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The Peter Nowak era is officially over in Philadelphia, yet another turn in a fascinating – or often times frustrating if you're a Union fan – coaching tenure in the City of Brotherly Love.
On Wednesday, the Union (2-7-2) announced that they had parted ways with their embattled manager by mutual consent, passed the reins to Nowak's assistant and right-hand man John Hackworth, who was given the interim coach label. The departure was the final act in what has been three years marked by controversy, especially in the past six months, as key players left the club and results suffered.
Nowak was recently in the news when reports out of Scotland linked him with an open job at Hearts, forcing the Union boss to deny. Still, Philadelphia CEO Nick Sakiewicz (above) said that rumor wasn't at the heart of the matter, emphasizing that Nowak had left the club because of "philosophical differences."
"At some point, you wake up in the morning and you realize this isn't quite the way you want the Union brand represented," Sakiewicz said. "I'm not a wine connoisseur, but I know what good wine tastes like. When I sipped the wine recently, it didn't taste so good."
In the wake of the move, area columnists came out in force to give their take on the end of the Nowak era.
Philly.com columnist John Smallwood argued there was more to Nowak's departure than what was publicly said. Another argued that the timing was certainly right to move on from what had become a divisive presence for many involved. Finally, some said it was simply hard to keep someone in charge that kept everyone guessing, especially without results to show for it in 2012.
Nowak wasn't available for comment, skewing the narrative, but the speculation has already begun as the Union begin the search for their second manager with Steve Davis throwing Richie Williams name into the hat. See how Nowak did compared to other coaches of expansion sides in MLS history.
MLS' lone representative at Euro 2012 has a mountain to climb on Thursday, a Spanish peak to be exact. LA Galaxy striker Robbie Keane and the Irish face what amounts to a must-win match against Spain in Gdansk (2:45 pm ET, ESPN2).
Keane has come under fire in the days since Ireland's 3-1 loss to Croatia in the tournament opener for his five-game goalless streak, especially with a group of hungry young strikers waiting their turn behind their nation's captain. If Keane does start against a Spanish side ranked No. 1 in the world, it will surely be in a lone role up top, one that demands better service than Ireland managed in their opening defeat.
"As a group of players, we didn't do enough to create chances," Keane said. "Am I happy with my form? Yes. You try to play as well as you can and do your best for the team. There's only one game gone, though, and we have a couple more left. Hopefully we can get a couple of opportunities against Spain, or against Italy, and I can take them."
Despite the challenge they face, Keane and his teammates haven't given up hope that a shock result will get them right back into the thick of things in Group C:
"For personally, as captain, there is not a chance in hell that I will go into any game thinking that I can't win it," he said. "We have to believe that we have every chance to get a win. It's 11 vs. 11 for 90 minutes. We've played against the biggest teams and beaten them and drawn with them. People have written us off and given us no hope. The fact of the matter is after what happened the other night against Croatia we need to get points on the board."
Croatia face Italy in Thursday's early game (noon ET, ESPN2), with the Italians looking to build on their draw vs. Spain and Slaven Bilic's side hoping chalk up six points before their group finale.
Jimmy Conrad and KICKTV are certainly enjoying themselves in Poland. Check out the latest video from KICKTV and watch as Conrad finds himself right in the middle of Tuesday's clashes between Russian and Polish fans on the streets of Warsaw. Or follow all the action on Twitter if you want minute-by-minute updates from the man himself.
Based on the ratings for ESPN, it seems Americans' interest in soccer increases by the year. Also, read about why many national sides at Euro 2012 are bringing large contingents from successful club sides.
Back in MLS, which is back in full force this weekend after a lengthy international break, the Rapids' Drew Moor has signed an extension with the club that he hopes will keep him in Colorado for the rest of his career. It was a move that made perfect sense for president Tim Hinchey, who called Moor "easily one of the best people in the league, period" on Twitter.
Outside of Moor, however, Colorado manager Oscar Pareja isn't pleased with the way his backline has been playing recently. He said he is especially concerned about the play of his outside backs, making it known that no spot is safe at this point in the season: "There has been inconsistency there in those positions that I don't like," Pareja said. "And I'm going to do my part as a coach, which is take the responsibility on lining up the guys there and choose who is going to play. The players understand that it has to be better. It is a job that is there. I want to see who wants it enough."
In Whitecaps news, young striker Omar Salgado, who had made significant strides in his second professional season, will miss two-to-four months with a broken foot suffered during a game with the US Under-20 team in Uruguay.
After starting five matches so far this season for Martin Rennie, matching his total from a year ago, Salgado said he wasn't happy to be forced out of action but emphasized all he could think about now was recovery : "We're coming into a good moment in the league and, for me personally, coming back into this season and making a difference in the team and then getting injured was disappointing," he said. "But I can't really look back and say I could have done this differently. It happened, and now it's just recovery.
Another burgeoning MLS prospect, Seattle's David Estrada, will also miss significant time with a broken foot. The forward is expected to miss between two and three months, leaving coach Sigi Schmid without a key piece of attacking depth: "Obviously it's not great news," Schmid said. "He's had a fifth metatarsal injury on his right leg when he was at UCLA, so he knows what that feels like; he knows what the recovery is like from that. Hopefully everything will go well in the surgery and he'll be back sooner than later.
Meanwhile, in Columbus, the Crew are struggling to get healthy even after MLS' prolonged break.
Rumors are floating around in Mexico that Pachuca want-away strikers Guillermo Franco and Félix Borja could be headed to MLS. (SPANISH)
One Manchester United assistant coach has high praise for Clint Dempsey, and says the club scouts MLS carefully. Yet, he's never heard of Brek Shea.
A Stoke City prospect has been charged with murder for the fatal stabbing of a 15-year-old girl.
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We are re-advertising the below job, Countryside Engagement and Marketing Officer. This is such an exciting and varied role, you will not be disappointed! Please do pass this on to anyone you think may be interested.
Countryside Engagement and Marketing Officer – with Ouse Washes Landscape Partnership scheme's central team, based at Cambridgeshire ACRE
We have an exciting opportunity for the right highly motivated and committed individual to take charge of the Partnership's engagement with the wider public as we seek to turn the Ouse Washes area into a tourism destination.
The successful candidate will be educated to degree-level and have previous experience of community engagement, using social media in a business context, developing engagement strategies and working with others to achieve project goals.
Principal Accountabilities:
1. Work with partners and communities to provide a wide range of communication, interpretation and engagement activities across the breadth of the Landscape Partnership Scheme, including the development of the high profile 'Ouse Washes Festival Fortnight' events programme and annual conferences.
2. Work with community groups and volunteers offering information, advice and guidance so they can undertake community projects that promote, protect and enhance the Ouse Washes landscape, habitats, species and sites of historic interest.
3. Develop an engagement strategy that will target key audiences, particularly those that have no knowledge of the heritage of the Ouse Washes, enabling them to develop their confidence in accessing the countryside and learning new skills.
4. Lead on the promotion and marketing of the programme and activities using the OWLP website, blog, social media, videos, photography, radio, presentations, attendance at community events and production of marketing literature. This will include writing copy for press releases/marketing materials, coordinating the design and production of any hard copy literature required by the OWLP, and working with partners/communities to generate 'good news' stories to celebrate their project successes.
5. Recruit and manage volunteers and identify opportunities for them to actively contribute to the OWLP projects and other scheme developments through the volunteering marketplace.
6. Assist OWLP colleagues in monitoring and evaluating the OWLP scheme as a whole and its individual projects, undertaking monitoring visits where required.
7. Maintain the OWLP customer database using the ACT! system to aid partnership communications.
The full job description and person specification can be downloaded from the Resources and Downloads area on the relevant Cambridgeshire ACRE website page, http://www.cambsacre.org.uk/jobs-detail.php?eid=18. To apply, please also download the application form from that page.
The closing date for applications is 01 December 2014 at 12 noon. Interviews will take place on Friday 05 December 2014.
Any enquiries, please call 01353 865029.


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News: Irina Kolesnikova - On balancing Odette and motherhood.
It was a beautiful spring afternoon when I made my way to the famous Théâtre des Champs-Elysées to meet St Petersburg Ballet Theatre's prima ballerina, Irina Kolesnikova. This celebrated Parisian theatre on the Avenue Montaigne was assured a place in cultural history within seven weeks of opening, when it staged the infamous production of The Rite of Spring (Le Sacre du printemps) by Les Ballets Russes, on 29th May 1913. However, the very first ballet to be performed at the theatre, on the night following its official opening, in April 1913, was a dance spectacular curated by the great ballerina, Anna Pavlova. On the afternoon of my visit, the theatre's 102 year history seemed to be enclosed, like book-ends, by these two exceptional ballerinas from St Petersburg being the first and the latest to grace this historic stage.
Having performed Swan Lake (with The Royal Ballet's principal, Vadim Muntagirov) on the previous two evenings, Kolesnikova had just finished a full main-stage rehearsal as Nikiya, the tragic heroine of La Bayadère. And, in just over two hours' time, she was about to dance the whole thing again, in front of a capacity audience (with the Bolshoi Ballet's Denis Rodkin as her partner).
Kolesnikova's hectic schedule would be tough enough for any ballerina but add into the mix that she is mother to a baby daughter, Vasilina, not yet nine months' old at the time of our interview, and one must instinctively marvel at her strength and stamina, both mental and physical.
I find the prima ballerina in her dressing room, still wearing rehearsal clothes, feet raised high onto her dressing table for some relief; the table strewn with the detritus of a ballerina's life: make-up, ribbons, sewing kit, pointe shoes. I started by asking what her feelings were about returning to dance in London after an absence of five years? "Yes, I've been waiting a long time", she told me, "so I hope that the public will remember me and that they have been waiting, just like I have, for my opportunity to dance again".
I asked if there is any difference in the way that she performs; now she is a mother? Had it changed the way that she approached roles, especially those that require great expressiveness and emotional qualities, such as Nikiya and Odette? "I have heard many stories that after giving birth, things are often different for a ballerina", she replies. "Perhaps they are mentally or emotionally different; or maybe a dancer gains something in terms of expressiveness", she adds. "I think that many ballerinas shoot a lot higher but I've also heard many stories about dancers performing less well after becoming mothers".
It begs the question about how Irina feels about herself, nine months' into her special dual role. She laughs: "Well, I haven't yet given many performances since becoming a mum and I'm hoping, of course, that I go upwards", adding, for reassurance: "…and I'm starting to feel that this is happening. I hope that I'll be one of those ballerinas that get even better because of motherhood".
What about the pressures of being a mother? "Well, it is a challenge", she says, "but I knew that it would be and I have help. Getting up early in the morning after a late night performance is difficult but I have to be there for Vasilina and I wanted this, so I can't complain".
I was keen to know why Irina had not gone into one of the established Russian Ballet companies – such as the Mariinsky in St Petersburg or the Bolshoi in Moscow – after her graduation (in 1998) as a top student from the class of Elvira Kokorina at the famous Vaganova Academy; choosing instead to enter a much smaller and relatively new company. "Was this a deliberate strategy", I asked?
"Not at first", she replies, "in fact it was simple. The Mariinsky took only a couple of dancers from my graduation year. So, I went to the Jacobson Ballet Company (named after Leonid Jacobson a famous avant-garde choreographer in the USSR, who had died in 1975). However, I spent just six months there because I didn't feel that the company was offering me what I needed; and so I looked for something else".
Even though it was then only five years-old, St Petersburg Ballet Theatre provided the right opportunity for Irina. "I like working and when I came to this company, I sensed immediately that here was a place where I was going to get lots of performances in major roles, so I had no hesitation". She joined as a soloist and within two years, Irina was promoted to principal; by 2001, she had become the company's prima ballerina, aged just 21.
I ask about her feelings on the importance of aesthetics, in terms of the physical qualities required to dance roles such as Nikiya and Odette, especially since she matches the right image for both roles. How does she feel about changing perceptions that are widening the horizons of what is deemed to be right for these roles?
"It's a difficult and complicated question", she replies, adding: "I agree with you. They're my roles. Swan Lake and La Bayadère – they're for me! What happens at the moment is that every ballerina wants these roles on their CV". Her view is refreshingly liberal: "Even though some ballerinas may not suit a traditional understanding of what each role should be, every ballerina brings something to their interpretation and so, in my view, if they are good enough to perform such challenging choreography, then they should be given the chance to do so, irrespective of whether they suit a traditional view about the physical attributes for the role. It's a legitimate argument about whether you like it or not, but audiences will ultimately decide".
Although Irina is known for her interpretation of these classic roles, she also danced in Peter Schaufuss's Divas, performing as Judy Garland, at the Apollo Theatre in London's West End, some ten years' ago. I asked if she enjoyed this experience of performing something new and contemporary and whether she now sees herself doing more modern work. "I enjoyed it very much", she says, adding quickly "…and I would love for that kind of role to happen again". However, she concedes: "I could have put all my strength into chasing other roles but I put my concentration on something else recently and I became a mother! Now that I have accomplished that goal I can start looking at the next direction for my career".
She confirmed that Muntagirov and Rodkin would again be her partners for Swan Lake and La Bayadère in the London Coliseum season adding that she has really enjoyed working with both during the Parisian season. "They're very professional and great, virtuoso dancers. I'm so glad to have them as my partners. I'm pleased that Vadim is getting chances to make guest appearances because it gives him more diverse influences that will help his career", she added.
Before leaving, I ask Irina if she enjoys touring and her response brings us full circle to the missionary zeal of Anna Pavlova, that first ballerina to perform at the Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, on the night after its opening, in 1913. This latest prima ballerina to grace the same stage also strives to take ballet to the people. "I love to perform for different audiences. I hope that we can persuade people who have perhaps never seen a ballet to come again; and to love it". We could be rolling back the years and listening to Pavlova's mission. But, there must be a relaxing side to it? "Yes, I really love just walking in the streets, getting the feel of every city. I have really missed London over recent years and I'm so looking forward to visiting the London shops"!
St Petersburg Ballet Theatre at the London Coliseum
Swan Lake
Thurs 13 – Friday 21 August, daily at 7.30pm (except Sun 16th & Wed 19 August)
15 & 20 August, 2.30pm, 16 August & 22 August, 1pm
Irina Kolesnikova dances with Denis Rodkin on Thur 13, Fri 14, Sat 15, Mon 17, Tues 18 August, 7.30pm and with Vadim Muntagirov on Thu 20 & Fri 21 August, 7.30pm (NB subject to change)
Full casting details
La Bayadère
Sat 22 August, 7.30pm
Sun 23 August, 3pm
Tickets: £25 – £85
Graham Watts is a freelance dance writer and critic. He is a regular contributor to Dancing Times and also writes for Londondance.com, Dancetabs.com and other magazines and websites in Europe, Japan and the USA. He is chairman of the dance section of the Critics' Circle in the UK and of the National Dance Awards. Twitter: @gwdancewriter
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Thursday, December 25, 2014
Black Progression and Retrogression
By Walter E. Williams
There is no question, though it's not acknowledged enough, that black Americans have made greater gains, over some of the highest hurdles and in a very short span of time, than any other racial group in mankind's history.
What's the evidence? If black Americans were thought of as a nation with their own gross domestic product, they'd rank among the 20 wealthiest nations. It was a black American, Gen. Colin Powell, who headed the mightiest military in mankind's history. A few black Americans are among the world's wealthiest. Many black Americans are among the world's most famous personalities.
The significance of all this is that in 1865, neither an ex-slave nor an ex-slave owner would have believed that such progress would be possible in less than a century and a half. As such, it speaks to the intestinal fortitude of a people. Just as importantly, it speaks to the greatness of a nation within which such progress was possible. That progress would have been impossible anywhere except in the United States of America. The challenge that lies before us is how those gains can be extended to a large percentage of black people for whom they appear elusive.
A good start to meeting that challenge is to recognize that much of the pathology seen in many black communities is entirely new in black history. Let's look at some of that history. In the late 1800s, depending on the city, 70 to 80 percent of black households were two-parent. In 1925 New York City, 85 percent of black households were two-parent. As late as 1950, only 18 percent of black households were single-parent. From 1890 to 1940, a slightly higher percentage of black adults had married than white adults. In 1940, black illegitimacy was about 14 percent.
Today it's an entirely different story. Black illegitimacy is 75 percent. Close to 50 percent of marriage-age blacks never marry. Close to 70 percent of black households are female-headed. If one thinks family structure doesn't matter, consider that the poverty rate among black female-headed families is about 47 percent but among married families it has been in the single digits for more than two decades. It's not just poverty. Children raised by single parents are likelier to be physically abused; use drugs; engage in violent, delinquent and criminal behavior; have emotional and behavioral problems; and drop out of school.
What about employment? Every census from 1890 to 1950 showed that black labor force participation rates were higher than those of whites. Today it's a mere fraction. Prior to the mid-'50s, the unemployment rate for black 16- and 17-year-olds was under 10 percent and less than that of whites. Who would argue that this more favorable employment picture was because there was less racial discrimination in the job market in earlier times? Labor laws such as the Davis-Bacon Act of 1931 — a federal minimum wage law for construction workers — and the 1938 federal minimum wage law for all workers reduced work opportunities for blacks.
Then there's the high crime rate. Each year, roughly 7,000 blacks are murdered. Ninety-four percent of the time, the murderer is another black person. Though blacks are 13 percent of the nation's population, they are more than 50 percent of homicide victims. Nationally, the black homicide victimization rate is six times that of whites, and in some cities, it's 22 times that of whites. Along with being most of the nation's homicide victims, blacks are most of the victims of violent personal crimes, such as assault and robbery.
Older black people, who were raised in an era when there was far greater discrimination and who faced far fewer opportunities, need to speak out against behavior and excuses that their parents would have never accepted. Otherwise, the race hustlers, poverty pimps and white liberals will continue with the narrative that black problems are a result of racism and racist cops and condemn future generations of blacks to a lifetime of mediocrity.
How Western Media Enable Islamic Terrorism
As the West experiences a rise in the sort of terror attacks that are endemic to the Islamic world-church attacks, sex-slavery and beheadings-it is only natural that the same mainstream media that habitually conceals such atrocities "over there," especially against Christians and other minorities under Islam, would also conceal the reality of jihadi aspirations "over here."
As The Commentator reports:
[T]he level of the [media] grovelling after the tragic and deadly saga in Sydney Australia over the last 24 hours has been astounding.
At the time of writing, the lead story on the BBC website is of course about that very tragedy, in which an Islamist fanatic took a random group hostage in a cafe, ultimately killing two of them.
He did this in the name of Islam. But you wouldn't get that impression if you started to read the BBC's lead story, which astoundingly managed to avoid mentioning the words Islam, Islamic, Islamist, Muslim, or any derivations thereof for a full 16 paragraphs. The New York Times, which led by calling the terrorist, Man Haron Monis an "armed man", waited until paragraph 11.
In the Guardian's main story - whose lead paragraph simply referred to a "gunman" - you had to wait until paragraph 24. If you'd have blinked, you'd have missed it. [...]
In the wider media, reports about Muslim fears of a "backlash" have been all but ubiquitous.
If these are the lengths that Western mainstream media go to dissemble about the Islamic-inspired slaughter of Western peoples, it should now be clear why the ubiquitous Muslim persecution of those unfashionable Christian minorities is also practically unknown by those who follow Western mainstream media.
As with the Sydney attack, media headlines say it all. The 2011 New Year's Eve Coptic church attack that left 28 dead appeared under vague headlines: "Clashes grow as Egyptians remain angry after attack," was the New York Times' headline; and "Christians clash with police in Egypt after attack on churchgoers kills 21" was the Washington Post's-as if frustrated and harried Christians lashing out against their oppressors is the "big news," not the unprovoked atrocity itself; as if their angry reaction "evens" everything up.
Similarly, the Los Angeles Times partially told the story of an Egyptian off-duty police officer who, after identifying Copts by their crosses on a train, opened fire on them, killing one, while screaming "Allahu Akbar"-but to exonerate the persecution, as caught by the report's headline: "Eyewitness claims train attacker did not target Copts, state media say."
A February 2012 NPR report titled "In Egypt, Christian-Muslim Tension is on the Rise," while meant to familiarize readers with the situation of Egypt's Christians, prompts more questions than answers them: "In Egypt, growing tensions between Muslims and Christians have led to sporadic violence [initiated by whom?]. Many Egyptians blame the interreligious strife on hooligans [who?] taking advantage of absent or weak security forces. Others believe it's because of a deep-seated mistrust between Muslims and the minority Christian community [what are the sources of this "mistrust"?]."
The photo accompanying the story is of angry Christians holding a cross aloft-not Muslims destroying crosses, which is what prompted the former to this display of Christian solidarity.
Blurring the line between victim and oppressor-recall the fear of "anti-Muslim backlash" whenever a Muslim terrorizes "infidels" in the West-also applies to the media's reporting on Muslim persecution of Christians.
A February 2012 BBC report on a church attack in Nigeria that left three Christians dead, including a toddler, objectively states the bare bone facts in one sentence. Then it jumps to apparently thereally big news: that "the bombing sparked a riot by Christian youths, with reports that at least two Muslims were killed in the violence. The two men were dragged off their bikes after being stopped at a roadblock set up by the rioters, police said. A row of Muslim-owned shops was also burned..."
The report goes on and on, with an entire section about "very angry" Christians till one confuses victims with persecutors, forgetting what the Christians are "very angry" about in the first place: nonstop terror attacks on their churches and the slaughter of their women and children.
A New York Times report that appeared on December 25, 2011-the day after Boko Haram bombed several churches during Christmas Eve services, leaving some 40 dead-said that such church bombings threaten "to exploit the already frayed relations between Nigeria's nearly evenly split populations of Christians and Muslims..." Such an assertion suggests that both Christians and Muslims are equally motivated by religious hostility-even as one seeks in vain for Christian terror organizations that bomb mosques in Nigeria to screams of "Christ is Great!"
Meanwhile, Boko Haram has torched 185 churches-to say nothing of the countless Christians beheaded-in just the last few months alone.
Continuing to grasp for straws, the same NYT report suggests that the Nigerian government's "heavy-handed" response to Boko Haram is responsible for its terror, and even manages to invoke another mainstream media favorite: the poverty-causes-terrorism myth.
Whether Muslim mayhem is taking place in the Islamic or Western worlds, the mainstream media shows remarkable consistency in employing an arsenal of semantic games, key phrases, convenient omissions, and moral relativism to portray such violence as a product of anything and everything-political and historical grievances, "Islamophobia," individual insanity, poverty and ignorance, territorial disputes-not Islam.
As such, Western media keep Western majorities in the dark about the Islamic threat, here and abroad. In short, the "MSM" protects and enables the Islamic agenda-irrespective of whether its distortions are a product of intent, political correctness, or sheer stupidity.
'Palestinian Rights Activism' Panel Turns Perpetrators into Victims
Israel is a twenty-first century "litmus test of a real commitment to justice," the "Vietnam," the "South Africa," and "moral issue of our time" according to leftwing icon Angela Davis, quoted approvingly by Columbia University professor Rashid Khalidi on November 21 before an audience of about fifty. Khalidi's panel discussion of "The Legal Assault on Palestinian Rights Activism" over a lunch of sandwiches and drinks at the Service Employees International Union's (SEIU) Washington, DC, headquarters twisted anti-Israel hatred and criminality into Israeli persecution of Palestinians.
Khalidi opened the panel by condemning a "sort of advocacy that dare not speak its name" for "unequal and inferior rights for Palestinians." "Who wants to identify with forty-seven years of colonial occupation?" he asked, referring to territories Israel won in self-defense during the 1967 war. In facing ostensibly honest Palestinian organizations, Israel's supporters thus resort to "underhanded means" of "disinformation" or "outright vilification," such as "anti-Semitism" charges, "something that cheapens a very serious issue." Nonetheless, he continued, "Palestinian rights activism in the United States has taken on a remarkable vitality" concerning a "very straightforward" conflict he portrayed in stark Israel-black/Palestinian-white terms.
Andrew Daleck from the National Lawyers Guild, a leftwing organization with Communist roots, described his involvement defending Rasmeah Odeh, who was convicted on November 10 of immigration fraud. Among other facts, Odeh had concealed from American immigration authorities in 1995 and 2004 her Israeli conviction and ten-year imprisonment for killing two in a 1969 Jerusalem terrorist bombing. Daleck reiterated Odeh's unsubstantiated story that her "sexual assault and torture" by Israeli officials had procured a "spurious conviction."
Daleck preposterously decried Odeh's American prosecution as an "indictment of Rasmeah's activism" and "identity" as a "Palestinian woman . . . committed to her people's self-determination." He baselessly asserted in the subsequent question period that "orientalism and racism" often motivate American prosecutions of individuals like Odeh, while "some of these prosecutors are Zionists themselves," as if support for an American ally proved courtroom bias. "I have grown to love and adore her," Daleck gushed, while praising the terrorist Odeh's "unparalleled" strength. His misplaced compassion mourned an Odeh who "will languish" in a "dingy, disgusting county jail" in a "very poor and awful situation."
In her remarks, Rashid Khalidi's daughter Dima, a lawyer with Palestine Solidarity Legal Support, denounced the overlooked "repression . . . in Palestine activism." Suggesting nefarious Jewish foreign influence, Dima asserted that "relentless attacks" on "speech activities . . . protected by the First Amendment" come from pro-Israel groups "at the behest of the Israeli government." Dima, meanwhile, expressed concern that universities burden pro-Palestinian groups with demands that they provide security for events. Rather than recognize documented increases in on-campus anti-Semitism, she complained that Jewish students report harassment "at such a rate it really is astonishing."
She misleadingly labeled as a mere "popcorn demonstration" the repeated disruptions by Muslim students of Israeli Ambassador Michael Oren's 2010 "speech activities" at the University of California-Irvine. Using faulty reasoning, Dima condemned the subsequent misdemeanor conviction of Muslim Student Union members for their attempt to silence the lecture as "really chilling" for free speech. Daleck, speaking later during the question period, conceded only that "some people may have been unsettled" by this "in your face" protest.
Yaman Salahi, a lawyer with Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Asian Law Caucus and a member of the violent, anti-Semitic, and Hamas-supporting Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) during college, outlandishly claimed that "anyone venturing into" Palestinian issues "is worried about government investigation." He also warned that graduate students are "not viable" professionally if they study pro-Palestinian themes, as if academia were somehow hostile to the views of people like Rashid Khalidi, which in fact dominate Middle East studies.
Salahi focused on charges of creating a "hostile environment" under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. He discussed an SJP-sponsored mock Israeli checkpoint at his alma mater, the University of California-Berkeley, where, as an undergraduate, he was convicted of defamation. Salahi deemed "ludicrous" analogies of this protest "to passion plays in Europe," yet failed to mention a campus environment at Berkeley so hostile a Jewish student was assaulted by an SJP leader.
Former Virginia Tech professor Steven Salaita concluded the presentation by discussing how the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign rescinded an offered professorship due, in part, to vile anti-Semitic/Israeli tweets that called his civility into question. Rashid Khalidi, who earlier had denounced this as an "outrageous maneuver," charged that Salaita "was indicted and convicted . . . in the court of tenure" for personal political speech, though his scholarship supposedly "was never in question." (Israeli journalist Liel Leibovitz has written that "hyperbolic fits of hatred" mark Salaita's "stupidly dogmatic" work, which "should not qualify as scholarship.")
Salaita explained that Illinois's American Indian Studies program took an interest in his work "conceptualizing Palestine as an indigenous space . . . in conversation with other colonized communities around the world." The "specific framework of American oppression" informed Salaita's anti-American/Israel study of "Zionist tactics" that merely "seem new-fangled" but were in fact centuries old. In his view, blaming Arabs in Gaza for children supposedly "killed by the dozen" during Israeli defensive military operations is an "old colonial trope," a "terrible argument, morally and intellectually," and an "outsourcing of responsibility." Salaita sneered in a "rant" directed at Jews, "you're the ones who told us that you are a light unto the nations."
Rashid Khalidi and audience member Yousef Munayyer, director of Washington, DC's anti-Israel Jerusalem Fund, both praised a "most wonderful" and "fantastic panel." Israel's supporters in the debate, an ideologically-blinded Munayyer claimed, "can't win it; they'd rather shut it down." This hate-filled event, though, revealed precisely the opposite: anti-Israel ideologues like Munayyer cannot convince others of their moral and historical correctness. As the panelists demonstrated, vitriol, not logic, often motivates Israel's political enemies.
No fun for kids in NYC parks any more
The city is putting the brakes on spinning playground equipment following reports of injuries, a Parks Department spokeswoman said.
Rotating metal saucers that kids ride at two Park Slope playgrounds were recently welded into place so they can't move, and the city has made similar modifications or removed a total of seven disks citywide "in the interest of public safety," the spokeswoman said.
The spokeswoman declined to discuss how many injuries had been reported or other specifics.
Turning the spinning disks into statues angered Park Slope parents, who said the city was going too far to protect kids.
"I think it sucks," said dad David Friedlander, whose 2-year-old was disappointed to find the the spinning disk at Vanderbilt Playground in Prospect Park suddenly stuck in place in late November. "I think it's a sad commentary on how litigious and afraid we've become of having our children get a few boo-boos."
Friedlander said his son had tumbled off the disk — which is about 4 feet wide and stands about 2 feet off the ground — onto the rubberized ground below, but he doesn't consider the equipment a safety hazard. Friedlander said it should be up to parents to decide if their children can handle playing on the saucer, not the city.
"This makes me completely insane. What's the point of even going to the playground? Better lock up the swings, too," wrote one frustrated mom of a 3-year-old on a South Slope email list.
Parents in that neighborhood said they're bummed a similar rotating saucer at Slope Park on Sixth Avenue and 18th Street was also recently welded so that it can't move.
The city removed a swing at Slope Park last year after several kids broke their legs while playing on it, but parents said the spinning metal disk didn't seem to present nearly the same risk. Parents who visit Slope Park frequently said they've never seen kids injured while playing at the saucer.
Though several families filed claims against the city regarding the Slope Park swing, no claims have been filed regarding the spinning disks there, according to the City Comptroller's Office.
A spokesman for City Councilman Carlos Menchaca, who represents the South Slope, said his office hadn't received any complaints about the rotating saucer at Slope Park, and a spokesman for City Councilman Brad Lander said no one complained about the metal disk at Vanderbilt Playground until after it was welded into a stationary position.
Mom Rebecca Stein said both her daughters, who are 5 and nearly 2, love to play on the rotating saucers at Vanderbilt Playground and Slope Park. The equipment lets her kids test boundaries and get a feel for how their little bodies balance and move, Stein said.
"They think it's fantastic," Stein said. "They love the thrill of balancing and sort of playing risky. It's being close to danger, but without any real danger."
Stein said both her children had slipped off the saucers, but the worst that ever befell them was an extreme case of dizziness. She lamented the loss of the disks as part of a larger trend away from letting children play freely.
"Playgrounds are so sanitized now," Stein said. "There's no thrill. In the playgrounds of our youth you could climb and feel like you were above things and use more of your imagination. I don't think that happens anymore."
Political correctness is most pervasive in universities and colleges but I rarely report the incidents concerned here as I have a separate blog for educational matters.
American "liberals" often deny being Leftists and say that they are very different from the Communist rulers of other countries. The only real difference, however, is how much power they have. In America, their power is limited by democracy. To see what they WOULD be like with more power, look at where they ARE already very powerful: in America's educational system -- particularly in the universities and colleges. They show there the same respect for free-speech and political diversity that Stalin did: None. So look to the colleges to see what the whole country would be like if "liberals" had their way. It would be a dictatorship.
For more postings from me, see TONGUE-TIED, GREENIE WATCH, EDUCATION WATCH INTERNATIONAL, FOOD & HEALTH SKEPTIC, AUSTRALIAN POLITICS and DISSECTING LEFTISM. My Home Pages are here or here or here. Email me (John Ray) here.
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Salma Hayek Feared Her Baby Had Down Syndrome, Husband Reveals
Salma Hayek and her daughter Valentina have been drawn into the sensational child support case being fought by her billionaire husband Francois-Henri Pinault and his ex-girlfriend, supermodel Linda Evangelista.
Evangelista is requesting the court award her a stunning $46,000 a month child support for their five-year-old son, Augie.
Evangelista and Pinault dated from Sept., 2005 to Jan., 2006, and as her lawyer has said the French businessman wanted her to "terminate" her pregnancy and they broke up immediately after she told him she was keeping the baby.
He began dating Hayek shortly after the split, and she gave birth to their daughter Valentina on Sept. 21, 2007. The couple wed 18 months later.
It was during Salma's pregnancy, Pinault testified that he asked Evangelista not to go public with her claim for support.
Salma was having a "difficult pregnancy," Pinault said. "We were told the baby had Down syndrome until late May 2007. I asked Linda to delay [Augie's] legal recognition process until after the birth of Valentina."
Evangelista is justifying the $46,000 a month claim, saying she needs armed drives and nannies 24 hours a day for her son.
Pinault's attorney is arguing that the money is more a matter of "mommy support" than child support.
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No, you won't get back your Intel 4004, you won't need to grow back that Afro, nor will you easily get a hold of some new records from the Beegees. But what you are most likely to see a heck of a lot more inflating prices of goods (your favorite dinner) and deflating financial values (your favorite stocks).
The reason why some things just don't change, is because people don't. After the roaring 50s and 60s, we had evolved from savers to spenders, from investors to speculators. As the markets began to deflate, the Federal Reserve, along with the help of the U.S. Government Mint, began injecting even more liquidity into the marketplace in attempt to cushion the fall of falling asset prices, such as stocks and bond ratings.
In doing so they created a giant ball of cash that was rolling nowhere since due to its gigantic size was being rejected by the average consumer in favor for safer assets, such as commodities and real estate, and eventually gold.
It's happened before in the 1970s and before that in the 1930s. Before that at the beginning of the last century. As a matter of fact, it's been recurring about every 30 years or so, in almost identical cycles: Years of solid growth, followed by years of higher company profits trailed closely by stock prices, and then a euphoric blow-off of speculation and ill-appreciated prosperity. Then came the bust, the "credit crunch" when debts come due, loans are recalled, intrinsic values revisited. All speculative action dies along with the spirits of those who were riding it.
The primary differentiation between the "inflationary" depression of the 1970s and the "deflationary" depression of the 1930s was a simple one: Liquidity. In 1929 after stocks crashed and banks were failing by the day, there was nothing to fall back on. Man's trust was in gold and its supply was limited. The Treasury was by no means interested in sponsoring such an event with goods of limited supply and unlimited value to those in need.
Today the story has a twist. One that has been in motion since its inception in 1944 with the Bretton Woods Agreement when the U.S. Dollar, became the unilateral global currency, "always" to be redeemable in gold. This was scrapped in 1971 with the closing of the "gold window" when these dollars became backed, not by resource of limited nature rather by the faith and credit of the people, assumed its role as the world's global currency. This enabled the powers that be with the ability to constantly replenish the world's liquidity in times of necessity. Unfortunately, this resulted in the same failures seen in the 30s. The rich got richer because they owned things and the poor got poorer because they owed things. Furthermore, how much you had became significantly inferior to what you had.
This being the predicament it has become quite clear in my mind that the scenario to unfold will indeed be that of an "inflationary" depression. the European Central Bank announced that it would make "unlimited" funds available to the banking sector. The Fed will, predictably, react in the same way, running the printing presses overtime.
The only way for the Fed to limit the deflationary affect of illiquidity, would be to increase real value – earnings, commodities and gold. Unfortunately, and contrary to the belief in the Federal Reserve, that's impossible.
Billions won't be enough to mop up this mess, but trillions. Even then chances are good that amid the panic, much of that liquidity will get misallocated to places whom those injecting it don't desire. There is no question in my mind that the damage has been done and one way or another values must realign.
Consumer costs will rise, while stock valuations (as measured between earnings and cost per share) will fall. Debt related issues will suffer, albeit not do to deflationary pressure, rather due to inflation and interest rates.
Tomorrow marks a significant day for hedgers as the deadline for withdrawal at the end of the quarter (45 days). This was obviously discounted as the Dow fell another 200 points.
Mark my words: These days will go down in history.


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Remember Lucy? No, not the terribly scientifically inaccurate pseudothriller starring everyone's favorite Scarlet Sohansson. I mean that famous missing puzzle piece bridging the evolutionary gap between hominims and our more ape-like ancestors. Well thanks to the work of researchers at the University of Texas at Austin and Addis Ababa University have made their scans available to the public. These scans, were initially used to tell us how Lucy died, as this was a point of contention among many invesitgators. Here is a proposed mechanism of her arboreal-related demise (aka she fell out of a tree):
As is the case in all scientific discovery, there isn't a consensus on this. Some believe that the breaks in her bones have undergone 3.2 million years of "who knows what" and therefore cannot be accurate enough to determine an underlying etiology.
How did she fall from the tree? Kappelman and his colleagues believe that she was actually sleeping before she fell. Unlike apes, who are built to sleep in trees, he says that the evolutionary modifications in her that allowed her such diverse movement patterns on the ground prevented her from being able to effectively sleep among the branches. She was likely off-balance which caused her to fall out.
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Monday, March 21, 2011
Paisly Fishing Friends
For my card, I used Fishing Friends and paired it up with this pretty paisly outline background. The main matted image is up on foam tape, and it's matted with Penny Black Clear Skies and Fern Green Tritone CS.
I put my sentiment on the inside, which I pulled from my Hello Friend clear set, and used some more of that paisly outline background.
I'll have background projects today through Thursday here on my blog as well as the Penny Black blog. Don't forget, if you participate in the reader challenge and upload your project(s) to the Penny Black Flicker Gallery, you'll have a chance to win some brand new Penny Black stamps of your choice!
Have a great day!
Stamps: 4140K Fishing Friends, 30-069 Hello Friend (sentiment), 40-048 Paisly Outline (background)
Paper: Neenah White, Penny Black 10-003 Clear Skies Tritone, Penny Black 05-003 Fern Green Tritone
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black, Bordering Blue (paisly background)
Copics: 0, W1, W3, W5, G21, G24, G28, G40, E25, E41, E42, E43, BG0000, BG11, B0000, B000, B00, B12, B91, B95, B99, R00, R20, R22, Y00, Y11, YG15, YR23, YR68
Accessories: Stardust Stickles, May Arts Plaid Ribbon, Foam Tape, Sharpie White Paint Pen
Card Size: 5" Square
27 comments:
- petra,s cards said...
whowwwww gorgeous card and collors!!!!
xx petra
- March 21, 2011 at 6:04 AM
- Carol L said...
As always, I'm amazed with your flawless coloring! I love how the b/g stamp enhances this sweet image!
- March 21, 2011 at 7:30 AM
- Dawn Easton said...
So so cute, Denise~ You know what I just noticed? You list the copics....duh me! ha! Love that you do that! TFS!
- March 21, 2011 at 7:41 AM
- Amy Johnson said...
Such a cute card! I never use my background stamps anymore. You inspire me to ink them up again. Love how you shaded this image.
- March 21, 2011 at 9:09 AM
- ahlers5 said...
This is just really adorable.
- March 21, 2011 at 9:09 AM
- Susie said...
Yowzers! Beautiful AND adorable. Awesome coloring. Very sweet image.
- March 21, 2011 at 9:48 AM
- Jovita @ Inky Impressions said...
This is really cute, I just love the adorable image and of course your coloring is always a pleasure to look at.
- March 21, 2011 at 10:56 AM
- LeAnne said...
SO cute, Denise! Makes me want spring even more!
- March 21, 2011 at 11:07 AM
- Elizabeth Allan said...
Adorable Denise!!!
- March 21, 2011 at 11:37 AM
- Monique said...
Awwe..You always make such adorable cards Denise... This one is no exception.. and what wonderful coloring :)
- March 21, 2011 at 1:09 PM
- Mary J said...
Brilliant Denise - inside and out! Lovin' the ribbon!
- March 21, 2011 at 2:54 PM
- Rose Ann said...
Oh my goodness...this is adorable, Denise!! Your coloring looks fabulous as well!!
- March 21, 2011 at 5:33 PM
- Stacy Morgan said...
Denise this is to darn cute!
- March 21, 2011 at 10:55 PM
- Joan Ervin said...
Awwww, what a super precious image, Denise...your coloring is outstanding and I love how you created the background!!!!
- March 21, 2011 at 11:37 PM
- JD/ Jill said...
Another adorable beautifully colored card. You continue to amaze me!
- March 22, 2011 at 12:26 AM
- cebelica said...
Adorable. Your coloring is amazing!
- March 22, 2011 at 3:15 AM
- Natka said...
The card is so cute! And the colours....
- March 22, 2011 at 4:08 AM
- Jerri Jimenez said...
That bear is so absolutely precious girl!
- March 22, 2011 at 8:22 AM
- Riet said...
So gorgeous card Denise,I love the image and the colours.
Hugs Riet.xx
- March 22, 2011 at 12:42 PM
- Sarah said...
Fabulous card Denise! I love the image and layout.
Sarah xx :0)
- March 22, 2011 at 4:51 PM
- Andrea L - EnchantINK said...
More gorgeousness! I so wish I could get a list of your design tips. What do you think of ... when you start with a blank sheet ... and begin to design???? My mojo is flagging ... and my confidence is waning! (SSShhh ... I haven't told anyone!) SOS!!! Hugs xxaxx
- March 22, 2011 at 6:26 PM
- Leslie Miller said...
Love this adorable image and your awesome coloring! The background stamp is a nice addition to your design!
- March 22, 2011 at 11:30 PM
- America said...
beautiful coloring. SUPER cute image. Great card.
- March 23, 2011 at 11:14 AM
- Beate said...
Another super cute image and card. LOVE your coloring and your design inside and out.
- March 23, 2011 at 8:22 PM
- dpkennedy said...
I love this sweet image and your wonderful coloring! Adorable!
- March 24, 2011 at 10:46 AM
Another adorable card!!!!
- March 29, 2011 at 12:27 AM
- Jessie/knightrone said...
Super duper cute!!!
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Candle is a beautiful 2D point-and-click adventure. It has very original hand-painted graphic and professional audio. The story is full of human errors and their corrections. It's about how too much ambitions and greed caused destruction of a sophisticated civilization and in an effort to cut an end to violence, the shamans have created a disaster. In order to save the world from fifth destruction Teku has to save his tribe's shaman, solve challenging puzzles, defeat Wakchas and reveal the truth.


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Cowboys owner Jerry Jones isn't in the business of managing expectations, and that's particularly evident when it comes to Jaylon Smith, Kate Hairopoulos of the Dallas Morning News reports.
The linebacker will be limited when he takes part in the first training camp practices of his career. But that hasn't diminished Jones' enthusiasm for the player he picked in the second round in the 2016 draft despite Smith having suffered a severe knee injury in college.
Jones pointed out again Sunday that he believes he took a player who could have been at the top of the draft.
"To me he's just like looking at a No. 1 draft pick coming out here for the first time," Jones said during the annual State of the Cowboys news conference. "We all know his circumstances and what he needs to overcome. He looks really good – all testing, all feeling looks as good as I could hope that it would look. We'll see."
Jones said that Smith's damaged nerve continues to regenerate. Smith is expected to continue to wear a customized brace on his ankle and foot that can evolve with his condition.
Smith, who attended training camp last season but rehabbed and couldn't practice, will likely continue the pattern of practicing every other day and will mostly be limited to individual drills as camp gets underway.


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Mormon urban development in Philly
This month the city of Philadelphia announced a unique partnership with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to develop a two-block "Mormon complex" just north of the downtown area.
In addition to the temple that is already under construction there and scheduled for completion in 2016, the complex will feature:
- a 32-story tower featuring 258 apartments
- 13 rental townhomes
- a 24,000-square foot meetinghouse for area Mormons
- a landscaped plaza area
- walkable shopping
- underground parking
The plan has earned a mixed review from the Philadelphia Inquirer's architecture critic, Inga Saffron. She generally hates the hodgepodge look of it:
It's hard not to wince when you first look at the renderings of the Mormon Church's expanding kingdom at 16th and Vine Streets, unveiled last week by Mayor Nutter. The architectural chameleons at Robert Stern's office have paired a 1920s-style apartment tower with a teensy redbrick meetinghouse that looks as if it was dragged across town from colonial-era Society Hill.
As if that wasn't enough, those retro buildings will join a snow-white, double-spired, French classical Mormon temple by Perkins+Will that is already rising along the cliff edge of the Vine Street Expressway. The collection of architectural pastiches promises to be one of the weirder ensembles produced in 21st-century America outside of Las Vegas.


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Just the word 'stress' alone can make you feel stressed out. If you're trying to lose weight, stress is the last thing you need. Not only is it harder to stay away from sugary and fatty foods when you're stressed, research actually shows that it is harder to lose weight when you're stressed out. Fatigue is a feeling of tiredness.Symptoms and Causes of Stress and FatigueFatigue is a feeling of exhaustion, lethargy, tiredness which is distinct from stress and weakness. Unlike weakness, stress, fatigue can be alleviated by periods of rest. Fatigue can have both physical and mental state of being tired and weak. Physical and mental fatigue are different, the two can exist together – if a person is physically exhausted for long time, they will also be mentally tired.Did you know that stress is related to 7 of the 10 most deadly diseases in the United States? Think heart disease, cancer and diabetes. Of course, we have lots of stress factors in our daily lives, like work, the economy, money and family problems.Stress is unhealthy, let that be clear. In addition to all of these psychological factors that can cause stress, you might have physical things that cause stress without you even knowing. For example, poor sleep is a major stressor on your body yet most people report not getting enough sleep – they don't think it's that important or just don't know how much of an impact sleep can have on your well-being.In addition to mental and physical stressors, sensitivity to certain foods, blood sugar dysregulation, not getting enough water and poor air quality can all cause stress.How your body responds to stressCortisol, the so-called stress hormone, is released when your body receives a stressor and acts almost like a type of adrenalin. If you've heard of stress-hormone before, you probably know that it is bad for fat loss. Cortisol is a diurnal hormone, which means your levels of cortisol should peak in the morning (to help give you energy for the day) and slowly drop down as the day progresses so you can fall asleep at night and recharge for the next day. Basically, cortisol is the hormone of energy and being alert.In a normal stress hormone cycle, cortisol will help burn fat as the day progresses. But if your cortisol cycle is not in balance, it will actually help to make cells less responsive and the fat won't be burned as easily. If you're in the department of people that 'need' coffee in the morning to wake up, there's a big chance your cortisol levels are not as they should be.Cortisol and fat lossAs mentioned above, cortisol makes cells less responsive, which can make it harder to lose weight. The second way coritsol can make it harder to lose weight is by increasing inflammation. Different types of fat in your body react differently. Your body will store more visceral fat (the type of fat you can grab) and it will be harder to lose weight. Visceral fat releases the same inflammatory signals as stress hormone does. In short: stress signals increase the likelihood of storing more fat.Stress & Fatigue TreatmentFatigue include inflammation, chronic pain, hormonal changes, anemia, poor sleep, depression and stress. If you're very stressed out and have trouble losing weight, even after trying time after time, your cortisol levels might be the culprid. It can be beneficial to skip the coffee in the morning, exercise regularly and get enough sleep. As well as spending time away from work and other stressors to make sure your stress levels aren't through the roof.Stay away from STRESS & download Mevo – Weight loss & Fitness App for more such tips which shall be really helpful for you to stay healthy & lose weight faster!App is available both an Android & iOS
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When I was 16, I was protesting the first Gulf War. I remember walking down a hallway, maybe into the library at school, and catching a glimpse of the bombing of Baghdad and the green tracers like aberrant fireworks in the dark night sky. I had never seen a war on TV before, and it was real in a way that nothing is real anymore after all these years of TV and war and violence on it. There were people under those bombs and because of the TV they were real to me, people like me and my family, who lived around the world in time zone where it was already night.
by Wilfred Owen
Bent double, like old beggars under sacks,
Knock-kneed, coughing like hags, we cursed through sludge,
Till on the haunting flares we turned our backs
And towards our distant rest began to trudge.
Men marched asleep. Many had lost their boots
But limped on, blood-shod. All went lame; all blind;
Drunk with fatigue; deaf even to the hoots
Of disappointed shells that dropped behind.
GAS! Gas! Quick, boys!– An ecstasy of fumbling,
Fitting the clumsy helmets just in time;
But someone still was yelling out and stumbling
And floundering like a man in fire or lime.–
Dim, through the misty panes and thick green light
As under a green sea, I saw him drowning.
In all my dreams, before my helpless sight,
He plunges at me, guttering, choking, drowning.
If in some smothering dreams you too could pace
Behind the wagon that we flung him in,
And watch the white eyes writhing in his face,
His hanging face, like a devil's sick of sin;
If you could hear, at every jolt, the blood
Come gargling from the froth-corrupted lungs,
Obscene as cancer, bitter as the cud
Of vile, incurable sores on innocent tongues,–
My friend, you would not tell with such high zest
To children ardent for some desperate glory,
The old Lie: Dulce et decorum est
Pro patria mori.
Also the 10,000 Maniacs performed the poem in the song The Latin One during their Hope Chest tour in 1990.


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The individual project is by far the most important single piece of work in the degree programme. It provides the opportunity for students to demonstrate independence and originality, to plan and organise a large project over a long period, and to put into practice some of the techniques that have been taught throughout the course. Whatever your level of academic achievement so far, you can show your individuality and inspiration in this project.
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Atwood Races History
Kettering University's Atwood Stadium Races have a long history in Flint.
Previously, the races were known as the Tuuri, named after Flint pediatrician Arthur L. Tuuri. The Tuuri races began in 1979 and served as a fundraiser for the Children's Miracle Network. In 2011, the Tuuri became the Atwood Stadium Races, which kept many of the beloved elements of the Tuuri course and the fact that runners could do the "duo" – run both the 5K and 10K.
Beginning in 2011, the Atwood Stadium Races were managed by Brian and Dorie Barkey and a team of volunteers. The races served as fundraisers for various local charities, including Carriage Town Ministries. The race course changed to include a unique finish -- right at the 50 yard line of historic Atwood Stadium.
In 2018, the races were taken over by Kettering University. Race logistics are now managed by the HAP Crim Festival of Races team, and another unique element was added to the course -- a lap around Kettering University's Mobility Research Center, an autonomous vehicle lab and proving ground.
Proceeds from the race support Atwood Stadium.


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The Telephone
The phone has gone from a fixture on the wall that connected you to a switchboard and a party line to a wireless device that uses satellite technology to connect you to the rest of the world. That's pretty dramatic. It didn't take very long, either, at just a little more than 100 years [source: Woodford].
Even though Alexander Graham Bell has been widely credited with inventing the telephone, an Italian immigrant named Antonio Meucci actually deserves that honor. Meucci filed an intention to patent the talking telegraph in 1849 but never proceeded with it, allowing Bell to file a patent for his version in 1876.
Today, cell phones are quickly replacing landline telephones. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in a report covering the last half of 2007, nearly 16 percent of American homes used cell phones exclusively, and more than 13 percent of people received most of their calls via a cell phone even though they had a landline in their home [source: Blumberg]
Moving from advances in the way we use our phones to our passion for music, in the next section we'll explore recorded sound.


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May 17, 2012
WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), a senior member of the Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) and the co-chair of the Senate Army Caucus, today hosted multiple Senators and senior Army leaders during the spring Army Caucus Breakfast. The Senate Army Caucus is the Senate's primary forum for advocacy of land-power, and provides an opportunity to discuss the challenges Soldiers and their families are facing. Today's keynote speaker was Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, the 38th Chief of Staff of the Army.
"Thanks to the discipline and skill of our soldiers that is coupled with the investments and innovation of previous generations, today's Army is the best in the world," said Inhofe. "The challenge is keeping it the best Army in the face of drastic cuts and reductions by the Obama administration. The reductions in end strength, our ability to reset and modernize our equipment, our training, and the pending cuts due to sequestration are all major concerns I have with the Army's future.
"After every major conflict we have reduced the size of the Army and we've got it wrong every single time. While Americans believe our men and women have the best equipment in the world, the truth is, they do not. We need to make the necessary investments to close the equipment gap while rebuilding after over a decade of war. As the budget gets squeezed by cuts, vital items like training are often the first to get hit, and we must not allow that to happen. Finally, if sequestration does take place, the Army could be forced to cut another 100,000 soldiers with training and equipment being adversely impacted as well."
During both the keynote speech and the question and answer period, General Odierno echoed the concerns voiced by Senator Inhofe and advocated for continued support of the U.S. Army.


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The clamour for another rate cut from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has strengthened with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley stepping up pressure on Governor Raghuram Rajan to cut rates, citing falling inflation. But will a quarter percentage point rate cut prompt banks to cut their rates further? The answer is probably no.
Unless banks' bad loans ease substantially and genuine demand picks up following recovery in the economy, banks wouldn't be in a position to pass on the benefit of an RBI rate cut to the end consumer in a meaningful manner.
For instance, look at the current situation: Banks have cut rates by a maximum 30 bps even though the RBI has cut rates by 75 bps so far this year. Given the factors preventing banks to cut their lending rates, another quarter percentage point RBI rate cut can hardly do any miracle.
Even the central bank has repeatedly said it wants more monetary transmission by banks and even cautioned that if banks would not cut rates, they will lose out large borrowers to money markets, which is already happening.
But banks are unable to heed this advice and resume lending due to the bad loans on their books and scarcity of capital. Unless these issues are resolved, a rate cut is not going to transmit to industries and end-consumer in the form of a reduction in interest costs.
NPA burden
The asset quality situation of Indian banks has deteriorated further. The bad loans (gross NPAs) on their book is well over Rs 3,00,000 crore. The chunk of restructured loans in the banking industry will be in the range of Rs 5,00,000 crore to Rs 600,000 crore by consensus estimates in the banking industry.
That's not all. The portion of loans, where repayments have already delayed over 60 days (known as SMA-2 loans; loans that are more than 90 days overdue become NPAs), is estimated to be around 7-8 percent. What this tells us is that the stressed asset situation of banks does not looks good at all and if things don't do well in the near future in the economy, we are staring at another round of bad loan trouble for banks.
In fact, Jaitley himself has admitted that bank NPAs have shot through the roof. Speaking at an event in Delhi on Friday he said, "NPAs, which have reached to the present level are unacceptable. They reached this level partly because of indiscretion, partly because of inaction and partly because of challenges in some sectors of the economy, which were evident through the high NPA levels in these sectors."
This NPA pile didn't escalate overnight. Part of this is due to the careless lending by banks over years to grow their loan book and partly due to government-prompted directed lending to certain high-risk sectors such as agriculture.
Also, besides the genuine cases, there are several wilful defaulters, who wouldn't pay back to banks even if they have the capacity to do so. The government needs to support banks on all these fronts to resolve the bad loan scenario.
If Jaitley is serious about the bad loan scenario, he should first come out with a well-thought-out plan that addresses the immediate concerns and longer-term solutions such as creation of an effective bankruptcy law. Also, government must put its weight behind banks to chase large wilful defaulters.
The recent package announced by the government to revive state-run banks didn't have a concrete plan on bad loan management.
As per data obtained from the All India Bank Employees Association, there are 7,035 cases of wilful defaulters that have bad loans to the tune of Rs 58,792 crore as on 31 March 2015.
The point here is that with this kind of stress on their balance sheets, banks are least enthusiastic to lend more to industries, which are struggling with the debt load. Many large companies are, therefore, shifting to cheaper money market to raise funds. But for smaller firms this isn't possible. Hence, even an RBI rate cut wouldn't prompt banks to cut rates further, beyond what they have already done.
Secondly, even though the willingness from the government to infuse capital to the tune of Rs 70,000 crore by 2018-19 into public sector banks is a positive step, this might prove to be too little for banks to overcome the current NPA problem.
"The Central government's planned capital infusions come at a good time for public sector banks. But they don't go far enough," Standard & Poor's credit analyst Amit Pandey said. Of the Rs 70,000 crore, as much as Rs 25,000 crore would be injected in the current fiscal.
Besides, the government wants PSU banks to raise an additional Rs 1.10 lakh crore from the markets in the next four years.
But the pressure on asset quality front would make it difficult for banks to go on their own to the market and raise funds. Unless money is available, credit expansion would be difficult.
Third, Jaitley should note that unless the economic recovery picks up sharply, a rate cut alone wouldn't be sufficient to improve the corporate performance. The government should act fast on solving problems faced by infrastructure projects, which are stuck for long.
A Firstpost analysis of 15 infrastructure companies show that interest cost, as a percentage of total cost, constitutes only about 13 percent on an average. The government can do better to help these firms by fast-tracking reforms and clearance processes aiding faster project execution. Interest cost constitutes only a part of the overall burden.
An RBI rate cut is likely to happen by September or even before that if inflation stays low, but it is unwise to expect that rate cut would offer any major relief to companies, especially smaller ones.
The bottomline is this: the fundamental problem that prevents banks from resuming credit expansion to industries is not RBI rate cut, but the huge bad loans on their books and capital constraints.
The solution to this problem lies in kick-starting the economic engine and the recovery of bad loans. An RBI rate cut is not much use otherwise.
(Kishor Kadam contributed to the story.)


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Here's my LO for this months Challenge at Out of the Hat.
The criteria is at least 1 black and white photo, pop dots and a stamped image.
I love all these retro/vintage pps from Sass and October Afternoon, they remind me of my childhood, hence the photo of me wearing my fav jumper that by beautiful Nan knitted for me.
Thanks to Leanne for the cream doily.
Pop over HERE if you'd like to take part in the challenge this moth there are lots of great prizes to win again this month. TFL.
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