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Out of Sight and Out of Mind, A New Oceanic Imperialism.
Sustainable Shellfish, Recommendations for Responsible Aquaculture
Seattle PI-- Cashing in on Geoducks
Asian appetite for state's farm-raised geoducks raises environmental questions.
Studies related to impacts of intensive commercial shellfish aquaculture around the world.
CSAS: Assessing Habitat Risks Associated with Bivalve Aquaculture
Questions About Salmon.
Investigations into how salmon find their home streams.
Recreational Activities may harm Salmon Habitat.
Salmon: Faster Learners
Tribes win ruling on salmon
Duwamish Provided a Feast to Native Americans.
The Geoduck Chronicles
Dirty Jobs - Gooey Ducks
Inappropriate political influence ruined seven endangered species decisions.
Geoduck industry targets east shore of Key Peninsula.
Booming geoduck farms move closer to shore.
Viagra on the Half Shell.
Geoduck farming buries friendships.
Oysters and Willapa Bay
Bush and Callow Act affecting tidelands
Bush and Callow Act description.
WDFW Geoduck (Panopea Abrupta)
Tiny Shrimp Present Jumbo Problem.
Extinction Threat to Wild Salmon.
Bonanza beneath the sea
Puget Sound Orcas feeding in California--again.
Puget Sound, One Man's Indictment, Love Poem and Call to Arms.
Sandy Beach Habitat, the Olympian, May 7, 2008
Coastal Habitats in Puget Sound, Technical Report 2006-1
Chain of legal actions planned to fight fish farms
Failing our Sound, Seattle Times, May, 2008
Low Dissolved Oxygen Levels in Hood Canal
Sardines with your Bagel, New York Times
Marine Invaders and Aquaculture
Olympia Oyster Restoration Project
Marine Invaders in Puget Sound
All in the shellfish family
Evaluating habitats across the space-time continuum
Taylor Shellfish Illegally Farmed Public Tidelands
Juvenile Salmonid Composition, King County
Muddy Waters, Audubon - Ted Williams, 2008
$1.3 Million Geoduck Fine? Seattle PI
Shellfish Grower May Face Fines, Olympian
Oceans being killed off to feed livestock, farmed fish. Seattle PI
The Olympia Expedition
Puget Sound 'action agenda' unveiled
State to allow Taylor Shellfish to harvest geoducks
Defining 'Best Available Science'
Goldmark Inherits Shellfish Ruling
Don Brunell (Ass. of WA Business) blasts 'NIMBY's
Time to get rid of giant Puget Sound geoduck feedlots - Pacific Fishing
Distributing the Burdens of Proof, Van Den Belt
Assessing the global threat of invasive species to marine biodiversity, Molnar
Impacts of shellfish aquaculture around the world
CPPSH - PCC presentation
CPPSH position paper
Oysters planted for restoration should not be harvested
Comparisons of Steelhead Abundance
Taylor Shellfish files suit against DNR
Oyster decision could alter bay
The future of oysters in the Chesapeake
Dirty jobs mussels
DNR-Taylor settle Totten Inlet Trespass
State to Inventory Tidelands after another Taylor Shellfish Trespass
Tough Choices in the Recovery of Puget Sound
Judge rejects Maury Island gravel-mine permit
A Challenge to Conservationists, World Watch
PSP "State of the Sound" report falls short of expectations
BC slaps moratorium on finfish and shellfish aquaculture licenses
Two arrested in poaching of oysters and clams
Shell Games: geoduck poaching
Closed containment fish farming
Turning Tide, Mason County Journal, June, 2010
Two Side of a Geoduck Tube, Key Pen News, June, 2010
State settles with shellfish growers over trespass, June, 2010
Chinese shell out big money for "virility" geoducks
Mason County Journal article
Chinese mafia rakes in millions from "Puget Sound gold"
Economic benefits, ecological questions stall geoduck industry's growth
Corp's permit program threatens salmon habitat


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The gardens are loving the rain. Some of my plants look like they have tripled in size!
Before the deluge, however, my arugula had bolted, so I had to use it all up. I was growing arugula before it was trendy, and feeling kinda smug about it. Its fancy name is Eruca Sativa, but it is commonly called salad rocket, rucola, roquette, rugula, and colewort. The Americanization of the name is from the 1960's, when NYT food editor Craig Claiborne called it arugula (jamaica, ooh, I wanna take ya).
The Mediterraneans have been chowing down on the annual since Roman times, and several classical authors describe it as an aphrodisiac… The poet Virgil himself wrote: "the rocket excites the sexual desire of drowsy people". woo-hoo, ya'll, and I just thought it tasted good.
It's easy enough to grow, but like lettuce, heat causes it to bolt and taste stronger. It can grow up to 3 feet or so, but since I put it in late, mine only reached about 18 inches. It can (and should) be started earlier in Spring and sown directly in the garden. Since it stayed so cold this year, I didn't get any mesclun ingredients sown, so settled for plants. There was no compromise in the taste, though. I can sow some seeds again in September when space opens up in the garden and hopefully get a second crop.
Recipes abound for the leafy green, but I usually just mix it into a salad. For blogging purposes, however, I made up a little salad that Cavatappo's (one of my favorite haunts in NYC) introduced to me. I'm sorry to admit that the pictures of the plate were not as appetizing as the actual meal, so I want you to just try it for yourself. It's delicious.
Arugula & Goat Cheese Salad
Mix arugula, goat cheese, and cherry tomatoes. Use balsamic vinaigrette to taste.
Voila! Couldn't be easier!
There are some good balsamic vinaigrette products at the market, but I make up my own with balsamic vinegar, olive oil, garlic and whatever fresh herbs I have on hand; this time it was oregano, basil, and thyme.
I admit I didn't know it was an aphrodisiac…I like it even better now..!


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CPT. Renko exited the singularity. He had just shot Demichav. He had spared barishov's life. He had decided. To give up this shitstorm of bullets and blood. He was leaving. No one could stop him. "Cpt. Renko you must go stop yoursel…", "shut it Barishov." said Renko. He didn't bother disguising the anger in his voice." But CPT.", " I said shut it." Barishov stood there as Renko walked of. His mouth open in shock." Renko proceeded toward the base of military operations.
1 year later.
Renko looked at the small city. He had managed to rout the Russian military forces from Texas and Louisiana. He heard foot steps. A man in a makeshift uniform entered the room.
" sir the Russians forces have just attacked an oil field at the edge of our territory.". Renko's brows crossed. His voice turned hostile. " then send squads to get it back!" he screamed. The soldier ran, he looked like he was going to shit his pants out of fear. Renko looked back at the city. "it's all so different." he whispered. All the malice drained from his voice. And it was true. When the Russians invaded America. They left no stone unturned.
The only pockets of resistance was MIR-12, and a small group in Mexico. It was a bunch of people of all races. Each one pissed off at the Russians. Sure America wasn't the best place, but the Russian government turned it into a police state. You had 8 hours. Had 30 minutes to, and from get to work. Then curfew. For 16 hours. They searched each house daily. All tools were to stay in shops. They kept ridged count of each nut and bolt. You had exactly 250 calories a meal. 400 for pregnant women.
If you broke any laws. You were hanged. They had weekly shooting squads. attendance mandatory. you missed it. You'll see it next week with a front row seat. Renko went over his plans to retake America. The resources of Texas were obviously important.
What he really needed were some tanks. Sadly he had none to ally with. No one to gain support from. No one, but the people. Heavy weapons were also running short. The armored spetnaz soldiers were killing many men with they're auto guns. He had obtained auto guns, sure. But his engineers were having trouble replicating it. Homemade bombs worked on them.
But they were running low on the materials needed. At least for standard production. He had each man, and women taught how to make a bomb. So the more resourceful rebels could get some ready. He needed a way to break into Okalahoma. The Russians had an airfield in Nebraska. He got out a pen then began to plot out courses on a map of the united states, and wrote notes on a piece of paper.


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Up to 400 films are shown every year as part of the Berlinale's public programme, the vast majority of which are world or European premieres. Films of every genre, length and format can be submitted for consideration. The Golden Bear (German Goldener Bär) is the highest prize awarded for the best film shown during this festival.
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One day I put on dark glasses and a hat and pasted on long sideburns, and I went to some of these stores in New York. I had thought that Sweden was bad, but Sweden hasn't gone near to the depths of various sex deviations and obsessions that we have gone. I suppose there are sections of this country that have sunk as low as anything in history, because in the days of Sodom and Gomorrah and Pompeii and Rome they didn't have the presses or the motion pictures to stimulate all of this.
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This version is closest to S, featuring S's abridged opening. The two are not quite identical, but few of the details in which they differ need concern us here. The author trims much of the detail of fighting and shortens the speeches, but changes no incidents.
Fromont has thirty sons, mostly bastards. [This same trait is attributed to various Maganzans in some later Italian works].
Like all medievals, Philippe considers Garin and Gerbert to be a single work, which he divides into three books. Book I includes Paris' Parts I and II. Book II covers the death of Begon and the ensuing war. Book III begins with the death of Garin and includes all of Gerbert de Metz. He follows the first redaction.
Philippe turns dialogue into indirect summaries, shortens the poem throughout, and adds a few details of his own. Whenever action takes place in Metz, he identifies the locations in the contemporary city.
Garin is buried in the Abbey of Saint Arnoul outside Metz.
David Aubert's History of Charles Martel includes, among other stories, that of the Lorrainers, following that of Girart of Roussillon. The compilation was finished in 1463. He follows the chanson closely in incident, but abridges the fight scenes and other descriptions, and recasts dialogue. Nonetheless, the fight scenes are not updated, and faithfully reflect the customs of the 1100's. Manuel Galopin retains his joie de vivre in the taverns, but is quietly stripped of his magical abilities.
Volume 2 of Aubert's history opens with an account of how Charles Martel gave a feast at St. John's Day, with his Queen Alexandrine (sister of Girart of Roussillon's wife Bertha) and their son Pepin, who was handsome, gracious, pleasant and noble, well taught and having all virtues, notwithstanding his short stature. At the feast, a horrible lion escaped from the royal menagerie, terrifying the guests, who all fled, save for Pepin, who confronted the beast and slew it.
Sometime after this, Girart of Roussillon died, at which the heathen Saxons thought it safe to attack France again. The Holy Father came from Rome to speak with King Charles, and granted him permission to tax the clergy. The book thus transitions into the story of Garin le Loherain, as given in the First Redaction. Volume 2 ends with Guerin, as he spells it, making peace with King Pepin and the Bordelais for the last time before his death.
I am unable to find any full account, in any of the languages I read, of how closely the Dutch translation of Garin follows the original, or even of which events are told in the fragments that survive. All I have found is a vague assertion that it is close, which I presume means no incidents are altered.
The poem seems to have been written around 1160, though all our manuscripts are from much later. It is certainly earlier than Huon of Bordeaux, Ogier the Dane, and Bodel's Saxons.
There is absolutely no historical basis for the feud of the Lorrainers and the Bordelais. Turpin lists "Garinus dux Lotharingie" among the dead at Roncesvalles, and claims he was buried in Belin, but no other source does so.
The poem's historical value lies in its vivdly painted picture of daily life in twelth-century France. The author was evidently from the north; the geography of the Meuse and Moselle regions is extremely detailed and accurate.
Scholars have amused themselves by tracing parallels, most of them vague and unconvincing, between the chanson and contemporary events.
The invasion of the Vandals is a very hazy recollection of various Germanic and Viking invasions, not correspondng to any in particular.
Naisil is the modern Naix.
It is often said that Loherain Garin was the origin of the name Lohengrin, the son of Perceval. It may be so, but the two characters have absolutely nothing in common.
Jean d'Avesnes, writing in the late 1200's, took the whole story as fact. Philippe Mouskes' Chronique Rimee includes the death of Begon and a very brief summary of the events that follow it, up until the marriage of Gerbert with a daughter of Aymeri of Narbonne. The 14th century historian Jacques de Guise interpolated passages about Garin into a Latin chronicle (by Hugues de Toul) he copied (Bk XI. Ch. 86). Symphorien Champier, Meurisse, and de Wasseborg also mistook the chanson for authentic history. All these authors, however, have no other source but the chanson de geste.[1]
A Middle English translation is mentioned in a document from the reign of Richard II, but it is utterly lost.
The "Petit Cartulaire de Saint-Arnould" claims that Hervis was buried in the abbey of Saint-Arnould in Metz. The preservation of Garin's arm as a relic may be due to confusion with Saint Warinus [Garin] of Metz, martyred in 677, the brother of Saint Leodegarius [Léger]. Garin's tomb was still to be seen in Metz Cathedral as late as the 1500's. The princes of Burgundy claimed to have in their treasury, among other things, the tusk of the boar that Begon was hunting when he was slain.
The work was popular enough to inspire a sequel, now known as Gerbert of Metz. In the Middle Ages, however, Gerbert was always copied with Garin, and considered simply to be a part of it, with the result that modern scholars are unsure exactly where the division between the two poems is. Some place it at the beginning of our Part Three. Others where we have it. Still others aways into Gerbert, at the beginning of the Siege of Gironville. In favor of the early division is the fact that MS X begin at this point; that ending Garin there leaves all loose ends neatly tied up and all parties reconciled; that INT begin to differ greatly here; that CDJQR have illuminations here, BGNOSVW have large initials; that Philippe de Vigneulles makes a book division here. Against the early division: AEL1MNP have no indication of a division; FT do not even start a new laisse. In favor of the middle division: the aesthetic satisfaction of ending a poem with the death of the hero. Against the middle division: this aesthetic is more appealing to modern Romantic sensibilities than to medieval audiences, who would have felt cheated if they were not told how Garin was avenged. In favor of the late division: CJL1 have illuminations here, DEFMPSW have large initialas; a very awkward repetition of three laisses by many MSS; EFMP claim at this break that "Here ends the song of Jehan de Flagi." The style changes after this point, both in vocabulary and laisse-structure; Auberi le Bourguignon's character changes. Against the late division: It is a ridiculous place to end a story, unless Jehan died suddenly or his original ending has been suppressed; ABINOQRVX do not indicate a division here at all.
Let thus much suffice for Garin the Lorrainer, and let us now speak of his son, Gerbert of Metz.
[1] Taylor, Pauline. Gerbert de Mez.Namur 1953. xiv.


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Rodillian Sport
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At the Rodillian Academy, we pride ourselves on creating an environment in which students are actively encouraged to participate in sport, inspired by the benefits and rewards which subsequently arise through their involvement. Our group of coaches are very experienced and deliver superb coaching sessions, supporting students physical, mental and social development. We strive for sporting success and achievement, but foster a culture of participation and development through regular extra curricular training sessions across a busy week.
As our reputation grows across the north and nationally as a sports hub, our fixture list has developed hugely. We now play many of the most prestigious and traditionally successful sports schools in the North of England and these challenges only help to build a true sports culture within the school community.
Our expectations of our students are incredibly high and whilst supporting our students in meeting with the high academic expectations placed upon them, we provide our students within our sports programmes with an abundant access to training and fixtures.
Commitment to the sports programmes once selected for one of our Sports Academies is outlined early on in the students journey through the sports pathways at The Rodillian Academy. Once part of the Sports Academy's, the students commit to morning Strength and Conditioning Sessions, Breakfast Clubs, Netball or Rugby Applied Resilience (Games) training sessions, Leadership Clinics and Video Analysis Sessions. We have forged strong links with Leeds Beckett and Sheffield Hallam Universities and our link with Loughborough University provides our students with the opportunity to visit truly world class sites of elite preparation, performance and recovery.
At The Rodillian Academy, we provide our students with a sports pathway through the school and beyond. Our sports pathway begins with our engagement with local Primary Schools, working with students in Year 5 and Years 6 to enhance physical literacy and game understanding as well as introducing the values and expectations we have of our students at the Academy early on in a students school life. As students progress to The Rodillian Academy, they are challenged on the sports field, fitness suite and class room to develop and excel and with these opportunities our students thrive. As student progress into 6th form, they are selected to become part of our Elite 6th Form Sports Academies (Netball and Rugby). Here they will become part of an Elite Sports Programme which will accelerate their development and understanding of sport. Combined with their academic studies, students will engage in leadership pathways in which they will gain National Governing Body qualifications. Students will coach within our cluster of Feeder Primary Schools ensuring that our role models are feeding back into the very start of our sports pathways, inspiring our next generation of sports academy students.
Those within the sports programmes have the opportunity to tour to venues within the UK and internationally. Sports teams have toured to Cambridge, Newcastle, Belfast and London and we plan to tour to South Africa in 2018 with both the Netball and Rugby academy squads.
The Rodillian Academy sports teams regularly take part in National Competitions; The Natwest Rugby Cup Competition, The National Schools Rugby Competition, The Rosslyn Park National Rugby Sevens Tournament, The National Schools Netball competition.
Concussion and Injury Awareness
The Rodillian Academy sports programmes are tailored to help prepare our students for the challenges which arise within the training and competitive sports environment. Through our Strength and Conditioning clubs, through regular, differentiated Physical Education lessons and through our extra – curricular sports clubs we ensure we work hard to support our students to minimise their potential of injury within both training and within competitive games. However, injuries do occur including concussion due to the physical and challenging environments our student athletes compete within.
Our Physical Education teachers are experienced members of staff who work hard to monitor our students well being within and after the game as best they can. But we also ask that students communicate with their lead PE staff member if they are injured to ensure that support can be provided in both the short and long term.
I attach a link to the England Netball website and the Rugby Football Union Guidelines in relation to injury prevention, concussion and when a student athlete is able to return to playing.
Thank you for your support of the sports programmes and we look forward to meeting you on the sidelines this season.
Mr Gostling
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Rugby and Netball Training Schedule 2018-2019
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What money moves should you make in your 20s — and what should you avoid doing? Rhiannon Payne, editor in chief of Feminspire, reached out with a fabulous guest post on this very topic. I think her tips are solid however old you are, particularly if you're just starting a new career with more money (like I was at 27, my first year in BigLaw). Thank you for guest posting, Rhiannon! (Pictured: Lodis Accessories Audrey Cassie Cell Case with Wristlet, available at 6pm for $36.99.)
So you've finally landed that amazing job, the one that pays you enough to not only cover your rent and other basic expenses, but also affords you the luxury of having money left over – money that you're not sure what to do with. The options seem limitless. While you once had to count up the pennies in your change jar if you wanted to buy a new outfit, you're suddenly thinking about all the exciting ways you can improve your life with your new funds. Things you would have never considered are suddenly options – a tablet for working on the go? A newer, shinier car to replace your old model? The fancier silverware sets from Bed Bath & Beyond?
This is a trap that a lot of young people fall into, especially when entering the workforce after college or going straight into the professional world in their early 20s (the latter was me – I set my sights on an industry where a degree was more of an option than a requirement, and I didn't want to risk a negative ROI on my tuition). Unfortunately, the financial education provided to American students, in both high school and college, is generally pretty limited. When a young person starts earning a healthy income, they often have no idea what to do with their money. Thus, some unfortunate financial decisions usually occur. This is especially true for women, who not only make less (on average, $0.77 to the dollar) than men, but are traditionally given even less financial guidance than their male peers.
It wasn't all that long ago that I got my first "real" job. And the scenario above? Completely inspired by real events. I suddenly had money that I didn't know what to do with, and unlike Kat who started putting away $100 each month at the age of 22, I made irresponsible choices.
Even though I was making enough money to support myself, it took me awhile to pull myself out of the financial hole that I dug myself into. The saddest part was that I didn't have any serious financial issues until I started earning a decent living (why does that happen?). So take it for what it's worth, but as a young 20-something who has been there, here's what I would do differently (and am currently doing differently) when it comes to managing my money:
- Seriously, don't start upgrading everything. The first mistake a lot of young people make is spending more money than they really need to. When I got my first full time job, the first thing I wanted to do was find a bigger apartment, get a car, and fill my closet with silk blouses and expensive pencil skirts from Bloomingdales. This is a bad idea. I'll even spell it out for added emphasis: B A D. If you were getting by with your lifestyle choices prior to your job, don't start rushing to change them by spending money that could be going other places (such as a savings account). For me, getting my own one bedroom apartment would cost at least $500 a month more than living with roommates or in a bachelor. A car would be another $500 a month or more expense, especially considering the cost of gas in my city (Los Angeles). These are mistakes for a lot of reasons, and are especially big ones in an uncertain job market. If you lose that awesome job of yours, you're suddenly going to be stuck with a lot of big expenses and no way to pay (been there). Live with roommates, keep taking the bus, and treat yourself sometimes but not to the point where you're spending your entire paycheck without putting anything away. I know how tempting it is to step up your lifestyle, but do it in baby steps, not leaps.
- Keep your expenses down across the board. This advice probably seems pretty obvious, and I'm sure everyone has heard it before, but when you're in your early 20s and focused on your career and social life it can be easy to forget or simply disregard. My advice: don't disregard it. The cost of convenience isn't worth what they're selling it for, and by "they" I mean Starbucks, the cute café on the corner where you buy a $10 salad every day, and the trendy bar where you spend $15 per cocktail on Saturday nights. Sure, you can afford to buy $3 coffee every day and pricey lunches and drinks, congratulations – but that doesn't mean you should. If you add up the amount you spend on little conveniences, you'll probably get a huge number – and that's an amount that would be put to much better use in a savings account. So take a flask to the bar and just order a coke (don't turn your nose up at this, we've all done it), make your own lunches, and brew your own coffee. When your car breaks down or you have to pay for an expensive medical bill, you'll thank yourself.
- Don't get into credit card debt – just don't do it. Yes, more obvious advice. But if you're anything like 20-year-old me, you might be prone to totally disregarding this as well. My best advice is to not open up a line of credit at all, but sometimes things happen, and there's also the whole "building your credit" thing that we all have to do in order to get approved for things like apartments and cars. So if you decide to get a credit card, budget for every expense. When you have extra money to pay some of it down, do it immediately. Prioritize it right under your rent and groceries. The faster that debt is gone, the happier you're going to be. The longer you let that debt accumulate, the more miserable you're going to be – believe me.
- "The best time to start a savings plan is before you're used to having extra money." Oh man, do I wish I knew this a few years ago. This is advice from David Armstrong, a top-ranking financial advisor, so I can't exactly take credit for it – but above everything else I've written here, this is something I think every young person should hear. His suggestion is to calculate 50% of what your paycheck is after taxes, then use that for the things you absolutely need like rent, transportation, your phone bill, etc. Then take another 35% for your wants. The last 15% goes into savings – period, no question. Pretend that 15% doesn't exist if you have to, just don't spend it. While this exact method may not work for everyone (we all have different expenses and income levels), find a version that works for you.
Were you good about managing your finances when you were young? Share your secrets with us. If you made the same mistakes that I did, feel free to commiserate with me in the comments.
Rhiannon Payne is the Editor-in-Chief of Feminspire.com, a women's media website that publishes the thoughts and stories of women around the world. She lives in Los Angeles and is still "figuring it out" when it comes to life, money, and all the rest.


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1 July 2015, via AURDIP [Association of Academics for the Respect of International Law in Palestine]
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This Report was prepared by a delegation of 8 academics from 5 European countries representing the European Platform for the Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (EPACBI) who visited seven Palestinian universities and academies in April 2015. The delegation is grateful to the many faculty members and administrators of those institutions who made the visit possible.
Summary of Findings
The delegation was unable to visit all of Palestine's institutions of higher education, and in particular it was prevented from visiting Gaza's universities by the Israeli blockade. However, it found a consistent pattern across all the universities that it visited, and by their systemic nature it is reasonable to assume that this pattern applies to all of them.
This pattern was of a coherent and multi-faceted policy of Israeli interference with the normal functioning of academic life. This interference inhibits free movement of staff and students; reduces academic effectiveness and productivity by the usurpation of staff time through mobility restrictions and imposed bureaucratic obstacles ; prevents effective collaboration and sharing of intellectual resources between Palestinian universities ; obstructs international visits to Palestinian universities ; substantially prevents the employment of teaching staff from abroad ; interrupts the supply of equipment, materials and books ; and subjects staff and students to repeated humiliations and indignity.
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III. Recommendations
The Recommendations which follow are addressed to academics and other concerned individuals ; academic institutions and trade unions ; human rights and other non-governmental organisations ; and indeed to civil society in general, across Europe and beyond.
Recommendation 1 : Assist the universities of Palestine by promoting exchanges, partnerships and visits
Palestinian universities are extremely isolated and constantly appeal for assistance to enable their faculty to travel and collaborate with counterparts abroad, for their students to study abroad, and to receive visiting faculty and exchange students. Actions of this kind will, however, unfortunately in no way discourage Israel from continuing and intensifying its policy of academic blockade. Therefore action is also required at other levels
Recommendation 2 : Pressure on European governments and the Commission of the European Union
These bodies need to accept their share of responsibility for the lamentable situation that the delegation observed, and take remedial steps to redress decades of discrimination. For many years the EU and individual European countries have treated Israel as a privileged partner while doing almost nothing to assist Palestine. The restrictive approach to issuing visas to Palestinian academic visitors, and where appropriate to their families as well, should be ended. Governments should make it a priority to make funds generously available to support academic partnerships and exchanges of faculty and students with Palestine.
Recommendation 3 : Apply direct pressure on Israel by supporting the boycott of Israeli universities.
It is regrettable that the recent historical record confirms that Western governments generally act on an issue of ethical importance only when civil society mobilizes in its support. Ending South Africa's apartheid policy was one such issue on which civil society led and governments belatedly followed. Israel's 48-year-long illegal occupation of the West Bank and Gaza and the subversion of Palestinian universities is a similar, albeit not identical, issue. As Palestinian university administrators and faculty repeatedly point out, Israeli universities have benefitted hugely from the largesse of Western governments without making the slightest effort to support their Palestinian counterparts or demonstrate solidarity with them. The only organized attempt to encourage solidarity among Israeli academics for their Palestinian counterparts proved to be a fiasco. In March 2008 a small group of prominent Israeli academics circulated a petition in support of the principle of unhindered access to higher education for Palestinian residents of the Occupied Territories. Their petition reads:
"We, past and present members of academic staff of Israeli universities, express great concern regarding the ongoing deterioration of the system of higher education in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip. We protest against the policy of our government which is causing restrictions of freedom of movement, study and instruction, and we call upon the government to allow students and lecturers free access to all the campuses in the Territories, and to allow lecturers and students who hold foreign passports to teach and study without being threatened with withdrawal of residence visas. To leave the situation as it is will cause serious harm to freedom of movement, study and instruction – harm to the foundation of academic freedom, to which we are committed."
Of the roughly 8,500 senior and junior faculty who received the email inviting them to sign the petition, a total of 407 – less than 5 per cent – agreed to do so. Indications are that even fewer Israeli academics would sign a similar petition today.
The boycott calls on supporters to refuse collaboration with Israeli universities, whether as visiting lecturers, researchers, examiners or referees. It is not aimed at individual Israeli academics or researchers whose freedom to travel, lecture and collaborate in research is unaffected. It therefore does not hinder dialogue or free speech. [14]
In Conclusion
Israelis are inordinately proud of their universities for their advanced work in science and technology, their Nobel prizes and world rankings. But Israelis cannot have it both ways: claiming membership in the democratic world while pursuing violent policies of ethnic cleansing and undermining Palestinian higher education. The authors of this Report are convinced that academic boycott is the most effective, non-violent way for Western civil society to confront Israelis with the need to choose.
To learn more about the academic boycott, contact a national affiliate of EPACBI:
The British Committee for the Universities of Palestine (BRICUP)
Association des Universitaires pour le Respect du Droit International en Palestine, France (AURDIP)
Akademisk og Kulturell Boikott av Staten Israel, Norway (AKULBI)
Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel, Sweden (PSABI)
Belgian Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel (BACBI)
BDS academico por Palestina (bdspbai[at]gmail.com)
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Jun 21, 2016 - 12:36 PM
Would need a few more details to actually answer for you (what version of Office are you installing on the server, how is it being accessed - is it only by the application or is it directly by end users for instance).
Jun 22, 2016 - 12:29 AM
Jun 22, 2016 - 02:27 AM
If all users accessing have Office 2016 VL licensing and the Office 2016 VL is on the server, then the server copy would not be counted.
If there is only partial access (say 100 devices accessing out of 1000) then understanding internal controls would be noted, much like the use of Office in a Terminal Services scenario.
If you cannot control the device count accessing, you would need to move to Per User / Office 365 licensing.
Under O365 it would be considered as an additional install from the count of 5 allowed for each user. I don't know if this will be counted on the portal so careful management of the Per User licensing would need to be in place.
Jun 22, 2016 - 07:38 AM
Thanks all for getting back with your replies.
However, in taking into account all the responses, its still a bit unclear to me.
Are we saying that Office 2016 can be deployed on an (on-prem) server and covered via O365 licensing (via EA) for each end user?
Or does Office 2016 have to be licensed in a different manner? If licensing cannot be via O365 (on an EA), then what is the correct method?
Many Thanks
Jun 22, 2016 - 07:47 AM
Unfortunately you haven't given enough info to answer your question. What version/edition of Office is on the server? You can install Office on a central server this is allowed. The devices or users accessing need to be licensed.
One of the challenges with O365 is that the Office license is CLick to Run (CTR). CTR has restrictions in that you have to utilize CTR not the on premise edition of Office. And it has restricted downgrade rights (you can only use Office 2016 or Office 2013 for 1 year from launch of 2016).
Are all users licensed for Office through O365? Do you own any other prerpetual licenses? What is exactally installed on the server?
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Are we saying that Office 2016 can be deployed on an (on-prem) server and covered via O365 licensing (via EA) for each end user?
Or does Office 2016 have to be licensed in a different manner? If licensing cannot be via O365 (on an EA), then what is the correct method?
Fundermentally Office ProPlus 365 and Office Professional Plus (VL) are two different licensing models. 365 is a Per User License and VL is a Per Device License. Each carry different rules. You can put Office (either) on a backend server, but your attaching devices must have the same license as what they are attaching too, and the rules are slightly different for each.


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My General Practitioner just called me. To remind my readers, after the doctor who treated me for my transition died in a car accident I was in search for a replacement before my prescriptions ran out. The obvious choice was my GP since it was a matter of picking up the script. He refused saying he had no training in the field and it was more complicated than just reissuing prescriptions.
I found the specialist in Atlanta, a five-hour drive. Well worth the effort. Meanwhile just last month I had my semi-annual check-up with the GP. After his exam he asked how the "Atlanta treatment" was going. I told him everything and we discussed the tests and results just so he'd be aware. After all, he had to drop one of my medications because it conflicted with the HRT. No judgment, just good doctor care.
So maybe ten minutes ago he calls. In an oblique manner he asked "do you recall the question you asked at the end of last year?" That could only mean one thing so I said yes. "I have a patient who came to me with the same request. Would you be willing to give me the name of the doctor you see in Atlanta?" So by the time I stopped squealing I said sure, just let me look it up.
THERE IS A TRANSGENDER SOMEWHERE IN MY TOWN! Besides me, that is. I wonder if I'll run into him/her (the doctor didn't say whether it MTF or FTM… wouldn't make a difference).
Wouldn't it be nice to have someone to have coffee with? Share a noontime sandwich? Just talk mutual concerns. <sigh>


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ESL: English as a second language
EFL: English as a foreign language
Having been studying at McGill for more than one year, I really enjoy my learning and daily life in Montreal. However, considering my classmates and friends are from different cultural backgrounds, I find that communicating with them is not easy. In particular, I notice that interactions related to cultural issues and sensitive topics can be even more difficult.
- Is That My Own Culture? I Fail to Introduce it to My Friends!
I believe that my English proficiency supports my academic learning and some simple daily communications in Montreal. However, introducing Chinese culture to my non-Chinese speakers in English can be very challenging. For example, last semester, we decided to visit Chinatown, preparing our posting assignment. When I tried to illustrate Xian (鲜), one of the Chinese special flavors to my Canadian classmates, I failed to explain it because there is no equivalent word in English. I felt even more stupid when I attempted to elaborate on it by telling them how this flavor could be tasted in some soups. Considering my poor explanation, even I would never try these soups. Furthermore, when I turned to my Chinese students for help, they also found this term really difficult to be clarified. That is why it is really embarrassing when my foreign friends want to learn some Chinese culture but I am not capable of explaining it clearly in a language (i.e., English) that they are able to understand.
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My cake is gluten free, but you can make it with 1-2/3 cups AP or WW pastry flour (or a combination) and omit the xantham gum. I get coconut custard powder from the Asian section of my grocery store or the Asian market. Vegan coconut instant pudding mix would work too.
Gluten Free Pumpkin Coconut Loaf Cake
Heat the oven to 350 degrees.
Dry Ingredients:
2/3 cup sorghum flour
1/3 cup brown rice flour
1/3 cup chickpea flour
1/3 cup cornstarch
1/3 cup coconut custard powder
2/3 cup granulated sugar/sweetener
2 t. xantham gum
1 t. baking powder
½ t. baking soda
½ t. salt
1 t. cinnamon
½ t. ground ginger
½ t. freshly grated nutmeg
1/3 cup toasted grated coconut (if using sweetened coconut, reduce sugar to ½ cup)
¼ cup toasted chopped pumpkin seeds
Wet Ingredients:
1 cup pumpkin puree
1 cup plain or vanilla milk
1/3 cup maple syrup
2 T. canola oil
1t. apple cider vinegar
1 t. vanilla extract
2 t. coconut extract
Lightly oil a 9 x 5 loaf pan.
Mix dry ingredients together in a large bowl. Mix wet ingredients in a small bowl until thoroughly blended. Mix the wet ingredients into the dry ingredients and stir until combined. Pour into loaf pan. Bake for 45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.
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The process of saturable-gain degenerate four-wave mixing in a diode-pumped microchip Nd:YVO4 amplifier is investigated. To enhance the efficiency of the interaction, multipass geometries are employed in which the weak signal beam and therefore the conjugate beam experience several passes in the gain medium. Degenerate four-wave mixing reflectivities as high as R = 10% and R = 170% have been obtained experimentally for 130-W diode pumping with two-pass and four-pass geometries, respectively. Finally, the imaging capabilities of the volume population hologram written in the Nd:YVO4 amplifier are demonstrated.
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Striving for excellence in teaching, sharing ideas and strategies, and using technology to engage learners at the elementary level. Working in collaboration with other teachers in an effort to continually learn and grow as educators.
Saturday, March 31, 2012
You Are A Writer! (SOLS 31)
I know that I have become more aware of the stories in my life, "the slices". Stories that once seemed hidden from me, are up close and personal. They're in the people I meet, the places I go, the things I see and hear, the experiences I have, the thoughts that enter my mind but used to silently slip away. They are here, they are there, they are everywhere!
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Congratulations! We made it! Love your blog. I am a follower now! Thanks for all your reflections!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! I keep hoping that I keep up with the routine and it becomes a habit. So glad to have been on this journey with others.ReplyDelete
It's been fun hearing from you this month. I love how you define "the slices". I plan to share this with my students. "They're in the people I meet, the places I go, the things I see and hear, the experiences I have, the thoughts that enter my mind but used to silently slip away. They are here, they are there, they are everywhere!" Thanks for a fabulous explanation. And now, I'm off to explore some new books!ReplyDelete
Many people let these moments slip away, you have caught them and preserved them. You are a writer, Congratulations Writer! You made it through the month!ReplyDelete
I really enjoyed your slices of life. Often times you left me wanting more. I can't wait to read your books one day, because you are a writer. Congratulations on completing this 31 day challenge.ReplyDelete
It is amazing we made it. Like you, I have found myself much more aware of the stories around me. I am hoping to continue this writing habit. I have enjoyed the opportunity to get to know the people who write posts and share on Twitter a little better. I am honored to have shared their stories and learn from their writing. I have enjoyed stopping by to read your pieces.


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The Kid Daytona Takes to the Skies,
Releases Come Fly With Me digitally on June 30, 2009
The Kid Daytona – Come Fly With Me (2009)
New York, NY – The Kid Daytona, born in Atlanta, GA to a set of Caribbean parents, grew up with a unique blend of cultural identities, which was only further expanded by his teenage years in The Bronx, NY. It was these formative years in New York's northern borough that led The Kid Daytona to his current path as a musician — and the June 30th release of his full length studio album, Come Fly With Me.
The flight path leading to the release of Come Fly With Me has been a long one. The Kid Daytona attained early success when his group The Aces was signed to Atlantic Records in 2002. Though the group dismantled shortly thereafter, Daytona managed to establish himself in the eyes of legendary MC Busta Rhymes, who quickly enlisted the young artist for a role in Flipmode Squad. In addition to Busta Rhymes, Daytona has also been blessed with the guidance of Cipha Sounds (Hot 97 WQHT), who has helped create the dynamic artist that appears on Come Fly With Me. Daytona and Cipha started out by releasing A Tribe Called Fresh in 2008, which garnered the attention of major media outlets like The Fader. Daytona explains that, "the success of the Tribe tape helped me realize it was time to put an official album together. I want people to be able to hear my music, and this is best way for me to make that happen – by making it available, and doing it well."
On Come Fly With Me, The Kid Daytona shares airspace with musical superstars such as Bun B (UGK), Kardinal Offishall, and seasoned newcomers such as Mickey Factz, Amanda Diva, Harlem's Cash,Outasight, and more. Production credits for the album include 6th Sense, Double 0 (Kidz In The Hall), Cook Classics, Jet Audio, Ill Bomb, The Government, and Deputy.
Both Come Fly With Me and its single, "Contact" featuring Kardinal Offishall, will be distributed digitally by Community JUICE beginning Tuesday, June 30, 2009.
The album is available for free download at: www.notherground.com/audio/TheKidDaytonaComeFlyWithMe.zip
The Kid Daytona – Come Fly With Me (2009)
1. Just Fly {prod. 6th Sense}
2. Air Jordan feat. Harlem's Cash {prod. The Government}
3. The Groove feat. Mickey Factz {prod. Deputy}
4. Honestly feat. Avriel Epps {prod. Cook Classics}
5. Twilight {prod. Jet Audio}
6. Contact! feat. Kardinal Offishall {prod. 6th Sense}
7. Flava Season {prod. Double 0}
8. The Minimum feat. Tiara Wiles {prod. 6th Sense}
9. In The Wind {prod. 6th Sense}
10. Lately feat. Amanda Diva {prod. Ill Bomb}
11. Eye Know feat. Mike Maven {prod. 6th Sense}
12. Perfect feat. Outasight {prod. 6th Sense}
13. Right Now Till Then {prod. 6th Sense & Frequency}
14. Air Born feat. Bun B {prod. 6th Sense}
For more information on The Kid Daytona see: MySpace.com/TheKidDaytona
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Every child needs someone they can look up to as a hero. But children who are being abused need superheroes to help get them out of abusive situations. Volunteer with CASA of Ohio Valley to become one of those superheroes.
CASA of Ohio Valley is a nonprofit child abuse and neglect advocacy organization serving Daviess and McLean County. We're members of the national court-appointed special advocate association. Our goal is to train community members to be a voice for children who have been abused or neglected.
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Ever dream of being a part of something big? Here is your chance. Our team at JATPC is training Robert Burton needs your help to send him to the Canadian Football League tryouts.
Robert is a 23 year old athlete from Marin City who is pursing his dream of playing professional football. Robert attended Tamalpais High school who graduated in 2010 and spent two years at City College of San Francisco where he earned a full ride scholarship to play at Northwest Missouri State University. Playing football is Robert's passion and although playing at a professional level is a dream of his, we truly believe that attaining his goal would positively impact his whole community. Marin City is a family oriented, tight-knit community where everyone truly cares and supports one another. Robert intends to show kids in his community that if they work hard and put their mind to something they can achieve it, and give adults in the community something to be proud of.
Please donate to help us send Robert to the Canadian Football League tryouts. Donations will be used to help pay travel and lodging expenses for Robert. Thank you for your support!


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Electrolyte panel, Lytes, sodium (Na), potassium (K), chloride (Cl), carbon dioxide (CO2)
This test measures the main electrolytes in your body: sodium, chloride, potassium, and carbon dioxide.
The cells in your body carefully balance fluids and electrolytes, which are electrically charged minerals. Electrolytes move fluid in and out of your cells. They carry nutrients into the cells and waste products back out. Electrolytes also help keep your water level normal and your pH level stable. In other words, they help the acids and bases in your blood stay in balance.
Electrolytes in blood and tissues are in the form of salts. You get electrolytes from the food you eat and fluids you drink.
You may need this test if you feel confused, nauseated, and weak. These are often signs that your body's electrolytes may be out of balance.
If you are in the hospital, your healthcare provider may order an electrolyte panel to help make a diagnosis or rule out other problems. You may also need this test if your healthcare provider wants to monitor your treatment for another condition. For example, heart failure can cause an electrolyte imbalance, so patients in the hospital for heart failure may have this test to see whether treatment is working.
You may also have this test if you have:
Heart disease
Nerve damage
Muscle problems
Cancer treatment
Chronic kidney disease
You may also have your electrolytes tested if you're taking diuretics or other medicines that cause you to have increased urination.
Your healthcare provider may also order this test if you collapse while playing sports or exercising, or if you are hospitalized for a heat-related illness. Because you lose electrolytes as you sweat, dehydration can sometimes lead to a dangerous electrolyte imbalance.
Your healthcare provider may also order a urine test for chloride, a blood test for glucose, or a basic urinalysis. If you've had a heart attack, you may also get an electrocardiogram, or EKG, along with an electrolyte test. Your healthcare provider may also order other blood tests to see how well your kidneys are working.
Test results may vary depending on your age, gender, health history, the method used for the test, and other things. Your test results may not mean you have a problem. Ask your healthcare provider what your test results mean for you.
Each part of an electrolyte panel checks for a different dissolved salt, or electrolyte. Results differ depending on your age and health.
Results are given in milliequivalents per liter (mEq/L). Here are the normal ranges for each type of electrolyte in blood:
Adults: 3.5 to 5 mEq/L
Children: 3.4 to 4.7 mEq/L
Infants: 4.1 to 5.3 mEq/L
Newborns: 3.9 to 5.9 mEq/L
If your potassium levels are too high or too low, you may be in danger of shock or a potentially life-threatening heart rhythm.
Adults: 98 to 106 mEq/L
Children: 90 to 110 mEq/L
Newborn: 96 to 106 mEq/L
Premature infant: 95 to 110 mEq/L
Adults: 136 to 145 mEq/L
Adults over age 90: 132 to 146 mEq/L
Children: 138 to 146 mEq/L
Premature infants at 48 hours: 128 to 148 mEq/L
Newborns: 133 to 146 mEq/L
Adults: 23 to 30 mEq/L
Children: 20 to 28 mEq/L
Infants: 20 to 28 mEq/L
Newborns: 13 to 22 mEq/L
Your electrolytes can be checked with either a blood or urine test. The blood test is done with a blood sample. A needle is used to draw blood from a vein in your arm or hand. For a urine test, you provide a urine sample in a specimen container.
Having a blood test with a needle carries some risks. These include bleeding, infection, bruising, and feeling lightheaded. When the needle pricks your arm or hand, you may feel a slight sting or pain. Afterward, the site may be sore.
A urine test poses no known risks.
The amount of fluid you drink or lose can affect your test results. Results can also be affected by vomiting, having diarrhea, or sweating a lot from exercise.
Some medicines, such as those used to lower high blood pressure or reduce stomach acid, can cause electrolyte problems.
Ask your healthcare provider whether you need to stop eating certain foods or taking certain medicines before this test. Be sure your healthcare provider knows about all medicines, herbs, vitamins, and supplements you are taking. This includes medicines that don't need a prescription and any illicit drugs you may use.
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really, it's been three months since i posted anything – anything – other than spiders? wow. i do love them, but i never really intended to become an arachnid-only site. amazing how time gets away from you, when you're busy, oh, buying houses and finding new jobs. that's right – first-home-ownership is on the horizon for us, with a new job starting for me two weeks before. i suppose some of this requires a bit of explanation, so let's see…
when i returned from the ship last november, i discovered that my 'definitely to be renewed upon expiry' one-year research post-doc, which finished halfway through the voyage, had in fact not been renewed, and that i'd been unemployed for three weeks already. surprise! actually not entirely a surprise, given the extreme dearth of funds in our research institute. but anyway, to skip quickly past all that messiness and the politics of being moved to a different building, and make a long story marginally shorter, i haven't been working full-time since then. i picked up some teaching, on a first-year paper (course) that introduces students to university-level writing (can you hear my hands rubbing together gleefully?) and literature reviews. that was good fun on many levels, and paid a reasonable part-time wage.
i did apply for some overseas jobs, just to try my luck, but (again, not so terribly surprising), no one anywhere seems to be serious about hiring. the pebbles and i decided to wait for a response from one final overseas application, and then get serious about a house instead. when that last rejection came in, we'd already done a fair bit of house research, and we'd had enough fun poking around open homes that the prospect of owning one really was a good plan B. (reading that last sentence again, i wonder whether the home-buying process is a little like giving birth, in that you suppress the memory of it so thoroughly that you can eventually be convinced to try it again. every time we drive past an open home we don't have to go to, we still chuckle sadistically.) so, yes: to spare you some more details, we found a place. it's on the north shore, which means we'll be leaving our beloved mt albert after seven years, but the location is still pretty good, and there will be plenty of room for guests! and this is where the house and job tie back in together (other than the neat congruence of starting the job in late august and settling on the house two weeks later – paycheck and mortgage, probably a useful combination). the new job, which is really a full-time extension of the part-time teaching this semester, is also based on the north shore. it involves further work on the same paper as last semester, extended to full-time employment and encompassing some research time. pretty much ideal. it starts the day after we return from our annual sojourn to the states (goodbye, august in nz! we won't miss you!), although i was already invited to my future department's midwinter christmas party, which bodes well.
so here's the first house photo – the tip of the iceberg, no doubt. 9.5 weeks until moving day!


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Everything Action Theater: "Silent Rage"
Posted on March 28, 2012 by brian
There's a lot of Chuck Norris action classics, but one underrated gem is 1982's "Silent Rage". Chuck plays sheriff Dan Stevens, who takes down a mentally ill criminal on the loose. The criminal is near death, but is revived by not-so-mad scientist Ron Silver. His creation roams the streets with super-strength, waiting to take out Stevens and the people he loves. It all culminates in a final battle that features one of Chuck Norris' most epic roundhouse kicks.
Check out it below while you can, through Crackle.com.


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As always, amongst all the treasures on Murree Road, Rawalpindi, I found this:
No Rulz. This profundity brings to mind all kinds of possibilities:
- The word NO rules. Say NO to everything. Say NO to reason and sense. Say NO to education that would build a nation. Say NO to basic human rights. Say NO to decency and morality. Just say NO.
- Ignore RULES. They are for morons who want to be boring. On the road especially, ignore all the RULES of the road. Never indicate when you're about to turn into a lane. Never brake at a red light. That's just a dumb RULE for the safety of the countless morons on the road. Get rid of all your mirrors and ride into the sunset. RULES are for no-good losers who want to live or want their children to live. Life is for losers and so are RULES.
- There are NO RULZ (NO RULES). No fucking way. Deny everything. It's great to have NO RULZ. It's great to be here – in this time and place with NO RULZ.
Yes. Exactly.


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text: News Volleyball 10/07/2015 Italian Coach Bonitta - "Heart helped Italy rally past Japan" Ishii attacks for Japan Saitama, Japan, July 10, 2015 - Italy's coach Marco Bonitta was please with his side's fightback as they edged a close encounter with hosts Japan 3-2, coming from behind to take the win. Japan coach Masayoshi was sad that her side could not win in front of their home crowdItaly coach Marco Bonitta - "We won the first set easily. The rest of the match was full of strength, heart and pride which led us to the victory. Koga is a young player but has good technical skills. In the future she will be great. Miyabe changed the match. I think Japan has found a great player."Japan coach Masayoshi Manabe "We were planning to win today but our strategy couldn't do it. I am really sad about this."Italy captain Valentina Arrighetti - "It was really a long match. We spent a lot of energy but I am really happy. We came back from 2-1 down to win, so it was a good result. Our attitude changed after the third set and that made the difference."Japan captain Saori Kimura - "Today was our first match at home and we lost, but our young players played really hard."Japan player Sarina Koga - "I regret that we lost. I was blocked on some key points. I am going to try harder going forward.Japan player - Airi Miyabe "I'm sorry we lost, but we can improve on many points. We have to analyze our play and work on it." Print this Page News {{item.LocalShortDate}} {{item.Title}} All the News


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It has been my honor to work with Joe over the last five years on building C4 Atlanta. Five years before that, we both started working at AtlantaPerforms. For almost a decade, Joe has been my colleague and friend. Joe's last day as a staff member of C4 Atlanta will be Friday, September 18th.
There is no scandal here. There is no angry parting of ways. Joe came to me a few months ago and told me that he wanted to get back into technology. For artists, it is important to be creating. Joe is an artist. He sings but he also creates using code. I am happy to say that Joe will stay on C4 Atlanta's Board of Directors.
I guess I could write a novel about starting an arts nonprofit in 2010. But this is a blog. And it is a blog about congratulating a friend for making, what I know to be, a difficult decision at first. Joe – thank you for your loyalty when times were tough. Thank you for your words of encouragement and wisdom when I thought about throwing in the towel to the whims of self doubt. Thank you for challenging yourself out of your comfort zone to get the work done that needed to be done. That is no easy feat.
So…Joe isn't dead. He is just going back into IT but here are some photos of Joe to enjoy.


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Technically Incorrect offers a slightly twisted take on the tech that's taken over our lives.
As pontiffs go, Pope Francis isn't much of a pontificator.
Instead, he's shown himself to be a mostly kind, thoughtful and straightforward human being.
He chose Christmas, for example, to excoriate the hypocrisy of his own church's cardinals, as they bathe in a "pathology of power." That gold jewelry just doesn't send the right message.
Today, for World Communications Day, the pope offered the thought that perhaps our gadgets are making us less, well, human.
My religious reading of Vatican Radio offers the whole text of an impassioned piece of communication.
The pope spoke of how the womb is the first place where we learn to listen and to be intimate with another being. The family, he said, is at the core of so much that is good in human communication. (I don't know about yours, of course.)
His holiness is, however, disturbed by the lack of holiness in the world and technology's role in that. He described today's world as one "where people often curse, use foul language, speak badly of others, sow discord and poison our human environment by gossip."
No, he didn't mention Twitter by name, but we both know that it's a veritable orgy of every one of these negative characteristics.
In lauding the family, the pope insisted that, in contrast to the world outside, it's a school of forgiveness. (I don't know about yours, of course.)
As he considers the state of modern media -- and he clearly had social media very much in mind -- the pope offered: "The media can be a hindrance if they become a way to avoid listening to others, to evade physical contact, to fill up every moment of silence and rest, so that we forget that 'silence is an integral element of communication; in its absence, words rich in content cannot exist.'" (He was quoting the mysteriously retired Pope Benedict there and very much agreeing with the occasionally foul-mouthed Louis CK.)
The truth is, though, that we disappear into our phones and laptops for long hours, at all hours. We voluntarily dedicate so much of ourselves to a digital world that is rapidly becoming not merely virtual, but actual.
The pope seems to appreciate social networks like Facebook -- without mentioning it by name. He lauded media that "enable people to share their stories, to stay in contact with distant friends, to thank others or to seek their forgiveness, and to open the door to new encounters."
I'm fairly sure he didn't have Tinder or Grindr in mind with the thought of those new encounters. Still, his worry is that is that if we don't make physical and emotional contact with others, we'll allow ourselves to become dominated by technology.
He explained: "The Christian community is called to help (parents) in teaching children how to live in a media environment in a way consonant with the dignity of the human person and service of the common good."
That is surely the heart of the problem. Is anyone clear about the concept of dignity anymore? It's also tempting to believe that, these days, there's less of a sense of common good than there has ever been.
The very human dignity of which the pope speaks -- in which families were gathered around the dinner table and even talked -- has often been replaced by families gathered around the dinner table staring into their phones.
It isn't just families. Go to any restaurant and see how many groups and couples resist leaving their phones on the table and checking them regularly.
The pope described it like this: "The great challenge facing us today is to learn once again how to talk to one another, not simply how to generate and consume information."
I wonder, though, whether it's already too late for that.
We have become so hypnotized by the instant "freedom" that our gadgets offer that our perspective is already warped. Many technologists -- Google's Eric Schmidt, for example -- look forward to a future where our digital world is all around us and inside us. In this world, there'll be precious little difference between consuming and being.
The difficulty for the pope lies in countering the view of assumptive technologists who simply describe the new, ultra-connected world as "where we're going," as if there was no choice.
The pope insists that, by attempting to refocus the core of communication on the family, he isn't "fighting to defend the past."
However, the future waits for no man. It drags him along as it's simultaneously mesmerizing and entertaining him, until man is a different sort of being altogether.


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