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THE Sixth Form College, Solihull has come under fire from a concerned dad after tensions following the Mumbai bombings in India sparked gang warfare between Pakistani and Indian students on Solihull streets.
The man, who does not want to be named, has a teenager who is studying at the college on Widney Manor Road.
He says the situation started to deteriorate last Thursday and the recent terrorist attacks.
He claims rival groups of students have been attacking each other in Brueton and Malvern parks and intimidating shoppers in Solihull town centre after the college closes.
"Since last Thursday there has been a large police presence in Solihull town centre with about ten or more officers lining the High Street with dogs and cameras stretching from McDonald's up to St Alphege Church and into Brueton and Malvern parks.
"My youngster hates going to college now and is very concerned about what is happening there, but no-one at the college is addressing the problem.
"Teachers at the college are too frightened to do anything about it. It's a nightmare.
"The police are taking it seriously and the tension at the college is horrendous between the different religious groups of Sikhs and Muslims with intimidation and threats being made to students."
A Sheldon mum, whose daughter is doing A Levels at the college, said she feared for her child's safety. She said: "Some parents are not sending their children to the college because they are worried they might get hurt and I find it very unnerving but my youngster has got exams coming up and she can't really miss college."
A joint statement issued by principal Colleen Chater and David Nixon, chair of governors, said: "The college is aware of problems which have arisen in the last few days. None of this has spilled over into the college and teaching and learning are continuing as normal.
"We are liaising closely with the borough and police in the interests of our students, parents and the local community."
A police spokesman said: "We can confirm police attended Malvern Park in Solihull on November 28 and December 1 between 4-5pm following reports of heightened tensions between two rival groups.
"No one was injured and the groups were dispersed. Police in Solihull are continuing to monitor the situation. Our key priority is maintaining public safety and harmony at all times.
"Anyone with information should contact police on 0845 113 5000. Six men between the ages of 18 and 23 years were arrested on November 28 on suspicion of the possession of offensive weapons and have been released on police bail pending further inquiries."


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Anita S. Watkins, legislative counsel for the North Carolina League of Municipalities, has been named vice president for government relations of the multi-campus University of North Carolina. The appointment, effective January 26, was announced today by UNC President Erskine Bowles. Watkins will succeed Andy Willis, who recently resigned to become Governor Beverly Purdue's senior advisor for governmental affairs.
Watkins Named Vice President for Government Relations of the University of North Carolina
In her new role, Watkins will serve as the University's primary liaison to the North Carolina General Assembly, the Governor's office, and state government agencies. She will also work closely with President Bowles, the UNC Board of Governors, and other senior staff to develop University policies and programs, and will lead University-wide efforts to build relationships and coalitions across all sectors of education, business, and government.
Watkins holds a law degree and a master's degree in city and regional planning from UNC-Chapel Hill, as well as undergraduate degrees in political science and Spanish from NC State University. After graduating from NC State in 1994, she served for three years as a research assistant in the office of NC Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight, coordinating and conducting research and policy analysis for the Senate leadership. Shortly after earning her law degree and MCRP from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2000, Watkins was named senior policy analyst for the NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources. She represented DENR before the General Assembly and other government agencies until joining the NC League of Municipalities in 2003.
As legislative counsel to the League, Watkins has been the primary legal advisor to local elected and appointed officials on legislative issues affecting local governments. She also has been a key member of the advocacy team for legislative and regulatory matters impacting the League's 542 member cities and has worked closely with the League's Board of Directors to develop and promote its policy agenda.
Watkins is active in the North Carolina Bar Association and currently serves on the board of NC Professional Lobbyist Association. A member of 2008-09 class of Leadership North Carolina, she also serves on the Blount Street Advisory Commission and the YMCA Youth Legislative Program.
The oldest public university in the nation, the University of North Carolina enrolls more than 215,000 students and encompasses all 16 of North Carolina's public institutions that grant baccalaureate degrees, as well as the NC School of Science and Mathematics, the nation's first public residential high school for gifted students.

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If you're reaching the end of the year with continued anxiety over your chosen major, it might be time to reconsider. Changing your major can seem overwhelming, but you shouldn't feel undue pressure over it. The truth is that you're not out of time to change your mind, even if this is your last semester! You don't want to live the rest of your life wondering, "What if….?"However, there is a point to be made that everyone experiences some major doubt over the course of their college career. There might be a few rare people who never waiver, but for everyone else, picking a major isn't an easy decision. If you're really considering switching, ask yourself these questions before you do anything drastic (or neglect to do anything at all).
What Makes You Happy?
This might seem like the most obvious question out there, but there's a reason it's first. Don't just consider what things you like — which TV shows, theme park rides, sports, bands, whatever. Those are great but think big picture.Are you fulfilled by pushing yourself to complete the next puzzle? Consider careers in medicine, government, or even air traffic control. Maybe you want to see new people and visit exciting places. The United States has 270 embassies that need Foreign Service staff. You could be a pilot or teach English abroad.There are many things that might make you happy, but ultimately you can narrow it down to the next question.
How Can You Best Achieve That Happiness?
This is where reality kicks in. Maybe you like the idea of solving puzzles for a job, but you can't imagine going to school for seven years to become a doctor. Maybe you do want to travel, but you can't learn languages to save your life.That's okay; it doesn't mean that you can't do what makes you happy just because you lack a skill in one area. Instead, focus more on how you can work in a field that interests you. Take personality tests, visit your school's career counselor, and research thoroughly. There are definitely dozens of jobs in the field that you've never heard of.And if you really can't find an existing way to do what you want to do, be an entrepreneur! They represent 10 percent of the workforce, and you'll be in good company. Getting to set your own hours and be your own boss are pretty powerful perks. Not everyone has what it takes to be an entrepreneur, but if you're driven enough to get to this point, chances are that you do.
What Will Get Me There?
The last piece of the puzzle is to consider what path you have to take to get your happiness. Sometimes it's pretty straightforward. Wanna be an engineer? Get an engineering degree. Wanna be a lawyer? Go pre-law, and get your J.D. afterward. In some cases, you might not love your new major, but remember that it's getting you to a larger goal.Sometimes, though, it's less laid out for you. Most jobs have several related degrees. A lot will just care that you have the relevant experience or even just a minor in the field. Some jobs won't care at all what your degree is in, just that you have one.You can take some time to ask yourself all these questions, but don't let them sit on the backburner for too long. Eventually, you'll have to make a decision. When you do, look up what classes you need to take and get a plan in place. Years down the road, you'll be glad that you took the time now.


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Two years ago, Ubisoft Montreal began development on a brand new IP set in the modern age. Today, Ubisoft revealed the game to the public: Watch Dogs.Please enter the url to a YouTube video.
Watch Dogs is set in an open world in which nearly everything is able to be hacked, thanks to nearly everything being connected to technology. Players follow Aiden Pierce, who is out to kill a man named Joseph Demarco.
The game features third-person gameplay, as well as a cover system for combat. Players will use guns to fight with, as well as their environment to gain an advantage.
No release date or platforms for Watch Dogs have been given, though the game was shown being played on a PlayStation 3. Regardless, the game looks to be one of the most interesting games of recent memory. 4P will bring you more news of the game as it arrives.


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Medidata Rave® is an advanced and robust system for capturing, managing and reporting clinical research data, designed to help life science companies optimize their research investments by efficiently streamlining the clinical trial process. Rave's single EDC/CDM platform, coupled with high scalability and software-as-a-service (SaaS) architecture, provides a cost-effective approach to quickly implement a single clinical trial or support an enterprise-wide deployment for multiple therapeutic areas, phases and studies. The wide-support of industry standards and a rich set of on-demand data extraction and reporting tools provide a robust platform to manage site-, patient- and lab reported data and rapidly make it available for analysis and submission.
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Phlexglobal offers PhlexEview, a purpose-built eTMF solution that delivers sophisticated, intelligent, real-time, active TMF management to increase Inspection Readiness, visibility, and control of essential clinical trial documentation.
PhlexEview is far more than a document repository, providing robust quality and processing workflows, and the ability to perform metadata analysis across trials and compounds in order to aggregate data, identify trends, and manage compliance across the lifecycle of a development program.
PhlexEview offers a single source of truth for TMF Completeness, Quality and Timeliness, and enhanced visibility to oversee trials more effectively. As The TMF experts©, Phlexglobal is uniquely able to offer a scalable, configurable, personalize-able, user friendly, and high performance/high availability system that offers secure, remote, role-based access to sponsors, sites and Regulatory Inspectors.
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Oracle® Argus Safety is an advanced and comprehensive pharmacovigilance software system. An off-the-shelf, web-based software package, Argus provides the collection, tracking, reporting, and analyzing of adverse events and serious adverse events for drugs, biologics/vaccines, and devices in accordance with global regulatory requirements. It ensures the integrity and confidentiality of safety data used in support of regulatory submissions.
Argus provides a robust library of reports and the flexibility to create ad-hoc reports to meet sponsor and project needs for safety data analysis. The ease of database configuration allows for quick start-up and ongoing addition of studies, products, and sites. Argus Safety and Rho Product Safety provide a centralized, global safety solution for the life cycle of a product from early clinical development through post marketing.
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Medrio offers an integrated eClinical software platform with a fully hosted Electronic Data Capture (EDC) system. Their revolutionary CloudEDC™ technology features an easy to use drag-and-drop interface, allowing study managers to build their studies in days instead of months without any programming required. Medrio's new mobile suite, mSource, supports both event-based and subject-based workflows, offline data entry, and PRO. Although Medrio has vast experience in all study phases, with over 500 Phase I trials to date, its m1 application leads the way in Phase I trials. Plus, Medrio costs up to 75% less than traditional EDC solutions!
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For the rapid generation of statistical tables and listings, we use a proprietary suite of applications featuring RhoTABLES. Fully validated and SAS®-based, RhoTABLES lets our Statistical Programmers generate data displays quickly, efficiently, and accurately so they can concentrate on the core of your study—the data.
The portal that provides online documentation collaboration
RhoPORTAL serves as a collaboration platform for both single-study and multi-study clinical-trial projects. As a clinical research information delivery system and collaboration portal, it provides a secure, access-controlled, web-based interface to clinical study materials for Rho clients. Using modular components, RhoPORTAL serves customized content to each team tailored for their particular needs, such as individual study sub-sites, private DSMB areas, or specialized committee pages. RhoPORTAL components include custom announcements, study document and report repositories, document and manuscript development support, dashboard displays, interactive graphic reports, and video player support.
Applied Data Visualization
To provide more intuitive access to your clinical data, better tools to understand and analyze data, and cutting edge methods for reporting trial results, we've created user-friendly graphics using the latest analytical techniques and data visualization tools. Rho's interactive graphics are designed to allow users to explore their data from a standard web browser, without the need to purchase or install specialized software. A toolbox of standard interactive graphics for common study metrics is available. These tools are flexible and can be adapted to meet the needs of a given study. Custom data visualizations and data explorers can be tailored to the needs of each individual study or program. Live examples, source code and documentation can be found at http://graphics.rhoworld.com.


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Install and manage AD FS proxy servers
- Setting up ADFS Step by Step – http://office365support.ca/setting-up-adfs-proxy-server-part-1/
- Install the Federation Service Proxy Role Service – https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd807096.aspx
Mock Exam Sample Questions
You can customize the Office 365 Active Directory Federation Services (AD FS) proxy login page. Items such as company logos, page title, disclaimers, and instructional text can be added or customized. You want to add a company logo to the AD FS proxy login screen. Which file will you configure? Choose the best option(s) from those listed below.
A: CommonResources.en.resx
B: DirSyncConfigShell.psc1
C: MasterPage.Master and MasterPage.Master.cs
D: Web.config
To add a company logo to the AD FS proxy login page, the web.config file is configured. To do this, the logo image should be saved in the c:\inetpub\adfs\ls\ directory as a .jpg or .png file type. You then open the c:\inetpub\adfs\ls\web.config file in Notepad. In the web.config file, locate the following text: <!- <add key="logo" value="logo.jpg" /> -> and remove the "<!- and "->". This is completed to uncomment the section. Then change the filename to match the logo you saved. Save and close the file. The login screen will now include a logo.
Correct Option(s): D: Web.config
Incorrect Option(s):
- A: CommonResources.en.resx – The CommonResources.en.resx file is used if you want to modify the example instructions or to modify the instructional text on the AD FS proxy login screen. It would not be used to add a company logo.
- B: DirSyncConfigShell.psc1 – The DirSyncConfigShell.psc1 file is used when you need to force the DirSync operation. It is not used to add a company logo to the AD FS proxy login screen.
- C: MasterPage.Master and MasterPage.Master.cs – The MasterPage.Master and MasterPage.Master.cs files are used when you want to add a disclaimer to the bottom of the ADFS proxy login screen. These files are not used to add a company logo.
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Evidence Centre Seminar: September 2018
Data from the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI) helps inform research into Not in Employment, Education, or Training (NEET) rates, as well as a study looking at the impact of the Social Workers in Schools (SWiS) programme.
Our September seminar featured two presentations; one about the disproportionately high rates of Māori and Pacific youth not in employment, education or training, and the other about the tangible impact that the Social Workers in Schools programme is having on students.
Unpacking the higher NEET rate for Māori and Pacific peoples
Eyal Apatov - a Senior Analyst within the Oranga Tamariki Evidence Centre - presented his work examining which factors can explain the persistently greater Māori and Pacific youth Not in Employment, Education, or Training (NEET) rates.
This involved combining personal, family, and geographical data from the Integrated Data Infrastructure (IDI), and a focus on youth experiencing long-term NEET spells.
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Tamara: Why do you give to L'Arche Portland?
Mark: You can invest by donating to a nonprofit and not really see up close how it makes an impact. What I love about L'Arche Portland is that I can make a financial investment, but I can also invest personally by building friendships with the core members. And that personal investment is really important to me. Everyone has the ability to help people's lives in one way or another, and I've been fortunate to be able todo so in multiple ways.
Tamara: How has your relationship with the community changed since you began supporting L'Arche?
Mark: Well, I was drawn first to the core members of the community - Ben and Adam and Joni and the others - and that's why I started giving initially. But as I've come to know L'Arche more intimately, I've also been impressed by the assistants. When I walk in the door of one of the homes and meet them, I can really see how they truly care for the core members. Their passion for being a part of their lives moves me. And it inspires me to keep supporting this work.


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"Barack Obama wants us all to simmer down about Iran. He wants Senator Bob Menendez, a fellow Democrat, and the donors he represents to butt out of the sanctions debate. He wants Republicans to quit crying wolf about Iran's nuclear weapons program. He wants the media to stop hyping terror threats. He wants the American people in the dark about the secret correspondence he's had for years with Iran's supreme leader. He wants John Boehner to be mindful of protocol. And most of all, he wants Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop questioning his accommodationist approach to Tehran.
"With the breezy confidence that is his trademark, the president has repeatedly delivered a reassuring message on Iran to the country and the world: Trust me.
"With respect, Mr. President: No." — Stephen F. Hayes, The Weekly Standard


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It's hard to believe we're already winding down another summer of Teachers Write, but the smell of number two pencils is in the air, and we know that it's almost time for you to turn your attention to your classrooms and libraries. Gae has your last Friday Feedback of the summer here. Today's a good day to take a chance and share if you haven't already. Imagine telling your students how you were nervous but decided to give it a try…
To choose the winner of our signed copy of ECHO and signed ARC of THE MARVELS, I called to my daughter in the kitchen and asked her to choose a number between 1 and 35 to go along with your comments on the contest blog post. After she hollered back, "Why am I doing this?!" (She is almost 14 and suspicious of my motivations sometimes) she called out, "Three!" That means Linda Mitchell is our winner! Linda, shoot me a message on FB with your address so I can send your books.
There's no official writing prompt today, but if you'd like to share thoughts on how your writing went this summer and how you'll bring your experiences back to the classroom, please feel free to do that in the comments, along with our end-of-camp hugs & goodbyes.
I'm having a tougher than usual time letting go of Teachers Write this summer…maybe because you've all written so bravely and been such an inspiration. So yesterday, I was thinking that we might try something new during this school year — little Teachers Write reunions from time to time. They won't happen on a schedule. They'll happen when I read something wonderful and manage to cajole the author to come visit, to share a glimpse behind the curtain and the craft behind the story and an invitation for you to try a little of that kind of writing, too. So be sure to stay connected to us on Facebook & Twitter for a little community writing here and there during the school year, too.
For now, I'll leave you with a quote from one of my childhood favorites.
"It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer. Charlotte was both." ~E.B. White, Charlotte's Web
It's been a gift writing with all of you, and like Wilbur, I am thankful. I hope you have a wonderful, wonderful rest of the summer and a spectacular, inspired start to your new school year.


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With engaging sounds, lights and toys, the Lil Play Station 3-in-1 Activity Center from Delta Children helps stimulate early mental development while building strong legs and balance skills. Easily convertible, it transforms from a rocker to a stationary activity center and walker effortlessly.
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Requires two AA batteries (not included)
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Kodak unveils the world's first OLED digital photo frame
Ultra-chic would be an underestimation for the new digital picture frame that has just been announced by Kodak at the ongoing photographic and imaging trade fair, Photokina 2008.
The Kodak frame is the first digital picture frame of its kind to use the OLED (Organic Light Emitting Diode) technology to produce stunningly exceptional picture quality. This extremely slim frame has a 7.6-inch digital panel with a resolution of 800x400 and an extensive 180-degrees viewing angle. Yep, it is wireless too and can store up to 10,000 images on its 2GB internal memory. And make that images with extraordinary crispness, color and depth which you will be eager to show off on your centerpiece.
Expect to indulge yourself sometime during Christmas 2008 at a rather immoderate $999.
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Facebook, Privacy & AlienationPosted: June 8, 2012 Filed under: Uncategorized 1 Comment
The Facebook IPO last month was more than just another chance to offer one's own "take" (although it was certainly that as well). Facebook's appearance on the stock market reframed the question of whether the social network will actually be around for a while. Will Facebook keep growing, or has it already peaked? Formerly topics of idle speculation, these questions are now bets upon which billions of dollars ride.
I suspect Facebook is closer to its peak than many realize, and I see no reason why it must stay relevant forever. One reason for my pessimism is the widespread dissatisfaction I detect among friends, people I talk to, and commentary I read on the Internet, which differs noticeably from the enthusiasm that Facebook inspired in its salad days. Of course, we all still use it, but many of us do so out of grudging necessity. To me, that suggests that someone will eventually create something better and erode Facebook's dominance.
Facebook has become more alienating since its creation and privacy is a central reason for that shift. Since Facebook is increasingly the infrastructure of social life, this development should concern us. Specifically, Facebook's privacy controls degrade the flow of information between real friends and foster a culture of solipsism.
Privacy is the great paradox of the Internet. Most people won't participate in something like Facebook without some control over the privacy of what they share, yet the Internet itself is built for the unfettered spread of content. Information wants to be free, which means it also wants to be shared. Privacy settings go against the grain of the Internet. This is most obvious on Twitter, where the crude privacy setting that is available—the locked account—seems pointless when actually used.
Mark Zuckerberg is smart enough to understand that Facebook needs a sophisticated menu of privacy settings that will satisfy even the most nuanced specifications. Control of privacy makes people feel comfortable joining Facebook who would otherwise find it sketchy, and more importantly, it makes them feel comfortable sharing information freely once they join. Facebook needs to grow, especially now that it's a public company, but Zuckerberg himself has said that privacy is becoming obsolete. Right now, he's just humoring us until we catch up to the future.
Facebook's advanced privacy comes at a cost that is likely invisible to many Facebook users: When you look at a friend's Facebook profile, you never know which version you're seeing. It's possible to adjust one's account so that distinct groups and even specific people cannot see certain aspects of a profile; consequently, you never know what's hidden when you look at the profile of a friend or stranger. If you're on Facebook, the only definitive version of a profile is your own, and everyone but yourself has to guess how much you're showing them. Twitter's simplistic approach to privacy, by contrast, leaves no question about what you're missing. You either see everything or nothing.
In information theory, the most important aspect of a communication channel is the likelihood that the message received matches the message sent. On Facebook, the illegibility of other people's privacy settings introduces a mismatch: As you browse a friend's profile, you're never quite sure what message the friend "sent" or how much information the privacy settings filtered out. It may not have been much, but you don't know. The ability to precisely control who sees what on a network that supposedly represents your social life is a significant departure from how we interact in the "real world," and to me, it's one of Facebook's most alienating features. When each of us gets a slightly different version of reality, why should we believe that we all inhabit the same one?
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The 360 Degree Leader Developing Your Influence from Anywhere in the Organization
By John C. Maxwell
How do I apply leadership principles if I'm not the boss? It's a valid question that Maxwell answers in The 360 Degree Leader.
Maxwell has five sections within the book:
- The Myths of Leading from the Middle of an Organization
- The Challenges 360-Degree Leaders Face
- The Principles 360-Degree Leaders Practice to Lead Up
- The Principles 360-Degree Leaders Practice to Lead Across
- The Principles 360-Degree Leaders Practice to Lead Down
Overall this is a very interesting book and I recommend it to others.
I received this book free from Thomas Nelson Publishers as part of theirBookSneeze.com book review bloggers program. I was not required to write a positive review. The opinions I have expressed are my own. I am disclosing this in accordance with the Federal Trade Commission's 16 CFR, Part 255: "Guides Concerning the Use of Endorsements and Testimonials in Advertising."


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State Tax on Indian Cigarettes Changes Today
While state officials continue talks over a gambling compact with the Seminole Indian Tribe of Florida, another, less public series of negotiations may soon begin on another activity; smoking.
On Wednesday, a blanket state tax exemption for cigarettes sold to Indian tribes was replaced by a more complex matrix of fees. The provision is part of a larger $1 surcharge on all cigarettes sold in the state, an effort by lawmakers expected to raise more than $900 million a year.
The new law still allows tribal members to purchase cigarettes at reservation retailers without paying the $1 tax. In theory, non-Indians purchasing cigarettes at reservation shops must pay the tax – an attempt to deal with concerns that raising the cigarette tax would simply drive smokers to buy their smokes from tribal retailers. Enforcement may be tricky.
Each tribe will be allotted coupons for tax-free cigarettes based on its size. The law allows each member to receive five packs per day, or 182 cartons of cigarettes over the course of a year. With 3,500 members, the Seminole Tribe, for example, would receive coupons for 6.4 million packs, or 1.27 billion cigarettes.
About 26 million packs of cigarettes are sold each year at stores on the Seminole and Miccosukee reservations, according to the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, which is charged with regulating cigarette sales. Because tribes are sovereign nations, the state can't stop them from selling cigarettes or force them the tax.
The plan, therefore, targets wholesalers, who would collect coupons from tribal retailers in lieu of the tax. Wholesalers would turn in the coupons to state regulators along with information matching tribal sales. Wholesalers would not be reimbursed by the state for cigarettes sold in excess of the tribal allotment. That is, if the tribe sold more cigarettes than the government thinks it would sell just to its own members then the wholesaler is going to be on the hook for tax on cigarettes presumably sold to non-Indians.
"We're not going to be looking at individual sales," said Jenn Meale, DBPR spokeswoman. "We'll be focusing on the allotments."
The law allows the state to enter into agreements with the tribes over cigarette revenue, a provision that would supersede legislation that went into effect Wednesday.
"The Seminole Tribe has moved ahead to charge the sales tax," said Gary Bitner, a spokesman for the tribe. "It's also studying its options for the future."


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The Magic City Classic Celebrates 75 Years of Rich Culture and Tradition!
For 75 years a historic football matchup between Alabama A&M and Alabama State universities has taken center stage in Birmingham. This historic game is the longest continuous rivalry in the state of Alabama. History shows that the first game between the two schools was played in 1924. This uninterrupted, annual tradition first began in 1945 and has been played at Legion Field in Birmingham, Alabama since 1946. The classic is noted for being the largest HBCU event in the nation, consistently attracting over a quarter of a million fans and participants resulting in economic impact revenue of nearly $20 million.
Entertainment is the name of the game with any Magic City Classic event and this week's festivities of comedy shows, pep-rally's, alumni gatherings and receptions and block parties flow into Saturday's main event highlighting a near century old staple of traditions. Kicking off with an early morning parade, celebrity ambassador Grammy Award winning rap artist Ludacris will boast the true Magic City Classic team spirit followed by countless tailgating and later with standout performances by the Mighty Marching Hornets and Marching Maroon and White. This year's celebrity appearances will be Rickey Smiley, Hip Hop star Young Joc, Singer and Actress Melba Moore, WBC Heavyweight Champion Deontay Wilder and Radio Host Tom Joyner. District 6 Councilor Sheila Tyson says she couldn't be more proud to see such a huge event taking place in her district. She along with some many others is counting down to see the long-awaited matchup between the Hornets and the Bulldogs.
"This is not just a huge game for all of the fans, but it's really an experience that both residents and fans enjoy," Councilor Tyson said. "Each year this game gets bigger and bigger, and this year we are celebrating 75 years of good ole-fashioned fun! This game is a huge economic factor for the City of Birmingham, and my colleagues and I are looking forward to welcoming all of the fans who converge on our great city for this historic game."
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Award Presentations - ACHS Annual Council Meeting 2013
A Tribute to Dr. Thomas Petry
Thomas M. Petry was initiated into Chi Epsilon while he was a undergraduate student at the University of Missouri at Rolla (UMR) in Dec 1966. UMR is the 35th chapter of Chi Epsilon, installed in 1950. There are currently over 133 chapters across the nation. He received his BS from UMR in 1967, his MS from the University of Missouri-Columbia in1968, and his PhD from Oklahoma State University in 1974. Dr. Petry taught at the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) from 1974 to 1995. He received Chi Epsilon's James M. Robbins "Excellence in Teaching" award in 1988 and served as the UTA chapter's faculty advisor from 1988-1995.
Returning to his alma mater, UMR, in 1995, he became the CE Department chairman. The UMR chapter elevated Tom to Chapter Honor Member status in 1995 in recognition of someone who "has attained a degree of eminence in the profession, and who exhibited experience and ability worthy of emulation by young civil engineers." Tom's area of eminence is Geotechnical Engineering. He is a member of Tau Beta Pi and Sigma Xi, as well as a Life Member of ASCE. He is a Diplomat of the Academy of Geo-Professionals and is a Registered Professional Engineer in Texas and Missouri.
Tom was elected to serve as the Councillor to Chi Epsilon's Central District in 2000. He was elected to serve as Chi Epsilon's National Secretary Treasurer at Chi Epsilon's Biannual Conclave, held in March 2006 at UMR. After retiring as Emeritus Professor at UMR in 2007, he relocated to Grandbury, Texas, coincidentally within a 1 hour drive south of UTA, the location of Chi Epsilon's National Office.
I have known Tom for the past 11 years as a fellow member (Pacific District Councillor) of Chi Epsilon's National Council. Having served as National Marshal, Vice-President, and currently President, I have worked closely with Tom and it has been indeed been a privilege. I wish him all the best in the future now that he has chosen to retire AGAIN!!!
Randy Akiona
National Chi Epsilon President and FRIEND OF TOM PETRY
Award Presentation — Angelo J. Perna, Omega Chi Epsilon
Omega Chi Epsilon gratefully acknowledges the dedicated service of Angelo J. Perna to the chemical engineering honor society over the past four decades. He has served continuously as faculty advisor to Eta Chapter at the New Jersey Institute of Technology since 1968.
Moreover he has served the national organization for almost 40 years starting with his election as National Vice President in 1974. Angie served for four years in this capacity and followed up as National President over the next four years. He served again as National President from 1992 to 1996.
He has participated in nearly every OXE annual meeting since the seventies and has served as our ACHS Representative since 1974. Angie served as President of ACHS in 1987-89. He has also been an active member of the OXE Executive committee since completing his second term as President in 1996.
Award Presentations - ACHS Annual Council Meeting 2012
Award Presentation — Dennis M. Organ, Alpha Chi
I have known Dr. Dennis Organ as long as I have been serving on the National Council of Alpha Chi, beginning in 1988. At that time Dennis was not Executive Director but rather was Alpha Chi's editor of publications and did a magnificent job. Dennis was also a member of Alpha Chi as an undergrad before serving later as a chapter sponsor for the Harding University chapter of Alpha Chi. When Dr. Joe Pryor retired from the position of Executive Director, Dennis was chosen by the National Council of Alpha Chi to fill the office of Executive Director beginning in January 1994. He continued working half-time for Harding University's English department. He is now retiring by his own choice. Otherwise, the Council would have been most pleased for him to continue until "Kingdom Come!" That says something marvelous concerning his commitment to Alpha Chi and to his standard of excellence in serving Alpha Chi as Executive Director.
I have come to know Dennis on a more personal level during the eight years I served as president of the National Council. And what I will say about Dennis from this perspective is much more important than what I emphatically say about his much more than competent, yea, rather excellent performance as Executive Director. I have come to know something of Dennis' heart and character. His heart is first and foremost given to Jesus Christ, then to family, then to people, and then to Alpha Chi. He will be most embarrassed to hear what I am saying, but it is true. True humility is unrecognized as being possessed by those who possess this attribute.
Dennis will be sorely missed by Alpha Chi. Yes, we are in the process of searching for a new Executive Director, and we will surely find an excellent person, but that person will never replace Dennis Organ. He is one of a kind as I know all those associated with ACHS already clearly know.
Clark R. Youngblood, Ph.D.
Member-At-Large, National Council of Alpha Chi
President of National Council of Alpha Chi, 2003-2011
Award Presentation — Thomas J. Sweeney, Chi Sigma Iota
Dr. Tom Sweeney was the founding President and has been the Executive Director of Chi Sigma Iota Counseling Academic and Professional Honor Society International (CSI) since 1985. Founded at Ohio University, CSI continues to grow in number and status. It is the third largest active membership organization within the counseling profession (N = 278 chapters, 80,000 initiated members and 15,000 annual memberships). Its membership includes many of the most prestigious scholars and leaders in the profession.
Contributing over $750,000 to support of its chapters' services as co-curricular partners in counselor education, visiting teams and the Council for the Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) credits CSI chapters with helping their counselor education programs to meet national accreditation standards. Leadership development, advocacy, and the promotion of excellence in preparation and practice are values shared with its ACHS partners.
An active supporter of ACHS even before CSI's admission to membership, Tom served on its board, chaired committees and helped to encourage policies that supported guidelines for chartering new chapters and protection for trademark rights of all societies.
Award Presentation — Pamela Park, Pi Delta Phi
This award expresses profound thanks to Dr. Pamela Park for her service as Executive Director of Pi Delta Phi from 2005-2011. Dr. Park worked very hard to help promote the Society and to streamline many of the day-to-day duties of the office of Executive Director by, for example, introducing the ability for chapter moderators to order new memberships, replacement banners and pins, and other materials online, as well as the option for moderators to use to pay for their orders using a new online database.
The introduction of the database means more accurate records, quicker turn around times for orders, and offers the ability for moderators to view and to update their chapter lists. Prior to her appointment as Executive Director by President Dr. Paul Wood, Dr. Park serviced as the West Vice President from 1997-2005 and is continuing to serve in that role. Some members of ACHS already know that Dr. Beverly J. Evans, Associate Professor of French at the State University of New York at Geneseo, and former Northeast Vice President, is the new Executive Director of Pi Delta Phi, and Dr. Evans officially began that position on Sept. 1.
Award Presentation — Nancy McManus, Pi Sigma Alpha
Nancy McManus is retiring from her position as office administrator for Pi Sigma Alpha, effective August 31, 2012.
Nancy started working at Pi Sigma Alpha in 1991. In her twenty-one years of service, Nancy has left an indelible mark on our honor society by overseeing the greatest expansion in the number of chapters, programs, and services in Pi Sigma Alpha's ninety-one year history.
Nancy's many qualities are obvious to all with whom she works. She is the epitome of professionalism: accepting all responsibilities eagerly, offering sage advice whenever needed, completing each assignment with unfailing competence and thoroughness, and extending respect to all.
Nancy's administrative talents know no limits. As the number of Pi Sigma Alpha chapters, programs, and services grew, Nancy added the new workload to her normal routine without missing a beat or losing her smile. Not only could she successfully juggle dozens of administrative balls simultaneously, but she always made it look easy, as well.
In addition, Nancy was a constant source of new ideas about operations, programs, and services. If she wasn't suggesting something new, she was suggesting ways to do things better.
I know the Association of College Honor Societies recognized, appreciated, and benefited from Nancy's considerable talents.
Nancy will be deeply missed and impossible to replace. Her skills, qualities, commitment, and enthusiasm transformed an honor society bordering on irrelevancy into a thriving and vibrant organization that is making a difference in over 750 chapters nationwide.
On behalf of everyone associated with Pi Sigma Alpha --- from its student members and faculty advisors to its council members and national officers --- I want to thank Nancy for her dedicated service and invaluable contributions to Pi Sigma Alpha and wish her much happiness as she enters the next stage of her life.
Jim Lengle
National Executive Director
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Inspectors from the ministry will collaborate with the Viet Nam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) and the Viet Nam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) in managing the campaign.
The campaign aims to promote compliance with labour regulations and criteria on working conditions, health and safety in order to reduce labour accidents.
It also aims to improve the knowledge of managers and labourers about labour inspections at central and local levels, as well as to expand the sphere of the labour inspectors' influence on the application of labour regulations at enterprises and construction sites.
The target groups of the campaign are construction sites and enterprises that are responsible for the constructions.
Two phases of the campaign will cover communication and inspection at enterprises.
In the communication phase, informative events and seminars will be organised in four cities and provinces across the country. Flyers, posters, notebooks and other materials to raise awareness will also be distributed amongst employers and labourers. Mass communication channels will also be utilised.
The inspection phase will focus on examining the workplace conditions and compliance with general regulations on labour health and safety at construction sites.
Inspectors from the labour ministry will directly participate in the inspection in some local areas, in accordance with the approved annual inspection plan.
The campaign is part of a project to promote compliance with workplace regulations through labour inspections, to be implemented by the labour ministry and the International Labour Organisation in Viet Nam.
The construction sector is reportedly one of the fastest growing sectors in Viet Nam, which has seen the highest number of labour accidents in the recent years.
In the first two months of this year, the number of construction accidents accounted for more than 30 per cent of the total labour accidents, and the number of deaths account for nearly 40 per cent of the total labour deaths.
A pilot labour inspection campaign was executed last year in the textile sector in 12 cities and provinces. It discovered nearly 1,800 violations of salary and labour safety regulations in more than 150 textile enterprises.
The inspectors recorded 19 enterprises as violating labour regulations, and imposed fines amounting to nearly VND600 million (US$26,890). — VNS


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Would you like a side of anaphylaxis with your burger? How about nausea, stomach cramps, indigestion, vomiting, diarrhea, congestion, sneezing, headaches or asthma?
Such is the possibility if you have been nibbled upon by a Lone Star tick because a single bite can cause "alpha-gal allergic reaction," according to a 2012 study presented at the Annual Scientific Meeting of the American College of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology (ACAAI).
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Following a tick bite, antibodies to alpha-gal in the tick's saliva are produced in the person's blood. Since alpha-gal is also found in meat, once bitten, a person's immune system can trigger the release of histamine in response to the presence of the substance, causing an allergic reaction ranging from mild to severe. Some people also have an allergic response to dairy products.
"Blood levels of antibodies for alpha-gal in the human body can rise after a single bite from the Lone Star tick," said allergist Stanley Fineman, M.D., ACAAI president. "This can result in allergic symptoms which are usually delayed after meat ingestion and may present as mild hives but may also be a severe, potentially deadly reaction known as anaphylaxis."
According to the study, positive alpha-gal rates are 32 percent higher in the central and southern regions of the United States, which is Lone Star tick territory. But researchers also found surprisingly high positive rates in the north-central and west regions of the country, places where the Lone Star tick doesn't reside.
"These findings suggest that other species of ticks, or possibly human factors, may play a role in allergic reactions to alpha-gal," said Fineman. "Patients with delayed allergic reactions after eating meats should see an allergist to determine if it is an alpha-gal allergy. The best treatment is strict avoidance of meat."
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There were only a few known cases of the allergy about a decade ago when it was first identified, according to Dr. Scott Commins, an allergist and associate professor of medicine at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, who was one of the first physicians to identify the allergy in patients with tick bites.
Numbers have risen sharply since then.
"We're confident the number is over 5,000 [cases], and that's in the U.S. alone," Commins tells NPR. There are even cases in other parts of the world, including Sweden, Germany and Australia, that are likely associated with other species of ticks.
Commins says that as the Lone Star tick has move beyond the Southeast, there have been case of alpha gal meat allergies farther north, including Maine, Minnesota and New York.
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ESPN analyst and former NFL quarterback Ron Jaworski made headlines this week when he suggested that third-year San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick — who has only seven career regular-season starts to his name — "could be one of the greatest quarterbacks ever."
That, of course, is a ridiculously lofty statement. Kaepernick had a fantastic season after taking over for Alex Smith, leading the Niners to the Super Bowl and emerging as an incredibly hard to stop dual threat. However, the sample size is small. Kaepernick might have top-tier speed and a rocket arm, but there's a reason why 35 men were drafted ahead of him in 2011.
Let's see how Kaepernick handles the fact that defenses will now be preparing for him. We've seen many quarterbacks dominate in short early-career spurts before being solved, so Jaworski is really going out on a limb.
On the bright side, Kaepernick's got a lot of support. Anquan Boldin joins a solid receiving corps and the Niners have one of the best running games in the league with Frank Gore leading the way. The offensive line is jacked, the defense is stacked and head coach Jim Harbaugh is a quarterback guru.
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Well firstly it's his simplicity. Grug has only a few words on each page; it avoids needless descriptions, and allows the illustrations to fill the story. Grug very briefly touches upon its subjects, and it is the lack of filling that makes Grug a great book for little ones. In the first book where Grug develops from the fallen top of a Burrawang tree, Grug goes in search of a home. The story touches upon different environments as he searches, and eventually finds a deserted burrow at the top of a grassy hill. Grug works hard to make it his own comfy abode. He doesn't even forget to build a letter box.
The Grug Box Set includes a CD with Ted Prior reading Grug, and listening to Ted read his own story with the incorporation of the sound effects is lovely. My 2 year old daughter loves to listen to it, book in hand, turning the pages as she goes. The CD is repeated many times, and we both know it by heart and will often recite it without book or CD to assist.
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The toy is also very well loved of course. If anyone ever asks "What is that?" My daughter replies as if it is obvious "It's Grug". Silly adults, how could you not know?
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New Year at Eastwood City
My little brother would describe Eastwood as our 2nd abode. :-) Practically eaten in every food establishment given its proximity to our house. Eastwood has the lazyboy cinema, bowling billiard dart center, loads of shopping and feasting. I had the chance to watch several concerts here as well. (Mandy Moore, Chris Daughtry) During the start of the year when we're in town we would always make sure we head over just to be part of the festivity, witness the grand fireworks display, and feel all pumped up for the year ahead!
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The emphasis of the Pre-K and Kindercare programs is the continued development of social and emotional skills though the use of inquiry based learning. Children are supported as they engage in cooperative play and develop friendship skills. Building a sense of community is an important aspect of our program.
Activities are chosen based on the expressed interests of children and are used to support children in articulating their wonderings. Most important children are taught to answer their own questions! Using play as a teaching tool, children develop skills in language, math and science. Gross and fine motor skills are put into practice, music and movement is experienced and relationships are developed.
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Over snack one child mentions to the children at his table that he likes French fries, another child shares that his mom is silly because she says French fries are made from potatoes. Now the great debate starts! The teacher in the classroom takes out a large piece of paper and starts writing down the children's ideas and questions about French fries: Are they really potatoes? How come they can be different shapes? Why doesn't my mom cook them in a basket like at McDonalds? Why are some orange?
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Date: 29/10/2014
The New South Wales Local Land Service has commissioned a scoping study to assess whether native foods businesses could be viable, in which a team of environmental consultants is conducting a desktop study into the native foods industry. They did so because the consumption of native bush foods has grown steadily over recent years; bush tucker recipes are abound and products from lemon myrtle to quandong jam being snapped up in Australia and overseas. By narrowing down to which species that would be best suited to the region, the team will assess whether there is a business case for developing the crops for these herbs, foods and spices. The study is expected to be completed by October 2014.
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The Mo (slang for moustache) and November come together each year for Movember. It raises funds for The Prostate Cancer Charity (TPCC) and this year the whole CVM staff team are joining in. If you'd like to make a donation to our team, click here.
If you've not heard of Movember, here's what it's all about (from the Movember website):
"Movember challenges men to change their appearance and the face of men's health by growing a moustache. The rules are simple, start Movember 1st clean shaven and then grow a moustache for the entire month. The moustache becomes the ribbon for men's health, the means by which awareness and funds are raised for cancers that affect men. Much like the commitment to run or walk for charity, the men of Movember commit to growing a moustache for 30 days.
The idea for Movember was sparked in 2003 over a few beers in Melbourne, Australia. The plan was simple – to bring the moustache back as a bit of a joke and do something for men's health. No money was raised in 2003, but the guys behind the Mo realised the potential a moustache had in generating conversations about men's health. Inspired by the women around them and all they had done for breast cancer, the Mo Bros set themselves on a course to create a global men's health movement.
In 2004 the campaign evolved and focused on raising awareness and funds for the number one cancer affecting men – prostate cancer. 432 Mo Bros joined the movement that year, raising $55,000 for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia – representing the single largest donation they had ever received.
The Movember moustache has grown year on year since then, expanding to the UK, US, Canada, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, South Africa, The Netherlands and Finland.
In 2009, global participation of Mo Bros and Mo Sistas climbed to 255,755, with over one million donors raising £26 Million (GBP equivalent) for Movember's global beneficiary partners.
The funds raised through Movember's UK campaign benefit the The Prostate Cancer Charity (TPCC), the UK's leading prostate cancer charity.
The money raised as a result of Movember is channelled by our men's health partner into a number of world class and innovative education, support, research and awareness initiatives.
The success of Movember can be directly attributed to the more than 627,000 Mo Bros and Mo Sistas who have supported our cause since 2003. Movember is sincerely grateful for their efforts and appreciate all they do.
For those of you new to Movember, we challenge you to join us in changing the face of men's health."


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Paganistan: Notes from the Secret Commonwealth
In Which One Midwest Man-in-Black Confers, Converses & Otherwise Hob-Nobs with his Fellow Hob-Men (& -Women) Concerning the Sundry Ways of the Famed but Ill-Starred Tribe of Witches.
Long, Boring Linguistic Digression: On Suffering Witches to Live
I don't speak Biblical Hebrew—no one does any more—but I can read it, and I do speak Israeli Hebrew, which is based on the language of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible). Here's what I can tell you about Exodus 22:18, that much-vexed Biblical passage about suffering a witch to live.
Like most ancient languages, ancient Hebrew had lots of words for "magic." (Interestingly, the ancients rarely, if ever, had a generic term—like "magic"—to cover them all; apparently they didn't perceive them as belonging to the same category.) In Hebrew, one kind of magic is késhef (kaf-shin-fe, for those of you with a reading knowledge of the alef-beit); a woman who practices keshef magic is a mkhashefá, which in the KJV is rendered "witch." Unfortunately, at this remove of time we simply don't know what made keshef distinctive from other forms of magic. To read it as herb-craft is nothing but a guess, or at best a back-reading from Septuagint Greek pharmakos and Vulgate Latin venefica.
Since a standard definition of "witch" in English is "a woman who practices magic," personally I would say that rendering mkhashefa as "witch" is actually a pretty fair translation. Why it should surprise anyone that the Tanakh is anti-magic (or anti-witch, by any definition) is what puzzles me.
Re. keshef: Philologist Ernest Klein lists Akkadian kushshupu (which he translates as "to practice sorcery") and kashshapu ("sorcerer") as cognates of the Hebrew term, so clearly the root of the word has something to do with magic. (Historians of the word "witch" will be feeling a sense of déjà-vu right about now.) It's not connected with the root for "whisper" (lamed-het-shin); lákhash is a different kind of magic (one could translate "charm" or "incantation," maybe). I should mention that in Modern Hebrew mkhashefa is a witch pure and simple, pointy black hat and all. Of the Israeli Wiccans in my acquaintance, some use the word, some don't. (BtW, you should hear the "Charge of the Goddess" in Hebrew. Amazing.)
It's interesting that by the time of the Talmud (roughly the 2nd-3rd centuries CE), the rabbis apparently no longer knew what specific kind of magic keshef was. Their discussions of Exodus 22:18 focus on two things. The first is: Why is mkhashefa feminine here? (Most laws are phrased in the generic masculine; one would expect the masculine kasháf instead.) Was keshef a form of magic practiced only (or largely) by women, or is it just that women are more prone to using magic?
The second was the verb, the "suffer to live" part. In Hebrew, a notoriously compact language, the entire phrase is a terse three words: Mkhashefá lo tkhayé (mem-khaf-shin-fe-he lamed-alef tav-het-yod-he). Lo is "no, not." The root of the verb, which is second person masculine singular, is the root meaning "to live", but in the "causative" conjugation. So the literal meaning is: "Do not cause a mkhashefa to live." What the rabbis couldn't decide (both opinions, typically, are preserved in the Talmud) was whether this meant that you should kill her outright or just not help her make a living, i.e. don't patronize her.
For me, I'm with the rabbis here. In my experience, it's never a good idea to patronize a witch.
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Thanks for that discussion. In these days when the Catholics have a new pope who is parading Satan and exorcism, and Islam is taking girls, we need to continue being aware that there are large numbers who believe killing witches is their religious duty. They aren't troubled by linguistic niceties.
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Qin Junjie and Yang Zi's adorable response to breakup rumors
posted by Anne J on May 29, 2018 5 comments
Gossip can often get out of hand when not properly addressed especially when involving celebrities. Qin Junjie and Yang Zi who have been dating since 2016 are very sweet in the public eye, but even they have been the subject of breakup rumors as of late. The two have been quick to tamp down rumors through a simple comment on social media.
On May 10, a netizen wrote on her weibo, "Qin Junjie and Yang Zi cannot breakup, they're such a likeable pair." This week both Qin Junjie and Yang Zi assured the concerned fan not to worry and that they won't.
Comment 1 (Qin Junjie): It won't, don't worry!
Comment 2 (Original poster): Ah Ah Ah, thank you
Comment 3 (Original poster): Response to @(commenter) Watch Battle of Chang Sha
Comment 4 (Yang Zi): It won't, don't worry.
Comment 5 (Original poster): Love you both too much, add oil, add oil!
Labels: C-News , Celeb Romances , Celebrities , Qin Junjie , Yang Zi
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Maybe provide a translation for the chinese messages. I can read the simple characters so I can more or less understand the chinese messages without any translation.ReplyDelete
Thanks for the translation! That's cute! How exciting for the fan. She must have freaked out seeing their responses. What does "add oil" mean?ReplyDeleteReplies
- AnonymousMay 29, 2018 at 9:42 PM
That's basically the translation of the "jiayou" but it's used as a way to encourage, show support or to cheer someone on.Delete
@Anonymous: Thanks for explaining. The funny thing is I know what "jiayou" means from drama watching but I didn't realise it literally translates to "add oil" lol!Delete


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In class last week we began discussing Aristotle's Metaphysics and the debate between Aristotle and Plato. For Aristotle, it is basically what he calls "primary substances" that are really real. Primary substances are basically what we call things. Persons are primary substances, as are rocks, trees, gods, stars, etc. Anything that is an individual is a primary substance. Aristotle says 1) that a primary substance is that which exists in and through itself, and 2) that every primary substance is a subject of predication that is not itself predicated of anything else. Thus, for example, we say of Joe that he has brown hair, but we don't say Joe (the person, not the name) of anything else. Joe exists in his own right. What Aristotle refers to as "secondary substances" exist only in primary substances. These secondary substances are basically anything of the order of a predicate. Colors are secondary substances, as is "human", as are shapes, as is justice. These are all things that can only exist in objects.
For Plato, by contrast, what is really real are not individual things, but rather patterns (what he calls the "forms"). Thus, for example, justice is not merely a predicate of just acts, just persons, just institutions, etc., but rather is itself an entity that exists in its own right independent of all these things. Perhaps this is best thought in terms of The Matrix (yeah, I know, you're all groaning… "not another Matrix reference by a philosopher!"). When you're in the matrix you experience a world populated by objects. You're eating this steak, talking to that person, hold that phone, driving that car, etc. In reality, however, all of these entities are expressions of a more fundamental reality: the computer code composed of zeros and ones. These zeros and ones are true reality. The entities that we encounter are just expressions of that more fundamental reality.
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At the end of the day, one is really a Platonist or an Aristotlean. This is not to say that you hold to their particular philosophies avant le lettre, but rather that you either hold that the world is composed of individual entities or that patterns are the fundamental reality. There are lots of variations in between and many have worked out various orientations of these philosophies. This might seem to be a minor academic issue, but where you fall makes a real difference. For Plato, for example, what we really desire is not the beautiful person but beauty itself (the form or the pattern of beauty as such). As a consequence, my desire for the beautiful person, painting, etc., is pure folly. All of these things are pale copies of the form of beauty itself. In the political realm, of course, this will mean that what we desire is justice itself, not just institutions, persons, laws, actions, and so on and so forth. In Aristotle, by contrast, the situation is just the opposite. It is beautiful persons, paintings, novels, flowers, etc., that we desire precisely because beauty is a predicate and not an entity in its own right. Likewise with justice.
At any rate, when teaching Aristotle's critique of Plato, I teach it in terms of reification. In a nutshell, Aristotle argues that Plato is guilty of reifying predicates. Reification is that operation whereby someone treats something that is not an object as if it were an object. Thus, for example, a couple years ago South Park had a great episode about the financial downturn, where the citizens of South Park reified the economy. When the economic downturn took place, they concluded that they had angered the economy. If times were to look good again, they reasoned, they would have to show their devotion to the economy. To do this they decided to sacrifice all of their spending habits, adopting an ascetic life, so as please the economy. Here's a clip that gives a sense of the episode:
The full episode can be found here. The joke, of course, is that they are the economy. The economy is not an entity over and above their actions, but rather is those actions themselves. If they elect not to spend, they will "anger" the economy all the more as no money will circulate making things worse. Such is the nature of reification. In the case of Plato, the reification is different. The problem with Plato– if there is one –is that he treats predicates, adjectives, as if they were entities in their own right. But I'll set this aside here.
Now as I gave this lecture I began to get a sense of just why people get worked up when all of us object-oriented ontologists talk about objects. The worry, I suspect, is that we risk reifying all sorts of things, personifying them in the way that the citizens of South Park reify the economy. I share these concerns. However, for me this gets to the fundamental point. When I speak of any object, I am not speaking of a sodden clod that just sits there doing nothing. Rather, my objects are processes, dynamic systems, or networks populated by all sorts of processes. Economy (or better yet, economies) are not entities over and above the transactions that take place within them. They are these activities. However, these activities are irreducible are also irreducible to the entities that participate in the activities within them. It is the assemblage, the organization, the pattern that characterizes these activities that constitutes the being of the object. Yet without these ongoing processes, the object would be nothing. This is no less true of stones, stars, trees, organisms, and so on than it is of economies. In a way, every object is a bit of a vampire. Each object perpetually draws inputs from other objects to sustain itself, even while being independent of these other objects. Economy can't exist without economic transactions of a variety of sorts. But it is rather indifferent– horrifically –to those entities making the economic transactions. Likewise with the way in which a body draws on the outputs of the cells that compose it. There's lot more to say here, but I have to leave off for the moment to go make dinner.


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I am honored to have been asked to give a talk at two local camera clubs. The first, on Thursday, March 20, is for the Millbrae Camera Club. The program begins at 7 pm in Room A at the Millbrae Library, which is located at 1 Library Avenue, Millbrae, CA 94030
The second talk is at 7pm on Thursday, March 27 in Pleasant Hill at the Winslow Center for the Contra Costa Camera Club (see the flyer below).
At both, I will be presenting and discussing my work as a street and travel photographer.


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Dear Dave,
Do you believe the adult child of a senior citizen, who is physically and mentally healthy but has neglected to plan for retirement, should be burdened with providing financial assistance to that parent?
� Robbie
Dear Robbie,
Based on the wording in your question, I can only believe you don�t think the adult child should be "burdened" to provide this assistance. My guess is you�re talking about one of your own parents. I understand that you might be aggravated with a parent who has been irresponsible with their money. But in my mind, there�s a bigger question. How big is the burden?
I talked to a guy recently who was making $1.5 million a year. He was questioning whether he should help his dad � an older man in poor health, who didn�t handle his money well � by giving him $1,000 a month. There�s no question you give that guy money. You�re making millions, but you don�t want to help your sick dad? Come on. But if you bring home $2,000 a month, and your family is barely getting by, you�re not morally required to financially take care of a parent who was irresponsible with their money.
It�s all relative. Do you have the money? Can you provide this help without placing an undue burden on yourself and your family? If the answer is yes, you may be asking more about your own aggravation than any sort of moral obligation.
But no, you�re not morally obligated to destroy your own life, or your family, to take care of a relative who didn�t take care of themselves financially.
Separate emergency fund?
Dear Dave,
I�ve going to be debt-free with a full emergency fund in pace by the end of the year. I�m going to get a dog after that, but I wanted to make sure I did it the right way and was in good financial shape before making that move. Is a separate emergency fund for pets a good idea?
� Scott
Dear Scott,
My wife and I love animals. We�ve had a least one dog the whole time we�ve been married. Still, I think a full emergency fund of three to six months of expenses will cover you and your pet.
You go through some expense as a pet owner, along with happy, wonderful times and heartbreaking things, too. We lost our golden retriever recently, and I can tell you that was really hard on everyone. You love them like they�re family, but you still have to use common sense sometimes, and remember that they�re animals and not human beings. Part of that includes spending reasonable amounts of money on them � and in some unfortunate cases � doing things with the animal�s best interest, not our own desires, in mind.
What is a reasonable amount? That depends on how stable you are financially. It�s really a ratio question of expense to means. But no, I wouldn�t recommend a second emergency fund just for pets.
� Dave
� Dave Ramsey is CEO of Ramsey Solutions. He has authored seven best-selling books, including "The Total Money Makeover." "The Dave Ramsey Show" is heard by more than 14 million listeners each week on 585 radio stations and multiple digital platforms. Follow Dave on the web at daveramsey.com and on Twitter at @DaveRamsey.


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Happy New Year! If you made a new years resolution to eat healthier, or just want to make a really good-for-you dish. I recommend the following.
I've finished reading My Father's Daughter and certain recipes have been haunting me. I decided to make one of them last night: Green Rice. We used it as a side dish, but I would happily make a meal out of it if I were just cooking for myself.
Brown rice, scallions and kale take center stage with some added garlic for sautéing and soy sauce for drizzling. The key is steaming the kale and cutting the leaves into little ribbons.
This rice dish is so good and good for you! Kale is a super food. It is rich in vitamins. Brown rice trumps white rice. It has so much more nutritional value than white rice. I think of it like white bread versus a hearty wheat bread. One is clearly the smarter choice.
And remember those leeks we had in our garage? I tossed those in last night as well. There's definitely room to get creative with this, which is great. (I thought about adding some edamame in there for a really nutrient-packed punch!) I warmed up leftovers for lunch today and I added some grated Parmesan on top. Playing with food is so much fun!
I'll add that my mother was highly skeptical of this dish, but upon tasting changed her mind. She has been talking about it all day. She wants me to make it again this week. Just sayin', you may convert some skeptics with this one.
We served it up with scallops and salad for a delightful meal.