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it's oh, so quiet
I miss my kids.
They've been gone only since Sunday afternoon and we've done the whole run around the house naked/turn the stereo up/watch violent movies thing.
I miss their noise. It's much to quiet, which is odd since the quiet is what I was most looking forward to.
If they were home, the would be complaining and whining and fighting over the computer and begging to watch South Park and DJ would be screeching on the guitar and Natalie would be screeching on the phone and I would pour a glass of wine and tell them to please.shut.up.now.
I don't know why I miss that, but I do. They'll be home on Friday and then they take off again until Monday evening. And then school starts and bam! the summer is gone and all those days that stretched out before us will somehow come to an abrupt end.
Then it's homework and baseball and guitar lessons and more homework, all smashed like like peanut butter between two silces of bread that are Saturday and Sunday, days which, unfortunately, they spend with their father.
They just called from the pool at the hotel and they're having a grand time. Natalie wants to move to Salem and live like a witch. DJ thinks he crashed into Plymouth Rock in a past life. They love Massachussets. They don't want to come home.
Don't they know I miss them?
I'll clean up their room while they are gone and hope my mother remembers to make them buckle up in the car. I'll eat Fruit Pebbles for breakfast just because.
And then I'll find a broken CD or a ten day old cheese sandwhich under Natalie's bed and I won't miss them, not at all.
But then I will.
It's oh, so quiet.


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text: IFEBP>Resources>Magazines>Plans & Trusts Plans & Trusts Body This bimonthly Canadian magazine provides an in-depth look at benefits issues and reviews federal and provincial legal decisions and legislative developments. Free to International Foundation and ISCEBS members. Join today! All links below are to members-only content. November/December 2018 Articles include: Caregiving in the Workplace: Implications and Solutions for Employees and Employers by Karen HendersonMore than six million Canadians, or about 35% of the workforce, are balancing work and caregiving responsibilities. Employees should learn to plan, document, communicate and advocate, and employers can take low-cost and no-cost steps to support caregivers and potentially boost productivity at the office.Employees Need Help Getting Ready for Decumulation by Jillian KennedyThrough savings programs, education and financial tools, employers and governments continue to help workers understand the importance of accumulating adequate retirement funds. But less attention has been paid to helping employees draw down those funds after they stop working. In fact, fewer than half of Canadians nearing retirement have a plan to manage and spend retirement savings.Can Telemedicine Change the Future of Health Care Delivery? by Dr. Brett BelchetzThough in-person visits currently dominate the health care landscape, evidence shows telemedicine services are set for growth in the near future. If the industry can address challenges of access and familiarity, it could lead to less costly, more convenient access for health plan members.Legal & Legislative Report Printable Issue [PDF] September/October 2018 Articles include: Mental Health and the Evolving Workplace by Heather Kaufman and Lucy TurowiczAs the labour force becomes increasingly mobile and isolated, so too have employers seen a rise in mental health disorders among employees—including high-performing and younger workers. Cognitive behaviour therapy, in person or online, may provide a path for employers looking to help employees return to health and productivity.Mindfulness and Stress Management: Creating Cultures of Optimal Performance by Lisa R. Schmidt, M.S., CEBSStress, which comes with a $33 billion annual price tag for the Canadian economy, is one of the driving forces behind escalating employee benefit costs. Through mindfulness and stress management, employers can potentially reduce those costs and create a healthier culture for employees.H, Not R: Communicating Benefits to Humans, Not Resources by Chris LeeOrganizations invest valuable time and resources into providing benefits to employees. Plans can take concrete steps to help enhance appreciation and usage of those benefits—and potentially get more return on investment—through improved communications.Legal & Legislative Report Printable Issue [PDF] July/August 2018 Articles include: Review Your Risk: Why a Financial Statement Audit Is Not Enough for Trust Fund Security by Bishara Rizek, CA, CPAEnsuring the financial good standing of trust funds can be a time-consuming and intricate process. Trust funds are becoming more complex to manage, and the expectations of both trustees and other stakeholders are high—driven by factors such as changing regulatory requirements, wider adoption of advanced financial technology and the increasing movement toward industry consolidation. For trustees, an annual financial statement audit is an effective way to attest to the security of trust fund assets, but it is not necessarily enough to completely mitigate risk and provide maximum compliance assurance. To determine the right solution for a trust fund, it is important to understand the various requirements, opportunities and challenges involved.Making Postretirement Plans and Senior Care More Effective by Ellen Whelan, FCIA, FSAThe country is faced with the realization that health care resources are stretched due to factors such as slow economic growth, escalating health care costs, an aging workforce and a growing number of retirees with increased life expectancy. But most Canadians still have an expectation that close to 100% of their health care needs will be reimbursed by governments and/or employer plans. With these trends unlikely to ease anytime soon, governments and employers across Canada are looking for ways to control their share of retiree health care costs while still helping employees prepare for their postretirement health care needs.Portfolio Investing: All That Glitters Is(n't) Gold? by Benoît DurocherMany economists have been fascinated by the market and investor obsession with gold. Indeed, why are so many willing to bestow value on a good beyond the usual framework of supply and demand for productive uses? To try to answer this question, we will take a brief look at history, at the physical features of this yellow metal and at analogies with other ways to store value to determine whether gold is indeed worth its mettle as a component of a diversified portfolio and as a hedge against inflation.Legal & Legislative Report Printable Issue [PDF] May/June 2018 Articles include: A Model for Recruiting Apprentices at the High School Level by Sandra SkivskyChanging demographics compounded by evolving codes, standards and legislative requirements in the construction industry heighten the need for a skilled, trained labour force. 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Photos courtesy of Log Mahal Productions
Log Mahal Productions held the premiere for its first production "A Season in the Life" at Taos Ski Valley last month, where Log Mahal's Cory "Coreshot" Bixler and Patrick "Lazer" Erwin emceed the event in front of 200 skiers and snowboarders.
"A Season in the Life" is LMP's first feature film and was shot entirely at Taos Ski Valley, highlighting Taos' steep terrain, deep powder and the area's under the radar skiers.
A Season in the Life, by Log Mahal Productions
Log Mahal Productions was started from an offhand idea dreamed up by a probably less than sober individual. Its members all lived the ski bum dream by cramming five to eight people into a cabin they called the "Log Mahal". All its residents worked as ski instructors and doing odd jobs to make the dream of living in the mountains possible, until 2010, when the Log Mahal members cashed in all their summer earnings and bought the necessary equipment to form Log Mahal Productions.
Log Mahal Productions' goal is to go deeper than filming the typical ski flick, and they prescribe to their own ski movie formula. By staying mobile and moving with the crew to different filming locations around the country for the season, we hope to find the best skiers and mountain characters in the area and tell their story.
Cory and Patrick are currently moving to meet the crew in Glacier, Washington to ski what they are convinced will be the "Winter of the Century," so be sure to stay tuned for lots of good stuff from Log Mahal Productions this winter.


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SKB's New Vessel, M/S Sigrid, Launched
On Thursday October 25th, SKB's new vessel, M/S Sigrid, was launched at the shipyard in Galati, Romania where she was built. Sigrid should arrive to her home port in Oskarshamn by summer 2013.
The new vessel, M/S Sigrid, is slightly larger than her predecessor M/S Sigyn, which has been in service during the past 30 years. Sigrid will be able to carry 20% more cargo than Sigyn. The vessel is designed to operate more fuel efficiently and thus more eco-friendly than her predecessor. Safety requirements are stringent, and Sigrid has, for example, a double hull, radiation protection, four engines and other multiple systems.
"The launch marks an important milestone in the project. 20 months ago, this vessel was nothing more than a drawing. Now she is a reality. The vessel is the result of hard work and good project management," says Bo Sundman, Director of the Department of Operations at SKB.
The vessel is designed and built by the Dutch-owned Damen Shipyards Group, which owns the shipyard in Galati, Romania.
Background: In Sweden there will be a need for safe transport of spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste for many years to come. At the beginning of 2010, SKB's Board decided to build a new vessel to replace M/S Sigyn, which has been in operation since 1982.
M/S Sigrid Particulars:
- Length overall: 99.5 metres
- Breadth: 18.6 metres
- Loading capacity (number of containers): 12
- Draft: 4.5 metres
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(Adds details, background on trade debate)
By Jeff Mason
ABOARD AIR FORCE ONE, May 7 (Reuters) - The White House declined to say on Thursday whether Nike Inc would be making a company announcement to coincide with President Barack Obama's visit to the company's Oregon headquarters on Friday.
The Los Angeles Times reported on Thursday that Nike "is likely to make its own manufacturing announcement" on Friday "around the time that Obama speaks at the Nike headquarters." The newspaper did not provide a source for the assertion.
Asked whether Nike would be making an announcement to coincide with Obama's visit, White House spokesman Eric Schultz said: "I'm going to let Nike share their news when they're available to do so."
Nike officials could not immediately be reached for comment.
Obama is slated to make a major pitch on Friday for the 12-nation Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP, at Nike, a venue that has sparked curiosity, since the company produces its famous sneakers in lower-cost contract factories in Asia.
White House officials have declined to say why they chose to highlight the company among Oregon exporters.
Obama's push to pass "fast-track" trade legislation, which would enable him to finalize the TPP deal, faces resistance from fellow Democrats who worry it could push U.S. jobs overseas where labor is cheaper.
The TPP would boost annual U.S. economic output by $77.5 billion, a tiny proportion of the $17 trillion economy.
Obama has pledged the deal will include tough labor and environmental protections. Skeptical unions and environmental groups have organized protests outside Nike for Obama's visit.
Nike employs 26,000 people in the United States, but that number is dwarfed by the more than 1 million workers in 700 contract factories worldwide who manufacture its shoes.
In 2012, Nike promised to create 500 jobs in Oregon for a $2 billion break from state taxes over 30 years. It said it added 2,084 jobs between January 2012 and September 2014.
Nike's image was tarnished by revelations of sweatshop conditions and abuse in the 1990s. It has worked to clean up its image, but problems remain.
It was recently hit by a strike at a factory in Vietnam that is a contract manufacturer. There was a strike at one of its Chinese suppliers in March. (Reporting by Jeff Mason and Krista Hughes; Writing by Roberta Rampton and Julia Edwards; Editing by Will Dunham and Peter Cooney)


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This week's Courier Herald Column:
This is the week that we honor Dr. Martin Luther King with a national holiday, commemorating his birth and the revolution he brought to our country and the rest of the world with non-violent social change. As such, it's also a time to take a moment to reflect on where we are, how far we as a people have come, and where we have to go.
The natural inclination for a political columnist would be to note that recently (and very quietly) a statue of white supremacist Tom Watson was removed from the grounds of the Georgia Capitol. It would be easy – perhaps a bit too easy – to use this space to argue that Georgia's Republican leaders would be wise to solidify a growing movement and ensure that a statue of Dr. King quickly replaces it.
But then, that would be a short column. Frankly, it needs to happen. Dr. King, despite having never been elected as most on the Capitol grounds he used Atlanta as his base camp when he changed the country for the better. He is one of us, and is now and forever a positive figure that deserves to be enshrined as a symbol of hope in action.
The problem with symbols is that, while powerful and long lasting, they only matter when they represent a hope for the future, lest they become a trite relic of the past. As such, the real honor that is needed for Dr. King is not one of bronze or not something that can sit comfortably on a prominent lawn. It is one that must continue his dream.
Dr. King dreamed of a nation that would judge our children on the content of their character. A nation where there would be equal opportunity. A nation that would afford any child born rich or poor, black or white, the opportunity to achieve the dream – the American dream.
We like to tell ourselves that this is possible today. But still, a child born into poverty is significantly less likely to be able to than a middle class or wealthy peer. The differential is not skin color, but of access to a quality education.
A free country with economic mobility requires equal opportunity. Too many of our children born today in economically depressed areas are trapped in schools that are ill prepared to place them on the track to success. This can change, but it will require us to do more than what we are currently doing, and to do things quite differently.
The answer until now has been to throw money at the problem. Fifty years of the war on poverty shows that poverty is winning. We can do better.
Instead of listing platitudes we need only look to Louisiana for tangible examples of what is working. A bit over 8 years ago hurricane Katrina forced New Orleans to virtually start over with many things. They did not miss the opportunity to rebuild a new way to educate their children. The process began with turning their system into a real charter system. The results are staggering.
The principles of reform were clear. Parents decide which schools they want their children to attend. Principals and teachers run their schools as they see fit – up to and including extending the school day if they deem it necessary. The central office serves primarily as an administrative support resource.
Teachers, principals, and schools are held accountable. Not one school that has failed to meet performance expectations has had their charter renewed. Not one.
Schools that fail to attract enough students close. It is a true market for education, and this market only rewards success.
The result is that New Orleans City School students, recently at the bottom of state statistics, now test at the Louisiana state average. A system that is comprised almost completely with minority students is expected to have students testing at the statewide average of their white counterparts when results arrive this year.
Statues are nice and honorable things to remind us of where we have come from. But if we want to take care of where we are going, it is time we give more than lip service to inequalities in our delivery of public education. That is a dream that we can make into a reality.


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Apt/Condo Building And Construction Rebounds Greatly in January; Workplace, Hotel and Storage Facility Building And Construction Declines 15%
Pasternack Characteristic began on the 1.1 million-square-foot Storage facility 1 in the 10 Distribution Center commercial park in Phoenix, the first of 6 buildings planned for the $300 million, 3.6 million-square-foot industrial park.The value
of brand-new multifamily advancement starts jumped nearly 40% while nonresidential building turned flat or decreased in January as U.S. building and construction entered 2018 in a state of "decelerating expansion," inning accordance with current data from Dodge Data & & Analytics
. Total U.S. building starts declined a modest 2%to a seasonally adjusted $725.9 billion in January following a 13% boost the previous month, mainly due to an 18% pullback in public works, electric utility and gas plant building.
The value of multifamily real estate starts surged 39% in January, with 11 projects valued at $100 million or more breaking ground as apartment and condominium building and construction showed fresh legs after three straight months of declines to close 2017. As a group, the commercial building and construction categories excluding multifamily – office, industrial, retail and hospitality tasks – fell 15% in January. The worth of brand-new office building starts declined 31% after a sharp 44% boost in December. Hotel building dropped 13% in January after a modest 4% gain in December.
"January's level of activity is consistent with the photo of a decreasing expansion," stated Robert Murray, chief economist for Dodge Data & & Analytics. "Some dampening might come from higher product prices and tight labor markets, yet while rate of interest are rising, the increases are anticipated to remain moderate this year."
The supply wave has not crested in the United States multifamily sector, with CoStar's projection requiring shipment of roughly 500,000 systems over the next 2 years, with much of the new advancement concentrated in big metropolitan projects near CBD office complex and retail. While office building and construction begins liquidated 2017 listed below their historic average for the 10th consecutive year, office deliveries are expected to reach a cyclical high this year, with CoStar forecasting that the brand-new supply will trigger the United States office job rate to begin ticking up as finished building finally starts to outpace demand.
Over 225 million square feet of industrial homes delivered in 2017, the highest taped in over Ten Years, and of January 2018, over 230 million square of commercial space had broken ground in the in 2015, much of speculative development. The level of retail building stayed well below historical average, with just over 60 million square feet under building since December compared to last cycle's peak of nearly 170 million square feet.
Despite slowing conditions in practically all sectors besides multifamily, optimism is plentiful in the building and construction and design industries. The "optimism quotient" in Wells Fargo's 2017 Building Industry Forecast launched this week was 133, a 10-point increase over last year and the greatest reading for the index considering that the late 1990s.
Overall nonresidential building and construction, including business, institutional and public works tasks, remained flat, edging up 1% in January to $240.8 billion in spite of a 149% jump in entertainment-related jobs, including the groundbreaking for the $1.3 billion domed stadium in Las Vegas that will be the new home for the Oakland Raiders, slated for occupancy prior to the 2020 NFL season.
Murray noted economic development from this year's tax cuts may benefit business structure and manufacturing building and construction begins, while the institutional part of nonresidential structure must remain close to in 2015's historically raised levels.
Building of educational centers, the largest nonresidential building category by dollar quantity, slipped 1% while health-care facilities pulled away 10% in January, despite the start of numerous big hospital projects such as the $254 million Hubbard Center for Children Medical Center in Omaha NE; and the $120 million replacement for the Memorial Medical facility complex in York, PA.


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The time trickles by slowly – I pause sometimes, like today, in afternoon sunshine and soft breeze. The grass tickles my delighted toes and Annalise, my youngest daughter, grins with anticipation as she slides down the slide. The shrieks of kids playing and the roar of hot wheels rolling on cement. I pause and drink in the blue of the sky and the quiet of the moment.
The time races by in breathless moments, where I feel like I can't take it all in. The sweetness of baby cheeks and toothy grins and funny baby chats. The squishy thighs and the impish smiles and the sparkling eyes.
Ellie, my wonderful six year old, does this thing, when she tells me stories about school. She makes her eyes really big and her voice is reflecting every emotion she felt in the real life happening. I want to somehow swallow the moments and never forget them! Each child is so precious. Each one, growing and changing so fast.
I worry about keeping my house clean, so I brush away the tiny hands (looking to hold me), so I can rush to the next task and find my value and worth there. Shiny, sparkly floors and clutter free surfaces. My brain likes those things, a lot. The chaos and dirt and constant repeating of certain truths – parenting really – is exhausting.
Sometimes I feel like I'm not really a person anymore, and I get all dramatic thinking about who I will be when they are grown. I sort of picture myself emerging from a cave, an old haggard lady, blinking at the light, gazing in awe at the world around me that has happened while I stayed in my house, raising my children.
But that's drama. It's just my brain drama. The real me is here. Loving my babies. Being changed and shifted and refined and squished. And I will emerge from this season of raising littles, with a sparkle in my eye.
I will carry more wisdom yet walk more humble.
I will pray harder and my prayer time will be sweeter.
I will be more confident in who I am and wear what I really like and make hard choices because it's the right thing to do and my children are watching me.
I will serve others better.
My kids call me higher.
What an upside down kingdom. Because perhaps in some eyes I am throwing "me" away by scrubbing the toilets and bottoms and dishes. Perhaps sometimes I listen to the snake lie that says "but you are losing yourself in the mundane".
The truth is that I am finding myself in learning to lay my life down. I have the greatest privilege I have ever known. Little arms wrapped around my neck, soft kisses on my cheek, a six-year-old hand in mine. They trusts me. They ask me questions about truth and what is real. They depend on me to feed them and provide clean clothes for them and pray over them when they have bad dreams. I am their anchor and what makes their world right. Right now.
I am more "me" then I have ever been.
– Sarah


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South Africa's de Klerk opposes sanctions on Israel
JERUSALEM (AP) — The former South African president who helped end apartheid says sanctions against Israel would be "counterproductive."
F.W. de Klerk told Israel Radio Sunday that comparisons between apartheid South Africa and Israel's treatment of the Palestinians are "odious," and that he prefers "dialogue and negotiation as a way to get governments to change their attitudes."
Those who support boycotting Israeli goods or goods made in West Bank settlements often point to a similar campaign credited with having undermined white rule in South Africa. Israel rejects the comparison, and says the boycotts are aimed at delegitimizing its very existence.
De Klerk was the last president under apartheid and, along with Nelson Mandela, ended its systematic racial discrimination.
He says the sanctions against South Africa "hurt the people they were intended to help."
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Massive Meat Recall Represents Terrible Failure of USDA Oversight
Statement of CSPI Food Safety Director Caroline Smith DeWaal
The massive recall of beef from the Westland/Hallmark facility dwarfs all other meat recalls and follows more than 20 beef recalls in the last 12 months. Consumers are losing confidence in USDA's ability to ensure the meat they eat is safe.
This recall is the result of a terrible failure of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's mandate since 1906 to ensure that sick animals are not slaughtered for human food. Once again, USDA is in reactive mode—taking steps to protect the public long after a highly publicized animal welfare scandal.
Where were the inspectors, who should have been preventing downer cattle from entering the food supply? Where were the safeguards to make sure that meat from sick animals didn't end up on school lunch trays from coast to coast? Congress should demand answers and enact solutions. If we had a modern food safety system, slaughterhouse employees wouldn't dream of treating and transporting cattle in the horrible ways documented by the Humane Society—because they would know that federal inspectors on site wouldn't tolerate it.
Contact Jeff Cronin (jcronin[at]cspinet.org) or Ariana Stone (astone[at]cspinet.org).


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Pages: 215 pages
Part of a Series: No (inspired work from final story idea of Siobhan Dowd)
Read For a Challenge: The TBR Double Dare
Recommended By: Forever Young Adult
Teaser: "Stories are the wildest things of all, the monster rumbled. Stories chase and bite and hunt."
In a sentence or so: Life is hard and humans are complicated creatures. This is a story of Charlie facing the whole truth of life.
*Rating: 10/10
GoodReads Description:
This is an extraordinarily moving novel about coming to terms with loss. The monster showed up just after midnight. As they do. But it isn't the monster Conor's been expecting. He's been expecting the one from his nightmare, the nightmare he's had nearly every night since his mother started her treatments, the one with the darkness and the wind and the screaming. . . .
This monster, though, is something different. Something ancient, something wild.
1. Type of story: Children's Horror/Grief (Free 1 point)
2.Consistency: It's such a powerful moment in this character's life any deviation would have ruined everything, so I'm glad to say Mr. Ness maintained very well. (1 point)
3. Flesh: The best monster ever! The Yew Tree, The Green Man, whatever you chose to call him. He can be frightening, could crush you if you should be punished or he could have come walking to teach you in a slightly more gentle, life-changing way. And Charlie - so strong on the outside, but needing desperately the attention and stories the monster comes to bring. And the few characters that jump from the mist Charlies life has become are impactful in hurtful or dismissive, or caring blips, and they're all wonderful. (1 point)
4. Flow: Up and down like the life the main character is living -- daytime is grey, soft, passive; nights are action and horror...nightmares... monsters. (1 point)
5. Character Growth: Strength, truth, acceptance, these are all hard lessons and even more difficult virtues to maintain through life's most difficult times. (1 point)
6. A Point/ Purpose/ Journey: The power of truth, the lessons in stories, and the complication of real life and real people.(1 point)
7. Witty Dialogue: Not exactly-- it wasn't the wry humor I normally crave but it was wise and touching dialogue.(1 point)
8. Love: The human condition - love being necessary is present and possessing; but the love expressed here is only of the familial kind. (1 point)
9. Evoke Realistic Images: Illustrated! Beautiful Illustrations, but the writing is also so imaginative. The words will knock your breathe out and they would make any lesser artist useless. The illustrations go wonderfully with the words. (1 point)
10. Writing/Story telling: The writing seemed to personify The Green Man character. It was like story time with an ancient. Observant, teaching, enthralling, and entertaining. (1 point)
Reread Worthy: Often - within these pages are lessons I need to regularly be reminded of.
Recommendation: Everyone! (If they're old enough to understand serious illness and guilt, love and the complications of a real human life.)
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65-year-old man "marries" 12-year-old girl in Times Square social experiment YouTube/Coby Persin
Lawmakers in America are battling to overturn some of the country's most archaic laws, which stipulate that children as young as 12 can be married.
In the state of Virginia, it is officially still legal for girls as young as 12 or 13 to be brought to a courthouse with evidence of a pregnancy and wed, a practice that has come under increased scrutiny thanks to the Virginia Senator Jill Vogel R-Fauquier.
Legislation she introduced, which is now moving through the Virginia General Assembly, seeks to raise the minimum age for marriage to 16 to bring it in line with other states – and similar moves are under way in Maryland and New York, where 3,853 minors were married between 2000 and 2010, according to State Health Department data published in the New York Times.
In Virginia itself, according to state health statistics, more than 4,500 minors were married between 2000 and 2013, including about 220 who were 15 or younger.
And a separate Statista chart plotting the minimum legal age of marriage for girls worldwide reveals that the US is one of the lowest on record, with several places – including Massachusetts – allowing girls as young as 12 to be wed with the consent of a judge.
It is matched only by Saudi Arabia and Yemen, where age of consent for marriage ranges between nine and 13 years old.
"It's rarely the case that the 13-year-old is marrying a 17-year-old," Ms Vogel told Washington Top News.
"It's more often the case that it is a child marrying somebody decades older than they are."
Ms Vogel pointed out that often, young women who go on to be abused in early marriages are not old enough to go to court to get a protection order – and aren't even old enough to drive.
She said officials should be looking out for what's in the child's best interests – not handing out marriage licenses.
"Someone should be asking the question, 'Well if this 13-year-old is pregnant, isn't that evidence of statutory rape?'" Ms Vogel said. "Is that not a crime? They are truly victims in every way."
Senate Bill 415, which passed in the Senate last month, has passed in a House sub-committee and in a full-committee and is due to face a vote.
The bill would see those between 16 and 18 having to petition courts for a marriage license – at which point a judge would need to determine whether or not they were mature enough or were being coerced.
The judge could also grant emancipation as part of the petition, giving teens similar rights to adults under the law.
But Ms Vogel said she was surprised at what she found when researching marriage laws in other states, which she said acted as a "veil" to sex abusers to protect themselves from prosecution.
Meet Thea, Norway's 12-year-old child bride
There is currently no minimum age for marriage in the Commonwealth.
In the UK legal consent can be given as young as 16 – as long as it's with parental consent.
In July last year, the Spanish government announced it was to raise the marriage age from 14 to 16 to bring it into line with the rest of Europe.
Estonia now has the lowest marriage age in Europe with teenagers able to wed at 15 with parental approval.
Globally, the average legal age of marriage for boys is 17 and 16 for girls but many countries permit them, particularly girls, to marry much younger.
According to the campaign group Girls Not Brides, one in three women in the developing world are said to be married before they turn 18.
In Niger, for example, where the age of legal marriage for girls is 15, 76 per cent of girls are believed to be married before their 18th birthday.
And some countries only permit marriage among the young for certain groups.
According to the US state department's humans right report on Trinidad & Tobago from 2014, though the official marital age is 18 for men and women, Muslims and Hindus have a separate Marriage Act.
Muslims are permitted to get married at 16 for men and 12 for girls and Hindus at 18 and 14.


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Relationship work best when there is spark between the both so here is the article How to Make Him Miss You so read it carefully. If that spark fades away then your relation becomes boring and you lose that craze for each other. Maintaining that craze and excitement for each other will run your relation successfully. Sometimes it can be achieved by missing your love or partner. Absence of your love will remind you of all those precious moments that you have spent together. If you are far away from your love, you will get to know how much they are important for you, how much you love them, how much you are alone without them, in other words, it means you are incomplete without them. To again smoothen your relation, missing each other and knowing the importance of each other will work best for the couple. If you are worried that your relation is not going well and your guy is not satisfied with the relation, you have to do something special to attract him towards yourself. You have to do something great so that he wants to be with you all the time. One of the best way to make him fall in love with you again is make him as he misses you, and desires you like a craze. There are multiple ways that you can opt to know How to Make Him Miss You and will generate that spark again between you both.
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- Be Happy
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- Stop Calling And Texting Him
If you continuously text or call him, he will never miss you. He will think that you are always free for him. But if you stop calling and texting him, he will wonder why you are not doing the same. This will regenerate his craze for you and he will start missing you.
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If you really want your guy miss you truly, then give him surprise by preparing some home cooked meal when he comes back to home, wear his favourite dress and scent, and give him flowers or gifts. These small things will make him feel glad and when you are far away from him, he will miss all these memorable things and you too.
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Hello hello, hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and are still enjoying the festivities. Christmas Eve my boyfriend and I returned home from a long awaited weekend in Rome, which was pretty magical this time of year. I especially thought it would be romantic flying back on 24th for some reason, until I started to panic two weeks before that we may be snowed in for Christmas haha...thankfully all was okay.
We managed to cover the whole of Rome and it's greatest landmarks in the four nights we were there, revisiting our favourites on the last day. Was so lovely to spend some quality time with the boy on our own little adventure, definitely one of my favourite things to do in the whole world. Plus the Italian gelato was AH-mazing, pretty sure I had it for breakfast everyday.
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Our meetings are held on the second Thursday evening of every month throughout the year, with the exception of July and January.
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Returning for summer 2016, the annual Pendleside Hospice Car Raffle will once again see entrants vying to take home a brand new car, with six local organisations having banded together to help raise the funds for this year's top prize – a Mini One.
Last year, more than £27,000 was raised as part of the summer raffle, with the hospice hoping that even more can be raised in 2016 to help support the ongoing operation of this essential facility.
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Buy an IHOP Gift Card - Who Doesn't Love IHOP?
For most of us growing up, IHOP (International House of Pancakes) was a family tradition. IHOP is one of the friendliest, family oriented places to get breakfast any time of the day (they are literally open 24 hours a day). There are very few people who would turn their noses up at IHOP or receiving an IHOP gift card for their birthday or for another special occasions.
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Scrap Unique Identification Number (UID)/ Aadhar project involving biometric data collection linked to National Population Register (NPR): Gopal Krishna
Following is an open letter addressed to the Citizens of India by an activist Gopal Krishna. His contact details are given at the end of the article. We must engage with the topic and debate.
Open Letter to Fellow Citizens
Dear Fellow Citizens,
Subject- Scrap Unique Identification Number (UID)/ Aadhar project involving biometric data collection linked to National Population Register (NPR)
Dear fellow citizens,
This is with reference to a privacy invasion project which is relevant to India and all the democratic countries of the world. The very first Bill that is to be presented by the new coalition government of UK in the British Parliament is to repeal its Identity Cards Act 2006 even as Government of India has chosen to give approval to Unique Identification Number (UID) project that threatens citizens' privacy. Clearly, what is poisonous for civil liberties in UK cannot become non-poisonous in India.
If one takes cognizance of the claim that "UID system is a civilian application of biometrics"1 and compares it with current practices, one finds that such a claim is quite misplaced. In the report there is reference to a Study commissioned by the US Department of Homeland Security to International Biometrics Group.2 Will someone explain how reference to such a study constitutes civilian application?
In our country, it is rarely noticed as to when the concept of massively organized information has quietly emerged to become a means of social control, a weapon of war, and a roadmap for the destruction of ethnic groups.
Unique Identification Number (UID)/'Aadhar' project that emerged from the constitution of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) in January, 2009 reminds one of what happened from the period preceding Adolf Hitler's arrival to January, 1933 when he occupied power, to Second World War and since then. The way International Business Machines (IBM), the world's largest technology company and the second most valuable global brand colluded with the Nazis to identify Jews for targeted for asset confiscation, ghettoization, deportation, and ultimately extermination to help Hitler with its punch card and card sorting system–a precursor to the computer made the automation of human destruction possible is matter of historical fact.3
Unmindful of the lessons from Germany, advancing the argument of targeting, it has been claimed on the floor of the parliament by the Indian Finance Minister while presenting the 2010-11 Union Budget that UID project 'would provide an effective platform for financial inclusion and targeted subsidy payments,'4 the same targeting measures can be used with malafide motives against citizens of certain religion, caste and ethnicity or region or towards a section of society due to economic resentment. Curiously, the Finance Minister and the head of Unique Identification Number (UID)/ Aadhar project refer to financial inclusion and not economic inclusion of the poor. Exclusion of certain sections of society for political reasons had led to the targeted massacre of 1947, 1984 and 2002.
Unique Identification Number (UID)/ 'Aadhar' project is going to do almost exactly the same thing which the predecessors of Hitler did else how is it that Germany always had the lists of Jewish names. The Nazis got these lists with the help of IBM which was in Census business that included racial census that entailed not only count the Jews but also identifying them. In Washington at the United States Holocaust Museum, there is an exhibit of an IBM Hollerith D-11 card sorting machine that was responsible for organizing the census of 1933 that first identified the Jews. Government of India cannot guarantee that in future when the Nazis or some such sort come to power in India they would not have access to Unique Identification Number (UID) for vindictive measures against certain sections of the citizenry.
Unique Identification Number and National Population Register is all set to do what International Business Machines (IBM) did in Germany, Romania through solutions ranging from the census to providing list of names of Jews to Nazis. The Unique Identification Number and National Populations Register have nothing to do with citizenship.
In such a backdrop, as concerned citizens we welcome the progressive step by the new coalition government in UK to scrap its controversial national identity card (ID) scheme in order to safeguard citizens' privacy and act against intrusions. The scrapping of the UK's ID project is planned to be done in the next 3-4 months. Besides repealing Identity Cards Act 2006 and outlawing the finger-printing of children at school, UK government would stop its National Identity Register and the next generation of biometric passports, the Contact Point database and end storage of internet and email records sans valid reasons.
But unlike UK, Government of India through a Press Information Bureau release dated 18 May, 2010 has stated that "The Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India related issues (CC-UIDAI) today approved in principle the adoption of the approach outlined by Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) for collection of demographic and biometric attributes of residents (face, all ten fingerprints and iris) for the UID project. It was also decided to include data of the iris for children in the age group of 5 to 15 years. The same standards and processes would be adhered to by the Registrar General of India for the National Population Register (NPR) exercise and all other Registrars in the UID system." In India too, there is a robust case against rejecting what has been rejected in the UK. Unique Identification Number (UID)/ Aadhar project is a blatant case of infringement of civil liberties.
As is the case with Unique Identification Number (UID)/ Aadhar project, in UK too the scheme has been vacillating from one claimed purpose to another.
The project is being bulldozed in the name of poor by saying, "Identity becomes a bottleneck if one wants to have a ration card, driving licence, passport, bank account or a mobile connection. It will enable poor residents to access multiple resources including education, health and financial services." Following the footprints of UK's discredited project, it is being said that "The identity number will help get a child admission in school." Perhaps fearing abandonment of the project, in the aftermath of UK government's decision, it is being now said that the Unique Identification Number is optional not mandatory.5
How is it that two democracies deal with the issue of ungovernable breaches of privacy differently? While UK government is pro-active in protecting privacy of its citizens, Government of India is ridiculing the very idea of privacy and civil liberties.
It is highly disturbing that at almost the same time India's minority coalition government plans to do just the contrary with astounding disregard to citizens' privacy by stamping them with an UID number based on their biometric data. Such "surveillance" effort through world's largest citizen identity project for "Creating a Unique Identity Number for Every Resident in India" in history undermines our democracy beyond repair.
Related to the UID number project is the project of National Population Register (NPR). This is for the first time that NPR is being prepared. The database will be built by the Registrar General, India. It is noteworthy that census and NPR are different. Census is the biggest source of data on demography, literacy and education, housing and household amenities, economic activity, urbanization, fertility, mortality, language, religion and migration. It serves as primary data for planning and the implementation of policies of the Central and State Governments.
National Population Register (NPR) involves the creation of a comprehensive identity database for the country. NPR will include the items of information such as the name of the person, father's name, mother's name, spouse's name, sex, date of birth, place of birth, current marital status, education, nationality as declared, occupation, present address of usual resident and permanent residential address. The database will also contain photograph and finger biometry of persons above the age of 15 years.
After the National Population Register (NPR) database is finalized, the next task would be assigning every individual a Unique Identification Number (UID). This UID number will be added to the NPR database. It is proposed to issue identity card, which will be a smart card with UID number printed on it and include basic details like name, mother's/father's name, sex, date and place of birth, photograph. Complete details will be stored in the chip.
Like in the UK, in India too, there is a need for a similar measure to stop the efforts underway through the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to issue a unique identification number to every resident in the country.5 Issuing unique identity numbers to the 1.2 billion residents in India based on biometric data is fraught with hitherto unimaginable dangers of human rights violations. It has emerged that it all started rolling in the aftermath of a meeting of the Empowered Group of Ministers on November 4, 2008 and a meeting of the Prime Minister's Council of the UID Authority on August 12, 2009, wherein it was decided that there was a "need for a legislative framework" akin to UK's Identity Cards Act 2006 which is now being scrapped.
The 13th Finance Commission has made a provision for an incentive of Rs 100 per person (Rs 400-500 per family) to bribe citizens below the poverty line to register for the UID and has recommended a grant of Rs 2,989.10 crore to be given to the state governments for the same. The three states who have signed an MOU on their part have set up state level committees to work as registrars of UIDAI for collecting biometric samples like thumb impression or cornea configuration of each individual resident. The Karnataka government has set-up the Center for e-Governance and a state-level UID implementation committee under the chief secretary; Madhya Pradesh has set-up a cabinet committee on UID under the chief minister and a state UID implementation committee under the chief secretary. The Andhra government too has set-up a state level empowered committee under the chief minister and state UID implementation committee under the chief secretary. Has there been any debate so far in the legislatures about the ramifications of a project which is all set to be scrapped in UK?
As per Authority's Office Memorandum5 signed by Director General, UIDAI dated September 29, 2009, "The main objective is to improve benefits service delivery, especially to the poor and the marginalized sections of the society. To deliver its mandate, the UID Authority proposes to create a platform to first collect the identity details and then to perform authentication that can be used by several government and private service providers."6 The reference to "private service providers" is inexplicable for the work is meant to be an exercise for public purpose and for the poor and the marginalized.
This Authority in turn set up a Biometrics Standards Committee in order "to review existing standards and modify/extend/enhance them so as to achieve the goals and purpose for de-duplications and authentication" through framing biometrics standards for fingerprints, face and iris.
The Authority defines Biometrics as "the science of establishing the identity of an individual based on the physical, chemical or behavioural attributes of the person." Besides the photos of the face are commonly used in various types of identification cards, it is undertaking the use of fingerprints for identification and recording Iris, the annular region of the eye, bounded by the pupil and sclera on either side which is considered the most accurate biometric.6
The committee reveals that "The biometrics will be captured for authentication by government departments and commercial organizations at the time of service delivery."7 The commercial organization mentioned herein is not defined.
The Biometrics Standards Committee refers to previous experiences of the US and Europe with biometrics. A technical sub-group was also formed that collected over 250,000 fingerprint images from 25,000 persons were sourced from districts of Delhi, UP, Bihar and Orissa for analyzing Indian fingerprints. It may do the same for Iris and face as well to form a database size of 1.2 billion. It has been recommended that "Biometrics data are national assets and must be preserved in their original quality."8 The Committee refers to citizens database as national asset. Are't citizens assets in themselves whose civil liberties gives legitimacy to the every existence of nation-state.
Both Unique Identification Number and National Population Register through convergence represent a case of the state, and the 'market' tracking citizens for one reason or the other. It is neither benign in its design nor in its execution. The working paper of the UIDAI reveals that the "UID number will only guarantee identity, not rights, benefits or entitlements".
In view of the above mentioned facts, we submit that the collection of such data is a classic case of gross violation of fundamental human rights. Government of India should take prompt lessons from the UK government's decision to scrap its National ID project and abandon Unique Identification Number (UID)/ Aadhar project.
Yours faithfully
Gopal Krishna
Citizens Forum for Civil Liberties
E-mail: email@example.com
References & Notes:
[1] Biometrics Design Standards For UID Applications, Planning Commission, prepared by: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Committee on Biometrics, p. 9, Version 1.0, December 2009
[2] Study is titled "Independent Testing of Iris Recognition Technology, Final Report, May 2005" referred in the report of the Biometrics Design Standards For UID Applications, Planning Commission, prepared by: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Committee on Biometrics, p. 56, Version 1.0, December 2009
[3] Edwin, Black IBM and the Holocaust: The Strategic Alliance between Nazi Germany and America's Most Powerful Corporation, 2001, Crown Publishing and others worldwide, US
[4] Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, in his budget speech allocated a budget of Rs. 1900 crore for financial year 2010-11
[5] In an Interview to Shelley Singh & Pramugdha Mamgain, 'Identity will help the poor participate in economic growth': Nandan Nilekani, 26 May 2010, The Economic Times
[6] Balchand K, AADHAR not mandatory, says Nilekani, May 12, 2010, The Hindu
[7] Biometrics Design Standards For UID Applications, Planning Commission, prepared by: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Committee on Biometrics, p. 25, Version 1.0, December 2009
[8] Biometrics Design Standards For UID Applications, Planning Commission, prepared by: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Committee on Biometrics, p. 8, Version 1.0, December 2009
[9] Biometrics Design Standards For UID Applications, Planning Commission, prepared by: Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) Committee on Biometrics, p. 5, Version 1.0, December 2009
[i] Notes
[i] Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) was constituted by the Government of India on 28th January, 2009 as an attached office of the Planning Commission. Prime Minister's Council on UID Authority was constituted on 30th July, 2009 and its first meeting was held on 12th August, 2009. Subsequently, the Government constituted a Cabinet Committee on Unique Identification Authority of India related issues (CC-UIDAI) in October 2009 to look into all issues relating to UIDAI including its organisation, plans, policies, programmes, schemes, funding and methodology to be adopted for achieving the objectives of the Authority. On June 25th 2009, the Union Cabinet created and approved the position of the Chairperson of the UIDAI, and appointed Nandan Nilekani as the first Chairperson in the rank and status of a Cabinet Minister. R S Sharma has been appointed the Director General. Address by the President of India, to Parliament dated 22nd February 2010 notes, "The Unique Identification Authority of India has been established with a mandate to issue unique identity numbers based on biometrics to all residents of India. This mammoth and unprecedented exercise will serve as a great enabler to improve targeting and delivery of major government welfare programmes and public services, especially to those who are poor and marginalized. The first set of unique identity numbers is expected to be issued in the early part of 2011."
[ii] Copy of the Office Memorandum of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) dated September 29, 2009 was forwarded to Cabinet Secretary, Principal Secretary to the PM, all the Secretaries to the Government of India, all the Chief Secretaries of the States and Union Territories for information
[iii] The Authority's Biometrics Committee informs, "Fingerprint technology constitutes approximately half of the total biometrics market". It attempts to assure citizens by saying, "The iris sample acquisition is done without physical contact and without too much inconvenience to the person whose iris image is being acquired. Iris has no association with law enforcement and has not received negative press and may therefore be more readily accepted."
The report of the Biometrics Committee's states, "The performance of iris authentication can be impaired by the use of spectacles or contact lenses. Also, some people may be missing one or both eyes while others may not have the motor control necessary to reliably enroll in an iris based system. Until recently, iris code representation and matching was proprietary and patented. Iris is emerging as the third standard biometric identifier after expiration of patents and changes in vendor practices."
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Star Scientific Inc., which sells tobacco products that dissolve in the consumer's mouth, is asking the Food and Drug Administration to certify them as less harmful than other forms of tobacco.
Star Scientific said Monday it asked the FDA Friday to approve its wintergreen-flavored dissolvable tobacco lozenges as a "modified risk" product under the 2009 law that gave the FDA authority over tobacco.
The Glen Allen, Va., company said its Ariva-BDL lozenges contain "below detectable levels" of certain cancer-causing chemicals found in tobacco and its smoke. The tablets contain tobacco's most addictive component, nicotine.
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Find early voting information through the Florida Division of Elections. According to its webpage, early voting for state or federal elections must begin 10 days before the official election date and end three days before the official election date.
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"After one hit I was high. After two I was stoned, but when the bowl was gone, so was I."
"ATF is another go-to sativa that will always have a special place my stash box. In the past, I was prescribed various pharmaceutical anti-depressants for chronic depression, but the side effects were horrible. One made me gain way too much weight, one made me flat, unresponsive and nearly catatonic, and the last one I was prescribed actually made the depression much much worse. Big Pharma is in my past, and canna..."
"The following speaks to soil growers only, hydro is not my thing. It is also important to remember that the ATF I am describing here is not Sagarmartha's imitation strain, but the real deal which has been grown since the seventies and maintained by many different heads and groups in and around Northern California for the past several decades: Very high yielding strain which produces chunky, airy nugs whos weight q..."
"This strain's name pretty much sums up it affect. I decided to wait a few minutes before commenting and things only got worse. Forgot to breathe (don't you hate when that happens! :) Not a strain to go out in public. This is a strain to listen to Phillip Glass or Electronic Trance. The aroma is what we in the wine world would call 'forest floor'. Reminds me of moss, then a hint of spice . Very unique! This is surpris..."
"Holy sweet jumped up sativa, Batman. This has to be the most aptly named strain yet. As powerful and as potent as being screwed by an angry Thor. Good if unique taste, rather a sweet note. Has good legs, at 5 to 6. Definitely worth getting when possible. Extraordinary body effects for a sativa. Get some and have intimate relations with the God of Thunder today!"
"ATF I will keep at the top of my list for Staiva-Dominent Hybrids. =About it:= Fluffy nugs, smooth smoke - easier to fill the lungs to capacity. Had an earthy taste, slight bit of a skunky note (though I am sure terpene profiles will wildly vary depending on one's own individual palate). =Medical:= Provides a decent body stone, helps me stave off my IBS until I can come home and medicate up with an Indica. Doesn'..."
"Strain Notes: - Very strong, piney smell, even through a sturdy bag; when opened to take a whiff, the entire room retains the scent for a solid while afterwards. Definitely wrap in foil or put in a glass container. - Sticky, dense, sage-green bud, with a fair amount of orange trichomes and small crystals. - Very little keef when ground. High Notes: - Prefer smoking from a bong, as all the effects of the strai..."
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samara lubelski Wavelength (CD, £11.95)label: De Stijl
First Lady of Winds and Stars Samara Lubelski returns to her once and future label home for her sixth album, Wavelength, and the spheres harmonize at the news. Wavelength comprises a dozen new arrowed whispers, Samara's feathery touch on guitar and microphone now so at balance with the elements that the whole, her music and the air it enters, become inseparable. Don't be fooled by the persistent "psych-folk" labels she gets -- oh, they may be accurate as far as modern usage goes, and that scene is now as it was then, but Wavelength is an electric record through and through: Everything comes to life in light, the guitar speaking in radiant strums and felt-tip leads, her violin calling up everything that glows and grows in the dark. Funny how Nature always seemed to work everything out fine on Her own before we showed up, huh? Wavelength was engineered and recorded by Samara herself at Sumsilobatem in Germany, aside from the drums being set down by Aaron Mullan at Echo Canyon; Nicolas Vernhes mixed at Rare Book Room. While Wavelength arrives three years after her previous studio LP, Future Slip (Ecstatic Peace), trust that Samara's been busy in the since, playing violin all over the map (and a fair ways off it) with Thurston Moore's band; sharing stages and an album, Sunday Night, Sunday Afternoon (on Graham Lambkin's Kye label), with Marcia Bassett; adding to Unrock's series of live CD-R's in 2010; and having hand and wand in countless engineering projects. Samara has been a quietly reliable presence in New York's underground realm for a good many years; if you're in music in NYC and haven't crossed paths with her, we think you might be doing it wrong. But a Wavelength is always there for you, all you need do is get on it.
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Vikings coach Leslie Frazier has been getting beaten up from all sides this week.
If you want to criticize his hiring of coordinators, or clock management, fire away.
If you're really going to keep picking on him for the way he has handled his quarterbacks, you're so far off base you must be related to Nick Punto.
Freeman and his bosses were fully invested in giving Chrisitan Ponder every chance to be their quarterback for the next five years. He failed. He failed miserably. If anyone was going to give Ponder every benefit of the doubt, it was Frazier and GM Rick Spielman. If they gave up on him, you know he's not capable of running an NFL offense.
Frazier switched to Matt Cassel at the right time, when Ponder's rib injury created a natural opening to try out the backup, and Cassel played pretty well in beating Pittsburgh.
Then, when the Vikings had the chance to pick up a talented quarterback without sacrificing a draft pick, they signed Josh Freeman, and got him ready to play as quickly as possible.
Freeman played horribly on Monday night. He showed some poise in the pocket and generally threw toward the correct receiver. He just couldn't hit the broad side of Phil Loadholt with one of his passes. As Frazier noted, Freeman's mechanics are horrible, which led to him throwing too high or too long.
The result was terrible. That doesn't mean the decision was terrible.
In fact, the decision was purely logical. So is the decision to keep Freeman as the starting quarterback.
The Vikings know exactly what Ponder is. They know exactly what Cassel is. As poorly as he played on Monday, there is still a chance that Freeman could revive his career.
In his second year in the NFL, Freeman threw 25 touchdown passes and six interceptions. The talent is there. He has the ability to avoid turnovers under the right circumstances. He has a lot of work to do, but the Vikings are right to invest in a growth stock.
Blame Frazier for the Vikings' record, but not for his quarterback decisions.
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text: Malang, the second-largest city in East Java after Surabaya, has long been known as a city with an old-world charm due to its colonial architecture. In the colonial era, this charming old town was famous for being the place for the Dutch to unwind, due to its cool climate. Further back the city also officially became part of the all-encompassing Javanese Mataram kingdom in the 17th century, which by that time was already controlled by the Dutch imperialists. Malang is therefore rich in history and culture. Aware of that, Hotel Tugu, owned by a well-known antiques collector, has a mission to bring back art from the past; the old romance of Indonesia's bygone era. Famous for being a museum-like hotel displaying many antiques and artifacts, Tugu will be presenting an Indonesian Cultural-Dining Series every Wednesday starting from Oct. 15 that aims to introduce a myriad of classical dances from Malang to foreign tourists while reminding local people of almost forgotten local art. The first in this series of unique dining experiences was the masked-dance drama titled "Dewi Sekartadji". The story is about a love triangle between Prabu Klana Sewandana, Raden Panji Asmorobangun and the beautiful Dewi Sekartadji. All dancers wore painted wooden masks. Dating back through history, Malang's Mask Dance is an ancient dance that may be older than the city itself. It is reported that reference to it was found in an ancient inscription from the Mataram kingdom. While being entertained by the music and the dance steps, the astonishing exotic atmosphere in the Tirta Tangga Room, where the event was held, also spoiled guests. Surrounded by the richly colored wall and antique furniture, Tirta Gangga is the epitome of the elegant, east-meets-west, classical interior that brings the glorious past to life. Lastly, a cultural dining experience would not be complete without presenting authentic local food. During the Mask Dance event, a local dish with the long, exotic name of "nasi pesanggrahann gartitawati" was served. The dish is basically deep-fried nila fish served with fresh garden vegetables and "sambal" (chili paste). It also comes with an array of local condiments such as "lodeh" (vegetable stew and soya bean cake in coconut milk), "urapan sayur" (a local salad of mixed vegetables with grated coconut), turmeric pickle, dry soya bean cake in sweet and sour chili and peanut crackers. Next up was a bowl of warm "soto ayam lengkuas" (chicken soup with galangal). Guests could choose between fragrant pandan rice and turmeric rice to complete this authentic local dish. "Es paling seger" (refreshing ice), which contains fresh coconut water with young coconut flesh, pamelo, traditional green-grass jelly, "kolang kaling" (fruit of the sugar palm) and local fruit was served for dessert. The names do not do justice to the taste. The dance shows and the feasts may end as the music stops, but the spirit of recreating almost-forgotten precious local art forms and culture will continue.


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We take an in-depth look at Southampton's January transfer window.
Southampton's January transfer window could be one which defines whether the club makes it into the Champions League spots or not.
The Saints are sustaining a challenge for Europe's elite competition, but there has been realisation that they needed to add a sprinkling of quality if they are to break into the top-four and, as a result, three players were acquired.
Southampton brought in Eljero Elia and Filip Djuricic on loan, while they also completed a permanent move for Ryan Bertrand, and in this article we analyse all of the business carried out over the past month.
The Good
Ryan Bertrand
Signing Bertrand on a permanent deal from Chelsea is a major step forward from the club and should allow them to starting building their defensive unit around him.
Having Bertrand and Matt Targett means that Southampton's left-back spot is secure for many years to come, and that is remarkable considering Luke Shaw only left last summer.
Shaw went to Manchester United for a fee reportedly worth £30 million, but they have quickly replaced him, without losing any quality, and with Bertrand tied down they still have a healthy profit left over. Great work.
Eljero Elia
Southampton's transfer of Elia raised a few eyebrows at first, but he has already shown why Ronald Koeman had faith in him to be a success.
The Dutch winger has struggled for form over a prolonged period of time, but he looks like a man with a point to prove at St. Mary's and the Saints have already seen the best of him.
The Werder Bremen loan star's two-goal salvo against Newcastle United earlier in the month delivered Southampton three points at St. James' Park and he will be hoping to put in more match-winning performances between now and the end of the season.
James Ward-Prowse
Southampton managed to get James Ward-Prowse to sign a five-and-a-half-year deal at the club, securing his future, and it is an important deal in more ways than one.
Not only does it ensure that Ward-Prowse stays with them, but it also highlights the progress they are making as a club.
The Saints have seen many of their brightest youngsters depart in recent years, but Ward-Prowse's commitment proves they are no longer a stepping-stone club and they should be heartened by this.
The Bad
Not a whole lot. Southampton haven't made a habit of doing poor business and this looks to have been another prudent window.
A few supporters would have liked Jack Cork to have stayed, but he was never likely to be a player to push them on to the next level and his departure is not too much of a loss.
In terms of other areas in need of strengthening, there is an argument to suggest that a back-up striker could have been signed to help Graziano Pelle out, but that was not an urgent priority.
Challenges for the summer
The major challenge for Southampton will be ensuring that they are not victims of their own success again.
Last season the Saints lost a number of their key players during the summer transfer window, after a brilliant campaign, and they need to avoid a repeat this time around.
Southampton have done a marvellous rebuilding job this term, but it would be foolish to expect this to be a process that would work so successfully every year and keeping their players will be the priority at the end of the season.


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The use of telecommunications within large organizations has increased significantly as the business ecosystem of customers, partners and employees has become more complex and globally intertwined. This changing environment now requires investment in a plethora of technologies to successfully conduct business and manage relationships. In response, many organizations have started either to establish or consider a telecom expense management (TEM) initiative.


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Annebeth is smart. Not powerful. Percy practically saved her so many times. I'm kind of confused now. We are having opinions on who is stronger on two people that aren't even real! Not to mention, Percy should be older. Percy is almost her uncle, which makes everything so much more weird.
In the first book, Percy Jackson beat Annebeth for his first battle, Annebeth had hundreds of fighting experience, but Percy still beats her in his first battle ! Also, Percy's dad is Poseidon- God of the Sea, who is one of the big three. Percy Jackson is also a child of the Prophecy.
First off, Annabeth is amazing. Secondly, in the beginning (Oh so long ago) Percy winged it. Relying on his powers and his strength solely. It took him a while to learn how to fight smart. This is something Annabeth just did and, with her training, was really good at. Go Annabeth!
When fighting, Annabeth is a better due to her strategic coordination and experience. Although it may be true that Annabeth was defeated by Percy many times, but that was because he has incredible gifts and powers that help him do that. In hand to hand or weapon combat however, Annabeth can defeat Percy easily.