technology, but even it lacks a backup camera and cool Track Apps like Mustang. However, it does have truly keyless entry and push-button starting, among other cool features. However, it's not like this technology is that new, yet it still hasn't appeared in the Mustang. Why not? Along those lines there are myriad technologies in development that might appear on a Mustang window sticker. I'd love to see options like adaptive cruise control and air-conditioned seats, along with the other fusions of navigation, cameras, and Track Apps that I've discussed on this page.
Do you agree that the Mustang should be a technological tour de force, or do you prefer a stripped-down, all- performance motif? Keep in mind that with options, you could order it either way, but having them available is an advantage for those that want them. Are there options you'd love to see? Hit me on Twitter @editorturner or email us here at firstname.lastname@example.com to share your ideas.


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History major appreciates interdependence of cultures, disciplines
September 30, 2009
With the help of Lewis & Clark's student-led grant program, senior Betto van Waarden conducted research abroad this summer to support his thesis. The globetrotting history major, a native of Holland, explored themes of globalization and the exchange of ideas across cultures. A grant from the Student Academic Affairs Board (SAAB) allowed him to travel throughout the Netherlands, studying the transfer of knowledge between Europeans and Asians in the 18th century. In this interview, van Waarden discusses his work and the parallels he has drawn between history and our modern world.
Like so many students at Lewis & Clark, you've traveled extensively. Even deciding to move to Portland from your home in the Netherlands must have been a huge journey. Can you share a bit about your background and explain why you think global engagement is important?
I was born in Holland and moved to Germany when I was two years old. In my childhood, cultural and linguistic differences were natural to me, but I also learned early on that cultures and people are more similar than different. Back in Holland, I went to a bilingual Dutch-English high school. I biked 13 kilometers to get there every morning, rather than going to a gymnasia around the corner from my house. Through the bilingual program, I traveled to England, Germany, Norway, Botswana, and Canada. Canada was the biggest culture shock: not because of the society itself, but because I went to a small Christian school there—religion perhaps feeling more foreign to the modern Northern European than African lions and rhinos do. Nevertheless, I greatly enjoyed the experience and learned valuable insights into the modern Christian way of life.
After a gap year in Brazil, the Fulbright Center in Amsterdam brought me to Lewis & Clark. I like the liberal arts idea of educating students in multiple disciplines, as I believe that these disciplines are interconnected. The same goes for global engagement, which is why the College's focus on international experiences and projects is valuable. Especially in an increasingly fast-paced and globalized world, people must be flexible and learn to think critically and from different points of view. Both a broad education and global engagement are important to the exchange of viewpoints and expertise. Opportunities at the College—such as the 100 Projects for Peace experience that three fellow students and I shared in Brazil last summer—allow students to put the knowledge and skills they learn in college into practice and connect with the rest of the world.
The complex world of the 21st century, with its growing population and increasingly scarce resources, demands that people cooperate. The current economic crisis once again demonstrates the interconnectedness of our societies. We live in this world together, so we must work together. And Lewis & Clark is a great place to learn how to start doing so.
Your research stems from themes of globalization and the intercultural exchange of ideas. What do you think the contemporary relevance of your topic might be?
Especially on a liberal college campus such as Lewis & Clark, globalization often has a negative connotation. Many students relate it to an exponential increase and export of Western materialism to the rest of the world, resulting in an increasing homogenization of cultures. However, my research demonstrates that even in the days of oppressive colonial trade knowledge accompanied merchant goods around the world. With increasing welfare, better and more widespread education, and modern technologies, today's globalization has the potential to contribute to the spread and development of knowledge worldwide.
My topic also provides an appreciation of the ease with which information travels nowadays: Western students are one mouse-click away from foreign knowledge that would have taken decades to gather in the 18th century.
What was the most important thing you learned this summer?
My research taught me that cultural exchange is far more complex and nuanced than the secondary literature often implies. For the international exchange of ideas to occur, the contexts on both the transmitting and receiving ends must favor exchange, and dedicated travelers must be able to cooperate with locals and promote the spread of their gained knowledge back home. My research further suggests that most exchange of knowledge between cultures occurs when they are on equal footing and treat each other with respect and trust.
Lewis & Clark College students have dedicated a portion of their student fees to support the work of their peers for nearly 30 years now. What do you think SAAB offers to the campus community and the community at large?
First of all, SAAB offers students the opportunity to do research that would otherwise be impossible. Through the research, these students go into the "real world" to complement their academic learning with practical experience, which often puts them and their ideas into contact with the wider community. The students learn from the community, and the community learns from the students.
I had not considered the possibility of doing thesis research over the summer until I read about the other interesting projects that students did via SAAB grants. And as relatively few grants go to history research, perhaps my research can inspire future history majors to do research through SAAB. Similarly, Dutch people were amazed at the opportunities that organizations like SAAB offer to students at an American college. My research introduced people in Holland to the idea of the possibilities of student-motivated research.
How did you decide to be a history major and what do you like about studying history at Lewis & Clark?
Starting with a series of comic books about Dutch national history, I always liked to read histories. This natural interest is coupled with a belief that knowing the past is vital for understanding the present. I do not argue that historians can predict the future based on past evidence, but I think that it is important to observe patterns over time. We can learn from the past and improve—even if it is just step-by-step.
My broad interest brought me to the liberal arts. I wanted to pursue many social disciplines and realized that the study of history encompasses these different disciplines. For instance, if I study and work with political or economic theories, I want to understand what they were based on, how they developed, and how they actually function in reality. I enjoy working with theories, and the study of history allows me to maintain contact with the real-life impacts of these theories.
Betto van Waarden is in East Africa with the Lewis & Clark overseas program for the Fall 2009 semester.

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As you wait anxiously in the motionless horde of cars tangled in rush hour traffic, you gather surrounding statistics through your digital LED contact lenses. Tom's Pizzeria is five blocks ahead and was ranked four out of five stars by customer reviews. As for the woman in the beige Honda beside you, she has a Jack Russell Terrier named Charlie, is originally from Texas, and her favorite book is Emily Bronte's Wuthering Heights. The pack loosens up and you finish your commute home.
Three blocks away from your house though, your lenses display a Tweet from your wife, which says she's watching a rerun of Seinfeld and is hungry for pizza. You consider turning around—Tom's did get good reviews—but you proceed to your final destination instead, using turn-by-turn directions that appear above every intersection. No, you are not a Terminator sent here to aid Arnold Schwarzenegger's character in the destruction of John Connor, however. Rather, you are just an average Joe, with less than perfect vision, living somewhere in the near future, thanks to the promise of augmented reality.
What is Augmented Reality?
In 1990, Boeing researcher Tom Caudell first coined the term "augmented reality" to describe a digital display used by aircraft electricians that blended virtual graphics onto a physical reality. As for the computer science world's definition of augmented reality (AR) though, it's more detailed, but essentially the same: Augmented reality is the interaction of superimposed graphics, audio and other sense enhancements over a real-world environment that's displayed in real-time.
AR is not a new concept either. In fact, we've seen it in many different ways over the years, but we just might not have noticed. From the yellow first-down lines sketched over a televised football game to the movie Who Framed Roger Rabbit—or even examples as basic as where a projector's been used to project images atop a real setting—all are examples of virtual graphics being superimposed upon a real-life situation.
So what's with all the recent hype? Well, most AR researchers say there's been hype for the idea of augmented reality since the 1930s. But most of its modern enthusiasm has been contained within the computing community. As for the sudden upsurge in public interest though, the mobile community has brought on this recent hype due to the increasing number of AR smartphone apps released this summer and following slew set to appear this fall.


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Read any report on HIV in black America, attend any HIV conference or look up at an HIV prevention billboard and it's clear who is most impacted by this epidemic in the U.S.: black men who have sex with men (MSM) and black heterosexual women. Perhaps that heavy focus, along with homophobia in the black community, is what led to the belief in the down-low phenomenon, according to which duplicitous and sinister bisexual men are sleeping with men and also having unprotected sex with women.
Kellee Terrell, News Editor for TheBody.com
And while so many in the African-American community buy into this myth, science demonstrates that that just isn't so. The down low is not fueling the HIV epidemic among black women. So, if it's not about men on the down low and the main source of HIV transmission among black women is heterosexual contact, at what point are we going to address the elephant in the room?
Heterosexual men do have HIV, and they are falling through the cracks.
In order to fully address this epidemic head on, we have to include heterosexual African-American men. But how do we go about doing this given the stigma and homophobia in the black community? What work is being done now that is making an impact among this demographic? And where are the heterosexual men living with HIV who will speak out?
Participating in this discussion on the subject are Ingrid Floyd, the executive director of Iris House in New York City, and Larry Bryant, the national field organizer for Housing Works in Washington, D.C. Bryant has been living with HIV since 1986.
Kellee Terrell: Ingrid, what are some of the major barriers that you face when getting heterosexual black men to get tested for HIV, use condoms or even come forth with their stories of being positive?
Ingrid Floyd, Executive Director for Iris House
Larry Bryant, National Field Organizer for Housing Works
Ingrid Floyd: One difficulty that we face is that this conversation has traditionally been centered around men who sleep with men or gay men. And so a lot of heterosexual men tend to think that HIV doesn't affect them, that they are not impacted by HIV because of their heterosexual behaviors. They don't see themselves as being at risk.
I also think that, particularly in the black community, there is a taboo around condom use. There is the perception that someone who uses condoms is promiscuous, or you only use condoms if you're not trying to get pregnant. And so we have not made condom use a social norm in our communities.
So the fact that they don't see themselves at risk and the fact that condom use isn't a social norm make it even more difficult to get people to come in to get tested and learn more about HIV.
And definitely, because of the stigma around HIV, it makes it even more difficult for anyone who is living with HIV to come forward. It takes a little longer for us to get them to a point where they want to come in for supportive services, as well as to make sure that they're maintaining medical services.
Larry Bryant: I have to echo what Ingrid said about stigma, and the environment within the black community around homophobia, and just that acceptance of being able to talk about HIV and sexuality among men. Looking at how men and their sexuality have been historically represented in movies, such as Shaft and Mandingo, coupled with other stereotypes, such as the strong, silent black man, we have not yet been comfortable communicating our sexuality, or issues related to sex and identity. And nowadays, we repeatedly see images in videos and music that convey the macho, kind of non-emotional, non-communicative man -- you know, monosyllabic in communication.
But I think that economic disparities and educational disparities among black men also play a factor. For many, sexual health is not even a priority among the things that they need to deal with. It's about getting a job, getting an education, and making ends meet; it's about survival. HIV and STDs [sexually transmitted diseases] are just not on their radar.
A lot of young men, especially in the inner city, don't even expect to live into advanced stages of adulthood. It's almost a kamikaze attitude with some young black men to not anticipate having a long life.


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It's been a true pleasure to be a part of Paul Kenny's working life over the last six years or so. To date, the cherry on the cake was being asked to make the edition prints for his upcoming book, Seaworks 1998-2013.
Over the years, regular readers of this blog will have become very familiar with Paul's work. If you'd like a little reminder, type his name into the search box towards the top right.
Set for a release date on 15th June, Seaworks 1998-2013 is being published in three forms by Triplekite Publishing — the standard book, a Special Edition and a Luxury Edition.
The Special and Luxury editions contain prints that are signed, numbered and embossed by Paul. To cap it off, the book is introduced by one of the finest writers on photography, Francis Hodgson.
I understand that pre-ordering of these editions has been brisk to say the least. If you're a Paul Kenny fan, this is the ideal time to stake your claim to a copy of his beautiful book.
You might be aware of the prices Paul's work commands at Beetles+Huxley in London, in which case you'll also realise that this is a great chance to acquire two very accessibly-priced prints.
"The work, building on themes developed over thirty-five years, tries to find the awe-inspiring in that which is easily passed by. It contains issues of fragility, beauty and transience in the landscape: marks and scars left by man and the potential threat to the few remaining areas of wilderness. Looking at the micro and thinking about the macro, I aim for each print to be a beautiful, irresistible, thought provoking object." — Paul Kenny
Along the Strandline No.1 and Iona Sun are made as Archival Pigment Prints on Hahnemühle Photo Rag 308gsm using HP Vivera Pigment Ink.


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Improving Insertion Sort
It seems that Insertion Sort performs many swaps in the inner for loop. These swaps consist of three read and three write operations. These swaps have redundancy between loop iterations. By examining the algorithm carefully, all intermediate writes of the initial a[j] value can be seen redundant and can be removed, except for the last write to the final location. STL sort(), which uses Insertion Sort internally implements such an optimization, and so do [5] and [6]. This optimization is shown in Listing Five. This improvement results in significantly fewer reads and writes (3-to-1 reduction) by using a realization that array elements can be shifted to the right and then the current element can be moved to the final position.
Listing Five
// Listing5.cpp // Optimization borrowed from STL, which does not do swap during every iteration, and reduces the number of reads and writes. // However, the number of reads and writes is still O( n^2 ). This implementation is substantially faster than using swaps! void insertionSortSimilarToSTL( float* a, unsigned long a_size ) { for ( unsigned long i = 1; i < a_size; i++ ) { unsigned long j; float currentElement = a[ i ]; for ( j = i; j > 0 && currentElement < a[ j - 1 ]; j-- ) { a[ j ] = a[ j - 1 ]; } a[ j ] = currentElement; // Notice that here we can copy an element onto itself } }
Performance measurements of this improved version are shown in Tables 4, 5, and 6, along with speed-up obtained, shown in the last row of each table.
Table 4
Table 5
Table 6
However, this improvement introduces a side-effect that the original version in Listing Two, which used swaps, did not contain. If the first comparison in the inner for loop failed, then the original version performed no swaps and thus no writes to the array, but the improved version does. This side-effect can be seen for presorted input data set. Because the write is outside of the inner for loop, it is performed no matter what the inner for loop does, even if it initially fails. This case results in self-assignment; for example,
a[i] = a]i].
Obviously, self-assignment is redundant work, and can be eliminated using an if statement comparing indexes. However, this adds a comparison overhead that is incurred on every assignment whether self-assigning or not. The majority of cases will not be doing self-assigning, and thus it would be inefficient to have all cases suffer in performance for a rare condition of self-assignment.
Listing Six shows a new implementation which avoids self-assignment without doing any extra work, by unrolling the first loop, which is the only case where self-assignment can occur.
Listing Six
// Listing6.cpp void insertionSortSimilarToSTLnoSelfAssignment( float* a, unsigned long a_size ) { for ( unsigned long i = 1; i < a_size; i++ ) { if ( a[ i ] < a[ i - 1 ] ) // no need to do (j > 0) compare for the first iteration { float currentElement = a[ i ]; a[ i ] = a[ i - 1 ]; unsigned long j; for ( j = i - 1; j > 0 && currentElement < a[ j - 1 ]; j-- ) { a[ j ] = a[ j - 1 ]; } a[ j ] = currentElement; // always necessary work/write } // Perform no work at all if the first comparison fails - i.e. never assign an element to itself! } }
Otherwise, once the for loop starts rolling past the initial iteration, self-assignment cannot occur. Performance measurements of this improved version are shown in Tables 4, 5 and 6.
The majority of the performance improvements come from reducing the number of reads and writes during swaps, which shows a significant speedup (2.4X to 4X) with slight improvement due to elimination of self-assignment. Insertion Sort ability to not perform any writes for presorted input data sets has also been restored, and the measurements captured in Table 5 for presorted input data confirms it.


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The Eclipse Project uses Eclipse Bugzilla for bug tracking. This page provides details on how the Eclipse project uses bugzilla.
Bugzilla Fields
The Eclipse Project uses the following values for the bugzilla Product field:
- Platform
- Incubator
Target Milestones
The 'Target Milestone' field lists the Milestone or Release in which a bug is intended to get fixed or was first fixed. The fix can be assumed to be present in all milestones or releases after that point, unless otherwise specified in the bug. The notation used is as follows:
- x.y.z - indicates a final release build in which the fix/enhancement was made
- x.y.z M# - indicates a milestone build in which the fix/enhancement was made
- x.y.z RC# - indicates a release candidate build in which the fix/enhancement was made
- 2.0 F# - indicates a release candidate build from the 2.0 release. The term freeze was replaced with release candidate in subsequent releases
- x.y.z+ - indicates the fix was made after the x.y.z release, and was released into the Rx_y_maintenance branch in CVS corresponding to that release. If a hypothetical x.y.(z+1) release were to occur, it would contain the release, but no such release is scheduled. For example 3.4.2+ indicates the fix was released in the R3_4_maintenance branch in CVS sometime after the 3.4.2 release, and would be included in a theoretical 3.4.3 release if such a release occurred.
Priority is set by the committer or contributor that the bug is assigned to, or by the component owner. This roughly indicates the importance of the bug/enhancement relative to the other bugs/enhancements owned by the committer or component.
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Severity is set by the person who reported the bug. The bug owner can change the severity or request the originator do so if their description of the problem is inconsistent with the definition of the severity. However, the severity represents the originator's perspective and should not be changed by others purely because they have a different perspective. For example if the originator only uses Eclipse for spell-checking, and the spell-checking function is not working, they can fairly say the bug is blocking even though from the committer's perspective it is only a major problem.
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Happy hour at Museo degli Innocenti lets you discover the museum on a afternoon at a special reduced entrance fee with a video guide included.
Thanks to this initiative, you'll uncover the history of one of the first institutes in the world for abandoned children. You'll also see the elegant sandstone building designed by Filippo Brunelleschi and the marvelous works of art contained in it.
At a price of 6€ (instead of 10€), you'll be able to access Museo degli Innocenti between 5.00pm and 7.00pm (last entry allowed at 6.30pm– half an hour before closing) and pick up your video guide, available in Italian, English, Spanish and French, with a route for adults or children. To take advantage of the promotion, simply:
- Select your date and click 'Register',
- print the voucher you receive by mail (or, if you prefer, just show the to the museum ticket office via your mobile phone);
- pay the amount of € 6 per person directly to the museum ticket office.
The entire museum itinerary is developed around the theme of hospitality and tells visitors about the essence of the Institute in its six centuries of activity, integrating the documentary and archive heritage with the artistic and historical one.
In the basement you'll discover the history and evolution of the Institute through the biographies and personal memories of the so called "Nocentini", the children that were fostered here. On the ground floor, you'll learn about the evolution of the Institute from an architectural point of view. On the second floor you'll enjoy the wonderful works of art by Domenico Ghirlandaio, Piero di Cosimo, Neri di Bicci, Andrea della Robbia and Sandro Botticelli.
At the end of the visit, if you wish, you can go up to the wonderful setting of Caffè del Verone, a 300 square metre open air café located on the 5th and top floor of the Innocenti Institute, which enjoys breath taking views of Florence.
Take advantage of this special offer to get to know one of the first institutions in the world for abandoned children and the artistic and archaeological treasures contained within!
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- Video guide rental
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I need a lawyer who can help me make a legal contract template for us to use when hire any company or freelancer to do any online project, basically mobile applications. Something like NDA, that will protect the ownership of ideas and assets before-after completion of the project, and can really be use to claim when needed.
We are not paying more than 100$ on this project. So set it in the budget please.
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Erocolle is giving away a pair of Love Women Ceramic Hair Straighteners for the next 5 days. You may enter all 5 days for the better chance of winning!
This competition is open internationally.
Please comment to win.
Winners Announced next week!
Those of you who enter Erocolle Giveaway will know that I usually set funny, unusual questions….and today is no exception!
So – those of you who will know that something happened to me yesterday that left me a little bit traumatised.
So tell me – what was the last time you were traumatised? (Funny traumatised, please, there's not blog psychologist available to talk about the time someone boiled your pet bunny).


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Abeg, all the visitors of this blog should help me beg the VIP readers who comment and subscribe to this blog. I really apologize for the 'brief' hiatus. I was actually around, but I was not "on seat." The Nigerian civil service shows that you can be absent from your desk but present at work.
Outside of blogging, I have had so much going on lately. I am also dealing with life's pressures and pleasures constantly. And some of this pressures get as dem be. Sometimes blogging is the last thing I want to do. Maybe I need to hire a special assistant who can take dictation. Sir, how do I spell Kpom kwem?
God was faithful, so I managed to conquer all life had to throw at me in 2012, and here I am in 2013 alive and well. Life is good. I hope 2013 has found you all in good health. What special things happened in your life. Anyone? Abi una still dey vex? Una nor gree answer me? Okay be like that. Ogboju pass power.
Besides, it hasn't been that long since we last exchanged ideas, has it? Let me recount what 'types' of water has passed under the bridge since my last post on October 20 2012:
Tonto Dikeh released a single which was critically exclaimed at (forget acclaimed), while Tiwa Savage released a statement on Twitter denying that she had gotten married secretly, even though she didn't verify if she was single.
D'Banj's new single "The Bachelor" has gotten mixed reviews, and is said not be as "critically acclaimed" as his earlier works like "Oliver Twist" while Osaze Odemwengie the football star, heavily criticized the Super Eagles coach Stephen "Bournvira" Keshi for dropping him from the squad for the Nations Cup tournament starting tomorrow. Osaze claimed that stories circulating that he was a divisive character were twisted.
Cossy Orjiakor went HAM on Twitter with some racy photos of her in a Bravissimo Cosset, sorry corset, complete with stockings; Beyonce seemingly reacted jealously to the column inches and press Cossy was getting, by releasing pictures of herself in panties and in various stages of undress. Ok o.
Tony Anenih, the politician and PDP stalwart, was appointed chairman of the board of the NPA (Nigerian Ports Authority) even though he is damn near 100 years old; meanwhile some weeks ago, meanwhile over 100 youths were expelled from Covenant University for supposedly skiving an "end-of-term" church mass.
Kim Kardashian and her dude announced that they are expecting a baby; Chika Ike, the Nollywood actress posted vacation clips of herself at a Maryland USA Zoo carrying a baby "crocodye" (alligator).
GEJ our President announced recently that he was sending a military contingent to help with the international war effort against jihadist insurgents in Mali, even though there is fire on the mountain at home (Boko Haram, it is not fair o) which hasn't been fixed yet. On another tip, the war on corruption seemed to take another dive when the Central Bank governor announced that over a billion naira in cash had developed legs and waka-ed from the Security and Minting premises. Talk about fast money.
A huge debate about whether pastors and clergymen should own private jets was a major topic for discussion on many Nigerian online forums some weeks back. Meanwhile Dana Air re-launched and resumed services like they had never been away. They should get Denzel Washington to fly their planes. You should have seen what he did in Flight.
And Esco began work on his memoirs…..
Yes, Yes, I am currently working on a book. I am announcing it, so that I would not be able to back out and you can hold me to it. I am also letting you know so you can start putting your shillings aside.
It all started a few years ago, when someone read all the articles in this blog, and asked me "Esco if you wrote a book on your life, do you think anybody would read it?" Well, only one way to find out..
So in a nutshell, I have prepared a set of FAQs to provide more insight about the book:
1. What is the title of the book? It is a trade secret at this time. Intellectual property thieves abound in cyberville and I don't want anyone biting my ideas like electric ant. I wrote the name of the book on a sheet of paper, and then shoved it inside a large Ghana-must-go bag, with a tuber of yam inside as a decoy. I spied around to make sure nobody was watching, as I placed the bag inside a Bagco Super sack, and then put the sack into a metal trunk box. I bought a Yeti padlock, and locked the iron box. Not content, I hauled the box with me as I travelled to the village and left it in the care of my grandmother. She placed the box under her bed next to her crate of eggs and Guinness Stout. Good luck trying to steal from my nan. Under her bed is said to be safer than Fort Knox or Aso Rock. It is definitely safer than Abia at Xmas with all the kidnappings. To make double sure all was secure, on my way back from the hamlet, I stopped at Onitsha and tossed the padlock key into the River Niger. Mungo Park's got it now…
To be fair, what I have is a working title. But my thing is that it does not roll off the tongue enough for me. It does not sound epic or awe-inspiring or swash-buckling. The name sounds as un-exotic as Nkalagu. I even had my Calabar house-boy pronounce the name of the book repeatedly in his thick Efik accent, but the name sounded flat. Mbok…
2. When will the book be released? Ahn ahn cool down na. Don't jump the gun. One thing at a time. Horse before the cart. Secure garri before putting the hot water on stove. Ensure power generation and tackle corruption before you talk of a 2nd presidential term. Buy the runs girl popcorn first before you start to talk of carting her home for overnight "take-away." I am currently writing as I speak, but I expect it to be released before summer. This year…
3. What would the book be about sef: It could be a bit similar to this blog. A few chapters would be stories about my life. Things I have done, places I have been, faces I have seen. The world through the tunnel vision of Escope. If you like this blog, you would like my book. If you do not like this blog, I authorize you to purchase and gift it. Repeat 20 times and forward the book to 20 people, and then relax and see if something (anything) would not manifest in your life. Sow a big agbalumon seed into somebody's life this year. Stop sowing tiny pawpaw seeds into people's lives. Anyhow, that way I gain too. And I blog more, and hopefully you laugh more. So Nigeria is a happy country. And Boko Haram relocates. With all the wicked politicians.
4. I am currently working on the first few chapters. I have already made an outline and it is looking like a wedding program without an Item no. 7. However I am not sure if the words I have used so far are grand enough. A critic (hater) opined that the book in its draft form is already starting to look like those Igbo village almanacs. I don't want a book with very simplistic sentences, and lots of big pictures (foto), such that you use your fingers to trace the words while reading. Blogging is a pretty straight forward venture, but I find that writing a book is another matter o. The difference is like Alarm Blow and Jegede Shokoya. Maybe I need to hire a professional speech-writer to edit the drafts I have so far. Please wbo has Hon. Obahiagbon's telephone number? The rank salubrity of Esco's crass manifestations to overwhelm Gorgon Medusa…
I want a product that would make a smooth read for at least 3 generations of Nigerians. The millenials (those in their 20s), the oil-boomers (readers born in the 70s and early 80s) and the "Papa thank yous" (those born around independence and the Civil War era. A memorandum of my aspirations to unite the country of my birth – a manual of our amalgamated and manifest destiny for posterity. Story….
I am tempted to call it a coffee table book, but how many Nigerian homes contain one? I somehow cannot bring myself to call it a dining-table book. Ogbono soup stains do not go well with paper literature.
5. Esco, have you abandoned blogging for the bright and moth-seducing lights of Nollywood stardorm with book-writing? No I am not selling out; rather I am cashing in. Haha. Blogging is electic-writing, no?
Trivia: Omotola or Genevieve? Answer: Yvonne Okoro…
6. How much would the book cost? I have kids to feed: Well it will be cheap and affordable enough…especially if you are Dangote. Nah, I am just pulling your legs. I am trying to put a quality product out there. I am keen to push a book which has quality paper that would not stick together like cheap rice. Would it be a collector's item? Well it would be popular with "I-wan-buy-paper" merchants.
Stop goofing around Esco, so would it be set at a pocket-friendly price? Yes. Cheaper than a politician's campaign promise. It would also be cheaper by the dozen. You should buy 12 and read one every month of the year.
7. See this guy o. What makes you think that I would spend a kobo on your yeye book sef: You have started again in 2013 abi? This is a new year o. See point 5 above.
So there you have it. Happy New Year, and see you at the comment box below….
Nas will prevail/
Buy the book when it's up for sale/
Nas (Rest of My Life, 2004)


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March 18, 2014 — In a joint response to the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) National Coverage and Analysis Group, the Lung Cancer Alliance, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons, American College of Radiology (ACR) and 38 other medical organizations called on CMS to quickly provide national Medicare coverage of low-dose computed tomography (LDCT) screening for patients at high risk for lung cancer.
In December 2013, the United States Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) recommended screening of adults aged 55 to 80 years who have a 30 pack-year smoking history and currently smoke or have quit within the past 15 years. The medical and patient groups want CMS to provide full national coverage for high-risk patients as defined in the USPSTF recommendations and provide coverage with evidence for other high-risk patients not included in USPSTF recommendations using data collected through existing registries.
"Lung cancer kills more people each year than breast, colon and prostate cancers combined. For each of these other three cancers, there are well established screening tests and programs. We strongly urge CMS to implement broad national coverage so that those at high risk, can be screened, providing the opportunity to save thousands of people each year from this terrible disease," said Douglas E. Wood, M.D., immediate past president of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons.
The Affordable Care Act (ACA) requires that private insurers cover all medical exams or procedures that receive a grade of "B" or higher from the USPSTF without a co-pay. However, the ACA does not specify that Medicare provide full national coverage for beneficiaries.
"The USPSTF's recommendation that made lung cancer screening an essential health benefit specifically included 65 to 80 year olds who are also part of the Medicare population," said Lung Cancer Alliance President and Chief Executive Officer, Laurie Fenton Ambrose. "If Medicare does not extend full coverage for lung cancer screening to this population, the net effect will be a two tier system that leaves Medicare beneficiaries at greater risk of dying from lung cancer than those with private insurance. This cannot be right."
National Lung Cancer Screening Trial results and those of other smaller international randomized controlled trials show that CT lung cancer screening significantly reduces lung cancer deaths. Screening for current and former smokers with LDCT is the only method ever proven to reduce lung cancer mortality in this high-risk population and it has also been shown to be cost effective.
"CMS should act on the USPSTF recommendation to provide national coverage for high-risk Medicare beneficiaries and support quality screening programs across the country. This would, for the first time, enable healers and patients to strike a major blow against the nation's leading cancer killer," said Paul Ellenbogen, M.D., FACR, chair of the American College of Radiology Board of Chancellors.
For more information: www.acr.org


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Dinner Tonight: Tagliatelle with Basil and Egg Yolk
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Most people can agree that buying a tomato in the dead of winter is not usually a good idea. Not only for seasonal-eating reasons, but also for taste: it's simply not going to taste as good in January. But sometimes you just long for something bright, green, and fresh.
That's where this recipe from Jamie Oliver comes in, which relies on fresh basil. Though good local summer basil would have been ideal, it's pretty good year-round, especially pureed into a sauce.
The recipe is a nod to pesto but without pine nuts to thicken it. Instead, the recipe takes a cue from pasta carbonara, mixing an egg yolk into the base of pureed basil and Parmesan to give it a silky texture. Once it mixes in with a little pasta water, it becomes the creamiest pesto you've ever tasted. A squeeze of lemon rounds out the acidity and the result is a quick and satisfying pasta dish that's a little bit out of the norm.
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Plaintiff, United States of America, filed its Complaint on June 27, 1995. Plaintiff and defendant American Bar Association ("ABA"), by their attorneys, have consented to the entry of this Final Judgment without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law. This Final Judgment shall not be evidence or admission by any party with respect to any issue of fact or law. Therefore, before any testimony is taken, and without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law, and upon consent of the parties, it is hereby ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED:I.
This Court has jurisdiction of the subject matter of this action and of the parties consenting to this Final Judgment. The Complaint states a claim upon which relief may be granted against the ABA under Section 1 of the Sherman Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1.II.
As used in this Final Judgment:
(A) "ABA" means the American Bar Association and all of its components.
(B) "Accreditation Committee" means the Accreditation Committee of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the ABA.
(C) "Board" means the ABA Board of Governors.
(D) "Council" means the Council of the Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar of the ABA.
(E) "Faculty" means all persons who teach classes (except adjunct professors), including administrators who teach, emeritus or senior faculty, visiting professors, joint-appointed faculty, clinical instructors, and instructors holding short-term appointments.
(F) "Section" means the ABA's Section of Legal Education and Admissions to the Bar.
(G) "Standards," "Interpretations" and "Rules" mean the Standards for Approval of Law Schools and Interpretations and Rules of Procedure for Approval of Law Schools and Policies of the Council of the Section and its Accreditation Committee.III.
This Final Judgment shall apply to the ABA and its governors, officers, employees, and full-time consultants involved in law school accreditation.IV.
The ABA is enjoined and restrained from:
(A) adopting or enforcing any Standard, Interpretation or Rule, or taking any action that has the purpose or effect of imposing requirements as to the base salary, stipends, fringe benefits, or other compensation paid law school deans, associate deans, assistant deans, faculty, library directors, librarians, or other law school employees, or in any way conditioning the accreditation of any law school on the compensation paid law school deans, associate deans, assistant deans, faculty, library directors, librarians, or other law school employees;
(B) collecting from or disseminating to any law school data concerning compensation paid or to be paid to deans, administrators, faculty, librarians, or other employees;
(C) using law school compensation data in connection with the accreditation or review of any law school; and
(D) adopting or enforcing any Standard, Interpretation or Rule, or taking any action that has the purpose or effect of prohibiting a law school from:
Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the ABA from: (1) adopting or applying such other reasonable Standards, Interpretations or Rules, consistent with all other provisions of this Final Judgment, as are necessary to attract and retain a competent faculty; (2) investigating or reporting on whether a law school is in compliance with such Standards, Interpretations or Rules, or the cause of non-compliance; or (3) requiring that a law school take remedial action to comply with such Standards, Interpretations or Rules as a condition of obtaining or maintaining ABA approval.VI.
The ABA shall:
(A) require that all Interpretations and Rules be subjected to the same public comment and review process and approval procedures that apply to proposed Standards;
(B) permit appeals from Accreditation Committee Action Letters to the Council;
(C) revise the Council's membership as follows:
(D) revise the Accreditation Committee's membership as follows:
(E) revise the Standards Review Committee's membership as follows:
(F) require that no more than 40% of the members of the Nominating Committee for officers of the Section shall be law school deans or faculty;
(G) require that each site evaluation team include, to the extent reasonably feasible, at least:
(H) require the Accreditation Committee after each meeting to send a written report to the Council, that may be done on a confidential basis if necessary, identifying all actions taken by it, including a list identifying all law schools on report or under review, and for each law school, identifying the areas of actual or apparent non-compliance and the length of time the law school has been on report or under review;
(I) require the Council to send an annual report to the Board, that may be done on a confidential basis if necessary, on its accreditation activities during the preceding year, including a list identifying all law schools on report or under review, and for each law school, identifying the areas of actual or apparent non-compliance and the length of time the law school has been on report or under review;
(J) require Council approval and Board receipt of annual and site inspection questionnaires before they are sent to law schools;
(K) publish annually in The ABA Journal and the Section's Review of Legal Education in the United States:
(L) hire, by October 31, 1995, an outside independent consultant who is an expert on education and accreditation and who is not a legal educator, to assist in validating all Standards and Interpretations, as required by the Department of Education, and develop a plan for validation by December 31, 1995.VII.
The ABA shall:
(A) establish a Special Commission to Review the Substance and Process of the ABA's Accreditation of American Law Schools to determine whether the Standards, Interpretations, and Rules, and their enforcement governing the following subjects should be revised:
(B) require that the Special Commission complete its review no later than February 29, 1996. The Special Commission shall file its report with the Board. Upon completing its review, the Board shall file its report with the Court and the United States setting out its analysis and any proposed revisions; and
(C) allow the United States 90 days in which to review the Special Commission's report and determine whether to challenge any of the proposals. The United States may challenge any such proposal and, if the ABA chooses to defend it, the challenge will be decided by this Court applying a Rule of Reason antitrust analysis.VIII.
The ABA is ordered to maintain an antitrust compliance program which shall include designating, within 30 days of the entry of this Final Judgment, an Antitrust Compliance Officer with responsibility for accomplishing the antitrust compliance program and with the purpose of achieving compliance with this Final Judgment. The Antitrust Compliance Officer shall, on a continuing basis, supervise the review of the current and proposed activities of the ABA's law school accrediting activities to ensure that they comply with this Final Judgment. The Antitrust Compliance Officer shall be responsible for accomplishing the following activities:
(A) reviewing the ABA's Standards, Interpretations, Rules, and practices, and identifying and recommending the elimination of any provisions or activities that violate or are inconsistent with Sections IV or VI above to the Board or to the ABA's House of Delegates within 90 days of entry of this Final Judgment;
(B) distributing a copy of this Final Judgment within 30 days of entry to:
(C) causing this Final Judgment to be published in the next issue of The ABA Journal and the Student Lawyer following the entry of the Final Judgment;
(D) providing the United States, during the term of the Final Judgment, a copy of all proposed changes to the Standards, Interpretations and Rules before they are acted on by the House of Delegates, and a copy of all Standards, Interpretations and Rules adopted by the House;
(E) briefing annually the Section's officers, all members of the Council, Committee and Standards Review Committee, the Consultant and the Consultant's staff, and all participants at site inspectors' workshops on the meaning and requirements of this Final Judgment;
(F) obtaining from all Section officers, all members of the Council, Accreditation Committee and Standards Review Committee, and the Consultant and the Consultant's staff an annual written certification that they: (1) have read, understand, and agree to abide by the terms of this Final Judgment; and (2) are not aware of any violation of this Final Judgment that they have not reported to the Antitrust Compliance Officer; and
(G) obtaining from the Executive Director of the ABA, the Consultant and the Consultant's staff, an annual written certification that they have been advised and understand that their failure to comply with the Final Judgment may result in conviction for contempt of court.IX.
(A) Within 90 days after the entry of this Final Judgment, the ABA shall certify to the United States whether it has designated an Antitrust Compliance Officer and has distributed the Final Judgment in accordance with Section VIII above.
(B) For 10 years after the entry of this Final Judgment, on or before its anniversary date, the Antitrust Compliance Officer shall certify annually to the Court and the United States whether the ABA has complied with the provisions of Section VIII.
(C) At any time, if the Antitrust Compliance Officer learns of any past, current or anticipated violation of Sections IV or VI of this Final Judgment, the ABA shall, within 45 days after such knowledge is obtained, take action, or where appropriate initiate action, to terminate or modify the activity so as to comply with this Final Judgment.X.
(A) To determine or secure compliance with this Final Judgment, duly authorized representatives of the United States shall, upon written request of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division, and on reasonable notice to the ABA, be permitted:
(B) Upon the written request of the Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Antitrust Division, the ABA shall submit such written reports, under oath if requested, relating to any of the matters contained in this Final Judgment as may be requested.
(C) No information or documents obtained by the means provided in this Section X shall be divulged by the United States to any person other than a duly-authorized representative of the executive branch of the United States, except in the course of legal proceedings to which the United States is a party, or for the purpose of securing compliance with this Final Judgment, or as otherwise required by law.XI.
(A) This Final Judgment shall expire 10 years from the date of entry.
(B) Jurisdiction is retained by this Court for the purpose of enabling either of the parties to this Final Judgment to apply to this Court at any time for further orders and directions as may be necessary or appropriate to carry out or construe this Final Judgment, to modify or terminate any of its provisions, to enforce compliance, and to punish violations of its provisions.
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How to Communicate With Your Spouse About Money
The Truth About Money and Relationships
Myth: My spouse and I shouldn't talk about money because it only leads to fights.
Truth: You can't have a great relationship until you can communicate and agree about money.
Larry Burkett, noted financial author, says, "Money is either the best or the worst area of communication in our marriages." After years as a financial counselor and working with marriage counselors, I know that money and money fights are the #1 cause of divorce, not to mention the thing we fight about the most.
So if you are married and have money fights, you are normal. But if this is a real problem area for you, there is also an opportunity to improve your relationship and maybe even reach agreement with your spouse. I'm not talking about agreement brought on by surrender, but rather by each person getting a vote, understanding the other's view, and finding common ground.
Let's face it - if we can agree on the checkbook, there would be nothing left to fight about except who gets the remote. But there is so much to fight about and so many opportunities to be misunderstood.
Men and Women are Different
When it comes to money, men tend to take more risks and don't save for emergencies. Men use money as a scorecard and can struggle with self-esteem when there are financial problems. Women tend to see money more as a security issue, so they will gravitate toward the rainy-day fund. Because of their need for security, ladies can have a level of fear - my wife, Sharon, calls it terror - when there are financial problems.
Men and women are different in how they view money, and it is largely because they process problems and opportunities from different vantage points. On top of the fact that men and women are different, opposites attract. So what does that mean?
It means that chances are, if you're married, one of you is good at working numbers (the nerd) and the other one isn't good at working numbers (the free spirit). That isn't the real problem. The problem is when the nerd neglects the input of the free spirit or when the free spirit avoids participating in the financial dealings altogether.
Marriage is a Partnership
Marriage is a partnership. The preacher said, "And now you are ONE." Both parties need to be involved in the finances. Separating the finances and splitting the bills is a bad idea. Listen up, nerds. Don't keep the finances all to yourself. Don't use your "power" to abuse the free spirit.
Free spirits, don't just nod your head and say, "Yeah, that looks great, honey." You have a vote in the budget committee meetings, too. Give feedback, criticism and encouragement. Work on the budget together!"
But what if my spouse won't get on board with me?" many of you wonder. It is tough, but with patience and kindness your spouse will eventually see the light (don't beat them over the head with the need for a budget, and please don't subject your spouse to a lecture of "Dave Says").
As you work on your finances together, you will begin to change your family tree. One of your main goals in your marriage should be to pass a legacy down to your children and grandchildren.


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Market Insights: Crazy, crazy, crazy
Special to the Daily
You know me. I am one heck of a straight shooter. No sugar-coating the facts in the Market Insights column.
In the national news, we are beginning to see articles with headlines such as, "Home prices are on the rise again, a key index confirmed, bla, bla, bla." (At least the first part of the sentence is a direct quote.) When you read statements like the one above, please remind yourself every market is unique; that real estate is a very localized business. Don't assume that the "key index" includes Summit County.
I am very, very happy. Based on the data from the Summit Association of Realtors, which I track each week, and my personal experience working with buyers and sellers on a daily basis, I believe prices overall are stable. I see two factors that are causing sales to be taking place: interest rates and prices. And both are best described as crazy. Crazy low interest rates and crazy low prices. Many prices are lower than anyone expected we would see again.
My example this week is a lot in the Highlands in Breckenridge with a crazy low price. Here are the details:
In 2000, the lot sold for $360,000, it was the first lot in the area purchased from the developer; in 2007, the lot sold for $495,000, and sold quickly; and 2012 the asking price is $349,000 and not yet sold, crazy!
This lot is not some also-ran; far from it. 47 Galena Court has views of the Tenmile Range, privacy (1.48 acres), is on a cul-de-sac, and it backs to Breckenridge Golf Course. That sounds like a winner to me. Have a look at the photos.
Buyers and sellers, make sure to work with a local Realtor. Select one who is very well-established here; one who puts all time and energy into Summit County.
Meet Daniel Webster Johnson Saturday and Sunday at 411 Long Ridge Dr., Breckenridge, a Parade of Homes property. He is a broker associate at Resort Brokers Real Estate, Breckenridge. Call him at (970) 393-3300, or drop him a line at firstname.lastname@example.com.
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The National Aquarium is celebrating a very special birthday today: Sugar, our umbrella cockatoo, is turning 15!
Sugar's favorite enrichment activity is tearing up shredded newspaper. He also loves sharpening his beak on wood blocks!
Don't forget Sugar's favorite treats – peanuts and coconut!
When Sugar gets excited (often by the sight of peanuts or coconut!) he raises his crest of feathers to communicate that to our staff and guests!
Sugar is one the animals you can see at our daily Animal Encounters and you can often see him in the Overlook!
Sugar LOVES to play in and with tubes!
Cardboard, PVC pipe, you name it – Basically, he loves anything he can look through!
Stop by National Aquarium, Baltimore today and you might see Sugar during one of our Animal Encounters!


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David Banner Gets Political! (Speaks On Jesse Jackson "Go Somewhere & Lay Down & Put Some Dirt Ova You") & Speaks On Soulja Boy Vs Ice-T "If You Dont Like Soulja Boy, Go Teach Him!"
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The WVU at Parkersburg Children of Classified Staff Scholarship has been established by the Staff Council of West Virginia University at Parkersburg primarily for the purpose of benefiting classified staff. Through fund raising efforts coordinated by Staff Council, this scholarship is intended to benefit classified staff by providing our children with assistance toward the expense of attending WVU at Parkersburg according to the requirements and guidelines outlined below.
Eligibility Requirements
Applicant must:
- Be the natural, legally adopted, or dependent step child of a currently employed or retired classified staff member at WVU Parkersburg.
- Be fully admitted to WVU Parkersburg in order to receive the scholarship award.
- Be 25 years of age or younger.
- Meet the standards of satisfactory academic progress requirements outlined in Answer Book VI-10A, as determined by the Financial Aid Office at WVU Parkersburg.
- Be a degree-seeking student and taking course for credit.
- Scholarships will be awarded based on the availability of funds and the number of applicants, and will be a cash award of not less than $100 per student per semester.
- Applications received by July 1 will receive priority consideration for the year. Awards will be made for the academic year, allocated per semester, contingent upon the continuing enrollment of the applicant. Contingent upon the availability of funds, applications received by November 15 may be considered for spring semester.
- The scholarship awarding committee shall be appointed annually by Staff Council and shall not include any staff member whose child will be considered for an award. Decisions of the awarding committee are final.
- In instances where there are more eligible applicants than awards available, preference will be given to the applicant whose parent has the highest number of years service at WVU Parkersburg. In the instance of equal years of service, preference will be give to the applicant with the lowest adjusted gross family income which may be verified by the parents' Federal Income Tax return for the previous calendar year.
- In instances where there are no applicants meeting eligibility requirement #1 (see section on Eligibility Requirements) applying by November 15 in any given year, the scholarship awarding committee may choose to solicit applications from grandchildren of currently employed classified staff and/or sons- and daughters-in-law of currently employed classified staff provided they meet all other eligibility requirements.
- Scholarship eligibility requirements and guidelines are subject to change by the WVU Parkersburg Staff Council.


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- / Cyprus
Facts & Figures
President: Nikos Anastasiadis (2013)
Land area: 3,568 sq mi (9,241 sq km); total area: 3,571 sq mi
Population (2014 est.): 1,172,458 (growth rate: 1.48%); birth rate: 11.44/1000; infant mortality rate: 8.54/1000; life expectancy: 78.34
Capital and largest city (2011 est.): Necosia 253,000
Monetary unit: Euro
- Cyprus Main Page
- Strife Continues Between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots
- Cyrpus Requests Bailout from European Union
- Anastasiadis Becomes President in 2013
The third-largest island in the Mediterranean (one and one-half times the size of Delaware), Cyprus lies off the southern coast of Turkey and the western shore of Syria. The highest peak is Mount Olympus at 6,406 ft (1,953 m).
Republic. Mediation efforts by the UN seek to reunify the Greek and Turkish areas of the island under one federated system of government.
Cyprus was the site of early Phoenician and Greek colonies. For centuries its rule passed through many hands. It fell to the Turks in 1571, and a large Turkish colony settled on the island.
In World War I, at the outbreak of hostilities with Turkey, Britain annexed the island. It was declared a Crown colony in 1925. The Greek population, which regarded Greece as its mother country, sought self-determination and union (enosis) with Greece. In 1955, a guerrilla war against British rule was launched by the National Organization of Cypriot Combatants (EOKA). In 1958, Greek Cypriot nationalist leader Archbishop Makarios began calling for Cypriot independence rather than union with Greece. During this period, Turkish Cypriots began demanding that the island be partitioned between the Greek and Turkish populations.
Cyprus became an independent nation on Aug. 16, 1960, after Greek and Turkish Cypriots agreed on a constitution, which excluded both the possibility of partition as well as of union with Greece. Makarios became the country's first president.
Fighting between Greek and Turkish Cypriots flared up in the early 1960s, and a UN peacekeeping force was sent to the island in 1965. On July 15, 1974, Archbishop Makarios was overthrown in a military coup led by the Cypriot National Guard. On July 20, Turkey invaded Cyprus, asserting its right to protect the Turkish Cypriot minority. Turkey gained control of 30% of northern Cyprus and displaced some 180,000 Greek Cypriots. A UN-sponsored cease-fire was established on July 22, and Turkish troops were permitted to remain in the north. In Dec. 1974, Makarios again assumed the presidency. The following year, the island was partitioned into Greek and Turkish territories separated by a UN-occupied buffer zone.
Turkish Cypriots proclaimed a separate state under Rauf Denktash in the northern part of the island on Nov. 15, 1983, naming it the "Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus." The UN Security Council, in its Resolution 541 of Nov. 18, 1983, declared this action illegal and called for withdrawal. No country except Turkey has recognized this entity.
In 1988, George Vassiliou, a conservative and critic of UN proposals to reunify Cyprus, became president. The purchase of missiles capable of reaching the Turkish coast evoked threats of retaliation from Turkey in 1997, and Cyprus's plans to deploy more missiles in Aug. 1999 again raised Turkey's ire.
Strife Continues Between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots
The continued strife between Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots threatened Cyprus's potential EU membership—it had met all the economic standards—and provided a great incentive to both sides to resolve their differences. UN-sponsored talks between the Greek and Turkish leaders, Kleridas and Denktash, continued intensively in 2002, but without resolution. In Dec. 2002, the EU invited Cyprus to join in 2004, provided the UN plan was accepted by February 2003. Without reunification, only Greek Cyprus was to be welcomed into the EU. But just weeks before the UN deadline, President Kleridas was defeated by right-wing candidate Tassos Papadopoulos, a hard-liner on reunification. The UN deadline passed, and the UN declared that the talks had failed. In April 2004, dual referendums were held, with the Greek side overwhelmingly rejecting the most recent UN reunification plan, and the Turkish side voting in favor. In May, Greek Cyprus alone became a part of the EU.
In April 2005, Turkish Cyprus elected pro-reunification leader Mehmet Ali Talat as their president, ousting longtime leader Rauf Denktash, who staunchly opposed reunification. In July 2006, the UN sponsored talks between President Papadopolous and Talat.
In the second round of presidential elections in February 2008, Community Party leader Dimitris Christofias won 53.4% of the vote, defeating right-wing candidate Ioannis Kasoulidis, who took 46.6%. Christofias, who is Cyprus's first Commnunist president, vowed to work toward reunification and said he would meet with the Turkish Cypriot president, Talat. Papadopoulos was eliminated in the first round of voting.
On March 21, 2008, President Christofias started talks of reunification with Turkish Cypriot president, Talat, as promised. Talks continued through 2009, though little progress was achieved.
On April 4, 2008, Ledra Street Crossing was torn down—an important symbolic step towards reunification. The checkpoint divided Greek and Turkish Cypriots in the capital city of Nicosia for decades.
In presidential elections in North Cyprus in April 2010, Dervis Eroglu, the leader of the pro-independence National Unity Party won 50.4% of the vote, defeating incumbent Mehmet Ali Talat, who is pro-unity.
Cyrpus Requests Bailout from European Union
In June 2012, Cyprus requested a $17 billion bailout from the European Union to bolster its ailing banks. In March 2013, the EU and IMF offered $13 billion and requested that Cyprus raise $7.5 billion by taxing all bank deposits. Deposits over 100,000 euros would face a rate of 9.9%, while deposits less than that would be taxed 6.75%. The proposal sparked protests in Cyprus and outrage in Russia—many wealthy Russians put their money in Cyprus banks, which are not heavily regulated. Parliament rejected the bail-out, and the threat of Cyprus being ousted from the euro zone loomed large.
Days later, the EU and Cyprus agreed to an alternative bail-out package that spared deposits of less than 100,000 euros the tax. Instead, the deal would restructure the country's weakest banks, the Bank of Cyprus and Laiki Bank. The Laiki Bank will be shut down, and deposits of less than 100,000 euros in the bank will be transferred to the Bank of Cyprus. Customers with deposits in excess of 100,000 euros stand to lose their assets because the larger deposits will be used to shoulder Cyprus's commitment to the bail-out. In return, Cyrpus will receive 10 billion euros ($13 billion) in loans. While the deal allowed Cyprus to remain in the euro zone, it leaves Cyprus with enormous debt and a future of austerity measures and sends a shiver to other struggling nations in the EU.
Anastasiadis Becomes President in 2013
On February 17, 2013, the presidential election was held. Leader of the right-wing Democratic Rally party, Nikos Anastasiadis won. Former Minister of Health and Progressive Party of Working People candidate Stavros Malas came in second, setting up a runoff, which was held a week later. Anastasiadis won the runoff, receiving 57.5 percent of the vote. Anastasiadis took office on February 28, 2013.
See also Encyclopedia: Cyprus .
U.S. State Dept. Country Notes: Cyprus
Department of Statistics and Research www.pio.gov.cy/dsr/index.html .


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When we last saw junior assassin Hit Girl and young vigilante Kick-Ass, they were trying to live as normal teenagers Mindy and Dave. With graduation looming and uncertain what to do, Dave decides to start the world's first superhero team with Mindy. Unfortunately, when Mindy is busted for sneaking out as Hit Girl, she's forced to retire—leaving her to navigate the terrifying world of high-school mean girls on her own. With no one left to turn to, Dave joins forces with Justice Forever, run by a born-again ex-mobster named Colonel Stars and Stripes.
Just as they start to make a real difference on the streets, the world's first super villain, The Mother F----r, assembles his own evil league and puts a plan in motion to make Kick-Ass and Hit Girl pay for what they did to his dad. But there's only one problem with his scheme: If you mess with one member of Justice Forever, you mess with them all.
Kick-Ass 2 Release Date
In Theaters August 16, 2013
Kick-Ass 2 Credits
Starring: Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Chloë Grace Moretz, Christopher Mintz-Plasse, Morris Chestnut, John Leguizamo, Donald Faison and Jim Carrey
Written By: Jeff Wadlow
Directed By: Jeff Wadlow
Produced By: Matthew Vaughn, Tarquin Pack, Adam Bohling, David Reid, and Brad Pitt
MPAA Rating: [ R ]
Distributor: Universal Pictures
External Info: Kick-Ass 2 Official Website
Running Time: 103 min.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - MIT swimming and diving opened the 2005 duel slate on Saturday with an impressive victory over the U.S. Coast Guard Academy. The Engineers pulled away from the Bears, 168-105, behind the efforts of junior Kate Thornton, who dominated the distance events en route to three individual victories.
MIT opened quick by winning the medley relay with relative ease. Sophomore Julianna Edwards ignited the attack, while teammates Thornton, Nicole O'Keeffe and Jackee Nowickee also produced solid splits as the Cardinal and Gray touched in at 1:54.62.
Tech left little doubt in Saturday's opener, winning the first six events, including a 1-2-3 sweep in the 100 back. Edwards picked up the win in the event, with the rookie tandem of O'Keeffe and Jen Chao taking the second and third spots.
The Engineers had four multiple-event winners outside of Thornton, including a sweep in the fly events by rookie Kristen Felch. Felch, who split 27.2 in the fly leg of the medley relay, outpaced Chao and Annika Larsson to lead another MIT sweep in the 100 fly.
One of the best races in the day yielded a second individual victory for Sasha Brophy, who outkicked defending NEWMAC Champion, Joan Hunter, in a hotly contested 100 free. Previously, Brophy grabbed first in the 200 free with a tremendous early-season clip of 1:57.63.
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