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WASHINGTON, D.C. - (Mealey's) The U.S. Supreme Court on Oct. 3 denied a petition for writ of certiorari filed by an insured seeking review of whether an insurer is collaterally estopped from enforcing an arbitration clause in a settlement agreement pertaining to asbestos-related injury claims (George V. Hamilton Inc. v. Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co., No. 10-1537, U.S. Sup.).
Nationwide Mutual Fire Insurance Co. issued a policy of liability insurance to George V. Hamilton Inc. (GVH), providing GVH with coverage from Jan. 30, 1985, to Jan. 30, 1986. During the policy period, GVH, an installer of commercial and industrial insulation, received claims for asbestos-related injuries allegedly caused by products it had installed.
In 1992, GVH and Nationwide, along with other carriers, including Pennsylvania Manufacturers' Association Insurance Co. (PMA), entered into an interim claims-handling and settlement agreement regarding the administration and allocation of defense and indemnity resources for claims under the various insurers' policies. Nationwide participated in the settlement agreement until 1996, when it claimed to have exhausted its policy limits.
On Jan. 5, 2005, PMA filed a complaint in the Allegheny County, Pa., Court of Common Pleas, seeking a declaratory judgment against GVH and several insurers other than Nationwide. PMA contended that it had exhausted its policy limits under various umbrella policies and, therefore, had no further obligation to GVH. Five days later, PMA served GVH with an arbitration demand under the agreement. GVH rejected the demand. The trial court later determined that the only way GVH was not required to arbitrate the claims was to terminate the agreement. GVH sent a notice of its withdrawal, and the court overruled its prior ruling sustaining PMA's objections to GVH's refusal to arbitrate.
In addition to the suit initiated by PMA, a second GVH insurer, ACE Property & Casualty Co., also sued GVH and other insurers, seeking declaratory relief regarding its duty to defend and indemnify GVH. A co-insurer defendant in the ACE action filed a third-party complaint against Nationwide. The ACE action, initially filed in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, was transferred to the Allegheny County Court of Common Pleas, where it was coordinated with the PMA action. Both cases remain pending.
On Oct. 19, 2007, GVH tendered new asbestos-related claims to Nationwide and other insurers, seeking indemnity and defense. GVH then filed amended cross-claims in the ACE action, including allegations against Nationwide. In its reply, Nationwide raised the arbitration provision of the settlement agreement as an affirmative defense and served GVH with an arbitration demand.
After GVH denied the demand, Nationwide filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Pennsylvania to compel arbitration. GVH moved for summary judgment, which was granted by the District Court. The District Court determined that as a result of a ruling by the Court of Common Pleas in the PMA action, Nationwide was collaterally estopped from invoking the arbitration clause in the settlement agreement. Nationwide appealed.
In a July 6, 2009, opinion, the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals determined that Nationwide was not collaterally estopped from seeking arbitration because Nationwide and PMA were not in privity. On remand, Chief Judge Gary L. Lancaster determined that Nationwide's arbitration demand and petition were timely and that Nationwide's failure to raise its arbitration defense in preliminary objections does not support a finding of waiver. The judge concluded that Nationwide's litigation conduct did not prejudice GVH. GVH appealed again to the Third Circuit.
The Third Circuit affirmed the ruling.
GVH then filed a petition for writ of certiorari with the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court denied the petition.
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LG has unveiled a 5-inch mobile display with a 1080p (yes, that's 1,920 x
1,080 pixels) resolution, giving it a eye-boggling pixels per inch
rating of 440ppi. This eclipses the iPhone 4 and 4S' Retina Display,
which stands at 326ppi, and means that the pixels will be so small that
you can't make out individual ones with the naked eye.
The 16:9
aspect ratio panel uses a variation on the high quality IPS (In-Plane Switching) LCD
panel technology, called Advanced High Performance In-Plane Switching (AP-IPS), so should have great viewing angles and colour
reproduction too.
The most famous 5in-screened device to date, the Samsung Galaxy Note,
packs a 1,280 x 800 pixels for a pixel density of 284ppi so this new
panel will be a big step up.
This isn't a pipe dream, either. LG said the screen will be available
for use in products by the second half of this year. This is in contrast
to a number of other ridiculously high-resolution panels that have
been demonstrated recently but have never come to light, including Toshiba's
6.1in, 2,560 x 1,600 pixel panel with 498ppi.
Of course, the question remains as to what the point of such a
high-resolution screen is. With the iPhone's Retina Display already
surpassing the point of visibly pixels, the extra ones offered here seem
genuinely pointless for general use.
Think this is the future of big screen mobiles or tech pushed pointlessly far? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

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Calls for tenders are procedures applied to generate offers from companies competing for works, supply or service contracts in the framework of public procurement. This section includes a selection of calls for tenders related to Climate Action's Directorate-General's activities.
Calls for tenders, contract awards and pre-information notices can also be found online on Tender Electronic Daily (TED), the electronic version of the supplement S to the Official Journal of the European Union. TED is updated five times a week with approximately 1500 public procurement notices from the European Union, the European Economic Area and beyond. Information about every procurement document is published in the 23 official EU languages. All notices from the EU's institutions are published in full in these languages.
DG Environment and Climate Action were selected to participate as pilot DGs for the implementation of an e-tendering platform to manage calls for tender; this platform has a direct link to TED. The first phase of the pilot project is « online » and consists of the publication of tender documents and the management of questions and answers concerning the specifications and the procedure.
This year on EUROPA website, we will publish only the Call for tender Title, reference number, Contract Notice and give the etendering link to be used to access the tender documents and to submit questions.
Please use the link below, which you can also access directly from the link in the contract notice, Section 1.I , to get access to all tender documents. The documents will be visible and downloadable but the recommended best practice is to 'register' to the call by simply adding your e-mail address and a password. This will allow you to submit questions and you will be informed automatically of any changes that may be published (additional documents, answers to questions, ...).
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As Marilyn Bochicchio introduced PSCU's Mike Kelly, she delivered my favorite line of this year's Money 20/20, "I kind of think of credit union people like Canadians…they're so nice!"
They may be nice, but credit unions were conspicuously absent from the largest payments-related event in North America. Of the estimated 7,500 financial services and fin-tech executives in attendance, roughly 75 were from credit unions. PSCU, Co-Op Financial Services, and CSCU were understandably present. CUNA, CUNA Mutual, Credit Union Central of Canada, Credit Union Times, Filene, and the Michigan Credit Union League were also there. But of the 6,700 credit unions in America, only 29 were in attendance. Not a single Canadian credit union attended.
Timing, perhaps, is everything. With regulation and payments disruption being arguably the two most pressing external forces facing credit unions, it was interesting that this event was scheduled to take place on Election Day. Credit unions, it seems, voted with their feet. Maybe payments innovation only matters to a handful of credit unions. Maybe the industry is simply content to wait-and-see how everything plays out. Maybe when everything is amplified, we hear nothing. Or maybe this is simply a reflection of credit unions' member-owned structure.
"The problem with these conferences is that everyone wants to see the new, sexy thing," said Cardtronics CEO Steve Rathbarger. "Customers just want to be served."
But how do they want to be served? BitCoin, Apple Pay, and CurrentC were predictably the hottest topics at the event, but each presents as many questions as answers. Is NFC too old of a technology to catch on in the United States? Will retailers adopt the technology en masse? Will the tokenization approach to POS transactions do a better job at preventing fraud than magstripes or chip-and-PIN systems? How does innovation in this space impact the push toward EMV? Will BitCoin go mainstream?
But the most important question that all of the recent payments "disruption" presents is this: "Do consumers really care?" Industry insiders have been predicting the death of cash and branches for so long, financial institutions actually convinced themselves that consumers demand a dramatically different approach. The boy cried wolf far too many times. Subsequently, financial institutions have been lulled into inaction on payments. Under-reaction can be just as devastating as overreaction.
Here's what I know: plastic re-issuance due to retailer data breaches have unfairly hurt credit union finances and reputations; even if cash isn't dead (it isn't), online and mobile payments will only increase in numbers; and innovation in the payments space is fascinating.
What I don't know is the extent to which consumers feel like there's a payments problem. No doubt they want access to their money to be secure and convenient, and maybe that's the most important insight of all. The onslaught of closed, proprietary payments solutions popping up feels more 1993 Microsoft than it does 2014 Dropbox.
The winners in the space will be the vendors, retailers, and financial institutions who realize that consumers want their payments process to be straightforward, consistent, and stress-free. The old days of wondering if a retailer accepts Discover or American Express are still here, only now the stress involves words like "BitCoin," Apple Pay, and MDX. In many ways it feels like we are generating complexity, not relieving it. Our brains know that consumers want an industry standard. Our egos assume that our own solutions will become the standard. Sub-optimal consensus is a much more defensible position for financial institutions than the industry's fragmented approach.
Worse, it seems like we are focused on all the wrong things. Saving five seconds off of the payments process or not having to pull out a card at the gas pump are, at best, incremental improvements to an uninteresting problem. The privacy issues addressed by Apple Pay and BitCoin are refreshing, but certainly not pressing. If all of this brainpower were spent on helping to extend more credit to consumers who have fallen on hard times, encouraging better instead of more purchasing decisions, or even making expense reports suck less, maybe we wouldn't seem so out of touch with the pain points of the people we're trying to serve.
Sadly, the Money 20/20 experience for me was much more Cirque Du Soleil than Google Maps. There was a lot going on — amazing feats of strength, careful orchestration, and acrobatics — but I still don't know what it was all about. I, like all of you, simply want to know where to go. Maybe we just need to decide.
Matt Davis is the founder of gameFI, President of 6th Story, and co-founder of CU Water Cooler. He's a leading thinker, writer, speaker, and creator in the credit union world. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin, with his wife and two sons.
Side note, I manually counted the number of credit unions in attendance. Unless I missed one, here is the list of credit unions represented at Money 20/20: Mountain America, Ent, Teachers, Navy Federal, Numerica, Orange County's Credit Union, Goldenwest, America First, TDECU, Local Government FCU (NC), Star One, Educational Employees, Spokane Teachers, Grow Financial, University of Michigan CU, Alliant, Verity, San Diego County, MIT FCU, One Nevada, DuPont Community, Boulder Dam, SEFCU, BECU, PSECU, Corporate One, WSECU, SECU (MD), and Logix,


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I feel pretty lucky to know another home outside of the U.S...to know another language...a whole very different culture from the American side of me. I was born in Taiwan and with Chinese New Year's coming up and all, I figured I'd give you a little glimpse into what fond memories I have of my hometown AND to give you a peek into some of our Chinese Traditions.
I'm hoping that some of this *luck* will rub off on you this week!
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{ 18 Peaks Park, Hsinchu, Taiwan }
Taiwanese people are serious about their parks. It's a way of life. Zen-like parks are everywhere. You'll find old and young enjoying the flowers and many hiking trails overlooking mountain peaks and views of the city.
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{ Hsinchu Noodle Stand }
We are pretty darn serious about our food as well. And I don't think my husband really understood
why I love noodles so much until he tried them for himself in my hometown.
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Every time I smell the exhaust of scooters...I am instantly transported to a bustling scene like this.
Although it's a small island, it should not be understimated...my grandmother had dial up before I did!
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{ Sun, Moon, Lake, Nantou, Taiwan }
Meanwhile in the countryside...it's as though you've stepped straight into a mystical story.
Taiwan's mountainscapes are a favorite. They have a distinct way of layering and fading into the distance.
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{ Chinese New Year's Tradition }
I used to love seeing these red envelopes. They were always filled with LUCKY MONEY
gifted from my parents or elders! Red is a symbol of good fortune and practically everything is red...This is just one of many aspects of New Year's to bring in luck. Families also clean the house to sweep away the bad luck and making room for good fortune in the coming year. (via @zyucy)
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{ Lantern Festival 2013, Hsinchu, Taiwan }
This marks the end of the chinese lunar year, and the end of the New Year's celebration.
(My cousin pictured is clearly too excited about this all to keep it to herself)
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New Year's is a big deal. Parade of lights, light up the town along with the lanterns...
(via @ben_issac)
2014 is the year of the Wood Horse, and each year the symbolic animal brings on a certain "vibe" to the year. Not all animals bring good things to the year. Fortunately for us, horse year is considered VERY LUCKY...so get ready for big wins, romance and unexpected adventures!


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"There are only 2 seasons, winter and baseball."~Bill Veeck
Now that the regular season is under way, winter must be over.
It's time for some baseball.
There is nothing like the sensory experience of the ballpark. The taste and smell of a ballpark hotdog. The sounds of a crowd standing after a Francisco Lindor playoff home run. The sight of Andrew Miller striking out the side. The feeling of a high five after Cody Allen tallies that sometimes elusive 27th out.
Oh, the ballpark. So many things can be learned at the old ball yard. It's a place where parents can share stories of memorable moments and create new memories. I remember taking our son through the turnstiles for the first time on a hot July afternoon. He soaked it all in. Wanting to go on my shoulders so he could see as much as he could. After the game we walked by the spot where Jim Thome hit one out of the Jake (yes, I still refer to it as the Jake and always will). On another evening, we stayed well past his bedtime to watch Corey Kluber strike out 18 Cardinals and work a no hitter into the seventh. We met Onion, Mustard, and Ketchup and watched them race in the Hot Dog Derby. Multisensory memories that he will take with him long past I am gone.
But there is one more I want him to learn.
The Tito Principle.
Terry Francona has been managing our beloved Indians for the last four seasons. In his first, he took us to the playoffs. In his most recent, we were one game away from the World Series Pennant. Both were seasons he won AL Manager of the Year. He won 2 world championships with the Boston Red Sox. And I firmly believe he will do the same here in Cleveland. Why?
The Tito Principle.
If we try our very best to…
play to our strengths,
and stay in the moment,
then, we will find internal content and peace.
This statement does not go only for the diamond. It goes for life in general. For all of us. No matter our age. But most importantly, it speaks to how we raise our children.
Playing to our strengths
Michael Brantley played only 11 games. We lost Carlos Carrasco with a broken hand. Danny Salazar spent four different times on the disabled list. Yan Gomes broke his hand. Trevor Bauer had a mishap with a drone.
Yet we still made it to the World Series.
Tito played to our strengths. Make the game shorter with a bullpen of Brian Shaw, Andrew Miller, and Cody Allen. Create a schedule where your work horse ace can pitch as much as possible. Hope that you get a timely hit from Frankie Lindor, Jason Kipnis, or Jose Ramirez.
As a parent or teacher, play to your kids' strengths. I remember when our son was two and he would stay awake until after 11PM. We couldn't pinpoint it at first. He would go right down for nap with no problem. We investigated deeper. We compared the events around his nap to those around his bedtime. In both parts, he ate prior to sleeping. He also read and listened to music before both. What was different? Bath time. Turns out, by the end of his day his sensory bucket was empty. He had nothing left and it would put him over the edge. We decided to start showering in the morning when his sensory bucket was full. We played to our son's strengths. Thus, he started to fall asleep earlier and earlier. Be like Tito, play to your kids strengths.
Stay in the moment
Have you ever listened to a post-game interview or a press conference with Tito? When asked about next weekend's pitching matchup against the Tigers or the long road trip that lays ahead, Tito has a typical response. "We will worry about that when it is in front of us. Our focus is getting better every day and concentrating on today.
Wow, if that is not great advice for anyone, I am not sure what is.
As a parent of a son who has a unique set of needs, we must be in tune and aware in every moment. I think we can get lost in worrying about when the next meltdown may be. But if we are truly in this moment right now and learning, your child will notice. One of our favorite explorations is the beach. It is a quick ride and an enormous science experiment waiting to be explored. Find these moments to share, stay in them, and learn together. I need to remind myself to put the phone down or forget about the clothes hamper that exploded from the closet. I try my best to remind myself that they will only be this little once and time is a non-renewable resource.
Oh, I can't wait. Only four more days until the corner of Carnegie and Ontario will be rocking. More teachable moments at the ballpark with our kids. Maybe this season will be the one we will learn about winning with dignity.
Best of luck to Skipper Terry Francona and our beloved Indians.
Go Tribe!


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Cooper's back had been bothering him on & off for a few months. He'd say 'my back hurts', rest for a day (usually involved Miralax and a BM) and then be back to his 'normal' self. On Friday, July 15th, we picked Cooper up and he says his back hurt, he rested all day Saturday but kept feeling worse and worse. Sunday morning, my husband took Cooper in to Urgent Care where they did find him to be pretty constipated but the PA noticed how pale he was and requested a blood draw. His platelet counts were 51, rather than the usual 150 and both red & white blood cells were VERY low. These results came in around 11 and he was admitted to Blank by 12:30.
It's been a whirlwind since Sunday but he got his port on Tuesday the 19th and started chemo.


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'Skills recognition' is a generic term that can be used to cover the range of ways an individual's skills, experience, knowledge and qualifications can be formally acknowledged, including: Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) Credit transfer (including national recognition) Overseas qualifications assessment.
Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) involves the assessment of previously unrecognised skills and knowledge an individual has achieved outside the formal education and training system.
RPL assesses this unrecognised learning against the requirements of a formal qualification. By removing the need for duplication of learning, RPL encourages an individual to continue upgrading their skills and knowledge through structured education and training towards formal qualifications and improved employment outcomes.
In order to recognise prior learning it is necessary to: compare the informal or non-formal learning the individual has achieved against the learning outcomes or performance criteria of the course or qualification for which the student is using as a basis for seeking entry or the award of credit, and determine appropriate evidence to support the claim of prior learning.
The processes used to assess RPL applications may take several (not mutually exclusive) forms, for example:
Credit transfer involves assessing a previously completed course or subject to see if it provides equivalent learning or competency outcomes to those required within the student's current course of study.
It is used when a student seeks credit for a course or subject they have already completed. It is based on agreements between institutions or organisations as to the credit value to be given for specific units of competency and learning outcomes within a course or qualification. Formal documentation of equivalence (for example a mapping guide) is required.
Credit transfer can also be cross-sectoral. For example, students may seek to have vocational education and training qualifications credited against higher education subjects, or the reverse. Processes for credit transfer should be developed and administered by individual organisations.
National recognition is unique to the vocational education and training system. It means that a student automatically has credit for units of competency that they have completed at another registered training organisation (RTO).
A statement of attainment from another RTO that contributes to a qualification is reported as a form of credit transfer.
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Atop a hill in south Liverpool lies Woolton Hall, a Grade I listed building. Built in 1704, Woolton Hall has had many lives: a family home & manor house, hotel, convent & school and finally an events venue.
For the last decade the house has attracted attention and posed problems. Abandoned and slowly decaying, television crews carelessly use it as a backdrop, urban explorers continue to gain access, and developers try to exploit it. Unsure how to care for the Graded building, it's spent beauty lies under the dust.
Water forces it's way in from the roof, and mushrooms through the walls, but Woolton Hall still stands tall...with the help of a few people.
This is a record of my time in Woolton Hall, a building that is listed, but now lost.
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EXHIBITION: Girl Town (Celebrating the Culture of the Female in the 21st Century)7th October – 1st November 2016
Daily from 10am-6pm.St Margaret's House, 21 Old Ford Road, Bethnal Green, London, E2 9PLNearest tube: Bethnal GreenFree admission.
A selected exhibition of photography celebrating the culture of the female in the 21st Century.
Curated by Shutter Hub and the Old Girls Club through the open entry Instagram call out #girltownPM, a shortlist of the most relevant and significant entries will be exhibited in the East London gallery space of St Margaret's House.
These are my entries for the Girl Town show. The first 3 were shortlisted and exhibited.
"I grew up in the heavy metal/rock/alternative culture. When I think "what it means to be a woman in the 21st century," these are the women I think of first. Women who aren't afraid to be who they are, aren't afraid to express themselves, can thrive and survive in a testosterone soaked male dominated culture. These women are feminine, beautiful, bold, and can kick total ass. They are upheld in a male culture to where they are respected and revered. That is a 21st century woman; see me and hear me."
Have you ever stopped, looked at your make-up, tired of the game to constantly make yourself perfect? Frustrated & bored, you wonder...what would this look like if I just smeared it all over my face?
No? ....ya me neither.
5'2" German vocalist, Angela Gossow of Arch Enemy, is probably one the most respected women in metal. Not only can she make death growls, but the mezzo-soprano can growl better than most male vocalists. For such a small woman, she commands presence like nothing I have ever seen. Angela radiates roaring 21st century.
While shooting on the Sounds of the Underground tour, my boss at the magazine wanted a model shot with every band. This has never sat well with me and never agreed with it or understood why a woman wanted another woman portrayed as objects for her magazine. I teamed up with my good friend and gorgeous alternative model, Gashley Darcane, for this leg of the tour. During this particular shoot with the Gwar Slaves, I wanted to put Gashley in a position of power. The guys are always good fun and let her crawl on top with a prop axe from their show. I let everyone continuously jump around while I tried different shots and this is my absolute favorite. The composition is fantastic, almost Mannerist, and I have put the woman in control of the scene while still conveying sexuality and not showing too much of her body. I love this one.
Ammunition is a well-known fire entertainer in the Chicago area. Whenever she preforms, people flock to watch her dance with flames… or swallow them. She is gorgeous, sexy and strong.
Vas Kallas from Hanzel und Gretyl is one of my favorite women in the rock & metal world. She was the first "strong" woman I had ever photographed and I have always looked up to her. She controls the stage and shoves her music down your throat.
Shooting with bands & musicians since 2001.
Shots are done in studio, on location and live on tour.
Images have been used for a variety of outlets such as print & online articles, album covers, picture discs and tour merchandise.
Captured in film & digital.
Portraits that have been shot on medium & large format film.
Starting to explore landscape photography as a way to relax.


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Developers shouldn't specializeDavey Brion wrote a post not too long ago warning developers about the dangers of specializing in a particular technology.
The real messageDavey concludes his post with the following paragraph:
"Keep your ears, your eyes and your mind open. If you notice that a group of people gets excited about something new, then figure out why. If you notice that something appears to be working well for others, then figure out why. If you notice an increasing stream of criticism on the technology you're using, then figure out why. You'll need information like this to make well-founded decisions about your future."If you are a practitioner of Lean, you are likely to find yourself trying to convince others that they should focus on one item at a time and observe the flow of work. If you are a practitioner of Scrum, you are likely to find yourself trying to convince others that they need to commit to an amount of work each iteration and observe the burn down. And if you are a practitioner of XP, you are likely to find yourself trying to convince others they need to use TDD, pair programming, and other engineering practices.
There are good ideas in each of these approaches. There are a few conflicting ideas, certainly. But there is a lot more in common than there is different. And there are valuable ideas from each that fill gaping holes in the others.
When you focus on a single approach, you not only constrict your ability to grow and learn, but worse, you cultivate a bias. When the information you receive is accepted or rejected based on how consistent it is with your current thinking, you limit your ability to make new distinctions.
I encourage you to follow Davey's advice. Pay attention to the buzz around new ideas. Rather than figure out how to tear it down and dismiss it, find what it offers that is of value. If you hear of others achieving success with other approaches, investigate and seek new ideas you can adopt. Pay attention to the frequent criticisms of your own ideas. Rather than immediately trying to defend your ideas, give legitimate consideration to why this counter-perception exists and if there is anything you can learn from it.


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The House passed a bill putting into law President Obama's fix to let Americans keep their canceled insurance policies. But the bill goes a step further, reports Kwame Holman, allowing insurers to sell new plans to customers that are not ACA-compliant. Hari Sreenivasan gets analysis from Julie Appleby of Kaiser Health News.
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Congress took the first step today toward letting Americans hang on to their current health plans. But the bill that passed the House may be going nowhere fast.
NewsHour congressional correspondent Kwame Holman begins our coverage.
REP. MICHAEL BURGESS, R-Texas:
What has been visited upon the American people in the Affordable Care Act will not be resolved by this action today. It is merely to stop the bleeding.
The one-page bill pushed through by House Republicans would let those who want to keep or reinstate their health plans. The Associated Press reported more than four million policies have been canceled so far.
Michael Burgess of Texas:
Any good triage doctor knows before they can fully treat or cure the patient, they have to deal with the immediate problems. In this case, they have to stop the hemorrhage of people losing their private health insurance because of the Affordable Care Act.
But the bill also goes a key step further. It lets insurance companies sell new customers plans that fall short of the federal standards. California Democrat Henry Waxman warned that provision would undermine the entire program.
REP. HENRY WAXMAN, D-Calif.:
It will destabilize the health insurance exchanges, raise premiums, and continue to allow insurers to discriminate on the basis of preexisting conditions. Under the Republican bill, insurers could cherry-pick the best risks and destabilize the insurance market for everyone else.
In the end, the vote was 261-157, with 39 Democrats voting for the Republican bill.
The bill is passed.
White House officials feared even more Democratic defections before the president announced he's giving insurance companies the option of extending current policies through 2014.
In Detroit today, Kathleen Sebelius, the secretary of health and human services, said she thinks most people will opt for new plans.
KATHLEEN SEBELIUS, U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary: We just hope that, on balance, people find either affordable coverage staying with their plan for an additional year and have a transition year — and that's what this really is — it's kind of a bridge year — or find for that, for far better coverage, they are better off in the new marketplace.
House Republicans insisted today the president's administrative change is not enough, that it takes the force of law to do what's needed. But the White House warned the president will veto the GOP bill if it ever reaches his desk. And in any event, the measure stands little chance of garnering a majority in the Democratic-held Senate.
Instead, a handful of Senate Democrats led by Louisiana's Mary Landrieu is pushing its own bill. It requires companies to continue existing coverage, but unlike the House bill, it's limited to current customers. And unlike the one-year limit on the plan the president announced yesterday, the policies could remain in effect indefinitely, all this as the president met with health insurance CEOs at the White House this afternoon, urging them to renew canceled policies.
As Kwame said in his report, the president's move yesterday on the problem of canceled policies allows insurers to extend those current plans through 2014. But it doesn't require them to do so.
Now, one of the main questions is whether insurers will go along with this and, if they do, what concerns they have about changing things again.
Hari Sreenivasan picks up that part of the story.
Julie Appleby follows these matters closely for Kaiser Health News, an independent not-for-profit news organization. It is not affiliated with the Kaiser Permanente insurance company.
So, I know that we saw images of the president meeting with the CEOs today. Has the insurance industry come out and made a statement on how they're going to take these changes?
JULIE APPLEBY, Kaiser Health News: They're being very cautious right now.
A lot of them, because of the logistics involved, because this is optional, they are saying they're studying this, but they haven't made any decisions. A lot of them are very noncommittal about it. We have heard from a few insurers, like Florida Blue, Aetna, Blue Cross/Blue Shield of North Carolina, who say that they do want to allow some of these policies to be renewed.
But we're also hearing from the industry's trade lobby that this is a bad idea. They don't like the idea. They say it could disrupt the market and could cause problems down the line that could cause higher premiums in the future.
So, it's a mixed bag depending on the insurance companies, and there's no way to interview every one of these.
So, let's talk about some of the practical challenges that these insurance companies have now. How much is it going to cost them when it comes to changing these formulas around? They have taken at least a year, a year-and-a-half to try to figure out how to comply with the ACA.
That's one of the things they're wrestling with. Is this worth it to them to go through the administrative hassle of figuring out, how many policies do we want to renew? Which ones? How much will it cost? Do we want to raise premiums for these policies?
If they want to raise premiums, which they usually do — when a policy comes up for renewal, there's usually a premium increase. But that requires that they file that with their state insurance commissioner, get approval in many cases, and put it into effect. That's one of the questions they're wrestling with. How would we do that? Do we have time to do that?
Remember, a lot of the policies expire by the end of the year. And so if people want to have coverage starting January 1, they pretty much have got to have this done by December 15. That's only a month from now and that is not a lot of time. So, that's one of the things that the insurers are wrestling with in this process.
One of the reasons for all these timelines was to encourage people to get into these health care exchanges. The exchanges need a good cross-section of people, young healthy people, old people, et cetera.
If this extension or this delay happens, what happens to the pool of people in these exchanges?
That's one of the concerns that the insurers and the actuaries and some of the state insurance commissioners as well have stated is, what happens? Is this going to keep more people who are younger and healthier, for example, out of that pool that's going into those new marketplaces?
And if that happens, if the young people or the healthier people decide to hang on to these policies because they're less comprehensive and maybe a little bit less expensive, then that might leave older and sicker people in the marketplace and that over time could drive up costs in that marketplace, which could be a big problem down the road.
And then help explain the role that the state insurance commissioners play, because they're not a wild card, but they're a very important actor in rolling these things out.
That's right. That's right. And not all of them want to do this. We have heard from several states that say, yes, we want to.
And we have heard from several that don't. Washington State, for example, doesn't want to do this. The insurance commissioner there said we enacted some of these new consumer provisions. We require these new plans to have a lot of new benefits. That's why we're getting rid of the old plans, and we think that consumers are going to benefit from the new plans, so we don't want to change this.
But other states are saying that, yes, we want to try it. So, Florida, for example, has said, yes, we're going to let people renew the policies. So, these insurance commissioners are going to be part of this decision, and they're not unanimous in what they're going to do.
And is there any sort of a timeline or deadline that the insurance commissioners have to decide by?
Well, again, it gets back to, when do these policies kick in?
So, for some people, these policies expire at the end of December, so for them, the pressure is on. But what the president said is that even policies that expire say, in January, or February or March could be renewed for another year. For those policies, there may be a little more time to decide.
And, ultimately, what about the sort of end user, the person who is thinking about jumping into these exchanges? Should this give them pause? Should they be waiting for some sort of communication from an insurance company?
You know, the folks that are — what consumer advocates are telling me is that if you have had a canceled policy, you might want to check with your insurer whether they're going to allow to you renew it or not. That would be the first step.
And then the other thing that consumer advocates say is that you ought to check on your online marketplace, whether it's your state one or the federal one, to see if you might get a better deal through that marketplace, either a more comprehensive policy or a subsidy. But that's that's one of the things that people should check.
All right, Julie Appleby, thanks so much.
Thank you.


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The best way to discover just how good our produce is, is to come to a feast night! From Guest Chef evenings, Wine & Food Pairings and Masterclasses we have a veritable variety of Feast Nights with everyone welcome.
Our Feast Nights are inclusive evenings bridging the gap between a restaurant and supper club, with menus created using seasonal ingredients from The Old Market. We cook and prepare the food in our courtyard and serve it straight up. Bring your own cutlery and crockery, and enjoy an evening full of flavour.
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Guidelines for the Design of Outdoor Play Settings for Children
In January of 2006, the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM) and the Child Friendly City Executive Agency approached the Center for the Study of the Built Environment (CSBE) to develop a set of guidelines for the design of children's play settings.
The guidelines were intended to promote awareness among designers and municipal staff, of high standards of safety, comfort, developmental stimulation, and integration of children with disabilities, as applied to the design of children's play areas. The guidelines were also intended to increase the breath of locally available research pertaining to children's play environments.
The guidelines developed cover the following areas:
- Child development objectives and general design criteria
2. Specific design criteria for:
- Manufactured Play Equipment Settings
- Gathering and meeting spacesGround Surfacing
- Fences/Barriers
- Entrances
- Pathways
- Landsforms/Topography
- Trees and Vegetation
- Signage
- Lighting and Electrical
The guidelines developed are based primarily on the source below and have been modified slightly to suit the local context of Jordan.
- Moore, R. C., Goltsman, S. M. and Iacofano, D. S. eds. 1992 (2nd ed.). Play for All Guidelines: Planning, Design and Management of Outdoor Play Settings for All Children. Berkeley, California: MIG Communications.
In Addition, the following references were also consulted:
- Del Alamo, M. R. 2005. Design for Fun: Playgrounds. Barcelona : Links International.
- Eriksen, A. 1985. Playground Design: Outdoor Environments for Learning and Development. New York: Van Nostrand Reinhold.
- Hendricks, B. E. 2001. Designing for Play. Aldershot, Hampshire and Burlington, Vermont: Ashgate.
- Senda, M. 1992. Design of Children's Play Environments. New York: McGraw-Hill.
Project Team
Research and Writing: Lara Zureikat
Illustraions, Translation, and Editing: Basma Abdulla
Editing: Majd Musa


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HELENA – Montana Gov. Steve Bullock signed an agreement with the U.S. Forest Service on Monday for the state to play a bigger role in forest management on federal lands, which officials say will speed up backlogged logging projects.
Forest management and the declining timber industry have emerged as major issues in this year's governor's race, with Weyerhaeuser announcing last month that it would close a Columbia Falls lumber and plywood mill. The closure will put about 100 people out of work in addition to 100 administrative jobs that are being eliminated or moved with Weyerhaeuser's purchase of Plum Creek Timber.
With the Chessman Reservoir as a backdrop, Bullock, Forest Service Regional Forester Leanne Marten and Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation Director John Tubbs signed the Good Neighbor Authority agreement, which was authorized under the 2014 federal Farm Bill.


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"If you want to make an omelet, you must be willing to break a few eggs." Vladmir Lenin
"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.." Lord Acton
Phillip Pan, former Washington Post Beijing bureau chief has written a great book on China, entitled, "Out of Mao's Shadow: The Struggle for the Soul of a New China." The book profiles 11 Chinese, mostly present day, and by doing so, it very nicely provides a not very pretty snapshot on China's political development.
Pan was in China from 2000 to 2007 and one gets the distinct impression he was working on many of these profiles the entire time. Pan clearly views the people of whom he writes as markers on where China is now and where it likely will be heading. Pan takes a decidedly pessimistic view of the party's ability to reform from within and is overall rather negative on the idea of China's growing economy automatically leading to a corresponding growth in the political arena.
I agree and I disagree. I too do not consider the party capable of instituting full on reform, but at the same time, I believe as China's economy continues to grow, continuing reform is inevitable.
The Washington Post, in an article entitled, Battle Lines: Portraits of people seeking, and resisting, change in China, accurately describes the book:
The 10 or so intersecting stories he tells here are gritty and real. This is not a big-theme book about the "true" China but a concrete, closely observed encounter with particular people, places and events.
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Yet some big truths emerge.
Read this book for its beautifully crafted and moving profiles of 11 individuals and to garner big truths about China.
UPDATE: Richard over at Peking Duck, the best China book reviewer on the blogosphere, just came out with an absolutely glowing review.
UPDATE: 7/10/2010 — Mark's China Blog just reviewed this book and he raved about it, saying that If you are going to pick up just one book on China, "this might be the one to read. You will not look at China the same after reading Out of Mao's Shadow."


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Cletus T. Broshus & the Blue Ridge Beast: Prologue - 5.
He stopped for a second, doubled over. His breathes were shallow and acidic; burning as he took them into his failing chest.
"Are you ok, dad?" Clive asked, worried at the sight of his father.
"I'm fine... Just... need... a... min-" he choked out words interrupted by a rustling coming from behind.
"Dad..." Clive asked, seeing a crooked shadow lurk through the woods just behind them. A dull groaning could be heard, occasionally breaking into light, measured yips.
Still bent over, his father raised his hand to quiet his son. He struggled for breathes, weakly raising his armed hand, weapon trained on the wood. The rustling stopped, a slow breeze passing through halting the creature as crisp spring air rushed past everything. For a moment the white noise of sparsely leaved branches scratching against each other filled the air, masking the dull croak of the ominous figure lurking in the dark shadows of the wood. Slowly, the pair inched back along their course; eyes trained on the shadowy form set still in the wood.
"When we get to the woodline," Henry started, still weezing in useless gulps of air.
"I want you to break off running. Run to the cabin and lock the door behind."
"But you-"
"I'll slow you down. You go, get the rifles. The bullets are in the bag. Here, take this-" he pressed, weakly digging his free hand into his pocket to retrieve his phone.
"But you won't make it..." His son replied, voice choked at the sound of his father's orders.
"I'll be fine, son. Better if we split up, as is. You get the rifle and position by the window. But keep a good cover. If you get a shot, take it... No matter what."
Clive inched along silent, taking in his father's words. He understood his meaning.
"Say it, boy."
"I'll take the shot."
"Damn right you will. If anything happens, the truck keys are in the bag. Grab them and get to where you can make a call and call Uncle Jack. We need him."
Henry glanced down, seeing the ground slowly start to change back to forest from field. It would be any moment now before his son broke away to take that long run through the thin wood to granddad's shack. He knew the creature would hear the commotion and see the boy racing his way along the long rough path to the shack, leaving Henry standing airless and prone. He took in a deep breathe, chest slowly loosening as he readied himself. Once that creature caught sight of him, he would have one shot, maybe two before the beast was on him. It looked big but clumsy, with a crooked awkward form. It moved stiffly from what he could see, his position obscured by a few feet of wood and river bank. That would help buy Clive some time.... He thought, readying to lift his pistol.
"Ready yourself, boy..." He said, his voice scratchy and dry. A bitter metallic taste washed down the back of his throat, gagging him a little as he awaited his son's reply.
"Clive?" He asked again, still inching along; his son's still soft, boyish hands wrapped around his chest helping him stand up.
"You sure this is the best way?" He heard his son say, his voice small and scared; the fingers on his right hand turning white as he gripped the phone.
"It's the only way, son. Now when I count three, you break for Granddad's, got me?"
"I love you, Clive."
"Love you too..."
"One... Two..."
Henry never heard himself say three, the next moments playing out silent. He felt his son's hands let go, his body collapsing under his own weight; falling hard on the forest floor. He lifted his head in time to see the shadow take notice of the commotion; the great black beast bursting out of the woods in a fury. It growled ferociously, standing still as it surveyed the field around it; poor eyes finding it difficult to focus in the bright high sun. It didn't take long though for the beast to train itself at Henry, laying on the floor useless. His eyes caught sight of the beast starting its charge as he laid there. He struggled to raise himself up, his body weak and useless as he forced with all he had left. He stared back at the beast, gaining ground quickly. It was faster than Henry had anticipated, moving along skillfully as it used its arms for support.
Henry finally willed himself to his knees, the beast gaining ground quickly as he stood prone. He weakly tossed his arm up; his fingers firing before he had his mark properly squared. The bullet whizzed by the charging creature harmlessly. He fired a second time, more care given to his aim before spitting molten lead at the unrelenting creature. The bullet caught it in the left shoulder. Jerking its massive body slightly as it crashed into the thick, leathery hid. The creature moaned loudly, his pace only slowing slightly as it moved closer still.
Henry fired a third, his arm growing limp as his head dizzied. His breathes were tight again as the recoil of the final shot jerked him off balance, serving him up as easy prey for the beast as it vaulted itself upon him.
It was only seconds more Henry suffered, an agonized cry echoing off the ancient wood as the creature's heavy claws ripped open his guts. Bright crimson splashed the budding foliage as Henry's innards festooned the surrounding woods. The beast paused only slightly before racing further down the path, the scent of prey still strong in the air.


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She has won the 2017 Gold Line Press poetry chapbook contest, the 2015 Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association's Rhysling Award for the Long Poem, the WFOP 65th Anniversary Poetry Contest, the 2013 SFPA Elgin Chapbook Award, the 2012 Rannu Fund for Speculative Literature Award for Poetry, Heartland Review's 2011 Joy Bale Boone Poetry Prize, both the Theme and Poet's Choice divisions of the 2010 WFOP Triad competition, received an International Publication Prize in the 2010 Atlanta Review contest, won the 2009 Tapestry of Bronze contest, and won the 2008 SFPA Rhysling Award for the Short Poem. She is the poetry editor of Mobius: The Journal of Social Change, the managing editor of MadHat Press, and the former editor of Star*Line, the journal of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association. She has judged poetry contests and is available for readings and workshops.
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My neighbor said he thought he'd build a wall; wanted to know if I'd go halves on it. I asked him what he was going to make it out of and he said "Words," and I said I'd help him out as much as I could. I asked him how high he was going to make it and he said "High."
He started out with long, Latinate words, at least five syllables, carefully staggering the joints, but he ran out of his own almost right away, so I had to give up a lot of mine. He tried to maintain a structured form, but soon it degenerated into a random jumble, mostly nouns and verbs—he was saving the adjectives to decorate it when it was finished, he said, stacking them neatly against the porch. The articles and conjunctions kept falling out and accumulated in forlorn drifts at its base.
He worked on it every evening, after coming home from his regular job, until night fell, late into the autumn. Joggers would occasionally stop to offer advice and put in a word or two. It spread like a blackthorn hedge above its massive foundation, tangling tightly as the barbed serifs hooked together. The wind whistled through the small openings of the a's and e's as the larger counters of the o's, b's, d's, p's, and q's resonated at a lower pitch. He placed the sharpest words along the top of the wall. "Expect trouble," he said.
During the winter, the ascenders and descenders began to distort and twine around letters in adjoining words. Just before the solstice, I hung the most ornate plural nouns and third-person-singular verbs I could find on the north side of the wall. Dangling from each terminal s, they swung like bells, chiming as the snows fell. That spring, suffixes sprouted from the side that faced the sun.
Winner of 2004 Pauline Ellis Prose Poetry Prize
published in Wisconsin Academy Review Vol. 50 #4
Grand Tour
First the atlas began to fret, and wheedled in a low voice. Then one
of the Lonely Planet books egged on the National Geographics
until they ruffled their pages in hysteria and the Michelin Guides
started slapping their covers rhythmically against the bookends.
When the Club Med brochures folded themselves into airfoils
and began dive-bombing us, we made a break for the carport,
dragging our hastily-packed luggage behind us, a litter
of outdated and dilapidated maps snapping at our heels.
We found that all roads lead to more roads, with similar
billboards. We drive all day long. Each evening
we arrive at a different city before its gates close
and rent a room filled with clear water.
The video camera runs all night, and prepares
a nutritious breakfast. If a museum opens early,
we spend the morning gliding from room
to room, leaving nothing as we found it.
Even the guards have uniforms of a different hue
when we are finished with them, and all the visitors
have come to believe that Surrealism is the manifesto
of a concealed desire for economic instability and wear
faint greenish halos which they will never see.
Winner of 2003 Mary Roberts Rinehart National Poetry Award
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Fall TV Preview 2012: In with the new and same old
Perhaps the best way to describe the state of television this fall is that it's in a holding pattern — not just waiting to land, but looking for the airport.
It's not the worst of seasons, and there are some promising new shows. But the new season lacks the crackle and excitement many viewers felt last year.
In 2011, there was legitimate buzz about shows such as Showtime's Homeland, BBC America's The Hour, Starz's Boss, AMC's Hell on Wheels, ABC's Revenge, sitcoms like Fox's New Girl, NBC's Whitney, CBS's 2 Broke Girls and ABC's Last Man Standing.
The fact that some of those shows became hits is one of the reasons there isn't an avalanche of exciting new shows this season, but the dominant reason is that the networks are playing things safe because they're not sure where to go.
Nowhere is that more evident than in NBC's stated decision to boost new sitcoms with a "broader" appeal. As 30 Rock enters its final season and with The Office finally being put out of its post-Steve Carell misery, NBC is largely moving away from more sophisticated sitcoms in favor of shows like Guys With Kids. The exception on the Peacock network is Ryan Murphy's The New Normal.
Still, there is promise among the new fall offerings.
Among dramatic series, I'd pick Call the Midwife on PBS, Vegas on CBS, the already premiered Copper on BBC America, Nashville on ABC and perhaps Revolution on NBC. For sitcoms: The New Normal and Go On (starring Matthew Perry, right) on NBC and The Mindy Project on Fox.
But perhaps what best describes the static condition of TV in the fall of 2012 is that the shows I'm looking forward to most of all are all from previous years: Boardwalk Empire, The Good Wife, The Walking Dead, Sons of Anarchy, Revenge, Homeland, The Hour and Boss.
As for the new shows, here's a list, organized by day:
Call the Midwife, 8 p.m. on KET2 and 10 p.m. on KET, Sept. 30-Nov. 4: Who knew that one of the best new series of the fall season would be on PBS's agenda and would not be Downton Abbey? Granted, the competition isn't particularly stiff. Still, Midwife is a terrific show about a young woman fresh out of nursing school who becomes a midwife in the not-so-pristine East End of London in 1957. Based on the memoirs of Jennifer Worth, the show is beautifully cast and written.
666 Park Avenue, 10 p.m., Sept. 30, ABC: Vanessa Williams and Terry O'Quinn costar is this psychological thriller about a New York apartment building where things go bump in the night, morning and in between. It has elements of Rosemary's Baby, BBC America's Bedlam, not to mention Flip This House. Scary and promising.
Partners, 8:30 p.m., Sept. 24, CBS: David Krumholtz and Michael Urie play a straight guy and gay guy, respectively, who form an architectural partnership. The show was created by Will and Grace's Max Mutchnick and David Kohan and has definite promise but needs some repair work. Each actor is appealing individually, but they don't quite have the chemistry needed to sustain a show. The writing could be sharper as well. It's fixable, though, but it would take a lot of work and determination. Probably on life support before it launches.
Mob Doctor, 9 p.m., Sept. 17, Fox: People love medical shows and people love shows about the mob, so why not offer two taste treats in one, no matter how little sense it makes? Jordana Spiro, left, stars as Dr. Grace Devlin, whose sense of medical and personal ethics is constantly challenged because her family is in debt to the mob. Hey, hire Big Ang to guest star and we maybe have something. Otherwise? Fugeddaboutit.
Revolution, 10 p.m., Sept. 17, NBC: Revolution is the kind of sci-fi show that Steven Spielberg would create if he were J.J. Abrams. The set-up: One day, the lights go out all over the world, not to mention planes, trains and automobiles. Fifteen years later, people live in a dystopian world and society has deteriorated into factions. Like a Spielbergian epic, it has a family at the core, but one that isn't burdened by a lot of Hallmark card sentimentality.
Catfish: The TV Show, 10 p.m., Nov. 12, MTV: A new docuseries about couples who have met and fallen in love but have yet to meet in person. Filmmakers Yaniv "Nev" Schulman and Max Joseph travel around the country profiling various people who have linked up but not quite hooked up. It's a dating show but without handing out roses or trumping up trips to exotic islands: More to the point, it's a dating show that reflects how younger whippersnappers are connecting these days. There will be 12 hourlong episodes.
Ben and Kate, 8:30 p.m., Sept. 25, Fox: This is an odd little sitcom about a brother and sister who are polar opposites but devoted to each other and seem to be challenged when it comes to relating to the rest of the world. It's not laugh-out-loud funny, but the quirkiness is appealing. Ben (Nat Faxon) becomes a "manny" to his single sister Kate's (Dakota Johnson) daughter. The show has payback potential, but it might take a while to appreciate.
Go On, 9 p.m., Sept. 11, NBC: Matthew Perry's latest sitcom vehicle was previewed last month during the Olympics, and the pilot will be repeated as the show settles into its regular time slot. Perry plays a sports radio talk show host whose wife was killed in an accident. He tries to repress all his anger and pain, but it doesn't work, so he is sent to a therapy session run by Laura Benanti. The show has definite promise and is a good fit for Perry's dry sense of humor.
The New Normal, 9:30 p.m., Sept. 11, NBC: Ryan Murphy's new sitcom is about a gay male couple (Andrew Rannells and Justin Bartha) who hope to start a family through a surrogate (Georgia King), who is a single mother and has an over-the-top, bigoted mom, played with scenery-chomping sass by Ellen Barkin. NBC calls the show Murphy's love letter to the American family, and it is. It's also funny. If you find it offensive, stick to Here Comes Honey Boo-Boo.
Emily Owens, M.D., 9 p.m., Oct. 16, CW: A first-year doctor (Mamie Gummer, right) looks forward to adulthood but finds that her new job is a lot like high school, complete with one of the actual mean girls who used to torment her. This light drama could be perfect for The CW's audience.
The Mindy Project, 9:30 p.m., Sept. 25, Fox: Mindy Kaling, right, of The Office gets her name in the title this time as a young woman with a couple of extra pounds and a fairly lousy social life. It's kind of like HBO's Girls but without the weird sex. Kaling is appealing, smart and funny, and it's just icing on the cake that the show puts an Asian-American in the title role. In a year of ho-hum new sitcoms, this one offers some faint hope.
Vegas, 10 p.m., Sept. 25, CBS: Michael Chiklis and Dennis Quaid co-star in this period drama about good versus evil in Vegas in 1960, if, indeed, it be said what is good and what is evil in Vegas. Chiklis plays a mobster looking to expand his power and influence, and Quaid is a rancher who is also a tough crime-solver. Odds are in the show's favor, thanks largely to the cast, the period look of the show and Nick Pileggi's participation.
Underemployed, 10 p.m., Oct. 16, MTV: A new scripted show that reflects the reality of trying to find a job in today's economy, made even tougher if you're a recent college grad and are competing with little experience. The show follows five friends in Chicago as they try to pursue their life dreams, only to find themselves flailing in both the job market and romance. It almost goes without saying that the five actors are easy on the eyes.
Arrow, 8 p.m., Oct. 10, CW: The CW tries, with mixed results, to give DC Comics hero The Green Arrow the kind of treatment that director Christopher Nolan brought to the big-screen Batman reboot.
Guys With Kids, 8:30 p.m., Sept. 26, NBC: Jimmy Fallon has co-created a show about three men and their babies. It's not terribly groundbreaking, but it's amusing and, well, cute. It stars Anthony Anderson, Jesse Bradford and Zach Cregger and is an example of NBC going for a broader (read: old-fashioned and not 30 Rock or Community) audience. Lots of jokes based on how stupid men are, of course, but that's nothing new in TV.
Animal Practice, 9 p.m., Sept. 26, NBC: This new sitcom premiered in August so NBC could take advantage of its Olympics audience. The pilot will air again Sept. 26, the show's regular time slot. It's about an animal clinic whose head vet, played by Justin Kirk, has his own way of doing things, albeit chaotically. He has to find a way to work with the daughter of the late owner of the clinic. It's not very good, but the animals might keep viewers' attention despite the absence of, you know, humor.
The Neighbors, 9:30 p.m., Sept. 26, ABC: Except for the fact that it has a late-ish premiere, this is a leading candidate for the first show of the season to get the ax. It's about a "normal" suburban family living in a community of aliens who name their children after sports stars like Larry Bird and Jackie Joyner-Kersee. Jami Gertz stars. The pilot is absurd, but after you've learned how they name their kids, how can the show sustain the "humor"? Third Rock From the Sun did this far better.
Nashville, 10 p.m., Oct 10, ABC: Another promising nighttime soap opera from ABC, Nashville centers on the world of country music as Connie Britton, left, stars as a veteran singer who is being challenged by a sassy young upstart played by Taylor Swift. Strike that: I meant Hayden Panettiere. Powers Boothe plays the evil Big Daddy patriarch, and the show ripples with hella good music.
Chicago Fire, 10 p.m., Oct. 10, NBC: No, this is not Law and Order with hoses. Honest. Creator Dick Wolf says so. Still, there are elements common to Wolf's long-running cops-and-lawyers franchise, but with more focus on the back stories of the main characters of a Chicago fire and rescue squad. Wolf might seem a safe bet for the beleaguered network simply because his shows have paid off in the past. It's not like Rescue Me, though, because these guys don't ride around town with Jesus riding shotgun. But is the public tired of the Wolf formula? Call this one a Wolf in firefighter's clothing.
Last Resort, 9 p.m., Sept. 27, ABC: Andre Braugher stars as a submarine captain who disobeys orders to bomb Pakistan and winds up on a remote island, reminiscent of either Lost or Survivor. The pilot makes so little sense, you just can't ... wait for it ... fathom what is going on. Braugher is always interesting. Think of it as Lost meets, well, something not as good.
Beauty and the Beast, 9 p.m., Oct. 11, CW: The beast in this reboot is a post-9/11 genetic experiment who, apparently, gets ugly only when he gets mad, like a flesh-colored Hulk. Bonus: No singing tableware!
Elementary, 10 p.m., Sept. 27, CBS: Jonny Lee Miller and Lucy Liu star as a modern-day Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson in a show that pretty much mangles the authentic Holmes lore but is gripping, edgy and watchable if you don't think about it too much. It's also not a good idea to compare it to PBS's brilliant Sherlock, which does the same thing but while being faithful to Arthur Conan Doyle.
Malibu Country, 8:30 p.m., Nov. 2, ABC: Reba McEntire stars as a country singer named Reba who divorces her dog of a husband and moves to Malibu with her acid-tongue mama, played by Lily Tomlin. The show isn't all that good, but Reba is like the country version of Charlie Sheen: She is made for TV stardom. The show creator, who also created Reba, insists the two shows are entirely different, and the more he insists, the less we believe him. Especially after seeing the pilot. It's not very good but might do just fine because people love their Reba.
Made in Jersey, 9 p.m., Sept. 28, CBS: Gorgeous Janet Montgomery is the Brit It girl this year (she's also in BBC America's Spies of Warsaw later this season). She stars in a dramatic series about a girl from New Jersey who becomes a brilliant young lawyer at a top New York law firm but makes sure she gets her hair and nails done regularly back in Jersey. The show continues TV's odd fascination with New Jersey, while evoking USA's Fairly Legal. No heavy mental lifting required to enjoy the drama. Bring your own hair spray.
Kentucky Collectibles, 4:30 p.m., Oct. 20, KET: Hosted by Dave Shuffett and Amy Hess, KET's newest production tells Kentucky's stories through prized items, whether heirloom or kitsch, that guests share. The hosts also will make side trips throughout Kentucky as they explore the world of antiques and collectibles at shops, appraisers, boutiques and more.
Katie, 3 p.m. weekdays, Sept. 10, WTVQ (Channel 36): Katie Couric, right, reinvents herself again with her eponymous afternoon talk show and, chances are, she'll do just fine. The shows will focus on one or two topics a day and appeal largely, but not exclusively, to female viewers. Subjects will be topical and current, she says, but the primary appeal will be Couric's proven mix of perkiness and trust. No word yet on whether "you get a car, and you get a car, and you get a car," but she's clearly in the running to be the new queen of daytime.
Spies of Warsaw, date TBA, BBC America: David Tennant, left, returns to BBC America in this drama based on the book by Alan Furst, the master of World War II-era spy fiction. Tennant, of course, is well known as a former Doctor Who. He co-stars in the series, set in the years leading up to World War II, with Janet Montgomery, who was in Black Swan and is also appearing as the lead character in the new drama Made in Jersey.
Mankind: The History of All of Us, TBA in November, History: This is a 12-hour look at the history of mankind through the ages and is created by the team behind the 2010 Emmy-winner America: The Story of Us. The History channel describes the epic as "the story of the moments that changed history forever and made us who we are today."


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The highest peak in Texas? Or the highest peak in the world? Which is better? I'm going to tell you. Because even though the most strenuous thing I do in any given year is stand around at Willie's Fourth of July Picnic for 12 hours and wish to hell I had actually lost the 40 pounds I promised I would last year, I have climbed Guadalupe Peak.
True, I have not climbed Everest, but — unless Google has done you a serious disservice by steering you here — neither have you. And I have read Jon Krakauer's book "Into Thin Air" at least twice.
Let's break it down:
Guadalupe Peak: Culberson County, Texas, perhaps a bit uncomfortably close to New Mexico.
Everest: In the Himalayas, along the border of Nepal and Tibet.
Advantage: Guadalupe Peak.
Guadalupe Peak: 8,751 feet, rising 3,000 feet above the surrounding Chihuahuan desert.
Everest: If you were to stack two Guadalupe Peaks on top of each other, you'd make … Mount Everest base camp — about 18,000 feet. The summit is another Guadalupe Peak-and-a-half (29,035 feet).
Advantage: Everest
Native population
Guadalupe Peak: Mescalero Apache. The Guadalupe Mountains were their last stronghold and they fought bitterly against white settlers and soldiers.
Everest: Sherpas. They learned to make a living hauling wealthy tourists and their gear up and down the mountain.
Advantage: Your call. I don't want to make either group upset at me..
Summit experience
Guadalupe Peak: Gaze at surrounding desert. Drink cowboy-cold beer you've pirated inside your small backpack. Stand next to summit marker. Yay! You are the highest person in Texas — with the possible exception of Willie Nelson.
Everest: As the lack of oxygen drains your mental capacity to preschool levels, you ignore the numbing cold long enough to snap a few pictures. Then you try to get out of the death zone before a storm freezes you into part of the landscape, which it might do anyway.
Advantage: Guadalupe Peak.
Nature-watching opportunities
Guadalupe Peak: Includes pine forests, cactus and flowers of all sorts, mountain short-horned lizards, mountain lions, mule deer, rock squirrels and rattlesnakes.
Everest: Dead climbers. Avalanches.
Advantage: Guadalupe Peak.
Travel and cost
Guadalupe Peak: If you leave El Paso about 7 a.m., drive 90 miles, make the climb up and down in less than 7 hours — by the time everyone else gets off work, you can be at L&J Cafe in El Paso, drinking beer on wobbly legs. Costs include a hearty breakfast, a tank of gas, $5 each in entrance fees, some trail-friendly snacks and a couple tallboys of beer.
Everest: Your two-month expedition starts with a flight to Nepal, another smaller flight, and a week-long trek to base camp. Whether you make the summit or not, you're going to be paying at least an Audi A3 ($30,000), but you could be paying a Maserati Ghibli ($70,000).
Advantage: Guadalupe Peak.
Fitness requirements
Guadalupe Peak: You can fit Guadalupe Peak in between nights of beer and tacos — though you'd be best served taking it easy the first night.The more fit you are, the more fun you'll have. But even if you are rotund, out of shape, stove-up and given to poor decisions, you can still make it to the top — or so I've heard.
Everest: You have to be an extraordinarily fit and experienced mountaineer — or insanely wealthy enough to not care that everyone around you resents the hell out of you paying the sherpas to drag you along with the gear.
Advantage: Guadalupe Peak.
We could go on, but it's pretty clear that Guadalupe Peak is the clear winner here. Sure, nobody ever claimed to climb it "because it's there." But Texans climb it because it's here. And that's good enough for us.
That and you probably won't lose your extremities to frostbite.


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the web in twenty minus five
My friend Stu tagged me to answer these questions five years ago:
- How has the Web changed your life?
- How has the Web changed business and society?
- What do you think the Web will look like in 20 years?
Here are my answers, with minor edits and some commentary in []'s. The original post is here.
Ok, but 1) I don't think I have anything unique to say and 2) we're all wrong about what it'll look like in [15] years.
How has the Web changed my life?
It's strange to talk about the web as if it is the internet. I grew up in the late 80's through the 90's along with the emergence of the web as the dominant realm of the net. When I first connected, it was all about email, usenet, irc, and bbs's. "Web" was an afterthought. Overnight, pretty much, it become the primary interface to the net. And then, the primary platform.
It's the platform part that has impacted us most. My life is enriched by unprecedented access to commerce (amazon! threadless! zappos!), content (youtube! hulu! gutenberg!), people (facebook! twitter! linkedin!), and publishing (blogs! twitter! tumblr!). The last two have mattered most to me.
[I've gone from a nobody buried inside of IBM to a very-minor-somebody embroiled in #startuplife.]
How has the Web changed business and society?
First off, we're not talking about all businesses or all societies—really only a minority of either that are the majority in most of our spheres. There are plenty of people who could use some very simple, basic necessities that the web can't supply. [But the internet has had an impact—see M-Pesa.]
So business and society: web as platform for connecting, producing, publishing, consuming, and trading on values. It's a lever with a positive multiplier effect on reach and a negative multiplier on cost of achieving that reach.
The web has created a whole field of startups that require next-to-nothing to get going. It's given a whole slew of people who would've once just been company (wo)men an alternative.
It has created a way to organize and collaborate that's enabled everyone (good, bad and ugly) to come together with others along any lines for any reasons with however much anonymity for however long on any terms.
What will the Web look like in [15] years?
- It will remain a platform with immense multiplier effects
- Web/desktop/here/there/os/app/interface lines will [blur for users and] only exist to the technology plumbers and enthusiasts
- More embedded and ambient devices creating new interaction points
- More ambient triggers for sensors and sensing
- Touch and voice as natural interfaces
- Physically responsive interfaces enter the real world
- Consolidated [but distributed] virtual identities
- Won't solve poverty
- Won't solve despots/theocracies/totalitarianism/etc [but It's certainly thrown a wrench in the works]
- Won't solve disease
- Won't solve people hell bent on destroying other people
- Won't solve exuberant-irrationalism


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Thief steals takings from Camden Town charity shop
Mind in Camden staff ask: Who would steal from a charity shop?
02 June, 2018 — By Tom Foot
Colin Flower and Monika Pokorna with Shisha
A HEARTLESS thief stole a day's takings from a mental health charity shop in Camden Town.
Mind in Camden manager Monika Pokorna said more than £450 in cash was taken from the downstairs office, as well as a collection pot of change for for the shop's two ginger cats, Shisha and Harry.
Ms Pokorna, who has worked in the shop in Camden Road for 10 years, said: "It was a whole day's takings, and it had been such a good day too. They just went downstairs and chanced it. No one is supposed to go down there but there's so much going on you can get distracted. Who steals from a charity shop?"
The Mind in Camden Shop raises crucial funds for Mind, the mental health charity which helps some of the borough's most vulnerable people.
The shop is a treasure chest of extraordinary and unique bits and bobs and high quality second hand clothing. There is a special section for "cool, weird and funky" items.
Ms Pokorna said the theft happened on Wednesday, adding: "There is no CCTV. I've been round to Greenland Road to see the police and they asked if anyone was acting suspiciously. I laughed: 'This is Camden Town!'"
In 2015, thieves tunnelled through the wall of the charity shop to steal thousands of pounds from the neighbouring bureau de change. Crooks slithered through a two-foot wide hole in the wall connecting the shops. No one was ever caught for the Hatton Garden-style heist.


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Frank Young is entering his second season as assistant basketball coach, joining the staff in June of 2017. Young has spent the previous three seasons on the staff at UNF.
UNF saw success during Young's stint, with the Ospreys finishing the 2014-15 season with 23 wins and their first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. In 2015-16, the team posted 22 wins, including an impressive win over Illinois, and played in the NIT Tournament.
As a player at West Virginia, Young was a part of some highly successful teams. He capped off his collegiate career by capturing the 2007 NIT Championship MVP honor after leading the Mountaineers to the title. In the championship game, he connected on 6-of-7 three-pointers and scored 24 points in the victory over Clemson.
At WVU, Young finished his career ranked among the program's all-time leaders in three-pointers made (187), attempted (499) and percentage (37.5). Young also owns the Mountaineers' single season marks for treys made (117) and attempted (270), which he accomplished during his senior season. He was his team's leading scorer at 15.3 points per game in 2007 while ranking second in rebounding at 4.4 boards a contest.
Young continued his playing career after West Virginia with professional stints in Europe. He played for EnBW Ludwigsburg in Germany (2007), Rotterdam Challengers (2008) and Landstede Club (2008-09) in the Netherlands along with Germany's Crailsheim Merlins (2010-11).
Prior to North Florida, Frank spent one season as an assistant coach at West Virginia Wesleyan.
As a senior prep standout for Florida High, Young averaged 22.3 points and 10.1 rebounds while being named the Tallahassee Democrat All-Big Bend Player of the Year and 2A Florida State Player of the Year runner-up. Young was also selected to the Florida Sports Writers Association's Class 2A all-state squad.
A native of Tallahassee, Fla., Young earned his bachelor's degree in marketing from West Virginia in 2007 and also got an MBA from Florida Institute of Technology in 2013.
Frank Young Career
2014-2017 –Director of Operations – UNF
2013-14 –Assistant Coach –West Virginia Wesleyan
2007-2011 – Professional Basketball Player
EnBW Ludwigsburg (2007), Rotterdame Challengers (2008), Landstede Club (2008-09), Crailsheim Merlins (2010-11)


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|BEN ISH HAI - Ashk. Ben Ish Chai.
|Rabbenu Hakham Ribbi Yoseph Hayyim 'a"h
5594 - 5669 (1834 - 1909)
born in Baghdad on 27 Ab, 5594 (September 1st, 1834).
The greatest of Jewish Babylonian Hakhamim in recent times. Rabbi and Qabbalist whose teachings were followed in numerous countries and continue to be followed by Sepharadim world-wide
|From early childhood his rare talents and noble traits
were apparent. He studied in a Torah school as a child and then with his
uncle. By the age of 14 he started at Midrash Beth Zilkha. He studied Torah
with the head of the Midrash, Hakham 'Abdallah Somekh, 'alaw hashalom,
and excelled using his sharpness and exceptional memory.
A few years later he left the Beth Midrash and learned Torah day and night in his attic.
In 1851, he married and had a son and daughter.
His knowledge covered all aspects of Judaism, the hidden and the revealed, Qabbalah, Talmud, Mishna, Halakha and so on. He wrote numerous books on all aspects of Judaism. He received questions in Halakha from all over the world and was in close contact with Sephardi and Ashkenazi Hakhamim alike.
He was a very pure and holy man. He was said to possess Ruwah Haqodesh, even though he himself denied this.
At the age of 25, his father, Hakham Eliyahu Hayyim, passed away. Hakham Yosef Hayyim replaced his father, becoming the only Hakham in Baghdad to give a Derasha (sermon) in Baghdad on five very important Shabbthoth in the year. He continued in his father's position for 50 years.
He was known for his love of Eres Yisrael and supported messengers who came to collect money for the poor there. In 1869, he made a trip to Eres Yisrael and received a very warm and important welcome by all the Hakhamim.
On the 8th of Elul 5669, he went on a pilgrimage to to the tomb of the Prophet Yehezqel Hannabi. He became sick and on the 13th of Elul he passed away.
He was returned to Baghdad, arriving at night to very great sorrow. That very night he was buried. The turnout was huge, comprising Jews and non-Jews alike. All came to pay their respects to this very great man.
The list of his many great works includes:
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Can the Red-Light Camera Be Saved?
Money-hungry politicians discredit a hopeful safety innovation.
A promising industry betrayed by the behavior of its customers—that's the story of the red-light camera business.
Diligent annotators of the column will recognize the name Redflex Traffic Systems, leading practitioner of the once-sparkling business of setting up automatic traffic-enforcement systems for municipalities. The company and its industry were set to grow. The product improved traffic safety, freed up officers for more important work, and paid for itself. Towns and cities didn't even have to budget a dime upfront...


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M.F.A. application
Master of Fine Arts: "How to apply" in three steps
1. Aptitude test - checking your artistic qualification:
The first step to your application is to submit a zip-file with the following 6 documents as PDF:
- A filled-out application form for the aptitude test,
- your complete educational background in a recent CV,
- A portfolio. (see the HOW-TO),
- A project proposal. The project proposal is an important part of your application and has to be presented on a minimum of two and a maximum of five DIN-A4 papers, describing the project you would like to realize during your MA course. The content and procedure of this project are to be presented in your project proposal (the project proposal should mainly be on what you would like to do and be: your goals, aims and in which directions your professional wishes might take you - also beyond the MFA in IO. explain us about the development of abilities, why these are important to you and where your "dreams" will take you…! so - please do not focus on the result of the masterprogramm in the sense of a body/series of works.)
- a letter of motivation on your choice of Idar-Oberstein for your future studies.
- a copy of your ID or passport
Send these 6 PDFs packed in 1 ZIP-file (your_name.zip) per upload/download
(for instance per www.wetransfer.com or www.filedropper.com)
to: hub(at)hochschule-trier.de
Your application will be checked on its artistic and professional quality.
If your documents prove to be inadequate, you will receive a negative reply.
If your documents prove to be qualified, you will be invited to the next step:
2. Interview:
You will be invited for an interview (which could be in some cases via video conference).
Here we will assess the portfolio and project proposal as well as your ability to communicate in English.
If your interview proves to be inadequate, you will receive a negative reply.
If your interview proves to be qualified, you will receive a certificate for the aptitude test and will be asked for:
3. Elegibilty check and matriculation
You have passed the above steps 1 and 2 of the entrance examination? and received your "Certificate on passing the Qualification test for the M.F.A.-program Gemstone and Jewelry"?
In this 3rd step of the application process your eligibility will be checked - as part of the online matriculation.
please first read these informations to find out which documents and informations you need to prepare.
After that visit our online application platform for the MFA in Idar-Oberstein.
Application deadlines
Our M.F.A.-course starts 2x per year:
in March and September.
The application deadlines are:
- 1st of November for the next summer semester (start of study in March)
- 1st of May for the next winter semester (start of study in September)