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HANOVER, N.H. - In front of a sellout crowd of more than 4,500
at Thompson Arena Sunday night, the 10th-ranked Dartmouth men's
hockey team knocked off in-state rival and second-ranked New
Hampshire, 4-1, in the second game of the 2012 Ledyard Classic.
The Big Green (8-2-2) will now play UMass on Monday at 7 p.m. for the Ledyard Championship. The Minutemen defeated Bemidji State, 4-3, in a thrilling first game to add a fourth Hockey East team to the Big Green's schedule in five overall contests.
The Beavers play New Hampshire at 4 p.m. in the Consolation Game.
Goaltender Cab Morris stopped a career-high 31 shots, including 15 in the final period to earn his fifth win of the season (5-1-1) and helped his team remain unbeaten at home at 7-0-0.
UNH (11-3-2) won the meeting between the two Granite State teams last season by the same score in Manchester, but was unable to match Dartmouth's intense style for the full 60 minutes of action on this night in Hanover.
Freshmen Nick Bligh and Ryan Bullock got the home team off to a 2-0 lead with a pair of first-period goals. It was the first career tallies for both as each found space from the high slot to sneak low shots past Wildcat goaltender Casey DeSmith, a former teammate of Morris' in juniors.
Bligh found the back of the net with a wrist shot 6:05 into the period, setting off an eruption from the packed house. The fans once again returned to their feet when Bullock's blast from the point redirected in off a defender just over five minutes later, settling in the back of the goal.
UNH responded with an Austin Block goal just 46 seconds into the second period, finishing off a 2-on-1 break after a turnover at the blueline. That would be the lone puck Morris allowed behind him all night, turning in perhaps the best performance of his career.
Block's marker would not go unanswered for long as Tyler Sikura knocked home a rebound on the power play to give the Green a 3-1 advantage and a little breathing room midway through the second.
Sikura's eighth of the season snapped the Wildcats' run of 36 consecutive penalties killed off, a figure Dartmouth is approaching after a 2-for-2 night playing down man. The Big Green have now gone 32 straight penalty kills without allowing a goal, a stretch that dates back to Nov. 2. Dartmouth still ranks as the best PK unit in the nation with a 97.6% success rate (41-42).
Sophomore Brandon McNally put the finishing touch on the night with an empty-net goal with 1:16 left, sealing the 4-1 victory.
New Hampshire had not been to Hanover and Thompson Arena since Dec. 29, 2000 when it fell, 6-3, in the Ledyard Classic's first game.
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HANOVER, N.H. - In front of a sellout crowd of more than 4,500
at Thompson Arena Sunday night, the 10th-ranked Dartmouth men's
hockey team knocked off in-state rival and second-ranked New
Hampshire, 4-1, in the second game of the 2012 Ledyard Classic.


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Nice for the headline writers, all those initials. RFK. IRA. Nice for the right-wing Brits, too, for whom kicking a Kennedy is as sweet as strawberries and cream at Wimbledon. Of course, it wasn't true. Oh, Courtney Kennedy, Bobby and Ethel's daughter, is a Kennedy, all right. But Paul Hill is no IRA man. Never was. Never will be. Paul Hill served 15 years in prison for an Irish Republican Army bombing in which an appeals court ruled he played no part. His crime was being a working-class nationalist from Northern Ireland living in England at the peak of the IRA's bombing campaign there. Courtney Kennedy served her own time. A murdered father, an unhappy youth, a private person in a most public family. When they married in June, on a ship in the Aegean Sea, it caught much of the world by surprise. They were, it seemed, the oddest of couples. She, a member of one of the richest, most powerful Irish-American families, a product of the best schools; he, a high … [Read more...] about Boston to Belfast: A Kennedy love story
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Life After Burt Reynolds / Loni Anderson says he used to beat her
By Ruthe Stein and Chronicle Staff Writer Published 4:00 am PST, Saturday, November 4, 1995 Actress Loni Anderson and actor Burt Reynolds attend the "City Heat" Hollywood Premiere on December 5, 1984 at the Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Actress Loni Anderson and actor Burt Reynolds attend the "City Heat" Hollywood Premiere on December 5, 1984 at the Mann's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood. Photo: Ron Galella, Ltd./WireImage Actress Loni Anderson attends the 23rd Annual Race To Erase MS Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 15, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images for Race To Erase MS) Actress Loni Anderson attends the 23rd Annual Race To Erase MS Gala at The Beverly Hilton Hotel on April 15, 2016 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Angela Weiss/Getty Images for Race To Erase MS) Photo: Angela Weiss, … [Read more...] about Life After Burt Reynolds / Loni Anderson says he used to beat her
Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism Forum 2018 (PHIST)
1. OVERVIEW PHIST is the first of its kind, an innovative event rallying the hotel industry and its stakeholders to discuss environmental sustainability and community benefit. Estimating 500 attendees, the event will be held the afternoon of 24 September 2018, with partners and other stakeholders also organizing affiliate events and meetings in tandem. The day will have a small exhibit hall and offer attendees a mix of short expert panels and quick topical talks, covering areas of destination development, ocean health and impacts, corporate hotel sustainability, community tourism, and global trends on sustainability and masstourism. In addition, longer, technical workshops and roundtables will be held to convene the wider audience of hotel staff. Speakers will be mostly from international organizations and their regional representation from outside Phuket, but all gearing their content on the discussion for Phuket to apply best practice and opportunity. Organised by The Phuket Hotels … [Read more...] about Phuket Hotels for Islands Sustaining Tourism Forum 2018 (PHIST)
Seminar: Tackling the Skills Crisis in Thai Hospitality Industry
FROM Thursday 12 July 2018 03:00 pm TO Thursday 12 July 2018 07:30 pm WHERE Thailand Bangkok Register Here SKÅL INTERNATIONAL BANGKOK (SI BKK) is proud to support this interactive Seminar and Workshop. Colleagues from across the Thai hospitality industry have joined forces with Oxford Brookes University; the Oxford Cultural Collective and the Asean Professional Beverage Academy to deliver a high-impact seminar focused on Tackling the Skills Deficit in Thai Hospitality. The event, which will take place on 12th July 2018 at the Grand Hyatt Erawan, Bangkok, is supported by SI BKK and the British Chamber of Commerce Thailand. Objectives of event: To identify and analyse the nature and impact of the skills gap in the Thai hospitality industry; To explore creative solutions to tackling the skills gap To build a collective network of hospitality and tourism professionals dedicated to enhancing the appeal of employment in the Thai hospitality industry Thailand is recognised … [Read more...] about Seminar: Tackling the Skills Crisis in Thai Hospitality Industry
IT&CMA and CTW Asia-Pacific 2018
FROM Tuesday 18 September 2018 TO Thursday 20 September 2018 WHERE Thailand Bangkok Register Here Incentive Travel & Conventions, Meetings Asia (IT&CMA) and Corporate Travel World (CTW) Asia-Pacific is The World's Only Doublebill Event in MICE and Corporate Travel. Both events have been co-locating since 2004, offering its delegates an unparalleled platform to do business, learn and network. Established in 1993, IT&CMA is at the forefront of fostering MICE growth opportunities for the Asia-Pacific and beyond. Its multi-faceted programme engages regional and international industry suppliers and buyers in the realms of business, education and networking. IT&CMA also features dedicated platforms designed around the interests of valuable MICE niche segments, enabling the event to consistently deliver a delegate profile that is both relevant and dynamic. IT&CMA remains uniquely positioned as the only global event with the largest exhibition showcase of … [Read more...] about IT&CMA and CTW Asia-Pacific 2018
The 1st ASEAN World Heritage Summit 2018
FROM Thursday 02 August 2018 TO Saturday 04 August 2018 WHERE Thailand Sukhothai World heritage site Register Here United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation – UNESCO – has listed more than 1000 historical and natural sites in the world. With 38 sites already listed in Southeast Asia and many more submitted for review, culture, histories and landscapes have been recognised for our unique value for mankind. Learning and sharing how to manage the world heritage sites sustainably among the 10-member states in ASEAN is vital. Sukhothai will be the venue for the 1st summit; this site has been governed by the Designated Areas for Sustainable Tourism Administration (Public organisation), Thailand or known as DASTA. The "built to thrive" journey through a joint effort of all stakeholders has made an integrated and community-based management model recognised as one of its world-class case examples. DASTA will therefore call for action … [Read more...] about The 1st ASEAN World Heritage Summit 2018
Tina's Heart
"I don't want to die!"Tina sobbed in her mother's embrace, a hug as warm as three IV pumps and a chest catheter would allow.You're not going to die, the cardiologist assured her. But an unspoken thought hung in the air – not yet.We'll add another medication, he said, and we'll double the one you're already on. And then we'll wait some more.And pray.Pray that a heart would come for Tina Buck, a donated heart to replace the one that was failing in her 16-year-old chest.Tina had been waiting for three months, imprisoned by the intravenous lines and heart monitor that kept her alive in Room 510 H at Children's Hospital of The King's Daughters. She couldn't leave the heart unit without a nurse at her side. She couldn't leave the hospital at all.And now this, the bad news that the medicines weren't working, that her dying heart was destroying her lungs as well. It was only a matter of time.I want a heart, Tina sobbed. It isn't fair.But fair didn't play into it. It wasn't fair that … [Read more...] about Tina's Heart
Behind the Scenes: Secrets of Travel Writers
Photographers, Bloggers, Journalists, Digital Storytellers…or whatever we're supposed to call ourselves these days…welcome to my behind the scenes section. Now, this behind the scenes series will not scare you over the screen with photos of my good self before I've found my hairbrush or any other distressing images that the world does not deserve to see. No, it will simply be me sharing my toolkit of what I use and how I work in an effort to answer some of your questions and pay back some good karma for all that I've learnt from useful articles on the web. You don't have to be a travel writer/photographer/blogger/digital nomad/storyteller or anything like that. If you travel for work, then there's probably something in this series that will be of use. But if you don't, if you just travel for pleasure and wonder and joy and even if that's no further than the room you find yourself in…then just skip … [Read more...] about Behind the Scenes: Secrets of Travel Writers
Greece Meets Thailand & Vietnam OTB 2018
The number of outbound travellers from Thailand reached 7.74 million Thai tourists which represents an increase of 13.9% from 2015. Within the next three years, total Thai tourists are expected to reach 10 million according to the Tourism Council of Thailand (TCT). Vietnam, is one of the faster developing outbound market in Southeast Asia. According to data from the UNWTO and WTTC, outbound tourism in Vietnam is growing rapidly in the last decade, reaching from 271,000 tourists in 2001 to 1,700,000 in 2011 with an average daily expenditure in 930 USD. According to the statistics of the Vietnam Travel Association, each year about 5 million Vietnamese travel overseas, spending about $6 billion. Vietravel, one of the biggest tour operators in Vietnam reported that the number of local tourists buying overseas tours in 2015 rose by 145% from 2014 (source: vietnamnet.vn). Don't miss the opportunity to meet with the most important outbound travel agents, tour operators, OTAs, and MICE … [Read more...] about Greece Meets Thailand & Vietnam OTB 2018
9th PATAcademy-HCD: How to scale your business exponentially
FROM Wednesday 06 December 2017 02:00 am TO Friday 08 December 2017 02:00 am WHERE Thailand Bangkok The 9th PATAcademy-HCD, under the theme 'Growth Hacking - How to Scale Your Business Exponentially', takes place at the Pacific Asia Travel Association (PATA) Engagement Hub in Bangkok, Thailand on December 6-8.Ben Salt, co-founder - UpThink, Hong Kong SAR; Dave Rumsey, CEO - ASAP+, China; Jesse Desjardins, former global Head of Content and Social - Tourism Australia, and Sonal Patel, Managing Director and VP - AppNexus APAC, Singapore."Hollywood of the past of Thailand" and the hidden gems in Bang Lamphu, organised by HiveSters. Field visits in and around Bangkok are key to the immersive training experience. Guided by local experts, participants will experience the local neighbourhood of Bang Lamphu while immersing themselves in the unique culture and heritage of the community by partaking in a variety of activities.SpeakersThe Fundamentals of Growth Hacking'Ben … [Read more...] about 9th PATAcademy-HCD: How to scale your business exponentially
Night In A Whole New Light
It's not that I'm afraid of the nighttime, mind you. It's just that, like most humans, I'm not designed for nocturnal endeavors. Case in point: about five years ago my husband, Mike, and I planned to scare ourselves silly by spending Halloween night in rarely visited Haunted Canyon, deep within Arizona's Superstition Wilderness. We got caught in rush hour traffic, took more than a few wrong turns, and arrived at the trailhead with darkness descending. Determined to sleep in the eerily named chasm, we pulled out our flashlights and started hiking, the feeble columns of light barely illuminating the prickly pear and perilous drop-offs. As I listened to gravel tumbling into places I couldn't see, I became frighteningly aware of my limited sensory capabilities. Eventually we wandered onto a cattle path and then lost the trail completely. Branches grabbed at my pack and face, thorny bushes clawed my legs, and I felt clumsy and embarrassingly spooked. We finally set up camp amid a sea of cow … [Read more...] about Night In A Whole New Light
Praise For Porcupines
Fifty miles into a two-week backpacking trip in Alberta's Jasper National Park, my friends and I were beginning to take wildlife encounters almost for granted. We'd caught rainbow trout, seen elk bound across the trail, spooked a mother ptarmigan and her chicks, and watched a family of woodland caribou meander toward camp before scattering for the opposite bank of the river. But nothing prepared us for the preternatural mewing that shocked us awake one night. Several sniffling, shuffling beasts were brushing against our tents. Our minds raced frantically to identify the strange, almost plaintive whimpers, while our hearts pounded out a primeval guess: grizzly cubs learning how to extract food from a quivering tent, with mom probably somewhere nearby. We were terrified. Steve, a military type scared only of cluster bombs and germ warfare, stopped breathing. James, a camping veteran whose only fear is premature hair loss, croaked out an impromptu prayer. I nearly wet my sleeping bag. … [Read more...] about Praise For Porcupines
Game Trails: Nature's Trail Crews
The trail was narrow and gnarly, weaving its merry way along the top of a cliff. It flirted with 50 to 100 feet of free fall, just inches to one side of our overloaded, backpack-hefting bodies. I cursed the trail's makers under my breath. "How did they get across here?" I wondered aloud between gasps. And what possessed them to try? My backpacking buddy Mike and I had been following a series of trails for several hours, alternately blessing and cursing the sure-footed creators of this teetering high-alpine pathway. Were we the victims of a trail crew run amok? On the contrary, this trail was a gift created by the split hooves of countless mountain goats seeking the same secluded meadow. For us, the lush expanse at the toe of a giant ice field was a dream campsite come true. For the mountain goats, it was a high-mountain smorgasbord. Following game trails can be everything from simply convenient to exhilarating to downright frustrating. But they're definitely worth considering under … [Read more...] about Game Trails: Nature's Trail Crews
Canada's Lewis and Clark: Alexander Mackenzie
Curtains of pellet snow filter through the pines as a spring squall rolls gently across British Columbia's Coast Range. Darryl Czuchra and I climb slowly up the relentless switchbacks toward Hump Lake, working our way over snowdrifts and timber deadfalls. As the snow deepens with altitude, trail markers and axe blazes disappear beneath the white. In the Bella Coola Valley 4,000 feet below us, flowers are blooming and grizzlies are foraging for fresh spring grasses, but here on the Interior Plateau, winter still reigns supreme. In lieu of a visible trail, we follow a line of fresh wolf tracks through the primal forests, tiptoeing over the barely frozen crust. Fortunately, this lone wolf seems to know the route, so we continue on, all the while climbing toward the alpine region of Tweedsmuir Provincial Park along the Alexander Mackenzie Heritage Trail. Considering the history that led to this trail's designation, it's entirely appropriate that we're following the tracks of another. … [Read more...] about Canada's Lewis and Clark: Alexander Mackenzie
Facing Grizzly Bear Fears
Hiking in grizzly territory requires preparation, respect, and a clear head. A little luck doesn't hurt, either. by Jeff Rennicke There are still some wild places where you share the land with a free-ranging creature capable of bringing down an elk or crushing the skull of a moose with a single blow. Just knowing this can either bring the landscape alive or leave you quaking in fear. At the very least, it should inspire you to take a few precautions to avoid a chance run-in. Still, when confronted by the clear and present danger of a grizzly bear, some people insist on pushing their luck, imperiling themselves and the bear. A case in point: At 5 p.m. on April 25, 1987, aspiring wildlife photographer Charles Gibbs, 40, and his wife, Glenda, were nearing the end of a dayhike in Glacier National Park, Montana. On a slope of Elk Mountain, they spotted a female grizzly with three cubs. Gibbs set off to photograph the bears while Glenda continued on to the car. It was the last time he … [Read more...] about Facing Grizzly Bear Fears
Big Bad Wolves?
The wolf was 20 yards away and closing in, but the man behind the camera tripod didn't seem worried. As a seasonal ranger in Alaska's Denali National Park for more than 14 years, Rick McIntyre has seen his share of wolves-more than 500 sightings at last count, and many of those at close range. "I've never had any feelings of danger or concern for my personal safety when in the company of wolves," says McIntyre, author of A Society of Wolves. "In a place like Denali where they aren't hunted or harassed, wolves see humans as neutral objects, not as potential prey or as enemies. Most often if I just stand there not doing anything unusual, they simply move on their way with bored expressions on their faces." That's exactly what this wolf did, not even looking back at the sound of the camera clicking. Was McIntyre courting disaster, playing some wilderness version of "chicken," or does he know something most of us don't? Listen to other experts: "There is no basis for the belief that … [Read more...] about Big Bad Wolves?
Bear Bagging Your Food
The conventional method: To hang your food up and away from bears and small, hungry critters, locate two trees about 20 feet apart. Throw a weighted end of rope (50 to 100 feet long, at least 1/8-inch or thicker nylon) over a limb that's at least 17 feet off the ground. Tie the rope to the tree. Toss the other end of rope over an equally high branch of a second tree, and attach your food bag to the rope's midpoint. Hoist the bag and tie the rope to the base of the second tree. Make sure the bag is at least 12 feet off the ground. The counterbalance method: If there's only one suitable tree in the area, locate a branch that's at least 20 feet up, sticks out at least 10 feet from the trunk, and is about an inch or 2 in diameter (strong enough to hold the food bag but too thin to support a bear). Toss the weighted end of the rope over the limb. You'll need two stuffsacks of equal weight for the food, ideally less than 10 pounds each. Tie a retrieval loop and the first sack to one end … [Read more...] about Bear Bagging Your Food
Tennessee's Arches
Big South Fork, TN With two massive, natural stone arches vaulting above me, a thought popped into my head: "This is Utah...with trees." In fact, the towering arches, homey rock houses (shallow caves), and soaring overlooks you'll find in Big South Fork National River and Recreation Area make it the crown jewel of the Cumberland Plateau and a great unsung hiking treasure. The centerpiece is a dramatic river gorge with classic whitewater runs and alluring side canyons. With more than 200 miles of trail across 106,000 acres, your hiking options are almost endless. One excellent trip is a 42-mile loop beginning at the Bandy Creek Campground. The route heads east and circles the Grand Gap Loop, where you'll find a string of crowning overlooks high above the Big South Fork. If you continue to hug the gorge's lip on the John Muir Trail before turning west to Charit Creek, you'll find a backcountry lodge with cabins and meals for hikers (reservations required). Return to Bandy Creek via … [Read more...] about Tennessee's Arches
Mountain Lions: Return Of The Ghost Cat
The sound was difficult to describe-a growl, a rumble, like pieces of gravel grating together-but it was nearby, out there, in the dark. Just once and then nothing. In the morning my suspicions were confirmed when I found the large, rounded, cat-like tracks. Mountain lion. That is the way mountain lions have traveled through much of recorded history: elusive, mysterious, appearing briefly somewhere out in the deepest wilderness and leaving behind only a track, a pile of deer bones bleaching in the sun, or a glimpse of fur in the brush. The mountain lion, or Felis concolor, "the cat of one color," is the least-known large mammal on the continent. Even in this age of radiotelemetry and computerized satellite mapping, some experts will not even hazard a guess on how many mountain lions inhabit North America. It's truly, as some people have called it, "the ghost cat." Or at least it was until recently. Montana, which had no confirmed attacks by mountain lions in its entire history … [Read more...] about Mountain Lions: Return Of The Ghost Cat


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The fruit knife of Nuovo Milano series is available in two versions, the empty handle and in monoblock, meaning that it is made from a single block of stainless steel. The monoblock knife is dedicated to those who prefer to handle cutleries with a certain firmness and weightiness.
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Born in Innsbruck in 1917, he is known the world over as one of the initiators of the revolution in architecture and design which led away from the rigid functionalism of the years prior to and following the Second World War. A great and influential Maestro of Italian design, the energy of his language and the vitality of his colour and line contrast sharply with any intellectualism and rigidity. He dies in December 2007.


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No smoking in spectator areas at public sports grounds.
Section 6A of the Smoke-free Environment Act 2000 makes a number of outdoor public places smoke-free.
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Brad Stone, the journalist whose detailed account of Amazon's rise received a withering, one-star review from Jeff Bezos' wife MacKenzie Bezos yesterday, has responded by promising to correct any factual errors but also defending his reporting and the accuracy of the major revelations in his book.
And now a top Amazon communications exec is disputing Stone's response.
Yes, this is officially a public spat — highly unusual for a company that normally does its best to keep to itself. The back-and-forth suggests that the book's account of Bezos and Amazon's hard-driving culture has gotten plenty of attention inside the company, and perhaps touched a nerve.
In his response, published this morning by Bloomberg Businessweek, Stone called the review by MacKenzie Bezos "well written, entertaining, and perceptive about the challenges of doing a biography of a person and a company without their complete co-operation."
Stone acknowledged that he focused on the big moments of "tension" in the company's evolution. He wrote …
No matter how hard we strive for objectivity, writers are biased toward tension—those moments in which character is forged and revealed. I set out to tell the incredible story of how Amazon grew from three people in a garage to a company that employs 100,000 people around the world. It wasn't an easy journey for the company, and for many Amazon employees, it wasn't always enjoyable. It's precisely that tension—between sacrifice and success—that makes Amazon and Bezos so compelling. Like any company, there were countless moments of dull harmony, and who knows how many hours of unremarkable meetings along the way. You could argue that many of those define Bezos and the company more than the strategic risks and moments of friction. MacKenzie Bezos does. I happen to disagree.
Stone also notes, "Bezos said that he married MacKenzie after searching for someone tenacious enough to break him out of a Third World prison. By that standard, I got off easy."
Amazon's VP of global communications, Craig Berman, focused on that sentence in his statement responding to Stone's post. Here is Berman's statement in full.
In the rebuttal Mr. Stone published in Bloomberg Businessweek today, he writes:
"Bezos said that he married MacKenzie after searching for someone tenacious enough to break him out of a Third World prison. By that standard, I got off easy."
Entertaining, and inaccurate.
Mr. Bezos says "resourceful" – not "tenacious." Mr. Stone knows that. He also knows that the correct word doesn't work quite as well for his purpose. "Resourceful" and "tenacious" mean different things. They also have subtle connotations. You might or might not like a tenacious person. It's easy to imagine someone tenacious that you find a little exhausting and unpleasant. On the other hand, resourceful is hard to dislike. But no matter how well the word choice works for his purpose, it is not Mr. Stone's choice to make. By beginning with "Bezos said," he obligates himself to get it right.
It is ironic that he has done this in a rebuttal to a one-star review that comments on the combination of inaccuracy and slanted characterization in his book.
In her review, MacKenzie Bezos cites the example of Bezos taking inspiration from the novel "Remains of the Day." Stone reports in the book that this happened when Jeff Bezos was coming up with the idea, shaping his decision to start the company, but MacKenzie Bezos says in her review that he actually didn't read the book until after starting the company.
"If this were an isolated example, it might not matter, but it's not," she writes. "Everywhere I can fact check from personal knowledge, I find way too many inaccuracies, and unfortunately that casts doubt over every episode in the book."
In another review, former Amazon executive Rick Dalzell has taken issue with Stone's quote of Dalzell calling Bezos' legendary laugh "disarming and punishing." Dalzell writes in the review, "Nothing could be farther from the truth. In actuality, Jeff's laugh is spontaneous, sincere, warm and endearing. It diffuses stressful situations. Clearly, Brad misunderstood me."
Bezos met with Stone about the book and gave the go-ahead for Stone to talk with key people who were part of the Amazon story. However, Bezos declined to be interviewed for the book, saying he believed it was still too early in the company's evolution to try to tell a full story, according to Stone's account of the meeting. Stone ended up interviewing more than 300 people who have been involved with the company, including current and past executives and employees.
For better or worse, Amazon's decision to go public with its complaints this week has given a new round of publicity to the book. "The Everything Store" is currently ranked #210 among best-sellers in the Kindle Store, with MacKenzie Bezos' review having been voted by customers as the most helpful.


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Autumn 2019 sees the release of two new limited editions prints and four new original paintings, fantastic additions to Paul's range.
(Paul discusses his Spring Limited Edition releases 2019):
Although Paul has been painting his entire life, it was not until late 1997 that he finally became a professional artist and his focus became purely on art. The following year he staged a retrospective exhibition called 'All In A Life's Work' and this featured hand selected paintings he felt represented his artistic journey up until that point.
His painting 'Passengers' was of special significance, as it was the first time he had combined one of his characters within a street scene backdrop and marked a turning point in Horton's art. Ultimately all his paintings from then on was based on what he saw as 'street life,' either people's current daily lives or reflecting on Britain's past industrial age. (Incidentally, many published British artists like to look to the past within their limited editions prints: Alexander Millar, Leigh Lambert & Mackenzie Thorpe spring to mind)
The 'working man' character that appears in many of his industrial limited editions does reflect a bygone era but he says could equally be any town or city today.
(Paul introduces his limited edition print: 'Beyond The Darkest Hour' 2019):
Having lived his informative years in Birmingham (UK) in the 1960s & 70s, this gave Horton rich memories to draw on that he feels both defines him as a person and gave him a robust work ethic. As many of you know when Paul goes on tours to galleries, his number of appearance is larger than any of his contemporaries!
Paul Horton's iconic 'Homes & Hearts' tour from 2002 was memorable for him as it effectively launched him to UK Galleries and customers. He absolutely loved meeting the public and continues to draw huge artistic inspiration from such gallery appearances.
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This is our first presidential election without cable TV, and we love it. I think the absence of talking heads has helped us keep a better grip on reality. So here are some reminders in case you feel you're losing yours:
1. That picture with the politically-charged caption that you're sharing on Facebook isn't going to change hearts and minds.
2. Canada has universal healthcare, and it's cold...and it's tired of you threatening to move there if your candidate loses.
3. Pretty much everywhere else you threaten to move also has universal health care, which should tell you something.
4. Sending death threats to Viacom won't bring them back.
5. Hitler is not running.
6. No, repealing the Bush-era tax cuts is not the same as invading Poland.
7. Guantanamo Bay is still open.
8. If you can tell when David Gergen is having a bad hair day, it's time to turn off CNN.
9. Being a Christian has a lot more to do with how you live every day than how you vote every four years.
10. Don't believe the people who tell you to fear. They are trying to control you.
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Feature spotlights
Application Encryption
Application Encryption, you can encrypt specific files or columns in databases, big data nodes, and platform-as-a-service (PaaS) environments. The application encryption solution features a set of documented, standards-based APIs that can be used to perform cryptographic and key management operations. Application Encryption eliminates the time, complexity, and risk of developing and implementing an in-house encryption and key management solution.
Centralized Key and Policy Management
IBM Guardium for Application Encryption helps organizations establish centralized control of application-layer encryption and file system encryption. With this solution, all policy and key management is done through the Data Security Manager. Consequently, the solution simplifies the data security operations environment, reducing the number of management consoles that administrators have to learn and maintain.
Flexible Implementation Options
Enables developers to use NIST standard solutions for both Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) and format preserving encryption (FPE), which helps organizations implement encryption without changing the database schema. IBM Guardium for Application Encryption features a library that implements a subset of the PKCS#11 APIs.
Scalable Batch Data Transformation Utility
Customers can also take advantage of the Batch Data Transformation Utility as part of IBM Guardium for Applicatoin Encryption. Batch Data Transformation helps organizations encrypt large data sets without lengthy maintenance windows and downtime—and without changing applications, networking configurations, or storage architectures.
How customers use it
Technical details
Software requirements
Guardium for Application Encryption requires a virtual data security module (DSM) virtual appliance depolyed on a VMWare hypervisor (ESXi Server 5.5 or higher).
The DSM virtual appliance may require additional resources based on the number of agents that are being managed.
There are no specific system requirements as the SDK runs as a shared library as part of the customer's application.
- DSM Number of CPU Cores: 2 (min) and 6 (recommended)
- DSM RAM: 4-16 GB minimum
- DSM Hard Disk space: 100-200 GB
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I've seen many photos of airplanes and nature in my life, but very few photographers get close to Tom Dean's ability to capture any kind of flying bird. The action, the right mix of motion blur and crispy detail, and the sheer awesomeness of them all are simply stunning. Feast your eyes, my friends.
Tom Dean is a 31-year-old self-taught photographer from the North West of England. His main interests are wildlife and low-level military aircraft flight in Wales.
You can follow him on his site, 500px, Twitter and Flickr.
This is part of a series in which we are featuring futuristic, alien-looking or just plain awesome images of landscapes, cityscapes, and objects. If you are a photographer with such work, please drop me a line here.


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Switches with Integrated Voice Features Speed New VoIP Installations
Small business switches with auto-deployment features remove the complexity of rolling out IP-based voice systems
If you've decided to upgrade your legacy phone system to a Voice-over-IP (VoIP) solution, you want to make sure that installation is as smooth and trouble-free as possible. A good place to start is with your network switch. As the traffic controller of your network, the switch connects different devices and allows them to communicate with each other. To make rolling out IP-based voice easier, you can choose a managed or smart switch with integrated automatic deployment features and built-in configuration tools.
Several of Cisco's small business switches are designed to simplify VoIP deployments as well as make day-to-day network operations easier. The Cisco 200 Series Smart Switches, the Cisco Small Business 300 Series Managed Switches, and the new Cisco 500 Series Stackable Managed Switches include auto-deployment features that remove most of the complexity of installing voice equipment. Each of these small business switches include four integrated, easy-to-use configuration and management tools and integrated features: Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) and Link-Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP), Auto SmartPorts, Voice Services Discovery Protocol (VSDP), and Cisco Configuration Assistant (CCA) Used together, these tools can result in zero-touch deployments of voice equipment.
Cisco Discovery Protocol and Link-Layer Discovery Protocol
Cisco Discovery Protocol (CDP) is a proprietary protocol that runs on most Cisco networking devices, including the switches mentioned above. It automatically detects all of the Cisco devices on your network and automatically configures them for the correct connectivity for each device. The switches also include Link-Layer Discovery Protocol (LLDP) to discover non-Cisco devices.
In addition, these protocols tell the switch to use the appropriate voice VLAN and the correct Quality of Service (QoS) parameters. CDP is also used by the switch to instruct connected devices which QoS and Voice VLAN parameters to use.
Auto SmartPorts
Auto SmartPorts is another easy-to-use function integrated into the switches that helps speed up installing voice systems, and it works in conjunction with CDP to enable zero-touch voice system deployments. Once the switch detects the connected device using CDP or LLDP, Auto Smartports automatically kicks in to configure that port with the optimal parameters for that device. Auto Smartports configures the switch ports with optimal levels of QoS for voice as well as security and availability, according to the type of device you're connecting to the switch. SmartPorts makes these decisions based on Cisco best practices and pretested configurations.
Voice Services Discovery Protocol
Using a combination of CDP, LLDP-MED (Media Endpoint Discovery), Auto Smartports, and Voice Services Discovery Protocol (VSDP), a patent-pending Cisco protocol, small businesses can deploy an end-to-end voice network dynamically. The switches in the network automatically converge around a single voice VLAN and QoS parameters and then propagate them out to the phones on the ports where they are discovered. For example, automated voice VLAN capabilities let you plug any IP phone (including third-party phones) into your IP telephony network and receive an immediate dial tone. And the switch automatically configures the device with the right VLAN and QoS parameters to prioritize voice traffic.
Cisco Configuration Assistant (CCA)
The Cisco Configuration Assistant (CCA) simplifies the job of configuring, deploying, and administering Cisco small business network solutions, including the switches mentioned previously as well as IP-based voice solutions. CCA has a simple GUI that's used to discover and configure key voice devices, including the Cisco Unified Communications 500 Series for Small Business IP-based voice solution and certain Cisco IP phones, including the Unified IP Phones 7900 series and 6900 Series. CCA can also interact with voice applications through its dashboard. After the voice network is deployed, CCA can be used to troubleshoot the voice devices and monitor their real-time status.
After the installation
Once you plug in the voice solution and IP phones, you still need to monitor and maintain the system. These three families of switches also ship with a tool useful for troubleshooting all your network devices. The Cisco FindIT Network Discovery Utility works through a simple toolbar on your web browser to discover your Cisco devices and display their basic information, like device status and IP address.
The integrated configuration and management tools of the Cisco 200, 300, and 500 Series of switches simplify the deployment of VoIP on your network. Even users without IT expertise can configure the switch and other voice components in just a few minutes. They also cut down on the time you need to spend managing your voice network after it's installed.
Even though these configuration and management tools are intuitive, many small business owners don't have the time to also take on network management. A local certified Cisco reseller can help you install and manage a VoIP phone system if it's more than you want to take on. Rolling out IP-based voice can be complicated, especially for a small business with little in-house IT support, but it doesn't have to be.
When do you plan to roll out VoIP on your network?
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It is one thing for the Clippers to embrace the high expectations that come with being considered one of the elite teams in the NBA.
It is quite another for the Clippers to live up to the hype of being among the top teams in the Western Conference, such as Oklahoma City and San Antonio.
So the goal for the Clippers will be to deliver on all the promise during the 82-game season.
"I've always said that I would rather be with a group that has high expectations than be with a group that doesn't," said new Clippers Coach Doc Rivers, one of the main reasons the team is viewed so highly by the NBA establishment.
"So, are we ready to embrace that? I don't know yet. That's what we're going to go on this journey and find out. But I think we are."
That journey for the Clippers will start when training camp opens Tuesday at UC San Diego.
The talent-rich Clippers gathered Monday for media day at their practice facility, hungry for an NBA championship and hungry to put behind the disappointment of a first-round playoff loss last season.
"For us, it's going to be all about the process," said point guard Chris Paul. "We can't control what people say or the hype or the expectations or the good things people say or the bad things that people say."
It's what people see in the Clippers that has so many singing their praises.
The first thing was the Clippers' luring Rivers from the Boston Celtics and making him their coach and senior vice president of basketball operations.
Then the Clippers re-signed Paul to a five-year, $107.3-million extension over the summer.
Forward Blake Griffin starts the first year of his five-year, $95-million extension.
There is even this hope that center DeAndre Jordan, who has two years and $22.4 million left on his four-year deal, finally will blossom under Rivers.
They acquired shooters J.J. Redick and Jared Dudley in a three-team trade.
The Clippers fortified their bench by keeping Jamal Crawford and Willie Green, re-signing Matt Barnes and Ryan Hollins, signing Antawn Jamison, Byron Mullens and Darren Collison, and drafting Reggie Bullock out of North Carolina.
"We have made some strides as a program, but we don't have any championships," Griffin said. "That's the goal. That's the bottom line. We haven't really accomplished anything yet. Our whole goal is to accomplish that.
"So the expectations, we put those on ourselves as well and that's the way it should be. We don't feel like we've arrived or put ourselves into that category until we win a championship."
Paul has another role to deal with this year; he was named president of the National Basketball Players' Assn. over the summer.
"It's going to take all of us players to really get the union back to where we'd like it at," Paul said. "…We just want to try to continue to grow the game and make it as big and even bigger than it is right now."
It wasn't as if the Clippers had a bad 2012-13 season.
They won the franchise's first Pacific Division title, had a franchise-best 56-26 record and a franchise-best 17-game winning streak.
It was just that they lost that first-round playoff series to Memphis, 4-2, after winning the first two games.
That led to Vinny Del Negro being let go as coach and to Rivers bringing his championship moxie — he led the Celtics to the 2008 NBA championship and lost to the Lakers in the 2010 Finals — to the Clippers.
Now, Rivers said he likes the idea of the Clippers being in the conversation as a title contender.
"It's realistic for some and hopefully we're in that some," Rivers said. "And I believe that."
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Golden syrup chocolate cupcakes
These cupcakes have an amazing consistency all-over: the cupcake is moist and rich, and the icing is delicious, smooth and creamy. I used the swiss-meringue buttercream for the icing, and it was a hit! :-)
Easy: 4 steps, about 1 hour
April 04, 2016 by Paul
German Zimtsterne (cinnamon almond cookies)
I always wanted to make these, and finally got the guts — oh boy, I wasn't really prepared for the amount of nitty-gritty with making these. I started with original German recipe that called for 500g of almonds, but that ended up being 2 full baking sheets and lots of sneaky snacking between steps ;-) But the result is good, and these cookies are worth the effort.
Easy: 4 steps, 37 minutes
December 17, 2015 by Paul


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Obama May Back Down From CISPA Veto
The House of Representatives is expected to begin debate on a controversial piece of cyber-security legislation today. The White House has weighed in, promising to veto the bill in its current form, but there are plenty who doubt that will happen.
Introduced by Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) and Dutch Ruppersberger (D-Md.) in November, the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) defines a new framework that would allow companies and governments to share information collected online with one another in order to fight cyber-attacks. As PCMag reported earlier, The White House Office of Management and Budget criticized CISPA for departing "from longstanding efforts to treat the Internet and cyberspace as civilian spheres."
Many privacy watchers, including the American Civil Liberties Union, Electronic Frontier Foundation, and Center for Democracy and Technology, said the the broad language used in the CISPA could threaten people's privacy in unacceptable ways.
Despite vehement opposition by privacy groups, several members of Congress, and various tech luminaries, CISPA is expected to be passed by the House of Representatives by the end of the day Friday.
"The Obama administration opposes CISPA," Alec Ross, the senior innovation advisor to the Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, told The Guardian. Even though the president has called for comprehensive cyber-security legislation, the legislation needs "to come with necessary protections for individuals," Ross said.
Even though Ross stopped short of saying the president would veto the bill, the OMB did not hesitate. "Senior advisors would recommend that he [Obama] veto the bill," the OMB said in its statement.
Many observers were skeptical over the possibility of a presidential veto.
"Obama threatened to veto NDAA, too. How'd that turn out?" Kendall Clark, CEO of startup Clark Stardog.com, wrote on Twitter.
NDAA, or the National Defense Authorization Act, was passed by Congress late last year. Opponents criticized the bill for its provisions that would allow the government to indefinitely detain American citizens. In November, the White House said the bill spawned "serious and unsettled legal questions and would be inconsistent with the fundamental American principle that our military does not patrol our streets."
The White House statement claimed the President's senior advisers would recommend a veto (the language sound familiar to anyone?) if the House passed NDAA. Instead, Obama signed NDAA into law less than two months later.
"Dear Obama: Your rhetoric on NDAA, Gitmo & Wall Street proved empty & false. We'll believe a #CISPA veto when we see it. Love, the Internet," wrote @YourAnonNews on Twitter.


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Dr. Patrick Taylor is President/CEO of Holy Cross Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, a full-service, non-profit Catholic hospital that is sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy and a member of Catholic Health East. Since opening its doors in 1955, the 559-bed hospital has offered progressive services and programs to meet the evolving healthcare needs of Broward County. Today, Holy Cross has more than 600 physicians on staff representing more than 40 specialties and more than 3,000 employees.
Holy Cross Hospital's sixth top executive since its founding, Dr. Taylor joined Holy Cross Hospital in 1988 as an Emergency Physician, quickly advancing to Medical Director of the Emergency Department in 1990. He subsequently coterminously served as Executive Director of Medical Affairs for the Holy Cross Medical Group (HCMG), a multi-specialty physician employed group now providing services throughout Broward and Palm Beach counties. While serving in these capacities, Dr. Taylor pursued formal business training/education and received an MBA. He was promoted to the role of Vice President of HCMG in May of 1999 and implemented a financial turnaround strategy for HCMG. He advanced to Senior Vice President in July of 2002, Chief Operating Officer in September of 2006 and his current position in May 2010. He is a highly respected leader and has directed strategic, quality and financial turnarounds of hospital and physician practice operations.
Dr. Taylor received his undergraduate degree from the University of Notre Dame; Doctor of Medicine degree from Duke University and completed his Emergency Medicine Residency at Georgetown/George Washington/University of Maryland combined program. He subsequently completed an Executive MBA at Florida Atlantic University while actively practicing at Holy Cross Hospital.
Dr. Taylor serves as Chair of the Board of Directors of Broward Partnership for the Homeless, Vice-Chair for the Board of Directors of Jack and Jill Children's Center, member of Broward Workshop and a member of the Board of Ambassadors of The United Way of Broward County. Dr. Taylor's previous community involvement includes: the Broward County Regional EMS Council; United Way Alexis de Tocqueville committee; President of the Caducean Society of Fort Lauderdale; Leadership Broward Class XIV. He has received the following recognitions: recipient of the 2007 Valor Award, American Diabetes Association; recipient of the 2010 Leadership Broward Foundation Leader of the Year Award; 2011 South Florida Business Leader "Movers and Shakers"; Nominee for the 2011 Bank Atlantic Non-Profit Leader.


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Facility 8 Detention Facility
Disclaimer: The video visits feature of the app ONLY pertains to FAC 8 and the Las Colinas Detention and Reentry Facility.
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- Opened in 2007
- Rated Capacity: 200
- Sworn Staff: 24
Detention Facility 8 is a medium security facility built in conjunction with the George F. Bailey Detention Facility (GBDF) in 1991 and is the mirror image of the cell housing units found at GBDF. Between 1991 and 2006, the County of San Diego leased the unit and associated land to first the Wackenhut Corporation and then to the Corrections Corporation of America (CCA). On June 1st 2006, by contractual agreement, the original housing unit was returned to the County of San Diego and renovations to bring it up to standards immediately began. Facility 8 contains three housing modules; two modules with 34 triple occupancy cells and one with 32 triple occupancy cells for a total of 300 beds. Although Facility 8 is designed as a maximum security jail, only inmates classified as low-medium security are housed here.
In March of 2013, Facility 8 was the first of the facilities here on the Mesa to install Touchscreen technology for all control responsibilities. This included all new High-Definition camera systems to assist in monitoring all of the Facility 8 activities.
A newly refurbished exercise yard allows for at least three hours per week of recreation / exercise per inmate and a redesigned multi-purpose room allows for the delivery of drug dependency counseling, religious services, and educational programs.
Inmates' medical needs are addressed through a daily nurse's sick call, a weekly doctor's sick call, a weekly psychiatric sick call and medication distribution. More serious medical needs and dental care is provided at GBDF. All meals are prepared at the George Bailey Detention Facility by the kitchen staff and delivered three times per day.


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Family, Friends Remember Rodney King at Funeral
(CNN) — Friends and family of Rodney King gathered in Los Angeles to bid final farewell to the man whose 1991 beating by the city's police sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved.
King was found dead in his swimming pool at his Rialto, California, home almost two weeks ago. He was 47.
"I'm extremely proud. Still, today, I can be up here and be sad, but I could have lost you when I was 6 so I'm thankful and I'm grateful. I wouldn't have had my sister if he would have died. I'm grateful for all of you for coming to show your support," King's daughter, Dene, said during the service.
A spray of flowers perched atop King's black casket, which was set next to a smiling photograph of him. Music played over a sideshow of family photographs.
Rialto police received a 911 call from King's fiancee, Cynthia Kelly, about 5:25 a.m. on June 17, according to Capt. Randy De Anda.
Responding officers found King at the bottom of the pool, removed him and performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation until paramedics arrived. He was pronounced dead at a local hospital, police said.
A preliminary autopsy report will not be released, coroner spokeswoman Jody Miller said. The coroner will wait until a full report based on the toxicology exam findings is available in six to eight weeks, Miller said.
There were no preliminary signs of foul play and no obvious injuries on King's body, De Anda said. Police are conducting a drowning investigation.
King's beating after a high-speed car chase and its aftermath forever changed Los Angeles, its police department and the dialogue on race in America.
The video that captured the beating shows King cowering on the ground and attempting to crawl away as he is surrounded by a crowd of police officers. Four of them used their nightsticks to strike him.
King was beaten nearly to death. Three surgeons operated on him for five hours.
The video appeared on national television two days later, focusing attention on the issue of racially-motivated police brutality.
Four LAPD officers — Theodore Briseno, Laurence Powell, Timothy Wind and Sgt. Stacey Koon — were indicted on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and excessive use of force by a police officer.
But following a three-month trial in the predominantly white Los Angeles suburb of Simi Valley, three of the officers were acquitted of all charges. The jury, which had no black members, deadlocked on one charge of excessive force against Powell, and a mistrial was declared on that charge.
African-Americans in Los Angeles exploded in outrage. Rioters ran through the streets — looting businesses, torching buildings and attacking those who were in the wrong place at the wrong time. The violence led to more than 50 deaths and $1 billion in property damage.
On the third day of rioting, King emerged from seclusion to make a plea: "People, I just want to say, can we all get along? Can we get along?"
Nearly a year later, the four officers stood trial in federal court on civil rights charges. Two African-Americans were picked for the jury, and King testified. Koon and Powell were found guilty and sentenced to 30 months in prison. Briseno and Wind were acquitted.
King also sued the city of Los Angeles, and was awarded $3.8 million in damages.
In later years, King had several more run-ins with the law, including a 90-day jail stint in 1996 for a hit-and-run involving his wife at the time. On the 20th anniversary of the beating in 2011, he was pulled over and ticketed for a minor traffic violation.
King said last year on the anniversary that he has forgiven the officers who beat him.
"Yes, I've forgiven them, because I've been forgiven many times," he said. "My country's been good to me … This country is my house, it's the only home I know, so I have to be able to forgive — for the future, for the younger generation coming behind me so … they can understand it and if a situation like that happened again, they could deal with it a lot easier."


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The NFL's best have been mingling with celebrities, signing autographs for adoring fans and enjoying all the festivities New Orleans has to offer during Super Bowl weekend. But make no mistake, they'd gladly give that all up.
They'd rather be on the field at the Superdome on Sunday.
Case in point, what New York Giants Eli Manning told Nekesa Mumbi Moody, AP's global lifestyles and entertainment editor, on Saturday:
``I'm not enjoying it as much,'' he said.
Manning spent Saturday with his dad Archie and brother Peyton, first watching a celebrity flag football game featuring A-listers including Lil Wayne, Snoop Dogg, Katharine McPhee, Deion Sanders, Neil Patrick Harris and more. The family then went to the ``2nd Annual NFL Honors'' awards Saturday night, where Peyton Manning won AP's NFL Comeback Player of the Year award during a show televised on CBS. The younger Manning said he likes being back in New Orleans, back where he grew up.
But this time last year, he was one night away from winning a Super Bowl and being crowned the game's MVP.
Where would you rather be?
``I'd rather be right now in the hotel room, looking at my playbook, trying to figure out how to win another championship,'' Eli Manning said.
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Dr. Michael Shott published an article in Quaternary International, an essay on the nature of the archaeological record in The Encyclopedia of Global Archaeology (Springer), and has three chapters in press, one to appear in Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Stone Age Weaponry (Springer, Berlin). He edited an issue of World Archaeology (46[1]) on "Digital Imagery as an Analytical Tool," and a book, Works in Stone: Contemporary Perspectives on Lithic Analysis (University of Utah), both to appear in 2014. He attended a conference on "The Origins of Recycling: A Paleolithic Perspective" at the University of Tel Aviv in October, 2013.
Dr. Timothy Matney completed his 17th field season at the Late Assyrian city of Tushan, modern Ziyaret Tepe, in southeastern Turkey in summer 2013. His 2013-2014 publications include three chapters on ancient Ziyaret Tepe in edited volumes, and a paper on geochemical survey techniques in the Journal of Archaeological Science. He is currently president of the Akron-Kent chapter of the Archaeological Institute of America.
Dr. Eugenia Gorogianni was recently awarded the Archaeological Institute of America Outreach Grant for the Akron/Kent AIA Chapter Outreach event "A Taste of Ancient Greece and Rome" ($3.000). Dr. Gorogianni's work and areas of interest include cultural contact in the Middle and Late Bronze Age Aegean. Publications include: Gorogianni, E. 2013. "Site in Transition: John L. Caskey, Ayia Irini and Archaeological Practice in Greek Archaeology," Aegean Archaeology 10 (2009-2010), 105-120. And, Gorogianni, E. 2013. Review of Brogan, T.M. & Hallager, E. (eds.), 2011. LM IB Pottery: Relative Chronology and Regional Differences. Acts of a Workshop Held at the Danish Institute at Athens in Collaboration with the INSTAP Study Center for East Crete, 27-29 June 2007, (2 vols), Athens: The Danish Institute at Athens. http://www.aegeussociety.org/gr/index.php/aegean-book-reviews/lm-ib-pottery-review-by-gorogianni
Dr. Clayton Fant with B. Russel and S.J. Barker (2013), published the article "Marble use and reuse at Pompeii and Herculaneum: the evidence from the bars," in the journal Papers of the British School at Rome.
Dr. Carolyn Behrman was honored as The University of Akron's best teacher, earning the 2011 University Teaching Award .
Mrs. Linda Whitman is our resident archaeologist and manages the Community Outreach Program (CAP). She completed a major report on Gorge Metropark and is at work on similar projects for Liberty Park and Hardy Road. The summer Forensic Field School she taught received major media coverage from local television and newspapers.


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Spring is finally bracing our corner. The warm weather and blooming garden, the spirit is high. The summer time change in March made me more happy, I can click most of my picture with a natural sunlight till 7.00 PM :)
After seeing Happy Cook raisin buns monday. I ended up turning my oven late evening! Hoping to click with the late sunlight.
If you are new or don't know Happy cook, she is an happy soul woman who warm up her oven pretty much every (day) weekend! She does magic with her oven, mesmerize with her delicious baking goodies. I need to get another opinion from her family what they think about her macarons every month :)
I bookmarked her recipe of sweet buns (basic), knowing well that I should convert her recipe into cups. The job turned easier with the help of scale. Before proceeding, I noted few changes, like adding whole wheat flour and replacing egg with flax seeds, etc..
Once I started measuring, here came the real unexpected trouble with yeast! She used fresh and I had dry rapid yeast. The quantity mentioned was too high ! Too late, I couldn't ask any suggestion in FB - so proceed with little guessing... The buns turned out soft , sweet, perfect for the next day breakfast! I used some mixed fruits leftover from my fruitcake! Yeap, it was a decade ago I baked fruitcake! After all, the buns are excellent and keepsake. Thanks Happy Cook you are a sweet darling :)
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A few weeks back I was shopping at my local health food store, Raisin Rack, and happened upon Tinkyada's Large Pasta Shells for making stuffed shells. I love stuffed shells and haven't had any since going gluten-free and figured Jon (and the rest of the family) would like them too. I picked up a couple of boxes and set out to make them this evening. I found some recipes online and them tweaked them to be my own. Jon LOVED this! He asked for 2nds and then 3rds. I think he had 4 or 5 shells after all was said & done. He begged me to make this every week and said it was better than lasagna, which has been his absolute favorite for years!
Cheesy Stuffed Shells ~ Gluten-Free
1 box Tinkyada Large/Jumbo Shells (box is about 8 oz and has roughly 28+ or – shells)
30 oz. Ricotta Cheese (I used low-fat Meijer brand)
2 eggs, beaten
2 cups shredded mozzarella cheese (I used part-skim)
1/2 cup grated parmesan cheese (split in half)
1/2 tsp. salt
pinch of black pepper
1 tsp basil, dried
1 tsp oregano, dried
1 jar of spaghetti sauce (I used Prego Three Cheese, but like Classico Four Cheese, too)
Fresh Basil, chopped, to sprinkle on top when done baking (which I forgot!!!!)
1. Cook pasta according to box directions. Note that Tinkyada suggests cutting cooking time by 2 min if you plan on baking.
2. Combine ricotta cheese, eggs, dried spices, 1/4 cup of parmesan and 1 1/2 cups of the mozzarella cheese. Mix well and set aside.
3. Heat sauce in pan on stove.
4. Assembly….Pour sauce into a 9 x 13 Pyrex dish sprayed with Pam; spoon a thin layer of sauce across the bottom. Scoop 1-2 TBSP of cheese mixture into each shell and place in dish. Repeat until finished. Pour remaining sauce over top and top with remaining parmesan & mozzarella.
5. Bake at 350 for 30 minutes, covered. Remove covers and back for another 5-10 minutes.
6. Top with freshly cut basil and serve! YUM!
**Variations….stuff with ground turkey seasoned with Italian seasonings (garlic, basil, oregano); stuff with spinach & cheese (the option I would have loved, but my family would not have touched..hmmmm…more for ME!).
I served with broccoli and a yummy salad of spinach, arugula, snow peas, tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini and French dressing. Oh, for "croutons", I use Glutino Pizza Breadsticks crushed up. I am not a huge fan of these alone, but they are great on a salad as my "croutons"!
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Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 6
Chapter 8
This chapter is on giving students opportunities to deepen their understanding.
Or as Allen Iverson would say, We're going to use the Blog post to talk about PRACTICE!
Deepening your understanding does not mean doing the same thing to the same depth that was done before. That is just practicing, which is fine for somethings. Deepening means going to the next depth of knowledge.
My take-aways are:
- Students need opportunities to practice new skills and deepen their understanding of new information.
- Students need time to extend their thinking
- Part of this process is students recognizing their own misconceptions
- "Students need a sound foundation to build new awareness."
- Determine what kind of learning they need it is skill based (procedural) or knowledge based (declarative)
- Assign tasks as determined by kind of learning they are doing...
Building new awareness:
- Schema Development
- linking old learning and new
- challenge existing perceptions
- Procedural knowledge
- the "do" of a learning goal
- develops from declarative knowledge
- involves adding, editing, and delting steps
- fully developed seems automatic
- also termed as "fluency"
- Need for practice to make this automatic
- guided practice involves "gradual shaping of a procedure facilitated by teacher guidance"
- Developing Declarative Knowledge
- reviewing and revision are key
- Students need at least 4 exposures to integrate something into their existing knowledge base. (Rovee-Collier, Nuthall)
- No more than 2 days between exposures (Think about this as it relates to Professional development)
- Ways to improve declarative knowledge
- revision - as in writing
- error analysis - revising ones own thinking
- Similarities and differences - think Venn Diagram, classification also work
- homework - extends learning opportunities that are limited byt he school day
Facts about homework (Don't shoot the messenger, I don't like homework either)
- Relationship between amount of homework students do and their achievement level were found positive and statistically significant.
- No clear benefits of homework at the lower levels (below grade 6)
- Homework should:
- Foster good study habits
- foster positive attitude toward school
- There is no correlation between time spent on homework and student achievement
- For secondary students there are benefits to homework up to one to two hours a night, after that it diminishes greatly.
- It's not the time spent on homework but the proportion completed that impacts achievement
- Parent involvement with homework is positive when:
- There are clear roles
- Parents are not experts
- Parents can ask clarifying questions to help students summarize
- Give students practice, but make it focused, and meaningful
Action steps for your classroom:
1. Let students find similarities and differences often (compare, classify, create metaphors, analogies)
2. Help students identify errors in thinking (faulty logic, attacks, weak reference, misinformation)
3. Practice, Practice, Practice.... Structure practice, gradual release, develop fluency)
4. Use Cooperative groups with a focused intent
5. Assign PURPOSEFUL homework
6. Allow students time to make corrections in their notebooks/journals/blogposts/googledoc files.


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Friday, November 14, 2008
Retail sales collapse
4 comments:
- h. said...
My question would be, is it not likely that the US consumer has forever changed? The spending spree of the past was similar to a bubble, and that now a new reality will manifest?
- November 14, 2008 at 12:18 PM
- Scott Grannis said...
H: I suppose that could happen. I would think that consumers are going to be more cautious (i.e., save a bit more) for quite some time as a result of this crisis. Just as lenders are going to be more cautious with their lending terms in the future.
So that means the economy is not going to bounce back strongly when this is over. But I don't think it means that we will have a new or fundamentally different world to deal with in the future.
- November 16, 2008 at 8:45 AM
- Bob said...
Oh I want to believe you Scott, but the effects of an overly indulgent baby boomer generation coupled with the generation X group which I understand is about one quarter the size of the boomers, leads me toward the worst case scenerio. However, offsetting this U.S. demographic is the world growth trend, which I believe is nowhere finished. So the question becomes, can world growth support U.S. growth (standard of living)while the demographics improve for the U.S.?
Also, wouldn't the extremely larger size of the economy compared to those earlier points in history help to explain the larger numbers of potential defaults, etc. I mean data points based on percentages are not always linear are they?
Love your blog by the way.
- November 17, 2008 at 10:07 AM
- Scott Grannis said...
Bob: The global economy is definitely going to support the US economy going forward, via a significant increase in the demand for our goods and services. As for demographics, I'd recommend the book "Fewer" by Ben Wattenberg. It is a fascinating and easy to understand look at global demographics. The US economy will be the only industrialized economy to continue growing in population size for the next several decades, and that should help us also.
- November 17, 2008 at 11:45 AM


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The Land Steward Program helps owners learn how to better utilize and take care of their land. The multi-disciplinary program covers a broad range of management topics including wildfire risk reduction, woodland and forest management, encouraging (and controlling) wildlife, stream ecology, pasture management, soil health, rural acreage systems and infrastructure, economics and enterprise on your land, stewardship planning and more. Program offerings include field-based training, online short course, evening classes, land tours, workshops and the regional Living on Your Land Conference.
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A local independent and professional estate agency successfully selling properties in all price ranges in Barnoldswick, Lancashire & West Craven
Taylforths Residential are a local independent and professional Estate Agency successfully selling properties in all price ranges.
We offer prompt, free and accurate valuations on all types of properties by staff with local knowledge and a wealth of experience relating to the property market. Our brochures are professionally presented, and complimented by colour photographs showing both internal and external shots.
Taylforths Residential has been established many years and is owned by Alec and Jean Newbould who took over the business in 1994 and still offer the same excellent service to all our clients.
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