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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – UMBC sophomore Hassan Omar (Frederick, Md./Thomas Johnson) was named the America East Men's Cross Country Performer of the Week, the conference office announced on Tuesday morning.
Omar paced the UMBC squad to a seventh-place finish, tied with conference rival Binghamton, this past weekend at the Princeton Invitational in a school record time. The sophomore completed the 8k West Windsor Field course in a time of 24:21, surpassing teammate Brandan McGee's (Hiram, Ohio/Crestwood) top time of 24:45.65 set at last year's competition at Princeton. Hassan finished 16th overall in the race and has now led the Retrievers across the line twice this season and scored in each of the team's four meets.
Despite the seventh-place finish in New Jersey, the men's cross country team slid back a slot in the latest USTFCCCA Mid-Atlantic poll, but still holds a spot in the top-ten at No. 10. The Retrievers moved up to ninth in the Oct. 7 poll, the highest the team has ever been ranked in the region.
The Retrievers have a weekend off before heading back to upstate New York for the America East Championships at Binghamton on Nov. 2. The men won the Pre-Conference Meet at BU back in September, while the women placed third.


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text: Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums :: View topic - What do you think of China and its people? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums"The Internet's Meeting Place for ESL/EFL Students and Teachers from Around the World!" FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in What do you think of China and its people? Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Current News View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message nimo leeJoined: 28 Jun 2009Posts: 3Location: Yunnan Kunming China Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2009 7:26 am Post subject: What do you think of China and its people? Here I just want to know the impressions of different areas' people about China. I hope we could learn something valuable and different about China in many ways you mention through this communication._________________Hoping to make friends with those who are friendly and sincere! Welcome to China. Back to top pugachevVJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 2295 Posted: Fri Jul 24, 2009 6:20 am Post subject: Love China - they are making just about everything I buy. Xie Xie Comrades. Back to top nimo leeJoined: 28 Jun 2009Posts: 3Location: Yunnan Kunming China Posted: Sat Jul 25, 2009 6:49 pm Post subject: pugachevV wrote: Love China - they are making just about everything I buy. Xie Xie Comrades. You are telling the truth. China has undoubtedly become the fatory of the whole world for its relatively cheap labour and rich resourses.But it seems an unwise way to develop its economy in long terms,for the EU and some other developed countries are constantly complaining and blaming that the entering of these cheap commodities to their maket is a way of dumping.So China is apparently doing its utmost to obtain another way which is ralated to high technology in place of the former one to develop._________________Hoping to make friends with those who are friendly and sincere! Welcome to China. Back to top pugachevVJoined: 16 Jan 2003Posts: 2295 Posted: Sun Jul 26, 2009 5:09 am Post subject: It is the European governments who are complaining. The people are happily buying everything they can. They don't care that it's made in China. They are just happy that it is (usually) well made and reasonably priced. Of course, eventually, China's labour costs will rise along with China's wealth. That will be an opportunity for China to show its ingenuity in solving the problem. Back to top contra10Joined: 11 Oct 2011Posts: 13 Posted: Tue Oct 18, 2011 11:26 am Post subject: I like China, but I'm worried about what the future will hole for the world as countries like China and India become more developed. Our environment will suffer because of pollution._________________Personal Developement for Students Around the World http://www.studenthubble.com/ Back to top ClarissaMachJoined: 18 May 2006Posts: 644Location: Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 8:42 am Post subject: I can't explain why, but I tend to see China in a very positive way. The combination Ancient culture + Amazing history, full of strong episodes and complex personalities + Advancing economy makes me think this is not a common nation. It has always played a very important role along globa history, and it seems it will always do._________________Stormy Weather. Back to top Display posts from previous: All Posts1 Day7 Days2 Weeks1 Month3 Months6 Months1 Year Oldest FirstNewest First Dave's ESL Cafe's Student Discussion Forums Forum Index -> Current News All times are GMT - 8 Hours Page 1 of 1 Jump to: Select a forum Student Forums----------------ComputersCurrent NewsCultureEnglish SchoolsFamilyFilm and CinemaFoodHealth and FitnessHelp CenterHobbiesHolidaysLearning EnglishLiteratureMaking FriendsMusicOpinionsPetsScienceSportsThe Strange and MysteriousTOEFL and Other English ExamsTravel You cannot post new topics in this forumYou cannot reply to topics in this forumYou cannot edit your posts in this forumYou cannot delete your posts in this forumYou cannot vote in polls in this forum Dave's ESL Cafe is maintained by the one and only Dave Sperling. Banner Advertising | Bookstore / Alta Books | FAQs | Articles | Interview with Dave Copyright © 2018 Dave's ESL Cafe | All Rights Reserved | Contact Dave's ESL Cafe | Site Map Teachers College, Columbia University: Train to Teach English Here or Abroad Powered by phpBB © 2001, 2002 phpBB Group


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Egyptian court rulings seen as reversal of last year's 'revolution'
With a pair of court rulings, forces aligned with fallen former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak succeeded Thursday in reversing many of what had been considered democratic gains that have taken place here in the 16 months since Mubarak was toppled from power. Critics denounced the developments as the equivalent of a coup.
The reversals came in the form of two rulings handed down by the Supreme Constitutional Court, all of whose members were appointed by Mubarak. The first ruling essentially dissolved Parliament, whose members had been elected last year in what was widely considered the first free and democratic election in Egypt's history.
In the second, the court endorsed the eligibility for the presidency of Ahmed Shafik, Mubarak's last prime minister, whom Parliament had sought to ban from office as a holdover from the old regime.
Combined with the granting to the military this week of broad powers to arrest civilians, the decisions seemed to complete efforts by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces, which has officially ruled Egypt since Mubarak's ouster, to regain control of the state. With the dissolution of Parliament, many think the military council might become the nation's legislative body and also assume the responsibility for writing a new constitution.
"Egypt just witnessed the smoothest military coup. We'd be outraged if we weren't so exhausted," tweeted Hossam Bahgat, the director of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights.
"A complete coup," former presidential candidate Abdel Moneim Aboul Fotouh, a moderate Islamist who placed fourth in the 13-man first round of balloting, wrote in a Facebook posting.
"What has happened is that the revolution has lost to the state," said Zaid Akl, a political analyst at Al Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies. "The state successfully absorbed the shock of the revolution."
In Washington, State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the Obama administration was still trying to determine the full impact of the developments, but she expressed concern that the rulings would lead to further instability and, ultimately, the rolling back of democratic gains.
"We want to see the Egyptian people have what they fought for, which is a free, fair, democratic, transparent system of governance that represents the will of the people: a parliament so elected, a president so elected," Nuland said. "Those are the standards that they want. Those are the standards that the international community wants. So we are trying to get a better handle with the Egyptians on how that is going to move forward, based on this court decision."
The ruling military council made no comment.
The country's military had prepared Wednesday for a controversial ruling from the court, sending tanks and armored personnel carriers to guard its offices and announcing the new arrest powers just two weeks after it had allowed Egypt's emergency law to expire. But the breadth of the court's findings caught many people by surprise.
Judge Farouk Sultan, the head of the court, who also heads the Presidential Elections Commission, said on state TV that the first ruling "means the full dissolution of the Parliament."
The issue in the ruling was whether Parliament had been illegally constituted because too many members who'd been elected as independents were actually members of the Muslim Brotherhood, an Islamist group that was banned under Mubarak's rule but that's emerged as the country's most powerful political group. Egypt's interim constitution required that one-third of the members of Parliament be independents, while two-thirds were to be elected according to party slates.
The second ruling declared unconstitutional legislation that the Islamist-dominated Parliament had passed, known as the political isolation law, that banned members of Mubarak's government from running for the presidency. The law was introduced after Shafik, a retired air force general who was Mubarak's last prime minister, had registered to run for president. The court said it was an impermissible limitation on a specific individual who'd broken no other laws.
It was uncertain how the rulings would affect voting in this weekend's runoff for the presidency, which pits Shafik against the Muslim Brotherhood's Mohammed Morsi. The matchup – balloting will take place Saturday and Sunday – has dismayed the secular revolutionaries whose demonstrations led to Mubarak's resignation since it was decided in voting last month.
The revolutionaries are loath to vote for Shafik as a holdover of the old regime, but they fear that a Morsi victory would concentrate too much power in the Muslim Brotherhood's hands. The losing candidates who generally drew the revolutionary vote in the first round declined to endorse either candidate.
Hamdeen Sabahi, an Arab nationalist and revolutionary favorite who came in third in the first round and won in Cairo and in Alexandria, Egypt's second largest city, angered his supporters Thursday by calling for Egyptians to "respect the judiciary."
Others said the rulings should be viewed with suspicion.
"The rulings undermine the credibility of this weekend's balloting, further jeopardize the reputation of Egypt's traditionally respected judiciary and raise the specter of a new round of mass demonstrations," the Washington Institute for Near East Policy concluded.
Analysts who were trying to understand how a revolution that had begun with such democratic hopes could appear to be foundering at what should have been its most triumphant moment – the democratic election of a president to replace the military council – questioned the revolutionaries' effort to use Mubarak-created institutions to carry out change.
Akl said the ruling military council methodically had leveraged those institutions over the months to increase its powers. The revolutionaries, without a unified platform or single leader to develop alternatives, embraced the system that was already in place. They endorsed elections, participated in the constitutional assembly and "legitimized the process," he said.
Immediately after the rulings Thursday, a small crowd gathered at Tahrir Square, far fewer than the thousands who'd met just two weeks ago to express outrage at the exoneration of Mubarak's top aides in the deaths of hundreds of demonstrators during last year's uprising. It was unclear whether the revolutionaries had decided that protests were no longer an effective response to the state's political and legal maneuvering or whether they were simply planning their next move for Friday, a traditional day of protest.
The Muslim Brotherhood, with 47 percent of Parliament seats, appeared to lose the most by the rulings. Yet it wasn't prepared Thursday to reject the system. In a television appearance Thursday night, Morsi said: "I don't see what is going on as military coup," adding, "I love the armed forces."
Mahmoud Ghouzlan, a Muslim Brotherhood spokesman, told McClatchy shortly after the rulings that the Brotherhood would run again in the next parliamentary elections, whenever they are.
The court rulings are "a fact, and we have to deal with it," Ghouzlan said.
For his part, Shafik celebrated.
"The ruling of the constitutional court today allowing me to continue running for the presidency has put an end to the era of personal vendettas and tailoring laws, an end to the humiliation of the legal system," Shafik said.
An election official whom McClatchy reached immediately after the midday rulings said officials there were proceeding normally.
In the hours before the verdicts, military officers had driven through neighborhoods in armored personnel vehicles, handing out fliers urging Egyptians to vote this weekend, suggesting that the ruling military council had assumed the election would proceed regardless of the ruling.
McClatchy special correspondents Amina Ismail and Mohannad Sabry contributed to this report.


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Seventy-seven thousand seven hundred and thirty-two people have signed the petition created by a citizen of Texas to secede from the union.
The petition, posted on the White House website, lays out the signatories' reasons for seeking to separate from the United States and form its own independent government:
The US continues to suffer economic difficulties stemming from the federal government's neglect to reform domestic and foreign spending. The citizens of the US suffer from blatant abuses of their rights such as the NDAA, the TSA, etc. Given that the state of Texas maintains a balanced budget and is the 15th largest economy in the world, it is practically feasible for Texas to withdraw from the union, and to do so would protect it's citizens' standard of living and re-secure their rights and liberties in accordance with the original ideas and beliefs of our founding fathers which are no longer being reflected by the federal government.
At the time of writing this article, individuals from 33 states have filed similar petitions calling for secession.
The "We, the People" program includes a "create a petition" tab on the White House website. The explanation of the site claims that "if a petition gets enough support," — more than 25,000 signatures within 30 days — the "White House staff will review it, ensure it's sent to the appropriate policy experts, and issue an official response." The Houston Chronicle reported that "shortly after 2:30 p.m. Central time on Monday, the [Texas] petition passed that threshold."
Since that report, Louisiana's petition has also crossed the 25,000 signature threshold.
Regardless, President Obama has made no statement regarding the crescendo of calls to bust up the union.
Although Texas Governor Rick Perry in 2009 said "one of the deals" made at the time Texas entered the union was that the Lone Star State could leave at any time, a spokeswoman for the former GOP presidential candidate repudiates that position and declares the governor's preference for union.
In a statement released to the Dallas Morning News, spokeswoman Catherine Frazier wrote:
Gov. Perry believes in the greatness of our Union and nothing should be done to change it. But he also shares the frustrations many Americans have with our federal government. Now more than ever our country needs strong leadership from states like Texas, that are making tough decisions to live within their means, keep taxes low and provide opportunities to job creators so their citizens can provide for their families and prosper. We cannot allow Washington's tax and spend, one-size-fits-all mindset to jeopardize our children's future, undermine our personal liberties and drive our nation down a dangerous path to greater dependence of government.
States whose citizens are expressing their frustration with the union and an increasingly overreaching and tyrannical federal government include (with signature count):
Louisiana, 28,880; Texas, 77,732; Florida, 22,181; Alabama, 20,549; North Carolina, 19,452; Kentucky, 12,719; Mississippi, 12,731; Indiana, 13,394; North Dakota, 8,812; Montana, 9,838; Colorado, 14,681; Oregon, 10,429; New Jersey, 9,988; New York, 11,326; South Carolina, 15,653; Arkansas, 14,948; Georgia, 21,206; Missouri 12,659; Tennessee, 19,875; Michigan, 13,370; Oklahoma, 11,580; Nevada, 6,371; Arizona, 12,451; Pennsylvania, 8,061; Delaware, 4,876; South Dakota, 2,014; Nebraska, 2,434; Kansas, 3,340; Alaska, 3,424; California, 6,181; Utah, 4,465; West Virginia, 2,257; Wyoming, 4,543.
Those numbers increase by the minute, so check whitehouse.gov for updates.
In nearly every petition, reference is made to the Declaration of Independence. For example, the Alabama petition reads:
As the founding fathers of the United States of America made clear in the Declaration of Independence in 1776:
"When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation."
"…Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, that whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or abolish it, and institute new Government…"
While the announcement of intent to dissolve political bands has historic precedence, a request for permission is unique and constitutionally unnecessary.
In a statement made in wake of Governor Perry's apparent support for secession in 2009, Congressman Ron Paul said that those who consider secession treasonous, "don't know their history."
"It's a very American tradition; it's very American to talk about secession," Paul said.
Reminding viewers of the support given by the government of the United States to the secession of former Soviet republics from the Soviet Union, Paul said that America came into being by seceding from Great Britain.
"Secession is a good principle," the former presidential candidate said.
Apart from outright secession — which is the right of states — there is, of course, an intermediate "rightful remedy" to the federal government's constant encroachment into the sovereign territory of states: nullification.
This generation is subjected as none before them to the painful injection of government into every fiber of the body politic. On what seems like a daily schedule, the Congress passes and the president signs into law measures ostensibly permitting the manhandling of people at airports, the suspension of the requirements of due process, and the monitoring by the never-blinking eye of a surveillance state into the virtual and actual behavior of anyone believed to one day possibly pose a threat to the security of "the homeland."
As they sift among the various legal methods available to them for the civil combat against economic enslavement and the federal government's intrusions into every aspect of our lives, they have stumbled across this timeless principle of self-defense used by our Founding Fathers to fight their own battle against the forces of federal oppression.
Simply stated, nullification is a concept of legal statutory construction that endows each state with the right to nullify, or invalidate, any federal measure that a state deems unconstitutional. Nullification is founded on the assertion that the sovereign states formed the union, and as creators of the compact, they hold ultimate authority as to the limits of the power of the central government to enact laws that are applicable to the states and the citizens thereof.
As Alexander Hamilton wrote in The Federalist, No. 33:
If a number of political societies enter into a larger political society, the laws which the latter may enact, pursuant to the powers intrusted [sic] to it by its constitution, must necessarily be supreme over those societies and the individuals of whom they are composed.... But it will not follow from this doctrine that acts of the larger society which are not pursuant to its constitutional powers, but which are invasions of the residuary authorities of the smaller societies, will become the supreme law of the land. These will be merely acts of usurpation, and will deserve to be treated as such. [Emphasis in original.]
The principle of nullification is set forth most cogently in the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions of 1798. These calls for the rejection by states of the Alien and Sedition Acts were written by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison, respectfully.
Nowhere therein do Madison and Jefferson express a desire to weaken the union or violate the Constitution. To the contrary, their express purpose is to "prevent unjust and unconstitutional assumptions of Congressional power."
As a matter of fact, Jefferson argued that if states were to secede and form a new, separate confederation, "the same difficulties might occur in the smaller union; and finally each unit fall apart into its colonial condition."
Lest we forget, the Kentucky Resolutions were drafted by the author of the Declaration of Independence and the Virginia Resolution was written by the Father of the Constitution. These were no disloyal or seditious separatists. Their intent, their express and elegantly phrased intent, was to prevent the union they helped form from devolving into an oligarchy whose reign would be more oppressive and tyrannical than George III ever devised in his most power-addled fantasy.
Joe A. Wolverton, II, J.D. is a former constitutional attorney and professor of American government. He travels the country speaking on issues of states rights, nullification, and the surveillance state.


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Menendez donor courted Obama, Reid
Salomon Melgen had a knack for going straight to the top.
He posed for pictures with President Barack Obama, flew Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid on his private jet and sought advice on a port security deal from an ex-CIA agent who helped lead the hunt for Osama bin Laden, POLITICO has learned.
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Melgen, a wealthy South Florida eye doctor and investor, has seen his flashy forays onto the political stage backfire in spectacular fashion in the past few months. Federal investigators are probing his business dealings. He's at the center of the controversy over Sen. Robert Menendez (D-N.J.) and prostitutes in the Dominican Republic.
And now, new details show that Melgen also courted other leading politicians, including two of the top Democrats in Washington.
There is no evidence that either Obama or Reid inappropriately sought to aid Melgen.
Melgen briefly schmoozed Obama at a 2010 fundraiser Melgen co-hosted benefiting the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which Menendez chaired at the time. The president posed with his arm around Melgen in a photo obtained exclusively by POLITICO.
"Everybody gets a photo-op, but the host committee just gets a few extra minutes to meet with the president," said Seema Sharma, who hosted the fundraiser at her family home in the Washington suburbs.
Melgen "shook hands with [Obama] and told him he was from Florida," Sharma said. It was "just small talk, chitchat. There's just not enough time to have a detailed discussion or any lengthy conversation."
But Melgen wasn't happy with the return on his investment — co-hosting required the maximum $30,400 donation to the DSCC — according to a source who travels in the same Miami political circles.
"He had mentioned to me once that he had given all this money to go to an Obama fundraiser, and Obama didn't even give him the time of day," said the source, who didn't want to be identified revealing the contents of private conversations. "He went up to talk to him, and he felt very slighted by the president. He was pretty angry."
The White House declined to comment for this report.
Melgen also tried courting the top Senate Democrat: Harry Reid of Nevada.
Melgen flew Reid on his company's private plane last summer to Boston and back for a Majority PAC event, Reid's office confirmed to POLITICO.
Majority PAC, a super PAC closely linked to Reid that benefits Senate Democratic candidates, reported reimbursing Melgen's ophthalmology company $4,160 for "travel" last summer. That filing does not specify who did the traveling, when it occurred or the destination, but Reid's office said that payment was for Reid's trip to Boston.
"Sen. Reid took a flight that was in full compliance with FEC rules and fully paid for," said his spokesman Adam Jentleson.
( WATCH: Menendez: Highlights of a scandal)
Flight records show that Melgen's plane flew from his home airport in West Palm Beach, Fla., to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport on Sunday afternoon, June 17, then took off at 7:15 the next morning, June 18, en route to Boston. It stayed on the ground less than three hours, before lifting off to return to Reagan, which requires special security clearance for private planes.
Melgen also donated $700,000 last year to Majority PAC, which spent $582,500 supporting Menendez's 2012 reelection campaign — which Menendez won by 18 percentage points.
Some rich folks looking for special treatment would work through a lobbyist with experience navigating government bureaucracy.


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Hey, what do you get when you have Garth Brooks, Beyonce, Bono, Sheryl Crow, Mary J Blige, Usher, Herbie Hancock, Bruce Springsteen, Shakira, James Taylor, John Mellencamp, and Stevie Wonder all on the same stage?
Well if they're all singing their own songs concurrently -- it's a giant train wreck. But we're assuming that's not going to happen.
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The Presidential Inaugural Committee finally released the names of the big-time entertainers that will kick off the 56th Presidential Inaugural on Sunday, January 18 from 7:00 - 9:00pm (ET).
The event entitled "We Are One: The Obama Inaugural Celebration at the Lincoln Memorial" is so jam-packed with entertainers, you may wonder how the heck are they going to cram it into a two-hour window.
Who knows? But the lineup sounds great.
It's kind of like a 2009 version of Van Halen's "Monsters of Rock" tour when they toured with Metallica and the Scorpions (except none of these bands are invited).
Historical readings
If you're not into music but prefer historical readings, Team Obama has you covered.
Packed in between the musical selections will be said readings by Jamie Foxx, Martin Luther King III, Queen Latifah and Denzel Washington.
Top notch
Not surprisingly the people putting on the show are pros. Real pros. They aren't like the guys who you hired to do your high school Christmas dance in the gym.
They nabbed Don Mischer -- he's the guy who put on the opening ceremonies for the 2002 Winter Olympics, the opening and closing ceremonies for the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Emmy Awards, and the halftime shows for many of the Super Bowls (but not the wardrobe malfunction one).
He also unknowingly dropped the f-bomb on CNN in 2004 when the balloons didn't come down on time at the Democratic National Convention. But let's not bring that up.
"This is a great opportunity to capture an historic event in a very meaningful setting," Mischer said in a press release. "We will have the statue of Abraham Lincoln looking down on our stage and a crowd of hundreds of thousands of people lining the mall -- a tableau any director would relish."
Speaking of relish, the food at the Inaugural will be a salute to Abraham Lincoln. We speculated yesterday that this meant five-dollar foot-longs from Subway. We were wrong. That means they will be serving Lincoln-era food.
So does that mean squirrel-on-a-stick or ground beat porridge? Nope. Those invited to the ultra-exclusive Obama luncheon will have seafood stew, pheasant, duck, and sponge cake. Click here to read up on the menu.
How can you tune in?
Well, as we told you last week HBO has the exclusive rights to the telecast. They are distributing the signal, however, all over the place. This means if you have cable or satellite TV, you can watch it.
If you get TV the old-fashioned way, you may be out of luck.
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Ron Barber, Former Gabrielle Giffords Aide, Wins Seat in Congress After Close Race
(NEW YORK) -- Democrat Ron Barber, former aide to Gabrielle Giffords, was declared the winner today of a tight congressional race in Southern Arizona.
Saturday morning, Barber's opponent, Republican Martha McSally, called him and conceded the race, a spokesperson for the Democrat told ABCNews.com.
The hard-fought battle played out in a newly redrawn district in Southern Arizona that covers parts of Tucson and Pima County and all of Cochise County.
McSally, a retired Air Force colonel and the first female to fly in combat, ran on issues that included cutting taxes, reducing federal regulation and the sanctity of life. Barber touted his Southern Arizona roots to voters and his pledge to help strengthen the middle class.
In June, Barber won a special election in what was then Arizona's 8th Congressional District, to take over Gabrielle Giffords' seat following her resignation.
Barber, who is a 67-year-old grandfather, was shot in the thigh and cheek during a meet-and-greet with constituents of Giffords in January of 2011. Six people were killed, while 13 others, including Giffords, who was hit in the head, were wounded.
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Eric and Andy compare their respective birthday debauchery, Mike reports back on all of his cranking research, Jessica longs to be treated like a Jeter girl and the show "Gary Lehman's Terms" is pitched. Special Guest: Matt Gulley
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Listen as Mike McGettigan and Travis Pelto join Jess on the panel to talk birth control crafting, our new favorite fetish and how to game Facebook's attempts to game your mood. WARNING: The Evening News. (Period) strongly discourages playing the Slave Drinking Game while listening to this episode and operating a motor vehicle, watercraft, or aircraft. Special Guests: Tony Ruacho and Remi Huyghe
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This episode, recorded in front of an EXTREMELY EXCLUSIVE audience, contains Adult Content, Adult Language, Nudity and Violence. Matt Naas and Chris Petersen join Jess on the panel to rename the Washington professional tackle-thrower team. Esther Nevarez grabs the mixer reins for Eric and Andy asks special guest Mike DiLaura some NON-bankruptcy questions. Oh yeah, there are lady boners and pot lasers too.
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In this feuilleton-esque episode, special guest, Weird Lectures' John E.L. Tenney, performs a census of the theater's spectral residents, Jess goes off on Ohio State Representative John Becker, Jenny Bloomer has a Blood Orgy at Beaver Lake IMDB reunion and Blain Hill experiences the stage of (I REALLY have to) Go Comedy!
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Silversea Cruises Mumbai Adventureby Janice Wald Henderson | August 24, 2009
Silversea's Silver Whisper provides a welcome zone of comfort in the most foreign of lands.
Chocolate-eyed children running barefoot. Women draped in bright-orange and hot pink saris, brightening dusty gray streets. Horns honking endlessly, from chauffeur-driven Bentleys to taxis held together with spit and glue. The heat. Broiling us like well-done steaks. And crowded into every inch, was poverty and opulence and the fragrance of curry. It was overpowering, intoxicating, unbelievable. It was Mumbai.Photo © Janice Wald Henderson
I had long dreamed of visiting India, but was a wuss about attempting it by land. When I spotted an upcoming Silversea cruise sailing from Singapore to Dubai and visiting three Indian ports, I leapt at the chance.
My husband and I flew to Singapore two days before embarkation. The clean and modern city was easy to navigate. We wandered the narrow streets of the Arab, Indian and Chinese quarters, old ethnic enclaves richly contrasting the sleek skyscrapers surrounding them.
We checked into The Ritz-Carlton, Millenia Singapore based on friends' raves. The 32-floor hotel had spacious rooms with high feather beds, Tibetan carpets and octagonal bathroom windows with sweeping marina views. And with art by Warhol and Chihuly in the 4,200-piece collection, The Ritz-Carlton was as much a gallery as a luxury hotel.
But the food stole the show. The weekend seafood buffet was stellar. The lavish spread showcased the freshest shellfish prepared with Singaporean, Malaysian and Indian accents and was manned by an army of cooks, slicing sashimi, wok-cooking fish and poaching lobster � la minute until guests groaned.
Only the upcoming Silversea cruise kept me from staying on for another go at that buffet. (It was that good.) But when I boarded the 382-passenger Silver Whisper, butterflies danced in my stomach. The itinerary: Kuala Lumpur and Penang, Malaysia; Phuket, Thailand; Cochin, Goa and Mumbai, India; Khasab, Oman and Dubai. Just saying these exotic names sent shivers down my spine. We would visit nine ports in 15 days; the perfect balance between whirlwind sight-seeing and onboard unwinding.
Much of the crew lined up to welcome passengers with glasses of champagne. This was vintage Silversea, an Italian-inspired company sailing four small luxury ships (a fifth, Silver Spirit, debuts in January) and Prince Albert II, a posh expedition vessel. With a crew of 295 to 382 guests, the Silver Whisper staff smoothly responded to our needs. And we were struck by the crew's happiness. They could double for Disneyland employees, all sunshine and smiles. One evening, when a waiter brought a second slice of prime rib and I said I was full, he looked like he would cry. Osa, the suite stewardess, fussed over my laundry like she was my mother.
Notice I said suite. Each cabin was a suite on Silversea ships. A standard veranda suite on the Silver Whisper was 345-square-feet -- double the cabin size on most ships. Unlike typical ship bathrooms, Silver Whisper's marble baths had double vanities, full-sized tubs and separate showers. We had a choice between Bulgari and Acqua di Parma toiletries. (As if I could choose; I wanted it all and Osa the stewardess let me.)
Mingling with passengers brought a new high. Silversea lures an international clientele and I stole every opportunity to interact with guests. I had a scarf-tying lesson with a chic French woman, learned about life in Sydney from friendly Aussies and furthered my knowledge of the British legal system with a barrister.
Sea days were serendipitous. The Silver Whisper provided low-key activities, from dance and culinary lessons by day to magicians and violin concerts at night. Like most intimate upscale cruise ships, life onboard was mellow. No announcements. No silly frenetic activities. Time to engage with fellow passengers. Or not. I spent hours on my teak verandah, watching cloud wisps float by.
Not unexpectedly, dining was fairly flawless. With open seating, I could eat whenever I wanted. Some evenings, we dined in-suite in our robes, with supper served course by course. One night, we booked a table at Le Champagne, the only Relais & Chateaux dining room at sea. The restaurant was small and romantic and we savored a multi-course meal paired with special wines.
Lunchtime was often a Thai crab burger at the pool, or the caf� buffet, with sophisticated salads, fresh-baked breads and European cheeses. (And I practically had to arm-wrestle my trays away from waiters, who insisted on carrying them for me.) Silversea cruises are all-inclusive, which means complimentary wines and spirits and no gratuities. I loved trying boutique bottles from international producers that I never would have if I had to purchase them.
Port days were 180-degrees different. Silversea offered many shore excursions for each destination. Sometimes we chose organized outings; other times we treasured private explorations.
In Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, we roamed on our own, ogling the Petronas Twin Towers, the second tallest buildings in the world. A fairly modern city, KL (its nickname) is a blend of Malay, Chinese, British and Indian influences. I could have stayed for days. Next up was Penang, Malaysia. Penang was more exotic, with colorful trishaws and botanical gardens teeming with rare jungle plants and monkeys. We hired a taxi driver, who took us to Chinese temples, shopping for silk and to the legendary Eastern & Oriental (E & O) Hotel for a Malaysian lunch. Founded in 1885, E&O retained its old colonial charm. How thrilling to walk grounds where past guests like Somerset Maugham and Noel Coward once strolled.Photo © Janice Wald Henderson
Phuket, Thailand was next. With beautiful beaches and plush hotels, Phuket was a couple's paradise. We booked a day room at Anantara, a resort with 83 private pool suites that was as serene as a temple. (It even had a roaming yoga guru.) Designed like a southern Thai village, Anantara was all lagoons, jasmine gardens and soft breezes from the Andaman Sea. We had an exquisite couples' massage and swam in our private pool overlooking a palm-fringed lagoon. Anatara was so romantic, we would have gotten engaged if we weren't already married.
Back onboard the Silver Whisper, we eagerly anticipated the four sea days ahead. Surprisingly, time flew. Sipping cappuccinos on our verandah, pumping iron in the gym, reading books that had sat dusty on shelves back home. Walking the deck at sunrise and sunset; no one around but the sea and me. That alone was worth the price of admission.Photo © Janice Wald Henderson
The three Indian ports were unforgettable. Our first stop was Cochin, a southern city in the state of Kerala on the Malabar Coast, and a mecca for spice and sandalwood traders since ancient times. Cochin was all color and fragrance; fresh-ground spices heaped in woven baskets, girls in Crayola-colored saris, walking arm-in-arm.
Goats ambled alongside potholed roads where drivers beeped horns, often for no obvious reason. Visiting Jewtown, so named because it was settled by Jews around 1000 A.D., was a highlight. (Only 30 or so Jewish people now remain.) We visited an old synagogue/museum and shopped narrow streets filled with deal-a-minute antique, jewelry and pashmina stores.
In exotic Goa, we saw water buffalo, rice paddies and spectacular cathedrals. Settled by the Portuguese, Goa's green hillsides were dotted with white churches. Its coconut palm-strewn beaches were beautiful, one more breathtaking than the other.
Mumbai (formerly Bombay), India's fastest-growing city and its economic hub, was a vibrant metropolis of stunning contrasts. Lavish mansions and decaying ones. Rich people and beggars. Bollywood and street dwellers. Often, in the same place at the same time.
The ship stayed overnight in Mumbai, allowing us time to explore. Like many Silver Whisper passengers, I dined at Taj Mahal Palace & Tower, overlooking the Arabian Sea. Mumbai's premier hotel since 1903, the Taj's stunning architecture blended Florentine, Moorish and Oriental styles. Inside, silk carpets, custom furnishings and crystal chandeliers dazzled.
I can still taste the intricate spices in the fresh lobster curry at Masala Kraft, the hotel's elegant Indian restaurant. And the sashimi at Wasabi by Morimoto (as in Morimoto, the Iron Chef) was sublime.
When not eating, we crammed in sightseeing. Highlights included the Gateway of India, a stone monument erected in Queen Mary and King George V's honor, and Mahatma Gandhi's museum, compellingly displaying his life and vision. We shopped until we both dropped, at colorful bazaars like Zaveri and Chor, and Mangaldas, its silk sold at wholesale prices. It was hard to decide which temple to visit first. The Jain Temple, belonging to the Jains, strict vegetarians who follow Lord Mahavira, may be Mumbai's most colorful.
After India, I was glad for two tranquil sea days. The crew seemed delighted to have us back fulltime and eager to hear our stories ashore. Tony, the head waiter, should be up for an Oscar if he was pretending to care. And the way Bruno, the cruise director, was chatting up adoring guests, well, I would never have known they were new friends.
Our last stop was the sleepy port town of Khasab, Oman, separated from the rest of the country by the U.A.E. Ships stopped here for snorkeling and humpback dolphin-spotting, and for thrilling four-wheel drives up jagged mountain peaks. But alarmingly soon, we were disembarking in Dubai.
It's hard to sum up a cruise this eventful and exotic. In the end, it wasn't this writer, but Norman, the Silver Whisper's hotel director, who said it best. "Guests and crew get close in two weeks," he explained. "It's a small ship. We become family. It's hard to say goodbye."
FAST FACTS: Silversea sails a similar cruise from Dubai to Singapore in November, 2009. Savings are 50% off published fares. (1-800-722-9955; www.silversea.com.)


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When travelling to the Sunshine Coast, take a short detour off the Bruce Highway to Beerburrum. The township offers visitors a chance to soak up more than 80 years of local history - thanks to the town's World War I Interpretive Signage. The signage, including old photographs, recognises Beerburrum's involvement in the soldier settlement scheme for Diggers who served in World War I. Around 500 blocks of land were allocated to returned servicemen, and 437 took up the offer and laid the foundation for the early growth of the towns along the rail corridor north from Brisbane. Don't miss Anzac Avenue and the Avenue of Trees planted in 1920. Signage information is also to be found nearby at Beerburrum State School, and the old Beerburrum Hospital.
Beerburrum marks the start of the area surrounding the Glass House Mountains National Park and the many lookouts and walking trails to enjoy.
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Respect the local surfers. Park your car in the street in front of the pier. Strong current next to the pier. There is a cool surfclub under the pier. In summer you have beachsports,watersports and beachparty's. With perfect conditions one of the best spots in Belgium.
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Zegt dat de Stefmeister't éét gezeit - We love surfing, we love our Northsea, who cares what other people think. Yea! your dick is real small when you get in water that's 4°C but hey, surfing when it's snowing is fun too. Even just sitting on my surfboard watching the sun come up from behind the dunes makes me feel real good, and if it feels good, it can never be wrong...
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suits me fine - all my life i wanted to surfwhen i got married i finally learnt.. in Bali of all placesbut I live in belgium, not bali and I can honestly say that i love this break at blakenbergevery time i spend a weekend i go to the coast and everytime i check it out at high tideyes i am disappointed when 50% of the summer time is impossibly flat for me, but when its up i'm in and when i'm in i'm happy and that's what countssee you there!
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Check out the details about FOAA's essay contest open to students in grades 6 to 8 on the Activities/Special Projects page of this website!
Alexandria, Virginia, was founded in 1749. From its earliest days as an active port, it has played an important role in the history of the region and the nation. In addition to many historic buildings that still stand, the stories of Alexandria are underground, in old records, or passed on through oral history and story-telling.
Alexandria Archaeology
Alexandria has an award-winning archeology program and was the first city in the U.S. to develop an archaeological code.
You can learn about this active and vibrant program at the Alexandria Archaeology Museum in the Torpedo Factory along the waterfront.
What's New? Lots!
An essay contest open to all students in grades 6 yo 8!
Opportunities to volunteer in ship documentation and conservation with Alexandria Archaeology
A website devoted to the hospitals in Civil War Alexandria (think "Mercy Street"...+ more than 30 more!)
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Friends of Alexandria Archaeology (FOAA) began in 1986 to provide volunteer opportunities and increase public awareness of archaeology in Alexandria.
Our mission: To develop a common movement to support, advocate for, and preserve Alexandria's archaeology and history.
Please join us to fulfill this mission!
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Eric Ripert talks food, Anthony Bourdain, "Good vs. Evil" tour before Boulder visit
Eric Ripert has been praised for his thoughtful, passionate advocacy of contemporary French cooking through his TV shows, books and renowned New York seafood restaurant Le Bernardin.
He is not, however, known for his acid-tongued takedowns of celebrity chef-dom, his punk rock past or a certain je ne sais quoi that makes his fans want to guzzle endless shots of vodka with him. Leave that to Anthony Bourdain, Ripert's close friend and the more devious half of the "Good vs. Evil" stage tour.
The occasional road series, which visits CU-Boulder's Macky Auditorium on Sunday, April 14, unites Ripert and Bourdain for two hours of lively, humorous stage discussion and audience Q&A.
We did our own Q&A with Ripert for an article in today's Denver Post Food section, but thought we'd also present our unedited conversation with him exclusively for Colorado Table.


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Countryside braced for renewed badger cull protests
With the culling of badgers set to be extended to Dorset farmers are braced for further confrontations
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Farmers have pledged to stand up to intimidation from animal rights extremists who are threatening a major campaign of disorder to sabotage the planned extension of the controversial badger cull.
Militant groups say plans to extend the cull from Somerset and Gloucestershire into Dorset will make it easier for them to mobilise hundreds of activists from across south-east England to confront farmers and contractors who carry out the shooting and trapping of badgers.
The threat comes as farmers urged the Government to extend the cull as a matter of urgency in a bid to tackle the continuing spread of bovine tuberculosis from badgers to dairy cattle herds in south-west England.
Farmers in Dorset have applied to Natural England for the cull to be extended to their country to tackle what they describe as a "desperate situation". It is understood that farmers in Devon and Cornwall have also applied for culling licences.
More than 15,000 cattle were slaughtered because of bovine TB across the South West last year and at the same time more than 2,200 herds that had previously been clear of the disease were affected by it.
Speculation is growing that Natural England could give permission for culling could start in Dorset as soon as the end of the summer or start of autumn, though it says it will not "give a running commentary" on culling licence applications.
However, David Cameron made it clear only last month that the Government regards culling as "absolutely the right thing to do" and the new cull is expected to be given the go-ahead.
Trevor Cligg, the chairman of the National Farmers Union in Dorset, said: "Without expanding the cull into Dorset and all the other areas where bTB is endemic we are not going to beat this disease. We can take all the cattle control - and we should - and vaccination has a part to play but in itself it won't be enough."
The 59-year-old lifelong farmer has received threats for his support for the cull and his name and address, along with that of other farmers, has been published on militant animal rights websites. But he said: "Wherever the cull is rolled out there will be opposition - some well-meaning but misguided, some downright malicious - but we've just got to live with that and get on with it, otherwise we just give up and succumb to the disease, and the repercussions of that would be felt far beyond the farm gate."
Mr Cligg, who runs a 700-head dairy herd in west Dorset, said the spread of bTB, the need for regular testing of cows, and the restrictions placed on the sale of cattle from infected herds, was placing a huge financial strain on farmers at a time when they were struggling with low milk prices.
Owen Paterson, the former Defra minister who oversaw the introduction of culling, has claimed the cull has been "an astonishing success" so far.
Mr Paterson said: "It has really worked in Somerset. It has been an astonishing success in disease control already. Not even I thought the reduction in disease would come this quickly. There was this extraordinary hostility to a very simple policy that is used by every other sensible country that has a problem with bTB in wildlife."
Meurig Raymond, president of the NFU, said farmers were adamant culling was necessary for the future of the industry, adding: "It is vital that the entire strategy is rolled out in full as quickly as possible if we are to stand any chance of controlling and eradicating this disease."
But animal rights activists – who have attempted to disrupt operations in existing cull zones - are now planning further confrontations with farmers, saying that extending it to Dorset would place it within easy reach of urban centres where anti-cull feeling is strongest.
Jay Tiernan, a leading animal rights militant and spokesman for Stop the Cull, told The Telegraph: "There will be many more people out trying to oppose the cull than we've seen so far. Dorset is closer to the heart of the animal rights movement in the south-east and it's going to be a lot easier for those people to jump into a car and go down there for the night in order to try and stop the cull. It takes more effort to get to Somerset and Gloucestershire from somewhere like Brighton, where there's a lot of support."
He added: "I suspect the Government has been wary of rolling the cull out to Dorset up until now because of the strength of opposition it anticipates."
Mr Tiernan, a former soldier and hunt saboteur with a long history of militant activity, has been accused of backing the use of "military-style tactics" to disrupt culls and frighten farmers and contractors carrying them out.
He was sentenced to six months in prison, suspended for two years, in January for his part in attempts to sabotage the Government's culling trials after he breached an injunction designed to protect farmers and landowners from harassment and intimidation.
Mr Tiernan had been found guilty of harassing farmers and contractors carrying out the cull. He was also found guilty of attempting to disrupt a cull, harassing officials from the National Farmers Union (NFU) and of failing to inform his supporters about the terms of the injunction and was ordered to pay the NFU £25,000 in legal costs.
Stop the Cull claims the cull in Somerset and Gloucestershire- where the culling of badgers is set to enter its third year - has been a "complete failure" and has caused suffering and pain to the creature while doing little to prevent the spread of TB.
It points to initial figures showing that there had been a 50 percent increase in bTB outbreaks in the areas immediately surrounding the West Somerset cull zone last year, as surviving badgers fled their sets for new homes.
In August 2013, there were 17 ongoing bTB outbreaks inside the Somerset cull zone, with a further 12 outbreaks outside it. By June this year, there were 14 ongoing bTB outbreaks inside the zone, but the number of outbreaks outside it had risen to 18.
In Gloucestershire, there were 14 ongoing bTB outbreaks in the cull zone by June this year, down just one on September 2013. The number of outbreaks outside the cull zone remained similarly static, with 33 in September 2013, rising to 34 in June this year.
Campaigners pointed out that outbreaks in Dorset had in fact fallen from 36 to 20 between August 2013 and June this year, thanks to what they said were cattle control measures rather than culling.
Some experts believe culling can only work effectively in reducing bTB outbreaks if far larger numbers of badgers are killed than has been managed so far in either of the existing cull zones, and that even then this would come at the risk of spreading bTB to neighbouring land.
In Somerset, 341 badgers were culled last year, just over the minimum number of 316 said by Government advisers to be required for the cull to succeed. In Gloucestershire however only 274 badgers were culled out of the minimum 615 recommended in order to stem the continued spread of the disease.
Professor Rosie Woodroffe, of the Zoological Society of London, who previously worked on the largest ever study of badger culling, carried out over a ten year period, said: "The pilot culls conducted to date in Somerset and Gloucestershire have failed by a wide margin to meet the requirement of reducing badger numbers by at least 70%. While the 2014 Somerset cull achieved the target set for it, this target was set far lower than would be required to meet the stated aim of reducing badger numbers by at least 70 per cent.
"For this reason it is hard to be confident that these culls will yield the reductions in cattle TB that everyone hopes to see. Indeed, the risk remains that overall they could make the problem worse. While there have been anecdotes of farms testing clear inside the cull zones, TB is a dynamic disease and it's important to wait for the full analysis to draw conclusions."


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Purium needed a new print or packaging design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 65 designs submitted by 18 freelance designers.
Purium Health Products
This project is to create 2 product labels for Purium Health Products.
Product Name: Apothe-Cherry Concentrate
Product Name: More Greens
We are planning to re-design ALL of our labels - we have 30+ different products.
We would like a consistent look that communicates that the products are part of the same line, yet each product should be easily identified individually.
Purium Health Products was created to give people access to world-class plant-based nutritional products that can change their lives.
The founder of Purium, David Sandoval, has a long history of creating superior health products based on his belief that God and Mother Nature have provided everything the human body needs to live a long life free of disease. Purium Health Products are 100% pure, with no binders or fillers, no preservatives or additives, no chemicals or GMOs - Just as Mother Nature intended.
Our products are superior in terms of their quality, and we would like to have a label design to represent the same.
Our target audience is people of all ages who are health-conscious and who are willing to try whole-food nutrition as opposed to isolated or synthetic vitamins. Our customers prefer a fast and easy way to get their daily nutritional needs from a natural and pure source.
***These products are intended to be displayed in supermarkets such as Trader Joes and Vons – where housewives, working moms, and families are targeted as well.
Label 1
Product: Apothe Cherry Concentrate
Label size: H 3.75" x W 8" (for cost purposes pls. keep the design to rectangular die)
More product info: http://phporder.com/ProductPage.asp…=28&ID=www
Label 2
Product: More Greens
* Please note that our current product name for this is "Scoop of Greens" which we are going to change into "More Greens" in this design
Label size: H 2.5" x W 11" (for cost purposes pls. keep the design to rectangular die)
More product info: http://phporder.com/ProductPage.asp…780&ID=www
• Please design a wrap around label for BOTH products.
• Please use our container images [see attached] or similar containers if you can find them
• Each label MUST contain ALL the information (Left, Right and Center Panel) on our current label [see attached]
***Important FDA Guidelines for the label***
• The Nutrition Facts Panel MUST be on white or very light background
- Minimum font size – 6pt
We have a few promotional materials that we like – file folders, catalogs & flyers etc...
• A similar style and color scheme would have its advantages BUT we are open for new ideas as well.
• We also have another product line which we have labels for [see attached] and would like you to consult to make sure this product line does not look too similar.
*** Final Artwork MUST be delivered in .ai files with all associated fonts and images***


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On Sunday's special post-AFC Championship airing of Hawaii Five-0, Chin Ho Kelly will live out every cop's nightmare: being stuck in prison with the people you've put behind bars.
Hawaii Five-0 boss on turning over the crime-solving to the fans"Cops that serve time in here don't do too well," warns a prison guard who's "helping" Chin (Daniel Dae Kim ) find answers. Based on the exclusive first look at the episode below, that's a huge understatement."We really wanted to put [Chin] in a situation where he'd have to face his sins," executive producer Peter Lenkov previously told TVGuide.com. "Chin Ho was considered a dirty cop, so we put him in a situation where some people feel he belongs in prison. There are people who want to kill him because he put them in there. We're playing with scenes of retribution and revenge. It's life or death and it's a really good ride."Although Chin wakes up inside the prison with no recollection of how he got there, things begin to become a bit clearer when he crosses paths with Det. Kaleo (Jason Scott Lee), the former Ochoa Cartel mole inside the Honolulu Police Department. As for why Chin's being punished? "Somebody ... wants you to suffer before you die," Kaleo says.
Winter TV: Get the scoop on your favorite returning showsWill Chin make it out alive? Watch his first heart-pumping fistfight in the clip below to find out. Plus: See which shocking familiar face comes to his rescue!The episode, which also features several previously unreleased Jimi Hendrix tracks, is scheduled to air Sunday at 10/9c on CBS.


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Participation Loving Alien People (PLAPs)
PLAPS (Participation Loving Alien People) are friendly little aliens who have come down from the Planet PLAP to help children participate. This curriculum pack is a fantastic teaching resource for the primary classroom, circle time sessions, or for use by parents at home.
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POTTSTOWN - The fallout from the sudden dismissal of veteran Pottstown YMCA swim coach Kathy Cook continues.
Cook was dismissed June 11, and on July 2 all 10 of her longtime assistant coaches resigned in unison and in protest of Cook's dismissal.
That action could mean the demise of the Pennsylvania State YMCA defending Indoor champion Seahawks swim team.
No way, the coaches say. The group is searching for a home pool to keep the Seahawks team intact and continue its tradition of success.
'Right now we're in search of a new facility where we can train,' said Seahawks assistant coach Amy Agnew, speaking for all the assistant coaches. 'We want to get the word out that we are moving on, trying to turn our anger into something positive. We want to take Kathy's values and her high ideals into a new program.'
But they need a new home pool to do so.
'Right now everybody is practicing at their own summer league team pool,' Agnew said. 'Our kids came from 12 different school districts and everybody usually swims for their summer team in the summer - in Birdsboro at Maple Springs Pool, at Amity Pool in Exeter, at Hillside, Laurelwood, at Nine Oaks in Royersford. Then we get back together in September for stroke and turn clinic, working on techniques, and in October, our season starts.
'The outside pools all close Labor Day weekend,' she added. 'That's when we are stuck.'
Agnew said the group has a sense of urgency to find a pool 'so we can get ourselves in place by, at least, early October.'
Why not just go to another YMCA?
Agnew answered, 'Most of the Ys in the area belong to the Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA, and we are not going to associate with them anymore. They would have to change their leadership. And we need a lot of apologies.'
The Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA took over the Pottstown location in a merger last year and, according to assistant coaches, management of the regional organization showed little interest in keeping Pottstown's successful programs. The assistant coaches said it seemed obvious that changes were made to set up Cook to fail. A two-time state champion, Cook swam for the Y and has coached there full time since 1999.
No explanation has been given for Cook's abrupt dismissal last month by Pottstown YMCA Executive Director Dan Albert.
John Flynn, president and CEO of the Philadelphia Freedom Valley YMCA, told The Mercury, 'This is really a personnel matter, and we can't discuss personnel matters.'
Agnew said she has not personally spoken with Albert.
'I know coach Bill Draves, coach Mark (Agnew, her husband) and coach Catherine Fink had a meeting with Albert after Kathy was fired,' Agnew said. 'And they tried to reach out to learn what, exactly, was going on.'
And they got no answers, Agnew said. She said they also tried to reach out to Flynn, but did not hear back from him.
'It's extremely heartbreaking to walk away from the YMCA,' Agnew said. 'A lot of us have been with different Y organizations for a long time. I learned to swim at the YMCA when I was little in Virginia. We all have been associated with different Ys for so many years in some capacity. It's been a great thing and a blast for all of us, and we got that all taken away.
'Yes, it was our choice to leave, but we didn't feel we could look our kids in the eye or ourselves in the eye, look in the mirror, because of the dishonesty and the disrespect that we all encountered through it. So we have to go our own way and start a new program.'
The coaches have checked with all the area schools who have pools - Owen J. Roberts, Perkiomen Valley, Upper Perkiomen, The Hill School, even Ursinus College.
None of the pools contacted thus far has available time. The YMCA program has 250 swimmers and Agnew said they hope to get 100 to 150 to follow them.
'Our first job is to find a pool. Several of the coaches are meeting with various people in the surrounding communities in the next couple of weeks to explore different options.
'We're even thinking about the idea of, maybe, trying to bubble a local outside pool and see if we can raise money for that. If they are expensive, we don't know if it's feasible this year, but it could be feasible in the future. We're floating out all kinds of possibilities. Of course, there is the issue of money. We don't have a lot of money to start with. We're going to have to ask our parents to put in money to start with, so we want to be conscious of the cost because we always try to do that as an organization so it's affordable to everybody.'
Agnew said the group hopes to take the name Seahawks with them.
'Through Kathy Cook, we really developed as a family and we felt like this (Cook's dismissal) was a death in the family, just losing her as our sort of matriarch, the founder and leader. She instilled a lot of great values, has been a fabulous role model for all of us, built the whole staff, and we really love each other and care for each other. And we want to stay together. And we love the kids.'
'We are exploring the idea to set up a fund where we can take donations for a bubble pool,' Agnew said. 'We have not made that decision yet. We are currently trying to find an existing pool that we can use as a practice facility for our team. We might even have to split up our kids among a couple different pools. That's an option if we can find a couple different places.
'We are determined to find a solution. Because we feel we built something special, obviously under Kathy's guidance, with the program we had, and we want to continue that. We have a great group of parents, a fabulous board at the Y and we're hoping to keep as many as possible.
Agnew said that despite the 'awful' situation, there is a positive side.
'Kathy and her family and all of us as coaches have been so amazed by the love and the caring we have seen from the community. Not just our swimmers, not just our swimmer parents, but people in the community. I've been stopped at church, at work, at our swimmers pool, by our friends. And I know all the other coaches have as well. Everybody is just sharing their support and their love for us. We've seen a lot of love and community, ironically, come out of this.'


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The success of the NHS' new national database, dubbed SPINE 2, will be down to the use of open source technologies and agile development techniques, according to its supplier BJSS.
The original SPINE database was core to the previous government's failed National Programme for IT (NPfIT).
SPINE has delivered a national infrastructure service that supports programmes such as the Summary Care Record (SCR), Choose & Book (CAB), Electronic Prescription Service (EPS), GP2GP, Quality Management & Analysis System (QMAS), Secondary Uses Service (SUS) and NHS Number. The Spine handles vast volumes of transactions, it contains NHS Numbers and demographic data for over 70 million patients which is requested or amended more than 2.6 billion times a year.
It was also announced yesterday by Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt that he expects the NHS to be paperless by 2018, in a bid to extract £4.4 billion worth of savings a year out of healthcare providers. SPINE 2 will play a critical role in this.
Nigel Wilson, head of development for BJSS, the company selected in June of last year to work with NHS Connecting for Health to help build the new database, told Techworld's sister site Computerworld UK why the existing database isn't effective.
"Currently the system takes a long time to do releases and make changes to those releases, and as a result the NHS isn't getting the flexibility it needs to deliver services and respond to the demanding needs in primary healthcare," said Wilson.
"In terms of what the new platform will do, it moves away from a lot of proprietary software and a really heavy infrastructure, and reduces the number of NHS racks of servers down from hundreds to tens."
He added: "There is a huge amount of savings to be made - in terms of the running costs, the infrastructure and the man power to manage it."
Wilson wasn't willing to go into specifics about the cost of developing SPINE 2, or the expected savings that the new database will deliver.
BJSS has been actively working on the project for six months, and Wilson estimates that it is half way to being completed. Wilson also revealed that although BJSS has currently only been tasked with building the database, it is in discussions with the NHS to manage it after the project completes.
BJSS has said that it is using a number of open source technologies to avoid vendor lock in with SPINE 2, including Python, Flask Web Framework and Tornado Web Servers, but is also working very closely with the NHS using agile development methodologies, which Wilson also insists is key to the database's success.
Agile has become the poster child for effective and efficient development in the IT industry, but many departments struggle to implement it effectively. Government especially has tried to implement it where possible, but has come under fire in the past for not doing it enough.
"The current arrangement in typical public sector procurements is that you are locked into a big systems integrator for a long time, where they try and push all of the service delivery onto that provider. What we are doing now is working very closely in collaboration with the NHS, so there isn't a them and us culture," said Wilson.
BJSS will work with NHS Connecting for Health to build the core services of 'Spine 2' - PDS, EPS, SCR and TMS - in a series of iterative development blocks (each four weeks). The company will also develop options to replace the user interfacing systems that access Care Records and Demographics Services, while ensuring the existing external interfaces remain unchanged to ensure there is no adverse impact on existing connected systems.
"I think the key thing is the shift in the way of working towards agile principles, which really de-risks the programme - it enables early integration and reduces the chance of any problems," Wilson added.
"SPINE currently has 20,000 systems integrated into it and BJSS has already carried out a proof of concept that delivered a working service, which we have now pushed out and are doing early integration testing with the third party developers that hook into SPINE."


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I am a father trying to help his daughter who wants to do something good. I hope, in reading this, you share my pride in her vision and see the critical importance of creating an entity (and brand) that people will both gravitate to and be inspired to be part of.
Her idea is to create an interfaith group of high school aged kids share their differences of faith to find commonalities of people. Through sharing, the hope is to create a greater level of understanding which leads to respect and, in turn, a greater sense of harmony between people of all the world. She is Jewish, but wants to open to open the group to people of the Christian world as well as the islamic, buddhist, and every other community in existence. Think the intersection of coexist meets Woodstock meets Unicef and John's Lennon's Imagine mosaic as brand benchmarks.
They will have meetings, coffeehouse expression sessions, shared religious services and, inevitably, a big coexistence concert using music - all as great faith bridges of communication and sharing.
Primary - High school kids between the ages of 14-18. So, it has to look cool, look good as on a vintage style t-shirt, etc.
Secondary - Educators and clergy of those kids. So, it has to have merit and a sense of greater purpose and substance.
It has to communicate "unity" and harmony among religions more than differences of faiths.
I would like one option (at least) that explores the use of arms of different colors to show human difference. Think of the Imagine Mosaic in Strawberry fields. What is the Common Ground Friends were at the center and all of the arms came from the center to the outer circle which shows unity and race distinction. Then on the outside, the hands of the arms intersect like an flower boarder.
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Executive Summary – Student Affairs Division
**The below information is from the 2006-2016 UIS Strategic Plan. For information on the current 2018-2028 Strategic Compass, visit https://www.uis.edu/strategiccompass/ **
As the University begins its journey to a being ranked as one of the "top" five national ranking small liberal arts universities in the nation, the Division of Student Affairs stands ready to support this effort by way of a dynamic strategic plan that articulates a clear vision for how it's units and their operations will support UIS's larger vision. The strategic plan developed by the UIS Division of Student Affairs is a living document that matches resources with vision and actions that ensures the goal of service through excellence is achieved.
As units within the Division of Student Affairs prepared respective strategic planning documents that would be consistent with the mission to move forward to excellence, it was essential that strategic foundation centered on the extraordinary changes facing higher education, the opportunities presented by an expanding and changing student body, advancements being made in student recruitment and retention, and overall delivery of customer-centered student services. Hence, the overall strategic planning framework described in this document reflects the six pillars of excellence that the Division strives to achieve; excellence in service, student development, building community, diversity, organizational and professional development, and recruitment and retention. These pillars are seen as the foundation for how to create a brilliant future for the University of Illinois at Springfield through the Division of Student Affairs.
In order to accomplish this aggressive transformation the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs requested that each department and respective staffing team within the Division structure its strategic plans to align with the six pillars (goals) of excellence, which would assure services and outcomes compliment the new direction for the Division of Student Affairs at UIS. To this end, each unit shaped their strategic plans around how it defines each pillar of excellence; the service and learning outcomes that accompany each pillar of excellence; the actions steps necessary to accomplish each service/learning outcome; and the assessment plan that benchmarks each outcome. The preceding document chronicles the collective strategic planning process for each of the twenty units within the Division of Student Affairs and their comprehensive approach to meeting the Division's goals outlined by the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs. As stated at the onset of this document, the Division of Student Affairs Strategic Plan is a living and dynamic document, and it is anticipated that this framework will continue to be refined in the coming months to produce a final, cohesive document by September 1, 2006.
Overall, the most important contribution the Division of Student Affairs offers to the University of Illinois at Springfield is the leadership to meet the opportunities and challenges in the next five years as the pathway to a brilliant future for UIS unfolds. This strategic plan is written and designed to advance the institution as whole, with the goal of better positioning UIS to achieve ranking status as one of the "top five" nationally recognized small public liberal arts university. At the same time, this plan outlines the significant operational issues and resources necessary to meet functional demands for the Division of Students Affairs, which will result in achievement of its mission to, "Developing Tomorrow's Leaders and Preparing Today's Enlightened and Engaged Citizens" and "Creating a Brilliant Future" for the University of Illinois at Springfield.
Vision Statement
Student Affairs strives to attract, to enroll, to educate, to serve students, and to produce graduates who are fully prepared to be outstanding contributors to and enlightened citizens within their communities and the larger global society.
Mission Statement
The Division of Student Affairs is committed to inspiring, educating, and supporting students in their efforts to excel personally and academically, demonstrating high levels of integrity, and exhibiting a strong commitment to building a just and equitable world for all people. We support the educational mission of University of Illinois at Springfield (UIS) through supporting faculty and staff in their endeavors to produce graduates that write, speak, think critically, and to become skilled and knowledgeable in their academic discipline. We assist our students in developing a healthy sense of identity as individuals and as members of a community, placing high value on the ability to thrive both independently and interdependently. At UIS, we place particular emphasis on appreciation of diverse perspectives, ethical leadership, and a commitment to life long skills of civic engagement and social justice. Our core philosophy that drives and empowers our staff to service is the intent to provide the best possible programs and services to students that enable them to accomplish their dreams and realize success in all areas of life. This philosophical theme is encompassed in our division theme: "Developing Tomorrow's Leaders and Preparing Today's Enlightened and Engaged Citizens".
- Excellence in Service
Holding our programs and staff to excellence in all that we do, Student Affairs respectfully supports students, faculty, staff, and parents with professional care. Our programs, services, and facilities assist students in their transition to campus life and help them to navigate and complete the college experience and to derive the greatest value and pleasure from their time at UIS.
- Student Development
Our staff of professionals is committed to the enhancement of student leadership and the cultivation of their civic engagement as citizens. Student Affairs directly supports students' life long development of personal, academic, and social skills.
- Building Community
Our strong community partnerships and deep involvement actively engages students and faculty in the larger social system and promotes service learning, social justice and civic engagement. We offer a safe, open, welcoming community that nurtures healthy personal development and a sense of belonging to everyone in the campus community.
- Diversity
We work to attract, to hire, and to retain students, faculty, and staff of all backgrounds. Our goal is a rich multicultural environment. Student Affairs emphasizes to its students and staff a diverse, tolerant campus community.
- Organizational and Professional Development
The Student Affairs staff exhibits the values we hope students will exhibit. Our staff learns constantly as we serve and works collaboratively with students and colleagues to achieve a shared vision.
- Recruitment and Retention
Student Affairs holds a deep appreciation for entire journey that students embark upon during their college career. We are committed to ensuring that staff and resources are aligned appropriately to foster student success at the point of college exploration and recruitment, to the point of college selection and enrollment, and culminating in successful graduation and post graduation planning.


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Yes, they dim. Maybe an artifact of the camera settings or deliberately overridden for the purpose of the video.
The display has independent settings for day and night mode. You can set screen brightness for each mode.
Videos are not a good indication of actual screen brightness due to the way the light sensors in the camera work. Camera light sensors are, by default, calibrated to a "normal" scene. Some sky, some trees, a couple of people, and some grass. They assume that the image averages out to 18% grey. So if you take a picture of snow, as an example, it will turn out grey. A nighttime scene in a car will try to make the image appear as though it were daylight, this makes the screen appear brighter than the sun.
The screen brightness range is extremely flexible but will not allow a total blackout of the center display at night. 0% at night is actually usable on unlit highways for basic functions when you have learned what screen buttons you want to press. More brightness is necessary to read the small print on some buttons.
In the first few days of Model S driving, I found myself having to readjust the night brightness to be brighter at dusk, then lower it as evening progresses. A light sensor would help to automatically make this adjustment. Keeping the Controls screen set to Display at night makes this an easy change during a drive. You press Controls in the lower left corner of the screen, change the setting and then either press the X at the upper left of the window, or better yet, just press Controls again to make the control screen disappear.