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National Museums Liverpool's three art galleries, the Lady Lever Art Gallery, Walker Art Gallery and Sudley House, are world famous for their Pre-Raphaelite paintings.
Over the years, we have also collected drawings and watercolours by the Pre-Raphaelites, many of them related to our paintings. These delicate works are normally kept in storage to preserve them from fading.
This former exhibition was a chance to see the best of our Pre-Raphaelite drawings and watercolours. The 35 works in the exhibition included a recent acquisition, Millais's drawing of 'Cymon and Iphigenia', which went on public display at the gallery for the first time.
You can see the main drawings and watercolours from each section of the exhibition using the links below. Look out for the 'comparison pages', which allow you to directly compare the drawings that were made for paintings in our collections with the finished paintings themselves.
You can listen to a podcast of 'John Ruskin' (as played by art historian and actor Dr Paul O'Keeffe) delivering one of his famous lectures on Pre-Raphaelitism, recorded in the exhibition in May 2006.
Families can download a free exhibition activity sheet and colouring in sheets for aspiring young Pre-Raphaelites.
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was founded in autumn 1848. It was an informal group of young artists who wished to challenge the established art of the time.
The name Pre-Raphaelite shows the Brotherhood's admiration for a style of art before Raphael and the 'High Renaissance'. Raphael's style dominated art teaching and was much admired in the early Victorian period.
The Brothers felt this had led to an artificial, grandiose style which had lost touch with nature. They wanted art to go back to the freshness, simplicity and genuine feeling of the earlier period. They wanted to bring back seriousness to art, so they chose subjects from poetry,
literature and religion which expressed ideas that were important and relevant to them.
You can read more about the movement in our online Pre-Raphaelites feature. There is also detailed information about the leaders of the group, John Everett Millais,
Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt.
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The Paramony: Biblical References for Paper 35 of The Urantia Book
The Local Universe Sons of God
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IN death, Papua New Guinea journalist, Rosalyn Evara, has shone the spotlight on an issue which often escapes notice in regional news coverage – violence against women. A victim of domestic violence for several years, this outspoken woman highlighted daily the ills of the nation and was regarded as an advocate for justice and good governance.
Evara was respected by colleagues, the public and legislators alike for her professionalism and fearless journalism which often exposed the darker side of business in PNG. Trained at the highly-recognised Divine Word University, she began her journalism career at Word Publishing before joining the Post Courier in 2002. Working through the ranks and the major news centres of Lae, Madang and Port Moresby, this promising journalist became bureau chief and later business editor at the News Limited-owned Post Courier.
At 41 when she died suddenly, Evara was on track to becoming the first female editor of one of the region's largest and most influential newspapers. But behind the professionalism , national recognition and success lay an awful secret which many Pacific women journalists also hide.
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AT the age of nine, Tony de Brum was fishing at sea with his grandfather when he witnessed an explosion which was the evidence of the Bravo Shot – a thermonuclear test by the United States in the Bikini Atoll.
He would later see first-hand the devastation, grief and human suffering caused by that test and man-made destruction on the environment and to human life. Born in the Ellis Islands – what is now the independent nation of Tuvalu – de Brum would later move home to the Marshall Islands and witness the destruction caused by nature through climate change.
But even climate change, he came to realise, was in essence a manifestation of human greed, lack of responsibility and absence of justice. Perhaps these two key events propelled de Brum to become a fierce advocate for the rights of Pacific islanders from the smaller states and a clarion for the region at international fora.
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THE Pacific lost an eminent figure in the creative arts, culture and fashion with the death of Samoa's Seiuli Allan Alo Vaai (pictured). More commonly known as Allan Alo, this brilliant dancer and choreographer lost a long battle with cancer which ended in New Zealand late last month.
Despite the cancer, Alo had perhaps his most successful year in 2016, establishing the inaugural Samoa Fashion Week which placed his country's arts and fashion firmly on the global map. The event is expected to become the launching pad for upcoming designers, artists and gave birth to a new class of aspiring Samoan models.
Like Alo, it will quite possibly become a living inspiration not only for Samoans but also the thousands of talented Pacific islanders who seek opportunities in this area. Diagnosed with Stage Four lung and brain cancer, Alo braved on, defiant and determined to realise his dream to create a space to nurture, encourage and develop the talents of Pacific people of all ages.
It is a dream which started perhaps at the University of the South Pacific's Laucala Bay Campus in Suva, Fiji, where he was co-founder of the Oceania Dance Theatre.
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MUCH loved by her subjects, respected throughout the kingdom, Queen Halaevalu Mata'aho 'Ahome'e was laid to rest in the Royal Tombs at Mala'ekula on March 1. The late Queen Mother bore two kings – Tupou VI and his eccentric brother, Siaosi Tupou V, who died in 2012. And she was Queen Consort of Tonga from 1965 to 2006 as wife of King Taufa'ahau Tupou IV whom she married in 1947.
Tupou IV ascended the throne in 1966 after the death of his mother, Queen Salote, the previous year in Auckland, New Zealand. A quarter of a century later, Mata'aho – like her mother-in-law – went to New Zealand and succumbed to an illness which she had suffered for some time. Born the eldest daughter of 'Ahome'e (Manu-'o-pangai) and his wife, Heuʻifanga, Halaevalu was descended from Ma'afu – the warring prince who governed Lau and threatened to rule Fiji in the late 1800s.
As Ma'afu's great-great-granddaughter she had blood ties to several Fijian chiefly families including those in Lakeba, Taveuni, Bau and Rewa. Those links were revived last year through the marriage of her niece, Odette 'Ainise Kilinalivoni Tupouohomohema Taumoepeau-Tupou to Ratu Penaia Kamisese Tuivanuavou (Edward) Ganilau.
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SEVEN months after becoming the first Tongan to be inducted into New Zealand Music's Hall of Fame, Wilfred Jeffs, who went by the stage name Bill Sevesi, passed away, aged 92,,on April 23. When the news trickled out via social media, New Zealanders and Pacific islanders both mourned and celebrated a lifetime of achievement. Known as the 'Godfather of the Pacific', Sevesi was a master player of the steel guitar and , who helped to popularise Hawaiian-style music in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands.
The Tongan-born songwriter also composed more than 200 songs over a career spanning six decades. "He was such a prolific icon," said New Zealand member of parliament and Labour spokesperson for Pacific affairs, Su'a William Sio. "Though Tongan, we all wanted to own him. May his memory live long in the history of Pacific music." When the annual Pacific Music Awards are held in Manukau, South Auckland on 9 June, there is no doubt Sevesi will be on the minds of everyone as a founding father for Pacific music who won a Lifetime Achievement Award in 2006.
"I was so very lucky to have known him. A true legend amongst us and one of the kindest, most positive, special people of the world," said Pacific Music Awards event manager, Petrina TogiSa'ena. Sevesi was a stalwart of Auckland's music scene through the 1950s, 1960s and 1970s as leader of his band.
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Randy Rutledge necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 53 diseños de 14 diseñadores freelance.
MUD {Moving Under Direction}
We are a upbeat, growing youth ministry that is searching for a fresh, new modern look. We are looking to develop a logo that will help brand our youth ministry and make us more recognizable in our community.
Teens 7th-12th grade, but a logo that is generally appealing to a wide range of ages.
The logo should be bright, modern and upbeat. It should stand out and have a very strong appeal to the eye. We are specifically looking for something crisp, but with a grungy, urban flair!
Here's the Specifics:
The main title of the logo should be - MUD (While this is an acronym, we do not want to have periods between the letters!)
The subtitle of the logo should be "Moving Under Direction"
You should feel free to use creative elements and color selections. While Mud is brown and we don't mind having brown as one of the colors used in the logo, we do not wish for the entire logo to consist only of brown.
One idea we have had would be to use a "mud splatter" element somewhere in the logo. This however is only one idea to get you started. Your a designer, a creator....so that is what we want you to do!
Have fun and don't forget to ask if you have any questions. May the best designer win!
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Rules on checking aimed to protect, but some believe they could lead to harm
Rules on checking aimed to protect, but some believe they could harm
Playing forward last year in the Greater Bridgeport Youth Hockey Association, Brian Gallagher learned to take the body, to try to separate his opponent from the puck. And he knew, when he went into the corner for the puck, someone might be following him, looking to hit him.
Body checking is a part of hockey at most levels, and until this year, it was a part of pee wee hockey in the United States.
"It's certainly something you have to watch out for," said Gallagher, who's from Newtown. "It is the game. We need to learn it."
Maybe so, but USA Hockey has given players two more years to learn checking in practices before displaying it in games.
The national governing body for hockey changed its rules to make body checking -- not, it stresses, incidental body contact when two players are competing for the puck -- a penalty in pee wee hockey. Games played under USA Hockey's sanction won't include legal checking until the year players turn 13.
USA Hockey hopes the change will allow players a chance to develop hockey skills and to stay safer.
"We should be focused on skill rather than the checking aspect," said Adam Delgado, who coaches pee wee hockey in the Greenwich Blues' organization.
Player safety, an assortment of coaches around the region agreed, is paramount. They're nowhere near unanimous in agreeing that taking checking out of pee wees is the way to accomplish that.
"I would have them, like they do in some states, learn to check in squirts, or in mites," said Tim McGrath, a pee wee coach in the Stamford Youth Hockey Association. "There's going to be a lot more concussions, maybe some neck injuries. It's a mistake in the wrong direction."
`Trying to Survive'
USA Hockey has all kinds of material on its website explaining and defending the change. Podcasts feature interviews with officials. Testimonials came from Brian Burke and Mike Milbury, two American hockey executives whose reputations are anything but soft.
Reactions were still strong. Said one anonymous comment left on Milbury's article: "No wonder other countries are kicking our butts in hockey." But the reasoning focuses on two areas: skill development and concussion risk.
For the former, the organization adopted the "American Development Model" in 2009, and Stage 2 of the ADM includes girls age 8-11 and boys 9-12. The goal in that stage is to develop specific skills; Stage 3 further develops those skills and increases competition.
"During these stages," reads the ADM documentation, and the rest of the sentence is in bold, "we make or break an athlete." Body checking, USA Hockey believes, has kept 11- and 12-year-old players from developing hockey skills.
"Most of those kids, when they get to that pee wee age level, the puck is a second thought," said Roger Grillo, a regional manager for the ADM, in one of the podcasts. "They're just trying to survive. When you go into a game thinking that way, your skill development is hampered anyway."
Bob Mancini, another ADM regional manager, noted that the NHL returned from its lockout in 2006 with an emphasis on taking restraining penalties out of the game. That allowed players with skill and skating ability to flourish, and USA Hockey wants players to develop those skills at younger ages rather than physical skills.
"We're kind of developing players at too early of an age for an NHL that doesn't exist anymore," Mancini said in another podcast.
The USA Hockey website links to a Journal of the American Medical Association article from June 2010, featuring a study that compared injury rates for Canadian pee wee teams in Alberta, where checking was allowed, against those for teams in Quebec, where it wasn't. The authors concluded that injury rates in practices were similar, but games in Alberta produced three times as many injuries.
Dr. Michael Stuart, USA Hockey's chief medical officer, said in a podcast that pee wee teams should teach checking in practices, where injury rates are lower, so players can hit safely at the next level, bantam hockey.
He said the medical community has determined that young athletes are more susceptible to concussions, which can have severe long-term effects.
"The time is now," said Stuart, whose sons Mark and Colin play professional hockey -- and, he adds proudly, are physical players. "We cannot wait for additional research."
The goal, Stuart said, is not just to delay body checking, but to improve coaching and officiating and developing the skill of body checking.
Some coaches aren't sure the delay will help.
Speaking of skills
Two decades removed from his college days, Bernie Cassell still has the skating and puck skills that made him a Division III All-American at Elmira College. He works with players of all ages, including the New York Islanders, to develop those skills.
He can understand the pee wee rule change. That's not to say he agrees.
"I look at checking as a skill," Cassell said after a skills session with the GBYHA in Shelton last week. He said players could be taught from a young age, "teach them how to do it right, how to check, how to receive a check, do it all the way through."
Cassell, who was listed at 5-foot-8 in his playing days and still has a slight frame, said he remembered the first time he took a really big hit. It came from Chris Winnes, who came out of Ridgefield and had an 11-year pro career.
"I tried to toe drag. I was looking down at the puck," Cassell said.
"I never looked down again. I was fortunate I didn't get a concussion, but I think you learn your lesson."
That's exactly the kind of thing that concerns Ben Bryce, a pee wee coach in the Mid-Fairfield Youth Hockey Association.
"For the long-term sake of kids' minds, brains, skills, for kids staying in hockey, (the change is) good long-term," Bryce said.
"In the short term, one (problem) is developing bad habits," like skating with one's head down, like turning one's back as an opponent approaches.
He and assistant coach Andrew Billinghurst, who both played in college, took pride in teaching checking as well as how to receive a check. They said it's something that's not always taught well.
A legal body check at any level is simply supposed to take the puck away from the opponent.
"Kids try to hit like they see on TV, like they see in video games. Coaches don't know how to enforce it," Billinghurst said. "USA Hockey should run hitting clinics ... go through the right and wrong ways."
That is one of USA Hockey's stated goals, though the organization wants that training to happen during practices. Stuart, in his podcast, said there's concern that younger players' brains aren't developed enough to handle a task as complex as delivering or receiving a legal body check at full speed.
That used to be a subject for the first few pee wee practices. It's obviously less pressing now.
"You could introduce it in practice, but you're only going to learn so much in practice," McGrath said. "At this level, games are (like) practice, too."
Fall back
Caught in the middle are the players born in 1999, like Gallagher. Last year, they were young pee wees and, hopefully, learned how to check and how to take a hit.
This year, the rules have changed on them.
"Last year, I did a lot of hip checking," Gallagher said. Now, "in open ice, I've got to back off."
His younger teammate, Cole Sprinkle of Fairfield, played spring hockey with checking. Coming back in the fall, it's pretty much the same as it was last year in squirts.
"I'm used to it," he said.
Other players aren't.
"They (the 1999 birthdays) were properly trained to hit and receive a check," Bryce said. "It's an adjustment."
Granted, it's a one-year adjustment.
"For the most part, for the new kids who haven't had hitting, they don't look for hits, and they're not throwing hits," Delgado said.
"I've seen cases on the ice where (second-year kids) are looking to throw a big hit. I can see it in their heads. They're thinking. Sometimes the hit does get thrown. ... It's something you can't be mad about. All last year (they played with checking)."
Billinghurst said several players in the opening games of the season just instinctively played the body.
"Guys went into the corner and didn't know what to do," Billinghurst said.
In Stamford, Chris Berlingo coaches a team with some smaller, faster players, who could easily benefit from the no-checking rule this year. But soon enough, the older players will be playing at the bantam level.
"The downside," Berlingo said, "is kids I coached last year could check. Now they're not going to check. They're going to play next year against kids who have been checking for four years."
Watch your head
Berlingo's team last year had three players suffer concussions. He can understand the reasoning behind the change.
Sprinkle saw a player on his team get hurt on a check last year. Gallagher took a hit last year and got a concussion, which he called "not a big deal."
"We had kids get checked. We've got to learn to hit the right way," Gallagher said.
Officiating needs to be consistent, too, coaches said.
Some had a laundry list of problems with USA Hockey, including separate offside rules that allow teams to tag up and get back onside in the older divisions but not in the younger classes. Players only a couple of years away from high school hockey are developing their skills under entirely different rules, they say, which now includes body checking.
"Now kids are going to (be) 14, 15 years old and getting hit a lot harder without knowing how to check," McGrath said. "I went from pee wee to high school, because of my age bracket. Kids are going to learn in maybe one year? (Facing) 17-, 18-year-old kids, with maybe one year of checking under their belts."
No matter what, players will go hard for the puck, Berlingo said. Hits will happen.
"It's not going to be an easy fix," he said.
But if that fix does take, USA Hockey believes it'll keep players safer and help them turn out to be better players. Supporters feel it'll create a stronger team game at the pee wee level.
Those with reservations only hope that the change isn't just pushing the instruction and concussion issues two years later.
"The reasons are right," Billinghurst said.
"Let's stop the problem once and for all. Let's teach the kids to hit, and teach the coaches to teach the kids to hit."
Reach Michael Fornabaio at firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow at twitter.com/fornabaioctp.
For more: http://www.usahockey.com
By the book
According to USA Hockey's rulebook, the difference between body checking and body contact:
Body Checking
"A legal body check is one in which a player checks an opponent who is in possession of the puck, by using his hip or body from the front, diagonally from the front or straight from the side.
"Legitimate body checking must be done for the purpose of separating the opponent from the puck, only with the trunk of the body (hips and shoulders) and must be above the opponent's knees and at or below the shoulders."
Body Contact
"Contact that occurs between opponents during the normal process of playing the puck, provided there has been no overt hip, shoulder or arm contact to physically force the opponent off of the puck."
-- SOURCE: USA Hockey's 2011-13 Official Rules and Casebook of Ice Hockey
Who you calling 'Squirt'?
Age groups for USA hockey:
Mite: 8-and-under
Squirt: 10-and-under
Pee wee: 12-and-under
Bantam: 14-and-under
Midget: 18-and-under
Note: Players are classified by their birth year. Pee wee this season includes players born in 1999 and 2000.
-- SOURCE: USA Hockey


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Brian Patrick Dawkins (born October 13, 1973 in Jacksonville, Florida) is an American football safety for the Denver Broncos of the National Football League. He was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in the second round of the 1996 NFL Draft. He played college football at Clemson.
A seven-time Pro Bowl selection, Dawkins is a member of the Philadelphia Eagles 75th Anniversary Team and 20/20 Club.
A three-year starter at strong safety for Clemson University, Dawkins finished his career with 247 tackles and 11 interceptions. He was a 2nd team All-American selection as a senior when his team-high six interceptions tied him for the conference lead. He was named the first-team strong safety on Clemson's all-centennial team in 1995 and was selected to their Athletic Hall of Fame in 2009.


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Sharks get a taste of NRL comeback curse
Comeback kings the Cronulla Sharks got a taste of their own medicine on Sunday as Newcastle turned around an 18-point deficit to win 31-18 at Remondis Stadium.
Piling on 31 unanswered points to win their third-straight match, the Knights head into their final eight matches with six home games and the slightest glimmer of hope that they could make the finals.
After the Sharks staged monster revivals from 22-0 and 24-0 down the past two weeks, Newcastle coach Wayne Bennett said he didn't actually mind the idea of trailing the miracle workers 18-6 at halftime.
In his 700th game as an NRL coach, Bennett told his players at the break they had the Sharks right where they wanted them.
"It might have been my best," said Bennett of his halftime words of wisdom.
"To be perfectly honest I wasn't overly disappointed in one sense. Hopefully lull them into a false sense of security.
"I've got no doubt at 18-0 they thought it was all over."
Jeff Robson, Michael Gordon and Sosaia Feki crossed for the first tries Cronulla have posted in the opening 40 minutes of a match since May 17 to set up the likelihood that the Sharks could finally win a match in conventional fashion.
But after winning the unwinnable against Brisbane and the Sydney Roosters, it was the Sharks' turn to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory.
The hunters of the NRL became the hunted.
"It hurts," said interim coach, James Shepherd.
"The feeling in the shed then is the complete opposite of what we felt last week.
"Polar opposites.
"If any team should know about momentum, it's us."
Despite a gale-force breeze, seven of the eight tries scored in the game were against the wind.
However, the turning point came from the one try that did go with the conditions - scored by Willie Mason two minutes before halftime.
It was the set after Cronulla had shot to 18-0 up, and returning Sharks prop Andrew Fifita coughed up possession off the restart.
Mason was picked up on the Channel Nine microphones saying "Get the f***ing camera out of my face" after he walked back from scoring - and the Knights all of a sudden meant business. The wheels were in motion.
"That try was crucial. That's what happens when you're clocking off," said Bennett, who dismissed any suggestion his mid-week announcement he was leaving the club had an effect on the Knights' sub-standard start.
"I don't think it's been difficult at all. We've had more difficult weeks than this one," he said.
Jarrod Mullen and Kurt Gidley were instrumental in the epic turnaround, with both halves bagging a try and setting up one each.
The Knights, Sharks and Canberra were locked in equal last position on Sunday morning, but a lovely short pass from Gidley to Beau Scott put Newcastle in front for the first time in the 64th minute and consigned Cronulla to outright last on the ladder - after the Raiders upset the Gold Coast.
Also crucial in the result was Paul Gallen (bicep) and Wade Graham (shoulder) leaving the field in the 50th minute for treatment - with three tries scored before the skipper returned.
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Galaxie 500 | PLEXI015 | Released: 02/05/10
Don't Let Our Youth Go To Waste is a comprehensive visual document spanning the history of Galaxie 500. The 2-disc DVD set is a compendium of all their music videos, a rare TV appearance and an archive of over 40 songs performed live, including two unreleased songs. From fan footage to professionally-produced segments, the collection of live performances was curated by the band to best represent their brief but illustrious career.
This 2-DVD set includes a performance of an unreleased original song "Buzz in My Head" and a live version of Jonathan Richman's "Back in Your Life," both of which were never recorded or released in any other form. The deluxe booklet contains photos and a new interview with all three members, Dean Wareham, Damon Krukowski and Naomi Yang conducted by Yo La Tengo's James McNew.
From fan footage to professionally-produced segments, the concerts have been compiled from over 20 hours of performances, starting from an early local show at the Middle East in Boston in 1988, to a full set at a November 1990 concert at the University of London. The NEW MUSICAL EXPRESS raved about a concert, "Galaxie 500 are the world's premier softness trio. Live, they leave you stunned."
The first disc contains all four of their videos, directed by friend and photographer Sergio Huidor as well as segments taken from five concerts--from early local performances in Boston to 1990 west coast tour dates--which all came from the band's personal collections. It is rounded out with a performance and interview for UK television, taken at the band's peak in popularity.
The second disc, or "Bootlegs" disc, has two full concerts from 1990: the first in Atlanta and the second in London, both shot by audience members. After receiving tapes by a call-out to fans from around the world, the band curated all the footage and picked what best captured their career.
"Galaxie 500 could be one of the most influential bands to emerge from the late-80's independent rock scene." Karen Schoemer, -THE NEW YORK TIMES
"Galaxie 500 made some of the starkest, most beautiful, American underground music of the past decade." -MELODY MAKER
"Galaxie 500 is a wintry opiate. A hypnotic open loop of gentle drums, a bass that becalms like a mother's finger to her lips, and a guitar that drifts purposefully from languid to leveling. A voice singing high and strange. Sounds like love (lost) in a cool snap."
-Pat Blashill, SPIN


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In North Beach in San Francisco, where some pretty super food gets served every night.
"Absolutely very super food! " "I really like the taste" are comments by two diners.
But we're not just talking about taste. Research now shows some foods, including tomatoes, onions, garlic, and olive oil -- are among the superfoods. Superfoods are packed with powerful chemicals that may offer your body great protection against chronic disease --Read More


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Breaking Up (With a Co-Founder) Is Hard to Do
Ten months after co-founding a communications firm in 2008, Tami Hausman asked her business partner to meet at a local Starbucks. Things weren't working out, Ms. Hausman says, and she wanted to run the New York company on her own.
"It was extremely stressful," recalls Ms. Hausman, because she anticipated that her partner would be surprised and upset. "I didn't want to hurt her feelings."
Ms. Hausman, a first-time entrepreneur, says she decided to dump her business partner because they had different goals, even though they seemed to be in alignment at the beginning. She says she wanted to grow the company by hiring employees, building a website and leasing office space, rather than continue working out of each other's homes. Her partner, she claims, preferred to keep the firm lean.
"It got a little ugly," says Ms. Hausman, 44 years old, adding that she ended up buying her partner out.
The co-founder declined to comment.
Many people start businesses with partners, often so they can benefit from the others' expertise, connections and finances. But sometimes one founder concludes over time that the relationship is flawed and parting ways would be best.
Announcing a desire to split up and subsequently dissolving a business partnership can be tricky, as emotions tend to run high.
How you go about handling the situation can mean the difference between an amicable split, where you run the business as you see fit, and a messy divorce, in which you wind up losing money, clients, resources or other critical assets.
"You need to find some level of common ground or you're going to be talking in circles, which can easily spiral into much worse scenarios, such as legal action," says Scott Gerber, founder of the Young Entrepreneur Council, a national invitation-only network of entrepreneurs under the age of 35.
Of course, the best way to handle a business breakup is to prepare for the possibility of a divorce happening when you're just starting out, he says. You can do this by including in your operating agreement a set of instructions for how a split would go down, such as a requirement that the exiting founder sign a nonsolicitation agreement should he or she decide to launch a similar business after leaving.
"New partners can't talk about the good times if they're unwilling to talk about the bad times," he says.
When it comes to breaking up, if you can't reach consensus, Mr. Gerber recommends turning to a third-party arbitrator, such as an attorney or accountant. "You need to ensure that both of you trust [the arbitrator you choose] so there are no issues afterward," Mr. Gerber says.
But first, consider how you'll run the business on your own, advises Richard Mandel, a small-business attorney with Bowditch & Dewey in Framingham, Mass. Will you need to hire additional help or quickly secure new clients?
Consulting an attorney in advance of a breakup may also be wise. How you can legally go about removing a co-founder may depend on whether your business is a partnership, limited liability company or corporation, as well as the state in which you set it up, according to Mr. Mandel. Some states have laws that prevent a co-founder from being able to kick a partner out of the business without buying that person out, whether or not the co-founder initiating the breakup believes the partner deserves to be compensated.
Before dumping a co-founder, also make sure you have access to key information, such as the firm's bank account and Internet passwords, and that any intellectual property critical to the business is owned by the firm and not the person you're planning to push out, says Anthony McCusker, a partner with law firm Goodwin Procter in Menlo Park, Calif.
He says founders should take these steps, regardless of whether they plan to split from a partner, as early as possible. If you haven't done this yet, Mr. McCusker recommends doing so several months prior to announcing your desire to split up to avoid letting on what you intend to do.
If you skip them entirely, securing those key business assets from your partner may prove difficult should he or she react poorly to your decision to separate, Mr. McCusker adds.
Elizabeth diGiacomantonio recently parted ways with the co-founder of her three-year-old business, Walk Up Press, a letterpress and design studio in Brooklyn, N.Y. She says she was fortunate that the split was amicable in part because her former partner had managed all of the firm's finances and its website, and was willing to hand everything over to her.
About a year ago, Ms. diGiacomantonio, 29, says she began sensing that she was more invested in the business than her partner because he was juggling other professional interests. She wanted to grow their firm by adding new products and selling to more retailers, so she asked him to spend some time thinking about whether he wanted to do the same or move on. Soon after, she says her partner agreed to bow out.
He declined to comment.
They then created a document outlining how they would dissolve the partnership and had it notarized, Ms. diGiacomantonio says. Among its contents was a plan for her to buy out her former partner in monthly installments over a six-month period. She now runs the business on her own and says she has managed to double sales from a year ago.
Meanwhile, Ms. Hausman, the entrepreneur who experienced an ugly breakup with a business partner four years ago, says that today she runs her firm out of a rented office and has five employees. "I'm so much happier now," she adds.
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Health Department offers head lice information
It's that time of year again. When yellow school buses, cross guards and children carrying book bags abound. Therefore the Henry and Stark County Health Departments would like to remind area residents of the facts pertaining to head lice and how to treat it.
Head lice are spread most commonly by direct head-to-head (hair-to-hair) contact. However, much less frequently they are spread by sharing clothing or belongings onto which lice have crawled or nits attached to shed hairs may have fallen. The risk of getting infested by a louse that has fallen onto a carpet or furniture is very small. Head lice survive less than 1-2 days if they fall off a person and cannot feed; nits cannot hatch and usually die within a week if they are not kept at the same temperature as that found close to the scalp.
The following are steps that can be taken to help prevent and control the spread of head lice:
* Avoid head-to-head (hair-to-hair) contact during play and other activities at home, school, and elsewhere (sports activities, playground, slumber parties, camp).
*Do not share clothing such as hats, scarves, coats, sports uniforms, hair ribbons, or barrettes.
*Do not share combs, brushes, or towels. Disinfest combs and brushes used by an infested person by soaking them in hot water (at least 130°F) for 5-10 minutes.
*Do not lie on beds, couches, pillows, carpets, or stuffed animals that have recently been in contact with an infested person.
*Machine wash and dry clothing, bed linens, and other items that an infested person wore or used during the 2 days before treatment using the hot water (130°F) laundry cycle and the high heat drying cycle. Clothing and items that are not washable can be dry-cleaned OR sealed in a plastic bag and stored for 2 weeks.
*Vacuum the floor and furniture, particularly where the infested person sat or lay. However, spending much time and money on housecleaning activities is not necessary to avoid reinfestation by lice or nits that may have fallen off the head or crawled onto furniture or clothing.
Although head lice are difficult to see, they are easy to recognize. One sign is a persistent itch of the scalp, often accompanied by infected scratch marks. Closer inspection, aided by a hand lens will reveal small silvery eggs attached to the hair shaft.
Head lice infestations among children and adults are common. Lice are unbearably itchy and highly contagious; they require immediate, thorough treatment. Alas, there are no non-toxic products for killing lice, but there are effective over-the-counter products such as Nix and Rid. But if you do use one of these preparations, follow the instructions exactly. Delouse clothing, bedding and combs according to directions; as well as, head and body.
Remember to take all possible steps to protect other members of your household, and to notify people who might have been exposed through direct bodily or household contact, and to prevent re-infestation.
To help control a head lice outbreak in a community, school, or camp, children can be taught to avoid activities that may spread head lice. For more information, contact your family health care provider, school nurse or visit our website at www.henrystarkhealth.com.


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Look deeper into RMA reforms and you might find it's more exciting than you think: an Environment Minister taking her axe to urban trees, and the latest in a series of "democracy deficits" - this time affecting Auckland
Wake up, New Zealand. Yo, Auckland!
I want you - the 87 percent of you who live in a city or town in New Zealand - to have a think about trees. What do trees mean to you?
Shade on a baking day like today; pretty light on your lawn in the mornings? Nesting and perching space for the morning chorus and their babies? Some light entertainment? - drunk tui, chattery fantail, those solemn kereru clowns? Your kids and kittens climbing, swinging; kids playing cricket underneath? Privacy from noisy or nosy neighbours; a shield from next door's ugly house, or the road? Shelter from blustering winds? Ringing the changes from autumn, through winter, to spring?
Here's the Environmental Defence Society's list of some of the things trees do: all of those things, and more.
- Trees provide crucial biodiversity habitat, wildlife corridors through built-up areas - and stream corridors, where shading is necessary to achieve stream temperatures in which aquatic species can survive.
- Trees improve water quality, through the filtering of nutrients and contaminants.
- Trees reduce storm water run-off - particularly important in urban areas, with a lot of impermeable ground cover.
- Trees assist with erosion control.
- Trees absorb carbon dioxide, a greenhouse gas which contributes to climate change.
- Trees raise the amenity values - and also actual values - of people's homes.
All of that under threat, and you're being misled about it: the government's latest proposal to take an axe to urban trees is described in the explanatory note to the Resource Management Reform Bill 2012 as a "technical change", to "clarify and improve the workability of the RMA".
In the Bill (clause 12), the RMA would be changed so that a tree protection rule in a council plan can only apply to a particular tree, or a group (cluster, line or grove) of trees on the same or adjacent properties, listed in the plan.
If it proceeds, many fewer trees will be protected, because of the bureaucratic difficulty and cost of individually assessing and adding every tree to the plan, in a schedule.
Many more trees will be cut down, in a proposal described as "pandering to" the vested interests of the Property Council.
The government tried to make similar changes in their 2009 RMA reforms. They lost: Waitakere City took a case, and the law change now proposed would overturn the resulting Environment Court decision.
The Bill says that -
- specifying all trees of one or more named species in a defined area or zone of the plan (for example, all kauri in the Waitakere Ranges)
- or all trees in a class with defined characteristics in an area or zone (for example, all exotic trees exceeding specified height or girth in Remuera)
- or all trees in a named ecosystem -
won't meet the new requirements.
Fair enough: sometimes trees are a nuisance. So is, sometimes, every other thing you'll ever hug in your life. But thinking now about everything they bring to our lives: can we afford not to approach them with a bit of balance and care, with aroha, and awe?
The government's own RMA policy has been to 'simplify and streamline'. The bureaucratic demands and cost of specifying every protected tree or adjacent group of trees will be huge.
But before you nod off completely: this isn't about the 'RMA'. It's about New Zealand.
The trees are an example of how small-looking changes on paper to the RMA have really profound implications for you, and the places where we all live.
Lately, the volume is - finally - getting turned up on Joyce & co's rough handling of basic parts of the loose set of laws and conventions that Kiwis call a constitution, when that gets in the way of jobs and growth.
The Ombudsman's concerned at the "unconstitutional nature" of exempting charter schools from public scrutiny, under the OIA.
"Minister explains Canterbury democracy might get in the way of all the governing they need to do," summed up Lyndon Hood on Twitter @lyndonhood, referring to the latest instalment of the ECan tragedy, in many parts.
Recently described by Geoffrey Palmer as "leaving a toxic taste in the constitutional mouth", Environment Canterbury and Christchurch have seen extraordinary legislation, bad decisions made under it, and now, an extension to 2016 of appointed commissioners' powers.
Returning to the RMA Reform Bill, it includes proposals for the making of the first Auckland combined plan that don't require sacking the Council. What it does, however, is restrict appeal rights from decisions of the government-appointed Hearing Panel.
"The Hearings Panel is not limited to making recommendations only within the scope of the submissions made on the proposed plan; and may make recommendations on any other matters relating to the proposed plan identified by the Panel or any other person during the hearing." The Panel could, in short, come to the table with an agenda quite other than anything on the minds of submitters.
The Bill provides for regulations to be made:
- Prescribing matters in respect of the preparation of the first Auckland combined plan that may be in addition to or in place of the primary legislation.
- Providing that provisions of the primary legislation or the RMA do not apply, or apply with modifications, to the preparation of the first Auckland combined plan.
These two paragraphs are known as 'Henry VIII' clauses. They would let the government, by regulation, trump laws passed by Parliament.
They are generally unacceptable to the Justice Ministry's independent, prestigious Legislation Advisory Committee, whose role is to scrutinise legislation, and frowned on by Parliament's own Regulations Review Committee.
These will be temporary powers. But again, look at what's happened in Canterbury, and ask: do you trust those extraordinary powers to be responsibly exercised, and allowed to cease when promised, in 2017? And even if you do, is trust good enough?
This government is the instigator of a Constitutional Review - a proper one, I mean, not the ad hoc one that's happening in the Beehive most days. It's time for a bit of schooling on checks and balances.
Claire Browning is a Forest & Bird Conservation Advocate. Forest & Bird is campaigning against these RMA changes. If you too would like to tell the government that their policy is wrong, you can read the Bill and make a submission here.


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More News From Greenwire
- U.S. Chamber Petitions EPA to Reconsider Greenhouse Gas Endangerment Finding
- Study: Corn Ethanol an 'Unattractive Compliance Option' for Carbon Mandates
- U.S. Saved $600M by Halting 2008 Petroleum Reserve Fill
- Midwest Electric Utilities Push Senate Climate Bill Co-Authors for More Allocations
- EPA Scientists Recommend Tougher Soot Standards
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce petitioned U.S. EPA yesterday for reconsideration of the agency's finding that greenhouse gases "endanger" public health and welfare, a determination that sets the stage for broad climate change regulations.
"The Chamber believes that the right way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the atmosphere is through bipartisan legislation and comprehensive international agreements," said the chamber's chief legal officer and general counsel Steven Law in a statement. "The wrong way is through the EPA's endangerment finding, which triggers Clean Air Act regulation."
The petition (pdf) is the latest in a series of the chamber's attacks against EPA's climate policies. The organization filed one of 16 lawsuits challenging EPA's endangerment finding in a federal appeals court (Greenwire, Feb. 15). And last summer, the group petitioned EPA for an "on the record" hearing to review data that the agency used to support its proposed finding, threatening to sue if the agency denied its request (E&ENews PM, Aug. 25, 2009).
The chamber yesterday urged EPA to reconsider its finding in light of new information that became available only after the close of the period for public comment. The group also asked EPA to stay the endangerment finding until the agency has acted on the petition for reconsideration.
"According to the EPA, regulating greenhouse gases under the [Clean Air] Act would subject an additional 6 million small facilities -- including hospitals, small farms, restaurants, hotels and office buildings -- to an onerous and costly permitting process," Law said. "The EPA has admitted that such an unprecedented regulatory expansion would 'paralyze' and 'overwhelm' permitting authorities, leaving businesses waiting months or even years to get the permits they need to keep operating."
Those factors undermine the determination and justify reopening the process, the chamber asserts.
EPA Administrator Lisa Jackson has repeatedly said that her agency plans to gradually phase in permitting requirements for stationary sources in a way that will give businesses and regulators time to plan and will avoid imposing an undue burden on the economy.
Jackson said last month that EPA will not begin phasing in stationary source regulations until next year, and EPA is planning to issue a "tailoring" rule this month to limit permitting requirements to only the largest greenhouse gas emitters.
EPA spokeswoman Adora Andy said the science surrounding climate change is settled and that the agency is proceeding with common-sense measures that will help move the United States into a leadership position in the "green" economy.
"Unfortunately," Andy said, "special interests and other defenders of the status quo are now turning to the courts in an attempt to stall progress. EPA is confident the finding will withstand legal challenge, allowing the Agency to protect the American people from the significant dangers posed by greenhouse gases and carbon pollution."
Click here (pdf) to read the petition.
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Hi all.
I'm working on a problem for a school project.
Bascially I have to set a static variable within a class. I have declared the variable as follows:-
I now have to get and set this static variable by using two class methods. The setter has to be declared as private and the getter as public.private static Horse theLeadingHorse;
how do I do this??? I have been racking my brains for hours now but no luck!! it's really starting to do my head in.
Basically the getter class method has to return the variable and the setter class method has to set this horse as the leader (ie. the winner).
Anyone any ideas or suggestions?????
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
thanks in advance


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In that context, they're both fine. I find "come" a little more natural but "go" is OK.
Interested in Language
If I want to go somewhere together with my friend, which of the following sentence is more natural? Is there any difference?
1. Can I come with you?
2. Can I go with you?
In that context, they're both fine. I find "come" a little more natural but "go" is OK.
Remember - if you don't use correct capitalisation, punctuation and spacing, anything you write will be incorrect.
In this case, they're both fine. "Come" and "go" can be very confusing. I made a video to explain the difference:
Go to Youtube and search for "TeacherDianeESL Come vs Go"
I hope this helps!
The video is fine, but as a starter, but it will not help with some of the problems often discussed with 'come' and 'go'.
My own (far from perfect) view is that if the speakers are referring to their movement towards the listeners (1), the listeners' movement towards them (2), or separate movements by both to a meeting (3), then they usually come. This is true wherever the speakers/listeners are at the time of the conversation. It is where they will be at the time of the meeting that counts..
1. I'm coming over to see you in your office now. # Can I come to your barbeque on Saturday?
2. Come over to my office now; I'm here till six. # Would you like to come to my barbecue next Saturday?
3. Are you coming to the office party tonight?
If, however, the speakers are referring to their movements away from the listeners (4), the listeners' movements away from them (5), or separate movements away from where they happen to be at the time of the conversation (6), then they usually go.
4. I must go to see George now. 'Bye. # I'm going to Munich tomorrow. Can you manage on your own?
5. Are you going in already? 'Bye .# Don't forget you're going to Munich tomorrow. I'll be OK on my own for one day.
6. Are you going to the office party tonight?
The only rather grey area seems to be in situations #4 and #6. If the party is being held in the place where the speaker is at the time of speaking and/or if the speaker is planning to accompany the listener to the party, then 'come' is probably the verb. . If the party is at a different location and/or the speaker is not planning to planning to accompany the listener, then the verb is probably 'go'.
If the idea is as much 'accompany' as 'move', then there does not seem to be a big difference, though my feeling is that 'come' is more likely. (7):
7. I'm going (
coming) to the theatre tomorrow. Would you like to come/go with me?
Note my use of 'usually' and 'probably'. This is not rocket science. Much depends on how the speaker sees the situation at the moment of speaking.
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(1977)Seeling, coal miner, discusses his experiences in strip mines in central Illinois and Kentucky: various jobs held, strip mining, machines, and operators; life in Du Quoin and Canton, Illinois; reclamation of land, coal ...
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(1991)Weller discusses growing up in coal mining communities in central Illinois; joining the Progressives during the mine wars; gangsters; life in Henderson, Illinois; working in factories; enlistment in the Marines during WWII; ...
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(1984)Rohrer recalls living in Kentucky: farming, family, home life, Depression, home remedies, military service, Bethel College in Tennessee, and becoming a Baptist minister; moving to Taylorville, Illinois, life as a single ...
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(1987)Hahn recalls life in a coal mining community at Greenridge, near Girard, Illinois. She also recalls Springfield, Illinois: Old Springfield Hospital; the 1918 influenza epidemic; Harvard Park Baptist Church; and the Harvard ...
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(1991)Herron recalls Auburn, Illinois: her parents' immigration and farm, Depression, coal mines, home life, schooling, working at grocery stores, railroads, and entertainment. Interview by Daniel W. Dixon, 1991. 6 tapes, 330 mins.
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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2004 News Releases > April 2004 > WBU cuts tuition for summer terms
WBU cuts tuition for summer terms
PLAINVIEW - Wayland Baptist University in Plainview is once again lowering its tuition rates for summer courses. Wayland offers four, three-week terms beginning May 10, June 1, June 21 and July 12.
Tuition rates will be cut in half at the Plainview campus for the summer terms bringing undergraduate tuition to $135 per semester hour with graduate students paying $140 per hour.
Wayland offers a variety of core and upper-level classes that students of any discipline can take. Summer courses are fairly intense since a semester's worth of information is packed into three weeks. Classes meet each day for approximately three hours. With four summer terms, students can pick up an additional 12 hours toward their degree at a discounted rate.
Summer terms are open to new and current students as well as high school students who want to earn credit early. For information on enrolling for the first time, contact the admissions office at 291-3500. To register for summer classes, call the registrar's office at 291-3470.


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Opinion Columns & Blogs
Jennifer Rubin: How the GOP can win the Senate
In the past couple of days, Sen. Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., and Sen. Tom Harkin, D-Iowa, announced that they are retiring. With West Virginia, there are at least three seats with no incumbent in 2014 up for grabs.
So how does the GOP avoid messing up as it did in 2010 and 2012 when winnable Senate seats slipped through its fingers?
First, in Georgia, the GOP can find the most conservative candidate, making sure to vet out undisciplined and inexperienced candidates to avoid a repeat of the Todd Akin and Richard Mourdock debacles. But let's be clear: Republicans do not have the luxury of selecting the most right-wing candidate or destroying viable center-right candidates in states such as West Virginia and Iowa.
Second, Republicans contesting these seats should go on the attack against the do-nothing Senate, which hasn't passed a budget, taken up tax reform, tackled entitlements or exercised proper oversight over executive-branch appointees. The senators are in essence nothing more than lackeys for President Obama's extreme agenda. Republicans should make the case that it is time to stop talking a good game back home and running interference for the collectivist president.
Third, don't give up on any seats now. Sen. Mark Warner, D-Va., for example, enjoys sky-high approval ratings, but he has voted for Obamacare and the stimulus and is doing nothing yet to prevent devastating sequestration cuts. In a year, his approval rating may look quite different. Make Senate Democrats cast hard votes, and if they remain joined at the hip with Obama, Republicans should press for the advantage.
Fourth, just because the president has taken his eye off the ball doesn't mean Republicans should. North Carolina, Arkansas and Colorado have unemployment rates of more than 7 percent. So what pro-jobs and pro-growth policies have the Democratic senators in those states pushed for, and why do they think higher taxes are the answer?
Finally, Republicans will need a pro-growth agenda and the promise of problem solving to win the Senate. What good policies would already be law (the Keystone XL pipeline, for example) if the Senate didn't have Sen. Harry Reid, D-Nev., as majority leader?
It is possible for the GOP to win the Senate, but it must choose nominees wisely; avoid extreme and undisciplined newcomers; press Democrats who have rubber-stamped the Obama agenda; and present a can-do, reform-minded agenda. If so, Reid might finally join Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., as his body's minority leader.


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KIKO MILANO operates through a continuously expanding chain of single brand stores which we operate directly (they are not franchised).
With over 500 points of sale in Europe, KIKO is the perfect expression of the spirit and passion of the Percassi Group and its ability to transform ideas into reality.
KIKO's innovative concept is reflected within each store, where customers can play with the infinite shades, experiment with make up and feel free to reinvent their look, using over 1000 products. You can get to know and try the benefits of various treatment lines at each point of sale, selecting the products that best cover your needs in an informed manner.
Entering a KIKO store does not only mean treating yourself to some beauty shopping, but a true sensory experience of well-being, pampering and fun.


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Frana (Italian for Landslide) is a pencil holder designed by Christophe Guberan. The purpose is to maintain visual order on the work desk and provide access to the pencil holder's hidden contents by simply tilting it and letting its contents slide into view thus avoiding the need of flipping open any lids or panels.
Christophe Guberan (Switzerland, 1985) Christophe Guberan completed his vocational training in architecture in 2006. He worked in this field for a couple of years before devoting himself entirely to design. In 2010, during his studies at ECAL, he designed "Frana" for Alessi and the following year his "Hydro-Fold" was exhibited at the Salone Satellite. He took part in a design workshop at the "Ahmedabad National Institute of Design" (India) and did an internship at the Nestlé Chocolate Centre of Excellence. In 2012, he graduated in industrial design at ECAL (the Lausanne School of Art). He currently works as an assistant there.


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Spring Session
Shibashi Qigong, based on ancient Chinese exercises, is an easy to learn system of energy enhancing exercises that coordinates movement, breathing, and concentration. If practiced regularly it will give you more energy, improve health, and prevent illness.
Unlike Tai Chi, which requires learning the "choreography" of set movements and then refining them over a very long time, Shibashi consists of three parts. Each part consists of 18 follow-the-leader exercises, each repeated six times. Each exercise helps open the flow of Qi, or energy, through the 12 primary meridians, or energy channels in the body.
Shibashi Qigong is appropriate for all ages and abilities and easily adapted to a seated position. To reserve your spot, call Tracy Keibler at (952)215-7052 or contact her using this form.


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BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — For the first time in his career, A.J. Burnett is getting the call on opening day.
Pittsburgh Pirates manager Clint Hurdle has named the veteran righthander the team's starter when the Pirates begin the 2013 season at home on April 1 against the Chicago Cubs.
It's an honor the Pirates expected to bestow upon Burnett last spring after he came over in a trade with the New York Yankees, but Burnett fractured his orbital bone while trying to bunt during his first spring training workout and missed the first month of the season.
The 36-year-old made up for lost time, going 16-10 with a 3.51 ERA in 31 starts.
Hurdle said lefthander Wandy Rodriguez will start the second game, but declined to set the rest of his rotation.
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"When I Was Your Age" is an entire album of upbeat Beatnik Turtle geek-rock that looks back to when we were kids -- back when phones were attached to walls and video games were nothing but dots and lines. You know, songs about eating cereal, going to school, getting bullied, and wondering "are we there yet?".
Definitely one of the best Beatnik Turtle albums to date and worth getting for the kid in all of us!


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Food security is one of the grand challenges of our time, but many factors hinder meeting global targets set in the "Zero Hunger" UN Sustainable Development Goal. Two billion people are thought to be micronutrient deficient, yet in many poor countries, fish could provide a readily available and cheap source of micronutrients and protein. Prof. Christina Hicks is particularly interested in fish micronutrients and small-scale fisheries, a sector that holds potential for feeding people in coastal areas but is often forgotten in world strategies against malnutrition.
State regulation of civil society has grown consistently over the past decade, raising concerns over the eroding role of the latter in shaping democratic decision-making. The ERC-funded STATORG project has investigated this issue across several long-lived democracies, considering country-specific regulations and how these affect civil society organisations.
Why are some people more likely to vote or stand for election than others? Researchers based in Sweden are doing some deep data diving to find out how our social surroundings and our genes influence political participation.
The EU-funded POLCON project aims to understand the impact that the Great Recession has had on the development of political conflict in Europe.
One would not be mistaken to assume that traditional party politics has become side‑lined by the rise of an angrier, more direct form of protest politics, supercharged by years of austerity following the financial crash of 2008-2009. One ERC-funded project, POLPART, has been dedicated to understanding how and why people become engaged in politics and what this means for ongoing efforts to strengthen and preserve our democracies for the future.
Because the European Parliament represents such a diverse group of people, with different cultural and political backgrounds, it is the perfect ground to understand how gender equality operates in the halls of power. ERC grantee Johanna Kantola and her team have shadowed many members of Parliament and their teams, to study gender practices and policies inside Europe's legislative machine.
There is now more information circulating than at any other time in history. Every day mind-boggling amounts of data are produced, reaching over 2.5 quintillion bytes. With the European elections just around the corner, we take a look at an ERC funded project on how politicians stay knowledgeable amidst this information overload. The research by grantee Prof. Stefaan Walgrave from the University of Antwerp compares how different politicians process information and then act on it in three western, post-industrialist parliamentary democracies - Israel, Belgium and Canada. An original study, which unveils some optimistic findings just as voters prepare to head to the polls.
Every day thousands of people across Europe are working together to keep EU citizens safe from challenges to do with health, the environment, crime, terrorism, migration and the economy.
"Once lost is lost", one may think, especially if the piece of forgotten patrimony is an opera from 1850 that is "incomplete, too fragmented and irretrievable", according to the experts. Except for Dr. David Trippet: like an art restorer holding fine paintbrushes, he has dedicated three years of intensive research to retrieve the unborn opera, bringing the music and libretto back to life 170 years later.
Sino alla metà del XV secolo, i libri venivano scritti a mano. Nel 1455 venne stampata la Bibbia di Gutenberg, cambiando per sempre la società. Negli anni successivi milioni di libri furono stampati in tutta Europa. Cosa si sa oggi di questi libri? Chi li leggeva? Chi li acquistava? Chi li annotava? Cristina Dondi è una ricercatrice dell'Università di Oxford e curatrice della mostra "Printing Revolution 1450-1500. I 50 anni che hanno cambiato l'Europa" aperta al Museo Correr di Venezia lo scorso settembre. Forte del successo ottenuto, con oltre 90 000 visitatori a dicembre 2018, la mostra è stata prolungata sino al 30 aprile 2019. Un percorso di scoperta attraverso libri antichi e moderni strumenti digitali, frutto di anni di rigorose ricerche finanziate dall'ERC, il Consiglio europeo delle Ricerche. Sentiamo in questa intervista come nasce la passione di Cristina Dondi per i primi libri a stampa e cosa ha scoperto con le sue ultime ricerche che l'hanno portata a collaborare con biblioteche di tutto il mondo.


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Michelle Obama Hilariously Breaks Down Why Melania Trump's Inauguration Gift Exchange Appeared So Awkward
The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
(Photo: Black Enterprise Magazine)
To say the least, Barack Obama is not a man who is inclined to speak often or passionately on the topic of race.
His comments on the subject, on the rare occasions when they are offered, are well-planned, carefully scripted and cautiously measured. It is as though his incumbency as America's first Black president ought to speak for itself, with little public musing about what it means to him or to others.
And so it was somewhat fascinating to read the president's remarks, said during an interview with Black Enterprise magazine, when asked about criticism by some that he had not done enough to support African-American owned businesses.
"I'm not the president of Black America," Obama said. "I'm the president of the United States of America, but the programs that we have put in place have been directed at those folks who are least able to get financing through conventional means, who have been in the past locked out of opportunities that were available to everybody."
He continued: "So, I'll put my track record up against anybody in terms of us putting in place broad-based programs that ultimately had a huge benefit for African American businesses.
It seems to be a straightforward, reasonable perspective.
Yet, there undoubtedly are voices in the nation's political landscape who will take the president's words out of context, focusing on the first sentence without highlighting the framework that followed. Indeed, so many of Obama's public statements during the campaign have been misquoted or improperly highlighted by a zealous Republican party that will leave no stone unturned to discredit this president.
For some, any utterance Obama makes where race is included sets off flags and serves as fodder for intense scrutiny or even condemnation.
What's important to remember from the Black Enterprise interview is who Obama is at his core. The president, the one-time community organizer in Chicago, has a better sense of what will cure the ills of African-American business than most elected officials on the political horizon, let alone any of the leadership of the Republican Party.
Obama is, after all, the man who recently signed an executive order to establish the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African-Americans that aims to close the education achievement gap for African-American students and ensure that they have greater access "to a complete and competitive education from the time they're born all through the time they get a career."
Moreover, Obama is the man whose administration has championed support for the growth of companies owned by African-American women.
So, when the criticism comes, when the pundits on the right take Obama to task for saying he is "not the president of Black America," it's important to not just place the entire quote in context, but also the history of the man who uttered those words.
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The former FLOTUS also explained to Ellen Degeneres how Barack stepped in and saved the day.
"When my teacher asks me a question thinking I'm not paying attention, but I get it right."


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Respect for our legal system
Six women stood trial earlier this week, accused of trespassing at an area business to the point they were forcibly removed by local police. They were tried and convicted by a jury of their peers. And, after being fined by the judge, the group remained unrepentant, refused to pay any fine and promised to return to the scene of their crime.
This is not about how you may feel about nuclear power.
This is not about how you may feel about an individual or group's right to protest.
This is not about Entergy or Vermont Yankee.
This is about a group of people -- people who do not live in Vermont -- people who choose to regularly and repeatedly break the laws our of state -- and people who, when forced to be held accountable for their actions in a court of law, flaunted their indifference publicly, in the face of Vermonters and our state's legal system.
Some things to consider:
-- While the women represented themselves, prosecutors and the judge spent a day in court at taxpayers' expense. And, before you argue that they would have been working regardless, perhaps there could have been a more suitable use of their time (perhaps on more serious cases).
-- Twelve jurors (along with two alternates) spent the day in court, listening to this case. If they had no reimbursement via their jobs, they were paid a stipend by the court for their time served. And, even if you consider that money minimal, remember that this was 14 members of the community who gave up time at work, or perhaps at home tending to family. They gave up a day of their lives to serve the community, and these women's reactions are an offense to the importance of these jurors' time and effort.
-- Each woman on trial was fined $350 for the single charge of criminal trespassing. Perhaps you don't care if these fines are paid. But that amount does not tell a complete story. For each charge, an additional 15 percent surcharge goes toward the Vermont State Restitution Unit (in this case, $53); an additional $100 charge goes toward SUI, the state sex offender enforcement unit; as well as (in this case) an additional $41 which is automatically assessed for other fees. That totals an additional $194 which is legislatively mandated to help fund state groups, groups which rely on these fees to continue serving the people of Vermont.
-- What about the cost of the response by Vernon police and the Vermont State Police to the initial protest? Again, while these are people already on duty and performing typical tasks, consider the lost moments that could mean the difference between life and death if, while dealing with elderly women chained to a fence, a more serious emergency arises. Not to mention the fact that the protest in question took place just days after most of the state was ravaged by flooding caused by Tropical Storm Irene.
Perhaps most importantly, think of what type of message this sends to the community. This is a group of people who, justified or not, chose to break the law. They were tried and convicted. And their reactions, despite the rhetoric they choose to hide behind, presents one simple statement: What we stand for is more important than your laws and we need not follow them.
What a slippery slope this creates.
If more people choose to take that stance, that viewpoint, that belief ... where, then, will that leave us?
Remember, this is not about nuclear power.
This is not about someone's right to protest.
This is about someone's choice to break the law, and their reaction to doing so.
We believe the reaction following Tuesday's case is an affront to all of us living and working in Vermont. We are offended, and hope you are too.
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On the 'Nobel Prize in Economics' and the monopoly of neoclassical theory at university departments of economics
from Peter Söderbaum, email@example.com
Early in October 2009 a journalist from a French business journal, Challenge, called me to discuss the so called Nobel Prize in Economics. He referred to a translated version of my critical article in Dagens Nyheter from 2004. I hope that the result from the interview was meaningful but at the same time I felt that I need to consider once more where I stand in relation to these issues. In what follows, there is a 'socially constructed' interview with myself in both roles; the person asking questions and the one responding. I hope this will clarify my position. Read more…
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A couple days ago, I had the privilege to sit down with Nanik B. Yayuk, a Kiva client in the Badung region of Bali who received a loan of $125 to help her with her recyclables business. Although there are quite a few Kiva clients in the recyclables business, the afternoon I spent chatting with Nanik was a true highlight. Nanik spent 45 minutes happily discussing how the recyclables business works and how she has been utilizing her loan from Kiva to grow her business.
As I learned from Nanik and other clients, the business of collecting and reselling recyclables in Badung is very labor intensive and highly competitive. In summary, collectors go around and collect recyclable materials off of the streets, including plastic, iron and cardboard. There are often a number of layers of middle-men, who purchase from a variety of smaller collectors (who need the money immediately) and resell in bulk to processors who only deal in large quantities. Those processors sort and treat the recyclables and resell the resulting material to Java to be used in the creation of new products.
The recyclables business is highly competitive because it requires very little capital to get started. The business is also highly dependent on relationships, as often times collectors have agreements with buyers in order to ensure they can sell their materials. These same relationships can also be used to exploit the poorest of the collectors, which I will revisit later.
Thanks to her loan from Kiva (through DINARI), Nanik and her husband are now able to purchase recyclables from small collectors and resell at a higher price, instead of just collecting from the street. This has enabled Nanik to significantly increase her sales, which more than compensates for the lower profit she receives per kilo (due to the cost of purchasing the items instead of collecting them on her own).
Before receiving this loan from Kiva, Nanik and her husband were averaging a profit of Rp350,000 (about $39) per week. With the expansion of their business, their weekly average profit has risen to Rp450,000 to Rp500,000 per week (about $50 to $55). This increased profit has enabled Nanik and her husband to continue to reinvest in their business and pay for the education of their five year old daughter, Rani, who has started kindergarten.
Nanik and her family are living in a home consisting of bits of scrap metal and plywood, in a community with seven other families that do the same occupation (see the photo below). Nanik and the other seven families have an arrangement with the landlord where free rent is exchanged for the right to purchase the recyclables at a price far lower than the market rate. In my opinion, this arrangement contributes to keeping these families in poverty by ensuring that they earn enough to get by, but not enough to get out of poverty. Without savings, Nanik and the other members of her community are forced to sell their products each week in order to provide for their basic needs, instead of saving to move into a home without restrictions. Nanik hopes to be able to continue to increase the profits of her business to a point where she can break out of this cycle and fulfill her dream of someday being able to purchase a home in Java and move her family to be closer to the rest of her family.
What is amazing about Nanik is how spirited she is in the face of such poverty. Throughout our conversation, Nanik smiled and laughed as she glowingly discussed her daughter Rani and her plans to grow her business. As Rani playfully hid behind her mother and peered at me through the strands of Nanik's hair, Nanik, through the translation of DINARI's field officer Pastya, happily answered my questions and was amazed when I showed her the profile of her business that was posted on Kiva. She was embarrassed by her photo, but excited that people around the world knew about what she was doing.
When it came time to take a photo to include as part of the journal update, Nanik ran into her room and arranged her hair and chatted happily with her friends (including other Kiva clients) who had gathered around us. She chose to stand by the scale that she used to weigh her materials, and then coyly smiled as I took her photo (below).
Once I showed her the photo on the screen of my digital camera, she rushed to show it to her friends and laughed hysterically when I zoomed in on her face. She then asked to have a picture taken with her daughter, who had never seen her own picture before (below).
After getting a photo taken with Nanik and two other lenders, it was time to say our goodbyes and head off to meet the next client. Although I've met with over 50 clients so far, my afternoon with Nanik stands out as a memorable and humbling experience. It's been a privilege to represent the goodwill of Kiva's lenders in meetings lenders, especially those as inspiring as Nanik. Her photo is already one of my favorite possessions from this trip, and I hope she will enjoy her copy of the photos as much as I do (she will receive a copy during the next visit from Pastya).


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There are some good reasons for feeling more optimistic about the economy in the coming year, and some bad ones. Among the bad ones is the appointment of Mark Carney as the next Governor of the Bank of England.
I don't mean this in a disparaging way, and I certainly don't want in any way to rain on his parade. He's in many respects an excellent appointment and if people are prepared to believe that the mere fact of his arrival presages a bright new dawn, that's all to the good. Animal spirits have been almost entirely absent these past five years: anything that can be done to revive them is plainly very welcome.
Yet the idea that monetary policy can solve this crisis simply by pushing as yet unpressed buttons is at best a curious one and in truth no more than a case of wishful thinking.
If monetary policy is the cure, you would have thought that by now it would have done some good.
No one knows what would have happened had the Bank of England's printing presses not been working overtime since 2008, with short-term interest rates held at close to zero. It is possible, many would say likely, that things would have been a great deal worse. But after a slow start, it's hard to see how the Bank of England could have done much more, and still output remains stubbornly below its pre-crisis peak.
Mr Carney has a pretty much unblemished track record in his ascent up the greasy pole and, among G7 central bankers, quite obviously had a better crisis than anyone else. Yet though he was early in providing the banking system with liquidity when the crisis hit – unlike the Bank of England – the subsequent, relative success of the Canadian economy didn't have a lot to do with the actions of monetary policy.
Rather, it was down to the fact that Canada had a much smaller and more robust banking system, and that the Canadian economy had already had a deep fiscal crisis back in the mid 1990s, and therefore had a better handle, going into the present one, on the public finances. And it was also because Canada is rich in natural resources, joining its economy at the hip to fast-growing emerging markets.
The easy money policies run by Mr Carney during the crisis have, moreover, left Canada with a not entirely happy legacy of rapid consumer credit expansion and an overheated housing market. Success in life is as much about timing as anything else, and it may be that Mr Carney has simply had the foresight to get out while the going was still good.
By the same token, it may also be true that he is getting in at the bottom as far as the British economy is concerned. This has been a great year for Britain in many respects, but from an economic perspective, it was grim as grim can be, with a double dip recession and deepening eurozone crisis. It's hard to see how the coming year can be any worse, and there is some reason for hoping that it might be quite a bit better.
The idea that Mr Carney's arrival might mark a new beginning for the British economy therefore contains a certain logic. Yet if it does, it is no more than coincidental.
Judging by a recent speech he made in Toronto, Mr Carney is prepared to consider some quite radical approaches to monetary policy, including that of nominal GDP targeting.
But is this not what the Bank of England has in effect been practising?
Certainly, it is hard to think of it as inflation targeting, with prices well above target for much of the past few years. The economy has shown very limited real growth, but inflation has not been under control. Nominal GDP growth has therefore looked quite good, even if real GDP growth has been poor to non-existent. It's not clear why abandoning the charade of inflation targeting and substituting an overt form of nominal GDP targeting would make any difference.
No doubt there are things Mr Carney can do to improve somewhat on the Bank of England's performance. For instance, the Bank's obsession with forcing banks to raise more capital seems peculiarly counter-productive.
Most bankers say both that they don't need it and would in any case find it virtually impossible to raise in current conditions even if they thought it might help. They therefore intend to achieve the Bank's demands by closing or selling more capital intensive lines of business, a process which is bound to lead to some further shrinkage in credit.
Mr Carney can help at the margins by applying a more worldly wise set of principles to the banking crisis, but there is nothing in the textbooks to suggest monetary policy can achieve a game-changing shift in the economy. It can certainly help in smoothing and elongating the adjustment, but it cannot eradicate it.
Many of the problems facing the British economy – too much debt and a decades long loss of competitiveness – are common to other "advanced" economies, but we also face some unique challenges on top. First North Sea oil and then financial services have been major contributors to the economy over the past 30 to 40 years, helping to disguise the steady loss of jobs to foreign competition and technology.
Both are now on the wane, with nothing obvious coming up in the wings to replace them. Sometimes it seems that our political leaders are not being entirely honest, either with themselves or the electorate, in refusing to spell out these realities.