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text: My first post on the PRS Forum, what could be more appropriate? :mrgreen: For me the Ted McCarty Limited Edition (much easier to just call them "Ted's") are the best PRSi ever, particularly the Willcutt's Wood Library Limiteds. I have owned a whopping 15, here are my current (and favorite!) four: ...with the last one inbound from iahawk36. Oh yeah, plus a PS DC 245 Ted on order... Let this be the place here on the PRS Forum to share the love of all things Ted! Long live the "Ted"!!

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Obama, GOP fight the class war
There was nothing especially subtle about the way Barack Obama played the politics of class resentment against Mitt Romney in 2012.
"My opponent," Obama brayed in Virginia Beach last fall, "thinks that someone who makes $20 million a year, like him, should pay a lower [tax] rate than a cop or a teacher who makes $50,000."
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And there was nothing especially mysterious about the reason: Class warfare works.
( PHOTOS: 18 defining Obama moments)
That fundamental reality of the Obama years — that the president won a second term in large part because he gave new life to an old brand of class-based politics — continues to echo six months later as the dominant factor shaping American politics this spring, as the parties slog through the latest fiscal fight.
Both parties are in the midst of intense and far-reaching debates about how to respond.
Among Republicans, alarmed by the long-term implications of Obama's victory, there is an argument over whether a new era of politics driven by economic grievance requires only a change of messaging and a less ripe-for-caricature messenger than Romney — or a much more fundamental rethinking of its policy agenda.
( Also on POLITICO: OFA's first quarter haul: $4.8 million)
Among Democrats there is division over whether Obama is squandering his victory by embracing in his new budget the idea that popular entitlement programs like Social Security and Medicare must be trimmed to make them more affordable. Many liberals believe that this stance represents a surrender, in politics and substance alike, in what is their side's most potent class-conflict weapon.
But to Obama loyalists, Democrats must act now to preserve their hallowed New Deal and Great Society accomplishments so they're not emasculated later under a Republican president.
"The most persuasive case for reforming Medicare is saving Medicare," said Obama strategist David Axelrod. "You don't want to see the Big Bad Wolf making those decisions."
( Also on POLITICO: W.H. divides over whistleblowers)
Other Democrats fret that Republicans outfoxed Obama on entitlements. "He wants to look like a centrist and all he did was let them make him own it," said Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.), co-chairman of the House Progressive Caucus. "It's terrible politics."
For Obama, this spring's fights over class represent both a political challenge and a definitional moment. His most consistent argument — that higher taxes on the well-to-do are the essential element in preserving popular government benefits to the middle-class and poor — is in tension with his most consistent promise, that his presidency will break Washington gridlock and elevate problem-solving over ideological purity.
The latest era of class-conflict politics is mild by historic standards. On his most combative day, Obama never denounces "malefactors of great wealth," in Theodore Roosevelt's phrase, or boasted, as Franklin D. Roosevelt did, that the "economic royalists" are "unanimous in their hate for me — and I welcome their hatred."
( Also on POLITICO: The Obamas gross $180K less in '12 than in '11)
On the other hand, Obama's dependence on class-based politics shows how far the country has moved from the politics of a generation ago. In Bill Clinton's presidency, he and centrist political advisers like the pollster Mark Penn concluded that any appeal that smacked of class warfare was a loser for Democrats. Their belief was that even most swing voters who weren't rich wanted to be, or at least didn't resent those who were, and wanted Democrats to preach a message of unity and bipartisan progress.
In the '80s and '90s, class-warfare politics was typically employed effectively by conservatives — not on economic issues but on cultural ones. People like Ronald Reagan and Newt Gingrich warned middle-class voters that liberal elites wanted to impose their values on abortion, diversity and gun control on an unwilling country.


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Jazz Breaking News: Tony Kofi and Chris Biscoe Join Grand Union Orchestra and BBC Concert Orchestra At Hackney Empire on 6 March.
Performing under the banner of 'Trading Roots: A Musical Journey Across Borders', Sunday 6 March sees the historic Hackney Empire resounding with the vital force of two impressively prolific ensembles: the world-class Grand Union Orchestra featuring leading jazz artists and the versatile classical BBC Concert Orchestra. The evening celebrates the enchanting force of musical migrations across continents and through the ages.
This one off performance features jazz soloists with the Grand Union Orchestra, including saxophonist Tony Kofi, multi-reedist Chris Biscoe, Australian tenor saxophonist and flautist Louise Elliott, South African born trumpeter-composer Claude Deppa and trumpeter-flugelist Shanti Paul Jayasinha, playing alongside nearly 100 other classical and world musicians and singers.
The centre-piece of the evening sees a remarkable joining of forces between the two ensembles premiéring 'The Golden Road, The Unforgiving Sea', a new work by GUO's composer-director Tony Haynes commissioned especially by BBC Radio 3. Furthermore there is special performance from the BBC Concert Orchestra Fusion Group, an exciting multicultural group of talented young London musicians selected by the BBC Concert Orchestra. The concert will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3 at 7.00pm on 8 March. For more information on the line up and tickets, visit www.hackneyempire.co.uk.
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I thought that Johnny was just like me because I like to collect things. I collect cards. I just never thought of collecting bottle caps. I felt sorry for Johnny when he gets dance shoes for his birthday because boys don't usually like to dance. I think Johnny is lucky to have his friends live close by.
I would recommend this book because it was good with funny parts, especially the dance shoes that he was given. The idea about a bottle cap collection sounds neat. This is a good book to read because it made me tingle inside. I couldn't wait to read what happened next.


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Ah....someone ever watched this short animation called The Alphabet?Lynch made it in the seventies...
It just stroke me that no one chose The Straight Story. This film is a diamond....a true diamond!
for NEON, i think it would go like this...1. TWIN PEAKS: PILOT - EPISODE 14 (i know it doesnt really count, but it's by far my favorite lynch, especially his episodes.)2. BLUE VELVET3. MULHOLLAND DRIVE4. ERASERHEAD5. ELEPHANT MAN6. THE STRAIGHT STORY 7. LOST HIGHWAY8. WILD AT HEART 9. FIRE WALK WITH ME10. DUNEbut honestly, i would have to re-watch them all again to really have an opinion since i saw the first handful pre-Twin Peaks and didnt really 'get' him yet. so that means WAH, EM, BV, even MD all need to be watched again.
feels so weird to say it, but 'Twin Peaks: Fire Walk With Me'
The Straight Story before Eraserhead??!!? you gotta be fucking me, JB.


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Interview with Luis Torres - Jack Sprite: The Crimson ghost CD-i coder
>> Friday, March 27, 2009
Devin: To kick things off tell us your name, age, previous work (including "Jack Sprite Vs. The Crimson Ghost" on CD-i), and current occupation.
Luis Torres: My name is Luis Torres, and I was hired as a game QA (Quality Assurance) by PF Magic in 1993. All the work that I had done prior to that were unsuccessfull attempts at creating shareware RPG's for the PC (that's what got me in PF Magic). I'm 27 and have done work programming old platform games, and earlier online games for startups that no longer exist. I am currently working as a unix admin because I love the OS, and hope to get back into the game programming hobby one way or another. I know many things about the game because I worked closely with the lead programmer (he was a friend of mine) to solve many of the technical problems concerning the game engine (and this game had many).
Devin: We always seem to hear the same thing from developers about the difficulty coding on the CD-i platform. Were these the difficulties you experienced with "Jack Sprite Vs. The Crimson Ghost" or simply technical problems you would experience in any game development project.
Luis Torres: Well, in my opinion, game coders had difficulty with the CD-i because the machine was not really designed to be a games machine. The CD-i machine was designed to be an interactive multimedia console. In the early days, multimedia meant animation/sound/point and click interactivity. Now, it goes much farther than that. What Phillips came up with was a machine that could do more than just that, but lacked some of the principles that makes a game console. For example, the amount of RAM was limited to 1MB, which is more than the SNES for example (1024 KB... I think) but the SNES stored it's graphics in cartridges, which were ROM extensions, no graphics loading in RAM required. With the CD-i you had to load graphics in RAM in most cases, this included tiles and sprite graphics. Also, my buddy the lead programmer would comment that the scrolling functions, if any were very limited. Most of these general difficulties in CD-i development were faced during the Jack Sprite project.
Devin: Why did PF Magic decide not to release "Jack Sprite Vs. The Crimson Ghost" after so much effort was put into the project and how complete would you say the game was when further development was abandoned?
Luis Torres: I never learned the direct details on why the Jack Sprite project was canned. It happened at the dawn of the 2nd console war of the decade (Playstation, Sega Saturn and a rumored N64) and most companies were shifting projects from 2d to 3d to be able to compete. PF Magic would have been no exception, but to my knowledge, no 3d games from PF Magic were ever released on PSX or Saturn. Also, the CD-i market was slowly fading away with the introduction of new and more sophisticated games to the booming games market. I can safely say that the project was 91-96% complete. There were a few non-technical related issues that needed ironing, but this was up to the bigwigs.
Devin: How would you describe "Jack Sprite Vs. The Crimson Ghost", from the screenshots taken by OlderGames it seems to be a blend of movie clips and platform style gameplay. Could you elaborate on this.
Luis Torres: The game was designed to be a new age interactive movie, as far as what I heard from one of the lead programmers. I feel that the result came out to be more of a platformer (and a darn good one) with semi-interactive video sequences. The screenshots are good in describing the game's graphical capabilities but don't do justice to the gameplay. There was also a "car game" level which looks suspiciously close to spy hunter, that is because the programmer who wrote that level used spy hunter as the basis for the engine of that particular level.
Devin: Could you tell us about the team that worked on Jack Sprite. How many were involved and their individual roles in the project.
Luis Torres: Darryl Starr, lead programmer in charge of the side-scroller portion of the game's engine. Andrew Stern, in charge of the interactive video sequences (I believe). Charles Art (don't remember his last name), lead artist, he took almost the entire project's art by himself, quality artist like few I've ever seen. J. Friedwal, associate artist in charge of tile and sprite modification. Jim Stiffelmier, production assistance and level design. Paul Wilkerson, senior software engineer, overseer of programming, designer and coder of the car level, sound programming specialist. Rob Fulop, creative director. Luis Torres, game QA, Jr. code QA and the guys who never do anything but still get mentioned.
Devin: What are your thoughts about the RetroGaming scene and OlderGames project to publish the unreleased CD-i prototype software, especially Jack Sprite after remaining untouched for about 9 years.
Luis Torres: I believe OlderGames and the RetroGaming scene are doing justice to the CD-i fanbase, and the RetroGaming scene as a whole is proving that games are not just convoluted programs with BEEFED UP graphics and NO gameplay. The RetroGaming scene is showing new generation gamers that games one time had great quality and I hope that it also shows game companies that games are not all graphics, video, and celebrities or cheap 3D remakes of once (and still) popular classic games. I hope it shows the companies that gamers are always striving and starving for quality in gameplay even when it means reviving the classics. Let's do Jack Sprite and the others justice.


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No, 66 is not in San Francisco. I forgot to mention in my Monday blog that I am in Manhattan for the week. Work, mostly--though I do try to find time to go in search of a good meal.
So far I have made it to 66 for dinner, Golden Unicorn for Dim Sum and Payard for tea. All these plus visiting 3 customers so far, not bad huh?
I've got the Golden Unicorn recommendation from Chowhound and eGullet. I wasn't so impressed though. It was good, but nothing to write home about.
Payard, on the other hand, was a stunning disappointment. I had high hopes for them, but I'm afraid to report that it wasn't even worth the trip up town. The Cannelles were too dry, and nothing close to any of Pascal Rico's boulangerie in San Francisco. The Tarte aux Fraises was tasty enough, though a bit soggy and the Pate Sucree crust way too thick. The tea, Payard's blend, was awfully over-brewed. The Pates des Fruits were disheveled looking. The macarons, oh I had such high hope for those macarons, were pretty but super sweet. I tried a few flavors, framboise, pistache, chocolat, and cafe. They were all extremely sweet. It appeared the biggest difference between each "flavor" was the color, not so much the taste! The framboise had a teeny amount of preserves in the middle, barely providing a tang, let alone enough to counter such monstrous sweetness. The chocolat tasted ever so slightly of chocolate, the same with the pistache.
On top of all these, the patisserie itself appeared to need a good top to bottom scrubing. It was oppulently decorated yet managed to look on the whole deteriorated and disheveled, sort of like Miss Farversham's drawing room from Great Expectations. The only thing you wouldn't find chez Miss Faversham would be the Barry White's disco music blasting in the background!


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Since its creation in 2007, the local activist group Rio de Paz, a loose coalition of youths and church members, has focused on one city's most notorious problem: the thousands of murders tallied in Rio de Janeiro each year.
But when President Dilma Rousseff, who took office in January, began to sack members of her cabinet amid corruption allegations, and the media followed up with aggressive investigations of misconduct at the highest levels, the civil society group began to take up another cause.
"We think that corruption is what kills," says Antônio Carlos Costa, a pastor and executive director of Rio de Paz.
They took to the streets to protest graft, carrying brooms to support the faxina, or sweeping up, and joining 20,000 protesters who showed up in Brazil's capital, Brasília, in September in the largest of more than 30 anticorruption marches held this fall throughout the country.
Mr. Costa says the small movement is growing as nonprofits and citizens seek to hold corruptive forces accountable.
Many countries in Latin America, such as Brazil and Mexico, are touting strong economies that make them important players on the international stage. But corruption, especially at the state and municipal levels, threatens to undermine their credibility in fighting crime.
Brazil's government is paying attention. Since President Rousseff has taken office, six ministers have resigned amid allegations of corruption, helping to boost her approval rating. Brazil also passed a freedom of information law this fall after years of debate, and formally launched, with the United States, the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a multicountry body that aims for transparency and the empowerment of citizens.
Latin America's corruption problems go back 500 years to the colonial era and persist today because of cultural acceptance, inequality – for example, low-paid police officers in Mexico often extract bribes to make ends meet – and the influx of drug money that can corrupt entire institutions.
Efforts toward greater accountability for wrongdoing run the gamut in Latin America. But most of the countries in the region sit somewhere in the middle, and they are pushing forward to help reverse the status quo – with Brazil paving the way, experts say.
"Brazilian society is passing through a new stage of democratic advances," says Fabiano Angelico, a São Paulo-based independent consultant on transparency.
Caught off guard?
The resignations in Rousseff's cabinet have helped spur an incipient movement. The latest to resign was Labor Minister Carlos Lupi, accused of taking money from nonprofits in return for ministry funding. He denied the charges but stepped down this month – preceded by the ministers of sports, tourism, agriculture, and transportation, as well as Rousseff's chief of staff.
Their resignations have been wildly popular among Brazilians, who see Rousseff as taking a stand where her well-loved predecessor, former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, whose administration was dogged by a vote-buying scandal, did not. A September CNI/Ibope poll showed 85 percent of respondents calling her performance great, good, or normal.
Not all believe that the resignations represent a commitment to rooting out corruption, but rather Rousseff was caught off guard and is steering the narrative.
"She is tackling [corruption]," says João Augusto de Castro Neves, a Brazilian independent political analyst. "But if it were intentional it wouldn't be as disruptive as it has been.… She would have begun this administration with a clear goal of tackling corruption."
And Brazil's freedom of information law, while hailed by supporters, took years to pass. Mr. Angelico says the country may have been forced to pass it now to play down contradictions: It touts transparency with the OGP while lacking such principles at home.
Still, the resignations, the new law, and other new legislation that require budget transparency and forbid officials convicted of crimes from taking office have helped strengthen perceptions that corruption's grip is weakening in Brazil. Further, its ranking on Transparency International's annual Corruption Perceptions Index improved this year.
Unmaking 'systems of corruption'
Corruption continues to be a serious problem throughout the region, but countries are making important strides, says Alejandro Salas, regional director for the Americas at Transparency International.
Arthur Massuda, who works for rights group Article 19, which pushed for Brazil's freedom of information law, says that many of the gains at the federal level have not been embraced by states or municipalities – and that puts activists, and thus the movement, at risk. "Without a strong civil society, there can be no real fight against corruption," he says.
There are vulnerabilities ahead, including the stubborn inequality in the region and the growing clout of drug-trafficking money. And Mr. Salas says that countries such as Mexico and Brazil have to reconcile the fact they have modern economies and strong laws but continue "ancient practices" of patronage at the local level. "Generations in Latin America were born into systems of corruption," he says.
And Claudio Weber Abramo, executive director of Transparency Brazil, says that the movement could be undermined by murky goals. "It's a protest against something which they don't quite know what it is," he says. "Most people think this is a moral question. But it's not moral – it's very objective."


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I grew up in a solidly middle class neighborhood of second and third generation Jewish immigrants. Our grandparents lived in enclaves like Bensonhurst and the South Bronx. Our parents moved to Queens and Long Island where they became salesmen or shop owners.
It fell to my generation to earn advanced degrees and join the professional class. We had a few lawyers, some accountants, and one or two dentists. (My best friend Billy Ebenstein and I were the only ones to become professors.) Becoming a doctor was the pinnacle of success, with prestige, guaranteed financial security, and a lifetime of professional fulfillment.
As kids, our iconic physician was Marcus Welby, the eponymous lead character of television's top rated drama series. Dr. Welby's world of an independent private practice, free from interference from administrators and insurers, has ended. Not coincidentally, Marcus Welby was portrayed by Robert Young, who had previously played the lead role of Jim Anderson on Father Knows Best. Our doctors were parent figures, get it?
Physicians can no longer expect to enjoy similar relationships with their patients. Even the world of Gregory House, where the practice of medicine was reduced to finding the best application of diagnostic skill and modern technology, seems a distant memory. At least Dr. House held sway over his boss, Dr. Cuddy, and he never let costs get in the way of his medical decisions. When we last saw Dr. House, he was motorcycling off into the sunset with his dying friend Dr. Wilson. House got out just in time.
In the blink of an eye, the world of medicine has changed. We are witnessing massive vertical integration as providers try to make money from ACOs. At the same time, Medicare and private insurance have gone all-in on pay-for-performance. Only they have forsaken outcomes measurement and instead given us strict process guidelines. As a result of these changes, newly minted physicians can expect to spend the bulk of their careers employed by a hospital or a large multi-specialty group practice. They will not build and maintain a practice - their employer will do that for them. And they will have little discretion over diagnostic testing and treatment plans - they will instead follow strict treatment guidelines.
As a result of these changes, I see the end of professionalism. Tomorrow's doctors will not be in loco parentis, instead, they will be more like carpenters or electricians, applying their tradesman-like skills to blueprints laid down by others. No one will place tomorrow's doctors on a pedestal. Parents will no longer brag to their neighbors, "Let me tell you about my son, the doctor."
Medicine will still be a financially rewarding career path. But if money is what matters, there will be far better choices. It will still take 8-10 years to finish medical school plus residency. During that time, a bright young college graduate could have instead completed three years at a top ranked law school and taken up with a big law firm, or worked at a financial firm, gone to a top business school, and taken a job in consulting. Not only would they earn money sooner, as a lawyer or consultant, they would not have to worry about Medicare slashing their fees.
Recent increases in marginal tax rates make medicine even less attractive. College students who choose medicine may give up 8-10 years of good income, but they could reasonably expect to make even more money once they finish their residencies. The net present value of a medical degree just might be worthwhile. Yet if you combine new federal marginal income tax rates that approach 45 percent with state income tax rates that often exceed 5 percent, then the net present value calculations do not look so good. Many college students will be wondering why they should give up a solid, steady income today in for a higher income as a doctor in the future, when the government is going to take over half of that higher income.
When I grew up, I was always told that medicine was a "calling." Perhaps it was, though the money didn't hurt. I don't know how many young people will be "called" to become technicians. But technicians they will be. And with no real financial argument to support the choice, I wonder why anyone would choose to become a doctor.


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Between "Lisa Duties" this week I have been brainstorming for two days about how I want to showcase this very special artist.
Why? Because I think his art work is simply phenomenal.
So… I have decided to just showcase Berkeley's artwork with his pictures. They speak for themselves and they really don't need me to say how great they are, so let me share them with you.
Berkeley's mediums are drawing, painting; watercolors, oil pastels and charcoal. Can you believe he was 7 years old when he started creating for the public? He is 10 years old now. His work also includes winning a competition to design the title for his schools year book last year. How great is THAT?
What impresses me the most is that Berkeley's parents (Kimberly and James Wilkins) have lovingly cultivated his creativity. Kimberly Wilkins states "We noticed he couldn't see well when he was 4. After a series of doctor appointments, it was determined that he has a retina disease. He has had 4 surgeries to stop bleeding in his retinas. He also has a cataract now. He started drawing at an early age and clearly had talent for it. We put him in many art classes at the Torpedo Factory in Old Town Alexandria (VA) with real artists who taught him styles of the masters."
The Wilkins are a strong family and they both have very demanding jobs (and more of Berkeley's siblings to take care of) but they do find time to walk and support the cause to help save and restore sight to the other 10 million Americans living in darkness. Kimberly's team is walking in support of Vision Walk and her team's motto is "there is a cure in sight".
Besides showcasing Berkeley's wonderful artwork today, I am positive he would want me to send a special shout out from him to his awesome cousins who live in Seattle. Berkeley's artwork will be very famous now- sooo if he comes to Seattle soon, let's make sure he signs his autograph on something ?
Just don't write on your cousins Berkeley! K? 🙂
Berkeley Wilkins you are an inspiration to all and thank you for sharing your wonderful artwork with us. Have a great weekend!
Kimberly Wilkins Team Vision Walk is on May 8th 2010. Donations can be done on the Vision Walk website located here.
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The conduct of research is critically important to the mission of SIU School of Medicine and SIU Orthopedic Surgery. Research activities within the Division support the delivery of high quality care and provide patients with alternative innovative treatment options. Our faculty have led many research projects and authored a multitude of publications in peer-reviewed journals on a variety of topics ranging from health policy to multi-center clinical trials, ensuring the highest quality care for our patients as well as providing numerous educational opportunities for students and residents. Additionally, members of SIU Orthopaedics Surgery have led symposiums and instructional courses on cutting edge research at the annual meetings of the American Orthopaedic Association and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons.
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A. The brown epoxy-coated hinges have a major leaf height of 1-3/4" and are 1-7/16" wide. Sold in packages of six, they can be mortised or flush mounted. Require #6 screws.
B. The three-part lid latch has a pair of interlocking strikes and a swivelling catch. The latch assembly is about 2" wide by 7/8" deep, and is very low profile, with only the edge and tab of the catch and the edge of one strike visible. Sold in sets of two latches. Require #8 screws.
C. & D. The lid support (1/2" wide by 9" long) is a simple one — attached with a single screw, it has a notched end that traps the head of another screw. The 8" long strap-and-loop assembly is positioned to prevent over-opening the lid. As both are usually cloth covered (in caskets), they are unfinished. Both require #8 screws.
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J-Lo sings happy birthday wishes to repressive Asian leader
Human Rights Watch says Turkmenistan has "extraordinary levels of repression"
Alan Duke | 7/1/2013, 9:05 a.m.
Jennifer Lopez sang "Happy Birthday, Mr. President" on Saturday to a leader who has been characterized as one of the most repressive in the world.
"We wish you the very, very, happiest birthday," Lopez said to Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, and then she sang to him at a huge celebration at a resort in the central Asian country.
The singer's spokesman told CNN Sunday that "had there been knowledge of human right issues of any kind, Jennifer would not have attended."
Human Rights Watch, in a report to the U.N. Human Rights Committee, recently called Turkmenistan "a country marked by extraordinary levels of repression."
"Widely recognized as one of the most repressive in the world, the Turkmen government exercises total control of public life," the report said.
Lopez spokesman Mark Young said she "and several other artists were invited and performed at a private corporate event for the China National Petroleum Corporation that was presented to their local executives in Turkmenistan."
The event was not sponsored by the government and not political, he said.
"The China National Petroleum Corporation made a last-minute 'birthday greeting' request prior to Jennifer taking the stage," he said.
"This was not stipulated in her contract, but she graciously obliged the China National Petroleum Corporation request."
Once part of the Soviet Union until late 1991, Turkmenistan has abundant gas and oil resources. The CIA Factbook says the leadership uses its "gas and cotton export revenues to sustain its inefficient and highly corrupt economy." The country borders Afghanistan and Iran.
Berdymukhamedov has been chief of state and head of government since February 2007, the CIA Factbook says.
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Q: What is Marquette University's salary structure?
Answer: Our salary structure is comprised of five bands for non-exempt positions and three bands for exempt positions.
Q: How is band placement determined?
Answer: Band placement is determined by an evaluation of the Position Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ) in accordance with the ten compensable factors and market data when available.
The PEQ is a position evaluation tool designed to capture information about the essential functions, responsibilities, authority, independent judgment, and minimum requirements for the position. The PEQ evaluation process, which is completed by the Human Resources Department, provides a consistent procedure for evaluating positions across the university.
Market data is obtained from a variety of reputable associations based on geographic relevance, job matches and the availability of reliable published data sources. Positions is assigned a market placement within the band. The market placement provides a closer link between the position and the market.
Q: How can my salary move within the band?
Answer: Employees can move within a band by increasing their salary through merit increases. A position can also move within a band if the overall knowledge, skills and abilities required for the position increases or if market data indicates a required change. (i.e., skill set that increases in value in the market due to supply & demand).
Q: How can my salary move between bands?
Answer: Employees can move to a different band by accepting a promotion. A position can change to a different band when the overall responsibilities, knowledge, skills and abilities required for the position increase significantly.
Q: How often does Marquette University review market data to determine if it is paying employees competitively?
Answer: Human Resources reviews individual positions on-going and all staff positions annually to ensure a competitive position in the marketplace.
Q: What is the difference between Exempt and Non-Exempt?
Answer: Exempt and Non-Exempt classification status is determined by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). This federal law regulates which positions are non-exempt (overtime and minimum wages) and exempt (meet job duties test and excluded from overtime provisions).
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Q: My employee's work is very important! The department couldn't function without her. Why isn't she/he exempt?
Answer: All employees perform important work. The value of that work has no bearing on the legal definitions which allow certain positions to be classified as exempt. For example, the work of nurses is critical to a clinic, but the job is non-exempt.
Q: I count on this employee to make important decisions! Why doesn't that make his/her job exempt?
Answer: How important the decision is, how much the supervisor relies on that employee to make the decision, or how much the supervisor, department or MU values the decision made by the employee are not part of the governmental criteria which would allow the position to have exempt status. Decisions need to be of a very particular type, such as the authority to hire, fire, administer discipline, conduct performance reviews and recommend merit increases.
Q: What if an employee is doing both non-exempt and exempt work?
Answer: The position must require spending the majority of the time performing exempt work or the position must be classified as non-exempt. For example, if the job requires an employee to spend 40% of the time supervising others and 60% doing the same work as non-exempt subordinates, the job is non-exempt. If the position requires performing a variety of tasks and the time spent on exempt and non-exempt duties varies widely, the decision will always be in favor of making the position non-exempt.
Q: I supervise two employees, doesn't that make my job exempt?
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Q: Is the FLSA status, (exempt/non-exempt determination), considered final or can determinations be appealed or changed based upon management comment?
Answer: The FLSA status has been determined for each position. However, further analysis may be required by Human Resources to ensure that each position is assigned to the appropriate classification. Positions will not be reclassified for the purpose of avoiding overtime payment.
Q: Are departments required to pay overtime to non-exempt employees who work over 40 hours a week or can they be given compensatory time off?
Answer: According to University Policy and Procedure (UPP 4-01: Compliance with the FLSA), "Comp Time" (compensatory time) is not to be used in lieu of overtime pay. Compensatory time is paid time off granted to an employee for working extra hours. Flex-time may be used to equalize hours worked within a workweek, but accumulating or banking "comp time" instead of being paid overtime pay after 40 hours per week is not allowed.Job Analysis
Q: My job has changed significantly. How do I request a re-evaluation?
Answer: Requests for re-evaluation can be made after 12 months or if significant changes have been made to the position. Employee and supervisor agree that an evaluation is necessary. Employee completes the PEQ and submits an updated Job Description.
If there is no incumbent in the position, the supervisor should complete. The supervisor reviews and signs the PEQ and submits it to HR. HR will review the request and notify the supervisor of the results. Due to the width of the broadband structure, a job may increase in evaluation points but not increase to the next band. The job will be assigned to a salary hire range within the band based on market data.
Q: How do I create a brand new position?
Answer: Requesting department receives verbal approval to create a new position from the Dean, Provost or Vice President.
Requesting department sends a completed Position Evaluation Questionnaire (PEQ) and Job Description to the Director of Compensation for appropriate compensation band placement and job classification according to the Fair Labor Standards Act. All forms are located at https://www.marquette.edu/hr/CompensationForms.shtml
Human Resources will assign the appropriate job title, job classification, position code, and market salary range and communicate back to the hiring department for further processing. Requesting department completes the online requisition.
Q: How do I request a title change?
Answer: A new title can be assigned to more accurately reflect the job duties and/or department organizational structure. Before a title change can be made or communicated, the supervisor should send an e-mail message to HR requesting a title change and indicate the reason for the title change. HR will evaluate the request to make sure that the new title is consistent with the university organizational structure and titles of comparable positions across campus and within the same band. An updated job description and PEQ may be required.
Q: What is entailed in a job analysis project/overview?
Answer: Jennifer Burns, Director of Compensation, will work with the incumbent of the position and their immediate supervisor or the whole department/college. Information regarding individual job responsibilities, suggestions/concerns regarding positions, organizational structure and compensation will be reviewed.
Q: Where do I find a job description for my position?
Answer: Please contact the Director of Compensation for a copy of your job description.
Q: How do I create a job description?
Answer: You may contact Human Resources to initiate the creation of a Job Description. Once completed, Human Resources will assign the appropriate job title, job classification, position code, and market salary range and communicate back to the hiring department for further processing.
For other questions regarding Compensation, please contact Jennifer Burns (firstname.lastname@example.com).


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Three Days in January: Dwight Eisenhower's Final Mission
Bret Baier
Three Days in January
, political journalist Bret Baier (Fox News) details President Dwight Eisenhower's last three days in office. The transition to John F. Kennedy's administration came at a time when nuclear war seemed not just possible but (to many) imminent. Reviewing Eisenhower's entire presidency through the lens of his farewell address of January 17, 1961, Baier connects the issues that preoccupied Eisenhower with later events that Kennedy faced. He also sheds light on Eisenhower's growing respect for the much younger Kennedy. For another thorough and accessible account of Eisenhower's two terms, take a look at Jim Newton's
The New Odyssey: The Story of the Twenty-First-Century Refugee Crisis
Patrick Kingsley
Chronicling the experiences of a single Syrian migrant and documenting the journeys of thousands of refugees from several Middle Eastern countries, journalist Patrick Kingsley paints a gut-wrenching picture of the current humanitarian crisis. Zooming in on duplicitous smugglers who advertise their services on Facebook, comparing the numbers of refugees to the population of Europe (0.2%), and highlighting rescue work by particular volunteers, Kingsley includes his personal views on these migrations by people fleeing from danger, while backing up his observations with impersonal data. For a deep, eye-opening exploration of this subject, check out
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The True Flag: Theodore Roosevelt, Mark Twain, and the Birth of American Empire
Stephen Kinzer
According to Stephen Kinzer, an acclaimed foreign correspondent (the
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The True Flag
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Mrs. Sherlock Holmes: The True Story of New York City's Greatest Female Detective and...
Brad Ricca
One day in 1917, teenager Ruth Cruger disappeared in New York City, and traces of her whereabouts swiftly evaporated. Frustrated by the police detectives' failure to find Ruth, her father appealed to Grace Humiston, who had made a name for herself with her work for immigrants and the falsely accused, acquiring the nickname "Mrs. Sherlock Holmes." Though the police assumed that Ruth had eloped, Humiston disagreed, doggedly following up on clues the official detectives had overlooked until she solved the case. Fans of Erik Larson's true crime histories (including
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) should enjoy this compelling, detailed account, which reads like a suspense novel.
The Blood of Emmett Till
Timothy B. Tyson
Though several books have covered the 60-year-old case of Emmett Till's lynching in Mississippi, historian Timothy Tyson's new history freshly illuminates the trial of Till's murderers. He analyzes the trial transcript, which had been missing since 1955, interviews the key witness (now 80 years old) to Till's allegedly inappropriate behavior, and provides details from a recent FBI investigation. This riveting account immerses readers in the case and offers the definitive summary of its impact on subsequent history. For an absorbing study of one aspect of the case, try John Edgar Wideman's
Writing to Save a Life
, which focuses on Emmett's father Louis Till.
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The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age
Myra MacPherson
In their activities that sound like feminist initiatives of a century later, sisters Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee "Tennie" Claflin shocked and fascinated Gilded Age America and the world: together they opened the first woman-owned stock brokerage; Victoria ran for president, choosing Frederick Douglass to join her ticket; Tennie ran for Congress and became the honorary colonel of a black National Guard regiment. They also published a newspaper and exposed prominent citizens' misdeeds through their investigative reporting. In
The Scarlet Sisters
, journalist Myra MacPherson vividly portrays their campaign to improve the status of women. For a compelling episode in 19th-century women's history, be sure to read this well-researched and engaging dual biography.
The Only Woman in the Room: Why Science is Still a Boys' Club
Eileen Pollack
In 2005, Lawrence Summers, then the president of Harvard University, asked: why are there so few tenured women professors in the hard sciences? Physicist Eileen Pollack (now a creative writing teacher) decided to find the answer to his question. Relating her own reasons for abandoning her dream of becoming a theoretical physicist after earning a bachelor's degree in physics in the 1970s, she discusses her findings about 21st-century women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Their reasons for staying out of those fields are complex; her analysis is fascinating.
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calls this "unvarnished" report "impossible to put down."
Mrs. Robinson's Disgrace: The Private Diary of a Victorian Lady
Kate Summerscale
Popular historian Kate Summerscale delves once more into Victorian society's dirty little secrets. Legal divorce was made available to England's common citizens for the first time in 1858. The same year, Henry Robinson sued for divorce after finding a secret diary in which his wife had allegedly penned erotic musings about her doctor. Isabella dared to counter-sue, presenting the court with (among other evidence of marital neglect) Henry's two illegitimate children as proof of his adultery. Summerscale seamlessly weaves private letters, newspaper stories, public documents, and Isabella's infamous diary into a moving portrait of history's real "Mrs. Robinson."
Ashley's War: The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield
Gayle Tzemach Lemmon
During the early years of the U.S. war in Afghanistan launched in 2001, intelligence officers couldn't collect complete information from Afghan civilians because the male personnel weren't permitted to have any contact with women. Though high-level Army leaders were skeptical, Special Operations strategists convinced them in 2010 that they needed women to gather intelligence -- and that women were capable of the stringent physical demands of Special Ops. In
Ashley's War
, journalist Gail Tzemach Lemmon relates the successful experiences of the first such female officer in the U.S. Army: First Lt. Ashley White. For more on women in the contemporary U.S. military, try Helen Thorpe's
Soldier Girls
The Queen's Bed: An Intimate History of Elizabeth's Court
Anna Whitelock
For Queen Elizabeth I, life at court often focused on her bedchamber, where she could be herself and entrust her hopes and fears to the ladies who waited on her and slept with or near her. In the award-winning
Queen's Bed
, historian Anna Whitelock depicts the queen's private daily life: she vividly describes the beds in each of her residences, including her traveling bed, and she details Elizabeth's relationships with the women close to the throne and her love affairs. This unusual study expands on the more formal view of her public life; you might also enjoy Tracy Borman's
The Private Lives of the Tudors
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Another story destined for the memory hole...
Let's hope not... We must contact the reporters who reported on this...I will write an article on it for Infowars & PP.com. All we have to do is keep the information flowing through contact with these people, and cover every square foot of this story leaving not one stone unturned. keep this thread bumped...Ready..? Spread out!Oldyoti"If ever time should come, when vain and aspiring men shall possess the highest seats in Government, our country will stand in need of its experienced patriots to prevent its ruin."~Samuel Adams
That would be awesome if Alex Jones could get this agent John Dodson onto his show."US firearms" heading towards Mexico that "cause their violence" is the ultimate talking point used for infringing on the 2nd Amendment and for ushering in the SPP.
Alex and crew has to get Agent John Dodson onto the show.
Excellent article, JT!I was wondering are these illegal guns, some of the guns bought from the LEO's 'guns for food card' programs? Of course they tell citizens they will destroy them after they do a full background check--but I am convinced they are never destroyed.Edit to add - I thought I would put this link in where citizens countered the Police by-back programs: http://forum.prisonplanet.com/index.php?topic=202663.0;topicseen
Thanks Donnay...The Guns being discussed here are those which have been specifically traced through the BATFE "Fast and Furious" Program. At present count, this entails right at 2000 new rifles, and pistols... ARs, AKs, and Barrett .50 Cals being the majority of the rifles... There are no doubt more...The interesting thing about all this is that in the REAL world, this is an act of terrorism conducted by the United States federal government against a sovereign nation
This is exactly what the British did in the south of the 1850s by trading Guns and Cannon for cotton
This is an act of war against Mexico...WITHOUT THE PERMISSION OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE OR A DECLARATION OF WAR BY CONGRESS STATING THAT FACT.As a result, over 30,000 Mexicans have been killed, tortured, beheaded and many more lives damaged irreparably by this "program"
Is this what we want? ?? Why is this so quiet in the media... Say Something about it Alex, Charlie? This is really bad news...JTCoyoté"Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under." ~H.L. Mencken
Of course Globocrats supplying the gangs and military of Mexico.
Is this an apologetic?? I mean your comment goes without saying...Oh, I see... We just caught the bastards in mid crime......but because y'all know that the bastards are going to be bastards... we should just listen to the guy with the flashlight barking... "Move on! Move along... no Crime here, just a small infraction that may destroy America. Small... insignificant provocateuring... possible war on the border, happens every day somewhere in the world... Move along now!"This is a chance to take down one of the murderous unconstitutional agencies, the killers at Waco and OKC...GET IT?!Oldyoti"A society that robs an individual of the product of his effort, is not strictly speaking a society, but a mob held together by institutionalized gang violence." ~Ayn Rand
I am not making light of it, I am offering a summary to those with shorter attention spans. I have been thoerizing that the Globalists are going to use Chinese and Mexican mercenaries to overrun America. What do you think the whole Aztland thing is about ?They are also behind MS-13 and all the drug violence in the Southwestern States.
we need to Google bomb this.
Googlebomb, "No Border War"...
My friends, I've seen so many of these revelations over the years that come and go but never stick in the public conscious... I don't know what to tell you. The big ones, the little ones... I tune in to Alex for for his optimism more than info.
i believe there will come a certain point, where they simply cant just switch on the TV, watch some brain destroying crap and forget about it. There will come a time, where enough is enough, the people are in such a daze, that it would have been quite clear that time should have come a hell of a long time ago.
Alex needs to plug away.
Hey, J.T. he mentioned your article a few minutes ago, bud.
I'm glad Corsi chimed in on this topic too.This BATFE scandal, to me, is more important than the crap going on in the Middle East.
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- Atletico sneak valuable away win in Milan09:26 | 20/02/2014
Diego Costa popped up with a late winner as Atletico Madrid established the upper hand in their Champions League last-16 tie with AC Milan.
Milan bossed the first leg at the San Siro for long spells but ultimately the class of the Primera Division title challengers came to the fore as Costa capitalised on Ignazio Abate's poor attempted clearance from a corner to nod home a priceless away goal in the 83rd minute.
For much of the contest it seemed Clarence Seedorf's unrivalled Champions League pedigree might well guide Milan to a valuable win ahead of the return leg at the Vicente Calderon on March 11, but the Dutchman – four times a winner of this competition as a player – will have come away hugely frustrated after seeing his charges slip to a damaging 1-0 defeat.
The outcome might have been different had Milan not come up against the formidable presence of Thibaut Courtois in the Atletico goal, the giant Belgium international producing two brilliant saves in the first half to keep out first Kaka and then Andrea Poli.
Although much of the first half would belong to the hosts, it was Simeone's men who threatened first, launching an attack straight from the kick-off and forcing the home defence into a hurried clearance from inside their own box with barely 20 seconds on the clock.
Milan quickly settled to their task though and with a quarter of an hour played forced Courtois into action for the first time, the highly-rated 21-year-old keeping out Kaka with a brilliant save, the slightest touch with the tips of his fingers redirecting the ball away from the top-left corner and out of play via a glance off the crossbar.
Yet the Chelsea loanee managed an even better stop two minutes later, somehow tipping the ball onto the post from Poli's free header just six yards out.
The home side rode their luck in defence when Adel Taarabt tried to play the ball out from the back instead of kicking long, but Atletico were unable to capitalise.
And the action was soon down the other end of the pitch as a slick Milan attack ended with the ball at Kaka's feet 10 yards out but his powerful side-footed effort curled just over the bar.
Three minutes from the break it was Mario Balotelli's turn to step up as Milan continued to boss proceedings, the Italy international curling the ball just the wrong side of the upright with a first-time effort from 20 yards.
The game tightened up in the second period, although Kaka should perhaps have done better with a shot which was dragged wide of the upright just before the hour.
Balotelli then fired a free-kick into the wall with the continuation of the one-way traffic suggesting Atletico would be more than happy to escape the first leg with a goalless draw ahead of the return in Madrid.
Taraabt fluffed his lines when he was presented with a chance inside the area as the game ticked over into the final 20 minutes, although the momentum soon began to turn.
Raul Garcia stung the palms of Milan goalkeeper Christian Abbiati in the 75th minute as Atletico began to look a little more menacing going forward, and there was further concern for Milan in the 78th minute when Balotelli came off clutching his shoulder.
The game's decisive moment arrived with seven minutes left and is one that Abate will want to quickly forget as it was his attempted header from Gabi's corner that span high into the air and back towards his own goal. Costa still had plenty to do as he back-pedalled to get under the ball before leaping to nod in at the far stick – where a defender on the line should surely have been stationed.
The goal clearly deflated Milan, who had been good value for at least a draw, and when Adil Rami flashed a ferocious free-kick wide in the closing moments their last chance of salvaging a result had gone.
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- Le Huynh Duc is former captain of Vietnamese national Football team. He is currently coaching SHB Ðà Nẵng.
- Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson is to retire at the end of the season.
- Striker Le Cong Vinh is playing for SLNA
- Lionel Messi became the best scorer in a year with 91 goals in 2012.


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iron_maiden1987 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 51 diseños de 19 diseñadores freelance.
The Young Americans for Liberty's (YAL) mission is to train, educate, and resource youth activists committed to "winning on principle". Our goal is to cast the leaders of tomorrow and reclaim the policies, candidates, and direction of our government.
We are a college membership organization launching college chapters across the country. We aim to attract true limited government conservatives, classical liberals, and libertarians.
We are activist driven. Think Young Americans for Freedom of the 60s-70s but with a more libertarian bent.
Our philosophical leaders include: Thomas Jefferson, Barry Goldwater, Ronald Reagan, and Ron Paul
Here is a beta of the Young Americans for Liberty website:
The logo should fit with the same look of the website. It should also be a unique design that can be easily branded and recognized (ex. Nike Swoosh).
Read brief
Young Americans for Liberty
The "short summary" and the "wants" and "don't wants" should give you a pretty good starting point for the logo. Please post your questions in the comments, and I will do my best to rate designs and provide feedback.
- "Young Americans for Liberty" the prominent element (font very important)
- Easily readable
- "Young Americans for Liberty" easily interchangeable with "YAL"
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- Liberty theme
- Easily expanded into a full brand/theme for merchandise, website, etc.
- Acceptable colors (do not use all): red, white, blue, black, gold, and silver
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- Neo-conservatives
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|Malaysian specialty: roti canai and fresh coconut juice
also, couple years ago, i came back to the city to go to my beloved restaurant only to find that it was closed! i panicked, immediately wondering how in the world this restaurant could close down. but then, i looked across the street, and found that it had just moved to a larger locations :) that's just how good they are. the atmosphere of the place is also very contemporary and chic. ohh, and the desserts are always good too!
definitely, a nice break to a tropical culture from the recent prematurely frigid weather in new york.


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Ok, maybe not so much a "requirement", but a request.
With the new site comes great effort into improving the quality of the data and photos. Already we have weeded out duplicates, tons of typographical errors and begun the process of renaming cards to better organize every part of the gallery. Now we are also working on something else - posting better photos!
You may have noticed the hard work being put into the Walmart and Starbucks galleries with completely new scans showing the fronts and the backs of every card. This helps down the line in spotting new variations as well as helping the moderators come up with a custom numbering scheme for a particular retailer. Eventually we want nearly every card to show the front and the backs - and we'll need your help!
Here's the basic template that we're looking for.
Now I realize not everyone has the software or time to make nice photos like this. Fortunately for you we now have moderators that can do this for you! If you upload photos, they go into moderation before they go live. Moderators can download and manipulate your photos, reupload them and assign them back to you so they're still shown as being uploaded by you! All you have to do is upload both the front and the back (name them similar so they are easy to spot) in the proper category and we'll do the rest! As an alternative, click on my user name and send them to me via direct email!
I want everyone to pay attention in particular to the card in the photo - notice how there is some white space around the edges of the card? Please make sure all your uploads (even if just the fronts) aren't cropped so much that you lose the card edges. If you're emailing them to me directly, feel free to send the high-res scan/photo - I'll resize it on this end!
Now don't let this post scare you off from uploading. We realize that not every photo will be perfect, but want you to know what to strive for. I myself have uploaded cell phone photos of gift cards when I couldn't obtain an actual copy. In the long run, a bad photo is better than no photo at all!
Thanks again for everyone's assistance in making GCC the world's largest (and BEST) repository of Gift Card photos!


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"Nevertheless, we do have a responsibility to inform newcomers to the sport that choosing ram airs will handicap them. People outlay big $ to setup in this sport."
So what are we really debating here? Best type of kite for Pros or newcomers? Should a newbie ride an X-10?
I ride both inflatables and ARCs (Foil/Sled)
Personally, when I was learning, I felt that the inflatables I was learning on handicapped me, not my ARC 840. Sucker required so much attention in the sky that I could barely get in the straps. Take your eye off it and you're teabaggin along with your leashed board flogging you. In fact, once I got my foil, my progress accelerated.
Didn't need help launching and landing, kite was super stable. Only bad thing was it got OP'd easy, but that was due to technique also.
As for $ outlay, the ARC was cheaper too and I believe more resistant to the abuse a beginner will put the kite through. So I believe it was a better value.
I would recommend the ARC to a newbie anyday.
As for an intermediate and up, I love my F-One inflatable and also my F-ARC. I'm sure I would have a blast on any of the new generation kites. Foil or inflatable.
Don't really care much what a pro does aside from a passing interest in new improvements. I don't plan on buying a new kite every year (been there and done that with windsurfing). I'll ride what I personally feel is best for me and concentrate on getting better with what I have.
p.s. Anono, you really would carry more weight in your argument if you had first hand, on the water experience with both foils and LEIs.


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Kindnesses are multiplying far beyond 26 acts
San Antonio mom and blogger Tori Johnson drove up to a food truck off U.S. 281 this week and handed the cashier a $10 bill and a card with the name "Olivia Engel" circled among the names of the 26 Sandy Hook Elementary School victims.
She told the cashier she wanted to buy lunch anonymously for the next construction worker to approach, in memory of 6-year-old Olivia.
Then Johnson got in her car, turned to the backseat and held the little hand of her 19-month-old son Luke. Her head bowed, she said, "Thank you, Lord, for this child, who lost her life too soon. Put her in your hands at this time." And she drove away.
Johnson is among the tens of thousands of people across the country joining a social media movement called "26 Acts of Kindness," started in honor of the 20 children and six teachers and administrators gunned down one week ago in Newtown, Conn.
"When I heard the news about Sandy Hook and for the days following, I couldn't pull it together," said Johnson, 29, who has no personal connection to Newtown. "I found I was crying throughout the day, and I had this feeling that I needed to do something."
She is not the only one.
The "26 Acts" movement has gone viral on Facebook (48,000 likes and growing late Thursday) and Twitter (hashtag #26acts), sparked by NBC News correspondent Ann Curry and a question she posed after the massacre: "What can I do?" She came up with the acts of kindness idea and shared it via social media.
Two days later, Johnson's husband, Russell Johnson, was leaving lunch at Paesanos restaurant in Alamo Heights when he spotted a stranded motorist. He removed her car battery and cleaned it, then jump-started her car.
That became No. 1 on their list.
On her blog, Johnson posted the card she designed with the victims' names, along with her family's "acts" so far. No. 2 is writing Christmas cards to Newtown residents. No. 4 is making a donation for a playground to be built at the Summit Christian Center.
Friend Tanya Daye saw Johnson's post and discussed the idea with her two children, ages 18 and 13.
"I was feeling that kind of 'What can you do to help?' — but you're in a different city, a different state," said Daye, a 46-year-old estate and financial planner.
The "26 acts," she thought, "would be good for me and my kids just to do."
"This will teach them to pass things forward, and hopefully they'll teach it to their kids," she said.
The sentiment resonates with Catherine Ryan Hyde.
The author of the 2000 book "Pay It Forward," which became a movie starring Kevin Spacey and Haley Joel Osment, developed the idea after her engine caught fire in a bad neighborhood late one night in the 1970s and two male strangers pulled over, put out the blaze and then — while she was occupied talking to firefighters — left before she had a chance to thank them. She had no way to "pay it back," so she started helping other people who were stranded.
After the book and movie came out, Hyde began hearing anecdotes of others who were "paying it forward."
The movement surged a little, then seemed to taper off, she said by phone Thursday from her home in Cambria, Calif.
Then about five years ago, the Pay It Forward Foundation that Hyde founded introduced a Livestrong-style bracelet that reads "Pay It Forward" and began shipping them across the country and the world by the boxful.
Today, they've distributed 1.7 million bracelets to 123 countries, foundation president Charley Johnson said.
Meanwhile, as Facebook became ingratiated into American life, multiple "pay it forward" pages began to pop up.
"I don't think there was a catalyst," Hyde said. "It simply planted root. People were out there doing it, and it began to multiply."
What does she expect will happen with the "26 acts" movement?
"I don't think it can come close to healing what happened. But let me put it like this: I absolutely guarantee you the world will be better than without it," she said.
"Let's keep this going," Charley Johnson said. "This is not something we do just when something bad happens. This is an every day thing."
The key is aiming for moderate change rather than night-and-day change. Said Hyde, "If we were all out there doing something like this 26 acts, imagine how big that change could add up."
These small acts, she said, are contagious.
It sure seems so looking at Tori Johnson and her friend Tanya Daye.
"When I saw that Tori had it on her blog," Daye said, "I just thought, 'It's a sign.' It was a sign that I needed to do it."


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A chronicle of Kiran Bedi, the dedicated inspector general of prisons in India who, in the mid-1990's introduced the ancient technique of Vipassana meditation -- quite literally the oldest form of Buddhist meditation -- into the violently corrupt Tihar Prison, India's worst and most dangerously overcrowded prison at the time. Her work proved invaluable. The results at Tihar Prison were almost unimaginably miraculous. After the ten-day course in Vipassana, which requires total silence and the willingness to go deep inside oneself, violent criminals were transformed -- emerging with tears of joy and opened hearts. Now Tihar has its own meditation center and penal institutions around the world are following its model. U.S. prisons are now beginning to realize the significant advances in rehabilitation brought about by this simple and purest form of spiritual introspection. From Seattle to Alabama to Northern California -- the groundwork laid by Kiran Bedi in India is likely to have worldwide ramifications, which could ultimately lead to the type of social progress only previously dreamed of in America.


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Do we really need cars expressly designed for women?
After all, isn't that why we have certain makes and models that only females seem to buy? You know who you are!
But Honda thinks it's a good enough of an idea to launch the Honda Fit She's in Japan. It features a "Plasmacluster" climate control system to supposedly improve your skin quality and it has UV-blocking window glass to protect against those harmful, age-accelerating rays.
Uh yeah, we don't know about that, but hey, we're all for anything that helps our ladies looking beautiful.
Check out more full coverage and some video on "The Car Made Just for Women" from the Today show here:
Honda Introduces Car Designed Just for Women
If that's too much estrogen for you, then follow the story of Honda's newest compact sports car, designed to compete against Subaru's BRZ and Scion's FR-S, here: