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Custom filters are defined in shared libraries that are loaded and called by the server.
Writing the Source Code using the NSAPI functions.
Compiling and Linking the source code to create a shared library (.so, .sl, or .dll) file.
Loading and Initializing the Filter by editing the magnus.conf file.
Instructing the Server to Insert the Filter by editing the obj.conf file to insert your custom filter(s) at the appropriate time.
Testing the Filter by accessing your server from a browser with a URL that triggers your filter.
These steps are described in greater detail in the following sections.
Write your custom filter methods using NSAPI functions. For a summary of the NSAPI functions specific to filter development, see Overview of NSAPI Functions for Filter Development. For a summary of general purpose NSAPI functions, see Chapter 4, NSAPI Function Reference Each filter method must be implemented as a separate function. See Filter Methods for the filter method prototypes.
The filter must be created by a call to filter_create. Typically, each plug-in defines an nsapi_module_init function that is used to call filter_create and perform any other initialization tasks. See nsapi_module_init and filter_create for more information.
Filter methods are invoked whenever the server or an SAF calls certain NSAPI functions such as net_write or filter_insert. As a result, filter methods can be invoked from any thread and should only block using NSAPI functions, for example, crit_enter and net_read. If a filter method blocks using other functions, for example, the Windows WaitForMultipleObjects and ReadFile functions, the server might hang. Also, shared objects that define filters should be loaded with the NativeThread="no" flag, as described in Loading and Initializing the Filter
If a filter method must block using a non-NSAPI function, KernelThreads 1 should be set in magnus.conf. For more information about KernelThreads, see the description in Chapter 3, Syntax and Use of the magnus.conf File, in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server 4.0.11 Configuration File Reference.
Keep the following in mind when writing your filter:
Write thread-safe code
IO should only be performed using the NSAPI functions documented in File I/O and Network I/O.
Thread synchronization should only be performed using the NSAPI functions documented in Threads.
Blocking can affect performance.
Carefully check and handle all errors.
For examples of custom filters, see server_root/plugins/nsapi/examples and also Chapter 3, Examples of Custom SAFs and Filters
Filters are compiled and linked in the same way as SAFs. See Compiling and Linking, for more information.
For each shared library (plug-in) containing custom SAFs to be loaded into the Sun Java System Web Proxy Server, add an Init directive that invokes the load-modules SAF to obj.conf. The syntax for a directive that loads a filter plug-in is:
Init fn=load-modules shlib=[path]sharedlibname NativeThread="no"
shlib is the local file system path to the shared library (plug-in).
NativeThread indicates whether the plug-in requires native threads. Filters should be written to run on any type of thread. For more information, see Writing the Source Code.
When the server encounters such a directive, server calls the plug-in's nsapi_module_init function to initialize the filter.
Add an Input or Output directive to obj.conf to instruct the server to insert your filter into the filter stack. The format of the directive is as follows:
Directive fn=insert-filter filter="filter-name" [name1="value1"]...[nameN="valueN"]
Directive is Input or Output.
filter-name is the name of the filter, as passed to filter_create, to insert.
nameN="valueN" are the names and values of parameters that are passed to the filter's insert filter method.
Filters that process incoming data should be inserted using an Input directive. Filters that process outgoing data should be inserted using an Output directive.
To ensure that your filter is inserted whenever a client sends a request, add the Input or Output directive to the default object. For example, the following portion of obj.conf instructs the server to insert a filter named example-replace and pass it two parameters, from and to:
<Object name="default"> Output fn=insert-filter filter="example-replace" from="Old String" to="New String" ... </Object>
For the server to load your plug-in, you must restart the server. A restart is required for all plug-ins that implement SAFs and/or filters.
Test your SAF by accessing your server from a browser. You should disable caching in your browser so that the server is sure to be accessed. In Netscape Navigator, press the Shift key while clicking the Reload button to ensure that the cache is not used. If the images are already in the cache, this action does not always force the client to fetch images from source. Examine the access and error logs to help with debugging.


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Sunday, August 22, 2010
thriller by the code
Jules Dassin's Brute Force is a fine entry in the noir canon and a shockingly brutal film, especially considering that it was released in 1947. The violence is especially unsettling thanks to what the production code let you show and what it didn't. The brutality is in full bloom during the climax, which also perhaps underscores the influence of the real Battle of Alcatraz more than anything else in the film. Each principal prisoner represents an archetype with a heart large enough to make you ignore the crime he is in for. In addition to being a bitter melodrama, the film also includes references to Nazi war camps: Hume Cronyn's character and performance are perhaps the most explicit hints of this. The Criterion DVD release, as with every release under the label, does justice to the film by presenting an excellent transfer and excellent special features to help you understand the context the film was made in and how it has survived over the years to become an important one. [May 31, 2009]
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Beijing, May 18 (PTI) As many as 381 students were hospitalised in northeast China after an outbreak of contagious stomach bug norovirus in a school, authorities said today.
The students from the No 2 Experimental School in Fuyu, Jilin Province, showed symptoms of vomiting, diarrhea and fever Tuesday night, according to the city government.
Medical staff later found that the schools filtered water supply contained excessive bacteria, while samples of the students vomit tested positive of norovirus.
The school has more than 10,000 students, with about 8,000 boarding on campus. It provides filtered water to the campus via a pipeline. All water has been now turned off within the school.
125 students had been discharged from hospital, state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
Investigation into the cause of the contamination continues. PTI KJV AJR


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Second year Italian. First semester. This course emphasizes oral and written expression, listening comprehension and building vocabulary. It also provides an intensive review of grammar. Learning is facilitated by a careful selection of literary texts, such as plays, novels, short stories, celebrated lyrics from opera and contemporary music. A variety of real-life material is also employed, including newspaper and magazine articles, radio and television broadcasts. Students are required to participate and engage in conversation during class. Regular attendance is essential. Daily assignments are required. Pre-requisite: Italian 171 & 172 or permission of a professor of Italian in the Modern Language Department.
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Monday, September 25, 2006
Blues Icon Etta Baker dies at 93
Etta Baker is one of the first guitarists who's recordings taught me fingerpicking techniques. Her special and unique version of the old folk ballad "Railroad Bill" was one of my favourite songs when I was growing up and forming my musical tastes. She was also known for playing slide guitar with a pen knife - and her slide version of "John Henry" inspired me to start learning the art of slide guitar as well.
Bless her soul, may she rest in peace.
here is an obit article from Sept 25, 2006
in the Charlotte Observer in North Carolina:
Etta Baker's signature picking drew folks to music's down-home artistry
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Etta Baker, who traded a job at a Morganton shoe factory to become a blues music legend, died Saturday in Fairfax, Va.
She was 93.
Baker's unusual two-fingered picking style on the guitar earned her a reputation as a master of the Piedmont blues, a resonant blend of bluegrass and blues that dates back more than a century in the mountains of N.C. and Tennessee. The self-taught musician from humble roots in Caldwell County influenced legions of musicians and crossed a variety of musical styles.
Baker's oldest child, Darlene Davis, said Sunday evening that her mother died Saturday afternoon, after traveling from her Morganton home to Fairfax, Va., to visit another daughter who requires dialysis. Davis said Baker's health had been declining since the late 1990s.
"Mother's been up and down for the past couple of years, but she felt like she needed to be there with my sister," Davis said.
Davis said family en route to Morganton and funeral arrangements hadn't yet been set.
"She embodied everything we love about the South," Tim Duffy, who worked with Baker through his Music Maker Relief Foundation, told the News & Observer of Raleigh.
Despite her age and health problems, Baker remained active in the music business. She played guitar on the most recent CD by blues-rock guitarist Kenny Wayne Shepherd that sold a million copies. She also recorded a CD of banjo music scheduled for release next year.
Beth Pollhammer, the founder of the Charlotte Blues Society, said Baker's music was a unique hybrid of white rural music and black music and her two-finger picking style was extremely unusual for the blues. She described Baker as an impeccable player and a phenomenal self-taught musician.
"So much of blues is a feeling. It's not a sound," Pollhammer said. "When people were moved by her playing, it was because of her life force and what she put into it, her soul, when she played.
"When she played, it was like she was talking. If you love the blues and you're listening that way, it's more of a feeling."
Pollhammer also said that Baker, in person, was charming.
"When you met her, it was just like you'd known her forever," Pollhammer said. "She was very sweet, very open. She was a beautiful woman, a beautiful spirit."
Baker was the product of a Caldwell County family and the daughter of "Medicine" Boone Reid, who played banjo, guitar, harmonica and violin in the N.C. foothills and mountains.
She learned to play guitar from her father but didn't become a full-time musician until she was in her 60s.
She raised nine children and was working at a shoe factory in Morganton in 1958 when she was approached by a professional musician and asked to change careers.
" `Etta, why don't you quit the Buster Brown plant and play music for a living?' " Baker recalled in an interview in June 2005, during Etta Baker Day festivities in Morganton. "This was on a Wednesday. I went in and told 'em I was quitting on Friday, and I did. I never did go back."
Baker's fame grew over the decades, and her versions of "One-Dime Blues" and "Railroad Bill" became classics.
Veteran blues musician Taj Mahal said Baker's guitar picking on "One-Dime Blues" was "beautiful stuff."
"It just cut right through me," he told the News & Observer. "I can't even describe how deep that was for me."
A CD containing "One-Dime Blues" helped her earn national recognition in 1991. She won a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts and also was awarded the Folk Heritage Award from the N.C. Arts Council.
During the years, she suffered the kinds of problems that would make a compelling blues song.
She was involved in a serious car accident in 1964 in which a grandson was killed. And in 1967, her husband died and a son was killed in the Vietnam War -- within a span of one month.
About a decade ago, she began losing the strength to play guitar. Rather than give up music and quit touring, however, she just changed instruments and took up the banjo.
Wayne Martin, a fiddle player on her upcoming CD, said Baker was still playing a month ago.
"I consider her to be one of the most important traditional artists of our lifetime," Martin told the News & Observer. "She touched hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of people with her music.
"It's amazing that she raised nine kids, attending to their needs, then had a career that didn't even start until she was in her 60s."
Davis, Baker's daughter, said music was her mother's way of meeting other people. She loved meeting people on engagements in Europe or Texas, Davis said, because the music brought them together.
"She loved that, because she was able to bring happiness to other people through something she loved," Davis said.
Davis said her mother advised her to always be honest, to work for what she wanted, and to always be friendly, nice and respectful to others.
"She's loved by people all over the world," Davis said. "Everyone was welcome just to come and visit and be with her. She made them welcome."
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From business and academia to Hollywood and the Beltway, meet the people with the most clout.
(FORTUNE Magazine) – The people who used to be called minorities now make up a majority of the U.S. population. And the individuals featured here could make the cut on almost any power list--so why spotlight the most influential African Americans, Latinos, Asian Americans, and others with roots worldwide? Because the nature of power is changing, and people of color are flexing their muscles as never before, inside and outside the corporate world. Because the playing field still isn't level, so it's worth celebrating talent realized, potential fulfilled, missions accomplished. And because influence of all kinds just plain fascinates us. So welcome to the new power list. You'll recognize many of these names, but some may be new to you. You may cheer a few choices or feel outraged by our omissions. Go to fortune.com to draw up your own list of influentials. And, until next year, keep the clout coming. --Kimberly L. Allers with Nadira A. Hira
JAMES A. BELL 56, CFO, Boeing Named interim CEO after Harry Stonecipher's scandalous retreat, Bell was called "Mr. Clean" for his spotless accounting record. Passed over for the top job, he still runs the numbers for the $53 billion company. That ain't chopped liver.
KENNETH KIDO 47, president, retail bank product/operations, Washington Mutual The former credit card chief at BofA now heads up the retail banking division of the country's largest (and fastest-growing) thrift. Grew the consumer-lending business from $10 billion to $50 billion in four years.
JONATHAN D. MARINER 51, CFO, Major League Baseball Keeps America's pastime solvent. If that seems a thankless task, look at what's next: dealing with the shrill factions vying to buy the Washington Nationals.
FELICIA THORNTON 41, CFO, Albertson's Thornton reduced debt by a whopping $800 million last year and helped slash $1 billion in costs over three years at the supermarket chain. Look out, Wal-Mart!
PETER BYNOE 54, partner, DLA Piper Outside of the world's third-largest law firm, Bynoe is best known as one of Michael Jordan's lawyers. But he's a true power player in sports. Example: He negotiated the $250 million deal for the White Sox's new Cellular Field, then helped build affordable housing for the people it displaced.
FRED HASSAN 59, CEO, Schering-Plough His turnaround rep is so good that Wall Street hoped he'd land at troubled Merck.
CARLA HARRIS 42, managing director, global capital markets, Morgan Stanley Harris likes to do two things with money: raise it and give it away. She structures billions in stock and bond deals, making millions for Morgan. The giving-away part: A talented singer, Harris is donating the proceeds of her latest gospel CD to parochial schools.
RAYMOND MCGUIRE 48, co-head, global investment banking, Citigroup At Morgan Stanley in 2000, he led the $14.9 billion sale of Nabisco Holdings to Philip Morris. But he shocked the Street in May when he fled the troubled investment bank for Citigroup. Now, instead of just M&A work, he oversees all investment-banking activities.
CHRISTINE POON 53, worldwide chairman, medicines and nutritionals, Johnson & Johnson Think she's got her hands full running the division that brings you $24 billion worth of products, from Tylenol to Splenda? In January Poon became the first female vice chairman in the company's 119-year history.
EARVIN JOHNSON 46, CEO, Johnson Development Corp. It's easy to poke fun at pro athletes who fancy themselves as businessmen, but "Magic" is the real thing. He's cut numerous inner-city deals with Starbucks and TGI Friday's, helping a slew of entrepreneurs get their start. Then there are the five movie theaters and a partnership with Washington Mutual to help minority families buy new homes.
JORGE M. PEREZ 55, CEO, Related Group of Florida A force behind the real estate frenzy in south Florida, he has a $2 billion portfolio with nearly 50 high-rise condo projects in development from Miami to Las Vegas.
QUINTIN PRIMO 50, president, Capri Capital Advisors Talk about a good eye: Primo buys malls and office buildings for institutional investors and pension funds. Since 1992 his firm has also amassed a $5 billion mortgage portfolio, which it sold this year to CharterMac, netting Primo $85 million.
CHRISTOPHER WILLIAMS 47, chairman, Williams Capital Group Built the largest full-service black-owned investment bank, surviving a ferocious consolidation trend. On Wal-Mart's board. Next stop: Europe.
Artists in Residence
SHAWN "JAY-Z" CARTER 35, president, Def Jam From the top of the rap charts to the executive suite, he's worth almost $300 million. A partnership in Rocawear, an Audemars Piguet watch deal, a Reebok sneaker--all that and music's "it" girl, Beyoncé, too.
WYNTON MARSALIS 43, artistic director, Jazz at Lincoln Center Jazz's ambassador to the world worked overtime to raise $131 million for Jazz at Lincoln Center's Frederick P. Rose Hall, a stunning showcase that opened last year. A massive shot in the arm for those trying to make a living in the business of serious music, as well as anyone trying to record, market, or listen to them.
WILL SMITH 36, partner, Overbrook Entertainment He didn't get much respect as Fresh Prince, but now Smith is a king of Hollywood. One of the few black actors who can play the starring role in a blockbuster, he's also a killer romantic lead. Hitch, co-produced by Overbrook Entertainment, his production company, has grossed over $350 million worldwide. In addition to co-production credits on other big films--Ali, I, Robot--he is also thinking global. For each new film or album, he targets a specific country with promotion efforts--not typical Hollywood-actor thinking.
CARLOS M. GUTIERREZ 51, U.S. Secretary of Commerce The former Kellogg CEO is now in the business of promoting business. Pet project: opening Central America to U.S. trade. He recently helped get CAFTA through Congress.
REV. JESSE JACKSON 63, president, Rainbow PUSH Coalition Not the power player of yore, but he still has the juice to get things done on Wall Street and in the boardroom. Recently he's been buying the stock of major companies, which should increase his clout.
In the Hot Seat
KENNETH C. FRAZIER 50, general counsel, Merck Busy man: He oversees the company's Vioxx litigation. Was legal watchdog in the 2003 Medco Health spinoff. Does pro bono work for death row inmates.
BRUCE GORDON 59, president and CEO, NAACP Insiders are looking to Gordon to revitalize the group, which some critics say is too old school. Members are betting his corporate experience running Verizon's biggest division will help.
AYLWIN LEWIS 51, president, Sears Holdings After a successful run with YUM, parent of Pizza Hut, Lewis now faces one of the big challenges in business: merging frumpy Kmart and Sears and getting them in shape to take on Target and Wal-Mart. Yikes!
ARTURO MORENO 59, CEO, Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim After he changed the name from Anaheim Angels, the billboard billionaire got hit with a lawsuit by the city of Anaheim. Moreno reckons the name will help market the team. Certainly he has energized a once sleepy franchise.
Rising Stars
ROLAND FRYER 28, junior fellow, Harvard Society of Fellows, Harvard University The newest name in economics, he has a controversial take on underachievement in black communities--citing environment, among other things, as a probable cause. The economics establishment avoids the issue, but Fryer keeps pressing.
MELLODY HOBSON 36, president, Ariel Capital Management Hobson runs the largest black-owned money management firm in the U.S. and was a nominee for mutual-fund exec of the year in 2004. But Hobson really made her mark passionately defending the industry in testimony before Congress and publicly taking on New York State attorney general Eliot Spitzer.
BARACK OBAMA 44, U.S. Senator (D-Illinois) His star was raised along with the roof at last year's Democratic convention--what a speech! But as the lone African American in the Senate, this freshman has a lot more than potential. Obama takes meetings with Warren Buffett, wrote a bestselling autobiography, and signed a $1.9 million, three-book deal with Random House. His fundraisers pack the halls and raised $14 million--plus for his 2004 campaign. And he's shown he won't be toeing the party line; Obama recently voted with Repubs to pass legislation to reform class-action lawsuits.
TIM STORY 35, filmmaker, Story Co. The former music-video director hit it big with 2002's Barbershop, but it's his Fantastic Four directing gig that has the industry (if not critics) buzzing--it's a milestone for black directors trying to enter the blockbuster biz.
Brand Fathers
EARL G. GRAVES SR. 70, publisher, Black Enterprise After 35 years and three businesses (media, investing, events), the legendary Graves remains one of the most influential black businessmen in the country. Next: a new partnership with Clear Channel.
ROBERT L. JOHNSON 59, chairman, Black Entertainment Television In a quarter-century he built a cable TV powerhouse that's watched by 80 million viewers annually. In 2006 he'll retire, but he'll hang on to the NBA's Charlotte Bobcats.
EDWARD LEWIS 65, chairman, Essence Communications After nurturing the Essence brand for more than three decades, he sold his magazine to Time Inc. (FORTUNE's parent). He's a non-exec chairman now but still the go-to guy for young black media pros in search of smart advice and a sympathetic ear.
RUSSELL SIMMONS 47, CEO, Rush Communications The hip-hop granddaddy apparently isn't a numbers guy--he once overstated his company's financials. But that hasn't stopped him. In 18 months he's distributed 500,000 Rush Prepaid Visa Cards, which target less-well-to-do consumers. Last year he sold Phat Fashions--the family of brands he created--for $140 million.
SEAN "P. DIDDY" COMBS 35, chairman, Bad Boy Worldwide Last year the artist, formerly known as Puffy, won the Menswear Designer of the Year award from the Council of Fashion Designers of America. He has a new HBO comedy show, plus his reality hits on MTV. Did we mention a fifty-fifty venture between his Bad Boy and Warner Music? Diddy's clothing business, Sean John, may be in a rough patch now, but no one questions his continuing influence.
CHRISTINA NORMAN 41, president, Music Television Network After a stellar run at VH1, winning its highest ratings ever (who could resist One Hit Wonders?), Norman returned to MTV in May to run the big show and launch MTV World.
ANDREA WONG 38, EVP, alternative programming, specials and late night, ABC Sure, it was a bit odd. But the minute she saw Dancing With the Stars, Wong knew it was a hit. Also brought The Bachelor to ABC and developed Extreme Makeover: Home Edition. Now she's high on The Million Dollar Idea, a new reality series out to find America's best business scheme.
RALPH ALVAREZ 49, president, McDonald's North America McFans, thank Alvarez for the new salads, DVD rentals, and web access. Investors give him high marks for helping the stock almost triple since 2003.
EDUARDO CASTRO-WRIGHT 50, COO, U.S. stores division, Wal-Mart Stores Castro-Wright ruled at the ultra-successful Mexico unit; now he's tackling the U.S. and its 3,151 stores. Raw power.
JAMES J. PADILLA 58, president, Ford Motor Wowed the world with relaunches of Jaguar and Aston Martin; as CEO Bill Ford's right-hand man, he slashed over 10,000 jobs last month to help Ford grapple with high costs.
Valley Boys
COLIN POWELL 68, partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers When he left the Beltway he could've joined any board in the land, but he went for something small and risky: a gig at Silicon Valley's most famous VC outfit. What does the former Secretary of State bring to the party? Thirty-five years of military experience, four-star-general status, and connections you can't put a pricetag on.
HECTOR RUIZ 59, CEO, Advanced Micro Devices Sure, Ruiz raised eyebrows by suing Intel, but he's really trying to beat his formidable rival the old-fashioned way: by building better chips.
JOHN W. THOMPSON 56, CEO, Symantec The security firm is booming as hacking proliferates. The ex-IBMer is behind acquisitions like the $10.5 billion Veritas deal.
JERRY YANG 36, founder, Yahoo Others run the company, but Yang was behind the deal to sell broadband with SBC, giving Yahoo a direct link to customers. An Internet legend.
People to Watch
ROGER W. FERGUSON JR. 53, vice chairman, Federal Reserve Board Alan Greenspan's No. 2 sits on the Fed's interest-rate committee. He may not replace Greenspan, but there will be a mad scramble for his services in the public or private sector.
MALCOLM GLADWELL 41, author The New Yorker writer made his mark with his influential book The Tipping Point. Son of an accomplished black Jamaican mother and a white British mathematician, he has quietly transcended issues of race. (Essence magazine noted he's "often miscast as 'incog-negro.'") Gets $40,000 a pop as a speaker; corporate CEOs give him big-league props. He's Colin Powell's cousin too!
VYOMESH JOSHI 51, EVP, imaging and printing group, Hewlett-Packard Restructuring aside, Joshi is still the straw that stirs the drink. Despite rival Dell's push into printers, his unit alone would rank No. 79 on the FORTUNE 500.
MICHELLE WIE 15, amateur golfer Move over, Tiger. The teen phenom has marketers lining up. If she keeps whupping up on the men of the PGA tour, she'll be sports' next great money machine.
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Women face a host of unique health issues. That fact becomes apparent well before adulthood, as girls enter puberty and begin to experience significant physical changes.
In this issue of Better Health, we're devoting special attention to the important health issues affecting women throughout their childbearing years, from puberty through menopause.
Menopause is a naturally occurring process that doesn't have to be difficult. Greater knowledge and preparation are giving women more control and improved quality of life during their menopausal years
Sometime during their late 30s or early 40s, many women begin to feel that their health is on the decline. Whether it's difficulty sleeping, feeling sad or depressed, having less energy, etc., these common complaints that may seem like just a normal part of getting older may instead be genuine symptoms of a condition called premature menopause. To learn more, Better Health spoke with Dr. Pansak Sugkraroek, a board certified obstetrician and gynecologist specializing in reproductive endocrinology.
Following his recent presentation to CEOs from world-renowned teaching hospitals, Bumrungrad's retiring Group CEO Curtis Schroeder sat down with Better Healthto share his insights on the changes affecting healthcare delivery around the world.
Women continue to marry and start families later than previous generations. Health-related issues take on greater significance for women planning to become mothers in their 30s and beyond.
Women face unique health issues at different stages of life. For this edition of Q & A, Dr. Parichart Thanasitthichai, a board certified gynecologist and obstetrician, answers reader questions about important women's health topics.
For a child, puberty is an important, though often stressful, process on the way to adulthood. But when the process begins too soon, precocious puberty can be a more difficult experience, which also has important health consequences.
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Explore this page and discover current and past projects of the Afterschool Alliance. The Alliance promotes afterschool nationally and in communities across the country in efforts to expand access to quality afterschool programs.
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Center for the Child Care Workforce
The mission of the Center for the Child Care Workforce is to improve the quality of child care through improving compensation, working condition and opportunities for leadership and growth.
Educator's Toolkit LLC
Real professional development, the type that has an impact, the type that changes a teacher's behavior and ultimately improves student outcomes, does not happen with one lecture or one online course. Research has shown us that it takes about 30 hours or more of professional development for changes to start occurring in student outcomes. That is 30 hours total - including the time for practice and reflection.
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Their mission is to provide unified leadership to advocate for the development, enhancement and sustainability of innovative, high quality afterschool programs and policies statewide.
Learning to Give
K-12 lesson plans contain both academic content about philanthropy and skill development activities that engage students in giving and serving in their classrooms, schools and communities.
National AfterSchool Association
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National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning
The National Partnership for Quality Afterschool Learning has collaborated with subject-matter experts to identify quality curriculum resources for afterschool in the subject areas: literacy, math, science, and technology.
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The Department of Children and Families Child Care Services Program Office is offering a new 4-hour course, Quality Self-Assessment and Improvement for Afterschool Programs.
21st Century Community Learning Centers
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Miami-Dade County Public Schools School Age Child Care Programs
The programs provide a safe, familiar, and supervised setting for elementary children when school is not in session. All sites are licensed under the child care standards of the State of Florida Department of Children and Families.
Orange County
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Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (ATUFS) was approved. Rs. 17,822 cr is budgeted for 2012-17 by govt. to prpmote rs. 1,51,000 cr investment in the sector.
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|The L Word - The Complete Second Season
Actors: Jennifer Beals, Erin Daniels, Leisha Hailey, Laurel Holloman, Mia Kirshner
Directors: Alison Maclean, Burr Steers, Daniel Minahan, Ernest R. Dickerson, Ilene Chaiken
Genres: Drama, Television, Gay & Lesbian
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I had never had the chance to see the entire second season uncensored before I saw this box-set of it. It was thoroughly enjoyable. My next move will be to get the third season box-set. In fact, after I run through all the remaining seasons, I will go back and get the first season to add to my collection. I recommend this series to all lgbt film buffs.
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Woooo! Love this series. Shane is awesome. Woooo, hot. Great story line, great actresses.
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CinemaLover | 08/17/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"Don't be fooled by the theme of this show: The L Word is so much more than some throw-away gay show. The themes are universal and should resonate with more than gay viewers.
S2 lived up to its promise from the producers. In comparison to S1 (which was quite good), S2 provided much better storytelling and Ilene Chaiken and her production staff have become much better film makers. This show is a very adult drama. One example, the Bette and Tina (Jennifer Beals and Laurel Holloman: fiery chemistry) saga remind one of Bergman's "Scene's From A Marriage" as this couple struggles with issues of sexual inertia, miscarriage, infedility, the loss of self to a seductively potent and sometimes dismissive partner, wanting sexual intimacy with your partner while your partner is seemingly disinterested.
The themes dramatized are universal: in addition to those already mentioned, these include the fear of disaffection of a loved parent (Bette's father, Melvin: performed by Ossie Davis who was nominated for an Emmy for his brilliant turn as Melvin), the loss of a loved parent (Melvin), the lost soul (Shane) who craves love but thinks being in love will destroy her, the best in class girl (Dana) whose parents love her and who is their "golden girl" in all but her private life, the woman who miscarried (Tina) and wanted nothing but to conceive of a child with her partner, the woman (Tina) whose partner desired another woman and who got back some of her sexual self-esteem and broken ego in the arms of another (Helena), the woman (Alice) who fell in love with her best friend, the scared and troubled woman (Jenny) who is trying to remember a traumatic childhood event and is spirilling toward a mushroom cloud of self-destruction, the down to earth and earthy woman (Carmen) who lives her life as she pleases while looking for someone to love and be loved in return.
All of these stories are told with honesty and passion. The storytelling is not the familiar fare one (especially Americans) are used to in their couch potato universe. You need to pay attention when viewing this series for it is not spoon fed to the viewer as are so many series.
Some viewers (the most vocal but who, imho, represent only a minority of viewers) have expressed disdain over the music of EZ-girl. I am not one of those viewers.
While I don't applaud everything this composer has produced for this show in S2, she is not without talent. In fact, Betty is a very fun band to see in person.
EZ-girl just needs a bit of managing. (Her website has served as the red cape to some viewers. She is an in-your-face person and does little to assuage the ridicule and hatred of some viewers. It seems the more vocal the minority is about their hatred the more she may be increasing the volume of her in-your-face fare. She is not that different from other artists in this vein like Emminem, etc.)
IMHO, a few scores of the background music she produced for S2 do not lend themself to the overall benefit of the production. However, (and this is where her talent comes to the fore) her background music was pristene for other scenes. Several come to mind: Tina alone and very pregnant in Dr. Wilson's office; Alice and Shane talking about Tina on their way to the Planet; Tina and Alice walking to Tina's Lawyer's spare guest house; Bette drunk; Bette with hangover; Tina and Helena making love in the pool; Melvin's sick and death scenes (truly haunting scoring, imho). There are more but those are just a few of the ones that come to mind.
Indeed it is a mixed bag. But, it is no where near as bad as some of her harshest critics passionately avow. As I said, her talent needs to be directed and the scores I mentioned in the last paragraph that showcase her talent and strength as a composer needs to be cultivated and encouraged by the producers. I am not unhappy that she will be coming back for S3. My only wish is that her talent is as focused (and directed by the producers) as it was in the scoring scenes I mentioned.
The few things that didn't work for me in S2 were a couple of the Shane and Carmen scenes and the Gloria Steinem scene in the finale (which was preachy and out of place: talking about feminism when they should have been telling stories about Melvin, Bette's father, which brought them together in the first place).
The few Ez-girl missteps, a couple of the Shane and Carmen love scenes and the Steinem scene in the finale are the reasons I am giving S2 a 4 but a solid one.
I already pre-ordered S2.
This show is groundbreaking. I have never seen on my TV some of the scenes shown on this show. For example, a very pregnant Tina making love. Some people have been turned off by this for various reasons and others have rejoiced in its depiction. I fall in the latter category.
I have been a subscriber to Vanity Fair for over 15 years. I remember the scandal that was caused when Demi Moore posed pregnant on the cover. That issue was mailed to me (and every other subscriber) in a brown paper cover so as not to offend. Imagine that. A pregnant woman not doing anything but being pregnant in full beautiful bloom on the cover of a major American magazine: but it was considered by some to be disgusting and pornography. It was nothing of the sort.
So, for those of us who have been pregnant whether or not we are gay, Moore's pregnant cover girl and Holloman's very real life pregnancy played out in Tina's character (who was not ashamed of her body or of her sexual needs and desires) was glorious and very much welcomed and celebrated in my household and among my partner and my circle of friends (straight and gay).
So, brava to Ilene Chaiken and the people behind this show. Overall, wonderful writing, directing, acting and production values.
Of course, every show on TV can be improved upon and TLW is no exception. If a show has nothing to shoot for then why continue on with the show. There are so many stories left to tell and I for one am looking forward to S3.
I recommend this show and the DVD without hesitation.
Terrific show.
A. Fiorentino | Philadelphia, PA, USA | 09/13/2005
(5 out of 5 stars)
"I have to admit, I started watching The L Word because I'm a guy who was channel surfing and I saw lesbians. Of course, anyone who I tell about me liking the show immediately assumes that I watch it as pornography, and that's sort of what I was looking at it as in the first place.
But by the end of the first episode, I was hooked like no pornography could aspire to hook someone. The L Word isn't about lesbian sex. Does it contain some? Yeah. Do I like seeing it? Can't deny it. But the show is largely character and plot-driven, and if you try to watch it with only shallow feelings in your heart, you will be sorely disappointed. Every character is unique, with their own flaws, misgivings and uncertainties, and it really makes them all very watchable. There are shows that have some characters that, you know, they're okay, but you find yourself wishing for them to get back to one of the more entertaining characters. Not so with The L Word. Every interaction and every character is presented in a very fresh and original way, so that you never feel like they're reusing material and you're always glued to the TV screen to find out what happens next.
My greatest regret about moving out of my parents' house is that I can't afford Showtime so that I can watch season 3."
More a fantasy than reality?
P. Forster | Kent, UK | 07/02/2005
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This season delves more deeply into the lives of the L.A framily. Can't really put my finger on what I feel about this second season. It was more serious than the first, which in a way is a good thing (not all lesbians have fun ALL of the time lol) but also it kind of took something away. The spirit, the 'network' if you will. The friends have kind of gone seperate ways (Shane and Jenny are practically best buds, which I LOVE by the way) Alice and Dana become lovers, Bette is on her own for the most part, which I'm glad of, and Tina is with THE biggest div ever lol.
I liked the season, loved it infact, but I was expecting more I think. Season 1 was so huge, so awesome, I was hoping that the same level of greatness would be carried through. I think this hasn't been realised in season 2.
The success of the show may have clouded people's judgement. It's now being written 'trendily' for trends sake, because they knew they got it down perfectly in season one, only then they weren't trying to impress. It was real then, natural. Now it seems somewhat 'performed' for the audience, giving them what they want and trying to get the gay world right out there. Slighty tright and self apreciating.
That makes me sound like I don't like the show anymore, which is far from the truth. I do love it, I just think that the writers should be careful not to go overboard. It's sink or swim now. Take it slow, built on relationships. At the end of the gay....sorry, day (laughs), it seems they are trying to sell tickets into the big gay club that is the world; showing us the fashions, the trends, the life...but not the people living it. Come down a peg or too, and they'll be fine.
P.S Shane and Jenny need to end up together, I'm serious."


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The Canada 150 rink will provide the unique opportunity for Canadians and visitors of all ages to skate in the shadow of Parliament Hill's iconic Peace Tower. Open from December 7th, 2017 to February 25th, 2018, the rink will feature hundreds of hours of public skating, allowing more than 100,000 Canadians a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to skate on Parliament Hill.
Skating is FREE
Must have a pass to skate
Passes are available online up to 2 days in advance (reservation begins at noon)
Book a group of up to 50 people by emailing [email protected].
Note: group bookings only available weekdays before 4pm, excludes weekends and holidays (Dec. 22 – Jan. 1). Subject to availability.
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Skating on the Canada150 Rink
Each day at noon, skating passes will be made available to the public 48 hours in advance of the skating day. For example, if you wanted to book passes to skate on January 10TH, they will become available at noon on January 8TH.
To assist with an expected high-level of demand, for safety precautions and to ensure everyone's experience is as enjoyable as possible, interested skaters must obtain a skating pass for each skater in their party via the above calendar. Individuals may obtain a maximum of six (6) passes at a time.
Skating passes will be released 48 hours prior to each available date between December 7th and February 25th* at 12:00 pm ET.
Passes are complimentary and are reserved on a first-come, first-served basis and may not be resold under any circumstances. Each skating session will be 40 minutes in length.
Please note that ice times can be cancelled, shortened or modified at any time without notice for circumstances beyond the control of the Canada 150 Rink staff.
Skate rentals are available – learn more.
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To assist in making the Canada 150 rink as accessible to as many Canadians as possible, skating passes will be made available at noon each day for the skating sessions 48 hours (2 days) from the applicable date. For example, on January 10th at 12:00 pm ET, passes will become available for January 12th.
*Please note some dates during this duration are booked for programming, and are not available for public skating.
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Upon arrival to Parliament Hill/Canada 150 rink, pass holders will be directed to the north side of the Canada 150 rink to present their passes (either printed out or on their phones) to gain access to the skate change area and prepare for their skate.
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Guests skating during the public skating hours are asked to obey the following rules of conduct to ensure a safe and pleasant skating experience:
- Only persons wearing skates are permitted on the ice surface.
- It is highly recommended that all skaters wear a CSA-approved helmet during all skating sessions.
- Patrons attending must have a responsible adult of 18 years of age to accompany children 12 years and under. Carrying children while on the ice surface, including baby carriers, is prohibited.
- Food and drinks are not to be taken on the ice surface.
- Please report all accidents or injuries to the on-site supervisor immediately.
- Hockey sticks and/or pucks are prohibited during public skating sessions.
- Only E-Z gliders are permitted as an aid.
- Rough play, speed, figure skating and multiplayer games (i.e. tag and races), foul language or inappropriate behavior will not be tolerated.
- Wheelchairs and strollers are permitted during skating sessions, with the accompaniment of a responsible person age 18 or older with skates on.
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Living room decorating ideas evolve and change from year to year and is sometimes set by the leading interior decorators. But it is best to look at what they have to offer and go by your instincts. It is "your" living room. And the choice of colors and accessories so wide that it is fairly impossible to get to know them. Understand what the primary, the secondary and the tertiary colors are, the color wheel and the basic principles of mixing them and you can come up with shades that could better the display in a paint store.
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New Delhi, Apr 18 (PTI) Zinc prices were trading down by 0.35 per cent to Rs 168.50 per kg in futures trade today after speculators lightened positions, tracking a weak trend at the domestic spot market due to low demand.
In futures trading at the Multi Commodity Exchange, zinc for delivery in May declined by 60 paise, or 0.35 per cent, to Rs 168.50 per kg, in a business turnover of 16 lots.
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Larry Fessenden's work raises an occasional hackle. His 1991 film, No Telling, features a mad scientist with a penchant for stitching together bizarre living things out of unrelated animal parts. Although great pains were taken to ensure the well-being of cast members, four-legged and two-legged alike, some horror fans took umbrage at the simulated mutilation of cute, furry little critters. Of course, shocking the hell out of people is a big part of the genre—especially when it makes an important point. "My approach is to depict a heightened reality," Fessenden says. "And what happens to animals in laboratories and slaughterhouses every day is a real-life horror that needed to be addressed."
The 41-year-old independent filmmaker, an ovo-lacto-vegetarian who eats seafood, currently makes his home in the Town of Olive in Ulster County with his wife, artist and filmmaker Beck Underwood, and their four-year-old son, Jack. Fessenden's feature-length movie Habit was filmed in Albany, and No Telling was shot in Calicoon Center near Liberty, New York. Principal photography for his most recent motion picture, Wendigo, took place entirely within the sprawling confines of Catskill Park, a fact that should delight fans of imaginative fiction in the Empire State.
Washington Irving's "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" and "Rip Van Winkle" celebrated the eerie side of Dutch Colonial folklore, and made New York a place of real literary interest in the early 19th century. But thanks to Nathaniel Hawthorne's The House of the Seven Gables, New England became the premier setting for American dark fantasy and horror, a tradition maintained through the years by native sons H.P. Lovecraft and Stephen King. Nevertheless, New York State is making a comeback. Contemporary author Douglas Clegg chose Dutchess County as the setting for his recent novel, Nightmare House, and Fessenden's cinematic efforts over the last 22 years have helped revive the Mid-Hudson Valley's image as an area rich in folklore and mythic wonder.
Visually, Wendigo offers compelling views of such places as the Ashokan Reservoir, Big Indian, and Phoenicia. Rustic terrain that entices during the warmth of summer can assume a foreboding cast when snow lies thick on the mountains, and Fessenden's skillfully crafted images of arctic-like remoteness and solitude strike a chilling note. The film, which won Best Picture honors at the 2001 Woodstock Film Festival, chronicles the morbid misadventures of a New York City family journeying north for a winter weekend in the country, where they incur the wrath of a psychotic local. It would have been easy for Fessenden to capitalize on Us vs. Them paranoia a la the movie Deliverance; instead, Wendigo explores the depths of human loss with, among other things, subtle references to the dispossessed Esopus Indians. Science fiction writer A.E. Van Vogt once wrote, "Human beings have created what they call civilization, which is in fact merely a complex, unwieldy barrier between themselves and their environment." The Wendigo spirit-belief, which is shared in one form or another by indigenous peoples throughout North America, is rooted in the unfathomable cruelty Nature is wont to inflict without warning. The spirit is in the darkness just beyond the spill of your headlights. It inhabits a problematic realm that demands cautious respect, and it is the essence of primal fear that seeps through the bulwark of science and technology.
Interestingly enough, Wendigo was almost filmed elsewhere. "Although I grew up in New York City, we used to visit Vermont a lot when I was a kid, and the story is derived from my earliest exposure to Native American beliefs there," says Fessenden. "New England will always be in my blood, so doing Wendigo in Vermont was my first inclination." Ultimately, a number of factors resulted in the selection of Ulster County. "I had gotten to know this part of New York State over the years, and we had some nice locations available to us near Kingston. The tragic aspects of the Ashokan Reservoir project, which resulted in yet another dispossession of powerless people, added to the underlying theme of loss."
Fessenden was weaned on scary stories told around a crackling campfire in Oak Hill, New York; and he still relishes '60s TV classics like Rod Serling's "The Twilight Zone" and its sequel, "Night Gallery." "As far as big-screen influences are concerned, I enjoyed very explicit depictions of horror. As a kid I watched black-and-white monster movies like Frankenstein and The Wolf Man. But as I got older, I became interested in realism and existentialism." Fessenden's three major film projects are alike insofar as he eschewed the use of cgi (computer generated imagery) in their production. "Although I loved the dinosaurs in Jurassic Park, it's the work of Peter Jackson [The Lord of the Rings trilogy, The Frighteners] that finally sold me on cgi, and I'm incorporating some into a new film I'm producing. Still, I've always liked the old quirks and thrills found in stop-motion animation and monster costumes, and all the other tricks moviemakers relied on in the pre-cgi era. Wendigo is a celebration of those all-but-lost techniques."
It's fair to say that the best art should make simple-yet-profound statements about the human condition. What underlies Fessenden's work is the relationship between humanity and its environment. With that in mind, he and co-author Michael Ellenbogen published Low Impact Film Making: A Practical Guide to Environmentally Sound Film & Video Production in 1993. The 100-page illustrated guide received a glowing review in Filmmaker Magazine. "I wrote the book as a companion piece to the movie No Telling. I just wanted to lay out some thoughts on how to be conscientious on the set, and I have a passionate diatribe in the introduction. Some of America's dubious contributions to mankind—single-serve water bottles, junk-food wrappers, and film-related detritus of all kinds—can really plague a location. Filmmakers should be as concerned with environmental and animal-rights issues as anyone else. The book offers producers and production managers access to environmentally conscientious and money-saving resources that can help reduce wastefulness."
When it comes to filmmaking, Fessenden clearly appreciates the dramatic value of bleak landscapes and depressing seasons. Not surprisingly, the stark menace of winter displayed so chillingly in Wendigo will be featured again in his next project, set in an Arctic camp. Production of the new movie is scheduled to begin in the winter of 2005, and filming will probably take place somewhere within Catskill Park. Meanwhile, Fessenden's love affair with 1950s B movies has resulted in his producing Scare Flix One and Two, low-budget horror films by budding talents James McKenney (The Off Season) and Ti West (The Roost). "We're trying to encourage the revival of drive-in theaters in order to show these movies the way they ought to be seen. I might have to make one to complete the series, though. I always work in threes."For more information about independent filmmaker Larry Fessenden, including his work as an actor, visit Glass Eye Pix Productions at www.glasseyepix.com.


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TAP is a program offered through Staircase Youth Services. The program is designed to help youth ages 17 – 20 years old make a functional transition into adulthood. This unique service targets the older teen/young adult who is homeless or living in a situation that puts them at risk. This program utilizes a host home model in providing housing. Youth are placed in host homes where mentoring and support are provided by a caring adult. Host homes must pass a criminal/sexual background check and a housing inspection. Host homes receive a monthly stipend. Youth are able to stay in the program for up to 18 months. Every participant works closely with the Staircase Homeless Youth Specialist to formulate a plan specific to their needs. They are required to be drug/alcohol free and motivated towards making positive changes in their lives.
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The difference between the two kits is simply color temperature. One is 2700K (similar to an incandescent light) and the other is only a little whiter at 3000K (similar to a halogen light).
If we still have one or both options, you can find them here. Their price at the time of this writing is $12.95. They're moving quickly, so we encourage you to act now if they meet your needs!
As we've written about before, LED retrofit or downlight kits are used to replace traditional bulbs with a flush look that eliminates any evidence of the recessed lighting can. You can see in the image here that the connector is screwed into the socket like any standard light bulb. The wire arms are then folded upwards on their springs as the fixture is slid into place. There may be a small bracket in the recessed can that holds the arms, and their pressure helps to hold the downlight in place, providing you with a beautiful look to your ceiling.


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The College of Allied Health Sciences is getting a new home
The College of Allied Health Sciences became UC's 16th college in 1998. CAHS moved into renovated Shriners Burns Institute (renamed to French East) in 1999.
The School of Social Work moved under CAHS in 2010, but they were unable to move to the medical campus due to lack of space. Currently their offices and classrooms are located in French West.
Today, the College of Allied Health Sciences has added many programs and has grown to include over 3,000 students. There isn't enough space to accommodate the fast-growing professions of allied health.
In 2014 UC officially approved to allocate funding for the 61 million dollar Health Sciences Building (HSB). The building is part of a Medical Campus Master Plan Project that also includes a 34 million renovation to Kowalewski Hall and 3 million dollar additions to Kettering North.
The HSB will be a new significant piece of architecture, strategically located within an outdoor green space surrounded by a unifying pedestrian path that establishes health outside spaces to enjoy and encourage collaboration among the Academic Health Center colleges. Classes are scheduled to begin in the HSB in August 2019.
The HSB will be a four-story, 117,000 square foot structure consisting of classrooms, labs and offices. Classrooms will be located throughout the building, with labs in the south wing and offices primarily in the north wing. A center atrium featuring a skylight will provide natural light and allow for a majority of rooms to have windows.
Architect: Perkins+Will
Construction company: Messer
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Talented gelding Rudy is set to remain in Queensland for the 2014 Brisbane Handicap at Doomben on December 13 rather than head to Sydney for the Group 2 Villiers Stakes (1600m).
Trainer Helen Page revealed last week that she was considering taking Rudy to the Sydney for the Group 2 event if he was successful in the Recognition Stakes, but the Toowoomba-based trainer is now reassessing that plan despite the impressive nature of Rudy's win in the Listed race.
Rudy was caught wide and was position towards the tail of the field in the early stages of the Recognition Stakes, but despite the tough run in transit was able to storm over the top of his rivals to record a strong win from Grayson Square and Darci Be Good.
Page revealed after the race that she had instructed jockey Luke Tarrant to make sure that Rudy was not boxed in and she said that she was always confident that the Red Dazzler gelding was going to be able to run down his opposition in the Recognition Stakes.
"I said to Luke not to get stuck on the inside because I wanted the horse to have an uninterrupted run," Page told the media after the race.
"He's been ridden from a lot of different positions so even though he was about five-deep on the turn I thought he could still make it in time."
Tarrant admitted after the race that he did not share the confidence of Page coming into the straight and he was worried that Rudy was giving up too much ground at the 500 metre mark, but was thrilled with the way that the four-year-old was able to work home in the final stages of the Recognition Stakes.
"When he was caught wide I thought I'd go back and look for some cover rather than push forward," Tarrant said after the race.
"I knew he would run home strongly, but I was definitely worried when he was a fair way off them coming to the home turn.
"When he saw daylight today he was freakish in the way he let down in the straight."
Natalie McCall-trained Lady Echelon was one of the best-backed runners in the lead-up to the Recognition Stakes, but suffered a potentially career ending tendon injury in the race and underwent surgery on Saturday night to repair the stripped tendon.


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Hundreds of residents of Afghanistan's eastern province of Wardak are marching on Kabul Saturday demanding US special operations forces pull out of their territory.
According to police reports, between 200 and 500 demonstrators have gathered outside of parliament, chanting "U.S. special operations forces out!" and calling for the release of nine local citizens "whom they believe are under the custody of US forces," the chief of Kabul police's Criminal Investigations Department said.
"We have gathered here to protest against the [U.S.] Special Forces in Maidan, Wardak, because they enter people's houses and torture innocent people, they have also detained 10 people and it is not clear what will happen to them," said one protester.
The nine villagers had reportedly "disappeared in an operation by this suspicious force" last October, as cited by a February statement issued by the presidential palace. Their whereabouts remain unknown.
The demonstration follows a week after Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai's ordered the withdraw of the Special Forces from that province citing mounting allegations of torture and extrajudicial killing, by the US forces and the 'irregular' Afghan Groups working alongside them, Al Jazeera reports.
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"In a separate incident," the statement read, "a student was taken away at night from his home, whose tortured body with throat cut was found two days later under a bridge."
To improve accountability, Karzai has given all irregular Afghan forces established by the NATO coalition three months to fall under government control. The deadline was declared only days after US special forces were told to leave Maidan Wardak.
Also Saturday, the Karzai-appointed Ulema Council, whose members represent the country's Islamic clerics, issued a statement seconding the call for withdrawal and demanding the transfer of the American-controlled prison at Bagram to Afghan control, the New York Times reports.
"If the Americans once again do not honor their commitments and keep on disobeying, then this will be considered as an occupation, and they may expect to see a reaction to their action," they said.


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by Mike Masnick
Mon, Dec 29th 2008 4:29pm
Filed Under:
hiring, laid off, noncompetes
We already think that noncompete agreements don't make sense for companies, but Motorola may be taking the concept to a new level. Rather than trying to stop employees from leaving Motorola to go to a competitor, it's now trying to stop employees it already laid off from going to work for RIM. Motorola had already sued RIM earlier this year for trying to entice employees to jump ship, and this followed another suit by Motorola against Apple for hiring away an exec. Maybe rather than trying to prevent employees from going elsewhere, Motorola might want to focus on improving its own offerings and its own working conditions so that this isn't even a problem? But if it's laying people off, it seems rather ridiculous to then try to stop them from joining another company.
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Hard working guy, 29 Dec 2008 @ 4:54pm
Pricks"But if it's laying people off, it seems rather ridiculous to then try to stop them from joining another company."
It's grossly unfair that's what and should be illegal.
inc, 29 Dec 2008 @ 5:06pmIt's such crap. These companies throw you out on your ass then get mad you that you need to work to eat. God forbid you end up at the competition.
Flack, 29 Dec 2008 @ 5:27pm
Buyout?The article doesn't say whether the employees accepted a buyout package.
In the '90s I got 42 weeks of pay as a buyout for leaving Apple. The restriction, don't work for a competitor. Six years later I left Motorola, they were giving very good packages in 2001 also - same limitations.
Pay ThemIf you limit their ability to seek other employment, the company laying the people off should give them some reasonable stipend.
I would also take a layoff to be an adverse action that should "void" any contract, but then I am not a lawyer.
Me, 29 Dec 2008 @ 6:11pm
Do Not WorryNon-competes do not stand up in court and cannot be enforced. Don't worry about it.
Re: Do Not WorryNon-competes do not stand up in court and cannot be enforced. Don't worry about it.
In California that's true. Elsewhere it's not true at all. Non-competes do, quite often, stand up in court. But this isn't about non-competes specifically, but about a specific agreement between both companies not to solicit employees.
TR, 29 Dec 2008 @ 8:10pmUnfortunately at my company we had a consultant who worked for a consulting company. Once he finished the work, said consulting company laid him off as there was no more work for him, my company offers him a job. Said consulting company wont let worker be employed by us b/c of companies contracts between the two that state my company cannot hire consulting companies employees. utter crap as worker is now jobless...
f2point8, 29 Dec 2008 @ 8:15pm
non-competeWhy is a non-compete contract considered non-nego? You can get termination concessions if you insist.
MS, 29 Dec 2008 @ 8:18pm
Should be illegalAsking your employees to sign a non-compete should be a felony. Slavery is illegal. There's alread enough IP protection. Companies don't need non-competes to protect their IP. Companies use non-compete contracts to frighten and control their employees.
Cheese McBeese, 29 Dec 2008 @ 8:23pmMotorola was infected by a GE cancer named Mike Zafirovsky. Fortunately for Moto, the Moto board recognized the disease and purged him from the company (and then made a bad choice and brought in Zander). Nortel then hired MZ and paid him $25M to compensate him for violating his non-compete agreement with Moto. What has MZ done with Nortel since? He's led them through a 99% decline in market cap, pushed out the people who knew the business, and brought in his cronies. A large global company has been destroyed.
So what's the point? Follow your gut - keep the people you need and do not pay non-compete settelements for the people that you don't want. Better to let them ruin your competitors from the inside.
Overcast, 29 Dec 2008 @ 8:59pmNon-compete agreements should be considered null and void if the company lays the worker off, period.
That's silly - it's bad enough they can the person.
Funny though - how Motorola claims they need to cut back on workers for their company's sake - but I'm sure they have the cash to sue ex-employees if necessary.
Should make one think twice about investing in companies with that logic.
Anonymous Coward, 30 Dec 2008 @ 12:09amMotorola is a rapidly dying and obsolete company, and this is just one more indication of that.
Mark Regan, 30 Dec 2008 @ 2:33am
Easy Solution To THAT ProblemOnce upon a time, I worked for the Mob as a Hit Man. But my boss only wanted to pay me by the hit, and refused to provide the "piece" to do the hit with. I went to him and told him I was happy with the money, but would like a few perks, so he fired me.
I went across town and got another job from the fellas there, and the boss treated me great. He gave me use of a long black limo complete with a driver and a color tv and a cell phone. He gave me a nice looking tailored suit and a snappy looking leather briefcase with several custom made "pieces" inside, with foam rubber cushions encasing each one. He made arrangements with a local deli to feed me and my friends any time we dropped in. And he paid me the same money per assignment as my former boss.
When my old boss found out, he was MAD and paid me a visit. My new briefcase came in handy that day. Also my chauffeur was very cooperative in disposing of the 200 pound bag I gave him to take to the dump. And my boss gave me "proof" that I was with him at the racetrack all that day, and has expanded my territory to include my old turf.
Lesson: Always treat your current and former employees like family. If you treat them like a load of crap, they might soon be treating you like a load of crap.
AJ, 30 Dec 2008 @ 3:57am
Re: Easy Solution To THAT ProblemNice story. Delivered well and on topic.
Twinrova, 30 Dec 2008 @ 4:23am
Add another -10 to "big business""Always treat your current and former employees like family. If you treat them like a load of crap, they might soon be treating you like a load of crap."
One day, a mouse was stunned when the company it worked for let it go. When the mouse asked why it was being let go, the reply was "downsizing". But the mouse wasn't satisfied, so it asked a relative in HR and was told the mouse designed the best cheese recipe and has outlived its usefulness.
The mouse was upset, but figured it could get a job easily enough. The mouse interviewed and interviewed, but nothing came about. The mouse was curious, and has inquired why it wasn't being hired, especially given the skills it had.
"You worked for the competition", was the reply. "We can't afford taking you on with the risk your recipes will violate the noncompete you signed."
So now, the mouse is working at Walmart, having its expertise in recipe design wasted.
Despite treating its company as family, the mouse was still crapped on.
Or did you completely skip over the blog relating to the creator of the Bratz collection and losing to Mattel?
These kinds of "contracts" should be illegal.
Paul M. Bass, 30 Dec 2008 @ 4:43am
Motorola Non-competeMotorola has a right to enforce the non-compete clause against laid-off employees for as long as those workers are accepting a severance pay package (usually pay plus benefits) from Motorola. After that, they are on their own and have a right to find another job anywhere; in fact, most of them will have to.
Rd4sndk, 30 Dec 2008 @ 5:11am
I thought 6 sigma was the answer to Motorola's problemsHow's that 6 sigma working for you now Motorola? All over corporate America at least in high tech companies, 6 sigma is one of several means by which promotions are valuated. American companies have been take over by these idiots of meaningless drivel. How about some innovation that matters? One of the reasons why the iphone is so much more popular and profittable than motorola's offerings is the iphone provides functionality never seen before in a handset and provides customers with a much richer user experience. Instead of spending hours on 6 sigma training, Apple actually spent more time finding out how to improve users experience. GM, Ford, Chrysler, Tyco, motorola etc all exhibit the same problem in Corp America, they are run by non-innovative management. Until America purges itself of these bloated salary useless senior managers we will continue to loss grown to Japan, EU and other countries.
NortelEmployee, 30 Dec 2008 @ 8:30am
Re: I thought 6 sigma was the answer to Motorola's problemsI can tell you that since Mike Z took over and brought this 6 Sigma concept to Nortel, it is not working out too well at all. It is just a means to evaluate where they can cut next and to me, not a very effective one. I have seen people laid off who have an enormous amount of talent and skill just to keep the yes men. Ridiculous and a waste of everyone's time.....
Anonymous Coward, 30 Dec 2008 @ 11:37am
Re: I thought 6 sigma was the answer to Motorola's problems6 sigma was a costly mistake for home depot too. It cost a $230M severance package *just* to show the door to the former-GE Exec. Now that piece of work is at Chrysler.
SuxSigma: Driving the economics of fail since 1975.
Former Employee, 30 Dec 2008 @ 7:04am
Get Over it Motorola!Too bad Motorola could not exploit its great talent base and avoid layoffs versus trying to halt another company for wanting to use the talent.
Preventing laid off workers from joining a competitorClearly unconstitutional, and there was a time the company would even be subject to penalties for trying.
Oh, how the world has changed since Reagan started the "think with your heart" crap!
Preventing laid off workers from joining a competitorClearly unconstitutional, and there was a time the company would even be subject to penalties for trying.
Oh, how the world has changed since Reagan started the "think with your heart" crap!
Bunny, 30 Dec 2008 @ 9:28pm
Would a slave be better off?At least an antebellum slave could expect to be sold to a new owner, who would want to feed that slave because the slave, BEING VALUABLE PROPERTY, not only needed to be fed in order to maintain the investment, needed to be well fed in order to strong enough to work and make money for the new slave owner.
This is how we find out that our lives are completely worthless to these people. We are held in worse contempt than slaves and they would prefer that we not eat and (worse?) that we don't upgrade our cellphones.
For shame!