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Rangers release Karachi builder Babar Chughtai
According to details, paramilitary personnel had arrested Chughtai on April 13, leading to his 90-day detention ordered by an anti-terrorism court (ATC) on April 14, however, the Rangers released him today.
The ex-chairman of Abad was apprehended in connection to alleged land grabbing and funding target killers linked with a political party, Rangers had said at the time of his arrest.
Baldia factory fire accused remanded
Meanwhile, an ATC of Karachi today remanded three suspects of the Baldia factory inferno for 90 days.
Earlier, Rangers personnel produced the suspects namely Majid Baig, Abdullah and Mansoor before the court on Tuesday under stringent security and requested for 90 days' custody of them for the sake of interrogation, which was approved.
The Baldia factory blaze was one of Pakistan's worst fires which killed more than 250 people at a garment factory known as 'Ali Enterprises' in Karachi on September 11, 2012.
The suspects belonged to Muttahida Qaumi Movement.
Two target killers sent on remand
Meanwhile, the court also ordered 90-day detention of two suspected target killers Shakiluddin and Haji Younus.
ATC extends remand of Parveen Rahman's killer
The ATC also extended the remand of Ahmad Ali alias Pappu Kashmiri by seven days, who is accused of killing the Director of Orangi Pilot Project Research and Training Institute, Parveen Rahman.
Parveen Rahman – a Dhaka-born Pakistani social activist – was shot dead close to her office in Orangi neighborhood on March 13, 2013.


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Following are my identified values (overarching commitments) in four common value domains. This is a course activity from the online course "Becoming a Resilient Person" at edX.
- Study Geospatial Information Science
- Contribute work to improve community
- Improve water systems and access to clean water/sanitation
- Document people and places through creative multimedia
- Integrate into a network of professionals
Leisure/Self Expression
- Experience and enjoy nature
- Collect, organize, and share multimedia
- Be a caring and committed father
- Bring peace to family relationships
- Be a loving and committed partner
- Build lasting friendships
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- Exercise regularly
- Pursue a low impact lifestyle
- Eat nutritional food
- Study regularly
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PROPOSALS for curriculum reform and higher standards clearly imply the need for better teaching. While this is in good part a question of academic goals and the quality of faculty, something more is also involved. Good teaching requires an adequate educational philosophy and an appropriate selection of teaching methods and teaching materials.
Chapters 6 and 7 set forth some general criteria which, in our opinion, should govern the way in which students are instructed in the business schools. The student needs to acquire a command of systematic knowledge at as high an analytical level as he can handle, and then be made to put this knowledge to use in problem-solving situations that will help him develop the basic skills he will need as a businessman. In short, the business schools need to emphasize both "principles" and clinical teaching. The aim should be to make the student participate actively in the learning process and to help him develop for himself the problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills that he will need all his life.
Taken as a whole, the business schools do not live up to these standards. While a number of schools and a good many individual faculty members give much time and thought to improving the quality of their teaching, and while the situation generally is tending to improve, the over-all quality of teaching is not high. In good part, this is a reflection of the poor intellectual climate in most business schools. More specifically, the factors responsible for poor teaching include 1) the failure of most undergraduate schools to hold to sufficiently high standards, with the resulting poor quality of students and student performance, 2) the poor training and background of many faculty members, 3) the tendency toward overspecialization and, in some schools, toward vocationalism, 4) the small body of significant and verified generalizations on which teaching can be based and, partly for this reason, 5) the poor quality of


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Leeds Festival bosses have confirmed details of the traffic masterplan designed to keep the city on the move during the run-up to this weekend's rock extravaganza.
Early bird ticket-holders can begin pitching their tents at Bramham Park, near Wetherby, from 2pm tomorrow.
Thousands of revellers from across the country will flock to the site from then until the start of the main music programme on Friday.
The influx of out-of-town traffic has in some previous years led to hold-ups on major routes around Leeds.
But event organiser Festival Republic says it has spent the last nine months fine-tuning a plan that has worked a treat during more recent summers.
Key measures being taken this year include:
* Directing festival-bound cars from junction 45 of the A1(M) to Bramham Park via local access roads such as Paradise Way;
* Operating an additional route to the site via junction 44 of the A1(M) and the A64 westbound on Thursday, expected to be the peak day for festival traffic;
* Closing the A64 eastbound to through traffic near the Fox and Grapes pub from midnight tomorrow until 5am on Friday.
Roads and junctions that are likely to be much busier than normal from tomorrow through to Friday include the Grange Moor and Wattle Syke roundabouts between Collingham and Boston Spa.
Drivers are also being advised to avoid the A64 eastbound on Monday morning and lunchtime as traffic is expected to be "particularly heavy" due to fans leaving the site en masse.
A spokesman for Festival Republic said: "The aim of the plan is to minimise disruption to local residents and to those travelling on the road network.
"The police and the Highways Agency will be monitoring the festival route and working together to keep festival-goers and other road users informed and help minimise any traffic congestion."
Fans can do their bit to ease the queues by making the journey to Bramham Park by bus.
Shuttle services will be running between Leeds city centre and the festival site throughout the event.
Services will also be operating between Bramham Park and Seacroft bus station.
For further information, visit the www.wymetro.com website or ring 0113 245 7676.
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He will be meeting the Festival Angels, a team of church volunteers whose prayer tent will be open at the event to fans who need a comforting arm around their shoulders.
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Each alligator hunting permit includes two CITES tags, authorizing the holder to harvest two alligators. The harvest areas and hunt dates are specific for each permit, and the permits specify the boundaries or limitations of the harvest area. The statewide alligator hunting season begins on August 15 and ends on the morning of November 1. The first four weeks of the season are divided into four quota weeks, and each permit is assigned one of those weeks. Legal hunting hours are 5 p.m. through 10 a.m.
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Time Warner to Air 51 Bisons Games
Schedule includes 5 games on SNY
By Buffalo Bisons | March 17, 2011 11:42 AM
The slate of games also includes five games on SNY, the official television home of the New York Mets, Jets and the Big East Conference.
The broadcast schedule, which represents an increase of six games from the 2010 season, includes 36 home games as well as 15 road games against the Rochester Red Wings, the Syracuse Chiefs and the Toledo Mud Hens. After the initial broadcast, all games will also be available for cable customers to view anytime on Time Warner Cable SportsNet on Demand - Channel 946.
*Please note, that with this schedule there are two game time changes. The Bisons game against Rochester on Tuesday, April 19 and against Lehigh Valley on Monday, April 25 are now 12:05 p.m. first pitches.
SNY will begin their five-game Bisons schedule on Thursday, May 12 against the Scranton/Wilkes-Barre Yankees (1:05 p.m.). The television home of the Mets will also show the Herd on May 23 (Charlotte), June 27 (Norfolk), July 14 (Rochester) and August 18 (Toledo).
All games played at Coca-Cola Field will feature the play-by-play of "The Voice of the Bisons," Ben Wagner and the color commentary of Buffalo Baseball Hall of Famer, Duke McGuire. Road games will be commentated on by the respecting home team's announcers.
Highlights of the schedule include five games against Scranton/Wilkes-Barre, the Triple-A affiliate of the New York Yankees (May 10, 12, July 26-28) and two games against the Triple-A affiliate of the Boston Red Sox, the Pawtucket Red Sox (April 12, July 25). The Bisons annual Independence Eve Celebration on July 3 against Syracuse is on also the schedule. The 49-game schedule includes 12 of the International League's 14 teams.
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Time Warner Cable's East Region provides technologically advanced video, Internet and telephone services to more than 5.9 million residential and business customers. Time Warner Cable's East Region serves more than 1,300 cities in nine states, including Alabama, Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Hampshire, New York, North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. The East Region has more than 17,000 employees focused on delivering the company's mission every day by connecting people and businesses with information, entertainment and each other.
Time Warner Cable is the second-largest cable operator in the U.S., with well-clustered systems located mainly in five geographic areas - New York State (including New York City), the Carolinas, Ohio, southern California (including Los Angeles) and Texas. Time Warner Cable serves more than 14 million customers who subscribe to one or more of its video, high-speed data and voice services. Time Warner Cable Business Class offers a suite of phone, Internet, Ethernet and cable television services to businesses of all sizes. Time Warner Cable Media, the advertising arm of Time Warner Cable, offers national, regional and local companies innovative advertising solutions that are targeted and affordable. More information about the services of Time Warner Cable is available at www.timewarnercable.com, www.twcbc.com and www.twcmedia.com.
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Grandma Nona's Fudge Shop offers the best fudge online! All our gourmet fudge is handmade from scratch from Grandma's secret recipe. Our family's special recipe creates the creamiest fudge you will ever eat.
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Did you know healthy employees are more productive employees? A meta-study by the Institute for Health Care Consumerism found that employees who participated in a corporate wellness program took a full 28 percent fewer sick days. Meaning that's 28 percent more work they could be doing.
Happy employees are of even greater benefit. A study from AFLAC found that employees who participated in corporate wellness programs were "more likely to have a higher level of job satisfaction, feel happier with their employer, and be more satisfied with their overall benefits." And a motivated employee, as you know, is more productive.
And even if employee happiness is not nearly as important to you as the bottom line, consider this: That same meta-study found that corporate wellness programs reduced health costs by 26 percent, and workers comp and disability costs by 30 percent.
Between happy employees and saved money, there is absolutely no excuse to not have some sort of corporate wellness program in place, especially for a small business. Insurers see this when they set your health care premiums, and every dollar you can save there will dwarf the cost of setting up a program.
Creating the Right Wellness Program for You
Wellness, if you're not a mountain-dwelling health guru, is about a lot more than just offering fresh fruit in the breakroom and a $10 a month discount top your local gym. It's about creating a company culture of health that gets people engaging in healthier habits.
Of course, like any major change, it is easier said than done.
The first step is to ask your employees what they'd like to see in a wellness program. More importantly, find out what motivates them to be healthier, and incorporate as much of it as you can. Like with any incentive system, what motivates you might not motivate them, so get their feedback and use that to start your planning.
Secondly, determine what your goals are for the program. Time spent exercising met? Steps taken per day? Participation in group wellness activities? Setting specific goals for your employees is crucial to getting buy-in, so they all know what they're striving for.
Next, you may be able to work with your insurance provider to conduct health risk assessments with all employees. Many providers offer wellness programs to help you decrease your insurance rates and it's a surprisingly short process, where you find which behaviors employees engage in that are counterproductive to wellness, and work with them to set specific goals. One employee might be in great shape, but perpetually stressed because she can't disconnect from work. Another might smoke. Wellness is not one size fits all, so your insurance provider can work with each employee individually to develop goals for physical, mental, and spiritual health.
Also, take a look at health insurance claims from the last year you have data, and see which types of issues your employees are having. If you notice a trend that might be fixable with a wellness program, make that one of the focal points.
And finally, if all this seems like yet another thing you don't have time for, outsource it. There are companies that develop corporate wellness programs everywhere.
Wellness: It's Not Just Yoga and Blueberries
So yes, while we did say wellness was more than simply offering healthy food and gym memberships, you should do that too. After all, it's hard to encourage people to participate in your wellness program, and invite everyone to the office Happy Hour.
"Lead by Example" wellness programs start with corporate culture. And that culture begins with you. So even if you are already in great shape, you need to be the wellness program's biggest cheerleader and most avid participant.
- Offer only healthy food and activities - Make sure your business is only offering healthy food to eat on-site like fruit, granola bars and bottled water. And instead of office happy hours, offer group activities like bike rides, walks, 5k runs or other healthier options.
- Get them in the gym - Gym memberships are great, but pretty useless if people aren't going. And how do you motivate employees to use said gym time? Competition, of course. In a small business you can easily track how many hours people spend at the gym, and have them bring proof from the gym's records. No matter what the incentive, offer something up to the person or team who logs the most gym hours.
- Invest in pedometers - Sitting behind a desk all day is a great way to ensure your dinner ends up in your thighs. Inexpensive pedometers will encourage employees to do things like get up and ask a co-worker a question instead of emailing, take a walk to get coffee, or maybe even walk to work. Especially if you have a contest for whoever can take the most steps in a week. The reward will get people moving.
- Get them to unplug - Some companies actually don't allow company emails to be sent during non-business hours and on weekends, except in emergencies. And while in small business it is often hard to maintain banker's hours, encouraging work-life balance with actual RULES that discourage taking your work home will do wonders to reduce stress.
- Offer longer lunch breaks - Even if your workforce is out by 6pm, if they want to work out, and shower before they get home, this typically means walking through the front door at 8:30pm. Which leads to eating fast, unhealthy food for dinner, eating it later at night, and pretty much negating said workout. Encourage employees to workout on their lunch hours by giving 90 minute lunches. The 30 minutes of lost productivity will more than be made up for by the energized employees coming back after an intense workout.
- Get other discounts - Gym discounts are great. But if there is, say, a small bike shop nearby, see if you can work out a deal for your employees to get 10 percent off. Or a workout apparel store. Or a small natural foods store. You can offer a value-added benefit to your employees while supporting the local economy, and making everyone healthier.
Employee wellness is not really something that's optional. With healthcare costs remaining a major expense for small business, the more you can mitigate these costs, the greater your chance for success. And with more money and better workers, you might even be able to stress less and experience a healthier you.


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Being snowed in, in Atlanta is not always a bad thing; I have gotten quite a bit of painting done. This is my latest commission that will be hanging at North Georgia Medical Center.
Wow, the lighting and reflections in your painting are beautiful, beautiful colors and so peaceful.
This is such an amazing piece! Absolutely perfect.
Congratulations Amanda, the atmosphere in the background is amazing!
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A national exhibition that explores slate as art will be unveiled tomorrow evening at the Slate Valley Museum.
An opening reception for "Slate as Muse" will be held from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, June 6, at the museum.
The exhibit is a different sort of undertaking for the museum. While the museum usually focuses on the history and culture of the slate valley, the show aims to expand the perception of slate as a functional material.
Sarah Kijowski said slate is typically viewed as a melding of functionality and craftsmanship, but the exhibit allows visitors to see a different application of the material.
"Slate as Muse is meant to inspire visitors to think creatively about slate," Kijowski said.
The exhibition features 27 works of art from 19 artists, some of whom work in the Slate Valley and others who are scattered about the country. Nearly every major artistic medium—sculpture, painting, photography, mixed media, carving and encaustic—is represented.
The idea of the project was borne from a conversation Serena Kovalosky, project coordinator and head of marketing for the museum, had with Kate Weller, the museum's executive director, nearly two years ago.
Kovalosky said Weller asked her if she wanted to do an exhibition on slate.
"The idea just really grew organically from there to the point where now it's a national level show," Kovalosky said.
"The show arranged itself quickly. I anticipated the work was going to take longer than it did, but everything really fell together. I'm very pleased."
The call for artists asked them to create work that encompassed slate and pushed the boundaries of how it's perceived.
"There's a story behind every piece in this exhibition," says Kovalosky. "Artists were inspired by roofing slate, raw slate and sidewalk slate as well as slag piles, slate landscapes and even lightning on slate. It's an eclectic show that showcases a functional stone rarely featured as fine art."
One of the pieces, "Slate M," was created by Nicholas Benson, owner of the John Stevens Shop in Newport, R.I., which was established in 1705 and is one of the longest continuous trade businesses in the country.
Benson, who carved the inscription on the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial, etched an inscription into a six-foot long, 80-year old piece of slate that was passed down from his grandfather.
Another artist whose work will be in the show is Kerry Furlani, a Poultney, Vt., sculptor and carver who created two bas-relief pieces for the exhibit.
Furlani is unique because she works almost entirely in slate, a material Kovalosky said can be difficult to work with, especially for sculptors and carvers who have to use caution because of fault lines in the slate that can compromise their work.
"Slate suits my sensibility for its matted glean and its 'non-art' and 'non-pompous' cultural leanings," Furlani said. "In the world of art, it's a bit of a renegade and not the cliché stone of choice for most carvers. But this wide open potential for fresh expression has always held interest for me."
While some work imagines slate in new and unique ways, others depicts in it traditional ways. Queensbury-based artists Chrissey Dittus painted an image of a truck atop a pile of slate while photographer Susan Breen of Bridgeport, Conn., captured images of slate in everyday life.
"There really is something for everyone," Kovalosky said.
The museum will build its programming around the exhibition, which will be on display through Nov. 7, with round table discussions, workshops and other events. Throughout the five month, guests will be able to vote on their favorite piece and a people's choice award will be made in November.
The exhibition will feature interactive displays that guests can scan with their smart phone to learn more about the piece they are looking at and the artists who created it. Written programs for guests without smart phones will also be made available.
Tomorrow's reception is open to the public and a $300 first prize award, juried by Erin Coe, chief curator at the Hyde Collection, will be presented at 7:30 p.m. Admission to the reception is free and refreshments will be available.
Prior to the reception, Kovalosky will lead a guided tour of the exhibition beginning at 6 p.m. The tour is free for members of the museum and costs $10 for nonmembers.
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Teaser trailer for Princess Di biopic Diana puts Naomi Watts in the spotlight
Director Oliver Hirschbiegel (DOWNFALL) is bringing the life of Princess Diana, aka Diana Spencer, to the big screen in the new biopic DIANA, starring Naomi Watts as the late Princess of Wales and today we have a look at the first teaser for the film. Princess Di, as she was called, is known as the "most photographed woman in the world," which is highlighted significantly in the teaser and is something that would follow her to her death in 1997 in a tragic car accident. I'm not sure how well a Princess Di movie will do, but Watts is a fine actress to fill the role and I have no doubt that, if anything, her performance will elevate the film.
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The last two years of Princess Diana's life: her campaign against land mines and her relationship with surgeon Dr Hasnat Khan.
DIANA, starring Naomi Watts and Naveen Andrews, is set to open on September 20, 2013 in the U.K., with a U.S. release yet to be announced.
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|Naveen Andrews will always be Sayid from Lost to me.
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L.A street artist Plastic Jesus claimed credit for the act. The reason for making this peculiar statue, according to him, was to raise awareness regarding the widespread influence of cocaine in Hollywood. Complaining to the press about how cocaine addiction is not taken seriously, Plastic Jesus elaborated that the only time this drug menace is highlighted, is when a prominent Hollywood personality succumbs to it. Speaking to the daily news, this was what the talented artist had to say. "We're deluded if we're saying that cocaine isn't a major part of Hollywood and almost every other city in the world," he said. "A lot of people will sit down and watch the Oscar show this Sunday and then go and indulge in cocaine."
The interesting piece of art is the statue of an Oscar, down on his hands and knees snorting cocaine using a rolled up $100 bill. An American Express card lies nearby. The statue is wittingly titled 'America's Best Party.' The artwork drew interest and attention when it was placed on Thursday at 9am but was removed by 2pm from the scene after an elderly man complained against it. The artist proudly owns the act and says that the act was meant to cause controversy. "I want to cause controversy about the issue. But I don't want to cause controversy about the placement," he said. "I didn't want a confrontation. The piece is out there. People have posted it. It got enough publicity to get people to think."
Plastic Jesus used fiber glass to make the statue and depicted the cocaine with crushed aspirin. The artist has moved the statue back to his studio in L.A, but will display it again at Melrose Avenue on Saturday.
Last year, Philip Seymour Hoffman, after struggling several years with cocaine addiction, died on February 2nd, 2014. Following the tragic cause of death (heroin and cocaine) Plastic Jesus showcased an Oscar statue injecting the deadly drug. Other famous celebrities who rushed to an early demise due to drug overdose are Heith Ledger, Brittany Murphy, Whitney Houston and Elvis Presley.
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Republicans have reached the breakpoint in the typhoon that is their nominating process.
The storm reached land this weekend as GOP frontrunner Donald Trump essentially dared protesters to continue to disrupt his rallies following a violent clash in Chicago, threatened to send his supporters to disrupt the events of another candidate and said he might pay the legal bills of a man charged with a brutal attack on a protester being led out of a rally.
The mewling of nervous Republicans who keep saying that Trump will start to act like a normal, temperate candidate has passed into the ridiculous.
After Thursday's debate, when the frontrunner mostly got a pass from his rivals and in return mostly withheld his own attacks, another handful of Republicans started to rationalize a way to make the man mainstream and limit damage to down-ballot races.
Ben Carson signed on, saying that Trump "didn't really believe" those "outlandish things" he said. Which things? Carson wouldn't say. House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy expressed unfounded optimism even before the debate about a Trump candidacy and voter intensity.
The events of Friday and Trump's comments from the weekend made it clear: Trump is not going to be smoothed or soothed by party leaders or a team of former rivals. This is a hostile takeover of the GOP and the idea that Trumpism and traditional Republicanism can peacefully coexist is silly.
If the model laid out by Trump's detractors and reflected in national polls is right, Trump as GOP nominee could face a popular-vote defeat of titanic proportions that would result in the loss of both the Senate and House.
If Trump's forecast is correct the polls are wrong and "millions and millions" of voters he is bringing into the Republican primaries will help him form a coalition of economically struggling middle-class white Americans who are now Democrats and independents. But even in that case, existing Republicans would either have to adopt Trump's message of socially moderate economic populism or face abandonment by the Trump coalition and the Trump-controlled GOP.
It's becoming clear that the GOP faces three paths forward with Trump. Either the party will find a way to reject his bid at the ballot box, fight him to the end and rupture the party or accept his takeover and do its best to get on board.
The five states holding nominating contests on Tuesday will tell us a great deal about which path the GOP is on. With that in mind, here are the three most likely scenarios for Super Tuesday II:
Assume the polls are right, and Trump will get one of the two winner-take-all contests on the calendar Tuesday. He is shown to be winning Florida but trailing in Ohio.
Florida is a bigger prize, but most of the delegates are in states that divide their delegates proportionally: Illinois, Missouri and North Carolina. If we see similar splits as we have seen thus far in the other three states then Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Gov. John Kasich would walk away with significant delegate hauls.
Trump has won about 44 percent of the delegates awarded so far but has seen his pace cool a bit since winning three out of four contests in February. Trump has won 11 of 21 contests so far this month and struggled in some surprising spots.
If we see this kind of split decision on Tuesday, the race enters its next and probably ugliest phase in which Florida Sen. Marco Rubio is forced from the contest and has to decide whether to back his often-bitter rival Cruz in a bid to block Trump.
But in this same scenario, Kasich likely stays in the race going forward, soaking up some of Rubio's votes and trying to force the party to a contested convention in Cleveland where he could make a play for the nomination.
[Power Play: Delegate math explained - Real Clear Politics' delegate expert, David Byler, breaks down the candidates' paths with Chris Stirewalt. WATCH HERE.]
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National GOP nomination: Trump 36 percent; Cruz 21.8 percent; Rubio 18 percent; Kasich 12 percent
Florida GOP Primary: Trump 41.4 percent; Rubio 23.3 percent; Cruz 19.7 percent; Kasich 9.6 percent
Ohio GOP Primary: Kasich 35.3 percent; Trump 33.3 percent; Cruz 20 percent; Rubio 5.8 percent
National Dem nomination: Clinton 51 percent; Sanders 39.6 percent
Florida Dem Primary: Clinton 62 percent; Sanders 31.1 percent
Ohio Dem Primary: Clinton 56.2 percent; Sanders 38.4 percent
General Election: Clinton vs. Trump: Clinton +6.3 points
Generic Congressional Vote: Democrats +1
Trump obviously believes that his already intense supporters will respond with even greater intensity given the new focus on violence at his rallies. And there's reason to believe he's right.
Members of movements like Trump's often feed on the idea that they are under siege, and what could better encourage that notion than actual physical conflict at a candidate's political events? As the story of Alvin Bamberger shows, conflict of this kind can cause a candidate's supporters to respond viscerally.
If Trump wins not just Florida but also the Ohio Primary – not inconceivable given that it is open to Democrats and independents – plus goes above his usual 44 percent delegate haul in the other states, he would win all but about 100 of the 358 delegates available Tuesday.
With almost 60 percent of the delegates gone and Trump more than half of the way to the number to win outright, he would have an almost prohibitive lead. It would also increase the calls from those like McCarthy [McCarthyites? Never mind…] to accept and accommodate the party's presumptive nominee.
With winner-take-all Arizona just a week away, it would be time for Republicans to concede their defeat and make plans to either join Trump or leave their party for at least the remainder of this cycle.
[Pittsburgh Tribune-Review's Salena Zito talked with voters in Ohio on why they're supporting Trump in this enlightening piece.]
There's only one chance for Republicans to avoid both Trump as their nominee and the nightmare of a contested convention in a political season that already includes violence: Rally behind Cruz.
While it's far-fetched to think that Cruz could win in Florida, it's not unreasonable to think that Cruz could prosper in Missouri and North Carolina and essentially fight Trump and Kasich to a draw in Illinois.
If Trump comes out with a pretty even delegate split with Cruz on Tuesday, especially if Trump loses more states than he wins, then the race could be considered pretty well reset into a two-man contest in which Cruz would enjoy a decent chance.
Remember, this scenario is predicated on the idea that the intensity of opposition to Trump is increasing both with the chaos that is engulfing his campaign but also as his nomination looks increasingly dire for the party in the fall.
It would take a lot to get the GOP establishment to back Cruz, but if anything would, it would be the past weekend…
[GOP delegate count: Trump 460; Cruz 370; Rubio 163; Kasich 63 (1,237 needed to win)]
Democrats will also be holding contests on Tuesday, but as WaPo's Chris Cillizza explains, their process means that narrow comeback victories like the one Sen. Bernie Sanders notched last week in Michigan wouldn't be enough to reverse the course of the race: "The problem for Sanders is that Democrats allocate their delegates proportionally in every state — meaning that between now and when the process ends June 7, there is no state where Clinton will be shut out. Winning, then, is not enough for Sanders. He has to win by a lot to make up any real ground."
[Dem delegate count: Clinton 1,231; Sanders 576 (2,383 needed to win)]
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BREAKING: Rubio Spox Blames DIRTY CRUZ CAMP For Spreading False Rumors That He's Leaving Race (VIDEO)
Caitlin Conant, spokeswoman for the Rubio campaign, blamed the Cruz Campaign for spreading the rumor that Marco Rubio is dropping out of the race.
CNN reported Monday that Rubio advisors were telling Marco to get out of the race before he gets crushed.
Caitlin Conant blamed the Cruz camp for spreading the rumor like they did with Ben Carson in Iowa.
It's totally false and completely reckless of CNN to do that without reaching out to the campaign first. I know you and FOX would never do that and go to air with something that is just wrong. And I don't know who's pushing it out but I can tell you that Ted Cruz today has been spreading it around because they're scared that Marco Rubio is going to win Florida. And it's the same kind of nonsense he did to Ben Carson.
In February the Cruz Camp spread lies that Dr. Ben Carson was leaving the race before the Iowa Caucus. Dr. Carson never recovered from the dirty trick.
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Early hours of the morning at one of Geelong's more unusual water features, The Barcode Stream, on the Custom's House lawn beside the Sailors Rest. This long shallow fountain or stream is capped with large stainless steel panels etched with barcodes. The barcodes are that of Noddy's Softdrink which was a drink manufacturer located in Malop Street not far from Bellarine Street. It was a Geelong icon for generations of families. Sadly Noddy's is no longer with us disappearing from the city during the 1990′s.
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"from birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth.
But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free." Jacques-Yves Cousteau
This website is all about the underwater world and the huge variety of life that inhabits it. Here I can show you some of the photos I have taken at dive sites around the world, in locations as diverse as the Red Sea, Galapagos Islands, Indonesia, and the Caribbean.
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The idea that Trump's popularity can mostly be explained away as misplaced economic anxiety, though, fails to account for the fact that Trumpism isn't expressed as an economic program, but as a way to, as Greg Sargent put it, "keep the darkies out." - BeutlerBrian Beutler has had some fun over the past few weeks ridiculing references to "economic anxiety" as euphemisms for racism. I can see how this would hypothetically be an issue, but am as always baffled by this line of criticism, since the class-only leftists pretty much died out a century ago. No one actually believes anymore that racism is just some kind of illusory epiphenonemal artifact of the material economy, so who exactly does he have in mind?
The problem, of course, is that these sustained objections amount, when they cannot be specified, to a campaign against any discussion of the role of economic anxiety of racism. I am completely unclear at this point how one can acknowledge even a minimal role for this dynamic in a way that does not run afoul of Beutler's critique. In the above article, for example, he doesn't bring up any particular example of anyone explaining away Trump's racist ad as a mere expression of economic anxiety - instead, the ad is just an opportunity for him to shadowbox against anyone who might.
So who is the target here? Are the 19th century vulgar Marxists still a significant political force in a way that is worthy of our attention and ongoing critique? And in a way that we can talk about with any amount of specificity?
UPDATE: Some welcome clarification from Beutler:
@CarlBeijer I'm poking fun at center/center-right pundits who routinely attribute the Trump phenomenon to economic anxiety but never racism.— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) January 4, 2016
@CarlBeijer cable news, network news, New York Times op-ed page, Barack Obama, Verified Twitter, David Frum, etc.— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) January 4, 2016
@CarlBeijer suppose I should call back to examples when I joke about this, but it's definitely not a subtweeting campaign against the left.— Brian Beutler (@brianbeutler) January 4, 2016I'm admittedly unfamiliar with this tendency, since I tend to focus on the radical-right and center-left of political discourse as the borders of respectable opinion in our country; but the explanation makes sense, and I'm fine with conceding I misread him.
Worth adding that my misreading only illuminates a second, serious problem with the liberal critique of left economics: it is dangerously misdirected. American politics certainly downplay racism and rely on bogus economic analysis - but this is a symptom of the right, not the left. As McElwee ably demonstrates, it is American conservatives who have built a giant ideological apparatus for explaining away racist outcomes as economically justified. The left critique of capitalism is a crucial part of debunking that discourse and bringing the role of racism back to the surface, as are efforts like Brian's.


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With my yearly round of testing this past week, I once again headed to the Imaging Lab for my mammogram. Dressed in nothing but a "Chux Superwipe" equivalent, I endured what we all must do each year if we are to take care of ourselves.
Told to sit in my cubicle, the technician returned to say that the Doctor wanted some additional pictures taken, so now my mind starts to run (anyone who knows me, knows I am very skilled in this area!). There is also a feeling of fragility and exposure when sitting with only a piece of paper between you and the rest of the world.
I have often in my life been criticized for "wearing my heart on my sleeve".
But I digress…I believe the "flaw" of wearing my heart on my sleeve, has enabled me to see people differently, enabled me to be brilliant at my job as an event manager and directed me to passions outside of the workplace where my talents can be put to good use. I used to say I was just good but I have come to realize that I really am very good at what I do – recognition of one's talents is not as easy as one would assume.


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Boys hockey: Raptors edge Royals 1-0
Strong defense has placed East Ridge as a surging team in the Suburban East Conference and the Raptors continued to display prowess in both areas Saturday in a 1-0 victory over district rival Woodbury at Bielenberg Arena in Woodbury.
East Ridge senior forward Jack Greeley put the Raptors (13-9-2, 9-6-2 SEC) in front with a goal on an assist from Jack Dwyer 8 minutes, 33 seconds into the game and East Ridge held that lead the rest of the way.
The Raptors held the Royals (6-14-3, 1-11-3 SEC) to 20 shots on net for the game behind a disciplined defense and goaltender Tyler Guck rising to the occasion when needed. Guck finished with 20 saves to help give East Ridge its fifth consecutive victory.
The Raptors have become a different team since they tied Woodbury 2-2 Jan. 10 at Cottage Grove Ice Arena. The last time the two teams met East Ridge was scuffling with a 5-7-2 record, a season-worst three games below .500 but since that time the Raptors have emerged as one of the hottest teams in the Suburban East Conference with an 8-2 record in their last 10 games.
"The kids are starting to gel and kind of figure out what we're trying to accomplish and what their roles are," East Ridge head coach Doug Long said. "I think you're seeing the rewards of their consistent efforts and buying in to what we've got going on."
Both teams played discipline hockey with only one penalty between the teams for the game, which came in the third period against the Raptors. East Ridge successfully killed the penalty despite playing without defenseman Ryan Karrow.
The Royals, despite their season-long struggles, put together a strong defensive effort as well and limited the Raptors' chances. East Ridge finished with 31 shots but weren't able to generate many quality chances throughout the game.
Part of that stemmed from Woodbury's defense and the other part came in the play of goaltender Austin Macalus, who made his first start of the season. Macalus made 30 saves in net and helped keep the Royals in the game throughout.
"They had a couple of chances off line rushes and a couple of chances off defensive zone coverage," Woodbury head coach Wes Bolin said. "I thought our guys played hard, but they didn't play hard enough."
The Royals' chances came in flurries, but their best chances came in the final 1:30 with the goalie pulled. Woodbury put together a strong finish, but couldn't find the equalizer.
"Our big 12 objectives each game is we want to put 30 on net and keep them 20 and we realize if we do that more often than not that's one of the factors that will help us get to a win," Long said.
That's exactly what the Raptors got behind the play of Tyler Guck who has gained the role as the No. 1 goalie during the winning streak.
"Our confidence in him has built his confidence a little bit," Long said. "He's controlling the puck better and seeing the puck well and not giving up a lot of rebounds. That is definitely a big factor, something that has changed since the start of the season."
East Ridge finishes the regular season with Forest Lake Thursday while Woodbury faces Hastings Tuesday in Woodbury and Park Thursday in Cottage Grove.
East Ridge got things going early Thursday in a 4-2 victory over Mounds View at Cottage Grove Ice Arena.
The Raptors scored three goals in the first period and added a fourth goal in the third period to overtake the Mustangs for their fourth consecutive victory. East Ridge has gotten stingy defensively in that span, giving up more than two goals just once and that came in a 6-4 victory over Hastings.
Zach Wahl, who got called up from the junior varsity team for the game, scored twice and Derek Hammer added two goals for the Raptors, who made up for a 5-5 tie to Mounds View earlier in the season.
Hammer scored twice in the first period and helped stake East Ridge to a 3-1 lead at the 12:34 mark. His goal came 31 seconds after Wahl's first goal and 2:26 after his first goal of the game.
Nick Leach and Ian Penvose assisted on both of Hammer's goals while Robert Nickoloff assisted on both of Wahl's goals. Tyler Hart assisted on Wahl's second goal of the game at 11:06 of the third period.
The Raptors finished with 48 shots on goal and the Mustangs had 37 shots. Both teams went 0-for-3 on the power play.
Guck finished with 35 saves in goal for East Ridge.


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Sounds Inside of Me
Smooth resonance
Caressing my soul
Voyage to a higher place
Drifting on sounds
Connecting with each wave
Of rhythm
Craving tempo
Thirsting for vibrato
Longing for fulfillment
As the hunger deepens
Melodiously a note is played
Crying out to be fed
Nourished to a dying spirit
Giving it new life
Concerto of a vision
Emotions evolve
From a cocoon of protection
Sounds of tears
Reverberate in silence
Of a heart
Longing for the song
To be fulfilled
WOW!!! Music and poetry go hand in glove, methinks.
A nice poem......It sounds nice..
.....words which affect me because I love music so much - and yes there was music in your words - love your passion, I could tell it was a labor of love for you also - lake erie time ontario canada 11:40pm
It was beautiful!
Music and poetry are food for the soul, this was delicious!
Very nice, music does provide nourishment.


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Morley, Sylvanus Griswold
Morley, Sylvanus Griswold, 1883–1948, American archaeologist, b. Chester, Pa., grad. Harvard, 1908. A specialist in Middle American archaeology and Mayan heiroglyphs, Morley did fieldwork (1909–14) in Central America and Mexico for the School of American Archaeology. In 1915 he became research associate and in 1918 associate of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, D.C., a post he retained until 1940. He was director of the Carnegie Archaeological Program in the Maya area from 1914 to 1929, where he oversaw the reconstruction of Chichén Itzá. His writings include An Introduction to the Study of Maya Hieroglyphs (1915), The Inscriptions of Copán (1920), The Inscriptions of Petén (5 vol., 1938), and The Ancient Maya (1946 3d ed. 1956, rev. by G. W. Brainerd).
See Morleyana (ed. by A. J. O. Anderson, 1950) study by R. L. Brunhouse (1971).
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I am currently a Senior NOC Data Assurance Analyst at Cox communications supporting system services functionality and server communication. Prior to this I worked as a Project Manager and Network Operations Technician at Huawei facilitating in the build-out of a wireless CDMA network . I worked at AT&T Mobility as a Network Control Engineer insuring cell tower communications. I have also worked for the North Fulton Times doing Technical Development, Management and Sales. To augment my already extensive management ability, I completed a PMP prep course from Waters Management Group.
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So, I don't know Brad Pitt or Angelina Jolie personally, nor have I ever met any of their kids, but I still feel marginally comfortable saying that I think our parenting styles are sort of simpatico. Why? Well, mostly because I'm a deluded fan of a bunch of stuff the pair has said and done regarding raising kids, which reminds me of stuff I've said and/or done. Like, they pretty much let their kids wear whatever they want, they don't seem super super strict about things like junk food and being perfectly well-behaved, and, um ... okay, that's all I got. Or, that's all I had -- until today, when I heard what Brad Pitt said about letting his kids watch R-rated movies.
See, Brad Pitt was on the Today show discussing his new flick, 12 Years a Slave, which is based on the true story of Solomon Northup, a free man living in upstate New York who was abducted and sold into slavery. Pitt, who produced the movie, has only a small role in the film -- this was truly a labor of love for the actor, who calls his masterpiece "one of those few films that cuts to the base of our humanity."
But, pretty heavy material -- and, naturally, rated "R." So Ann Curry asked him if he would let his kids see the flick:
"Maybe my eldest I would, right now ... I'd rather for the others to get a little bit older and understand the dynamics of the world a little more."
Of course Brad was referring to 12-year-old Maddox (the other five kids are Pax, 9, Zahara, 8, Shiloh, 7, and Vivienne and Knox, 5).
Now, because some people are sticklers for things like "no one under 17 admitted" (WITHOUT an adult, it's worth noting), some people are no doubt freaking out about Brad Pitt's answer. But that's just ridiculous, for a variety of reasons. First of all, the movie in question isn't some mindless sex/violence fest -- it's a meaningful, educational meditation on the human experience. The "dynamics of the world," as Pitt puts it. Second of all, even if it was a mindless sex/violence fest, chances are a kid like Maddox (any kid) could find a way to see it -- isn't it better for Mom and Dad to watch potentially "inappropriate" movies with kids, so they can at least talk about the content and what makes it right, wrong, or somewhere in between?
Check out this teensy clip of Pitt explaining his point of view to Curry -- I think you might agree; Papa Pitt makes a lot of sense.
Do you let your kids watch R-rated movies?
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Another Weekend, Another Project
Yes, a usual Bat-Weekend of consulting on friends' home projects. I went over to Judy's (former landlady where Bird, Grendel, Qwidjibo, and I used to live; she also introduced Bird to his now-wife Jen), looking at a few projects. Gave some advice on a concrete front step (you wouldn't think that a graduate-level engineering class in concrete durability would be so useful in day-to-day life, but hey, it is!). Also, some suggestions on installing the screen door; met the new downstairs tenants (another pair of geek roommates, this time from CMU--hey, the cycle continues).
But the big part was helping her install lights over the back patio--very nicely done in flagstone; I had advised her back in 2004 on how to best install it without frost heaving. I spent the afternoon stringing up and tensioning steel overhead cables, that the string of lights hang off of.
Pretty neat, huh? Here's some of the specific handiwork and hardware--turnbuckles, cables, velcro ties for the lights. Note that if you're putting up lights that will be plugged in full-time, you should get an outdoor electrical box that will shed water from the box with the cord plugged into it.
And come evening, it looked like this:
I told her she really needs to throw a party to break in the setup. Since there's an electrical outlet right there, my suggestion was doing blender drinks on the back patio--margaritas, daquaris, etc.
Judy thanked me by taking me out to dinner at Addis Red Sea in Cambridge--a very fun way to wrap up an evening. Although one bit was disappointing--we ordered the raw beef dish, and we must have misordered, because we got the cooked stuff. Ah well.
She also said that I could probably make a good living by billing myself as a super-competent handyman. It sounds tempting--I really enjoy the work. But the last time I tried it, I ended up broke and living at home with my parents.


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If you just had a car accident, you're probably in pain, confused, and getting hounded by your car insurance company and the other driver's. Accident law is confusing, especially in Florida!
There are lots of pitfalls and hoops to jump through. Missing even one deadline or step can cost you thousands of dollars in rejected claims for medical treatment and damage to your vehicle.
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2 -The 14th Century
The Lords of Lewis
Before the 14th century, Lewis had been held by the Nicolsons, who possibly had strongholds at Fleiserin and Stornoway. They may also have been responsible for the building of an earlier church on the site, a fragment of which (shown in red) is retained, embedded in the north wall.
The Macleods of Lewis
The Macleod dynasty, reputedly descended from Leod, a Norseman, obtained possession of the whole of Lewis through marriage to a daughter of Torquil Nicolson. Torquil Macleod, the son from this marriage, probably died around 1380, and his descendents retained control of Lewis until 1610. The nave and chancel of the present church may have been built at the start of this period.
The Lordship of the Isles
During the 14th century most of the Hebrides, including Lewis, was brought together under a single lordship. Under John of Islay, styling himself Lord of the Isles. from 1354, this became a very powerful lordship, virtually independent of the control of the Scottish Crown. The Lord of the Isles granted parts of the Lordship to relatives and followers: Lewis continued to be held by 'Siol Thorcuil'. the descendents of Torquil Macleod.
This was the golden age of medieval society and Gaelic culture in the Western Isles. Justice was administered through the Council of the Isles, meetings of the principal island chiefs with the lord at one of the strongholds. Although warfare was a way of life, within the Lordship itself peace was generally maintained.