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Beyond Nihilism: Gottfried Benn's Postmodernist Poetics
P. Lang, 2003 - 205 oldal
The ideas underlying Benn's Ausdruckswelt not only anticipate and parallel many of the assumptions now current in recent trends in literary criticism; they also disclose their ultimate limitations. Benn's poetics were founded on the intellectual crises of the early years of the twentieth century. Following Nietzschean leads, Benn sought to achieve in his person and his work a return to a primitive, archetypal mode of perception which he felt would restore a purer, more natural mentality to modern man, whom he portrayed as being 'far ahead of his syntax'. By focusing on Benn's early Expressionist prose and what this study calls his 'fictive self', the author traces the relationship between Benn's Weltanschauung and later critical theory. Building upon the latest scholarship, she analyses Benn's poetics as precursor of certain postmodernist ideas concerning language, meaning and polysemy, aesthetics, personal identity, authorial intention versus reader reception, intertextuality, and the role of art in society. By paying specific attention to the concept of the autonomous self and its relation to language, this study demonstrates that Gottfried Benn's aesthetic theories do not represent the end of German Expressionism, but rather the beginning of the present post-modernist period.
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National's ministers are looking shakey amidst allegations of cronyism and defamation. So who's benefitting in the polls? Um, National. So what's going on?
The latest One News-Colmar Brunton poll is a kick in the pants for Labour. After a ministerial resignation and a fortnight where the whiff of cronyism was never far from National, the governing party can still command more than 50 percent in the polls. That's astounding.
The suggestion is that voters don't much care about the whole ACC-Bronwyn Pullar saga. Oh, it's good theatre and they'd hate to think anyone was getting special treatment, but it's not enough for them to switch sides. They can see that a minister has gone, so 'something has been done'. They see a woman on a lonely crusade and think 'that's hardly National's fault'. They see former National Party president Michelle Boag in the gun, but don't think of that as a reflection on the current government.
And they hear John Key say time and again that if there was any real cronyism going on, Pullar would be in a better position after ten years than she is now. The fact she hasn't got her way is proof of no cronyism.
Except it isn't. John Key can't say that the intervention of Smith, Boag, or anyone else hasn't influenced the way ACC has handled this case; only the ACC staff on the receiving end can say whether they felt pressured by Pullar's National Party mates. And as Fran O'Sullivan pointed out on Q+A this Sunday:
"I want to challenge the notion that the prime minister put there that, you know, there's been no undue influence because this thing's gone on for 10 years and hasn't been settled. Well, actually, it may have gone on for 10 years because of undue influence. This thing, you know, this benefit may have actually been brought to a point three, five, six years ago. I don't know. It seems a very long time for somebody to be on an ACC benefit who's already had a large pay-out from an insurance company as well."
All of which suggests a more thorough inquiry than the Privacy Commissioner can effect is the only way for the air to be cleared.
The PM, though, is unmoved by that argument. For now at least. And this poll result – and the private polling National will be doing – is the reason for that. None of this is hurting his party; not much anyway.
The real pain must be felt by Labour; perhaps they need a better ACC referral.
While National is under attack from within and ministers are looking rugged, to say the least, the opposition isn't benefiting. Voters clearly don't yet see Labour as a viable alternative government. David Shearer is not the 'go to' guy for voters to run to. Some inside Labour may say 'give us a chance, it's only April'. But if they can't make hay now, when can they?
National is in an uncomfortable place – just look at Key on Q+A. He came across as evasive, unwilling to back or condemn Michelle Boag and unwilling to confront the central issue of the Bronwyn Pullar story, which is that she has gained access to ACC in a way you and I could not and has been able to keep her claim going, not just because she's persistent, but because she has had the support of a minister, another MP and two former party presidents (not to mention her ability to drop names).
He was even keeping the door open to the taxpayer picking up the bill for Judith Collins' defamation case. I'm not going to say Collins doesn't have the right to feel peeved. She has explicitly said the leak did not come from her or her office. Andrew Little and Trevor Mallard have effectively said that's a lie, but have presented no evidence to substantiate that believe. I've had that sort of thing happen to me, and it's infuriating.
But I wouldn't sue. She's a politician who likes to be known as pugnacious. She embraced the nickname crusher with pride, called boy-racers "utter morons" and David Benson-Pope a "dirty old man" and "pervert", nearly reducing the man to tears.
She can dish it out, so she needs to learn how to take it.
As for using public money to fund the action, well, I'd be interested to hear if Bill English thinks that's a "necessity" or a "nice to have".
The problem for Labour is that even a damaged National Party that looks as wounded as it ever has still looks more attractive to most voters than it does. Voters are looking at National in turmoil and still ticking their box. If that's not a signal that Labour needs to up its game dramatically, then I don't know what is.


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TUCSON, July 9 (UPI) -- An indictment charging five people in the death of U.S. Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry was unsealed Monday in Tucson, the U.S. Justice Department said.
The FBI is offering a reward of as much as $1 million for information leading to the arrest of four fugitives in Terry's shooting death in 2010, the department said in a release.
Two guns found at the scene were traced to the flawed Operation Fast and Furious in which Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives agents allowed weapons to be bought illegally and circulated on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border.
In the indictment, Manuel Osorio-Arellanes, Jesus Rosario Favela-Astorga, Ivan Soto-Barraza, Heraclio Osorio-Arellanes and Lionel Portillo-Meza are charged with first-degree murder, second-degree murder, and use and carrying a firearm during a crime of violence and assault on a federal officer, among other counts.
U.S. Rep. Darrell Issa, R-Calif., chairman of the House Government Oversight Committee, has been investigating Operation Fast and Furious, and secured House passage of a contempt of Congress citation against U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder last month for not turning over requested documents.
The 11-count indictment, handed up by a federal grand jury in November, alleges on Dec. 14, 2010, Osorio-Arellanes, Favela-Astorga, Soto-Barraza, Osorio-Arellanes and Portillo-Meza fought with Border Patrol agents and during the exchange of fire, Terry was shot and killed.
Besides Terry's death, the indictment alleged the defendants assaulted three other Border Patrol agents who were with Terry during the firefight.
A sixth defendant, Rito Osorio-Arellanes, was charged with conspiracy to interfere with commerce by robbery.
"Agent Terry served his country honorably and made the ultimate sacrifice in trying to protect it from harm, and we will stop at nothing to bring those responsible for his murder to justice," Holder said.
Manuel Osorio-Arellanes has been in custody since he was arrested the night of the shooting. Rito Osorio-Arellanes has been in custody since Dec. 12, 2010, when he was arrested on immigration charges.
The Justice Department said the indictment was unsealed Monday to seek the public's assistance in locating the fugitive defendants.


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Fiat UK recently cleared 30,000 fans on its Facebook page, and someone in their marketing department figured it was a good number to celebrate. But first they had to figure out a solid hook for the number 30,000.
How about the number of words in William Shakespeare's vocabulary, which Fiat tells us is about 30,000? Sounds good, but there's a problem: Shakespeare didn't know 30,000 words.
Most scholars agree that Shakespeare had a vocabulary four times larger than most educated people at the time, or about 17,600 words. Still not too shabby. Louis Marder, a self-certified (and, unfortunately, now deceased) Shakespeare nut, said that the Elizabethan playwright had an undeniable impact on the English language.
Shakespeare was so facile in employing words that he was able to use over 7,000 of them — more than occur in the whole King James version of the Bible — only once and never again.
Fiat was off by several thousand words, but at that stratospheric level of intellect, who among us groundlings is really counting anymore? Besides, they wrote us a nice little poem.
An ode to our 30,000 (and a bit) fans...
Shall we compare thee to a summer's day?
You're as fine as a vintage cabriolet
And more welcome than an early payday
We've run out of words that end with '-ay'
So there's nawt else to say but Hip Hip Hooray!
It's not a particularly good poem (and we're assuming that by 'nawt' they meant 'naught'), but it does the trick. We'll console ourselves with the fact that this isn't nearly as dumb as a Geico advertisement.
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4th Annual Indy Mile Pre-Race Party to Feature AMA Pro Road Racing and Grand National Flat Track Racers./
Upper Arlington, OH (August 9, 2012) - The Team Ohio Racing #26 Harley Davidson XR1200 crew will join fellow AMA Pro Vance & Hines XR1200 and AMA Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Flat Track racers at The 4th Annual Night Before the Indy Mile Race Party. The pre-race party will be held at Indianapolis Southside Harley-Davidson & Buell on Friday August 17th, starting at 2PM and ending at 8PM.
In attendance will be AMA Pro Harley-Davidson Insurance Grand National Flat Track racers Kenny Coolbeth, Dan Ingram, Nicole Cheza, Willy McCoy and Mike Martin. Team Ohio Racing will bring out their #26 Oxford Consulting Group/RevZilla.com/RIDER Insurance XR1200 Harley-Davidson and Wounded Warrior Project Alumni pit crew immediately after their qualifying session. The pre-race party will have free food, DJ, autograph signing sessions, racer Q&A and a silent auction to benefit the STEEL SHOE FUND.
Team Ohio Racing's team owner and rider Pete Cline stated "I think thissouthsideharley.com is a great opportunity to cross-market the XR1200 road racer to the AMA Pro Flat Track crowd. When we had the bike on display at Lima in June, the crowd was very receptive to the XR road race series. The flat track riding talent that will at the dealership is pretty amazing, and to be included with those riders is very humbling. I hope we can get some more XR1200 racers to come to Southside Harley-Davidson & Buell. We want to highlight our working relationship with the Wounded Warrior Project Alumni crew, and we hope people can come out and say hello to our crew and fellow racers."
Sherry Long, Advertising and Marketing Director, Indianapolis Southside Harley-Davidson & Buell, "Our pre-race party has always been about the racers. With the on stage interviews planned for this event, the racers can share their story with the crowd. Motorcycle race fans that attend can expect an up close and personal experience with the racers. Team Ohio Racing & the Wounded Warrior Project Alumni Pit Crew will be a great addition to this year's event. We are looking forward to meeting them."
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KraftyOne necesitaba un nuevo diseño de página web y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 68 diseños de 9 diseñadores freelance.
bizNvite, BIZNvite, bizNVITE
bizNvite is a new service catering to a corporate or business clientele. It is similar in function to eVite, but has distinct advantages to business users. We want to set ourselves apart in both form and function from every other "electronic invitations" site out there.
We are brand new, so you get to completely brand us including logo, colors, everything...its a blank slate for you to work with and express your creativity.
business clientele...but must be easy to navigate and use. We envision users from real estate agents to corporate administrators to small business owners using our services to manage their events. A real estate agent might be managing an open house, a corporate administrator might be handling a company meeting or christmas party, a small business owner might be having a grand opening or a networking event...there are a lot of possibilities. Overall, site must be dead simple to navigate and use
Your mission is to create a design with Web 2.0 elements (large fonts, rounded-ness).
Logo: feel free to play with the capitalization of the lettering to fit your design. We are not sure which way we want to write it, but if a certain capitalization scheme works best for you, go with it. (i.e. bizNvite, BIZNvite, BIZnvite, bizNVITE)
Design: Needs to be somewhere that any business would feel comfortable sending their clients to. Elements of the design will appear all over the site (even on the end invitations) so we need to be sure our clients will be comfortable. Navigation needs to be simple and friendly.
Main Navigation: Home, Quick-Start Invitations, Custom Design Invitations, Plans/Pricing (will change to My Account when logged in)
Other navigation: Login, About bizNvite, Contact Us
Unique Services of bizNVite: (probably should appear on the front page)
- Ability to have NO ADVERTISING on your invitations
- Completely customizable invitations using our proprietary invitation designer
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No coding - we have a team to handle that. We just need the layered PSD file from you.
FYI: We will be needing invite layouts and designs going forward, so the winner of this project may have future work with us if interested.


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Words That Inspire: Martin Luther King, Jr.
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere."
Photo by Taryn Simon and The Innocence Project, from the photo essay The Innocents.
Note to Educators:
What is fair to one person may not be fair to another. What makes something unjust?
Understanding—let alone discussing— what injustice means can be tricky and challenging with students, particularly younger ones. How can you help your students become aware of injustice—at school, in your community, and in this world— and dig deeper to discover how they can transform injustice to justice?
Try the following activity to help your students figure out how to deal with meanness and injustice.
- On a poster size piece of paper or on the blackboard, ask your students to write their definitions of injustice. An alternative—especially for younger students—is to consult the dictionary or Wikipedia. Cull out and tighten a definition that your students feel comfortable with.
- Distinguish "being mean" from "injustice." Is it an injustice when someone calls me a name? Or, is that person just being mean? Unfairness or injustice is when some people are treated one way and others are treated in another. It is one-sided.Use two-column notetaking (mean vs. injustice) for examples that will help your students understand the difference. You may need to frontload the conversation with examples to get students on the right track.
Here are some examples:
Someone's being mean when she shoves a girl in the lunchroom line. Someone's being unjust when she shoves only ginger-hair kids in the lunchroom line.
A coach is being mean when he calls his player "slowpoke sloths."
A coach is being unjust when he puts the second string player on a two-game suspension for cheating on an exam, but the star player—who was also caught cheating—gets to continue playing.
A teacher is being mean when she assigns 50 pages of reading the night before a test.
A teacher is being unjust when he only calls on the "smart" kids.
For further exploration on the definition of injustice, share The Cow of No Color: Riddle Stories and Justice Tales from Around the World, by Nina Jaffe and Steve Zeitlin, 1998, Henry Holt and Company. This collection of stories from throughout the world focuses on a question of justice. After the authors describe a problem, they leave it to you to solve, and then tell you the answer as it appears in the original tale.
Ask your students to write down on a note card or scrap piece of paper an example of injustice that they have faced, been part of, or witnessed in their everyday lives. These may be anonymous. Put all of them in one hat or receptacle.
Here are two options for digging deep and coming up with solutions:
Conversation. Pull one example from the hat and use it to talk with the group about why the situation was unjust. What could each person involved have done differently? Or, were there larger forces at play? What are the first steps to addressing the injustice?
NOTE: Some students may still confuse being mean with being unjust. If their example is a "mean" one, still discuss something they can do to resolve the situation.
Skits. Divide the class into groups of four and have each group choose an example from the hat to create a 2-3 minute skit. Students can have time to prepare their skit or do an on-the-spot improvisation. Keep in mind that this skit doesn't have a tidy beginning, middle, and end. It's not a performance; it's acting out a concept or situation.
As each group performs, the teacher as director gets to say "pause" when injustice is revealed. The question is asked, "If we were to rewind the action, what would we do differently? Let's edit that part and make it a story of justice."
Students in the audience may act as directors or the teacher may talk the class through solutions or steps to make it right. By underpinning solutions, kids come away with a strong definition of what justice is and isn't, and beginning steps to constructing a more just world. Through powerful conversations, your students are able to unpack the challenge that injustice brings. They also will understand that as citizens it is our work to create solutions together—and it isn't cookie cutter easy, but is definitely rewarding.


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England v France, Rugby World Cup, October 8
Unpopularity contest
ESPNscrum Staff
October 7, 2011
Marc Lievremont is feeling the strain of trying to keep France's Rugby World Cup campaign from going off the rails © Getty Images
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Many neutrals are split over this weekend's Rugby World Cup quarter final clash between England and France - and it's not really over who they would like to win, but rather a case of who they want to lose more.
Indeed, it would be something of an understatement to say that neither England nor France have exactly endeared themselves to the purists or the locals since arriving in New Zealand last month. And that has as much to do with their respective performances off the field as much as on it.
England, to their credit, have progressed to the quarter-finals on the back of four successive victories. However, they have done in thoroughly underwhelming fashion, playing an uninspiring brand of rugby which has only just been good enough to see them edge past Argentina and Scotland after being outplayed for three quarters of both games.
But if England's play has been rugby, their behaviour has been even worse. When the Mike Tindall scandal first broke many felt a degree of sympathy for a player who it seemed had simply want to let off some steam with a night on the town with some team-mates. However, it has now emerged that the centre lied to Martin Johnson and his coaching staff about his exact movements on the night in question.
At the same time, it was also revealed that Chris Ashton, Dylan Hartley and James Haskell had reduced a female member of staff at the team's hotel to tears with lewd comments. The impression has now been created that a number of England's players have little respect for the general public, the jersey, the tournament or their coach.
Still, Johnson's player problems pale in comparison to that of French counterpart Marc Lievremont, who, it seems clear, has 'lost the dressing room'.
Rumours were rife even before the tournament began that the players had turned against their coach, who, during a four-year tenure which will end upon completion of the World Cup, has become infamous for his ridiculously inconsistent selection policy.
However, his biggest faux pas was publicly accusing some of his troops of cowardice after their Six Nations defeat by Italy this year. That did not sit well with his players and nor indeed did the criticism which followed both their opening-weekend win over Japan and last Sunday's utterly shocking defeat by Tonga.
Indeed, France's performance against the Tongans was undoubtedly the nadir of Lievremont's ill-fated reign. According to him, they even refused a beer with him after the game. Even England's players would not have stooped so low!
England - Player to Watch: Toby Flood's presence in midfield should open up a number of new attacking options for England. Flood's superior distribution skills should enable England to bring their dangerous back three into the game, and his ability to offload on the gainline should create opportunities for the rampaging Manu Tuilagi through the centre. He will also bring an accomplished kicking game to midfield.
England - Team News: Flood starts at inside centre alongside fly-half Jonny Wilkinson for only the second time under Martin Johnson, with Mike Tindall missing out with a dead leg. Tom Palmer takes over from Courtney Lawes in the second-row and Nick Easter is preferred to James Haskell at No.8. Lawes and Haskell take their places on the bench. Mark Cueto, who was dropped for the Scotland game after scoring a hat-trick against Romania, returns on the wing after Delon Armitage was suspended. Richard Wigglesworth and Matt Banahan cover the backs from the bench.
France - Player to Watch: France may be faltering but Vincent Clerc's potency on the right wing remains unaffected, as evidenced by his record of five tries from four starts to date. The Toulouse speedster is arguably the most lethal finisher in world rugby and Mark Cueto can ill afford to switch off even for a split second on Saturday. If he does, Clerc will be celebrating a 31st try in Test rugby before the Sale man even has time to turn.
France - Team News: France make just two changes to the side which performed so dismally against Tonga, with prop Nicolas Mas returning after three games out with a hamstring injury to take over at tight-head from Luc Ducalcon, and Imanol Harinordoquy earning a recall at No. 8 at the expense of Raphael Lakafia.
Key Battle: While England have two natural fly-halves in their starting XV, France continue with two natural scrum-halves. Morgan Parra again starts at No.10 for France and England will look to openside flanker Lewis Moody to put the novice fly-half under huge pressure; pushing him deep and forcing him into mistakes.
Stats: France's defeat by Tonga has seen them slip to eighth in the IRB rankings, thus equalling their lowest ever standing in world rugby.
Trivia: England reached the last two World Cup finals having beaten France along the way
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"From my knowledge of French guys and what their psyches' like, it tends to be that if things don't go their way or things aren't going too well they do make quite a lot out of it. It happens to the French. Look at their football team in the World Cup as well."
"I do not think there are internal problems, just a frustration on my part but also the players. And also of shame after the match last Saturday. All this will, hopefully, generate a reaction."
Prediction: France remain a threat for the simple fact that they are France, and therefore capable of following up the absurd with the sublime. However, given the obvious tensions between the coach and his players, it is just impossible to see them upsetting an England side which has mastered the art of getting the job done.
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Fluid power components are misapplied for many reasons. In some cases, it is human error. In others, it is poor design. However, in the majority of cases, it is simply a lack of training and education.
Although some components are forgiving if misapplied, others are not so forgiving. The not-so-forgiving components are capable of causing far-reaching devastation — accidents that can result in severe injury, death, substantial property damage, or all of these. It is not uncommon to hear stories about misapplied components that literally "exploded like a bomb," sending shards of metal scattering in all directions.
Correct component selection, application, and installation is serious business. Therefore, engineers, designers, assembly-line personnel, maintenance personnel, and safety personnel must be appropriately trained. Following are a few examples of the cause and effect of component misapplication.
Example 1: pilot-operated check valve
A company that designs and builds drill rigs gave a recently graduated engineer the task of designing the mast assembly for a prototype drilling rig. The design included a pair of cylinders to lift the heavy mast from the horizontal (travel) position, into the vertical (work) position.
The young engineer had received no formal training in fluid power, so he asked for help from the company's local fluid power distributor's sales engineer. Together they designed the valve circuitry and sized the components needed to do the job. Upon completion, the machine was moved into the yard for testing. The test went according to plan, and everything appeared to operate normally. The mast was left in the raised position, and the prototype team left for lunch.
Upon their return, they found the twisted remains of the mast lying on the ground. During an investigation they discovered that the gland had blown out of one of the mast support cylinders, which is why the mast collapsed.
They focused their investigation of the accident on the cylinder rod gland and found that the rod-gland retaining ring had sheared, but they couldn't determine why. They enlisted the help of the cylinder manufacturer's applications engineer to help them with root-cause analysis. In the end, it was determined that the misapplication of a pilot-operated check valve caused the failure.
When the mast was in the raised position, the cylinder rod was fully extended. The oil in the cap end of the cylinder was trapped by the pilot-operated check valve, A in Figure 1. As heat from the sun baked the cylinders, the oil heated up and expanded. (A rule-of-thumb for the temperature/pressure relationship holds that for each 1° F the oil is heated, the pressure increases by about 50 to 60 psi.) However, with nowhere for the oil to go, the expansion increased pressure in the cylinder to create a force high enough to shear the retaining ring. The misapplication of a pilot-operated check valve, in this case, could have resulted in severe injury and/or multiple deaths, had the prototype personnel not left for lunch.
An investigation into the cause of the failure determined that the following conditions contributed to or caused the accident:
• neither the engineer, the salesperson, nor the technician were properly trained to design or work on a hydraulic system,
• the incorrect valve was installed on the machine, and
• although the rig was equipped with mast locks, the locks were not used by the prototype team.
The correct component in this case would have been either a pilot-operated check valve with integral thermal expansion capability, or a counterbalance valve.
Example 2: counterbalance valve and directional control valve
The maintenance and engineering personnel at a sawmill, along with the machine manufacturer, were confounded at the fact that one particular hose on a certain machine had a history of bursting unexpectedly. The hose supplier determined that the problem was caused by a combination of extreme pressure spikes and violent hose whipping. While this problem caused undue production losses, the plant personnel were particularly concerned for the safety of the people who worked on and around the machine. A burst hose could leave them vulnerable to severe burn or skin-penetration injuries.
The saw mill finally asked for help from a fluid power design consultant to help solve the problem. After asking a number of questions, the consultant physically inspected the machine. He also reviewed the design of the system and spent some time comparing the components on the machine with the components on the circuit schematic.
He discovered that the problem was caused by the misapplication of a directional control valve that operated the cylinder to which the problem hose was connected.
The dynamics of the load, cylinder operation, and inertia were considered when the machine was originally designed. To tame the anticipated pressure spikes, a counterbalance valve was installed in series with the transmission line between the cylinder and the directional control valve. The counterbalance valve, if working properly, prevented excessively high pressure spikes by permitting controlled deceleration of a load.
However, the selection of the neutral (center) configuration of the directional control valve plays a critical role in the ability of a counterbalance valve to do its job. Thus, the neutral position of the directional control valve must provide an unrestricted flow path from the discharge port of the counterbalance valve to tank. It must also be capable of connecting the discharge port of the counterbalance valve to the opposite end of the cylinder to prevent cavitation.
In this case, the designer chose a directional control valve with an incorrect spool configuration. He or she chose a spool configuration that simply blocked all the ports in the neutral position, thus preventing the counterbalance valve from doing the job it is designed to do, Figure 2.
The consultant recommended that they replace the closed-center configured directional control valve with a float-center configured valve, and this corrected the problem.
Example 3: mobile directional control valve
An engineer, along with a maintenance mechanic, were given the task of adding an additional implement to an existing machine. To get the implement to work, they had to install a new cylinder and a new directional control valve. They made their first error when they connected the two valves (the existing directional control valve and the new valve) in parallel.
When they started the machine, neither system operated because both valves were open center. They resorted to connecting the two directional control valves in series, Figure 3. This simply meant that they disconnected the tank return (discharge) transmission line from the first valve, and connected it directly to the inlet port of the new valve.
They then connected the existing return line to the tank port of the new valve. When testing the machine, everything appeared to work well.
A few weeks later, the mechanic was summoned to the machine because it had unexpectedly broken down. He arrived on the scene to find that two of the three tie-rod bolts (the bolts that hold the directional control valve sections together) on the first (original) valve were broken. He assumed that the only dynamic that could cause this type of failure was an immense pressure spike. Thus, he wrote it off as an operational problem.
He repaired the valve, and a few days later the same problem occurred. Only this time the operator wasn't so lucky — he suffered burns to his face and hands from the hot oil as it sprayed out of the valve when the tie-rods broke.
The technician contacted the equipment dealer's representative. It did not take him long to figure out the cause of the problem — the valves were connected in-series without power-beyond. Power-beyond essentially splits a valve's internal passages into two: one passage connects the pressure relief valve to the tank port, and the other extends the pump flow to the second valve.
It is common practice to place mobile directional control valves in series. However, it is critical that every valve but the last one has power-beyond capability. Whenever pressure relief valves are connected in series, the pressure settings of the valves compound, Figure 4. The reason for the interval between installing the valve and the respective failure: the operator had to stall both circuits simultaneously for the failure to occur.
Example 4: directional control valve
A component manufacturer was experiencing problems with an automatic production machine. While the hydraulic system was idle (pump running) the piston rod (horizontal mount) on a transfer unit cylinder was creeping out and disrupting the cycle. As a result, the operator had to constantly select the manual override position and reset the machine. This created an unacceptable loss of production time. Maintenance personnel tried everything they could think of to correct the situation, including replacing the cylinder and the directional control valve.
They asked their local fluid power distributor for any suggestions. The distributor's sales technician reviewed the problem and advised them to add a pilot-operated check valve at the cylinder's rod-end port. This suggestion did not solve the problem, and the cylinder continued to creep.
They finally asked for assistance from one of the company's engineers. It turned out that the directional control valve was misapplied. When a pressure-compensated pump is used in conjunction with a single-rod, double-acting cylinder, there are a few items that need to be taken into consideration:
• rod-to-bore ratio,
• whether or not the cylinder rod is under constant load,
• compensation pressure setting, and
• duration of cylinder idle time.
When the pressure at the inlet port of a directional control valve is constant, the oil will leak across the spool, and the pressure will equalize on both sides of the cylinder piston. However, because the areas on both sides of the piston are unequal (due to the rod), the force tending to extend the piston rod is greater that tending to retract it. The net result: the cylinder creeps, Figure 5.
The original directional control valve had a closed center spool configuration — this was incorrect. The problem was rectified by installing a valve with a float-center configuration, along with a pilot-operated check valve.
Although the misapplication of hydraulic components is a frequent and serious problem, there are many engineers who are excellent fluid power system designers who seldom, if ever, make errors when selecting fluid power components. When designing and engineering fluid power systems and machinery, you must avoid experimentation and trial-and error methods. The consequences of component misapplication can lead to severe injury, death, substantial property damage, or all of these.
Misapplication also contributes to the loss of tens of thousands of production and manpower hours and millions of gallons of oil that are wasted each year.
Choose components wisely. If you are not sure, ask. Component manufacturers generally have excellent applications engineers — use them!
Rory McLaren is president, Fluid Power Training Institute, Salt Lake City. For more information, call (801) 908-5456, email [email protected], or visit www.fpti.org.
Caution: Rory McLaren and the Fluid Power Training Institute do everything possible to ensure that the information and drawings contained in these reports are accurate and that the suggested procedures are deemed safe and reliable. However, these are general recommendations only and might not be applicable to all situations. You must have your engineering and service departments read these recommendations and make the necessary changes for your specific conditions.
The Fluid Power Training Institute is not responsible for actions taken by untrained or unauthorized persons. All hydraulic system service, repair, and troubleshooting should be conducted only by trained, authorized personnel.


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Synopsis: Commissioners of the EEOC will visit Los Angeles Calif Thursday Sept 13 2012 to explain and discuss the Americans with Disabilities Act Amendments Act.
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) - A law enacted by U.S. Congress in 1990 signed into law on July 26, 1990, by President George H. W. Bush, and later amended with changes effective January 1, 2009. The ADA is a wide-ranging civil rights law that prohibits, under certain circumstances, discrimination based on disability.
EEOC Commissioners Chai Feldblum, a Democrat, and Victoria A. Lipnic, a Republican, will headline the agency-sponsored training seminar in Los Angeles, as well as Seattle, Boston and Miami. The Washington D.C.-based Commissioners, and other speakers from various organizations, will focus on the crucial subject of reasonable accommodations for employees with disabilities under the ADAAA.
"The ADAAA cross-country tour is an unprecedented undertaking by the EEOC, featuring first-hand instruction by two of the chief decision makers for our federal agency," said Olophius Perry, district director of the EEOC's Los Angeles District Office. "To hear directly from the Commissioners, along with several local experts, is an invaluable resource for those grappling with the law on disability discrimination and reasonable accommodation."
In the morning, the Commissioners will cover the basics of reasonable accommodation - including essential functions and job descriptions - as well as special issues related to leave, modified schedules and telecommuting as reasonable accommodations. Dr. Richard Pimentel, famed disability rights advocate and the subject of the movie "The Music Within," will deliver the keynote luncheon address. Designed to continue the dialog and tackle real-world scenarios, the afternoon panel sessions include:
The ADAAA, signed into law in 2008, amended the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA). The ADAAA made important changes to the definition of the term "disability" and rejected the holdings of several Supreme Court decisions and portions of the EEOC's ADA regulations that adopted a narrow interpretation of "disability." The ADAAA emphasizes that the definition of disability should be construed broadly in favor of coverage. The effect of these changes is to make it easier for an individual seeking protection under the ADA to establish that he or she has a disability within the act's meaning.
The remaining dates and locations of the ADAAA events are:
To register or to get more information regarding the seminar, please visit the EEOC Training Institute website at: https://secure.kinsail.com/results.aspp=eeoc&pt=store&GroupID=23109
The EEOC is responsible for enforcing federal laws against employment discrimination. Further information is available at www.eeoc.gov


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Prosecutors are already dismissing possession cases (under an ounce) because they don't see any point in prosecuting people for something that will be legal next month. This is Seattle specific but here it is anyway. It talks about some of the expected impact and rules around it. Note, this is the official Seattle government website - be sure to watch the video at the bottom. http://spdblotter.seattle.gov/2012/11/09/marijwhatnow-a-guide-to-legal-marijuana-use-in-seattle/
What a great government site! Very straight forward, pun intended.It doesn't say where one is allowed to buy it. Only that you can possess an ounce.
You guys elected someone named Hickenlooper? hehehe No wonder I think half the battle is done already...
I thought it was an interesting conflict of interest for a governor (former brewer) to vote against MJ. Just saying.


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Viktoria Vizin has displayed the elocution and musicianship to lift her very first entrance to the top. While she has devoted a significant portion of her concert schedule to the great works of song literature, and has performed this repertoire to international acclaim, she is perhaps best known for her work with major orchestras and opera companies in the worlds foremost music center's such as Metropolitan Opera NY, London ROH, Wiener StaatsOper, Budapest State Opera House, London's East End among others.
Regarded by many leading critics as an ideal interpreter of the Mezzo Soprano vocal style, Viktoria Vizin is one of the few dramatic mezzo-sopranos to have performed to international acclaim. The scope of the vocal colors elicited by the diverse nature of her repertoire has produced an equally varied perception of her vocal range.
Viktoria Vizin is highly regarded for her ease of creating an atmosphere through melody and texts of many languages, she has established a reputation as an artist of exceptional communicative ability.
Her dedication to the heritage of the art song prompted The London Times John Allison to remark: "Mezzo-Sopranos of star potential include the Hungarian Viktoria Vizin". He also remarked: " Tall, elegant, beautiful and possessed of a rich-toned Mezzo, she is worth watching"


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Windows 8 Unleashed brought to you by Microsoft and GITLA
Girls in Tech Los Angeles
Saturday, January 19, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (PST)
Event Details
WHAT: Girls in Tech LA partners with Microsoft and Uber Geek Girls Jessica DeVita
(Microsoft MVP for LA) to present a class on developing Windows 8 mobile and desktop apps!
At this all-day workshop, Microsoft evangelists will thoroughly train from soup to nuts.
By mid-day you'll be building an app with an all-star team!
Cash prizes to be awarded!!!
Lunch will be provided
WHO: Calling all FEMALE college students and professionals throughout LA - aspiring and experienced
female coders, developers and app-builders! Required: Very basic programming experience.
WHERE: Microsoft Office in Downtown LA
WHEN: Date: Saturday, January 19, 2013
WHY: Girls in Tech LA realizes there is an untapped pool of aspiring female developers and we make it
our goal to provide opportunities for growth, education and exciting challenges.
Why Windows 8?
Windows 8 mobile is going gang busters! Join Microsoft and Girls in Tech LA to learn how to make money with your app and capitalize on the next generation of tablets. We'll even show you how to market your app in the Microsoft app store!
BRING: A laptop (Windows or Mac)
When & Where
Microsoft Offices
333 S Grand Ave # 3300
Los Angeles,
Saturday, January 19, 2013 from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM (PST)
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Created in February of 2007, 'Girls in Tech' (GIT) was founded by Adriana Gascoigne. GIT was born out of a need to provide a place for women to cultivate ideas around their careers and business concepts involving technology.


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Ageing may be inevitable, but the rate at one ages is in one's hands. While it is true that genes may be partially responsible for determining the time at which ageing could start, 'nature' and 'nurture' are the key to slow down the process.
Cells, the most basic body unit, are at the centre of any discussion about ageing. Except for the cells of the heart, nerves, and muscles which cannot reproduce, all other cells have short life spans and are continually replaced by new cells in the body. Over time, cell death outpaces cell production, leaving the body with fewer cells.
As a result, we are less capable of repairing the wear and tear on the body and our immune system is compromised. We become more susceptible to infections and less proficient at seeking out and destroying mutant cells that could cause cancerous tumors.
What causes ageing:
Free radicals are destructive marauders roving the body, ready to pounce on healthy cells. They are produced as part of the millions of chemical reactions the body performs to sustain life. Our body also makes them in response to environmental toxins such as excessive amounts of unprotected sunlight and cigarette smoke. Free radicals oxidize the cells in the body.
As unbalanced, reactive oxygen species (ROS), they sacrifice healthy cells to make themselves more stable. In doing so, free radicals destroy or alter the DNA -- the cell's genetic blueprint -- and disrupt many other cell functions. Free radicals may kill cells as a result of their marauding, or they may give rise to mutant cells that can lead to chronic conditions including cancer and heart disease. Fortunately, the body maintains a sophisticated defense system against free radicals comprising of enzymes like catalase, which destroy the free radicals.
A strong immune system is our body's most important defense against germs and toxins. White cells engulf and destroy potential pests such as bacteria and viruses. And they manufacture antibodies -- the 'soldiers' that patrol the bloodstream, attacking and disarming any substance they don't recognize as the body's own. Problem is, the immune system becomes less efficient with time and fewer antibodies are produced, increasing infection risk.
What's more, the body may turn on itself by producing antibodies that destroy its own tissue. When that happens, autoimmune disease, such as lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, is the result.
One natural ingredient that works wonders in slowing down the ageing process is Egg oil – oil extracted from chicken eggs.
How Egg Oil inhibits the ageing process:
Egg Oil influences the production and sequestering of free radicals. In a scientific study done on human skin cells, it was found that after 24 h Egg Oil-treated cells produced less ROS. Egg oil increases the production of catalase which acts as a scavenger of free radicals or ROS.
Also, Egg oil stimulates breathing of cells. Cells incubated with egg oil overnight showed an increase in oxygen consumption. More oxygen means more energy for the cell.
Studies have shown that Egg oil stimulates re-epithelization. In an experiment, skin cells were grown to confluency and a rim was left free of cells. On incubating with Egg oil for two days, this previously cell-free area was covered by growing cells. Hence, a speeding up of cell growth was observed.
Whenever there is any injury or infection, inflammation ensues. Inflammation is a protective attempt by the organism to remove the injurious stimuli and to initiate the healing process. Redness, heat or fever and swelling are all signals for the white blood cells to gear up for action. The major mediator of inflammatory response is a molecule called interleukin 8 or IL 8. Egg oil has been found to stimulate the release of IL 8.
Where can you get Egg oil:
Among other processes, one way of extracting oil from eggs is a cold process technology that preserves the therapeutic properties of the extract thus making it very suitable for several applications in dermatology and cosmetology. In fact, Egg oil extracted in such a manner is usually free of egg proteins and therefore can be used easily even by people who are allergic to eggs. A Mumbai-based biotechnology research firm VAV Lifesciences has developed the patented technology and the product Oleova is available in the market. Oleova can be directly applied on the skin and its consistent application could slow down the process of ageing.
VAV Life Sciences is a pioneering name in the field of Active Pharmaceuticals Ingredients (APIs), food ingredients and nutritional supplements.


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Hello MarkB,
since it looks like you are the only one left here, I place my problem at the right place but address you personally:
In the IN folder I have today 3035 mail II know I should have that empty at the end of the day an have placed all the mails in the reletive folder, but...)
When I make a search (any kind of search) in that folder, it always stops at mail 2340 and the program gets broken and the only way out is CTRL-ALT-DEL. So I think mail 2340 is corrupt and I would like to delete it. Only - how can I find out which is mail 2340?
I'm almost shure you know some tricky trick to find out.
What I've done is I compressed that folder, but this did not help.
kind regards,
BTW: Are you still walking dogs? What kind of dogs?


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Make Your Memorial Day Red, White, Blue, and HEALTHY!
Memorial Day is particularly special to me this year. My husband is due home around that time from his tour in Afghanistan. His absence gives me a deeper appreciation for those who died for our amazing country and their families that were left behind.
Getting together with family can be hard for military families who move frequently, but we are always good at making our own way and turning friends into family. Nothing brings "family" together like food! In honor of Memorial Day and my husband's anticipated return home, I wanted to encourage you to make your celebration healthy with some festive meal ideas. Get ready to get your red, white, and blue on and get your grill fired up!
Memorial Day Menu Ideas:
- Grilled Lean Ground Beef Sliders on 100% whole wheat buns with caramelized red onions & star cheese
- Fresh grilled corn
- Watermelon Mango Salsa with organic blue tortilla chips
- Star Spangled Pound Cake Bites with Blueberries
- Watermelon or Apple Fries
Watermelon Mango Salsa
2 cups seedless watermelon, chopped into bite size chunks
2 ripe (but not too ripe) mangoes, chopped into bite size chunks
2 Tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
1 small jalapeno, finely diced
1 whole lime, squeezed
Salt to taste
Combine all of the above ingredients. Let marinate for 1 hour. Serve chilled with organic blue tortilla chips.
Star Spangled Pound Cake Bites with Blueberries
1 carton of fresh blueberries
1 16 oz. premade pound cake
Whipping cream
Small cookie cutter in shape of a star
Wash blueberries and set aside. Place whipping cream in mixer and mix until stiff peaks form. Add sugar to taste. Cut pound cake into ½ inch slices and use cookie cutter to cut 2 stars out of 1 slice. Place cakes on platter. With a piping bag, add cream and pipe onto cakes. Top with fresh blueberries. You can also use raspberries.
Guest Post by Betsy Ramirez, MEd, RDN, is a registered dietitian and proud Air Force wife, patiently awaiting her husband's return home from Afghanistan. She is a food and communications consultant in the Washington, D.C. area. You can find her frequently blogging about food, health and nutrition on her website, www.supermarketnutrition.com and for Northeast Pennsylvania Family Magazine. Her main job is wife to a United States Air Force Officer and mom to 2 amazing kids and 1 dog.
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US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke strongly defended the central bank's monetary stimulus before the US Congress on Tuesday, easing financial market worries over a possible early retreat from bond purchases.
Bernanke said Fed policymakers are cognizant of the potential risks of their extraordinary support for the economy, including the possibility that it might fuel unwanted inflation or stoke asset bubbles.
However, in testimony on the central bank's semi-annual report on monetary policy, he said the risks did not seem material at the moment, adding that the bank has all the tools it needs to retreat from its monetary support in a timely fashion.
"We do not see the potential costs of the increased risk-taking in some financial markets as outweighing the benefits of promoting a stronger economic recovery and more rapid job creation," Bernanke told the US Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
The Fed chairman also urged lawmakers to avoid sharp spending cuts set to take effect tomorrow, warning that they could combine with earlier tax increases to create a "significant headwind" for the US' modest economic recovery.
In response to the financial crisis and deep recession of 2007 to 2009, the Fed not only slashed official interest rates effectively to zero, but also bought more than US$2.5 trillion in mortgage and US Treasury debt in an effort to push down long-term interest rates and spur hiring.
The Fed is currently buying US$85 billion in bonds each month and has said it plans to keep purchasing assets until it sees a substantial improvement in the outlook for the labor market.
Bernanke's testimony and stronger-than-expected data on housing and consumer confidence helped settle jitters in US stock markets over the EU's debt crisis, with the Dow Jones industrial average closing up nearly 116 points, or 0.8 percent.
"What Bernanke is saying, bottom line, indicates that there will not be a reversal anytime soon in the stimulus program," Rockwell Global Capital chief market economist Peter Cardillo said in New York.
When asked pointedly by Republican Senator Bob Corker whether the Fed's easy policies were contributing to competitive currency devaluations globally and laying the groundwork for inflation, Bernanke was unequivocal.
"My inflation record is the best of any Federal Reserve chairman in the post-war period," he retorted. "We are not engaged in a currency war."
Democrats seized on Bernanke's remarks to fuel their argument that looming budget cuts could have a dire economic impact, as they sought to gain political advantage over Republicans, who prefer spending cuts over higher taxes.
Committee newcomer Elizabeth Warren, a Democrat, pressed Bernanke on what she said is an implicit subsidy that large banks enjoy in the form of lower borrowing costs from being perceived as too big to fail.
Bernanke replied that the Dodd–Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act had given regulators more power to wind down failing financial institutions, making the issue less of a concern.
"The subsidy is coming because of market expectations that the government would bail out these firms if they fail. Those expectations are incorrect," Bernanke said.
In unusually direct remarks on fiscal policy, Bernanke warned that the spending cuts known as the sequester that are set to take hold later this week would threaten an already challenged economic expansion.


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Curriculum Materials
It is the mission of Mason Library's Curriculum Materials Library (CML) to promote excellence in pre-kindergarten to grade 12 teacher preparations by providing access to high quality resources and instruction in alignment with the mission and vision of Mason Library and Keene State College. The CML exists to collaboratively develop information literate, ethical, and critical thinkers to teach the next generation of students. (draft 2012)
Please contact Elizabeth Dolinger (603-358-2749) or Jennifer Ditkoff for assistance with the collection.
Collection Development Policy
The Curriculum Materials Library (CML) is home to a circulating collection of curriculum and professional development materials for in-service and pre-professional educators. The CML provides pre-kindergarten to grade 12 materials for preview and use in classroom settings for KSC Education faculty and students and teacher preparation programs. Secondarily, the CML makes its collections available to any New Hampshire educator, including those who home-school. The collection is also available to those who purchase an external borrower card, hold borrowing privileges at t Keene Public Library, and via interlibrary loan.
Collection Guidelines
To meet the stated goals, the following types of materials are collected:
- Resources about the teacher preparation field
- Resources about K-12 student learning
- Resources to support teacher professional development
- Resources in support of the College's education programs
Selection Responsibility
Selection of materials for inclusion in the CML is the responsibility of the Curriculum Materials Library staff and the Education faculty. Recommendations are welcome from Mason Library staff, KSC students, New Hampshire Department of Education personnel, and New Hampshire educators. Although some overlap with Mason Library is inevitable, materials for the CML are primarily hands-on materials that teachers can use in the classroom and preview before use in the classroom. They are selected with an eye to the uniqueness of the material; their match to the local K-12 curriculum, and with needs of borrowers in mind. Materials are selected according to the criteria delineated below:
- Specificity of subject and levels of treatment
- Demand
- Strength of present holdings in same or similar subject areas
- Circulation of similar items in the collection
- Suitability of format to content and compatibility with College-owned equipment and equipment available in the majority of New Hampshire public schools
- Price Other criteria:
- The primary format is print; video, software, and two- and three-dimensional materials are secondary
- Microform materials are not collected
- The primary language is English
- K-12 textbooks are normally not purchased; however, vendors are routinely contacted for examination copies
- Lost or stolen materials will be replaced, if available and deemed to be still pertinent, as funds allow
Collection Maintenance
Weeding, or the removal of materials from the collection, is an integral and ongoing aspect of collection management. The CML uses the following criteria for weeding:
- Date of publication
- Whether or not there is a duplicate copy
- Availability of newer or revised editions
- Physical condition of material
- Usage statistics
- Potential future use
The CML subscribes to the Guidelines for Curriculum Materials Centers as put forth by the Association of College and Research Libraries. The CML adopts Mason Library's position on gifts, confidentiality, and theft and mutilation of library materials. The CML also subscribes to the American Library Association's Library Bill of Rights.
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Phone: 603-358-2711
Mason Library
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Far Cry was developed by PC developer Crytek. Crytek made Crysis, and that game is very, very pretty. But Crytek isn't doing Far Cry 2 — Ubisoft is! The photorealism of Crysis must be somewhat intimidating, even for Ubisoft. But the Far Cry 2 developer is going a different direction. Says the game's art director Alex Amancio:
Very early on we knew that we wanted to go a completely different direction. Instead of going for the tropical island and trying to go for hyper realism, we changed the setting. First of all we wanted to have a really, really credible environment, but we didn't want to replicate anybody's vacation photos.
Probably smart. Who wants to play somebody's vacation photos anyway?
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The incredibly talented (and patient) Ben Heckendorn, hacker and modder extraordinaire, has revealed his latest and greatest creation, a built-from-scratch pinball table based on the works and quotes of actor Bill Paxton.
Heckendorn crafted almost everything you see here from raw materials combined with blood, sweat and tears, including the LED display, the body, the art overlays, the backglass - hell, he even programmed the damn thing. Bill Paxton Pinball pulls soundbites from Paxton's storied career, ranging from Titanic to True Lies to other films and TV shows not directed by James Cameron.
My favourite gag? The Big Love-inspired multiball ball locks. Oh, and the constant Hamm's beer references.
To see Bill Paxton Pinball in action or to see how that crazy Ben Heck created his very own pinball machine over the course of five years, head over to the man's official site.
Bill Paxton Pinball [Ben Heck]


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Date: JANUARY 24, 2013
Image: Women in Combat Units.
For women who have already seen combat, it is a decision that is well overdue. But for the skeptics, it is a setback that will damage the military.
The Pentagon's reported decision to lift the ban on women in combat units will take time to put into effect, but many former service members are lauding reports that the Defense Department will make the change soon.
"We have an all-volunteer force, and I think that this opens up a pool of folks who could serve in these positions," said Rep. Tammy Duckworth, an Iraq War veteran who lost both legs and the use of one arm when her helicopter crew was shot down in 2004. "Any time that we've opened up our military to performance-based service ... we've benefited as a military. This is good for the nation."
The new policy will be implemented over the next three years, and some units may apply for exemptions, a senior defense official told CNN.
Duckworth, an Illinois Democrat, said the military should open up every unit to women and see if they can complete the required training.
"If the women can't meet the standards, they don't get to graduate from the program."
U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a Hawaii Democrat who served with her state's National Guard in Iraq, said the move is a "major step that is long overdue."
Interviewed by CNN's Soledad O'Brien, Gabbard said it's a "great recognition ... of all the women who are currently serving overseas, many of them in these combat type situations already."
Gabbard was asked whether the move is merely semantics because front lines are constantly shifting and disappearing in today's world, and women already have been in combat situations.
"I think so," Gabbard said. "When we look at, for example, two women, the first two women who earned Silver Stars since World War II, one was a military police sergeant, another was a medic. And they both were operating on the front lines per se, under fire, under extreme duress, shoulder to shoulder with their male and female counterparts, and exhibiting great courage and heroism and saving the lives of their brothers and sisters."
Julie Weckerlein, who has served more than 13 years in the Air Force and did tours in Iraq and Afghanistan, thinks the change reflects the military catching up with the times.
Some women have already gone on patrols with ground troops, helping to talk with female civilians in Afghanistan. Some submarine crews have added female officers. Women also serve as military police officers.
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Women supporting supply missions have been drawn into battle in Iraq and Afghanistan, where there are no physical front lines.
Now, Weckerlein said, "people will be able to serve in the career fields they are qualified for, and they won't be turned away because of their gender."
Weckerlein went to Iraq in May 2007 as part of then-President George W. Bush's "surge policy" to put more troops on the ground.
"The first death I experienced was a woman, within the first few weeks I was in Iraq," she said.
It was June 25, 2007, and her outpost in Nasir Lafitah came under mortar fire. In the attack, Army Staff Sgt. Trista Moretti of South Plainfield, New Jersey, was killed. Moretti, 27, was assigned to a support battalion.
Days later, Weckerlein came under mortar fire again. This time, her comrade -- a cameraman -- was injured.
Even though her deployment orders said Qatar, she spent weeks in the summer of 2007 shuttling between bases in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Like many women in the military, Weckerlein didn't get the additional combat training because she was in what was considered a support role.
"I really want to stress there was no bitterness. It was a reflection of the times, and I feel like we are now getting with the times," she said. "I see this as a positive thing."
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Not everyone agrees.
Rep. Tom Cotton, an Arkansas Republican, has said he doesn't think women are physically capable of combat duty.
"To have women serving in infantry ... could impair the mission essential task of those units, and that's been proven in study after study," he told radio host Laura Ingraham this month. "It's nature -- upper body strength and physical movements and speed and endurance and so forth."
Jonn Lilyea, one of the founders of the military blog "This Ain't Hell," wrote that he thinks it was an "ill-considered decision."
Lilyea, a former sergeant who fought in Desert Storm, wrote that he is opposed to women in combat units, not because women are a distraction but because he thinks the Army and other services will be required to accept more women than are qualified or can be trained.
"If we're doing this to make the military better, fine, but if we're doing it just to beat our collective chest and show how just we are, then that's how a lot of body bags are going to get filled," he wrote.
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Kayla Williams, author of the memoir "Love My Rifle More Than You: Young and Female in the U.S. Army," said she thought most of the enlisted men would accept women into combat units.
"They will do their jobs, they will be professional, perhaps a few will be disgruntled," she said. "Troops grumble, that's what we do, but many of them have already served along with women."
Williams, who saw combat while with the 101st Airborne, said she thought some branches of the military would ask for exceptions to the policy, and that was hard to argue with.
"Let's take this step and let women keep proving what they have already proved before," she said.
Sgt. 1st Class Stephanie Cazares with the 4th Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, at Fort Bliss, Texas, said it was impossible to know what, if any, changes it would mean for women in the military.
"It's not just put females in combat (specialties) and let's call it a day," she said.
A number of issues, including safety regulations and cohabitation, will need to be addressed, she said.
Army Staff Sgt. Stacey Zinda said that, like Cazares, she wasn't surprised by the news.
Troops have speculated about the issue for a while, but Zinda, who is a career counselor, said she has yet to have a female soldier approach her about joining a combat unit.
Gabbard was asked about a newspaper column that argued there would be times someone would be forced to be naked in front of the opposite sex, and that would be distracting, awkward, uncomfortable and potentially traumatizing. Does the writer have a point?
"I respectfully disagree. I think that in these situations we're talking about highly trained professionals, people who build our strong military because they place the mission first and they're there to fight as a member of a team. All of the other things that differentiate us, make us unique, whether it be gender or race or religion, all of these things fall aside when you're there putting the mission first and selflessly serving as that member of a team," Gabbard said.
"I can tell you from my own firsthand experience as well as the many, many people I've had the honor of serving with, whether in training or in a deployed setting, those things are not what's crossing your mind when you're operating."
Chuck Hagel, President Obama's nominee for defense secretary, didn't comment on the issue. He was asked for his reaction after he left a meeting at the Senate on Wednesday.
"We've got a hearing I'm looking forward to next week," he said, suggesting he may confront the matter then.
What do you think about women in combat?
Article Credit: CNN News
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Read a good book lately?
by Gina
We just opened a box of some wonderful books! Some are new to the store, some are ol' favs. Either way, there's something you're bound to fall for and want on your holiday list. Here's a run-down:
Melody Miller's and Allison Tannery's new book, Ruby Star Wrapping has all sorts of clever decorative ideas for wrapping goodies, making gift giving a whole lot nicer for the recipient and the Earth. We will be participating in a "wrap-a-long" along with a collection of other great folks out there. Here are more details on that. Like what you see? Swing by and pick up a book and wrap-a-long with us! It's getting started this week! The other fun book on the right is The Cuter Book, by Aranzi Aronzo. This is an adorable and terribly amusing little creature book. This would be a perfect book for the younger sewist in your world to either do on their own or with a helping hand.
These two titles we've carried in the past and have really enjoyed them. The Party Dress is a delight for the eyes and imagination. There are stunning designs in it, sure to get your ready for holiday parties! The BurdaStyle Sewing Handbook is choke full of great ideas on alterations. They start with a few select designs of a top, a dress, a coat and a skirt. But, it definitely doesn't end there. There are loads of variations presented from members of the BurdaStyle community.
Want to create your own look entirely? We currently have two titles on pattern making and custom clothing design. Many of you have voiced your desire to learn to draft patterns, your woe of not finding clothing that fits just right, or knowing exactly how to alter a pattern to get it the way you want it. Here's a good place to start. If you're one to learn better in a class check out the class lists at Modern Domestic and Portland Sewing. They both offer great pattern drafting courses.
These final two titles include a variety of projects. A lot of times when customers ask for advice on a good book, part of my suggestion includes the idea that the style of the projects should speak to them so they're motivated to do the projects. Simple Sewing with a French Twist is one of those books for me. I love the romantic, somewhat urban, European style of the designs and the way they're presented. Not all of the projects are sewing ones, for example, one is a button covered chair back. For the novice out there, Simple Sewing in a Straight Line is a great book with a variety of projects, including apparel and accessories. Again, if you find you're one to do better with a class—Modern Domestic has been using this book for some of their beginner oriented courses.
Our shelves are stocked with a slew of titles to help you in whatever way you want—instruction, inspiration, reference. And, when you spend $30 or more on books, you receive 30 Supportland points from us! How fantastic is that?! Happy Sewing!


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A new Bush rises
The state of Texas may get another George Bush on the ballot.
George Prescott Bush, the son of former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush and the nephew of former Texas governor and ex-President George W. Bush, has filed preliminary paperwork to run for office in the Lone Star state in 2014. That leaves the new Bush poised to become a key face in the next generation of Republican politicians.
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Bush, a 36-year-old attorney — who's served in Afghanistan in the U.S. Navy and helped with the GOP's Hispanic outreach in Texas — is both a promising politician on the Texas stage and a young Hispanic voice in a party that is figuring out how to mend its image with the country's growing Latino population.
Last week, Bush's father emailed supporters a fundraising missive, stating that his son is most likely to seek the office of Texas land commissioner in 2014, which is widely seen as a stepping stone to bigger and better things.
Trey Newton, a political strategist for Bush's campaign, said no firm decision has been made on which office Bush ultimately will seek, but that land commissioner is certainly on the list.
"Absolutely, he is looking at the Land Commissioner office," Newton said. "He's drawn to the agency, he's studied the agency and he likes the agency."
Newton named several other possible positions Bush might bid for, depending on which sitting politicians decide to run for reelection, including the offices of lieutenant governor, agriculture commissioner, comptroller and attorney general.
Bush's calculus in choosing a position is based in large part on what other sitting politicians decide to do, Newton explained, saying Bush isn't interested in setting up a GOP primary battle.
"What he doesn't want to do is divide the party and create a bunch of infighting with a primary battle," he said.
Whatever office Bush seeks, national Republican strategists signaled he was a welcome face in a party suffering from a diversity problem in the wake of Mitt Romney's defeat. Romney was blown out of the water by President Barack Obama with Latinos and Republicans have said that he the party must find a way to appeal to Hispanics and broaden its reach beyond its aging, white base.
"George P. was raised in a bicultural home in south Florida — he's not only bilingual, he is bi-cultural and is fully comfortable functioning in that world," said Florida-based GOP strategist Ana Navarro, who ran John McCain's Hispanic outreach in 2008. "His voice is just the kind that we desperately need in the Republican Party right now."
One Texas Republican, who asked not to be identified by name, called Bush's plans to run for office "exciting" for the state's GOP.
"It's exciting that the younger generation wants to get involved in Texas politics," he said. "We need fresh faces and new leaders."


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Kendrick's journey to bigs made possible by dad
MINNEAPOLIS -- Kyle Kendrick has talked or texted with his father after every start since his big league debut in 2007.
It has become part of his routine.
MINNEAPOLIS -- Kyle Kendrick has talked or texted with his father after every start since his big league debut in 2007.
It has become part of his routine.
It is one of the best parts.
"I think the love of the game I have is from my dad," Kendrick said about his father, Maury. "He coached us in Little League all the way up. Growing up, when he was playing, he would always take me to the field. I was just always around the game with him. And he still loves it. He's always loved the game. He grew up around it."
Because the Phillies will be in Colorado on Sunday for Father's Day, they honored Maury Kendrick before their June 2 game against the Brewers at Citizens Bank Park.
"I got the e-mail from the Phillies, and I was in tears, honestly," Maury said. "It was really an honor, nice deal."
Kendrick smiled as that story is retold. Maury had similar reactions when the Phillies selected his son in the seventh round of the 2003 First-Year Player Draft out of Mount Vernon High School in Washington, when his son his made his first big league start and following other memorable moments and milestones along the way. Maury said it has been incredible to watch his son's journey from Draft pick to surprise contributor in 2007 to reliable starter in the Phillies rotation after a few years of struggles.
"Like a lot of people didn't believe that this would happen, I did," Maury said. "It's something about the work ethic going back. He's had a lot of ups and downs, obviously. And he's stayed within himself and worked hard and started development of his secondary pitches. And obviously the changeup is the big one. So, you know, just believing in himself and knowing this would happen. I think Kyle has always known this is where he was going to end up and I think he still has an upside to him. Just because of the work ethic."
Kyle said he could not have gotten there without his father's help. He provided the equipment. He coached. He taught him the game.
"Well, I love baseball," Maury said. "I'm a baseball freak, honestly. It's been my passion all my life. I wanted to be here at one point of my life. To have a son doing it is just as good, if not better. His brothers played. They're all ballplayers. Baseball has been a big, big part of our family and our lives."
Maury played semi-pro ball, but was never drafted.
"I took some bad turns in life when I was in college," he explained. "I shared that with the kids. And Kyle bought into it. Kyle was a poster child for saying no to drugs and alcohol in high school. And he was such a good athlete. Peer pressure never got to him. Kids didn't push him because he was a leader in all the sports. He knew what he wanted to do and he wasn't going to let that get in the way. To his credit, because it's not easy to do that."
Said Kyle: "He didn't want us to make the same mistakes he made. I took that all the way, from high school to Minor League ball to the Majors. He basically said, just stay focused on what you're doing and don't let other things sidetrack you. Don't go down the wrong road."
Kendrick has never had any problems staying out of trouble. He has had no off-the-field issues since he has been in the organization.
He has had to worry only about baseball.
Of course, there have been tough times. The Phillies optioned Kendrick to Triple-A in 2009. Maury helped him through that rough stretch.
"I think that was hard," Maury said. "Big time. I told him to just keep working hard, work on those secondary pitches and he'd be back up there. And sure enough, that happened. I know you guys know this but a lot of guys, when that happens, they're gone. Because of Kyle's mental strength, it's really is there. He's had to battle through a lot of adversity in his career. That was probably the biggest time for him, where you could have gone either way. You could have said, 'Screw it, I got sent to the minors, I'm done.' And a lot of guys do that. But he didn't. He bought into it. He realized he needed some secondary pitches and, thankfully, he did the work. And it's paying off."
Kendrick expressed his appreciation for his father's help along the way.
"I have a great relationship with my dad," Kyle said. "He's not only my dad, he's a good friend of mine, too. He's been great for my brothers, my sister and me. I can't say enough. He's been a good guy to follow in this game."
Todd Zolecki is a reporter for MLB.com.


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"Sheds light on the importance of understanding the pit bull for its admirably loyal nature... A charming portrait of unadulterated pet love."– Kirkus Reviews
Mercadante, a librarian and animal lover, recounts the life lessons she and her family learned after she adopted a pit bull.
Rumer—named after novelist Rumer Godden—was a puppy "the size of a sausage." She was an ordinary dog who nonetheless touched the lives of everyone who knew her. With her sideways glance and mascara eyes, she shattered the myths attached to this unfairly maligned, naturally loving dog breed. Whether carrying out her self-appointed task of corralling the horses, participating in daily visits to nearby family members, riding the No. 8 golf cart, playing hockey with her "uncle" or wearing crazy glasses for Halloween, Rumer demonstrated the keys to a life well lived: guilelessly give and receive and seize the moment. Mercadante follows Rumer from her carefree, funny puppy days through a rebellious adolescence, to her physical peak of adulthood and finally to her heartbreaking but courageous end. She evocatively brings to life not only the boundless, inspiring spirit of a dog who "smells like fresh-cut grass, baked pork, and a hint of unmentionables," but also the beauty of the Southampton, Mass., landscape and the sacredness of a moment. Even more importantly, she sheds light on the importance of understanding the pit bull for its admirably loyal nature—not for its unfortunate stereotype forged by cruel, inhumane owners intent on turning these promising animals into violent attack dogs. Rumer, on the other hand, proved herself to be a joyous, loving and good-natured soul who wholeheartedly embraced life and eagerly became a grounded center for each family member. Also included here is a delightful centerfold featuring photos of Rumer and her family.
A charming portrait of unadulterated pet love.


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So I use to run this illegal bar, a speakeasy, and the specialty of the house was your traditional Vodka or Gin martini -- straight up, a couple of olives or a tiny pickled onion or a sliver of a lemon peel, no frills but a damn, damn good martini and never, ever a frigging apple pomegranate fusion monstrosity.
(H. L. Mencken once said the martini was "the only American invention as perfect as the sonnet," and I'd like to keep it that way. And since I'm on the subject... a martini should be stirred not shaken. Sorry Mr. Bond, but all you are ordering up is some weakass drink, watered down by melting shards of ice. Once and for all, a martini should be stirred, never shaken and served in a painfully cold glass.)
Anyway, the best part of the night was always after hours, around 4 or 4:30 in the morning. At that hour it was always quiet, I was relaxed, the patrons were relaxed, folks just sat around -- the trouble of the day or week was behind them, the stress of trying to get laid had more or less strayed, at least momentarily, though sex springs eternal and with the new dawn you knew at least one fresh scheme would soon ascend, prospectively. The soul, body and mind, conceivably worn to the bone, inevitably found a re-energized oomph in a good drunken conversation over one last martini. I loved the pretension almost as much as I loved that time of the day. And the perfect music to play at that hour was always, always Miles Davis' Kind of Blue.
Well, 50 years ago today, August 17, 1959, Kind of Blue was released on Columbia Records, in both mono and stereo, catalogue number CL-1355. The recording sessions took place earlier in the year in New York City, on March 2 and April 22, and featured soon to be legends all: Miles Davis on trumpet, pianists Bill Evans and Wynton Kelly, and John Coltrane and Cannonball Adderley on saxophones, with drummer Jimmy Cobb and bassist Paul Chambers.
So cool, so beautiful, so perfect, contemplative, sleek and sophisticated. Kind of Blue soars into uncharted space; five decades ago it stretched the boundaries and the very definition of jazz. Davis', along with arranger Gil Evans' modal experimentations abandoned the traditional song concept of chord changes to support a melody in favor of musical scales, re-inventing improvisation and a sound that would dominate the form of jazz for rest of the century. And though exact numbers have never quite been formulated, Kind of Blue has been cited as the best-selling jazz record of all time. On October 7, 2008, it was certified quadruple platinum. But beyond numbers, Kind of Blue is regarded by many critics as the greatest jazz album of all time and Miles Davis's masterpiece.


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Majors and Degrees
INFS6242 - Enterprise Database Systems
Fall 2019
This course focuses on the design, implementation, testing and integration of an IBM DB2 enterprise database with a COBOL DB2 API application. Relational Data Modeling within a business requirement context will be presented. Using a 3270-terminal emulation client, the student will be introduced to SPUFI and QMF to execute SQL batch and static SQL statements. Using DB2I, DCLGEN, ISPF, and SDSF students will code and test COBOL DB2 dynamic SQL interactive applications. The DB2 COBOL application development process, e.g., DB2 Precompile, COBOL load modules, DBRM, packages and plans will be presented. Implementation of cursors, currency, null processing, error handling, basic security and administration will be also presented. Basic SQL DDL commands will be introduced using RDz.
Prerequisite: INFS6130
3 Credits
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