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The fall-out between Akwa Ibom State governor, Godswill Akpabio, and his close political associate, Umana Okon Umana, though resolved on the surface, may rear its ugly head again in the run-up to the 2015 general elections. Remi Adelowo reports
Until the unexpected sack (or resignation) of Umana Okon Umana as the Secretary to Akwa Ibom State Government, a few weeks ago, his relationship with the state governor, Godswill Akpabio, could be described as near-perfect.
This was quite understandable. Both men had struck a bond over 14 years ago while serving as commissioners in the administration of ex-Governor Victor Obong Attah, who ruled the state from 1999 to 2007.
The relationship moved on to another level following Akpabio's election as Attah's successor in 2007.
Umana was one of the few aides of Attah who stood by Akpabio in the acrimonious battle for the governorship ticket of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).
While Attah allegedly favoured his son-in-law, Dr. Udoma Bob Ekarika, who served as the Commissioner for Health, to succeed him, other stakeholders, including Umana, threw their weight behind Akpabio.
No one gave Akpabio any chance in the 2007 PDP governorship primaries. But banking on the support of powerful forces both within and outside the state, particularly in the Presidency, Akpabio coasted to victory beating over 20 aspirants to the exalted seat.
As compensation for his role in Akpabio's emergence as governor, Umana was appointed as SSG, a position he held until recently when he unexpectedly threw in the towel.
So unceremonious was Umana's exit from the cabinet that he was reportedly locked out of his office by security operatives, who allegedly acted on the governor's directive.
The ugly episode occurred less than 48hours after Umana formally announced his intention to contest the 2015 governorship election. His statement, which did not come as a surprise to stakeholders in the politics of the state, however, did not go down well with his boss, who was then on a trip outside the country.
Before he formally declared his governorship ambition a few weeks ago, Umana had, in the last one year, kept sealed lips on this issue, preferring his supporters to do the subtle campaign for him.
But in spite of his stance, not a few people in the state believed he was Akpabio's anointed candidate as the next governor of Akwa Ibom State.
Sources say so entrenched was Umana's influence in the government that he was referred to as the de facto deputy governor of the state, who largely determined who got what and how in the administration.
But his statement to contest the 2015 race without allegedly taking the governor into confidence exposed his vulnerability.
The Nation gathered that Umana's reported lock-out from his office, leading to his resignation, caused a major crisis within government circles, most especially among commissioners, special advisers and other top government officials, most of who felt he (Umana) does not deserve the ill treatment.
Worried that the crisis could cause a major crack in his government if not quickly nipped in the bud, the governor was alleged to have cut short his trip to embark on a rapprochement with Umana by heading straight to the latter's residence on his arrival in Uyo, the state capital.
At the end of their closed-door meeting, the two men agreed to bury the hatchet, citing a breakdown in communication as the reason for their feud.
It was based on this reconciliation that Umana accepted the governor's invitation at the inauguration of the new SSG, Udom Gabriel Emmanuel, a former Executive Director of Zenith Bank.
Zoning controversy still raging
The controversy over the unwritten zoning policy, which will ensure the rotation of the governorship seat among the three senatorial districts in the state, is still raging despite Umana's exit from the government.
For the people of Eket Senatorial zone, the general consensus is that 2015 is their turn to produce the governor of the state after the tenure of Victor Attah from Uyo, who served for two terms (1999-2007) and Akpabio from Ikot Ekpene senatorial zone serving out his two terms in office in 2015.
Umana's declaration for the governorship, if allowed to stand, would have rubbished the zoning arrangement as he hails from Uyo zone, which has had its taste of the plum position from 1999 to 2007.
Up until recently, the governor had consistently advocated for a merit-based process to determine who emerges as his successor without recourse to the zoning formula.
But sources disclosed that the governor may have had a change of mind on the issue following tremendous pressures on him by some forces within the state, the leadership of the PDP and the Presidency.
Other side of the argument
Another reason cited as to why Akpabio dumped Umana may not be unconnected to the argument of certain individuals close to him that Umana, when he becomes governor, will be too difficult to control.
This school of thought was also alleged to have convinced the governor that Umana is too rich and independent-minded to keep deferring to his (Akpabio's) leadership with the reins of power firmly in his grips.
Before his appointment as the Commissioner for Finance in 1999 (a position he held for eight years), Umana retired as a director in the state budget office. He also served as SSG for six years and is widely perceived as very wealthy.
Other sources in the state revealed that Umana's refusal of an offer to become the next Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), while insisting on the governorship, is another source of controversy over his next agenda.
Umana's new game plan
Unconfirmed speculations have it that in spite of his well-publicised reconciliation with the governor, Umana may likely go ahead with his plan to contest for the 2015 governorship race.
Already, emissaries are being sent to the former SSG by prominent figures of opposition parties in the state to dump the PDP and join them.
The possibility of leaving PDP, revealed sources, may have informed Akpabio's visit to Umana where he allegedly apologised to the former, while he also appealed to his former SSG not to leave the PDP.
The fear in government circles in the state is that Umana knows too much about Akpabio, which has necessitated the need to keep him within the PDP at all cost.
Promises are being made to the former SSG, one of which is a ministerial appointment in 2015.
If this plan remains unchanged, the political configuration of the state, post-2015, will have the incumbent governor as a senator, while a candidate from Eket will emerge as governor, with the ministerial slot ceded to Uyo senatorial zone.
All of these permutations, no doubt, indicate interesting times ahead in the politics of the oil-rich South South state.


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Elegy for the Sea
Fernando Valverde
Translated by: Liam Walke
Artwork by Anonymous
I, who learned to look at myself in your mirrors,
who discovered life through your bonds,
who knelt the nights down at my feet
to find a remedy
for the sickly sensation of my melancholy,
for the sweet sadness that made its return
and assured its place forever between us.
You, who were
a piece of me
just as rain is part of winter;
you, who never gave in, never held back,
as cyclical in your steps as the motionless moon
tattooed on your skin.
And now you are here,
in front of me again,
reluctant to see me defeated,
to count my feats as disasters.
Tired before my eyes, so tired
that I sense your unfortunate end,
an end where no one would take your apathy
over the trembling of any reason.
We are no longer the child
who searched in the night
for the timely antidote to happiness,
who answered
questions with strength and audacity,
who never gave up fighting without cause,
who never held a goodbye in his hand.
Wrapped in foam
there is nothing left of you but your misfortune.
Might it be because cities are submerged
or perhaps because the cold has defeated you,
the cold that the years leave
behind words,
so deep inside bodies that there are hardly any symptoms anymore
of this sad facade, of this somnambular pain,
of the fear of being so alone against the world.
Fernando Valverde is a critically acclaimed poet based in Granada, Spain. Among the most talented (and awarded) peninsular poets of his generation, his work has been published in Spain (by Visor Libros) and throughout Latin America, Italy, and the United States. Valverde is the director and co-founder of the Festival Internacional de poesía de Granada.

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Movies We Like
Little Murders
Violence! Hilarity! Violence, again! Breathers on the phone! What the hell is going on here? That's right: it's "America during the war." Vietnam War. But let's face it; America has been enamored with violence since our cursory inception. This here tale just happens to take place in the late 60s/early 70s.
Alfred is a self-ascribed "apathist." He doesn't care either way about, well, everything. As long as he can take his photographs, there are no problems. Constantly tormented and accosted by Manhattan street thugs for apparently no reason, he idly complies and daydreams his way through the relentless beatings until his assailants wear themselves out. Along comes Patsy. Witnessing one of Al's beatings from her apartment window, she heads down the elevator to help him out. Alfred slyly walks away amongst the compounding brouhaha as if nothing has happened and continues snapping his pics with self-satisfying glee. Patsy is appalled. Shocked. "What kind of a man are you?!" she indignantly exclaims. Well one thing leads to another and they're off dating. Imbibing in the standard bourgeois dating procedures of the time - golf, tennis, 'a day at the lake' - Alfred remains apathetic, content with verbal gestures such as "I really think I could trust you." Violence? Hang on...
Elliot Gould's stone-faced delivery is spot on as he drifts through each situation expecting nothing. He just does not want to fight for anything. A man who knows his own shortcomings and revels in them, all within a society that prides itself in being based on the notion of honor. Alfred is a shining example of the antithesis to the obsession America has with violence and the massive increase in that interest during the Vietnam era.
Little Murders sits in its own little cave on the hairy precipice of odd reality. Never have I seen a movie attack middle-class American ennui in this way. Alfred's dinner with Patsy, during which he meets her family, is one of the greatest moments of discomfort in cinema I've seen yet. Exploding light bulbs, an inappropriate Elektra complex, the typically smashed and sarcastic kid brother, the clueless mother. The ultimate caricature of a bent American family. All of them are so stuck in their own social patterns that it's suffocating to the viewer. And the violence? Just keep watching!
It's even more impressive considering it's Arkin's full-length debut as a director. Based on Jules Feiffer's post-cultural-revolution play of the same name, it easily translates well onto celluloid. Not always an easy feat to make monologues interesting in a film. Having understated actors always helps too. But let me tell you, there is not much understated about this movie. It sucks you in, takes you to ideas completely unexpected, and dumps you out at the end of the orifice that it mocks.
...and now the violence...
Around the halfway mark, unbridled madness takes hold of the whole operation. A string of homicides (345 in 6 months to be exact) begin taking place and each character starts slipping from their paradigms one by one. Alfred gets it the worst and becomes a near-catatonic due to a traumatizing event. Alan Arkin turns in a deliriously twisted part as the cracking-at-the-hinges investigator on the cases. Donald Sutherland also makes a brief appearance as the Angel-cum-Hippie pastor who weds the lovely couple.
In true satire fashion the subject matter is extremely austere and its handling is gleefully anarchic. I really loved this movie. It's up there with Putney Swope. Please go see this film and Jules Feiffer speak at the Silent Movie Theater on Fairfax on June 21, 2009.


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College Visits and the Decision Making Process of Teens
College Visit – College Smidget!
You may be shocked to learn that for some students visiting a lot of colleges is not a top priority during the college selection process.
In fact, going on a traditional campus tour and sitting in an hour-long information session is just not that important–at least, that's what three University Honor Students at Virginia Tech conveyed to me at recent dinner event.
There I was, sitting with a small group of really bright, ambitious, college students excited to learn about what led them to choose to study at Virginia Tech. Their stories were all different and each one surprised me:
Student #1 attended the graduation ceremony for one of his friends and decided Tech was where he wanted to go to school. Done deal. He applied, was offered admission and he accepted. No reason to come back until freshman orientation.
Student #2 came to visit a friend already enrolled at the university. They two of them spent the weekend hiking in the gorgeous New River Valley, known for its natural beauty. He never set foot on campus but left Blacksburg knowing this was where he wanted to enroll.
Student #3 applied to Tech at 10 PM, just 2 hours before the midnight application deadline, was later accepted, and came up for Hokie Focus in April (to his credit, thinking that perhaps he should at least see campus before accepting the offer of admission). However, it was not the beautiful campus that inspired him to accept the offer right then and there, it was meeting the head of the University Honors program. The student left a deposit and accepted the offer of admission before leaving campus.
So, what does all this mean?
That what "everyone" tells you to do–begin college visits in your junior year…visit before you apply…that the visit is the most important part of college selection process–is wrong? No, of course not. It simply means that each student has to find his or her fit his or her way. Each of these three students enjoyed a visit experience that gave them comfort and insight about the future they considered.
Alternatives are nice. From attending an event, such as graduation, to visiting the region as a tourist, to participating in a program on campus, there are many ways to discover which school is the right one. What's right for you?
Virginia Tech will offer an expanded information and campus tour schedule to accommodate the increase in campus visitors during the peak visit periods when high school students are typically on spring break, March 31 – April 13, 2012. Registration is required.
Hokie Focus, an admitted student program will be held April 14 & 15.
Students and families planning to visit campus can click here to search for a hotel near Virginia Tech.


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Today marks the official beginning of what many hope is a huge step forward for America. Regardless of your political leanings, there's no denying that Barack Obama is a strong, charismatic leader, maybe just the leader we need for these troubling times. With great excitement, I look forward to seeing the results of the strategies of our new commander in chief. Godspeed, Mr. President.
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I found this lovely recipe when flicking through the June 2014 Asda magazine!
The recipe doesn't specifically state Gluten Free Flour but its an easy substitute! (I guess you could use normal dairy butter if you wanted too as well)
So I've typed it all out so its easier to read but I must reinforce that this isn't my recipe!
"Crisp pastry, raspberry name and a soft, nutty sponge topped with roast almonds- our dairy-free version of this classic is a real treat"
Serves: 12
Ready In: 55 minutes
Price Per Serving: 51p
400g pack Genius Gluten Free Shortcrust Pastry
150g Chosen by you Raspberry Jam
125g Pure Dairy Free Sunflower Spread
125g Caster sugar
Few drops of almond extract
2 large eggs
125g ground almonds
50g Self Raising Flour (plus extra for rolling) 50g flaked almonds
Icing sugar, to dust
1. Preheat the oven to 190C/170C Fan/ Gas 5. Knead the pastry lightly, shape into a ball and flatten slightly.
2. Remove the base from a 22cm loose-based flan tin and put on a lightly floured surface. Put the pastry in the middle, then roll it out to form a circle about 3cm larger than the tin base.
3. Carefully lower the base and pastry into the tin, using your fingers to fold the pastry into the tin, using your fingers to fold the pastry up the sides. Spread the jam over the pastry base.
4. Beat the sunflower spread, sugar and almond extract together until creamy. Add the eggs, ground almonds and flour. Beat until evenly mixed.
5. Put spoonfuls of the mixture all over the jam. Spread into an even layer very gently (to avoid the jam mixing with the almond mixture). Sprinkle over the flaked almonds.
6. Bake for 35 mins. Leave to cool on a aback. Dust with icing sugar to serve.
This looks amazing and I can't wait to BAKE IT!
AHHHHH… if anyone has tried this let me know how it goes!


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350 Furnace St, Mayville, WI 53050-1206
A Great Treasure for New Beginnings!
- Single Family Home
- Status: Active
- 8 Total Rooms
- 4 Bedrooms
- 1 Full Bathrooms
- Est. Square Footage: 1,560
- Garage Size: 1.0
- Garage Type: Detached
- Est. Year Built: 1918
- Est. Acreage: 0.1
- School District: Mayville
- High School: Mayville
- County: Dodge
- Property Taxes: $2,130
- Property Tax Year: 2018
- Postal Municipality: Mayville
- Listing Company: Shorewest - Lake Country
- Price/SqFt: $72
Property Description
350 Furnace St, Mayville, WI 53050-1206 - This two-story serene home located in a great community, is just walking distance from the Rock River and shops. The welcoming, enclosed front porch is the spot to enjoy a morning cup of coffee or an afternoon of reading. This home includes a kitchen for the keen cook, formal dining room for entertaining and comfortably sized bedrooms. Original hardwood throughout brings out the charm. Easy on the eye and the pocket, this will bring a great start to home ownership. Schedule your private showing today!
Room Dimensions
- Kitchen: 12.0 x 12.0
- Living Rm: 16.0 x 13.0
- Dining Rm: 13.0 x 12.0
- Full Baths: 0
- Master BR: 12.0 x 11.0
- BR 2: 11.0 x 7.0
- BR 3: 11.0 x 10.0
- BR 4: 13.0 x 10.0
- Full Baths: 1
Additional features
Other Rooms
- Full, Stone
Interior Features
- Heating/Cooling: Natural Gas Radiant
- Water Waste: Municipal Sewer, Municipal Water
- Appliances Included: Dishwasher, Dryer, Oven/Range, Refrigerator, Washer
Building and Construction
- 2 Story Colonial
Land Features
- Waterfront/Access: N
Property History
No History found for 350 Furnace St, Mayville, WI 53050-1206.
Market Conditions
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If you know me at all, you know that I have a slight sweater and shoe problem. I own dozens of both; I never get sick of them. No matter how many of each I purchase, I can always find another that I have to buy. Usually I stick with J.Crew, Ann Taylor and Urban Outfitters. However, this summer, I had the pleasure of working with actress and fiber-arts designer Karen Allen on this piece about her gallery and store in Great Barrington, MA. She was well-spoken, witty, graceful, and oh-so-sweet. Needless to say, I immediately went home and watched Raiders of the Lost Ark and started my online shopping.
I'm not going to lie – the prices aren't cheap. Her 100% cashmere gloves start at $75, hats at $105, gaitors at $150, scarves at $165, and sweaters at $495. Regardless, I will emphasize that they are divine. If you're looking for the perfect autumn staple and can afford the splurge, this is where to start. My personal favorite? The Autumn Rhapsody Pullover. Soft, comfortable, and versatile.
For those looking in a lower price range (like me), try this adorable color-block sweater that I purchased this weekend during Loft's 40% off event. The brown, pink, and orange-red hues will match any foliage, and the shape boasts comfort without the boxiness of a too-baggy fit. I also purchased a necklace and sunglasses to match.
I wrapped up the afternoon with a trip to the NARS counter in Nordstrom. Though I walked in without the intention of a purchase, I walked out with their "Larger Than Life" long-wear eyeliner in Abbey Road. Now, I know you're thinking: "Julie, you have two different color eyes, and neither of them are fit for teal eyeliner." But I promise that this is an investment I will never regret. The color is bright without bordering aggressive, and it applies even smoother than my favorite Make Up For Ever pencil (purchase always in "shimmering plum"). My brown-and-green eyes have never looked bigger or better!
Finally, I've fallen in love with Lollia hand lotions. Which is huge.
I've always detested these kinds of products for their gross residue and synthesized smell, so I was hesitant when I received this "Petite Treat" as a birthday gift. My hands are also in terrible condition (both in terms of dryness and my nervous habit of picking my cuticles), so I was pleasantly surprised – no, thrilled – when I opened the tube to find a sweet-smelling, non-greasy serum that immediately worked wonders.
The scent of my particular tube is officially called "Calm" – designed to smell of hyacinth and honey – and is made with shea butter, macadamia nut avocado oil. I used to only apply as-needed, but now I find myself craving it's buttery texture and elegant fragrance on my skin. Even the packaging makes me smile! For someone who hates being cold, I'm awfully excited for the seasonal chill that will justify using even more of this stuff, finishing the bottle, and having an excuse to try a new one.
On that note, I'm off to start my spanish homework and prepare for my shift at the library. Keep your eyes peeled for another post this week, including my top five(?) fall staple items. (Hint: there will almost definitely be more than five).
In the words of the always-fabulous Roséline, "I hope it's beautiful where you are…"


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May 25th
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Leeds, Grenville and Lanark District Health Unit
458 Laurier Boulevard Brockville, ON
COVID-19 and Sexual Health Clinics
All sexual health clinics are closed until further notice due to COVID-19.
Please continue to check our website for further schedule changes.
Appointments are made for high priority only. Please see below:
During the closure, call 1-800-660-5853 to speak with a nurse IF:
- You have tested positive for Syphilis, gonorrhea or Chlamydia and need treatment
- You are a contact of Syphilis, gonorrhea or Chlamydia
- You are a client who needs birth control
- You need emergency contraception (Plan B)
- You have urgent sexual health concerns and need to speak to a Public Health Nurse
Appointments may be needed for Pap tests (offered to people ages 25 and younger). Call the Brockville Sexual Health Clinic to find out if an appointment is needed - 613-345-5685.
Visit the Sexual Health page for information about the services we offer.
Students may be able to access a Public Health Nurse at their high school.
Check with your school or call the office near you to find out if a Public Health Nurse offers a Sexual Health Clinic at your school.


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The Mayor wants the scheme to proceed
Capital and Regional's awful scheme for the Town Centre shopping Mall has been given the go ahead by Mayor Sadiq Khan. Despite a vast number of objections, many policies ignored and an already congested Town Centre, Bus Station and Victoria line the Mayor has agreed the scheme as presented can proceed with one change. He has forced C&R to increase the affordable housing by 10% which won't even be in the Town Centre. £7.3m has to be given to the council to build social housing elsewhere. No additional money has been found for TfL so the link to the station is in doubt.
The |Leader of LBWF Cllr Clare Coghill says of the decision: "The Mayor's decision to approve the redevelopment of the Mall in Walthamstow will radically improve the town centre, replacing the existing town square and shopping centre which is tired, underused and not good enough for our residents.
"A new and expanded Mall will give a significant boost to the area, including creating 350 new permanent jobs as well as giving our residents the opportunity to shop in the borough rather than going further afield, which has a detrimental effect on our local economy."
The cost to residents of this decision will be years of protest, the full planning application for the 4 tower blocks has yet to come, the loss of 81 mature trees and the reduction of the town square by 32%.
To fund this C&R will have to increase the height of the tower blocks to at least 40 storeys which will increase the number of flats created thereby making the congestion even worse.
Shoppers will have a miserable few years trying to access the Mall while the construction companies try and build 4 enormous tower blocks over the existing shops. The noise, pollution and general inconvenience will force shoppers to go elsewhere.
There is no new transport infrastructure to support all the new developments that are currently being constructed around St James Street Station, Walthamstow Central and Blackhorse Road Station.
The protests will continue so come along to the Town Square on Saturday 24th March at 2pm and help protect our precious trees.
From David Gardiner
Yesterday (20th March) Sadiq Khan betrayed the people of Walthamstow by granting Second Stage (i.e. final) approval to Capital and Regional's plans to 'redevelop' our town square.
The Mayor claims that he has listened to local people. Like the almost 3,000 of them who signed a petition or wrote individual letters objecting to the proposals before the Planning Meeting in December? Like the 10 (out of a total of 12) who presented such well-reasoned objections in their ten-minute speeches at that meeting? How about the votes of ALL the local Constituency Labour Party branches? I think Mr Khan may be suffering from a little selective deafness.
When I emailed him requesting a 30-minute meeting with representatives of the Save Our Square E17 group, which has several hundred local members, the reply I received, not from the Mayor but from Graham Clements, his Principal Strategic Planner, was that: 'given the constraints of his statutory decision-making timescale ... and the pressures of his pre-existing diary commitments, the Mayor is unable to accept'. A busy man indeed.
But he did find time to listen to developers Capital and Regional, who would like to take over a third of the last bit of open space in central Walthamstow for their private commercial activities, move the children's playground next to the diesel fumes of the bus station and chop down 81 beautiful mature trees to make way for all that additional concrete. Not forgetting four outlandish blocks of luxury flats that nobody on even twice the average annual income will be able to afford.
Does Walthamstow need more shops? I don't think so. Does it need luxury flats for people that have nothing whatever to do with our community? I think not.
The actual effect of this kind of development as everyone knows is to raise rents generally in the area and force a lot more of the traditional residents who have lived here for generations out to wherever they can afford to put a roof over their heads. We can now apply for the title 'Borough of Evictions' as well as 'Borough of Culture (if you don't count the closure of the libraries and a few other things)'.
This is a deliberate policy. It goes by names like 'gentrification' and 'ethnic cleansing'. London is intended for the wealthy and trendy, not for the likes of us. This is Tory Party policy enthusiastically embraced by our manipulative and dishonest Blairite Council. If we vote them in again in May we are simply fools.
What we are witnessing is an exact parallel to the highland clearances of the 18th and 19th centuries in Scotland. The presence of poorer people does not suit those with the power and the money in London today. The entire city is being systematically made unavailable to the working class communities that have lived here for generations. All of London, inner and outer, is to be given over to the rich. What we are witnessing is the beginning of the London Clearances. That's how history will quite rightly regard it. And to the eternal shame of our Labour controlled GLA and Council's they are totally complicit in the process.
from David Gardiner
Secretary, Save Our Square E17


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The high school sports season concludes this week with champions crowned in baseball, softball and soccer. Four county teams -- Dakota baseball, Regina and Richmond softball and Regina soccer -- remain in contention. The baseball and softball teams play quarterfinal games Tuesday, and Regina soccer competes in a semifinal Wednesday. Scenarios for county teams.
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It's been billed as the mother of all oil battles -- that may be an overstatement, but one thing is certain: the Keystone XL Pipeline is a high-stakes fight.
On one side is the state of Nebraska, which will be impacted by the pipeline, which will cross the Ogallala Aquifer, an underground water supply that is the No. 1 water source to the nation's farmland, including eight states. Nebraska has been joined by environmental groups, such as Friends of the Earth. Nebraska wants the $7 billion, 2,000-mile, 36-inch proposed pipeline that runs from Canada to the Gulf of Mexico re-routed away from the aquifer.
The Keystone XL pipeline will have a transporting capacity of 510,000 barrels per day (bpd), which will bring total Keystone Pipeline System capacity up to 1.1 million bpd, when added to the existing Keystone Pipeline. Oil traded down 86 cents to $78.38 per barrel on Thursday at mid-day.
On the other side are business groups, pipeline operator TranCanada Corp. (TRP) and labor unions, and the U.S. Government. Businesses see the pipeline as an essential build-out of the nation's oil infrastructure, and unions see about 20,000 direct and jobs/spin-off jobs. The U.S. government sees a largely benign pipeline: an environmental impact statement issued in late August said the pipeline would cause minimal impact on the environment.
Pipeline advocates say the extra oil transported in the pipeline largely from the Canadian oil sands region is needed to reduce the U.S.'s dependence on Middle East oil.
Pipeline opponents counter with the fact that about 75 percent of the oil likely to flow through the pipeline has already been contracted for purchase by foreign customers.
The Obama administration will decided whether to approve the project by December; if approved pipeline operations would start in 2013.
Energy/Economic Analysis: Is the Keystone XL pipeline in the national interest? Probably, but more must be done to safeguard the environment, particularly the Ogallala Aquifer. Those safeguards should include spill recapture deployment equipment to quickly capture oil from any spills that may occur, and increased pipeline shut-off capability, to stop the flow of oil that much quicker.
The Keystone XL pipeline is a tough call, but the bias is toward building the project, even if most of the oil is destined for foreign customers: the pipeline will add hundreds of thousands of oil barrels per day to the global oil market -- oil that is sorely needed.


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The Institute on Collaborative Language Research (CoLang) is please to announce that its next institute will be held at the University of Montana from June 15th – July 17th, 2020, and will be co-hosted by the Universty of Montana (UM) and Chief Dull Knife College (CDKC), a two-year tribal college of the Northern Cheyenne in Montana. The institute is designed to provide an opportunity for community language activists and linguists to receive training in community-based language documentation and revitalization.
CoLang 2020 will consist of two parts:
- The first two weeks are devoted to focused workshops and organized discussions, providing hands-on training in the latest linguistic technology, interdisciplinary methods, and best practices in ethical community collaborations. Workshops are facilitated by established experts.
- The following three weeks are dedicated to practica, where students will work directly with speakers of selected endangered languages to learn documentation methods and applications first-hand, integrating the skills acquired during the preceding workshops. CoLang 2020 will have multilateral themes including Language Reclamation, Indigenous Perspectives, Technology, and Interdisciplinarity.


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The Entertainment Industries Council announced its nominations Wednesday for the sixth annual "Prism Awards," which honor programs that accurately depict drug, alcohol and tobacco use and addiction in all forms of entertainment. The awards will be given May 9 at CBS Television City's soundstage.
Television nominees for the awards include comedy series CBS' Becker, NBC's Ed, Fox's King of the Hill, ABC's My Wife and Kids and NBC's Scrubs.
Dramatic nominees include CBS' The District, Lifetime Television's The Division, CBS' The Education of Max Bickford, NBC's Law & Order: Special Victim's Unit and NBC's The West Wing.
Nominated TV movies include Sundance Channel's Aberdeen, ABC's Life With Judy Garland, E! Entertainment Television's Spinning Out of Control and Showtime's They Call Me Sirr and Things Behind the Sun.


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Generally speaking, I wouldn't call myself an "out there" kind of person. But when I read books or watch films, my taste does drift to stories that are colorful and a little weird. So, when I first laid eyes on the cover image for Daniel Clowes' new book, Patience, my interest was piqued. A blond gal with green eyes and a laser stare set against a beautiful, trippy backdrop? Yes, please. Oh, and it's by the writer/illustrator of Ghost World and Wilson? Sign me up.
You see, what I love about Clowes is that he's a brilliant and zany cartoonist who also gets really gets specific about character. Reading Ghost World, you'd think it came from the brain of a real life teenage girl, navigating her way up and down the rollercoaster ride to adulthood. I'm pretty sure Clowes was never a teenage girl, but his observations and nuances fall so naturally on every page. They drive the story forward as much as the events themselves, which is one of the many reasons why the book was especially memorable for me. By the same token, Wilson is a very revealing character study, this time featuring a middle-aged divorced man who struggles ridiculously with everyday life.
Given all of this, I'm super excited for Patience. Word on the street is that it's 180 pages of full color glory, so the read won't be over too quickly. Now get this; in what might be my favorite description of a book ever, Fantagraphics describes it as an "indescribable science-fiction love story." The deliberate vagueness is frustrating for sure, because what on Earth does that mean?! My guess is that it's going to be as tender and intimate as Clowes' previous graphic novels, with the exaggerated element of unpredictability and bizarre humor that he played with in his long-running Eightball comic series. Whatever happens, I'm bracing myself for this book to venture into those grey areas of life that are hard to visit, but ultimately the most rewarding because you come out the other side feeling something real. You're uncomfortable, though in a strangely comfortable way.
Patience comes out in March, which gives you some time to get into Clowes' other books if you haven't already. If you're up to speed on everything and you simply cannot wait to charge into your comics store with all the crowds when the time comes (I don't blame you), pre-order Patience here, and consider it a belated Christmas present to yourself. Happy New Year!
Do you have the patience to wait for Patience? Are you excited? Let us know your thoughts in the comments.
Image credits: Fantagraphics/Daniel Clowes


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Apple has been fined ¥600,000 (about £4,685) after an iPod nano caught fire, burning the hands of a Japanese lady. The fine was imposed by a Japanese judge in the Tokyo District Court and was intended to cover medical treatment for the burns,the cost of bringing the issue to trial, and to act as compensation for the pain suffered.
The judge also found Apple guilty of a technical flaw in a first-generation iPod nano, noting that Apple had admitted that the device was faulty when it recalled first-generation iPods last year. (More below)
Apple initiated an iPod nano (1st generation) Replacement Program for customers who bought one of the units, which "could overheat and pose a safety risk," according to Apple. Only the first-generation iPod nano is affected.
The iPod nano in this particular case was purchased in 2005, an attempt to charge it in July 2010 caused the battery to overheat, catch fire and burn the hands of the lady.
Reports suggest a million people took Apple up on last year's product recall.
There have been concerns that the New iPad (third generation) runs too hot. Consumer Reports ran tests and found that the new iPad operates hotter than the iPad 2. Engineers at Consumer Reports recorded temperatures as high as 116 degrees Fahrenheit (46 degrees Celsius) on the front and back of the new iPad when plugged in and while playing Infinity Blade II. Apple denied any overheating concerns on the new iPad, saying that the product operates well within its thermal specifications.


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text: Trisha Yearwood and rock legend Don Henley will sing their duet, "Inside Out," on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno on Thursday (Sept. 6). The song is the title track from Yearwood's new album and will be her next single. Yearwood and Henley will film the music video for "Inside Out" in Los Angeles next Tuesday (Sept. 11). The singers previously collaborated in 1992 on "Walkaway Joe." 09/04/01


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Pay attention. This is one of my posts with an important assignment rather than an absorbing story. The assignment comes from a Tax Cloister accommodation – TCM 2018-140. You will acquisition out the taxpayer's name if you apprehend the case, but my convenance in cases like this is to use a altered name, back he ability not appetite to be fabricated added acclaimed by this decision. We'll alarm him Joe. In 2010, Joe had two debts discharged. One was for $64,045 and the added for $300,134.
Each of the servicers beatific him Form 1099-C. And of course, they anniversary beatific a archetype to the IRS. Joe did not accept a absolutely able year assets astute in 2010, so he anticipation he did not charge to book a return, which is why he concluded up I could leave it at that, but that would be too abbreviate a post. So let's attending at the accommodation a bit and again accede what Joe should accept done and the blessed aftereffect that acceptable would accept produced.
The Decision
It was appealing ugly. Here are some aerial points.
Although appellant accustomed those Forms 1099-C, he chose to avoid them back the time came to book his Federal assets tax acknowledgment (return) for 2010. Instead, appellant bent that because he did not acquire accomplishment that year he did not accept an obligation to book a acknowledgment for 2010, and he acted accordingly.
Right there Judge Nega is absolution you apperceive things are not activity to go able-bodied for Joe.
Joe had agitation addition out absolutely which debts accompanying to the discharges, but he anticipation that one complex his arch residence, but he did not action any affidavit that it was his arch residence. Judge Nega seems to betoken that he cut Joe some procedural slack, that was not taken advantage of.
At the aing of trial, acquainted petitioner's antecedent abashing and in adjustment to accommodate appellant an befalling to authorize his arch abode claim, we signaled that we ability be acquiescent to a collective motion to reopen the almanac or the filing of added agreement or concessions. On March 30, 2018, we issued a agnate adjustment administering appellant to accommodate acknowledging with any abstracts accordant to his arch abode affirmation by May 14, 2018, and administering acknowledging to book any accompanying motions or a cachet address by June 14, 2018. On June 14, 2018, acknowledging filed a cachet address advertence that appellant bootless to accord with, or accommodate any affidavit to, acknowledging admitting his again attempts to appoint petitioner. Accordingly, we adjudge this case on the base of the almanac as submitted.
Here is one of the key items.
While appellant testified as to his bread-and-er accident and entered into affirmation a handwritten certificate advertisement declared assets and liabilities, the almanac lacks any added absolute evidence, documentary or otherwise, to approve his defalcation claim. On the almanac afore us, we acquisition that appellant has bootless to backpack his accountability of proving that he was bankrupt at the time the debts at affair were discharged, and we appropriately authority that he is disqualified for the defalcation exception.
Note. In Tax Court, Joe has the accountability of proving he is insolvent. He has that accountability in absolute fact. Had Joe filed a Form 1040 claiming insolvency, he would accept had that accountability in principle. But he would alone accept had that accountability in absolute actuality if his acknowledgment was audited. It was actual accessible for a computer to agenda that the 1099-Cs with Joe's amusing aegis cardinal were not reported. From there it is all on autopilot. Had Joe filed and claimed insolvency, animal action would accept been appropriate in adjustment to claiming his assertion. Added on that later.
Failure to book and abortion to pay penalties were additionally upheld.
But What If?
If those accommodation servicers apperceive their business, it seems appealing absurd that Joe was bread-and-er to the admeasurement of over $360,000 afterwards the discharge. I don't know. Maybe he is a absolutely acceptable negotiator. For the account of altercation let's accept there is a acceptable altercation for insolvency. Joe could accept filed his Form 1040 and absorbed Form 982. Take a look. Check box 1(b) Acquittal of acknowledgment to the admeasurement bankrupt or maybe 1(e) for abode interest. Again in Box 2 go for the gold and address in $364,179. That should allay the computers anyway. And alike if it gets looked at, at atomic there is no abortion to file. I'm not activity to get into Part II. It alone affairs if you accept tax attributes that you charge to reduce.
If you appetite to be absolute you should got to Publication 4681 and ample out the worksheet on Page 6. Agenda at the top appropriate duke bend that it says "Keep for your records". That agency you don't accept to accelerate it in with your return. So you could delay till they ask for it to ample it out. And if they never ask for it, able-bodied you adored some time.
Had Joe taken those simple steps, I would put the allowance at able-bodied over 90% that his acknowledgment would accept sailed through the system.
The Moral
Other Coverage
I did not agenda that Lew Taishoff had covered this case, which is appealing unusual. Mr. Taishoff covers the Tax Cloister with acute thoroughness. He alerted me admitting that he absolutely had after advertence it by name.
The three T. C. Memos cases today, 8/29/18, are a leash of no-substantiations. Judge Judy and others of her ilk accept abundant to acknowledgment for; bodies anticipate they can go to cloister with no paper, no witnesses, and a sob story. Well, they can, but if they accept accountability of affidavit they're sunk.
That reinforces my point about alienated activity to court, if you don't accept any evidence. Reilly's Laws of Tax Planning Prime Directive – If you don't accept documentation, at atomic accept a believable adventure – does not assignment as able-bodied in Tax Cloister as it ability at the abettor level.
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This episode of TUTV's international student talk show covers Temple's week-long event, You Are Welcome Here, which highlights international student groups on campus and features food, music, dancing, live performances, and more. They also interview a student who organized the Global Gala portion of the event to get an insight into what the organizers were seeking to accomplish this year. Later, hear from Alexa Ross, a Temple student who was able to go to Pyongyang, North Korea and cover the 2018 Olympics through her NBC internship. Learn about a mock Pakistani wedding that occurred on campus held by the Pakistani Students Association to show how a traditional wedding looks in Pakistan.
Tune in to TUTV on Thursday, June 21 at 1 and 9 p.m. to see this and more on a new The World at Temple.


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OXFORD United supporters will have more travelling to do next season after the Sky Bet League One line-up was confirmed.
Charlton Athletic's victory against Sunderland in the play-off final, combined with Tranmere Rovers's promotion, ensured a more northern-based division in 2019/20.
But they have now been handed an extra 40 miles, following the news Coventry City will be playing at Birmingham City's St Andrew's after failing to agree a new deal at the Ricoh Arena.
Scroll the map below to see how far the U's will have to travel to each away game:
Sunderland's defeat at Wembley means they will be United's longest league visit for the second season running, at a round trip of 520 miles.
At 58 miles, Wycombe Wanderers are the closest return journey.
Distance to Oxford United's League One games next season (furthest to shortest)
The overall increase in total mileage means next season is the third highest for United in the last ten campaigns.
United total mileage for their league season
- 2019/20: 6,208
- 18/19: 6,024
- 17/18: 6,198
- 16/17: 5,344
- 15/16: 5,468
- 14/15: 5,934
- 13/14: 6,312
- 12/13: 5,882
- 11/12: 5,268
- 10/11: 5,544


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Just had a wonderful workshop visit today at the Bronx Charter School for the Arts. The kids were great and asked wonderful questions. There pieces are already sounding wonderful.
I tried something new and had kids ask question during the workshop by using GoSoapbox. I loaded the app on an iPad and kids were able to pass it around as they asked questions. Here are some of their questions:
How do the instruments change the rhythm from really low to really high?When did you first made noteflightWhat are the purple notesWhy do instruments have different notes?How can you make different instrumenHow can different instruments do different temposHow high can a bassoon goIf you do what instrument do you playWould it be difficult for the music players to do our piece if the tempo is to fast or if we have several melodies but one main one.How do you make the mood of your music sound different !How fast can a violin goHow fast can a bassoon go?How long have you conducted?What is the best instrument(s) to use the very soft to very loud dynamics?Can clashes be helpful at timesHow many measures should you have for a melody?Is it sometimes hard to play some songsHow do you play low.
We have a workshop visit tomorrow at St. Saviour and we had one last week at Wagner Secondary School for Arts and Technology.
I'll post pics and videos soon!
This is great stuff - I wish I could have attended these sessions!


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Undercover Mosque
BBC4 (a rather liberal media channel in England) has put together a documentary called Undercover Mosque. Basically they simply went into mainstream Mosque's and recorded what was being 'preached' there. What they found will disturb any peace loving non-muslim.
Here are some video segments from their documentary.
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I want the day to come when it's completely acceptable to say I live with a mental illness. It's ok with me that I say I live with bipolar disorder, but what about all the people out there who have preconceived notions about what bipolar disorder is? What about those who think having a mental illness makes me "less than?" What if I lost my job because I said I have a mental illness? What if I was ridiculed for identifying myself with a group that is so entirely discriminated against?
Well it's just not ok to say you have a mental illness. It's as if you are putting a Scarlet Letter on your forehead that opens you up to judgment and ridicule and ultimately "what will they think about me." Or am I being the one who is carrying self-stigma to the party? Is the fact I know stigma exists one of the reasons why it has any power over me in the first place?
I don't know all the answers to those questions. What I do know is that my confidence and self-esteem have been affected because I have been sick and had to recover. In that recovery process I have chosen to redefine my life into two separate lives—1) before the illness and 2) after the illness. The hard part was coming to terms that my life changed so dramatically after being diagnosed with a psychiatric illness. Even more specifically, my life did indeed change because I became ill and there is no way to sugar coat it.
As I go through the various stages of recovery and acceptance for "what is," I often look for perspective—ways I can compare my onset of illness and the way perhaps a physical illness might have effected someone I know in a similar fashion. I know of a man who goes to the gym I work out in and he was left partially paralyzed after a stroke. He used to be a fitness buff and still finds the strength to come to the gym several times a week. Even though he is physically disabled I am still amazed by his inner strength. And yet I see the sadness in his eyes as he struggles to ride the bicycle, something that is relatively easy for me to do. His physical struggle is obvious. My mental struggle is something I can most often hide or at least I think I can hide.
What we have in common is the ability to remember what it was like before an illness came into our lives and changed the course of our life. Yet I know comparing life before and after gets to a point where making comparisons are no longer helpful, they are counterproductive comparisons and only hinder recovery. At the same time, it is helpful to be brutally honest about where you are on the road of life. I've decided that it was time to reinvent myself by making new dreams and focusing on goals that I can achieve. Basically redefining my life in the present with all my circumstances considered.
So that leads me to where I am…blogging about mental illness. Hoping for a day it becomes socially acceptable to say "I live with a mental illness" and that does not make me any less of a person, if anything I'm a stronger person because of all my experiences. But I'm not going to wait until someone says it's ok to talk about it, I'm going to talk about it long before the general population agrees with me. The truth is eliminating stigma does start with me and knowing that answers a lot of my questions.


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The former vocalist, guitar player, main songwriter and text composer of TRISTANIA, Morten Veland, laid the foundation for a new contribution to the gothic/metal/rock scene a few years back. Still sworn to the darker and atmospheric genre, he now resurfaces with his new band SIRENIA with one goal in mind: to bring a fresh sound into the underground scene. SIRENIA 2006 sounds like a mixture of crunchy guitars with classical influences, and features all traits of character a modern rock act should possess. Their sounds have a solid base in the powerful drums and bass which are arranged in a very dynamic and progressive way and supported by powerful rhythm guitars, laced with atmospheric keyboards and spiced with melancholic violins and 12-string guitars. The lyrics are based on reflections on life, death, love, hate, paranoia, anxiety and mental decline in general. SIRENIA came together in early 2001, when Morten parted ways with his former band TRISTANIA, due to musical disagreements and personal differences. He was however at this point full of ideas and more than ready to set them free. He invested a lot in new equipment and spent much time in his home studio composing. After recording two great albums with SIRENIA ("At Sixes And Sevens" and "An Elexir For Existence") plus one EP ("Sirenian Shores"), it was time to take everything even further. That's were "Nine Destinies And A Downfall" joins the fold. The album is the best work from SIRENIA up until now and the first one with new singer Monika Pedersen from Denmark who joined the band after the departure of Henriette Bordvik. The "business" side of things have also changed: SIRENIA are now signed with Nuclear Blast in order to reach an even bigger audience, worldwide. "Nine Destinies And A Downfall" is unbelievably diverse, clever and original. Definitely one of the future landmark albums in the dark rock genre! Give it a try and be prepared to be blown away! A must for fans of NIGHTWISH, LACUNA COIL and EVANESCENCE! "Huge songs, wonderfully played and packed full of goodies. Melodies to die for, vocals to kiss you back to health!" Steve Swift / POWERPLAY (UK) "With 'Nine Destinies and a Downfall', SIRENIA invent itself a new destiny to reach and join together the Evanescence and Nightwish fans." Noemie Langlais / ROCK ONE (F)
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|- Absent Without Leave
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|- Seven Keys And Nine Doors
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- 2019 World Tournament will be held in Nettuno Italy
- This is the 38th Annual World Boys Tournament
- We will depart San Diego July 24th and arrive back home August 8th
- Help ! Do you want a tax break? We need Sponsors to help our Players Travel to Australia
- U.S. World Baseball of S.D. is a Non-Profit Organization with a Tax ID.#
Our First Team Meeting Will Be Held Sunday February 9th 6pm
at First Baptist Church 5055 Governor Drive San Diego 92122.
July 18 U.S. 12 - North Shore Bulldogs 2
July 19 U.S. 3 - Hawaii Prospects 0
July 20 U.S. 7 - Windward Knights 2
July 21 U.S. 8 - Cincinnati, Ohio Titans 6
July 22 Playoffs....U.S. 9 - North Shore 1
July 23 Championship Game....U.S. 8 - Castle H.S. 2
World Boys Tournament Schedule is Posted on Handouts Page
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*This summer, we will fly to Honolulu Hawaii to play in the
Hawaii World Series July 16 - 24
*Then August 5 -13 we will go to Alameda / San Francisco area to play in the
36th World Boys International Baseball Tournament
Participating Teams
Italy - Japan - Korea - Australia - Germany
Mexico Rojo - Hawaii - San Diego - Fresno - Alameda
Tournament Champions June 25th
Team Fundraising Raffle
Please help our players earn money to go to Sydney Australia for this summer...We are now selling raffle tickets with over 20 prizes to be won....Please see the prize list on the Handouts Tab on the left. Any questions on how to get your tickets, you can send us a email at email@example.com. THANK YOU !
2017 Hawaii World Series - Les Murakami Stadium
We are looking for help this summer by way of SPONSORS for our players.
Please send your check to:
San Diego International Baseball
c/o Mark Wilson
1145 E. Barham Dr. #170
San Marcos, CA 92078
Thank You,
Coach Mark Wilson
Team San Diego International
Why does everybody stand up and sing 'Take Me Out to the Ballgame' when they're already there?
"Son, what kind of pitch would you like to miss."
I'll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for spring"
--Rogers Hornsby, 1926
Our History
The Team San Diego International is a non-profit independent organization. Founded by AL Alvarado, each year, players between the ages of 14 and 15, are selected from San Diego County to compete in the International World Boys League Tournament. This year's tournament will hopefully be one of the biggest and best ever.This summer, in July, we will depart San Diego by bus to Los Angeles where we will fly to Australia for the 37th World Boys Baseball Tournament. We will land in Sydney and see the sites while also playing approximately 4-5 games and enhance our players and families cultural experience for an unforgettable trip which will be educational on many levels for all of us. Plus, the opportunity to compete against teams from the world over.
The games began in 1977, when the first team was invited to play in a Goodwill Friendship game with the Japan Boys League team in San Diego. In 1979, a team from Tijuana, Mexico was also invited to participate. In 1980, San Diego was invited to play Goodwill Friendship games in Osaka, Japan for the first time. Then in 1981, San Diego hosted the last Goodwill Friendship games.
In 1982, the first International Tournament was held in Osaka, Japan. San Diego has participated in all of these tournaments and have hosted the tournament 4 times, 1983, 1987, 1998 and 2004.
After it was suggested other countries may want to participate in this tournament, teams from Brasil, Chinese Taipei, China, Canada, Argentina, Korea, Australia, Puerto Rico, Peru and Italy joined Japan, Alameda, Fresno and San Diego in this tournament.
Many of the young men who have played for Team San Diego International World Baseball have had outstanding high school careers and many have gone on to compete at the college and professional level.
THANK YOU, Al Alvarado, for helping then and now to make this all possible for every young man who has participated in our organization, to maybe realize his dream to play for their country. You have touched so many lives during your leadership of Team San Diego International.
Results From The Previous 38 Years Of The World Boys Tournament
1982------------------Osaka, Japan--------------Japan
1983------------------San Diego-------------------San Diego
1984-----------------Fukuoka, Japan------------Japan
1985------------------Fresno-----------------------San Diego
1986-----------------Osaka, Japan---------------Alameda/Fresno
1987-----------------San Diego-------------------San Diego
1988------------------Mexico City----------------Japan
1989-----------------Nagoya, Japan-------------San Diego
1991-----------------San Diego-------------------Japan
1992------------------Tokyo, Japan--------------Taiwan
1993-----------------Mexico City------------------Mexico City
1995--------N. Biwako Lake, Japan-----------Kansai, Japan
1997-----------------San Diego------------------Japan
1999----------------Osaka, Japan---------------Japan
2000------------------Fresno--------------------East Bay USA
2002-----------------Osaka, Japan--------------Mexico Verde
2004---------------San Diego--------------Mexico Rojo
2006--------------Osaka, Japan-----------Japan
2007----------------Culiacan, Mexico------------Japan


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"Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?" asks Mary Oliver's poem The Summer Day. It's a question I return to again and again when times are difficult, and I feel I have lost my way. It's been like that lately, all the news seems bad, the world full of bullies, and suffering, and the winter ongoing. I am ready to watch something sprout and grow, unfurl and bloom. So following the headlines about the Downeast couple who's home/methamphetamine lab burned down just an hour after their baby died pushed all of my "we're going to hell in a handbasktet" buttons. Pushed them in and held them there.
I want so badly to judge these people, to slap them across the face and scream at them "What were you thinking? You had enough gumption to try to change your situation in life and used your entrepreneurial energy to make crystal meth?!? Seriously? CRYSTAL METH??? When has that ever worked out for anyone?" It's so easy to judge them, dismiss their poor choices, blame them for the death of their baby and condemn them to getting what they deserve. But… I can't do that. Judging is easy, but I spent all weekend judging and it just doesn't feel right. There's a meme going around and around on the internet, a list of advice from a teacher to his or her students. Number 83 states "Be kind, everyone has a hard fight ahead of them". It's another way of saying that you don't have any idea what other peoples' lives are like, what they are up against, and why they make the choices they make. Default to kindness, default to not judging because you can really only be judging what shows on the outside, what shows up in the headlines. What I finally realized is why judging is easy, and why not judging is hard. Judging means you aren't them. Separating the "us" from the "them" has been the root of all conflict in the history of human beings. Not judging means you realize you could be them. Would it be possible for me to say with absolute certainty that if I were in the same situation I wouldn't make the same poor choices? I can't say that, which to me is the essence of humility. In the poem "Song of Myself" Walt Whitman says "For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you." We are not all that different after all, and in realizing that, we come to know our essential humanity.
The anger I do allow myself is the anger of wondering how did it get this way? I find myself broken hearted that so many people have so few choices that risking life and limb to set up a meth lab in their home (or burglarizing their neighbors to find prescription drugs or getting involved in internet child pornography or fill in the blank here with the latest desperate and ungrounded choice ripped from the headlines of the local paper) seems like the best possible plan. Sometimes I feel like I am living on a different planet, floating around in my own precious bubble. Not judging may be the first step in staying grounded.
How did it get this way, and why do some of us take one path, and others a different one? We are all created equal, but the reality is that we don't all have the same resources and opportunities, mental, educational, and material, with which to make our way in the world. I did not come from a family of means and I live in a rural area where economic opportunity is limited but some how I've managed to craft a life that I believe adds to the well being of my family and community. I learned these things from my parents: what is important, how to take care of yourself, and that you should aspire to something, you should look beyond your miserable self and dream. This world is full of wonder and mystery virtually everywhere you look. There is so much crazy beauty here I can't stand it some times. It stops by breath and drops me to my knees. The more desperate your situation, the harder it is to see beyond yourself, I know that much is true. But I believe the more we can help people see beyond their own bubble, whether it is to see a sun set, a flower blooming, the tide coming in, or another person's heart, the world will be a better place.
I went out running today, in the woods, in the blizzard. And I realized that my running is entirely my own, it doesn't make the world a better place, except for me, and my dogs, and maybe my husband because it puts me in a better mood. I've made choices in my life, and these are my consequences: freedom to run in the snow, breath deeply the fresh air, a life full of mystery and wonder. The down east meth makers, they've made choices too, and they are now facing their own consequences. What is it I plan to do with my one wild and precious life? It's a question we should all ask ourselves from time to time. We all benefit from thinking long and hard about the answer to that question. I've made my choices, to live fully in my all too human body, to worship the tall trees and flowing rivers, to not waste a beautiful second if I can help it because this world is a gift for which I am profoundly grateful.


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How will the world react as Trump pulls out of Iran nuclear deal?
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European powers and China have defended a landmark deal, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA, aimed at curbing Iran's nuclear program after US President Donald Trump pulled out of the agreement and imposed sanctions on Tehran for the second time.
Trump's decision flies in the face of ten years of diplomacy and risks fuelling instability in the Middle East. It also threatens foreign trade in Iran worth billions of dollars.
"It is important that all concerns regarding the implementation of the plan be addressed through the mechanisms established in the JCPOA," said Antonio Gutteres, the UN Secretary General.
Iran's regional position today is much greater than it was a decade ago, and the United States government is much more isolated than it was a few years ago.
US quits Iran nuke deal
"Issues not directly related to the JCPOA should be addressed without prejudice to preserving the agreement and its accomplishments. The Secretary General calls on other JCPOA participants to abide fully by their respective commitments under the JCPOA, and all other member states to support this agreement," he says.
Macron humiliated
In Iran itself, there was disappointment and anger. Members of the parliament burned a US flag, screaming "death to America". Critics in Tehran say that all eyes are now on Europe, but there is not much trust:
"The photos and scene of the French president in front of Trump, basically pleading him to change his position and attempting to appease him and in return he got his dandruff flipped of his coat, I think was a sign of humiliation in the eyes of Iranians," says Mohammad Marandi, an America watcher at Tehran University.
"The German chancellor too, when she went to the US, she got nothing in return," he says.
The official reaction in Iran was harsh. "We will exercise our right to respond in a manner of our choosing," said Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif in a televised statement.
"Threats won't get the US a new deal, particularly as it is not honouring the deal it already made, relying on cartoonish allegations, rehashed from more that a decade ago," he says.
Sanctions timetable
Iran's economy is not strong.The partial lifting of the sanctions in July 2015 has not yet brought growth.
On Tuesday, just hours after Trump signed the proclamation outlining his intention to cancel US participation in the JCPOA, the US treasury produced a document saying that there would be a 90 day "wind-down period," where the sanctions that were lifted will be restored. The implementation of the sanctions will be finalized on 6th of August.
These concern sanctions on trade in gold, raw materials, the automotive and aviation sectors.
A second wind-down period of 180 days will then end on November 4, and other sanctions, including those on financial institutions, insurance, energy, will be re-instated.
This may also mean that the US may punish European businesses that have signed big contracts in Iran, such as France's Total oil company, which has recently signed a one billion dollar deal to exploit a major gas field.
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In spite of that some remain optimistic. "Iran is beginning to trade with Russia, as well as China, as well as other countries like Turkey, with their own currencies," says Marandi. "[It is also]refraining from using the US dollar.
"So there are new opportunities today that didn't exist before. Iran's regional position today is much [stronger] than it was a decade ago and the United States government is much more isolated than it was a few years ago.
"I don't think the US will have the ability to create any significant coalition against Iran, especially since everyone sees the US as the side that is violating the agreement and the side that is behaving irrationally and dishonestly," he says.
Israel reacts
Meanwhile, Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the major movers behind Trumps decision to pull out of the Iran nuclear deal with his relentless lobbying. But how did people in Israel react to this news?
"I myself, with many others, are concerned and a bit disappointed," says former director of the Israeli Nuclear Energy Commission, General Uri Eilam, " [This is] because Trump did not show any real possibility for cutting a new deal with the Iranians. What Trump has done is to cut this alternative and put Europeans, France, Germany, the UK, in a position that I'm not sure they know how to handle.
"And of course Russia and China will not go with Trump. The agreement today is still there. Iranians, perhaps, will be wise and smart to keep it and show that the US is the only one who is not abiding by the agreement," he says.
International implications
The decision by Trump to pull out of the Iran deal must also be seen from a global perspective, at least by those who decide Washington's international diplomacy.
"There is an important connection between what is happening on the Korean peninsula and what is happening in the Middle East," says Sverre Lodgaard, a senior research fellow with the Norwegian Institute for International Affairs, pointing at the upcoming summit between North Korea's leader Kim Jung-Un, and Trump.
At the end of his statement regarding the JCPOA, Trump disclosed that US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was on his way to North Korea to pave the way for the first ever US- North Korea summit in history.
"President Trump believes that maximum pressure on North Korea was necessary in order to set in motion what we see developing in recent months," says Lodgaard.
"And he probably believes that maximum pressure is what is needed in the Middle East too, maximum pressure on Iran.
"It seems that in Washington, the regime change people are now very much in power. And I'm concerned that the challenge in the times ahead will be the same challenge that the Europeans stood up to at the end of 2003, the basic objective being to avoid war," he says.
The big question now is how are the three European parties to the JCPOA going to react? Will they follow Washington, or will they side with Russia and China, leaving Washington alone with its allies Israel and Saudi Arabia, against the rest of the world?
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This thoughtful and well-written blog picked up a recent changingaging.org post on family caregiving.
Take a few minutes to read the post Striking a Balance: Eldercare and the Workplace over at Changing Aging, the blog of geriatrician Dr. Bill Thomas. The post discusses how to balance parent caregiving with the rest of life. He was joined in a presentation by Dr. Judah Ronch (both men are on the faculty with the Erickson School at the University of Maryland Baltimore Campus, UMBC), and a short video provides some highlights. I'd definitely like to attend a presentation like this in my area.
Here is a taste of what this blog offers…
This is my effort to record the experiences of loving and living with aging parents, and also as a vehicle that helps my husband and me understand and learn more about aging parent caregiving. I am highlighting interesting issues, identifying high quality web resources, and sharing memories. Other posts are on topics that my husband and I would have liked to know more about at the beginning of our foray into the aging child – aging parent phase of life.
I am not selling anything to my readers. I have no financial interest in goods or services for aging parents or their adult children, and my blog at this time has no advertising other than ads that WordPress might attach for some readers. On occasion I have provided technology support for senior citizens, sometimes receiving a small stipend, however I am not promoting my technology skills. As a long-time teacher I enjoy writing and re-writing, and I am good at research. I have taught just about every age from preschool to elderly senior adult — altogether more than 30 years of teaching experience and have earned undergraduate and graduate degrees.
As Your Parents Age aims to posts information that is useful to adult children who are experiencing or entering the aging parent caregiving life phase (that we are living through right now). My aim is not to keep a journal or to aspire to replace comprehensive resource sites on aging. Instead, these short personal posts, accompanied by a few resources, can help others understand the basics of a particular subject, learn about a resource, or learn where to go to find more information. Please take a minute to look at some of the resources links that are attached to blog posts, and refer to the Disclosure page (soon to be uploaded) for more information.
While some of my posts do not directly relate to my aging parent experiences, they offer critical information for individuals who are committed to quality parent caregiving. Other posts may share a memory from the lives of one of our parents.
We never stop learning. As a teacher my inclination is to encourage people to learn more. In this case, the more we all learn about the aging parent caregiving period of our lives, the more we help family members gracefully through the aging process. Thus the goal is to support the process of becoming an effective aging parent advocate as well as a life-long learner. Perhaps in the process we can even dispel a few of our own fears about getting older.
Finally, I hope this blog will pay tribute to the amazing people in our families, individuals who are experiencing the later years of their lives. The aging process makes them no less amazing.
There is a great deal of common sense here. I consider common sense to be a rare and precious commodity.


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Samsung unveil 10.1-inch, 2560x1600 capable display
Samsung unveil new super-tablet screen, capable of 2560x1600 on a 10.1-inch display
The inner-geek (well, ok, it's not so much inner, more everyday-geek) really loved seeing this news, Samsung have unveiled a high-resolution, 10.1-inch display that supports a maximum resolution of 2560x1600 that should power next-gen tablets including the next-gen iPad and Android-powered devices.
Samsung's new display is just a tech demo at the moment as it is not ready for mass production. What it does demonstrate is that high-resolution, high-pixel density tablet displays are possible without crazy power requirements that would normally be included. Samsung could also opt to use this new display tech in their own devices (Galaxy Tab Ultra-HD 10.1 maybe? - Contact me Samsung if you like that name). Considering all the lawsuits Apple were flinging at Samsung, if I were Samsung I wouldn't be giving out this tech in a hurry.
But, on the flip side Apple would most likely want 50 million of these screens, making Samsung a nice pile of Dineros. This new display is set to be shown off at the SID Display Week 2011 trade show next week in LA.
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