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Six people were killed and 12 others wounded, including U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, when a gunman opened fire in front of a Safeway supermarket in Tucson, Arizona, authorities said. The congresswoman had been hosting a meeting with constituents Saturday morning when the attack began.
Here are the latest developments as confirmed by CNN:
– House Speaker John Boehner has asked that flags on the House side of the Capitol be flown at half-staff in the wake of the shooting in Arizona, marking the death of Gabe Zimmerman, who was Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' director of community outreach. "An attack on one who serves is an attack on all who serve," Boehner said Sunday. "Such acts of violence have no place in our society. These tragic events remind us that all of us, in our roles in service to our fellow citizens, comes with a risk. This inhuman act should not and will not deter us from our calling to represent our constituents and to fulfill our oaths of office. No act, no matter how heinous, must be allowed to stop us from our duty," Boehner said.
– Authorities executed search warrants late Saturday night on a car and a residence where suspect Jared Lee Loughner lived with his parents, a law enforcement source said.
– The law enforcement source said that Loughner's parents appeared to be cooperating with authorities, but the source did not know to what extent.
– Loughner, however, was still not cooperating. He had earlier invoked his right against self-incrimination.
– The sheriff's office said early Sunday that the correct name of one of the victims who died in the shooting is Dorothy Morris.
– The Pima County Sheriff's Department is expected to hold another news conference at 11 a.m. Sunday (1 p.m. ET).
– The University Medical Center in Tucson will offer a patient condition update at 10 a.m. Sunday (12 p.m. ET).
– As of 3:45 a.m. Sunday, Giffords remained in critical condition, said Darci Slaten, spokeswoman for the medical center. Of the nine other shooting victims taken to that hospital, four others were in critical condition and five were in serious condition.
– Early Sunday morning, the sheriff's office released a surveillance camera photo of a male between 40 and 50 years old who is "possibly associated with the suspect." The dark-haired man was last seen wearing blue jeans and a dark blue jacket, and was seen at the location where the shooting occurred.
– At 2 p.m. Sunday, a caucus conference call has been scheduled for House Democrats and their spouses to get an update on the shooting, two congressional sources said.
– At 8:30 a.m., Speaker of the House John Boehner will address the media in West Chester, Ohio, about the shooting.
– Congresswoman Giffords was taking part in a meet-and-greet with constituents called "Congress on Your Corner" outside a Safeway grocery store in Tucson.
– Before the event, she tweeted: "My 1st Congress on Your Corner starts now. Please stop by to let me know what is on your mind or tweet me later."
– The attack happened about 10 minutes into the event.
– Giffords did not have any security with her, said staffer Mark Kimble. "She wants to be as accessible to the people who elected her as possible," he said.
– Dr. Steven Rayle was about 10 feet away from Giffords when the gunman shot the congresswoman. "He continued to fire, sort of rapidly, really at point-blank range," he said, adding that the man was shooting indiscriminately.
– The suspect was tackled to the ground by two men while he was trying to reload, another witness said.
– The gun, which another bystander had wrestled from the gunman, was empty and cocked open. Federal and state law enforcement sources described it as a 9mm Glock outfitted with an extended magazine.
– The shooter had another magazine at the ready, according to Joe Zamudio, who said he was one of the bystanders who pinned the gunman to the ground until police showed up.
– Hearing the shooting, Daniel Hernandez, a trained nurse and a Giffords intern, rushed to see what happened and used his medical training to "apply pressure to the wound and keep her active and alert," said Arizona state Rep. Steve Farley. Hernandez was Farley's former campaign manager.
– Officials have not stated a motive for the shooting. The suspect was not talking and had invoked his right against self-incrimination, said Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik.
– At the direction of President Barack Obama, FBI Director Robert Mueller was headed to Arizona to help coordinate the investigation. The FBI is working jointly with local law enforcement. The U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Arizona said it has about a dozen people working on the investigation.
– The suspect was in federal custody early Sunday morning, said Jason Ogan, spokesman for the Pima County Sheriff's Department. As such, the suspect will not face a first appearance in court Sunday, Ogan said.
– Authorities released a photo of a male between 40 and 50 years old who is "possibly associated with the suspect." The dark-haired man was last seen wearing blue jeans and a dark blue jacket, and was seen at the location where the shooting occurred.
– Authorities did not know whether the person they sought actually had any connection with Jared Lee Loughner, a law enforcement source told CNN. Authorities have a piece of evidence that indicates this second individual was in close proximity to the store, the source said, but declined to elaborate.
– That source also said authorities were seeking search warrants for a residence and for a vehicle in connection with the suspect in custody.
– A law enforcement source familiar with the investigation said the Glock used in the shootings was purchased legally, but did not have the details when or where it was bought. The extended magazine used in the shooting was likely purchased separately and at a different time, the source said. The official said such a magazine does not automatically come with a weapons purchase and it would be extremely rare for them to be sold together in one purchase.
– Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, 40, was shot in the head and underwent surgery Saturday. Doctors were optimistic of her chances of surviving. "I'm about as optimistic as it can get in this situation," Dr. Peter Rhee of the University Medical Center said Saturday afternoon. He said the next 24 hours will be key for determining the extent of her recovery.
– First elected in 2006, Giffords is serving her third term in Congress.
– She narrowly beat Tea Party-backed Republican Jesse Kelly in the November midterm elections, garnering 49% to the latter's 47% of the votes.
– Known as a "Blue Dog," or moderate, Democrat, Giffords was a key swing vote in last year's health care reform debate. She didn't make up her mind to vote for the legislation until the final days before the ultimate passing vote.
– She is married to NASA astronaut Mark Kelly, a Navy captain who is scheduled to fly the April space shuttle mission to the international space station. She is the only U.S. representative with an active duty military spouse, according to her website.
– She has no children but was stepmother to Kelly's two children, said Sylvia Lee, president of Pima County Community College in Tucson.
– She had received threats in the past, Lee said. A glass panel at her Tucson office was shattered the day after the health care reform vote last year. Staffers suspected someone shot a pellet gun at the glass. At a town hall meeting, a gun fell out of a constituent's pocket. But Giffords' press secretary, C.J. Karamargin, said he was unaware of any recent threats against Giffords.
– She generally voted with her party, but voted against the auto bailout bill and was one of 19 Democrats to vote against former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's bid to become the Democrats' minority leader after the midterm elections returned Republicans to power in the House.
– She holds a master's degree in regional planning from Cornell University and a B.A. from Scripps College, where she was awarded a William Fulbright Scholarship to study for a year in Chihuahua, Mexico.
– Before embarking on a political career, she worked for Price Waterhouse Coopers and served as chief executive officer and president of El Campo Tire, her family's business.
– She then served in the Arizona Legislature from 2000 to 2005, where she was the youngest woman elected to the Arizona state Senate.
– The suspect in the shooting is Jared Lee Loughner, a 22-year-old former community college student, according to an Arizona law enforcement source and a U.S. law enforcement source.
– He railed against government "mind control" and illiteracy in online missives and had "kind of a troubled past," said Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik.
– He also had brushes with the law, the sheriff said without elaborating. "We understand that there have been law enforcement contacts with the individual where he made threats." Court records indicate he had been arrested for possession of drug paraphernalia in 2007, but the charge was dismissed.
– Loughner dropped out of high school in 2006, after his junior year, said Tamara Crawley, a spokeswoman for the Marana United School District in suburban Tucson.
– In 2008, he tried to enlist in the U.S. Army. The Army rejected him, and privacy laws keep the military from disclosing the reason, the service said in a statement to CNN.
– He enrolled at Aztec Middle College, a partnership between Tucson schools and Pima Community College that helps high school dropouts transition to community colleges, the community college President Sylvia Lee told CNN.
– He took classes at the college from 2005 until October 2010, but withdrew after five contacts with police "for classroom and library disruptions" at two campuses between February and September, the school said.
– Loughner was suspended after authorities found a YouTube video in which he called the school "illegal according to the U.S. Constitution, and makes other claims," a college statement said. He quit during an October 4 meeting with his parents and school administrators, and a follow-up letter warned that to return, he had to present a doctor's note stating that "his presence at the College does not present a danger to himself or others."
– On his YouTube page, a list of his favorite books included both Adolf Hitler's "Mein Kampf" and Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels' "The Communist Manifesto," along with works by George Orwell, Ray Bradbury, Ken Kesey, Herman Hesse, Ernest Hemingway, Plato and Aesop's fables.
– "Good-bye friends," read a Saturday morning posting on Loughner's MySpace page, just hours before the shooting. "Dear friends ... Please don't be mad at me. The literacy rate is below 5%. I haven't talked to one person who is literate."
– A December 30 posting read, "Dear Reader ... I'm searching. Today! With every concern, my shot is now ready for aim. The hunt, a mighty thought of mine."
– Online, Loughner complained about the "second Constitution," a term legal scholars sometimes use to describe the post-Civil War amendments that ended slavery, extended the right to vote and required equal protection under the law. Its meaning to Loughner could not be clearly discerned.
– In an apparent reference to Giffords' congressional district, he wrote in a December 15 video message on YouTube: "The majority of people, who reside in District-8 are illiterate - hilarious."
– In the same message he wrote: "If I define terrorist then a terrorist is a person who employs terror or terrorism, especially as a political weapon. I define terrorist."
In addition to the 12 people wounded in the shooting, the following six were killed:
– John Roll, 63. A native of Pennsylvania, Roll was a federal judge for the U.S. District Court for the District of Arizona who had served the legal system for nearly 40 years. He began his career as a bailiff in Pima County Superior Court and rose to be chief judge for the District of Arizona, a position he held since 2006.
He received death threats two years ago after he ruled that a $32 million civil-rights lawsuit filed by illegal immigrants against a rancher in the state could proceed. He had been assigned to hear the ethnic studies ban case out of Tucson that involves a new law banning certain ethnic studies programs in public schools, according to the lead attorney on the case, Richard Martinez. Chief Justice of the United States John Roberts called Roll's death a tragic loss.
– Christina Taylor Greene, 9. She was born on September 11, 2001, according to CNN affiliate KVOA. Family members described her as "excited" about the political process, and said the desire to learn more about it had motivated her to go to the Gifford event, the affiliate said. Christina had just been elected to the student council at her school, the Arizona Republic reported. She died at a hospital, and not at the scene like the other five.
– Gabe Zimmerman, 30. A Tucson native who was engaged to be married, Zimmerman was the director of community outreach for the congresswoman.
– Dorwin Stoddard, 76. Dory, as his family calls him, was a retired construction worker, said Pastor Mike Nowak at Mount Avenue Church of Christ in Tucson. Witnesses told CNN that Stoddard tried to shield his wife, Mavy, was shot in the head and fell on her. The wife was shot three times in her legs; the bullets were removed and she is expected to make a full recovery.
– Dorothy Morris, 76
– Phyllis Scheck, 79
– Following the shootings, all legislation on the House schedule for the coming week was postponed, House Majority Leader Eric Cantor said. The decision was made by leaders of both parties and means the House will not vote next week on the repeal of health care reform.
– Although U.S. Capitol Police said there was no evidence of a broader threat involving federal officials, it has advised other members of Congress to take "reasonable and prudent precautions regarding their personal safety and security." The House sergeant at arms also said "it is essential" that lawmakers contact local police to register their home and office addresses.
– Tucson Police Chief Roberto Villasenor said his department had secured the homes and offices of some unnamed federal officials as a "precautionary measure."
– Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-Maine, said an incident like this could have a chilling effect on the frequent weekend listening sessions that many members of Congress have with their constituents.
– In Tucson, supporters gathered outside the University Medical Center, keeping vigil as family members waited with wounded loved ones inside. On the other side of the country, dozens of marchers braved subfreezing temperatures and gusty winds to gather on Capitol Hill for a candlelight vigil Saturday night.
– President Barack Obama: "We do not yet have all the answers. What we do know is that such a senseless and terrible act of violence has no place in a free society."
– Arizona Gov. Jan Brewer: "I am just heartbroken. Gabby is more than just a colleague, she is my friend. She has always been a noble public servant."
– John Roberts, chief justice of the U.S. Supreme Court, on the death of one of the victims, Judge U.S. District Judge John Roll: "Chief Judge Roll's death is a somber reminder of the importance of the rule of law and the sacrifices of those who work to secure it."
– U.S. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi: "Congresswoman Giffords is a brilliant and courageous member of Congress, bringing to Washington the views of a new generation of national leaders. It is especially tragic that she was attacked as she was meeting with her constituents whom she serves with such dedication and distinction."
– House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio: "An attack on one who serves is an attack on all who serve. Acts and threats of violence against public officials have no place in our society."
– U.S. Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona: "I am horrified by the violent attack on Representative Gabrielle Giffords and many other innocent people by a wicked person who has no sense of justice or compassion. ... Whoever did this, whatever their reason, they are a disgrace to Arizona, this country and the human race, and they deserve and will receive the contempt of all decent people and the strongest punishment of the law."
– Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin: "There is no place in our society or discourse for such senseless and unconscionable acts of violence."
– Officials have not stated a motive for the shooting.
– Pima County Sheriff Clarence Dupnik used a nationally televised press conference to condemn the tone of political discourse in his state. He charged that public debate is now "vitriolic rhetoric," which has rendered Arizona "the mecca for prejudice and bigotry." Dupnik suggested that such rhetoric can have deadly consequences.
– Last March, Giffords raised concerns about inflammatory rhetoric after her office was vandalized, and she cited how her name appeared on a website titled "Take back the 20" as part of a list originally issued by former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in March 2010 against vulnerable House Democrats.
– The list, which named 20 House members who voted for health care reform, showed crosshairs over the contested Democratic districts.
– At the time, Giffords responded to the map by saying on MSNBC that her long-serving colleagues had "never seen anything like it." "The thing is, the way that she has it depicted has the crosshairs of a gun sight over our district," Giffords said in March. "When people do that, they've got to realize there's consequences to that action."
– A day after Giffords voted in favor of health care reform, a glass panel at her Tucson office was shattered.
– At a town hall meeting, a gun fell out of a constituent's pocket.
– Giffords' press secretary, C.J. Karamargin, said he was unaware of any recent threats against Giffords.


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Poll: GOP Gets The Blame in Shutdown
WASHINGTON (AP) — A new poll says Americans are holding Republicans primarily responsible for the partial government shutdown.
The Associated Press-GfK survey finds plenty of disdain to go around as people size up the federal impasse. Most now disapprove of the way President Barack Obama is handling his job. And Congress' approval rating is a perilous 5 percent.
Overall, Republicans are taking the bigger hit in public opinion. In the poll, 63 percent say Republicans deserve a lot of the blame. About half say Obama or the Democrats in Congress are largely responsible.
The poll finds that the tea party is a significant influence among Republicans as well as a source of division. Forty-one percent of Republicans identified themselves as tea party supporters and they want GOP leaders in Congress to stand firm.


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I picked up this gloss, just for a little pick me up the other day from Cargo for £6:
Turns out the only shade I liked was called London! How patriotic!
London is a sheer clear gloss full of pink micro sparkles. I comes with a brush applicator, and in a small plastic squeezy tube.
See more after the jump!They say:
Made from the same formula as CARGO's award-winning lip gloss tins, this portable, easy to carry version is perfect for your purse! housed in a petite, droplet shaped, squeezable plastic tube, Purse Gloss is sheer, non-sticky, and infused with nourishing ingredients to care for delicate lips. The attached brush eliminates the need for a separate lip brush making PurseGloss ideal for touch-ups on the go, and has been designed with a shut-off valve to avoid messy leaks!
So this is basically a portable gloss – and its pretty easy to use – just squeeze to get the product out. Nothing luxury here, just a basic plastic tube:
It leaves the lips with a plumping effect and will work on top of 99% of the lipsticks I own, I think!
All in all a cute little perk-me-up. Nothing majorly exciting about the colour, formula or texture but its just a cute little easy to wear product.
Make up in Supermarkets – a good idea or bad?!


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Spurs Remain Atop Standings, If Not Ratings
By Forrest Burnson
For Reporting Texas
The San Antonio Spurs, the Western Conference's top-seeded team in the upcoming National Basketball Association playoffs, bear two noteworthy – and perhaps contradictory – distinctions.
On one hand, the team is the country's most successful professional sports franchise in the past 15 years,winning nearly 70 percent of its games to edge the New England Patriots of the National Football League for the accolade.
On the other hand, the team's four championship titles were among the NBA's least-watched on television. In 2007, when the Spurs defeated the Cleveland Cavaliers (and LeBron James before he left for Miami) to win their fourth title, the finals received the lowest Nielsen ratings in league history, withthe Associated Press declaring the Spurs "a champion everywhere but in the TV ratings" and "too boring to be appreciated."
The second-lowest rated championship in the NBA? The Spurs' 2003 title over the New Jersey Nets.
Low network ratings translate into little or no coverage in national media for the Spurs.
"It's all ratings-driven. It's become a big joke," said Buck Harvey, a sports columnist for The San Antonio Express-News. "They just don't want to hear about the Spurs."
The low ratings have been partially attributed to the Spurs' small media market. Even though San Antonio is the seventh most populous city in the United States, Nielsen ranks its local television market at 36th. The Spurs have had good regional ratings on the Fox Sports Southwest network, but in Texas, loyalties remain divided between the Spurs, the Dallas Mavericks and the Houston Rockets.
Despite the team's consistent success for the past decade, no Spur was among the top 10 players in jersey sales last season.
Some attribute the Spurs' lack of a fan base outside of San Antonio to the low-key nature of the team's star players, especially power forward Tim Duncan.
"Duncan is clearly one of the game's greatest players ever, but he's not spectacular, just incredibly good," said Mike Celizic, a columnist for NBC Sports, after the Spurs' 2007 win.
With headlines like "Tim Duncan's Sincere Apology Confuses Referee Enough To Eject Him From Game," and "Tim Duncan Fires Up Teammates With Calm, Moderated, Three-Hour Pep Talk," the satirical newspaper The Onion has turned the player – an uncharacteristically reserved NBA star with an honors degree in psychology from Wake Forest – into a running gag.
Despite jabs at his demeanor, Duncan has been credited for providing the foundation for the team's continued success, due in part to his close relationship with coach Gregg Popovich.
The top-seeded team in last year's playoffs, the Spurs were upset by the Memphis Grizzlies in the first round. With the recent acquisitions of Boris Diaw and Kawhi Leonard, the team appears more balanced going into this season's playoffs, which the Spurs begin Sunday against the Utah Jazz.
For the Spurs, the whole might be greater than the sum of its parts. Since the departure of NBA legend David Robinson in 2003, the team's success has hinged on the trifecta of Duncan, Manu Ginobili of Argentina and Tony Parker of France. None of them holds the same superstar power of Kobe Bryant and James, though Parker's marriage — and subsequent divorce — to actress and activist Eva Longoria made him more visible outside the basketball arena.
With the Spurs, "you don't have any controversy, you don't have people arguing whose team it is or who should take the shot," Harvey said.
While the Spurs' lack of an obvious superstar has limited the team's national appeal, that same team-oriented approach is a big part of the appeal for Spurs fans. "The Spurs play fundamental basketball," said Josh O'Brien, a San Antonio native and a longtime fan. "The players don't look for huge endorsement contracts or massive media exposure."
The team's virtual anonymity outside of San Antonio may actually be a boon to the players, who avoid the pitfalls of heavy media attention — and criticism.
For Spurs players, Harvey said, "life is a free lunch" in San Antonio.
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Often I am asked about how to find novels that can be downloaded to mobile devices. The challenge with access to any literature is copyright.
Here are some ways to help your students who learn best through hearing stories. These student may struggle to understand a chapter they've read, but can articulate full understanding if they listen to a story being told in class. Have your students take charge of their learning by downloading Apps or accessing websites to download books.
Apps that offer copyright free access to Audiobooks
OverDrive App can be downloaded and installed to an iPad, iPod, or Android device. I use this App to see if a title is available in alternate format either as an ePUB or audio file. Students will need their Library card if they wish to take out any ePUB or audio book from the Burnaby Public Library (BPL). Once a student locates a title, they will need to login to their Library Account before being prompted to download the mp3 file to their mobile device. At the end of the loan period, the audiobook expires.
Using OverDrive and BPL, I quickly found the following typical English novel titles provided to me by Judi Mathot.
- Once Flew Over the Cuckoo's Next by Kesey
- 1984 or Animal Farm by George Orwell
- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
- … cont'd…
Websites that offer copyright free access to Audiobooks
Other websites I use to locate audiobooks include Librivox.org, the Internet Archive (www.archive.org/details/audio) and/or the Gutenberg Project site which also searches a subcollection from LibriVox. LibriVox uses volunteer readers to develop their audio book recordings. Again, all of these were easy to download to a mobile device.
Some English titles I found at LibriVox included but not limited to:
- Romeo and Julliet
- Macbeth
- The Merchant of Venice
- Misummer Night's Dream
- The Taming of the Shrew
- To Kill a Mockingbird
Then there other sites that offer audio downloads read by computerized voices such as the Gutenberg Audio Book Collection (http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/ ), http://freeclassicaudiobooks.com or LearnOutLoud.com.
Learning Support Teacher
Another resource to access is the Learning Support Teacher who can login to ARC-BC.org to locate titles not available through the public domain sites. Many come in MP3 format that can be downloaded to devices for individual student use.
If you have found sites or other APPs to support auditory learners requiring access to English Language novels, please leave me a comment.


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1 1/4 cup flour
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup old fashioned rolled oats
3/4 cup whole berry cranberry sauce*
1/3 cup canola oil
1/3 cup dark brown sugar
1/2 teaspoon baking powder
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
1/2 teaspoon zest of a lemon, lime, orange or tangerine
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 egg
Preheat oven to 350. Line or grease and flour one 12 well muffin tin. In a large bowl, mix together the egg, oil, buttermilk, and sugar. In a separate bowl, whisk together the flour, oatmeal, salt, ginger, zest, baking powder, and baking soda. Stir into the wet ingredients. Spoon 1 1/2 tablespoons of batter in 12 muffin wells. Top with 1 teaspoon cranberry sauce. Evenly divide the remaining batter among the wells, making sure the cranberry sauce is fully covered. Bake 15-20 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center of the center muffin comes out clean or with just a hint of cranberry sauce. Cool on a wire rack, serve.
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Social Conflict, Healing, and Mission in Global Contexts
Emmanuel Katongole
The seminar is especially designed for Christian leaders who are working in the midst of social conflict, war and poverty outside the US and those whose organizations, congregations and ministries are seeking to respond to these global challenges. The seminar will explore prevailing models of mission and reconciliation in global contexts. Drawing from stories and lessons from around the world: Uganda, Burundi, Sudan, the Middle East, South Africa, Haiti, the seminar will point to fresh experiments and develop alternative models of mission and reconciliation, which reflect the gift of God's new creation. Models to be considered will include: pilgrimage, relocation, intervention, and interruption. In developing and exploring these models, special attention will be paid to the sets of skills and gifts that sustain Christian leaders within these models: lament and hope; courage and compassion; resistance and imagination; description and dreaming.
A Spirituality to Sustain Action
Margaret Pfeil and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
The same Jesus who told his disciples that their works would exceed his own also promised to send an Advocate who would guide us in the ways and means of God. This course draws on 2,000 years of Christian experience to explore the rhythms, practices, and dangers of life with the God who chooses to work in and through communities of broken people for the reconciliation of all things. The course is especially designed for people who find themselves burnt out, distracted, depressed, or restless in the ministry of reconciliation. It will invite participants to build on their own questions, hopes, and experiences of faith to contemplate the dynamics of a spirituality of reconciliation. We will use a variety of media, including film, music, and art, together with opportunities for prayer and meditation.
Building Beloved Communities of Justice and Peace at the Grassroots
Mary Nelson and John Perkins
This seminar will focus on practical ways to build Beloved Community in under-resourced community settings, using interactive sharing of John Perkins, Mary Nelson and seminar participants. We also will use case studies of community building, community organizing from Chicago and Mississippi, dialoging on the Christian Community Development tools, including reconciliation, incarnational presence in the community, redistribution, building on the strengths of people and empowering indigenous leadership. Finally, we will partner with seminar participants to think through their own settings and action plans.
Shaping Congregations for Faithfulness across Divides
Jin S. Kim and Therese Lysaught
This seminar will ask: What do pastors need to learn to faithfully lead their congregations in embodying the ministry of reconciliation in light of obstacles to this work posed by contemporary culture? We will draw from the major spiritual traditions of the early church to think about what it means to "do church" in a way that witnesses to Christ's ministry of reconciliation. Through exemplars and interactive sharing we will focus particularly on practices of submission, prayer, confession, hospitality, and Eucharist. A key goal of the seminar will be for seminar participants to identify challenges in their own settings and to develop action plans for moving forward.
Transformative Leadership through National Organizations
Samuel Barkat and L. Gregory Jones
This course is designed to assist the senior leaders of organizations and institutions in discovering ways to move their own leadership and their organizations to a new level of faithfulness in the mission of reconciliation. Drawing from a theological framework, case studies, and participant experiences, three areas will be addressed:
- A biblical and theological view of transformative ministry for reconciliation and teamwork for common objectives.
- How to lead an organization in pursuing reconciliation, both internally and externally, including addressing conflicts. What does it meant to pursue reconciliation in organizational ministry Biblically and theologically, and with psychologically and sociologically sound principles and practices rather than through power and position? How does the call to embody both justice and forgiveness reshape institutional practices, structures, and programs?
- Development of a practical action plan. Participants will identify opportunities, challenges, and barriers and develop a concrete action plan to move their organization ahead in dealing with reconciliation issues on personal, structural and institutional levels.
This course is based on collaborative and transformative leadership principles. We will address the kind of character, integrity and humility that leaders of organizations need to posses in order to be successful collaborative leaders.


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Strong Thunderstorms Cross New Jersey
Strong thunderstorms crossed New Jersey as a Flash Flood Warning is in effect for Warren, Morris and parts of Sussex counties
Southern & central counties bore the brunt of the storms in the afternoon with heavy rain and some hail. Late afternoon & evening storms are affecting northern New Jersey and the Flash Flood Warning is in effect until 9:15 p.m.
A Flood Advisory is in effect for southern and central counties. until 6:45 p.m. as
The rain is also slowing traffic, closing roads and flooding a number of road around the state.
More storms are forming in Pennsylvania and are expected to affect parts of New Jersey later this afternoon.


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NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- With a post-election pullback in the S&P 500 of 3.6% in the past two days, the market jitters are back, putting many investors on edge.The election is behind us, but we see the dreaded fiscal cliff, which was obscured from view due to all the election hoopla, on the horizon and wonder whether we'll be heading over it by Jan. 1. I suspect that a deal will get done, but it remains to be seen what it will entail. The election results changed little in terms of the balance of power in Washington, so get ready for a rocky road ahead for the markets as we approach year-end. I expect that we'll see a lot of trading days like the last two, as well as some up days, as we grapple with all the possibilities of what the geniuses in D.C. will decide. (At some point, with the realization that the Affordable Care Act is now here to stay, there will be a whole host of other issues to grapple with, but I'll save that for another day; one crisis at a time). It was not all bad news yesterday, in the flurry of earnings releases, many of which were low profile smaller names, the kind that I typically own and/or follow, there were a few that stood out. Nuclear services name Energy Solutions ( ES), which processes and disposes spent nuclear fuel and provides in-plant support, decontamination and decommissioning services, had a great quarter. Revenue of $444.2 million easily beat the $423.2 million consensus, and 11 cents per share were double the consensus estimate. The company has been extremely volatile this year, topping out above $5 back in March before falling to the $1.50 range over the summer. I took my latest position in early June, following a cut in guidance that sent shares down 55% in one day, on 32 times average volume. That seemed like an over-reaction at the time. With a fairly heavy debt load, Energy Solutions is not for anyone with a weak stomach, but the company does provide services vital to the nuclear power industry.
Alexander and Baldwin ( ALEX), which represents the real estate business of the old Alexander and Baldwin, that separated into two companies (the other being shipping company Matson Navigation ( MATX)) in June also put up some solid numbers, after the market closed yesterday. Revenue rose 50% to $92.9 million for the quarter, and net income more than tripled to $13.4 million. Earnings of 31 cents per share beat the 14 cents a share consensus estimate. ALEX's report came on the heels of a solid report from Matson Navigation on Wednesday. Matson beat the consensus earnings estimate of 40 cents per share by five cents, and shares were rewarded with a 7% advance. I was also pleased to see a $44 million reduction in debt, which now stands at about $329 million. So, there was some good news, amongst all the angst, but it's time to buckle up, and buckle down. The elections, for the most part, took our eyes off of the ball in terms of what's on the near term horizon. Now it's crunch time, and time to stock up on the Pepto Bismol. Have a great weekend. At the time of publication the author was long ES, ALES, MATX. Follow @JonMHellerCFA This article is commentary by an independent contributor, separate from TheStreet's regular news coverage.


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Peg + Cat "The Race Car Problem/The Big Gig Problem" The Race Car Problem - Junk Yard/Race Track Stadium. Peg and Cat rebuild their homemade race car, "Hot Buttered Lightnin'," to compete in the Talla-peg-a 20 race. Primary Content: More than, less than; Secondary Content: Solid shapes. D
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Dinosaur Train "The Egg Stealer?/To The Grandparents' Nest We Go!" Buddy and Don stumble upon a mystery when they find unhatched eggs on their beach, The mystery grows when some of the eggs are stolen. Don and Buddy become detectives and suspect that maybe Tiny, Shiny, or other friends may be stealing the eggs. They're not. D
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Peg + Cat "The Slop Problem/The Birthday Present Problem" The Slop Problem - The Farm. Peg and Cat enlist the Teens to help them figure out how to clean filthy farm animals of various sizes. Primary Content: More, less; Secondary Content: Counting by fives up to 25. D
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Wild Kratts "Seasquatch" The Kratt brothers' sub loses power while they are exploring the strange landscape of the ocean depths and they are trapped on the ocean floor of the deep sea. Aviva must figure out how to harness the energy from the deep sea's hydrothermal vents in order to save the brothers and return them to the surface. The Wild Kratts team learns all about the amazing process of chemosynthesis and how deep sea creatures transform toxic chemicals into energy. D
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Super Why! "The Story of the Tooth Fairy" Whyatt has lost his very first tooth! When his mom tells Whyatt that the Tooth Fairy will come and take his tooth, Whyatt wants to know what happens if he wants to KEEP it? Super Why and his friends decide the best person to ask is the Tooth Fairy herself, so they set off to meet her in person. With a little bit of magic (and a little bit of floss) the reading heroes are able to get all their questions answered.G
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WordGirl "Two Brains Quartet/Big's Big Bounce" Two Brains Quartet - For the city's centennial celebration the Mayor promises to unveil its 100 year old cheese wheel to the winner of the Barbershop Quartet Competition. Both the Botsford family and Dr. Two Brains are assembling talented groups. Will Dr. Two Brains be able to sing his way to victory and run away with the city's oldest and most valuable cheese? Vocabulary Words: Melodious, Quartet. D
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Outdoor Idaho "Canyonlands Calling" Cameras roam desert expanses, narrow canyons, mountains and rock formations of the southwest corner of Idaho. Participants reveal how eight years of collaborative effort among many interests can culminate in the federal Owyhee Initiative that includes many uses, including designated wilderness.G
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Chef's Life "A Peanut Pastime" Vivian visits neighbor Marty Harper's peanut farm just before and during harvest. Vivian's dad introduces Ben and Vivian to the old school break snack, a pack of salted peanuts dumped into a Pepsi in a glass bottle. At the restaurant, Vivian translates the snack into Pepsi glazed pork belly with country ham braised peanuts. D
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Katie Brown Workshop "Kids and Fruit" Get the kids busy and interested in fun and healthy fruit dip sticks, lemon sorbet wedges and orange cake, and with projects like an orange bird feeder and fruit creatures. D
12:30 pm
Paint This With Jerry Yarnell "A Farmer's Icon, Part 4" In the final stage of this painting, Jerry continues highlighting the barn, adds the details of the fence, broken boards and a gate. Pure pigment is utilized to brighten the barn and the use of a script brush will add the necessary cracks and holes in the wood of the barn. Jerry uses the complementary colors and highlights in and around the barn to create the focal point in a bright and cheerful painting. D
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Essential Pepin "Egg-Ceptional" Mollet Eggs Florentine; Eggs In Ramekins; Eggs En Cocotte; Scrambled Eggs In Bread Cases With Candied Oyster Mushrooms; Fines Herbs Omelet; Mushroom Omelet; Flat Potato Omelet. D
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On Story "Constructing Comic Book Movies" The creative minds behind the films THOR, THE AVENGERS, HULK, THE INCREDIBLE HULK, ELEKTRA, THE GREEN LANTERN, X-MEN: THE LAST STAND, X2, and X-MEN: FIRST CLASS divulge the complexities of memorable heroes and villains, and how some of the best supernatural films tap into the most basic of human elements. Followed by John Mitchell's SUPER POWERS, a lively short film about a husband and wife who try to salvage their love-life by dressing as superheroes, and find they save more than just their marriage when they're forced out of their apartment fully costumed. In this episode: Ashley Miller, Zak Penn, Michael Green, John Turman. D
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Dialogue "Behind The Scenes at POV" Host Marcia Franklin interviews Simon Kilmurry, executive director and producer of the documentary film series POV, during his recent visit to Idaho. They discuss how films are chosen for the series and the state of independent non-fiction film.G
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America's Test Kitchen from Cook's Illustrated "Sunday Brunch" Test cook Julia Collin Davison shows host Christopher Kimball how to make foolproof Cinnamon Swirl Bread. Then, gadget guru Lisa McManus reveals her favorite pancake dispenser, and Chris answers questions from viewers. Next, test cook Bridget Lancaster shows Chris how to make perfect Baked Eggs Florentine at home, and science expert Guy Crosby explains the science behind perfect baked eggs. D
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Crafting at the Spotted Canary "Things That Wrap A Gift" Sharing is the fun of giving and the gift-wrap should be as memorable as the gift itself. There are so many ways to make a present unique. From decorating the wrap, to creating tags with photos to making a special gift bag - simple touches make wrapping a gift simple and unique. D
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Antiques Roadshow "Baton Rouge, Hour Two" Highlights include a Louisiana political poster, found in a pile of garbage on the side of the road, appraised for $3,000 to $4,000; three paintings by New Orleans artists and Newcomb pottery founders William and Ellsworth Woodward, worth about $30,000 to $50,000; and a NASA photograph collection brought by a former employee who served as one of the test directors for the Zero-G airplane, valued at $35,000 to $45,000. Part 2 of 3G
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Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe A high contrast night at the Loveless Barn as raw and raspy folk stomper Langhorne Slim sets up a smoother set of rocking blue-eyed soul by American Idol finalist Paul McDonald and his wife actress Niki Reed. Also, acoustic guitar alchemy from Bill Mize and gospel rock from Annabelle's Curse. D
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Austin City Limits "The Shins/Dr. Dog" This show highlights two alternative rock groups. The Shins play from their latest recording Port of Morrow while Dr. Dog performs selections from Be the Void.G
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Over Hawai'i This off-the-beaten-path tour of Hawai'i's six major islands and popular visitor destinations interweaves visuals with insights into distinctive landscapes and the islands' culture. Local people share facts about the geology, plants and animals, along with ancient stories and traditional beliefs that still play important roles in today's Hawaiian life.G
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Sun Studio Sessions "Will Sexton" The songwriter has credits that range from Waylon Jennings to Stephen Stills. Here he is joined by Amy LaVere and Allison Mosshart (from Jack White's band Dead Weather). Sexton performs several of his songs and talks about his approach to songwriting.G
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Music City Roots: Live from the Loveless Cafe A high contrast night at the Loveless Barn as raw and raspy folk stomper Langhorne Slim sets up a smoother set of rocking blue-eyed soul by American Idol finalist Paul McDonald and his wife actress Niki Reed. Also, acoustic guitar alchemy from Bill Mize and gospel rock from Annabelle's Curse. D
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Austin City Limits "The Shins/Dr. Dog" This show highlights two alternative rock groups. The Shins play from their latest recording Port of Morrow while Dr. Dog performs selections from Be the Void.G
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Frontline "Secrets of the Vatican" This FRONTLINE goes inside the Vatican to unravel the series of events that lead to Pope Benedict's resignation - the first in 600 years. This account of the final days of Benedict's papacy and the current battle to set the church on a new path under Pope Francis includes interviews with those at the very heart of what happened, including cardinals, priests, convicted criminals, police, prosecutors and whistle-blowers.G


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The original PlayStation 3 is one of the ugliest game consoles ever created. The font from the Tobey Maguire-era Spider-man movies, the shiny black plastic that smeared when you breathe on it, the sheer girth and weight of the damn thing; it was a monster. The design staff working under PlayStation poppa Ken Kutaragi must have thought their leader had gone completely out of his mind. The 2009 PlayStation 3 redesign, known as the PS3 or PlayStation 3 Slim, is a marked improvement. People agreed on this point and the redesign helped Sony do swift sales with the device back then.
The PS3 hasn't be selling quite as quickly these days and industry analysts have been suggesting that Sony needs to drop the price of the box soon to get some momentum going between now and the release of the PlayStation 4. Based on a recently uncovered FCC filing, it looks like Sony thinks another makeover might do the trick as well.
Japanese website Pocket News reported on Thursday that FCC filings made by Sony under the identification "AK8CBEH19C1" refer to a new PlayStation 3 model named the 4000 series, labeled CECH-4000. The current PS3 is the 3000 series. The above image is the CECH-4001x. (The "x" is variable depending upon the size of the hard drive in the console.) The image is of the bottom of the console where the FCC ID is located.
Compared to the FCC filing of the current PlayStation 3 model, it looks like the 4000 series would do away with the jutting vents for a size that is even more compact than the first revision.
When the Slim model released in 2009, Sony also used it as an opportunity to drop the price of the whole PlayStation 3 line by $100. A PlayStation 3 under $200, cheaper even than the PlayStation Vita portable, could feasibly drive sales for Sony through the holiday season. That would also put its competitors, particularly Nintendo whose new Wii U is expected to cost in excess of $300, in a tough position.
Over the years, Sony has skillfully extended the lifespan of its game consoles. The compact, cheap PSOne came out just months before the PlayStation 2 and it was a huge success for the company. The slim model of the PlayStation 2 kept that device selling well into 2010, a decade after the console's debut. This new PlayStation 3, priced correctly, could do the same.


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Promising new rice varieties are being developed and scrutinized at the LSU Rice Research Station in Crowley, La. Catahoula, an early semi-dwarf long-grain "has very good yield potential," said Steve Linscombe, LSU AgCenter rice breeder and station manager, at the recent field day in Crowley. "In fact, when averaged over a number of years, it appears to have an advantage over both Cocodrie and Cheniere."
As for disease susceptibility, "it's more similar to Cheniere. It is susceptible to sheath blight, but not as much as the most susceptible long grains. It has very good blast resistance. One of the parents of Catahoula is the older Arkansas variety, Drew.
"Drew is no longer grown (on major acreage), but it did have very good blast disease resistance. We were fortunate to be able to incorporate that into this new variety."
Another variety growers will be hearing about is a new Clearfield, CL151. "It's been in development for a few years and is being widely grown for seed increase throughout the Gulf South. Unless something unforeseen happens, it should be readily available in 2009."
CL151 has been "pretty consistent" in showing a distinct yield advantage over the current Clearfield varieties such as CL161, CL131 and CL171. "We're anxious to get the seed out. Next year, we believe it will be grown on wide acreage."
Part of a multi-state testing effort, Linscombe and colleagues are also checking a number of lines from cooperating breeding programs.
"Bowman is a new, long grain rice released by Dwight Kanter in Stoneville, Miss. Compared to some of the Louisiana lines, it has much wider leaves — a somewhat more predominant flag leaf. It looks to have very good yield potential, very good blast resistance."
Bowman is also a Rexmont cooking type of rice. "That means it has a higher level of amylose than our conventional long grains. This particular processing type is preferred by the canning industry, for example. Campbell's uses a lot of these types of varieties in soups."
Linscombe also pointed out several experimental lines from Arkansas. "AR-1182 is a line from Karen Moldenhauer's program. It's a more typical Wells-looking plant type that has shown very good yield potential in our trials.
"AR-1142 is a very early semi-dwarf from James Gibbons. One of its parents is a Brazilian variety, IRGA417. We're anxious to see how it performs because it looks pretty good up to now."
For the first time, the station is also growing one of the Bayer rice hybrids. "Bayer is actively involved in hybrids for the Gulf South region. Arize 1003 will be a bit late for us — about 10 days later than Cocodrie. But we're anxious to see how it does under our growing conditions."
LSU AgCenter breeders are continuously trying to develop new varieties, "both conventional and with the Clearfield technology. Three of the Clearfield long grains showing promise: LA-0802002, LA-0802008, and LA-0802051, the tallest of the three. All are very early and have looked very good in the testing program. We'll probably be making a decision to go with a larger seed increase on one of the lines after we see this year's data.
"We're also trying to develop a Clearfield medium grain. Last year, we told you about a line, 005, and thought it would be the first Clearfield medium grain. We took it down to Puerto Rico for a seed increase last winter."
To develop a Clearfield medium grain, researchers must cross a Clearfield long grain — since that's where the desired herbicide resistance gene is — with a conventional medium grain.
"When going through the segregating generations, it's easy to screen for the Clearfield resistance. We simply spray (the rice) with Newpath herbicide. That weeds out the segregates that don't have the (desired) gene. It's pretty easy to select for a grain type and agronomic characteristics."
However, one thing that can "confound" the program is crossing two distinct cereal chemistries. Long grains have high amylose/intermediate gel temperatures while medium grains have low amylose/low gel temperatures.
"We thought we had the 005 line stable for the medium grain cooking characteristics. But when we started looking at additional samples, there were some concerns. Based on that, we said, 'We'll halt this line because there are a couple more that are even better.'
"The 065 and 068 are both very nice medium grains with the Clearfield gene and appear to have the stability for the cook type. They've performed very well in our yield test studies. We'll study the data and make a decision on expediting a seed increase and probably take headrows of one of the lines to Puerto Rico."
In recent years, Xueyan Sha, a rice breeder working with Linscombe, has focused on conventional long grains and, especially, aromatics.
This is the first year for the seed production of Neptune, the latest medium grain release from LSU. "Compared to Jupiter — which was released about three years ago — Neptune has similar yield potential, if not higher," said Sha. "But Neptune has a bigger grain size and better milling yield. Disease-wise, it has much improved resistance to blast."
Agronomically, Neptune is an inch or two shorter than Bengal and Jupiter. Neptune can head out two or three days later but actually reaches harvest maturity earlier than Bengal and Jupiter. It also has very good and consistent ratoon potential, especially for a medium grain. Neptune seed should be readily available in 2009.
Developing aromatic rice varieties takes a while, said Sha. "We're not only looking for good yields, milling yields and a disease resistance (package), we're also looking for specialty characteristics like aroma and cooking quality. That's what makes Jasmine rice and it takes extra time."
With that in mind, "LA-2125 has excellent yield potential, even when compared to conventional varieties like Cypress. It also has a very good and stable milling yield. In our trials, it consistently reaches the low 60s in head rice. Most importantly, it has a Jasmine-type cooking quality."
The line looks similar to Wells with plant height, maturity and straw strength. It also has "a pretty good disease package. It is slightly susceptible to sheath blight but highly resistant to blast. It also has smooth leaves and sheath and no dormancy."


text: Danner Shoe Manufacturing Company opened its doors in 1932 in Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin with five employees. From the very beginning, Danner was focused on crafting high quality, premium footwear. Over 75 years ago, Mr. Danner moved his family and company to Portland, Oregon where the Danner team continues to craft boots to the highest standards. Danner only uses the highest quality materials to ensure that its customers can "go the distance" in all the products they create. Danner delivers performance and durability in every category, whether it's hiking, uniform, military, hunting or work products.


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Thibault reacts to firing as CT Sun coach
Mohegan – Mike Thibault was quite philosophical early Tuesday afternoon in the wake of his dismissal as coach of the Connecticut Sun.
"I've had a great 10 years. I've loved it here," Thibault said. "The fans have treated me great. Everyone at Mohegan has as well."
Thibault, the only coach in the history of the franchise, was in the option year of a four-year contract.
Assistant coaches Bernadette Mattox and Scott Hawk were also released.
Thibault led the Sun to eight playoff appearances, four regular season Eastern Conference titles and two trips to the WNBA Finals. He won more than 200 games and would have eclipsed Van Chancellor for most career wins in WNBA history.
"It's their money. They write the checks," Thibault said. "They get to do what they want. It's a business. I understand that. I disagree that a different voice will change things. But it's their decision to make."
The team issued the following press release:
"The decision to let Mike go was difficult based on our friendship and working relationship," Connecticut Sun Vice President and General Manager Chris Sienko said. "Mike has had much success here in Connecticut over the past 10 seasons. However, we felt it was time for a new voice and new direction for our players and our fans as we continue to try to capture that first, elusive title. We wish Mike and his family nothing but success and know our paths will cross again in the future."
"After much thought and consideration we have decided to make a coaching change with the hopes that this will allow us to achieve our ultimate goal of bringing a WNBA championship to Connecticut," said team CEO Mitchell Etess. "We have the ultimate respect and appreciation for everything coach Thibault has done here, and he has played a huge part in establishing the Connecticut Sun as the model franchise in the league. However, our ultimate goal is the championship, and this change is made in with an eye to accomplishing just that."
The Sun will begin formerly interviewing candidates immediately. However, there is no set timetable to name Thibault's replacement.


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Interac, Japan's largest private provider of Assistant Language Teachers (ALTs), is seeking applications from native English speakers for ALT positions in Chiba Prefecture. These positions start from late-March 2012.
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Interac has a comprehensive initial and ongoing training programme to support and develop all ALTs.
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Assignments can be scheduled between 08:00 and 18:00, Monday through Friday.
Salary ranges between 230,000 and 255,000 Japanese Yen per calendar month for a full-time position. Full-time ALTs receive a generous holiday entitlement in line with school vacations throughout the year.
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No, not photos of a former Lancs and England batsman in "interesting" poses. No, it's some photos I took in the car park on the Riedberg campus this morning.
This is the money shot
I'm not a bee expert, so if anyone can tell me the species (the location is Frankfurt, Germany) or anything else interesting, please do.


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Consumer Group Points Out That IP Laws Are Often Anti-Consumer And Need To Be Fixed
from the people-are-realizing... dept
The latest case of a group recognizing the issue is Consumers International, who have begun a new campaign to point out how intellectual property is quite frequently used in anti-consumer ways, well beyond its stated intention. According to IP-Watch:
Copyright and patent laws "are often misused" for reasons that have "more to do with limiting competition and preventing consumers from making innovative uses of their products" than they do with stopping piracy, global consumer advocacy group Consumers International plans to tell a UN internet meeting today....It's unlikely that this will have much impact initially, but it's hard to deny that more and more people are recognizing the problems of an out of control intellectual property system that has been the result of decades upon decades of regulatory capture.
Consumers International is asking for an amendment of the UN Guidelines for Consumer Protection [pdf], which was first adopted 25 years ago, the group said in a press release. Jeremy Malcolm, the Consumers International project director for IP and communications, said that IP rights and human rights have "for too long" been framed as having similar status, when misuse of IP interferes with "freedom of expression, education and participation in cultural life."


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USC Wins High-Scoring Affair Over California
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April 6, 2014
BERKELEY, Calif. - The USC women's lacrosse team (7-4, 5-0 MPSF) extended its winning streak to a program-best four straight victories on a 20-15 win over California (2-8, 1-4) on Sunday, April 6, at California Memorial Stadium. The Women of Troy remained undefeated in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation games at 5-0.
Despite allowing the most goals by an opponent all season, the Trojans out-shot the Golden Bears, 33-22, and out-did Cal, 26-13, in the center circle to secure the victory.
Freshman midfielder Michaela Michael ignited the USC offense with seven draw controls and contributed a pair of goals and an assist. Sophomore midfielder Amanda Johansen had six draw controls and three goals while sophomore attacker Caroline de Lyra led the Trojans with four goals on four shots. Sophomore defender Kelsey Dreyer had two goals and a draw control while sophomore midfielder Elizabeth Eddy finished with two draw controls.
Freshman attacker Annie Ruland had a pair of goals and a pair of assists. Fellow freshman attacker Gabby McMahon scored three goals and freshman midfielder Alex Moore put in two goals to go with two draw controls and a ground ball. On defense, freshman Nina Kelty had two draw controls to go with a ground ball. Sophomore Haleigh Dalmass added two goals on free-position shots and picked up an assist on the day. In the goal, sophomore Liz Shaeffer had five saves.
For Cal, Bella Huther led all players with seven goals, two from the eight-meter line, and had a ground ball and a pair of caused turnovers. Lizz Lavie, Amelia Burke, and Paige Gasparino each had a pair of goals while Helen Hansen picked up eight saves in the goal. Brittany Ward and Caroline Schlegel each had a goal apiece.
Michael grabbed the opening draw, which led to a Johansen goal. On the next possession, a big save on the crease by Shaeffer produced another Johansen goal on the other end. Eddy's draw control gave the Trojans another offensive set to work with. Michael dodged through the Bear defense and put one in the back of the net to get USC out to a 3-0 lead and force a Cal timeout.
Christman and Huther scored consecutive goals to pull the Bears within a goal, but the Trojans ripped off a big 7-0 scoring run in a six-minute span to lead, 9-2. De Lyra, Michael, and Dalmass scored on free-position shots before de Lyra turned a Johansen draw control into points. Dreyer and McMahon each scored on eight-meter shots to give the Trojans that 9-2 lead with 16:29 left in the first half.
The Bears fought back and produced a 5-1 run that included four goals from Huther. Ruland broke up the scoring run with her goal at 10:25, but Huther scored her sixth goal in the closing seconds of the half to pull Cal into a three-goal deficit at the break, 11-8.
Out of the break, the Bears broke loose and scored four straight. Back to 8:13 in the first half, Cal had produced an 8-1 run to take a 12-11 lead in the game with 22:59 on the clock. The Trojans were awoken and went on the offensive as Dalmass tied the score at 12 with an eight-meter goal. Moore and Johansen scored on back-to-back USC possessions before de Lyra went just 45 seconds between two goals to carry the Trojans to a 16-12 lead. McMahon and Moore were each the recipients of Ruland passes for goals to get USC out to an 18-12 lead at 10:02 left in the game.
Burke scored unassisted to snap the second 7-0 Trojan run, but it was too late. A minute later, Gasparino took a pass from Lavie to score and get Cal within four goals at 18-14. McMahon scored unassisted before Ruland put the game away on a pass form Michael. Burke scored one more at 1:44 left on the clock, but the Trojans held on for the 20-15 win.
USC will be on the road for another pair of MPSF matchups among the Rocky Mountains next weekend. The Trojans will face first-year program Colorado (6-6, 3-2 MPSF) on Friday, April 11, at 4 p.m. MT in Boulder, Colo. The Pac-12 Networks will carry the game live with Jason Knapp (play-by-play) and Kara Lentz (color commentary) on the broadcast. USC and Denver (11-1, 5-0) will draw on Sunday, April 13, at noon MT at Peter Barton Stadium in Denver, Colo. The venue will also serve as host to the 2014 MPSF Tournament, May 1-4. For more information and a complete USC schedule, please visit USCTrojans.com.


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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 6:00 pm
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Posted: Sat Nov 17, 2012 7:33 pm
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It's a real bad situation along the barrier islands and most of the NJ coast line in general. Basiaclly the government has taken over the towns immediatey along the coast and are only letting residents in during daylight hours only - then they have to leave. Most town arenot letting the residents back in to rebuild for several months or longer. There are numerous state troopers (many from out of state) and national guard patrolling these areas and keeping everyone out. The reason is in part to keep out looters but more so becaue the towns are that f'd up with damage. I just read that Long Beach Island will be closed for six months to allow for the infrastructure to be reconstructed - roads, telephone poles, sewers - the hole bit - but first the have to clear away the damaged and condemned homes and there are thousands of them. Most of the barrier island towns are so heavily damaged that they are replanning the lay out of the cities and they are telling residents to hold off on reconstruction plans until the new building codes and city layout is thought through. Basically the entire coast line in NJ from the Raritan Bay (bay south of Manhattan), Sandy Hook (northern tip of our coast line) and down to Atlantic City is closed to the public - this is due to level of destruction from the storm. If you go onto the beach, you will be ticketed and escorted out of the area or arrested if you argue - basically it's Marshall Law. So it's virtually impossible to get near any of the coast line to surf or windsurf - even if you can get there - there are so many people really suffering from the losses that it's not right from a moral perspective - at least not right now. The other issue is many of the back bays we sail in during the fall and winter are heavily contaminted with sewage and fuel spills from teh numerous boats that were sunk or stranded - there are litterally thousands of them - so water quality is sketchy.
The good news is everyone is helping each other out and progress has been made in towns just inland from the coast. Things will get back to normal but it's going to be many months - most towns therebuild process will take years. Until then, I'm gonna take up the offer to catch session in Deleware tomorrow.
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isobars wrote:
The burned and waterlogged rubble of a few hundred homes or a 200 mile X 100 foot rift in the San Andreas fault doesn't, all by itself, preclude WSing wherever one can find wind and water nearby. Nor does a statement in a newspaper.
I'm trying, based on decades of formally and informally fighting (or supporting) real and imagined land and water access closures all over the western U.S., to help people realize that not every dog bites. I've cited many types and examples of closures, from sweeping federal legislation right down to some dude's front yard on the banks of the Columbia River, which I've successfully averted (or supported, after due diligence) with all parties' satisfaction. How on earth can that be construed as something negative by ANYONE?
You're welcome to turn around and go home, without inquiring further, after driving 100 miles to your favorite venue and some drunk fisherman there says "Go home", or the "Please windsurf here" sign is gone, or a waterfront park is closed to
for the winter, or a home is burning off in the distance. But why is anyone with a little more backbone, ingenuity, self-reliance, or willingness to get involved or help others an asshole?
rswabsin explained the local situation in NJ clearly and convincingly. No one's suggesting you push past a wall of uniformed and armed cops and soldiers and climb over starving and freezing storm victims to demand your right to the ocean. My post and and my efforts clearly and explicitly addressed the broader picture, beginning geographically and conceptually at the fringes of those officially closed storm-ravaged zones and extending clear across the country and across a wide spectrum of closure rationale. If everyone were sheep, few free nations and fewer races and/or religions would even exist, and we sure as hell wouldn't be allowed to risk our lives in such an extreme sport as windsurfing. It would be shuffleboard or nothing and we'd all be living in Fritz Lang's "Metropolis".
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 5:42 pm
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Mike Fick is a politicized idiot. He knows nothing about post-Sandy reality of the barrier islands, or NYC or LI for that matter. All he sees is the big hand of oppression every time he sees a speed limit sign across the street from a burning school bus. No compassion, no demonstrated empathic skills.
WTF hardly gets to the level of reaction deserved. The windsurfing world will be a better place when he no longer posts.
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:22 pm
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 7:28 pm
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I realize the F and D keys are adjacent, but I'm guessing that wasn't a typo, so that's
ICK to you.
Would you care to explain to WSers all over the county who have had access denied, officially or otherwise, why you're so dead set on stifling any resolution of it?
I don't personally care whether you or anyone else gains insights into solving such problems to everyone's satisfaction, because I've loved having the Hatchery to myself one windy midsummer weekend, Roosevelt almost to myself much of one entire season and
other windy summer days, very windy NM and UT lakes to myself, and many other such coups for myself and others. Just tomorrow I have private access to a site on the Columbia with 30-40 mph average winds directly up the river with air temps pushing 60 (I may have to put up with a shower or two, but the other 75 or so launches on the lower Columbia will be unsailable). I've gotten access for dirt biking in areas most bikers can't even imagine (Google White Sands, NM for one example) and some incomprehensibly beautiful hundred-square-mile areas no modern humans have likely seen, snowmobiled all over some major Utah ski resorts, had free access to a world class private camping site overlooking miles of the Columbia in the middle of the Gorge since 1985, windsurfed a 200-sq-mile lake the rangers said almost no one had ever WSed before, and persuaded a State Park to give me the key to an entire closed campground on the shore of a big lake blowing 40 mph all day. I've camped free, under skies with more stars and northern lights than many of you will see in your whole lives, in incredible spots for 40 years now all over the western U.S., much of it in areas like Moab, Yellowstone, and windy shorelines from Nova Scotia to Marathon Key to SoCal ... all via my own initiative.
You guys just threw away access to some great tips for achieving the same ... and MUCH more ... without pissing anyone off. You're some truly weird people.
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:18 pm
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isobars wrote:
I realize the F and D keys are adjacent, but I'm guessing that wasn't a typo, so that's
ICK to you.
Would you care to explain to WSers all over the county who have had access denied, officially or otherwise, why you're so dead set on stifling any resolution of it?
Fick, the coastline, its inhabitants and much beyond have been heavily damaged on a stretch of several hundred miles of coastline. There actually has been a disaster.
And there are real and many diverse reasons for hundreds of municipalities being concerned about
1. looters
2. damaged roads
3. unsafe structures and bridges
4. water quality - i.e. toxic run-off
5. debris in the water and on the shore (very dangerous, as we saw in last year's tragedy with Joe Rocco)
6. fallen trees and branches (power lines are mostly okay now)
Additionally, gas is rationed in NYC since major pipelines for refined petroleum products were damaged, many homes on the barrier islands are being bulldozed sine they're unsafe.
It just kills the mood a bit and, in light of these circumstances, most people do go "WTF" if they see us pull up at the beach to go for a sail. Plus, it hasn't been that windy lately - just enough for the 8.5 today...
In any case: when we go sail, we are guests of small towns and municipalities. There just is no "big government" we can talk to that manages all the resources we depend on. So we respect their dealing with the crisis and play by their rules and save our strength for another, better day.
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:24 pm
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I think what they mean is:
You don't sail here, so what are you doing on an East Coast forum?
Must be quite appealing to have a disaster thread that ends up focused on you. Really..... that's kind of warped.
Seriously....if you wanna help us with access, c'mon out and bring a shovel.
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 9:47 pm
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Here you go Mr Fick.
Here is a beach that is "Closed."
Why don't you try a Blues Brothers shot across the bridge?
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Posted: Sun Nov 18, 2012 10:51 pm
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That would be very entertaining, maybe JE can lend him a clew view for the ride. Good luck to you and Crazyfingers with the cleanup efforts, definitely going to generate some good karma, wish I could have joined.
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. - For the second year in a row, MIT did not drop a game en route to the Hall of Fame Tournament Championship. The regionally-ranked No. 1 Engineers improved to 30-1 following sweeps over Mount Holyoke College (30-17, 30-16, 30-18), Bowdoin College (30-18, 30-17, 30-18), No. 7 Tufts University (30-28, 30-27, 30-26), and No. 2 Williams College (30-26, 30-25, 30-28). Amanda Morris was chosen as the Tournament MVP while Katie Rowe was selected to the All-Tournament Team.
In its opener against host Mount Holyoke, Rose Zhong and Barden Cleeland paced a balanced attack with eight kills each and hitting percentages of .467 and .429, respectively. Jenny Li contributed six kills and a .417 hitting performance as Rowe added six kills and three blocks. Cleeland bolstered MIT's defense with five blocks while Cathy Melnikow collected a team-high 11 digs. Carrie Buchanan chipped in 10 digs as Lindsay Hunting equaled her career-high of seven aces. Morris and Piela shared setting duties, working two games apiece. Morris finished with 12 assists and three blocks while Piela dished out 18 assists.
Against Bowdoin, Li led the way with 11 kills and three aces as Rowe posted nine kills, two blocks, and a .421 hitting percentage. Cleeland added eight kills and two blocks while Katrina Ellison registered seven kills and two blocks as well. Zhong tallied 10 digs, seven kills, and three aces as Buchanan paced the back row with 17 digs. Morris distributed 34 assists while Hunting chipped in eight digs.
For the second time in three tournaments, MIT and Tufts squared off in a semifinal match. The Engineers held true to form with Rowe posting 12 kills and a team-high six blocks. Ellison notched 12 kills and four blocks while Li contributed 11 kills and three blocks. Buchanan amassed 18 digs, followed by 15 from Melnikow. Cleeland and Morris each tacked on three blocks as Morris finished with 39 assists and 13 digs.
In the title match versus Williams, Rowe recorded 12 kills, five blocks, and two aces. Morris tallied 34 assists, 11 digs, six kills on nine-errorless attempts (.667), and two blocks. Li compiled 12 kills as Cleeland contributed seven kills, five blocks, and a .357 hitting performance. Solid defensive performances by Buchanan (25 digs), Melnikow (10 digs), and Ellison (three blocks) helped seal the win.