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How to Write a Winning College Essay/
Write a Winning College Essay
'Tis the season of essay-writing misery! I posted this some years ago, and it continues to be among the most popular pieces I've ever written.
As someone who writes a lot about persuasion, I'm frequently asked by high school juniors and their parents how to write a successful college essay. My own son, George, sought my advice, and he was glad he did. His essay about a headache (yes, a headache), helped get him into his highly selective first-choice school, Middlebury College. His work was among 10 (out of a class of 850) read in front of the campus at Convocation. "The one they read before mine was by a Palestinian who wrote about shielding his little brother as an Israeli bomb hit their house," George told me later. "'Oh, great,' I thought. 'Now they're going to read about my headache.'"
It did the job, though. George wrote the essay himself, but he followed my advice. Here's what I told him, and what I tell everyone who asks me.
1. What's your hook?
While the top schools look for good writing, they're more interested in character. Your Board scores will tell them how smart you are, and your grades let them know you study hard. Admissions officers also look for a student who will add something to the campus. Ask them about the most recent crop of first-year students, and you'll see what I mean: "Our class includes a published novelist, an Olympic luger, and an artist who made a monumental sculpture out of Gummi Bears." That's what I mean by "hook."
Don't stress out if you don't really have one. (Remember George's headache?) But it helps. My friend Alex, who's about to enter her senior year in high school, has a second-degree black belt in judo. She was thinking about doing an essay on her beloved "Calvin & Hobbes." Can you guess what my advice was? If you have a hook, write about the hook.
2. Don't express yourself.
A college essay is an act of persuasion. Your job is to talk the admissions office into accepting you. "I got really sick of reading about dead grandmothers," one former officer told me. So the essay isn't your opportunity to get feelings off your chest, or amuse yourself, or imitate your favorite writer. Your teachers have spent far too much time telling you to express yourself. To persuade someone, you should express your reader's thoughts and desires, and show how you embody them. Think: If you were an admissions officer, what would you be looking for in, say, you? Oh, and another thing:
3. Relieve their boredom.
Admissions officers read thousands of essays every year. Yours doesn't have to be the most creative; it just has to be a good read. And how do you write such a marvel? By telling a story.
4. A winning essay isn't an essay.
I probably sound like a Zen master here (The essay must write itself, Grasshopper), but my point is pretty simple: the college essay is mislabeled. It's really a story. It should have a main character — you, presumably — a setting, some sort of conflict, and suspense.
George wrote about how he developed Chronic Headache Syndrome at the beginning of seventh grade, when the family moved from New Mexico to an urban high school in Connecticut. The syndrome is triggered by a virus, and in a type-A person it creates a sort of negative feedback loop: the headache causes stress, which makes the headache worse. George's mother and I took him from one doctor to another. All of them prescribed drugs that would have turned him into a zombie. Finally, we found a psychiatrist who was an expert in biofeedback techniques. The doctor hooked George up to a machine that measured his brain waves. It had a monitor that showed an array of red bars.
"If you relax your brain," the doc said, "you create Alpha waves that will help make your headache go away. If you can turn all the bars green, I'll give you a prize." Being the goal-oriented type, George sits down at the machine and PUSHES his brain. "UUUUGGGGH!" He'll make those bars turn green. (Note how I switched to the present tense. It makes the story seem more immediate. If you think you can handle this tricky tense, consider using it for your essay.)
As George stares at the red bars, he thinks about himself—about the 50-something merit badges he earned on his way to becoming an Eagle Scout, about his love of competitive Nordic skiing, how he climbed the 48 tallest peaks in New Hampshire before he turned 10, about how his whole identity has to do with meeting goals. But he comes to realize that the single-minded pursuit of things doesn't always get you what you want.
Still the bars won't turn green. He realizes he has to do more than just relax: he must allow himself to trust that some things work themselves out on their own. "Is this what faith is?" he asks. And then comes the last line in his essay: "All the bars turn green."
That essay had all the elements of a story: a character, a conflict (type-A kid struggling against his type-A'ness in type-A fashion), suspense (will he make his headache go away?), and an epiphany (the nature of faith). He told the story with grace and humor, revealing just the kind of intelligent, maturing soul admissions officers love. (Hey, cut me some slack. I'm his dad.)
5. It's all about epiphany.
Admissions people look for students who learn and grow, so your essay should show you learning and growing. Whether you write about your hook or your headache, don't just brag or describe. Your essay should have a moment of revelation: what did you learn from your experience? How did it make you the thoughtful, sensitive, brave, strong person you are (or would like an admissions person to think you are) today? Show a process of learning, and a moment of revelation.
6. Make yourself good and miserable.
George did more than 30 drafts, spending a summer writing whenever he wasn't working at his job or hiking outdoors. It was one of the hardest things he'd ever done, and it made him miserable. In other words, he felt just like a writer! With any luck, he'll avoid following in his dad's footsteps (I'm a writer) and go on to earn an honest living. Maybe he'll advise students on their college essays, grow rich, and support me in my dotage. And to think a college essay started it all.
Jay is the author of the popular rhetoric blog, Figarospeech, and author of the bestselling Thank You for Arguing: What Aristotle, Lincoln and Homer Simpson Can Teach Us About the Art of Persuasion. His latest book is How to Argue with a Cat. He worked at Dartmouth College for ten years as an administrator—not in the admissions office, but he saw the process up close.


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More Than 5,000 Stockbrokers From Expelled Firms Still Selling Securities
Many Brokers Migrate Between Firms Expelled By Regulators
Regulators expelled the first brokerage firm where Kenneth Dwyer sold securities. They did the same to his third, fourth, seventh and eighth. His 10th closed in June after regulators accused it of fraud.
The expelled and defunct firms where Mr. Dwyer worked have left thousands of investors with alleged losses and estimated unpaid claims totaling more than $85 million, according to court documents and lawyers.


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Global consumer confidence edged up one index point to 98 in the first quarter of 2016, remaining relatively stable in the first quarter and slightly below the optimism baseline score of 100. The score reflects mixed confidence levels reported in every region, including some bright spots—particularly in the U.S., which showed resilience amid a fairly robust job market, and in the buoyant growth markets of India and Indonesia.
Europe is a good example of a region with country-by country variation: Confidence declined in 17 markets and rose in 11 in the first quarter. Both advanced and developing markets grappled with issues ranging from persistently high unemployment to geopolitical tensions, such as the refugee crisis and the Brexit debate—a U.K. referendum in June to remain within or leave the European Union. Similar variances in consumer confidence scores were seen in Asia-Pacific, where confidence declined in eight markets and rose in five. In Africa/Middle East, confidence declined in four markets and increased in two, and in North America, confidence rose in the U.S. but declined in Canada. In Latin America, confidence declined in six of seven measured markets.
"While the global consumer confidence index has been largely unchanged over the past several quarters, beneath that we see a fair amount of variation in the confidence of individual countries," said Louise Keely, senior vice president, Nielsen, and president, The Demand Institute. "While 11 countries out of 61 saw their confidence increase five or more points relative to a year ago, 21 saw confidence fall five or more points compared to the first quarter of 2015. There is no one cause behind these rises and falls in confidence; the reasons are market-specific. In many oil-exporting countries, confidence is down relative to a year ago, as oil prices fell throughout 2015—even though oil prices have increased slightly in early 2016. At the same time, in some European markets such as Spain and Portugal, confidence is up markedly from a year ago, because unemployment rates have fallen and consumer price inflation has not yet picked up."
In the latest online survey, conducted March 1-23, 2016, consumer confidence increased in 33% of the markets we measure (20 of 61 markets), compared with 43% of measured markets showing an increase in the fourth quarter of 2015. Among the world's largest economies, the U.S. consumer confidence score was 110, remaining at or above the optimism baseline for nine consecutive quarters. Confidence levels declined from the previous quarter in China (105, -2pts), Germany (97, -1pt), the U.K. (97, -4pts) and Japan (73, -6pts).
The Nielsen Consumer Confidence Index measures perceptions of local job prospects, personal finances and immediate spending intentions. Consumer confidence levels above and below a baseline of 100 indicate degrees of optimism and pessimism, respectively. The Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions, established in 2005, measures consumer confidence, major concerns and spending intentions among more than 30,000 respondents with Internet access in 63 countries. Belarus and Kazakhstan were added to the first-quarter survey.
Other findings include:
For more detail and insight, download Nielsen's Q1 2016 Global Consumer Confidence Report. If you would like more detailed country-level data from this survey, it is available for sale in the Nielsen Store.
The Nielsen Global Survey of Consumer Confidence and Spending Intentions was conducted March 1-23, 2016, and polled more than 30,000 online consumers in 63 countries throughout Asia-Pacific, Europe, Latin America, the Middle East/Africa and North America. The sample includes Internet users who agreed to participate in this survey and has quotas based on age and sex for each country. It is weighted to be representative of Internet consumers by country. Because the sample is based on those who agreed to participate, no estimates of theoretical sampling error can be calculated. However, a probability sample of equivalent size would have a margin of error of ±0.6% at the global level. This Nielsen survey is based only on the behavior of respondents with online access. Internet penetration rates vary by country. Nielsen uses a minimum reporting standard of 60% Internet penetration or an online population of 10 million for survey inclusion. The China Consumer Confidence Index is compiled from a separate mixed methodology survey among 3,500 respondents in China. The sub-Saharan African countries in this study are compiled from a separate mobile methodology survey among 1,600 respondents in Ghana, Kenya and Nigeria. The Nielsen Global Survey, which includes the Global Consumer Confidence Index, was established in 2005.


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4th of July Tablescape & Crab Sandy Cupcakes
I hope everyone had a wonderful July 4th! We actually have hope for our country for the first time in many, many years. Did you catch President Trump's address at the Kennedy Center last night??? It was jump to you feet and shout hallelujah time! They are offering free dvd's of it at ptv.org or 866-327-0033. May God grant his requests for America!!!
We were blessed to share the holiday with my daughter and her boyfriend, who brought us treasures of fresh veggies from their gardens, and deer hamburgers. That was a first for us, but he mixed it with hamburger and we really couldn't taste it.
I do so love to make pretty tablescapes to make things festive and bless people! Such fun! I had no idea I had red, white and blue things, but I shopped my house and here's what I came up with.
The crab cupcakes in sand were the stars. So adorable! They are atop Key Lime Cupcakes (by request), which are so delicious! Get it? Key Lime...Florida Keys...and crabs? :) The recipe is here.
I was able to find craft paper looking liners from Wilton which would have been perfect sand color with spice cupcakes, but the Key Lime showed through a little making them look not so sand colored. I sprinkled extra "sand" around to make it prettier. They were a big hit. I have directions at the bottom if you'd like to make them too.
We named them all Sebastian for the Little Mermaid and could almost hear him saying, "Thank you. Thank you!" Don't you just love his voice? There is a character on Death In Paradise that sounds just like him. :)
Remember my two scrap made pedestals? I do so love them and they're so perfect here. I had bought two random cloches on clearance long ago, so I had a taller one on hand when the crab was too tall for the regular cloche that I keep on the tower of pedestals. Perfect!
The firecracker cupcakes were fun too. They were chocolate cupcakes in blue liners with red, white and blue sprinkles around the edges. The "firecrackers" were marshmallows dipped in red chocolate melts. I was unable to find licorice whips for the fuses, so I had to use twine. Looked fine and no one ate the fuses!
The diamonds on the table were to be stars. They were table confetti from Hobby Lobby. On the right is a bowl of blueberries topped with watermelon stars. I used the middle star from the set of three fondant star cutters from Hobby Lobby. Gotta love their always 40% off coupons! And their politics! God bless them! The other bowl keeps the red and white theme with garden fresh cucumbers and tomatoes! Nothing like fresh from the garden!
Frosty lemonade in tall Ball jars had skewers of blueberries and watermelon stars.
Red, white and blue parfaits in half pint Ball jars. They were cherry red stripes, white chocolate pudding white stripes, blue jello stripes topped with blueberries. So convenient to make ahead as each was a serving and had it's own top to keep them fresh! Also handy to send home with people.
Ahh, now for the adorable crabs!
No, I did not create these precious guys, or the firecracker design. I saw pictures on line and figured them out. THANK YOU to whoever was so clever to make the first ones and share the pictures on line!
I got the Haribo peaches and Great Value orange slices at Walmart. The Wilton googly eyes are available at craft stores and Walmart. These candies are the stickiest substances I have ever encountered! I was actually concerned that I'd never be able to use my scissors, knife and plate again, but was delighted that hot water took care of it.
I actually cut the hard outer edges off pieces left over from cutting claws and eyes out of the peach candies and used the sticky inside to cement the googly eyes to the peach eyeballs I'd cut out with a frosting tip.
I used a #12 round tip to cut eyeballs from the peach candies. I was able to stick my rose nail in the end of the frosting tip to remove the new eyeball.
Tada! Isn't he adorable?
I tinted my frosting beige so shocking white didn't show through the "sand".
The sand is:
1 cup of graham cracker crumbs
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup butter
I sprinkled the sand on freshly frosted cupcakes and had some left for staging the tablescape. It looks so real and smells wonderful!
I added two more toothpicks under each crab's body to anchor them in the cupcakes. It worked wonderfully and not one stayed in the cake. As the candies dry, they really cement the toothpicks to themselves.
Thanks for dropping by and God bless America!


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A sweeping victory for Japan's opposition Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) in elections over the weekend sent the safe-haven yen tumbling to a 20-month low on Monday, and strategists expect the currency to continue its slide under the leadership of Shinzo Abe, a proponent of aggressive easing.
Some analysts expect the yen to fall up to 7 percent against the U.S. dollar next year, after being in a downward trend over the past 3 months.
"The (election) result is clearly as convincing as many people had hoped it would be. From a policy perspective, the LDP is going to get its way. The pressure on the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is going to mean that we will see some meaningful policy steps," Ray Attrill, global head of currency strategy at National Australia Bank told CNBC.
Attrill expects dollar-yen to touch 85 before December 31, before falling to 90 by the end of 2013 – 7 percent lower from current levels.
(Read more: Japan's Deflation Battle – Why This Time Is Different )
Japan has struggled to stem the rise in the yen this year, as the currency has been a favored destination for safe haven flows amid uncertainties in the U.S. and euro zone.
A stronger yen has dented the competitiveness of the country's export sector, posing a threat to its fragile economy. However, LDP head Shinzo Abe's pledge to push the BOJ to aggressively ease monetary policy has seen the currency fall nearly 5 percent against the greenback in the month leading up to the December 16 election.
Abe, who is expected to be sworn in as prime minister on December 26, has threatened to revise a law guaranteeing BOJ's independence, if he cannot get the central bank to embark on bolder monetary easing, Reuters reported.
The BOJ is set to face a change of leadership next year, when the term of current governor Masaaki Shirakawa - regarded as cautious in his approach to monetary policy - expires in March. The government will appoint the new governor with the approval from both houses of parliament.
(Read more: Aggressive Easing Wrong Medicine for Japan: Roach)
Osamu Takashima, chief Japan forex strategist with Citibank expects the yen will continue to weaken in anticipation that the new BOJ governor will implement further easing, he said, forecasting the currency to fall to 85-86 early next spring.
In addition to expectations of a more accommodative monetary policy, Takashima said that the new government's ambitions to engage in an expansive fiscal stimulus program to bolster growth will also put pressure on the yen.
The LDP has promised to boost public works and talks of spending 200 trillion yen ($2.4 trillion) on projects over the next decade - about 40 percent of Japan's economic output.
Takashima said this could lead to an increase in imports in mid-2013, and a further deterioration of the trade balance, which would be negative for the currency.
External Forces
In addition to political forces weighing on the yen, Mitul Kotecha, head of global forex strategy at Credit Agricole CIB, said an additional risk for the currency stems from a rise in U.S. government bond yields.
"If U.S. bond yields moved higher compared to Japanese government bonds, that would be negative for the yen," he said.
Currently, the spread between the 2-year U.S. Treasury note and the Japanese equivalent is 13 basis points. However, if the recovery in the United States is better-than-anticipated, this would push Treasury yields higher and lead Japanese investors into the U.S. debt market in search for better value, Kotecha said.
Jonathan Cavenagh, senior forex strategist at Westpac Institutional Bank agrees that the combination of higher U.S. government bond yields, aggressive monetary easing in Japan and a further deterioration in country's current account balance, would weigh further down on the yen.
However, in the short-term, he said risks surrounding the "fiscal cliff" - a series of tax increases and spending cuts that will kick in on January 1, unless U.S. lawmakers arrive at a solution - will cap further downside in the currency as people continue to prefer the yen over the dollar. He added that investors are now taking profits on their short yen positions, which will also limit weakness in the yen.


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When the NFL and Nike assembled the 32 most stylish fans of pro football, we probably should have guessed Baltimore -- with some of the most passionate fans around -- would stand out.
But maybe not this much.
Nike and the NFL chose Wes Henson of Waldorf as the Ravens' most fashionable fan and flew him and the other winners to New York for a top-model-esque photo shoot. When you see Henson with the rest of the crew (see group photo to left of this post) -- supposedly all the top in fan fashion from all those other teams -- you'll see Ravens pride in action. Hands down, he's the standout.
Henson -- those with season tickets might recognize him as Captain Dee-Fense -- won by outfitting himself in his traditional gameday gear. There's his Ray Lewis jersey, with a jacket on top made dangerous with shoulder spikes, highway patrolman shades and his purple-hued officer's hat.
He says it's a look he came up with himself, one that over the years he's added on to and perfected.
"Judging from all the people that wanted my pictures that weren't even Ravens fans I think they liked it," he said. "They were like, 'I don't who you are but I need to get a picture of you.'"
Henson had quite a time getting the star treatment in New York.
He not only got to mingle and take pictures with pro players like Gale Sayers, Shaun Alexander, Rod Smith, Willie Brown and Rob Burnett, he got to ask NFL Commissioner Roger S. Goodell a question. (He asked what Goodell thought about replacement officials. See -- he's a serious fan... into the nitty-gritty.)
Henson was also pretty happy with the bag of Nike goodies he got to bring home.
"They got us a lot of swag," he said happily.
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When the NFL and Nike assembled the 32 most stylish fans of pro football, we probably should have guessed Baltimore -- with some of the most passionate fans around -- would stand out.


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Frankfurt seal deals for Weis and Madlung
Eintracht Frankfurt have bolstered their ranks with the signing of winger Tobias Weis and defender Alexander Madlung.
Weis has signed for the rest of the season on loan from Bundesliga rivals Hoffenheim, with Frankfurt including the option to sign him permanently at the end of the campaign.
Madlung, capped twice by Germany, has signed on an 18-month deal, having spent the first half of the season without a club following his release by Wolfsburg.
"We're delighted to have been able to sign another player in Tobias Weis," said Frankfurt's sporting director Bruno Hubner.
"He can play in a variety of positions across the midfield and that makes him another alternative for us."
Both players have joined Frankfurt on their mid-season training camp in Qatar and will hope to make their bows when Frankfurt get their campaign back under way at home to Hertha Berlin on January 25.


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|Some shots from my 5 hour trek (hike) through Marsaxlokk and Marsascala
Well, friends I am officially down to just under a month left in paradise. To say my time here flew by is a complete understatement. Am I excited to head home to see family and friends (and can't forget my dogs)? Well, yes I am although I can honestly say I am not so eager to be back in New York. 9 months in true paradise does that to you. This experience has helped put so much in perspective and has really opened my eyes to so many ideas and opportunities...but I will leave that for a later post.
|My view along a cliffside walk...NBD...I know it is insanely beautiful:-)
This entry is more about me finding ways to properly say goodbye to all that is important to me here and believe me it is taking some work. After ending university (I'm happy I was able to get a picture of my students), I have now (semi) closed another chapter, my time volunteering with the North Malta Girl Guides. I say semi because of my goodbyes needing work. The one thing I did not do in saying goodbye was get a photo of my girls. Really Kelly?!?! It had more to do with the chaos of the day but never the less I now need to find a moment to make my way to them to get a picture with them. Yes, this is a must. The NMGG is a group of women and students that I will truly miss. They welcomed me with open arms, shared laughs, hugs and many stories. I learned a lot and truly enjoyed my time with them. My girls shed many tears and gave many hugs and asked the 2 questions I get asked virtually on a daily basis:
- Can you take me with you to New York? PLLLEEEAAASSSEEE
- Miss Kelly, you are coming back next year, right? You have to!!!
Two questions that break my heart because of the reality of the "real" answers. I will say though, I do believe no one should never say never so I'm just going to go with that idea for now.
I don't think I have fully accepted that my time is almost up with my secondary school girls but I am just letting that idea take it's course. Deny, Deny, Deny! Over the last week, I have been able to really enjoy this beautiful island and I plan on continuing this for the rest of my time here. Hey we only live once right?
So as much as I know I will be sad to leave, knowing this would eventually come to an end (for now anyway) all I can do is enjoy the rest of my time as best as possible. I have to say, I think I'm off to a pretty good start...
|Some of the many animals I got to meet along my trek;-)
I kicked off my one month mark enjoying a cliffside harbor view in Valletta of the the Malta International Fireworks Festival, which was one of the most amazing fireworks displays I've ever seen. I followed that up by enjoying an amazing day out in the country for a hog roast lunch with a group of some really cool people and this past Saturday, I went on a non-stop 5 hour trek through the south of Malta enjoying the rugged countryside, seeing many animals, visiting a permaculture center and walking along an unbelievably beautiful cliffside, taking in some amazing ocean views. No better way to end a day like that but with a nice dinner out!
Check out the Fireworks Grand Finale for yourselves...ENJOY!
I have more planned and am not sure how I will manage it all but I promise to share my remaining adventures as they happen. I also have some friends visiting at the end of the month and I have to say I can't think of a better way to close out my time here than to share this beautiful island with some pretty important people in my life. It's going to be pretty epic:-).
|Some beautiful fireworks shots taken at the Malta International Fireworks Festival in Valletta
Forever Grateful!


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By the end there wasn't much left for Mike D'Antoni to do but assume the position.
Arms crossed, head down and a occasional shake as if he's trying to turn his brain into an Etch a Sketch that could create a blank slate on demand. It isn't, of course, and he'll have to live with the memories of the 97-87 loss to the Spurs that guaranteed the Knicks a ninth straight losing season.
That's a club record, but not one that's going to lead to a banner in the rafters or commemorative mug nights 10 years into the future. It's probably fitting that this season of waiting for the offseason to begin would end with the Knicks setting a new record for futility, from a dramatic standpoint it sets things up well for next year's fabulous return to glory.
It's also probably fitting that the fateful loss would have involved two absurdities that underscore just how ridiculous things have gotten around this basketball team.
The first is that, once again, Eddy Curry couldn't find his way off the bench. Nothing too new there, of course, but it's wonderfully depressing that five years into his tenure with the Knicks Curry is still able to generate anticipation about his return to the court. The excuse this time had something to do with his calf or his knee or his spleen or rain in the Cascade Mountains. Donnie Walsh actually accompanied the team on the road trip to check out Curry's return to action which just goes to show that he's an optimistic ellow.
The other absurdity had to do with the player Mike Breen and Walt Frazier chose as the Knicks' player of the game at the close of the MSG telecast. Toney Douglas took the prize, not because of his two points, three rebounds of two assists but because, per Breen, he set the tone defensively. In a 10-point loss to a mediocre team that the Knicks let get away from them late because they couldn't make defensive stops, their best player was a guy who was credited for setting a strong defensive tone.
Sounds about right. Tune in tomorrow when Danilo Gallinari gets carried off on his teammates' shoulders for missing all five of his three-point attempts.
Josh Alper is a writer living in New York City and is a contributor to FanHouse.com and ProFootballTalk.com in addition to his duties for NBCNewYork.com.


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So, it used to be the case, back when people were in DUAN, that every once in a while there would be a book recommendation thread. Well, I'm going on a kid-free vacation in a few weeks so I have my first chance in like four years to read something other than those Guess How Much I Love You books (hint: to the moon and back!).
So, what have you fine folks read recently that you'd suggest? Recommendations and insults go in the conversation below.


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And Will (not so zen In Paris) Elsbeth was there also.
We found a beautifull Chintz fabric no name in the selvedge.
The boys From the Netherlands pretent that they are making
the only good chinz fabric, that they invented Chintz fabric.
There fabrics are reproductions and so are the others.
There is a kind of war going on who makes the chintz fabric.
See this sample I bought at DREYFUS In Paris.
This is not from them!!!!!!!!
I think there are more important things in live to make
such a quarrel over.
Maybe it is time that they( the boys) stop there actions.
Dreyfus Chintz fabric.
And of course there is my family quilt with antique Chintz fabric.


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Airbus will present its professions along with its job and career opportunities at the International Paris Air Show-Le Bourget between 17 and 23 June.
Young graduates and experienced professionals will be able to discuss the professions and careers proposed by Airbus with human resources professionals, engineers and industry experts, during the course of workshops and forums organised during the show on the "EADS Careers" stand.
Airbus will also be present on the "Avion des Métiers" organised by GIFAS (Groupement des Industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales – French Aeronautics and Space Industries Group), a fun educational exhibition bringing together all the aeronautical and space professions in a 3,000 sqm area. Metalworkers (students and apprentices from the Lycée Airbus), quality technicians as well as structural Research & Development engineers will come to speak about and introduce what they do on a day-to-day basis, to design, manufacture and develop the best performing aircraft in the world.
The Lycée Airbus will also present its training courses in aeronautical professions at the GIFAS' "Forum Air et Espace", in the Concorde hall, dedicated to jobs and training in the aeronautics and space industry.
"The events at Le Bourget will provide young people undergoing training or looking for careers guidance with an opportunity to discover the very inspiring aeronautical professions," explains Thierry Baril, Chief Human Resources Officer EADS and Airbus. "Airbus is a fascinating company, at the cutting edge of technology thanks to the passion of the men and women who day in and day out put all they have into developing and building the most innovative products.
All week long visitors will be able to give free rein to their creativity by imagining their future in a dedicated space in the EADS "Express Yourself - Design Your Future" static area.
The team that wins the Airbus international "Fly Your Ideas" competition will also be present on Monday 17 June in the EADS pavilion. The winners of the 2013 edition of the challenge will be announced at a ceremony at the UNESCO headquarters in Paris on the sidelines of the Air Show, on Friday 14 June. This international competition challenges students to develop new ideas for a more sustainable aviation industry. This year the five teams selected for the final come from Australia, Brazil, India, Italy and Malaysia. What's more, these teams include Spanish, Canadian, South African and Maltese students. The winning team will receive a €30,000 prize as a reward for its innovative idea.
Airbus will pursue its growth and recruitment drive in 2013 with 3,000 additional positions to be filled, mainly in Europe. These job opportunities are linked to Airbus' latest developments, such as the A320neo, the all-new A350 XWB twin jet and the other members of that family. More than one third of the positions are open to young graduates (with less than three years' experience). Many varied positions are on offer, ranging from structural or systems engineers to Lean experts, as well as jobs in the support and production.
Employing more than 59,000 people of more than 100 different nationalities around the world, Airbus – the leading aircraft manufacturer worldwide – offers the most modern and complete range of products on the market for 100-seat to more than 500-seat aircraft. Between 2011 and 2012 Airbus hired nearly 10,000 people globally with the net creation of 7,000 jobs.


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JCE is a wysiwyg editor extension for the Open Source Joomla! CMS, supported and distributed from the website http://www.joomlacontenteditor.netA logo is required to represent the product in the website header as well as on all other media items including promotional material (t-shirts etc), documentation etc.
- Text and image/icon logo but icon should work without text too.
- Logo should reflect the process of wysiwyg content editing and may include such symbols as a pencil, pen, paper etc. or those items typically used to represent this process in CMS software.
- Similar colouring to the website although variations will be considered
- Should work as grayscale/monochrome design too if possible
- May include the Joomla! logo if necessary but this must be incidental to the main logo.
- May use some of all of the Joomla! logo colours but must mainatain a clear distinction between the two designs.
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Vesicoureteral reflux (VUR) is the abnormal flow of urine from the bladder back into the ureters and sometimes to the kidneys. About 1 percent of children in the world have vesicoureteral reflux and some are born with the condition. Often there are several treatment options for vesicoureteral reflux in children and our pediatric urology specialists will give you all the information you need and answer any questions, so you can feel confident about the option you choose.
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Big game trophy recognition items
Exclusively for Trophy Owners
Boone and Crockett Trophy Recognition Rings
Your accomplishment is a testament to the success of our wildlife conservation system and part of big game hunting history. Now you can continue to take pride in and share this accomplishment with family and friends for years to come.
Each ring features a relief of the species and the location of your hunt on one side and an engraving of your trophy's B&C score, the Boone and Crockett Awards medallion, and the Awards period your trophy was entered into the records book on the opposite side.
Trophy Recognition Rings are available in STS Silverstone, Sterling Platinum, or 10K Yellow Gold, with your choice of center stone in smooth, facet, or buff cut. The STS Silverstone is one of the most popular recognition ring metals and offers the look and feel of white gold, but in a more durable wear and dent-resistant metal. The Sterling Platinum offers a handsome, yet tough metal option with the look of sterling silver. The 10k Gold is a durable, heavy pennyweight ring. Make your ring more personalized! For no additional charge you may have the inside of your ring engraved with your name or details about your hunt... get creative, it's up to you! (Up to 50 characters).
Ring sizing
If you do not know your ring size it is recommended that you visit a jeweler for sizing or call and we will send you a ring-sizing template. Ring sizes are available from 7.5 to 16+. For sizes under 7, call 406-542-1888 for special discounted pricing.
About the Gemstones
You may choose from any of the birthstone colors by month or Blue Sapphire, Blue Spinel, Black Onyx or Black Hematite. The Black Onyx and Hematite are available in a smooth cut only. All other gemstones are available in a facet or buff facet cut.
As of September 23, 2010
- STS (Silverstone) Ring Base Price – $399.95*
- Sterling/Platinum Ring Base Price – $674.95*
- 10K Gold Ring Base Price – $1,999.95*
Plus $7.95 for shipping and hanlding in the US, or $19.95 for shipping and handling in Canada/Mexico.
*Prices subject to change with world metal markets. 14K and 18K Yellow Gold are also available. Call for pricing.
Custom Options
You can choose to further customize your ring with two 10-point cubic zirconia on the ring bezel, or two real 10-point diamonds. We can also shape and polish your elk ivory to use in place of the center stone.
- Add 2 Cubic Zirconia – $20.00
- Add 2 Diamonds – $500.00
- Use Your Own Elk Ivory – $300.00
Call 406/542-1888 between 8:00 am and 5:00 p.m. Mountain Time and the receptionist will help you with your order.
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It was on 21 September 1904 when two brothers, Hendrik A and Bernadus J Bakels, registered the first Bakels company in Amsterdam.
The Bakels Group as we know it today is largely the result of the vision and lifetime work of the son of Bernardus, Bernard J Bakels. He led the company into manufacturing with the establishment, in 1943, of Nordbakels in Sweden.
Through a mixture of investment and innovation additional companies, and successful products, were added through each decade up until his death in 1986. Since then this successful mix continues to be applied - investment increases every year to accompany innovative new products.
By remaining a private company owned by a foundation established by Bernard J Bakels we have grown to become a group nearly 40 companies, manufacturing on all five continents.
Bakels owes its success not just to investment in facilities and innovation but also in our people, whose dedication to our company and the customers we serve has been a feature of Bakels for over 100 years. Investment is increasingly being applied to training people, young and old, in essential bakery skills.
Specialist training centres have been established in a number of Bakels companies and all Bakels technical staff will happily assist customers in gaining new, or improving existing, expertise.
We are always interested to talk to technically qualified people who have a passion for product development or a desire to sell or technically support bakery ingredients.
If you would like to discuss the possibility of joining Bakels contact your local Bakels Company or Bakels Head Office.
Founded in 1952 on the Sydney site it still occupies today. During its existence, Australian Bakels has purchased adjoining properties and is now the owner of a large area of land at Silverwater in the geographical centre of Sydney.
We have sales and distribution sites in all states. All sites have trade qualified sales representatives who are able to demonstrate products and solve any problems customers may have.


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FAYETTEVILLE � Lawyers for Jeffery MacDonald, convicted more than four decades ago in the stabbing deaths of his wife and two daughters, are asking to appeal a federal judge's ruling and get their client a new trial.
The Fayetteville Observer reports (ttp://bit.ly/1vENrbW) that attorneys for the former Army captain filed a motion last week arguing they should be allowed to appeal a ruling last month by Senior U.S. District Judge James Fox.
Fox said the attorneys failed to establish during a 2012 hearing that McDonald should not have been convicted of the 1970 slayings.
MacDonald is serving three life sentences in the stabbing deaths of his pregnant wife, Colette, and daughters Kimberley, 5, and Kristen, 2, in their home on Fort Bragg. He was convicted following a seven-week trial in 1979.
MacDonald contends the deaths were the result of a home invasion. He has said he woke up to find three men and a woman, who he described as "drug-crazed hippies" in his home. He said he was knocked unconscious and stabbed once. Prosecutors said MacDonald made up the story.
The MacDonald case has long drawn national attention and was the subject of the 1983 true crime book "Fatal Vision," which later was made into a television miniseries.
In his ruling last month, Fox denied what is called a "certificate of appealability" which would allow attorneys to appeal his decision to the Fourth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.
In the new motion, attorneys for the 70-year-old MacDonald seek a new trial citing a new federal report calling into question the work of a former FBI investigator who worked on the MacDonald case.
The motion noted that about the time Fox ruled, the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Justice released a report on the FBI Laboratory.
Attorneys said the report devoted an entire chapter to Michael Malone and said it found Malone "repeatedly created scientifically unsupportable lab reports and provided false, misleading, or inaccurate testimony at criminal trials."
The motion says defense attorneys were not aware the government was reviewing Malone's work and that Fox did not consider the report in his ruling.


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Date: Nov. 5th, Saturday
Time: 1:00pm - 4:00pm
Place: MakerLabs, 780 East Cordova St.
In this 3-hour basic wax carving workshop, we will take you through each step of the process - from an introduction to the tools, ring design, sizing and wax carving. We will provide instruction and share tips, but our night has no strict lesson plan. We would like you to enjoy yourselves and create your dream jewellery.
Previous experience in jewellery is not required, nor is any sculpting or drawing skill. The wax carving process uses basic tools, which makes it easy for everyone to design and carve a unique and personalized ring.
Step 1. Big block of wax!
Step 2. Carve block into base form of ring.
Step 3. Engrave wax with details. Done!
We will cast in sterling silver, then file and polish to make the finished product!
Step 4. Pick up the ring in 2 weeks. Same place; same time. Easy!
- No experience necessary + all supplies included.
- Wax ring size is range from 5-14.
- Wax width 5mm.
- Extra $30 for wider width 8mm.
- Space is limited to keep instruction optimal and intimate.
- Don't know her/his ring size? Bring one of their rings and I will tell ya.
- If you want to sign someone up for a workshop as a gift, we'll send you a gift box with a piece of wax and a small note inside. So you have something to give them!
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*Silver rings shown are student work. See more of their work here: facebook.com/JewelleryWorkshopVancouver
*Private sessions are available for couples who would like to do this as their wedding bands, please email firstname.lastname@example.com for more information.


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We usually have this dilemma in our team. Sometimes, in order to implement a task or a story we find out that the system must be in a specific state. For example, a specific system configuration has to be made beforehand.
The task / story can be completed and it is working as specified on it with the proper configuration in place. Note that the configuration is not directly related with the task.
Next, we have to create a new ... ??? ... something for the process of generating that configuration file. This is where the problems appear. Some say that it is a bug others say it is a task or an extra feature.
So, where is the limit between bugs and tasks in the development phase? Should we even consider something a bug if all the tasks are working as stated in their definitions? Can a thing be considered a bug because one compares it to the current (unstable) state of the system?
Short example:
- A feature requires configuring a communication service for a specific operation.
- In the process of the implementation the team discovers that the service requires the hostnames of the pears to be resolvable to an IP address.
- The team adds the hostnames to the DNS server (or hosts files) and continues implementing the required feature.
- After the initial feature is working, a question is risen. Should the sysadmin configure the DNS or hosts file or should our application do it automatically?
- An automatic solution is possible. So a decision is made to implement it.
- ... here start the discussions ... is this a bug or an extra feature / task?
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Creating Papercrafts: Stylish Ideas and Step-by-step Projects
Ryland Peters & Small, 2006 - Crafts & Hobbies - 111 pages
Great for crafting, paper is an ancient, versatile and fascinating material. In "Creating Papercrafts", interiors stylist and craft expert Labeena Ishaque reveals just how inventive one can be with it. The book begins with an introduction to making paper. Six main chapters - Cards and Stationery, Gift Wrapping, Home Decoration, Keepsakes, Table Settings and Special Occasions-provide hundreds of crafting ideas, whatever your skills. Labeena has devised 14 simple yet effective projects, each one illustrated with step-by-step photography. The stylish ideas range from decorative gift wrapping and boxes to making papier-mache bowls and picture frames. Whether it is fashioning a lampshade from tissue paper or designing your own wedding stationery, each project is easy and inexpensive to make, and looks stunning.*Make the most of the beauty and versatility of paper and allow your creativity to flourish, with this inspiring book.*Includes 14 stylish yet simple projects, including a baby memory box, table runner and personalized stationery.*Dozens of original ideas for cards, gift wrapping, home decoration, special occasions and much more, all captured in stunning photography.
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Cuéllar is a town that lies to the north of Segovia province. Its walls, castle and San Martín church were declared to be National Historical and Artistic Monuments as far back as 1931. The Dukes of Alburquerque 15th and 16th century castle is situated in the highest part of the town. It has a rectangular ground plan and four turrets, one at each corner. Three of the latter are round, though worthy of special mention is the parade ground and the southern façade gallery, both of which are Renaissance elements. Dramatised tours of the castle are given all year round. The second point of interest is San Martín church, which at present is home to the Mudejar Art Visitor Centre. Nearby is San Basilio arch, which forms part of the citadel's northern walls. It contains Mudejar elements, and Gothic features in some of its wall section finishes. Neither should the 13th century San Andrés church, which stands outside the town walls, and the churches of San Miguel and San Esteban be missed.
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INDIANAPOLIS - The man who looked into the NCAA's botched investigation at Miami says the governing body didn't edit or influence his report.
Attorney Kenneth Wainstein told The Associated Press on Thursday that his team knew a second NCAA investigator had continued sending questions to Nevin Shapiro's attorney and cited two passages in the report where it cited she was acting under the impression that the NCAA's legal office had approved of the work. The NCAA and Wainstein both have said some of the material gathered in the case was improperly collected and subsequently expunged the material from the official investigation.


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Last fall, I briefly introduced the lab where I work here at Eötvös Loránd University (ELTE) in Budapest. I wanted to follow that up with a more detailed look at the lab, looking similarities and differences with the labs where I've worked in the US. Some of this will be fairly technical for the non-scientists in the crowd, but hopefully you can follow along.
Overall, things function fairly similarly to labs in the US. It is fortunate that my area of science — organic chemistry — is not overly reliant on expensive equipment. Given some chemicals and flasks, anyone can get a reaction started. The standard lab equipment (heating/stirring plates, rotary evaporators) in my group is new and of very high quality — better than any that I've used in the US. Some pictures are shown here below: the hot plates have attached thermometers that are used to regulate the reaction or bath temperature and the rotovap is connected to a handy membrane pump to provide the vacuum.
As for larger equipment, that can be more difficult. The standard piece of analytical equipment for organic compounds in an NMR spectrometer, the price tag for a new instrument starts at about $250,000. ELTE has a couple of these instruments, the one available to our group (and other organic groups) is a 250 mHz instrument that was donated by Princeton university. The magnet is probably about 20 years old, but the electronics and interface are newer. It is well-maintained and very functional, though NMR seems to be generally less relied on her, probably because of the limited availability of instruments (by comparison, the University of Wisconsin, where I did postdoctoral work, had at least 7 instruments, most much more powerful than the one at ELTE).
The other big difference is the approach to consumable supplies. In the US, we buy (and discard) large quantities of lab equipment: pipettes, test tubes, kim-wipes, etc. In Hungary, these smaller items are commonly reused, and sometimes missing altogether. Almost nothing is discarded: Pastuer pipettes, vials, and test tubes are collected, washed, and reused. The acetone solvent used to wash them is collected, redistilled and reused. I have yet to find Kimwipes (the chemistry equivalent of paper towels, just more sterile); instead we have a roll of toilet paper (harvested from the WC across the hall) neatly rolled up inside an old box. Likewise, we have no true weighing paper; instead old chemical catalogs are chopped up into pieces for weighing chemicals.
I suppose the savings on supplies adds up over time, perhaps enough to buy a small instrument. When I return to my home lab, I'll think more carefully about how we use supplies; probably not this carefully but we definitely discard more than we need to.


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Chicago Cubs send Astros congratulatory pizza
The Chicago Cubs carried on a fairly new tradition by sending the Astros 40 pizzas on Friday before the championship parade through Houston.
After the San Francisco Giants won the 2014 World Series, the Boston Red Sox – the previous season's champs – sent pizza to the Giants and a note of congratulations.
The next season, the Giants did the same for the Kansas City Royals, and thus a tradition was born. Last year, the Royals sent the Cubs pizza before their parade, and Friday, the Cubs passed the pizza baton to the Astros.
A Cubs representative placed a call to The Original Fuzzy's Pizza on Thursday and ordered 40 pizzas to be delivered to Minute Maid Park before Friday's parade.
According to Rita Hajjar, who owns the restaurant along with her husband Fuzzy, the Cubs went with some basics like cheese and pepperoni and vegetarian, but then also ordered some New York style pizza and Chicago deep-dish pizzas.
The Cubs threw in some Fuzzy's Specials – which is a pizza with every meat and every vegetable – as well as a President Bush's Pizza, which comes with artichoke hearts, pepperoni, Canadian bacon, Italian sausage, green peppers, mushrooms, onions and black olives. That pizza is named after Fuzzy's most famous patron, former president George H.W. Bush and former first lady Barbara Bush.
The pizzas were delivered to Minute Maid Park along with a note from the Cubs that read:
"Cheers & Congratulations
To The new Reigning Champs!
Enjoy The Time-Honored Tradition Of Feeding The New Champions!
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The Zarlengo Foundation takes its mission — supporting specialized education and testing for children with learning disabilities — very seriously. Fundraising, on the other hand, involves plenty of laughter.
Specifically, a night of comedy that begins with a VIP reception.
With help from headliner Billy Gardell of the CBS sitcom "Mike & Molly," and local funny guys Kevin Fitzgerald, Steve "Mudflap" McGrew and Josh Blue, the foundation's 2013 laugh fest raised $100,000.
That represented a nice uptick from 2011, when a similar event starring Jay Leno generated $98,000 for eight Colorado nonprofit organizations.
Three hundred seventy-five patron- and sponsor-level supporters began the evening by enjoying cocktails and hors d'oeuvres at Kevin Taylor's at the Opera House. Later, they joined 1,700 others for the show inside the main auditorium of the Ellie Caulkins Opera House that was emceed by sports broadcaster Les Shapiro.
The VIP crowd included Eula and Janet Adams (he's president of Xcore Corp.); COPIC Insurance's chief executive, Dr. Ted Clarke; Saint Joseph Hospital president/CEO Bain Farris; Bill Fortune; Lisa and Dr. Rick Schaler; Dr. Don Murphy; TeleTech's founder, chairman and CEO Ken Tuchman; former Denver Bronco Tom Nalen and Masai Ujiri, general manager of the Denver Nuggets.
"Unlike some forms of physical disabilities, a learning disability is not something that can be easily seen or recognized," notes Katie Zarlengo, the Zarlengo Foundation's executive director. "Learning disabilities are problems that affect the brain's ability to receive, process, analyze or store information, making it difficult for a student to learn as quickly as someone without a learning disability. If undiagnosed, it can lead to long-term issues that can affect a person's ability to fit in socially, progress in school and succeed in the workplace."
Nonprofit organizations that have received funding from the Zarlengo Foundation include the Learning Camp, a unique summer camp that combines a mix of traditional recreational programs with a blend of specialized educational activities that help children retain what they've learned in school over the summer break; Havern School, which offers a specialized education program for elementary and middle school students with learning disabilities in an environment with a low student-to-teacher ratio and resources that help its students thrive; and Metropolitan State University of Denver, which used its funding to establish a scholarship for students with learning disabilities.
The Denver Public Schools Foundation used its grant to purchase iPads for special education classrooms that will give access to applications designed to build skills in reading, writing, math and problem solving, and Our Lady of Fatima Catholic School purchased library resources to help learning disabled students with their reading assignments.
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In the light of Sunday's horrific bombings in Kampala, Uganda, it was only a matter of time before proposals for a US-backed invasion and/or bombing of Somalia started popping up, along with less specific calls to do "more." A few thoughts on this:
- If everything you know about Somalia you learned from Black Hawk Down, it's probably best that you stop providing commentary. You don't know the territory, you don't understand the political situation there, and it just makes you look ignorant to continue pontificating.
- If you think Afghanistan is a quagmire, you ain't seen nothing yet. Somalia would make Afghanistan seem like a walk in the park on a pleasant Sunday afternoon.
The Al Shabab threat is real and it is very, very serious.
More than seventy people lost their lives on Sunday, and it's likely that more will lose their lives in Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and/or Burundi before this is over.
OPINION: Obama musn't meddle in Somalia
Supporting the Somali government will not do much to mitigate the threat from Al Shabab. Let's be clear: Somalia's current, internationally-recognized federal government is a joke. It does not control its own capital city. It operated out of a hotel in Nairobi for several years. It would not exist were it not for the presence of foreign troops and substantial US backing.
As G. Pascal Zachary notes, we are long past due for a reckoning on America's policy vis-a-vis Somalia. The insistence on the part of the Department of Defense, the State Department, and the White House that the best means for stabilizing the situation involves maintaining Somalia's fictional territorial integrity represents the same sort of thinking that got us into a mess there in 1993.
So what should happen with respect to US policy in Somalia? A lot will depend on the decisions taken by the African Union at its summit in Entebbe next week. Kenya, Ethiopia, and Uganda have gone along with US plans for the region in exchange for support, training, and materiel. Will they be willing to continue to do so in light of the fact that Al Shabab now has the capacity to threaten civilian lives in their own countries?
Finally, there is the question of Somaliland, the autonomous entity in northern Somalia that has all the attributes of statehood save the most important one: international recognition. Somaliland just held successful elections that will apparently result in a turnover of power from one party to another.
It is a functioning state with a growing economy and a solid modicum of territorial control. It's long past time that the US stopped dithering around in Mogadishu and worked with those who are actually capable of governing in the Horn.
Zachary advocates for the recognition of three "autonomous provinces" in the region. Puntland is probably not strong enough to govern outside of a few strongholds, but Somaliland most certainly is. Recognition would allow the US to train Somaliland soldiers, and, more importantly, potentially provide a base for operations that is far more stable than the volatile border in Kenya.
Will doing so solve all the region's problems, particularly the threat from Al Shabab? Of course not. But it's high time we stopped kidding ourselves that the current M.O. will ever work. It won't.
In the days to come, look for Ken Menkhaus' thoughts on the current situation. Menkhaus is the smartest American academic working on Somalia today; I'm sure he'll have much to say.
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Over the winter months (September- March), we will be running sessions at Wales National Velodrome in Newport. A SQT session will be as per previous years which is ran alongside other cycling groups from the Somerset area. The sessions will cater for novice and riders with previous velodrome and bunch riding experience.
To take part in the SQT sessions you should be at least 12 years old and have gained at least 6 hours of bunch track cycling experience from previous sessions. To book your place you simply use the PayPal button at the bottom of this page.
This year all payments must be made Via Paypal ONLY! Riders turning up with Cash on the day will not be accepted.
The cost of the session's are £12 per rider for BCDS members, If there are sufficient spaces left we will offer this to "friends of the club" at £20 per rider (non members). Club sessions are cheaper but the sessions are a little shorter.
Riders wishing to take part will need to bring a fixed wheel track bike, Helmet and gloves. NO RIDER WILL BE ALLOWED ON TRACK WITHOUT GLOVES!
Track bikes can be hired from the velodrome at around £10 per bike and come fitted with toe clips or Look KEO system, The fleet of bikes were recently upgraded and pedals have been switched from Look Delta you are not allowed to change the pedals. a small selection of gloves can be purchased from the velodrome or the nearby Halfords.
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I'm sorry, this is really stupid. Ted Thompson made a significant mistake by cutting Jon Ryan and signing Derrick Frost. Now, he's wallowing in his own waste.
In Greg Bedard's postgame chat Sunday he was asked to assess the possibility that Frost would be back punting for the Packers this week. "Zero," he wrote. It was the logical answer. But Thompson appears determined to show that he was right to make the change and the Packers may pay for it again.
Frost had a 30.2 net punting average on Sunday. Like most thirtysomething males, when Andy or I want to emphasize just how much some aspect of a team sucks, we say that the other guy could even succeed in such-and-such a scenario. So, for instance, I said even Andy could have run through the holes the Cowboys made for Marion Barber against the Packers.
Usually it's an exaggeration. But I truly believe that Andy might have been able to finish Sunday's game with a 30.2 net punting average. I'm serious.
Maybe the Packers should sign him.
ANDY ADDS: While I freely admit I am somewhat of a wuss and would be a liability at most positions on the football field – I will say that if I were the punter/kicker, my deficiencies would be less obvious. Having played soccer through college with some degree of amPEDextrousness (new word meaning both-footed), if you will, I would go out on a limb, pun intended, and say that I could have bested Frost's 30.2 net-average-no-hangtime-punts…LEFT-FOOTED! Also, having played soccer, I may have more natural skills at faking even marginal roughing the punter scenarios. That said, as much as I would give anything to punt for the Packers, if the team found out about my not-so-secret desire to go for it or at least fake punt/FG on most 4th downs, they may not want me.


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Not long ago New York, Chicago, Boston and Washington, D.C., were poster children for urban decay. But these cities came roaring back: they tapped deep wells of experience in finance, communications and technology to flourish in a globalized world. They illustrate perfectly the power and resilience of the city as brain trust. Although they have their problems, urban areas continue to lure new residents because of the economic, health and educational benefits that accrue from face-to-face social networking. But if cities are so beneficial, then why are U.S. policies stacked against them?
In matters of housing, education, transportation, the environment and social services, existing rules and spending priorities give cities a raw deal. Cheap gas, highway subsides, tax incentives for home ownership, complacency over urban education and the apportionment of legislators all give preferential treatment to suburbs and rural areas. Even national leaders who should be cheerleaders for an evenhanded urban policy have faltered. Barack Obama, the most urban president since Theodore Roosevelt, skewed the stimulus bill toward more dollars for rural America. The five least populated states got twice as much money per capita as the rest.
Antiurban policies hurt denizens not just of downtown urban cores but also of broader metropolitan regions—and, arguably, the nation as a whole. Cities contribute to economic growth out of proportion to their populations. When they are dragged down, everyone pays the price; when they do well, so do their hinterlands. The rebound of Boston, for example, has enriched the entire state of Massachusetts, which depends heavily for its well-being on the new ideas and technologies hatched on the banks of the Charles River.
To be fair, the dividing line between city and suburb is fuzzy, and it would be easy to make too much of the distinction between urban cores and the rest of the country. The real concern is one of imbalance. Analysts have suggested a number of ways to rectify it. First, cap the home mortgage deduction, which represents a subsidy for homeowners (mostly suburban) at the expense of renters (mostly urban). Such a move should be complemented by steps to increase the supply of middle- and low-income apartments in city centers, which have become too expensive for many Americans. Second, raise gas taxes and put in place congestion pricing in urban areas so that society no longer subsidizes driving. These revenues could enhance mass transit, which, despite being more environmentally friendly, now often costs more than driving to work. Third, consider radical steps to fix gargantuan, unwieldy urban school systems saddled with the challenge of educating tens of thousands of rich and poor within their districts. Urban economist Edward Glaeser, who has two articles in this issue, suggests that solutions to such a tall order might come from either the left or right of the political spectrum: a nationwide high-quality school system, as in France, or a serious effort to put in place a voucher system.
Ultimately, the trouble is that the U.S. political system is rigged against densely populated areas. The system of earmarking funds by Congress means that infrastructure money gets allocated based on political horse trading rather than on the demographics of where people actually live and work. Letting the people of Iowa and New Hampshire always go first in the presidential primary season has much to recommend it—the citizens of those states take their privileged role seriously—but it means that candidates have little incentive to speak to urban concerns such as housing policy or decaying infrastructure.
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Mexico: 5-year-old boy's eyes gouged out in apparent drug-fueled ritual; Mother arrested
(AP) MEXICO CITY - Police in a Mexico City suburb arrested a mother and several relatives Thursday for allegedly gouging out the eyes of her 5-year-old son in what authorities said appeared to have been a drug-fueled ritual.
The boy was taken to a hospital in Nezahualcoyotl, a part of Mexico state bordering Mexico City, in serious condition early Thursday and later transferred by helicopter to a more specialized facility in the capital, officials said.
Nezahualcoyotl spokesman Fernando Chavez said a passing police car was flagged down on the street by someone who reported the incident and when officers entered the home they found the mother in shock with the boy in her arms.
"Once the woman allowed local police to check the boy, they were astonished to see the boy had no eyeballs," the government said in a statement.
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Mexico state prosecutor Isaac Acevedo told local media that a total of eight people had been detained and that investigators believed the mother herself gouged the boy's eyes out with her fingers. The boy's father was apparently not in the home at the time.
The crime appeared to have been part of a ritual, but was not apparently related to the Santa Muerte or Saint Death cult, some of whose followers were recently charged with the sacrificial killings of two 10-year-old boys and a 55-year-old woman in northern Sonora state, he said.
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The boy's aunt and uncle were also apparently at the house when the adults began using some unspecified drug, the spokesman said. Chavez said one witness told police she had passed out under the influence of drugs and when she regained consciousness, the boy's eyes were gone.
The adults have not yet been charged in the case, but are being held pending investigation. Two children and a 17-year-old were also found at the residence.
In March, authorities in Sonora state arrested eight people for allegedly sacrificing the two boys and adult woman as offerings to Saint Death, an idol usually depicted as a robed skeleton. Followers of the cult include criminals and drug traffickers.
While statues of Saint Death are common in many poor Mexican neighborhoods, Chavez said no altar or statue of the figure was found in the Nezahualcoyotl home.
Mexico's worst case of ritual sacrifice came with the notorious "narco-satanicos" killings of the 1980s. Fifteen bodies, many of them with signs of ritual sacrifice, were unearthed at a ranch outside the border city of Matamoros, across from Brownsville, Texas.


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