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EUGENE – The Oregon Duck is a naughty fellow in depictions inside the opulent new football operations center at the University of Oregon.
He pokes two fingers in the eyes of the UCLA bear. He punches the Arizona Sun Devil in the jaw.
He tosses the Oregon State Beaver away with the food scraps.
Over the serving line in the athletes' dining room in the football center, players are admonished — in yellow neon letters — to eat their Pac-12 enemies.
The messages of the building and grounds, fastidiously designed and executed, is clear. We're dominant, intimidating.
A conference room on the fourth floor — encased in black glass — is literally called the "War Room."
UO football officials say it's all in fun.
"Those are cartoons," veteran UO assistant coach Gary Campbell said. "I don't think our kids pay any attention to them. I'm sure every team across the country has something similar to that.
"That's not what we teach our players. We don't say that's how we treat our (opponents) — what we got there on the board. We teach our players in the classroom, and it has nothing to do with the cartoons on the walls," he said.
Building character has to be an intentional pursuit, said a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who taught ethics to upcoming military leaders at West Point Joe Doty.
The head coach has to sit down with the coaching team and spell it out.
UO Head Coach Mark Helfrich said his program continuously teaches sportsmanship.
"How we want to represent our university, we want to represent our team, we want to represent ourselves as men of Oregon, men of character, and want to play hard and want to play the right way. It's such an ongoing thing," he said.
Helfrich said that the poking, punching and eating-your-enemies messages don't carry over onto the field.
But academics and others who study collegiate football say that, too often, the only morality the sport teaches nowadays is winning.
Winning at all costs.
Doty said that looks ugly.
"There's a zillion forms of cheating" in college football, he said, including "unsportsmanlike behavior, taunting, fixing grades, taking money."
In June, when the results of a 27-month NCAA investigation into UO recruiting practices named the UO football program a "repeat offender" but levied a light penalty, some Duck fans wrote on blogs and on comment sections that the Ducks "won the day."
At the UO, mega-donor Phil Knight donated a shimmering, glass-encased, three-story study center for student athletes, in addition to the new, six-story black glass football operations center.
How do you teach humility in the context of such world-class facilities?
"There has to be a relationship," Doty said, "where this quarterback is a great quarterback, and he's going to win a Heisman Trophy — blah, blah, blah, blah — but he's also still a student at the University of Oregon, and he needs to behave and be treated within the classroom and in the community as just another guy. Most importantly, he needs to understand that."
The lives of football players are exceptionally demanding and the players need the extra back-up to succeed, their coaches say.
Too late?
But fretting about character building, education of athletes and the ideals of amateurism in collegiate football is an outdated pursuit, some researchers say.
"That horse has left the barn; you can't put the genie back in the bottle," said Dave Ridpath, an assistant professor of sports administration at Ohio University. "Most of your big-time schools don't really have control" over their football programs, he said.
The programs are self-perpetuating money machines, hiring the crème de la crème of coaches, building palatial facilities — all with the goal of creating winning teams — to draw increasing ticket sales, television contracts and donor gifts, observers say.
There's no going back, Doty said.
"The train already left the station. The avalanche is already rolling down the hill. You're not going to stop it," he said. "So, given where we are, what can we do to make this the best experience for everybody involved? The onus is on the sports administrators. There's no question. The onus is on them because they are the haves."
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Feds Dismiss Charges Against Barrett Brown For Linking After Realizing They Had No Case
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Our original post, about Brown's now obsolete filing is below:
We've covered the deeply troubling case of Barrett Brown before. The DOJ has been working overtime to lock up Brown, whose main "crime" appears to have been taking a link that was publicly available that pointed to documents taken by members of Anonymous from the consulting/media company Stratfor, and pasting that link into an online chat. Brown did not hack Stratfor. Instead, he was working on his ongoing project to dig into the various documents leaked via Anonymous for journalistic purposes. While Brown's case was initially messy due to some ill-advised public statements by Brown (in which he ranted publicly about law enforcement, to the point of threatening to shoot those who came after him), when you dig into the fundamentals of the case, there's not much there other than taking that publicly available link and pasting it into a chat room. The government is claiming that since the documents from Stratfor included credit card info, Brown's copy/paste was the equivalent of trafficking in stolen credit cards. Think about that for a second.
Brown's legal team has now filed a motion asking the court to dismiss the key claims concerning the copy pasting of the link, which underpin pretty much the entire case. This is an issue that is important to anyone who believes both in the freedom of the press as well as the idea that merely sharing a link shouldn't make one liable (especially criminally liable) for what's in the content that's being linked to. The filing makes three basic arguments.
First, it notes that merely sharing a link clearly does not meet the standard of a criminal act under the law that Brown is being charged under, with the key question being whether merely pasting a link is "transferring" ... "authentication features."
As a matter of pleading, the Indictment is fatally flawed because (1) it fails to allege an essential element—"the transfer of authentication features"—altogether, and (2) it fails to allege that Mr. Brown "transferred" anything other than a hyperlink. Instead, the government claims that Mr. Brown violated the statute by republishing a (publicly available) hyperlink which caused a (publicly available) file to be made "available to others online." However, as shown in POINT I, the government's theory of the case fails to satisfy any valid construction of the charging statutes.Second, the filing notes that even if the court actually believes that merely copying and pasting a publicly available link is "the transfer of authentication features" under the law, then that law clearly violates the First Amendment:
First, Mr. Brown is alleged to have engaged in pure speech, not merely conduct with expressive elements. The act of republishing a hyperlink is unquestionably an act of pure communication and expression. Thus, applying Section 1028 to Mr. Brown's republication of a hyperlink is a substantial burden on his right to free speech. Pure speech also warrants the highest protection, and laws burdening pure speech must face heightened scrutiny. Only a "'need... of the highest order'" can justify "a regulation of pure speech."....If the court still isn't convinced, Brown's lawyers offer up a third argument, noting that even if copying and pasting the link is covered by the specific law and if pasting a link isn't protected by the First Amendment (as it clearly should be), then Brown's lawyers point out that the law in question, 18 USC 1028 is "unconstitutionally vague on their face" and "unconstitutionally overbroad and chills speech in violation of the First Amendment."
Second, Mr. Brown's speech (by republishing the hyperlink) addressed political issues—namely the uncovering of improprieties within the private intelligence contracting industry. As such, it is entitled to the First Amendment's highest protection. "[L]awful political speech [is] at the core of what the First Amendment is designed to protect." ....
Third, Mr. Brown's speech (by republishing the hyperlink) was part of his routine press activity: gathering, disseminating and publishing information about the Stratfor hack and, more generally, private intelligence contractors.
This is going to be an important case to follow. In the past whenever we've covered Brown, we've heard from some people who had personal run-ins with Brown and didn't like him, as if that means that his legal case isn't important and the legal issues should be overlooked. We disagree. No matter what people think of Brown, the key legal issues in this case are vitally important in an era when federal prosecutors are piling on excessive charges against people they don't like and, even worse, when there has been a ratcheting up of rhetoric against journalists reporting on leaked information. Some of the most important cases you will see involve people that you probably wouldn't like very much in person -- but that matters little when it comes to the importance of the underlying legal points and the wider impact they may have. In fact, it makes the issues more important, because once the precedent is set, they can be used against people you do like in the future.

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Well I was just checking over my past blogs and fixing some spelling and grammatical errors I noticed and came across the blog I did Wednesday, June 13, 2012. It was titled "Workday Wednesday - John Bertram & Sons of Dundas, Ontario". In that blog I spoke of how my great, great grand father George Dennie and his son (my great grand father) William George Dennie worked there and how they met and came to be friends with a fellow worker George Fraser and his wife Rose. George and Rose became fast friends with William and Gladys (nee Forwell) (Williams wife & my great grand mother). When William and Gladys had their first child Elva Irene Dennie (my grand mother); it was George & Rose that became the God Parents of course.
Now I suggested on the Facebook page for Genebloggers that we add this "Family Friend Friday" to the "Daily Blogging Prompts" and they excepted it. George Fraser is the reason it came to mind for me. See I know we all have an Uncle George or Aunt Rose in our families. That couple that was our parents best friends; that they did everything with. Hung out with on weekends, stood in their wedding, went on trips with, served in the war with, and as with mine; were the God Parents of "little Billie". It's these things that make them part of the family, so why shouldn't we include them somewhere somehow in our genealogy?
More importantly than just the fact that they are like family (as far as blogging and researching our families goes); they are important sources of information. As I pointed out in that previous blog - "He (George Fraser) was able to tell me personally about my great great grandfather and great grandfather, both of whom I never had the honor of meeting myself. Both were honest, hardworking men for whom family came first. I would have liked to have known them, but since I couldn't, I will say that getting to know them both through Uncle George was a great experience. not only did I see them through his eyes; but reflecting back on it, I realize that I got to know them by the friend they picked to have as a member of our extended family. Uncle George Fraser was a great man and since I couldn't know my relatives personally; I'm sure glad I knew Uncle George because of them."
A picture of George Fraser with my kids can been seen in the previous blog mentioned.
Above Left to right:
Elva Dennie (my grand mother), Elva's God mother Rose Fraser, Noella Lafleur (my mother) holding Branden (my brother) with me John Goodwin in front of her.
(Summer of 1976 in London at the home of George & Rose Fraser)
Above: George & Mable Whitebread
(Rose Fraser's parents) (1920?)
I can think of many other family friends, such as my parents friends the Ouellette's when I was young. Later my father had friends Howard and Barb. I have many friends such as Liana who I went to high school with and is the God Mother of my oldest daughter Victoria. Speaking of which Victoria's God Father is another good friend of mine who I have known since grade 6, Robert. I could go on and on but the point is they all have known us and can give us and our descendants a picture of our families (that can be a verbal picture, but may be physical copies of pictures) which we may not have. So lets talk to these people and as they "Remember When....", they can help us to record when. I will definitely blog of some others now that my prompt has been excepted as a Genebloggers Daily Blogging Prompt.


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What more can you say about Christmas in the heartland? Everything is covered in a blanket of snow. Neighbors drop in for coffee and one of the 200,000 cookies my mother-in-law has made. And thanks to the subzero temperatures, my balls have retracted up into my body for a long winter's nap. It's just as well, really. When your wife sleeps on the other side of the baby and your in-laws are in the next room, the boys know they won't be called up into active duty any time soon.
Sadly, there is a darker subtext to all this effervescent holiday cheer. We'll be here for about a week, and part of my plan is to exploit all this live-in babysitting and make substantial inroads on my book, which is due to my editor at the end of January. Naturally, when I woke up this morning I sprang into action—and racked my brain for any excuse not to head off to the library.
How desperate was I to stave off the writing process? I offered to shovel the driveway. It could have been about an hourlong job, but thanks to Robert's help it took about 90 minutes. He couldn't wait to strap on his heaviest outerwear and launch himself into another "worker guy" project, during which he magnificently strewed snow on areas I had just cleared. At one point, he told me he was digging a hole for the Second Avenue subway, and I wasn't prepared to debate him. Maybe he knows something I don't.
Now, hours later, my hands have just remembered that they haven't shoveled snow in a dog's age—one of the perks of my swingin' city lifestyle—and begun to ache like a mofo. For the next few days, it appears I'll be typing extra gingerly and delegating all shoe-tying and jar-opening to the missus.
I really have to work on this book thing, plus I have to write our Christmas letter and address all those friggin' envelopes with these throbbing, semi-useless hands. So this could very well be my last entry of the year, which blessed me with a new son, a Parents mention, some walking-around money, and a fun new place to play around. Things were won and lost. And I turned 40 (as did my proclivities).
Aught-five was also especially good to this blog, thanks mostly to readers like you. So thank you for reading, and many happy returns for an especially Super Farty '06.


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Gillian Flynns Gone Girl is a natural sequel to Chelsea Cains Heartsick, Novembers Murder Ink review. Theyre both about obsessive, matriarchal relationships, with men hanging by peculiar psycho-sexual strings wrapped around the fingers of manipulative shrews.
Heartsick is the more salacious of the two books: We climb into the mind of one of fictions most criminally deviant and sexually desirable female minds readers will never forget Gretchen Lowell, shes just too horribly made real. With Flynns Gone Girl, we will never remember Amy Dunne, but her villainy will be remembered as a glimpse of a brilliantly insane harridan.
The characters in Flynns new book are merely pawns to the story. We follow the circumstances of New York 30-somethings Amy Elliott Dunne and her husband of six years, Nick Dunne. Nick loses his job as a journalist; Amy loses her hobby job at about the same time. They move back to Carthage, Mo., as a consequence of being unemployed at the same time Nicks twin sister needs help caring for their rapidly declining parents.
Amy is the beautiful daughter of two psychologists who gained fame and riches from a long series of best-selling childrens books under the rubric of Amazing Amy. Amy is rich; Nicks sluggish. Amy is perfect, while Nick just feels lucky to know such giftedness. Amy is bright and manipulative; Nick is a regular guy who forgets anniversaries, doesnt bring home flowers and stinks at being Ken to Barbie, all of which are meticulously noticed by awesome Amy.
Amy doesnt want to move to unglamorous nowhere, but her script allows for the magnanimous move; its what any amazing woman would do for her husband under such circumstances. It doesnt go too well in the mostly empty suburban subdivision of McMansions fronting the dirty Mississippi River: Nick has no work, Amy has no friends among the mundane, mother is dying, father continues to break out of the Alzheimers ward and Amy goes missing one day.
The scene: front door agape, furniture overturned, blood on the kitchen floor. Nicks fragmented alibi would include his unwitnessed leering through porn magazines in the garage of one of the empty subdivision homes in addition to an earlier two-hour tryst with a college coed neither advisable excuses, so he says he was at the beach, alone.
Did Nick kill Amy? Clue after clue says so, the press is devouring the case, and Flynn hasnt given us enough of the Nick character to know if hes capable of murder.
Flynn alternates first person narratives from Nicks growing dilemma to Amys daily diary chronicling absurd but eerily verifiable events in their marriage. Flynns writing is delicate a womans voice and Amy and Nick are always people we dont really know, vaguely sketched so we cannot ever be sure of them or form an opinion. Its stylistically fascinating and flawlessly tatted right to the final page.
Its no wonder Gone Girl has been on The New York Times best-seller list for 28 weeks running.
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I'll say this for the Dolphins offense: They're being consistent lately.
Problem is they're consistently not very good.
Today was simply one of those days in that Mike Sherman's unit looked bad. They kind of resembled the same unit that didn't do much against the Dallas No. 2 defense on Sunday night in the Hall of Fame game.
Mike Wallace, who is getting closer to practicing but isn't quite there yet, did not work in full drills again today. On the bright side, John Jerry, who has missed two weeks and is about to start his third week away, seems to be inching toward getting back on the field. He was on the side early in practice rehabbing his knee. He will not play Friday against Jacksonville, however.
As for the people on the field, think Ryan Tannehill bad and Chad Bumphis increasingly good.
Tannehill threw three interceptions to defensive backs (two to Will Davis and one to Brent Grimes) and then had another ball tipped at the line of scrimmage, which Kheeston Randall intercepted and then fumbled away. So four interceptions on the day for Tannehill.
"Frustrated by today," Tannehill said. "It wasn't a very good day. It was frustrating. But I'm definitely moving in the right direction if you take out today. Frustrated with the day but we'll go back and make the corrections and go forward."
Although he recognizes Tannehill is assigned all the interceptions, offensive coordinator Mike Sherman said they're not all his fault.
"Offensively as a group we didn't have a good practice today," Sherman said. "I wouldn't put, even though they all go under his name, I wouldn't put them all on him. We had some young receivers out there. We had a lot of pressure today. But he'll have better days and today wasn't one of his best days; it wasn't one of our best offensive days."
Despite the offensive struggles, Bumphis is thriving. He caught no less than six passes in team and seven-on-seven drills. The kid led the team in receiving in the scrimmage and the Hall of Fame game and he's continuing the trend to the point he was working with the second unit today rather than the third string he was on last week.
Bumphis has obviously caught the coaching staff's collective attention.
"When Chad was in college, he played the inside slot receiver," Sherman said. "People's observation of him is he's not the fastest guy in the world. He's not the biggest guy in the world and so that's why he ended up an undrafted free agent. I do think he understands how to play that slot receiver. You have to be nifty and crafty and he appears to be that.
"He's done some good things. He has some things he needs to correct. He was on the back end of the interception for a touchdown when he kind of floated into a route instead of defined it a little more but that's part of being a rookie. We definitely can fix that. He's shown some out here and has a ways to go but he's a good guy to work with."
(By the way, I thought Jeff Fuller also had a very productive practice. He had four receptions that I saw. He was today's next most impressive of the receivers vying for the No. 4 and No. 5 jobs at WR.)
Asked if there were any other first-year players that caught his eye in the HOF game, Sherman said there weren't any. Yikes! The OC did volunteer that Josh Samuda, who played both guard and center in the game, distinguished himself with good work.
Ironically, even though Samuda played well, the Dolphins used Lance Louis with the first team offensive line during a couple of practice periods today. Samuda was in and out, suggesting he was nursing some physical issue.
Speaking of physical issues, running back Lamar Miller limped off the field toward the end of practice and didn't return. A trainer was looking at his lower right leg. He did say afterward he was fine.
The Dolphins got only limited work from backup Pat Devlin today but he is not seriously hurt to the point the club is about to sign another QB at this point. Randy Starks (knee) continues to miss practice while Jared Odrick (groin) was back on the practice field today.
Coach Joe Philbin, talking for the first time since he studied the game tape following the HOF game, said he was not pleased by either the offensive or defensive line in the game.
"I was a little disappointed in both offensive line play and defensive line play," Philbin said. "You don't play defense and average 5 yards a carry for an opponent. That's not good run defense. Were there some good flashes of play? Sure, there were good flashes. There were some signs but we have a lot of work to do."
It has been abundantly clear that Jonathan Martin is among the offensive linemen needing to improve. Well, for the second consecutive practice he did not give up a sack today. And Sherman seems upbeat about the team's prospective left tackle.
"Any left tackle in this league in his second year is a work in progress and Jonathan Martin is as well," Sherman said. "It's a premier position and I don't know any left tackle outside the Jonathan Ogdens of the world and Richmond Webbs of the world can walk in and effectively do the job play after play.
"I'm pleased with his progress. Does he have a ways to go? Yeah. But I expected that going in. He's working to get better and he'll be a fine left tackle in this league if not a really good one."
On the defensive side of the ball, Will Davis had two interceptions today, as mentioned above. But he has to do some work on his tackling technique before he makes Philbin happy.
Philbin is quite pleased with the work of Derrick Shelby but as to the team, the coach said, "There's nothing we don't need work on. It's not uncommon this time of year."
The Dolphins today announced the extension for Reshad Jones, who seemed relieved the negotiation is over.
"It feels good to put it behind me and do what I do," Jones said. "They said they were going to do it and it just proves how much these guys trust and believe in me on and off the field."


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Wednesday, September 24, 2008
'Clarification' of the evictions...
Inevitably it's in the strange language understood only by bureaucrats so the precise meaning is a bit vague.
It begins:
"To all concerned with the establishments and companies, nationals, residents, and owners of the residences and buildings utilized for accommodating labourers, bachelors and multi-families in the residential districts in different areas of the Emirate of Dubai."
'The residential districts in different areas' is a very unspecific; does it mean, as it implies, all residential areas?
And it doesn't specify only families in villas as yesterday's reports said in reference to the 'one villa one family' campaign. It now includes 'labourers, bachelors and multi-families' and says 'residences and buildings' so it's much more wide-ranging.
The announcement goes on:
"...it is obligatory to vacate the above mentioned categories from these accommodations..."
So it's saying that labourers, bachelors (meaning single people of either sex) and multi-families cannot live in Dubai's residential areas.
I find that astonishing.
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"...and remove the establishments that were added in violation to the original licensed activities..."
That presumably means partitioning, temporary structures on roofs etc. which break the building regulations and cause overcrowding, which the Municipality is quite right to crack down on. As I said yesterday, overcrowding is a major problem that needs to be stamped out.
But a blanket ban on sharing accommodation and even worse a ban on single people living in residential areas, or a ban on families sharing without overcrowding, which is what the announcement says, that's a whole different thing.
I assume the original announcement was in Arabic so I suppose there could be something lost in the translation. Or maybe I'm reading its meaning incorrectly.
Or maybe they do actually mean exactly what it says. Here it is in full (click on it to enlarge it):
22 comments:
- Mars said...
sucks to be an expat...
- September 24, 2008 1:03 pm
Anyone know the Arabic word for codification?...
- September 24, 2008 1:21 pm
- Seabee said...
I didn't even know it was an English word Dave.
- September 24, 2008 2:20 pm
Lovely. Makes it all so clear and encourages people to make their neighbours homeless as well. What a great sense of community this place is creating.
- September 24, 2008 4:09 pm
- LDU said...
Are single people allowed to share accomodation in Dubai?
In terms of accomodation, what options are available for single men/women?
- September 24, 2008 5:55 pm
- Seabee said...
LDU, although many singles (bachelors, they're all called regardless of gender) do share, just as they do in cities around the world, it's officially not allowed. In the past the usual Dubai blind eye has been turned on it but now it seems that's going to change.
Or more likely, as so often in the past, some thought will be given to the announcement some days after it was made and we'll get a new announcement.
Watch this space.
Sharing apartments or villas has been the standard practice - very few can afford to live on their own. If the announcement stands, their options will be to move out of Dubai.
- September 24, 2008 6:06 pm
Quite right I dont want poor families as my neighbours and no single people either i mean they must get up to all sorts of evil and dont get me started on labourers ...
hmmm why not build some shacks far away from us decent, civilised people and put these "categories of people" there - i know we could call them ghettos! Worked in Nazi germany didnt it???!!!
- September 25, 2008 1:26 am
- caz said...
Everlasting consruction, development, re developtment, RTA problems, maniac drivers, oppressive heat, now add monumental accommodation problems.
What next one wonders, sure makes for interesting blogs.
- September 25, 2008 10:35 am
imagine if this was the city that didn't care !
- September 25, 2008 11:10 am
dear anonymous(the one who doesnt want poor families or singles next to him) so if the labourers are kicked out i guess you (in all your richness and glory would be constructing the "shacks" with your own hands) that would be worth watching!!
so typical exploit them to build up the country through unbearable heat and then kick them out once the works done!! that dubai for you!!
- September 25, 2008 1:48 pm
- Seabee said...
Caz, you could do a blog posting about the same in Sydney - the 'rental crisis' as it's been called for well over two years!
One quote, from the Sydney Morning Herald, of many about it: "The situation is now so grave that we are unfortunately experiencing incidents of rental rage with the real-estate agents saying they are being abused and threatened."
- September 25, 2008 1:50 pm
in simple words they just want to kick out people who cant afford to pay the rent of a decent apartment by justifying themselves that they care about "resedential environment". they exploited the middle class till their country was built so now bye bye we dont need them anymore. they just cause "traffic" so i guess we should find someplace else. how decieving "no taxes?" but you are ripped off in many other ways to compensate for it! cheers
- September 25, 2008 1:52 pm
and by the way they can and very well are capable of building overnight and have homes for eveyone (and oh my must i mention the vast lands they have to do so). but if they do the real estate which is booming will fall and they dont want that to happen now do they? they have a lot of buildings and projects that are vacant but they dont have permission to rent them out why??
- September 25, 2008 1:54 pm
and oh yeah the cheapest housing for the middle class is international city which needs 2 payments yearly and commission deposit dewa etc just so you can get a place which has no drainage that every few days the whole place is full of **** till they come and clear it and if not that theres always the stinking garbage dump beside it. is that what they mean by "resedential environment" ??
- September 25, 2008 1:55 pm
- dubaibilly said...
Am I being thick, or is this saying that a single person living by themselves in their one bedroom apartment has to leave?
- September 25, 2008 6:17 pm
- Seabee said...
Billy that's how I read it too. It may be that they're not explaining it properly and they actually are only talking about overcrowding - but that's not what it says.
- September 25, 2008 7:48 pm
- Seabee said...
Billy that's how I read it too. It may be that they're not explaining it properly and they actually are only talking about overcrowding - but that's not what it says.
- September 25, 2008 7:48 pm
- caz said...
Who ever heard of a property owner selling his property for less than it was worth, or less than market value, just to give some poor sod a chance of a home. Who ever heard of a prospect offering to pay more than the property is worth just to take into considertation the poor property owner and his return on his 'investmenmt', or help pay his mortgage.
Who ever heard of a landlord renting his property for less than than market value, and who ever heard of a renter offering to pay more rent than he has to.
The seller wants as much as he can get for his property. and the buyer wants to pay as little as he can.
Its been this way for about 1000 years. its called haggling.
Twas ever thus.
- September 26, 2008 1:00 pm
- Seabee said...
Indeed Caz but I'm at a loss to see the relevance to this post.
- September 26, 2008 1:34 pm
Locals... They love to be served like a lords - filling up gas without leaving a car, packing groceries by dedicated staff etc. It's FOR FREE.
But still they did forgot that someone is doing it for them. Maybe not for long.
Price hikes, new salik gates, one villa-one family extravaganza, upcoming "taxes" on private cars, $200 per visit visa.... Looks like only fancy people can live in Dubai now. Who will be filling up simple jobs then? Uneducated locals?
And hey Abdulla, it looks like you have to provide your maid an accommodation. She cannot live with you. One villa-one family, remember?
- September 26, 2008 7:28 pm
- caz said...
You asked me to post a blog abut the accommodation problem in Sydney.
I did.
It's question of supply and demand,
Not mention of course the avarice of the seller and the buyer, no matter what the product is.
- September 27, 2008 5:02 am
- Seabee said...
Ah Caz, in response to your comment about Dubai's 'monumental accommodation problems' I suggested you post about Sydney's 'rental crisis' - on your blog, not as a comment here. And I meant a post about the whole accommodation problem there, not just a comment about rents. I know it's a subject you feel strongly about.
- September 27, 2008 1:02 pm


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Abbey was led by the pitching of Andy Helms, who earned the win throwing a complete game shut out allowing five hits with four strike outs.
Leading the Cobras at the plate was Brain Nally, going 2-for-4, while Ryan Schaeffer Eric Losten and Steven Evans each had one hit.
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David Rue earned the win, going five innings, allowing two hits with two strike outs, and Brett DiPasquale earned the save going two innings, allowing three hits with a strike out.
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Fall 7-6 To Holy Cross In Second Game Of Day
KISSIMMEE, Fla. – The season couldn't have started much better for the Yale softball team. On the year's first pitch, Jennifer Ong singled sharply to right. Things only improved from there in the first game of the day. The Bulldogs banged out 10 hits en route to a 6-2 victory over South Dakota at the Rebel Games.
In the second game, Yale nearly rallied from an early 5-0 deficit but fell just short and dropped a 7-6 decision to Holy Cross.
Against South Dakota, Ong, Christy Nelson and freshman Sarah Onorato each had two hits for Yale, which belted five doubles, including one from freshman Hannah Brennan that knocked in two runs.
Chelsey Dunham pitched a complete game, yielding only four hits and striking out five, to earn the victory.
The Bulldogs jumped on the board first in the second inning. Tori Balta doubled and later scored on Virginia Waldrop's single to left center.
The Coyotes tied it in the bottom of the second, and it stayed that way until the fifth when Yale used a two-out rally to take the lead for good. Meg Johnson's bunt single started it. She advanced to second on a throwing error and scored on Nelson's double to the right center-field gap. Onorato followed with an RBI double to nearly the identical spot.
South Dakota (2-14) pulled within one with a run in the sixth, but the Bulldogs added three big insurance runs in the seventh. Nelson opened the inning with a double down the right field line, and Onorato followed with a single to left. Balta then hit a grounder to short that was misplayed for an error. Nelson scored on the play, and Balta was credited with an RBI. Brennan then capped the scoring with her two-run double to right-center.
For the first game of the season, Yale was very sharp. Balta and Waldrop both had successful sacrifice bunts. The Bulldogs also did the job defensively. Ong, at second base, made a fine running catch with two runners on base in the sixth inning.
In the second game, Holy Cross scored five runs in the first inning and held on for the victory.
Nelson and Balta had two more hits each for the Bulldogs. Chelsea Janes also had a single.
Yale (1-1) erupted for four runs in the second inning to get close. Balta doubled to start the rally, and scored on Kelsey Warkentine's single. After a walk to Waldrop, Ong doubled home two more runs, and Johnson later delivered an RBI single.
Sam Fregenti's two-run homer in the fifth increased the Crusaders' lead to 7-4, but the Bulldogs had one more comeback left.
Nelson and Onorato singled with two-out in the bottom of the seventh, and Balta followed with a two-run double to pull the Bulldogs within one.
Tori Cheske then came on in relief for Holy Cross (1-5) and got the final out to end the game.
The Bulldogs play two games against St. Francis, Pa., on Wednesday starting at 1 p.m.
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by Wesley Ratko
Two new signs planned to flank the main entrance to Chestnut Hill College's campus at 9601 Germantown Ave, met with a promise of opposition from one neighbor at the Chestnut Hill Community Association's Land Use Planning and Zoning Committee on Thursday, Dec. 6.
Representatives Lauri Strimkovsky, VP for Financial Affairs for the college, and Lee Casaccio, an architect with the firm Casaccio and Yu, presented their plan for two new signs – one for the college on the right, and one for the Sisters of Saint Joseph mission next door on the left.
"We have two goals: prettier signage for the college, and an ID for the Sisters of Saint Josephs property," Strimskovsky said.
The college is seeking support for a variance from the zoning code that requires the signs be placed 18 feet back from the property line. The proposed signs will be close to the edge of the property with the roadway, which is roughly the location of the current sign – a 10-foot long rectangle lit from inside.
The college plans to modify the stone wall that flanks the entrance to provide a seat for the signs, which will be metal and circular, measuring nine feet three inches in diameter with a portion cut out in the middle and raised letters with the name of the college along the top.
Comments from the public were limited to one Chuck Broadbent, of West Bells Mill Road. . Broadbent told the committee he represented both the Northwest Wissahickon Conservancy and the North Chestnut Hill Neighbors. He read from a prepared statement, which expressed both groups' opposition to the signs.
"We are going to oppose the request for a variance before the zoning board," he said. "We object to the additional signage and the precedent it may set for the Sugarloaf property." He wasn't accompanied by members of either group.
Strimkovsky assured him that the college does not intend to place any signs anywhere on the Sugarloaf property. The Sugarloaf estate is the 30-acre property located on the opposite side of Germantown Avenue that was acquired by the college in 2006.
"Our group has not seen this presentation, so I need to take this back to them," he added, before reiterating his disapproval.
Broadbent said he believes the additional signage to be "inappropriate" and "detrimental to the residential character of our neighborhood."
"Your group is against this, but they've never seen it?" asked LUPZ Committee member Larry McEwen. McEwen said that everyone was invited to attend the meeting, and questioned how both groups, neither of which were present, could oppose something they haven't seen.
Broadbent again restated his intention to oppose granting the variances for the signs. He then left.
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For all discussions up to now, please read the last thread and post new ones on here. Last week's thread is hot!
It is a new week!
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It is a new week!
Well, reading I hub they expect 1300+ with good PR and 35+ with no PR on the average.
IT beats me, but should be up.
What do you think, fellas?
MGLG is a cash cow...that is for sure...with lots of room for big growth!
When would an announcement come if MGLG were going to make one today? Does anyone know if it will happen?
If you need to get caught up, read last week's thread......(waking up here)
Good morning all ...
Am I too late to the MGLG party? Had to do a test run in Etrade to see if this was even feasible, apparently I would be able to purchase there after all. But it is curious considering the whole negation of the decimal places in general ...
This would be new territory for me, these sub pennies ... If we are taking tenths of a cent as it sits now ... read for instance where Bassmaster had it pegged at possibly 6 cent's or so, is this feasible - or collectively, what are your expectations?
MGLG doesn't trade AH and PRE to my knowledge. The opening could be a big gap up (very possibly is the concensus that I have seen), so if it were I, I would put an order in now and hope to catch it at the open.
I can't guarantee anything, as you know, but that would be my personal strategy, Trib.
Current pricing:
bid .0026 and ask .0027 It is going up before the open.


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Frances Oldham Kelsey (1914-)
Frances Oldham Kelsey is a naturalised US physician and pharmacologist. She was born in British Columbia, Canada on 24 July 1914. She received her PhD in pharmacology from the University of Chicago in 1938, and her MD in 1950.
In 1960 she began working for the Food and Drugs Administration (FDA) as a medical officer reviewing new drugs licensing applications. In her first month, and against great pressure, she denied a licence to the drug thalidomide because of the lack of clinical evidence about its side effects. Shortly after, thalidomide's devastating effects became known. Over 10,000 children were born with birth defects worldwide.
The denial of a licence for thalidomide in the United States meant its impact there was limited. For this, Kelsey received the President's Medal for Distinguished Federal Civilian Service from President John F Kennedy. This is the highest award the US government can give a civilian. Kelsey was only the second woman to receive the honour.
Dr Kelsey retired from the FDA in 2005. The FDA created the annual Dr Frances O Kelsey Safety Excellence Award in recognition of her work and commitment.
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B F Shearer and B S Shearer (eds), Notable Women in the Life Sciences: a biographical dictionary (Westport: Greenwood Press, 1996)
T Stephens and R Brynner, Dark Remedy: The Impact of Thalidomide and its Revival as a Vital Medicine (Cambridge, Mass: Perseus Publishing, 2001)
A Daemmrich, 'A Tale of Two Experts,' Social History of Medicine, 15/1 (2002), pp 137-158
R E MacFadyen, 'Thalidomide in America: A Brush with Tragedy', Clio Medica, 11 (1976), pp 79-93


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PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) – Former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide emerged from months of seclusion for a second straight day and took several swipes at the current government.
Speaking to a small group of mostly Haitian reporters and The Associated Press at his home in the capital Thursday, Aristide covered topics ranging from his shock at seeing the devastation caused by the 2010 earthquake to his political party's strength as the country heads to legislative and local elections.
He also thanked the thousands of supporters who cheered his motorcade Wednesday during a rare outing to answer a judge's questions in a closed-door testimony in the case of slain journalist. The crowds comprised one of the biggest demonstrations of its kind in years despite a police ban on all protests.
Aristide then took a few jabs at President Michel Martelly, saying the government has not done enough to address hunger in the impoverished country and called the administration's tax on international calls and money transfers to fund an education program a "problem."
"With all the respect that I have for the authorities in place, they are not able to solve the hunger problem by themselves," Aristide said in the office of his residence, calling it one of Haiti's "biggest problems."
"People know that when a dog is hungry it's doesn't play," Aristide said, quoting a Haitian proverb that roughly means hungry people can be unpredictable and even dangerous.
Aristide began to weep as he recalled watching images of Haiti's 2010 earthquake while in exile in South Africa. He said that before Wednesday he had ventured out of his house only once, on May 1, 2011, since his return earlier that year, but didn't say where he went.
He went before the judge after being summoned to answer questions in the case of a journalist's killing. Instead of returning straight to his home, he toured the capital shantytowns where he is still popular, drawing crowds of supporters as he passed through each neighborhood.
Aristide said the trek also allowed him to see the earthquake's devastation firsthand.
"I now know what it's like for you to be unable to leave the suffering caused by goudougoudou," Aristide said, using a common Haitian term for the quake.
Also on Thursday, Haiti's justice ministry said in a statement that three journalists who were covering the Wednesday march were roughed up by demonstrators and condemned the "act of aggression." The reporters worked for Radio-Tele Ginen, a media outlet that's long been seen as pro-government.
Aristide remains popular in Haiti, but was a divisive figure during his two presidential terms. He has kept a low profile since returning from exile in South Africa, showing up in public previously only for a brief television appearance from his home shortly after coming back.
The former leader acknowledged that he had been silent for two years, but said no one ordered him to keep quiet.
"I chose not to speak," he said. "I speak when I need to speak, and no one can stop me from speaking."
Aristide said he believed his Lavalas political party will be a contender during still unscheduled elections to fill 10 Senate seats and dozens of local posts. Haitian authorities are under pressure to organize the vote by year's end.
"If they have free and transparent elections, there's a good chance that we'll win a big portion of it," he said.
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Promoting Male Involvement to Improve Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) Uptake and Reduce Antenatal Infection
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|ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01448512
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First Posted : October 7, 2011
Last Update Posted : January 22, 2014
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|Condition or disease
|HIV Pregnancy
|Behavioral: PartnerPlus Intervention Other: Usual Care
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|Study Type :
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|Actual Enrollment :
|478 participants
|Intervention Model:
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|University of Miami Developmental Center for AIDs Research Promoting Male Involvement to Improve PMTCT Uptake and Reduce Antenatal Infection
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|Actual Primary Completion Date :
|August 2012
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Four group counseling sessions focused on prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) sexual risk reduction & adherence.
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The intervention employs a closed, structured, group intervention limited to 10 participants (women or men). Four weekly, 11/2-2 hour sessions are led by a trained gender-congruent counselor and a peer facilitator and emphasize group participation, cognitive-behavioral skill building, sexual negotiation and experimentation with products.
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- Change in number of ANC visits by mother and father from baseline to one month post intervention to 32 weeks to 3 days post partum [ Time Frame: Baseline, one month, 32 weeks, 3 days post partum ]
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- willing to attend PartnerPlus or prevention of mother to child transmission (PMTCT) visits with their male partners,
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- both partners must be willing to participate in the study.
- All participants will be current adult residents of Mpumalanga Province and agree to be attend four group sessions, 2 psychosocial assessments and 1 three day post-delivery assessment (maternal and infant blood sample).
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Looking for manga with bullied male protagonist
I'm looking for manga (or anime) romance with kind-hearted and kind of 'broken' male protagonist who is ignored, hated, bullied and/or disliked by others, especially by girls. All this because of his looks, likes, dislikes, personality or misunderstanding.
If there's one, I would appreciate your help.
(I'm sorry if its not grammatically correct, so don't hate me... )
Thank you and have a nice day!
It's called Naruto.
Yeah! But I'm already reading it.
Thanks anyway
My Little Monster, the male lead is kind of odd and shunned.
Toradora, the main character is misunderstood at the start, though it's clarified fairly early on.
Accel World kind of. Main character is short and fat. Show kind of sucked though.
The breaker... Not matching the given criterias to 100%, but no one could dislike it
I don't know about things I do not know about.
Accel world.
Main character is bullied like no other
HazelGamer wrote:
I'm looking for manga (or anime) romance with kind-hearted and kind of 'broken' male protagonist who is ignored, hated, bullied and/or disliked by others, especially by girls. All this because of his looks, likes, dislikes, personality or misunderstanding.
If there's one, I would appreciate your help.
(I'm sorry if its not grammatically correct, so don't hate me... )
Thank you and have a nice day!
If I'm reading your requirements correctly, I think I can recommend Mayo Chiki! if you haven't checked it out yet.
A little over 1/2 of the shonens ever created.
Lil wayne is bad and you should feel bad
well then . . .
Girl the Wild's
no game no life
eyeshield 21, Nenneko hentai prince and the stony cat, umm Snafu, all good examples on crunchroll OH very interesting one right now called flowers of evil so creepy and yet very bonechillyingly good
im higher than a sugar cane snake in a sugar cane tree!
Iris Zero?
status. status. status.
Eighth (guy works for an organization to get with a girl but he can't seem to get one cause they tease him with empty promises and work lol)
History's Strongest Disciple Kenichi (guy likes cute girl, gets his butt kicked a lot because he's weak, joins dojo of elite martial artist)
Katekin (guy likes sub teacher but she treats him poorly)
Koko ga Uwasa no El Palacio (guy loses memory because of girl, she keeps him as a pet)
Minamoto-kun Monogatari (guy scarred by girls, want revenge. Mature)
Onidere (comedy about normal guy that has a girlfriend...that is the head of a gang of women that hates men)
Rosario + Vampire (sure the girls love him but the guys want him dead)
She's Gon (guy likes girl but she don't like him; turns out shes a demon trying to stop him from being a hero)
Ubel Blatt (you want bullied? The dude was left for dead after protecting the world from evil)
XBlade (guy only uses by sword spirit because he resembles the previous sword wielder)
ZeroIn (guy joins police because of girl in it but isn't taken seriously by anyone)
Not sure if they're what you're looking for but check them out when you have time. I use baka-updates manga: http://www.mangaupdates.com/, on a regular basis to find new stuff so use this to check the list I provided to see if there are ones you find interesting to read.
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I'd recommend two. BananaSlamaRama already suggested The Breaker:
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So that leaves Holyland, by Kouji Mori:
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That last one is seriously brutal, so. You're warned. The Breaker is bleak at times but nothing like this. Both have a token girlfriend figure who wants to be with the protagonist but can't for some reason or another.
In The Breaker it's because the kid wants to protect her; in Holyland it's because he's scared shitless of intimacy.
Holyland's art style took getting used to, but it was worth it. The story is exceptional.
I'd also second this recommendation:
It's a fun series, well worth reading. It's also serious at times, but it'll help balance out the previous two. It doesn't wholly fit with your criteria, though, since the protagonist almost immediately makes friends with three girls.
It's more a manhwa about gender equality in Korean culture, although bullying plays a key role in the protagonist's arc. Also, the official matches in Girls of the Wild's are beautifully rendered and each one gets better.
The protagonist does start off with an intense aversion to women because of his family situation, though.
That's very important to the development of his character to its current point in the story.
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All three are stories about empowerment and standing up to take your life back. They just vary in darkness and tone.


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|Newly released political prisoner Win Hla leaves Insein Prison in Myanmar on Tuesday after receiving amnesty from President Thein Sein. (Khin Maung Win / Associated Press / July 23, 2013)
By Mark Magnier - July 23, 2013,
Los Angeles Times
NEW DELHI – Myanmar started releasing approximately 70 political prisoners Tuesday, days after President Thein Sein promised during a European tour to free all remaining prisoners of conscience by the end of the year.
Civic society groups countered that Tuesday's releases, along with earlier waves, have been done largely for public relations and don't reflect substantive changes in the country's human-rights or rule-of-law practices. Furthermore, critics say, the government continues to arrest whistle-blowers fighting corruption along with farmers and activists resisting illegal seizures and the environmental degradation of their land.
"We welcome the release," said Bo Kyi, joint secretary of the Thailand-based Assistance Assn. for Political Prisoners in Myanmar, an activist group. "But we're concerned that they continue to arrest people."
A further concern is that many of the repressive laws that landed prisoners in jail to begin with, including some who received decades-long sentences, remain largely in place, with limited progress so far on reforming broadly worded statutes.
"There's a lot of rhetoric, but not much progress," said Phil Robertson, deputy director of Human Rights Watch's Asia division. "People are still being detained under laws on the book for quite some time. They need to be taken off the books."
Authorities in Myanmar, also known as Burma, have been keen to shed a reputation built up over decades for routinely violating human rights, analysts said, and see prisoner releases as a way to ease U.S. and European criticism and open the door to much-needed loans and business deals.
The number of remaining political prisoners in Myanmar is a matter of some dispute, given differences in what constitutes a political prisoner and poor record-keeping in the nation's network of 42 prisons and 109 labor camps.
Bo Kyi said up to 200 prisoners remain in prison, some sentenced and others still awaiting a verdict. Other groups placed the total at around 80 after Tuesday's release, down from an estimated 2,100 three years ago.
The military junta, which ruled the country with an iron grip for decades, long argued that Myanmar had no political prisoners, only common criminals. Thein Sein's recent tour to London and Paris was aimed at bolstering the country's flagging reputation after several outbreaks of communal violence that frequently involved attacks by the Buddhist majority on members of Muslim minority communities.
In a speech last week in London, the president vowed an end to "prisoners of conscience" by the end of the year, which he termed an essential step in the country's transition to democracy.
Since the nominal end of a half century of military rule in 2011, Thein Sein's administration has freed hundreds of prisoners, eased media restrictions, allowed opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi to run successfully for parliament and ended a ban on campaigning by her National League for Democracy party.
These reforms have prompted the European Union to scrap most of its economic and trade sanctions against Myanmar, except for an embargo on weapons sales, and to extend preferential trade terms to the Southeast Asian nation. Washington has also lifted most sanctions, with many American and other foreign companies keen to enter the resource-rich nation, which they see as a frontier market with approximately 60 million future customers.
But the military still has inordinate influence in the country. Many lawmakers are former generals or ex-junta officials, while Myanmar's controversial constitution guarantees that 25% of all parliamentary seats are held by the military and effectively bars the hugely popular Suu Kyi from becoming president.


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We all have a natural tendency to seek comfort and avoid suffering. This is especially true
of children, who have limited delay-of-gratification skills, meaning that it's difficult for
them to not have what they want, right when
they want it.
But suffering is a part of every life. Along
with the good times, we also experience illness, hardships, disappointment and eventually
death. The faith practices we observe during the
season of Lent can help prepare our hearts and
minds for the prospect of suffering in our lives.
Pope Benedict XVI was once asked by a young
girl from Japan why people must suffer, as they
did in her country during a catastrophic tsunami
in 2011. He answered honestly, saying that he,
too, had trouble understanding why suffering of
this magnitude is present in the world. He then
echoed the words of Pope John Paul II, explaining that one thing we can be certain about is that
God is always on the side of the suffering.
Children's experience of God's presence often takes the form of their interactions with friends and family, and
especially their parents. After all, God reveals himself as a parent, so all mothers and fathers are icons of God for the
child. For this reason, it is important that they experience empathy from mom and dad, even when their suffering
seems small by our standards. Reflecting their feelings by saying, "I know you're frustrated that you can't play outside today," or "I'm sorry your stomach is hurting" lets them know that you care about them, and it helps give them
the strength to bear their sufferings and build self-discipline.
Another lesson to hand on to our children is that suffering can have meaning because it is not the end of the
story. The suffering of Jesus is transformed in the Resurrection. The Easter story is so very meaningful precisely
because at the moment that all seemed lost, light broke forth. The one who was dead was alive again. In our human
suffering, we have smaller, more everyday experiences of dying and rising as one ending gives rise to a new beginning or opportunity. We also see how suffering can be transformative in the way it can make us stronger and more
Suffering also takes on an additional spiritual significance in light of our
Catholic faith.
God does not will suffering, but he can miraculously make
good come from bad circumstances, just as he brought salvation from the
suffering of Jesus. St. Paul refers to this in Colossians 1:24, as he points out
that through offering our sufferings for the sake of others, we are joined to
Christ's redemptive work. This is what Catholic parents and grandparents of
prior generations meant when they said, "Offer it up!" Offering our sufferings
for the good of others can be a beautiful and meaningful thing.
God is with us, and all darkness, all mourning and every sorrow will one day
disappear in the light of Christ.
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Mr. Speaker, I have had phone calls from prairie grain producers who admit they voted for Conservatives but who are furious that they are going to dismantle the Canadian Wheat Board.
The grain producers told me they were always led to understand that the minister would allow them to have a vote, as the legislation says, on the future of how they want to market their grain.
If the government wants to give prairie farmers more choice in how they get to market their grain, why will it not let them have the democratic vote that is statutorily theirs in the legislation?


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When another person or organisation has broken the contract between you to provide the goods or services in return for payment, you may have grounds for compensation or redress.
Our specialist Litigation team are on hand to help you with any queries you may have.
Our expert solicitors are here to support you with advice, outlining your options at the very first stages to ensure all possible objectives are reached.
A company's articles of association are of paramount importance; they are the key constitutional document setting out the basic management and administrative structure of a company.
Forming a company can be a positive and exciting step for many business owners. However, it is important to ensure from the outset that the documents governing your company's operations suit your business needs.
Acquisition of another company is an effective way to grow your business. Ensuring a successful transaction is all about the detail. You need to know exactly what you are buying.
When the time comes to sell your company, or shares in your business, you will wish to maximise the return on your investment of money, hard work, time and emotion.
A guarantee is a legal commitment to repay a debt where the original borrower has defaulted on their repayments. In essence, the person providing the guarantee will "step into the shoes" of the debtor.
Whether you are lending to or borrowing from a third party, it is always prudent to record the terms of the loan clearly.
A company's articles of association are of paramount importance; they are the key constitutional document setting out the basic management and administrative structure of a company.
If you are in dispute about which school your child should attend or think that it will be in the child's best interests to change schools it will be necessary to apply for a Specific Issue Order through the courts.
If your child is aged under 16, it is possible to change their name by deed poll providing that all of the parties with Parental Responsibility are in agreement. However, the child's birth certificate will not normally be changed as this is a historical record from when the child was born.
When a child is removed from one of the parents without the other parent's permission or a child is not returned at a pre-arranged time, it is important to act quickly to reinstate the child's normal or pre-agreed routine.
Whenever possible separating parties should speak to one another and make arrangements for the care of the children which are in the children's best interests and can be worked around by both parents.
Most of the legal rights given to parents are by way of Parental Responsibility (PR). PR means 'all the rights, duties, powers, responsibilities and authority that a parent of a child has in relation to the child and his property by law'.
You can apply to end or dissolve your civil partnership if you have been in the partnership for at least one year. It is very similar to divorce, in that you will need to make an application to the court.
When parties separate they may be able to reach an amicable agreement about the finances of the household and how these should be divided going forward. However, for most this can be the most difficult area to resolve.
We can provide you with the peace of mind of conducting your divorce on a fixed fee basis. We will be able to provide you with the figure at the outset, allowing you to budget and plan your finances in advance.
We are proud to be chosen by Cheshire Police Federation as their nominated divorce lawyers to provide specialist divorce and family advice to its members.
A pre-nuptial/pre-civil agreement is a legal agreement made between two individuals before their marriage has taken place. It usually sets out how the couple wish their assets to be divided between them.
A separation agreement is a written agreement used when a couple want to stop living together. The agreement can be used to decide a variety of topics including, who will pay the mortgage.
If you have been a victim of domestic abuse you may be eligible to apply for public funding in order to obtain an injunction against the perpetrator. In emergency situations we can act quickly.
Having Social Services involved with your family can be a daunting time. We are here to offer advice and support to help achieve the best outcome for you and your loved ones.
Under the Equality Act 2010 harassment is defined as unwanted conduct which is related to either; age, disability, gender reassignment, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation and is therefore unlawful.
Unfair dismissal is a complex area of employment law and one where you need a legal expert to safeguard your financial interests as well as your professional future.
It can be hard to realise that you may have been a victim of workplace discrimination. Discrimination is based upon what are called Protected Characteristics.
Under the Equality Act there are 9 specific areas which are called protected characteristics; any discrimination against workers because of these characteristics would be unlawful.
It is important that businesses handle the termination of a director's contract appropriately, especially if you need to achieve a swift exit without disrupting the operation of the business.
Employers should enter into a period of consultation with their employees, giving them information on why the redundancies are necessary and if there are any alternatives available.
Has your employer discussed ending your employment through redundancy or with a settlement agreement/compromise agreement?
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There will be times when an employee's conduct or performance falls short of what is expected of them in their contract of employment, or they believe that they have been treated unfairly at work.
The TUPE Regulations are in place to preserve employees' rights when a business is transferred to a new employer. The Regulations can apply to organisations of all sizes when a business is sold.
From the recruitment process, through to issues such as TUPE, training from expert employment solicitors can help you to use the law as a positive framework to implement the best employment practices.
A written contract of employment is a legal requirement as part of the employment relationship and failure to provide one can leave both parties unclear about their rights and responsibilities.
Settlement agreements, which used to be called compromise agreements, can play an important part in ending an employment relationship, but there are some important legal safeguards.
Severing ties with a director or senior executive comes with countless decisions about how to protect your business.
Whether it is direct or indirect discrimination, a case of harassment, or failure to promote diversity, the Equality Act makes discrimination unacceptable in the workplace.
It is easy for important steps to be missed during a staff crisis however, each vital step may be a legal requirement. An omission that could have a serious impact upon your business.
Employers should enter into a period of consultation with their employees, giving them information on why the redundancies are necessary and if there are any alternatives available.
Whilst it is better to try to resolve a dispute directly with an employee, there will be times when it simply is not possible. In those cases, you may be called before an employment tribunal.
As an employer you have to be cautious with how you deal with dismissals in order to not be accused of an unfair dismissal.
Failure to comply with employment legislation can be devastating for a business. Compensation awards for unfair dismissal claims can be in excess of £75,000 and awards for discrimination are unlimited.
- Accident at Work
- Cosmetic Claims
- Cycle Accident Claims
- Dermatitis Skin Conditions
- Fatal Accidents
- Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome and Vibration White Finger
- Head and Brain Injury Claims
- Noise Induced Hearing Loss and Tinnitus
- Repetitive Strain Injury
- Road Traffic Accident
- Slips, Trips and Falls
- Spinal Injury Claim
Our team has extensive experience of settling claims arising from a wide variety of accidents and injuries suffered in the workplace.
Whilst a trip to the beauty salon may conjure up images of relaxation and pampering, many services use potentially harmful chemicals and machinery.
Poole Alcock have a number of keen cyclists who commute to work and enjoy cycling as a hobby or as a competitive sport. We therefore understand the frustration that can occur.
Every employer should ensure that the exposure of his employees to substances hazardous to health is either prevented or, where this is not reasonably practicable, adequately controlled.
The loss of a loved one is one of the most difficult situations in life we have to face, and the thought of bringing a claim for compensation at this time is a difficult one.
An employer has a duty to eliminate or reduce exposure to vibration to as low a level as is reasonably practicable. In doing so, the employer should have assessed any risks in the task concerned.
Suffering a head injury is understandably concerning for the victim and their family. It is important to investigate any potential brain injury that may have been caused.
Tinnitus is any noise (for example, buzzing or ringing) in the ear and can be caused by exposure to excessive levels of noise, although there are other causes too.
It is logical to think that if you are constantly carrying out the same physical task at work, such as lifting heavy boxes without a break, you may well develop a bad back.
Common causes of road traffic accidents include other road users, poorly maintained roads, obstructions in the road and slippery surfaces. You may have suffered an injury.
Accidents can happen at any time and in any place – in the street, at work, at the supermarket. If you think that another person or organisation was responsible for your accident then you may be entitled to compensation.
Suffering a spinal cord injury can be a life-changing event, impacting on almost every aspect of your life. If the accident was not your fault, then financial compensation is often necessary.


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These days, we're all obsessed with unlocking the secrets of the human genome, and also with tracking and analyzing every aspect of our lives. The new movie Life Tracker takes both of those ideas to their most absurd extreme — there's a service that can analyze your DNA and figure out exactly when you'll die (unless you get shot first), and also predict future illnesses and the genders of your future children. Silly? Sure. But it's a fun thought experiment.
Here's the synopsis for Life Tracker, which is hitting film festivals this year and hopefully coming to theaters at some point:
In the near future, a new device has emerged to detect the time of death of every man's life through DNA analysis. A modern day palm reading, the device has ignited fear and paranoia throughout the world. The film follows an aspiring filmmaker, Dillon (Barry Finnegan), who chronicles the hysteria and stumbles upon the mystery behind LIFE TRACKER Limited, the company behind the device. With the help of his friends, Scott (Matt Dallas) and Bell (Rebecca Marshall), they embark on a journey to find the real story behind the science, testing their friendship and faith along the way. Are the predictions true? Is a person's lifespan ingrained in one's DNA? The race is on to uncover the truth.


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Dear Oh-So-Wise Miss Snark:
How many agent rejections (based on partials or full ms, not queries) should a person receive before they stop banging their head against the wall?
I know one could persist forever, hoping that the rejectors all just wrong -- and who knows, maybe they are -- but when would a more rational person stop?
If you're getting form letter rejections of full and partials, you need fresh eyes. Time for some beta readers with teeth.
If you're getting personal letters, and phone calls and liveried footmen delivering engraved calling cards that say "I love your writing but this particular book isn't for me" you're on the right path.


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From the Wires
OATRA Makes Case To Vote No on SB273
Ohio jobs will be lost if this bad legislation is passed into law.
By: PR Newswire
Nov. 26, 2012 08:00 PM
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Nov. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The Ohio Auto and Truck Recyclers Association (OATRA) has renewed its call to the Ohio House Insurance Committee to support Ohio jobs and vote against Senate Bill 273. The Insurance Committee is scheduled to meet tomorrow for final consideration of the proposed legislation.
OATRA has been a consistent voice for the auto recyclers of Ohio and the thousands of jobs that they represent. Nearly two weeks ago, when this same committee heard public comment on the bill, OATRA representatives spoke about the job-killing impacts this legislation would have.
"We have made our case with the facts," said Jim McKinney, President of OATRA. "By opening salvage auctions to unlicensed individuals, this legislation would have a negative impact on our industry and economy. It's a bad bill, and it would be bad for Ohio."
OATRA has demonstrated that this bill would create unsound public policy for the state. Licensed auto recyclers abide by the high standards of the industry, protecting the environment from contaminants and keeping damaged, unsafe vehicles off the streets. Senate Bill 273 would allow anyone to purchase at these salvage auctions, creating new risks to public safety and the environment.
With fewer salvage auctions available for recyclers, the inevitable impact is less business and fewer jobs. Some recyclers may be forced out of business entirely.
More information is available at www.OATRA.net.
Contact: Jim McKinney (419) 747-0127
SOURCE Ohio Auto and Truck Recyclers Association (OATRA)
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