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The iconic images associated with Tokyo of crowded road crossings, billboard-covered squares and the imposing backdrop of Mount Fuji only tell one part of the city's thrilling story. Japan's constantly surprising capital is forever innovating, so that even within the limited space of the packed cityscape, there is always something new to see. Woven into the ultra-modernity of Tokyo is a reverence towards traditional Japanese culture that stretches centuries into the past.
To dive into the more hectic side of Tokyo life, pound the pavements of skyscraper-lined Shinjuku and the fashion-obsessed Harajuku, or take in the sounds and smells of manic Tsukiji Fish Market. Not all of the city moves at this fast pace, however; you'll find serenity beneath the blossoms of several public gardens. For the ultimate zen experience, take part in a traditional tea ceremony.
Find traces of Tokyo's colourful and romantic past poking out between the shining glass and steel of the modern capital. The Oedo-Onsen-Monogatari baths on the artificial island of Odaiba replicate Edo-era Japan, while the ornate costumes and sets of kabuki plays maintain traditions that have existed since that period. The temples of Senso-ji and Meiji-jingu were reconstructed in the 20th century but you can still follow in the footsteps of Tokyo's ancient religious customs there.
The culture of contemporary Tokyo sits happily alongside its heritage sights. Modern sightseeing highlights include the Ghibli Museum, which celebrates the eponymous studio's wondrous animation in a quirky house designed by its foremost director Hayao Miyazaki. Don't miss the 450-metre viewing platform of the Tokyo Sky Tree, the tallest free-standing tower in the world.
Tokyo residents have an almost spiritual attitude towards food, and the city with the most Michelin stars in the world has no shortage of fabulous restaurants that serve the very best in Japanese cuisine. You don't need to be splashing out on famous chefs to enjoy Tokyo's foodie scene, either. Edo-mae, the name given to the style of sushi that originated here, can be found in market stalls and family-run restaurants in every region of the city.
Tokyo is easy to get lost in, but public transport goes a long way to alleviating the confusion. Purchase a Suica card, which carries a pre-paid balance and can be used on almost all subways, trains and buses. Taxis are convenient but can be expensive. Most districts of the city are safe to walk around, even at night. Allow yourself to wander around the lesser-known streets and sights; in this city, there is always more to discover.


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By JIM ALEXANDER, Guest Columnist
I am writing in response to the article ("School officials eye drug-testing program," Dec. 20 issue) announcing that the school board may be considering a program to conduct drug testing on students who wish to drive to school or participate in extracurricular activities.
The opinions expressed here are my own, and not necessarily those of Abbott Laboratories, or any other company, group or individual.
Let me first say that, in a sense, I have no "skin in the game." I am long out of school, as is my son. I have no interest in being a teacher, nor in running for the school board. My purpose in writing is to share a different perspective, based on my work experience. I do not use illegal drugs, never have, never will. I would never encourage anyone else to do so.
In all wars, there are innocent victims. This is true of the war on drugs as well.
We have all heard about crimes committed by addicts to get money for drugs, or of law enforcement officers or suspects being injured or killed in efforts to enforce the law.
In order to minimize the potential for innocent victims in any war, a good leader will pick his battles, and use strategy designed to accomplish the objective, while leaving unharmed the innocents. It could be argued that testing without probable cause, or "assuming guilt until innocence is proven," does not represent the best strategy for protecting the innocents.
The foregoing not withstanding, the primary purpose of this letter is to look at the issue from a different perspective. I used to make my living in part by repairing the sort of equipment often used to test for drugs of abuse. From that perspective, I offer the following:
The technology currently used for testing for drugs of abuse is the best that it has ever been. Even so, it is a long way from perfect. There are many sources of possible error.
These can include such basics as misidentifying samples (large reference labs receive thousands of samples per day, some from people with the same name, occasionally with the same or similar birthday). Another source of error is interfering substances – chemicals that can "look like" a substance of interest, but in fact are something very different.
A third source of possible error is cross contamination – when a strongly positive sample goes through the analyzer just before yours and some of their sample is retained in the instrument and causes you to be positive.
Testing for drugs of abuse can be highly profitable, and manufacturers and labs offering such services will explain that they consider the results to be accurate. At the same time, manufacturers are required to provide package inserts, which list not only how to do the test but also some of the possible ways the test can be wrong.
All such package inserts that I am aware of also include a disclaimer, noting that the test should not be used for legal purposes without further confirmation. These package insert are publicly available on the Internet. I would strongly urge those interested to review the documents, including the lengthy lists of known interferences.
If there are those who would like to do so, but have trouble locating the documentation on the Web, I would be happy to help.
In my view, testing for drugs of abuse should be limited to those who have provided some basis for believing that they may have a problem in that area. If the decision is made to move forward with random testing, I would submit the following recommendations:
1. Testing should begin with the school board, administrators and teachers. By going through the experience, these officials would be in the best position to decide whether to move forward with the program. They should be retested at whatever frequency the students are tested. If it is good enough for the students, it should be good enough for those watching over them. Results for elected officials should be made public.
2. All testing should be done at a National Institute on Drug Abuse-certified facility. Such facilities adhere to the highest standards of protocol, and usually charge significantly more.
3. Initially positive samples should be retested by a different lab using a different methodology.
4. Positive samples should be reviewed by a certified Medical Review Officer before being acted upon.
A society free of illegal drugs is a very worthy goal, but so is adherence to traditionally American values such as requiring probable ca use for a search (testing) and the presumption of innocence.
Jim Alexander is a retired Abbott Labs field service representative from Tell City.
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Cruising to Bankruptcy?by Todd De Haven | August 13, 2008
In these tough economic times, using your credit to pay for a cruise could be a big mistake. Sage financial advice from our CruiseMates readers.
One of Cruisemates' message board leaders recently initiated a thread entitled, "Cruising to Bankruptcy." The thread invited comments from members about how they paid for their cruises and whether they thought some cruisers were getting over their heads by adopting a "cruise now -- pay later" attitude.
The overwhelming majority of respondents said they pay for their cruises completely or almost fully prior to embarkation. While many other cruisers do likewise, there is still a significant number who don't. Arguably, some of the people in this latter group could have compulsive spending habits.
One of the riskier ways to pay for a cruise these days comes from lower home values. During the real estate boom, many cruisers saw their rising home valuations as money in the bank. So they took out home equity lines of credit (HELOC), in which the bank essentially puts your equity into a cash account for you to spend, charging you little more than the interest on the debt for a few years.
The danger in using home equity to pay for a cruise is that home valuations are dropping, and as a result, many banks are changing the terms of their home equity loans -- drastically and without notice -- reducing the amount of credit they will give you. If you spend $10,000 on a lavish cruise now and pay for it out of your HELOC, you might think you have plenty of headroom in your account, but the bank could lower your limit at any time. If it does, and if you have an emergency, you might not have a backup emergency fund.
Getting a refund on a cruise after final payment is made is not easy. Cruise lines are unlikely to give anyone a refund on any cruise yet to sail for any reason, unless the cruiser buys "cancel for any reason" insurance. Those policies, which cost a few hundred dollars per person if purchased from the cruise line, in most cases will only refund about 75 percent of the cruise fare. Your airfare and other expenses are not included. You can get similar cancellation policies from third parties that will cover all your pre-paid travel expenses, but they cost more.
Cruise Addiction Horror Stories On our message boards, one member noted that he had once been in a casino with a couple who were down to their last couple of bucks; both had that "deer in the headlights" look, praying their last bet would result in a massive win. Of course, it didn't. There are undoubtedly individuals so addicted to cruise vacations that they, too, get in over their financial heads. Betting your home or your nest egg by using your home equity to pay for an expensive cruise can be a similar gamble, depending on how much home equity you have.
Another member commented: "One woman I chatted with on the Triumph was on the 10-year plan for her university education and gladly charged and spent money she didn't have on a cruise. I would never do that. I can dream and look at pictures/videos as a reminder." Another remarked that while they loved cruising, they preferred to have a roof over their head year-round.
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About Arts Garage
#DiscoverDiversityat Arts Garage
Arts Garage delivers innovative, diverse, meaningful and accessible visual and performing arts experiences to Delray Beach and the South Florida community.
Music: From Grammy Award-winning musicians to emerging, local artists, Arts Garage hosts performers representing a broad diversity of cultures. While our venue is perhaps best known for our Jazz and Blues programming, we also have a vibrant calendar full of other genres including Rock, Soul, World, Alternative, Hip-Hop, and Country.
Visual Arts: The Grassroots Gallery at Arts Garage exhibits emerging visual artists from the Delray Beach area. All artists have a reception drawing people to their exhibit; Arts Garage provides the artists with 70% of revenues earned from the sale of their work. Arts Garage is also one of the galleries included in Delray Beach's monthly Art Walk.
Arts Education: With both adult and children's arts education programming, Arts Garage provides a variety of opportunities for locals to grow their talents and knowledge of the Visual & Performing Arts. From musical theatre, drumline, chorus to photography and dance, Arts Garage provides meaningful instruction for all ages.
Arts Garage connects our community to the world through the Arts. This drives all of our decision making. Our programs at Arts Garage bring local, emerging artists and established global performers into our South Florida multi-cultural community — students and adults, locals and tourists, people of all ages, income levels, backgrounds and who share a love of the arts.
"Every expression of art represents a diversity of cultures and experiences. When we provide our community the opportunity and access to arts programming, we create a vehicle for transformation — for individuals, for communities, and for the globe."
–Marjorie Waldo, President and CEO, Arts Garage
Diversity is a hallmark of all our programming at Arts Garage. We provide multicultural, diverse programming that promotes inclusion in the arts. #DiscoverDiversity isn't just our tagline: it is the cornerstone of our outreach programs, staffing, and marketing.
#DiscoverDiversity is not just a tagline: it is Arts Garage's passion to provide diverse, accessible and innovative visual and performing arts experiences to South Florida.
- David T., Tripadvisor
" The Best Venue in Palm Beach County. The sound is wonderful and the "Bring your own anything" policy makes for a fun experience."
" One of the most fun venues in Delray! Bring your own anything makes the night flow with the music! Enjoy an intimate evening of fantastic music." - Bill L., Yelp
Check out our upcoming events at Arts Garage.
12-6pm, Tuesday-Sunday
The Box Office is also open before during shows. Please check our calendar for more information.
Our box office hours are from 12-6pm from Tuesday – Saturday. If you call and no one answers, the Box Office may not be open or our staff may be assisting other customers. Please leave a message; our staff will usually return your call the same day.
Please purchase tickets on our website, www.artsgarage.org, and print them to bring with you to the show. You may also call the box office at 561-450-6357 during our hours of operation (12-6pm, Tuesday-Sunday) if you need assistance.
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'Resident Evil 6' continues downward spiral of game franchise
"Resident Evil" is a zombie. Once one of the most respected and beloved video-game franchises, it's now a shell of its former self. It lumbers along brainlessly, even though nobody can explain what's motivating it. And no one can stop it from reproducing: This year alone we've seen three "RE" games as well as the latest movie spinoff.
The zombies in "Resident Evil 6" have evolved since they were first unleashed 16 years ago. Sadly, the series itself has devolved since its 2005 peak, "Resident Evil 4," forgoing its roots in horror in favor of a more bombastic action-movie vibe. It trades in spine-tingling frights for ear-splitting explosions. It feels more like "Call of Duty," except the zombie-killing segments in recent "CoD" releases are so much more fun.
The "Resident Evil" mythology has gotten hopelessly convoluted over the years, and "RE6" doesn't improve matters, splintering the narrative into four campaigns. The stories begin with different characters in different places — the United States, China and a fictional Eastern European country — but they eventually all have to contend with the C-virus, a biological weapon that has made the zombies tougher than ever.
Some of them, called the J'avo, are relatively intelligent and can even use firearms. And that's where the latest installment starts to collapse. Pistol-packing monsters just aren't scary — the nightmares happen when they get close enough to knock you down and start gnawing on your entrails. So by turning most encounters into gunfights, Capcom has turned "Resident Evil 6" into an ordinary shooter, a third-rate product in a glutted genre.
With 2009's "Resident Evil 5," Capcom made the misbegotten decision to rebuild the series around two-player, cooperative action. "RE6" doubles down on that mistake, and it's only fitfully amusing to play side-by-side. If you play solo, you're bound to get annoyed with your computer-controlled partner, who takes a long time to help you open doors when you're trying to escape from a roomful of ravenous freaks.
The weirdness of forced co-op play comes to the fore during boss battles. Several times I wound up slinging ammo at the game's biggest mutants, with no idea whether I was making a dent. Then, suddenly, the battle would end, thanks to some unseen maneuver pulled off by a virtual teammate.
In a few cases, boss battles are resolved with quick time events, in which you have to match on-screen sequences of button pushes. Sometimes, though, the only way to survive is to just keep pounding buttons and hoping for a break. Even then, "RE6" returns all too frequently to the gimmick of having a defeated boss return in the next act, more powerful than ever.
There are other flamboyant sequences that try to break up the core human-versus-undead conflict. You may find yourself running from a behemoth, or steering a snowmobile, or sniping at motorcycle-riding J'avo. To Capcom's credit, "RE6" keeps trying new things, but few of them are well executed.
The original "Resident Evil" launched a boom in horror video games, inspiring gems like "Parasite Eve," "Silent Hill" and "Fatal Frame." But "Resident Evil 6" kills the suspense, dragging players from one chaotic set piece to the next and shows only a few glimmers of what made the series so popular.


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Stress follows you everywhere, even into your workouts, and its voice is powerful. It reminds you how much stuff you have to do and how many things you have been putting off. It drags your body down and makes you feel sluggish, convincing you that your workout is hard. If only you could dump your stress and take a break. Your plate is too loaded, though. Time is precious. However, you can combine a workout for your body with a workout for your mind by mind-body walking.
Nothing New
Henry David Thoreau was aware of mind-body walking more than 100 years ago when he wrote, "I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit."
Mind-body walking is exercise with an internal component. That could mean focusing on breathing while strength training or listening to the rhythm of the water while swimming. Walking just happens to provide one of the greatest vehicles for melding mind with body.
What Is Mind-Body Walking?
Mind-body walking is something you are probably not used to doing. If you are like most people, your mind never stops doing chores, even when you exercise. You know all too well how high you have loaded your plate, and so while you are exercising, thoughts clang in your head. Mind-body walking means becoming aware of these thoughts and choosing to stop them.
What Can Mind-Body Walking Do for You?
- Improve your health—Walking offers numerous physical benefits such as improving your circulation and controlling your weight.
- Reduce stress—When walking becomes a mind-body workout, the mental benefits increase. The most obvious benefit is a reduction in stress, and therefore, stress-related illnesses.
- Achieve your goals—Spirited walking also allows you to achieve what you might never have thought possible. For instance, maintaining a 3 miles per hour (mph) pace while walking can be difficult. However, if you were to repeat to yourself the mantra, "I am strong and I am fit," walking at that pace might seem easier.
- Enhance personal growth—In addition, mind-body walking may also improve your self-esteem, stimulate creativity, keep exercise from getting boring, and allow for present moment awareness.
Learning to Focus
So how do you take a spirited walk? By tuning out the mindless chatter in your head and focusing. Focusing while you walk, though, takes practice. As your mind wanders, you will need to keep pulling it back.
You can set a goal of focusing for 5-10 minutes at a time. You do not have to do this every workout. If you walk with buddies, make a pact to walk in silence for a short stretch.
Activities to Bring Mind and Body in Tune
To experience mind-body walking, try adding these activities to your walks:
- Breathing—Focus on breathing into your belly so that you feel your stomach expand. Then establish a rhythm with your steps. Consider saying "in, two, three," as you inhale and "out, two, three" as you exhale. Or count in four's if that feels more natural.
- Awareness—Tune into your environment. Take note of the weather, how your body feels, or any memories you experience on your walk. How does your body move? What kind of mood are you in? Focus on working with the environment around you and make sure you stay in the moment during your walk.
- Visualizing—Think of a major goal that you are working toward. Maybe you are writing a book or trying to lose 20 pounds. If so, walk as if you have accomplished these goals. In your mind, congratulate yourself for having met your goal or tell yourself how wonderful it feels.
- Repeating affirmations—To stop your self-talk, create a positive phrase and think of it as you walk. Say a prayer if you want. Just keep it simple, using one or two-syllable words. For example, you might recite "I am here, I am breathing" one syllable or word per step. When you do this, you will pull yourself into the present. You will also start breathing more deeply which will boost your energy. Most importantly, you will return home refreshed and invigorated.
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An exhaustive Department of Justice inspector general's report on Operation Fast and Furious refers 14 law enforcement officials for possible disciplinary proceedings but exonerates Attorney General Eric Holder.
The long-awaited 471-page report is likely to be the most thorough and objective review of Fast and Furious, in which Phoenix-based ATF agents followed instructions to let weapons purchased by Mexican-cartel intermediaries "walk'' instead of interdicting them.
Fast and Furious was "seriously flawed and supervised irresponsibly,'' the inspector general, Michael Horowitz, said. He blamed officials for "their failure to adequately consider the risk to the public in the United States and Mexico.''
The aim of Fast and Furious was to track the weapons to drug kingpins south of the border instead of merely arresting bit-players who bought them in Phoenix.
As a result, 2,000 or more weapons _ powerful AK-47s, FN Herstal Five-SeveN handguns, and .50 caliber sniper rifles among them _ were smuggled into Mexico while ATF agents watched and waited.
When two of those weapons were found at the site in Southern Arizona where Border Patrol agent Brian Terry was shot and killed in December 2010, Fast and Furious began percolating into a full-throated Washington political brouhaha.
Congressional Republicans, led by Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calilf., and Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, have probed Fast and Furious for a year and a half, attempting to uncover who authorized what Issa described as the "felony stupid'' idea of letting guns go to Mexico instead of halting them.
The report paints a picture of ATF and U.S. attorney's office officials in Phoenix bent on building a major case against the cartels and not caring about the public safety consequences of letting guns get smuggled into the hands of the ultra-violent cartels.
It traces gun-walking tactics back to Operation Wide Receiver during the presidency of George W. Bush, in which ATF agents lost track of about 400 guns that ended up in Mexico.
It also states that high-ranking Justice Department officials, including Assistant Attorney General Lanny Breuer who is in charge of the department's key criminal division, failed to detect signs that gun walking was an integral part of Fast and Furious.
Breuer was one of the 14 officials on the IG list referred for possible disciplinary proceedings. The report contained no recommendations that any official be criminally prosecuted.
Former acting Deputy Attorney General Gary Grindler, the department's number-two official, was faulted in the report for not alerting Holder when he received information in December 2010 that the weapons recovered at the site of Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry's murder were connected to Fast and Furious purchases.
In fact, upper level department officials knew little or nothing about Fast and Furious and gunwalking until Grassley sent them a letter on the issue in January 2011.
The report confirmed Holder's testimony that he first learned of gunwalking in Fast and Furious in February 2011, shortly after receiving a letter form Grassley on the issue.
The department's Feb. 4 response denying gunwalking in Fast and Furious was the result of a "poorly executed information gathering and drafting process,'' the report said.
The report dismissed a widely circulated theory among gun-rights advocates that Holder and other Justice and Obama administration officials deliberately let Fast and Furious happen as a way of building a case for more gun control laws.


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The openSUSE project is a worldwide community project sponsored by Novell that promotes the use of Linux everywhere. The openSUSE Project provides free and easy access to openSUSE. Here you can find and join a community of users and developers, who all have the same goal in mind - to create and distribute the world's most usable Linux. openSUSE also provides the base for Novell's award-winning SUSE Linux Enterprise products.
This release contains the latest in Linux technologies, from the new ext4 filesystem for faster and more efficient file access to the latest releases of both of the major desktops. With a choice between the conceptually new KDE 4.3 and the more traditional, but still up to date, GNOME 2.28 desktops, as well as a selection of lighter alternatives, you can have whatever desktop experience you want. This includes the most recent innovations in 3D desktops and effects.
With the backing of Novell, openSUSE is a key Linux distribution that is used as the proving ground for SUSE's Enterprise desktop products, while remaining completely open and free. One of openSUSE's unique features is the YaST program, that handles all aspects of installing, setting up and maintaining the system, including installing new software from a choice of thousands of packages. This can now be done remotely through its new web interface, which is useful if you need to sort out your Mum's computer!
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by Matt Dalby, sports information graduate assistant
AIKEN, S.C. – Sophomore Allison Lones (Kathleen, Ga.) continued her impressive string of races leading the Bobcats as GC took seventh place at the Peach Belt Conference (PBC) Championships at USC Aiken. Lones' 11th place finish helped earn her All-PBC Second Team honors for the second consecutive year.
The sophomore finished the 6K course in just 24:19, her best of the 2011 season and good for sixth in the GC record list. For Lones, it was the 12th straight race she came in first for GC. She is also the first back-to-back All-PBC honoree in GC women's cross country history.
Senior Victoria Dobson (New Hamburg, Ontario) came in 29th for the 'Cats, racing through the course in 25:26, taking full advantage of her last PBC Championships.
Another pair of Bobcats pushed each other throughout the race, as sophomore Ashton Passino (Alpharetta, Ga.) and senior Karissa Ekstrom (Alpharetta, Ga.) came in 33rd and 34th, respectively. Passino finished just eight seconds in front of Ekstrom at 25:39.
Freshman Rebecca Shane (Lilburn, Ga.) enjoyed a solid race in her first PBC Championship run, completing the course in 26:14 which put her in 40th place.
The University of Montevallo won the women's title with 44 points, beating Clayton State University by 30 points. Augusta State University came in third with 82. The Bobcats tallied 147 points, clobbering host USC Aiken by 96 and falling just 17 behind sixth-place Flagler College.
Montevallo's Haley Evans won the individual race in 23:16, beating the field by 32 seconds.
Georgia College will head to Charlotte, N.C. Saturday, Nov. 5 to compete in the NCAA Southeast Regionals. The Bobcats were ninth at this race a year ago.
The Georgia College Department of Athletics, two-time winners of the PBC Commissioner's Cup, sponsors 10 varsity athletic programs at the NCAA Division II level. As a Division II program, Bobcat Athletics prides itself on balancing the life of the student-athlete, evidenced by the teams' multiple appearances in post-season competition as well as documented academic success and community-service involvement. Sign up at www.twitter.com/BobcatSports and www.facebook.com/gcbobcats for up-to-the-minute reports, and visit www.GCBobcats.com for more information, and to nominate your favorite former Bobcats and Colonials to the GC Athletics Hall of Fame.


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Goessel High School golfers placed fifth out of twelve teams at a tough Highlands Golf Course last year in the 1A state tournament. Goessel seniors Trey Schmidt, Dan Smucker, and Tyler Schulz return to lead the Bluebirds on a quest for a return to state this season.
Last year, Schmidt earned 15th place at state out of 87 players. Other letter-winners from last season are junior Reece Hiebert and sophomore Lucas Hiebert. Additional seniors are Garrett Woelk, Johanna Hoffman, and exchange student Martina Filippi.
"With only three people returning from last year's state team, we have the opportunity for younger golfers to step into a varsity role," said coach Chad Lindeman. "The varsity spots will change from meet to meet as we meet the challenge to find the right group to go into the post season."
Seventeen golfers are on the roster as the season begins. Six junior varsity tournaments are on the schedule to allow some of the first year players to gain experience. The season begins with a meet at Herington April 2 and then one at Hillsboro April 5.
"This year we are focusing on the mental part of the game," Lindeman said. "Our golfers need to handle a bad shot and not let it ruin their day."
According to the Kansas State High School Athletics Association web site, the 1A state golf tournament will be May 20 at Emporia.
- April 2 @ Herington 1:00 p.m.
- April 4 JV@ Herington 3:00 p.m.
- April 5 @ Hillsboro 3:00 p.m.
- April 9 @ Minneapolis 3:00 p.m.
- April 9 JV @ North Newton-Peabody 3:00 p.m.
- April 11 JV@ Wedgwood – Burrton 3:00 p.m.
- April 15 @ Eldorado/ Bluestem 2:00 p.m.
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- April 18 JV @ Hesston 1:00 p.m.
- April 22 @ Pretty Prairie 3:00 p.m.
- April 25 @ North Newton-Sedgwick 3:00 p.m.
- April 26 JV @ Pine Edge 4:00 p.m.
- April 30 @ Marion 3:00 p.m.
- May 6 WSL-HOPL Golf Challenge 1:00 p.m.
- May 9 JV @ Wedgwood (Burrton) 3:00 p.m.
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Ищите роскошную гостиницу в Атлоне? Гостиница Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone, расположенная у стильного речного вокзала недалеко от центра города, является отличным базовым пунктом для совершения круиза по реке Шеннон, изучения Атлонского замка, посещения магазинов или рыбалки на живописном озере Лох-Ри. Завершите путешествие посещением потрясающего монастырского места шестого века в Клонмакнойсе, которое находится в нескольких минутах езды от гостиницы.
Athlone lies in the heart of Ireland's spectacular Lake District, to the south of the tranquil Lough Ree (Lake of the Kings) and on the lively banks of the River Shannon. Surrounded by calm waterways, Athlone has a unique location straddling the counties of Roscommon and Westmeath, making it a great base for exploring Ireland's midlands, as well as soaking up the town's culture and history.
The medieval town is small enough to navigate by foot and the many pubs, shops and restaurants are just a five minute walk from the Radisson Blu Hotel, Athlone. The hotel is also close to Athlone Bridge, which was historically the main link between east and west and leads to the Norman Castle on the Left Bank. The castle offers a wonderful insight into Athlone's character and is a good place to get a feel for its history. Today a lot of the town's activity happens on the shores of the River Shannon, which is a magnet for fun and relaxation. During the day people stroll happily along the riverbank through the colourful winding streets, taking in the friendly ambience, dipping in and out of shops and relaxing with a coffee to watch the world go by. As night falls the waterfront sparkles with colourful lights from the bars and restaurants and music beats and bounces gently across the water.
With so much water around it is no surprise that Athlone attracts those who love the Great Outdoors. Lough Ree is the place to get into some serious sailing, swimming, canoeing, or full day fishing but for those who enjoy an adventure with a little less of an adrenalin rush, there are the popular Viking boat cruises on the River Shannon. The Viking cruises tell the story of the Vikings arriving in Athlone and give visitors fantastic photo opportunities of the town from the water.
Athlone has always been a centre for meeting, trading and exchanging ideas and today it is still all about the people who live and work here - a genuine and vibrant piece of the Emerald Isle waiting to be explored.
Top 10 things to do in Athlone
Athlone is a pretty town in the heart of the Irish Lakelands. You could just relax in the hotel or take a couple of trips into town for a nose around, but we've picked 10 things for you to see, experience and explore while you're here.
- Go sailing or windsurfing on Lough Ree – the largest lake on the River Shannon. It's a beautiful place to spend a few hours and afterwards you can warm up with a hot chocolate or a whiskey.
- Explore Athlone Castle – the medieval structure overlooks the town and has a modern visitor centre inside with exhibitions and displays about Athlone's history.
- Enjoy an evening out in Athlone starting with a sunset cocktail on the riverbank.
- Head to one of Athlone's many green spaces for a picnic or a coffee overlooking the river – Burgess Park is a pleasant place to stroll along the waterfront.
- Get out your golf clubs and tee off at the glorious Athlone Golf Club which was founded in 1892 – you'll have great views of Lough Ree. Make sure you book ahead as it's a popular course.
- Take a walking tour. Get to know the town by foot and you'll understand Athlone's secrets and the way it ticks. Ask the hotel concierge for a map.
- Head out for dinner at one of Athlone's many restaurants. The town has a wide range of cuisine to choose from including Russian, Italian, Chinese, Thai and Lebanese.
- Get on a bike and explore the town – it's quick and easy and you'll work up a thirst in the fresh air – the perfect excuse to stop for a pint of Guinness.
- Spend an evening at the theatre – Dean Crowe Theatre and Arts Centre or Athlone Little Theatre has some great shows. You may be lucky enough to visit during the annual drama festival in May.
- Just across the river from the hotel is the Luan Gallery, a diverse new space for exhibitions and visual arts. Get absorbed in the world of art and admire the award winning architecture.
Athlone is at the centre of the Emerald Isle's Lake District and it's a breath of fresh air from the busy towns and cities across this busy happy country. Whether you are staying for one day or a week you will easily find a way to enjoy the town's water in its spectacular surroundings.
Athlone thrives on the banks of the River Shannon and at the mouth of the Lake of the Kings, Lough Ree. When you're staying with us in Athlone we can help you to sail, windsurf, kitesurf, swim, canoe and fish to your heart's content – remember you only have to ask our concierge who has great local knowledge and tips on where to enjoy the water. There are plenty of water sports centres where you can hire wetsuits and equipment too.
You don't even have to get wet to enjoy the waves – you can take a Viking Boat Cruise on the River Shannon learning about the history of the Vikings in Ireland, or a longer tour into the lake and around Hodson Bay. The tour guides are a great source of information about the area and you'll certainly get a feel of Athlone's history and culture.
If you've had enough of being in and on the water there are some beautiful walks to discover around the lake. You can choose from easy 5km walks on the lake shore to longer circular rambles, as well as local walks from Athlone's centre taking in the town's attractions on the banks of the River Shannon, including the Castle, the Boat Club, St Peter's and St Paul's Church, and Sean's Bar – apparently the oldest pub in Ireland and a great way to end the day.


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$ mojo setdomain magazineName www.yourdomain.org # Setups config.inc to work with a full domain name.
$ mojo setdomain magazineName www.yourdomain.org # Setups config.inc to work with a full domain name.
$ mojo setdomain reset magazineName # Resets config.inc to subdomain settings.
$ mojo setdomain reset magazineName # Resets config.inc to subdomain settings.
$ mojo clearcache magazineName # Clears OJS cache.
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Revision as of 11:31, 21 November 2013
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The question
- 3 Why multiple OJS installations?
- 4 What is mOJO?
- 5 Requirements
- 6 Example of mOJO callings
- 7 How mOJO works
- 8 ToDo
- 9 Known issues?
- 10 Further questions
- 11 References
This document aims to be useful for middle-big institutions that plan to install Open Journal Systems (OJS).
Here we describe, very briefly, the main concepts around "mOJO", a bash script to automatize common OJS tasks.
This document focuses in OJS but mOJO approach could be extended to any OxS application.
The question
When middle or big organizations plan to install an institutional OJS, the first question they need to face is: Are there any considerations in managing a large number of journals from a single OJS installation?
As far as PKP developments are able to do the job "out of the box", some organization decided that a single OJS installation is enough for all their magazines.
mOJO is designed for the opposite: To have each magazine in a separate OJS installation and facilitate the usual tasks over those publications.
Why multiple OJS installations?
A separate installation for each magazine (aka. multiOJS), have some benefits and some lacks. Notice that in some contexts a benefit could be considered a lack.
"More flexibility"
- Management:
- Independent list of users for each magazine.
- Plugins' system:
- Install different plugins for each magazine.
- Enable/disable different plugins for each magazine.
- Theming:
- Different templates for each magazine.
- Different themes for each magazine.
- Performance improvement:
- Database level: Smaller DB (less tables).
- Cache level: Independent cache folders (less files).
- Escaliability:
- Magazine granularity: You can "operate" at magazine level.
- Script/DB/Files segmentation: You can balance your charge (even with different servers)
- Different Apache settings for each magazine: multi-domains, multi-webusers, multi-caching...
- Maintenance:
- Keep different OJS versions for each magazine.
- Independent Backup & Restore for each magazine.
"More complexity"
- Management:
- More complexity: multiple OJS instead of a single OJS (mOJO helps)
- Independent list of users for each magazine.
- You can not "operate" over multiple magazines at same time (mOJO helps)
- Presentation:
- Catalog of magazines it's lost.
- Global searcher (between magazines) it's useless.
- Maintenance:
- You need to configure/upgrade each magazine independently (mOJO helps)
What is mOJO?
mOJO is the acronym for "Multiple OJs Operations (aka. mojo)" and as described in the GitHub's repository [1] "it's a bash script to create multiple Open Journal Systems (OJS) installations and "rule them all".
Was developed to fill the "gap" between both installation approaches so helps administrators to deal with some of the listed disadvantages as well as offers new features as:
- Create pre-configured magazines from a pre-formated base in seconds (including crontab and htaccess)
- Multidomain management (with RESTful URLs)
- Fast command-line operations against OJS: clean cache, upgrade... (To be extended)
- Backup and Restore (all, code, data or db)
- Staging: Easy migration between testing & production environments (ToDo)
This is the list of operations mOJO (version 0.25) is able to perform:
- help (h): Script syntax.
- list (l): List all the magazines of the service.
- create: Create the folder structure of an ojs-magazine.
- |_ files (cf): Create the folder structure of an ojs-magazine.
- |_ db (cdb): Create the DB of an ojs-magazine from BASE template.
- |_ all (call): Create a full ojs-magazine from the BASE template.
- delete: Delete the folder structure and/or the DB of an ojs-magazine.
- |_ files: Delete the code & of an ojs-magazine (first backups)
- |_ db: Delete the DB of an specific ojs-magazine.
- |_ all: COMPLETE removes of a ojs-magazine (scripts, files and DB)
- backup (bck): Backup the files (code or-and data) and DB of an specific ojs-magazine.
- |_ files: Backup code & webdata of an specific ojs-magazine.
- |_ db: Backup the DB of an specific ojs-magazine.
- |_ all: COMPLETE backup specific ojs-magazine (scripts, files and DB)
- |_ code: Backup code of an specific ojs-magazine.
- |_ data: Backup webdata of an specific ojs-magazine.
- restore: Recover the files (code or-and data) of a formerly backup for ojs-magazine.
- |_ files: Recover code & webdata of an specific ojs-magazine.
- |_ db: Recover the DB of an specific ojs-magazine.
- |_ all: COMPLETE recovery of an specific ojs-magazine (scripts, files and DB)
- |_ code: Recover code of an specific ojs-magazine.
- |_ data: Recover webdata of an specific ojs-magazine.
- htaccess: Recreate the global htaccess file.
- crontab: Recreate the global crontab file.
- r-links: Recover symlinks for an specific site.
- link2fold: Replace a symlink with the folder's content.
- setdomain: Recreate config files to let the magazine respond under a domain.
- cleancache (cc): Clean OJS Cache.
- upgrade: (ToDo) Replaces "current" links to "new" version links and upgrades ojs-DB.
- setup: (ToDo) mOJO auto-installation.
The code is used daily and it's (and will be) Beta.
Code is published under GPL3 license in github that it's sometimes a little outdated (we will work to fix this).
mOJO has some strong requirements at three levels:
- Software:
- GNU/Linux operating system
- Apache
- mySQL
- Bash
- Installation:
- You need a very specific configuration (Folder structure and webuser) [2]
- Usage:
- It's not "foolproof": Some operations are harmful (pe: delete, r-links, restore) so you need to think what your are doing.
Instructions to setup your server: https://github.com/marcbria/mojo#installation
mOJO was developed and is tested against OJS 2.3.6 but it's expected to work with any 2.x version and will work with 3.x with minor changes.
The script could be (will be) extended to do better error checking, to work with other DB engines, Web Servers or migrated to other languages (PHP?) but as far as the whole system is based in symlinks mOJO will only work on UNIX operating systems.
Example of mOJO callings
- mOJO usage:
$ mojo $ mojo help
- List all your magazines:
$ mojo list
- Create a "pre-configured" magazine:
$ mojo create all magazineAlias $ mojo create all magazineAlias "email@example.com" $ mojo create all magazineAlias "email@example.com" "Real Name of the Editor" $ mojo create all magazineAlias "email@example.com" "Real Name of the Editor" "Title of the Magazine"
$ mojo create files magazineAlias # files = code + data $ mojo create db magazineAlias "firstname.lastname@example.com" "Real Name of the Editor" "Title of the Magazine"
- Delete a magazine (preBackup will be done)
$ mojo delete all magazineAlias
$ mojo delete files magazineAlias $ mojo delete data magazineAlias
- Backup a magazine (with checkPoint)
$ mojo backup all magazineAlias true
$ mojo backup code magazineAlias true $ mojo backup db magazineAlias $ mojo backup data magazineAlias true $ mojo backup files magazineAlias
- Restore a magazine (to the "last" checkpoint)
$ mojo restore all magazineAlias last
$ mojo restore code magazineAlias last $ mojo restore db magazineAlias 20131114-4629 $ mojo restore data magazineAlias last $ mojo restore files magazineAlias 20131114-1514
- htaccess operations (aka. RESTFUL setup)
$ mojo htaccess magazineAlias # Creates an htaccess-chunk for the specified magazine. $ mojo htaccess # Regenerates the global htaccess from each htaccess-chunk.
- crontab operations
$ mojo crontab magazineAlias # Creates an crontab-chunk for the specified magazine. $ mojo crontab # Regenerates the global cronMagazines.sh from each crontab-chunk.
- Linking operations
$ mojo r-links magazineAlias current # Replace symlinks to a different version-folder (from ./source/versions) $ mojo link2fold magazineAlias templates # Replaces a symlinked folder for it's physical content.
- Homepage operations
$ mojo sethome magazineAlias lock # The magazine is Locked. $ mojo sethome magazineAlias open # The magazine is in Mantainance. $ mojo sethome magazineAlias open # Opens the magazine (recover OJS original index.php)
- Domain operations
$ mojo setdomain magazineName www.yourdomain.org # Setups config.inc to work with a full domain name. $ mojo setdomain reset magazineName # Resets config.inc to subdomain settings.
- Other operations
$ mojo tools magazineName upgrade.php check # Call pkp-tools (see your OJS /tools folder) $ mojo clearcache magazineName # Clears OJS cache.
How mOJO works
The key word here is "symbolic links". It could be summarized as "sharing code, but keeping different databases and data"
The following post there is a detailed explanation (as well as lots of posts about how to make it RESTful):
Imagine that's what you need (a quite common structure in institutional contexts):
http://example.com http://example.com/ojs1 ---------------- http://example.com/magazine1 | | ----------------- | | | | --------------- | |-------------> | OJS 1 | -------------> | Magazine 1 | | | | | --------------- | CMS | ----------------- | | ----------------- http://magazineN.foo.net | | | | --------------- | |-------------> | OJS n | -------------> | Magazine n | | | | | --------------- | | ----------------- ----------------
In the root directory you will like to place a CMS to publish news and a list of all the magazines included in the system, whatever... but this is not our concern now (See it running at: http://revistes.uab.cat)
The interesting part is in each OJS sub-folder that will be a physical directory with symbolic links to a "base" ojs. What is the "base" ojs? It's the OJS code that will be shared between ALL journals.
Notice that not everything could be "symlinked": We need different index.php, config.inc.php and caches for each OJS installation. A few extra folders (ie: webdata) will be also specific for each OJS: files, public and registry. An .htaccess (in root folder) and/or vhost will do the redirection work.
/home/ojs |__ backup | |__ all | |__ code | |__ data | |__ db |__ logs |__ scripts | |__ [mojo.sh] |__ htdocs | |__ (a few CMS files and folders) | |__ ojs1 | | |__ [index.php] | | |__ [config.inc.php] | | |__ [htaccess.chunk] | | |__ [cron.chunk] | | |__ public | | |__ cache | | |__ (the rest of ojs folders are linked to: /home/webuser/ojs/versions/current/*) | |__ ojs2 | | |__ [index.php] | | |__ [config.inc.php] | | |__ [htaccess.chunk] | | |__ [cron.chunk] | | |__ public | | |__ cache | | |__ (the rest of ojs folders are linked to: /home/webuser/ojs/versions/current/*) | |__ ojs3 | | |__ [index.php] | | |__ [config.inc.php] | | |__ [htaccess.chunk] | | |__ [cron.chunk] | | |__ public | | |__ cache | |__ (the rest of ojs folders are linked to: /home/webuser/ojs/versions/new/*) |__ webdata | |__ ojs1 | | |__ files | | |__ public | | |__ registry | |__ ojs2 | | |__ files | | |__ public | | |__ registry | |__ ojs3 | |__ files | |__ public | |__ registry |__ source |__ versions | |__ current (-> ojs2.3.4) | |__ ojs-2.3.4 | |__ ojs-2.3.3 | |__ ojs-2.4 | |__ new (-> ojs2.4) |__ templates |__ [baseMagazineDump.sql] |__ [config.inc.php.base] |__ [config.inc.php.Domain.base] |__ [crontab.base] |__ [crontabMagazine.base] |__ [htaccess.base] |__ [htaccessMagazine.base] |__ [htaccessMagazineDomain.base] |__ [createDB.sql] |__ [deleteDB.sql]
Keeping this structure up to date could be very boring and manual operations inevitably drive to errors, so we use mOJO to do the hard job.
The script generates the structure of a new OJS installation (web code & web data), and fills the database with a "preconfigurated OJS model" (the "base" one). The script also plays with string-replacement (sed) to substitute some tags with the appropriate information in config.inc.php, database dumps and so on... so when you do:
$ mojo create all athenea email@example.com "Juan Muñoz Justicia" "Athenea Digital"
A new magazine is created and filled with the specified title, editor's name-mail, etc. in just seconds.
Comment: After we create the magazines, we meet the staff and we fill together OJS's configuration 5 steps to fit the magazine to their needs.
So mOJO helps in create/delete/backup/restore operations but also include a few snippets to work with symlinks, domains, crontab.
Notice here that as far as templates, plugins... folders are symlinked, you can replace any of those folders with physical folders and keep something a little bit different. This let us keep same code (except templates) for magazines as different as:
As said, mOJO was developed and tested against 2.3.6 but works with any 2.x (or any OJS version if the PHP code plays nicely with relative path instead of using absolute ones).
This is what we have in mind, but we are open to suggestions and/or prioritizations:
- [DEV] Request PKP a few minor changes in SessionManager class, bootstrap and config to suport multiOJS "out of the box" (without patching).
- [DEV] Ask for confirmation in every potentially harmful operations.
- [DEV] Autoinstall mOJO: Let the bash script build the whole system.
- Info command: With status, versions, paths, plugins, users and other OJS basic info.
- Update command: To update OJS DB&code (based on /tools)
- CreateBase command: To generate a DB model for any future OJS.
- ReplaceVar command: To gloably change one OJS variable.
- ExecuteSQL command: To run a single query against all magazines.
- PluginStatus command: To list/enable/disable plugin status.
- Password command: To periodiaclly change admin password globally (all the magazines) or set different DB usr/pwd for each magazine.
- Select command: To run comands against a set of magazines.
- Mantainence: Play nicely with git. Even backup code in git.
- Staging: Define different contexts and let mOJO move magazines from test to production (and vice versam)
- [DEV] Verbose or progress bar for "slow" operations.
- [POSTPONED] In discussion: Migration from bash to PHP (as far as OJS is PHP)
- ...
Known issues?
Unable to login if your OJS code is not "patched"
Some code in OJS (plugins classes) use absolute paths instead of relative and it breaks the system. This is partially fixed but still under discussion with PKP.
Better error checking
Doing mOJO operations in damaged OJS (for instance, without DBs, webdata folders...) could result in tar or mySql warnings. Reading the warning will be enough to figure it out what happened (try to remove an non existing DB) and fix it, but would be nice to clean it up with better error checking.
Right now, params need specific order, could do not include quotes, are not seriously checked... Till now, parameter handling was not a priority and it must be improved ("getopt" looks like the right candidate).
Further questions
Here you can find some questions that raised up during the presentation of mOJO to the PKP Technical Committee. The discussion made obvious we were thinking in a little different contexts: an "institutional" one, and a "hosting" service. We refer to both in the explanations.
Some of those questions need a deeper analysis or cross work between interested parts. Feel free to extend this list.
How to deal with PKP recommended patches?
This is not implemented yet but it's something we have in mind (and it's probably connected with the GIT question).
If is possible, in our "institutional" context we like to keep all the magazines in the same version (the last stable one). It means that we like to apply the same patches for ALL our magazines at the same time. It's usually a win-win: Editor's are happy because their magazines are "up to date" and we (sysadmins) are happy because the complexity is reduced.
As explained mOJO creates links for every OJS instance to a "base-version" of OJS code (in our case I have 3 versions running: "current" with 2.3.6, "new" with 2.4, "dev" with 3.0...)
If you don't have "file customizations" (aka. "forks" with different templates, plugins...) we have at least two easy solutions here:
- A BASE magazine: We can keep a fake magazine that links to the OJS base-version (pe: "current") and you can nicely play "pkp tools/download patch" or whatever so (as symlinked) the change will be applied to ALL the magazines.
- Directly patch the code: mOJO can patch directly the source/versions/current folder (including a dry-run)
I suppose would be nice to run a "php tools/update.php" patching so mOJO could also be extended to help with this and do the job in every magazine that links to this base-version. Something like "update all the magazines symlinked to current version and warn if a magazine include "customizations".
I'm not sure if this approach will be good enough in a "hosting" context with needs as the one explained in the next question. Please, let us known.
Is it possible to keep different permissions?
I understand this question is not related with OS file permissions it's more about user permissions and apache security modules (as suExec, suPHP...)
In our installation we use "ojs:www-data" and as far as "mojo" is (and will be) a sysadmin script runs as root, permissions is not a big concern for us. Please, comment if you disagree.
Any way, some security modules will complain if the destination of a symlink is not in web folder (public_html...), users don't fit or file permissions are too permissive (777), etc. More than this, in a "hosting" context you will also like to offer ssh/FTP to your users, "chrooted" spaces, etc.
In this sense, the "hosting" scenario could be very variable and looks a little far from the "controlled" context we are building so we will need to detail to see if mOJO can fit.
Any case, in this wide context, seams that mOJO will need to be extend to:
- keep permissions&users up to date.
- build a different folder structure (place code in public_html...)
- keep the destination of the symlinks open
Any way, as symlinks are against the security model those tools like, we will probably need to play a little with them (pe: Forcing apache 2.2.15 and suexec to allow symlinks)
Will Site Administration operations affect the rest of magazines?
Yes it is, and this is why we don't offer "site admin" permissions to our magazines.
There is an extra issue here with "plugins installation", as far as is an magazine level operation that work over a shared folder (plugins).
In practice it's not very usual to see magazine editors installing plugins, but it's something to fix in a "hosting" context.
How to integrate mOJO with GIT?
It's one of the biggest questions to solve right now.
As far as we only 3 magazines with code customizations we were not very worried about this, but we like to migrate to OJS 2.4 soon and GIT looks like the way to do the job smoothly.
Last PKP-OJS GIT guide will be really useful here but if you have been working in it and you have any suggestion please let us know.
And the code is in github:
[1] https://github.com/marcbria/mojo
Documentation about how to install mOJO could be found here:
[2] https://github.com/marcbria/mojo#installation
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Cashflow is the lifeblood of any organisation. Getting it wrong means that your business will fail, but getting it right at a time of economic uncertainty is a significant challenge.
Having a healthy cashflow is crucial for all companies, but can have a massive impact for start-ups. A new business can only survive for a short time with a negative cash flow, and ultimately the business will end up insolvent. Start-ups must adopt processes to help manage their cashflow from the moment they are set up.
Late payments are a significant problem for entrepreneurs to deal with. Half of the small businesses polled by Sage in its monthly Omnibus said they had been impacted by late payments over the last twelve months.
For start-ups waiting to improve their business cashflow, there are a number of steps to take, including:
Know where your money is – It sounds simple, but a lot of small businesses will fail because their owner doesn't keep a close eye on the funds coming in and out of the business. That visibility is best achieved by maintaining regular updates on your cashflow forecasts.
Know your customers – Many businesses have a set date for paying invoices, learn when these are for your customers and record the date. If the date passes and you are yet to be paid, then there is a good chance that something is not right and you can follow up with your customer.
Set-up an online automated contingency plan – This will help you actively manage your cashflow. It is critical that start-ups remain aware of how much money they are owed and when payments are due, so that late payments do not occur in the first instance. However, if they do occur good management can ensure the late payment does not have a damaging effect on the overall cashflow. These are all aspects that business accounting software can help you get to grips with.
By implementing theses correct processes a start-up will be able to manage their financial planning effectively, forecast the year ahead and identify any potential cashflow issues. By following these guidelines and implementing the right software, businesses can make sure they remain strong and cash positive.
Brendan Flattery is the Managing Director of the Small Business Division at Sage UK and Ireland.


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18th Annual Competition – Association for Feminist Anthropology
AFA is pleased to invite graduate and undergraduate students to submit essays in feminist anthropology in competition for the Sylvia Forman Prize, named for the late Sylvia Helen Forman, one of the founders of AFA whose dedication to both her students and feminist principles contributed to the growth of feminist anthropology.The deadline is June 1, 2012.
One graduate and one undergraduate student winner will each receive a certificate; a cash award ($1,000 graduate and $500 undergraduate); and have the winning essay summary published in Anthropology News.
We encourage essays in all four subfields of anthropology. Essays may be based on research on a wide variety of topics including (but not limited to) feminist analysis of women's work, education, reproduction, sexuality, religion, and expressive culture, language, family and kin relations, economic development, gender and material culture, gender and biology, women and development, globalization, and intersectionalities of gender, race, sexuality, and class.
Essays will be judged on:
- Originality of research topic
- Use of feminist anthropological theory to analyze a research question
- Organization, quality, and clarity of writing
- Effective use of both theory and data
- Significance to feminist scholarship
- Timeliness and relevance of topic
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|As the new administration in Washington gets underway, we'll talk about funding for research and innovation in hostile economic times. In this segment, Ira talks with Congressman Rush Holt, plasma physicist and US Representative from new Jersey, about the road ahead for spending on science in the coming Congress. The recovery package currently under discussion in Congress includes at $3 billion for the National Science Foundation, $2 billion for physical science research at the Department of Energy, and $3.5 billion for the National Institutes of Health. In addition, the bill includes more than $30 billion for investments in energy research and technology. Can science spending be an effective economic tool?


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Troubled country star MINDY MCCREADY has become the latest celebrity to feature in a sex tape.
In Mindy McCready: Baseball Mistress, the fallen singer appears in alleged X-rated scenes with a mystery boyfriend and tells graphic tales of her bedroom encounters with celebrity ex-lovers.
The title is a reference to McCready's alleged affair with former sportsman Roger Clemens.
Bosses at distributor Vivid Entertainment promise the tape includes "almost an hour of action interspersed with a narrative about her former lovers, who included Red Sox and Yankees pitching great Roger Clemens, actor Dean Cain, country singer Alan Jackson and others."
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A spokesperson tells WENN, "We don't know what she is feeling right now. A third party brought the tape to Vivid and Vivid decided to acquire and release it."
McCready revealed all about her romance with Clemens back in 2008, claiming he seduced her when she was just 16 and he was 29 and married - claims Clemens has always denied.
The 34-year-old singer appeared on the last season of reality TV show Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew, in a bid to overcome her longterm addiction to drugs.
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Project WILD
Project WILD is a wildlife-focused conservation education program for classroom and non-formal pre K-12 educators and their students.
Project WILD is one of the most widely-used conservation and environmental education programs among educators of students in kindergarten through high school. It is based on the premise that young people and educators have a vital interest in learning about our natural world. Emphasizing wildlife because of its intrinsic value, Project WILD addresses the need for human beings to develop as responsible citizens of our planet.
Project WILD links students and wildlife through its mission to provide wildlife-based conservation and environmental education that fosters responsible actions toward wildlife and related natural resources. Through the use of balanced curriculum materials and professional training workshops, Project WILD accomplishes its goal of developing awareness, knowledge, skills, and commitment. This results in the making of informed decisions, responsible behavior, and constructive action concerning wildlife and the environment.
For more details on the development and organization of Project WILD at the international level visit http://www.projectwild.org/
Project WILD in Indiana
In Indiana, the Division of Fish and Wildlife sponsors Project WILD and has developed a network of volunteer workshop facilitators who offer workshops locally. Educators can register for a scheduled workshop or if you have 15 or more people interested in training a workshop can be arranged for your group at a time and location convenient for you. A calendar of workshops is located at http://www.in.gov/dnr/fishwild/7548.htm.
You can contact the Project WILD program at email@example.com or call 317-234-8440. College credit and professional growth points are available to participants who attend a workshop.
Workshops Offered
Basic Project WILD:
$25 fee, 6 hours, includes K-12 Activity Guide and Aquatic Guide
Topics include basic wildlife ecology and habitats. Activity guides include 81 activities organized into ecological knowledge, social and political knowledge, and sustaining fish and wildlife resources.
Aquatic Project WILD:
No Fee (due to federal sport fish restoration funds), 6 hours, includes Aquatic Guide
Topics include basic wildlife ecology and habitats with an aquatic focus. Activity guide includes 55 activities organized into ecological knowledge, social and political knowledge, and sustaining fish and wildlife resources. May also be offered in conjunction with Project WET.
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CARSON, Calif. - When Robbie Keane firmly tapped the Los Angeles Galaxy's third goal into the net, their roaring fans could be excused for thinking ahead to another MLS Cup celebration.
Even after opening the Western Conference finals in dominant style, Keane and the surging Galaxy say they won't plan for another title shot before they finish this job.
Keane scored twice, Mike Magee added his latest clutch playoff goal and Los Angeles beat the Seattle Sounders 3-0 on Sunday night to take a commanding lead in the first leg of the conference finals.
Keane had an assist and Sean Franklin set up two goals by the defending champions, who will head to Seattle next Sunday in prime position to earn their third MLS Cup appearance in four years.
"We had a wonderful night, but we know anything can still happen," said Keane, who converted a header on a pass from Landon Donovan in first-half injury time before finishing his fourth goal of a dynamite post-season in the 67th minute. "So it's up to the lads, the senior players who have a lot of experience, to remind everybody that this is not over. We're happy with tonight, though."
The Galaxy entered the post-season as the West's fourth seed, but have maintained the impressive form they showed down the regular-season stretch. After beating Vancouver in a knockout playoff and ousting Supporters' Shield-winning San Jose in the first round, Los Angeles largely dominated the talented Sounders — particularly while scoring two goals in three minutes early in the second half.
If Los Angeles survives and Houston wraps up the Eastern Conference finals after beating D.C. United 3-1 earlier Sunday, the MLS Cup would be a rematch of last season's game, when David Beckham, Donovan and Keane won it all at Home Depot Center.
"I think when we're in really good form, we're hard to stop," said Magee, who has scored in six of the Galaxy's last eight playoff games dating to last season. "Having said that, we're already been stopped two times by this team in Seattle."
Indeed, Sounders coach Sigi Schmid immediately reminded his players that they beat the Galaxy 4-0 in their raucous home stadium Aug. 5.
"We have to do that again, but it's going to be a very difficult challenge," Schmid said. "We went through a bad period in the second half where we lost our shape, lost our concentration, lost our focus, and they banged in two goals. Robbie Keane and Landon Donovan were more dynamic up front than we were all day."
The Sounders played without defender Marc Burch, who is suspended three games for using a homophobic slur during Seattle's first-round series against Real Salt Lake.
Michael Gspurning made three saves to avoid an even more disastrous result for the Sounders, who must beat the Galaxy by four goals next weekend — or with a three-goal victory and penalty kicks after a 30-minute overtime — to advance to the franchise's first MLS Cup final.
"We're not foolish enough to believe this is over," Los Angeles coach Bruce Arena said. "But it was one of those nights where every player was on form."
Keane has been brilliant in his first full MLS season despite spending much of the year on planes for international duty as Ireland's captain at Euro 2012 and elsewhere. He also scored two goals in the second leg of the first round at San Jose, leading the Galaxy back from a first-leg deficit.
Magee scored the prettiest goal in a half full of a brilliant passing by the Galaxy in the 64th, with Beckham and Keane finding Franklin to set up Magee's third goal in Los Angeles' four playoff games.
"It was great that we put them away, but this tie is far from over," Beckham said. "We've still got to play our brand of soccer next week, and Seattle is always a tough place to play."
The Galaxy had most of the scoring chances on a chilly night south of Hollywood, but Seattle's Austrian goalie was sharp early, catching Donovan's header on the fly midway through the first half.
Los Angeles finally connected in the only minute of injury time on a play begun by Franklin. The defender came down the wing and centred it for Christian Wilhelmsson and Donovan, who chased it nearly to the end line before popping it in front.
Keane backpedaled, yet still had the body control and strength to head it past the sliding Gspurning. Keane did his trademark cartwheel-somersault goal celebration in front of the L.A. Riot Squad and turned to catch Donovan, who leaped into his arms.
The Galaxy were far superior after halftime, and a dazzling sequence of passing ended with an emphatic goal by Magee. Three minutes later, Keane pounced on a loose ball in front of Gspurning's net after Wilhelmsson's did the hard work.
"It was on its way in, but he's a striker," Wilhelmsson said with a grin. "That's how he should be."


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Budding game artist Ed Chee (Monkey Island 2 Special Edition) will be displaying some of his works in an exhibition to be held in Toronto early next month. What makes this cool is that all the paintings were done not in paint, but on a Nintendo DS.
Using the DS' Colors! program, Chee has drawn a massive collection of portraits and landscapes of the people and places around him. You can check them out in person between October 4 and October 10 at the Gladstone Hotel - Art Bar, 1214 Queen St. West, Toronto.
Above you'll see a selection of his work on the DS.
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Career Notes
2011-12 (at Mississippi State)
High School
- Selected as a team captain for the 2013-14 season
- Has the skill and ability to be an All-America caliber performer
- A next-level athlete with great length and versatility ... has the strength and toughness to defend in the post and the speed and quickness to be an elite perimeter defender
- An explosive leaper with excellent shooting touch past the three-point line ... can score at the rim off the dribble or with strong mid-range game
- Expected to be an immediate contributor ... has the ability to quietly fill up the stat sheet with points, rebounds, assists, blocks and steals
- Will excite the Cameron Crazies and ignite Duke with powerful finishes at the rim and a smooth left-handed shooting stroke
- One of the hardest working players on the team ... possesses the drive and pedigree to be one of the elite wing players in the NCAA
- Sat out the 2012-13 season due to NCAA transfer rules ... used the year on the sidelines to acclimate to the Duke program and continue to develop on the court, in the weight room and in the classroom
- Consistently pushed his teammates and helped the team improve in practice throughout his redshirt season ... quickly established himself as one of the top players on the team despite having to sit out the 2012-13 season
- Was poised the make the 2013 World University Games team before suffering a foot injury in training camp ... missed a couple of weeks of workouts at Duke this summer due to the injury but has made a full recovery
- The fourth player to transfer to Duke under Mike Krzyzewski ... joining Roshown McLeod (1995 - St. John's), Dahntay Jones (2000 - Rutgers) and Seth Curry (2009 - Liberty)
- Active in the community with the Read with the Blue Devils program as well as visits to the Duke Children's Hospital and Emily Krzyzewski Center
2011-12 (at Mississippi State)
- Named to the SEC All-Freshman team after averaging 10.3 points, 4.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists per game
- Shot 44.3 percent (127-of-287) from the field, including 36.4 percent (47-of-129) from three-point range on the season
- Played in 32 of 33 games with 29 starts ... missed the Alabama game on Feb. 25 with a bruised knee
- Ranked 29th (seventh among freshmen) in the SEC in scoring (10.3 ppg.) and fifth in minutes played (32.8 mpg.)
- Was on the court for a total of 1,050 minutes, second-most in the Mississippi State freshman record books ... 328 points ranks ninth, while his 47 three-point field goals is tied for fourth among Bulldog freshmen
- Reached double figures in scoring 17 times with a season-high 20 points, to go along with eight rebounds and two steals, in a win over Louisiana-Monroe (11/21) ... was 9-of-13 from the field, including 2-of-4 from three-point range in the contest
- Had eight points, eight rebounds, four assists and two steals in 45 minutes in an NIT opening round double-overtime loss to Massachusetts (3/13)
- Scored 14 points and added eight rebounds, while playing 40 minutes in an overtime loss at LSU (2/14)
- Netted 17 points and grabbed five rebounds at Arkansas (1/7)
- Collected 16 points and six rebounds in a home win over Utah State (12/31)
- Posted a double-double with 19 points and 10 rebounds, while playing all 40 minutes against Florida Atlantic (12/13)
- Went 8-of-9 from the field and finished with 17 points, seven rebounds and a season-best four blocks against Tennessee-Martin (11/25)
- Named SEC Rookie of the Week after averaging 9.5 points and 2.5 rebounds in wins over No. 18 Texas A&M (11/17) and No. 16 Arizona (11/18) in the 2K Sports Classic
- Opened his career with a 12-point, nine-rebound, four-assist effort against Eastern Kentucky (11/7)
High School
- Two-time Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year
- Averaged 24.8 points, 8.6 rebounds, 6.4 assists, 3.1 steals and 2.0 blocks in guiding Meridian to the Class 6A championship and a 29-2 record as a senior
- In the title game against Vicksburg, Hood scored 24 points en route to the 62-47 victory
- In the semifinals, scored 27 points as Meridian defeated Starkville, 72-43
- Named the Clarion Ledger's Player of the Year and was a member of the Dandy Dozen team in 2011
- Played in the Mississippi/Alabama All-Star Game, finishing with 18 points, three steals and six rebounds
- Ranked No. 16 by Rivals, No. 30 in the ESPNU Top 100 list and No. 49 by Scout
- As a junior, averaged 22.1 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4.4 assists while leading his team to the Class 6A championship game
- Played on the AAU circuit with Alabama Challenge and MBA Elite
- Born on Oct. 20, 1992 in Meridian, Miss.
- Son of Vicky and Ricky Hood
- Father, Ricky, and mother, Vicky, both played basketball at Mississippi State from 1978-1980
- Father is the director of the Boys & Girls Club of East Mississippi
- Mother is the principal at Newton High School in Meridian, Miss.
- Has a brother, Ricky Hood, Jr., and a sister, Whitney ... both Ricky Jr., and Whitney played at Chattanooga ... Whitney was an All-SoCon performer
- Member of the National Honor Society ... also volunteered with the Boys & Girls Club


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2013 Europe Digital Future in Focus
Comscore presents its 2013 Europe Digital Future in Focus report, providing an overview of the European digital landscape and identifying the prevailing trends in web usage, online video, mobile and search. The report also includes a special scorecard section, which shows the top sites for all 18 European countries measured by Comscore as well as an overview of top news, retail and online banking sites per market.
Here are some key highlights from the 2013 Europe Digital Future in Focus report:
- 408.3 million people in Europe went online via a PC or laptop in December 2012, a 7 percent increase over the past year.
- Turkey has the biggest proportion of young internet users (aged 15-24) in Europe, whilst Germany has the largest share of older users (aged 55+).
- Over 23 million people in the EU5 countries had a smartphone as well as a tablet in the three month average ending December 2012.
- Social media captures the most PC screen time in Europe with users spending 6.7 hours per month on social networking sites and blogs.
- 8 in 10 European internet users visited a news/information site in December 2012 – time spent on these sites increased by 10 percent throughout the year.
- 14.1 percent of EU5 smartphone owners purchased a product or service via their device in the three month average ending December 2012.
- 2 in 3 Dutch internet users visited a banking site in December 2012, whilst only 18.8 percent of Swiss users visited a site in this category.
Media RatingsComprenez les audiences et leurs schémas de consommation de média sur télévision, numérique et l'ensemble des plateformes.
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What People Are Saying About My Half of the Sky
"McBurney-Lin tells a wonderfully entertaining story with the traditional coming-of-age theme (which is experienced universally)...weaving in the cultural challenges of growing up in China's rapidly changing social system."
Mary Warpeha, co-President of the Minnesota Chapter of US-China Friendship Association
March 2010
"The novel ...includes many of the tales and the folk ways of the people living in the rural areas of South China, still followed provincially. The story takes place in current China, but could relate the dilemma of any young woman in rural China through the ages."
Kitty Trescott, National Board of the Midwest Region of US-China Friendship Association. March 2010
"A lot is expected of a young Chinese girl. My Half of the Sky by Jana McBurney-Lin is the story of Li Hui, a young girl who has just achieved marriageable age. She seeks to make the most of herself, but the expectations all around her make it difficult, as her parents seek to use her as pawn to their advantage, she is faced with what she believes to be true love. She must balance career, romance, and family, all to somehow make everyone happy, a tough endeavor indeed. An engaging and entertaining read from beginning to end, "My Half of the Sky" is a poignant tale of the modern Chinese woman, and recommended for community library collections.
--Midwest Book Review November, 2008
"It is a rare women's novel that sensitively describes the life of a young educated woman in modern-day China in its full complexity, without resorting to unnecessary sentimentalism. Jana's deep knowledge of the realities of life in China and Singapore makes the reading extra rewarding. In fact, with every new page the novel gets harder to put down and you find yourself gobbling it up before you know it. Finally, the author has given a voice to the Li Hui in all of us, as we struggle for the golden middle between tradition and the modern momentum of our world."
Isabella Sluzek
Friends of the Museum Book Review 2008
You'll be rooting all the way for Li Hui as she struggles, ahead of the curve, to be her own woman in an emerging, modern China. Jana McBurney-Lin's My half of the Sky is a beautiful, witty, touching debut novel.
Thomas B. Sawyer
Head Writer TV Series "Murder, She Wrote,"
Author - The Sixteenth Man
A complex and mesmerizingly original tale of a young Chinese woman caught between the modern world and the pull of her ancient culture. McBurney-Lin's intimate portrait of China sparks with insights and is peopled with characters so rich and alive, they seem to breathe on the page. Dazzling and unforgettable.
Caroline Leavitt, Author - Girls in Trouble
McBurney-Lin's debut novel is a gift. Li Hui is a memorable heroine, a young woman torn between her heart and her culture.Her daunting journey is a trip into China's complicated soul, and a deeply moving exploration of love, honor, duty, and loss." Frank Baldwin, Author - Balling the Jack
My Half of the Sky is a wonderfully-crafted story that was obviously written with a piece of McBurney-Lin's heart. A masterpiece."
Lee Lofland, Author - Howdunit: Police Procedure and Investigation
My Half of the Sky heralds the arrival of a fantastic new storyteller. With artistry and precision, Jana McBurney-Lin's clear-eyed prose takes the reader on a new journey into a past world that speaks to a modern sensibility, a modern world, a modern woman. This is a book to be treasured.
Emily Rapp, Author - The Poster Child
Through vivid descriptions of sights and smells, Jana McBurney-Lin's My Half of the Sky is a haunting, emotional journey of what it means to be an honorable female in modern China. Jill Ferguson, Author - Sometimes Art Can't Save You


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ABC Continues to Hype GOP Compromise on Taxes, Abandonment of 'Anti-Tax Enforcer'
For the second time in less than 24 hours, ABC's Jon Karl on Tuesday hyped a "newfound willingness" by Republicans to compromise on raising taxes and a possible abandonment of "anti-tax enforcer" Grover Norquist. [MP3 audio here.]
Yet, this didn't appear enough for Karl who lamented that "even Republicans who say they are willing to violate the pledge say they will only do so by closing loopholes, not by doing what the President wants to do, which is raising tax rates."
Talking to Norquist on Good Morning America, the journalist quizzed the founder of Americans for Tax Reform on pledges his organization encourages politicians to sign: "If somebody signed this 10 years ago, 18 years ago, 20 years ago, are they still bound by it?"
Norquist retorted, "Now, when you got married, did you wife understand there was an expiration date on that promise?"
Karl suggested that congressional Republicans are "expressing a newfound willingness to compromise on that long-standing Republican pledge never to raise taxes." He introduced, "Meet the anti-tax enforcer, the man behind the pledge. Grover Norquist."
On Monday's World News, anchor Diane Sawyer touted, "a Republican mutiny against a man who had convinced them to take a pledge."
During that segment, Karl whined that the pledge is "the biggest obstacle to any deal that would raise taxes."
A transcript of the November 27 GMA segment can be found below:
GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: We're counting down now to that fiscal cliff. Just over a month to go before everyone's taxes go up. Both sides set to meet with business leaders this week. The President's going to take his campaign on the road, too, as more Republicans appear willing to bend on their no new taxes pledge. ABC's Jon Karl is covering all the maneuvers in Washington. Jon, even though the President has been calling congressional leaders, they haven't made enough progress for another face-to-face negotiation.
JON KARL: That's right, George. There is no face-to-face meeting even scheduled now between the President and congressional leaders. But I can tell you that high-level talks with staff are intensifying, with time running out. And Republicans are expressing a newfound willingness to compromise on that long-standing Republican pledge never to raise taxes.
GROVER NORQUIST: The pledge was designed–
KARL: Meet the anti-tax enforcer. The man behind the pledge. Grover Norquist.
NORQUIST: Republicans who vote for a tax increase are rat heads in a Coke bottle. They damage the brand for everyone else.
KARL: Ronald Reagan unveiled Norquist's first pledge in the mid 1980s. And over the last two decades, virtually no Republican has been elected without signing that no tax increase pledge. Now, how many of these things have been signed?
NORQUIST: Pledges?
KARL: Yes.
NORQUIST: Thousands over the years.
KARL: He keeps them all on file. Here's John Boehner's pledge, signed 20 years ago. If somebody signed this 10 years ago, 18 years ago, 20 years ago, are they still bound by it?
NORQUIST: Now, when you got married, did you wife understand there was an expiration date on that promise?
KARL: Norquist has consistently warned that anyone who violates the pledge is doomed.
NORQUIST: It is difficult to imagine somebody winning a primary without taking the pledge.
KARL: But with the fiscal cliff just months away, and a re-elected Barack Obama insisting that tax increases must be part of any budget deal, key Republicans are now talking about ditching the pledge.
SENATOR BOB CORKER: I'm not obligated on the pledge.
SENATOR LINDSEY GRAHAM: I will violate the pledge, long story short, for the good of the country, only if Democrats will do entitlement reform.
KARL: But George, even Republicans who say they are willing to violate the pledge say they will only do so by closing loopholes, not by doing what the President wants to do, which is raising tax rates.
STEPHANOPOULOS: So, the sides, still far apart. Meanwhile, we heard about Susan Rice, the UN ambassador going up to Capitol Hill today, to meet with many of her critics as the President contemplates whether to appoint her as Secretary of State. And it does appear that some of the critics, at least Senator John McCain, are softening their opposition just a bit.
KARL: Just a bit. And she's going to go right into the lion's den. She's meeting not just with John McCain but also with Lindsey Graham. Both have said point blank that they would do anything in their power to stop her nomination. But with this meeting coming up, they have softened that a bit, although, George, far short, George of ever saying they would support her for Secretary of State.
-- Scott Whitlock is the senior news analyst for the Media Research Center. Click here to follow him on Twitter.


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Each Wednesday evening, from mid-September to the end of April, a large part of our church family gathers together, beginning at 6:00 pm. Cooking crews prepare a meal for 100+ people on a weekly basis.
We open our evening together with prayer, enjoy a meal and disperse from there to our various programs – GEMS for girls, Cadets for boys, ACTS for pre-teens and Jubes for teens. Adult education classes begin once the clean-up is done. Nursery is provided for the little ones.
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Before heading up to the Bungalow for today's races, the weather looked fairly promising with only cloud cover, and no ominous darker clouds threatening rain.
Once I'd arrived it was a different story, with the low clouds covering the tram stop at the top of Snaefell – the island's highest peak at over 2,000ft – threatening to roll down towards the circuit.
Thankfully it held off long enough to complete the TT Zero and second Supersport races, but had enveloped the surrounding area before the second sidecar race and some practice sessions could run.
The Bungalow is one of the highest points on the course, as the riders exit the Verandah and continue on their way towards Kate's Cottage. If you watched last year's TT highlights you'll recognise it as the point where Michael Dunlop's CBR600RR made a damn good attempt to throw him off, leaving rubber on the road and forcing him to take a much wider line through the corner than usual.
Usually the backdrop to any image at the Bungalow is a lush, green hillside, but today it was mainly the low, rolling clouds. This makes the camera try to expose the whiteness of the clouds, leaving the bikes underexposed if you don't work around it.


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This is a guest post by Tara. Tara studies Law, French and Linguistics at the University of Newcastle and tries to keep a cooking blog.
Sasha (Alexandra) Aikhenvald was born to a Jewish family in Moscow in 1957. The environment at the time was not helpful to Dr Aikhenvald in her ambitions. Interest in languages other than Russian was not encouraged, and as a Jewish person Dr Aikhenvald faced many limits and discrimination. Yet, as she says in an interview with ABC radio, "I am stubborn, so in spite of all the difficulties the Soviets confronted me with, I did make an effort to develop myself intellectually."
Dr Aikhenvald has worked with many different language groups throughout her career, including Berber languages, Hebrew, and some languages from the Papua New Guinea region. Some of her most interesting and beneficial work, however, was done and is done in Tariana, a language from north-west Brazil.
In this area language is strongly linked with culture and heritage, and a large number of languages existed in the area. Sadly though, various outside influence have lead to the decline of the majority of these languages. Tariana, for example, had approximately 100 speakers remaining when Dr Aikhenvald first started working in the region, even though around 2000 people identify with the Tariana ethnic group. In conjunction with local people, Dr Aikhenvald has produced a comprehensive grammar of this language, as well as a large dictionary and many starter lessons for learning the language. Not only is this information tremendously useful to the field of linguistics as a whole, Tariana being a a very interesting language where it is mandatory to express how you know something whenever you speak, but it has enabled the local people to attempt to reclaim an important part of their heritage and identity.
Dr Aikhenvald currently holds a position as Professor and Research Leader, People and Societies of the Tropics at the Cairns Institute within James Cook University.
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